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WEDNESDAY. JUNE It?, 1915.
The man who thinks he can't do a thing is right
about it.
it is believed that one reason lor the hard times is
there are so many dogs in the country. The canines
are eating nearly as much as the mules, and thev
generally don't board with their owners, either.
BRYAN'S BLINDER.
Mr. Bryan's best friends believe that he made a
big blunder in resigning from the cabinet at the
moment when the President needed him most. Mr.
Br\an is a wise and good man. but his greatest
weakness is to do rash things sometimes before his
better judgment can set its seal on hi* actions.
ON THE FARMS.
The farmers of Stokes county are well up with
their work, though the busiest season of the year is
here. The last of the tobacco crop to get out. the
corn and first plantings of tobacco to work, the wheat
and hay to cut. and the grain ripe in the field. It is
a busy time on the well ordered farm, and a planter
who is in bed at sunrise these mornings is a failure.
The crops are needing rain badl> now. and unless
thev get good showers this week, w ill suffer.
BETTER FEEl.lNti All AROUND.
It looks less like war every da> now . The last note
of the President to (iermanv was strong. \et friendly,
and those highest up in the council of the nations
feel like the crisis is well over, and that the rift of
peace is in the skies. In the meantime, the people
whi» ha\e been up against so many surprises and
shocks since last summer, are going ahead with
their work, confident that the honor of the nation
will be upheld, and that if they are needed, they
w ill not be forgotten.
THE FARMER AND THE AUTOMOBILE.
Statistics show that more than half the automo
biles of the United States are ow ned by farmers. This
means that the farmer is more than holding his own
in the up-to-date affairs of the world-- he is get
ting on top. The telephone and the automobile are
revolutionizing farming in some sections of the
United States. Over the wire the planter learns
when is the best time to market, and often carries a
bad quickly to market in his machine. The auto is
a vast time saver, a pleasure, a comfort, an immense
convenience, and a heavy expense. Nothing is doing
so much to promote good roads as the automobile.
The most confirmed moss-back will vote for good
roads after he has ow ned a gas buggy aw hile.
PROSPERITY FOR THE FARMERS.
The government crop estimate, published a few
da>s ago. places the new wheat crop at >50,000.000
bushels. This is a great deal bigger than it was last
year. But the government's figures are generally
conservative, and good judges say that the 1015 crop
will reach a billion bushels.
This means vast wealth for the American farmers,
who w ill reali/.e anywhere from $1.25 to 51.75 per
bushel for the cereal, and if the European war con
tinues another year, the price may reach $2.00. It
is said that the banks of the middle west are bulging
with money over high wheat last year, and now
another and even bigger crop following, which they
will sell at even a greater profit, certainly assures
prosperity to the western farmers, and to farmers of
other sections of the country who have wheat to sell.
SNAKE TIME IS HERE.
The rattlesnake season is here. Only a few of the
interesting natives have been killed thus far. Which
reminds us of the following story, vouched for by
Mr. L. J. Young: Years ago a Man lived near the
foot of the mountain alone, subsisting upon the
proceeds of his traps. He was one of the first set
tlers in this section, then all a wild waste of forest
end fell. Soon after erecting his cabin, the Man
discovered that he had built right over a den of rat
tlesnakes. having their exit from the crevices of the,
rocks. The reptiles crawled all over and through
the house at will, and oft in the stilly night the Man
would be awakened on his couch to find one of the
domestics slowly moving its sinuosity across his
tissues. In such cases he would deliberately feel
around till he had secured a firm hold upon thei
middle part of the snake, when he would hurl it
with all the strength of his right arm against the
side of the house. Then he would lie down and go
to sleep again.
THOMAS W ALTER BICKETT.
The next important political contest in the State
will be tor the Democratic nomination for Governor.
It is early to talk politics, but the people of Stokes
county have already made their choice. As far as
this paper has been abie to learn, they will be to a
man lor Bickett.
We shall be happy in bestowing our sup
port on the Attorney-General. He spent a number
of years residence in Danbury. in the practice of his
profession, and it was here that we learned the fine
qualities of his personal character, and got the first
glimpses of his superb intellectual gifts. Since he
left Danbury, and moved to wider fields, we have
watched his gradual but certain rise from one posi
tion of high trust to another, and his brilliant suc
cesses have pleased his Stokes county friends.
Thomas Walter Bickett is unquestionably one of
North Carolina's most talented sons. The brilliance
as well as the depth of his mind, his refreshing
originality, his humor, his great human sympathy
which gives him the faculty of knowing the ways
and the desires of the plebians--these have surpris-
ed. and charmed and won the people who have listen
ed to him in debate, or in the numerous addresses
which have made heavy drafts on his time from one
end of the State to the other.
As Attorney-General .Mr. Bickett has upheld with
distinguished ability the credit and reputation of the
State. When he becomes to be the chief executive--
as we know he w ill--the dignity, the noble prestige,
the honor of the State will be maintained, and we
shall press onward towards the mark of our high
calling. Bickett w il! always stand for that which is
best in the welfare and the interests of a great
people.
