VOL. XI. NO. 26
WHAT WOMEN OF
THE FARM NEED
Farmers' Institutes are
• Benefitting Greatly--
Women Not Given Fair
Play- Qovernment Owes
Much to the Farmers'
Wives and Daughters.
No one will decry the value of
the Faruiets' Institute to the ag
ricultural world, disseminating
among the farmers, as it does, the
knowledge gained by the scientists
in his laboratory and on the ex
perimental farms. Today we have
higher-priced farmr;, larger crops,
more sauitary barns and better
milk-producing cows as a result.
Money has been spent lavishly and
intelligently for this education of
the farmer. How much has been
spent for the farmer's wife. How
many scientists and experimenter
are working, searching, studying
for truth that will help the farm
tr's wife in her work? You can
nearly count them 011 Jfour fingers
Yet the report of the Commission
on Rural Life fiuds that ' The
women nted more helps," and "It
is important that at rural meetings
the hometopics shall be discussed."
All the women on the farm a*ks
is fair play. She does not ask that
men shall study her needs She
asks only that she have a chance
to meet and confer with other
women, to work out the solutions
of thtir many problems; that the
Government give her an equal
chance with her husband; that the
same time and money —or enough
time and money—be allowed for
her needs that Is given to his.
"Why does the farm woman nted
such help more than the woman in
the city?" Because of her isola
tion. She has no other woman
with whom to consult. Church is
not the place, and that is about the
only soot she meets the other
women who might be of help to
her.
The report of the Department of
Agriculture of Ontario says: "Of
all the expended for educa
tion in Ontario there is no depart
tnent that has brought such large
returns as the money expended by
the Department of Women's Insti
tutes, for the reason that whyi a
woman is educated she educates
her who'e family!'-'
The United States Government
is spending Urge sums for t lie bene
fit of the school teacher, with
splendid results; for the farmer,
with equally good success. Now
it should go a step further and
begin a systematic aid to the source
of all, the mother.—Selected. #■
Bishop Strange in Robersonviile
Bishop Strange lias arranged to
visit Robersonviile on the night of,
Thursday, Aprif . 21st, but 011 ae-;
count of the school commencement
exercises on that night, bis services
will probably be arranged for an
other date in the neir future.
Notice
The laws of North Carolina, has 1
made the-payment of poll tax 6u I
or before the Ist day of May, the
year in which 30U to vote, a
condition pre-requisite to voting.
I desire that no white man in the'
Couuty of Martin should lose hisj
right to vote, on account of non
payment of poll tax by the time re
quired. "Therefore I ask all sub- j
scribers of THE ENTERPRISE, IF
they knowledge of any White
man who has not paid his. poll tax
to encourage them to do so by May
Ist 1910. This will materially aid
me in the collections and also place
them in position to vote if they so
desire.
Very respectfully.
r J. C. CRAWFORD,'
Sheriff Martin County.
THE
Ganderbone's Forecast
For
APRIL
(Copyright 1910, by C. H. Rieth.) -
I dreamt that I dwelt in overalls,
With nature all around me;
And the stniliug countryside 'ti
thralls
Of deep affection bound me
I loved to milk and do the chores
Around that simple duelling.
And didn't give a whoop outdoors
How groceries were selling.
I dreamt that I dwelt in overalls,
With hired men to serve me,
And something When misfortune
falls
To happily preset ve me
I heard the lowing of the kine
—As deep-toned as an organ,
And thftj.hrill of ownship was mine,
The same as Mr. Morgan.
I dreamt that 1 dwelt in overalls,
As all the railroads want me;
And the city and its gloomy walls
Were nevermore to haunt me.
I lived on something more than
crusts,
With nothing much to fret me,
And I hoped around and dared the
trusts
To come out there and get me
was anciently the second
month, and it was entirely satisfac
tory in that position until the
founding of Rome. This.occurred
upon April 21, and the Romans
found it necessary to keep the day
with one of their patriotic parade*.
After they had lest, most of their
toes and stopped the parade three
or four times while everybody went
iu and got warm, they yielded sec
ond place on the calendar t© Feb
ruary, and shoved April along to
balmier weather.
The name is from the Latin
Aprilis. or the opener, who was
the Roman god of poker. This
was a great pastime with the Rom
ans, and it so deeply impressed it
self upon the national life that
Aprilis became in time a sort of all'
around corkscrew for opening
Spring or whatever else pertained
to the Roman experience. It was
a form of humor among the Roman
wits to say that Apriiishad opened
Spring and bet a robin or some
thing similarly characteristic, and
the weather bureau of that time
wholly confined its conjectures to
wjjat Aprilis probably held or
would draw, which made this
branch of the Government a great
favorite with the people, instead of
something'that everybody damns,
as it is with 11s.
