THE DANBURY REPORTS^.
VOLUME XXXIX.
The Teachers' Contest Ends
With Miss Morefield In Lead
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MORE THAN 240,000 VOTES CAST IN THEI
TOTAL FOR THE GIRLS.
SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES NOTIFIED:
IT WILL BE A PARTY OF INTELLIGENT AND!
ATTRACTIVE YOUNG LADIES THAT TAKE IN
THE OCEAN TRIP AND OUTING NEXT SUMMER.
Jettie Morefield, 49,060
Annie Blair, 43,803
Annie McAnally, 25,244
Daisy Dearmin, • 24,594
Effie Gentry, 16,505
America King, 15,070
Mary Mathews, 14,500
1 Miss Roxie Taylor, 10,770
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The above figures show the
standing of the contestants
when the hands of the clock
were both straight up Saturday
at noon.
The eight highest, encircled
in the border, were declared
winners of the delightful trip
and outing to the seashore next
summer. Miss Jettie Morefield
wins the silver cup, having
scored the highest vote, 49,060,
more than 5,000 ahead of the
next highest. ■
The end of the contest passed
quietly, with good humor and
good feeling all around, though
4 the air was charged with sub
. dued excitement. Quite a crowd
£t gathered in the office to witness j
It the last count.
■ Next comes the election of a
■ chaperone for the girls, who will
■ be away from their mamas and
i papas for a whole week in a
' strange land, unless the old
265 PHONES.
Farmer*' Quickstep Telephone Co.
Getting To Be a Bitf Concern.
King Route 2, Jan 22. -We
read in the dear old Reporter of
last week's issue of the Big
Creek Telephone Company, and
we are glad to learn that the
farmers of that section have a
. system like that. They claim it
is one of the biggest things in
the county. We advocate such
organizations but sorry to learn
that some of our people do not
read their county paper.
There is another telephone
organization in Stokes county
known as The Farmers Quick
step Telephone Company. It has
a capital stock of twenty-five j
thousand dollars, with head-1
quarters at King, it has .three!
hundred and eighty stockhold
ers, two hundred and sixty-five,
phones installed, has three cen-1
. tral offices with from eight to
nine lines each, and has connec- j
tion with Dan bury, Capella, .
* Rural Hall, Mt. View, Tobacco-!
ville, Donnaha, Pinnacle, Dalton
and many other points, and is
still building. This company
has been offered one hundred
and fifty cents in the dollar and
. has refused.
SCRIBBLER.
was paid at a banquet to
Henry Clay, in New Orleans in
1842. Mighty costly for those
with stomach trouble or indiges
tion. To day people everywhere
use Dr. King's New Life Pills
-for these troubles as well as
ttvcr, kidney and bowel disorders.
" * Easy, safe, sure. Only 25 cts.
at all Druaaiets, . •
folks should take it into their
heads to go along, too, in which
case they would of course be
entirely welcome. But the
chaperone—she must be a mar
ried woman, and must be elect
ed by the girls. The Reporter
is writing each of them for their
choice, in order that their wishes
may be learned.
In the meantime the Reporter
is taking up with the railroad
company the matter of an ex
-1 cursion, and will see what ar
rangements can be made for
securing cars to carry a large !
crowd. -Everybody wants to go.
If no excursion can be arrang
ed, a special car, to go through 1
without change, will be secur- !
ed.
The Reporter desires to thank !
each and all of the young ladies :
concerned in the contest, and all
other persons who helped to
make it a success. '
News Items and Personals From
King.
King, Jan. 22.—The Grabs (
Manufacturing Company resum
ed operation last Wednesday j
after being closed down for ;
several days on account of the •
severe weather. i
Mrs. J. W. Newsom, who has ■
been very sick with pneumonia, ,
is improved very much. 1
The new Farmers' Union store \
is nearing completion.
Clarice, the little daughter of ,
Mr. and Mrs. Gabe Tuttle, who ;
has been very sick has almost ■
recovered, we are glad to know. ]
Mr. J. F. Newsom has ac- j
cepted a position with Miller- ]
Wolff Co., of Rural Hall, and will I
j move his family to Rural Hall. I
Mrs. S. O. Schaubj of High i
; Point, visiting her father, Mr. |
I. B. Stone, who is very sick. j 1
i Mrs. E. H. Caudle, of Rural j (
i Hall, spent several days, of j s
, the past week with her mother,;'
Mrs. J. W. Newsom,
PANSY.
