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VOL IV.
RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY AUGUST 1. 1907.
NJ 14
BILK INS KEST1NG ON HIS OAKS.
Too Hot for Bilkins Hero Now Get
ting Heady for Washington- In
Lieu of a Steer, Mr. Roosevelt Can
Use Bob to Show Off Some Cow
boy Tricks.
Jamestown, Va., July 30th.
Correspondence of the Enterprise.
I arn still here restin' on my ores.
Things air so hot down in North Car
olina that I don't wanter go home,
.an' I'm afeared ter go ter Washing
ton yitfer fear that Mr. Roosevelt
iz so busy dodgin' the next Preser
dential nomernashun that he ain'i
got time rite now ter give me an' Bob
a hearty welcome an' a jolly gude
time. Another reason iz that I am
tryin' ter stay here till Betsy gits so
tired a-bein' erway f rum home an'
worryin' erbout how the cows an ,.
chickens air gittin' erlong that she
will give in an' git disgusted an' go
home. I can't risk - her ter go ter
Washington with me fer she mite
imagine that she iz Carrie Nashun an'
she mite git ter smashin' the jimmy
johns an' cut glassware that they hev
in the White House cubboard an
cause a revival ov jeckshional feel
ing'. But I'll soon jit her worried
out an' then I'll make a pilgrimage
ter Washington an' shoot the shoots
an' play checkers with Mr. Roosevelt
fer a few days. !
I see that they hev got a feller ar
rested down in North Carolina charg
ed with bein' in a lynchin party. Ills
name iz put down az "Zeke Lewis."
Now, I want hit understood that be
cause hiz name iz Zeke he ain't no
kin ter me, an' I never hearn ov him
before. I've bin in a gude many
scrapes, but I hain't never got so low
down az ter jine a lynchin' party.
They iz only one way in which I'd
jine a lynchin' party. If the courts
would refuse ter act I'd then help ter
lynch the criminals, includin' the
court hitself.
I feel sorter ticklish erbout goin
ter Washington an' spendin' a few
days with Preserdent Roosevelt, an'
nz the time gits closer the more tick
lish I feel. I hev bin a skule cum
mittyman, a judge at a debate, rode
overseer an' poll-holder, an' when l
am at home I feel awl rite. But
when hit cums ter visitin' the Preser
dent ov the gratest country on earth
I feel sorter like a little boy does the
first day he goes ter skule. But Mr
Roosevelt told me when he spoke at
the Raleigh Fair ter jist ride Bob rite
up ter the gate an' hitch him an'
walk up ter the White House an' ring
the, door-bell an' send in my card
I've bin talkin' ter some printers er
bout gittin' some visitin' cards print
ed an 'they tell me that I orter hev
sum cards with my name imbossed
on them. But az I am a Jeffersonian
dymakrat I think hit will be mors
ter the pint ter write my name on a
shingle with a lead pencil an' send
hit in by the servant when I git ter
the White House. I ain't much on
stvle nohow. The Pre3erdent ain't a
Jeffersonian. dymakrat, but he'd catch
on.
I may be havin my laff first, but
I'll bet me an' Mr. Roosevelt hev a
gude time if the weather ain't too
hot. The Preserdent used ter be a
cowboy in the West when he wuz
younger an' before he got into polly
ticks.. I think I'll git him ter git on
a horse an' carry a lasso an' show in9
how they catch steers on the cattle
ranches. I don't reckon they hev any
steers in the city ov Washington fer
him ter pracktis on. But I'll turn
Bob out ov the , stable an' let him
lasso Bob az a substertute. If Bob
iz in a real gude humor hit will be
awl rite, but if he iz feelin' sortei
bad he will give Mr. Roosevelt the
hardest tussell he ever had az a cow
boy, fer Bob ain't use ter playin'
steer an' he iz az stubborn az an
Irishman when things don't go ter
suit him. But I know that Mr.
