- THE DANBURY REPORTER
'OLUMB XXXIX.
HOW HE SUCCEEDED
. JAS. F. SLATE'S SUCCESS
——
He fealiied the Importance •(
Makiag UM Necessaries of Life it
Hepe—Aa Example of What Nay
Be DOM By Fimiaf la Staku
' Couaty
; ; • On the 17th of March 1910, Mr.
F. Slate of Yadkin town
•hip, Stokes county, passed to his
«arnai reward.' It was the
■tor'e sad privilege to be present
jgW the end oarae. Mr. Slate
lined bis mental powers to the
st, and was perfectly rational
-.and seemed to have no fear of
death, or to be tiia least excited.
•Tost a few minutes before be died
be oalled his children by name to
hie hedetde, and told than he wae
prepared to go to a better world,
v and admoniabed them to live up
tight Cbrietian livee and meet
aim in Heaven. And requeeted
them to bury him at Friendahip
Baptist Church by the aide of hia
Wife, and that Elder P. Oliver, of
Btokes oonnty, and Elder W. H.
Wilson, of Madison, preach bis
funeral.
In his desire >to help others, he
requeeted the writer to write a
ehort sketch of bie life ae a farm
er, his only motive being to help
others. I will aow try to give
his mode of farming.
I have known Mr. Slate for
thirty-five years, our farms being
adjoining. After coming home
k from the Civil War heooromenoed
f to fight the battles of life as a
farmer, and has made a splendid
' eaooeee, commencing with very
little of this world's goods. But
bj being diligent in bueiness and
sever idling time, he has aocn
* mnlated a large amount of prop
erty, and when he died he was
worth from thirty-five to forty
thousand dollara, which shows
what may be done farming. He
| realized the importance of mak
ing the neoessaries of life on his
- farm, or what they oonsumsd and
always diversified hie orope and
did not depend upon tobacco for
a living, while be always raised
eoma tobaooo. He grew a large
amount of grain and forage to
He was oonsidered the
jpmrgest wheat grower in this oom
' munity, and ilwaya had grain and
hay to sell, to hie neighbors who I
depended on tobacoo for a living.
Be has constantly improved bis
(arm by seeding to olover end a
rotation of orope and hie farm
plways paid him back handsomely,
lla made a great deal of money on
We farm, and believed in doing
§pod with what God intrusted to
liie oare. After educating bis
children and providing well for
ithem, be gave one thousand dol
lars to Weke Forest College to be
loaned to young men who were
preparing for the ministry, at 4
per oent. interest, as has already
hjea stated by Mr. Oliver in hie
t tribute to Mr. Slale. We learn
. that be gave another thousand
I purpose, which will cause
! live in the hearts of the
kJMople fpr generations to oome.
■PBe waa e very modest and
I aftaasuming man; he did not be
ll tot to any ocsaniaation but the!
ohuroh of God. His life and
daatfc demonstrate the faot that
. the ohuroh and Ha teeohing is all
that is ueoeesary for a rule of life
practice in thia world *nd
ttaches man hip whole duiy to
' Vjod and hia fellow men*" We take
dor leave of Mr. Slete in pride
, md gf&tltod*. Be leave* an
| Sample to yonn£ men whioh
? will be an iaoootive for genera
ft ttnoe, aad whan the ead came
| tfcoee who knew him beet, felt
L£T oae of the beet had gone,
K #d that we had in sorrow given
(bi etereitiee one who had
PETER'S CREEK LETTER.
Fanaers Getting Uaeasy About To
bacco Pleats—Easter Parties—
Personals.
Peter's Creek, Va., April 2.
Farmers sre getting uneasy about
their tobaooo plants, as they
haven't oome up. They think
they have died in the sprout.
Some are watering their beds.
Hurrah ! for Old Stokes, she is
ooming to the front.
New phone lines are coming
through here from Laural Forks,
Va., and a great many of the
farmers are anxious for the Quick
Step phone line to oonnect with
it.
