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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-02-02

Mr.. u. jacob. OF Wilmington, was
aned $40 Monday In the Superior
Court for contempt Of court In that
he had denied q deputy sheriff the
right to serve a paper on = man IN
bis employ.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-02-02
State NeUS.

Mr.. ". II. staIvery. OF Lumosrton.
has n curiosity 10 the shape q pig
With eight legs. ~
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-02-02

The Office OF the Harnett County
Reporter. published at Ellington,
vas destroyed By FIRE Saturday after
noon The entire printing outfit was
lost In the flames.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-02-02

Three prisoners in the Cleveland
couutys5ail sawed their way to ioes-
N Sunday night.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-02-02
WILL NOT DISCUSS TT.
President Does Not Say Whether He
Will Call Extra Session if Congress
Fails to Put Through Measures
Thinks Congress Will Act Favor
ably. -th@Tr.. --s-< .,z.-. >-f->


Washington, D, c., Jan. 3 1.---Presi-
dent Taft refuses to discuss extra
session" in connection with the re-
agreement between the
United States and Canada, which he
has recommended. He hopes that
the present session will act fayorably
on the question. -,
In conversation today he empha-
sized his belief that reciprocity would
be good thing for both countries,
declaring that it would establish cur
rents of commerce which would bene-
fit both the United States and Canada.
The fears which were being ex-
pressed in some quarters, he said,
were ghosts which would melt away.
Many letters have been received at
the White House congratu1ating the
President on the decided stand he has
taken In the matter. He has been
told also that he would have the
backing OF many influential associa-
tions throughout the country.
The President declared that he
had not talked with any one about
the possibility Of an extra session in
case the present Congress failed te
ratify the agreement He said he had
not and did not intend to hold out
any threats. but that he was placing
confidence in the present session
Sufficient unto the day is good
thereof. is the motto he has adopted
in the case. - -
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-02-02

TIE THE WORLD Is gathered by the weu.tansd
andxe
nd ntsrs M oOtan
ana Of pubshss D
BUSINESS MANS NECESSII
reliable information
By ha1 TIE SUN Monng Evening" IS zc Month OF IS Yaf
THE SUNDAY SUM- y Ma s. &c Coy Months or $50 Ysf
And THE SUM- Morning Evening and Sunday $3.50 Ysaf
i zss1s Address - szsS
s2a s. assFssi g s. TIE A. S. ABEL COMPANY
- ps7ts BAIsnaoRE MARYLAND
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-02-02
4 me Mar,lahdI eensss foF wpven
=. IE,eherx1f,A~I Raklrnore County,

was practically destroyed by fire
Tuesday entaiiing a loss Of APPROX
mately, 100000. half covered by in
surance. Little OF value was saved,
MANY of the one hundred or mere
students losing practically all OF their
effects. The loss TO the students
amounts to several thousand dollars.
chiefly in wearing apparel 3.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-02-02

w. /. Linkshaw's sales stables
ut Lumberton were totally destroyed
by fire Monday morning, Ten mules
and one horse were lost before the
IRE was discovered. The Presoyte-
Ran church also caught and the pipe
organ was badly damaged by water
Harrison and Frank Cook were ar
rested In Dayie County last week
charged with operating blockade
distiiiery. The still and the two pris-
oners were taken TO MocksYille where
the men we're placed in jail. There
we're other men near the distillery
who managed to make good their es-
cape.
There Is talk of new railroad in
to Greensboro, which will connect
with the Seaboard Air Line and give
q direct route from Greensboro to
Norfolk. This proposed route would
start at Greensboro and run through
eastern Guilford, northwestern Ala
nance, southeastern Caswell and Per
son to Roxboro, thence to Manson
and connect with the Seaboard.
company Is being organized for the
purpose of surveying the route
Statesville Landmark.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-02-02

After three. hours lof. consider
ton. the United ssatsxs Senata Tnes-
day passed the river and Aareor bill.
carrying approuriationI aggfsgatans
about $50. 100000
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-10-14
THE COURIER JUNIOR
Published by
\ THE COURIER PRINTING CO.,
oTTUMWA, IOWA.
MATILDA DEVEREAUx,
EDITOR.
DIARY CONTEST: CLOSES OCT. 10.

