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THE DANBURY REPORTER. Volume xxxviii. QUICKSTEP PHONES LIST OF THE STOCKHOLDERS | On* Hundred and Twenty-Nine Phones Installed At a Cost of i sl,soo—Cut This List Out and Paste It Up. i ' King Route 2. Fel». S. L Danbury Reporter: F jpjelow is a list of names of per-1 sons who lmve 'phonos attached to the Farmers' Quickstep line : KING DIVISION*. A . Dr. S. F. Tillotson, G. A. Jones.! C. H. Lunsford, N. G. Covington.: I. G. Geutry, S. K. Anderson. S. I W. Enton, T. B. Smith, R. R. j Smith, B. N. Smith, J. M. Smith, j J. E. Smith. G. \Y. Smith, W. H.: Boyles. J. E. Wilson. W. N. | Honcbins, R. G. Fulk; WillieJ Fulk, J. S. D. Pulliatn. • » | MUDDY CREEK DIVISION'.* Keiger's store. ButnerV store,' L. S. Grabbs. S. T. Keiger, S.. \V. Pulliam. J. R. Hutchins, J. .11. Helsnbeck. W. T. Linville. (!abe Moore, Lucian Moore. C. 7'. Moore. W. F. Lawson, Nick Jones, Edwin Kiser, S. A. Westmoreland, Arthur Westmoreland, W. N. Burrow, C. C. Duggins. Thomas James. W. j R. Moser. Miller A: WolfTe's store.' A. E. Helsabeck, S. L. Vest. • i DANBURY DIVISION*. J. T. Johnson, P. P. Johnson, J. M, Redding. Bob Hall, John Hall, Monroe Allen, J. A. Mend . ows, Mrs. Hessie Meadows, Joe Johnson, Z. O. Johnson, Oscar Caudle, Zack Moran, J. A. South- era, H. C. Southern, Bed Lewis. Joe Darnell, Mrs. Ellen Carroft. M. W. Holland, Sid Holland, Carroll, Milton Southern, B. F. " Pulliam, Wiley Baker, H. M. Southern, Danbury Reporter. CROOKED RUN DIVISION*. J. W. Kiser, G. W. Vest, A, S., Sohaub, W. F. Grabbs, D. J. Hooker, C. G..lugfam, V. T.H Grabbs, T.Ti. Harris. J. W. Kei-, ger, Riley Smith, J. W. Mickey,' H. P/Meadows, John Butner, J. H. Hauaer, W. R. Mickey. MOUNTAIN VIEW DIVISION. J. C. Tillotson, R. A. Abbett, W. L. Smith, Bud Gordon, Dee Boy lea, T. B. Darnell, Ernest ' Kiser, John Denny, J. H. Camp bell, J. W. Moser, L. J. Kiser, V. T. Hartgrove, Luther Baker, A. S. Voss, W. A. Petree, Liah Cromer, •E. L. Kiser, W. H. Kiser. QUAKER OAP DIVISION. J. O. Boyles, J. M. Bennett, L. • R. Gravitt, J. W. Boyfcs, R. Ben nett, J. R. Jones, J. B.Jones, Mrs. Southern, J. B. Ferguson. t'APELLA DIVISION. R. B. Tuttle, Gaston Meadows, Will Eaton, R. A. Overby, Peter Kiser, Dee Tnttle, J. P. Ferguson. ' Preston Tuttle, Jnlius Bennett, Tilden Sizemore. OLIVE GROVE DIVISION*. A. S. Marsh, C. H. Boyles, D. F. Boyles, T. M. Lawson, C. C. Boyles, i D. W. Gonlou. C. K. Boyles, M. D. .Turpin. The first meeting of this com pany was hold in September, 190", with twelve 'phones, and up to'this time they have enstallecl 129, which cost §1,500. This will give the people "Bufhe idea of what 'J. 6 Quickstep company is doing SGKIBBLER. NOTICE The «undersiguwl will open . school at Danbury on Monday, March 8, I'.KW, and continue three months. An examination will bo held at close of school. A special course given for teachers. Tuition, $2.00 to $3 00 per mo. Board, $B.OO to $lO.OO per mo. J.T.SMITH. A. 8., Principal. I Means. Ota Smith and L. B. Simmons visited tbs Winston to iiJ—w market the past week. OPTIMIST COMES BACK. ! Says He Was Only Riding Two Horses at Once For the Purpose of Getting the People to Think a ' Little. % ; Editors Reporter: The two former articles by this writer were for the purpose of dis cussing the question of Trusts and ito if possible by arguing both sides of the question, get up a dis cussion and get people to THINK, I to REASON. Perhaps in my blun | dering way I do seem to he trying !to ride at the same time two hor ses going at a gallop in opposite (directions. So far, so good, you | have made your reply solely on the grounds of my seeming incon sistency. You argue that because the ! Federal Supreme C uit has said | the oil Trust must pay a fine of i more than a million and a half I dollars in a Texas suit, that Trusts are all wrong. Why didn't you go a little further and tell the re tiers ,of the Reporter that the oil con sumeis of Texas are today paying 2 cents a gallon more for their oil than they did before that suit against the Oil Trust was insti tuted, then tell us who isjayirg that big fine. Is it not the under I dog? And is it not always the Yes, the Standard Oil Co. lost its case, both in Texas and Missouri, and will of course have to stop doing business in those States. This news is hailed with joy by the Trust-bursting little capitalists. To them it looks like a distinct triumph and means the revival of competition as in the j "good old days of the past.'' But they and you are mistaken, and do l not understand the first principle' of modern industrial development. the people of Texas and Missouri do without the ma chinery and pipe lines of the oil j business in their States. If the; Standard Oil Co. must go