THE DANBURY REPORTER.
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■rOLUME XXXIX.
I ROM D. S. WATKINS
I FAVOR OF GOOD ROADS
kuld Be Willing to Be Double-
Taxed For the Next Ten Years—
Description of July 4 Celebration
At Meadows of Dan
Pazasro, Va., July 11.
Editor Reporter :
When I was last at home I
looked over several Reporter's
and was glad to see the stand
you are taking for good roads.
Good roads is the most needful
thing to build up Stokes county.
We have churches, school houses,
and bridges over the most of
the county, but no roads to get to
them only gullies with a few
0 rocks thrown in them. Now, Mr.
Smarty will say he wants good
roads because he travels all the
time. I go in a vehicle,
and can travel over most any
kind of roads, besides I do very
I little traveling in Stokes, while
fee farmers have to haul their
pops to market and the fer
ilizer back. If you have a
Farm to sell and a buyer looks
it over and likes it, then he will
ask you where you market your!
produce, and about' the roads. 1
Nine times out of ten you will
lose a trade and the neighbor
hood a good citizen.. wish to
call vour attention J '.& piece of
road I have trp'.'Vied over. Not
long since, and there is lots of
1 roads just as bad in the county.
The road is from Piney Grove
, church to the Buck Island
bridge. Its right up one steep
bank and down another all the
way. I met a team of mules
scratching like t lit y would
burst their heai l out trying to
get up the hill. Now every one
of those banks could be graded
around and make a fairly good
road out of it. 1 think the
■ thing to do is to work the roads ,
by taxation, and that would
furnish employment for the
young manhood of our county;
and they would not have to go
to public works to find labor. •
i They would stay in the county i
and help build it up. They say
that the reason they were 'in
favor of working toads by
taxation was because they had
L no real estate. 1 have real
estate, doesn't make any dif
ference whose name it is in, the
taxes are paid. If I owe any;
one anything, all thoy have to
do is to present their claim and
' get the money for same. I;
would be willing for the taxes to
be doubled for the next ten
years, if we could have good:
roads. . |
I wish to give a little descrip-1
tion of the fourth over here at;
Meadows of Dan, as it was on |
my way. Every one here goes !
to celebrate. The merchants all i
r closes up their stores anji go. j
Everyone seemed to enjoy the !
, i/f jurth. The Oddfellows had a
[/(trade, a band, and a very able
(jfldress on Oddfellowism. Old
w ohn Barleycorn was there. In
I Evidence some of the refresh
[ iient stands had banjo play
r Tng and dancin?.-, others had i
r young ladifcrt singing -.md graph-j
and all carried
lftl».ii>fd in the evening iVne j
■s down in the mud
was leaning up again;-
Hvo or three fights, atid you j
hear .short it ig on the out
Hkirts of the cro.vl nut for!
fall they seemed to enjoy it. A;:
Pi drove out in th j evening I
r overtook fiv-j boys, ail drunk.
with bottles in tne:r hip p>>cket. : .
[ Their ages would from
10 to 15 years old. i iiave never
seen as many men and bovs
drunk in all of my life. There
is no such in N. C. that can half
way compete with them, but for
all it did not seem to mar the
pleasure of the crowd.
I wish to say to my friend A.
J. F., of Walnut Cove, if he
wants to go fishing to meet me
at Snowvflle, Va. Friend Sam
Hall, the Postmaster there who
\ has a nice boat on Gcason Town
pond, invited me to come any
I time and stay as long as I please
and have the use of his boat
tackle. Then we could go to
A. W. Dehart's at the moqth of,
I Indian. He has a boat on little
| river, then go to Rufus Harris
I on Burks Fork, then to Ages
[ from there back to
I Mrwmwt of Dan. Now I have
aspadalinvitation to stop and
FARMERS INSTITUTE
DANBURY AND WALNUT COVE
Dates August 9 and 10—Mr. I. G.
Ross Very Anxious For The
Farmers to Attend These Ques
tions.
