THE DANBURY REPORTER.
VOLUME XXXIII.
•-MC." ON GOOD ROADS.
He Says Talk More About Beautifying
Our Homes and Not So Much
About Weather and Crops.
Saxon, May 25.
JSditor Reporter:
Your editorial of last week
good or better roads always gets
attention. I get hopeful that
our people will in my time awake
to the many blessings that come
with good road*. We may talk and
•vrite about them, and bow best to
get them, until doomsday, but
unless we begin right down at the
bottom and in the homes of our
people, convince them of the bene
fit of good roads, we will con
tinue in the same old rut to drag
through mud and bump over rocks.
Let me tell you what I recently
noted while driving over an ordin
ary Stokes>county road. I stop
ped at the home of a friend (and
one who owns in fee simple about
300 acres of fine tobacco land).
His wife was sorrowfully bemoan
tng the wanderings of three sons.
Nice splendid boys who would
have been worth several thousand
dollars to old Sitokes had »hu held
them as citizens. They are roam
ing restless in other States. This
father is plodding along in the old
way and now comes the point I
wish to make. Within one hun
dred yards of the door of that
fr#o)e and in the only road that
>tj ajre at Jesst a dozen
>w&gon loads of loose rock, «oute as
large as water-buckets, many as
laige as gallon buckets, while to
mend the matter, as the owner
thought, around where the old
road had become a gully he had
out a new road with about fifty
fctuuipa in it from 8 to 18 inches
high. Showing n$ J[ see it the
utter blindness and iuditterefjcp
of our people to the thing that
. would do more to keep our boys
contented and happy on the farm
than anything else. Beautify your
fronias, clean away the rocks and
stomps kpep the briars and weeds
eat dose, sew gfW§ peed, aud have
your surroundings uk&t pf}9 o '-
fill, and we won't have heartguhas
about our boys leaviog home, and
when they do go away they will
take every occasion to come back
and visit the much loved old home.
(Jet to work along this line. Do
talking and writing about
fte&t, Jlf-opt, cheerful country
feowae., infieaifl of flfO weather and
ttieerop#, an 4 soon we will h#yp
an ideal country*,
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List of States That Will Hold Elec
tions This Year. c.
Oregon will hold its election on 1
June 4th. Arkansas on Sept. Ist.
Vermont Sept. 4th. Maine Sept.
L Jflth. Georgia Oct. Hrd. Kontucky
November ,?tb apd all tfre regt 1
tfov. (sth,
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Must Put Up Flag At Box.
The postoffice department at'
Washington has made a ruling that
'will greatly interest the rural deliv
ery carriers. Heretofore they -had
*4 drive up to every bo* on "their
"Tlßute and examine it to see if
m there was any mail to be taken up,
Y but hereafter a Hag must be put
up if »ai| is deposited, so that the
* carrier can see it and know that
be must stop. If no tlag is up aud,
he has no mail for delivery, he
simply drives on. Jn this way he
will -save considerable time, for a
. great many delivery bon.es are
some distance from the public
I roads.
STOOD THE TEST 25
\ YEARS.
\ old original GROVE'S
\w Chill Tonic. You know
Y are taking. It is iron ;
'fne in a tasteless form.:
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AGAINST BASEBALL IN SCHOOLS.
Four Soft Drink Stands In Operation
At Sardis—Stokes Needs More
Bridges Other Notes.
Pine Hall, May 25.
Editor Reporter :
We noticed what "Mc." had to
say about base ball, and we heartily
endorse his stand on this question.
Every man who has a boy to edu
cate, should first find out whether
or not the school he proposes to
send to has a base ball team that
leaves home to play a match game,
and if it has, don't patronize it.
We heard a man say today who
hap boys to educate that he had
rather risk his boy any where else
than at a base ball school. If our
teachers won't stop it, let's have
the legislature to prohibit it,
It is said that at least four soft
j drink stands were running at the
Baptist Association last Sunday.
Now, Mr. Justice of the Peace, and
grand jurors, the safety of this
nation depends upon the church
and its institutions. If you fail
, to protect the church the nation is
doomed. This Sabbath desecration
especially on tha
should be nipped in the bnc}. Stop
right where it is. Rottle goods
is not a necessity and everybody
that sells it on the church grounds
: on Sunday should be dealt with.
Stop it right where it is.
