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THE ENTERPRISE
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WILLI AM 6TON, N. C.
Fin* old clothea weather. *
The reckleaa driving of motor* muat
be stopped.
Death contlnuea to take frightful
toll of the bird men.
Last vAk'i weather waa splendidly
Adapted to frying egga.
Sometlmea the atraw bond ahowa
which way the wind blowa.
And In the meantime don't forget
to empty the pan under the Icebox.
Tbla weather la hot enough without
getting hot at the weather man. Keep
-1-flMl. . . ■
Aa soon as one truat proaecutlon la
ended another, or perhapa two, la
begun. '
We could uae a little Canadian
weather now, but not too large a con
signment.
Bealde helping to exterminate a foe
to mankind, awattlng the fly affords
' good exerclae. ,
It atrlkea ua that Dr. Grant, who
declared the Jonah tale a myth, la
not a fisherman.
"Big feet, good understanding," Is
a new maxim that la widely accepted
In the wild west
The Inventor of dynamite never In
tended that 1t should take the place
of the earthquake.
Still, If chorua girls get In the hab
it of carrying pistols, won't It dis
courage the milllonalreaT
For the benefit of the plcnlckera let
na remark that sand In the food Is
not necessarily unhealthful.
News comes that the chauffeurs of
of Parla have atruck. But It doea not
mention whom they atruck.
Lots of Joy riders realize after the
accident thnt they would have got
there quicker by slow freight
It la declared that women live longei
than men. That Is probably tho rea
son there are so many widows.
Marriages are not made In heaven,
according to a Chicago highbrow. At
any rate, they are unmade In Reno.
Despite the weather, thla appears
to be a normal summer. The sea ser
pent has been giving seances again.
An old bachqlor Is a man who has
fallen Into tho hatflt of counting a
hundred before making up his mind.
The doctors have condemned the old
oaken bucket Next thing we know
they will put tho baa on "Casey
Jones."
Our Idea of a genuine pessimist Is
the man who worries today because
be fears that he will be unhappy to
morrow.
An Indiana woman whoso husband
Is fond of onions and llmburger
cheese la aulng for divorce. Placs
your beta.
Necklaces of glass beads have been
found on Egyptian mummies 3,000
years old. A woman is never too old
to "prink up."
* Ths circulation per capita la IB
cents more than a month ago, or
$34.70. Moat people havs ths IE
cents, anyway.
According to a Pittsburg paper, blue
paint will keep away the flies. A scrf
id swat with a swatter is more per
manent however.
Germany Is building a dreadnought
to be called The Peacemaker. How
Inappropriate the name will seem if
she Is ever called upon to go into
battle.
The city person may prate about
the opulent farmer who rides hither
and yon In hia motor car, but he would
healtate before following a plow in
tbla weather.
A Massachusetts preacher aaya
-gray hair is a punlahment for sin.
This is probably the corrollary of that
other theory that baldness Is a sign
of asrly piety.
That man why played a piano 8S
boars without stopping may have
broken the world's endurance record,
but ha would b« a mighty inharmoni
ous chap to hav« for a neighbor.
Accidents cannot and will not deter
the aviators. With auch prizes before
tbcm they will continue to rlak their
own Uvea and the Uvea of othera in
their efforts to become maatera of the
air.
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A Chicago professor advocates a
school In which to. teach the art of
oourtsblp. Is this not already an im
portant part of the curriculum of
•very coeducations! Institution In the
landr
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We see by the papers that a fanner
ftg Ohio stayed In bed three days with
• fleck of eggs and hatched II chlck
ftsaa The p see lis r part of the story
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NEWS FROM TAR HEEL STATE
Short Paragraphs Thst Have Been
Collected For the People of
the Old North State.
Elizabeth City.—Owlng'to the fact
tbst 8. A. Kean & Co., of Chicago,
the highest bidders during the recent
opening of bids for the Bale of the
|l2o,ooft bonds for street paving and
ourblng purposes, failed to make
good their bid, the board of aldermen
Is now advertising for bids for the
bonds.