Mr. C. H. Jessup has just com
pleted a nice dwelling and feed
barn.
Mr. 0. W. Blancett has repair
ed his house, and is now paintiog
his new feed barn.
Mr. W. W. Leak has almost
completed a nice eight-room
house.
Mr. W. R. Ward left yesterday
for Stuart, Va., where he has
aooepted a position with George
Bros.
Mrs. C. W. Blancett and son,
Matt, are visiting relatives at
Mayberry, Va., this week.
Farmers of this section are be
hind with their plowing on ac
count of the dry weather.
Well, Easter has passed, and all
of the young people seemed to
have a nice time. Those that
were at Mr. J. E. Hutohens' Sun
day were as follows : Mr. and
Mrs. W. W. Leak and daughters,
Lillie, Graeie and Genna; Misseu
Daisy Laweon, Dakota Hill,
Messrs. Bob Boyles, George E.
Collins, Tom Ward, Ellis Hill,
George Frances, Willie Lawson,
Tom Martin, Russell Mitchell,
Mr. and Mrs. George Marson, Mr.
and Mrs. Charlie Marson. And
on Monday, Miss Lillie Leak
entertained a number of ber
young friends. Among the
many were Misses Flora, Annie
and Bertha Hutcbens, Ethel
Beaeley, Jettie and Silla Collins,
Bessie, Dakota and Ada Hill,
Messrs. Tom and Roy Ward,
Ellis Hill, Bob, Roy, Poeie and
George Collins, John Hundley,
Elijah Hutohens and others.
And in the afternoon they had a
pleasant walk to the river, where
they were joined by a number of
girls and boys. After boat riding,
and gathering Easter flowers, they
all gathered on the bank of the
river and bad their pictures made
by Moses Smith.
Mr. W. W. Leak lost a fine
young oow last week.
Mr. C. W. Blanoett has just re
turned from Winston. He re
ports tobaoco selling well.
Mr. Willie Lawson, of this
place, left Tuesday for Colorado.
Born to Mr. and Mrs J. F. Col
lins, a girl.
Mr. Nat Ward, of Sandy Ridge,
spent Saturday and Sunday with
hie mother, Mrs. Mary Ward.
The little son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Jefferson is right sick at
this writing.
HYACINTH.
Raia Needed Badly—Wheet and To
hacee PI sate Suffering.
Rain ie badly needed in this
section. Wheat and tobaooo
plants are suffering. A good
rain fell Sunday night north and
east of here about 5 or 6 miles.
Big lot Boyles
Mercantile Co.
Ladies low cut shoee. Boyles
Mercantile Co.
Ladiee dreee goods. Boyles
Mercantile Co.
Trunks and eult cases. Boyles
Mercantile Co.
We boy chickens. Boylee Mer
cantile Go.
Brown ship stuff. Boylee M*r
'oantile Co.
DANBURY, N. C., APRIL 6, 1910.
COMET BEHIND SDN'
EVERYBODY DISAPPOINTED 1
Brilliant Sky-Flyer Not to Be Vis- I
sible Until Last of April—Hal
ley's Comet Confused With Jan
uary Comet.
What's the matter with the
comet ?
This is the question in every- )
body's mind, as the expected i
brilliant visitor, which was looked ]
for early in April, does not appear. |
It appears that the astronomers i
have miscalculated, else the news
papers bave misquoted them—in i
either case the people are dis
appointed, who for weeks have
been on the qui vive for the great
est show seen in the heavens for
three-fourths of a century.
It seems that somebody has
got the comet which appeared
back in January, oonfused with
Halley's comet. The last issue of
the Scientific American says that
the comet which was so conspic
uous in January, is now observ
able in the sky, just before day
light, but that it can be seen only
with the aid of a telescope. It is
fast receding, and will soon be
lost in space. Continuing, the
well known New York paper says
that Halley's comet —the 75-year
visitor which we are so anxiously
watching for, is invisible behind
the sun during the early part of
this month, but will "doubtless"
show itself with great beauty and
brilliancy "toward the end of the
month." So we will have to
I nurse our impatience yet a little
j while longer, and see if the
[astronomers will fool us again.
