VOLUME XL.
WALSIUT CBVf LETTER
Two Marriages Consum-1
mated The Past Week.
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r NEW TRAIN ON N. W.
Work Started On Piney Moun-.
tain Road In Sauratown —More ]
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Buildings To Be Erected —
Mr. Fair Retnrn3 Prom
Jacksonville Other
News.
Walnut Cove, May 12. Mr.
James Hutchinson and i liss Ethel j
Cates, two of our popular young;
people, were happily married lastj
' Wednesday at the homo of the,
bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. 0. j
J. Cates, Rev. E. J. Poe perform
ing the ceremony. It was a
quiot home wedding with only a
few of the relatives and friends
of the contracting 'parties being,
present.
Mr. Leonard Duggins and Miss
j
Cora Carter were united in the
holy bonds of matrimony Wednes
day night at the homo of I/Ir. W.
N. Gillert, Rev. J. A. Fagg
oflicialir.g. T! .• srcom is a
of Mr. i.V.fii.i 1 > j,:r rins if this
. place while tho bride is t!
daughter of Mr. I). Carter c.f
Sto'aesburg.
Considerable, excitement wx.s
caused here Wednesday after
noon when a pair of horses
belonging to Mr. Robert Alley
became frightened at an automo
> bile and ran at full spe?d down
Main Street, turning the corner
and going in the direction of the
warehouse. By some lucky means
the animals were stopped with
out doing any damage.
The evasive thief continues to
ply his trade without the least
hindrance. Last week someone
entered a car at the station and
* secured a number of trivial
articles, the next night two suits
of clothes were taken from the
International Pressing Club. It
• is generally supposed that the
same person is committing all of
these thefts, although no clue as
to who the guilty one may be has
been found.
Mr. A. J. Fair returned Satur
day from Jacksonville, Fla.,
where he attended the Confeder
ate re-union. lie reports large
crowds and an interesting trip.
'' Mr. Fair is favorably impressed
wi'h the land, climate, general
conditions and prospects of
Florida.
Mr. Jno. R. Lackey is placing
lumber and material on his lot
adjoining Stewart-Jones Cloth
' ing Co., for the erection of a
y. building which will be used for a
barber shop or a store.
Mr. C. M. Jones has been
surveying and developing some
of his land north of town the
• past week and will place this
property on the market in the
near future.
, It is understood that Dr. J.
Walter Neal, of Meadows, will
build a handsome residence on
his lot here some time soon.
From present indications Wal
i nut Cove will be represented at
' the Primitive Baptist association
i to be held at Clear Spring,
five miles north of here, on next
Sunday and Monday
by practically the entire citizen
ship of the town. Automobiles
will be used for the transporta
tion of passengers, making it
easy to go and return at any
hour.
Mr. W. L Nelson, of the firm
of Fagg & Nelson, who is one ct
the best farmers in northern
| Stokes, spent a while here las!
I week.
I Mr. J. Wm. Morefield, oi
i
Meadows, was in town on busi
ness Thursday.
Mrs. L. M. McKenzie, of Ger
: manton, spent Thursday here as
j the guest of her sister, Mrs. S.
C. Rierson.
I
Mossr3. 0. N. Petree and A.
T. Rothrock with their families
visited Danbury a short while
Sunday.
Mi*. Jno. R. Smith has open et
.his store adjoining Mr. J. N.
I Young and has empbyed Mr.
Paul George, of High Point, a
i
salesman.
I
; Register of Dj. da Jno. G,
1 Morefield was he-re Saturday
!enroute to Orangoburg, S. C. to
vir.it his fliend, Mr. W. Hampton
D.ike.
Sairu d C. Hill, of Ger
manfon,. v/i'.a her 2 or. business
Ki »uay.
1 Mr. R. T. Joyce, oi Mt. Airy,
I spent a short while hero Satur
day on his way to Danbury tc
; vi.sit relatives.
Mr. George Lewis, one of the
1 highway commissioners of Mead
lows township, was in town or
! business Thursday.
Mr. Geo. H. Semple, who sc
i successfully managed the Stokes
| County Warehouse here the past
• season, spent a day or two here
this week looking after some
business interests.
Messrs. A. T. Rothrock, J. H.
'Fulton and Jno. A. Burton have
been on the sick list but are able
to be out again.
Several of the younger set
spent Sunday at Saint's Delight
. at an association, making the
trip with a car. Some of the
young men had the misfortune
!of having to walk a considerable
I distance on account of a slight
! break-down.
j Rev. E. J. Pee filled his regular
| appointment at the Junior Hal!
j Sunday night, preaching an ex
jccllent sermon to an attentive
audience.
, Mr. and Mrs. J. Wesley More
field spent Sunday at their
1 country home near Danbury.
A new train has been put on
'! the N. & W. railroad on Sunday
so that now the train passes here
1 early 011 Sunday morning going
1 ! direct to Charlotte returning in
| the afternoon. This is a great
1 convenience to persons desiring
! j to visit places south of hereon
! ; Sunday.
