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THE ENTERPRISE Publish** Weekly. ~ WILLIAMSTON, N. C. Like beauty, crowsfeet an only One sure way to get warm weather; Mart your furnace fire now. Why doesnt Doc Wiley devise e way to have all toadstools labeled? » Stealing pictures from French gal leries seem a to be easier than work- W A doctor says that large bats are (Injurious. So are bis heada, for that Matter. Another war cloud loom a 1 Uncle Bam Is threatening to annihilate the •qulrrela. One aviator landed on a barb wire fence, but he didn't do It as grace fully as a bird. How eaay It Is to exaggerate. Tou often hear people aay that they were "tickled to death." Burglars and robbers seem to be cultivating artistic ldeala. They nat ter steal a poor picture. A Kansas City Judge baa decided that a woman has the right to scold her husband. O wise Judge 1 Sixty-three aviators have been kill ed this year, and there are still a few weeks of good flying weather loft. Thomas A. Edison saya that Ameri cana sleep too much. Perhapa tnat la why he Invented the phonograph. "Only actors »nd poets really live," ways a noted Parlslenne. But why -overlook the coal dealer at thle time of year? An eastern woman says that Ameri can husbands are bores. Btlll they snake perfectly lovely waist hookers, don't they 7 Professor Lowell has found a new canal 1,000 miles long on Mars. Here's an opportunity for another canal Jun keting trip. Germany Is Importing mules. This would please Missouri, except that Germany is Importing Its mules from South America. When thought photography Is per fected It may be possible to discover what a politician thinks. All we know now is what he saya " Ysqul Indians used bullets of gold during the late Mexican war. In which case we presume some of the war riors died at a profit. Death has Just taken the man who Invented French heels for women's ahoes. It Is to be hoped that ho did not die unrepentant. The University of Pennsylvania has established a course In play writing. The result can't be any worse than what we are getting now. "Learn to box. It will make your husband respect you," says a lady who has been msrrled for a short time. A better way Is to learn to cook. Newly manufactured lumber Is said to be made of fifty seven per cent -waste pnper. Who can tell T Some day your old love letters may appear aa a board fence. An eastern clergymsn says that •wedding fees should be refused be cause they are no more than a wait er's tips Yes. they are. too. Eight or nine dollars more. One hundred Pennsylvania farmers have gone to New York to ascertain how the cost of living can be reduced. -- They have gone to the wrong place. In order to get even with Italy, Tur key threatens to swoop down on Greece. Another case of the Inno cent bystander getting the worst of It "*5. . A Callfornlan claims to understand the language of bears. His services would be Invaluable In Wall street during a sharp downward turn In the market "The New York police department has been equipped with an up-to-date burglar alarm." Dut why should any burglar want to steal a New York po liceman ? After he had made his tlrst flight in an aeroplane Postmaster General Hitchcock said: "The time is certain ly coming when we must depend upon the aeroplane for carrying the mall." When that time comes will people who are Jilt by the pouches that are dropped from above be liable to get Into trouble tor obstructing the mails? A New Jersey magistrate arraigned himself before himself for violation of a town ordinance, pleaded guilty to the charge and fined himself )5, which •urn he paid and was released by hlm aelf. Some Spartan sense of duty Is ■till left in thla selfish world. English school boys struck lately, demanding, among other reforms, abo lition of the cane. The cane also ■track in turn, and the incident haa become a closed but painful episode la eostemporary school history. RERELS VICTORIOUS IN CHINESE EMPIRE CHINESE THRONE GRANTS DE- MAND FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT. EMPEROR ISSUES AN EDICT mperlal Edict Baya There Have Been Too Many Noblee In Office. Pekln, China—The demand of the national assembly for a complete con stitutional government has been ac ceded to by the throne. An imperial edict was issued apologizing for the past neglect of the throne and grant ing an immediate constitution with a cabinet, from which nobles shall be ex cluded. A second edict grants par don to political offenders connected with the revolution of 1898 and subse quent revolutions and to those com pelled to Join in the present rebellion. Xhe throne promises to organize a cabinet without nobles forthwith. The Manchu prince, Shlh llau, president of the assembly, is permitted to re sign, the Chinese, L 4 Chla Chu, suc ceeding him. The Manchu, Hual Chun, minister of constabulary, has been re moved and the Chinese, Chao Ping Chun, supercedes him. PLAN FOR HANDLING BILLS English Newspaper Propose# to Les- sen Middlemen Atlanta. —Only one