• vol. XVII MO. 6
TRIP ACROSS
THE CONTINENT
Very Interesting Sketch Of a Trip
To The Panama-Pacific Expo
sition And Westers
; Canada.
Rv A Bigos
•SY'though the combination of
ocean, desert, mountain, and gor
geous coloring and the soft, bal
my climtte had fascinated me,
yet for one who revels in thing*
of the past, who is retrospective
in his nature, there is a far more
fascinating part of the wonder
ful Garden of Nature in Southern
California than this, and it is
that which remains of the once
famous Missions of the Catholic
Church.
When the new world was sud
denly revealed to the astonished
gaze of Europe, it was not mere
ly the adventurous ones who has
tened to its stx»reß, but priests
accompanied them, for wherever
cizilization has spread through
out the entire world, there one
finds also the Calholi church ex
erting its influence towards the
Christianization and enlighten
ment of mankind. Priests of the
Catholic church accompanied Co
lumbui on his voyage into the
unknown, and the first thing
they did after landing on the
soil of the new world was the
C debrated of the Mass in thanks
giving and praise to Almighty
GoU lor the suctxsa of the under
taking, and many other explor
ing expeditions to this western
World received the blessings ot
the church. In Calilornia the
cnurcn took the initiative, the
saUailon ot sools was one of Hie
principle purposes ot the inva
ders, and tne Francu-can broth
ers established themselves in
this land of beauty anu wonder,
Coming lrom Mexico and Peru,
and grew and *axed strong, anu
in 1834 ahneol uii&sioiis stretch
el from San Diego m the Souih
tj San Francisco in the North,
add about #«venty thousand Indi
ans had oeen converted and train
« 1 to Oe skilled Cart enters, ma
tt ».is, millers and larmers. Tne
Missions grew very rich indeed,
each had its countless number of
Of acres -where thousands of
horses and caitie, sheep ami
goats grazed; fruits, giant and
flowers in ,their *ved cultivated
ileitis, and the Missions grew Hi
piospeilly4tnd 111 influence, and
thus formed the source of tne
present civilization of this won
derful state. j
Ihe iVH:>MOI s of San Dieg.i,
Siiia Ciat'a, Sail Gaoriel, San
V, J iin Capi.-trano, Sanui iiaro4'".t
ao I S*«4 FiaiKM-«fi, Icfl'H AlrtCH
the towns bearing mi .i.e.-.
h'i i Ui> l* aii hiid their
influence upon the lives ».i me
pi >p!C au l gave to S Cii
ifornia a charm anU romance iv
aetnbdng that of Uw Oil World.
Tne \lissKjfiiw became so rich a i I
had sue.i Wonderful ir.flu net up
, On the peopie that it excited tile
envy of the people of the Eaft,
who heard marvelous and thrill
ing tales ot' their wuniers, at
least they came, and uofortu
nately have rojbed the Missuus
o much of their wealth and in.lu
ence, so that now most of tne
Mission buildings are in a sad
condition; earth quakes have bat
tered some, and neglect and mal-,
ace have disfigured others.
I visited the Missions of San
Gabriel, Santa Barbara, and that
of Monteray; it is at the former
whic.i is just a few miles from!
Los Angeles, that I witnessed
THE ENTERPRISE
the famous Mission Play which
is being given this year, and
which portrays in a most charm
ing manner and realistic way
the history of the early Missions
and their effect upon the early
history of the grand and glorious
srate of California. The Mission
Play wa* written by John Steph
en McCarthy, a Carolina po*t
and Historian, and it was first
produced on April 29, 1912 The
play ran ten week 4 the first sei
son. In 1913 it rat 23 weeks at
San Garget, and in 1914 it went
on a pilgrimage to Sin Francisco
and San D ego for seven weeks
It has never been produced out
side of California, and it is to the
state what the Passion Play is to
Europe.
