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DANBURY REPORTER VOLUME XL. FISH MR. WEES i c » ; ( Will Not Be A Candidate ' f For Any Political Olfi~e. , SOME PREDICTIONS; ►. '1 Thinks the Progressive Party ■ Will Take the Country At !] An Early Date N Mr. Editor : If you will be kind enough to , grant me space I wish to make ] some\vhat of an explanation to j '"'my political friends in the coun- . ty. It has already been suggested , by quite a few that I become a 1 ( candidate for Clerk of the Court | in the coming campaign. Know- j ( ing that I have a host of friends | in the county who would like to J know, and who have a right to ! ( know my feelings in th? matter, |j I decided it was just that such explanation be made now. Under existing circumstances, | considering my business con- 1 nections, etc., I cannot see my way clear to become a candidate for any political office at this, time. in fact 1112 Republican party, nr.tiona!!y speaking, ha?, jf '■ becoma s ) corrupt and bow ridden, that 1 can no lor.gcr, ti.Vihate with it. A few f its iradtrs of tcd.iy l chum to lv j rogivssive, an 1 are striving with might and main tc purify it within its ranks. But | I am sorry to say they aroj making pec r headway. Tho same j . things can b? said of the; Democratic party. It too hasaj few leaders who want it to move j forward and meet the require ments of this progressive age, but it still has its Murphy in New York, its Taggart in Ind'ana, its Smith in New Jersey, its Watts in North Carolina and so on, throughout the entire country, just as the Republican party has its Barns, its Root, its Cannon, its Aldrich, its Penrose and a host of others who know no progress, but who stand exceedingly "pat." With this state of affairs 'existing I see no chance to redeem, reform, or in any way purify either of the old partiea from within their ranks. Indeed it is hard to purify a stream while its fountain remains polluted. In ISS-.S the two dominant parties in this country were the Whig and the Democratic. Iri that car it was that the Re publican party was born. Born only because neither of the old i parties would agree to go! forward and keep pace with the onward march of progress and civilization. This, my Republican and Democratic friends, is why the progressive party was born in 1912. Men from each of the old parties, and more particular ly from the Republican, who had the cause of progress burn- I ing in their bosom, saw to their great chagrin that no relief was to be had, at the hands of 1 either party in which the great • mass of our people were being j dominated and controlled by the j voice of a few. ' Nominations in each party ■ are usually made by a "ring,"j after which the party lash is ; administered, and the rank and file warned not to split their ; ticket. A king or a queen; would be just as acceptable asj & where such a mock is made of a i democracy. 6 Our Republican friends tell us ■ that we must abandon the new V party —come back into the fold lj and march under the banner of „ the G. 0. P. Just so did the divided Whig l * tell Abraham 1 Lincoln in 18G0. He was admonished that the new party; could not win, but that if the. division could be patched up and face the country with a, reunited party, victory would be. his. Without attempting to quote bis exact language, he answered thrm by saying, in, substance, "It is n">t victory alone for which we are fighting, but a principle. A principle so vital, that win or lose we'll fight it out on this line." God bless his memory! He was no "band wagon" citizen. For what he believed to be light, he would fight though the heavens fell; and though he had been the only one to cast a ballot for the cause. In conclusion I wish ,to thank any and all who might j desire to support me for a' political ofP.ce. I fully appreciate' your friendship, and as a private citizen I shall continue to do all in my power for the progress and upbuilding of our county and its institutions. Politically spanking I have ca?t my lot with the progressive party. Its 1912 platform, both State and National, was th;; ; grandest political program sine. l th n civil war. Mark my prediction, the bulk ;f thr.t program will be written into 1 !v.v by B»v.m political party i ■: k'ss than 10 years. 1 am aware that the progressive party got , but few votes in our county in i !!>l2. But. lam also aware that |many a man (because several i have told me so) voted tie Rj j publican ticket just to keep from i being called "out of line." lam I aware of the loyal friendship for iCol. Roosevelt and the progres-; sive principles of a large per cent, of our citizens in the county, and when another op portunity is given to vote for, those principles it will be made; use of. No need to be timid ( now, even if the vote in our; county was small before. We out - numbered the Re publicans in Noith Carolina, and! got over four million votes in the United States. We are now the second party in both State and Nation and a strong second at that. The Democratic party too is divided asunder in both State and Nation and by 1916 the Progressive party will sweep the country as Abraham Lincoln swept it in 1860. JNO. W. KURFEES. Germanton, N. C. Preaching Appointments. Walnut Cove, April 14.