THE 1) A NBl'R Y REPORTER
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WEDNESDAY. Al\i. 27. 1924.
REMINISCENCE.
At :cuir o'clock MI 'h» evening of November 27. 159.'1. two
>ouni; nu'i occupied . room up-stair- in a building opposite the
(«uri h«-.i-e :r Dan-uirv which -.til! -t m«l-. 'lhv precise moment
thi- r\ l»t- _ • n-. >ne of 'he nun. Itip_ and -1 i ni. «:. t bv the -to' «•
j-.irih'i'U ; - t .a:l rcafiini: the i ha riot te (I'^rnir. Whether
v. ,:h I'orvi t»r iui.t —. 1 ..n ; a»v;ble to -ay. hut occa-ionally he
' I-. 'i The ht vni n. -h »rt. -tockv-built fellow. -tood at Ih
window watching "hi- pr-t t'»U- « i -now -currving i>> on th
v ind. rid qinii'ng -:\itche- «»:' di-mal poetrv. IJe'ow front .id
l,c(iri;t'> ; a vein lloated rew-lrv when Mode Manring. Andy
W hiu and loe \-hln aere pacing over the drink-. \ mule tiee
to the court hou-e fence -viichtd it- tail and under the e.tve- of
the temple >•!' iu-tiie a cow sheltered it-elf from the chill Novtm
her Mast
\ lew vcar- . ter the -hort -t «c U > -built fellow wa- Governor
i' N,ir'h (. arolin.'. whili the lone -lint voung man wa- on the
Miperior court henih. "S »n have guc—ed right—i! wa- Rickett
and k ihat little lti-foot room east of the court hou-e ha
-hel'rred more !h.;ti one man de-tined to lead in the itTair- o!
"; t n. \ few >ears before, here l.lcnn waited client- and fame.
. ?id h c\ ent aally •. ante.
Ihe *• r—l time ! ever -a v 1 ud-v 1 k ht aa-* r> irg to get lip
a light netwveil twn d'i;-. "I • > if-• hi >• :•!'! I'adge Slack then.
).■ ? |,j»; «.tait\ .-'ack w•« nil' >. hi Hi*■ —t noti-d and m«>-t inter
t«t' character- who i\ er i.ved >n t. >l\ c count v. tie wa- tor
i numb*;' veai- a i*.ntril .igv.re in our vjlnne lite, and ot oui
coin'v. Ht w.i- in evcr> g inn- of marble-. ev er> Sundav alter
roun -wimming -Mint, and ever> war. rnielon iia.-co that ever hap
pened n thi- -oction. ta.U and I'ickett were the lite of the
that formed about ( apt. I s>l«»r"-» co-v -itting room fire in
tht evening-. uhere we played -et-hack and talked polities. I can
hear thi heartv of ( apt. I >lor (t.od re-t h'- -oul). Stack
wa- iht (l«-jt.'.ir a- well a- the deliuht of the man;, interestiny
eharatter- /•;' ihe mountain of th« »c da>- —lohn W iII Haker. Matt
()verh>. ( harle> I.tin-ford. Hill Hall. Tho-e who -ur\ive. and the
children of iho«e who have pa--ed away, -till talk of Stack, who
was their favorite.
Stack learned me to namhle. He watered me •>" cents 'hat
Corhett would whip lohn 1.. Sullivan. I accepted the bet. bor
rowed the monev and lost. Ihat cured me ot uamblinir. and !
think it cured him. too. I true— he tho'.mht it was a }»ood time to
(juit while tlir-h. Much of what little -uperticial learr.inir I ever
picked lip. 1 owe to Stack. He learned me to be a ureat lover of
Dicken- ar.d >hake-peare. I -oppose if an>bod> ever read tho-e
t .%o liook- and nothing else, he could not be counted an iunorant
rran. Stack _ot lot- of his tine -ense of humor and the ridiculous
trom Dicker-, and hi- ureat ->mpath> with human nature trom
the "bard of the \\on." -tack could (|Uote panes from Shake—
peare. and whia Kverett l\;nu and the writer • i thi- reminiscen.-.*
ran the Hortur. ">tack wrote parodies from Shake-peare. anti
applied them to ocal celebritie-.. Everett and m>-elf had to d"-
fend our -anctum more ih. n one time a- a re-nlt of those terrible
diatribes, and if there had been an> a-set- connected with th"
Hornet. 1 am -lire there would have been -erioiis libel -nit-.
