North Carolina Newspapers

DANBURY REPORTER VOLUME XLIII. Off fOII RICHMOND Number of Stokes and Pat rick People Go To Vir ginia's Capitol To Be Treated Against Hydrophobia. i MAD-DOG RAMP ANT i Good Pair of Mules Bitten, One j; of Them Dead, Other One Now Mad-Ate Hay Which the Rabid Dog Had "Slobbered" Upon. Mr. Walter Martin of Smith, who was a Danbury visitor Mon day, inquired of the Reporter i the whereabouts of a mad-stone, j He could not be enlightened, but J was advised that in case of hy- j drophobia, - he should go to. Raleigh for treatment at the Pasteur institute of that city. Mr. Martin stated that mad-i dogs were doing a great deal of damage in his section of the countv, which borders on Pat rick. A mad-doe bit Jim Clark, a colored man, and several \ tnemlers of his family, some of i whom have gone to Richmond, j Va., to be treated for rabies. A few davs previously Mr. John I Wimbish lost a good mule, which died with hydrophobia, after eating hay on which the dog foamed. Another mule, which tflso ate of the hay, is having ' fits. Mr. Martin says that consider able excitement prevails in the neighborhood, as it is not known just what damage the dogs have done, and it is feared many other people and stock may have been or will be bitten. Mrs. Mary J.ni Nelson Passed Away Yesterday J Mrs. Mary Ann Nelson, an| aged tnd highly respected woman of Danfcury Route 1, passed away yesterday. Mrs. Nelson was the mother j of Messrs. Floyd, Will and Mack Nelson, cf Stokes county. The husband of the deceased '' was a Confederate soldier, and j ■was killed during the war. L The burial and funeral were t Jjeld today, the interment being rmade in the family burying Eyrround near the home of the de |*ceased.' ■l, Hundreds of farmers own Hktomobiles and their homes are Hpt provided with water, lights, ISreless cooker, kitchen cabinet, J|tc, all of which may be purchas ed for much less than the pur- Rlniin price of an automobile. A Bjtrip » b taken only occasionally in Bn automobile, while the wife Boat spend nearly all the time in Hk| . home and in the kitchen We have only one B|l to live, and most of that life Bgjumt in the home. Isn't it ESVhlle, then, to take ad- Mttaf* of modern inventive B|Bj|y make the home at- IfaUftd convenient? J. Z. Progressiva Farmer. w in in an Dr. Rupert Helsabeck Buysj the Residence Property j of Mr. Will Slate At | Mizpah. / Mr. Edward W. Carroll, of Germanton Route 1. was a visitor; at the Reporter office today. He stated that Dr. Rupurt Helsabeck, of King Route 1, had purchased the residence property of Mr. Will Slate, at Mizpah, and would remove there for the practice of his profession. Mr. Slate is erecting a new residence for himself right near the one scld to Dr. Helsabeck. For some time Dr. Helsabeck has been associated with Dr. S. F. Tillotson, of King, in the | practice of medicine. It is not ' known whether this partnership ! will be dissolved or not. December leal Sales Show Big Decrease The total sales in North Caro lina for the month of December. 1915, fell under the total for the | same month, 1914, by over| twenty million pounds, accord-] ing to the monthly tobacco re port issued by Commissioner of 1 Agriculture W. A. Graham. The sales for December, 1914, were 49,103,295, and the total for December, 1915, was 29,093,- ,612, Of this amount 25,383,177 is tabulated as first hand; 1905,- 1C93I C 93 as dealers; 1,907,742 as re i sold. The following is the detailed report of the markets. Wilson, 3,026,052; Rocky Mt., i 2,539,533; Kinston, 2,426,334; Winston-Salem, 2,283,444; Green ville, 2,379,913; Durham, 1,766,- 160; Roxboro, 1,305,374; Farm ville, 1,110 478; Oxford, 911,578, j Henderson, 783,738; Reidsville.' 670,330; Wendell, 653,133; ' Younsville, 608,188; Zebulon 603,- 771; Warrenton, 5-12,507; Louis burg, 524,808; Smithfield, 512,- 788; Apex, 433,826; Snow Hill, j ! 429.661; Warsaw. 395,143; Fu quay Springs, 399,611; La' Grange, 388,021; Mebane, 372,-1 831; Mount Airy. 333,641; Burl intrton, 357,670; Goldsboro, 310,- 807; Washington; 233,184; Greens boro, 225,962; Creedmoor, 223,- 328; Elkin, 216,299; Walnut Cove, 798,870; Pilot Mountain, 195,172; Robersonville, 183,994; Spring Hope, 185,182; Williams ton, 165,229; Pinetops, 245,792; Stoneville, 139,547; New Bern, 128,934; Sanford, 86,390; Madi json, 86,093; Townsville, 85,833; Statesville, 78,705; Ayden, 62,- 432; Clinton, 60,851; Leaksville, 45,122; Ahoskie, 25,147; Wallace, 17,215. Local weather prognosticators predict that January will be a bad month, so far as weather is concerned, Turner's Almanac has for many years been the "standby" probably of some of the alleged "goosebone" prog nosticators, and is usually fairly reliable to say the least.