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VOL- XXX
RALEIGH, IM. C, THURSDAY. MARCH 14. 1012.
No. O.
ED1TQRIAL BRIEFS
Wonder what has become of Mr.
Bryan's cocked-hat?
When the people rule the bosses
Kourn. But, let them mourn.
The suffragettes will have to dis
card the hobble-skirt before they can
make much of a run.
Yes, the Democrats have raised
wore revenue, but now watch the
voters lower the Democrats.
If the party is run by referees it
-a i 1 1 naturally go into bankruptcy.
However, the referees will not be in
;oiitrol.
In Maryland the Democrats are
praying for local option. In North
Carolina they claim they don't want
it. What is a Democrat?
Peary has discovered the North
Pole and Amundsen says he has dis
covered the South Pole. Now, won
ir if they can make both ends
lm.-et?
The Chump Clark boosters an
nounce that they want every vote
tiny can get for Clark without re
paid to race, color, or previous con
dition of servitude.
A dispatch from Alabama an
nounces that a man in that State
(hank, enough water to kill him. It
is tune to start a crusade in Ala
Lama against the use of water.
Champ Clark declares that the
Democrats have kept every promise.
If that seventy-five million dollar
pension steal was one of their prom
ises then they promised too much!
Even if the Democrats nominate
a Southern man for President it will
probabiy be the one who voted for a
large Federal pension bill and at the
same time ignored the Confederate
soldier.
An exchange says that three of
the Democratic candidates have a
Presidential trust. But that doesn't
make an difference, as the people
will not trust them, therefore they
can do no karm.
A lot of the Democratic spell
binders down here have been insist
ing on a solid South, and yet when
one of their number is proposed for
their Presidential nominee the ma
jority ef them trot off after the Yan
kees. Speaker Clark says the Republi
cans will run from the trust ques
tion. Not in this State, Mr. Clark,
but just watch the Democratic lead
ers squirm when you ask them how
many trusts their party have prose
cuted in this State.
The Columbia (S. C.) State in re
ferring to a Democratic attack on
"Woodrow Wilson says "these are the
same old cut-throat, carbolic-acid
tactics that Democrats invariably
employ against one another," etc.
That's an awful death to die, isn't
it?
And now some of the Democrats
say Oscar Underwood should not be
nominated beeause he is a Southern
man. Oscar seems to be in close
touch with some of the Northern fi
nanciers, so possibly he isn't too
much Southern to debar him after
all.
The Governor of Florida says that
one Democratic Congressman from
that State has damaged Florida a
million dollars. Now, if one Demo
cratic Congressman can do that much
damage to the South, just figure
how much damage all tbe Democrat
ic Congressmen combined can do to
the South!
One. writer who is trying very
hard, from some cause, to be a Dem
ocrat, says if he was a Protectionist
ne would be a Republican. If all the
voters Trf North Carolina who favor
Protection were to vote the Republi
can ticket there would not be enough
Democrats left in this State to stuff
the ballot boxes at the next election.
THE DISCOVERY OF TIIK SOUTH
POLK.
The Event of, tbe First Magnitude
is Yet Only One of tbe Important
Thing Now Demanding the At
tention of This Ilcuty, Hashing
World of Ours.
(Washington (D. C.) Star.)
Seldom has the world been so pro
ductive of interesting news. On ev
ery hand stirring events are in prog
gress, or the possibilities of great
happenings are at hand. Look to the
East, or West, or North, or South,
and there is something doing all the
time. From day to day the situation
in Mexico holds the attention of the
American people, with its menace of
a development requiring interven
tion by this country. Over In China
there are constantly present the ele
ments of a tremendous international
complication, perhaps a great disas
ter. Down in Tripoli a war between
two of the powers is in progress, and
yet so overshadowed by greater
events that it has fallen in the allot
ment of news space to paragraphic
proportions. In Englard a coal
strike has thrown between two and
three million men out of work and
precipitated a crisis of extreme dif
ficulty and danger. In the British
capital the women demanding the
(Continued on page 3.)
CLASSED PROGRESSIVE
Taft Defines the Term in Pol
itics and Says He is Quali
fied Under It
BANQUET SPEECH IV CHICAGO
The Movement Began With the Pres
ent Century, He Declares, and
Gives Roosevelt Credit for Arous
ing Public Interest.
