THE DANBURY REPORTER.
VOLUME XXXIII.
PREPARING TO CONFISCATE SMITHTOWN
The Government Having Titles Examined
and Boundaries Ascertained Of the Lands
Of those Who Have Been Violating the
Internal Revenue Laws==The Full Text
Of the Law In the Matter.
Winston-Salem, N. C., Feb.
10. —A passenger oil the train
from Greensboro this morning
reported that a practioal surveyor
was to be sent to Smithtown this
week to make n survey of the
lands of blockaders preparatory
to confiscation of property there
owned by iliict distillers.
It was also learned today from
a reliable source that a represen
tative of the government was in
Smithtown last week gathering
data, and that he would make a
detailed report on information
received to the chief revenue
agent at Greeensboro within the
next few days. This representa
tive was here Saturday, returning
from the ''moonshine" district.
It is also learned that Revenue
Officer Aiken has been at Dan
bury during the last few days
gathering information, examining
titles, boundriee, etc., to the lands
of the blockaders for the purpose
of confiscating the same.
Those familiar with Smithtown
and its people are suggesting that
the man assigned to survey the
lands in that village would do well
to take a strong and well-armed
bodyguard with him. it being
argued that Jim Smith and his
friends are liable to give such
visitors all kinds of trouble just
at this time.
The question has been raisod
whether the government has a
right to confiscate the property of
"moonshiners." For the purpose
of allaying all doubts along this
line, your correspondent gives the
following from section .'{2Bl of the
United States reveuue laws:
"And all distilled spirits or
winos, and all stills or other ap
paratus, fit or intended to be used
for the distillation or rectification
of spirits or for the compounding
of liquors, owned by such per
son, wherever found, and all
distilled spirits or wines and per
sonal property found in the dis
tillery or rectifying establish
ment, or in any building, room,
yard or enclosure connected
therewith, or constituting a p«rt
of the premises; and all the right,
title and interest of such person
in the lot or tract of land on
which distillery is situated, and
all right, title and interest therein
of every person who knowingly
has suffered or permitted the busi
ness of a distiller to be there car
ried on, or has oonnived at the
same; and all personal property
owned by or in possession of any
person who has permitted or suft
fered any building, yard or en
closure or any part thereof to be
used for purposes of ingress to or
from such distillery, which shall
be found in any such buildings,
yard or enclosure and all the
right, title and interest of every
person in any premises used for
ingress or egress to or from such
distillery, who has knowingly
suffered or permitted such premi
ses to be used for such ingress
or egress shall bo forfeited to the
United States."
SUFFERING AND DOLLARS
SAVED.
E. S. Loper, of Marilla, N. Y.,
says : "I am a carpenter and have
had many severe cuts healed by
Bocklen's Arnica Salve. It has
•aved me suffering and dollars. It
is by far the best healing salve I
have ever found." Heals burns,
sores, ulcers, fever sores, oozema
and piles. 250 at all druggists.
JESSUP-HILL AT WESTFIELD.
Marriage of a Popular Young Couple
—Mr. Ed Hill In % Serious Con
dition—Dr. J. J.'Leak Operated On
At Stuart Hospital, and Is Im
proving—The Smallpox All Gone
From Asbury.
J Brim Route 1, February oth.
Wedding bells are ringing near
Asbury. Mr. Joe Jessup, of Brim,
and Miss Flora Hill, of Westfield,
were married on last Sunday by
Rev. J. T. Smith. Mr. Jessup, of
Brim, is a son of Mr. Mc. Jessup,
nnd Miss Flora Hill is a daughter
of Mr. M. O. Hill, of Westfield.
We wish them n long and happy
life.
We are sorry Mr. Ed Hill, just
back from Winston, is in a sad
condition. He is suffering with
his bead, and it affects his mind.
At our last writing, Dr. Leak
was aiming to go to Richmond to
be operated on, but later he found
he was too weak to stand the trijf,
and went to Stuart, Va., to Dr.
