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Page 2 HK. LASLEY WRITES AGAIN. Corrects Soon Things Which He Says War* Misconstrued. Mr. Editor: At than seems to be so many oppoaed to what I have written oonoerning schools and teachers, I want to correot some things that are construed in a different light from whioh I meant them. I noticed in an article written by a Dillard correspondent who ■aid that "we seemed to think that •very defect in the school system lay in its poor teaohers." I do not think so, but do think that the main defect is in its poor teachers. It would take up too muoh space to name "the defects that are allowed in school. "Silly in people trying always to find fault in teachers." This is the first time you have heard me find fault, and its high time to find fault with some of them, for time spent in the school room is as preoious as gold. Yes, I know teaohers have faults as well as other human beings, but think * that a teaoher ought to be an ideal person to every pupil. "Public schools are doing fairly good work and are improving, as anyone but a pessimist will ad mit." I think this could have been said ever since they were started, and in my six or seven years leave of them, do not see any difference. Seems like the same old thing. Yes, I thought that there were new school houses built in nearly every district. Where are they ? You do not know of a modern school house. Think that you have just come in from the West where they build their barns near ly as fine as their dwelling houses. All your school houses need is to be made larger anil properly heated. Dillard is not my postoffice, but have seen the school house there. You say when the teachers be come better equipped they are going to other counties to teach, where they will get higher sal aries aud be in better houses. I think some of them get better sal aries than t.hey earn now. and it will look very "small" of them to prepare in this county and go to other counties to teach. The county has been used as a foot stool too much already. Now, Mr. Stone, are you not aware, being a teacher yourself, that I have not condemned the schools and teaohers, that they have condemned themselves, and* because 1 have taken up the sub ject started by the Bowman child ren, who were ridiculed and made fun of because they complained of their teacher and school house, and because I have told my ex perience with them, you and others are treating me the same. How many teachers go to the State Normal College at Greens boro to better their profession ? Don't they spend their money on things that are as useless as the automobile in this hilly country ? If you have so many pleasant thoughts and tender regards, why not teach again ? If you have a lofty ambition for the log oabin and a lofty admiration for some other work, why be content ? Don't you want a log cabin carved on your tombstone when you die ? And the word "gallant" certainly is in the English language. Gal lanting ia a progressive form of the verb gallant, which I meant that the ladies and gentlemen were walking aronnd for pleasure. Now, don't try to make a moun tain out of a mole hill. Again, some one accused me of oasting insinuation on the Coun ty Superintendent and school sys tem. All I meant was that there are being poor teachers put out teach ing school, and think that I am just as well acquainted with the school doings as the next "fool." Now, if the standard of the teaohers is so high, they are my ideals, if they are well grounded on these principles. "Successful teaohing naust be based on well-defined principles of individual and Social life and development, and on a clear com prehension of the aim and pur pose of eduoation. The teaoher of ohildren should have broad and aoourate scholarship; they should also have a knowledge of the na ture and growth of the child's mind." But preparation for effec tive teaching does not end with a knowledge of subjeot and pupil. A teacher should be acquainted with the best modern practioe of the profession and with the theo ries on whioh such practice is grounded. The best that training can do is to add an increment of power to native gifts. To do this, teacher, training should have as i the chief end in view, the knowl edge and use of method. The nbove words are the words of a