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o Advertise iHe FarmviHe Enterprise IT REACHES - THE PEOPLE JFABMVXLLB, . Merclian)s/fiel I Ik IVICII(IXhI!I9< VI v 1 M ? , ' Let llf Wrjte Y6o an /Ld. ^ and we'll open your eye? WITH INCREASED BUSINESS 1 ? .... ? ? ? 1 r iil Subscription $1 a Year in Advance NO. 33 A. JANUABY 13, 181T Celebrated Polish Pianist Has Beet Engaged By ibe Rotary Chzb of Raleigh For * Per formance Hi the Auditorium of the Capital City. Noted Musician Is Making His Tour This Year m Behalf of War Sufferers of His Native Land. __ ?' Following the brilliant success ot the Geraldine Farrar recital a of the celebrated Polish* pianist IgnacPaderewski. The. Raleigh auditorium has ciatton and by merce has recently arranged to co operate ia the assentation oi other musical events which will no dotibt mean a great deal to North Carolina.. ? ; I Messrs. dark and Galloway HtVe Presented ManyLocal Bilis^In to the Legislature Since The Opening. Bill Introduced^x emptingFox Hounds From the Dog Tax. Also One Allowing Witnesses in County Court $1.00 Instead of 50 Cents. Pitt County's representatives are making good headway, in get ting local bins introduced into the legislature. Representative Clark has intorduoed a bill ex empting fox hounds from the dog tax, provided that the owner sat isfies the list taker that they are kept for the purpose of hunting and destroying foxes. He has also introduced a btf if allowing witnesses in the county court $49 instead of 50c. Alio the bill provides that the deposit in have jointly introduced IHigh way Commission bill, a copy of which!' will be sent later* Mr. m any way the county. rously giving a targe .portion of] his proiits for relief of those] stricken people. The Raleigh engagement is] die only one in this State, Lynch burg and Columbia being the | nearest points at which the not ed pianist will play. The event I will be conspicious among the | educational institutions; ~a num ber of tliem having already signi fied their intention of being well represented. The various rail roads leading into Raleigh have assured adequate train, service. President Busbee announces that the following committee from the RotaryClub will have charge chairman; George j. Ramsey, D. F. .Giles, W. :,tt.^agleyvlt G. Allen, William Boy Urn. C K. Durfey, B. H. Grilfin, John T. West and -J. W. Weaver. An nouncements regarding prices and opening seat sale will bel seen elsewhere in this issue. Wmamw l: SEVEN T 0 TWO ' itutional; Leaders of The Is To Their Fight Washington, Jan. 8 upholding prohibition lat Supreme, Court today up| constitutional and valid the Ken yon law prohibiting ments of liouor from "v\ m* mm3m West Virg&iaV recent' a ment to fc&hw probibitii partation in intestate comn of liquor for personal use. After having been vetc President TalC who held the Supreme Coiiirt; by a l^aders^^j led the majority of opinions, to which Justices Holmes und Van devanter dissented. Justice Mc Rey nolds, while agreeing with die majority dicision, did not con cur in the opinion. . of fce Opinions, g An official digest of the , ma? jority opinion, prepared hy the court, sets out its holdings as follow: "1. That the West Virginia law, besides prohibiting the manufac ture and gale of all intoxicants except as to that which is per mitted for medical, sacramental and manufacturing purposes; al so forbids all transportation of li: quor and all receipt and posse* sk>n of liquor tranported in the State, whether originating in or outside the State, and although it does not prohibit personal use, puts serious restrictions upon the power to obtain lor such use. ?*The court holds lhat in view of the well established police authority of the State over iq [ toxicants, there is nb reason to] think that this law w*sin any wise, repugnant to the due pro-j ** clau^^e Fourteenth! decides that - authorijjr^has of Congress known as the Cenyoo Law, "the piovi : the State law restricting uts of intoxicants into the ora other States would be titutional because interfe& akLmmeree'amoS ad consequently would ttK^odpoa^com; ^denng!J%%b&Ken 009 State - into Virginia law to be embraced and come under the, right conferred by Congress by the Webb-Ken- ' yon act, it is decided that the ' Wek Virginia law was not in 1 confict with the commerce 1 clause of the Constitution , and the power i>f Congress to de late commerce if Omfrress had ! power to enact the Webb Ken ' 3. Disposing cf that question, it is decided that ?6ngress hid Ihe power under ifctpEonstitu tion to adopt the Webb Kenyon law, whether considered .from ! ihe point of view of toiginal rea- . soiling or in the ligi)t of the pre vious legislation by Congress and 1 the dccisionsof the court holding 1 "jt is therefore decided that by yirtue of the Webb-Kenyon law ' there is no power to ship intoxi- : cants from ^ne State into an- 1 other in violation of the prohibi- 1 tions of the law of the State into ' which the liquor is shaped. Jto ; ? _ For a Referendum Defeated By a rie Vote; Final Vote Witness ed By Ode of Largest Crowds > 'Ever Packed in The Senate Galleries. * f --+K Washington, Jan.? The Shep-j pard bill, to prevent the manu facture and sale of alcoholic li quors in the District of Columbia, was passed today by the Senate by a vote to 55 ij 32. The Under wood amendment for a refere dum on the measure before it west into offect was defeated by a tie vole of 43 to 43. The final vote on the Shep pard bill was witnessed b^ one of the largest crowds ever pack ed into the Senate galleries. vole wasr taken, thousands of men and women ?sat in the gal leries and watched the proceed "roe Sheppard bill prohibits! of alcohol, or more. The bill ilso provides penalties for viola tions of the provisioniof this act, whijph are a fine of $300 to *1,000 and imprisonment from thirty lays to one year, > I The bill prohibits the drinking of liquor in tlie public streets, on street cars or other public con veyances, including railroad trains. It makes it an offense to be intoxicated on the street, in street cars, railroad coaches, pub lic plade or building at any pub lic gathering, or to disturb the l^ace Of any person, while in loiicated, anywhere. I If there were ho Wbmen, men would have no object ia life; [heir mustaches would cease to interest thpm; they would not aire a chinaman whether their DoUats wke iroittd or not; they would have nobody to nursethem when they had the toothache, or Fanners and Women of Pitt Meet With State Officials at * Three Points in County and Discuss Farm Problems and Home Economics. First In stitute at Stokes January 25th; Second at Farmville, February 1st, and Greenville on Friday , February 2. The Farmer's Instituie held in Pitt county during the early part of last year were in many re-' spects a success and to such an extent that such institutes will again be held this year. The first of these at Stokes, Thursday, January 25th, second at Farmville, Thursday, February 1st and the third in Greenville the following daj^ Friday February 2nd. JtMtttfgi* are coaducted gader lhe auspices of the Slate tU~ Farmers V-; vited to bring their lunch and come prepared to spend the day, and make this by far the best Farmers Institute ever held in the country. Representatives of the State Department of Agriculture, the Experiment Station and extension service, the County Demonstra tor and -ethers will be, on hand to discuss farm operations, mar keting, crops, live stock insect pests and many other thiogs per taining to successful farming. Special emphasis will be given to soU; improvement, diversifica tion of crops and insect pests. At the same time and place a Woman's Institute will be con tacted under the s apervision of Mrs. Jane S. McKimfriOn, who is in eharge.of Home Demonstra rents, and the women o* the v are invited to come and le discussions of household home conveniences in the home, the edu V topics of i aomemfi to mothers and i many il to both the 1*1 Pe". m
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