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GOLD BUG PROOF.
5 party tictpt the ropalist has
tier done that (declared araln5t
single rtld standard) In national
confentlon and there Is no present
probability that any other ever
will.-Charlotte Observer- Goldbae
Dem.
WE DEMANDTHE FREE AND UNLIMITED
COINAGE OF SILVER AND GOLD AT
THE PRESENT LEGAL RATIO OF 16
TO l.-PEOPLE'S PARTY PLATFORM.
THEY IIAVK "MTItirrKD rOB THE
KB AT."
The Populist of Kentucky have
done the wise thing. They have
grasped the actuation and proven
equal to their opportunities.
The Democratic and liepublican
pirtieg of that State had already
held their .State conventions. They
both declared in their platforms for
the single gold standard. They got
together and defiantly threw down
the gauntlet in the teeth of human
ity. The People's Party has picked
it up and a battle royal will be
fought by this young giant of patriot
ism and American manhood against
the unhallowed gold combine of the
two old parties.
In the language of the late Col
L. I Polk, the Peopled Party has
'stripped for the fray." It will not
allow the deserters to the gold trust
to dodge the issue. The battle will
rage and be foaght to the finiah on
the financial question.
The people would have righted
these wrongs long ago if the real is
sue had not been confused or side
tracked by other questions. Now
every voter in Kentucky has his eyes
open and next November will vote
either for the gold standard because
he wants it or against it because he
knows that it is the deadliest enemy
to prosperity and human liberty. No
true Kentuckian will vote for the
gold standard; every true Kentuck
ian will vote and work against the
gold standard and for the ticket and
platform put up by the People's Par
ty of that State. The light is be
tween Kentucky and the money Dev
il between the patriots and the
tories. May lion. Tom Pettit prove
to be a George Washington and may
next November be the Yorktown of
Jlritiah gold in Kentucky. This is
the first battle in the great struggle
in 189G. The eyes and the heart of
every patriot in the nation is turned
to Kentucky. Let every patriot to
the extent of his ability help the
'Sons of Liberty' there.
MB. JU9TICK BROffn'S ADDKKSS.
Elsewhere in this issue is printed
a condensed report of an address de
livered by Assaciate Justice Brown,
of the Supreme Court of the United
States, at Yale College. The fact
that such a speech has been made by
a man of his position at such a place
has driven the organs of corporate
greed and monopoly to a frenzied
protest, but these organs dare not
denounce Justice Brown as a social
ist or anarchist They know the
man better than to be guilty of such
denunciation; and they know Mr.
Brown is so well known by the in
telligent public that to attempt to
hold him up as a "red mouthed agi
tator" would simply be to bring
condemnation on themselves.
.
Mr. Justice Brown did not announce
one principle did not state a single
fact that has not been known to
Populists and Reformers for the last
four years. Such conditions as are
described by him, and such princi
pies as are suggested are what ere'
ated the People's Party. While this
party has been seeking with all earn
estness and zeal to impress the people
with these facts, it has been meeting
a storm of abuse and blasphemous
denunciation that would have swept
a party of demagogues off the earth
at the first blast
Populists have proclaimed from
the stump and through their press
the very truths which have just been
uttered by Justice Brown. While
doing so they were called "sowers
of sedition' "flannel-mouthed agi
tators," "calamity howlers," red-
handed anarchists," and in fact every
epithet of reproach and calumny
that the miserable rotten, hireling
press of the plutocratic organizations
could invent were hurled at them.
But with honesty for armor and
truth for a shield, the Populists
valiantly faced this storm of mallg-
oant vituperation and vindictive
rage. They not only stood up under
it, but they have borne against it
until the hireling calumniators have
been driven to the wall against which
the light of truth shows them in all
their hypocrisy and corruption; and
in their frenzy and rage they have
turned upon each other and they are
now savagely fighting among them
selves. Perhaps Justice Brown has been
conscious of the truths he has 'just
uttered for a long time. Perhaps,
like many other good men, his soul
has chafed under the powerful in
fluence and bald corruption of the
monopolies and the great "money
power." Perhaps he has cried out
in his soul: "Oh, how can I do any
thing to awaken the people to what
is being done! to show them how to
overthrow the Devil of Monopoly
that is silently but effectively rob
bing them of their toil and devas
tating their hopes!" Perhaps he has
theught, like maBy other good men
"I would cry out if I knew I could
make myself heard; but if I shall I
may not be listened to, and if not, I
too shall be thrown down and throt
tled by the very powers against which
I cry out," There are thousands of
good men in this condition today.