great educator. Now. I am not a teacher, and ' have not prepared myself for one, and all the mistakes that I make, > just blame the instruction I re ceived at the free school. Here is a point to the teachers and also the children : "It was five minutes before noon. The mayor and the State Superintendent had spent an hour talking to the children in an Ohio school, and just before the stroke of the gong the chairman iof the local school committee was • called upon to follow them. i "Children," he said, pointing toward the window, "as you go out from the school in about two min utes you will see a gang of men who are now shoveling cinders into a railway-train. They are earning thirty-five dollars a month. "Beside them is a timekeeper | earning fifty-five dollars. "At the head of the train is an • engineer getting one hundred dollars, and over him is a superin tendent getting two hundred. j "What is the difference between those men ? Education. Get all ! you can of it." P. S. I am not a man seeking an office. C. E. LASLEY. Nr. Jim Wall's Surprise Birthday Dinner and the Names of Some of Those Present. Pinnacle, June 22.—Mrs. Jesse Giles and children, and Mrs. C. W. Culler, returned home Satur day from Moore's Springs. A Magic Lantern show will be held at Pinnacle to-night, and al so to-morrow night. Everybody subscribe for the Reporter. It is getting better | every week. J The friends and relatives of Mr. Jim Wall tended him a very en joyable surprise birthday dinner on last Sunday, 21st, it being his 59th birthday. The table was about fifty feet long, and was filled bountifully with ham, chicken, pies, cakes and other good things.; He received several nice presents, among them a "Jews harp." It was real amusing to hear him play it I He was a little nervous over his surprise. His brothers and sis ters were all there except Mr. Lewis H. Wall, who lives in Arkansas. Among those present were: Mr. and Mrs. John Spain | hower, Mr. John Phillips, Mr. ; and Mrs. Will Rutledge, Mrs. Jane King, Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Boyles, Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Fulk, Mr. and Mrs. Abe Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. Biley Fulk and others. The day was enjoyd by all. We wish him many more happy birth days. Rev. W. R. Cornett filled his regular appointnent at the Methodist Proetstant Churoh Sunday evening at 3:30. "ARNICE." j BEST THE WORLD AFFORDS 'lt gives me unbounded pleas ure to recommend Bucklen's Ar i nica Salve," says J. W. Jenkins, of Chapel Hill, N. C. "I am oon j vinced it's the best salve the world j affords. It cured a felon on my J thumb, and it never fails to heal : every sore, burn or wound to ; which it is applied." 250. at all druggists. Mr. O. L. Pulliam, of Pink j Grove, was a visitor here Satar- Iday. THE DANBURY REPORTER. SEEDING ALFALFA. Farmer Who Gave Up E«r Gsttinl Rid of Nut Grass Sows Alfalfa and Kills It Messrs Editors: I note Mr. J. B. Norris' letter in your issue of June 11th in regard to seeding alfalfa. After repeated failures, from various causes, I have at last suc ceeded in getting a fine yield of bay on a field never before seeded to alfalfa. After seeding a field with alfalfa alone last October, and which failed to make a stand, I had left over some alfalfa seed. Now near my residence was a long narrow strip of land badly infest ed with nut grass in which last spring I had set Keiffer pears. I grew a crop of sweet corn on it last year. After removing the crop I plowed and disked it thor oughly to kill down the nut grass whioh escaped the cultivation of the com orop. I bad given up ever getting rid of the nut grass and was ready to put anything on it to hide the pest. I seeded on this lot fifteen pounds alfalfa seed with six pounds of common red clover, trusting that one or the other, or both, would grow for a winter cjver and hide the obnox ious nut grass. Greatly to my surprise, by De cember Ist, I had a beautiful stand of alfalfa and clover, to all appearance the clover predominat ing. It remained green all win ter, and this spring grew rapidly. On May Ist I cut a heavy crop about three-fourths clover; on June sth the second cutting was ready and appeared to be about one-half alfalfa, since which last cutting it has started off finely and there is a larger