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2 THE ENTERPRISE. rUBLMKKD ITItT MUD** n taa nraraiu raurrmo co. H UlUmtlon N.C ALFREDS. WHITMORE, EDITOR. SUBSCRIPTION RATES OneYaar - - - Si* Months - • - .5° Three Months - - ** * - 2 5 Strictly Cash In Advance ADVERTISING RATES 2j cents an inch for first insertion, 15 cents an inch each subsequent insertion. For special rates on long contracts »\ - ply at office. S* tared .1 Ihe roil Offic* .1 William.*™, K. C. as Second Claw Mall Matter. Friday. November 23, tQ>7 How to Observe Thanksgiving: Day The last Thursday in November U the day set apart by this great country of ours, (these grand ami glorious United States) for Thanksgiving day, a day wherein every man, woman and child should bow their heads in prayer to 0111 Maker for the multitude of bless ings which He has seen fit to bestow upon each and every one of us, though wicked and sinful we might have been all of our lives, lie has been good to the sinner as well as to the saint. He has caused the rain to fall upon the unjust as well as the just, and yet bow far we fall short of our duty to our Maker. A great many people, certainly misconstrue the object and purposes of Thanksgiving day. There ate some who with gun and dog take to the fields to shoot the innocent and unsuspecting quail or dove; many others, for any kind of sport, fun or frolic, amusements of any na ture, any thing but the real pur pose for which this day was intend ed. Some few have a different view and these will remain at home and talk, and discuss their neighbors, their faults and habits, not for a moment do they speak of the good traits of these friends and neigh bors, gossiping and tattleing seem to be the ruling enjoyment of the day. Then there is a class, who well know the objeci and purpose of Thanksgiving day and though small, yes, very small, will respect this good day and spend it as the day should be. Thanksgiving Day Orphans Day The work of the orphans' homes of North Carolina appeal strongly to our judgment and to our sym pathics. It merits our heartiest support. In helping to provide for home less, orphan children a home, a tender care, and an opportunity to obtain training for life, we perform a service the value of which is at present great and, in the future, will be multiplied beyond measure. The Thanksgiving season has lieen set apart by the good people of this State as a time of special effort for aud aid to our orphanages. This is a beautiful and practica ble expression of the spirit of grati tude and is. we are sure, pleasing te the great aud loving Father of the fatherless. The thank-offering nt Thanks giving are a real factor in the maintenance and improvement of our orphans' homes. We bespeak for this most worthy work even the greater interest and love of a people who are signally blessed of God, a people who have abundant cause for gratitude. We believe the offerings will lie made gladly and that they wilj lie truly large and liberal. A Great Chestnut. There is probably no man engag ed in the newspaper business in this state, who is not acquainted with a man whose excuse for dis continuing his subscription is that he already "has more papers than he can read." It is only an excuse offered to ameliorate the presumed lacerated condition of the editor's feelings. It has uo such eftect, for in the first place an editor never worries over the loss of a subscriber except when he leaves the country without paving up arrearages. But why not be truthful aud say to the honest newspaper man just what yen (eel in your heart. Go into his den, ask him how mnch you owe, pay the delinquency and tell him frankly that you don't want his dis reputable, blackguard sheet any longer. Say to him in sorrowful tone-of voice that yon deeply regret Destroys Hair Germs Recentdiscoveriea have shown that railing hair ia caused by germs at the roots of the hair. Therefore, to stop falling hair, you must first completely de stroy these germs. Ayer'sHair Vigor, new improved formula, will certainly do this. Then leave the rest to nature. Poet not change the color of the hair. Formula with ••ot» bottl* m fhow It to jrour /liters A. ■•W V' thin do —bl Recent discoveries hsve also proved thst dandruff is ciused by germs on the scslp. Therefore, to cure dsndruff. the first thing 10 do i» to completely destroy these dan druff germs. Here, thessme Ayer'i Hair Vigor will give the nme splendid result*. - rtodebribe I. C. Ay«*Co., MM. worthy the name and advise him to sell his plant to some man with a thimble full of brains and seek .some occupation which does not require much wear or tear of mind. Do this and then you can go away with the comforting assurance that the editor resjiects you for your candor and will cherish no hard feelings because yoif choose to bor row his pa|>er instead of buying it. It does not pay to advertise say