k ' * Ik# I HSfiMNj It Fays To Advertise Through The Columns of 'me Fannville Enterprise IT REACHES - THE PEOPLE Let Os Wtjte Sou an Ad. and we'll open your eyes WITH INCREASED BUSINESS mmm Subscription $1 a Year in Advance, : : G. A. Rouse Editor and^Publisher ^ i i i i i , i, VOL. Til ^ ? . ? - -- . x,. ? ? PTTT COX : ?-<* ? -i' MEETING HELD TUESDAY NIGHT AND AN ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE APPOINTED. PLANS SUBMITTED T9 RAL EIGH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR THEIR AP PROVAL. PROGRAM NOT YET COMPLETED AWAITING 0. K. FROM THE VISITORS Let the People of FannvHIe Take Advantage of This Opportunity to Get Better Acquainted With the Real Live Boosters of Our Capitol City. They are Scheduled to Reach Farmvitle Wednesday Morning July 26th at ft :35. A Brass v Band Will Accompany Them - / At a called meeting by Mayor Ben. A- Joyner Tuesday night, in the city ball, of the represent alive men of Parmville, a com mittee of five, consisting of May: or Ben. A. -Jojner, Jno. T. Thorne, Walter G. Sheppard, J. Loyd Horton and J. B. Moore, Jr., was appointed from the floor on arrangements for the enter tainment of the Raleigh Cham ber of Commerce and Sociability Club; after which the committee ;t in special session and per ?it ? : ? In lheir published schedule, the stop over in Farmvitig in eluded only fifteen minutes, but the committee hopes to be able I to have them arrange'to spend a much longer time than this a mong us. The commitieee ??? putting forth every effort and will leave notk?* undone for their enter tainment while in Farmville. Iris to be hoped that every one called upon by ammittee will lend' rtieir hearty co opera - tiOi^^waiD^itttfq: eveiy detail of t|e arrangements a great sue source from which the Mexiclh go vermeil t can secure the finan cial assistance of which it stands so distressingly in need. That is from the U. S. And we, strangely enough, seem to be witting to furnish the gold that will enablethem to regain their position and ultimately turn their guns against us again. No sooner had Carranza an nounced his desire to re-open diplomatic relations with U. S. that thel information was allowed pto filter out tbat he was in the marketer.'* ' tion of another slice of "bacon," There patriotism ;ap | pears to begin at one end.of the pocketbook and end at the other. , The Mexican is an adept at playing good Indian when h? has something to gain, and the first chief greatly desires Amen* ,, --.V.-Kv. can gold. ? } ? v % ;%? ? g He may get it,but if he does we will probably soon be receiv ing bullets in return for it instead of interest money. Keep both eyes on the good Indian, and dof't let him come too close to you tn the dark. ' % Tbeepideic of infantile ate tvhioh Viae kaon ram July 8, Thirteen Deaths, Property Aggregating Fifteen Dollars. Many Houses Manufacturing Plants ed. Seven Bridgi Away and Oops Tell the Story of the ] Western Carolina. The followiSBa brief mary of the food losses for past few days: * Thirteen persons dpad, at least ten . missing and property esti mated at around $15,000,000, is the known toll of the floods which have raged in five South ern States for the past 48 hours. Although the waters are re ceding in nearly all -di^lHcts and railrcad and telegraph communi cations are demoralized and re ports from towns and villages now isolated may increase the number of deaths and the proper ty loss. North Carolina, South Caroli* na, Virginia, Tennessee, ; and l^esfigreinia alt suffered heavy damage from the overflowing streams, swollen * r&A Wm Att but one of the dead- were white. ? The mining: Ten Southern Railway con struction men who went down with the Southern bridge near mm .... manzed y damage is sum , / ?-. ?% ; ^ - t. r. *' ? . v s cSLr^? T0 arra^e for get-to. at whkh amE HELD ,n m NEAR roraiE, ?