! ADVERTISING h Tour mam —JwHrinwidriilb ing is the kind thsl pays back to TOO the BMtxjr TOO wmt. Space ia Ikii j paper •Mires von prompt ret HTM . . VOL. VI. - NO 22. ' DIRECTORY T«wi Officers - . Mayor—Joshua L Bwcll. Lamwiaajouers -Dr. J. B. H. Knight, N. S. feel. Dr. J. D. Biggs, A. lhadl, r. K. Hodnes. Street C Mamma toners —F. K Hodges, N. s». Peel. Clerk—A. Hsssell. Tnuunr-N, S. Peel. AUoruey— Wheeler Martin. Chief_ot Police-J..H. fags. Lodges tUtewarkee Lodge, No. fa, A. P. aad A. M. Bcgular meeting every aad and 4th Tuesday nights. Rosaoka Caap. Mo. IOJ. Woodtaen of the World. Kegslar ale sting every tad last Friday nights. Church of the Adveit Services' om the second »sd_4lUi.Sun days ot the Month,morning sad evsaiag. aad on the Saturdays ()p.a.) heiore, aad oa Mondays (9 a. m ) after aaidhaa days of aieath. AU au cordially ia sited. B. B. LAiuuAa. Barter. Methodist Clare* Kev. K. K. Kees, the Methodist Pas tor, has the following appaiataeau: Kvnry Sunday aiormng nt 11 o'clock aad Might at 7 o'clock respectively, except the slrond Sunday. Sanday School every Sunday amain* at tjo o'clock. Pvayer-iaeeting every Wednesday evea in| at > o'clock. Holly Springs jrd Sanday evening at | o'clock; Vasaea Ist Sanday svening st | o'clock; Uaanitaa rad Suaday, ssoraiug and night, Hassells ind Suaday at 5 o'clock. A cordial ia vitatioa to all to attend these servwe^ Baptist Church Preaching on the Ist, and snd 4th Sun days at 11 a. m., aad ;.jo p. m. Prayer Meeting every Thursday night at 7 10 Saaday School erery Sunday jnorning at 9:30. J. U. Biggs, Superintendent. The pastor preaches st Hamilton on the yd Sunday ia ssch month, at II a. at. aad J:y> p. m.. aad at Hiddick's Grove «n Saturday before every Ist Suaday at 11 a. «a.. aad on the Ist »uaday at jp. m. Slade School House on the and Snuday at 4 p. m , aad the Biggs School itooss oa iha 4th Sunday at i p. m. Everybody cordially iavited. *. U. CAaaoLL. Pastor. SKEWARKEE A L — E «•. 90, A. F. K A. H. Uiaac-roBY Pom I*os. S. B Browu, W. M.;W.C Manning.*. W ; Mc. urTnylor, J W.; T. W. Thorn ss, S. D.; A. F. Taylor, J.D; S. R. Biggs, Secretary; C. 1). Carstarphea, Treasurer; A. K.Whitmore and T.C.Cook, Stewards; K. W. Clary, Tiler. STANDING COMMITTEES CBABITV— S. 8. Brown, W. C. Msa aiag, Mc. U.Taylor. I'I.VAKCK —Jos. D. Biggs. W. 11. Har ell, K. j. Peel. KWMWC*-W. H. Edwards, W. M. Green, P. K. Hodgea. Asvi.tx—H. W. atubbs. W. H. Beh ertnon, If. D. Cook. MaasHAU.—l. 11. Hattoe. Professional Cards. DR JOHN D. BIGGS Sm DENTIST Omct-MAis SnrasKT Paoira 4 w. ■. AAAASLH w«. X WAIBRH DRS. HARRELL * WARREN PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS •FFICS 1* Biocs' DAUO STUKK 'PhoueJNo. 2Q PR. J. PEKBLK PROCTOR PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Offce la Mobley Baitdieg - oars: »:oo to 10:30 a. a.; 3to 5 IK" .. 'PHONE ia Praads D. wlsstsa S. Jsslns KveieU *' • - '* " 1 WINSTON &/ EVERETT : ATTOKHBTS AT LAW Bask Building, Williamsiou, N. C. S. ATWOOD NEWELL LAWYER Odice ep testes In Mew Bsak aeHS !■(. left head aide, lee s# s»n. -• « TILLIAMSTOB. N C. whersSer sereless srs destead. Iftthl atteotieo gives «e eaaadslag aad awk leg title Car parthaers ef ttaher sad Umber' lands, f£. ■atrial aueause wOlhs |fmtorsal estaae ni>s«|ii It yaa wiah t* hey sr sen Isad I AMERICAN TEXTILE SITUATION. The Cotton Manufacturers Must Secure the Co-op eration of Consular Representatives in Foreign Markets. PACK GOODS TO SUIT THE PECULIAR REQUIREMENTS OF CUSTOMERS. The Constitution ia g lad to see an intelligent and systematic cam paign for the enlargement of our foreign cotton textile market going hand in hand with the strong or ganized movement of the southern cotton growers to enhance the market value of the raw staple. The surest and speediest way to permanently increase the price of cotton is to increase its consump tion in manufactured form, and, of course, the foreign market for American cotton goods presents the chief