i/hrchanfsl Get Wisf y Let Uc Write Ton an Ad. -! and we'll open your eye* W7?a INCREASED BUSINESS piilii. if'' ? ue. .1 , ? i'iii. , .ii., i ii ,, m>. Subscription $1 aYear in Advance ti Pays Fo Advertise Through The Columns of The FarmvUle Enterprise IT REACHES - THE PEOPLE "WATCH Ti ~ : 4 ' ? ! i ~ ' -????? ' FARMVTLLE, PITT COUNTY. . .s?|. ; ^ - '' ... v- ? ... ? ; . G. A. Rouse Editor and Publisher VOL. Till GOVERN M ENT8 SEPTEMBER CROP REPORT FORECA8TS \ MANY BIG CROPS. IS 3, 248108, Mil BUSHELS Spring Wheat Shows Favorable in* crease, Oat Crop Is Expected to Set a New Record Along With Ry% and Potatoes. Washington. ? Conv the country's greatest crop, needs only a few weeks freedom from frost to mature Into the largest production ever known tn the history of the nation. The govern ment's September crop report fore casts a production of 3,248,000,000 bushels, which is 124,000,000 bushels more than produced in the record year, 1912. Corn prospects improved to the ex tent of 53.000,000 bushels as a result of good weather during August, the Kansas crop showing improvement to the extent of almost 40,000,000 bush els, and Missouri 23,000,000 bushels, eciines were recorded In other states. Spring wheat yields are turning out better than expected and the Septem ber forecast showed an increase of 1-54)00,000 bushels over the produc tion forecast in August with a total of 250,000,000 bushels. Adding the win ter wheat production, a total yield of 668,000,000 bushels ofwheat was an nounced. That is 28,000,000 bushels more than last year's harvest, but ; 138,000,000 bushels less than the aver age of the crops for the five years, 1911-15. Besides the record crop of corn, larger production than ever before will be harvested in oats, with 1,533, 000,000 bushels; rye with -66,000,000 busehls; white potatoes, with 462, 000,000 bushels; sweet potatoes, with 88.200,000 ijushels; tobacco, with 1, 221,060,000 pounds, and hay, with 91, 700,000 tons. ? V Oats prospects increased 79,000.6 _ busfcels during bat tobac .SSSf " J ^ V ; ^ Vlrgfhla bushels; NOtui Carcribta 65,3*3.000; Georgi^ TU4& 600; Tennessee 117;?73jM0 ; ; Alabama j 89,014.00frf . MissIss^^^S^Wfc; I Louisiana 42,246.000; Texas Tti.SM,, 000; Oklahoma o^l.OOO^Sfid Arkan sas 71,307,000. CHICAGO OFFICIALS THWK MRS. KING WAS MURDERED ' Will investigate Tragic Death of Wealthy Woman at Concord, N. C. Chicago, -rFindings of a midnight postmortem here ore r the body ot Mrs. Maude A. King, who was killed at Concord, N. C.. August 29, were communicated to the attorney general of North Carolina by Assistant State's Attorney Sullivan in a telegram. The tleegram reads: "Postmartem examination by Coro ner .Hoffman of this county on body of Ma~ude King, killed at Concord, N. C., August 29 ,1917, by pistol shot, re veals that sAot could not have been self-inflicted aiTd also reveals that her left ankle was brolre nshortly before her death. Coroner Jeeves that in your state. Coroner and Jute's at crime of murder has been commuted I in your state. Coroner and state's at- ' torney of this county await your di rections." . The postmortem examination of the body of Mrs. King indicated that Mrs. King was murdered, in the opinion of Coroner Peter M. Hoffiaan. The body was removed from tbe'ma 'oleum here and te examination convicted just , before midnight last flight by order of Judge Kersten, of the criminal branch of the circuit court Dr. Wil- j liam Burmeister, pathologist of North- 1 western University conducted the ex amination in the presence of repre sentatives of the police and coroner's office. AsheviUe. ? Emphatically denying any complicity in the death of Mrs. .Maude A. King, widow of James C. Ring, late Chicago millionaire, Gaston B, Means, the dead woman's secretary, I who arrived here told the story of the tragedy M Concord, N. C? August 29. PRESIDENT WILSON PLACES ' EMBARGO ON GOLD EXPORT .. ' ^ . ?