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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04
Woman Preacher in Court on
Charge of Vagrancy.
Hickory Mercury.1

Hickory Mercury.1
Miss Amanda Laws, of Wilkes
County, a Christian worker and
preacher of the Church of God-so
called was up before the Recorder
here Monday charged with vagrancy.
She came here about two weeks ago.
and has been making her home with
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Ennis. She has
been selling books. Ennis wife has
been in bad health and became crazy.
They she objected to the woman's s
staying at her home. Some thought
perhaps there was something wrong
with the Laws woman and Ennis, but
nothing was proven in court. The
Recorder released her with the un-
derstanding that IL she did not leave
town at once, he would send her to
JAIL The case against Ennis was mol
pressed.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04
THOUSANDS HOMELESS
Mississippi Levee Breaks,
Sweeping Away Many Houses
and Other Property
Tents Shipped to Hickman, KY, to
Shelter the Homeless-Scant Food
Supply Causing Much Alarm
President Asks Congress to Take
Prompt Action.

A special from Hickman, KY,
Tuesday afternoon, says:
Two thousand people are home
less because of the flood waters of
the Mississippi River which broke
through west Hickman leevee and
poured a muddy current, eight feet
deep, through the business streets,
and the factory and residence dis
tricts. The homeless people were
temporarily sheltered by residents in
the highlands last night. Tents were
shipped here to-day by the State
militia. The scant food supply is
causing great concern. Provisions
on hand are insufficient to last the
refugees through the week. Steps
have been taken to organize a COM
missary.
The west end of the levees went
out about nine-thiry last night, at a
point where it was supposedly the
strongest. Most of the Inhabitants
were in bed when the crash came.
There was much distress among the
women and children before they
reached places of safety. The prop
erty loss is estimated at two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars. Stores
are flooded. The factories sustain
ed great damage.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04
TO TARE CHARGES.

Claimed mat siOre Il ran 80. .ON0.OO0
Year Is Now Being Lost By SOUTH
ern Growers-Secretary Wilson
Interested.
A Washington. ID. c.. dispatch dat
ed April. says:
Efforts 10 save more than $685.
900 year. now being lost BY South
ern cotton growers through tare
charges. are being made by the De-
partment OF Agriculture. Secretary
Wilson has written TO the Liverpool
and other foreign cotton exchanges
for suggestions as to how these tare
charges might be reduced and has re-
ceived replies from all OF them.
If cotton could be baled in bet
ter shape says the Liverpool Ex-
change in its reply, there Is no doubt
that European exchanges would be
willing to pass bylaws for such cot
ton be sold actual tare," provided
uniform length and weight OF canvas
be adopted for every bale
This exchange lays the whole
blame for the loss on the American
export merchant and planter.
There is no article Of similar
value which is so wastefully packed
and of which so little care is taken
in transit as American cotton Con-
tinues the letter: If the cotton were
baled in the same manner as the
growths of India and Egypt, freights
and insurance premiums would be
lower
"Dr. B. T. Galloway, Chief of the
Bureau of Plant Industry, said that
in his opinion the problem would be
practically solved after the commun-
ity system of cotton growing hat
| once been established"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04
President Acts Promptly.

Washington, D. c., April 2.-Pres-
ident Taft took quick action to bend
the energies of the Government to-
ward stopping the threatened floods
in the Missouri and Missippi River
valleys. Following conferences with
Secretary of War Stimson and Gen.
VIM. HI. Bixby. chief of engineers,
and several Senators and Congress
men from the States bordering these
two great streams, he sent message
to Congress urging an immediate ap-
priation OF 100000 to be used in
Strengthening the levees and trying
to prevent further food damage.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04
TWO MORE CAPTURED
Cluade Swanson, and Friel
Allen Now Behind Prison
Bars
Sidna Allen. the Leader of the Gang.
and Wesley Edwards. Are still af
Large and Have Stated They VIII
Fight to the Bitter End.

