DANBURY REPORTER
i. VOLUME XL.
DR.C.L.BANNER DEAD
Passing of Mount Airy's Old
est Citizen, Aged 84.
BORN IN STOKES
Near Sandy Ridge, November
1830—Other News Items of
Mount Airy.
The people of Mt. Airy were
/Teatly shocked last Friday after-
noon whei news spread over the
city that Dr. Conce Banner, Mt.
Airy's oldest citizen was deal
He had been apparently in his
usual good health, had been out
on the streets and about the stores
the day before seemingly in his
usual health and only a few of
the closest friends and nearest
neighbors of the family knew
that he was unwell.'
He had been complaining for
several days but as he kept up
and went about the streets greet
ing his friends in his usual jolly
manner but few knew that he
was indisposed. He sat on his
front porch and chatted with his
wife and friends, who dropped
in, as was his custom. He did.
however, complain of not feeling
well. He retired Thursday night
but did not rest well and in the
latter part cf the night, probably
about 4 o'clock, he told Mrs.
Banner that he was suffering,
complaining of a pain in his
breast. His wife phoned a physi
cian, who came at once and ad
ministered to him and he seemed
to be better. He did not get up,
however, Friday morning, though
he did take some nourishment.
The morning passed with him in
bed. Shortly after noon he took
some more nourishment—drank
some soup, and seemed to enjoy
it. the Dr. had called again during
the morning and thought he was
doing very well. After dinner
his wife was sitting by his bed
and he complainel again of the
pain in his breast. She noticed
a change in him and became al
armed. She called in some of
the neighbors and phoned for the
doctor, but he sank raipdly
breathing only a few times after
the doctor arrived. He died at
2:30 Friday afternoon, July 10th.
His son, Dr. J. E. Banner, had
been spending a week in Roanoke
Va., and was not here when his
£a >er died. He was enroute
home that day but did not reach
Mt. Airy until 7:25 Friday even
ing. An effort had been made
to reach him at Winston but this
was unsuccessful and he did not
learn of his father's death until
he reached Rural Hall. Mrs.
Sparks the only living daughter,
who lives in Americus, Ga., was
unable to come and attend the
funeral.
The interment was Saturday af
ternoon in Oakdale cemetery.
He had long been a Mason and
was buried by the Masonic or
der. The religious services at
the home on North Main street i
were conduted by Rev. W. H.
Willis and Rev. E. Vance Price.
The services at the home was
attended by a large number of
friends and relatives.
Dr. Constantine Lafayette Ban
ner was born near Sandy Ridge.
Stokes county, November 5,1830.
He was therefore in his S4th year.
He came to Mt. Airy with his
parents when a boy and had lived
all the remainder of his long
life -almost or quite three-quar
ters of a century.
He attended school at Guilford
college and later he took his med
ical course at Jefferson Medical
college, graduating from that
splendid institution about CO
years ago. He and Dr. E. 13.
Hampton of Elkin were class
mates. Dr. Iv. Thompson of the
Western part of this county was
attending medical college at the
same time in Philadelphia,
though he graduated a year later
from another institution. Aft:r
graduating he came back to Mt.
Airy where he engaged in the
practice of medicine and where he
continued to practice for almost
half a century. He retired from
active practice ten or fifteen
years ago.
He was twice married—first to
1 MissChattiePrather of Mt. Airy.
She lived only a year or two after
her marriage. The second wife
survives him, was Miss Marietta
Tdtutn of . Patrick county, Va.
To the second marriage four
children were born, two daught
ers, Mrs. Sydnor, who died a few
' years ago and Mrs. Sparks of
j Americus, Ga. Two sons, Dr. J.
jE. Banner of this city. One son,
i Conce. Jr. died several years ago.
j He had a large number of relati-
I ves in Mt. Airy and almost the
entire citizenship of the town
| were his friends. Ha was a fa
i miliar figure on the streets and
•his jolly disposition made him
loved by all who knew him.
This writer had known him well
for only a year and a half but in
this time had grown to be very
fond of him. We extend
sympathy to the family and rel
atives.
Mr. and Mrs. Porter Graves
have gone to Jefferson and other
points in the western part
of the state to spend a couple
of weeks.
The infant baby of Mr. and
Mrs. Will Owens died last Satur
day night with whooping cough.
Interment was Monday morning
in Oak Grove Cemetery.
