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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04

mersraIIy increased bench. The
present Judges" * argues. are only
reopiref TO wink forty-two weeks tn
the year and some Of them are not
actually engaged more than twenty
eight or thirty weeks. We have seen
/, the case when there vas n two
weeks term OF court for a county.
the first two days Of court would De-
taken up in trying criminal cases.
the next two in disposing OF civil
cases. and By the fifth day the judge
would be on his way home" Our
Halifax County contemporary recog-
nizes that this Is not always the fault
OF the Judge. because the lawyers are
unprepared 10 try many cases on the
docket: but IL insists that n two
weeks term should be nothing less
IL the cases exist and that every
Judge entering . district should serve
notice upon the lawyers accordingly.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04
TWO MORE CAPTURED.


lCOnIIuuGu from page ~
in a carriage shed at the home OF his
father, Jack Allen, eight miles from
here. He cheerfully submitted TO ar
rest, and tonight occupies cell In
the Hillsville jail with his cousin.
Claude Swanson Allen. who surren-
dered without resistance to the detec-
t.ves yesterday.
only Sidna Allen. a man OF mid
die age, and his young nephew. Wes-
ley Edwards, both bold mountaineers
of reckless daring. are fugitives to-
night They are the last of the out
law band whose fusillade killed a
judge, sheriff. prosecuting attorney.
juror and bystander on March Il.
"Friel Allen two days ago desert
ed the two men still at large and
brought back tonight their ultima
ton of defiance. Both are prepared
to resist until death. A fathers anx-
iety to have his youngest son spared a
terrible death in the mountains is
assumed to be the cause of Friel AL
lens capture. Jack Allen was not in
volved in the courthouse shooting,
but 1t is known that since his son
Friel Joined the outlaws he has been
endeavoring to advise him to submit
to the mercy of the law. Just how
the parent communicated with the
boy has not been disclosed.
'Hillsville had hardly digested the
excitement incident to Claude AL
lens bloodless capture yesterday
when Friel Allen galloped into town
late to-day, the prisoner of Detective
Thomas L. Felts, leader of the noun
tain campaign against the outlaws,
and Detective F. c. Payne, who to-
gether made the arrest"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04
Boy Wanders Away From Home and
Meets Untimely Death.

Last weeks papers gave an ac-
count of the untimely death of an
unknown boy in Rockingham County
The last issue of the Wilkes Patriot
throws some light on the case and
gives the name of the unfortunate
lad. The Patriot says:
Early Tuesday morning Boss
Blackburn, a young man aged about
twenty years, of Roaring River, came
to this town searching for his young
er brother who had wandered away
from home over week ago. The
young man explained that his BROTH
er was the unfortunate possessor of
weak and shattered mind, and that
he frequently left home and roamed
over the country, but that he ALWAYS
returned. He had found no trace of
him this time until he came to this
place and learned that Mrs. Hender-
son, the postmistress here, had re-
ce1ved a letter just few days ago
from Stoneville, Rockingham Coun-
ty, containing an account of the piti-
ful and tragic death of an unknown
boy there one night last week. The
letter stated that the boys body was
found near the railroad track. torn
and mangled, so that recognition was
impossible. No clue to his identity
was found except a card on his per-
son addressed to Frank Blackburn
Wllkesboro. N. c. This and the de-
scrIption of the boy and the facts of
his death was enough to convince the
young man that it was his brother
who had met such terrible anG sud-
den end"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04
Saved By His Wife.

She's a wise woman who kssH
just what to do when her husbazlI
life is in danger, but Mrs. r. J. FI1.
Braintree, VT, is OF that kind "ss
insisted on my using DR.. Kings Ss
Discovery" writes Mr.. F.. "ig 4
dreadful cough, when | was so Essl
my friends all thought | had Orly )
short time to live, and IL compete
cured me-" A quick cure for oosts
and colds, it's the most safe and p
liable medicine for many thru
and lung troubles-grip, braneslz
Group, whooping-cough. quinsy, To-
silitis, hemorrhages. A trial will CO
vince you. so cents and s1.0O. Cur
anteed by all druggists.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04
Some of States Judges Are Blamed.
Charlotte Observer.

