THE DANBURY REPORTER.
VOLUME XXXIX.
VOTES STILL COMING
MISS ROXIE TAYLOR LEADS
Two of the Young Lady
Pass the Thousand Mark—Now Is
A Good Time to Put In Some Work.
Miss Roxie Taylor, of
Campbell, 1,575
Miss Daisy Dearmin, of
Westfield, 1,425
Miss Jettie Morefield, of
Sandy Ridge Route 1, 950
Miss Mary Matthews, of
German ton, 870
Miss Lucy Joyce, of Sandy
Ridgg, 840
Miss Annie McAnally, of
Saxon, 675
Miss Mabel Petree, of
Walnut Cove, 675
Miss Lucy Lackey, of
Campbell, 650
Miss America King, of
Pilot Mt., 500
Miss Louella Fulp, of Wal
nut Cove, 425
Miss Minnie Roberts, of
Dilllard, 350
Miss Maud Neal, of Pine
Hall, 305
Miss Duo Smith, of Iredell
county, 160
Miss Mae Wall, of Madi
son, 150
Miss Annie Blair, of Dan
bury, , 140
Miss Effie Gentry, of
King, 100
Miss Effie Blackwell, of
Pine Hall, 100
Miss Mally Redman, of
King, 30
Miss Jennie Reid, of
King, 25
Since the last issue of the
Reporter a big jump has occur
red in the figures of some of the
candidates in the Voting Contest,
while a number of new candida
tes' names have been sent in by
their friends. One person who
settled for an ad turns in a
thousand votes for one of the
candidates. To Miss Roxie Tay
lor, of Campbell, goes the honor
of leading this week.
The publishers of the Reporter
are this week mailing out full in
structions and details to the lady
candidates, to enable them to do
some effective work for them
selves. The lady who does the
hardest work always wins, and
you will see the figures climb
higher and higher from this
time on.
Every person in Stokes county
who is not a subscriber of the
Danbury Reporter, should take
the paper for one or more years
and cast the votes for the girl of
choice to go on the jolly trip to
the seacoast next summer. Every
person who owes on subscription
for back-dues should settle up to
date and in advance, and give
the votes to the favorite lady to
win this happy outing. All
amounts paid m for subscription,
job work or advertising count
the same. SI.OO counts for 100
votes.
•Some earnest, steady work
from now till the end of the con
test will certainly mean a great
thing when the votes are counted.
If you show to your mends that
you are not interested enough to
work for yourself will not
Public Auction Sale!
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1911.
On Saturday, Dec. 16,1911,1 will sell at
public auction to the bidder for cash, at
King, N. C., the following:
One Rip Saw, one Band Saw, different kinds of turn
lathes for turning table legs, bed poets, and porch
posts. One wagon spoke turner, twenty iron board
tables, one Dressing Machine, Shafting. Several
_ different kinds of shafting wheels.
Many other things too numerous to mention.
Also several different kinds of farming tools.
*
Everybody come to the tale, which will
begin at one o'clock 9. M.
E. Oscar Caudle
-KINO, - - - N. C.
feel interested enough to work
for you. But show them that
you would appreciate being elec
ted, and you will get their help,
jdon't forget that. Write to your
friends to help you. They will
gladly do so. Who would miss
or care for a dollar, when it
brings you the Reporter a whole |
year, and at the same time en- j
titles you to cast 100 votes for:
some pretty, attractive girl. And
then when you elect her, she
will appreciate having you ac-|
company her on the trip to the j
seashore next spring or summer.
One of the interesting features
of this contest will be the election
of the chaperone. This will be
done by the girls themselves,
after the contest is over, and
there will doubtless be many
ladies who would consider it an
honor to accompany the girls on
the trip, at the expense of the
Reporter. This will probably
be a married lady,. but this is
not necessarily so, as whoever
the girls elect will be chosen.
Cut out the coupons every
week, one of which appears in
every issue of the Reporter.
Save them, or better still, send
them into the office now to be
cast for the girl of your choice,
and thus her to be of
good hope of winning. It is a
great thing to have good heart if
you would win, and those who
are holding back votes to be cast
later inthe contest may encourage
others to help their favorite by
casting the votes now. i
Remember the contest closes
the 20th of January, and the
time is not long off. Remember
that it costs no person a cent to
vote, and every person should
vote.
Prof. Smith Leaves For Raleigh.