proportion of alfalfa to bo seen than before. The clover averaged about twenty inches high and the alfalfa stood at least six inches higher. While the alfalfa is not quite thick euough for a permanent stand, it is very strong and healthy look ing, already making eight to ten branches to the plant. Strange as it may appear, the nut grass at J this date (June 15th) is not in evidence. The clover and alfalfa together is a heavy stand. Two crops have been cut, as I have in dicated, and the third is coming on. The plot adjoining this lot comprising nearly two acres seed ed the same time to alfalfa alone, was a complete failure, only a few stalks standing here and there. I have no positive reason why the plot seeded with clover should thrive, and the other fail absolute ly. We can draw many conclu sions, purely imaginative as to fact. My idea is that the clover was a favorable nurse crop, shel tered the young alfalfa, assisted in the inoculation, smothered down weed and grass, kept the soil moist and generally aided and abetted iu the growth of the alfalfa. This fall (in September) I in tend to seed a considerable acre age with alfalfa and clover, but shall use twenty pouuds of alfalfa and five pounds of clover, seeding as before with a wheelbarrow grass seeder. Why ? (1) I get a crop of hay by this method. (2) If when the clover dies out and other grasses begin to run oat the alfalfa, by plowing and reseeding wholly to alfalfa, I feel confident of getting a stand, for the alfalfa that has grown will no doubt inoculate the soil and afford congenial conditions of the new seeding. (3) The plowing under of the clover and the alfalfa (if neces sary) will oertaiuly enrich the land in addition to the inocula tion. I trust that this experiment, though only in its embryo state, will prove successful and thus afford a surer means of establish ing a stand of the greatest forage plant now known. Before closing I wish to state that the plot seeded to alfalfa and olover had no fertlizer, manure or lime applied to it, all of which the field seeded to alfalfa alone waa fully provided with. The plot may be seen on my farm five miles from Portsmouth, Va., on the Western Branch. WINDEMERE. R. F. D. 2, Portsmouth, Va. LOCAL BRIEFS Dr. W. C. Slate, of Capella, was i here a short while Saturday. Mr. J. S. D. Puiliam, of King, > a member of the Board of Educa-1 tion, was here Saturday. I Mr. Ross Meadows and Miss: Francis Covington visited Dan-, bury Sunday afternoon. Mr. Geo. W. Neal, an enter prising nierohaut at Meadows, was a visitor here Monday. Messrs. N. B. Duggins and T. G. Shelton were in Danbury Sat urday attending to some business. Messrs S. G. and Nick Wall, of Madison Route 3, were in Dan bury Monday locking after some business. Col. and Mrs. J. M. Galloway, of Madison, who are occupying their cottage at Piedmont Springs, spent a while in Danbury Mon day. Death of Nr. Jas. T. Reynolds. Mr. Jas. T. Reynolds, whose ill ness was noted in these columns recently, died at his home on Madison Route 3, Friday evening. The direct cause of his death was probably heart-failure, though he had been in declining health for some weeks. The interment took place at Bethesda church Sunday after noon in the presence of a large number of people. The services j were conducted by Revs. Mnrge | son and Berkley, i The deceased is survived by : only one whole brother, Mr. Shack 1 Reynolds, of Guilford county, and ! one half brother, Mr. J. M. Rey nolds, of Madison Route 3. The ! wife of the deceased diod eight years ago. Mr. Reynolds was a good citi zen and will he very much missed in his community. Mr. A. W. Stoltz Thrown By A Mole. Rural Hall, June 25.—Mr. A. W. Stoltz, who resides on the road I between Germanton and Old i Town, is in a perilous condition, j the result of being thrown by a mule while returning to his home I from Rural Hall late Saturday afternoon. At first his condition was not considered dangerous, but he was suddenly taken worse Wednesday night and it is now feared that he will not recover. There is more catarrh iu this section of the country than all other diseases put together, aud 1 until the last few years it was sup -1 posed to be incurable. For a great many years doctors pro j nounced it a local disease and i prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional di sease and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrah Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, it the only constitutional cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a tea spoonful. It acta directly on the blood and rn ucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any oaae it fails to oure. Send for oirculars and testimonials. Address: F.J. CHENEY & j Co., Toledo, Ohio, sold by all j Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pilla for ! constipation. ANNOUNCEMENT. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the nomination for the Senate, subject to the action of the Republican ci anty conven tion. JOHN HENRY FAGG. Ex-Congressman Blackburn Arrested For Trespass. Greensboro, June 26.—Ex-Con greesman E. Spencer Blackburn was arrested about midnight on a warrant sworn out by Lindsay Hopkins for forceable trespass. Hopkins purohased the Black- I burn home recently at a mort gagee's auotion sale. Blaokburn refused to vacate or to give Hop kins possession of the property ! and he has held possession until his arrest tonight. Officers Barnes and Jones went to the house to serve the warrant and met Blackburn as he was ' about entering the house. Blackburn asked to be taken before Mayor Brandt, who turned him loose on bail to appear in court this morning at 9:30 o'clock. Pension Board Meets Next Monday. The Stokes Pension Board will , meet at the court house here next Monday. The Board is composed of Messrs. W. (J. Slate, W. S. Ray and J. A. Leak. FIX YOUR ROOF • We will guarantee to put any • I old leaky, worn-out, rusty, tin, iron, steel, paper, felt, gravel or shingle roof in perfect condition, and keep it in perfect condition i for 5c per square per year. .' Root-Fix, the Perfect Roof I're , | server, makes old worn-out roofs I new. Satisfaction guaranteed or ; money refunded. Call or write, •i ANDERSON MFG. CO., s W. F. Wakefield, Manager, Lenoir, N.C. r '■" Report of the Condition of the t i Bank of Stokes County, At the Close of Business May 14, 1908. > itEsoritcKS. ' Loans and discounts #:HMVS9.74 ■' Overdrafts 2lS.fi,-> Ranking houses, $1516.19; : ' furniture and fixtures, $1790.87 :W13.07 .' Due from I winks and 1 tankers 40790.87. ■ i ('ash items :t90.45 !. sold coin t!94.60 t, ; Silver coin, including all minor coin currency 2409.50 j National hank notes and other P. S. notes »fcXfi2.oo I Total $85:188.28 LIABILITIES. Capital stock $10,000.00 • Undivided profits.lesscur rent expenses and taxes paid 1:i5(i.54 | Deposits subject to check :CW72.31 I j Demand certificates of de ,! posit 40250.12 ! j Cashier's checks outstand ( ing ~... 400.M Total SXT>:tSB.2B l i State of North Carolina, f ss II Stokes County. ( ( ! I. N. K. Pepper, Cashier of the | above-named bank, do solemnly 1 swear that, the above statement is true to the lsjst of my knowledge i and belief. N. K. PEPPER and O. N. PETREE, i ('ashlers. I Subscrilted and sworn to l»efore .! me, this 90th day of May, 190s. 1 E. P. PEPPER, Notary Public. i i Correct—Attest: . j N. E. PEPPER, .j O.N. PETREE, JOHN A. BURTON. i t Notice of Sale of Land. , By virtue of a decree of the Sui>er ior Court of Stokes County, N. C., rendered In the Si>eclal proceeding 1 entitled "D. Y. Gordon, and others, 1 Ex. Parte," 1 will expose to public ' sale, upon the premises in Stokes , County, on Saturday, July 4th, 1908, { at the hour of one o'clock, p. m., to the highest bidder for cash, upon tlx? terms hereinafter set forth, a tract ' of land In Stokes County, Yadkin ) Township, adjoining the lands «of I James A. Gordon, and others, con | talnlng acres, more or less, and t described upon the plat filed In the above entitled case In the office of • the Clerk of the Superior Court of Stokes County, N. C., and to which ; reference Is hereunto made. [ Terms of Sale : —One-half cash on day of sale, aud the other half due six months after day of sale, with r bond and approved security for the deferred payment, bearing six per cent, interest from day of sale, with privilege to the purchaser to pay all cash If he so desires on day of Bale. Possession of said land will be i given In the fail after the removal of r the crop growing on same for this , year. This the 28th day of May, 1908. THOS. M. LAWSON, Commissioner. N. O. Petree, Atty. NOTICE. State