THE DANBURY REPORTER.
VOLUME XXXIII.
STOKES BOY IN A FIX
P. J. WATKINS WATER
IDEAS OF THE NORTt
' PARED WITH THE PE
Ilnotington, West Va, Jan. 19.
Mr. Editor:
IYesibly no one in Stokes coun
ty w«a ever hemmed in on *ll aide*
by water end could not leave their
hotiim except by bout, bnt each i»
now the oase with yonr humble
■errant, and it ie a ticklish feel
ing. If thi# letter finds its wav
into print, yr.n mny know kinl
reader, t l >it I law e»caped.
This city of 15.000 inhabitants,
la on the Ohi Hirer in the «-x
treme soothwestern portion of th**
/ State. Here •re located itomn of
i the most imp Tf uit industries in
.the country, and ill of them a r -
,A-®ow imriilizf-d kii aivuuut of high
•IWater. It ha* been •■aiwinirforthe
past month in the water »f
the Otii-'! wai H* ( ' H h*v#>
' l>een freijuet.it \ itliin tiit' |mst few
Hfreeks, so the river is now high
'ab • >ve the dautfur line. Third
i Avenue, the afreet on which I live,
consisting of the business and res
it idential station is flooded from
; 14tb to 24th street five feet deep
.' and still rising with the back
waters from the Ohio, and hun
dreds of boats are to be seen du
ring the day going np and down
, the streets. Everyone seems jolly
i 1 and good natnred over it, and alt
are living in the seoond storeia of
» their homea with boats ready to
leave from the second story win
dows, should the water get that
high. There is an Insane Asylum
[ on the hill overlooking the city,
and if 1 flee, I guess that is where
I should have been maybe, long
ago and this is one time I'll go.
I would be glad for you, reader,
!to pay oareful attention to the
compariaon I am going to make
with regards to this country and
> s tUe South.
Every southerner who goes
>rth knows how to appreciate
* southern hospitality, because you
don't find it in the north ; and a
man uanally knows yon here when
be is after yonr money, and by
the way, money ia not bard to find
here. Wagea are high, and living
ia not higher than at Qreenaboro, j
N. 0. A good place to make mon
ey here bnt not a good plao* to i
live always. Of oonrae, the South
as somewhat stubborn and set in
its ways, but socially there is "no
country on earth it* equal and
morally. Well, yon folka think
you have a bad country, but just
get the papers here and read and
yonwill find that all the bad peo
ple.of the earth are not ooofined
to ate limits of Stokes county. I
get two fine large daily papers
giving tull aasooiated preas pews
here for one oent per copy, and
there ia not a day exioept you read
of home great orime which ia worae
than making moonabine whiskey.
I| sm oonfident, after oareful ob
serration, that the greatest menace
to this oonntry is foreign immi
gration and an influx, of negroes
from the South. I am sorry tofeee
the Sooth taking a stand to 'get
f or* igners to come there, if they
should k t the same claas there
oneifees in this oonntry, in the
end) he poor laborer will be in a
bad£* and anarchy will reign an
\ prei , What the people in the
Sou 'need is to get upajad hustls
dvea and forget that old idea
ing for a measley set of
iggers" to do the work, but
olined to think that clim
ditions have to do with a
miu. ropensities for work. We
.."' it lU moti i? less inclined to
"wander aw Ay from our nativity,
when it is our desire to go after
aomathing (money), whioh poa
ibly in the end might not produoe
as moob happiness as we think.
With that auficieooy of ; oney,
(-BOUND IN OHIO—HIS
HERN PEOPFE AS COM
EOPLE OF STOKES.
the writer would not mind to while
away hia life in sight of theSanra
town Mountains, provided there
should be trolly car*, telephones,
good roads and sn inolination on
the part of all the people to be as
much in the van of progress as any
people in any oonntry. There has
to be a desire on the part of the
people in any country to keep up
with ther countries in progress
before much cart be accomplished
in trie way of having modern oon
d'ti -ns
Since writing the ab .ve, the
flood is fslling some, and poasibly
in three days street cara will be
running on 3rd Avenue. The
Baltimore & Ohio haa run no
trains between here and Pittsburg,
Pa .f >r fmir or five days. There
can tie no estimate at present on
the damage brought by this great
fi >od. It will reach into the mil
lions.
We have had June weather here
for aeveral weeks, the grass is
growing and peach trees are al
moat in bloom, but the wind ia
blowing a fierce, oold gale today,
and the waves are running 12 to
15 feet on the awollen river. Aa
the dinger ia past, I shall get a
boat to the postoffice this P. M.
b !*-.• p JiW>
Mr. Shaffer Writes From Missouri.