Oxford.—Granville county hss suf
fered the losa of a good citizen in
the death of Thomas D. Waller. Ha
was a great grandson of Job Waller,
who (jame to North Carolina from
Maryland many years before the Rev
olutionary, war and settled on Knap,
of Reeds Creek. He and his sons
took part in the Revolutionary war.
Salisbury.—Charged with a serious
assault upon Mrs. R. R. Davis, a well
known Rowan woman, Etta Pettus,
colored, was lodged in the Salisbury
Jail. The colored woman went to the
home of Mra. Davis to pick berrlea
and when aaked to leave the premlaea
assaulted Mrs. Davis with a clflib, In
flicting serious injuries.
Raleigh.—A new ambulance com
pany has been formed in Raleigh,
called Ambulance Company No. 1. The
new company, belonging to the Med
ical Corps, Is under the temporary
command of First Lieutenant W. C.
Horton, the Raleigh physician who
organized the new company. The
corps to which this company belongs
Is commanded by Surgeon-General S.
Westray Battle, of Ashevllle.
Dunn. —It seems that the tigers In
Dunn are not afraid of the new prohi
bition law, Judging from the actions
of a bold member of the wet and
"morally stunted" brotherhood. Ons
of the above-named received t» large
package by express and immediately
proceeded to hand out pint bottles
fe* his friends, but sad to relate, ths
chief came up about that time and
captured the tiger and the remaining
thirty-one pints which he had not
sold. Recorder Smith Is studying up
on the new law.
Fayetteville.—Tho arbitrators ap
pointed by the commissioners of the
two counties to arrange a settlement
between Cumberland and Hoke coun
ties and determine the proportion of
Cumberland's Indebtedness which
should be home by the newly-created
county have mnde their report. The
arbitrators, who aro Messrs. Q. K.
Nimocks and Z. B. Newton for Cum
berland and J. H. Smith and Senator
J. W. McLauchlln for Hoke, place
Hoke's share of Its parent county's
liabilities at $13,250.
Wilson.—While wnlkltig along tho
tracks of the Atlantic Coast Line Rail
road, near the cotton mill, Mr. S. C.
(Sun) Stnllings, was struck by a
southbound passenger train. Ho died
from the wounds he received. It Is
said by some that ho was walking
Just ahead of tho train; by others
that ho was walking the foot path and
Just as the train got near him he
stepped In front and was knocked
quite a distance, his head striking a
cross-tie. The negino was reversed so
quickly that It gave the passengers a
severe shock.
Spencer.—North Carolina's globe
trotter, Frank A. Orr, of Charlotte,
passed through Spencer en rtwte to
New York city, rolling a wheelbar
row, under a wager of SSOO. Tho
wager is between a New York and an
I Atlanta man and the terms provide
thnt the looser shall roll the wheel
barrow back to Charlotte. Mr. Orr
is in fine trim and expects to win.
He is allowed to time himself to
■ twenty miles per day, which he is
easily making. He secured letters of
endorsement in Spencer addressed to
Mayor Gaynor of New York.
1 Stiitesvllle.—Deputy Culec.tor Davis
has returned from Alexander county,
where he and Sheriff Adams, of Alex
ander, gave the blockaders a round.
They captured and destroyed one of
1 the best equipped Illicit distilleries
, I found In these parts. Three men
| were at the plant and were prepared
to camp there for some time. When
the officers approacned the place the
operators ItfTTUn such great haste
that they (ndn'i get all their wearing
I spparel. The' officers chased them
! Into tho tall timbers but could not
overtake them.
Rowland.—A large crowd of 2,000
, to 2,600 people attended the new coun
ty rally and picnic at Alfordsvllle.
t This historic old spot the scene of
i many festivities In bygone days, never
witnessed a larger or more enthusi
astic crowd than assembled here on
I this occasion.
