davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-21
THE BOY THAT WAS WANTED.

DR.. Bartram wanted an errand boy.
George Wayland heard of it. 81 will
offer myself" said George, glad of
chance to do something to help his
poor mother. He was a small, club
by little fellow; but he was strong
and willing-hearted. When he went
to see the doctor, II am afraid you
are not big enough said the doc
tor"
only try me, SIR" said George.
II am older than you take me for, I
am eleven" The doctor was sur
prised.
"And I can read" said George,
land write small hand as we'll as
big; and l can do sums. Do try me,
sir; please do"
Are you a good walker?" said the
doctor.
ooh, yes, SIR
you may be a first-rate walker"
said the doctor, "and able to read
and write and do sums, and you may
be very strong, and yet you may not
be the boy I want
It was Georges turn to look sur
prised.
Il want an honest, truth-telling,
industrious boy; one who would feel
that, if he idled away his time when
he ought to be doing his work, he was
robbing me; one who would ask God
to help him to be faithful, and who
would try to act when I was away
just as he would do if were present
Would you try to be such a boy to me
as that, George?"
Eyes, sir" said George, as il his
| whole heart was in the answer, Eyes
sir"
That is the kind of boy every mar
who hires boy wants, as we'll as DIR
Bartram; and no boy or girl that an
swers to it will ever have to remair
idle or complain that they can fine
| nothing to do.
| DR.. Bartram took George into hi:
emplOyment.-Selec
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-21

Il ~aa ~ . Girls sznmwr scscol.
ysars arc. shea oas CO the girls rose
and said 10 Alice Fre~zza Palne<.
who lad been talking 20 thea;
Mrs. Palmer. yoa ara alwars 80
cheerful and happy: wliI you tell %.
please, hos ne can o. happy"
i will. dear" said this saint o.
her sex I Nil. give ron three sin
pie rules:
The nrst II this. Commit some
thing 10 memory every day. some
thing good X needn't be much:
three or four words wiil do. Just =
pretty bit OF poem. or = Bible verse
The second rule is: Look for
something pretty every day: aud
don't skip . day. or IL won't work "
MY third rule is-now mind
don't skip = day: Do something for
somebody every day! Tha, Is all
there is to IL. dear"
These three rules are Just as good
to-day as when they were spoken:
they will work always and every
where. In the country as we'll as In
the city; for women as we'll as for
girls. They will make q farmhouse
warm in the chill winter and a
tenement cool in the blazing sum-
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-21
CRIME ON INCREASE IN GREENE.

Three Murder Gases ON the Docket,
and Other Crimes of Violence.
Snow Hill Square Deal.
The criminal docket at our late
term of court should be a good and
effective lesson to the public. Why
rs there such an increase in the num-
Der of crimes of violent nature?
Three murder cases ON the docket
last week and other crimes Of VOL
ence. Judge Carter attributes the in
screase in crime to the practice of
carrying concealed weapons, and call
ed on all good citizens to unite in
suppressing this unlawful and dan
gerous habit. There is great need at
this time for a united effort on the
part of law-abiding citizens to sup
press, by indictment if necessary. the
dangerous habit Of carrying pistols.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-21
HEaD-oS COLLISION At SMITH
FIELD.
Eag5pe<T T.. A. Bell of Rocky Mount.
In Instantly killed-Severai Cars
Demolished.

suslthheld. Sept I3.--A head-on
ersutsLon OF two-freight trains on the
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad to-day
~ he northern enc Of the pass track
IL fmithfeld resulted In the death OF
Engineer Il. 4. Bell. Of Rocky Mount.
From all Information obtainable II
seems shat a through north Inbound
fTpfgfn Eas standing on the main line
wiEhir n hundred feet OF the switch
n INT north end OF the pass track.
xzaiffnx for a local freight going
szsukh, which vas TO take the side
tsrae.k- The engine on local train
esashed into the engine Of second EOS.
IaLnning him In his cab. breaking both
legs and arm, knocking great hole
IN his forehead and scalding his en-
tire body with escaping steam.
The fireman and engineer on sec
<5nd 20S, noticing that collision was
Inevitable after seeing that the speed
of the local was not lessened after
repeated whistles for breaks, left
their engine and took to the woods.
The fireman on the local freight
Jumped and saved his life. No other
Injuries were sustained. Both en-
xines were badly damaged, especial
~ on local freight and three cars OF
Ghe local were demolished and their
contents scattered.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-21
1J09aOGRATIC "GOOD GOVERN.
MENT" A FAILURE.

