THE DANBURY REPORTER.
VOLUME XXXIII.
THEY DO IN KENTUCKY.
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Plans and Purposes and Results of Uhe Farmers Pro
tective Association of the Dark Tobacco Belt--In
teresting Letter to President Q. O. Key.
Cedar Hill, Ten-'., Route 1, Jan. 28.
Hon. G. O. Key, Pres. North Caroliua Tobacco Planters' Association,
Pilot Mountain, N. C. ,
Dear sir :
* Favors of the 20th inst. received, and contents carefully considered.
In reply, would say that we organized the Planters' Protective Asso-
UMIUOU at Keatuoky, Tennessee and Virginia (incorporated) at
Guthrie, Ky„ Sept. 24, 1904. At present our membership of land
owners is probably 20,000 persons in the dark tobacco district of these
three states. Of the crop of 190*5 we control b tween 80 per cent, and
95 per cent, in the organized counties. This crop is not yet ready for
Wa J»ave just finished selling all of the crop grown in 1905 at
May field, ■■■! SII% the enclosed clipping, which will
give you * good idea of our selling prior*, imtti Wore and since, we
were forced for self-preservation into organizing the Association.
* We will begin selling the 1906 grown crop, however, as soon as we
get it stripped and upon the market in the hogshead. We positively
sell no tobacco at auction, either loose upon the warehouse floor or in
the hogshead. We have it all prized, that is, put in the hogshead
properly graded and classified by experts. Then it is inspected and
our salesmen sell it by the samples and for the minimum price fixed
by our Executive Committee. Of course, the salesman has the dis
cretion to sell for as much more as possible. Our inspectors, graders,
salesmen, warehouse or storagemen, supervisors of prizers and prizers
are required to sign carefully drawn, written contracts specifying
their duties. These contracts require these parties to give good and
sufficient bonds for competency and integrity made by incorporated
guaranty companies, that we select and approve after investigation by
our Executive Committee. All tobacco is insured against loss by
fire, eto., in good insurance companies from the time it leaves the
farmer's lands till it is sold by the Association. As soon a 9 the farm
er gets his tobaoco stripped and in good keeping order or condition,
he may deliver it to an authorized prizer who puts it into a hogshead.
The farmer takes this prizer's receipt for so many pounds of good,'
second and lug tobacco. The prixer puts an estimated value upon the
cro p — B |y 8 cents per pound on the good, 5 cents per ponnd on the
second and 2 cents per pound upon the lug*. Of this value the farm
er may borrow 60 per cent as afa advance loan at the rate of 6 per
cent, interest till the cropis sold by the Association. Thus the farm
er is enabled to hold his tobaoco till it is sold in a suitable market.
For instanoe, Canadian wrapper sells early, while Austrian is sold
later on.
the banks in our couatry are with us, and support us in this
fight. Whenever a purchaser desires to buyhe selects the sample and
our salesman gives our price, but before we permit the trade to be
dosed, we compel the purchaser to see the tobacco he is buying re
sampled, and, then, if he is perfectly satisfied, we let him pay his
money aud take the tobaoco. For such alone is "a square deal" and
it makes trade. It is honest and right. We planters are determined
to give and to receive full value. Thus you can readily see that ours
is a protective association. We protect both the planter and the pur
chaser. The countries of Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia are sub
divided into civil or magisterial districts ; hence wo organize a county
by requiring tht tobacco planters to meet at some point or voting pre
cinct in their civil or magisterial district and by popular vote select a ,
director the first Saturday in September and the next Saturday these
directors m-iet at their court h>use town or county seat and or
ganize by ohoosingone of their members chairman, one vice-chairman
and one secretary. Thus the county board of directors is organized.
This chairman, by virtue of this office, is the county's representative
or member of the general board of directors. This board is our ex
ecutive committee for the three states. It has control of the as
sociation, mikes bylaws, rule 9 and regulations that govern the entire
body.
I enclose you a copy of the legal obligation which every farmer
must sign to join us and to become entitled to the benefit of the As
sociation. We have a President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treas
urer and General Mauager. These, of course, are members of the
Executive Committee. It costs nothing to join us, and there are no dues
to be paid. The amount of legitimate expenses for prizing, insu
rance, grading, inspecting, storing and selling all told is abiut SIOO
per hundred pounds ol tobacoo to to the individual farmer. There
fore our p!an of selling is least expansive of any yet devised in this
country.
