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7 Enterp r RALEIGH, N. O., THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1904. NO. 19 VOL. I. LETTER FROM BILKINS. The riajor Takes a Trip in the Interest of the Enterprise He Lets Others Do nost of the Talking and Spends His Time Sight-Seeing-His Impres sions of Charlotte. Ashful, K 0, Aug. 23. Correspondence of the Enterprise. Well, I'm here. But I haint no idee how I got here, an' don't know when nor how I'm goin' ter git er way. This town iz so hilly thet I hed ter dig out a level place before I could write ter you. When you sed you thought mebe I mite git sum business fur your pa per, I reckon you ment it. But 3 find too meny things ter lookat an' put in too much time listnin' ter jokes. Sum ov them drummers kin tell yarns that iz liable ter make yer hed turn gray in four minits. Purty nigh every man I tackel ter sub scribe fer the Enterprize sed he wuz "takin' ov more papers than I kin reed now." Sum others air "to busy ter read." I'll bet sum ov 'em don't, do fifty days' wurk in a year. Others sed they'd take a sample copy an' look over hit an' let me hear frum 'era later. That wuz the way every where, except at Mooresville. Most ov 'cm thar sed they already knowed everything now an' don't hev ter reed. But I've bin landin' sum few ov 'em. . 1 ;;-;',"-'.-.v.. Az iverybody in a hundred an' seventy-five miles frum Raleigh iz takin' ov the Enterprize, I didn't stop till I got ter Charlotte. When I landed thar I seed so menny people humpin' eround that I thought they must be holdin' a State Fair or a Glenn Rally. Charlotte iz a lively town. It iz the home ov Col. Sam Wittkowskie an' Col. Walter Henry. The prinsipal things thar air the First Presbyterian Church, the niorn in' Observer, the evenin' Chronickle, the Peoples' Paper an' the Southern Publisher. But they iz a lot ov oth er smaller industries. More than ninety-five per cent ov the peeple speak the English language. Purty nigh ivery famous sitizen in the wurld hex either lived in Char lotte or hez passed through thar on the railroad. I wuz talkin' ter a prom ernent sitizen an axed him if they hed meny noted folks thar now. He 'lowed. "Whv. ves. we hed a English Lord here sum years ergo who won Kiz title drivin' ov a mule car on the street railway. That wuz before elecktrisity wuz diskivered." Then he sed: "We heva German nobleman in charge ov the weather burow now an' we hev a Itallion count sellin fruit on Trade street an' we uster hev a Chinese Juke here runin' ov a laundrie." I axed him whut kind ov a varmint thet wuz they hed on top ov the pinnickel on the city hall. He sed thet wuz a representatashun ov Parker an' Roosevelt embracin' in the campane, an' thet it cost one mil lun dollars ter hev it made. Sez I. "I don't see whut awl the peeple live on here in Charlotte." He sed: "Oh! that iz easy. Lots ov folks git up here in the mornin' an' reed the first and editorial page ov the Obser ver fur breakfast. Then they go an' do a hard mornin's wurk an' go home an reed the balance ov the Observer for diner. Then they reed the Chron ickle fer supper. They begin ter reed the Peeple's Paper at six o'clock Sunday mornin' an' reed an' cuss till church time. So, you see they've plenty ter live on." Tn Charlotte vou ride on the street oar hv wards, first, second an' third. an' so on. You pay a nickel every time you ride or vote, i got in a few votes under the grandfather el n use. The town iz allers on a rush. Sum feller like D. A. Tompkins takes a noshun ter add a few more cotton mills or sum other facktories. He. will call a meetin' on. half an. hour's notis. Sum feller iz made chairman, another seckertary. The objeck ov the eatherin' iz explained. Awl ter once sum feller sez : "Here iz my check fer $500,000 wurth ov stock " an another will holler out the same. "Hold liti." sez the chairman, "let's nerceed accordin' ter parliamentary rules and regerlashuns, only one sub scripshun at a time, please, an' I wanter state thet this iz ter be done by poplar subscription, an no one man can take over $200,000 worth ov the stock." In tin minits the com pany iz formed an' one feller goes out ter see if he km find a vacant lot in twenty miles ov the city suitable ter 'build a factory, another goes af ter a contrackter an' another goes an' buys the masheenery. Charlotte pee ple go ter sleep at nite an' git up in the mornin' an' find hands difjgin' out the foundashun fer sum new en terprise purty nigh every mornin' in the vear. " The first hornet nest ever diskiv ered was found on a big tree that stood rite, whar Independence Square iz now. The town wuz first settled hv a brave race ov peeple called the Hornet Nest Riflemen. In 1775 the peeple thar got mad at the British. After talkin' matters over they held a meetin' on the 20th ov May, 1775, an' declared that the British were tryin' ter bunco them an' oppress them, an' thet wuz the first declara shim ov independence in Amerika. Erbout six weeks later they got the news in Philadelfia an' trot sorter ex- sited. William Penn tried ter git the sitizens tergether thar an declare their independence. But most ov them were Quakers an' they didnt wnnt. env row. Finally William Penn tole 'em that awl he wanted wuz ter make a few declarashuns an thet if it mm ter a fite the Hornet Nest Riflemen at Charlotte could lick the British. So they held a big meetin in Philadelnfia on July 4. 