They fear the vengeance of the very
power which holds them in its toils,
and while their souls are in rebellion,
their lips are Bealed by threats of
political condemnation, social ostra
cism or some other stigma of public
opinion from which a highly sensi
tive soul shrinks even though it be
imposed by a community of prejudice-stricken,
purblind brains.
Itwas not until the damnable de
cision of the Supreme Court on the
income tax that the rebellious spirit
of Mr. Brown broke out In that
action he saw the' awful power of
combination and greed. He realized
that while he was not owned by it,
corporate power controlled the de
cision of the court of which he was
a member, even to the extent of
forcing one of the Judges to com
pletely change his opinion in a few
days time. Then it was that Justice
Brown gave utterance to the con
demnatian which he felt; and since
then his words and works have been
in the line of trying to awaken the
people to the true condition of affairs,
and to get the citizenship of Ameri
ca to demand and enforce such re
forms as ;yill protect individual
rights and liberty and perpetuate
the republic
SILVER IN ALABAMA.
People familiar with current
events know for the last four years
the Democratic "machine" has man
aged to cheat the Populists out of
two elections in Alabama. Reuben
Kolb has been elected Governor of
the State, and no man from Alabama
who has as much honesty in his soul
as would rattle in a mustard seed
hesitates to say that the Popu
lists are in a majority in that State.
A man named Oates is now the
Democratic Governor. He is a would
be leader of the "administration"
element of the Alabama Democrats,
which by the way is about all the
Democracy there is in that State.
That element has tried to leave the
impression on the outside public that
Alabama is not for free silver, and
some of its agents who have recent
ly been to New York are reported as
saying that the "silver craze was
dying out" down there. This could
not have been the truth from the
very fact that the majority of Ala
bama voters are Populists, and Pop
ulists are for free silver everywhere
and all the time.
An emphatic illustration of this
fact was given a few days since
when W. J. Bryan of Nebraska, and
R. H. Clarke of Alabama, met in Mo
bile to debate the silver question.
Clarke was the champion for gold,
and the only thing he could do was
to resort to lying and abuse. This
is all that any gold advocate can do
when confronted by a silver man.
At least it is all that any one of
them has ever yet done; and it is
quite natural that it should be all,
for the position of a goldbug does
not furnish a single point en which
to base a rational argument.
Referring to the debate, the New
Orleans Times-Democrat tells in a
few words how it came out: and the
result shows that, Mr. Oates and all
the administration agents to the
contrary, the people of Alabama are
for free silver by a majority of about
16 to 1. The Times-Democrat says
"It is a matter of general comment that
Mr. Clarke, whose reputation is that of a
sagacious ; politician, should not have
perceived that his attitude toward Mr. Bryan
was a suicidal one. Having turned his own
guns upon himseif, Mr. Clarke proceeded to
shoot himself all to pieces. The result of
hid wild accusations was soon manifest. The
audience, at the opening of the debate, was
composed of equal parts of bimetallists,
monometallists, and persons of undecided
opinions. Before the debate was over it was
manifest that Mr. Bryan's logic, perfect
self-possession, and lucidity had gained all
of the non-opinionated, and had captured a
large percentage of the adherents of Ids hot
headed and denunciatory antagonist.
At one time, when Mr. Clarke's attacks
were particularly wild, Mr. Bryan rose with
calm dignity among the storms of leers and
hisses evoked by the denunciation, and as
sured jur. iiarae mat wnen ne came to Ne
braska he should be given a much more
courteous reception than he (Mr. Bryan)
was unfortunate enough now to be the re
cipient of in Mobile. At the conclusion of
the debate the entire audience waited on the
sidewalk for Mr. Bryan and gave him a
rousing ovation, following him down the
street to hia hotel with .the most enthusias
tic cheers. Mr. Clarke's reception on com
ing into the street was one of entire silence.
