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VOL. II.
RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1906.
NO. 51
LETTER FROM BILKINS.
The Major is Still at Home- He is
Playing for the Influence of the
Ladies and Will Work for Them
in the Legislature An Alarming
State of Affairs.
Correpondence of The Enterprise :
I am still at home tryin' ter get
the crop started off an' countin' can
dydates fer offis that air cumin' out
through the papers.
I haint never seed the like. Hit
iz wurse than the plags that affiict-
t5U Jligjyi, 1U LUC U1C XUCJ
haint bin no less then three candy
dates cum out fer sheriff sinse I
begun ter plant my little patch of
taters. If this keeps on at this rate
the candy dates will overrun the
country like the grasshoppers did in
Kansas some years ergo.
Betsy sez I hev bin the cause oy
awl the trouble fer I kept ritin' er
bout what grate sucksess me an'
Bob hev bin havin' an' hit set the
other candydates on fire.
That iz the way with wimin; they
blame everything on the men; pur
vided hit don't cum out awl rite,
but if enything iz a grate sucksess,
they claim credit ter Hit. ii you
git ahead ov a woman you hev ter
git up at 1 o'clock in the mornin'
the year round.
Betsy iz trying ter keep me frum
coin' out can vassin' ergin. She sez
that they iz so many candydates out
that Jhey iz bound ter. be a. mix-up
an' sumbody will git hurt, an' she
knows that a lot ov them will hold
a spite at me' bekase I am gittin' er
long so well an' they air bound ter
be jellous.
V I aint afeard ov none ov them on
less they waylay me in a cowardly
way. Bob kin outrun any ov them,
an if they try ter double team on
me I'll be ter the other side ov the
county before they git started.
Betsy wuz a readin a lawyer's
speech on the paper the other uite.
The lawyer started off by sayin'
"Gentlemen ov the jur-."
Betsy sed she hadn't never hearn
ov a lawyer sayin' "Ladies ov the
jury," nor "Ladies an' gentlemen ov
the jury," which would sound a site
better.'
I didn't say enything fer erbout
a minit fer I wuz thinkin' an' I
thought I seed a gude openin.
"The reazon iz," sez I, "that the
wimin air discriminated erginst.
They don't git their rites an' can't
serve on j uries. They hev ter pay
taxes. an' wurk fer a livin' in a gude
many cases, but they can't vote nor
serve on juries, exsept in a few
States whar they kin vote. If I
change my mind an' go ter the Leg
islater I'll interduce a bill the first
week ter allow wimin ter set on
the j ury if they want ter, an' I be
leeve that my liberal views will help
my canvass fer whatever offis I am
runnin' fer."
Betsy 'lowed that she wouldn't sit
on the jury if they'd summon her
an' she didn't beleeve that many
would. But shed like fer them ter
hev sum rites an' hev the chance
ter act on the jury.
"You'd hev ter sit on the jury if
the sheriff summonses you," sez I.
"you couldn't do az you pleeze. You
mite be busy makin' a new dress or
trlmmin' a hat an' if you wuz called
ter court you'd hev ter go. You mite
wanter go ter a bargain sale, but if
you were servin on the jury you'd
hev ter stay in the court house frum
mornin' ter nite."
"Then don't pass that law," sed
Betsy. "I didn't know they hed awl
them ruels; why that iz outragus
and would take our liberty awl er
way frum us."
I knowed a little diplomacy would
fix hit awl rite. But I am still willin'
ter carry out my campane promises if
the wimin wanter serve on the jury.
Speakin' ov wimin's rites, I see
that the average hight ov wimin hez
Increased erbout two inches in the
past few years an' men average two
inches shorter than they did twenty
or thirty years ergo. In the wurds
ov a famous perlitercal platform, I
"view with alarm" any sich az 'that.
What air we men cumin' to? Air
we a-goin' er turn ter monkeys ergin,
az Darwin sez we once were? At
the present rate the wimin will soon
be seven or eight feet high, an' the
men erbout four feet high, with
chances ov even a grater diffrence
after a gude many years. If hit
cums ter that the wimin' kin lay
us down ercross their nees an' spank
us till they git tired or lead us
eround by the ear and do an' say
what they please, an' we will be too
skeered ter even cry. I am glad
I will not be in this country when
that cums ter pass, an' it iz sertin ter
cum if they ain't a change.
I'll soon be on my canvass ergin,
if Betsy doesn't objeck. .
Truly, :y : '' ;-
; - ZEKE" BILKINS. -
County Cotton Association.
The reguar monthly meeting of
the Wake County Cotton Growers'
Association was held at Metropolitan
Hall last Saturday. About fifty dele
gates attended.
The special feature of the meeting
was the discussion of ways and
means of most effectually keeping
down the acreage. Delegates were
urged to go to the farmers in their
sections and urge reduction of acre
age, personal effort being regarded
as the most effectual method. Re
ports indicated a general disposition
to cut acreage.
Secretary It. II. Jones reported
that regular books for secretaries
and treasurers of the sub-divisions
of the County Association have been
ordered and will be distributed as
soon as they arrive. These books
were ordered at the suggestion of
President Harvie Jordan and are of
the "loose-leaf" style and cost $2.25
each, being made under the direc
tion of the Southern Association.
The Treasurer's report to the
meeting shows that the county Asso
elation has in hand about $225, a
large part of ' flhich was raised by
subscription for the purpose of or
ganizlng the county.
There was a discussion of the ques
tion of voting salaries to the County
Secretary and county Treasurer, but
no action was taken.
Wake County is now pretty well
organized and most of the member
ship seems firmly resolved to carry
Out the purposes for which the or
W ganization was started.
