VOL XVI. NO. 3i
Italy To Play An
Important Part
Italian Troops Have Cros
sed Frontier.
And Are Occupying Miles of Aus
trian Teritory and Several Im
portant Towns-All Aus
trian Ports Are
Blockaded.
Paris, May 26th The s Italian
government to day declared a
blockade of all Austro-Hungari
an coast.
Rome, May 26—Occupation of
Austrian territory all along the
frontier from Lombardy to the
Adriatic is claimed in an official
statement issued last night by
the war office.
The war against Austria was
signaled by victories all along
the frontier; Italian troops hav
ing rushed across and occupied
a large scope of territory. The
Austrian army retired after bur
ning bridges behind them. Ital
ian aviators dropped bombs on
the electric power plant and rail
road station at Monfalcone.
London, May 26.—The British
battleship Triumph has been sunk
in the Dardanelis This official
announcement was made tomght.
The crew aboard was saved.
~ Berlin, via London, May 27—A
Constantinople dispatch says that
the British battleship Triumpn
was sunk by a single torpedo and
that she disappeared in seven'
minutes.
■' Rome, May 26. —Via Paris—
The Italian government believing
that Austria-Hungary is utilizing
• several ports on the Albanian
' coast for commissariat depart
ments, declared a blockade today
against ' 'that portion of the Aus
tro-Hungarian coast, comprised
between the Italian frontier on
the north to the Montenegrin
boundray on the south, including
all islands, ports, anchorages and
bays, and also the Albanian coast
from the Montenegrin limits on
the north to and including Cape
Klephali on the south-"
"Vessels belonging to friendly
and neutral powers will be allow
ed sufficient time to leave the
zone, the amount of tjme to be
determined by the of naval
forces."
Found a Man
Under His Bed
One night last week, L. R.
Walker, manager of the Gaiety
Theatre, went into his room at
the Atlantic to retire, and notic
ed that some one was under his
bed. Thinking that one of the
guests was playing a joke on
him, he called for him to come
out. Out crawled a negro, who
murmured something about be
ing sent there with a message
for a man, and rushed aff down
the stairs. The semi-darkness
prevented Walker from a clear
view of the intruder, but could
see him well enough to decide
that it was Waverly Williams,
who had been sent there often
to carry a message. His inten
sion on this occasion, however,
- were thought to have been rob
_ bery» He was apprehended and
in jail.
W. C. Manning went to Wil
lon Thursday to attend the com- j
mencement of the Atlantic Chris
tian College. I
THE ENTERPRISE
SINKING OF
NEBRASKAN
GRAVE AFFAIR
• London, May 26 - The Ameri
can steamer Nebraskan, Captain
Green, from Liverpool May 24,
for Delaware Breakwater, was
torpedoed yesterday by a subma
rine at a point forty miles west
of Fasnet, off the south coast of
Ireland. No lives were lost.
The crew at once took the life
boats, but after finding that the
Nebraskan was not so seriovsly
'damaged, returned aboard
and got the vessel underway. She
had been struck forward and her
foreholds were full of water.
There were no passengers on the
steamer.
Will Conduct Services.
I)r. J. C. Caldwell, of Wilson,
will conduct services in the Chris
tian church next Sunday night.
We are sorry to announce the
serious illness of Simon Lilley, of
the Enterprise force. He was
stricken Wednesday with appen
decitis.
Hold Reunion. %
The family of the late Elder
A. D. Mizell had a reunion at the
old homestead near Smithwick
Creek on Sunday. Mr. John Miz
ell, who lives there with his fam
ily, entertained, and the day was
a most delightful one. Those
present were Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Mizell and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
House, of Robfertsonville; Mrs.
A. D. Mizell, of Pink Hill; Mr.
and Mrs. Pearlie Manning, of
the county; Mr. and Mrs. A. D.
Mizell. of Williamston.
Commissioners
Have Qualified
Tuesday night, the newly elec
ted members of the Board of
Town .Commissioners qualified
with the exception of W. H.