Professor J. T. Tmith, county
Superintendent of Schools, left
yesterday to attend the North
Carolina Teachers' Assembly, in
session at Raleigh from Novem
ber 29 to December 2. The
Teachers Assembly is usually
held in the summer at one of the
watering places, or one of the
seaeoast resorts, but this time it
was set for winter; and is to be
in session at the same time and
place with the Primary Teachers'
Association, the County Super
intendents' Association, the City
Superintendents' Association,
and the Association of School
Principals. Avery elaborate pro
gram has been prepared, and
this will be the greatest gather
ing of teachers and educational
ists the State has ever witnessed.
It will be attended by thousands
of teachers from this and other
States.
Andy Brswa Makes a Tea-Strike.
Mr. Andy Brown was here
from Gap Monday. Mr. Brown
this year sold $309.00 of tobacco
grown on one acre of ground.
Mr. Brown says the thing for
the farmers to do is to stop cul
tivating so much land, and work
that which they do use, better.
He plowed that tobacco every
week, he says, and it responded
to his careful treatment with
hard dollars.
Mr. Taylor is here from
Guilford College to spend Thanks
giving with his relatives.
DANBURY, N. C., NOVEMBER 29, 19!!.
[THE DRY PRIZERY
RUNNING ON FULL TIME
Tobacco Continues to Come In Every
Day—Something About the Oper
ation Of the Plant —Farmers
Should Be Proud of It.
A Reporter man had the pleas
ure of visiting the dry prizery of
the Farmers' Union at Walnut
Cove this week and found every
thing moving along nicely. To
bacco was coming in right along,
notwithstanding the dry weather,
and the big force of hands em-
Eloyed by the company were very
usy taking care of it. While
we were there Mr. E. A. Roth
roth was among those who
brought in tobacco. His load of
1300 pounds averaged between
14 and 15 cents.
The personnel of the force in
charge at the dry prizery is as
follows : J. Spot Taylor, general
manager; J. A. Winslow, grader
and assistant to Mr. Taylor; W.
£. Hartman. book-keeper; A. B.
Motley, assistant book-keeper ;
Sterling James, packing over
seer; Cicero Voss, engineer. A
large force of laborers are em
ployed. We were very favorably
impressed with tho business-like
methods in whi' i everything
about the pla- ; U carried on.
It is quite i. unresting to watch
the process of reordering and
prizing the tobacco. The machine
| which does the work is probably
fifty feet in length by about 12
feet wide and 10 feet high. As
the tobacco is brought in and
graded it is put on sticks and
these are hung on the endless
chains which extend throughout
the entire length of the machine.
It requires about 45 minutes for
the tobacco to pass through the
machine. The first section of
the machine through which it
passes is heated to about 200 de
grees, which dries the stem and
leaf to a perfect crispness. It
then passes into another section,
where it is steamed and reorder
ed just enough to be handled BO
that it may be packed into the
hogsheads and prized. After
this it is stored away in the
mammoth shed nearby. The
machine used is of the very la
test and best type, and does the
work perfectly.
The grading of the tobacco as
it comes in, which is a mighty
important matter, is done to per
fection. We noticed that in the
various grades there were parts
of numerous crops of tobacco, but
each entire pile looked as if it
might all have been that partic
ular grade from only one im
mense crop, so perfectly was it
matched. The dry prizery peo
ple were indeed fortunate in se
curing Mr. Winslow. He is an
expert in his profession.
The transaction of placing to
bacco in the dry prizery is a very
simple matter. A farmer ar
! rives with a lot and it is soon un
| loaded, graded and weighed. The
I owner is then given a certificate
1 show howing many pounds each
' grade pi the load contained and
; the price the respective grades
are bringing on the market. The
farmer is then pai' 60 per cent,
of the total amount. The certi
ficate for 40 per cent, of the
amount is held by the farmer
i until the dry prizery disposes of
j the tobacco, and the farmer gets
the advantage of the rise in
j price, after the cost of redrying,
! interest and insurance has been
j deducted, which will be only a
. small matter when it is divided
j among all the patrons of the
■ dry prizery.
I Another well is being dug at
the dry prizery this week in
order that there may be no
scarcity of water at any time.
The camp rooms, stables, etc.,
were finished some time since.
They are well constructed and
substantial buildings, the camp
rooms being ceiled and having
good fire-places, so that fanners
coming from a distance may
spend the night comfortably.
Taken as a whole the dry
prixery is complete in every par
ticular and is a credit to those
who established it It deserves
the liberal patronage of the far
mars.