We think the defeat of the bond
issue in Rockingham county will
for the present, at least, show our
advocates of road working by tax
ation in h»tok§BCQunty the way the
wind is blowing. Stokes county is
not ready for this yot, and in our
judgment it would be waste of
| time and money to have a road
election. Let us just have bridges
across the bad fords. The road is
very little account to us in this
section, as we can only get to the
j rivsr and have to stop.
Miss Lelia Flina attended the
Salem commencement this week.
Mr. W, M. Ohisman is on a visit
to his daughter at Reidsville.
A large number of our people
attended the Baptist Association
last Sunday.
SUBSCRIBER.
Letter From California,
Napa, California,' May 20.
Mr. Editor :
Napa, the beautiful little "city
of Roses," suffered the most from
the great earthquake, being totally
(48str«yP(J ; 4 W a 'l city wjth vast
possibilities, situated in the fertile
Sonoma Valley, (Indian name,
meaning Valley of the Moon).
Her people had faith in it, and
their hopes were being realized,
Their estimates of the future were
not absurd. It is down and out
now, but it will not stay down.
From the ruins will arise a more
bpsijtift}| Some of the blood
Jhat ig there fte>er foeen
vanquished, having desceudedjfrpm
tha heroes of York Town and
Valley Forge, That indomitable
will that hewed out of the forests
the homes of the pioneers will not
stay down. They will bear their
arms and with pick and shovel
will rebuild and retain their place
on tha mpp.
Please send my Reporter to the
address below.
Very truly,
J. L. HILL,
430 North St.,
ftoga, Oi>l.
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DANBURY, N. C., MAY 31, 1906.
MAKING CORN CHEAPLY
A GOOD SYSTEM OF CULTIVATION SET FORTH
BY MR. FRENCH, OF BYRDVILLE, VA.
Messrs. Editors :
The corn crop being the great
est stock food produce we have,
merits better treatment than it
gets at the hands of most of us.
Yet I believe the great majority of
farmers are making advancement
along the line of better prepara
tions of the seed bed for this im
portant crop and are also giving
more attention the later cultiva
tion of the plants.
HOLDING ON TO OLD SYSTEM.
Still we see altogether toq many
fields yet which give evidenoe that
their owners are not troubling
themselves with any "new-fangled
notions" regarding corn cultiva
tion. I pass such a field frequent
ly. The field has about twelve
corners, is covered with rocks, con
tains several flourishing patches
of thorn aud blackberry bushes.
The land was plowed rather early
while altogether too wet, but as
the furrows were not over three
inches in depth the main body of
the soil wasn't injured greatly.
This plowing was deemed suffi
cient preparation for the crop, so
along in the first days of May the
shovel plow was started laying off
the rows. Then followed the boy
with the bucket of seed corn, drop
ing one, two or three kernels, as
most convenient, at qnqrt
ranging from one foot to four The
other man then oame along with
the double-shovel, shaking the
olods up good and I think there
was little doubt about the grain
being covered, but "what will the
harvest be?"
is IT CHEAP?
Was this a cheap preparation flf
j the Soil? Let us see, The plow,
ing because of the irregular
shaped field and the many obstruo.
tions, cost not less than $2.50 per
acre, or enough had the field
been cleaned of trash —to have
plowed it well and harrowed it
thoroughly both ways with fi
spring/teeth riding cultivator, felo
if conditions had been right the
land oould have beeu made ready
and in fine condition for the two
horse planter at no more cost of
labor thau has been incurred with
the almost no preparation that has
been given. The planting of this
little piece of land cost, as near as
I could figure,
acrp, whereas the work oould have
been done with the two-horse!
planter at about seventeen cents
per aore,
We will see that this was a case
where the so-called cheap prepara
tion was not cheap after all, and
if a good illustration of the worst
form of patch-farming. In the
one case a poof qrop jg j
whfttPW Hip SPRHQH HW he, while
had the other method of prepara
tion been used a fair orop was aU
molt suro to follow, no matter
what the season may have been.
HOW MR. FRENCH PREPARES HIS
LAND.
Our corn land was well-plowed
before QHnatmqa fa R dwpth o* not
less than eight Inches, and along
in April was cross- plowed in an
equally thorough manner. Then
a light roller was passed over the
fields, crushing the soft clods very
fV B pftpg : |ooth culti :
vator wqs then used in the harrow
ing of the fields both ways, when
we thought the l«nd jq condition
to pltynt, f lie planting of a corn
crop is a very small matter when
we use a machine to do the work
that covers nearly a rod in width
at every round. And I telj ypy
truly I wouldn't trade one two
horse oorn planter for a dosen boys
with their oorn buckets, beoauae
we can regulate the planters, but
not the boys.
