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THE CAUCAS; Katered according to FtoUti I at Clinton, N. C as second class roul matter. CLIXTON.N.C March 5 1801. s. if. com The Three Men Nominated by the Caucus FOR THE VERY IMPORT ANT AND RESPONSIBLE POSITION. The Legislature Will Klect Tliem Thursday. fIJy Telrcraph to Tick Caucasian. Slnate Chamber, N. C, Raleigh, March 4. 1891. The Caucasian, Clinton, N. C. C. C. HeddiiiKfield, Ma j. J. W. .Wilson and Thomas W. Mason were nominated last night for Railroad Commissioners. Marion Butler. The Senate Refuses TO ACCEPT THE PROPOSI TION OF THE W. & W- R. R. AS RECOMMENDED BY THE RAILROAD INVESTI GATION COMMITTEE. (Special Correspondent.) Raleigh, N. C , March 4, '91. The proposition of the Wil mington & Weldon Riilroad Company to conditionally surren der its claimedjexemption from taxation in consideration of cer tain extraordinary privileges and franchises asked from the Legislature came up for consid eration last night. The discus sion was spirited and strong for four hours. But by a votb of 28 to 14 the Senate refused to makn one basis of taxation for a corporation and i different one tor the people, and justly so. The people have won. The road must surrender uncondition ally Deiore it can get any more privileges from the State. Marion Butler. X)ur readers will remember that The Caucasian took a strong stand against this propo sition last summer, while near ly every otlier paper was advo cating it. We aro glad to see ttiat the Senate takes the same view of the matter. II. W. B. "SENATOR -BUTLER'S MISSION." C03I- We clip from the Wilmington Messenger of yesterday the fol lowing editorial : "The bill of Senator Butler, of Sampson, to create a Com mission to revise and recom mend changes in the Constitu tion of the State is of import ance. It looks to securing amendments in regard to pri vate corporations and the equal ization of taxes of assessments. We have for years urged these two amendments or changes. We have insisted that the time of the Legislature was too much occupied and necessarily with the consideration of mere local matters instead of being able to devote itself chiefly to the work of general legislation. We long ago pointed out the necessity of an omnibus bill so as to get rid of the thou sand and one local bills. Every one at all familiar with legisla tive proceedings knows how much time is spent in the in troduction of bills that die almost before they are born, and in the consideration of re ally unimportant local matters that might well be met under a cheaper and m re expeditious system than a session of the General Assembly biennially. As to t ho adjustment of taxa tion upon a fair and equitable basis, we have been urgirg it for years. When Rev. Thomas Dixon, Jr., was In the f.egisla turd he introduced an elaborate and carefully drawn bill, show lng no little thought, looking to the equalizing of taxes in North Carolina. Ve had some corres pondence with him relative thereto, and tried, so far as we could, to aid him in his most commendable efforts to bring about more equality and a more thorough system in the matter of taxes. There would be hun dreds of thousands moie taxes , gathered if property were pro perly assessed and men were prosecuted and heavily fined who suppressed and evaded and tried to cheat the State out of its just taxes. It is well known that there is great inequality throughout the State in taxing the same kin of property. A thorough inves tigation and report at this point would fairly 'astonish the na tives! . We wish Senator Butler tbe belt success in his praise worthy elprt to help North Car ollna in tbeAwo points pressed in his bill. V? certainly favor SSI OMRS any proper plan that will make legislation more enecuve anu satisfactory, and will remedy, even in part, the evil of unequal and, therefore, unjust taxation." THE FIGHT OVER THE COMMISSION Many of oar exchanges have been complimenting the skill with which the friends of the Commission engineered through the bill intact against eunh adroit, insiduou3 and danvjeroiM attacks as were made on it. The Charlotte Democrat speaks of it as follows: "The great Legislative event has been the Railroad Commis sion Bill. It has been reported from the committee by Senator Butler, acting for the majority, and a minority