* ???, '< ' "T Washlfigton. ^ President Wilson placed an a&ibargo, effective Septem ber 10, on the exportation of coin, bullion and currency. At thf the war i by the departmei rnment of gen rmy cantonments that Maj. Gen. finding the couth* Is to be trans the Eighty-ninth ifliOB,-Cjwnp Fun. l?k Official an. indention on the rtment was made Wday, August 10. GBRMAN8 SPEF BRIBING; ILLION? RY RUSSIANS. Root Discuss While ?f| New York.? in the soundni the Hussian p merit, Elihu R< SfilpriHa mlt addi-ossee'hen recepMci^ *h 1 tfc? vfktb** ti pej pndltions Found t In Russle. esing confidence :the character ol for self-govern ed of the special to Rusai* in twfl Wr city's tjfttcia |t; country during fmen correspond fc. here, tkV ex-, anarchists irtth fents made com upr , k first at city hall |ber of commerce jvw?. , family in bis district once'' ii week for a contribution of oiie penny; from; each member ot the household. Brltf NotM' . Covering HappenlhQt In This State* That Are of Interest to jAII the People* Maxton Is planning to Install a? slectric light plant soon. Edward E. Britton has gone to Washington and taken up his duties U private secretary tor Josephus Daniels, Secretary of Navy. > Mrs. M. L. Poole, one ot the oldest #omen in Burke county, met death by falling down a flight of stairs dur ing the right Her body was not dis covered until n?xf morning. v; ? check for $1,000 was forwarded to Francis C. Boyer, North Ca^>lii)a .dl-^ rector of the Red Cross, lor therAm?ri- ' can . Bed Cross ambulance to be- sent to France by the people of Fayette rtlle. res of 'the Southern 8a4waj> in *?* , agrasmwtVfor an Vjftges 'from forty-two. and a half cents ~ .... *' toxstcwill be allowed to land at provided "-they know%ri is - willing to vooch safe for Uurensafcd they can proceed to jhe .Nattomd'&t&ihl camp if they do Mfc ^hteirtitoPtUe presence of an armtd ,&itfty their side. The fall crop, of cabbage all through the western part of the state always suffers from the several kinds of worms which eat the leaves. These come from eggs, laid by innocent looking yellow-white butterflies, or dull-gray moths. And it Is a question whether they <^o not sometimes de vour, or spoil, as many pounds of the cabbage as are eaten by people, states Entomologist Sherman. 'jfy, -i, i '? ' >7~ ? ?? j ? ' J, ? . ? * ' v r The North Carolina troops are pour ing into Camp Sevier at a rate which will soon see them completely mobil ised... , The third regiment is already complete, following the arrival ot six companies early this morning ou a special train of twenty coaches. The companies were: Headquarters, from Graham; Company A, from Lexington; Company 1^ from Burlington; Com pany K,, from Asheboro; Company L, from Thomasville, and. Company G, from Reidsville. ? "i Miss Blanche McDade, twenty-flve, well known Raleigh woman, was in stantly killed when an automobile in whitii she was riding collided with a car driven by Luther Austin, automo bile mechanic of Knightdale, ten milea west of here, Austin, together with two other occupants of his machine and three occupants of the car ln which Miss McDade wa"b riding, was severely if not seriously injured. Miss Lula Ford, another Raleigh girl in the car ln which the young woman was killed, escaped unhurt. 1^ is said both cars were running without lights. When the West Point graduation ceremonies came to a close another Fayetteville woman could say that ihe had four boys in the active service Df the United States army. Dr. and Mrs. J. W. McNeill have {hree sons and one grandson ln the army?Nor man McNeill, who received his com mission as a second lieutenant at the hands of Secretary Baker at the mili tary academy recently; Kenneth Mc Neill, a corporal in company F, sec ond North Carolina -Infantry; Lauch lln McNeill, private in company A. North Carolina engineers, and George Stancill, a private ln company F