VOL. XIII. NO. 51
| Professional Cards j
Hugh B. York, M. D.
Microscopy. Electrotherapy, X-Ray
Diagnosis, Specialties
Office over Partners & Merchants Bank
Office hours, 8 to 10 a. m., 7 to 9 p. m.
Office 'phone 60 - Night 'phone 63
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Wm. E. Warreu - J. S. Rhodei,
Drs. Warren & Rhodes
, Physicians and Surgeons
Office 111 Biggs Drug Store - 'Phone 29
Jos. H. Saunders, M. D.
Physician and burgeon
Day 'Phone 53 • Night 'Phone 40
. Williamston, N. C.
Dr. R. L. Savage
of Rockv Mount, will be at the At
lantic Hotel fourth Wednesday in
each month to treat diseases of the
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat and
Fit Glasses.
A..R, Dunning - * C. Suiith
Dunning & Smith
• AttprneysvtLaw
Williamston - North Carolina
Robersonville, North Carolina
Burrous A. Critcher - Wheeler Martin
Wheeler Martin, Jr.
Martin & Critcher
Attorneys-at-Law
Williamston - North Carolina
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S. J.,_. Everett
Attorney-at-Law
Greenville, N. C. - Williamston, N. C.
Greenville Long Distance Phone 328
S. A. NEWELL
Attorney at Law
Williamston • North Carolina
Clayton Moore
Attorney at Law
Williamston • North Carolina
John E. Pope
General Insurance,
Life, Fire. Health, Accident, Live Slock
Real Estate - Brokerage
Williamston • North Carolitii
Office on Main Street
I Pressing!
. . Glub . .
O. C. Price, Manager »
Phone No. 58
|l to '^ ate -Clewing, J
I Pressing, -Dyeing and tt
Tailoring
! tffl Very careful attention j
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given to Ladies Kid g
Fancy Waists 3
Coat Suits and Skirts I
| Club Rates or Men; a
.called xor axid I
■ delivered -|J
Agents for Rose & Co. B
Merchant-Tailors, Chi- |
THE ENTERPRISE
James King Carstarphen
The death of James King Car
ftarpben occurred at his botae on
Main Street, Saturday morning,
September 28th. 1912. He had
suffered with blood poison for three
weeks, which failed to yield to
treatment by several physicians.
Early in March of this year, he
hurt his foot and later accidentally
bruised his leg while about his
work of feeding his horses. The
first trouble was increased by the
additional bruise and blood poison
set in in a very violedt form, and
his last hours were unconscious
He was bom in Williamston on
April 17th. 1862, his parents being
the late William H. and Mary King
Carstarphen, who were prominent
among the older residents of the
town. In 1891, he married Miss
Fannie Martin, oldest daughter of
the late Hon. Joseph J. aud Vic
toria Martin, and a sister of Wheel
er Martin, Sr. Of this union, six
children wtre born, three of whom
are living Martin JCarstarpben, of
Tarboro, and Mary Louise and
Frank Carstarphen.
Mr. Carstarphen had spent all
his life in Williamston, where he
had been engaged in the stock
business for many years. He is
survived by his wife, one brother
aud two sisters —C v D. Carstarphen,
of Williamston, Mrs. D. C. Jones
and Mrs. Harry Waldo, of Hamil
ton.
The funeral services were con
ducted at the residence on Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock by Revs. M.
E. Bethea and Rufus Bradley. A
large number of friends and rela
tives followed the body to Oakdale
Cemetery, whereafter the commit
tal service was read, it was laid in
the Martin pbt. Rev. G. J. Dow
ell adding the blessing.
The out-of- town relatives at
tending the funeral were, Mrs.
Frank Martin and Martin Carstar
phen, of Tarboro, Joseph audi
Watts Martin, of Norfolk and Mrs.
D. C. Jones, of Hamilton.
Resolutions of Respect
Whereas, cn the 29th. day of
August 1912, the Almighty in His
wisdom, saw fit to take ftom our
midst and unto himself our beloved
friend and bruther, therefore, be it
resolved.
1. That in the death of Mr. L.
C. Harrison the Baptist Church and
Sunday School cf the town of Wil
liamston have lost a faithful and
devoted member of each.
2. That in liisdeath the town and
community have lost an hone. j t,
upright, faithful an 'J high-toneo
Christian gentlemen.