HOW THE OROP SHOULD HE CULTI- j
VATED NOW.
Since planting, our fields have
had two thorough harrowings with j
the short-tooth, iron harrow and
now (May 14th) the corn plants
are breaking through fine mellow
soil at great rate. After we have
another rain and when the plants
are three or four inches high, the
light roller will go over these fields
again at the rate of fifteen acres
per day.
Then the sulky cultivator with
its ten spring teeth, 24 inches in
width and equipped with tho dirt
guards, will begin its work. For
the first cultivation the shovels
will bo set to cut four inches deep,
afterward 2i .inches will be tho
rule,
We have found the foregoing
treatment to be good medicine for
the corn crop in years past, and
we are banking on it and our I
stable manyrg to Ofirry us through
[the preseut seasou. A.L.French
in Progressive Farmer.
HODGES TO HANG lUNE 29.
Man Who Murdered His Sick Wife At
Durham to Pay the Penalty On
the Gallows.
Durhqtfl, May 1W. —The jury in
thfl John Hodges case returned a
verdict of guilty of murder In the
first degree this afternoon, after
having been in the jury room
thirty minutes.
In passing the sentence Judge
Ferguson took oocasion to address
j the prisoner on the enormity of his
I crime and of the view by
I the law. He that he Uid not j
j know whether n new trial could be
secured and warned the prisoner
not to rely too strongly on that,
but to prepare himself for the
; future. While he spoke tears
gathered"is the eyes of the judge,
and he said it was one of tha htU'd
est duties imposed Upon man,
Houri Destroyed By Fire.
On last Thursday afternoon W.
B. Golden, who lives one mile
west of Round Peak, this county, i
had the misfortune to lose his
house and furniture by fire,
dinner Mr. Goldeß'a t«m-year,old
(taHghteff Swept the kitchon and it
is thought left the liroom near the
fireplace, and It is believed that j
the igniting of the broom was re
sponsible for the fire. In about
half an hour after the girl left the
house the building was discovered
to be on fire, and it had burned so
rapidly as to render it impoß.s\b}e
to remove the from the
house*. his household effects,
including a lot of meat, corn, wear- '
ing apparel and a small sum of
money, were destroyed. The houso
was a good one and it is estimated
that the owner's loss amounts to
five hundred dollars, without any
insurance.—Mt. Airy Leader
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COMING MARRIAGE.
Miss Ellen Petree. of Germanton. to
Be Married to Dr. Geo. E. Dennis,
of laeger. West Va.. On
June 9.
Mr. and Mrs, F. E. Petree, of
| Geruianton, announce the marriage
of their daughter, Miss Ellen, to
; Dr. Geo. E. Dennis, of laeger,
W. Va., on Saturday, June 9th, at
their home near Germanton.
The announcement is quite a
surprise to the many friends of
this popular and well known
young couple.
In Memory Of Charlie Rhodes.
Dellar, May 21.—1t is with a
sad heart I now try to write the
death of our friend and cousin,
Mr. Charlie Rhodes. He died
May Bth, of appendicitis, and was
about 18 years of age, just in the
bloom of life, and how sad it is to
stand around the death bed of our
loved one and see the angel of
death. We often cry out and say
our troubles are more than we can
bear, but God's will must be
done, not ours. He had all the
attontion that loving parents and
friends could give, and was attend
ed by three of the best physicians
—Martin, McNeal and Moore.
While although you loved him so,
but aU your kindness given;
To keep dear Charlie here below
could not keep him from his
home in Heaven.
God called his spirit home, his life
by God was given, his body in
the grave is laid,
While his spirit dwells in Heaven.
Cheer up, dear friends, don't weep
so long,
O'er your poor Charlie's fate
Life is but an idle song:
Death comea soan or Lai®-.
He ia ainging, sweetly singing
On fair Cannan's happy shore;
! He is waiting gladly waiting
To greet the loved ones here
below.
And we see the vacant chair
And we note the empty bed;
And our lip& can softly murmur
Dearest Charlie, he is dead.
But tae day is not far distant
| And we hail it with delight;
When we shall meet our dear one
In the realms of Heavenly light.
I
God has plucked the fairest flower
from the purest stem;
It now adorns a Heavenly bower,
and is a priceless gem.
