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THE ENTERPRISE rCBUftKED KVHRY FRIDAY WilhAmaton, N. C. WILLIAM C. MANNING. Bmroa +mtmmmmmmm— —————■—— SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year SI.OO Six Month* SO TfcntMootlu • - .»5 Strictly Cuh la Advance Batrrcl the Fa* 0«c« »t WlllUmrton, IT. C. aa Sccaad Claaa Mail Matter. AMnm all ComawiakatJona to THE ENTERPRISE, Willlamaton, N. C. Friday, March *B, iqis Col. Roosevelt must be dictat ing his speeches for the next • campaign, if one is to judge by the stillness of things. A little less talk in the past might have helped. As the years pass, the custom of celebrating Easter becomes more general, and it is a sign that people are getting to be more in accord with the actual facts in the life of the Savior of the world. The public is far from being totally lost when it reads, talks and thinks about the White House Baby. How one little innocent being can touch the heartstrings of a nation as great as oure! The S. A. L. Again From the Windsor Ledger of last week, we learn that the peo ple of Windsor are using organ ized effort to induce the Seaboard Air Line to run from Lewiston there. Mr. E. W. Smith, of the engineering department has been in Windsor looking over both pro posed lines from Lewiston. A committee of prominent Windsor ians was chosen to boom the route and to see what the town would offer as an inducement. To be plain, the Windsor people are doing things to secure the road. v This should be interesting to Williamston people as an example if nothing more. There is a de sire here for the road to build through Hamilton down this way and on to Washington. But our county people who would be most benefitted are slow. Where have we heard the word "slow" before? Somehow it belongs ,to us—or rather is so exprissive of some of our movements. If we want the road, there must be some offering on the part of that section of Martin County which will get the benefit. The S. A. L. or any other road or concean does not consider itself bound to help us unless we show proper spirit in the matter. We are sitting still while others are carrying off the ripest plums. Martin County needs and should have two roads. There are some good sections which are not touched by the A. C. L.. and a transportation company would do good business in those sections. Then when we consider the pea nut factory, another line would be the thing to successfully man age the rate question and to fac ilitate shipments to and from Williamston. If we want a thing the roule is before us—don't let others fill it first. Our Spring Dress This week we have clothed ourselves anew to greet our sub scribers in the opening of the spring season of 1913. Cases full of new good tc and we hope that all of our readers will love our appearing. We desire in this addition to our out fit to please and show forth our interest in the advancement of the town, county, State, and Nation. 1 The substantial " support of many of our friends is making it possible for us to give a better and cleaner looking sheet each week. A paper like a petson, should do credit to its friends, and we are striving to occomp lish this endr Omaha and its Dead * The heart of the entire country is grieved at the calamity which has befallen the city of Omaha. Several days previous winds had swept over Chicago and several adjoining states, but the loss of life in Omaha is appalling. Noth ing can stand before the strength of the Western tornado, and strong houses crumbled before its mighty breath. All that mortal aid can do to relieve, is being done, but the children bereaved of parents, and mothers and fathers mourning for their dead cannot be comforted. The hand of affliction has been heavily laid upon the fair city. Since the settlement of the West tornadoes have wrought ruin at intervals. The natural conditions out there have made their appearance look ed for. "In the midst of life we are in death" but human nature fails to realize this truth to that extent that the soul is robbed of bitter ness and strife. But the world will go on with the same old care less stride. Last year the sink ing of the "Titanic" startled the globe, and yet travel has never decreased one jot since, and larger vessels have been launched to steam across the treacherous waters. The Cotton Crop There were nearly 900,000 bales of cotton raised in North Caro lina last year, and over 14,000,000 in the United States. *The far mers throughout the South are being urged to plant less this season. Soon the planting will begin, and every