THE DANBURY REPORTER.
VOLUME XXXIII.
PINE LOG SCHOOL CLOSES.
A Very interesting And Enjoyable
/ Time At the Exhibition—Big
Crowd Present.
The school at Pine Log, taught
by Mr. O. M. Pulliam, closed last
Saturday with an exhibition,
which wa* attended by a largo
crowd* A representative of the
Reporter bad the pleasure to be
present. Mr. Pnlliam, the teach
er, who is noted as i>ne of the bes;
all-round teachers of the county,
and possibly the best in the coun
try for getting up interesting
entertainments and for excel
lence in training his pupils in the
exercises, almost surpassed him
self at this function, and it was the
goneral opinion that the day had
leen a most enjoyable oue.
What wo co'isidered one of the
..ost interesting features, and cer
tainly the most spectacular fea
ture, of the occasion, was the
marching and drilling of the
young men and ladies, boys and
girls, on tho campus. There were
exacly 60 of the students in line,
and so well had they boeu trained
that, throngh an h >ur's marching,
countermarching, etc., executing
all kinds of intricate as well as
difficult figure*, we did not see a
single blunder. The little ones
seemed perfectly under control,
and did their parts with almost
equal facility to the older ones.
The marching was to the time of
splendid music furnished by the
string band, of which Messrs.
Win. Redman, and others were
the players.
Allothor interesting feature of
the occasion was the address of
Prof. Smith, Superintendent of
Schools. Prof. Smith paid a high
tribute to the Pine Log school,
showing that it was far ahead of
the average State school both in
enrollment and average attend
ance?
The exorcises were held both
in the forenoon and the afternoon.
At 12 o'clock, everybody repaired
to dinner, which was eaten in pic
nic style, each family with their
friends attending their own spread.
It was the good fortuue of the
writer to have received an invita
tion to the elaborate and hospit
able board of the Pulliams. It
would be a waste of words to try
to tell what good things wc had
for dinner, and how much we en
joyed it. Possibly there are read
ers of the Reporter who have
been with these good people at
meal time. These would know
how well we fared. Later we had
the pleasure of also taking lunch
with Mr. and Mrs. Wade Carroll,
who bad an excellent dinner
and a-plenty of it.
Among the largo crowd present,
we recall the following:
Misses Beulah Pulliam, Etta
Gordon, Blanche Terrell, Bettie
Gordon, May Gordon, Lillie Gor
don, Maltie and Mollie DeWitt,
Jessie Fulton, Agnes Johnson,
Claudia Johnson, Mallie Johnson,
Eizie Easter, Rosa Carroll, Carrie
Johnson, Ethel Sully, Pearl Tut
tle, Ora Fowler, Primmie Fow
ler, Myrtie Hartgrove, Cora
Ypung, Lezora Neal, Bertha Til
lotson, Dora Tillotson, Mary
Ellen Holland, Macy Pulliam,
Novella Sally, Lennis Pulliam,
Alverta Pulliam. Mary Belle
Smith, Annie Blair, Minnie
Glidewell, Ruth Glidewell, Har
riet Roes. Mr. and Mrs. Will
Wall, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Pul
liam, Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Pulliam,
Mr. and' Mrs. Cbas. Morefield,
Mr. aod Mis. Sid Kisor, Mr. and
Mrs. Wade Carroll, Mr. and Mrs.
Thos. Tillotson, Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. Baker,
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Darnell, Mr.
and Mrs. Clay Donnell, Mr. and
Mrs, James Meadow?, Mr. and
Mrs. John T. Carroll, Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Neal, Miss Martha
» Rosa, Miss Cora Boyles, Mr. and
* Mrs. Jeff Smith, Mr. and Mrs.
• Ped Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
r . Reading, MTS. Brown, Mr. nnd
E J "8. Will Southern, Bud L:e
» T ttle, Silas Carroll, Will Crr
jfaj 1, Moses Terrell, G. M. Allen,
j£. Fowler, J. A. Southern. A. E.
rMontbern and others.
wt.* The people of Stokes County
Eare certainly sticking to their
Htionie bank. The Cashiers of the
I Bank inform the Reporter that
Kibe Bank deposits are now nearly
■376,000, and that the SIOO,OOO
pEjuark looms up in near future.
Kpld Stokes don't make any
but she generally makes
H|pod ou a thing w ben she tries.
Sandy Ridge Items.
Sandy Ridge, March 8.
Dear Editor:
Please allow us a little space in
your paper.
