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INIINETY-FOUR CENTS PER HUNDRED t »> '"* ~~* - ■--■ JOHN T. SIMPSON . • JOE H. GLENN ■■HHHHHBHHHHHiiMHBBHMHBHniMMHHMHHHMHHIi* LOCAL p>i NEWS m The Guilford county fair open ed yesterday at Greensboro. Mr. 11. L. Wilson was in town Monday from Route I. M-\ Jno. A. Neal. of Meadows, was here Monday or. business. Dr. R. H. Morefield, of Yade Mecum, was a Dantury visitor Frit ay. The McCanless Hotel received a new coat of paint the past week. Messrs. J. and Silas Hicks, of Meadows, were visitors here Monday. Mr. J. M. Alley, registrar for Danbury townsh p, was here Saturday. Mr. J. N. Young, of Walnut Cove, spent Monday night in Danbury. Danbury people are putting in their winter's supply of coal this week. Mr. Peter Gorrell. of Winston- Salem, was a Danbury visitor Sunday afternoon. Mr. Lacy U. Weston, of Wake Forest College, visited Mrs. Weston here this week. The residence of Mr. J. D. Humphreys has had a new cover placed on it the past week. Mr. Walter G. Mabe, one of the finest tobacco raisers in the county, was here today. Daubury hupters captured a large grey fox the past week, after a chase lasting about two hours. Messrs. S. H. Stewart and L. B. Simmons, of Walnut Cove, visited relatives and friends here Sunday. The public school here opened Monday with Misses Nellie Joyce and Sadie Petree as teachers. Messrs. R. H. R. Elair and Z. R. Sheppard are erecting a large stable for Drs. W. V. and W. L. 'McCanless this week. Mrs. John G. Morefield has been right sick at her home here for several days, but is improv ing at this writing. ' The warm weather of the past week has been fine for late crops, but the thunder storm doubtless means cooler weather. Miss Josie Pep? e." returned the past week from a visit to her sister, Mrs. S. S. Oliver, at For est Depot, Va. Miss Berchie Dunlap. of 'tideon, was in lUnbjry Friday en rojte to Franciscj. where she will teach the corning winter. Mr. and Mrs. John Mo mce were in town one day last week, bringing over their little child for attention from Dr. McCankss, it being sick. The timber alongside of the new road in Danburv township is being cut this week. This is done so that the sun v.ill keep the road dry. Mr. J. S. Salmon, a young at torney of Winston-Salem, fell through an elevator at the Zin zendorf Hotel in that city Thurs day and died from his wounds Saturday. The St:kes County Fair .opens at King Tuesday. Mr. G. G. Boles, advertising agent for the .fair, was here the past week, and he thinks the fair this year will be the best in its history. j While attending the meeting !of the county commissioners j Monday quite a number of farm- Jers called at the office of the icounty agent. Owing to the ! protracted drought farmers are I so delayed that very few of them have given time to preparation 1 for wheat so far. Through the kindness of Supt. of Schools J. T. Smith the Re porter is printing on another page this week a complete list of all the teachers in Stokes, giving the township and number of district in which they are teach ing together with their postoffice address. There are now ten prisoners confined in the Stokes county jail, but only four of these are sub ject to road duty. Six of them are awaiting trial. The guard, Mr. Joseph Dunlap, thinks he will have quite a number of additions to his force after the next term of court, which will be the latter part of the month. Shoes at Shore Mercantile Co. Shoes £pr the whole family at Shore Mercantile Co. /AAV A atlek mikti a quart of ipS, [f,..D Hum w>Al«i Mm. H'» *ll ii\.,. I l\«blu* —IMH UM MM •( »lIV I p£/| UMiaaa bottl* jjw 4. ~/ M all inww. ,/ rTT MCDWMII A Vf I yHI «•> W. »U. fhlU. M-/ ZIMMERMAN-RIPPLE. Wedding Of Two Popular Davidson County People Next Wednesday -- Miss Ripple Wei! Known In Stokes. Cards have been received here announcing the approaching nuptials ,of Dr. John Wesley Zimmerman and Miss Oliie Mae Ripple, which happy event will take place at the home of the brMe at Welcome, N. C, next Wednesday evening. October 21, at seven o'clock. Miss Ripple is well known at Walnut Cove and Danbur.v, she having taught in the Walnut Cove HUh School for several sessions, winning many lasting friendships in the county. She is the very attractive daughter of one of Davidson county's best families, and is a young lady of the finest qualities of mind and heart. Dr. Zimmerman is a practicing dentist formerly of Arcadia, and is likewise from the best Davidson county stock. The many friends of pr. Zimmerman and Miss Ripple extend congratulations in ad vance, and wish them both a long