THE ENTERPRISE
PuktMMd Weekly.
WILLIAMSTON. N. g
, la It not about time for the ice crop
«e begin falltngT
We moat, of course. expect a little
wold weather now and tben.
Oklahoma bad a financier wbo kep»
Btla fortune. 110,000, In bla wooden
W-
Judging; from the obltuarlea moti
mt the really good people muit be
tend.
fining gunmen the limit whanevat
found should do much to make them
tlaarm.
Dr. Owen haa proved that BacoL
wrote Shakespeare—that la. to hia own
eatlafactlon. > ■>
Men ahake bands with a great deal
aaore warmth than women exhibit
vhen they kiss each other.
Dr. Wiley Is assailing on sanitary
grounds whiskers and mince pie, both
well grounded In the public mind.
J A girl learns mora just pretending
•he can't understand It than a man
doe* pretending be knowa it all.
Scientists tell us that the price ot
platinum la going up. Another blow
for the downtrodden worklngman.
English royalty, when It fell Into the
aca the other day, was bright enough
to discover that the water was wet.
When an aeroplane swoops down on
a motorcycle one cannot blame the ln
■ocent bystander for chortling In his
toy.
When China, containing 433,533,030
people becomes a republic, the
count of the vote will be no light
task.
Thus far nothing bat failure has at
tended the efforts of any man who has
tried to put a halo on the affinity
baslness.
Even at the risk of incurring th«
enmity of the coal man we mast say
that this haa been a pretty nice win
ter so far.
A picture of himself, taken in hU
cherub days, is no inspiration to the
man who Is trying to shave with a
lull razor.
The beauty of picking a list oi
twenty greatest men or women Is that
everybody la entitled to his or her
two opinion.
A statistician tells us that Russlk.
Has fewer physicians than any civi
lised country. But when did Russia
%ver becomo elvlllied?
Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria
to a hardened office holder. He went
Into office on December 2, 1848, and he
tai been there over since.
An Ohio man, Immediately after
■tarrying, haa requested to be com
mitted to an Insane nsylum. We firm
ly refuse to discuss tho mntter.
There was n man In Michigan wht
in the course of his life changed his
complexion six times. A man, you
notice. Now, if It had been a woman-
Three school teachers, we are told,
walked 207 miles froih Burlington, la.,
to Chicago. Why should anybody go
to all that trouble to reach Chicago?
A Boston man wants the women to
do the proposing That would never
do. would be harder for a man to
say "no" than It Is for women to say
•yea-
A prominent highbrow asks: "Whai
do we learn from reading novels?"
That's easy. We learn that a good
many novelists gain money under false
pretenses
Edison cheerfully admits that he
Hkes dime novels because they put no
tax on his mind. But In this respect
they have nothing on some of the best
tellers
Trying to show how he had lost on*
Anger In n buzz saw, a workman lost
another. Yet presumably he will be
able to vote the straight ticket next
*ime as usual.
The wife of a New York bank cash
ler has sued him for divorce because
He allows h«r only a dollar a day for
household expenses. Some women
Are so unreasonably!
Minneapolis high school girls are to
be taught ho wto make their own
hats, and no doubt their future hus
bands will value this accomplishment
more highly than they would any
kind of mental gymnastics with tablet
•»f logarithms.
We are told that the mosquito Is
being successfully fought In the Pa
nama zone. If the governor of Pana
na ever runs for office In New Jersey
He will be elected unanimously.
The Infanta Kuialie has reconsla
ered her declarations of Independence
and hat apologized to her nephew,
King Alfonso, though he did not send
her the quick punishment she re
located. But bio counselors were
wiae. They know that the hand which
holds tM purse string! has no need
lo wield the club.
LIQUOR INTERESTS
UPHELD BT GffllßT
UNDER PROTECTION OF SUPREME
COURT BEER MAY BE SHIP
• PEO INTO "DRY" STATES.
A FAR-REACHING DECISION
Supreme Court Decidea Railroads
Muat Handle Liquor Shipments
for Interstate Transportation.
Washington.—Liquor interests won
a far-reaching victory In the United
States Supreme court by a decision
that railroads must carry beer when
offered for transportation Into "dry"
counties of another state. The de
cision affected particularly shipments
from Indiana into Kentucky.
Justice Lurton, who announced the
court's decision, also laid down some
limitations on the jurisdiction of the
interstate commerce commission. He
upheld the action of shippers In go
ing before judicial tribunals to test
the validity of the laws rather than
to the commission. He said that the
commission had jurisdiction over ad
ministrative questions and matters of
general law.