Fight to the Bitter End.
Claude Swanson Allen and Friel Al
len, members OF the lawless gang that
wiped out the court In Carroll Coun-
~. Virginia, March IL. have been
captured and placed behind the bars.
but sidna Allen. leader OF the gang
and Wesley Edwards. are still at
large:
A Hillsville, Va. dispatch telling
OF the capture OF Claud Swanson Al
len. says:
Starving. sleepless and fatisued.
Claude Swanson Allen. namesake OF
United States Senator. came out OF
the laurel thicket In the Blue Ridge
to-day. pointed two six-shooters to-
ward the sky. gave himself up 10 the
posse which for nearly two weeks
has hunted him. Complaeent and al
most happy. he sat down. sheltered
from a driving storm by the little
brick jail. stones throw from the
Carroll County coart-houke. where on
March Ia the Allen gang vengefuliy
killed the judge. the prosecutor. the
sheriff. juror and a by-stander. De-
tective Lucas and four men were
working toward Floyd Aliens house
when suddenly twenty-five yards or
so of the Mount Airy road q figure
creeping stealthly through the under
growth was dimly seen through the
midst which overhung the mountain
slope. Close behind Lucas the other
men brought their rifles to their
shoulders. when. TO their surprise.
Allen stepped cut into the road with
hands upraised. q pistol In each.
I'm glad to get q chance 20 come
In" he said. II haven't slept In q
bed since the shooting. I'm hun
cry"
In the presence Of detective young
Allen described his own part In the
courthouse tragedy: admitted that
he had yeen Sidna Allen shoot and
that he himself had aimed for Clerk
Goad's head four times. He told o
graphic story Of the assassination.
81 don't know who started the
shooting" said Allen. After 10 be-
gan l shot four times a. Clerk Goad
and aimed for his head every time.
/ saw Uncle Sicna shoot at some
body. but don't know who.
when the shooting In the court
house was over l went outside and
saw Uncle Eidna on the ground shoot
ing at Goad, 30 / shot ~ him. too.
Ny brother. Victor. called TO me TO
stop. but / had shot all my cartridges.
Then we all went away"
II developed that Allen was really
taken In North Carolina. probably
| $50 yards over the line.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04

Alabama is preparing to elect
Democratic Congressman-at-large.
that practically all the Southern Con-
gressmen are running at large.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04

Some of the Democrats in Iredell
County have issued a call for a mass
meeting in Statesville Saturday to
throw off the yoke of Democratic ring
rule in that county. They may yet
nave to join hands with the Repub-
hcans in order to get local self-gov-
ernment.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04

The Progressive Democratic
League of Ohio says that Governor
'udson Harmon is Wall Streets can
uloate for President, and heretofore
tue democrats have tried to make
the voters believe that their party
n@S never had any connection with
wall Street. If this fight continues
tne Democrats may be persuaded to
'eii at least part of the truth on
each other.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04

An automobile concern has offered
the sum of $4,000 to any one who
will run an automobile backwards
from this State to New York. Some
Democratic politician should get that
money as it is perfectly natural for
them to go backwards.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04

Endorsing a political candidate at
religious meeting may be all right,
yet it must have sounded very
strange to many present in the Raj
eigh auditorium Sunday afternoon.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04

A dispatch says that Mr.. Bryan
threatens to bolt his State Conven-
ton if it endorses Governor Harmon
for President And that doesn't
sound like harmony.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04

Referring to the action of the Dem
ocratic Congress in pension steal, the
otatesville Landmark asks where are
the friends of the people. Why they
are at home waiting for the people
10 vote for true representatives of
tne people, instead of from blind
prejudice.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04

The Maine Democratic Convention
adopted local option platform and
then kicked Mr. Woodrow Wilson
down the back stairs, notwithstand-
Ing local option was one of the
planks.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04

Bryan calls Governor Harmon
dpserter. That may be another move
for Democratic harmony, but it
doesn't sound like it.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04