Mr. Editor:
I wish to use your paper to
notify the people of Stokes coun
ty of our yearly Institute which
will be held in Danbury on
August 9 and at Walnut Cove on
August 10. We will have a lady
with them to talk to the ladies
of our county. #
Now I mean to extend a gen
eral invitation to every one in
the county and ask them to eith
er attend at Danbury or at Wal
nut Cove. I will also say that it
is the duty of the men in the coun
ty to bring their wives out for our
benefit and happiness largely de
pends upon the wives and moth
ers of our county, therefore they
should have the very best and
most instructive part of the days
work, and that is the part they
will get if they will attend. I
want every one of the committee
to work for a good crowd at both
places, especially at Danbury for
I was very much displeased at
our crowd last year. There is j
nothing that has been more help
to the farmers of North Carolina 1
than the* institutes that have!
been held in the State. Lcok :it
the science used in fanning 10-,
day, and it all came through the
institute and today fanning
withuut science is a back number
and the man that tries to farm j
without it is compelled to do a j
lot of hard manual labor, making!
the products of his farm cost,
much more than the scientific!
fanners would. I never have:
extended an invitation to the (
neyro Maimers of, our county;
heretofore, but I i» »w ask them |
to coine ou and hear cur speak
ers and they had bettor come to
Danbury as our room may be
limited at the Cove. We want
the negro farmer not to be
hind in his fanning, for that
would pull us back wards instead
of forwards. I will be at both
places and to meet a good
crowd. It shows our intelligence
to turn out on that day and every
body is expecced to bring their
dinner unless they orefer going
to the hotels, both are good and
the rates as cheap as could be
! expected.
I. G. ROSS, Chairman.
/
; Never leave home on a journey
1 without a bottle of Chamber
lain's Colic, Cholera and,Diar
! rhoea Remedy. It- is almost cer-
I tain to be needed and cannot be
I obtained when on board the cars.
,or steamships. For sale by all
j druggists.
If you should undertake to
pick tobacco worms off one by
one, in some sections your neigh
bors would laugh at you and
wonder if you knew that Lsehad
: surrendered. Get an Acme nu
i chine and jyou will wonder why
! yon never tliouyht of it before,
i You caa oot ;.iVord to hire a man
lo pick toba o wortns when you
can do it for le.-s titan his board.
I'tiee sl.lX). For further infoi
'maiioa .vldu • ACME DISTRi
jBUriNO'O, lieidsv-J!e, N. 0
v: «- i:is UFK.
, I
] 'Tw ot- •• y ears age lan
;awful d ;s. writes. 11. b.
Martin Port Herrelson, S. C.
| "I'K.ators said i had consumption
I and the uivad.'u! cough 1 had
looked 'like u, sure enough. 1
tried everything, I could hear of,
for my cough and was under the
treatment of the best doctor in
Georgetown, S. C. for a year,
but coulu get no relief. A
friend advised me to try Dr.
King's New Discovery. I did so,
and was comqletely cured. I
feel that I owe my life to this
grert throat and lung cure." Its
positively guaranteed for coughs,
colds and all bronchial affections.
50c & SI.OO Trial bottle free at all
Druggists. .
if you want any snake bite medi
cine better briny it along as
this iy dry territory. I don't
think Whi oeed t0 bumble
n't seen but one
DANBURY, N. C., JULY 19, 1911.
J. M. WOOD WRITES
ENDORSES SIMMONS BILL
Former Stokes Citizen Enthusiastic
On The Question of Good Roads
The Chance For the F«rmers
Union.
Lexington, N. C. July 10.
Editor Reporter:
I have just finished reading
the speech of Senator Simmons
on "Government Aid for Im
provement and Maintenance of
Postal Roads." In this speech
the Senator has touched a note
for which I have been listening
for a long time, and has advanc
ed an idea which could be taken
up with profit by the Farmers'
Union. I beg to say this because
good roads is the most important
issue with which the farmer has
to deal today, for of what gocd
is a low Tariff or Reciprocity if
the farmer cannot get to market
what he has to sell without the
burden of the heavk it cost of
transportation known in the
commercial world today?