) Morehead City.—While Mr. Kennedy
, of Fall Creek, holds the record for
the largest catch of Spanish mackerel
nnd blue fish, Mr. E. H. Gibson, of
Lanrinburg, and Mr. W. R. Carr, of
' Spartanburg, C., hold the record
• for catching drum. They caught
■' drum, weighing from 12 to 35 pounds
1 Winston-Salem.—The increase in
* value of taxable property in Winston-
Salem this year amounts to one mil
lion seven hundred and sixteen thou
| sand seven hundred, personal pro
perty aggregates thirteen million four
| hundred and alxty-one thousands one
t hundred and fifty-four dollars.
Elkln.—A severe electric storm Ma
lted tbla section. Two men guarding
r convicts at work on the Elkln *
j Alleghany Railroad, four milea north
■ r of Elkln, were atruck by lightning,
r one, Mr. C. R. McOrady, being killed
instantly, an«Nr. Walter 81mmoaa
waa aertoMlr Injured.
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{THE STORY OF I
VANISHING LETTER
CONGRESS AQAIN PROBING THE
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ALASKAN COAL ftIELD
SCANDAL.
SIXTY-DAY CLAUSE CUT OUT
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Alleged That the Letter Btates that
Charles P. Taft Induced His
Brother to Sign the Order.
Washington.—The story of a vanish
ing letter both addressed and signed
■-"TMck," from Richard S. Ryan of New
York to Richard A. Balllnger, then
secretary of the Interior, purporting
to show that Charles P. Taft had In
fluenced his brother, President Taft,
to forward the alleged attempt of the
Guggenheim interests to acquire Con
troller Bay, the only outlet for large
i coal fields In southern Alaska, figured
in a congressional Inquiry begun in
the house.
President Taft has expressed con
fidence that his brother never com
municated with him on the subject,
either orally or in writing.
Miss Abbott, already subpoenaed as
a witness, will appear before the com
mittee.
Commissioner Dennett testified that
some time between the framing of the
first draft and that of the final order
opening the Controller Bay lands to
entry, the usual provision was elimi
nated which would have required 60
days' notice from any one Intending
to settle on the lands. He didn't know
who struck it out,' and did not attach
much Importance or mystery to that
point, but replying to questions, said
the effect of the omission would be to
give advantage to those on the
iground who happened to know of the
order. It was explained, later, that
this order was given to the press at
the time.
Among the witnesses the commit
tee will summon is Ashman Brown,
a Seattle newspaper man, who was
private secretary to Secretary Ballin
ger, and who, according to Miss Ab
bott, was present when she saw the
nlleged Ryan-Balllnger letter.
The most Important development in
the investigation was the testimony of
Commissioner Dennett, that the claim
ants represented by Richard 8. Ryan
of New York, said to represent the
Guggenheim Interests, hud benefited
by the omission of a provision in the
final official papers.
Mr. Dcnentt said when the execu
tive order opeuilig the Controller Bay
land to entry reached his office, it
contained a provision under which en
trymen could not file on the land for
sixty days after the order was Issued,
In some way or other, he
know, he said, this provision was lost
or eliminated before the final pro
mulgation of the order. This omis
| slon, lie admitted, gave great advan
tage to the Ryan claimants, who were
on the ground when the order reach
ed Juneau.
Mr. Dennett said that the first draft
which, as was the usual custom, was
prepared at the department of agri
culture, contained the 80-days' provls
' ion, but that it was not in the or
der as finally signed by the presi.
dent.
"Who struck it out?" he was
asked.
"1 do not know," he replied.
Commissioner Dennett, examined by
W. P. Kennel 1, counsel for the com
nTittee, said the Cunnigham coal land
claims were under investigation be
fore the Controller land was opened
to entry under executive order. This
land had been withdrawn in 1907.
"Just prior, then, to the start of the
Cunningham case," said Mr. Fennell,
"the Controller Bay lands had been
withdrawn and were in the power of
the president?"
"Yes."
Mr. Dennett declared the executive
order opening the lands had not been
held up by the interior department
He said the proclamation was signed
October 28, printed copies received
five days later and on the next day
sent to the register of the general
land office at Juneau, Alaska, to be
posted and made public there in the
customary way.