Mr. Joseph Whitten was in
town yesterday from Walnut
Cove.
UNION SLANDERERS
A WARM DENUNCIATION
Union Will Protect Its Interests —
Will Not Be Impeded In Its
Battle For Truth, Justice and
Right.
Germanton, April 2.
Editor Reporter :
I am reliably informed that one
or more prominent oitizens of the
oounty are trying to disoredit and
break down the Farmers' Union,
and are using their influence to
deter those who would join
the organization, by misrepresen
tation and villiflcation of the
order, and by abuse and slander
of those who are members.
Now, I would like to inquire,
iu what way has the Farmers'
Union or the members of the
same so violated law or morals as
to invite malice and slander. We
are a body of men, free oitizens
of America, law-abiding, God
fearing, with the courage to stand
for principles of justioe and right.
Is this illegal, or a sin against
ohuroh or society ? We are
oharged with the offense of hold
ing our meetings behind closed
doors. Is it a crime for the
stockholders or directors of a
bank, a railroad, or a furniture
factory; or the membera of any
private business firm or associa
tion of business or professional
men to conduot their business be
hind oloeed doors, or do they in
vite the publio in to see and hear
all the details ? If it is not
wrong for these to manage their
bnsineea in their own private way,
why are we elandered in manag
ing ours so ?
Mr. Editor, I am not referring
to those correspondents in your
paper who reoently under the
nom-de-plumee of "A Farmer,"
"Ladiee' Friend," eto., have oriti
oised ue harmlesely. Tbeee are
bat the idle vaporing* of ignorant
minds, having about as much
effeot on the Uaioa a* aaata stag
ing around a bull's bead. Bat my
TAX-LISTERS NAMED
i
BY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Other Business Transacted Was the
Auditing of Claims Against the
County aad the Allowing of Tax
Refunds. (
The principal business before
the meeting of the county 00m- I
missioners here Monday was the
appointmeut of tax-listeru and the
payment of olaime. A number of
pauper allowances were granted :
and tax refunds made. 1
The tax listers appointed were
as follows :
Danbury, L. J. Young; Mead- 1
ows, J. Walter Tuttle; Yadkin, J.
M. Culler; Quaker Gap, J. R. P.
East; Peter's Creek, H. H. Reid;
Snow Creek, Speedwell Mabe;
Beaver Island, J. W. Young;
Sauratown, error (to be appoint
ed next meeting).
The following claims were psid: !
E. A. Culler, carrying pris
oner to jail, $2.501
R. H. R. Blair. 2 pauper (
coffins, 7.00 1
Amanda Loggins, pauper
burial, 5.00
Edward & Brougbton, record
book, 14.00;
K. D. Smith, lumber and
work on road, 2.50 j
A. F. Christian, Treas., ex
penses in oflice, 7 091
J. A. Bowles, work and lum
ber for bridge, 10 251
C. M. Jones, jail account
for March, 33.70
Y.S. Smith, keeping Coun
ty home for March 75.til 1
E. C. Sbeppard, pauper
burial 5.00
Pepper Bros., printing tax
notices and stationery, etc. 18.00
C. R. Duggins, conveying
prisoner to jail 6.45
Dr. J. W. Neal, County
Supt. of Health 207.19 j
'
reference is to those higher up, j
who either secretly or openly, by I
direct charge or inuendo are try- !
ing to stab the organization to |
which we belong. Our advice to j
those Moguls is to let the Farm-1
era' Union alone. The body num
bers now more than 3,000,000
men, 2,000 of whom are in Stokes
county. In offering this advice to j
you, Messrs. Slanderers, we do it
not for our good, because we are
too big in numbers, and our orga
nization is too grand in its mis
sion, too broad in its immortal
principles of truth and justice and
right to be affected by a few little
whipper-snappers who do not
1 know the world is so large. But
' for their sake, we advise peace.
