North Carolina Newspapers

THE CAUCASIAN rMJBMSMFD KVRKT t'HITKHIAY by xnr i: w..kh i'UH.co, SUtPPMPTIOS RATES On mr, Mil Mootfts HO Ho. &Saa BRYAN DROPS TO A LOWER PLANE. Mr. lirvan. in hi rwnt f.pcb at the Jamtown Kxirfwitlon, took i caion to qution th Hiiuvrity of It in hi flight to regulate freight rate, top rebate, and thu break up the great under lying rau-H that ha4 produce! th gigantic industrial truths y c harg ing that the rate hill had not, up to to date, produced any material bene Mh of reduced raten, etc. We regret to w:e Mr. Hryan drop piug to the level of uiug an argu ment like thin. It doen not sound like Mr. Bryan's u-ually broad and fairiiiinded statements with refer ence to public men and affairs. It in the argument of cheap politics and is' not worthy of Mr. Bryan. Every intelligent ierson known that the adminis' ration has not only championed and put through the rate and anti-rebate bill, after a hard tight against the combined opposi tion of the railroads and trusts of the country (getting, it is true, not all the administration wanted, but yet a great step forward), but that the administration has alw put into oieratlon the powerful machinery f tJu flfivprmnent in enforcing the Sherman anti-trust laws and every other law of a similar nature on the wfatntft books to correct, as lar as possible, under, the same, existing evils. Everv Intelligent man also knows that the President has ex pressed himself as not satisfied with the laws as thev exist, and is con tinually urging the strengthening of these laws in every resect, which, bv exierlence. thev have found to I X 9 be ineffective. Who could have pos ..:v.i.. ,1. ...... nln Vi!lj lino? OllMJ' UUiltl U1IHU aH'Uf, V.I.O .vj Indeed, is not the success already ac complished simply marvelous, and should not such efforts have Mr. Bryan's unqualified approval instead of carping criticism ? Mr. Bryan dropied to a lower plane, in his comments on Governor Hughes, of New York, in vetoiug the two cent passenger fare bill. Mr. Bryan says that this act of the Governor's is proof of the fact that he is under the influence of the rail roads. Mr. Bryan should have no ted the reason erlven by Governor Ilughes for this action, and have at least given him credit for sincerity, until his public actions had shown to the contrary. Mr. Bryan should have noted, in this connection, that the Governor had just succeeded in putting through his strong and admirable public utilities bill, providing for a railway commission with more power than the commissions of most of the States had possessed. And one ot the duties ot the new com mission under this bill is to inquire into the capitalization, gross and net earnings of the railroads, and thereby determine what is a fair and just passenger and freight rate. Hav ing provided" the machinery for in vestigating the whole question, and securing official information on which to base effective action, it is not strange that the Governor should have vetoed the bill passed immedi ately upon the heels of the utilities bill provided for taking very pro nounced action in reducing rates in advance of the investigation just officially authorized by the Legisla ture. It is noticeable that the Governor did not ask the Legislature to pass this rate bill, and it is also notice able that the same Legislature that had first refused to pass his public utilities bill, and which he had great difficulty finally in passing, at once proceeded to pass this remarkable measure without any request from the Governor; and it is also strangely noticeable that the railroads fought vigorously, the Governor's utility bill but did not fight the rate bill. It seems to be clear that the rail roads felt sure that the Courts would not uphold the two cent rate bill, and for that reason they wanted it passed, and also it is plain that they did not want an official investiga tion made so that the Legislature could act intelligently on the infor mation thereby secured. It would have been fairer and more statesmanlike in Mr. Bryan to have called attention to these mat-1 trs, and applauded the Governor, at lt, for hi bravery if be did net commend his Judgment. It, io- deed, took a very brave man to do wbit Gov. Hughe did, and all brave men can be trusted in reform fight, while men who are afraid of popu lar clamor, aa a rule, can not be trusted. The Caucasian had noticed that the Italeigh News and Observer, and other Klltieal paters of it stamp, ha ill -to taken the name low view of the President's course and Governor Hugh' coume. No better wm to le existed of them, but we are in deed surprit! that Mr. Bryan should have felt it neceaay to take such a position. The Caucasian has always ad mired Mr. Bryan as a man, even when we could not fully agree with