I went in an automhHe, a dis
tance of about fifteen miles, with
so ne friends from Wilson, to wit
ness the plaV, and it aff >rded me
as much pleasure as anything I
saw during the whole time I was
in the West. The play is per
formed in three acta, and con
forms to the rule laid down bv
Anstole that "the plav shall have
a beginning, a nrddle, and an
en+;" the first act shows the
founding of the Missions, and
tie planting of civilization and
Christianity on the shores of Cal
ifornia and the western shores of
America.
The suffering, privations of'
manv aorts. struggles and sel.'-
sacrifice of the fa r her and \ roth
ers of the church are vividly por
trayed. The second act gives a
true picture of the Missions in
the days of their glory, when
success and the greatest prosper
tty had been achieved. In this
act the audience sees
fascinating charm and beauty of
the early life of Southern Call for
nia, sees ihe peace and plenty
«vhich reigned there. It is als •
in this act tnat the native Span
ish and Indrin dancers appear,
many o' them being direct de
scendants of those whom the Mis
sion influenced in the early days,
i t celehi ation of the sp endid in
fl lence the Catholic church, thro
its \li>sions, had brought to the
people of that land.
In the third act is shown the
8 id story of the ruin of the Mis
si ms. All through the play the
st«ry of wronu, injustice and
death is depicted, through it all
flowever, theie glows the ever
living faith in the Cross of Jesus
Christ. The whole history of
California's early life can be
harned within a single afternoon
or evening.
Th* play is produced in a thea
tre just. across the street fr mi
the Mission of San Gabri-1 whi.*n |
was founded by the Franciscan)
Fathois in 1771 Th> -a men
brought Christianity t> th:s put
of the world and have exe«c se • |
a power ltd influence upon it eit
lze.nbip even uxiwn 10-Ui di.v.
I here wu* in ail 23 M— m .
S'at-d .;g • i.c.i, one «-;iys J urrje
mtmi t, frill) S-iti Diego. I.«»r=
»» e'li sion was I. utr ed.
Sa iu no. ihe l.ist, whicli was
foU' ded i i
In its d ythe Mis-ion o f ' San
G» 'rie! greatest in
wea'th and rower o' them all,
and was known as the "Queen
of the Mi.-hion ." Th® arc utec
ture of the Mit-sions is very won
derful, c nforming, of cojrse, to
the Spanish style, and has been
made the suhj ct of pictures by
many artihts in this country as
well as in Europe, some of these,
pictures may be seen on the
walls of the Monastery. The 1
church is in excellent repair at, 1
this Mission, and Mass is cele-1
bra ted Jhere every day during
the entire year.
Another very interesting thing
about the effect of the Missions i
• - •/
v WILLI A MSTON, N. C., FRIDAY. DEC. 17, IQIS
upon California is found in the
architecture of the buildings, for
ni.whce in the world does one
see so many bungalows as aie
found in this fascinating country
which, after all, is but a diminu
tive form of the buildings which
conform to the Spanish model.
In one place this influence is
particularly noticed, for it has
caused to be erected one of the
most magnificent hotels in the
world, and certainly the most
unique one to be found in the
United States. The Mission Inn
at Riverside, California, is cer
tainly a gem in architecture, and
no where on this continent ftill
one find a hotel which will be
mure pleasing and appeal more
strongly to the artistic loving
than this. It is modled along
the lines of the ancient Missions
and gives to the visitor that
charm of romance and glory ol
tie fascinating unkovn which
one would expect to find hidden
behind the well guarded walls of
a convent or monastery- I>s
gar Jens and courts contain some
of the moat splendid specimens
of palm, olive, date and fig trees
to be found in California.
