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THE ENTERPRISE Published Weekly. WILLI AMSTON. N. C. No girl la quit* n ui«r to find tk* first freckle of the season ma the lirat Saadollon. Bowing seeds of kindness la all right, and sowing grass aood la alao good. Polar exploration may be a pleaaant pee time, but the average man prefera beef to dog meat Re porta that the peach crop baa been destroyed muat barer been de layed In tranamlaalon. How time doea fly I The Philadel phia Press baa an editorial on "The Simple Graduation Gown." Any boueebolder can get hla mon etae ready for lawn mower operation by raking up around the place. AHnoet time to dig up and polish the ancient Jeeta about tbe highbinder who runs the summer hotel. To a street car oondirctor the real progressive la the man who mores up In front when he Is told to do so. A New York woman found a chunk of dynamite In her coal, thua reduc ing her risible supply by one lump. A liner baa arrived In Boston with 1,100 tons of Irish potatoee, but think of the rejoicing If they had been beans. .« A Tale atudent has deserted the for estry clas* to marry an actreaa. How ever ahe may yet aend him back to the woods. A New York court has ruled that It Is libelous to call a man "a dead one." In otSer words, speak only good of the tiring dead. Teachers In a Switzerland town are considered too old to teach at thirty. This age limit makes the Osier one quite antediluvian. Still, If the hobble skirt snould as sist in ushering In the era of the low street car step It might rank as a blessing in disguise. A New York woman says that moth ers should teach their daughters to flirt. What a cheerlesa girlhood that woman must have had! Someone puts forth the theory that tbe operation for appendlcltla remove* a man's temper. He certainly loses It when the bill comes In. The feet of tbe Chinese women will never be bound again. Tbla time ' they have put their feet down good and bard, once and for alt. The newly discovered deposit of Iron ore In Pennsylvania Is said to be s "mother lode." Father's load was Alscovered by him long ago. The Cleveland youth who drew pay from one Arm under thirty-five dlffer snt names would be a valuable poli tical asset In a close election. A scientific experimenter la seeking t way of making aerial travel safe. There seems to be at present but one recipe for that fact: Don't go up. A beautiful young actress baa hid den herself because ''she received threatening letters. At the proper mo ment her press agent will proceed to find her. Little boy, work hard, study well, be good, and you may grow up to be Im portant enough to be selected to pitch ; the first ball at the opening game of J the season. Baxeball results are as well worth worrying about aa most other trou bles. The legislator who proposes to make It unnecesaary for women to tell how old they are when they have busi ness In the courts makes It appear that chivalry has not become obso lete. Chicago now has an all night the ater. It Is being largely patronised by those who are afraid to go home elth •r through fear of being held up on the way or being detected tiptoeing apstalra. Marlon, Ohio, reports that a baby weighing only one pound was born there the other day. Unfortunately It „ was a boy. Otherwise It might have grown up to lead aome strong man around by the ear. Des Moines policemen have been or- Sered to take Inebriated citizens to their homea Instead of to Jail. No ' longer will they be able to fall back ; »n the old excuse that they were tfrald to go home In the dark. Ih Loa Angelea a course in manners has been made a part of the curricu lum of the high school. We suppose Los Angeles boys and girls are being taught to give their seats In street ears to tired old people, even If they -lo not happen to wear Jewelry. # Chinese officiate of the new govern ment have not only cut off their queues, but aome of them have also taken to wearing Ugh silk hats. Could the triumph of the Occident over the Orient be more fitly illustrated than by this capping of the climax T DIRECT ELECTION OF U. S. SENATORS CONGRESS PASSES RESOLUTION ORDERING AMENDMENT SUB MITTED TO STATES. WAS FOUGHT BY DEMOCRATS Southern Democrats Based Opposition to Meaaure on Fear of Negro Domination. Washington.