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1 K vOL. XXVII. RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY. JUNE 3, 1909. No. 20. i EDITORIAL BRIEFS Now "the white man's burden" is paying taxes. It now appears that the South did not want what It voted for. The Democratic party might now wage a campaign against cocaine. Yet another week has passed and the State's "trust-busters" are still mum. The next time the South will re member to vote for what it really wanta. Didn't you think the Democratic party once stood sponsor for free trade? At laBt report there were five hun dred willing to accept office as oil in spector. The Baltimore Sun has discovered still another brand, known as "mac koral Democrats." If they intended to fool the voters with the Denver platform they cer ta'nly misjudged public sentiment. The Winston Sentinel wants Har mon and Glenn nominated in 1912. Just as soon beat them as anybody tl.se. A Democrat In Greensboro was offered a job and refused it. To say the least that was an unusual oc currence. If Mr. Glenn was still Governor we probably would have no blind tigers, but we might have other things just as bad. If the Democrats never advocated free trade, what party was It that advocated "Free Trade and Sailors' Rights?" Since the Denver platform didn't fool the people, the Democratic rep resentatives Ln Congress apparently don't think they are bound by it. If the Democratic party is for revenue only," - doesn't that mean that they stand on for higher rates than the schedules in the Dingley bill? Some of the Senators want to in crease the duty on lemons, but that won't prevent their constituents from handing them a free one later on. if Democratic platforms are sim ply made to "get in on," then, of course, the members wouldn't be bound by the platform repudiated by the voters at the polls. The Wilmington Star says that the Democracy is not and never was a free trade party. If that is true a great number of Democratic papers have maligned their own party. The Democrats claim they have hopes of electing a Democratic Con gress next time. Even if they could elect one Mr. Williams couldn't con trol it, and they would be worse off than at present. It is reported from Washington that the North Carolina Democrats will select Mr. Page as their member of the National Congressional Cam paign Committee. Why didn't they select Mr. Kitchin? Isn't he the only member that has stuck to free trade? Senator Daniels, of Virginia, says they may call it what they please, but that he favors protection for home Industries. lAre the Demo crats 'going to read Senator Daniel out of the party; and, if not, what kind of a Democrat will they call him? The Winston Sentinel has a presi dential ticket for 1912 ln Judge Harmon and ex-Governor Glenn. It sounds like the Sentinel is simply seeking notoriety. However, Glenn seems to have tumbled to the idea as recently he has been very profuse in his praise of Judge Harmon. Since a Maryland farmer has re cently erected a monument to Adam an exchange suggests that the de scendants of Eve should also erect a monument to her memory Just to even up honors. If that Is the object, then they will have to erect two monuments to the memory of Eve, as another monument to Adam was erected in Rochester, N. Y, about twenty-five years ago. We only write this In order to keep his tory straight PROGRESS OX TARIFF DIM Many Sections Pa Senate Nearly All Paragraph Relating to Agri culture Are Disposed Of. Washington. D. C May 31. Agreements were reached In the Sen ate to-day upon many sections of the tariff bill, so that, as the hour for adjournment approached, the para graphs relating to agriculture were nearly all disposed of. During the afternoon, Mn Bacon entered upon an extended discussion of the pro posed increase over the rates of the House bill in duties on bacon and hams, lard, fresh beef, etc., and Mr. Aldrich surprised the Senate by withdrawing the committee amend ments, saying he believed the House rates, although below those of the Dlngley law rates, were protective to those industries. This action pro voked further discussion on the part of Senators, who favored the higher rates. Senator Rayner created consider able amusement by a humorous de scription of what Senator Aldrich had referred to as "the citadel of protection," and Senator Smith, of South Carolina, advocated free tariff or a tariff for evenue only. Early in the day, over two hours were consumed by a debate on the proposition to increase the duty on lemons from one cent a pound, as provided by the DIhgley law, to 11 cents a pound, and after earnest op position by Mr. Root, the increase recommended by the committee was sustained by a vote of 43 to 28. Among other duties affected by to day's action was that on dried peas, which was reduced from 30 to 25 cents per bushel. The duties on chickory root, chocolate and cocoa were reduced as was that on salt, from 12 to 10 cents per 100 pounds in bags and from 10 to 8 -cents in bulk. Stout, ale, beer and porter were given an increase of duty from 40 to 45 cents when in bottles, etc., and from 20 to 25 cents per gallon when n bulk. CAPT. KIDD'S TREASURE BOX? lymouth