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I PROHIBITION WILL SWEEP STATE. Liquor Element Cannot Carry Over Twenty Counties, and Possibly Not Over Twelve--Last Two Weeks , Will Be a Whirlwind. The exoutive committee of the North Carolina Anti-Saloon Lea gue has reports from all the 98 j counties of which 91 have been ] fully organized, the remainder be- 1 ing small ones where organization will be effected this week. The estimates of the majority fur pro hibition in this State range from 25,000 to 60,000. The last two weeks of the campaign will be made a whirlwind and 20 speakers to a county will be put in the field. In many of the counties, Chairman Oatcs reports, a house to house canvass is being made by men and women. In all there will be more than 2,000 speakers this month, embracing most of the leading men of both political parties, and besides these there - will be Ceburn Wright, of Geor gia; Dr. Young, Governor Glenn, Judge Pritchard, ex-Governor Aycock, eto. It seems to be the opinion that the anti-prohibition ists cannot carry over 20 counties and possibly not over 12. Of course there are some doubtful counties like Forsyth, New Han over, Rowan, etc,, and in these both sides are certainly working hard. ' From Bessie Rhodes. Stella. Va., April 27. Dear Reporter: As my first letter escaped the waste basket. 1 thought I would write again. How many of you little boys and girls went fishing Easter. I for one. We all had a nice time. I think some of the larger girls had a fairly good time. As their fellows took them across the river on a plank. Sunday school was organized at Salem church yesterday. Hope we will have a good school. My aunt Minuie papa's sister is visiting us now. I certainly will hate to see her leave. I guess 6he will go home next Sunday. I will close hoping to hear from stme of the little girls and boys. Your friend, BESSIE RHODES. Hartman. Hartman, April 27. —Wheat is looking fine in this section. Guess people are busy plant ing corn Preaching was held at the Twin-school houses Sunday by Rev. Lee Wall. Quite a large crowd was out. The visitors at Mr. John Sisk's Sunday were Misses Minnie and Vera Young, Messrs. Will Wood, John Flinchum and Hud Martin. Mr. C. W. Sisk went to Snow Creek Sunday to preaching. THREE BLACK EYED GIRLS. How to Be Independent. The surest way to be indepen dent in the future, is to begin sav ing right now. Start a bank ac count, if ycu have as much as one dollar. The Bank of Stokes wel comes all acoounts, large or small, and pays four per cent, interest, compounded every three • months. One of the hardest rains for many a day fell here Thursday of last week, badly washing the road* and swelling the streams. The storm was unexpected and many farmers on the road with fertili sers, etc., were drenched. ** giYour Life In Danger! Don't keep money in the house. Some scoundrel may rob yon any night and burn you up to cover his track. Why lose your ,life trying to keep 5, 10, 25, 50,100 or 500 dollars, when we will keep it for you, safe, and will pay you 4 per cent, interest. wßank of Stokes Co. «v .. j John Dufan Answers "Jack Let" — ' | The Question of Prohibition Dis cussed. Chestnut Ridge, April 27. As so many people have given their views on prohibition, 1 will drop in just a very few words. In the first place I will say I am u j prohibitionist from a spiritual, I moral and physical standpoint, j Who can conscientiously vote for ] a curse, fresh from hell, that is j destroying so many lives, so much j happiness and ruining so many j happy homes? Not I, is the cry j of every loyal, truly converted j christian man of North Carolina, j That may 1)8 hard to swallow, but j consider the question thoughly and see if I'm not right. Some Jack Leg has said through j the Reporter that prohibition will I not prohibit. Well, it may not prohibit a man from saying liquor or even seeing a little, but I say if we will as citizens of North Carolina, do our part it will help the cause considerably. It is a crime to walk up to a man and take his life but it is prohibited by law, but notwithstanding that there are many instances where it is done, but not the one thou-! sandth part it would be if it was i not prohibited. Jack Leg said through the Re porter that there was not a line in the Bible that endorses prohi bition. If he will read the Bible carefully he will not tind many places where it endorses manufac-1 turiug that which is the greatest curse in the land (liquor). But here, does not the Bible speak against liquor and wine? Some people will refer back to the time when they had plenty , of liquor, and they refer to it and tqjl you how people didn't get . I drunk then, and that we had bet ! ter times then than we have now. j Turn the people loose to liquor ; now as they say they had it then, and there would be hell on earth in forty-eight hours. So I think we as sensible people had better do all we can to rid the country of the hell-cursed stuff (liquor). I am greatly