Stack wa- always intere-ted in local aflfairs. and was generally
the -eat of every commotion that di-turhed the community. He
udapied him-eif to ever> situation, and was equal to every emer
gent'«. He was one of the mo-t manv-sided men I have ever
known. He was a natural-born new-paper man. and is one of
the mo-t entertaining writers in the State, if he takes a notion
He could always do an> thing that an>body else could do except
one thing—he never could -ing a tune. He often tried, but I don't
think ever succeeded.
One da> while I held a job on the Greensboro Telegram. Stack
culled in and told me good-hve. He was leaving Danhury. and had
1.'5 thousand hard Stokes county dollars in his pocket. That was
goiny -ome for those days, when a dollar would buy two or three
bushels of wheat. The lederal Reserve banks had never been
thought of. and Stack'- success in the practice of law a few years
in Stokes wa- a -i-n of the success that he was afterwards to at
tain in a greater and richer field. Rut here he laid down the mud
sills. here built the character that a few years later would brinu
him honors, fortune and fame.
Judge Stack, who is now a guest at IMedmont Springs, is now
one of the eminent jurists of our great St ate. whose .judgments
are respected for their wisdom and common sense, and whose
opinions are widely quoted. His many Stokes county friends,
among whom he is always welcome, rejoice with him in his
success. E. I'.
CO-OP NEWS OF INTEREST.
The statement made by a himh official of the co-ops that any
individual member who demands a final settlement on his 1922-
192:1 crops can get it, will be read with absorbing interest by
Stokes county members of the association. The business meth
ods of the co-ops are more and more swinging around right.
THE DANBURY REPORTER.
DANBURY DISCOVERED.
Whin Cleopatra received unwelcome news she caused the mes
senger to I".' stilettoed and dropped into the Nile. While the
compliment "huh Prof. lifnir pays us is unpleasant, it is not
doelud. l.'ather than pitch !>!:iir in the Dan. let us look around
tor the responsibility—wherever it is—and having been found, its
conscience will 'H- punishment enough. For whoever is to blame
lor the crime aaam»t the children of th's community will he sil
houetted in a haio tt sinister linht for all time to tome.
TOBACCO.
\Ktit i a'uivi"! ft on' Mr. T. !i. JV|>per. who is running a
.v..rehfi\i*t Mii!!:r.. S. t'.. s.'.s that ti;hacco N -ellina hiyh :>t
tn..« point, with, pi n - tending :»r-wards. He at.' the tarnur
of Stoke* that '.he ir«p everywhere is short. and that the proh
il»i?'t:«.« re with our superii r ciiality of product we are in for
pi-is his ta
- ,ior.i ail -ti'ions o! Mokes indka'.e :t Mvht crop * i;h
brmht m'or.
THEATRE.
Plans are materializing for a theatre at Panbury. to be
bui't at once. One hundred stockholders of Danbury and a radius
of ten mills around are beintr enlisted. no one lo own more than
cm* share, whiih has a par value of !?.">('. The plan looks to he
entirely practicable, and with many stockholders, the success
nt the project is assured. 'lhe program :« for an up-to-date hiuh
i!a»s >ho« nt least once a week t niiiht. and it this is !:i\«.-n it
"i!! receive a liberal patronauv ind w'il !' y handsomely.
The people of the territory nv. aliened a.re in r.eni of wholesome
recreation and amusement. an:! aac a' '«• and illinu "i pay for i'.
