THE DANBURY REPORTER.
VOLUME XL.
STOKES POLITICS
WHAT WILL THE HARVEST BE?
Local Sentiment Interviewed—The
Republicans At Sea —Democrats
Elated Over the Situation -How
Many Progressive Republicans
Will Support Wilson? County
Matters.
Never before since the first
principles of political parties
were manufactured, has such a
political situation confronted the
people.
The Republican party, like the
great Titanic which struck an
ice-berg in mid-ocean and went
down, has received what many
believe is its death wound. With
its very vitals ripped open by
the Chicago convention, the G,
0. P. is trembling, reeling and
listing to the starboard.
What will Roosevelt do, is the
great question in the minds of
the Republicans. Nobody asks
about Taft here—Taft is a stand
patter, and everybody knows he
will, like the ill-fated Capt.
Smith, go down with the ship.
But what will Roosevelt do?
Roosevelt has announced that he
will cut loose from the old moor
ings, and sail away with a new
party. But now that Wilson has
been nominated, whose platform
and principles embrace the de
mands of Roosevelt, why should
not the followers of the ex-
President enlist under the ban
ners of the captain who has not
been defeated in battle —the
sage of Princeton? This ques
tion is even asked by prominent
Stokes Republicans. Have you
ever before seen or heard of such
an unprecedented howdy-do!
A good many Republicans of
the county were in Danbury
Monday, and the Reporter inter
viewed several of them touching
the very unique situation. Nearly
all of them seemed disposed to
take the gloomy view, and most
of them were non-committal.
Mr. J. J. Priddy averred that he
"could not tell yet just what
course would be followed by the
rank and file" who had sworn
thev would never vote for Taft,
and who are now seriously em
barrassed by the violent course
of Roosevelt.
While the Republicans are at
sea, nationally, they appear to
be united locally. A large num
ber of candidates are in the field |
for the county offices. Slate j
and Bodenheimer have both J
"taken to the brush" in their j
respective interests for SherilF. '
For Register of Deeds there wil' |
be a warm contest between j
Morefield. Petree, Pair, Bondur-1
ant and others.
Mr. R. L. Nunn, of Westfield,
was here Monday. It is under-1
stood now that Mr. Nunn'Sj
friends are pushing him for
Senate. Mr. J. W. Hall, of
Danbury, is being urged by a
strong following for the House.
Other candidates for this place,
are also in the field.
The news came that Woodrow
Wilson was nominated by the 1
Democrats for President just at j
a time when the Democrats were
beginning to feel that the situa-!
tion was becoming blue for them,
too. Now the Democrats are
! much elated over Bryan's great
j victory in defeating a conserv
ative, and presenting a candid
ate whom the progressive Dem
ocrats and Republicans alike
I may support. Everybody is
i praising the great Nebraskan,
and already he has been sugges
ted as Wilson's Secretary of
| State.
! Locally, the Democrats have
■ begun to take heart, deriving
i encouragement from the Re
publican split. There is no
question that many Republicans
will not only "skip the box," as
Jule Priddy suggests, but that'
many will also stay at home on
I election day, disgusted. It was
j talked here Monday that Mr.
| Will Shelton, of Sandy Ridge,
' son of the late J. E. Shelton,
would probably be induced
jby the Democrats to take the
nomination for Sheriff and lead
! the party to victory. It is not
known for a fact that Mr. Shel
ton will accept, but it is thought
that he will.
For Register of Deeds, Mr.
Walter George, of Francisco, is
mentioned. Mr. George is a
young teacher, and is highly
! recommended.
It is pungently inquired, in
view of the great circulation and
| popularity that the term "pro
gressive" has recently attained
among both Democrats and Re
! publicans, what does "progress
jive" mean? Has it a vague,
indefinable, faraway meaning, to
'be applied at an immense dis
tance from home, or should those
who affect to be "progressive"
allow the ramifications of the
etherial term to be applied in
Stokes for instance on the
'
roads.
|
Card of Thanks
We wish to thank our many
friends and neighbors for their,
kindness and sympathy during
recent i'.iness and death of our
dear daughter.