Sn1gsY1ers OF the "GOOd Govern
Tlreg Are Incompetent to Enforce
sihs Law.
AIbemarle Chronicle.]
"A correspondent in Raleigh, writ
xKg In the Evening Times Of that
Ci:fry, turns the light on and shows
what is going on down there in the
sEsy of a moral uplift. And this,
too, at the capitol Of the State and
night under the nose of Josephus,
the archangel of Democracy, and his
powerful organ. the News and OBJ
server. With what has leaked out
recently the public has about be-
come convinced that the reformers
nave fallen down on their job down
ahere, and now We have the proof of
at, but it is the old story repeating
itself about people learning only in
the school of experience. Any one
who is in any way acquainted with
the habits and conduct of a large per
cent of the city's population knows
very we'll that trucking sentiment
viii have no effect whatever in con-
Hrolling them and that stern meth
DDS only can have any effect. But
the same thing can be truthfully said
of all cities of Raleigh's size. The
Times correspondent, who signs
himself &c. Government" says I'M
der the head of who's to Blame?"
Are we not rapidly returning to
the reign of lawlessness and shame
From which We struggled few years
ago? Do not the reports coming
gdaily from the police court show that
The vicious and vile are rapidly in
Creasing? Is there any evidence Of
efforts being made to overtake and
bring to justice those who are vio-
4Iating the prohibition law, the law
against selling cocaine, gambling,
sASe.? Is not the red-light district
:gTBduaIly returning to it's former
Disgrace and shame? So far as | am
aDie 20 see neither the police COM
misS1oners nor the police are show
ing any special activity in favor of
good government, and it is time
somebody was waking up. 1t is, in
my Judgment, reproach and rehec-
eIson on those in authority that any
community should be forced to or
'ganiZe law and order league or a
'aaw enforcement club but it is very
certain if there is not great change
in Raleigh, and that very quick, we
shall be compelled to organize in
some way for our self-protection and
the good name of our city"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-21

The children In the Blank family
were taught habits of neatness at the
table by being compelled to pay a fine
of one cent for every spot they put
on the table-cloth. One day Harold,
a boy OF seven years, was discovered
rubbing the over-hanging part of the
cloth between his fingers, and, when
taken to task for it, he said:
why, Mummy, / was just trying
to rub two spots into one!''-October
Woman's Home Companion.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-21
Bad Now. Growing Worse, and the
End is Not in Sight.
Hickory Times-Mercury.1

41IShoIJ
When the Republicans turned over
the reins Of the government in North
Carolina, the State was out Of debt
and a surplus OF 100000 was in
the treasury. The Democrats have
been In control Of every department
of the government for a number Of
years and the State Is in debt over
100000, with not cent in the
treasury with which to pay the in
debtedness. The last Legislature IN
dertook to wipe out the treasury
deficit by raising the peoples taxes.
The people will, therefore, pay an
average of 80 per cent more taxes to
meet the extravaganza of this good
government CD crowd. And what
have the people received for this in
crease in taxation?
Absolutely nothing except the I'M
alleged pleasure CD of seeing the
salaries of Democratic off1ce-holders
increased. The peoples money has
been carelessly and recklessly han
died and the end is not in sight.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-21