—Albe marle Enterprise. At tewt eight pt-tons are re ported* to have been kHM in an explosion at the plant of Du Pont Powder Co.. at Carney's Point, jPa., Sunday. DANBURY, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1916 A HEW CANDIDATE Miss Lottie Tilley's Name Put In Contest By Her Friends. FIVE N AMES NOW Miss Elsie Sheppard Is Leading In the Contest With Mr. W. L. Hall a Close Second Onterest Gradually Growing Stronger. The name of another new candidate has been added this week to ihe list of candidates in the Reporter's automobile voting contest. The lady is Miss Lottie Tilley, the young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Tilley, of Smith, and she will no doubt re ceive a good vote at the hands iof her friends. Miss Elsie Sheppard is receiving | strong support from her friends | and at present is leading in the contest, with Mr. W. L. Hall a close second, while the other candidates have each added some yotes to their names the past week. It is a remarkable fact ,nany of the votes received by the contestants come from al most every State in the Union, each having friends in distant States who are natives of Stokes and readers of the Reporter. Just this week votes have been received for the different can didates from North Dokota, Montana, Texas, Colorado, Vir-j ginia, West Virginia, Kansas, J Oregon and other States. So far all of the candidates; j together have rec ived only about eighty thousand votes, representing only about eighty dollars worth of subscriptions to the paper, and by the way, it | might.be mentioned that it's not; ' too late for other candidates to J enter the race. A good many votes have of course been held back u y the different candidates to be cast later, but counting these j i only a small amount of money is represented and it looks at ' present like somebody is going to get an automobile with very little effort. However, it is im possible to tell. Some of the candidates may get busy and turn in a good lot of eubsciip tions as the contest draws to an end. The vote today stands as fol lows : Miss Elsie Sheppard, 28,250 W. L. Hall, 27,250 Miss Hattie Reid 14,500 Joe Alley. 7.500 Miss Lottie Tilley 3,000 Watch Label On Your Paper. The little label pasted on your copy of the Reporter each week bears the date on which your subscription to the paper expires. Please take note of this and be fore your subscription expires send us your renewal so that your name will not be taken from the list Just mail us a dollar bill or send a money order or your check and a receipt will be sent you and the date on your label will be changed promptly. Address DANBURY REPORTER Danbury, N. G. POIZE FOOD GROWS Merchants of Sauratown Township Make Liberal Donations. TO BOYS' CORN CLUB Names of All Those Who Have Assisted To Be Published Next Week —Strong Inducement Of- fered the Young Corn Growers. The merchants of Sauratown township contributed liberally the past week to the prize fund for the Boys' Corn Club, some thing over one hundred dollars being added to the fund. The county fund was elso strengthen-' ed considerably by liberal dona-1 [tions from business men in, ' Winston-Salem. The money do jnated by the Sauratown mer -1 chants will go to boys in that j township, the same as will be | done in the case of all the other townships which have contribu ted for the benefit of their re spective townships. The money given by Winston-Salem men will go irto the penera! county , prize fund. County Agent Holt, who is soliciting: this money, will next week publish in the Reporter a complete list of all those who have contributed to the prize fund for the Boys' Corn Club and the conditions upon which these prizes will be awarded will be made known. A strong effort is being made by Mr. Holt to put old Stokes at the head of the list in corn growing this year, and the pros pects are excellent at present for success in the effort. There will be the greatest j inducements ever offered to the j boys this year to put forth their ■ best efforts in getting big yields ot corn. The prizes to be of fered by the townships and the county will amount to several ! hundred dollars, and in addition ! handsome prizes will be offered ! by the State. The organization and instruc tion of the boys who join the corn club will be undertaken by Mr. Holt at once, and with fair seasons the Stokes boys are go ing to make the other counties of the State hustle if they keep up. Figures from the census bureau state that during the past decade North Carolina has passed from sixteenth in point of population to fourteenth. For Rheumatism, As soon as an attack of Rheu matism begins apply Sloan's Lin iment. Don't waste time and suffer unnecessary agony. A few drops of Sloan's Liniment on the affected parts is all you need. The pain goes at once. A greateful sufferer writes:— "I was suffering for three weeks with Chronic Rheumatism and Stiff Neck, although I tried many medicines, they failed, and I was under the care of a doctor. For tunately I heard of Sloan's Lini ment and after' using it three or four