THE DANBURY REPORTER.
W. Davis Wins
in Postoffice Fight
.Interesting Meeting of Stokes Republican Execu
r tive Committee--Contest May Not Be Over Yet.
N. 0. Petree Resigns the Chairmanship, But the
Committee Fails to Accept His Resignation—A
Love-feast the Last Act.
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Tbe Stokes County Republican
- T»ecutive Committee, acting
\der instructions from Congress
An Morebead to name a poet
later for the town of Walnut
Vjove, met here Monday and se-1
lected Mr. Arthur W. Davis.
j The weather was fieroe, but the
committee came 26 strong this
time— easily a quorum. The
meeting was held behind olosed
doors in tbe court honse. But
those who came to town expecting
to see a scrap, were disappointed.
" The ginger was all converted into
•ugar, and tbe meeting ended in a
' love-feast.
**■- The Reporter man could not
learn all the details, but it was ;
ascertained that about four ballots i
were luken, and in each of these
A. W. Davis led. R. P. Joyce,
was a very close second. J. R. j
Voss received two votes, J. A. j
Petree one, J. W. Fowler one. J
After the first ballot Messrs. Voss |
and Petree withdrew. On the;
last roll-call, we are told that the j
figures stood : Davis, 14; Joyce,
11; Fowler, 1.
It is learned that Mr. Voss with
draws only from "before the com
mittee," and that this is taken
to mean that he will contest |
higher np.
After the ballotiug was over, j
O. Petree tendered his res-;
■ iy -Si as chairman, addiug that!
charged that he con !
trolled the patronage of the county
in the interest of his kin folks,;
and that he would not submit to
such an unfounded charge. Thi«
raised a strong protest, and it was
moved and carried by a large ma
•' iority that the resignation of Mr,
Petree be not accepted, no one
voting nay. Warm speeches
were made by several committee
men. who deolared that they po-
Mtssed tbe highest regard for the
siooere and disinterested work of
their chairman, and that they did
not believe the unfounded reports.
And so the meeting adjourned.
' CANT HOPE FOR RELIEF.
Mr. R. F. Barnes, of the Far West,
Hasn't Much Faith in Orders.
Spokane Bridge, Wash , Feb. 3.
Editors Danbury Reporter:
Find enclosed money order to
renew my subscription. I can't
"Yluwrithout the Reporter. "Farrn
ferW""letter from Francisco recent
fly lwas worth the prioe of the
/ passer. It sounds like 30 or 40
years ago. He has never erred
fnom the truth. There are many
different orders aft«»r the dollar
these days. It is time people;
were waking up. They join these I
orders in order that they may be j
jiuried with honors and their
families educated. Now, fellow
countrymen, I am not guessing ar
this. I see this often and I have
seen better citizens brought up in
poverty. If thoy would put those
yearly fees in a savings bank at
aompound interest they would
have more when they die than
they will ever get out of these
orders. So that is the way the
world is going today. Onr
government has been fighting the
trusts and ooaibineß for a number
Qtof years and has just latlely found
7*! Tut that the trusts flourish nnder
I every clanse of their anti-trust
laws. So csn't hope for any
* relief.
Yours truly,
R. F. BARNES.
Apolofy to Correspondents.
On aooount of great pressure on
the columns of t his issue of the
Reporter, uiuoh correspondence
bad to be left out, which will
appear next week.
Mis. N. 0. Petree has been
quite siok for several dsys.
Another Union Nan Submits a Few
Remarks For the Consideration of
"A Farmer."
Dear Reporter:
Will you please allow me space
in your paper to talk with "Farm
er," of Francisco? It bas always
been tbe case that when there is
some probability of tbe poor man
getting something for bis labor,
that he may get out from under
tbe money kings, some fellow will
raise a howl. Now, Mr. Farmer,
will you please act the man and
tell tbe people what you know
about tbe Union? You said stop
the dollar and the good Union
will stop. Now, Mr. Farmer, it is
not always tbe best 'hat H man
measure another man's corn by
his half bushel. You seem very
anxious for your neighbors to
start their families out to work.
