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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26

working havox @ he late eoEsua
hoIls. strspplaw essare h~kas. Is tasy
eons 20 thea. ~ both leaves and tie
unopened boils. There - aaIts 90
CT this cotton II Gasson Ccsntv AID
the opsnIOn os Conservative eostoa
farmers II that tAIs pest wiIi carsasl
the crop In this eounsy several hna-
dred bales
Perry Lewts. originator AID grow-
1r OF the now well-known Lewis
long staple cotton. informs goar car
respondent to-night that within the
past forty-elght hours this worm.
which he IL not familiar eth. has
practically riddIed all Of his fields oil
long staple cotton. eurtagIEng 1t 20
the extent OF perhaps three Or four
bales Other farmers bring similar
reports.
None OF the worms has been re-
ported from the northern section o.
the county
Some OF the older farmers say
that this same worm. or rather cater
pillar. made his appearance In this
county in the fall OF 1881. following
the exceedingly devastating drouth oil
that summer.
Mr.. Lewis says that the first
worm he saw on his fields was Satur-
day. BY this morning they had prac-
tically eaten up all the late bolls on
his entire long staple fields. Mr.
Lewis sold two bales OF his cotton to-
day for % cents TO the Flint Manu-
featuring Company.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26
BURNED SELF AND CHILDREN.
Awful Deed OF an Insane Mother
Locked Door and Saturated Room
With Oil, Then Lighted the Match.

Braddock, y. D., Oct. 23.-Appar-
emily laboring under a mental strain,
Mrs. Axel Johnson, wife of farmer
living near here, locked herself and
her six little children in their home
to-day and set the house on fire. All
were burned. Mr.. Johnson was work
ing in field some distance from the
house when the tragedy occurred.
Neighbors believe Mrs. Johnson
locked and barricaded the doors and
nailed down the windows Of the
house. Then saturating the room
with oil, she applied a match. Neigh
bors rushed to the house, but rescue
was impossible.
The bodies were found in a corner
of the living room under the smoul-
dering mass, where they had hud-
died together when the flames sur
rounded them.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26
Saved His Mothers Life.

-Four doctors had given me up
writes Mrs. Laura Gaines. of. Avoca.
La, land my children and all my
friends were looking for me to die.
when my SON insisted that use Elec-
trio Bitters. I did SO. and they have
done me world of good. I will al
ways praise them" Electric Bitters
is a priceless blessing to women
troubled with fainting and dizzy
spells, backache. headache. weakness,
debility, constipation or kidney dis
orders. Use them and gain new
health, strength and vigor. They're
guaranteed to satisfy or money re-
funded. Only soc at all druggists.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26
Does Not Favor Woman Suffrage

Union Republican.
The Republican is not inclined to-
ward woman suffrage. Already in
business, socially and other ways,
their time and attention is being
called away from their most import
ant duty to the world and to God
the home. The drift is not spasmod-
ic but slow and certain. The result,
future generations will tell as a
mournful story. Deprive the home
of a woman's interest and influence
and the very world will totter
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26

Louise Closer Hale begins IN tie
November number of the Smart -
a new department which she Gals
THE Trunk in the Attic This S :
plea for the revival Of the obsos
cent art of letter writing: and Ai's'
bewailing the decline OF what Va
once a real art, she outlines coz
petition with prizes which the nag
aZine will conduct this winter.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26
Over 100 Bolls to the Stalk.

Mr.. Eugene Gaskins brought a
stalk of cotton to town the other
day with more than one hundred
bolls on on it. And in response to a
wager that he couldn't find half a
dozen more in his field, went out and
brought back dozen with more than
a hundred on them. He has a beau
tiful crop.-Windsor Ledger
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26

