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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-08-22
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Evening star., 1911-06-04
GOING HOARSE ON HICKS
Continued fran page 10

"You amt quite in trim for a debate, >
says l. "But why dig it up now?'
"I don't know" says he. "There are
enough worse matters, God knows, that
must leave as they are; but this one has
been on my mind all day, and-and-W Well,
he was vicious, you know-bit grocer's boy
only last week. He'd attacked persons be-
fore, too. and-and-'
"Well, what of it," says l. "You don't
suppose I've been goin around grindln my
teeth about that all this time, do youo Bah!
If you must thresh it out again, wait until
you re in shape
"But | can't wait, says he. "This-this
is my last chance. There are Others who
will have cause to think worse of me, know;
but somehow it seemed to me | had to say
this to YOU before-well before | finished
for good"
@Rot!" says I. you're not goin' to finish
now Go home and buck up. You'll be all
right in the mornin'."
mo-" says he, "I-I can't go home ever!
All can do is finish a bad job. Don't try
to stop me- You don't know. Don't stop
me, will you, McCabe?"
"Not me-" says l. "But lets talk it over,
calm and quiet, with the high tragedy hints
left out What ails you, anyway Been on
a bat, amt you?'
dts worse than that says Hicks. q
I'm ruined!"
"Gwan!" says I. "a man in your state
amt any fit Judge of whether he's ruined or
not. I've heard plenty of this day-after re-
morse; but gen rally it passes off with the
headache. So cut it out! Now how long
have you been on this souse picnic of yours?'
"I-I began Tuesday," says he.
"Huh" says 1. @Four days of it, eh9 And
Evening star., 1911-06-04

lot of rich brokers l wouldn't pick out for
assistant office BOYS on their looks. And
Hicks is gettin' more pie faced every day."
(WHICH don't mean suspicioned any
w thing of what was up. Fact is, I'd
hardly give him a thought, and hadn't even
noticed that he want maxim his usual
trains for the last few days. Then here late
one afternoon, when was fixin' up some ac
counts at the studio, in drifts this trembly,
mud spashed specimen with the dented
derby pulled down over his eyes, and shuff1es
up to where | was sittin' at the desk.
First off | thought it must be some stray
panhandler; but after I'd allowed for the
heavy bags under the eyes, and the stubbly
crop of beard, and the sad state OF his
clothes, | saw who it was.
"Why, it's Hicks!' says l.
"Yes," says he, hoarse and husky
@Hicks!"
"Little the worse for wear, amt you?'
says l.
"I-I'm all in!' says he.
"What was the occasion" says |. "ls 1t a
periodical, or have you been celebratln'
somebody's birthday?"
"McCabe," says he holdin' out a shaky,
cigarette stained hand with the fingerna1ls
in deep mournin,' "d-d-don't ask me!'
"All right, l won't" says l. But take
chair Man! Your knees look wabbly.
There! Now what was it you came up here
for?"
He makes two or three false starts that
don't result in any sound but fln'lly he
manages to get it out. "That dog business, }"
he begins. "I-I wanted to say that-that
oh, l can't, McCabe! See? I've no
nerves left"
Evening star., 1911-06-04

