THE DANBURY REPORTER
- THE WINSTON SPECIAL.
VOLUME XXXIII.
A TRIP THROUGH THE WEST.
Mrs. Jas. M. Wall, a Stokes Lady,
Who Now Resides In Greensboro, |
Tells Of Some Of the Things She
Saw While Visiting the Western
Part of the U. S. and Canada.
Greensboro, N. C., Jan. 20.
Editors Danbury Reporter:
1 A friend of mine has insisted
and made me promise to write
an account of my recent tour ;
through some of the Western
States and the Western portion o£
Canada.
Should you consider this de-,
scription worthy of space in l
your newsy periodical, well and ;
good, if not there will be no bit-1
ter feelings excited if it is con
signed to the wasto basket, where
after all it may most properly
belong.
The extent of my travels by
rail prior to this trip is limited to
2,500 miles.
On September 13, 1907, my
husband and I boarded 'No. 34 in
Greensboro for Washington, D. \
C., then over the B. and O. road j
to Pittsburg, Pa. We passed
through a fine country up the Po-1
tomac river to its junction with
the Shenandoah at Harper's
Ferry. Here is located the!
Stover College for colored youth, i
John Brown's monument stands
on the R. R. near the depot and
16 a plain shaft Bor 10 ft. high. !
A few miles beyond Washington
we strike the canal which follows ;
the river to Harper's Ferry, j
/Maryland Heights overlooks and
commands that point, and scenery i
around for miles and miles is
grand and picturesque, until you '
get into the coal district, There i
it is a wild, rugged and barren ,
country. There is comparatively
no cultivation of crops of any |
kind, and one naturally wonders
how all the vast numbers of peo
ple in Pittsburg and other large
cities in that section are fed.
But when you arrive in Pitts
burg, and see the vast industries
carried on within its borders,
you can readily understand that
it is the center of an extensive
commerce with the Western
States, and from its situation en
joys exoellent commercial facili
ties. It is called the "Iron City"
because more than half of the
Bessemer steel, rolled iron and
steel rails and plates and sheets
in the United States are manufac
tured here, and is the leading plate
glass center of the world. More
than a dozen splendid bridges
span the Alleghany and Monon- !
gahela rivers in Bight of each
other. This is Carnegie's home
and he has erected many hand
some, durable and costly build
ings. The Carnegie Library
and museum in the park is one
that beggars description, having
within one of the finest collec
tions of curios on the continent.
„ r ' One could spend weeks in that
magnificient city, with it many
. »ky scrapers, splendid churches,
and palacial residences, rivaling
New York City in many respects.
We left there at 7p. m. on the
P. &L. E. R. R. foi# Chicago,
and arrived there at 8 a. m.
next dfty, having made the run of
■XX) miles in one night. Sometime
* i before reaching that city, we passed
a great curiosity, which is not
understood even by geologists. It is
the moving sand dunes, whioh are
2 or 3 hundred ft. high, perfect
') ly bare and constantly shifting
and moving. Chicago is a most
orowded and busy city, especi
ally around the depots and on_
the business streets. A police
man stands on each corner of the
streets and with bis billy parts
' 'the surging masses of humanity
to make way for street cars, hacks
and drays. I never saw so many
beer drinkers, and smelt so
much beer and whiskey in all
my life before as there.
Was there just in time to see
the fall opening of millinery nnd
dry goods in those immense stores
occupying whole blocks, a scene
any woman enjoys any time.
I visited Lincoln Park, which
■is a beautiful place with mauy
j attractions and on the shore of lake
Michigan. The residence part of
' the city is beautiful, with many
small parks in the midst of the
j homes.
(Continued next week.)
Tacky Party at Rural Hall.
Rural Hall, Jan. 20.
Dear Friends and Readers:
j We are glad to give a few items
if news of our little town once
again.
1 1 On last Thursday night there
was a Tackey Party given at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Miller.
It was quite an enjoyable evening
fir all present. Mr. Norman Hailey
received the prize for presenting
j the most comic appearance among
i the young men, and Miss Stella
Bodenhamer received the young
ladies prize.
Miss Law is vssiting at the
' home of her uncle, Mr. A. W.