Charlotte Observer.
We find several of our State ex-
changes, and correspondents writing
to several of them, in the attitude of
complaint against alleged dilatori-
ness shown by judges of the Superior
Court. The Lenoir Topic, for one,
expresses discomfort because, where
as court is set to meet at a certain
hour and all jurors and witnesses not
present may be heavily fined, the
judge may arrive late and neither paw
any fine nor make an explanation.
although a Large number of people
are Inconvenience and the county
suffers financial loss. 1.-THE Topic" it
declares, "has known cases where
jurors and witnessed summoned to be
in court Monday morning at 10
o'clock had to leave their homes and
families Sunday in order to get to
court in time. And others living near
er had to leave before daylight Mon
day morning and drive through mud
and slush under whip and lash, only
to find that the Judge would not ar
rive until the afternoon. The Topic
calls upon the voters to end this state
of affairs. On the part of the Scot
land Neck Commonwealth another
complaint is made. In it's opinion.
the public's need is for more indus-
trlous judges rather than for a nu-
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04
TENNESSEE NAY HAVE REPUB
LICAN SENATOR.

The Governor of Tennessee now
has the opportunity to appoint g
Republican United States Senator
from that State. The death of Sen.
ator Bob Taylor Sunday makes a va
cancy and it now falls upon Governor
Hooper, Republican, to name the
successor to Governor Taylor, who
will serve until the Legislature meets
next year and elects a Senator. II
Governor Hooper appoints a Repub.
hcan to fill the vacancy, and it is
presumed that he will, he be the frs,
Republican United States Senator
from Tennessee in over forty years
1t Is thought NJ. Newell Sanders. OF
Chattanooga. Republican State Chair.
man, viii receive the appointment
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04

Preferred Travelling Around to Law
Ing With Relatives. and Finally
Died I'm Poor Hou@e-A Fortune
That Came Too Late.

/ Greensboro Record. 25.l
Mrs. Nancy Wood died yesterday
al the County Home. aged around s..
and with her passing there went out
one OF the most peculiar characters
OF Guiiford County. For two or
mate OF the County Home. but be-
fore that she was the great original
lady hobo" and a mendicant by
choice. She had many well-to-do rel
atives, nieces and nephews. who
would gladly have given the old NO.
man q good home, and in fact. Of
fered one TO her many times She
never accepted. but went her own Pc
culiar way rejoicing.
Anent her mendicancy. she has
been known TO come all the way from
Lexington, Liberty. or some other
town as far distant. TO claim $50
from the Guilford County authorities
TO help provide her living. During
her lifetime she travelled thousands
Of mileg by rail and often made the
OCL"Scn tic Vi
her late husband, and her stamping
grounds in North Carolina and Gull
ford County.
She had no money except what
was given her and she never spent
any of this on paying railroad fare.
Instead she would enter the train 60
ing where she wanted to go and calm
ly seat herself without money or
ticket aud she always got through.
She loved to travel and possessed
many of the traits of the nomadic
Gypsy
1t is peculiar that the old lady died
just when she reached the point
where she might have satisfied her
craving for extended travel and paid
her own way at that, for she had
just become heir to a goodly bit of
property and the details of the estate
from which it came had not been
settled up before the end came
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04

We are giving up some of our edi-
torial space this week to make room
for some communications and other
important matters that should go in
the paper. We are also printing a
number of articles on timely topics
taken from other papers, that our
readers may see what the other ed
itors in the State are thinking and
writing about.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04
SECOND EDITION
RON ErTI.tgS u
kitsH srEFru
Printed In Fanphls.
sent Postpaid - -
press At ; Cess.
Copy.

The first large edits,
. speech has been ssA.-.
: demand has oOa,iaass
. that IL has been s.r..S
: print . second ed1,so.
Republican ~ho vaz.s =
> party grow and wla = =,
as well as the Nate.
get up a club o, a, le,.. ~
twenty for this speerA a.
in his order right axar
The speech quote. s..
Bragg Faud Comnlas.a.
the facts which brand ,o..
false the charge wAs.A
Democratic machine p,,,....
have been making ar,a---'sa
Republican party FOR for, :.
to the effect that thcy xs.. -
ty OF issuing the e.,-..
bonds and footing The s..
Mr.. Butler stated a k..
that every copy OF ia, a.
Fraud Commission Repo,, =
been burned or destroyed :. =
as he knew. except the or. =.
which he had. lie cuo.s. :
facts TO show that i, xss :.
ing Democrats and no, R.s.,s .
. cans who were respon.JAi. ).
what footing of the Stat. -.
. done.
The speech not only SET, 4. A..
tory straight for the hry, g..
. on this important matter h..
also gives the records 0, "a ,
parties. and besides present, =, .
. great living issues aow b.. .
. the people in both State =.
. Nation. II a copy OF this sps.,t .
is put in the hands OF ever -.
er In the State. il will mean i,
. defeat OF the Democratic "a.
chine. which they so richly !.
serve, and which the tu,s.
. growth and prosperity 0, Il, A..
= State demands. 4.
Now is the time to dls,rihv.,
such literature while the peos,
can read and think. II viii L,
ten times as much good nos q /.
1t will during the heat Of a can. .
. paign.
The second edition is go.s,
, fast, so send in your orders 4
once. Address,
THE CAUCASIAN PUBLlsH. :
ING COMPANY. :
Raleigh, \. c.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04
NEEDS REPUBLICANS IN con-
GREsS.

