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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-02
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CoaasY Co@aaas4eaexx CO r~Asmary
zsth t1ey xaxw sstlas sA2s - o@n~
q Road Supervisor wuus4 - %.
eaarwd saca@s ca to 81 Aay os
MARIA Mr. SzaaMoz-s AxsDwn~y 80.
Eaaadsa shat aay charges axaa1sg NJ.
s,in&on - made In wrssInw. The -
torn~y claimed that Mr. ssaasoa coala
Dot be rwsaoTed without eaarxus
CAargc@ weru drawn ap asaslnw tai
ar. Siinson dsAn't know how 10 Prog
erty lar out roads. etc. Ii seeg1a taan
that they weTe afraid that the ehaTg-
- wouad not stand. ard they ha~A
away 20 the Legsslatar. TO get II
passed - n Law. And the LA waa
passed 'anbeknowne@s" to the pub
lie The bill passed. under the head
Ing 10 promote good roads. abolishes
the Once Of Superintendent Of
Roads" and creates two ofAces In
stead. TO be known ~ General sx-
peTvisor'' aud Assistant supervls-
or" This putS Mr. ssinso1 out o. a
job and creates two new Jobs for
some Of the Jo-Io crowd
The reporter OF the Raleigh Even
ing Times. writing on the subject.
says:
The mask has been removed and
behind IL Is seen the moving hand Of
the cheap politician, TO the victor
belongs the spoils' Is TO be carried
out in every minute detail as To Wake
County's government. Anyway TO get
into Office those who helped TO win
the magnificent 90 victory. Those
who have been faithful servants have
been dropped down one by one. Nov
the veil is lifted and the voters OF
Wake County must see the head of
one Of their most efficient officials go
to the block. The latest deal pulled
off Is to legislate Capt. W. Z. Stin-
son, County superintendent of Roads.
out of a job and make way for one
OF their heelers. Some time ago the
Board Of County Commissioners de-
cided to Gust Mr.. Stinson. even with
out a hearing. and would have done
so, had not Ex-Governor G. B. Ay-
cock appeared on the scene and in
formed them that such procedure as
that would not work. He demanded
that written charges be preferred
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-02
REPRESENTATIVE JUDD BALKs.
Promised to Introduce Bill to Repeal
Act Ousting Mr.. Stinson, But Later
Weakened ON the Matter.

Yesterdays Evening Times con-
tanned the following story which will
be of interest to Wake County read
ers:
After it had been plainly seen that
a bill entitled An Act for the better
promotion of public roads of Wake
County had been railroaded through
the General Assembly, sailing under
the misleading head, Representative
Judd was seen last night and asked
about the matter. He said that Mr..
Battle introduced the bill in the
House, without comforting with him
and he knew nothing at all about the
bill until it had been ratified and his
attention called to the unfairness of
it. He never heard the bill read, nor
discussed and had nothing to do with
it.
HE was asked if he thought it was
a better promotion of the public
roads of Wake County to put Mr..
Stinson out of Office, and he laughed
at the idea, saying: I do not think
So
Juuu was dSkCu IuCn IL ne
would not introduce a bill to repeal
the measure legislating Stinson out
of his job, and he said that he would
take the matter up at the morning
session. Accordingly a bill was so
drawn and given to him last night.
This morning he was seen and
asked what he expected to do about
the repeal bill, and he simply admit
ted that he had talked the matter
over with the other representatives
and they do not care to tamper with
the ratified bill, and that he, OF
course, then refused to introduce it.
'Thus a measure is rushed through
without a chance of presenting the
merits of the case before the Legis-
Iature. Blindly they voted for it and
the bill has been ratified. It shows
how far faction can go to humiliate
an officer"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-02
ElOpers Elude Pursuers.

The whereabouts of Mr.. Hugh
Pace and Miss Leila Jones, who elop-
ed last Sunday week ago are. still
unknown.
Pace, according to the police, has
wife and four children living near
Eagle Rock. 1t is said that he claim
ed TO have made an Improvement on
shuttle which worked successfully
in Richmond and for which he re-
ceived large sum of money.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-02
SKIES PRIMARY BILL.