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Notice To Correspondents.
Several letters from our cor
respondents were received too '
late for this issue of the Repor-,
ter. Please send your letters !
one day sooner when they fail to i'
appear.
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FRIGHTFUL POLAR WINDS J
blov with terrific force at the
far north and play havoc with
the tkin, causing red, rough or i
sore chapped hands and lips,j
that need Bucklen's Arnica (
Salve to heal them. It makes
the skin soft and smooth. Un
rivaled for cold sores, also burns, ]
boils, tores, ulcers, cuts, bruises
andptos. Only 26 cents at all
DANBURY, N. C., JANUARY 24, 1912.
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|OFF FOR NEW MEXICO
IN SEARCH OF HEALTH
; Prof, and Mrs. M. T. Chilton Leave
For Silver.City, In Interest Of
j Wife's Health.
Prof, and Mrs. M. T. Chilton
left yesterday morning for
Silver City, New Mexico, where
they go in the interest of Mrs.
Chilton's health. Prof. Chilton
expects to return in a few days,
and will leave Mrs. Chilton there
indefinitely.
The most sincere sympathy of
the Danbury people, and the
prayers of her friends here and
elsewhere, are with this most
excellent woman in her afflic
tion.
MR. SAN! NO BETTER
He Returns From Richmond Hospi
tal—Mrs. Jettie Covington Also
Unimproved—Other News of
Meadows.
Meadows, Jan. 23.—Mr. W. P. I
Sands, who recently went to I
Richmond to have- a cancer
treated, has returned home and
is no better.
Mrs. Jettie Covington, who
has been very low for some
time, is no better.
Mrs. Ollie Flynt, of Winston,
is visiting her parents Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Wall.
Miss Mary Tilley, who fell
and hurt herself a few weeks
ago, is up again.
The public school here, which
is being taught by Miss Blanche
Pepper and Mr. Julius O.
Young, is progressing nicely.
Mr. J. A. Stephens carried off
a fine load of tobacco last week.
He sold 162 pounds for $l9B.
The following item is taken
from the Thomasville (Ga.)
News: Mrs. J. W. Neal and
daughter. Thelma, and Mr.
Julius O. Young left this morn
ing for their home in Danbury,
N. C., after spending ten days
very pleasantly in this city, as
guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Young. They attended quite a
number of social events during
their stay and visited several of
the Southern cities, including
St. Augustine and Jacksonville,
where they were the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Mason. They
were much pleased with the
beautiful scenery and mild cli
mate of Southern Georgia and
Florida.
Beautiful Art Creations Of Stokes
County-Scenery.
Do you want to see some of
the prettiest colored post cards
of the beautiful mountain
scancry of Stokes county that!
you ever looked at?
We have the following scenes:!
Court House at Danbury. j
Dan River Bridge at Danbury. |
beene From Buck Inland
Bridge on Dan River.
Cascade.
Piedmont Springs Hotel and
surrounding scenery, showing
Moore's Knob and Cascade. j
j Done in ylors, on fine enam
eled card board, made in
i Chicago, beautiful art creations: :
2 for 5 cents I
25 cents per dozen. i
Sent postpaid anywhere in the'
1 United States.
Address-
Dan bury Reporter,
Danbury, N. .C.
Reduction sale lasts only 30
days. Boyles Mercantile Co.
Bed Springs #1.60. Boyles
Mercantile Co.
Lots of stuff less than whole
sale. Boyles Mercantile Co.
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NO SALE YET MADE 1
OF DRY PRIZERY TOBACCO
Erroneous Fepnrt Circulated In
County That the Pool of Tobacco
At Walnut Cove Had Been Mar
keted—No Effort Has Yet Been
Made to Sel', But Several Offers
Have Been Received.
