THE DANBURY REPORTER.
VOLUME XXXIII.
HOW HE LIVED TO BE SEVENTY.
Mark Twain Humorously Sets Forth
His Rules; of Life and Conduct—
I Smoking. Exercise. Eating
and Sleeping.
A few wteks ago Mark Twain
Celebrated his seventieth birthday,
a dinner being given him at Del-'
monico's in New York City, and
tfie Ostlerites ought to give this
address, mnde by Mark, careful at
tention :
"Seventy years ago I had my
first birthday, and even now when
ever I think of it,' it is with indig
nation. Everything wns so crude,
so unaesthetic. Nothing was
really ready. 1 was born, you
know, with a high and delicate
aesthetic taste. And then think
of it! —I had not hair, no teeth,
no clothes. And I had to go to
my lirst banquet like that.
"And everybody came swarming
in. It was the merest little ham
let in the backwoods of Missouri,
where never anything happened
at all. All interest centered in me
that day. They came with that
peculiar provincial curiosity to
look me over and to see if I had
brought anything fresh in my par
ticular line. Why, I was the only
thing that had happened in the
last three months —and I came
very near being the only thing
that happened there in two whole
years.
"They gave their opinion. No!
one had asked them, but they gave
them, and they were all just green j
with prejudice. T stood it as long
aa —well, you know, I was born
"iiUUftfto'.w. I stood it for about
an hour. Then the worm turned.
I I was the worm. It was my turn
f to turn, and I did turn. I knew
the strength of my position. I
knew that I was the only spotless
pure person in that camp, and I
just came out and told them so.
"It was so true that they could
make no answer fit all. They
merely blushed and waut away, j
t Well, that was my cradle song, and
now I am singiug my swan song.
It is a far stretch from that first,
birthday to this, the seventieth.
Just think of it 1
"And I have achieved my seven
ty years in the usual way, by stick,
ing strictly to a scheme of life
which would kill anybody else.
"As to habits, we have no per
main things. I have made it a
rule to go to bed when there wasn't
" anybody left to ait up with ; and I
have made it a rule to get up when
. 1 have to. This has resulted in an
unswerving regularity of irregu
larity.
"I have made it a rule never to
smoke more than one cigar at a
time, I have no restriction as re
gards smoking, I do not know
just when I began to smoke. I
only know that it was ia my fath
er's life-time and that 1 was de
creet. He passed from this lite,
early in 1848, when I was a shade
elevenever since then I have
■smoked publicly. As an example
W,to others, and not that I care for
" moderation myself, it has always
bean my rule never to smoke wbeu.
asleep and never to refrain when
awake.
"As for drinking, I have no rule
about that. When the others drink
> I like to help; otherwise I remain
dry, by habit nnd preference.
This dryness dues not hurt me,
but it con/f'/hurt you, because you
are.ditfertt.lt. You let it alone,
I "I ha'|T never taken any exer-
I cise except sleeping and resting
and I neper intend to take any.
y Exercise is loathsome. And it
\*nnot be any benefit when yon
N» tired; I was always tired.
\a the BMtter of diet—which
V I
is another main thing—l have
been persistently strict in stick- j
ing to the things which didn't
agree with me until one or the
other of us got the best of it. j
Until lately I got the best of it
myself. But last spring I stop
ped frollicking with mince pie
after midnight; up to then, I had
always believed it wasn't loaded.
For thirty years I have taken cof
fee and bread at eight o'clock in
the morning, and no bite nor sup
i until 7:30 in the evening. Eleven
hours! That is all right for me.
Headachy people would not reach
seventy comfortably by that road.
And I wish to urge upon you this
! —which I think is wisdom—that
if you find you can't make seventy
by any but an uncomfortable road,
don't go. When they take off the
Pullman and retire you to the ran
cid smoker, put on your things,
| count your checks, and get out at
the first way-station where there's
a cemetery.
"To-day it is all of sixty years
since I began to smoke the
limit. I have never bought cigars
with life-belts around them. I
early found that they were too -
, pensive for me. I have always
bought cheap cigars—reasonably
cheap, at any rate, Sixty years
ago they cost me four dollars a
barrel, but my taste has improved
lately, and I pay seven dollars now,
six or seven. Seven, I think,
j Yes; it's seyen. But that includes
i the barrel. I often have smoking
1 parties at my house, but the peo
ple that come have always just
taken the pledge. I wonder why
that is?