For pains in the side or chest
dampen a piece of flannel with
GhamberUun's Liniment and bind
it en offer the seat of pain. There
isaothiae better. by
aa dialer*.
Boys' Overcoat*. Boyles Mer
cantile Co.
BEN HAMLIN TRIED
*
:ON TIE CHARGE OF SLANDER
Suit Compromised in Which Mr. M. j
D. Size more Was Prosecutor— j
Hearinf Before Justice John J*. j
Redding Monday Night.
Ben Hamlin, a young man aefed j
about 2c, was trird before Jus-j
tice John M. Redding, on Ger-j
manton Route 1, Monday night,;
on the charge of slandering!
Misses Prances and China Size-1
more, the young daughters of
Mr. M. D. Sizemore. The suit j
was conpromised.
The warrant was sworn out !
by the father, and was served by i
Deputy Sheriff Thos. S. Petree, I
of Danbury, who was summoned |
by phone and who found Hamlin
working at Grabb's saw-mill near
Mr, W. J. Johnson's.
At the trial, it was proved that
Hamlin had done some very
strong talking about improper
relations with the girls, or about
Miss Frances Sizemore, but i
strange to say, Miss Frances,
who was present, was a witness
for the defendant, and after
hiring all of the testimony,
Justice Redding advised a com
ibmise, which was effected. On
OB trial, Miss Sizemore testified
tfiit Wes Sizemore, who was the
principal witness against Hamlin,
had written her several letters
proposing that they (Wes and
Miss Frances) elope. This was
denied by Wes, who has been
married to a second wife only
about two months. It is under
stood that Hamlin and Miss
Frances are very much in love
with each other, and that they
both declare that they expect to
marry each other soon.
Miss Frances Sizemore is about
19 years old, and Miss China
about 17. Both are said to be
good looking young women.
When Deputy Petree arrested
Hamlin at the milk another em
ploye, named Trotter, a young
fellow about 23, who had been
covertly watching the officer,
suddenly threw down the lines of
the teanrr he was driving, and ex
claiming 'Take these d n
bulls," ran over another hand
who got in his way, knocking
him down, and skedaddling into
the woods. He has not since
been seen or heard from, and it
is the opinion of the sawmill peo
ple that Trotter had been up to
some deviltry, and was expecting
to be arrested himself. He did
not stay for his wages, nor stood
on the order of his going. He
hailed from some where in the
eastern part of the State, and
was a stranger in the neighbor
hood. Hamlin is also a stranger,
being from the eastern section
of the State.
Two Trial* Saturday.
A civil action of Roy Benton,
col., against "Matthews & Hicks,
I for an account, was tried before
: Justice of the Peace N. A. Mar
; tin here Saturday, and won by
l the defendants. The facts as
reported to the Reporter are as
I follows: Benton had worked
I for the defendants at their saw
(mill. Previously, Benton's
| father had owed a note at the
bank on which the defendants
i had endorsed, and had to pay.
> Benton, having been by his
I father, Louis Benton, pronounc
led a minor, in the dealings be
tween the plaintiff and defen
dant, the defendants retained
the wages of the minor for the
debt of the father and refused to
allow this, and persuaded his son
to bring suit for the debt in his
own (the son's) name. The
Jvstice held that the wages due
the plaintiff should be applied to
the debt which the defendants
owed to the plaintiff, inasmuch
as the evidence showed that the
plaintiff was a minor.
On the same day, before Jus-;
tice I. G. Ross, at Meadows, a
criminal action was tried against
Roy Bwtw, on a warrant sworn
out by J. H. Matthews. The
action was dismissed by the
magistrate at equal costs to the
defendant and the prosecutor.
On# trip over the road between
Danboiy and Walnut Cove In ita
present condition certainly ought
to make a good roads advocate
out of the moat unprogressiva
citizen of the county.
Center Tables. Boyles Mercan
tile Oa
RCYAL
BAKINGPOWDER
Absoh 5 »/y Pure
The only Bakfc a t Powder made
fromßoyal Craj/e Cream of Tartar
[ WO ALUM, HO LIME PHQBPHATE
DILLARD NEWS.
Mr. Bud Kington and Miss Julina
Mabe Wedded—Personals of In
terest.
Dillard, Nov. 28.-Mr. Ed
Carroll, of Winston, was here
vpcttprrlflv
Mr. R. T. Jones, of Walker
town, spent last night in our
town. He is buying beef cattle.
