VOL. X. NO. 41
THE TRUSTS
IN THE SADDLE
Legitimate Business Par
alyzed-Monopolist Fear
Only Imprisonment and
Loss of Money lnd
ependent Business Men
Should Organize.
people ot the United States
are oppressed by the trusts The
men who furnish the raw material
out of which trust goods are made
are held up by the trusts and made
to deliver the product of their toil
at such figures as the trust benefi
cials fix.
The consumer who is forced to
Use the goods sold by trusts is re
quited to pa\ whatever sum these
manipulators of commerce charge.
These are the conditions. Is
there 110 remedy? Is there no re
lief 1
Appealto the people does net
appear to meet with such a re
sponse as to bring relief. Of
course, the people have the power
to end these practices of the men
who control the great trusts that
are fattening on the sufferings of
the people, but they have not real
ized the real conditions and wrong
that these pirates have done and
are doing on the sea of commerce.
An appeal to the people to be ef
fective must have in it an element
of selfishness—the people must see
that it pays to listen to those who
cry out against the monopolist—
and then their better natures can
be aroused.
The men who control the great
trusts that have by the throat the
commerce of the nation, do not care
for denunciotion or the contempt
of the people—they live beyond
the "common herd'/ —surrounded
by the tiusel of display "and the
cringing adulation of the "syco
phants'' and "bootlicks." They
care only for only two things: im
prisonment and loss of money.
Under a national administration
that they bought and paid for;
they need not fear imprisonment.
With a congress presided over
by Sherman and Cannon, they
need lose no sleep for fear of loss
t>f money through governmental
interventions.
The trusts in tha saddle.
The independent manufacturer and
business man are (so far as nation
al legislation or the work of the
inferior federal courts are con
cerned) lambs in the mfdbt of
wolves.
Is there 110 escape for honest in
dustry and independent business?
Is this great country to be the
• helpless victim of the less than one
hundred men who, by combination
v prey on busines and destroy legiti
mate industry? - m
For at least four years to come
we can expect nothing from the
national government —except that
all the power of the administration
will be used to more firmly monop
oly on a people who have placed
m power the trusts that put up the
election.
This being so, what can we do to
free ourselves?
Can not independent business
men honest producers, manufact
urers and consumer, by acting in
concert, do something to break the
strangle grip that monopoly has
on the throat of independent busi
ness?
Manufacturers of goods that
compete with the product of the
trusts are afraid to increase their
business because they live in con
stant fear of being crushed by the
trusts.
Men who have money to invest
are afraid to embark in the manu
facture of any article that the
trusts control.
Business men are intimidatad. so
that they are afraid to handle ar-
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THE ENTERPRISE
fides that compete With trust made
goods. '
If the people who are opposed to
the domination of the trusts, will
give the goods preference manu
factured by independent manufac
turers, the independent factories
will multiply \ with astonishing
rapidity in the United States.
But the question arises how are
the people to know which are inde
pendent made goods and which are
trust made goods? The trusts do
not hesitate to buy up independent
factories and run them under the
name ot independents and thereby
fool the people. This is a popular
method of these monpolists to de
ceive those people who are opposed
to the monopolizing ot the busi
ness of the nation in {he hands of
a few.
Let an anti- trust league be or
ganized for the purpose of inform
ing the people along this line, so
that there will be no mistake made
as to products of the different man
ufacturers. I would suggest that
a central board of directors be
elected of men whose names would
carry conviction to the people of
the United States. Let the anti
trust league be organized and a
board of directors composed of
such men as Folk of "Missouri, La-
Follette of Wisconsin, Aycock of
North Carolina, Smith of Georgia,
Tillman of South Carolina, Cum
mins of lowa, and others of similar
character, and to these men submit
the question of whether or no\ any
manufacturer who desires to be
come a member of the league is in
any way connected with a trust.
This board of directors could hear
the evidence, and after a thorough
examination, certify to such as the
evidence showed were in 110 wise
connected with a trust. A list of
these independent manufacturers
could then be published to the
world, and people who believe that
monopolies are prejudicial to the
best interests of the nation, would
have the information upon which
they could rely in making their
purchases.
If the people were put in posses
sion of this information—and they
could rely upon it's genuineness
and integrity—it is my opinion
that there are i-nough peop'e in the
United States who do not "bow
the knee to Bad" to make the
monopolists feel their power, and
that many independent factories
would be established, and that
many that are now struggling for
existence would prosper.