The Lorimer Probe.
f Washington.—When the Lorimer
r hearings are resumed, it is expected
- Governor Deneen of Illinois will take
i the stand to gtve his version of the
long-distance telephone conversation
r with Edward Htnes relative to the
f election of Mr. Larimer. According to
I Mr. Hines' statement. President Taft,
f Senator Aldrich and other Republi
t cans were Involved in the election.
1 Mr. Aldrich will be asked to appear
t as soon as possible after Mr. Deneen
is heard.
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State Highway Commission.
Montgomery.—The state highway
| commission, commission, consisting of
r Chairman Robert B. Spragins of
B Huntsvlile; State Senator V. B. At
kins of Selma, and Capt. John Craft,
k of Mobile, met in Montgomery, and
gc, discussed steps for the Immediate
I construction of model highways in
!i this state. Application from more
t, than a score ot counties war* read
1 to the commissioners, la which they
■ were petitioned to begin work la their
respective counties at once.
| THAT INFERNAL QUESTION
•U ihOOT -v * j f nowo" 0 ' 0 *!
(Copyright. 1^
POPE PIUS PRAISES TAFT
FOR HIB GREAT EFFORTS IN BE
HALF OF WOLLO'S PEACE
MOVEMENT.
"To Our Venerable Brother, Dlo
medes, Titular Archbishop of Larlssa,
i Apostolic Delegate to the United
States of America —Venerable Broth
-1 er: Health and apoßtolic benediction.
We are happy to learn from you that
in the United States of America un
. der the leadership of men enjoying
thu highest authority with the people,
the more judicious members of the
1 community are fervently desirous Of
maintaining the advantages of inter
, national peace. To compose differ
ences, to restrain the outbreak of hos
tilities, to prevent the dangers of
war, to remove even the anxieties of
so-called armed peace, is indeed most
praiseworthy and any effort in this
cause, even although it may not im
mediately or wholly accomplish its
purpose, manifests, nevertheless, a
zeal which cannot but redound to the
credit of its authors and be of ben
efit to the state. This is especially
' true at the present day when vast
armies, instrumentalities most de
structive to human life, and the ad
vanced state of military science por
tend wars which must be a source of
fear even to the most powesCtti rulers.
"Wherefore, we most heartily com
mend the work alruady begun which
should be approved by all good men
and especially by us holding, as we
do, the supreme pontificate of the
church, and representing him who is
both the God and the Prince of Peace.
"For we do not doubt that the same
distinguished men who possess so
much ability and such wisdom In af
fairs of state will construct in behalf
of a struggling age a royal road for
nations leading to peace and concllia
lion in accordance with the lawß of
justice and charity, which should sa
i sedly be observed by all.
."For inasmuch as peace consists in
order, who >will vainly think that It
can be established unless he strives
with all the force within him that due
respect be everywhere given to those
1 virtues which are the principles of
order and its firmest foundation?
"As for the remaining aspects of the
matter, we recall to mind the exam
ple of so many of our illustrious
predecessors who, when the condition
of the times permitted, rendered, in
this very matter also, the most signal
' service to the cause of humanity and
to the stability of governments; but
since the present age allows us to aid
in this cause only by pious prayers
to God, we, therefore, most earnestly
pray God, who knows the hearts of
men and inclines them as he wills,
that he may grant to the nations
which, with united purpose, are labor
ing to this end, that the destruction
«t war and its disasters being avert
-1 cd. they may at length find repose In
I the beauty of peace.
"As a pledge of divine favor and a
1 proof of our benevolence, we must
' lovingly grant you, venerable brother,
1 the apostolic benediction.
(Signed) "PIUS X."
, Direct Vote for Senators.
Washington.—The house sent to
I conference the resolution providing
> for the direct election of United
' States senators. The speaker named
1 Representative Rucker of Missouri;
> Representstlve Conroy of New York,
> and Representalve Olmstcad of Penn
• sylvania, as house cdnferees. The
• senate conferees are Clark of VVyo
• ming, Nelson of Minnesota and Ba
" con of Georgia. The dispute is over
i the senate amendment for Federal
control of the elections.