NE nssssrwfas az ia So
ss0~* = sSassss -
s2s - AfsSxs sees g.. -
IN tAe rssss. ssss : -
icass xrUss % ssssss< -.
sss sass. We tesa as ar =
iossssass ss<as~ tssa =.
astes ~
ws1l.' ssiz. 1sz1 a.
Ta@ee ! eaa s~s@ sA.-s - 'Ss
sek aay erccozlssss p. ss
s@sd snsTs wsas &c xaus - IA
sAe~sa aaa ss sFo=gst - Sc
sifai say ~sese Aaz Is. '-ss
bath. ssssla
TAsi's sas.' sasz. -ss.
sars there 10 ssOcc4tsss - ~
No. Go sroes9ses. a.
'saErk. BE drive hin g. IA
=, won,alx ~Nsssz
III ~aa teyx4Azu
SAYS The nAn wko -. -
n. expertsnes ~asls alas. -
lng. After seat d.
third time life assAsa se,s-. ''@
= series % pictures
You ditn't hapssa =
asks the friend edEiax .o.s..s
interest. - picture e =. -
yon that ten dollars Ia ,As 3
1855. did s"-I4fe
Is this you. doctor" a.a.. .
nurse over the telephone
Yes" answered the pAr,s,s..
Well you kno~ ROC sais =.
der would not show any slEs :. =
provement for Eve or al 4au,s-
Yes
Well this Is only the ss-s...
and be Is a great deal better 49,
Shall ] give him something >.
him worse for the other thres =. 50
days7"-Life.
Uncle Nose" said drunns,. -
dressing an old eolored man 49,.
on a dry-goods box In froa, 9. -
village store. they tell ne ia, .
remembered seeing George W...t,,
ton. Am ! mistaken"
No. sah." said Uncle Nose, L.
ter member seem him b; I ss..
fo'got sence | jined de eharcs
Everybody's.
Teacher: Sammy, in The
tence. 1 have book aha, i q.
case Of the pronoun 10"
Sammy promptly: ''Nozis,-
F tive case"
Teacher: Next boy. tell a :
what case to put the noun book
/ Next Boy (thoughtfullyD: "Bss,.
/ case. Tit Bits.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26
CONFESSED TO KILLING HIS
WIFE.
Negro Near Spring Hope Murdered
Wife and Buried Body Under the
House.


Wife and Buried Body Under the
House.
Spring Hope, N. c., Oct. 23.-Ar-
thur Wilkins, a negro, shot and kill
ed his wife, who lived just out of the
corporation of Spring Hope, yester-
day afternoon. He priced up the barn
floor and buried her under it. Some
of his neighbors becoming suspicious
from his actions and the absence of
his wife, who he said had gone on a
visit to her mother, reported to the
town authorities, who went out to
hunt him and found and arrested him
this morning and placed him in the
town lookup awaiting the arrival of
the sheriff.
This afternoon the chief-of-police
with witness went down to interview
him, and upon asking a few ques-
tions, he confessed the whole thing,
telling who he borrowed the gun
from and that his wife was sitting In
the back yard eating walnuts when
he shot her in the side of the head.
He said he shot her on account of an
other man. He has been considered a
blind tiger. He don't work, but sells
whiskey and Is considered a pretty
bad negro. He will be taken to Nash
vile Jail this afternoon.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26
A SHAMEFUL CONDITION
The Governor Might Pardon Ia.
Boy, Even Though He Cannot vo..
for Him.
Dallas Advocate. ]

Dallas Advocated
We learned the other day tbs, :
fifteen-year-old boy was SENTENCED 70
the penitentiary for a term Of iss
years. Is this not a disgrace 70 A.
manity? The very idea of sending
youth of our land to live and nit
gle with the very worst orimlnaA
1t is a shame upon the fair name q
North Carolina.
In our own good county we ahA
boys in their teens working on TIE
public roads. This should not BE- tAs
case. The boy criminals should
never go to the chain-gang. G4sioa
County should establish a ref0FHA-
tory for the young criminals II nAI
be a long way of, but some ia!
you will see a reformatory in ever
county in North Carolina. God spees
the time.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26

q The November Smart Set contains
story by Jane Cowl, who is the lat
est of the theatrical notables to turn
author. This story, entitled "That
Insufferable Person." is an account
of yachting cruise and a wrong of
a most tempestuous nature. It is
evident that Miss, Cowl's ability is
not entirely confined to the stage.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26
FUNNYISMS.
She Sat in His Ian,

A New York school principal says
he couldn't help it when one of his
female teachers sat in his lap, clasp
ed her arms about his neck and kiss
ed him.. or course not, and we
should have mighty poor opinion
of him If he had so much as tried
Moreover, no gentleman ever refuses
seat to a lady.-Virginian-
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26
Farm Topics
wanss TarwsrT~ Co Hurn . Fczrsh ct
Tfswsr Guxxun.

