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The Danbury Reporter. - VOLUME XXXIIf. TWO KINDS OF FARMERS. I Example of Two Types That May Be; J Found In Every Farm Community. | A short time ago wo had a rainy j' lay—one of those day# that make so many people feel miserable aiulj wish thoy were somewhere else., The wind blew from the northeast In chilly gusts, and everything had a wet, bedraggled, dreary look. T had occasion to call on two farmers, and thinking that was just the sort of a day to catch them at leisure, I wrapped myself j up well ami drove over to their j farms. The first one 1 called on j is one of those rushing, always 1 busy, driving fellows. He is do-, ing fairly well, but doubly earns every cent he makes. He farms | entirely by muscle power, and as be. is a strong man he makes things tly; but he reads very little,) and is totally ignorant of what is going on in the world. His fam ily appear to have very little iii-l terest in the world generally, and j but little interest in the farm; j their thoughts appear to rim principally on the work before them and bodily ailments. \\ hen j I arrived he was in the barn with ; his two little boys, hard at work shelling corn for the pigs, clean ing out the stables, and doing' other odd jobs with the same old! hurry and rush. "Lots of work to; do," 6aid he. "Have a hard time to keep up with it, though we get np at four and never get down be fore ten. There's no time wasted; on this farm, I tell you. Then lie began boasting of what ho had done, and kept at it until T went away. At the next house I was met at; the door by a boy with a book in j his hand. "Pa's asleep," said he.] "He always takes a good nap on rainy days. It's nearly time for; him to wake up, though, come in j and wait a few minutes." Ontha. table I saw copies of three agricul-J tural papers, one magazine and a, youth's paper. In a moment the man's wifo came in. "John s asleep," said she. "He says he just loves to sleep while it rains. He thinks it rests him more than a whole night's sffiep." Then she ami the boy anil a twelve-year old daughter chatted about whut is going on in the world, and seemed to be perfectly familiar with current events. While they talked the woman patched the boy's shirt and the girl peeled the potatoes for dinner. This man began with next to nothing. Now he owns a good quarter-section of land, is entirely out of debt, and has money loaned out. He says very little, but he knows how to make every stroke of work count. He keeps himself thoroughly pos ted concerning everything pertain ing to advanced agriculture, and he is considered a leader and money maker. His children are well satisfied with life on the farm, and his two boys are fitting themselves by study and practice for farmers. I have referred to these two men to show that it is not neces sary for a farmer to be a slave to succeed. There are times when ho must rise early and work hard, but they are short if he manages right. There is no necessity for a farmer to employ every moment of his time in all sorts of weather. He may have time to rest as well as anybody in the world. It is not the skillful farmer who is al ways rushed and worried; it is the man who farms with muscle, and allows his brain to become stag nant. The farmer of this day and ag t must be a reader and thinker if lie would be successful, and the boy who desires to become a suc cessful farmer should tit himself for it as carefully and thoroughly as boys are fitted for other skilled vocations. I have poked fun at the clodhopper, and deplored his ! ignorance; but the clodhopper is not a farmer, he is merely an un skilled laborer. If the farmer wants his son to be something bet ter than an unskilled laborer he : should see that he is instructed in the science of agriculture. We ! have schools and colleges for that I purpose now, and they not only teach agriculture as a science, but j also inculcate a love for the farm, and impress on the boys the fact | that the farmer is an important j factor in the world, and entitled to ; as much consideration as the mar. j chant, manufacturer and banker; | that the prosperity of the country depend# on his success, and that j his success depends largely upon his skill. The farmer must be a reader and a student. Time spent | in reading and study is well spent I if he applies the knowledge gained | to his vocation, and he should see Ito it that his son is well fitted by : Iwth study and practice to farm successfully when he begins for ] himself. For many years boys | have been fitted in schools for all i vocations but farming. Now agri- ; !culture is rapidly coining to the j front, and the farm boys with it, and in a very few years tliey will stand with tljo front rank of the world's skilled workers.