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THE DANBURY REPORTER
THE WINSTON SPECIAL.
VOLUME XXXIII.
REPLY TO J. W. HALL
THE CROSS - INDEX MATTER
N. 0. Petree Says That The Com
mittee Which Employed R. R.
Rogers, Was ActinJ For the
Public Good.
To the People of Stokes County:
, Some weeks ago the undor
\ t litfed published a card in tho
i ■ jkabury Reporter, for reasons
/ therein sot forth, concerning his
f action as a member of the oom
mittee appointed by the Board of
Commissioners of Stokes county,
to have the public reoords in the
Register's office ro-indoxod, aud
stated in the same that he had no
apology to offer for the course
pursued by himself in the matter,
until the peoplo had inspected
the work and concluded, after
inspection, that a mistake had
been made.
We never called the name of
any party or person in the card,
whom we said was raising a rack
et about the work, but simply
stated that certain parties were
trying to get up dissatisfaction
about it, aud were oensuring the
committee, (as wo thought very
unjustly,) for its aotion in em
ploying a skilled and oompetont
man.
The old adage, that "it is
always the dog that is hit that
howls," generally comes true, and
in the Reporter of the 2nd of
Jan., 1908, after three weeks hard
labor, as we suppose, "sweatin,"
"ritin and re-ritin," an artiole is
published by Mr. J. W. Hall,
" purporting to be a reply to our
card, in which he undertakes to
call our Republicanism in ques
tion.
We hardly think the people of
the county are in doubt as to our
politios, for the reason that for
more than twenty-five years we
have borne the trace marks of Re
publican harness, and in the
political battles of the oounty for
a long term of years, have always
been in the "thick o' the fight,"
and have always endeavored, in
an honorable way to do our part,
and keep up our end of the
"single-tree;'«.but while this is
so, we havttjlways gone out into
the open political battle-field, and
fought the Democrats fair, and
endeavored to conduct ourself in
such a way as to havo their re
spect, notwithstanding they diff
ered with «s in politics, and we
» are glad to know that we have
' many warm and stanch friends in
the Democratic party.
The people of tho oounty did
>- . honor us for many years with a
f' responsible position, for whioh
f we thank them Very muob, and
owe them a debt of gratitude we
I oan never pay, the nominations
• having always been given us by
j.. aoolamation, and without contest,
and we would be the last person
[ in the world to be ungrateful for
the many kindnesses shown
AV and voluntarily, and loyally
* 2 "ted oar suooessor, who is
X respect thoroughly oom
. ' the affaiil of the office ifi a neat,
l proper and oreditable way; in the
matter of indexing the reoords
1 hereinbefore t referred to, we never
r • fnt once thought of reflecting
qjg}n fjie Republican party of the
B.J; county, bat simply tried to dis
fc • ohprge oar duty as we understood
K it, and to protect the pablio in-
Bat how about Mr. Hall? He
hive toted the Bepublieao
Ei™iyfc#F h,th#r he ever did or
ew speut au
• time or a oent of his
Hgtoy 'farthe Republican cause,
wo have no knowledge or informa
tion, and yet he comes into
Stokes county, and sojourns
here for only n- few days, and
then undertakes to set himself up
as dictator of the Republican par
ty, and presumes to teach the old
Republicans of the county wis
dom, who have grown gray in the
service of the party, and who for
uioro than a quarter of a century
have fought its battles, and given
of their time and means for its
success.
He reminds us very much of
the new United States Senator,
who, when eight days old as a
Senator, took it upon himself to
teach the Senate of tho United
Statos wisdom, and made such
an exhibition of himself that
such towering intellects in his
l>arty a* Senator Ben Tillman
left the Senate chamber in dis
gust.
Mr. Hall charges us with hav
ing impliedly said in our card,
that there was no Republican in
the county competent to do the
index work. We made no Buch
statement, either directly or in
directly, but we had to act upon
tho applications for the work
which were before us, and we felt
it our duty to give tho job to the
party best fitted to preform it.
Simply beoause the oommittee
did not regard tho hand-writing
of Mr. Hall suitable for the work,
he took it upon himself to come
over to the court house and "ouss
out" the oommittee, and proceed
ed to jump on a member of it for
a "fisticuff" fight.
He might perhaps become profici
ent in the art of pugilism and make
a pretty good pugilist, as it seems
his inclinations are that way, but
in our judgment he would get
up a pretty poor index for the
public records. We again invite
the publio to inspect the speci
mens of hand-writing on file in
the ofiioe of the Register of Deeds,
aud then make np its mind as to
whether or not the committee
made a mistake in not employing
Mr. Hall to do the work.