The Ubiquitous Measure Discussed
Discussed Before the Committee
Saturday.
= The Skies primary bill for both
political parties in Wake County was
discussed by both factions of the
Democratic party before the Com
mittee in the Senate Chamber Sat
Urday afternoon. The bill covers 81
pages and is, therefore, too long to
print in any one issue of a news
paper. 1t provides that both parties
shall go into a primary on the same
day to select their candidates, dele
gates to their conventions, etc., and
makes every voter swear that he will
support the party nominee. Mr..
Percy Olive, of Apex, told the COM
mittee that under the provisions of
that bill they could put half of the
Democratic party in Jail. The bill
has the support of the Jo-Jo crowd.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-02

Mr.. Ramsey is a member of the
House OF Representatives from Madi-
son County. Mr.. Ramsey is a young
man and has bright future before
him. He was elected on the Repub-
lican ticket, and had no opponent
He is probably the only member of
the House who had no opposition
whatsoever.
Mr.. Ramsey is on several impor-
tant House committees, among them
Insurance, Penal Institutions, Insti-
buttons for Deaf and Dumb, Insane
Asylum, Health, Expenditures of
House and Constitutional Amend
mentS.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-02
WAKE DEMOCRATS rronT.
L Personal Encounter I'm the s<nux~
Chamber Nhea the Wake Pr
mary Law Was Being Discussed
Before Comnitsee--An Expaana-
ton That Does Sos RxpIafn.

Before Commitsee-An Expsan.-
ton That Does Sos Rxplain.
There vas hot" debate between
the Democrats OF Wake County b.
fore the election COMMITTEES in the
Senate chamber Saturday after
noon. The contest was over the pro-
posed ubiquitous primary Law pro-
posed for Wake County.
4 fist fight followed the hearing
before the committee. This report
er was not present at the time but
takes the following partial account
from the News and Observer:
"A personal difficulty occurred In
the Senate chamber late yesterday
afternoon, after the hearing OF the
matter OF the proposed Wake prf-
mary law.
There was an encounter between
Mr.. B. c. Beckwith. attorney. OF this
city and Mr.. Thomas b. Heartt, the
stenographer at the States Prison.
The difficulty came In this way:
Mr. Heart was talking to some
friends in the Senate chamber about
Mr. Pace and his Democracy, and
the charge that he was a member of
the Republican Club. Mr.. Beckwith
heard the remark. and said: Il don't
see why you have anything 10 say
about that, for | have heard that
you voted for Mckinley"
He passed on, and In a short
while Mr.. Heartt came up to him
and said: L want TO speak TO you
They were standing In the side lob
by of the chamber, and Mr.. Heartt
said, so Mr.. Beckwith says he un-
derstood: You say voted for Nc
Kinley. You are a d-n liar" At
this Mr.. Beckwith struck at or
together in a general scramble of
blows. Parties at hand soon parted
the two, scratches on their face being
the only signs of the difficulty.
Mr.. Beckwith later learned from
friends that what Mr.. Heartt had
said was: IF you say l voted for
Mckinley you are a ID liar AS
Mr.. Beckwith said he had not made
this remark of his own knowledge,
and later seeing Mr.. Heartt on the
street he went to him and stated his
understanding of the remark, say
ing he regretted the occurrence.
The matter was then amicably adj
justed."
The above explanation reminds
the reporter of a conversation that
took place between a landlady and
the mother of her servant girl. The
landlady had caught the girl steal
ing and had given her a proper rep
rimand. The mother of the servant
was Infatuated that her daughter
should be charged with stealing and
went to see the landlady about the
matter, whereupon the following
conversation took place.
81 understand you said that my
! daughter had stole everything on
the place"
Landlady: mo, | said I couldn't
keep anything on the place for her"
The mother of the servant girl ac-
| cepted the explanation and went
home apparently satisfied.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-02
Jury Awards $4,000 for Death o
John Hodges.

The case of James Holder, admin
lstrator of John Hodges, against the
Norfolk Southern Railroad came up
in SUPERIOR Court Saturday. With
out trial of the case, the plaintiff
was awarded $4,000 by consent judg-
ment
John Hodges died as the result of
injuries sustained in a wreck
The case of Mitchell against the
Western Union Telegraph Company
the plaintiff claiming damages in
the sum of $3.50, on account OF
mental anguish, the jury returned
a verdict in favor for the defendant.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-02

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tie safe ksWasaFy A=srum4 rwzax@m.
s1on s~ sssasAxa CAanasssa
Fs*Asa8 so@3 II tAe IsesHaexAsAx
papers as ss.msw - ss<sssu@- a
Ieen0<wsssw Aaz8nasssasao@ sssAas tAs
debt ama Asns sAs soeAa 1t Gee
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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-02
Long Staple Cotton Raised i'm Cabar
rus County.