Martin, and was operated on. and
there was almost a gallon of fluid
taken from his side. He stood the
operation alright, and is now im
proving fast. We hope to see him
back at Asbury soon, able to take
up his large practice that awaits
him.
Dr. J. J. Leak and wife want to
extend thanks to all their neigh
bors and friends, who have been
so kind to them during Dr. Leak's
sickness, at and around Asbury.
The smallpox is all gone from
our midst and wo are glad. Our
school was hindered considerably,
as the smallpox was almost in sight
of the school house. But now
the school is in good condition
again, and we all feel free to go
anywhere, and don't feel any dan
ger of smallpox.
We learn that W. L. Smith, of
Stuart, Va., who has been to
a Greensboro hospital for treat
ment of the stomach, is back at
home on the mend.
I heard a man say today that
this blamed election on the liquor
law was to take it all away from
the poor man, and give it all to
the big men. A very big man
don't want any such stnff in his
stomach if he has any good sense.
One gallon of liquor and four gal
lons of ohemicals all stirred up is
not fit to drink.
Get Up a Contribution For a Wood
en Bridge Across Snow Creek.
The Madison mail failed to
come in again Tuesday on acoount
of the ice in the ford of Snow
Creek. Consequently the letters
of the correspondents of the Re
porter that usually arrive on the
Tuesday night's mail did not get
here until Wednesday night, too
late for this issue of the Repor
ter. A bridge across Snow Creek
is one of the cryiDg needs of Stokes
county. If the commissioners
will not build one, the people of
the eastern sections of the county
should try to get up subscriptions
for a cheap wooden bridge, a very
good one of which kind could be
built for a few hundred dollars.
The Reporter is willing to donate
its part of the fund.
If you want bargains, go to Jno.
A. Burton's. All goods oheap for
cash.
DANBURY, N. C., FEB. 13, 1908.
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MAMIE ETHEL RUTLEDGE.
Who Took the Prize At the Stokes County Fair Offered to the Prettiest
j Baby 'in the County.
The Reporter IHIM tlu» pleasure tills week of presenting the picture of
little MIHN Mamie Kut ledge, the beautiful child that took the prize ut. the
Stokes County Fair on November U, 1007, offered to the prettiest baby
In Stokes county.
Mamie Kthel Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alex 11. Kutledge, ( »f
Uormanton Itoiitc 1. and was horn on the lith of December, l!M)ii, and is
therefore just a little over a year old. She IK a very bright and pre
cocious child, and when the managers of the King Fair offered #I.OO to
the prettiest baby of the county, her father carried Mamie Kthel up,
and took the prize.
The prize money was afterwards seut to the Hank of Stokes County at
Danbury and placed on Interest, there to lie kept until Mamie Kthel is
-1 years old, which will be in the year lik!7. when, if she Is living, it
will be paid over to her with compound interest.
MRS. LAURA SOUTHERN DIES.
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Mr. Mathews, of Winston, Weds
Miss Bettie Davis, of Pine Hall
—Other Interesting News.
Pine Hall, Feb. 10 —Dr. I). C.
I Dix was in town Saturday on his
| way to see his brother at. Wniker
town. Come again, Doctor, we
! would like to have a little more
time to discuss the live issues
with you. We can't believe the
doctor will take take any backward
step upon the6e great issues, as he
fought in the front ranks in 1881.
We lost the battle then, but doc
tor, we are going to wiu this time
With such a leader and comman
der as Gov. Glenn, we can't be de
feated.
Rev. B. Margeson will preach
here next Sunday at 8 o'clock.
Miss Lelia Flinn is visiting rel
atives at Winston.
We are glad to see the Reporter
taking a firm stand for prohibi
tion, also to see its correspondents
coming out on the right side of
this great issue.
