THI IHPOWTKR. THUMOAY JUNE 8, 187^ Some of our citizens are gashing over ■ ap ***** *W»feh potatoes The •'Sheriff left yesterday morning with two pifaoacrs for the State peniten- CoagNto ha* appropriated SIO,OOO for the nn«F of the DM river from Clarheevllb to Daobury. I Special attention it invited to oar ad vertisement* this week all of whioh are new, with f ery Jew exceptions. We ham that Mr. Ciewnons has eub-let the tmaii route frost Salnm to Mt Airy 10 Mr. D. N. Dalton, of oar eoaaty. _______ MAUUD, oa the 3d instant, by J. T AIU»/%q , Ma. Josara SOUTIIKRN nd MIYS DOHA BAKU ILL, all of this •**■s. _____ la uiww to noßwroas inquiries we will state that "Marah Anderson's Work," the beoutifcl original novelette written by "fHo," will be rammed neat j weak, - « There waa a large number of people ia Danbury oa MondSj and Tuesday of ike first week of Court. The hotela, etoreu aud grogshops were liberally pat We will aooa effeot an arrangement with a prominent warehouseman in Win -etoa whereby we will be enabled to for •nish our patrons with oorrect tobacco quotations every week. The attention of the public ia re epeetfUly iati|»4 to the advertisement «f oar worthy yoang merchant, Mr. R. T. Joyoe. See what he aaya in another If yoa want the picture of yourself, friend, relative or sweetheart, call on Mr. W. 0. MeCanless, who has opened a • photographic gallery in Danbary. See advertisement elsewhere. DUD, oa the 29th of May, in the 30tb year of her age, Mas. DHJA J. Boxus, wife of the Rev. Thomaa Boyles. She waa a good woman, and left many friends to mourn their loss. We regret to learn thct cur patriotio and intelligent eitisen, Col. 6. M. Hughes will leave oar county in a few days for Mtgfreesboro, Tenn , where he will re main for wine length of time. - O. M. Holkee, Esq , of the Winston AWmst, was at oar Court on Monday of last week We an pleased to know that his paper la doing good servioe withia the boaads of ito circulation. • I i|l ft • • The gcfaeial crop prospects ia this section are flattering. A larger breadth of earn waa planted than oaual, but a pant foiling of in the tobeeoo crop. Wheat, oateoad potatoes are quite prom ising. ' Pepper jfe Bona are making rapid pro graaa in repairing their burnt building. Notwithstanding their loss was heavy, With untiring anargj aad the liberal patraasge ibey in receiving from a boUd npagain. £ ■ ■ ■ mim Upon dilligent inquiry we learn from th» moat intelligent planters of tho poaaty that Stokes cannot produce more tkaa e— fourth of aa average crop of VMan this year. If the crop sustains aaj daoflQ* hereafter, this estimate will bweofcjeet tow reduction. We are much gratified at the deep in tow* oar citiaeos, eoaatymen and ac quaintances are manifcMng in the re —aakatiaa of TG* DAHBUST RKPOSTIU.. lMf ktod fc, om, »*»!** oar tntore We WCM visited by an oausual heavy htoSoaday evening, wUch did loamimaHahaMjC hi the oounty. La tha Oaariil aeighhorhoi i, down Town £*£4** Ileal eeighborhood, we and corn fields. F* the last two or three mornings the weather hae keen almost ecol enough, for froet. QepNi week left many a fellow in a tort W *»■*/. melancholy eoodition, with head md eyea di f Thiathing ofgo b§bstore Judge CM for appropria ting kltie things to one's use, to whioh the titles nee not efaar, fa calculated to sensitive man's u **** °*°* d » one of those •»—, of fuiij, »lof or Court Itoma. Chicken cholera has abated ia thia section Bince Court convened. - A number Of oar friends from the country oaaght the fresh meat disease during their rooent visit to our village. We have heard of only a few persons in attendance upon this Court who forgot to settle their hotel bills before leaving town. Whea Court convened wo had nine prisoners in jail, and when Court ad journed we had ten left. This is re ducing county expenses in Washington City style. Oa Wednesday morning a common