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THE ENTERPRISE Published Weekly. WILLIAMrrON, NORTH CAROLINA It science can evolve a stintless bee, why not a voiceless cat? Take your choice, hubby, when the parlor rug comas out Beat it or beat !L "Bklrts will be worn tighter than ever," says a fashion expert How eaa they?" "Woman Goes Over Niagara Falls on Pleasure Trip," says adbeadllne. How enjoyable! ' Do you think that the man who Is always telling tow to manage a wom an, ever tried it? 'lf Friedmann's vaccine shall be es tablished. the turtle will take its place alongside the cow. What an awful calamity it would be If the leading baseball players should contract writer's cramp! Long silence by a man at a tele phone may not Indicate wire trouble. Maybs his wife's at the other end. Twenty-three hundred love letters were found among the effects of an Australian bachelor. Evidently he either had to die or marry to stop them. Some men would like to have a Job picking the blossoms off a cen tury plant at SIO,OOO a year, if they couldn't get the Job of boiler In spector. In payment of an election bet a man Is to lead a donkey from Port land, Me., to Portland, Ore. His com panion in the "hike'' is singularly wfell chosen. Announcement that pythons have Increased in price flvo dollars a foot need cause no uneasiness, aB a very ■mall helping would be enough for anybody. Utah evidently wants to Increase Its population with its reward to moth ers of ten dollars for tho first child, and seven dollars for each additional consumer. With a buffalo on the new nickel, don't feel called upon to shirk hust ling for the coin. The "hump" Is on your side of the fence Just as much as it ever was. The pursuit of ferocious African an imals Is urged as a distraction for bralr tag. Looking a large Hon in the •ye Is well calculated to dislodge all other thoughts. A New York patriot has Issued a pamphlet that we should speak Ameri can. a greater name for the greatest language. What's the matter with talking United States? A hobo Is reported to demnnd of Los Angeles Jailors that he be permit ted to take four baths a day. Possi bly he Is working for a permanent berth In an Insane asylum. The new nickel has evoked much unfriendly criticism, yet the coin might have been a great deal worse. Suppose somo cubist had allowed to furnish the design for It One pleasant thing about a cold Is the large variety of delightful cures It brings to one's attention, and the pa tient can generally try them all before the cold gets tired and quits. The common notion that talk Is cheap will have to give way before the figures of (ho Hell telephone sys tem, which nnnounco gross receluta of $199,200,000 for a single year An eastern divine remarks that the world Is growing better day by day. How about the nights? It Is quite indicative that when a girl speaks of her corsetier that her father makes at least $5,000 per an num, and also when she speaks of her Parislenne corsetiere, daddy has got another raise. The complaint of the New York lady that on an Income of SIB,OOO a year she had to help In the housework Is expected to arouse sympathy and commiseration only amoug the "LJttle Mrothers of the Rich." The cartoonists these days are wielding the pencil to portray spring buds. About tbe best spring buds In the minds of women, however, are those seen In the millinery depart ments marked H9.98. Here and there you will aee a re sourceful young man wearing one of those green hats and trying to es cape, avoid, or minimize the deep darnatlon thereof by having the bow shifted from the back to the aide. In the case of the Arkansas man whose skull was trepanned with a hammered out dollar, It is a case of a plugged dollar being a good one. Consideration for nervea of others should be felt by the Prince of Wales when he begins those lessons on ths bagpipe to strengthen his lungs. The countess D'Lastoyrlc has bag- ged fourteen coats shooting with her Mt hand. Not so remarkable when It la considered that some people ge' coats bands down. " HEWS Of NORTH CAROLINA Latest News of Qsneral interest Tfcat Hm Been Collected From Many Town* and Counties. Salisbury.—Four sleeping cara of passenger train No. 38 on the South am, Jumped the track several miles north of Spencer.. The trouble vas probably caused by a bucking track. Staitesrllle.—The Supreme Court has affirmed the judgment of the low er court in the oases of R. B. Joyner vs. Cky of Statesvitle and State rs. Mose White, both of Statesville. Four Oaks. —The last of the com mencement exercises of the Four Oaks graded school wss held in the school auditorium. The exercises be gan with a music and elocution recital. Hendersonvllle. —Municipal politics begun to simmer last week when the Democrats in convention nominated W. A. Keith, J. A. Fletcher and A. Fickler for aldermen and M. M. Shepherd for mayor. Raleigh.