out. as suredly* same other company must i do the business of furnishing oil i to the people or the people must take over tbe oil industry them selves, and that would be Social ism. There is no half way ground. It has got to be Star dard Oil or oil standard in tbe oil business or so cialism, and just so in other lines of business. With us it will be the American Tobacco Co., or the Tobacco American Co., or Social ism. Some organization will con tinue to do the business. The trustifying of business is scientific t business and competi tion, its opposite, is only a sen timental theory and a very much discredited theory at that, ns ev idence, didn't tbe great cham pion of competition, the Trust bursting Bryan receutly go down under an avalauch of public dis approval? Did not Bryan's defeat settle forever in a political sense the question of competition? It has been settled for years in an in dustrial or business sense that the Trust principle is scientifically j correct Tie ownership of the Trust is where the trouble comes in. As long as the Trutta own the people instead of the people owning the Trusts there will be found a way to dodge or get around any law aimed at the Trust. Curbing the Trust is all tommy rot, and oppo sition only strengthens and pro longs the day of private owner ship of the Trusts. Tbe principle of monopoly is the eliminating of competition, and if the whole pub j lio were to take the stand that it 1 were better to stop competition 1 entirely, we would soon see the ! end of the Trust. When farmers, laborers and consumers of this country aooept the theory that the Trust principle is, correct and that the Trusts are a good thing, that private monopoly will be doomed. To say that competition DANBURY, N. C., FEBRUARY 17, 1909. SHOT AND KILLED TOBACCO MARKET FATALITY NEAR WESTFIELD Man Named Nester Shoots Man Named Johnson —S. W. Ceok Se riously Hurt-Other Westfield News. Westfield. February I.}.—News reached here Thursday of another shooting scrape about four miles north of here. A man named Nes ter shot and killed a man by the name of Johnson. Dr. Smith was called at once, and after examining the man, found that he was in a dying condition. He at once called Drs. Leak and the Martius, of ; Stuart, and performed au opera tion on him and found the ball had passed through his body, lie was beyond any medical aid, and .died Friday night. S. P. Christian made a business trip to Pilot Mountain Friday. Mrs. Alice Lowe has been quito sick this vcek. Miss Sa 1 lie Ji-«np. of Brim Route 1. is v 5« • j; Misses Nina and Mnttie ~ ..i;p of this place this week. A visitor is stopping at the home of Mr. E. .1. Payne this week, and we notice E. .1. is wear ing a broad smile. M iss Nellie Ingram has been quite sick for a few days, but she is now improving. Messrs. L. L. Lowe and R. V. Marshall made a business trip to Mt. Airy this week. ✓Prof. Padgett, President of .he | Southern Commercial Schools, gave a lecture at the Academy on Friday night. It was enjoyed very 1 much by all who heard it. S. W. Cook was hurt very se riously last week by a loaded wagon passing over bis foot. Martha Inman visited Miss Necie Ring this week. /W. H. Owens is getting ready to build a fine dwelling right away. You may look out girls, there is something in the wind. AVestfield has had her share of; traveling men this week. We no ticed seven drummers and a post-j office inspector in one day. Professor Johnson seems to be in good spirits this week. We think he must have heard some thing good down the way. The Legislature Not Doing Much. There has yet been no important legislation passed by the General Assembly, and it is thought that there will be but little legislation at this term. It is the opinion of the people generally that not much legislation is needed or expedient at this time. There is no chance | for the Sub-Section A bill, and j but little for its substitute, Sub- Section F. which is now in the j sweating process before the coin | in it tee. Jis a good thing is equivalent to j saying war is a good thing. One i is to commence what the other is Ito a government or people. The j game in the end is one of watte ] and death. The few men who organized the j Ameiican Tobacco Company were driven to combine by competition, the fierceness of which hail ren 'dered their propertyalnust worth i les and a monopoly, a cutting out iof competition was tbe only rem j * - dy- If you Trust-bursters will try I imitating the Trust instead of j "cussing," "busting" and "regula ' ting," you will soon be doing snne business. Yen see how it worked iu Kentucky.