Justice Lurton declared declslone of
the Supreme court had "Indisputably"
determined;
"That beer and other Intoxicating
liquors are the recognized and legiti
mate subjects of Interstate commerce.
"That no state can forbid any com
mon carrier to transport any such ar
ticles from a consignor in one state
to a consignee in another.
"That until Buch transportation is
concluded by delivery to the con
signee, such commodities do not be
come Bubject to such legislation re
straining their sale or transporta
tion."
lie explained that the Wilson act
subjecting such llquorß to state reg
ulations, although the liquor was in
original packages, did not apply be
fore actual delivery to the consignee
where the shipment was Interstate.
HARAHAN KILLED IN WRECK
former President of Illinois Central
and Three Other Officials Lose Lives.
Centralla, 111. —J. T. Harahan, for
iTier president of the |lllnols Central
railroad; F. O. Malcher, second vice
president of the ilock Island railroad,
and two others were ktlled when the
Panama Limited on the Illinois Cen
tral railroad running 50 miles an hour
crashed into the rear of passenger
train No. 25, which was taking water
at Kinmundy, 30 miles north of here.
In addition to Harahan and Mal
cher, E. U. Price, general solicitor of
the Rock Island, und Eldrldge E.
Wright, son of former Secretary of
War Luke E. Wright of Memphis are
numbered among the dead. Twenty
passengers were more or less seri
ously Injured.
Harahan, Balcher, Pierce and
Wright were asleep in their state
rooms aboard Mr. Matcher's private
car, which was attached to the rear
of train No. 25.
The engine of Iho heavy limited
ploughed straight through Mr. Mal
cher'a car and jammed Into a Pull
man coach directly ahead before It
canifl to u atop. The terrifflc Impact
of tho collision drove brake-locked
train No. 25 200 feet down tho right
of way.
Four Negroes Lynched
Hamilton, Ga. —A mob of 100 men
broke into the Harris county jail here,
overpowered Jailer E. M. ltabbitson
and took four negroes—three men and
ono woman —out und hung them to
trees one mile from town. Then they
riddled the bodies with bullets. It is
estimated that 300 shotß were fired.
Sunday afternoon, a week ago, while
Norman Hadley, a well-to-do unmar
ried farmer, was sitting In his home,
a shot was fired through the window,
and he fell dead. That afternoon four
negro tenants —Belle Hathaway, John
Moore, Eugene Hamlng and "Dusty"
Crutchfleld —were arrested, charged
with the murder. The negroes pro
tested their innocence to the last, but
the mob would have none of it. No
motive for the killing of Hadley, who
was very popular, can be advanced by
people here.
Another Ayiator Killed
1 A>B Angeles, Cal.—Rutherford Page,
24 years old, a Yale graduate, regis
tered from New York and flying as
one of the Curtiss aviators, was In
stantly killed when he fell 150 feet
di» Domlnguez field. Page was en
deavoring to "turn on a pivot,'' when
a swell Of air over the hangers caught
hla planes. He made an effort to re
gain his balance, but evidently fear
ing the aeroplane was beyond control,
gave up, and when about sixty feet
In the air jumped clear of the ma
chine nnd fell flat.
Taft Believes Hltchceck Loyal.
Washington.—Twice President Taft
denied emphatlcaly to white house
callers that he placed any credence
in reports that Postmaster General
Hitchcock had been politically active
to prevent' Tils renominatlon. Once, at
leaat, the president denied that cabi
net officers had urged him to oust the
the postmaster general from hla ofa-
Taft activity, and visitors who talked
with the president gained the Impres
sion that he had not the slightest
doubt of Hltchoock's loraltr.
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THE "FORTY SEVENTH"
»Copyright, 1912.«
BANKER MORSE IS FREE
BENTENCE OF NEW YORK BANK
ER COMMUTED TO PREBENT
SERVICE BY PRESIDENT.
Mrs. Morse Brings Release Papers
From Washington, Acting as
Government's Agent.
Atlanta. —Suffering from incurable
disease, and bis death a matter of
a few months, In all proballlty,
Charles W. Morse, New York finan
cier, who has served two years of a
sentence of fifteen years in the Fed
eral prison for violation of the na
tional banking laws, is now a free
man.