In the Hotel is an art gallery
in which are painting* valued at
nearly 2,000,000.00, princpa'ly of
re.igious subjecis, brought from
Spain, Mexico and Peru; there
is one picture by Rapiael. and
many by celebrated artists of a
later date. Itj n:uiic room ia
wonderful, it has a fascination
which no other music room in a
hotel in the United States has
It represents a chapel, the alter
is richly decorated, the walls are
hung with the most beautiful d :•
signs in tapHtry, find oh ttft Ta
bles in the room are found books
of piieeless vaiue; many copies
of the Mass- written on pirct
ineiitin Lulu, da ing back to the
third'and four h centuries, and
brought from Rome, are there,
and the whole place aff n'-is a
museum winch in i thi greatest
interest to one who wou-d be fas
cmared by such things. Lv:n
ihe seats in the music room
a religious atmosphere, for they
are arranged like pews in a
church, and one may kneel when
he likes, ami when the 1 ghts are
timed off, ai l the aweet, soft
tones of-the magiticent organ are
heard one forgets that he is in a
hotel which is highly b autifui
anl artistie, but thinks indeed he
1 s in house of worship, and a
feeling f the d -epest reference
comes upon htm
In the hotel ihreis a cdlec
ton o' b*Hs and crosses for
whic i Mr. vli ■ ler, 11 e owner, has
p iid several h t « del thousand
d ill os. The crosses are collect*
e i rriUri ;t.i parts (, r th •w >i id,
h ii'i those an: ml O u- imujprt
ir iii i'i ?si n • i eot pec uliar in
tere.-t It, !■> lute e-t.| »g i •» note
Xt*nX -btits \vo| e lir m 111
C liich":- ill 9')') )> O I > I'll l •
John IX a a „df ■ AMI H
lU .hti lug, an ir ,i- 'ii *ic wit
(i iijf re.alio;i of tj ■ to tie
M sdot s l.h ■ own- rot is
ho'*' has c rle his la*ge
lumber. O.ie i 1 ihe Kit"it. i
in this I'ii'i'ti ii i- .he oi Hit
k i«.wo dated be.i in Lliristiau
dom, win • . prvur-ed by Vlr.
Miner from I .on ion. It has the
foilowing inscription n Spanish:
".Jam's, J sus Cnrist, Mary:
Quiritano and Salvador ma-'e me
in the year o' our L rd 1247 "
Surely tnis old b 11, altho igh;
now cracked and clapperless, has
power to ctil up stra ige scenes
and forgotten deeds even to the
most unimaginative. I
A ship bell of brass has been
brought from San Francisco,
which survived the fire and
earthquake in 1906. In all there
are 258 bells in the collection,
AGED WOMAN
PASSES ANY AY
Mrs. Mary E nily Cook, daugh
ter o Stanley Duggan and his
wife, Sallie Coffield, was horn in
Martin County, N C., Oot 23rd,
1842, and died after four* weeks,
illness of stomach and liver dis
ease, at the home of her son,
John S. Cook, in Williamston, at
5:45 P, M., Dec. 9th, 1915, She
was married to John Edward
Co k, Dec. 24th, 1868. Her only
daughter, Sallie M., and her
youngest son, James H., pre
ceded her in death; and alter
them her husband died April
19th, 1906. She is survived b.s
her tons, Henry, Thorn HS and
John. She professed faith i/i
Christ, an I WHS baptise I by F/'
der C. B. Hassell, in the lello/v
--ship of Skewarkey Primitive
Baptist Church, Williams
ton, July Bth, 1877. She adori -
ed her Christian profession with
a godly conduct and conversa
tion. She was revarent toward
God, and friendly to her fellow
creatures; humble and sincere
quiet and gentle, true and pa
tient For many, years she was
very feeble; and in her last ill
ness she suffered greatly from
pain and nausea. S»e was p> r*
fectlv willing to die, and longed
for rest, and to drink of tint
p-ro ••vi.tcr, c'.er.r iis cry tat,
tuat fluws) from the thron • f
God and the Lamb.
possible WHS done for her 0y her
children and kind friends and
good physicians. She fell asleep
so gently that it was hard to tell
passed away.
