THE DANBURY REPORTER.
VOLUME XXXIII.
ORGANIZATION AN IMPERATIVE NECESSITY.
Tobacco Farmers Should Spend One Day In Six If
Necessary For Awhile In Order To Force Profitable
Prices For Their the Other Days—No
„ Other Way To Succeed.
Messrs. Editors : lam glad to
see that you are to issue a Tobac
oo Special. Though pressed by
personal matters, I cannot refrain
from contributing my mite to a
paper like The Progressive Farm
er which has lost revenue by re
fusing oatchy advertisements and
also by exposing the stock, food
business that takes thousands of
dollars from our people every year.
Farmers of all classes or occu
pations have tried in the past to
be independent, thus placing their
products in the hands of the spec
ulator. With the advent of the
rural free delivery, telephones,
public speakers urging organiza
tion and co-operatiou, together
with the secular and agricultural
paper (with very few exceptions)
teaching the necessity of co-oper
ation, there remains only the pub
lishing of results to get up interest
among the planters that will not
die out till every section has a
farmers' organization that can,
through its representatives, act
with other organizations and make
prices for all farm produots.
WHY LABOR FOR PRODUCTION ONLY
AND NOT FOR PROFIT ?
The engineers, conductors and
telegraph operators are getting 75
to 100 per cent more wages today
than they got in 1880, with pros
pects of 9 hours work instead of
12. This advance was gotten
through and by the organizations.
Note here are men getting $75 to
$l5O per month who only received
a primary education and one to
three years' apprenticeship,—no
outlay of capital. Take clerks and
operators in the factories, —they
have all advanced in the past few
years, while the farmer, with his
land, stock, machinery, has gotten
down to production below cost, by
furnishing tho labor of himself
and family as a free gift for the
sake of production and not profit.
I wish to thank M?. Gravely,
who is a tobacco buyer, for assur
ing the farmers that the tobacco
trust sets prices on tobacco, and j
that prices in the dark district of
Virginia for thirteen years prior
to 1904, averaged $5.25 per cwt.,
less 0 per cent, for selling, netting
the farmer $4.93.
ADVANCE IN PRICKS FOLLOWED
AGITATION.
The agitation of .the organizers
in 1904-05 caused a rise in tobacco
of $2.50 per hundred. In Vir.
ginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee
the advance was 75 to 100 per cent
Lugs offered on Petersburg mar
ket and hid in at $5, less cost,
were sold by the tobacco organiza
tion at a net advance of 75 per
cent. The tobacoo organizations
in the United States will control
between lfiO and 180 million
pounds of 1906 crop, being a fourth
of the world's output, and for thin
they will get a net advance of 60
per cent.
The peanut men are getting
profitable prices through their
plan of ' rganizntion.
The cotton planter is enjoying
some of the comforts of life by co
operation and when he looks up
New York September futures and
sees ootton 10.20 in 1907, instead
5.06 as it was a few years ago, he
deoides to have some of the lux
uries and invites his city cousin
out to visit hiiii.
INFORM YOURSELVES AND ACT.
Take news anl farm papers that
tyich profitable farming and or
ganization for profitable price#
Do not be content with a library
consisting only of a patent medi
cine almanac swung at one end of
the mantel and a warehouse alma
nac at the other.
Keep abreast of the times by
taking the papers, and when you
see one of them advertising fake
foods and leaning to the specula
tors, write him to stop the paper,
giviug your reasons. Take interest
in your neighbors' welfare along
with your own.
"If the effort now being made by
the publio spirited, self-sacrificing
speakers and journals urging the
planter who feeds and clothes the
world to organize, to make home
pleasant, farming profitable, child
ren content to remain on the farm
—if these efforts should fail to
move the farmer to aotion for self
preservation, then I can't blame
Mr. Gravely for intimating that
such a farmer is a fit subject for
the insane asylum.
You may rejoice thatour South
land is just entering a period of
commercial activity, with your net
work of railroads, with electric
lines radiating into the oountry,
with telephones, rural free deliv
ery, and electric lights. Yet with
out profitable prices for farm pro
ducts, which can be gotten by ap
plying business principles, such as
commercial and manufacturing
men practice, you can't keep the
young American, male or female,
on the farm. To my knowing
twenty-five young men and girls
now leave farms for publio posi
tions, where one left in 1875. I
do think it is time for our planters
to arouse themselves and give one
day in six to self-protection.—T.
W. Evans, Campbell county, Va.,
in Progressive Farmer.
Some Items From Francisco.
Francisco, March 28.—Allow
me space in your paper for a few
lines from this place.
