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The Canton Enterprise Volume 13 Number 12 (13)

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  • I fflE CANTON ENTERPRIS SUCCESSOR TO THE CANTON OBSERVER .JANTON, M. C, FRIDAY. MARCH 28. 1919. :AL Jr. 0. U. A. Me have you heard him 15th ANNIVERSARY j h. s. base ball club WOMEN WORKING TO j vocational^ Canton Young Wome for Week JSING $10,000.00!RevDrsikesaUhePre8byterian; K. p. CELEBRATION; 0Ter $1000O Recently ReaKze<J CLEAN UP THE TOWN Church This Week incorporate and Buy or Build Suitable Quarters Beginning vvilh last Monday evening, a revival meeting has been held all this week, and will Council!, No. 142, Jr. j be held tonight, closing on Sun- United American Median- |day> the 31st inat., at the Presbyterian church. The attendance and interest manifested at these meetings, auger well for the future growth of the church. The speaker is the Rev. Dr. Canton Lodge Will Have Special! Program April 4 j -r^e Canto'w high school base ball club, recently organized, has Woman's Club Fixes May 1st for Completion of the Task le members of which num- K) or more, has outgrown resent quarters and is 1 to seek a more commo- home. Sikes of Waynesville, whose ser mons are delivered in a terse, forciful manner that is proving very acceptable to his audiences. Without striving after oratorical effect, Dr. Sikes is successful making a deep impression on the minds of his hearers. The every member canvass, conducted last Sunday by the men of the church, was in every way successful. Not a few er careful consideration insiderable discussion, Can- ouncik at its: meeting last ;day night, took definite towards securing a per- it home of its. own. |ncillor W. J. Ball appoint- committee consisting of of the renre8(.ntativ'2 men of Canton Council to undertake the task of soliciting subscriptions for a stock company which will be incorporated under the j members have volunteered law of this state for $10,000. tithe beginning April 1st. This company is to be formed for the purpose of buying or building & structure, equipped with modern conveniences, which will be used as a permanent home by Canton Council. Stock in this new company will be sold only to members of the "Junior Order." So far, with little effort, subscriptions amounting to about *1,600 have been subscribed. That the amount necessary to secure the charter will easily be raised, may be taken for granted. The charter is now being prepared. Every member of Canton Coun cil is requested to turn out next Thursday night. A matter of the most vital importance to the Council is to be considered. Hipps Sale Big Success I The "Remnant Sale," put on TOWN WATERSHED CASE j by W. R. Hipps & Son and at- ; tractively advertised in these Verdict of Last Jury Accepted!;columns, is proving one of the Successful Small Sale One day last week the Haywood Land Auction Co. sold the J. H. Harris land near Old Fort, N. C. This transaction will prob ably go on record as one of the most successful small sales ever conducted in North Carolina. This land was bought for $4,250 and brought at auction $6,612. The Haywood Land Auction Co. did a very successful busi ness last winter in Georgia. The company has fine prospects for a successful season's business in South Carolina, as well as in this state. At the meeting of Canton Lodge, No. 149, Knights of Pythias, held last Tuesday night, E. M. Geier, G. C. Smith and W. S. Anderson, were appointed a special committee to arrange a suitable program for the celebration of the fifteenth anniversary of the lodge, Friday, April 4th. Last evening a goodly number of local Pythians paid a visit to Asheville Lodge, in the city of Asheville, and enjoyed the exemplifying, by their hosts, in amplified form, of the first rank. The class included a number of Canton candidates. On April 8th it is expected a return visit will be made by the Asheville Pythians, on which occasion the third rank, in amplified form, will be conferred by the excellent degree team of Canton Lodge, No. 149, on a class to be made up of candi- f dates from Asheville, as well as | Canton. Numerous signatures to petitions circulated here are being obtained asking that a "Dokay" temple be established at Asheville. manager, Monnie Stamey and: as secretary-treasurer. R. E. | Taylor, Jr. The basket, benefit social, held j In pursuance of the most praiseworthy public spirit, well worthy the emulation of "mere man," the Woman's Club has undertak- i en a campaign to make Canton one night recently in the Canton J Qne q{ the deanegt towng ,n the Graded School building for the■\fmtn on or before May lst> ball club, gave the boys about; 1919 $100. One basket sold for over Mj88Hniiard. publicity chair- *"•""• . . ... T. .; man of the club, prepared and By a safe majority Miss Kath- circu,ated the lflrge circu,ar erine Mease was voted the most ,ded •.ATTENTI0N.''in which popular lady at the social. The new organization has some good timber and before the close of the season hopes to have not a few b6.se ball scalps hanging at their belt. Clyde The following is the Honor Roll of Haywood Institute for the fifth month of 1918-19. Academic Department—Jud- son Haynes, Flora Jackson, Lawrence Byers, Zimri Morrow, Gerald