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THE CAUCAOIAH PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY HY THE CACCA8IA2T PUB. CO! SUBSCRIPTION RATES. fl.00 .60 84 kii Mostki, Tbree Moots. No. 11. QgslgSSjCOUNCjL I fTiMiON Tf..T HELK OOVERXMENT DENIED. We cUlm that wc hive a govern ment of the people, by the people and for the iieople but this princi ple of government is often more a theory than a practice. A bill was pending before the legislature a few days ago, introduced by Itepresenta tivo Butler of Sampson county, pro viding that the County Boards of Education in tb- various counties ahall be elected by the people at the same time and in the same man ner that other county officers are elected. This was a meritorious bill and should havo received the unanimous endorsement of every member of the Legislature These Board of Kducalion have largo powers. They appoint the County Superintendent of Educa tion, and all the school committee men in ho county. They have control of tfee entire school fund of the county, Which is the largest fund provided for by the taxpayer in the county. They locate school houses, employ teachers and fix their salary, consolidate districts and create new one?, and, in fact, have charge of all the entire school inter est of their county. A position so important should be elected by the people but not so. The member of the Legislature from each county now has that great responsibility and power to simply name the men from his county to fill these places, and when a bill was introduced to let the people say who these officers should be, a Democratic Legislature said NO, and promptly voted the bill down. So it appears that the entire public school affairs of any county, Is at the mercy of that county's representative In the Leg islature, who refuses to surrender that power and privilege to the people where it belongs. Two years ago a man was ap pointed on the Beard of Education In ono county who had been dead twelve months. In many counties the member of the Legislature ap pointed a BDird of Education, for his county, which in their turn ap pointed him the County Superin tendent, and this disgraceful proceed tire is made po3siblo and can he, continued, becauo the Legislature refuses to pass a measure to give the people the right and privilege to elect their own school officers. ' THE LEGISLATURE. The People Paper, of Charlotte, gives its opinion of the present Leg islature and sums up its proceedings as follows: If the present Legislature is go ing to come as near doing nothing throughout the session as they have done so far the State would make money by paying for their full time and send them home now. Outside of clearing the sidewalks of lioper of 'cycles and stopping cracks round the churches ot Pitt county to keep hogs out, codicils, annexes and postscripts to the Watts law has occupied the time. Only last Mon day Ward, of Craven, introduced one of them annex Watts whiskey bills that covered sixty typewriter pages. Here is one exception, the Senator from Pequimans offered a bill in the Senate Monday to re quire wives to obey their husband in all things. It's dollars to dough nuts that fellow is bald headed, -caused by his wife swatting him over the head with a hot mush stick in the . morning for not get ting up when the breakfast bell is rung." The New Orleans Cotton Grow ers' Convention planned for town ship meetings to ba held, through out the cotton growing sections of the South, Saturday, February 11th; County Meetings Thursday, Feb ruary 16th, and State Meetings Wednesday, February 22nd. All the cotton growers should attend these meetings, where they have been called.. A concerted action on the part, of the farmers will cause them to receive better prices. How ever, at these meetings, especially the State meetings, the farmers should be on the lookout for the "Bears" or their represen tatives, for their only salvation Is to davlse schemes to keep the price ft cottoa down. Gov. Glenn baa recommended to the Legislature that a Stat-; parciz? leg agent be appoloted to buy eup pllei at wholesale for the State In stitutions. If such an agent Is ap pointed It should ba stipulated that he must bay the tupies from North Carolina merchants, instead of ordering the supplies from rner- chants outside of the State, as h practiced by some of the Invitations preeenl. The merchants have to help pay the tax to eupport these In stitutions and why shouldn't they have the benefit of this trade in stead of sending this money out ot the State? Thursday of this week has been set apart by the Senate for the con sideration or certain amendment) to the Watts Law. One bill provides that no whiskey shall be manufac tured In towns of less than 1,500 population; another bill fixes the minimum population at 1,000, while still another does not state any min