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TT o Eotcrpfiseo VOL IV. RALEIGH, N. 0., THURSDAY, OCTO PER 17, 1907 . NO. 25 BILKINS AT THE FAIR. His Reception at Bilkinsville Was a Hummer Will Give Mr. Bryan a Fine Bear Hunt and Will Tell All Ahnut It. Wirk Tho Mlstjikn at Asheville Mr. Cleveland in a Critical Condition, if Reports Are True. Raleigh, N, C, Oct.. ,16th. Correspondence of The Enterprise. I landed at Bilkinsville Saturday after a quick trip frum Jamestown. Me an' Bob air well an' I found Betsy enjoyin the same grate blessin': The nabors hev bin mity nice ter Betsy. It would be hard ter find better pee- ple than live erlong Terrible Creek. When I rid Bob up ter the gate at our house in Bilkinsville Betsy wuz In the kitchin cookin' an' a-bakin' pies fit fer a King. I hollered "hello!" an' you orter a-seed her cum a-run-nin' ter put her arms erround my neck an' welcome me home. Then she patted Bob on the head an' made a big fuss over him. Bob looked like he wanted ter blush but didn't know how ter go erbout hit, I am goin' ter larn Bob how ter blush be fore I start erround the wurld. I am goin' ter get my hair cut an ? shave up an wear my long-tailed jim swinger ter the State Fair this week.; i will wear one ov them tall collars erround my neck awlso. I will prob ably be the only cool, sober man thari bo by notisin' my clothes an' sesin'j . that I am sober everybody will reck onize me at furst site. I will be rite up close ter Billy Bryan most ov the time, purvided Jodeesevus Daniels ain't. I hev bin readin' erbout that pro herbishun eleckshun they hed in Asheville the other day an tryin' ter flgger hit out. Az the.sitizens ov that town hev bin sich grate drunkards. the only solushun I kin offer iz that purty nigh awl ov them got drunk on the eleckshun day an' got holt ov the wrong tickets an' voted fer pro hibishun when they meant ter vote the other way. LickKer win maKe men do sum curious things. ; I hev . bin studying' the religious " situashun fer sum time, an' the more I see pv hit the less I know erbout hit. Religion hez made mity littlej headway in four thousand years. Nine times out of ten if you want ter git cheated ter death jist begin ter, do bizlness with an' extremely religious man." Still they ain't nothin the matter with religion; hit iz awl in the. r.AAnlfi I That reminds me that I hev jist hearn ov a case up in Guilford Coun ty. A protracted meetln' wuz In full blast a few days ergo an' a sircus cum erlong an' pitched. hits tent. The peple In the naborhood give the sir cus a big frost an' went rite on with the meeting'. That reminds me ov the story er bout the gude little boys an the gude, little girls that we read erbout In the! Sunday-school books. When anybody" would give them a nice, Dig rea ap pie Or a bag ov candy they would never eat any ovthe' fruit or candy themselves, but would awlways hunt up sum poor little child in the nabor hood an' give them the gude things That makes mity nice readin', but hit awlways haDDens erway off sumwhar or else hit happened erway back over n hnndpo voq ra orcn hpforfi tAost OV CA AAUUuiw j . a - o - - us "wuz born. - I see by the papers that a-promt nent Charlotte man, a descendent ov one ov the signers ov the Mecklen burg Decklarashun ov Independence, hez bin caught fer sellin' whiskey on the sly ter hiz . nabors. They air makin' a big row over hit thar. 1 don't see why, fer the men an' wo men ov lots ov towns, the religious men an' women, air sellin' whiskey, beer, wine, brandy an' everythin' ov that sort ter their nabors every day in the week. The gude peeple ov Raleigh sold more than $ (57,000 worth ov the stuff to the poor weak critters in an' erround the city in the last three months, accordin' tef the offlshial report ov the dispensary, ter keep the poor sinners frum gittin' thirsty. Az Charlotte ain't got a dis pensary, I reckon this promernent an' benevolent v gentleman thought he would do a little temperance wurk on his own hook. You kin awlways de pend on North Carolina to take a front stand on any thin' that will soothe the savage breast or irrigate the thirsty throat ov mankind. I see a telegram in the papers that says that Mr. Cleveland, former Pres- erdent, iz "weak, but not hors de combat." Betsy wanted ter know rite erway what that meant. I tole her that I didn't know, but hit must be sumpthln' perlitical that they wuz tryin' ter scare the other side with, or else it mite be one ov them new diseases that the quality hev every now an then sumpthln' like appendi citis, or locomotive attacksy , ov. the diagram. But I hope Mr. Cleveland will dodge the docktors an' git well. Don't worry erbout the expense. Read erbout the bear hunt I am goin' ter give Mr. Bryan this week. Hit will be published In the next Issue ov The Enterprise, "v As ever, ZEKE BILKINS, Ofnsial Bear Hunter. The Three Wishes; or Wishes Are Not Wants. "I wish I could have all I want," said a poor man to a fairy. . "You shall have instantly all you want, if you will give me what you already have," said the fairy. "Done!" said the man. And he gave up his little cottage and his cow, which were all he pos sessed. ' "Now wish only for what you want," said the fairy. "I wish for a thousand loads of gold," said the poor man. "You do not want so much," said the fairy. "Wish only for what you want."' . "I wish for a thousand slaves," said the" poor man. "No man who can help himself wants a slave,'' said the fairy. "I wish to live a thousand years," said the man. "You will live forever," said the fairy, "whether you wish to do so or not." "Well," said the. poor . man, "I should like to have my cow and cot tage, back again." , "You shall ;have them," said the fairy; "and with them my advice, which is. that the next time, you wish for what you want you should wish for contentment." ,' v C. H. WILLIAMS. Temptations from without have ho power unless there be a correspond