I Gwinn.
i There will be a meeting of the
i stockholders and directors of the
| Commercial & Farmers' Bank Fri
j day, Jan. 24, at 9 a. in.
| Services at the Christian church
Sunday and Sunday night by Bro.
iIC. L. Andrews. Very good nu
| dience, and good sermons.
NORTH VIEW.
North View, Jan. 21.—Well,
everything is moving along as
I usual, one excitement following
I another as regular as the changes j
iof the moon. What n dull time j
|we would have in tlu country if
j it were not so.
Well by the way, I reckon the |
world is coming to an end. They
say "Ui cle Gid" Mitchell has
gone and left the state of single
blessedness, got married.
Mr. Milton Stephens has re
turned home.
The stork visited Mr. H. H.
Reid's on the 20th of this month
and left a fine boy.
Mr. J. J. Priddy and wife, Ru
fus Throckmorton and family,
Fleming Priddy and family, visit
ed Mayodan last Saturday.
lam glad to write that Mr. H.
H. Reid is progressing nicely in
getting lumber to build his new
cottage.
Dewey, the 8 year old boy of
Mr. James Reid, has got pneumo
nia fever we are sorry to note,
but hope he will soon be better.
"FARMER GIRL."
Germanton Route 1.
(iermauton .Tan. 2(>.—There was
rt big quilting given at Mr. Preston
Ferguson's Monday on lilh little
ten year old girls birthday: it was
her quilt that was quilted: it wus
. suitable for a child. And also music
at night: it was enjoyed by all.
i Mr. J. A. Southern happened to
, the misfortune of getting his leg
' cut a few days ago which is giving
■ him much pain now but we hope
he will soon Ih> out again.
Miss Linnes Pulliam of Winston
; who hns I teen visiting her parents
, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Pulliam, will
return tomorrow,
i It seems like we are not going to
, have any pastor at Union Hill
1 this year, as several second Snn
, day's have passed and we have
failed to see him.
Mr. Joe Petree called to see Miss
, Beulah Pulliam Sunday. I guess
they have kindled up old coals
again.
The people are trying to get
rend.v to go work on their phone
line through here. I will be glad
i to see everybody take a part in
helping them.
PRISCILLA.
Madison Route 3.
Rev. B. Margeson filled his regu
lar appointment at Bethesda Sun
day. He preached to a very large
' congregation and the subject was
"the patience and power of a
Christian life" which he handled
masterly.
Mr. James Dugglns and sister
i Rhoda are indisposed with a slight
. attack of pneumonia, but are let
ter at this writing we are glad to
' note.
DANBURY, N. C., JAN. 23, 1908.
MC CALLS FOR A] REVOLUTION
No Good Secured?to the Poor and '
Downtrodden Without Sacrifice
and Bloodshed.
Editors Reporter:
Let me tell you how much I
think of your editorial. "Be
ware of the Whirlwind," in last
week's Reporter, It Is just splendid
in evjry respect except in the para-'
graph where you chill the hopes
of every reformer by saying you
"hope that the military will soon
stamp out the uprising in Ken
tucky." Now if that isn't '"run
ning with the hare and holding
with the hound" I don't know
why. Please tell me if there ever
was any great good secured to the
poor and downtrodden of the hu
man race without sacrifice and i
bloodshed ? Is it not the rule
that the greater the conflict the
shorter the war? Would it not
be far more patriotic to say we
I hope soon to see every man who
]is in the Trust hung and every
I dollar's worth of their property
j confiscated or burned up, for is
it not better that j a few should
die than that thousands upon
thousands should suffer the pangs
of hunger nnd poverty, more damn- ]
ing than death itself.
Tell me if in the history of the
human race have we any record
of good coming to us without
| sacrifice. Is not the uprising
of the tobacco growers of Ken
tucky an omen of the dawn of
a better day, a day when our law
makers will legislate for the good
of those who eat their bread in
the sweat of their face, rather
thau for those who have pi led up
their millions by robbing the
poor.
Is it not a false idea of justice >
to say that a government of the I
people, by the people, and for the 1
people should dare to protect the I
gambler and rogue in his ill got
ten wealth.
Rather hasten the day when the
law-maker who listens to the rich
lobbyist and takes a bribe shall
hang as high as Hayman.
