THE ENTERPRISE
Published Weekly.
WILLIAM STON, N. C.
It Mtni to be the open leuoa for
the (Tlzzly bear.
Wearing mustard poultice" Is a
poor way to keep warm.
There haa been a noticeable slump
to the demand for sleeping porches.
When all la said and done, why
should anybody want to go to Russia T
Missouri Is ss proud of her zinc and
Wd mines aa sbe Is of her corn fields.
When the westber starts out to
break records It makes a nuisance of
Itself.
Those who refuse to Join the good
roads movement intend no doubt to
buy airships.
Let us pause to be thankful that
the world's supply of coal has not
yet been exhausted.
New Yorker cut ofT his nose while
shaving, but it is not likely that he
did it to spite bis face.
The drop In eggs la not sufficiently
precipitate to knock the bottom out
•f cold storage corners.
After mince pie baa been standarA
lied baah should be, and then the mil*
Senium will be close at band.
Aviators tell us that they are losing
interest in the flying game, but egg>
abow no sign* of coming dowu.
According to Edison's Joyful news
for newlyweds, concrete furniture la
«io longer an abstract proposition.
An effort Is being made to establlm
a new alphabet. Even at that, It's as
good a way to kill time aa playing
solitaire.
Some one baa enriched the con
actenoe fund of the Philadelphia treaa
ury by 19 centa. Here's somebody
evidently who la bound to have peace
•t any price
Modern college football la too tame
according to aome critics. If the col
legea want something lively why not
adopt the practice of holding peace
conference* ? _ . ';: ■",,
Tbe restaurant oyster pearl flsher>
lea are working on schedule time. A
man In a New Jersey town found
three pearls, valued at SIOO apiece. In
fcls plate of oystera.
The greatest panic the country ever
Anew would follow It women refused
to buy new clothes for six month*,
•ays a dre*nmaker In convention. For
oanic substitute jubilee.
Connecticut couple announce that
they were wedded during the Civil
■war and have kept the secret fifty
years. And yet some people tell us
that a woman cannot keep a secret
A Kansas man who was Intoxicated
while serving as a Juror wns fined $2
and barred from Jury service forever.
■Now and then we think a sober and
Industrious man gets the worst of It.
One hundred high school girls In
New York studying domestic science
have adopted a real baby for demon
stration purposes That baby will be
lucky If It survives Its part In the field
of science.
"Now somebody should submit a
list of the world's greatest hens,
since we are going In for the honor
ing of philanthropists." Don't believe
twenty can be found that have laid
an egg tn a month.
"Boston Is lacking In religion," says
Dr. Abbot, but why should the Roston
ese care as long as they have plenty of
beans and codfish?
Germany's 17 dirigible war balloons
are simply 17 gasbsgs sadly out of
date. No other country Is a bit
«larmed by them.
The census man Informa at that
there are 16,602 Jackaaaea In American
cities. Evidently the cenaua man haa
overlooked a tew.
Crocodile teara are what the com
man would ahed to eipress hla grief
because people are ao extravagant la
running their furnacea.
New Yorker strayed In the pathway
of a bullet, but a diary which he bad
In hla pocket atopped the bullet and
saved hla life. Another victory for
literature.
A New York grass widow declares
that she can't-possibly provide for her
live-year-old son on $6,000 a year,
which no doubt explains why she's a
fc;-. grasa widow. "
The Gaekwar of Baroda, recently
prominent, makes way for the Kukuk
ta of Urga. Russia's choice for the
Mongolian monarchy.
■ffigr, Old age. aocordlng to a scientist, la
» , a germ. The scientist may be right,
bat we have reason to belleva that it
Ki-'ii- !■ ,n , - » » * .
tm one or ine unswaiiaDie Kina.
A Philadelphia bachelor, wealthy,
killed himself because ha was so lono
tr- Here waa a case or misery not
m , loving company well enough to many
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ON "THIRD TERM"
THE HOUSE DOOGEB
RESOLUTION INTRODUCED BY MR.
