Thrv!ay, Jul; IS, 1012.
THE CAUCASIAN.
THOUSANDSLIVESLOST
Sunday Night's Rain Storm
Damaged Denver Property
More Than S2,000,000
UiU Hamas Wa Ine to Property
,n Washington, I. C. Mot Ter
ritU Ixiwnpour That City Ha Kx-,,-ri-iicI
in Six Year Cireat Lots
(,f i. iff and Property in Mexico.
-;;nday night's destructive storm
w an almost country wide in extent,
j rotation wan in every quarter. In
v.a.jmpton 2.3 inches of rain fell
ij.rinn lhe evening. During the
v.avHst part of the downpour 2.50
!r,rhf8 of water fell in forty-five min
tH It was the most terrible down
pojr Washington has experienced fn
'iX years. The amount of damage to
Washington property cannot be esti
mated. Id Mexico a flood cost a thousand
i:t-K and wiped four villages from
the map. Five hundred residents of
Ienevr were made homeless by a
cloudburst and many lives were lost.
It is said the damage may reach $5,-'
000,000.
Four persons were drowned in Al
ton, sixty miles from St. Louis, and
.w York reports the loss of one life
from the storm.
The telephone system of Washing
n.n was temporarily crippled, 800
city phones being put out of com
mission. The suburban lines were
put out of commission for twenty
four hours.
Scores of persons in canoes and
motor craft on the Potomac had nar-j
:o.v escapes. j
At Denver, Colorado, two are dead, j
;h injured, two missing and prop
erty damage of at least $2,000,000. j
i urate figures on property damage:
Mill are incomplete, but estimates run j
as high as $5,000,000. Practically!
he entire wholesale and factory dis-;
trirts were Hooded. j
With about 15,000 men repairing j
the damage done by the flood an j
army of city employes and individ-j
als are clearing away the wreckage!
of buildings and bridges; rescuers;
arc still searching for further pos- j
... i5 :.. n i
siulo viciiins anu me cnj uie uepm i
m nt aiding in the pumping out flood
ed basements in the wholesale districts.
I
(Continued from page 1.) f Robespierre m, at t&ii period, 1T4.
trol would be better than practically 1 l the fcshl OT hl prosperity. Pat
no government. The "Mountain" fac-l be eouId fiot onspi!!i aca with
tion or outlaws, so-called on account UCh loMd M Gtroadtst
of the fact that they were citizn or!hatRla' about hil k He BaJly
that portion ov the country lyic' iniierapxea Dal wu preTeniea
an near
chiefs or organizers to ipread the!
gospel cv concealed politics, that irj
secret political societien, though but'!
little effort wuz made to ran them se-i
cretly. Through the effort ov the I
workers San Domingo, a French do
minion, wuz Anally organized, an
the takln' in ov ignorant, vicious
blacks did not add to the value ov
dignity ov the organization. Blood
shed, robbery, oppression every
thing bad grey out ov hit. an' In
creased rapidly. Houchard, a French
military leader, had conquered the
English force at Hondcocru Instead
ov addin' to hiz popularity he wuz
sent to the scaffold, az Custine had
been. To crown awl other evils In
dustry an' trade were prescribed.
Requisitions and heavily taxed pro
visions soon brought a practical fam
ine; the new republic to-be wuz mak
in' a bad start. The entire western
portion ov France wuz soon in a state
ov revolution, unwise legislation be
in' given az the main cause.
About this time a new star arose
in France. A young soldier, Napol
eon Bonaparte, bein' hiz name. Small
ov stature, but a giant in courage, in
coolness an in intellect, he quickly
rose to the position ov one ov the
world's greatest military command
ers an' crowned hit awl by becomin'
ruler ov France. He had hiz ups and
downs at times; had but few friends
among the high-ups. But the sol
diers, the common people, idolized
him. Bonaparte wuz a gentleman by
instinct, had high ideals. He never
saw men enough to frighten him an
wuz never whipped when he had any
thing like equal chances. He led the
army ov France into Russia an' burn
ed Moscow, the capitol city ov that
country, but the terrible winter cli
mate an the cunning Russians, who
knew how to fix things for an in-
hand of tos one soon afterward.
Ac ever,
7.BKE MUCINS.
(To be continued.)
WANT ISETTKIt HALO COTTON.
Stemmhlp Companies Will Itefae to
Accept Poorly Haled Cotton After
Septetn!?er 1.