At last reports the committee •,'! inj stoil.ho'iUaha.d enlisted
more than half the stock. with 'in others vaui-r to subscribe.
This is .i day ot uood r.vd* ,r-a . T.I d-M ml it is no trouble
to yet a crowd io-ethir on she! noti.e. Ihe •heitre building
proper will be about l» by 7a. uith ba'iony ."rt "ill seat »«»•»
people. It ill be liuhted with ecitriiity. md be n««iern in a!l
its appointments and arrangements.
i
MRS. VAXDEREILT
F.AI'K FROM EUROPE!
W..1 N w Turn Her Attention
T tutting Things Lined Up
F i tin- (.'uminjr State Fair—
Manv New Suggestions.
'
ilaieinh. Aug. Mrs. Edith;
Vanderbiit. president of the
North Carolina btaie Fair, has
returned from a two months trip
'o Europe, and will now turn her
attention to getting things iined
jp for t!:e t event of the Fairi
in Raleigh
During her absence from
America. Mrs. Vanderbiit picked
jp numerous sutreestions for im-
IT' ving the Fair, and these she
wiii pass on to the general man
ager. She returns to find pre
parations well advanced, and
there is every indication now for J
one of the most successful fairs
:n the history of the state.
Not only have the various fie- (
partment heads gotten their pre
parations for the fair well underl
way. but the ireneral manager,
has also been able to secure aj
comprehensive !ine of attractions
for the midway. These have
been contracted for and will:
provide plenty of amusement forj
the crowds.
More than rive thousand auto-j
mobiles were admitted into the!
fair grounds last :>ear, and it is
expected that a great many more
than this number will come tiiis
\ear. a? the roads leading into
Ivaleigh have been improved in
every direction. These roads
practically put the fair within
the reach of the people of all i
sections of the State, according]
to Mrs. Vanderbiit.
Mrs. Vanderbiit naturally has j
been greatly gratified to find the
arraneiments for the fair making
9uch satisfactory progress and
very much pleased to learn of'
the bright outlook. "Bigger and
Better'' is not to be an empty J
phrase with her, for that hss
been her platform for each sue-1
cessive year that 6he been at the 1
; head of the fair
She has ai?"> tttn gratified to
learn that are to t ; e more
fairs in the state than ever be
fore. The mere the better tin-
State Fair will be, she declares,
for all of are wortiirg to
the same tnd. The better the
!other fairs are, the better the
; State Fair will be. she sa>s.
I I
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I LEGISLATURE HAS I
FINISHED ITS WORK 1
j Was In Session Only 17 Days— ■.
Port and Water Trasportati;n
Measuie Was Outstanding J
Piece of Legislation Enacted, j
I I
I Raleigh, Aug. '/■>. —Sine die
adjournment today at noon
I brought the special session of the
'general assembly to a close on its
seventeenth legislative day.
• 'aiieri intoextraodir arv session
re act upon the report of the ship
ard water transportation c(n>
mission arc] correct errors in the
sinking fund amendment act,
iTn aratory to e\pe?ted ratiri.-*a
tion in the November election,
the assembly performed those
•two duties and, in addition, en
acted over lnO of the nearly »HMi
; punli? and local bills introduced.
1
The port and water transporta
tion measure is accepted as the
mainttpiece of legis'ation enacted
by the session. If the people ap
prove the act in the election.it will
supply T he machinery for inaugu
rating a port and water com
merce deu-loptr.er,! i»r gram. (
with an investment ! t T >« •no
in terminal faculties •: »ea
and i- iar.d p'rts an«; acmtingent
fund of >'l,o.i.i «i f>r the ! ; —ra
tirn of state '\vr.ed shijs.