thoughtful man will see the necessity for reduced acreage. With modern means of cultivation, and the scientific building of the soil more cotton is being produced per acre than ever in the history of the staple in the South. It is well to con sider the condition of things and not overplant in any crop. Martin County farmers have learned to diversify, greatly to their advantage. The time was when our farmers planted nearly everything in cotton which brought low prices. The price now is far better but over-pro duction would soon lower }he The thing is to raise plenty of food-stuffs for man and beast, enough money crop to pay for extras and improvements,' then the secret of living as our people should, will be solved. The Martin County farmer with plenty of bacon, juicy yams, chick ens, water-ground meal, milk and butter, need not notice the stock markets of New York. He's "in dover" already. The New Cabinet Confidence is the biggest ele ment in sound business. The administration of national affairs, if guided by President Woodrow Wilson and his cabinet, will gain the confidence of business men. If the political element in the Democratic party heed the advice of the President and his Cabinet it is well. To use their splendid majority for patronage, cheap politics and making the symbolic ass the dominante character of of their activities, then business will be shaky and fearful. The president has selected men for his cabinet, who, like himself, possess the characteristics of love of home and fireside, honor for women and veneratfon for God: despising sham, appreciating virtue and who will dare to do the right. The cabinet is com posed of men known and honored in v their .respective common wealths, not so much for their political participation and office holding, but for their dominant force in fighting for right princi ples in political, business and per sonal life, 'the mistakes of men with these characteristics cannot be very damaging to legitimate business. Sel. J A RESPONSIVE CHORD By NORA NAH|_ "What did he trvr H9 In her?" The Question fell from,the lips of a girl of twenty, folly conscious of ths budding beauty of young womanhood aad all It meant of power. "She basa't apparently one .redeeming fea ture; why, she le positively gawky." The woman addressed, an attractive matron of about IS, turned a criti cal gase after the figure of the little woman disappearing down the street, and a knowing smile carted Jier lips. "I will tell yea." she smUL "About five years ago Arthur Bndth was engaged to the most beautiful girl In our set; yoa are too young to re member Just how beautiful she was— at any rate, she completely conquered Arthur—be had eyes for no one else when she was near. At every func tion he was her devoted slave—every wish was anticipated and gratified— nothing was too good for her—no task too difficult to perform that would add to her comfort and happiness. "When the Bpanlsh-Amartcan war broke out, Ann Reynolds, now Mrs. Smith, had been studying for two years to be a trained nurse. She had one supreme gift—the gift of tender nees, and Nellie, In a woman this ls ( not to be despised. All women do' not possess It. Ann's brother and Ar thur happened to be Injured about the same time and were plsced on beds side by side In the same southern hos pital. On account of her training and her brother's illness, Ann Rey nolds volunteered to go as a nurse to this hospital, and endeavor to save not only her brother's life, but to do what she could to save the lives of others who had become 111 in the gov. ernment service. "About this time Arthur had writ ten an appealing letter home, or, rath er, had asked tbat It be written, as he was too 111 to do more than ex press a wish, asking that his sweet heart come to him (they had been engaged Just before he left for the south), as he feared he had contract ed a dangerous and contagious dis ease, but usually the ones we love do not consider such things as this when a life Is ooncerned; at least, I am generous enough to think that most women would not Well, to make a long story short, Arthur's sweetheart refused flatly te go to his bedside. It afterward came out — somehow these things always do— that she feared contracting the fever and thereby marring her beauty. "When Ann arrived at the hospital and found that the patient in the bed next to her brother was from the same city as she, thay said aba work ed untiringly with him night after night with an Intensity that probably saved his life—at least, the doctors gave her the credit—and won out with