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Cofield, Powellsville, Jamesville and Kveretts. We do not seek business by devious means, but sell only, Insurance that Insures Iet us figure with yon on any form of Insnrance you are looking for. B. T. COWPER 'Phone No. 7 The Triadic Shaving Parlor OVER J. W. WATTS & CO. Sharp Razors, clean Towels and Good Work Guaranteed. Cleanliness Our MOTTO Thanking one and all for your past patronage and hoping for a continuance of the same, I remain, Yours to serve, J. H. HYMAN, Prop. SKEWARKEE JL LODGE- No. 90. A.F.IA. M. /N^J/\ DIRRCTORV Poa 1906. H. W. Stubbs, M. W.; W. C. Manning, S. W.; S. S. Brown. J. W.; A. F. Taylor, S. D.; W S. l'eel, J D.; S. R. Biggs, Secretary; C. 1). Carstarphen, Treasurer; H. C. Taylor and J. I). Ho wen, Stewards; T. W. Thomas, Tyler. STANDING COMMITTBKS: N CHARITY—H. W. Stubbs, W. C. Man niag and S. S. Brown. FINANCK—R. J. Peel, McG. Taylor and Kli Ourganus. RRFKRKNCK—W. H. Edwards, 11. D. Taylor and W. M. Green. ASYLUM—G. W, Blount, O. K. Cow* in and P. K. Ho ' es. MARSHALL— I. H. Hatton. nil ctrnm. »**, vm ao turn. 1N eobuuu p»AI fpg I THAT FAYiU»Mlfcr Ital SwlauM.fMM«r*«ehfar pugc «m| •u !«■ «tr T—nf tr—tlm. MIN-1 MHINO RCrCRtNCCS. Itofw «HS> ■ •00k am IIIIIIIH writ* to POJ-SO* Seventh Str *l, V iftaviiarO ■SB ■•v SIM I eSSCS* V imiiHaiKiar soLb inr s. k. rtQGS • TBs® •=■ CMstaJsss CMctaa Farm A Tlbsnikagivfag Story By F. A. MTTCHEL. [Copyright. IM. by T A. MlteM] k." saM Pmur Blck ford's wife, "Mandy'a (Oln| to marry John Wil liams." "I'm (lad to hear It John la a very good young man." "But they will need help. Ton mutt do aomethlng for them." "What can I do? Tha farm produces Juat enough for ua to live on." "You might mortgage It for a email amount Juat enough to buy a amall place. The Allison farm of six acree Is for sale at a very low price. John wants to go Into chicken raising, and the property would Juat do. There Is a cottage on It and a few old outliouees." "But ir I mortgage our farm who'a to pay Interest and provide a sinking fund for the principal?" "John will do that." "Howr "By the proflta on chicken ralalng." "Suppose there are no profits?" "Oh, pa. don't be atlngy. We have but one daughter. You wouldn't grudge her a few thousand dollars out of all the money thla farm'a worth, would your "My dear, we began on nothing and have had a hard atruggle to get Into our prewnt comfortable tlx. Ix»t these young people begin an we did." "And hare aa hard a tlnieT" "Bettor have a hard time when they nre young than when they are old. No, I will not mortgage my farm even for Mandy, whom I love as well aa yon love her. That's settled." Mrs. Bli-kford knew by a long expe rience tliat when her httsbsnd said "That's settled" It wjs settled. PI is went away with a slgti snd told the youngsters that she had failed. Both mother and daughter voted Mr. Hlck ford a hard heartfed man. John Wil liams said nothing. He had good pluck, l.ut little or no experience. lis went Cft a bank and arranged for • mortgage for StfftOO on the Allison farm, the# bought it for £1,400. He bad saved s2(io and trusted to luck to raise the other S2OO with which to complete the payment. Mrs. Blckford bad saved SIOO out of pin uioney and prevailed on her husband to give SIOO In lieu of a wedding present, though she did not tell him what use was to lie msde of It. John and Mandy were married and took possession of their farm. Mr. Hick ford was left to And out their ownership of the place by their going Into It. They did not deign to mention the matter to lilin. This was the work of the mother and daughter. John hud nothing to do with It. John worked for the neighboring farmers, Intending to save money out of his wages to stock his farm with chickens, but the crops happened to be poor that season, and he got nothing over a bare living. The next season was better, but the baby came, and the coming of a baby always Involves extra expense. At the end of two years John had not stocked his chicken farm and had got behind with his interest. Mrs. Bickford would hav« appealed to her husband, but from the time Mandy was married thqffprmer be came more economical than ever, and