t I f i i i . is i r it THE OAUCAOIAfJ PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BT.Tni CAUCASIAN PUB. CO. MC8C8IFTI0I IATE8. is Moatka. TkfM Moattfca. 1.00 .60 35 Ho. t; TRADES MBflcOUHClLy 11. THE NEED OF A UIGII-CL.AM8 RE PUBLICAN DAILY SEWSI'APKR. Why should not the Republic an party have a high-class morning daily newspaper? The rank in fije of the party want audi a paper and would support It. There is also a very large Independent vote in North Carolina which would be glad i to take and read such a newspaper There are also thousands of broad minded, liberal Democrats who want to know both sides, and would be glad to gee such a newspaper es tablished and who would subscribe for and read it. North Carolina has great natura resources, and can and should be come one of the greatest and richest States in the Union. A high-clas? daily newspaper, that will have an eye single to the State's induslria development, and advocate those governmental policies that will fos ter and protect industrial growth, would fill a long felt want and :ora mand the approval and support of the great and increasing business in teres ts of the State, and also the sup port and encouragement of all dem ocrats who love their State better than they love their party. The development of our State's great resources has been very much retarded by the domination of the State's politics by a class of politi cians whose chief end and object was to hold office and who have used appeals to race and sectional prejudices as the means to accomp lish their selfish ends, regardless of the interests of the State. Yes, there Is not only a need, but there is a demand for such a paper, and such a demand as would make it a financial success. Then why is it that such a daily newspaper has not been established? Who can an swer?, There are only two classes of men, that we know of, who are naturally opposed to the establishment of such a high-class industrial daily newspa boro. From that point a morning Igence or wilfully, he should be ex- parer can reach practically every Ipoeed and pa aitbed to toe limit. dally post-office in the State It I WU1 the democaatlc o-gana give can reach Elizabeth City and New! the names of such revenue officers. Berne on the same train with the land m take the same position to Raleigb papers. It can reach Athe-I ward the state officers who have vllle and all Western points on the! fulled most not irloutly in perform saroe train with the Charlotte pa- log their duty, if what said state or- pers. So it would command the Igans charge U even half true? whole State for it field. xMsiaea me extension or the rural I c an hucii conduct meet with free delivery pyem has doubled theapphoval of the the number of readers of dally news- people papers in North Carolina. There-1 Recently the people of the State fore, such a morning daily newpa I were turpri-el, and we might say per, as it is proposed to be established I shocked, when the information would not only have the support I leiked out that the governor o of people over the whole State and I their state had left his high office have wide influence, but it would land taken a trip to Washington City have the support of the whole town I to appear as attorney for a violator of Greensboro and would necessarily I of the law. The facts, as we under be a financial success. We congrat- stand them, are briefly as follows ulate the whole State upon the pros-1 A certain man named Casper pect of the establishment of such a I was charged with running an illici journal. I whtekey busine s and besides ped dhug out over this and other states large quantities of whiskey on which no tax had been paid, had employed a number of attorneys, among whom was the present governor of North Of course, be employed LET THE FRAUDS BK PKOBKD AND THE BLAME FALL WHERE IT BELONGS. We notice that the Raleigh News and Observer and a number of other! Carolina. Democratic organs are having much this governor attorney before he was to say just now about certain sup- elected governor. The attorneys for posed Irregularities and possible Casper were evidently afraid to go frauds and corruption in the reve- I to trial knowing, or fearing, at least, nue service in certain quarters. They I that their client would surely be charge that in many places illicit I convicted and sent toihe penitentia distilleries are being operated and I ry if the real facts and the evidence that the federal Internal Revenue! ere presented in a court of law be- agents must know of such violations fore an honest jury. Therefore, his of the law and that they fail to in-J attorneys bent all of their thoughts vestigateand arrest ' the supposed