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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-01-26
Juror Didn't Want to Break In.
Greensboro Record. ]


Lawyers have a fund of funny in
cidents encountered in their practice.
Last week Judge Bynum was attend
ing Alamance Superior Court, hay-
ing an important issue for trial. A
Jury was selected just before noon
recess, the pleadings were read. and
adjournment was taken for dinner.
When court met in the afternoon they
proceeded to examine witnesses.
Judge Bynum said after awhile he
happened TO glance at the jury and
saw there were only eleven men in
the box. The seats are arranged close
to the bar and he was not sure. 30
he counted again-onIy eleven men
sure. Then he called his honor's at
tention to IT.; the names OF the jur-
ors were called when all answered
who were in the box, the other an
swer coming from the rear of the
court room. The Judge asked this
twelfth man why he was not In the
box; he said when he came In you
all were at work and | didn't want
to break in" He was the most
polite juror I ever saw" says Judge
Bynum. He had heard al 1.-The evil
dence so far introduced. however.
and by consent the trial proceeded.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-01-26

we hare ee~n 30 pressed anrsaE
he pasa seek wIsA sarse@s nastsFs
shst II hss nos besn posssaae 10 pre-
pare the asxt insssilmTas - ~. sss-
ssr's xpe~eh for shss week'. assas- Be-
sides. the notes saken 81 shEs part 81
the speexA ase sozsewAss aore frag-
aeasary thsn other parts. and tie
length Of sane whirh has elapsed has
made i, = little naosea sfzcnls 10 clear.
ly and correctly reproduce IT, How
ever. The Caucasian expects 20 have
two or three columns prepared for
the next issue. and 10 continue the
report OF The speech each week until
II ali has been printed.
In thss connection. &c sIsh 10
state TO our readers that Il viii not
be. possible Tor as 10 furnish any
more back copies Of the speech.
Nearly every new subscriber 10 the
paper has requested that the back
copies containing the report Of the
speech from the beginning shoald BE
furnished them. We printed q grea,
many extra copies anticipating such
requests. and we regret very much
that the number printed for this par-
pose has been exhausted.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-01-26
That Depends.

Shall white men be dfsfranchis-
ed ?"-Wilmingte Dispatch.
That depends upon the party in
power. There has not been an cleo
ton for the past ten years that white
men have not been DISTINGUISHED IN
North Carolina by Democratic cleo
ton laws. although promise after
promise is made that such should not
be the case. And this party of dis
elimination and unjustness in cleo
ton methods is continued in power.
Union Republican.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-01-26

Msrson Butter presented TIE carpet
bar bonds to the Stare Of Rnods
Isl.nd. re have 90 szy that thoawh
this man Hliaebraa does not know
mE>h. yet he does know snuuEa 10
knoz that Marion Batter did not pre-
sent auy earpet-bsg honds 80 that
State: and. Indeed. he kno~s that
Marion Butler has never been eoEs-
neeted, either directly or indirectly.
with any earpet-bag eoads Of ans
Stale or OF any kind On the other
hand. that fellow knows that al Of
the North Carolina earpet-hag bonds
have been pooled and are controlled
By a bond syndicate. headed By John
G.. Carlisle. who yas the Democratic
Secretary OF the Treasury under
Grover Cleveland. and a committee
Of which Hon. Jefferson ". Levy,
former Democratic State Chairman Of
Virginia, and nov Democratic Tam
many Congressman from the State OF
New York, and the owner Of Mon
ticello." the home OF Thomas Jeffer-
son. the Democratic mecca OF Amer
lea. il a member, and that 1t was that
committee that attempted to tender
certain North Carolina carpet-bag
bonds to the State of Rhode Island.
These facts the Democratic press
and politicians. while conducting
their miserable and lying campaign
on Marion Butler, have suppressed,
and the editor of the Asheville Ga
zette-News is working in thorough
harmony with and is a part OF the
conspiracy.
The editor of that dishonest, par
tisan sheet also knows that Marion
Butler refused to be employed as at
torney by the Carlisle syndicate or
by any other holders of any carpet
bag bonds. He knows that Marion
Butler, In the proof which he furnish
| ed in his Raleigh speech, giving the
| lie to Democratic charges, produced
the following letter, which speaks for
itself:
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-01-26

Washington Post. ]

