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The Danbury Reporter. i VOLUME XXXIII. /THE GREAT CAM. 1 * PAIGM Of 1840 REMINISCENCES OF 63 YEARS AGO BY THE LATE CAPT. S. B.*f AYLQR—GREAT GATHERING AT DANVILLE— A MORAL. (Mf. Editor : . The. death of the. late ex-Presi *deht Harrison causes my mind to Iran back 61 years to to scenes and loironinstances of the presidential M oampafßii of 1840. The candidates ■ were Wm. [ Lewis Cass.. Gem. William Henry * Harrison was • the grandfather of late ex-President Harrison. The campaign of 1840 wa& the first I ever took any interest I WHS young, still in my teens, but the campaign was so exciting that the exoitemeut took hold of my young mind, and I followed up the cam , -ptrign \nd saw and heard every thing that was to be said or heard The tnost exciting part of thecam piign with me was a great gather ing at Danville, Va T in the sum mer of 1840. It was known that Gen. .Waddy Thompson, a South Carolina congressman, would pass through Danville, Va., on his way home from Washington, and he, was invited to make a speech, and accepted, and it was made known throughout the country, and thpu- I sands of people from Virginia, and North Carolina ware there. It was called "The Thompson Festi- I va!." The speaking was in the grotfe, now, the Danville Park. Now, the most interesting part of the festival to me, was the log I cabins on wheels, the oanoes on wagons, and the barrels of hard cider and the coon skins hung ! about the log oabins. Now, there are but few who were actors iu these scenes and those times are fresh in my memory, but the log cabins, canoes, hard cider and coon skins need an explanation to the younger people of the present. I will now make it. When Gen. Henry Harrison was dominated for president, his op ponents made light of him and > gpid that he lived in a log cabin 4«d cpqp ujeat, and drunk hard nder, they also made light of his having fought the battle of Tippe -tenoo, in one of the Indian wars, kndMits friends took up all these things, put them on wagons and hauled them about to big gather -1 iuga»some of th£ cabins were built ,Hp|ry-cicely, and all of them had a /ttjepg shelf or projection on the leader part of the "oabin and on ; that was fastened a barrel of hard oiier,.with a nioe gourd to drink His friends used all the thiygs successfully, so muoh that he was triumphantly elected, but •plied • few weeks after he took his Sseat as president, then John Tyler, Sof Virginia, the vice president, i&aio iu and served out the term. 1 fe at that festival I first saw •"M" A Oarr and his father, heHrd r speak ; there were many PpeiiWis there betides.. General [' ■jpmpson. It was there I saw a ' not oil man of that day Gen. Jas. .1. Edney, of North Carolina. I sh>y nover forget his face, he had the longest jaw bone I ever saw, ugly » yes, that does not do the ca#e josUce, but he was as sharp as , a briar, he spoke from the end of ' one of those long oabins ; in that vast erowd you might hear the ory |go up; hurrah ! Jar Tippecanoe, I §nd Tyler too, and then £ squall. KNow, the moral t It dpea not we SI always to make light of %H Lurnble station jn life. AN OLD SOLDIER WRITES. Letter From Mr. J. P. Ball, of Hart man, Who Thinks He Is Treated Unjustly. Hartman, Feb. 8. Editor Reporter : Please give me space in your paper for a few words from an old soldier. i I joined the army about Aug. i Ist., 1862, belonged to 21st regi. i raent, company F, known as Rufus ; Pepper's company. I will tell you about some of the battles I was in. First battle was on tbe river below Fredericks burg, one above Fredericksburg on tbe plank road, one Bt Drury's Blutf, one at Plymouth, one at Lynchburg, one at Winchester, also the famous battle at Gettys i burg. I tried to do my duty as a sol dier, and my comrades who were with ma in these bloody battles say that I was a faithful soldier ; my wife got sick while I was in the