The American people are gradual
ly evincing a disposition to criticise
Senators who draw their pay, but
do nothing to earn it. They do no
seem to tljink the honor of being
represented by such men counts for
anything. Philadelphia Inquirer.
H. D. HAWLEY DEAD.
One of the Famous "Gold Brick"
Men Serving Time in the Peniten
tiary Died Thursday Morning.
H. D. Hawley sentenced to the
pentitentiary for ten years for at
tempting to swindle a citizen of this
State in 1900, died at the peniten
tiary Tuesday morning about five
o'clock of some liver trouble.
The remains were turned over to
his wife who had lived in this city
for some time in order to be near
her husband, to whom she seemed
devoted, and she accompanied the
remains to New York where the
burial will take place. Hawley was
fifty-six years old.
Three men were convicted at the
same time, the others being Howard
and Daly. Daly was given seven
years, while Hawley and Howard
got ten years each.
At the urgent solicitation of the
Governor of Illinois, Governor Ay
cock pardoned Daly soon after his
conviction. Friends of the other two
men, probably the gang they be
longed to, made desperate efforts
and spent much money trying to get
them off, but were unsuccessful.
In 1900 one of the three men vis
ited Mr. Paul Garrett, a wealthy man
at Weldon, and a man who was
shrewd enough to lead the gang
into a trap. After getting the gold
brick scheme in good shape, with I
Mr. Garrett- apparently about ready
to bite, it was arranged that he meet
them in Greensboro, when the "In
dian," who was Daly, would appear
with the "gold brick," and the trade
could be consummated, the brick of
course being worth more than the
amount to be loaned upon it by Mr.
Garrett. Howard was the "chemist"
who turned up in Greensboro, a
"stranger" to all parties, and he
tested the gold brick to see if it was
genuine, and of course he said it
was.' '"'
Mr. Garrett was to meet the par
ties In the woods near Greensboro
at a certain hour with the cash, after
all the other preliminaries were gone
through with.
He met them at the appointed
time. But intsead of a large amount
of cash he carried two or three Gov
ernment detectives, the Sheriff of
Guilford County and several police
men. Howard, the "chemist," was
with the other two, and before the
trio knew what had happened they
found themselves completely sur
rounded with officers who had them
covered with Winchesters.
The conviction followed. Howard
is the only one of the three now in
the pen, and, if he lives, will doubt
less serve out his time, he having a
little more than three years yet to
serve.-,"
The penitentiary authorities usual
ly give each convict a small amount
of money when they leave the prison.
The wife of Hawley got the amount
and then scraped up enough to pay
her fare and that of the corpse to
New York, and for a cheap coffin.
She was probably a much better
woman than was her husband as a
man. Possibly she did not know that
her husband was a gold brick swin
dler until his arrest and conviction,
though that was riot fully established.
Garner News.
Correspondence of the Enterprise.
Mr. David Bryan, who lives near
Garner, and Miss Boyette, of Wilson,
were on the 21st ult., happily joined
together in the holy bonds of matri
mony;; .
Mr. Ottis Pool, who lives near Gar
ner, and Miss Louceba Hawkins, of
Jones County, were married on the
21st ult.
Mr. Willie Beasley, of Baltimore,
Md., and Miss Ina Goodwin, of Holly
Springs, were married on the 28th
ult. by J. D. Johnson, Esq.
Deputy Sheriff R. E. Young has
decided to become a candidate on the
Democratic ticket for constable qf
St. Mary's Township.
J. N. N. Smith, constable of St.
Mary's Township, declares himself a
candidate on the Democratic ticket
for the office of constable.
: C. H. W.
Garner, N. C., April 4th.
We , may bring r forth fruit in old
age and have the crocu9 in autumnal
fields. -Alexander Maclaren, D. D.
Pleasant Grove Farmers' Club.
Mr. F. A. Whitaker organized, a
Farmers' Club at Pleasant Gi ove
School House's Creek township re
cently. At the first meeting, which was
called on short notice, twelve joined.
Several members have been added.
The following officers were elect
ed: L. M. C. King, Presiden; J. M.
Carlton, Vice President; M. J. Carl
ton, Secretary; O. A. Ellen, Treasurer.
Delegates to the County Meeting
are: J. S. Hailey, M. J. Carlton.
O. G. Ellen, Treasurer, Cary, R.
F. D. No. 1.
Executive Committee: C. H. Jack
son, G. M. Jackson, J. S. Hailey, W.
H. Pollard, and T. E. Hailey. '
This Club is in a progressive com
munity and the membership will co
operate with the other clubs in the
county.
Predicts that Blackburn Will Not
Be Convicted.
The Blackburn trial will come up
this month, and here is a wager of
dollars to doughnuts that he is found
not guilty. : The thing looks too
much like persecution and the men
who have destined to do him regard
less, will find that they cannot do
such things. We are not trying the
case; we know nothing of his guilt or
innocence; but we do know that it
is In the air that he should not be
convicted. There were other ways
and other times to have gone after
him. Persecution will not always
win and while the Government may
be honest in what.it is trying to do
it seems to us that the seeds sown
were first scattered by a motive that
honest men cannot condone. Fair
brother's Everything.
The Landmark has its own opinion
as to Blackburn's guilt, which It
would rather not express Jn advance
of a trial. But the people who are
prosecuting him are not concerned
about his guilt or Innocence. They
are after him because they want him
out of the way. If he stood in with
them they would condone any offence
he might commit, no matter how
glaring. But as he has been against
them they who are no better, no,
not as good, than he is have sud
denly become very virtuous. Away
with such Infernal hypocrisy!
Statesville Landmark.