Washington Post.1
Five Governors OF ohie are bur
led in our city" remarked Mayor
Wallace Yople, of Chi.icothe, O., at
the New willard last night. II say
five, because one of them, the found
er OF the town. Nathaniel Massie.
was declared entitled TO the once.
although he never took the oath.
Massie was beaten by Macarthur ct
the polls. but after election IL was
found that Macarthur had not lived
long enough in the State. and could
not serve. That threw the Office TO
Massie, the next highest candidate.
but he declined, and an acting Gov
ernor served the whole two-year
term. Think of any one declining
the Governorship of Ohio or any 9th
er State in these days.
THE other Ohio Governors who
lived and died in ChiIicothe were
Duncan Macarthur. afterward regu-
larly elected: William Allen. Thomas
worthington and Edward Tim. the
latter being the first Governor OF
the State.
"Chilicothe was also the home of
Allen G. Thurman. the old Roman
but he spent his declining years in
Columbus. His old home here In
Washington is next TO President
Taft's church, on Fourteenth street.
and I wonder why your sightseeing
lecturers do not mention the fact TO
visitors. as Thurman VAS one OF the
greatest men of the Nation"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-01-26

WASTED. TIE Legislature ~csIx -
i sesxscz ssx rnsasAs = Tie isv a.
as~ Peg dies. Asa every Gar wozla
Sc ss~ snsroaaetsoa Of frssk Ellis aas
tie nseTstIcn 81 @usA Aex sis. tyske
Cosouel noyd~s. 81 Salisbury. ws -
iasvs sast = s~ssses onee II ia ysars
acas1 "a Exe.-Nswsus Ness
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-01-26
New York Press. ]

New York Press.I
On June 19 next the President and
Mrs. Taft will celebrate their silver
wedding anniversary. The last event
of the kind in the White House was
i'm the administration OF Rutherford
young girl, and it is on record she
told President Hayes, who was her
fathers law partner and her god
father that she would never be mar
ried to a man who would not become
President Hayes advised her to be-
come an Ohio mans wife IL she wish
ed to realize that dream.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-01-26

The salary of the Governor
should be sufficient to permit OF
his maintaining the dignity. OF
his position and not come out
worse of financially than when
he went in.-Durham Herald.
Does the Herald mean that the sal
airy of the Governor should be in
creased to $4,000 over and above
living expenses?
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-01-26
Who Is Squandering the Peoples
Money Now?


When the Republicans were In
power in this State they didn't sell
a bond, they took the poor insane
patients at our hospitals OF OF the
floors and put them on nice clean.
comfortable beds; they gave the
Blind Institution that splendid boys
building; they gave the State the
Normal and Industrial College at
Greensboro and paid every appropri-
alton they made and left more than
$4,000 in the State Treasury, and.
did it with less than half the taxes
that the Democrats are collecting out
of the people to-day. And still
Democrats claim that Republicans
squandered the peoples money
Who's guaranteeing the peoples
money now, Josephus?
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-01-26

These are enough facts to state at
present. In conclusion, however, we
desire to take this occasion to say
that when the editor of the Asheville
Gazette-News makes the charge as
published in the above extract from
that paper, that the editor lies and
knows that be lies.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-01-26

Judge Hole. to whom this letter
was addressed. was prominent New
York lawyer and business man, aud
a man with whom Mr. Butler was as
sociated in number of matters, and
he was approached by the Carlisle
syndicate to secure his and Mr.. But
ler's cooperation in their efforts to
collect these bonds. The letter which
Mr.. Butler wrote prevented Judge
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-01-26
DEMOCRATS FIGHT EDUCATION
Al PROGRESS.

