THE
VOL IV.
RALEIGH, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1907.
NO. 15
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BILKINS AT JAMESTOWN.
Itesting on His "Ores" The Office
, Hunting Craze -Talking Panics
Mr. Brewer and His Start in Life
Major Bilkins Was Born Without a
Name.
Jamestown, Va., August 5th.
Correspondence of the Enterprise.
I am restin' on my oars
here watchin' the assault with intent
ter git offis on the railrodes in my na
tive State. Sumtlmes I am proud that
I wuz born an razed in North Caro
lina an' then ergin I aki't. This iz
one ov them times. If this offis-hunt-in
craze gits much worse down in my
State the millishy will hev ter be
called out. Next thing you know sum
feller will be advocatin ter put the
farmers awl in jail fer wantin fifteen
cents a pound fer cotton. I see that
bum judge out West hez fined the
Standard Oil Company $ 3 0,0 00,000.
I don't know whut he iz runnin fer.
Injunckshuns an' restrainin' or
ders air the order ov the day. Every
teller that gits an offis bee in hiz hat
1z doin' sunipthin' ter save the coun
try by yellin' fer reform ov sum sort.
By next summer the cotton specula
tors in New York will be gittin' out
injunctions ter keep the farmers frum
plantin more than a half crop so they
kin" put up prices. f
. I see by sum ov the papers that
times air so gude that a jvhole lot oy
r peeple air slttln cround "talkin er
bout panlcks an' tryln' ter'wurk them
up. Billy Bryan, ov Nebraska, will
hev ter git a hump on himself ov he
will git behind the persession.
I think we need a gude roads cam
. pane worse than anythin' else. In the
bringin' up ov new issues they hev
got sich a lot ov them that I don't
know hardly which side I am on. If
I run fer anythin' next time I am go
in' ter "drop awl these new-fangled
things an' make my fite on the good
rodes isshue. That iz sumpthinV that
awl the voters kin unite on an' stay
united. : y-':::: '.:'
I see that Mr. Justis Brewer of the
United States Supreme Court started
out in life with 65 cents. They air
makin' a grate ter-do over that.. Of
course Mr. Brewer iz a gude deal
richer than I am; but he had a heap
' bigger capital than I started with; Ac
cordin' ter the official records I start
ed in life without a cent ov money ter
my name, an I couldn't even afford
ter sport a name for several months
after I wuz born. But I begun the
battle ov life bravely, not even own
in' a suit ov clothes. Fer a long time
I had a dress an' hit wuz erbout twice
az long az I wuz. I wuz several years
old when I got my first piece of
money, a silver ten-cent- piece. If I
ever meet up with Mr. Associate Jus-
tis Brewer an' git a chanse ter swap
a little histery with him, I will give
him sumpthinV ter - think, erbout in
the way ov startin out poor, When
I go ter Washington I'll hunt him up
an' I will make him feel like fifteen
CentS;
,. Az ever, ..: ''
i ZEKE BILKINS.
"Taft will. ' revolve around the
globe," says a newspaper headline.
Scientific men will await with Inter
est the results of such action on th
part of two spherical bodies.---
Springfield Union.
SEVERE STORM.
Probably $6,000 Damage by Hail in
This County Friday.
The hail-storm that visited a por
tion of the county Friday afternoon
was quite severe and the damage to
growing crops will reach several
thousand dollars.
The path of the storm was through
a- portion of Panther Branch, St.
Mary's and Raleigh Townships,
ffij The barn of Mr. Earl Buffalo In
St. Mary's Township was blown down
during the storm. His buggy and the
buggy of Mr. Bryan Harrison, who
was visiting there that day, were
both smashed when the barn blew
down.;..;
The farms of Messrs. William Buf
falo and Burt Wilder just south of
the city suffered much damage from
the hail. Their growing crops were
almost ruined over a large strip of
land. Other farms suffered more or
less. Cotton and tobacco were bad
ly damaged on a number of farms.
FOR KIDNAPPING.
Joe H. Baker, of Raleigh, Arrested.
Mr. Joseph H. Baker, a stenogra
pher employed by Mr. Charles E.
Johnson, the cotton buyer, wag ar
rested here last Friday on the chargi
of kidnapping a sixteen-year-old gin
at Haw. River,,, daughter of .Mr.
has. Bevers. .
It seems that Mr. . Baker Tisiteu
Haw River a few days ago and when
he left to return to this eity the girl
accompanied him to Durham. They
got off the train at West Durham and
took an electric car for the city. A
telegram had been sent there and an
officer found them on the car. The
girl was sent back to Haw River and
Baker later came to Raleigh. A war
rant was sent here and Baker was
arrested by a deputy sheriff and was
kept over-night, but was later re
leased. .;'r;
Baker claims that the girl wanted
to come to Durham and that he paid
her way on the train, but that there
was no elopement on foot.
Worry.
Worry is one of the most fatal of
transgressions. It is a sin against,
not one organ of the body, but
against the body as a whole. It is a
demon whose pressure is felt upou
the heart, and there is not a capillary
in any gland or tissue which does not
shrink under the glance of it3 gloomy
eyesT A man who worries is slo wly
draining the spring of life. He not
only stunts himself, but he makes i
hard for others to grow and blo33om.
Depression is a vice, and like all
vices it must be dealt with firmly and
with rigor. What is the effect of
your presence in your home? Does
your look fall like a sunbeam or a.
shadow across the breakfast table?
