VOL XVI. NO. .jo
TRIP ACROSS
THE CONTINENT
Very Interesting Sketch «f a Trip
To Tke Panama-Pacific Ex
pssiti— aid Western
CMA.
BY HARRY A BIGGS '
It is one of the highest peaks
in the Rocky Mountains for a
long time it was thought to be
the highest one. and is located
in Pas so County, Colorado. The
height as estimated by the Uni
ted States in 1876 is 14,146 feet.
And a trip to its summit is one
which one never forgets. This
peak is named for General Pike,
who explored that section in the
early history of the country, and
who was the first white man who
ever ascended its summit The
trip is made in cars pulled by a
cog wheel, which winds itself
around the sides of the moun
tains, and it seems they are be
ing pulled by a very slender
thread, however, the cord is a
very strong one, and accidents
seldom occur.
On the afternoon before I went
up something got wrong with
one the cog wheels and the car
dropped a hundred feet before
the breaks, which were quick ap
plied, did effective work. Sun
rise parties are very popular in
the Cripple Creek section, and it
was with one of these parties
that I visited it. We arose at 1
o'clock in the night and started
on the journey. This trip is a
little uncomfortable on account
of the hour, but one is richly
paid for the discomforts when
the summit has been reached.
It takes two hours to ascend and
the same length of time to de
scend, and at times, one is strong
ly reminded what a veryvslender
cord has the destiny of our
lives in its keeping, for some of
the places around which the cars
go are very harrowing indeed.
Pike's Peak is
ed in snow, and onealways snow
balls his friends and plays in the
ice even though it was in August
at the time I visited this spot.
To view the sun rise from this
altitude is a sight which will ev
er remain in one's memory as
one of|.the most sublime spectac
les in,nature.
There is a telegraph station at
the top of the mountain, which
is a fad of great popularity for
on® to send messages to one's
friends from this station. We
arrived at the hotel at 6:30, and
most of.these who were with me
felt happily repaid, but were
ready for a "snooze" as we felt
we had been up all night.
D. A. R. Meeting.
The Gideon Lamb Chapter of
the D. A. R., was entertained by
Miss Irene.Smith on October 7th.
In the absence of the Regent,
Mrs. J. H. Saunders presided.
At the close of the business sess
ion, the following program was
rendered:
Topic for discussion. Revolu
tionary Battles.
Roll call, Prominent Battles. 
Sketch, Battles of Lexington,
Beaker Hill, Princeton and Bran
dywine, Miss? Annie Lamb.
"If I Were a Voice," song,
Miss Lamb.
Sketch, Battles of German
town, Stoney Point and Mon
noath, MisslNannie Biggs.
Instrumental Solo, "Stars and
Stripe Forsver," Mrs. J. H.
Saunders.
The hostess served sefresh
ments after the close of the pro-
THE ENTERPRISE
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AN ENJOYABLE OIITING
Jaly Qmi fw id! Oatk| •( the
Rai—kc Hatkf Chk
AtCalaPaaft
The members of the Roanoke
Hunting Club who spent one week
at Calm Point, had one of the
most successful hunts in its
history. The weather was ideal,
and game plentiful. During their
stay many friends partook of
their hospitality, and enjoyed the
excellent food prepared by a well
known chef.
The following menu was serv
ed when Dr. P. B. Cone and
Wheeler Martin, J., and several
other guests spent the day at the
camp:
Fruits
Colorado Cantaloupe, California
Grapes, Oranges Grape Fruit
Pears, Apples
Relishes
Cucumber Pickles, Chow Chow
Celery
Meats
Turkey, Duck, Kelvin Grove Ham
Tongue, Squirrel, Chip Beef
Squirrel Chowder
Breads .
Flour Bread, Biscuits, Egg Bread
Yam Potatoes, Chips,
French Fried
Desserts
Cakes: Jelly, Cocconut, Choco
late, Orange, Pound
Pies: Potato, Lemon
Wines
Scuppernong, Mount Vernon
Rye, Beer
Coffee, Ciggfettes. Cigars
Big Circus Headed This Way
T 4 he Barnum and Bailey Great
est Show on earth will exhibit at
Wilson, on Saturday, Oct. 30th.