A New York dispatch under date
of July 15th says:
"A conference for the purpose of
arriving at a practical solution of
the question that has arisen over the
refusal of steamship lines operating
out of Atlantic and Gulf ports to ac
cept 'country damaged cotton for
shipment after September 1st, which
is virtually a demand that cotton
be better baled, was held here to
day by 150 representatives of rail
roads, cotton shippers, marine Insur
ance companies, bankers, cotton com
pressers, spinners' associations, cot
ton exchange, cotton associations, to
gether with a representative of the
Government. E. J. Glenny, president
of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange,
presided.
"After discussing -the matter the
conference appointed a sub-committee
of ten to consider the question
involved and report to the confer
ence this week.
"The action of the steamship lines
has caused a stir In the cotton indus
try, and if the edict is enforced it will
result, it is said, in materially chang
ing the method of baling cotton. The
steamship lines assert that they have
been required to pay many claims on
cotton which was damaged before it
reached their hands. In order to pro
tect themselves from such claims,
failed 'country damaged, the lines
decided to decline to accept such cot
ton after September 1st.
"f T ?nnr?oro nf tYa T
vader, caused him to scamper back to T ,, . t .,
j Line said steamship agents consider
;V. IJLKSi: .MAKES THREAT.
Intimates to Charlestonians That
They Must Vote for Him or They
Shan't Have Any More Liquor A
Negro in the Woodpile.
(Roanoke Evening News.)
About the rawest thing yet devel
oped in politics this year has come,
of course, in South Carolina. In
Charleston last Friday Governor
Blease, candidate for re-election, ad
dressed his audience as follows:
"I want to put a proposition to
you, and you answer it at the Au
gust primaries. Whatever you do, I
will be Governor anyway for Septem
ber, October, November, and De
cember, and twenty-one days in Janu
ary. If you Want government by in
junction and a metropolitan police
force, you vote for Ira B. Jones, and
I'll give it to you."
Judge Jones is Governor Blease's
opponent. The meaning of the threat
is that if Charleston, at the prima
ries in August, votes against Blease,
the dispensary law, to which Charles
ton most strongly objects, will be en
forced; whereas if the city votes for
Blease it will be left free, as hereto
fore, to do as it likes and to sell
liquor freely, regardless of the law.
Yet a majority of the audience is re
ported as having been with Blease
and favoring him enthusiastically, as
indicated by the applause bestowed
upon his utterances.
In the following kindly terms he
alluded to Mayor Grace, of Charles
ton, another popular idol, recently
his devoted friend and follower and
elected last year to preside over the
destinies of the city:
"He intimated that the recent
break between him and John P.
Grace, Mayor of Charleston, began
when he refused to commission as
notary public a negro, S. W. Bennett,
whom the Mayor had recommended.
He said further, with reference to the
charges in Charleston had been
traced to the office of the Governor.
'No gentleman would insinuate that
I had ever received any graft and any
man who says I did is a malicious
character, thief, and a cowardly
liar.' "
Politics Closes Big Store.
Tacoma (Wash.) Correspondence
New York Sun.
Sharp differences over politics be
tween proprietors of one of the de
partment stores in Walla Walla re
sulted to-day in their closing it, an
nouncing that it may never be opened
again.
The proprietors have had frequent
quarrels as a result nf thir flrivnt-
ing different Presidential candidates
ana decided it was best to close the
store and come to some agreement.
O. P. Jay cox and his two sons-in-law,
Guy Bridges and Edward Payne
uu me store. Jaycox is a radical
Roosevelt sunnort pr an a t.a
ior Taft. Jaycox would not take over
"e interests of the junior partners
and they decided to "split the blank-
Paris with only a remnaDt ov the
proud army he started with. But
moth other military leaders would
hev failed to get back at awl. When
but twenty-four years old Napoleon
wuz a major an' commanded a large
division ov the army ov France; in
fact he wuz in full command at the
seize of Toulon. Two older generals
had failed to conquer the army with
in the city. Members ov the French
assembly, with the army az advisors,
military men, ov course, had failed.
Young Bonaparte did not fail. He
submitted hiz plans to the advisory
council at Paris and wuz told to go
ahead. Bonaparte, instead ov at
tackin' the main fortifications, decid
ed to get possession ov awl the good
positions commandin' the harbor an'
render hit untenable for warships
then in the harbor or which mite
come later. That wuz a slow, round
about way to do hit, an none ov the
great military leaders thought hit
worth the trial. But Bonaparte knew,
an' the man who knows iz the man
to do things. Bonaparte mite hev
lost thousands ov men an' then fail
ed. But he didn't. When he plant
ed hiz cannon in protected positions
along the coast he wuz certain that
no ship could live in the harbors long
an' he wuz just az sure that no ships
ov war would venture into the harbor
after he got clear ov those now pres
ent, therefore Bonaparte had arrang
ed to capture a great fortified city
protected by warships, an' he wuz go-
in' to do hit without losin' a man.
