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The Danbury Reporter FEWER BROS.. EDITOKH ASK ITKIISHKH*. Subscription : 3 mo., 25c.; 6 mo., 50c; one year. Si.oo WEDNESDAY. MAY 26. 1915. LEXINGTON DISPATCH CATCHING LP. The Lexington Dispatch has recently announced that it will adopt the cash-in-advance system for its subscription department and all subscribers who have not paid up will be cut off, regardless of race or color, or pre\ious condition of servitude. 1 his is a wise resolution of the Dispatch, but only in keeping with modern methods of business. Ihe Kepi rter has tried ii now for nearl> a year. and is weil pleased. We ha\e not so mail) subscribers as we once had. but who are taking the Reporter now are pay - iii:.,' for i here is no loss for hundreds t.i copie> ■Trailed weekly to dead-beats, nor the expense of sc.; J in.; tliem useless statements. S>»e have a clean ">t »r "laying people, which is consta »t: > .Towing. THE HA 1 III) Fl \ . The most despicable creature in the world 's the house fly. And yet the easiest thing in the world to get rid of. \ fly will live on!y a lew days. but »f uiu don't stop the source he will multiple by lu.nd reds. thousands, millions, billions. Ihe way to get rid of t!ie fly is not to kill him. but to prevent him. You may stand and swat all day. and more flies are born in the filth that your havoc creates. The or.lv way to get rid of flies and stay rid of them, is to keep clean. I'lies are horn in the most loathsome surroundings. People used to look upon the fly as a necessary evil, and tired housewives stood at the table and kept them avvaj from the v ictuals with a brush while the family ate. But in this day of more refinement, a dining room with flies is con sidered by well bred people to be the result of lazi ness and filth nearby. Wire screens are too cheap for decent people to stand the pests any longer, while if the right kind of sanitary arrangements are made on the premises there will be no need of the w ire screens. ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD. The following letter written to the New York World may prove interesting to some of the readers of the Reporter who have long had a hankering to move to Florida and get rich raising vegetables; To the Editor of The World: For almost a year now I have been receiving books and circulars telling me that Florida farms w ill earn from SI,OOO to $1,500 an acre, so i final ly decided to go down and look around before buying. I went to one place that gave promise of wonderful things (in the literature sent me,) and the appearances were certainly grand. In the land company's book, one man, who said he >vas twenty years in the place, told of getting from each acre of celery, and he had twelve acres under cultivation; $635 from each acre of icttuce, and amounts averaging from $375 to s>■oo per acre from other produce, and three crops a year. [ iooked this man up and he didn't look like a millionaire, so I went the local bank and asked i: he was good for a loan of SSOO and if his note for that amount would be good. The banker said: "i would advise you to get a good indorser. fcr i don't know w here Air. will be able to get the money to pay you; he owes everybody here now." ! didn't buy any of that 5250-an-acre land. What about these stories going through the mail? Isn't it like mine-stock swindlers? EMORY HITCHCOCK. Meriden. Conn., May 17. If the Reporter mistakes not, a number of Stokes people have been bit in Florida during the last few years. The roseate pictures which the land agents send out are calculated to catch many a sucker who has not been up against the world's sharks, and learned their ways. The same kind of judgment, hard work, economy and enthusiasm that it takes to get rich in Florida will make you rich in Stokes county. Put this in your pipe and smoke it thoughtfully. DIVERSIFIED FARMING OUR SALVATION. We have not heard of any spring lambs being ship ped out of Stokes county to northern hotels. But the Reidsville Review says the farmers of Rocking- THE DANBURY REPORTER ham are shipping a good many of them to Washing ton, Richmond and New York, and are receiving $12.50 each for them. In fact, we don't know of any lambs in Stokes county. Charley Lunsford may have a few. It costs next to nothing to raise sheep. They do well on most any of our pasture lands. A check for $150.00 for a do/en little ones about this time of year wouldn't be bad, would it? Another reason for the farmers of Stokes to quit being foolish--and stop trying to live off a one-crop system. Talking about hard times--and every blessed thing that can be raised to eat bringing fancy prices, and our lands adapted to the growth of everything to eat* J What's the matter with the country? Heel, mutton, chickens, eggs, butter, wheat, rye, corn, oats, potatoc*. hay. peas, beans and onions«-w'ho said w ;• ci;:.ild not raise the-e in abundance, and who said tl c> wouldn't brin •!n the hard cash--yellow, v !u„e and ,-:*een crisp checks thiit come on the mail, a"i.l a:v paid at the ba ".U v. ithout question. Air. i'.'!'a».M rarmer .-miles w hen you talk to him about tlv.se things. They are too little tor him to foe I with, lie had rather ins est SOOO.OO in mules. 