The Barnum and Bailey Circus
has always been the largest that
travels and this season the man
agement has found it necessary
to add maney more cars to their
trains in order to provide for the
great equipment. It requires 85
double length railroad cars to
tranport the big show, 1280 peo
ple are employed; there are 700
horses, 50 elephants and a mena
gerie of 110 cages, 480 famed ar
tists take part in the great
circus program this world has
ever known.
In the circus proper, which is
presented in three rings, four
stages, the hyppodrome, and in
the dome of the largest tent ever
erected, 4SO performers from ev
ery nation in the world take part
and present a vast array of for
eign features new to
America. A wonderful trained
animal exhibition is given by the
Marvelous War Elephants, Pall
enberg's Wonder Bears, Madam
Bradna's Angel Horses, Thale
dogs, Poaies and Monkeys, and
the Barnum and Bailey Statate
Horses.
Williamston will lie well repre
sented in Wilson en this big show
day.
The parade starts promptly at
10 a. m„ and whiek is said to be
the greatest parade on earth.
Lovug Deeds.
A house is built of brinks and
Btones, ,
Of sttls, poet* and piers,
But a home is baHt of lorfcg
deeds
That stand a thoasaad years. .*
—Viator Hugo.
WILLIAMSTON, N. C.. FRIDAY, OCT. 22. 1915
North Cartfaa Day.
i
Next Friday, October 29th, has
been set apart as "North Caroli
na Day." and will be celebrated
as "School and Neighborhood Im
provement Day." On this day,
it is planed to make preparations
for "Moonlight School Month,"
meaning November, which haa
been designated by Gov. Locke
Craig. Perhaps the movement
for moonlight schools is the big
gest thing attempted to remove
the illiteracy from the minds and
lives of the older people in the
State. There are in the State
132,000 men and woman, boys
and girls over 10 years of age
who cannot read and write.
The per cent of white illiter
ates in Martin County is 16.9 Of
the 9,311 white people over 10
years old in the county, 943 are
illiterates. Among this number 1
are many older persons, perhape,
in good circumstances, who have
never learned to read and write.
To reach this class and all othera
the moonlight school ig designed.
There is no desire to exhibit the
ignorance of people, but to help,
and remove illiteracy from every
corner of this beloved State of
ours. Then the larger thought
of bringing happiness into the
lives of many of these people
whose early surroundings were
not conductive to education,
makes the work one of love and
not an irksome task.
Stole Tobacco
Monday morning, W. C. Man
ning was informedjhat some on*
had entered the pack house at tht
Biggs Farm, and carried awaf
about 400 pounds of graded to
bocco. Quickly driving out there
Mr. Manning soon found that the
thief had driven a cart to the gate,
and carried the weed out to it and
then drove away with the load.
The csrt was tracked to the Eli
jah Brown place on the creek
road, and the tobacco found
thrown in a heap in a house there.
The tenant on the place, a negro
John Edwards, was accused of
the crime, but stoutly denied it.
However, he was brought before
Justice Godwin and bound over
to court under a bond of S3OO for
appearanceyin December. Ed
wards had made a good crop of
tobacco himself, but evidently
wanted to increase his own bank
account and so proceeded
the usual lines.
Leg Amputated
Monday, Mr. James Thomas
Peel, who lives in Griffins District,
had the misfortune of having his
leg so badly crushed that ampu
tation was necessary. He was
thrown from a cart by the horse
becoming badly frightened, and
the limb was crushed above the
knee, so that the bones protrud
ed. Dr. Saunders was called and
he called Dr. Taylor, of Washing
ton, to assist him in the amputa
tion/ Later, Mr. Peel succumb
ed to the shock, and was buried
Wednesday.
Namber of Bale* Ginstd.
The number of bales of cotton
ginned in North Carolina prior
to Sept 25th, as given out by tke
Bureau of the Census totaled $2.
930, as against 84,51-7 last year.
Martin County had ginned 660
bales, this being 321 more bales
than were reported for the same
time last year. Roberson led all
the counties with 12,160, falling
hehmd last season for the like pe
riod, 354 bales.
J. Paul Simpson wenttoNtw
'Bern Wednesday.