Roosevelt ain't affeared ov nothin',
an' if he wants ter show off by catch
in' Bob with a lasso, I'll climb a tree
an' then let the show begin. Wate
till you hear frum me.
Az ever,
ZEKE BILKINS.
North Carolina's Position.
It may be that the opinion of Cir
cuit Judge Pritchard as to the uncon
stitutionality of the North Carolina
railroad rate law will be set aside
Supreme Court, as is predicted by
Governor Glenn. But neither this
nor any other reason can be advanced
which would justify the authorities
of the State in endeavoring to pre
vent a review of the law by the Fed
eral Courts, in order to pass upon its
validity. On this point Judge Pritch-
ard's position is impregnable, and
the State of North Carolina in due
time must admit the fact.
It is urged by Governor Glenn and
other North Carolina authorities that
there is no desire to prevent a proper
review of the validity of the law, bui
that they are in duty bound to en
force the law until it is declared un
constitutional. This is a plausible
argument, and would be unanswer
able if it did not conflict with the
fact that proceedings to ascertain the
validity of the law are actually pend
ing, with the prospect that within a
reasonable time the matter will be
passed upon by the Federal Court
and an appeal may be taken either
by the State or by the railroad com
pany to the United States Supreme
Court at the approaching term. Pend
ing the determination of the validity
of the law by the highest authority,
the traveling public is protected by
being furnished with coupons calling
for the amount due them in case the
fate law is sustained, the railroad
company being required to furnish
bonds for the payment of these coupons.-..
Such being the situation, the au
thorities of North Carolina announce
their determination to continue the
prosecution of the railroad company
and its agents, in defiance of the ac
tion of the Federal Court. It is a
deplorable mistake,and the North
Carolina authorities will be forced
sooner or later to acknowledge their
blunder. Their position is taken, ap
parently, on the ground that the peo
ple of North Carolina are practicab
ly a unit in support of the new law,
that their will is paramount within
the State, and that the action of the
Federal Court is an attempt to da
feat the will of the State. They ig
nore the fact that North Carolina
agreed long ago to enact no.-laws in
conflict with the Constitution, and to
abide by the decision of the United
States Supreme Court whenever the
State lavs were questioned. In this
controversy the State of North Caro
Una is merely a party, the railroad
company being its antagonist. Both
are equals, but neither is superior to
the other until a greater power than
both has scrutinized their claims.
If North Carolina has not itself vio
lated the law in trying to reduce rail-
;oad rates, it will be sustained, an T
will then be the master instead of
the equal of the party it has b-jea
wrestling with, and the" power of tht
Union will be behind the State in
bringing the railroad to terms.
Until such time, however, as the
State has proved the righteousness of
its law, the power of the Union is not
only denied to the State, but is ex
erted to prevent the State from com
mitting an act which may not be jus
tice, but tyranny in the name of tht.
people. The fact that practically the
whole population of North Carolina
is inflamed in a determination to
commit this act, whether tyrannous
or not, and is inclined to deny the
right of the rest of the people of the
United States to review the matter,
ought to suggest to the authorities
of that State the wisdom of
caution in their procedure until they
have been assured by the supreme au
thority that they are right. Fron
Washington Post, July 24, 1907.
Wakefield News.
Wakefield, N. C.
Correspondence Enterprise.
Mr. Robert C. Chamblee, son of
Mr. W. II. Chamblee, Sr., who ha
hfd fever for several weeks, depart
ed this life Friday night at about 1
o'clock. He leaves a father, mother,
three sisters and three brothers, be
sides many friends in sorrow.
Eric Bell, son of Dr. G. M. Belt
has had fever for several weeks, bui
is improving fast now. He sits
some now.
Mr. W. A. Honeycutt is now sick
we regret to say, with fever.
Mr. W. A. Daniel's people are im
proving as fast as could be expected
except Mrs. Daniel, whom seems
improve slowly.