We are progressive yet not
, aggressive, but we are human, and
we are going to protect our in
-1 terests. No man, no set of men,
no influence, no political party
1 shall impede us in our battle for
1 what is ours. And no church
. that undertakes to strike down
[ the Union but will learn that it is
. engaged in warfare against thoße
: very principles for which it
1 should stand. Therefore, its in
. fluence for good must fail,
i Show me one legal, moral or
* social wrong practised, endorsed,
1 approved or countenanced by the
i Farmers' Union, and I agree to
r assist in disbanding the Union
. and denouncing it as a menace to
I the well being of our country.
. More than this, I will give you
. my bond for SIO,OOO, seoured by
r 500 of as good men's names as
t can be found in Stokes or any
r other oounty. I challenge you to
, this through the oolumns of the
. Reporter, with the permiesion of
the editors. You mußt show
; down or shot up. Either sub
r stantiate your oharges, or ac
) knowledge to the readers of this
' paper that your aseertions bave
• been founded on ignoranoe, prej
s odioe, narrow • mindedness and
I base malioe, and that you are a
1 traduoer of good men, elanderer
. aad liar.
f UNION MAN.
MR. AND MRS. JAS. ALLEY DIE
4/ *
Measles Coupled With Pneumonia
Proves Fatal —Mrs. Alley Passed I
Monday, Followed by Her Husbsnd
Last Night—Two Sons Survive, I
One of Whom is 111.
Mrs. James Alley, aged 45, died
early Monday morning at her
home near Hartman. She was
followed last night into the spirit
world by her hußband, Mr. James 1
Alley, aged 50. Two young sons, ]
Jesse and Warner, survive, the I
former lying seriously ill with the
same disease that killed his father 1
and mother —measles.
This was one of the saddest
affairs ever known in the Hart
man neighborhood. Mr. and Mrs.
Alley both contracted measles at
the same time, and both cases de
veloped into pneumonia. As the
friends bore from the room the
dead body of his wife, Mr. Alley
remarked that they would take
I him soon. His words were pro
! phetic.
The wife and mother WHS buried
1 near Hartman postoflice Tuesday.
1 The husband and father will he
;laid beside his life's partner
j tomorrow.
During the sickness of the
family, the care and devotion of
: the neighbors have been touoh
|ing.
! END OF A LONG COURTSHIP.
1 Happy Marriage At Oak Grove-
Sunday School Reorganizes—To
bacco Plants Not Doing Much.
I Oak Grove, King Route 2
April 3.—Tobacco plants are not
doing much now. I think the
; bugs find them by the time they
1 find their way through the land.
1 Rev. P. Oliver filled his regular
appointment at Olive Grove the
first Sunday. His appointments
j have been changed from the sec
; opd Sunday to the first Sunday.
' Mr. R. K. Long and Miss Parry
| Bodenheimer were united in
I holy bonds of wedlock on March
125 th, altera protracted oourtship
of 1(5 years. We wish them a
long, happy and prosperous life.
We guess the people are get
ting ready for court. Occasion
: ally we see a pine brush in the
road with a shovel of dirt on it.
Oak Grove Sunday School re
organized laßt Sunday, and elect
ed the following officers and
teachers: 8. R. Smith, Supt.;
B. N. Smith, Assistant; W. L.
Smith, B. N. Smith and Mrs. A.
M. Smith, teachers; Mr. W. L.
Rierson, Sec. and Treas.
SCRIBBLER.
PINNACLE NEWS.
High School to Close With Enter
tainment April 13-14—Personals.
1
l Pinnacle, Aprd 4.—Miss
, I Floreuce Cook entertained de
, lightfully at a peanut party on
: the evening of April 3rd.