By our method of selling at our sales room by sample, the Associa
tion can concentrate and does oonpletely oontrol the #hole out-put
and keep tab on it as well as prevent fraud on the part of buyers, who
might form a conspiracy to let one man buy all without competition,
and then divide the tobacco among his confederates.
I will also enolosa you a copy of our Constitution Article, 2, sh >wig
the object of an organization. Article 5 enumerates the powers aud
duties of the Executive Committee and article 7 shows the persowal
obligations and duties that a member obligates and binds himself to
obey and to carry olt.
Our Association is a Corporation like an insurance or railroad com
pany is, and is regularly incorporated and chartered uuder and by the
laws of the state of Kentucky. Hence we'have Wet a trust with a
trust : a combination with a combination ; * corporation with a cor
c> poTation.
We planters have the very same legal right thus to unite to sell to
bacco, that the tobacco buyers or tobacco Trust have to unite to buy
tobaoco under the laws of our land. This, too, is the simplest way in
which to SOIVJ the problem of the t« bacco planter's relief. It is a get
ting of relief under the law and according to law..
Hoping this winy be uf some benefit to the good people of my grand
father .id mother's native state, to your Association and youreelf
" 1 against the thieves who compose the Tobacoo Trust and are employed
by it, I am
Sincerely yonrs.to command,^,.,
JNO. M. FOSTER.
jg B. Publish this Tetter over my name if you so desire, and read
the one to Mr. A- M. Denny, of Pinnacle, N. C., if you like.
J. M. FOSTER.
DANBURY, N. C., FEBRUARY 7, 1907.
Our Association issues 200 shares of non-dividend paying stock 'of
the value of one dollar per share. This amount 6f stoek was required
by the Kentucky law before we were permitted to obtain a charter.
The enclosed certificate of stock and agreement explains itself. You
can therefore see that by this arrangement every member of the Asso
ciation does not have to hold stock to be a member fully entitled to all
the benefits, etc., of the Association as his representative is the stock
or share-holder for the entire county of which he is chairman. All of
this is peculiar as we had a special law enacted by the Kentucky
Legislature permitting us to charter and make tfiis new feature as a
corporation. Thinking this would interest you, I send the same.
JNO. M. FOSTER.
BIG CREEK.
Cieek, Jan. 28.—Mr. Rfcbt.
Collins, who has been attending
school at Bombay this winter, re-
I turned home the past week on ac
count of ill health.
v Miss Willie, the daughter of
Rev. J. H. Wright, has been
, teaching at Dog Trot school
■ house since Miss Mattie Tucker
quit.
, Mr. Thos. Dearmin, who has
been at work at Greensboro, re
turned home a few days ago. He
says "there is no place like home."
Gueas he couldu't leave Miss Mat
tie C.
icle the death of Mrs. Wm. Beas
ley, who died the past week. The
deceased had been in ill health for
some time, and her death was not
a surpise. She was a faithful mem
ber of the Primitive Baptist
church. The remains were laid to
rest at the family burying ground
Saturday evening to await the
resurrection of the just.
Mr. R. E. L. Francis had the
misfortune to lose a good horse
the other day.
JOHN SHARP.
GIDEON.
Gideon, Jan. 29.—Much sick
ness, such as colds, pneumonia
and grip prevails.
We will mention the deaths of
Mr. Joe Hutchens near Sandy
Ridge, and also Mr. Ed Young
near Mayodan, both formerly cit
izens of Stokes. Both were clever
citizens, and will be much missed.
Mr. James Bullen, of Kerners
ville, wants to get back to Stokes.
We may expect others from High
Point, Kernersville, Mayodan and
other points will want to get back
soon to get a breath of fresh, pure
air from our mountains.
It seems that lumber and cross
ties are all the go now.
The Reporter's readers and
friends are asked to be patient
with us and to excuse the many
shortcomings of ttie paper uutil
jwe get our engine reinstalled,
j which will probably be next week.
! It is now in the shops undergoing
repairs. We expect to greatly im-
I prove the paper soon. It will be
considerably enlarged, the print,
will be made better, the news ser
vice improved, and editorial de
partment added, and other im
provements. >
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DEATH OF MRS. HENRY DALTON.
