VOLUME. XXXII.
- m WORK GO ON.
Thinks Discussion of ,
Subjects Will Result in
Jn of More Healthful Sen-
Jleased to note theiraprove-j
f your paper and the in - i
d interest in all parts of the |
and some in the adjoining j
ities. I see our people are
nuing letter acquainted wjth
i other and more united in
jying to build up our seotion in
Irery way. This is praiseworthy
id emsou raging. •,
If'our people will continue to
-udy and write upon the various
libjegts, am quite sure a senti
ent will be formed upon various
firtoms that will be healthful..
- fake the subject of strong drink
|»r instance. . Many of our young
ion, and perhaps older men. have
fever given the subject bnt little
Jiought. As soon as thtjlhink a
ft tie they will
jfpirita is demoralf ■ leadx!
gi v «''
H way to
fare, saltK of
,'>pose all our people
dfie subject in this light.
{ need no legislation onj
feet, but every one would i
himself and the drink
J>tiM be forever abandoned!
I any troiibk or expense.
It pvery one. male and fe- i
- x/.'l-and young, try first of all.
f example and then in every law-
JuWay to make sentiment in op- 1
f)OHitv,m to intoniperance. By a
united effort by all our good and
L V W abiding people. much more
d'>nc in a short time than
j I i'Uii b« accomplished by law in
i j quite a while,
1A« to the godess of fashion, it is
manifest tlwit our people are gone
wild, it doea seem that •in this
J age, in this country, it should b*
b otherwise. Where this writer
t _ IvTfßj if th« weather and' air are
"*■ Tk'tovottoble. not less than twelve
I linrch bells might be heard each
*SuTiuay morning, and he is not
-|i>wu ' These twelve churches
iresenf five denominations. It
 seem that under sucifc, .iuflu-i
fo thai pri(fe and vanity should j
Exposed to that ext/ent that our
_ ulol^
'( U ! 1 1
r- : ->ptinne one year? We mint
-, v that the people are hard
plijasi 1 nowadays, aud want the
tQ like themselves;
' T -'djidthtt the preachers are dei
> udent upon their congregations
* v,r tiread. I say this not to jus,.
%. r-Tpfv the preachfjrrf in neglect or
Hi failure to rebuke sin in every
Rwhapa and form, but to lead others
with their weakness, It
is true p ire religion does
6 dress, but abides m the
i S niirt?|fc>d is manifest in the life of
its possessor. I think tjtfory Chris
■ tiau should dress neat, plain and
wimple, without regard to how
i"R MkeM disiw No one should weary
, r fcirai.n him or herself to appear
another. Neatness and com-
Bjfllferf" fohou .lU lie considered and not
dg anl»h"i«iU mti/
' -he Worship il • >v=pY
•~?y r ■ V •'Vm -/An w _7*:
not be able when we go away to
report how tire people were
i dressed. If such could be the
condition in any congregation for
a few months, there would be a
wonderful change for the go*l of
souls and the glory of God.* ,
P.'O.
SANDY RIDGE.
Sandy Ridge. Feb. 8.
Mr. "R. A. Deshazo visited his
broiher at Spencer, Va., yesterday.
.Mr. R. B. Ellington spent Sun
day with his family here. He is
traveling salesman for the Greens
boro Grocery Co.
Miss Mollie Joyce closed her
school last Friday and is now at
home.
Messrs. H. L. Wilson and Grover
'Shelton went to Ridge way, return
ing Saturday.
Mr. Jesse Pratt visited his bro
ther' li. L. Pratt, Saturday and
Sum lay.
fir. J, O, King went to Spencer
| Friday to spend a few days with
! relatives.
Letter Fron a Stokes Citizen Living
in the West.
Montezuma, Ind, Feb. 9 'O4.
Editor of Danbury Reporter :
My brother sent me an issue of
your paper some weeks ago. I
thought 1 would write you a few
lines if you should have space in
your paper.
It has b@en many years since I
was ii* Dnubvu'.y. I v ou M be glad
to visit my friends once more. 1
was a soldier, Company G„ 21st
regiment, and enlisting in your
I town, sorted four years. Since
that I have been in Indiana and
the west. I now live on Wabash
river, at Montezuma. This town
takes its nanie after theMontezuma
tribe of Indians. This section of
the country is notable for its val
uable coal, fire clay and shale.