The Farmers' Union is organ
ized in order to enable the farm
ers to get together on questions
of equal benefit to all, and by
joining together i - >me concert
ed movemer*. « 4 .ir influence
would soon 1. ;dt to an extent
' which "Would muse the Govern
j ment to realize- mat every other
industry has had help in one
, form or another and that now
the time has come to extend the
helping hand to the men who are
in all reality the back-bone of the
I nation.
We have seen what it meant
Ito the manufacturers to have
that aid. We have seen what it
'meant to the lailroads to have
: that aid. It has enabled them
' both to grow to an extent that is
! almost incredible and the end of
| growth is not yet. The manu
facturers and nr'lroads got the
aid because they went and asked
Uncle Samuel for it, which the
farmers have never done except
once. The IV' .nvrs can get aid
if they will act in a close body,
anil in a few your? the matter of
roads being settled they will le
on the highway of prosperity in
a manner which can not come
about through any other source.
I have been over a great por
tion of the South and I find that
in every instance where the
roads are good, people are in good
shape and the reverse where
they are bad. I don't know
whether prosperity follows good
roads or the other way around,
but certain it is prosperity and
good roads go hand in hand.
J. M. WOOD.
New Arrivals at Piedmont.
Misses Emery Barber, Edwina
Lockett, Kate and Lillian Jenkins,
Kathleen Simpsom, Pearl and
| Mary Medearis, of Winston-
Salem; Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Ricks,
and son Pearson, Mrs. Phin Ho -
: ton and son, Phin, Jr., Mrs.
|A. F. Mpses and
Mioses Elsie and Marguerite,
Mrs. Capt. Crutchfield, Mrs.
Mrs. Ralph Siewers, and child
ren, L. A. O'Obrien, and Mr.
anrl Mrs. John T. Simpson and
son James and other children,
of Winston-Salem C. E. Ilualv's
and Mrs. Hughes, and dau.4'!:;iM\
Miss Sarah Hughes, and other
smaller children, of Danville, Va.;
Mrs. C. S. Walters and sod, or
Pilot Mountain: N. R. Medearis
of Winston; T. M. Puryear,
Danville, A. D. Barnes,
Atlanta: Mr. and Mrs '!'. S
Fleshman, and daughev,
dine, of Kernesville; Mrs. /-.
D. Murray and son, Jack Mur
ray, ot' Greensboro; W. M. Wal
ters, H. H. Harrson, of Mayodan;
; Young, R. J. Chilton, C. L.
|of Danbury; Miss Senith
; Johnson,, of Ohio; Miss Zilla
j Simmons, of Greensboro; Her
bert Thurston and J. N. Kauf
man, of Richmond, Va. ; R. A.
Everett, of New Haven, Conn.;
Misses Bonnie Moore, of Al
tamahaw; and Miss Daisy
Richardson, of Liberty; and
many others.
A PEEP INTO HIS POCKET,
would show the box of Bucklen's
Arnic Salve that E. S. Loper, a
carpenter, of Marilla, N. Y. al
ways carries." I have never had
a cut, wound, bruise, or sore it
would not soon heal," he writes.
Greatest healer of burnt, boils,
scalds, chapped hands and lips,
AT NETTLE RIDGE
REFRESHING RAIN FALLS
But Tobacco Is Very Sorry —Death
of Matt Louis Allen—Other
Items.
Nettle Ridge, July 14.— Dear
Reporter I am glad to tell you
since our last letter we have had
a good refreshing rain.
Corn crops are looking well,
but there is very little
tobacco around here that is
worth a good plowing.
Messrs. John and Williard Sim
mons, from Missouri, and Fulsa
Okla arf spending their vacation
with their parents here.
Mrs. J. A. Ashburn, who has
been visiting here returned
home this morning, accompanied
by Mrs. J. T. Ayers and two
sons.
Miss Jennie C. Clark continues
very low.
