North Carolina Newspapers

THE ENTERPRISE TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Ten-, Ji.oo Six Month*. 60 Payable in Adnacc VOL. IV. - NO. 3 a All Around Our Gounty ITEMS OF INTEREST GATHERED EACH WEEK BY OUR REGULAR AND SPE CIAL CORRESPONDENTS IN MARTIN COUNTY. ROBERSOftYILLE. T. G. Britton of Bethel spent Sadar in town. W. A. James went to Norfolk Wednesday on business. T. H. Whichaid was here a few days this week oa business. Mia Margaret Peal ■ visiting fmaii in Bethel this week. Jno. Peal. Esq., has gone to Roanoke Rapids oa busineas. Miss Hattie Borrows is visiting Mis Leona Robetsoa this week. Lawyer Brown, of Bethel spent Sunday in town on social business. ' W. A. James travelled the famil iar road again Sunday. Gold Point * the end. Lather Britten has accepted a position as salesman with A. S. Roberaoa ft Co. Mias Alice Grimes is visiting Miss Mary Lassiter, near Farm ville. this week. Willie lfortoo is to sore to sit down today, natural effect of horse back riding. The many friends of Mias Susie Ram were glad to have her in town • short time-this week. Guy Tripp, Esq.. is spending a few days in town this week, com bining pleasure and business. Miss On Taylor has not forgot ten us since school. She was here Sunday exchanging greetings with friends. Mr. Richasd Jenkins and His Fannie James were the guest of the Misses Taylor of Gold Point Sunday. Mr. Hannis Latham, bead book keeper of E. Peterson & Co.. W*>h ington. spnit Saturday and Sun day in town. Dr. Hess of William ston has been np to see ns twice this week. Gen ial and clever he is. and has made numerous friends here. Regular services, morning and night at the Baptist church. Pastor Rose preached to large congrega tions at both services. Miss Neva Hassell. one of the accomplished members of the High School Faculty, is visiting Miss Leona Robersou this week. If you had been in Bethel Sun day. you would have seen two of our meet popular young men, T. H. Grimes and Clayton Keel. Mias Leyta Taylor who was TOT popular among the school girls aad everybody here, ia very ill. Her friends hoe wish her a speedy re untrr. Mim Sophie Morton, much to the delight and keen pleasure of her host of friends, is home again, having spent two weeks with flit ad ■ ia Rocky Mount aad Nnsh vflle. Mr. Pope, formerly of Williams ton, recently of Aatreyriße, took charge of the railroad o&ce here Wednesday. Mr. Pope succeeds J. W. A adrews, and is well kaown ia thm commuaity. We are glad Quite a Urge party from here ■cut wbortlebeTTying Taodajr. ffanag.li were gathered to staia the Ml&•«* the {air sex. The tkfcaaad ted hop art having a ficaie today. la the party were: Man. James, Brerett, Morton h Morton, Tew, Keel. Rofaenoa aad M. Kcviial services are heiag held daily at the Southern Warehouse. Thcae services are intcr-denomina tional is their nature aad SIT being largely attended. The leader, Rev. Mr. Farman, hails from New York. He is as artist of no mean order, aad his discourses are illus trated on blackboards, which seem to make them iuifaeasire. His pktuies are really very fine. - ■ ■ i_ .J artistic style, and highly interest ing. Mr. Fonaan seems to be well versed m the art of unmg the people. Smk.es daily at j:jo and «:>SP- m. | The most genial, the cleverest and Most popular agent who ever served ■ railroad company. J. W. Aadmn, has resigned his position but, tad accepted a position tn off-ot at Greenville. No man mi gave the people or the company better service, and became of his ability his iategtity and widespread popularity, the people here are es pecially gtieved to lose him. In his leavicg the town loses a rained and appreciated citizen, a high toned gentleman, the like of whom is not easily to be found. Hw friends hoe. who are numbered by the hundreds, wish fain the high est success, which he tichly de serves. On the first and third Tuesdays of April. Hay and Jnne the Frisco System (Saint Loots ft San Fran cisco Railroad) will hareoa sale re duced one way and round trip tick ets from Birmingham, Memphis and Saint Louis to points in