THE DANBURY REPORTER.
VOLUME XXXIII.
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J tains. Flora's reign in all its glory has begun. Gorgeous clusters of &
rhododendron adorning the rocks, and ivy, wild violets, and the fleur
de-lis everywhere. The sweet breath of the woods makes you feel like v[
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SOME SCENES OUT WEST.
How the Far West Impresses A Far
mc. From the East—A Trip Be
yond the Mississippi.
Seattle, Wash., May 2 1907.
The moat important thing out
here is the vastness of the country
and the immense area of land that
lies idle so far as it relates to sus
tenance of the human family. I
could not help feeling sad as we
rolled for days across the sage
brush plains and thought of the
" glorious possibilities that awaited
that section, if only American en
ergy and ingenuity could apply
water to the soil. But that "if.
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As we eamo West, leaving Chi
cago at night, I awoke in lowa
among the very finest of stock and
grain farms. This oonditiou con
tinued almost without a break un
til we got well out into Nebraska,
where the grazing industry took
the place of farming, and bands
of cattle and horses appeared in
place of the plowed fields.
As fur as farming extended I
was surprised and pleased to note
that the manure spreader was
,most iu evidence of any of our
farm implements. On almost ev
ery one of these fine, rich, prairie
farms I could see a spreader some
where, and at the stations noted
aiany news ones.
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Until we got out to the grazing
section I noticed that the old
ehort-horn cattle cattle were most
commonly used. Some herds of
fine Hereford and Black Polled
were seen, but I should say ten to
one were Durham. In the graz
ing country the "Whiteface" took
the lead and held it, with Durham
a good second.
Through lowa vast numbers of
fino Poland China hogs were no
ticed. Nothing else that wears
bristles can ever look so satisfying
to my eye as they do when properly
handled.
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I was surpused to find how new
this coast country looks —so small
a percentage of land cleared.
There looks to me to be room here
for the activities of all the people
who may be crowded out of other
sections.
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I have received a very kind wel
come here and am glad I came,
but I would advise any man who
owns property or has a good posi
tion to study the possibilities of
improving conditions where he is
very carefully before tearing up
to eonto here. There is plenty of
room for honest, industrious, care-
ful men to do well, especially if
they can land here with SI,OOO or
more and are not in too big a
hurry to invest it.
But adventurers and those who
expect to find easy wealth will be
liable to find it already in the pos
session of able-bodied men who
have sense enough to hold their
own.
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I have never soon so many real
ly good draft horses as in this
city. Horses with plenty of size
yet all kinds of snap and action.
The most and best of them are
evidently ef Percheron blood, but
there are some very fine specimens
of Shires and Belgians.
To see the way they storm the
frightful hills in this city with
enormous loads would soon euro a
man of the common belief that
draft horses are nerveless and
sluggish. Haven't learned yet
where these horses were raised.
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Have found the churches here
crowded to overflowing. I was in
a real estate office this morning
when the chief came in for his
day's work. His mail and tele
phone calls and a couple of pat
rons were waiting, but his first act
was to ask all hands to kneel with
him for a word of prayer. It was
done simply and as a matter of
course. Enough of that will make
any city or couutry great.—H.
M. Dauiel, in Progressive Farmer.
FRANCISCO.
Francisco, May 4. —Wheat is
looking fiue. We hope there will
be a good orop.
The people are getting ready
for the association in this section.
Mrs. T. C. Hill died at her home
near this place March 24, and was
buried at the family burying
ground the 25th at 3 o'clock. The
burial services were conducted by
Revs. Stone and Barnett. She
leaves a husband, five daughters
and one son to mourn her death.
She was aged til years, 11 months
and 14 days. She was a member
of the Primitive Baptist church,
and a good woman.
A precious one from us is gone,
A voice we loved is still,
A place is vacant in our home
Which never can be filled.
J. E. W.
A Large Bequest For Guilford College.
High Point, May 9.—Mr. J. E.
Cox, one of the trustees of Guil
ford College, has received the en
couraging news from Chicago that
large bequest has been left to said
college from the Fowle B. Hill es
tate. Mr. Hill was related to Jas.
J. Hill, the railway magnate, and
has relatives in North Carolina.
DANBURY, N. C., MAY 16 1907.
SUMMERFIELD.
Summerfield, May 11.
Mr. Editor :
The farmers are crying not over
spilt milk but over the scarcity of
tobacco plants.
There is progress in town, we
are glad to say. Mr. J. A. Hos
kins is having his house covered
with tin shingles, also Mr. S. A.
Aired is having his house remod
eled.
Our people are getting along
very slow in the corn business,
for there are some who have not
planted any.
Miss Bessie Case died April
28th and was buried on the 29th,
She was just in the bloom of young
womanhood—her age being 19
years. She was a member of the
Baptist church at this place, and
was the organist in the church for
some time. Her mother moved to
Greensboro where her daughter
died and was brought to this place
for burial. The house was full to
overflowing with friends and rel
atives.