It seems from his letter that
he even imagines himself enti
tled to dictate to the private cor
poration of Stokos county what
they shall do in the employment
of their employees, although he
owns no stock in them. What
concern is it of Mr, Hall's who
the Bank of Stokes County shall
employ? Hnve not the stock
holders and bauk officials got the
right to diroct their own business,
or must they first consult Mr. Hall?
Upon what meat does Mr. Hall feod
that he has grown so great in such
a few days, and undertakes to dic
tate everything in Stokes coun
ty?
As to the $1.50 a day party re
ferred to in Mr. Hall's letter,
said party never applied to the
undersigned for the work, nor
said a word to him about it. He
may have said something to one
member of the committee, but the
committee did not consider that
it would be eoonomy to employ
him, and thought it very important
to employ one who bad bad experi
ence in reading difficult hand-wri
tings, and who oould read them
fast.
No, Mr. Hall, we have no apology
to offer you, absolutely none, for
we feel that we did you no wrong,
&nd under similar ciroumstanoes,
would do again jost as we did be
fore, for when it oomes to paying
oat the people's money for publio
services, we think it more impor
tant to the tax-payer* of the
oounty, to oonsider the qualifica
tion of the party to be employed,
rather than be boond by partisan
politioa, end we feel sore that the
DANBURY, N. C., JAN. 9, 1908.
BANK DOING WELL
TO INCREASE CAPITAL STOCK.
The Bank Of Stokes County Coming
Along—Large Number Of Stock
holders To Be Added January
15th.
Beginning on the 15th of the
present month, the Bank of Stokes i
County will start tho new year's!
business with largely increased
stock, taking in somo of the coun
ty's best business men as stock
holders. Among the new stock
holders will be Messrs. John A.
Burton, of Walnut Cove; J. Wes
ley Morefield, of Sandy Ridge:
W. G. Slate, of Mizpah ;J. G.
Fulton ond A. S. Mitchell, of
Walnut Cove; Prof. M. T. Chil
ton, Clerk of the Superior Court,
of Stokes County; N. O. Petree,
C. M. Jones, Pepper Bros., J. F.
Pepper, Dr. John W. Neal, of
Monroe; J. A. Lawson, of Dollar;
and a good many others.
The Bank will hold its regular
annual meeting of stockholders on
the 15th of January, at which n
dividond for tho past year's bus
iness will bo deolared, and the
new stock will be issued to the
new members.
The increase in tho amount of
stook will be to about $12,000 or
$15,000. The Bank, whioh has
heretofore been controlled by par
ties living outside of the county,
will now be much more closely
recognized as a Stokes county in
stitution, and should do a hand
some business.
Every citizen of Stokes county
who handles money, should de
posit and do all of his business
through the county bank, whioh
has done and is doing so much for
the upbuilding of our oounty.
The deposits of the bank should
reaoh SIOO,OOO by the middle of
the present ydbr,
It is a well known faot, as
shown by the last published re
port of the Bank to the Corpora
tion Commission at Raleigh, that
the Stokes County Bank has the
largest proportionate cash reserve
of any bank in the State of North
Carolina, and this fact has been a
great credit to the bank, and has
brought it much business as an
advertisement.
During the late panic the Bank
has paid nothing but cash, and is
still doing business at tho old
stand in tho old way.
The new year opens with the
brightest prospects for business.
thinking men of the county will
approve what has been done, re
gardless of their political affili
ations.
We also think you put in very
much "above the ford" in these
matters, and that it would be well
for you to loam that when a law
fully constituted oommittee is
discharging its duty in good faith,
it is in very bad taste for you to
undertake to bulldoze it, and force
yourself upon it, and when your
application, for good and valid
reasons, is deniod, that it was
very ugly in you to abuse the
committee, and jump on a mem
ber of it for a fight, and in addi
tion to such conduct, keep trying
to stir up strife. Now we shall
have nothing further to say in
the matter, but will leave it to
the publio to judge as it thinks
best.
N. O. PETREE,
Member of the Committee,
Danbury, N. C., Jan. 3rd, 1908.
Mr. A. D. Dodd, of Franoisoo,
was in the Reporter offioe Mon
day. Mr. Dodd says Christmas
was quite dull in his eectiotf.
WHERE IS HE AT?
SERIOUS NEWS BY THE AIR
How Fourteen Revenues Closed
In Upon Smithtown The
Search For the Slayer Of the
Officer —A Record Of Events.
Great excitement was precipi
tated one day last week by t lie re
port reaching here of the presence
of fourteeu revenue officers in
Smithtown.
The news was smoking when it
reached us.
Excitement was rampant, and
everybody was aroused to the
highest pitch of oonfuriation.