The crowd was all shaking hands with the
stately, dignified, and courteous gentleman
from Nebraska,' 1
And to this the Washington Post
adds: ,
Clark the -Blue-eyed Boy of Destiny,
became quite violent, and Bryan, the "In
fant Prodigy of the Platte." carried off ail
the honors of the occasion. The audience,
almost in a body, followed Bryan into the
street and escorted him to hia hotel, cheer
ing in tumultuous enthusiasm, while the
blue-eyed one went away unattended, liter
ally unnoticed. 8o far from being a merry
war, a mere cpiaooe vi grace ana muaic, n
was a Waterloo for the cuckoos, an over
whelming triumph for the sliver nttn.
tTK DIDX'T GET IT-WK DIDST EX.
PECTIT.
There is no Democratic paper in
the State nor any other papers that
is fighting the Democratic "ma
chine" with more vigor than the
Fayetteville Observer. And yet it
declines to give a direct answer to a
direct question. We recently pre
sented this question:
We would simolv ank if the esteemed
Fayetteville Observer approves of the pres
ent day Democracy. That's all; except we
do not expect a direct and unqualined an
swer.
By way of reply to this, our very
much esteemed contemporary gave
an answer (?) which filled nearly a
column, but did not answers the
question. We courteously complain
ed at the qualified nature and indt
rectnew of the answer. And now
the esteemed Observer says:
Several weeks ago. the Raleisrh Cavca..
haw, asked our opinion of "present day de
mocracy," and described the manner in
which it would expect us to answer its in
quiry. The Observer professes to be a
courteous journal, and so complied with
the Caucasian's terms to the best of its abil
ity. It is good enough to reprint the Ob
server's answer, but insists that its desire
ior knowledge on this subject is still unsat
isfied, and that it would like a short an
swer. We have, therefore, to sav that in
our opinion, '-present day democracy" is
cewer man republicanism or populism,
and very much better than republicanism
We respectfully venture to assert
that we have not yet gotten a direct
and unqualified answer. We shall not
press the matter further; but if the
urbanity of the Observer shall not
be imposed upon by compliance with
such a request, we would be happy to
see its definition of Populism. We
should be glad to let our readers
know just what an anti-ad ministra
tion Democrat thinks of a genuine,
honest, uncompromising free silver
party-
IKE HILL LIGHTNING CHANGE DEM.
Elsewhere we print an interview
with Col. Ike Hill. We don't know
him; but he seems to be "right much
consequence" in Democracy. What
he says is in a humor-like strain, but
it is the truth, and clearly illustrates
the blind idolatry of party which is
afflicting and will continue to afflict
partisan Democrats. They are "go
ing with the party" no matter where
it goes. They will be "hangers on"
if they can't be anything better. The
party can't lose them if it wanted to.
In the words of Col. Hill, "You can't
shift camp often enough to leave
me,' and I'll go with it if it declares
for a diamond currency basis
Whoop! Great is Democracy.
We have told the people about the
work of the "52 William Street Ke-
form Club." We have shown how
"business men' who are commanded
by the goldbugs have written letters
to Southern people in the interest of
the gold standard; we have shown
how the Financial Chronicle of Wall
stieet has called on the Money Power
to send money down south to control
elections in favor of gold. We have
shown what kind of men edit the
big gold bug papers; we have shown
that a million dollars can be had for
the asking to scatter goldbug papers
over the land. Oh, people of Caro
lina, do you heed these things? Are
you not the sons of sires who first
declared that life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness were the rights
of men? Are you awake to the fear
ful responsibilities before you and
the fight you must make to meet
them. Awake, Oh Awake! The
fight is on, and every patriot is need
ed in the ranks.
Last week there was a big debate
on the silver question in Mobile, Ala.,
by two prominent Democrats, Hon. W
J. Bryan speaking for silver and Hon
R. H. Clarke for gold. As is usual
in such cases the silver man dealt in
argument and the gold man in abuse.
The gold man lost his temper and
called the audience cowards. About
the only truth he told was condensed
in these words the people are not
going to leave the Democratic party on
a question of money. He meant by
that that Democrats might say a lot
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We will send all three of these books to any person
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IftHE CAUCASIAN, BAtraGa i
and past man j resolutions &c, bat
they would stick by the party, so
matter what the party said mad did.
And we think he told the truth.
There's only one party that means
business and is honest in its advo
cacy for the rights and the money of
the people. It is the Peoples Party.
We note that the ring papers are
announcing with some glee that iron
has advanced one dollar per ton in
price. Then they say wages have
advanced fifty cents per ton. This
is ring evidence of good times. Who
buys that iron. Who buys the plows
the hoes the traces the tires
the pots the kettles the nails
&c &c? Who advanced these prices?
