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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-12-14

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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-12-14

X The ons nsEiiacn divorces 81 tAs
country 1rring tAa last twenty yaasx
had besn granted for trivial e1zses
tbs outIook woal1 Be bid suozxn.
but the situation becomes a. ia
more serious wlsan TIE s~1xrasscas
take place for grave moral rUAauaa
II % gensrsilr recognized that saen
causes - adultery. dasartIoa. evnel-
u. Imprisormsu; for crime. h.nliual
drunkenness and neglect to provide
are grave reasons for divorce: and
while soDs Of our States have cnnl-
bus clauses IN their divorce Iaw. these
ak principal grounds are the ones
recognized By the majority of States.
Moreover. the statistics o. divorces
granted show that ninsty-ssven per
cent OF all divorces are granted ca
these six principal grounds. onIy Al
Insignificant fraction Of the divorces
in the United States are granted for
trivial reasons. such a. ''Incompatl-
biiity OF temper" Aga!n. over sixty
per cent OF the divorces In the United
States are granted for the two most
serious grounds OF all-adultery and
desertion. In other words. In two
thirds OF the cases divorce was grant
ed after husband and wife were al
ready practically separated.
We must conclude. therefore. that
divorce IL prevalent not because OF
tho laxity OF our laws. but rather be-
| cause OF the decay OF our family life.
The real evil In not divorce, but the
decay of the very virtaes upon which
the home rests. The problem In
American family life Is whether We
are able to build up the virtues upon
which new and higher type OF fam
lily may be founded, higher. that Is.
than the despotic. semi-patriarchal
type of family of our fathers which
Is now passing away or is, rather, al
ready extinct. It must be remem-
bered, however, that the first essen
tial element In the home life Of a
people is stability.-The Delineator.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-12-14
And This I'm Prohibition North Caro-
lima.
Boone Democrat

Boone Democrat
The county singing in Boone last
Saturday was very largely attended.
and the contesting classes all did
well, OF which We are proud. but 1t
makes US blush to say that some of
the visitors came loaded with whis-
key, and. it seems, bent on disturb
ance, and in the afternoon our quiet
little town was turned into a verit-
able bedlam Of confusion, which was
only repetition OF the last one held
at Cove Greek Church, in one of the
best communities in the county. The
singings are entirely praiseworthy,
and the promoters there are among
our best citizens, but unless there
can be something done to keep the
drinking element under better con-
troll, 1t would be far better to "cut
them out" entirely. This is the opin-
ion Of this community, at least.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-12-14
Twins Celebrate Different Birthdays

The Union Republican tells Of
three generations of twins, one pair
of which was born on separate days,
is a strange fact that has been dis
covered in the birth of twin boys,
weighing and pounds respective
ly, to Alderman and Mrs. z. J.
Thompson, of Shelby, N. c., one
morning the past week. Mr.. Thomp-
sons mother is a twin, he is a twin
of DR.. G. A. Thompson and now
twins have been born to him. A
strange thing about the birth of Mr..
n. J. Thompson, one of Shelby's
leading citizens, is that he was born
on one day and his brother on an
other. The way it happened is that
he was born at Is minutes before
II o'clock, midnight, and his broth
er was born minutes after IL. They
are twins, yet they celebrate differ
ent birthday anniversaries.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-12-14

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WILLARD NAL.
Cls~k Wake sSpessev cc@rs-
!. G. l. HARRIS.
Attorney for fAe r1xsntsr-
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-12-14
me CORN CLUB BOYS
rxenty One Prize Winners
From the South Are Now
in Washington