—Commissioner of Insur ance Jsa. R. Young has served notice on 17 bulling loan associa tions that if they do not file proper annual reports of their affairs by April 26 he will cancel their licenses to do business in this state, a power conferred upon him by the last legi lature. Wilmington.—Capt. R. H. Mcjntyre died rather suddenly of heart disease at his home, No. 819 Market street. He had been In feeble health for some time, but his death nevertheless came as a great shock to a large num ber of people. Captain Mclntyre was 7R years old and was born in this county. _ Dunn.-—The bond issue for con struction of the addition to the graded school building carried by o large ma- Jrlty last week. The work had al ready been done, and the addition dedicated. The school board having faith In the citizenship to vote the necessary tax to pay for same had borrowed money and the building has been In use all this session. Ashcville. —At the meeting of the Democratic municipal executive com mittee, held recently, Chairman Silas G. Bernard, who hes served for the past several years, was chosen to succeed himself, and Marcus Brwln was named secretary to succeed Law rence W. Young, appointed by Gover nor Craig as adjutant general of tho North Carolina National Guard. * Mount Olive.—ln the municipal pri mary, here for the nomination of a mayor and of town commissioners, Colon Shaw Smith, a prominent young attorney, was nominated for mayor, winning: against B. H. Hatch, a lead ing merchant, Smith receiving 99 votes and Hatch 82. The following were elected town commissioners: G. T. Herring. J. E. Kelly, W. F. Martin. L .A. Byrd and Rodney Knowles. Snow Hill. —A wholesale arrest of alleged blind tigers has been made here by a detective. Bheriff Wlllams began the campaign with the arrest of several of the offenders, and the sec ret agent, working In this community as an unassuming insurance agent, wound up the procedure by taking in to custody the town's leading barber and four other of the gentry of the "stripes," all colored. New-ton. Experimental city mall delivery was started in Newton the first of last week. The appropriation for this work, was made at the last session of Congress, only extends un til July 15, this year, but the indica tions are that It will be renewed. Tho service In Newton Is only a trial and if enough encouragement Is offered by citizens on the outskirts of town by building sidewalks, numbering houses, and erecting street signs, the service will probably be extended and two carriers put on, Fayettevllle.—The high coat of. liv ing has abtruded itself into Payette ville municipal affairs. Mayor John Underwood, on top of an advance iji 4 he price of trash meats made by local butchers, has requested City Attorney R. H. I)ye, to Investigate the cause of the high price of meat on the local market, and declares that If there Is sufficient evidence to show a Combina tion in restraint of trade, "in violation of the Sherman anti-trust law," a hearing will at once be held before United States Commissioner J. C. Olbbs. Kenansvllle. —The town of Kenans ville will hold an election on May 17, to detrmlne upon a bond issue of |lO,- 000 to be used in persuading a rail road to build to this point. Spencer.—A movement of much im portance was started in Spencer re cently when about a dozen interested citizens met at the borne Mr. and Mrs. D. K. Kester on Carolina avenae, and organised the Spencer Civic League. Rev. C. B. Heller was elect ed president; B. F. Stevenson vice president and Mrs. D. E. Kester, sec retary and treasurer of the organi sation. Washington.—The Sixth Division Naval Reserves of this city, under the command of Lieutenant Charles L. Morton, have organised a band for their company. The band will be com poaed of local men under the dlreotlon of Prof. Will E. Smith, and will con sist of 19 pieces. Mou*t Airy.—Mount Airy township, by a decisive majority, voted MO,OOO bonds for road Improvement, succeed ing a special tax law under which fifteen miles of sand clap road has been completed. Other townships will vote bonds in the neat thirty day.. WOMEN STONED BY BRITISH MOBS SUFFRAGETTES HANDLED IN LONDON, BRIGHTON AND OTHER PLACES. POLICE CHARGE ON CROWDS Tha British Public Bumi Tired of the Militancy and Only the Po lice Save Women From Mob London, England.