BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SUED
•
Effort to Be Made to Compel Stokes County to
Allow Meadows and Sauratown Townships to
Expend Railroad Taxes For Public Roads and
Schools.
Dr. A. G. Jones and Mr. John A. Burton, on the part of Sauratown
townsnip, and Mr. J. Spot Taylor, on the part of Meadows township,
N " v - s sjlaiotiffs, have brought suit against the commissioners of Stokes
county "te.Qompel the county to allow Sauratown and Meadows the
county taxes on the N. X: W and Southern Railways, same to be ex
pended for better roads anil schools for the two townships.
The suit is set for trial next week, the plaintiffs being represented
by Lindsay Patterson and WyW. King while the defendants' counsel
is N. O. Petree.
The complainants base their pleas on an act passed by
the Legislature of 18SI»i reading in part as follows :
Section 1. The commi i'»i) • ' f Sio'&e* eounlv are hereby authorized and directed to >et apart
from all Jher county ; • \es ill the " •\c«' (mid ea-h year :»s county taxes by the Cape Kear :«ud
Yadkta Viillcy Kaiivo !vl r«'iui any on thei: property lyiuif and being in Sauratown and Meadow
township* respectively o -a d •guilty ot* Stoker; and the turn so respectively paid each ye.u on the
property in each oi -aid townaipx bv >aid ralvoal ontpaay shall be expended exclusively within
the saidLSnarutowii at'-! >ietd.w townships respectively tor reforming the public roads, building
bridges, extending it-hooN. o. • urh other purposes as the commissioner' inav deem best, ami n>»t
otherwise.
At the last meeting of the Board a petition signed by 104 taxpayers
of Sauratown and Meadows, incorporating the provisions of the above
act, was refused by the board on the ground (1) that the act is un
constitutional and unjust to the other townships and (2) that the
alleged rights of the petitioners are barred by the statute of limita
tions. The petitioners take the position that they paid the taxes
which brought the railroads and should exclusively reap the benefits
arising therefrom. They demand not only that they shall be allowed
the county taxes accruing on the property of the two railroads in the
future, but that they shall be reimbursed for the !SI."{,(XX) they have al
ready spent,
FARMERS MEETING AT DAN BURY OCTOBER I
Secretary Sharp Writes the Stokes Farmers.
Intelligence, N. C.. Sept. IS.
Danbury Reporter :
Please call attention to the County Meeting of Stokes county to be
held at Danbury, Monday, October 1. Please urge every farmers'
--Wganization to have full representations there. They are entitled to
one delegate for every five members and besides urge every farmer in
the county to be present. In my mind, this meeting means much for
the farmers of the county and State.
Yours truly,
J. M. SHARP, JR.,
State SecrtSry.
PETER'S CREEK. VA.
People are very busy curing to
bacco and cutting tops.
Miss Flora Hutcbens is talking
of going to school at Danbury.
Wonder what Mr. Bob will do ?
Mr. Austin Holt is rocking the
cradle and singing by-o-baby these
days.
Mr. Sandy Beasley is visiting
at Mr. J. A. Hill's very often.
What's your attention, Sandy ?
Miss Dakota, though I guess.
Miss Emma Collins is wearing
a smile as her fellow called Sun
day.
Mr. Charlie Wright happened
to bad luck last Sunday night
, when he went to see his best girl.
On his way back he saw a haunt
at the Morrison graveyard.
MAMA'S DARLING.
Conductor Early Mortally Wounded.
Feed Barn Burned.
Winston-Salem, Sept. 13 Cap
tain Early, conductor of a work
train on the Norfolk & Western,
was shot and mortally wounded
yesterday at Pembroke, Va„ by a
negro named Pembroke, who es
caped arrest. Captain Early had
discharged the negro because he j
was worthless and would not
work. Pembroke weut away and
the conductor anticipated no
trouble. After going to the shanty
where the force eat and sleep,
Pembroke returned and, pulling a
pistol from his pockot. tired upon
Captain Early, the ball taking eff
ect in the abdomen. The attend
ing physician says there is no
chance for the conductor. Cap
tain Early is a married man and is
liked by all who know him. -
A. large feed barn owned by
Mr. E. W. Linville, at Walker
town, was destroyed by tire about
6 o'clock Friday evening. A straw
atack near the barn was struck by
lightning, from this the building,
• frame structure, ignited. He
saved his Btock but lost a reaper,
other farming maohinery and a
Quantity of feed stuff, f,
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GIDEON.
