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THE o Enterprise VOL. I. RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1904. NO . 24 Ra. eig I FTTPP PPOM RII KINS. The Troubles People Have When They Break Into Society The Jlajor will WnrV OvArf !mA in fintch Pnariino- Letters of Acceptances State Savers at a Discount. Correspondence of The Enterprise. Well, Mr. Editur, I'm still rastlin' with a big problem. Betsy wants ter break inter sosietie an' tote me with her, an' I don't wanter go. I allers did wanter feel like myself an' do sorter az I pleeze. I kin put on sum store clothes an' go on a picknick or go out Parkhurstin' an' not git awl stewed up an' cramped like. But when it cums ter puttin' on spiketale cotes an' sloshin' eround at recep shuns' an' ridin' in autermobiles, I want my name omitted. I wouldn't mind bein' in sosietie so much if I culd go erlone ; but the rules, Marky ov Queensware rules, I beleeve they call 'em, 'specially state that married couples must accompanie each other. That iz tuff. But I tole Betsy not ter mind me, but go ahead an' jine the Daughters ov the Revolushion, the book clubs, sewin' cirkles, church fares, euker clubs an' enything they air a mind ter trot out, an' I'd stay at home an' do the cookin', mendin', milkin', an' churnin', an' sich. But tnat mant suit ner. one aon i want with her or she will stay at home with me. They ain't no end ter the expense ov gittin' inter sosietie. Bet sy wants a carriage with a pair ov black horses an' new harness with silver buckles. I tole her I'd draw the line at silver buckles. Thet would a done a few years ergo when everything wuz goin' Populist, but now everything must be gold or so sietie will buck. Betsy 'lowed thet will cost too much. "Blast the cost," sez I, "you air breakin' inter sosietie an' breakin' me, too." When I sell the farm I'll try ter git a few hun dred dollars extra ter buy harness with gold buckles. The dymakrat party hain't exackly declared f er gold yit, but Judge Parker sez the gold standard iz irrevokably established in this country, so bein' a strate party man, I'll cumply with awl seckshuns an' clauses ov the constertushion an by-laws. Betsy sed thet the party wuz f er silver four years ago when t i ; a lil J CiXl W ULd X CIXXXXXXX till OlXj A VrtVUVU thet silver weren't intirely out ov style. "Of course it iz," sez I. "The dymakrat party got a divorce frum Bryan in July on the charge ov fail in' ter support, an' no gude party man iz goin ter hev enything ter do with silver. Bryan is still tryin' ter hang on ter the ole lady, but she hez her eye on a new man, the swimmer f rum Esopyus, the golden haired Al ton B. I hev bin readin' seckshions ov the letters ov acceptance by the Preser dential candydates. I guess they made 'em long so we couldn't finish them before the eleckshun. But I'm goin' ter fool 'em. I'll work over time an' try ter find out what it iz awl erbout. If they think I can't finish readin' their letters in six weeks they'll git badly fooled. I see thet Bob Glenn hez bin tellin' that Roosevelt sed a whole lot ov mean things erbout the Southern people an' erbout thef armers bein' a coarse lot ov galotts, etc. Roosevelt needn't go ter the truble ter deny it, fer mity few1 people care enything erbout what Bob Glenn sez. He hes had hiz day. He hez deceeved the publick erbout az long az he kin. He will git mity few Confederate vet em votes an' thousands ov other peo ple air done with him. I'm a solid dymakrat, but if my dog wuz ter bark at Bob Glenn I'd put him on half rashions fer the next six months. Yours truly, ZEKE BILKINS. Quits the Democrats. Judge William II. Barnes, prob ably the most prominent lawyer in the southwestern part of the United States, has abandoned the Demo cratic party and come over with the Republicans. J udge Barnes has been a life-long Democrat. He formerly lived in Illinois where he was one of the recognized leaders of the Dem ocratic party. He was appointed by President Cleveland as a Federal Judge for the territory of Arizona. Judge Barnes spends much of his time in New York as attorney for the great Southwestern mining com panies. To a reporter he said: : Refering to the Presidential cam paign, "you may say," said Judge Barnes, "that I am for Roosevelt for President. I am for Roosevelt be cause he is a man of action because he does things. I am for the prin ciples advocated by the Republican party because I think they mean the development, expansion and building up of the greatest nation on earth and, first of all, I am an American. "I am opposed to Judge Parker for the Presidency because of his lack of action, his hesitancy and in decision. In the time of a crisis a man like Judge Parker would be a pitiable spectacle, either in the White House as a statesman, or as a soldier in command of the army and navy of the United States. I am opposed to the Democratic party and its plat form because it stands for nothing aiid means nothing. If triumphant, the nation would enter upon an era of retrogression instead of progres sion, upon a policy of contratcion instead of expansion, of isolation and annihilation instead of a great world power, having a voice in the affairs of the world." North Wilkcsboro Journal. Amending the Platform. In his speech accepting the Demo cratic nomination for President, Judge Parker said among other things : "Liberty, as understood in this country, means not only the right of freedom from actual servitude, imprisonment or restraint, but the right of one to use his facilities in all lawful ways, to live and work where he will and to pursue any law ful trade or business. These esen tial rights of life, liberty and prop erty are not only guaranteed to the citizens by the Constitution of each of the several States, but the States are by the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States forbidden to deprive any per son of any one of them without due process of law." So Mr. Parker bids for the negro vote by this amendment. He's a platform hustler. Hickory Times