^-2sr.r ganization That Coold Possibly be Perfected Here Would Jfore Toward Keeping Farmville iis the Limelight as a regressive Town TTbaq an Active Chamber of Com zation is Now Assured. Committee at Work mmmmm | udgiog from the enthusiastic held Tuesday pight in t town hall, Farmville is to or jmber of Comm? latter that _ itfn by our busU and professional men for some titne, although no active si I ? a|||| have heretofore been taken BBfi&ecting its organiza wine a short address by Walter G. Sheppard, pf the town, and to also-arrange for a. "get-to-gemer" meeting to be held in the near future. Promi nent speakers from this and other States will be secured to deliver addresses before the assembly, after which an informal dinner With refreshments will be served. The committee in change is it of Waller G. Shep-1 iairman; J. Loyd Horton, J. W. Holmes, Dr. Paul E. Jones T. Martin, who wiU')ose| time in making the necessary :ements for the initial meet ? r ./ _ I ine organizing 01 a i_,uamuet of Commerce lor Farmville isn! deed a long needed step forward for the town's future progress* and for the keeping constantly ill; the limelight of the State and le, and now that a < ? ;V. 1 ; . Miss Fields' _____ ? ;?* . Miss Martha Fields has been hostess of a house party the past week at which the following guests weje present: Misses Oli vera Cox, Winterville; Annie May Fuller, Raeford; "? Nfromi Poole, Kin5ton;JBeulah Speight, Winterville^ Cora Bell Sloan, Montreat; Carrie Yelverton, Fre mont, and Messrs George and Edwin Fuller, Raeford, on tion was given in their honor. On the following evening much fun was afforded by an old fash? ioned party at which Miss Annie May Fuller won the prize as the most old-fashioned. Saturday evening the merry party motor ed to Farm ville where an enjoy able evening was Spent attending the movies. The guests enjoy ed Monday evening at a camp supper given by Miss Ila Fields in a pine grove lighted by Japa nese lanterns. After a pleasant evening the guests departed with songs to Miss Fields. On Tue?; day e vening t?ere was a hay ride to the home of Misses Sue and Lydia Rasberry where fruit was served. . The reception on Thursday evening was given in honor of the house party guests, and the Misses Trultt Thompson, Lossie Davis and Mary Barrtfte who were guests of Miss Ila Fields. The house was beautifully dee orated, the color scheme -being pink and green.i. Candles in the house, and Japanese lanterns on ;/ed 1 the The Farmville Market in Better Shape to Handle Tobacco Than it Has Ever Been in Its History Declares Those in* Position to Know.? Nothing Being Left Undone That Will Give Aid to the Customers of the Market. At a recent m^etingof the To- , bacco Board of Trade, j|t was de ridedtoopen the tobacco Market for the coming season on*Aug. 15. Never in history has the Farm ville market been in^ as good shape to handle tobacco as it will be during the coming ve&r. Many improvements have been made in the warehouses, and the factories and this is sure to be a banner year with out market. \ * * Nothing is being left undone thai : could be aid to the customers of tljh market for the sale of leaf to Ifmcco in North Carolina. "Twenty-Third" Sam t I. My wife is my boss, I shall ? . . *-.v< ? * /i+uL-ri company come, and she leadeth me behind her up Main Street 3. She restoreth my pockci book after she has 'spent all its contents on hobble skirts and theatre tickets, and she leadeth me up the main aisle at church for her new hat's sake. 4. Ysa? though I wal|c more than half the night through daik rooms with a crying baby, I will get no rest, for she is behind mo: her broomstick and her hatpin, they do everything btfl Comfort me. 5. She prepa reth a cold snack for me, then maketh a beeline for an &id society supper. Stie annointetd my bead with the rolling pin occasionally. My arms runneth over bundies. be fore she .is half done her shop ping. 6. Surety her dress-maker'! and Millinery bills shall follow me all the da^'8 of cay life, and i willdwell in thefh ouse of my wife forever.? Ex. Among those that ?vent on the Excursion to Morehead City last < ? 4 ; ? - 'V ? \