The Danbury Reporter. -
VOLUME XXXIII
[PROSPERITY IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
A Stokes Boy Writes of Things i.i the
Oltl Palmetto State—Even the
Backwoods Farmers Carry Bank
Accounts.
Columbia, S. C., Oct. I. It is
an awful dry hot lime here, but
just the same, today being Sun
day, I have been taking in the'
places of interest, in this, the
capitol of the grand old "Palmetto
State." I made a visit this morn
iug to the cupitol and was aston
ished to find such a grand struct
ure. There is practically not a
piece of wood in the entiro build
ing. The building was started in
185>. but the war paiue on and of
course everything was ruined in
this country, BO it was not finish
ed until a few years ago. It is
constructed of native granite and
the lower floor is ceiled with a
beautiful brick constructed in
arched fortn3. The walls are 11
least four foot through and tho
window frames are made of
marble, with beautiful carved or- ;
namental figures. Of course,
though, it should bo fine, as it cost
in rouud uumbors two million
dollars. There are today signs of
Sherman's cannon ou the west
side when it was battered by his
guns stationed about two miles
across the river in what is now
the thriving little suburb of Now
Brooklaud. It is thought here that
Sherman's men would'liave burn
ed the capitol but for the fact that
it was fire-proof, as they did burn
and lay waste to almost every
thing else.
Columbia has a groat many
places of interest, and is growing
very fast.
One office building, twelve
stories high, called the skyscraper,
is quite like a mammoth smoke
stack. It is also a steel fire-proof
structure.
Well, tho people are in the
midst of gathering and selling
"King Cotton" in the country and
truly it is King, as there is fairly
a good crop this yoar and it is
bringing on an average of ten and
a quarter ceuts per pound.
I suppose that there was never
a time in the history of this couu
try when all of the people were so
prosperous as today. The bauks
are overflowing with money and
every small town has a bank, and
the wealth is not confined to the
towns and cities but tho farmers
away off in the rural parts has his
bank account. Tho only trouble
seoms to be the lack of laborers to
gather their crops. Some illus
tration of the wealth of the coun
try is demonstrated in tho growth
of the order I represent. I was at
the institution of a new lodge
Thursday night at Woodford, a
small railway station in Onnge
burg couuty, and uo less than
thirty joined.
With much regards for tho Re
portor and.its correspondents, I
am,
P. J. W.
Meeting of Farmers Protective As
sociation.
Intelligence, Oct. s.—There will
be ft general meeting of the North
Carolina Farmers Protective As
sociation at Wentworth, N. C.
Saturday, Oct. 14th, 19)5. There
will bo del gates piespntfrom four
counties. It is to fe hoped that
the farmers and business men at
large will be with us in tl it meet
ing. Much business will bo tran
sacted there that will put tho As
sociation on a much bettor busi
ness footing.
Yours truly,
J. M. SHARP,
Secretary.
John M. Taylor, of Winston. Buying
Land and Timber in Stokes—Other
Real Estate Transfers.
Mr. John M. Taylor last Satur
day purchased the timber right in
an extensive scope of woodland in
Sauratown township belonging to
Messrs. J. N. Lasley and Walter
Mitchell.
Mr. Taylor has recently purch
ased several hundred acres of lands
from the following parties: James
Rierson, J. P. Pepper, the John
Riorson tract on Dan river anil
otheis.
Ijast Saturday Mr. Bruzz Ter
rell sold his farm near Hartman to
Geo. Venable. Mr. Terrell has
bought land of the Widow Lackey
near Preatouville and will remove
thereon.
I
SANOY RIDGE.
Sandy Ridge, Oct. 2.—Rev. Ji e
Joyce filled his regular app )int
ment at Buffalo Sunday. A large
crowd attended.
Misses Mamie Southern, Mabel
Atnos and Clide Hutchersoti visit
ed friends ami relatives at Wins
ton recontly.
Wonder why Mr. Sam Brown
didn't call to see Miss Minnie
Sunday ?
Mr. Nick Brown called to see
Miss Lilly Hutcherson Sunday.