report signed by Senators Grigsby and was also submitted. Walter, Senator Lucas offered an amendment substituting 83,000 instead of 82,500 as the pay of the Com missioners, and this was adopted by a vote of ayes 25, nays 13. Mr. Audry voting in the nega tive. Another amendment, to to tbe effect that no member of the present General Assembly shall be a member of the Com mission, was offered by Senator Grigsby and adopted. Senator Butler said that the two amend ments adopted did not effect the principles of the bill or the pow ers contained therein, but gave notice that every other amend ment would be fought. The bill was discussed until adjourn ment. Yesterday it came up again in the Senate as unfinish- ed busiress, and an exciting de- bate occurred. It was evident that the friends of the bill had determined to force it through as near as possible as it came from the hands of the commit tee, and Senator Butler, who championed the bill, ai it was discussed by section3,perforued his part in defense of the com mittee with all the adroitness of a mo9t accomplished parlia mentarian. He combated each and every attempt to tack on amendments, and succeeded in silling every one, wnicn were! offered in the following order Rprmirinc !Ti Hiffftrnt. rn.il ma.! (mnmniPR in fll wUiiin ti.irt.v davs. a schedule of rates, anfl , . Violin n H r linm miv 77 that the Commission shall care fully examine such rates, and, if found correct, they be adapt 4 Al rill m a eoDyine roaas. (in is was in tne interest oi maKingtne uom- ll A am m r- I mission an advisory one. and was rejected). Kequiriug ce; tain sums paid into the Treasury to be refunded to the companies voted down. Proposing to siriue out tne section requiring a bond of 25,000 on the iiart of. roads appealing for injunction in cases where the roads conrid er they are dealt unjustly with in establishing rates voted down. Allowing railroad dam ages in Certain cases voted down. That two separate ac tions shall not be brought for tha same act oi -negligence voted down. To reduce the pay ol the Commissioners to 1,500 (introduced by Senator Gallo way) voted down. To allow tne people ot the State to elect the Commissioners after the first election by the Gener il A- sembly (offered by Mr. Walser) voted down. inus, witn no innovation on the feature of the bill as it came from the committees, except the reduction of the salary to 82,000, and ineligibility of the members of the present General Assembly the bill reached a vote on the second reading, nd was adopted by a good majority. Explana tions of votes were mode. Sen ator Lucas said he had honed for a bill giving less power to the Commissioners. He declar J IV - A. 1. A A ft 1 eu mat no yoiea ior ue Dill as the best he could do under the circumstances, but that he did so with reluctance. Senator Williams declared that he voted for the bill "with mental reser vauons. . xne Din tuei came ' ii m rr am up on the third reading, and Souator Bell, sprung, as it were. a new question, which he deem- ed essential to the welfare of Western North Carol in, in the matter of obtaining needed rail- road facilities. He offered an amendment relative to the regu lat ion of freight. It declared that the Commission shall take into consideration the difficul ties of building railroads in tho mountains of the West. Sena- tor Lucas, with all his accustom- ed tact aud zeal, came to the res cue of the proposed amendment n - a a - as aid senator Avery, j'or a time an ugly spat seemed immi nent, and it looked a if the amendment would be adopted, but at tnis juncture Senator But let calmed the "risingsurge" by Eiauug iu ma quiet dui lorciDie way that all these matters had been given a most patient hear ing in the committee, and had been duly weighed aud consider ed, and appealed to Senators to Uke the bill aa presented. One more charge, and this time it smacked of politics. Senator Walser offered an amendment that only two of the Commis sioners should be of the same political party voted, bntnot until the Senator from Pitt (Mr.py ,n' rofr 50 cents. Williams) had announced that lift favored on Republican on the board. Further tactics of an opposing character seemed hope- le?p, and a call for the previous question was sustained. The hill jja?aru iia vuiiu rt;a.iiiuK, went over to the House for adoption, land