DANBURY REPORTER
VOLUME XLIII.
Off fOII RICHMOND
Number of Stokes and Pat
rick People Go To Vir
ginia's Capitol To Be
Treated Against
Hydrophobia. i
MAD-DOG RAMP ANT
i
Good Pair of Mules Bitten, One j;
of Them Dead, Other One Now
Mad-Ate Hay Which the
Rabid Dog Had "Slobbered"
Upon.
Mr. Walter Martin of Smith,
who was a Danbury visitor Mon
day, inquired of the Reporter i
the whereabouts of a mad-stone, j
He could not be enlightened, but J
was advised that in case of hy- j
drophobia, - he should go to.
Raleigh for treatment at the
Pasteur institute of that city.
Mr. Martin stated that mad-i
dogs were doing a great deal of
damage in his section of the
countv, which borders on Pat
rick. A mad-doe bit Jim Clark,
a colored man, and several \
tnemlers of his family, some of i
whom have gone to Richmond, j
Va., to be treated for rabies.
A few davs previously Mr. John I
Wimbish lost a good mule, which
died with hydrophobia, after
eating hay on which the dog
foamed. Another mule, which
tflso ate of the hay, is having
' fits.
Mr. Martin says that consider
able excitement prevails in the
neighborhood, as it is not known
just what damage the dogs have
done, and it is feared many
other people and stock may have
been or will be bitten.
Mrs. Mary J.ni Nelson
Passed Away Yesterday
J Mrs. Mary Ann Nelson, an|
aged tnd highly respected woman
of Danfcury Route 1, passed away
yesterday.
Mrs. Nelson was the mother j
of Messrs. Floyd, Will and Mack
Nelson, cf Stokes county.
The husband of the deceased
'' was a Confederate soldier, and j
■was killed during the war.
L The burial and funeral were
t Jjeld today, the interment being
rmade in the family burying
Eyrround near the home of the de
|*ceased.'
■l, Hundreds of farmers own
Hktomobiles and their homes are
Hpt provided with water, lights,
ISreless cooker, kitchen cabinet,
J|tc, all of which may be purchas
ed for much less than the pur-
Rlniin price of an automobile. A
Bjtrip » b taken only occasionally in
Bn automobile, while the wife
Boat spend nearly all the time in
Hk| . home and in the kitchen
We have only one
B|l to live, and most of that life
Bgjumt in the home. Isn't it
ESVhlle, then, to take ad-
Mttaf* of modern inventive
B|Bj|y make the home at-
IfaUftd convenient? J. Z.
Progressiva Farmer.
w in in an
Dr. Rupert Helsabeck Buysj
the Residence Property j
of Mr. Will Slate At |
Mizpah. /
Mr. Edward W. Carroll, of
Germanton Route 1. was a visitor;
at the Reporter office today.
He stated that Dr. Rupurt
Helsabeck, of King Route 1, had
purchased the residence property
of Mr. Will Slate, at Mizpah, and
would remove there for the
practice of his profession. Mr.
Slate is erecting a new residence
for himself right near the one
scld to Dr. Helsabeck.
For some time Dr. Helsabeck
has been associated with Dr. S.
F. Tillotson, of King, in the
| practice of medicine. It is not
' known whether this partnership
! will be dissolved or not.
December leal Sales
Show Big Decrease
The total sales in North Caro
lina for the month of December.
1915, fell under the total for the |
same month, 1914, by over|
twenty million pounds, accord-]
ing to the monthly tobacco re
port issued by Commissioner of 1
Agriculture W. A. Graham.
The sales for December, 1914,
were 49,103,295, and the total
for December, 1915, was 29,093,-
,612, Of this amount 25,383,177
is tabulated as first hand; 1905,-
1C93I C 93 as dealers; 1,907,742 as re
i sold.
The following is the detailed
report of the markets.
Wilson, 3,026,052; Rocky Mt., i
2,539,533; Kinston, 2,426,334;
Winston-Salem, 2,283,444; Green
ville, 2,379,913; Durham, 1,766,-
160; Roxboro, 1,305,374; Farm
ville, 1,110 478; Oxford, 911,578, j
Henderson, 783,738; Reidsville.'
670,330; Wendell, 653,133;
' Younsville, 608,188; Zebulon 603,-
771; Warrenton, 5-12,507; Louis
burg, 524,808; Smithfield, 512,-
788; Apex, 433,826; Snow Hill, j
! 429.661; Warsaw. 395,143; Fu
quay Springs, 399,611; La'
Grange, 388,021; Mebane, 372,-1
831; Mount Airy. 333,641; Burl
intrton, 357,670; Goldsboro, 310,-
807; Washington; 233,184; Greens
boro, 225,962; Creedmoor, 223,-
328; Elkin, 216,299; Walnut
Cove, 798,870; Pilot Mountain,
195,172; Robersonville, 183,994;
Spring Hope, 185,182; Williams
ton, 165,229; Pinetops, 245,792;
Stoneville, 139,547; New Bern,
128,934; Sanford, 86,390; Madi
json, 86,093; Townsville, 85,833;
Statesville, 78,705; Ayden, 62,-
432; Clinton, 60,851; Leaksville,
45,122; Ahoskie, 25,147; Wallace,
17,215.
