THE DANBURY REPORTER.
VOLUME XXXIX.
ABOUT OUR SCHOOLS
PROF. F. C. WILLIS WRITES
To Other More Progressive Coun
ties the Stokes County School
System Is a Joke —Correspond-
ent Offers Some Advice.
Editor Reporter:
It was with regret that I
noticed in your last issue that
Stokes county had recently voted
down two special school tax
districts.
, I visit my home in Stokes each
summer, after spending most
of the year teaching in other
parts of the Suite, and no where
do I see more marked improve
ment along some lines than in
Stokes. The people of our coun
ty are making great'lmprove
ments in their farms and meth
ods of farming, and are at last
learning to make their soil pro
duce what nature intended it
should. Hut perhaps in no part
of the State is there more neg
lect and indifference shown to
the schools and the educational
system than in Stokes.
Our county contains an
honest, an industrious and in
telligent citizenship, who seem
to he intent upon the develop
ment of their natural resources,
but are for the most part utterly
indifferent to the development
of the intellect of their children,
the greatest gift which God has
bestowed upon them.
Instead of spending a lifetime
of toil to leave a good farm as an
inheritance to their children, ;
would it not l>e better to spend j
part of this labor in developing
their minds and giving them an .
education, which would be worth'
far more to each child than any
farm the county contains. No
boy or girl after having obtained,
an education in its true sense",
would exchange it for all the land
ir. ft tew..ship.
It is humiliating to me to know j
that to other more progressive'
counties, the Stokes county j
school system is a joke, and:
when 1 say this 1 mean no re
flection upon the Stokes county '
teachers, but it would l>e im
possible for the liest teachers in
a four month's term in the
crowded condition of our schools
to do any real teaching. It
would also be absurd to think
the best teachers would engage
in this work at a salary of thirty,
dollars per month for only four
months in the year.
Thirty years ago this kind of
a school was tho best our people
could afford, but now in this day
of progress and prosperity, when
the world demands from each
State and each community an
educated citizenship, it is a re-1
flection upon that State or that 
community to neglect its educa
tional system. | 
I know the old cry among our 11
people is that they are too poor i
to tax themselves, but when it! j
has been proven by all the world ]
that this is the cheapest and j 1
most efficient means of educa- j 
ting the people, then we should 
realize that we are too poor not j ]
to tax ourselves. Of all our! 1
Stokes county schools, it seems ]
that the one at King is the only I
ine that has really caught the 
true spirit of progress. Ido not 1
know personally the conditions 
there, but from what I can learn, 
they are going forward along 
the right lines. t
German ton has conducted for
mm
Madison
j Madison, .June 14. Mr. R. M.
_ iCardwell is in a hospital in Balti
' more, Md., where ho had an
operation performed last Tues
' day and when last heard from
' was doing fairly well.
Mrs. C. H. Pratt juni|)ed
| across a branch Saturday even
ing breaking her leg IK>IOW the
I knee. She was attended by Drs.
t! Mattherson and- Taylor. She is
II getting along very well.
: | Mr. J. M. Sharp, Sr., of Intell
igence, died last evening about
i,B o'clock. He was stricken with
, j paralysis about eleven months
• ago; but finally got so that he
> j could get about some and Fri
day he had in another stroke
i, from wliich he never rallied.
• Mr. B. F. Robertson is also on
the sick list.
There was a show in town last
evening exhibiting an animal
half man and half frog; from his
hips up a well defined man,
while his legs and feet were like
■ a bull frogs legs and feet, and
i he navigated by hopping along
I like a frog.
Messrs. M. L. Hutcherson &
jSons are erecting near the N. K
W. Railroad a furniture factorv.
| . CITIZEN.
I
Board of Education Met Monday.
I The Board of Education was
in session at the court house a
short while Monday. Messrs. N.
A. Martin and F. P. Stone,
members, and .1. T. Smith,
secretary, being present.
There was no business of
(importance before the board,
[the meeting having been called
| for the purpose of paying the
claims against the board.
I Coe will sell you a cultivator
or double plow for $2.7.").
,as th« stage coach is as a means
[of travel. They may got a good
teacher, one who will till every
i seat with pupils, and when he
j has paid his assistants necessary
Ito conduct a modern school, he
j will find he is not making a liv
; ing for himself. Then this man
will go where he can get an
1 assured salary paying him much
more than he could make out of
his tuition.
To be plain, the people of that
community will find after a few I
more years of experience that
the man who will accept the po
sition and stay in (lermanton is]
not the man they want as a
teacher, simply because a good j
man can do do far better at a'
salary in a graded school.