BLAYDEN OF TEXAS AIMED AT
ROOBEVELT IS DEFEATED.
DEMOCRATS OPPOSED PLAN
Resolution Would Make the Demo
crat*) Appear to Be Afraid
of the Colonel.
Washington.—For reasons of polit
ical expediency the Democratic house
of representatives declined to pass a
resolution aimed to defeat former
President Roosevelt's nomination by
the Republicans.
Representative Slayden of Texas,
the author of the resolution, sought
in vain to get a vote on it under a
suspension of the rules. The opposi
tion was led by Representative Ollle
.lames of Kentucky and Thetus W.
Sims of Tennessee.
On the vote by tellers, the result
was 51 to 90, the houße refusing to
consider the resolution, which Is still
pending before u committee of the
bouse.
Jußt at the moment whpn the Slay
den resolution, aimed primarily at
Colonel Theodore
about to passa, a shrewd parliamenta
ry turn displaced the measure from
further consideration. It may be re
vived later in the session, but Its
position of vantage on the house cal
endar was lost.
Mr. Slayden, a Texas Democrat, in
traduced the resolution a week ago.
It sought to express the "opinion of
the house" that the example of Wash
ington in retiring after a second
term, had by universal concurrence
become tfie time-honored ciiKtom of
the country a violation of which
would be fraught with peifll to free
Institutions.
HEYBURN SHOWS MS HATE
Senator From Idaho Again Bcorea the
South for "Treaaon."
Washington.—Senator John Sharp
Willlamß of Mississippi again aroused
tile animosity and stirred to bitter
netts Senator lleyburn of Idaho when
he. sought to get a vote on his hill
to erect a monument to tho naval
forces of the Confederacy In the
Vlcksburg national cemetery. The
bill was Introduced at the request
of the park commission to erect a
companion piece to the monument to
the Union naval forces to be ready
In time for the semi-centennial cele
bration In 1913. When Senator lley
burn objected to the consideration of
tho measure and before the chair
ruled that It must go over under the
custom of tho senate, Senator Wll
.ilams made this proposal: If the sen
ator from Idaho will agree to let this
bill come to a vote, 1 will promise that
no senator from the South, so far as
I am able to Influence their action,
will vote on the measure."
This pledge did not swerve Senator
Heyburn, who insisted that it would
not be proper or constitutional.
lie said such measures amounted
to "treading upon the sacred memo
ries of the people of tho North." He
said It was proposed to take money
"from the treasury of the people of
the United States" to expend in coin
meinorating the virtues of the enemy
of the country.
LAFOLLETTE WILL WITHORAW
On Account of 111 Health Progressive
Senator Loses Following.
Washington. Senator LaFollette,
through his campaign manager, an
nounced that despite ill health he
would not withdraw from the race for
the Republican nomination for pres
ident. Fast on the heels of his dec
laration one of hia most ardent sup
porters. President Medill McCormlck
of the Illinois Progressive Republi
can league, issued a call to the
Illinois Progressives to desert the La-
Follette standard and to work for a
solid Roosevelt delegation from Illi
nois in the Chicago convention.
The two statements created a flurry
in Progressive political circles. The
flrßt statement was made for Senator
by Col. W. I* Houser, his
manager and chairman of the nation
al Progressive Republican committee.
Harmon Controla Colorado.
Denver, Colo. —Supporters of Gover
nor Harmon of Ohio for the presiden
tial nomination controlled the meet
ing of the Colorado Democratic state
central committee which chose Colore
do Springs and April 29 as the time
and place for the state convention,
which will name twelve delegates to
the national convention. The Harmon
supporters, who are politicaly aligned
with Mayor Speor of Denver were op
posed by friends of Governor Shaff
roth of Colorado, whg. favor Wood row
wiiton.
Hearst Buya Atlanta Georgian.