1%. Wilson Manning
f§ *
' After weeks of suffering, death
tame to Mr. Wilson Manning at
his home in Martin County on
Oct. 15th. 1915, at six o'clock.
He was a native of the county,
indoneofits most highly re
jected citizens. More than the
Allotted span of life had been giv
#n him, he being seventy-seven
years old, and if a few more
dpeeks had been his on earth, he
With his faithful wife could have
celebrated their golden wed
ding, their marriage occurring in
December, 1865.
He had reared a large family
of children among whom are Mrs.
J. T. Price of Williamston, Mr.
Simon Manning of Jamesville.
l!r. Frank Manning of Middlesex,
Mr. John Manning of Elm City,
Mrs. Z. T. Gurkin, Mrs. Eddie
Peel, Mrs. Eddie Griffin and Mr.
Perlie Manning, of Martin Coun
ty. He was the uncle of Editor
W. C. Manning and Supt. A. J.
Manning, of Williamston. Faith
ful in all the relations of life, he
died loved and respected by
neighbors and friends. For years
he had been a consistent member
of the Christian Church at Fair-
Shrwi 1 - -•
The funeral services were con
ducted by Mr. Asa J. Manning
and a large number of people were
present to honor the memory of
the dead. The interment was in
the family cemetery three miles
from the home.
Better Babiei' Contest
The Edgecombe Home Better
terment Association will hold a
getter Babies' Contest in the
court house'at Tarboro on Oct.
28, to 20th. All babies ranging
in ago from six months to five
year 3 are eligible. Entries are
not confined,to Edtfecumbe babies
All are welcome. Communicate
with Mrs. AdaM. Ba.4s, Tarboro,
N. C., who will enroll your baby
fbr you. Ask your doctor about
a'Better Babies' Contest, if you
do not knu.v all about its advant
ages.
The babies will be examined on
Thursday Oct. 28th, beginning
promptly at 10 a m. On the fol
lowing afternoon, diplomas, cer
tificates and score cards will be
delivered in the court house at
2:30 p.m. At this time Dr. W.
S. Rankin, Secretary of State
Board of Health will give an ad
dress. Truly he is an ,able and
helpful speaker, whom no one
should fail to hear.
List of prizes offered by local
merchants will he published later
in Tarboro Southerner.
Fleecy Staple is Still King.
The hurt which was done the
South last year by the European
war, is being healed now by the
price of ootton, which probably
go much higher during the next
three months. The ginners' re
ports show that the crop will
barely reach the 11,000,000 bale
mark, and a short crop always
calls for higher prices. The de
mand for the fleecy staple has
been largely increased and its
kingship is no longer in doubt.
Much of the new crop has al
ready been sold at 10 and 11c.,
but those who are holding their
product will receive more if re
ports are true. The crop in Mar
'tin Ceunty was badly damaged
l by v*eather conditions, and so the
production will fall below the us
ual mark tor the number of acres
planted. The production in the*
entire South is less than that of.
any year since 1909. There is a
large rtumber of bales of the last
season's crop still unsold in this
and other states.
A VERY PROMINENT
CITIZEN PASSES
Deceased Had Been i> Very Feeble
Health For Several
Month*.
The death of Harmon Thomas
Roberson occurred at his home
in Griffins Township on Monday,
Oct. 18th. For months his health
had been feeble, and though evr
ery means were used to stay
the hand of death, God knew
best and so the end came. Mr.
Roberson was 77 years old and
was born in this county, where
he lived all through the years and
made for himself and family a
comfortable home. He was mar
ried twice, but both wives had
preceded him to the spirit land.
Twelve children were given him,
and these inheriting the sterling
qualities of their father, are
numbered among Martin Coun
ty's best citizens.
Professing a strong faith in
the mercy and goodness of Gou
and desiring to be with His peo
ple, Mr. Roberson united with
the Primitive Baptist Church at
Smithwick Creek and in his life
Gospel of Jesus Christ, for many
years. He was the father of Mr.
Theodore Roberson, of William
ston and Mr. Joseph Roberson,
who lives near town. Neighbors
and friends, as well as his fam
ily, will miss him and his wise
counsel.
Tuesday afternoon the funeral
services were conducted by El
ders Rodgerson and Harrington,
and a large crowd of sympathiz
ing friends and relatives assem
bled to pay the last tribute of re
spect.