middleman be tween the Southern cotton farmer and the English spinner; a saving to the South of toiilllons annually upon the cotton crop—these are the salient points of the plan launched and -in dorsed by the Manchester Guardian, leading voice of the cotton trade in Great llritain, looking to direct deal inn in the Souths staple between tills country and the spinner# of the Man Chester district. The plan is being pushed personally In America by A. U Hart, representa tive of The Guardian, who is now In Atlanta on n tour through the cotton belt conferring with prominent cotton merchants and the representatives of farmers, in an efTort to enlißt their co-operation. Outlining his plan, Mr. Mart declar ed that cotton is "sold six unneces sary times" before it reaches the spin ner. Much of the burden of this com plicated process devolves on the farm er. He would substitute for it the establishment by American cotton merchants of branches in Manchester which should deal direct with the spinner, thus eliminating the endless round of handling and rchandllng to the disadvantage of both spinner and farmer. The Guardian's campaign has tlio hearty Indorsement of llnrvio Jordan of Atlanta, former president of the Southern Cotton association, and also widely acquainted with conditions on the producing side In this country nnd the spinning sldo In Great Brit ain. MAY ABOLISH COMMISSIONS Railways May Be Controlled by Inter- state Commerce Commission, Washington.—Complete control of all the railroads of the country by the Interstate commerce commission and virtual elimination of tho Btate commissions from such control, Is foreshadowed In an opjnion handed down by the Supreme court of the United States. The court held that hereafter all locomotives, cars or oth er equipment used on any railroad which is a highway of Interstate com merce must comply with the Federal safety appliance act. . in- Its opinion, the court held that compliance with Federal law Is com pulsory on all railroad# which are en gaged in the transportation of porsons or freight from one state to another. Klaborating this, however, It held that the cars or equipment of such roads, even if engaged in such transporta tion within the confines of a state, must be considered as part and par cel of the road and therefore com pletely under the jurisdiction of the Federal commission. Taft Makes Pessimistic Address. Chicago.—President Taft surprised a large audience at the dinner of the Hamilton club by what most of his hearers construed as an admission of the possibility of Republican defeat In the coming national election. He was speaking to what had promised to be an unusually enthusiastic audi ence of Republicans. Those present hastened to ascribe the president's utterances to weariness after his long tour of speechmaking and especially after the three days' hard "campaign" In Chicago. Harem, Hobble and High Heels Barred Milwaukee, Wis—Every woman at tending the national' W. C. T. U. con vention bowed her head when the name of Carrie Nation was read the memorial service. Papers on leal and scientific temperance and kin dred subjects followed in rapid suc cession. "No harem, no hobble, nor hl*h heels,* announced Dr. Louise C. Purington of Boston,' national superin tendent of health and heredity de partment, in laying down laws for women. ' ~ HAIRY HATS iCopjrnsht. Ittl.) REBELLIONS IN TWO LANDS CHINEBE AND MEXICAN REBELS BUCCEBBFUL IN DEFEATING GOVERNMENT TROOPS. Chinese Royal Family Is Preparing to Flee From Pekln —Mexlc Cap ital Threatened. Pekln, China.—Further defection to the rebels, Including Nan Chang, cap ital of the province of Glang-Sl, and Kwel-IJn, capital of Kwang-SI, have served to Increase the tension here of the revoluton. It Is commonly reported In Pekln that the Imperial family is ready for flight The road to Jehol, 115 miles northeast of Pekln, Is studded with troops. Other rumors designate the foreign settlements In Tien Tsln as the possible refuge. To add to the seriousness of the situation, the Tau-Cheng-Yuan, Chinas first national assembly, gave to the Manchus what the legations consider an ultimatum. The aHßembly Im peached -Sheng-Hsuan-Hua, president of the ministry of pouts and commu nications, and demanded Ills dismis sal, with severe punishment. Mexico City.