The Danbury Reporter.
VOLUME XXXI
THE LAWS OF NORTH CAROLINA.
Mr. Hylton Doesn't Think Some Of
Them Are Just Favors R. B.
Glenn For Governor.
Campbell, May 9.
Mr. Editor :
Will yon please allow me space
in your valuable paper for a few
lines. I wish to express myself
upon some of the laws of North
Carolina as well as a few other
subjects.
Why should the laws of North
Carolina be so much in favor of a
man not paying an honest debt ?
Cnder the present laws we cannot
make a debt in the State unless a
man is worth more than the home
stead. The man that is worth
more than the homestead hardly
ever wants credit, therefore I
think it would be a great benefit
to the poorer classes of people to
dispose of this unjust law.
In Virginia a person is only al
lowed to hold five barrels of corn,
one hundred pounds >f meat and
a few cooking vessels, and a man
should not be allowed to hold any
thing to keep from paying a just
and honest debt Let us make
this a law of the past and not of
the future.
'Men that are able and willing
to help the poor will not help
them from the simple fact that
they cannot collect from them.
Let us have R. B. Glenn for our
next Governor and let us have
some good men in the Legislature
who will enact soitfe good laws for
the benefit >f the poor. All the
laws for the past few years have
been for the benefit of the rich,
and not a single one for the poor
man.
What encouragement have we
here for the young generation of
this State ? We have the trust
to price our tobacco below the
c )St of production, and we must
pay them their price for their
goods.
Last January I sold tobacco
at per hundred. This year
a better tobacco at only
Last year 1 sold a good domes
tic cloth at (>!, cents. This year I
am forced to sell the same goods
at 7i cents.
Now, brother merchant, 1 want
us to combine and not handle a
pound of trust, tobacco but sell
the little man's t ibacco and help
him up and by so doing we will
pull the trust down.
I don't expect to sell a pound of
trust tobacco if they offer it at ten
cents a pound.
Alex \Vhite, of Hill Top, N. Q.,
ami R T. Stone, of Stonevillft, N.
C., put up all right tobacco that is
good enough for any man to chew.
Brother merchant throughout
Norfh Carolina and adjoining
States, let us unite and stick tor
gather on this subject,
As I have noticed a great niafiy
people writing in the Reporter on
the subject of strong drink, I will
put in a few lines on that subject,
In my fathers life time he always
had on hand gome goo 1 and old
apple brandy and would .offer it to
ns boys, which we very seldom
refused. There werj five boys: in
the family and the youngest one
is now 27 years old and we can all
truthfully say that we never drank
to excess and can prove this by
people who know us. The man
who gels drunk and abuses his
family and his-neighbors already
has that mean principle and the
diquor drives it out.
IkOf course It. B. Glenn wj|l fyp
Sfcuated for Governor and I will
Hjktimy by asking the peo-
to give him
election day.
people of Stokes county to vote
for him solidly. Why ? Because
he is an old acquaintance of llie
people of Stokes county. He is a
man of honor, a man that will give
us justice, the man we need and
the one we are going to have,
Yours with best wishes, ,
T. W. HYLToN
The Influence of the Moon on Crops.
There are many people who be
lieve in certain signs—especially
moon signs—in regard to planting.
Gerald McCarthy, the biologist
connected with the State Depart
ment of Agriculture, received an
inquiry recently in regard to the
influence of the. moon on early
truck crops and made the .follow
ing answer:
"The moon is an absolutely dead
world. It has neither atmosphere
nor life. Its so-called light is
merely the reflected linht of the
sun. It reflects no appreciable
heat. The only direct influence
of the moon upon nuindane alfairs
is that exerted upon the tides of
the ocean, due to the force of
gravitation.
"Moonlight nights are, however,
apt to be cloudless nights. In
early springtime the temperature
of the lower air after the sun goes
down generally sink* to new
freezing point. On ffomlless
nights the earth radiates into sky
much of the heat absorbed during
the day.
"This radiation ami loss of heat
may reduce the temperature of the
lowermost stratum of air to below
the freezing point .'52 degrees F,,
and we have frost which may kill
tender vegetation. If, instead of a
clear sky, we had a sky overcast by
clouds, the heat radiated from the
earth would be reflected back
again from the clouds and by this
means the temperature of the
lower air would lie kept above the
freezing point, We thus see that
the moon is not the real or efficient
agent in producing or warding off
frosts. It merely records the!
presence or absence of the true
agent, which is a blanket-like
covering of cloud."