Chicago, 111., March. 9. President
Taft gave a new definition of a "po
litical "progressive" in a speech at
the banquet given here to-night by
the Swedish American Republican
League of Chicago in honor of John
Ericson, inventor of the monitor, to
day being the fiftieth anniversary
of the battle between the Monitor
and the Merrimac. He eliminated
from consideration as real progres
sives those who looked to Socialism
for relief from present-day evils in
government declared that his "dis
tinguished predecessor" deserved
most of the credit for awakening the
public to the need for action and ar
gued that "progressive is that pro
gressive does," pointing to some of
the achievement of his administra
tion as proof that it has qualified un
der that definition.
"The term progressives' includes
all of those," he said, "who have
been moved to efforts of reform by
the necessity for legislative and gov
ernmental action to deprive corpo
rate capital and undue vested privi
lege of its political power and to
bring about proper, popular and gov
ernmental control and regulation of
the use of capital in legitimate ave
nues and for the legitimate pur
poses. The Approval of the People.
"An administration which has
been succesfully progressive in deeds
is entitled to approval of the people
The present Republican administra
tion in what it has accomplished in
legislative and executive action is
able to point to many real steps
both in the way of avoiding any dis
turbances of business as well as in
ameliorating the legal status of cer
tain classes of the people, and in in
creasing the functions of the Govern
ment for the benefit of the whole
people."
Mr. Taft pointed out that the pro
gressive movement practically began
with the present century. It was
in this connection that he brought
a reference to Colonel Roosevelt.
"During the administration of my
distinguished predecessor and by his
appeals to Congress and to the pub
lic, the people and especially the
business communities were roused
to the necessity for action," he said.
"The great public benefit arising
from this movement cannot be over
estimated. It put the people on
guard In every State and in every
community."
The anti-trust law and the inter
state commerce acts to control law
breaking corporatione, both had been
passed some time before, said Mr.
Tait. "But," he continued, "the first
step and the most important, was
the stirring of the people to the na
ture of the crisis that they had to
meet and the obstacles they had to
overcome."
The President reviewed some of
the acts of his administration, in
cluding the tariff, the enforcement of
the anti-trust and interstate com
merce acts, as proving its progres
siveness. . .. :.
ME PLAYING POLITICS
Democratic House has Stop
ped all Efforts to Formulate
Legislation That Might
Pass Senate
POLITCHL POT IS BOILUIG
Amid All the Political Excitement
the National Capital Is Taking
Sometime to Consider and Com
ment Upon the Discovery of the
-
South Pole by Capt. Amundsen'
New Revolution in Mexico Assum
ing Alarming Proportions The
Situation in China is Chaotic, Hut
Such Condi tion Will Not Probably
Last Long.
(Special to The Caucasian.)
Washington, D. C, March 12, 1912.
Amid all of the tense political ex
citement at the National capital over
the political situation, in both the
Democratic and Republican camps,
everybody has taken time to consider
and comment upon the discovery of
the South Pole by Capt. Roald Am
undsen, the famous Norwegian ex
plorer. The first news from his expedition,
which was fitted out nearly two years
ago to try to reach the South Pole,
was received by the world only a few
days ago in a short cablegram sent
by the Captain himself at the first
telegraph station reached on his re
turn trip. The short announcement
was: "South Pole reached Decem
ber 14th.'
Since then quite a lengthy report
cabled by the explorer has been pub
lished, which shows that he pushed
as far last season toward the South
Pole as practicable and established
winter quarters on the main-land on
the continent surrounding the South
Pole, and that early in October,
which is the beginning of spring in
the southern hemisphere, he started
in his dash for the South Pole. He
describes the country as being an
elevated plateau, rising in height as
he approached the Pole t o eleven
thousand feet, with a high mountain
range running north and south in the
same general direction as the Rock
ies in North America and the Andes
in South America. He says that
some of the rocks on the mountains
were not covered with ice and snow,
while all the plateau and level land
was covered. With ice and snow
but he could not tell how deep as
it was not possible to dig through the
earth.
The dash to the South Pole was
over country less difficult than that
covered by Peary and Cook in their
dash to the North Pole. At the north
they traveled over water covered
with ice, with snow and then an
open lead of water which for days
would impede and prevent their
progress; then next they were faced
with high walls of broken ice thrown
up by storms which it was almost im
possible to pass. On the other hand,
Capt Amundsen went over land that
was covered by ice that was fairly
smooth.