Crawford, who refused to accept.
The vacancy will be filled by the
Mayor, who has the power to ap
point. W. T. Meadows was elect
ed treasurer, and an order pass
ed to publish the audited ac
counts of disbursements and ex
penditures three times a year,
Bame to appear in The Enterprise
and on a bulletin board. On
Monday night, June 7th, the
election of the pofice force will
take place.
The order for publication of
the accounts was introduced by
W. T. Meadows, who insisted
that the people asked that it be
done, and it was in keeping with
other towns. Each year the ac
counts have been audited and
posted at the City Hall, but Mr.
Meadows, as treasurer, desired a
larger and more general publica
tion, which could be obtained thru
the paper.
Yesterday, seven years ago,
the greatest battle ever fought
in North Caroliua, was won by
43,000 majority. It was the an
niversary of the vote for State
wide prohibition. -
J. R. Winter, who has been
here for several weeks, ieft this
week for Norfolk.
WILLIAMSTON, N. C., FRIDAY,. MAY 28, 1915
Vaccination is
Very Popular
For the first time since the sev
enties, smallpox is reported to be
in town. Health officer W. E.
Warren hung the warning flag
and placed placards at three
homes Saturday and Sunday, and
the rush for vaccination especially
among the children, was great
It seems that several pupils of
the graded school had the troub
le, which was not diagnosed
smallpox, and from these the dis
ease got out in town. There have
been some cases at Bear Grass,
and from there it may have come
here. The cases are very light,
eruptions being few.
It was not deemed necessary
to stop the school, as so many of
the children had taken vaccina
tion, and only a few days re
mained of the term. However,
I many parents have kept their
children at home, even the en
rollments at the Sunday schools
were reduced to some degree on
Sunday. The same can be be said
of the moving picture shows
At the request of the pastor,
Dr. Hugh B. York delivered an
address on sanitation and small
pox at the Baptist church last
Sunday evening. In this way he
appealed to the people for clean
er living in the town and the pre
vention of disease during the
summer months. He also urged
immediate vaccination to guard
against the spread of smallpox.
Friday night the Board of
Town Commissioners had a called
session for the purpose of pass
ing an ordinance regulating quar
antine and imposing a fine for
the violation of same. This has
been posted on the bulletin board
at the post office for the enlight
enment of the citizens of the
town. The action of the Com
missioners provided all needed
machinery for the operation of
the fight against the spread of
the disease. The excitement at
tendant upon the news of a con
tagious disease, soon subsided
and things have resumed their
normal condition.
OB tbe Honor RoIL
Among the twenty one students
placed on the honor roll at St.
Mary's school, Raleigh, is Miss
Eva Peele, daughter of Judge
and Mrs. R. J. Peele, of William
ston. Students on the roll are
required to make an average of
90 in studies throughout the en
tire term, and other require
ments must be excellent. Miss
Peel entered schooyast fall, win
ning the Murchison scholarship,
and the fact that she was placed
among the honor pupils, shows
how excellent has been her work.
She also won the Bishop Par
ser Botany prize, given to the
pupil, who, according to certain
conditions, does the best work in
the preparation of an herbarium.
Accompanied by Miss Mary Lou
ise Carstasphen, another student
at St. Mary's, she arrived home
Wednesday to spend vacation.
The Master Key was begun at
the Gaiety on Monday night. It
promises to be stirring with at
tractive scenery, and has a good
moral. Trey 0' Hearts closed
Friday night and the Perils of
Pauline is on every Tuesday
night. Francis Ford and Grace
Cuard are seen in some interest
ing films very often. They are
favorites among movie lovers in
town.
LOST—Between Haughton St.
and the Methodist parsonage, one,
Chowan College pin, date 1878.
return to J. T. Standferd.
North Carolina
State Board
WILL BE GREATEST IN
HISTORY.