Is now a law, OF THE WEEK. VARIOUS ITEMS OF INTEREST GATHERED, AND BRIEFLY STATED SINCE OUR LAST ISSUE. The State of Texas has 81,000,- 000 in the Treasury. Tuesday witnessed, the demise of Czar Reed's Congress. Negroes are leaving Arkansas for Oklahoma in great numbers The bill has become a law to prohibit sale of cigarrettes to minors. Ex-Governor Foster, of Ohio, is tne new secretary oi tue Treasury. The Mississippi river is very btah no to the danger line at Memphis. Senator Blair, of New Hamp shire han been appointed and confirmed as minister to China. On Friday th Illinois Legis lature took the 131?t ballot for United States Senator without result. There are two hundred women iu the United States who regu larly violate the New Testament by preaching. We receive favorable reports of patients treated for consump tion by Dr. Enoch's lymph at at Augustine, Fla. There are only 9.000,000 mort gages operating in this country according to tne rorter censiu. Is it surprising that some people are very poor. The Railroad Commissioners of New Hampshire nay that since 1873 no passenger has ben kill ed or very seriously iDjurad in a passenger car in that State The vote by which the bill authorizing wome to vote, re cently defeated in the Kansas House of Representatives, has been reconsidered and pis&ed Rev. Thos. Dixon said in his sermon in JNew lorKtiiat tne Force bill "is a quarter of acen tury out of date, and intelligent negroes condemn it as a delu owu ouu uuu,wu6' Gen. Butler anuounces him self in favor of the free coinage of silver. Unless Butler has been .very much misrepresented ie always had a weakness for ai I uai YVil Afar The New York Herald figures that it costs "nearly one hundred dollars a minute to keep the Fed eral government in running or aer. Ana very poor running order at that. Wil. Star. There is really now no issue between the white and colorec races in the South but th:s Whether the colored people will work for reasonable wages or be fooled away by lying emigra tion agents. In its risw diess the Progres sive Furiner is one of the hand somest papers in the State and seems to b well sustained by the farmers in whose interest it is published. Mr. Cade is doing some good work on it. United States Senator George Hurst, of California, died at his residence in Washington City on the 28th ult, of Bright's Dis ease of the kidney aud heart trouble. He had been ill for moro than six months and con fined to his room for about two months. The ceuter of population has moved West forty-eight miles since the census of 1880. It is now locatei near Greensburg. Iud., and is moving slowly to wards the Northwest. There seems to be something of a poli tical storm center moving in the same direction. The Farmers' Alliance has done more to alleviate and de stroy the bitter, rancorous feel- engendered by politicians, between me .norm ana auin, w&n any organization since t'ie "lat8 unpleasantness." We hope w flee tne Alliance extend tnis pacific policy from Maine to Mexico. The Spectator. "Nothing fails like failure," says the Providence Journal 'and Mr. Reed has made the most striking failure of any pol:- tician of modern times." But the Dem0Cracy ought not to gird Mr. Reed. In teaching the peo pie' the danger of Republican radicalism h has also taught them the value of Democratic Administration. Let the Mug wump and the partisans of Lioaat Mrf Ree(L Blalneism poke fingers of deri- Democracy owes him nothing but proper funeral respect- a few flowers. We shall never see another Czar like him. PhiL Record, Dem. Pllcal PihJ Itehlnsr Piles! SYMPTOMs-Mojgture ; intense itch iug and stinging; most at night ; worse by scratching. IT allowed to conUnue tuoiorsTunn, which often bleed and ul cerate, becoming very sore. Swayn's Ointment stops the itcning and bleed ing, heals ulceratioB, and id most cases removes the tomon . At druswists, or Dk. SWAYNE & SOy. feb2l6m , Philadelphia W.D.DAWSON. Tonsoriai Artist, mt ri Hair Cutting and Shaving execu- ' hi latest styles. Give me a trial. Continued from First Page.j Tbe question of the e,jal rate of interest is not dead, as was supposed when the bill fixinz it at six per centum " failed to pass the Senate. A bill to the same effect has b3en set as the special order in the House for to-night at 8 o'clock. There is a good