North Carolina Newspapers

P THE ENTERPRISE TOM.ISHBD FRtDiY Willi* nut on, N. C. • WILLIAM C. MANNING, EDITOR SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year .... SI.OO Six Months 5° Three Months - • - .35 Strictly Cash l« Advance *>> Entered «t the PoV OBce »t WUlUtestofl. H. C. »* Second Cl»»» Mlit Mitter. Address all Communications to THE ENTERPRISE, W illiamston, N C. Friday. May 2. tqi^ There is no medicine known that will cure tuberculosis, and those who patronize the firms or individuals who advertise to cure this disease not only squander their money, but throw away valuable timi. Every consump tion cure is worthless, and poten tially dangerous. Japan is doing a mild sort of dictation to California, which is an intregal part of the United States. Wheu Taft yielded to the demand of the Japanese govern ment that the Panama Exposition be held at San Francisco, he gave them an entering wedge and it is goxl time now to dull name. Whole State Loses The fire which destroyed the entire plant of the News & Ob server, burned into the hearts of every Carolinian, who appreciat ed the work done by that great paper. The loss is not alone to Josephus Daniels but to the length and breadth of the Common wealth.. In the ashes lie the splendid result of years of hard struggle for tlm betterment of a State and its people. How well this work has been done, is writ ten in the progress along all lines. North Carolina would be bereft iifdee 1, if the fire hail forever stopped the publication of the ,€ Old Reliable." From the ruin, and wreck, it came forth the next morning and the whole people rejoiced at its coming, ami it will continue to appear as the champion of every man whose rights are to be pro tected. We are one among the thou sands to feel deeply with Editor Daniels in his great loss, and in the supreme task before him and his assistants. But judging the fu ture l»y the past, we feel assured that greater strength will be given to the paper, because it has l>een tried in The tire, and found not wanting. It's Coining • We have no notion of forget ting the proposed peanut factory. The farmers throughout the county are preparing now to plant the crop for the factory to operate with this fall and winter. It is in sight, and only a few more days of good, solid work on the part of the different committees is needed to clo3e the list of stock holders. The committee for Williamston bring in their sum of slo,ooUand the other parts of the county will do what has been asked of them. The farmer., cannot fail to see what advantage such a plant here will mean no them in placing their crop at a good price. They should endeav or to rai9e good stuff, and take excellent care in the curing and picking. These are essential points which mean much in marketing at a good profit. The peanut factory is coming, and coming strong. Every far mer who raises even a moderate crop should get among the list of stockholders. No better time than today or tomorrow wheft the committees call to get the finals H in amount. Don't delay but act quickly. The factory must kandle our crop this season. What Of It? For the prescribed number of a notice has been running In these columns. This notice should be of peculiar interest to every citizen of Williamston just at this time. Perhaps, a few of our town readers have noted this statement or rather legal an nouncement that an election would be held in Williamston on Tuesday, May 6th. for Jhe pur pose of choosing a Mayor and a Board of Aldermen. We say that, perhaps, a few people have noticed this an nouncement, but from the general appearance of things it seems to be unworthy of mention save only as it comes from the hands of the Town Clerk. While other towns—those, too, not so large and important as ours are eagerly waging campaigns for good gov ernment, we are not even men tioning the fact that an election must be held next We are boasting ourselves on the pro gressiveness of the town, and yet there is no concern about the first essential and underlying principle which makes any place worthy the residence of a people who are a component part of a great Commonwealth —good, sound government. This is as necessary to the lives, health, prosperity and future of a people, whether in town or State, as the laws of Nature are to the globe upon which we dwell. We are making no personal "dings" at the present govern ment. What we want to see is a healthier tone in the admisistra tion of affairs in this town, which we desire to have among the best in all things. The main trouble here is that men are too much concerned with their own person al affairs. People have a habit of saying: "It does uot concern me." Such selfishness has never build ed a good thing in all the history of the world. Men hava time massed great wealth by that spirit, but what were they then in the mind of God and those peo ple who stand for service to humanity? Selfishness is the great bane of the time. What is greed but selfishness and the latter but the former? We invite people to come into our town —further we make plans for to come and be one among us to help build in mater ial thing's, and yet do not try to safeguard their interests while the wheels turn. It is tru'e that dugs are wearing muzzles, several automobilists have paid up, taxes are being collected, a hog is penned occasionally and some times a poor old cow lows in the town pen and a negro gets in the clutches for blowing through his fingers. People get on the streets and talk and cut up great antics about these things, but—every body knows what we should fol low with. Why name it? The main