North Carolina, South Caroli
na Georgia and Florida
Combined Health
Exhibit
The coming meeting of the
State Medical Society and State
Health Officers Association, June
14 to 17, will doubtless be the
greatest in the history of the
two organizations.
Word has been received that
South Carolina, Georgia and Flori
da will co-operate with North
Carolina in presenting a combin
ed health exhibits for this State.
The rooms of the Chamber at
Greensboro will be turned over
for these exhibits for the entire
week. This will will give not
only the doctors and health of
ficers but the public at large an
Opportunity to see what North
Carolina and several other south
ern States are doing for the pub
lic health, and how it is done.
The exhibit from Jacksonville,
Fla., should be very interesting
as it relates to various phases
of the drug habit, such as the
effects of morphine, cocaine and
heron. This exhibit goes very
nicely with one part of the pro
gram of the State Medical Soci
ety on this subject.
Anotfoi feature of the Florida
exhibit is that relating to visit
ing nurses, midwives and child
welfare.
The Georgia exhibit relates es
pecially to hookworm disease
while that from South Carolina
will deal with the milk problem.
Asheville has a very unique ex
hibit on flies, and Greensboro
wiil show simplified home meth
ods of sanitation care of the ba
bies. The exhibit of the North
Carolina State Board of Health
will deal with patent medicines,
tuberculosis and child hygiene.
Beer a Most
Deadly Poison
The man who uses a quart of
beer daily expends enough for it
to buy three loaves of bread for
his family. He gets for himself
a trivil amount of nourishment
worth half a cent and incident
ally takes into his system nearly
two ounces of a narcotic poison,
the influence of which is to make
him less alert and therefore more
amendable to accidents, to make
him less efficient and therefore
more likely to lose his job, and
to make him more likely to suf
fer from toxins and effections.
Pull Off Another Race.
Brier Patch fans had another
opportunity to cheer on their fa
vorites on Saturday, when they
lost to Williamston by 37 to 7. It
would be more proper to call it a
track meet, as sprinting was the
chief requirement. The locals
had some very good runners and
so won out with a mixed team
again. Each team is playing for
practice, so there is nothing but
good natured rivalry in the games
The boys belonging to Brier
clean sports, and these
games with them are pleasant
ones.
Rub-My-Tism—Antiseptic, An
odyne—Kills pain, stops putre
faction.
Williamston
Honor 8011.
The following is the honor roll
for the Williamston High School:
FIRST GRADE
Rona Dell Baker, Elizabeth
Gurganus, Margaret Manning,
Martha Leggett, Carl Garrett.
SECOND GRADE
Francis Barnes, Hugh Burras,
Bryant Carstarphen, Wm. Hodg
es, Pattie Harris, Myrtle Perry,
Frederick Hoyt.
THIRD GRADE
Thelma Brown. Annie L. Craw
ford, Herbert Peel, Charles God
win, Thurman Cdwper, Ellis
Sparks, Jesse Stubbs, Martha
Harrison, Esther Harrison, Min
nie Robertson, Carrie Peel,
W. T. Meadows, Harry James,
Bonner Gurganus, Mittie Brown,
Sallie Bet Wynne, Gladys Miz
ell, Hattie Rogerson, and James
Glenn.
FOURTH GRADE
Ethel Harris, Earl Garrett.
FIFTH GRADE
Rosalyn Bryan. Louise Harri
son.
SIXTH GRADE
Estelle Crawford, Mary B. Har
rell, Sallie Harris, Virginia Her
rick, Marshall Kilpatrick, Chas,
Knight, Claude Leggett, Francis
Manning, Lester Rogers,
SEVENTH GRADE.
Hugh B. Anderson, James
Manning, Johnie Lparks.
EIGHTH GRADE
Louise Robertson, Ethel Britt,
Ruth Britt.
NINTH GRADE
George H. Kent.
10th Grade —Robt. Peele, Al
ma Sparks.
11th Grade—Daisy Manning.