opportunity. The cotton convention which met in New Orleans last |anuary gave adequate consideration to this vitally important question and took the proper step toward instituting a foreign market campaign whan it appointed an able committee to ge to Washington to endeavor to stim ulate the federal authorities to more active efforts iu behalf of our cotton textile export trade. This com mittee has done some promising work in Washington and has re ceived the aaaurance of President Roosevelt of the entire sympathy and active support of the adminis tration. The consular service of the government will increase its efforts to enlarge the American cot ton goods market abroad, and the congressional commission whose appointment is being urged would contribute greatly to the same end. This is a question that cannot re ceive too much investigstion ir. order that the most effective action possible may be taken. If our cotton manufacturers would enjoy anything like an equality of competition with the manufacturers of Europe in the chief cotton textile markets of the world they must co-operate more fully with our consular representa tives in these markets, as The Conatitution has frequently pointed out, particu arly in the matter of following the oft-iterated consular advice to make and pack the goods to suit the peculiar requirements of foreign tustomers, and to meet these requirements as to terms of sale and in other respects. Our manufacturers have been too con tent to exploit the rich home mar ket and leave the great foreign market as a "surplus" dumping ground. The American Cotton Manufac turer. a textile journal printed at Charlotte, N. C. devotes a strong editorial to the necessity, in the present cotton crisis, of perfecting plans for the thorough exploitation of the cotton textile markets of the world. It points out, as has been more than once pointed out bjr The Constitution, that our share ef the world's trade in this line of manu facture is ridiculously small, and especially so when we consider the peculiar advantages for compe tition afforded by the fact that So per omt of the world's cotton is grown right at the doors of our cotton factories. The three or four leading cotton manufacturing countnes ot Kurope export in round numbers if 00 ,000,- 000 worth of cotton goods annual ly, against our own exportations of a ittle more than sto 900.000. We talk much about the "open door." but in the free market of India, where teeming millions wear nothing hut a single cotton gar ment, we furnished last year but little more than $300,000 of the more than f 100,000,000 worth of cotton goods imported into that vast empire. Of the fSj.ooo.ooo imported by China, our mills last year sold $13,911,000, which was a falling off of #s,c 00.000 from the previous year. USs the same in other parts of the earth. Africa is beginning to present an attractive HU&et. ahd South America at our very door, is practically ignored by oof exporters. • ffijc JFutcr^rrisf WILLIAMSTON, N. C„ FRIDAY, MARCH 17,1905. The Manchester of the textile manufacturing world should be in the cotton belt of the United State*, and not in Kngland. Instead of so per cent, of the world's spindles the cotton manufacture! s of the United Slates should have a ma jority of the wrold's spindles, and the bulk of them should be in the south where the cotton grows. In time, of course, the inevitable revo lution as the result of economic causes will transfer the seat of cot ton manufacturing power to the United States, where it logically belongs, but it devolves upon the present generation to give the rev olution immediate and decided im petus in order that the fruits of auccess may be enjoyed at a time when the cotton grower so badly needs such industrial co-operation. Instead of leaving posterity to reap the harvest, we can and should reap much of it ourselves, and the way ia simple enough The en tc;prise and ingenuity ot American manufacturers must l>e