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" ?r \ - '?? ' Merchants! Get Wise ? Let Us Write Yoo an Ad. and we'll open your eye? WITH INCREASED BUSINESS H FORWARD" \ CAROLINA, JANUARY 26, 1917 It Pays To Advertise Through The Columns of iHe Fannyifle Enterprise IT REACHES - THE PEOPLE G. A. Rouse Editor and Publisher VOL. VII "WATCH W FABMVTLLR, PITT COUNTY, NOl MM* is buying, Outside Liquor, Drug and Chem ical Concerns Combining to Defeat Patent Medicine Bill. According to information secu red from the State Board of! Health, the - so-called "patent medicine bill" will doubtless soon precipitate the hardest fight and encounter the strongest lobby this legislature has seen. While | the first skirmish on the bill will not be until the joint committee meeting Tuesday afternoon, tele grams, letters and special deli very letters are already begining to pour in upon the Governor and a number of the legislators, urging the defeat of this measure. From an examination of some of the letters and telegrams, it is evident that they . are all issuing from the same sources. From certain other ear marks and knowQ facts, it is indicated that these communications are inspir ed by liquor interests, and manu facturing and wholesale chemi cal and drug' concerns outside | the State. Still another interest concerning the pre against th?? bill is thafcl than pc^ented formulas, tary medicines and physi riptions have the for <nuU printed on the bottle and package; seconc, 'xiat the drug inspector, under the direction of the Board, supervise the opera tion of the bill and see that it is carried cut in good faith and, 4 third, that a graduated t tax of medicines be imposed upon the manufacturers in order to defray tfee expenses of enforcing the ***" Board further claims that it bas becn making its in this matter public for . . ?o definite reasons have thus far been advanced by the secndPfjliedy interests for the measure or for masking fee composition of * theirpreparations which are fre quently sold by c the agitation this bill is exciting in secret remedy circles is the fact that some companies produc ing preparations that are notl worthless or fraudulent concoc tions are not only refusing to op pose the bill, but are even in fa vor of it and anxious to have the public know what they are buy ing when they purchase ready mad^ medicines. SAY AMERICANS ARE HONEST. If you wish to learn some il luminating sidelights on the peo ple of the United States you ought to hunt out some friend who has carried 0? a business by mail. He will very probably tell you that the people in some sec-.| tions are honest and better than those anywhere else. He will do this* because bis experience has taught him so. A man who has large corre spondence throughout the Uuited States told, us recently that he found the average customer in far off states to be a pretty fair trader, although at intervals some exception to the rule butted in to accuse him of trying to steal and another isqi^Bd out while steal ing himself/ Even with the man who stops in debt, he said he had enough faith to believe that be meant well Hard luck, or pure carelessness, were two things which kept most of them from paying up and acting square. I The " the loots . v mwem** If you keep your eyes opetrfft [the exception you will get along all right with those you ? never see, is his ultimatum. In every town it is the same, There arc some citizens here who are never knotgp to pay up their bills and t&r merchants have to hang onto them like leeches in order to get .a propor tion of the claim settled. Every citizen here knows the truth of what we say. Just as this friend of ours says, people, mean to pay but they put off doing so until Lthey forget or are not able. Too many. people wait until it is more convenient to pay and because that time never comes they are accused of being dishonest. We wish all our citizens, espe dally our subscribers, would try to remember this. We will never [4bink you are crooked because weknow you better than than that, but sometimes there may be others who do not know you; [and you will be misjudged. Go [around to the merchants you owe and tell them you will pay them. They will give you all tiie time you need, and you'll feel s lot better after doing so, v r ? * ?- ? r ? - ? ? - '>-;?/ c ? ./ ? * . . , vfj ivM : : We could jell lots of secrets,] ( but why rattled fhe bones? ==t Seeking that there might be. adopted a program which would guarantee a permanent peace among nations and justice throughout the world President Wilson Monday addressed the Senate upon the matter of hav-: ing the government of the Uuit ed States formulate such condi tions for its entrance into a lea-? gue of peace as it would frankly ask the people of this country io approve, declaring that as to this the present war in ^Europe mu? fir& beended. There has been no more im portant matter brought before the country by President Wilson than upon which he addressed the Senate Monday, his presenta* tion of the subjetf being such as to make bis utterances the ablest State paper of his administration. In it he well says that as for our participation in guarantees for future peace the terms mean everything, that the treaties an# agreement which bring the wa* loan end muSt create apeqce that will be worth guarantee! "* and preserving, a peace that asfifciftd will * v ? ed States'' p?rt in this great interprise, that 1 humanity, and that service he sets out as being nothing less than "to add their authority and iheir power to the authority and force of other nations to guarantee peace- and justice throughout tlje world" that while we will hav^ no voice in deter mining what terms shall be made to end the war, yet we have & voice in determining whether those treatis shall be made lett ing or not by the guarantees of a universal covenant, that to keep the future safe from war the people of the new world muSt have a part in that covenant. Declaring moH truly that no mere balance of power as the re sult of the war will bring a just and secure peace, he set out that from both of the groups of bel ligerents had come statements that there was no purpose to crush their antagonists, holding that what had been done had brought us the nearer a definite discussion of peace which would end the present war, tharas he saw matters it would be a peace without a victory, for vi<5toiry would mean e peace forced upon the Jpser, such a peace one that can or ought to Ja$ which doe? not recognize and accept