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THE
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VOL. II.
RALEIGH, N. C.; THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1905.
NO. 24
BILKINS IN NEW YORK.
New York Isn't So Bad, So They Say
Bishop Potter and His Christian Sa
loon Have Dropped Out of Public
Sight Coney Island Is a Tame
Place, Says Zeke.
New York, Sept. 26th.
Correspondence of the Enterprise.
A feller that lives here got after
me yesterday erbout the peece I had
in your paper last week intermatin'
that they ain't much religion in this
city. He says hit iz a better city
than Philadelfia or Chicago, anV ter
prove hit, he says New York wuz
turribly shocked a few weeks ergo
when the Philadelfia police made a
Saturday nite rade an' found many
ov the upper ten engaged in awl sorts
ov wickedness.
Maybe I wuz too hard on New
York. If they wuz really shocked,
I reckon I orter sorter appollygize.
But I know peeple down in North
Carolina who git shocked every time
enything happens, an' still, that iz
az far az they go. I am doubtful
erbout awl them peeple, an' erbout
these New Yorkers. But I'll hev ter
give them the benefit ov the doubt.
New York iz a big place, an' if hit
iz bad, there iz sumpthin' goin' on.
Wifh a populashun ov nearly three
millyuns, an' two more millyuns in
a distance ov fifty miles, you may
expeck more meanness than you
would find in Hillsboro an' Greens
boro both put tergether.
I hev bin down in the subway look
in' fer the moral saloon that Bishop
Potter opened with prayer an' a
corkscrew, but found that hit hez
played out. Most ov the peeple here
take a drink when they want hit,
but they prcfur to drink on top ov
the ground. Still, hit iz my private
opinyim that a religious saloon an'
a anti-hack law iz awl that eny town
needs. Them that differ with me will
hev ter differ or cum my way.
The subway iz a grate instytushion.
When a town gits az big az New
York hit iz a job ter git awl the
peeple to their work an' home ergin
an' do hit quick. Street cars an' ele
vated trains did purty well fer a
time, but they couldn't be ernuff ov
them. Sum men wuz out in a field
one day an' seed a mole plowin' er
long under the ground. That give
them an idea; the subway iz the re
sult. Hit cost money. But you kin
go down-stairs an' take an electric
train an' go from one end ov New
York ter the other in half an hour.
Awl you hev ter do iz climb up an
other pair ov stairs an' you are there,
or here, az the case may be.
The first subway was built or dug
in London. They speak better an'
purer English there than we do, an'
call hit "the underground." But that
does not keep peeple f rum usin' the
subway in New York.
Since I writ you last I hev bin
down ter Coney Island ter see the
elef ant. I got disappointed ergin,
but hit don't matter.
From whut I- hed hearn, I thought
Coney Island wuz a purty fast place,
an' that a feller could see enuff wick
edness thar ter last a lifetime. May
be they put on sum extras when Sam
Jones an' the other saints go park
. hurstin' eround thar ; but I wuz too
late, or my glasses air a gittin' too
young fer me. Everything seemed
powerful tame ter me. Maybe I ex
pedited too much, an' just bekase I
didn't git killed or robbed, I cum
erway kickin'. I rid on the switch
back an' got my fortune tole. The
fortune-teller sed I would git mar
ried in less than a year ter a beauti
ful an' very wealthy lady an' give
me her pickter, that iz, a pickter ov
the girl I am ter marry. I reckon
Betsy will nip that in the bud. If
I thought they wuz eny danger, I'd
isshue an injunckshun ter prevent
myself frum gittin' married.
I may go back ter Coney Island er
gin an' stir up the animals. One
feller cum ter me an' sed he could
work a little trick with three cards
that would make me rich. I tole him
I didn't know eny three card game,
but if he'd trot out a full deck an'
play seven-up I'd land him in the
poor-house in ten minits. He sed
he'd see me later. I ain't a gambler,
but I like ter bluff these New York
ers, an' they think more ov me for
hit, .
: As ever, .
ZEKE BILKINS.
Wake Superior Court.
Owing to sickness in his family,
Judge Justice did not arrive in Ra
leigh until Tuesday, hence there wa3
no court Monday.
The first case Tuesday was Dennis
Chisholm and Wesley Johnson, col-
ored, for an affray. Submitted; cost
to be paid. ;':v' 'yV''.
Leu Wilbon and Cassandy Olive,
white, from near Fuquay Springs,
were acquitted of a charge of illegal
cohabitation.
Marion Wood and Ida Shepherd,
charged with the same offense, had
married, and judgment was suspend
ed on payment of costs.
John Rogers and Peter Rogers,
two young colored men, plead guilty
to carrying concealed weapons. They
were fined $10 each and costs.
Irene Young, a colored girl with a
young baby, plead guilty of stealing
a skirt and pair of stockings. Prayer
for judgment entered and the case
continued.
Clyde Faison, a white man of Ra
leigh, was finally acquitted of the
charge of selling liquor. ' The ques
tion to be decided was whether he
was the agent of the buyer or the
agent of the seller.
Thomas Scott, colored, had stolen
three hens from Mr. R. N. Wynee.
He plead guilty and got six months
on the roads.
David Birdsall, stealing corn from
J. Marion Turner, plead guilty; four
months on roads.
Jerry Blacknall, assault on Ed.
Tate with a rock, plead guilty; five
months on roads, or he may pay $25
and costs.
Richard Haywood, stealing two
shirts from Cross fe Linehan, sent
them off by express and caught by
Superintendent Bowen, plead guilty;
five months in jail with leave to hire
out, this being his first offense.