The Macon (Georgia) Telegraph
thinks the houn' dawg is apt to be-
come the emblem of the Southern
Democracy Well, keep on kicking.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04

A travelling man told the writer
some days ago that the political ho-
rizon looked to him like another
Cleveand year. Evidently that man
is having a hard time on the road.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04

Governor Judson Harmon has an
nounced that he is willing to serve
the people. We had expected as
much, especially since the serving
pays $4,000 a year.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04

The Hon. E. J. Justice thinks Os
car Underwood will not do at all for
President. And isn't the same true
of the other five Democratic candi-
dates?
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04

Another dispatch from Hiiisville.
dated March 30. says:
''FrieI Allen. . blue-eyed strip
ling Of seventeen. youngest OF the
eight indicted for the ave murders In
the Carroll County court-house
fortnight ago. was taken late to-day
lCcintinued on page IL
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04

Even if the Democrats had free
lumber they couldn't make a plat
form large enough for the various
candidates to stand on.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04

II now appears that the Allen gang
in Carroll County, Virginia, are moth
ing more than Democratic redshirt-
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04

An exchange says 1t should be rye
or crimson clover. Now watch and
eee If the most OF them don't take
rye2
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04
BRIEFS

AIamance has borrowed $4,000.
That is what Democratic good gov
o-nment has done for that county.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04

\ South Carolina Democrat Is run
ming for sheriff OF Davie County, this
state. He certainly has his nerve
with him.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04

for Log1mer or whether he wiii take
the baek-track and vote against hira-
The Money Trust Investigation.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04
More Troahle to Gaia R~tigtou~
Lberty-A hit of Mcss~wn History
In Which the Real Truth ls Told
About low Near Germany Came
To q whipping af Manila Philip
pine Islands.
Bnkinsville. y. C. April /. isi:

Correspondence OF The Caucasian In
terprise.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-05-03
Trietats Loanua Raaults.

At Observation-Disclosures, /; Ian.
caster, 2.
At York-Harrlsburg, 2; York, . (nine
innings).
AT WImington-Trenton, /; Whining
ton, 2.
At Johnstown Altoona, 5; Johns
town, D.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-05-03
ENGLISH START
TITANIC PROBE.
Three Hundred Witnesses
Are Summoned to Appear.

London, May 3.-The British wreck
commission, under the presidency Of
Lord Mersey, formerly Judge of the ad.
miralty division Of the high court OF
justice, which is investigating the foun.
dering Of the steamship Titanic, began
Its sessions. The proceedings are ex.
pected to last a month, as 800 witnesses
have been summoned.
The business was confined to regular
routine procedure. There was n mark
ed lack of public interest in the In
quiry, which is probably due to the
fact that the principal witnesses are
either In the United States or sailed
for England today on the Adriatic.
On the right Of Lord Mersey and his
assessors a gigantic model of the Tita-
mic was displayed, with a large route
chart OF the north Atlantic beside 1t.
On the left was a sectional diagram Of
the Titanic laying bare Its internal ar
rangements for the purpose of Illus
trating the evidence which Is to come.
Attorney General Isaacs briefly out
lined the course which he proposed the
inquiry should take. He assured Lord
Mersey, the chairman of the commits.
sion, that the of the govern
ment were unreservedly at his disposal.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-05-03
JERSEY LIGHTING CHEAPER.
Rates For Street Lamps Reduced In
1851 Municipaiitios.

Newark, N. J., May 3.-The electric
ity used in street lamps throughout
New Jersey is to be cheaper. The
Public Service Electric company OF
Newark filed a new schedule of rates
with the state public utilities board In
which 1t is estimated that the reduc-
ton will mean q decrease Of between
$97, 900 and $780, 600 a year in the rev
enues Of the corporation. The new
schedule will not interfere with the
discounts allowed by the company for
contracts extending from a year to five
years.
Under the new arrangement the ave.
age price for arc lights in the city Of
Newark will be $G9.59 as against $40
a lamp now paid, including the 2h per
cent. allowed on five year contracts.
In small communities where the old
rate was 800 and more per lamp for
any number Of lights under 2e0 the
charge has been reduced to 1878 per
lamp. The larger Will make gains
according to the number of lights
they are paying. The company serves
1871 municipalities with either arc or
incandescent lights.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-05-03
MONUMENT TO
CHAS. MIN0T
Sent First Train Order
by Telegraph.