—The suffragette* had plenty of evidence that the pub lic has tired of militancy and only the protection afforded by large bod lea of police saved the women from the hands of angry mobs. At Brighton the suffragettes were chased oft the esplanade and took refuge In a neigh boring house. This was surrounded by howling thousands who bombard ed the place with stones and smaah ed every window. In defiance of the ban on meetings in Jlyde Park, the Womens' Social and Political Union attempted to carry on its propaganda there.. London had anticipated that such attempts would be made and 20,000 persona assembled at the customary meeting place. No Booner had a suffragette mount ed the box and unfurled the militants' flag than the police interfered. There were a few cries of "Free speech!" "Are we in Russia?" But these were drowned by hostile yells. Turf and stones were thrown" and then strong rushes were made toward the women, but a largo force of mounted and foot police surrounded them and keut the mob in check. No sooner had the police escorted oue group of women to a place of safety than others appeared from an other quarter. It took the police three hours Anally to restore order. Similar scenes wers witnessed at Wimbledon and Hampstead Heath. An infernel machine was discover ed by a policeman in the doorway of •the Yorkshire Herald office at York. The wrapping Inscribed "Votes tor Women" indicated its origin. J. PIERPONT MORGAN'S WILL Extraordinary Document Left by the Grsat Financier la Dead. New York.—"l commit my soul into the hands of my Savior, full confi dence that having redeemed it and washed it in His most precious blood He will present It faultless before ths throne of my heavenly Father; and 1 entrust my children to maintain and defend, at all hazard and at any cost of personal sacrifice, the atonement from sin through the blood of Jesus Chrlßt, once offered and through this alone." This is the extraordinary and strik ing utterance which begins the last will and testament or John Plerpont Morgan, who died ut Rome on March 31 last, whose body, heaped over with flowers from the crowned heads of Europe, was, a fortnight later, brought back to his own land and was borne to its last resting place at Hartford. As to the amount of the estate, which is one of the first questions the public naurally is asking, there is nothing in hte will to give any accu rate idea, and the executors declare that no announcement will be made on this point until the apraisal has been made for determining tlie state Inheritance tax. The amount of bequests and trusts, named by specific sums, 1B under $20,- 000,000, but the entire residue of the estate is loft to J. P. Morgan, Jr., who 1B designated by Ills father to become the chief heir not only his fortune, but to his many charitable and artis tic activities. Wilson Allays Ire of Japan Tokio.—The announcement that President Wilson and Secretary of State Bryan are making efforts to bring about a compromise in the pro proposed California legislation with resject to the alien land ownership bill and that Governor Hiram John son is oposlng the bill, has softened Japanese Ire and public opinion has now become more optimisttc. The al leged unwillingness of the American missionaries to assist in resisting the bill 1B the subject of harsh criticism in the Japanese papers. Alleged Swindlers Are Jailed. New York. —After pursuing them for five months through several states in this country and a part of Canada, central office detectives arrived here from Charleston, S. C., with Frank R. Tarbaux and Albert A. Carter, who are accused of having swindled O. M. Jones of Pittsburg out of |20,- 000 and E. J. Pendleton of Washing ton out of 155,000. After the arrest of the men In Charleston, they were or dered released on a writ of habeas corpus, but Blease Ignored the court order and honored extradition papers. Three Men Held for Murder. Augusta, Ga. —Chief of Police El liott sprang a sensation here by com mitting to Jail W. E., alias "Bud" Ken nedy, Ed Coursey and W. E. Trump ler, charging them with being princi pals in the famous "street car mur der mystery." In January, after work ing on the case several months, the Burns detective agency had a man by the name of W. E. Kennedy, not the same man arrested by the chief; 1 J. Gary Johnson and Lester ft Young | errested on the oharge of sorder, aa perpetrators of the murder. STIRRING UP A HORNETS NEST JAPANESE ARE DISPLEASED ANTI-ALIEN LAND OWNERSHIP MEASURE, PASSED BY CALI FORNIA LEGISLATURE. President Wilson at Work to Prevent Friction Between United States and Japan. Sacramento, Cal. —An anti-alien land ownership bill, designed primari ly to prevent Japanese from acquiring title to real property within the state, but so worded ae to prohibit an alien from owning land more than one year except upon a declaration of his in tention to become a citizen, was pass ed by* the lower house of the legisla ture by a vote of 60 to 15. The measure was drafted by a sub committee of the Judiciary committee as a-eubstitute for bills previously in troduced, all of which specifically pro vided that "aliens ineligible to citizen ship should not hold lands." The committee, however, proceeded on the theory that such a statute might be held in violation of the treaty rights of Japanese subjects and broadened the measure to include all aliens who had not declared their intention of becoming citizens. CONSCIENCE IN BUSINES Vies President Marshall Amplifies His Warnnlg to the Rich. Washington. Amplifying his speech before the National Democrat