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nATTCARIA u VOL. XXVI. RALEIGH, N. C., THUHSDAY. JUNE 25. I9O0 No. 24 EDITORIAL BRIEFS. The Republican national platform d.flarfs In favor of postal saving bank. A good declaration. If it costs a candidate 40,000 to a job that pays only S 16.000 In r.-turn who pays the difference? The Democrats In Cleveland Coun ty have only seven candidates for the nomination for sheriff this year. It sterns that they will have to pass a law to keep the Demoratic candidates from defaming each oth er's character. The Charlotte Chronicle says that Governor John Johnson, of Missouri, couM beat Taft. But Johnson will t i.e the Democratic nominee. It is stated that two of the Demo- ratic candidates for Governor have already spent $40,000. The question arises, Who furnished the money and lor what purpose? The better element of both parties in Xew York State want Hughes to run for Governor again. He has made an excellent Governor and is praised by men of all parties. There appeared three divorce no tices In u Charlotte paper one day last week. The atmosphere In Meck lenburg County must not be very conducive to happy wedded life. The Lexington Dispatch (Demo cratic.) says it would be the purest folly to place Kltchin at the head oi the Democratic ticket. What's the difference since the Republicans are going to elect the Governor this fall? David Bennett Hill says there is no Democratic party. Hill is badly behind the times, the balance of the country has been aware of Democ racy's condition for the past years. ten If it costs $4 0,000 to get a Dem- . , T 1 1 . . . unautuuuHuauuu " a poor man, or even a man of mod- erate means, is debarred from hold- in" office in this State while the Democrats are in power. Mr. Bryan says he does not regard urohibition as a national issue. Many win tricks au aiong tne line in me i nit nez gone froniDisnun an iz run prohibition plank In their national nf nrar.Hcal nnlitirs. it Is re- nln' nt tho rntP nv fin milAs nn hnnr platform, but the Northern element are afraid of the proposition. The Democrats have accused some of their party of cheating In the primaries in several counties. If I I they have done this to each other, I the Republicans in those may prepare for the worst. counties The Georgia Legislature will meet J ... I warm message irom governor diuiiu to the Legislature. The railroads and other interests beat Smith for renomination in the primaries only a -i few days ago and many believe he 1 win iry 10 nave me present leBi&ia- ture to retaliate. The Democratic State Convention I is in irn in PhnrlottA this week, . , . . Wonder if there will be as much wniskey in evidence as there was at Greensboro when Glenn was nomi- charges, and accusations and recrim- air drivin' at. We air not even par nated. But the thirsty ones could inations of juggernauts and rollers tickular whether we git the votes or make out with a similar amount that nd ffauds and Se7 nwe .know how ter manage that was usea m me uemorauc primaries in Charlotte just one week ago. The newspapers state that Judge TITkk A : 1 ri-nr. !-.-.- a few days ago to give place to two Democratic conventions. The Judge evidently put his party before his of- ...x... .t.- , v. t. State to perform, and, besides, think of the inconvenience and expense caused the witnesses and litigants! r, 11 t i oovemur v,iuii Lavuia a. .B primary system for the entire State instead of the present primary sys - tem now used by the Democratic oartv He thinks the nresent svs- party. He thinks the present sys tem is corrupt. No one disputes that fact. But the Democrats are the ones that have made it corrupt, and let them stop the primary system. u otntfl vQ maAa Why should the State be made to pay me expense oi noiuiug meir ph- maries? If they are not satisfied with their primary system, and do not want to nav the exnenses for , n . iucu lucul " away with the primary system and hold conventions as the Republicans now hold their conventions to select their candidates TAFTTHECANDIDATE But Roosevelt is the