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THE DANBURY REPORTER IME XXXIII. IpYAN GETS IT BY ACCLAMATION Kis Action Taken After One Ballot Had Been Cast >n Which Bryan Received 802, Johnson 46 and iray 59—Demonstration Lasting Over An Hour ; oHows the Nomination. HjDenver, Col., July 10—William HeqniQgs Bryan was nominated the presidency by scolamation H. by the Democratic National Con |Vjrention at 3:40 o'clock this morn dl. Jng. This aotion was taken after ballot bad been cast, which as follows: Bryan, 802 1-2; f' : Johnson, 46; Gray, 59 1-2; not (footing, 8. jr .-. The announcement was greeted a pandemonium of sound motion, door and galleries if joining in deafening, long-toontin ifc aed tumult. £• The decisive ballot was followed, 'it the first lull, with motions from :.•* the Gray and Johnson leaders to triake the nomination unanimous and by acclamation, which was f carried with an eohoing chorus of approval in whioh every state 4 joihed its voice, with but one dis- V' tenting vote from tb% State of * • Georgia. * The convention adjourned at o'clock until one o'clock this / .•afternoon, when the candidate for !'•▼ice President will be nominated. The platform committe was not j-j-jaady to report when the evening a session began, and after listening j,\o political oratory, the rules of y procedure were suspended and the ft. Convention proceeded with the t *ipeecheß placing the candidates '■f for President in nomination, with f * the understanding that the usual vote would be deferred until the r / platform had been adopted. r The speech placing William J. j • Bryan in nomination was made by ; l Ignatius J. Dunn, of Nebraska, a i youthful orator of fire and elo quence, whpae phrases stirred the - vast assemblage into wild demon [' stration. * "I noedjnate," he exclaimed, "as the bearer of our party, „ * the man who in the thrilling days of '96 and 1900 bore the bat ■ tie-scared banner of Democracy, with fame as untarnished aa the orassders of old—America's great oommoner, Nebraska's gifted son, William Jennings Bryan." Immediately a pandemonium of sound and motion WHS unloosened as delegates and speqfptors rose en masse and joined in the rever berating chorus of tribute to the Nebraska candidate. The stan dards of the state were wrenched from the places and borne through the hall to the platform, while banners bearing the portrait of the oommoner were wave., aloft, and the multitude joined in long con tinued tribute. At times, the in tensity of the demonstration threatened a panic. One woman was borne out fainting. \ The opening session today last ed three hours and brought aboyt the oompletfon of the permanent organisation of the ooaVration with the reeounding address of Congressman Clayton, of Alsba ms, permanent chairman of tbs convention. When the session opened tonight every formality of organiaation had been acoom ' plished an# the slate was oleared for the supreme work of adopting the platform and naming the can didates. The soenes within the conven tion amphitheatre today represent ed thoee of previous days in the magnitude of the gathering and the eager enthusiasm of the throngs. There were frequent demonstrations as the names of party idols or Jeffersonian princi ples were pronounoed, but there wis no repetition during the early L session of the tumultuous reoord i MR. S. F GORDON HAS FEVER. Canning Industry Flourishing--Beth any Church To Be Painted—Roy Newsom Cuts His Foot. Germsnton Route 1, July 12. We are aorry to note the illness of Mr. S. F. Gordon. He is very sick with fever at this writing. The canning industry is the leading business here now. Nearly every farm is operating a (tan nery, and intend to can their own fruit. Rev. A. R. Bell is expected to fill his appointment at Union Hill next Sunday afternoon. Preparations are now being made to paint Bethany Lutheran church in the near future. Messrs. E. C. Tuttle and Hub Bowles called on the Misses Ger don Sunday afternoon. Miss Beulah Pulliam returned Sunday from a week's visit to her sister, Mrs. T. F. Baker. Mr. Roy Newsom cut his foot seriously with an axe a few days ago. The wound was dressed by Dr. Slate, and the patient is get ting on nicely. Mrs. Weaver and daughters, Misses Carrie and Octavia, of Greensboro, are visiting their | friends, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Lewis. Services wore held at Flat Shoal by Revs. Gilbert and Moran Monday at 11 o'clock. Mr. O. L. Pulliam returned | from Danbury Saturday, after standing the State examination 1 Thursday and Friday. He has been suffering severely from rheu matism. Mrs G. W. Prim and