Mr.. n. A. Archibald, buyer for J.
A. Skipwith & Co., cotton buyers,
purchased bale of long-staple cotton
on the local market Tuesday from
A. w. Houston, colored, of No. IL
township. The staple measured 1 3-16
inches, and the bale weighed 455
pounds, bringing 15h cents, IL
cents above the market price. So
far as is known this the first bale
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-02

Part Of the wooden ;ressie leading
to the iron bridge OF the Norfolk
Southern over Seuse River Was de-
stroyed By FIRE Saturday morning.
The trestle was repaired By Sunday
morning. but up To this time the pas
sengers and mail had 10 be transfer
red at the bridge.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-02
Get a Large Package of Needles Free

Get us a new subscriber To The
Caucasian and We will send the sub
scriber The Progressive Farmer free
(if he is not already getting the Far
mer) for one year, and will send the
party sending US the new subscriber
twenty-five cent package of nee
dies, containing needles of all sizes
and descriptions. 1t is easy to get a
new subscriber Try it.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-02

The COMMITTEES on Salaries aaa
Fees have recommended ether in
cTeAArs ia salaries as faslnwse Gem.
missioner al Labor and Printing. a.
100. Assistant Commissioners. 81.
500: Deputy Insurance. Com mission
81. si.soo: Chief Clerk 10 Auditor.
s. .ooe.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-02
First White Man to Die i'm the Elec.
trio Chair.

]. B. Allison, of Buncombe Coun-
ty, paid the death penalty in the
electric chair at the penitentiary Fri
day morning for the murder of Floyd
McGhee with whom he quarreled
over a woman and then shot down
and crushed his head with a sledge
hammer on an anvil.
The current was turned on three
different times before the prisoner
was pronounced dead.
Allison was the first white victim
of the electric chair.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-02

sadneF HAAer ana In1ns~ naNn.
both Waite wo-u captured aeaT sioliy
sprtaxs la&s w~@k oa he charge o.
oger@slng = blockade dastiltx~r Tno
sstli ard > quantity 90 hr~s mxTx 1s>-
ssrose<I
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-02

sssF az.F sMA sAs neAsss Tesaxsznsss
sxz4Msesew4 - sw4ss~ ssws7 esgs -
kAs e@anss kmew. $50 - t-wAasa sAas
aasaa
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-02

O. 10ax-zSapSe cost0a ~xes sosa g
tie Local msrkst o. wYown - Canar-
rua eoantv. aa6 IL - yxexast1x -
little atssnftUn fFoxa Tie local eettca
rasn and sae cuttoG wrow@xx q he
county s--Toursgd TImes
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-02
Not q Word Of Scandal

marred the call Of a neighbor on
Mrs. W. p. Spangh. Of Manviile.
Wyo.. who said: She told me DR..
Kings New Life Pills had cured her
OF obstinate kidney trouble. and
made her feel like a new woman. :"
Easy, but sure remedy for stomach.
liver and kidney troubles. Only csc.
at all Druggists.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-02
ANTITRUST Hill. KILLED.


Senator Bagxets's antitrust bill.
sad 10 BE- pattern Of the Texas an
THRUST iaw. received an unfavorzhla
report from the Senate Judiciary
COMMITTEES.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-08-23
TWO NEW STARS ADDED
TO THE NATIONS FLAG

Washington, Aug. 19.-State-
hood for Arizona and New Mexico
now only awaits the perfunctory ap-
prevail of President Taft The Flood
Smith resolution admitting these
territories into the Union with the
judiciary recall feature of the Ari-
iona Constitution eliminated to
meet the objection which caused
President Taft to veto the original
Statehood bill was passed by the
House to-day without the formality
of a roll-call. Having been pass
ed by the Senate in the identical
language, the resolution will go to
the White House as soon as the Vice
President and Speaker formally
attach their signatures to the meas
ure. No attempt was made in the
House to pass over the Presidents
veto the original bill which con-
tanned the judicial recall provision.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-08-23
MIMIC HANGING BRINGS
DEATH TO LITTLE BOY
Was at Play With Younger
Brother When the Tragic
End Came.

