VOL. XV. NO. 14
How Hog CMcra it Being Com
bated
The Department of Agriculture
during the past year, has been
conducting campaigns in Indiana,
' Missouri, lowa and Nebraska to
control the contagious disease of
hogs known as "hog cholera" by
means of anti-hog-cholera serum
and farm quarantines. In one
county (Pettis county Missouri)
where there was a loss of 18 per
cent in 1911 and 25.6 per cent in
1912 of ail hogs raised, there was
only a loss of 14.7 per cent up to
November 1913,. This decrease
was due to the use of the serum,
which, although not used there
by the Department's agents until
August, 1913 materially reduced
the loss. About 60,000 hogs were
raised during the past year and
of the 10,000 that died of the-hogs
cholera only about 1,000 were
lost after the active use of serum
and quarantine measures were
inaugurated.
In every county where these
measures were employed, even
though begun after the disease
had continued its ravages for
some time, there was less loss
from hog cholera than in either
of the two preceding years.
In addition to its great function
as a preventive, it has been
found that the antihog-cholera
serum would cure a large propor
tion of hogs in the early stages
of the disease and render them
immune after recovery. How
ever, if hogs are not treated by
this serum, so far as is known,
itis the only (thing that will pre
vent the^diaease.
Resolutions
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Whereas, God, who ruleth all
things and doeth all things well,
has removed from our midst our
esteemedJSovereign, B. F. Cas
per:
Therefore be it resolved that,
The members of Oak Camp Num
ber 536, W. 0. W. individually
and collectively, do hereby extend
to the bereaved family our most
heartfelt sympathy.
Resolved further that a copy
of these resolutions be delivered
• to the family of the deceased: A
copy be spread on the minutes of
this Camp and copies be sent to
THE ENTERPRISE at Williamston
and The Commonwealth at Scot
land Neck, with the request that
they publish the same.
Oak City, N. C. Jan. 241914.
J. W. Hines,
R. J. House,
S. E. Hines,
« -• . Com.
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Hamilton Items
Mrs. T.fß. Slade was called to
Littleton Friday.fon account of
the of her sister.
Misses Lillie Fibjrd, Fannie
Matthews-, Maggie Belle and,
Annie Jones with Messrs. C. D.
Perkins and P. H. Dkvenport
motored to Oak Gity Sunday.
Df. E. M. Long and Miss Mary
Worseley\ 'of Oak City, spent Sun
day here.
Mi*. J. B. Cloman spent Suh
day in Scotland Neck.
Messrs. C. D. Petkifte, P, H.
Davenport, S» D. Mattltews, F.
L. Gladstone and P. P> Peel at
tended the play at
Wednesday.
M*a. R. W t 'leaker, who has
been the guedt of Mrs. H.
Baker, left her horpe in Will
iamston Sunday.
Mrs. if P. Boyle, Miss Lillw
Way Baker and Mrs. R. W. Ba
ker (attended a dinner given b>
Miss Sallie Baker, of Palmyra,
Friday.
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THE ENTERPRISE
PERSONAL
J. H. Thrower left Monday for
Vaughn, where he hafc accepted
a position with the S. A. L. Rail
road. , _ , .
Miss Mamie 'VanNortwick, of
Plymouth, has been visiting Miss
Eva Wolfe this week.
J. H. Pike, who has been in
the employ of the Telephone Co.,
for several months, has retnrned
to his home in Kenly.
Miss Mattie Waters, who has
been visiting in Norfolk for the
past two months, returned Mon
day accompained by Mrs. John
Moore and children.
S. J. Everett, of Greenville,
was here on business Monday.
Miss Jesse Brown left Wed
nesday for Baltimore, >vhere she
•will visit Miss Mattie Gurganus.
S. Collins Peel left for Norfolk
Wednesday to visit relatives.
. Mrs. C. B. Hassell has as her
house guest Mrs. W. B. Wilson,
and entertained in her honor on
Thursday afternoon.
* D, C. Jones was here from
Hamilton Tuesday.
J. W. Cherry, of Everetts,
was in town Thursday.
Attorney H. W. Stubbs and
A. R. Dunning left Wednesday
afternoon for Halifax to appear
in the Best case. W. C. Manning
left Thursday morning to appear
as a witness in the case.
Elder Willis, of the Warrenton
District, was in town Monday
and held a short Conference with
the official members of the Will
iamston-Hamilton Circuit. The
financial affairs of the Church
were in better condition than for
the same period in years.
