THE ENTERPRISE
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Published Weekly.
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WILLIAMSTON, N. 0.
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The market report shows only Mr
W4 bogs In St. Louis.
On* of tlis best things for s man of
forty-flT* to do Is to cheer up snd loot
jrotmg.
One Chicago firm has bought 6,000,
100 three-cent stamps—but not at i
true store.
Some one advises that the hunters
lress In black. In which event the
- srspe should not be omitted.
"Why don't rich women pay their
bills?" asks Leslie's Weekly. Probab
ly because they don't have to.
A New Haven doctor watched an
operation on blmaeir for appendicitis.
It must hsve been a cbeerlng specta
cle. \
An Ohio man wants a divorce be
:au»e his wife smokes bis stogies.
That's not auch an expensive habit.
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Los Angelea requests thst Ita name
.•hall be pronounced Loce Ahng hayl
tla. "My, but what a long tall our
, :at baa."
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A steamer carrying 2,200.000 cocoa
nuts has arrived at New York and tbe
i threatened cocoanut pie (amine baa
been averted
Germany la going to have an aerial
cruiser that will enrry 300 people No
guarantee In given as to hew far It
will carry them.
Frenchmen's clothes are sometimes
tbnormal, obaervea an Indianapolis
ege professor So. sometimes, are
sollege professors'
The Chinese rebels have cut off
their queues, but a good many of them
continue to refuse to tuck their shirts
Inside their trousers
Chicago Is to have a home for dis
abled poets. That town Is apparent
ly willing to take any risk In order to
Increase Its population.
, The breaking of a world's record In
an auto race Is no small thing; but
the point of greatest Importance Is
that no necks were broken
A Maasschusetts phyalclsn says
that she can tell a woman's age be
feeling her pulse Due to the fact that
her age Is s secret that lies nesrest s
woman's heart
A Chicago saloon keeper was fined
SSO for abusing a policeman who toNd
Mm to close his saloon after 1 a. m.
It never pays to be assay to a copper,
eapeclally In Chicago.
There are boneheada, too, In the burl
flar profession Only laßt week a night
prowler got away with $6,000 worth of
- • lewelry and overlooked several ton*
of coal In the basement
A South Carolina prophet an
nounces that the world will come to
»n end next year There la no like
lihood that It will come early enough
to keep ua from having a long win
ter
A capitalist recently went to New
York and got rid of $10,000,000 In
three months. If he had gons to
really competent New Yorkers he
rould have got rid of It In less than
three days.
In Cleveland a grocery store Is of
,'ered for sale, the reason, as adver
tised. being that "the present owner
Is dead." This seems to dispose of
the old theory that "you can't take It
with you."
A professor In France was sent to
prison for making a fuss because his
train departed ahead of schedule time,
Life for the public utilities there must
be one long, sweet song
The dwelling of a man In New York
city has been visited by burglars four
times In the last three months. He
. ought to write something hot and In
dignant to the papers about It
The rat she wore In her hair caused
the death of a Pennsylvania woman.
It Is now In order for a development
of the hobble-skirt fatality Even then
fashion will not have done Ita worst
"Ethereal asphyxia" Is the name
riven to drowsiness and dlzxinesa suf
fered by aviators But this will not
belp the high fliers of the grill room.
' Then won't be able to pronounce It
wbei (hey get home.
A convict In Ohio has contracted
tuberculosis from tainted money bills
. wblch he slipped In bis mouth This
to a terrible warning, but the chances
are that given the bills, the msjorlty
will consent to risk the germs.
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An English physician guarantees to
cure bluahlng. • It will be newn that
the ags suffers overmuch from this af
fliction of superfluous modesty.
"A St. Paul girl drove 12 nails in 46
minutes." aays an exchange. We be
lieve sbe could hammer her neigh
bora much faater than that, though.
PA theatrical journal tella ua that
there are &.000 actors out of work
How -could It be otherwise with pugl
lists and baseball players crowding
tie stager
LAND OF THE LONG LEAF PINE
- Column of Oeneral State New* That
Haa Been Gotten Together From
All Over The Btate.
Raielgh.—Suit has been Instituted
f In Waae Superior Court by Marcus
Martin against J. W. Vlck, the prin
t cipal matter involved In the,case be
, Ing false Imprisonment. Both of the
men are residents of Wake county
and Martin will be represented by At
torney R. N. Slmms.
i Washington. Messrs. Davis &
Davis, Washington patent attorneys,
report the grant to citizens of North
i Carolina of the following patents: K.
i L. Lowery, Salisbury, lumber-register;
W. E. Morton, She'by, measuring de
vice; O. M. Rushing, Hillsboro, rake;
' [l. W. Shank, Monroe, reversing valve
• ?ear for engines.