The gentle rain will green the
lawn, and seed the Congressman
sent on to prove his usefulness to
men will hazard the insurgent hen.
The breath of summertime will
blow, the sap and poetry will flow,
and the farmer will dtny his don
to feed that S3O hog.
The playful colt will pirouette
And turn the double summerset
The festive calf will buck and snort
And tip up where his hair is short.
The farmer will get in his corn,
The meadowlark will wake the
x.. morn. ,
And Pinchot will displap the welt
He got to Papa Roosevelt.
Far All-pools Day YOU may re
joice to learn that you will have
your choice. The first, the sixth
and twenty onct have all been
benutifulv dunced; but of the three
it may be said the first is viitually
dead, whereas the sixth is some
thing new. It is the day that
Peary'drew himself erect and said,
to wit: ' This Is the pole, and I
am it."" And likewise on the twen
ty-first another great explorer busrt
upon that quiet Arctic nook and
and cried, "Eureka, tally Cook!"
Just help yourself to either date
you care to keep and celebrate. It
nothing has been settled yet.
The first of Aoril Teddy lands
Upon at Naples,
With.lion blood upon his hands,
ENTERPRISE
WILLIAMSTON, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 15. 1910
And skins and other staples.
He'll then proceed by easy trips
To lecture towird New Yotk,
And add to Europe's scholarship
The study of the stork.
Upon tho night of April 8, or
some not very distant date, we shall
at last with naked eye see Halley's
comet in the sky. It will appear
to be a stick of living fire and twice
as thick as that which Roosevelt
was wont to carry when he mad*,
his haunt around the capitoh Its
head will wave this way and that,
and dread will seize upon the peo
ple who have not been giving us
our due.
Our Uncle John will push his plan
To elevate his fellow man.
And as the comet closes in,
HVII grow impatient to begin
Our Uncle Andy will recall
That he has not begun all
To give and Uncle Piero himself
Will scatter his abundant pelf.
The Rockefeller fund to date
Is all there is demonstrate
The comet's usefulness, but wait
Until the money syndicate
Looks up and sees that awful sign
ITpon the skv. They'll get in line
To square themselve. The trusts
will all N
Go forward to repent, and bawl
And howl around upon their shins
Implori'ig pardon for their fins.
And then the census man will
come around the house and haw
and hum. He'll lead at this and
lead at that, and ask the birthplace
of the cat. He'll measure you be
tween the eyes, and figure and
philosophize. He'll make the acid
test for wealth, and ask of every
body's health. He'll kick his sbius
against his calvts, and add and
multiply his liases. He'll show
his star and stick aronnd, and fin
ally declare his ground and ask the
womenfolk their age, and exit
bleeding from the stage.
Some fifteen million, it is said,
will go to see how many head there
are of us, or black or white, or
whtther we can read or write, and
what the plus of women is that no
one yet is and other un
important facts concerning our do
mtstic acts when most of us, to all"
intents, would rather have the 15
cents it cost us per, and do not
care how many of us have red hair
or who can read or who can write,
so long as simply throwing light
upon the matter doesn't make 'the
bachelor spruce up and take the
pining spinister to bis heart, or
teach unit folk the art of
writing, or as far as we, at lea>t,
are competent to see, improve onr
happiness a bit, but Congress wills,
and so be it.
Af>ril will chirfly consist of Tuft
weather, with occasional showers.
The moon will be in apogee on tie
24th, which will be the last clay
the hog will jump over it. Mr.
Cannon will be strorn center.
And then the month of May will
come,
Of all the months the worst, *
And forty kinds of bugs will fight
To see who saw us first-
MANY SUDDEN DEATHS
Frtfm Poisonous Rheumatism
Rheumatism has for years been
regarded as an exceeding painful
disease but it has only been.dis
covered, within the last few years
that it is this terrible trouble tlntt
is either 4irectly or indirectly earn*
tng thousands of deaths yearly
throughout pur country. Rheu
matism of the Heart, Neuralgia of
the Heart, Paralysis, Uric Acid
Poisoning are among the most dan
gerous forms of the disease. If
Uric is avowed to stay in the
system sudden death can scarcely
be averted, but if any sufferer will
go at once to C. D. Carstarphen &
Co. and get a'bdttle of "Bloodine'.
the guaranteed remedy for rheu
matism, they will positively be cur
ed. . Bloodine in large bottles cost
50 cents.- In old chronic cases
where there is acute pains,
' Bloodine Rheumatic Liniment"
should be used with "Bloodine."