The officers had Bilently reached
the fastnesses of the blockading
country, and before the accused
knew anything he found himself
paled in by a gleaming row of
blue-steel riflles. Slowly, delib
erately, iusidiously, the hounds
of the law began to creep upon
the lair of the victim.
The exoitement grow so tense,
that in response to urgent solicita
tion, the Reporter oiled up its
Marconigraph, and went to work.
This machine, whioh is only used
upon occasions of state, soon had
command of the vibrant territory,
and at great expense secured the
following wireless telograms from
points where it is altogether like
ly the murderer wasn't : Here
they are :
Lawsonville, 3.30 P.M. Tracks
were found iu the edge of the
woods three-quarters of a mile be
low Sheppard's store.
3.45. They were only cow
tracks.
Campbell, 3.50 P. M. A bottle
was found lying in the road near
this place.
4.10 P. M. There was noth
ing in this clue.
5. 22. Greensboro. Greeting
from the Chief Deputy Marshal
to the Head of the Smithtown
Raiding Squad. "My brave men,
I cannot express to you my most
distinguished consideration, co
operation and sympathy."
5.32. Smithtown. From the
Offioer in Charge of Raiding
Force to His Royal Corporosity,
at Greensboro: "Please send by
freight."
5.40 P. M. A ripe looking
stranger bought a schooner of
suds at one of the Madison bars.
Ho was watched until he had
spent the rest of the quarter.
Walnlut Covo, (>.30 P. M, Tracks
found near here,
6.35, They were railroad
tracks.
7.10. Nothing doing.
7.30. A man seen to run in
Quaker Gap township.
7.45. Ho was only running
for Sheriff.
7.50 Looked like rain.
8.00. Rained.
8. 45. From the Head of the
Seoret Service at Washington to
the Head of the Raiding Party at
Smithtown—Greeting: "Find
me three pounds of butter. Offer
SI,OOO reward, if necessary."
8.55. Greensboro. Something
seen issuing from the city.
8. 59. Scrip.
Sandy Ridge, Route 2. A loud
report has just been heard in a
northerly direction.
9.10. Len Ziglar says this
was the explosion of a bank in
Virginia.
9.30. All quiet along Snow
Creek.
1110. Franoisoo. "An objeot
observed by the light of the moon
moving down the road. Forty
piokea men have been sent to
oapture dead or alive."
11. 55. It may be him.
11. 67. Forty riflea have jast
cracked. Have been disoarded
and better weapons will be se
onred.
11.59. "CUy Lawrence's oalf."
L
Sraithtown, 12.00 P. M. Just
as the clock struck the hour of
midnight, something was seen to
shine iu one of the darkest hol
lows. Fourteen revenue officers
hove formed o cordon, and are
rapidly closing in.
12. 30. It WHS only soma moon
shine.
At one o'clock, the transmitter
of the Marconignun snapped, and
it wns found the air was so heavi
ly charged with gas, that further
work could not be done, so the
operator went home to bed.
OSCAR SISK TRIED.
He Is Held In a Bond Of $3,500 —
Officers Think He Shot Hendrix.
Greonsboro, Jan, 7.-Oscar
Sisk, one of the Smithtown block
aders, was given a preliminary
hearing before U. S. Commission
er Wolffe here yesterday. He
was held in a bond of $3,500 and
in default of same was remanded
to the county jail.
It developed in the hearing, in
fact was positively stated by the
district attorney, that the offioers
believe that Sisk is the man who
shot Deputy Collector Hendrix,
notwithstanding the statement by
Sisk's wife that Jim Smith did
tho shooting. Deputy Marshall
J. T. Millikan testified that ho saw
a man going in the direction of
Sisk's house with a gun about
five minutes before he heard the
shooting. He further testified
that he thought the man was Os
car Sisk. He saw the man in the
open at a distance of 75 or 100
yards, and said that he could pick
him out of a crowd of a hundred
men. Officer Millikan further
said that in about five minutes
after the Bhooting was heard they
arrived at Sisk's house and found
Hendrix dead in Sisk's yard.
These statements were oorrob
oratad by other offioers, and al
though rigidly cross-examined by
the defendant's attorney, Col. Bar
ringer, they did not deviate from
the first statement.
John Williams and Joe Bateman*
Two More Smithtown Men,
Captured By the Revenues.
Jim Smith Reported
J Gone West.
Greonsboro, Jan. 7.—A squad of
revenue officers from here went
into the Smithtown section Fri
day for the purpose of capturing
Jim Smith, but were informed,
after scrolling eyerv nook and
corner, that Jim had departed for
Oklahoma. However, while they
did not get Smith, the visit was
not without results, as the officers
captured John Williams, one of
the Smithtown men convicted last
September, but sent back as a
missionary among the blockaders.