army and I left and came home to see her; found her very low | with two dootore attending on her; i therefore my name is not to be > honored as an old soldier, but : stands at tbe pension bureau as a deserter. If this was not the case surely a man 73 years of age and a wife 81. years old living alone with no means would be receiving a pension. I did not act tbe cow. but fought bravely. Not boasting, but I have at one time mounted the breast works and fired upon the enemy as fast as loaded guns could be handed me. . It does look like it would be 1 a shame for one of the old soldiers to have to sutfer when the State is able to take care of them. I was very sorry to hear of pf my cqmpaojons dying since we met last Aug. 12th to-wit: M, O. James and Buck Smith. lam glad to hear that Capt. Leak is going to call them togeth er again next summer. I hope some of the soldiers will bring their canteens. I have one that I think I will bring a^e. | wou lt| be glad to se§ a pieoe from some of the oldaoldiera every week, Respectfully, J. P. BALL. The Bank of Stokeß County will take the vouchers of public school teachers, when approved and sealed by the County Superin tendent, on deposit at par. Start you a bank account with your next voucher and learn to do bank ing business. Write cashipr at Ejanbury or Walnut Qo?p, i " ( A HEALING GOSPEL. The Rev. J. C, Warren, pastor of Sharon Baptist Church, Belair, Ga., says of Electrio Bitters; "It's a Godsend to mankind. It oured me of lame baok, stiff joints, and complete physical collapse, I was so weak it took me half an hour to walk a mile. Two bottles- of Elec trio Bitters have made me so strong I have just walked three miles in 50 minutes and feel like walking three more. It's made a new man of me." Greatest reme -4y for weqlmW) Slouch, Liver and Kidney oomplains. Sold under gurantee at at all D r «g ' stores. Prioe 5Qc. DANBURY, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1900. THE SECOND SIOO,OOO. Additional Money Received For the Schools of Stokes County. Apportionment by Town, ships and By Dis tricts. Following is a letter received the past week from State Supt. of Schools J. Y. Joyner by Supt. J. T. Smith. The letter is iu regard to the second SIOO,OOO of school money appropriated by tbe State. Stokes gets $907.44 of this second appropriation, as will be seen from tbe letter; Raleigh, Feb. 18.. Supt. J. T. Smith, Danbury, N. C., Dear Sir:—We have sent your County Treasurer a warrant for $907.44 the amount apportioned from the seoond hundred thous and dollars to your county. The amount to which they were legal ly entitled had to be scaled 30 per oent, for districts containing less than sixty-five children of sohool age and 30 per cent, for districts containing sixty-five or more chil dren. It is your duty therefore, to calculate the amount to which each district is entitled and furnish the County Treasurer with these amounts, directing him to place them to tbe oredit of the respective districts. Notify also tbe committeemen of these dis tricts. The oalculation for each distriot can be easily made from your application, a copy of which you have on file, by getting 70 per oent. of the amount for the dis tricts with less than sixty-five children and 80 per cent, of the amount for districts with more than sixty.five children. Enter also in your record book the names of the districts and the amount reoeived by each from tbe seoond hundred thousand dollars. Under the law this money can be used only by the districts to which it has been apportioned in ac cordance with your application and only for the purpose applied for to-wit: Payment of teachers' salaries and incidental expenses. The use of th}s""money by any other district or for any other purpose Is a misappropriation of funds that would render the of ficers permitting it liable to pros secution. Very truly yours, J. Y. JOYNER. Supt. Pqblio Iqstrqction. The