Tsr5F Guzxun~
4 writer IN he Nsws .sa Observer
advises farmers 70 pahiseiy barn cae-
foarxh 81 their costos II he sope 81
getting . better prte. for he other
three-sonTtAs md thea reduce tie
acreage nwx; year. Ths article re-
serred 20 ls - follows:
To the Editors-Taklag = deep
interest. As every Southern mar
should. IN the great. II rot the great
g.. question o. the hour. viz: Hos
Ne shall raise the price or dispose
OF the present cotton CROP
For the present much loser
prices will mean ruin 10 nany farm-
ers and those dependent on them.
As you call for the advice AID co..
operation OF all those interested In
cotton. viii present my mite. and
trust you will present my plan TO the
convention. for have been = student
of cotton.
For as ex-President Cleveland
said, IL Is q condition. not q theory.
that faces Us
MY plan 10 simply this: (D For
all farmers or others producing cot
ton 10 publicly burn mp one bale in
every four. /. E.. one-fourth OF the
present crop. and they will then &c,
as much for the other three-fourths,
(2) To cut of the acreage for the
next crop one-fourth and commence
by sowing small grain.
Respectfully and truly yours.
ASHLEY WILKINS.
''Thelma, n. c., Oct 81. 1911"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26
Those Queer English.

When our English cousins sneak
OF secondhand garments they say
left on" where We say least off,
Ine following advertisement recently
appeared in a London paper:
Mr.. and Mrs. Hardy have left off
clothing of all kinds. They can he
seen any day from 8 to D. M
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26

but why burn every fourth bale?
Why not hold every fourth bale I'M
til the price will justify the farmers
to sell? There Is no over-production
and therefore no reason why any cot
ton should be destroyed. IL anything.
the country needs more cotton, but
also needs more favorable business
conditions under which the cotton
can be sold at a fair price to the
farmer. Mr.. Wilkins quotes EXPIRES
ident Grover Cleveland as saying that
it is a condition and not a theory
that faces US. Very true, and an
other Cleveland administration would
cause the farmers to face the same
conditions they did under Cleve-
lands reign-four and five cent cot
ton.-Associate Editor The eau
casian.l
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26

For:y-seven bronze and twelve sill
yer medals were awarded by the Car
negie Hero Fund Commission at its
fall meeting at Pittsburg, Pa, Octo-
Der 18th, as a recognition of heroism
in having human life. In addition to
the medals, cash awards were made
for reimbursing loss, for relieving
debts on homes and the purchase Of
homes, for educational and other
worthy causes, amounting to $53,O36.
Pensions to survivors amounting to
1915 monthly were issued with
awards Of IS month to children,
amounting to $50 monthly.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26

DALLAS AuFUCdIC.I
Sheriff e. s. Norman, of Chowan
County, was in Raleigh Monday to
deliver to the penitentiary c. w. Co
field, ex-Clerk Of the Court Of Cho-
wan County, who is to serve three
years for $500 shortage in his ac-
counts. He served only one term and
defeated man who had held the Of
fee for sixteen years.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26

Reports from the vicinity Of Win
ston-Salem state that there vas q
slight frost noticeable on the morn
ing of October 18th.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26
State News.

KenIy and Red Springs we're desig-
mated October 24th as depoeitories
for postal savings funds effective No
vember 21st.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26

gallons OF whiskey in kegs. all tag
ged 10 J. z Wade, Townsville. II
was alleged that the wagon VAS haul
ing the liquor from Clarksville. Va.
TO Townsville. and being interstate
commerce, coald not Be touched.
A remarkable family group Ii dis
played By Mr.. r. -. McRea. who
lives near Newton. showing his fath-
er and his ten stalwart sons who
range In age from - 10 Is years.
The father Is SIS. II addition 10 the
ten sons in the group. there are four
daughters living and one dead. the
family having numbered fifteen chill
dren.
The report OF Revenue Agent Sans
for the month OF September shows
that fifty-eight Illicit distiileries have
been seized in this district. and In
connection with these seizures. cyl
dence has been secured which iusti-
fy the recommendation OF thirty-one
prosecutions. OF these seizures, %
were In Virginia and 25 In North
( Carolina.
Joe Washington, Kinston negro
+ went to New Bern October 20 where
f he purchased a bottle OF whiskey
/ On his return home he began
| drinking the contents OF the bottle
! and by the time he reached home he
/ was unconscious and died in a very
short time The negro's relatives
/ think the whiskey was doped and
/ have been trying TO find out who sold
+ it to him.
In Wayne County Superior Court
/ at Goldsboro, last week, Cleve Gar
ner, colored, was convicted of murder
| in the first degree for killing a negro
woman. In passing sentence of deatt
Judge PEBBLES said he would joir
with the Solicitor in a plea to the
Governor for a Communication of the
sentence to life Imprisonment, be
cause of a serious doubt as to the
negro's guilt.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26
DEMOCRAT GOES WRONG.