children, of Winston, are visiting her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Southern, Mr. Robert Southern, of Wins ton, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Southern. Prestonville Defeats Hartman At BssebalL The Prestonville baseball team crossed bats with Hartman team Saturday, July 11th, on Preston ville ground. The score was 16 to 2 in favor of the former. The Prestonville team was as follows : Harvey Vernon, pitch; Geo. Kal lam, catoh; Curtis Hutcherson, first base; Chas. Peebles, second base; Hunt Manuel, third base; Hard James, short stop; Will Aeglin, right field; Henry Dod son, left field; Miller Ganu, center field, better known as "Dab," the famous center fielder for Sharp's Institute, 1908. "'This team will play any team in the connty ; you may arrange by writing the captaia. A PLAYER. breaking demonstration of yester day. The address of the permanent ohairman, Mr. Clayton, proved to be a oaustio arraignment of the failure of Roosevelt polioiss and an enunoistion of Demooratio doctrine. The ringing voioe of the orator and the emphasis of his gestures stirred the listening thousands to frequent demonstra tions of enthusiastic approval. Denver, July 11.—Hon. John W. Kern, of Indiana, was nom inated for Vice-President by ac clamation. Mr. Kern is one of the best known and most active Dem ocrats of th > North West, and his nomination u*t with the nniver sal approval of the delegates. DANBURY, N. C., JULY 15, 1908. MARRIAGE ON PILOT ROUTE 2. Desth Of Mrs. John Reeves—lllness Of Mrs. James Hill—Westfield Mil ling Co. To Repair their Mill and Dam—Other News. Pilot Mtn., Routo 2, July 13. We are beginning to hear the hum of the threshing mnchine in our community. H. J. Pell filled his regular ap pointment at Pine Ridge Sunday. There was a good sized ronj^rega- 1 tion out. Misses Emma and Georgia ; Pierce, Fannie Cardwell. Messrs. Jim Oweus and Arthur King, of Big Creek, visited Mr. George j Bryant's last Sunday. Misses Delia, Daisy and Mary Cook were the guests of Miss j Mary Gilley Sunday evening. Mrs. M. Tucker and daughter Pearl, visited Mrs. Tucker's I daughter, Mrs. Jim Hill, last Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Hill' fell and hurt herself not very long ago and is right si kat this writ-1 ing. Mr. Franklin Cain and family, of Floyd c-iuuty, Virginia, who have been visiting friends and rel- j atives in this section, returned I home one day last week. Mr. Sidney Vaughn and Miss Lucy Pierce were united in the holy bonds of matrimony last 1 Sunday. A. S. Key Esq., offioi ated. Their marringe was rather a surprise to their friends and j relatives. We wish them a long l and happy married life. There was a family reunion and j birthday dinner at Mr. Lee Jes sup's last Friday. His children,! grand-children and several friends I were there and report a nioo time, i Several young' people had a i nice time at Mr. I. B. Adams' last Sunday evening. Misses Ida i Chilton and Bertha Rogers and ! Mr. Willie Rogers, of Asbury, i were there. Also Misses Floral] and Nealy Jessup, and Messrs. i J. H. Gilley, H. E. Taylor, J. H. i Stephens, Frank Pierce and several others were there and re- s port a fine time making and eat- I ing ice cream, drinking lemonade,, i etc. The Westfield Milling Com- I pany are making preparations to do some repair work on their mill i and dam on Tom's Creek. i Just at this writing we learn i' that Mrs. Reeves, widow of John Reeves, died last Friday and was I buried Siturday. We did not i learn the cause of her death. Mr. ] John Reevos died about a year! ago, and several small childreu ] are now left fatherless and! i motherless. We pray God's > richest blessings upon them in their bereavement and may He, j i who even notes the spsrrow's fall,! i watoh over and protect the orphan children. i Mr. J. S. Cook, who has been at 1 Plumtree, Mitchell county, for some time, oome home the other dsy to spend some time with his i parents. Mr. Cook will go back i to Plumtree the Isst of August or the first of September to enter school. 11 « Messrs. Robt. Morefield and | Frank Ljnoh, of Stokes, visited I. up in this county Sunday. Rev. C. H. Phipps will prescb I at Pine Ridge next Sunday at I II o'clook. Rev. Mr. Holmes, of ] White Plains, will preaoh at the 1 same pli#e st 4 o'clock. The publio invited to come out. ( There will be prayer meeting I services at the same place on ] every Wednesday night from now on. 1 r A telephone messago from C Moore's Springs today states that there are more than a hundred c people at the hotel there, with £ about seventy occupying oottages. 