Real soldiers will follow a leader
anywhere, if they think it necessary.
But the real soldier hez lots ov re
spect for a general who can put hiz
head to work an' win great battles
without riskin' tfee lives ov hiz men.
No matter how brave a soldier may
be, he knows that he iz worth more
to hiz country alive than he iz dead.
Napoleon laid hiz plans, hiz founda
tion, well when he planned the cap
ture ov Toulon. He had men to lose.
Under some circumstances he would
hev lost them willingly if he had to.
But he didn't hev to at Toulon be
cause he did the headwork needed.
Others had tried main strength, brav
ery, awkwardness; awl had failed.
Now a great military strategist wuz
before the footlights. He wuz not go
in' to fail, for he had planned hit so
failure wuz impossible. Yes, a great
military man had been born just
twenty-four years before an' tNapol
eon onaparte wuz hiz name. The
English warships didn't think the
French navy wuz very dangerous, an'
hit wuz not. But Bonaparte's guns
were dangerous an' he soon cleared
the harbor of warships an' then the
14,000 soldiers in the city were at hiz
mercy. Yes, a real military genius
had been born. When the English
retreated from Toulon they destroyed
fourteen French warship, a serious
loss to French. But Napoleon had
retaken Toulon, had saved Prance
from English domination, for that
wuz what England wuz up to. WTiat
wuz a few old-fashioned, fourth-class
warships az compared to what mite
hev been the loss ov France had the
English continued in possession ov
Toulon just a few weeks longer, un
til they could get things shaped up
better?
Carnot now commanded the Frenck
army. Things were disturbed by the
treason ov Dumoriez. He had deliv
ered up to the enemy the commissa
ries ov the convent, an he wuz
slated for a visit to the guillotine. He
even tried to betray both the French
the American bale of cotton the poor
est packed in the world."
THE UNITED STATES LEADS.
Ahead of All Nations in the Matter
of Mail It Sends Everywhere and
in the Amount Its Inhabitants Re
ceive. The people in the United States
are the best patrons of the postal
service, says the New York American.
This is according to the great Bureau
of Statistics in Berlin, where experts
have figured out just how much mail
matter per capita is delivered in the
various countries of the world.
The United States leads all nations,
is a world-beater both In the matter
of mail it sends everywhere and in
the amount its inhabitants receive.
The German Empire comes next,
while Great Britain and Ireland is
sixth. In the German Empire the
average is 145 pieces of mail per per
son during the year. In Great Britain
and Ireland it is 117, France 78,
Russia 12, while in Turkey the peo
ple only average 1 7-10 letters per
year.
Because the number of pieces of
mail now sent is so enormous the
Bureau of Statistics figure only in the
thousands of pieces and it has found
that the United States sends no less
than 12,600,000 thousand pieces, or
actually 12,660,000,000 pieces of
mail every year, both within the
States and foreign countries. All
the rest of the New World sends
less than 2,00,000 thousand pieces
more, but the total for America is
14,643,129 thousand pieces of mail
dispatched every year. The Argentine
Republic sends 594,000 thousand
pieces of these, but the Falkland
Islands send out only 7,000 thousand.
All Europe delivers but 25,618,
740 thousand pieces of mail per an
num, of which the German Empire
distributes 8,817,300 thousand pieces.
Great Britain and Ireland 4,941,000
thousand and France 3, 049,000
thousand. All Asia distributes only
2,667,498 thousand, but Japan uses
more than half 1,446.000 thou
sand. Russia, with its great population,
distributes only 1,668,000 thousand
pieces of mail, while little Switzer
land receives 411,020 thousand let
ters and papers, so that the average
per inhabitant of Russia is only 12,
while that of the little Republic is
124, ten times as much.
The distribtuion of letters and pa
IN OREGON AND OHIO. IOfl DtTMOCtiATIC It A HMONT." 1
i
tw 11
Frocs the Hos?oa (TftJ CUnjside
It t oftea Mi4 Ut tJU U as af
of ttcrt. fUdkalisa u rertsJsly!
tsuch talked of, &s4 &ew propotUloa j
&r cositasUy belsg bmygfet before;
the people that xsaeUxse umgtt
those who bold fast to 14 tsshloaed
ways.
One of th excellent new thiscs la1
national politics Is tie Presidential
adoption of which the result of tbsj
Chicago contention has brought 1
home to every unprejudiced person.