Gideon, Sept. 18.
People here are about done cut
; ting tobacco. The crop is about
one-third short of an average and
the quality very inferior. Nearly
i the entire fodder crop is lost —so
much rain recently and plowing
for wheat has been but little done.
Messrs. Ed and Marvin Mitch
ell have bought a mower and will
try to save some peavines when
the rain stops, if it ever does.
The unfavorable weather has
prevented many people from go
ing to hear Bryan at Winston to.
day.
Regular services at Wilson Sun
day by Elder J. J. Joyce.
W. M. Flynt is out again after
being slightly indisposed for a
week, lam sorry to say. "
Miss Mattie Deshazo opened
school hore the 10th inst. which is
progressing nicoly. Hope people
will soon take more interest in ed
ucation. Miss Mattie is a fine
lady and an excellent teacher and
we wish her much success.
Mr. R. G. Hall lost a tine horse
a few dayß ago. The animal was
taken suddenly ill and died in a
few hours.
Mr. W. A. Lasley, who has been
spending the summer with his
mother and sister, will return in a
few days to his western home in
New Mexico.
Miss Malissa Lasley is attend
ing the Holiness Convention in
i Greensboro.
H.
GOT OFF CHEAP.
He may well think, he has got
off cheap, who, after having con
tracted constipation or indigestion,
is still able to perfectly restore his
health. Nothing will do this but j
Dr. King's New Life Pills. A
quick, pleasant, and certain cure
for headache, constipation, etc.
j 25c at all druggists; guaranteed.
NOTICE—When you want pigs'
call at my place on Walnut Cove
R. F. D. No. 1. I have the
thoroughbred Poland China and
the mixed stock. A nice lot on
; hand now.
-J. W. FOWLER.
Sept 13-tf
KIMBALL, WEStW*
Kimball, West Va., Sept. 15/
Mr. Editor :
1 I will tell yon some more about
! this country and the people that
is here.
The people are composed most
ly of North Carolinians and Vir
ginians (that is the white and
colored) wit h thousands of
Huncs, Talleyß and Dagos. I
will give you a little history of the
country. It is one mountain set
right by another with no Huts be
tween the hills—runs right down
together with the tallest timber
you ever saw. Sawmilling and
coal mining is the business here.
They are putting a band saw up
and building a tram road up a
hollow l-l miles long that will
furnish work for several men for a
good while. The mill will cost
SIOO,OOO to complete it, and will
commence work in two weeks.
I have beeu hunting in the
mountains. There is a good many
squirrels, turkeys and pheasonts
here. One mountain 1 hunted on
is 20 miles square. A gentleman
said there is panthers in it, but I
did not see any. Nearly all the
lands belong to the coal companies.
People living in those mountains
seems to be contented. They raise
vegetables and tie them on horses
or mules and carry them to mar
ket where they can got the high
est prices.
I went to a Mr. Burke's, living
in the mountains, he said that he
leased his place for SIOO per year,
.pf 120 acres. He raised corn, to
bacco, millet and all kinds of
garden vegetables and fruit. He
said he raised a rutabagar last
year that weighed ;>2 pounds. The
reason they get the land so cheap
is that they look after the timber
for the company.
Next Saturday is pay day here.
I guess they will have to kill a few
men, as that is the fashion here
on pay day. But there are some
good people here. They have
preaching and prayermeeting reg
ular. They have a K. P. lodge
composed of as good Christian
gentlemen as I ever met, and sev
eral other orders. Orders are very
fashionable here.
D. S. W.
Mr. J. P. Lynch, of Delk, was
hero Saturday. Mr. Lynch leaves
this week for Bluetield, West Va.,
to look after the affairs of his son,
Tyler, who was accidentally killed
on the public works there a few
days since. Mr. Lynch and fam
ily have the sincere sympathy of
many friends in their sorrow.
ATTACKED BY A MOB
| and beaten, in a labor riot, until
covered with sores, a Chicago
! street car conductor applied Bnck
, leu's Arnica Salve, and was soon
i sound and well. "I use it in my
i family," writes G. J. Welch, of
: Tekonsha. Mich., "and find it per
i feet." Simply great for cuts and
1 burns. Only 25c at all druggists.