An erroneous report has been
circulated in different neighbor
hoods of the county to the effect
that the pool of tobacco in the j
Walnut Cove dry prizery has;
been sold. Manager J. Spot
Taylor, who returned to Dan-i
bury Saturday afternoon, spend-!
ing Sunday and part of Monday j
with his family here, requests
the Reporter to state that there!
is no foundation for the errone-1
ous report of the sale. Mr. Tay
lor says that no effort has been
made effect a sale, although
several offers have been made
on the storage by different con-1
cerns. Mr. Taylor stated, more- J
over, that the Company had no j
desire to markot the pool yet,!
and added if those people who |
are circulating the false report!
would listen to those who are
on the inside rather than to'
those who are on the outside, !
they would save themselves j
| trouble, and keep better inform- \
led.
The dry prizery now has about
400,000 pounds of tobacco stored.
On account of the recent severe
ly cold weather and the unfavor- ,
able condition of the roads, cou
pled with the absence of a sea
son for stripping, not many
farmers have been able to get
their tobacco in shape for haul
ing. Sowever, quite a lot was i,
stored last week, and during !
this week. A big break is ex
pected from many neighbor
hoods of the county as soon as (
the weather and roads will per- (
mit.
The selling of the Walnut
Cove pool will be a very interest
ing event to the people of Stokes
county, and when it is accom
plished the farmers will be im- ,
mediately notified in all sections
by a special bulletin of the Dan
bury Reporter, which will be
issued from this office and mail
ed to all subscribers of this pa
per free. (
Box Party a Success—Misses Ber
chie Dunlap and Gr«cie Wilkins
Bear Off the Honors.
Madison Route 3, Jan. 22. !
The box party at Zebulon school ]
house last Saturday night was I
quite a success. The sum real- i
ized from boxes and voting con
test was $28.65. Sixteen boxes
were sold, the box of Miss Ber
chie Dunlap selling the highest.
After the boxes were sold a vot
ing contest was held as to which
was the most popular girl present.
Miss Gracie Wilkins received the
most votes, won the prize, a nice
lamp.
The proceeds will go for desks
for the school building.
M.
The Bad Roads Tax.
Monroe Enquirer
The road tax is now being
paid. Bad roads tax the people
a great deal more than rood
roads ever tax them. It cost:
money to build good roads and
that money tax is all there is to'
it Bad roads are expensive in
purse, a tax upon the patience, j
a vexation to thessprit and a,
weariness to the flesh.
Rocker SI.BO. Boyles Mercan
tile Co.
Good chairs 5Cc each. Boyles
MenantttoOa. I
SUDDENLY STRICKEN
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W. G. PETREE SERIOUSLY ILL
Suffering With Acute Nervous De
rangement—His Mind Is Affected,
And He Is In Raleigh Hospital
Under Care Of Physicians.
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Mr. Walter G. Petree, of Dan
bury, who has since Christmas
been taking a law course at
Wake Forest college, is now
, seriously ill with a nervous af
j fection in a Raleigh hospital,
i His mind is affected, and he is
under care of physicians,
i The first news of Walter's ill
j ness reached Danbury Thursday
|of last week through a telegram
received by his father, Mr. N. 0.
| Petree, which stated that the
i young man was dangerously il>.
Mr. Petree le*t for Wake Forest
at once. He returned home
Monday. Prof. N. Y. Gulley, of
the Wake Forest Law Depart
| ment, told Mr. Petree that Walt
! er's affection occurred very sud-
I denly. He was progressing fine
' ly with his studies, and hoped to
| pass the examination before the
j Supreme Court in February. It
i is thought the severe mental task
| was too much for his delicate
I physical condition,
j Walter's friends at home and
! elsewhere sympathize with him
deeply in his affliction, and also
with the family, who are much
troubled and concerned. Every
one hopes that the young may be
early restored to health.
Westfield News.
Westfield, Jan. 11.—Mr. El
bert .Pell, who has been out
west, called on Miss Irene Payne
Saturday night and also Mr. Gas
ton Christian, of Westfield,
called to see her Sunday.
Mr. R. E. Tilley, of Brim, call
ed on Miss Ethel Simmons Sun
day p. m.
Miss Maud Payne, who is
teaching at Albion, spent Satur
day with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. J. Payne.
Mr. Oscar McDaniel, who is
attending school at Westfield,
draws the girls attention very
much.
Mr. Wayne Christian calls at
Mr. T. P. Paynn's right often.
Look out Poker, or you will be
left.
Mr. C. H. Johnson, who is
teaching at Westfield, is prepar
ing for an entertainment at the
close of his school.
BROWN EYED KID.