Mrs. Laura Southern, whose
illness was announced last week,
died Friday. Mrs. Southern leaves
a husband and n large family of
children. She was a kind wife
and a loving mother. The bereav
ed ones have our sympathy in
their sad affliction. May they be
able to say, the Lord giveth and
taketh away, blessed be his name.
Miss Bettie Davis surprised her
friends a few days ago, when it
was learned that she was married.
She was married lask week to Mr.
Mathews, of Winston.
Marriage Licenses.
Register of Deeds Jones Ims
recently issued licenses for the
marriage of the following couples:
Mr. Coy Bennett to Miss Carrie
Miller.
Mr. Barnie Gordon to Miss
Nora A. Boyles.
Mr. Geo. H. Joyce to Miss Ber
tha Brim.
DR. THOMAS W. DAVIS.
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat.
Office 405-7 Masonio Temple,
Winston - Salem. N. C.
Hours : it to 12:30, 2to 4 and
by appointment.
SHERIFF PF.TREE AWAITING
RED TAPE.
Has Not Yet Received Requisition
Papers For Hardin Moore— H.
McGee Loses Fine Horse -Great
Deal Of Sickness At Germanton.
Germanton, Feb. 10—There is
H great deal ot sickness in this
community.
Little Inn Kurfees, who has
been ill with pneumonia, improves
slowly.
Houston Pegramand Eva Mills
are on the sick list.
Mr. H. McGee lost a fine horse
Monday morning.
Mr. C. L. Andrews filled his
regular appointment at Corinth
Sunday. He was accompanied by
his bride. We wish them long
life and much happiness.
Services were held in the Epis
copal church Monday evening.
Owing to the rough weather there
were not many in attendance.
The Athenian Literary Society
will give a public debate on the
21st of February.
Sheriff Petree is still waiting
for the necessary papers to arrive
before starting to Ohio to bring
back the negro Moore.
Prof. J. C. Carson and Miss
Maggie Petree went to Winston
Friday, returning Suuday.
SIOO REWARD, SIOO.
The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at
least oue dreaded disease that sci
ence has been able to cure in all
its stages, • and that is Catarrh.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being
a constitutional disease, requires
a constitutional treatment. Hall's
Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation
of the disease, nuil giving the pa
tient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature
in doing its work. The propri
etors have so much faith in its cu
rative powers that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that
it fails to cure. Send for list of
testimonials.
Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO..
Toledo, O.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for
i constipation.
TOBACCO FLYING AT WINSTON
Average Soaring In the Neighborhood Of
Fourteen Cents==Trying To Exceed the
Demands Of the Farmers' Protective
Association==Large Breaks Expected this
Week If the Weather Is Favorable.
Winston, N. C., Feb. J 2.—Spec
ial to the Reporter.—Last week
the market of this city sold
212,585 pounds of tobacco for
127,744,42, an everage of $13.05
per hundred pounds. On account
of the unfavorable condition of
the country roads in Stokes,
Rockingham and Forsyth, the
breaks were not large. If the
weather is more favorable this
week, large breaks are expected.
The warehousemen of this city
j are the only ones in this country
! that have the courage to print
the prices they are paying for
tobacco, which are a good deal
higher than those paid on any
market of this State or Virginia.
It is a well known fact that buy
ers for the firms of this city will
pay a good deal more for tobacco
on the Winston market than else
where. The reason of this is that
the firms of this city are repre
j sented on the other smaller mar
kets, and when they buy ori the
! other markets they must repack
the leaf and ship it to Winston.
This repacking and rehandling,
jand resbipping of course costs
j considerable money, and the far
! mer must pay it.
It is a great pleasure to the to
bacco people of the Twin-City
that they liavo been able to push
the price of the tobacco of the
i Stokes farmers up to the present
notches, and they expect to do all
tlmt lies in their power to hold it
there
The average paid on this mar
ket is now very handsome, and
is much higher than even the
average demanded Farmers'
Protective Association. If the
remainder of the crop continues
at the present price, the general
average will reach if not exceed
the Association's demands.
