Page Two THE CAUCASIAN. Tburdy. Mr?fa 20, 2913. i, - 1 V The Caucasian AND RALEIGH ENTERPRISE. PUBLISHED XVEBT TOCK.HDAT L'AOCASIAB PUBLISHING COMPANY SUBSCRIPTION RATES: On Yiia. Slx Mowth. . Thus Months. 1100 10 THE WORK OF THE LEGISLATURE- The work of the Legislature was, as a whole, so unsatisfactory that it was criticised by some of Us own members and has been generally crlt ized by the Democratic press, since that body adjourned. The only act of that body which has met with general approval, was, as far as we can remember, the act providing that women should be eli gible to duty on school committees and boards of trustees of graded schools and girls' colleges, and also on the State Text-Book Commission. The Charlotte Observer, in an ed itorial commenting on this act of the Legislature, which it heads, "Good Deed; Ugly Face," closes that ed itorial with the following sentence: "The Legislature has done a good thing by the State, even if it was un gracious and ill-mannered about it." It is true that the Legislature also declared in favor of a six months' i.ublic school term, but no one has given that body any credit for that act because it is clear that it was not done in good faith, inasmuch as the Legislature di dnot attempt to pro vide the means for carrying out this declaration. On the other hand, the Legislature was more extravagant and reckless In creating offices and voting money that was not in the Treasury, for purposes less important than the public schools, than has been any other Legislature. So reckless was the Legislature in this respect that Governor Craig felt called upon to send a special message to the Leg islature protesting against extrava gant and useless appropriation of money when there was no money in the treasury. The State Treasury was bankrupt, and worse, when the Legislature met, to the extent of three-quarters of a million dollars, due to the ex travagance and incomptency of for mer Democratic Legislatures. In stead of the Legislature attempting to economize so as to run the State on the taxes that are now collected from the people, it was more extra gant than ever before, and to meet its extravagance voted to issue over a million dollars worth of bonds to be a burden on this and future genera tions. It will take nearly all of this bond issue to All the big gaping hole that now exists in a bankrupt public treas ury. The Legislature knowing that another deficit' would grow up under their extravagant policy, as soon as this hole was filled, then proceeded to lay a higher tax upon the backs of the people. The present tax levy on each poll is $1.29. The Legisla ture voted to increase this . tax to $1.43 on each head. The present rate of taxation on a hundred dol lars worth of property is 45 cents. They voted to increase that 47 2-3c and this in spite of the fact that only last year the Democratic ma chine increased the assessed valua tion of the property of the people of the State so as to get more taxes under the present rates. Thus the people have been doubly taxed, not only by having the valuation of their property increased by the last Legis lature, but now again by having an increased tax rate levied on that in creased valuation- This will result in doubling the taxes of many a poor man. Senator Cook, the Chairman of the Finance Committee, called attention to the fact that the tax burden of the State fell upon the poor man and the man of average means, and that the tax system should be changed so as to make the wealthy pay their fair share of the burden. In this Senator Cook failed- He was so dis appointed and felt so outraged at the action of the Legislature in in creasing taxes and failing to adjust them in a proper way, so that corpo rations and wealthy men would pay their fair share, that he made a speech just before the Legislature adjourned, denouncing its action and declaring that the corporations and trusts were in control of the Legis lature and defeated every effort made by him and his committee, for fair and just taxation. Senator Cook, if no doubt, now thoroughly convinced that Senator Simmons placed a mortgage on the State in favor of monopolies and cor porations and that the mortgage is still in full force and effect. Will Senator Cook and other Democrats who have at last learned the truth, vote at the next election to renew j this mortgage on the State? When the wicked rule the people mourn. vertis himtelf that b wadubfc FATAL STORItl IN SOUTH by the newspapers of the State pen- eraiir Diow-voar-Horo-BiHr.