1 DOINGS AT WALNUT COVE. Three Negroes Break Into Home Of Mr. Oscar Gerry«lncorporation Papers For Johnson-Fulton-Wat kins Lumber Co. Walnut Cove, July 14.—0n the j 9th inst. three negro hoboes broke ; into the house of Mr. Oscar Gerry, 1 mile south of town. The profes-1 ! sionals seemed to be .very hungry ] l as they only took a quantity of; j jelly and other provisions. Mr. Jas. Hix, of Mayodan, spent & day here last week with friends. Messrs. R. L. Murphy, W. B. Vaughn, John A. Burton and Jno. W. Davis visited Greensboro last Thursday. Mr. Vaughn went to acknowledge his signature as wit ness to the will of Mrs. Dr. W. A Lash, deceased, sister of Capt. R. L. Murphy. Messrs. Burton and Davis went to prove the signature |of Wm. Blackburn, deceased, who was also a witness to said will. Mr. J. S. Gant is visiting rel atives and friends at Stokesdale and vicinity. Mr. T. P. Fulton, of Winston, ; was here a few hours on business j Friday. I Mrs. P. H. Martin is visiting her daughter, Mrs. S. W. Rierson. I Miss Lillian Martin, of Wins ton, who together with Mr. Dalt 1 Davis, of our town, were the re cipients of a thorough drenching j during a heavy shower on July 4th. is still visiting at the home of Mr. S. W. Rierson. Mr. Chas. Joyce, of Mullins, S. C., who has been very sick with typhoid fever at the home of his father, Mr. D. R. Joyce, here for some time, lias gone to Moore's Springs, where ho hopes to regain his wanted strength and energy. Messrs. J. R. Voss, W..D. Ben nett, Thos. Rothrock, R. W. Hedgecock and C."C. Fulp, sport ing gents of our town, spent a very pleasant evening on the 10th inst. at Maple Springs Farm. It is nothing out of the ordinary for Nos. 1, 2 and 4 to consecutively saunter off down towards Dan river bridge any old day. No. 3 ev idently has "Scales" in his eyes. While we dismiss No. 5 with a firm belief that he desires to be come more familiar with the rare reations divulging from the mag nificent mountain country around' Vinton, Va. Misses Viola Scales and Eliza beth Vaughn spent Friday after noon with Miss Lola Martin, on Route 3. Miss Pearl Brown and "Jimmy" Ross, of Vinton, Va., are visiting Maple Springs Farm (Miss Lola Martin) this week. Mr. Lambe, of Greensboro, was a visitor at Dr. A. G. Jones' Sat- j urday and Sunday. G. Fulp, of Fulp, has accepted ; a position with Zimmerman Bros., brick msnufacturers, at Belew's Creek. Virgil Roberson, of Belew'i Creek, was here prospecting Fri day. Misses Lula and Willie Haire ton returned Friday from at ex tended viait to Christiansburg, Blacksburg, Roanoke and Rooky Mount, Va. Mr. J. A. Whittsn returned from Vade Mecum Sunday, where he had been to oarry his daughter, Miss Nina, who will spend some time in the interest of her health. Mr. Arthur Davis, from tho Capitol city, spent the day here Sunday, the guest of his brother,! Mr. Dault Davis. Mr. S. W. Rierson expects to ( leave for some one of the tobacco 1 markets in the east at an early : date. I The Johnson-Fulton Lumber Co.. of this place, sent their appli- i cation for incorporation to the; Secretary of the State They had their first meeting the i LIGHTNING DOES MUCH DAMAGE Two Men Almost Killed and Several Others Severely Shocked At the Home of Mr. Wm. H. Boyles, Near Chestnut Grove--A Mule Is Killed and the Straw In the Stable Is Set On Fire. King Route 2, July 14. —Yester- I day afternoon while the threshers were at the place of Mr. Wm. H. j Boyles, near Chestnut Grove i church, lightning struck in the j barn where they were, killing two men for a while and severely shocking several others. The two men so seriously hurt were Messrs. J. H. Campbell and Dee Cook, both of whom are *»till ill from the shock, the former being desper ately ill. Among the others shocked were Messrs. Sam Oliver and David Edwards. Two mules, belonging to Mr. Dee Tuttle. of Capella, were knocked down by the bolt and one of them died. The straw in the barn was set on fire but was extinguished before much damage was done. One of the men who was hurt worst was sitting on a mowing machine while the other was standing by a buggy with his hand on the tire of the wheel. Both were severely burned at the places where they were touching metal. Corn is looking well. Tobacco is good. The weather has turned warmer and tobacco will grow. Some people are beginning to top. Mr. Jim Hollman and family, of the upper part of Surry, visited at Mr. G. W. Smith's last week. Mr. Hollman says corn is good up there, but tobacco not very good. Mr, Andy Voss met with the class at Oak Grove Sunday. They are practicing for the Sunday School convention, to he held at Chestnut Grove Saturday