The Powers Warn Haiti,
r Washington.—The joint note pre
r sented to the Haltfen government by
f the United States, Great Britain,
• France, Germany and Italy, request
. ing an adjustment of the claims of
1 their cltlxens, Is not an utlimatum, it
t is declared at the state department,
i but a friendly request t© conclude the
» long-standing question by diplomacy
1 or arbitration. The Haitian govern
r meat Itself, It Is added, suggested this
r procedure to conclude the matter a*
speedily as possible.
PROSPECTS OF AGREEING
Democrsts Determined to Complete
Their Tariff Record Before
Going Home.
Washington. Prospects of an
agreement in the senate over general
tariff revision continually brightens
Only five progressive Republican
vot3s are needed, and practically that,
many senators have pledged them
selves to assist In securlhg thorough
going revision.
Senator Gronna of South Dakota,
in the course of a speech in opposi
tion to reciprocity, declared for full
revision. Senator- Cummins of lowa
has expressed himself in similar
terms, as have Senators Bristow of
Kansas, Dixon of Montana, Polndex
ter of Washington, Works of Califor
nia and Clapp of Minnesota.
The Democratic members of the
ways and means committee of the
house are strongly of the opinion that
the whole range of tariff schedules
should be covered in house bills, and
these measures sent to the senate.
Representative Drantley of Georgia, in
an interview given to the New York
World and published, says:
"The Democrats should stay here
until they have completed their tariff
record for this congress. They should
report bills revising the tariff affect
ing every one of the, well known
trusts of the country. This would in
clude steel, sugar, rubber, chemicals
and other schedules.
The house will probably continue to
grind away until reductions in rates
in every schedule are agreed upon in
that body. Then in the senate does
not show a disposition to act, and
either pass the house bills or make
such minor changes as will be accept
able to the Democratic senators and
put the measure up to the president,
the house will be ready to quit and go
home.
BILL TO AID THE HIGHWAYS
Senator Bwanson Advocates Highway
Approprlstion.
Washington.—The annual appropri
ation of $20,000,000 for five years to
improve the post road and rural de
livery routes of the government was
urged In the senate by Mr. Swanson
of Virginia He contended that de
spite the amazing achievements in
many directions by this country, it Is
notorious that the United States has
the poorest public roads and highways
of any civilized nation.
Mr. Swanson explained that his
plan would open more than 1.000,000
miles of roads to government aid ;
that the states and local authorities
would furnish an amount equal to
that appropriated by the Federal gov
ernment and that the total would be
divided among the states, according
to population. The bill would create
a road department consisting of engi
neers and capable officials, to carry
out the project. The measure, he ex
plained, was modeled somewhat after
the Virginia state law.
Japs Want Share of Cotton.
Houston, Texas. —What is regarded
here as the most aggressive more
yet made by Orientals to obtain a
share In the South's cotton business
was put into full swing by the char
tering at Austin of a SIOO,OOO com
pany by K. Fukushlma, a Japanese.
He Is manager for the Mitsu banking
house of Japan and has opened offices
here. ■ ✓
The purpose la to export cotton to
Asiatic countries through agencies to
be established throughout the Orient.
Rio Grande Higher Than for Years.
El Paso, Texas.—The Rio Grande Is
higher than it has been for years. In
the lower part of the city the river is
out of its banks and several Mexican
I houses have been carried away, but
there has been no loss of life. The
United States immigration office la
• threatened and man are at work now
atrengthening the levee there with
sand bags. Above S3 Paso considers
-1 hie damage has been done to the val
► lay farms by the flood waters. There
will ha great loaa ' _
CLEARING THE WAY
FOR RECIPROCITY
THE SENATE WILL PROCEED TO
VOTE DOWN ALL AMEND
MET'TS TO BILL.