Citizens Unearth Mysteri ous Vault of Ancient Construc tion on the Ranks of the Roanoke Near Site of Old Government nouse. (Special to the Charlotte Observer.) Rocky Mount, N. C, May 31. Residents of Plymouth and the neigh boring vicinity are puzzled over the finding of an opened vault about three feet in depth In width and about two feet in depth on the bank f the Roanoke River about one hun dred and fifty yards from the Atlantic Coast Line station there. The vault was opened one night last week and by parties unknown, and the fact of the existence of such a vault was not known to the residents there, and as to what was contained therein is also unknown In that little hamlet. The opened vault is made of old style square English brick, and the vault Is nicely sealed Inside and out and has. every evidence of having been built a number of years ago. In the bottom of the vault it Is nice ly sealed by a stone slab, and its every evidence is that there was something valuable stored therein. The position of the vault is near the site of the old Custom House of the Government, that existed there be fore the war Between the States. That there is reason for the exist ence of an abundance of mystery ln the case is evident, for hot only was the Pamlico Sound and the rivers flowing therein in the hiding place of that greatest of all American pi rates, Captain Kidd, or Blue Beard, but it is thought by all of the older residents there that his treasures are hidden somewhere on the banks of these waters. Plymouth was several times taken and retaken by the Fed eral and Confederate forces during the Civil War, and it may be that treasures were secluded there in or der that they might not fall into the enemy's hands. The finding of the opened vault has caused no limited amount of talk and conjecturing. A SPIRIT TELEGRAPH OFFICE. William T. Stead, English Editor, Opens One in London. New York, May 27. Word was re ceived to-day that William T. Stead, the noted English editor, acting un der the direction of the spirit of a well-known Chicago woman who died seventeen years ago, has established a spirit telegraph office in London, where mortals can communicate with the shades of departed loved ones. That Mr. Stead has relinquished all business affairs to give himself entirely to the work and that the plans for the communication station are entirely the idea of the Chicago woman's disembodied personality are admitted by the editor himself. He declares that he is merely the ser vant, acting under the complete di rection of the shade. The spirit is that of Miss Julia A. Ames, formerly editor of the Union Signal, the official organ of the Wo man's Christian Temperance Union In Chicago. According to Mr. Stead he has been discussing means for the spirit telegraph bureau with her ghost for fourteen years. - Mr. Stead explains the whole scheme in the Fortnightly. Review, declaring that the bureau would he at the disposal of anyone who wanted to talk with dead friends or relatives in the other world. . BILKINSJN ITALY He View ML Versuviu But Does it at Safe Distance. THE MAJOR KOW AT ItO'IE An Important Country The Princi pal Cities Mount Vesuvius, Ve nice, the Waterway City The Home of Art Nero and His Gen eral Reputation for Meanness Pope Pius X. The Vatican The Major is Not Interested in City of Cologne. Rome, Italy, May 31, 190&. Correspondence of The Caucasian Enterprise. Italy tz one ov the small countries ov Europe an' I had erbout over looked hit, fer I didn't think that they'd be much a-doln in that coun try since my old friend, Mr. A. Dughl, now ov Raleigh, left thar. But Italy iz really a very Important country an' the Italian people are playin an important part in the makin ov the world's history. Italy iz practically a peninsula runnin out into the Mediterranean an Hes directly between France an Austria. The principal cities, Rome an' Naples, air not far apart az we reckon distances in this country, an' so one can see the two cities an' the wonderful sites therein ln a very short time. At Naples you get a fine view ov Mount Vesuvius, one ov, if not the greatest, active volcanoes in the world. I am told that Flor ence an' Milan air gude places ter visit. At Venice you see a city whose streets air nothln' but water. no horses, no street cars, no walkln. If you go anywhar you go In a boat.or gondola, az they air called here. But az they use the water from the streets fer bathln' an drlnkln' purposes an do the family washln' In the same, I concluded that I'd leave that city ter one side fer the present. Cologne iz another city that iz rather important n Italy. But I hev erbout quit usln' the stuff since I arrived at a mature age an so will not include that city n my list. The people ov Italy air strong an' brainy an most ov them air hard workers. They hev gude qualities an' Daa ones, an m some cases, not awl, the bad qualities seem ter be contestln fer the lead. Fruits, nuts, fish an wine air real specialties with the Italians.;-. But they hev a taste fer art, sculpturejah paintln'; not ordinary palntln', but real pictures, paintings in oil colors that sell fer thousands ov dollars apiece, the finest yet produced, so the