THE ENTERPRISE.
FRIDAY. AUGUST 18. 1905.
LOCAL NEWS
—A few of the young men gave
a stag dance last Monday night,
—There will be a hot game of
ball here next Tuesday evening
between Windsor and Williamston.
Wednesday morning Windsor will
go op against Bear Grass.
FOR RENT: On Main street a
neat five room house with all nec
essary out-buildings, a good gar
den and in a good neighborhood,
s Apply to,
J. B. McGOWAN.
—Tuesday morning the base
ball team went to Windsor to play
the team of that town. The game
was called at 5:50. After playing
four innings they were compelled
to stop on account of rain. The
score stood 6 and o in favor of the
home team.
—The excursion from Plymouth
to Norfolk seems to havs been a
great success. At least oue hun
dred crowded aboard here that
they might take a whil of the salt
air and wet their hides in the At
lantic. Three excursions ran into
Norfolk on the same day.
—The News and Observer goi
out an educational issue last Sun
day and most every county in the
State noted some improvement
save Martin. Our county has
made some progress aud ought to
have had something aaid about it.
Wake up. good friends, Martin
must go to the frout. She can
never submit to any policy that
puts us so far behind as to not be
worth the mention.
—The News and. Observer has
the following to say abour THE
ENTKRPRISK and Williamston:
They are making good roads
near Williamston and tly£ Enter
prise tells of a farmer who hauled
a four hundred pouud load of to
bacco to market who said: "1
would not have taken fifty cents
for this much help from the new
road this morning. This road is
worth twenty-five dollar a year tc
me going no further than it does."
Bad roads constitute the heaviest
tax a farmer pays.
THE ENTKRPRISK believes tht
road advocacy is along the right
line and is glad to be backed b>
such authority.
The most pleasant and positive
cure for indigestion, heartburn and
all stomach troubles is Ring's Dys-
I epsia Tablets. They aid diges
tion, tone and strengthen tht
stomach. "Sold by All Dealers."
Ha ugh ton Street.
City Fathers we have not under
stood why Ilaughton street is made
to look like a thoroughfare rathei
than a wood yard and a dumping
ground. We can understand the
trash, but the wood pile is the us
ing of public property for privatt
purpose, in other words putting on
the street what he has no room fot
on lot. Then it takes a whotV
r.ide walk and wood is piled be
tween pretty elms as though they
were pine trees in the forest. Now
this is not right unless we are go
ing to allow every man to have e
wood pile in the streets and we
would have streets all over town
like the southern end of Haughton
street. Much to be desired,
TO OUM A COLD IN ONK DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININK
Tablet*. All druggiit* refund the moo
ey if it fails to cure.
B. W. Grove 1 * signature it on eacli
box. « cent*. 11-J l,yr
Na-nrc s Freaks.
Wednesday as the editor approach
ed his place of business a stran
ger, we haven't decided yet wheth
er it was a hen a duck or a par
tridge and said that Mr. so and so
said a partridge had hatched a hen
egg and he wanted to see it in
THK ENTERPRISE. We presume
be wanted "to see it in the paper"
before he could believe himself.
That is a strange idea that some
people have that only editors are
honest. What troubles us though
is how mother partridge "set"
perched up there on a hen egg.
Oar informant asked that a copy
of the paper be mailed him, but
Mrs. dnck or hen forgot to give
her address.
A little forethought may save
yon no end of trouble. Anyone
who makes it a rule to keep Cham
berlain's Colic. Cholera and Uiar
rhoe Remedy at hand knows this
to be a fact. For sale by S. R.
Bigg*.
PERSONALS
Mrs. P. H. Brown spent Sunday
at Everetts.
Mr. G. N. Gnrganus left Sunday
morning for Norfolk and Richmond
Misses Nora Fowden and Anna
Pope left last Friday for Norfolk.
Miss Kathrine Smith, of Can
ton Miss., is visiting Mrs. John D.
Biggs Jr.
Mess. J- G. Staton and H. W.
Stubbs returned from Norfolk last
Saturday-
Miss Emma Hassell returned
Tuesday evening from a visit to
Washington.
Mrs. Geo. W. Newell and Mrs.
W. H. Crawford went to Virginia
Beach last Thursday.
Miss Nannie Smith who has been
visiting relatives in Tamesville re
turned Saturday evening.
•
Mr. Frank D. Taylor who has
been spending sometime in Nor
folk returned Sunday evening.
