THE ENTERPRISE
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With jlmswlnger coats vesta are cut
Slow to show shirt studs.
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! How long will the aviators stick to
their agreement not to Indulge in
Mckteaa flying?
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' America has 26 licensed aviators, and
the 20 have formed a trust in order to
prolong their own lives.
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I More ink than blood was shed over
the now famous battle of London, In
Which two men stood off 200.
j In the.matter of safety we do not see
that the submarines have much ad
vantage over the flying machlnea.
The Cleveland man who sued for
"time lost In answering mistaken tele
phone calls" must have further time to
lose.
I New York has a musical comedy
tarblch Is said to be not comic. There
are others, tome of which are not mu
sical, either.
I' It 1s no crime to steal umbrellas on
rainy days In New Jersey. And now
will not those who are addicted to the
habit please go there?
Vienna's birth rate has fallen enor
mously. Evidently the stork does not
love the apartment houses In which so
many Vienna families live.
A navy officer has Invented a pistol
for shooting flies. It ought to make
popular a new summer sport, for tho
game will never be lacking.
' Africa led all the rest of tho world
In gold production last year.. The Af
rican output was $175,000,000, or near
ly double that of the United States.
Russia proposes to build a $75,000,-
000 fleet of battleships for the Black
Bea. They will be perfectly safe there
if the Russian sailors can keep them
afloat
1 The thugs who beat a policeman,
took his revolver away -from him and
left him lying unconscious in the Btreet
should bo chidden for violating the
golden rule.
' "Medical records show," says a nerve
specialist, "that persons who are not
loquacious have always been remarked
* for their good health." Lot him ex
plain that to his wife.
! Wo arc Inclined to bo skeptical
about that Alaska lire which destroyed
half a town with the mercury 50 de
grees below. Wouldn't tho flames
freeze in weather like that?
i- Talk about your western com linr-
vests. * Capt, Drake of Marlborough
county, South Carolina, holds tho
world's record of 254 and a fraction
bushels of the grain to the acre.
1 More than half the members of tho
Senior class nt Wetlesley college are
reported to be engaged to be married.
The comments of the girls at Smith
and Vassar ought to be Interesting.
' If auto owners were more careful as
to the kind of men they employ as
chauffeurs 7 possibly thoro would bo
fewer Joy rides. Sometimes, however,
the owner sets tho chauffeur a bad ex
ample.
If things keep on going as they have
been It may be necessary to substitute
the letter "r" for "h" In the last word
of the usual notice on the theater pro
grams: "Ladies will please removo
their hats."
In .New York they are going to
demonstrate how a child can bo
clothed adequately for $7 a year. Kven
the owner of a fashionable flat build
ing should admit that a good child is
worth as much as that.
Twelve women jurors ln : San Fran
cisco agreed so promptly that they
pronounced for a divorce without
•waiting the Judge's charge, but tho
■lady jurors will learn In time to
wrangle over verdicts just like men.
It is saddening, however, to note
that the dear "Old Philadelphia Lady"
who has been trying for more than
eleven years to find out, through tho
columns of the New York Herald's
Paris edition, "how to figure the tem
perature from Centigrade to Fahren
heit, and vice versa," has not yet suc
ceeded.
Maine has been one of the great
sources of the eastern seaboard's ice
supply, but even Maine, where the ice
crop seldom falls, is ceasing to de
pend upon the weather. Artificial ico
has been made for some time at the
plant of- the Maine Insane hospital in
Augusta and now a large ice manufac
turing plant is to be established in
Lewlston.
A man in Missouri has Just died
Who in a married life of 69-years never
quarreled with his wife nor told her a
lie. The great majority of husbands
will refuse to believe in such super
human virtue, particularly ** to the
last detail.
Forty-flve of the Brazilian sailors
who mutinied have died from various
causes since their surrender. Twenty
six succumbed to sunstroke while en
gaged In compulsory government
work. This form of capital 1 punish*
jß«nt Is effective, U unofficial.