him, but we must say that we are . m m ft f faf more (Usamoimeu ai mm in mis - a g instance than ever before. John Temple Graves, of Georgia, was reported by the Associated Press a tew uaya since 10 nave saiu iu i. it Interview that President Hoosevelt said in a little speech that he made in the Georeia Building at the Jamestown Exposition on Georgia Day, when he was being assured that if he was the Republican candidate for President atrain that he would get the electoral vote ot Georgia, that be might consent to accept an other nomination if he thought, by so doing, he could break the solid vote of the South by getting the electoral vote of at least one of the Southern States. Mr. Graves, in his statement cor rectingthis interview.says that while the President did not use the expres sions attributed to him, that yet he (Mr. Graves) did say to the Presi dent on that occasion that if he (the President) would accept the Repub lican nomination next year, that he would be sure to got the electora vote of more than one Southern State, and, in his opinion, many Southern States. Judging from the news from Mississippi, it appears that John Sharp Williams is likely to beat out Governor Vardaman for the United States Senate. Is Mississippi com ine to her senses at last about that man Vardaman?" Raleigh Even ing Times. Mississippi is not the only State in the South that could be greatly benefitted bv retiring some ot their present leaders to private life. Such men as Vardaman, Tillman. Jeff Davis, of Arkansas, and many others we could mention, have done as much damage to the South as did the Civil War. Such men exist on prejudice and hatred, and any State is better off without such citizens, and especially those who pose as leaders. Be a Man. Foolish spending is the father of poverty. Do not be ashamed of hard work. Work for the best salaries and wages you can get, but work for hal price, rather than be idle. Be your own master, and do not let society or fashion swallow up your individ uality hat, coat and boots. Do not eat up or wear out all that you earn. Compel your selfish body to spare something for profit's sake. Be stingy to your own appetite, be merciful to others' necessities. Help others, and a3k no help for your self. See that you are proud Let your pride be of the right kind. Be too proud to wear a coat you cannot buy, too proud to be in company that you cannot keep up with in expenses, too proud to lie or steal or cheat, too proud to be stingy ; in short, be a man of integrity and individuality. Ex. To Put a Stop to All Corporation Favors Augusta, Ga., June 22 Repre sentative Perry, of Hall county, has prepared a bill for introduction In th'e legislature, putting a stop to all forms of corporation favors, such as railroad passes, street car passes, tele phone and telegraph franks, and in fact all such little favors usually shown to officials, business men and others. Lightning Kills a Horse. Scotland Neck, N. C, June 22. Yesterday afternoon about 5 o'clock there was a severe electrical storm here. A horse belonging to a col ored man named Alex Edmundson was killed in the stable, and a horse of Mr. J. E. Woolard was shocked. There was hail, but it did little damage. Jonah was the first man on record to get inside information. When a society woman attempts to put on style it looks much like a take-off. It's up to a married man to be a husband not merely an ex-bache- lor. A SJUIPSQX C03ITT EE PUS Li CAM Writes About the Adam Butler Controversy. He States Some Significant Facta and Ak Mr. Adam Some Pertinent Questions. O range, N . C, June 23. Il07. Edituk Caucasian : I have read carefully the two attack which Judge Adams ha made upou former Senator Butler and the Senator's two replies thereto, and have been think ing about the same. I regret very much that Mr. Adam made the' attacks, for I cannot me any juft cause that he had for doing so. His attacks sound to me ju-st like the abu-xe which the Democratic politi cians have been heaping on Mr. But ler. The Democrats have caue for they are afraid that his efforts will weaken the Democratic party and build up the Republican party. But why does Adams attack him? I think he will not do it any more, for he has no doubt gotten more than he expected. Mr. Adams says the Senator is as "dead as a door nail" That sound exactly like it came from Joseph us Daniels or some frightened Demo cratic politician. It is only things of this kind and personal abuse that any of them can say against Marion Butler, because they dare not make any charges against him by stating tacts, because they cannot prove them to be true. One thing is certain, that if the Democrats thought Mr. Butler was so dead they would not continue to show that they are so much afraid of him, and