- The farmers formed a leaf tobacco frust, true they had to night ride a little, but they got 20 cents a pound for their tobacco all the same. Thus we see what the Trust principle can do for the farmer, while under the old and absolute idea of competition five cents was about~the average price. There is no doubt the Trust principle is right when tbe trouble conies iu is that tbe Trust now own the people instead of the people owning tbe Troet. OPTIMIST. PRICES AT WINSTON GOOD Some Really High Averages Made By Stokes Farmers Recently. Nearly All of the 1908 Crop Marketed. A report trim the Winston- Salem totweco market t >dav s'ates that though the sales are very small, that the pi ices being paid are good. Some very high av erages were made during the past fvw days by several Stokes county farmers. The I'.KN ciop is probably seven eights so'd. Several Deaths at Vade Mecum. Boys Return From West Va. Ya»le Mecum, Feb. 13.—There is a great deal of sickness iu this vicinity. We are sorry ti note the dwitli' of Mr. Julius Cofer, who died yesterday at 10 o'clock. A. M. Mr. Cofer was a young man in the bloom tf health just two s l o»t weeks ago. He leaves a father, one brother, eight sisters and a host of friends to mourn his un timely (lenth. The interment will take place tomorrow at the family graveyard. The infant of Mr. and Mrs Jas Moran died yesterday morning at I o'clock of pneumonia and will be buried today at Old Orchard burying ground. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Allen, of Germauton Route 1. visited Mrs. Allen's father, Mr. 1). C. Boyles, who is very low with cancer, Sat urday and Sunday. Mr. L. O. Boyles, who is teach ing the Gibson Bchool, visited his parents Sunday. Messrs. I S. Shelton and S. J. Simmons have returned from the coal fields. Guess home is the best place after all. Mr. Geo. Stauley, who has been in the coal fields for some time, has come bome. He says times are dull nt tbe mines now. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hall are entertaining a new boy these days. Albert Young Cuts His Foot —Val- entine Party at W. M. Woods'. Walnut Cove, Feb. lti.—Messrs. Rutledge, Caudle, Mitchell and others attended the land sale of Mr. Gid Tuttle, near Germauton last Saturday. Mr. Albert Young happened to the accident to get bis foot cut Friday. Hope its not very bad, and can soon be out again. The Valentine Party at Mr. W. M. Wood's Saturday night was at tended by a lsrge number of young people. Everyone seemed to en joy themselves fine, especially the two strange girls. We enjoyed having you all with us. Come ngain, girls. The sick members of Mr. Laura Wood's family are slowly improv ing. we are 6orry to tay. Death in the Air. Death has struck l ard in our county recently. Mr. W. L. Hall of Vade Mecum phones the Re porter of three' deaths in his neighborhood, which occurred last Sunday, as follows : Mr. Julius Coffer, a young man; Miss Martha Boles, aged IS, daughter of Win. Boles, deceased; James Moran, a child under one year of age. Mr. E. C. Sheppard sends news of the death of Mrs. Hart Rogers, of Campbell. The correspondence columns tell of other deaths in various sec tions. J Young Couple Wed. Mr. Ross Meadows, of German ton Route 1, and Miss Frances Covington, of Meadows Route 1, surprised their friends last Sun day by getting married. The cer emony was performed by 'Squire I. G. Ross at his home on Ger manton Route 1. The contracting parties are popular young people and the Reporter joins their num erous friend* in extending con gratulationa. FARMERS' UNION MEETS. The Organization Now Has Two Hundred and Sixteen Members Enrolled in the County Next Meeting April 24. The Stokes County Fnriuera* I'uion met hero Inst Saturday, with n good crowd in attendance. All the local unions were repre-, scuted. Tlie meeting was in se cret session for about two hours.' the question under discussion iie inu the methods for securing the best prices and grades of fertili zers. The meeting was reported very interesting and profitable. Mr. E. A. Roth rock, the Sec retary of the I'nion for the county, informed the Reporter that the I'll ion is growing, and that there are now 210 members enrolled in the county. i The next county meeting will' be at Dan bury on Saturday. April 24. Pleasant Time at Home of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Slate--Other Items. Miy.pah, Feb. IMr. J. E. Slate is i ainting his dwelling this week. There will be a Junior Order organized here soon. They will meet in the hall over Meadows* store. Mrs. Yenable, of Pilot Mt.. is visiting her daughter, Mrs. \V. A Petree. at Ulen View Farm. M iss Maggie Webster, of Mount Airy, is \isiting Mrs. Jasper Slate. Mr. Paul Kennett is spending several days with his parents at ! Stokesdale. Mis Sallie Bowles, of Walnut Cove, is visiting relatives here. Mr. J. Silas Barr