prospect that it will pass that body. It may yet be come a law of the State be fore the session closes. There is a strong demand for thn leg islation and it ought to bo had. The masses of the people ought certainly to be as competent to judge what is best for them on this important question as the few who have money to lend. The farmers of the State will, in our opinion, be gi eatly disap pointed if this demand of theirs shall fail to be met, and justly so. Let interest be reduced to six per cent., and if men who have surplus money do not choose to lend it at that rite, let them invest it in business enterprises. Tho scope of legislation this - a session nas reacuea irom pro tecting oporsutns to the estab lishment of a Railroad Com mission. NOTES. Rev. F. M. Royal, of Samp- son, a inemDer ot tne present senior-class of Wake Forest Col lege, spent a few days iu Ral eigh this week. Mr. Allen Dausrhtrv, of Samp- son, and Mr. u. r. Miaaieton, of Warsaw, are here for a few days. Senate Chamber, North Carolina, Raleigh, Feb. 28, '91. Mr. H. W. Butler: Dear Brother While it is the custom among newspapers to clip from articles appearing in exchanges referring in a compli mentary way to the newspaper or its editor, yet for fear ol be ing misunderstood, you will please publish nothing else re ferring to me or my legislative course, either directly or indi rectly. If you fail to hear from me by Tuesday night, then condense the proceedings of the General Assembly from the Raleigh pa pers. Very truly, . Your Brother, Marion Butler, lu justice to myself and the editor of this paper, I take the liberty of publishing the above extract from a private business letter. II. W. B , Editor in Charge. NEW TRUSTEES. Elected for the State University. The Legislature has elo'tt-d S tho following Tr;iete. ior the University of North Oiroliin, to take the place of tlane who 33 terms have expired : Hon. Fred Phillips, of Edge combe. W. N. Mebaue, Esq., of Rick ing ham. J. A. Mclver, of Moore. R. M. Furmm, of Buncombe. F. H. Basbee, of Wake. Benehan Cameron, of Dur ham. John W. Starnes, of Bun combe. Marsden Bellamy,of New'Han- over, John W. Fries, of Forsyth. Marion Butler, of Sampson. Thomas S. Kenan, of Wake R. S. Beall, of Caldwell. G. Samupl Bradshaw, of Ran dolph. A. H. Merritt, of Chatham. J. D. Murphy, of Pitt. James W. Wilson, of Burke W. L. Saunders, of Wake. . Z. B. Vance, of Mecklenburg. Dr. R. H. Lewi-, of Wake. TO FILL. VACANCIES. To fill vacancies caused by vacancies D. G. Worth, of New Hanov er, in place of W. H. Chadburn, of Hew Hanover. W. C. Riddick, of Halifax, in place of A. C. Avery of Burke. F. S. Spruill, of Franklin, in place ot Hon. J. J. Davis, of Franklin. W. D. Prudeu, of Chowan, in place of Eugene Grissom of Wake. W. J. Peelc, of Wake, in place of Robert Bingham, of Ala mance. J. W. Todd, of Ashe, in place of C. R. Thomas, of Craven. CONSUMPTION SURELY CURED. To the Editor Please inform vour readers that 1 have a positive remc iy for tho abtve named disease. By iU timely qe thousands of hopeless cases hay boen permanently cured. I shall be glad lo eend two bottles of My re.uedy fkkk to any of your read ers who have cmsumptioxi if they will send me their express aud post" office adilress. ltespcctfuly. T. A. SLO'JUM, M. C, Ifcl Pearl St.. New Yoik. If woman lost us Eden, such as she al ne ran restore it. Whittler. I DEFY COMPETITION! For my aim is to please my custom ers and not my competitors. Come with ready cash to f JJ Wkigeti And he will prove it. On Family Groceries, Fine Fruits, Glass and Crockery Ware he cannot be under sold. He pays tho highest market price for family produce. - . r - -' " ' - " ODDS AND ENDS. A iueet3cha.am mine has been dl covered la Florida. One of the many English novelists ci tbe day, A. Conan Doyle, is an oculist in active practice. Hiss Ellen Terry, th actress, is presi dent of tho Ladies' Cycling club of Lon don. It is not bo much what a man thinki of you as what he persuades others to think of you. W. II. II. Murray has registered a vow to mark tbe spot where Sitting Bull is burled with a memorial stone. Within the last six years, it is esti mated, no fewer than 2,GG0,276 immi grants have arrived in tbe United State. There is a price to be paid for all true work. Recall the terrible isolation ol Carlyle and his wife at