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COMMISSION WILL PROBE
THE RATES ON COTTON
NT nr. STAT a COMMERCE commic-
SION WILL MAKE INVESTIGA
TION CF RAILROAD RATEC.„
MrORTANT TO THE SOUTH
tfttcs Affected on Shipments of Cot
ton From All the Cotton Eelt
to Ultimate Dsstinatlon.
V.'c.tlj!nGton.—Two cf tbo most im
poi uji cit»es respecting tue shipment
find compression of cotton that ever
| huvo been brought before the inter
state commerce commission were as
signed for beartng at Montgomery,
Ala., beginning on Marco 3, and at
Atlanta, Oaf, beginning on .March 6.
The cases are thpse of tne Commer
cial and Industrial Association of
I'nicn Springs, Ala., against the Cen
tral of Georgia railroad and other
carriers, and the railroad comntlssion
of Alabama against the Central of
Georgia railway and others.
Both cases affect tho rates cn the
shipment of cotton from every , part
of the cotton belt In tho South not
only to polnte of compression, but
to ultimate destinations In tills
country and in Europe. The com
plaint In the first case alleges unjust
discrimination against cotton buyers,
cotton merchants and compressors,
and the second avers that tho rall
roiida invoke unreasonable and dis
criminatory regulations respecting
tho transportation and compression of
cotton. Not only every cotton plant
er and every Cotton buyer, but every
railroad in the cotton belt Is Inter
ested directly in the adjudication of
tho cases. Tlioy are regarded as of
so much importance that Judge Clem
ents, chairman of the commission,
r _-.w.1i1. pn Sunt ii to hear tlie
testimony in them.
$45,000,000 MORE PENSIONS.
Under Bill Total Pensions Will
Amount to About 5200,000,000.
Washington.—Hy a vote of to 3
the senate committee on pensions
agreed to report to the senate the
Suiloway general pension bill, which
already lias passed the house. It
Mas amended su that the'annual cost,
In addition to the $ 153,000,000 esti
mated for the ensuing year, will be
about forty-live million dollars.
As passed by tho house, the Suilo
way bill would Increase tho monthly
pension of veterans of 62 years from
sl2 tp sls; of 03 years from sl2 to
s2t>; of 70 years from sls to $-0, and
of 75 or more from S2O to s3(l. The
senate committee by a voto of 6 to
5 ■educed the proposed maximum al
lowance from $36 to S3O. As there
are estimated to lie 63,461 veterans
who would be affected by this amend
ment. at the present time, the change
would decrease the annual cost a lit
tie more than four and a half million
dollars.
Its friends do not anticipato an easy
time passing the measure through tho
s-enate, especially ns It has been inti
mated President Taft would veto it
If It were presented to him for his
signature.
Anti-Option Bill Loot.
Washington.—After a lively tilt,
the senate committee on interstate
commerce, decided to taKe up the
anti-option bill alter. It developed
that there Is strong opposition to the
Mil. and it i:i regarded as donbtful If
it is reported at tills session of con
gress. This would mean the death
of the measure in whlcLi t'ae Southern
farmers are so deopU^interested, and
the tight would have to be begun all
over in the house next year. The bill
proposes to prohibit gambling In cot-1
ton futures, and is endorsed- by the
Farmers' I'nlon and many prominent
cotton mill men of the South.
Bailey Defends Senator Lorimer.
Washington.—Defense of Senator
Lorimer of Illinois was offered by
Senator Bailey of Texas in a speech
so powerful that It was heard and
applauded from time to time by what
was perhaps the largest attendance
of members and spectators that has
been seen on the Iloor and In the gal
leries of the senate chamber during
the present session of congress.
Magazines Maoe Big Money.
Washington.—Large profits for the
publishers of magazines and immense
losses being sustained by the govern
ment In the transmission of niaga
seines as second class mail matter at
existing rates, are made the basis of
a statement issued by Postmaster
[ General Hitchcock, In response to the
[ attack made by numerous magazine
[ publishers upon the proposed increase
|of tlie postage rate on the advertis
ing pages of the large magazines,
I'roin one to four cents a pound The
newspapers are not affected.
Woman Smuggler Released.