SANDY RIDGE.
Sandy Ridge, May 2.
Well, Betsy, as Longfellow has
gone to the far West, I will speak,
a Word for both. We feel very
grateful, Betsy, for your reminder
that we are not able to afford a
tine turnout like W„ for we should
have known that none but the
rich can afford such things. Sad.
indeed, isn't it, Betsy, that I can't
afford a buggy to cai ry my girl
around? Of course we all know
that you wouldn't have (j longfel
low, as we hayen't forgotten your
efforts along that li|»e about two
years ago but Betsy f wouldn't l»e
so chagrined at .poor Longfellow
if I were you for he couldn't help
the spell the ''black eyes," cast
upon him. There, there, we know
It isn't your fault that you didn't
get the prize, so I believe I'd let
Longfellow alone and be content
with the "nosey" fellow,
This is my last time, so I resign
my place in the Reporter to
Betsy's tender mercies.
TOPSY.
One of the greatest blessings a
modest man can wish for is a good,
reliable set of bowles. If yon fiW>
1161 the happy possessor of .such
nu outfit you can greatly improve
tliitf efficiency of those you have bv
the judicious use of
Stomach aud Liver Tablets. They
are pleasant to take ami agreeable
iii effect. For sale by all Drug
gists and Dealers.
Sulmcribe for your county paper.
STOKKH ANb CAIiOLISA.
DANBURY, N. THURSDAY, MAY \2, 1!H)|
STRONG DRINK AS A BEVERAGE.
Some Of Its Evils Enumerated By a
Correspondent Who Speaks Of It
In No Uncertain Terms.
Walnut Cove R. F. D. No. 1.
May 1«M)4.
Mr. Editor :
Will you please allow me a little
j space in your noble paper to ex
press,-inv knowledge as to what
strong drink as a beverage is doing
in our land and country today.
I speak direct to the consumer,
Iso please give me your attention
(while I try to give you the truth
just, ns it is.
Seeing the good that some are
doing and seeing others trying to
do all they can to discourage them
I can no longer remain silent. I
am not after a discussion but I
do want to impress the fact upon
the people that they should be
doing all the good they could in
stead of pulling back.
We ought to press forward and
tell the people of that awful doom
that is awaiting them.
Now. as to what s|rong drink as
a beverage does, it breaks the
fathers heart, bereaves the doting
.mother, extinguishes natural af
fection, erases conjugal love, blots
out filial attachment, blights pa
rental hope, and brings down
' mourning.age in sorrow to the
[grave, If produces weakness,
sickness and death instead of
strength, health aud life. It makes
wives widows, children orphans,
fathers fiends, ami all of them pau
pers and beggars. U feeds rheu
matism, nurses goi|t, welcomes
epidemics, invites cholera, imports
pestilence aud embraces consump
tion. It covers the land with idle
ness, poverty, disease and crime.
It fills your jails, supplies your
alms-houses and demands your
asylums. It engenders contro
versies. fosters quarrels and cher
ishes riots, |t crowds your peni
tentiaries aud furnishes the vic
tims for your scaffolds.
It is the life blood of the gam
bler, the aider of the eouterfeiter.
the prop of the highwayman and
the support of the midnight in
ceiUliary. It countenances the liar,
respects the thief and esteems the
blasphemer, It violates obligation,
reverences fraud and honors in
famy. It defames benevolence,
•hates love, scorns virtue and slan
ders innocence. It incites the
father to butcher his helpless off
spring, helps the husband to mas
sacre Iris wife, aids the child to
grind the parricidal axe.
It defiles the jury box and stains
the judical ermine. It bribes
voters, corrupts elections, pollutes
our institutions fpid endangers our
government.
It degrades the citizen, debuses
the legislator, dishonors the states-1
man and disarms patriots,
It poisons felicity, kill peace,
blights confidence, slays reputa
tion nnd wipes out national honor,
It then curses the world and
laughs at its ruin. My dear read,
er, it loes all of this and more, It
murders the soul, It is the son
of all villianies, the father of all
crimes, the mother of all abomina
tions, the curse of curses, the
devil's best friend and God's worst
enemy.
Dear reader, are you advocating
h thing that is doing this? If you
are, may God hasten the day for
you to see your error and turn
;from your evil way. May yon set
your, afffections upon things above
«nd not upon the things of this
world which will soon pass away
and be no more. E.
