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'' - * TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Year, fr.oo Six Months, 50 cento Payable in Advance VOL V. - NO. aj. Japan Denies Allega tions of Russia JAPS TO BUILD A RAILRORD An Effort to Restore Old-Time Friendship Between Russia and United States Washington, March t. —The lapiiNM minister to-day gave oat •a authorised statement from his government relative to Russian al-1 legations that Japan was guilty of l breach of international law in not declariing war and of treachery in attacking Russia who WM bent on while delaying negotiations, ex tended her naval and military pre parations, inertasiag hef Far East ern-fleet by nipstaeu vessels and angmentlng her forces by 40,000 Ma, besides fortifying stratetgic paints. The ftatement says: "Proa tfabe military and naval preparatioaa erf every description, made daring the progress el the negotiations, it is qahe evident that lawk was not inclined to a friend ly settlement of the questions then wader diaensaioo between Japan and heraelf, but sought solely by her military preponderance to force Ja pan into submission. During the pert of January and ap to the be ginning of February, Russian mili tary activity was still farther inten sified. "Seeing that the situation had become so critical that it admitted nf no further delay, the Japanese government was compelled to break eft negotiations that had proved abortive and to take the neceaaary Steps for self protect ion. "It 19 the almost unanimous opinion of international jurists that a declaration of war ia not an in dispenslble prerequisite to the open ing of hostilities. Indeed, it has been the common practice of the M recent wars to declare war after ... hostilities have been begnn. Ja pan'a action, therefore is not open ' to the least criticism in this regard. From the standpoint of internation al law, it mnat be acknowledged that the charge made against her does not come with good grace from Russia, inasmuch as there are manv historical instances of Russia herself l restarting to hostilities without y declaring war." / to BOTLD A fcAILKOAD raon SKOUL TO WIJI Tokio, March 1. —According to the stipulations of the protocol, the Japanese minister at Seoul has no tified the Korean government that j Abe building of a railroad from fleoal to Wlja for military use will f be commenced forthwith. Engi neers and surveyors have already left Seoul. ' SKAKCH or vnssts nuimo con- TKABAND OF WAS Pert Said* Egypt, Maidi I—The1 —The five Rasnan torpedo boat destroy -1 en eUifi arrived here to-day have already left in the direction of Al giers. It is nuaored that they fat tend to search for vessels beariag contraband of war in the Mediter rora will foßo* them. . . ' ?!•:' wo MBimoa of kkuiokhit os , poirr aairacm St. Petersburg, March 1. —Direct S telegraphic advices received here from Port'Arthor to-night make no ■mutton of the bombardment of -that place reported by the London Daily Telegraph to-day. On the contrary, these advices say the Jap anese fleet has disappeared from the of Port Arthur. JXFAVBS* TtOOPB UtAVK FOR BO •I m ' Tokio, Match I.—The general Utaff and a regiment of the gnard left Japaa to-day for a port oa the 1 west coast of Korea, probably Che r nolpow |p" WILLIAMS 1 March 1, 1904. r Mr. Jim Riddick, who has been ! quite sick, is improving. Miss Louise Hopkins, who has * - _i.l_ t_ l t _ wi ncKp m improving. Miss Claudie Hardison spen Sun • day eight with Miss Mary Mea ning. 1 Mian Clandie Hardison,of Jamee ' ville, is visiting Misa Lottie An : drew*. Misa Emma Griffin spent Thurs day and Friday with Miss Lucy ' Riddick. The formers of this section are very much behind in their work 1 oaring to the rain, hail and snow. Tom Riddick, who is employed by The Eveietts' Mercantile Co.. spent Sunday with his parents 1 here. Preaching at Riddick's Grove Sunday afternoon by the pastor, Rev. R- D. Carroll. The young people of Williams were delightfully entertained at the : hospi able home of Mr. Joseph Manning oa last Friday night. Those present were : Misses Lonnie Harris, Lacy Riddick, Clandie Hardison, Lottie and Emma An -1 drews, Annie Green, and Messrs. Otis, Sam and Roy Andrews, Sam Hopkins, Gib Riddick,Will Mizell, Lawrence and Tom Riddick. Ilfllfifilttry fflfWlfflHff (|fg| William Shaffer, a brakeman, of Dennison, Ohio, was confined to his bed for several weeks with inflam matory rheumatism. "I used many remedies," he savs. "Finally I sent to McCaw's drug store for a bottle of Chamberlain's Psin Balm, at which time I was unable to use hand or foot, and in one week's time wss able to get to work as happy as a clam." For sale by S. R. Biggs. m mmm JAMESVILLE March 1, 1904. There was ooe herring caught here to-day. It is rumored that we are to have a marriage here real soon. Misses Maybelle Savage and Dare Hasaell returned trom Washington Saturday. There was preaching at the