pitted against that of their foreign com petitors, and the battle must be made a battle loyal for the control of the world's markets. The American Cotton Mauufac turer says: "There are millions of foreigners who are clothed with garments spun and woven on crude machir. ery operated by hand A recent estimate places the number of such domestic swindles in the Orient as «>s ,000,000 By push and t' e spending ol money to reach these wearers ot cotton homespun a gigant c amount ol new business might be turned into the channels ol International comufer. e. It is 110 cprthly use to hide the fact that the |fresent condition of the American cotton trade is de plorable, nor is it debatable that unless our lethargy is overcome we must either arrest our development or to continue to suffer. Our mill building operations ae at a standstill. • Contrast the British position. Mills all sold far ahead. Prices stiff and profitable, with new mills aggregating over 3,300,000 spin dies under construction, and addi tional projects being organized weekly. By comparison we are iu a slough of despond, aud there is but one way out. Through the front door. Whan this path is followed with persistence and intelligence, SWLII a measure of prosperity will our cotton mills as is now d&u>ed impossible, and the wall being of the mills will spread the entire land, and be shared in by all the people " True, every word of it. We* are sleeping on our opportunities. We shall hear no more of low-priced cotton in the south when American energy and capital takes hold ot the work of enlarging our foreign markets in earnest. —Atlanta Con stitution, First JeWelnr Store. It may interest women to know that the first jewelry store was start ed in the city of Chang about three thousand years ago. The Celestial Vand> rbilts aud Astora of that peri od knew nothing of the fascination of diamonds, because diamond? were not in vogue at that B. C. period. Pearls and jade and coraj and other unpolished mineral sutv stances had to content them, and so if to make good the glitter of revieries and tiaras, the princess of Chang employed artisans to fashion them the most wonderful gold and silver ornaments, which in them selves were tar more costly than diamonds.—Boston Herald. If taken this month, keeps you well all summer. It makes the little ones eat, sleep and grow. A spring tonic for the whole family. Holilister's Rocky Mountain Tea. ZfrfCnts* Tea or Tablets. T. J. I4UMU&, and J. M. Wbeeles & Co., Roberaonvilk, N. C. r ' : The RnssUs Grand Dates. The Grand Dukr and Duchess Vladimir have been tor some -years the center of what ought be termed the best phase of Franco-American society. The Princess de Sagan. the Com tease de Pourtalca. the Countermade Castellune. the Duch esse de Moochy, the Marquise de Breteuil and lira. Arthur Paget are among the many h wtesse? who year by year have prepared dinners and fete* in their honor. - The Grand DokeSergius is prac tically an unknown quantity in Paris, where, indeed, he is spoken of as semi-barbarioos and wholly brutal." Dark sfories are associ ated with his name, ami his only claim to favorite recognition lies in the fact that he is married to a Princess of rare beauty at*l merit —the niece of the ever-pojHilar King Edward. The Grand Duke Michael is, of course, owing to bis distauce from the throne and his morganatic marriage, outside Russian politics, while his predilection for England has kept hiin out of touch with Paris life. A contemptuous shrug of the shoulders is vouchsafed to the report that be Dleaded a deli cate digestion as a icason for not drawiug his sword in defense of his country, and for confining his military ardor to the equipment of a convalescent hospital at Cannes. Alexis has drunk the cup of Paris pleasure to the veriest dregs. Coarse by nature, profligate and unprincipled by habit, he has just sufficient regard foi his birth to enable bint to extract every ad vantage which it