Hartman, N. J., May st was a
day of rejoicing on the Erie railroad
when q tablet was unveiled here to
commemorate the sending of the first
telegraph train order In the Morse code.
The train order was transmitted in
1851, when Charles Minot, a general
superintendent of the road, sent a dis
patch from the old Turner station, now
Hartman, to the agent at Goshen or
dering him to hold the opposite train
for further orders.
The tablet has been erected by the
Association of Railway Photographers,
Superintendent and the Old Time Tel
~egraphers and historical associations.
The unwilling was observed with APP
propriate services.
Henry B. Estabrook, the orator of
the occasion, told of the good old days
when the train dispatcher was not
known and the brakemen would run
ahead, followed by their train if it
could keep up with them, to flag the
approaching train and save a collision.
Sometimes a trainman would tele-
graph casually, he said, to learn if the
opposite one was anywhere near, but
not often. When Minot ordered his en-
gineer to proceed regardless of the ad-
~vancing train, having held that train
on the dispatch, the engineer said
things and refused to obey orders. He
said Dammit! ladies and gentlemen
observed Mr.. Estabrook. in those
days the language of railroad men was
not CheSterieldian."
Other speakers were r. p. Griffith,
David Homer Bates and George n.
Orcutt. A squad of boy scouts stood at
attention while the tablet was unveiled
by Miss Gertrude Griffith, and the
town of Hartman was present. Many
men prominent In railroad and IN 9th
err sciences attended. Among the guests
were Mrs. e. II. Hartman, Thomas A.
Edison and Miss Edison, Mrs. George
G.. Minot and +. d. Underwood of the
Hartman lines.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-05-03

The news when It Is news In the
NEWS.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-05-03
HER CONDITION
GROWS SERIOUS
Mrs. w. X. Vanderbilt Jr.,
Operated on for Appendicitis

New York, May 3.-Mrs. William X.
Vanderbilt, Jr,, was operated on fol
appendicitis at her home at 666 Fifth
avenue. The operation was entirely
successful. Mrs. Vanderbilt had been
spending most of her time recently on
her Lake Success property with her
two children.
The operation was entirely success
full, but shortly afterward untowGrd
symptoms appeared and her relatives
were hastily notified. For several hours
there was grave anxiety over Mrs.
Vanderbilt's condition. Although pos
sessed of great energy and vitality and
In the best of health all last winter,
the great strain Of the operation seemed
to pull her down in a most alarming
way.
She rallied strongly this morning,
however, her pulse and temperature
crept back nearly to what was expect
ed, and 1t seemed certain that, barring
some unforeseen relapse, she had
passed one Of the crises.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-05-03
AUTOMOBILE KILLS BABY.
Machine Runs Down and Crushes Skull
of Eour-Yesr-old Boy.

Machine Runs Down and Crushes Skull
of Four-yesr-old Boy.
New Brunswick. n. j., May 3.-The
prosecutor and Detective Peltier are
combing New Jersey and PENNSYLVANIA
in search of the five occupants of the
automobile that ran down and killed
Joseph Spittle, four years old, at
Deans. The child, a son of Joseph Spit
tie, was instantly killed, his skull being
crushed. When the accident occurred
the driver put IN more speed and
rushed away.
The only description that could be
given was that the car vas a large blue
one with the top turned down and bore
d Pennsylvania license number. 1t is
believed that the occupants were I'M
der the Influence of liquor.
The boy was playing in front of his
home when the machine came along at
high speed. The road is straight and
the driver could have seen the child.
They boy had his back turned when
high into the air. He landed at the
side Of the road. His mother was In
the yard and saw the accident, She
ran to the road and picked up her child
dead. DR., Edsart Carroll, who was
summoned, said the child had died In
stantly.
Several traces of the ear have been
found, indicating that 1t may have
gone to Princeton.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-05-03
NAVAL OFFICER KILLED.
Lieutenant Mcdonald Slips While
Boarding Street Car In Brooklyn,