Parmele Items
Miss Lillie Hodges, of Norfolk,
is visiting Mrs. John Belcher.
Miss Gladys Glass, of Scranton
ville, is the guest of Mrs. L. M.
Suggs here,
Miss Lilian Whithurst spent
the week-eud in Pactolus.
Miss Mamie VanNortwick spent
the week-end in Leens.
Miss Floy Whichard spent the
week-end with Mrs. J. H. Roe
buck.
Fred Powell and James Lewis
from W. C. I. spent the week-end
here.
. Mrs. J. H. Roebuck went, to
Bethel Tuesday.
Mrs. EmmaPadget spent the
week-end at Bethel.
Mrs. William Smith from Be
thel spent Sunday hear.
Lester Barnes and Ben Jen
kins, of Leens were here Sunday.
t). few, of Port Norfolk,
wa* In town Tuesday.
Rev. Beaman and wife of Ash
ville, Tenn., are visiting the Rev.
Matney and danghter here.
J. W. Chappell, of Leens, spent
Sunday here. *
Mrs. J. W. Whitehtorst has
been viaiting in Paet&us.
Houriuil
if
The following pupils were on
the honoi't'oH- at the school at
Everett*.
Loljfe Clark, A. P. Barnhill,
Marshall Rogerson, Lona Peel,
Ilattie Roberson, Ruby Barnhill,
Bfessie James, Myrtle Wynne,
Hilda Burroughs, Nellie Fay
Barnhill, Luther Clark and Hat
tie Keel.
Expensive Lawmaking Se4y k
Trance baa the moat expensive pm
ILaraent. it coats 1 a year.
WILLIAMSTON, N. C.. FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1914
r la Memoriam
There entered into rest on -the
morning of January 23rd. 1914,
at four o'clock, the soul of Maria
Clark Ellison, wife of Samuel H,
Elllison, at the home in William
ston, N. C. The loving Father
hides from his chidren the sor
rows of each suc9eeding minute,
and so the coming of the Death
Angel into this home was scarcely
heralded ere the spirit of the
wife and mother took its ever
lasting flight. After a visit to a
relative's home the evening pre
vious, Mrs. Ellison retired in
seemingly better health than for
some months, and before the
light of another day drove back
the darkness, she had uttered
"Geetl bye" to loved ones and
her sufferings ceased. For sev
eral years, had suffered with
indigeston but recently had found
much relief and her strength
was greater but this attack failed
to yeld to applied remedies and
her strength was not enough to
make the fight. Since the time
when her arm was broken, she
had suffered and her usefulness
was impaired greatly/ yet with
faith strong and courageous she
bore the pain, smiling through
all the days which lengthened
into years. She gave her heart
and life to the home in which she
was the guiding spirit, loving
with the love which knows no
end, the husband, child, relatives
and friends. Consecrated to
Christianity, she was a faithful
daughter of the Church and show
ed forth in her every day life
that love and desire for the pure
and holy in all things, which is a
mark of the humble follower. of
the meek and lowly Jesus.
' She was born in Tarboro, Nov
ember 17th. 1870, being the only
daughter of the late Matthew and
Mary Norcom Weddell. There
were three brothers, but two
have preceded her to the spirit
land, John A. Weddell, of Tar
boro, alone surviving. On the
sth. of October, 1892, she mar
ried Samuel H. Ellison, who with
one child, Miss Laurie Weddell
Ellison, survives her. She had
always expressed the hope that
death would come to her quickly
in her last illness and God grant
ed her prayer, when He in His
wisdom called her to come up
higher in the quiet hours of the
night.
Saturday afternoon at 2:30, af
ter a short prayer at the home
her body was brone to the Episco
pal Church, where the service of
the Church was said by the rec
tor, Rev. M. E. Bethea, the choir
singing her favorite hymns. The
interment was in Oakdale Ceme
tery, where rests the body of her
only boy, who died in infancy.
Beautiful flowers which she loved
in life were placed on the mound,
symboling the sweetness of her
J>eneath and 4 expressive of the
hope of a Resurrection.
The pall beftV-ers were: Frank F.
Fagait, AsaT. Crawford, B. T.
X&Wper.J. Paul Simpson, Wheeler
Martin, Sr anTK. B. Crawford"
The relatives and friends from
out-of-town who attended the
funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. John
A. Weddell, Misses Mary, Pene
lope and Laura Weddell and John
Weddell, Jr., of Tarboro;-Mr.
and Mrs. H. H. Pope and chil
dren, of Robersonville; Mrs. J.