Republican Platform A REMARKABLE CONVENTION Walter Well man Tells How the Con vention' Work Crowns Whole IlooMeveltian Era. Walter Wellman In Chicago Record Herald. Chicago. June 19. William How ard Taft is the candidate. Theodore Roosevelt Is the platform. Yesterday wag a day of signal tri umph for the man In the White House; he won a greater victory than if he himself had been nom inated. In spite of all opposition he has induced his party to choose for Its new leader a man designated by himself, his personal friend, pledged to carry on his work. In spite of all opposition he has In duced his party to move up to the advanced position occupied by him, to make his policies its policies, to peldge its honor to their continu ance and perfection. It is this which fixes Theodore Roosevelt's place in history. This Is the greatest triumph of his career. All that has gone before has been militant, sowing, path-finding, the work of the leader and explorer. This is permanent, enduring. It is the harvest. Again has it been demonstrated that the Republican party is the party of conservatism in this coun try, the party which represents wealth, property, business, stability. But the genius, the popularity, the practical politics and the higher pol- itics found in the control of public opinion of its radical leader have en- able him to make the party keep pace to his step. He has not only averted threatened reaction and rep- uaiation; ne nas compelled tne par- ty to take his radicalism and stamp it with its unqualified approval and thus name it conservatism. The neutral observer of political movement and tendency must admit that this is a triump not only for Roosevelt the leader, but for the party itself. After the events of the last few days it stands forth patent and unmistakable that while Repub-' licanism is conservative it is not hnnrhnnisni It is n nartv which can - - ' " 1 and does move forward. Its inertia hs th other way through its compo- sition and its instinct. Left to it- self lt would take steps backward, would become more ana more tne party of wealth and property, less and less in sympathy with the mass. But In the hands of a leader truly masterful, able to play both for pub- I r Aninln nn1 f f fiv nnmmitrocta an1 I v I f ' I sponsive, reluctantly plastic, some- what sullenly progressive. The convention of today is at heart reartlonarV. Onlv the eenlns lf Rooseveltf aided by Taft and the superb organization built up by and through Roosevelt and others round m x 1 XX2 -.-.J a. iait s "am, uas suuiwu io avcu me taking or tnat step towara tne rear planned by some of the ablest lead- ers the party has, with the co-opera- tion of some of the mightiest inter- ests. That is why Roosevelt's victory I In tnqelraH or of crn 1 fino Tl T MO nQCHpwV" uictsiereu iiis panj, 11c uao nuiicu ..th intorPcts " he has onnlaved the noliticians at their own game. It is also apparent to every fair observer that the old Republican party nas once more pui its uuusc m organized its forceSf stopped up many weak spots, prepares itseii in truly eflScient fashion for the com- ing battle against Democracy a battle which every well-informed m f . V.,- lx!4-in1tr man aamus is sure 10 ue wuwi; waged with doubttui outcome. haye been and consplr J aCjeSt and charges and counter l ana tne improper use oi ieueii pai- ronage. there have been threats of war to the bitter end, of exposure, of retaliation; there have been ex- pectations of desperate struggle over I Viq nrnnnsjll tf declare for limiul - I L"r ' . . uuuo i"- " v- " But n the end it is noteworthy I that one threat after another has dis - solved into thin air. One war after another has taKen useu on me uem duu uecu tuuopn-uuM - heralding, and then by complete ab- sence from the arena. There was no fight over the crucial question of in- junctions, but a compromise, mere woe nrt fijrht in thp rnnvention itself I over the contested seats. There was no fight over the presidency. l Harmony prevails. The nomlna - tion is made unanimous. Such iiw felling as exists wiU quickly disa" The