! MR. AND MRS. A. J. GANN.,
Walnut Cove Route 1.
!
Walnut Cove, July Ist.
Dear Editor :
As I haven't written to your
paper in some time I thought I
would write again.
We are having plenty of rain
now. and crops are growing
very well. The wheat crop in
this section is very sorry.
Mr. L. M. Smith and family
visited Mr. W. F. Chapman
Saturday and Sunday.
ChaHin and Locust Hill ball
teams will cross bats on the
former's ground Saturday even
ninir, the (sth.
Rose Bud and Locust Hill ball
teams crossed bats on the latter's
ground Saturday evening. The
score being 10 to 3 in favor of
Rose Bud. The feature of the
game was the pitching of Young
for the former and Ross for the
latter. The game was very
interesting. The score by in
nings :
Rose Bud 112>0221 1.
Locust Hill 00020001 0.
Dysentery is always serious
and often a dangerous disease,
it can be cured. Chamberlain's
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy has cured it even when
malignant and epidemic. For
sale by all druggists.
DANBURY, N. C., JULY 3. 1912
BE SURE TO ATTEND
ONE OF THE INSTITUTES
Mr I G. Ross Points Out the Great
Responsibilities Devolving On the
Farmer.
This is the month that our
I Farmers' Institute will be held
in our county. We will have two
this year -one at Danbury and
one at Walnut Cove. I can't see
any reason why we should not
have a good crowd at both places
, for these institutes are of the
I greatest benefit to the farmers
and their wives, for it is our
, school for we farmers, and as a
i class we need to be educated, for
education means capacity and
1 those who have been educated
i are better fitted to deal with the
problems of life than he who
has not received such informa
| tion. Then ho\ important it is
j for us. as a 'tuple to consider
this great question of placing
the most valuable information
| obtainable in the hands of the
i 1 man who needs it on the farm.
,' Our population is daily increas
. ing, but the number of tendable
I acres must remain nearly the
same. Our soil is the only source
from which we can get our food
1 supply and the man who owns
an acre of land occupies a great
er responsibility than he who
does not own a foot. Owner
! ship carries with it certain rights
» and priviledsres and also certain
duties with the food problem
facing the future generation.
! We can see that no man has any
right to own a foot of land and
abuse it because it is the source
of the food supply of the people
in the future. The man who
: owns an acre of land and uses it
>to rob it of its fertilitv and
i
leaves it less productive than
. when he found it will become an
enemy of society, for he will
have dissipated the food re
! sources of the peoule.
I. G. ROSS.
CONDITION OF CROPS
GOOD REPORTS COME IN j
Corn and Tobacco Reported Extra
Good —Wheat Sorry Nearly
Everywhere.
The condition of crops in all
sections of the county with the
singie exception of wheat, is
reported the best for years.
The recent showers, coupled
with the good working the]
farmers had lately given their
plantings, has had its effect,
and the consequence, with con-,
tinued good seasons, will mean
a most bountiful yield of corn,
tobacco, hay. fruit, garden
truck, etc. From nearly every
j neighborhood wheat is reported
very sorry.
Best binder twine, 9c. lb., at
Kurfees Hardware Co.
FOR RENT I will rent to
good tenants for part of the
crop two farms for the coming
year. One of them is the Lewis
& Walker place, one mile west,
of Madison, on Beaver Island
creek and Dan river. The second
is the W. M. Lewis Valley Field
Farm 4 1-2 miles northeast of
Madison and 3 miles from Stone
ville. Both of these places will
require about ? horses. B. M.
CAHILL, Madison. N. C.
Wood mowers, rakes, repairs.
Keiger's store.
"GENERAL GREEN"
AT WORK ON KING ROUTE 2
Corn and Tobacco Looking Well —
Sunday Schools Preparing For
the Convention.