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Occurred At Home Of Daughter At
Pine Hall.
Mrs. Henry Dalton died at 6
o'clock Thursday evening at the
home of her daughter at Pine
Hall.
She leaves one son, Mr. James
Dalton, and one daughter, Mrs. W.
H. Fnqua, both of whom reside at
Pine Hall. She also leaves 9 num
ber of relatives in Winston-Salem
being an aunt of Messrs. R. 1., D.
N., R. E. and Ernest Dalton of
that place. Mrs. Dalton was 70
years of age, and was held in the
highest esteem by all who knew
her. -
Obituary.
Alexander Reed, eldest son of J.
B. Reed, was born August 23rd,
1889, and died January 24th, 1907.
His disease was pneumonia. He
was sick only about ten days, and
his people done all for him they
oonld do. The summons came and
must be obeyed. He a was thought
ful, moral youth and much beloved
by his people aud his associates,
and was an especial favorite with
his aunt Louisa, with whom he
spent much of his time. He re
marked on his dying bed that he
had a good home to which he was
going.
Cut down at the age of 17 years
and 5 months proves to us that
aeat.h is impartial—that flowers as
well as the full ripened are cut
down beneath the relentless scythe
of the reaper. His demise proves
to us that "in the midst of life, we
are in death."
Like a swift fleeting meteor,
A fast flying cloud,
A flash of the lightning,
A breaking of the wave,
Mau passes from life to his rest in
the grave.
'Tis the wink of an eye, the draught
of a breath
From the blossom of health to the
paleness of death;
From the gilded saloon, to the bier
and the shroud,
Oh, why should the spirit of
mortal be proud.
RISING FROM THE GRAVE.
A prominent manufacturer, W.
A. Fertwell, of Lucama, N. C., re
lates a moft remarkable experience.
He says : "After takiug less than
three bottles of Electric Bitters, I
| feel like one rising from the
grave. My trouble is Bright's
j disease, in the Diabetes stage. I
fully believe Eleotric Bitters will
oure me permanently, for it has
already stopped the liver and blad
der complications which have
troubled me for years." Guaran
teed at all druggists. Price only
50c.
\/ Composition On Stokes County.
The following composition on
Stokes county was written by lit
tle Miss Alverta Pulliam, one of
the 15-year-old pupils of Flat
Shoal school:
Stokes county is a thriving lit
tle county. The people carry on
lots of business. They raise their
grain, and a lot of tobacco. The
people don't raise much cotton ;
but some make a very good living
raising tobacco ; and yet the peo
ple do more than raise grain and
tobacco in Stokes. We have sev
eral |ittle villages—in one they 1
run a large furniture factory, and
ship a lot of furniture to all parts i
of the State; and in some they
have graded schools, and run large :
hotels, churches, etc. In some parts
they have Sunday Schools, Christ
mas execises, Sunday School con- i
ventions, etc., which are always
enjoyed by all.
Our free schools are better than
they were a few years ago ; nioer
houses and grounds. At our
school (Flat Shoal) we have the ,
best in the ceunty. Last winter ,
wo spent over SIOO 00 for the ben
efit of our school house and yard.
Now it is free from stumps, and
looks very nice indeed. We are
planning to have an entertainment
at the close of school, and would (
by very glad to have all our Stokes 1
people to visit us on that day. ,
Stokes county contains two rail
roads—the Norfolk & Western and
the Southern. We also have two
rivers—the Dan and Little Yad
kin, other streams are Snow Creek•
Town Fork and Neatman. We
have rural free delivery mail, our
mail being delivered once a day.
We have three mineral springs.
In summer they are visited by
thousands of people for their
health. The young people make
many pleasure trips to these placeß
in warm weather.
We have many beautiful moun
tains, branching from the Blue
Ridge. The special peaks are
Moore's Knob, Cook's Wall,
Hanging Rock and Buzzard Cove.
The young people generally spend
Easter Monday on some of these
peaks.
ALVERTA PULLIAM.
AlMKinds Of SeedT
The Standard Feed & Seed Co.,
of Winston, are among the big
gest secul dealers in the State.
They have just received a big
shipment as follows :
Two cars of seed oats.
" " " " potatoes.
One car " " corn.