some merchants who have done but little of it and that without keep ing it up. The incident of the boy and the pump illustrates the mat ter very well. The boy was sent after a pail of water He poured in the priming and pumped out as much as he poured in. Then he stopj>ed to rest and the priming rati down. After some time of alternate pumping and resting be concluded it did not pav to pump and |iiit in disgust. The merchant who does not believe in advertising, does it like the boy did the pumping. He advertised a few weeks, then stop ped awhile and allowed the people to forget him and his business be fore he advertised again and then concluded advertising didn't pay. A merciful man is merciful to his beasts. We like to see our farmers when they drive into town on a cold, stormy day, put their team in a barn or cover them with blankets. In the heat of summer they can always find shade in which to leave the noble animals that brought them safely to town. There are many, however, who on cold (lays will rush for * stove themselves and leave their horses in the sun. There is something wrong about the man who thus abuses "his team. He may be a nice man,may lielong to the church, may not swear, smoke upr have any bad habits, but we would not want to be his horse. • No sir. If Mr. St. Gaudens does not want to be convicted of nature fak ing he will have to come up with some sort of an explanation as to how the eagle on the new $lO gold piece came to be wearing pajamas. "A scientist analyzed the body of a woman weighing 154 pounds and found only three ounces ol sugar, "says the Charleston (W. Ya) Mail. Evidently, an old maid. Missouriauis are reported to be cheating the railroads bv not pay ing fare if they can avoid it. Pos sibly "show me" should be chang. Ed to "catch me". Finding Money is uot to !>e ile|>enlel ujion .' It you spend all you earn what are you to do when sic kne*s, accident or lark of employment causes extra ex* pen** or slops the income? You can't pick up money to meet such emergencies. Put awav a little each day in A Beautiful Vest Pocket Bank whkh we loan you free Cat the little extravagances and depos it the money thus saved with us. Call to-day. Farmers & Merchants WILLI AMSTON, N. C. THE ENTfeftPfclS\, WILUAMsTON, N. C., NOVEMBER n, isd? Only one marriage out of every ten, is a failure, and yet they sav that 90 per cent, of the business ventures are failures. Mr. Bryaucan have one consola tion, the Republican party is not apt to appropriate his tariff revis ion suggestion. Having taken the gold cure in large quantities, the country now | needs to be treated for defective circulation. Delaware is half "wet" and half "dry", which ought to make "half aud-half" popular among the to pers. President Rooseveit talks as if he is going to tear up the Paper Trust, and throw it into the waste basket. A few more such elections, and the Solid South will lie as dry as a covered bridge. I'RESS CLIPPINGS "NO!" ''YlvS!" How harsh such an answer! "They say," that s the correct way now. "No, mam," and "yea, sir." gone out of fashion. Who, and why and what for' To the devil with sucli teaching. I'm getting mad now. And I get still madder, esjieclally with a lady, when she answers me with that new style, flat "yes" or "110." Shades of the chivalrous old South! My, my, my! Why if I had ever answered anyone in that style when a boy my daddy would have taken me under the gin house and made a checker hoard on my back with the razor strop. "That he would!" - Wm. I). S. in Twin County Echo. The Latest scheme. It is said that buyers are going into ntany remote districts offering sjiot cash for cotton end telling farmers that the bauks will lie un able to pay currency if the crop is marketed later on. Scoundrel who seek to impose* ] upon the ignotance of the poor in this fashion should not lie allowed to tarry long in any community.— Progressive Farmer. OUR PARAORAPHER Apparently, after the first of January, the traveler from the North will take his last drink at Danville, Va , liefore reaching the precincts of New Orleaus. The sooner Wall street convinces Itself that the rest of the United States is worth considering, the better it will be for the stock mar ket. It looks a? if that reduction in the wholesale price of tneat would be a long time getting to the con sumer. A contemporary notes that mayor Tom Johnson is unable "to converse in Latin and Greek". Perhaps; but he certainly knows how to sling the English that pleases the voters. What ever the exact amount the Jamestown Exposition owes, there is little danger of it being paid. Canada is to lie ceded a narrow strip of land from Alaska. This perhaps, is a sort of feeler; Maybe Canada might take a few islands oft our hands later on. The season's first carload of leni 011a has just been shipped from Cali fornia. late for the election. This is really a wrong