—Shocked by the reali zation that tho forces of Emlliano Zapatista had entered the Federal dis trict, Backed a town and then stood off a detachment of the Federal army, the chamber of deputies demanded tlvat the acting minister of war and the minister of tho Interior appear before tbut body and render full re ports regarding the insurrection and the measures being taken for Its sup pression. It was agreed to remain In session until the ministers appeared, and that should the head of the war department fall to report before an early time, to go to his house in puu llc protest. TOBACCO TRUST DISSOLVING Plan Is Opposed and Supported In the Hearlng Now York. —Opponents and support ers of the plan which the American Tobacco company has mapped out for disintegration both had their Innings In the United States circuit court here. Counsel for the socalled inde pendent tobacco manufacturers and producers had filed their brief of ob jections but a few hours, when a law yer for a committee of the preferred stockholders of the trust petitioned the court to be heard In support of the plan. The attorney declared that he repre sented owners of 458,000 shares of the trusts' preferred stock. The plan, he said, not only would fairly and honest ly dissolve the corporations, but would safeguard the interests of stockhold-. ers. Should the court grant his peti tion, he will Bubmit his conditions at the public hearing October 30, or as soon thereafter as practicable. Counsel for the objectors in their brief opposing tho proposed dissolu tion plan, after declaring that tt does not, In reality, dissolve the trust so as to make competition among its segments possible point out that the plan contemplates leaving intact the United Cigar Stores company. Cattle Ahead of Human Beings. New York. —Cattle received more attention than human beings In the appropriations by the last New York state legislature according to a com plaint of the state sanitary officers* association embodied in a resolution passed at its annuai convention here. The resolution deploreß the action of 'the legislature In appropriating lib erally for the prevention of disease in cattle while It cut to the bone appro priations for the care of human beings suffering from tuberculosis. Glidden Tourist Killed. Live Oak, Fla. —When less than 200 miles of road lay between them and the end of a 1,400-mile tour from New York to Jacksonville the first fatal accident of the 1911 Glidden tour oc curred three miles from Tifton, Ga., when S. M. Butler of Ne*f York, chair man of the contest committee of the American Automobile association, was Instantly killed. Driver Charles F. Kel leman of Rochester, N. Y., was inter nally injured, and Mr. and Mr*. P. J. Walker of California received brok ien bones. / GOVERNMENT SUES TRUST Steel Corporation Will Make No Offer to Readjust Its Intricate Organization. Trenton, N. J.—The government's long planned suit to break up the so called "steel trust" was begun here In the United States circuit court. It Is the most sweeping anti trust action ever brought by the department of Justice. The government asks not only for the dissolution of the United States Steel Corporation, but for the diaso lution of all constituent or subsidiary combined in violation of the Sher eombine din violation of the Sher man law to "maintain or attempt to maintain a monopoly of the steel busi ness." There are thirty-six subsid iary corporations named as defend ants. J. PierponA Morgan, John D. Rocke feller, Andrew Carnegie, Charles M. Hchwab, Oeorge W. Perkins, E. H. Cary, John I). Rockefeller, Jr., Henry C. Frick, Charles Steele, James Gay ley, William H. Moore, J. H. Moore, Edmund C. Converse, Percival Rob erts, Jf:. Daniel CJ. Reld, Norman B. Iteam, P. A. B. Widener and William P. Palmer are named individually as defendants. The United States Steel Corpora tion, Carnegie Steel company, Carno glo Company of New Jersey, Federal Steel company, National Steel compa ny, American Steel and Wire Com pany of New Jersey, National Tube company, Shelby Eteol Tube compa ny, American Sheet and Tin Plate company, American Sheet Steel com pany, American Steel Hoop company, American Bridge company, Lake Su. perlor Consolidated Iron Mines, all of which were organized under the New Jersey laws, and the 11. C. Frlck Coke company, Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company and the Great Western Mining company are named as corporate defendants. Louis W. Hill, James J. Hill, Walter J. Hill, E. T. Nichols and J. H. Gru ber are named as trustees In connec tion with ore companies. The steel corporation's lease of the Great Northern railway's ore proper ties is alleged to be illegal. New York.—Steel corporation secur- lties slumped badly on the stock ex change as a result of the Federal suit to dissolve the "billion dollar" steel combine. There was an outpouring of steel stocks throughout the day, and the common sold down to 60, a new record point for several years. The preferred was also weak, selling down to 103. a loss of 5 3-8. Other stocks were weak in sympathy. The entire force of deputies under United States Marshal ilenkel was put at the disposal of the government to finish the task of serving copies of the bill of equity in the Federal BUit to dissolve the United States Steel corporation upon officers and directors of the alleged trust, resid- ing here. J. P. Morgan and E. Hi Cary receiv ed service, but thirteen others re mained to be served According to a statement given out at the office of the United States mar shal In Trenton, where suit was filed this service of the petition will bo followed by subpoenas requiring the defendants to answer the petition at Trenton on December 4. Meningitis Cure la Found. New York.