There are about two thousand in
habitants inside the incorporation.
There are about seven hundred
employed within five miles of
this place, in manufacturing of
brick, tile and sewer pipe. We
| have a large hominy mill, con
sumes about 3,500 bushels of corn
1~ . -
: daily. This valley is very rich. It
j raises fine corn, wheat and oats.
; Corn averages about 75 bushels per
' acre, wheat from 15 to 40 bushels
i per acre, oats 50 to 75 bushels per
: acre.
This is all I will write at this
i time. Wishing to hear from as
• many of my old friends as possi
! hie through ypUr paper.
Respectfully yours,
B. F, KIGER
GIDEON.
Gideon, Feb. 10
It seeius that our teacher at
Dillard has taken French leave and
returned to her former ljome.
"Bachelor' 1 took exception last
fall when "Trimble" claimed that
iome uf the boys around Dillard
were rather bad, He at onco
jumped on the defensive . side
claiming never to have heard of
such an accusation made against
our boys.
Now "Bachelor" we would kind
ly ask why the teacher left so
unceremoniously without one
word of adieu to-those good( ?)
children ! There must hav« been
some oause for a teacher to desert
her school. ~ISO Hiay
he,, we
was i Wj * 4
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DANBURY, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1904.
PINE HALL.
Pine Hall, Feb. 8,
Mr. Isaac- Neal, who has been
confined to his room for a week is
improving slowly, hope to see him
out soon.
What has become of our Jewell
Blue Bird ? Guess he has been
sleeping on the cover and has
froze to death. Come again, Blue
Bird, for you are « good bird.
You see what "Mc" said would
become of you if you did not re
port to the supervisors the Ist
Saturday in February. Wonder
what will be done with the super
visors for not meeting so the
overseers can report ? The writer
was at thftir place of meeting Sat
day 7th, and stayed there until 3
o'clock and no supervisors had
come yet. and a lot of overseers
there and no one to report to and
ltad been there some 3 or 4 hours.
It seems that "Mc" has turned
over a new leaf in regard to the
enforcement of our road law. He
wants to force the overseers to
work six days in the year, which
means twelve days for the over
seer, for it takes a day to warn in
the hands on .lots of roads each
time you work. It used to take
me a dapr when I was overseer.
Besides he wants to force you to
report to the supervisors the Ist
Saturday in Felu-uary and the Ist
Saturday in August as a day set
by the road law, and the supervi
sors don't say what time to meet,
neither at 9 o'clock A. M., or 1,2
Ar 3 o'clock P. M., so that means
two more days for thf bverseers,
for he don't know whether to go
in the morning or evening. Still
"Mc" says if .you don't report you
shall be indicted. Think about
it overseers and see that the super-:
visors set a time to meet on the
days set, so you won't have to
stay all day when you go to report,
I want it understood that J don't
say the supervisors didn't meet
Saturday (Ith inst, but if they did
it was late when some of the over
seers got home. Some had to go
farther than I had to and it was
dark when I got home. lam in
favor of goods roads and write this
in favor of the overseers, for I
know what it is to go to a place to
report and have to wait 3or 4
hours for the supervisors. So keep
the supervisors reminded of this,
overseers.
u
STONEVILLE"
Stoneville, Feb. 12.
Tobacco is selling very well.
Breaks small.
TOPSY
Ward & Son are arranging a
smith business at Stoneville. They
will do shoeing, wagon repairiA{.
buggy, wood and iron work. "
Old fiian Francis S,tone is get
ting quite feeble. He hfts been
a favorite citizen of this town.
The N. & W: Railway is movs
ing mqch poftl south now,
Died on the 3rd inst,, two of
•me family, Mr, and Mrs, Lemons.
Both burled in one grave.
\Vheat is looking sorry in this
section.
W.
SUICIDE PREVENTED.'
The startling announcement tha
a preventive of suicide had ,been
discovered will int4j»st maiJL A
run down system, or deiponfjVtcv
invariably precede
something had been fount* I|t
will prevent that conditicA 1 ~
rms#'
STOKES Aim CAROLINA.
PRESTONVILLE.
Prestonville, Feb. 8.
We were glad to see such a nice
little Snow last week.
■'Mr. Frank Hawkins and wife
are visiting Frank's father this
week. *
j We are sorry to learn that Mr.'