Pinnacle High Sohool will
close, with a commencement ex
r ercise, April 13th and 14th.
Mrs. John Spainhower went to
, Winston-Salem today shopping.
> Miss Mary Loftis, who has been
t spending some time with her
j grandmother, has returned to her
home at Madison.
1 Miss Dora Wall, who spent the
, winter teaching near Greensboro,
} is now at home.
, Mr. Edgar Mickey, agent on the
, Southern Railway, spent Sunday
3 here.
f Rev. Richardson filled his regu
, lar appointment Sunday at eleven
. o'clock.
Y.
a Bex Party At King.
The teachers of the King High
1 Sohool will give a box party at
a the school building in King on
r Saturday, April 9th. The pro
ceeds will be used for the improve
ment of the sobool building.
No. 1,983
ANOTHER FOX RACE
r OR SATURDAY. APRIL 16
Reporter Secures Another Reynard
From Mr. W. H- Flinchura and the
Championship Trial Will Be Done
Over Afain —Every Fox Hunter
Invited to Enter the Contest.
The Reporter lias secured
mother fox from Mr. W. H.
Flinchum, the fox-trapper, and on
Saturday, April 10, another trial
will be made for the champion
ship and the collar.
It is intended to give this rey
aard a better show for his life,
md hunters and spectators may
axpect a race worth while. The
start will be made at 8 o'clock
promptly from the court house
here, down Main street, the route
thence to be determined later.
There will be no disputes and no
misunderstandings about this
contest, which will be con
ducted under rules fair to all.
No dog that is not a full blood
hound, and no hound that has
never trailed a fox, will be al
lowed to enter the contest.
The fox has been kept in con
finement for some lime by Mr.
Flinchum. but is in tbe pink of
condition for running. Let
everybody come to see the race,
and every fox hunter and fox dog
from Stokes and adjoining coun
ties cordially invited to enter the
contest. Tbe hound which first
strikes the fox will be awarded the
collar—if this fact can be proved
by two credible witnesses.
Notice To Poll Tax Payers.
■ The law now require* all person*
who are subject to the payment of
poll tax to pay the same on or be
before the It rut day of May, In order
to vote, which menus that the
poll tax for the year 190 ft must be
paid on or l>efore the first day of
May, 1010, In order to vote in the
election* this fall. I earnestly urge
all voters to pay their poll* on or
before said first day of May, and be
In a position to cast their votes In
the ensuing elections. Nothing cim
be saved by a failure to pay now, its
the tax must be paid very soon any
way. The tax books for each town
ship are now in the hands of tin
various deputies for the respective
townships, and the taxes can be
paid either to the Sheriff or his
deputies. The Issues to lie voted
upon next fall are of vital impor
tance to every citizen of our coun
try, and In order to do our duty as
citizens, we should prepare our
selves to vote by paying our poll
taxes before It is too late.
This April the sth, 1910.
J. 11. KLLINUTON.
Chm'n. Dent. Kx. Com., Stokes Co.
Walnut Cove Hijth School Com
mencement.
The Walnut Cove High School
will hold its commencement ex
ercises tomorrow and next day.
An excellent program has been
prepared. Prof. M. C. S. Noble
will deliver the literary address.
Not a kick on our $3.00 flonr.
Boyles Mercantile Co.
Orchard grass seed. Boyles
Mercantile Co.
Big lot of sample hats. Boyleß
Meroantile Co.
Boys clothing. Boyles Mercan
tile Co.
Good shoes a specialty. Boyles
Meroantile Co.
Ladies hats. Boyles Mercantile
Co.
Garden hoes and rakes. Boy.
les Meroantile Co.
Syracuse ohilled plows. Boy
les Meroantile Co.
Caltivators. Boyles Meroantile
Co.
New shoes all kinds. Boyles
Mercantile Co.
Get repairs for "oliver ohilled"
plows from E. P. Newsum.
See E. P. Newsum King, N. C.
for all kinds of terra ootta.