Page 2 AN APPEAL TO FARMERS. Officers of the Farmers' Protective Association Asked to Call Members Together and Elect Del egates to County Meeting. Mr. Editor : We want to ask tbe officers of the Farmers' Protective Associa tion to call the members together and elect their delegates to a couoty meeting, to be held some time in June, in Stokes county. Tbe Surry county meeting will | be held in Mt. Airy on Friday \ the 26th day of June. 1908.' The State Association will be held in Raleigh on the second Friday in July. We had expected to have had several meetings in Stokes this spring, but Mr. J. O. W. Gravely the main speaker haß been providentially hinderd by the; sickness of his wife. She has' been sick for nearly two. months, and Mr. Gravely could not leave her to do this work and therefore it has not been done. But the people are making a great effort to raise a crop of tobacco and we ought to make jast as great an effort to sell it for a pro fitable price. The Warehouses, nor tbe buyert, nor tbe American Tobacco Co, will not look after our interest, therefore if we fail to take care of our own interest it will not be done. Every farmer should see to it that there is a liv ing in it for his family, bis stock and bis hands and pat himself in position to keep his tobacco off tbe market when the price is low, and learn not to go to market when there is a glut on the mar ket, and prepare himself to hold his tobacco if neccessary for months. It is very foolish in a farmer to continue a business when he knows there is no profit in the business, and if tbe farmers would properly organize tbey could make tobacco growing a profitable business, but without organization we see uo future for the business. R. K. SIMMONS, Pres. Farmers' Protective Asso. $ Get Ready For t # Threshing Grain # # I am selling the The Huber Ma- 0 # chinery~the best Threshing Ma # chine and the% [best Portable or # # Traction Engine* on the market. 0 A READ THESE TESTIMONIALS: A r » r I Conesus, N. Y. j Yuma, Colo. Geutlenien : —My boy six- j j Gentlemea : —ln regard to i teen years old takes care of my ! the threshing outfit bought of j Huber Engine, and has run it you last summer, the little 12- i j since last spring. He has had horse engine and 32x48 separa- it in a number of times, but tor is hard to beat for its size, has got out every time. He There are 3 steam threshing can drive it over a barn if he : outfits in this part of the coun has to. I like the engine. It j try, and we threshed more can pull bard, go up and down ! grain and did better work than hill, and drive a saw through j any of them. There was a 25. any log. We have never had it j horse engine and 33x6ft separa- where it did not do what we i tor ill our neighborhood, and wanted it to. It has pulled a we threshed two bushels to scraper up hills and scraped | their one right along through where no engine has evdr been the season. We think the Hu- seen before. | tier the only rig. Yours respectfully, j I Yours truly, E. I) WEBSTER. ! McCALL & LUNDGREN. W Sold On Easy Terms By T* I THriPP w Call On or Write to 1• J* I IHJIyC w 2 R. F. D. No. I, - - Westfield, NC. j Nr. M. T. Meadows Given a Birthday Dinner—Other News on Walnut Cove Route 1. Walnut Cove Route 1, May 19. —Rev. J. W. Strickler, of Rural Hall, held bis regular monthly morning and evening services at Bethany last Sunday. The morn ing sermon was good, the test be ing from the parable of the pounds, Luke 19, 12-27. The people in our community are glad to see rain this week, as it ha 6 been too dry to plant tobac co lately. Mr. Jas. Green and family spent last Sunday with Mr. J. P. Smith. Miss Ora Fowler spent last week with her cousin, Miss Prim mie Fowler, of Germanton Route 1. Miss Martha Ross is visiting her cousins, Misses Josie and Louise Hill, of Arcadia. N. C. Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Smith visit ed their brother, Mr. Wm. Smith, Sunday. Mr. I. G. Ross is now at work on his new dwelling. Mrs. Jas. Southern, of High Point, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Hessie Meadows, on Ger manton Route 1. Tbe friends of Mr. M. T. Mead ows tendered him a very enjoy able birthday dinner last Satur day, it being his 50tb birthday. Mr. Joe Neal, of Germanton Route 1. has put in a telephone on the Germanton line, and his son is very anxious to know what Mrs. White's ring is. PAULINE. A CALIFORNIANS LUCK. "Tbe luckiest day of my life was when I bought a box of Buck len's Arnica Salve," writes Charles F. Budahn, of Tracy, California, i "Two 25c. boxes cured me of an ! annoying case of itching piles, ! which had troubled me for years I and that y .elded to