I THE ENTERPRISE.
PUBLISHED KVKRY FRIDAY
BY MAJXINO & HASSKUL, PROI'HIETUKS
WllliantxtuD. N. C.
. WILLIAM C. MANNING. EDITOR
JOHN W. HASSELL, MANAGER
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Friday, July a, lqoq
We regret that Robersonvilfe
news items were leceived too late
for publication this week. Our
subscribers will be greatly disap
-I,—pointed, but it U unavoidable.
Appreciative Words
Thefc is improvement every
where in county papers. This is
seen in a special way in THE KN
TKRPRISK, publisned at Williams
ton by Mr. Win. C: Manning, edi
tor, and Mr. Johil W. Hasel!,
manager- It not only rings true
on great questions, but encourages
every enterprise aud institution in
Martin county, and is full of live
news items from every, section of
the county. It is a credit alike to
the editors and the county. It has
plenty of general news aud interest
ing matter from State and "Repub
lic? but wi-eiy it gives first place to
home concerns and home building.
Martin county is making steady
•progress and THE ENTERPRISE is
leading for still greater county de
velopment.—News & Observer.
So Disappointing
We felt like going through a
hole in the press room after reading
the Williatustou write-up in the
News and Observer of Sunday last.
We never dreamed that "the Old
Reliable" ha I any grudge "agin"
our town. There was plenty of
splendid material to be obtained
here, and we awaited the publi
cation with impatience. We are
not sensitive, but know that this
is a magnificent section of the
State and we desire that the world
l>e told of it in an attractive man
ner. After a careful perusal of the
article, we found ourselves mixed
up in both sacred and, profane
history. Now we are asking of
those if Noah really built
the Ark, and who came over on
that famous excursion vessel, the
Mayflower? It gives one quite a
turn in his intelligent region to
find that he must "go way back
and sit down" when his knowledge
of common facts are aired.
Forest Conditions
There arc certain things establish
ed and known about forest condi
g* ''
tions that the farming class ought
to keep well iu miud, but do not.
It is to be remembered that "when
* -er a region is denuded of its for
. . the wind passes over it with
S *ests. , . ,
-r velocity than it would other
-5 great*. ...
wise ci. ,ni P ,n 8 ,n 8 with greater
force upc 11 ,he soil, ra I )i(ll y
ing theme i i sll,re on il or raisi »g
therefrom. **• . ,
Keeping tL ,s 111 v,ew - we ca "
[. readily undent*, ' d wh V a countr y
denuded of tis fore. ts ma V
so dry as not to admi ' l * ,e P ro "
jfe duction of grain, or of any °/
cultivated crops, wlli,e the
knnuSil amount of rainfall
r almost, if not quite, as great 11
was when the forest were standing/,
s. and when the husbandman seldom
\ failed to raise remunerative crops.
We need to £ave the conditions
for holding the moisture in the soil
| kept up.
E It is easy enough to see that "be
kL fore any considerable amount of
I water can pass from forest-covered
regions, the great deposits of vege
! table matter covering the land must
necessarily become saturated, and
then only will there be an overflow,
besides the leaf-mould, sticks, brush
logs and sitniar materials, which
are more of less abundant in all
forests, aid in retarding the flows
from the higher to the lower levels,
even after the absorption has cea-ed.
Hence we can readily understand
how large a volume of water may
be held, in check arid prevented
from a rapid descent to the streams
\
, below. The leaves, twigs and
1 rough baik on the large branches
and stems of the trees also intercept,
and thus diminish the amount of
water that would otherwise reach
the earth."—Home & Farm.
Vtjfrants
Of all the pests that eyer cursed
: a town the vagrant is the m -st vile;
he is the most desuicaple of all
things that are despise It he pto
duces nothing, but dreams of pos
sessing fortunes; he drowses abound .
in some shady nook ard buitds
wonderous "Air Castles" while his i
mother or s : ster chops the woad to , l
to cook meals for such a lazv lout 1
as lie"; he speaks disparagingly of
all successful men and attributes
their success to luck or rascality; 1
lie presumes to give advice, but
ham't as much sense] as a toad.
His brain is musty and lie is .an
idle loafing indolent, mangy crea
ture whose sole object in life is to
live without working. He is a
thorn in the side of decent society;
a burden to any community and
should not l>e tolerated by any
town - The Benson Spokesman.
The Blackberry
The blackber-v crop is one of
the blessings of the State that has
not been accorded its full share of
appreciation. It is a free for-all
crop, a crop of great abundance
and one that does uot fail on an
average more than four times iu a
century. Recently the people of
the Western part of the State have
been turnning their attention to can
ning aud Winston-Salem, the clear
ance port, is doing a big busities in
that industry. An Elkin letter to
the Winston Sentinel says that the
American Canning Company will
have warehouses at nearly every
station from Winston to Wilkts
boro for blackberries delivered in
bulk and has twenty tank cars to
handle the crop. That section is a
great blackberry country and the
people are expecting to make from
$60,000 to #75,000 from the crop
this summer. —Sel.
