MONEY ON TOMATOES
Itu Colclough Earns sl3l
7~;oni Her Tomato Patch
and Also First Pri/e
Durham. Nov. liM. The oilical
r.-port of the corn club contest
showed that Henry Shaw, the
smail son of a widowed mother
in the southern part of the county
won the tirst prize with
bushels of corn *. n an acre of
land. The second prize was won
by Adolphus Ball. ith 14"> bush
els of euro on an acre of land.
These "7 toys raised •!. "»>1 bush
e's of corn on their corn larni. and
H:.i ar. average of '"2.21 bushels
f-racrt per boy. A great deal
i: interest has been manifested
■n the work ■' the c'ub during the
j-ast year, and » ver I">M boys
and a score i f little girls attend
ed the meeting in the courthouse.
Even more interesting and prob
acy showing a better record was
the report mailt- by Miss lna
Cclclough, a little girl of the
county, who made a profit of
?131 iKiotf her tenth of an acre
of tomatoes. She was one of the
(k-zen girls who sent in their re-i
ports for tin tomato dubs and
uh* won the tirst pri/.e. The
other girls reported that they had
made any where from !»•"> cents
up to the amount Miss Colclough
made on her tenth of an acre of
tomatoes.
The Committee in charge of
this work had prize for every
boy and girl who made a report.
They secured these from the busi
ness men and other individuals
of the city and there was not
a great deal of difference between
the value of the first prize and
the last one. They consisted of I
articles of merchandise, which
w:il b» useful to the
ia.rr*r boy or srirl.
letter From Sempie K Davis
lo the farmers.
Farmers' figures will prove
the statement that we have
r. ade to you many times, that
we can get as much money for
your tobacco as any market in;
North Carolina.
We sold during the month of
November 24J,.">47 pounds for
427.24, average Sll.M per
Y. -ndred.
You may consult the reports
and statistics of all the markets
and warehouses in this section of
the State and you will not find
the average exceeded by any
r .arket or warehouse.
Bring the balance of your crop
to us and we will continue to get
the top price for you.
Yours to serve.
SEMPLE & DAVIS.
STATEMENT Bank of Mount Airy, Mt. Airy, IN. C.
As Rendered the North Carolina Corporation Commission Oct. 3lst, 1914.
LIABILITIES. RESOURCES.
Capital, - $50,000.00 Loans and Discounts, - - $434,821.40
Surplus, - - - 27,500.00 Overdrafts, ... - 792.32
Undivided profits, - 8,237.42 North Carolina State Bonds, - 1,000.00
Notes and bills re-discounted, ™ Banking House. Furniture & Fixtures, 8,105.66
Bills Payable, - 20,000.00 *
Deposits, - - = 299,580.00 Cash in vau,t and deposited in other
Deposited by banks and bankers, 37,460.27 banks - 37,368.31
Total, - $482,177.69 Total, - - $482,177.69
i, F. P. Sparger, Cashier of the above named bank, do Subscribed and sworn to before me. this Nov. 7th, 1914. Correct Attest: T. B. McCargo, W. J. Byerly. 1. W
solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best Barber, G. C. Welch, J. A. Hadley, Sam'l G. Pace, A. E.
of my knowledge and belief. F. P. SPARGER, Cashier- W. W. CHRISTIAN, Notary Public. Smith, Directors.
n5 • G * Ct Welch " J - A - Had,e y- s - G - Pace > T - Smith - A - G - Bowman, C. B. Keesee, H. L. Stone, T. B. McCargo, I. W. Barber, R. L. Wolfe, S. P. Graves, A. E. Smith, Dr. W.
Uirectors • g, Taylor, E. H. Kochtitzky, T. J. Sniithwick, Dr. T. B. Ashby, W. G. Snydor, H. N. Gates, F. M. Pore, W. J. Byerly, R. S. Scott, C. F. Mitchell.
This Bank is a Depository of the United States Government for Postal Savings Funds.
P. S.—Remember we pay 4 per cent, on Savings Accounts and compound the interest every three months.
Community Service Week.
Every public school in North
Carolina is required by law to
.celebrate "North Carolina Pay."
which has been set by Superin
tendent .Joyner for Friday. De
cember 4. the subject to be
; "School and Neighborhood Im
provement."
