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THE ENTERPRISE. „rußuaaiu> itut ruoii n nv* mra,u rairrmo co. «UUuutoa M.C C wawaiti.i., ... EDITOR. llMll n I 111 mn nan n WilUanuton. a. C M iwad Claaa Mail Matter. * FRIDAY MARCH 10, 1900. SNAPSHOTS. Hon. C. M. Depew junior sena tor from New York is the most "extinguished" geatleman in pub* Ik life. All this distracting excitement about statehood, railway rates and Philippine tariffs must be highly gratifying to Reed Smoot and the Mormons. We should .hate to see Count Goluchowski dropped from the Austrian cabinet; he might be suc ceeded by somebody with au un pronounceable name. Senator Clark, of Montana, has achieved another distinction, for a Western man. The Supreme Court has certified that he got his large landholdings honestly. Dr. Depew is to be dropped from the Yale board of trustees next, they say. There's one thing obout it, every time Dr. Depew is drop ed be doesn't have so far to fall. Reports from Maine and the New England States say that almost the normal crop of ice is being housed. This puts a new and interesting phase to the question "Where did you get it ?" Cincinnati bankers have warned the graft committee not to sink its spade too deep, for fear it may spoil good reputations. What's the odds? A big grafter ueeds "smoking" as well as little ones. Uncles of Governor Johnson, of Minnesota, have been lost for fifty years in Aurora, 111. Searchers should look along the line of the suburban railway. They may have betii waiting all this time for a train. The Roosevelt letter to John Mitchell on the subject of the coal strike is said to be personal and un official. All the same, it is to In noted that it is dated from the White House, and is likely to lie treated accordingly. It always lid run iu the "Crom well family" to be the "whole thing" if possible, and the Crom well of the Panama canal, appears to be doing his best to keep up family traditions that Oliver start ed some time ago. Doubtless General Keifer, of Springfield, Ohio, will continue to serenely point the fiuger of scorn at the Southern States whenevei they indulge in mob violence, as the General is quite "far-sighted" he can not see trouble around him. Hon. F. A. Woodard in his speech before the Supreme Court says "the Coast Line makes two million dollars annually from it operations in North Carolina, alom and that it seems to evade the ex penditure of sls a day for the con venience of the people who livi along its line." When a citizen sends matter b\ mail he is charged according to the weight of the package. Newspa pers pay according to actual weigh of each shipment. But when the government pays there is a ' 'sys tem of averages;" one month - weighing with payments for four years based on that average. There is nothing like it in all busi ness, yet under it the government pays the railroads $40,000,000 an nually. » ..y, . In the spring time you renovate your boose. Why not your body? Hotlister's Rocky Mountain Tea drives out impurities, cleanses and enriches the blood and purifies the entire system. 35 cents. J. M. Whiters & Co., Roberaonville, N. TO REDUCE TAXES. Talking to Manager Farmer this morning about dispensary profits he informed us that the law pro vides that the first $6,400 shall go to the city, and the second $6,400 to the couuty. Then if there shall be more profit it must be divided equally between town and county. As to the disposition of the funds the city's share is entirely at the disposal of the city government, while the county's share is divided equally between the schools and roads, and none is used for any other purpose. The dispensary wade last year $24,000 and as a result there is less drunkeness and there is more money in both the city and couuty treasuries. We understand it is the aim of the city government to reduce tax es as soon as the new market bouse is paid for, and our finances which are getting into a healthy condition, are in better shape. Having claimed the demon of drink he should now lie loaned out to Captain Massey to improve the road system of the county. For verily $6,000 per year will build many a mile of good road in the years to come if judiciously expen ded. We give above a clipping from the Wilson Times. The whole toue ol the piece is profits, Tax Re duction. The "less drunkeness" clause seems to be a secondary matter and it alwavs is. The prime object of a dispensary is to reduce taxes not to embetter morals. If whiskey is an evil then it is worse than an evil for the govern ment to pass it out to the consum ers thereof. " The only logical ground the government can stand 011 is, Pro hibition and this has proven to be impractible. There are just laws regulating the sale of liquors and if they are enforced the whiskey question be comes a minor one; if they are not enforced then public opinion is go ing to step in and dictate arfd exe cute methods of controlling the salt* of liquors rigidly,, It is nothing but folly for a gov ernment which says it staiids pri marily for morals to undertake to control the whiskey traffic, recog nized is the very meanest of busi nesses, and every time a town gov ernment takes charge of fills bus I ness the local paper will praise the earning powers of it, how it re duces taxes and the net revenue of it. A man lias no more right to s:iy nil bar-tenders are mean, we con tend. than he has to say all preach ers are good. A bar-tender can lie is honest as any man. He would not be in the bar business if he were not demanded by the com nuuity in which he lives. Hence it is folly to say that he is the meanest of men because he sells whiskey—a local necessity. 