the imperturbable cub, who looked up into
his face and said, as he blew puff OF c1ga-
rette smoke at him:
"How did you think got the pictures if
l didn't? Want the story for tomorrow
morning. or do you prefer standing around
and keeping live reporter from writing it."
The staff had almost to hold Jameson up
as he fell back, completely knocked out by
this burst of effrontery. He merely gasped
as he handed the camera to a boy and told
him to rush it to the photograph room and
have the films developed. Then he turned
to some of the fellows who were standing
about, quite as overwhelmed as their chief.
Il do believe he's got it, he said. "Here,
where's Mr.. Bangs?"
Bangs was night managing editor. He
had already heard the news, and was IN the
room. When he approached William W.,
the latter was writing swiftly on his ma
chine, and barely looked up as Bangs said:
"NIr. Billings, is it quite so that you have
landed Cyrus K. Cummings?'
Now, to be spoken to by the managing
editor is an honor most cubs never attain.
Did it faze William w? Not him! He had
never seen Bangs, being on only days. He
just looked by the mighty one and called to
Jameson:
"Oh, say. Mr.. Jameson, can't you make
fnished?'
Bangs too fell back.
They watched William W., writing his
story. He did it rapidly, and, it must be
confessed, not badly. AS the first page
came from his machine, Jameson grabbed
it and looked it over. Then he turned to the
rest of the bunch:
"Fellows,7 said he "he's the limit in the
way of cads, and all that but we've got to
take off our hats to him! He's made good!'
And then the good heartedness of news
paper men showed itself as plainly as | ever
saw it. Bass, who had been across the street
at dinner, heard the news and came back.
He was the first, as William w. finished his
story to walk over to him and say:
Billings, old man, you re one of us, all
right. You succeeded where fell down, and
| want to congratu' ate you
William W. looked up at good old Bass in
the most supercilious way you could imagine.
ooh, said he, "you re Bass, amt you? Yes,
/ made good. Wasn't much, though, when
fellow used little commonsense.
And then even Bass fell back. But we all
stood around and looked at the cub.
"By golly!' was the comment, with varied
words. Hes queer, and that's no lie; but
he's clever For we had all read the story
and it was wonder!
You would have thought, after the rebuffs
we had all had from the insufferable little
shrimp, that we would have let him alone
Not newspaper men! They are all heart, all
appreciation. It's what man does that
GOINJG HOApcE ~
Evening star., 1911-06-04
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR JUNE 4. 1911

they think about So, while we wished it
had been somebody else who had landed the
biggest thing of the year, we walked over to
William W., one after the other, and told
him we were proud of him. And he-well,
he noticed us, that's all l can say.
HIS story was finished edited, and on the
= - way up stairs, slated for the first page
lead, in display type, with an introduction
written by Bangs himself. Then Bangs
thought of the pictures and called Harry
Spear, head of the art department.
"Got print of those Cumming pictures
from the photographers yet?" he asked, and
Harry sent for Henry the photographer.
The latter came into the room.
He had some still wet prints in his hand.
William w. smiled little more supercili-
ously than ever as Henry walked over to
Bangs with them, followed by the rest of us.
Bangs grabbed them, and we all clustered
about to see them. William W. story had
described them, and we knew they would be
wonders, as wonderful as his story.
"If they've only come out well.' said
somebody.
"H'm!' sneered William w. "I know how
to use camera as well as landing Cyrus K.
Cummingses! Let's see 'em!" He crowded
to the table where Bangs stood examining
manded.
Bangs turned to him. "Are these the
ones you tooko" he asked
William W. looked at them. "Sure," he
said. "Aint they corkers? Took 'em while
he talked to me. Why, what's the matter
with emp"
Nothing" said Bangs, with smile. ooh,
nothing!" He turned to Jameson. "Phone
to the composing room not to set that story
yet" Then he looked at William W. again.
"Nothings wrong with the pictures he
said. Il congratulate you, my boy, again."
"Then-what-"
Only said Bangs very smoothly, "they
don't happen to be pictures of Cyrus X.
Cummings. They're his estimable friend,
Dr. A. Bird Twombley!"
"And /" That was as far as William W.
got. He couldn't have got any further,
against the roar that went up. 1t touched
him. Its sarcasm reached him. He got
"onto" himself, as the saying is, then and
there He blushed. First time | ever saw
William W. turn hair. And then-well
then he started to speak; but what was the
use? There was nothing to say. Maybe he
recalled all the cockishness of his short career
on the paper. Maybe he realized that he
couldn't ever live it down. He did the next
best thing. He put on his coat-that nice
tan coat. He put on his nice, foolish, little
green felt hat, took his cane in his hand, lit
fresh cigarette, and, taking up a magazine
from somebody's desk, vanished into the
night.
7 HTCKC
Evening star., 1911-06-04

lot of rich brokers I wouldn't pick out for
assistant office boys on their looks. And
Hicks is gettin' more pie faced every day."
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-05-18

ring leaders, ard there II soEae rea-
son TO believe that there's 10 now such
q deal or understanding made Or
brewing between the remnants Of the
old referee machine in North Caro-
lima and the Simmons machine.
What has been the strong tie that
binds q referee machine Republican
and Democratic machine Politician
Do they serve the same corporations
and trusts. or l. there some other
consideration 10 induce a referee ma
chine Republican to play into the
hands OF the Democratic machine in
order 10 prevent Republican growth
and success? The honest rank and
file citizen. whether q Democrat or a
Republican. is equally anxious to-
know what Is the hidden tie that
binds these machine fellows who
spurn the wishes OF the people and
who seem TO have an inside Cooper
alive traffic all their own.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-05-18
SIMMONS, LORIMER AND THE
LUMBER TRUST.