'j Work has been commenced on
! :the road known as the "Piney
(Mouutain road" west of town,
I the work on the road leading
| from here to Fulp having been
'•practically completed with the
exception of top-soil.
t Misses Ruth and Mary Pringle,
1 of Campbell, visited in Danbury
, today.
DANBURY, N. C., MAY 13. 1914.
HE 2'i m
Oldest Citizens Say Storm
Was Severest !n His
tory of Germanton
STORE ROOF TORN OFF
People of (iermanton Well Pleas
ed With Road Work--
Other Items.
Gcrrranton, May 9. German
ton and the vicinity are getting
about straight again after the
terrible tornado that swept over
last week. The oldest citizens
say nothing like that storm ever
occurred here in their time
before.
Mr. 11. L. Tuttle has his store
covered again and it is reported
that his goods were not damaged
so much as thought at first. The
whole tin roof was carrkd sorno
distance from thi store, half
going in one tiirection and half
in anr thu\ A gre:it many val
uable fruit trees were uprooted.
A brick store li'.u.o -belonging to
.Mr. McGee was totally blown
down, and it happened that the
good road f.irce was at work
right mv.r and me.r.y boVind it
for protection IVo.n the wind,
but lack'.! • only one was injured
very badly, that one a negro,
having 'hi:-, head gashed right
deep.
The good roads are becoming
a reality since the crowd of men
have gone over some distance
one way out of Germanton. The
people in general poem very well
satisfied an:i pleased with the
new road.
Mr. E. J. Styers and son, S. F.
Styers of Baltimore, left Tues
day to attend the reunion at
Jacksonville, Fla., and to visit
other points of interest in that
State.
Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Jonas and
children are visiting at Mr. E. J.
Styers.'
Mr. F. W. Beck and Mrs. F.
Wall spent Sunday with Mr. E.
J. Styers and family, the whole
family being together on that
day.
Dr. L. H. Hill, the only living
surgeon in the State who was in
the civil war, is attending the
reunion at Jacksonville.
Miss Ada Crews is spending
some time in Florida visiting
relatives.
Mrs. C. T. Joyce returned to
her home in South Boston, Va.,
Friday.
Miss Mabel McKenzie attended
the Rural Hall school commence
ment this week.
Notice to the Public.
Persons who are thinking of
blasting rock out of the public
roads at the expense of the coun
ty are hereby requested to con
sult the board of commissioners
before purchasing dynamite for
that purpose, as we cannot pay
bills which are not authorized by
us.
CHAP BODENHEIMER,
Chm. Bd. Co. Commissioners.
6mav4t
SHOOTS HIMSELF
Mr. Virgus Boles, of Ca
pella, Stokes County,
Found Dead Today,
ACT WAS SUICIDAL
D.vcased Had liesn In 111 Health
and Was Affected Mentally
Leaves Wife and Child
ren.
A telephone message from
Capella, this county, ta ly this
morning stated that Mr. Virgus
Boks, a prominent citizen of that
section, shot himself some time
during the early hours with a
shot gun, d\ ing from the wound
immediately. It is generally
thought that his self-destruction
was intentional.
Mr. Boles, who was agod
about 45 years, had been in
ill health for some time and was
thought to be affected mentally.
Tiie body was found about
a half mile from the home of the
1 deceased in the woods, where lie
had gone this morning. The
wound was from a shot gun and
almost the entire skull was
blown away.
Dr. R. 1 v. .Jorefield, inc county
Coroner, was rumr.ionod and an
inquest he! 1 today.
The decoas.xl survived by a
wife and several children, besides
many other relatives and friends,
and these have the sincere
sympathy of the entire com
munity in their bereavement.
Preaching Hi friendship.
The Reporter is requested to
announce that Rev. L. U.
Weston, of Wake Forest College,
will preach at Friendship
Baptist church the fourth Satur
day and Sunday in May.
Dig farm Sold.
Mrs. A. J. Brown has sold her
farm on Campbell Route 1 to
Mr. W. M. Overby of the same
section. The farm contained
525 acres and she received $6,426.-
00 for it. The deal was closed
here today.
Mrs. Brown and family expect
to leave in a few days for Hol
linger, Texas, to reside. Their
many friends regret very much
to see them leave Stokes.
Mr. J. 11. Fulton, thj popular
cashier of the Bank of Stokes
County at Walnut Cove, spent a
short while here Tuesday ac
companied by Mrs. Fulton.
Holies lo las Payers.
To the Tax Payers of Stokes
County:
You are hereby notified to meet
the tax listers at their appoint
ments and list your property
during the month of May. If
you fail to do this you will be
double-taxed and not released.
Please list your property for
taxation during the month of
May as the law prescribes and
save further trouble.
This by order of the Board on
May 4th, 1914.
CHAP BODENHEIMER,
Chairman.