old party is getting ready fnr battle. Roosevelt has done that which a year ago seemed abso- lutely impossible. He has used the Power of his great office to torce upon his party an out-and-out en- dorsement of his policies, which it waa not originally wining to mane, and he has forcea it to accept a can- didate whose greatest source of strength was ms iavor. flau t,n nno urit Yi nil t 1 DQ VI Tl IlMfl 1 1111 "c uao . "? - Innv serious marks Ot revolt or ais content. No oilier Presidento f recent i years couia nave aone mat. The Republican party have movea (Continued on Page 2.) LETTEB FROM BILKINS. No Politicians la the Ninth Judicial District Bill Moody Stied a Tear. Bryan Still la the Fight The Sew Farmer OrgaaJxaUoa and What It May Hare to Contend With How to Lire Without Getting Into Pol itic. BUklnsvIlie. N. C, June 17. I wui readin the other day erbout the convention that they had bin holdln In the 9th judicial dlstrlck. Hit mast bev bin a fierce one, as hit ui in seshun exackly thlrty-foar hour, five mlnits and twelve seckonds by the watch. That beat anything that I hev hearn ov. The dellygatet, ter that convention mast her bin Popu lists, or else they war descen dents or Rip Van Winkle, an got In a long time a-sleepln, you can't make me believe that they wuz loyal an true dymakrate with true and tried hearts a-beatin' seventy-four times a mlnit with patriotism an awl them other flxments that the delegates ov our grate an true party Ir supposed ter be made up ov. Sumpthin' wrong sumwhar. I can't believe hit! An' still the news cum out In our own grate an' reliable newspaper. As soon az I read hit I sed ter Bill Moody: "A sad day hez cum. The dymarkrat party hez gone Populist or Republikin or crazy," fer they Iz sumpthin' wrong with Hannah! The party that Tom Jefferson diskivered or Invented hez gone wrong or I am out ov my head. I could hardly keep frum cryin'. I beleeve Bill did cry a few tears. Sez I ter Bill: "We hev crossed the Rubycon at last. Our grand old party hez at last got per luted with pollytishuns. Hit went on fer years doin' Sunday-school work an' other paterotick an' religious stunts for the benefit ov mankind, includin, women an' children. Hit wuz so patriotick that hit would not eleckt a Preserdent fer fear hit wouldn't give a gude administration an they could not blame hit on th other feller. At last thev hev eot ten hungry an' thiryt fer perlltical gore, an I don't see no end ter the trouble we air goin ter her. lex- peck ter live ter see the day when hit will take a month ter hold a dis- trickt or county convention. They Iz sum bad sleddin' ahead ov us, or my name iz not Zeke Bilkins." Bill sat still an' quiet fer a long time an' then he screwed hiz jaws up tite an' began ter mastycate hiz terbacker very fast. Icould see that he wuz bady agitated an hiz heart wuz breakin'. "Out with hit, Bill," Up7 T ' "The Populists an' Reuublikins air ter blame," sez Bill "Once our grate party wuz az Innercent az a new-born babe. But hit got into bad company an I don t know whut will becum ov hit before the end ov time. Erway back in the eighties hit went Republickin' an afterwards eleckted Cleveland. Later on hit went Popul- 5of or A At irrlrf nirln1i Vnm - - . " ' vr - - M." " w l on that platform. The main trou ble with the Dymakrat party iz that hti iz always runnin on the platform I nv sum other nartv nr sntnnthln olco besides hit's own. Hit purty nigh breaks my heart. But what kin I do? I am only one man, an' nothin' l-l i i ii f i f i kiu say or qo win stop nil lrum nits mad course. Hit iz gom at sich a headlong speed that I am erfraid hit will break every bone in hits body before hit iz ten years older Then what will becum ov the coun i see iiil stcticu tnat tue piuui hlshnn law iz unonnstertiishtnTial owin ter the fact that the act callin the election wuz passed during the special session of the Legislature, i wmcn wuz cauea ler pass rauroaa legislation only, nothin' else bein' specified in the call. Ov course a little thing like that don't count in North Carolina. We air