another thing is true, and that is that if Mr. Adams thought Mr. Butler was go dead he would not have been so anxious for his support at the last State Convention It be had puoiished an attack; on Mr. Butler before that Convention, as he has done since, I think I know what I am talking about when I say that he never would have gotten the vote of Sampson County, and I think there are a good many other strong Republican Counties that he would not have gotten. Without the vote of Butler's County alone he could not have been elected State Chairman. I also notice that Mr. Adams charges that Mr. Butler is ungrate tul, but he does not point out in what particular. The way it looks in this neck of the woods is that Mr. Adams is the man that is un grateful. Those of us in Sampson County who know Mr. Butler better than anybody else, know that he has always been true to his friends and has never fooled us about any thing. Besides, he has never per mitted men to make attacks on him that purported to contain the least charge as to a fact that he has not promptly met the same and driven his opponents from the stump Mr. Adams did not do this in the last campaign when he was being attacked by the Democrats. One of the worst things that every Republican in the State had to meet in the last cam paign were the attac&s made ou Adams, which he did not attempt to deny or explain away. I also see that Mr. Adams charges that Mr. Butler is an exile from his State. If he is an exile from his State now he was an exile at the last State Convention and during the last campaign, and Mr. Adams was certainly then very anxious to get him back to the State and get the benefit of his help and influence, and it seemed to me that there were more people in the State calling for Mr. Butler to make speeches in the last campaign than for anyone else. At any rate, there is one thing that I can say to Mr. Adams for the people of Sampson County, and that is that we have confidence in Senator Butler and are proud of him, and that no speaker in the State could be billed to speak iu this County who would draw a larger crowd on short notice. If Adams thinks he can get as large a cioffxl in this County let him try it. If Judge Adams wants to help build up the Republican party, then he will stop making attacks on those who have come into the party and have the capacity to do thiDg. How can we expect men to come into the party if Mr. Adams is going to ex pend all of his time in trying to read them out of the party ?. Has not Mr. Butler done as much as anyone manjin the State to help build up the party since he joined it ? Then is it not queer that the head of the or ganization and his friends would be wanting to drive him out of the of the party? That looks very strange to the Republicans of Samp son County ; and in this connection I want to call Mr. Adams' attention to the fact that we have made Samp son County, which was once one of the strongest Democratic Counties, now one of the strongest Republi can Counties in the State. Has Mr. Adams done as much in his own County? Is Judge Adams mad because the new recruits have made Sampson County Republican ? Would he prefer that the Republican party in this State were only a small patron age machine that would obey his orders? The Republicans of Sampson county want to see the State made as strong ly Republican as their County is, and it can be done under proper leader ship, but if Mr. Adams wants to do it, is able to do it he will have to mend his ways. The people of Samp son County want to see Roosevelt nominated for a second term and elected. We want the delegate pledged to that end, and If ha won't take it, we want the delegate pledged to support the man that the Prideot baa the most faith in to carry forward bla great policies. In short, we will support the ticket that Itootteveit and Marlon Butler want. Yours to make North Carolina Ite publlcan, C. M. HALL. LOUISIANA WANTS ROOSEVELT FOR SECOND TERM. A Prominent Business Man Says He Would Carry Several Sonthern States. Washington Herald. A prominent New Orleans bus!