- More Ttia Ninety People Kffltd This politician made himself so r!li- cuious that the above epithet bwim,' Much DldfC DoOC a common expression from the moan tains to the sea. This man, however, is now far outclassed by "Blow -Your-Horn-Jostphus." io Property One Democrat has gotten relief. Mr J. W. Pless has been appointed postmaster at Relief, N. C. THOUSANDS REG RELIEF. BLOW YOUR HORN JOSEFHLS. f Prnitlnt, frnm n. 1 j - r D uunng tne last campaign .Mr. uan- a gtrone navv. not onir for nrntr-o- ieis was in charge of the Democratic j tion of our own country's integrity Publicitv Bureau I but also to enable us to enforce the Woodrow Wilson became Pregi. reat Monroe doctrine dent, not as a result of the work of ! I'ork llarrrts v. National Honor and his National Committee or his Pub- Safety. licity Bureau man, because a large! He showed that the Democratic mainritv of th vol of th rnnntrv I Congress has refused to vote money ...... . . , ! fo rmore battleships to maintain onr voieaa',,r- Alison ana nwpoi-,polcyf whicn ,8 nothing more tnaa icies. .Mr. Wilson became President national honor and integrity, and yet against the wishes of the majority of j has wasted on "political pork bar the Deoole of the country. simDlv be- i rels" in tne 8DaPe of needless pub- ... , . , ! lie buildings, useless river and har I bor appropriations, and also in were for protection and for construe- j creased Federal pensions, enormous tive policies, were unfortunately di KlrctriraJ Tormado Sqt Throsch Portion ol TeBPw mm Other Southern Stale to the Gulf Provencal, Iju, Praettcailj Wiped Off the Iap Iroterty Lo taa Huixtred Thousand Dollar. Ninety persons are reported to have been kilJed and property val ued at several hundred thousand dol lars destroyed by a severe wind and rain storm, accompanied by light ning which swept portions of Louisi ana, Texas, Alabama. Mississippi and Tennessee Thursday night and Fri day. The deluge of rain extended over a more extensive area and prac tically demoralized telegraph and telephone service for several hours. Greatest property damage and los of life was reported in Provencal and Many, Louisiana. The town of Provencal practically was wiped out. many buildings were blown down and wire service demoralized. Deaths, injuries and destruction of property Hi Srt stxm at ArsMSecnf Kater Molaf. Matiawe as! Mtl- "Aina. Werte Ik Toe UT Ifc fctc sjc ii M?& tm4 aa callr mw8'i rue at Weber's Tnatr. Ne York, wilt be the attractive at Acadsjr tof Mie a Bit Monday. vided. President Wilson, notwithstanding his want of experience in public af fairs, is yet a man of keen discern ment, and, of course, fully compre hended the situation. Therefore, he announced Immediately after the election that he would recognize few claims of persons who claimed offices on account of political nervices, and that not more than one or two men would be put into the Cabinet for political reasons and the other would be for their fitness. When the Cabinet was announced it was the general concensus of opin ion that the one man who was se lected, not for his fitness, but for his political services, was Mr. Daniels of this State. The Buffalo Express, in an article reviewing various members of the Cabinet and their qualifications, when it reached the Secretary of the Navy, said: "But Josephus Daniels, the Secretary of the Navy, is a joke. He probably knows as little about naval administration as any one'whom Mr. Wilson could have found." It is generally recognized, however, that it was proper for Mr. Wilson to put at least one man in his Cabinet for political services, and in doing so he chose his publicity agent, because the administration would need a pub licity agent as much as the party needed one during the campaign However, Mr. Daniels does not seem to understand that he was expected to be publicity agent for the admin istration.'' He seems to think that he was apointed for pre-eminent ability, and that he is the biggest man in the Cabinet. We are forced to the conclusion by the proof which Mr. Daniels furnishes in his own paper, the Raleigh News and Observer. Those who read only that paper must be convinced, if they believe all they see in that paper, that the Navy Department is the most important department of the Government and that the present head is the most im portant man in the whole adminis tration, though everybody also knows that the facts as to both are to the contrary. We have before us at present two issues of that paper, one of the 14th and one of the 15th. In the issue of the 14th Mr. Daniels is played up in big head-lines in two places on the front page, while there is not a ref erence in the head-lines of that page to President Wilson or to any other member of the Cabinet. Even Mr. Brookland. Louisiana border, $10.000. Whilej i were reDorted at Manv. sums that threaten to bankrupt the The property loss at irebUT; i Texas, near the He pointed out that if the present, wag tlmaied at 1 . aT, . .a .1 wemociauc policy was continued mat onIy one perSon was reported killed j ueiore me next congress was nnisn-! t tQat , t eu mai uie. .auonai ireasury would injure(j be bankrupt and a deficit of over a- Reports from Gadsden, Ala. told hundred million dollars would stare of destruction of property in Etowah us in me race. Wy V lot o&f ol t&e a0ft b"t offr tat ta foU as Jew Willlacbatft. WU br tN. KAfttb ItaHaa. iaa !!ly If tie Gral4. May Lattaa a&4 Vita Sac It 111 te U to cete tfct ill 5aefcet last r& a laU ci?j tl& tfe N Tork trStxtof f ' SSjrry.