Allen Foster, a negro boy of
twelve or fourteen years, stealing bi
cycle from Gilbert Crabtree, plead
guilty; four months in jail with
leave to hire out
On Wednesday most of the day
was consumed in the trial of John
Hubbard, charged with stealing a
purse with $70.00 f rom W. II. Faison.
of Mark's Creek Township, more
than a year ago. The trial has not
yet been finished.
Idlewlld Farmers' Club.
(Reported for The Enterprise.)
The previous publication of con
centrated wisdom in the shape of
"Papers;" so exhausted the intel
lectus of the Club that no more "pa
pers" will appear ; so we will now
gather up the flotsam and jetsam of
mental effort which flowed into the
"Question Box," and let the public
bear the burden.
Question 1. "What is the cause of
the present uprising among labor or
ganizations called the 'Shorter
Work-day ?' and what will be its ef
fect upon the laboring class if it
have successful issue?"
Secretary : "Some of us remember
when about all classes of labor toiled
'from sun to sun.' After awhile hu
man physical nature rebelled, and the
labor day was shortened. This gave
chance for study, for thought, and
the slavishness of the labor system
and its stulifying effects became so
apparent to the thinking man, that
an agitation for a yet shorter labor
day was started, and the masonic
motto 'Eight hours for work, eight
hours for study, and eight hours for
rest and refreshment' was adopted:
hence the present disturbance in la
bor circles. But, says Capital, we
are willing to grant a shorter work
day at a proportionate decrease of
the wage scale ! Gentlemen, were
you ever willing to grant increased
wage scale proportionate to longer
workday, and did you ever do it ex-,
cept after a successful 'strike ?', You
failed to read and interpret correct
ly the handwriting on the wall for
years before your eyes, and now, like;
that other and more ancient mon
eyed power, you read and tremble.
As to the effect upon Labor : It will
be just what Labor makes it. Thou
sands will avail themselves of the op
portunities for improvement, r other
thousands will not; but the good will
overbalance the evil."
Ques. 2. "What are the greatest
impediments to success of the working-man?"
Sec. Three in number : the man
himself, intemperance, and borrow
ing money. Any man who works
steadily and faithfully will thrive;
but if he works only when necessity
forces him to, and drinks whiskey
(flies or no flies) between enforced
labor periods, and, if he hasn't ruin
ed his credit, borrows money upon
mortgage of his limited belongings,
at a rate and charges that aggregate
sixteen to twenty per cent., he will
not thrive. Motto : 'Give an honest
day's work for an honest day's wage,
leave whiskey alone, and cion't run
in debt."
Ques. 3. "Is there profit in raising
poultry?"
Sec. Depends upon three things:
whether you know how, what kind of
neighbors you have, and whether
your chicken roosts are burglar
proof. :
Ques. 4. "If an employer hires a
girl or woman to work, and she does
the work as good as a man, but gets
only about one-third as much pay as
the man what kind of a man is the
employer?"
Sec. We confess to an entire
bankruptcy in the matter of adject
ives that will put the proper stamp
on him,
Special order for 9 o'clock, appli
cation for membership, being called,
the application of Assistant Post
master Leonard was taken up, con
sidered, and "Resolved, the said ap
plicant is an enemy of man and wo
mankind in that he runs his patent
steam baby-waker and sleep-disturber
at a ferocious speed and great
clatter, thus disturbing the slumbers
of the weary and the dreams of in
nocence waking all the babies
within a mile of his route.
"Resolved 2. That his autoeath
auake machine scares the hens from
their nests, causing the egg to cool
and the hens can't hatcket. If he
will reform his ways or go some other
way, at next meeting we will gladly
roll him in the barnyard."
A young married member of the
club became a father one night last
week. It is told of him that he called
out several times during the night,
"Maw, maw, don't let the skeeters
bite the baby." Fact, too.
The wrestling match between the
Secretary's jiu jitsu bull, catch-as-catch
can, and the strong man of the
Club, took place at last meeting.
The Secretary had offered a prize of
an "Allied Trades Label." After an
hour's tussle the strong man was
thrown onto the manure pile. Af
ter a vigorous application of cold
water he revived. The bull now
wears the label. All good union men
interested in cow products please
take notice. I. HOE,
Secretary.
Hickory Grove Items.
Correspondence of the Enterprise.
Mr. Otie W. Underbill left his
home September 19, 1905, for Gal
laudet College, Washington, D. C.
The school committee of Hickory
Grove School will meet at the school
house September 30, 1905, at 3
o'clock, p. m., for the purpose of con
sidering applications for teaching.
I suppose all of the Masons and a
great many non-Masons around here
attended the Masonic picnic at
Wakefield, September 22, 1905. I do
not suppose they regret going, be
cause two excellent Masonic speeches
were made, and I am sure they found
plenty to eat.
I was very glad to have Mr. Jas.
Bobbitt and family, from Forestville,
N. C, to be my guests last Sunday.
A few farmers of this section are
paying their debts as fast as they
can market their farm products. I
imagine they feel relieved of a great
burden.
I am sorry to say the farmers of
this section did not attend the cot
ton growers' meeting at Raleigh,
September 23, 1905.
; J. W. U. .
Hickory Grove, N. C, Sept. 26th.
Willow Springs Association.
Little River Primitive Baptist As
sociation met with Willow Springs
Church this year, and was in session
Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Elder
P. J. Gold, of Wilson, and a number
of other prominent ministers were
present. ;:V--..vM ;
On Sunday a very large crowd at
tended, many coming from every sec
tion of Wake, Johnston and Har
nett Counties, and possibly some
from other counties. A large dele
gation of prominent Raleigh people
were present, and the meeting was
thoroughly enjoyed. Probably 2,500
people were present.
The Primitive Baptists are very
strong in that locality, and no bet
ter people live anywhere.