- Farm i and Fireside. AIL TEACHERS MUST ATTEND.] Supt. of Schools Smit" Is »o* s Cir cular Letter To the Teachers and School Officers of the County. Supt. of Schools J. T. Smith has ! issued the following circular letter j ;to the teachers and school oflioeri; of Stokes in regard to the Teach ers Institute, which will be held! ihere in the month of August: panbury, N. C., July (5,11)0,). To the Teachers and School Officers Of Stokes County: The Stokes County Teachers' Institute of two weeks will beheld at Danbury, beginning August 21, PJOS, at 10 o'clock A. M. Accord ing to law, all teachers of public schools in this county must attend j this institute regularly and con- j tinuously for the two weeks, un less providentially hindered. Heg- j ular and continuous attendance means to be presont promptly on the opening and attend all the sessions without absence or tardi ness, All teachers are urgently re quested to bring their public school books which they use in their schools along with them. Copies of such books are necessary to have for use in the institute, as this institute will be a school and not a course of lectures. The Board of Eduoation and all school committeemen are request ed to attend. The Institute will be conducted by Prof. Charles L. Coon, of Ral eigh. J. T. SMITH, County Superintendent. THE DIAMOND Cl T KE. The latest news from Paris, is, that they have discovered a diam ond cvre for consumption. If you fear consumption or pneumonia, it will, howover, be best for you to take that great remedy mentioned by. W. T. McGee, of Vanleer, Tenn. "I had a cough, for four teen years. Nothing helped me, until I took Dr. King's New Dis covery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, winch gave instant re lief, and effected a permanent cure." Unequalled quick cure, for Throat and Lung Troubles. At all drug stcres; price 50c and SI.OO, guaranteed. Trial bottle free. STOKES ANl> CAROLINA* DANBUBY, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 13, 190.> INTERESTING TO THE FARMERS. A South Edmeston, N. Y.. Reader En joys the letters of Prof. Harris and Dog-KiKer. South Edmeston, N. Y., June 27. Mr. Editor : I agree with Prof. Harris on farming. I think there are too many one-horse fanners in Stokes. I think if the farmers who are not able to buy the necessary machin ery would sell their farms and work the large farms, where they can have all the latest machinery, |it would be so much better both for the large and the small farmers and at the end of the year they would be 10 per cent bettor off than if they tried to work their I little farms like so many of them : do. I say let the one-horse farm ;er yell his horse and work the larger farm, either for wages or ! for part of the crop and both par ties will be far better off in the mid. 1 also think Irish potatoes would be more profitable than to bacco. Here, they raise lots of | potatoes and what they can't eat themselves they feed to covys and chickens; they cook them for the hens and feud them to them warm. Here on this farm, they have about I 200 hens and feed them one-quar. j ter bushels of potatoes per day besi des the grain they feed them and at ' night bring in from 150 to 175 eggs per day. 1 enjoy reading Prof. Harris' letters very much j and wish ho would write often. I think his letters are a great bene fit to the farmers of the South. I think from what he writes, farming j is about the same there (in Wasli | iugton) as it is here in New York, j The farmers will begin haying here soon and they will be quite busy for awhile, not much time to ; p'ny- I enjoy reading Dog-Killer's letters. Write again. The people here are planning a great time for the 4th. Tf this escapes the waste basket, 1 may write again. CICERO. CHILD FEEDING. In the August Delineator Dr. ! Grace Peckham Murray has some I remarks of value to mothers or j others who have to solve the ser ious problem of feeding the child. I "Infant or child feeding," says Dr. : Murray "is a question that has been studied with the utmost care by the medical profession, espec ially in the phase relating to ar tiflcal feeding. In former times the doctors had an aphorism, 'The breast-fed child lives; the artificia lly fed child dies.' It is, therefore, the duty of every mother who possibly can do so to nurse her child. The best food for children who are unable to have the breast is cow's milk. Cow's milk differs j from human milk in that it con tains less sugpr—a little more than half as much—it has three times as much proteids (curds) and salts and less fat, and it is more acid. It has been found that by chang ing the milk of tue cow it can lie made very nearly in character that of human milk, In large cities this this 'modified milk,' as it is prepared ready for the child at laboratories, buf this can be done at home also. The milk of a single | cow used to be considered best for children, but it has been discovor |ed that mixed milk is more uni form in its conposition, A child should take about fifteen to twen ty minutes for nursing. He should not take the milk too fast, nor should he lie permitted to go to sleep until he has satisfied his hunger. Gradual weaning is much better than the sudden removal of the child. A well-known physi cian recommends that a child at 1 the breast should have an ocoaa. ional bottle when very young so as to become accustomed to it." A PLEASURABLE OCCASION. A Large Company of Lads and Las sies Visit the Mountains. Dnlton, .July B.