runnin' pol- lyticks an' the constitution iz simply I. . it.. A. k er point me nnger ov pnae ai. long as we kin pile up majorities air solid fer most any Issue that fcin be invented. Success iz what we ena ov tne program -hev had long experience. t haint hearin' much frum Billy Bryan fer a day or two. I guess he lz stiil carryin' the delegations frum 1 Coln TIz i vrato on porrvin' I com uioi. " ' line tuuicuuuua uj Biviuii ius wiij thin? Billv lacks ter be an awl 1 eround pllytician Iz the ability ter carry votes. He always gits tired on the iast end ov the race an' can't carry voies, wmcu air i igui nupuit- ant when a man iz runnin' fer a big offls But j i00 fer grate things frum Billy in the future. If he gets the nemernashun a few more times v o,r irie ixr i n fha virtrTr Then . xxxa.j ji. vv. . " we will see sum fUn or sum trou ble. J gum ov the peeple I meet up with hev bin askin' me erbout the new farmers' organization that lz makin' bir headway awl over the South. TViQir owl warn tpr Yto taktn' a enide deal ov interest in hit, but, at the time, air a little suspicious Tney air afraid hlt will git into pol- lyticks. Thepollytishuns air afraid the same grate disaster, onless they kin control hit. If they kin t , hit thpn hit wont be in doI- lytIcks. Hit iz an established fackt tnat the only nonpartisan organiza- tions in tne country iz tne ones run I ... . . - 1 . n.si o vn i vi v luc uuiiTLiauuuca. uvr. k jvu d(Jnt wanter git into pollyticks jine one ov the perlitical parties, shut your eyes an. spend the most ov your time In prayer an' the, balance ov nit at turd work. The pettytj& ttns will tha tee to kit i2ti yon don't git tftto pollytkk. If yoa do yoa will git out oity test, n yoa will go oat la frost or Ui toe ov am perlldc&l ledef shoe. As a mitter ov fftckt the rmrloat firmer' organization bar bad a ttorxny time daria their exlneace. The Grange woi orgxnlted first, aa the membem thooght their aalratioo lay Is cheaper goods, to they pot sp "Grange stores." an' things la very section whar they wsi strosg. They wus not' much difference in prices; in fact, In sum cases, the other merchants would sell cheaper. The whole thing ended Is disaster, with a few exceptions. Then the Alliance wus organized an' bit wanted legis lation ter curb the trusts an put more money Is circulation. The pol lytishuns pitched in an' began ter help them with one hand as choke them off with the other. Then sum ov the members concluded ter so into pol lyticks. The pollytishans as sisted them ter the polls an' actually let them vote, pervlded they voted fer the pollytishuns. Sum ov the mem bers ov the Alllcance then began to talk like they was free American slt izens. Then the fun began. The pollytishans accused the Alllancemen ov bein in pollytlcks. Sum ov them did not mind that, fer they had a sneakin' idea that one American sit Izen had erbout az much rite in pol lytlcks as another. But a gude many others got hit into their heads that ter go into pollytlcks wuz a serious crime, and they got scared an' pub llckly stated that they wuz still loyal true blue Dymakrats an Republi kins, which cleared them ov bein' In pollytlcks pervlded they withdrew frum the Alliance an' cussed hit out. Then awl wuz happy once more. They wuz not in pollyticks when they belonged ter the old parties, an', of course, could not commit any per lltical sins. The new farmer organization Iz awl rite, pervlded hits members obey the bosses. If they ever take hit into their heads that they air free born Amerikin sitizens they will then becum outlaws an' cannot be in gude standin onless the pollytishuns ease up on them an' grant a free an full pardon. Az ever, ZEKE BILKINS. Juhnston County Presents a Candi- date for Congress. Kenly, N. C, June 23. Mr. Editor: I have read the let ter from Nash county in your last week's paper, and write to approve in:part. oi tne senuiaenta expressed in it; but we folks in this part of old Johnson are opposed to running federal officers on the ticket unless they resign their jobs, because folks won t vote ior tnem