It Pays To Advertise IT REACHES - THE PEOPLE \j?* ' '? ? The. Enterpme Publi#kwj Co., Publishers. 11 ?' 1 VOL. VI $1 a Year In Advance. Merchants! Get Wise Let Ua Write You an Ad. and we'll open your eyes WITH INCREASED BUSINESS G. A. ROUSE, Editor FABMVILLK. PITT COUNTY. NOBTH CAROLINA, JULY 9, 3915 VMM ? NO. 7 mma. How Clean-Up Days Al fectthe Health pi Sum mer. Wednesday. July 7, Was General Qean Up Day in Farmville. ? ' ? V : ' '"ikl ' i There was ao interesting con vention held in'a dark included spot in our bark yard Wednes . day ' rooming. The occasion was the convocation of all bac teria in & certain square inch in the diilritl of the trash pile. The purpose of the convention, as Aated by the chairman, was the promotion of huinau illness dur ing the months of hot wcaihcr. The delegates, twenty-seven billions, had come from far and near. Some came from far at three-quarters of an inch and some came from a distance of 2 ynrds-^Ri incredible disitnncc, never traversable except by the air line. This, however, is a fav orite mode of travel with some ?? ? v Strange to say, all the dele gates were not of one accord. Some favored the plans and pur pose of the convention, while others did not. In courseof the discussion it was discovered that all ba as we have heard it threatened, ws will have no trouble in take tag away a great number of ba bies this summer," - "That is juA said Typho sua, the chairman. "I have al * . % a 1 " ? 1 hear he is remade ,-*ar j otlerly de places,_and faithful, tbe fly, is exterminated, my only remaining allies will be dirty milk and dirty water." Here lbc discussion became general as this subject was more or less of vital interest to all. At thai important point, where plans were being discussed for more atfive work during the summer, n mighty roar was heard aod 'then came a crush down upon the earth in this vi rility. In the twinkling of an eye the convention hall, with all of its occupants and their dark deeds, were upheaved and ex posed to the light o( the sun, whereupon the whole assembly perished, and with them the plans they bad created, for this was Clean-up Day in KanSiville and the same in our back yard. BEAMAN-TAYLOR HOME WEDDING. On the evening of Wednesday June 30th,- 1915, at the beautiful country home of Mr. and Mrs. Puraham Taylor, three miles South'of Snow Hill, Mr. Carl L. Beatnah of Faimville, led to by menial's altar Miss Nell Taylor. The home was artistically dec orated in Southern Smilax, lone leaf pine, hugh and lovely -home grown roses, -sweatpcas, potted plants and ferns, illiminaled with large candles attractively arrang ed, The color scheme being green and white. Promptly at 3:45 to the grains of Mendel shons wedding march, rendered by Miss Maty Harper, of Suow Hill, the bridal patty en tered the vttA front wing of the home from the hall in the fol lowing ord?n The groom accompanied by | bis be# man and brother, Mr. Tom Beaman, who were met at the al(ar by the bride, leaning upon the arm of her maid of liouor, Miss JobagejMtfcfc^rf Snow HytpiiiiiiiipH - Rev. J. E, Kirk, of F)w{$vUk), performed the ceremony, mine the impressive ring seivice of Baptist church. The bride was becomingly at tired an a handsome going-a way gowfl of blue silk poplio, with hat and gloves to matcb, carrying a large bouquet of bride's roses and Ijllics of the \al The maid of honor. Miss Pat rick, was attired in a, pink taifet ta evening gown with shoes nod gloves to fl&cli, carrying a cor sage bouquet of pink sweet peas lied with pink iullc. The bride is cue of . Greene County's moA Attractive and ac complished daughters, white the groom,) of the i dent of Jtormville, is making good as a man of- affairs of to day. Among showers of rice and beA*ishe|of a large num ber of relatives and friend* who had gathered for the occasion, the happy couple left in an auto for Fartnvj' HOLT : Glen Molt, the i H?a son of Mr. )lm Seaman i fame county, but a resi. future home. au FOUNTAIN TAKES : THE GAME WITH I ALL. TOO EASY. Fountain, N.C.July the ?th ? Id a game of ball here Moo day July, 5th between Foulaio and Farmvillc Fountain was vie torious; the score being 12 to 5. Rollins on the mound for the visiting was hit hard nil during the came, while Owens "Our Speed King" held the visitors ai his mercy.for the fir# 4 innings, allowing 3 runs, he was then re leived by Jefferson "The Old Reliable" who twirled the re mainder of the game allowing onlv 2 scores. The Farmviile team came feeling confident of the; game, but after the 5th iun log wheo Jefferson bit a home run they seemed to lose tlnir self confidence, for they realized Ike locals had them outclassed by far when it came to good ball playing.' The winning of the game was due to the bcavybatt ing of "Our Home Run Slug gers," and theierriflc pitching of Owens and Jefferson. keeper said be was positive (bat the prisoner was killed