G. Godard and daughter, ol
Dunn; Dr. W. & Robertson, ol
Suffolk; Mr. and Mrs. John R.
Ellison and son, of Suffolk; Mrs.
Samuel Johnson,of Suffolk ;Jam ef
H. Robertson, of Ahoskie; Char
les Robertson, of Kelford, Mist
Mary Belle Ellison, of Suffolk.
Dally Reminder.
The commoner we let oqneiYe* be
iMte the mora there 1a to Jeat about
"Movies" in Town.
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Martin and Fowden have in
stalled an up-to-date machine for
moving pictures. They are on
one of the best circuits in the
State, and will give two shows
fot six- nights in the week. It is
the purpose of the management
to please the people who always
desire the best in the show line.
One will only have to go to be
convinced that the sefvice is all
that the lover of "movies"
wishes to see. The management
also states that good order will
be preserved. When the other
tnoving picture show was run
ning, there were those who
seemed to think that they were
among a crowd of rowdies instead
of men and. women who wanted
to see the show.
Critcher—Fitzerald
On January 22nd, 1914, at the
home of the bride's sister, Mrs.
E. A. Timberlake, on Center
street, Miss Annie Fitzgerald be
came the bride of Mr. Percy V.
Critcher, a prominent young law
yer of this city. Rev. J. fll.
Hamrick, of the First Baptist
church, performed the marriage
ceremony.
Mr. Critcher is judge of- the
recorder's court of this city, and
ia held in high esteem by all who
know him. ,He has been a citi
zen of Lexington for three years
and he is fast coming to the front
in his profession. His bride is a
very charming and very beautiful
young woman and ib very popular
h*re. .
The happy couple caught No.
12 soon after the ceremony and
left for Washington on a bridal
trip. News & Observer.
Mrs. Alonzo Hassell Hostess
On Thursday afternoon of last
week, the home of Mrs. Alon/.o
Hassell on Haughton Street was
filled with guests who enjoyed
the time from 3:80 to s:3oo'clock
in a most delightful manner.
Tables were arranged for the
popular game of Rook, and the
interest was marked during the
hours. At the'close of the game,
Mrs. Hassell served a salad course
followed by block cream and cake.
The guests were given pink and
white carnations as favors and at
each table there were attractive
score cards for the players. Those
enjoying Mrs. Hassell's hospital
ity were: Mrs. Wheeler Martin,
Sr-i Mrs, C. D. Carstarphen,
Miss Mae Bennett, Mrs. J. S.
Rhodes, Miss Delia Lanier, Mrs.
J. H. Saunders, Miss Essie Peel,
Mrs. A. T. Crawford, Miss Anna
Pope, Mrs. Henry Crawford, Mrs.
John Cook, Mrs. C. B. Clark, of
Durham: Mrs. J. P. Simpson,
Mrs. S. F. Williams, Miss Daisy
Manning and Mrs. A. R. Dunn
ing.
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j Gaiety ..
jTheatre
Pictures every
J night except
i Sunday
Prices Fire aid Ten Cents
Shorn: 7:30 to lOHHP. M.
m £±s
LOCAL
tilt'*
And now some one is trying to
establish the fact that North
Carolina was first in the impor
tation of slave from Africa. Come
now, that's a little too much. We
can'claim that there are some of
the laziest decendants of that first
cargo down in this part of the
State and be correct in our state
ment.
Tuesday, the second of Feb
ruary, is ground hog day. Watch
for the weather he will predict.
Services at the Episcopal, Me
thodist and Baptist Churches on
Sunday.
Read the ad of the Biggs Iron
and Motor Co.,' in thisliasue. This
firm will furnish flues' and har
rows of the J. L. Woolard patent,
and now is the best time to place
orders for everything needed in
that line. They are prepared to
give the best material and work
man.
Remember to attend some
Church service on Tlfis
day has been set apart as a spe
:ial *lay to attend Divine • service
throughout the length and
breadth of the land. See reader
in another column.
See the movies tonight at the
Opera House.
The store of Carstarphen & Co.
caugßt on fire last week, but
timely aid saved it. A spark
from the flue in the millinery
room ignited the shingles.
They are here-the movies at"
the Opera House.
STRAYED:—A spotted sow
marked two spilts in the right ear
and over square in the left ear.