time for the heirs ofUleorge Washington to put in an appearance. At the most they would have to be contented with a clearing house certificate. Ocean freight rates are to lie in creased at an early date, but it ia hoped that all that foreign gold will get in first. So mau v " Napoleons of Finance" have gone dewn, that Wall street must have a large collection of Waterloos. . ~ , If Japan takes to driuking Scotch whiskey it must uot be surprised if it sees two battleship fleets come sailing into the big pond. An Italian count, oue American heiress mat ried, turned out to be an ex-convict. Some of the otker counts haven't yet been convicted. It is hoped and belived that the nomination of Roosevelt for "King of the United States", by a Univer sity of Michigan, will not do the nominee any permanent harm. The two "Uncle Joea" of Amer ican politics— "Stand Pat Joe", of Illinois, and "Righting joe" of Ohio,—look just a little bit bigger than they did just a few months airo. Holiday Eatertalnmenls Are you going to give a partv for your children, or for your friends of your own age during the coming Christmas holidays? Do you want some ideas which no one has had a chance to try before? Get the Dec ember number of the New Idea Woman's Magazine and read "Mrs- Santa Clausathome," and "Christ mas Frolics for the Youngsters." Send your friends one of the origi nal invitations illustrated in an arti cle on this subject and make the af fair complete. We publish this month words and music for a charming Christmas carol which the children can learn, as well as four programs for amateur musical entertainments. "Good House keeping" is full of good recipes, not only for the dainty things such as Christmas cakes, sweetmeats and puddings, but the method of cooking steak and fish on a wooden pla ik—a method not known to many housewives —is also discussed "Marketing for Small Families" will help all those who have to make the best of a small income. Death of John D. Griffin. (Special Correspondence) John D, Griffin died last Friday night after an illness of eight months, and was buried Sunday evening. Mr. Griffin was one of Griffins Township's oldest and most hon ored citizens, and left liehind him a record excelled by none. lie was a member of Company H , Sixty-fir.-,t N. C. Regiment, Clingman's Brigade and Hoke's Division. He fought through the Carolines and Virginia, and was at the "blow-up" at Petersburg, and helped defend Richmond. We have been informed by one of his comrades in arms that Mr. Griffin was the most cheerful and the bravest man he ever saw—he saw no danger, nor feared ,death. lie was not ouly the favorite of the privates, but of his l>eloved cap tain, the late John I). Biggs, and remained so until the death of the latter. After the close of the war he re turned home tff his farm which was all run down and delapidated; went to work and by thrift and econmy raised a large family. lie was a staunch believer in the Primitive Baptist faith, and that man should earn his bread "by the sweat of his brow". Colds and Croii 11 Uhlidrtn "My little girl is subject to colds" says Mrs. Win. H. Serig, No. 41, Fifth St., Wheeling, W. Va. "Last winter she had a severe spell and a terrible cough but I cured her with Chamberlain's Cough Remedy without the aid of a doc tor, and my little boy has been prevented many times fiom having the croup by the timely use of this syrup." This remedy is tor sale by All Druggists A Dealers in Pat ent Medicine. ROBKRSONVILI.R NEWS Miss Maud Peel, » most worthy young lady of our town, left last Sunday for Seo land Neck which place she will make her future hoiue. There were many expres sions of regret at her def arture.for Miss Peel is a young lady of attrac tive manners aud had many friends here and whereever known. It is the wish of every friend of Miss Peel that she may succeed in all her undertakings, and when her work is done 111 this life that she may receive the reward promised God's faithful children in the life that is to come. Our town is very quite now so far as news is confer net 1. fr®de seems to be moving on smoothly, although money seems to be diffi cult to get hold of at this time. To bacco and cotton are coming into market aud are bringing good price#. A good crop of peauuts has been raised in this section, but the prices uow ruling for them are not remunerative, though but few are being offered. The Masons of this place met at their regular monthly meeting last Saturday, and this teribe was hon ored bv an invitation to an oyster stew, which he enjoyed very much. The Masonic order, of this town seems to be in good working order, the membership is abont 7). We wish for this aud all other frater nal orders great success, for all of these societies are doing a great wotk for good to humanity. May thev increase «n number and use fulness for all time. OBSKKVKK. FOUND AND LOST