Christian church Sunday by Rev. J. J. Harper, of SmHhfield. Mr. J. JL Robertson, of WU liamston, was bete to-day getting ready to pet the seines in. The smokehouse is now open,and we hope la see plenty of North Carolina "rabbins" in s few days. PAOMN. ACCIDENT. Mrs. W. W. Davis, wife of oar friend. Mr. William W. Davis, fell down stairs last Saturday and broke her hip. We wish her s speedy recovery. *„ A Fmriti liatfy to Min Its pleasant taste and prompt cures have made Chamberlain's Cough Remedy a favorite with the mothers of small children. It quick ly cures their coughs and colds and prevents any danger of pneumonia or other serious consequences. It not only cures croup, but when giv en es soon as the croupy cough ap pears will prevent the attack. For I sale by S. R. Biggs. —Turner's N. C. Almanac for ok at The Enterprise Book Store. mum that WILLIAMSTON, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 4.1904. PfiRMHB.' Mr, Ben Daniels has gone to Til lery to spend e few weeks. One more big fire like Parmele had last week, will ruin the looks of the city. We are still having bad weather, it looks like the farmers are going to have a very hard year. Mr. Charlie Harrison is enjoying train rides, he spends the days in Parmele aid nignts in Greenville. A quiet, but pretty home wad ding took place at the home of Mr. W. A. Bright on Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock, the 24th of February. -When his niece, Miss Mead Dickinson, Winter P. Griffin of Washington N. C. The ceremony was performed by Mr. Ben. Jenkins. The bride was becomingly attired in a dark blue gown, and carried a fragrant bunch of white hyacinths. The only at tendants were Mimes Rosalie and Mabel Hill, as flower girls. The bride came in leaning on the arm of Mrs. W. A. Bright, Dame of honor. The groom came in lean ing on the arm of Mr. W. A. Bright, his best man. Miss Pearl Bright at the orgaa played softly the wedding march. The bouse was beautifully decorated for the occasion with the choicest ever greens and holly. At 8:30 o'clock the guests repaired to the dining room, where they enjoyed cake aad wine. The guests from a dis tance were. Miss Emily Edwards, Misses Rosalie and Mabel Hill and Capt. Bob. Griffin, brother of the groom, all of Washington. The couple left on the morning train Thursday morning for Washington their future home. "Pineapple." Twill Awrtii " Just in the nick of time our little boy was saved 1 ' writes Mrs W. Wstkinsof Pleasant City, Ohio. "Pneumonia had played sad havoc with him and a terrible cough set in besides. Doctors treated him, but he grew worse every day. At length wc tried Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption, and our darling was saved. He's now sound and well."Everybody ought to know it's the onlysure cure for Coughs, Colds and all Lung dis eases Guaranteed by S. R. Biggs and all Druggist. Price 50c and sl. 00. Trial bottles free. MADE $25,000 A Big Pick-up by Fortunate You ne People "Money saved is money made," and on this the splendid sum of (25,000 waa made last year by the 558 boys and girls from all over the South who attended the Ga.-Ala. Business College, at Mac on, Ga. Their total expenses were just that much km than if they had at tended any other college and in ad diton to.this they saved at least one third the time required elsewhere. 1 All who completed were "placed in good positions at about double the salaries they were getting be fore, aad fully a thousand more conld have been placed if they had been qualified. We are mqaaited to invite all who-wUh to Achiete success in,life, no matter how limited their means or education, to write at once for for fc&particulars to President E. L. Martin, Macon, Ga. —Buy your Stationery Maga zines, Papers etc., at the Enter prise Book Store. —A fine lot of nice white enve lopes at 4 cents a package, (35 in a pack) at the Enterprise Book Store. —We have some Turner's N. C. Almanacs on hand, and will give one to each new yearly subscriber or to any old subscriber who re news their subscription for a year, as long ss the Almanacs last. Come before they are all out —Send your orders for Letter heads, Packet-heads, Bill-heads, Envelopes etc., to the Enterprise Printery. —Read our ad. in this issue and see how you can get Tint Entxk pkisb FREE. Raise Price of Limber Norfolk, March 1 —At the eighth ' annual meeting of the North Carolina Pine Assocation, held in , Norfolk to-day at the Monticello | Hotel, it was decided to make an advance in the price of the cheaper grades of lumber of from 30 cents | to one dollar. A persistent in crease in the cost of production is given by the Association as the • ground for the increase. No change ' will be made in the prices of higher ' grade lumber. Porty ot the largest lumber manu- F facturers In Virginia and North r Carolina were reported at the meet -1 ing and ten officers ware elected Hohcn, treasurer; John