—Despite the fierce op position of Southern representatives, the bouse accepted the Brlstow amendment to the popular election ot senators resolution by a vote of 237 to 39. The announcement of the result was greeted by cheers on both sidea oI the house. Uoth houses of congress have now approved of this fundamental change in the organic law by the requisite two-thirds majorities and If the amendment ia ratified by the legists tures of three-tcarths of the states It will become amendment No. 16. Since the first resolution for the di rect election of senators was Introduc ed in 1821 the house has five times passed such a resolution, but the sen ate has never yet come to terms with the house. On February 28, 1911, the house resolution failed by four votes In Jhe senate, it contained as reported from the senate judiciary committee the objectionable Sutherland amendment, or Bristow amendment as It later be came known, which some Southern congressmen feared would open the way for interference by congress with the election laws of Southern states. The first paragraph of section 4 of article 1 of the Constitution now reads: "The times, placea and manner of holding elections for senators and repreaentatlves shall be prescribed in bach state by the legislatures thereof, but the congress may at any time make or alter such regulations, ex cept as to the places of choosing sen ators." It was pointed out that the second sentence above quoted would permit congress to exercise a power in an election where all the electors of a state voted, which would be radically different from that now exercißed, where the legislature only elects. Such power might lead to United Rta'es marshals or Federal troops be ing stationed at the polls, it was urg ed by Benator Bacon. The Impossibility of congress can vassing the entire vote of a state was dwelt upon and the conclusion was drawn that this would lead to the set tlement of contested elections In fa vor of whichever party was In con trol of the congress. THREE AVIATORS KILLED Two Airmen In Enqland and One at St. Loula, Mo., Fall to Death. St. Louis. —Kay Wheeler, amateur aviator, was killed ami Peter Ulaaser, a companion, probabiy was tatally injured when their machine struck a telegraph pole at Kin loch I'ark. The accident occurred when the aeroplane was caught in a whirlwind 100 feet above the earth. Wheeler and Olasser were thrown 30 feet. Wheeler's skull was crushed, Ills right leg was broken In three places, and his right arm was frac tured, He died on the way to a hos pital. Perry, lowa. —Aviator Kalph McMll len was seriously injured during an exhibition flight here. When more than 100 feet in the air the engine stopped and the biplane fell into a creek. He suffered two broken legs, a broken shoulder bone and numer ous other Injuries. I London. —Victor Louis Mason, _ an American identified with extensive mining interests and at one time pri vate secretary to the American sec retary of war, Gen. K. A. Alger, and to his successor, Elihu Root, waß kill e'd, while making a flight at llrook lands with thef English aviator, K. V. Fisher. Fisher also was killed by being pitched out of the machine when at a height of about 160 feet. | Fisher was about to give an exhibi tion and picked Mr. Mason as a pas senger from among the spectators. Methodist Bsn Stays on Cards. Minneapolis.—Unless the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal tourch overrules the actlqn of the committee on state of church, thai part of the famous paragraph 260 of the Church Discipline, which eßpec "tally prohibits dancing, card playing and kindred amusements, will remain a law of the church. The committee i voted to reject the report which fa vored the elimination of a portion of the paragraph and leaving amusement questions to the "conscience" of the Individual members. Reunion Cost Macon $250,000. Macon, Ga.—Careful estimates place the financial loss sustained by Macon people on the reunion at not lesi than $260,000. The greater part ol this was Invested in. thousands ol cots which were never used. There are numerous instances where th« loss tails upon those able to bear it In one cme an aged school teacher mortgaged her home, spend ing SBOO for cots ,and failed to renl even one. A Russian barber* whe saved S6OO, likewise bought cots and did not have a single roomer. ARSENE P. PUJO. W ill 8\ r i i jr^ )' Congressmsn PuJo of Louisiana la s chairman of tha houaa committee an banking and ewrrancy whleh will In i vaatlgata tha alleged " money trust." Tha haarlnga will bagln In.a faw day* and Chairman PuJo announces that tha ■ baat lagal talant will ba amployad In i bahalf of tha commlttaa. ; BOATS WERE NOT FULL ) I BRITISH INQUIRY INVESTIGATING ' SINKING OF TITANIC BRINGS GRAPHIC STORIES. i ) Hundreda of tha Dead Floated About t aa Rescued Rowed to Safety, Says Morris. r t London. —A graphic picture of the scenes that accompanied the sinking t of the White Star liner Titanic giv- I lng a new viewpoint to a tale already i told many times, was painted for the , British government's court of lnqui s ry which is investigating the great sea horror. Frank H. Morris, a baker of the lost ship, told how foreign steerage [>UH I sengers were prevented from rushing t the lifeboats, how sixteen persons i were saved from a collapsible boat lis i it was sinking, and how the lifeboat ' in which he was rescued passed , among hundreds of human beings floating In the water in Its path, while I only three of them cried out for help ■ Morris' explanation was that he sup - posed the others were either dead