Hymen and Darwin
In Washington State Hymen aind
Darwin have leagued together for
the purpose of preventing weddings
that do not represent the principle
of the survival of the fittest. The
new law that goes into effect after
: June 1 prescribes that persoTis af
flicted with tnrberculosis or any
contagious disease or who have
been afflicted with insanity, or who
: may be feeble minded, inebriate or
epileptic shall not be permitted to
enter into the bonds of wedlock.
This sounds first rate, except that
insanity is as yet such a flexible
term that if the star murder trials
served as guides Hymen might l>e
' averse to permitting his alter to be
' used for the marriage seivice iu be
half of any person. One of the
freak professors who propound
1 strange doctrines aver.s that no tnan
is mentally normal. Thusit would
r seem to be a matter of fraught with
difficulty to determine when a'man
' or woman is sane enough to marry.
An ancieut poet has said that love
1 itself is madness, and "had no bet
f ter sense than to marry" is ait -
2 quent observation made by those
" who have been themselves disap
pointed in wedlock either by get
: tipg in or by being kept out ot it.
' On the whole, from the point of
' view the law is, however,
' salutary.—Baltimore Amgcjpan.
The Woman's Home
The L» & M. Paint decorates more
than two million American homes. Its
beautiful finish and lasting freshness dis
tinguishes a residence painted with it
from all others. It's Metal Zinc Oxide
combined with White Lead which nmke4
F it wear and cover like gold. Every 4
1 gallons of the L. &M. Paint when mixed
with 3 gallons of Linseed Oil at 65 cents
per gallon makes 7 gallons ready for use.
. Actual Coat about st. ao per gallon. Sold
by R. W. Salsbury & Bro., Hamilton,
I Hardy Hardware Co., Scotland Neck. -
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[Poultry Letter
Mr. Editor:-
A writer in one of our exchanges
says that, "Don't get your hens
too fat," has done more harm to
the poultry business than all the
foolish notions and untrue things
that have ever been written on the
subject, and further adds that poul
try writers continue to harangue
about "not getting your hens too
fat." This, *vith a lot of others
rubbish along the same lines,
would lead one to believe that you
cannot get the hens too fat, no
matter how or what you feed or
what the conditions may be. In
the argument he makes, he seems
to entirely over look the fact that no
matter what the right. way of
doing a thing may be, there will
i always be some who either do not
I understand, or who cartltsly go
(directly opposite to the accepted
ruh;s. In the first place, you can
j not get hens too fat, and in the
second place, you can get hens too
j fat. Now, there you are with two*
! contradictory propositions, both of
which are literally true.
Let us take the proposition
and see just how far the statement
applies to it. Laying hens will
not get too fat, simply because
while laying the food they
consume is needed to supply the
mateiial which composes the eggs,
but irrational feeding will eventully j
upset the digestive organs and the
hens will stop laying, and at once
begin to take on fat and will in a
very short time be ready for the
market and, strictly speaking, "too
fat."
Hens that work, hustle and lay
will not get too fat, but if we use
no common sense in feeding, we
will make them quit work, get lazy
quit laying and get fat. Now the
key to the situation is this: Make
the liens work, feed them so that
they are never gorged and are
always willing to search for some
stray bug, worm or grain. If you
do this they will never get "too
fat,!' because they will 'ay and all
the food they consume will go to
wards making eggs. Lazy hens
get fat, and hustling hens lay eggs.
There's the thing in a nutshell.
Don't be afraid to feed the liens
plenty if you feed them rightj but
be careful about how much you
feed unless you fee'd it right.
Peruna Tablets Tested.
What are the Pfcruna Tablets good
for? Has anybody used them enough
to know what they will do? Read the
following letter aud see. If you have
. any doubt as to the genuineness of tho
, letter, write to Mrs. Lohr, enclose a
stamp for reply, and see whether her
testimonial Is genuine or not:
Ravenna, Mich., June lii, liiua.
, The Peruna Drug \>.
In regard' to the Peruna Tablets, I
' . „:.vj u.icU about ten boxes in all.
While I was In Chicago my tfldest
j daughter was bothered with a Cough
all the time. She lias hud it for four
years. Sometimes It would go awnv,
t and In the w inter time it was so had
, that the doctors ami professors said
that she had consumption, and the only
* way to give her any relief was to per
» form an operation.
» I spend so much money for different
medicines, and for doctors also. Noth
ing seemed to help her.
i flto I saw the Peruna Tablet* adver
j tised In the paper, and I got a box
and tried them. She could get somo
1 steep by taking them. 81ie would he up
1 all night and cough. So in all she took
j six boxes, and never was bothered any
more. . —..