no otber treat ment." Sold under guarantee at 1 all druggists. THE DANBURY REPORTER. OLD SOLDIERS' DAY JULY 4. Capt. Leak To Call the Ex-Confeder ates Together For a Pleasant Reunion, a Good Dinner and a Good Time. Capt. James A. Leak has called the old Confederate soldiers to gether in Danbury on Saturday, July 4, for their annual reunion, to hear a good speech, est a good dinner provided by their friends and relatives, and to enjoy the day. A speaker of State prominence will be secured to address the old rebels, while the Walnut Cove brass band will probably make music for the occasion. Capt. Leak's formal call will be published in the Reporter in a few days, outlining the plans and purposes in full. Several of the old Boldiers have passed away since the annual reunion last August. Their members are every year growing less. The people of the county will do all in their power to make their last days as pleasant as possible. The 1908 reunion i 6 expected to be the biggest and most successful of any yet held. More Improvements. Improvements to the streets of Danbury continue. The side walk in front of the Taylor hotel is being laid with brick and rock. Mr. proprietor, is due a vote of thanks. I Money to Loan. The Bank of Stokes County has money to loan on approved se curity. Farmers can save money by purchasing their supplies for | cash. Call on or write N. K. Pep | per, Cashier, at Danbary. N. C., or 10. N. Petree, Cashier, at Walnut 1 Cove. X. C. i ' Messrs. Thos. E. and John W. Tillotson, of Meadows and Yadkin I townships resjjectively, were vis j itors in town Friday concerning the recent death of their brother, I Mr. Isariah Tillotson, at the State 1 Hospital at Morganton. SURRY COUNTY VETERANS. To Be Given A Nice Time June 3 Deputy Marshal Carroll Collect ing Old Government Claims —A Marriage. From the Leader. On June the 3rd the ladies of this section will give the surviv ing heroee of the "Lost Cause" ; a splendid day, aud it is expected to mske this the most enjoyable clay ever spent on such an occa sion. Short speeches will be made, but the features of the oc casion will l>e good music, plenty |to eat and a hearty welcome to those whose ranks are gradually thinning out. Commander S. C. Franklin es jpecially urges the old veterans to attend these exercises, if possible, for at least only a few more such occasions can be enjoyed by the once flower of the South, who followed the fortunes of war so bravely and afterwards stood BO firmly for ttye upbuilding of a stable civil government. Every veteran in the county should be here on that day, for the memo ries of those days that truly tried men's souls is sweet to tboee who participated in that bloody con test, and it is fitting that they should heartily enjoy the hospi tality of their decendanta, who freely appreciate the real worth of their many sacrifioes and bravery. Deputy Marshal G. A. Carroll, of Winston-Salem, spent several days in this city last week on a mission that somewhat "stirred up the natives," for he was here for the purpose of collecting old government claims against de linquent brandy distillers aud their bondsmen. These claims have been running for many years, and owing to the great number of them, they represent a large amount of money which will be collected by law. These claims grew out of the failure of the distillers to make the required capacity of brandy and to come across when the government de manded its taxes. The men who so generously went on the bonds of the distillers will now to settle with "Uncle Sam" or take the consequences. Married, at the residence of the groom' 6 parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Parries, on R. F. D. No. 2, on last Thursday afternoon, May 15th, William Parries to Miss Carrie Kirkman, of Westfield. i Esquire G. W. Hiatt performing | the ceremony. The young cou ple arc residing at the home of I the groom's parents. BETTER TIMES WITH SOUTH ERN. It is Reported That All Men Will Soon Be Back on Full Time and Work of Double-Trackinf Resum ed. Salisbury, May 20.