3. That a copy 0? these resolu
tions be spread upon the leccrds of
the Baptist Sunday School aud of
the Baptist Churcb of the tciwn of
W'illiamston, and that a copy be
sent to THE ENTERPRISE and the
Biblical Recorder for publication.
And that a ropy of saui:* be sent to
bis beloved wife.
Respect fully.
A. R. Dunning,
John D. Biggs,
S. A. Newell.
Of the Baptist Sunday School and
Church.
In Memoriam
Iu loving memory of our dear son
and brother, Horry B. Latham,
I who departed this life one year ago
j to-day, September 25th. 1911.
| Peaceful btr thy silent slumber,
Peaceful in thy grave so Tow;
Thou no more will join our slum
ber,
Thou no more our sorrow know.
The Family.
| Washington City, 0. C.,
September 25 th.—r^t2.
v WILLIAMSTON, N. C.. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1912
Coming In All Its Entirety
Fouf hundred people eraploved
and carrying over two hundred
foreign and domestic animals, is
the statement made by Mr. F. M.
Heaton, agent for the Sparks
shows, who was in town last Wed
nesday making arrangements for
the appearance of this big circus
here on Wednesday Oct. 30th.
The strange colony of people,
haudßome horses, rare wild animals
and the goldtn caravans are sche
duled to arrive here during the
early hours of the morning of the
above date in their own special
trains of specially built railway
cars from Neck, where
they will exhibit the day before
Circus day will begin with a big
street parade at 12 o'clock noon,
and two performances will be given
the first starting at 2 o'clock aud
the other at 8 o'clock. It is said
that the Sparks Shows have $75,-
000,00 tied up in chariots, table
auxs, floats, musical vehicles, fan
ciful and historic costumes, and
expensive and odd things of dis
tinctive parade use.
The grounds known as the Circus
Grounds have been arranged for by
the agent and a number of our
merchants have received contracts
to furnish immense quantities of
feed stuff for both man beast, to be
delivered on the show grounds
early in the morniug of show day.
The Sparks shows have improv
ed and grown remarkably during
the last few years, and-to those of
us who rtmember its former visits
comes the thought that it was al
ways a clean, moral aud entertain
ing show, and one we never hesitat
ed in having our families visit. " It
is said that the show still retain*
these features that made it such a
welcome visitor in the years gone
bv, and that its methods of doing
business with the public are still of
tbnt same'high order.
Our Tobacco Sales
The sales of the yellow weed
during September 011 every market
in the State were large. Farmers
rushed in with their crops as rapid
ly as they could grade and bring
them to market. The prices never
went down here and the buyers 011
each floor took all that was offered.
The exact figures of the sales on
the Williamston market as sent to
the levenue department were
452,740 pounds with an average
for the mou*h of fifteen cent*.
Through theentire month the price*
were as good and generally better
than on the larger markets', for tests
were made indthis fact established.
The warehousemen have given
everv mar. a square deal and will
continue to do so. Many days dur
ing the month the average 011 the
market has been in excess of the;
general average of .fifteen cents.
The Dixie warehouse sold 275,854
lbs. and the Roanoke warehouse
lbs', of the total amount
for the mouth.
In Mcmoriam
Rosamond I'ope Crawford — Oct.
3rd. 1910.
Jus: two years passed away
Since that sad aud mournful day. J
God alone, lor he kuows best,
Cillei you to that home of rest.
Twas a bitter grief, a shock severe,
To part with the one ne loved so
dear. ——— 7
j Time was .00 short to s&y good bye-
To the one vve loved so. dear.
We miss your coming footsteps,
We miss you every where.
Home* are not what thejjj used to
- 1'
Siucc yOQTJni not there.
You are gone, but not forgotten,
Never shall your memory fade.
Sweetest thought.* nhall ever linger
Round the grave where you are
laid.
I Sadly missed at home.
Social Affairs
Thursday afternoon of last week,
Mr?. K. B. Crawford eutertaitied af
her borne on Smifhwick Street and
bad as honor (guests Mrs. Albion
Dunn aud Misses Barnes and Vau
gbn. The party played bridge and
the hostess served delicious refresh
ments.
Friday afternoon, at
2:30, Mrs. F. U. Barnes gave a
bridge partv in honor of 1 er house
guests. Misses Barnes and Vaughn
and B| r -v Albion Dunn. The hours
wert pleasantly spent with the hos
tess #hose arrangements for the en
joyoUßt of the party, were attrac
tive, f
Saturday night, Mrs. C. B Ha»-
sell if vited several frieuds to her
home to meet Mrs. Albion Dunn.