What about that Jim ¥
Misses Minnie and Lillian>
Messrs. Robert Joyce, Claud and
Curtis Hutcherson spent a few
hours at Mr. John Hawkins' last
Saturday night. They report a
{ flue time.
Tho "Hawk" oalled to see Miss
Olie Sunday. It seems that they
were enjoying themselves.
Seems that something ha
crossed Mr. James Hawkins' path,
as he has not been seen on the
Ridge in some time. Come ogaii',
Jim.
Misses Lettifl Sue Brown and
Ada Hawkins spent Saturday and
Sunday with Missos Fannie and
Sudie Hawkins.
Miss Eva Joyce looked sad Sun
day as Mr. Pete Joyce was not on
the Ridge Sunday.
Mips Lillian Johnson, of Mad.
ison Route Three, visited her
cousin, Miss Minnie Joyce, last
week.
Misses Lilly and Jessie Joyce
soemed somewhat sad as the "high
j Prices" wasn't seen on the Ridge
Sunday.
TWO JOLLY GIRLS.
Sandy Ridge, Oct. 2.
Farmers in this section are
through saving their fodder and
cutting tobacco. A good many
are preparing their land to sow
wheat.
Messrs. Ollie Woods, Jesse
Joyce and Henry Ferguson called
|on Misses Pearl and Ollie Vernon
! Saturday night.
Mr. Geo. Ziglar and family visit
ed Mr. Tom Kallam Sunday.
Misses Evie and Sallie Joyce
and Mr. Arthur Hawkins; Messrs.
! Tom Spencer, Matt Brown, Ollio
Woods, Henry Ferguson and
Jesse Joyce called on Misses
Ollie and Pearl Vernon Sunday.
I They say they were glud to see you.
Coine again.
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HTO KIM ANO CAROLfXA.
DANBURY, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1905
GREETINGS PROM PROF. HARRIS:
VERY ENTERTAINING LETTER FROM FORMER COUNTY
SUPERINTENDENT OF STOKES SCHOOLS, NOW A
PROGRESSIVE FARMER OF GARFIELD
WASHINGTON.
Garfield, Washington,
September 24.
Mr. Editor :
At this time, we are just about
to get through threshing. Another
week will wind it up. The crop
is much better than at first was ex
pected. A fow hot days just before
harvest did great damage, especial
ly to spring grain. The winter
wheat was so far along it sustained
but little damage. A neighbor on
adjoining ranch threshed fifty-six
bushels per acre on sixty acres.
How is that? He is a careful
( farmer and believes in keeping a|l
his work well in hand. It is a
real pleasure to have threshing
done here. They haul up the
wheat, thresh and stack it and
you can stand off and look on.
The day threshers were ex
pectod at my place, I piled out my
bags and went to the timber for a
load of wood and when I returned
in Hie middle of the evening they
were half through. They pulled in
after one P. M., threshed over
eight hundred bushels and were
gone before night. In less than
three minutes after the separator
; (gin) stopped tho whole outfit—
| separator, ten bundle wagons,
engine, trick wagons, cook kitchen
! and all were out the road on
; their way to their next ranch.
They can start up about as quick
as they pull out.
It is hard for a Tar Heel to get
used to seeing thousands and thou
sands of bushels of wheat piled
out for months in the fields with
out protection, but such is the
case.
Grain wagons carrying from
three to ten thousand pounds
aro pouring into the town. Estima
ted ciop for this county this year
is ten million busl e's. Fruit crop
is not good and a storm known
here as the sand storm was un
usually hard this year. It was
about equal to a hard March wind
in North Carolina, but was accom
panied with dust in such quan
tities that I could not see my barn
sixty yards away. It lasted about
two hours, Wo have a dust storm
every year but nothing like this in
twenty years, I am informed.
About Aug. 29th, we had quite
a frost, ice thick as thick window
glass and in some places killed
the potato tops, etc., but did no
damage on my ranch. It is real
strange here —one ranch is very
frosty while the adjoining ranoh is
always clear of unusual frosts,
It has been a dry year with us.
We had the usual amount of
spring showers but did not have
rain enough last winter to wet the
land over eighteen inches deep.
Much depends here on our winter
rains.
Many wells failed this summer.