The Reporter 3 months for 25
ctfiits.
HON. H. B. VARNER.
The picture of Hon. H. 15. Vur
ner, editor and proprietor of the
Lexington Dispatch, and State
Commissioner of Labor and
Printing, is herewith pre
sented.
Mr. \ arner has occupied the!
important State position which lie
now holds for four years and has
given entire satisfaction to alii
men f all parties by his services.;
As editor au(| publisher Mr,'
\ arner is a success, He took
hold of the Lexington Dispatch j
when it was a small patent-outside!
sheet scarcely known outside ofi
Davidson county. Today it is one j
of the leading weekly papers of
the south, with a circulation well
up into the thousands.
Mr. Yariier will be •» candidate
for r.enoniinatiou. "and again ve- j
ceive that honor. His record is
clean, aixl he will again be returned
to the position which he has
filled with credit to himself and to
the State,
Mott Gets a Job.
Marshall L. Mott, who several
months ago faild in his effort to se
cure an assignment as prosecuting
attorney in the postotfice cases,
has been designated as attorney
foe the Creek Indians, in Indian
Territory, The designation was
made by the chief of the Creek
tribe but the position still has a
lengthy string attached to it, as
the appointment must be ratified
by the Secretary of the Interior,
and that official is inclined to the
opinion that the Creeks, who are
at peace with the world, had bet
ter dispense with legal advice and
be done with tomahawks aud
lawyers at one aud the same time.
If the appointment is approved. ,
however. Mr. Mott will secure -a
salary of sf*,tXJo.
To Re-Lease Star Warehouse.
Messrs. A- R- Bennett, J. T.
Simpson aud J. K. Norlleet have
leased the Star Warehouse from
Mr. Jacob Tiae for a term of years
beginning September I, They
will continue to conduct the ware
house for the HH'O of leaf tobacco
under the firm name of Bennett.
Simpson and Co. For several years .
the warehouse has been run by
George S. Norfleet and Co, and
the new firm proposes to continue
along the same line of business.
AN OPEN LETTER.
From the Chapin, S. C. News:
Early in the spring my wife and I
were tuken with diarrhoea and so
severe the pains that we called a
physician who prescribed for us. 1
but his medicines failed to give
any relief. A friend, who had t»
bottle of Ohqmherlniit's Colic,
Chojera ami Diarrhoea Remedy
on hand gave each of us a dose
and we at once felt the effects, I
procured a bottle and before using
the entire contents we were en
tirely cured. It is a wonderful
remedy and should be found in
every household. H. C. Bailey,
Editor. This remedy is for sale
by all Drugtrists and Dealers.
| RUSSIA'S LOSSES OVER 2.000.
Sunday's Battle A Bloody One.
St. Petersburg, May •">. The
Russian losses at. the battie of Kiu
Tien Cheng were 2.IXHJ- men and
40 officers—far greater than prev
ious reports indicated.
This is the official estimate of
Major General Kashtalinsky, who
directly commanded the division
that suffered the brunt of the
attack, and whose report was re
ceived yesterday by the Kmperor.
Many are inclined to place the
Russian losses even higher." It is
said that 700 wounded had arrived
at Fen Wang Cheng, aud these
may not be included in his report.
He made no attempt to estimate
Japanese losses, merely stating that
they must have been colossal. The
magnitude of the Russian losses
had an almost stunning effect on
the authorities and aroused gener
al grief, mitigated only by satis
faction at the bravery by the Rus
siou troops, Not for a moment
was them any intention to pay
such a terrible price for delaying
the enemy's crossing of the Yalu.
Gen. Kashtalinsky's report es
tablishes the fact that the Rus
sians sustainted the greatest loss
in order to save the two regiments
which were occupying Antung.
NETTLE RIDGE. VA.
Nettle Ridge, Ya..
• " ■ Mh£
The crop of fruit ami tobacco
plants \v;ill run short throughout
this community,
Mr. .1. ll.Tatuuispent Saturday
and Sunday with his brother Mr.
W . K, Tatuui of this place.
Mrs. Laura fatuni and daughter,
Hunter, were Hie guests of Mrs.
John \\ . Fulton from 'Wednesday
'til Saturday.
Miss Annie Wells returned to
her home near Danville, Va.. a
few days ago. She spent the
winter with her cousin, Miss Kate
Fulton. We were all sorry to
have to give Miss Wells up but
hope she will coine again soon. If
she don't we will lose one of our
most popular young men.