The Raleigh News and Observer, in
recent editorial, says:
''Of course the lumber trust is
opposed to re-opening the Lori
mer case. It thinks it ought to
now be a matter of saw wood"
Why is it that the Raleigh News
and Observer did not say that, of
course, Senator Simmons and the
Lumber Trust both are opposed to re-
opening the Lorimer case? 1t is safe
to say that if Senator Simmons had
been a Republican that this is the
way that the Raleigh News and OBJ
server would have worded this edi-
torial paragraph.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-05-18
GET 4 GOVERNMENT BULLETIN
ON CANNING FACTORIES.

The recent article published by
The Caucasian about the profit In
canning factories and the great de-
STABILITY OF establishing such facto-
ries IN the trucking sections in East
ern North Carolina to can the most
valuable part OF the crop which Is
left when IL is no longer profitable
for shipping, has attracted the atten-
ton of a number OF our readers. We
have had a number of inquiries as
TO information in regard TO the cost
and operation OF canning factories.
We suggest that our readers who are
interested In this subject write to
their Congressman or Senators for
the bulletins that have been pub
lished by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture on this subject.
There are one or more of these
bulletins that are Of great interest
and they can be gotten for the ask
ing.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-05-18
Marion Buffers Raleigh Speech in Pamphlet Fon

Ihere has been back
casan containing ex-senator Buffers speech In which m
posed the purpose of the Democratic conducting
denounced Simmons and low-grade hybrds who -
worthy leaders OF such campaign also discussed
real issues in the last campaign VIII ch the
to meet on the stump which eomna m
OF this speech could be furnished would be to
pamphlet
Now If those who speech in pamphIet form
write US to that effect stating how desired will
tain what the speech be published pamphlet form
then furnish the speech applied for ~
actual cost OF copies that are orders
the less Will be the cost five thousand
are ordered the cost WILL of per opv and u
number are ordered the cost
Therefore, that desires comics Of Ia
speech should at send number of s
slred
OF possibly less number will be
speech per copy hundred also be able
nounce when they will be ready delivery
Cut out and fill the blank stating the number Of COPIES
sired, 20
ORDER FOR COPIES OF MARION BUFFERS RALEIGH SPEECH
caucasian publishing Company Raleigh, N
Dear Sirs:-1 hereby subscribe comics Of Mars
Buffers Raleigh speech printed agree
the same at the actual including
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-05-18

naxsnn. % 1seTka1er. =. y. 50 es 40
.z.sa.s treasurer 90 tie Unttea States
:. New Yurk. ar. sssmson was shs
aoas~xvas candidate for GossTacg.
wAt1e Mr. MnEimgsca wss . former
saeszma~~ 90 80 Hoase srusa the zssh
New york nsstrsrt. and L. = close
frsead ut y4we-prwxsdeus sherman
an oshsr leaders ut the old guard
IA TIE Stale. aassnw saccc~asd Mr..
SAsvsnan IL The House she's the asf-
ter became Vice Esr.sadsns- ia the
two appointments o@eIal washing
tor found food for Sg~culasson and
many rso1itIcaaax thought shey sz~
therein The Arr step at the admins
traaIon 10 stEalghsen cut the tangled
skelm Of SeN York politics
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-05-18

Manager Isastsr fsx-szs..n...
tain sarsts ef thu Aslaaas~ q
Tennis Cours. no~tls.<. s.
Biiiiarsis. Sailing. l.an<s.
bathing. =
In addition 10 snak.sx a..
internal improvement a, lie a.
Hotel. including adds;.s.,r -
baths. new beds. The re-t.-...as
OF one hundred rooms -
and thoroughly reuosa,sar -
rior Of the hotel. Mansr.- g..
arranging many amuS.nea, -.
as well.
New tennis courts. hows-~
pool and billiard tables am = =
the disposal OF the guests 81, -
mer. while the finest orrhes,-. s. =
State will provide music TO- ,s< :
voices OF the ballroom.
Sailing and fishing parties So.
ways popular at Morehead Cs,y =
less all signs fail. the fishlnr Is !.
unusually good. The season -, :
ready opened and all var.eti.-. - -
are running in great abundance
The Atlantic Hotel USUALLY go
on June 1st. but on account - !.
many improvements nov under -.
1t is not expected that these rs.s.-
can be finished In time Ia open rs,
the middle OF June.
Manager Baxter has ALREADY w.A
reservations for large uumbs- !
guests to be taken upon the opss.s
day. June 18th.
9TH June iszh.)
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-05-18