Moscow Mills, Mo., Route 1.
Mr. Editor :
Seeing letters in the Reporter
from other subscribers, would like
to ask the you to give me space
for a few lines.
I came from Stokes county to
Lincoln county, Mo., snd have
been here nearly two years. I like
this State far better than North
Carolina.
Wheat and oorn are the prin
cipel crops. Wheat this year is
looking fine. My father-in-law
pat in 260 aorea in wheat laat fall.
He made 5,000 buahela of oorn laat
year with four handa.
Wheat aella at 75 to 76 centa per
, buahel ; oorn, 38 cents pet bushel;
hay ia high, selling at $15.00 to
$20.00 pet ton ; wagea from SI.OO
to $3 00 per day. Flour ia $2.20
per hundred ; potatoes, 35 cents
per buahel; applea, 35 to 50 centa
per buahel. Every farmer here
raises cattle, hogs, aheep and
horses, males and good cropa. We
are feeding for market 98 head of
oattle and 100 head, of hoga also 42
head of stook cattle. '
No tobaooo is raised here, and
there are people here who never
saw a tobacco plant, and I hope
they never will, a r
The oonntry here ia thickly aet
tled, having good, achools snd
ohurohes.
We thresh wheat here with trac
tion enginea and can thresh from
1,00') to 2,000 bnshsla per day ac
cording to the aize of the machine.
We threahed 27,000 buahela laat
year with our maobiae.
In your issue of tbe v 10th, I saw
a letter from 'Mr Hutchens, of
Ellismore, Mo*:, He lives sonth of
St. Louis, while I Jive 50 miles
northwest ofSt. Logtit. Land here
in cultivation sella at $50.00 to
SIOO.OO per aore. Timbered land
ia acarce, lying.onlj in creek bot
toma.
Sawmills are few. There ia no
pine, moatly oak, hickory, ayca
more and elm.
Siucerely hope Mr. Hutchens
will writ* again. No doubt he has
forgotten me. We lived in the
1 same neighborhood a few years
•go-
We have bad spring-like weath
er since the middle of December.
The thermometer stood at 64 to 72
' for nearly a week the firat of Jan-
QU9I
j. S. SHAFFER.
DANBURY, N. C., JANUARY 31, 1907.
KITCHIN ADMITS CANDIDACY.
Congressman From Fifth District De
dHnss to Make Extended State
ment, Bat Admits That He Will 8a
A Candidate For Governor In Next
Campaign. " > '
Durham oorreapondenoe of Char
lotte Observer, Jan. 25th.
For aome time there has been a
persistent minor that Congress
man W. W. Kitchin, of Roxboro,
who is now representing th- fifth
district for his sixth term in C>n
ereea, would b« h candidate for
Governor of Nor*fi Carolina in the
next campaign. To-iight the con
gressman, wh > ia here in connec
tion with aome litigation in the
Superior court, admitted as much,
although he would not give an in
terview at this time. He was seen
at the hotel by your correspondent
and asked pointedly if h« was to
be a candidate for Governor in the
next campaign.
"I cannot deny that I intend be
ing a candidate for Governor in
the next campaign," he said, in re
ply to the queation asked him. He
added "but it is entirely too far
in advance of the election to begin
a campaign at thia time."
The rumors that Congressman
Kitchin would be a candidate for
the nomination for Governor at
the hands of the Democratic party
iu the next oampaigq have been in
circulation for several months.
While these rumors have been
oirculated, It is learned from some
of his closest friends that he did
not fully make up his mind in re
gard to the matter until since the
Christmas holidays. For six terms,
twelve years in all, Kitchin has
been the nominee of his party in
the fifth district for Congress and
that without opposition. It is
known that last year a great many
of his friends importuned him to
get ready and come out ns the can
didate for Governor and as the
campaign progressed these re
quests became more frequent and
urgent. Then he began to con
sider the matter and now comes
the positive statement that he in
tends to be a candidate and that
he does not know at thia time any
thing that would prevent him
from entering the race for the
high office.
j
Mr. P. C. Sheppard, of Sandy
Ridge Route 1, was in town Mon
day. Mi. Sheypard, in company
with his father, Mr. C. H. Shep
pard, conduots one of the best
rollor mills in Stokes counsy.
These gentlemen are now making
improvements to their mill. They
have by energy and fair dealing
duilt up a splendid business, and
their many friends in the counsy
are pleased with their suocess.
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE
DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quin
ine' Tablets. Druggists refund
money if it fails to cure. E. W.
GROVE'S signature is on each
box. 250.