Interment was in the family
Edgecombe Fair
The Edgecombe County Fair
Association are announcing the
opening of the Fair on Nov. 2nd.
The close proximity of the Fair
to Martin County makes it con
venient for the people to attend
one if not more days in the week.
There will be splendid exhibits
of stock, farm produce, poultry,
etc , which will be interesting as
well as instructive to every far
mer in Martin County. There is
no good reason why the products
of this county can not be sent to
this and other fairs If the peo
ple would only awa*e to the fact
that Martin County sits at the
head of the table for lands fo
diversified farming, there would
be systematic advertising of its
[wonderful resources at every
fair in the State. The Edgecombe
Fair touches thee>unty go
ly that the people should begin
,to take umiSual interst therein.
Don't forget the date. /
Draw Big Crowds
FayssQUX. the hypnotist, was
here five evenings, and the larg
est crowds that ever filled the
Opera House, enjoyed the hypno
tic "stunts" with local snbjects.
People from miles in t»he country
came to see him, and would come
again if he should return.  The
"stunt" fchat he pulled oif in the
afternoon before his first appear
ance on the stage interested the
people. This was a marvelou6
exhibition of mental telegraphy.
He is the most wonderful hypno
tist ever appearing before a
Williamston audience.
Thomas Griffin, of Goldsboro,
a former countyman, has been in
town this week on business. He
owns and operates aa immense
sash and blind faslory, and ships
large orders here.
ti.oo a Year in Advance
WHO PAYS
THE FREIGHT
OB the Great Trail Loads of MHI
Order Catalogs Tkat Flood
Hut County Sew-Ao
naallj ?
BY M. QUAD.
In this article, I hope to poiaf
out plainly to our home mer
chants the error of their ways.
For the past few months thous
ands of homes in this section have
been supplied with various kinds
of catalogs from northern mail
order houses. These catalogs
make their visits about three or
four times each year, and Mr..
Merchant, did you ever stop to
think why they can aHord to keep
coming? Listen, it is because
thousands and thousands of dol
lars of our home money K f,es
north on the arrival of these cata
logs. Why? Because this money
has been attracted north by the
colistant advertising of the mail
order houses through their cata
logs.
Does it pay to advertiser* Lis®
ten, it would take a solid tralti a
mile long to haul the annual out
put of the mail order catalogs,
which cost millions of dollars.
Who pays the cost of printing;
who pays the freight? Yes, 1 aslt
who pays all these millions of dol
lars? I can tell you-; Your wife,
my wife, your daughter, my
daughter, your son and my son.
You hear home merchants a
busing the mail order houses for
taking trade which they'ought to
have. If you approach some of
our merchants on this subject,
they will tell you that they never
realized anything out of advertis-
when if the truth was known
they have never put anything in
advertising. "Some will tell you
that they ;ire not able to adver
tise. Merchant's, such as tli«'se„
should sell out before being clos
ed out.
I can go into a , town, tluit is
strange to me, visit each store
and pick out every advertiser
without looking them up in tlie
town paper. How can Ido this?
Because the merchants who ad
vertise. keep their goods and
wares clean and properly display
ed. You can readily see the pep
and ginger they put behind their
goods.
I once heard a merchant tell "a
creofeerv drummer that he did not
want to buy lany ware as he had
stacks of it packed under the
counter, and that it had been,
there for years. The drummer
told the merchant that if lie would
put an ad in the home paper, of
fering it at reduced prices,and also
kjispiay some oi it in front or his
store in attractive arrangement.
and it lie found no sale f«jr it that
he (the drummer) would buy the
entire stuck when _hq- returned on
his next trip. The result was
that the merchant sold o~ut, and
when the drummer came again, pur
chased another supply. Why did
the merchant sell out? The an
swer is simple: He awoke, crawl
ed out of his rut and got busy;
he" advertised; he put energy and
ginger in his business and got
more and better business.
There is but one remedy for the
home merchant— ADVERTISE. Let
the trading public know you have
something it needs. I can talk
this remedy to our merchants un
til ckiomsday, but unless they
adopt the methods of the mail or.
der houses their future means
FAILURE. Advertising is the key
to success. It has built up the
big mail order houses, why not
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