Dear Juniors.-The diary contest
seems to be a very likable one, judg-
(ng from the number Of Juniors who
ire working in it. As the contest does
hot close until Wednesday morning.
October IS, we will run last week.
notice again:
s.We have very interesting big
contest to announce today, one that
we hope will attract the attention of
HI the Juniors.
"The big subject will be:
"A'JUNloR's DIARY OF A WEEKS
EVENTS.
'sIf the little Juniors do not exactly
understand what a diary is, their
lnammas will tell them. The diction.
ary says: "A diary is a register OF
daily events. A daily record We
want these events to be something
In which the writer has part. Write
nice little story. about each day. The
prize will be blank diary book, beau.
tifully bound. big doll, an umbrella
Or 8 raincoat. The writer's can select
their own prize from the above ar.
hcles.
III the Juniors do not care to write
pn the above subjects they can write
pn one Of the following:
DON'T BE A GUTTER.
/ THE INDIANS.
WHAT HAPPENED IN sEPTEM-
Der.
TURKEY AND ITS PEOPLE. -
! THE BOY SCOUTS.
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EvA's REASON FOR NOT ATTEND
ING PICNIC.

Dear Juniors: ~,
l will write and tell you why l did
not attend the Junior picnic.
The best reason I have Is that l olI
not know there was to be nlcplc. !
hope the next time the Juniors Will let
me know all about their picn1cs and
will certainly 60 for just love PIC
MICS.
think the Juniors must have had a.
good time because I read in the Junior
page where one party brought a cam
era and I think thee is nothing nicer
than taking pictures of crowd with
a camera.
I believe I will tell you about the PIC
mic had Labor Day. We went out Jusl
a little before twelve o'clock. After we
ate our dinner, my sister Marie ana
got an ice cream cone and two boxes
Of chums One had wonderful prize:
I got a ring with a purple set In 1t ana
the other had ring with green set
in it. After I ate my chums, mamma
said we might go hunt for a swing. we
stood by 3 swing till two girls got t1red
of swinging and we thought we would
have nice swing. Just as we started
to take it easy, 1t started to rain. l
hurried to the place where Mr.. Harper
was speaking and mamma had taken
the baby out of the cart and started
for shelter. We went to a house across
from the park until the storm was over
but 1t was still raining. Then we got
to the car and mamma declared never
again"
Eva Woods, 400 Chester Ave-,
Ottumwa, Ia.
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.MARY's IMPRESSION OF THE
PRESIDENT.

My Impressions of President Taft.
are of the best, for think Mr.. Taft
is very good man and he has dcne
lots for our country which we should
appreciate.
He has tried to please the peop1e
by going around and seeing and
speaking to them. He must be very
happy man for he always has a bright
smile for ALL
think President Taft tries to treat
everyone alike I think he tries TIC
do something greater and better fci
our country every year and improve i
in every way that he can.
I think President Taft will not b.
sorry that he came to Iowa for be
lieve that Abba and Ottumwa did al
they could for him.
1 suppose his speech was much ap
preciated by all the people in Ottum
wa. Hoping that President Taft agaiI
visits Iowa, | remain,
Mary Palfreyman,
Lucas, Iowa, Route No.
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BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL.