the ' , 1 " "L === principles that governments derive, all their just powers from the consent ol the governed, that people canilot be Banded from sovereign to sovereign like pieces of property. Freedom of the seas, with a outlet to them so far as le for every great peo ling toward a full de ient of their resources and powers should be assured, he declared, ^holding that the freedom of the seas is the abso lute essential tor peace, equality qnd co operation, the freedom and the safety of the seas being interlocked,, the moderation of armameot to be also accomplish And as he amplified his ut terances he dectared that the ^iew he presented was to have the nations of the world adopt die principles of the Monroe do&rine. President Wilson, as we read bis utterances, has given voice the hopes and aspirations of American people, for the _ ?ram presented by him is qne for the betterment of tuma nity, the things that he would see into effect, those which top ,1 to forward looking men and omen where ever there is en jjhtenment and civilization. His itterances set the stage for a new epoch if they be but heeded, for they jseT before the nations a disposition of affairs which ild bring a permanent peace world. The nations of & a# M iia Records If it be true that 10,000 Mexican troops have arrived at Torreon to reinforce the troops already there and make^ a strenuous hunt for Villa, the fact is encouraging. But there have been so many feints of this soit by the defacto government that we cannot be very sure of the genuineness of this move. But we will hope. We have no disposition to keep the punitive expedition in Mexico if Carranza will do hi^duty. ?* tLemon Shaw, probably the oldest colored man in the State, died last Tuesday at Garner at the age of 108 years, four months and live days. He was born Sept ember 11th, 1809, and hadipent bis entire life in this county With the exception of a short period he spent in Dismal Swamp in the eastarn.part of the State, where he went during the war, and remained until its close. Six years ago he was tried in the Superior court of Wake coun ty for the murder of David Hall, colored, but was acquitted on ac count of his age, he tfcen was 102 years pld. Tie old darkey for the past twenty-five years had lived alone in a little hut on the at By ad order of the Tobacco Board df Trade, the Farmville market will close on Wednesday January 31& which is next week. If there be a tobacco grower in .this section who has any now on hand, he is urged to get same ready and market ifon'oi before that date. Two Million Antos in 1917. Jt is not far beypnd the tiuth to say that the railroad as a pas senger carrying vehicle is doom ed, except for long distance travel. The increasing number of automobiles in some states show very clearly that almost anybody can get an automobile, and the increasing number of cars manufactured along with the decreasing price indicate that before long almost every American family . will have its car. In the past year over a million and a half passenger automobiles were sold. These cars averaged $605 a jriece wbile those sold in year before ny;eraged $67 HE be two million new car These facts are astounding. A new car to practically every fifty five persons! If this is the ex pectation of ihis year, what.must| the future have in store? THE EXTRA PINT. An enterprising; liquor dealer has been advertising: lately to send a gallon and a pint for the price of a gallon. Many betook his liberality. He was brought into Court, however, for violating: the law allowing a man to get only a gallon, a month, and arraigned for trial. His lawyer nioved that the liquor in evidence be measured, ft was, and, behold, there was only a gallon in the four-quart bottles and the pint, which had been thrown in at the same price. The prosecution was just as sharp, however, and he is now facing a trial for "using the mails to defraud " . We ddnt see h b% he will demonstrate bis inno cence^ easily this time. Tie King of Sweden says the position of his country grow$ mo*e perilous and the Swiss Council nas added to the armed guard of that country. It begins to look like everybody is prepar ing for a new outbreak of bar barity in the wai^fe|J; tc&i "? ? ?V THE DEATH; OF ADMIRAL DEWEY. Representative of the most au dacious type of American fight ers, the death of Admiral Dewey, who for years has been the chief advisor of the naval police of this country, is a distinct loss. His life on shore has probably been worth more to his country than his exploits in the wars of his country but Americans re member him as the man who calmy steamed into Manilla har bor, took a sporting chance, and blew up the spanish ships. His remarkable exploit with the bumptious German admiral shows him in a light which Americans always will admire. His funeral was a wofcthy tri bute to his life, and the way dis tinguished officers ot this govern ment paid tribute to him was an attestation of his worth. He stands as the exemplification of the man who does things, and our nation, as well as its people, is a worshipper ol that type of* man, whether he be sea-fighter or civilian. GAR SHORTAGE ... * ** "v -- ? ' The serious car shortage which exists can be minimized to a large extent during the fertilizer movement if receivers of this traffic will co-operate with the Norfolk Southern, Avhich Com pany, having in min<f the inte rest of its patrons, asks co wmvju . ^uuu ut?vj uu w M? vua?7*.vo shippers to load cars to capacity. 2nd? Unload cars Without de lay upon arrival, regardless of free time allowed under demur rage tariffs, and promptly notify your nearest igeht when cars will be released/ Compliance with this request means that the available cars will transport double the ton nage aud, further, that the side track facilities of the Norfolk Southern will not be unneces sarily taxed. Then too, fertilize movement will be more ?or less evenly distributed throughout the entire season, instead of be ing confined largely to period of from forty to sixty days, insuring not only better handling on tHe part of the Norfolk Southern but niaking it less expensive to the owner. We will appreciate your rout ing shipments via Norfolk Southern and will exhaust every possible effort, not only towards supplying available cars but in handling the traffic with des spatch and placing for delivery upon arrival at destination. I. H. Young ^D'Kyie, Pres!^ Traffic Mgrv Aroadihat isnVl is no road.
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