Defaulting Clerk of the Court Of
ChOwan County Placed i'm Peniten-
tiary-Another Case Of Democratic
Bad Management.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26

Mr.. c. b. Ruffin. wellknown citi
zen of Wilson. died at his home or
Park Avenue. October goth. after {
long illness OF pneumonia
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26

Alfred Tennyson Dickens. son OF
Charles Dickens. made an address at
the State Normal and Industrial Col
lege OF Greensboro one night last
week.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26
STRANG WORM DESTROYS COT
TON.
CASTOR County Farmers Report That
Entire Fields Are Being Stripped
by the Pest.

by the Pest.
A special from Gastonia to Tues
days Charlotte Observer says:
IF reports brought to Gastonia by
farmers from the southern and east
ern parts of the county are correct,
and there is no reason to doubt them,
a cotton worm, which made it's ap-
pearance only a few days ago, is
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26
Hit and Run.

when | arose to speak," related
the martyred statesman, some one
.hle" base. cowardly egg at me-
And what kind of an egg might
ina. oe asked an attentive listener.
a base. eowardly egg" explained
the statesman. lis one that hits Won
anu tnen runs. st. Paul Pioneer
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26

Postal Savings Banks are TO be es-
tablished at Forest City and Louis
burg. November goth. according TO
an announcement made in Washing
ton, October 23rd,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26
The Remedy of the Disease.

ronlbiton as a remedy for the
WINK eVii! said Uncle Prosit. chats
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26

Mrs. Booth Harrington. wife OF
the novelist and playwright. has filed a
suit for divorce in Indiana. She
charges the defendant with cruelty
and asks fer the custody Of their five
year-old child.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26

Former Congressman Sydney E
Mudd, OF Maryland. died in sani-
tarium In philadelphia. October 2lst.
from a paralytic stroke caused by a
nervous breakdown.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26

Alfred Peter Hitler. rnIonls'
me2ber OF Parliament for the North
Division Of Hertfordshire. England
committed suicide October 24th b
cutting his throat
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26

Several thousand bales of long sta
pie cotton have been sold for the
farmers of South Carolina by the
State Department of Agriculture The
Department is in position to put the
farmers in touch with a ready mar
ket for the staple. The prices being
paid for upland long staple cotton in
South Carolina runs from II cents
to "a cents.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26

DR.. Cook is to arrive in Copenha-
gen within a few days to give lee
ture. He will lecture in the same
hall where two years ago he received
the gold medal Of the Danish Geo
graphic Society for his alleged dis
covery of the North Pole.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26

President Taft's trip. which VAS 10
have ended about November LIST. has
been extended to embrace = number
OF new points and will not close until
about November 12th.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26

Romanus Farmer, a young man
twenty-six years of age, was drowned
in crossing, the river at Capon Bridge,
Hampshire County, Virginia, October
10th. He had a wagon loaded with
1875 bushels Of apples and attempted
to cross the stream which was badly
swollen from the recent heavy rains.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26

Will wilkins, prominent citizen
Of Cowpens, S. c., was shot, and Sc
riously wounded, though not fatally
by w. F. Johnson, a ticket collector
of the Southern Railway, October / 8.
The trouble arose over the amount Of
mileage to be pulled.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26

The Wright brothers, Orville and
Wilbur, have perfected a discovery
of a device for the automatic con-
trolling of gilders and power driven
aeroplanes to keep them in proper
balance in the air, which is expected
ton.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26

Mr. c. VI. Hatchett, OF Ruffin, a
young man OF about twenty-five years
of age. was killed by falling from a
street car while in motion, in Dan
Vile, Va, last week.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26

Greensboro officers on last Satur-
day found wagon loaded with 800
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26

Teacher: Sammy. in The -.
tence. L have a book aha, !, ..
case of the pronoun 10"
Sammy (promptiyl: "So-t,.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-12
SEALED PROPOSALS,