The President OF the Cane Grow
ers' Association in Louisiana thinl
IL Is time for that State TO send r.
pubIicans to Congress to truly repr'
sent the interest Of the people /
Louisiana.
The New Bern Journal. a Demo
cratic paper, commenting on the al
ton of the Cane Growers Associs
ton, says:
The President of the Cane
Growers Association Is quoted
as saying: I say frankly | be-
lieve the time Is ripe for Louis
lana to send Republicans to Con-
gress. Protection to Louisiana
industries has always come from
Republicans This Is the bust
ness announcement that the cane
growers object to the Demo
cratic party because 1t favors
u.
1t is this abnormal situation, the
conflict between local self-inter-
ests from a trade viewpoint,
and the demand for political al
legiance based on prejudice or
past issues, that Is confronting
the voters in many sections of
the country. 1t would be better
in every way if politics, that is
political elections, were deter
mined by natural local condi-
tons. Take the cane growers
position in Louisiana. A tariff
for sugar is their wish, and the
Republican party is the politi-
cal party to which their vote
naturally belongs. Certainly no
by-gOne issue, no old-time pref
udice should force these inter-
ests asking protection to vote
a Democratic ticket When hon
esty, everyday common sense,
a clear study of the problems
OF the hour, are the governing
factors for the voter, instead of
some party alliance that is pure
ly sentimental there will enter
into our elections natural poll
tics, condition that will place
men right everywhere, for they
will vote from the dictates of a
clear judgment unhampered by
prejudice"
May the day of natural politics ar
rive at an early date when all mer
will vote from the dictates of their
instead from prejudice.
But referring again to "free SUI
gar" That isn't what the Demo
cratic bill means. 1t means that the
sugar trusts can get the raw produc
duty, but it doesn't NEAR
cheaper sugar, for the trust can still
'ell the refined sugar at the same ole
,rice, if it so desires.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04
ROOSEVELT ~ FIGHTING MOOD.
Chicago Gives the Former President
n Royal Welcome-A Tremendous
Crowd Packs Auditorium.

Chicago. Ill. March 2T.-Colonel
Rooseyelt's most singing campaign
speech thus far was delivered here
! tonight He dashed his opponents
and charged some OF them with US
ing fraud and trickery TO defeat him
Colonel Roosevelt said IL was a
| fighting speech. IL was delivered be-
/ fore a throng which packed the au-
dltorium and cheered him enthusiast
tically. The primaries In New York
yesterday furnished the text for his
speech and he cited a number Of In
stances in which he said his oppon-
ents had resorted to improper prac-
tees to defeat him.
| He expressed belief that in the
/ great majority OF districts of the
country, the people were with him
and that the opposition was attempt
ing to defeat him by methods which
he characterized as Infamous"
| Part of Colonel Roosevelt's speech
was devoted to big business" He
opposed "our present policy of chaos"
and gave his own ideas OF the meth
DDS which should be pursued to in
sure strict regulation of large corpo-
rations.
Chicago gave the former Presi-
| dent lively welcome. Crowds
cheered him at the station when he
arrived an dwhenever he appeared
during the nine hours of his here.
The auditorium was large enough to
hold only part of those who sought
admission. Though two other meeth-
ings were held many persons who
wished to hear Colonel Roosevelt
were unable to do so.
Two hours before the auditorium
was opened crowd had gathered at
the doors. A line of persons four
abreast was formed and increased
steadily until it extended for two
blocks in each direction.
Here Colonel Roosevelt entered the
building, and the people arose with
a cheer. During his speech he was
frequently interrupted with ap-
plause. During his brief stay in Chi
cago Colonel Roosevelt found time
to meet the leaders of the Roosevelt
movement in Illinois and several hun
dred political workers of Chicago.
After stating that discussion of
business was an important subject,
Colonel Roosevelt declared that there
was a still more important subject
that he wished to touch upon. He
said, in part:
THE fundamental issue in this
fight is an issue of honesty, decency,
fair play. Have the people the right
to rule? Have the masses of the
Republican party, the rank and file,
the plain people in whom Abraham
Lincoln trusted, the right to express
their will as to who the nominee for
President shall be? Or are they to
be bullied and defrauded out of that
right and is the nomination to be en-
trusted to the representative of DOW
ers Of pillage, the men who, with the
backing of big crooked business.
work through the lowest kind of DO
litical machinery and count on the
silence Or support of every newspaper
that is owned or controlled by. or
direct or indirectly responsive to,
those great financial powers that
work in the darkness? i
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04
Democratic Extravaganza i'm Ala
nance.
Burlington Dispatch. ]