New Y»rk, —The prison sentence of
three days In the tombs Imposed upon
Mrs. Roberta Menges-Cor win-Hill, di
vorced wife of Capt. Arthur Hill of
the British army, who pleaded guilty
to a charge of smuggling, expired and
Mrs Hill was released. Mrs Hill,
the first voman upon whon\"a prison
sentence lias been imposed on a
smuggling cuarge, pleaded guilty to a
charge of bringing a $5,000 sable coat
■and Jewelry valued at $7,500 into the
f.ountry from France without paying
THE SPRING STYLE
(Copyright, 1IIU.)
TAFT URGES RECIPROCITY.
President Shows the Farmer He Haa
Naught to Fear and Much
to Gain.
Columbus, Ohio.—Carrying forward
his campaign for Canadian reciproc
ity, President Taft made a direct ap
peal to the American farmer on thut
issue. He asserted thai the impres
sion which had gone abroad that rec
lprocity with the Dominion would In
jure the farmer was entirely without
foundation, and by (statistics and ar
gument he sought to lend actual prool
to ilis ukkciUou*.
Mr. Taft said without reservation
that the reciprocity agreement with
Canada would be a benefit rather than
a detriment to the agricultural inter
ests of this coutnry, lie said he stat
ed this in answer to criticism which
had been directed against the iuea»-
•iii'e prosnrnatJty cm Ttio i>*i=t -of the.
.farmer.
The provident said the greatest
reason for the adoption of the agroe
ment Is the fact that it is going to
unite two countries with kindred peo
ple, and lying together across a wldo
continent, in a commercial and social
union to the great advantage of both.
'Such a result." added the presi
dent, "does uot need to be JustlileU
by a nice balanclug of a pecuniary"
profit to each."
Mr. Taft's address was delivered
at the National Corn exposition in
tiie auditorium 4 at tiio state fair
grounds. t
BITTER "SECTIONAL DEBATE.
Diefranchisement Laws of Bouth At
tacked by Senator Root.
Washington.—A bitter sectional de
bate occurred in the senate between
Senator Hoot of New York and Sen
ator Bacon of Georgia, growing out of
the popular election of senators' reso
lution, In which Mr. Hoot attacked
tiie South for Its disfranchisement
laws and crimes of lawlessness, peon
age and lynching that have occurred
within Its borders- and threatened
that should the time couie whin tiio
negro needed protection the Federal
government would Intervene to en
force the fourteenth and fifteenth
amendment*.
Senator Uacon came to the defense
of the South in a spirit of passionate
loyalty.
Senators crowded Into the chamber
and spectators in the gallery leaned
forward in tense expectancy.
The charges of the senator from
New York were met with the counter
charge by the senator from Georgia
that more lawlessness and crime was
committed in New York's east side
than In the entire South and Hint one
of the most horrible lynchlngs that
ever occurred was perpetrated In the
state of New York.
The specific case which bocamethe
casus belli between the two distin
guished representatives of New York
and Georgia was the Sutherland
amendment, which gives to congress
control over the time, place and man
ner of choosing United States sena
tors.
To Reorganize Consular Service.
Washington.—The senate bill pro
vidlng for the reorganization of the
consular service was passed by tbo
senate. The bill creates ten consular
offices and abolishes eighteen.
Reciprocity or Extra Session.
Washington.—President Taft has
decided to call an extra session ,fc in
the event action is not secured at
the present session on the admlnis
iat lon measures which he is urging
upon congress, chiefly the bill for a
permanent tariff board find tho Cana
dian reciprocity pact. The president
feels that he has struck a popular
chord in the Canadian agreement, and
since popular hits have been rare
during the present administration, he
proposes to make the most of It. Most
members oppose an extra session.
Two French Aviators Killed.
/Douai, France. —Two more names
were added to the death roll of the
aeroplane. The aviators Noel and
Peletorrte were killed while conduct
ing a trial of a military aeroplane
before the experts from the war de
partment, previous to its delivery to
tho army. Noel was the pilot and
Deletorre a passenger. The aviators
were planing down from a height of
about 250 feet when suddenly the
wings foldod up and the machine fell
headlong to the earth. Two men
taken out dfajj.