If a market can be opeued and
maintained for the sale of goods
manufactured by independent
manufacturers, the old days of
competition will return, and the
oppressive measure of the trusts
will cease to destroy. This end
can not be attained by one manu
facturer. There must be concert
of action to secure anl maintain an
"open door" in the commercial
world. The independent powers
must form a defensive and offen
sive alliance for the protection of
honest business and the driving
frcm the sea of commerce the pi
rates that infest the coast of honest
effort. The national government
has been appealed to in vain. As
at presnt controlled, it is in league
with the pirates, and furnishes
protection for its ships in their
efforts to destroy the independent
manufacturer. The state govern
ments are unable to do much be
cause cf the protection that the
federal government throws around
tbes"? (tatlaws in the form of in
terstate commerce.'' The business
man who desires to do something
besides become a "hireling" for a
trust, the father who hopes for
his boy to become something be
sides an employee for the "fellows
of the baser sort "who have gather
ed into their grip the reins of com
merce must get together for the
protection of the business of the
present day and the manhood of
the future. They must arouse the
manhood of the future. They
must arouse the people .to neces
sity of patronizing independent
manufactuners in preference to tbfe
trusts, whenever it can he done.
C. C. Daniels.
WILLIAMSTON, N. C., FRIDAY, JULY 2. rgog!
•Ganderbonc's Forecast
For July
(Copyright 1909 by C. H. R«jth)
Ten little patriots * 10
Planted a mine 1
Under a billy goat;
Then there were .9
Nine little patriots
Gathered about 1
To see if a large
Cannon cracker was out 8
Wholly undaunted
The balance were strong 1
To blow up the iceman .
When he came along 7 1
All the survivors
Were perfectly bug 1
-To see what some powder
Would do to a jug 6
Six little patriots,
Game, for a' that 1
Tied a pinwheel
To the tail of a cat .5
Five little patriots \
Overly skittish, 1
Showed the grown folks
What we did to the British... .4 I
Four little patriots
Sought to determine, 1
1 If Irish hold sizzers
As long as a German .. .3
All the survivors
Were fairly agog 1
To touch off a skyrocket
Tied to a dog 2
Two little patriots,
Vied, beiug boys, 1 I
To see who could make
The most singular noise 1 '
One little shaver,
The last to be nipped, 1^
! Lighted the fuse in bis
Cannou, and slipped .0
: July is the month of human pro-
F gress. As there can be 110 fro
-1 gress unless everybody is hot and
> mad, so it is to July that we must
t look for getting anywhere at all.
; "Heaven for climate, but hell for]
I company," said the prophet. J tine |
1 forever, but July for growth, says
r your Uhcle Ganderbone. I
The ancients esteem July above I
- all other months. To Rome it[
r gave the imperial Ceasar, the |
5 fiigbtinest man who ever lived, j
1 Marc Antony, who changed the
! month-from (JurntiHs tn Jrrty, sa'id~j
/ that if Ceasar had opeued his eyes)
; anywhere else on the calendar he I
1 probably would have been a molly-'
1 coddle and Rome would have had
1 woman suffrage. The Celts, who I
ba>re made fewer mistakes than any I
j other race, made July the begin- j
j ning of the year, and John Han- J
t cock, who was the first to sign the j
f Declaration of Independence, said
| that credit for the stampede to that |
| historic revolt did not belong to
. him, but to the weather.
I The lowly worm
1 Will take a brace
\ And slap the robin
In the face;
p The liquor man
\ Will utter cries
And kipper halt
A dozen drys;
The hot consumer,
What with thrusts
And blows, will kill
Himself some trusts,
And swimming pupil,
Burned and red,
Will chase his dad
Around the shed.
To all of which nobody much
can make the least objections. We i
never shall get anywhere except in j
that direction. We never shall do
anything to Aldrich and "his tariff j
1 until the meek insurgents rise and j
take somebody's hair oft. We
never shall reform a thing until we;
have a ruction in which we get our
dander up and compass some de
struction. And while most every
thing is out with a chip upon its
sholder, we wish that money would
somehow become a little bolder.
We'd like to have a dollar bill jump
•ut upon and fright us, or a hun
' .? '• 4 ♦.
dred dollars, we will say, come close
enough to bite us. It's been a
good while now, too long, the com
mon people find it, since money
did not run on sight, with its tail
jammed down behind it.
! However, and be as it may,
The tadpole in the bog
Will thank whatever gods may be
For making him a frog.