But most of our farmers do not
like the surface woll; consequently
they drill down one hundred to
one hundred and fifty feet and al
ways have a good supply of very
fine water.
I was told when I first came
that I could not raise such things
as tomatoes, melons, etc. I have
had no trouble in raising more
than we wauted. In fact it is
easier here than in North Carolina
because we do not have to fertilize.
Just plant them and tickle
the earth a little with a cultivator
and they come.
We had two rows of tomatoes
in our garden—seventy-five or one
hundred plants— after nsing for
table and canning, we sold ten
dollars worth. Wo found a ready
market for all our tomatoes at
four to five cents per pound and
snap beans at four cents a pound.
I would like to call the attention
of my Stokes friends to the rais
ing of carrots. In my humble
opinion it is n fine crop for the
farmers. Wo think they aro good
for the hog, cow, horse, chicken
and table. Hero we count on
twenty to thirty tons per acre.
Just think of it, farmer, forty to
sixty thousand pounds of feed
from one acre of land. You can
winter a horse, fatten a hog or fill
the milk pail on carrots. They
require rich soil and then the
hardest part of their culture is the
first weeding and thinning. I
weeded mine by hand and thinned
them after they got up some size
pulling out the largest for the
hogs. For winter use put them
up as you would turnips. Try a
quarter of an acre, farmer, and the
next time lam sure you will try
more.
The tide of immigration con
tinues to pour into North-West.
Land two to eight miles of R. R.
here is worth forty-five to sovonty
five dollars per ncre with an up
ward tendency
Come out, Mir! Editor, and let
us join a party of fishers next
month. They say that if I will
join them they will guarantee me
one hundred pounds of fish per
day. The fishing grounds are
sixty miles away with deer, grouse
and pheasants for shooting. They
take a tent and all Western men
are good cooks. Right now, we
are getting nice salmon from
Snake river at eight cents per
pound. Fresh salmon is exceed
ingly fine. Tkey weigh from five
to twenty pounds each.
Quite a few of our people are
selling out their ranches hero and
taking up homes in Southern Ida
ho. There's to be an Indian reser
vation open in Montana soon
where one can get free homes.
Some go to Alberta, Canada, for
free homes. I guess I'll wait till
the Coeur 'd Aleno Reservation,
thirty miles north-east of me, is
open and then I'll go over and
jump me a free home. There's
lots of excitement in this business.
You line up and take your turn.
Some times you stand in line a
whole day or even longer and have
some one to bring you grub. It
takes a hustler to get there when
there are extra good claims to be
had.
We enjoyed your Institute num
bers. Wo continue to take great
interest in the teachers of Stokes
but are real sorry to note the ab
sence of so many old names on
tho roll. I always found the Stokos
teachers to be the most pleasant
body of gentle-folk I ever met.
They are always cheerful, hopeful
and willing to do theii part in the
great battle against ignorance.
I rejoice that they aro getting
good comfortable school houses all
over the county. I was satisfied
that old Stokes would never stop
till all the children wero well
housed and I hope the day is not
far distant when the teachers shall
receive such remaneration as they
are justly entitled to.
I was in Garfield this summer
and met a crowd of teachors oil
their way to the county Institute.
It came near stampeding me for
the time. After some sober think
ing, I pulled myself away and
came homo to raise pumpkins and
potatoes.
W. B. HARRIS.
Birde Mabe and George Whitfield Es
cape from Rockingham Jail.
The Reidsvillo Review says
A mysterious jail delivery took
l>'ioe here Sunday night, und the
policemen are perplexed to under
stand how the prisoners made
th-'ir escape. Two of the inmates
were prisoners from Stokes coun
ty, sent down to serve sentences
011 our roads, they being Bird
M ibe, sent over for six months,
and George Whitfield, who wus to
serve twelve months. The other
two iumates were Greensboro par
ties, who were locked up Saturday
night for being drunk and disord
erly.
Karly yesterday morning the
doors of the juil were standing
wide open and the four prisoners
had made their escape, without
leaving a trace or track to enable
the officers to locate them. Just
how they secured keys to uulock
the door is unknown, but that they
have skipped is certain.
GERMANTON.