land energies toward inducing the violators oi tne law. Commissioner of Internal Revenue These Democratic organs even go I at Washington, D. C, to compro- further and charge by Insinuation, mise the Casper case upon the pay. without using names, that certain mentofafine and thus prevent a revenue agents who were poor a trial in a court of justice. tew years ago have accumulated Pending these proceedings, one of considerable wealth on nominal sal- the attorneys of Casper was elected aries and that they must have been governor of North Carolina. After paid thousands of dollars of hush- he was elected and inaugurated and uivuvy uv mien distillers or li- was officially acting as governor of censed distillers who have been vio- the State, he took a triD to Wash- lating the law by producing an ington in the interest of his client, output largely in excess of what who was charged with violating their books show. Ithe law. and who had it Now, if there is any foundation lated it so flagrantly that there was for these reports and charges, it is no hops in the opinion of his attor- tne duty ot those who have this in- neys of acquitting him in a court of formation to furnish the same to the justice. government, and if this were done, This being the situation, this gov- every fairminded, honest man in ernor attorney so far forgot his oath North Carolina or elsewhere knows! of office, his duty to the State and that President Roosevelt and his to the people whose protection de- administration would as quickly in- pends upon the execution of the law. vestigate and ferret out such irregu-1 as to take the aforesaid mentioned anties, frauds and corruptions, if trip to Washington in the interest of such exist, as the administration his client, who seemed to have been a has done in the Post Office cases and most flagrant violator of the laws n the Land cases. Evervhndv which thA f)nvomnra nuth np ar -w j - w v v v u w. a uulii a iiiiii rt Office frauds required that he should unholrl . were fearlessly and thoroughly in- We will not charge that this gov vestigated and that every criminal ernor attorney used his exalted po was run down, tried and convicted sition as governor of the State to se- inl S A. I. j . . m . uu uow in me penitentiary. At- cure a practical acquittal, that is so, everybody knows that those im- compromise, of his case, so as to pre- a few of the larger and richer coun- pucaieu in iana irauas nave been vent a trial and the bringing, out of ties. nrltnfnil n i 1 A!iU a - I xi i . . I uu Ciluer uonvictea or tne reai testimony, but one thing is The State Constitution requires a u fuU1u8. ifle same non- certain, ana mat is, that he was the uniform system of public education est and fearlfifis nriminiatrnrinn -flnno oHnrnm, r ii I ... n wu v i wmx aviiviiiGjr kjl iiiiuv rHi r'wniinir gnnnnrran a a There Is no better distributing I bolder, high or law, who ia UUIrg puinU that the Watts law is not mmiKd. point in North Carolina than Green-1 to do his duty either through negii-, bing honestly enforced? One thing! It is freh in the minds of th U certaio, that the illicit diirtiUert J people lhat the Democratic lgiaia- naTe been haTlng a great en of an-' lore not caly repealed this Section & . . . I OI lO to proicci UU10( DOS informed, they refer to at an "en of ttafiers from indictment and con vie- poteetion.,' This is another sample of ocra tic. good govern meat." Dem WE SHOULD UK JUST. BEtOBE vrm abb aKXEitorjs. xa me present conauion or our State Treasury, we Rhoold guard well all State appropriations. In the past few years our people have had to submit to one bond Issue af ter another, and they are anxious to know if all this money is widely and judiciously expended. There ii one appropriation that is regarded by the people as sacred and they are willing to continue it undis turbed, provided the appropriation is necessary to give all the children a public education as contemplated by our State Constitution, and provided further, that this fund is Judiciously apportioned. We speak of the $200, uuu annual appropriation to public schools. One half of this sum or $100,000 is apportioned to the coun ties per capita, consequently, the counties having the greatest number of children, get the largest appor tionment from this fund, and these counties as a rule have already from five to seven months school term trom the general school fund. This is especially true in counties with mucn railroad and other corporate property and large manufacturing industries, and their school term is now much in excess of four months, the Constitutional requirement, and yet these counties get a special do nation from the State Treasury