—A large com pany of lads and lassies wont from Dnlton and King to Yado Mecuin, Moore's Springs and Cascade on July 4th. We v nil wont to the cascades and ate our lunch under the shade of the huge rocks. This i place is sure a beautiful place of scenery. I think everybody en joyed the trip tine. I know the boys did; if there is one that did not, he'd better not tell it unless ho wants the rest of us to white cap hi in. Some of the Coys killed a large rattlesnake up near the cas cade. Jt had ten rattles and a button, and certainly was a fine type of his species. There were thirteen buggies in our crowd; all decorated with flags in the nation's colors, red, white and blue.! The company consisted of: Messrs. Emost Boyles, ('has. Kirby, J. A. Keigor, \\ r . lyeiger, Oinnie' Grabs, Ed Campbell, Manuel Gar ner, L. li, Ooe, T. E. Shult/., W. N. Shultz, C.T. HfUn, VR. Ham, Jim 1 Atobre, Walter White and Misses Minnie, Hattie and Grace Grabs, Flora Spaiuhour, Aunie aud Stacie Love, Maud Coe, Lula Shult? JJmnial|ptohina, Bessie Campbell, i Fannie Newsom and Elinira Runiley. Another crowd from Dalton aud j Pinnacle went to the Pilot Mouti-1 tain July 4th. Have not heard I their report, but suppose they had quite a jolly June, Mr. Albert Phillips «srie /)'■ Bevely JoneWf of Walnut Cove,! is visiting Mat and Ernest Phil lips this week. Mr. Ed Shultz says he is going to leave us again Monday for! Roanoke, Va. Sorry to see you leave, old boy, but wish you good ' luck and lots of it. THAT'S WHO. TOBACCOVILLE ROUTE 3. Tobaccoville Route 2, June 26. —lf you will give me a little space, I will tell a few things. The people are very busy at this season, ploughing and making hay. It will be a busy hot time with the women canning and preserv-, ing their berries for a short while, j Our little Sunday School at Crooked Run, is still alive. We do love Sunday School, especially | the Bible class. Mr. John Mickey is our teacher, Mr. George Rich-1 ardson and sister, Rachel, and; their ' neice. Miss Bettie Taylor, of Walnut Cove, spent Saturday night, Sun day and Sunday night with their sister and Aunt Ellen Harris They were received with gladness and had plenty of ioe oream. , Mr. G. W. Vest has moved into his new house, I like to read the Reporter. You must write again, S. A. j WELL WISHER. HOW'S THIS? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, (), We, the knderßigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and beieve him perfectly honorable in all business transac tions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his' firm. WALDING, KIN'NAN & MARVIN, Wholesale Druggists, Toldo, >. j Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken 1 internally, acting directly upon ! the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price If> cents per bottle.! Sold by all Druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for oonstipation. Lonnie Coe Tells Of His R. F. D. Ups And Downs. Dalton, July B.—We R. F. D. boys all think it a measley shame that our Uncle Sam did not give i us holiday on July 4th, but carrier j on King Route 2 and myself sent' on subs and took holiday anyway. We joined the throng that went from Dalton and King to the springs and a jolly timo we had. It was quite a different experience from the jostle and worry of the K. F. D. Of course, ] guess every thing has its ups and downs but I have decided that the downs on the R. F. I). are more numerous than the ups. My route is 20$ miles, mostly country and moun tain roads. It is very poorly patronized with only sixteen boxes. I have been in the service ever since Dec. Ist, 1901. 1 handle on ;an average about 500 pieces of I mail a month. I like the work j very well only sometimes when 1 | get blue, then 1 would just as 'soon quit as to continue. 1 don't I think now that I will stay with ! them another winter. 1 do not {get as much nice fruit as No. 2 at j King says he does. .1 think the | patrons of my route like fruit bet : ter than I do. Ha, ha! I hope the people along the I route will wake up and take more interest in 11, F, 1). and erect suit j able boxes for the reception of j their mail. Enough to keep me | from going to sleep any way. j Will ring off for this time. Let hear from more of the R. F. 1). 