all be Awarded Diplomas by the
e.crctary Of Agriculture and Then
shovn Over the City-Six OF the
gors Raised Over 200 Bushels on
an Acrc-Charlie Parker, Jr., of
uertford County, the Prize Winner
From This State.
Tuenty-one boys from the South
a,r states who won prizes this year
for raising banner crops Of corn are
nov in Washington. d. c., and will
sne1d the rest of the week taking in
.te sights Of the National capital.
secretary of Agriculture Wilson has
presented each Of the boys a diploma
!, recognition of the good work done
5y them In the advancement OF agri-
culture They also will be present
cd to President Taft.
A press dispatch from Washington
says.
Agricultural Department officials
in charge of the farm demonstration
work are highly pleased with the re-
suit Of this year S work by the boys
clubs. Both in quantity of corn rails
ed and in cheapness of production, Ii
has been by far the best year since
the idea was inaugurated three years
ago. They point to the fact that six
h1
than 200 bushels on their acre Of
land, whereas last year this was
done by only one boy. The average
production among the twenty-oHe
boys is about IT'S bushels per acre.
Bonnie BeesOn, eleven years old =,
of Monticello, Miss, who grew 227
and a fraction bushels on his acre at
a cost Of IA cents per bushel is the
leading prize-winner, having come
within a bushel of the best previous
record. In the cheapness of cost Ju-
MUS Hill, of Alabama, comes first,
his 212 bushels having been raised
at an average cost Of only 81 cents a
bushel
The most interesting feature of
this years corn work, which has
spread like wild fire throughout the
entire South said Professor Martin
to-day. who will have charge of the
boys during their stay, is the ex-
tremely low cost of production shown
by them; and we are much pleased
with this, for one of the things on
which DR.. Knapp, who started the
movement, insisted, was that no eff
forts should be made to produce
freak crops, no matter what the eX-
pense incurred might be, but that
costs should be kept down. There
fore, in awarding thep riZes cost
counts equally with amounts Of pro.
duction in determining thep riZe win.
ners. Quality also is rated and the
boys general knowledge of the cor.
rect farming methods, as shown BY
paper he is required to prepare
The boys now here are: Eber A
Kimbrough and Junius Hill, Ala
bama; Burley Seagrave and Walter
Hale, Arkansas; Ben Leath, Arthur
Hill, and Monroe Hill, Georgia.; Car
Duncan and Howard Burge, Ken
lucky; John H. Henry, Jr., Louisi
ana; Bonnie Beeson, Barnie Thoma:
and John Bowen, Mississippi; Char
lie Parker, Jr., North Carolina
Philip Wolf, Oklahoma; Miller Hud
son and Claude Mcdonald, South
Carolina; John V. McKibbon, an(
Norman Smith, Tennessee; John A
Johnson, Jr, Virginia, and Edward
Doyle, Illinois.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-12-14
Have Judges Enough.

Hickory Times-Mercury.]
The Statesville Landmark is right
IN saying We have enough judges.
When in the Senate, J. D. Elliott in
troduced a bill compelling the judge
to remain the full time allotted for
court. This would prevent his hurry
ing over the docket to get home, or
go off on a pleasure trip. But the
bill did not become a law-''it died
a-bornin'." 1t should have become a
law, with provisor as to sickness,
and then let that be based on doc
tors certificate like that of a juror,
or witness.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-12-14

THE NORTH CAROLINA
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND
MECHANIC ARTS

Four-yesr courses in Agriculture.
In Chill. Electrical. and Mechanical
Engineering: In Industrial CAewls
try: In Cotton Manufacturing sss
Dyeing. Two-year courses Tn Me-
ehanic Arts and In Textile Art One.
year course In Agriculture Thsss
courses are beth practical and scisa.
tific. Examinations for admission arr
held at all eounty-seats On July IL
For catalogue address
THE REGISTRAR.
West Raleigh. ". q.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-12-14
Leaving the Sinking Shiu.

Lincoln Times.
A Lincoln County farmer Ga Dem
ocrat) came in Tuesday and sub
scribed for The Times. He said he
had always voted Democratic, but he
has concluded there is a reason why
cotton goes down every time the
Democrats get in power. He told us
there will be surprised folks in this
county after next November, that the
farmers are going to vote for the
party that gives them living prices.
We get news like this every day.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-12-14

To William j. FraxIsg /.

% NlllAm j. fTAxssg
This il TO notify yca that your wsfe.
Maggie Frazier. has brought suit
against you TO the January Term.
1914. OF Wake Superior Court for d.
Torce from the bonds Of matrimony.
and that the summons issued for you
has been returned by the sheriff with
this endorsement thereon: After ex-
ereising due diligence. the defendant.
William j. Frazier. Is not 10 be found
in this county" You are. therefore.
further notified 10 appear ~ the
January Term. 1919. Of Wake supe-
rior Court, which convenes on the
Sth OF that month. and answer. de-
muir or plead TO the complaint which
will be nled in the court during the
first three days of that term, other
wise the plaintify will demand 10 be
allowed to prove the allegations Of
her complaint and have judgment &C
cordingly.
This December IL, 1911.
WILLARD NAL.
Clerk Wake Superior Court.
]. r. l.. HARRIS,
Attorney for the Plaintiff.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-12-14
Farmers Should Change This Condi-
ton,

What is the matter with the mar
ket? Something is out of gear since
last year. Then we farmers could
Sell anything we had, even a knot
hole in plank, for the money and
at a good price.
Last week 1 had a lot of chickens
IN Lincolnton. l tried every store,
motel, and restaurant in town and
couldn't even get bid for cash.
There's something bad wrong, and
we farmers ought to quit voting the
way We have been and change this
condition next fall.-Reepsville Cor
respondent of The Lincoln Times.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-12-14
Sampson County Great.
Charity and Children.1