Cardb ifortned the chief eujoytner.t,
and Mrs. Hassell served a delicious
salad course during the evening.
Monday afternoon, Mrs. J. H.
Saunders was at home to a number
of ftfends at her residence on
Church Street. Tables were ar-
for bridge and the scores
tvereVcry interesting. Favors were
givtneach guest and refreshments
were setved.
Tuesday afternoon, the Embroid
ery Club met with Mrs. F. U. Bar
nes on Smitliwick Street. All the
members were present and several
honor guests. Books and new
about the work for the holi
day; season were exchanged, and
thejhour passed pleasantly. The
next meeting will be with Miss
Nannie Biggs.
Must Make Statement
By an act of Congress, statements
must be made certifying to the
ownership, etc., of every newspaper
in United Slates. These state
ments are called for on the first of
April and October of each year.
The copies of statements are given
to the local prstmaßter, who retains
one and forwards one to the Third
Postmaster General. The state
ments are required to be published
in the columns of the paper making
said statemeut. That of THK EN
TKKi'KiSK follows:
Statement Of The Ownership,
Management, Circulation, etc , of
THK ENTKRPKISE, published week
ly at Williamston, N. C., required
by Act of August 24th. 1912
Editor, VV. C, Manning, Will
lamston, N C.
Managing Editor, VV. C. Manning,
Business Managers, W. C. .Man
ning and F. M. Shute.
Publisher, W. C. Manning.
Owner, W, C, Mantling.
(Signed)
W\ C. Manning.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 30th. day of September,
1912.
(Seal)
C H. Godwin,
Notary Public.
My commission expires Dec. 23rd.
HJI3. *
Pointers About Advertising
Somebody recently evolve thin
epigram: ''When business h good,
ndvestise some to get more bu:;i
nc-ss; when business is bad, adver
tise more to get some business." A
good saying to remember, there i:>
sound seu=e in It.
Would you think it wise, on a
ret date, to certain
sum for medical attendance and a
eel tain sum for legal services for
the ensuing year, and to refuse to
exceed that appropriation, no mat
ter what happened? Probably n"t.
Neither should you make a hard
and-fast j[can't-be-excecded sdver
tising appropriation—and for pre
cisely the same reasons. Tbi i "ap
propriation" noneensu has a
lotpf damage. —Sel.
•In, -.~.
KV — — .
Entertained on Saturday
From 4 to 6 o'clock on Saturday
afternoon, Mrs. W. Henry Craw
ford entertained a number of her
friends at her residence in East
Williamston. The roops of the
home were attractively arranged
and brightened by potted plants
and buuehes of Autumn's offerings
in beautiful roses. The color
scheme of pink and green was ef
fectively carried out in the whoie
interior.
fi
The fact that it was the anniver
sary of the hostess' birth, was not
revealed in the invitations, and
ohly from the nature of the contest
and the large interrogation mark
in pink and green which was seen
suspended from the lamp over the
dining room, was the fuct discov
ered. The contest was interesting
and appropriate, being fifteen ques
tions the answers to which" ended
in age. Mrtk C. B. Hassell made
the highest score aud a perfect one.
A delicious salad course and Neo
politan cream with cakes were
served, and the birthday cake which
ornamented the center of the table,
was cut by the guests.
The guests were, Mesdames A.
T. Crawford, John D Biggs, S. F.
Williams, J. P. Simpson, J. G.
Staton, F. W. Hoyt, J. H. Saun
ders, A R Dunning, Alonzo Has
sell Wheeler Martin, Jr., C. B.
Hassell, G W. Hardison, K. B.
Crawford, Henry Cook, F U.
Barnes, Albion Dunu, of Green
ville. J W. Watts, J. B. Hardison;
Misses Anna Crrwford, Elizabeth
Barnes and Sarah Vaughn, of Mur
freesboro.