surprised to see so many good citizens stand Hp so badly against prohibition and say they can't see any good in it. Why, if it gets half of the liquor out of the country that will do some good. A half a loaf is bet ter than no bread. Can you feel that you are doing your duty when you go to the polls and vote for the worst demon of hell to exist here with the people and its con taminating influence wielding the minds of the people and bring ing many down to destruc tion, misery, aud ruin. Thiuk brother, before yju vote against prohibition, and see if you are not. doing a wrong thing. The man who snys prohibition has never done any good has sinply told you something that yon | know isn't so, and when he says jit never will he is trying to fix : everything EO that he can get a I drink every time he goes to the I mill or store, aud wants you to : think it won't do any good and just go and vote it down. If you are a loyal citizen vote for prohi bition the 2titb. JOHN DUG AN. Mr. W. R. Sisk, of Pinnacle Route 1, was a visitor at the Re porter office Friday. THE DANBURY REPORTER. DEATH OF JAMES TILLEY, JR. Story of the Shooting of the Stokes County Man By a Kernersville Policeman Officer Exonorated From Blame. James Tilley, Jr., of Stokes county, who was shot at Kerners ville by a policeman, a few days ago, as stated in these columns, died of his wounds, and the fol lowing account of the affair is taken from the Kernersville News: Last Saturday night about nine o'clock James Tilley. Jr.. was shot and seriously wownded by Chief of Police Perdue and Sol Perry. The shooting occurred on Main street, near the depot. The trou ble started over a disturbance at the Holiness church, in which Tilley's younger brother partici pated. Tilley asked the police man not to arrest his little broth er, but to see his father and the fine, whatever it was, would be paid. Trouble seemed imminent and some of Tilley's friends per suaeed him to go to his home with them and this he did. The boy told his father about the trouble and thay went to see the police man and fix the matter up. It is supposed that Jas. Tilley, Sr., was drinking and becoming abusive, the officer arrested him and this was resisted by Tilley and the officer brought bis billy into play and knocked the old man down His boy rau home and told his brother. "They have killed pa out yonder." Tilley, Jr., jumped up and ran a short distance to where the officer and his father were scuffling and the chief seeing him approaching ordered him to stop. Tilley kept on advancing and the officer fired. Then, according to statements of several bystanders, Sol Perry pulled his gun and flashing it backward and forward ordered the crowd to stand back, and having made a path began firing, and Tilley. Jr., fell, des perately wounded. There are a few witnesses who say that Tilley, Jr.. approached the policemau with a shotgun leveled ready to fire and the officer also claims that he acted in self defense, saying that he called upon Tiltey twice to lower the weapon and upon his not doing so, he fired one shot at close range. Other witnesses are positive that Tilley did not have a gun and being a powerful man, was willing to risk muscle against steel. There was as many as fifty people witnesses to the shooting, but it was cloudy and hardly pos sible for any one to see ten steps and as a result what actually took place will be hard to know. Im mediately after the shooting Po liceman Perdue went to Mayor Davis and told him he had shot a man ana was released on his own cognizance. The wounded iian died about 5 o'clock Monday morning. Vvery soon afterwards the town author ities, Justice Guyer and Mayor Davis sook the matter in hand and phoned to Winston for Dr. E. A. Lockett, the county coroner, to come down and hold an inquest. When the coroner arrived he had summoned the following named gentlemen, who composed the jury: Messrs. J. A. Thomas and Gilmer Thomas, of Winston, and J. M. Guyer, T. S. Floshmau, T. C. McCuiston and Jake Boden hamer, of this place. Quite a numbsrof witnesses were exam ined and after the jury had listen ed carefully and patiently to the evidence brought out the verdiot rendered was to the effect that the man came to his death as a result of pistol wounds iaflioted by the above officers. The jury decided that the shooting by the officers was in self defense and they were exonorated from all blame. The remains of Tilley were car ried to Stokes county fjr burial. He was about 30 years old. There is said to be more tobacco plants in the country than ever before, and the fly, which is the worst enemy to the tender plants, has practically done no damage to th« beds. HOW TO GET EARLY TOMATOES. By Adopting the Method Mentioned Below You Can Get Ripe Toms toes Two Weeks Esrlier Than I You Will Otherwsie. It is such a treat to have ripe' tomatoes that we give a method ' whereby the ripeniDg of tomatoes: may be hastened a week or two. j Beside each tomato plant drive a j stake three feet