Everybody in each district,
young and old. men and women.
, boys and girls, are asked to meet
at each school house Friday to
discuss and consider the follow
ing program:*
1. A Report on Rural Census
and discussion of it.
•J. Is our school term long en
ough? If not not how can we
lengthen it. and get more teach
ers if needed .'
M. Should we have more at
tention to agricultural, industrial
and domestic science subjects.
Can we form a Corn or Canning
Club?
i
4. How can we improve
schoolbouse and grounds? Do
we need a school farm?
Are the roads in the neigh
borhood what they should be? If
not, how can we bettter them?
t>. How can we improve sani-;
tary and health condition in our ;
community?
7. How can we better encour- 1
I
age mure reading by young and
old? How can we get a better
school library and more books
and papers for older people?:
How can we help any illiterate
grown people learn to read?
8. How can our farmers co
operate to better advantage for
raising home supplies, better
marketing, getting more live
stock. better machinery, rural
telephone, keeping out of debt,
etc. ?
How can we get a better
get-together and pull-together
spirit among all people? Do we
need a better organization of
farmers and farmer' wives, pic
nics, singing schools, debating
societies, more recreations, etc?
10. What do we need for the
improvement of our county? A
county fair? A county farm life
school? A whole-time county
school superintendent? A de
monstration agent? A county
school commencement? Other
' plans?
The people in every school dis
trict are also asked to observe
Thursday (December 3) as "Pub
lic Roads, Crounds and Buildings
Day."
There is reason to believe much
in the way of public benefit may
Ibe derived from a proper obser-
I vance of these days. It is earn
Stop, Look, Listen.
The Winston market is the place for you to sell your tobacco. There is more money here for
you than elsewhere. Your tobacco is worth more in Winston than on any other market in the
State
The Gorrell Boys are ready for the big breaks. With two first-class houses, two good auc
tioneers, competent men to follow the sales with instructions to go to the limit on every pile, and
a first sale every day, they offer you advantages which no other house can offer.
It matters not how big the breaks may be, ship us your tobacco by rail and we will give it
prompt attention. Our drays will be at the depot to get your tierce and bring it direct to the
warehouse, where it will be carefully looked after and sold at once for the high dollar. Don't let
your tobacco be held from day to day in this kind of weather.
Bring or ship us your next load. Last week we sold a pile of tobacco at 65 cents--the highest
price paid on the market this fall. We will get you the market price on every pile, whether it be
the finest wrapper or the sorriest lug. Come to see us at once.
The Gorrell Boys.
estly to be hoped that there will be!
hearty co-operation among them ,
and that the greatest possible J
good may be accomplished. ,
Don't forget that this is Com-j,
munity Service Week and thati
your help is needed in making it
such a success that hereafter it 1
will be an annual event in North
Carolina.
lo The Country
i
Let those of us who love our'
fellows, and are not selfishly in- 1
terested in present conditions, \
encourage men to get out and
own a piece of God's green
earth, under liod's blue sky. and
to leave the cancer spots of
civilization, with their noise,:
and sordid vice, and heartless
struggle for bare existence in
fetid sweat-shops and nerve
wrecking factories. As to those
of us who cannot or think we'
cannot—pet away, but must |
still remain prisoners, let us at
least, as far as possible, lead
more simple, natural lives, so
that our lives may be longer and ;
happier, and that we may fe?l i
in mood to make those around us :
happv.—The Preacher.
!
New Furniture Plant.
i Lenoir, Nov. 2f). A new en- j
terprise that will mean much!
to Lenoir and the surrounding
country, is the Royal Furniture
Company, recently organized
here. The products manufac
tured by this new concern will
be what is known as case goods,
dressers, washstands, buffets,
and other household furniture.
Machinery is now being installed.
THE DANBURY REPORTER
First Sale Days: Gorrell's--Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays.
Farmers'—Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays.
The Good It Has Done.
Those who figure on the results
of the war good or evil must find
something wonderful in the an
nouncement that in almost a
single day the curse of strong
drink was lifted from Russia, a
country that has one sixth of
i the population of the entire globe.
