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2 THE RALEIGH ENTERPRISE. Thursday, April 27, .1905. THE RALEIGH ENTERPRISE. An Independent Newspaper Pub lished Every Thursday BY J. L. RAMSEY, Editor and Prop., Raleigh, N. C. Office .of publication. Law Build ing, 331 Fayetteville Street. Subscription Price : One Year, in advance, $1.00. A blue X mark on your paper shows that your subscription has ex pired, and is an invitation to renew. Remit by registered letter, money order or check. If renewal is not received within a week, paper will stop. TCntered as necnd-clwB matter May 12 1904, at the. nostoffiee at Ralp'erb. w. o.f under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. ffj ADE3 yaHin COUNCIL It is evident that the Equitable Assurance Society has a very tough Hyde. We learn from the Greenville Re flector that the ice .riant, in that, section escaped injury by. the recent frost. The last Legislature increased the number of magistrates in Sampson County from 82 to 130. Must have .gone outside of the party to get them. An cxchaiure heads a news item: "Sam Tones in a Tight Place." Alas! Has Sam fallen? TTas he been caught in one of those horrible places? It requires two primaries in Ra leigh to select ' citv officials, and al ready a number of one primarv towns nro pointinir the trreen-eyed finger of jealousy at Raloitrh. Joseph .TefTerson, the frrcn actor, is dead. Probablv the worst tliinir that might have been a'rd of him while he was livinc was that ho was a friend of Grover Cleveland'. In publishing the allowed inten tions of the Russian and Japanese., officials in the eominc naval fhrht, we have had a displav of news faking that has hardlv ever been equalled. Andy Carnegie is so proud of bis niece, who married a coachman in stead of a defunct foreicrn nobleman, that he will probablv give her a few millions just to show that there is no hard feelings. Notice is hereby given that the Enterprise will no longer receive cord-wood and poems about the beautiful snow on subscription. It reouires cold cash to secure visits from this spasm of virtue. PROORESS OF THE WAR. One small land engagement is all wo have to report in that direction. The Baltic fleet has left Kamranh Bay, but the exact 'location of it is unknown. We leave that to the Japanese and fully expect that they will take care of it. SYSTEM IN THE STATE FAIR. Just after the last State Fair closed the Enterprise suggested that the Fair could be made far more attractive by arranging for each county in the State to have a build ing or special space set apart to display the products of the county. The idea was advanced that there would bo more rivalry between the counties, and that an outsider could get a much clearer conception of the desirability of this or that county if looking for a location, either for farming or other business, thus mak ing the State Fair a mecca for pros pecting Northern visitors. Secretary Pogue endorsed the plan at the time, and we learn that he is, at least, going to make an effort in that direction this year. While it will not be possible to get every county interested this year, we be lieve that the co-operation of suffici ent counties can be secured to de velop the advantages of the system in making exhibits instead of scatter ing exhibits in a confused jumble. A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT. Two years ago the Legislature passed a law for Union County which provides that when as much as a quart of liquor is found in the possession of any citizen it is prima facie evidence that he is engaged in the sale of liquor, and the burden is on him to show that he is not. A case involving the constitutionality of this law was before the Supreme. Court a few days ago and a majority of. the court sustained the law. Jus tice Geo. IT. Brown, who is a very able lawyer, dissented, and in con cluding his opinion, says: "In conclusion, I may say that I sympathize deeply with all legitimate efforts to extirpate the illicit traffic in intoxicating liquors, and will be found sustaining all such law when within the legislative power, but I cannot, conscientiously assent to lay inrr the judicial axe to the most valuable and sacred of all, the funda mental ricrhts of civil liberty, viz., the legal right to be adjudged by the court innocent unless the State has offered evidence tending to prove the commission of a crime. The citizens of. Union County are as much en titled to thep rotection of this or ganic law in the prosecution of any and all offenses as are other citizens of the State, and when it is denied to them, as it is in this statute, they are denied the equal protection of the law of the land and are at the mercv of capricious and uncertain jurors ft Of course Judge Brown is right, and the people of North Carolina will one day place their number ten's down upon a few things which have transpired in this State during the past few years. We have no quarrel with the peo ple of Union County if they prefer prohibition, nor with any sensible efforts to enforce the law. 