Along with Williams the officers
also brought Joe Bateman, an
other man who is charged with
blockading. The two were lodged
in jail here last night.
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS FOR
THE BUILDING OF A STEEL
TRESTLE OR APPROACH
TO THE PUBLIC BRIDGE
ACROSS DAN RIVER
AT HARISTON'S
FORD, IN STOKES
COUNTY, N.C.
Notice is hereby given to all
Eersons conoerned, that sealed
ids will be received by C. M,
Jonos, Register of deeds and Ex.
Offiioio Clerk of the Board of
Commissioners of Stokes County,
N. C., at his offioe in Danbury, at
any time from this date, up to the
hour of 1.30 o'clock p. m., Teb.
3rd, 1908, when and where the
same will be opened, for tho con
struction and ereotion, according
to the plans and specifications
now on file in said office, of a
steel trestle or approach 250 feet
long, to the public bridge aoross
Dan River at Hairston's ford,
about four miles from the Rail
way station at Walnut Cove, N.
C., with right reserved by the
said Board of Commissioners to
reject any and all of said bids.
By order of the Board, this the
6tn day of January, 1908.
C. M. JONES,
Register of Deeds, and Ex. Offioio,
Clerk of the Board of Connty
Commissioners.
COLD CASH ONCE MORE
MARKET OPENS
The Leaf Sold Monday Averaged a
Little Over Ten Cents —Ware
houses Are NOW Paying All Cash.
Farmers Urged To Sell Slowly.
The Winston market opened
Monday morning for the first time
siuoe Christmas. There were
fairly good salca and the average
price was something over ten
cents n pound. The warehouse
men paid cash for every pound
that was sold. From now on cash
will be mid for all the tobaoco
sold and it is hoped by the Ware
housemen that farmers will mark
et the weed slowly in order that
prices may hold up to what they
ure atjpresent.
The Winston papers say that
the market opened strong ami
that the buyers for local manufac
turing firms, as well aB speculators,
seemed eager to get all thoy
could.
There is an agreement now be
tween the banks and Warehouse
men of the Twin-City to the effect
that the banks are to furnish the
Warehouses SIOO,OOO a week to
pay for the tobaooo aold and after
that is exhausted the Warehouses
are to pay a small premium for
money. The Sentinel says that
hereafter the cold coin will be
paid for tobaooo, labor and every
thing else that ia aold in Winston-
Salem.
Interesting Letter From Western
Stokes.
Pilot Mountain, Route 2, Jan.
6.—Some of our farmers are pre
paring to market some tobaoco
shortly. The report from market
says the weed is selling better
than be fore Christinas.
Our Sunday School has started
off lively for the beginning of the
new year. Mr. W. B. Blab- was
with us last Sunday, and made a
fine speech in our Sunday School.
He ia an earnest 8. 8. worker,
and a Christian young man and
hia speeches are exoellent.
I hope that each member of
oar Sabbath sohool will set out
at the beginning of the new year
with a determination to do more
for the upbuilding of it than they
ever have done and suocess will
crown their efforts. J. H. Gilley
has been elected Supt. in the
place of H. P.Cook, who resign
ed.
Mr, and Mrs. C. C. Arington
are visiting relatives in this sec
tion this week.
The debating society recently
organized at our (Cook) school
house, is progressing nioely. It
is for the benefit of our communi
ty and every one is invited to
speak. The next question for
discussion is "Resolved that the
young men of North Carolina
could better themselves by im
| migrating." The affirmative
will be represented by Messrs. J.
S. Cook, W. B, Blair and D. L.
Taylor, and the negative by
Messrs. .J. H. Gilley, C. F. Cook
and G. A. Tucker.
There will be a joint debate
between the Society at Cook
school house and the Hallow
Spring Society on Friday night
Jan. 10. The questien to be dis
cussed is "Resolved: that George
Washington deserves more honor
for defending America than Co
lumbus does for discovering it."
Hollow Spring will represent the
affirmative and the Cook school
house boys the negative. The
publio is invited.
Our sohool started again Jan. 1,
with a very good attendance.
We all like your paper fine. I
think the letters of Miss Laaley
are excellent.
"BILL HARPER."
Mr. R. L. George of Stuart, Va.,
has formed a corpartnership with
Mr. J. L. Harrison of this oity
and will be associated with him
in his business in this plaofe in
the future. Mr. George is a
yonng man of fine basineea quali
fications and has been in bneiawe
at Stuart, Va,, for some time.
He ia a son of Rev. R. W. fteorge
of Stokes connty.—Mt. Airy News.
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