Miss Hannah V. Fowden who
has been spending sometime in
Vanceboro returned home last Fri
day night.
Mi. Ed. Wilson, of Norfolk,
who lias been spending sometime
with his parents left Tuesday morn
ing for Norfolk.
Mrs. C. D. Carstarphen and chil
dren accompanied by Miss Maggie
Carstarpen left last Saturday for
Virginia Beach.
Mrs. H. H. Pope and little
daughter Elizabeth, of Robetson
ville, spent several days in town
this week visiting relatives.
Mr. S. J. Kvetett was called
home last Friday morning bv the
serious illness of his father, return
ing Tuesday evening saying his
father was beyond danger and get
ting along very well.
Mrs. J. B. H. Knight, Francis
Knight, Charles Alden Knight aud
maid, who have been spending a
month at Atlantic City. Manhat
tan Beach, Long Branch, Ash bury
Park and on her return stopped
three days with Mr. and Mrs. John
R. Ellison at Suffolk, Va., return
ed last Saturday after a most de
lightful trip.
Picillir Dltappiariici
J. D. Runyan, of Butlerville,O.,
laid the peculiar disappearance ol
his painful symptoms, of indiges
tion and biliousness, to Dr. King's
New Life Pills. He says: "They
are a perfect remedy, for dizziness,
sour stomach, headache, coustipa
tion, etc." Guaranteed at S. R.
Biggs' drug store, price 25c.
Letter Prom Mr. Taylor
The editor is in receipt of a let
ter from Mr. Robt. S. Tavlor in re
gard to farm work and fertilizing.
It is written in reply to manv ques
tions asked him concerning the
management of his farm.
THK ENTKRPRISK regrets its in
ability to give space to the whole
letter. Mr. Taylor has been very
successful as a farmer making the
foundation of industry aud toil its
base, being a leader in the work he
has to do and not yielding to the
inclination to postpone and put off.
Mr. Taylor says, in the cultivation
of his peanuts he covers peanuts
and grass all together when they
are young with a Woolard culti
v|Jor and thus saves cltoppiug and
wraps them up a second time with
a plow putting 011 a very thin cov
er to keep from having to use the
hoe. , Mr. Taylor says he uses firm
ness with his laborers and keeps ev
ery obligation as he makes it. We
appreciate such letters.
For to learn the news subscribe
to the ENTERPRISE.
Letter Prom Jamesville
THK ENTKRPKISK has received
a letter from Mr. Alexander Corey
of Jamesville givimg a description
and illustration of Blight to fruit
trees. The drawing is good and
the explanation very intelligible
but he does not tell us how to stop
it He says he will be glad to ans
wer further inquiries so we put
the inquiry as to how to prevent it.
The work is good and will interest
those who care to learn something
of the origin of Blight how the
Bacteria affects the leaves and how
they get there.
The teachers of Jamesville have
an association and are studying
such things. This is as it should
be. The time has already come
when teachers musffiot only know
the multiplication table spell catchy
words and look wise but they must
something of what nature
teaches.
II Dardens Items.
. Dardens, N. C, Aug. 16,"V965.
Klder J. A. Alford returned Sat
ufday from New Bern, where he
had been to visit his wife and little
daughter, at his wife's mothers.
We hope to have theuv with us
again soon.
Mrs. Annie Woodard and chil
dren returned 10 their home Satur
day in Pinners Point, Va., after
visiting friends and relatives in
Plymouth aud here.
Mrs. Pattie Peel, little child and
brother, returned Wednesday from
Norfolk after a pleasant three
months visit.
Mrs. Lucy Swinson and daugh
ter, Miss Neva, spent Sunday in
Plymouth.
Mr. and Mrs. Whitehurst, of
Bethel, who have been visiting at
the home of Mr. Hoyle Davenport
returning home Monday.
Miss Myrtle Davis, of Poplars
chapel, was the guest of her cousin
Miss Olive Jackson last week at
her beautiful home, "Hill Crest."
Mr. aud Mrs. Crossley Gardner
were in Dardfcns a few days ago.
They were the guests of Mr. Col
umbus Gardner.
Several of our people will attend
the Primitive Baptist yearly meet
ing at Morattock church the third
Sunday.
Miss Kllen Mizell one of Bertie's
most beautiful youtig ladies is visit
ing here. We hope she will make
a long visit.