Mr. Matt Louis Allen,
was killed by a passenger train
at Marion Va., and was brought
home and buried in the family
burial ground Friday. Mr.
Allen had been sent off for his
health and was reported doing
nicely until Tuesday when a tele
gram was received announcing
his death. He leaves a good wife
and several small children, one
sister and mother to mourn his
loss besides his many friends. It
has just been a few days over
5 months since his brother, Will
committed suicide by cutting
his throat.
Mibs Alpha Simmons gave her
young friends an enjoyable birth
day party hist Tuesday night,
refreshments being served at
10 "o'clock.
Mr. Turner Shockley from
R)an >ke was in our midst Wed
nesday night.
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V HOW TO ATTRACT WEALTH. )
C A Georgia gentleman, who is spending some time J
M in this section, expresses surprise at the inaction of V
\ the people of Stokes county, with reference to the #
C public roads, when, he observes, they have such a M
M resourceful country, that might bring them riches. V
\ He says that only a few years ago his country built #
C good roads, and that the enterprise had the effect of w
# turning a naturally poor region into a very wealthy
\ one. Property values were enhanced from 3 to 5
% hundred per cent. Two millionaires from the north w
f attracted by the easy transportation, bought land %
and established estates either of which is finer than C
V Vanderbilt's "Biltmore," near Asheville. Every class w
# of people was benefited by the influx of wealth and X
industry that foHoweJ the good road.s
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V'
SIX HORSES BURNED
AT WALNUT COVE SUNDAY
Early Morning Fire Destroys Liv-'
ery Business of Mr. Light Isom — |
No Insurance.
Early last Sunday morning
fire completely destroyed the
livery stable of Mr. Light Isom
at Walnut Cove, including six'
head of horses, a lot of feed
stuff, harness, 50 bushels of
corn, etc. Mr. Isom had no
insurance, and his loss is about
$1,200.
It is not known .how the fire
originated. The stable, which
was just in the rear of the Ful
ton store, was discovered by
some one to be afire, and the
alarm was quickly given. An
effort was made to get out the
stock, but the poor frightened
animals perished before they
could be rescued. One of the
teams lost cost $550.00, and had
been purchased only a short
while.
General sympathy is felt for
Mr. Isom, who loses about all
he possessed by the fire.
If we are not able to build good
roads now will you kindly tell us
when we will be able to build
them.
I
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I'ARSON 8 POKJI \ C'.iM.
From Rev. 11. Stubenvoll, j
Allison, la., in praise of Dr.
King's New Life Pills. "They're
such a health necessity.
In e\v-rv home these pills should 1
be.
1 t'other kinds vou'w tried in vain, :
USE Dlt. KING'S
And be well again. 2oc at all'
Druggists.
P&DMONTTHRONG
THE CROWD GROWS LARGER
About 325 Guests At the Popular
Resort—Some Idea of What Good
Roads Would Mean.
At this writing there are 147
guests in the hotel at Piedmont,
while all the cottages are full,
numbering something like 150,
making close to 325 people at
tending the popular resort.
> This is one of the most suc
cessful seasons in the history of
Piedmont. It is learned that
Moore's Springs are also taxed
to their fullest capacity.
The large crowds of people
constantly coming in from var
ious parts of the United States,
principally the Carolinas and
Virginia, only give one some idea
of the immense patronage this
region would enjoy fiom the
outside world if we had trans
portation.
A gentleman who is a wealthy
resident of Winston-Salem told
the Reporter the other day that
with a good road to this section
the number of visitors we would
have for several months every
year would be limited only by
our capacity to accommodate
them.
The quests all have money to
sf :nd, all must eat, and all must
be waited on. This would mean
the spending of thousands upon
thousands of dollars, in this
community, ninety per cent, of
which would necessarily go into
the pockets of the farmers.
Far summer diarrhoea in chil
!ren always give Chamberlain's
t'olic, Cholera and Diarrhoea
tiemedy and castor ojl and a
spaedy cure is certair" 'For sale
by all druggists.
No. 2,09