- taMr as ' -Vft!a. I fee aft!Sl llfl. h oa ibftta&t psUue for hr clrr incinc aad 4cift. ! A!csa S4l Stchl U aalj to be bett? than la M- Sfcrry, scd fea set. eral 8 tones &d dance t&al tll t& i&stact raver. U Latfcsta eejos the reputation of bel&g o&e of tfce bs&dot&et wo men o tbe American sfac. It this as rsucb as her stacl&C 4 set in jc ability tht caused the mana tafbX to enrae hr for "Altfta Where Im Vcu Ue?" the tausicsl rocnd j hlh has scored such a hit. The advance sale of seats for both matinee and alsht will open Eridajr at Brantley's druf-atore Matlne pricea. lotr flower. 11.00, 7 S cent and So cmt; balcony. J cent NlRht. II SO fo SO cents 'ZOutJC These are startling facts given by ex-Speaker Cannon, and it is noted that up to date no Democratic Con gressman has denied these state ments or questioned the accuracy of these figures REAL ANCIENT HISTORY. (Continued from page 1.) address or "message" az we call hit in this country, he declared in favor ov parliamentary reform. The Duke and Calhoun Counties. All wires in the path of the storm in that section were either blown down or put out of commission by lightning. The loss of life in Alabama is esti mated at thirteen, although several persons still are reported missing. Five negroes were killed near Deca tur, three persons perished at Cal era, and two each at Hokes Bluff, Gayesville, and Duke. Pleasant Grove, Maury County, , Tennessee, was struck by the storm ' and it was thought the death list were seriouslv 1 March 24, for two performances. matinee and niht. "Alma" is In deed a pood offering for the local play-house to announce for Kaster Monday, there will no doubt be many out-of-town people here to see the M'milH amniint tr frmr nersnna nt that ov Wellington spoke against any such piace reform. The ministry resigned soon LjUe rep0rt8'from Tennessee have afterward, which wuz proof that no increased the death toll In that State reform wuz desired by those "high : to twenty-three persons- Six perish up. But the declaration did not er n Middieton four at Soutn Ber. amount to much. Great Britain did ,. tU t v. . . , . . . lin, three at Huron, two each at Cul- ZTJl tht bega" to ak leocko, and Lexington and one each moves ,n that direction The official at Leesburgf Rally Hill and Bryant neLwT? nlf,made fthe Station. Many sections swept by the people take stronger and longer steps , v , f,o ,1,-..; a 4, . storm have not been heard from, in that direction, and in the past fifty j n c,r u v V - Twenty-jiine persons are reported or sixty years much hez been accom- v. . u j nl. . ; . ... .. .Lto have perished in Georgia and phshed. Before this time Great j . . 7, n,-to! n A damage to property is roughly esti- Britain wuz a good place to move f . nnn aaa fr.r, . nn ... , , mated at $1,000,000. Calhoun, Gor- irom: now nir wnnm not ha q hiH . ' " l- " l 1 1 x J-1 , ... . 11 r , uuu v-uuiuj, vjreurgia.., auu viciimy, place to move to, for the government ' iz makin progress in the right di rection, even if hit hez not gotten az far az hit should. AztEver, ZEKE BILKINS. WITH THE EDITORS. Many Democrats are beginning to wonder what they elected a Presi dent for if they can't go to him and talk jobs. Union Republican. A President can make a Secretary of the Navy, but he can't make a big man out of a narrow partisan. -Western Carolina. The people of North Carolina would like to see one more Legis lature with out a bond issue to defray current expenses. Mount Airy Lead er. Before praising the Legislature for giving us a six months' school term we are going to wait and see if it provided the money to pay for it. Durham Herald. North Carolina is first again. A Tar Heel was first to bring suit to test the Webb liquor law. And ten chances to one he voted for prohibition for the other fellow. Lincoln Times. bore the brunt of the storm in this State, where eleven persons are re ported to have been killed. The oth er fatalities in Georgia were nine at Tucker, four at Eagfesville, three at Clarkston, and two at Columbus. in Mississippi some damage to property was reported between Tu pelo, Corinth, Saltillo, and Guntown. The greatest damage to property was the destruction of buildings and houses, in the section of the States where deaths were reported. Tele phone and telegraphic communica tion has been restored to most of the larger towns and all of the cities in the storm-swept territory. BEST FOR 8 KIN DISEASES. Nearly every skin disease yields Quickly and permanently to Bucklen's Arnica Sal Ye. ana nothing; Is better