imum population, ouly provides for police protection, etc. No one can predict with a certainty Just what action will be taken, but many think there will be but little change made in the present Watts Law. The United States Senate Tuesday pissed tho House Statehood Bill in amended form. Tho bill as passed admits Oklahoma and Indian Terri tory as a single State, and New Mex ico as another State. . A previous bill was to admit Arizona and New Mexico as a single State, but Arizona was left out in the cold and New Mexico admitted as a single State. Gov. War field, of Maryland, is advocating putting business in poll tics and placing it above political partisanship. Governor War field had better mind or the Democrats will read him out of the party. The News and. Observer doesn't seem to be anybody's adviser, since the passing of Aycock. The Obser ver had better make terms with the Raleigh Post, or it may get lost in the shuffle. Isn't it time for the Legislature to appoint a committee to Investi gate the great surplus of the Peni tentiary, of which we have heard so much, but seen no proof. The bill regulating railroad rates reached the lower house of Con gress Monday and it was agreed to take a voto on the measure today (Thursday). The present scarcity of labor in a this State is possibly caused by so many laborers being employed 'by this Legislature: Ask your neighbor to subscribe to The Caucasian. It Is only fl per year less than two cents a copy. now "Jut a I Am" Came to Be Written. In the March Delineator Allen Southerland gives an interesting account of the origin of "Just as J Am," Charlotte Elliott's famous hymn. After telling how the hymn came to be inspired through a re mark of Dr. Caesar Malan to the invalid composer, when she had told him that she did not know how to find Christ "Come to him just as you are," said Dr. Malan it is related that the hymn first appeared anonymously in The Yearly Re membrancer. Dr. C. S. Robinson, a noted clergyman, states: "Begin ning thus its public history in the columns of an unpretending maga zine, the little anonymous hymn, with its sweet counsel to troubled minds, found 1U way into scrap books, then into religious circles and chapel assemblies, and finally Into the hymnals." That the hymn has had a deep influence for good upon humanity may be seen from the testimonies of ministers given in'thls article, and from the fact that after the death of Miss Elliott, above a thousand letters were found among her papers thank ing her personally for the great blessings which had come to the lives of the writers through the in strumentality of "Just as I Am." Tbe 8am-, Only Different in Num. It is related that when the new line was located between Alamance and Chatham counties a lady who formeily lived - in Chatham, but who became a citizen of Alamance, the new line passing in about fifty yards of her house, remarked: "I'm glad they changed the line and put our house in Alamance, for it al ways was ' powerfully sickly In Chatham." Ex. Of latere to Ladies. Our lady readers will note a new advertisement in this issue, of Her man Straus Sons & Co., of Louis ville, Kentucky. They offer shirt waists remarkably cheap. Write them for samples of laces, embroid eries and silk?, which tie wnt free of .charge. TDK SOr Til DAKOTA. ttOXOS A Short IlU&orjr of tfee Bonds-Were Xo I - hf CarpttBmn-V(twi of avireraJ Vpn cm the VaJMIty of lk iSoatfe. Union Republican This from the Wllkeaboro Chon- icle: "The Republicans are harping about the fact that the Legislature did not gq the expense of having a large number of copies of the re port of the committee appointed to investigate tm Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad printed. The report was printed in the paper as soon as made and the whole matter has been settled and the road is la good hands. Why have the Legis lature to reopen the matter, just for poll ticaLopporl unity for lying, at the expense of the tax-payers? If Mr. Cowles wanted to investigate anything that the psople want to know and should know, let him find out how much was paid Governor Russell and Senator Butler for be traying the State, while they were sworn officers of the State, and sell ing out to South Dakota? There's something awful dark in that bus! ness, but we don't see or hear tell of any Republican wanting that investigated and a large number cf posters printed containing the re port of an investigating committee. The Atlantic Railroad matter was made public and the whole thing settled; the other is a stench on honesty which the Republicans are afraid to investigate." For an unadulterated spasm of misstatement of facts the above takes the cake. If the report of the proceedings and the evidence taken in the secret hearing of the Atlan tic and North Carolina Railroad matter was ''printed in the papers" it is very strange that