Wheat is looking fine now, We
hope there will will be a large crop
grown this season.
The little 2-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Hill died
Friday "and was buried Sunday at
the Beasley burying ground at this
place. The funeral services were
conducted by Revs. W. H. Collins
and J. H. Wright. There was a
| large crowd attended.
! Miss Millie Ward ' called on
i Misses Bettie and Dester Francis
J Saturday night.
Mr. Roscoe Simmons and sister,
Miss Katie, visited their sister,
Mrs. R. S. Collins, Saturday and
Sunday. *
Mrs. T. C. Hill is very ill, we
are sorry to note, Hope she will
soon be out again.
Mr. Jimmie Nunn calls down on
the Creek right often. We guess
Miss Evie is the attraction.
Mr. Jo« Francis and Miss Des
ter Francis visited Miss Sallie
Francis Sunday evening.
There is more Catarrh in this
i section of the country than all
other diseases put together, and
until the last few years was sup
posed incurable. For a great many
years dootora pronounced it a lo
cal disease and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly fail
ing to cure with local treatment,
pronounced it incurable. Science
has proven catarrh to be a oonsti.
tutional disease and therefore re
quires constitutional treatment.
! flail's Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo,
Ohio, is the only constitutional
oure on the market. It is taken in
ternally in doses from 10 drops to
a teacpoonfnl. It acts directly on
the blood and rnuoous surfaces of
the system. They offer ono hun
dred dollars for any case it fails to
cure. Send for circulars aud tes
timonials.
Address : F.J. CHENEY & CO.
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 750.
Take Hall's Family Pills for
constipation.
DANBURY, N. C., APRIL 4, 1907.
DON'T INCREASE YOUR CROP.
"Bill Harper" Appeals to Farmers
to Cut Down Tobacco Crop—Bad
Judgment to Plant So Much.
Big Creek, March 25. The
farmers in this community are
very busy preparing their land for
a large orop this year. The pros
peats now are that as large a crop
of the weed called "tobacoo" will
be planted this year as ever if not
larger.
If the farmers are aiming to in
crease their crop of tobacco this
year they may expect nothing but
low prices next fall. Many of the
tobacco growers may not even ex
pect to get as much for their crop
as it will cost to make it. Now,
fellow farmers, if you are going to
increase your 1907 crop it simply
means you are going to work hard
er than ever for that giaht corpo
ration called "the Tobacco Trust"
and receive less pay for your work.
With the prospects as they are,
and knowing that the ohly way of
raising the prices of tobacco is rot
to increase but to decrease j
acreage. Why will you go on anu
plant a larger crop and bring low
prices on yourfelves ?
I appeaj to the tobacco growers
of Stokes and adjoining counties
to wake up, come out and help to
organize and join the Farmers'
Protective Association and stand
together in one vast organization,
and say to the Tobacco Trust, "you
shall no .longer take our tobacco at
your own price." We can no lon
ger raise tobacco and sell it tooou
for less than it costs to raise it.
we must have a living price for it
and we are going to.
I don't think there is a farmer
in Stokes county that has ltttle
judgment enough to believe that
the farmers cannot successfully
organize as other organizations
have done, and that they cannot
get theia own price foJ their to
baoco, for any one with a thimble
full of brains knows that the farm
ers are the back-bone of the world
(for they feed all the rest of the
world); and they can have one of
the most successful organizations
and can get their own price for
their tobacco if they will only try.
Then I appeal to you in the name
of reason why don't you try. You
can help the Trusts from grinding
you down to dust and forceing you
to leave the farm and seek employ
ment elsewhere. Then, farmers,
why don't you do it ?
Some of the farmers may say
(as some in this community have
said) "I am going to wait and see
how they get along or see if they
raise the price of tobacco any be-
I fore I join them." Another will
say, Mr. A or Mr. B over ' yonder
is a good farmer ;he has mighty
good judgment, and he makea
enough to do him and if he joins
I am. I want to say right here
that this class of people never do
anything for themselves nor any
body else, and it they were the
only chance to benefit the world,
it would never be benefitted,
Farmers, don't you know you
have all got to join in and stand
shoulder to shoulder to make the
organization a success. God will
help those that help themselves.
So if you will not help yourselves,
you need not expect any help.
There is one more thing I want
|to say and that is to raise your
own supplies at home as much as
you can—make enough oorn and
wheat to do you all the year—veg
etables of all kinds, and raise your
own pork at home. Sow peas and
improve your land instead of neg
lecting it and wearing it out. And
after you have planted enough
other stuff to make enough to do
ypu, plant what tobacco you can
cultivate good, and by so doing,
you will have your own supplies,
you will live better, and you will
not be oontinualty wearing out
your land, and you will have more
more money when you pay your
expenses.