ALABAMA 10 BE "WEI";
LEGISLATURE TURNS FROM THE
STATE-WIDE LAW AND VOTES
TO RETURN THE SALOONS*
House Passes Parks Bill and Senate
and Governor are Strong
for Measure.
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Monjpromcry, Ala—The Parks local ,
option bill, which virtually end 3 pro-1
hibltlon In this Htate, passed the low- j
or house of the Alabama legislature ,
by a vote of 58 to 45. The fight on
the bill marked one of the most spec
tacular struggle* that hus. ever been
"Witnessed at the- 1
The bill provides that on applica
tion of 45 per cent, of the qualified
voters In any county In the state an
election may be held for the purpose
of determining whether or not liquor
may Hie sold and under what condi
tions. . 2
433 CONGRESSMEN.
Xouse Passes the Crumpacker Re-
Apportionment Bill. ,
Washington.—The Democrats of the
house combined with the Republican
representatives from those states
whose representatives lp congress
would havo been by holding
the house to Its present membership
and paascd the Crumpacker reappor
tionment bill providing for a houso
membership of 433.
If Arizona and New Mexico shoiHd
bo admitted to statehood they will bo
given one representative each, bring
ing the total to 435.
Under the new reapportionment
plan, no state loses a member The
following statos gain the number in
dicated:
Alabama 1, California 3, Colorado
1, Florida 1, Georgia 1, Idaho 1. Illi
nois 1, Louisiana 1, Massachusetts
2, Michigan 1, Minnesota 1, Montana
1, New Jersey 2. New York 6, North
Dakota 1, Ohio 1, Oklahoma 3, Oregon
1, Pennsylvania 4, Rhode Island 1,
South Dakota 1, Texas 2, Utah 1,
Washington 2, West Virginia 1.
HIGHER MAGAZINE POSTAGE.
Four Cents a Pound for Advertising
In Periodicals.
Washington.—Magazine publishers
will have to pay a rate of 4 cent 3 j
a pound on the advertising sections
of periodicals carried as second class
mail if an amendment to the postof
lice appropriation bill adopted by the
senate committee on postofftcos and
post roads Is accepted by both of the
branches of congress.
Tho Incrense In the rate for carry
ing the advertising sections of maga
zines will apply only to the large pub
lications, as an exception Is provided
for such periodicals of le3g thnn 4,000
pounde weight per issue. The privi
lege of carrying advertising matter
will be accorded by the amendment
to fraternal, patriotic, scientific and
educational publications, which privi
lege heretofore has been denied to
such publications when entered as
second class matter.
Half Billion Cotton Exports.
Washington.—Cotton exports reach
ed high-water mark last year. While
the number of bales exported was not
so high as in some past years, the
returns were very much more satisfy
ing. 1531,000,000 being the value of
the raw product sent to foreign lands.
This was $62,000,000 better than the
total price received in 1909. Our best
customer for cotton is the United
Kingdom, which took and
next comes Germany whoso purchases
aggregated $140,000,000; Japan took
$9,500,000.
Congress Protects Soldiers.
Washington.—The senate agrees
with the house that wearers of the
'uniforms of soldiers or sailors of the
United States should be protected
from discrimination by managers of
places of entertainment The bill as
it passed the house imposed a fine of
-SI,OOO and a penalty of two year*,
imprisonment for such offense against
members of the army, navy or marine
corps. The senate passed the bill,
but so amended it as to make the
fine SSOO and to remore the imprison
ment feature.
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Georgia—Dear Sir: In
letter I do so because I feet it
duty and I know you well enough by
reputation to know you" will appre
ciate It fully. I will be as brief as
possible and got right to the point
"There are two men—one from
Texas and I am not Just sure where
the other is from at this writing, but
I should say Chicago from his talk
are going to distribute boll weevils
In every cotton raiding county In
Georgia and Scuth Carolina In the
next ninety days. They claim to have
over one hundred thousand livo ln ;
sects now and they showed mo a box
containing. I should say, five thou
sand of them.