ic club In New York city, In which he served warning on the rich, Vice Prelldfent Marshall authorized in a local paper publication of a remark able statement regarding that ad dress. Principally he urged Ihe In jection of conscience Into "bis busi ness" as an antidote for Social ism. He also reiterated his argument against the perpetuation of great for tunes. The vice president insisted he was not expressing his personal opinions alone, but that he was guided by those, expressed by him "by many honest financiers, lawyers, miners and ditch-diggers, men he had met on the street, on trains and trolley cars and in their homes. Osborn Hsads Internal Revenue. Washington. President Wllaon nominated former Governor Jehn E. Osborne or Wyoming, to be first as sistant secretary of state; Walter H. Page of New York, to be ambassador to Great Britain; William H. Osborn or Greensboro, N. C., to be commis sioner of Internal revenue. Murder Is Nabbed at Still. Oriffln, Ga.—Drew Smith, an escap ed convict from the state prison farm, was captured in Pike county while engaged In the illicit distillery busi ness and will again don prison stripes. Smith waa caught by Deputy Collectors E. J. Hlnton and R. S. Ison, at his still In Pike county, about 2 1-2 miles north of Jolly, while he lay tound asleep by the mountain aide. He made no attempt to resist arrest, though a dangerous dirk and a 1-pound slingshot was on his per son. • • Passengers Leap From Biasing Car. Birmingham, Ala.—A blaztng elec tric car got beyond control on South Twentieth street hill causlnc * panic among the passengers. Struggling frantically to get out many Jumped through broken windows, and sustain ed cuts and bruises. The South High lands oar caught fire from the control, ler about the middle of the hill going up and the motonnan lost control of his brakes. .It backed down past Avenue H at high speed, and as the oar ftUad with smoke, ladles as well WEAIHER CHIEF DISMISSED WILSON DISCHARGES WEATHER BUREAU HEAD INVOLVED IN ALLEGED SCANDAL. Moore's Dismissal Followed a Con ference Between the President and Secretary of Agriculture. Washington.—Professor Willis L. Moore, chief of the weather bureau since 1895 and an appointee of the Cleveland administration, was sum marily removed from office by Pres ident Wilson. His resignation re cently had been accepted to take ef fect July 31, but after an investiga tion of his alleged efforts to become secretary of agriculture In the pres ent cabinet, grave charges of irreg ularity were preferred and the pesi- Ident wlthdew his acceptance of the resignation, dismissing Professor Moore. Later be referred the sub ject to the depsrtment of Justice for inquiry. Secretary Houston of the agricultu ral department, conferred with the president before the removal of Mr. Moore was announced. The secreta ry then issued the following state ment: "Immediately after the resignation of Protestor Moore of the weather bureau, was submitted to the presi dent and accepted by him, charges were filed -with the secretary of agri culture by responsible men within the service. These charges were of such a grave nature that the secretary of agriculture called upon the depart ment of Justice for an Investigation. "The Investigation Is Btlll under way, but the facts so far secured and laid before the president were suffi cient to warrant him In deciding to withdraw his acceptance of Professor Moore's resignation, and remove him summarily, which has been done. The oresldent has also directed the sec retary of agriculture suspend Charles T. Burns, an employee of the weather bureau, pending a further investigation of the case, and take mch disciplinary measures as he may ieem necessary with such other em ployees of the weather bureau as may le found to have been unduly active in using the public aervlce for pri vate and personal ends." Unofficially It was said at the white house that the campaign to make Mr. Moore secretary of agri culture had been extensive; that the ■embers of congress In various parts of the country had been canvassed, and that a letter writing campaign bad been conducted among weather bureau employes. European Syndicates Protest Law. Sacramento, Cal.—Not the exclu sion of the Japanese farmer, but the probable effect of the proposed alien land law on European capital invest ed in the state is now the principal issue Involved In discussion of the bills proposing to restrict the rights of foregners In California, one of which was passed by th eassembly. i Protest has arisen from representa tives of English and continental syn dicates, and a stronger influence than that represented by the former com plaints of the Japanese government. Barrel of Whiskey Found in Grave. Rome, Ga. —Revenue officers dug u pa barrel of whiskey from a grave and confiscated two of the largest stills ever operated in northwest Georgia near Rome. The operators escaped on a signal given by a friend hunting* in the woods. Near a house in which one of the moonshiners lived was found a barrel of Hquor which had been buried, in order to keep the Inquisitive from suspecting anything, the barrel waa buried deep In • hole and the dirt was arranged tat tke REBELS MGII n REPUBLIC THE REGIME OF PRESIDENT HU ERTA VERGES ON COL LAPSE. MANY FOREIGNERS LEAVING Prediction Throughout Republic That Ho Will Be Deposed—Rebels Very Active. Mexico City.