she dared not mention the matter. Besides, she and Mandy hod shown their resentment that be bad not mort gaged hi*, farm to give the young cou ple a start, and this was another rea aon why be was not applied to. iiow- "ALL OVR DAU(IHT*» CAN AFFORD M YRA AMD TOAMT." ever. Mrs. Bickford st this Juncture condesceuded to Inform blm of the fact that tbe young couple were In tronblA The chicken form, on which aa yet there were no chickens, was advertised for sale under foreclosure of mortgage. Then Mrs. Bickford and ber daughter, knowing that tbe older husband and father was cognisant of tbe fact yet offered no help, barely spoke to 1)1 m. Tbe farmer bad a bard time of It. HJo wife, too proud to grumble because ffije (Mtrptsi WILLI AMSTON, N. C„ FRJPAY, NOVEMBER 23. 1906 p '"'''• * J " ... i ■ "amg rintffrtt l» f~~ M would uot come forward with as sistance, chose every other subject she could think of lo show her splson. Mandy seldom came to (lie house wlieu her father was there, and If she met him failed to dlspluy any affection for him. John alone treated him with tftnslderation. John learned rapidly by experience and told Ifls wife, as he ex pressed It In bis Übmely way, that be "TTB miMM THA*«HOIYIN(I t>AY TO KND A KAHJIY F5114." bad "bit off a bigger end than.he could chew." lie kept bin nerve, however, which. considering his youth, wu* no mora than be should have done. Tbeu came a season lu which the crops ou the Bickford farm were larger than they bad ever, beea l»e --fore. It happened that there was a foreign war, and tbe price of grain waa adrauced enonuoiwly. When the year's profit waa rteautd up the farwei found himself In iiossesslou of twi average year's Income Instead of oue. Tbe aale of John's chicken farm wai coming on. and Mrs. Bickford hoiieo that, conshlerlag lier husband'* good for tune. be would pay off tbe mortgage. He did not, and tbe property was told. "Wife," said Farmer Bickford one day In November, "what you going to do about Thanksgiving?" "Nothing. Nobody but you baa any thing to be thankful for." "Well," aald tbe farmer, unruffled, "John and Maody have bad a bnrd time of It tbls year. I'm not so mean as to grudge 'am a dinner and a good one. I atpwt they neid It. Invite 'em here for Dtanksgltlni and get up tba beat dinner monry wlil buy." "Suppose they won't comef "They'll luiaa tbe dinner." lira. BickMN and her daughter felt that they couM'not willingly alt down to a ThankagUteg dinner wltb so stingy a busbenrf~ and father. John urged them to accept, fend when be found tbelr resolution fixed not to do eo declared that be would dine with bla father-lr.-law without them. Mrs. Bickford prepared tbe dinner and tben went over t» ber daughter, who was still on tbe chicken farm, tbe two In tending to have a dinner by themselves. "Tell him." aald Mrs. Bickford to John, "that as all our daughter can af ford Is tea and toost I shall share It wtth ber." I John set off to his fatber ln Uw's. lAs.- •/ u. ■ * •>- -'''j, ;'v « lis had Dot I«H>II TIER" IOIIK liefor* BE returned to liltt lnnin- iiiml protestm! earnestly that IIIH iiotlierlnlnw aml IIIH wife were actluf .inwlaely ami un naturally. John WHM bead of ill. H family, nml hla wlfo RU'cuml>el anil eonnentccl to no with him. As Mr«,Jlirkf.iril did not cure to remain n*«j alone bofti went to the Hlckford farm and all Hat ilown to tnhle. "I've choaeu Thankiglvlng day." said the farmer, "to em' H rninlly feud. John's exploit IIIIH elded Just where I believed It would find has Iteen a fail ure. Nevertheless ftam the time he was married I resolved to nave what money he would Hint, for I knew he would need It In tli» end. I got to gether half the amount needed to pay cash for the farm UcJore thin last crop wan marketed, and now I have the whole. I intended to buy the farm for you, Maudy; but, Keeng your husband learn* finder than yuu, I've bought It for him." He threw on the tuble a deed to the chicken farm made »ut to John Wil liams. ' "Why, I thought I,n vyer (Jroat bought the chicken farm," exclaimed Mrs. Blckford. # "Ko he did—for me.' Muudy sprang Into her father's arms. "It wasn't John's fMult that he fail ed," the farmer went on. "It was