R. Walker, . secretary. The new directory ia composed 1 of John L. Roper, Frank Hitch, R. 1 S. Cohn, J. S. Deal, E. C. Fos -1 burgh, of Norfolk, E. M. Wiley,of • New York, George T. Leach, of I Washinton, N. C., R. J. Camp, of s Franklin, Va., Geo. W. Truitt, of 1 Suffolk, Va., J. D. Biggs, of Wil- F liamston, N. C., George W. Jones, ■ Berkeley, Vs., and W. P.Jackson, Salisbury, Md. I. i . Propir Tnitint if Nwiwh Pneumonia ia too dangerous a disease for anyone to attempt to doctor himself, although he may [ have the proper remedies at hand. [ A physician should always be called It ahould be borne in mind, bow ever, that pneumonia always re | salts from a cola or from an attack of the grip, and that by giving _ Chamberlain's Cough Remedy the I threatened attack of pneumonia may be warded off. This remedy is also used by physicians in the treatment of pneumonia with the best results. Dr. J. Smith, of Sanders, Ala., who is also a drug gist, says of it: "I have been sell ' ing Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and prescribing it in my"practice" for the past six years. I use it in cases of pneumonia and have al ways gotten the best results." Sold by S. R. Biggs. A Doable Tragedy Elkins, W. Va., March 1. —Jeal ousy and whiskey were the cause of a double tragedy here to-day. Louis Toureville.who resides with in the city Jimits, is dead, as also the infant child of John Moyer and Mrs. Toureville and Mrs. Moyer are seriously injured. About 5 o'clock this afternoon Toureville went to his home and began berat ing his wife and threatening to shoot her. She took refuge on the roof of the house, but being dis covered by Tourville the woman jumped to the groud and started for the woods, Toureville shooting at her as she ran. When opposite the home of John Moyer's, Toure ville encountered Mrs. Moyer with her infant child in her arms. His anger turned to her and Recusing her of his trouble, he raised the pistol and fired. The bail struck the child in the neck, ploughed clear through it aud wounded its mother in the cheek. Officers Simons and Kochender fer immediately stsrted to place Toureville under arrest, but be held them at bay until his ammunition was exhausted when be fled into his own home snd blew his brains out with a shot gnu. iira Riots Disturbances of strikers are not nearl f as grave as an individual disorder of the system. Overwork, ' loss of sleep, nervous tension will be followed by utter collapse, unless ' a reliable remedy is immediately ' employed. There's nothing so ef ficient to cure disorders of the Liver ' or Kidney* as Electric Bitters. It's j s wonderful tonic, and effective ner vine and the greatest all around medicine for run down systems. It dispels Nervousnoss, Rheumatism, and Neuralgia and expels Malaria germs. Ouly 50c., and satisfnetk n guaranteed by S. R. Biggs and all ] druggists. ] —— j Subscribe to your County paper 2 ThS EliTg&frUSK. I News From The Capi tol City A. & N. C. RECEIVER APPOINTED Stedman Apparently Leads the Race for the Gubernatorial Nomination The "sensation" of the waek is the appointment ot a receiver for Jhe A * N. C. Railroad by Judge PurneH of the tJ. S. District Court, upon the application of a Mr. K.S. Finch, of New York, who ia said to have recently acquired a small amount of the private stock of the road. Being a non-resident and a citizen of another state, his appli cation was made through the Fed eral Court. Mr. V. E. Mcßee, who ia named as temporary receiver, is IS representative of one of the sev eral "syndicates" that has lately been trying to lease this road. The hearing on the question of making the receivership permanent is set for April 4. In the meanthae the Btate (which ownes ia.066 shares out ot s total of 17.97 a shares of the stock) is fight ing the action of Judge Purnell,and on Saturday Attorney-General Gil mer asaisted by special counsel, ac companied by President Bryan to Charles too, for the purpose of ask ing Judge Simonton, of the U. S. Circuit Court, to overrule Judge Purnell and set aside his order. A lively fight in the courts looms up as a result of all this. No one here, from tbe Governor down, had any ' intimation that a receiver was to be asked for until he was appointed. Many think that the final outcome will be the leasing of the road on good terms to some syndicate at an early date, and some insist that these proceedings are part of a plan to bring about such a result. Much curiosity as to who Finch is has been manifested. Two or three years ago he lived in Charlotte where he was a freight agent of the Seaboard Atr Line, at the time Mr. Mcßee was with that road. . » * The fact having been announced that there are 100 empty beds in the female department of the latest ad dition to the insane asylum at Mor ganton, while several hundrad de mented white women of this State are confied in jails and poor-houses of the various counties without