5200.00 in fertilizer, 5200.00 in chop, and $.?00.00 in rations t'i raise a 5750.01! crop of tobacco with. If the season is good he n:a\ have 5100.00 left from his year's labors to pay on his mules. Diversified crops is absoluteh the only hope for our country. !« our farmers do not arrange to make at home their supplies to eat. they will have to moor their ships in the port of starvation. THE DANBIKY IXXI MENACE. A careful census would probably show nearly as man> dogs in Danbury as people. The least bit of excitement on the street any time will instantly summon a perfect swarm of bristling canines, with tails up. snarling and fighting, and committing other atrocities. Many of them are so hungry they are vicious. Big dogs, little dogs, bird dogs, beagles, shepherds, common iice and hounds. But the gaunt hound largely predominates. Frequently it is difficult to sleep any on account of the how lings, which start promptly with dusk, a tew lonesome, isolated curs beginning the racket, which waxes louder and louder, occasionally rising into a diabolical crescendo, chasing rest away from tired nerves, and making the night unbearable. Many of the poor beasts are half-starved and what time they are not on somebody's premises after loot, stand shivering and howling at home, with their nether anatomies slowly growing to their back bones. This process evidently being very painful, they don't fail to let the community understand their sufferings. Everything about one's demesnes must be kept under strong lock and key, if it would be saved. The pilferers begin their depredations as soon as dark sets in, and all through the night may be heard rip ping through the back porch, or trying to force a door behind which they can detect a scent of meat. One night last week Mr. J. G. Morefield had two set tings of costly improved eggs destroyed. The same night another citizen's chicken coop was entered, and a brood of young chickens nearly all killed. Not long ago a dog broke into a cellar and devoured about 25 lbs. of lard and meat. These are only a few incidents of what is going on all the time. There have been various remedies suggested to get relief, none of which has yet been put into effect. One is to try shot guns, another is for everybody to put out poison the same night and kill every dog in town simultaneously. Many people are willing to be afflicted rather than incur the enmity of the dog owner, as it is generally recognized that a person who will knowingly allow his dog to prey on innocent people, is the same kind of fellow who might take private vengeance if you kill the dog. There is a statute against cruelty to animals, and this ought to be enforced against all persons who are trying to keep dogs without feeding them. A dog that is not hungry will not leave its owner's premises at night. The Danbury dog proposition has long since de veloped from a nuisance into a menace. The danger from hvdroohobia is imminent. I Reduction I I SLIPPERS, 1 I SUMMER I 1 I DRESS I | GOODS and J MILLINERY. | John A. Burton, I Walnut Cove, N. C. I Come to See Us ! You Need What We have. BUY IT /NOW. Binders. Mowers, Rakes, Cultivators, both riding and walking. Pegtooth Harrows will help cultivate your crop. Disc harrows ready to do any kind of work. Surries, Buggies and all kinds of Harness. The price is right. Don't forget your Binder twine. Just received car load Qeiser Threshers, and have oil engines to operate them. We are here to serve you. JOYCE-JONES & COMPANY, Walnut Cove. - N. Carolina. NOTICE: iltivitm • lu?ias a'llnihist rat"f I wit li 1 lif w il! a iiii'-M-il in Mrs. Martini i • Stnilli, .| a sod, mit iM' is ltfivli.\ jrivrii tn all jifrsuiis i liiiiiiS' aLiaili-t tin l »*K|tit*• m Nils. M. I . Sini'li. t• pri'si ut ili«*iii tn tini fur! jia.\lll"llt, 11 til \ a ill lu'llt ii-atcil, i ill nr ; lii'furi' tin- L'-nii ila.v nf Ma.v. lulu. nr t lii» Hi it i'" will In- |II»'!II1MI IN Imr nfj tlii'ir ri'.'iivi'i'.v. Al! pi'i'siins iiiiii'ht.'il j tu sail il'ii'as..,] are iv«|nvt fully iv ! ■ 11tt'Ki• 1 tn m;iki* iiiiiiH'iliati' |iiyint'iit i tn nil'. This tlii' JmII ilav uf May. I'.'l.V ' N. >. I'Kl liKi:. \ilia'rw itli will «i 11 iii'X»'il. j j Junius C. Brown, Attornev-at-Law, MADISON, N. C. (leneral practice of the law in both State and Federal courts. . Estates administered on and settled. Real estate bought and sold and money loaned on real estate. FOR SALE CHEAP One Frick Thresher almost good as new. Will sell on easy terms. Call on or i write W. F. PRIDDY, Danbury, IN. C. Route 1, Box 21. 2Gm3t "MONEY" The mint makes it and under the terms of the CNTINENTAL MORTGAGE COMPANY you can secure it at ti per cent, for any legal purpose on approved real estate. Terms easy, tell us your wants and we will co-operate with you. PETTY & COMPANY, 1 11!) Lytton Bldg. CHICAGO. For Sale. One ten-horse power gasoline engine, one Meadows corn mill, | one wood saw. This machinery |is nearly new. 'will sell reason iable. Call on or write J. Frank !Dunlap, (Jideon, N. C. Tri-Weeklv Atlanta Constitu tion and Progressive Farmer, both one year for SI.OO. Save I*3 to 1-2 on all othor magazines and periodicals. Write for my big clubbing catalog. UPTON WILSON, TaprOw Madison, N. C.
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