THE DANBURY REPORTER.
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VOLUME XXXIX.
KURFEES NOT IN RACE
j
" OFFICE OF CLERK OF COURT j
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After Carefully Considering the Mat -;
ter, Mr. John W. Knrfees Decides !
that He Will Withdraw As a
Candidate For the Office Held By
Mr. NL T. Chilton.
To the Republicans of Stokes Co.:
For reasons which I consider
good and sufficient, I have de
cided to withdraw from the race
as a candidate for clerk of,
Superior Court.
At the urgent request of
friends I entered the race some J
timeagoingood faith, fully l>e
lieving at the time it was the prop
er course forme to pursue. But
after considering more fully i
the various phases of the matter,
I have decided it would be un- j
wise for me to accept the nomi-1
nation at this time if it were
tendered me.
Since, arriving at this con-,
elusion I deem it proper to
notify the people at once, and
take this method of doing so. i
I also want to thank my many
friends for the loyal support
they have pledged themselves to!
give me, and as a plain citizen ,
in the ranks it will be my pleas
ure in the future as in the past
to join with them in working for
the best interest of the party in
county, State and Nation.
In this connection too, I wish
to state that I still hold to the !
same opinion, set forth some
time ago, regarding the Resolu
tion. I still contend that it
applies to the present incumbent
of the office, and if the Resolution
remains in force he should
come down and a new man ought
to be nominated.
We have plenty of good men
in our party well qualified
to fill the place, and no:
reason why some one of them
should not be nominated.
A strong and healthy party
can only be maintained by ro
tation in office and two terms
should be the limit.
JNO. W. KURFEES,
Germanton, N. C., May IS, 1910.
Strength of the Counties la the Con
gressional Convention.
Editor Greensboro Telegram :
It will, perhaps, be a matter i
of interest to your readers to
know the number of delegates
to' which each county in the
district is entitled in the Con
gressional Convention, which
meets in this city on July sth.
Each county is entitled to one
delegate and one alternate for
each fifty Democratic votes, and
one delegate and one alternate
for fractions of over twenty-five
cast therein for Governor at the
last election. The convention
will be composed of 407 dele
gates; the last convention was
composed of 364. In nearly
every county in the district the
Democratic vote was greater in
1908 than in 1901; in Guilford
county the gain was 1025.
f The table below shows the
n mber of delegates to which
each- county in the district is
entitled :
Alamance, 44
Caswell, 18
Durham, 39
Forsyth, 53
Granville, 35
Guilford, 79
Orange, 22
Person, 18
Rockingham, 41
Stokes, 22
Surry, 36
T. C. HOYLE.
4 ». Chairman.
QyftMk sever# wind and rain
•term, accompanied by some
has viqjptid this section yester-
Hump Mitchell, a Danbury Darkey,
Jailed On Charge of Larceny.
Hump Mitchell, a Danbury
darkey, al>out 17 years of age. :
was locked up in jail Monday in
default of a SIOO bond after a ;
hearing before Mr. N. A. Mar
tin, J. P., charged with a pecu-1
liar form of theft. Hump had
been going to the store of Mr. j i
A. J. Fagg and buying merchan
dise on the credit of Mr. N. O.
Fetree. It is not known how ]
long his scheme had been in |
operation. It is certain that as i
much as S2O worth of stuff was,
secured by Hump. Mr. Fagg|;
swore out the warrant, and ]
Hump was arrested while in the
field at work a mile south ofn
town by Sheriff C. M. Jones.
Unless bailed out. he will 11
await the fall term of Superior)
Court. 11
Mebane For Congress.
Editor Reporter: 1
You were kind to me in days
gone by to permit me to
announce that Rockingham
county would present the name
of Dr. George A. Mebane to the j 1
Congressional convention for the;'
nomination to represent this Dis-1
trict in Congress.
May I now say that this coun-!
ty is confidently expecting to,
secure for her son the nomina- 1
nation ? We believe he will be i
in the lead of all candidates on
the first ballot and an easy
winner when the break comes, j (
for he is the second choice of all'
those who are supporting their
own "favorite sons."
Mebane's nomination means
the restoration of the Fifth Dis
trict to the Democrats. It also
means the redemption of Rock
ingham county to the Democrats,
for his nomination will give us
at least 501) more Democratic
votes in this county. His nomi
nation will also insure the
election of some Democrat, per-,
haps Hon. S. P. Craves, to
represent this, the Eleventh
j Judicial District, as Solicitor.
Is it not the part of wisdom
for Democrats in the Eleventh
Judicial District who are inter
ested in electing a Democratic
Solicitor to vote for some Con
gressional condidate who resides
in one of the counties which
compose the Eleventh .Judicial
District? I think so.