We are having some vory fine
weather in this vicinity at this
writing. Hope it will stay good
quite a while, until the farmers
are through" with plant land.
Mr. Johny Moore gave the
young folks quite a nice time
quilting last Saturday uight, and
best of all a party. We hope
there will be another party soou
some where.
Mr. J. W. Joyce and family
visited Mr. and Mrs. J. M. New
man yesterday.
Misses Lelia and Hallie Joyce
visited Miss Florence Hill Sun
day. They report a nice time.
Misses Mary and Katie Martin
visited Miss Ella Ferguson Satur
day night and Hunday; guess they
had a nice time as their best fel
lows called to seo them.
Mr. S. F. Hawkins -and family
visited Mr. H. S. Joyce Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs L. L Joyce visit
ed Mr. and Mrs. 11. S. Joy ;e Sun-1
day.
Miss Ella Martin came buck to!
see us all last Thursday, and stay- j
ed until Sunday; wo were glad to
have her with us again; hope she
will come again 6oon.
Gness Mies Mamie Lawrence
had a fine time Sunday playing
croquet, as soma of hor best
friends were with her.
We ask to be excused as this is
our first writing.
TWO RED EYED GIKLS.
Mr. J. B. Voss Weds Miss Cora A.
Boyles—Other Items From Ger
manton Route One,
Germanton Route 1, March 'J.—
Our community was greatly sur
prised Sunday evening by the
marriage of Mr. J. B. Voss to
Miss Cora A. Boylos. The cere
mony was performed at tho resi
dence of Esquire J. H. Covington.
Mr. T. S. Boyles and sister vis
itod their brother at Mount Airy
the past week, returning Sunday.
Mr. Nat Boles, Misses Claudia
and Mallie Johnson and Lillie
Gordon spent Sunday at Mr. W.
J. Johnson's.
Tue many friends of Mr. Riley
Cromer are glad to know that he
is recuperating from his recent
illness.
Mr. W. W. Ferguson visited
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Ferguson, Sunday.,
, Mr. and Mrs. Forest Smith went
to Winston Sunday, returning the
day following.
•Mr. W. R. Johnson, of.Wiuston,
is expected to visit his parents the
latter part of this week.
Wishing tho Reporter and its
readers suocess, I will close.
"SCAT."
Asbury School to Close March 18
With Interesting Exercises Ad
dresses And Music—Everybody
Invited.
Brim Route 1, March 9.
Mr. Editor :
Pleaso announce that our school
will be out on the 18th of March
at Asburv and at 1 o'clock lawyer
John Folger, of Mount Airy, will
address tho school on education,
then the program of the school; at
night Dr. J. Thoa. Smith, of
Westfield, will speak on prohibi
tion. We have the promise of two
string bands to make music, one
in day and one at night. We cor
dially invite everybody to attend.
We have two very fine young
speakers, one in the day and the
other at night. Miss Francis
Marshall the toaoher, is very much
interested in prohibition, aud is
very anxious that all voting men
of this country be present and es
pecially all her "Williams."
People are all at work now to
make up for the past bad weather.
Dr. J. J. Leak and wife are back
from Stuart, Va., muoh improved.
Mr. J. H. Robertson, of Fran
cisco, was a viator at the Repqitor
i iHice Tuesday. Mr. Robertson
h; s been teaching in Forsyth
county the past school year.
Since bis school closed he has
been visiting in Yadkin county,
returning home last week.
Mr. W. D. Bennett, of Walnut
Cove, was liere Monday on his
way to the home of his father,
Mr. W. R. Bennett, of Danbury
Route 1. Mr. Bennett, who re
cently spent some time at Hot
Springs, Ark., in the interest of
his health, is greatly improved.
DANBURY, N. C., MARCH 12, 1908.
PASSING THROUGH A FINE
COUNTRY.
Mrs. James M Wall Continues Her
Interesting Account Of a Trip
Through the West.
Our next stop was at Ltshburn
in the newly formed Province of
Sascatehewan, which embraces a
large portion of the great valley
along the Saskatchwan river, and
contains some of the most fertile
soil in the world. This town which
is only one year old, is on the main
line of the Canadian Pacifio Rail
way and has two grain elevators,
one livery stable, one hotel, two
real estate offices, four stores,
school building and church, with
25 nice residences and splendid
depot. We spent two nights and
a day here, and getting a hack
and guide, spent the day driving
over tho prairie, looking at the
new settlers' farms; and they cer
tainly are a prosperous and thriv
ing settlement. But it was so cold
that day, the 20th of September.