Fish, Annie and Edith Terrell, Earl Mehaffey. Matt M. Cox- Preparatory Department— Mary Wincliester, Aubrey Towfi send, Blanche Trantham. Napanee Kitcheaef Publicity Ball & Co.. house furnishers, ho, in the columns of this newspaper, during the past few weeks, have been effectively advertising the Napanee Dutch Kitichen- et. have covered the largest bill board in the city with a mammoth colored poster that will doubtless appeal to the) "queen of the household." On the eighth page of this newspaper, Ball & Co., in a half page ad., show a large picture of the Napanee Kitchenet they will give away .to one of their customers on May 1st- Without Appeal In the Canton watershed case, tne verdict of the last jury in the Haywood county superior court, has been accepted by both j sides and about $56,000 paid over! to the clerk of the court in settlement thereof. This sum included the judgment of landowners, costs, etc. The amounts paid landowners were as follows: A. C. Walker «17,499.40 W. P. Ford 16,917 97 W. D. McCiacken 11,782.36 J. A. Harris 3,625.86 W. P. Harris 3,632.37 W. G. Ford 2,349.37 Total 155,807.09 most sucessful business ventures ever undertaken by that enterprising firm. Read their special offerings for this sale on the second page of this newspaper. WARNiNG We wish to call the attention}■ of the public to the provision of | the new Road Law making it a misdemeanor to obstruct the j drains and ditches of the public j roads. Complaint is made fromj all sections of the county of Wood Lumber, Acid Wood & etc. being piled along and in the roads. We wish to give the public fair warning that on and after April the 10th, 1919, this provision will be strictly enforced and all cases in violation of the above will be handled by the County Attorney, By order of the Board, T. L. Gwyn, Chairman. G. N. Henson. Clerk, PRETTY GIRLS-GOOD MUSIC Extraordinary Attraction Booked for the Cantonian For next Monday and Tuesday, March 31st and April 1, an attraction extrordinary has been secured by the Cantotian Theatre. The special features of the attraction are said to be pretty girls and good "Shorty Yager and his Tourist Girls" are advertised with "Five Big Acts of Musical Comedy and Vaudeville." the appeal for general coopera tion is made to the people as follows: "Let Canton prove herself as great in peace as she has proved herself jfl war. MAKE CANTON A CLEAN TOWN BY MAY 1. 1919. Why? ' 'Cleanliness Makes for Safety. Cleanliness Makes for Health. Cleanlinese Makes for Beauty. Cleanliness is next to Godliness. "How? Clean out your Garrets and Cellars, Your Barns and Outhouses, Your Yards and Vacant Lots. "Burn Your Trash. 'Put old bottles, old shoes, old tin cans.into barrels to be carted away. Paint. Whitewash. Sow Grass. Plant Flowers and vines. 'Make Canton as renowned for its beauty as it is renowned for its generosity." How can any one resist such an appeal. The vocational which, tonight, w end-Sunday sessi ville, promises to ed by Haywood "Pis said an uni program has The speaker wi Bosworth.'of th for the Y. W. C City, and Miss the South Atla the High Scho The sessions til Sunday af lowing expec Canton: The Missef Mildred Me? ; Miriam Mcravu-n, Lucile Mc Clure. Ethel Medford, Elizabf" Paris, Moody Cabe. Eu; Duekett. \ I Will Engage in New Work Rev. M. A. Adams, for the past year pastor of the Canton Locust Field Baptist church, has given up his pastorate here. On or about May first he will establish temporary headquarters at Boone. The Baptist Ho me Mission Board of Atlanta and the State Mission Board of Raleigh, have joined forces to carry tt church development work. i»_i- Adams will have charge of that important work. Many friends here regret his departure and wish him and his wife Godspeed". SOME R. F. D. THREE NEWS Thomas Glenn West spent the week end on Beaverdam. Fate Miller, and the little child of Hascue Warren are on the sick list this week. H. S. West of Beaverdam was a Canton visitor Friday. Mrs. Nina Miller and daugh- There will gram nightly. Ad. elsewhere j in this newspaper. change of pro-lter visited in Dutch Cove Sun- [EIGHBOREOOB NEWS Want Column W. N. C. PRESS MEETING Asheville Times Praises Canton Man's Address The Western North Carolina press association was the guest of the Asheville Board of Trade at Asheville last Friday afternoon and evening. Haywood county was represent_ti by Jesse D. Boone, of the Waynesville Mountaineer-Courier, poet-laureate of the association, and by H. A. Holden of The Canton Enterprise. At the evening session Mr. Ho 1- den gave an address on "How to Get More Home Advertising." A representative of The Asheville Times, who was present at the meeting, makes the following comment: "At the night session, H. A. Holden, of the Canton Enter- j jn buying the entire cut of sever _ prise, read a paper on How to j al mills. Address R. F. Whit W. J. Balls store, Saturday, Get More Advertising, which I mer, Inc., Box421, Asheville March 29. Piano fund. It !N. C. 2-28-3-21 j The Missionary Society met at Get Red Ash block coal. Weather is good. t4 J. T. Bailey Now showing an attractive line of spring and summer mill- nery at Canton Millinery Co. 3-7-tf The Baptist Ladies Aid Society will have a sale of fancy work and eatables. Sale starts at W. J. Ball's store at 10 a. m. April 19. 