of North Car.,\ln the Superior Stokes County, f Court. Mora the Clerlt, No tlceto Nonße*- ldent DewKka ants, and MM der of tlon. George W. Bads, Henrietta TUley and her husband fl Walter Tllley, Emmett ™ Bads, Joe Mabe. Walter Mabe, Sallie Hodges and her husband James Hod ges, Plffs., % Vs. Mary Ann Ferguson and husband John Ferguson, Hartle Agee and her hus band William Agee, John Mal»e, Harry Mabe, Abner Mabe, Leila Malie, John Hodges husband of Harriet Hodges deceased, Lula Jus tine and her husband Chas. Justine, Cornelia McGee and her husband William Mc- Gee, and Hardin Hodges, Defendants. It appearing to the Court by the IH'tltlon filed in this cause and the affidavit thereto annexed and filed herein, that a cause of action exists In favor of the petitioners herein and against the defendants herein, the sume Iteing a special proceeding to divide about 140 acres of land lying in Snow Creek Township Stokes Co., N. C., on the waters of Crooked Creek, adjoining the lands of Eliza Joyce, the Joyce landß, the Walter Joyce tract, Sam Martin, R. T. Martin and others, which lands formerly lielonged to Winston Eads, and which is now owned by the par ties hereto as tenants In common, and this proceeding is for the pur pose of dividing the same and also for the further purpose of selling the lots which may be allotted to the children of Susan Malie. deed., and Harriet Hodges, deed., and dividing the money arising from the sale thereof instead of the land Itself. It also appearing by said atlldavitthat Mary Ann Ferguson and her hus band John Ferguson, llartie Agee and her husband Win, Agee, John Mais', Harry Mais 1 , John Hodges, husband of Harriet Hodges, deed., Lula Justine and her husband ('has. Justine, Cornelia McGee and her husband Win. McGee, and Hardin Hodges are non residents of the State of North Carolina and after due diligence cannot l>e found there in, and cannot lie served with pro cess in the ordinary way, aud are necessary parties to this proceeding. It IK therefore ordered by the Court that notice lie served upoft the said Non Resident Defendants by publi cation thereof for four successive weeks In the Danbury Reporter, a uewspnjH'r published in Danbury, Stokes Co., N. C., notifying the said defendants of this action, and let the said defendants, Mary Ann Fer guson and her husband John Fergu son, llartie Ajree and her husband William Agee. John Mabe, Harry Mais*, John Hodges husband of Har riett Hodges, deed., Lula Justine and her husband Charles Justine, Corne lia Met iee and her husband William Mctiee, and Hardin Hodges, take no tice that if they fall to answer or de mur to the i>etltlon which Is filed In this cause, on or liefore the 29th day of June, 1908, that the relief will be granted us prayed for therein. Done at office in Danbury on 2llrd day of May. WON. M. T. CHILTON. Clerk SujH'rlor Court. .1. I). Humphreys, Atty. for I'lffs. Notice of Land Sale- By virtue of a decree of the Supe rior Court of Stokes County, render ed on the 28th day of March, 1908, in the Sjieciai Proceeding entlMini "L. P. Grogan, admsnistrator of Alex. Spencer against W. H. Spencer, et al," I will expose to public sale to the highest bidder for cosh, at the court house door In Danbury, Stokes county, on Monday, July ttth, 1908, at the hour of one o'clock, p. in., a tract of land In Snow (.'reek Town ship, Stokes Co., on the waters of Snow Creek, adjoining the lands of Sam Snider on the North, Oscar Slsk on the East, Oscar Slsk on the South, and Mary Ashby on the West, containing some 60 or 70 acres, a survey of which will be made before the day of sale, and boundaries made known on day of sale. This the 21st day of May, 1908. L. P. GROGAN, adm'r. of Alex. Spencer, deed. N. O. Petree, Atty. NOTICE. ...' Having duly qualified as executor of the last will and testament of Miss Nancy Wall, deceased, notice Is hereby given to all persons Indebted to the estate of the said deceased to come forward and make immediate payment. All persons having claims against the deceased must present them to the undersigned for pay ment on or before the first day of June, 1909, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. This the 25th day of May, 1908. w. C. SLATE, Ex. «f Miss Nancy Walt
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