King, Route 2, July I.—This
is good old summer time, and
between showers the farmers
are doing all they can to outdo
"General Green."
Corn and tobacco is looking
well, but what troubles us most'
is the thought of how small our
biscuits are going to be for the
next year.
There is some sickness at
present. Mr. Jim Boyles is feel
ing bad this week, as he got wet
the other day.
We learn that several of the
Sunday Schools of Yadkin town
ship are making preparations for
the convention and to give the
ice cream men an all round time
August l()th.
Messrs. A. S. Marsh and G. j
W. Smith are going to spend a
few weeks at the Piedmont
Springs in the near future in the,
interest of their health. We
| don't hear them complain only]
when the sun shines.
Messrs. Chas. R. Boyles and
M. F. Patterson, of Mount Airy,!
I
were visitors in this section last
Sunday.
Miss Emma Gentry is spending
this week at Winston-Salem. N.
C.. with her brother. J. J.
Gentry.
Misses Deris Tuttle and sister,
Mrs. Wilmeter Smith, and
Messrs. Roy and N. O. Boyles
spent last Sunday evening with
Misses Daisy and Effie Gentry
on King Route 2.
We think that some of the
young people are going to spend
the Ith in Mt. Airy, as they
have a desire to go that way.
L. K. Pulliam. of King, spent
Sunday with J. H. Gibson on |
King Route 2.
SCRIBBLER.
HARVESTING OVER LITTLE GIRL SHOT
WHF.AT CROP VERY POOR AT PINE HALL LAST WEEK
News of Interest From Sandy
Ridge Route I—Foot-Washing1—Foot-Washing
At Piney Grove Next Sunday.
Sandy Ridge Route 1. July 1.
Harvesting is most over now
and the wheat crops are very
poor.
Mrs. J. Wesley Moorefield has
been visiting at Bassett. Ya., the
past week, she and Mr. Moore
field also attended the Big Union
meeting at Winston Friday,
Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Jettie Moorefield is
spending the week at Winston-
Salem,
A large crowd from this
vicinity expect to attend the
foot-washing at Piney »rove
first Sunday,
Mr. Willie Sands from Stone
ville, spent Saturday and Sun
day with his people en Sandy
Ridge Route 1.
Mrs. J. A. Ashburn, of Win
ston. is expected Monday to
spend the week with Mrs. J. W.
Moorefield.
Mr. J. W. Moorefield has hi*
water works system now complet
ed and is well pleased with it.
Listen! There will be a "B'g
Ice Cream SupDer" on the law n
of Mr. J. W. Moorefield's resi
dence Saturday July 13th, be
ginning about 3:30 o'clock in the
afternuon. The public is cor
dially invited.
A READER.
Sandy Ridge Route 1, July 1
—We are having plenty of nice
showers of rain at present.
' Corn is looking promising in
this section.
Rev. D. A. Oakley preached
at Ayersville Baptist church Sun
day morning also at Delta Sun
day night.
Mr. A. B. Carter is teaching a
singing school at Zebulon school
house.
Quite a crowd visited at Mr.
W. T. Ward's Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ward, of
Collinstown, visited relatives in
this community Saturday and
| Sunday.
There will be an ice cream
i supper at Delta Saturday night,
i Everybody is invited to come
.out.
There will be preaching at
i Buffalo Baptist church next Sun
day as usual.
The health of the community
is very good at present.
J. E. W.
New Black-Smith.
We have secured the service
of Messrs I. B. Wall & Son.
who are first class workmen.
: to run a general black-smith and
repair shop at Germanton, and
we are glad to inform our farmer
friends that they will no longer
1 have to go elsewhere to get
work done.
We are in position to furnish
,any material in the above line, as
we carry a general line of hard
i ware, buggy and wagon repairs.
KURFEES HDW. CO.