Walking and Running the Best Exer
cise.
•
Writing of exercise for chil
dren iu the Delineator, Dr. Grace
Peckham Murray saysi "When
children are old enough there is
no better exercise than brisk walk
ing. To be of benefit it should be
; brisk enough to bring the blood to
the surface, and to expand the
lungs. Running exercises the en
| durance. Systematic running
( should enter more largely into the
exercise for children. Running
strengthens the heart, increases the
breathing capacity and develops
the iajjecles of the whole body.
Like all yiolent pyprpjse in which
'children indulge, it should be
taken under the supervison of a
j teacher to avoid overdoing.
| "An jdeal way for children to
f| pass the auwttipr is in camps un
der the judicious cafa of ft teacher
and guide who can entor into the
games and feelings of tb9 boys
and girls. I believe In the'same
education in these matters for
girls as for boys. They can then
become acquainted with woodcraft,
botany and geology and increase
their health by tramps and explor
ations. The primitive, which ex
ists in all, whether of yojjnger or
older growth, has a chance to show
itself, and it improves the health,
for it does not do for children any
more than for adults to be too
I civilized.
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Winston the Second Cjty to Have
Trolley Car System.
It is a fact that may not be fa
miliar to some people but it is true
pevertheless that Winston-Salem
] was the spcoud city in the United
; States to have au eigctrj;; trolley
car system, Richmond being the
first place to have such a system.
The local street car system was
established by Mr. Sprague, inven
tor of the elaotrjcjjJ trolley service,
in 1888, before seyy York or any
of the other great northern cities
bad electric trolley cars.—Winston
Daily Wantinsl,
J . - ~ BS=r I
Mr. J. G. Davis and son, Dalt,
of Pijjnace visited the family of
Mr. Mjr. A. W, Davie here the past
week.
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DANBURY, N. C., MAY 24, 1906.
PROF. SHARP COMING
LET EVERYBODY COME TO THE FARMERS'
MEETING AT DANBURY MONDAY, JUNE 4.
The following letter explains it
self:
Intelligence, N. 0., May 17.
Mr. Eugene Pepper,
Danbury, N. C.
My dear sir:
Your letter requesting me to be
with your nssooiation at Danbury
the first Monday, which is the 4th
of June, has been received. If not
providentially hindered, I will be
there, so you can advertise accord
ingly. I have placed same on my j
calendar of appointments. Have a
large crowd out.
With kind wishes,
Yours truly,
J. M. SHARP,
State Secretary.
Professor Sharp is the State
Secretary of the Farmers' Pro- i
tective Association, is enthusastic j
in the course of farming, and is an
able eloquent and forceful speaker.
He is the principal of Sharp's In
stitute at Intelligence, Rocking
ham county, and has many friends
i and actjuaintioners among our
people, who know him to be a
man of splendid character and
high purposes. Let every farmer,
and every person who is interest
ed in the condition of the farmers
and opposed to the present low
price of tobacco, come out antl
help swell the crowd. Professor
Sharp will tell us all about the
plans and pvycporcs of the Aafcj*-
' ciation and Jiotf it guarantees {
I curb tba Trust.
Eve?y sub- association of the
county should come with a full
representation. Danbury extends
( a cordial invitation to Westjjeld,
Pilot Mt., Francisco, Gapella, Dil- \
| lard, Wilson's Store and all to be
1 on hand.
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MOORE'S SPRINGS.
Moore's Springs, May 15. j
Things arc alroady beginning to
liven up at Moore's as several
! guests have come in.
Miss Ella East has been right
j sick but is improving now.
Mr. N. R. Johnson and family
yisitpd the family of Mr. Wm
. j Hall last Sunday.
Two of our young men have
i killed and eat frogs until they
have stopped walking and gone to
• swimming and jumping.
BLUE EYED NANCY.
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Electric Railway For Yadkin County.
The citizens of Yadkin county
are manifesting deep interest in
the proposition to build an electric
line from Winston-Salem to Yad
kinville. The Ripple says it is
being discussed with earnestness.
. That paper adds:
j "We wpre talking to fi farmer
| last Saturday, and we asked him
what was the expense account go
ing to and from Winston with a
wagon, and he said he could not
make the trip less than $5.00, and \
I he is as close aa the bark to a tree,
j too. Then ye asfefid feiffl jf ho
j ever calculated what the ta* on
i them would be if we got the car
line put through. He said: 'Well
no, but I imagine it would be a
right smart,' When we had con-1
II Fincpd him his expense for a
wagon trip would pay his ear line
i tax for four or 5 years he was irore j
than surprised. That car line is
coming, so you may as well pre-!
pare to take a ride on it,"
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Jennie Ifaylps, of Vadp j
Mecum. and Eric Shelton, of i
Moore's Springs, visited Danbury
' taumfay.