critics say, fer I don't know. The Italians air awlso fond ov music an' that country has produced the best violins yet made, an' some ov the best players. So the Italian organ-grinder an the monkey do not fairly represent the ability ov the musicians in Italy, fer that country has produced some ov the real fam ous musicians in this century, includ in", ov course, great singers. An" you air not in Italy long until you begin ter larn that hit iz a musical country. In the cities there l a con tinual serenade goln' on awl the time. If some ov our egotistical Americans wuz ter land in Italy an not git posted purty soon they'd bust open with swellin pride, fer they would imagine that the music Iz awl n their honor. An much ov hit would be if they'd make a cash de posit with the leader ov the various strolllnV bandspr musicians, fer the Italians air very human. At one time Rome wuz the home ov a feller by the name ov Nero. He wuz a ruler, a pollytishun, an he wuz sorter like some ov our Amer ican pollytlshuns In that he didn't care a red what he did just so hit wuz nothin gude. Erlong erbout that time the Christian religion wuz bavin' a hard struggle ter git any sort ov a show. Publick sentiment wuz very strong ergalnst most any sort ov rite livln' or rite doin. .The only way a man could git talked erbout, fer they wuz no newspapers ter praise him at 10 cents per line. wuz ter git into some sort or a per- llticaTjob, purty high up, if possible, an then kill a few thousand people, or hev hit done. So Nero looked er round awhile an, not geein anything else in site, he concluded ter kill out what few Christians he could find in Rome. His soldiers not only killed a large number, but Nero had many ov them burned In front ov his pal ace burned alive az a warnin ter other people who mite hev a "desire ter become Christians. But that wuz a long time ago Rome iz now the capital or the Cath olic world. The most influential churchman in all this world lives in Rome. His authority extends to ev ery land, to the darkest corners ov every land, an' hit iz gro win fast. Ov course, I am speakin' ov Pope Pius X., the religious head, the of ficiakhead ov the Catholic Church. An' hit iz rite that -the city whar the devil had hlz main offis on earth should now be the home ov a. great religious movement. ; A great buildin called the Vatican iz the home office ov the Catholic Church. It contains 1,200 rooms many ov them large ones, and Iz very - (Continued on Page 3.) PRESIDENT TAFT AND DICKIN SON SPEAK. Monument TJnreiUag at Gettysburg Monday. Gettysburg, P- May 81. This was the day of tardy honor to the "Regular at Gettysburg. An Im posing shaft of granite, erected by Congress to the memory of those of the regularly enlisted forces who fell ln the three days' fighting about Roundtop and the Bloody Angle, was unveiled by the President's daughter. Miss Helen Taft, while President Taft himself paid tribute to officers and men of the United States Army past and present. The President put himself squarely on record as opposed- to any reduc tion in. the present standing army. He told of the prejudice which often has arisen against the possible ag gressions of a regular army and a professional soldiery and of the cor responding difficulty ln arousing that love and pride of the army which ex presses itself to-day. and was fre quently expressed Itself In the past, ln behalf of the navy. The Presi dent asserted that the services of the regular army have never been ade quately commemorated by Congress or the nations. "The profession of . arms has al ways been an honorable one," he de clared. The present army, he de scribed as the largest in the history of the country, but not larger in pro portion to the Increase in population and wealth than in the early years of the Republic. A TEXAS TORNADO. Town Almost - Demolished Storm and Fire. by Brown wood, Tex., May 30. A tornado of great fury struck the little village of Zephyr, in the east ern portion of Brown county at 1 o'clock Sunday morning and left a path of death and destruction sel dom paralelled. The death list has reached a total of 32 and the number of seriously and fatally; wounded will reach 50. A score are more or less Injured. The storm formed half a mile southwest of Zephyr and swept down upon the village, cutting a wide swath directly through the residence and business district. Nearly fifty houses were entirely demolished. Lightning struck a lum ber yard and started a conflagration which destroyed one entire business block. 3fa -.