Local weather prognosticators
predict that January will be a
bad month, so far as weather is
concerned, Turner's Almanac
has for many years been the
"standby" probably of some of
the alleged "goosebone" prog
nosticators, and is usually fairly
reliable to say the least.—Albe
marle Enterprise.
At tewt eight pt-tons are re
ported* to have been kHM in an
explosion at the plant of Du Pont
Powder Co.. at Carney's Point,
jPa., Sunday.
DANBURY, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1916
A HEW CANDIDATE
Miss Lottie Tilley's Name Put
In Contest By Her
Friends.
FIVE N AMES NOW
Miss Elsie Sheppard Is Leading
In the Contest With Mr. W.
L. Hall a Close Second
Onterest Gradually
Growing Stronger.
The name of another new
candidate has been added this
week to ihe list of candidates in
the Reporter's automobile voting
contest. The lady is Miss Lottie
Tilley, the young daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Tilley, of
Smith, and she will no doubt re
ceive a good vote at the hands
iof her friends.
Miss Elsie Sheppard is receiving
| strong support from her friends
| and at present is leading in the
contest, with Mr. W. L. Hall a
close second, while the other
candidates have each added
some yotes to their names the
past week.
It is a remarkable fact
,nany of the votes received by
the contestants come from al
most every State in the Union,
each having friends in distant
States who are natives of Stokes
and readers of the Reporter.
Just this week votes have been
received for the different can
didates from North Dokota,
Montana, Texas, Colorado, Vir-j
ginia, West Virginia, Kansas, J
Oregon and other States.
So far all of the candidates;
j together have rec ived only
about eighty thousand votes,
representing only about eighty
dollars worth of subscriptions to
the paper, and by the way, it
| might.be mentioned that it's not;
' too late for other candidates to J
enter the race. A good many
votes have of course been held
back u y the different candidates to
be cast later, but counting these j
i only a small amount of money
is represented and it looks at
' present like somebody is going
to get an automobile with very
little effort. However, it is im
possible to tell. Some of the
candidates may get busy and
turn in a good lot of eubsciip
tions as the contest draws to an
end.
The vote today stands as fol
lows :
Miss Elsie Sheppard, 28,250
W. L. Hall, 27,250
Miss Hattie Reid 14,500
Joe Alley. 7.500
Miss Lottie Tilley 3,000
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Address
DANBURY REPORTER
Danbury, N. G.
POIZE FOOD GROWS
Merchants of Sauratown
Township Make Liberal
Donations.
TO BOYS' CORN CLUB
Names of All Those Who Have
Assisted To Be Published Next
Week —Strong Inducement Of-
fered the Young Corn Growers.
The merchants of Sauratown
township contributed liberally
the past week to the prize fund
for the Boys' Corn Club, some
thing over one hundred dollars
being added to the fund. The
county fund was elso strengthen-'
ed considerably by liberal dona-1
[tions from business men in,
' Winston-Salem. The money do
jnated by the Sauratown mer
-1 chants will go to boys in that
j township, the same as will be
| done in the case of all the other
townships which have contribu
ted for the benefit of their re
spective townships. The money
given by Winston-Salem men
will go irto the penera! county
, prize fund.
County Agent Holt, who is
soliciting: this money, will next
week publish in the Reporter a
complete list of all those who
have contributed to the prize
fund for the Boys' Corn Club
and the conditions upon which
these prizes will be awarded
will be made known.
A strong effort is being made
by Mr. Holt to put old Stokes
at the head of the list in corn
growing this year, and the pros
pects are excellent at present
for success in the effort.
There will be the greatest j
inducements ever offered to the j
boys this year to put forth their ■
best efforts in getting big yields
ot corn. The prizes to be of
fered by the townships and the
county will amount to several
! hundred dollars, and in addition
! handsome prizes will be offered
! by the State.
The organization and instruc
tion of the boys who join the
corn club will be undertaken by
Mr. Holt at once, and with fair
seasons the Stokes boys are go
ing to make the other counties
of the State hustle if they keep
up.
Figures from the census bureau
state that during the past decade
North Carolina has passed from
sixteenth in point of population
to fourteenth.
For Rheumatism,
As soon as an attack of Rheu
matism begins apply Sloan's Lin
iment. Don't waste time and
suffer unnecessary agony. A few
drops of Sloan's Liniment on the
affected parts is all you need.
The pain goes at once.