road wagon left Danbury with about two hundred pound* of Judge and some five hundred pounds of lawyers—the entire cargo for the depot at Wiceton. A certain man, being unaequaintcd with the peculiarities of some of our Village gates, happened to get his foot uoder one of them before be found out a soythe blade Was attached to it. A ruined boot and an injured foot was the malt. Court Proceedings. Stokes Superior Court wsa called on Monday of last week—his Honor, Judge Cload, presiding, and Joseph Dobeoo, Esq., representing the Btate. The State docket was unusually heavy, there being one hundred and twenty indictments on record at its opening. The bar of the Circuit was ably represented by Mossrs. Masten, Buxton, Watson, Wilson, Mast, Dillard, Mebane, Watkins, Graves and Glenn, besides oar own oountymen, Messrs. Joyce, King and Boyden. Among the most important cases dis posed of, were the following: State vs. J. H. Reid and others; af fray; verdict of guilty as to Ried, Dun lap and Reid, but not guilty as to Steel. State vs. James Bennett, Wm. Ben nett and others; affray; guilty, as to James and William Bennett. State vs. Anderson Hay, colored, charged with breaking open a honsoand stealing fodder therefrom; guilty; sen tence, 5 years ia the penitentiary. State vs. Gilbert Gilmer, aliai Gilbert Chatham; horse stealing; guilty; 10 years in the penitentiary. State vs John Brimer, colored, and Nanoy Biby, white; miscegenation; guilty; sentence, eaoh six months im- Srisonment in tho county jail, and that ohn Brimer then give a bond of S3OO to leave the oonnty. Stats vs. Eli Cox; stealing $5 60; foilty; sentence suspecded and prisoner isobarged. W. 8. Lawsoo ; assault; gnilty; 30 days in jail and $25 fine. State vs. Joseph Glenn, ool; man slaughter ; justifiable homioide; prisoner discharged. A largo majority of cases before the Court were of a trivial oharaoter, grow ing out of the excessive use of liquor. Domestic infelioity among the colored population and tho fisticuffs that take plaos at the barrooms of the county are a heavy tax and a source of great annoy anoe to onr people. We hope some mans will soon be devise to dispose of ftuoh grievances by a shorter and less expensive method. Court adjourned on Tuesday without takiop up the civil docket. County Commissioners. The Board met on last Monday. Present: C. M. Lasley, chairman, John M. Linville, John Martin, Wm. H. Sohaub and J, M. Martin. Pauper claims allowed and ordered paid same as last month, except Theoph ilua Kiser in addition $2. The following claims wero allowed and ordered to be paid: Wyatt B. Vaughn, assess oa I 600 Wm. A. Jessup, " « 6 00 Joel T. Allea, " • 9 00 Wm. Neweom. - - 6 00 Martin Venable, « " 9 00 Robt. J. South, Court Offiocs, 450 H M. Gibeon, " " 7 60 R. W. Boles, ooaveying pauper to Poorhouso, - 606 W. H. Gentry, Sheriff's fees 375 36 ULIASKS AMD EXEMPTIONS. Caleb Lynch, releaaed from poll tax charged erroneously, 1873. John H. Campbell, John P. Foddrill aad G. W. Foddrill, exempt from poll tax infirmities, 1876. to $i ooo Tilly ' lMd rtdao * d from W ' 6oo J. H. King, released from tax oa land aad other property (erroneous), 93 87. The following order* were also made bfthe Board: That T. J. Wilson be employed and retained as oonnftCl for the Board in a colt wherein Nancy Pitaer, Guardian, vs. The County, ana that the Clerk issue an order to the Treasurer to pay to said T. J. Wilson ten dollars, his fee iu said case. That tie Clerk issue an order to the Treasurer to JSJ to J. H. Dillard ten dollar* fee as referee in the above suit, one half of which is to be credited by plaintiff oa said judgment againat the county. Order issued. That the Clerk of this Board issue an order tot the County Treasurer to pay Wm. Davis two hundred and fourteea dollars and ninety-five cents, it being tho interest on hi* judgment against the county of Stokes to this date. That 0. M. Lastey, /. M Martin and W. 11. Bcha«b be appointed a commit toe to settle with tbe Sheriff and Trens nrer of Stokea eounty on the Ist day at -Jnly, 1876, nod that tha Clerk notify , the Sheriff and Treasurer to attend. Public Meeting la Danbury. Pursuant to advertisement i meeting of tbe citizens of Stokes county was held in tbe Court House, at Danbury, on ,i Tuesday, May 30tb, for the purpose of appoiuting delegate.