THE "RALEIGH ENTERPRISE.
Thursday, April 18, 1907.
THE' RALEIGH ENTERPRISE.
An Independent Newspaper Published
Every Thursday
J. L. RAMSEY, Editor and Prop.,
Raleigh, N. O.
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Entered at ecnnd-Q)aag matter May 12,
1904, at ihepostoffice at Bale gta. N. C, under
the Aetof ContreMof MarchS, 1879.
Delmas Is out of the Thaw case.
The Panama Canal "cuts no mud."
The jury in the Thaw trial dis
agreed and a new trial is ordered.
The colored brother with a razor
seldom carves his way to fame.
The Georgia peach crop has not
been killed but three times up to
date.
The old Arsenal is still doing busi
ness at the old stand in Capitol
Square.
It will be several moons before
there will be water enough to make
"ice to Cut."
The dogwood blossoms are fleck
ing the woods with their white
blooms. These are not dog days.
The strawberry season is near at
hand. Our North Carolina berries
bring a big revenue to this State.
If Harriman don't mind, Roosevelt
will preach Bryan's threat of govern
mental ownership of railroads.
If Harriman was a fisherman there
is no doubt but that Roosevelt could
call him a liar without hurting the
truth itself.
John Temple made a "Grave"
mistake in his Chattanooga speech
in saying that Bryan in the next
Democratic Convention should nomi
nate Roosevelt.
The old half-burned building od
Cabarrus Street, near the Southern
Railroad crossing, should be either
torn down or repaired, as should the
Are "gutted" ranch beside it. It is
an eye-sore to any progressive city.
Some people fn Raleigh criticize
Rev. R. S. Stephenson and say he
does not give them anything. But
records will show that they do not
tell the truth. Mr. Stephenson is be
tween the giver and receiver and oc
cupies a peculiar position, which he
fills .with satisfaction to a great ma
jority of 'those who give and those
who receive.
STREET CAR EXTENSION.
Now that the city limits have been
extended, making the corporate lim
its two and a half times as large as
before, the recent Legislative enact
ment of our new charter, the citi
zens of all sections of the city should
have street car service at their doors.
There should be a belt line that will
take In the different factories (Cara
leigh, Pilot Mills and all Raleigh fac
tories), the cemeteries, asylums and
both white and colored, and new
parks should be built a few miles
from the city that would afford a
play-ground for both white and col
ored citizens. It would not only add
to the city greater facilities for
travel, but would enhance the value
of real estate and induce more new
comers to our beautiful city. A line
down South Bloodworth Street would
take in the colored Deaf and Dumlr
Institution ; thence around to South
Park (Bledsoe's grove) ; thence to
Caraleigh Mills; thence to the State
Hospital on the southwest connecting
with a line down South Boylan Ave
nue and Hillsboro Street. From the
corner of Polk and East Streets the
line could be extended to Oakwood
Cemetery, St. Augustine School, the
Catholic Cemetery, the Soldiers'
Home, the National Cemetery and
connect at the colored Deaf and Dumb
Institution. Hargett Street line
should be re-established and all por
tions of the city, Including lower
Fayetteville Street, should be includ
ed in the proposed extension. It is
this new movement which will give
Raleigh a growing impetus which It
has never experienced before. Be
sides, it will pay the street car com
pany to make the new extension.
It is now time for the unmiti
gated liar to be getting ready to tell
how many fish he caught (bought)
as the warm weather approaches.
The Road Law Adopted Tuesday
Highway Commission Will Look
After Roads.
The Board of County Commission
ers met Tuesday at 12 o'clock, with
all members present. It was a special
meeting, and in some respects a very
important one, as the act passed by
the General Assembly and entitled
"An act to establish a road commis
sion and to improve the public roads
of Wake County," was adopted.
The law passed by the Legislature
named W. C. RIddick, George E. Gill
and H. D. Rand as a highway com
mission to take charge of all mat-'
ters pertaining to the county roads
when the law was adopted by the
Board of County Commissioners. Thi3
law was formally adopted Tuesday
afternoon and the members of the
road commission sworn in by Clerk of
the Court W. M. Russ. They are ap
pointed for six, four and two years,
respectively. An inventory was turn
ed over to the new commission of all
teams, wagons, etc., used in road
building In Wake County, and in the
future the County Commissioners
will have nothing to do with the pub
lic roads. Supervisors will be named
in difference sections of the county,
whose business it will be to have di
rect control over the roads.
In addition to adopting the law in
regard to roads, several petitions
were received relating to changes.
Upon motion of Commissioner Brew
er it was decided to have the old
road leading from the Ben Holding
place to Wake Forest worked instead
of making a new road.
A petition was received asking for
a slight change in the Tarboro road
at a point near C. R. Thompson's.
The petition was signed by J. T. Hol
loway, A. M. Sorrell, and others.
The highway commission go to
work in earnest at once on the roads
of Wake County, and efforts will be
made to place the roads of Wake in
the class of Mecklenburg and other
counties noted for their good roads.
The law passed by the General As
sembly gives the County Commission
ers power to call all elections for is
suing bonds, and it is very probable
that an election will be held later so
as to give the people of the county
an opportunity to express themselves.
Last Honors Were Paid Eckles on
Tuesday.