"Their object in discussing It with
me was to get me to help them dis
tribute the weevil and slia'-e In the
profits. That Is, I was to buy 1,000
bales of October cotton. I think from
the tßlk that one man has already
gone to Augusta with several thou
sand in small boxes.
"How 1 happen to be able to write
you this information came about In
this way; I met one of the men.
whom I have known for several years,
and we had two or three drinks to
gether and the conversation drifted
to cotton. 1 expressed a belief that
cotton wculd decline 100 points or
more. Finally he said if 1 would give
him my word as a man he would tell
me something out of which I could
make a fortune. I promised him and
this was the scheme he disclosed to
me. He gave mo a mass of details.
etc., that for the present are worth
lees. The second man seemed afraid
to trust me, or any che; In this case
the man whom 1 knew assured him
1 was all O. K. Hence- the confi
dence. * I felt it was my duty to do
something, so I thought I would write
you and let you advise the officers
and farmers to be on t.he lookout for
suspicious people."
A Veteran'% Vcw.
Baltimore. Adams, a Con
federate veterans, 80 years old. who
died at the Confederate hono here,
served through the Civil war, enlist
ing at Alexandria, Va When L«e sur
rendered at Appomattox, Adams made
a vow that he would never again have
his hair cut and he nev-v od His
hstr extended far .lown Vs back, as
he grew old, much of It fell out, and,
tc prose-/e the remaining, he roiled
it into ringlets. It was put up In
curl papers every night before he re
tired.
Archbishop Ryan Dead.
Philadelphia, Pa.—Serene and pre
pared to meet his God whom he had
served so well, the Most Rev. Patrick
John Ryan, D. D., LL. D., archbishop
of Philadelphia and one of the great
archbishops on the American conti
nent, passed peacefully into eternity.
For weeks the distinguished pi elate,
who would have been 80 years old
had he lived until the 20th of thli
month, fought off death, but a wreak
heart, enfeebled by the arduous du
ties of his high office, could not stand
the strain.
J. B. Speller
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Vood, Shingies, Poultry,
Eggs and Furs.
Wa carry a big line of Wall
Paper.
Wllllamston, N. G. !
7. K. Wimtf J. B. BMm
>rs. Warren & Rhodes
PHYSICIANS AND SUBOEONS
Oftce in
BIQG'S DRJJQ STORE
Kmh K*. 20.
Jos.H.Saunders, M.D.
Physician and Surgeon
Day Phone 63. Night Phone 67
Wllllamston,N. G.
Hugh B. York, M. D.
Microscopy }
Electrotherapy V Specialtiea.
X-Ray Diagnosis \
)ffice Over Merchants M.d Farmer*
National Bank.
)moa Howmt:—» It 10 i. M.i Tto IP SC.
PkoM Now ML Night Pbona Mo. SS -
A. R. Dunning, J. G. Smith
Dunning & Smith
Attorneys-at-Law.
7ILLIAMSTON, - - N. Q
ROBERSONVILLE, N. 0.
>R. J. A. WHITE,
ESBk DENTIST
11 ff T FT
Hce Main St. Phone 98
1 rrou» A.Crltcher. Wheeler Martin.
MARTIN ICRITGHER,
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Attorneys at Law,
ri? ILLIAMSTON, - - N. O
Phone 23
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coprrl«l* «ta, | N ALL cot/rtTRICS.
Businrtt dirty t uitk Walking ton taint te,|
monry and ofttn tkt flair nl,
Pttwit tnd InfHnjtmmt Practlc* Eri'nilnly. I
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with Dr. King's
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J lutow of anyone
is old enough to
has not seen that
railroad crossing?
haa Men it at lome
her, then why doesn't
>»d let the sign rot
Vhy doea the railroad
continue to keep
is at every crosaing ?
think, Mr. Merchant,
rerybody know* my
n't have to advertise.* '
and your good* need
ertiaing than the rail
id do to warn people
; Out for the Cars."
fver completed in th«
lg world.
tment Stores are a
i exam pie— they are
ly advertising—and
continually doing m
in ess.
• run a few ads 'round
iristmaa time, it cer-
II pay you to run ad
:nts about all the time.
tt bostaesa, that's riL to
►VERTISE in
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