* to tbe Congression al District Convention to be held at Greensboro, on the 12th of June, pro* , and also to tho Stato Convention ooo | voniug at Kaleigh oo tho 11th of June, t for the purpoee of nominating a candi date for Governor, and other State i officers On motion, Col. Beoj. Bailey was called to the chair, and J. T. Darlington was requested to act as Secretary. Tho following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That this meeting select 1 five special delegates from each township Co represent tho ooanty to.the State Congressional Conventions, bat that a# J* ■ other member of tha party who may at tend shall be authorized to act as a ( delegate. The Allowing were appointed under | the above resolution: Mkadow Totvnsmp — W. W. King, ' J. B. Vaughn, Joel Y. Allen, Caleb Hill, Wilson B. Vaughn. Sauuatown. —Sterling Adams, C. W. McAnnally, W. W. Witheis, Dr. W. A. Lash, J. M. Covington. YADKIN.— D. N. Dalton, W. H. Watts, J. Q. A. King, W. H. Sohaub, Isaac Spainhour. Quakjcb Gap.— M. T. Smith, Dr. B. F. Moir, John L. Linville, A. P. Jessup, S. M. Hughes. Peters Crisk.—Thomas Martin, Dr. J. L. Peatrotß, James Rierson, Jr., J. M. Hill, Dr. Frank Pringle. Snow Cribk.— A. J. Brown, Z. S. Alley, J. M. Martin, J. G. Penn, (J. B. Moore. Bbavkr Island.—J. 0. H. Mitchell, L. W. Anderson, Sam'l Hairston, 0. M. Lasley, Sam'l Wail. On motion, the Chairman and Secre tary of this meeting were added to die above list of delegates. 4 On motion, the following resolutions were adopted: ResolueJ, That wo endorse Hon. A. M. Scales as our representative in Con gress, and ruoommeod bis re-nomina tion. Rctoloed, That while we will support any maa whom tho State Convention may nominate, yet wo hereby express our preference for Hon. D. 8. Reiif, of 1 Bookingham, as a candidate for Gov ernor. The following resolutions were also adopted: Resolved, That a County Convention of the Conserrative party of Stokes county will be held in the Court House, in Danbury, on Monday, the 7th day of August, 1876, at 12 o'clock, M., for the purpoee of nominating candidates for tbe General Assembly aad oounty offioes. Resolved, That eaoh township hold meetings during the month of July and select delegates to represent them in the Connty Convention, aud that eaob township bo allowed five votes in the Convention. Retolved , That tbe County Executive Committee give general notice of the time and Dlace of tbe said Convention, and that the proceedings of this meeting be furnished the Danbury Bkpobtbb, Western Sentinel and Salem Pre**, with the request to publish. Ou motion, the meeting adjourned. Benjamih Bailby, Ch'mn. J. T. Darlinuton, Sec'ry. NEWS OP THE WEEK Scott Partin, the wife murderer, has been oaptured. The tobaeoo barn of W. A. Winstead. of Person oonnty, was reoently destroyed by fire. 24,00 pounds of tobaoco were loet. Mr. Joe Cos, of Iredell oounty, found SSOO in greenback lying in the fcimtf between Statesville and Turnersburg, a few days ago. A dispatch announces that Senator Morton will be unable to visit North Carolina at this time on account of pressing public busness. Tbe Sheriff of Perquimans county North Carolina, weighs 410. When a prisoner is refractory he sits down on nim.— Detroit Free Pre**. A little daughter of Mr. Greetjen, of Wilmington, was reoently attaoked by a ferocious dog, and a large piece of flesh bitten from ber arm. Hon. W- M. Bobbins has been sug gested as a suitable oandidate for Gov ernor. The Democrats of his Diatriot want him to repreeent them again in Congress. ?s.