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THE RALEIGH ENTERPRISE. Thursday, August 24, 1905.
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THE RALEIGH ENTERPRISE.
An Independent Newspaper Pub
lished Every Thursday
' '.'-BY :
J. L. RAMSEY, Editor and Prop:,
Raleigh, N. C.
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Entered as pecond-olass matter May 12,
WW, at the postofflceat Rale'ftb. i. c, under
the Act of Congress of March 8, 1879.
An Egyptian has sued four of his
wives for divorce at one time. He
may not claim it, but we think he is
entitled to wholesale rates.
The tiddlers' convention at Pullen
Park next Thursday is for fiddlers
only and those who attend to enjoy
the music. But we hope a few vio
lin players will attend and hear some
real music.
In answer to a young lady in
quirer, we will state that a surprise
party and a surprise marriage are
not precisely the same thing. A sur
prise party is singular, while a sur
prise marriage is plural, there being
two surprised parties, as a rule.
Recently a lady passenger was car
ried by her destination, and she had
to spend the night in Raleigh. Of
course she sued the railroad, and
some of our envious neighbors are
jubilating. They take no account
of numerous suits which would be
brought if the railroads should fail
to get other uassengers to Raleigh.
An American circus is stranded in
France and the two hundred em
ployes are in a bad condition, as work
is not easily secured in that country.
But certainly this government will
not allow them to suffer. However,
the government has no fund to re
lieve stranded Americans in a for
eign country.
The tax valuation of property has
increased nearly $200,000 in Anson
County in a year. Anson is a good
county. But, unfortunately, an in
crease originating at the hands of
tax listers is never taken seriously,
for when a county is after money it
can easily increase the value of prop
erty, However, we trust that Anson
is forging ahead.
Pretty soon you will hear that Ra
leigh has not the hotel facilities for
handling the Fair week crowd. The
Yarborough, Park and Carrollton
will all be open. The three can care
for more people than the hotels of
any other town, Greensboro not ex
cepted. Then there are other smaller
hotels; numerous boarding-houses of
a good class, and many private homes
will be open that week. The crowd
will be a record-breaker, but no one
will fail to find accommodations.
NICE STATE OF AFFAIRS.
The open session of the South
Carolina Dispensary Investigation
, Commission has brought to light
financial reports which show that the
Dispensary has not been the money
making institution that some claim
it is, or, if it has made money, it
has been gobbled up by the hangers
on. It was brought out that the Dis
pensary Board owes over $500,000,
has orders outstanding for more
than $200,000 worth of "goods," and
has only $1,200 to its credit with the
State Treasurer. It is claimed, how
ever, that they have on hand in local
dispensaries about $338,000 worth of
goods and considerable stock in tho
State Dispensary; also a lot of "ac
counts," real estate, teams, office fix
tures, etc. However, unless the real
amount is kept from public view, it'
is doubtful if a profitable balance
sheet could be shown. In the assets
more than $65,000 in "railroad
claims" appears. That is a pretty
large amount of such claims, and it'
is not likely that the accumulation
will grow much less.
STILL IN DOUBT.
It is understood that the peace
plenipotentiaries have practically
agreed upon everything except the
matter of indemnity' and the disposi
tion of the island of Sakahalien.
There has been a virtual deadlock for
a week upon those questions.
During the past three days it is
believed that President Roosevelt,
acting for this country, France, Eng
land and Germany, has been in close
touch with the envoys, and with the
Czar and Micado. Long messages
have been exchanged, and there still
seems to be hope of peace, though the
envoys seem hopelessly apart.
No one doubts that Russia is willing
to pay a large sum, but the amount
Japan insists upon, the cost of the
war to that government, is a stag
gering amount. However, while ne
gotiations continue there is hope, and
it may all. end well any day.
George Vanderbilt sold some cat
tle at his Biltmore farm this week.
Twenty-eight Jersey's brought $6,855,
which is quite a help to a poor farmer
like George at this season of the
year.
The yellow fever is spreading.
Four places are infected outside of
New Orleans. The quarantine regu
lations in nearby States are so strict
that business and traffic is nearly
paralyzed. It has ever been thus
when yellow fever exists.
The Joys of Inland Bathing.
Quiet inland bathing offers you no
such extravagant opportunities to be
a poseur. If the water is warm, you
loll in it at your ease; your mind is
soon stupefied by the sensuousness in
which you are enfolded; the interest
of your sleepy eyes does not extend
beyond the gentle ripples that widen
away from the slow, submerged
strokes of your arms. After a while
you roll over on your back and
drowsily, execute at intervals a lan
guid "shoony" lest motion, while you
look drowsily up into the void. Now
and then you will raise your arms
and flap them down through the wa
ter like a pair of sweeps; it is only
a tired sort of effort. And finally,
in the supreme abandonment of in
dolence, you lay your head back, far
back, until the water creeps up
about your eyelids; you stretch out
legs and arms motionless, and lie,
breathing tranquilly, sensible of no
other movement in the world than
the slight flux and slip of the water
upon your heaving: chest. Then may
you realize, perhaps, something of
'the lark's sensation when, with wings
outspread, it hangs suspended be
tween earth and sky. He who has
never thus suspended himself idly
in still water, with fathoms below
him and infinity above, has not ex
perienced one of the sensuous de
lights of existence. Unfortunate
man, who goes to his grave believing
that there is nothing better than bed
for weary limbs and a jaded brain!