can now bestow, while fulfilling oulv as a last re source the duties which it imposes. Even his boon companions here were shocked to End him dallying and carousing until the outbreak of the war compelled him to return to his country, though it cannot be said he was a whit more disposed than the rest of his kin and kidney to take any active part in the field. Paris Letter to I .ondon Kxpess. "Free, Consultation." The worst fakr of all. is the medical advertisement which in duces invalids to write to the "great doctors" for relief. It makes no difference whether the advertisement offers "free con sultation" or not The consulta tion cousists in the victim writing of his or her symptoms and receiv ing in reply a "form letter" or ready printed advice to take cer tain medicines which the "council of physicians" have pre|>ared to fit the case and have expressed C. O C. $5.00. The medicine is usually very stimulative so thai the patient imagines improvement tiecause he "feels better." No matter if the deluded victim is thus trifled with until tottering thr grave, the swindlers care nothing for human life if they can be permitted to carry on their profitable traffic in medicines, sent out often by men who know nothing whatever about medicines. The letters received by one such institution are then sold by the thousand to other firms who send their own circulars to the writers. Women write their most confiden tial physical secrets to the "great doctor" arid these letters are hawked about the country at a regular market price of from $2 to $25 or S3O a thousand. They con stitute a regular item of trade amongst "mail order advertisers," for circulating. Home Magaziue. Strtlis MUH MI When your ship of health strikes the hidden rocks of Concnmption, Pneumonia, etc.. [you are lost, if you don't get help from Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption. J. W. of Talladega Springs. Ala , wntes:"l had|been very ill with Pneumonia, under the care of two doctors ,lmt was getting no better when I began to take Dr. King's New Discovery. The first dose gave relief, and one bottle cur ed me," Sure cure for sore throat, bronchitis, coughs colds. Guaran teed at S. R. Biggs drugstore, price 50c and SI.OO. Trial buttle free, "* p US* _ J-. AGAIN, PROTECT YOUR COTTON. t»»—'V- * The Mill Men do not Want Soaked. Muddy and Dirty Cotton; Will Not Buy it When They can get Clean Dry Cotton. FARMERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY HEED NOT ADVICE. The farmers of the have for weeks and months lial it ding ed into their ears that those of them who intended to hold their cotton should house it and protect it from rain in order to have it bring the best price when they did put it on the market. Their atten tion has been called to the fact that thev would lose money, 110 matter what the market price, when they sold their cotton if they |»ut it on the market soaked with mouths of rain and muddy and dirty from lying out itt the weather. It does not seem that intelligent farmers would need such advice from the newspaper men and it is still more incredible that after having this advice and the plain reasons for it thrown at them day after day and week after week for months that so many of them should pay no atten tion to it. Take a trip on any of our railroads or a drive through the country along the public roads and vou will pass farm houses where there are to be seen from half a do/en to forty or fifty bales of cotton lying out in the yard with no cover whatever over them. They are not even plied up so that the top layer ol bales could afford some protection to those beneath, but are all spread out on the ground one layer deep so that they can catch all the rain aud moisture possible. Some say that cotton is packed so tight that it really -can absorb very little moisture. That may I* true, but all men who have had experience in -telling "wet cotton" know that it is docked heavily aud that the mills do not care !