;TO CURE A COLD IN ONE
DAY
1 Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quin
ine Tablets. Druggists refund
money if it fails to cure. E, W.
GROVE'S signature is on each
box, 25c.
If a Cow ;
Butter
mankind would have to
invent milk. Milk Is Na
ture's emulsion butter
put in shape for diges
tion. Cod liver oil is ex
tremely nourishing, but
it has to be emulsified
jefore we can digest it.
Scott's Emulsion
combines the best oil
with the valuable hypo
phosphites so that it is
easy to digest and does
far more good than the |
oil alone could. That!
makes Scott's Emulsion
the most strengthening,
nourishing food-medi
cine In the world.
Sand for Vee sample.
V.
\ECOTT & BOWNE, Chemists
Kmj-4-l 5 Paarl Stroet New York
AOc. and $1 .00. All druggists
7®= r* "H
PINE HALL.
Pine Hull, Sept. IH. - Mr.
Mebauo Parish, salesinatl-for J. C.
Flinn Son, is off on a vacation
visiting friends in Greensboro and
otlier places,
j Anotlier man get in trouble in
the Pine Hall ford a few days ago
and had to bo ditched out.
We had a pleasant call from the
senior editor of the Reporter a
few days ago.
Mr. Isaac N'eal is very sick and
probably won't live but a short
while.
Mrs. W. M. Robbins and little
girls are visiting at Mr. Chisman's.
Rev. Mr. Rankin, Presbyterian
minister, pleached some excellent
sermons for us last week.
B aver Island township has
paid tribute to Stokes county gov
ernment for a long time and as
yet has had very little of the bene
fits of the government. Its our
time to be noticed. The commis
sioners should build bridges at
both Pine Hall and
Snow Creek. We have waited
patiently. No other places so
much need attention and none
that would be more appreciated.
Mc seems to have opened up a
hornet's nest in the baseball camp.
From the tone of X Y Z's letter,
he must have been hit. Mc has
simply expressed the senti
ment of hundreds of good people
in Stokes county. The time
has been when baseball seemed to
be all right, but like many other
seemingly innocent amusements,
has been carried too far, We are
told that large sums of money are
bet on many of the match games
of to-day. Mark this prediction,
the time is not far off when a col
lege has a baseball team to rove
about the country and play match
games, it will not get our boys. A
j few days ago I heard an old hon
est farmer say that had boys to ed
ucate. but that he would never
send them to a baseball college.
Mc, like a great many others,
has boys to raise. He sees the
ten Jeucy of the baseball craze and
one among the few has had the
moral courage to speak out his
opinion. We give Mc and XV Z
both credit for speaking out their
= honest opinion. This is a priv
ilege that we all have and no one
shoul 1 got mad at another for his
honest opinion.
PETER'S CREEK. VA.. ROUTE 1.
Peter's Creek. Va., Route 1,
Sept. I^.—The farmers of our sec
tion are very busy cutting and cur
ing tobacco. Several nice curings
have been made already.
Mr. and Mrs. R. 11. Lawson
visited their son, Mr. LI. C. Law
son, of Stuart, Va.' last Saturday
and Sunday.
Miss Cora Leak lias resumed
her position with the American
Superban Corporation at Rocky
Mount, N. C., after spending sev
eral weeks vacation with her home
people of this place.
Mr. John Rangely passed
through our place Friday.
Messrs. C. C. Hutcherson and
P, C. Sheppard, both of Sandy
Ridge, passed through Tuesday on
ronte home from an extended vis
it over on Francisco Route 1.
Several of our joung people at
tended services at Big Creek Sun
day.
Misses Mamie and Maud Boul-'
I din,, who have been spending sev
eral months vacation with their
grandmother, Mrs. Hundley, of
this place, returned to their posi
tion at Davidson Wednesday.
Mr. A. J. Hill and daughter, a?-,
coinpanied by Miss Amy Hundley,
made a trip to Mt. Airy last week, !
Miss Ada Leak returned last
week from a visit to her sister,!
Mrs. M. C. R. Smith, at Pilot Mt
Miss Marilh Bernard, of May
berry, Va., who has been teaching
near Mr. C. W. Blancett's, closed
her school and returned to her
home last week, much to the re
gret of her many friends here.
Miss Mamie Leak will begin |
teaching at Leak's school house
Monday.
Messrs. J. Ellis Hill and George
Floyd mado a trip to Tim. Va re
cently. .