none of the "able" members of the House had tact enough, or sense of self-preser vation enough to mention the fact that it had already been printed and that therefore there was no use to i print it 8gain. Now, the Chronicle will confer upon the people a great favor if it will look over the files of its paper, or of any other papers which come to its office and find a copy of this evidence which was taken at that secret investigation and let the public have the benefit of it. But the Chonlcle begs the ques tion in its own monologue when it .tries to justify the course of the Legislature for not publish ing the evidence by saying that Republicans have done ugly things too. But in this it makes a bigger break, if possible, than in the first assertion. Russell and But ler are charged with "betraying the State" because they acted as attor ney and therefore advocated the payment of the bonds and won out. If we knew nothing of the facts in this case, the Chronicle would stultify itself when it says that the bonds ought to be paid, since the highest court of the land has said that they ought and must be paid, and it reflects upon the able Attorney-General of the State and the numerous able lawyers in com mand when it says that a couple of sell outs" has whipped the whole bunch, and had the wrong side of the question to work on. But the Chronicle is mistaken about Russell or Butler or anyone else doing a wrong when they advocated the payment of those bonds. The Chron icle doubtless thinks that these bonds were issued by Republicans, which would of course make them mean in its eyes, but we will inform it that they were issued by the Dem ocrats, and it was done to get them out of the hole, just as they are is suing bonds to-day for .the same purpose, but they all ought to be paid and will have to be paid, for those who put up the pledge of the State to pay, expect their money when the bonds become due and of right ought to have it. A correspondent recently inter rogated the Biblical Recorder as to how it stood on this bond question, to which the Recorder replies, giv ing a pretty good history of the mat ter, as follows: "Our inquirer's surmise is correct We referred in each instance to th3 bonds involved in the South Dakota suit. We believe thev should hp paid. "Now hear our reasons: "(1) These bonds were not issued oy the carpet bag Legislatures. They were issued by Democrats, not alien, but citizens of North Caro lina. They hear the honorable names of Jonathan Worth, Governor and Kemp P. Battle, Treasurer, and the great seal of the State of North Carolina. "If these bonds were carpet-bag bonds we should not be concerned. But they are not. "(2) These bonds were not issued in fraud and they were honeatlv used in building a -railroad for the Commonwealth. "The carpet-bag bonds were the mere documents of robbery. These bonds are the evidences of an hon est debt made by honest men in the name of an honest State. "(3) We have it on the beat au thority a member of the General Assembly that Issued these bonds and now a judge of our Superior vroun mat tnese bonds were hv accident included in the act to com promise the State debt. We will give his name upon request. "(4) North Carolina was rm. trated by the war and bv reeonl strnction. She has been too poor to pay these bonds. But like a RJ. zm having recovered from a series Oi utrasieni auu gn , . - li Mm .III ies&ble, she may noar set io give her people and her slater j States an example of her regard for moral obligation. A man may die and death dissolve his debts tut a State never dies. "(5) We put aside the considera tion that these bonds have been de clared valid and collectable and that unks3 we shall pay them the Bute's property will ba sold for debt be fore the Capitol of tho Nation at Washington a humiliation that we look for aril to with great aver sion. But nevertheless this is a consideration of powerful weight. We would prefer to pay the debt without the sale." " The Charlotte Observer of Janu ary 18th. also.' in commenting on a letter written by a correspondent of the Loulsvllls Evening Pest, says: "The Evening Po3t'a correspon dent is, however, mistaken In his conclusion that the bonds in question were issued by a carpet-bag Legisla ture. They were issued by our own people in aid of the construction of the Western North Carolina Rail road and while they brought but lit tle over half par in the first instance the proceeds were applied to the building of the road and the latter is now one of the principal links in the Southern Railway system, hav ing been sold some years ago. North Carolina along with other Southern States, shortly after the war, found herself unable to pay all her debts. The Legislature, therefore, proposed to compromise a number of the State's securities at what we were able to pay.. This offer was accepted by