It is claimed, and the figures are
I
so astounding that they at once
! become incomprehensible, that
! the population of Russia consum
ed each year over one billion dol
! lar's worth of vodka, a drink
that is almost pure alcohol, and
which was a government mono
poly. All other strong drinks,
such as brandy, whiskey, gin,
etc., were freely used, but vodka
was the national drink. It is
claimed as a fact that when the
order for mobilization came the
( policemen went from public house
to public house, put the imperial
seal on each lock, and in a day as
it were Russia became absolutely
prohibition. It is claimed that
the effort towards prohibiting
strong drink has been entirely
, successfrl—that neither club nor
doctor can obtain—that prohibi
, tion as a fact obtains in Russia,
and it was done in the twinkling
'of an eye.
3 Equals 25
A startling statement but a true one in this case.
One teaspoonful of medicine and two pounds of Write for 4 trial package
your own ground feed (cost about 3 cents equal, oi Bre Dre STOCK &
—in what ttiey do for your animals and fowls,—two Ji,,.,,.
pounds of any ready-made stock or poultry tonic nb hook, tuiiv explaining
(price 25 cents). There you are! If you don't it«use*. Address:
believe it, try it out I Buy, today, a can of— Bee Dee stock Medicine
Company,
Ree Tiet STOCK & POULTRY Chattanooga, Tenn.
MEDICINE 25c, SOc end sl. per can.
Cktof•• (id lite Ink—Makes It rssmlt-prdsckf. At your dealer'*.
So it shows that great good is
some times accomplished from
unlooked for places. With all
the vast population, with the
governor controlling the sale of
an article that yielded revenues
of a billion dollars a vear, all the
speakers: all the pr^ss —why
they might have talked and writ
ten for a thousand years and
nothing would have happened.
Hut when Russia recognized that
she was a part of a world-wide
war; that her national honor,
her very existence depended on
the success of her arms—she at
once admitted that strong drink
was against the soldier; that it
meant further proverty at home
and she simply put intemper
ance out of business.
This statement we have seen
from the most reliable sources,
and we regard it as one of the
strange things that have happen
ed in the world. France also has
cut out the sale of absinthe, and
the people are wondering if when
the war is over there will not be
two countries which erstwhile
abused the strong drink privilege,
on the water wagon and on it to
remain.
Mr. Len Johnson, of Capella,
was here today.
Application For Pardon of J. D.
Snow.
Application will be made to
the Governor of North Carolina
for the pardon of J. D. Snow,
convicted at the Fall Term of
the Superior Court of Stokes
county of criminal assault and
sentenced to work upon the
public roads of Stokes county for
a term of four months.
All persons who oppose the
granting of said pardon are in
vited to forward their protests
to the Governor without aelav.
BYRD SNOW,
Father of J. D. Snow.
J. W. Hall, Atty.
LAND SALE.
Hy virtue of a decree of the
Superior Court of Stokss county
rendered by M. T. Chilton, C. S.
C., in the case entitled "Fred
erick Young vs Lora Byrd et al"
appointing the undersigned a
commissioner to make sale of
the hereinafter described lands
I will sell at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash at the
court house door in the town of
Danbury on Monday, the 4th
day of January, 1915, the fol
lowing described lands to-wit:
A certain tract of land lying
and being in Stokes county,
North Carolina, and more par
ticular described and defined as
follows to-wit: Beginning at a
black oak on the Germanton
road in line of Dower lot. run
ning south 4 1-2 deg. W. 38 chs.
to a pine on Lewellyn's line N.
(>3 1-2 deg. E. 18 1-2 chs. to Ash
Camp creek north 6 chs. pointers,
formerly a white oak, thence
east 7 3-4 chs. to a black gum,
thence North K2 deg. east 9 1-2
chs. to pointers, corner lot No.
3, thence north 24 1-2 deg. west
21 1-4 chs. to a rock on the
Piney Mountain road, thence
north 851-2 deg. west 201-2
chs to the beginning, contain
ing 75.47 acres more or less, and
it being lot No. 2 in the division
of the lands of R. D. East, de
ceased. Sale subject to con
firmation of the court.
This Nov. 24, 1914.
J. D. HUMPHREYS.
Commissioner.