The bobolink will dwell upon
Such bliss as we are in,
And the suu will sail the summer j
skies
With the perspiration in his eyes
And dripping from his chin.
; Upon the Fourth, as patriots and
j patriots' descendants, the usual
j burnt offerings are due to indepen
dence; and having shot each other j
|up to our own satisfaction, and j
shown the foreigners at hand just
how we look in action, we'll pile
the victims in a heap, unfurl u! flag i
above it, and ask Japan and all the
rest if they want anv of it.
Thechauces that they will, are
scarcely worth elaboration. If we
could Shoot like that in only decent
I celebrition of what some friends of j
j liberty long laid upon the shelf, j
'once did for us, what would we do
for liberty itself?
This will be about the last year
that the Fourth of July will be
observed to any great extent. Fire
works are alreadv forbidden in
many cities, and within another
i year the movement will probably
i have spread wherever parents de
jsire to preserve their children.
I There is, in fact, a much better
day in the month which can be
I observed without injury to anyone
i and to much better purpose. This
jis St. Swithin's Day which comes
011 the 15th. The object of St.
Swithin's Day is a concerted
prayer tor rain, and if the prayer
ii answered it supposed to lain daily
for the next 40 days. Wherever
St. Swithin's has been observed in
: this country it has already become
i a formidable rival of the Fourth.
| Indeed, it is said that they do not
' Compare for enthusiasm, which is
1 not surprising, for as a rule what
'we really need in this country in
July is rain, and not liberty at all.
After the 22A the month will be
| under the influence oi Leo the
|Xion7 the fifth sign of the zodiac,
! and a day or so later it will also
\ comfe under the influence of Sirius
the Dog, which begins rising with
the sun and ushers in the Dog Days.
While Leo the Lion; Sirius the
' Dog, Teddy the Hear are settling it
among themselves, Congress and
I pretty nearly everything else will
adjourn to its hole and occupy
: itself with prayer and an occa
i sional peek out.
j And then or thereabout the mouth
Of August will be due,
And the wicked will get warning
taste
Of where they're going to.
A Night Riders Raid.
The worst night riders are
calomel, croton oil or aloes pills.
They ride your bed to rob you of
rest. Not so with Dr. King's
New Life Pills, They never dis- j
! tress or inconvenience, but always i
cleanse the system/ curing Colds,
Headache, Constipation, Malaria,
25c. at all druggists. .
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Mrs. Marina Robcrson
The death of Mrs. Marina Rob
! erson at her home near Jainesville,
j on Sunday June 27th. was a shock
to* relatives and friends. Death
came to her while she was sitting
in a chair. She was seventy three
yaars old and had reared a large
family. Among her children are
Mrs. Noah Reddick and Mrs. J.
W. Perkins, of Everetts. '
The funeral services were con
ducted on Monday, aud the inter
ment was in the family cemetery
neaT Jamesville.
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HASSELL ITEMS
Mr. Rollins returned to his work
here Thursday.
Miss Laura Salsbury spenf Mon
day with Miss Kra Rawls.
Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Saulsbury,
of Hamilton, spent Sunday here.
Mr. W. A. Fleming went to
Rocky Mount Friday on buMness.
Miss Fannie Hardy of Greenville,
! is visiting Mrs. W. D. Jordan this
week.
Mr. Jack Roberson who has been
away for some time is at home
again.
Miss Alma Fleming left for Pac-
I tolus Thursday where she wiTTvisft j
! relatives. *
\ -
I Miss Selma Fleming left last!
week for House to visit Miss Louise I
Fleming,
" • I
A potato buyer from Washing-1
ton was here Thursday buv.ing
potatoes. Prices are very low now. j
The first cotton blossom seen j
| here this year was brought by a
j farmer netir here 011 the 27th.
instant. "
—
ManZan is good for any kind ot'
Piles It stops inflammation, creates I
a normal circulation, thus reducing'
the Piles, and heals the parts aff
ected. ManZan may be conveni
ently and easily applied, as the
tube in which it is put up has a
small, patent nozzle attached. Sold
by Chase's Drug Storfc.
Moonlight Picnic
Among the social enjoyments of
the week was the picnic at Brown's!
Spring on Tuesday evening. Wag
ons filled with a (gay crowd left
town at eight o'clock. The June
moon gleamed brightly in the
field of the ttar strewn sky and a
fair wind, laden with the scent of
the pines, catre from out the
South—all this made the drive of
five miles one of joyousness. After
reaching the Spring, baskets con
taining various delicacies, were
opened and every one satisfied "the
inner man." The party started
home at a late hour "fatigued
with laughter." The visiting
young ladies present were; Misses
Mary Lee and Lucy Pell, of
Richmond and Milts Allie G. Little,
of Robersonville. Mrs. G. W.