WILL ATTEMPT TO BLOCK
The Bugaboo of a Filibuster Ha# Beet
Raised, But Measure Will
Past Unamended.
lively clearing oi
the ways for the eventual passing of
the unamended Canadian reciprocity
bill by the voting down of the Cum'
mings and Simmons amendments to
that meausure and continued discus
sion and action on other provisions in
connection with the bill will keep
the senate busy all thiß week, while
the house, which met Wednes
day and quickly adjourned until Satur
day, will be active through its com
mitteesx /"
Tho amendments proposed by Sen'
ator Cummings of lowa, Insurgent Re
publican, which would add steel, iron,
coal, lumber, wool, cotton and vari
ous Candaian products to the free list
from Canada and the amendments
proposed by Senator Simmons of
North Carolina, Democrat, are some
what similar in nature.
These are expected to be bowled
over. After the voting on these
amendments the senate will proceed
with the consideration of the reciproc
ity bill and amendments by Senator
LaFollette and others will be acted
upon.
The proceedings will begin with a
set speech by Senator Simmons in
support of his own and Senator Cum
mins amendments, followed by roll
calls on the amendments. The buga
boo of a filibuster practically has been
raised, and friends of reciprocity will
watch for attempts to intersperse the
voting with speech-making, which
they will interpret as the institution
Of a filibuster.
Dilatory tactics will be met with '
such acts of coercion as the majority
might decide would expedite business.
Mr. Cummins has indicated that he
will ask for separate votes on all his
amendments, anT has said that he
would demand at least a dozen roll
calls. Mr. Simmons will not be so
insistent
Senator LaFolette said that be
would probably present his amend
ment early In the week, and he prob
ably will speak for the greater part
of several days in explanation and
advocacy of them. His speech is re
garded as the most formidable obsta
cle in the way of a vote on the bill,
and senators generally say that with
it out of the way, predictions regard
ing a final vote will be more reliable.
In addition to Mr. LaF'ollettc and Mr.
Simmons, Senators Bailey, Stone,
Jones, Clapp and others are still to
be heard.
The prevailing opinion still is that *.
with the reciprocity bill out of the
way final adjournment will soon fol
low. The Democrats generally will
demand votes on one or two of their
tariff bills, but will not debate them
at length. The Insurgent Republi
cans are divided on this item of pol
icy, but most of them are inclined to
demand further time for legislation,
and they may take such a course as
will delay getting away. gen
eral sentiment, however, fsHhat the
extra session of congress will end
early in August.
The Democratic members of the
ways and means committee of the
house will resume the work of fram
ing revision of the cotton schedule
early In the week. The leaders con
template a reduction In cotton duties
of from 30 to 50 per ceit., all duties
to be ad valorem, as In the wool bill.
Chairman Underwood and his col
leagues believe that the bill drawn on
a revenue basis can be so framed as
to cause no reduction in the revenues.
The cotton revenue now is about $38,-
000,000. By lowering the duties, they
have statistics to indicate that the
amount of goods to come into this
country will equal, if not exceed, the
old revenue.
Laces are not be Included In the
revised schedule.
Will Meet at Bt. Louis.
Portland, Ore.—At a meeting the
managers of the International Mission
ary convention of the Christian
church selected Louisville for the con
vention to be held In' 1913. Address
es included an arraignment of Mormon
ism by President H. D. Smith, and
an address by R. N. McCash, in which
he declared that New York City it
the "Sodom of modern times," and
Wall street a "school where men are
taught to steal," among other menace*
to our country's morals.
Great Fleet of Warships.
Provincetown, Mass.—The biggest v
fleet of American war vessels evet
assembled is In Provincetown harboi
awaiting the beginning of war man
oeuvers along the Atlantic coaat, or
July 16. The fleet already comprise*
thirty-five vessels, battleships, crnle
era, torpedo boats, submarines, col
llera and dispatch boat* and In a fen
days will be Joined by seventeen othet
ships, Including four dreadnought*
the Delaware, Kan—, Louisiana aatf .
New Hampshire.
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