J Gordon-Boyles At Pinnacle.
Pinnacle, Feb. 10. —A beautiful
home wedding was celebrated on
Sunday, February 9th, at 3 o'clock
when Mr. Barnie V. Gordon led to
the altar Miss Nora A. Boyles,
(under the strains of the beautiful
wedding march, played by Miss
Myrtie Wall,) the popular daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Boyles.
The home was beautifully decora
ted in white and green. Miss Effie
Boyles as maid of honor, and Mr.
Marshall Smith as best man, ac
companied by Mr. Walter Savage,
with Miss Rilla Gordon, Mr.
Charlie Boyles with MiBB Eliza
Gordon. The impressive ceremony
was performed by Elder H. D.
Mickey, in the presence of about
thirty-five of the friends and rel
atives of the contracting parties.
The bride was attractively gowned
in white silk. Immediately after
the ceremony they marched to the
dining room to partake of a sump
tuous supper, which was given in
honor of tho bride. On Monday,
February 10th, they went to the
home of the groom's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. T. J. Gordon, where a
sumptuous dinner had been pre
pared in honor of the groom.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon will make
their future home near Pinnacle.
We wish them a long and happy
life.
ONE PRESENT.
Groceries cheap - Flour, Meal,
Daisy Middlings, Sugar and Cof
fee, all cheap at
JOHN A. BURTON'S,
Walnut Cove, N. C
ACCIDENT OF MISS CLAUDIA
JOHNSON.
| Falls and Is Painfully Hurt—Miss
Ada Fleming's School to Close
February 21.
King Route 1, Feb. 10—The
farmers of this section are burning
p antbeds and getting ready for
another tobacco crop.
The little infant child of Mr.
and Mrs. Sidney Bennett has been
sick for the past two weeks, but is
some better, we are glad to note.
Miss Derie Tuttle is going to
give a Valentine drawing Feb. 15.
The Johnson school, taught by
Miss Ada Fleming, will close
Friday, February 21, with a spell
ing. Everybody come. There will
also probably be a meeting of tho
stockholders of the Quickstep
Phone Co. here the same day.
Miss Claudia Johnson was so
unfortunate as to fall from the
stair steps Tuesday morning and
put her "right" arm out of place.
Mr. John Smith spoilt Saturday
and Sunday with his mother near
Ilural Hall.
"PANSY."
A Wedding Expected At Meadows—
Dr. Neal Sick —Other Items.
Meadows, Feb. 10.—Alexander
Moran filled his regular appoint
ment Sunday. Owing to the se
vere cold weather there was not
a very large attendance.
Dr. Neal has been under the
weather with a spell of lagrippe
for the past week. Is some better
at this writing.
A daughter was born to Mr.
and Mrs, Powell Allen Saturday.
Mr. Vuster i 9 conducting a
singing school at Bethel. He
sings only at night and Saturdays
and Sundays.
Miss Mountie Kiser, who has
been down for some time with
pneumonia, is still sick.
The school here is progressing
nicely but owing to the bad
weather the attendance is cut
down some.
Some of the youug girls around
here were disappointed Sunday.
It was such a slick time the
young boys were afraid to ven
ture out.
We are looking for another
weddingj,in this neighborhood in
the near future.
The Norfleet boys at Piedmont
Warehouse are pulling for the
14-cent average for their Stokes
friends.
Sell your tobacco at Piedmont
Warehouse if you want the high
est price paid on any market.
Patronize the Bank of Stokes
County, your home bank, Wal
nut Cove or Danbury.
The Bank of Stokes County is
trying to reach SIOO,OOO de
-1 posits. Won't you help? Every
| account no matter how small glad
-Ily received. We take care of our
small customers with the same
care and attention of the large
ones.
Sell your next load of tobacco
with the Farmers, they are mak
ing the biggest sales, and they
want your name on their books.
They -are gaining new customers
every day; this tells the tale: they
know how to for th»
j highest prices.
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