, '
Mr. W. W. King left Monday to
visit Greensboro and Winston, i
How The Review Feels.
While the result of the election
on the bond issue was a disap- j
pointment to the friends of the
movement, they are not. disgrunt-1
led or discouraged. The labor
of educating the people is not lost, j
The friends of progress are not
whipped, and being eternally
right, they propose to again push
their cause to the front with con-1
j fidence of winning out.
j The contest has been interesting.
[ The business men of the county
were in favor of the bond issue.
The farmers, with rare exceptions,
were opposed to it. Disgruntled
politicians of both political parties ;
conspired to cause its defeat, hop- j
ing thereby to win favor with the
j masses. These politicians are
j welcome to all the credit for its
defeat.
The Review has no regrets for
its position. It much prefers
having gone down in defeat on i
the side of right than to be on the ]
side of the victorious, and against
the best interests of this county. |
When the compaign opened a
few hundred advocates of the
measure set about to educate the
masses about the benefits of ma-I
cadam roads. Saturday's vote
showed their ranks had grown un
til there were 1444 voters in favor
of the bond issue.—Reidsville j
Review. ,
*Roof?Velt Will Open the Jamestown
Exposition.
Washington dispatch: President,
Roosevelt will attend the formal
opening of the Jamestown Exposi
j tion next year and will deliver an
address on that occassion.
The invitation was extended to
the President by Harry St. George
Tucker, President of the Exposi-'
tion Company; C. Brooks John-!
aqn and Lieut- Gov. J. Taylor
; BUyson, of Virginia. The Presi
dent accepted the invitation say
ing he had hadthedeepest interest
in the Exposition since the incep
tion of the project.
The opening of trie Exposition
will take place on April 2(5, 1907,
and assurance was given by Presi
dent Tucker that there would be
no delay. "The report recently
circulated," said President Tucker,
"that the Exposition would not he
opened on schedule time, has no
foundation. The aooeptance by
the President of our invitation for
the 2ith of next April ought to
dispose of any talk of postpone-'
ment."
The date of the opening is the an
niversary of the first landing of the
English at Cape Henry. The
celebration pn the occasion of the
opening of the Exposition will be
brilliant and historic,
DALTON.
Dalton, April 30.—The girls say
Dalton Institute can't be beat. Of
course several have went tq other
from ground here, and the
ttchool is not as large as it was last
spring, but we doubt very much
whether or not they will learn any
more by going. We do not feel
left at all as some may think, in
fact, we tp-p having Jolly
times, and we think our Prof, is
l enjoying life very much.
PEG.
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SOME MADISON NEWS.
Miss Gentry Gives Up Her Position-
Boy Cuts His Finger Off With
Lawn Mower—Mr. R. D. Reid
Sick- -Other Items.
From the Herald.
At a dance last Saturday night
Henry Coon, a young white man,
I was severely cut in the back by
Lee Powers. Dr. McAnally was
called in and sewed up the wound
: which was about 10 inches long.
One of Rev. D. P. Tate's little
boys had the end of one of his
fingers cut off in a lawn mower
Tuesday. Drs. Biard and Mc-
Anally attended and think the lit
tle fellow will get along alright.
The friends of Mr. Reuben D.
Reid will regret to learn that for
the past week he has been con
fined to his bed with sickness,!
but not of a serious nature how
ever we are glad to state. We
, wish for him a speedy recovery.
Miss Minnie Gentry, who en
tered the Walker Memorial Hos
pital at Wilmington about a
month ago to study for a trained
nurse, returned home last week.
, She gave up her position because
of the fact that they require at the
j named hospital white girls to at
tend the colored patients—and '
this in North Carolina.