School Clowes
Here To-Day
The term of 1914-'ls of the
Williamston Graded School closes
today, and this evening the com
mencement exercises will be held
at the City Hall.
The term has been a most suc
cessful one, and the matricula
tion larger than ever before. The
exercises to-night will be simple
as designed by the faculty in the
outset. Dr. William Louis Po
teat, President of Wake Forest
College, will deliver the address
and this fact alone renders the
programme an interesting one.
It has always been the desire of
the faculty to secure a man who
could instruct as well as enter
tain, and their choice this year
fell upon one of the foremost ed
ucators in the South. The exer
cises will begin at 8 o'clock.
The programme will be ren
dered as follows:
CHORUS— HaiI to Thee.
History of Martin County by
Daisy Ee Etta Manning.
Schools of Martin
Leona Adelia Page.
Natural Resources of Martin
County by Oscar Shannon Ander
son.
Farewell Address by William
Sampson Hadley.
CHORUS-— May bells and the
flowers. „ —*■
Annual Address by Dr. W. L.
Poteat, B. A. M. A. L. L. D.
Presentation of Diplomas..
CHORUS— Farewell Song.
CHIEF MARSHALL:
Fitzhugh Robertson
ASSISTANTS:
Clyde Anderson.
Titus Critcher
> , Robert Perle.
FOR SALE—Two car loads of
shingles. Harrison Bros. A Co.
... .. . ' ■■V • 2$
si.oo a Year in Advance
A GREAT AMD
PROFITABLE
FARM WORE
NOW IS THE TIME FOR
THE FARMERS TO ACT.
This Demonstration Work » Crea
ting Considerable Interest Over
The State -Thousands of
Dollars Can be Sav
ed in Martin
Farm Demonstration Work is
creating considerable interest and
favorable comment in our neigh
boring counties now. This work
is conducted jointly by the A. A
M. College, the Department of
Agriculture and the U. S de
partment of Agriculture in co
operation with the various coun
ties of the State.
County agents are now located
in about 75 counties of the State.
Kdgecombe and Beaufort coun
ties have had this work now for
five years and the progress along
agricultural lines in these coun
ties is remarkable Thousands
and thousands of acres of soil
improving crops are annually
sown in these counties as a result
of the influence of this work.
These winter crops of crimson
clover, bur clover, hairy vetch,
etc., can be successfully and eco
nomically grown all over Martin
county under the guidance of a
county agent. The county agent
of Beaufort county has this
spring built several diping vats
to be used to keep tjcks, off the
cattle. Several vats have also
been built in Craven county.
The Craven agent has also done
some splendid work in construt
ing concrete hog wallows in
which a disinfectant is kept to
rid the hogs of lice. These things
demonstrate the good to be de
rived from building live stock
property.
Over in Wilson county last latt
the people decided that they
wanted a county agent and as a
result there were about screa.
thousand acres of oats, wheat,
rye and clover sown in the coun
ty. The agent has also visited a
great many schools ©f the coun
ty and interested the boys and
girls in poultry and hogs. He has
also a good enrollment in the
Boys' Corn Club..
The Edgecombe !agent has or
ganized a poultry cluh to encour
age the boys and girls to raise
better chickens, etc.
One of the agents in Halifax
county—and by the way Halifax
has two whole-time demonstra
tion agents—who began work ia
the east end of the county Febu
Continued on Page 4-
Uncle Abner Says:
A pessimist bites the silver lin
ing of every cloud to sse if it is
real.
When the optimist falls intoac
mudhole he's thankful it is not
quicksand.
Many a man looking for sym- »
pathy really needs a couple of in
telligently directed kicks.
u
Some men may measure up to
their ideals, but most of theai
will measure up better for hav
ing high ideals.
The faults you see in the other
fellow are nine times out of tea
your own faults; otherwise yoo
would not recognize them. *
Some people are so busy citi»
cizing others that they haven*
time in which to accomplish any~
thing worth while. •
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