BILL HARPER.
A FAMILY IN NEED.
Dr. Morefield Appeals To County
Commissioners To Help Frank
East and Family.
Vade Mecum, March 28.
To the Commissioners of Stokes
County :
I wish to place a few words in
the Reporter in regard to the con
dition of a family of people in this
neighborhood.
The family I have reference to
is Frank East and his wife, who
are 79 and 76 years of age, and
who are taking care of three little
fatherless and worthless children.
From the age of these people,
we can see their work days
are over, and I being the
physician in their family, know
their general condition as well as
their physical condition. Neither
one of these people are able to j
help themselves. So they are
suffering for something to eat and
wear—we might say upon star
vation. Therefore, I hereby ask
the County Commissioners of this
county to make some donation to
this family; and I also think it is
the duty of our neighbors to help
this family of people by carrying
in something to eat to them.
R. H. MOREFIELD MD.
USURY LAW AMENDED.
New Act Passed By the Recent Legis
lature Of the State.
The following bill passed by the
recent Legislature is printed for
the information of those who may
be interested :
"Section 1. That any person,
firm or corporation who shall or
may loan money in any manner
whatsoever by note, chattel mort
gage, conditional sale or other
wise, upon any article or articles
of household or kitchen furniture
anc' shall or many take, receive,
reserve or charge a greater rate of
interest than six per cent., either
before or after the interest may
accrue, or who shall refuse to give
receipt for payments on interests
or principal of such debts, or who
shall fail and refuse to surrender
the note and security when the
same is paid off or a new note and
mortgage is given in renewal, un
less said new mortgage shall state
the amount still due by said old
note or mortgage and that the new
one is given as additional security,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and in addition thereto shall for
feit double the interest which has
been theretofore paid."
Another Murder In Patrick County.
An attack was made on the home
of Annie Hall, a white woman re
siding near Charity, Patrick coun
ty, Va., Sunday night by a gang of
whiskey blockaders, killing her
and seriously wounding her sister,
Jane Hall. The shooting, it is
supposed, was in revenge for in
formation furnished revenue offi
cers by tho women about the op
erations of moonshiners.
Editor Sharp Resigns.
At a recent meeting of the Di
rectors of the Farmer and Co-
Operator Company the resignation
of Prof. J. M. Sharp as editor was
accepted and T. J. Lowry elect
ed to fill the vacancy.
KEEP IN GOOD HEALTH.
There are many thousands of
people all over the wo.ld who can
attribute their good health to tak
ing one or two Brandreth's Pills
every night. These Pills oleanse
the stomach and bowels, stimulate
the kidneys and liver and purify
the blood. They are the same fine
laxative tonic pill your grandpar
ents used, and being purely vege
table they are adapted to children
and old people, as well as to those
in the vigor of manhood and
womanhood.
Brandreth's Pills have been in
use for over a century and can be
obtained in every drug and med
cine store, either plain or sugar -
ooated.
FARMERS TO MEET APRIL 27.
The Francisco Association Making A
Move To Enroll More Members
and Thus Grow Stronger.
Francisco, March 25.
Editor Danbury Reporter :
At a meeting of the Farmers'
Protective Association, held at
Francisco, March 23rd, the organi
zation unanimously resolved to ask
the President and Board of State
Directors of the Farmers' Associa
tion t© rescind section second of
Article Ist and admit all appli
cants that are otherwise qualified
to the membership of said organi
zation free as to the admission fee
and require all members to keep
their quarterage paid up prompt
ly. We believe by doing that that
we will grow stranger, and by the
time another crop of tobacco is
made, we will be amply able to
stand up and demand a ligitimate
price for our tobacco, and be able
to control prices. And we ask the
co-operation of ever> man who
feels an interest in his own wel
fare. United we stand, divided we
fall.
Everybody who can, please be
at Francisco on the 4th Saturday
in April at our grand rally
We want no lagging. If we will
all pull together and keep pulling,
we are certain to succeed. We
hope to be able to have some good
speaker on that day. So come
everybody and bring somebody
with you.
Done by order of tho Francisco
Association.
W. H. COLLINS, Pres.,
B. A. OVERBY, Vice-Pres.
SOME MADISON NEWS.
Talk Of Macadamizing the Rocking
ham County Roads—Other Items.
The approach to the Dan river
bridge was completed last week
and people can cross now.
Mumps! mumps! mumps! You
ought to have seen some of the
Madison girls while they had the
mumps.