many bond-holders, but not by Simon Schafer, of New York, who held certain of its bonds. At the instance of ex-Senator Pittigiew he recently . presented ten of these bonds to South Dakota to ba sold for the benefit of the State University. Suit was brought for the. full face valuable of tho bonds with interest and the Supreme Court of the United States has awarded judg ment against Nortn Carolina to the stock in the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad pledged to the payment of the bonds. This mat ter is now before the legislature and the whole number of outstanding bonds may be bought by the State so as to prevent future litigation oi this character." We think the Chronicle should read up a little on these matters be fore it undertakes to enlighten its mountain constituents upon these momentous questions. A few such articles as the one quoted above might get the unscrupulous to de nominate it as a somewhat "parti san" sheet. , A SCOTCHMAN'S VIEW. Thinks it Would be a Good Thing For the Raleigh Dispensary for the County Commissioners to Hire tb Legislature ' to Remain. "In a special interview today with Manager Batchelor of the Raleigh Dispensary he said its sales during the month just ended had been $13,000, or $2,000 more than last January." Mr. Editor: The enclosed clipping is from the Wilmington Messenger of the 2nd inst. Do not you think it would be.a gcod investment for your County Commissioners to employ our pro hibition Legislature to remain in Wake for the next twelve months? I think they could bo hired very cheap. "A SCOTCHMAN." In reply to our good Scotch friend we will say, that if his sug gestion was carried into effect it would doubtless prove a bonanza for the Raleigh dispensary, but it would be very hard on the State. They have been here only a month and have increased the salaries of Dem ocratic pet office-holders amounting to over $20,000 a year, not includ ing the large amount paid to pages and laborers. But not one cent have they appropriated to the edu cationai institutions of the State or for the poor helpless insane that now have to be locked up in com I.lt. mi ... iuuu juis. xnere nas not been a bill passed intended for the sreneral good of the people of the State. The only prohibition bills they have rpased were some to drive Republi cans out of business. When the bill was up to drive distilleries out of Advance, a Republican town, some one taehed on an amendment for the bill to apply to Shore and Wil liams (Democrats). The amend ment was voted down, but they did not fail to put the town of Ad vance out of business. Again, we say the Legislature is doubtless in- ci easing the sales of the Raleigh dis pensary, but as we have the interest of the taxpayers of the btate at heart, we think: they should adjourn, at once sine die. : Miss Anne TeakMr. Softe fell In love with me at first sight, and now he Is crazy to mrry me. - Jai3s Buddie Poor fellow, he must be. February Woman's Home Companion. If the Babjr la OntttawTeetk Be sure and use that old and well-tried remedy, Has. Wis slow Soothxho Stxtjp, for children teething It soothes the child, softens the coma, allays all pais, oaret wind colio, and la sae best remedy for Diarrhoea. TccatT-flre cants t fccttla, I BANI1ER CL0THII1G EYEIIT OF THE SEASON. H Oat coee til onr Winter Stock at a GREAT SACRIFICE. The Kaaon r6r the D cqi in prices li a logical and sensible one. . , Z We are only prudent in pushing oar preeeat atoeks before the Spring Oooii pal in thJrcJJJTeP ttWmi n5t only to hamper the new goods, but it alao ma; i - much dormant capital, Inaaranee chaigos and low from change or taihloa. Hence our wllhnztesi to pocket any less to effect a pjpQy ana aosaiuie cierancv. NOTE THE CLl liUANCK SALE PRICE i AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF Til is OPPORTUNITY. Here's TChere the Shrewd Bayer Catches On All Juvenile Suits lees 33 1-3 percent. All Boye Long and Short bulla leen 25 percent. All lloja and Touttai Orercoata leas 33 1-3 per cent. All Men's Sulla and Orercoats lesa 25 per cent, all u.nnMt Tmiimri 1m ft rwr cent. Cfr- All Underwear, for Man or Boy, leas 20 per rent. Get Here Ahead i Oilers! lave tie Best fur Yourself ! HATS FOR S. BERWANGER, CoBrM Will Vote on Rate Bill Thar day. Washington, Feb. 6. In accord ance with the determination reached by Republican leaders last week the Hoaseof Representatives today entered upon the deliberation of railway rate regulation as pre sented in the bill reported from the committee on interstate and foreign commerce. The rule adopted pro vides for a vote on the bill at 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon, it hav ing been discovered that Wednes day's session after 1 o'clock has been mt aside for counting the electoral vote in joint meeting of the two Souses of Congress. FRAUD EXPOSED. A few counterfeiters