or unconscious, beirtg buoyed up by their lifebelts. i "When I went upon the boat deck I i was told to help get lifeboat No, 16 away. There were a number of vom ■ en by the boat, and there was hardly any excitement at all as they entered. Not a man tried to get Into the boat. They stood bravely by and bade fare | well cheerfully to their wivea and I families who put off In the boats, t "I was ordered into lifeboat No. 14 by Fifth Officer lx>we, to help man r the oars. Some foreigners tried to rush the boat, but drew his re ' I volver and flrtd half a dozen shots, which sent them scampering back. | There were 53 women and children } In our lifeboat when It swung over ! the ship's side, j "We pulled away from the vessel, but as there was plenty of room in the boat, It was decided to go back. ' We met some other boats that were not full, and transferred some of our 1 passengers to these boats. • STORM RUINS LEVEE WORK i ■ ' 3 New Orleans Has ths Greatest Storm a in Her History. i New Orlenns. —New Orleans with i, stood the severest rainstorm In her • history. All of the lower half of Lou isiana was affected, and thousands of I the people who live behind the al t ready terribly strained levees that hold back the Mississippi's Hood wa :• ters were panicky. 1 The wind ranged from 27 miles an - hour at New Orleans to 40 miles at ;■ Baton Houge, and at many points along the river it swept the waves f of the swollen stream over the lev- B ees. The Mississippi river here was :. banked up by the high winds, and 1- rose eight Inches In two hours, fore i- lng the waters over the leveea at i. several points. Bryan Working For Nomination. ,1 Washington.—An attack upon W. J. 1 Bryan, stating that "his attitude in e this pre-conventlon campaign be ac- I counted for only on the hypothesis f that he hopes to be again 5- at the Baltimore convention," was 8 given out here by the Harmon na n tional headquarters. The statement e calls upon "the Democrats of the i- country to give candor to the real situation." It declares that a sue it cessful Democratic candidate must e carry Northern states, as well as those that Bryan carried In last race. Young, Commander of Veterans, e Macon, Oa.—Gen. Bennett H. Young n 0 f Louisville, Ky., commander of the IB Army of Tenneaaee. was elected com >f mander inchtef of the United Confed if erate Veterans, succeeding Acting « Commander-in-Chief Oen. C. Irvine • Walker of Charleston, s. C. The o names of Oeneral Walker and Oen. >i W. K. Van Zandt of Texas were both 1* presented, but they withdrew and the it election of Oeneral Young was made o unanimous t»v a rising vote. Oen. lis d vine C. Walker was uan*mously elected honorary commander !n chief. SUNSHINE AIDS IN ROOD FIGHT ' THE CONTINUED GOOD WEATHER MAKES FLOOD-STRICKEN PEO PLE MORE HOPEFUL. CARING FOR SUFFERERa Believed That the Remaining Levees Will Hold If ths Weather Continues Good. New Orleans.—Another day of sun shine in New Orleans and tnroughout southern Louisiana cheered more and more tha hearts of those who are concerned over the high flood stages of the Mississippi river. State and Federal engineers announced that tne few reports from points north of New Orleans ,where gangs are repairing and strengthening the levees, were encouraging, although it was admitted that the situation at Baton Rouge was still somewhat seri ous and would demand careful watfch •ng and continued hard jrork to pre vent a break In the front levee. A report from Torras stated that the levee at the lower end of the crevasse there was sloughing off and gradually adding to the width of the gap in the river embankment. The levees in New Orleans have been repaired where damage was done by severe storm. In the third district the work of filling In dirt between the levees and the wood re vetment is nearing completion and the work of closing the upper pro tectlon levee about New Orleans has been completed except for the three gaps left for the operation of trains. These railroad gaps have been boxed In on either side, leaving only enough space for the passage of cars. Mate rial has been placed at each gap and they can easily be closed within a few hours. Baton Rouge, I A. —Although the Misslsßlpi river rose one-tenth of s foot at this point, conditions along the levee In front of Baton Rouge, aided with the absence of rain and the hot sun shining, were considered mon hopeful. NEGROES KILL OFFICERS Marshsl and Deputy Sheriff Shot to Death by Negro Gamblers. Gainesville, Fla. —Marshal C. H. Slaughter and Deputy Sheriff Charles White of Archer, Fla., were decoyed to a lonely spot near the>e and as sassinated. J. A. Manning, another deputy, feigned death and escaped after be ing wounded. He ahot one of the murderers, capturing him and his three sons, who are now In Jail. Marshal Slaughter received a mes sage that there was a "skin" game In progress on the outskirts of the town. He deputized Deputies White and