A Hidden Treasure Dug from Mother Earth on the Farm of Mr. C. H. Godwin Yesterday morning when the writer came down the first question asked him was, have you heard about the pot of gold found in the country? The same question was asked numbei less times during the day. There was nothing else talk ed of all day—even the stringency of the financial market was forgot ton —business of all kinds was left to itself. About eleven o'clock Wednesday night a negro running, out of breath, came up with night policeman Brown and Mr. Smythe Henderson 01 Main Street. He told these gentlemen his story: An iron box supposed to be filled with gold had b-jen dug up on the farm of Mr. C. H. Godwin by the tenant on the place and buried in the yard near the bouse; that Will Morgan, who assisted 111 digging up the l>ox and burying it again, had, supposedly, taken up the box and made away with it. Mr. Godwin was informed of the circumstances, but nothing was done till yesterday morning. Karly yesterday morning Chief of Police Page, Sheriff Crawford and Mr. Godwin went out to the farm to learn more of the affair. The story as gathered from differ ent sources and boiled down is as follows; Some time ago, during peanut digging time, IVrry Daniels, col ored, son of Willis Daniels, a ten apt on the farm of Mr. C. H. God win. while plowing in the field struck an iron pipe below the sur face of the ground, upon investi gation it was found that the pipe was loose and that by pushing it dowu it struck something hard. This gave rise to conjecture upon the part of the colored people that it must lie money buried there. In stead of digging the box up at that time they talked about it, and watched the place; at nights, and when the moon chatged its rays were seen to play around the spot in such a manner that the colored people, who had beeu watching for some such sign, concluded that money was really buried there. Last Wednesday a week ago it was decided to take up the box or whatever it was and see. Will Morgan, a colored "conjure doc tor", was taken into theconfideuce of th Daniels family, Who up to this time were the only ones 111 poses sion of the secret, and got hiiu to assist in digging it up. The box was accordingly dug, the boy that found it aud Morgan doing the work while the old man, Willis Daniels, tarried at the house. The box was found to be an iron one, so rusty that large scales of rust could be pulled off it, and about 12x18x8 inches in size. Will Morgan, who is a large strapping negro, aud the boy, who is nearly groivn, found the box too heavy to .carry. They got a wooden box placed the iron box in it and placed about the box a well chain and proceeded to drag it across the field. The box was so heavy that they Could drag it only about 200 yards; the eld man was then sent for and with his as sistance the box was dragged to the house, where it was buried in the yard. On the way to the house Morgan talked a great deal almut the way necessary to open the box. He told them that it would be neces sary to build a fire on the box to take off the rust so it could be ojwned The box was buiied ac cording to Morgan's directions; it was placed on a piece of bagging then put back in the wooden iwx aud put in a hole with a lot more of bagging around it and 011 it and then covered with dirt except a small place where the bagging pro truded, this Morgan said was to be soaked in kerosene oil and set afire and that the box was to remain a certain leugth of tim« in this hole. Every thing went on smoothly until Willis Daniels became anx ious to handle some of the gold supposed to be in the box. Willis insisted that the box be oj ened and the spoils divided, but Morgan re fused, saying that any man that tried to dig up the bcx would meet instant death. Morgan further assured the old umu that he(Wiliia) was not entitled to any of the ntoney. The old man insisted that he was and begged to be allowed to dig the box up, but Morgan was obstinate. This went on till las: Wednesday night when the old man calleJ iu one of his neighbors, Eli Smith, and told him of the cir cumstances. Morgan was inter viewed again, but was as obstinate as ever, claiming that the box had to remaiu four days longer. Willis insisted on digging the box up and sent lor t)): shovel, whereupon Morgan "cussed" 'em out apd told them that be would have no more to do with it, that he would not touch a d d cent of it, and with indignation stamped upon his countenance retired from the scene. . Morgan haying left, and his con jure actions no** longer bothering them, they proceeded to dig npthe box. Insteaiof finding the iron box as they supposed they would, the wooden box In which the iron boxhad beeu placed was all that was found. The old mau sent one of hi* eons post huste to tell Mr. Godwin of the affair—and he went to Mr. Staton's. The young negro ran all the way to