Is the time not ripe for a revo
lution even here in our grand
old State that was first at Bethel,
fartherest at Gettsburg, and last
at Appomatox, and first to as
sert that a State is greater than a
railroad Trust? Why not follow
the lead of the new Stnte, Oklaho
ma, and demand of the coming
Legislature, the enactment of a
law prohibiting the manufacture
and sale of intoxicating Jliquor,
except for medical purposes, with
ji provision attached that will put
the conniving physician with the
easy prescription for the thirsty
patient in jail, or at work on the
public roads.
Also enact that the record books
and files of all corporations shall
be at all times liable and subject
to the inspection of State officers.
Enact further that our State be
empowered to engage in any
occupation or business; and we
will open the door to govern
ment ownership and directiou.
Our State can by competition then
hold in check all corporations.
Wfr.can starve thern out or make
them do right.
Give us initiative and referen
dom and we will put lobbyist and
bribe-taking law makers out of
business. The necessity for
night riders to burn and murder
will pass away, and all our people
will rejoice as they did at the first
clang of independence bell.
MC.
Deputy Sheriff A. W. Davis
has gone to the insane asylum at
Morganton to convey a young
woman, Emma Lawson, of Hard
bank, who has been adjudged
insane.
HAW POND NEWS OF INTEREST
1 Mrs. Dr. Slate Improving - Quiltings'
and Music By t|e Band A Din
ner at Mrs. J. M. Gibson's.
Germanton, Jan. *2o.—Strip
ping tobacco and going to Win
ston is all the go around here
j now-a-days. Among the number
who weid today were Messrs.
W. J. Johnson. J. X. Nance. J. P.
i Ferguson, J. P. Tuttie and T. V.
Size more.
Dr. J. T. Smith filled his re
gular appointment at Mt. Olive
Sunday. lie preached an ex
cellent sermon, his text being
taken from the 24th chapter of
| Joshua and 15th veise, where it
reads thus: "Chouse ye this
J day whom ye will servo." A
large crowd was out.
Haw Pond school is progress
ing nicely, having enrolled 80.
Average daily attendan le last
' week was (50. We need an assis
tant teacher.
Mrs. Dr. W. C. Slate who hns
been quite ill for some time is
I improving we are glad to note. [
The measles scare which caused |
a great disturbance in the school,
Sunday school and prayer meet
ings has about died away, as it
was a false report.
Miss Claudia Johnson who is
teaching at King attended preach
! ing at Mt. Olive Sunday.
Messrs. Kerner Allen, Sid
; ney and Dee Kiser of Winston
i also came up to attend service.
The greatest social gatherings j
;of the day are quiltings and mu
sic at night by the band of |
musicians.
The following are the persons j
who took dinner with Mrs. J. M.
I Gibson Sunday : Misses Hessie
Carroll, Janie and Agnes John
son, Messrs. Hardin Carroll,
Robt. Barr and Luther Slate.
"SCAT."
i The Reporter offers Ihe top :
of the morning and best wishes
;to its friend Mr. J. G. H, Mitch
: ell, of Gideon, who was last week
I married to Miss Nannie Hester
| Scales. Congratulations to both
of them. May their life be long;
1 and happy, over the tempestuous 1
sea or life, and may three be 1
! few squalls.
Nettie, the 9-year old daughter j
of Mr. Jasper Biby, of Hardbank,
was fatally burned last Wednes
day, and died on the following
Saturday. She was left at bomej
by the parents, and with some
other child/en set tire to aome
kerosene, which ignited her cloth
ing. The body was horribly
burned.
MAKE IT YOURSELF.
SAYS MANY PERSONS HERE CAN BE
MADE HAPPY AGAIN BY USING
THIS.
There is so much Rheumatism
here in our neighborhood now
that the following advice by an
eminent authority, who writes for
readers of a large Eastern daily
paper, will be highly appreciated
by those who suffer:
Get from any good pharmacy
one half ounce Fluid Extract
Dandelion, one ounce Compound
Kargon, three ounces of Com
pound Syrup Sarsaparilla. Shake
these well in a bottle and take in
teaspoonful doses after each meal
nnd at bedtime; also drink plenty
of good water.
It is claimed that there are
few victims of this dread and
torturous disease who will fail to
find ready relief in this simple
home-made mixture, and in most
cases a permanent euro is the
result.