The Louisville Herald of Sunday
says:
Here l go, brother, watch me"
was the playful shout of fourteen
year-old Byron Ford to his nine
year-old brother as he chung to the
highest perch in his fathers barn,
four miles out on the Preston-street
road, tied a rope around his neck
and looped it over a rafter. The
smaller brother clapped his hands
in glee at the supposed mimic hang
ing.
An instant later the lads clutch
upon the support slipped, he grasp
ed wildly to check his fall and
swung to instant death at the end
of twelve-foot rope.
Crying out in terror, the younger
brother went to the house, where he
frantically told the mother of the
accident. Together the two ran
back to the barn to find the body
swinging far above their heads.
Not until the father was reached
and came to aid, was the body lift
ed down after the fatal plunge. The
boys neck was broken =
The accident occurred only a
short distance from the house. By
ron and his younger brother had
been playing in the barn nearly all
the afternoon. Mrs. Ford was about
to call the two children to supper
when the smaller brother came
rushing in almost unable to talk.
He finally communicated the cause
of his fright to his mother and she,
unable to believe the story rushed
to the barn half expecting to find
the tale an ill-gauged prank.
Mrs. Ford was Frustrated when
the realization of the tragedy broke
upon her. Mr.. Ford is an agent of
the Bowling Green Nursery and was
at work some distance from the
house when the accident occurred.
County Patrolman Hovekamp and
Constable Frank Fisher were call
ed and aided in moving the boys
body to the house.
Besides his father and mother he
is survived by two sisters and his
brother.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-08-23
A KENTUCKY CASHIER
ARRESTED IN MICHIGAN

Detroit Mich, Aug. 19.-John
C. Byland, formerly the cashier Of
the Redwood Deposit Bank, in
Boone county, KY, for whom the
authorities in all parts of the coun-
try have been searching since the
bank closed its doors a year ago,
was arrested in Detroit last night
by Sheriff B. H. Hume, of Boone
county, and Dectives Steinhel and
Golden.
Byland is charged with embez-
cling $4,000 Of the banks funds
by means of forged checks and
other methods. His son, Raymond,
who, it is alleged, was his accom-
plice, was arrested some time ago
in San Francisco, and is serving a
five-year term in the State prison at
Frankfort, Ky. Byland was CASH
Ter of the bank and his son asst
ant cashier. Both men, Sheriff
Hume says, had the full confidence
of the directors of the bank and the
community in which they lived. For
several terms the elder Byland was
a representative in the State Legis-
lature. The Sheriff will take By
land back to Redwood to-day for
trial
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-08-23
TO OPEN CAMPAIGN
At BOWLING GREEN
On September 4, When Mr.. Nc.
Creary Will Make His
Initial Speech.

The first shot in the campaign to
elect James B. McCreary, Demo
cratic nominee for Governor, to the
highest Office in the State will be
fired by Mr.. McCreary at Bowling
Green, September 4.
At the headquarters of the COM
mittee r. H. Vansant, chairman,
announced the appointment of an
Executive Committee, composed of
men prominent in Democratic cir
cles throughout Kentucky, who will
cooperate with the regular Com
mittee In an advisory capacity In
outlining plans for the campaign.
This committee is made up as fol-
lows:
r. H. Vansant, ]. A. Sullivan,
John c. C. Mayo, A. w. Young, J..
N. camden, Jr., p. Fl. Callahan, DR..
A. fGatliff, w. C. Montgomery.
The personnel of the regular
Campaign Committee follows;
r. H. VanBant, chairman.
]. A. Sullivan, vice chairman.
j. N. Camden, Jr., treasurer.
r. G. Phillips, secretary.
FIRST District-Denny P Smith.
Second District-C. E. Sugg.
Third District-J. R. Mallory.
Fourth District-W. c. Mont
gomery.
Fifth District-John B. Castle
man.
Sixth Districts. d. Rouse.
Seventh District. N. Camden,
JI
Eighth District. A. Sullivan.
Ninth DISTRICT. d. Slattery.
Tenth District-John C. c. Mayo.
Eleventh District-Virgil p.
Smith.
In the course of the next week or
so the work of the headquarters
force in Louisville will be fully I'M
der way. Campaign literature will
be. mailed broadcast. A special
campaign book will be ready for
distribution by September l. The
preparation of the book is now
the attention of the COM
mittee, the members of which pre-
dict that the coming campaign will
be the most memorable in the his
tory of the State.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-08-23
REFUSED PERMISSION TO
MARRY KENTUCKY GIRL

Portland, Ore, Aug. 1S.-A De-
cember and May romance, spring
ing from a matrimonial want ad-
vertisement, was ended here when
the municipal department of public
safety for girls sefused to permit
William G. Delaney, middle-aged
blacksmith, to marry Vera Clark, q
pretty 16-year-old girl. of Paducah.
KY, who came to Portland on De-
laney's solicitation a month ago.
The girl saw Delaney's advertise
ment in a Kentucky paper and she
answered 1t. Delaney wooing her
by mail, she accepted him, coming
to Oregon on the $57 which he sent
her.
The authorities affirm that Della
ney is in no position to support a
wife. Delaney demands that the
girl repay the SGT. She being with
out funds, has secured a position.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-08-23
Opened Monday in Extra
ordinary Session
TO TRY ALLEGED MOB LEADERS
Eighteen Men Now Under In
dictment- Speedy Trial
viii be Had.
NEGRO MoBBED LAST APRIL