Atlanta. —William Randolph Hearst
announced the purchaao of the Atlau
ta Georgian and took active charge of
Its publication immediately. In the
announcement of the purchase the
New York newspaper proprietor an
nounced that tbere would be no rad
ical changes In policy or in manage
ment of the Georgian, aa the paper
had been operated largely accprdlng
to hla ideas since the beginning of
Its publication alt years ago. F. L.
Seely of St. U>uls was the former
owner.
AN EGG!!
Ul«»T
(Copyright. 1912.)
BUREAU FOR THE CHILDREN
BORAH CHILD LABOR BILL 18 Fl
NALLY PASSED BY UNITED
STATES SENATE.
Measure Was So Amended as too Pre
vent the Invason of Private
Residences.
Washington.—After amending the
child labor hill so as to prohibit the
invasion of private, residences in
queßt of Information that measure
was paused by the senate, 54 to 20.
The negative vote was cast by Sen
ators llalley, Bryan, Chilton, Culber
son, O'Gorman, Overman, I'aynter,
Smith (Md.), Stone, Thornton, Till
man and Watson, Democrats, and by
Senators Hum ham, Clark (Wyo.), Gal
ilnger, Heyburn, Nixon, Oliver, Wet
more and Works, Republicans.
The bill authorizes the creation of
a bureau in the department of com
merce and labor for the collection of
Information pertaining to the wel
fare of children and child life. Spe
cial authority is given to Investigate
questons of Infant mortality, the birth
rate, orphanages, juvenile courts, de
sertion, diseases, accidents, occupa
tions, legislation and kindred sub
jects.
The provision expressly forbidding
the Invasion of domestic privacy by
agents of the bureau furnished the
principal subject of contention.
The Culberson amendment prevall-
Ed, 39 to 34. It rendu:
"No official or agent or representa
tive of said bureau Khali, over the ob
jection of the head of the family, en
ter any house used exclusively as a
family residence."
Senator ftalllnger offered an amend
ment to Investigate the birth rate
among classes of people, "if wo have
race suicide it does not apply to the
poor classes to which past Investiga
tions have been confined," said the
senator.
Senator Hoot declared there were
no classes In the United States and
protested ngainst legislative recognl
Hon of any. The ttalllnger amend
inent was lost.
REVOLT AGAINST MADERO
Garrison at Juarez Arreata Officers
and Loots the Town.
El Paso, Texas. —Au Italian sur
geon holding a commission In the
Mexican army, who arrived iu El
Paso from Juarez, said he had count
ed fifteen dead, Including two Amer
icnnB —a man and a boy 12 years old.
The boy was lying in the street. He
had been shot through the breast.
Most of tho dead, he said, were near
the custom house.
El Paso. Texas.—The garrison of
Juarez, across the river trom here,
rose in revolt and In half an hour
the mutineers were In possession of
the city. Looting and promiscuous
shooting prevailed for hours. The
commander of the garrison was
throw into prison with the chief of
police, while othev prisoners were re
leased.
As near as can now be ascertained
the uprising was due to a report
printed In a Chihuahua newspaper,
Prison for White Cappers.
Bloomlngton. Ind. —J. B. Snoddy.
one of eight persons charged with
whitecapping Harvey McFarland, a
farmer, was found guilty here. The
penalty ts a term of from two to ten
years in prison. This is the first con
viction on a whitecapping charge, al
though midnight floggings have been
common In the hill country of south
ern Indiana. It was BO apparent that
a xvhltecnp organization existed in
Monroe county that Coventor Mar
shall detailed attorneys to assist in
the prosecution.
Stesi Magnates Answer Government.
Trenton, N. J.—Absolute denial of
alleged violations of the anti-trust law
la made by the Vnited States Steel
Corporation, its subsidiaries and di
iwtnn In their answers, which were
Bled- in the United States district
court here to the government's disso
lution ault. The effect of its organ
ization, the corporation declares, haa
been to cheapen production, effect
economies and Increase foreign trade
from 18,000,000 to 960,00i>,000 annual
ly within ten years.