in his own ceil where be said be found the body. There wert many confliifliog reports as (o the manner in which I loll met bis death, but it was definitely established through Dr. CleRhoro, the jail physician, that Holt died oi a fradurcd skull. _ Several ql those 2 bout the jail said they beard an explosion, the report coming from Holt's cell. This noise, it was believed, was due ihrouRb the falling. of boards from the top of the cell. THE FACTS TOLD IN VERY FEW WORDS. _ ' / vOXv/S I Items of Interest of State and Nation Taken From Our Valued Exchanges and Condensed to Brief Paragraphs. WHsod, July 6.? Everybody in Wilson is elated over tbe result of the special election for the is suaocc of $250,000 in bonds for ihe following purposes: $95,000 for an up-to present water sys tem; $75,000 for n municipal gas plant, nnd $80,000 Street improve ments, ty - ? . - -Ghicago, July 5.? Two more women, relations of Prof. Muen ter, of Chicago and Harvard uni versities, who murdered his wife in Massachusetts in 1906 and fled to Mexico today identified Mueoter as Frank Holt, who tried to kill J. Pierpont Morgan and exploded a bomb in the capital. El Paso, Tex., July 5. ? Gen. Vidloriano Iluerta wept today when he talked with newspaper men of the "deep hurl" as he characterized it, he had received from Americans. The aged prisoner expressed indignation that bis word did not carry great er weight. "I gave them my word of honor that I would not j:.; SUPPLEMENTAL ORDINANCES. Passed by Board of Town Commissioners in Special Session, and Which went Into Effect July 1, 1915. Be it ordained that chapter 12, scctiou one, of ordinances shall be amended as follows: Druggiils may keep their doors open on Sunday from 0<5loi>er the finfi to May firfl, from eight o'clock a. m. to ten a. m. and from four to six o'clock p. m. instead of from seven to nine a. m. and five to seven o'clock p. m. Be it ordained that chapter 12, section 2, shall be amended by iosertioR the words "or drug Sore or odd drink iiand" between the words "pool room and shall. Be it ordained that restaurants or cafes, where operate.* sep arate from drug Sore, cold drink stands, and independant of any other business, may be kept open until eleven o'clock p. ^.includ ing Sunday. Be it ordained that ordinauce relating to market license for markets operated outside of the regular town market, be changed, so as to grant license (or six months, payable in advance; aaid license to date either from November lit, or May IS, and.no license shall be issued for less than kix months. Be it ordained that license for operating Pool Tables, Billard Tables, Bowline Alleys, or alleys of any kind for public use, shall not be granted outside of the following distrid: On Main Areet from Church to Belcher directs, and on Wilson direct from Con (entnea to Walnut Greets. Be it ordained that fees for tapping the city mains shall be as follows: three-quarter inch $lo.oo; one inch $2o.OO. Be it ordained that no person shall bo permitted to run an Au tomobile with cut-out open on the following Areets: Main, Con tentnen, Church, Wilson and Pine. Any person violating this or dinance shall pay a fine of $5.oo (or each offense. Be it ordained that Opera Houses pay a tax of $25.oo. Be it ordained that Pool and Billiard Tables and Bowling Al leys, etc , for public use, pay a lux of $3o.oo each. Be it ordained that chaptcr 6, set'lion 1, oi the dog law be amended as follows: All dogs running at large are hereby re quited to be securely muzzled with a wire muizle, and any owner or keeper who ?hM| ?-? muzzle :.i, or her doj shall be 'dufflfd to have violated ihh ordinance nn?l lined One Dollar for cut ii and cvtry offense; and ooch da/ such dog is seen without the n quired muzzle shall con^itute ? separate offense. All does found rurinin* at largo without being so muzzled shall be taken up by the Chic, of Police and em pounded, and after two days' aollce to the keeper or owner of such dog, in case uo owner or keeper can be found or the owner or kee^tr, refuse to pny the coS of em pounding, the dog shall be deUvcredto any pet son who shall pay the coA of empcunding, otherwise the dog shall be killed by the ttsyatiiilw. ? ? attempt to leave El Paso," lie ctied. "And I gave bail. Yet 1 am forced to ' occupy this cell. There is one thing no man can say, and that is tbat I have ever broken my word." A movement is now on foot to have all federal employers vac cinated agaia& typhoid fever. Tbis will be an army of 400,000 men and women. Secretary of the Treasury, W. G. McAdoo, has designated 164 Nations in the United States where any federal employee may be- given the treatment free of all co&. Chicago, III., July 6.? Nine teen persons dead and 903 in jured was the nation's sacrifice to the two days' celebration ol fourth of July, according to cor rected figures complied today by tbg Chicago