How sa,d it was to part from one
wo loved so dear
Although ho drank the bitter cup
without a sign of fear;
His life so short, but well was
spent, his spirit dwells in love,
His life by God was only lent, and
He called him home above;
His friends so loothe to hear the
cross whom by our Savior
given;
You only now seel the loss,
But think of him again in Heaven.
Ixkeyl x key did all they oould for him,
but they could not keep him from
his home in Heaven. We hope
our loss is Heaven's eternal gain,
My heart goes out in sympathy to
the bereaved family. May God
bless and help them that when
! they lay down th» burdens of life
' they a»«wt him in a better and I
brighter world, where there is ]
bright summer always, and storms!
do never come.
A FRIKND.
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Thomas A. Edison Visits Winston.
Thomas A. Edison, the world's
most distinguished genius and
| inventor, spent Tuesday night of
last week at Winston. Mr. Edison
was enroute to Lincoln county, N.
■ 0., where he went to investigate
some cobalt mines. He stated to
the Winston papers that he had
only been able to get this valuable
mineral from Germany and that
the cost had been too great. That
if he found it in good quantities
in North Carolina ho oould revolu
itionize the propelling power of
antoiuobiles. Mr. Edison was
| traveling in an antomobile.
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Briefs Adrift.
Mr. Walter Ray, of Francisco,
was here Saturday.
A new Piedmont Warehouse is
being erected at Winston.
There are only two prisoners
confined in the jail here now.
Mr. John Alley, of Hartman,
was a Danbury visitor Saturday.
It is learned that there are about
fifteen guests at Moore's Springs
now.
The county commissioners will
be in monthly session next Mon
day.
Dr. W. L. McOanless returned
from a business trip to Winston
Saturday.
Mr. S. (i. Wall, of Madison
Route 3, was a Danbury visitor
! Saturday.
Mrs. A. J. Owens, of Danbury
Route 1, has been right sick the
past week.
Mr. Johnnie Manuel, of Walnut
Cove Route 3, was here a short
j while Friday on business.
Mrs. Scott Simmons and sister,
Miss May Alley, of Hartman, visi
ted Danbury Friday.
Mr. L. A. Duncan, who has been
attending school here, returned to
his home near Dillard Saturday.
Mr. P. H. Linville, a prominent
saw mill man of Belews Creek
Route 3, was in Danbury looking
after some business Saturday.
Misses Nellie Joyce, of the
State Normal College, and Mary
Taylor, of Guilford College, are ex
pected home today, their respec
tive schools having closed.
Misses Fannie France, Flora
Hutchens, Mary Sbelton and Lot
tie Sisk, who have been attending
school here for some time, return
ed to their homes Saturday,
Notwithstanding the reports of
a scarcity of plants, Mr. Wm.
Nelson, of Danbury, predicts thai
Stokes will produce as much to
bacco this year as she ever did.
Mrs. Sterling Gentry, of Hun
tington, West Va., who is visiting
relatives in Stokes, spent a day or
two here the past week with the
family of Mr. N. O. Petree.
Mrs. A. J. Fagg returned Satur
day from a visit to her mother B!
Walnut Cove. She was accom
panied home by her brother, Mr.
Thos. Calloway.
Mr. J. H. Robertson, of Francis
oo Route 1, was here a short while
Saturday. Mr. Roberson recently
returned from Bombay, N. C. r
where he has been teaching.
Mrs. N. O. Petree visited her
mother, Mrs. Caleb Hill, near
Meadows, several days the past
week. Mrs. Hill has been right
siok for several days, but is much
better now.
Mr. Robt. L. Mounce, who has
been residing at High Point for
some time, is at his old home near
Meadows. Ho recently had a
severe attack of measles and has
not fully recovered.
Messrs. J. H. Covington, of
Mizpah, and J. O. Boyles, of King,
were here on business Saturday.
Mr. Boyles told the Reporter that
he had set out about ten thousand
plants of tobacco BO far. He uses
a patent tobacco planter which
waters the plants as they are set.
He says the plants are living nice
ly-
Mr. A. H. Joyce returned from
a visit to Winston-Salem Thurs
day. While at Winston Mr. Joyce
had the pleasure of seeing and
talking to Mr. Thos. A. Edison,
who visited Winston last week.
Mr. Edison aiked Mr. Joyce a
great many questions about the
minerals, etc., in Stokes and said
he hoped to visit the county some
times