In State politics the chief new ?
proposition i in Oreron to, with thej
initiative and referendum, bring
about "perfect government" are:
The abolition of the Senate and the
establishment of a Legislature, of one
chamber.
The giving of the Governor a seat
In the legislative body.
The formation of a Governor's cab
inet, made up of such officials as the
State Treasurer. Attorney-General,
Superintendent of Public Instruction
and Labor Commissioner, who would
be appointive rather than elective.
The placing under the Governor's
direct counsel of the district attor
neys, sheriffs and ail administrative
boards and commissions, which
would be appointed by him and
answerable to him.
In Ohio the reforms adopted by
the constitutional convention for ad
mission to the people are:
Woman suffrage.
Minimum wage laws.
Abolition of prison labor.
Limitation of labor injunctions.
Aoclition of capital punishment.
Eight-hour day on all public!
works. i
Direct nomination for every public
official. j
An act enabling nine out of twelve!
jurors to decide a case. j
Giving the State authority to con-;
serve forests, water and minerals.
Limiting the power of the Supreme;
Court to declare laws unconstitu-!
tional. j
Home rule for cities, w ith the right
to own or control any public utility j
or public function. j
Nobody can read these without be- i
coming convinced that ours is a per-!
iod of reform. The most conserva-1
tive, however, need not be alarmed at
these signs of the times, for ours is a;
w orld of change and so progresses, j
toward better things.
Xayc Kcficljr E&t&r Urtnmm to!
tlryasi's NajXHrw j
tCMcct Corfss4&f Nw To? si
Tribute j
has decse fee? to 4tl M cth"!
with t&e fe& of Willi sa J&lsl
Bryan. Mr. Wawro& dropped utoj
t, alcsjro ft-4; to ram ty 4
dreic a iocs! frlsrisc of xity
folks. He rfued to talk poljUr
"Bat. Ur. Vtirrotjt Colosel tiry
aa ha said tsrttd ore tr.V,&t
reporter.
"1 dost care what that aaa sai4
I in cot 4e!l& y csoath by utter
his assse." replied the LoainiUt
editor.
"Are yoo co ace reed with Brya&'s
tatemeet that he has cast yoar
name from those acceptable to hita?"
another reported saaed.
"I am not coaceraed ith that rasa
in any way." was the closing shot, as
Watteraoa hurried away to meet his
engagement.
Fruit Traias at lUie of 0e Per
Hosr.
Yesterday was one of the busiest
days for the Southern Railway la the
way of freight traffic during the jear,
for during the twenty-four hours
twenty-eight fruit trains were rushed
through to the Northern markets
from the South. Greensboro News.
For the CkmmI of the Cum Et Al.
A Wayne County subscriber sent
The Caucasian six new subscribers
yesterday which he said were for
"you and the cause and Roosevelt."
tte ft Trul f rtxrtj Xw,
I tiaJtlttwrf i
lUrry TV ?rs of ttUit atut
Wsnscs h-s cr, New tx Ca
ty !5i.$t$ si his f sally at
It. $,. ta Eagl4 h courts
we!4 tse dlfi4 c? tit rat ! a
tedsta at tke es a few
SyssiL He p14 actiit
te5, t to aft UsaSr at; Is j pf te
eat4 cat ess S&aily derive! ew
s&4 fs?r U,
X Girl's WU4 sUdaJU ft3.
To wtra j?-! of a fearful f?t
re ia the CstskilU a yosts gui r&4
hers bark at cMatgbt ss4 aat4
sasay Ues He? deesS was gWmia
bz litts are oftea sa4 by Dr.
Klag's New lKtevry la rartag Hag
tnv.it. I, eosghs st 4 rold, waka
eight have es44 !a eoeta&pUea r
pceaetta. "It cared at ef dra4
fal coogh a4 laag d is." writs
W. IL Patters a. Wtlllagtoa. Tat
after f ar fa oar fatally had died
with eotssmptioa. add 1 giia4 I?
pouads ' Nothi&g so rsrw aad aai
for all throat a&d ls&g troab).
Price Sfee aad $1.00. Trial hot Us
free. Gasraateed by aU druggists
Tintn: ron 91.00.
The Caucasiaa will be teat
from now eatU Novessber 10,
or after the tleetioa. for Sit.,
for single subacriptloa. er club
of three subscriptions for f 1.00.
Plesse get up as many clubs as
you csa sad send as.
How a Soap Petller Clot Into
Trouble in Union County.
About two weks ago one Chas. El
lis, a soap peddler, struck this town
and went out taking orders for Dr.