to supplement their school term, where as there are a majority of the coun ties in which there is little outside capital, invested, and consequently have a smaller school fund, are un able to run their schools over three montns, and yet their apportion ment out of this State appropriation, s less than the larger and richer tMY 4 ? sir I- - 1 3 1 wuliucs huu mrnauy nave a six or seven months school term without State aid. This svstem is radically wrong, and a great injustice tcrthe weaker counties and should be changed. A bill was introduced in the last Legislature by Representative But- er of Sampson to change this sys tem of apportionment so as to give each county in the State the same ength of school term, and give each j child in the State the same per cap ita apportionment, instead of the present system wnich give some counties an eight months school and other counties a three months school, while each is required to pay the same rate of taxation, but this bill was killed because it did not meet the approval of the representatives from r per. One class is the red shirt Demo, i knows that the Post crats who are professional office hold ers and who see no way of holding offices at the expense of the tax-payers except through an appeal to race prejudices and ballot box stuffing; the other class is that element of the Republican party who do not want the party to grow, but who want it to De simply a small "patronage tniflklnn ff rpi, a . I iliaHrui it nrvnn.1vw. .-..Ill 1 i.jlll.! i; j. . ... j .u.uua, - . vvu, nuw naa extuer wiecieu means a Htatn svatpm fhof ta -r-i. J , - ... . I A i 1L. . . . .1 I o UlU iouerai omce noiuers who want uu, l violators ot tne law in I or wno eaw fit in o-o fn Woin I tlon, but that the same Democratic Legislature went further and appro priated the peoples taxes as a fund to be id lu protecting every red shirt ballot box thief who might be indicted. It Is each wrongful use and waste of peoples money as this and the creation of new offices for Democrat politician and the increasing of their salaries that has forced the Democratic party to Increase the burden of taxes on the people and still not have enough money left to take proper care of the poor unfort unate insane and be forced to lock up the white insane with negros in the same cell. The people of North Carolina are too brave and intelligent and patriot ic to be longer induced to give their support to such a political machine as now controls the Democratic organ ization. MR. AVOOTlir OX THE A. A N. C 11. R. LEASE. In this issue will be seen an inter esting article from Col. C. S. Woo- ten on the Atlantic and North Caio lina Railroad. The reading public know Mr Woolen through his many delight ful publications, and he is estimated highly by all who know him for his sterling worth, integrity and his marked talent. This article from his pen is most interesting history of the State "Mullet t Road," but the most inter esting feature of the article is that part In which he shows conclusively that the road was making a net earn mg oi aoout f 80,000 a year at the time that it was leased for a rental of only $53,916 and besides, he says that the net earnings of this road are increasing each year at the rate of over $28,000. At this rate the road will in a few years be making a net profit of two, three and four times the amount for which It was leased. jmow, tne question arises, why did the State lease the road at such a ugure in view of these facts? As Col. Wooten says, "If the Fusionists had leased it at that rate the Demo crat leaders would have said, "get your red shirts1 and your guns and drive out the incompetent rascals." This is a sample of "Democratic good Government." If the Demo cratic machine had leased this road or what it was worth, had employed ewer needless helpers around the ast Legislature, and had not created new oflices, and increased salaries iCOtHCTT BOAttO OF EOCCATtOX I A3CD COCXTY aCPKIUJtTIKCt jKsrns or ectioow anoc t.o ; BE ELECTED BY THf PEOrLE. ilore tfcan-twenty counties In North Carollaa are Republican, and elected all of tbelr county officers at the hut election, except the County Superintendent of Schools and the County Board of Education, and these Important officers are appointed In these Republican counties by the Chairman of the Democratic Execu tive Committee in each of thews count! cm, and these appointments confirmed, by the Legislature over the protest of the people. There are over 80,000 white Re publican voters In this State, who contribute largely and willingly to the support of our Public schools, yet there is not a single Republican ap pointed on a board of education in any county