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RALEIGH; N. C. THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1905.
NO. 11
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LETTER FROM BILKINS.
What Embracery Heans The Woods
Law and How It Works Mrs. Bil
kins Stands by Members of Her Sex.
Correspondence of the Enterprise.
"Zeke, what iz this new fangled
thing they hev out now they air
callin' embracery ?" axed Betsy the
other nite.
"You may serch me," sed I. "You
needn't depend on me ter be a pocket
dickhunary an' a walkin' bycyklope
dy ; I've got other fish ter fry."
"Well, you orter know," sed Betsy,
"fer hit hez got sumpthin' ter do with
law an' courts an' sich like."
"Iz that so ?" sed I. Then I'll
serch Blackstone frum hiz toes ter
the top ov hiz hat, an' look through
the purseedin's o v the Code an' the
last legislates I hed seed hit in
print, but I though hit wuz sumpthin'
Joesef uss Danyels hed dusr up fer
campane effeck an' I didn't give hit
a seckond thought.
"Embrasery." Yes, that iz a legal
wurd. Hit means teer embrace in
Inglish, but I'll be shivered if I know
whut hit meens in Latin. I'll hev ter
take a course in Latin before I'm a
magistrate much longer. When I'm
tryin' ov a case awl I hev ter do ter
keep order iz ter look wise an' say
"eplurisy union disider atum," an' hit
hez a powerful effeck. But that will
wear out after awhile an' I'll hev ter
git sum new Wurds or loose my dig
nity. " -'-v'
I made another raid in my town
ship the other day ter see if I could
find eny vidlashuns ov the anty-jug
law. I went four miles an' didn't
see a single jug. But I didn't go
ter envbody's house. My plan iz ter
confisticate eny an' awl jugs I find
that can't , give a gude akount ov
theirselves.
I got a letter frum a justice ov the
peece in Durham County yisterday.
He sed he red in my letter whar I
sed in my procklermashun that I wuz
busy huntin' the violaters ov the
Watts, Ward and Woods laws. He
'lowed that he hed put in two days
a-tryin' ter find whar the last legisla
tor passed the Woods law. I will
say ter him that the legislator didn't
pass the Woods law; I got hit up my
self, an' hit will stand onless the
Supreme Court declares hit oncon
stitushional. Hit iz not a law, but
a by-law fer the vg ov awl magis
trates an' other county offiscers.
Under this by-law no oflBscer iz al
lowed ter go inter the woods lookin'
fer violaters of the Watts-Ward law
an' make himself unpopular an' loose
votes. Awl we do iz ter catch blind
tigers in incorporative towns an'
cities. Why, if I wuz ter go out in
the woods in eny part ov Martin
Creek Township I mite run rite in
to a blockade still' in ten minits an'
I'd hev ter arrest the whole business
an' hev the still an' awl in court.
I see that the revenew offisers brpke
up nine blockade stills in Caswell
County the other day. If we'd en
force the Watts and Ward laws that
way we'd loose half our voters. So
you kin see whut a cude thing the
Woods by-law iz. I'm allers gittin'
up sumpthin' ter help the party out.
I tole Betsy erbout seem' in the
paper the other day that three wimin
put on hoopskirts out West not long
ergo an' went out. They got arrest
ed at once an' had ter pay a fine. I
never seepV her so mad, ' She Bed
if the wimin didn't rise up in their
mite their liberties would soon awl be
taken frum them. I sorter suspeck
that Betsy hez bin thinkin' erbout
riggin' out in hoopskirts. She would
look like a war balloon if she did.
But I'm erf rade ter make remarks
erbout that.
Truly,
ZEKE BILKINS.
CLAYTON NEWS.
The Dispensary Will Soon be a Thing
of the Past There.
Correspondence of the Enterprise.
Our people enjoy the Enterprise
for several good reasons. We are
an enterprising people, the Enter
prise in an enterprising paper, and
the editor thereof is an enterprising
man.
Work on the addition to the Clay
ton Cotton Mills is going on rapidly.
The promoters of the new drug
company had a meeting Tuesday
evening.
The Board of Trustees of the Clay
ton High School met in the school
hall Monday night.
Mr. Harry Pool, of Raleigh, N. C,
was a guest of his sister, Mrs. Cad
mus T. Young Sunday.
Crops here-abouts are looking ex
ceedingly fine. Our farmers are
among the first in the country to
have cotton blooms.
We are clad to see Mr. L. W.
Batchelor, who recentlv was shot,
on our streets again Tuesdav.
Mr. Joe T. Barnes' little girl fell
from a hammock Sunday and broke
her collar bone. She is doing nicely.
On Tuesday morning the Clayton
dispensary was in deep mourning.
The vote that killed it Monday, June
26th, was 124 to 36. This is the big
gest majority ever given to anything
in a town election.
Mr. Milton Nowell, who lives near
Wendell, was in town Wednesday.
He says he heard yesterday that his
brother, Mr. Melvin Howell, of Ra
leigh, is not much improved.
NO ONE.
Clayton, N. C, June 28, 1905.
An Old Company.
In this edition our readers will
notice a change of ad. of the Me
chanics and Investors Union. We
note with pleasure the continued suc
cess and usefulness of this old estab
lished company, which has completed
twelve years of excellent work in our
community.
We are informed bv the manager
that during this period of time the
company has had dealings with near
ly eight hundred persons, has made
about three hundred loans on real es
tate security to aid in building that
number of homes in this and other
places in the State. They have; re
turned in cash seventy-five thousand
dollars for matured and cancelled
certificates.