- uew man, 31 r. ll xoung, woo is ai . at a the Raleigh, and- who is on his way to China and Japan, with which countries' his house has a Urge trade, told a Herald reporter something of Southern and Louisiana political sen timent. "I think that you can safely say. remarked Mr. Young, "that for the first time in a quarter of a century there will go from Louisiana to the next Republican national conven tion a delegation that will act as a unit and in perfect harmony. Fur thermore, I think this delegation, of which I expect to be a member, will be enthusiastically in favor of re nominating President Roosevelt. That is the way things look now, and I do not see why there should be any change. I travel a great deal in many Southern States, and wherever I go the people are for the President unreservedly, and insist that he be given another term. The Democrats talk this quite as freely as the Republicans. It would be no surprise, indeed, should Roosevelt run. to see him carry two or three of the Southern States. He would do this not only on account of his personal popularity, but because many of our people believe that his continuance in office means a con tinuane of national prosperity." ARMY MULES ARE SCARCE. And Uncle Sam Must Pay Good Prices For Them. Increased difficulty is being expe rienced in obtaining horses and mules for the army. Bids, which have ju3t been opened, show tha prices generally have been increased For the cavalry 725 horses are to be bought at an average price of $175 each. The artillery corps i3 to buy nearly 350. for which $211 is the average price. Army mules heavy enough to do draught work bring $183 each, and nearly 1,100 of these have been contracted for. Lead mules, somewhat lighter in weight bring $168, and pack mules, stil lighter, $131. The quartermaster's department sayB that army mules are bought practically by the pound. An experiment is being made at Fort Riley, Kan., in buying yearly a small number of pedigreed colts and putting them through a course of training for the cavalry service. This experiment has proved benefi cial, and thirty-six of these blooded horses have just been purchased. Baltimore Sun. A Gun That Kills 700 Men in a Minute Technically, it is called the Vick ers' Sons and Maxim machine gun, while in soldiers' parlance it is re ferred to as "the devil's spout" or "the scourge of the battlefield." While the latter expressions suggest a satanic, contrivance, the fact, that the gun can kill 700 men in one minute is ample proof of its super human destructive powers. Stand 700 soldiers in front of one of these guns in one minute they are turned into corpses. Press and hold the trigger that fires the gun for ten minutes and 7,000 cartridges will have been exploded, an aver age of eleven shots per second! Consider the fact that this death - dealing instrument can be carried and operated by two men, and im agine what a powerful fighting ma chine TJncle Sam's small army would become were every company equip ped with a ''devil's spout." Chi cago Chronicle. May Shorten Trip Across the Ocean. The article in the July American Magazine on the great transportation improvements now nnder way in New York City, improvements cost ing twice as much as the Panama Canal, contains a sort of prophesy that is interesting : "Looking a little further ahead, the - New York, New Haven and Hartford and Pennsylvania railroad systems are planning a connecting road to cross on a bridge from Port Morris, on the mainland to Long Island, sending Boston trains into the tunnels and so on south without the present long ferry round New York harbor, and sending freight (which will be rigidly barred from the tunnels) round through Brooklyn to Bay Ridge and thence by short ferry to the .monster new freight yards at Greenville. Moreovef , the tubes will enable the Pennsylvania road to push its express from Chi cago right out to Montauk Point, and build there in the future, if it sees fit, an ocean terminal. This would cut off two hundred miles of water on the way to Europe and save half a day for passengers and mail. It is a possibility of the fu ture that must interest the entire country." FROM OUR EXCHANGES. tdn Siuife or Interest Have Gathered With Out Paste-pot and Shears. If Mr. Bryan ihonld eel In wlln a Democratic Oongrww he would be gin to nave trouble with It right away. Durham Herald. A woman make a great change B ft in a man's life." Yes,, and ane takm a mat deal of change oat of It, too." Columbus Dispatch. There's nothing In this world worse than emoklng," says a physi cian. Nor In the next either, lor that matter. Washington Herald. President Roosevelt has received a valuable gold plate from Georgia as a souvenir. A ripe Georgia water melon placed upon It would enhance Its attractiveness still further. Lx It is announced that the State o South Carolina will have to borrow $500,000 at once. It wonld be only fair for some of her ex-dispensary commissioners to let her have the money without interest. Augusta Chronicle. A woman in print, suing her hus band for divorce, testified that he took his dog to bed, and when she objected, kicked her out and she had to sleep on the floor. That wo man was not Irish. If she had been there would have been a lovely fight, and she might have been the better man. Raleigh Times. Mr. Shore, foreman of the For syth grand jury, could not be bullied or bulldozed by the county commis sioners. He "writ" a letter and stands by the report