In the presence of mari \
friends on Dee l(lth, I h*»l I a
shwrt burial service at her h » n. j
and at the grave. Her remain?
were interred neside th He' of hei
hu-band in theceme'ery at Skew
arkev We believe that, a-. »h»
hoped, when her liberated ano
purified fpit '.t left its tern men'
•»f clay, she saw her Saviour ane
Ml at Hii feet in iovly ant lov
ing a location; and th tt wha-i in
person He cornea ngain to Ih>
world, He vvill raise her body, and
make it immortal and glorious
like His own, and reuoite it to
her spirit, anl take her hone
w th all His saints, to be forev. r
wiih the Lord.
Sylvester Hassell.
la M :moria i
In sad and loving mem *»* v of
oik dear dmnrhter ami s'Hfcer.
Marifijnrite Moor.', who dep U te
fhrs lif.', Dec 171r, 19J2. Dear
est daughter L«w.» miss you,
•o-ice from earth V->u passed
ed a v iy; and />ur hearts" a ■'e a'* -
i g KOrely, an t i» k of \ou
eica d.tv l'»«it we know i'i&i
V"i «»v ha>'i»>. t tin jauai>UM.!a
of t lie-" blest, li'n i'h I is ik>
ptt i »»r sorr > v in vi t • s vee
eternal r s;,. wVd
th •> m niji.i ti or par in/ 'i s
a bl fSse'd rho i hr o store'to
h 1 ' • a home in heaven,
w ten fie toils o iiiV are o'er.
„ Her Fain jy.
and th re are 171 crosses from
all parts of tie wHd. Even the
rooms of t*»e guests have on
their doors small oells which are
rung instead of knocking.
I have a very poor and
uninteresting descripion of this
wonderfully fascinating hotel,
but I fear too much detail would
be uninteresting, so that with
this I close this paper and in the
next one will deal with San Fran
Cisco, the metropolis of the West,
and the Panama-Pacific Exposi
tion. j
EARLY MOR
NING FIIIE
Last Fridav morning about five
o'clock, the fire alarm was yiv»-n
when W. G. Lamb and family
were aroused by a dense smoke
in the house. Miss Annie Lamb,
who was sleeping in the room
above the dining room, was the
first to detect the smoke, and
give the alarm. Citizens rush
ed to the Bceneand discnved that
the buffet in the dining room was
on fire and the flames had reach -
e I between the plastering and
the walls But for the good Con
dition and thickness of the plas
tering, the damage would have
been serious. Holes were cut in
the floor and walls and the fife
extinguished. The damaures to
thf building and furniture will
amount to several hundred dol
lars and is covered by insurance
This is the thir*' time tne resi
dence has been on fire within a
few years.
The origin of the fire is un
known.
Miuion Cloied
The Mission services conducted
bv the Kev. John H. Griffith, of
Kinston, closed last Friday night.
Phis was not the first vist of Mr
Griffith to Williamston, :?nd many
heard him with renewed in lai'QV. 1
fcJajli sermon win alive with vi
tal truths which made his hear
ers think, and this was a clenr
demonstration of the power of
his words. His gifts of voice and
presence lend largely in the ef
fectiveness of his presentation of
the Gospel. Being actively en
gaged in mission work among i he
mill operatives of his own parish,
he is fired with uousual mission
•ry zeal, which (its him for the
S'X'Ciai work of a iViissiordeir
H • le't Saturdav morning to
fill his regular appointment at S'.
lohn's p;iri-h, PntCounty, oueof
the six churches under his car./.
Tobacco Figure*
During the month of Novem
ber, the number of pounds of
to'iacco noil in the State totalled
44,975,363, exceeding that of
1914 by 768.439 Wilson leads in
the November sales with 4.979,
363 pounds. Williamston sold
442,960, and Robersonville, 40.5,
>4l, making 851,501 for the Mar
tin County market*. To Dec.
Ist,'the markets have sold this
.year 3,746.827. During the last
reason, Williamston soil over
three millions al >11«»; this last re*
that ihe mark»*t lias
Tnity s >!« 1 l,Hsti.2i--l. *-x"eeding
It ibersonvilie bv 61.621 pouiTcls.
