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A LITTLE JOURNEY TO YADKIN TOWNSHIP A Land Of Milk And Honey, Whose Greatest Need Is Good Roads. I Mi 11trial * 'ortvn|t nnlt'iico. i A loner intended ami pleasantly anticipated trip to Yadkin town ship- especially that thrifty and hospitable community that em braces the >ak tlrovo school house neighborhood assumed tang ible proportions when 1 vrot oil' the steam cars at King and found ' J.'o. Smith waiting for me with a substantial double turnout, and a sniiie of welcome on his gri.: :lod physiognomy. Ir gut in not without some trepidation as the left hand steed Kicked his ears and slightly raised his rear proportions. Hut I was reassured when Mr. Smith told me it was not the same mule that was month ned in these c >!umns some years ago as kicking a nigger through three Moors of a barn, and that had to be bridled with ;i ten-foot pole pokod rhiv "_vh the cracks, cornering him while he was hitched, tieorge traded off that mule, and 1 am sorry for the owner now. whoever he is. But this is slightly digressing. Away we went across hill and dale, through tho finest section of Stokes countv. and after a de lightful drive of some si\ miles drew up at Mr. Smith's home. He lives right at the end of Sauratown mountain. From his back porch the slope never stops til! it reaches the top of the range. Mr. Smith has some of the finest tobacco land 1 ever saw. being of that light, ashy kind which makes stuff that the buyers go crazy over. He cleared a thousand dollars on cne small field of three or four acres a year or two ago. Mr. Smith lives in a modest little home, but it is a home you like to visit, where you know you are welcome, where hospitality breathes in everything, where >uu a-ci at ease and enjoy yourself., Soon his good wife had prepared a most excellent dinner, and several friends being present as guests, among them Dr. Tillotson and A. S. Marsh, we sat down to it and ate and talked for about an hour. Where there is a complete absence of still' formality, where the company is congenial, and the good things to eat tlavored and spiced with good cheer and warm welcome, the appetite quickens, business cares take wings and away, dull discontent sickensand dies, and pleasure reigns supre:r.. After dinner we sat in the fr * t r-ittinc room before a hickory ■ re, as the evening was .•0«... >at and cracned kes. ate apples, smoked and laughed and chatu : till night. Next day ie>>r_ro hitched ::. .■-•id we wont a-visiting in the neigh borhood. That is indeed a land of milk and honey, if there ever ves or.* • N K ly loafs in * - • hik • Ir»vo •.■tion. Tivre arc but *ew t nants, and the farms are w>r ked by their owners. There is at hi.r.e .• rn. wheat, an-i meat, an i r igh stutl' for t ir st >ck and cattle, so that the supply stores get a mighty i >or at them. They raise tobacco, but t ' ' >r •* r » the da.sy middling people. I >n the ntrarv, tn se tarmers are patrons of banks, with :v iir.t res - . v • a t •.* fav »r. We v'a-iii .i the hands «;••• of Mr. -I hn K. Smith, one of tho ?ading spirits • •*.' the r >:\ . • :v. Mr. Sr..:tn lives among his wide .:res an 1 productive :';el :.v i.;>:iny in his work. He has raised a ".ice fami y, an lh.ss ins ,i • ar>i.ind him. He is called one of "he most successful tubaccu growers in the mountains. This year Mr. Smith. 1 was told, marketed worth of tobacco otf two acres of ground. That docs not sound like hard times, does it'.' He does not try to plant the world in tobacco, but cultivates small rops. and cultivates it to make money off it. He knows how to handle it, and works it like a lower garden. He harvests it and keeps every leaf to its place, and when he puts it on the warehouse fioor it brings in tiie Wilson coin. We pulled up for dinner at Mr. Raleigh Gentry's, ore of the r.nest men in Stokes county. Mr. tlentry owns here some five or six hundred acres. HP makes everything to eat anybody in this •ountry wants to ear. If the European war lasted 100 years. Mr. > ientry woui-; • v.r know it mless he read about it in the papers, •ie has neve;- hi his life bought any tlour, corn meal, hay or bacon. He makes • things mi his farm. If a ilaisy middling man were • > offer to s».' i'r.cie Halelgh a ton of he would have a fight n Ids hands. W,. found Mr. • ier.try grunting over a hurt lie ob * lined a few days ago in a fall, while walking over his place. He' .