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T H K interoriseo VOL. I. RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1905. NO. 45 Raleigl LETTER FROM BILKINS. Our Busy Governor Should Have Help rirs. Bllkins Declares that the Legislature is Not Sincere or it Would Pass a Prohibition Law The flajor Noncommittal. Correspondence of the Enterprise. "I see that Guvner Glenn is a pow erful busy man an' I think the legis later orter give him sum help. They mite let sum ov the laborers in the Capitol help him," sed Betsy the other nite. "Why," sez 1? Betsy 'lowed: 'Well, he hez a time ov it. They say that the Guvner writ a note ter hiz pastor in Raleigh soon after he wuz inorgarated tell in' him that he wuz ready ter do eny sort ov church work that he wanted done an' wanted ter git rite inter harness. They say he awlso writ a letter ter hiz namesake, Mr. Glenn Williams, at Williams, N. C., tellin' him that hiz big distillery there should not be disturbed. I reckon he hez written ter awl of them other incorpperated distilleries that the last legislator sed , were pure an' moral two years ergo tellin' them ter rest eazy for no cruel hand should smite them." "What stills air you talkin' erbout," sez I; "sum ov them vile moonshiners?" "No." sed she. "I'm talkin' erbout . Shore, Advance, Myrtle an' no tell in how many more places that wuz incorpperated because they wuz run by pure an' gude men who awlways vote the. dymakrat ticket, an' their licker don t make people drunk." "Now you hold up thar," sez I, "you know I'm a canderdate fer re-eleck- shun ter the offis ov high consterable for Martm Creek Township, an' 1 don't wanter make envbody mad. This licker question iz a big one an' T don't wanter git on either side ov it jist now, an' I'd rather you wouldn't tell eny tales out ov schule." "Thar hit eroes now." sed Betsy. "You say you don't wanter git on either side ov the licker question Yon air iist like a crude many other men you air ready ter git on the outside ov hit.' The legislater iz full nv iist that kind ov men. They air votin' fer temperance legislashun with one hand an' drinkin' licker with tho other. Hit iz a wunder ter me that half the men in this country h flint, bin struck dead by lierhtnm fer their meenness lone: erero. If they want prohibishun in the legislator, why don't they pass a bill fer the Rt.nt.fi :' an' auit talkin' erbout hit? TTern thev air foolin' erway the whole seshun talkin' erbout the Watts bill. the Ward bill, the London bill, .the Daniels bill an' a dozen other bills an' none ov them air temperance or prohibishun bills. Not long ergo a feller interdused a prohibishun bill fpr tho whole Rtate an' sum ov them purty nigh dropoed dead. They sed the feller that interdused hit didn't wnnt bit nassed. an' I am sertin that none ov them wanted hit passed, fer mirtv niffh awl ov them voted er f.' t c hit. Thev will pass bills ter stop peeple from throwing rocks in rivers, ter drive blackbirds erway, ter keep chickens frum runnin' at large, ter prevent pert amty, ter Keep rab hit -frum hitin' doers, an' ten thou oanrl othpr thinffs. But when hit UIV1 v w - " n cums ter proherbishun hit iz allers sum sort ov a law that means money fer sumbody who hain't bin runnin' a bar-room." "My dear, don't git exsited," sed I. "The legislater iz young y it. Hit will do better by the time hit iz older. I know they air awl tem perance fellers an' they air sweatin' blood fer hit. But give 'em time an' they will wurk wunders." Truly, ZEKE BILKINS. A RESOURCEFUL MAID. How She Brought Her Father to Her Way of Thinking. She was in love with a young doc tor. "He's ouite impossible!" cried her mother, when informed of it. "Out of the question,' asserted her father. "lie has fine prospects," insisted the girl. ' . "You can't live on prospects, said the father. The next day she was ill. "".. "I can see nothincr wroner." said the physician who was called to at tend her. Nevertheless he left a Description, but it seemed to do no good. The svmntoms she described were con- nictin"- and confusing. "It's very strange," said the phy sician. . " ' "If you do not understand the cause we must cet some one who does," said the mother. . Ro. after a week or more of ex perimenting, another physician was called in. "A triflinor indisposition" said the second physician. "I'll have her all right in a day or so. But in a dav or so she had him puzzled. Her lover had told her how to do it. "Every time I see her," said the second physician, "there seems to be snmp new comnlication. I can't find anything radically wrong, but her statements certainly show that she is not all right." By this time the father and moth er were worried, and they sent for a specialist. The latter looked wise, but he met with no greater success than the two who had preceded him, although his bill was considerably larcer. ; The father had inst seen' the bill when the girl called to him. "I fear." she said wearily, "that this trouble is going to continue in definitely. Don't you think it would be wise to have a physician in the familv?" The father looked at her suspici ously. ; "Perhaps it would," he admitted. "And it's so easy to have one," she persisted. "Arrange it to suit yourself," he said resignedly, for he was a man wbn knew when he was beaten. The next day she was able to sit up ,and the day after she had entire lv roonvorod, .Tint the father con tinued to look at her reproachfully to the day of the wedding. The much-married man under ar rest in Chicago has confessed to some of his bip-amous performances Perhaps he thinks it safer to do so and remain in durance than to tace the score or more ladies with whose affections he is accused of so rudely trifling. Troy Times. COTTON FARMERS MEET. Chairman Dockery