Will you please tell the p«ople
whether you start your family out
to the tield and go with them or
do you sit back in the shade your
self and farm the farmer and by
your craftiness get your gain?
Certainly you want things to go
on just as they are, but I want to
tell you that you don't get every
thing that you want, and you will
get less in the future than you
have in the past. Mr. Farmer,
you blow both hot and cold. In
the first of your article you told
us we could not expect (iod to
come down and plant our crops
and in another place you tell us we
need not seek help in tbe Union,
but God will stand by us and
take care of us. Again, you said
some had rather have Union than
religion so long as the dollar lasts.
Now, Mr. Farmer, explain your
self and tell the people how you
know that. Possibly it would be
better than the religion some peo
ple have, especially the religion a
■An bas when he wants his
family to work in the heat and
cold and take no time to rest and
continue to give his produce away
as heretofore to keep up such men
a* want other people to work all
the time and he himself not even
so much as touch it with his little
finger.
Now, I don't believe anyone
ever said that the Union was bet
ter than the true religion of the
Lord Jesus Christ. But this kind
that prompts men to ride around
and want other people to work for
nothing and then have the dollar
—I say union is better than that
kind of religion.
Mr. Farmer, you asked the
fnthera if they didn't think the
time was getting short when men
couldn't run their government
affairs without the women. Are
you trying to cast a reflection on
the farmers or what are you try
ing to do? If that is it we are
not surprised, for you have ex
pressed yonr ignorance of the
Farmer's Union and its objects
and aims throughout. Were I
you and had wanted to make H
slave of the women, not allowing
them any pleasure nor the privi
lege of joining any organization
that you join, I would never have
married one. So, Mr. Farmer, if
I thonght you was eligible to
membership in the Union I wonld
advise you to par your dollar and
get on the inside and then you
would not make so many mistakes
in vonr writing to the Reporter
A UNION MAN FIRST. LAST
AND ALL THE TIME.
Marriage License.
Register of Deeds Slate has is
sued marriage licens.) tho past
week as follows:
Charlie G George to Mrs. An
nie Simmooß Jessup.
Noah Priddy to Miss Lula Oak
ley.
John Price to Peurl Kallaiu,
colored.
Ed Moore to Mary Covington,
colored.
Rev. D. A. Binkley filled his
regular appointment at tbs M. E.
Church Sundsy night. His ser
msQ was unusually good.
DANBURY, N. C., FEBRUARY 9, 1910.
DR. NEAI'S SALARY
TOO HIGH. SAY PETITIONERS
At the Meetinf of the Couaty Com
missioners Nondsy, Walnut Cove
Citizens Sent Up Complsints—!
Jury List For May Codrt.
The Board of County Commis- .
sioners were in session at the (
court bouse Monday.
A number of petition from the
Walnut Cove section, signed by
about 45 names, were presented to
the Board asking that Dr. J. W.
Neal be discharged as County
Health Officer, and a cheaper doc
tor be employed. Dr. Neal has a
contract with the commissioners (
to handle the smallpox situation
at a salary of sls per day for the |
time be is actually engaged in the
work. Tbe petitioners suggest
that a physician in each township I
be employed at salaries of $5.00
per day each, which they say i
would be cheaper. Tbe county
sanitary board will meet at the
court house next Saturday to take \
up the matter.
Jurors for the spring terms of I
Stokes criminal and civil courts i
were drawn as follows :
•lI'RORS FOB CR'MINAI. TERM.
P. M. Tut!'c. \y. i'. Hutcherson.
J. W. Red in •>. A. '/. Bowles, S. IV
Venable, J. \V '>rowder, Will R.
J. V Marshall, R. 11. L.
Smith, G. W. Robertson, J. N.
Martin, J. 1). Rutledge, Z.S. Page,
G. R, Shelton, J. \V. Robertson,
R. A. B'des, J, E. Turner. J. H.
Cromer, J. W. Boles (son of
Nancy), Joshua Lawson, W. R.
Yates. C. E. Beasley, D. F. Priddy.
W. D. Bennett, Jas. R. Caudle,
A.J. Fair, V. T. Grahbs, R M.j
Covington, Robert Bennett, W. G.
