The Enterprise
A County Newspaper published
weekly at the County Seat of
K \ Martin bv
IS+.'J'T I . '
W. C. MANNING, Editor & Owner
F. M. SHUTE, Manager
SUBSCWIHMOIN HATES -
One Year f l '"
Six Month* - So
Three Months .*5
Strictly Cash In Advance
Kalmd *1 tht Post ofher *! U^U»ni«ton.
N. C a* Srcoud Cl»»» Mull Matter.
Address all Communication* to
THE ENTERPRISE,
Wllliamston. N C.
FRIDAY, JULY f> - - - 1918
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enlisted
With the government in the
Cause of America for the
jSeriod of the war
W S S State Headquarters
eports that oniy ten counties in
the State raised their quota last
week.
In going over the top with the
W. S. S. Campaign last week
Martin County added another
Honor Flag to its collection.
What are you doing to help
get that branch of the Bankheab
Highway which means a bridge
across the Roanoke at Williams
ton?
With a highway connecting us
with Norfolk, a water and sew
erage system and paved streerts
Williamston will truly be the
"Garden Spot."
Don't Waete Sugar When
Canning
All fruits and Iwfies are much
better in flavor when canned
with a certain amount of sugar,
but it is not that
enough Blip at* should be used t
make the fruit as sweet as .may
be desirable when it it served
for the table
There is a serious shortage of
sugar at present, which means
that every housewife must be as
economical of its use>in..canning
and preserving asis possible. In
stead of the heavy syrups for
merly used, take 1 gifHrrn of wa
ter and boil it with 1 pint (1
pound) of sugar until the sugar
is dissolved, and add this to the
fruit or berries after they have
been packed for canning This
light syrup will bring out the
flavor pf the fruit and make the
amount of sugar necessary for a
table product far less than it
would be were the fruit canned
with no sugar at all In other
> words, the use of even a smajl
amount of sugar when canning
fruit or berries makes it possi
ble for a housewife to use much
less sugar when she is serving
the product, and the total
amount used will be far less than
what would have been required
to. sweeten satisfactorily fruit
canned with no sugar at all.
To make certain that full ad
vantage is taken of the natural
sweetness and flavor of fruit or
berries let these products be
come throughly ripe before they
are canned. Gather them on the
same day they are to be canned
£nd get them to the canner as
quickly as possible. For every
"hour that passes between the
gathering and the canning j >f
berries some of the natural
sweetness is. lost.
North Carolina One Better
Mr. J Robert White, who wWr
his children, Henry, Johnnie and]
Annie White motored to -Dan
ville, Va., for a visit to relatives'
and friends, gives a pleasing ac
count of his trip. Unfortunately
they struck the wrong highway
at one point, and had to pass
over a most unpleasant road
Mar South Boston, Va- The
moat noticeable thing alohg the
way was the difference in the
cropa of the two states; many
farmer* in Virginia were just
setting tobacco plants, while the
crop in North Carolina was al
most ready for curing. Other
crops qjaintained the same differ-
GOVERNOR PROCLAIMS
RINtiING CHURCH HELLS
"Gc>d i'f our fathers he tin' G .d
Of their succeeding rac •
"The people of North 'aroifna
believe in God, and rh His "Mercy,
and in Hisanight. So n.dieviri; r it
behooves us fo pray tfiat our
dailay offerings"of biood and
treasure jriay be acceptable in
His sight, and that h" may use
them to establish ; i I« >•: justice 1
and perpetual peac>. j anions alii
the children of men.
'To this end I earnestly re
quest all Christian ministers to,
have the bells of their several
churches run)?-for two minutes,
every evening at seven o'clock]
from Sunday, June HOth, IMS,
until the end of this war. At the],
ringing of the church bells 1 j
earnestly beseech every person '
in the State, the citizens and a I j
so tin strangers within our '
to bow their head sin ■ fervent;
prayer to the God of buttles, to j
giveto our forces on sea and land '
wisdom of foresir lit, courage and|
fortitude and make then more:
than conquerors ol the powers
[of-evil arrayed against them \
"Done at our city of Raleigh, I
this the 27th day of June, in the
year; °f our Lord oin* thousand
nine hundred and eighteen, "and
in the one hundred and forty--
(•second year of our American fn-
I dependence
"T W I'.u KK Ir,
"Governor
"Ry the (lovernor:
"SANI>KOIH'» MAKTIN..
"Private Secretary."