Al PROGRESS.
During the first days Of the pres
snt session OF the Legislature Hon >.
r. Marshall. of Surry. introduced a
bin in the House requiring the State
TO furnish free textbooks In the COM
mon schools. The bill was referred
TO committee and Il was two weeks
or more before Mr.. Marshall could
kAf the committee to act on his Dill
Af5a meeting OF the committee Mon
day afternoon they decided 10 report
tfa bin. making It apply only to Sur
II. County, providing Surry. County
would pay for the textbooks out OF
liz general fund and not out OF the
school fund.
The plea OF the committee was that
the State could not stand the strain
to furnish the school books to the
children of the State.
Mr.. Marshall made an eloquent
plea before the committee for the
moor school children OF the State,
stating that such measure would
aid many of them in securing an ed
ncation, and he read petitions and
letters from prominent men in the
state urging the passage of the bill;
hui all TO no avail on Democratic
committee.
The committees plea that the State
could not stand the strain OF FUR
nishing the textbooks free was not
a valid one. II they would cut out
all their bills for creating new Of
fees and increasing salaries the State
could then afford to furnish the text
books free and give thousands OF
Iloor children an opportunity to Sc
cure an education who cannot no"
attend school because their parents
are unable to purchase the textbooks
required. Talking of free schools
Why We can't have them until free
textbooks are furnished. The State
could save several thousand dollars
a. year from the price now paid fol
textbooks in the common schools OF
the State. The same class of books
would be used in all the schools, and
By buying them in large quantities
they could be bought at much
cheaper. price than the prices a.
which they are now sold, and as one
family OF children had finished with
the books, they could then be usee
by other children in that grade.
The Democratic party has enacted
asiaW that disfranchises the young
white, boys that cannot read ane
write, and It is their duty to try IL
every way to help give the poor BIO!
an education-.
=: And now after refusing the FIRE,
text-books they are talking of com
pnlsory education. The same issue o
the, News and Observer that said tina
the State was not able to furnish
free textbooks, contained an articl
copied from the Nashville Graph
endorsing compulsory education. HOY
can the State force poor boy or CIR
to attend school who is not able t
purchase the necessary textbook
and which books the State refuse
ftot furnish free? Let us first hay
free schools in the true sense of tn
word before talking about compul
sorry education.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-01-26

Hoie frcm Aavinx anytAiak 30 DO
eth tie proposition
TIE glitter Of he AsaesEase Gasssssr
Ness also ancws that every act and
word 81 Mr. Butler aas beea 20 ixr
TO discourage AID prssent the coaa~c-
ton Of these esrpet-bzx beads. lie
also kno~s that whea Hon. Joha @.
capers. former Commissioners Of In
sernai Revenue. mas approached 81
the same Carlisle syndicate. With =
view 10 employing aim a. counsel.
that Captain Capers went TO Marion
Butler for advice. and TIA, twas Mr.
Buffers advice that prevented Mr.
capers from being employed By that
syndicate.
The editor of that paper knows
that when the miserable lying attack
was made upon Mr. Butler In North
Carolina. that Hou. John @. capers
sent a letter TO State Chairman More
head IN the interest Of truth and jas-
tice, giving the above facts. which
letter Is as follows:
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-01-26
saI,-E o. noss- coas CONTEST.
Kssinaasea That Cesn t1us Ca.sess
Last f~sE~sasi~d Gees 80. oao.e -cA
Co The taia~ &C tho s~~tIs's Axrs-
valtasxI psv<fnws.-
Baltimore sunl

ke&a&sks38AN Ss@s=
Darsnx The last year ss-..s soys
andsr &c years o. arc seFe coutes1-
anss for prises In cora grovtnE Goa
tests IN The Southern States & las
been estimated that tss1 added ever
zee. 900 goo 10 The value Of the
south's AGRICULTURAL products auTsnx
the last year. Experts in Washing
ton say that the gain IN corn prcaae-
ton Is iss.sss eco bushels IN :welss
Southern states. worth si.s. aee zee.
and Of this Increase they give "a.
boys IN the competitive eiabs credit
for so per cent One Of The require
ments In connection With the sess sas
that = careful statement be made of
all items of expense in growing the
prize acre.
The winners. with their records.
are a. follows: i. ]. Hardcn. Of
Alabama. 40 bushels to the acre as
a cost of D cents a bashcl: Joseph
Stone. of Georgia. io3 bushels ut 20
cents; S. c. Henry. of Louisiana. iIo
bushels at 1876 cents: William VIII
liams. Of Mississippi. iis bushels 81
Is cents; w T.. Starnes. Of North
Carolina. l4G bushels 1t 81 eents:
Floyd Gayer. Of Oklahoma. 9s BUSH
els at 4 cents: ]. II. Moore OF Sonth
Carolina, s2s bushels at - cents;
Norman Smith. Of Tennessee. i2s
bushels at 81 cents: ". r. Smith. of
Texals. SO bushels al Ii cents. and
Maurice Algers, OF Virginia. les
bushels at 40 cents.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-01-26
October 4. 1910.
Hon. John. NJ. Morehesd,
asEraaushara - e.