No little town in North Caro
lina has a better opportunity of
| a good cheap school than Wal-!
nut Cove. They are situated at
the junction of two railroads
which 1 understand if their tax
districts were enlarged would
pay a tax of more than five hun
dred dollars a year, and to this
five hundred from the State, and
the same from the county, if a
good High School were estab
lished there, and we have fifteen
hundred dollars which would
cost the people of that school
district absolutely nothing. Yet
I regret to say twice recently
has this tax been voted down.
I. understand the school at Wal
nut Cove has been quite a suc
cess this year, but I regret to!
know that this school can not!'
continue to be successfully con
ducted with its present inade
quate and uncertain means of ,
support. "j
At» citisen of Stokes, there is
DANBURY, N. C., JUNE 22, 1910.
IN EASTERN STOKES
, GOOD FARMING BEING DONE
Big Fields of Corn, Wheat and
Clover Good to Look Upon—
I Coming to Danbury August 6.
• I Stoneville Route 3. June 20. -
. Quite a large crowd attended
church at Glenn's Chapel Sun
day. Services were held by
5 Rev. E. R. Suttenfield, of
Mavodan.
Farmers are busy working
t corn, tobacco and harvesting
1 one of the best crops of wheat
for many years. We can grow
5 1 good tobacco here in our section,
' but we do not plant all our
fields in tobacco. We think it
. I»est to make our supplies at
home. Many of our good farm
jers here, namely, the Joyces,
1 the Claybrooks, Alex Vernon,
iJonn Stowe. Rufus Suttenfield,
| the Webbs, the Grogans and
I j many others have almost quit
, | growing tobacco. Their big
' j fields of corn, wheat and clover
are good to look upon.
A number of people of this
lj section are already planning to
,| at tend the old Soldiers' re
union at Danbury August >th.
|lt speaks well of the good peo
| pie of Stokes county to give the
; old soldiers a good time. In a
' few more years the dear old |
, loved ones will IK» but few.
Misses Dora and Bessie
Suttenfield were visited by a
! number of their young friends
I Saturday night. Among them'
j were .Misses Ollie Webb, Naomi, I
Ruth and Delia Webb, Messrs.;
Jesse Grogan. Willie Gann, |
Rufiird and Fletcher Webb and j
Joe Cardwell, of Danbury. I
They had quite a jolly time.
A series of meetings will be
held at Reaver Island Missionary
Baptist church in July, and in
August a week's meeting will j
be held at Ayersville.
Mr. Fletcher Webb, who has!
been visiting his parents, Mr. j
and Mrs. Walter Webb, the past,
week, returned to his home at
Bassett. Va.. Sunday.
Z. Y.
Campbell.
Campbell, June 15. Born to
Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Gray Sun
day. June the 12th, a little girl.
Addie. daughter of Mr. anil
Mrs. .1. S. Biggs, is very sick
from a serious complication of
diseases. She has never re
covered from the attack of
pneumonia which was reported
in our letter last March.
On Sunday morning. June
12th, the angel of death visited !
the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. J.
Hutchens, Madison N. C., and
took from their arms the dear
little baby, aged about 7months.
I Little Noel was a bright andj
I lovely little one and the bereav-1
ed parents have the heartfelt!
j sympathy of their many friends I
in this, their greatest trial. We
feel that there loss is Heaven's
i gain, and that there is one more i
j little angel around the throne, |
; safe from the cares, toils and
temptations of this troublous 1
world. The interment was j
made at the family burial ground j
at Mrs. S. J. Watkins' on Tues-1
day, June 14.
I
Valuable Farm For Sale.
This farm is situated nine
miles north of Greensboro, and
within two miles of Summerfield
depot, on one of the best macad
amized roads in the county. It
contains 750 acres; 300 acres are'
cleared and in high state of cul-1 
tivation. 200 acres under wire
for pasture, a large portion of j
which is pine and oak timber,'
150 acres in mpndow land _ from !
which there has been cut 350 i
stack's of hay in one season.
The place has three tenant
houses and is well watered.
This farm can be bought at ai'
very low figure if bought before 1
the 7th of July. For further s
information address
T. B. OGBURN, ,
Greensboro, N. C.
Good flour at $2.90. Better
grade for $3.20. See L. R. Coe.
Few pain men's and ladies' ]
CAMP MEETING
* AT VADE MECUM JULY 20-30
j -
1 Eive Or Six Preachers Will Take
- j Part In the Services, and a
Pleasant Time Awaits Those Who
Attend.
' We will have a camp meeting
at or near Vade Mecum Springs
' July 20 to 30. We want this to
be an old-time Methodist camp
meeting. Everybody is invited
* to come. (Jood board can be
> had at the Vade Mecum hotel
, by those who want to hoard.
Cottages can be had either
furnished or unfurnished at
* reasonable rates for those who!
t want to !)oard themselves. We
have the assurance of the pro
prietor of the hotel that he will
■ do all that he can to make it
pleasant for all who may come.