Have your taxes been increased
under this Democratic county admin
istration. They have borrowed ST.
200 to pay the running expenses of
the county during the last month.
And do you see any benefits from
having this party of good govern
ment administer your affairs? If SO,
vote the ticket again. But if the
scales are beginning to drop from
your eyes, and you are tired of be-
ing buncoed, in the name of good
government and democracy, vote the
Republican ticket. The party, you
know, has given you good county ad-
ministrations-
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04
Local Self-Government.
Hickory Times-Mercury.1

Hickory Times-Mercury.l
Wnen a man runs for legislative
once, it's the duty OF any voter 10
know where he stands on all ques-
tons. We believe In a representative
government-Republican government
run on Democratic principles, that
is. let all public officers whose bust
mes sit shall be to handle and dis
purse the peoples taxes be chosen
and elected by the people, such as
County School Boards and County
superintendent. It's the only wav
TO break up the partisan political
school machine now located in RAJ
eigh.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04

Governor Hooper vas elected Cover
nor OF Tennessee. a. . Republican.
but was endorsed by one faction OF
the Democrats in that State. He has
been a very popular Governor and
stands a chance of reelection.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04
Pay Your Poll Tax.

says upon this subject:
mo person shall be entitled
to vote unless he shall have paid
his poll tax for the previous year
on or before the first day of
May
Every person liable for such
poll tax shall, before being al
lowed to vote, exhibit his poll
tax receipt and unless such shall
bear date on or before the first
day of May, such person shall
not be allowed to vote"
In connection with the above /
you are not prepared to pay all O
your tax by the prescribed time, yo,
can pay your poll-tax, at least, re
celving a receipt therefor, and there
by save your vote. The importan
thing is to pay your poll tax. Ever,
Republican vote will be needed II
North Carolina this year.-Unio,
Republican.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04
Goidsboro Boy Kills Negro Over Five
Cents.

Cents.
A Goldsboro dispatch of April End
says:
Because he had not paid a nickel
tnat fourteen-year-old boy claimed
was due him, an old negro, New,
Jones, living in Georgetown, about a
quarter of mile from the city, was
snot and instantly killed about 2:3O
o'clock this afternoon by the bow,
James Hill.
The boy stood at the corner of his
own nome, about three hundred yards
distance, and, using a small, 22-cali.
ore rife, fired two shots at the old
negro who was seated on a porch
talking to negro woman"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04

The executive committees of their
respective counties have issued calls
sor county conventions as follows.
Forsyth, at Winston-Salem, Satur-
lay, April Goth; Surry, at Dobson,
Saturday. April 10th. and Chatham.
at Pittsboro. Monday. April 18th.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04

Now that you have paid your
equalization" increased tax assess
ment, do you still feel inclined to
continue in power the Democratic
party that imposed it?-Union Re
publican.
High up officials brag about what
IS being done for public schools.
They either don't know what they
say, or are trying to deceive the far
ners.-Hickory Mercury.
1t is a safe proposition that the
man who is tolerant and deals ex-
;lusively in ridicule and abuse of his
opponents, is afraid for the light of
'eason to be turned upon the ground
ne stands on.-Lincoln Times.
Greensboro's police record for
March shows LAS arrests of which
Isl were for drunkenness and 1873
Tor retailing whiskey and cocaine.
fhe drug-stores also did a good pre-
scription business and presumably
he Express Company handled a lib
eral quantity. Truly crime and pro-
llDlton Keep pace.-Union Republic
IAN.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04
WITH THE EDITORS.