Ex-Governor Jarvis is out In an in
terview advocating the nomination of
Hon. Locke Craig for Governor. II
will be remembered that the Hon.
Locke Craig is the man who is a self
confessed hired Washington lobbyist
when the tariff bill fight was up.
Now, IL will be remembered that
Governor Jarvis is the same man who
posed once in North Carolina before
Democratic Legislature as visit
ing statesman" where and when he
was advertised by his friends in the
Democratic organs as giving his "a
triotic efforts and ripe wisdom for
the good of the State. 1t turned out
later that this visiting statesman"
was there in the interest of the At
lantic Coast Line, which was trying
to evade the payment of back taxes
to North Carolina.
The preceding Legislature had
refused to re-charter link of the
Atlantic Coast Line until that road
would pay about a million dollars of
back taxes which was estimated to
be due North Carolina This visit
ing statesman and the next Demo-
cratic Legislature put their heads to-
gether and decided in the interest of
the State to re-charter that road and
to make them a present of the back
taxes which would have gone to
enormously swell the public school
fund of North Carolina and relieve
the thousands of small taxpayers of !
the burdens of increased taxation.
This visiting statesman may
nave some other similar patriotic
scheme in view now as he had Their. |
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-05-18
POLITICIANS AND THE PUBLIC
SCHOOL BOOKS.

It is announced that the State Pub
lie School Commission will meet on
June Sth to receive bids and to hear
arguments as to the books to be
adopted for the public schools for the
next five years. 1t is also announced
that this commission will then take
the matter under advisement and re-
port their conclusions some time in
August, at which time, We under
stand, there are to be further hear
ings by the book agents and their at
torneys.
Our readers will remember that
five years ago, when this same farce
was being transacted, that Superin-
tendent Joyner selected a number of
practical educators, including county
superintendent and the heads of
graded schools. to help him to select
the most desirable line of books for
the public schools. 1t will also be re-
membered that after this commission
of expert men selected by the State
Superintendent had made their report
that the book agents and their attor-
neys appeared before the State Pub
lie School Commission Board and sue
ceeded in getting the politicians, max
ing up that Board, to turn down the
recommendation of the practical ed
ucators in many respects and to &C
cept large number of the books of
concerns that had been successful in
employing influential Democratic law
yers and paying them big fees.
1t is to be hoped that such a dis
graceful scandal will not again occur,
especially a scandal that not only
means so many thousands and hun
dreds of thousands of dollars, but one
which will so seriously affect the well
fare of the poor children of the State,
is through the public schools.
The eternal changing of public
school books has become to be a
great burden upon the average citi-
zen who is forced to discard a lot of
expensive school books and to buy an
entirely new lot selected by. the within
or according to the avarice of poll
ticians who appear before the Board
as paid attorneys of the book trust.
In this connection, it is well to re-
member what a blessing it would
have been to the children of the State
II the proposition of the Republican
State Convention for free textbooks
In North Carolina had been adopted
by the people of the State at the last
election.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-05-18

State. lie further poaass cut to &C.
that the Unsged States Gov~~nmsn.
i doing al II can tAroagh TIE s.w
Federal Revenue oeaeerx saa< shex
have In the Geld 70 break Mp tn. u
licit business and stop to desnorassr-
Ing effects: but he also calls asts.sIon
90 the fact that the Government a,ons
cannot stop this business unless i,
has the support OF the State officials
Of North Carolina and the officials
Of the counties
In concluding his letter. he aavs.
II am informed that the State
Laws Of North Carolina are VERY
drastic relative TO the usanufae-
ture and sale Of distilled spirits.
put IL appears that State officers
do very little TO prevent or pun
ish for the violations OF this Law.
though | suspect that there are
one hundred State officers 10
every one Internal Revenue Of
ficer"
These facts are not only signin-
cant. but they are startling. and com
ment upon them is reserved, hoping
that Democratic incompetency may
soon show some degree OF improve
ment. The chief trouble. however.
seems TO US to lie in the fact that
the Democratic State machine, in TAX
ing up Statewide prohibition as a
paramount campaign issue. did so TO
pander to a popular wave of moral
sentiments in order to win a victory
for the machine by using the preach
ers and good women to uphold their
cause and to call attention from
their many sins of omission and COM
and that in doing so they
used prohibition for the same hypo-
critical campaign purposes that they
have used the negro issue and the
trust issue.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-05-18