for burns or bruises. Soothes and heals. John Deye, of Gladwin. Mich., says, after suffering twelve years with skin aliment and spending- $400 In doctors' bills, Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him. It will help you. Only 16c. Recom mended by your druggist. PUBLICATION OF SUMMONS. North Carolina Wake County. In the Superior Court, Before Millard Mial, Clerk. J. P. Glover and Rosa Glover, His Wife, vs. D. W. Glover and Others. The Legislature would find some To Martha Pope and E. L. Pope, her way of transacting all of the business j in thirty days if its pay stopped ats Husband. You are notified the end of that time. Durham Her Did you ask us what the Legisla ture has done? Well they raised the tax rate, issued about a million Bryan, the head of the Cabinet, is not and a najf dollars of bonds, played mentioned. In the next issue, March the devil and gone home Clinton 15th, Mr. Daniels is played up in a News Dispatch, prominent way In the special Wash- . ... , . Many more Legislatures like the ington letter printed on the front , . . . ... . last two and there will be much page. Also he is given big head- more land 6old for taxes than at pres. lines in the first article at top of ent. Better just confiscate the farm column on the second page and at the ers' land, and then rent it to them. top of the first column of the third Mfab th. rents wil1 pay tho taxes. . . Lincoln Times, page, and again at the top of the first column of the fifth page. Again, As poor as the State Is, the Legi- we see no reference in the head-lines slature didn't fail to appoint four ad- jui i i a j of this Isriip tn Mr Rrvan nr anv ail,ODai juuges, ana as many souci ..... j j i other members of the Cabinet- In short, it seems that Mr. Daniels is using his Publicity Bureau for Dan iels instead of for the administration, as far as he can do so, and the only paper in which he can have his own way completely is the Raleigh News and Observer. There was a politician down in Johnston County whose first name was "Billy." and who flourished for a brief period after the war- He was tors, which will require about $40, 000.00 for this little piece of Demo cratic extravagance Clinton News Dispatch. The Boys Corn Clubs. Mr. I- O. Schaub, who has charge of the boys corn club work in this State, reports 1,697 boys have join ed in the contest for 1913. Robe son County leads, in number, with 66 boys, while Sampson is second, with 58 boys in the contest. Only 18 have entered from Wake. that a special proceeding has been brought in this court against yourself &s herein en titled, as heirs-at-law of J. G. Glover, for the partition of land of said J. H. Glover, and the summons issued for yourself has been returned by the sheriff of WTake County with this en dorsement thereon: After exercising due diligence, Martha Pope and E. L. Pope, her husband, are not to be found in this county." You both are therefore, notified to appear before the Clerk of Wake Superior Court at his office in the city of Raleigh on Saturday, the 12th day of April. 1913. at 12 o'clock, M., and then and there answer, demur or plead to the parti tion of the plaintiffs which is now on file in my office, otherwise, the plain tiffs will have judgment according to their partition and as they may be ad vised. This March 12th, 1913 MILLARD MIAL, Clerk of the Superior Court. J. C. L. HARRIS, Attorney of the Plaintiffs. Klrc G"rr:t of (irKr asaas-!ntt-d at Salonkt Tuesday after j noon Iff was attacked by two men. one of whom shot him. The Kltie died half an hour after the attack. One of the assailant U iuppoimhI to be demented. CABBAGE PLANTS AT REDUCED PRICES Fine. ell-roottl stocky. fmt-trof. Isrr t Te tany jenr kenld t sbbtff nnt. frvm ball gaim-8 and many. Of the Visitors ViVor more at 0rnU per thouMnd will also havM the advantage of m p- ' OlaDILE PUNT CO., Mtrvk'Ulr. V C. ' 4 Distinctively Individual ' MEN'S WEAR We carry the lines of Men's Wear that have "made good," not those that are trying to make good. EXCLUSIVE AGENTS FOR Manhattan Shirts, Schloss Bros. Clothes, Dunlap Hats, Edwin Clapp Shoes, Dr. Deimel Linen Mesh Underwear. cross & immm co. Trie Better Clothes Shop What Has Fashion Up Her Sleeve A Goodly bit of the Secret is Revealed in Tic RIcw ire (Eouis and SILKS now being shown for the first time. Do not delay as Easter is near. Do not buy until you see us for Dress Goods, Silks, Hosiery, Corsets. Gloves, Lace Embroidery, Dress Trimmings and Millinery Yours Io please, MUNTEK-MAMD CO. 208 FayetlevUle St. 207 S. Salisbnry SL Raleigfe DllSair&Ie Sfliorte Shipments made to any part of the State at same price as at shop. M0IUMEITS rife COOPER BROS.. Proprs KALEZOH. S. C ' ND KOt UATALOOUK. Vf ben writing to Airtrxiaen mecticc in Caacaiaa,"Y3 orRbsutt; TeX3i Esi-1885 J U II I I I U 7

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