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THOUSANDSINOVERCHARGES
Agents of Express Companies Do Not
Understand Tariff and Regu
lations of Companies.
Washington.—Prosecution of ex
press companies for overcharging
shippers was indicated by Commis
sioner Lane, at the express rate hear
ing! to be the Intention of the inter
state commerce commission.
W. A. Ryan, one of the Investiga
tors for the commission, presented
the examination of one month's busi
ness of the Adams Express company,
showing that $67,000 in overcharges
had been turned Into the company's
treasury.
T. B. Harrison, counsel for the com
pany, explained what are known as
"over-payments," and asserted that
he would be able to show that not
more than twenty per cent, of the
|67,000 actually remained In the com
pany's treasury. He added that posi
tive Instructions were given by the
company to all Its representatives to
make refunds on all discoverable
overcharges.
"Well," said Commissioner Lane,
"It Is conclusively established that
the agents of the companies them
selves do not understand the tariffs
and regulations of the companies. By
an examination of the business of the
companies for one day, we find more
than 3,000 overcharges. Now, then,
we propose to prosecute the compa
nies for making these overcharges.
They are clearly violations of the
law."
TWO DISASTERS ON OCEAN
Steamer Alleghaney Goes to Bottom;
English Submarine Boat Sinks.
New York. —The Hamburg-Ameri
can Line steamer Alleghaney, which
left here for Central America and the
West Indies, sank 75 miles east north
east of Cape Henry, off the Virginia
coast, after a collision with the Brit
ish steamer I'omaron, according to
wireless dispatches received here.
The I'omaron, with the passengers
and crew of the Alleghaney on board,
and convoyed by the revenue cutter
Onondaga, is making Blowly for port,
the messages said.
The Pomaron's bow was badly stove
in, but the wireless advices were that
she was apparently holding well
ihrough a moderate sea with a strong
northeasterly breeze blowing.
Portsmouth, England.—Another un
fortunate class A submarine of the
British navy, two of whieh had sunk
previously, and on board two others
of which various members of their
crew had been killed or injured in ex
plosions, went to the bottom of the
sea at the entrance to Spithead, with
a loss of fourtoen lives—four lieuten
ants and ten members of the crew.
Not one of the ship's company escap
ed. The catastrophe was the result
of a collision with the British gun
boat Hazard, which rent a hole In the
side of the submarine A-3. The sub
marine was engaged with a flotilla
of sister chips in practicing evolu
tions, and was just coming to the
surface after a dive when the Haz
ard, proceeding at a good rate of
speed, struck her.
Taft'a Alaaka Message.
Washington.—President Taft Bent
to congress his promised message on
Alaska and the public domain to gen
oral. In urging the construction of a
government railroad, a commission
form of government and other needed
legislation for the far-away territory,
President Taft declared there was
nothing in the history of the United
States which afforded such just rea
son for criticism as the failure of the
Federal government ts extend the
benefit of Its fostering care to Alaa
ka.
Germany Wants Joint Agreement.
Berlin, Germany.—According to au
thoritative views expressed here, the
moment has arrived in the Chinese
situation when a joint agreement by
all the interested powers, including
JapM and the united States, pledging
themselves to take no step in China,
except in common, la desirable and
even necessary. Russia, Japan and
the other powers, to whom intentions
of fishing In the troubled Chinese
waters for their own advantage have
been attributed, hare promptly de
j nled the insinuation.
PLENTY OF WORK
FOR GON6RESS
BENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRE
SENTATIVES HAVE BUSY
TIMES AHEAD.
PEACE TREATIES ARE UP
Tariff Revision Work Will Engage
Committee of Both
Houses.
Washington.—Tariff revision work
in committees of both houses, a re
newed Attempt to fix a date for action
on the pending arbitration treaties
with Great Britain and Prance and
a house caucus on the controversy
between house leaders over the pro
posed Investigation of the so-called
"money trust" will enliven congress
this week.