Miss Bettie Lilly, of Roper, spent
a few days at the home of her
Krandmother Mrs. Bettie Jones last
week.
Mrs. Alice Getslnger returned
Sunday from a visit to Mr. Getsin
ger's parents near Jamesville.
Mr. Alexander Getsinger, of Ro
per, spent Sunday with his aunt
Mrs. Bettie Jones.
Mrs. Lula Johnson, of Norfolk,
is visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs.
N. T- Coburn.
Mr. aud Mrs. C. C. Pagan atten
ded Rev. Bilbro's temperance lec
ture at the Baptist church in Ply
mouth.
We are glad to see Mrs. Ellen
Waters, up again. We wish hei
a speedy recover.
The euchauting Miss Josephine
Holliday, of Poplars Chapel, was
here Monday.
Miss Maggie Dardeti spent Sun
day at the home of Mr. Conran>i
Getsiuger near Jamesville.
Prof. Armstrong, Messrs. San
McLaskey, William Coburn and
several more went to Norfolk Fri
day on the excursion.
Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Moore, o
Plymouth, spent Sunday in tht
country near here.
A Touching Story
is the saving from death, of tht
baby girl of Geo. A. Eyler, Cunt
berland, Md. He writes: "At
the age of 11 months, our little giil
was in declining health, With seri
ous Throat Trouble, and two phy
sicians gave her up. We were al
most in despair, when we resolved
to try Dr. King's New Discovers
for Consumption, Coughs anri
Colds. The first bottle gave re
lief; after taking four bottles six
was cured, and is now in periec
health." Never fails to reliev
and cure a cough or cold. At S
R. Biggs'drug store; 50c and sl.ot>
guaranteed. Trial bottle free.
Market Over Doubles Last Year.
The tobacco market is holdiii).
up to its beginning. Up to Tues
day night the sales have been two
and one half times as largL- as lasi
year this time and the price has
averaged about $1.25 a hundret
better than last year. Here art
some of the actual sales taken from
the books which are exact condi
tions.
Mr. Wlnt Moore sold 274pouidv
for which he received S2B 22 an
[average of $10.30 a hundred.
Mr. Marshall Cherry 776 pounds
$63.36, average $8.16.
Brown and Purvis 332 pounds,
$29.14 average $8.77.
J. S. Wynn 254 pounds $20.94,
average $8.25.
f Henry D. Hardison 476 pounds,
$51.50 average $lO.Bl.
The prices are much better than
last vear although the quality of
tobacco is not so good. We have
hustling warehousemen and their
work is showing in price and
amount of tobacco.
ANY YOUNG LADY who de
sires work in her community with
which to make some money tohelj>
defray her expenses at College
may inquire at this office.
She —Did your sister get any
duplicate wedding presents?
He—Yes she married a widower
with two boys.—Chicago Journal.
BRIDEGROOM IN HANDCUFF* '
Victim of Practical Joke Start* on
Wadding Trip Like Criminal.
Omaha.—Never was a bridegroom
more miserably conscious of the bonds
of matrimony than W. J. Downey, of
Sioux City, who arrived here recently.
It waa his wedding tour, but when the
train pulled In he was In '.ran and his
young wife was on the verge of hyster
ics. His marriage was his offense
and to emphasis* his crime s party of
friends who had come down to th*
station in Sioux City to see him off
had snapped the handcuffs on his
wrist just as the train started. It
waa not until he was getting off th*
train here to find a blacksmith to re
l*as« him that conductor stopped for
ward And unlocked the handcuffs. Th*
key had been given to him in a pack
age at Sioux City, with strict Instruo
tlona It was not to be opened until
Omaha waß reached.
Downey Is a prominent figure In th*
aociety of Sioux City, and as both his
and th* bride's families are known
well there their wedding was a big af
fair. No hlut of th* pint agalntft his
happiness was allowed to escape th*
oousplrsiors, and up to the last min
ute Downey stood chatting and laugh
ing with then) on the piutform. H*
shook hands with his groomsman for
the last lime, and If the pressure with
which the other grasped both his
hands was aomcwhat iirmer than us
ual he only put it down to a warmth
•f kindly tooling. Suddenly there
wafi a clash of steel and as he turned
round to clamber on to the moving
train he found a pair of handcuffs
securely on his wrists.
"You will And s first-class black
smith in Omahs!" shouted a voice,
and Downey, hiding hlf hands under
his coat as best he could, had to
march down the car and rejoin his
wife fettered like a criminal.