■ handle this kind and will not do so when they can get that Disposing of Dead Animals. ,We have tlii* query: "lias any one the light to throw dr-ad pi;;* into * stream, 011 his own laud so • ' that they may wash down 011 111 y land'*" lie certainly has no moral right to do so, and mo«.l States have a strict law prohibiting such practii e, under penalty of be'iig found guilt y ol a .misdemeanor, and tine or im prisonment following In the'case of animals known to have died of contagious disease the penalty is usually greater than for other dead animals, as it should be Some States have laws foibidding any person to kill any diseased animal and f. Ed the flesh to swine or feed to swine any animal lliat has died from any caust: 111 the vicin ity of cities, it is nothing unusual for m n to buy worn out animals and use fhem as poultry or pig feed, and while there may be no danger in such practice where no contagious disease exists in the animal, it is a practice that is not' to be recommended, and real y' should be prohibited by law. As The V oice has said before, alt dead animals or poultry should l>e burned, but if ihi* is not possible bury them at least three feet deep and before throwing back the earth use at least a half peck of quick lime over the carca s of a pig, halt a bushel to at o pound hog. or a bushel over a horse or c w. Then fill up the hole and tramp it down well, with a gallon of lime on t«»,• to discourage do_-s from digging the carcass out. We would K" I» extra pains and trouble, to bum' any animal dead of glanders, hog cholera, anthrax or blackleg, be li> ving that the only correct means of disposing of such carcasses.— Farmers' Voice. WANTED 10 men in each state to travel, tack signs and distribute samples and circulars of our goods. Salary $75.00 per month. $3.00 per day for expenses. KUHLMAN Co. Dept. S. Atlas Building, Chicago. 15-8 L j • which lias been kept dry and well protected front the weather. We really do not understand why the cotton farmers who are holding the produce for better prices are not willing to make some slight effort to take care of tbeir farm product ami protect it from the weather a> to make it bring the best prices when put on the market —lt would take small expeuse and little trouble to house or even to cover over the few cotton bales that each farmer in this section ot the country is holding for ljetter •price>. yet one sees most of them treating it 111 a manner calculated to deteriorate its quality and reduce its value.through carelessness—or wor>e, la/inesks. Wilmington Mes senger A Dialer Imitation After a hearty meal a rtosr of kodol Dyspepsia Cure will prevent an attack ot Indigestion* Kxiol is a thorough digestaut and a teeii cure for indigestion, Dysjiep sia, C.as oil the Stomach, Sour Ris ings, Bad Bread ami nil st>mcoh troubles X. Watkius. I„esbui. Ky., says "I can testily to the eflicacy .of Kodol in the cure ot Stoma h Tiouhle 1 was afflicted with Stoni ach Trouble fot fifteen years and have taken MX Itoßleflf your Ko dol Dyspepsia Cure, which entirely cured me. The six liottle* were worth to me." Kotlol 1 )>s pepsia * me will digest any (juauitv of all tin- wholesome food you want to eat while votir stomach takes a re-.t -ret ujwrates ami grows .strong Tins wonderful prepara* tion i> jtistly enticed to all of its many remarkable cures. S>-U l.\ Anderson. Crawford .V Co No Wihkl in This Building. I Two Baltimore architects have • J dr»«* u plaits toi .1 1 >itil 1 i i utircU », without wood. It will in* si\ Mo ' ; rte>>, «in.l «ftH-4Mrt-e :i frontage of I |i> fret. The eutire structure is t to IK- of re enforced concrete ami I steel. Kvjii tin* doors, trims, win , i dow .'iasliK, .nitl door jams ate to r I* of metal. The windows will lie •jgla/ed with w ire glass, The frame ?jfpr the show windows will lie I of steel into which the plate t «lass wiii Ik* fitted. The side 1 walls coluiiius, and rear walls, r well as the sujsj.ortiii>; columns of the front walls, will I*- concrete. 