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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-25
AT LEAST 1900 HOMELESS.
Great Loss of Property to Many i'm
Louisiana.

Delta, Point, La, April 23.-Over
the erstwhile fertile fields of Madi-
son parish, from Delhi to Mounds, a
distance of forty miles, an Associated
Press reporter to-day travelled in a
motor boat and from early morning
until tonight solid sheet of water.
as Tar as the eye could see In every
direction, lay before him. Still the
great Dog Tail crevasse continues to
pour forth immense volumes of the
Mississippi food waters.
rFrom Delhi to Delta Point and
Vicksburg only one town, Thomas
town, was out of water.
Tonight water stands from five TO
fifteen feet deep over thousands of
acres of fertile farm lands of more
than a half-dozen parishes of North
eastern, Louisiana, ON which no cron
can be raised this year.
Tallulah, the parish seat of Madi-
son parish, is almost a hopeless
sight, with water standing from four
to six feet deep in every business
house in the town.
Very few residences are above the
flood line and the people are travers-
ing the streets in skiffs and motor
boats.
Practically every one of the sew
eral hundred homeless negroes at
Tallulah have been removed tn tbe
relief camp at Millikens Bend. ten
miles north.
Perhaps a conservative estimate
would place the number of homeless
people in Northeast Louisiana ar II
600. but in another week they saw
that number will be forced from
their homes by food waters from tba
Dog Tail and Panther Forest creyasse
on the west side of the river Nv
that time the waters will have reach
ed the lower sections of Concordia
and Catahoula parishes and begin
their return to the Mississinn;
through the Red River.
Many people at Hallulah. Mounds
and Delta Point fear for the safa,,
OF the levee at Redford's Point tbra.
miles south of this place. when ths
food waters from the Beulah orc
vase on the east side of the mia.,.
sippi River return through the 49,
River.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-25

furnish the vote. ser :.
the party Romia.~
hated. Il
-tsiEned1
p,,,-,., c,. C. " gSoaa.
al District
N " Noaa.s. /
FRANZ c ytsI
FOxrss :.
J. II cus1r,.''
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-25
ALLEN GANG ARRAIGNED.
Will be Tried at Wytheville, Va,
April 3O-Defendants Will Try to
Place Responsibility for the Five
Murders On Absent Members of
Gang

Hillsville, Va, April 22.-Six kins-
men members of the Allen clan which
has for years terrorized the country
side, were brought here tonight from
Roanoke where, for month than a
month, they have been prisoners, in
dicted for the five murders in the
Carroll County courthouse here. A
string of Undiscovered carriages.
guarded by a group of horsemen
armed with rifles and pistols, arrived
at nightfall, after fifteen-mile drive
from the nearest railroad station. Civ
ing Hillsville a thrill of excitement
as tomorrow Floyd Allen, his two
sons, Claude and Victor, and his nep-
hews, Sidna Edwards, Friel Allen.
and Byro Marion, will be formally
arraigned, and perhaps their trials
begun in the same bullet-scarred
courtroom where, on March 18th. a
hail of bullets assassinated the Of
ficers of the Carroll County court.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-25
TURN To ROOSEVELT.

six (South CarolinaI Delegates In
strueted for Taft Say They VIII
Vote for Roosevelt.
Senator Dixon. the manager OF
Colonel Roosevelt's campaign. has
given out the following kilograms:
Columbia. 5. c.. April Is. 1919.
ITO Senator NJ Dixon, Washing
ton. ID. c.
I'VE are delegates-at-large TO the
Republican National Convention from
South Carolina. The convention was
held February 2sth and instructed
for Taft. At that time Colonel Roo
sevelt was not a candidate and il did
not appear that President Taft could
not be elected. Since Couonel Roose-
Welt entered the field IL Is evident
that he Is the choice OF the great
mass OF Republican voters In the
States that elect Republican nomi-
nees. II has also become palpably
evident in States where the popular
will has been tested that IL will be
impossible for Mr.. Taft to be elected
even IL nominated. aud We have.
reached the conclusion
that our duty to the party and the
demands that we should vote
for Colonel Roosevelt. and We shall
SO vote.
"(Signedl
wv. T. ANDREWS,
Sumter. S. c.
y. r. LEVY,
Florence, S. c.
Columbia, S. c., April Is, 1912"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-25
Big Fire Destroys New Bern Plant