We ore assured that she has the
rest that rcmainoth for all of her
character. So let us live so if 1
we are called when we are young,!
we too can claim that rest that re
main for the people of God.
May the richest of God's bless
ing be upon the bereaved family.
Hoping success to the Reporter.
SELDOM COMER.
A Wholesome Philosophy.
Absolute honesty and a definite
will often produce better results
without unusual intellectual gifts
;or opportunity than the keenest
intellect can attain without these
moral qualities. It would be an
easy thing to quote cases o f noted
men and women in whom defects
of character have practically
nullified the most conspicuous
intellectual gifts.
A philosophy of life is not what
we think about life, but the con
victions which • govern our
actions. It has well been called
the '"working hypothesis of life."
Since will-directed power is the
measure of success, it is within
the reach of every human being.
Play your part well—be it great
or small—and despair will dis
appear, like the morning mist bo
fore the sun. Your part is not to
expend your nervous force in cyn
ical criticism, but in the high ob
ligation to build on whatever
foundation of conviction you may
possess.—Laura Drake Gill in the
Juno Delineator.
Mr. I. D. Barr, of Mizpah, was
a Danbury visitor Friday.
PROGRAM FOR RE-UNION.
Interesting Events In Connection
With Approaching Meeting Of
Confederate Veterans At
Richmond.
Local Confederate Veterans con-1
tinue to look forward with pleas- j
ant anticipation to the Confed- [
erate reunion in Richmond the
latter part of this month and the
first of June. Following is the
program arranged for the occa
sion :
First day (Thursday) formal
opening of convention at 9:30 a.
rn., at 2 o'clock, p. m. first parade,!
largely of cavalry, will bo formed
and take up march to monument
of the great cavalry leader, Gen. J.
E. B. Stuart, which will be un
veiled appropriate ceremonies
at 4:30, p. m. Then line of march
will be resumed to Holy wood cem
etery where the usual decoration
services will take place, this being
Virginia decoration or "Memorial
Day." Rev. Dudley Powers, D.
D., will deliver the address of the
occasion.
At night there will be exercises
under the auspices of the Sous of
Veterans at the Auditorium.
Second day. Addresses of wel-!
come of tho Governor for the
State, by the mayor for the city
and Senator John .W. Daniel for
veterans of the State. General
Stephen D. Lee, the commander
in-chief, responding and then the
annual addresss by Robt. E. Lee,
Jr., grandson of Gen. Robert E. |
Lee.
Third day. Reception at the
Executive Mansion by the gov
ernor, Claude A. Swauson, and at
the Auditorium an entertainment
consisting of songs, dances, char
| acter representation and familiar
"beforo-tle-war" scones in Dixie
, land by Polk Miller and old com
rades from various parts of the
South.
Fourth day. Sunday. Special
religious services in all the
churches, forenoon and night. At ,
3:30 in the afternoon the usual
reunion memorial services.
Fifth day. The general parade
and the unveiling of the Jefferson
Davis monument.
There will be other interesting
events interspersed with these
mentioned filling in the time of]
the several days.
To The People Of Stokes County, j
I hereby announce myself a
candidate on the Republican tick-1
et for Sheriff's office in 1908, sub
ject to the will of the convention.
Yours very respectfully,
D. A. SIMMONS.
Jamestown Ter-Centennial. Norfolk,
Va . April 26th. Nov. 30th. 1907.
Southern Railway announoes
extremely low rates to Norfolk,
Va., and return on account of the
above occasion. The following
round trip rates will apply from 1
Walnut Cove, N. C.:
Season Tickets, sl3 30.
Sixty Day Tickets, sll.lO,
Fifteen Day Tickets, $10.40.
Coach Excursion Tickets, st> 20
Coach Excursion Tickets will
bo sold on Tuesday, with limit
seven days from date of sale, will i
be stamped "Not Good in Pull
man or Parlor cars." Other tickets!
will be sold daily April 19th, to
November 30th inclusive.
The Southern Railway will af
ford excellent passenger service to
and from Norfolk on account of
this occasion.
For fijrther information, and Pull-'
man reservations address any
Agent Southern Railway or write
W. H. TAYLOE, G. P. A„
Washington, D. C.
R. L. VERNON, T. P. A.,
♦ Charlotte, N. O.
MOUNT AIRY HAPPENINGS.
R. T. Joyce Gets SI.OOO In a Damage
Suit—Mount Airy Defeats Pin
nacle In a Ball Game-
Other News.
Tho County Commissioners or
dered last Monday that bids be re
ceived for elevating the seats in
court house.
The ball game between Pinna
cle and Mt. Airy played in this
city last Saturday, was attended
by several hundred people, and
i resulted in a score of 9t03 in
favor of Mt. Airy. The Mt. Airy
j boys will go to Winston May 18th
to play Clemmons School, which
|is said to be one of the strongest
teams in the state.