For two months after the battle at
Lexington and Conc ord Tin which the
Americans won) General Gage, tn"
British general. did not dare to show
his head outside of Poston. although
he now had about ten thousand regular
troops.
On narrow peninsula to the north
a sheet of water half mile wide, was
the village of Charleston, behind It
were two small hills. The nearer of the
two to Charleston was Breeds Hill.
Just beyond it was Bunker Hill, and as
the two overlooked Boston and the
harbor where the British ships lay at
anchor, Ine possession of them was OF
much Importance. At last General
Gage planned to occupy these two
heights of Charleston, but the Amer
leans were too quick for him. for learn
ing of Cages intention. to fortify the
hills. sent force of one thousand. two
hundred men under Colonel Prescott.
on the NIGHT of June 18th to take pos
session of Bunker Hill. BY some mis-.
take, Prescott passed Bunker Hill,
reached Breeds Hill and before dawn
had thrown up a large earthworks. AS
soon as daylight enabled it to be seen,
the British opened fire from their
ships. But the Americans worked
SlCdulS III spite vi CSllIoIl Slicl al u
by noon had constructed line of en-
trenchmcLts extending from the earth :
work down the hill toward the water,
Gage might easily nave landed men
and taken this entertainment in the
rear. He sent Howe and two thousand.
five hundred men over in boats fro n
Boston to land at the foot of the hill
and charge straight up Its steep side
toward the Americans on its summit
The Americans were hidden not -
fire until they saw the whites of the
eremy,s eyes, and obeyed Not a shot
came from their line till the British
were within fifty yards. Then a sleet
of flame ran along the trench works
and when the smoke blew away. the
British were running down the hill in
confusion. Rallied bv their officers they
again came up the hill and when with
in thirty yards again received the ter
rible volleys. Once more they were
compelled tc retreat leaving hundreds
of their comrades dead ana wounded
on the mill side.
With true English pluck third at
tack was made. After few shots the
Americans found their ammunition
gone ana were compelled to use their
guns as clubs. for they had no bay
onets. They also fought with stones.
They retreated stubbornly fighting.
: The euemy's loss OF eleNen huhdrts
and fifty-four in killed and WOUNDED
was surprisingly large. The American
loss of four hundred and forty-nine oc-
Cured mainly in the hand to hanl
fighting of the last attack. The death
of the brave General Warren was the
greatest misfortune to the Americans.
The British won the day in the serTe
that they got possession Of Breed S
HUI and could now remain IN Boston
E,,t the hmericars won great mora
victory, because they showed courage
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Dear Juniors:
AS ] have never written to the Cour-
Ter Junior before I thought I would
write today.
We do not take the Courier. r.-r
Grandpa does, and I thought l wo,,i Z
write now as I am at grandpas. IKE
to read the letters In the Junior pa: q
I am a little girl years odl. hnS,
dark hair and brown eyes.
I have one brother and one sistc!
Their names are Kermit and Beatrice
They both have light hair and b.:
eyes.
live on farm six miles solthWt d
Of Douds-Leando.
l go to the Valley school which is Z.
mile from our home.
I like to go to school. My studir ~ .g..5,
reading arithmetic, writing, gcag r,;v
history, grammar and spelling.
Mamma has about 500 chickens !:
like to help feed them l think they a g
so cute when they are little.
We have three little calves, and j
like to pet them. &
We have five horses. Their rar'sg9.:,
are Bird, Name. Dan, Prince al
Frank.
We have four cats Three Of tic &,
are spotted and one is gray. It IS thu
cutest OF all and is my pet.
! would like to exchange posta!; Viii
some of the Juniors.
Emma A. Smith. age s.
Douds-Leando. Ia, r. No. 2.
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Adds BELONGS TO AN EMBRoID.
ERY CLUB.

Beatrice Hickey:
know l promised to write to you
long time ago, but I kept putting it
off until school commenced and then
had so much to do never had time.
I am in Miss Mahoney's room at the
Adams school, I am in grade eight.
For homework we always have Eng
lish, grammar. history and spelling ex-
cept on Fridays when we have sewing.
Sometimes we have algebra and a
composition to write. What grade are
you in?
On Fridays from 9:15 until 10: as
we have sewing while the boys 60 to
manual training. We are making
white aprons.
President Taft was here Friday,
September the twenty-ninth. The
children from the Franklin, Garfield
and Orchard schools came to the
Adams school, The children all lined
up ard cheered the president when he
went past After the parade he made
a speech at the ball park and then
went to the Wapello club house and
had six o'clock dinner. He left Of
tumwa at $3.50.
Some of my girl friends and my
self are talking of organizing an en-
broidery club this winter.
Write to me some time soon but if
you do like did I will excuse you the
same as I want you to do me.
Our house number has been changed
from 1925 to 1923.
Adds Hathaway,
1923 E. Second ST., Ottumwa, la.
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Myrt1e's A un t
Helen Was
Fooled

The Warrens were seated ABOUT the
breakfast table. The subject under
discussion was whether or not a person
could so disguise himself that even
his own family would not recognize
him. Mr.. Warren thought it was pos
sible, citing dases of detectives going
among bands of outlaws in disguise,
and even their most intimate friends
failing to recognize them in their
makeup"
"But there're the eyes and the
voice." said Miss Helen Warren, Mr.
Warren's maiden sister, who made her
home with the Warrens. II couldn't
be fooled on the voice and the eyes
OF any of my own people,"
but one can so change his voice, .
put in Myrtle, fifteen.year old daugh-
ter of Mr.. Warren, that no one would
0ecognize a:3 IF. hN,t. Why, when
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VACATION MONEY.