liKe otner men. If we have got to have a man like that, what is the matter with John 1 V 1 1 1- .1 X . A. A t auiei rarKer, posimasier ai smun- neiu.' ne is a graduate or tne uni- veisny oi tue oiaie oi iorin uaro- 2a a. 1 ni. i a -v I lina and came nearer carrying John- son county against Ed Pou by a big majority than any other man in the aistnct. .Besides, jonnson county is entuiea io name me man u u wants to, ior sne is tne nanner county in IUIS UlSiriCl IOr lOCai SeH-gOVem- ment and Republican voters. Mr. i-arKer is a ciean oung man, ana s a - a. a - . v awl an 01a nepuDiican. am as 1 saia before, we are opposed to naming a ieaerai omcenoiaer ior congress in him and to the country. It was aston this district, and it looks like a trick ishine: it dazed the politicians. In got up just to keep somebody else irom making tne race and being eiectea outsiae ot an omcenoiaer. aA a. m He polled 1,700 majority against the Democratic machine in the May elec- tion, and it looks like to me we have got a good chance to carry the dis- tnct tms time 11 we nominate a good ran. ir,Y.n. ..'Ill f . . .3 nnr liter T r 4111 V tiAb-Af ao I J"D" "v-n-cw has been done by the federal office holders heretofore. I don't know many of the leading men in the dis trict, but we have Mr. Berry Godwin an4J C. Standi in this county, both good men, and neither of them hold any federal job. We came near catching a big part of the storm which passed down through Wilson the other day, and did so much damage. Our farmers are in good spirits over 12-cent cot ton and good prices of everything and want to let well enough alone by voting for Mr. Taft for President. Hurrah lor Republicans and pros perity. JOHNSON REPUBLICAN. SAYS MRS. ROOSEVELT DID IT. Her Fears Prevented the President Running Acraln. Declares Mrs. Mc- Cormlrfc New York, June 18. 'There is a far deeper reason than the pledges which he has made behind President Roosevelt s decimation oi a tnira term nomination. Mrs. Roosevelt, who is my friend, has told me again and again of her fears. Every time ne leaves tne vvnue House Mrs. Kooseveit is greatly aiarmea. wot- witnstanamg tne iact tnat fresiaent maKes ngnt oi nis wire s rears, ne is uname to auay tnem, ana Airs. ticoseveii is continually nervous. V-k A, 1 11 . I The -foregoing statement concern- ing rresiaem Kooseveit ana nis tnira term position was made to-day Dy Mrs. Kooert Mci;ormicK. wne oi tne former united btates Ambassador to 'i&uw saixu. ivuooia. Pleasure soon exhausts us and It self also; but endea.vor never does. Richter. A GOOD TICKET A Burst of Estlxsshsa for Roose velt Which Has Never Been Eqaskd. POLITICIANS WERE DAZED Talt aad tttM-rman Will 14! m Cloud Vote The S"crrtry I Mroog AU Over thr Country, &jh1 Khre ma Will Bring Up Any , Vrk IIm-t la New York Hnu tor I a FotleUo tlecrtfrs mm OvaUoa. Some Side light on the Four teenth National Itepabltcaa Con vention. Special to The Caucasian: Chicago, ill.. June 20. The four teenth National Republican Conven tion has met, done its work and ad journed. Only a few delegates and members of the National commltte are in town to-day. The general ver dict is that the ticket is as good a one at? it was possible to nominate under the circumstances. Of course, the country was for Roosevelt and the convention was for Roosevelt, not only the delegates, but the vis itors and spectators as well. When Chairman Lodge, in his carefully prepared address, which .was design ed to prevent a stampede, referred to the President as the most abused and at the same time the most be loved man in America, the conven tion could not restrain its pent-up feelings a moment longer. A burst of enthusiasm which has never been equaled in volume or length of time was the most dramatic incident of the convention. For forty-seven minutes the convention cheered, hurrahed, clapped and yelled, and yelled again and again for Roose velt. It was spontaneous; it was the greatest tribute which any conven tion has ever paid to any man. In all other conventions there has been, of course, more or less of planning