Manning and went to the scene. The officers started to reconnolter, and were greeted by a volley of shots. Marshal Slaughter and Deputy White fell at the first Are, both being dead when aid arrived. Manning also fell with a wound In , bf* hbdomen. He feigned death, and as the negroes started off shot Cain Perry, one of the negroes, and at the point of his plstold held up the three Sons who were Implicated in the | shooting. CYCLONES HIT TALLEDAGA Property Loss of f165,000 Inflicted on Alsbama Town, i Talladega. Ala. Twin cyclones struck Talladega, doing a property damage of approximately $165,000. There was no loss of life. One storm struck the town from the southwest, going east and when Immediately over the business district was met by another storm. The twin disturbance united, doing heavy damage In the way of broken windows and unroof ing stores. Talladega county court house was badly damaged, the force of the wind snapping four massive granite columns like reeds. The five state Institutions located at Talladega were uninjured, being I out of the path of the storm. The two - depots were also undamaged. The t path of the tornado was a half mide and a mile lobg. Titanic Widow Strews Flowers. New York.—Standing upon the i bridge of the Carmanla in mid-ocean, • Mrs. J. H. Lorlng of New York and ■ I»ndon scattered armfula of flowers I upon the waters of the Atlantic in i memory of hfer husband, who lost - his life on the Titanic. When the t Carmanla arrived in latitude 41.16 » and longitude 50.14, the nearest po -1 sitlon to where the Titanic sank, Mrs. - Lorlng, attired in deep mourning, was t escorted to the bridge by Captain i Dow. Many passengers, touched by i. the devotion, wept 500 Killed In Mexican Battle. i Conejos, Mexico. —Twelve hours of » fighting on the desert plains 300 - miles south of the American border I- between a force of 5.000 rebels under ; General ftror.co and an equally strong » body of Federals under Oeneral Hu- B erta. resulted In a decided advantage i. to the government. At nightfall the a sandy mesas between here and Yermo, b 14 miles north, where the Insurrectos e were gradually forced back, were s covered* with- dead and wounded, r Nearly 500 are believed to have been . kitted and wounded on both side*. BRITAIN'S DOWAGER QUEEN. n This la the latest picture of Dowa ger Queen Alexandria, who is seri ously Ml with Influenza. She la now alxty-elght years eld and great anxi ety la felt throughout the empire. BLUE AND GRAY TO MEET VETERANS ACCEPT INVITATION OF Q. A. R. TO MEET ON GET TYSBURG BATTLEFIELD. Tennessee City Will Entertain Veter ans in After a Fierce FlghL Macon, Oa.—The choosing of Chat tanooga. Tenn., aa the convention city for 1913, the unanimous, enthusiaatlc acceptance of the invitation of Oen eral Trimble, commander-in-chief of the O. A. R., to merge the blue and the gray at Gettysburg in July to heal all remaining sores of the long internecine strife of the sixties, the crowning of Miss Mary Scandrett of Macon as queen of the 1912 reunion before 20,000 people on Coleman's hill, and a Georgia sun melting mel lowly over the city all day, featured the third day of the twenty second annual reunion of the Confederate veterans in Macon. Chattanooga s victory In the flght for the 1913 reunion was a sweeping victory over both Jacksonville and San Antonio, and came at the close of a rather stormy session, although the uproar which retarded the prog ress of the convention was not alto gether the outcome of the flghT Tor the next meeting place. The United Confederate Veterans, In solemn session, paid eloquent and loving tributes of esteem and rever ence to their deceased comrades and leaders. The annual memorial exer cises were held In the vast audito rium at Camp Gordon, with the Sons of Veterans, the Ladies' Memorial Association and sponsors and maids In attendance. Especial tributes were paid to the late Gen. Clement A. Evans, honor ary comminder in chief. and to Gen. George W. Gordon of Memphis. CHARGES AGAINST JUDGE House Committee Hearing Case of Judgs Robert W. Archbald. Washington. Charges sfeainst Judge Robert W. Archbald of the com merce court were unfolded before the house committee on Judlcliary which Is to determine if impeachment pro ceedlngs shall be brought against the Jurist. How Judge Archbald, In partner ship with Edward J. Williams, a Scranton coal dealer, while deliberat ing as a Judge on the "lighterage cases" to which the Erie railroad was a party, is alleged to have nego tiated an option from that railroad for 42.000. tons of culm dump property to be sold at a $12,000 profit, w»s re lented to the committee by Williams himself. Judge Archbald heard the testimo ny, and occasionally looked at photo graphic copies of letter* bearing 'on the case, one of them a letter In which the Judge told of his connec tion with the culm bank negotiations In his OWD words. Pressmen Plan National Strike., Chicago. Apparently beaten in their efforts to tie up Chicago news papers officers of the Web Press men's union, according to a statement laaued by the publishers, have started • movement for'a nation-wide strike of newspaper pressmen. This and charges by the publishers that the pressmen were using misleading state ments in efforts to gain sympathy were the principal developments in the situation. The publishers said fjiey expected normal conditions to revall before the enc of the week. Flood Refugees In Terrtbls Pllght- Melvllle. La.