Wo wore long fur coat 9, and sat
on buffalo robes with another over
our laps to keep comfortable while
driving. We could see very dis
tinctly the olsl Buffalo trail, which
is a narrow-beaten path, leading to
the water, for they followed their
loader in single file, many thous
ands iu a gang, years ago before
they were killed out.
We saw badgers, gophers and
coytoes, in large numbers.
The prairie grass makes fine
hay, and we saw hundreds of fine
cattle grazing on it, and fatter
than any stall fed beeves in our
country. The horses and sheep
will paw the snow off the grass in
winter and live well on that alone,
it is so nutritious. Scattered all
over the prairies we see what the
settlers call sloughs (sloss), which
as a rule are almost round as a
wheel and vary iu size from 25
feet in diuiuetor to one mile, and
on their wateis, which are perfect
ly clear, but not very deep or
miry, we saw large flocks of wild
ducks, and sometimes wild geese.
Here too, the herds of cattle,
sheep and hors?s water. I could
but think what an ideal pasture
land, for the immense herds of
buffalo, wild cattle and horses,
which afforded sport and subsis
tence for the Indian hunters long
years ago. I thought of the large
prarie fires which sweep over
this country after frosts, devastat
ing everything in its path, and
almost wished if one should pass
that way soon, I might be privi
leged to witness it, for the set
tlers told us it is a grand sight.
Each land holder is compelled bd
law, to have a fire guard arouny
his home, which greatly lessens
tho danger and frequency of these
fires. The fire guard is made by
turning with a broad plow, several
furrows of tho grass, then skip
ton feet and turn more grass after
wards burning off between the
i fallowed land.
The 21st of September we start
ed for Edmonton, 425 miles North
West. We crossed the Sasca
tehewan River on a bridge 700 feet
long and 300 feet high, at one of
the old Hudson bay ports, just
above the city.
This is a beautiful place on a
very high bluff, overlooking this
magnificent river. It has splen
did hotels, two fine school build
ings, elegant churches of all de
nominations, very broad streets,
mammoth department stores, and
double street car line, with excel
lent service. They have a splen
did fire department, horses weigh
1650 lbs., hook and ladder wagon
30 feet long, fine omnibus to carry
injured people from fires, pre
sented by the sisters of oharity.
New P. O. in course of erection,
to cost one quarter of a million
dollars.
In summer during longest days,
the sun rises at 3-30 a. in,, and
seta at 9 p. ra. You oan form
some idea from this faot, how far
north this city is, if you do not
recall the exact location on the
map. We were told that 125
miles north of this place, the sun
rises at 2-30 a. m., and sets at ten
p. w., and they are not oompelled
to light a lamp through the night.
We saw them dredging the river
for rocks to make pavements, and
were told they get as muoh as
SIO.OO or $12.00 dollars worth of
gold per day from the bed of the
river.
When leaving Edmonton, we
crossed theSasoatehewan river just
back of the town on a wagon
bridge, aud drove one mile to
Strathooma, a thriving new town
with 4000, inhabitants, where wo
boarded the train for Calgary, 200
miles directly south of this town.
The land around Calgary lies
well, but is on the dry belt, and
they do not always succeed in
raising good crops.
We have a fine view of the
snow capped rookies from hero.
When we reached the boundary
line between Can. and the N. 5.,!
the train was stopped and the
conductor told us to open up our |
grips for the custom officer to ex- j
amine. I was very uncomfortable
for a while, as I had bought some
nice Can. flannels, and a hand- |
some fur coat, never once think
ing about paying duty on them.
Before the officer came in, I un
wrapped the coat and put it on, and
laid wide open my suit case and
waited for the worst; but the offi
cer only pushed my clothes to one
side a little, so did not notice my i
goods and took no note of my fur !
ooat. Some passengers lie ex-,
amined very rigidly.
Below the Canadiau lino, we
strike a belt of alkali soil which is
very barren.
Our next stop was at Great ;
Falls, Montaua, on the Missouri
river. This is a tine new town,
with nice depot, several excellent i
hotels, splendid P. O , and large
stores, with more nice cafeß to its
size than any place we visited.
The fare in all these western
towns is extraordinary. They |
have the finest meals I ever saw.
