DANBURY REPORTER "
VOLUME XL.
JOHN t DAVIS
Passed Awav At His Home
In Winston-Salem Sat
urday.
WALNUT COVE NEWS
Many People Returning home To
Spend the Holidays —Various
Other News Items.
Walnut Cove, Dec. 23. —Mr. j
John W. Davis passed away at i
his home on East Fifth street,
Winston-Salem, last Saturday at
11:30 a. m., aged 72 years. Mr.
Davis had been in declining I
health several months prior to
his death. The remains were
brought here on the 2:35 train
Sunday p. m., interment being*
made in the Salem Chapel bury
ing ground. Mr. Davis moved
to Winston about a year ago from
Walnut Cove. He was a highly
respected citizen, and was a Con
federate veteran, having served
through the Civil war with dis
tinction. He is survived by three
sons, Messrs. R. W„ G. W. and
C. L. Davis, of Winston, and
three daughters, Mrs. C. T.
Willis, of Winston, Mrs. Bertha
Fulp, of Stokesdale, and Miss
Bessie Davis, of Winston. Mr.
Davis had many friends in
Stokes, who will be sorry to
learn of his death.
Mr. Wesley Dodson has been 1
sick for the past few days with j
grip, we are sorry to note.
Misses Claude and Stella Rier
son went to Winston-Salem Fri- ]
day shopping.
Miss Dora Abernathy went to I,
Winston Saturday and from there
she will go to Raleigh to spend
the holidays with relatives.
Mr, and Mrs. W. F. Bowles '
and Miss Dolly Fair went to j
Winston-Salem last Thursday, j,
Mr. Charlie Tise, of Winston, ' j
was in town a few hours Sun- •
day.
Miss Nellie Sheppard went to 1
Kendall, N. C., to spend the |
holidays with her home folks. ;
Miss Bessie Morefield, who has
been attending school here, has (
gone to her home on Sandy
Ridge Route 1 to spend Christ
mas with her parents, Mr. and 1
Mrs. J. Wesley Morefield. '
Misses Maybelle and Jessie,
Vaughn went to Winston-Salem
Saturday, returning Sunday.
Miss Eva Vaughn, who has
been teaching near Germanton.
is at her home north of town to j
spend the next two weeks with *
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. f
Vaughn. j (
Mr. Bob Martin, of Winston-!
Salem , is spending the week in s
town. j h
Mr. Beverly Jones, who has been
to Richmond, Va., attending a ( fc
business college, came in Satur- > v
Deposits Hfire's Von INCREASE OF BUSINESS
V LLTICS VY IDLLLUG IUU OVER THIS DATE ONE
$189,896.56 YEAR AGO:
A Merry Christmas and a Happy 100 PER CENT
and Prosperous New Year.
YOUR FRIENDS,
The Bank of .Stokes County
President. DANBURY-WALNUT COVE. Vlce-Pres. I
N, E. PEPPER, • o. N. PETREE,
Cashier at Danbury. Cashier at Walnut Cove.
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day night to spend th? Christ
, mas holidays.
' Mr. Pinnix Bailey, of Winston,
j spent the day in town Sunday.
Lots of nice,porkers have been
butchered here in the last few
weeks, Mr. E. James having had
three killed Saturday that tipped
1 the scales at 47>, 453 and42s lbs,
, and there has been lots of other
' hogs killed here equally as good
as the ones mentioned.
■ Miss Sallie Wheeler, who has
' been in school at G. F. College
at Greensboro, came in Thursday
night to spend the Christmas
; holidays with home folks at
Stokesburg.
Miss Jessie Vaughn, who is
; teaching at. Fulp, is expected
home this p. m, to spend Christ
inns with home folks.
Mr. Tom Petree went to Wins-
I ton-Salem Saturday,
i Mrs. Charlie Wail, of Pine
Hall, spent the night Friday with
Miss Rhoda Adams, leaving on
the early train Saturday morn
ing for Winston-Salem.
Miss Bettie Woodruff, a stud
ent at the State Normal College
at Greensboro, came in Friday
night to be in town with home
folks during the holidays.
Miss Nellie Petree, who has
been teaching, is at home for a
while during Christmas.
Mr. J. Spot Taylor, of Dan
bury, was in town Saturday.
Messrs. John C. Bailey, Jr.,
Carl Joyce and Jacob Fulton I
spent the night Friday in Wins-,
I ton.
Mr. Flippin, of Mt. Airy, spent;
a few days last week in town
; with Mr. Jacob Fulton.
Mr. Numa Vaughn, of Wins- t
| ton-Salem, is expected home
Tuesday to spend a few days. |
Mrs. W, S. Vaughn and son, i
Wyat.t, went to Mt. Airy Sunday
night to spend a few days with ■
friends and relatives.
