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'A EI iNKSPAV. AUG. 27. 1024.
REMINISCENCE.
At tour o'clock in •h» evening of November 27. I>o'l. two
ynuni: nun occupied . room up--tair- in a building oppo-ite the
tcitrt h a-e ir D.n'mry which -till -t.tnd«. The precise moment
• ' \ begins. ino *'l' 'he nun. long and >lim. s.-.t by tho stove
j-.'.rih'nv. read:.*".! the « harlotte Observer. Whether
v. .;h ennui or peanut-. 1 ..ni unable to ~.i>. ?»tit occasionally ho
Ihe ! he r ni..n. -h»r?. -tocky-built lellow . -tood at th'-
mindow watching the r*r~t fV»kc- "I -now scurryitis, by >n the
vind. nd *|U«>l =uu -naiehe- ■»:" dismal poetry. He'ow from iid
tieorge'- iloated revelry v hcrt Mode Manring. \ndy
WhiU and 100 \-hln were parting over the drink-. A mule tied
to 'he rotirt hou-e It nn' -w.whid it- tail, and under the cues of
the temple >l m-1 i*. *.* a cow -hollered it -elf from the chill \ovtm
i'tr Ida-!
\ few vcar- h'ter the -hort. -lecky-built fellow was Governor
it Nor'h l irolina. w hilt the long -lim young man wa- on the
superior .ourt bench. \ou have guo-sed riuht—it wa- ISiekeft
and s'..;k ih.it iittie lii-foot room east of the court house ha
-hehered more !hAT» one man do-tined to lead in the atYairs of
rr.i n. \ll w >ear- before, here (iltnn waited client- and tame.
. ti;l '•>' i evt nm.illy came.
I'he ' ; r-t time ! ever -aw ludgi >' :ck h« wa- trying to get up
:• :ight iietwten two d?u». '>; t o>r-e he ..a>nt ludge Mack then.
I t ju-t "t.nk Stack w on i. hi tv.o-t noted and in.»-t inter
i-r.ng «h.'factor- w h«s tver lAed tn *»t.»ke- count>. He wa- tor
n-.im l>t r of year- a e-.ntril .inure in our v illage lib', and of our
Hi w.i- in evcry g.ime of marble-. every Sunday after
noon -wimniin- -'tint, and every watermelon lia-co that ever hap
pened n thi- -oction. Stack and Pickett were the life of the
 jr t (ha' firmed about I apt. I ty tor's eo-y -itting room lire in
th» i\eninu-. where we played -et-liack and talked politic-. 1 ean
hear thi hearty lauiih of ( apt. I • y lot • oil re-t hi- -mil). Stack
wa- thi di-pair a- well a- the delight of the many interesting
character- o:' the mountain of tho-e day lohn Will Uaker. Matt
Overby. t harley I tin-ford, liill Hall. Tho-e who survive. and the
children of tho-e who have passed away, -till talk of Stack, who
was their favorite.
Stack learned me to gamble. He wagered me ">» cents «hat
Corbett would whip lohn 1.. Sullivan. 1 accepted the bet. bor
rowed the money and 10-t. That cured me of gambling. and 1
think it cured him. too. I guess he thought it wa- a good time to
(i U it while flush. Much of what little -superficial learninir I ever
picked up. 1 owe to Stack. He learned me to be a great lover of
Dicken- and Shake-peare. I -iippo-e if anybody ever read those
two book- ::nd nothing else, he could not be counted an ignorant
man. Stack cot lot -of his tine -eti-e of humor and the ridiculous
troni Dicker-, and hi- ureat -ympathy with human nature from
the "bard >! the \von." -stack could quote panes from Shake
peare. and when Everett !v:n- and the writer if thi- reminiscen. .•
ran the Home*, "tack wrote parodies from Shakespeare, and
applied them to o t ;il celebrities.. Everett and my-elf had to de
fend our -anctum more th. n one time as a result of those terrible
diatribes, and if there had been any asset- connected with th"
Hornet. lam sure there would have been serious libel -uits.
Stack was always interested in local aft'airs. and was generally
Ihe seat of every commotion that di-turbed the community. He
adapted him-elf to every situation, and was equal to every emer
gency. He was one of the most many-sided men I have ever
known. He was a natural-born new-paper man. and i- one of
the mo-t entertaining writers in the State, if he takes a notion
He could always do anything that anybody else could do except
one thintj—he never could -inn a tune. He often tried, but I don't
think ever succeeded.