'That is their business. But, of course, the people of Union County did not ask for, nor expect, the passage of that law. It is only a part of the well laid scheme of certain politicians to place this State under the South Carolina curse a State Dispensary law and the inevita ble graft. The people of North Carolina are getting a surplus of cranky legislation, and, also, of Su preme Court made laws. Hit or miss, the carnage of legislation and "decisions" goes on. The "powers" that be do not hesitate to give us far more than we ask for or care for. Pretty soon we will have a law which will convict a man if he is found with more than ten pounds of salt in his, 'kitchen. Why? That will be considered prima facie evi dence that he intends to steal pork and salt it down. And such law would, be just as sensible as the law regarding liquor, for the Constitu tion gives a man the same right to have a quart, gallon, barrel or any other quantity of liquor in is house as it gives him to have a hundred pounds of salt or flour in his house, provided he buys it and pays for it.: and we hold that no legislative or judicial body has any moral right under the Constitution to invade the privacy of the home, or to curtail the privileges of any citizen who might be found carrying or hauling whiskey or any other commodity on the highways of the State. It is well for legislators and judges to be on the side of temper ance and morality. But temperance and moral lectures fired into the higher grade of animals known as men, in the form of arbitrary law, from legislative and judicial "Jbig guns," will never prove very effective. They dam up the stream for a time, but sooner or later the dam will be swept away and the current will run stronger than ever. Unfair laws and the injustice and cruel administra tion of them has made 90 per cent of the people of Russia law-breakers and law-haters. Intemperate tem perance laws will surely bring about a similar eonditon in North Caro lina, and Justice Brown does the State a service in sounding a note of warning in his dissenting opin ion. . ' : A WONDERFUL HIRROR. The X-ray mirror owned by Mr. D. II. Milton, of this city, who holds a clerical position in the office of the State Insurance Commissioner, con tinues to attract attention and still the mystery is unsolved. His son, Mr. L. G. Milton, will probably ex hibit the mirror at a number of places this summer. Some months ago, Mr. Milton moved his family to Raleigh from Reidsville. He did not move his old furniture, but bought new furniture here. The bureau or dresser con taining the mirror is an ordinary piece of oak furniture, probably manufactured in this State. It is not yet known whether the mirror was made in this or some foreign country. The X-ray properties of the mirror were discovered acci dentally. If you will hold your hand in front of the mirror the bones can easily be seen. Objects can be dis tinguished through a half inch oak board by the aid of the mirror. . The manufacturer of the mirror no doubt did it unintentionally and probably could not explain how it was done. But it is possible that those familiar with glass working may be able to get at the secret and greatly improve upon what has been done accidentally. HE IS OUR PAUL. A few days ago the announcement came from Paris that United States Ambassador Porter had found the re mains of John Paul Jones, the fa mous privateer and naval fighter who whipped the English navy near a hundred years ago. The remains were buried in a copper .coffin in a graye-yard in Paris, and it is believed that the identification is complete. As was to be expected, the claim that Colonel, Admiral or General Jones was a North Carolinian, has already been put forward. Whoop ! Hurrah! Esse quam videri. First in North Carolina, Second at the British, Last at Paris. Wanderings of Bilkins. "Zeke Bilk ins" writes a letter each week for the ; Raleigh Enter prise. We have printed several of his effusions. They are brim full of humor and good sense, an excep tional combination". Zeke has "writ up" Durham, Hillsboro, Greensboro and other points in his unique style and in his wanderings seems to have "dropped in and upon" the Twin City. Winston Republican. The germ that causes laziness will now hold the boards for a season. Some Kind References. - The Raleigh Enterprise, edited by Bro. J. L. Ramsey, wTas one year old on the 20th. We are glad to know it is on a self-sustaining basis. Every-" body should take it; it -would be a good investment. Hickory Mercury. The Raleigh Enterprise, J. L. Ramsey's excellent paper, is one year old. It has met with marked success thus far, and the editor is a man who knows his business and writes readable stuff at all times and on all subjects. -Sou thern Publisher. ry, the Raleigh Enterprise, who laSx week was one year old. The Enter prise represents what its name means. It is an up-to-date weekly newspaper, splendidly printed, well edited, the get-up being typographi cally, a "bouquet of beautiful flow ers." Its circulation has increased by leaps and bounds, "Zeke Bilkins" doing his part each week to add to the other interesting reading matter which appears weekly within its col umns. Editor Ramsey is to be con- ; gratulated upon the splendid paper that he is giving the public, his largo number of readers appreciating the good work done in their behalf. The Harbinger wishes the Enterprise continued success. Raleigh Harbinger.';'.-'.' A Colorado clergyman says the world has but two more years to ex ist. He is probably going on the theory that the world cannot stand another Colorado election, which is scheduled two years hence. Wash ington Post. A Philadelphia trolley car crashed into a bakery waeon and sent a load of pies through the air. What' with germs in the drinking water and pies in the air. Philadelphia must bo an unhealthful place indeed. Buf falo Express. Some of the newspapers are claim ing that the issue of government ownership of public utilities in the Democratic platform for 1908 will score a big victory for the oartv. 'We are not from Missouri, but vou'll have to show us. Wayne County Courier. Russia is accusing England of civing away the route of th Baltic fleet. Tsn't it just like the Rusoi'ans to think they could steal up on Togo with their sixty-seven warships and sink him before be observed them ? Too bad England went and, told Tog( about it,' Atlanta Journal.
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