He describes the climate as being
much better than that near the
North Pole; while the temperature
was very low, running from forty to
sixty degrees below zero, yet there
was little wind, the climate was dry,
and therefore they suffered but little
from cold.
The range of mountains across
this great continent surounding the
South Pole, which seems to be larg
er than the United States, would ap
pear to be a part of the Andes range
in South America, and would Indi
cate that that continent was at one
time connected with the continents
of North and South America.
The world will look with much in
terest to the detailed reports of the
scientific observations made by Capt.
Amundsen on his famous trip.
The Boiling Political Pot.
The fight for the nomination of a
candidate for President in both po
litical camps is growing warmer and
more strenuous each day. Indeed,
it is doubtful if there was ever a
more interesting and intense politi
cal campaign waged before in either
party for the Presidential nomina
tion. President Taft, of course, has the
advantage on the Republican side,
being President. He has secured a
large number of delegates, and it is
claimed by his managers that the
people are each day understanding
more and more the great achieve
ments of his administration, and that
his success in the National Conven
tion Is already assured.
This contention, however, is flat
ly , and strongly contested by the
Roosevelt headquarters.' They are
demanding that the delegates to the
National Convention shall evtry
whet be elected by a primary. This
demand has just been ret ponded to
by the Bute of Massachusetts,
where the Legislature is now In sea
son. The Legislature has passed a
legal primary law for the Slate aad
the Goreraor has just signed It.
Therefore, in that State, every indi
vidual will have a chance to express
hli preference direct.
The Governor of Illinois has Just
announced that he will call a special
session of the Legislature of his
State to pass a similar primary law.
The politicians are watching with
great interest this movement for a
primary in the various States, and
the results will be watched by the
whole country with the greatest in
terest. There is no question about the
great popularity of Colonel Roosevelt
in many parts of the country, but it
is safe to say that the result of this
contest in the Republican party for
control in the next National Conven
tion Iti a matter yet in doubt.
On the Democratic side the indi
cations are that Governor Wilson,
who at one time appeared to have the
lead over all other candidates, is not
making much headway; indeed, that
he is losing ground. During the
past week it is clear that Speaker
Clark has made more headway than
any other candidate in the Demo
cratic fold.
The Situation in Mexico.
The revolution started in Mexico
against the new President, Madero,
is assuming alarming proportions. It
seenie that there is now more danger
to American and other foreign citi
zens and property in Mexico than
there was during the height of the
Madero revolution against the DIar
government.
The latest announcement is that
the number of rebel forces that are
marching toward Mexico City are so
alarming that all of the legations
and foreign citizens are not only ap
pealing to their countries for pro
tection, but are arming themselves
to make a determined stand, if law
lessness should break loose in the
capital of that country.
The Situation in i China, 2
Conditions in China eeem to be
daily more chaotic. President Yuan,
wh owas elected President by the As
sembly of China and recognized by
Dr. Sun, the Provisional President
immediately after the abdication of
the Manchu-Tartar Emperor, is now
reported to be held a prisoner in his
palace by a number of Chinese
troops who are said to b ein sympa
thy with the deposed Emperor.
This condition it is not thought
can long last because the great body
of soldiers who forced the abdication
of the Emperor and who favor a Re
public will unquestionably soon
march to the capital and put to route
the soldiers who have imprisoned the
new President.
In the meantime, however, it ap
pears that conditions in that great
country are in a most chaotic condi
tion. The Democratic House Playing Pol
itics. The Democratic House has prac
tically stopped all effort to formulate
any legislation for the reduction of
the tariff or legislation of any other
kind with a view to passing it in this
Congress. They know and the coun
try knows that there are enough
progressive or insurgent Republican
Senators in the State who would join
with the Democratic Senators to
make a majority and pass any ration
al statesman-iike bill that the Demo
cratic House would prepare.
. As long as the Democratic House
was considering the preparing and
passage of measures with a view to
getting them passed through the
Senate, the , Democratic House
could not agree, but when that pro
gram was dropped and a policy of
preparing bills for campaign capital
that were so radical that it was
known that no Republican, no mat
ter how insurgent or progressive he
was, in the Senate would support the
same, then we have the spectacle of
a Democratic House being unani
mous in supporting such bills, and
doing it on the ground and assur
ance that there was no danger of
them passing.