—A discovery whereby epidemic spinal meningitis can be en tirely controlled was announced by Dr. Simon Flexner, director of the Rockefeller institute at the confer ence of sanitary officers of New York state here. The control could be es tablished, Dr. Flexner said, by Inject ing serum Into the cerebral spinal membrane, thus getting at the seat of the disease. The application of this new form of treatment will be not one-tenth as dangerous aa it was be fore." , Enfranchised Women Form Society. Louisville, Ky.—Plans for the organ ization of the National Federation of oVtlng Women were laid by delegates who attended the convention of the National American Woman Suffrage association. Mrs. George A. Smith, president of the organisation in Wash ington, made the announcement. "The federation," said Mrs. Smith, "will be formed by the enfranchised women of Washington, California, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah and Colorado, the states In which they have the ballot" 1,072 DELEGATES FOR CONVENTION INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP OF COMMITTEE THAT WILL NAME & O. P. CANDIDATE, REAPPORTIONMENT IS CAUSE Thsro Were Only MO Delegates In tha Last National Convention Hold In Chicago. Washington.—The call for tho Re publican national convention, to be isued by the national committee when It meets In Washington, December 12, will provide for 1,064 delegate* to b« Increased to 1,072 If Arizona and New Mexico become states before the con veatlon is held.. The increase from 980 delegates, which comprised the Chicago conven tioa of 1908, is the result of the re apportionment by congress which In creases the size of the house of rep resentatives from 391 to 433 members or 435 with the two new states. A table showing the apportionment of tho delegates to the 1912 convention haj been prepared by Francis Curtis, i& charge here of the combined pub licity headquarters of the Republican national committee and the Republi can congressional committee. This arrangement Is expected to be adopt ed without change by the committee. The distribution follows: Alabama 24, Arkansas 18, Califor nia 26, Colorado 12, Connecticut 14, Delaware 6, Florida 12, Georgia 28, Idaho 8, Illinois 58, Indiana 30, lowa 26, Kansas 20, Kentucky 26, Louisi ana 20, Maine 12, Maryland 16, Mas sachusetts 36, Michigan 30, Minnesota 24, Mississippi 20, Missouri 36, Mon tana 8, Nebraska 16, Nevada 6, New Hampshire 8. New Jersey 28, New- York 90, North Carolina 24, North Dakota 10, Ohio 48, Oklahoma 20, Oregon 10, Pennsylvania 76, Rhode Island 10, South Carolina 18, South Dakota 10, Tennessee 24, Texas 40, Utah 8j Vermont 8, Virginia 24, Wash ington 14, West Virginia 16, Wiscon sin 26, Wyoming 6. Territories '(2 each) —Alaska, Ari zona, District of Columbia, Hawaii, New Mexico, Philippines, Porto Rico. The basis of delegates for the Re publican convention Is four at large In each state and two for each congres sional district. JOSEPH PULITZER IS DEAD Proprletsr of New York World Passes Away at Charleston, 8. C. Charleston, S. C.—Joseph Pulitzer, proprietor of the New York World and the St. Ixiuis Post Dispatch, and one of the most commanding figures in modern journalism, died aboard his yacht, the Liberty, in Charleston harbor. The Immediate cause of Mr. Pulit zer's death was heart failure. He had been in ill health for several days, but until a few hours before the end, none of those around him had any suspicion of the gravity of his condi tion. For more than a quarter of a cen tury Joseph Pulitzer had been one of the leading figures In American jour nalism. Born in Hungary in 1847, and educated there, he came to this coun try in 1863, enlisted In the Union army and served as a cavalryman un til the end of the war, when he set tled in St. which was for many years the scene of his journalistic ac tivities. His early newspaper train ing was as a reporter and afterwards city editor, managing editor and part proprietor of the Westliche Post, ed ited by Carl Schurt. He bought the St. Louts Dispatch In 1878 and united it with the Post as the Post-Dispatch, which, under tho management, became in a few yeara, one of the best-knownjmd moat widely circulated Journals of the sec tlon. Mr. Pulitzer's entry Into New York Journalism occurred In 1883, when he bought The World, then a paper of small circulation. Its circulation and prestige few rapidly under his gener al direction. Mr. Pulitzer's sight began to fall In in the late eighties, and after a time he became blind. Ever since he had been a partial Invalid, Panic Among Manchua. Pekln, China.—The situation in Pe kin la becoming worse. A veritable panic prevails among the Manchus and the Manchu women are adopting Chinese dress. Some of them are at tempting to make their feet appear Bmall by peculiarly constructed shoes. Most of the trains leaving the capital are drawn by two engines, so heavtfy are they loaded, the people sitting on top of their household belorigingß. Of ficials are aeeklng asylum »r their wives and children among the for elgners. Oared Niagara In Motor Boat. Niagara Falls, N. Y.