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Merchants! Get Wise ?
Let Us Write Yoo an Ad.
and we'll open your eye?
WITH INCREASED BUSINESS
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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
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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
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We could jell lots of secrets,]
( but why rattled fhe bones?
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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
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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
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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
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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.