in the State, and all the" county superintendents of schools are Democrats and so far as we are able to learn, practically every school committeeman in the SUte is a Democrat. In order to bring about such a condition, the Democratic party has bad to abolish one plank In their creed, and that is local self govern ment. In their greed for office, they have trampled upon, and Ig nored the most sacred right In our and o&e rf f h tlMn Inn rf tl.a. t l . Leciatnre of tl., , Board or Education f .r : that was mad up or ihri.. .' v Democrat, but that ctw it ? and another on had t,t n years wbea be wa ti.. . elected och a trio i thi age the public fchooU or 4 , It is iwf to trut the H, . age their own affair, nd i; , that stands in the way Uf u selecting their own cf!uu making their own U(.)U!;i command public nct ir i dence. HUXT1NH roil AX lv y It has leaked out tint ih. j cratlc machine is now n,Ut-i, cerned about finding an i-u. j next campaign. Whea they wore mi hirt, 1CrJ carried shot guns and triM stltute mob violence for U u j dor, they promhed the s.j. ,U If the Constitutional Am-, . hut was adopted, dhfranchi.inK- ku tr groes (save democratic M.r that they would never am! k to race prejudice. Rat t rkin? form of government the rhrht of the majority to rule an J the right B0"n o u- a ilhil of the people to elect their own offi- wIth that Vmu al "chint. So ia cials. the 1481 campaign ihey dwi.iMi tht The Dublic Rchooln r vrv nr lhe on,y ji,uo theyn.K. i to the people. They are more heav- 4tliooker Washington and Tiai lly taxed to support them than any Ro08vilt" But they rcckuni wnb- other one branch of our government. out lheir hosU The' "'h r. -tum-These schools should be popular the InteUIKenco of thy clurictr withrdlof the masses, and they of lhe 8turdy yeomanry of our rtne should be run by Impartial, compa- olu Diaw ine PwIl0 ?buk.I thwa tent officials and teachers who are by lvin "Teddie" a majority of a A m the choice oftheinIflwhofi,imv.rt ,,1K"lluou",anamor than th- u. " Ml w ! and patronize them. It Is safe to assert that no other state in the Un ion permits the chairman of one po litical party to name the County Board of Education, who in turn appoints a County Superintendent. wt i . . .... and all the school commtteemen in tu ma,tB an Dy aUackinjf the his county, and this too in a county Internal Revenue system of tbe where there are a thousand or more olMie' white majority in the opposite par- 1Dere are certain apparent def-u ty, which furnished more than two- ln lhe rnternal Revenue service io thirds of the school children and certam quarters, that we think n-d pays more than two-thirds of the correctIn which we hopy will taxes. De aon oon, but as a comparison Our Democratic friends claim ,to.f lhe Present system to the service be in favor of Dublic educatinn. .nri unaer democratic rule, when Mr publican State ticket receive;. The mchine was dumfuun.l.l. But they seem to realize at last that they must now Uke a new track. It has leaked out that Hi and his machine are rattitnr r.-ii ip w-w J Simmons was himself Internal Rev enue Collector, we invite the Usae by comparison. Mr. Simmonn aixl his record would "look like 30 cento" ney can upon the people to vote special taxes for schools, and at the same time deuy the people the right to elect the officers who are to man age these schools and select the teachers, who are to teach the chll- TnE southern industrial on dren of the tax-payer. or ess. Do you wonder that the State is There will assemble in Washing for Democratic officers, they would stiU ln low Sr0UDds in educa- ton, D. C, this week a Southern In- to-day have had enough money to, li0Dal matters! dust rial Congress, composed of rep. at least, take care of the insane with- Mr' Geo' E Butler, one of the reeentatives from all of the South out locking up white patients in the EepoMlcan members from Samp- ern state?." The great resources of same cell with the negro patients. 80n 00011 y. introduced a bill in the the South and the rapid develvi Is this not a still greater provocation last legislature to elect the County ment now in grogress makei such a for red-shirters to again get their Board of Education in every county meeting not only timely but of Bans? in the stte y direct vote of the great Interest to th South ami t people, in the same manner that the whole country. Much good will 1908 IS NOT VATt nw Conntv HnmrntaalAno... I -ii L J.l.t nnt a mnntn . . I " JJ'""C1 omer w wwuui, reemnrom me cominc to- short division of the offices. The ay and every department of the in the interest of this man who was which is anything else but uniform -tach day the white voters of the I county officers