question is? "W r hat will you do with your suffrage next Tuesday." Will, the elec tion be just a form, or merely a joke played upon a people who should be doing greater things? Whose business is it anyway? A lack of interest will clog .the wheels of moral and material up lift. Watch it and see. If scientists could discover a cure for the germ of "I don't care," it would take a large quantity to get us active down here in what we proudly term "God's country." It is God's country all right, but are we making the best of it? What will you do, Mr. Voter, next Tuesday? Ode To The Fly Most injurious typhoid fly, Drink with you no more will I. When you settle on my cup, I perchance bacteria sup; After what I've seen today, I would have you chased away. I dislike those feet of thine, What they've touched I shall de cline. Carrier of germ and spore, Get thee hence! Return no more! Spreader of disease, begone! Kinly leave my food alone. IWfltWlMl II » li hH tfWW w> mttn aiw II The Biggest Feature ' i 5 , s fiHit** 1 •■ • * Before very long we are allgc ing to become more or less jubi lant, if not hysterical, over the completion of the Panama canal, one of the greatest, if not the greatest feat man has ever accom plished, Some of us are going to be hilarious over the rise in value of certain real estate, some over the shipment of two codfish where one was shipped before, some because we have money enough for a luxurious excursion by water from New York to San Francisco without braving the dangers of Cape Horn, and others simply because we Americans have done the job. And pretty nearly all of us are likely to overlook-the real tremen dous thing about the building of that canal. This mighty pros pect iies not in the digging of the ditch, the moving of mountains or •the union of Pacific and Atlantic oceans with all that that means commercially. It has been proved that the white man can labor And live in the tropics. This demonstration may change the whole world, for in the tropics man can produce 10 times what can elsewhere with' the same amount of labor, such is the fer tility of the tropical soil and favor of the tropical climate. The best thing Goethals and his splendid fellow-workers have have done in behalf of mankind has been to open a vast garden to the white man, a garden which the or red man has been too lazy or ignurant to culti vate, a garden from which the white man has always been barred by the hand of death. —Sel. Uncle Toby was aghast at find ing a strange darkey with his ami around Mandy's waist: "Mandy' tell dat niggah to take his ahm 'way from round yo' waist," he indignantly com manded. *-'"Tell him yo'self," said Mandy haughtily. "He'sapuffect stran ger to me." Aren't you ashamed to wear such old shoes as those, and your father a shoemaker?" was the question one boy put to another. "Look here," was the retort, "your father's a dentist and your baby has only one tooth!" Unfermented grape juice was the strongest drink served at a dinner given last week by Secre tary of State and Mrs. William J. Bryan in honor of James Bryce, the retiring Brittish Ambassador. One hot Sunday afternoon Wil- lie's Sunday school teacher noti ced that he seemed very ilf at ease. Finally she l>ent down to ask him what was the matter. "Why, I—l couldent come to Sunday school on the Fourth of July." he stammered, "'cause we went fishing." It might seem funoy to You, Bat H Don't to Us nccne pscdvu aacttiyeklselan df hnßtt dteTeyvt s-anniohudttleeol u.oa ao ht.oi titis Do d reefeg eT e edtseonena. eaprea - y fdto kofosth L re.tha ro ornedb oD is&ipe annebnho sos epFnns wshnitt.eametned td,sle,eectolsi harryuo 'uicrsco vSyiwds lte ess osipiifiym iv lar ap n mbsleTig >e. n rcstosk'tsasc aLr-saTr eoruea ao . ovtt t ssitdsot ots. tt Dnidrouooinoe. Lasef diof hbfin 'goss.s ti nnbdii shuanss. Hand made Lead and Oil Paint will not cover as much surface, or wear as well aa the average High Grade mixed paint. ..i&YJSfe : r.j lrt 5 'irVj 'j \r . . Mat HRk; Is so far above other High Grade Paints that it stands iu a class of its own. FOR SALE BY W. H. WILLIAMS Williamston, N. C. ' /' i ■ . M '4 j Studebaker "25" S, « Five-passenger, four cylinder, long stroke, 3 1-2 inch bore x 5-inch stroke, 102-inch wheelbase WITH— * 30x3 1-2 inch Goodrich Tires, Demountable rims. Extra rim, Tire holder. Electric horn. Acetylene primer, Prest-O-Lite tank, Tire kit. Ventilating windshield. Silk mohair top, Studebaker Jiffy cur * tains. Deep cushions, Stewart & Clark Speedometer, Full elliptie .. springs, Tool box. Full set of tools. —sßßs Studebaker "35 99 Six passenger, four cylinders, 4 I -8-inch bore x 5-inch stroke, 116 inch'wheelbase WITH— Electric self-starter, 34x4 inch Goodrich tires, Detachable, de mountable rims, Extra rim, Tire holder, Electric lights. Steward & Clark Speedometer. Three-quarter elliptic springs, Full floating rear axle. Electric |iorn. Silk mohair top, Studebaker Jiffy curtains. Luxurious upholstery, Deep cusions, Clear-vision ventilating wind shield— rain-vision type. Full set of tools t —51,290 Studebaker "Six" Six-passenger, six cylinders, 3 1 -2-inch bore x 5-inch stroke, 121 -inch wheelbase WITH— Electric self-starter, 34x4 inch Goodrich tires, Detachable, De mountable tires, Electric lights, Extra rim, Tire holders, Stewart & Clark Speedometer, Three-qurtaer elliptic springs, Full floating rear axles, Electric horn, Silk mohair top, Studebaber Jiffy cur- ' ' tains, Luxurious upholstery. Clear-vision ventilating wind-shield— rain-vision type, Special tool box. Full set of tools • . —51,550 — i —= * — . _ J. PAUL SIMPSON, Agent Williamston, N. C.