For a few minutes It seemed quit*
funny, and th* young couple laughed
consuinedly at the joke that had be*n
played on him. The handcufls were a
beautiful pair, bright and new and
shiny; but presently the conviction
bore In on tho man that they were th*
real thing and that, twist and turn as
he would, he could not got them off.
After sll, It was rather a stupid jok*.
but still
"Tickets, plenso," said the conduc
tor.
Downey turned white and looked at
his wife, who turned rel. He groped
around BO clumsily for several min
ute* that tho conductor grew Impa
tient and the attention of half the
car was centered on him. Wonder
wag expressed openly that such a nice
looking pair should be trying to beat
their way. At last Downey gave It up.
"Thoy are In the lnlitde pocket of
my waistcoat," be whlspeied to hit
bride. And would you inlnd taking
my handkerchief and wiping my faceT
It seems warm here.'"
Mrs. Downey, who was Just ai warm
followed his instructions, but by this
time all the passengers were alive to
tile unuaual situation and wonder gave
way to more pointed speculation. To
with peaches and cream. This wai
in tho dining car. where Mrs. Downey,
to soothe his ruffled nerves, fed him
escape It all the pair sought refuge
more than tolerable, and the bride
groom was beginning to recover hi*
temper when some one saw what wag
going on.
Word was carried back to the coach
they had left, and in a few mlnutca
every seat in tho dining car was oc
cupied by a grinning passenger. Dow
ney fugsed and fumed, wrenching at
the handcuffs till they cut Into
his wrlstg. but the only result was to
add to his wrath against his friends
In Sioux City. When at length the
.rain reached Omaha Mrs. Downey was
almost In hysterics, and as the crowd
followed them out onto the platform
ahe almost fainted. Happily the con
ductor appeared with the key In time
to save them a tour through lire town,
and Downey continued his bridal trip
a free man.
Man Who Build Warship*.
It ba« been xal) of the Construc
tion Corps that men ot that brunch of
the service rarely emerge from tie
obscurity of everyday work well rtono,
and as a reason It has been urged that
theirs Is not a work which puts them
In the limelight.
They build tthe ships, but it Is the
men who light them that get the ap
plause.
When the mighty Oregon made her
famous trip around the Horn to be
Aral in that bulldog runh for the ene
my. when he sought to escape from
Santiago, none ever gave thought, to
the talented designer of that superb
lighting machine, Nixon, and It
la doubtful If a hundred mon, In the
service or out of lit, mil tell offhand
what naval constructor It was that
carried out the plans of the designer
and superintended the building of th«
▼easel. •
There was one constructor of the
American Navy who came Into sud
den fame, but singularly enough it
was for sinking a veasel and not for
building one that he gained renown.
This was ltlchard Pearson Hobson,
but It is doubtful l( many know that
he waa a member of the Construction
Corps, as he was habitually referred
to as Lieutenant Hobson, or as Cap
tain Hobson, after he had gained hit
promotion.
Oversea there was one constructor
whose obituary WAR widely written.
He had designed the British armor
clad Captain, one of the first Iron
clads of Great Britain's navy.
The vessel was topheavy and cap
sized In the first heavy sea she met
and went to the tHittom, taking her
designer with her.
But while no member of the Con
struction Corps has ever taken rank
with Sampson, Dewey, Farragut. or
Hull, there are signs that with the up
building of the new navy—and It is a
great new navy, so please you—there
will b« an awakening of public Inter
est in the men- who prepare these
great fighting machines for war.
ANY RELIABLE YOUNG
MAN or boy who wishes to tiiaki
some money in his community to
help in payment of board Qiid tui
tion at School may inquire it thi
office.
M Sick headache results from a
disordered condition of the stomach
and is quickly cured by Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
For sale by S. R. Biggs.
The GREAT AUG. SALE
Oil all Summer Merchandise.
No time to lose. Fall goods will soon lay claim to the space now occupied
- by summer fabrics and we must have the space. To effect a
decisive and rapid clearance, prices have been
t *
Cut to an Extreme Low Point!
You cannot afford to pacß by with such money-saving opportunities at this store
now present awaiting you at every turn. We have yet a large stork of White Goods,
Plain and Fancy Lawn, Silks, Uibb'Uis, Laces, Embroideries, (iause Vehta, etc., all go
ing now cheaper than you bwve seen them before. We have a few pieces left yet of
Cr«pe tie Thine in Pink and Blue, 46 inches wide, will now se|l for 40c the yard. Also
40-inches While Lawn, worth 10 and 15c the yard, now for 8 and 124 c the yard.