are elected, but this gether of the delegates from the party is already too large to suit government. . charged with being a notoriouse vio- The ntfr nhi r., State are realizing more and more measure was promptly killed by the states and the exchange of views. them. They want it to grow small- But in this connection it is perti- J lator of the law. If hewas not selec- paid into the State Treasurv bv . J me daDr to them and telr chil- Democratic members in that body. It is to be-regretted, however, er. They look with horror upon nent to ask why those democratic ted or did not volun-teer to the emmtip, ,o :, Jureuiuine con8"onal amend- oeverai ot the Democratic members, that some of the Governors the possibility of any recruits com- Politicians and organs who seem to go onaccount of his official po- share of the total fund annnrtinnli Iv DOt far ottt and however, saw their mistake, and pointing delegates, seemed ing to the Republican party. If the so much concerned about the al- sition and the influence it mkrht to it -t an .u, wnwn .Bl Mme 0011169 every poor were unwilliog to return to their been under lhe imDrion tht party should grow they know that leged failure of certain federal reve- have, then it must have been on ao- the State wilt hv wmte when he reaches the age people, without making some they were appoinUng delegates to a they would stand less chance of se- ne officers in performing their count of his widely recognized and tunitv for an ,wh tki- lr ' he has not beea lunate amends for their vote on this meas- Democratic political convention, in curing an office and they know they duty, should not turn a part of their universally accepted wonderful abil- is not onl v Hht hnf u JL enoun to et an education and to ore, and afterwards introduced bills appointing delegates to such an im- are men of auch small deserts and attention to investigating why the ity as a lawyer. So. either on ac- .conformity in nr n,.. ine eaucauonal requirements, for their own county, under decep- portant industrial meeting a Gov mIIW V.of t. i i HamnAmt; i 1,1 j . I i , , I wuoum I Wilt bft niffVflnrhtaA1 iIaim n.iL I ttna ttiu. i . .1 " .u luc, WUU1U uut u oi "ouiuuBui, uiuwuumers unaer staieiouui oi ms omciai position as cov- tlon and if adnata win V " w"" luanagea 10 gel several I nor. no matter even if he ia a narti much importance in a strong and and county governments have not ernor or on account of his wnndArJafot - sr u, . most iguorant negro voters. of them passed without detection bnt san democrat abnnt nnii.fi mr, oia i I n IhO mMntims fV.n ., I anu - j . I . ... mw ucgru uoii- pu were uvwea were amended snoum be broad ennno-h rt ,(.. the business men of the State and frauds under the Watts law. Nearly I that he succeeded in keeping his taxation. . - 01 dren are attending school more by RepubUcan members adding Re- to see a prominent industrial factor the substantial farmers. every one of these sunrjospd or I client from the nenitpntiflr promptly than ever, while thousands I publican counties which amenrimonta I even thnnarfi haahnnit ky, u;,.... This class of Democrats and Re- charged violators of the federal in- if a few of the facts with reference when is ballot box httt Por white. oys are forced to stay had the effect Invariably to kill the In looking over the llt f ou pubUcansare naturally co partners ternal revenue laws is equally the to his case are as we understand a crime 1 away from school to work for the bill, consequently no Republican : appointed by Governor Glenn of our in their opposition to every effort to violator of the SUte Watt's law. them, a sentence to the renitentiarv The other day a person named W1 of their families. When county and only two or three Dem- SUte. we notice th n.m Kt build up a RepubUcan party and ad- . We have in mind now a recent was never more richly deserved than Rigsbee was up for trial or rather arrives there will be a reckon-jocratic counties, now elect their Bepublican, and he is more of a pol vance its poUcies and promote the statement by one of these democrat- in this case. for a preliminary hearine in Dar- witn the PollticUns who are re-1 school officers by a, vote of the neo. ItlcUn than an inai.i r.,.tr industrial development of the State. Uc organs to the effect that it was It is fresh in the mind- r tu ham on the charee of "ballot hn 8Pusible for tills thing. pie, but the idea is crowW nnMtv while it .. t democratic machine has among the people. irrcsneetlvA of the d.mnmf. mademuchfuss about the public parties, and in defiance to iwv.f I rat- . nAf t.7T . , school system, bnt they have de- Ic politicians, and it Is most nmh,. Iwith .nv fHtt.i . 