Mrs. Mary A. Tisdale, who has
been unwell nearly all the spring ana
summer, is now up and going about
the yard.
Mr. Joel W. Tisdale and wife, who
is living in Clayton, paid a visit to
his mother last Sunday.
We have just learned that the hii
school question is now settled, and
that it will be built midway between
Zebulon and Wakefield. A fine place
it is, and a more suitable place, I
don't believe, could have been se
lected, because it is so located as to
cause the two places to finally unit
and mnke one town, if they will on!-'
work together in harmony and not
try to bo too selfish.
TARGET SLOCUM,
Put in Your Bible.
Here is a handy table furnished by
the Christian World, which it woula
oe well to cut out and copy for refer
ence in your Bible studies:
A day's journey was about twenty
three and one-fifth miles. A Sabbath
day's journey was about an English
mile. A cubit was nearly twenty-two
inches. A hand's breadth i3 equal to
3 5-8 inches. A finger's breadth is
tqual to about one inch. A sheckel
oi silver was about 50 cents. A
sheckel of gold was $8. A talent of
silver was $538.30. A talent of gold
was $13,809. A farthing was threj
cents. A piece of silver, or a penny,
was thirteen cents. A mite was lesb
than a quarter of a cent. An ephah,
cr bath, contained seven gallons and
iivo pints.
Two virtues which survived the
fall of the human rase. "Liberality
with other people's money and
promptness to confess other's sins."
Be careful when doing either, or it
.will "be the worse. Seek to do unto
others as you would have them do
by you, and you will then have no
tear and a clean conscience which is
a true characteristic of a Christian
Who ever or whereever you find him
or her, as no one would wish his
neighbor to harm or do an injury to
him of any form or fashion. Try it
an example.
JOHN B. TINSDALE.
Wakefleid, N. : C. : ' ': :
Doubling Capacity.
The Royall Cotton Mill at Wake
Forest is preparing to double the ca
pacity of the plant, which has proven
a success. Twenty new cottages for
additional homes for operatives a re
now being constructed. Mr. G. II
Greason, an excellent cotton mill
man, has been in charge of the mill
for two or three years, and it is evi
dent that the mill has been showing
a profit on the right side of the led ? r
or the additions would not be mad
We also learn that the town of
Wake Forest is growing. A number
of new residences have been put up
lately. Dixon Bros, are putting up a
new store building, and olhor build
ing is going on.
Ciray Hairs; or, Age a Warning ami a
Memento.
"Mother," said a child, "why do
you pull the gray hairs out of your
head? Does it hurt you to let them
rrn I7 9 1
0l J v .
"No. mv dear, but they do not.
look well among the black ones."
"Mother, what makes them gray?"
"Time, my dear; your mother is
growing old."
"Does pulling them out prevent
your growing old?"
"Oh, no; but it prevents my ap
pearing old."
"Is it a disgrace to any one to ap
pear old, mamma?"
"No, my dear, not if one has ba-
haved well."
"Have not you behaved well,
mamma?" said the little girl.
"Not so well as I might have done,
my dear, but I have always sustain
ed a good reputation."
"Mamma, will my hair bo gray one
of theso days?"
"Yes, my child, it you are allowed
to live and grow up."
"Well, mother, if I do grow old,
I'll let my gray hairs stay on my
head to show how thankful I am for
being permitted to live when so many
of my young friends are in their
graves?." C. H. WILLIAMS.
Shoot im: at Angler.
About 3 o'clock Sunday aftemoo i
Fab Edwards shot and killed Dan
Beckwith at Angier, Harnett County.
Both were colored. Edwards escaped
before he could be arrested.
It is said that the trouble grew out
of family troubles.
Although Mrs. Fairbanks hr, de
clared that her husband doer not
care for buttermilk, it is not bMleveA
that there will be a decided falling
off in the demand for the hoalthful
drink. -Washington Post.