Does your conversation lie like a sum
mer sky or a patch of midnight across
the family life? Upon what subjects
do you -speak with the largest iree
dom" and keenest relish your ache
and, failures, or the things which arc
beautiful and. fine and high?- -For
your own sake and for the sake of
others, you ought to bring your soul
into a jubilant mood. All Chrl3Ciau
virtues grow best under a sky filled
with sun, and the man or woman who
persists in being gloomy and sour and
moody will have his home filled at
last with weeds and brambles and
briers. Exchange.
"So Keep.!'
The judge was not a religious
man; neither was he strictly irreligi
ous. His old parents were "praying
people," and while he had reverence
for real piety and things sacred, he
had personally little need, he
thought, for religion. Prayer was
an attitude of mind that he could
not assume; an experience in his
helpful, prosperous life that he had
never known and could not under
stand. The nearest to real worship
he ever came was in loving the divine-human
affection which he lav
ished upon his only child, a little
boy. And the mother, too, had a
similar feeling about religion.
The little boy had been all of his
third' summer with his grand-parents
on the farm. ' The judge had been
abroad. The first night of his return
he carried the little boy up to his
crib. As they started the child be
gan to say, "So keep! So' keep,
fader, so keep!" '
"What?" asked the judge, puzzled
and yet laughing.
"So' keep! So keep! So keep,
fader!" r
"I don't . understand, my deai .
What isVso' keep? " - .
"Oh, he means he wants to say his
prayers," broke in the mother, "That
is his name for 'Now I lay me.'
Grandma taught it to him this sum
mer." . -7-;r
The judge knelt by the tiny white
crib, and back, like an echo across
the years; he heard from his own
imby's lips:
"Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray the Lord my soul to keep.''
By mere chance, maybe because
the words ended the first verse, the
child had taken "soul to keep" for
the name of the prayer.
The words clung to the judge.
""So keep! So' keep, fader!" repeat-
ed themselves over and over to him
through the day. It was a new
name for . prayer, new and strangely
vital. "Soul keep," he mused. "Does
prayer mean that? Does it mean
anything more than petition, than
thanksgiving; more than a mere au
dience with God to make known our
needs? Do I indeed to pray that
God may keep my soul?"
Again and again the little lips had
said, "So' keep, fader." The words
somehow began to repeat themselves
over at night in a way that brought
quiet and rest. Throughout the day
he heard them when they ,took on
the form of a little white figure
kneeling beside a little white crib.
The judge Insensibly began to fall
back upon the words. They were a
kind of strength to him. Yet he did
not pray.
But one night the little boy lay
breathing heavily. A strange fearfui
light -was on his wasted face. It was
Hearing 1 2 , o'clock, and the doctor,
watch in one hand and his other on
the tiny wrist, was silent.
' The Judge was silent, too, and the
mother. Death walks with silent
feet. It was silent in the room. Sud
denly the city clocks began to strike
the hour. The doctor bent lower.
The child stirred, closed his unseeing
eyes, then opened them again and
saw his father. The fearful light
was gone, and turning with a sigh,
he murmured, "So keep fader!" and
fell into a quiet sleep.
The doctor's tense face relaxed.
He will live," he said. The mother
wept, but the judge went out and
prayed. Youth's Companion.
A True Incident.
A gentleman living in the country
had a large su mof money paid to
him, and before depositing it in the
bank, was obliged to go from home,
leaving his wife and little daughter
without a protector.
Some time during the night his
wife was awakened with a feeling
that some one was in the house. She
listened and could hear footsteps
moving about. The noise also arousv
ed. the little daughter; With child
like trust she said, "Mamma, won't
God take care of us now papa is
away?" Her faith seemed to
strengthen the mother, who yielded
to her entreaties to pray that they
might be kept safely. She arose
from her bed, and, kneeling beside it,
poured fourth a fervent supplication
to the Heavenly Father to shield
them from all harm, after which they
again retired.
Upon going downstairs in the
morning, they found everything as
it should be ; nothing had" been dis
turbed. .;..-
About two years later the father
was sent for to visit a man who had
formerly been in his employ, and who
then was lying on his death-bed.
He confessed that upon the night
in question, he had entered the house
for the purpose of robbery, knowing
that the gentleman had received the
money,; and had gone away from
home, leaving his home unprotected,
but upon hearing the prayer of the
wife, his conscience was smitten, and
he dared not carry out his evil in
tentions. It was that prayer alone that pre
vented him from possible murder,
which he "would' have committed, had
It been necessary for him to do so
in order to secure the money .Our
Dumb Animals.
A Boston firm recently offered a
prize for the best definition of what
constitutes success. A Kansas wo
man was awarded the. prize, and this
was her answer:
"He has achieved success who has
lived well, laughed often and loved
much ; who has gained the respect
of intelligent men and the love of
little children; who has filled his
niche and accomplished his task; who
has left the world better than he
found it, whether by an improved
poppy, a perfect poem or a rescued
soul; who has never lacked apprecia
tion of earth's beauty or failed to
express it; who has always looked
for the best In others and given
the best he had; whose life was an
inspiration; whose memory a benediction."
-If Vice-President Fairbanks weve
only in a position to marry the girl
whom he rescued, or helned to res
cue, there wduld be no doubts as to
the gallantry which he dlsiliyed on
the occasion. New York Sun.