1 . ICi- I UlCIJiIiCO&t ... in ap- to have er- domlnat rvrfr onrntwooH lan1 I invpsticrat cU tho coma cil 1 1 Ail .K!iun . . i . . . I . . r " n " u c"iV" cu .ijr as a lawyer, me lact is months and not increase onr rt r Whenever the democratic party well known that there were several! people that a United SUtes Senator stuffing." - During the hearlnir law. and the republican party can each illicit distilleries within a few miles j has recently been indicted and con yer Fuller is reported to have steted: shake off the influence of these two of a certain county seat and that the victed for representing certain cliente "That the reason no evidence was vwskb, wm oe Deuer lor each revenue agents : had been to that party and better for the SUte. county only a few times and then As one great step to accomplish had never gone out to investigate mis gooa for the State, The Cauca- those illicit distilleries. 1 . . . 1 Bum aesires 10 appeal to every citi- If these facts are known to the zen who approves of these views to democratic machine, why is it that at once rally to the support of the the democratic sheriff of the county movement now on foot to establish referred to (which, if we remember a nigh class Industrial daily newspa- correctly, was the county of David ijr ureensooro, JNortn Carolina, son) has not himself investigated Such a paper with sufficient capiUl this matter? The democratic sher- and with the full Associated Press iff of the county is always on the morning news service, which such spot, while the revenue agent must a paper will have, would not only cover a large territory and can oniv have a strong local support from the occasionally Tisit a specific spot if progressive town of Greensboro he does his duty toward the remain- whichis to-day without such a der of his bailiwick. s newspaper, dui sucn a pa- We have no sympathy with any per wouia nave ine support of thou, violator of the law and less with any Vcinds upon thousands of people every quarter of the SUte. in officer of the law who fails to do his duty, and if there is a federal office- before the Post Office Department Pa on for, the defense was that un- who had violated the law. while it der the Iaws of the State there was voted more attention uwumuki uuiibicai Tnfl im will 1 A ma shnnM 1 t 1 the people's twee .nd using the decUn, in lheir next SUte ni.,r " vbm J T 7k ".. I. " fr.' ' m . I M m mrmmMu wa kUO BUUUKt21. LUUCt Mblid.8.tart.'np the r7d7b7t "LT zZ'.T U "beee offlciU, to be elected indigent .nd progi bu.lne. government to enforce the taw. Can was intended to j . 'J,aeeaUuatabr.aM le- Motors in the BUte, Bennblicn,. r. .r.."'" . " ",en PPOintea on the Borne of the oeraona .nnointed by great state has committed . less newspaperidb have impart uZZL'T'lu f "" Men10' a" " thto wrong in thus nsing his official posi- aSZZj,?! !" ?. Ve been M badiy wholly nnflt for each Important dnstriU Con . t m,h mnre Hon to protect a criminal nnder the L ""7t "JT":. .r'"TO D' we ocr.Uc n pari.ion. The LegUlature of 1903 .ppronriate ;7.,an wnu .7- who is ur6-z,rrr now under conviction to , sentence L. wi7 .i77 JzTt-1 .Z? ' Z7L- WT" ""J"1 Ubertl the, of Edncationnpon the recommend., flred a eun ;.m.i, ' in the penitenturv. and who to if sent to the penitentiary will, of cniitv r. r ..fif " hUa' from each connty and we are relia-a speaker at .n nM Jhi .,,n a - IO ! w.amv Mm UAllUb UUA BLU11 I I m w----- course, oe expelled from the United UDst, that h mi,,, wW-,.o. - wormed that in at least ten I Where thern States Senate? "7 ""L aon "ne Httte en- counties. the mpv-r"L, " r ' Th atto k.0 iwnawy oi me law. Mr. Fuller might force the Watts law? They can If ifli.fn ' , 00 w wooaen legs. The SUte has not yet recovered k mm . . falture appointed Boards of Edu- The thnafnH na, xrom me snocK u received from the ie iron, wno in turn appointed them interest Of nnrfifatn Ham nri that specUclethns prodnced hy the tion the reason hat lb ot its chief magistrate. And is it could not he i ana yet we continue to pay onrLelect for Gnvomnf , m an u'hn are -. . 'vwmm uciouub iimmK i a : ; i ' traders - and i somethint? mnrn than machine DOli- ma-lticians, of the "JSegro Calamity many com-' such ballot box stuffinir cnnld hd to thA nom I v"" w scnoois. A promt- howling sort." The auicker the , iiient asmocrat in v.riv. o . . ,. r vwuuty usance tne better. , . - omcers.Itaxe8anri trm buvu the Section of the Code under which these difltillAni ,.k., -u.., I . . 1 nr.h h.ii - : - - wx,y cuinery of oar schools. possible that the action of the gov- the Democrat m.h.na h.h Wnn SCL Z . ernor in this matter explains why the Section of th KhemW8 that to control the 11 is that there are so