3-28-19-4-18-19 Miss Cora Moore of Moore .visited relatives here Monday. Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Coon spent Tuesday afternoon at Candler. Austin's Chapel school will have a picnic this Saturday on Beaverdam. Mrs. J. T. Horney is spending the week with Mrs. L. E. Fisher at Asheville. The Guild will hold its regular meeting next Tuesday at the home of Mrs. F. W. Vetoe, Ruby, the little ten years-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. C Allen, is seriously ill at Canton, R. 1. Loran Singleton of Chicago, III., spent Monday evening with his cousin, Mrs. J. W. Singleton. W. S. Anderson is the new treasurer of Canton Red Caoss Chapter. The choice is an excellent one. Mesdames R. J. Hunter, R. D. Coleman, and Dr. and Mrs. T. F. Beynolds motored-to Asheville Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Grover C. Smith has returned from an Asheville hospital, and is nearly well, her many friends are glad to learn- Miss Gay Davis, who is attend- The Episcopalians, at a meet-' ing college at Lenoir, spent sev ing held at the home of Ufa ™} *™l}™ £? 2*L____!_' Victoria Bell, last Tuesday, took steps to raise money to build an Episcopal church here. The Sunday school of the WANTED to buy lumber of all Southern M. E. church will con- 5*..^^"!?^^^ duct a candy and fruit sale at filled with wit, wisdom, philosophy and common sense, and which was listened to with the keenest interest." Miss Ethel Singleton spent Monday and Tuesday with relatives in Woodrcw. Miss Ethel Hall, a graduate j the home of Mrs. C. V. nurse of Roper Hospital Charles-1 brand Tuesday afternoon, ton, S. C, has decided to locate here for some few months. She has located at her sister's, Mrs. J. W. Bennick. Phone No. 98. tf Hilde- There we re fifteen ladies present. Mrs. S H. McNeeley was elected president; Mrs. A. V. Haliburton, Vice-President; and Mrs. G. H. Bailey, See.-Trea«>UT-*T. ing her sister, Mrs. Bill Bryson. Rev. L. F. Clark, also dealer in marble for over eight years, left Wednesday for a few day's business trip to Canton, Ga-, after which he will*visit his sis ter.Mrs. D.A. Harper at Murphy. Miss Marvie Walker has resigned her position as book-keeper in the Bank of Canton, which position she has held for the past year, and has accepted a similar position in the Merchants and Miners Bank at Andrews. She will be greatly missed bo her many friends he-re. day, W. A. West visited friends at Turnpike Sunday. Mrs. Lou Warren of Turnpike, visiting her children, Mrs. W. A. West and George Wwen of Dutch Cove. Mrs. Bettie Buckner of Canton spent the day Tuesday in -Dutch Cove. Mrs. Manson Miller on Dutch Cove Road is very ill. Mrs. Horace Brock and children were yisiting friends Monday on Dutch Cove Road. Mrs. Marion Israel of Beaverdam, is visiting in Dutch Cove for a few days. Mrs. Tina Israel and children were visiting in Dutch Cove Wednesday. Paul and Helen Wilson are on the sick list this week. M. S. Wilson is reported to be quite ill. We -hope he will soon be better. Albert and Marrida Wilson were Dutch Cove visitors Tuesday. Mrs- Jodie B. Smathers and children of Canton, are spending a few days with Mrs. D. C. Wise. Miss Etta Mae Israel spent Wednesday with Miss Lillian West. Mrs. Blanche Drake spent Thursday with her brother, J. D. Israel, of R. 3. LOCAL DAIRY HERD STANDS THE TEST Inspector Finds Cattle of H. A. Osborne in Good Health The very superior' ^ualil*' the milk supplied frojj of H. A. Osborne of Can long been a matter of eul, comment here, 'fhe.i *fort ons of that dairy vvi\ much gratified to learn that tht milk supplied therefrom is just as good as it looks and tastes. Last week Dr. Hobson of Asheville, appointed by the government to test cattle in Buncombe and Haywood counties, carefully nspected and tested the cattle i comprising the Osborne dairy J herd and found them free from any traces of tubercular" trouble and in fine, healthy condition. This is the second occasion, within a comparatively short time, that this herd has been tested and given a clean bill of health. After the third inspection the herd will be placed on the accred- ted list, which is said to be a virtual guarantee by the federal government that its milk product is pure. Mrs. Roy Sellars returned Tuesday from the hospital in Asheville, at which place she has been convalecing from her recent operation for appendicitis. Her many friends are glad to wel- " GREATER LOVE THAN THIS No Man Halh" HeLaid Down Hit Life for Humanity The London (England) Gazette recently contained a list of those who had beeu awarded "Distinguished Conduct Medals.'* Among others the following was noted: "Bomdr. W. Milne, R. G. A. (Arnage. by Ellon). For conspicuous gallantry and deyotion to duty while in charge of the telephone exchange at the battery position. He carried on his work without any cover during a two hours' bombardment of the position,until he was severely wounded by a direct hit on the exchange. He rendered assistance to those who were wounded by the shell, setting a splendid example of courage and determination." Bombardier Milne was a brother of Joe Milne of Canton, and died of the wounds mentioned
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