days am up and well. lam employed at the biggest depart ment store in S. F. where they employ from six to eight hundred hands, and they surely will hear •tl about Sloan's Linimeet-H. B. Smith. San Frandsco, Cal Jan. 191*. At all Druggists. New Baptist Church To Be Organized 23rd. The Primitive Baptists will dedicate and organize the new Baptist church in Walnut Cove on Saturday, Jan. 23. There will be services Saturday morn ing and afternoon, and on Sun day morning and afternoon. There will probably be several ministers present from a dis tance, and some of these visit ing elders will preach. Decrease In Child labor In North Carolina The report of Commissioner of Labor Shiprr.an, just issued, shows that 830 fewer children were employed in North Carolina cotton iritis during 1913 than during the year previous. There , were approximately 51,494 per sons employed, 31,640 miles and j 19,653 females: of the employes i about 7,292 were under 16 years of age, as compared with 8,128 during 1914. The work was on p 1 C !:cu: la-is. Report shows 318 mills with $57,671,232. The nrlls eauipped with 3,630.217 spindles, 67,218 looms and 9,523 cards; use 187.- 012 horsepower; the raw material used per annum is 351,050,270 pounds of cotton ana the estimat ed value of the output for the year is $804,349.78. Dale for Electrocution Oil Mrs. Ida Warren And Christy To Be Fixed By Gov. Craig. Kaleigh, Jan. 12.— The State Supreme Court filed opinions in twenty cases this morning, the case of most public interest be ing State vs. Samuel Preston Christy and Ida Eall Warren, from Forsyth county in which the defendants are under sen tence of electrocution for the murder of G. J. Warren, husband of the woman. The Superior Court convictions and death sen tences are affirmed. Chief Justice Walker Clark,, writing the opinion for the! court says, after reviewing the I various exceptions on which the oase was appealed : "Mrs. War ren seems to have been the moving spirit In this murder, the vertible Lady Macbeth of the tragedy. Upon the whole record the husband of the prison er, Warren, was put to death by his wife and her paramour by a pre-concerted, pre-determined murder, cold-blooded and relent less without any mitigating or extenuating circumstances. We find no error in the conduct of the case by the learned judge and twelve jurors have found their verdict upon competent evidence which justifies their decree. loads of cigarettes are in Savannah, Ga., awaiting shipment to England for British soldiers at the front They were shipped from Richmond, Va. No. 2,28 WEI FDR STOKES $2,238.84 Is Our Share Of Special School Fund Ap propriated Monday. 7,327 CHILDREN Are Now Enrolled In The Public Schools Of the County and Each One (jets Thirty-One Cents. The special school fund ap propriated to the counties of the State each year was apportioned Monday by the State officials. Stokes county's part of the $250,000 apportioned is $2,238.84, which is about thirty-one cents to each child of school age, there being 7,327 pupils enrolled in ! the public schools of Stokes. SCARCITY OF POTASH A MENACE TO COTTON. Secretary ot Agriculture Called On For Statement Re'at : ve To Available Supply. Washington, Jan, 11,—Scarcity of potash foF feftUUer seriously threatens the cottofi CfoJ), Senator Smith, of South Carolina, told the senate today in submitting a resolution, calling upon the 'secretary of agriculture for a report on the amount of potash available in this country. Senator Smith said that unless some action was taken to re plenish the potash supply the production of cotton may be reduced to 50 per cent. The resolution which was adopted also calls for a report on the price of potash now as com pared with 1913. In connection with the resolu tion Senator Smith submitted to the senate telegrams from over 23 commissioners of agriculture, governors, bankers, farmers and fertilizer men, located east of the Mississippi, responding to the senators inquiry as to their judgment about the effect on next year's cotton crop if the present situation as to fertilizer continues. The senator said that these responses were to the effect that the normal crop would be reduced from 25 to 50 per cent. The consensus of opinion was that increased acreage, with its attendant cost per acre for pro duction even if labor could be obtained to cultivate a material increase in acreage, would be inadequate to bring the crop up to a normal yield. Southern senators hope that the report of the secretary of agriculture will lend encourage ment to the plan to induce Germany and England to let potash come out of Germany for the American cotton crop. It is announced that Col. Roosevelt will start February 15 on atrip to the West Indies, to be gone until tbout April Ist. Probably the plan is for the colonel to keep out of the way until his friends ftx up a presi dential nomination for him—if they can.