A greateful sufferer writes:—
"I was suffering for three weeks
with Chronic Rheumatism and
Stiff Neck, although I tried many
medicines, they failed, and I was
under the care of a doctor. For
tunately I heard of Sloan's Lini
ment and after' using it three or
four days am up and well. lam
employed at the biggest depart
ment store in S. F. where they
employ from six to eight hundred
hands, and they surely will hear
•tl about Sloan's Linimeet-H.
B. Smith. San Frandsco, Cal
Jan. 191*. At all Druggists.
New Baptist Church
To Be Organized 23rd.
The Primitive Baptists will
dedicate and organize the new
Baptist church in Walnut Cove
on Saturday, Jan. 23. There
will be services Saturday morn
ing and afternoon, and on Sun
day morning and afternoon.
There will probably be several
ministers present from a dis
tance, and some of these visit
ing elders will preach.
Decrease In Child labor
In North Carolina
The report of Commissioner
of Labor Shiprr.an, just issued,
shows that 830 fewer children
were employed in North Carolina
cotton iritis during 1913 than
during the year previous. There
, were approximately 51,494 per
sons employed, 31,640 miles and
j 19,653 females: of the employes
i about 7,292 were under 16 years
of age, as compared with 8,128
during 1914. The work was on
p 1 C !:cu: la-is.
Report shows 318 mills with
$57,671,232. The nrlls eauipped
with 3,630.217 spindles, 67,218
looms and 9,523 cards; use 187.-
012 horsepower; the raw material
used per annum is 351,050,270
pounds of cotton ana the estimat
ed value of the output for the
year is $804,349.78.
Dale for Electrocution Oil
Mrs. Ida Warren And
Christy To Be Fixed
By Gov. Craig.
Kaleigh, Jan. 12.— The State
Supreme Court filed opinions in
twenty cases this morning, the
case of most public interest be
ing State vs. Samuel Preston
Christy and Ida Eall Warren,
from Forsyth county in which
the defendants are under sen
tence of electrocution for the
murder of G. J. Warren, husband
of the woman. The Superior
Court convictions and death sen
tences are affirmed.
Chief Justice Walker Clark,,
writing the opinion for the!
court says, after reviewing the
I various exceptions on which the
oase was appealed : "Mrs. War
ren seems to have been the
moving spirit In this murder,
the vertible Lady Macbeth of
the tragedy. Upon the whole
record the husband of the prison
er, Warren, was put to death by
his wife and her paramour by a
pre-concerted, pre-determined
murder, cold-blooded and relent
less without any mitigating or
extenuating circumstances. We
find no error in the conduct of
the case by the learned judge
and twelve jurors have found
their verdict upon competent
evidence which justifies their
decree.
loads of cigarettes
are in Savannah, Ga., awaiting
shipment to England for British
soldiers at the front They were
shipped from Richmond, Va.
No. 2,28
WEI FDR STOKES
$2,238.84 Is Our Share Of
Special School Fund Ap
propriated Monday.
7,327 CHILDREN
Are Now Enrolled In The Public
Schools Of the County and Each
One (jets Thirty-One Cents.
The special school fund ap
propriated to the counties of the
State each year was apportioned
Monday by the State officials.
Stokes county's part of the
$250,000 apportioned is $2,238.84,
which is about thirty-one cents
to each child of school age, there
being 7,327 pupils enrolled in
! the public schools of Stokes.
SCARCITY OF POTASH
A MENACE TO COTTON.
Secretary ot Agriculture
Called On For Statement
Re'at : ve To Available
Supply.
Washington, Jan, 11,—Scarcity
of potash foF feftUUer seriously
threatens the cottofi CfoJ), Senator
Smith, of South Carolina, told
the senate today in submitting
a resolution, calling upon the
'secretary of agriculture for a
report on the amount of potash
available in this country.
Senator Smith said that unless
some action was taken to re
plenish the potash supply the
production of cotton may be
reduced to 50 per cent.
The resolution which was
adopted also calls for a report on
the price of potash now as com
pared with 1913.
In connection with the resolu
tion Senator Smith submitted to
the senate telegrams from over
23 commissioners of agriculture,
governors, bankers, farmers and
fertilizer men, located east of
the Mississippi, responding to
the senators inquiry as to their
judgment about the effect on
next year's cotton crop if the
present situation as to fertilizer
continues. The senator said that
these responses were to the
effect that the normal crop
would be reduced from 25 to 50
per cent.
The consensus of opinion was
that increased acreage, with its
attendant cost per acre for pro
duction even if labor could be
obtained to cultivate a material
increase in acreage, would be
inadequate to bring the crop up
to a normal yield.
Southern senators hope that
the report of the secretary of
agriculture will lend encourage
ment to the plan to induce
Germany and England to let
potash come out of Germany for
the American cotton crop.
It is announced that Col.
Roosevelt will start February 15
on atrip to the West Indies, to
be gone until tbout April Ist.
Probably the plan is for the
colonel to keep out of the way
until his friends ftx up a presi
dential nomination for him—if
they can.