Messages were received In Atlanta,
announcing that President Taft bad
commuted tbo sentence of the prison
er to present service. The official
notification was received by the war
den, and by him taken to the bedside
of Morse, at the post hospital at Fort
McPherson, where he h M been an in
mate for several months on account
of the condition of his health.
"I am glad to be a free man again,"
. was the only comment made by the
I prisoner, when Informed by Major
, Baker, the post surgeon, of the action
of the president. It was uttered In a
i weak voice, which carried little or no
elation, for the bed-ridden banker
roalizod that no mortal authority
could releaßo him from the clutches
of hlB disease.
LIVINGSTON SERIOUSLY ILL
Qeorgla Ststesman Is In Dangerous
Condition In Washington.
Washington, D. C. —Col. L. F. Liv
ingston, for twenty years the repre
sentative of the Fifth Georgia district
In congress, and one of the most pic
turesque figures In Washington pollt
■ i
LEONIDAS F. LIVINGSTON.
> leal life of the past generation, Is des
' perately ill in this city.
1 For two decades he was one of the
most conspicuous figures in Georgia's
1 political life, in the days of the old
Farmers' Alliance, in the free silver
fight of 196, and later for his worH
1 as dean of the Georgia congressional
1 delegation and ranking Democrat on
the appropriations committee of the
house, he bore a man's part.
Persia Will Bar Americans.
Teheran.—A statement given out
, here by the Persian government de
. nles that it has threatened to punish
t the American customs officials. A
cow of a letter shown by M. Mor
i nard, the treasurer-general, to Mr.
t Calms on the subject is appended*
-' This alleged copy, however, hears a J
- different signature from the original
, and differs In other respects. It is
t generally believed here that the gov
ernment is trying to Induce the Amre
leans to leave the country.
Cotton Mill Strike Settled,
t Manchester, England.—The dispute
» in the cotton trade, which culminated'
s in a lock-out affecting about 300,000
1 men on December 17, has been Mt
> tied. The question at issue between
t employers and workers was the em
• ployment of non-unionist labor. The
? operatives by a two to one vote
• agreed to accept a truce for a year.
•' This la raoorded at a victory for the
i employers. The rank and file of the
• operatives are satisfied with the set
t tlement, bvt the Union leaders are
displeased with it.
skfe&Ls, J?--' ,'uiti .*
WILL OEVELOP DAIRYING
Southern Railway Will Bend Dairy
Demonstration Car Over Its
Entire System.
Washington. D. C.—Realizing tho
need of tho South for more and bet
ter dairies and the large profits which
can bo made In that favorable region
by dairymen., who will fill the great
demand of the cities for dairy prod
ucts, President Finlty of tbe South
ern Railway company, following the
custom of that company in further
ing In every way the growth and de
velopment of Its territory, has equip
ped a special dairy car, which begin
ning the first of February, 1912, will
be run over the length and breadth
of this great system,, spreading the
doctrino of more and better cows
and, by means of lectures, demon
strations and exhibits, doing every
thing possible to develop and improve
the dairy industry along its lines in
the Southeastern states.
This dairy special will be under
the direct supervision l of Dr. C. M.
Morgan of Washington, D. C., the
Southern railway's dairy agent. Doc
tor Morgan will be assisted by two
regular dairymen in conducting the
worit. and from time to time the car
will be occupied by dairy experts from
the United States department of agri
culture, the state boards of agricul
ture and from the agricultural sta
tions of the various states along the
Southern railway.
The dairy special is fitted up with
a complete farm dairy, every piece of
machinery and apparatus necessary
to the economical production of milk,
cream and butter having been install
ed under the direction of Doctor Mor
gan. There will be a separator, test
ers, chursn, sterilizer, Pasteurising
appratus and exhibits of various kinds
of improved machinery for dairying.
On the walls of the car will be charts
and large views dealing with dairy
subjects, showing the fundamental
principles of breeding dairy types,
feeding animals, the care of dairy cat
tle and pictures of famous animals
in the dairy world. No feature has
been omitted for instruction in bet
ter dairying.
REGULATE COTTON DELIVERY
Proposed Legislation Would Help the
Fsrmers In Delivering.
Washington.—Senator Hoke Sn .tb
and Representative Bartiett, both of
Georgia, are working on what they
believe to be a brand new plan for
helping the cotton farmers of the
South through the regulation of the
New York Cotton exchange. They
propose tot introduce a bill in con
gress, and preas for HB passage, re
quiring the exchange to deliver the
same grade of cotton that la sold on
future contracta in the exchange.