Grippe or Influenza, whichever you like a
to call it, is one of the moat weakening 9
diseases known. y
Scoffs Emulsion, which is Cod 9
Liver Oil and Hypophosphites in easily di
gested form, is (he greatest strength-builder
known to medical science. X
Jt is so easily digested that it sinks into j
the system, making new blood and new fat, X
and strengthening nerves and muscles. A
Use Scott's Emulsion after X
j, Influenza. A
s Invaluable tor Coughs and Colds. a
ALL DRUGGISTS i SOo. AND SI.OO. V
MR. W C. MARTI.'* IN A RUNAWAY.
Foot Badly Crushed—Mr. Martin A
Welt Known and Popular Citizen—
Had Started to Winston With A
Load Of Tobacco.' '
Mr. W. C. Martin, a prominent
farmer of Moore's Springs, had his
foot bady crushed in a runaway
last week, near Rural Hall, accord
ing to the report that reached here.
Mr. Martin had started to Wins
ton with a load of tobacco, driving
a spirited pair of young mules.
When i the vicinity f Rural
Hall hia team became frightened
and ran. The wagon was demolish
ed, colliding with several tele
phone poles. Mr. Martin's foot
was caught in the wreck and se
rionsly mashed.
J DEATH OF MR. GEO. ISOM.
Was An Industrious and Well Thought
Of Young Man—Recently In the
Sawmilling Business At Meadows.
Mr. Ge J. Isom, an industrious,
hardworking and respected young
man, died of pneumonia and
heart disense at his home
near Meadows last Thursday.
He recently couduotod a saw
mill near his home. He was a
son of Mr. Light Isom, was about
23 years of age, and was well
thought of by his neighbors.
Mr. Isom was here a few days
ago, and complained of a oold set
ting in his side. He returned
home and never left bis home any
more.
Mr. Walter Watkins' Ride.
Campbell, Jan. 25.
Mr. Editor :
Mr. Walter Watkins killed three
fine porkers a short time ago, and
that hog killing was the in st
Christmas we had seen. Mr. Wat
kins drove a 350 pounder out and
patted him on the back and tap
ped him on the head with an axe.
He then jumped astride the hog's
back and had a nice ride to the
gate. It reminded me at once of
the fellow who started to Heaven
on an ox. He got on the ox's baok
and had a friend to tie his feet
under the ox's body and the way
they went to Heaven and meeting
a man on the highway and they
were fairly burning the wind. The
man cried oat "where have yeu
started, my friend ?" Ha aaid, I j
haTONßtarted to Heaven. So Mr.
Watkins would have went to
Heaven faster than Elijah went on
the chariot of fire, if the hog just
could have gone through tbe gate.
JAS. MERRITT.
Mr. Isaac Hill, the popular rural
mail carrier of Meadows Route 1,
1 was here a short while last week
Mr. S. F. Stewart, a prominent
farmer of Mizpah Route 1, was
, here Monday.
I
Mr. J. G. Southern and wife
were in town a short while Mon
l day.
| Mr. EP. Pepper visited Mount
Airy and other places this week.
THE FIRST SIOO,OOO
APPORTIONMENT OF THE PUBLIC SOHGOL
MONEYS BY THE BOARD OE EDUCATION OF
STOKES COUNTY.
Following is the apportionmei t
of school money made by the
Bsard of Education for Stakes »t
the la*t meeting.
Tbe figures on the left show th»
amount apportioned to each sch ol
out of oi.e-sixth of the reserved
school fund for this purpose, whili
the figtfrts on tbe right show tin
regular county apportionment.
Tbe two amounts added is tht
amount due the school at thin
time.
DANBURY TOWNSHIP.
Dist. No. 1, SSO 81 $133 51
" " 2, 12 00 108 07
" " 1, col, 11 25 57 20
Total, 74 06 298 78 !
MEADOWS TOWNSHIP.
Dist. No. 1, $9 00 $95 00
" " 2, 24 00 100 00
" " 3, 24 00 100 0i)
" ' 4, 24 00 100 00
" " 6, 12 00 95 00
" " 6, 24 00 100 00
" " 7, 24 00 100 0)1
" " 1, col, 32 50 2H 94
Total, $173 50 $716 91
YADKIN TOWNSHIP.
Diet. No. 1, $3 88 SIOB 12
" " 2, 18 75 79 50
" " 3, 16 25 68 90|
" » " 4, 20 00 84 80;
" " 5, 18 75 79 50;
" •' 6, 19 15 8162
" " 7, 16 25 68 90
" " 8, 40 25 170 66!