conrsrtsd wttA Il CT aaF o<ksT cA~-
pes haT aOA1 syndicate lie Aaac knam
ths1 ex-senator Basi~r Aaa positively
refused 70 he empacysA ~ tAat arm
dassse - Tar hark ~ 1895. aaa that
De had pressat@d uSher lawywrs fvoz
oeaae employed By saas syuasrate
Hso wwre not familiar wish tAe ma
tnre Of The earp@s-bag bonds.
In short. ~hea the editor Of hat
paper wrote that paragraph. be lied.
and De knew that be lied. Nos let
that miserable. eonsssn pslble coward
take tia, cap and wear II. Is he
must.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-05-18
AS SEEN AT HOME AND AWAY
FROM HOME,

The Roanoke (Virginial Evening
World, in leading editorial advo
eating Statewide prohibition in that
State as in North Carolina, says thai
the results in North Carolina "iusti.
fy its adoption through the yearly di.
mlnutlon of crime in that State as
shown by the reports of the Attorney.
General. Morality, industry and fru-
gality have been increased, and pol
1tlcs and government relieved of their
most corruptive influence"
This is glowing picture which
the Virginia State wide prohibition
papers are furnishing to their read
ers in that State, but we submit that
1t would hardly be possible to get
even the Democratic organ at Ra-
leigh to dare to publish such a state
ment here in North Carolina. In
stead of the Democratic prohibition
law promoting morality, industry.
frugality,' and the other good re-
suits that should follow temperance.
we are forced to observe the facts be-
fore us as they are
The annual report of the police
commissioners of Raleigh shows that
drunkenness in this city has been on
the increase under this Democratic
Statewide prohibition law. The sta
tistics show that for the year ending
March /, 1911, there was a total of
1909 arrests, of which GIT were for
drunkenness. The report for the
year preceding show that there were
only $50 arrests for the same Of
tense. while for the year ending
March 1. 1909, there were only 26S
such arrests.
These facts show that right here in
the State capital that the Democra-
tic prohibition law is either extreme
ly defective, or else that Democratic
officials cannot be relied upon to en-
force the law.
In this connection, it is interesting
TO note that the United States Com.
missioner of Internal Revenue. Mr.
Cabell, in an open letter addressed tn
a democratic Congressman, points
out that there is greater manufac-
ture and consumption of illicit whis-
key in North Carolina than in any
other State, and that it is rapidly on
the increase, to say nothing of the
Wnlskey that is shipped into this
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-05-18
.AIahama Noman Who kiiI~d Colds
hero Man Acquitted.

Shreveport. L., Nay i..-Mrx. Le-
ola Hasnls. OF Greenvslle. Miss. who
was charged wIth manglasghser sn
connection with the killing Of c. X.
kornegay. railroad clerk. formerly
OF Goldsboro. y. g. several months
ago. vas declared not guilty to-day
by jury. the verdict sustaining the
plea OF temporary insanity set up BY
the defense.
Mrs. Haynie will return 10 Missis-
sippi with her husband. who attended
the trial.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-05-18
WHAT is THE TIE THAT BINDsp

We notice that the newspapers in
Virginia that style themselves as
progressive Democratic papers, and
which are fighting the Martin Demo-
cratic machine in that State. are
charging that there is a deal on be-
tween the Democratic ring leaders
and the Republican referee machine
by which the Republican referees
nave agreed to get into the Demo-
cratic primaries all of the Republi-
can voters that they can control in
order to help maintain the suprem-
aey of the Democratic State ring.
We have had reason to believe that
such deals have gone on in the past
IN North Carolina between the old
referee machine and the Democratic