I went through the meat markets
in Can., aud the Western States
too, and have never seen such fine
beef and mutton as wo saw there, j
At Great Falls wo saw a splen
did new cafe going up, to cobt
several thousand dollars.
We cross the Missouri river
here near the Great Falls, (from
which the town takes its name),
on a bridge ono quarter of a mile j
long, and water very deep. Wo !
crossed Titon river near here on j
a bridge one mile long, and 300 j
feet high. We passed down the
canyon of the Missouri, with high
mountains on either side, going
through numerous mining camps,
where the scenery was most weird
and desolate to behold.
Next we arrived at Butte, Mon.,
which is the great miniag city of
the west, and a very wealthy place.
We come into this city on the up
per side, and pass tho deep min
ing shafts, sunk many hundred
feet into the mountain sides. I
was quite anxious to decend in
one of the elevators, and see how
it looked, but as they were shut
down while we were there, I was
denied this privilege and perhaps
it was well, for I was told after
wards, that I would have been
drenched with water, had I gone
down.
The station is at the lower side
of the city, and there is a very 1
I handsome and commodious depot. |
Streets are not so wide ns in ,
many of the new towns and cities j
in Canada, but have splendid .
street car service. There are j
many splendid buildings here, and
large up to date department stores.
There we saw the most beautiful
jewelry displayed in the windows
of any place we had stopped.
There were a great many fine
saloons and we were told it is a
very wicked city. We spent one
day looking over this place, and
at 5-30 p. m., boarded the train
for Pocatello,, where we changed
cars for American Falls out on a
branch road of the Oregon Short
Line. Leaving Butte, we passed
through a deep canyon, along big
Coal River, where tall mountains
of crumbling rooks were perfectly
bare, on account of so much
mineral in them. Here we saw
miles of snow fences built to catch
the drifting snow, and prevont
the deep B. R. cuts from being
filled with it, and blookading the
trains, the account of which I
have often read, but never fully j
realized how awful it must be,
until I passed along that way. j
That is the bleakest country
we traveled. We passed very near
Yellow Stqne National Park,
whioh place I have always oraved
to visit, but unfortunately for us
it bad just closed for the season.
Miss Annie Martin returned
to her home at Gideon Thursday,
after attending school here for
some months.
Mr. L. P. Grogan, of Camp
bell Route 1, was a visitor at the
Reporter offioe Friday. Mr. Gro
gan is a prosperous farmer and
good oitizen of his section.
Marriage of Mr. Frank Hill and Miss
Alice Dalton—Other Campbell
Items.
Campbell, March 6.—Miss
Sallie Mcßride, spent two weeks
with her sister Mrs. Fannie
Hill.
Miss Ethel liill went last Tues
day evening to have her tooth
pulled.
Mr. and Mrs. Hill started for
(ireensboro Wednesday morning;
i guess they will arive today,
Miss Lindy Nelson came home
[last week; guess Mr. Banner Hill
is glad to hear she has come
i home. I guess he went up there
to see her Sunday.
Miss Ethel Hill and Miss Sallie
Mcßride visited Miss Ida Bijgs
Sunday.
Mr. Wes Priddy and Mr. Gil
mer Watkitis passed Mr. J. R, J
Hill's last Sunday; guess thoy
were going to see their girls.
Miss Sallie Mcßride spent
Thursday night with Miss Ethel
Hill.
Miss Alice Dalton and Mr.
Frank Hill wore married last Sun
day at the home of the bride.
Miss Ida Biggs has worked her
some line pillow tups this week;
guess she is aiming to get mar
ried soon.
Mrs. Fannie Hill has named
her baby Lettie Sue.
Mr. Hubert Martin visited Mr.
John Hill Friday.
I think they aimed to have a
fino dance up at Mr. Dick Brown's
last Tuesday night and it was so
bad thnt nobody couldn't get
there.
Miss Lillie Brown and Miss
Jennie Joyce visited Miss Ethel
Hill last Monday nvening,
TWO BLUEYED GIRLS.
Meadows Items.
\ Mr. George Neal bought n tine
| horse last week.
A musical entertainment was
j given at the home of Dr. Neal
Monday night.
Miss Mary Lawellyn, of Farm
ville, Ya., is visiting her sister,
Mrs. Grace Neal of Meadows.
Most of the young people of
this place went to the Pine Log
school closing Saturday.
The infant son of J. A. Neal,
who has been sick fur a week, is
much better.
Miss Ivizzie Easter has a good
attendance to her subscription
school.
Five preachers preached at
Clear Spring Sunday.