spent Satur day and Sunday at Klkin. Mr. Charlie Shouse spent Satur day and Sunday with his parents, near Rural Hall. Mr. Will Morefield, of Yade Mecum, wns here a short while Saturday. The young people had a very pleasant time Friday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Slate. They were entertained with nice i music and interesting games. ' Letter From Representative J. M. F«tf. Raleigh, N. C., Feb. 15. Mr. Editor: The people of Stokes county are interested in the bill which pro vides for the election of school boards and county superintendents by a direct vote of the people in their respective counties. The bill was brought from the committee on a .minority report, and on last Wednesday was discussed pro and ;con. Politics was injected. The Republicans lined up in favor of ! the bill and practically all the Democrats were against it. There were several impressive speeches made by able Representatives of both political parties. It was gen erally conceded that Represen tative Hay more, of Surry county, made the master speech of tlie | session up to the present time. He spoke long and loud in defense of the bill and in praise of Surry county. Finally the bill was killed iu the House. J AS. M. FAGG. Paving the Mud Tax. Mr. .1, A. Fagg, a merchant of Danbury Route 1. was here Satur day. Mr. Fagg stated that the roads were in a fearful condition. He had to send last week three teams to the depot for two loads of goods, and these were hardly able to pull through the mud. Mr. Fagg said that he would be hear tily in favdr of a bond issue to macadamize the roads, as he real ! ized our county could never do ! anything without them. He added | that he bad been considering the advisability of leaving the county and moving nearer the railroad, as he finds his bußiness seriously handicapped. « No. 1,928 DEATH OF T.J. DAVIS PASSrD AWAY AT 3 P M TODAY Was Seized With Appendicitis Last Friday—Peritonitis Developed and In Spite of Heroic Treat ment, Death Resulted. Mr. T. J. Davis is critically ill | at his home one mile southeast of Dnnbury. He was taken suddenlv last Friday with, appendicitis, which since has developed into peritonitis. At this writing there is but little hope for Mr. Davis' recovery. All the family are with hint, except Mr. L. C. Davis, who is ou his way here from Portland, (>re. LATER—Mr. Davis died tcdav nt 3 P. M. Valentine Party at Dalton--Pneu monia Cases Improving—Personals. Dnlton, Feb. l.*i,—Several Ynl entinc parties around here last Saturday night, but there being so mnny. not a very large crowd at any, but all seemed to have a nice time. Mrs. S. S. Meadows and Mr>. (tray (ruff ami Clifford spent last Tuesday at Mrs. S. F. Coe's. Mrs. M. A. Edwards spent Sat urday and Sunday with her grand son. Mr. C. T. Hainut. Miss Lillian Lawrence, of Win ston. is visiting Miss China White. Mies China expects to give a reception tonight in honor of her friend. Miss Lawrence. The children of Mr. Walter Boyles have whooping cough. Rev. Gibson tilled his regular appointment at Trinity Sunday P. M. Mr. Walter Hoyles, R. F. D. carrier at Walnut Cove, comes home every Saturday and spends Sunday with his family. Mr. Kdgar Spainbower visited his parents at King Stonday. Rev. Wilson, of Leaksville, si*»nt Friday night with Dr. M. D. Phillips on his way to Shilo to fill his regular appointment there Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. S. F. Coe and daughter, Miss Maud, attended church at King and spent the remainder of the day at Mr. S. L. Meadows'. Mrs. Ellis Hooker and son, Nummy, both have been very se rious with pneumonia, but both are improving. EVA. Uncle Jerry Martin Slightly Hurt — News of Dillard. Dillard, Feb. lti—Messrs. J. A Duncan and Russell Mitchell have returned from New Bethel Acad emy, where they have been in school. Mies Helen Willis, of Walnut Cove, is spending this week with relatives here. A little boy was byru to Mr. and Mrs. J. Wilson Mitchell a few days ago. Mr. Luther Joyce is right sick ; with pneumonia. Uncle Jerry Martin is confined to his room this week. He went out a few nights ago and staying longer than usual. Mr. Mitchell went to look for him and found he had fallen ami was unable to get up. One leg was slightly hurt. Mr. Robert Ward is also on the sick list. Another Big Lot of Mules Coming. Smoak & McCreary will have j another lot of tine mules at | Taylor's stables in Danbury on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, March 1, 2 and ii. Everybody who needs good stock will find them here. Dou't forget the dates. R. F. D. Men Get a Raise. The R. F. D. carriers of the firat > clasa will get a raise, by the pro ; visions of the new poetoffice ap -1 propriation bill, to $l,OOO a year.