- There will be preaching and a church conference at Bethesda Metho dist church next Saturday after noon at 3 o'clock, also service at the sama place next Sunday at 11 o'clock. Preaching at Pine Hall next Sunday at 3 o'clock, p. m. Preaching at Forest Chapel next Sunday at 5 o'clock, ,p. m. E. J. POE, Pastor. | Preaching Here Sunday. I Services will be held in the ! Methodist church here next Sun day morning at 11 o'cl ck. Sub ject: "Where Are the Dead, and 1 What are They Doing. T. J. FOLGER. , |(Messrs. Rufus P., John James , and Wesley Mabe were in Dan- I bury Monday attending to some • business matters in connection s with their father's estate. DANBURY, N. C., APRIL 15. 1914. WALSfIIT COVE LETTER Negro Shoots Two Others At The Road Workers Camp. AID SOCIETY MEETS Airs, litrbsrt Smith Recovers i From Illness Dr. Critz has Grip, re Oihcr Items. Walnut Cove, April 14.—The Ladies' Aid Society of the Bap tist church met with Mrs. L. G. Lewis at her honn on Summit Avenue last week and h Id their regular monthly meeting. Several matters of business were dispos ed of. After the business session a delightful social hour was spent during which delicious refresh ments were served by the hos tess. The society will hold its next meeting with Mrs. A. J. Fair on Tuesday afternoon May fifth. (}uite a little excitement was caused at the camp near Fulp Sunday night when a colored man came into the camp and at. once began firin * among the colored roaii hands. Two of them were t-l.ot in their limbs', but it i.-' thought then wounds are notserkm. TIU negro made goo 1 his escape. The N. i!.'; W. Ry. Co. operated an excursion on Luster -Monday from Winston-Sslem to Roanoke. Va., on which they run two pas senger trains, each doubla headera, and each train had eleven passenger cars which were well filled as they passed here. Col. J. S. Ball, who has been employed by the Stokes County Warehouse, came in last Thursday and will be here for about two months. His son, Chas. Ball, and wife arj also guests at the | Vaughn Hotel. Rev. Mr. PO3 filled his regular appointment at the Junior Hall I last Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. H. Y. Scott re turned to their home at Winston after spending Easter here with relatives. Mrs. Charlie Bowles and children of Sampson county are spending two weeks in town as the guests of her mother, Mrs. J. N. Martin. Mr.'George Semple spent the day Monday in town. Miss Mary Martin spent Easter in town as the guest of friends. She returned to her school work at Mt. Tabor Monday after noon. Mrs. Herbert Smith of Liberty, who has been visiting her mother, Mrs.. Dr. Jones, was real ill last week with tonsilitis, but is almost well at this writing, her many friends will be glad to learn. Mr. Caleb Hairston and daugh tei's have returned from Mana tee, Fla., where they spent the winter. Miss Nannie Jones, a student at the Salem Female College, spent Easter at Stokesburg with home folks. Misses Ida and Govall Matlock and Matt and Cephus Lasley spent Easter here with relatives, i returning to Winston Monday night. Messrs. M. Y. Wheeler and R. L. Vaughn went to Stokes dale last Thursday night where they took a certain degree in the Masonic Lodge. Mrs. Inez Tuttle and Miss Mabel McKenzie spent ,Monday in town with friends, and lefl i Tuesday for Germanton. i Mrs. Jim Neal of Meadows passed through town last weel WORK IS STARTED On Roads To Be Built In Meadows Township. TO JOIN. FORSYTH; Two' Main Roads Will Be Built j Out From Germanton —First Work On Ouaker Gap Road. Germanton, April 11.— Mesjr.?. Hening and Hagedorn, of La Grange, Gu., who bid off half the bond issue of forty thousand dollars to build roads in Meadows township, have arrived with a full equipment of road machinery, : some fifty hands and forty-eight mules, and Saturday began actual woi'k on what is known as the Quaker Gap road. The con tractors figure that the $ 10,000 will build about twenty miles of road. Building two roads, both from (iermanton, will give practically ail th; southeasc S3'> tion of the county good roads to the Forsyth county line. The citizjr.s ai\> anxious tj SJ: 1 Forsyth continue the road from Jame°i' store vi i Sullivan's t> con nect with i!i! Stokes c.vjnty roads at Gornvinton, thur. shortening the distance io Da.i bury, about five miles from Winston-S.\l.m. The writer had tho pleasure o'i attending a surprise birthday dinner Sunday in honor of Mrs. Chap Bodenheimer, given by her friends and neighbors. Quite a number being present. Among the attendants were her brother, Mr. Emmett Crouch and daughter, of High Point, who came over byway of Winston- Salem attended the Easter ! morning service in the Moravian ! graveyard and reached Mr. ' Bodenheimer's for an 8 o'clock : breakfast. So much for good j roads and modern locomation. The tables were spread in the spacious yard surrounding their beautiful home, formerly known as the Col. Joseph Winston homestead, of Revolutionary fame. As is usual on such occasions, the tables were filled with everything necessary to satisfy the inner man, and was thoroughly enjoyed by all present, The Oriental team of the J. 0. U. A. M. gave a banquet in their hall Saturday night, [which was attended by practically the whole member ship. and a royal good time was indulged in. Toasts, speech making and a beautifully served table featured the occasion. Mr. H. F. Sammet, while visit ing his daughter, Mrs. S. C. Hill, in Germanton Saturday, was taken ill with pneumonia. His physician, however, had him removed to his home about three miles from here and reports him as somewhat improved. Miss Fannie Davis' appoint ment as postmistress at German ton seems to give universal