111 "the dispensary svstein the community becomes the bar-ten der and glories in its revenues— tax reduction. The government must not ele vate the filthy lure idea. We be lieve the best solution of the whis key question is the open bar with the most stringent restrictions. If bar men persistently violate the laws then don't give them licenses. We firmly oppose a dispensary because it does not stand for a moral up lift but makes the whole country bar-teuders and makes for nothing good save tax reduction, ind this is a tendency towards an archy for if people don't have to pay much tax they are not going to take much interest in the gov ernment; there will be no "this-is mineness" to hold the people in close touch yvith their government al affairs. Of two evils we say choose the lesser. Monetary considerations are becoming of primary impor tance in our State. May Martin hold to the paths of her fathers. Let's not sell oar birthright. For Headache, constipation, etc, Dade's Little Liver Pttkrare best. They cleanse and liver. Sold by S. R. Bigg*. . HARKEN TO THIS. t Oar business men should make an effort to establish some manfac turing enterprise in Edenton. The community at large would be great ly benefited by the location here of concerns of this kind. Some in ducements should be held out to the new-comers and capital should be invited to settle among us. We should seek to co-operate with our able Governor in his efforts to bring about an industrial awakening throughout the State. —Edenton Transcript. Let the citizen* of our town heed to the Edenton Transcript and do all within their pjvver to get new comers and capitalist to settleamoiig us and establish manufacturing enterprise here. Trade and Sentiment. In spite of the Chinese boycott it appears from reports lecently sent out from Washington that our trade with celestials is 011 the in crease. According to these reports the total exports for the seven months ending January 1905. amounted to $23,432,948, whereas, for the seveu months euding Janu ary, 1906, they equaled $28,862,- 680, or a total increase of $5,429,- 73»- The shipments of cotton cloth goods for the period first mention ed amounted to $12,947,530, while for the seven mouths euding Janu ary, 1906, they were $19,606,848. Human nature is much the same the world over, and there is little sentiment iu business. So long as we give the Celestials the goods they want tbey will continue to purchase. This does not alter the fact, however that we should be fair iu our dealings with the Chi nese. It will not do for us to open our doors to the coolies, and the Chiuese do not expect it, but we should treat Chinese citizens of oth er classes with the same considera tion that we treat visitors from oth er foreign lands. We should do this as a matter ot morals regardless of any commercial consideration. We should do it for our own honor and for the sake of our own rep utation .—Rich mood Dispatch ■*» ♦ • Edgecombe's t-nrgest Tree. A great many of our people do not know that lidgecombe county can boast of probably the largest tree in the State. It is au immense pine located on what is known as Coany Swamp and is owned by Dr. Mercer. Some time ago a friend of Mr. W. E. Parrish, of this city, asked him to buv the tree at almost any price. His purpose ill b tying the tree was to cut a block from if to make an exhibition, advertising his buisness, that of saws, at the Jamestown Exposition, his idea be ing to station a table in the center ot the block with an ax on it and alwut six chairs .surrounding same. Dr. Mercer refused to allow the tree to be cut down. This tree is said to measure about ten feet through and to l>e about 175 feet high. It is es timated that if the tree was cut into wood it would make alioiit twelve cords, and that it would cut a total of about 7,(xxi feet of lumber It is also said that the reason the tree has never been cut down to this day is that when it was first dis covered it was so large no one felt like undertaking the task.