Craigenputtock. Bent whalebones can be restored and used again by simply soaking in watei a few hours and then drying them. The largest greenback extant is $10,000 bill, and there is only one such note in existence; of the $3,000 bill there are seven. Benjamin II. Currier, of Boston, liai administered the obligation oath tc bench officers for sixty years. Mr. Cur rier is 91 years old. Five pounds ten shillings sterling per pound was paid In London recently foi a small package of unapproachable tea brought overland through Russia. During the siege of Valenciennes in 1793 the weather, which had been hoi and dry, became violently rainy oftei the cannonading commenced. Take five cents' worth of baking powder. Make in a paste with am monia ; rub on nickel with a soft cloth and polish off with another flannel cloth. TIkj first iron pen was made in 1685 tbe first steel pen in 1803 by Wise. Jo seph Gillot's cheap steel pens were first made in 1820. It is stated that LEOO.OOO Christmai parcels were delivered by the British postoffice, of which 1,116,000 com prised turkeys, fowls, game and Christ' mas puddings. The trust controlling the African dia mond mines have resolved to reduce the product from 4,000,000 to 2,000, 00C of carats per annum, and raw dia monds have risen 100 per cent, in con sequence. A YouugHtcr's Reasoning. A lawyer who lives in the neighbor hood of Central park has a bright, chubby little boy about three years old. For some time the youngster has fceen vigorously protesting every morning against his father's going downtown and staying all day. He thinks papa ought to stay at home, like mamma. Wednesday morning tho urchin object ed to the departure more sternly than before, and at last the lawyer be thought him to tell his son that "papa was going downtown to get bread and butter for them to eat." That put new lace on tue matter, ana tue pro test was withdrawn. All day the little fellow was on the edge of anxiety and could scarcely retain his eagerness tc see his father return. At 5 o'clock he met his father on the landing, and the moment he saw him he cried out, "Where is the bread and butter, papa?" "Oh," said the wily attorney, "I sent that on ahead, and it is out in the kitvhen long ago." Thurs day morning, when the father had nulled on his o-ercoat and found his hat, the 3-ycar old asked, "Papa, go ing down town to get some more bread and butter?" He was answered in the affirmative. Then he pressed his face against the window and looked at the rain coming down heavily. "I guess," he said, "papa will get bread and gravy today." New York Star. Three Ucmarkable Books. Among small printed books an honor able place should be reserved for "The Bible in Miniature," printed by New berry in 1780. Each page, which only measures 1 1-5 inches in length and 12-16 in width, contain on an average 21 words and about 150 letters. Still another wonderful volume is a religious work called "Small Rain Upon the Tender Herb," printed by a tract so ciety in London. Its leaves are 1 1-4 by 1 inch in size, yet each page holds an average of 40 words or about 260 letters. Besides these two curious, tiny vol umes there is, it appears, a work in ex istence still more remarkable. It ie without printed matter, and is known as "The Wordless Book." It has bat 10 leaves, each of a different color. For over 300 years it has been kept Ju the library at St. Rupert's monastery. Its wordless pages are only consulted on Easter, St. John's eve and Christ mas. On these dates the monks claim that the leaves of the sacred volume are miraculously covered with appro priate texts in characters of shining gojd. St Louis Republic. Th Ballet In AmeriM. Our country was first visited by a ballet in 1827, and all women in the audience of the old Bowery theatre rose in outraged modesty and dignity and left this then most fashionable place of divertissement. That wai sixty-four years ago. Today Miss Leon tino Morgan, of Boston, is to be a pre miere danseuse at the-Metropolitan Op era house. She has devoted every day of the last four years to her pretty, dex terous toes, and with a proper confi dence that a Boston atmosphere wm sufficient for her brain development sne nas no need for other training. New York Cor. Chicago Herald. Or. Talmage's Fore debt. The Rev. T. De Witt Talmage spends his New