satisfaction to the patrons of the ! office, as Miss Davis had served lin this capacity under President. Cleveland's last administration. Quite a number of German ton's young people made a trip to Pilot Mountain Sunday, troing up on the 10 o'clock train and re turning in the evening on the 5:17 train. i enroute to Winston to visit rel atives. Mr. Sam Stewart spent Mon- I dav in Madison, returning thai i night. I Dr. W. H. Critz has been sici II , | with lagrippe for the last few t J days. Miss Flossie Crews, who ii ' teaching at Belews Creek, wai c ' in town Friday night. DOI'T BE MWRNM. It is a disgrace to be disfranchised. Pay your poll tax before May I, otherwise you cannot vote in the fall election. Walnut Cove Route 1. Walnut Cove Route 1, April 13. There will be preaching at Rose Bud church Sunday at 11 o'clock. Miss Pearl Newsom spent Sunday with Misses Beatrice and Susie Tuttle. Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Smith spent Saturday night at Mr. [G. T. Hampton's. Mr. R. C. Allen spent Monday at Mr. C. F. Smith's. Among thoso who visited at Mr. Tho?. Tuttle's Sun day were Misss3 Rosa and Carrie Will's, Etta Bowles, Pearlina Smith: Messrs. Cray Ilutl-idge, Urel Sizemore, Cic?ro and Preston Smith. Miss Catherine Smith is spend ing n fnv days with relatives here. Miss 11-?.- S : J Smith and broth er, Eriiost, visited at Mr. J. R. Smkh's Sunday. Mr. Thomis Shro an 1 family, of Rural Hall, ?p?nt the week end with relatives here. Therj was a party given r.t Mr. W. E. Ru f .ledge's Saturday night. Mr. W. E. Butner and family ; spant the latter part of last j week with friends and relatives at King. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Smith spent Sunday at Mr. Watt Smith's. Miss Sadie Tuttle spent Satur ! day night with Miss Etta Fowler, i Misses Dora and Glenn Tuttle I spent Monday at Mr. Charlie i Smith's. GOSSIPER. King Route ?. King, Route 2, April 13.—The sun has come out and the mud has dried away, and the farmers ; are beginning their work, i The tobacco plants have come I I -in, and the bugs are getting their share. There was a surprise birth- I day dinner last Sunday in honor iofMr. Jim Boyles. Mr. Boyles was much surprised and some what excited. At 11:30 o'clock one hundred and thirty of his friends drove up to his beautiful home in their nic? vehicles with baskets filled with nice eatables after which there was a table 1 built 50 feet long in the yard. ;The table was then furnished ! with all of the nice eatables i that could be thought of. Mr. Boyles returned thanks. Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Gentry of King Route 2 spent Easter 'Sunday with their son, J. J. ' Gentry, of Winston. Mr. C. R. Boyles of Mt. Airy and N. E. and N. I, Boyles oi Greensboro, spent Sunday with their father, Mr. Wade H. Boyles. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Venable of Pinnacle Route 2 spent Sun day with Mr. G. W. Smith, i Easter was spent pleasantlj ) with no drinking and no shooting SCRIBBLER. MEADOWS CITIZENS County Commission ers Here Today Asking For Road. VIEET AGAIN APRIL 22 bounty Commissioners and Mead ows Township Road Commis sioners Will Hold Joint Session On That Date. A large delegation of the citizens of Meadows township came before the Board of Coun ty Commissioners at their meet ing here today and asked that the Board take some action in the matter of helping them in duce the road commissioners of Meadows township to build the much-discussed stretch of road between Meadows postoflice and J. I. Blackburn's. After discussing the matter at some length the County Com missioners e.ilk'd a special meet ing of their Board for next Wed nesday. Anril 22nd, and also or der,"! ilnt written notice be sent each of ;lv road commissioners of Meadows township to meet here with them in joint session on the above date for the purpose of devising some plan to secure the much needed road. The Meadows citizens were instruct ed to send a committee here on the same date to represent the people of that section of the township in which the road is asked for. In presenting the matter to the County Commissioners the Meadows citizens stated that they had not received fair treat ment at the hands of the road commissioners of their township and they appealed to the County Commissioners to give them some relief. They claimed that they were asking for considerably less than their pro rata part of the taxes and had failed to get any assurance that the road wanted would be built. The road in question is at present in a very deplorable con dition, and is all but impassable. It is probably more extensively used than any road in the county, and while it will be a great benefit to nearly all the northern part of the county it is claimed by the Meadows citizens here today that it is used as well by one-fifth of the tax-payers of Meadows township. It is sincerely hoped by the people of this entire section of the county, as well as by the Meadows township people, that some terms may be reached whereby the road will be built. The wrangle over it has already caused much bitter criticism of the Meadows road commissioners and to this has been attributed the cause of the defeat of the bond issue in Beaver Island town ship last week. Messrs. R. H. R. Blair and W. R. Stewart are building a large addition to the home of Mr. William Morefield at Mead ows. This will be a nice residence when completed. No. 6117
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