This simple recipe is said to
strengthen and cleanse the elimi
native tissues of the kidneys so
that they can filter and strain
from the blood and system the
poisons, acids and waste matter,
which causes no£ only Rheuma
tism, but numerous other diseases.
Every man or woman here who
feels that their kidneys are not
healthy and active, or who suffers
from any urinary trouble what
, ever, should not hesitate to make
up this mixture, as it is certain
to do much good, and may save
; you from much misery and suffer
ing after while.
Our home druggists say they
will either supply the ingredient
[, or mix the prescription ready to
i take if our readers ask them.
Oak Grove Breezes.
Oak Grove, Jan. 20.—We have
! heard very little said about burn
ing plantbeds and preparing for
another crop of tobacco so far. as
| our farmers are interested in talk-;
ing and building 'phone lines yet. !
We understand that the money 1
has been paid in ready to order!
material for the line from D. F. I
Tillotson's to Danbury. I think
the farmers will appreciate their
line when completed as it will save i
a number of long trips to the!
county seat for information. When !
completed the farmers will have ;
about 50 miles of independent j
'phone lint'.
v Mr. Gaston Gentry has recent ly
moved into his home, the P. O.
Bennet place, which he purchased
last summer. He had the house
repainted inside and is waiting till
spring to complete the outside.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Rut ledge, a boy; also to Mr. and
Mrs. Yirgie Eaton, a daughter.
i Sorry to learn that Mr. Matt
)verby is right sick.
I Mr. Dull, who has been running
1j a blockade distillery for twelve
months 2A miles west of Hauser
. town, fell in the hands vf the rev
, enue officers Thursday night, and
[ was carried to Winston.
SCRIBBLER.
|
Fine Log.
Pine Log, Jan. IS.—Choppings
•and quiltings are all the goat
I present.
Mr. S. H. Hartgrove and family,
who have been visiting relatives
land friends in this community,
i have returned to their home at
j High Point.
j' Mr. John T. Carroll returned
i from the Winston market yester
day well pleased with the prices
j he received for his tobacco,
j We are sorry to note that Mrs.
|C. C. Carroll, who has been con
i: fined to her bed for several weeks,
is no better.
Mr. J. F. Hartgrove, one of
i Stokes county's best tobacco grow
ers. has moved to Dr. J. W. Slate's.
Mr. Silas Carroll and Miss Flor
j ence Meadows were united in the
; holy bonds of matrimony last
! Sunday morning, Mr. I. G. Ross
performing the ceremony. The
bride is the accomplished daugh
ter of Mrs. Hessie Meadows, of
Germanton Route 1, and the
groom a son of Mr. Wm. Carroll,
| of Mizpah.
We are glad to say that we are
having the best school at Pine
Log we have ever had. Mr. O. L.
Pulliam is our teacher. He has (>7 j
I on enrollment and has an average i
of 70. If anybody can beat this,
let us hear from them.
PATRIOT.
Pilot Mt. Route 1.
Pilot Mt. Route 1, Jan. 17th.— i
Mr. Jim Pell, of Chinquepin, killed
a porker Wednesday 250 days old 1
weighing 280 pounds. Somebody
beat this on porkers if you can.
Misses Flora and Nora Coving- ■
ten visited relatives in Surry last
week.
Miss Susie Covington returned
from Rural Hall Saturday.
Mr. J. R. Covington is having a
new house built.
Miss Ella Sams visited Mrs. R.
R. Roberts today.
Mr. Seymour Owens is having
lumber hauled to build, him a new
house.
Rev. J. T. Smith filled his reg
ular appointment at Brim Grove
Sunday. Mr. Sam Joyce was bap
i tised Sunday morning.
R. B. T.
II
The road between Danbury
1 and Walnut Cove is being put
• in good fix. The overseer is Mr.
1 Light Isom, we learn, and he is
i certainly a good one. Other
1 sections of the county will do
i well to follow suit. We are in
■ formed that none of the railroad
• tax money has yet beeu used, but
> Mr. Isom is first using the regu
lar road hands, and he has cer
' tainly made good headway.
| It is learned that Mr. Booker
j Robertson, the manager of the
mica mining company near Camp
bell, was on Tuesday stricken with
something like paralysis, and is
I in quite a serious condition.