Who get the benefits of this scheme?
The farmers have sold all their pro
duce at killing rates. Now produce
is up. Farmers must buy iron im
plements to continue their work.
Then iron goes up. Is this making
good times for the workers? Tap
your think tank boys, and let your
brains begin to work a little bit.
A great many men who say they
are Democrats are in favor of free
silver. They say they want to get
it within party lines. Nearly every
Democratic "machine" which has
spoken, from the Cleveland clique
down, has declared against it If
these men stay in the party they must
follow the "machine." The "ma
chine" will follow Cleveland. See
Kentucky, New York, Ohio, Kansas,
Colorado Democratic machines and
others. If the people want free sil
ver, they must support the party that
honestly and straight-forwardly de
clares for it That is the People's
Party. There is no other.
It is a fight of money against num
bers and energy. "Money" is Bend
ing its misleading, shackle-making
literature throughout the land free
to everybody. "Money" is doing
this in the interest of money power.
This power is what the people must
fight. They must unite their indi
vidual energies. What the money
power is doing through one tremen
dously rich club which has at com
mand unlimited means, must be met
with the little work that one of the
people can do in various communi
ties in the way of spreading reform
literature. Are you willing to do,
and are you doing your part?
The State of Georgia is ablaze
with silver enthusiasm. Now watch
and see what Hoke Smith will make
the Democratic, "machine" in that
State do. Remember that the people
of Kentucky were enthusiastic for
silver, but the "machine" declared
for Cleveland and Carlisle. Watch
the "machine" all the time. It wil
scheme for and lie for the trusts and
combines, and then swear it is ex
pressing the sentiment of the whole
people. The Georgia "machine" wil
declare for gold. Mark the pre
diction.
The Democrats of Colorado held
a State convention last week to talk
about silver. There were about
thirty people present from all over
the State. Democrats cannot get up
much enthusiasm on this matter.
They don't mean business. The
Chairman of the Democratic State
executive committee would not at
tend the meeting. He is an office
holder and was afraid of Grover.
The People's Party is the only one
which honestly favors and is work
ing for the people's rights and
money.
Mississippi is also boiling over with
free silver sentiment. At primaries
recently held there, the goldbug can
didates did not get anything. Now
the Cleveland administration decides
to take a hand in the fight. It has
sent ex-Gov. Sims, First Assistan
Secretary to Hoke Smith, to champ
ion the gold side and to fix up the
"machine" in that State to whoop
for the gold basis. Now just watch.
You'll see the "machine" obey
orders, but it will not represent the
sentiment of the people.
In 1876 the American people de-
dared they would whip the British
tax extortioners and money sharks
out of this country, and they did it;
though it took them seven years to
complete the job. They would have
done it sooner if there had not been
tories among them. The American
people declared in 1893 that they
would again drive out these pests,
and they can do it in four years
time if they will cut loose from the
tories.
A marvellous combination of
figures has been telegraphed all over
the country during the past week
purporting to show the condition of
the national treasury. The figures
have been juggled into an exasper
ating puzzle, and it is difficult to tell
what they mean. It does not matter
much, for it will soon be seen that a
lot of Democratic wholesale lying is
being done about it anyway.
There's not much doubt about the
meaning of the platform of the
People's Party of Kentucky. That
whiskey-ring governed State has so
far managed tohold in line many old
party voters, who are at heart rebell
ing against old party tactics. At the
last- election, the Populists cast
twenty two thousand votes in Ken
tucky. They will cast over one
hundred thousand this year.
The boldest, the most brazen and
the most impudent and most corrupt
fight ever waged in this country is
that now being led by G. Cleveland
against the interests of the people.
"The people be d d" is his motto;
and hurrah for the Rothschilds is
his watchword. His adminstration
will be the blackest blot on the
American History for more than a
hundred years.
And now some old line Democrats
are beginning to apologize for Mr.
Carlisle. They have given up the
effort of trying to make his actions
consistent, and seek to make things
easy by all sorts of excuses. Mr.
Carlisle, had he been a great man,
would have resigned before he would
have betrayed his party, and espe
cially his country.
During the past ten months the
national interest bearing debt has
been increased one hundred and
twelve million dollars. Public ex
penses have been about fifty million
dollars more than public receipts.