Arthur Stanwood Pier, in the Au
gust Atlantic.
The Making of Calls.
As regards calls being made by
new residents of a few months'
standing upon new arrivals, some lit
tle hesitation is experienced as to
whether they ought to call or not,
being themselves but recently estab
lished in the neighborhood. Actual
ly, they have the privilege of call
ing upon those who have come to
reside in a place later than them
selves, if they care to avail them
selves of it, and unless they do so,
they must wait until circumstances
bring them together, that is, meet
ing at the houses of the neighbors
or in connection with parish affairs.
Temporary residents have no hesita
tion on this head ; they are not ex
pected to call upon each other a3
residents do upon newcomers. They
make acquaintance in various ways
in the first instance, and follow it
up subsequently if inclined so to do.
Oftener than not they do not come
across each other during their brief
stay, and they meet so seldom that
the acquaintance does not develop
into a calling one.
In country towns, temporary resi
dents are seldom called upon by tho
residents in the town. The exception
to this is when they have a "friend
in court" in the person of one of the
residents, who can ask several oth
ers to call, or who can introduce
them at gatherings. Those who take
houses for short periods can not ex
pect to be called upon as a general
rule; indeed, in some communities
no notice whatever is taken of their
arrival or departure, and they are
left severely alone. In others, those
not very much to the front are glad
of the opportunity of making their
acquaintance, and introduce them
readily to their friends.
When first calls should be returned
is another knotty point to be deter
mined. No one wishes to call too
soon, neither do they wish to call un
duly late upon those who have been
kind enough to call upon them. With
in ten days, again, is an average
time, and three weeks the outside lim
it for so doing. These first calls are
surrounded by some little amount of
worldly-wise consideration in the
matter of returning them, and not
infrequently the names of the callers
are submitted to one who knows a
little about their bearinars. Whose
call should be returned at once, and
whose call might be deferred until a
convenient season, are matters de
cided by the friends in question ;
failing this friendly aid, the decision
is left to chance and what judgment
can be brought to bear upon it
through environment and personal
observation. Jane Armstrong.
No, Anxious Inquirer, the state
ment that the Democratic party is
seeking for a Moses to lead it out of
the wilderness is not equivalent to
saying that it wants a dead one or a
patriarch for its leader. It is simply
equivalent to saying that they are in
need of an angel. Haverhill Gazette.
The grand jury at Washington
continued the investigation of the
cotton leak scandal, but with secrecy.
OPINIONS IN A NUTSHELL ,
We really don't see how Uncio
Russell Sage can expect the Lord to
wait until he reaches par, when he
can be had at 89. Boston Journal.
While there may not be as much
whiskey sold here as during the time
of open saloons there appears to be
plenty to go around. Durham Herald.'"-
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The voting out of the dispensary by
Union County, S..C, is but' one of
the indications that the people of
that State are going to do the great
moral institution to death. Char
lotte Chronicle.
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The country wagons will soon be
bringing in pumpkins instead of wa
termelons, and not long after that it
will be time to call the 'possum dog.
Charlotte Chronicle.
Famine in Spain, famine in the
United States ! Only ours is an aw
ful and unassuaged hunger for
freight cars to carry the harvest.
New York Evening Mail.
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The pacification of the Russian
peonle is proceeding with gratifying
results from the autocratic point of
view. Forty have been killed and
more than 200 wounded in the latest
lesson. Pittsburg Dispatch.
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The "paternal" character of the
Russian Government may be seen in
the sentence of Sienkiewicz, the Po
lish novelist, to imprisonment in his
own house. It is like sending a child
to bed in the daytime. Springfield
Republican.
The reputation of submarines is
so good that the President should
trust himself on the bottom of Oys
ter Bay in the Plunger. Why not let
some of the candidates for the nomi-
nation distinguish themselves. New
York Evening Sun.
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It is authoritatively stated Sena
tor Gorman is not in poor health,
and has no thoue-ht of resigning. We
should say not. The only thing that
will retire him from politics will be
a lack of votes to re-elect him to the
Senate. Pittsburg Gazette.
Captain Jansen, of a Boston fruit
steamer, reports that the Gulf
Stream has shifted two points of lat
itude farther north. The Russian
peace commissioners will refuse to
believe it. They find Baron Komura
colder every day. New York Even
ing Sun. ";.
A lot of crooks taken in by the
New York police on suspicion of be
longing to the wire-tapping gang
were well-dressed, gray-haired and
respectable in appearance. That
combination justly arouses suspicion
over there. Boston Herald.
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Mr. Roosevelt's obvious abhorrence
for a trust in food products is per
fectly logical, considering his posi
tion on the question of race suicide.
If people are to be brought into this
world the cost of nourishment must
not be made prohibitive. Kansas
City Times.
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When we stop reading in court
proceedings of pistol toting cases,
"judgment suspended on payment of
cost," and instead the proceedings
shall read "12 months on chain
gang" it will be a wonderful help to
cowards to leave their pistols at
home. Our Home. s
It is to be' considered that Japan
is to-day in a position where she can
enforce absolutely every demand she
makes of Russia. Russia is not
asked to give up anything! she has
possession of, save the indemnity. An
indemnity is not more costly than
war, and it is all that Russia has any
choice about, Louisville Post,