following is the apportion ment by townships and by districts of the seoond hundred thousand dollars: DANBURY $37.30 District No. 1, SIO.BO " 3, 8.00 " 1, col., 18 50 ' MEADOWS $113.09 Distiot No. I, 9.6Q " 2, 19.20 «• " a, i 0.40 M 41 4, 36.40 " 5, 9.70 " " 6, 13.60 " 7, 24.79 YADKIN $273.11 District No. 2, 39.27 "" " 3, 19.84 " 5, 19.43 • " 6, 12.96 " 7, 20.64 " " 8, 34.93 " 11, 9.86 " 18, 4.80 « «m, m « « 16, 45.08 " " 16, 21.87 " 17, 26.80 v " i,ooi.,ifi.aa STOKBB Aim CAROLINA. QUAKER GAP $170.94 District No. 1, 45.34 " 5, 11.43 " 6, 29.08 " 7, 29.38 " 8, 13 4H " 9, 22.12 " 10, 3.97 " 12, 1.00 " 16, 14.54 SNOW CREEK $200.05 District No. 1, 33.81 " 2, 33.01 " 3, 31.46 " 4, 39.01 " " 0, 25.40 " 0, 2540 " 7, 8.07 • ' " 8, 26.53 " 1, col. 10.27 " 2, " 21.09 BEAVER ISLAND $52 35 District No. 1, 6.40 " 2, 0.40 " 3, 5.00 " 4, -9.00 " " 5, 9.70 " 2, col., 10.04 " . " 3, " 4.11 MR. J. A. GLIDEWELL DEAD. Farmers Not Burning Much Wood On Their Plantbeds—Other •News From Madison Route Four. Madison Route 4, Feb. 12. J. A. Glidewell, of Mayodan, was buried at the Duggins graveyard near Mr. N. B. Duggins, Sunday evening. He was possibly 75 years of age. It seemed that the people did not realize that they were attending a burial. They seemed to be on a pleasure excur sion. D. P. Tait filled his regular ap pointment at Mt. Hermon at 2:30 p. m. Sunday. The farmers are not burning much wood on their plantbeds this year, some sowing without burning any and some burning a little brush. Mr. R. G. Richardson is catch ing minks and making money, too. He sold two mink skins to T. J. Gann & Co. today for eight dollars cash and said that he had not been to all of his traps today and didn't know how many more he had in his traps. Mrs. Emma Vernon and family will move to the neighborhood cf Guilford College soon. The pupils at Gann's sohool are being rapidly advanced. Twenty one of them have gotten into the first reader class, and the remain der have been taught that Dan bury is a city and that the Panama canal is dug. Messrs. Ben Martin, Charley Joyce and Misses Lillian Johnson, Cora Joyce, Nannie and Delia Martin, visited at Mr. Joseph H. Hawkins' Saturday and Sunday and report quite a nioe time, and a fine oatob of beaus and bells. Breese was turned loose because one of the grand jurors that found the bill of indictment had not paid his taxes and therefore was not a competent juror. How many poor men have been punished in Stokes county in 10 years that could have been released the same way. CITIZEN. V' Marriage at King. Mr. Ernest Boyles and Minnie Grabs were married at the home of tbe bride at King last Wednes day at 2:30 o'clook. The bride is the daughter of Mr. L. C. Grabs, and is an accomplished young lady, while the groom is a popular young business man of Winston, holds holds a responsible position with N. L. Cranford & Co. BUYING AND SELLING LAND SOME RECENT REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS AS COM PILED FROM THE RECORDS OF STOKES COUNTY. H. Kobre to W. W. Withers, lot at Walnut Cove. Considera tion, $f)00. Hattie E. Gann to Sarah A. R. Carter, 05 acres in Beaver Island. Consideration, S3OO. Dr. J. Walter Neal to Lucy A. King, 55 acres in Quaker Gap. Consideration, $47. J. R. Morefield to A. S. Mitch ell, the Fulton-Flynt warehouse lot at Walnut Cove. Considera tion, SSOO. Jno. T. Hicks and wife to J. D. Humphreys, 28 acres in Meadows, consideration, S2OO. W. H. Hawkins and wife to J. D. Hawkins, 5£ acres in Snow Creek, consideration sl2. W. D. Fulk and wife to F. E. Lankford, 60 acres in Quaker Gap, consideration S2OO. Cabell Lawson to Chas. H. Law son, 135 acres, consideration SSOO. John A. Billion to Walter W. Smith, 12 acres iu Peter's Creek, consideration $75, Walter L. Bullen to John A. Bulleu, 75 acres in Peter's Creek, consideration $75. Braxton Lankford, to Walter Bullen, 12 acres in Peter's Creek, consideration S6O. J. H. Griffin to