Clinton is not one of our big towns
but it is one of our best. 1t Is the
capital of old Sampson, the county
that John Oates used to refer to as
sweet" Sampson is famous as the
home of the huckleberries; but he
who jumps to the conclusion that
huckleberries are the only or the
chief products of Sampson makes a
farming sections in North Carolina
A farmer living near Clinton will
make fifty bales of cotton this year
on forty-five acres, and he recently
refused $4,000 for twenty acres of
his land. Oh, Sampson is great!
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-12-14

In the Superior Court-January
Term, 1912.
North Carolina-Wake County.
Sarah Thaxtoa
vs.
Lee Taxton.
To Lee Thaxton:

To Lee Thaxton:
This Is to notify you that your
wife, Sarah Thaxton, has brought suit
against you to the January Term,
1912, of Wake Superior Court, for
divorce from the bonds of matri-
mony, and that the summons issued
for you has been returned by the
sheriff with this endorsement there
on: "After exercising due diligence,
the defendant, Lee Thaxton, is not to
be found in this county" You are,
therefore, further notified to appear
at the January Term, 1912, of Wake
Superior Court, which convenes on
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-12-14
J. S. HALEY, Administrator of
Samuel Chavis,
John w. Chavis, ct al.
Order Appointing Commissioners and
of Sale.

By virtue of special proceeding
entitled as above and brought in
Wake Superior Court. and a judg-
rment thereof, l will offer for sale, at
public auction, to the highest bidder
for cash, at IL o'clock NJ, at the
courthouse door on Monday, the 22d
day of January, 1912, the following
described lot of land lying and being
in Houses Creek Township, and more
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-12-14
j. +. Click Will Make the Mercury
''Click."

Lincoln Times.
Uncle jesse Click is back in har-
ness. He, together with Mr.. w. G..
Whisnant, has bought the Times
Mercury. Mr. Click has assumed the
duties Of editor, and Mr.. Whisnant is
business manager.
Mr.. Click is one of the very best
writer's in North Carolina. We need
many more like him. May many years
more of usefulness be vouchsafed to
him. He will make the Mercury
Click"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-12-14

The Nashville Home. !

ne AaTsnviils Home.
OF course. Il Is almost obligatory
upon parents 20 buy new school
books when changes are made. but
It's hard matter 10 determine tuxt
Why these changes are made 30 often.
It appears 20 us that the book trusts
might be figuring In the matteg. We
may be mistaken about IL. but one
thing We are not mistaken about
no book will even be published tha,
will make the children learn unless
they study. and they can learn In al.
most any OF them IL they'll try.
Really. outside OF the extra cost and
trouble, we don't believe It's a good
Idea TO change schools books Jus,
about the time students become IA.
miliari with the ones they have or
hand.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-12-14

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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-12-14

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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-12-14

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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-12-14
THE NORTH CAROLINA
State Normal and
Industrial College

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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-12-14
PUBLICATION o. SUMMONS.

Ia The Superior Court
January Terra. 1914.
North Carolina coanfy.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-12-14

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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-12-14
s HONE : FOR BACKWARD

= Experffraining and care BY specially traiaed
teachers and experienced physseiaa Who asa
devoted bis life TO this work. Home infIusnces-
300 acres OF bea atiful lawn and Woodland for
pleasure grounds Cottage system. Elegantly
appointed buildings. electric Iignted and steam
heated. Highly endorsed and rec 1mmended BY
prominent physicians. ministers and patrons.
Beautiful book m allied on application.
Or. Jshn r. Stewart. Bex IS. FsrmAais. III.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-12-14

SALE OF LAND TO MAKE ASSETS
In the Superior Court
Before Willard Mial, Clerk.
North Carolina-Wake County.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-05-02
our NAVAL RESOURCES.

There Is no diticulty about our ma
val resources when it comes to money,
but when = comes to men we are not
50 sure about our ability
y Less than half the states take an
Interest in our naval militia move
ment: and these 90 states supply an
aggregate of 7.O35 men. an average Of
little over 305 per state.
What our navy needs and what
congress has refused to supply is a
merchant marine SO organized that it
can be made a nursery for the navy.
In the war of 1912 the sailors of our
warships were mainly drawn from the
crews of the New England whaling
and fishing fleets and their deeds re-
Elected luster on the American navy.
If we had lines of steamers plying be-
tween American and foreign ports we
would train thousands of men to fit
them to take their places on our bat
tleships and on cruisers as soon as
war should threaten.
Something needs be done in this di-
recticn if we intend to cope with the
navies of other nations.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-05-02
BARRED THE AFTER bINNER
SPEECHES.