and design to spring the demonstra tion at the opportune time. This one occurred without design and in spite of design, and broke all records. The very fact that temporary Chairman Burrows was known not to be very friendly to the President, ana that he was very meagre in his Dralses for the administration and It8 DOiicIes. of course, did much to wnet the desire of the convention to make a fitting reply. The further fact that It was evident that perman- ent chairman Lodge was studious- iy attempting to avoid the occasion of a stampede for Roosevelt added f uel to the flre Besides, the gen- OMi funr mnnr tv, auta. visitors and SDectators that Roose- veltf if nominated .would be elected, and that his determination not to run was unnecessary and against the wisnea of tne people, was the under ivinr nnHno- nf aotinn thnf mo tho 15,000 people determine, at the firct nnnArtnnltv nn miHA hut which they could find, to inform the President that he made a mistake in refusing to obey the call of the people and to deliver this message to that demonstration the great heart of tne American neoDle spoke Its real eontimpnt. hut whon thftt wan over they decided to let the President have his way. He had It, and the result is Taft and Sherman, the next Dest thing that could have been I done. I t,ma1f la r. oll fied by natural ability, by long, var ied and successful experience, .for the great office of chief magistrate as William H. Taft. If Roosevelt had not been in the minds and hearts of the people, Taft would have occupied the first place in the minds of all the delegates and ev erybody else at the convention. The selection of Congressman Sherman as running mate Is a most happy solu tion of a doubtful and troublesome situation. Taft is strong all over the country, but New York is a doubt ful State, and if Taft is weak any where in New York, then Sherman is the man to bridge the gap. The nominating speeches were al below the first-class standard though the speech of Lodge, and the nominating speech of Burton are ad mlrable. But there was no real ora tory because they read as fell as or better than they sounded. The I speeches of the two Wisconsin men the one who nominated and tne one who seconded the namlnatlon o senator La Follette, while not ex- presslng the sentiments of the ma - 1 1nrttv nt tho nrmvontinn rot. with their crude and rugged oratory, aroUsed more enthusiasm for what they said and the way in which they said It than any other speeches at the convention. Bv the way. In Dass- i Inff it should be said that the vote which La Follette received as a can didato for President did not bv any mpans measure the extent of the Rvmnathv of the convention for that f hl h he stands. His policies U a reflection of what many people con8fder in essence simply a sligh adTance Gn the real policies o I unrtcoirolt wil nrnhahlv tlA TYllirri stronger at the next convention than at this. One thing is certain, some of the oldest and wisest politicians sat up and took notice very serious- If st hm 4saostrsk for ta caaa fftm Wistts&iis. Tfe eoaveaikra lock t& orn4 radical poilctoe of &feeU ss4 pX os theja Um sbs of eve.rvmUs, Ualee all Uil. tb att ro ssUB will o st lt oa U9 farther. If sot taor f coar tkn Is bt aaotaer tlluttrattoa, however, that the IieptUaa party Is the great mntu&t aad progressive party last does talsg. Cvea waes !t It co&eria!lte It It sot boarbo Uh. for tl csa both lesra aad far gt: tt hs the hsppy aa4 remark- sble faculty of always tseetiag U! situation. This Is ay the Kepb licas party sarcetds and It la why the iVmKratk' party doe sot. There Is a hard fight aheai because Hry as is atroacer to-day than ever before-, bat he will sot be strosg enough to win. Taft and Sherman ill be rlrcted. The recall of their stewardhip will determine whether tht-y will be renominated and re- rlectrd four year from now. and. daring to play prophet for the mo ment, we paue to aar, that upon their stewardship depends whether Rooftcrelt will be rrnomtsated and re-elected four years from now or eight ear from now. l'...SKXATtlt