Tuttle, Joseph Yernon, W. G.
Shu It z. W. It. Brown. W. A.
Newman, J. O. Boyles, J. P. Dal
ton.
.lI'RORS FOR ( HII. TERM.
J. H. Coffer. T. J. West more-1
land, S. C. Hampton, B. F. Pul
liam, G. L Dodson, John M. Red- j
ding, W. C. Martin, Eugene Shaf- J
fer. C. E. Snider, Jackson Rotnin- ,
ger, S. L. Holland. Alex Rogers,
W. A. Wall, J. W Jones, W. P
Alley, J. P. Ferguson, J. W. ■
Young, Jas. M. Neal, D. C. Nel- i
son, K. O. Carter, R. N. Wall, S.
M. Goff, J. B. Greene, W. H.
Lackey.
A Reply From Peter's Creek to Mr.
Farmer.
Peter's Creek, Va., Jan. 25. '
Dear Mr. Farmer:
I will answer yonr letter which ■
was in the Reporter a few weeks I
ago. ,
I guess Mr Farmer has had
experience with the grass as high {
as his corn, and why is it that he
keeps his little scrubby pig in the 1
stable. I always thought that i I
stables were to keep horses and
mules in, but here of late the Mr.
Farmer that wrote that letter '
hasn't got meat enough to eat to '
make him strong enough to split ;
rails to build a pig pen. Mr. |i
Farmer was in town a few days 1,
ago hunting for meat, talking:
about base ball. It is no dis
grace to play baseball. We Uu-j
ion people are going to get us a *
baseball ground aud we don't
want any one to see us play ex
cept the Union people. I guess
Mr. Farmer would like to go to 1
some of our dances, if be could
just get an invitation.
I suppose Mr. Farmer knows
how the western meat tastes If
he would just turn his little
scrubby pig out of the stable and
let it eat a few soorns and have s .
little fresh air, I think he would ;
do better. Mr. Fanner, you said \
that religion was better than Un-11
ion, if you bad a little Union to ;
go with your religion you would I
do better. You wrote that you j
thought the Union would be bet
ter if the women were just kept,;
out. Now. kind friends, why had \
not tho poor old women as well ]
to have something to say into!
business as the men all the time. |
I think tbe women could run aji
better business than Mr. Farmer j
is trying to run. Just try a new j
plan this year. When yoa start]
your family ont to work go with
tbem and you will make more.
If Mr. Farmer wauts to make
a reply just come on, we are ready
and waiting.
Seek and ys shall find, give the
right knock and the door shall be
opened unto you.
FARMER'S UNION.
NEWS OF MEADOWSj
MANY PEOPLE DOWN WITH GRIP
Much Other Sickness Reported i
Dr. Neal, the Health Officer, In f
Brown Mountain.
Meadows. Feb. !*. —Among those I
who have been down with lagrippe
the past week are Misses Rosa'
Martin. Ruth (-rlidewell, Ruth 1
Tuttle. Mesdamc6 R. A. Tuttle.
Hattie Smith, Amy Hill, Laura
Hicks. Rena (ilidewell, Messrs.
Joe Hicks. James Matthews, !
Harry Smith, B. C. Smith and J.
C. Wall.
Mr. Sam Tuttle has come home J
from Winston to make a crop.
Mrs. Ashby. of the northern ||
part of the county, is visiting her j
dnughter here, Mrs. Maggie Mar- 1
tin.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Moretieldj
are visiting at Mr. J. C. Wall's.!
They have a sick little girl.
Mrs. Kate Noal has been very;'
sick for several days with* catarrh
of tbe stomach.
Mrs. Amer Neal. who has ',been
poorly for some time, is not *im-'
proving much.
Mrs. Mary Martin is spending!
this week with her sick daughter,!
Mrs. Emma Tatum.
An infant of Mr. and Mrs.
Lenzy Young, who bas been ill. is
improving. t j .•■;-» »»'*.»
Dr. J. W. Neal is Brown
Mountain country looking .'after
smallpox this week. He has all
other places well under control.