After hearing the evidence, the
case of R. T. Joyce was settled by
the defendants paying Mr. Joyce
SI,OOO. This case required about
three days of the last term of
Surry court.
The Graded School teachers are
preparing for an entertainment at
the close of the school that will be
a credit to the institution. The
exercises will begin Sunday, May
18th.
Messrs. W. R. Simpson and
Willie Hollingßworth and Misses
Rachel Holliugsworth and Jennie
Bitting spent Sunday in Stokes.
| the guests of Miss Rachel Moore.
It is now thought that all five
of the men who were shot in the
fight near Fancy Gap last week,
will recover, but it will be months
before some of them entirely re
cover.
The town election in Dobson re
sulted in the selection of H. F.
Comer for Mayor, R. C. Lewellyn,
T. W. Folgor, Vestal Taylor and
N. J. Reid Commissioners, Nath-
Crowder, Constable.
Rev. J. W. Simmons tells us
that he has agreed to take charge
of the church at Sulphur Springs
| for the present. This church is
!in a sectiou of the county a few
miles north of Pilot Mt., and for
some cause has been without a
pastor for some time. Mr. Sim
mons tells us that a Sunday School
was organized there Sunday and
that the prospects are good for a
| live church there in the future.—
Mt. Airy News.
Increasing the Farmer's Profits 400
Per Cent.
It is estimated that there is a
possible gain of five-fold in the
' earning capacity of each farm
laborer above his present income.
, Practically the whole gain is due
; to the following plan—fill the soil
with humus; prepare a deeper and
more thoroughly pulverized seed
beed; better seed; proper fertili
zation; more cultivation; the use
of stronger teams, better machin
ery and tools; and utilize the idle
lands by grazing. Dr. S. A.
Knapp, in Progressive Farmer.
Republican Changes Editors.
In last week's Union Repub
lican Mr. S. E. Hall announces
retirement as editor of that pub
lication, which position he has
J filled for eight years. Mr. Hall
; gives up newspaper work to de
vote his entire time to the prac
j tice of his profession, the law.
Mr. J 13. Goslin, youngest son
of the late J. W. Goslin, for many
j years editor and publisher of the
Republican, will succeed Mr, Hall
! as editor.
Deputy Sheriff J. J. Priddy, of
Snow Creek township, attended
court Monday.
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MADISON NEWS ITEMS. •
Rockingham Commissioners To Buy
Machinery For Macadamizing
Roads—Madison Votes Bond
Issue.
Madison, May 13. —la an affray
here on the streets Saturday
night, Matt Smith dangerously
cut Will Cardwell with a knife.
The gashes, of which there were
several, were cut in Cardwell's left
side. Cardwell will probably re
cover, '
An interesting game of baseball
was played at Mayodan Saturday
between the teams of Bassett, Va.,
and Stoneville, the score being 3
to 4 in favor of Bassett.
Rev. S. S. Oliver, of Franklin,
W. Va., who is here on a visit,
preached in the Presbyterian
church here Sunday morning at
11 o'clock.
Your correspondent is indebted
to the Herald for the following
iteme :
Misses Lelia and Dora Price, of
Price, have been visiting Miss
Mary Lewellyn for the past week.
Several of our citizens are at
Danbury this week attending
court. They are witnesses in the
case of E. L. Martin vs. T. B.
Knight, administrator of W. L,
Fallin.
The bond issue carried by 82
votes out of a registration of
about iK). This is very gratifying
and we want to see Madison put
her best foot foremost during the
incoming administration.
Mr. Davis, who has been lec
turing here in behalf of the "dries"
for the past weok, held a mooting
in Webster's warohouse Tuesday
night and organized at anti-soloon
league, composed of 51 members.
The County Commissioners are
j deter "'«ed # to do away with all
j danger'of burning the new court
] house. The lots of land lying east
| and south ef the new building
! which were owned by Messrs. J.
W. Mitchell and A. J. Odell, re
spectively, have been purchased
by the board to be used in making
a court house square,
The County Commissioners will
meet again Thursday 9th, for the
purpose of purchasing the neces
sary machinery to macadamize the
roads of the county,- It is expect
ed that several road machinery
agents will be present to talk the
claims of their respective com
panies.
WALNUT COVE ROUTE 1.
Walnut Cove Route 1, May (5.
Measles and whooping cough is
all the go around here now.
Miss Sadie Shelton visited Miss
Sadie Tuttle Sunday. She reports
a nice trip.
MY, J, R, Smith and sister visit
ed in their old neighborhood re
cently.
The j. Sunday School at Rose
Bud is progressing nicely.
Miss Alice Burrow and sister
visited Miss Martha Rutledge
nearjWalnut Cove Sunday.
Little kids are still courting
around here.
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