—Rumors to the effect that a large number of the men who were laid off at the | Southern shops and Inter taken back on half time will be restored to their positions 011 full time at an early date are afloat in Salis bury to-dny. Unofficial reports are coming in also to the effect that the work of double-tracking and restoring! the working train crews, which j have all been laid off, will be re sumed by the Ist of July. Noth ing official has been heard of this, however, but, in view of the fact that the condition of the South- j ern Railway is generally more ; satisfactory than it has been for some time, much more credence has been given talk of this kind than at any timo since work was! BO inateiially affected Inst sum mer. Bumper Wheat Crop Expected. Reports received from various parts of the Canadian West indi-| cate that the increase in wheat acreage this year will be tremen dous. The grain men are of the opinion that about 120,000,000 bushels of wheat will be threshed out in 1908. GREAT CROP OF TOBACCO. The Acreage tile Largest In the History of the County It is the p»ndral opinion of ! fanners alTovor Stokes that this county will pr duce the largest crop of tobacco in the year 1908 within the history of the county. Nearly every farmer the Repor ter talks with admits that his to bacco lands prepared this year are just a little larger than ever be fore. The seßßons have been very favorable both for the growth of the plants and for transplanting. It goes without 6aying in all sec tions of the county now that the 1908 Stokes crop will be a bumper sure enough. It is about this time usually that the officials of the American Tobacco Company are said to meet in the city of New York and agree on the price to be paid for j the crop for the fall following. When the Trust learns what im mense tracts of land our people are laying out in the weed, they ' will no doubt experience 6omesort | of a degree of satisfaction. (Pianos I I Organs I (We hare been in the I Piano and Organ business, I tuning, repairing and sel- ¥ (ling, for the greater part of A our life, and know a good j instrument when we 6ee ■ one, as well as a horse i» trader knows a good horse. | We sell for cash or on I I easy payments. f I BELL BROTHERS! WALNUT COVE, N. C f Pianos, From $175.00 Up. i Organs, $35.00 Up. Your Life In Danger! Don't keep money in the house. Some scoundrel may rob yon any night and burn you up to cover his track. Why lose your life trying to keep 5, 10, 25, 50, 100 or 500 dollars, when we will keep it for you, safe, and will pay you 4 per cent, interest. Bank of Stokes Co. Have You a Summer Stove ? * t I s ® ■ \ The stifling air of a [Sjii ——. \ pjjl close kitchen is changed ft i-qlpa J ■ —a a VA to comfortable coolnessM. !s , Sp«W' Wy fection Wick Blue Flame T Oil Cgok-Stove to do the |7 No kitchen furnishing It 1 1 \ f IF is so convenient a* thii II |J \ I \\ stove. Gives a working A' \[ heat at once, and main * 11 tains it until turned out V# —that too, without over heating the room. If you examine the NEW PERFECTION Wick Blue Flame Oil Cook-Stove you frill see why this is so. The hew. from the chimney of the "New Perfection" is concentrauJ under the kettle and not dissipated through the room by radiation. Thus it does the work of the coal t range without Its discomfort. Ask your dealer about this stove —if not with him, write our nearest agency. v The M w W _ '» ® very ' ICwOLamp;?™ housefurnishing and gives a clear, powerful light more agreeable than gas or electricity. Safe everywhere and always. Mad* of brass finely nickel plated—just the thing for tlw living-room. If not with your dealer, write onr nearest agency. Standard Oil Company (Incorporate*) DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVEN TION. (j Called to Meet at the Court House In Dan bury on Saturday, June 6th, 1908. to Elect Delegates to the State and Congressional Conven tions. A Convention of the Democratic party of Stokes eounty is hereby called to meet in the Court House iu Danbury on Saturday, June 6, 1908, for the purpose of selecting delegates to the State Convention, which meets in Charlotte on the 24th of June to nominate candi dates for Governor and other State offices, and to select del egates to the Congressional Con- vention which meets in Greens boro on June 10th, to nominate a candidate for Congress and Dis trict Elector, and to transact such other business as may come be fore the Convention. We hope there will be a full at tendance from all the precincts in the county. This the 14th day of May, 1906. J. H. ELLINGTON, Chm. Dem. Ex. Com. for Stokes County. On June 3rd Hon. Renben D. Reid will speak at the Soldier's Reunion in Mt. Airy. IT REACHED THE SPOT. Mr. E. Hamphrey, who own a large general store at Omega, 0., and is president of the Adams County Telephone Co., as well as of the the Home Telephone Co., of Pike Connty, 0., says of Dr. Kinga New Discovery: "It saved iny life once. Tt least 1 think it did. It seemed to reach the spot —the very seat of my cough,— when everything else failer." Dr. King's New Discovery not only readies the cough spot; it heals the sore spots and the weak spots in throat, lungs and chest. Sold under guarantee at all druggists, 50c. and f 1.00. Trial bottle free.