JOHNIE.
j State of North Carolinn, I
Stokes county. \
Notice of Appointmeut of Reg
istrars and Judges of Election :
The following named persons
were appointed registrars and
| judges of election for the various
, J precincts in Stokes county, N. 0.,
on Monday, September 17th, 1900,
by the Board of Elections of
Stokes County N. C, Their names
together with the names of the va
rious precincts for which they were
appointed are as follows, to-wit :
Datibury, N. E. Pepper, regis
trar; T. J. Davis, li. II 11, Blair,
judges.
Walnut Cove, C. T Willis, reg
istrar; W L. Vaughn, J. H. Ful
ton, judges.
Freeman's. W. E. Lasley, reg
istrar; W. W. Fulp. S. W. Neal,
judges.
Wilson's Store, J. G. Ross, reg
istrar; Joe Hicks, J. Walter Fow
ler, judges.
Germanton, L. M. McKenzie,
registrar; K. T. Beck, G. T. Ba
ker, judges.
King, J. S. D. Pulliam, regis
trar; Sanders R. Fulp, Samuel
Kiser, judges.
Boyles, J. T. Johnson, registrar;
John R Ham, W. (1. Slate, jud
ges.
Pinnacle, J. R. Stone, registrar;
Mc D. Boyd, V. G. Watson, jud
ges.
Francisco, R. E. Smith, regis
trar; J. W. Dearman, John H.
Jessup, judges.
Lawsonville, R. L. Lawson, reg
istrar; J. S. Whitten, O. M. Ben
nett, judges.
Sandy Ridge, G. L. Ziglar, reg-
I istrar; R. L. Pratt, Thomas H.
; Priddy, judges.
Mitchell's, E. L. Mitchell, reg
istrar; W. J. Adkins, W. M. Peo
bles, judges.
Pine Hall, J. C. Flint), registrar;
Green F. Dauiel, Thos. G. Rey
nolds, judges.
This September 13th, 1900.
J. H. ELLINGTON,
Chm. Bd. of Elections,
of Stokes county.
J. F. Smith, Sec.
Appointments For Preaching.
Stuart, Va., Sept. IS.
Editor Reporter :
Please publish in your valuable
paper the following appointments :
Elder Monday, a Primitive Bap
tist minister, and N. B. Gilbert
will, if the Lord is willing, preach
at the followingplac.es :
On Monday after the second
Sunday in October at the Rock
House, Tuesday at Pine Grove,
Wednesday at Snow Creek, North
View at night, Thursday at Wilson,
Friday at Mayodan, thence to the
Mayo Association,
j On Tuesday after the third Sun
day in October N. B. Gilbert will
preach at Pine Ridge, Wednesday
at Clear Spring, Friday, Saturday
and Sunday at Fish River Asso
i ciation.
Elder Monday will preach at
Buffalo Tuesday after the third
Sunday in October. Wednesday
at Pleasant Grove, Thursday at
Ru.«se! Creek
Conveyances will be desired.
Yours truly,
N. B. GILBERT.
KING. -
King. Sept. 15—Farmers in this
section are busy cutting and cur
ing tobacco.
Mr. D. S. Hooker had a barn
of tobacco bnrried the past week.
Miss Martha Goff left Thursday
for Greensboro where she will be
j the guest of her sister, Mrs. Me
j daria.
Miss Kate Stone is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Schaub, at High
Point.
Mr. Dolph Butner and Miss
Gusta Fulk were married Tues
day. We wish them all the hap
piness possible in their new life.
Mr. S. M. Goff returned Friday
from Greensboro where he has
beon one of the jurors of th.i Fed
eral Colli t.
v . , _
FOR SALE—One tine work ox.
Weight 1200 pounds Anyone
desirifig to purchase samo call on
or write
L. T. ISOM,
Walnut Cove, N. C, Route 8.
| Report of the Condition*of The Bank
of Stokes County At the Close
Of Business Sept. 5. 1906.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts.. .131,571.00
Overdrafts, secured.... 172 HI
Banking houses 1,407 31
Furniture and fixtures.. 988 54
Duo from banks 10,259 7(1
I Cash items 2f>o 74
I Gold coin 455 oo
Silver coin 352 85
National bank notes.... 7,113 00
Total $52,041 07
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock $10,000.00
Undivided profits.. 1,011 40
Bills payable 4,000 00
Deposits 37,030 27
Total 52,641.07
Stato of North Carolina, I
County of Stokes. ( 89,
We, Eugene Pepper and R. R.