Wlnston-Salem.-During the year
1911, the tobacco manufacturers of
' Winston-Salem shipped 53,250,064
pounds of manufactured tobacco and
paid Into the United States treasury
for the tobacco stamps thereon the
sum of $4,260,005.18. This Is a great
Increase both in the amount .of
pounds of tobacco and in amount of
revenue.
Shelby.—Mr. H. T. Hudson hus re
i Blgned his position as recorded for
Cleveland county and has accepted a
very lucrative clerical position In
Washington, D. C." The applicants
for the position of recorder to fill out
k - the unexpired term of Mr. Hudson
1 are Mr. J. A. Anthony, an attorney of
1 this place, and Mr. W, F. McMillan,
until recently of King's Mountain.
Washington.—ln an Interview on
the drtlry Industry of the South, Sec
retary Wilson of the Department of
Agriculture refers to n remarkable
Improvement of conditions In a North
Carolina community. Mr. Wilson, It
is understood, had In mind the work
done by a party of farmers, led by
Messrs. Shuford and Robinson, two
enterprising young farmers of „ Ca
tawba county,
Raleigh—State Food Chemist W.
JVf. Allen has returned from Washing
ton, D. C., where he attended n meet
ing of the executive committee of the
National Association of food officials,
of which he is secretary. Dr. Allen
also attended the meeting of the
American Chemical Society which was
In session, and was elected a member
of the executive committee of the food
division of the society.
-- Greensboro.-The body of Sam
Simpson, a negro, was found In the
pond at Proximity mill, In which he
had evidently thrown himself with
suicidal Intent. The negro had been
missing from home for two or three
days. His coat was found on the
hank and officers dredged the pond
and located the body. Sickness in
the family and depression were the
cause of the act.
Siler City.- The shipment of rab
bits from Slier City for the week end
ing November 7 was 887. For week
ending November 14 3,323. For week
ending November 21, 3,024. For week
ending November 28, 2,822. For week
ending December 5, 3,186. For week
ending December 12, 2,389. For week
ending December 19. 1,334 For week
ending December 26, 1,267. Total to j
date 18,222.
Charlotte. It Is a matter of^farter-4
est to North Carolinians when one of
her sons meets with success In an
other state. The news haa been re
ceived that Dr. John Berry, an Orange
county boy, has been recently elected
deputy director In the Pennsylvania
State South Mountain sanatorium for
the treatment of tuberculosis, located
at Mount Alto, Pa., the second largest
Institution of Its kind In the world.
North Wllkesboro.—Mr. J. T. Par
l!er lost a fine horse In a singular
way. A boy went to the stable to
catch the horße and made a motion
at It as If he were going to seize it
and the horse threw Its head to one
| side striking it against the sharp
point of a pLink making a small
wound on the side of the bead.
blood poison set in and the horse
died from the effects of It.
Kalelgh.- The program Is arranged
for tho big railroad celebration by
the commercial organization of Ral
eigh In honor of E. B. and C. B. liar
bee, John A. Mills and E. C. Duncan,
who have engineered railroad devel
opments that have greatly extended
the commercial scope of the city,
andthls long anticipated affair is to
be in the Yarborough hotel.
Raleigh.—The Governor pardoned
Richard Neville of Alamance county,
who was convicted at the March
term, 1910, for larceny, and sentenc
ed fot five years In the state prison.
The Judge, who presided at the young
man's trial, had grave doubts of the
prisoner's guilt, and urged pardon.
Statesvllle. —The people In this sec
tion are welcoming the fair, cold
weather after the rain and mud. It
is said there is more mud in Iredell
now than there has been seen for
years, and the roads are In a terrible
condition.- Necessarily the road work
will be delayed.
Raleigh.—A reward of two hundred
dollars was offered by Governor
Kltchin for the capture of Henry Pat
terson, charged with, the murder of
Ernest Torry at Shannon, Robeson
county, on the eighteenth of Novem
ber.
Raleigh—Joaeph L. Bewell, the
newly-appointed clerk of the North
Carolina Supreme Court, succeeding
the lamented Col. ThOlnaa S. Kenan,
announces the appolntmenl of Wei
don T. Smith aa assistant and steno
grapher. Under the new order of
things there will be no deputy clerk
ship.
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: LAFOLLETTE HITS
SOUTHERN POLITICS
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LaFOLLETTE SAYS SOUTHERN
, SENTIMENT OPPOBES POP
ULAR GOVERNMENT.