New Mern, N. c., April ia
dense pail of smoke still hovers over
the ruins of the Virginia Carolina
Fertilizer Company's plant at James
City, just across Trent river, from
New Bern, which was destroyed by
fire at 4 o'clock this morning. That
the fire was of incendiary origin there
is not the least doubt.
When first discovered by the watch
man the smoke was coming up
through blow pipe in the boiler
room. He hurriedly investigated and
found that the flames were confined
to section underneath the big main
building. He saw it at glance that
1t was beyond control with the small
fire fighting equipment kept at the
mill, and at once gave the alarm and
began to remove the Office fixtures.
Twelve freight cars, nine of them
'oaded with fertilizer, could not be
moved, and these, together with their
contents, were destroyed.
The approximate loss is at least
$4,000, the building alone costing
100000. The machinery was valued
at about $4,000. The stock on hand
was valued at $4,000. Boilers, en-
gines and tracking were worth So
600.
The twelve cars belonging to the
Norfolk Southern Railway Company
were valued at Sis, 900. This loss is
only partially covered by insurance;
the exact amount could not be learn
ed at this writing.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-25

The medical society of ID, n.
District will meet in Salisbur :.
2. Hon. Theo. F. klutar. o, i.
bury, is 10 deliver the addrsa
welcome, and Or. Thomas Ahss~s
of Statesville, will respond TO 4. !
dress.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-25

ITO Senator ]. NJ. Dixon, Chairman
Roosevelt National Committee,
Washington, d. c.
1--WE are delegates from South
Carolina to the Republican National
Convention. Our conventions were
not instructed and it gives us great
pleasure to say we shall vote at Chi
cago for Theodore Roosevelt because
we believe him to be the embodiment
of the principles which stand for the
best good for the American people
and American institutions, and for
the further reason that he is the
undoubted choice of the great mass
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-25
COL. !. c. l. HARRIS OATH.


4
Nominee--Iater Called Man q LA
When He Called Him n Democrat
In the Wake County Republican
Convention Tuesday some one told
Colonel Harris that he had no bust
ness trying TO run . Republican Con.
vention as he was q Democrat Mr.
Harris replied that any one that said
he was a Democrat was liar.
1t Is understood that Mr.. Harris
voted for Mr.. Ed. Pou, a Democrat
for Congress. or at least said he was
going to do SO.
In the Democratic primary held in
Raleigh April OF last year Mr.. j. c.
l.. Harris presented himself at the
polls to vote, He had registered as
a Democrat in the primary on the
Saturday before but was challenged
server in giving a report OF the af-
fair in its issue of April 19, 1911.
says:
THE Colonel was rufIied. He
raised his voice as he stoutly main
tanned that for years he had not been
a strict Republican. that he had nib
bled in Democratic pastures. AS to
that word affiliated why OF course
he had affiliated with the Democracy.
Had he not voted split tickets in the
last city and in the last State cleo
ton? Why, then, should he be ques-
ton? Out upon you for a meddle-
some one was what he thought, even
if he did not say it.
But the poll-holders, who had ex-
cused Colonel Loge from the oath On
Saturday, had become hard-hearted.
The challenger insisted and the poll
holders said, No oath, no vote FL
nally Colonel Harris seized on a pen
and in a fine large hand, wrote as
follows:
Raleigh, N. c., April II, 1911.
81 solemnly swear that l have
affiliated with the Demo
cratic party, in that I have heretofore
voted the Democratic ticket in part in
the last city election and in the State
election, and that l will support and
vote for the ticket to be nominated
to-day. J. c. L. HARRIS
"'I'll sign that said the Colonel
The poll-holders looked at it, read it,
and asked the challenger if that was
not all right, but the challenger said
no; that Colonel Harris could not
qualify how he had affiliated with
the Democratic party; that twice vot-
ing split tickets did not make Colonel |
Harris Democrat. The poll-holders,
however, thought differently, and the |
unique sight was then seen of Col. J. |
G. L. Harris casting a ballot to aid
IN nominating a Democratic ticket |
Later, another voter, Mr.. w. L., Col
Inns, was allowed to vote under the
split ticket rule. This was a new
tangled way of making Democrats for
primaries.
How this looks to outsiders is to !
be seen in the following from the
Greensboro record:
Now, what do you think of this?
The Hon. Loge Harris, the daddy of
Republicanism in Raleigh and Wake
County, walked up and registered in
he Democratic primary the other
lay. What is more, they could not
get his name off the book Raleigh
seems to be full of grand political
'ascals, Democrats as we'll as Repub-
icans.'"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-25

Today the backwater from the Dos
Tail erevasse In flooding the plan
;ation OF CoioEel r. L. MAXWELL. near
here. where $500 acres are under
cultivation and SEQ acres Of cotton.
already up. has been inundated
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-25

On January 81. 1912. tk.,. Il
one hundred postal saving a..
tories in North Carolina. and a.
ing 10 reports issued hy u. ~
Office Department, the s..,.
amounted to over $4,000
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-25
General News.