1 The floors w ill have a top dressing of cement one and a lull inches 1 thick. The stairs will lie of con - crete, as ,*UL also, lllc euclusure 1 around the stairway and the eleva i tor hjill. The cellar and root arc ; to be at cement. In order to elini > inate all wood even the flag staffs ► ott top will lie of steel, luigineer ; ing and Mining Journal. . The effect ol Opium. Whatever rt.ay be said of tobacco I and alcohol: there is little to lie said : in lavor of opiuin. Us use leads not merely to physical, but moral dt-gie i dalion, it establishes a tyrannv of i habit ov«*r its victim that is strong .er and more cruel than that of ( liquor; it ruins intellect,* blights j the future and shortens life . j And yet we meet jieople, day , alter day. Who are fast becoming victims of this, deadly drui{ You , can sec it m the glare of their eyes ~ Brother man, sister woman, for ( Heawn's sake stoji !>efore it is ti>'» late, aiid yon are ruined. -Durham I Sun A Desirictin Fire ■ | To draw the fire out of a burn, or heal a cut without leaving a scar, use DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. A 'specific for piles. Get the genuine. J. 1,. Tucker, editor of the Har •lmonizer. Centre, Ala., writes: "I | have used IX'Witt's Witch Ha/el | Salve in my family for Piles, cuts and burns, it is the best salve on I the market. Every family should : keep it on hand." Sold by Ander j son Crawford ifc. Co., A DVERT/S/NO Your money back.—Judicious adveitia inj{ is the kiqd that pay* back to you the money you invert. Space in Hil» paper assures you prompt retrnns . . ] WHOLE NO. i&t A MATTER OF HEALTH POWDER Absolutely Pure HAS MO SUBSTnUtM Williamston Telephone Ct. Offict oyer Bank of Martia Caaaty, WILLIAMSTON, N. C.' Phone Charges Mfwitt* limilnl to 5 aiiulet; extra ckaifv will v«>*itivr>y be BitJe lor Inter tlaie. To Washington ij Caata. " ('.recuviUe >5 '• " Plymouth 33 " " Turtxrro »5 ** " Kooky Mount 35 • . " Scotland Neck ___ »j " Jauiesville IJ " 1 Kailcr Lilley's 15 " J.Jtl. Staton 15 l' J. 1.. WmiUhl 15 " U. K. Cowing & Co. ' Paruiele ij " " Koliersonville r~~ 1$ " Kvrretts jij " I'.olil Point I 15 •• \ tieo. P. MiNaughtoa V'S " Hamilton tu •• For other |x>ints in Eastern Carolina see "Central " where a 'phone will ha found for use of non-subscribera. In Case of Tire you want 4u Lie protected. 111 case of death you want to leave your family some thing tojive on. 111 case »f accident you want some thing to live on _besides "liortuWiuij. . •—: let I s Come to Your Kcscim Wc can insure you agaiast lire. Death nnd Accident. W« can ilisme your lioiler, I*l .i tc Glass," 2furg lary. We also ran boil _\oii foi any oflice reqmr mg bond None But Be&t Ccmaies Riireseifil K* 15. (iIiAWFOKD INSr RANCH AC.KNT, ('•odard -Btiildi*g v 1 « BO VCf Ext^eni.. * Anrone m «k*tetl arwt dtHur*r' im »ri'Ki| Olir free »I| * ,V. • IM.fl |« • •Son* •' rn'fljr filial. liamlhr*nfc on • •t- mi > +•. «»i I ax ft- r or aruif |m • » I •.--»»« tak»n thr-mvh >!u..n jt to. » '*r tfttf iut Hittk'4 ""bout cii inre. in 1)10 Sctcmific Jtacrk: f* • «in, • » a. I"- ; b . fur ni 'f.tlis. % I «l uj uil ne«r««* ,-Hi MONN & Epw Hi Rr«tnh lif "» * Hvh ,*»•» I#.#! AGENTS - fSHRSI I AGENTS TilK (;iiKATEMT IMXiK OF TBR DAY • (iHRISI IN THE CAMP" HX Dk. J. William Jonb AGENTS Hn-OH-rai N. C.—"Worked one day, reerivttl 10 unin* AU.- 'Ri*t i.eJ Pro«. 1 o'clock, aoki Tbjr light* Va.—"Sokl 14 in 12 hour*." L. F Sanden. Texas "Worked one day, got 12 ordorv." *pnr AT PNCt TO THE MABTIN * HOTT CO., AtUata,o*. to write for oar confidential letter before ap plying lor patent: it may be worth nxtMjr. We promptly obtain IT. 8. aa«l Foreign PATENTS we send an IMMEDIATE FREE report on patenUkblfltir. we |h« the be«t legal servk* and adraee, and ov charges are moderate. Try tan. SWIFT & CO., Patent Lmwymrm, opp. U S. Pafe«t Oace.WMMftaa. i.t. SUBSCRIBE TO THX ENTEJtPUS SI.OO I tw4