The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-03-03

acknowledgements magistrates
IN certain counties Of our State.
These are named by Iynx-eyed Law
yer-politicians al the suggestion Of
the landlord class
Is not this local seif-government
with a vengeance.
1t was for local gelf-government
that the standard Of revolt was rails
against King George the ard
We asked not for Independence.
but only for local self-governmenI
Nill not the people from Murphy TO
Aanteo rise up again. and demand
this much from commercial politi-
cans, exploiting the taxes of the peo-
pie, and from ayaricious landlords
with their appointee magistrates?
will give you case in point.
4 young man from d nearby coun-
" coming among US. rents a farm
In the course of the year he forms
friendship for a rosy-cheeked, black
eyed, daughter of landlord in one
of the legislative magistrate appoint
tee counties. This friendship ripens
into much stronger passion, and
they were soon inseparable COM
panions at all public functions. The
old landlord was inexorable. At last
the brave lover. in open daylight
drives to the door Of her father s
home, and in plain view Of the old
gentleman, takes his daughter with
him TO receive a life sentence from
the clergyman. After a time the
father sends for this brave knight
and says to him no need of your
going off to rent land. l have a
place near my home, naming the
rent to be paid. you can have as
long as you may want it, at the sum
named, the rent TO be paid promptly
when due. The offer was gladly &C
cepted and the next year he. moves
in. Working from Monday morning
until Saturday night, every day in
the week and every hour in the day,
he makes good on crop of cotton,
corn and other crops, such as had
never been seen there before or
since. Was it not love prompted
that strong arm to labor for that
loved one Who had given herself up
into his keeping, against the wishes
of her father, whom she had been
taught always to obey. The old
landlord had kept far away while
the fight was on in making and saw
ing the crop. When the cotton had
1 hoap halod bo SaDdc for tho tenant
and says to him he would like to
ship his cotton with his own if ii
would be agreeable to him. Think
ing to please his wife and win over
the father, he agrees to this arrange
ment. Busy with his work he waits
and then goes to the old gentleman
and asks for a receipt for his rent
and for the balance due him. He
was told he must pay double the rent
he agreed to pay him for the present
year, and for all the years to come
| That he had never thought such
crops could be grown on that farm
as he had grown there this year
And he could never rent for tina
price again, or settle at less thar
double what he agreed to pay for the
present year.
/ He waits for the close of the yea
and again goes for a rent receip
and the amount due him, and is TOLD
that when the cotton reached Nor
folk it was seized for a debt OF
land bought by him and that he hat
nothing to pay him with. He goe
, sadly away, and rents land from
merchant who had kinly assisted hin
to make and house his crops, an
!, agrees to pay him the back debt, an
5 secures him on that, and the neN
: one to be made to help him again
; he should need it.
!, AS love lightens labor he goe
= bravely on, raising crops for othe
= landlords fully assured that no relic
? can come to him from legislative az
e pointee justices, as they are tn
: Kings justices for the six year an
| not the justices of the people.