Germanton, October 3. —Miss
Pearl Samuel, of Walnut Cove, is
spending u few days with Miss
Maggie Petree.
Mr. Thomas S. Petree spent
Sunday at Sheriff R. J. Petree's.
The Misses Spainhowers, of
Tobaccoville, aro spending a few
days with Mrs. G. W. Newsom.
Quite an interesting meeting is
in progress at Corinth church.
J:1). H. Petree, of Lagrange, is
assisting the pastor, Mr. Oscar
Helsabeck. Corinth is Mr. Petree's
old home, and we are all glad to
have him with us.
"LOOKER ON."
DANSURY ROUTE ONE.
Danbury, September 29.
*lr. Hardin Flinchum has pur
chased a now organ. Miss Jennie
Ruy is spending the week there
teaching them music, but we think
Jim is more benefited than any.
.'•Tr. Will James passed through
on his way home from Daubury
accompanied by his aunt, Miss
Coleman.
One of ourgallent young gents
is laid up with "gout" of the "big
toe."
A number of boys from Dillard
nnuely Messrs. Henry Berry,
Ch.irlie Peobles, Ellis Ward and
ti rover Roberts spent Saturday
night and Sunday at Mr. W. P.
Ray's.
A nice sociable wa3 given at
Mrs. Sarah Simmons' Saturday
night.
B. & J.
A Michigan editor grew tired of
wielding the whitewash brush in
matters of obituaries, and decided
to reform and tell the truth just
once. He commenced as follows
on a well known citizen: "Died, —,
aged 57 years, six months and
twelve days. Deceased was a mild
mamered private with a mouth
for whiskey and an eye for boodle.
He came here in tha night with
another man's wife and joinod the
church ut the first chanco. He
owed us seven dollars on the pa
per, a large moat bill and you
could hoar him pray six blocks.
Ho died singing, "Jesus Paid It
All," and wo think he was right,
as he never paid anything himself.
He was buried in an asbestoslined
casket and his many friends threw
palm leaf fans in the grave, as he
may need them. His tombstono
will be a resting place for hoot
j owls."
I Chamberlain's
Neve* fails. Buy it now. It may Have life.
NUMBER 30
ARM BROKEN IN A RUNAWAY
Mr. Ear! Smith, of Germanton, Thrown
i From the Vehicle and Run Over by
j the Heavy Wagon.
Mr. Earl Smith, aged about 30
years, a well known aud prosper
ous farmer living about three inileß
be;,' uid (jeriuanton, happened to
[an accident while driving into
\\ inston about 8 o'clock Wednes
day night, which resulted in the
breaking of his right arm just be
j low the elbow and several painful
bruises on his body and legs.
The accident occurred near the
northern limits of the city, his
mules becoming suddenly frighten
ed and dashing off at fall speed.
Mr. Smith was thrown from the
wagon, fallingon his rigutside, and
was run over. .Just what frighten
ed the animals Mr. Smith could
not tell. He said that it was dark,
anil he was passing many people
who were returning from the Fair,
when the mules suddenly started
otf at a gallop.
The unfortunate man was taken
to the homo of a physician living
near by where the broken bones
were set and the arm bandaged.
Answers Sunday School Girl.
Dalton, Oct. 2.—ln answer to
Sunday School Girl on her ques
tion last week of who wrote the
book of Deuteronomy. I will en
deavor to say that the first five
books in the Old Testament were
i iv.i u ai; the Pentateuch and the
Greek translator's gave each book
it 3 distinctive title, hence the
names in our Bible are Genesis,
Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and
Deuteronomy.
Moses occupies so prominent a
position in the history of these
books that it seems as if he must
bo the man. But even in this view
of the Pentateuch Moses is regard
ed as not only the oral lawgiver of
a great body of laws, but as a writ
er of its most important part. It
is nowhere stated in the Scrip
ture that Moses wrote the whole
of the five books or Pentateuch
and you see Deuteronomy is oue of
the five books, and F think it pos
sible that Moses did write tie
book. Now if lam mistaken in
answering this question, I wish
some one would correct me.
Now will some one tell me who
the women of Judah worshipped
as Queen of Tleave i in the time
of Jeremiah?
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