Boys Help New York Farmers
Farmers HI many sections of
New York State are dependent
entirely on citv boys to help them
tend and harvest their crop*?, ac
cording to field men of the I'nit-j
ed States Department of
culture lioth farmers and boys
seem to be satisfied, it is report j
ed. Most of the boys are front 8
•New York City and have volun
teered .to spend the summer on
farms to help the Nation to pro
duce food, i'hev/ire organized in
j-roup of from in to i>o, ea'li
' j'ro',',l in seiii to a different
community, where the boys are
in charge of a supervisor who
assigns them to the various farms
The supervisor v isits each farm
at least onccSt week to see that
the youthful food producers are
giving tlieir employers satisfac
tion.
Money Instead of Mcrliandise
Should Be Sent to Soldier
The 'ordinal order that the
approval of a regimental or high
er commander was necessarv .he
fore packages might he sent to
members of the expeditionary
forces has been modified so olli
cers with the rank of major and
higher may approve shipments.
The approval ofa company ollicer
is not sullicTerit.
Th ? question of the shipment
of parcel's,to France first came*
to the,attention of the War f)e
partment when the,commanding
general of the expeditionary for
ces cabled that congestion of
such articles liad reached such a
point that French rifllroads were
unable to handle the load, A
board'appointed lj.y the Secretary
of War-and the Postmaster Gen
eral examined o.IMM) sacks of par
cel-post mail, and reported
I that the articles being sent not
only, in the main, were absolutely
| unnecessary, but undesirabhyfhe j
investigation showed, that toe
amount of such mail had reached a
I total of .>0(1,00(1 pounds a week, j
and was steadily, increasing i
Relatives and friends, accord
ing to'a recent statement by tlie
T%ir department, will find liiey
Ljfjen can (fo a greater vervnv toj
soldiers by sendin.' t
purchase',n.i'.~7= v '~ rr es- ;.i |
[ France than by i.. ..i i.ing »'•> •
articles. Tabacco is no -
supplied as part 'of.' the Armv
rations,- and merchandise oft'
nearly all kir.ds may nowjoe pur-1
chased in France through the
huge general store established by
the Quartermaster Corps at low
er prices than charged by retail
ers here.
1
FOR SALK. —Onions at $1.75
the bushel or 45 csnts the pdek.
Delivered—Mrs J. L. Whitley,
City No. 8- - •
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Round=Up
SALE
Women's while iluck Lice
hoofs, whilcdiick pumps,
men's, wliile duck h;tls \
oxfords ;il I v
Reduced Prices
WoiiK'ti's wiisli skills,
while linen, while repp,
while w ;il , w liile piipie
reduced lo
95c
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Children's dresses ;,iid
niidd v blouses ;il «j»Tr;il In
reduced prices
W. R. ORLEANS
Williamson, N. C.
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INSURANCE!
Insure your Tobacco and other Crops
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against Loss by Mail in
THE OLD RELIABLE
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-. » aMCtmmouiitin| It 1 in '
$40,000,000
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Call, write or phone. 1 will take pleasure
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■ A in explaining terms, rates, etc.
K. .B Crawford
• Phone 39, Williamston, IV. C.
Important Notice!
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Last Saturday someone un
consciously carried away a
sales book belonging to our
Mrs. P. H. Brown, supposed
ly with their packages.
We will appreciate our
customers investigating thier
effects to see if this book is
among them and, if so, return
same to our store.
Harrison Brothers
& Company
I lit* Store ot the hour WILLIAMSTON
Owners of Ford Cars arc advised to be CAUTIOUS of
"counterfeit" or parts not madc ; by the Ford Motor Company.
If your car needs adjustments, or repairing, take it to the
authorized Ford dealer in your locality, where you will find
a reliable service station, with, complete mechanical equip
ment and necessary tools to give the highest quality Ford ser
viee obtainable -- - for the standard Ford prices. •**
All the Ford parts used by Ford dealers arc manufac
tured and supplied by the F'or^ Motor Company, If your car
requires the rcplaeemcnt of any part or parts, is in need of
repairs—don't experiment; don't waste time and money try
ing to "do it yourself.'* It is one thing to understand and op
erate a car; it is another thing to make reliable repairs to a
car. When anything is wrong with your F'ord make a "bee
line" or telephone the authorized F"ord dealers. We are ready
to give you prompt attention. So take your F'ord, ear where
satisfaction and eeonomy are sure.
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Watts Garage - v
Williamston North Carolina