—Rocky Mount Record. Three little rules we all should keep To make life happy and bright. Smile in the mottling, smile at night Take Rocky Mountain Tea at night. —J. M. Whiters & Co., Roberson ville, N. C. The tar that is coutained in Bee's Laxative Honey and Tar is harmless. It is not coal tar, but is obtained from tile pine trees of our own native forests. Bee's Laxative Honey and Tar is the liest remedy for colds because it acts on the bowels—thus expel liug all colds from the system. Bee's is the original Laxative Hon ey and Tar, and is best for coughs, colds, croup, whooping cough, lung and bronchial affections. Sold by S R. Biggs. While dodging Missouri Mr. Rockefeller is also doubtless train ing his memory to forget,so it would be of 110 use if Missouri should suddenly come round the corner of the alley some morning with a subpoena when he happened to be at the back door haggling with the milk man over the pr-ce of milk. Salve! Salve! Spread the Salve, but let it be Pine Salve, natures remedy for cuts, bums, sores, etc. Sold by S. R. Biggs. * • A Chicago paper says: "The Standard Oil Company is trying to get closer to the public." It has long been- within "touching" dis tance, what more does it want ? TO OURS A COLD IN ONI DAY Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tab lets. Druggist* refund money if it fail* to cure. B. W. GROVE'S signature on the box. 25c. Speech o! Mr. jorner. The summer educational cam paign for the State was started here on Wednesday of last week by Mr. James V. Joyner, the State super intendent of public instruction. He came by the invitation of Prof. Feel, our county superintenJent, and made four speeches in the county -here in the court house, at LiUev's and Griffin's school houses and at Robersonville on Friday night. His speeches were interesting and well worthy of the man and the work he is doing. There was a fairly good crowd but not what such a man and such a subject as Mr. Joyner represents deserves at the hands of the people of Williamston and Martin county Mr. Joyner began by saying that he was glad to know that he was in a town where there was a grad ed school, and one established witli little or no opposition. It is always an indication of eulightenmeut and progress when you find communi ties in the real progressive channel by laying the foundation of all things that are good, pure and true—that is education, the source ot progress as has been proven by all history Egypt and Assyria were leaders in the more ancient times as the result of educational enlighten ment. Greece ruled the world bt cause. of her general educational system of developing every child. This was true of Rome when her education was as general as condi tions could make it. When Prus sia lay bleeding at the feet of FnJhce, her conqueror, her wise men after prayerful consideration saw that the only way to rebuild her state and people and restore her fortune and wealth was univer sal education, it was decreed that every Prussian child should attend the schools of the Prussian govern ment, and the world to day knows the result. In the next struggle Prance lay bleeding at the feet of Prussia. Coming to our own time he used the illustration of Russia and Japan. On the one hand was brute force, on the other was skill, educated soldiers and scientific methods of warfare. What were the odds in numbers and what were the ad vantages of education? We know the facts anil the results. Not only is education the source of wealth and jiower, but there is something better and more divine. Who can tell when you will un cover a jewel when you educate a child frotn the rags of the poor to t better and higher stage of 1 Lie? One invention which relieves the hitman suffering or ex-alts human kind which might come from the class unable to educate itself, will )>e worth all the tax taken in edu cating them, and statistics show that one half of our progress comes from this class. Kvery plant in the kingdom is entitled to the rain and sunshine, so is every child to the lignt of an education. Who can expect his fields to yield good fruit uuless they are cultivated ? Is the human mind less dependent on its own kind? The child l>e longs to itself, to its family, its community, its State, the Nation, the world and to God, and it is de pendent on its own State to give it the development that will make it of worth to all these relations. The State, too, should be the educator of it* people for its own good, for the strong State is found ed on a stroug citizenship, and the State in developing the child for its own benefit is making the most of the child. The speech was illustrated by examples takeu from every da> life and history and was not onlv highly theoretic but equally as practical and applicable to every day affaire. A Docto J Medicine Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Is not a simple cough syrup. It is a strong medicine, a doctor's medicine. It cures hard cases, severe and desperate cases, chronic cases of asthma, pleu risy, bronchitis, consumption. Ask your doctor about this. Aim Ewtihrni M /I , . .JL flyers b-svw rsmEZz. - For Twenty-one Years Bonanza, Orinoco « 222 Farmer's TRADE HARK 1 jQ 1 B —. ft w A M * have been the standard Cotton and *• " Tobacco guanos in the South — REGISTERED because great care is used in the selection of materials. Ask your dealer for HoysteT*! F. S. ROYSTER goods and don't take substitutes GUANO CO., Said to be just as good. See that Norfolk Va. trade-mark is on every bag * - Notice. Having qualified a* executor to the Will of Klisha Kverett, deceased, no tice in hereby given to all persons holding claims against *»id estate to pre sent them either to me or mv attorneys for [>ayinetit or this notice will be plead ed in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate sre requested to make immediate payment. This January JI, 1906. JAMKS A KVKRKTT, Executor. Winston & Kverett, Attys. 