3 Mr. Alfred Smith, of Hard
bank, is ill with pneumonl*.
DEATH OF MR. DUKE JAMES.
A Teachers' Meeting Held Saturday
—A Sociable at the Home of Mr.
Geo. Collins Is Attended By a
Large Crowd Other News On
Sandy Ridge Route 2.
Smuly Ridge Route 2, Jan. 20.
Died Monday the Kith day of
Jan., Mr. Duke Jamas, aged 48
years. He lived near Case's, N.C.
lie had been badly afflicted for
some time with paralysis. He was
stricken down near Mr. Bob Phil
lips" the day before his death and
never spoke but once afterwards.
He was carried to his home and
kind neighbors did all they could
for him but all they did could not
help him. He died that night at
10 o'clock, and was buried at the
James family burial ground on
Sandy Ridge Route 2. He leaves
three sons, two daughters and sev
eral brothers and sisters to mourn
for him. He was a brother to Miss
Sarah James, who died just three
weeks ago with cancer.
Dr. Lawless, of Critz, Va., was
in this section last Tuesday. He
says he was treating a cancer on
Joe Bateman when the revenue
officers carried him to Greensboro.
The teachers' meeting was in
session at Sandy Ridge Saturday.
All the teachers in Snow Creek
township were present. Prof.
Smith's address to the teachers
was much enjoyed by all. All the
teachers surely went home with
renewed hope and determination
to try te make their schools grow
better and better.
•> A sociable and musical enter
tainment was given the young
I people of this neighborhood last
I Saturday night at the home of Mr.
I Geo. Collins. Air. Joe Purgerson
j was there with his fine graph
ophone and played many beauti
ful pieces, to the delight of those
present. Messrs. A. L. Gunter,
Joe Joyce, Ulric Collins and Lee
Joyce rendered some fine music
on the violin and banjo. Those
present were Misses Eva and Mag
gie Gunter and Cora Joyce,
Messrs. Jesse Powers, John Gann,
Chase Price, Drew Joyce, Jesse
Joyce, Ben Martin, Clide Johnson,
Hunter Joyce, Lee Martin, Rus
sell Johnson and several others.
All report a nice time.
Mr. Charlie Lester, of Price,
visited his cousin, Mrs. Mar
tha Joyce, Saturday, returning
home yesterday.
Dalton.
Dalton, Jan. 20.—Mr. T. A. Dal
ton went to Winston last Wednes
day, returning same day.
Mrs. J. H. Hamm spent last
Wednesday at Mrs. S. F. Coe's.
Mrs. S. F. Coe and daughter,
Miss Maua, went to Pinnacle
Thursday to the dentist.
Miss Nannie Spainhower spent
! Saturday night with Miss Lula
I Schultz.
Mr. and Mrs. Rural Snow, of
j King, spent Saturday night and
I Sunday at Mrs. S. F. Coe's.
Mr. Marshal Hedgecock was in
Dalton again Sunday.
Mr. Ike Wall and daughter,
Miss Ola, of Pilot Mt., visited at
Mr. O. G. Golf's Saturday and
Sunday, returning today.
I Mr. C. J. Schultz went to Wins
| ton today and returned.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Schultz are
! spending a few days at Mr. C J.
| Schultz's.
WALNUT COVE ROUTE 3.
Walnut Cove, Jan. 20.—Little
Willie Smith who has been very
sick with pneumonia is most
well again we are glad to know.
Miss Laura Redman spent the
past week with her sister Mrs.
Will Tuttle.
Mise Amanda Flynn, of Ham
burg, spent Saturday night and
Sunday wtth Miss Janie lsom.
Miss Claudia Newsom gave an
apron party Saturday night
which was greatly enjoyed by all u
among those present were Mr.
and Mrs. John R. Smith, Mr.
and Mrs. Will Tuttle, Misses
Lula, Emma, and Hattie Young.
Agnes and Winnie Tuttle, Jet
tie Hicks, Claudia Tilley, Mary
Tuttle, Laura Redman, Nade Tut
tle, Messrs. Watt and Joe Wall,
Silas Hicks, Gabe Tuttle, Asa
Tuttle, Elmer Darnell, Herbert
Pergerson, David Tilley, John
andßobHicks. Mr. John Hioks
won the prize for the best work.
"PAT SY."
No. 51