One woman was killed. the Baptist
church destroyed. and three stores
wrecked by = cyclone which struck
Shady Grove. Ala. one day last week.
The House Naval Affairs Commit
tee At Washington. has agreed TO au-
thorixe sloo. 100000 for = world
wide wireless system for the navy.
In a dispute which grew out OF .
gambling game among the Chinese
in Stockton. Cal. Saturday night,
there were eight killed and eleven
wounded.
Engineer r. T. Buckalow vas kill
ed and q fireman injured In q wreck
OF passenger OF a passenger train
near Fitzgerald, Ga, last Sunday.
The train ran into a weak trestle.
An appeal on behalf OF the Red
Cross for funds to aid the food suf-
ferers in the Mississippi Valley, has
been made to the public by President
Taft, who is president of the society.
David Burns, an employe of the
estate OF Howard Gould, at Fort
Washington, N. Y, went violently in
sane one day last week after reading
an account of the disaster of the
Titanic.
Three persons were known to have
been killed and at least a score in
jured and considerable dmage to life
and property in a tornado which
wrecked the vicinity of Oklahoma
City, April goth.
In a storm sweeping the shores of
Florida last week the schooner Will
liam Clifford collided with the Nor
wegian steamer and considerable /
damage was done. The wind blew
at the rate of ninety miles an hour
and shipping was badly damaged.
An explosion of gas in the Coil .
Coal Company's mine, at Madison /
Vile, KY, Sunday night last, caused /
the death of five men. The mine is |
4 new one, and about two hundred +
feet below the surface, and only
about half mile long. I
DR.. Rawley w. Martin, President
IF the State Board of Health of Vir-
5inia, and a Confederate veteran,
lied last Sunday of pneumonia at
4ynchburg, Va, at the age or seventy
seven. He was severely wounded in
Pickett's charge at Gettysburg.
The westbound Carolina special
'ollided head-on with freight at
Cedar Springs, near Spartanburg, S.
y, one day last week, injuriag sew
'ral passengers an dbadly damaging
he two engines. 1t was the result of
misunderstanding Of orders on the
,art of the freight crew
Nine persons were robbed of mon
~ and valuables by three masked
men who went through a sleeper on
he Rock Island Railroad near Shelf
ield, ILL.,, last Sunday night. After
he robbers finished their work, they
hot holes in the air signal tube,
ausing the engine to stop and thus
made their escape.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-25

Six feet OF snow fell in the Yellow
stone PARK, Montana, Sunday night
last Five feet covered the ground
at other places in the State.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-25

Senator Overman's bill. appropTsat-
ting $650,000 for the erection OF a
Customs House at Wilmington has
passed the Senate.
During the first three months Of
1912 three thousand sufferers in
North Carolina of hookworm disease
have been treated.
The first shipment of strawberries
from the eastern trucking section was
made Thursday last from from Rocky
Point, Pender County.
In a dispute arising over a game
of crap" In Beaufort County, War
rem Johnson, q negro, was shot and
killed by William Johnson, another
negro.
An amendment to the Indian ap-
preparation bill, introduced by Sem
ator Simmons, provides $4,000 for
the Croatan Indians. In Robson
County.
Woodrow Parrish, of Nashville,
Nash County, was literally blown to
pieces one day last week by a prema-
ture explosion of dynamite while
blowing up stumps in his field.
While probing with a nail, trying
tc get a load out of a gun, colored
youth, of Chatham County, fired and
killed a five-year-old colored child
who was standing near
Mr.. n. B. Gibson, of Cabarrus
County, was found dead in bed at his
home few days ago. He had heart
disease. He was fifty-f1ve years of
age and was survived by wife and
several children.
Mr.. Albright, editor of the Mount
Airy Leader, has sold said paper to a
stock company and will retire. The
editorial department of the paper
will be controlled by five stockhold-
ers.
Company, of Granite Falls, have let
contract for a 900 spindle cotton !
mill to be located one mile from |
Granite Falls. The cost of the mill is
to be something near 100000.
Mr. B. S. Cloer, of Caldwell Coun- |
ty, has invented a hens nest which |
has a contrivance by which she can
go into the nest, close the door of |
same, and remain undisturbed until
she wants to come out, when she can
open the door from the inside
The commencement of the Univer-
sity of North Carolina is to take place
June Ia. DR.. Edwin A Alderman,
President of the University of Vir-
ginia, will deliver the alumnae ad-
dress, and John Temple Graves, of
Ne wYork, the literary address, and
the baccalaureate sermon by Bishop
Lloyd, of New York
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-25