CAMPAIGNING IN MICHIGAN
i "Aristocrats Control Southern Derive
rscy and They Despise Poor
White Man and Negro."
Saginaw, Mich.—After speaking at
Flint and Hay City, Senator Robert
M. LaFoleltte wound up his first
day's campaign In Michigan In the
Interest of his "Progressive" candi
dacy for the Republican nomination
for president with an address at the
Masonic temple here. He discussed
the trusts and their relation to the
tariff, the money trust as the climax
of all and the necessity of returning
the government, as he said, to the
hands of the people, he asked the
support of all, Republicans and Dem
ocrats alike, In doing this.
The Dlngley tariff law, he said, by
raising the tariff high enough to elim
inate foreign competition, opened the
way for the trusts. In describing
their rapid growth since 1X97, when
(he Dingley law was passed, the sen
ator said trust capitalization had in
creased "over 54 per cent, during the
four yearn of the preceding adminis
tration, despite the fact that a num
ber of prosecutions had been begun.
"Alexander Hamilton, Henry Clay
and William McKlnley," said Sena
tor LaFollette, "would never have
spoken cf the tariff us they did if
there had been no competition. The
stand-patter today Is the worst enemy
of the protective system."
He declared that a few men In
Wall street who have no politics, but
who are Interested only In business,
control the affairs of the country, and
that the big progle mnow is to re
turn control to the people.
"If I did not believe the Republi
can party was the best Instrument for
getting control Into the hands of the
people," he said, "I would leave It. If
I believed the Democratic party was
a better Instrument I would Join It.
If 1 thought a new party would be
more effective I would form It. But
I think the Republican party is the
best Instrument there Is.
"There Is quite a Progressive senti
ment all through the North. I don't
know of any Progressive sentiment or
any Progressive legislation In the
South Wd the strength of the Demo
cratic party Is In the South. If the
sentiment of the Democrats of the
South were the same as that of the
Democrats of the North, I think It
would be as good an instrument BH
the Republican party.
"A true Amerlcnn believes In dem
ocracy. He believes men and women
are equal and entitled to an equal
chance, lint the Democratic party of
the South Is not by Inheritance that
sort of organization. All the strength
of the party in the South Is In the
I aristocracy.
Baby Emperor Quits Capital
Washington.—Although without for
mal advices on the subject the state
department dfflclals are Inclined to
believe that China's Infant emperor,
probably the last of his dynasty, al
ready has been spirited away from
Pekin by his father, Prince Chun,
and is now being conveyed to the
summer residence of the court at
Jehol, about 15(1 miles northeust of
Pekin. In the province of Chihll, or Is
bound for the ancient Manchurian
capital of Harbin. The place of rest
dence chosen for the young emperor
Is important.
New Year at the White Houae.
Washington.—The greatest throng
that has passed the porlalct, of the
white house at any new year recep
tion of recent years greeted President
and Mrs. Thft at the third public re
ception given by them since entering
the executive mansion. When the long
line had passed the official "counter"
said that 8,092 diplomats, officials and
citizens had shaken hands with the
president. Dr. Mary Walker, in silk
hat, frock coat and trousers, was
among the first of the citizens to
greet the presldont.
Governor Aids Convicts.
I.tttle Rock, Ark.—Scores of men
in the convict camps In Arkansas will
he liberated If Governor Donaghey
carries out the threat he made to
free them if contractors do not use
methods more humane In handling
them. "I give notice to the contrac
tors," the governor Indignantly de
clared. "that I will depopulate every
convict camp In the state If this cru
elty la not stopped. 1 'will turn the
prisoner out as fast as they are
brought In unleas conditions are
nhanged," he exclaimed.
98,000 Tax to Sell Bear.
Crlffln, Ga. One of the biggest
taxes ever paid to sell near beer In
the United States was paid by J. M.
Bassett & Co.. who turned $8,00t) over
to City Clerk Thomas Nail for a 11-
cens* to conduct a near beer saloon
here during the year 1912. In addition
to this amount the firm pays a atate
license of fSOO and a revenue tax of
|2O on the same business. Thla was
supposed to be a prohibitory tax and
no one suspected that anybody would
tttempt to take out a license at uiat
high figure I
I ON THRONE SIXTY-THREE YttRS
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AH Austria-Hungary recently celebrated the sixty-third anniversary oi ide
accession of Kmperor Francis Joseph. The venerable monarch, who was born
In 1830. Is In fairly good health, but appears In public very rarely nowadays
and ran no longer Indulge In the hunting expeditions he so much enjoyed.
RUSSIAN RULE FOR PERSIA
LAST VESTIGE OF INDEPEND
ENCE WILL BE DESTROYED
BY THE CZAR.