life of great usefulness and happiness. They will be at home at Salis bury after November 1. Some Business . Coming On Account of War. Orders aggregating over sl,- 000,000 were closed last week by Detroit motor truck manu facturers with one of the Euro pean nations, believed to be Rus sia. French government has plac ed an order through a New York exporting house for 500,000 reels of barbed wire with Pittsburg Steel Company. British govern ment has closed contracts in Jef ferson City, Mo., for 165.000 sad dle trees, said to be the largest order of its kind ever placed in the United States. Shoe manufac turing firm of St. Louis has been requested by the French government to submit bids on army shoes. Chance for Ameri can clock manufacturers to gain trade formerly held by Germany is seen in the fact that English clock makers have advanced prices 25 to 40 per cent. When you come to King stop at Shore Mercantile Co. THE DANBURY REPORTER AT SANDY RIDGE. E Hon. \\. \V. Kitchin To • Speak Next Monday, Oct. 19. Hon. W. W. Kitchen, ex- Governcr of North Carolina, will address the people of Stokes r county at Sandy Ridge, on Mon- j day, October 19, IM4, at one t o'clock, P. M. Governor Kitchin is or.e of J the finest orators in North Care- | lina, and the people will miss jj a treat if tney fail to hear him. 11 S.P.CHRISTIAN, J i Chm. Dem. Ex. Com. Stokes Co. 1 i j Get the habit of trading at Shore Mercantile Co. : 1 North Carolina Crops and 1 Their Estimated Value. 1 The Crop Reporting Board of i 1 the United States Department of Agriculture has given out the! following estim: ;es of North 1 Carolina crops for 1913 : Corn —2,835,000 acres, 55,282,-' ( 000 bushels, $48,648,000 farm! 1 value. j Hay— 320,000 acres, 419,000 j 'tons, $6,914,000 farm value. I Wheat—6os,ooo acres, 7,078,-' 1000 bushels, $7,503,003 farm j | value. Oats—23o,ooo acres, 1485,030 j, : bushels, $2,736,000 farm value. ' Irish potatoes—3o,ooD acres, ; 2,400,000 bushels, $1,968009; | farm value. Cotton (1int)—1,526,000 acres, j 765,000 bales, $45,959,000 farm value. Tobacco—2so,ooo acres, 167,-: 500,000 pounds, $30,055,000 farm | value. Rye—46,ooo acres, 474,000 j ! bushels, $465,000 farm value. | Rice— 300 acres, 7,000 bushels,; 1 $6,000 farm value. Sweet potatoes—SO,ooo acres,; 18,000,000 bushels, $5,850,000j ! farm value. i Buckwheat—9,ooo acres, 174,- 1 000 bushels, farm value., , - Millinery at Shore Mercantile ! Company. WANTED A lady to keep : house. Will pay fair price. 1 J. W. LACKEY, 1 14oct4t Campbell. N. C. j BEGIN DECEMBER l.i ___ AH Subscriptions To The Reporter Wril Be Stoped When The Time Is Out-- j Announcement of Publish ers. S"rr.s rr.'nths ago the Reporter! made an effort to install the cash- 1 in-advance an ; stop-when-your- j time-is-out plan for its subscrip- 1 ticn department. Owing to un- ; avoidable circumstances the rian j could not be put in working opera tion at the time announced for 1 it. Beginning next December 1, j this plan will be put in force, ar.d strictly observed. All subscrip- j tions will be promptly discon-; tinued when expired. All per- 1 sons who desire the Reporter to! continue to their address will j please settle in full and pay up | in advance by December 1, else their names will be dropped. All unpaid subscriptions on our; books Dec. 1, ISI4, will be put 1 out for collection. PEPPER BROS , I Danbury, N. C.' I t Special rrices during fair week at Siere Mercantile Co, Fertilizer for This Slate | Costs More to $12,009,000 There are 181,718 farms in North Carolina that use fertilizer, and the annual purchases amount to $12,262,533, according to a recent report of the United States census bureau. North Carolina ranks third with other States in the consumption of fertilizer. A decade ago it was in fifth place. Ten years ago j the annual expenditure for fer tilizer in this State was $4 479.- ,030. Fertilizer purchases in | North Carolina have increased : $7.783,503, or 174 per cent, dur iingthe past decade. Seventy t i two per tent of the farms of this ! State use fertilizer and the : : average for the United States is j 29 per cent. I , In the entire nation there are j 1,823,000 fa:ms that use fer tilizer and the present annual ; expenditure is $115,000,000. Ten j years ago it was $53,000,000 for ! the entire nation. | It will do you good to buy your I supplies at Shore Mercantile Co. | Important li | properties of | i the Grape are y j fj transmitted Jjl ROYAL Baking Powder fj Absolutely 11 to the food. \\ jj The food is | U thereby a Vlmademore| m tasty and || IndigestibleJl
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