Greatest Trust of All
A great deal has been said and
written concerning the trusts, and
one question that is asked of every
candidate is his position on the
trust issue. There is a cry through
out the laud for the control of
greedy corporations and for the
rising of the people against special
privilege. But it should not be
forgotten that the liquor trust is
the greatest and greedist of them
all. Most of the trusts demand
only money; the liquor trust takes
that and more too. It feeds on the
%
bodies and souls of men as
well as on their earnings. Nothing
is too sacred, nothing too valuable
—it wants all. If there were no
other reason why the Ikjuor busi
ness should be abolished, the fact
that it is so grasping, greedy and
unscrupulous is enough to warrant
the good citizenship of Artierica in
putting it to the death.—Exchange
Operation Successful
Mrs. J. Robert Mobley was taken
to St Luke's Hospital, Richmond,
on September 26th. by her husband,
J Robert Mobley, Dr. J. H. Saun
deis and her brojher, Dr. M. Bol
ton, or Rich Square. The opera
tion which was one among the
most serious known to tUe medical
profession, was performed by Drs.
Stuart McGuire aud W. L. Peple,
ani lasted over an hour, but was
pronounced very successful. Mrs.
Mobley is reported to be improving
rapidly.
Fine Tobacco.
Garrett and Staton have raised
some of the finest tobacco which
has been sold 011 the market here
this season. One barn of tips sold
recently for $332.96, and is another
proof that, tobacco farming paid
by a splendid margfa this year,
[especially IT the weed was so'd on
| the Williamston market. This
I barn of tobacco was sold at the
[Dixie Warehouse.
Life with some men is ju-t oue
high ball after auother.—Judge.
si.oo a Year in Advance
A Destructive Cotton
Disease
Anthraeuose (Glotnerella Gossi
pii), oce of the most destructive
cotton diseases to be found in the
cotton best is fast gaining hold in
Martin County. Microscopic ex
aminations have been made by the
writer within the last week and the
disease found to cover as many as
one hundred and fifty acres of dis
eased cotton in the county. -i '
The first technical description of
the disease -was given in 1990.
The diKease is very destructive in
some localities and in Georgia the
loss last year was estimated to have
been $14,750,000, or near 25 per
cent of the crop.
The disease is mjst conspicious
upon the bolls, where it produces
unsightly ulcers, at first black and
bearing a coat of pink mycelium,
or covering. The ulcers have
daik brown to black water borders
which vary- in diameter. When
small the spots are re!di»h and
slightly depressed. Attacks upon
young bolls stop their growth and
induce permature ripening and im
perfect opening.
It is thought to follow diseased
seed, and there is abundant evid
ence that it is carried from year to
year in the seed. It is also possible
for the spores to travel by means of
the wind, land washiug or ou the
feet of animals. No mode of seed
treatment has proved reliable.
Any information the writer is
able to furnish will be done gladly
upon request A failure to exter
minate the disease will mean a
great loss to the county. Micros
copic examinations will be made
free if a single boll is collected and
sent to Box 53. N. C.
Services Next Week.
Dr. J. J. Taylor will preach at
the Christian Chrurcb Tuesday
night, and continue for a few day®.
He will be accompanied by Prof.
D. W. Milan, a not--d »inger* of
Atlanta. Ga. These gentlemen
have been holding a meeting at
Robirsonville for several weeks,
and are highly spoken of by the
people of that community.
The public is cordiully invited
to attend the services here.
Card of Thanks
I desire to thank the citi/.ens of
Williainston lor their timely and
willing help 011 the night when lire
destroyed the residence 111 which I
and my family.were living. IJvery
aid possible was rendered me, an.l
I am deeply grateful tor every
kindness shown ine and tuy family.
John 1,. Rodgerson.
Mrs. Paul Wehiing, Smith
St., Peoria, 111., had !;iiln j y and
bladder trouble, with terrible back
ache and pain across the hips. Just
imagine her condition. She further
says: "1 was also very nervous had
headaches and di/.zv spells, and
last gettiuK worse when I took
Fojcy Kiduey Pills, and now all
my troubles art cured. Foley
Kidney Pills have done so much for
me I shall always recommend them.
Saunders & Fovvden.
Not for Simmons
While the small Demacntu: poli
ticians and bosses are with Sim
mons, none of the big ;;;e 11 cf the
party are for hini. Glenn is net,
Jarvis is not, Joe Daniels-is not, Gy
Watson is not, A. H. Filer is uot,
W. T. Crawford is not," Vance was
not irr his darrAyrot-W V.'-HS running
[against him, Judge Clai!. ana Cov
er nor Kitchin are ytill running
against L'iui, and .'outaidq of the
[State W. J. Bryan, and praciic'ally
the whole reform and progressive
press of the country is against him,
—•Carolina Democrat.