glowing words of praise from them all. When It was all ovar, how ever, and ha was on the high road to health, she succumbed under the strain, and lay for weeks hovering be tween life and death. "During her illness Arthur wrote a short note to his fiancee, releasing her from her engagement, and when he re turned home, which did not happen for many weeks afterward, he an nounced his engagement to the little woman who had risked a very pre cious and useful life to save that of a perfect stranger. One of his old friends said afterward that In an nouncing tlio news to him he had made the remark that those few weeks in the hospital had taught him the most valuablo lesson In his life — that beauty of face and form, while pleasing to the eye, were but fleeting possessions, and that as he watched tho devoted and self-sacrificing little woman moving from one to the other of the sufferers, giving ; her service willingly and with n grace and sweet ness that brightoned the whole place, bringing hope and sunshine to many a homesick and despairing man, he had realized that there was something deeper, nobler and more transcendent ly beautiful In the world than mere physical beauty, and one which would last until death ,and he finished by saying: 'And so I lost my heart, or, rather, gave It into keeping of the no blest woman I had ever met, or ever expect to meet In this world.'" The speaker finished the story In a low, soft voice, and as she glanced over at the beautiful young girl oppo site, she noticed a tear trickling down her cheek, and the serious look that met hers from the brown eyes told her that the recountal had touched a respousive chord In her nature. Telling the Bees. Tho custom of "telling the beet" li often referred to by those lntereated In curious happenings. In come parti of England it has always been the habit to Inform the bees whenevei there is a death In the family, par tlcularly when It Is that of the mat ter or rule tresis. Some one raps upop the board sut> parting the hives and says: "Mourn vflth us. Master (or mistress) of the hou&e is dead." It Is thought that If this duty !» neglected tlie bees will die, and many old servants are fond of telling how the bees pine away when no one thinks to give then the sad message —Ave Maria. Qarrics Him Back. "I never drink coffee with cream !B It." "Why not?" "It always makes mo homesick." "I don't understand." "I was born on the banks of the Ml* Bourl river." "Yea?" , "A cup of coffee with cream la It U Juct About tho color of the stream I used to sport la when a boy." SERVIN6 A SUMMONS By CLARA INEZDeACON. It was Just between twilight sad dark that a Jersey cow, owned by farmer Hollli, Jumped the field fence into the highway and sauntered down the road. As Miss Jersey stepped slowly along enjoying the beauties of the •renin* an auto was oomlng ap from the «&- reotton of Oien Head. It oontalned tko young men and the chauffeur. It stole upon the cow unheard and hoist ed her Into the ditch and broke her back The house of fanner Hollis was only eighty rods away, but there was no going back to notify him of the accident The cow was dead, and that settled that It has been stated thst the anlmaL belonged to termer Hollis. 80 it did In a way. In sevsral other ways it belonged to his daugh ter Florence, who had petted and cared for it since its birth. It mads quite a difference whose cow It was. Next morning the hired man report ed the tragedy. Miss Florence went down the road and viewed the body and wept, and then returned to the house to ask her father, who was par tially an Invalid: "Well, what are you going to do about It?" "It was an aato, I suppose?" "Yes." "And It mar belong to any ana of a thousand people?" "Of Bourse." _ .~ - "And be fifty miles away by this time ?" "Just so." "Well, there you are. What can I do about ltr I don't see that "any thing can be done." "Well, I do!" was the rigorous re ply fro 19 the daughter. Half an hour later Mies Florence was on the road with her pony and cart. Two miles up the highway was a road-house at which nine out of ten autos, bound either way, might be counted on to stop. The girl drove up and called for the proprietor to come out. "An auto about 7 o'clock?" he mused at her query. 