tbe fault of his Inexperience. I admired bis pluck, but determined to let hlin benefit by the exiierience. The har vesting of this last crop has Iteen too much for nn old man like me, and I'm going to turn over tbe details of Ita management to blm. But, as I believe no house Is big enough for two fam ilies, you children are to remain at the chicken farm, using it for a homo aud nothing more. Doe* that suit you, John ?" John grafted the farmer's hand, while Mandy clung to Ills neck. Mrs. Blckford scarcely found room to give her husband a kiss. Then, after a nor mal condition was attained, they be gan to discuss the best dinner tbat money could buy. Visitor* lu that region are puzzled at the name "Chicken Farm." given to one of the prettiest places there, since It nothing like a farm, aud there are flo chicken* on It. Occasioually'"an In j quirer gets the story of how It gained Ita singular name. TO© SMOIRT TMt EDAY THKRI" B Just one thine dlsturtoln' me This Kind Thunkaglvln' day. When 1 my ble*aln'e come to count An' all my mercies-say. It seems to me the day's too short By bout six weeks or so Fer me to pay the debt o' thanks Thet I most surely owe! O'VE plodded through the passtn' months With blesaln's loaded down, A-hldln' blltertiess at heart An" wearfn' of a frown, A-makin' of myself believe Thet J was sore oppressed, When really I, more than most men. Have by the Lord been blessed. 0 LUMPED my assets In a bunrh An' thought them mighty small, But when 1 take them one by on* • I scarce ran count them all. An' when 1 look about an' see The thine* thet others lack Thet I po**«s»-waul, t declare, 1 strike til* other track I THE thine* W*'d miss If we wars called To part with them—ah, they Are thlnca for which we should gty* thanks With awellln' hearts this day! An' few there be thet, takln' stock Accordln' to this plan. Will find ths day half long enough Their blesaln's sll to scan. ARTHUR 1. BURDICK. ( Tib«fogDWflg Mwisir ©is sua AsirsMip) By AUGUSTUS W. FEjWIN. (Copyright, IMC, by Augustus W. Fferrln.] "TTT) AK 1,1 t,le fall of 10B0 '" Hakl " >e I skipper of the airship Alba- JUJ truss an he Hilt putting hie pipe on the roof of tbe Aerial Nav igation company'* fifty atory building on Broadway* "w« win engaged In tlie arctlc-autarctle carrying trade. There being temporarily nolhlug doing In our line, we hail put Into Colon to aee el- Presldent Itoosevelt, ateru and strenu oua In aplle of Ilia eighty odd years, open the I'll nn ma cnnit-l. I was stand ing on the Colon pier wntchlng the MO, WK) ton bnttleHblp I'licle Sam enter the canal, 'marking tbe consummation of the moat gigantic engineering enter prise in oil hlHtory,' as the ex president said In hi* a|wech, when a boy lu tbe uniform of the World's Wireless Tele graph company handed me a green en velope labeled 'Hush.' It was a mes sage from our agent at Peary, where the wireless company had an Instru ment a top the north pole capable of transmuting without rcluy any mes sage to a receiving Instrument on top of the south pole. The message read: " 'The Ice has all melted. It Is hotter here than the binges of hades and the mosquitoes are biting something fierce. This ought to IK) good market for Im mediate consignment of summer sup plies, but haste Is Imperative.' "Well, when there Is money to be made you don't Hod your Uncle Henry "•TOPPIJia FOB AM HOUB OVKK A HOOF UABDMM " - loafing around any 'gigantic engineer ing enterprise,' so without waiting for tha unveiling of the coloaaai statue of Secretary Taft we loaded to the para chute with pananin hats and mosquito netting and apread sail for the pole. "We made New York In twenty-four hours, having good weather and fa vorable winds all the way and passed •var the city aome time before mid night, ■ topping for an hour over a roof gardwi, where they had the beet abow 1 ever aee. There wn one girl lu pluk ti—well, I waa saying, we bad good weather and favorable winds, and about daylight we lighted the citadel af Quebec. There our trouble begun. Our carburetor waa acting cranky, and teu of our tblrty-aU cylinder! weut out of commission all at ouce, and we bad to atop the engine for repair*. We drifted to the nortliweiit aud hung thare la the air ail day, moukeying with the machinery and cuaalng our luck. Tha Brat mate pipe* up: " 'Skipper, do you realiie what day thla lar - 'No,' say a I. 