Arkansas, llhuonri. Oklahoma. Indian Terri tory; ami Texas. Write W T. Saunders. G. A. P. D.. Frisco Syv tem. Atlanta. Ga., for information. Captain T. W. TiDery spent Sunday night here. Hon. H. W. Stnhhs. of Williams ton. was in town Tuesday. The was preaching Sunday by Rev. HumUe. of Roberfooville. ■ • J J. H asset I and Miss King, of Plymouth, were in to*' Sunday. Miss Mary W. Mcoie left Thurs day for her home in ia Clio. S. C. Mias B. V. Hardison left for Chapel Hill Wednesday to attend the Summer School. A farmer reports that the curlew bugs cat up all bis corn and are sitting on the fence making corn cob pipes—getting; ready for his to bocco. Mts& Pauline and Ruby Williams, two pretty and charming young ladies, who have been visiting Miss Dare Hassell, returned to their home in Sumpter, S C., Thursday. ML—es Ruby acd Pauline Wil liams, Maybrik Savage and W. W. Walters went to Plymouth last Thursday an the Steamer Haven Belle, and returned Friday. They appreciate much the kindness shown by Captain Tilkry. ■OAT KIDB. Tuesday evening, just as the sun was hiding behind the Western hills, the Steamer Alicia left the dock with her excuraomsts. After taking them down to Rose's Creek, it turned homeward aad landed at the dock about 9:30 o'clock- All report a delightful time. ■IBB ■MIPI. KBTSBTAIXS. Mm Virginia Due Hasaefl enter tamed Mimes Ruby and Pauline Coßege. while on their home to Aatongthegnestspresent were: Mimes Mae MiaeO. Ann aad MaybeQe Sat age. Maud Hardison. Maty Moore and Anna Wallace. Memo. J. E. Evans, W. W. Wal lets. Artknr Wallace. John Coffins aad Dr. M. B. Maniaer. The wsaaic rendered by Miss Anna Savage was grand. About 9:jo p. bl the jolly crowd was invited to sapper. The dining room mas tastefully decorated with flowers. At a late hoar the guests ictuined to their home after ex pßnng their appreciation of the pl» j».mi evening spcaL [Cuadinui il om Fourth Page.] t ♦ JS!t fei i-jtesMZk*. €viUxsxx%t WILLIAMSTON, N. C., FRIDAY. JUNE 19, 1903. Dealk Was Urns Cnrta*. I It is with much sidness that we are to know of the dqnitwt oi oar kind and bekrred sister and friend. MM Uvira Cowing- She had suffered long with a «vmt Imgtr ing illness.* consumption, which was onto death; at 12:30 p. m.. June 1 uh. 1903, death came, and her immortal pout vats borne heav enward. accompanied by the angels to dwell with llua. who liveth for em. lyirinia was a good and conse crated girl devoted to church work. | was ahray> kind to mother, atten tive to her Christian duties, so long | as she was able. She could always j be found in the church choir, which was never complete without her sweet voice. It is sad to lose one of such a sweet and lovely dis position She was ever good to those around her. always bright with hope, loving smiles, and khid heart, hut. oh. 'tis said "Our loss is her eternvl gain." She died in VVdliamstoa, X. C-, and was buried Sunday at one o'clock at the ok! family cemetery , at her home, attended by a large congregation of friends and rela tives to pay the last tribute of re spect to their friend. Rev. Mr. Snton delivered the burial service in the most appropriate manner. She leaves behind to mourn her loss a mother, two sisters and five brothers, and a host of friends and relatives. jr~ •>- Bereaved ones, do not weep, we shall Kcet ber again some day. On a day so beautiful that knows no night, that we will be permitted to enter that bright boaie above, where all is lore ; then our sorrows and troubles will be changed into jov happiness and felicity for ever more. —Bv Ovr. WHO LOVED I! KV. Vumx n B ft Cowtxc. jtfcaM rmarf « mm lhai mM. Unrit. «»• I ii«i .w r *. jm ijtk n»i. in j Ocr bin as q*T«ct and Indv 10-nigbt I "Tt» itiei.W a A-.pJ ilnnir. 1 I And to ndd to CT wmm ud troubles We find there's a meant thair. I The ctj z «*» r.ade mud by She anc' I- of k*(k , U W for ««t> bad been lutgninj i^b. •TW Ltd onr H>hr and bu taken ber I , Far any to the land rt the sky. CocJd •> («t -utk j-.