9may4t
LEITEfi M 1 0. PtTHEf
Attorney For the County Com
missioners Calls Attention to
the Law Forbidding Fast I)riy»
ing Or Riding Across Puh!ic
Bridges.
Danbury, N. C.
May 11th, 1914.
Mr. Editor :
Stokes county lias within thv
past few years erected a number
of good 3teel public bridges
across Dan river and other
streams at a cost to the people
of the county of between .S3O,COC
and SIOO,OOO. Said bridges arc
a public necessity and should be
cared for and protected from
injury by careless and thought
less people.
Some persons have a habit ol
fast riding and driving ovei
them, which is prohibited b>
law, and in order that the
public may know that it is
piohibited by law, please publish
the following statute :
Chapter 265, Public Laws Of 1901.
"j'he General Assembly of North
Carolina do enact :
i". ct i jr. 1. T hac i t shr.' Ibeu n -
lawful 1' A' any person to rid:: on
horseback or t) drive any vehicle
faster than a wall: on, over or
across any brid.xe exceeding
thirty f?;-t in length maintained
at public expense across a
natural stream.
Section 2. That any person
violating this act shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and on con
viction shall be fined not more
than ten dollars, or imprisoned
not longer than ten days.
Section 3. That this act shall
apply only to the counties of
Stokes (and a number of other?
naming them.)
Section 4. That this act shall
be in force from and after its
ratification.
In the General Assembly read
three times, and ratified this the
2Gth day of February, A. D.,
1901."
Bridges are so constructed that
every beam, bar and rod his its
proper proportion of the weight
to bear, and fast riding and
driving across them get 3 them
out ofj adjustment, and throws
the strain or weight too heavy
upon some parts, and is liable t>
cause the bridge tog) down, and
may not only result in the loss of
human life, but also in the loss
of costly and much needed
bridges.
The county must protect its
bridges from injury by careless
and thoughtless fast riding and
driving over them, and unless
the above named law is observed,
it will become its duty to
prosecute those who violate it.
N. O. PETREE,
Attorney for Co. Com'rs.
Local Union To Meet.
Pinnacle, May 11, 1914.- Flat
Rock Local I'nion No. 1064 is
called to meet on Saturday, May
16th, at 7 o'clock p. m. All
members are requested to be
present as we have some im
portant business to transact.
Fraternally,
S. F. LAWSON, Pres.
! I0 HEEf SUNDAY
Primitive Baptist Association
To Be Held At Clear
Spring Church.
CROWDS ARE COMING
Sessions Will Be H.'ld On Satur
day, Sunday and Monday
A Number of Elders To
Takj Part In the
Services.
The semi-annual Association
of the Primitive Baptist chuich
for this district will be held
with Clear Spring Baptist church
at Meadows, beginning next
Saturday and continuing through
Sunday and Monday.
These associations are al ways
attended by immense crowds,
especially on Sunday, many peo
ple coming from distant sections.
Quite a number of ministers are
expected to be present and
several of these will preach each
clay. Each family brings an
abundnce of things to cat and
dinner is served on the grounds
each dsy at r,ocn.
The hospitable noople of the
Meadows s ction aro preparing
to entertain their friends from
a distance in royal style, and al
ready r- freshmerts stands are
teing erected on the church
grounds preparatory to dispensing
lemonade, peanuts, candy, etc.,
to the throngs that attend.
Walnut Cove Route 1.
Walnut Cove Route 1, May 11.
—Misses Susie and Beatrice Tut
tle visited at Mr. J. R. Smith's
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Smith
spent Sunday at Mr. Will
Tuttle's.
Mr. W. E. Butner and family,
Mr. T. T. Campbell and family
and Messrs. Jim Burge, Richard
Tuttle and Cicero Smith spent
Sunday at Mr. Thos. Tuttle's.
Mr. Charlie Tuttle spent Sun
at Mr. Geo. Newsom's.
Messrs. Beverly and Sherman
Turtle and Preston'SmithJ spent
Sunday afternoon at Mr. J. S.
Lovill's.
Messrs. Geo. Tuttle and Gray
Rutledge spent Sunday with
Misses Carrie and Rosa Miller.
Mr. Charlie Vess is very sick
with pneumonia, we are sorry to
note.
Mr. A. A. Miller spent Sundav
Rt Mr. E. R. Voss'.
Mr. Arthur Newsom and
family spent Sunday at Mr.
Geo. Newsom's.
We are very glad to note that
Vlr. Geo. Hamptdn is improving.
Mr. G. T. Burge and family
visited at Mr. G. J. Tuttle's Sun
lay afternoon.
Mr. Charlie Rutledge visited
it Mr. J. F. Tuttle's Sunday.
GOSSIPER.
Valuable Land For Sale.
Fifty-five acres 4 miles west of
Walnut Cove. Fine orchard, all
kinds of fruit. The finest tobac
co land in Stokes county. Two
new tobacco barns, good hewn
pack house and basement, plenty
of timber.
J. WILL EAST,
tt Walnut Cove, N. C.
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