No new cases reported anywhere
else. Tt is among some colored
people in that section, who have
such a horror at the thought of
| vaccination that they run at
[sight of tho j. health officer as
[ though he had come to amputate
their arms, yet they don't mind
going in smallpox. Dr. Neal
thinks it is over at Walnut Cove
unless some one contracts it from
John Tillotson, who has ignored
all quarantine regulations and bas
tried to give it to all he could.
i
Tobsccoville Route 1.
Tobaocoville Route 2, Feb. 7.
Newsome and Schaub have let i
the contract tor their new roller 1
mill to Sprout-Waldron Co., of i
Muncy, Pa. They are expecting ( :
to havs it completed aud in i
operation by the first of June.
Miss Ella Pardue has been '
visiting her sister, Mrs. Robert !
Calloway. She returned to her i
home at Kernersville today. j i
We are sorry to note Mrs. J ■
Jacob Newsome continues severe- i
ly ill.
M is. T. F. Calloway has been j
confined to her room several days|
with a deep cold.
Misses Naomi and Yiola Ing- j
ram visited at Mrs. Susan Han
sels Saturday night and Sunday.
Rev. Mrs. Bean filled her reg
ular appointment at Sin-ii Sun
day.
Mr. Nummie Meadows has re
turned home from Greensboro,;
where he held a position with the i
Union News Co. We are glad to'
have him btck with us, as be is a
jolly good fellow.
Messrs. Cicero Newsome and;
James Middleton visited at Mr. j
T. F. Calloway's Sunday, P. M. j
Mr. Joe Smith visited his;i
uncle, Mr. Riley Smith, Sunday. !
Messrs. T. F. Calloway and Joe •
Smith went to Mt. View to look |
at some land the past week.
Miss Emms Calloway tias been '
real siok the past week, but is |
somewhat improving.
NIG.
Do you know that croup oan be 1
prevented? Give Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy as soon as the ;
child becomes bourse or even after
the croupy cough appears and it
will prevent the attaok. It is also
s oertain oure for oroup and has
never been known to fail. Sold
by all dealers.
Morehead Will Be
Knifed in Stokes
Ignored the County Organization in the Walnut
Cove Postoffice Matter, and the Boys Are Mad.
His Name Will Be Dennis, As Far As Stokes Is
Concerned, If He Goes Before the Next District
Convention.
The Hon. John M. Morebead !
will not receive the support of the
Stokes delegation should lie be n
candidate for the nomination in
the next Republican congressional
convention. This was authorita
tively staxed to the Reporter
here Monday by a number if'
prominent Stokes Republicans,
who charge that Mr. Morebead
v«ry coolly ignored the County I
Republican organization in tbe :
late Walnut Cove postoffice fight. I
It is said that although tbe mat-!
ter vitally concerned the party's
future in this county, that thei
congressman never once consulted
with tbe chairman or with anv of
the party leaders in Stokes. They
are consequently mad, aud Mr.
Morehend will get it in the neck
from the State of Stokes if be
offers himself again.
Walnut Cove Route 1.
Walnut Cove Route 1, Feb, >. —
Mr. Walter Rierson is expecting
to leave soon for W. Ya.
Mr. R. C. Carroll is going to
move to Qigh Poiut soon.
Mr. A. Cox who has been on
the aick list for some time is bet
ter at this writing.
SINAII.
Walnut Cove Route 1. Feb. •>. —
Irene.* Jtlie ijjlittle daughter 'of
Mr.'andjMrs. C."A. Meadows, who
has been right ill with pneumonia,
is improving, we'are glad to/note,
and also Mr. P. L. Smith who has
ill with lagrippe. • 5 ml
J&3l NIG HT JAN D SUNDAYf g
Preachers' Salaries.
N. C. Christian Advocate.
The salaries of preachers in our
Conference are sadly too low
The rank and file get salaries so
uncertain and meagre that they
canuot render the best service
because of natural anxiety for the
comfort of their wives and child
ren and inability to pay the ac.
counts they are forced to contract
in order to keep soul and body
together. Last year 120 of the
222 pastors in our Conference re
ceivod salaries not exceeding $(>00,
and the great majority of these
did not get over SIOO, which is
bare'y more than a dollar a day.