, , •xsTUTTIt >N A I. AMFNI>-
MINY
Beside* ?• mctlrg th* .it r in
the sinking fund measure, thi
special session added another
constitutional amendment pro- ]
posal to the three adopted for •
submission by the 'legisla-'
ture. It provides for an increase;
f per diem for members of the
central assembly Ironi $4 to $lO.l.
The special session killed bills,
submitting three other constitu
tional amendments, one extend
ing the term of county sheriffs
and coroners, the second provid-1
ing for a judicial redisricting
and abolishing of the rotation'"
system for judges and the third i
putting a reduced tax rate on
money on deposit in banks and
realtv mortgages and deeds of
trust
As the result of legislation by
the K'-3 regu'ar session, supple
mented by that of the special
session, the people of North J1
Carolina will vote on the follow-'l
ing proposals in the November
elections, besides expressing '
their choice on candidates for*
national, state, congressional and 1
county offices
„ . 1
lo inaugurate port and water
transportation development pro- j
gram. Machinery provided by 1
special session. '
To authorize an appropriation j
of S2.OUO,IH>» to aid World War
veterans eccjuire farm lands. I
Machinery provided by 1'.'20 i
regular session. I,
To amend the constitution so
as to increase peraiem of mem
bers of general assembly to 5? 1'
Submitted by special session.
To amend the constitution to
make inviolate the sinking fund
for state. Submitted by regular
session, but discovery of error in
provisions of act necessitated its
repeal and enactment of a new
measure by special session.
To amend constitution to limit i
the bonded indebtness which the
state may incur. Submitted by
regular session.
To amend the constitution to
exempt from taxation mortgages'
and deeds of trust on homes. 1
Submitted by regular session and
submitting act amended by |
special session to change rate of>
'interest on exempted mortgages
and trust deeds from 5' per cent
l to the legal rate
Mrs. J. Gilmer Korner
Addresses Club Here
Mrs. J. Gilmer Kernel', of
Kernersville, who is •spending
some time at Piedmont Spiings,
was an interesting and •■uter
taining guest of tin- Fir.t Arts
v'lui) at a special meeting at the
ht'/ne of Mrs. K. P. Pepper
Tuesday afternoon of this week,
at '.'huh titr.e Mrs. Kunei
>P' !;e in present day topus oi
cl; '> w. . Kefreshments were
served by the hostess and Mrs
N. E. Pepper
All the
"Latest
Patterns
in
Fall.
Dress
Goods
arriving
daily.
THE BQYLES CO.,
KING, 11. C.
p. s.-
Most anything you need. I>res?
goids ar.d good shoes a
speciality.
FARM FOR RENT.
A good 2-horse farm .'I miles
from Walnut Cove. (Jood dwel
ling house.
W. F. HOWI.EH.
Iw WALNUT COVE. N. C.
AT A
BARGAIN
If Sold Quick.
Most up-to-date and
best equipped garage
between Mount Airy and
Winston-Salam. Up-to
date service station in
connection. The busi
ness is making money
now and will pay much
better when the hard
surface road is finished
between Winston-Salem
and Mount Airy.
CABIiN MOTOR CO.
0. 0. Grabs, owner,
King, N. C.
■ Tefever
New LEFEVEft NITRO-
SgSV Special only $29.0 c
I W ®" fin '* he '. conudtring
It, the prict. Built to shoot
Hk. "" hl * nd s,4nd •>
much uu as th.
; most npinnvt
V9K. K un - Mottdur
abUloclcever
put in * (TUP
fired ovir
Every Run
|ir. •• stid
an
tr mo
FUilii):trdi7.i'i| Vlk,
"tilv XjftV
in 20-fFi- 2s In.
K>-K:l. 2h in., tuid
12-ifa. 2S und SO In. with
It in. Btock anl abuut 2%
in. drop. A Ln-fever won
tho world's championship
at the Olympic puni.n In
London. L«f«*vor has stood
for service and durability
(or over Of year-t.
Write for Cataloffu*
LEFEVERARMSCO. ■
BOX A ITHACA, NTTI