The Mclean Circuit Court was
convened in an extraordinary ses-
sion at Calhoun Monday morning at
9 o'clock by Circuit Judge Thomas
+. Birkhead, for the purpose OF
hearing the trials of the alleged
mob members, who shot and killed
William Potter, a negro, at Liver
more. early in April last. The pur-
nose of the court in holding the ex-
traordinary session is to give the
alleged members OF tine mob q
speedy trial, and the Common
wealth will insist upon entering
Into trial in as many of the cases as
possible during the present week.
Three alleged leaders, Lawrence
Mitchell, a brother Of the young
man shot and injured by the negro
Potter, who was mobbed, and Cliff
ford and Jesse Schreter, are charg-
ed in the indictments returned
against them with murder, while
the other alleged members of the
mob, Ellis Thornsberry, w. N. Da-
Wis, Cecil Jake, Ira Coghill, John
Fielden, John w. Taylor, Sam Col
burn. William H. Coghill, Tom Dab
ner, George Gephart. Robert Hayes,
Leslie Wright, Edward Haney,
Clarence Roberts and Ellis Burton,
are indicted under a blanket indict-
ment, charging them with aiding
the three alleged leaders and with
being accessories before the fact.
The Commonwealth, which will
be represented by Commemorative
Attorney Ben d. Ringo and County
Attorney r. w. Alexander, will seek
to have their best case presented to
the court first. There is no doubt,
however, but that it will be an ut
ter impossibility for the court to try
all the cases, as a special term OF
the Daviess Circuit Court is to be
convened by Judge Birkhead next
Monday morning. Each trial VIII
no doubt, require couple of days
to be heard, as there will be from
twenty-five to fifty witnesses to be
heard in each of the cases.
In the case of Clifton Shroeter,
one of the defendants, the Common
wealth's Attorney will move to have
the indictment filed away, as Shroe-
ter, since having executed bond
and released from the Mclean coun-
ty Jail, has been entangled in the
nets of the federal laws, and is now
confined in the Daviess county jail,
charged with counterfeiting.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-08-23
4 "TOSS-UP" DECIDES A
LONG-FOUGHT LAWSUIT

Barbourville, KY. Aug. IL
Harve Hatton and William Napier.
two citizens of this county, disa-
greed over the ownership of a yoke
Of oxen, and two trials resulting in
hung juries, they decided to toss up
wet or dry" to reach an agree
ment, the cost of the two suits hav-
ing already amounted to more than
the oxen were worth.
A small board was procured and
a considerable quantity OF tobacco
juice placed on one side thereof
The board was thrown into the air,
and when the dust was cleared
away Hatton was found to be the
owner of the oxen. Both parties
went away satisfied.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-08-23

spend several weeks as the guests of
her sister.
Upon arriving at the hotel yes
terday, Miss Dyer secured a room
and refused to be seen by newspa-
per men, politely sending them an
answer to their cards that she was
not disposed to be interviewed up
on the subject, which has, no doubt,
caused her an unlimited amount of
embarrassment by the publicity it
has given her.
1t is known that Miss Dyer was
watched upon every hand by news
paper men in Indianapolis, and dur
ing the past few days has been re
fusing them audience.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-08-23
Deaths i'm Breckenridge.

Cloverport, KY, Aug. 1S.-Mrs.
Mary DeHaven, prominent resi-
dent of this county. died this morn
ing of heart trouble after an illness
of several months. She is surviv-
ed by four children-Mamie, Carl
and File DeHaven, of Cloverport,
and Mr.. Fred DeHaven, of Danville.
Charles Farmer, well-to-do
farmer, died yesterday of the in
firmities of age. He leaves one
daughter, Annie, and a stepdaugh-
ter, Miss Letitia Chaplin.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-08-23
HOPEWELL.

Aug. 21.-Mr. Joe Brown has
sold his crop to Mr.. Fox Brown and
is talking of selling his farm and
moving to Texas.
Miss Mittie Miles, who was sick
last week, is improving.
Miss Polly Coleman is visiting
relatives and friends in Rochester.
Messrs. John Coleman and AL
bert Taylor spent last Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Emerson Bennett,
across the river from Ceralvo.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. r. Shull, Mr..
and Mrs. Albin Shull and Miss
Lowell went to Taylortown last
Sunday to preaching.
Miss Margaret Taylor spent last
Saturday night with Misses Marian
and Margaret Williamson at Wy
sox.
Mr.. Porter Hunley sold to Mr..
Chester Rowe, of Centertown, a
young horse for $175, last week.