-effort was. made- to fight the fire as the care of the dead and wounded victims demanded all at tention. A section hand rode a hand car to Brown wood and . spread the alarm. In two hours the Santa Fe railroad was speeding a special train to the scene of the storm with sUlne sur geons and a score of Brownwood phy sicians. Hundreds Save Themselves. Hundreds of persons directly in the storm's path saved themselves by taking refuge in storm cellers. i More than a dozen bodies were . horribly mutilated. County Clerk Thad Cabler, his wife and two child ren, who had gone to Zephyr to spend the night, were killed. The big stone school building and two churches were swept from the face of the earth. , By daylight sixteen surgeons were working on the wounded. Brownwood hurried her second re lief train at noon today loaded with; provisions, clothing and necessary ar ticles, and forty nurses. Tonight three persons are still un accounted for. Two children were found dead late this afternoon, two miles out from the town, having been blown that distance. The storm was three hundred yards wide and swept the earth for only a short distance, probably less than a mile. Its fury is considered the most terrific of any tornado ever experienced in this section. A Desolate Scene. J. I. Clingman, C. E. Kirkpatrick and nine surgeons, who formed the first party out of Brownwood, found a desolate scene awaiting them. The hillsides at Zephyr were covered with debris of all kinds and bodies of dead animals and human beings. The ruins were dimly lighted by the burning buildings and the cries of the wounded rose above the sound of the elements which threatened a second storm. A hog roaming the debris-strewn streets, was killed while attempting to de vour the body of an Infant. Bodies were found twisted around trees and In every conceivable shape. People walked he streets almost naked, cry ing for their loved ones. Residences which escaped the storm, were turn ed Into hospitals where were carried the bodies of the dead and wounded. Georgia Railroad Strike is Settled. Atlanta, Ga-, May 29. -The strike on the Georgia Railroad was official ly declared off this afternoon. By the terms "of the agreement the striking firemen return to work un der the same conditions until the matter is adjusted. - All negro firemen at terminals will be discharged and ' all discharged Brotherhood firemen will be rein stated, v '.- The seniority of white or negro firemen or whether negroes are to be retained at all must be decided later. HIE TARIFF TATiGLE Special Session Will Hardly Adjourn Before August ltt DEMOCRATIC ffiCOriSISTENCY President Taft and the EawUro J udgeahlp The Aftermath as Seen by a Prominent Republican He Blames the Republican Pat ronage Machine for the Party's Loss of the Judgeship Other In teresting Notes oa the Judgeship Matter. Washington. D. C, June 1, 1909, (Special to The Caucasian.) The extra session with its much discussed and much misunderstood tariff bill drags its weary length apace. A few weeks ago the tariff leaders confidently declared that they would finish the bill and ad journ by the middle of June. A week ago the most sanguine fixed July 1st to July 16th, and now none dare to hope to finish before August 1st. This prolonged discussion of the tariff bill has been due to the fact that the stand-patters and high pro tectionists who want to revise the tariff upwards instead of downwards are determined to have their way; while on the other hand there Is a well-organized, well-informed and fighting force In Congress which Is determined the - bill shall not pass without the most thorough investi gation and ventilation to the end that the pledges of the party and of the President may be kept by mak ing a substantial revision down wards. Thus the war will go on between those who are determined to revise upward and those who are deter mined to revise downwards, and it seems that In the end the high pro tectionists will be forced to yield un less President Taft himself shall weaken, which no one expects. If the high protectionists would agree - to-morrow to prepare a bill n harmony with the Republican pledges in the last campaign, the bill could even now be passed and Congress adjourn by June 15th, the first early date mentioned. Democratic Inconsistency. It is difficult for a visitor to Wash ngton to look on from the gallery, hearing the speeches and see the votes on the various schedules, to determine which side is Democratic and which side is Republican, and ndeed to determine whether or not there is any Democratic party left. A number oft Southern Democrats, ncluding Senator Simmons of North Carolina, are out declaring in favor of high protection on certain articles. The Democratic platform declared for free lumber. The House bill put a duty of one dollar per thou sand on lumber. Senator Simmons recently voted with the extreme high protectionists to ' raise the House rate to .two dollars per thousand. This view did not surprise those who followed Senator Simmons course ln also voting for a ship subsidy In vi olation of his party pledges. On how many articles Senator Simmons and other Southern Demo crats will join Senator Aldrich and the high protectionists who are pressing for extreme duties remains to be seen, but it is generally under stood here that Senator Aldrich . la confident of a majority of the Demo cratic votes on almost any schedule where he may need their rotes. How much truth there is in this, we do not know; but there are Indi cations that seem to look that way. We shall see what we shall see. i President Taft and the Judgeship. 