Dear Editor:-I have three sisters
and one brother, and we have got
about eighty chickens. have got a
cat for pet. have been pretty
busy during the vacation days.
| peddled calls for the bank and for
the Red Swan drug store.
sell Sunday papers every week and
then l took up an order. earned my
self a book case and my little sister
walking chair and my mamma set
of dishes so you see am very busy.
AS this is my first letter would
like to hear from some Of the Juniors.
John Ramsell, Age 10,
Hiteman, Iowa, Box II.
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dwell east OF the Mississippi river.
They live mostly west OF the river.
The Indians along the east coast
had never seen gun, sword, knife or
ak until the white men showed them
to them.
They killed animals with stone
hatchets. stone or bone
tipped bows which they shot from
wooden arrows. AS they knew no
thing Of iron,! steel or brass all their
tools were made of wood, stone or
bones of animals.
Out OF fish bones they make fish
hooks, and needles.
They make canoes of birch bark
sewing it together with deer skin, but
in the south they make them mostly
of trees followed out by fire.
For food they eat deer, elk, bears,
foxes, wolves and other small animals
which the men kill. But many OF the
tribes raise beans, pumpkins, squasnes
and Indian corn. Some raised tobacco
The only domestic animal was the dog.
Some lived in wigwam. This was
made by putting thin poles together
and tying them at the top and put
ting skins around them.
The Indian men were called braves
The women were called squaws.
Some of the Indians in the southwest
lived in houses made of sun baked
clay and these were called pueblos and
YOU get from one to another by means
Of a ladder because they are built like
stairs. z
There are Indian reservations IN
Tama county, Iowa, and there Is over
four hundred in the tribe and they
own over two thousand acres Of land
and are building public schools 70
educate their children like the white
people do their children.
| will clos for this time.
Elizabeth Roberts, age 10,
Batavia, Iowa.
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STORIES and LETTERS
THE INDIANS.

II
The Indians have red or copper
colored skin. Their eyes and long
straight hair are jet black. Their
faces beardless, and their cheek bones
high. -.
The Indians lived in villages, often
covering several acres In area, and
surrounded by stockades Of two and
even three rows of posts. The stock
AIDES were pierced with loopholes, and
provided with platforms on which
were piles of stones for the defenders
to hurl on the heads of their enemies.
Som etimes the structures which form
ed the villages were wigWams, rude
structures made by driving poles into
the ground in circle drawing their
tops near together, and then covering
them with bark or skins.
Sometimes the dwellings had rudely
framed sides and roofs covered with
layers of elm bark.
Usually these structures were fifteen
or twenty feet wide by one hundred
feet long.
AT each end was door, along eacn
side were ten or twelve stalls, in each
of which lived family, so that one
house held twenty or more families.
Down the middle at regular intervals
we're fire pits where the food was
cooked, the smoke escaping through
holes in the roof.
All the families living in such a
house araced descent from a common
female ancestor, and formed clan.
Each clan had its own name, usually
that Of some animal, as the wolf, the
bear, or the turtle, its own sachem or
civil magistrate, and its war chiefs,
and owned all the food and all the
property, except weapons and orna-
ments, in common. A number of such
clans made tribe, which had one
language and was governed by coun-
Gil Of the clans sachems.
g Maymie Swain, Age IL.
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osA VISITS THE HOP YARDS.