Quarterly Conference.
I
The next quarterly conference
of the M. E. church for Danbury
circuit will be held at Davis
Chapel on Saturday and Sunday,
March 2nd and 3rd. It is
thought that Rev. R. M. Taylor,
the Presiding Elder, who has
been sick for some time, will be
able to attend the conference,
and Pastor T. J. Folger earnestly
requests that all the stewards of
the church in this circuit be
present.
Dates Set for Fairs of North Caro
lina.
Greensboro, N. C., Jan. 22
At the meeting of secretaries of |
fairs forming the Virginia-Caro
lina-Georgia fair circuit, held
here, the dates were arranged as
: follows:
Galax, Septembea 3-6; Taze
well, September 10-13; Roanoke,
September 17-20; Lynchburg,
I September 14-27; Winston-Salem,
: October 1-4; Greensboro, October
8-11; Raleigh, October 15-18;
Charlotte, October 22-26.
Wholesale price at the reduc
tion tale. Boylea Mercantile Co.
Just limply a reduction. Boy
!!•• Mercantile Co.
No. 2,072
I WALNUT COVE FIRE
. TWO BUILDINGS BURNED
• Stores of J. A. Fagg and Burton &
i Creson Destroyed Sunday Morn-
I ing —Fagg Saves About Half of
His Goods-He Had S7OO 00
insurance, While Burton & Creson
,j Were Uninsured —Origin of Fire
| Unknown.
A throe-thousand-dollar fire
■ visited \\ alnut Cove Sunday
morning about five o'clock, when
i the store buildings occupied by
Messrs J, A. Fagg and Burton &
Creson were destroyed. About
■ half of the goods in the store
i of J. A. Fagg were saved, while
the entire contents of the store
! of Messrs. Burton & Creson
were destroyed.
; The buiding occupied by Mr.
i Fagg was owned by Mr. Jno. C.
: Bailey, and the one occupied by
• Messrs. Burton & Creson was
• owned by Mr. Jacob Fulton.
The stock of goods of Fagg
■ inventoried something over two
> thousand dollars and was covered
with insurance only to the extent
of seven hundred dollars. The
other stock of goods and both
s buildings were uninsured. The
complete loss aggregates three
[ thousand dollars. The origin of
: the fire is not known, but
probabilities are that it was
caused by a defective stove or
flue.
NEWS OF CAMPBELL.
Mrs. Martha Campbell Very Sick —
Party At Mr. Jas. Rierson's
Other Items Of Interest.
Campbell Route 1, Jan. 22.
Mrs. Martha Campbell is very
sick at this writing.
A party was given at Mr.
James Rierson's Saturday night.
A large crowd was present and
all had a good time.
There will be preaching at
Snow Creek next Sunday.
Mrs. Covie Smith is all smiles
this week. Guess her best fel
low came Sunday.
The wedding bells are expect
ed to ring soon in this section as
our boys keep going up in Vir
ginia, especially Mr. Homer
Moore.
The school at Jute is ptogress
ing nicely under the manage
ment R, H. Mitchell Jr., and
Mrs. Covie Smith.
Mr. Gid Moore was a visitor at
Mr. John Ayer's Sunday. We
think that he and Miss Annie
'are getting up a pretty good
I case.
R. H. Mitchell Jr., spent Sat
-1 urday and Sunday on Madison
Route 3.
1 Miss Lula Rhodes and Messrs.
Elbert Rhodes, Pete Vernon
1 visited at Mr. J. A. Sheppard's
Saturday night.
1 Miss Erna Sheppard has
! caught a new beau, Air. Elbert
Rhodes. It's leap year of
;course.
SCHOOL KIDS.
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Jim Matthews' Tax.
j
! Mr. Jas. Matthews, of Mead
i ows Route 1, was here yesterday.
'Mr. Matthews says he had to
'; shut down his saw mill on accent
jof the fact that the roads are in
such a condition that he is unable
to haul the lumber sawed to the
railway. Tnus he pays his share
of the bad road tax.
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Mr. E. W. Carroll, of Winston,
was in Danbury today.
I Everybody treated right.
Boyles Mercantile Co. '
Big stock of everything re
: duoed. Boyle* Mercantile Co.
■ One price to all at reduction
jaale, Boyka Mercantile Co.