town, nearly • * •... • f- Wedding Presents! You do not have to send out of town for them. We have a fine assortment. Come and ex amine our stock THE JEWELER, H. D. PEELE, WILLIAMSTON, N. C. CARTS AND WAGONS Made to Order A Woolard's Combined fr ■ 1 Harrow and Cultivator. BL A saving of One' Horae and two U IjOW Works bath aides of the row at the Breaks the clods anl cultivate* with as innch ease as any ordinary - j|c«L||JMJ - What every Farmer and Truck •*** Gardner needs. J. L. WOOLARD, * Williamston, N. C. Get Your j~ --- Thanksgiving Supplies Gandies, fruits, Nuts, Staple and Taney Groceries at J. A. MIZDbb 3c GO. five miles, where bis story was told. Morgan is in jail; denies that lie took the box. but admits the find ing and burying. He claims that the old man and his crowd have taken the box and are trying to put the theft on him. A trial would have been had yesterday but an important witness could not be reached. Appendleltls Ik due in a large measure to abuse of the bowels, by employ ing drastic purgatives. To avoid all danger, use only l)r. King's New Life "Pills, the safe gentle cleansers and invi.'orators. (iuar anteed to cure headache, bilious ncss, malaria and jaundice,at S. R. Aiggs, drugstore. 15c. Notice, Town Tax Your town and graded school tax for the year 1907 is now due. Yon will please come forward and settle at once. •* Yours respectfully, J. H. PAGE. 1 i-B*4t Tax Collector. _-L —J u —-1-5^ SULPHUR BATHS AT HOME. Thev Heal the Skin and Take Aaway Its Impurities. Sulphur (Wilis heal Skin snd eive | thr body s wholesome glow. Naw you don't j nave to go off to s high-priced resort to get j them. Puts few spoonfuls of HANCOCK'S I liiyriD SftrHUK in the hot water, and you I get s perfect Sulphur twtli right in youn own ' home. Appiv hancock s uyt'tn sftPHua toj the affected jwrts. and Kcsenia snd other stub- Iwrn skin troubles are quickly cured. Dr. R. H. Thomas, of Valdosts, Ga.. was cured of s j painful skin trouble snd he praises It ia the I highest terms. Vour druggist sells It. hancocks uyt'iu sutPHt a ojnt- MKNT is the best cure for Sores, l'tmples. ulackheads snd all intonation. Give* a soft velvety sktn. Sale OF VALI'ABLB Personal Properly As administrator of Mary L. Green, deceased, I will sell for caah at her late residence near Williamston on Tuesday, December 10,1907 all the Personal Property belonKinK to her estate consisting of household and kitchen furniture, hogs, cattle, mule, horse, etc.", etc. This 9th day of November 1907 W M. GREEN, Adm ' 1-1.5-41 Administrator's Notice Having qualified as administrator of Mary Louallie Staton deceased, this is to notify ail persons indebted to sakl estate to come forward and settle at once, and aIJ persons to whom this estate ia indebt- Ed wilt present their claims to theunder signed for payment on or before Novem ber 8, 1908, or this notice will be l>leai in t»r of their recovery. This Bth day of November 190 J. 1 i-8-6t J. G. Statou, Adm. ' Administrator's Notice Having qualified a* administrator upon the estate of EphriaHi Whitfield, de ceased late of Martin County, N. G. thia is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said deceased to eihibit them on or before the >2nd day of November 190S, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment. This the 2and day of November 1907 I i-»a-6t WHBBI.BR MARTIN, Adm. Administrator's Notice Having qualified as administratrix upon the estate of Reuben Harrison, deceased late of Martin County, N. C., thia U to notify all person* having claims against the estate of the said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned on or lwfore the J 2nd day of November 1908, or this no tice will be plet d in bar of their recovery All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment. This the 2ind day of November 1907. MARY ANN HARRISON, Administrator's Notice Having qualified as adminslmtur upou the estate of J. A Rooerson, deceased, late of Martin County, N. C., this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said deceased to exhib it them to the undersigned on or before tne 15th day ot November t«oA or this notice will be plead in her of their recovery, all persona indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment. This 15th day November 1907. II -1 s-6t C, h. KLLTNGTON, Adm. Administrator's Notice Having qualified as administrator upon the estate of John B. Peel, deceased late of Martin County, N. C. this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said deceased to ex hibit them to the undersigned on or be fore the 25th day of October 1908, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recrvery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate |*y menu This the 25th day of October 1907. W, H. & Sylvester Peel, Adpts., 11-»J-6t Morgan's Sanitary Barker Shop First Chance Last Chance Best Chance Inside Restaurant in the Rear