HOW TO [>!SSIPATE SO MUCH HOT AIR.
With reference to the policy of the United States;
in dealing with the German and Mexican situations,;
it has been suggested by somebody probably in a
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facetious vein that the matter be settled by holding
a general election in the United States in which the
ballots shall read "War," and "No War.'' If the
country wants war, let it have war. but let it first
find out if the country wants war. In the election to
be held, let those who want war vote "War," and let
those w ho do not want war, vote "No War," and let
the understanding be that those who vote for war,
will enlist for war, and that those who vote against
war shall not he called upon until those who want
war have exhausted their efforts.
In all candor, this would seem to be a very sensible
and reasonable plan. This country is a democracy
in which the people have a right to be heard, and
not a monarchy or an oligarchy in which one man
or a set or clique of men can saddle upon the land an
evil which a century could not efface. If such plan
had been adopted in Europe before the war-mad
countries had jumped at each other's throat, peace
would reign today instead of destruction.
Of course even in a democracy, government must
be by representation, and it might be difficult or im
practicable for the people to decide such a question
as war or no war, when the safety of life and proper
ty was in the balance, and so much might be lost by
waiting. But the slow process of an election would
certainly give those jingoists who are clamoring for
war, time in which their good senses could reflect
soberly on what war means. There is no sort of
doubt that when the test came many brave "paper
soldiers" would be found casting their ballots for
"No War."
The Reporter is not in favor of war upon any con
siderations except of honor and safety. Peace is
worth any price we may have to pay for it except at the
cost of our good name, and the security of our citi-;
zens and property.
THE DANBURY REPORTER
State of North Carolina, I Office of the Board of County Commis-
Stokes County. { sioners. June 7th, 1915.
In the matter of petition of the Board of Education of
Stokes County, for an election in Walnut Cove Special
School Tax District.
ORDER.
It appearing to the Board of!
County Commissioners of Stokes |
County, that a petition has this I
day been filed before the board !
lof County Commissioners of |
Stokes County, by the Board of j
Education of said county, asking
for an election to be held in Wal
nut Cove Special School Tax Dis
trict, in accordance with an act
of the General Assembly of North
Carolina, ratified on the 2t>th day
of Feb. 1915, to ascertain the will'
of the people of said district upon
the, question of issuing bonds to
the amount of $4(11)0.01), of said ;
district, to run 10 years, bearing
six per cent interest, the levy
therefor not to exceed 25 cents
on the SIOO valuation of taxable !
property and 75 cents on each |
taxable poll in* said district, to.
obtain funds with which to con-!
struct school buildings in said'
district, and equip the same :
It is therefore ordered by the I
board of county commissioners of j
Stokes County, that an election bej
held in Walnut Cove Special'
School Tax District, at the High j
School Building, in the town ofi
Walnut Cove, N. C. it being in I
said Special School Tax District, j
on the 14th day of July, 1915, for]
the purpose of ascertaining the
will of the people of said district 1
upon the question of issuing'
bonds of said district in the sumi
of $4000.00, to run ten years, |
Ivaring six per cent semi-annual
interest, the levy for same not to
exceed 25 cents on the SIOO val-l
nation of taxable property there- i
in. and 7"> cents on each taxable,
poll therein, for the purpose of!
obtaining funds with which to
build and equip school buildings
in said district.
For the purpose of holding said
Reduction
OF
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SUMMER
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John A. Burton, I
Walnut Cove, N. C. I
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UPTON WILSON.
7apr€w Madison, N. C.
! election, it is ordered that S. H.
| Stewart be and he is hereby ap
| pointed Registrar, and that J. H.
Fowler and J. N. Young be, and
I they are hereby appointed Judges
of said election. That a new
registration in said district shall
be had, and that the registration
books for said election shall.
open on the 11th day of June,
1915, and close on Saturday, July *
3rd, 1915, and that said books
ibe kept open each day during
said time, (Sundays excepted),
for the length of time required
; under the general election laws.
That Saturday, July loth, 1915,
shall be challenge day.
At said election, those who
j favor the issuing of said bonds
| shall vote a ballot "For School
House Bonds," and those who
i oppose the issuing of said bonds
'shall yote a ballot "Against
School House Bonds."
That the Registrar and Judges
| of said election, at the close there
jof shall canvass the vote and de
' clare the result thereof, and
I make due return of the same to
! the board of County Commission-
I ers.
That the Clerk of the board
| cause a copy of this order .to be
posted at the Court House door
at Danbury for thirty days pre
! ceding said election, and publish
led once a week for four succes
sive weeks preceding election,
in the Danbury Reporter,a news
paper published in Danbury,
! Stokes County. N. C. and also •
i cause a copy of same to be serv
jed upon the said Registrar and
Judges of the election.
By order of the Board, June
7th, 1915.
J. C,. MOREFIELD
Clerk B'd County Commissioners.
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