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THE erpFise VOL. II. RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1905. NO. 10 H 0 AJ3LiC12C Rot LETTER FROM BILKINS. Hr. Vanderbilt Will Not Find Voting a Snap-Bilkins Will Not Allow Jury Tampering The Relative Mer its of Various Mineral Springs . Correspondence of the Enterprise. I see by the papers that my ole friend, or maybe my young friend, George Vanderbilt, late ov New York, is takin' more stock in hiz 90,000 aker farm an' five millun dol lar home up next ter Asheville. Hit iz sed that George iz goin' ter spend most oz hiz time on the farm an' that he will move hiz citizenship ter this State an' vote with us. George may think he iz goin' ter do awl ov that an' more. But he iz up erginst hit fer once. How does he know he iz goin' ter vote in this State ? I don't know how he iz goin' ter vote. If I did, I could tell him ter cum rite on an' lay still, az every thin' iz done fixed. If he iz p-oin' ter vote the other way, he will hev ter stand a sivil servis examinashun four hundred feet long, an' we may draw the grand-daddy claws on him. I on derstand that hiz grand-dadd- wuz az poor az Job's turkey, an' that he wuz ingaged in sellin' leather or somethin' at one time, which iz f ur biddin by our code ov rules, even if the law hain't slap erginst hit. An' we may make him show hiz tax re seets fer the past two thousand years. Lots depends on hiz conterbusion ter the campahe fund, his views on the dispensatory isshue an' whether he beleeves hades iz a summer or a win ter resort. But cum erlong George. We'll tollerate you till we kin extrack your money fer rode an' skule purposes. We air powerfully in favor or gude ' rodes an' gude skules bekase they cost money, an' give iobs, an' that iz what we air runnin' this country fer. We offisials air tryin' ter break up tamperin' with jurries. an' we air go in' ter do hit onless they kin do hit a little more secretly. I'll see that jurries comin' ter my justis ov the peece court air rite. I hereby isshue the f ollerin' plocler mashun : "Be hit known henceforth, now an' f ur,ever, that I, Ezekial Bilkins, instis ov the peece fer Martin's Creek Township, stand ready ter severely punish any an' awl persons, especial lv Rermblikins. who may hereinbe fore, hereinbehind, or in any manner aforesed, or af tersaid, be found gilty ov meddlm' with eny luror: an' JJym- akrats hed better be keerful. Any person, especially Republikins, found gilty ov eny offense herein spoken ov, shail be subjeck ter the full penalty ov the law; and' Dymakrats hed bet ter ho keerful." Be hit further known that my court hez nothin' ter do with eny other courts in this State or Cannady. an' thet thev ain't no appeal. B6in' a married man, az well az a justis ov the peece, I make hit hot fer awl vio Inters ov the law. but allers turn mar ried men loose in enythin' short ov capital offenses, beleevin' they hev flwlrfiddv bin punished enutf. bolo mon hain't in hit with me when hit cums ter dealin' out iustis. I move t.TiR lppv(r ud or down az the case re quires when I'm dealin' out punish mpnt. T hone i I'll not hev ter refer ter this ergin, fer I am busy huntin' violaters ov the Watts, Ward an' Woods I I w ertwt two years behind time in that ray-speck. The hot weather hez made them summer resort microbes hatch out in Betsv'a hed. Sha axed me the other day which wuz the helthyest place, Fuquay Springs or Chalybeat Snriners. I tole her I didn't know. fer the folks at both places looked liked they wuz several hundred years ole. She sed she wanted me ter go ter both Snriners an' find out. I tole her I would when I got the crops wurked out, but she wouldn t wate. So I went ter Fuauav first. I drove up an' hitched my mule, an' I seed Mr. R. S. Barham standnr at the Snriner. I tole him whut Betsy hed sent me fer. He 'lowed thet wuzzent a dejbaterable question. "How ole air you, Br. Barham?" sed X "That iz a seckret," sed he. "I don't mean eny offense," sez I, "but Betsy wants ter know erbout the different mineral Springs an' how long peeple live who drink the water so az ter tell which iz the helthiest." "Look eround." sed he, "an' you kin tell that nobody dies in these diffsrms." I put Mr. Barham down az bein 175. Dr. Sexton looks ter be purty nigh 200. I. N. Hob- good ain't less than 180. Capt. A. Guess must be close ter 160. By this time they hed got onter the racket an' several other prominent sitizens tuk ter the bushes; fer they air so old thev don't wanter anser questions. I tuk a drink or two more ov water an' drove down ter Chalybeate Springs. But .the news that 1 wuz tatVlli ,. Lilt? tCUOUS V illC X ins O v find out ages had gone on before an' I found the town purty nisrh dissert ed. Finally I found Mr. E. H. Dewar. "Whar iz awl the folks ?" sez I. He 'lowed most ov 'em hed skip ped when they hearn I wuz cumin'. "They iz so meny ole bachelors eround here an' they sorter begin ter git sensative erbout their ages after they pass 100." "How ole air you, then?" sez I, "Oh! I'm voumr yit," sed Mr. Dewar. I put him down at 150. but I expeck I flattered him. Mr. J. A. Johnson can't be less than 170. David Henry Senter iz away over a hundred in the shade. J. A. Pearson iz likewizo. They air both single. I tried ter find several others, but they wuz hidin' out ter keep f rum tellin' their ages. I went back an' made a verble ray port ter Betsv. I tole her I couldn't find on t much erbout their ages, but that most ov the sitizens eround both Springs' hed lived so long that they had worn out frum three ter four sets ov teeth. Betsy iz makin' her sum mer dresses, but I don't know which Springs we air goin' ter. When she desides. I will rayport. Tours trulv. ZETCE BILKINS. HOW IT WAS DONE. POWELL FOUND GUILTY. Goes to Atlanta Federal Prison for Two and a Half Years. J. B. Powell, of Norfolk, who was tried at the jecent term of the Fed eral Court here for using the mails to defraud various business firms, was found