—The destitution and distress that follows in the path of creVasses had a practical demonstra tlon here when the steamer Whitman with 750 refugees from the XcCrea section of Polnte Coupee parish, land ed at Melville Those unfortunates were picked np levee where they had been for three days without shelter, and an almost continuoua rain had prevented the oooklng of the ra tios* which had been given them. Many, however, refused* to bo taken •way. " * v ~ y . : -A *" -O . >.-* t SUFFERED ALL NIGHTLONG Paiafal Eipirieace af Mrs. Sicpkm Hasbaad Tries ia Van to Obteia Relief. T*ootoirc. Mis*/ —"All night lon*." says Mrs. P. Q. Stephen*, of this place, "1 would suffer wttb my back, and I had such dragging down palna I could not stand it to walk or rida. , tor It would put ma tn bed. Mr health had beea bad for two Vtan Mr husband got the best doo tors that ha knew, but their medicine did me no good. I used Cardul, the womsa's tonic, and it put me on my (sat again. I am feeling aa wall as I did when I waa II rears old. I used about 1 bottles In all. .and Cardul has helped ma more than ear thing that I used. . I took lota of other medicines, but ther did ma no good. As long as 1 live, 1 wont be with out Cardul In the house." Aa a remedr for weak, tired, worn out women, who suffer from any of the aches and pains caused by worn anlr troubles, Cardul baa been proven safe and rellsble. Composed of gentle-acting, herb In gredlents. Its action la mild and natur al, and It haa no bad after-affects. It Is therefore harmless for young or old. It haa helped others, and should certainly help you, too. Try It. jr. B.— Write tei Udln' AITIMTT DtfU CUttißMfa Mtdldw C»., Chat tMMfa, Teaa., tor Spwlil liatras lUn, ui «4-pa«t bonk, a HIM Trcat •nt far Warn*a," seat la »lala wra>» let, ea leaaeet. EQUAL TO EMERGENCY. t»wen—. Excited Customer—A man Just dropped dead on the first floor. Floor Walker (In big department store)— That's all right, sir. You'll find the "Undertaking Department" on the fifth floor. MRS. SELBY AND PRIZE BABY "I have always used Cutlcura Soap and no other for my baby and he haa nerer had a sore of any kind. He does not even chafe as moat babies do. I feel sure that It la all owing to Cutlcura Soap, for he Is flne and heslthy, and when Ave months old, won a price In a baby contest. It makes my heart ache to go Into so many homes and see a sweet-faced baby with the whole top of its head a solid mass of scurf, caused by poor soap. I always recommend Cutlcura. and nine times out of ten the next time I see the mother she says: 4 Oh! I am so glad you told me of Cutlcura.' " (Signed) Mrs. O. A. Selby. Redondo Beach, California, Jan. 15, 1911. Although Cutlcura Soap and Oint ment are sold everywhere, a sample of each, with 33-page book, will ba mailed free on application to "Cutl cura," Dept. L, Boston. Not In Any Wsy Desirable. "Do those people who moved Into the flat across the hall seem to be de sirable neighbors?" ssked the man. "No," replied the woman. "1 watched everything that came out of the moving van. They haven't a thing that we would care to borrow. A Confeselon. Startled by convincing evidence that ther were the victims of ssrlous kid ney and bladder trouble, numbers of prominent people confess tbey have found relief by using KURIN Kidney and Blsdder Pills. For ssle by all medicine dealers at 35c. Burwell fc Dunn Co., Mfra., Charlotte, N. C. Appropriate. Willis—Why do you call your ma chine a "she"? Gillie—lt Is said to be the "last word" in an automobile construction. —Judge. Paxtlno Antiseptic sprayed Into the nasal passages Is a surprisingly suc cessful remedy for catarrh. At drug gists, 26c a box or sent postpaid on re ceipt of price by The Paxton Toilet' Co, Boston, Mass. Over That Now. "Is their honeymoon over?" "I guess so. She's stopped sitting up for him when he's out late nights." V»r HBABACHB—BIcka' CAPCMn Whether from Colds, Beet, SwaMh as Nervous Troubles, Capudlne wUI relieve row. It's liquid—pi— —nt to take—acts ImmcdW il*u'»s '"* M °" *°"' 80 mU ******* Wanted to Know. He—My father weighed onlr tow pounds at birth. She—Good gracious! Did ha lira. Garfield Tes keeps tbe liver Is condition. Insuring s clear head and good geueral health. Drink before retiring. The man who steals our thunder to naturally under a cloud. . ' v- : : »« i v .„. h- . -vi| *f-
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