proper care or medical treatment, has aroused renewed criticism and indignation, but not as much de nunciation from the press of the State as those responsible for such a state of affairs deserve, to wit, the legislature of 1903. The superin tendent of the asylum says the beds sre "empty" because the smount appropriated by the legislature for maintenance is inadequate,and that he has not s dollar available to feed and clothe and otherwise care for the additional number of pa tten ta for whom there is room. It is a shame and a disgrace to the State—and all tbe more so because ample provision could have been made. I my this COULD have been done, and if any one questions tbe statement let him examine into the present good financial condition of tbe Stste's affairs and get the proof. The truth is, too many smsll calibre men and shyster politicians, utterly devoid of patriotism snd charitable impulses, and without any breadth of statesmanship, are chosen for our law-makers. We need better and broader-minded men in the legislature both branches of it —and it is to be hoped that we will select more men of that character for the next General Assembly. * * * The selection, by tbe College of Bishops of the M. E. Church, of Rev. Dr J. C Kilgo to be Frater nal Messenger from the church South, to the general conference of the Northern Methodist Church i which meets in May at Los Ange r lea, California, is very pleasing to t his churchmen. This h one of the , highest honors the church can be . stow, and the address of the Fra -1 ternal Messenger, always one of 1 the principal events of the General Conference, will this year be an es pecially interesting and eloquent one. •- * * Raleigh is enjoying the unusual distinction of listening to the preach ing of a Hebrew—a "converted" Jew —from the pulpits of the lead ing Christian churches here, Metlio t dist. Baptist, Presbyterian and 1 Episcopalian churches. His name is Mark Levy, he has been here a 1 week already, his work being un ' der the direction of a religious or * ganization. He hails from Rich -1 mond, and (can yon realize it?) he * does not take up collections ! • * • 1 There b some talk among the Democrats of the Bth district of * sending Hon. John S. Henderson, " of Salisbury, to Congress, if he can L be induced to serve again. There * is not a man in North Carolina that ' could better and more advautagc ' ously serve the State at this time. c Mr. Henderson represented this * district 10 or 12 years iu Congress. : This writer resided in Washington 1 five years, during three of Mr.Hen -1 derson's term, and my duties as a 1 ntwspapcr correspondent for the 1 News and Observer. Norfolk-Vir -1 ginian and half-dozen other papers * kept me in close touch with our : Congressman iu the "eighties." ! I remember very distinctly that ' Mr. Henderson was then the ack : nowledged leader of the N. C. dele gation; that his ability and promi nent committee assignments made I him also the most useful and influ ential of all our Congressman. If he could be induced to go back again, he would at once become an impor tant factor in Natioual legislation, and would again be given import ant committee assignments on ac count of liis past experience. "They say" that R. Don Laws, the editor of the "Yellow Jacket," printed al Moravin Falls, is to be an independent Republican candi date for Congress in the Bth, and ex-Congressmen Limey and Black burn and J. W. McNeil will con test for the Republican nomination. • The race for the gubernatorial nomination continues to grow in interest. There is apparently no change in the position of the sev eral racesr. S ted man appears to be in the lead still. In sounding poli tical prophets and listening to rep resentative business men and others who come to the capitol from the various sections, it is noticed that most of them think it probable that Stedman will be nominated. These same men, however, when asked the question whether it would be Glenn or Turner or Davidson, if Stedman should not win, almost invariably say, "Well, you can keep your eye on Turner, in that case;" or somesimilar remark. The Lieutenant-Governor is almost uni versally regarded as a safe and growing public man, with and with out regard to this year's contest for the governorship. Judge Frank Winston seems to be meeting with a flattering reception in his candi dacy for Lieutenant-Governor. He is an able man and has been a hard party worker for many years, and the robes of this office would very properly and becomingly grace his intellectually broad atfH legislative shoulders. It is said there will be contests for nominations for 1 (Continued on Second Page.) j Wh Profession*. i T- G)R. JOHN D. BIGGS, DKNTIST i OFFICE: I MAIN STREET. GEO. W. NEWF.LL K BRO. LAWYERS Office »j» Mair* in New Bank BalMi iag. left hand side, lop of atept. "Williamston, N 0. 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