2-9-6t Notice. By virtue of an order of the Superior Court of Martin c ounty in a special pro ceeding entitled John D.iniel Biggs guar dian, et als expartj, I will sell for cash at the court house in Williamston, N. C., on Monday, March 19, 1906, at public auction the following land, to-wit: A tract of laud adjoining Hvtnan Bowen on the north, David Harrison on the east, Kculien Kogerson on the south and Noah Kobersoii on the west, containing twen ty-live acres more or less, and known as lot No. in the division of the Benja min llowen la d among his heir* at law. This February 13. 1906. Whrhukh MARTIN, a-16-4t Commissioner. Notice. By order of the Superior Court of Mar tin county entered in the s|>eoial pro ceeding there pending, entitled Richard U. Norfleet ami others, ex parte to the court, I will sell for cash to the highest bidder at the court house door in Wil liamston, N. C., a. 12 M . on Monday, March 19111, 1906, the billowing tract of land in Martin county, N. C,: That part of the Joseph J. Williams "Home place" which was allotted to Ileury P. Pugh in the land division had among the heirs at law of Mrs. Charity Pugh. which is Lot No. 7 of said land division which see for lietter description and which land contains 914 acres more or less. This February ifith, 1906. . FRANCIS L>. WINSTON, Commissioner. Winston At Kverett, Attys. -»3-4t Notice. Having qualified as administrator upon the estate of James K. Moore, deceased, notice is hereby given to all persons hold ing claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned for payment on or before tin first day of February, 190;, or this notice will lie pleaded in bar ol' recovery. All peVsons iudebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment, luia Feb. 13, 1906, WHIKI.KR MARTIN, a-i6-6t Administrator. Notice. Having qualified as administrator of the estate of the late Hugh Pitta, de ceased, this is to give notice to all parties holding accounts to present them at ouce or this notice will be plead in l»r of their recovery. All persons holding claims against the estate will settle them at once. This Feb. 1, 1906 JOSHUA PITTS, Adm'r. Winston & Kverett, Attys. a 9-6t Notice. Having qualified as administrator upon the estate of Luke Council, deceased, this is to notify all persons holding claims against said estate to present them for payment on or before the first day of February, 1907, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payments. This February 1, 1906. HKNRV COUNCIL, a-o-6t Administrator. (To Cure a CoM in One Day! XX. 1 J^L £ £351 mw THE NEW IDEA Bl TIE OM6HML LAZATFE ■■ VP COOBI SHIP M KEHHEDYSIAXATIVEHOHEY-TAR Alb Nmi Ik Imk JLp MkrtHta lb■ Jfc"SSf« - - We are Now Receiving Daily - - NEW GOODS! From the Northecn Markets. Our Htock consist* of a vast and varied assortment of all the Latest Novelties as well as Staples. Our Millinery Department will be under the management of Miss MINNIR SPARKS, of Baltimore, agisted by Miss HKNIiY KIT A PEEL, both ladies well known to the trade as artistic manipulators of the needle. MF* Opening the first week in April. Date will appear later. J. L. hassell & Gompany, Williamston, North Carolina. WATCH THIS SPACE For our Announcement of Spring Millinery About April Ist. / Miss Laura Jones, who has had charge of our Mil linery Department for several seasons, will be with us again this year.* G. D. Garetarphen & Go. D. S. BiKK*- Pres. C. D. Carstarphen. V.-Pres. P. P. Pagan, Caahier. REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF The Farmers and Merchants Bank AT WILLIAMSTON, N. C. At close of business Feb. 6th, 1906. RESOURCES. LIABILITIES. Loaus and discounts $72,103.64 CapiUl stock $25,000.00 -« ■ •*>'" US £25 Due trora banks 25,269.23 Deposits 72,986.6 a Cash on hand 5.245-09 Notes & bills rc-diacoont'd 5,280.18 $104,250.52 $104,250.52 The Partners and Merchant* Bank begun bnaineaa on June I, 1905, with a said in capital of J15.000.00. On January I, 1906, a dividend of «ix per c«nL of the capital stock was declared and paid to the stockholders. On February 1 the capi tal stock ot the Bank was iacresued to $15,000.00. We arc now in better position than ever to accommodate oar customers, and we respectfully solicit accounts. We jive special attention to collections and remit for kimc promptly on moderate terms. Three per cent, interest paid on time de posit*.
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