The Mission services at the Epis
copal Church closed on Mond tv.
These services commenced each
morming with the celebration of
the Holy Communion *at 7:30
o'clock, thus beginning the day
with the great Prayer of the Church
of the Ages. Archdeacon Webber
with all the force given him by a
close friendship with the Elder
.Brother, Jesus Christ, emphasized
this supreme sacrament of the
Church So it was fitting that
each day should find those who pro
fess His Name, tarly partaking of
the symbols of the precious B >dy
and Blocd of the Risen Christ.
No man has ever come into this
community with more power,great
er eloquence or truer love for the
Master and his Bride, the Church,
than this man whose travels, .edu
cation and faith in God places him
among the strong preachers of the
country. Lai ge crowds went eag
erly to listen to his every word,
and many who have been careless
in those things pertaining to. high
er lining, tell of purer desires
which have come into their hearts
because of the message he
brought.
The congregation of the Church
of the Advent was strengthened
for larger woik in the future, and
to them the presence of Archdea
con Webber was a benediction
»Accompanied by Rev. Mr. Gor
don, he left 011 the Afternoon train
Monday for Plymouth, where a
service was held on their arrival.
From there he went to New Bern
to hold a Mission for a wetk. As
another has said, the people should
appreciate the fact that Rev. Mr.
Gordon made it possible for Arch
deacon Webber to visit the town,
and give instructions 011 those
things, which through prayer con
secration, had been given to him
in fullest measure.
Mr. and Mrs. Jauies Ashley Hobbs
invite you to be present at
the marriage of their daughter
Mary Ldlian
' to
Rev. James Dallas Howell
Wednesday afternoon .April the
twenty-seventh
nineteen hundred and ten
at four o'clock
Baptist Church
at home after May tenth
Bullets have oiten caused less
suffering to soldier:; than the ecze
ma L. W. Harriman, Burlington,
Me., got in the army and suffered
with forty years. "But Bucklen's
Arnica Salve cured me when all
else failed," he writes. Greatest
healer for Sores, Ulcers, Boils,
Burns, Cuts, Wounds, Bruises and
Piles. 25c at AH Druggists.
James Turner, Harre'.l Thouies,
Jack.lvdward, Elobe Meadows.
Leo 11 a Page, Loiene Davis, Ethel
Carson, Daisy Manning.
MRS. C. M/;LA\IKK, ' ~-
Teacher. 1
Headaches come and go.
' These symptoms show that your
stomach is the trouble. To remove
the cause is the first thing, and
Chamberlain's Stomach' and Liver
Tablets will do that. Easy to take
and most effective. Sold by Saun
ders & Fowden and All Dealers.
Mission Closed
Howell-Hobbs
Williamston, North Carolina
Man toe, N. C
No cards in town
Worse Than Bullets
Williamston Graded School
TIONOK ROU
For week ending April B,'rgrcr
Fn'Tit GKAUK
SIXTH GAUD*;
Your tongue'is coated
Your breath is foul.
Society ot The Cincinnati
The North Carolina Society pf
the' Cincinnati met in the senate
chamber Saturday afternoon April
ytb, the business session being fol
lowed Saturday evening by the an
nual banquet at the Giersch cafe.
The place of the next meeting
is to be determined later by the
standing committee.
Five new numbers were elected:
Judge Oliver H Allen, of Kinston,
under Ensign William Hicks,
"Rule of 1554"; Mr. William
Hambert Ballaid, of Airmount,
Miss., under Capt. Kedar Ballard,
an original member; \Mr. Caleb
Davis Bradhatn, of New Bern, un
der Lieut. John McCann, who died
in set vice, being killed at 'the bat
tle of Getmantown; Mr. John Riv
ers Carter, of Birmingfian, Ala.,
under Capt. Benjamin Carter, an
origiual member, and Mr Herbert
Dalton Thompson, of Baltimore,
Md , under Capt. Behjamin An
drew Colemau, an original mem
ber.
The following officers were prts
ent: Hon. Wilson (V Lamb, of
Williamston, president; Mr. John
Collins Daves, of Baltimore, Md ,
vice-president, Mr. Marshall I)e
I.ancey Haywood, of Raleigh, sec
retary; Mr. Walter Carstarphen, of
Plymouth, treasurer; Col. B.nehan
Cameron, of Stigsville, assistant
treasurer, and the Right Rev.
Joseph Blouut Cheshire, D.D ,
chaplian.—Raleigh Times.
DARDENS ITEMS
Mrs. Stbrina Bundy was a visit
or here this week.
% •
Mrs. Vida Allen was a charming
visitor here Thursday.
Capt. Walter Harrison made a
living visit here last week.