Ii some of the fashions for women
are going to be what is indicated by
the news from Paris, men will have
to wear blinders.-Union Republi-
can
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04

We have rec eived . letter saying
that plate service boosting Under
wood has been ordered sent us free
OF all charge, express prepaid. Not
thing doing, Pauline.-Davie Rec
ord.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1912-02-09
Origin OF Ground Hogs Day"

The following folk lore" story ia
ken from Our Dumb Animals gives the
origin Of the Ground Hogs Day."
and in the absence of any ether more
plausible account, we may had as well
accept as the true origin.
According to an old folk lore story,
If person wishes to know wether there
win be late or early spring the wood
chuck is the adimal to be consulted.
Early in the Autumn the woodchuck
goes to sleep in his winter quarters.
He curls himself up in little ball, with
his nose under his paws so that he can
keep his toes warm by breathing on
them. Here he sleeps snugly all win
ter, and then, so the Old story goes, he
wakes up suddenly on February End,
stretches himself, rnbs his eyes, and
40 last creeps cut OF his coy nest to
see what it looks like outdoors. If he
finds ii cold and wet, the earth covered
with snow, and heavy gray clouds hang
ing low in the sky, he begins to look a.
round, for he feels certain that soon
the ground will be warm and the little
Uuds will be coming out, for Spring is
surely or her way. But if the sun is
shining brightly and the first thing he
sees as he leaves his burrow is his own
shadow, he pops back into it again as
fast as he can, once more tucks his
nose under his paws and settles down
for another six weeks nap, for cold,
late season is the only result that can
be expected from seeing his own little
shadow cast by the bright sunlight. 1t
must be confessed that he doesn't al
ways get it just right, but he probably
Doesn't mind if ne does oversleep some
fine spring days"
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1912-02-09
The HENS Re;;ioiOn Ind Forward Hove
meAt lis Specially Of EGort.

On behalf Of pastors Of Lancaster,
DR.. Pearce gives following statement
It's Great Record; Its coming to Ian
easter and Garrard.
In Louisville, as Kentucky center of
the movement for 1912. six thousand
men attend ID the meetings in Novcm-
bar campaiGn Of eight days, four hun
2r.i record d themselves for the good
lie Of the t.lristway, the whole city
was stirred.
So jhis winter seventy five central
cities of America, are being stirred IS
never before, from these cities the
movement IS extended to cities and
towns Of next grade, and so on until i!
reaches every school district in 4 county.
Meetings being held also in shops, fac
tories and on down to country firesides.
What it is; first it is interdenomina-
tionai; it stands for and serves, thrc
men and boys practical christianity; to
receive believe and serve it in its Great
Head as life and business; a work a
day.
Present Plans OF forward movement
in Kentucky, commencing with New
York national center, each state Of
forty six has It's State Center; Ken
lucky is Louisville. AT the state cen
ter Of the Movement four teams Of six
men each formed and specially trained
for special departments Of effort.
They are the best of LouisviIle's lay
men and ministers to go out into The
state to such towns, as will work with
them in some five lines OF effort; name
ly boys work bible study, evangelism,
social service and missions.
Local organization in plenty of Com
mittee work, careful invoice Of local
Conditions example; how many families
of Garrard; how many individuals Of
Lancaster have time to use their Bible?
How many boys Of the county are Out
the weekly Bible study? and other and
other. How many will face about.
Services of state center team are
given free to county center that III
vites and works with them, they only
expect travel expense and entertain
ment gifts to work are entirely volun-
tary, each community thus served t.
pass it or to the next; in special or
ganization and effort: selecting THEN
own field.
Pastors Of Lancaster have federated
to invite the state team and cooperate
the movement going on Ill over the
state in present month Of February
four teams OF six men each, three DAYS
in place. team one; east as for as
Ashland, Ky. team two; south west
sectional state, team three centra
Kentucky Lexington, Danyille, Lancas,
ter ETC. Team four western Kentucky
Lancaster date, not yet given but viii
be notified at earliest possible moment
and Garrard will men and boys of Ian
caster with mothers, wives, sisters
give welcome to the movement, it is
believed they will.