New York. May 8.-Lleutenant Ray
S. Mcdonald, u. s. N, when boarding
a street a in Brooklyn slipped and
was thrown against one of the pillars
Of the elevated, sustaining fractures
and Commissions of the skull which
caused his death later at the Brooklyn
hospital. He was on his way to Wash
ington to get his orders, having been
unattached since his return from COM
mand Of the gunboat Villalobos on
Feb II
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-05-03
ROOSEVELT IN MARYLAND.

Colonel Campaigning Ahead Of Prima-
ries to Be Hold Monday.
Baltimore, May 8.-Colonel Roose-
welt is spending today in his newest
ground, Maryland, which will
be the scene Of the next phase Of the
Taft-Roosevelt duel. The primaries II
the state are to be held on Monday, ant
1t Is expected the president will BIZ
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-05-03

campaigning in the state part of the
time the colonel is here.
The colonel will speak at Baltimore
tonight and at Cumberland on Satur-
day night. He will cover the state
practically In his stumping and will re-
turn to New York on Sunday morning.
The Harlowton news., 1912-07-26
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATIONS

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior, u. s.
Land office, at LeWtstown, Montana,
June oath, 1912.
Notice is hereby given that
Fred Bartleson
of HarloWton, Montana, who on July
il, 1910, made homestead application
No. Ol1452, torNa NE4, ma N w, sec
tion 20, township s N range IL east
M. p. meridian, has filed notice ofin-
lention to make final Five Year
Proof to establish claim to the land
above described, before A. 7. Ander-
son, U. S. Commissioner, at Harlow
ton, Montana, OH the 10Th day OF
July, 1912.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Joseph Motz, Albert e. Hollister,
Leander w. Thompson, Albert B.
Moorehead all OF HarloWto Mont.
G. E. McKoin, Register
First pub. June 28, 1912.
The Harlowton news., 1912-07-26
Notice for Publication
Isolated Tract.

Public Land Sale. Department OF
the Interior, U. $. Land Office al
Lewistown, Montana, June l8, 1912.
Notice is hereby given that, as di,
rected by the Commissioner OF the
General Land Office, under provisions
of Act of Congress approved June II,
1906 (34 Stats, 5l0,pursuant to the
application Of Mary e. Williams,
Serial No. O1548l, we will offer at
public sale, to the highest bidder, but
at not less than $500 per acre, at 10
O'Clock a. ln., on the 24th day Of July,
1912, at this office, the following tract
of land: Lot q, NE4 SW4, section
6, township 6, N, R IA e, Mont.
Any persons claiming adversely the
above-described land are advised to
file their claims, or objections, on or
before the time designated for sale.
G. e. McKoin, Register
Wylys A. Hedges, Receiver
First Pub. June 81.
The Harlowton news., 1912-07-26
office is hereby given that
DENNIS F. NOLAN

of Judith Gap, Mont, who on July
End, 1908, made homestead entry No.
O4O for the N WI, section l8, township
8 N, range l6 e, Montana Meridian,
has filed notice of intention to make
final Thre Year proof to establish
claim to the land above described,
before A. T. Anderson, y. s. Commits
sioner at Harlowton, Mont, on the
9TH day of Agust 1912.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Edmund Hooker, Wilmott Wills,
Robert Kleyer and Harry Lane, al! OF
Judith Gap, Montana.
@. 4. McKOIN, Register.
First Pub July 5, 1912.