s Report Resolu tions Passed Permanent Officers Elected. At noon Tuesday the State Con vention of cotton growers and busi ness men met in the Superior Court room, J. S. Cuningham calling it to order. There was a good attendance, the following counties answering: Franklin, Pitt, Warren, Robeson. Johnston, Pender, Craven, Halifax, Sampson, Orange, Beaufort, Wayne, Nash, Granville, Columbus, Mecklen burg, Cabarrus, Richmond, Stanley, Pamlico, Rowan, Wilson, Lenoir, Chatham, Washintgon, Wake and Cumberland. The most interesting feature was the report by H. C. Dockery, chair man of the North Carolina delega tion to the New Orleans Convention He says thirty delegates from this State were present and that it was a meeting of 4,000 brothers in trou ble with one common cause, and that he thinks nearly every delegate was proud to say that his father or grandfather, mother or grandmother once lived in North Carolina or that he got his wife from this State. As a reduction of acreage and fertil izers and the holding of cotton, Texas and the other large cotton- growing States, seems, if possible. more determined than North Caro lina. More than a milion cotton farmers have organized. It was agreed to reduce the acreage and fertilizers 25 per cent. The plan of organization is so complete that every man who raises a bale of cot ton will be soon asked to co-operate with his brother farmers. But for the convention and hearty endorse ment farmers gave it, cotton would be selling to-day for 5 cents. It is a question of 5 or 10 cent cotton, Farmers drove out the bagging trust and this movement will be crowned with success. Since the convention cotton has advanced $5 per bale. The convention and the dogged de termination of the farmers has caused the advance. Any weaken ing will be watched by enemies. "The acreage will be reduced from 10 to 40 per cent, averaging 25. Be true to yourselves, wives, children, brother farmers and the South, and by June 1st you willsee 10-cent cot ton." ; ... Thirty-three counties were repre sented. The following were named as a committee on resolutions: R. R. Gotten, II. F. Woodard, J. E. Person, A. 0. Green, J. T. Usry, J. D. McNeill, II. C. Dockery, J. P. Allison, W. S. Pharr, O. II. Stilling, A. Cree, L. A. Bethune, T. W. Bick ett, T. B. Parker, J. A. Brown, W. F. Gibson, Z. A. Morris and McD. Watkins. The resolutions adopted endorse the action taken at New Or leans, declare cotton ought to be held until after the June government re port as to acreage, direct a thorough canvass by townships to reduce acre age 25 per cent, direct that exposed cotton be protected from the weath er, and urge farmers not to store cotton with any factory which re quires sale by any certain date. The name chosen is the "North Caro lina Division, Southern Cotton As sociation." The following officers were elect ed: John S. Cuningham, president; A. C. Green, vice-president ; T. B. Parker, secretary and treasurer. Ex ecutive committee: R. R. Cotten, Farkland; R. H. Speight, Whita kers ; F. K. Borden, Goldsboro ; W. A. Myatt, Raleigh ; II. W. Llyod, Chapel Hill; A. J. McKinnon, Max- ton; II. C. Dockery, Rockingham; Z. A. Morris, Concord; McD. Wat- kins, Charlotte. Members of the national committee: J. A. Brown and J. P. Allison. S1HMONS AND DANiELS WIN. A riajority of the State Democratic Executive Committee Stand by the Chairman. At the instance of about twenty members of the State Democratic Executive Committee, Chairman Simmons called a meeting of the commitee here Tuesday night. The meeting was held in the hall of the House of Representatives. A large crowd was present, and it was decid ed best to go into executive session. At 10 o'clock the committee met in executive session. John N. Wil son, of Greensboro, proxy for J. J. Nelson, was Selected as chairman. A telegram from Senator Overman, m transmitting his proxy, contained this expression: "I think the committee ought not to attempt to instruct the Legisla ture. Let each legislator interpret the platform for himself." By a vote of 50 to 25, the com mittee at 2 o'clock adopted a resolu tion offered by Josephus Daniels to the effect that the committee take no action. This vote was followed by a speech of two hours from Chair man Simmons, supporting the Ward hill, and he had not sought to pass the bill as a party measure or to drive anybody to its support, but had as sisted as a private citizen in efforts to carry out solemn promises to the people. A resolution was offered by Woodard, of Wilson, declaring the letter written by Chairman Simmons during the campaign to John R. Web ster, defining the attitude of the party on the Watts law, to be the sense of the committee now was laid on the table. It was advocated by Watson, Gilliam, ITackett, and oth ers, but the majority side would not entertain it. The whole session was lively. Yes. Yes. The Greensboro Record says a well known newspaper man engaged in reporting the doings at Kalcigh, writes it that the Legislature is croiner to nass a law prohibiting the Morally Stunted from criticising the work of the Pure in Heart, either by word of mouth ov by publication in a newspaper. And The Record savs this rierht that we need more laws." Charlotte Observer. A member of Congress wants all rural carriers who .number about' 30,000 taken from under the opera tion of the civil service regulations. He says that a political machine is now being built up among the car riers, anil, therefore, they should be bers of Congress. The idea of tak ing something out of politics by plac cing it in the hands of members of Congress is unique, to say the least of it even if it is not practicable. Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle.
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