We all know so we'll what after
dinner speeches are that they do not
need be defined. SINE they cease to
lie pleasure long before the pro-
gramme is concluded. The members
Of a civic society Of AIassachu
recently held a banquet with the aft
er-dinner speeches cut out having
substituted for them vaudeville selec-
tons rendered b. competent artists
and this has been commended BY the
press as n manifestation OF fine 5udg-
snent and excellent taste. A brothe.
editor. commenting Supon the good
sense Of the change. says.
Pretty good idea. 1t would be a
kindness to humanity to omit a ma
5ority OF the after-dinner speeches
They arc generally lacking in wit and
originality. Those inexperienced in i'm
promptu speaking suffer all througls
the banquet for fear they viii be
called on. IL they have no real mese
sage to deliver but go through tho
form Of saying something that IT,
agonizing to themselves and tho
hores their listeners. The new ides.
helps out the vaudeville people and
ought 10 be more enjoyable to ban.
queters in general than the tinie-wori,
talk fest"
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-05-02
The Case of Miss Beers.

1t is believed that Captain BoNycrs
retirement as superintendent of the
academy is further punishment for his
In the first place. of all people in the
world, the average army or navy Off
Ger has the least claim to affect social
superiority. The officers of our army
and navy are rightly drawn from the
ordinary ranks of life all over the
country, and. as a rule, have little of
family inheritance or social position
of which to boast. This is SO general
ly recognized that at Newport even
the United States, uniform is not a
passport to society, those officers be-
ing admitted to exclusive circles only
who happen to come from families
of recognized position, or whose wives
are members of such families. AS a
rule, officers in the navy dislike ex-
ceedingly a Newport assignment Fur
Their, Miss Beers, known to some Wa
terbury people as a most Charming
young woman, was studying domestic
science and in pursuit of that speciality
took the position she had with her
friend, Mrs. Tarrant At this time
when. everywhere on both sides of the
Atlantic, serious attempt is being
made to interest women in the care of
children and the household as a SET
entific pursuit it is most inappropri-
ate and most unfortunate that any So
cial stigma should be permitted to at
tach to any young woman who is will
ing to take up this new profession, one
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-05-02
WITH REFERENCE TO SHADE
TREES.

There are few expert tree wardens
in New England; but as the study -
forestry advances We are likely to de
veiop them. One Of the greatest
faults in setting out shade trees is
the planting Of them too close together
and thus hindering their perfect de-
veiopment. II is just as necessary to
thin out trees In city streets or Pub
lie parks as it is TO prune and other
wise doctor them.
Too much shade makes n street I'M
Healthy. II Is not density ~ foliage
that beautifies q street. but the sym
Tnetriral shape Of the trees; and prop
erly planted the trees are healthier
end do very much less damage to adj
tacent property. which the roots in
wade and the foliage keeps damp, pro-
noting decay.
A Sonny house is MS necessary as
shady street; but both cannot be
had by present methods. What is nee
essary in all cities where there are
shade trees is to cut out the trees
not needed in order to insure the nat
urai growth and beauty of the trees
which we desire to preserve.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-05-02
RESUM z.

These published replies to The Bull
letin's inquiries cover So cities in 10
states.
The largest number of cities heard
from We're in Kansas-12.
The next largest from Texas-1o.
From eight states we heard from
one city in each.
The whole number Of answers has
been 160
A majority of the letter writers
have approved the change.
They have shown that where par
tisanism has been eliminated selfish
ness has not been.
That where old political machines
have been demolished, new con1bina-
lions have formed the influence and
effect of which cannot be judged at
this time, the commission government
not having been thoroughly tested.
The answers were practically unan-
imOuS that permanent expenses had
been increased without evidence as a
whole that the resultant economies
have warranted the income.
So far as the officers being specially
fitted for their work, there has been
evidence. only in a few places of the
obtainment of superior men for pub
lie service.
So far as obeying that clause of the
commission government charter which
REQUIRES the mayor and commission
service-it has been generally violated.
As to the betterment of the finances
there has been no satisfactory evil
dence if these letters are taken col
lectively In a few instances there
have been remarkable improvements;
while in few other cases the bet
terment in this direction. was offset by
the checking of public enterprise in
street improvement, etc.
The recall is not recognized in Kan
sas and in other places it is labeled
fraud. In most cases, while it is
spoken of as effective, it has not been
tried. In Tacoma, where it has been
operated impulsively to GUST the may
or and commissioners for passing an
anti treating law, and in Oklahoma,
where. according to the Omaha Bee,
the state is booked for six elections
in six months. it looks very much
like a farce. 1t will be remembered
one of The Bulletins replies was
"Where there is no recall, commits
sion government is an oligarchy.' The
wisdom or lack of wisdom of this
whole system seems to hinge upon the
conduct of the people under the recall.
If they are to overthrow officials as
being incompetent for the enactment
of wholesome local laws or the en-
forcement of sanitary rules, it is GER
tainly the handiest way of making a
farce of government that has ever
been designed.
A majority of these cities owned
their own water works and their re-
plies were favorable to public owner
ship.