Mr. Marvin Scales, of Madison,
has been at the bedside of his ;
brother, Charlie, who has been
seriously ill for the last few days. |
Rev. J. H. Brendall filled his
regular appointments at Stokes- j
burg Sunday morning and night.!
Miss Maude McGeehee, a stud-1
ent at Salem College, was in j,
town a few hours Friday enroute ! '
to her home at Germanton. i
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Davis
went to Winston-Salem Friday j
to do their holiday shopping.
ling Route 2. j
King Route 2, Dec. 23. Our j ]
people are killing porkers and i
otherwise preparing for the
Christmas holidays.
Mr. Wade H. Boyles has been , ]
slightly ill for a few days. Hope 
he will soon be well again. j 1
Mrs. R. G. Gentry, who has !*
been right sick, is improving, I e
we are glad to know. ! (
DANBURY, N. C., DECEMBER 25, 1912.
CHRISTMAS BELLES
I Follow Nineteen [Blushing
i Beaux To the Matrimo
nial Altar.
OLD-TIME CHRISTMAS
Prosperity Produces Plenty of
Weddings Fitting Close To
a Year Of (iood Times
On the Plantations.
It is quite aprop >s th it a year I
of prosperity unprecedented
should end like this -a typical old
time Christmas, nuchas our fath
ers used to know. The crib is full
of corn, and the wood-shed
ipacked high with oak, hickory
and pine. Pork in the smoke- j
house, flour in the bin, and money !
in the bank while across the* j
; snow -banked landscape comes!
the music of the merrv, happy;
Christmas wedding hells.
! Since the last i>- 1 • of the Re-!
porter Registi r Deeds Moie-,
| field has issu in irriage licenses '
as follows:
Walter Abbott, aged 21, to|
I Lizzie Stephens, aged I>,
J. H. Bullen, 25, to Josie Nel- j
son, 23.
John Crim, 20, to Ada Flinn,
24.
John G. Dunlap, 35, to Mil
dred E. Ward, 24.
Nat Davis, 38, to Kate Cona
; way, 19.
J. H. Keaton, 27, to Trudie M.
; Hall, IG.
G. E. Harvey, 20, to Louisa E.
i Conrad, 23.
i Frank Johnson, 20, to Gracie
■ Williams, 21.
Jesse Joyce, 20, to Maggie
' Gunter, 20.
Will Peobles, 20, to Fannie
1 Young, 19. '
Thos. J. Rierson, 24, to Louise!
E. Smith, 21.
Earny Richardson, 32, to Cary .
Freeman, 27.
Dewitt 0 Slate, 20, to Mamie
E. Gravitt, 20. j'
Fred L. Smith, 22, to Annie E. '
Mounce.
L. A. Wilkins, 23, to Sudie
Sisk, 18.
Charley Yates, 22, to Rosa
Wilkins. 24.
COLOUED. j
Marshall Joyce, 21, to Savan
nah Price, 15. '•
Wm. L. Mitchell, 19, to Sallie
Bell Hairston, 19. 
M. S. Davis, 32, to Birdie
Moore, 17.
I
"I was suffering with liver 1
complaint," says Ivo Smith of, (
Point Blank, Texas, "and decid- £
ed to try a 25c box of Chamber- c
lain's Tablets, and am happy to g
say that I am completely cured j
and can recommend them to
every one." For sale by all
dealers. e
111 FINE CONDITION
Excellent Reports Submitted
At Meeting of Stock
holders of Quickstep
Telephone Co.
OFFICERS ELECTED !
\
| All Indebtedness Of Company Is 1
Paid and Nice Snip Placed In ]
Treasury.
King. Dec. 23.—The annual
meeting of the stockholders of
the Quickstep Telephone Co.
was held iri the Tabernacle here
Saturday, the 21st, about one
j hundred stockholders in thecom
■ pany being present and repres-
Jenting a majority of the stock.
The reports submitted at the;
I meeting show that the company ;
is now in good condition, all the !
indebtedness having been paid
off and a nice little sum placed |
' in the treasury.
The old officers were re-elect-'
|ed by acclamation, and were
commended for the excellent
management of the affairs of
1 the company.
The officers of the company
are : D, F. Tillotson, President:'
J. E. Wilson, Secretary and i
Treasurer: J. S. D. Pulliam, !
P. P. Johnson, Wade H. Boyles, 1
D. F. Tillotson and John Mickey, J
directors 11
Siaarl, Va. !'
Stuart, Va., Route 2, Dec. 16. 1
- Quite a large crowd attended t
Sunday School at Gray's school' 1
house Sunday. jt
Miss Dora Rorer spent Satur- ( 3
day night and Sunday with Mr.; I
and Mrs. A. W. Williams, and 1
was accompanied home by Mr. jr
H. W. Shockley. I i
Mr. Hazel Tilley calls over in c
Virginia right often. I f
Mrs. Witt Rogers is spending v
several days with her parents, ii
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Rogers.