before the second Sunday in August. The Democrats of Yadkin town ship are talking of putting up Mr. D. F. Tillotson for Sheriff. He will accept if nominated, and will make the people a good officer. Messrs. C. H. Lunsford and G. W. Smith went to Danbury last Saturday on business. Mr. C. H. Boyles. a prominent merchant of the Volunteer sec tion, and a fine young man. was a visitor at Mr. G. W. Smith's Sun day. County Commissioners Meet and Revise Tax List. The Board of County Commiss ioners were in special session at the court house Monday. Messrs. J. P. Smith and W. M. Mabe be-j ing present. The meeting was held in compliance with Section 68 of the Revenue and Machinery act, for the purpose of revising the tax list and the valuation of property reported to them. No revisions worthy of mention were | made. * Error Corrected. In the tirst two hundred or three hundred copies of this issue of the Reporter that were printed, an error was made on page 6, re garding the date of the Teaoher's Institute. The press was stopped and the error correoted. If you get one of the copies wherein the Institute is dated for "Aug. 3-8, one week," remember that the i correct date is July 27 to Aug. 7, lasting two weeks. same date and elected the follow-1 ing officers : D. S. Wstkins, Pres-1 ident, and J. G. Fulton, Secretary ; and Treaaurer. This company will be incorporated at SIO,OOO, with $5,000 paid in. D. S. Wat kins, J. G. Fulton and K. A. Johnson each owning equal shares, having leased the old Walnut Cove lumber company's plant fori a term of five years. They expect j to be ready to furnish lumber in i any quantity by September 15th next. H. C. Sheets, of Winston, was: here on business Mondsy. No. 1,894 MORAN - STEPHENS MARRIAGE. i Mr. Ike Hill Improvinf-Child Of Mr. J. N. Young 111—Other Items Of News From Meadows. / Meadows, July 12.—The Rev. Alexander Moran and Mrs. Martha Stephens excited great comment in this community Sun day by getting married. It is a well assorted pair, the bridegroom being 72 and the bride 69. Al though both are snow haired and feeble, they looked as happy as a j sixteen-year-old couple. The i Rev. Mr. Gilbert united them at , the home of the bride's son, Mr. |W. R. Stephens early Sunday j morning. Only a few relatives and friends were present. Im mediately after the ceremony, the couple left for the regular "'Second Sunday Meeting" at Clear Spring. The bride leaned affectionately on the old man's arm. There was an unusually large crowd there to listen to the bridegroom preach one of his ablest sermons. They then re turned to the Alms House where he preached another interesting sermou after a sumptuous dinner had been served. Late in the evening they went to the home of the groom's son-in-law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Henry Joyce where a good supper was : prepared and his children, grand children and his great grand chil dren were there to greet them. They will spend their honeymoon at Mr. Joyce's. Mr Ike Hill, who liae been down a few weeks with rheuma tism, is much better. A Miss Hix, of Mayodan, is spending this week with Miss Ethel Sands. A tacky party was given in her honor Monday night at Mr. W. P. Sand's. The infant of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Martin is right sick again. Mrs. Belle Bryan and her chil dren, of Mayodan, are visiting at Mr. J. N. Young's. The infant of Mr. Will Chap man, who has been sick for some time, in most well. Mr. Tom Chapman has another matrimonial case on hand; hope he will succeed this time. Messrs. Will Sands and Julius Young went to Kernersville Tuesday to lay-by their corn. ! The little child of Mr. J. N. j Young is very sick. ROCKINGHAM TO HEAR KIT CHIN ON AUGUST 4. Gubernatorial Candidate Will Deliv er His Keynote Speech. Reidsville, N. C., July 11.—The county Democracy ia looking for ward to the coming of Congress man Kitohin to Rockingham on Tueaday, the fourth of Auguat. Significance attaches to Mr. Kit chin's apeeoh at that time beoauae it will be his keynote apeeoh, and | a royal welcome will be aooorded I him. There will be a big pro- I cession and a band to enliven the ocoasion. During the rest of the summer months the Methodist, Baptist ' and Presbyterian congregations 1 will worship together at night ser vices. Sunday night the servioe will be at the Main Street Metho dist church by the Rev. Mr. Hed ley. The public is invited to all of these services. J. O. Sharp has returned from Norfolk, where he has had a con tract to take down the Hippo drome, whioh was shipped to Greensboro.
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