o! the second regiment George Pou, son. of Representative PoU; is preparing to leave for France with the signal corps to which he he longs. His mother and wife are la Washington to see him off. The North Carolina Pine Emergen cy Association will furnish 1,500,000 feet of lumber for the construction o! a frame stucco building to house the council of national defense in Wash ington. The order was given Satur day and will be rushed here before the end of this week. Thv first ar i^ii; season at WrtghtsyJUe Beach oc curred'-wfien James Edwards, H-year old Mi. pt Mr. ' Jacob Edwards of Wilmington lost his life. His brother, a*ed 36 years, who went to his rescue, Retail dti?gyd ? ? ... i Hfe guards when almost | - V W. Bickett made a war He was heard tn^a# sections ??jf ndon*? Anoth^aid,, ?#*a Rag .and h?s,. ft of ? -'''i-.: t-b ?f* LotiSon in Monday night's i 107 persons were killed and 86. i ^ ed at Chatham, ft Is announced ol v*'- iti" were naval ratings. Si? airplanes Jtook part In the raid. In addition to the naval casualties one. civilian was killed and six were injured.. ?'-;>* The announcement follows? "Lord French (commander of the British homo forces) reports that Mon day night's air raid was carried out by about six enemey airplanes which proceeded up, the south bank of the Thames estuary to Chatham. "Bombs were dropped in the Isle of j Thanet and in the Shoerness-(3hat ham area between 10:40 p.. m. and J 11:30 p. m. There were no army cas ualtter. ^ CivttfigT t?{Sttff?^ftMlted at present arte: v IM^ ^i^THjWed,' aix. - The material damage was slight. - *yf . "Our machines - went up and ' anf* ;nift guns came' lnto^actloiif \but with out result. The 'secretary #^, the ad miralty reports th%t in.^the j' the air raid last night;|t^;i casualties, wer& caused tp^ naval-- rat-,1 tags: Killed, 107; woutttde^Se." 1 A despatch 'to The Star ffom Chat ham says that part of the naval bar bracks there was struck' by*%f bomb during the night's air raid, this .caus ing serious loss of life. The Chatham dockyard, the' message states, entirely; escaped damage. - " ?"*" IS : tne aa likse of (blowing CAPITAL HONORS DRAFT MEN WITH GREAT PARADE. Pennsylvania Avenue Thrilled By Tramp of Men Led By President. Washington.? The President * and Congress of the United States an try's ships be 3unk "without leaving any trace" and gave infonaation as to the sailing and pesltion-e o2'-' certain vessels. : .? .?? '?? o,-':covi nom rwlje The department's announcement?' was sent to the Argentine- embassy and the Swedish legation here at the same time it was given to the public.'' There was no explanation as to the messages came into the hands of ' the United States nor discussion as to what may be the result. ?' ^ The action createo a sona&tion, fcsr^1 ticularly among the neutral diplomats. Baron Akerhlelm, the SwMlsh charge In the absence of advices from his gov ernment, would not comment further than to say It was Improbable the1 Swedish minister at Buenos - Aires knfew of the contents of the ftfs patches. Axel Robert Nordvall of the special Swedieh eoonomlc mission, de clared that he was certain that Baron Lowen, the Swedish minister to Aflgen> tina, had no knowledge of fet ooaie&ts 1 ef the dispatches. May Reeali Baron Leweti. Mr. Nordvafl was of the opialfen ? that Baron Lowen wovld he reoalled by the Swedish government and said ~ he looked for an explanation and a disavowal of any Intention to commit an, unneutral act. effect the disclosure f have on Argentina's relations with Germaxy could only be guessed at - both by state department officials and by An*a?eador Naou. The ambass* dor already has transmitted mesiageq to %jta government and until llnetrrt* . tlozOfcr*~ received he will not oqnunent 1 on the incident. , . * ~ / t TWO MILUON8 A MONTH * 18 8P8NTIN WAR RELIEF Washington.? approximately "flJ. 000?000 for war relief work 1* T expended by fle