high; and as the plant grows, tie it to the stake and ' pinch out all side branches or' shoots, leaving only the main 6tnlk of the plant. In this way, | the plant is kept npright. The strength of the plant all goes to | fruit, instead of surplus vine; and ■ there being less foliage, the sun ' reaches the fruit and hastens ma turity. It does not require nearly so much time or work as it would j seem, and certainly possesses enough advantage to warrant its use. A cluster of bloom will set at each joint on the plant. I have seen thirteen tomatoes in a single cluster, any they will ripen i one or two weeks earlier than when left untied and unpruned. We find it best to stake and tie all our tomato plants, though we do not prune much, except a few first plants. They set more fruit if tied up, and none is lost by ly ing on the ground and decaying, as is always the case when the plant is not supported. We use large switch cane for stakes. They will la6t several seasons if laid away in the fall. When the plant is not pruned, it becomes too heavy for one support, and we put two canes to a hill, one on each side and about six inchc9 from the plant, tying all branches to these to keep them off the ground. If plants are very rank, we prune a little, and have more and finer fruit by so doing.—By Mrs. C. S. Everts, Ridgeland, Miss. When the Rainy Day Comes. No one knows when the day of sickness, adversity or want will come, and in the hour of dark dis tress, the thought that you have a snug little sum in the Bank will be a mighty consolation. The Bank of Stokes County encourages everybody to save money for the rainy day by paying four per cent, on all deposits large or small, if left with the bank 3 months. BUSINESS NOTICES. I will send a copy of "the lan guage of postage stamps" to all who will write to mo enclosing stamp for postage. M. W. VAUGHN, Below's Creek, N. C. NOTICE !—All persons nre here- J by forbidden to hire, board or in any way harbor my son, Plea# Hall. WILLIAM HALL J have two good phones which 1 will sell at SB.OO each. Anyone expecting to put in a phone will do well to see these before they buy. Apply to W. C. MOORE, Smith, N. C., Route 1. FOR SALE- A No. G Boiler, No. 5 Engine (Geiser) mounted, in good condition. Will sell at a bargain. Address E. S. WITHERS, Belew's Creek, N. C., Route 3. Blank chattel mortgages for sale at the Reporter office at ten cents per dozen. Stamps or coin taken in payment. KlLLthi COUGH aip CURE th« LUNGS wi ™ Dr. King's New Discovery AMP »U THROAT ONP LUHfI TIOUBLEt. OPARAHTIID »ATHMfAOTOBT The effect of malaria lasts a long time. X You catch cold easily or become run- a down because of the after effects of malaria, a Strengthen yourself with Scott's Y j£ Emulsion. Y X It builds new blood and tones up your nervous X system. JL X ALL DRUGGISTS; SOc. AND SI.OO. X L. J. LACKEY & CO. have moved into their New Double Brick Building, granite front, next to Penn Hard ware Co., and have just received the Nicest and Most Up-to-date Line of Spring Clothing We Have Ever Had. We have added to our Clothing Department Dry Goods, Notions and Ladies' Dress Goods of many kinds. We also keep Shoes, Hats, Caps, Slippers for men, ladies and children, Panama Hats, Stetson Hats, Jewelry, Trunks, Suit Cases, Shirts, Pants, etc. Come and see our line before you buy. Our prices are as low as the lowest on everything we carry. Come to see us. L. J. LACKEY & CO. MADISON, - N. C. I Am Now Open And ready to serve you in anything in the line of Dry Goods and Groceries Will be pleased to have you call and give me a trial. 1 will buy your Eggs and Chickens at the market price. Hoping to receive your trade and patronage, I am Yours most respectfully, C. T. HAMM, D A LTO N, N. C. rHon^Goodsr"^! I Honest Prices. | I keep on hand a nice line of Ladies and 2 Misses Dressed Hats at the lowest prices, a nice line of Men's Pants and Ready Made Clothing at the right prices, a new line of Shoes for men, women and children as low as the lowest, men's boys' and youth's fine Hats, a nice lineof Dress Goods, White Goods, Notions, men's working suits, hosiery of all kinds and men's dress shirts. I also keep on hand J. E. Shelton's make of up-to-date w Furniture at factory prices, Sewing Machines and Needles V to fit all makes of machines. 2 Highest market price paid for country produce of all kinds. Z Eggs 221 c. dofc., hens 80. lb., butter 17c., corn 70c., rabbits , strung 10c. each, nioe birds 10c. each, wax 2(5c. E. C. Sheppard, | SMITH and DANBURY, N. C., Routes No. 1. 2 aaaa aaaaaaaaaal IV9VVVV99 flli Look Here, Boys! #A DOLLAR RING FOR vW SIXTY EIGHT CENTS . Send us (»Hc. and we will send you this Gold Plated Ring, war ranted 3 years, and give you this nice Brooch as a present. The regular price of this ring is SI.OO, hut to advertise our business we are offering it for only 680. Order today. Mention size wanted. JONESVILLE SUPPLY CO.. JONESVILLE, N. C. Page 7
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