1 1 will leave this for any one to in
. quire at our old residence, w here we
e lived in Chicago. All our neighbors
would say that she could not live with
such a cough. You don't know how
- thankful I am. She is eighteen years
» old.
My oldest son also was bothered with
his stomach, throwing tip, and his
- bowels so loose all the time. He was
all run down for four months. _ I also
' doctored with liim. One would «*y this
' and the other something else. I started
, in to give him the Tablets, and now he
Is all right, and healthy looking. He
took four boxes. That is all ho wants
t> take whonover anything ails him.
So I praise your Tablets just as high
■ t as I have your Peruna. That is all
s the medicine that ever comes In my
- house. Whenever I travel I take some
t with me. I have had three of my chil
: drensick with scarlet fever two month*
* ago, and that is all I used, was thel'e
| runa and the Tablets. J did not lose
any of them. >
If there is any more Information you
want, why Just let me know aud I will
be glad to do so. Yours truly,
£. MM. L. bona, Ravenna, Mich.
. „JM - r-\. ».
The North Carolina
College of Agriculture
and Mechanic Arts
The-State's college for vocation
al training. Courses in Agricul
ture and Horticulture; in Civil,
EMecrtical and Mechanical Engi
neering; in Cotton Milling and
Dyeing; in Industrial Chemistry.
Why not fit yourself for life by
taking one of these courses?
Address,
D. H. HILL, President,
6-ijl./' West Raleigh, N. C.
Ladies' and Gents
Gleaning, Dying,
Pressing and
Tailoring.
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Dry Cleaning a Specialty
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Club,
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ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as administrator upon
the estate of Daniel W. Lewis, deceased,
notire is hereby given to all persons
boi ling claims against spid estate to pre
sent them to the undersigned for pay
ment en or before the Ist day of July,
iijio. or this notice will be plead in bar
of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate are
requested to make immediate (*ytnent.
This the Htli day of June, 1909. •
W. S. RHODES,
'in Administrator.
NOTICE.
Having qualified as administratrix
upon the Estate of Mae. G. Riddick, de
ceased;, Notice is hereby given to all per
sons holding claims against said Estate
to present them to the undersigned for
paymeut on or before the the Ist day
of Jfine 1910, or this notice will be plead
ed in bar ot their recovery.
All persons indebted to said Estate'are
requested to make immediate payment.
This 17th day of May 1909.
MAGGIE L. RIDDICK,
1 5-ai-tit Administratrix.
A Fresh Cool Complexion
Is especially delightful and attractive
in warm weather, when most' skius are
red and
toilet preparations it does not require
much care to maintain this cool, fresh
appearance in spite of the heat. We are
enthusiastic over some toilet goods we
sell, because we know what they are and
have seen results from them. Not only
are they good, but they are perfumed
with"the finest odors and are put up in at
tractive packages.
HARMONY SKIN CREAM
Is one of them. It is not greasy, and
goes right into the skin, mskes the skin
cool and bleaches it. It is an ornament
to any dressing table, and is really a
necessity in the summer time.
S. R. Biccs DRUC CO.
Williamston, N. C. •
It's a Burning Sbame
' that*many a wife and family have been
' reduced from eouifnrt to poverty through
' neglect of the husband to secure an in
surance pblicy. It would seem to 1* the
1 right of every wife to insist that
1 HER HOME SHOULD BE iNStIRED,
If your husband has forgotten Ot neg
lected the matter give him a hint to stop
irt-my office and secure a policy whicn
will secure you your home if fire ajbouH
occur. v
K. B. GRAWFORD
INSURANCE AGENT,
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Williamston, ' - - North Carolina
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limited to leave destination fifteen
days from, but not including date
of sale. |
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Have Woolard to make your FLUES
i and You will have the BEST
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MADE TO ORDER N
p Woolard's Combined Harrow and Cultivator
> J. L. WOOLARD
s j WILLI AMSTON, N. C.
Sand Ridge Poul
try Farm.
Eggs for hatching from the following
breed*: S. C. Brown Leghorn, Barred
Plymouth Rock», S. C. White \Yya"dotts,
' |ti per sitting of 15. White Holland tur
key eggs T'rjier 'ftv Satisfaction gtiffrati™
teed. '
Address,
J. B. McGOWAN
R. F. 1). 3 Williamston, N. C.
! To The
Public!
$ I have opened the Black
smith Shop formerly oc
t cupied by the late John
1 h. Hatton, and am in po
sition to do blacksmith.
Machinists work, braz
ing, pipe fitting and gun
repair work. All work
guaranteed.
GEO. L. WHITLEY, Jr.