1 It is reported here that when President Taft recently visited Char lotte that there was only a handful of Republicans present, and that this was very noticeable. Inasmuch as his trip followed closely after his appointment of a. Democrat for the Eastern Judgeship. One . thing' is certain, from the In formation that constantly comes here from the State, and that is, that every Republican ln the State, out side of the pie-brigade, openly ex pressed their disappointment and chagrin that the , President should have been so far misled as to appoint any Democrat for Judge when there were a number of Republican law yers equal In ability, in character, and ln every qualification, to say the least, to Judge Connor or any Dem ocrat. The President's high Ideal, as an nounced In his Augusta speech, for elevating the judiciary,, met the ap proval of every American citizen wor thy of the name; but the great re-' gret is that he should have been misled into misapplying that princi ple In this case. It not only was not necessary for him to appoint a Dem ocrat judge ln this instance, but the result is a gross injustice to the Re publicans of the State, for It adver tised them to the world as not hav ing .within their ranks a man fit for this position, and every one knows that the reverse is the fact. Another View of the Matter. A prominent Republican here few days since said there was . one view of the matter which reconciled him to the appointment of a Demo crat, and that was that if soy Re publican. bo had the endorsement of th"! Adams machine, had ba ap pointed, that then that would have been eren wor for th party than the appointment of Connor, and that this would be true even, If the Re publics a who had such endorsement was a man of high character sad qualified for the place. When asked for an explanation for this view, he said: "In the first place. It would b unfortunate for even a man like Seawell to be ap pointed Judge and to have toe brand of the machine collar on him. Be sides, any man endorsed by the ma chine who should be appointed judge would out of gratitude probably be Induced to let the machine name clerks of courts, receivers, commis sioners, and other appointments, which would be used by the machine for purely political purposes in pack ing conventions and manipulating delegates. "It was this evil," he said, "more than the character of the Republi cans who had boen appointed Fed eral Judges in the South that had served to make the Federal Judici ary odious." Cbntinlng, he said: "I blame the Republican patronage machine for the party's loss of the Judgeship. To begin with, they tried to force the appointment of Adams, who is no toriously unfit and who did not live ln the District? And next, they let it be known that they would not consent to the appointment of any Republican but a machine man. Fi nally, when they had so disgusted the President that he announced that he thought he would appoint a Dem ocrat, there is some ground to be lieve that the machine tried to force the appointment of Fuller of Dur ham." All of which is very interesting. and there may be more development along this line. TWO ECLUSES THIS MONTH. Eclipse of the Moon June 3 and That of the Sun June 17 Two Inter esting Spectacles. The Charlotte Observer gives the following interesting notice of two eclipses that will occur this month, one of which will occur to-night: "Two Interesting spectacles in the astronomical world will occur during the present month. These events will be eclipses of the moon, and sun. the former on June 3rd and the latter on June 17th. The moon will rise totally eclipsed and its totality will last about an hour, while the sun will only be in totality near the North Pole. "Of chief Interest will be the lunar eclipse, which will be visible over about half the earth. Only a few white men, namely, Commander Rob ert E. Peary ,and: his crew, who are now on an Arctic expedition; and per haps a few whalers, willhave an op portunity of observing a totality of the eclipse of the sun. "The eclipse of the sun on June 17th begins In its partial phases in Central Asia and China and extends down to the Philippine Islands. The partial phase also covers the eastern part of Asia and nearly the whole of North America, Greenland and Iceland and the northern part of Fin land In the vicinity of North Cape. The eclipse will be visible fairly well ln the western part of the United States near sunset and in the eastern part near sunrise. It may be ob served through a smoked glass. "The lunar eclipse is visible prac tically throughout Europe and Africa and South America, but in Western Asia and North America the eclipse will be visible only In part, except in the extreme northwest portion of the latter, where the eclipse will be invisible." PLANK BLOWN THROUGH TREE. Remarkable Testimony to the Force of the Recent Georgia Tornada. Atlanta Georgian. Each day brings to light some new freak of the tornado which caused death and destruction in this part of the State a few days ago. As an evidence of the freakish force of the wind a big pine tree and a large plank on the property of the Hon. S. If Roberts, about twelve miles from here, are now joined as if done by an expert carpenter. Although the tree was a large one the plank was picked up and driven through the centre as neatly as If shot from a gun. Not only was the plank shot through the tree, but it went through .without tearing the