CHIXA'S NEW COXSTTTZmOX.
Places Supreme Powers In the Hands
of the National 'Assembly.
Nankin, March 11. Constitution
of the new Chinese Republic as final
ly approved to-day, places supreme
power in the hands of the National
Assembly. Sun Yat Sen will turn
over the seal of the presidential of
fice to Tang Shoa Yi, Yuan's person
al representative as soon as the de
tails of launching the constitutional
government can be accomplished.
The trial of Miss Annie Crawford,
for the murder of her sister with
poison last September, has begun in
New Orleans.
REAL AKQENT QIST03Y
When the Catholics and the
Protestants Fought in
France
DEUGI3US EXEIOSES CURE ED
Catholics Had a Powerful Infioence
In France Daring the Fourteenth,
Fifteenth and KUteeoLh Ceatartr
Catholic Leagues and Their Ob-1
Ject How the Atl-Wi One "Lift
ed Up Religions Pioneers When
Their Cause Appeared to Be Lot
When Edicts Were Frequent
and the People Had to Obey or
Fight Terrible Destruction of
Life and Property.
nilklnsville, N. C, March 11. 19 It.
(Correspondence of The Caucasian
Enterprise.) From 1670 to 1675 there wus war
in France between the Catholics and
Protestants, and the Catholics met !
with defeat az often ax victory. This
wuz durin the reign ov Henry the
third. In 1575 a peace wui con
cluded, known by the name ov the
Edit of Pacification the substance
ov which wuz, that the liberty ov
conscience, an the public exercise,
or religion, were granted without any
other restriction than that they (the
Protestants) should not preach with
in two leagues ov Paris nor any oth
er point where the seat ov govern
ment might be located. Party cham
bers were established in every Par
liament, to consist ov equal numbers
ov Catholics and Protestants, before
whim awl causes were to be tried,
an' eight towns were given up to the
Protestants, az they had a majority
ov the citizens on their side. Doubt
less a higher power had most to do
with this. At any rate hit wuz a
great step-down from the former er
bltrary course pursued by the Cath
olic authorities.
The action caused the Catholics to
form an association called the Catho
olic League. In this League the
King wuz mentioned with respect;
but he could plainly see that hit
struck at the very root ov hlz author
ity; for, az the Protestants awlready
had their chiefs, so the Catholics
were, for the future, to depend upon
the chief ov the League entirely, an
were, by the words ov hit, to execute
whatever he commanded against any
without exception to jersons.
The next King, Henry the 4 th. wuz
a Protestant. At any rate he leaned
that way, an', at first wus not ac
knowledged az King by many Catho
lics, for they had gotten deeply into
politics, an' seemed to think that
the country would fall to pieces, un
less their rule or ruin policy wux
adopted. But Henry 4 th had not been
seated long before he decided to
start a war with Spain, then a strong
Catholic country, an' hit ix yet, I be
lieve. Those old time Kings could
never stay in a good humor long at
a time. Henry 4th wuz seated in
1597.
Among the first official acts ov the
new King wux an effort to put an end
to the religious disputes which had
naturally caused much bitterness
throughout the country. For this
purpose he issued the celebrated edict
dated at Nantes, April 12. 1598. It
re-established in a most substantial
manner awl ov the favors that had
ever been granted to the Protestants
in France up to that time. He even
granted them new privileges allow
ing them full admission to awl em
ployments ov honor an' trust, Includ
ln' political offices, too. The chil
dren ov Protestants were allowed to
enter awl universities an' schools ov
other grades. One mite hev thought
that this would hev tended to In
crease the war feelin in Spain. But
hit didn't. Instead, Henry conclud
ed a peace treaty with Spain on
terms ov much advantage to both
countries.
When Henry 4 th died hlz wi
dow became acting queen, for the
only eligible son wux yet under age.
Durin' the reign or this queen many
things transpired which should hev
been stopped. But when the young
King finally reached the throne he
he made things hum. He banished
six mother, the former acting queen,
to BIoIm and caused her unholy con
sort. Marshal (General) d'Ancre to
be put to death. He appointed the
celebrated Cardinal Richelieu ax the
chief assistant in hix cabinet an' he
proved to be a valuable man in run
nln government affairs.