J. Ham Martin, 95 acres in Snow Creek, considera tion SSOO. J. M. llierson and wife to W. M. Mabe, 36 acres in Meadows, consideration SSOO. T. N. Tucker and wife to Jno. F, Shelton, 55 acres, considera tion $475. W. L. Clements and wife to W. M. Mabe, 34 acres in Meadows, consideration $325. A. T. Powers to C. T. Duggins, 21 aoros in Beaver Island, con sideration S2O. C. T. Powers to C. T. Duggins, 21 acres in Beaver Island, con sideration S2O. F. E. Petree and wife to Cicero Boles, 8J acres in Meadows, con sideration $100.37. W. W. Withers to Max Kobre, lot at Walnut Cove. Considera tion, S3OO. Thomas Flinchum to W. H. Flinchum, 49 acres in Danbury i Township. Consideration, S3OO. GERMATON ROUTE ONE. Gormanton Route 1, Feb, 13. — I will give you a few items from this place. Mr. L. B. Boles is going to put up a new store in the near future. Mary Tuttle and Mr. W. B. Boles have purchased them a new banjo. I guess Miss Ellen will learn to pick the banjo now. Mr. Ollie Lewis is all smiles this week, as Miss Gennie came to Bco him Sundry. Cheer up, Uncle Asle, I think there is a chance for you yet. Miss Mctndy Lewis is all smiles this week, as Mr. Johnie come home with her the other night. Better hurry up, Miss M. A., Uncle Asle will beat you off "yet. He is courting right along. He goes ono night and the next night sue comes. News is scarce in this section, so I will stop for fear of the waste basket. CAN I ? TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quin ine Tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. E. W. ! GROVE'S signature is on. each box. 250, NUMBER 4 MOVEMENTS OF PEOPLE. Mr. A. W. Davis visited Pin nacle Thursday, Mr. Jno. M. Taylor, of Winston, was here Thursday. Dr. J. Walter Neal, of Meadows, was here a short while Satur day. Mr. Geo. W. Neal, of Meadows, was in town on business Satur day. Mr. Wallace Webster, of Ger manton Route 1, was in town Sat urday. Mrs. C. M. Jones is spending some time with her parents at Pinnacle. Messrs. Ed White, Gid Baker and Straudy Martin were in town Saturday. Mr. A. P. Baker, of Pink, was a visitor at the Reporter of fice Saturday. Mr, R, P. McAnally, of Saxon, was here a short while on busi ness Saturday. Mr. James Corn, a substantial farmer of the Campbell section, was here Thursday. Messrs. W. A. and T. J. Nunn, of Brown Mt., visited Danbury on business Thursday. Mr. W. H. Hall, of Smith, pass ed through town Saturday on his way home from Winston. Messrs. W. M. T. Martin and Jno. T, Tucker, of Smith, were here Thursday enroute home from Winston. Mr. B. A. Overby, of Smith, passed through on his way homo from Winston Saturday. Ho re ported tobacco selling moderately well. Mr. H v CV Watkins, of Camp bell, was here Saturday. He was on his way to Olneyville, R. 1,, where he will reside in the future. Mr. Watkins has a sister in Olneyville. j Madison's New Paper. The first issue of the Madison Herald reached us Friday, and we take pleasure in putting it on our exchange list. The Herald is a neat looking paper. It is edited by Mr. C. O. McMichael, one of the leading lawyers of Rocking ham, and who will doubtless make a strong impress on the editorial side of the Herald. Here's wish ing good luck and long life. Rockingham to Vote On Issuing Bonds. The commissioners of Rocking ham county, in response to num erous petitions, have ordered an election to be held upon the pro position to issue bonds to macada mize the principal roads of the county. In this' wo wish our neighboring county all succoss. The spirit of progress is every where apparent and the good old county of Rockingham, which has figured so prominently in the his tory of the State, cannot afford to stand idly by while the procession passes. Greensboro Industrial News. HAS STOOD THE TEST 25 YEARS. The old original GROVE'S Tasteless Chill Tonic. You know what you are taking. It is iron and quinine in a tasteless form. No cure, No pay.