Great Britain la Acting aa Ruaaia'a
Accomplice and Englishmen
Feel Outraged.
London.—The Russian government
has decided to suppress disorders at
Tabriz and other disturbed Persian
towns. The dislocation of the tele
graph liueß makes It Impossible to
get a reliable narrative of the out
breaks. Yet It cannot be doubted
that a situation of the gravest com
plexity has arisen.
A* reports of Russian progress In
Persia and stories of the indiscrimi
nate killing of natives In Tabriz and
Itesht, and of the destruction of Per
sia's constitutional government under
Russian menaces continue to reach |
England, the people are becoming In- j
creaslngly disquieted at the British j
government's complicity, which the I
foreign secretary, Sir Edward (Ira>\
thinks Is a matter of policy and com
pelled by tire Anglo-Russian agree
ment.
St. Petersburg. A semiofficial
statement Issued says that the Rus
sian government. In view of "acts of :
foolhardy aggression committed |
against the Russian forces and instl- j
tutlons In Tabriz, Resht and Ensell,;
sometimes followed by brutal torture (
of the wounded and base outrage.
against the dead,'' has decided that i
the severest punishment of the guilty !
Is merited
Teheran. —It Is understood that the
regent and cabinet desire the appoint- |
ment of the American, F. E. Cairns,
the principal assistant of Mr. Sinister,!
a 8 the new treasurer general of Per- j
sla. It Is more likely, however, that ,
M. Mornard, the Belgian ex-dlrector of
customs In Persia, who some months
ago made himself prominent by hla
hostility to Mr. Shuster, will receive
the position.
Killed In Hotel Lobby.
Rome, Ga.~ Douglas H. Harris was
shot and Instantly killed In the lob
by of the Cherokee hotel by Uriah
U starnes, traveling salesman for a
local marble factory. Starnes claim-1
ed that Harris wrecked hla family,
and after giving himself up to the
nearest policeman, said that he was
the happiest man alive, and assured
bystanders that if hla victim was not
dead he would go bach and make a
good job. Harris was 25 years old
and unmarried. Hla father now lives
In Pensacola, Fla.
Killed Family; Hanged Hlmeelt.
Benton, Ark.—Despondent, accord
ing to a note found, Jamea Grant, a
prosperous farmer and merchant,
clubbed hia wife, Ave children and
step-aon to death, and then hanged
himself. Grant's body was found J
suspended to a rafter in a barn,, and
those of the woman and children
about the farm dwelling, their akulla
crushed. The note explained that, |
"owing to deep despair, and that I
see nothing toe m« or my children,
wlio I believe would be better off in
heaven. I commit this act." 1
THE TURKS DEFEAT ITALIANS
Commander of Turkish Troops Re
ports Garrison Annihilated and
Munitiona Captured.
Washington. A twenty-four-hour
battle. In which the Turkish troops
defeated the Italian force, killing half
of It In the rout. Is described in an
official message from Constantinople,
j made public at the Turkish embassy.
The message was transmitted to the
Imperial ministry of war at Constan-
I ttnople by the commander of the Tur
klsh troops from Tobruk, Tripoli,
under date of December 22. The
report follows:
"We have attacked the fortified
posts of the enemy. Notwithstand
j Ing the fire from the warships and
, fort batteries; we entered the fort
and the garrison has been annihilat
ed. Ammunition, provisions, war ma
terial ftnd a quick-flrin ggun have
I been carried Into our camp.
I "In its forward march, one of our
■ wings cut off the retreat of the en
lemy, who fled toward the coast. Dur
jing the retreaf the enemy lost half
their numbers. The battle lasted all
day and night.
TOFIX FORM OF GOVERNMENT
China's Future In the Handa of Na
tional Convention
Shanghai.—The peace conference
j being held here between the repre
sentative of the Pekin government
and the revolutionary party agreed
I that the form 6f government to be
! ultimately adopted for China should
Ibe decided by a national convention,
whose determination should be bind
; ing on both parties. It a)so was
agreed that pending the decision of
! the national convention, the Manchu
j government was neither tt accent nor
|to attempt to obtain foreign loans.
Another agreement reached is that
all Manchu troops In the provinces of
Shan SI, Shen SI. Huh Peh, Xganhwel
and Klangsu shall evacuate their
present positions
Richeson's Condition Prevents Trial.