IltTLKIt FOH GOV K.N'OIL A Correspondent of the Shelby Anro- r Says He Can Lea the Farty to i iciory. We have received letters from twol or three prominent Western Repub-J licans requesting us to publish the sumsbly In quest of liquor, following letter which appeared In During the etenlng ivn was kill the last issue of the Shelby Aurora: ed ssd six negroes were held for the Mr. Editor: I see in your last I issue you invite the opinion of publicans throughout the State for their choice as to the most suitable man for the party to name as the standard-bearer for Governor. I am going to express an opinion not of my own special or personal prefer- ence, but based upon the Idea as to I who can break the ranks of the Dem- ocratlc party and get more votes than I any Republican in the State for ar-1 tories it is lf we are to succeed, we J have to get recruits from the enemy, I et every Republican In the State who desires success, keep this inl mind and discard any personal feel-1 ng whatever and go into the fight 1 with a solid unbroken front, with thls sentiment that the pot Is gonelder of Dean. Five were hanged u and forgotten. 'Let the dead put I away the dead.' Now with this Idea firmly fixed, and loyalty adhered to Marion Butler is the man who can! and will lead us to victory. Noml- nate him, he wil give us a glorious victory, the field will be strewn with the crop of the Bourbon Democrats, I and North Carolina will have the! greatest Republican party of any state In the Union. His administra-l tion will be honest and in full accord! with the best interest of all the peo-1 pie of the State. Capital and labor will be treated alike and confidence establlshed by and between all inter-1 est in the . grand old State, and the! party under his administration will become the dominant party in the State for years to come. In them ask with all sincerity, and without any feelings or prejudice to any one, Patriotism and unselfishness enough amongst those who from jealousy or any other motives will lay it aside and give this man (that the Demo crats hate and rear more than any other man in the State) their loyal support will bring us victory. Let the people have a chance and they will do the right thing, "YOURS FOR VICTORY." June 13, 1908. A SAMPLE OF DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES. The Big Machine Cheating the Lit - tle Machine The People of Ca - tawba Taking But Little Interest. HIckory-Tlmes Mercury. here Saturday. The fight seeded to be on candidates ror governor. , rne leaders remained at the polls and worked hard. They sent out and hauled them in. The farmers never came out much. They voted all the Kepumicans tney couia. Men wouia start to the polls for a certain can - didate, and in two minutes were en- tlced to vote for the other fellow. Primaries are all right if every voter couia go ana vote nis own con vie- tions. But as it is, It Is no Improve- ment over the old way. A few men run- It any way. C. C. Moore ran ahead. A few complimentary votes A . were given Major W. A. Graham For Governor, the vote stood as fol lows: Craig, 254; Home, 113; Kltchin, 94. The vote was light. If it had not been on Saturday, there would have been no vote, hardly. They first decided to have their pri mary on June 20th. Some of the party managers decided to have it four weeks earlier. The Home and Kltchin men claim It was done In the Interest of Craig, seem to prove it. The result does Oh Death. Where Is Thr SOneTM ine stuaenia oi an Eaiern wi- lege grew so recsiess in meir M xL.I- havior that the proiessor one morn- ing at cnapei tnougnt to reprove tneir conauct Dy a lecmre on moral ity. They listened with due submis sion and humility. In the course of his lecture he said: "My young friends, the floors of hell are paved with champagne, au tomobiles and chorus girls." He was horrified to hear one of the stu- dents say in a sepulchral tone: "Oh, death, where Is fhy sting? WHOLESALE JYtOTIG Mac Nejrocs hUet Death at the ftisds cf AbT' Moh, A RACE WAR IS FFARLD rrm m4 iW rfTr Uree tW4a tleaj fur iKe Manlee Ulaie Maa Tte WH few!