I All who come will have access
1 to the line mineral waters of,
Vade Mecum Springs. The'
| nearest station is Rural Hall,
about thirteen miles away. It
is in easy reach of Moore's and J
1 Piedmont Springs also. Please'
1 write the undersigned at ban
bury early if you want a cottage, 1
or let us know if you are coming
and if you will want a cottage
furnished or unfurnished.
There will be five or six preach- i
ers present.
1). A. BINKLEY. ;
j Dan bury, N. ('., June 21. 1910.
Hon. A. J. Burton For Judge In the
Eleventh.
' Reidsville, N. C., June 13,1910. i
j Mr. Editor:
At the forthcoming primaries
it will be up to us among other
I things to indicate our prefer
ence for a Democratic candidate |
for the honorable and extremely
important position of Judge for |
the Eleventh .Judicial District.
We understand that the name
of Hon. Andrew .1. Burton will.
!be presented for our support,
! both at the primaries and in the
j Judicial convention for this
position. Without invidious re
flection upon the merits of any
other candidate, we desire to
suggest to the voters of the
district that Mr. Burton is
eminently qualified for this po
sition by reason of his natural
and recognized ability as a law
yer of wide experience, one that
knows law and administers it
without fear or favor.
Mr. Burton was honored by
his former county of Halifax by
electing him to the office of
Solicitor of its Criminal court, i
and to a seat in the House of
Representatives. He has twice
been elected to the Senate from
his adopted county of Rocking-!
ham, where his Judicial fitness
' was re-organized by appoint-
Iment to the committee on Ju
diciary, as well as to any other'
of the most important com
| mittees.
He is at the present time the
: incumbent of the Recorder's
seat in the Recorder's Court
jof the term of Reidsville, where
in his record speaks for him in
trumpet tones of commendation
| and approval.
Resj>eetfullv yours,
VOTER.
Smith.
Smith, June 14. - Mrs. Annie
Rierson and children, of Blue
field. . t Va., are visiting j
friends and relatives of this j
' place.
Mr. and Mi's. G. C. Shelton
' spent Sunday with Mrs. Shel
j ton's father, Mr. 0. A. Martin.
Misses Kate Hollingsworth
and Annie Fulton, of Mt. Airy,
are visiting Miss Rachel Moore.
Mr. J. H. Sheppard had the I
misfortune to lose a fine cow j
last week, this is the second cow
ihat Mr. Sheppard has lost this !
spring.
Mr. Sam Hall is on the sick!
list this week.
tame shoulder is almost in-!
variably caused by rheumatism
of the muscles and yields quick- j
ly to the free application of
Chamberlain's Liniment. This
liniment is not only prompt and
Germanton Personals
Germanton, June 20. Mr.
Will Hill and son, Ashton, ol
11 Winston-Salem, are the guests
! of Misses Mollie and Alice Hill.
, j Mrs. John McKenzie and chil
-1 dren returned to their home at
'j Clenimons last Saturday after
1 spending several weeks with her
mother, Mrs. J. E. Crews.
Mr. L. M. McKenzie returned
from Charlotte yesterday, where
he attended the meeting of the
Grand Ix>dge of the K. of P's.
Miss Nan Sanders, of Trenton,
111., is the guest of Mrs. R. 1,.
Tuttle. Miss Sanders is very
much delighted with the coun
| try, and will probably spend
the summer here.
„ Mr. and Mrs. Guthrie Crews
(and little daughter, of Dunn
Ellon, Fla., arrived last night,
and will remain several weeks
with their father. Rev. Rufus
; Crews.
Mrs. S. C. Rierson, or Wal
nut Cove, spent last week with
i her sister, Mrs. L. M. McKenzie.
Mrs. W. 1). Bennett and Miss
Lizzie Vaughn, of Walnut Cove,
| spent Saturday night and Sun
| day with Mrs. Charlie Boles, on
Germanton Route 1.
j Mr. John Kurfees and family
i spent Sunday with their father.
| Mr. F. E. Petree.
Miss Hessie Lou Potter, of
j Mars Hill, is the guest of Miss
| Sarah Styers.
Dr. Andrew Tuttle, of Spray,
j will visit his brother. Mr. R. L.
j Tuttle, this week.
Big show here Thursday, p.
m. Oh, ve show!
L. M.
Mr. Buxton And Family To Take
European Trip.
Hon. J. C. Buxton, Mrs. Bux
ton and Misses Anna and Caro
Buxton will leave on July 2nd
for Europe where they will
'spend the months of July and
August. They will sail for Ger
many first and will visit a num
ber of European nations while
abroad, although they have not
as yet decided which ones.
The trip is made primarily in
the interest of Mr. Buxton's
health. !>eing designed to give
him a good rest. His many
friends throughout the state
ho|>e to see him return entirely
recovered. Winston Sentinel.