There IL = young man IN washing
tor. no~ in his sixteenth summer.
who has already begun preparations
for the celebration Of hls birthday.
although the event does act come Of
for almost = year Jet The re2soa II
that as /; will be the first BIRTHDAY
he has ever had. he wants 70 make
that . youth should be in his gtx-
teenth year and never have had. since
the tine OF his birth. a natal day 20
celebrate: but this is the way the
Faies have treated him
He was born on the twenty-ninth
Of February. 1896. OF course hs
could not have another birthday until
another leap-year rolled round
which would bring him TO his fourth
year In 1900. But 1t will be remem-
bered that. according TO the Gregg
rian calendar, In use throughout most
OF the civilized world, the last year
OF every century skips the leap-year
day, so that there was no twenty
ninth OF February In 1900. Hence
the young man was cheated out Of
that first birthday.
In 1904, the next year in which he
could rightfully claim a birthday, he
was in Russia with his father until
the 25th OF February according
TO the Russian calendar, on which
day they left that country for home.
But on arriving in Paris two days
later, the boy found that the calen-
dars marked the fifth OF March in
stead of the twenty-seventh of Feb
ruary, due to the fact that the Rus
sian calendar is several days behind
the Gregorian. Thus he had to swal-
low his disappointment second time
and look forward to his first birthday
in 1903.
But alas! those tricky Fates! Early
in i sos his father, who is an army
officer, was ordered to the Philippines
and sailed with his family from San
Francisco to Manila about the middle
of February in that year. AS is well
known, there is point, or rather a
| meridian line in the Pacific Ocean
which marks one hundred and eighty
| degrees Of longitude, where all YES
sells bound toward the setting sun
have to drop day from their calen-
| dar; and as luck would have it, the
steamer conveying this birthdayless
| boy crossed this line on the twenty
eighth Of February, and the captain
had to drop out the twenty-nin h.
| Thus the youth, who is now verg-
ing on sixteen years Of age, has never
| had a birthday. But as his family
seems to be rooted in the capital in
definitely now, and as the mathema-
ticians tell him there is no freak of
calendar or time that can defraud
him of his long-deferred rights On
the twenty-ninth of February next,
he has already begun preparations
| for celebration that, he says, will
make an old-fashioned Fourth of July
| look like tallow dip in a dugout.-
The Youths Companion.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-21
Hopes Bobby Will Not Prophecy
Again.
Clinton News-Dispatch. ]

Governor Glenn told us during
the prohibition campaign that with
State prohibition crime would almost
cease, the courts would dry up for
the lack Of business, lawyers would
have to go to blowing and taxes
would be reduced. But now we find
crime is on the increase, and we are
told that more courts are necessary
in order to clear the blind tigers
of the charges made against them.
Lawyers are getting rich and taxes
are doubled. We hope that Bobby
will not prophecy again.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-21
The South's Serious Mistake.

when Senator Tillman said that
while it was going he wanted South
Carolina to go her share, he voiced
the sentiments of many who did not
have the courage to express 1t just
that way."-Durham Herald.
The best way to get such favors as
Senator Tillman and every other
Southern Congressman wants is to
elect men who are politically in SYM
pathy with the National administra-
ton. In this respect the South has
always made serious mistake
Union Republican.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-21

\: B-ns 'aaa.as 49,.
agaF~* rss'isAs4 "a sa.s-r,.'ass.
and are Dot EuArssss~.s -
Trslss leave gAlslxA
s:is ? =. sailT. San.
Pullman SAsspisE ca. ~
Sis = =. eaIlr. =. -
iaE'oa .as Norto's. F..ss.
t~eea New Bers az 49,, =
Sis = -. .aAllt. .t-~--
for New Bern rIa Css-,,,.. -'s'ss
400 ?. II. daily. e..
for Washington
Trains arrive nalslrA
4:2e = IN. dAllr-fs :.
daily except Sunday. a. -
daily. IA
Trains leave Gold.so-o
io:is D. H.. daily. -S.rs,R
Pullman Sleeping Car e. -
via New Bern.
T:is . IN. daily. Tor g...,
Norfoik-Parlor Car 90
Bern and Norfolk.
$40 p. m. daily. 'or xsx
Oriental and Beaufort
For further Information ,..
walton OF Pullman SlAx.s,.
space. apply TO d. V. Goa.
Ing Passenger Agent. R.I....
w. ". CRoxrOx
General Passenger Ass-
Nortolf. 7,
W. r. HUDSON.
General Superintendent
NOrf4fE =.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-21
Where is Glenn?
Snow Hill Square Deal.1

An exchange says: Eve have not
seen his name in any list of railway
wrecks; no disasters at sea has
brought us tidings of him-so where
in the bloomin' night of darkness is
Ex-Governor Bob Glenn? We do not
miss him-we simply do not see him
or hear him" Brother, don't you
remember his famous Legislature
when he had the railroads of the
State all standing on their ends? He
was in that attempt to undo the rail
roads, and in the wash-up he got to
sea and has not yet returned.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-21
SAYS MAINE Is WET"
Secretary of State Says the State is
Wet by 1870 Majority-However,
Governor and Council OF State Must
Verify the Returns.