The Georgians believe congreaa has
the power to enact leglalatlon deny
ing the cotton exchange and Its mem
bers the use of the United States mall
if they persist in selling one grade
of cotton. Moreover, they believe It
possible for congress to enact legis
lation that will also deny them the
use of the telegraph wires for trans
mission of their business on the same
basis.
Freeze Kills Texas Orange Trees.
Houston. Texas.—Nurserymen at
tending the Texas Land Exposition,
which is being held here, say that
young citrus fruit stock in Texas was
killed by the recent cold weather,
while the more mature—of more than
a year's growth—was but slightly
damaged. The damage was far less
than expected, they say. The perma
nence of the orange industry In Tex
as has been successfully demonstrat
ed in the recent cold weather, the
nurserymen declare.
lennessee Dtmoerata Harmonize.
Nashville, Tenn. —Harmony reigns
with the Democratic organisations in
Tennessee. The Vertrees and Barton
state committees reached an agree
ment. The Vertrees overtures to the
Barton committee wore accepted with
some amendments. Under the com
promise plan the state primary of
Aprtt 17 will be Held under a pri
mary board of three members named
by the Vertrees committee, three
named by the Barton committee and
a seveniii named by the other six.
CUMMINS ANOTHER
6.0. P. CANDIDATE
ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PRESIDEN
CY BY IOWA SENATOR
CAUSES FURORE.
PROGRESSIVES FIGHT TAFT
Fight In Republican Party for Presi*
' dential Nomination Compli
cated by To Incidents.
Washington.—Tbe fight In Ibe Re
publican party (or tbe presidential
domination was complicated by two
incidents that cans 3d a great deal of
excitement among tbe national legis
lators and politicians. Tbe first was
a story from Denver, saying that J.
S. Temple, a leading Progressive Re-
WANTS TO BE PRESIDENT.
ALBERT B. CUMMINS. .
United States Senstor from lowa.
- . A
publican of Denver, had received a
letter from Gifford Pincbot, saying a
working agreement has been made be
tween the supporters of Roosevelt
and LaFolette, with the idea of con
centrating Progressive strength in the
Republican national convention cto
bring about the defeat of President
Taft for renomlnatlon.
The plan, as set forth, Is for a meet
ing of Progressive delegates to the
national convention to be held several
days before the convention, and there
determine which of the two, Roose
velt or LaFollette, will have the
stronger support, and place the
stronger in the field for nomination
for presidential candidate.
The second was the formal an
nouncement of the candidacy of Sen
ator Albert B. Cummins of lowa In a
statement in which be says that, if
the Republicans of lowa believe him a
fit man to urge before the Chicago
convention, he will accept their de
cision.
The formal announcement by Sena
tor Cummins Is regarded here by
man/ politicians as a part of the Pro
gressive plan to hold in line, tiber for
Roosevelt or some other candidate,
states where it is apparent that Sen
ator I.a Follette has not been able
to swing things his way.
On this theory, it would not sur
prise Republicans here If some other
favorite sons of a Progressive char
acter are trotted out in other state*
CENTRAL BUREAU OPPOSED
Cotton Exchsnges of Bouth Do Not
Like Liverpool Plan.
New Orleans, La.—The New Or
lean cotton exchange, through its
president, E. J. Glenny, Issued a very
Btrong appeal in the form of a letter
addressed to bankers, shippers and
others interested to renew the fight
against the bureau for the validation
of cotton bills of lading which grew
out of the Liverpool conference last
year. The letter of President Glenny
Is of especial interest at this time,
because of the conference on the cen
tral bureau plan which is to be held
at Memphis on the request of the
Liverpool leaders in the movement
to estsbllsh the bureau.
New Orleans will have three strong
representatives at the Memphis con
ference to oppose the plan in Mr.
Glenny, W. B. Thompson, former
president of the New Orleans cotton
exchange, and Sol Wexler,
Over-Sea Railroad Opened.
Key West, Fla.—Monday was the
greatest In the history of Key Weat
—the opening; of the over-the-sea rail
road to passenger traffic. The over
sea road Is one of the costliest rail
ways ever constructed. Work on the
oversea extension of the Florida Bast
Coast railway was begun from Home
stead in 1904. Four year* were re
quired to construct this extension to
Knight's Key. Four more years of
strenuous labor were required to com
plete the road to Key West, only 46
ml lea.