A. B. Steele who has been crit
ically ill for some time, is not
much better.
j Old Mrs. L. A. Hawkins visited
her son, Mr. G. W. Hawkins' last
Sunday.
Wonder what was drawing Mr.
Henry's attention at Mr. Vernon's
last Sunday ? Oh, it was Miss
Minnie.
Mr. Willie was wearing a broad
smile on his way home last Sun
day from Mr. E. K. V.
, Mr. Jimmie Hawkins returned
home last week from Philadelphia,
y Our school is progressing nice
ly under the management of Mr.
Clint Davis.
Two young UIQU of Max made a
flying trip near this place one
night last week to play flinch.
Hurrah boys come again.
J A hustling old farmer of this
place got up the other morning
and didn't have any lire, got on
his horse and went to SJoneville to
get a box of matches.
Hoping the editor and the
writers a happy new year.
BLUE AND GRAY.
SANDY RIDGE.
Sandy Ridge. N. C.
I have not come in some*
time but will make a feeble efforj.
this time, as the subject of dan
cing lias become quite monot
onous, I will not write on that,
though I'm sorry Faith aud Bach
elor cannot attend all the dances
and see how they are earned on.
I know its bad when one gets too
old to partake of theso things. I
sympathize with old maids and
baohelors. However that is not
my subject, I wish to write on
"criticism and tattling."
We should never criticise others
unless we are perfect ourselves.
Most of us are apt to bilk about
others in a way that is sure to
cause ill-feelings. It does no good
and only harrtis us when we gab
and criticise those, we dislike. If
we cannot friends in any
other way than running after folks
ai\d felling them some great tale
on some one they dislike, then we
had better be friendless.
One who is always talking about
people bears the ugly name of
being a "tattler" wherever they
go. If we desire to speak of oth
ers we should first find their good
qualities and praise them and \f
by chance we meet a person,
has nothing in his worth
oraising then ssy nothing of his
faidts. M°re good can be aooom
[)l»shed by trying to w j n to better
ivas, those who are not Chris- |
tians, than to run them down. The
poor down trodden sinner has the
finger of acorn pointed nt him so
often and is so often slighted by
those who pretend to be Chris
tians that it is no wonder he calls
the olmrch "an institution of
hypocrites."
It seems as if therfc isn't an
issue of our paper that hasn't
something in it to wound others'
feelings. Now is that Christian
like ? Christians had you better
not go to the poor sinners and,
tplk to them ? You that o,re fys I
pure as a* "Snow drop." 1 Know
who you are a,ml I have ' never
seen.one of you apeak to a sinner
You just stand still and loak i
at th«m and think.
Ire something, more T
) and so, and the very
get, it goes. I ]
eryone and so do the I
>, so you can blame
'ou expect, sinners to
i with no one to speak
to do one act before !
v they are concerned.
HARTMAN.
y Hartman, Feb. 9.
Mr. Bob Coleman and daughter,
Dovie, of Dellat, spent last night
at Mr. J. D. Young's.
/Miss Pensie Ayers, one of Vir
ginia's popular and charming
young ladies, who has been visit
ing at this place, returned to her
home last Thursday.
J Misses Ada and Jettie Young
were among the guests at Mr. J.
Wesley Morefield's Saturday and
Sunday. They report a jolly time.
/We afe sorry to state the in
fant of Mr.-and Mrs. Bob Martin
is very ill. hope it will soon recov
er.
The well of Mr. H. H. Young's
will soon be completed.
The Ayer from Va. was seen
enroute to Meadows last Wednes
day. Hurrah ! Willie you must
be in a hnrry and have the small
pox or the Hawk will get your
bird. It just went flying that
way last Sunday.
We were sorry to hear of the
death of our friend, Mr. Frank
Davis. He will be missed in our
locality. •
Wishing the Reporter much
success.
"BUSTERS."
MOUNTAIN VIEW.
Mr. Morton Voss returned from
the market* recently. He's got
money and new clothes to beat the
band. Girls he's expecting a call
every day. It's leap year.
Mr. Joe Meadows is the hustling
salesman of W. G. Meadows &
Son of Mountain View.
Mr. Bud Kiser. of this place,
and Mr. F. S. Tuttle, of Hill Top,
are doing an immense business
on phosphate, &c.
Messrs. J. W. and Frank Voss
seem to be into the music business
near Dalton. Much success to the
boys in their business.