Blount served as a most charming
chaperone.
The surest and easiest way to
cure a cough or cold is by gently
and freely moving the bowels.
Bees Laxative Cough Syrup is
pleasant, stops the coughing and
quickly relieves the cold by allay
ing congestion and by pleasantly
and promptly moving the bowels.
Sold by Chase's Drug Store.
GOLD POINT ITEMS
Staton Purvis wa& here Sunday.
•T. J. Taylor was in town Sun
day.
R. T. Taylor has cotton in
bloom.
Ruben Purvis of Robersdnville
was here yesterday. \
Two of R. T. Taylor's
are quite ill with fever.
Some of our farmers have com'-
nienced curing tobacco.
W. A. James of Williamston
was the guest of R. T. Taylor last
Sunday.- ——
Some of our farmers think crops
are cut off fifty per cent by the
wet weather.
Mrs. W. J. Cherry and children
will leave in a few days for South
Carolina whre th«y will join Mr.
Cherry, who left h«re several
months ago.
Rings Little Liver Pills—small
pleasant anb easy to take. Sold
by Chases Drug Store.
si.oo a Year in Advance
"SUNNY TENNESSEE"
, IS NOW DRY I
Only Two Oases Left--
Qreat Rejoicing all Over
the State - - Thousands ,|
Forced to Seek.Other
Employment - - Lockers
Started Already.
Bells in church and" town clock
steeples on tolling the midnight
hour June 30th. marked the pass- |
ing of saloons in Tennessee, for at
that hour the State-wide prohi
bition law went into effect.
This law makes it illegal to sell
; alcoholic beverages within four
: miles of any school house in the
state. Only two oases are left in
Jail Tennessee. Both are within ;
twelve miles of Memphis, near the
Mississippi state line. The near
jest school is six miles from both of
these points but steps have already
| been taken by white ribboners to
have the county board of educa
tion to erect a school house by the
: Holludny bill, so that there will be
;no raecca in the entiie state for
! thirsty pilgrims.
. Thousands of men are thrown
out of employment and bar-keep
ers are seeking better irrigated
fields.
The [passing of the saloons in
Memphis, and in other cities
throughout the state, according to
advices received tonight is marked
bv scenes of unusual hilarity.
The celebration started early today
and lasted until the moment of
'closing, when there was a rush to
{ purchase one last fare-well drink.
! over the bar. —News & Observer.
Pineules for all kidney, livef,
bUdder, rheumatic and urinary
complaints. They assist in sepa
rating salt and water with their
poison:; from the blood They act
j promptly. Sold by Chase's Drug
Store. ,
Telephone Directory
The Williamston Telephone Co.
is distributing a new directory to all
subscribers. The directory con
tains a correct list of all telephones,
and attractive advertisements of
I- of the leading business firms The
Bank of Robersouville is the only
business out of town which ad
vertised in this effective way. The
; directory is the work of Manniug
'and Hassill, publishers of Tm?
J Entkki'KiSK, and subscribers, Say
, that it is very attractive. W. C.
• Manning, manager of the telephone
system is also owner, and is putting
| new life in the management
service. Subscribers are requested
■ to call for numbers.
College Quartette
The Atlantic Christian College
I male quartette will give a musical
j entertainment at the Town Hall on
(Tuesday night at 8:30 P. M.
These young men have sung
during the season ot Kinston,
Washington, Greenville, Weldon.
Everywhere the press have given
; unstinted praise.
A popular admission of 25 cents
I will bs charged, children 15 cents.
They will also give an entertain
ment Jn Robdrsonvihe 011 Monday
Night.'
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Sees Motlnf Grow Ye«ig
"It would be hard to » ,
the wonderful change in my mother
since she began to use "Electee Bit
ters," writes Mrs. \V. h Kiipatric
of Donforth, Me. Although past
70 she seems rvally to begiowing K
young again. She suffered untold
misery from dyspepsia for 20 years.
At last shs could neither sat, drink
nor sleep. Doctors gave her up
and all remedies failed till Electric
Bitters worked such wonders,,for
her health." They invigorate all
vital organs, cure Liver and Kid
ney trouble, induce sleep, impart
strength and appetite. Only soc
at *ll drttjgis*.
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