LINEN FINISH GOODS
Next to Linen this is the most desirable of all White Materials for
Skirts and Fall Suits. It is a medium weight material full 36 inches
wide and has a beautiful Irish Linen Finish. It„ is specially priced at
12 1-2 and 15c the yard.
WHITE HOSIERY
This is a Great White Season qnd White Hosiery plays a most impor
tant part. Nowhere else will you find a larger, better or more complete
line than we are now showing.
GOING AWAY-?
If you are going off you will need a good Trunk orSuit Case, and we
have them—Trunks $1.25 to SIO.OO each, Suit Cases $1.25 to $7.00 each.
Harrison Bros. & Co.
Willianmtoii, . . . ''■■■ . North Carolina.
Tobacco Flues
We are prepared to
take and fill orders for
I
Tobacco Barn Flues and
Stewart's Iron Fencing.
Tin Guttering an d
Roofing done any
where on short notice
All New Work Guaranteed
(RON FENCE THAW WOOO
IS We Sell ron Fence !
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The Stewart Ironworks Company
7 CINCINNATI, OHIO
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J Tlio most economical f«*nrs jr»u r»n biijr. J
% i'rlca )-m than a r«NM table wood Whjr i
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Geo. R. Dixon,
Rocky Mount or Williainston, N.C
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Notice.
North Carolina 1 . ..
Martin County. } ln " ,e Superior Court
S. S. Hardison
VS
The Freeman-Hodges Lumber Co.
Hy virtue of an executiou directed t
the undersigned from the Su|ierior Cour
of Iteaufort county in the above entitle,
action. 1 will on Monday, the 4th day »l
September, 1905, at 12 o'clock M., at t!i
Court II 3u»e door of said county Hell t
the highest bidder for cash to satiifi
said execution all the right title and :m
terest which the said The Freenmn
llodges ItWlber Co., the defendants
have in the following described na
estate, to-wit:
All the pine, gum and other timl>ej
of and above 12 inches when cut, in am
upon the following two tracts or /jarccl:
of land:
First Tract—Bounded by the lands ol
Kason Matthews, Jno. R. Purvis, Will
Coburn and others, containing 40 acre'
more or less, bein|( the same laud soli;
to Artimissa Martin about 1867, and lie
ing one third of the Uuniel Coburn trad
of land.
Second Tract —Known as the Jordur
Jenkins tract of land, adjoining Allei
Jenkins, Wm. Coburn and others, con
taining.2s acres; and bounded by th
Coburn road on the north side, sjiuie lie
ing deeded to H. D. Coburn by J. L
Jenkins about 1891.
It beipg the same timber, rights, etc.
conveyed to The Freeman-Hodges Lum
tier Co., by deeds recorded in the publii
, registry of Martin county, in book LLL
pages 270 and 273, the same situated in
Kobersonville township, Martin cvunty
This July 22, 1905.
J. C. CRAWFORD,
7-28 4t Sharif? Martin County.
—— n 10 Days Only 10
J&L Special Prices.
j \ /,|\|\ I'\\ For Ten Days
r V\/\A \ \\ Only we will
\ Kive Special
jA 1 _ — Bargains on
yjJf i ljts* Clothing and
* jr\ 11 I Gents Furn
l\ 1| H 11 ishinjj Qoods.
/\|| I / \ I ou are cor "
/ ill if \\ dially invited
/ \\ / V 1 to inspect our
/, L\ \ J L 1 goods during
k|9 9 next ten days.
C. I). Carstarphon «fc Co., Big White Front.
Special Notice!
Friends, Remember Us!
Our stock is coining in daily
uii'l wc will save you money
on our goods. All package
goods ami tobacco remember
you can gel them and save
15 per cent, on them. Try it.
Harrison & Cowing Co.,
Williamston, North Carolina.
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THE NORTH CAROLINA
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for Teachers.— Faculty numbers 50. Board, laundry, tuition and fees
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$125. For nou-residents of the State, $l9O. Fourteenth annual ses
sion begins Septeni!>er 21, 1905. To secure board in the dormitories,
all free-tuition applications should be iflade before July 15. Corres
jwndence invited from those desiring competent teachers and stenogra
phers. For catalog and other information, address
CHARLES D. McIVER, President,
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