The senate committee on finance
will begin active consideration of tar
iff matters, when the first of a long
series of hearings on the house steel
revision bill will be held. Manufac
turing interests which have manifest
ed their opposition to the reductions,
averaging 35 per cent, from the pres
ent law, have arranged to be repre
sented. Ample opportunity will be
allowed for the appearance of all In
terested in the proposed revision.
Some Republican leaders have figur
ed February 20 as an approximate
date when the committee should be
able to close the hearings and pro
ceed to consider its report to the sen
ate.
The Democratic leaders do not fa
vor the effort of Senator Newlands
of Nevada to Increase the finance
committee's membership by one Dem
ocrat and one Progressive Republican
and the Progressive Republicans have
evinced no interest In it. The In
crease would change the complexion
of the committee. The regular Re
publicans have deferred flnai deter
mination of their program, and nei
ther the Democrats nor the Insurg
ent Republicans have made overtures
to each other looking to such a coali
tion. The house work on the tariff
will be In the ways and means com
mittee, which will frame the sogar
schedule revision gill for report in
about a fortnight.
Canvasses made by a number of
senators are cited by advocates of the
treaties as showing that the treaties
can now command the necessary two
thirds votes of the senate for ratifi
cation. It Is understood that Senator
Curtis of Kansas has completed a
poll, showing 62 senators for the
treaties, 24 being willing to vote for
then) without amendments; 22 sena
tors have expressed their opposition
to the treaties in any form, rind five
out of eight senators rlassed as un
certain are expected to prove favor
able to the treaties.
A REST FOR LA FOLLETTE
Insurgnt Senator Believed to Be Out
of Presidential Race.
Washington.—A complete rest of
two or three weeks has been prescrib
ed for Senator LaFollette. It Is hop
ed by his friends that by the end of
that tine he will be able to resume
his campaign for president.
However, Mr. I-aFollette's diatribe
against the daily newspapers of the
United States, which was carefully
prepared in advance of the dinner of
the American Periodical Publishers'
Association in Philadelphia, 1B now
thought to presage the beginning of
the end of his campaign for the Re
publican nomination.
There is no doubt that Senator La
Follette is far from being a well man.
He Is completely used up. Although a
man of tremendous energy, the strain
of his speechmaklng campaign, and
the uphill fight he has been making
agtinst terrific odds, the disappoint
ment and despair which have come
over him as he realtxized the futility
of it all, have told on him, and paved
the way for the tragic breakdown at
the Philadelphia dinner.
Despite the assurances of his many
friends and supporters. It is generally
believed here that Don C. Seltz, toast
master at the dinner, ex(fr-eßsed the
situation accurately when he, said Mr.
had "wiped off the
map" by his performance.
Four Killed on Niagara lee Bridge.
Niagara Falls, N. Y. —The great ice
bridge that has checked tho river
channel between the cataract and the
upper steel arch bridge below the
falla for the last three weeks broke
from its shoring and went down the
river, taking with it to their death
a man and woman believed to be
Mr. and Mrs. Eldridge Stanton of To
ronto', Canada, and Burrell Heacock,
17 years old, Cleveland, Ohio. Four
other persons were on the ice at the
time, but managed to get ashore in
safety.
Republic Aasured In China.
Penln, Chink. —The empress down
ger issued an edict instructing Pre
mier Yuan Shi Kal to establish a re
public in co-operation with the south
en* republicans. The edlct haa not
yet/been published and it is expected
that it will b« kept more or less ao
cret so far aa the public is concerned
until arrangements in the tenth have
been completed. Yuan Shi Kai is now
endeavoring to persuade the Nanking
I government to hand over (he control
THE CORN 6nS
APPOINTMENTS MADE FOR GIV
ING INFORMATION OF VALUE
TO CORN GROWERS.
MEETING AT COURT HOUSE
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Prcf. Johnston Gave Bome Very Able
Statistics and Facts About Straw
berry A Southern
Will Aid the People in This Work.
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Raleigh.—The Fanners Co-opera
tive Demonstration: Work is arrang
ing to bold some forty meetings (or
farmers, who are in the habit of
buying corn for home consumption.