Cotton
T i i i,- •. SMi. •!( 2 s! > ii lies fif
I'oUpnJiad btn g u" ■ n N "th
»'aiolina
s'i ne pernwl ias* yei"- Mir.i n
0 inty hll tinned 7.2H), being
1,393 more than th; iiumiit r for
ci- peri )i in 19i I iiooerson
Cjunty still leads .vjt'i 42,776.
r Davenpoit Edmonsun.
Motoring over from Ham
ilton* to Robersonville on Tue -
day afternoon, Mr. Pat H. Dav
enport and Miss Helen Edmon
son gave the>r friends a sur
prise marriage. Both parties are
prominent young people of Ham
ilton, and have miny friends in
the county who will be pleased to
learn of their happiness. They
will make their home in Hamil
ton, where the groom is in busi
ness.
$1 .00 a Year in Advance
WILLIAMSTON
MAKES BID FOR
The Dupont
Powder Plant
The Chamber of Commerce Wiret
Dupont Powder Plant Asking
That They Locate tin
Plant Here--Lc€ter
Follows.
On Thursday of last week, the
Chnm>>eror' Commerce wired th»
Dupont Powder Co., at Wilming
ton, D -I, actios it t3 locate the
prop .se I North Carolina plant at
Wiliiamston. This message has
been followed by a letter 'l»
w iich are set, forth th«- advan
tages of the town.
With a magnificent water front
on a river on which freight steam
*-rs go out into the commerce of
the country and yet the sound
will not admit of the passage o fc.
the modern warships to fthb
point, and with the Atlantic Coast
Line touching -all points, the
town can offer the best proposi
tion to the Djponts, which turn
be made in this Eastern section.
The Wilson farm with its hun
dreds of acres, lying on the riv
er, is the ideal place for the efK
tahlishment of such a plant
The people of t.ie town are an-'
xious to secure this plant anct
will offer a site and other consid
erations to induce it to come to
Wihiam«ton. The establishment
of plant he e would mearv
great m iterial advancement. H
is earnest y h pe I that the Du
p >nt Company will consider this
location.
Judge W. M. Band Presides
Th»* pxchMige of courts be
tween .Ju Ron n tree and Bon I
was i,ot arra ured before the pub
lication of thy Enterprise last
Wc-fk, an*! si i«. was stated that
Judge Rountree would hold court
this week. Howeyer, it hap
pens that Judge B >nd is presid
ing over the term much to thf
satisfaction of the local bar.
Tue Term was opened at tP|>;
o'clock M onday, and Judge Bond
delivered his :harge to the Grand
Jury with his accustomed force
and wisd »m He plainly stat
ei the duty of the Jury in tie
application of the law to offen
ders, and emphasized the fa«*t
that he woui'l mete out equal jus
tice to all. The Grand Jury com
pleted its work on Tuesday and
wis discharged, and the entire
session of c >urt has been given
over to the hearing of criminal
case Hi a; no ct ie ,dar was made
' lor the trial of civil eases.
Condition J/avorable.
Fiie uls here.and in the cour.ty
\vi ; j p eased to learn that the
i iH Mrs. Throd >re Rol}-
rts hi is i ihk ved. She was t:i
to S Vincent's Hospital at
Norfolk, where Dr. R. L. Payne,
Jr., operated on her and found
that sh". was suffering from a
! complication of diseases. For sev
eral days after the operation, her
lite bun* in the balance, and lit
tle hope was expressed for her
recovery. Mr. Robeltson was
with her and remained until
there was a marked change for
tie better. It will be several
weeks before she will be able to
cjme home.
Last week Dr. Saunders car
ried Mrs. Chas- Baker to St. Vin
cent's for an operation for appen
dicitis. The operation was suo
cessful and Mrs. Baker's condi
tion is very favorable. Mr. Ba
ker accompanied her and remaiiN
jed with her. '