Chicago, April 16. With the body
of James H. Eckles lying under a
blanket of violets and orchids at his
home, and with Mrs. Eckles and Miss
Phoebe Eckles preparing to board
the first homeward bound steamer,
members of the Eckles family receiv
ed hundreds of telegrams of sym
pathy from all parts of the country.
Mrs. Eckles and daughter will sail
from Cherbourg on Friday on the
Deutschland.
Among those to offer sympathy to
the bereaved family was President
Roosevelt, who directed a telegram
to Judge K. M. Landis, brother-in-law
of the dead financier. A tele
gram from ex-President Grover
Cleveland followed. It was sent to
George M. Eckles and was worded as
follows:
"I am terribly shocked and deeply.
affected by the death of your brother,
whom I counted among my dearest
friends. In a common sorrow, I ten
der you my heart-felt sympathy.
"GROVER CLEVELAND."
Another telegram received early in
the day came from Secretary of the
Treasury George B. Cortelyou. Oth
ers sending telegrams of sympathy
were Frank O. Lowder, Melville
Stone, H. C. Frick, H. H. Rogers, P.
A. Valentine, Woodrow Wilson, Rob
ert T. Lincoln and Stuyvesant Fish.
Coroner Hoffman held an inquest
in the morning and the jury returned
a verdict of death due to heart dis
ease. The funeral will be held at the
Fourth Presbyterian Church at 3
o'clock this afternoon and will be
conducted by the Rev. William R.
Notman. The body will be placed
in a value until the return from Eu
rope of Mrs. and Miss Eckles. Over
150 men have been named as hon
orary pall-bearers.
Clique of Classes in Control.
Pittsburg, Pa., April 15. Plans
for the disposition of $300,000 a
year income from the additional en
dowment of $6,000,000 given by An
drew Carnegie to the Carnegie Insti
tute will be discussed at a star cham
ber session of the Board of Trustees
Wednesday.
A few surprises are said to be in
store for some of the persons con
nected with the Institute. The work
ingmen of Pittsburg are demanding
that they be given representation on
the Board of Trustees. They assert
that the present board is controlled
ty a clique organized for the pur
pose of keeping the administration
of affairs In its own hands. They
say that Carnegie intends the insti
tute for the masses but that only
the classes are represented on the
board.
President W. L. Poteat Lectured
Monday Night.
At 8 o'clock Monday night at Met
ropolitan Hall, President W. L. Po
teat of Wake Forest College lectured
under the auspices of the Chamber
of Commerce. The lecture was en
tirely free.
A man may go to hell from the
sacrament table Sam Jones.
OPINIONS IN A NUTSHELL.
Even all-steel railway cars may not
tend to do away with all-steal railway-
magnates. Washington Post.
"Dementia Americana" has many
forms, one of them being a feminine
fondness for being "presented at
court." New York Mail.
The base-ball season is open, but it
don't amount to anything until Mug
gsy McGraw has eaten alive a couple
of umpires. Philadelphia Press.
Crate No. 1, Illustrious Order of
Lemons, has been organized by 28
"beautiful and fascinating" young
ladies of Milwaukee. Washington
Herald.
Five years is the latest guess as the
time needed to complete the Panama
Canal. Shows how industriously those
army men are digging. Philadelphia
Inquirer.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kendall Thaw,
if they heard the whole Delmas
speech, cannot be blamed for think
ing pretty well of themselves. New
York Mail.
There was a bicycle stoop and there
is a roller skate cough, but the ail
ment connected with the automobile
can be guessed it is thinpocket
bookitis. Philadelphia Ledger.
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The case of Rev. W. II. Meara
proves that it is quite as dangerous
for Episcopal clergyman to go slum
ming as to sympathize with the high
er criticism. New York World.
A Washington correspondent says
the President expects Mr. Harriman
to "flood the country with lies." Nat
urally, if he puts them out at all, they
will be well watered. Washington
Herald.
A Society of Eternal Youth has
been organized in Des Moines. Clever
idea for a State from which the na
tives emigrate as soon as they emerge
from youthfulness. Philadelphia
Ledger.
If the members of the Ananias Club
ever ' hold annual reunions, they
should by all means begin the festivi
ties by drinking a toast to the Presi
dent of the United States and in sil
ence. Washington Post.
vv .
Among the phrases brought forth
by: the great t-rial are "eaggerated
ego," "brain-storm" and "dementia
Americana," all of which may be de
scribed as "expressions that will
prove useful in politics." New York
Sun. : ;
Michigan has passed a two-cent
fare law. But it is getting so com
mon now that the railroads do not
go into bankruptcy every time they
hear of another State adopting it.
Philadelphia North American.
The Presbyterians Will Keep School.
A meeting was held Monday night
at the First Presbyterian Church ana
a number of the members assembled
and talked over the proposition of
purchasing Peace Institute. It was
decided to make a determined effort
to purchase the school, as the Pres
byterians would regret exceedingly to
see it turned over to another denomi
nation. Several substantial subscrip
tions were made and the Presbyteri
ans of this city have no doubt but
that the money needed $50,000 -can
be raised.
That the school will not be closed
next year is a foregone conclusion.but
Dr. Dinwiddle will not remain at the
head of the Institution. He expects
to leave in the near future for Cali
fornia to visit his son, who resides
In that State.