Newbury's Medicated Soap, which,
said the peddler, sold for $1 a box of
three cakes and was good for every
thing from a soiled conscience to
freckles but to introduce this won
derful dirt-lifter and beauty-maker
he would sell a box of it for just forty-nine
cents. In language that was
persuasive, the soap peddler spoke
unto the ladies and they bought
and that liberally. The fellow said
that his wagons would be through
from New York in a few days and
from them the wonderful Dr. New
bruy soap would be delivered. Last
Monday Mr. Soap Peddler came back
delivering his soap, but not Dr. New
bury's. It was "Sweet Maiden" soap,
a highly-scented soap which he
bought from a local grocer at $4 per
gross and which retails for ten cents
that he delivered.
The ladies, finding tbat a stranger
had taken them in, raised a mighty
kick when they found that they had
paid forty-nine cents for a little old
box of "Sweet Maiden" soap, and as
a result, Mr. Soap Peddler was ar
rested and was taken before the re
recorder, a great array of witnesses
appearing to testify against him and
a large number of spectators being
present to see what would be done
with him. After hearing testimony
of witnesses and argument by County
Attorney Pratt, Recorder Stevens
found that there was sufficient
grounds for holding tne defendant to
Superior Court. Ellis failed to give
the $50 bond required and was sent
to jail. The charges against him is
false prtense. Monroe Enquirer.
Democrats f Used Gag Rule on Dele
gates. Charlottesville (Va.) Progress.
We are happy because never again
pers in Africa is comparatively small,1 a Virginia convention, if anoth
being only 367.245 thousand, of er
which the largest number go to Al
geria.
In these figures students of human
progress find pretty sure indications
of the intellectual advancement of
people, as well as their commercial
progressiveness.
Letters were written only on clay
tablets by the Babylonians at least
5000 B. C, for some of these letters
have been found in their clay en
velopes. It is claimed that the idea of a
postpaid envelope originated early in
the reign of King Xouis XIV. of
France.
is ever held to select delegates
to a National Democratic Convention,
dare to take from the sovereign peo
ple the right to declare their convic
tions and wishes and commit that
power to a miscelaneous delegation
with authority to two-thirds to gag
the other kind; that is, with power
to two-thirds to reduce the effective
autonomy of twenty-four delegates
to that of sixteen.
Mast Favor Their Mother.
Says the Havana Post: "Woodrow
Wilson's three daughters are describ
ed as beautiful girls." Of course.i
they are, but Republicans will insist
that they must favor their mother.
Wilmington Star.
Arizona Men Circle Globe in Record
breaking Time.
A Los Angeles, California, dispatch
says: -
- "What is said to be a new record
for encircling the globe was complet
ed here Tuesday by J. A. Allen and
E. J. Scott, of Phoenix, Arizona, who
made the trip in thirty-nine days.
"The men left Los Angeles June 1
and sailing from Seattle June 3,
made the Journey by way of Vladivo
stok and Paris'-
Eenmi(D)waD
Hart-Ward Hardware Co.
We have Moved our store to new building 125 Eait
Martain Street We have 10,000 square feet of show rooms
with Electric Elevator, every floor on the ground floor.
Right in the heart of the butinef t center of Raleigh
Wc will be pleased to see all fiicnds customers, ann ihc
public generally.
Our stock is complete and our prices the lowest.
HART-WARD HARDWARE CO
Wholesale and Retail. 125 E. Martin S Ralegh, N. C
IF YOU ARE GOING NORTH
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Reservations made and any informatics courteously furnished by
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The Caucasian and the Ladies' World
BOTH ONE YEAR FOR ONLY $1.25.
T'. .
Ibe Otscriitc hss been enlarged to right gt,
and is the best weekly paper in the State Tha
Ladies' World is an excellent ladle' msgsx&t.
It has a hard seme cover page each month, aad Is
besntifuUy ill titrated. It contains excellent short
stories, ai tides on cooking, dressmaking--and la
fac, on all subjects that sxe of iaterest to the
ladies. It contains serersl pages each month
showing the fashioss, and bow nice simple dresses
may be made at a reasonsble cost. In fact, the
Ladies' World rank among the best of the
magazines.
If yoa Hint to accept cf this exccId effcr
tf3 cat diUy, tert serf to jct crfcr zt csa.
REMEMBER, you can get your money back If yon are not MfiM
Aiiress THE CAUCASIAN, RabiiWarth Ca-fa
Kskoglo) maMe S&)ijfe
Shipments made to any part of
the State at samo pneo
is at shop.
M0IUMEI1
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