Mercury. . - WASHINGTON NEWS. Gen. Summer Makes Some Important Recomendations in His Report Agricultural Colleges Must Obey the Rules Some Expert Target Practice. Washington, D. C, Sept. 27th. Correspondence of the Enterprise. Major-General S. S. Summer, com manding the Southwestern Division, comprising the Departments of Texas and the Colorado, in his an nual report makes some radical recommendations looking to the aban donment of military posts in that di vision, regarded as of the greatest importance in the old days of Indian warfare. Some posts he wishes to be brought up-to-date in the matter of water supply and other conveni ences, as is the case of Fort Hua chuca. He wants this post enlarged, and if tha t is done, he suggests the abandonment of Fort Grant, which is too distant from the railroad. Fort Clark is said to be in a tumble down condition, ten miles from the railroad on a limestone ledge, and is a most uncomfortable position. General Summer says that for strategic reasons it would seem well to abandon the site of Fort Clark and establish a post of like size near the present site of Camp Eagle Pass. Touching Fort Ringgold on the Rio Grande, opposite Camargo, it is said that the twenty -mile road connecting it with Havana on the railroad is practically impassable in wet weather, . General Summner rec ommends that Fort Ringgold be abandoned at an early date, and the garrisons at Fort Brown and Fort Mcintosh be correspondingly in creased. If these suggestions are adopted there will be a line of posts on the Mexican border covering all rail communications between the United States and Mexico. Other posts that might be abandoned are Forts Wingate and Duchesne, while Fort Apache is said to be too remote and expensive to maintain at .. full strength and should be reduced to a two-troop post. General Summer thoroughly in dorses some strong recommendations made by his inspector-general as to the agricultural colleges in the di vision, in which he says that the mili tary colleges do not carry out the or ders of the War Department. He recommends that no further army officer' be hereafter permitted to at tend these colleges unless the pro visions of the War Department's or ders are complied with. General Summer says he intends to have maneuvers next putumn on an extensive scale in the division, and is preparing to submit problems for the same to the War Department. He mentions Fort Sill and Fort Reno reservations as desirable to go further south, than the country north of San Antonio, generally known as Leon" Springs, is said to possess many advantages. Remarkable results have already been obtained in the naval target practice now going on in Menemsha Bight. The vessels of the North At lantic squadron in last spring's tar get practice broke all the world's records for rapidity and accuracy of fire, both with big and little guns. But this was daylicht work, under favorable conditions for good shoot ing. The big ships are now doing some extraordinary night shooting. The experience of the Russo Japanese war has convinced the gen eral board that in the future the great naval battles will be fought at night, and it is certain that most of the torpedo work will be done in the hours of darkness. Hence, it is essential to develop the gun pointers in night work, and already surpris ing results have been obtained in the practice in the Bight. Using her 8 inch guns, one of the battleships made eight hits out of nine shots at night. The target, distant about a mile, was illuminated by a search light, and the gunners used a special night sight. The ship from which the shooting was done was forging ahead in the open sea at ten knots. The submarine torpedo-boat Shark reports that she made a successful attack on the cruiser Columbia, of the North Atlantic training squad ron. The Columbia, together with the Minneapolis and Prairie, is en gaged intarget practice off No Man's Land, and the officers of the vessels had been apprised that an attack was to be made by the torpedo-boats, but it was not known which of the ships was to be made the target. V. C. Terry for the Legislature. I have read with pleasure the an nouncement of Mr. V. C. Terry's can didacy for the Legislature, and I be lieve a majority of the working peo ple, the wage-earners and farmers, will cast their votes for him. Mr. Terry is a wage-earner, and I know he has the interests of the-working people at heart. He is an earnest ad vocate of organized labor, not only among the trades, but he believes the farmers should be organized for mu tual protection. He realizes that thorough organization among the farmers would make them a power that could move the country. This strong advocacy of the rights of the laboring man has been steadily mak ing warm friends for Mr. Terry, and one result is that he has been per suaded to enter the race for the Leg islature. And no mistake will be made if we elect him because the workingmen will be sure of a repre sentative with an eye always open to their interests. Mr. Terry is a clear, forceful speaker, with a knowledge of such needed legislation that would directly benefit the laboring man, and he would certainly make himself felt on the floor of the House. Every union man will vote for him, and we believe a handsome majority of all the wage-earners will fall in line, and we believe the farmers will join hands with us, so that in Novem ber we may roll up a handsome ma jority for the labor candidate. So let's get to work with a will. Let's tell our neighbors about this work ing man who wants to join that great law-making body, that ho may help make laws that will benefit the people who have to "toil day by day." For the benefit of those who would like to know, will say that I am a Democrat; have supportod the ticket straight since I was old enough to vote, but I am also a wage-earner, and I have decided to support Mr. Terry because the workingman should bo represented in the Legislature, and I believe he is the man! 0. F. KOONCE.
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