Rev. D. P. Tate oommenced a i
series of meetings at the Methodist
church last Sunday,
Tho election is over and the
bond issue lost by 441 votes. This
is a disappointment to the Herald
and its Editor. Moreover it was a
: surprise, because as we have said
all along, we felt that we could re
ly on the intelligence and patriot-'
ism of the citizens of tfie county
to push our oounty to the front; j
and wo have f(?!t confident from
the start that the measure would
carry. We accept the verdict of
the people in the very best of!
of spirit. We are satisfied that!
they have made a sorions mistake,
but at the same time we are satis- 1
i lied that it was a mistake honestly
made by the great rank and file of
people. So far as we are con- j
cerned the fight has left no heart- j
burnings. W T e did all we could
in an honorable way to aid our
county in material advancement
hnt tho people either in ignorance
of the great benefits to come to us
by reason of this measure, or be
cause of their horror to seeming
increased taxation saw fit to vote
the measure dawn. We are satis
tied th?.y will regret this action;
i yot they exercised their privilege
and it ia not for us to censure
j them for so doing,.
VADE MECUM ROUTE 1.
Vade Mecum Route 1, May 15. !
People in this seotion are get- j
ting on vory well with their work. |
Jaok frost did a lot of damage ;
here.
There was preaching at Rock
] House last Sunday. A large!
crowd out and a good sermon.
Miss Alice Boles is very sick.
Hope she will aoon recover,
Guess they expect to have a
livoly time at Vade Mecum this !
summer.
WIG WAG.
Former Stokes Lady Married In
Greensboro.
Mr. W. T. McCuiston, of |
Greensboro, president of the Guil- ■
ford Hardware Co., and Mrs. Res- j
sie Cardwell, of the same city,
were united in marriage in the i
Reformed church at Greensboro 1
last Wednesday. Mrs. Cardwell
was a former Stokes lady, having
resided at Pinnacle up to a year I
or two since.
!
Mrs. Win. Simmons, of Dan
bury Route 1, has been right sick
week.
Briefs Adrift.
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Mr. Alvin Blair visited Madison
Friday.
Mr. Robt, W. Hill, of Meadows,
was here Monday.
Mr. Sidney Golding, of Pink,
was a visitor here Friday.
The public roads are in fine
shape since the advent of the dry
weather.
The indications are that Dan
bury will have lots of visitors this
summer.
Mr. J. S. D. Pulliam, a promi
! nent citizen of King, was a visitor
here Saturday.
Messrs. J. R, Forest and A. D.
Dodd, of Dodd, were Danbury
| visitors Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Gordon, of
; Winston, are expected here soon
to spend the summer.
Truck growers and gardeners
! are rejoicing this season over the
scarcity of the pestiferous potato
| bug-
Mr. Stuart, representing the
Goose Grease Liniment Co., of
Greensboro, was in Danbury Fri
day.
Charlotte had a $150,000 fire
last week. Between 6,000 and
12,000 bales of cotton were
burned.
Miss Mabel Williams, of Ashe
ville. who is well known here, is
expected to visit Mrs. M. T. Chil
ton soon.
Misses Nellie Joyce and Mary
Taylor, students at the State Nor-
I mal and Guilford Colleges, will re
turn to their homes next week.
Mr. Joseph Coleman and family,
who have been residing here the
I past winter, removed Friday to
| their new home near Hartman.
Miss Ola Slate, who has for
some time, been residing in Los
Angeles, California, recently re
turned to her old home at King.
The date for the meeting of the
Stokes County Sunday School As
sociation, to be held at Danbury
during the summer, has not yet
been decided upon.
N. L. Cranford & Co., the en
terprising Winston clothing firm,
change their ad in this issue, and
call attention to their spring and
summer suits. See their ad.
The season of college com
mencements is here. Several
Danbury young people will prob
ally attend the commencement of
the State Normal College, at
' Greensboro, next week.
Mr. J. E. Sisk, of Sandy Ridge
R. F. D. No. 1, spent a short
while here Friday afternoon. He
I was accompanied home by his
daughter, Miss Lottie, who is at
tending school here.
Dr. W. L. McCanless had a
large dam erected last week on
! the branch which runs through
! his meadows near Hartman. By
j closing the gate in the dam he is
now able to overflow the meadows
I with water.
Prof. J. T. Smith's school will
! close Friday. The school has been
well attended, quite a number of
young ladies and young men from
j almost every part of the county
having been in attendence. Prof.
Smith will conduct an examination
of teachers Friday and Saturday,
The old Piedmont Warehouse
at Winston, owned by M. W. Nor
tleet & Co., will be sold Saturday
I and torn down. Stokes farmers
have sold many loads of tobacco in
this old house. The proprietors
will erect a new building in an
other part of the city in time to
look after the new crop of the
weed.
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