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Page 2 FOUR PERSONS KILLED IN STORA Great Damage By Lighting, Wind and Rain In Or Of the Most Destructive Blasts That Ever Swef Over Stokes and Patrick Counties. Last Friday evening in one of the most destructive storms that ever swept over Stokes and Patrick counties, two children of Tilden Shelton, in Peters' Creek township, were struck by lightning and instantly killed. Tilden Shelton is a farmer who lives on the Levi Lackey place near the Virginia line. The victims, a little girl !> years of age. and an infant one year old. were near the door when the bolt of electricity fell. The child was in the arms of a nurse, who was unhurt by the crash. In the same storm two persons were killed by lightning in Patrick, but whose names have not been learned. Lightning did great damage through many sections of the northern part of this county and Patrick. A number of cows and calves were killed. At one place seven hogs were killed simultaneously. Many chickens were killed. Near Campbell in one grove 27 trees were counted blown down by the wind. Land was badly washed in some sec tions. wheat shocks torn down, and other crops injured. The effect of the storm in and around Danbury was light, though a cow was killed by lightning near Buck Island. From here the cloud was wit nessed with terror by many peo ple. Stretching clear across the northwestern horizon and high up. it was of inky blackness, and its fast approach was pre ceded by constant flashes of zigzag lightning. The cloud roared like a strong wind in the forest. The oldest citizens never witnessed a more terrify ing spectacle. Why Forage Crops Should Be Fed On The Farm? All products which can be fed to live stock, which have a mar ket value, have a double value to the farmer. This double value consists of their market or feed value and their fertilizer value. For instance, pasture crops yield their feed valu?. and in addition about }>o per cent of their fertili zer value is left on the land, for on an average only about 10 per cent of the feeds ar» retained by the live stock. Crops that must be harvested and fed in barns or anywh?re off th-> land where produced, yield the farmer a less value in plant foods returned to> the land, becausj of the losses which always take place in the handling of stable manure: but in any feed at least from one half to three-fourths of its fer tilizer value may be retained on the farm. Live stock, there fore, usually furnish the best j possible market for the coarse products of the farm because the feed value and the fertilizer value combined is almost always greater than the market value. In view of all these facts it may be put down as .an invariable rule that any product suitable' for feeding live stock should never be put into the ground direct as a fertilizer, for in such ' case its feeding value is lost: and that usually a coarse farm product should not be sold off the farm, because its feeling and fertilizer values ave usually greater than its market value. Raleigh (N. C.) Progressive Farmer and Gazette. At the conclusion of Secretary Nagel's address last week at Trinity College, President South gate announced that though unable to attend commencement exercises, B. B. Duke sent SIOO,OOO to the college to sup-' port it in the future. This makes $360,000 appropriated by philan thropists since commencement a 1 year ago and far above a mil lion for the Duke family since the college was moved to Durham. ,fj t CONCRETE FOR THE FARMER d n , Every Reader Should Investigate It: Possibilities and a Postal Cart v Will Get You a Book Easily Worth a Quarter 0 Concrete is the coming build e ing material there seems to bt ? little doubt of it. All sorts oi f things are being made out of con . Crete now—dwellings, barns. ? out-houses, silos, walks, water ; tanks, fence and telephone posts. . gutters, and so on and on. The . reasons for this ever widening ; range of usefulness are the in -1 creasing prices of timber and the j durability of concrete. A con crete building is there "for all ? time to come." as the saying goes: there is no danger of leak • age from the concrete tank: the ; concrete walk will lie hard and ? smooth undev all sorts of condi -1 tions. No wonder this new i material, comparatively speak i ing. is Incoming so popular. I even before Thos. A. Edison gets I his cheap concrete house-build ■ ing arrangements perfected. The cheapness of timber in the South has prevented the use I of concrete in this section to the same extent as in the North and West: but it is time now for Southern farmers to begin in vestigating concrete possibilities. 