-t one intle word Atd b btt taik can agua, li>l mtlt « d bate that wosd unsaid lb». bait ber Uttk m ber fain, I Sfcf "eft o ro money ahtktti to spend j Sit Uft in to t.n ire In jat a lt/i . that is richer in e.crjr re "Tss a nacKjHT that a jrae and >*«t I Wbu richly it put web a taoMe (ift Let tack nrrjJ a put |To *aeitii> tttj.. U r vintr it cane ; J Fnn mb a itbe kcait ITU the ecbte tearts that lise sj;ain j Fw atak btnb diro >nd piot Serb antkr ifetiaJ £.lu o# «iud Whose inn inran SI I4:«*. Htctt. we wcrp n>4 a* * Jfcotit boj* Hcfc wfktss every (am. 1 For nban one nak t« earth is dene Onr ninbtn to the time sre'te met At onr aartbess pln-'iat kat i Aad juinad in many a merry game Or at onr plenaane icmcd Hmtnn the tree* to gather franta T»an—» tnrbam dona | In winter we sang cwr merry soaigs Arond onr mlhtn fae 1 Bart alss! the (ban » Uoken now TiiapHrt hnk thlapnt . The oaethnts densest to onr beasts The interna* baby one. We ntdtosnfin Sharon* choir Sopg* of aw sisters choice j And ncae of them would aeem complete Without her charming rotor To night that ran aa earth ia hashed No mt well hear its note But since she's crossed over Jordan* flood T*wiß the hentnntr anthenaa qaaote. We cnly sorrow om brakes tan And nbilr we are left to feel The tctnses of n Uerding heart Them's an aenn for time to hcnL When osar Isses hate pnsaed their zenith Andhseathed the last earthly a%h Well meet oar lining sister In tbnt aneet Bye and Bye. Utm mi OMm MM ABlilin i I chahben nhocaanut stnwd the kutiag atmm ad hntmaytsfa. cathartics, etc.. am iasitcd to try the ism mi Little Karly Baser*. They are daßetent (nan all other pill*. They do aot linage the system. Even a doable dose will act gripe. weakea or sack en ; many people call them them the Knsy rill. W. H. Howell. Houston, Tew., any* nothing tetter can be aased for con stipation, sack bea&arbe, etc Bob Xorre. Uiaitttt. Int. says aB others gripe end aacfcen. white HeWOts Little Enrly Riarrs dn their work stß aad easy. Sold by &B-B«a. Sufarcnbe to yoar Cotmty paper Taut EmiRBK. « i©k.- ?• it' "miM "nil* akl3y». ' The Seventeeith North Carolina Regiment A History by Wilson G.. Lamb. Second-Lieutenant; Company P. | (Coatiaacd im tart bar) At 4 o'clock on the afternoon of j the 15th. the tkinabhen of Kirk-1 I land's Brigade, which mon the j ! left of OCT line, under ceaaud of 1 Lie-.tcnant Lamb, tr* oidered to I drive back the enetr pickets to enable Generals ll>(7 and Hoke, to make a refdiwi iKf of the enemy's position. The effort was only partia'ly successful, owing to several of the enemy's ships which we:e lying close to die shote. hav ing opened a terribl# entladrng fire upon oar skirmishers as so n as ; they appeared on Ike open sand' beach ; but further to the right where the small undergrowth was ; some protection Iht ei.enay's skir- I mish line was driven in acd their rifle pits occupied, firing oppor tunity for an examination of the enemy's position. The writer re calls the calm and heroic bearing of the modest and gallant Hoke, who withdrew from the reconnots- sance with two bullet holes through his coaL For reasons sat isfactory. I presume, to General Bragg, no assault vt> made not withstanding at this moment the enemy had withdrawn Abbott s Brigade and a portion of Wright's negro Brigade to join in the assauit upon Fort Fisher, which wa» then in progress. The troops at the time in ocr trout were all negroes and did not number more than 1,500, defend ing a line of a mile in extent, lhat evening Fort Fisher after a most gallant defense, surrendered, and the last po.t c( the Coi.federacy was closed forever. Several smaU engagements. ap proaching close!y to the d'guity of batlls followed the fall of Fisher, in t!i of which "he fMiny weve re pulsed. The ra',id advance ( M.erman from the Ninth made th« t T.i( uali nof W ;!m i jton a men question cf time an 1 on Februarj 12nd. Kirk!and» tirade, four;n> the rear guard of our army. march cd sadly and leisurely through the streets of cur "City by the fea." and Wilmington pa«sed under Federal cont 01. l ot.tinning oar retreat up the Wilmir.gton and Wei don Rail, cad, the arnr.y. after crossing the North River, halted for the night The enemy's cav alry