Have also received big lots of
clover seed, orchard grass seed,
timothy grass seed, Kentucky blue
grass seed, and all kinds of garden
seed, wqich they are selling at the
vero lowest prices. By buying
their seed in ear load quantities
they are easily enabled to under
sell the small dealer.
This company, which is a new
one, has already built up a good
trade in itf own and adjoining j
countions.
Notice.
Notice is hereby given that ap
plication will be made to the pres
ent General Assembly of North
Carolina to amend the charter of
the town of Walnut Cove, N. C.
D. S. BOYLES, Mayor.
NEIGHBORS GOT FOOLED.
"I was literally coughing my
self to death, and had become too
weak to leave my bed; and neigh
bors predicted that I would never
leave it alive; but they got fooled,
for thanks bo to Got!, I was in
duced to try Dr. King's New Dis
covery. It took just four one dol
lar bottles to completely cure the
cough and to restore me to good
sonnd health," writes Mrs. Eva
Uncapher, of Grovertown, Stark
C>., Ind. This King of cough and
cold oures, and healer of throat
and lungs, is guaranteed by all
druggists. 50c and SI.OO. Trial
bottle free.
J. E. MANRING KILLED SUDDENLY.
t-ormer Stokes Citizen Meets Horrible
Death At Madison—Was Struck By
North Bound Train—Was Intox
! icated.
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Mr. J. E. Manring, formerly of
Stokes, more popularly known aa
"Bud" Manring, was struck by a
north bound train and killed at
Madison Friday night. He had
been drinking and was on his way
to Mayodan, supposedly walking
on the track. He was reported to
have been drinking. After being
struck by the train, he was picked
up unconscious and never spoke
again, dying shortly afterwards.
Mr. Manring had been living at
Spray for a year or more. He
leaves a wife and several children.
He has many relatives in this sec
tion.
/ Death Of Mr. A. V. Duggins.
Mr. A. V. Duggins died at 7:40
last evening at his home in East
Winston after eight days sickness
of pneumonia. The age of the de
ceased was 64 years. He leaves a
wife and several children. The
funeral service was conducted
from the home at 4 o'clock by Dr.
H. A. Brown, his pastor. Deceased
was a member of the First Baptist
church for a number of years.
The interment was in Woodland
cemetery.
Mr. Duggins was a soldier du
ring the civil war. He enlisted in
Aug. 1862, from Stokes and was a
member of Company M. 21st N.
C. Regiment. He was wounded in
the hand at Fredericksburg, Va.,
Dec. 12, 1862.
Two Stokes Boys Sentenced To
Penitentiary For Lite.
Fayetteville, W. Va., Jan. 23.
About two years ago two boys
from Stokes county near the Vir
ginia line came to the state of
West Virginia seeking their liveli
hood. But their many friends will
regret to hear the sad news of their
fate. From the time they arrived in
this state until August 4, 190f>,
their characters were excellent.
They had won the good will of
many and bore a good name, and
it was the desire of the people and
also the coal operators to befriend
the boys in their undertakings,
and it is the belief of many that
trouble was imposed on them for
which they were sentenced to
serve 911 years in West Virginia
State Penitently. One of the
b >ys, W. R. Collins, is the son of
Mr. W. J. Collins, a prominent
farmer near Stuart, Va., the other
being Walter Hayden, a neighbor
ing boy in that locality,-
It is the request of their friends
that this be published.
R. G. NESBITT.
Sharp's Institute To Be Rebuilt.
A letter from Intelligence, Rock
ingham county, states that Sharp
Institute, which was destroyed by
i fire one night last week, will be re
! built at once if the proper en
couragement is given Prof. Sharp.
He estimates the loss at from
SB,OOO to $9,000, with insurance of
about half that amount.
[ t Obituary.
George Isom was born Oct.
4, 1884, and died Jan. 24, 1907,
making his stay on earth 23 years,
3 months and 20 days. He was
buried on the 25th inst. at the
Isom graveyard. His disease was
heart trouble. He leaves a wife
and one little son, father, step
mother, three brothers and four
sisters, besides a large circle of
friends to mourn their loss, but.
, we hope their loss is his eternal
I gain.
t All that kind and loving hands
| could do, was done for him, but it
t was God's will to take him away
I in the bloom of youth. He was
1 loved in life, in death remember*
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