Belew's Creek
Belew's Creek, June 1:1. Miss
Flora Johnson and Mr. and Mrs.
Pinkney Marshall made a pleas
ant visit to Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Neal Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Newton Taylor returned
home from Winston yesterday.
Among the visitors at Mr.
Elijah Nelson's yesterday were
the following: Mr. and Mrs.
Coonie Crickman and children.
President Rice, Mr. Richard
Johnson and Mr. J. W. Calhoun.
Mrs. Lelia Rice is expecting
to visit her grandma, Mrs.
Amanda Nelson, before very
long.
BLUE BELL.
In the development of North
Carolina's industries, the North
Carolina College of Agriculture
and Mechanic Arts is taking a
| foremost part. Its students are
giving their lives to improving
i our farming, our trucking, our
| dairying and stock-raising.
They are rapidly making their
. way into our factories, our
I electric power-houses, and our
! shops. They are helping to
build our roads, our bridges, and
our railroads. Indeed they are
just the men needed at this
stage in the State's growth.
We are glad to note that more
young men than ever before are
seeking through this well-
institution, a place in
our industrial progress. We call
attention to the advertisement
in this issue.
If you are not satisfied after
using according to directions
two-thirds of a bottle of Cham
berlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets, you can have your
money back. The tablets cleanse
and invigorate the stomach, im
prove the digestion, regulate the
bowels. Give them a trial and
get well. Sold by all dealers.
Paying 12c. a pound for hens
at Cue's, Pal ton, N. C.
No. 1,904
THE FARMERS' UNION
.!
11 HELD MEETING SATURDAY
The Time Was a Most Busy One
With the Tillers of the Soil,
But Many Attended—Date Set
For County Rally and Picnic,
July 30.
Although an extremely busy
| time with the farmers, a goodly
igathering of the tillers of the
i soil attended the county meeting
'of the Farmers' Union
here Saturday, represen
| tatives being present from
I nearly every local in the county,
i Very important business was
| transacted, which consumed the
greater part of the day. Coun
ty Organizer and lecturer C.
W. (ilidewell addressed the
Union, his remarks being con
fined largely to an interesting
account of his trip to the big
farmers' gathering at St. l.ouis
recently.
The date for the annual rally
and picnic of the Union at Dan
bury was fixed for Saturday,
July 30. A committee was
; appointed to have a table built
j 4(H) feet long in the grove behind
'the M. K. Church, it is expect
ed that the crowd in attendance
will be the largest ever seen in
the county, eclipsing in size the
big Old Soldiers' meetings of the
past. The Union has 2,300
members in the county now. and
'if anything approaching a full
! attendance of the members,
with their families, is secured,
the crowd will be enormous.
Mizpah.
i Mizpah, June 21. Mr. and
! Mrs. James Hicks, of Meadows,
spent a few days last week with
I Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Smith,
i Miss Carlie .Johnson visited
j Miss Primmie Tillotson Sunday,
i Mr. and Mrs. Joe Southern
spent Sunday with Mrs. South
lera's parents. Mr. and Mrs. W.
W. Holland.
Misses Mabel Smith and Annie
| Blair visited Misses Harriette
and Martha Ross Friday P. M.
We think Mr. Challie Neal
must be liking some one down
about Mr. J. I'. Smith's as he
spent most of last week there.
Miss Maln'l Smith will attend
the Institute at Danburv in
July.
Miss Annie Mounce, of High
Point, is spending some time with
friends at Meadows.
PAT.
Ice Cream Supper and Meeting of
Juniors.
There will be an ice cream
supper at Mountain View on
next Saturday evening at 5
o'clock p. m., June the 25th,
1910. Ice Cream will be furn
ished by Messrs V. T. Hart
grove and E. C. Slate. Every
body invited to come. There
will also be a meeting of Jun
iors in their Hall at 8 o'clock p.
m.
Revival At the M E Church.
A revival is in progress at
the M. E. Church here conduct
ed by the pastor Rev. D. A.
Binkley, assisted by Rev. .1. S.
Hyatt of the Forsyth circuit.
Mr. Hyatt is preaching some
strong and earnest sermons, and
much interest is being manifest
ed. The public is cordially in
vited to attend the meetings
both morning and night.
For Treasurer.
1 hereby announce myself as a
candidate for the office of Treas
urer of Stokes county, subject to
the action of the Republican
county convention to be held
July 23rd, 1910.
R. H. R. BLAIR.
Danbury, N. C.
Notice.
False rei)orts have gone
out over the county that this
mill would close June 18th, for
overhauling. It will not atop
lx?fore July 2nd, then for only f
short time.
Yours very truly,
C. H. SHEPPARD. «
The tobacco crop in Stokes ftu
seven-eights planted.