Tbe preacher who can keep his
horse and buggy in order, wear
passably decent clothes, feed his
wife and little ones and keop out
of debt on $1(X) a-year, and go to
Conference merry-hearted and
thankful, is a true hero ami a fin
ancier of the highest type. The
greatest opportunity for the lay
men in this Conference is to arouse
tbe brethren to a full sense of the
; obligation to pay the preacher a
Jiving salary, and we make bold
to say that there is not a charge in
the Conference that could not in
crease tbe salaries from 50 to 100
per cent, if stewards will first
assess themselves liberally and
j then start with determination and
system to raise the balance. A
stingy and indifferent board if
stewards will never lead the peo
ple to generous giving, but when
they set a liberal example the
people will rally to them Rut
jsystoin must bo follower Levy
the assessment by the week or
month and let the collect irs busy
i themselves to raise it i luit. way
and when the year ends the
: preacher will be paid and the
people will pay more anil with
greater ease.
The spring term of Stokes
Superior court convenes this
jsar oo Monday, May Uth
No. 1,975
LARGE CROWD ATTENDS.
First Quartely Meeting of Farmers
Union Held At Danbury Satur
day.
A larce ami representative hotly
of the farmers of Stokes county
were here Saturday attending
the first quarterly meeting of the
Farmers In ion for this year.
Several new members were
initiated by some of the local
lodges whose presidents nnd other
members were present. The
Union is now growing rapidly,
several hundred now members
having been added during the
past few weeks. The Union has
[between 1.500 and 2,000 members
in the county at present, and
several sections will organize new
local Unions soon, which will add
;considerably to this number.
Meeting at North View Next Satur
day and Sunday—Other News
From Sandy Ridge Route 1.
Sandy Kidgc Route 1, Feb. 7.
i A nice "llox Party" was given at
Young school house Saturday
night: lots of people attended and
j several boxes was sold and
j brought a good price and had
j good music.
j Those present at Mr. J. \V.
I Moretield's Sunday were Messrs
j Wess Priddy, Mallie Taylor.
Sandy Moore, Richard More field.
Homer Adams, Van Mabe, Willie
Moore and Rufus Wood. The
lady friends were Misses Bettie
and Hester Morefield.
Mr. L. B, Morefield called on
the Ridge again Sunday; think
he likes down there fine.
Saturday and Sunday are the
regular preaching days at North
View, Hope to see a large crowd
present.
Misses Sudie and Bulah. will
you pleaae accept my sympathy
for last Saturday night.
BLUE EYES.
Marriage of Prominent Young Peo
ple a Death.
Pinnacle Route 1, Feb. a—The
marriage of Miss Rosella, the
youngest daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. A. C. Savage, was beautifully
solemnized at the home of the
bride's parents, Wednesday, Feb,
2. Rev. A. L. Hunter officiating.
The bride is a charming and ac
complished young lady, with a
host of friends, while the groom
is a rising young farmer of Henry
county. Ya. The happy couple
left Thursday A. M on the 9:45
train for the home of the groom
nt Spencer, Ya. Wo wish them a
long and happy life
Ethel, the only daughter of Mr.
| and Mrs. J. A. Stone, died Feb.
111. Her disease was a throat and
j lung trouble. She was aged about
' 13. The funeral was conducted
jby Rev. A. L. Hunter, and the
deceased was laid to rest in the
cemetery at Mt. Zion church.
Dillard.
Dillard, Feb, 8. Mrs. A. .)
Essex and son, Harold, of Madi
son, ar» visiting Mrs. K«sex's pa
rents, Mr. and Mis M. T. Mitch
ell, tliis week.
Mr A. s. Mitchell, of Walnut
Cove, was h» re \esterday visiting
relatives. Returning this morn
ing.
People have sot in to burning
phint beds already. Better be
preparing to plant corn a little as
i they go along.
Messrs. J. Ham, J. Wilson and
C. A. Mitchell went to Danbury
Saturday on business.
A.
School Touchers aooepted on
ldeposit at the Bank of Stokes
| County.