Rogers, Cashiers of the above
named Bank, do solemnly swear
that the above statement is true
to the best of our knowledge and
belief.
EUGENE PFPPER, -
R. R. ROGERS,
Cashiers.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this 12th day of Sept. 1900.
E. P. PEPPER,
Notary Public.
Correct—Attest :
JESSE H. PItATHER,
W. J. BYERLY,
L. E. PRATHER,
Directors.
NOTICE.
State of North far. I 111 the Su-
Mokes County. I perior Court.
Before th e
clerk. Order
and notice to
, nonresidents.
Benjamin !•'. Moore, l'lff.
vs.
William Moore, .las. Moore.
Loretta Moure, Kemlile
Moore, I'earce Moore. Bcrtn
Moore, Elkanah Moore.
II II I e y M o or e.
Charity Moore, all of the
aliove named of whom are
the children of Hart Moore,
deceased, the child of Ra
chel Moore, deceased, to
! wit: Millard Martin and
the htisliand of said Mil
lard Martin, to-wit : David
Mart ill, the children of
Phillls Moore, to-wit : Mar
tha Martin. Emma Coin, Jflj
10(1 Coin, the brother of the
wife of W. T. Moore, de
ceased, to wit : George
Joyce, defendants.
In the above entitled action or
special proceeding it appearing to
the Court upon affidavit filed that
the defendants, William Moore, .las.
Moure. I'earce Moore, David Martin
and George Joyce, are mm-rcsldcnts
of the-state of North Carolina, and
after due diligence cannot be found
therein, and cannot be personally
served with process, and are neces
sary parties to this action, the same
being an action or special proceeding
for t lie sale of a tract of land for par
tition among the plaintiff and such
of the defendants as are tenants in
[ common with the plaintiff, said
tract of land containing about JO
acres adjoining the lands of f. M.
•-helton aid others and for further
description see Kecord of Orders and
Decrees No. 11, page 20(1 111 the office
of the Clerk of the Superior Court of
Stokes county, N. C., and it lielng
that lot which was assigned to W.
T. Moore, who lias since died and
upon his death it descended to his
five children, to-wit: Victoria Moore, •
I'ilia Moore. Frank Moore, Arthur
Moore and Marvin Moore, and upon
their death it descended to the par
ties hereto subject to a charge of
$11(1.00 due to plaintiff. Benjamin 1«\
Moore, which sum plaintiff will ask
the Court to order paid to him by
the Commissioner Itcfore the division
of the proceeds is made. It is there
fore' ordered by the Court that pub
lication of notice IK* made for four
successive weeks in the Danliury Ite
porter, a newspaper published in
Stokes county. North Carolina, not-
Ifyng thedefendants, William Moore.
James Moore, I'earce Moore, David
Martin and George Joyce that an ac
tion or special proceeding as above
entitled lias been Instituted against
them and others In the Superior
Court of Stokes county, N. C. for the
purposes above set forth, and re
quiring them to appear at the office
of the Clerk of the Superior Court of
tokes county, N. C.. in Dil'ibury, N.
('., on or before the 1:1 th day of Oct.,
liMMi, and answer or demur to the
petition tiled in tills cause, and let
the defendants. Win. Moore, James
Moore, I'earce Moore. David Martin _
and George Joyce take 11 of ire that
if they fail to appear and answer or
demur to said petition 011 or lief ore
the time specified above the relie' de
manded In the petition will be grant
ed.
This the -list day of Aug,, lIMHi.
M. T. CHILTON,
Clerk Superior Court.
J. D. Humphreys, Att.v. for l'lff.
NO TICK.
Having duly qualified as executor
of the last will and testament of J.
T. Lynch, deceased, notice is hereby
given to all iiersons holding claim's
against said deceased, to present
them to me duly authenticated, for
payment 011 or before the first dav
of October lIKI7, or this notice will lie
pleaded in bar of their recovery; and
all |arsons indebted to said deceased
are hereby requested to make tannie
diate payment.
This the 17th day of Sept.. lIMMi
J. I>. LYNCH,
Kxecutor of J. T. Lynch.
I'o.—Pilot Mt., N. ('., It. K. 1'). No. 1
N. (>. Petrei'. Att.v, for executor.