—Capt Klans Larsen of Detroit made his second Niagara river trip in a motor boat from the cataraet to Lawlston. He completed the six-mile trip through the turbulent water in twenty-five minutes, coming through without a scratch. Larsen says he is through with Niagara adventures, but. next year will make a trip across the At lantlc In hla boat, the "Niagara." The rapids trip took hardly more than o minute. AWAITING DEATH HE PENNED DMHY i. J. D. MILLER PINIONED A PRISONER IN SHAFT OF HIS GOLD MINING CLAIM. H\D KEPT A DAILY RECORD Bhows How Hope and Strength Failed Him From Day To Day— Imprisoned For Seven Day*—Died on Friday the Thirteenth. Bridgeport, Cal.—An old assay cer tificate found on the body of J. J. D. Miller who died in the shaft of his mining claim, twelve miles north of here, told two stories when It was deciphered In the coroners office. One side told of gold in Miller's shaft. The other bore the penciled record of the man's aeven-day imprisonment, ended by death at noon Friday, Oc tober 13. The body was found with the left leg pinned against the side of the. 16-foot shaft by a mass of rock. Miller stood upright with his head thrown back. The shaft is slightly Inclined and he must have seen the sun, which stood on the meridian, aa he wrote the Inst line of his diary: "Friday, noon —The thirteenth day,, no hope." The certllcate was rolled and had been replaced in his pocket book. The daily record follows: "October 6 Frank Yparragulrre,. Sweetwater: If help does not come,, send this message to M. C. Miller,. wl?e, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and wire what to do with the body. —J. J. I). Miller." "This occurred Friday morning,. October 6. It Is now Saturday noon.' ',No help yet. Why did tHls come'" "Sunday night—lt Ib cold and long. Gold help me.' I forgive mother." "Monday—lt is noon. Why did Dick forget. A drink of cold water would taste good. Am getting weak." "Tuesday night—The end is near. Don't see how Dick can forget me." "."Wednesday night—Guess tonight will be last; no hope; the end near."' Thursday's record is Illegible. "Friday noon —The thirteenth. N'O' hope." The "Dick" referred to is Richard Barnes, a teamster on the Ypar raguierre ranch where the two men lad been employed together. •*- Surgeon Is Dismissed. Richmond, Va. —The board of direc tors of the qtate penitentiary, at a meeting, dismissed Dr. Charles V. Car rington, the prison surgeon, who waa defeated recently for re-election by Dr. Herbert Mann, a nephew of Gov ernor Mann. Dr. Cnrrington's term did not expire until January 1, but the board announced that his attacks against Its members made it Impos sible to maintain cordial relations in the management of the institution. Dr. Carrlngton's request for an inves tigation has been denied by the Gov ernor, acting on an opinion of At torney General Williams, and the matter will now be presented to the General Assetably. Car Men of Augusta Strike. Augusta, Ga. —As a result of the strike of the motormen and conduc tors of the Augusta-Aiken Street Railway, every line of the company within the city was completely tied up—not a car being operated after tho men walked out. The discharge of four men for alleged "disloyalty" to the' company, but which the strik ers claim was due to efforts to or ganize a union, was the cause of the trouble. Powder Explodes, Injures Gunner. Shreveport, La. —While a cannon salute' was being fired at the Btate fair grounds here, signalizing the ar rival of Gov. J. Y. Sanders, a charge of powder exploded prematurely, wrecking the gun and tearing away the arm of a gunner, Alfred Godfrey, member of a local military company. Failure to swab the cannon after the previous discharge is declared respon sible for the accident Texas Town Wiped Out By Tornado. San Antonio, Tex. —The town of Thelma, 13 miles south of San An tonio, was practically destroyed, two persons were Injured and damage, the • amount of which has not been esti mated, was done to crops by a torna do which swept the country about Thelma. Russell and Thomas Kats marick were burned but probably will recover. Thrilling escapes are reported. According to reports of the storm, residences, barns and other outhouses, the small business struc tures and school houses were wrecked Richeson Case Was Postponed. Boston. —When the case of Clarence V. T. Richeson, pastor of Immanuel Baptist church, Cambridge, who 1s charged with murdering Mlsa Avis Llnnell, was called In the municipal court the hearing *aa postponed un i til November 7. The minister was in court only two minutes. Continuance ■> of the hearing was a necessary form ality because the grand jury had not made a report on the case. Richeson was hardly distinguishable from other prisoners. His face was haggard and his clothes appeared ill fitting.
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