Nine persons were robbed of mon
ey and valuables by three masked
men who went through a sleeper on
the Rock Island Railroad near Shelf
field, ILL.,, last Sunday night. After
the robbers finished their work, they
shot holes in the air signal tube,
causing the engine to stop and thus
made their escape
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-25

The westbound Carolina special
collided headon with a freight at
Cedar Springs, near Spartan5urg, S.
c., one day last week, iniuri1g sew
-eral passengers an dbadly damaging
the two engines. 1t was the result of
misunderstanding of orders on the
part of the freight crew.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-25

Mr.! B. S. Cloer, of Caldwell Coun-
ty, has invented a hens nest which
has continuance by which she can
go into the nest, close the door of
same, and remain undisturbed until
she wants to come out, when she can
open the door from the inside.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-25

The E. A. Smith Manufacturing
Company, of Granite Falls, have let
contract for 900 spindle cotton
mill to be located one mile from
Granite Falls. The cost of the mill is
to be something near 100000.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-25

DR.. Rawley w. Martin, President
of the State Board of Health of Vir-
ginia, and Confederate veteran,
died last Sunday of pneumonia at
Lynchburg, Va, at the age or seventy
seven. He was severely wounded in
Pickett's charge at Gettysburg.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-25

Mr.. Albright, editor of the Mount
Airy Leader, has sold said paper to a
stock company and will retire. The
editorial department of the paper
will be controlled by five stockhold-
ers.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-25

The first shipment of strawberries
from the eastern trucking section was
made Thursday last from from Rocky
Point, Fender County.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-25

, Mr.. N. B. Gibson, of Cabarrus
County, was found dead in bed at his
home few days ago. He had heart
disease. He was fifty-five years of
age and was survived by a wife and
several children.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-25

In a dispute which grew out OF q
gambling game among the Chinese
in Stockton. Cal. Saturday night,
there were eight killed and eleven
wounded
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-25
Had Intended to Break Up the Con-
Vention.


1t had been reported before the
convention was held Tuesday that the
boilers would break it up in a row
If they could not dominate. They
saw the majority was against them
and they proceeded with the row.
Mr.. Loge Harris, Mr.. Wildes and
others were real insulting and tried
to precipitate a row. 1t is understood
that Marshal Dockery, though not a
delegate, also used insulting language
around the room where the creden-
tial committee were holding their
session. The Federal office-holders
were active and must have consider
ed it their dying fight. However, the
Federal office-holders have found out
Cor the second time that they can't
ontrol the white voters of Wake
County, even if they did run DEM
ocrats and negroes, who had not vot-
ed before. into the primaries. The
people still rule.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-25

In a dispute arising over a game
of Crap" in Beaufort County, War
rem johnson, q negro, was shot and
killed by William Johnson, another
negro.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-25

The House Naval Affairs Commit
tee At Washington. has agreed TO au-
thorixe sIoo. 100000 for = world
wide wireless system for the navy.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-25

During the first three months Of
1912 three thousand sufferers in
North Carolina of hookworm disease
have been treated.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-25
NhRo ArRbsEn

Two Negroes ouarr~,...
and A. Result TN. ~
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-25
State News.

Senator Overman's bill. approprsat-
ting $65O,000 for the erection OF a
Customs House at Wilmington has
passed the Senate.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-25

Three persons were known to have
been killed and at least a score in
jured and considerable dmage to life
and property in a tornado which
wrecked the vicinity of Oklahoma
City, April 10th.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-25

One woman was killed. the Baptist
church destroyed. and three stores
wrecked by = cyclone which struck
shady Grove. Ala. one day last week.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-25

An explosion of gas in the Coil
Coal Company's mine, at Madison
vile, KY, Sunday night last, caused
the death of five men. The mine is
new one, and about two hundred
feet below the surface, and only
about half mile long.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-16
THE NJ. & K. Reducing p

scratched last stroke and this the last call Spring
and Summer wearabes. Never in the history of
dlng in the rte has had the courage offer such
qualities distinctive Styles and strictly dependable merchandise
D seing public
o
X of further
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-03
is MISSING MAN |.
AN EMBEzZLER?.
Cashier, Mourned as Drowned
Now Discovered to Have
Been $1,000 Short.