Lonnie Coburn is at home from
a visit to several Northern cities.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Smith attend
ed services at Ware's Chapel Sun
day.
Rev. M V. Self filled bis ap
pointment sit Ware's Chapel Sun
day. ' «
Miss Kva Waters, of Port Nor
folk, was a visitor here a few days
ago.
Mrs. Matilda Davenport spent
Sunday with Mrs Good mm Ham
ilton. ,
Mr and Mrs. K. R. Smith, of
Plymouth, Visited relatives heie
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Roland Biggs spent
Sunday at the home of Thomas
Robbitis.
Mrs. Sadie Ward, of I'lvmoutb,
was the guest of Mrs. David Swin
son Sunday. ... r- ■
Mrs. Annie Batem in and .\liss 1
Debbie liborn, ot Plymouth; Vere*
.here Sunday.
The fascinating little Miss Dare!
Waters spent an afternoon in Plym 1
outh ttiis week.
Mesdames Inez Pagan, Fannie
Smith and Susan spent i
Wednesday in Plymouth.
Misses Kmma Andrews and Mag
gie Williams, of near Williamston, 1
are the guest of Miss Ruth Darden. |
Crosely Gardner does not im
"pfweTTleTls" now confined to his'
bed with Tuberculosis and can only I
speak in a whisper.
Clyde Davis, who has been suf- j
fering with-rheufoatism so long,
still living and bearing h.is afflic
tions withe greatest fortitude. .
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Notice .
The teachers of Martin County
are requested to send in reports of 1
their betterment work by the third
Saturday in this mojith.
BKLLK JENKINS.
' v Secretary.
gute U»'»"
SI.OO a Year in Advance
ROBERSONVILLE
NEWS ITEMS
Local Happenings and
People who are Coming
and Going, here, There
and Yonder as Gathered
by our Regular Corres
pondent.
Mr. Cobb, of Conetoe, was here
Sunday
Miss Allie G. Litth was here
Sunday
Miss Dora Everett was in town
Sunday
Frank Crofton w.nt to Hasiell
Sunday. \
Will Salsbury went to Hassell
Monday
Mrs. A. E. Gray was in town
Tue-day
Rotna Hollidav was town
Tuesday
\V. Z Morton left Monday for
Belli a veil
J. \V. Ta>lor was in Norfolk
last we.k
Norman Everett is on the sick
this week
Miss Selma Everett spent Sunday
near Bethel
Tom Andrews, of' Bethel, was
here Sunday
GiO James, of Bethel, was in
town Sunday.
Henry Everet, of Oik City, was
in town Monday.
Mrs Jesse Ward spent Saturday
j in Rocky Mount.
I
! Miss Unz.-lia Riddick.of Everetts,
I was here Sunday. .
Miss Rosa Baker is visiting iu
Hassell this week,
W. A. Roberson returned from
Norfolk Saturday.
Miss Naomi Everett is on the
sick list this week.
Mrs. Lector Mayo is here with
her mother, who is sick.
Mi ss Fancy Taylor spent Sunday
with Miss Isabelle Morton.
.Misses Bettie Roberson and Lina
James spent Sunday in Stokes.
Misses Louise and lima Boyce,
j of C'jnetoe, spent Sunday here.
i
j Mrs. A. S. Roberson and Robetia
| Malone spent Friday in Bethel.
Mis. W. /.. Morton and little
■ daughter arc visiting in Hassell.
,J. W Gaidner, of S otlaud Neck,
spent Sunday heru with hi-, parents.
Mrs Pete Everett, of Charleston,
S. C , visited Mrs. Ed James last
Wc-ek
Miss Maude Powell is sjendine;
some time here with Mrs. R, 1,.
Smith.
WiE-y Rogersc/h & Company's
new manufacturing p'ant is now in
operation.
Mrs Nan Fittman, of Greenville,
is spending some t;mC with Mrs. ,J.
A C"tticld.
Mrs. lilijfa Cox, of St. Louis, is
vi£i ling1ing her sister, Mr>. S. W.
Outterbridge.
M sses Myrna Hight. Lo ; s Far-
Jicr a; (1 IVnrl Roberson spent Sua*
day near II ts-.e!t
A. S. Roberson & Company are
having a ■••brick 4 structure erected
on Railroad street. ' :,r ~ .
The Woman's Missionary So
c ety gave an ice cream supper last
Friday night in the town ha'lh
*
Misses Lizzie and Annie. Moor
ing, Thomas House and Staten
Everett went to Stokes Sunday.
R. L. Roberson, J. C. Keel and
W. A. Roberson attended the dis
trict meeting of the I. O. O. F. at
Greenville. - #