" " 9, 12 00 93 281
" " 10, 23 75 100 70
" " 11, 17 75 75 26
•' " 12, 22 75 96 46
" " 13, 32 50 137 80
" " 14, 30 00 34 98
- " 15, 30 00 53 00
" " 1, col, 772 33 92
Total, $329 75 $1,367.40
QUAKER GAP TOWNSHIP.
Dist. No. 1, S6O 00 $ 116 60
, ." " 2, 104 00
" " 3, 22 00 93 28 i
" 4, 17 50 89 98
" " 5, 31 56 80 3S
" " 6, 21 00 89 04
" " 7, 60 00 'O3 88 i
" " 8, 23 96 88 04;
: " " 9, 14 72 93 28
' " " 10, 29 30 154 70!
i 11, 60 25 128 32!
, " " 12, 19 25 96 62 j
" " 18, 46 115 54)
" " 14, 15 00 93 601
« « 1, 001, 72 00 1
i " "2, col,
\ graded, —— 40 UUi
Total, $375,000 $1,565 26 j
PETER'S CREEK TOWNS HI!
Diat. No. 1, $32 00 $ 100 001
" " 2, 16 00 100 00!
" " 3, 30 00 110 00
" " 4, 12 00 100 00
" " 5, 26 00 110 00l
" " 6, 21 00 115 00;
" " 7, 26 00 110 00
, " " 1, 001, 30 25 43 61
Total, $193 2i $788.64
1 SNOW CREEK TOWNSHIP, j
" Dist. No. 1, s6l 00 $ 145 00 !
" " 2, 10 00 BKBB
t " " 3, 50 00 145 00
" " 4, 39 00 147 00
* " " 5, 10 00 80 00
- " - 6, 10 00 80 00
" " 7, 15 00 95 00
" " 8, 10 00 86 88
" " 1, col, 10 00 30 00
" " 2, 001, 16 00 30 00
" " 3, Goin, 25 2100
i
Total, $231 25 $947.76
BEAVER ISLAND TOWN
SHIP.
Dist. No. 1, $24 (X) $ 100
" " 2, 18 00
" " 3, 29 00
" " 4, 64*
" " b, 18
" " 1, col, 8
" " 2, " e
Total, slt
SAURATOWN
Dist. No. 1,. $ '
" " 2,
" " 3, o
" " 4, 2
" " 5, 2
" " 6,
II «.
" " l',c
" " 2, " 27 50 137 50
Total, $276.00 $1,139.50
Teaohsrs and school committee
tea will do well to clip this ap
>>rtionment and preserve it.
The apportionment of the see
nd hundred thousand dollars will
ippear in the Danbary Reporter
:n a few days.
OUR COLDEST WEATHER IN MARCH
A Cold Spring and First Half of Sum
mer to Be Extremely Wet, Says the
I Weather Man.
The following predictions in re
i;ard to the weather for the pree
unt year are taken from DeVoe's
( >recasts :
The year 1907 will present some
ery unusual and nnpleasant
anther. Our coldest weather will
•i)' set in until March. We will
>ave a very cold spring, the first
ilf of the summer will be ex
frMtrielv wnt ; danger of floods.
After July then we will get soma
i-enl summer weather.
Appointments For Preaching.
Elders N. G. Harbor and James
jCr. ws will preach at Rock Rouse
the 2nd Saturday and Sunday in
February, 1907 ; Piney Grove,
\fonday ; Snow Creek, TuesHay ;
; North View, Wednesday ; Wilson,
Thursday ; Clear Spring, Friday ;
Flat Shoal, Saturday, and Volun
teer on the third Sunday.
Elders H. D. Mickey and D.
Collins will preach at Flat Sboal
on the oth Sunday March.
A Fine Tobacco Raiser.
Mr. W. L. Nelson, of Danb
'ioute 1, was here Thursday. .
Nelson sold a load of tobacco
I Winston this week for $240.00.
is one of the finest W** •
raisers of the county. He L
, mady sold more than
w .rth tobacoo, and has a uou
niderable quality still on hand.
I Mr. Nolson estimates that his 1906
lorop will bring him close to a
i thousand.
• •
Sharp's Institute Burned.
News reaches DanL
Doming of Sharp's Institute at In
telligence last. week. This is the
t second time this popular school
has been destroyed by fire. Many
hoys and girls from Stokes have
teen students at this institution.
Death Of Alex Reid.
Mr. Alex Reed, 18 years of age,
son of Mr. J.. B. Reid, died of
pneumonia at his home near Dil
lard Friday.
I
1 It is said that never before with
in the memory of our oldest cit
izens has so much farm work been
done so early in the year as this.
Many farmers have broken all
their lands. A big crop of tobacco
will he planter 1 v «* year, nrob
l nbly the lar«-
Many ten
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