Mebane will represent his peo
ple with fidelity and loyalty and
ability. He has ever been a
Democrat, and has never been
mixed up in any of the contests
which have worked injury to the
l party. His record is straight, I
and ne is true.
Stokes county and Rocking
j ham are close neighbors. Their j
interests are identical. We will I
appreciate the support of ourj
candidate by our neighbors in
Stokes, and he is as worthy as |
any other candidate.
JOHN T. OLIVER. ;
| Reidsville, N. May 20, 1010. i
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Remedy For Wild Cherry Poison To
Cattle
! Eating wild cherry leaves in-!
■ variably kills cattle quick. The j
remedy is lard. Mr. H. M.
Joyce had two cows to partake
of a lunch of cherry leaves yes
terday, and in a few moments
1 both were down. A quart of
! lard was given the older one,
and a pint the younger one, and
though it looked like both would
! surely die, both are now recover
ed.
Address At Lawsonville June 2.
Mr. W. C. Jackson, of Greens
boro, will address the people at
Lawsonville on June 2 at 1:30 P.
M. Prof. Jackson is a very
interesting speaker. Everybody
invited to come out and hear
him.
Crowded Colums This Week
I Interesting communications
; and correspondence letters from
King, Hartman, Madison, Stuart,
Walnut Cove and other points
are crowded out this issue, and
will appear next week.
Mr. J. Spot Taylor visited
Winston yesterday.
DANBURY, N. C., MAY 25, 1910.
MT. OLIVE MEETING
LARGE AUDIENCE ATTENDS
Sermon and Lecture By The Rev.
Henry Sheets, of Lexinfton - De
lightful Luncheon Oa the Grounds.
A largo crowd attended the
mooting at Mount Olive Sunday,
where the pastor, the Rev.
Henry Sheets, of Lexington,
preached in the forenoon and
lectured in the afternoon. At
the morning service, communion
was observed, participated in by
a large percentage of the several
hundred members of the church.
At two o'clock in the after
noon, preceded by a song service,
the pastor delivered a lecture
upon the early history of the
Baptist church, its part in the
civilization and christianization of
the world, etc. Mr. Sheets is a
speaker of earnestness and pow
er. His remarks were listened
to closely and pleasurably by the
large congregation.
At the noon hour, after the
morning service, the crowd re
paired to the grove surrounding
the church, where luncheon was
taken picnic style. Mt. Olive is
right in the heart of prosperous
Yadkin township, and it was the
peculiar pleasure of the writer to
mingle with many of the good
people of that section of the
county. Among those present
were the following: Rev. and
Mrs. P. Oliver and daughter;
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Johnson and
family; Mr. and Mrs. J. T.John
son; Mr. J. W. Tillotson and
family; Messrs. R. H. Pulliam,
J. S. I). Pulliam, E. P. Newsom,
Geo. W. Smith, W. H. Boyles,
Wm. Smith, Samra Smith, T. V.
Sizemore, L. K. Pulliam, Mr.
and Mrs. W. G. Slate, Dr. and
Mrs. J. W. Slate, Mr. and Mrs.
J. Walter Tuttle, Mr. I). V. Car
roll and family; Mr. Tip John
son and family, and many
others.
CHARLIE HUNDLEY DIES.
Was the Son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel
Hundley of Sandy Ridge—News
Items And Personals of Interest
From Sandy Ridge.
Sandy Ridge, May 23.- Rev.
I). A. Binkley filled his regular
j appointment at the Methodist
1 Church Sunday with a large
crowd and a splendid sermon.
Miss Minnie Crews, of Mayo
: dan, is spending a few days with
j Miss Sue Scales of this place.
Mr. Jesse Doyle is at home
' again from King where he at
: tended school this spring.
Mrs. R. L. Pratt came home
I yesterday from a short visit to
her sister Mrs. Harry Wall, of
Moore's Mill, Va. She was ac
: companied home by her brother,
; Mr. Gid Deshazo.
Miss Bessie Taylor, of Spencer,
Va., was the guest of Miss Lucy
Joyce Sunday.
Mrs. Grover Shelton, of Madi
son. has been spending a few
days with her mother, Mrs.
George Hutcherson, of this
place.
Charlie, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Daniel Hundley, died last
Sunday evening at four o'clock.
He had been suffering for a long
time with lung trouble. He was
born April 15th, 1888, died May
15th, 1910, making his stay or
earth 22 years and one month.
He will be greatly missed by his
friends. His body was laid to
rest at the Brown's burying
ground. May the bereavea
parents have the heartfelt sym
i pathy of the entire community.