Mr. J. Ham Mitchell returned
last night from a visit to Bas
sett, Virginia.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob James spent
last week visiting relatives in
Proximity.
Mr. Bud Kington and Mies
Julina Mabe were united in mar
riage at Esq. J. Wilson Mitchell's
last Sunday.
Mr. J. R. Poindexter, sales
man for the Danville Hardware
Co., was here today.
Mrs. Mat Martin is improving
slowly we learn.
Rev. C. Manuel, of Mayodan,
preached at Oak Grove last Sun
day.
A.
Mr. Hayes Duggins Looses a Good
Mule-Other 111 Luck.
A good mule belonging to Mr.
Hayes Duggins died last Thurs
day. The animal had been sick
for some months, and unable to
work, though it ate with a good
appetite. On Thursday Hayes
carried it to the creek and
watered it, and brought it back i
to the stable and fed it The j
animal had suffered with a great 1
shortness of breath, and coughed j
slightly occasionally. After it
had been fed, Hayes was at
tracted back to the stable, and
found his mule bleeding copious
ly from the mouth and nostrils.
It coughed a time or two, and
seemed unable to breathe, when
suddenly it forced up a strong
sluice of blood, reared up on its
hind legs and fell dead. Mr.
Duggins is puzzled to know what
kind of a disease the mule was
suffering with, and would like to
hear from some one through the
Reporter.
Mr. Duggins has had a run of
what he calls bad luck lately.
Some weeks ago, one night, an
animal of some kind carried off
eighteen of his chickens in one
night A few days latter a
vicious dog seriously bit one of
his children. Then came the
death of his mule, and last (we
hope) on Monday of this week
his fattening hog fell and broke
its leg.
Hayes is considering the ad
visability of sending for witch
doctor Mart Brown, of Moore's
Springs, who is said to have the
power to break spells.
Mr. Ed Smith has returned
from the Pasteurian hospital at
Raleigh, where he went last
week for treatment to ward off
hydrophobia. Mr. Smith had
been bitten by a spiteful hog,
and the head of the swine was
sent to Raleigh for examination,
whereupon the chemists pro
nounced it not infected ; and so
Ed came back helped mightly.
COUPON
Public School Teachers' Voting Contest
I hereby cut 25 votes for Miss
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Danbury Reporter's School Teacher*' Voting Cpntept
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No. 2,064
SAY, MR. MERCHANT
ARE YOU HAVING GOOD TRADE?
If Not Why Not Try to Put Some
Life Into Your Dead Business
With Printer's Ink—Try A Hand
same Holiday Ad In The Dsn
bury Reporter—We Are Fixed
For You Now.
From now until the last of the
year, through the holidays, many
merchants will have to hustle if
they get rid of their stocks of
goods. After Christmas busi
ness gets dull, and people kind
of stop spending their money.
The way to do it is to strike
fast while the iron is hot. If
you find your trade dull, study
over it a minute and you will
learn that people like to spend
their money where things look
lively. In other words people
like to spend their money best
with merchants who advertise.
This is as true as gospel. And
there is a reason for it The
advertiser generally has some
thing to sell, it is good stuff, too,
and usually fresh, and he
doesn't mind telling the people
to come in and look his stock
over, and the people go there in
preference to trading with a
dead man—a fellow with a per
petual grouch, who looks sour
and always out of sorts, who
never has anything new, and
never advertises—this kind of
fellow believes that everybody
j knows him anyway, and what's
! the use to advertise. But peo-
Ele don't go out of their way to
uy goods these days—you must
make it attractive for them if
you expect to sell. You must
let them know that you are in
the world, and want their busi
ness.
There is no other way in which
a Stokes county merchant can so
well let the people know what
he has to sell, and how many in
ducem en ts he offers to the trade,
than through the columns of the ~
Danbury Reporter which every
body in Stokes and then some
reads every week.
The Reporter has just received
a large line of handsome Christ
mas cuts, or electrotypes, with
which we can put a very attrac
tive picture in your ad, and draw
the attention of the people to
what you have. Now is the
time to sell your goods, during
the month of December, and the
Reporter is ready to help you
sell them. Write, phone or
come. We know how to write
up ads, and know how to set
them up into type.
Prof. M. T. Chilton is Dan
bury's intensive farmer. He
has been bombarding the rocks
on his land in the upper end of
town with dynamite, and is get
ting it in fine fix. He pronoun
ces the .use of the explosion
method as the simplest and
most effective way of removing
obstructions from land.
Car of Salt Boyles Mercantile
Co.