pursued op to this |.oint and attempted by sudden dash to pre vent the burning cf the bridge over the railroad. They were promptly encountered h 7 our rear guard, under the brave Captain C G. Elliott, and Were repulsed, sustain ing heavy loss. The neat day the inarch was resumed and without further fighting the army reached Goldsboru a few days thereafter. And now the closing scenes of the bloody drama of the Civil War was to be enacted upca the soil cf North Carolina. Golds boto be can. e the objective point of three armies Sherman with 70,000 men was ad vancing ncrthward. Schofield with his army corps of 21,000 raised the Federal forces to jo.oco at Wil mington; and Coi's Division arriv irg at New Bern increased Palmer s comrr and to 15,c00. These differ er.t armies aggregating 115,000 men, if allowed to concentrate, would fnake short work of the Con federate forces whose total, includ ing the remnant of Hood's army, did not reach 40/: 00 men. The. hope of successful resistance was indeed forlorn and the only chance of any success nas to fight these armies separately. Ihe column under General Cox advancing from New Bern, was encountered ne-r Wise's Fork on the £th of March, Ly Hoke's Diris ion, reinforced by the Junior and Set.ior reserves. Leaving, at mid night their entrenchments along the line of a creek. Kirklands. Hagood s and Colquitt's Brigades under the £u:de of Colonel Nether cut of the Sixty sixth North Caroli na, (who was family with the country) iound themselves at day dawa on the fltnt and rear of the enemy, and forming line of battle in echelon of brigades. Rutland's leading, burst upon the surprised enemy and drore them in rapid flight to the rear, capturing 1 OGO prisoners and 4 pieces cf ar tillery. The enemy had been jdriren nearly a mile when Pal | rant's Division appeared upon our j right flank. The Seventeenth was oa our extreme right and its ai- I ranee having thus liecome arrested 1 immediately changed front to meet I the enemy, and not knowing their force, boldly charged the division* aad drove back that part of it in our front wounding their com mander. General Palmer. Finding itself overlapped right and left, it deployed as skirmishers with both wings reversed and held its posi two unbl reinforcements were brought up under the personal command of General Hoke, and ! thus bad the hon r of preventing the flanking of our army. I ater a con "latulatory older from Genci -1 I Kir Viand was read to the regiment lon dress parade at Goldsboro com plimenting it upon its splendid achieveme-1. The enemy proceeded to fortify their position, and on the loth General Bragg sought to employ the same strategy in again attack ing the enemy. It was contempla ted by reconnoissance in force to derei:-p the enemy's extreme l*tt and renew oar turni' c movement two days before. Kirkland's Bri gade was assigned to this duty, supported by the other brigades of the d.vb-ion. Our skiimishers were thrown oat. supported by the brigade, and engaging the enemy's pickets drove them rapidly before us_*. The enemy's works were de veloped and. not knowing that it waft intended that we should not | assault. we rushed upon the works | under the hea* if»t lire which » e had ever received Not withstand j ing the brigade had lost one half of its numt-er. it reached the aha is [ an-! «!a*hiiig and hrM its positinn |on it ••f!«e! to withdraw. In this as>4u't the heroic aptain K1 iott I added another gem to the crown of ! his military fame Ihe gallant I Lieutenant Grimes, distinguished in many battles had been desper ately wounded and became a priso ner. 1 hss is the onir tattle in i whi. h theregment was ever re -1 noised, and even here i felt that if ;it had received support its colors would hate bceu planted upon the 'enemy's works. Sherman having I reached Averasboro it became nec \ e>sary to concentrate all available ! troops in his front and Hoke's Di | vision was withdrawn and sent by i rati to Smitljfield Depot and mart h ied Ihen e via Smithtield to Benton-' itile. The artny c>f General Sher man was moving from Averasboro | to Coklsboro, u|«n two roads run ning parallel and about ten ir iles I apart. division swelled our army to ab'ut 15.0C0 men, against >l,f risati's 70,til'. Cn the morning of the if,ih Jefferson C. Davis' and 1 Soctim's Corps, nurstlieiing about \ 35,000 men were attacked by ur | troops and driven back a consider- I able distance, three guns and nine hundred prisoners falling into our hands. The other corps of Sherman's army came up and were thrown on our left Bank, which had be come much advanced in the battle t»f the previous day; In conse quence of *Lis movement it became necessary to change the position of our army. The brigade of Kirk land. deployed a skirmishers, held the enemy in check while the entire army changed front, and thereafter occupied a position in the centre and joined in the repulse of the many and furious charge) of the Federals. In this battle Captain Wil iam Biggs. Company A, was gr- ally distinguished for his intre pid bravery. Ihe brigade received the special commendation of Gene ral Jos. E. Johnson for its valued services in this engagement. I Thus doses the volume of the Llopdy record of the Seventeenth North Carolina troops and their brave companions of associated commands. The army was withdrawn, retir ing through Raleigh and Chapel Hi!) aid was surrendered to General Sherman at Centre Churcli. Ran dolph county, at the final capitula tion. Supplementing this record it would aot l-e amiss to state that the flag of the Serentteiith North Carciina troops saved at the sur render by private Abel Thomas, of Company A. was unfurled at the unveiling of the Confederate monu ment at Raleigh on JO May. 189S, and beneath its tattered and l>ullet rid'iJed fi-lds the —eteran survivors mar. Ledjjp do honor to their dead heroic comrades. VVILSOK G. LAMB, Second Lieutenant Company F. Wiiiiamstoo, N. C. AptUv *6, 1901. •• • A Blue X Mark la die Square Beiupr □ means mat four aoDscnpiion r-iKis who ib^mi I' State and General News I A CONDENSED WEEKLY^ REPORT OF THE IM PORTANT EVENTS! THAT J HAVE HAP PENED IN OUR BTATE AND ELSE-' . WHERE. STATE JEWS. Boomer .3 town in Wilkes county, voted unanimously for graded schools. Greensboro and Ashmße have been placed in the rank of first clan pgsloffim The foundation for a new one fa itnd red-room hold, at Southern Pines, has been laid. — ——Jj The next State Convention of the Kpiscopal Diocese nill meet in Raleigh. J tine. 1904. Statesville has impaseil a tax of $750 on druggists who sell wbbley for medical purposes. The Ada Cotton Mill, of Char lotte, have been shut down and may be put in the hands of a re ceiver. Aslievillc is taking a prominent stand in the preparation for this State's exhibit at the World's Fair at St. I^ouis. On July 14th. Butliugton holds an election to decide whether that town shall issue Kinds for an elec tric light plant. The Kpisoopolian Contention, at Greensboro,adjourned without take any action of the change of the name of the chnrch. I jst Friday night a ten days meeting of the Young Women's Christian Association of the South was opened in AshtviDe. Haw River his named its pew graded school "The Aycock Graded School," ami claims to lie the first to so honor the Governor. Kvan Mclver. of Golf, Chatham County, won the free scholarship, for 1904. in the School of Indus trial Art. Philadelphia. Pa. The Kinston Free Press an nounccs that the alderman of Kin ston refused to grant a license for the establishment of a destiik-ry. Raleigh is holding anti saloon meetings and it is expected that the liquor business in that town will be better regulated in the fu ture. A. C. Hutchinson has been ap pointed receiver of the Victor Cot ton Mills, of Charlotte. The mill has never paid and wdl be sold at auction. We heard that the Congressman Small has appointed W. B. Wilson. Jr., of Greenville, as principle for jtlie vacancy at the West Point Military Academy. The "White Oaks" Cotton Mills, now being built at Greensboro, will cover four acres, and it is said that it is the largest cotton mill under one roof in the State. It is reported that the retail