Guess the wedding bells will h
ring over at Mr. C. C. Watkins' a
about Christmas, as Mr. Sandy 1 d
Newman seems to be a frequent li
caller. 1 1
Miss Georgia Nowlin is expect-  s
ed home this week after spend- 8
ing several weeks with relatives
at High Point. C
Mrs. Abe Martin spent several
days the past week with home
folks.
SQUIRRELL. j j
Messrs. Geo. W. Smith and
William N. Houchins, two good
citizens of Yadkin township,
spent Sunday night ami a part
of Monday here attending to p
some business matters.
The parcels post law goes into
effect January Ist. v
J HEARING SATURDAY.
Martin Negroes Arrigned Be
fore N. A. Martin, J. P.,
Charged With the Killing
Of Johns Tatum.
The Martinjnegroes, Baz and
Henry, together with their fa
ther, Richard Martin, weregiven
a preliminary hearing here Sat
urday before Justice of the Peace
N. A. Martin on the charpe of
killing Johns Tatum.
Henry Martin was admitted to
bail in the sum of $ , which !
he failed to give, but it is thought'
he will arrange it this week, be-1
ing meanwhile returned to jail, j
Ba/. Martin was refused bond,
and remanded to jail. Baz and
Henry will be tried at the next
term of Superior Court. Richard
Martin, father of the two boys,
was tried for complicity in the
murder, but was acquitted.
It was the general opinion of
, those who heard the evidence
that the case will not be as
! strong against the negroes as I
: had been first thought.
Stokes Man Writes
From New fork State.'
Oswego, N. Y., Dec. 20.
Dear Reporter:
J As I have read many letters in
I your paper of which I am a con
' stant reader, I will ask you to
accomodate me with a small space j
in the Danbury Reporter for a
small letter, letting my friends j
know in Stokes county that al- 1
though I am many miles from j
them, I have not forgotten j
them. I was out West for three
years and stricking it pretty j
lucky came farther East to New j
York, where I am now making
my home at Oswego, N. Y. It j
is a fine place here but oh! how i
cold. We have had about four I
feet of snow so far and by the J
way the sky looks today there j
is more coming. 
I am in the best of health and
hope my friends are all the same 1
and I sincerely hope that some ]
day I will return to North Caro- 
lina. I was born at Meadows, '
N. C., making it my home for I
several years until I left in 1909, '
going west to Utah. '■
Wishing you all a most merry
Christmas and a happy New
Year.
GUESS WHO.
Christmas Tree
At Sandy Ridge
There will be a Christmas;
tree and entertainment at Sandy j
Ridge M. E. church tonight, I
Dec. 24th.
Deputy Sheriff J. J. Priddy !
visited Danbury Saturday. 
No. 2,020
ATTEMPTED ROBBERY
Daring Affair Near Vade
Mecum One Day Last
Week Alarms
Country.
J. H. KEATON'S HOME
Visited Late In Evening By A
St>an:rer Who Made Effort
to Find Mr. Keaton's
Money Cries of
(iirl Scar.'d Would
be-Robber Away.
The people of the Vade Mecum
section are excited and alarmed
over a daring attempt at robbery
one evening last week. A
strange man, described as tall and
slim, with a dark mole or scar
. on his cheek and wearing over
alls, visited the home of John
IH. Keaton about dusk, and
| endeavored to secure a sum of
money which Mr. Keaton was
| known to be keeping in the
| house. There was no one at
I home at the time except a small
J girl and Mrs. Keaton, who is
j Mr. Keaton's aged mother and
who is lying almost helpless
from a recent stroke of paralysis.
Advancing toward the child,
who was eating supper, the
stranger seized a hot cup of cof
fee and dashed it in her face and
at this same time bitterly cursing
'the child and demanding the
[whereabouts of Mr. Keaton's
1 money, threatening if he did
| not get it atonc9 he would choke
: her to death. The child was
greatly frightened, and told the
j intruder that the money was
kept in an adoining room. Hp
went in and began the search,
but was soon scared away by
the approach of Mr. Keaton,
who happened to return at that
time.
The incident has frightened
all the good citizens of the Vade
Mecum country, who have re
cently received goodly sums of
money for their tobacco. Many
of them have been keeping their
money hidden away at home,
but on the day following several
left for the bank where their
savings were safely placed and
where robbers and fire cannot
reach them.
Marriage at Vade Mecum.
Mr. Henry Keaton and Miss
Trudie Hall were married last
Friday at the home of the bride'i
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dock
Hall. Esquire J. R. P. East per
formed the ceremony.
The Winston tobacco ware
houses closed for the holidays on
Friday, 20th. They will not re
open until Monday, Jan. 6, 1913.