For soreness of the muscles,
| whether induced by violent
exercises or injury, there is
| nothing better than Chamber
lain's Liniment. This liniment
| also relieves rheumatic pains. For
sale by all dealers.
1 Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. B.
i Griffin —Other Items of Interest
From Pine Hall.
Pine Hall, July 1. .Miss Alene
I Preston, of Belew's Creek, spent
Saturday night with Miss Mamie
• Flynn.
Miss Delia Tucker, of Madi
son, visited Miss Lelia Flynn
last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Flynn. of
.Summerfield, spent last Sunday
! here.
There was a lawn part y gi-en
;by the ladies of the Methodist
church here Saturday night.
There was a large crowd and all
seemed to enjoy it very much.
The little daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. M. B. Gritfin got shot right
badly last week, but she is get
ting on very nicely now.
Miss Nell Flynn visited her
sister Mrs. C. H. Powell, at
Stokesdale last week.
Miss Mary Lillie Ray, of
Stoneville, is visiting Misses
Maud and Myrtle Neal this
week.
Mrs. C. H. Powell, of Stokes
dale. is visiting her parents
here.
! Gl ESS WHO.
No. 2,095
I WILSON WINS OUT
j MARSHALL, FOR VICE-PRES.
Long Deadlock Ended Tuesday With
the Nomination of Woodrow
Wilson On the Forty-Sixth
Ballot.
Baltimore, .July 3. -For presi
dent—Governor Woodrow Wil
son of New Jersey.
For Vice President, Governor
Thomas R. Marshall of Indiana.
This was the ticket completed
by the Democratic National Con
vention at 1:56 a, m. Tuesday.
The nomination of Marshall
for Vice-President came some
thing as a surprise, for when
the night's balloting began on
the Vice-President it seemed
j that the Brvan-Wilson contin-
I gent of the convention had de
| finitely settled upon Governor
| John E. Burke, of North Dakota.
There was not much fight, how
ever. when two ballots disclosed
Marshall easily in the lead.
Burke's name was withdrawn
and Marshall was proclaimed the
nominee by acclamation. A
minute later the convention ad
journed sine die.
DELEGATES HAPPY.
, Governor Wilson was nominat
ed on the forty-sixth ballot and
l his nomination, like that of
Marshall, was made unanimous.
The best of feeling prevailed at
both sessions. The delegates
seemed in a happy frame of
mind.
BRYAN PLEDGES SUPPORT.
Bryan had announced his in
tention of introducing a resolu
tion in effect discharging the
National Committee from the
conduct of the coming campaign
and allowing Wilson to appoint
his own campaign committee.
He was dissuaded from this
course, and instead of making a
move that might have stirred up
strife, he made a little speech
which he termed "his valedic
torv." He was in a happy mood
and turned over the mantle of
former leadership as the presi
dental candidate to Wilson. He
pledged his faithful support to
Wilson.
The piatform was hewed out
in the committee several days ago
and warmly praised by Bryan
was adopted with a whoop.
Best hinder twine. 8 1-2 cts.
Bovles Mercantile Co.
For the Legislature
Meadows, June 25.
Messrs. Editors;
As the Republican convention
is near at hand and as there is
no one spoken of for the House
1 would like to suggest the
name of Mr. John W. Hall, of
Dan bury, to represent us in the
next Legislature. As to my
judgment we can't select a bet
ter man anywhere in the county
who is well qualified and a good
campaigner.
1 A VOTER.
Mail boxes. Boyles Mercantile
Co.
Rattle-Snakes.
Mr. Robt. Kiser. of Meadows
Route 1, was here today and
told the Reporter that his son
Cary killed a large rattle-snake
yesterday which measured more
than four in length, and
had 14 rattles. Mr. J. E. Sim
mons kills one with 16 rattles,
and Osa Smith another with 18
rattles.
Fresh cow for sale at J. Wal
ter Tuttle's. Extra good one at
a bareain.
J. WALTER TUTTLE.