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NOV. 17, 1915.
LOOPING THE LOOP O.N DEVIL'S CURVE.
Mr. J. M. Neal and son John are certainly the
champion acrobats of the county. How two men
and an automobile, irregularly mixed up to together,
could descend a 25-foot declivity, the while each in
turn desperately disputing the upperside until
gravity loses its force and all hands lie still for want
of breath--and then it is found that nobody is hurt,
and not even a bolt or rivet of the machine broken?;
--how this stunt was executed without casualties is
beyond us. Congratulations to Mr. Neal and son I
John that thev both weren't killed dead entirely.
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GOOD ADVICE TO FARMERS.
Sell your tobacco, pay your debts, and put what
money you have left in your home bank. Your home
hanks are in good shape, and run by responsible men
that you know. You may put your savings in an
outside bank, and your home county will be the
poorer. Every dollar deposited in your home banks
means that much easier times at home, where your
money if deposited here is loaned out among home
people and makes times good, while if deposited out
side of the county it is loaned outside of the county,
ar.d your own community is made the poorer therebv.
THE BOOZE FORD.
Saiii to be a good deal of traffic in contraband
going on between somewhere north of here and some
where south of here. Danbury on the good road is
the crossing place. Oft in the stilly night you can
hear a car go through, anyw here from II to 3. Travel
ing without lights, and making 30 or 40 miles an
hour, no noise except the purr of the gasolene, loaded
with two or three men and other things--the booze
Ford rushes through with the minimum of quiet
ness. Out of the northern darkness, a rip across the
bridge, into the southern darkness, and gone--like a
bat broke loose from hades. One would imagine it a
dangerous customer to meet on the road, as you
would be likely run into before you knew it. The
stills of Patrick or upper Stokes are evidently doing
a land office business.
THE FLOWERS OF YESTERDAY.
It's an ill wind that blows no good, and a long, long
lane that knows no turning. Every dog hath his
day, said Mr. Shakespeare. Out in the woods there's
been a reign of frivolity for several weeks that was
interesting to see. Miss Maple in crimson skirts,
Miss Dogwood in brown and gold, and Madame
Poplar bedecked in all the gay-colored finery that the
Serpent of the Nile wore when she strode forth to meet
Antony. Swell dress in all its ''glaring impotence"
held sway--except with the pines who looked on if
not with green envy at least with steadfast disdain,
Young Men Who Appreciate Style and Clothes That Fit
SHOULD SEE OUR LINE OF CLOTHES THIS FALL.
The prices are no higher than the pOOr= Compare the Goods this time.
All Wool Men's Suits $9.75, $12.50, $15.00, $18.09 and up.
ly made kind at other stores. Boy'sSKSSmwi 1 ' 75an " sl2S "-
"'OIIOW THE ARROW" -V
IT PAYS MHli j Xo Follow the Arrow.
NORTH filOE COURT MOOSE
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C.
THE DANBURY REPORTER
refusing to how to the behest of style. And so now
hath visited .1. Frost, Esq., and ever since there's
been a quiet but steady disrobing among the ultra- j
fashionables, and a busy baring of ugly forms to the!
biting wind. But your Aunt Pine, that staid old
spinster who is not affected by fuss and feathers,!
drouth or flood, and wears her same old clothes in
season and out of season, bows to the east and bows
to the west, and avows that of all the times, she
likes winter best.
TRUST THE PRESIDENT.
In the preparedness program which he has outlin
ed. the newspapers tell us that practically four-fifths
of the Democratic congressmen and all the Republi- :
cans will support President Wilson. Claude Kitchin 1
is strongly opposing him. Major Stedman is in line.!
The Reporter believes that the American people can'
safely trust the situation to Mr. Wilson. During
the crises with Germany we trusted him, and he
brought us out well and with honor to the good
name of the country. The lives of the American
people and their vast property interests are deserv
ing of being protected, and we cannot hope to protect
them without an army and navy in keeping with
the wealth, the dignity and importance of the great
est nation on earth. A great military power of Europe
with 40 or 50 armies of 100,000 each in the field,
flushed with victory, will be a different customer to
settle with from a nation with its hands tied by wars
at home. Mr. Bran's milk and cider policy of
••peace at an> price" was a poor shield for Belgium
and Poland and Serbia. The founders of this nation.
Washington, Jackson. Lincoln and Cleveland, did
not believe in taking orders from Europe. I : ew people
in America want war. but we all want that protec
tion which preparedness alone can insure.
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YADKIN RENEGES AGAIN.
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Yadkin township, Stokes county, contains some of
the finest people in the world, and it is for their own
sakes that we sincely regret the killing of good roads
again. Mr. Geo. Lewis, of Meadows township,
has been the storm center of the buffetings that
have sometimes existed since Meadows began to
build good roads. But Mr. Lewis says that after all
the bitterness and the bickerings, the blasted hopes
and the disappointed expectations, the higher taxes
and the loud but deep cussing, Meadows township is
proud of her good roads, and that a proposition for
the voters to receive back their former bad roads and
be rebated their tax money would be defeated by a
majority so overwhelming and so vociferous as to
j shake the roots of Sauratown mountain. The same
sentiment exists in Danbury and Sauratown town
ships. Put us back on the old mud pike, and there
j will be an exodus of yeomanry to progressive com
| munities who like advantages and conveniences, and
are willing to pay for them.
It is only for awhile, dear Yadkin, and thou too
shalt be with us. The march of progress is world
wide. The law of life means upward and onward.
If you sit still you become fossilized. The
Indian trail, the burning of witches, the cider
press in the tree, have retired into the funny memo
ries of a hazy past. Education, and the good things
which come with it, is rampant in the land, and if
you will give it time, it will do the work for us.
I Money Saved
Is Money Made
We are going to take our annual inventory
Dec. Ist, and in order to reduce our stock to
make room for goods more seasonable we are
going to offer for cash 10 per cent discount on
the following:
1 plantation feed cutter, I cider mill, lQuiser
thresher No. 3, 1 manure spreader, 1 hay rake,
1 land roller T Bar style, 3 6 disc crown grain
drills, and also a lot of disc and section har
rows. All the goods are newly bought this
season. Every farmer who will need any of
the above machines next year cannot afford
to let this opportunity pass. Don't forget
that after Dec. Ist the 10 per cent discount
will be withdrawn. If we have to inventory
this stock we will carry it into next season
at the regular price.
Joyce=Jones k Co.
| J. R. SNYDER, Mgr.
k Walnut Cove, N. C.
THE
J. N. Davis Co.,
Will Save You Money on
Your Fall
Hats, Coat Suits, Coats
and Dress Goods.
$15.00 Coat Suits at \ s'.) 9S
12.50 Coat Suits at 7.98
5.00 Coats at 2JB
10.00 Coats at 7.JS
5.00 Hats at 3.9j
4.00 Hats at 2.9£
3.00 Hats at 1.98
Be Sure to Call on Us When
In Winston=Salem.
The J. N. Davis Co.
WINSTON-SALEM. N. C.
Fifth and Liberty Sts., Opposite New Post Office.