Great is Democracy! Boom! Fo'th
er July and American Indepen
dence!! Good times coming! Pros
perity:! Boom ta-ra-ra.
The "administration" is controll
ing the Democratic machine in Ken
tucky, Kansas, Ohio; New York,
Colorado and other places. Demo
cracy in these States has adopted a
straddle or declared for gold. Now
let the fight come, and let's see what
the administration can do with the
people.
We rise to remark that the Popu
lists can cast just as many votes in
North Carolina to day as any other
political party. This assertion may
be a little startling to some people
but we speak from the book. We
have nothing to gain by dealing in
buncombe, and therefore don't do it.
The "lumber" trust makes its bow
to the public. Trust prices have
been paid for everything used in the
homes of the people, and now the
homes must pay tribute to the trust.
The trust of this country is chang
ing from God to trusts, and yet the
trusts won t trust the country.
The Republican State convention
of Kentucky had a Jewish rabbi to
open their proceedings with prayer;
and the way that old Jew prayed for
the gold standard was a caution
The Rothschilds who got the las
bonds at $1.04 and sell them at $1.22
are Jews. Do you see?
That vigorous little band of "Blue
Grass" Pops is right in the middle of
the road, and it is going to "get
there" too. Watch 'em plump in
one hundred thousand votes this
year for Governor; and next year for
President well just watch.
We recently saw it reported that
a farmer-merchant had erected
"mansion" at a cost of $4,500. Then
we saw that a "cottage" at Narra-
gansett had been tepaired at a cost
of $200,000. "Love in a cottage" is
getting to be a big thing.
Some Democratic papers are pro
testing against the continued publi
cation by . other Democratic papers
of what prominent Populist are say
ing. Some Democratic papers can'
look at the naked truth any more
than they can at the sun.
If the Democratic party is in favor
of free silver, why havent we trot
free silver? Don't let a Democrat
evade a square answer to this, and
you'll either open his eyes or con
vict him of a lie.
If the Democratic State executive
committee really wants to do a good.
patriotic deed, let it get up another
fchi8toy.,, It would complete the
work of Democratic "machine" de
struction. .
And the American Tobacco trust
will continne to trust that the peo
ple will trust it; and some people
will continue to trust that the Dem
ocratic party will break up the trust.
The new announcements else
where in this paper will interest
many people. Do you want to be
fully posted on the questions of the
day? Do you want to be able to
discuss issues in the fullest light? IX
you do, read the announcements, and
see how yon can easily get the most
popular the most interesting and
strongest books of the day. They
will equip you for the great discus
sion of the hour.
Truth is mighty and will prevail
but not by itself truth has no
legs. You must take the truth to
the voter each week or better get
him to take The Caucasian and it
will carry the truth to him fifty two
times before the next battle begins.
Some Democratic papers in the
State do not appear to be giving
proper credit to the "52 William
Street Reform Club" for the matter
they are printing.
The announcement of the continu
ed formation of trusts does not seem
to disturb the serenity of the new
Attorney General appointed by
Cleveland.
It has not been our privilege to
come across any more of Chairman
Pou's secret circulars. Where is
that negro magistrate chromo?
Shout! Shout! We're gaining
ground. If we'll work, we can pull
the Shylocks down.
Say, do you really think now that
you can get free silver through the
Democratic party?
The Democratic Douglass machine
seems to have been smashed beyond
repair.
ABOUT THE FREE
SILYER PICNIC.
A CENTRAL COMMITTEE ORGANIZED.
Township Committees Appointed Bis;
Preparations Progress From Five to
Elgnt Thousand People Expected.
A central committee to arrange for
the "Sampson County Free Silver Pic
nic" has been organized at Clinton
wun Air. v. t . Jierring as chairman
ana sir. J. n.. t owler secretary. A com
mittee or ten nve ladies and five een-
tlemen whose duty it shall be to thor
oughly work up their respective town-
snips in tne interest 01 ine picnic, has
been appointed for each township. Big
preparations are already in progress,
Dut in view oi ine iact that the crowd
that will be here is variously estimated
at irom nve to eight thousand, the con
tral committee wishes to urge the
township committees to their best
efforts in securing large donations for
the table in the waj of substantial
provisions. Below will be found a list
of names from each township as se
lected by the central committee. The
parties appointed for each townshin
should hold a meeting at once, and if
aujr ui uie appointees are uname to
serve, others should be put in their
places.