Year's day in his charming home in one of the pretty Brooklyn treefa cfl? Fort Greene park ia a thor oughly characteristio way. Hereoeiyeg, His drawing rooms are thrown open to Tom, Dick and Harry, and Mrs. Tal mage and her daughters are kept busy. Tbe reverend gentleman is particulariy attentive to newspaper men. The name of every caller is given to Mr. Talmage's secretary, who sits up stairs busily engaged in making out & list oi "prominent people.'' When the news paper men leave the ndnister goes to the door -with them and hands $p each a list of his visitors. '1 had it pt pared for you," he says affably, "as' I : know it is what von want," Epoch. I They Are Untrained. ; John Forrest lives in Iowa, and one night he was filled with shot while stealing chickens. Erer since that date he has been called "Hencoop Forrest," but he has at last grown tbed of It, and the other day applied to the eooris to restrain the 'ctetens from farther nsing the title as applied to him. De troit Free Press. . , - NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. fftr ' 2 2 wo H ? 1 lit 2 8 Baying at A. F. JOHNSON & CO.'S Store now if ju.st about like buying a tfold dollar for ninety cents; yes, or even, in a few cases a t seventy--Fivccents. We have not go great an assort ment as earlier in tbe season, but we ttan fix yon out with neat ness and dispatch.' ... Springtime; will soon be here,ahd we would feel badly not to find our winter stock all disposed of, There are four or five weeks of cold weather yet. Can't you use soine Dress Goods, Cloakp, Shawls, Blankets, Mens' Hats and heavy Boots and Shoes while it lasts? If in need of any of these goods rr will pav you to come AND GET THEM NOW ! .Ginghams, Calicoes, Cambrics, White Lowns, Ontlnr Clothes, Shirting, Ac, Another "BIJOU" BUTTON 8HOES at 2.0 The best Ladles1 8he ever sold in Clinton. (Every pair warran-) ted. - .. . Very Respectfully, A. F. JOHNSON fe CO. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. . ir '-4. - i big lot of those T I ins . ITCT7 ADVERTIggjEirra CHRISM GIFT! 1 ' i Will er lomr. resnuhd through every household In our rre?;er- ous andhtppy SUNNY SOUTH. You know the demand must b met, nd you cannot complete your memorandum any where tlsa as perfectly z at the Mam moth Dry Goodd Kftbllrlimeit of - " - ---- Foot TiionrjTorj FAYETTKV1LLE, N.C. m .1.. . Sp rial attention has been l vQ to a critical t election of HIGH GRADE HOYELTIES AS wem; AS Useful and Oraamcntal Qood. And tho combined lines and assortments we feel sure cannot be surpassed In any of the (southern Htate. . - t This unprecedented array of Holliday Goods surpasses any thing iu quantity and quality ever exhibited In the South. We kindly solicit an examina tion. The Verdict. To rest with yoo, and we will be satisfied. What You Want. We know is the most diffi cult problem for you to solve, but we can show you anything from a fine Fine Silk Dress ' ;.s.TO A .. TINE Y DOLL To make your selections from. In our immense stock you are bound to strike something sui table for your purpose. What WHIItUe? If you want to do something rsal handsome, Ladiep, pre sent your husbands with a real nice OVBHCOA rr ok Suit of Clothing ! This will be senal le and your husband will think more of you (even if lie has to pay the bill.) Gentlemen would not make a mistake . , by presentnf to their wives oue of our-hatidsoma SEAL SKIN "WRAPS 1 OR SILK DRESS. These are durable and lasting reraeinbrauoes:- However ' you aro to b the Judgeaand if you do, hot want to'go so deep doif n in your pockets we can interest you In a brilliant ilhe oj.'fC, Of every descVlptloin.. Now in this Hue of goods iVis' almost an impossiblUty to give an ad equate idea through the medi um of an advertisement. -' t;- Our New Galleries, . T " which raoTthe entire lenh 9tW 8re, on bo;h tides, erected especially for the f occasion, are full, hock fall of the lr-Z:VT : JTroci the handi of the largest Importers: .rKoW'!blowi of uu. wrjtfteMtloasi J V Bronze Candelabra. Ranant Lamps. Ewers. RtnmfT TyChristiuaai CqKls. J;n SnasVBronafe Pitchers Fancy - -rt ysAn jxixesy 'Wapsne?e Oftsea; Magic iauterns Albtmis, lfi5FrmlttrTo rWilfti Tea epsjBp; Kacka, Piftuo Lamps.- Wall Pow fltnofcrs Cases, and nuiaberle ' t , iwiasflma gut We solicit tareful enunlnatlea Of pa Jincr-ra p.!n A' .- v - .