Secretary of State Davis declares
shat the tabulation Of every county in
Maine, with every voting precinct &C
counted for, figures a majority OF 1876
for the repeal of the constitutional
prohibitory amendment. However.
he can not declare this result, as that
must be done by the Governor and
Council after examining the returns
os1icially tabulated in the Secretary
lsfice. If this majority should disap-
pear we will announce that with
rsanal promptness and absence of ad-
:5goGJres indicating personal interest.
Charlotte Observer.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-21

Every time ne hear any one sas
anything about = Democratic PRIEST
deut being elected n 1914 we s~gin
TO think Of Grover Cleveland. I IL
and 5 cent cotton. public soup houses
and Coke armies.-Clinton Sews-
Dispatch.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-21
The Democratic Fight in Wilmington
Webster's Weekly

Wilmington, which has more pol
itics to the square inch than any
town in North Carolina, is now pro-
foundry agitated over the installa-
ton of sanitary surface closets, and
at a mass-meeting Of citizens held
Tuesday night a movement was set
on foot to recall the mayor and al
dermen, this being permissible under
the commission form of government
prevailing In the city by the sea.
Petitions are being circulated with
the object of making these officials
run the gauntlet of the ballot-box
and the State will watch the expert
ment with no little interest.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-21
BEAN STALK WITH $50 PODS.
IL Had the Good Influence Of Mr..
Earnest starne's Corn Which
Took the Prize Offered by The
Caucasian Last Year.

Hickory Times Mercury
Mr.. J. w. Starnes brought TO town
Monday a sofa bean stalk OF the
Hubberlandt variety that contained
$50 pods. This bean grew on land
adjoining the prize corn patch Of
Mr.. Earnest Starnes. The beans
were planted early In August are
now nearly matured.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-21

The Democrats IL Cozwrem dsaas
really sxpexs The Fre<sdent 20 approve
their erAzy-aasIt t&rss eill. but sAsy
are pretending 10 ee - anxTY aeoa,
Il IS IL they had expected hIz to.
THIS Is wAai thcr call plAyIax pol
!tlea. bat could anybody tell Way
Union Republican.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-21

Jones: DO you think the horse
will survive the automobile7''
Brown: Not IL IL gets in It's way. 7"
October woman's Home Compan-
ion.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-21

rsr. Ta~y wsll hesr - Eaks -
masters 81 Cur lives ThsT are 80
plain sAat everybody CAB kesp shen-
No matter kow gray tie ssr. these
rules wIil make the saE sssSs
tnrouwA--Isi.es' Hone Journal
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-21

A Raleigh news item says that
there are twenty-five applicants for
the position of Assistant Bank Exam
liner. And yet they tell us that
Democrat never longs for the official
loaves and fishes Union Republican.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-21
Sure Thing.

"You must testify only to what
you know; no hearsay evidence"
eyes, SIR"
- What is you age?"
"I've only hearsay evidence on
that point"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-21

For rates, schedules, time tables g -
ether information desired apply 70 -
ell. Passenger and Ticket Agent Isssss~
No. III.
NoTICT.-Above schedules publishes q -
Information. and are not gusrsnteea
II. 8. LEARD. Division PAss- Aft1A
No. 4 W. Martin St.. Tucker Baid.sL
Opp. North Entrance PosN
RALKIcK =
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-21
Norfok. Southern ~,
ns'' 81 TIE 'sH iuv

tsses va gas~<<a t.
.sa so~faak >-a@ss..-- ~
and from al rs.. ~9 ,
Norxh Garcia. L..
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-21
L28- 100 {. Martin St, RALEIGH kc
SEABOARD AIRLINE
Schedule Effective april 9, iSiL

Trains Leave Raleigh
Direct line with Dou Bile Daily ssrytes -.
West through Atlanta. BirminSkxa -
Memphis.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-21
SAFER NEWARK FACTORIES.

IN VISIT among the large, factories in Newark by a representa-
IN tive of THE STAR yesterday showed a gratifying great
change in the safeguarding of the labor employed from the
chances of fire. Two years ago an inspection of the factories in our
city revealed dangerous conditions. The great majority of factory
buildings had no f%reescapes, the wooden starways were gener
ally INSTRUCTED, the passages were blocked up, nhammable
waste was in evidence on all sides and there was an utter lack of
care. The fre-escapes in use were mockeries and there was d
reckless disregard of the danger of fire and panic. Fire drills were
virtually unknown. The change has been wrought since the
calamitous factory fire on High street. Every large factory in
Newark is now well equipped with fire protection appliances and
ready means of escape and all factory owners have either com
piled with the law or are doing so as fast as the makers of the
improved fre-escapes can supply orders. And for some time they
have been swamped with work. The factories are under the super
vision of the State labor department and the inspectorial force is of
a different quality from that which formerly did little more than
draw pay from the State. The High street factory fire was a severe.
lesson and the evidence shows that it has been profted by.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-21
LAND FOR MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT.