1 boys. L. R. COE. f ( Sunday School Convention For Beaver Island Township. Dillanl, July (5, j Mr. Editor : Will you please publish in the I Reporter the following announce ment: The Beaver Island Township Sunday School convention will convene at Bethesda M. E. church I on Saturday before the third Sun- Iday in August, at 9:30 o'clock A. M. I Every Supt. and teacher is urgod |to look after their respective schools and to train and prepare j them for this occasion. Let it be the ambition of every Sunday j School worker and pupil to endea vor to make this the most brilliant and successful session ever held |by the Sunday Schools of Beaver | Island township. Let every Sec retary bo present on that day with ja full, thorough and carefully pre pared written report of their work since last convention. Each school ■is requested to furnish for the j program two recitations by some of I its pupils. Please select your parts soon as possible and send to |me title of recitation and name of speaker, that I may make out tbo i program a week before the time. Respectfully, A. J. ESSEX, | President B. 1. T. S. S. Associa ) tion. Take Notice. Chapter 318 of the Public Laws of North Carolina, ratified Feb.2s, : 1901, and Chapter lilti of the Pub | lie Laws of North Carolina, ratified j March 9, 1903, protect Telephone lines from injury, and make it a 1 misdemeanor for any person to carelessly or negligently cut or fell J any tree or limb or branch there i from in such a manner as to oause any injury to line or poles, or to cut, tear down or destroy, or in any way render unfit for the trans emission of messages any part of | the wire of a telephone line. People living along telephone lines might save thomselves trou i bio by bearing the above in mind. NILMUEIt 2J ;| WHAT STOKES FARMERS NEED. Letter From a Young Farmer Of Vade Mecum. Vade Mecum, July 8. ■ Mr. Editor s It is with great pleasure that I boast of being one of many of your interested readers. I enjoy reading Prof, W. B. Harris' letters in the Reporter. Let us have more of the experience of up-to date farmers, lam a young farm er and think that farming is the best life that any one can live. I havo a nico farm and plant corn, wheat, rye, oats, cane, potatoes, cabbage, onions and tobacco. I think that if all the farmers would stop planting so much tobacco anil raise more food supplies and stop using so much high priced guano and raise more stock and manure at home, the Stokes farmers would Soon be independ ent farmers. I am deeply inter ested in the advancement of the ■Stokes farmer and he cannot but fail in planting all tobacco and thereby be forced to buy all he eats and food for his stock. Nine tenths of the farmers are twelve months behind financially. When they begin their farming in the spring they open their liens. 1 wonder if the farmer ever counted the cost of preparing, planting, cultivating ten acres of tobacco; if i they would sit down and count the cost: everything attached to this ten acres, they would find it takes more to raise tobacco than some claim. The farmer needs to raise t. his own meat and bread anil stock food and some to spare for his hands. Plant about two acres • to the team in tobacco and pre pare and fertilize it well. Now, what the Stokes farmer need is more cattle and plenty of t good pasture. He should have 3 to 5 cows on a two-horse farm. He thereby secures his own , fertilizer which is far better than all the guano he can buy and at much less cost. The farmer does not prepare his land well enough. We often hear farmers say: I can not make wheat and oats and thore is no use to low. Now, Mr. Editor, if the farmer , would select good land for grain ( and prepare it as well as he does r for tobacco and fertilize as well. you know his results would be t quite different. 1 have tried deep I plowing and find it makes a big . difference. 1 see that some of the girls are t writing some nice letters and 1 hope more of them will write as you know that it gives boys hotter j enoourgement. Cheer up, old Stokes, and let us , all come together and have a conn | ty fair this fall. J. J. J. > Meeting At Rose Bud Church. Editor Reporter : 1 want to announce through the Reporter that a protracted meeting will begin at Rose Bud Christian church on the third Lord's day in this month. There will bo a ser mon and after this there will be dinner on the grounds. There will also be another sermon in | the afternoon. ' Everybody come out and let's ! have a good meeting. H. G. TI TTLE. FORCED TO STARVE. B. F. Leek, of Concord, Ky., j says: "For 20 years, 1 suffered agonies, with a sore on my upper lip. so painful, sometimes, that 1 [ could not eat. After vainly trying j everything else, I cured it, with ■ Bucklen's Arnica Salve." It's -, great for burns, cuts and wounds. At all drag stores: only 25c.
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