Has been at my house about two
months. Owner will please come
and get her, —W. M. Perry.
BOARDERS WANTEI)-Any
one wishing table board can se
cure same at Mrs. Ray's Boarding
House on Main St. Reasonable
Prices.
Go-to-Church Sunday
It is said that only bad news
travels fast. Yet we daily see
examples of how good news, or a
good idea, takes hold of a com
munity, overflows its confines and
spreads to all corners of the land
like wildfire. The Boy Scout, the
good roads, the men and religion
forward movements, Mothers'
day are cases in point. TV go
to-church Sunday idea has as
sumed nation-wide proportions.
It has named a specific Sunday—
February I—and calls on men
and women of all religions, or
those v who have not attended
Sunday worship for a long time
or who'go but spasmodically, t#
unite in forming one great world
wide army as ,evidence v of the
d.eep-seated religious convictions
of this age without regard to
race or creed. The movement
has been cordially indorsed by
the Governors of many States.
Railroads have promises - their
aid by reducing their work on
that day to a minimum. February
I promised to produce a truly
impressive attendance of church
goers—Boston Herald.
' ,v Mrs. Strawbridge Dead
The death of Mrs. Adan
Strawbridge occured at her hom
near Vernon Church, on Wed
nesday. She leaves several chil
dren, among them Mrs. S. C
Ray, of Williamston. The fun
leral was held on Thursday an
interment was in the faffiil;
plot
The bereaved family have th
5 sympathy of the community
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SI.OO a Year in Advance
The Alaskan Railroad
Congressman John H. Smalt
objects to the Government build
ing a railroad to open up the
wonderful resources of Alaska.
It seems to him to be an opening
wedge for the government owner
ship of roads. He may be gifted
with unusual insight and down
the years sees danger, but the
measure to build the road appears
to be just another step in the
advancement of the interests of
the country. We bought Alaska,
and its*wonderful resources are
lying waiting for development*
The few mission stations there
among the natives and the miners
haVe wrought wondrously, but
everything is hampered by the
inaccessibility of the country.
Alaska is one of the most won
derful possessions of our govern
ment, and why should we not
develop it by building a road to
cost forty millions? It is rich in
mineffels, timber, fish and arable
land on the coast which is warm*
ed by the Japan Current. If we
cannot develop Alaska, why own
it? Tho English Government
has pushed development Wher
ever it owns an island, hence the
greatness of the Kingdom and its
influence in the affairs of the
worlds
Died in Greensboro
The sudden death of Mr. D.
P.|Everett at Greensboro on Fri
day morning, January 23rd. was
a shock to his family and rela
tives here. Forlmore than six
months his health had been fee
ble, but he had told his wife that
he waj feeling better. On the
morning of his death, he went to
work with the Southern Railroad
as usual, and while en route to
ward the coal chute, some of the
laborers near'noticed that blood
was streaming from his mouth.
Before any one could reach his
side, he had fallen and life was
extinct when those n«ar /cached
him.
He was bom in Martin County
and was the brother of Mrs. L.
B. Wynne and Mrs. P. H. Brown,
of Williamston. He leaves a wife
and two children. The body was
brought to Everetts on Saturday
evening, and Sunday afternoon
after services by Rev. J. ft. How
ell, it was interred in the family
cemetery.
Friends and acquaintances
sympathize deeply with the be
reaved family in their affliction.
A Son of Martin County
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In the Sunday News and Obser
ver appeared a half-page ad of
the Geo. I). Witt Shoe Company
with a cut of one of their sales
men, Mr. Rufus T. Coburn. a son
of Martin County and for several
years a member of the firm of F.
K. Hodges & Will
iamston, where he demonstrated
his business abtlity to a success
ful degree. Mr. Coburn married
Miss Rosena Dowell here and
went to live in Wilson, purchas
ing a handsome home there. He
travelled for another Lynchburg
shoe house for two years, and
thep accepted his present posi
tion with Geo. D. Witt Company.
No salesman in North Carolina
has had more success than Mi\
Coburn. $e represents an old}
house which has always boen.
known for honest goods and''
' clever dealing. Friends here in *
1 Martin County and Williamston
are pleased to note the promin
ence that Mr. Goburn has already
' attained and expect greater
j things of him in the future. ,
r Gasoline 1-2 cts* a gallon by
the barrel, 18c. a gallon retail.
21 Drive your machines to the Buggy
i Shop and get your, tank full.