Boston. —The physical and mental
condition of the Rev. C. V. Rlcheson
is so unfavorable that his trial on
January 15, Che date set, will be an
! absolute impossibility in the opinion
jof his counsel. "Perhapa his wounda
may be In a favorable condition,"
says a statement from his lawyer,
"but his general and mental condi
tion Is far from favorable, and I be
lieve an early attempt to put him on
trial" at so early a date would cause
a collapse which would delay the
Labor Unions Prosecuted
Kansas City.—ln what they believ
ed to be the first prosecution Insti
tuted by the government under the
Sherman anti-trust law against a la
bor union, three offlciala of railway
unions, whose men are on strike on
the Harriman lines were ordered to
appear in the Federal court at Dan
ville, Hi., on January 1. The offlciala
| are: M. F. Ryan, general president
of the Railway Car Men of America;
J. A. Franklin. International presi
dent of the Brotherhood of Boller
, makers- A, Hinrrasn, vice president.
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BUSINESS 111 1912
BOUND IHEMD
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PRESIDENT ELECTION WILL NOT
SERIOUSLY AFFECT CONDI
TIONS IN COUNTRY.
COUNTRY ON FIRM BASIS
Real Business of the Ceuntry Is On
a Firm Basis, Say Well
Informed Men.
New York. —"Not even a presiden
tial election will be able to make busi
ness bad in 1912," declares a close
observer of business conations.
"There may be flurries in Wall stro« w •
he continued; "speculation may be
hampered and Wall street may not
enjoy the year as much an it might,
but the real business of the country
is on a Arm basis and is going to be
good."
And this pretty well represents the
general Idea among men who are in
touch with conditions throughout tbe
country.
The big crops mean good business
for the ran roads; this In turn goes a
long way toward insuring the steady
demand for steel. With the railroads
and steel mill profitably busy, hard
times would be difficult to bring
about.
Then the copper business is in fine
shape and the other great underlying
industries of the country face a good
outlook and money is in plentiful sup
ply for legitimate purposes. Taken
altogether there is good ground for op
timism.
Warehousemen throughout the city
report that business in bearly every
line of trade Is now active than
it has been in several years.
As the warehousemen diagnose tbe
condition, they have their fingers on
the pulse of the business world—this
revival is not local, but quite gen
eral.
CONGREGATION MOBS PASTOR
Tampa Minister Roughly Handled by
Members of His Church.
Tampa, Fla.—At the conclusion of
service Rev. R. E. L. Kirland, pas
tor of the First Congregational
church, was the storm center in &
near riot in which the police inter
fered, arresting six persons.
In a written statement he declar
ed he had been kicked by some of
the women.
The cause of the outbsrst was an
attack made by Reverend Kirkland
in his sermon on a former pastor in
connection with alleged misappropri
ation of church funds. Reverend
Kirkland's subject was "if Christ
l.lved Today, Would He Be a Social
ist?" His text was "My Father's
house is a bouse of prayer, but ye
have made It a den of thieves."
Strained relations have existed be
tween Reverend Kirkland and mem
bers of his congregation for some
monthß.
INDEPENDENTS ARE IGNORED
Tennessee "Regulars" Will Not Meet
With Party Bolters.
Nashville, Tenn. —Indications are
that "regular'' Democratic state com
mitteemen will ignore the opportun
ity to name the three "regular"' Dem
ocrats on the committee of seven to
hold the state primary called by the
Independent state committee for April
30. Under the plan of the latter, the
primary representatives of the "reg
ulars" are to be named by Chairman
O. C. Harton of the Independents,
since the "regular" organization meni
befs have not acted.
The committee to hold the primary
is to be composed of three Independ
ents, three "regulars" and a seventh,
selected by the six. The primary com
mittee must organize not later tha»
January 1.
..Crippled Torpedo Boat Arrives.
Washington.—The crippled torpedo
boat destroyer Warrington, which
was run down off Hatteras in a gale
on Wednesday night by an unknown
ahip, was safely towed into Hampton
Roads. The revenue cutter Ononda
ga brought in tbe destroyer's crew.
Taft Refuses to Help Morse.
Washington.—lt was announced at
the white houae that the report of
the army medical officers who have
examined Charles W. Morse, convict
ed New York banker, serving sentence
in the Atlanta, Qa., Federal peniten
tiary, does not warrant Immediate in
terference by the president and the
pardon will not be granted at this
time. The phyaicians made a physical
examination of Morse In the military
hospital at Fort McPheraon, where
the banker is being treated under
guard.
Polltica Barred Rural Carrier.
Washington. Several thousand
rural free delivery letter carriers are
barred from active participation In
politics by an executive order aigned
by President Taft The order for
bids the rural letter carriers from
pernicious activity In politics and em
powers the evil service commission
to dismiss any of them to be so en
gaged The rural carriers are not
to be denied the right of political
belief and discussion of political is
sues, but their active participation ha
political again will be stopped,