The sou of Mr. James Darnel
is very low with pulmonary
tuberculosis.
Mr. J. D. Young, of Hartman,
was hero yesterday.
■A GREAT GRAIN AND GRASS
PRODUCER.
j Lee's Prepared Agricultural
Lime is now recognized to bo the
j greatest grain and grass producer
known. It uot only produces
well but is a great land improver,
being the most concentrated prep
aration of lime the planter can
use, Getting a good 6tand of
clover is a hard thing to do on
most laud and those who have
used it say that Lee's Limo never
fails to give yon a good stand. It
is cheap and is well worth trying. 1
The preparation used with other
fertilizer is also tine for tobacco.
A top dressing of 100 or 200
pounds, gives good body and
heavier leaves, as well as preveuts
firing. It will destroy sheep
sorrel invariably find makes a fino
top dressing for wheat. Mr. J. D.
VVaddil, Walnut Cove, Stokes
county, N. C., writes: "I bought
10 tons of Lee'a Prepared Agri
cultural Lime last spring for onts
and clover, applying 500 pounds
per acre, as recommended. I
j made the best crop of oats I have
grown for a long time, and have a
| splendid stand of clover. The
clover is now looking better than
any I have had for seasons, as I
have failod to get a stand for
years."
Messrs. J. F. Miller, of Rural
Hall, and W. G. Moore, of Moore's
Springs, have purchased a car
load of this lime and in order to
introduce it in this section are
selling it at. the low price of $13.50
a ton at Rural Hall. If you aro
expecting to sow any spring oats
or clover soon you will do well to
write either of the above named
parties, who will be glad to fur
nish you any information you
may want about the matter.
| VARNER SAWMILL OUTFIT SOLD
Purchased By Jas. Wall and J. T.
Vernon at the Price Of s6oo—
Of Gann's.
Gann's, March 9.—The farmers
are about dono eowiug tobacco
seed except a few who sow in the
moon, and they will sow this week.
Some burned their beds, while
others sowed without burning.
Messrs. Jas. Wall and J. T. Ver
non purchased the Varner saw
mill outfit at the sale Tuesday at
six hundred and some dollars. Tbe
outfit is easily woith one thous
and dollars.
Mrs. T. J. Gann has been on the
sick list for several days, but is
out again much improved, we are
glad to note.
Mrs. R. G. Richardson, Sr., is
no better, we regret to say. She
has something like eczema that
aggravates her quite much.
Mr. D. L. Blackburn, of Reids
ville, brother-in-law of the writer,
is in a hospital in Danville for an
operation for kidney trouble.
Miss Bercha Dunlap is visiting
at Mr. A. H. Martin's.
Mr. Ben Martin and Mies Cora
Joyce visited Miss Bercha Dun
lap at her home near Gideon to-'*
day.
Mr. J. 1?. Smith passed here
yesterday on his way home, hav
ing given the bond of ten thous
and dollars required of him by the
revenue department. "Truly the
way of the transgressor is hard."
Miss Lillian Johnson is visiting
her uncle, Mr. J. J. Johnson, near
Dillard.
Somebody please tell us what is
meat by "suit pending and at is
sue in the Superior Court," as
found in Section l*.)lf>, revisal of
1905, as thero are some in the jury
list for next court that have suits
against them and in their favor
against otheis on the docket.
Deposits Still Rising.
The deposits of the Bauk of
Stokes County are still rising,
having reached the high water
mark of $75,300 00 this week.
Give your account to tho bank of
your own county, and thus pa
tronize a home isntitution. If
you are a merchant, you would
not like for your neighbors to do
their trading at Winston. If you
are a physician, you would not
like for your neighbors to send
to Forsyth or Rockingham or
Patrick or Surry when they need
ed a doctor. Whatever be your
calling, place your money with
the bank that is helping you pay
the taxes of the county, and that
has a record for safety and con
fervatism that no othor bank in
tho State can show.
The Reporter has just received
a big shipment of the very nicest
linen aud rag envelops and writing
paper and can furnish it to you
with your business card printed on
it at about what you have been
paying for it without the printing.
Miss Sadie Petree is expected
[ home this week from Germanton
; where she has been teaching
1 school.
There will be a prohibition dis
cussion at Meadows school house
next Saturday night. The speak
ers will bo R. W. Hill, R. P.
Glidewell, J. C. Wall and Chas.
Hutcherson. Everybody invited.
No. 1878