Hon. John. NJ. Morehesd,
Greensboro. =. c.
Dear Mr. Morehead:-Your favor
in which you say that a charge has
been circulated in North Carolina in
this campaign to the effect that Hon.
Marion Butler is connected with the
Carlisle Bond Syndicate. as counsel
for the collection OF certain North
Carolina bonds. known as the carpet
bag bonds and requesting that !
give you any information that ] may
have with reference to the matter.
has been received.
What l know about the matter
is, briefly. as follows:
1T is matter of public record.
cited in cases OF the Supreme Court.
that Senator Butler appeared as one
Of counsel in certain case where
the Supreme Court decided that the
State had already gotten the value OF
the bonds and that they should be
paid.
1T seems, however, that after
wards the State of Rhode Island and
think the State of Nevada passed
some legislation which it was thought
might enable the Supreme Court to
pass upon the validity of a wholly
different class of North Carolina
bonds, different in creation. in con-
sideration and in purpose. These
are generally referred to as the
fraudulent 'carpet-bag bonds
81 had never heard of either class
of bonds until about year ago
when counsel for Hon. John G. Car
as one of counsel to take up either
the Rhode Island or Nevada case for
presentation to the Supreme Court.
knowing that a case had been
tried in the Supreme Court to test
the validity of the North Carolina
second mortgage bonds, in which ex-
Senator Butler appeared as counsel,
and that the judgment OF, the court
was that the bonds were valid, and
as a result of that judgment that
| there had been satisfactory settle
ment or adjustment made by the
| State, | went to call upon Senator
Butler with my then law partner, Mr..
| ]. d. Wright.
| 81 took the papers over to his of
! fee and asked him to give me the
facts so that I could decide If 1t
/ would be a straightforward and pro-
! fessional thing, under the circum-
| stances governing the latter class OF
bonds, to represent the syndicate be-
| fore the Supreme Court. He in
| sanity gave me a very clear state
ment as to the difference in the class
of bonds, stating that several years
! before that time he had appeared for
! the class of bonds described by DIR.
Battle and decided by the Supreme
Court, but that under no circum-
/ stances would he appear directly OF
Indirectly as of counsel for the
bonds referred to in the Rhode ISL
and and Nevada cases and to which
my letter from Mr.. Carlisle's counsel
referred. In fact, he added that he
had been urged to do so several
months prior to my calling upon him
but had declined.
''Of course, after | learned the diff
ference in the cases, / also declined
to have anything to do with it anG
sent the papers back.
Yours very truly.
JOHN G.. CAPERS.''
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-01-26

e The change OF Wake County of
Ecers to saIaried basis seems to
hang fire for some cause or other.
Perhaps it is difficult to take up all
the fees and give them over as salar-
les without inventing some new jobs
to go with the present Offices.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-01-26

II is said that the auditor Of the
Guilford County salaried officers has
been on the ground in the interest
OF creating two auditors for the State
whose duties IL shall be 10 audit the
accounts of the various county Of
ficeFs. More pie,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-01-26
Would Hold Six Months IL the Pay
Lasted.

BiennIaIly the Generally Assembly
meets and biennially there is much
talk about the body doing business
from the jump go, making the neces-
sary appropriations and disappearing
promptly. Good white paper and
good printers ink are thus wantonly
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-01-26
Washington, D. c., Jan. Is, 1906
"Messrs. W.N Coler & Co.,
$50 Cedar Street,
New York City.


: my Dear Judge Hole:-Your es-
teemed favor of January 18th re-
ceived. I note what you say about
a proposition of bond committee
called the Carlisle committee. This
is no doubt responsible committee,
headed as it is by ex-Seeretary of the
Treasury John G.. Carlisle and by
Hon. Jefferson Levy, late Democratic
State Chairman of Virginia, and now,
or recently, a Tammany Congress
man, but as l understand it, they
have the special tax bonds of North
Carolina, which bonds, as have al
ready explained to you, are fraudu-
lent carpet-bag bonds.
These bonds we're issued by a
Legislature largely controlled by
aliens and irresponsible native asso-
ciates, mostly blacks, These bonds
sold for little OH the market, and that
little was largely, if not wholly, stol-
en- by the earpet-baggers and their
associates.
There were. it is true, a few
native-born men Of the so-called bet
ter class, styling themselves Demo
Gratis, who are, supposed to have
shared in this footing of the State,
but the State is not to be bound by
their treacherous and degenerate
acts, even though the Democratic par
ty may have later honored them with
Office and position. So my advise is
to have nothing to do with the Car
Isle Committee. At any rate, |
have nothing to do with their eff
forts to collect these bonds or any
other fraudulent bonds issued by a
carpet-bag Legislature. My position
is that I will not act as counsel, or
directly or indirectly have anything
to do with any effort to collect any
bonds that are not honest, and for
which the State did not get valua BILE
consideration.
THE second mortgage bonds which
we have recently collected or rather
adjusted by settlement, after a de
cision of the Supreme Court had es-
tablished their validity, were honest
II
/ sentative Legislature of our own peo-
{. pie and the State got the money for
them. There never was any excuse
for the reputation of those bonds
! Ii was az honest q debt as any State
or individual ever owed. Besides
the State invested the money in the
Western North Carolina Railroad
The State is now getting per cent
dividend on the security behind these
bonds, while the property itself il
paying Is or 20 per cent.
But as understand it, the Car
| Isle Committee has no such bonds
but have only the fraudulent carpet
bag special tax bonds. If an attemp
is made to collect these bonds, / no
only will not be employed, but II will
oppose such an effort. / expect to b.
in New York soon. when I will cal
to see you.
/ Yours very truly,
MARION BUTLER
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-01-26