Tribune. These figures show an incjease over the totals of 1914, when there were twelve persons killed ana 870 injured. . i Ne^. York, July 5.? A bomb loaded with iron and &eell slugs was exploded on the lower floor of police headquarters about 9 o'clock this evening. The entire lower floor was badly wrccked. The entire building was shaken and lights jvere broken. The outrage is believed to be the work of an anarchUl who placed the bomb in St. Pat rick's cathedral several months ago. The explosion was looked into by Inspector Farroti. A remarkable statement, in view of conditions that prevailed in labor circles during the pa& winter, is that of the government employment office of the bureau of labor at Washington. If is to the effect that requests for work men arc coming in from all parts of the country. Between 16,000 and 18,000 additional hai ves'l hands a?e needed in Oklahoma and 35,000 in Kansas. An Oregon association wants 1,000 berry pickers. An ammunition plant in ixraneucut wants JOO men. A Maryland &eel company wants 100. In We& Virginia 2.000 coal miners are neeed, and thus it coes. During May the govern ment bureau furnished work for twenty-five per cent of the men who applied for it and now has more jobs at its disposal than men to fill them. TLis is a showing that is decidedly en couraging. When jobs arc seek ing the men times are assuredly on the mend.? Charlotte Ob server. THAW'S WIFE DECIDES NOT TO TESTIFY AT ALL. New York, July 6.? Mrs. Eve lyn Ncsbit Thaw, who came to New York to-day w. answer to a subpoena to testify againS her husband, Harry K. Thaw in the proceeding s to determine his san ity, returned to her camp al Chateacgay Lake tonight, with out having appeared io court. Ju& before she left Mrs. Thaw issued this statement: "1 came to Yew York in ans wer to a subpoena issued by the Supreme Court, but no woman wishes to testify a#ain& her bus hand. I brought with me a doc tors certificate showing that I'm not in a fit condition to undergo the ordeal of testifying again. I had no intention of offending JusUcc Heqdrick when I issued my datemsnt at the camp. "f do riot want Harry to go back to that hell on earth? Mat teawftn? but I do think some kiad of rv&ralnt should be plac ed on hfav I am going back to the uunp to forget it all." UNCLE HENRY ENTERTAINS THE LITTLE FOLKS. Op Tuesday afternoon June 6, Mrs. Henry Anderson gave a party loiter little niece, Annie Lawrencc Burnett. Various games were enjoyed by the children and especially the hunt ing (or hidden pennies, as a prize was offered in that ganfc. Louise Smith was the lucky winner and received a dainty box of chew ing gum. The colledion of pen nies was givea to Mailer Her bert Hemby Burnett as a birth day gift - Those present were: Annie Lawrence Burnett, Louise Smith, Elizabeth Lang, Jane and Lucy Johnson, Bonnie Bell and George Windham, Jack and Robert Johnson. After much fun and playing ori the lovely lawn the little gue&s were invited to the dining room where delicious cream and animal cakes were served. The children then bade each other goodbye declaring no one could entertain them like "Uncle Henry." A DELIGHTFUL BIRTHDAY PARTY Miss Lyda Tyson delightfully entertained a number of her young friends at her beautiful country home Saturday, June 3rd, iu honor of her sixteenth birthday. Promptly at nine o'clock the srue^fa began *o arrive. They were met at the front hall by Miss Annie Tyson. Then Miss Lydia Tyson ushered them in the parlor which was beautifully decorated with Piuk La France Roses^the color scheme being carried out in pink and green. Here they enjoyed several in strumental selections rendered by Mrs. 12. M. Tyson and Hattie Lee Horton. After all the guests arrived they were then invited on the front veranda where they were served with delicious fruit punch by Miss Annie Tyson, assisted by Mr. John Flanagan, Jr. The ver anda was indeed a sceticc of rare beauty, being lighted with Japanese lanterns and decorated with cut flowers and ferns ~ Progressive conversation pre vailed throughout the evening, all the while the quests enjoyed delicious peaches and apples. About eleven o'clock little Misses Vina McArthur and Bcs sie Hemby passed around score cards by which the boys and girl i found their partners to uo to stop per. They were then invited in the dinning room where Ihey wet', served ice cream and cake. The dinning room was artisti cally decorated; lighted up with sixteen candles and decoratcd with white Althcia's and Cape Jessamine. The horfless receiv ed many presents which noted her popularity. At twelve o'clock the gr.c&s began to depart wishing the hos tess many more happy birthdays. Beware of Ointments for Oatarih'i Contain Mercnry as n*1 tury v.S.l turcly destroy tho miin of smell una cnaplctcly derange tho wboU system tVlwn mUrlns It through the mucous curfaccJ. Ouch articles should nerer b? used cx