TOWNSHIP COMMITTEES.
North Clinton Messrs. Murnhv
nmitn, j. j. jtegisier, l. . ueil, W. r
Rackley and T. W. Britt; Miss Ida
Draughon, Mrs. J. Pigford, Mrs. K.
B. smith. Mrs. Thos. Weeks And Mrs
George Backley.
south Clinton Messrs. David Uzzell
J. A. Williamson. .Tnsinh J'ntm .T v
Williams and A. J.Cooner: Miar Fmm,
Matthews, Miss Bertha ll rring, Miss
J!.sieiia Aiaerman, Mrs. , :i. Hack ley
anu Jursr.rsKin wiuiaiii&on.
Lisbon Messrs. R. T. Moore, A. F,
Robinson, L. M. Sanderson. W. E
llerring, Carey Fennell; Mrs. Alex.
Kelly. Mrs. A. w. Lamb. Mrs. J
Parker, Mrs. O. Blackburn and Miss
Ivey Herring.
Franklin Messrs. L. R. Ilighsmith
L. A. J. llerring, Daniel Johnson
William: Devane, S. N. Bland; Mrs.
Knox Taylor, Mrs. Frank Newton
Miss Hannah Leavey, Miss Kittie New
kirk and Miss Andera.
Taylor's Bridge Messrs. A. H. Mer-
ritt, Axv.xierring,j.j. Williams, T. J
H. Peterson, J. M. Powell; Mrs. R
James. Mrs. E. C. Smith. Mm w ir
Thompson, Mrs. Martha Mosley and
Turkey Messrs. W. F. Hines. J. D
Smith. C. C. Cook. W. J. Mnnro Iinn
Rogers; Mrs. James T. Kenneday. Mrs.
ovuu x. juoore, jars. jl. i,. t aison, Mrs
G. W.Carroll and Miss Cilia rvrinr.ii
Piney Grove Messrs. B.H. Uatahr
J. E. Boyette, D. M. Kornegay, Wesley
ounbuu, . -a., nuyai; jots. J. s. limes
Mrs. Daniel Kornegay, Mrs. Dr. J. H
Darden, Mrs. H. L. Oates and Mrs. J
S. King.
Newton Grove Messrs. J. M. Britt,
Isaac Williams, H.C. Giddens, E. Rich,
J.A.Warwick; Mrs. G. R. Williams,
Mrs. R. A. Ingram, Mrs. John H. Britt.
xu.ia tjlih. unit ana miss Jf uss West-
orooK.
Westbrook's Messrs. J. L.Wooten,
ransom vy est, I. ii. A. Tart, B. G.
Dausrhtrev. Martin Williams. r-
Gainey West, Mrs. WJiitfleld Tart, Mrs.
rer, jars. jacKson and Lettie
Lee.
Mingo Messrs. Tirus Thornton, W.
vy. i ac&suu, u. w imams, w. J. Jer
nigan, J. R. Baggett; Mrs. Autry Bag
gett, Mrs. Hardy Draughon, Mrs. A. J
Giles, Mrs. J. T. Warren and Mrs. S. E
Alderman.
Dismal Messrs. R. W. Howard, Rai-
ioru Autry, v. m. Jackson, David
Autry. J. R. Brown: Mm. c it Wil
liams, Mrs. James Lewis, Mrs. Cost in
Honeycutt, Mrs. H. F. Hayes and Miss
euiiuia o. xage.
Honeycutt's Messrs. E. T. Turling
ton, Arcn Koyal, t. L. Owen, J.
Honevcutt. T. K. Howard Mrs 9
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A.
Howard. Mrs. A. C. rrnmnio.
J.
R. Butler, Mrs. Reddin Butler and Miss
Lela Cooper.
Little Coharie Messrs. J. W. Under
wood, Willie J. Faircloth jG. W. Bul-
lrd'Hi J-.CoPer Dr- F- J.Cooper;
Miss Willie Culbreth, Mrs. Fleet H.
Howard, Mrs. Luther Matthews, Mrs.
Offie Sessoms and Mrs. J. J. High
smith. McDaniel's Messrs. Troy Green, R.
H. Wright, George Highsmitn, John
Home, F. D. Parker; Mrs. G. C. High
smith, Mrs. Wesley J. Fairclotb, and
Misses Geneva Highamith, Rosa Owen
and Minnie Lawhon.