ATLANTIC CITY. Sept. 3.-Joseph
Edwards, % years old, assistant
cashier for the Atlantic City Gas
Company, who has been mourned as
dead for nearly a month. is now be-
lieved to be a fugitive from justice
and the police are conducting a search
for him.
After going in bathing on August
4 he disappeared, and so far as Is
known nothing has been heard or
seen of him since. Up to a short time
ago he was supposed to have been
drowned.
When the regular monthly audit of
the company's books was made a
short time g 1t was discovered, so
it is claimed, that the young man was
81, 200 short in his accounts. 1t is
now thought that the d~efalcation will
reach 500 This led the police to
believe that he had not been drowned
and an immediate search for him was
started. His aged mother, with
whom he lived, and who refused to
believe that her son was drowned
until a few days ago. has not been
told of the alleged crime.
The police we're suspicious of the
manner of Edwards's disappearance
in the first place. His wearing APP
parel was found in a bath-house on
the evening of August 4, and it was
assumed that he had met his death
by drowning. Just what he did with
the money is not known. 1t is
thought probably hat his trail will
lead to Europe.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-03
FALLS DEAD CHEERING HIS
FAVORITE NINE TO VICTORY

WILKESBARRE. Sept. 3.-Durins
the excitement of a hotly-contested
ball game. Timothy Flanagan. %
years old, of Ashley. was stricken
with heart failure and died before he
could be taken from the grounds.
Flanagan was one of 500 specta.
tors watching two amateur teams
battle for a prize. His favorite team
was behind and 1t looked as If it
would lose, when late in the game
the players suddenly rallied and made
enough runs for a comfortable lead.
During the rally Flanagan and 9th
ers threw their hats into the air and
yelled until Flanagan fell from heart
failure, caused by the excitement.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-03
RAT ATTACKS GIRLS, WHO
MAY DIE FROM WOUNDS

wILKESBARRE, Pa, Sept. Arr
thur Gething. of Nanticoke, was
awakened by the cries of his daush-
tiers, Mary and Anna, aged 8 and 7
years. On reaching their bed he found
them horribly chewed by a large rat.
the attacks of which they were resist.
ing desperately.
Gething carried his children to an-
other room and returned to battle
with the rat, which he finally killed
with a shoe. Chunks were torn from
the arms of the children, whoae faces
will be disfgured for life, even II they
recover, which is not probable.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-03
$500 TO son
LOST TO HER NINE YEARS
Was Only Child-Wrote Last
in 1903.

Although she had not heard from
her son. Harry Mullins, for nine
years, Mrs. Mary M. Horn, in her
will fled with the surrogate today.
bequeathed 5000 to him.
Mrs. Horn died on August % last
and made the will a week before her
death. The whereabouts of the only
boy of the dead woman is not known.
In 1903 he was in Macon, Ga. Gus
tavus A. Richard is the executor.
To Bridget Carney. a sister. 800 is
bequeathed and a similar amour to
Ida Smith. Josephine Reitzy is to re-
ceive $500 according to n provision
and an additional 5000 for masses and
to keep the lot of the dead in good
condition. The piano is to become
the property of Emma Smith. The
personal belongings of Mrs. Horn also
go to Mrs. Reity. To Mr.. Horn goes
the furniture. which is to be shared
with Mrs. Retry.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-03
COUPLES LONG NAMES
DAZE LICENSE CLERK

MEDIA, Pa, Sept. 3.-When a Pol.
ish couple from Chester appeared az
the office of the register of wills to get
a marriage license. Deputy Milliken
inquired their names. "Sinentchizo-
entsk Observation-Disclosures" replied
the man, and Observation-Disclosures
Observation-Disclosures" demurely re.
sponded the maiden.
Nearly overcome, the deputy leaned'
his arm on the able and looked at the
couple. He was not certain If they
had beer giving him their names or
reciting their life histories. An inter.
prefer assured him that the couple
told the truth.