'Tee, there was one. It held two young men. It went down the road, and must hare pa—ed your house." "And the young men—were they strangers f" was asked. "Well, yes and no. I know that one, and he la the owner of the machine. Is Burt Merrlam. and the other Is Steve Dayton. They were great chums at college, I believe. They had two beers here and went on." "And this Mr. Merrlam —where does he live, please r v "Over at Brookdale, I understand." She drove Into Olen Head and to the office of a lawyer and told her story. The lawyer said he thought there was a case, and added: "We might as well give the young man a chance. I'll apply for a sum mons, and you better drtve over and serve It on him." Two days later Miss Florence drove over to Brookslde with the legal docu ment. After a few lnqulrlee she lo cated the house of the father of her victim, but only to be told that young Mr. Merrlam was not at home, and might not be for several days. Her father said it would all end in smoke and that the rich alone con trolled the laws, but ,on the third day Miss Florence started out again to serve the summons. She was half way to Brookslde when Bhe saw an auto coming. The pony was a little skittish of them, and she gave up the whole of the road and waited. The auto slowed down as it came up, but nevertheless the pony chose to per form. He was standing on his hind legs and making ready to bolt, and in her sudden fright the girl had lost the lines and was screaming, when a young man leaped from the machine and caught the animal by the head. He was dragged several rods before his weight told, and as Miss Florence ran to him she saw that he was hurt. "Shoulder out of joint, I guess," he said with a smile. "Let me see," she replied. "You must go to a doctor as soon as you can. What a ninny I was to let Fred act up so! I can manage blm now, however." "The plana of mice and men, yon know. I was on my way to see a Mr. Hollia on a matter of bualneaa. Wish this had happened later." "Business with my father*" "Then you are Mtaa HolllaT" "Yea." "And the young lady who called at my hornet" "The same." "Waa It about the cowl" 'lt was, air." "I know we killed one, but I waa ruahlng my chum to the city to catch a ateamer for Europe. I only got back three hours ago. Don't go off and aue me. Don't hare me arrested. Don't call m* hard names. 11l come back In a day or two and settle." The Toons man waa as good as his word, though no better than a one armed man. He was only too happy to hand over eighty dollars, and he laugrhed at tho summons and said It should be troasurrd ag a eonvenlr. He had to call again to see If the pony had recovered from Its scare, and a third time to consult Mr. Hollis about potato buss, and the fourth t'me he had the cheek to make no excuse at all. Rather Harsh. The famous barytone, had been gin lng his concert and the critic from the country was Rpkod; "How was the timbre of his voice?" "Well," said the critic, "il seemed to mo to b« full of knot+oles." —Harper's Weekly. TOBACCO FLUES Have Woolard to make your FLUES and You will have the BEST CARTS AND WAGONS MADE TO ORDER Woloards Combined Harrow and Cultivator J. L. WOOLARD & CO. WILUAMSTON, N. C. Election Notices! Goose Nest Township At a Special Session of the Board of County Commissioners of Martin County, in the Court House, Williamston, N, C. on Monday, the 24th day of March, 1913, in compliance with the pro visions of an Act of the General Assembly of the Session 1913, entitled an Act, "To provide good roads and a Bond issue for Goose Nest Township, Martin County;" it was ordered that an Election be held in said Township to de termine said question on Tuesday the 6th day of May, 1913. At which said election, all the quali fied Electors therein shall be en titled to vote. The said Election, with requirements, will be governed by the provisions of said Act. The Election will be held at the usual voting place, or places, in said Township; and notice of same is required to be published in, "THE ENTERPRISE, " a new spaper in Williamston, North Carolina, and posted in four pub lic places in each township. By order of the Board. B. L. LONG, Chr. Attest: S. S. Brown, Clerk. Robersoarille Township At a Special Session : of the Board of Commissioners of Mar tin County, in the Court House, Williamston, N. C.) on Monday, the 24th day of March, 1913, in compliance with the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of the Session 1913, entitled an Act, "To provide good roads and a Bond issue for Robersonville Township, Martin County ; M it was ordered that an election be held in said Township to determine said question on Tuesday, the 6th day of May, 1913, at which said election, all the qualified electors therein shall be entitled to vote. The said election, with all inci dental requirements, will be gov erned by the provisions of said Act. The election will be