Dear Editor and Juniors:
This was my first trip to the mop
yard. We started from home ABOUT
half past eight in the morning we
reached Corvallis about nine and then
we started on our road. There were
twelve of us on the wagon and IN tho
buggy. 1t was twenty miles down
there. We had lots of fun. We were
about seven miles from independence
when we stopped and ate our dinner
We let the horses rest a while. Then
we started on.:.We got to independence
about 6 o'clock and then we got to
the camping grounds about half-past
seven.
Then we stretched tent for US all
to sleep in. Then we went TO the
boarding house and all got our sup
pers. Papa paid for US all. There were
seventeen of us before we got there.
We were having a jolly old time. 1t
soon began to rain and it rained most
of the time we were there.
we were at "The Rose" hop yard
and Mr.. Rose had so many pickers.
He had $50 pickers there in the same
grounds where we were, and there
were good many people we knew.
We girls didn't pick many hops be-
cause it was too wet and rainy.
The field was divided off in several
different sections. We all picked IN
section 3. We got our pictures taken
all together once. We got one picture.
got such a cold I was nearly sick.
They had dances every Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday nights. Papa
was doorkeeper at the dance hall. We
would all get together at night and sit
arount a camp fire and sing all the
songs we knew. 1t rained so hard that
my cousin and went to Independence
to the depot and papa got our tickets.
There were other people who came
to Corvallis on the train with us. They
were Bob and Francis Harper.
Grandma was washing when we got
here. Papa and my brother Andy
stayed two weeks and brought the
rest of the folks home. And that Is
the last of the hop yard story.
Our school starts next Monday.
Well, as think my letter is getting
long, 1 will close for this time.
I would like to exchange postcards
and letters with the Juniors. Hoping
to see my letter in print, am
Your Junior friend,
Osa Redshaw, age 49,
Corvallis, Ore. r. F. D. No. I.
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and skill not expects1 Of raw recruits.
General Green said that he wished we
could sell them another hill at the
same price," When Washington, on his
way to take command Of the army,
heard how the minute men fought, he
exclaimed "The liberties Of the country
are safe"
On the ground where the hottest OF
the battle was fought, a granite obe-
lisk, two hundred and twenty-one feet
in height. has been erected at q cost OF
100000. raised by popular subscrip-
tons The corner stone was laid by
General La Fayette when on his visit
to this country in 1925. 1t was COM
pleted In July 1912. and on the occas-
delivered his famous Grafton. generally
regarded as his best effort.
Vida VAIL. age 10 years,
10 E. Court ST., Ottumwa, Ia
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October


October winds are blowing:
The autumn's here again
With days both bright and cloudy,
And nights of chilling rain.
The leaves have left the branches;
The gardens scar and brown
But children love this time of year,
In country and in town.
They gather nuts in woodland,
Cat-tails in meadow swamp:
And every evening after school
1t is such fun to romp.
And run in well-raked hay.fields,
Or play mid hay-stacks high;
Or help to gather pumpkins
For making THANKSGIVING pie.
OF all the year Of glad times,
They love the autumn best,
When woods and smiling meadows
Are all so gaily dressed.
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girls!, and other such EXPLANATIONS Of

girls!" and other such EXPLANATIONS OF
surprise. III
When all were calm enough and
had reseated themselves-even Jack
being j. quiet for q minute Myrtle
turned to her aunt, saying:
snow Auntie, own up that you've
been fooled by person in disguise.
And that person none other than your
silly little Myrtle"
!. .'Bless your heart, child" cried
Miss Helen, embracing and patting
her beloved niece, ''you are born
actress. How could you do it," And
then she pretended to spank the Wis
itor, Miss Leticia Strong, amidst q
roar of laughter.
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MADGE HELPS HER MAN MA.

Dear Juniors:
AS I have never written to you be-
fore will write and tell you about my
home. s..
l live on a farm Of 1S5 acres.
The railroad runs by our house.
I have pet pis; and banty hen.
l 20 to school, am in the sixth
grade I help my mamma sew.
I live one-half mile south of Hayes
Vile / read the Courier Junior.
I help feed the chickens. We have
about $50.
| go to Sunday school.
Madge Hayes, age II,
.s.s. fTayeSVille Ia
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INDIANS.

When Columbus discovered Ameri-
ca it was settled by race Of people
which he called Indians, because he
started out to find the Indies.
The Indians have copper colored
skin, coarse jet black hair, high cheek
bones, thick lips, small eyes, and no
whiskers.
For long time they fought in war
with the white men and were greatly
reduced in number. But there are as
many live in the United States now as
there were two hundred and fifty
years ago.
Then they dweit from the Atlantic
ito the Pa. es s,cn now only few
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THE BOSTON TEA PARTY.

On December Is. 1913 occurred the
Boston tea party. There was q tea
company in England sent ships loaded
with tea to Boston. The colonies had
not sent orders for tea but England
thought she could force the tea onl3
the colonies. A committee was held IN
Old South church and decided to
throw the tea overheard. And at night
before the 8 o'clock tell rang some Of
the citizens disguised as Indians went
on board the ships and threw the tea
into the harbor. At Charleston the tea
was stored in damp cellars where it
soon spoiled. At Annapolis, the tea was
burned, at PHILADELPHIA and New York
as well as other places ships with tea
on board were ordered back to Eng
land.
Kenneth Pottorff, age IS,
&,tsar MOulton Iowa