, Miss I .aura Ellington came
home Thursday from Greens
boro, where she has been at
| tending school. We are glad tc
I have her with us again.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brown
and daughter Wilmoth, spent
Sunday with their parents Mr.
' and Mrs. R. L. Brown.
A. FRIEND.
FROM MAJ. W. S. RAV
LETTER TO OLD SOLDIERS
Thinks the Ex-Confederates Ought
to Stand By Their Brother, Maj.
C. M. Stedman.
Meadows, May 20.
Editor Reporter:
I desire to write a letter to my
old friends and comrades of
Stokes county in behalf of Maj.
Chas. M. Stedman for Congress.
While I have nothing to say
against any other candidate, as
all whose names have been
mentioned, as far as I know,
are good men, yet for several
reasons it seems to that we old
soldiers, as a body, should stand
by and support one of our own
number for this high office. I
saw Maj. Stedman at Danbury
a few days ago, and if I ever
looked into the face and eyes of
a true man, I believe this was
him. Maj. Stedman is as strong
minded and active as many men
who are much younger, and I
believe he can and will do us
good if we can elect him to con
gress. He told me that if he
went to congress that he would
certainly work for the interest
of his old comrades in arms.
He said he would highly appre
ciate it to know that his old
friends and fellow soldiers of
Stokes county would stand by
him. He said that if his friend
Cy Watson would run, that he
would not accept the nomination
under any circumstances.
| Major Stedman fought clear
through the war and surrender
ed with Gen. Lee at Appomattox.
He was wounded three times.
He has never held office. He
was in the race for Governor,
but was defeated by Mr. Glenn.
Boys, we are all getting old, and
will soon be where we will not
need any of the honors of this
world. Our old white heads
must soon be laid low in the
grave. But few of us have ever
been honored with office, be
cause when the race comes, the
younger fellows say, "well, he fs
too old, let us put in a young
man," and I want to say, is it a
disgrace to be old, and must it
debar us from the good things
of this world because we fought
and gave all we had to the cause
of the South; and I ask if in all
the great and useful laws that
have ever been passed for the
good of our country, if old men
were not needed with their wis
dom and experience, and not al
ways young fellows, who so often
neglect us. And so, always we
are turned down, because we
have had our day. Probably
there will never be another
opportunity for us to elect one
of our comrades to congress, and
if we turn our help from Major
Stedman, what must the young
er generations think of us.
I ask you, comrades, and all, to
ralley round our noble leader,
Maj. Stedman, who told me that
if he could get the vote of Stokes
> county he could be nominated,
and that he would remember us
all when he got to Washington,
and \fcould always stand by his
old friends and comrades.
Yours truly,
1 W. S. RAY.
Appointments of Rev. C. W. Glide
> wclL
'■ Hardbank, Monday, May 30.
Lawsonville, Tuesday, May 31.
Sands' School House, Wednes
day, June 1.
Beaver Dam, Thursday, June
. 2.
Francisco, Friday, June 3.
, Collinstown, Saturday, June 4.
All the above appointments at
2:80 P. M., except Hardbank,
; which will be at 3 P. M.
Fine seasons, much tobacco
being set out, crops looking welY
OAK GROVE NEWS.
Meeting At Volunteer Next Sunday
—Mr. Matt Phillips To Lecture
On the Union June 4th—Large
Black Snake Killed —Ice Cream
Parties.
King Route 2, May 23. —The
farmers of this section are very
uusy preparing land and plant
ng tobacco. Some of the boys
lave planted as much as two or
:hree hundred, and say the crop
will be about half planted by
:he middle of June.
The good women of this sec
ion, who have been so badly
?xcited over the comet, are now
jroud to know that the comet
ias passed from east to west,
ind has not yet caused any
;rouble whatever.
Rev. Henry Sheets, of Lexing
;on, filled his regular appoint
nent at Mt. Olive Baptist
:hurch on last Saturday and
;here being two sermons on Sun
lay. A roll call and a general
)ld-fashioned handshaking were
;xpected, but for some cause
inknown to us it was left off.
There was quite a large crowd
present and good order in gen
jral. Among the number from
i distance who attended the
neeting were I)r. W. C. Slate
ind wife, Mr. N. E. Pepper and
sister, of Danbury; Mr. A. S.
Marsh and wife, of Pinnacle;
Mrs. J. P. Covington and Miss
Maggie Browder, of Brim Grove,
ind Mr. J. G. Hanes, of I)elk.
Rev. J. A. Ashburn, of Win
ston-Salem, will preach at
Volunteer Primitive Baptist
church on the sth Sunday in
May. at 11 o'clock. Mr. Ash
burn is a well educated man and
a good speaker. All are invited
to come out and hear him.