have lately baen making and trying to sell im Itatlona of Dr. King's New Discov ery for Consumption, Coughs and C ilds. and other medicines, thereby defraud ng , tho public. This is to wain you to beware of such people, vho seek to profit through steallug che reputation of remedies which aave baen successfully curing dis ease, for over 35 years. A sure pro tection, to yon, is our came on the rrappar. Look for It, on all Dr King's, or Bucnlen's remedies, as all hers ara mere imitations. H. E. BUCKLEN & Co., Chicago, 111., The freight and passenger office at Waynesville this State was de stroyed by fire Sunday morning. AGONIZING BURNS are instantly relieved, and perfectly healed, by Bucklen's Arnica Salve. U. Blvenbark. Jr., of Norfolk, Va., writes: "I burnt my knee dread fully; that it blistered all over. Bucklen's Arnica Salve stopped the paia, and healed It without a ecor." '8o heals all wounds and sores. 2e at all druggists. News from Ricemond, Va., says that a girl of that city will bring suit sgaiust Senator T. C. Piatt of New York for breach of promise. POISONS IN FOOD. Perhrps you don't realize that many pain poisons originate in your food, but some day you may feel a twinge of dyspepsia that will conyince jou Dr. King's New Life Pills are guoranteed to cure all sicknesj due to poisons of undiges ted food or money back. 25c at all druggists. Try them. There are two cara of amall.nn-r in the Shaw University in this citv. The parties are colored. Fog Psiaini Tafce a Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pill, and tho Pain will dis-' appear Lilie Magic, t?ot by earairzin th mm - Iteada, 12ca op lam, morphine, cocalaa, and othar dangerous &rugs, but by la creaalnff tho natural secretions. This action la obtained as a result of modern dlacoverles In medicine, making It possible to rellrra paia without bad after-affecta. You can safely depend upon Dr. JUlea JLntl-Paln PlLa to reliera and euro such pains as Keuralsia, Headache. Stomach ache. Uanstrual Pain. Rinnmafw Backache. Toothache, eta. They vffl also, by their calmlnc act ion on tho nerves, almost Instantly ra Ucvs uch dlstrtssfns; feelings as ZMs-t r-B,lcJmes. Indigestion, IrrI-, tabnity. Sleeplessness, Kerrousness, eta Not merely do they reUere, but they also absolutely cure, because by perso verinr la their use, you do away with the cause. - - Dr. imaa -Antf-Vat.. wn. . ' " - anteed that first package wm benefit, or V9K. ixerer sola Zn balk. .J?. thankful for theaood rw lines Anti-l'&In Puis hare and Si me. Ever since th? wi bE had spells i of severe throbbing head W by catarrh, until six yvZ me only remedy that ever wtlZ me relief. Since then i bavJothJS one hard attack, because I tak? j5S andlt overcomes the difflcul'viwi1 SAUNDERS. Gr-hnSrri7 BO. VMT1U Wrtf i f aim. P for Free Trial Dat o.n-.it? .Mile Antl- &J Srmptom BlankoSV - .m.m. r- 1 I 1 I SPRING 1905 There Is nothing too good for the Farmer ; there It noth ing too good for the Farm. Good batns, good houtos, good wells, good fenoea, good stock, all on gooi land, under 01 management assure good profits. The gooi appito throughout. Il must apply throughout, or It will not apjly to profits. Nowhere Is discrimination more necessary than lath b election of fences. The farm mu it be fenced. Hencd.io lect the best fence, the KLLWOOD FENCE. The Elwood is built like a bridge braoed, supported tied ; no stronger or more substantial structure possible. Ell wood fences will hold your uog, cattle, horses, and pool try. Ell wood Fence has always been popular. Itamwer? all purposses and never disappoints. We have Ellwooi Fences for sale, and at prices that will sultyou. Com 3 and sae us wo have a bargain for you. Yours Truly, Hart-Ward Hardware Company, RALEIGH N. O. nree limes ms.vaius oi An Older. One Third Easier. One Ihiid Faster; The only Sewing Machine that does not fail in any point, j Rotary Motion and Ball Bear . ings make It the lightest run ning machine In the world. Agents wanted In unoccupied territory. Bend for circulars and terms. Wheeler & Wilson Life. Co Atlanta, Qa. ' Trinity One hundred and seventy of study In department of Litertture.History. Science and Philoso- -.V. TIT -.11 , . . , .. .'. I weu-equippea laDoratones in all departments of bclecce. Large library facilities. Gymnasium furnished with beet pi- laius. ocpenser very moderate. Aid for worthy young men. Broad and national spirit. - 1 rinity College Has the Largest Endowment of Any College la the South Atlantic States : : : : : For catalogue and'further information, address . D. W. NEWSOM, Registrar, DURHAM, X. C. HORtlER MILITARY 9 SCHOOL WRITE FOB FOR HIGH GRriTfiB PRItllG cALsoif on r Ci. II II 1 1 If 1 k . - " 5 3 3 3 3 NOW 1 v . ,,u.i, a MmMAi d m,- . ,v". Han 11 i .v - -a w- College flrradnata and nmfortrrarinafA munei CATALOGUE, -a . . Mb s. ffJ M. J. CARKuu ilng Bsliig. . C.