One day while 1 held a iob on the Greensboro Telegram. Stack
tailed in and told me uood-bye. He was leaving Danbury. and had
!:> thousand hard Stokes county dollars in his pocket. That was
going some for those days, when a dollar would buy two or three
bushels of wheat. The Federal Reserve banks had never been
thought of. and Stack's -ucte-s in the practice of law a few years
in Stokes v,a- a -iun of the success that he was afterwards to at
tain in a greater and richer field. Hut here he laid down the mud
sills. here built the character that a few years later would bring
him honors, fortune and fame.
Judge Stack, who i- now a guest at Piedmont Springs, is now
one of the eminent jurists of our great State, whose judgments
are respected for their wisdom and common sen-e. and whose
opinions are widely quoted. His many Stokes county friends,
among whom he is always welcome, rejoice with him in his
success. E. P.
CO-OP NEWS OF INTEREST.
The statement made by a high official of the co-ops that any
individual member who demands a final settlement on his 1022-
1923 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 he stilettoed and dropped into the Nile. While the
compliment «huh Prof. li!air pays us is unpleasant, it is not
doul Uri. Kather than pitch Hlair in (he Dan. let us look around
I'or the responsibility —wherever it is—and having been found, its
conscience will '>e punishment enough. s'or whoever is to blame
ior the crime against the children of (his community will lie sil
houctted in :i halo  l minister liL'ht tor all time to come.
TOBACCO.
V kittr m civet! from Mr. T. H. I'eppcr. who is ranninc a
•>..rehmiM at MuMir.s. S. I'.. *a>s that tobacco i- -filing hiuh :>t
in;.', point. with. pi n - tending upwards. He !».•>•.- the farmers
of stoke- that the irop everywhere is short. and that the proh
abii tis- re with our superior (piality of prochiit we are in ior
stood p' i- i- i hi- tii:!.
|{ep» ; - .ioni ail -ictions ot Mokes indicate a 'iuht crop wi:h
briuht co'or.
THEATRE.
Plans .ire materialising for a .v».Ml(l theatre at Danhury. to It
built at once. One hundred stockholders of Panliury and a radius
of ten mile- around are being enlisted, no one to own more than
one -hare, whith has a par value of .S"»u. The plan look- to he
entirely practicable, and with -■ many stockholder*, the success
oi the project is assured. 'I he program is for an up-to-date hiuh
i!a«- show at least once a week t niLih'. and ii ihi- i- ::iscn it
w il! receive a liberal patronauv. and w'il p-.y handsomely.
Ihe people of the territory mintioned are in r.cid of wholeMinv
recreation and amusement, ami "c a' 'e and ••• illim: to pay ior i».
At la-t reports the committee *.•!! iiina -.tocliho'dcrs had enlisted
more than half '.he -Icnk. wiih ;. •n> other- to subscribe.
This is a day of i!«od r>v.d- an?: a.' -molii;.-. and it i- no trouble
!o lift a crowd toad her nn shott untie. Ihe 'heitre building
proper will lie about 10 by 7'.'. with ba'iony .tml will -cat !«''•
people. It will he iiuhted with ecitricity. nd In- modern in all
it- appointments and arrangements.
MRS. VANDERBILT
HACK FROM EUROPE
Will N w Turn Htr Attention
T (ittniitr Things Lined l'i>
F. i the Coming State Fair—
Manv New Stigge>ti>ns.
Haleigh, Aug. -''. Mrs. Edith
Vanderbilt. president of the
North Carolina State Fair, has
returned from a two months trip
to Europe, and will now turn her 1
attention to getting things lined
lp for t!:e tin event of the Fairi
in lialeigh
During her absence from
America, Mrs. Yar.derbilt picked
u> numerous suggestions f«.>r im
proving the Fair, and these she
will pass on to the general man
ager. She returns to find pre
parations well advanced, and
there is every ir,(i;cation now for J
une of the most successful fairs
:n tr.e history of the state.
Not only have the various »ie-;
oartment heads gotten their pre- ■
parations for the fair well under I
way, but the general manager ;
has also been able to secure a;
comprehensive line of attractk.r.9
for the midway. These have :
been contracted for and will;
provide plenty of amusement for |
the crowds.
More than five 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 tins
\ear. a? the roads leading into
llaleigh have been improved in
every direction. These roads
practically put the fair within
the reach of the people of all;
sections of the State, according]
to Mrs. Vanderbilt.