Mr. Matt Phillips, of Dalton,
will give a lecture on The Farm
ers' Educational and Co-opera
tive Union of America at Volun
teer school house on June 4, at
7 o'clock P. M. All are cordially
invited to come out and hear
him.
Mr. Walter Whitaker, of King
Route 2, found a very large
black snake in his yard and Mr.
Whitaker being very badly ex
cited at the unwelcome visitor,
got his gun and shot it and
carried it to Mr. G. W. Smith's,
where they measured the snake.
It was G feet 2 inches long
and weighed over 3 pounds.
Mr. Whitaker says the snake
was awful poor, or it would have
weighed a lot more.
There will be an ice cream
supper at Charlie Boyles' Store
on next Saturday the 28th at
4 o'clock P. M., by S. K. Ander
son & Co. There will also lie an
ice cream supper at J. S. Boyles'
Store near Mt. Olive church, on
next Saturday the 28th at 4
o'clock P. M., by S. K. Ander
son & Co.
SCRIBBLER.
Danbury Girls and Boys Given Hay
Ride By their Teacher.
A jolly party of Danbury's
school girls and boys were given
a hay ride to Piedmont Springs
Monday night by their teacher,
Miss Nell Joyce. It required
three wagons to carry them and
each was taxed to its utmost ca
pacity. The young people left
Danbury about 7:30, returning
at 12 o'clock. They remained up
until after the moon was in total
eclipse and while the moon was
being observed ice cream, sher
bet, etc., were served by the
hostess. It was an ideal night
for such an occasion and judging
from the the noise, singing and
other demonstrations the young
people must have had a great
time.
The party was chaperoned by
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Joyce, Mrs.
Dr. W. C. Slate and Mrs. N. A.
Martin.
No. 1,990
ARRESTED THURSDAY
CHARGED WITH BLOCKADING
Dave Joyce, Tap and Jack Mabe Ap
prehended By U. S. Officers And
Imprisoned At Winston —Mabes
Out On Bond —Other Arrests May
Follow.
Dave Joyce, Tap Mabe and
Jack Mabe, farmers living three
miles north of Danbury were ar
rested last Thursday by 11. S.
Deputy Marshall (J. A. Carroll,
af Winston-Salem, assisted by
special deputy J. I). Cardwell, of
Danbury. The men, who are
charged with having operated a
blockade still several months
ago, were carried to Winston-
Salem and given a hearing be
fore U. S. Commissioner Becker
dite, and in default of a $200.00
bond each, were placed in jail to
await the summoning of addi
tional witnesses, and trial. On
Saturday, Mr. John A. Burton,
Walnut Cove, went to Win
ston and stood surety for the
ippearance of the two Mabes,
who were released, and who
:ame home Saturday evening.
Joyce is still in jail. It is stated
:hat more arrests will likely fol
low, as others are reported im
plicated.
The still which the parties are
:harged with having operated,
was captured by Sheriff Jones
ind Deputies T. S. Petree and J.
D. Cardwell last December. It
was found on a branch near the
river some three miles north of
this place. Since that time, the
government, taking cognizance
of the action of the State author
ities, quietly procured evidence
against the operators, and Un
arrests followed.
DON'T KEEP MONEY AT HOME.
It Is Not Only Unwise, But Is Dan
gerous —What the Papers Tell.
Don't keep any money in your
home—it is foolish and danger
ous. A person's life is always
in jeopardy who is known or re
ported to have money hidden
about the house. There are
scoundrels who would not hesi
tate to kill you and burn your
home, if they could secure your
money. The papers are fid I of
accounts of such crimes. Rob
bery is nearly always the mo
tive.
If you have SSO, SIOO, SSOO, or
any amount, put it in the Bank
for safe keeping. You will be
sides being free from danger, be
getting interest on your money.
You can go to the bank an\ time
and draw what money you need.
All transactions with us are
absolutely confidential. People
may come to us and ask if you
have money with us, and how
much. It is our business not to
tell anything that pertains to
your business.
We take your money two
ways:
First, subject to check: In
this way you receive a receipt
for your money and check book,
and can check out your money
as you need it, but in this way we
do not pay you interest. Always
at the first of the month we send
you your paid checks, with a
statement showing how much
balance we still have on hand for
you.
Second, subject to interest:
In this way, you receive a certi
ficate of deposit which draws in
terest at 4 per cent, compounded
every 3 months, and if the cer
tificate should be lost, stolen or
burned, you lose nothing we
issue you another.
We desire the accounts of all
persons, men, women, ladies,
boys and girls of any age, in
any amount.
Start an account with us to
day. We guarantee you will like
it. If you have never done a
banking business, our cashiers
will be glad to explain how.
BANK OF STOKES COUNTY
Danbury or Walnut Cove.