—Undisguised pessi mism is manifested in the capital—as to the future of the Huerta govern ment. In neither official nor unof ficial circles are the statements of General Obregon, commander of the Sonora insurgents, and- Venustlano Carrana, ex-governor of Coahuila, of the probable overthrow of Huerta longer derided. Without exception, the newspapers aver that the only hope of salvation lies in the of a loan. Practi cally all of them admit that non-rec ognition of the present administration makes this very doubtful. The banks continue to reflect the governments financial difficulties, and refuse to sell exchange except at ex orbitant rates, while merchants are raising their prices to balance the dif ference betwen Mexican and foreign currency. There is no fixed rate of exchange. The bankers are buyers as low ae 230, while demanding from heavier purchasers as high as 250. That the rebels In the north are rapidly extending their lines is indi cated by the isolation of Monterey and Saltlllo, the capitals, respectively of Neuvo Leon and Coahulla, by the cut ting of the railroad at Linaras, be between Monterey and Tampico and the main line of the National railroad between Ban Luis Potosi and Saltillo. Linares is reported to be occupied by the rebels. The suspension of railway traffic has deflected the passenger business for abroad to Vera Crur and Tampico, chiefly to the former. The Mexican railway Is running trains in two sec tions to accommodate traffic. Outgoing steamers are crowded. Somo of the wealthy travelers content themselves with quarters on the floor of smoking rooms, while others are accommodated in the second cabin, al though paying first class passage. Many foreigners are leaving the coun try In fear that anarchy will follow the revolution. MANY HURT IN TRAIN WRECK Central of Georgia Paaaenger Train Hits Obstruction. Atlanta, Oa.—While running forty five miles an hour down grade JuWf east of Lovejoy, Oa.. the Central of Georgia passenger train No. 16. from Macon to Atlanta, struck some ob struction, and the four rear cars then jumped the track. There is a suspicion among officials of the road that the accident was the result of tratnwreckers. Capt. Andy J. Floyd, the conductor, had his back and right leg seriously sprained. B. M. Gordon of Macon, a news butcher, was badly injured, and Mrs. J. T. Matthews of Butler* a tuber cular patient, who was riding in the baggage car on. a stretcher, coming to Atlanta Atr medical aid, was seriously injured, Tiut did not lose conscious ness. Many others were Injured. While the four rear coaches jumped the track and fell over against the left embankment, practically demolishing them, neither the engine nor baggage car was dferailed. Immediately after the accident occurred, Captain Floyd, notwithstanding that his injuries were serious, insisted on walking to the station at Lovejoy, about a half mile away, and telephoning the dispatcher Mrs. Story Heads Daughters. Washington.—Mrs. William Cum mings Story of New York, head of the conservative faction, was elected president-general of the society of the Daughters of the American Revolution defeating Mrs. John Miller Horton of Buffalo, the administration candidate. on the third ballot The vote stood: Mrs. Story 600, Mrs. Horton 449. Seven vice presidents-general also were elected to complete the comple ment of new general officers. Bryan and Clark Bury Hatchet. Washington. Speaker Champ Clark and Secretary William Jennings Bryan met at a private luncheon here, shook hands and Issued public state ments declaring they had buried the hatchet and put the personalities of the Baltimore convention with the bygones. The luncheon was arrang ed by Theodore X. Bell of California, temporary chairman of the Denver convention in 1908, and chairman of .. the California delegation supporting Speaker Clark at Baltimore, and was given by Ira E. Bennett, t ... $5,000 Disappears; Paper Substituted. Atlanta, Oa.—When a package snp poeed to contain $(.000 sent to the Central Bank and Trust corporation of Atlanta from the Brunswick Bank and Trust company of Brunswick, Oa. by the Southern Express company, was reoeived in the offices of the Atlanta concern, it was found to contain nothing but blank paper. While de- I tectlves of Atlanta, Brunswick and 'the Southern Express company are scouring the state for some dew which A' might lead to the arrest of the rob ber, no dew has been fenad.
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