Hoping The Reporter much suc
cess in 1904, as I am a subscrber,
I want to see the good work go on
and if these items don't get into
the-waste basket perhaps I will
come again,
CHOCK TAU.
DELK.
Delk, Feb. 10.
Mr. Thos. Martin, of Campbell,
visited his sister-in-law, Mrs. Geo.
F. Martin recently.
Miss Paulina Essie has returned
from a visit at Pine Hall.
Mr. Charlie ia looking sad this
week. Because it 4 snowed last
week and he didn't get to call just
below the p. o. Just ask Misß
Cyra. Ha ha !
Mr. Geo. Venable, of Hartman,
visited his parer.tfi last week. Mr.
and Mrs. 'Squire Venable.
Mr. S. L. Venable wqnt to
Winston last week with tobacco.
I think the Reporter is one
among the best papers in the State.
I will close with best wishes to
the Repoiter and its many read
ers.
BLUE EYED GIRL.
WHEJN YOU HAVE A COLD
The first action when you have
a cold should be to relive the lungs.
This is best accomplished by tne
free use of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. This Remedy liquefies
the touglu mucus and cause its
expulsion frorrt thd air sells of the
lungs, (produces a free expectora
tion, and opens the secretions. A
complete cure soon follows. This
remedy will cure a severe cold in
lfess time than any oilier treatment
and it loaves'the system in a natu
ral and healthy condition. It
coudteracts any tendency toward
pneumonia. For sale by all Drug
gists fr Driers.
NUMBER t)
PATRICK.
Palmetto, Va., Feb. 10.
I never see any thing from Pat
rick in the Reporter, so will give
you a few items.
Smallpox is about all we can
hear in our neighborhood of late,
there is quite a number if cases
near here. It is thought that Mr.
R. D. Sheppard and Ladrum
Foddrill brought it from West
Va. This is one of the good things
we always get from W. Va. Mr.
Foddrill lives near Lawsonville and
Mr. Sheppard near Russel Creek.
Dr. R. S. Martin was around
several days of this week vacci
nating.
Miss Ida Tatuin, teacher of the
Ayers school, was exposed to small
pox so has closed her school and
gone to N. C. to one of liar aunts,
whose family has already had it .
The school at Palrtietto has not
been exposed so far and is going on
very nicely.
Our R. F. D. carrier Mr. G. T.
Boaz says he will be glad if the
weather ever gets warmer, as he is
getting quite tired of the snow
and ice. He was vaccinated the
other day and is rather uneasy for
fear he won't be able to go to
"Dillard, N. C." as soon as he
would like. But I think will
have to "take right deep" tggptop
him.
Three cheers for "Wild Boy."
If some of the old Bachelors will
let it be known that they wish to
dance I suppose some of our rude
girls, as they call them, will offer to
be their pardner for one set at least
this year as it's Leap year. Awl
surely some of the young m**i»
would be as kind to the old
maidens. I don't think it hardly
reasonable to think thrft any young
lady would encourage a young man
to' be wild. I know that some of the
mostjrefined, dignified ladies in Va.
dance and they do not encourage
boys to be wild either. I think
dancing would be keeping them
from doing wrong. While they art*
at that they don't care for rnde
"things. Dancing when carried on
nicely 1 think could not be con
sidered any thing but innocent
pleasure. But we must not say
rough things on the subject for
we all have a right to our own
opinion.
"NAPPER."
GIDEON.
* Gideon, Feb. 9.
Mr. J.. H. Mitohell, the prom
iuent constable of Dillard, called
to see us last week.
Mr. Ras Gann's wife is serious
ly ill with blood poison, we are
sorry to learn.
Mr. J. Frank Dunlap hns, sold
oift his stock and tools and says
he is going to quit the farm and
will engage himself with' th®
Western Tobaooo Co., of Bedford
City Va.. to act as traveling sales
man.
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PERFECT CONFIDENCE.
Where there used to be a feeling
of uneasiness and worry in the
household when a child showed
symptoms of croup, there is now
perfect oonfidece. This is owing
to the uniform success of Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy m the
treatment of that disease. Mrs.
M. I. Bnsford, of Poolesville, Md..
in speaking of her experience in
the use of that remedy says : "1
have a world of confidence in
'Chrmberlrin's Cough Remedy for
I have used it with perfect success -
My ohild Garland is subject to
severe attacks of croup and it al
ways gives him prompt relief."