It has been proven in this work for
four years In the state that the av
erage yield of corn can be easily
doubled and that it can be grown
under ordinary conditions at about
25 cents per bushel, where the best
methods are followed.
It Is detrimental for a farmer to
buy high-priced corn. No matter how
high the price of cotton, tobacco or
peanuts may go, every farmer should
grow all the corn he needs. Corn
should be our chief crop on many
farms. It is capable of producing
more grain per acre than any other
cereal, a thing which farmers in this
state buy large quantities of.
At these meetings there will be dis
cussed the best methods of doubling
the yield of corn. Improved seed help
in this matier, so every farmer is
asked to brintjj one or two dozen earn
of his best corn for study. Corn breed
ing and how to produce good seed
corn will be a part of the program.
The meetings, at various points,
will begin at half-past ten o'clock and
continue as long as is necessary
Every corn-buying farmer will find it
worth while to attend the meetings.
Three have already been held, these
at Wilmington, January 30; Spring
hope, January 31RoCky Mount, Feb
ruary 1.
To Start Burvey of Railroad.
..Greensboro. Arrangements hart
been made for a Burvey of the pro
posed Greensboro, Roxboro & Hen
derson Railroad, from this point tc
one in Alamance county, within the
next sixty days. The work is to be
done by the engineering oorfcs en
gaged now in surveying the line
from Lynchburg, Danville & Carolinn
Railroad, which will run Into Ala
mance county, and with which the
local road is expected to make a con
nection. Later, the survey from here
to Alamance county will be extend
ed on to Roxboro and probably to
Henderson. The various commercla!
organizations are determined to get
one new railroad, if not two, started
Into Greensboro this year.
North Carolina New Enterprise*.
Raleigh.—Tho Olympia Club Com
pany of Charlotte received a charter
with $2,000 capital by L. L. Pettus
H. B. Bradford and J. D. Rosslck for
social club proposes. Other char
ters wore to the Torence Drug Com
pany, Gastonla, capital $7,200, by
Frost Torence and others for drug
business; the Raeford Furniture Com
pany of Raeford. capital $25,000 by
W. E. Freeman and others; the High
Point Motor Company, High Point,
capital $4,200 by George Wilson, 8
L. Davis and others and the Hender
son Gas Company of Henderson, cap
ital $200,000 by J. C. Kittrell, A. M.
Worstall and others.
Acquitted of Murder Charge.
Wilmington. After dellberatini
only thlrty-flve minutes the superior
court jury In the case against Police
man Aler A. Nelms, charged with
the murder of Frank Davis, colored,
on July 29 last, returned a verdict of
not guilty and for a third time the
officer was completely exonerated of
the killing, the first time by a coro
ner's Jury and the second by a grand
jury. The Aegro whom he shot and
killed had been arrested on a charge
of gambling and was resitting stren
uously at the time the shots were
fired by the officer. Nelms has been
out on bond ever since he was arrest
ed last September.
Winston-Salem Wants Rutherford.
\ftnaton-Balem. —Winston-Salem Is
a contender for Rutherford College
which the hoard of trustees propose
to move from its home at Rutherford
ton to some larger and more central
point. It was announced some days
ago that Charlotte would probably be
selected and two of the trustees of
the institution living in Charlotte are
now making active efforts to secure
the college. A friend of the institu
tion living in Winston-Salem, how
ever, has offered to donate $60,000 him
self if that city Is selected.
Commutation of Sentence Granted.
Raleigh.—M. M. Tapp, a white man
of Person county, was granted a com
mutation by Governor Kitcbin. Tapp
was convicted at the August term,
1911, for the crime of manufacturing
liquor and sentenced to six month on
the roads. The reason of the Gov
ernor's commutation is as follows:
In this case, recommenda
tion of many reputable citizens of
Person county and also the recom
mendation of the solicitor, who has
looked fully into the natter, I com
mute prisoners sentence.