Hall's Messrs. E. C. Gore, T. L.
Honeycutt, W. J. Weeks, R. W. Bats.
J. G. Hobbs; Mrs. Docia Gore, Mrs. J.
C. Weeks, Mrs. Virginia Odom, Miss
Mary Highsmith and Miss Attie Mc
Kenzie. H5II?-M.eMr8- -A. T. Herring, D.
C.McPhail, W. W. Holland, John H.
x oxacr. ne parties wnose names are
given here will please select others to
make out the ten.
It is further requested by the central
committee that each township oommit
tee hold a meeting, elect a chairman
to co-operate with the central commit
tee and meet with said, committee at
Clinton, Saturday, July 87th, at 10 30
a. mn for the transaction of such busi
ness as may come before the meeting.
Clinton Caucasian.
JUSTICE BROWS
PLAIN TALK.
He See. aid Emphasizes the Con
ditions Which Populists Hare
Sought to Hake Plain.
TRUSTS AND MONOPOLIES
A ad What They ar Lo-adiaf Tall
Tala Ctlc CrssuMs Tmat Serial ls
tal Mm StiimaNl Caatr!-
Taa Kvllsaf Acrrvcat Waallsu
Aaaiwiat J n stir a I7nrr B. Brown.
of the United States Supreme Court,
recently addressed the graduates at
the i ale law school commencement
in Rattall Chart). Ilia artAeh VU
remarkable for its exposition of the
J tutice s position on tome pressing
nmhlmi. anil as an xtnsion of th
remarks he made recently when the
supreme court passed upon ine in
come tax-
Justice Brown traced social and
mercantile development in the cen
tury. Then he dealt with munici
pal corruption, corporate trreed. and
touched upon the labor question, lie
saia:
"While the si ens of material de
velopment and prosperity of the
country were never more auspicious
than at present, it is not to be de
nied that the tendencies of the past
thirty years have produced a state
of social
UXRIST WHICH AUUTRS ILL
for its future tranquillity. The
processes of combination have re
sulted not only in putting practical
ly the entire manufacturing indus
try of the country into the hsnds of
corporations, but have enabled the
latter to put an end to competition
among themselves by the creation
of trusts to monopolize the produc
tion of a particular article. Upon
the other hand, labor, taking its
cue from capital, though more slow
ly, because less intelligent and alert
to its own interests, is radually
consolidating its various trade
unions, with the avowed nhWi of
dictating the terms upon which the
PRODUCTIVE AND TRANSPORTATION
INDUSTRY
of the COUhtrv shall be carried on.
The reconciliation of this strife, if
reconciliation be possible, is the
great social problem which will con
front you as you enter upon the
stage of professional life.
"While I feel assured that the so
cial disquietude does not point to
the destruction of private property,
it is not improbable that it will re
sult in the gradnal enlargement of
the functions of government and to
the ultimate
CONTROL OF NATIONAL MONOPOLIES.
If the government may be safely
trusted with the transmission of our
letters and papers I see no reason
why it may not also with our tele
grams and parcels, as is almost uni
versally the case in England, or
with our passengers and freight,
through a State ownership of rail
ways, is in Germany, France, Aus
tria, Sweden and Norway. If the
State owns its highways, why may
it not
ALSO OWN ITS RAILWAYS?
If a municipality owns its streets,
and keeps them paved, sewered and
cleansed, why may it not also light
them, water them and transport its
citizens over them?
"Such at least is the tendency of
modern legislation in nearly every
highly civilized State but our own,
whose great corporate interests, by
parading the bugbears of "paternal
ism' and 'socialism,' have succeeded
in securing franchises which
PROPERLY BELONG TO TBE PUBLIC.
The fear, too, that these mono po
rn ight be used for political purposes
has hitherto proved an insuperable
objection to their exercise by the
State, but the development of civil
service reform has of late been so
rapid and satisfactory that its in
troduction into this new field of use
fulness would follow as a matter of
course, and would obviate the most
formidable difficulty in the way of
the proposed change.