1775, an' resoluted, but they haint never fought eny yit. Vonrs tmlv. ZEKE BILKINS. WASHINGTON NEWS. Voting in the Common. In the British House of Commons, 'us soon as the Question to be decided is put from the chair, a clerk at the table sets in motion a huge sand familiarly known to members as the "egg boiler." probably because if tnlres three minutes to run Out. As the last sand runs through the glass the sergeant-at-arms instantly lomlra the massive oak doors of the chamber and only those members who have succeeded in getting through the doorway can vote. Right You Are. Raleigh may miss the conventions and the like but she can always pull off the best fair in the history of the State Durham Herald. To Eat Cold Storage Food in Dr. Wiley's Cafe Experiments to De termine Whether or not Such Food is Injurious. Washington, D. C, Aug. 24. Correspondence of the Enterprise. Exnerts are to feast on cold stor age food. Prof. Wiley, Chief Chem ist of the Department ot Agricul ture, is ready to begin experiments as to deterioration. It will be a feast for a king at the start. There will he cold storaere chickens, cold stor age beef, cold storage vegetables, cold storage fruit, and all lands ot staple articles served at a cold storage. The eruests will be twelve in num ber, and the host will be Dr. Harvey W. Wilev. Congress, two years ago. directed the Department to make ex penments to determine what was trood" and what "was not good" to eat. The task was assigned to Dr. Wilev. When it was announced that the Agricultural Department was to es tablish a "free lunch" department, volunteers were many. Iwelve prom ising subjects were selected, ihey nassed through the ordeal of em balmed beef, and no "round robin" disturbed the peace and quiet oi the department. Some of the subjects grew pink and rosy, while others took on the color ot a halt-baked fried cake. This vear all artificial elements will be eliminated. Ihe real article will be served. It will be of the cold storage variety, but the quantity will not be lacking, ihey will be allowed all the appetite craves, and notes will be made of their physical condition from time to time. Dr. Wilev is now in correspondence with nersons operating cold storage ' - x J ' plants, with a view of learning all that is possible about the business. . - . . i He thinks that by so doing the work he is about to undertake can be hrouirht to a more successful end. " . ... . i Tt. has not been decided where the eold storaere plant will be located. but the chief chemist hopes to find a nlnee in this citv. He has had ot- " -. - i i f ers from New 1 ork and rhiladel- nhia. and one of these cities will be selected, unless Washingtonians come to the front. "offer cold storage quar ter for the use ot the (jovernment, experts, and thus help along the ef forts of the department to determinc- the nVht. kind of food to eat. The plan to be iollowed has not, heen determined at this time, as Dr Wiley has been busy with the pre liminary work: correspondence to quarters, foods to be tested, the per sonnel ot his class, and the nunareu fmrl one other tinners incident to nlaeinc his experiment on a solid hnsis. One tinner has been deter mined, that all members of the class will be fed on cold storage foods. A nl an for conducting the experi ments i now being outlined and will be submitted to Secretary Wilson in a few days for his approval. It takes the snbiect up in detail and tells just how the students will be treated, how eold the storaere food will be admin istered, and the results hoped to be neeomnlished. From the present outlook the men who are to be the subjects will be, in a greater part, clerks in the Bureau of Chemistry, who have offered them selves as sacrifices on the altar of patriotism. They are all enthusias tic, healthy young men, and are will ing to be "fed and suffer" for the sake of humanity. The sacrifice cannot be appreciated by the ordinary being, but to the in trepid twelve it means untold martyr dom. The first meal will be "fit for a king," but after that, as the plan goes, the victims will begin to cry. "How long, O Lord, how long." The first meal will be given some time next month. It will consist of everything with which the experi ments are to be made. Each member of the class will be given a taste of the first article and then the whole will be put away in cold storage for a month. Separate packages will be made for each article of food, so that at the end of the second month, a certain quantity of each can be extracted without disturbing the other por tions. This will be served to the class and it is then that the trouble will begin.;; Forsyth News. Tobaccoville, N. C, Aug. 23. Correspondence of The Enterprise. The weather is still hot, with plen ty of rain and hail in some sections. destroying the tobacco and other crops.- ";'' On the 18th Mrs. Lauretta lise. maiden name Stuckbagger, departed this lite, aged HI years, 11 months and 22 days. Her remains were laid to rest in the Moravian graveyard at Bethania. On the 20th Frank Snow, colored. at Rural Hall, shot and killed his wife instantly. lie has been arrest ed after being shot two or three times. Probably may die. A Shoase darkev beinar implicated in the affair. . ' a. has been arrested and is in jail. The new issue ot Democrats hold another primary on the 25th. Be tween two men for sheriff they are a dandy any way. Jefferson said na tional banks were more dangerous than a standing army, yet on July 12, 1882; the Democrats with 148 ma jority allowed them to get a new charter. So it is on the silver ques- tion. If they had been what they claimed to be we would have 412V2 grains of silver dollars today a legal tender for the full amount ot any debt and not a specified amount, the sum of five dollars, and maybe less. Have we any law at present to coin any silver ? Would be glad to hear from some one. J. C. BUTNER. Weather Forecast. More rain: another thunder show er and more rain; two much rain for Judge Parker to pitch hay or swim. There will not be any more school elections at iewen s couri-nouse un til we can tret a new survey and put some more of the heathen voters out sidePeople's Paper, Charlotte. When the Current's Off. Don't deceive yourself. A trolley car will back down hill if the cur rent is cut off. So will your business if the advertising is cut off. -Ad- . , TT 11 - 1 vertiscr s lianaoooK. Tt. does not take the grocer and the iceman long to locate the housewife who keeps a pair of scales. Char lotte Chronicle.
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