ing desire "within. Entomologist Appointed for Agricul tural College Experiment Station. A new department for the study of injurious insects Farmers, fruit growers, truck gardeners, and in fact all who are interested in agri culture in North Carolina should be interested to learn that the A. & M. College and Experiment Station has established a new department for the teaching and study of insects. This is not a new line of work for the State, as the State Entomologist of the Department of Agriculture, at Raleigh, has for a number of years conducted the work of the inspection of orchards and nurseries, and un dertaken investigation and control of certain injurious insect pests. There must be, however, many problems that the State Entomologist has not, and may not, be able to undertake. The new Entomologist, R. I. Smith, at the A. & M. College and Experiment Station at West Raleigh, comes from Georgia, where he held the position of. State Entomologist for a number of years. In that posi tion he was enabled to gain a wide experience in the control of injurious Insects of the Southern States. In taking up the work in North Carolina, the Entomologist desires to obtain the co-operation of the farm ers and fruit-growers of the State. Letters and correspondence are the best means to this important end, and it is his earnest desire that everyone will' feel freo to 'write for information. Specimens of insects, their eggs or cocoons, together with samples of the work of injurious forms should be sent with the let ters. Insects should always be sent separately in tight wooden or tin boxes plainly labeled with the name and address of the sender. Experimental work, looking to ward the control of some important Insect pests will be taken up by the entomologist and letters from farm ers and others over the State about the principal insects will greatly aid him in selecting lines of work that will be of greatest benefit. The State Experiment Station work in all its branches, is for the benefit of the citizens of North Caro lina. This is perhaps particularly true with investigations of injurious insects. Statistics show that Insects destroy about 10 per cent of all agri cultural products each year. Hence very little thought is needed to make one realize the importance of insect control. '.."'.; Insects injuring household goods, stored . products such as corn and small grains, garden, field crop, and fruit tree pests, all help to cause the annual, loss. v Most crops for this year are prac tically beyond damage from insects for this year, except perhaps cotton and some late garden crops. During the past summer, however, much in jury has no doubt been caused by various insects of the farm and or chard. Letters concerning such dam age will be welcomed by the ento mologist. Furthermore in many cases he may be able to suggest methods for preventing the re-ap pearance and damage from such in sects next year. All citizens of North Carolina should grasp this opportunity of getting Information and assistance entirely free of cost. All packages should be addressed to R, I. Smith, Entomologist, Agri cultural Experiment Station, West Raleigh, N. C. Colonel Bryan's Illustrated Book of Travel. The success of Col. Bryan's new book, "The Old World and Its Ways" gives striking testimony to his hold on the popular mind. It recounts and profusely illustrates his recent jour ney around the world. It has been issued five months, and we are ad vised that, in that short period, four large editions aggregating 41,000 copies have been called for. The re ports of agents, which have been submitted to us, would indicate that the demand for it is well night spon taneous and universal that it ex ceeds that for any other book pub lished for the subscription trade since the period of "Grant's Me moirs." Col. Bryan's book with like success depends upon no sympathetic element for its strength. But it has on the part of the people the 'endur ing feeling of personal confidence in the great moral and intellectual in tegrity of its author. It has an equally pronounced ad miration for his brilliant abilities, and the untiring energy that enabled him to cover the world in his noted tour and to photograph and de scribe in his inimitable way. Without official place Col. Bryan is every where regarded, at home and abroad,. as a vital force in American affairs. As a student of men and govern ment, and of governmental condi tions, his observations and conclu sions profoundly interest the people. Hence the great sale of his bood, de scriptive of men and things seen dur ing his noted tour around the world and through the nations. It is vi talized by 251 artistic engravings, from photographs taken by him or under his supervision, representing men, places, and things that inter ested him and that specially interest every American reader. It is a most unique presentation of a wonderfully interesting journey that has caught the attention of the people, and met with great demand. It is sold only through soliciting agents. The Thompson Publishing Com pany, St. Louis, Mo., are the fortun ate publishers. They advertise for agents in another column of this Issue. Letter to Her Kuzzeii. A young lady addressed the fol lowing letter to her cousin: "Dear Kuzzen: --The weather whar we is air kold and I suppose whar you is it is kolder. "We is all well and mother's got the his Terrix, brother Tom has got the hupin Kaugh, and sister susin has got a babee, and hope these few lines will find you the same. Rite sune. Your aphectionate Kuzzen." V Religion to Bur... The Cox Mill corespondent of the Greenville Reflector writes that paper: "We have something new here some of our people claiming to have the Holy Ghost. I don't know what they will get next." ' Sometimes people who are really possessed of the devil think they have the Holy Ghost.
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