'As a first step, we would sug gest that every reader at all in terested write to the Atlas Port land Cement Co., Dept. 117, 30 Broad St.. New York, for a free copy of their book, "Concrete Construction on the Farm." This book would be cheap at 25 cents, and may easily be worth , many times that amount to any wide-awake farmer. We recommend you to do this I "on our own hook" and without any know ledge on the part of I the Atlas Cement people, just because we believe it will pay ' you. (let out that bunch of pos -1 tals and send one today. Lillian Cox Pilot Mt. Route 1, June 14. Dear Reporter : I am a little girl 12 years old. I went to school at Gibson school house. My teachers names were Mr. R. H. Mitchell, Jr., and Miss Alice Simmons. I studied geography, history, spelling and arithmetic. I like spelling best of all. Hello! Mr. Mitchell, why don't i you write to the Reporter? W'e all would be glad to hear from ' you through the Reporter. Your little friend, LILLIAN LOX. Facts^ YOU /jy LOSE "Mr MONEY you allow any of your S stock or poultry to remain sick a day. They give you less results in beef, pork, work, or eggs, when they are not in perfect health. Take a little interest In your own pocket book and doctor them up with Black-Draught Stock and Poultry Medicine It will pay you to do this. It has paid thousands of other successful fanners and stock and poultry raisers. This famous remedy is not i food, but a genuine, scientific med icine prepared from medicinal herbs and roots, acting on the liver, kid neys, bowels and digestive organs. Sold by all druggists, price 25 cents, 50 cents and sl. per can. Write toy rtloabk book: "Sucrm MedfcfetCo.. Chrthnoow. Teas. THE VALUE OF COWPEAS. I Nr. C R. Hudson, State Agent of F. C D Work, Reminds the Farmers of Their Importance. Ie King, June 20.—As the time >t is now here to sow cowpeas, we j wish to call the attention of our _ farmers or demonstration men to the importance of this crop, | as set forth in the subjoined J t s letter written and sent out for 4 publication by Mr. C. R. Hud- 1 y son. our State Agent of the' ; Farmer's Co-operative Demon . stration Work. l " I W. A. PETREE, County Agent F. C. D. Work. ; Again we desire to remind j .. farmers of the importance of' ; planting every available, culti-j e vated acre to cowpeas. They are valuable for the . following reasons: e They are a fairly good human .food. II They are one of our most I j nutritious foods for stock. I They shade the soil during the e . hottest part of the summer, 1 thus aiding in the formation of j .! valuable nitrates. If turned under, the vines add j . considerable fertility to the 1 land. s The presence of decaying . roots, stubble and vines in the j ] soil helps to convert mineral j 1 1 substances into plant food. |] j If picked, the peas alone are j s ? worth from eight to twelve dol- j ] j lars per acre. j ~ The vines that grow on ani . acre are worth from six to ten ; ] ! dollars for stock food. j i Through their roots peas, put I . into the soil from four to six 11 'dollars worth of nitrogen per ) acre. Most of our unprofitable J i ; soils are lacking in this sub- , > stance. ' The vines, roots and stubble ( 5 help to make the soil loose and ( i easily cultivated. ( ■■. They also absorb and retain ( moisture that will aid the next ] 5 crop to go through a drought; t easily. f The roots of peavines are good i subsoilers. They go to con-, ' siderable depth and open up the , ' earth so that air and water can J make a deeper soil. , Peas get their nitrogen from 1 * the air, free of cost to the farm- er. so that very little nitrogen ( lis needed in their fertilizers j I except for very |>oor soils. ;; Peas feed strongly upon the « supply of potash and phosphoric acid, therefore these substances x should be supplied to them, j j Many crops fail for lack of acid and potash. i The price of peas is high, but \ this does not keep the wise' j farmer from planting them. He j is thinking of the ten dollars in p value he is to receive later for|g every dollar invested in them now. 1 1 Let no farmer neglect to plant j ! abundantly of this important i | crop. Plant some for hay; I I plant some on poor land for g j turning under; plant some for L | grazing by horses, cows, hogs! ' and other farm stock: and by all means plant and cultivate a few , 1 acres from which to obtain seed j peas for next year's planting, j j Then you will rejoice if the t price is high. ! f Plenty of cowpeas on the a farm make lx>s?, fertile land, ( strong fine stock and contented, f ] prosperous farmers. i N C. R. HUDSON. 11 State Agent F. C. D. Work. | r t From Anna Kinj. s Westfield, June 6. 8 Dear Mr. Editor : Here comes another little girl ■to join your happy band. I sure ; c ,do like to read the dear old Re porter. tlello. Miss Phebe. what are you doing for fun since your school closed ? I am at my uncle's tonight, and am having t a good time. ! t lam 13 years old, and weigh I 99 pounds. Your little friend, ANNA KING. I THE DANBURY REPORTER OUT FOR THE HOUSE JOHN HENRY FAGG IN FIGHT Announcement Of the Wet Gentle man From Peter's Creek—His Platform "More Licker and Bet ter Licker,'* Fepeal Of the Home stead Law and Anti-Trust. The Hon. John Henry Fagg. of . Peter's Creek township, was in ; town Friday making announce ment of his candidacy for a seat iin the next legislature from j Stokes. The strongest plank in | Mr. Fagg's platform is "More Licker and Better Licker." Be jit understood that he is em , phatically and unquivocally wet, : from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet. But while being in favor of the unrestrict- j ed manufacture and sale of in- ■ toxicants. Mr. Fagg would enact rigid laws governing its use' For instance any person ! who gets drunk and renders: himself obnoxious, should bj j fined SIOO.OO. Other cardinal principles in | Mr. Fagg's creed are "repeal of the homestead exemption law" and "down with the trusts." A law that prohibits an honest poor man from procuring credit because a creditor can't realize his debt in the case of the deb tor's failure from any cause to pay. ought to be blotted off the statute books. The trusts and combinations of predatory wealth are sucking the life blood of the country, while the farmer who produces the wealth is pushed to make buckle and tongue meet, therefore the combination should be dissolved bv law. Mr. Fagg will ally himself with no particular party, but will solicit the votes of persons of all parties who are in favor of the princepuls which he advo cates. He will be the candidate of the pee-pul. He is the ideal candidate for local self-govern ment. Pilot Mt. Route 3. Pilot Mt.. Route 3, June 20. Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Burge visited at Mr. L. M. Dodson's Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Ashburn visited their sister Sunday, Mrs. M. T. Childress. Messrs. Lacy Fulk and Claud Jones visited at Mr. S. F. Pell's Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Walker visited Mrs. Walker's parents last Sunday. Mr. L. T. Adams and family visited at Mr. Gwyn's Sunday. Miss Mary Burge visited Miss Lucy Bennett Sunday. Mr. Tom Burge attended areaching at Stony Creek last Sunday. Mr. Tom Childress' baby died :he 14th, and was buried the 16 it the Quaker church. Rev. Joe Simmons will fill his ippointment at Sulphur Springs Saturday night and Sunday. Let everybody come and hear lim. JOLLY GIRL. "It cured me," or "It saved the life of my child," are the ex- i pressions you hear every day about Chamberlain's Colic,: Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. 1 This is true the world over where this valuable remedy has been introduced. No other medicine in use for diarrhoea or \, bowel complaints has received I such general approval. The Becret of the success of Cham berlain's Colic, Cholera ard Diarrhoea Remedy is that it cures. Sold by all dealers. Timber For Sale. I have 517 acres of finely tim bered land which I will sell ths timber from at a bargain. Tim-1 ber easy to reach. See or write me at once. L. W. McKINNEY, j Gap, Stokes Co?*, NN t C.' !; YOUR MONEY IS ON DEPOSIT AT ; BOYLES BROS. CO. " j Until you are satisfied, and will be paid back to you on de mand, in case our Clothing fails to give entire satisfaction. We show all the new things in Clothing, Hats and Furnish ings. BOYLES BROS. CO WINSTON • SALEM, N. C. / ttimiiim n MIUHHIH [ Save The Freight""! When you need Furniture why not save paying the railroads a lot of freight by buying from me. I keep Z on hand J. E. Shelton's make of I Up-To-Date Furniture at Factory Prices I W Anything usually kept in a General Store will A A he found here—Men's Ready-Made Clothing, A Z Hats, Shots, Dress-Goods, Notions, Sewing Z Z Machines, all kinds of Grooerieb, Etc. Prioes that will please you. * Z I Always Pay the Highest Market Price for X # All Kinds of Country Produce. Z | E. C. Sheppard, I X SMITH and DANBURY, N. C., Routes No. I. ft I .1 If You Want the Best Threshing Rig Built For the Money Let Me Make You Prices On the HUBER MACHINES Tlte H niter Holler u t( Haulm* IH given tip to betheca«le»t nt earned, hhliih le«H witter and . i any I toiler built, it* It ha* return tubu lar. and liiih .t iv-dr* inu «te tut linn-en* tliut no other boiler has. I can furnlxli t lii»~Troiu «to :«> It. |> Portable Tractions, any sixe you want. Separatm-H. M'lf-renul«iluu. from 18 x IfcJ Inch to 40x(K). The only Bep >t rut or luillt tlmt IH iluuble lielted on each side, with only two belts to the mm-hltie. Them* are tltted with adjustable Itelt tighteners. This machine IH titled with iiljuntHl>le rlddlen that yon may adjust to any kind of thrilling without Hto|t|ilng the machine, which Is a great sav ing ofiltne. I have one tif the Hmall separators at Pilot Mt. that I will IH* |ilt-IINEL to MIIOW any one at any time. 1 can make terms to nuit any one waiting a time deal. Let me have your order for any thing you need lu machinery. I will give you a square dealevery time. CutiilogM for the ankiug. T V THODC WESTFIELD I.J. 11 IViKC NORTH CAROLINA. WARNING TO ROOFING BUYERS Ri-jJJ THERE ARE MANY IMITATIONS OF jSp Vulcanite Roofing The genuine has the trade mark of • the Vulcan Man on every wrapper. Ir MEmI Easy to put on. KFjffi J The cost is very low. Adaptable for every kind and style of KSSfSiI building. The roof that last*. For sale only by L^=^J Joyce & Bowles, Walnnt Cove.
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