Government Indicted Many Swindlers
Washington.—Promoters of fraudu
lent achemea who had obtained $77,-
000,000 from the public were put out
of bualness during the fiscal year,
according to the report of R. S. Sharp,
chief inspector of the postoffice 'de
partment. This showing is the most
remarkable In the history of the de
partment During the fiscal year 529
individuals were indieted on the
charge of Ming the stalls to defraud.
Of this number l»6 persons wet*
tried and 114 convicted.
f
IKES CHARGES
OF com
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SENATOR CULBERSON OF TEXAS
MAKES SWEEPING ATTACK
ON REPUBLICANS.
DEMANDS AN INVESTIGATION
He Indirectly Implicates Roosevelt
and Taft—The Ambassadorship
Plums Were Rewards For Contribu
tions at the Elsctione
Washington.—Demanding an inves
tigation into campaign expenditures
in 1904 and 1908, Senutor Culberson
of Texas in the Senate made sweeping
charges of corruption against the Re
publican committees for those and
other years. Indirectly he charged
that foreign ambassadorships were
bestowed aa a reward for campaign
contributions and inferentially he
charged that former President Roose
velt. hod condoned the use of money
in politics. i
Mr. Culberson's address waa' made
in anticipation of an unfavorable re
port by the committee on contingent
expenses on his resolution providing
for an investigation. He said that
the limitations of tbe proposed inquiry
to 1904 should not be construed an h
confession that tbere bad not been
improper practices before that fcsrloU.
Referring especially to the campaign
of 1908, Mr. Culberson said that the
contributions to the Democratic fuml
had been made by 74,000 persons with
9MO4> as the largest, while those of
the Republican fund were mado by
12,330 persons, with Charles P. Taft,
brother of the Republican presiden
tial candidate at their head, with a
donation of SIIO,OOO. Among the con
tributors mentioned were Ambassa
dor Reld and Kerens and Minister
Larz Anderson.
In the course of his speech, Mr.
Culberson referred to the fact that
George B. Cortelyou In the 1904 cam
paign had held the position of chair
man of the Republican national com
mittee while he was Secretary of Com
merce and Labor, and intimated that
Mr Cortelyou had taken advantage
of the secrets of corporations, whose
affairs might be investigated under
the Federal law, to procure money for
the campaign.
"It has been estimated," he said,
"that the enromous and unconscion
able sum of $11,000,000 was raised
King Was Cool, Cabinet Resigned
Madrid.—Premier Canalejas' cabinet
has virtually resigned, It is under
stood the contemplated retirement of
the ministry is due to the "coolness"
of the king and his audience with
Premier Canalejas. The meeting re
lated to the commutation of death
sentences pronounced by a council of
war on revolutionists.
Condemned For Releasing Bums.
Indianapolis, Ind.—Condemnation of
the action of Federal Judge Ander
son in releasing William J. Burns
from a kidnapping indictment is con
tained in the appeal of the Central
Labor Union to state and county au
thorities asking that the Anderson de
cision be applied to the state su
preme court.
Vots on Btreet Railway Rates.
Detroit. —Street railway rates and
tentative municipal ownership of the
traction lines were voted on here.
At present Ave cent fares prevail on
many of the city lines with eight
tickets for a quarter during the day
on the newer lines. The question at
issues was whether all the lines
should be brought under the twm»
of the franchise of the newer Itace.
A Famous Veteran Passes Away.
New York. —Capt. Julius A. Sit
greaves, a Confederate veteran, cged
74, whose company was in the attack
on Fort Sumter in 1861 and who Is
credited by some with having fired
the first gun on the fort, died sudden
ly while sitting at his editorial desk
in the office of an art publication.
HM NO Idea ef Abdication. -
London.—The affairs of state at
Peking are now in the undisputed
possession of the Manchu recation
aries and Yuan Shi Kai has abandon
ed bis task, according to advices re
ceived by the American consul at Tien
Tsln and reported from that city by
the correspondent of the Exchange
Telegraph Company. The dispatch
adds: "The situation In Peking has
undergone an extraordinary change.
The imperial family has reversed -it
self and abandoned all thought of ab
dicaUon."
Ninth Cotton Ginning Report
Washington.—The vast 1911 crop ot
the United States had been ginned
and baled to the extent of 14,510,676
bales on January 16, according to the
census bureau's report issued show
ing 193,675 bales were ginned daring
the period from January 1 to K In
clusive. Ginneries this season have
been forced to greater activity than
ever before by the enormous crop. A
considerable quantity remains to be
ginned before the close of the sea
son. The exact amount will be made
kaown the .final report March 80.