tree. The plank was picked up In the yard of Mr. Roberts' saw-mill and other planks ln the pile were not molested by the wind. So singular does Mr. Roberts consider this action of the tornado that he has posted a notice telling how the plank was driven through the big pine and or dering that it shall not be cut down. Farmer Killed by Lightning Others Terribly Shocked. Spartanburg. S. C, May 31. Wil liam Camp, a farmer, was killed by lightning at his home on North Paco let River, eighteen miles from this city, this afternoon. William Slu- mons and his family of five children In the some room were terribly shocked by a bolt that set fire to their home." AR6Ur.1ETJT BEGUN Case in Which ExJudgc Ad ami Wan Stuns for Alleged Libel JUSTICE LUKES STE0.XG SPEECH He THlt How Three LofcbjUt Law. yera Srcurrd the Iu04ihenra4 of the CVmrt aad Haw the 0rt Award the $730,000 Ft to KaU LobbyUU How the Cimrt IcrU Ion Destroyed the Yet Right of 4.OO0 people -Mr. Long for the ProwrcaUoa -The July's Yrrdkt. (By Andrew Joyner. In !Uliu Ness and Observer.) Greensboro N. C. April . "Guilty" was the verdict returned by the Jury la Qullford Superior Court this afternoon ln the case of the Stat vs. Marlon Butler and his brother, Lester F. Butler, who hate ben on trial since last Wednesday morning on the charge of criminal libel la publishing libelous article ln the Caucasian of and concerning former Judge Spencer 11. Adama. accusing him of accepting bribes, and official corruption as chief justice of the Choctaw and Chicksaaw Cltiseusblp Court. Judge Long lmpod a fine of $500 on Marion Butler and taxed him with half of the costs. He fined Lester F. Butter $250 and taxed him with half of the costs, adding that the reaaoa for making Lester Butler's fine less than his brother's was distinctly on the ground that he was a younger man. Argument of counsel was conclud ed about 10:30 this morning and Judge Long's charge consumed an hour, the case going to the Jury at 11:45. They arrived at sn agree ment at 1:30, when the court house bell summoned those interested Into the court room. After a few minutes delay the jury was sent for and ren dered their verdict. Solicitor Jones Fuller prayed for judgment and counsel for the defense moved for a new trial, but Judge Long made a statement that If there was any way by which this criminal litigation as well as the civil gult of Judge Adsms vs. Marlon and Lester Butler and the Caucasian Publishing Company could be stopped. It might Influence him in pronouncing judgment in this esse. In all there are four criminal cases and only one tried. Judge Long added that If this liti gation continued It would not only bankrupt the criminal docket but would bankrupt someone's pocket. He offered the suggestion that It might be well for the counsel on both sides to confer and see if they could not stop these suits and to give them an opportunity to do so, he announc ed that court would take a recess for a few minutes. Counsel did con fer, but when court re-opened Mr. Justice, of counsel for the defense. stated that they bad been unable to agree, so ln pronouncing judgment Judge Long stated that be did not care to try any more libel suits and directed that the remaining three cases on the criminal docket be con tinued to some term beyond his jur isdiction, which will end ln this dis trict June 30th. Mr. Justice, for the defense, mov ed for a new trial on the grounds stated in the objections and excep tions during the trial and the fact that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence. From the judgment of the court the defense appealed, giving notice of appeal in open court, the appeal bond being fixed at $75. The bonds of $1,000 each for the defendants were renewed pending the appeal, the defense being given 30 days in which to make up a case on appeal, the prosecution being giv en thirty thereafter to make up a counter case and file exceptions if desired. Six Hours' Heavy Debate. Following Is a fair synopsis of ar gument of counsel for and against Marlon Butler and Lester F. Butler fn the case tried in Guilford Superior court at Greensboro, wherein Judge Adams and the State are prosecuting the Butlers for alleged criminal libel of Judge Adams ln Greensboro. Colonel Long argued that the pros ecution had shown that both Bat ters were connected with the publi cation of the libellous articles. The only questions for the jury. were, the charges" true." "was the citizenship court bribed? Court de cided against coujt claimants whose share was $5,000 each. Lawyers in terested in these fraudulent claim ants are only critics of the court, farmers and business men all being for the court, (Quoting "Alfalfa" Bill's testimony.) The game being played Is to get Congress to re-open the matter. But ler was smart enough to get publica tion in his Caucasian in North Caro lina on the eve of the Republican Stat Convention of 19 OS. This is the motive: Butler desires to de throne Adams in the supremacy of North Carolina Republican politic. If there was any truth in pretense of need of Joins for defense, why is not Join here. - They pretended (Continued on Page 3.) 4i
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