IN CONSTITUTIONAL amendment to be voted in New York
nv provides that when a municipality takes private property
for public improvements it may not be restricted to the
particular area needed for the improvement, but may also take
adjoining land that may be benefited by the Improvement or de:
yelopment, which should be under municipal control. By acquiring
adjoining property the city can sell it at a higher price and thus
get the unearned increment resulting from the improvement. For
example, land adjoining Branch Brook Park and Weequahic Park
was largely increased in value by the creation of the parks, and
the unearned increment went entirely to the private owners, where
as it should have gone to the city for the benefit of all its citizens.
In buying land for a public park the municipality should also secure
the adjoining land and sell it again under restrictions, so as to
regulate the uses to which it shall be put. The adjoining land
bought and sold again would involve no extra expense and in most
cases would be productive of a good profit for the city. In the
laying out of new streets, also, the city can be largely benefited in
that way.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-21

his speciality having ever Deen uetecelsS
stories, as witness h Thinking Ma
chane," and others.
The Secretary of Frivolous Affairs
is a detective story, pure n simple
although there is a real secretary, the
attractive young person who tells the
| story, and although there are plenty OF
frivolous. affairs throughout the DOCK.
The heroine and her sister found tnem-
selves with a lot of worthless mining
stock on hand and very little else. Inc
heroine answered an unusual advertise
ment and found herself Immediately In
the very centre of a whirl of social ex-
| citement as the right hand of Mrs.
Hazard, a social leader of the day.
The first thing that happened was
| the theft or loss of an emerald brace
let on a balcony. The heroine was
there at the time and so was a foreign
duke. This robbery was followed by
a succession of unusual, c~leverly exc
cuted and battling thefts. The house
of an author nearby was searched n
in his safe was found a box of jewels
and among them the missing bracelet.
Of course, this author was not the
thief; If he had been the story would
have been ended then and there. just
what a bracelet was doing in his safe
and lust why he insisted on proving
around Mrs. Hazards house night
after night, it is impossible to find out
until the last few pages of the story.
He was arrested and released on bail.
When the robberies get to be almost
a joke the guests at a dinner given
by Mrs. Hazard were careless enough
to tell what precautions each vas TAX
ing against theft.
I'm not afraid of thieves Lydia
declared. Il always put my things in
a stocking n toss 1t carelessly with
my slippers under a bed It's the last
place on earth thief would look for
anything. That's Abercrombie system;
clever, isn't it?"
"Oh, mother keeps hers in a hoe
now Dorothy burst in.
Il have changed 1t again. Mrs. Aber-
| crombie laughed, under the pillow.
| It's so old it may be new"
1--WE changed, too Dorothy admit
ted. I'D rather lose everything than
be scared to death with your money or
your life,' so l put half of what I pos
sess in plain sight on the dressing table
and hope Mr.. Thief will think that is
all and go away satisfied without wax
ing me. Isn't that elever?"
II think I have the best scheme OF
iall," Mrs. .Higginson ventured. Il have,
presumably, a hot-water bottle, but
really it is a chamois bag. Now, no
thief would ever think of looking for
Jewels in a hot-water BOTTLE"
Strange as it may seem, the heroine
herself was found unconscious that
very night with a broken arm, clutch
ing tightly a green bag, and in the
green bag were the water bottle. the
stocking and the shoes and all he
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-21
oNLooKERs MAY BE RIOTERS, TOO.

erA HOSE two Yale freshmen who were fined in police court at
New Haven yesterday for participation in burning of rail.
road bridges think probably that it is pretty hard lines, as
several of their classmates testified that the pair had nothing to
do with the "fun," but were merely looking on. But they got no
more than was coming to them. If a disturbance is going on in the
streets the place for lawabidihg people, unless called upon by the
police for aid, is as far away from the scene as they can get. Those
who look on at a riot may be held equally guilty with the active
rioters. This is not only sound ethics, but it is the letter of the
law. AS for this particular piece of mischief, the best to be said is
that such outbreaks have become very rare of recent years at Yale,
as at the other large institutions of learning in this country, and
are confined to freshmen who have not been long enough in college
to realize that the overwhelming sentiment of the student body is
iptoierant of hoodlumism.