held at the usual voting place, or places, in said Township; and notice of same is required to be published in, ' 'THE ENTERPRISE, " a newspaper in Williamston, North Carolina, and posted in four public places in each township. By order of the Board. B. L. LONG, Chr. Attest: S. S. BROWN, Clerk. Hamilton Township At a Special Session of the Board of Commissioners of Mar tin County, in the Court House, Williamston, N. C., on Monday, the 24th day of March, 1913, in compliance with the provisions of an Act of the general assembly of the Session 1913, entitled an Act to provide good roads and a Bond issue for Hamilton Martin County; it* was ordered that an election be held in said Township to determine said ques tion oi\ Tuesday, t,he 6th day of May, 1913. At which said elec tion. all the qualified electors therein shall be entitled to voter* The said election, with all incidental requirements, will be governed by the provisions of said Act. „ The election will be held at the . usual voting place, or places, in said Township; and notice of same is required to be published in, "THE ENTERPRISE, " a new spaper in Williamßton, North Carolina, and four pub lic places in each township. By order of thejßoard. B. L. LONG, Chr. Attest: S. S. BROWN, Clerk. Notice Notice of the entry of a tract of vacant land in Martin County Robersonville Township lying near and adjouning the lands of J. R. Purvis, Henry CouncU Delia Ward, John Mayo and others and described as follows: Beginning at J. R. Purvis corner and running a westerly course with Henry Council Delia Ward and John Mayo to T. J. Taylors line, thence southerly with Taylors line to the Coburn land, thence easterly with the Coburn and Mathews lines to S. L. Andrews land, thence northwardly with Andrews add Purvis line to the beginning containing two hundred and fifty acres more or less. This March 7th, 1913. S. 8. Brown Entry Taker. D. S. Powell, Applicant. Notice There is taken np at the home of Mr. J. H. Ausbon in Martin Connty Rober sonville Township one Red Butt Headed Bnll about sor 6 years old marked crap off, and yi moon under left ear also oae White and Red spotted Heifer a or 3 years old, marked crap off of right ear and split in left eara. The owner or owners of said cattle are hereby notified to reclaim aaid cattle or said cattle will at the experation of this notice, be dis posed of according to the law governing such cases. This tat day March uit« S. S. BROWN, Regitter. In the Diatrict Court of the United States. For the Eastern Diatrict of North Carolina In the Matter of l W. W. Walters - In Bankruptcy. Bankruptcy ) By virtue of an order of the Diatrict Court, made by J. R. Gaskill. Refere in the above entitled cauae, I will expose to sale to the highest bidder for cash on the 3d day of April, 1913, at the Courthouae door of Martin County, in Williamston, N. C., the reverionary intereat in the fol lowing described property to-wit: One house and lot in the town of I Jamesville, N. C., on Elm Street, bound ed on the West by the said street and on the North side by the A. C. L. R. R. Co. Lot containing 5 acres more or less. This 3rd day of March 1913. WHEELER MARTIN, J*., Trustee in Bankruptcy. Report of the Condition of the Bank of Martin County Williamstou, N. C., at the cloae of buai ness Feb. 4, 1913 RESOURCES: Loans and Discounta 1173,454.31 Overdrafts 4,939.60 N. C. State Bonds J,000.00 All other atocks bonds, mtga 2,376.00 Banking house for. and iixt'ra 1,950.00 Due from banks and bankers 21,748.92 National bank notea, etc. 4,993.45 Total 9310,460.28 liabilities . Capital Stock 9 16,000.00 Surplus Fund 20,000.00 Undivided profits, lets current expenses and taxes paid 5.737-44 Time certificates of deposit 50,200.30 Deposits subject to check 116,279.38 Due to banks and bankers 3ii43.i7 Total 9210,460.28 State of North Carolina, County of Martin, ss: I, C. H. Godwin, Cashier of the tbon-umed bank, do solemnly ivctr that the above state ment is tree to the beat of my knowledge and C. H. GODWIN, Cashier Comet-Attest: J. O. Godard, J. G. Staton, W. C, Manning, Directors. Subscribed and sworn to before me.this it day of Feb. 1913. Burrous A. Critcher. Notary Public 68 YEARS* CX RI INC C TIUD* MARKS Designs Co^YniGHTS&O. An?ono sodding u tY.t *n4 description tnaj qulouiy asr-ertaln our opinion free whether ho tent fro*. o.dcut wrtfiwr for patents. Ihrouih Mann & Co. rcoetrs sj tcuil fiotkwithout ch-arpe, In tbe Scientific American. A handsomely liltijtraf'yi weekly. J.nrrent rir- WUNN&Co. 36,b New York trajcb Oflko, tfi F St, WasblDcioo. D. C.