Mr. Samuel W. Hubbard, 59
years old, died at his home on
Lawsonville Avenue after a linger
ing illness Sunday afternoon.
It is with gratification that we
announce the greatly improved
condition of Mr. D. W. Busick.
While he is not yet out of danger,
his condition is very favorable.
Tuesday May 7th, 1{(07, is the
day that Madison will be called on
to say whether it will vote bends
for the betterment of our streets.
Also to elect our town officers.
But what we mean to say is that
with the election this near at hand
there seems to be no interest in
either election. Trot out your
candidates gentlemen and lets
hear your platform. Let us have
an open fight and no plotting be
hind green doors.
The county commissioners when
they meet next Monday will be
called upon to decide what is to
day the most important question
before the people, or rather be
fore the commissioners, and a
question that touches every tax
payer. Upon the righteous de
cision rests the progress of the
entire county. That question com
pressed in the narrowest compass
it will bear is this : Will the com
missioners order the road force to,
at once, commence the construct
ion of a macadam road, somewhere
—anywhere, or will the board sit
quietly while the road money is
being worse than wasted in build
| ing mud roads that only remain
passable during summer months?
—Madison Herald.
BITTEN BY A SPIDER.
Through blood poisoning caus
ed by a spider bite, John Wash
ington, of Bosqueuille, Texas,
would have lost his leg, which be
came a mass of running sores, bad
he not been persuaded to try
Bucklen's Arnica Salve. He writes:
"The first application relieved,
and four boxes healed all the
surea." Heals every sore. 25c. at
all druggists.
Briefs Adrift.
Mr. N. O. Petree spent Friday
night at Winston.
Mr. W. W. King spent a day or
two the past week at Winston.
Mr. Wade H. Carroll of Mizpah
Route 1, was here Thursday.
Mr. Thos. W. Tilley, of Smith,
was a Danbury visitor Thursday.
Mr. J. D. Humphreys spent
Friday and Saturday at Winston-
Salem.
Messrs. R. F. and S. F. Fulk,
of Pinnacle, were in town on bus
iness Friday.
Mrs. J. Spot Taylor spent sev
eral days the past week with rel
atives at Winston.
Mr. J. A. Fagg, of Danbury
Route 1, was here Saturday on his
way to Pine Hall.
Maj. W. S. Ray left Saturday
to spend Easter with his son, C.
W. Ray, at Francisco.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Stack, of
Monroe, have returned from their
visit to the holy land.
A couple of black bass meas
uring sixteen inches in length
were caught out of the Dan here
last week.
Mr. J. A. Wall, of Madison,
salesman for the Madison Grocery
Co., spent Friday night at the
MoCanless Hotel.
Ex-Congressman E. Spencer
Blackburn has moved into "his
residence in Greensboro and will
open a law office there.
Mr. Willie V. Shelton, of Dan
bury Route 1, had the misfortune
to cut his foot badly while chop
ping wood last Thursday.
The recent Legislature passed a
law providing for the display of
the State flag on all court houses,
schools and other public buildings.
Elizabeth City had a $400,000
fire Wednesday morning of last
week, almost the entire business
section of the town being swept
away.
J Mr. and Mrs. J. Wesley More
field, of Sandy Ridge Route 1, are
rejoicing over the arrival of a fine
little 11J pound girl at their home
last Friday afternoon.
Prof. J, M. Sharp, founder of
bharp Institute, recently destroy
ed by fire, has located at Rooky
Mount, Nash county, and has ac
cepted an agency for one of the
leading insurance companies.
The Winston Sentinel says that
Mrs. Wince Newman, of Mayodan,
died at the hospital there Wednes
day. The remains were carried to
Oak Grove, Stokes county, for in
terment. The deceased was about
50 years of age.
It is announced that Deputy
Collector J. H. C. Norman, of Dob
son, whose district has heretofore
been composed of Surry and Yad
kin counties, has recently been
transferred to a district composed
of Surry, Stokes and Forsyth coun
ties, with headquarters at Winston.
The increase in the pension ap
propriation by the last Legislature
will give the old soldiers of the
fourth class about $30.00 The
widows of soldiers will get the
same, while those soldiers of the
first, second and third classes will
get the same increase in propor
tion to the amount.
Dr. Wakefield Coming To Danbury.
Dr. W. H. Wakefield, of Char
lotte, N. C., will be in Danbury &t
the McCanless Hotel on Monday,
April 15th, for the purpose of
treating diseases of Eye, Ear Nose
and 1 hroat, and fitting Glasses.
On this visit the doctor's fees for
testing eyes for glasses will be re
duced one-half.
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