The one hundred dollars certifi
cates issued by this company afford a
convenient and profitable investment
for monthly savings on dwellincrs.
Such companies are needed in ev
ery city and town of the State. They
encourage saving and property own
ing. The Enterprise hopes to see
the company complete a quarter cen
tury or more with increasing prosperity
DEPLORABLE AFFAIR.
Deputy Marshal John Dockery Shot
by Policeman Rogers.
Saturday morning about 10 o'clock
Policeman Isaac W. Rogers shot Mr.
John Dockery twice, both wounds be
ing serious.
It is alleged that Rogers was sta
tioned at the top of the first flight
of stairs in the Tucker Building,
and that he fired the two shots when
Dockery was almost at the top of the
stairway. Dockery fell, rolled down
stairs to the first landing, and then
drew his pistol and fired one shot
at Rogers, it striking a post of, the
stair-railing near Rogers.
Messrs. Bud Hinton and Marcus
Crocker were the first to reach Dock
ery as he lay on the landing unable
to rise. His pistol was taken from
his hand by Mr. Crocker.
The occupants of the Tucker
Building swarmed out of the offices
and a crowd soon collected from the
street. Rogers stepped into an of
fice and telephoned the sheriff of the
affair. Sheriff Page and a deputy
were soon in the building and car
ried Rogers to the sheriff's office.
Later he was placed in jail.
Mr. Dockery was carried into the
office of Dr. Rovster in the Tucker
Building and several physicians
made a hasty examination of the
wounds. . One shot struck him in the
left shoulder, breaking the shoulder.
The other entered the back below
the left shoulder, one and a half
inches from the spinal column and
ranged downward, probably going
through the lung. As the only eye
witness was an elevator bov bv the
name of Durfrey, the exact position
of the parties has never been deter
mined. Mr. Dockery was carried to Rex
Hospital where he has been hovering
between life and death since.
The lamentable affair is said to
have grown out of a report conveyed
to Policeman Rogers to the effect
that one of his daughters had accom
panied Mr. Dockery to a questionaole
resort on East Cabarrus Street one
or more times, and that another
young woman and Mr. C. M. Ber
nard had gone to the resort at the
same time, all going in the same car
riage. A brother of the last men
tioned young woman had spoken to
Mr. Dockery about a settlement of
the matter only a few minutes before,
and they had agreed to go to the of
fice of a lawyer in the Tucker Build
ing to discuss the matter. While
going up the stairs (the elevator not
being necessary, as the office was on
the second floor from the street)
the firing was done.
Mr. Rogers is a native of Durham
Countv but has lived in Raleigh a
long time. lie is nervous and im
pulsive, but has borne a good char
acter so far as we know. He has
been on the Raleigh police force for
several years. He is fifty-eight years
old. .,
Mr. Dockery is a son of U. S.
Marshal II. C. Dockerv, and has a
position in the office of his father
here. He was born in Richmond
County, and is twenty-six years old.
He is popular in social circles and
has a large number of friends. So
fax as we know, he has never been
in trouble before.
As is our custom, we refrain from
going into details of the events Jead
ing up to the trouble which nearly
caused a death and has cast a gloom
over several homes. Enough has
been told. All the parties concerned
have retained counsel and the whole
matter will be sifted to the bottom.
It is not the province of newspapers
to try cases.
COHMITTED SUICIDE.
Charles Qrissom Drank Whiskey and
Laudnum and Is Dead.
Tuesday afternoon about 6 o'clock
the screaming of two women on
South Wilmington Street, near Da
vie, attracted attention. It was
found that Mrs. Charles Grissom and
her sister had created the commotion,
and the cause of it all was that
Charles Grissom, a mechanic, had at
tempted to kill himself by drinking,
an excessive quantity of whiskey and
laudnum.
Two doctors were soon there and
used a stomach pump promptly, but
the laudnum, more than two ounces,
and nearly or "uite a quart of whis
key, had done its deadly work. Af
ter three hours' work the doctors sent
him to Rex Hospital, where he died
at 11.00 a. m. yesterday.
Mrs. Grissom says that she had
feared for some time that the mind
of her husband has not been normal.
For some days his six-months-old
babe has been critically ill,. Mr.
Grissom had been staying at home
helping to nurse the sick child. Loss
of sleep and worry has added to the
trouble. Just before taking the
laudnum Mr. Grissom told his wife
that he was going away and that he
had arranged all his affairs. In a
few minutes he drank the laudnum,
having previously drank, some say, a
pint and a half of whiskey.
Grissom, so far as known, was not
a drinking man, and has been indus
trious and good to his family, con
sisting of wife and two small chil
dren. : ' '"
Dots from Garner.
Correspondence of the Enterprise.
No mayor's court here for several
days.
As the town is mostly composed of
commissioners, policemen and mer
chants, things go on very quietly.
Policeman E. J. Jones has resign
ed. He served one month and four
days.
Mr. J. N. N. Smith is now our
chief -of -police. He holds the office
of constable for St. Marv's Town
ship; also the town's chief officer and
lamp-lighter. He is almost up to
Uncle Zeke Bilkins.
Heavy rains continue to visit this
section, doing much damage to the
crops in some portions.
Mr. A. J. Powell, near Garner,
has the finest crop of corn and cot
ton in this section. He had several
cotton blooms on the 25th.
C. II. W.
Garner, N. C, June 28, 1905.
It is said that the Standard Oil
Company will be allowed to rebuild
on the old site of the building re
cently burned. It is claimed that new
building will be fire-proof, hence
many of the former objectors have
withdrawn. But just how the people
have been convinced that it is safe
to live near thousands of gallons of
oil and gasolene, j is, not stated,