M iss Maud Taylor, til Heare
ford. N.C., is visiting her aunt.
Mi ■s. (}eo. Hylton.
Miss Nannie Gregory returned
home last A\ edi\es»day accompan
ied by Miv J. T, Taylor. Miss
\aimie has been gone six months.
She was welcomed home by string
music made by some of the young
men of Nettle Ridge.
a large crowd was out at
Sunday School Sunday A. M.
Rev, Sant'ord, of Stuart Va„
preached here Sunday evening
promptly at three. Glad to see so
many people come out. The
Presbyterian minister will be here
by the Ist of June.
Mr >l. R. Boaste. Sr., has been
very sick for the last few
days.
tjuite a number of young people
visited Mr.Geo. Hylton's last Sun
day.
Miss Cosbie Taylor visited Miss
Ida Griggs Sunday ami attended
church at Russell Creek.
"F."
WIIooIMNU COUGH.
"\n the Hpring of P.Htl my child
ren had whooping cough." says
Mrs. D. W. Capps. of Capps. Ala.
"I used Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy with the most satisfactory
results. I think this is the best
remedy ,1 have ever seen for
whooping cough." This remedy
keeps the cough loose, lessens the
severity and frequency of the
coughing spells and counteracts
any tendency toward pneumonia.
For sale by all Druggists aud
Dealers.
NTMIiEIt I."
DISTILLERS FOUND GUILTY.
Close 01 One Of the Most Important
Cases Ever Tried in the State.
!>. F. Sprinkle. T. M. Angle. HIII
\V illiatn 15. Young were found
guilty lust Wednesday at (ireens
l)oro in the Federal court of con
spiracy against the iovcrnment.
This lias been the most impor
tant case, perhaps, ever tried in
the State and was brought to
close at 10 o'clock when the jury
returned a verdict finding all three
of the defendants guilty of a con
spiracy by which I In* government
lostSWO.CMX) in taxes in the con
duct of tlie ' )ak drove Liquor Co..
the Keidsville Liquor Company,
the Milton Distilling Company
and other concerns.
The sentences were as follows:
B. F. Sprinkle, two years imprison
ment in the I nited States peni
tentiary at Atlanta, (-in., and fined
$•>.000; T. M . Angle, one year and
one day in the penitentiary and
fined Sl.'MI; William 15. Young,
six mouths in jail and finedßl.ooo.
for which the defendant's counsel
prayed and appealed to the circuit
court of appeals at Kieliniond, and
Sprinkle's bond was fixed at $1,000:
Angle's and Young's at
each. They will give bail.
A. .1, Davis, the revenueguager.
was convicted three weeks ago but
IH'.'II out on bond guaranteeing
his appearace during this term of
COAIWL
He was sentenced to I s months
in the penitentiary and fined
jSI,(XK) Davis was ganger eunawjttsd
1 with the above establishment at
the time the fraud against the
| government was committed.
Bashful Cricket Chirps Against the
Universal Evil.
Suinuierfield. May
To you that are upholding for
strong drink, remember that the
word of (rod says that no drunk
ard can enter the kingdom of
Heaven, and how much better i*
he that upholds for the stud' that
makes hi in get drunk. (io,to your
Bible and look, "lie that knowetb
to do good and doeth it not, to
him it is sin. and hethatconiuiitetfi
sin is of the devil." Are you rais
ing any children? If so, how are
I you raising them? Are you rais
ing tliein to the Bible or bottle.
Sunday school or the stillhouse.
church or bar room. As yon
train them, so will they be.
How would you like in your old
age to see some of your bovs in
prison, or on the gallows. Then
you would be reaping the reward
of your sowing.
There was a young lady in. our
town who said that she never
would lie the wife of a drunkard.
She marrittd just before Kaster.
and her man has lieetj drunk twice
sinco.
Young ladies, please take a fool's
advice. If you want to marry, let
a drunkard be. ,
May (foil bless those Unit are
making against strong drink. : s
my pray©!' for His name sake.
BASHFUL CHICK FT.
Town Improvements,
The porch of the M'eCanless
building just across the street
south of the drug store, which is
to be occupied by the county
officers during the building of the
new court house, has been re
paired.
The brick building adjoining
the Taylor Hotel, owned hy Mr. J
S. Taylor, is Ijeing treated, to u
new back porch. A pretty lattice
work has been placed underneatk
(the front veranda.