"Universal suffrage, which it was
confidently supposed would inure to
the benefit of the poor man, is so
skillfully manipulated
AS TO RIVET HIS CHAINS
and to secure to the rich a predomi
nance in politics never enjoyed un
der a restricted system. Probably
in no country in the world is the in
fluence of wealth more potent than
in this, and in no period of our his
tory has it been more powerful than
now. So far as such influence is
based upon superior intelligence
and is exerted for the public good,
it is doubtless legitimate; so far as
it is used to secure to wealth excep
tional privileges, to trample upon
the rights of the public, to stifle free
discussion or
TO PURCHASE PUBLIC OPINION
by a subsidy of the press, it invites
measures of retaliation which can
scarcely fail to be disastrous."
After referring to the manner in
which corporate powers are secured
ELllIf nOOLEN HULLS.
Don't dispose of your wool until you Liive
seen samples from the Elkin
Woolen Mills.
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Justice Brown said.- 1 lr
Worse than this, bt .
combination of eorpor w
called trust, to Licit uZ
stifle competition and
the necessaries of Lfe. ?!
to which this has alrradr
ried is alarming-ths eitVttu.
it mar hereafter l r
lutionary. Indeed.
THE EVIL Of A.fct4,4Tt:. .
are nowhere seen ln
form. If no stade&t raa ; ry?1
lamp without paying tr.t av V
company; if no bou-kfr f4
a pound of meat or of apr ni J
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aJpervaumg irun, what
Tent im roun I'rouarmr !aj
vf td Mtnntrr (k.Atn . ,
absorbed bv a hundred .
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porations?
"In dealing with tLe v
threaten our fat are tranju.:..y ,n
ought to find, and deut ::.,
find, an efficient coadjutor ia
press. Indeed, the bar aQl't.p
are the great safeguard . uZ
When we conider 'iat :U. ..
has shown itself eapaM .f j ....
now. in aaoaen insim&r.
creatures of political m-tLi, ilt
been ousted from thecouttvi of CJ
municipalities, w are h r. j,.(
ciate the great power of tb- J4l .
newspapers rR .. n i,,
With all their faults. ti-;.
are independable, and lit
lose half its charm w;tt...ut
morning journals. L-t it 1
their credit that at tim..f
popular outciy against tiwt
voice is generally upon tU ,itf rf
reform.
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It la a eonttaat round of rare snd toS
from which tber Is no escapa. liov sv
sent 11, then, ars health and strenrt h. A
yet with how many women hr r i
together lacking. They ars tirwl til ttj
and unable to sleep at niffht. Intbkm.
dition the system will soon break & .
Restore) the) Strength,
ererconM that tired feeling, build epiu
system by tha ns of flood ' BarupvUs
before it is too late. This great mrdk-ins
Is exactly what orerworked women nd.
It makes pare, rich blood, crest as ap
petite, gives strength to the nerves.
Hood's Saroaparilla
lo tho Only
True Blood Purifier
Prominently la the pobllo eye tritj.
Hood's Pills Si-STaSlSr
Our New
Leader,
$1.45.
Last year's demand for our Leader vat
so large that we were unable to manulic
ture them as fast as they were ordrrri
This year we have one mammoth facKwy
that manufactures nothing but this lit,
and we are making this boot in txt
immense quantities that we are able to
produce a much Letter boot.
We have many new Improvements i
this line: first, it is made of heavy res
uine Dongola, solid leather sole and inner
sole; second, it has a leather sock lining,
which no other but a high-priced
has; third, it has a back-stay; fourth, a
much care is taken in selecting this M t
and in making, a? in our higher-prk.ed
goods; fifth, we not only warrant but
guarantee every line to be just as repre
sented. The above cut is an exact cojy
of the boot itself.
Our New Leader Ladies Donn'.a Hel
ton; styles. Main Opera Toe, Main Ctno-mon-Sense
Toe, Opera Toe Patent Tip;
widths, D, E, and EE: sizes, 2) to K.
Our New Leader Ladies' Dongola Fnfflt
Lace, Opera Toe Patent Tip; widths, U
, and EE; sizes, t to 8.
Our New Leader Ladies Dongola But
ton, Spring Heel, Common-Sense Lv;
Patent Tip ; widths, D, E, and EE ;
2 J to 6.
Any of the aTxxve-dencnbed shoes serf
on receipt of $1.43, all postage paid f
us. Send for complete illustrated cata
logue of all grades of boots and shoes
free. Please mention this paper.
POSTAL SHOE CO..
Box 2087- Boaton, Mas.
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