-•■>;-r.e better rww. but has been quite out of commission from the min. He has a splendid wife, and children, two of whom are at i.''me with him now. Mis; Emma and Mr. Tom. The others are out in the world doing well. Here is a typical old-fashioned South t rn home, with all the old idea's and traditions, hospitable, kind. . and with plenty running riot on every hand. On the walls of the parlor hang portraits of Lee and his immortal generals, whom the master of the house followed daring the stormy days of the sixties that tried men's souls. After bumming around the country for a couple of days this wav, ! I turned homeward, having enjoyed every minute of my journey among a people who will compare with any in the world in intelligence, integrity, hospitality, thrift and kindness. Their greatest need, according to my view of it, is good roads. With good roads running through Yadkin township, you wouli have almost an ideal country. N. E. P. ADVERTISE IN THE Reporter! THE DANBURY REPORTER I FARCICAL WAR NEWS Contributed By the Repor ter's Special War Cor respondent At Danville, Virginia. The Reporter is in receipt of the following dispatch Recently caught by its special war cor respondent, Dr. Geo. NN. of Danville, Ya.. who is pleasant ly remembered and better known to many of this paper's readers as Great Brittain : I Itlilllt l'.v " ilvWs I 'if I-Il.'isl uf IVih.ilu. i;>. Uilifi'llillil i-niiiily. ;r,.tu Sdiiu-w ..•'!•••. Siiniril.iy. IVIi. .Till. litl.V There is great interest mani fested along the entire water front of Kmrland. We could count on immediate success il we had Dodson's squadron of Walnut Cove to lead the fleet as far as Belfast, Ireland, and .lohn Bailey could land his big biplane fighters near enough to protect Buckingham Palace. But unless we have help from The Cove we must cable to Danbury for real Stokes county cannons and sub marines. Great Brittain heard from Tobe Young who said Luico and John Simpsom would guard the water front at Salem and the did Guard would look after Winston. The Irish navy has not been heard from since November. They must have been driven far into the Swiss Sea. Seven thousand cans bolognas were captured near l.imburger after a lierce enjrag'-nvnt between the revenue fitter Blitz and the I lag \ r oer.ie Wurst. No lives were i''St but the Blit;: went d..\.n r.r 1 :he oxplosion rf s:\ | th isartd o: saner kraut >: t?'. ■ t*r.t!TO vV' v. > i >T!Vat w;;s th.' force th: the emir main deck was i . >wn away, se :tt. r: 1 .i'sauer kr. it over tin whole surface of: - water and forming a perfect ; >ntoon for a hundicd shore at ihppen .... we could get Danbury forces Great Brit tain would feel more comfort able. We have written Major Km Pepper to assemble volun teers for practice in order that Brittain may review his crack landsmen some time during the good old summer, when we can the better speculate on the probability of when ir war will be over. We should worry yet, aint it. You bet. I. B. Y'TRSKS Operator. Wainiit Govs Rcule 3. ' Wainut ('ove Route March The farmers of this section are getting ready for a large crop. Rev. A. S. Stewart, who has been quite in t j s improving, we are clad to know. Mr. James Brown has purch ased a saw mill and will put it in operation s?on. Mrs. .lames Lasley visited her. mother, Mrs. .J. D. Smith, Sun ! day. •; Mr. Robah Flynt called to see I! Miss Sadie Alley Sunday. ; | Mr. and Mrs, W. I. Mitchell 1 visited Mr. Mitchell's brother, Mr. E. L. Mitchell, near Dillard '' Sunday. There will be preaching at .Stewart's school house Sunday lat 11 o'clock by Rev. Bowles, i . Tetter, Salt Rheum and Eczema Arecr.ml hyChHmli* rl.iin' Snlvt. omnfplico I lion relicws the itching ami buruiiiy «ci.H»iiuu. I I | SAFE, SOUND and CONSERVATIVE I J Our Motto Is "SAFETY FIRST" Alwaqs. President: MARION T. CHILTON. Vice-President: DR. J. W. NEAL. Cashier at Danbury : N. E. PEPPER. Cashier at Walnut Cove: J. H. FULTON. ■■■■■■■■ DIRECTORS : M. T. Chilton, W. J. Byerly, Dr. J. W. Neal, J. B. Woodruff, N. E. Pepper, J. h. Fulton, J. A. Lawson, Jno. H. Marshall, W. Morefield. wammammmmmmm i m iiiwb— I Notwithstanding the dull times of the past six months, we are now closing a successful year, anil will pay our stockholders I the usual dividend. Our hank is in excellent condition, and we guarantee that if you deposit your money with us it will be safe. I Bj and at the same time it will always be ready for you when you need it. We have lately put in two of the latest modern burglar-proof 1 safes, which burglars CANNOT crack, and besides we carry full jj insurance against burglars and fire. .' .* .• .• •' f r* t -rar»m TI ur.TKXßmnrti-.rr'wrriTnßn Bring Your JOB WORK 10 THE Office. ; SATISFACTION ! GUARANTEED.
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