liquor dealers of this State intcrnd to make a determined fight against paying the four per cent tax im posed on their business. The Centra] Manufacturing Co. has been organized at Burlington, with a paid up capital of $ 10000. This company is erecting its baild iug and will soon be manufacturing building material. T. J. Lassiter. of Smithfield ; J. J. Ferris, of High Point; J. B. Sherrell. of Concord, and T. G. Cobb, of Morganton ; all editors, will attend the meeting of the National Editorial Association at Omaha, Neb., from July Bth to nth. Last Friday, at noon, a portion i of a mountain between Spartenburg and Asbeville, caved in and, as a result, there were thousands of tons of dirt deposited on tbe track of the Southern Railway. The railroad company reports that it will take a week to clear tbe track. For etas, bans, open sores, me fart, tlaadrnff. faltiag a M at the hair, or any skis Jwewr. ase Haaoock's Li quid Sulphur. Sold bjr C. D. Cantar pbea. Afidcnoa UncQtCoi. Knth fcGodwia. WHOLE NO. 194 GENERAL HEWS. Major W. H. Cibta died in Col timbia. S. C.. Inst Friday. It i> claimed that Major Cibfas find tW first shot of the Civil War am Fort Sumter. The Southern Railway has ntr 3000 men at ami Ulann Vadt* ington. D. C., and Orange. Va., double tracking and ill a|hli als^ the cnnrcs on the line. It is reported that nine of the Pittsburg, Pa., banks and trust companies hare merged themselves into the largest and strongest bank ing combination in the country. It is said that the authorities at Washington have decided that Col umbia must accept the amount of fered by this government or the canal will be built on other f*—. Louisville, Kjr., reports a frost, that the thermometer registered forty-four in that city and that there was frost reported in several parts of the state last Friday awn ing. The Northern Securities Com pany will be voluntarily disofred ami the stock of the Great North ern and the Northern Pacific rail roads will be distributed among tha stockholders. The Gauss expedition to the Aa artic has dissipated a tradition altont the existence of Termination Island,as the log book of the Gaum shows that it passed directly over the spot where this island was sup posed to exist. Won! was received at Washing ton , D. C-. stating that Major-Go* eral Alexander llcCook had died at Dayton, Ohio, last Friday am* ing. THK KXTEKPKISE. off bat week, mentioned the (act that ha was seriously ill. The yachts which Sir Thomas Upton intends to use to try to win the America Cup, arrived in New York Sunday morning. The latest Shamrock, and one of the the older boats of that name, were brought over with the intention of trymg lioth, and entering the one which proven the best in American waters. The following dispatch has been sent out from Kansas City. Mo.: "The destitution on the part of tk* flood sufferers in Kansas City, de mands immediate relief. Local charity is totally inadequate to meet the situation. Outside assis tance is imperative. Send dona tions to Mayor Thomas B. Gilbert, Kansas City." If you are soJfcring from Kma, Pimples, Herpes, Knpon. Judnf, or any blood or akia dbg—e. H—rocl.*» Liquid Sulphur is • me me. Sold hf C. D. Cantarpben & C*. Anderson lluaell ft COL, Keith aGod> win. Straw KMfe. Tbe farmers of Walla Wad* county. Washington, are trying the experiment of laying tbeir roads with straw to improve them. TW county will have its mail a—al straw day next month. Hveiy hQ the highways became deep with dust, making traveling hard so maw and beast. Heavy rains me—C mud, and the dost coold not ha removed without destroying t|a roadway, ft then oocuied to llV terprising individual that if all of the farmers would cootribnte straw, and all hands assist in laying it as the roads most travelled, them would be a great change foe the better. The experiment was a de cided success. The farmers turned out in force, plenty of straw was offered, ready hands laid it on that depth of a foot or more on the mane thoroughfares of the consty, and traveling became easy. Tlim h— dred miles of roods will be eorcn4 with straw.