Mrs. Vanderbilt naturally has,
been greatly gratified to find the
arranuments for the fair making
such satisfactory progress and
very much pleased to learn of
the bright outlook, "digger and j
Better'' is not to be an empty |
phrase with her, for that has
been her platform for each sue-'
cessive year that she been at the |
j head of the fair
She has also teen gratified to
learn that there are to he more
fairs in the state than ever be
fore. The more the better the
State Fair will be, she declares,
for all of th*m are worKing to
the same *nd. The better the
'other fairs are, the better the
; State Fair will be. she sa>s.
imn
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SSdkM
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| LEGISLATURE HAS
. I FINISHED ITS WORK
, Was In Session Only 17 Days—
fort and Wat or Trasportation
Measuie Was Outstanding
I Pi we of Legislation Enacted.
Raleigh, Auc '/■>. Sine die
adjournment today at noon
brought the special session of the
'general assembly to a close on its
seventeenth legislative day.
• \»iied intoextraodirarv session
re act upon the rfpo' - ' of the ship
ard water transportation com
misson an i correct errors in the
sinking fund amendment act,
t-nr-aratory to expected ratiti.-a
tion in the November election,
toe assenr.biv performed those
two duties and, in adaition, en
acted ever lint of the nearly Mm
,puD!icand lucai bills introduced.
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 elecrioii.it will
'supply 'he machinery for inaugu
rating a port a->d water com
merce development pr> cram,
with an investment •! >7 M .• 'UII
in tertv.in&l facilities ■! sea
and r iar.d pcrts am, a contingent
fund of (i,cm 'o for the ; era
tic n ( i state owned shij s.
/• •NSTITVTIt >N Al. AMEND
MEN V
Besides ?• rrectirg the t rr r :n
the sinking fund measure, the
, special session added another
constitutional amendment pro
posal to the three adopted for
submission by the ' 1*23 legisla-j
tare. It provides for an increase;
f per diem for members of the'
I jenerai assembly Ironi $4 to $1". I
The special session killed bills,
i submitting three other constitu
tional amendments, one extend
| ing the term of county sheriffs
and coroners, the second provid-1
in.tr for a judicial redisricting
' and abolishing of the rotation'
I system for judges and the third
putting a reduced tax rate on
money on deposit in banks and
realty mortgages and deeds of
tru9t
As the result of legislation by '
the 10-3 regu'ar session, supple
mented i>y that of the special
session, the people of North j
jCrrolina will vote on the follow-'
; ing proposals in the November
elections, besides expressing
their choice on candidates fori
national, state, congressional and
county offices
To inaugurate port and water
transportation development pro
gram. Machinery provided l>y
, special session.
To authorize an appropriation j
iof s2.o(lo,(A*' to aid World War
j veterans ecijuire farm lands. 1
| Machinery provided by 1 '>23 i
i regular session.
To amend the constitution so
as to increase cerdiem of mem
bers of general assembly to sli'.
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,
j To amend constitution to limit
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. l
I Submitted by regular session and
j submitting act amended by!
I special session to change rate of l
'interest on exempted morttratfes
and trust deeds from f»' per cent
; to the rate
Mrs. J. Gilmer Ivorner
Addresses Club Here
Mrs. J. Gilmer Kt-rner. of
Kernersville, who i> spending
s»nie time at Piedmont Spiinjrs,
1 was an interesting and eiiter
taii"!ill;tr truest ot' tile Fii. Arts
C!ul> at a special meeting ilie
iii>me  i Mrs. E. I*. Ptpper
T it afternoon of this week.
a 1 '.huh time Mrs. lv i nei
-1>• I:»' si! piv-eiit ».!«• v topics HI
e!;:!» v.. ; -s. lit. l'reshments were
served I»v the hostess and Mrs
N. K. IV-pper
j
All the
* Latest
Patterns
in
Fall.
Dress
Goods
arriving
daily.
: THE BOMS CO.,
KING, N. C.
p. s.—
Most anything you need. Dress
trocds and jrnod shoes a
I speciality.
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FARM FOR RENT.
A irood 2-horse farm miles
from Walnut Cove, (iood dwel
linn house.
W. F. HOW I.EH.
lw WALM'T COVE. N. C.
I
AT A
BARGAIN
If Sold Quick.
Most up-to-date and
j best equipped garage
'between Mount Airy and
Winston-Salam. Up-to
date service station in
j 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.
j CABIN MOTOR CO.
, O. 0. Grabs, owner,
King, N. C.
I
Tefever
NEW LEFEVER NITRO-
ONLY $29.00
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much uu it th«
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(un. Moctdur
;V »bl. locltf V.I
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W\ flr*t lock
And ovtr
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an
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standardized
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In 20-iri. in.
in., anil 1
13-ta. Us und 30 In. with
It in. stock and about 2%
in. drop. A lxfevor won
, the world'* championship
at the Olympic rami-* in
London. Lefevi r has stood s
for service and durability
for over DP years.
Write for Ca.ta.logv.*
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