Sealed proposals will be received by
tho Hon. J. Taylor Ellyson, President
OF the Confederate Memorial Assocfp-
ton. at his office, 924 Mutual Building,
Richmond. Va. until IL o'clock H. on
Monday. August !, 1911 and then open.
,ept heating and ventilating apparatus
electric conduits and wiring gas PIPE
Ing and lighting fxtures) for buiid-
Ing TO be known as the Confederate
Mem orial institute. In accordance with
drawings and specifications of Bis~-
sell & Sinkler. Architects. sos Bailey
Building, Philadelphia, Penn,
Copies Of the drawings and speci-
flcattons and forms OF proposals may
on or after Saturday, July Is, 1911 Each
applica ton must be accompa MED by q
certified check for $500. payable to tho
order Of the Confederate Memorial AS
ISOLATION. The copies of the drawings
and specifications must be returned to
the architects In eoodeen siition with
the proposals.; whereupon the above
check will be returned: but upon fall
urs of any bidder to return In good
tions the sum of S25 will be- forfeited
and deducted from the above check.
The right is reserved TO reject any or
all bids.
The contractor TO whom the award
Is made will be required to furnish Il
bond OF A surety Company in the sum
OF so per cent of the amount of the
contract guaranteeing the faithful per-.
Torrance OF the contract.
Copies OF the drawings and specifi.
cations may be seen also at the Office
of the Confederate Memorial Associa-
ton. ga Mutual Building. Richmond,
Va.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-12
MANY KILLED BY
FEDERAL EXPRESS

Continued From First Page.)
truck was found with its tag still In
place. Stein then explained that the
trunk contained samples valued at
$50. 900, chiefly in diamonds. He was
able TO resume his journey to New
Haven at o'clock. Stein had left
the first pullman to talk with the bail
Mayors. Several were killed in the
car he had left,
Roger Bresnahan after his valiant
rescue work said
II was in the next car to the last
smoking when the spill came. / got
out all right. Not one of our men
was hurt. but of course our baggage
is gone for good
Ovcrwork the Cause
at was oyerwork that killed my
poor Arthur" declared the widow OF
the engineer tonight at her home
in the Bronx.
For eight hours on Monday my
husband ran a switch engine about
the freight yards in the Bronx. You
know how hot that work in the heat
of such day as Monday. Well. he
came home to the babies and We all
played. Along about o'clock that
night he was called to report for duty
al engineer of<the Federal express, to
leave around midnight"
1uTtlS, his wire SAID, Vldu UuSl
recovered from a three weeks illness
with measles. He had complained of
being very weak from the extreme
heat Of Monday He had been an en-
gineer for eleven years on the New
Haven road. but had neYr been given
a regular run.
List OF Dead.
Following is list OF those killed
In the wreck Of the Federal express:
G. w. Christie, Philadelphia.
Mrs. George Il. Rogers and baby
boy. Washington, D. c,
A. M. Curtis. engineer.
w. A. Ryan. fireman.
George r. Sanunder, OF New Lon
don.
Helen b. waicott. Washington, d.
G. a.
At O'Rourkes morgue there are the
bodies OF one woman, two white men,
a negro and boy about four years
old.
The Injured.
Angelina Grimke, Washington;
Helen Gibbs. Washington; Mildred
Ernest. Warrington: Jennie Mich
aens Washington: Mrs. Bessie Boehm.
Va; Mrs. Mary Echloske.
Estelle Dorsey. WASH
ington; Edward NJ Green, Hunting
ton, w. Va: John CIeppane. Chsvy
Chase, Nd; Mrs. Nellie cleppane,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-12
SON THINKS GATES
WILL PULL THROUGH

PARIS. July lt.--Charles Gates, son
of John W. Gates, the millionaire who
mas been seriously i'll here. for the
past ten days. arrived tonight and
went Immediately to the bedside of
his father.
When seen later at the Hotel Mau ..
rice tonight, Mr.. Gates said:
My father Is very sick man. The
doctors, however. believe that he show
cd some Improvement TO- day, The ex
citement Of N.Y. coming braced and
cheered him somewhat. While The
outlook is very dark. 7 have every hope
thar further wifi pull through for I
know Row game he is and what re .
narkahle constitution he possGssss."