that negro and white convicts are forced to sleep in the same buuks. Now what we don't understand is, what right had the commissioners to investigate the grand jury of Forsyth? Why noi investigate the convict camp? Ex It is related of the venerable and lamented senator Morgan that one of his speeches "ran for ten days and defeated, for that session, measure (the Nicaragua Canal), to which he was greatly devoted and which had little opposition, and might have been passed at almost any time if he had chosen to stop speaking and called for a vote. mis seems to nave been a case o speaking not wisely but too well. Macon Telegraph. SERIOUS SHOOTING AT DURHAM. Louis Williams, a Negro, Taken in the Act of a Capital Crime. Durham, N. C, Jude 22. To night Henry Green, a negro hack- man, was shot and badly wounded by Oscar Trice. Six shots were fired by Trice, and two of these took ef fect, one in either thigh. The trouble between the men was on account o hack hire that Trice owed to Greene Immediately after the shooting Greene was taken to the hospital where he is now being attended The man who did the shooting has not been apprehended, or at least was not under arrest tonight at 10 o'clock. Louis Williams, colored, is under arrest on a charge that will break his neck if proven. He is charged with criminally assaulting a negro girl, Mary Bnggs. This crime was committed in the country, and the mother caught the brute in the act. She used a rifle, firing three shots, but missing her mark. The negro replied by pulling hia pistol and shooing two holes through the dress of the enraged mother. Williams Arrested. Durham, N. C., June 22. Louis Williams, colored, was arrested last night by Deputy 8heriff Harward and Policeman Clapp on the charge of attempted criminal assault. WILSON'S RECORD OF CRIMES. Murder, Shooting Affair and Two Cases of Criminal Assault. Wilson, N. C, June 22. On the plantation of Jonathan Applewhite, nine miles from Wilson, Howard Knight shot Cicero Sessoms, filling his arm full of birdshot. Both are negroes. This afternoon a negro woman. ueuuo uunuuwu, was iouna mur dered In Black Creek. From meagre details obtainable, It developed that m a ngni a negro woman was struck on the head and died suddenly. Sheriff Sharp wired the constable at Black Creek to make an arrest and investigate the killing. Clarence Ward, colored, was ar rested here this afternoon on a charge of outrage committed eight months ago on a girl in Edgecombe County. This afternoon Hines Pridgen, white, was arrested near Elm City. He was brought to Wilson and is now In jail. He is charged with an attempt to assault his 11-year old sister-in-law. It is far better for a girl to remain single than marry a good-looking man, for he will monopolize the mirror. HOCKADEKS CAPTURED STORES. ...i- .Hmi the Caoture-'Some f the MsMers May Have Been Killed. Winston-Salem, N. O , June 20. A S) A special from Ml. Airy iy the biggest revenue raw in we tory of the piedmont section took place yesterday when ten mom- shlners were arrested and thirteen still, including coppers were de stroyed in Smlthtown.Stoke county, a notorious eetlon for biocraainjr. Deputy Collector J. A. C Gorman directed the raid, assisted by twenty one men. The raid started at 4 o'clock a. mM and was not concluded nntn nnnn. For an hour or more u M m a w there was a running fight between the blockadert and revenue oaiciaia The Utter caied without lujury, but Mr. Norraan Is inclined to the opinion that one or more moon shiners were either killed or se riously hurt. "We did not go back to investigate after the firing rased " is the way the otacer ex pressed it. Several women and chilj dren were arrested and held to pre vent them spreading the news of the arrival of the revenuera. The ten men captured were car ried to Mt. Airy and tried this morn ing before a United States Commis sioner, who bound them over to the next term of the federal court at Greensboro. In default of 11,000 bond each they were committed to the Surry County jail tbls after noon. Eight of the prisoners are John, Jim and Oscar Williams, brothers; Frank Card well, Edward Frazier, Oscar Smith, John Young and Thomas Sbelton. The omcers do not believe they destroyed more than half the blockade plants In the Smithtown settlement. A FORTUNATE TEXAN. Mr. E. W. Goodloe, of 107 St. Louis St., Dallas, Tex., says: "In the past year I have become ac quainted with Dr. King's New Life Pills, and no laxative I ever before tried so effectually disposes of ma laria and billiousness." They don't grind or gripe. 25c. At all drug gists. There's one good thing about be ing poor; you don't have much business with lawyers. Ask your neighbor to subscribe for The Caucasian. 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