In 1620 France wux disturbed by
another Catholics an Protestants,
which wux more hotly contested than
ever before, for both sides had
grown stronger an the former com
mendable efforts ot the King had
been set aside In numerous Instances
ax time went on. " T7e xaay judge
aoaethls the fUa" by Ul
trarstr4 si Ncr3< a Fre
town. The w&i by
the K&g triers, a to tie fo
pie ev is town cosU rt&tti to test
er the Klag decided to sale aa
arsple ov the lahabllaats, far tferr
had refused la trrts4r $ss aay
tercet be had r4. So, afur the
troops forced their way laid the towa
they kill 4 every tua, vosta aa
child wao was foasd. This wt feot
like tie soldiers ov Frmcc. Bet ttt
lose an Utter cot It I had a4e
Sends ov eta. The dr tract! war
eot.Useed eocae tsoalh afire tils.
bul tl4rt
was coBcioota peter ice e&a ev lae
year. The Protestants raised a
gude deal in the war for the e4iet
heretofore mentioned, that ov Nan
tea. wut aeain put Into full force an
the rroteata&u hid about ami they
had been Clin for. Hal this peare
did not Ust tear. War started be
fore the year wui out ia' raced
with relentless fury for etrhl years,
endlnr In U:s. Tbe Protestant
must her had the beat or hit asala
for the edict of Nanlea went Into
force at once when wus made.
This practlcaly put ao en to re
ligious wars !n France an It wus
high time. The best historian figure
thal not , lba G million raeo
lout their lives In France la the spare
ov a comparatively few years brides
the untold suffering which had to be
(Continued cn pane 5.)
SEVEN HELD FOR COURT
Grand Jury at HendcrsonfilU
Find True Bills in Haw
kins Case
The Hradleys and McCalls Under Ar
rest Charged With Complicity in
the Murder of Myrtle Hawkins
Created a Sensation at Hendcrftoa
ville. A press dispatch sent out from
Asheville Saturday nU'ht ays:
"For the past-month people In this
section of the State have been quiet
ly carrying on an investigation in
the Hawkins murder, of Henderson
ville, and an anouncement was made
yesterday that the grand jury bad
found a true bill against Georce
Bradley, a former lover of Miss Myr
tle Hawkins, the murdered girl. Ab
ner McCall and wife, Beatrice Mc
Call, were also Indicted as princi
pals in the tragedy.
"Beatrice McCall and the dead girl
were fast friends, both living In the
vicinity of Lake Osceola, where the
body of the dead girl was found.
"Dan McCall, father of Abner Mc
Call. who lives with his son, is also
under indictment, charged with be
ing an accessory. Inasmuch as dispos
ing of the body.
"The grand jury also found that
another person, who is booked as
'name is unknown, is prominently
ly connected with the tragedy.
"Boney Bradley, a brother of
George Bradley, is also indicted as
being an accessory before the fact.
Boney, it is proven, tried to secure
the services of Dr. J. IL Williams,
one of Ashevllle's prominent physi
cians. Dr. Williams positively iden
tified Boney as the man who endeav
ored to engage him to perform a
criminal operation on a young girl,
whose picture was shown him by
Boney.
"Solicitor Hall Johnson and all of
the other officials interested In all
affair, have held a long eonfesence
in the case and from all evidence,
everything will be done to make a
prosecution.
"On Sunday, September 10th, last,
the whole of North Carolina was
stirred up over the fact that Mlts
Myrtle Hawkins, the twenty-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. IL
Hawkfilns, prominent citizens of
Henderson ville, was found floating
In the waters of Lake Osceola, near
Hendersonville. At first the theory
of suicide was advanced. Later It
developed that an operation had
been performed, and that the girl
was murdered. Governor Kltehla
offered a reward of 1250, and Hen
derson County offered $760; a de
tective from Washington was engag
ed and an earnest investigation was
made.
Tor a while it seemed as if jus
tice and that the name of North Car
olina would have to carry the dark;
stigma of miscarried justice. The
authorities have been busy carrying
on the quiet investigation that has
come to a head at last.,
"With the new turn of affairs ta
the ease, H looks as If the officers
have soma tangible clues upon which
to work, and that the arratts already
made are only the forerunners of
one or two more It Is the general
belief that one of the local doctors
Is connected with the caw. tH
The prisoners refuse t9 tails of
(Continued cn pci 5.)