-! Tbaa He Wm lttre to 1 the KllUiHC ! Milt All e4 In JU. tW4t Ibarew Kecwte ,m. iiootioa. t !. jt --,SJ s eg roe tart 4eth lat ntght at tfco hands of a mob it the iiriaio tt Hemphill Is Hatls cot,. Tk1, loth race secured aret asd tfc trsaios la such Uolhl lhal a fv clash appears Immlcpnl, The dead: Jerry Evans, at! :, Will Johnson, aged 14: io Hp!! mas. as4 14; ClvrUsd Wiliutu. aged S?; WUUam Manual, as4 Frank Will Urn, acrd 23; to ua knows mes; William lriir. Th lyscblnc follotl th kill ,Bf of wo b)u mra hy TmQ mMkg tgx) ,Iui,h Sector's. lies it and several other white men visited negro church and school houn- where a danre was In progress, pre- killing. At the preliminary rum- Re-llnatlon the evidence tended to show that the plot was formed at the dance to kill Dean. Saturday night last. Aaron M Johnson, a prominent farmer, a assassinated white seated at the din ing table with his wife and child, the bullet being fired through a window. For this crime Perry Price, a negro. was arrested, and. It Is stated, run- f eased, Implicating Robert Wright. s relative of one of the uegroe held for Dean's murder. Price declared he was offered $S to kill Johnson. Then followed the forming of the mob last night, the overpowering uf the jailor at Hemphill and the lynch- ling of the negroes held for the niur- the name tree while another attempt- led to eticaix and was shot to death, Later In the night William McCoy. another negro, wna shot and killed while standing at the gate of the I Johnson home, sud this morning t he J bodies of two more negroes wer found In the creek bottom. Wright, the negro who confessed to the kill- ling of Johnson, and the men he I in plicated, were taken to Beaumont for safe keeping under guard of the military company of St. Augustine. 1 Salome county Is situated in the I most remote part of the eastern mc- tion of the State, with a lack of rail- road and telegraph facilities. llTo t,M Voter In the Republican Party of Johnston County. We, the undersigned Republican executive committee of Pleasant Clmv tnn'Tiahlti 1i tak thia mottitul of eDdorglng G. Ogburn. a man of this precinct, for the ofllce of reg ister of deed of Johnson county. Hav ing known him all of his life we feel that we can not too highly reconi- mend h,u to the roterg of JohnMton county, and could say much in his behalf, but as a multiplicity of words are useless when ipeaking of a business man. and especially just now. However, we beg of you to suffice us to say that we know Sen ator Ogburn to be a man whose char- J acter Is without a blemish, a gen jtleman of the highest type, clean. I truthful and honest; a man who had I A 1 a A S A. M A - i rawer ne man preiena to oe; a man Iwno oeiieves in equal rignts to au and sneclal nrivllezes to none: a man wno prefers to add to Instead of taking r r0m to build up rather than tear down. And for these reasons, together with others, we do most I hrtiiv innr, him o.w TOterg of the Republican party of Johnston countr to nominate him for tQe 0fflce of register of deeds. He h- tnUv caDabi- of the dntia of this offlce. Nominate him and we' nrom- l8e you now that he win make a campalgn as honest and gentlemanly ag he j, himself and win a victory for the Republican party In Job niton county -W " Respectfully, LEONARD JOHNSON, J. L KING. Angier, R. F. D., N. C. The Ireident at Oyster Ray. President Roosevelt and family have gone to their summer home at 0y8tr Bf where they will spend the remaln,er of De summer. State's Exposition Building Hold. e rortn uaronna Duiiamg at i tne Jamestown t-xposiuon grounds hg, wn ln M- n a . Wnod. I " ward. of vorf0Ik. Va.. for about tS 0Ort Thebnildlne; eot nbont 1 123,000. I Gen. Luke Wright to be Secretary of War. Mr. W. H. Taft has resigned as Secretary of War, to take effect July 1st. Gen. Luke Wright, of Tennessee, has been appointed to succeed -Secretary Taft. v
The Caucasian (Clinton, N.C.)
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June 25, 1908, edition 1
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