In piling up bonds for future gen.
erations to pay We are. or course.
hoping they will not repudiate them.
Durham Herald.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-01-26

The fact that a Democrat is able
to carry his own Congressional Dis
trict does not mean that he Is big
enough for Presidential timber
Durham Herald.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-01-26

From the standpoint OF certain
Nebraskan that Baltimore affair
does not partake much OF the nature
of a love-feast.-Louisv Post
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-01-26

e
Some time was taken up in both
branches of the Legislature Friday
in zdiscussing and passing what was
serned an emergency bin. And what
do YOU suppose was the cause of this
emergency. bill to prohibit the
exhibitlon of moving pictures in
Spray on last Friday night. 1t does
seem that matters of this kind could
be properly handled by the mayor,
and many other matters should be
handled by local authorities instead
OF taking all the neighborhood trou-
bles into the Legislature at a cost OF
hearty one thousand dollars day.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-01-26

= We are printing this week the sec
lelid installment OF the account of
Starnes trip to Washington.
This portion of the article did not
fesch us in time for publication last
week. but We are sure that It will
!. be fully, enjoyed by our readers this
week. His excellent description Of
the ppints OF interest at the National
Capital shows that the winner in the
Boys Corn Club Contest knew how
10 t4ke IN the sights at Washington
a. veil ~ he knows how to raise
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-01-26

In Raleigh's Police Court Tuesday
the Standard Oil Trust Was Given a
clean bin Of health.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-01-26
WITH THE EDITORS.

In tackling the tariff bill first thing
the Democrats are inviting trouble
in the observation-disclosures Herald.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-01-26

A man who even thinks that low
wages, low prices and prosperity
could travel hand in hand, ought to
be bored for the simples, and bored
deep.-Yellow Jacket.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-01-26

Unless all signs fail there will be
some lively times in the Old State
next year over the United States
Senatorship. With Governor Kitch-
in, Ex-Governor Aycock. and, per-
haps, others, In the race, Senator
Simmons will have a rough road to
travel.-Shelby Aurora.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-01-26

The farmers who voted the Demo-
cratic ticket in November will bring
their produce to town and learn to
their dismay that prices have drop
ped. Then perhaps they will wish
they hadn't voted as they did.-Shel-
by Aurora.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-01-26

We counted ten large whiskey ads
In one little Democratic paper the
other day and, doubtless. there
would have been more ads, but the
editor didn't have any space left af-
ter he inserted his half-column edi-
torial on temperance.-Yello Jack
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-01-26

1t seems that our present prohi-
bition law was only intended for poor
white folks and ''niggers." The
wealthy clubmen seems to have no
trouble at all in handling and dispos-
ing of as much as they please.-Clin-
ton News-Dispatch.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-11
TINC0fH FIRE
GO. INSTALLS

The newly elected officers of Lin
coin Engine Company, No. 1, were
installed and Charles Deitzman was
presented with an ey-foremen's gold
badge at a regular meeting OF the
company last night. President John
A. Danner was the installing of
ficer. Mr.. Deitzman, who was the
last foreman, received a gold badge
in accordance with the prevailing
custom. After the business session
entertainment was furnished and re-
Treatments were served. Charles
Deitzman and William Cluney fur
nished most of the entertainment.
The following officers were in
stalled: John A. Danner, president;
William Hinkle, yice-president;
Walter c. Martin, recording secre-
tary: Frank G. Rhodes, financial
secretary; Frank G. Rhodes, fore
man; William Hinkle, first assistant
foreman; A. f. Munoz, second as
sistant foreman; L. Burt Moore, del
egate to the Firemen's Relief Asso-
citation.