—Scrutinise with care five dollar notes of the Merchant's National Bank, New Bedford, Massachusetts. A large batch of counterfeits have been thrown on the Richmond market. Dr. Orison informs the Raleigh News that the insane Asylum ie new crowded to its utmost oapaoity, and there is not a day bat what he reeeivee application from some oounty in the State The Raleigh Sentinel has been piaeed into the hands of jt receiver. We learn that a colony is organizing in Massachusetts to emigrate to Western North Carolina. A fire broke out in the cellar of Mot ley A Co.'s drug store, in Reidstiile, just opposite the Richmond snd Danville railroad depot, completely destroying a drug aad two .large grocery stores. Tho loss is estimated at $7,000. only $4,000 insurance. The News office material was saved but badly damn god. Rev. Dr Wilson, P. E. of Greensboro District, publishes the following notice in the Christian Adtocate: "The District Conference will be held in the Methodist Church at Winston, N. C., beginning Thursday morning at 10 o'clock, June 22d, and olosing with the religious services of the following Sab bath. Ministers and laymen of onrown and other districts are cordially invited to attend." okneral wfcws. Financially, the big show at Philadel phia, is proving a failure. An aligator supposed to be 150 years 6ld has been sent to the Centennial. The chances for Bristow, as a Presi dential candidate, are on the increase. The Democrats madu almost a clean sweep of the local elections in Virgiuia last week. A coast steamer was sunk near Hong Kong on the 16th and one bnndred lives lost. ,f Up to the 15th inst, $ 1,224,000 in silver ooin had been paid out under the recent regulations. The Senate, by a majority of eight, decide to take juri&4iotion of the Bel knap impeachment case. The Bepublioan delegation to the Cin cinnati Convention, from Alabama, favor Bristow for the Presidency. Governor Pinkney Whyte, of Msry land, is spoken of as a Democratic can didate lor Vice-President. Every day it looks more and more as if a Western man would receive the , Democratic Presidential nomination. i The Treasury has stopped paying oat silver ou ourrency cheeks, and silver has advanoed two and n half per cent, pre mium. The New York Sun says Seoator Thurman is a very able man. He is one of the foremost nUlnssstiu in the oonntry. He would make a first-class President. Lo!—Thi Poor Indians.—Every day brings news of fighting and blood shed in the Black Hills. The disturb nnocs are becoming more serious than was anticipated. Forty thousand Sioux fighting to protect their oountry from invasion of the whites and wreaking Indian's vengeance upon tbe goid-hun ters, is a matter of grave import. District Convention. A Convention of the Democratic-Con servative voters of the Fifth Congres sional Distriot will be held in Greensboro on Monday, the 12th day of Jnne next, 1 for the purpose of nominating a candi date for Congress and a Presidential 1 elector and selecting two delegates to the St. Louis Convention. A full at tendance Is earneitly desired. M. S. Bobbins, ") v E. B. With gas, C J. I. SCALES. ) COM - May 20th, 1876. ■■■ i ■ Delegate* to the State Convention. Roomb Dbmocbatto-Consbkva- ) TIVB Ex. COMMITTII. j RALEIGH, May 24, 1876. In pursuance of tho oall of the State Demooratio Conservative Executive Committee, delegates to the State Con vention will meet in Metropolitan Hall in this city, on the 14th of June, at 12 it. By arrangement with the Railroad Companies in tho State, with the ex ception of the W. A W. R. R. Co., which declines any roduotion, delegates will be permitted to return free upon producing n certificate from tbe Secre tary of the Convention that they paid full first olasfl fare in coming to the ■ame. W. B Cox, Chairman. ■ ■ -« ♦»» ■ ■ "■ Pierce Pighting in Cuba. Important news has just been brought in. Gen. Calleja (tbe Segunda Cabo,) assumed command of the army, as an nounced t few days since, and maasiug all his available force, advanoed to his Gruoes, and (lessented battle to tha Ca bens, at a short distanoe from the town. The battle resulted in i victory for the insurgents, after a protracted fierce engagement lasting the whole day. Tbe low of tbe Spanish army is roughly es timated at between 1,000 and 1,500 men killed, wounded and prisoners, with tbe loss of eleven commissioned officers. This is by far tbe most important battle of the war, as the forces engaged numbered nearly 10,000 men on both sides. The glad tidings are depicted on the countenances of every Caban Plantation Flor de Cuba was attaoked this week by a force of insurgents,, 1 which was repulsed. Worth Carolina Troops in tbe Late War. General D H. Hill in e reoeat num ber of bis admirable paper, tbe South ern Home, says: "We claim for our North Carolinians that they not only exhibited the highest gallantry in action but that they evinced the most patisot endurance of hardship and trial. Tbe Old North State fur nished 108,000 of the 600,000 sroops in the Confederate servioe. She furnished one half the soldiers that attacked McClellau on bis right flank at Rich mond nnd dtove him to his gun loats Through the long, dreary years of war, she still, kept her numerical superiority to her sister States, and at the closing scene at' Greensboro, one third of the soldiers, who slacked their arms, were her gallant and long enduring sots In all the terrible conflicts in Virginia, tbe best blood of North Carolina was freely poured out, s nd no stain of dishonor ever tinged even a single regimental banner. Tne troops of our sister States knew that all was well when they had Tar heels on their right and left. North Carolina came out of the war with a most glorious rtoord. It becomes the survivors and their descendants to see to it that that record is not dimmed, and that some raitable memorial of tbe gal lantry of our soldiers keep ever fresh in the minds of posterity the history of their glorUiu deeds Every Confeder ate ' burial ground should have a neat and tasteful monument inscribed with the names of ear fallen heroos. We repeat in reference to this, what wc have often said, tbst tbe oountry, which ceases to honor its martyrs of liberty, will soon cease to produee men worthy of honor. There is no surer mark of the decadence of publio virtue than the failure to honor those wbo gave their lives for their country. PHOTOGRAPHIC -Ajrt Oallery ! WO. MeCanlese respectfully informs • the cltisens of Daabury aoil vicinity that he has opened a PHOTOGRAI'IIIC GAL LERY np-€tair? over the Postoffl' e. where he is prepared to take Pictures in the Uicst and most Improved styles, and at very low pi ices. Give Mm an early call. itf. BECOND YEAR OF THE CASH PLAN! WK HAVE THE PLEASURE OF AN nouncing to oar old customers, nnd all who will honor db in the future with their patronage, that two yoars' experience in a STRICTLY CASH SYSTEM has given as many advantages in supplying the wants of the people. To enumerate the many articles of our STOCK is unnecessary, since you all know t!i« various LINES OP MERCHANDISE that we keep. We feel safe in sajlag that NO BETTER STOCK is kept in tho county. Something It Sat A SPECIALTY! PAYNE'S BEST FAMILY FLODB always on hand—every bag warranted. We can assure you that our STOCK is very attractive, nnd prices AS LOW THE LOWEST! We trust that our present castomeia may continue, and that other friends and strangers may give us a call before purchasing else where. To all we extend a cordial welcome. Gratefully, B. T. JOYCE. Danbury, N. C., Juae 7, 1870. Blacksmith Nhop, conducted by BURREL LEMMONS. SEND 25c. to G. P. 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