'What i( Itr " 'lt's Thanksgiving day,' say* he. " 'Puncture my ga* bag, matey, If you ain't right,' qays I, taking a hasty look at my pocket calendar. 'What are w* going to do about Itr ""I don't know,' tay* he. 'We ain't got nothing but hard tack and canned atuff altoard. Of course the cauued stuff'* all right, now that the whole regular army I* on duty at the packing bouaes, but canned turkey don't *eem Thanksgiving-Ilk*. Besides, we ain't got any canned turkey, come to tbluk of It-only canued peas and punkln.' "Well, 1 tell you, sir, I was stumped. 1 never In all uiy life went over a Thanksgiving without turkey, not even that trip wheu we wss captured by the Chines* air junk. Of course the turkey them air pirates give u* waa really goldeu pheasant, but w* called It turkey, and It tasted all right. And 1 kuew if tbe crew aver got on to th* fact that It wa* Thanksgiving and we didn't have anything but hard tack and cauned peaa and punklu to give 'eiu there would be the worst mutiny sluce the one on the l'aniyat Aiovu, when the csar tried to make hi* aallor* eat icoua. I kept all hands hard at work, so they wouldn't get time to think about the almanac, and we was moseying along slow, me figuring on whether some other skipper wonld have the |>ole market for panamaa »versold before we got there, when suddenly the male pipes up again, Skipper, I've got au Idee.' " 'Mplt It out,' says I, but he never answers, hut grabs his spyglass and begins rubbering at something way off our port bow. Then he ruus below and comes up with *ouo of theui duru automobile 'honk-honks' In his hiiud. We got that 'bonk honk' In • funny "I OHAB THK PKLI.SIt THAT'S LEADING THR 'V' AND HOLLER." way. We mi flying low on# day, wutchliiK two big machines racing along a country road, when all at once one of 'em blows up and the horn lands right In our car. Well, the mate leans over the port rail and begins 'honk lioukiug' like he was dippy. All at once 1 hear another 'honk-bouk' way off, then uearer, then more 'bonks' tliau all (he automobiles In four states could make. Aud what do you think It was? Wild geese. Dern my dyna mo, If there wasn't a million wild geese flying toward us In a long 'V,' 'drag ging their barrer over the pule moon,' as tbe poet aaya, only there waau't any moon, It being broad daylight. 1 call all hands to the main deck, and we man tbe rail. Closer and closer come the geese until 1 begin to get scared that they're going to hit our balloou and puncture ns. „ Juat as they get up to us I grab the feller that's leading tbe 'V aud holler. Everybody grabs a goose ainl hollers. That scares the reat ana off they fly, leaving a bird In every inan'a hand, which was worth two In the oxone, aa the saying Is. "We waa drifting northwest all thla time, and by the time we had skun and dressed tbe geese we was right over some hot aprlngs up In British Colum bia. Every man got out a line and tied It around a goose's neck and dropped him Into the water. When the geese waa cooked we drew 'em up again, and, by tbe everlasting gantos-Dumont, tbat boiled gooM was the tenderest, most aucculent meat I ever tasted. What with the canned punkln pie, the peas and aome wild celery we fished up with our anchor, that Thanksgiving dluner waa bang up { , Everybody turned In that night full of boiled gooae and hap pier than a Bhode Island clam at high tide. Next morning we got tbe engine txed, and two daya later we was at the pole. We didn't have any trouble dlapoelng of tbe panama hata and moa qulto netting at fancy prices, for It waa hotter than ever In I'eary, and inside of two weeks we waa bafk In New Tork with a cargo of relics of arctic ex peditions, which we aold to tbe Metro politan museum for enough to give ev ery one of as six months' land leave.". ADVERTISING 7 Your money back.—Judicious sdTartis ing is the kind that pays back to yoa tha montj yon in\*at Space ia this paper assures yon prompt return* . . 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