guilty. The jur was out six and one-half hours. Judge Pur nell gave Powell two and a half years, and he has been taken to At lanta to begin the sentence, Swkegrfte to the Enterprise, Admiral Togo Makes a Final Report of the Last Japanese Naval Victory Battle Decided in Forty ninutes. Admiral Togo has issued the final report of the battle of the Sea of Japan. It shows the fine formation of the Japanese fleet and the suici dal incompetence of the Russians: "Our order for action was given at 1:55 p. m. We headed southwest for a short time as if taking a course directly opposite to that of the enemy. Suddenly, at 2 :05, we turn ed east, changing front, and pressed diagonally against the enemy's head. Our armored cruiser squadron close lv followed our course, while the di visions of Admirals Dewa and Urui, the cruiser squadron and the divis ion commanded by the younger Togo followed a course previously Planned and proceeded southward to attack the enemy's rear. "The enemy opened fire ta 2:08 p. m. We did not reply until we had broueht our ships within 6,000 me tres. Then we concentrated our fire on the two leading ships. The enemy found himself pressed more toward the southeast, and both his lines veered gradually to the eastward, assuming an irregular vertical for mation. In this position the enemy continued a course parallel to ours. The Russian battleship Osylabia caught on fire and left the line. Meantime our cruisers appeared in the enemy's rear. As we neared, our fire increased in effectiveness. The Kniaz Suvaroff and the Alexander III burned fiercely. The enemy's line became confused and smoke con cealed them. Therefore we suspend ed fire. The result of the battle was decided at 2:45 p. m. The Oslya bia sank at 3 p. m. We pressed the enemy southward, firing when any of their ships were visible. By 3 o'clock we had already appeared in front of the enemy's line of advance, our course being about southwest. "Suddenly the enemyi headed north, evidently planning to escape in that direction around our rear. Our main squadron turned sixteen points to port, reversing its order and steering southwest. Our armor ed cruisers also changed front, fol lowing the same course and pressing the enemy southward. The enemy then changed to the east, and we promptly turned sixteen points to starboard, our armored cruisers fol lowing suit. By 4:40 o'clock the enemy seemed to be headed south. Later we lost sight of him in the smoke and mist. "Bv 4:30 o'clock our main squad ron was aerain steaming northward in search of the main body of the enemy. The armored cruisers moved southward atrainst the enemy's crui sers. Our main sauadron sank the Ural and found six of the enemy's shins runniner northeast. We pur sued and caught them and opened fire. The enemy changed his course westward and then northward. One of the enemv's battleships was dis abled and another was sunk. Our armored cruisers, pursuing the en emy southward, observed the Alex ander III approach the Admiral Na kimoff and overturn and sink. "At twilight our destroyers and torpedo boats gradually closedj in from the northeast and south. Find ing tfjem pjacej, our main squadron let loose their horde of torpedoes. I ordered all my ships to assemble at Ullen Island next morning. Admiral Togo then describes the attack of Admirals Dewa and Uri upon the Russian rear May 27. De scribing the events of Sunday, Ad miral Togo declares that his battle ships, Kamimura's cruisers, Uri's di vision and the younger Togo s divis ion completely enveloped Admiral NiebogatofFs ships, rendering resist ance useless. The Japanese com mander-in-chief approved of the surrender and allowed Admiral Nie- bogatoff and his officers to retain their swords. CLAYTON NEWS. Election to Be Herd Next flonday A New Drug Store Personals. Correspondence of the Enterprise. Pastor Blanchard preached two ex cellent sermons in the Baptist church Sunday. Rev. Jn'o. A. Oates, of the North Carolina Baptist, Favetteville, N. C, delivered a powerful temperance lecture in the school auditorium Monday night. A vast audience was out to hear him and expressed their admiration at the splendid truths brought out. Some of our townsmen went to Sealey's pond fishing Monday. They report a fine time and lots of fish. Rev. Mr. Beaman, of the Trinity Church, Durham, N. C, will deliver a temperance lecture in the school auditorium on Thursday night, June 22nd. All our people are familiar with Dr. Beaman's speech-making, and will all turn out to hear this great man. Next Monday will settle the Ques tion as to whether we will have prohi bition or whiskey. Our town alder men have sent to each voter a copy of the proposed law so that there may be no misunderstanding. Clayton will soon have a new drug store. Mr. C. T. Young, who re cently finished his course in pharm acy, is the promoter of this. The town commissioners had the boundary lines of the town run last Friday. This was done on account of the fact that some who wanted to keep hogs could know positively when the pen is out of town. The prohibition question, we are sorry to note, has caused some strife among our best citizens. No cred ance should be placed on a rumor un til the truth thereof is established. On Tuesday June 27th. Mr. John W. Sealey will draw off his pond and allow any person or persons who wish to to seine the pond. A fee of five dollars pen 'seine will be charged. There's going to be a good old time, as E. L. ONeil will be along with all the cold drinks you are looking for. Let's all go and have one more good fishing. "NO ONE." Clayton, N. C. June 21st. Get Oood, Young Man 1 The Raleigh Enterprise gives in rhyme the pronunciamento of a young man she will tolerate. Her re strictions are so severe that we fear she will have to repair to that place where inhabitants are reported to be happy and have no bad habits. The young man she wants died when he was young. New Bern Daily Journal,
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