Dr. C. S. Lawrence, formerly
of this city but now of Winston,
left last Monday for London to
attend the International Sur
geons Congress. While in Eu
rope he will spend several
months studying in Berlin.
Miss Sallie Fulton, of Walnut
Cove has been in the city for the
past week visiting Miss Ruth
Flippin.
Miss Lucv Hadley went to
Greensboro Monday to spend a
couple of weeks attending the I
summer school at the State Nor
mal.—Mt. Airy News.
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DANBURY, N. C., JULY 22, 1914.
iFUND IS STARTED
j
j
To Build Monument At Dan
bury to Memory Of
Confederate Dead.
COURT HOUSE LAWN
Shaft to Cost $1,500 to $2,000
j J. J. Martin, Commandant
of Stokes Camp, Heads
the List.
! While Mr. J. J. Martin, Com
mandant of the Stokes Camp,
N. C. Y., was here Saturday in
| the interest of the coming annual
-reunion of the ex-Confderatea
'of Stokes county, he became
j enthusiastic in the matter of a
Confederate Monument to be
erected on the court house square
here, and expressed the wish
that the Reporter should start
the work of soliciting con
tributions at once, the Daughters
of the Confederacy to take the
matter up later and carry it out.
Mr. Martin headed the list him
: self with SIO.OO. He said ht was
'a poor man, but that he would
; willingly give of his substance in
j such a worthy cause. Mr. Martin's
action was followed by the Re
porter with a like contribution,
so that the list now stands as
| follows :
i J. J. Martin SIO.OO
I Dan bury Reporter 10.00
I All persons everywhere, not
only in Stokes, but in surround
! ing counties and all over the
j State wherever found, friends
, and relatives of the boys in gray are
invited by the Stokes organidation
to send their contributions, which
will be promptly acknowledged In
this paper, and the money deposited
in the bank to the credit of the fund.
Mr. Martin thinks that a shaft cost
ing at least #1,.">00 should be built,
aud that the work of collecting the
funils should be pushed In order that
the m >nument may be built next
year and unveiled on the occasion of
the annual reunion in 1915, and that
the occasion should be made the
greatest day in the history of the
county. A speaker will be secured
to address the thousands who will
attend tlie occasion, a big picnic
dinner will be served, and other
pleasant features will lie arranged.
All sums from ten cents up are
solicited. Everybody can j;lve some
thing, and the greater the numlter
of those who have a hand in the
building of the monument, the
better.
Lecture On Home Missions.
Raleigh, July 15.—These dates
do not cover the entire month
as I am compelled to give part
of the time to another field.
This is to give final notice of
dates and plans for Institutes
to be held at King, Mt. Olive,
Shiloh and Friendship.
I want to give three or four
days and nights at each point.
Please announce meetings as
follows :
Pinnacle, Wednesday nighi,
July 29, Thursday night, July
30, and Friday night, July 31.
King, Sunday A. M. and P.
M., Monday night and Tuesday
night, Aug. 2-4.
Mt. Olive, Friday, Aug. 7, at
7:30; Saturday, Aug. 8, Sunday,
Aug. 9, A. M. and P. M.
Friendship, Wednesday, Aug.
12, Thursday, Aug. 13, Friday,
Aug. 14, Saturday, Aug. 15,
Sunday, Aug. 16.
. I shall use a stereopticon and
give an illustration lecture on
Home Missions at each point.
C. A. UPCHURCH,
BEXT SATHROAY
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Republican Primaries To Be
Held At The Different
Precincts.
|THE RESOLUTION
|This is the Bone of Contention,
and Is Expected to Parcipate
a Sharp Fight in the
Convention.
Next Saturday at the different
J precincts in the county the Re
; publican primaries will be pulled
j off. and on the Saturday fol
lowing at Dantury the conven
tion will be held to nominate the
! different Republican candidates.
• This a stormy year in the Re
| publican camo. The two biggest
i bones of contention are the re
j spective offices of Clerk of Su
i perior Court and Treasurer.
| The nomination of a candidate
for Clerk of the Court involves
the repeal of the resolution pass
ed by one of the Republican
conventions some ten years ago
by which no candidate is allowed
to hold the same office more
than two terms in succession.
The friends of Mr. M. T. Chilton,
the present incumben of the
; clerk's office, contend that the
resolution was unwise from the
first, that it should never have
been passed for various reasons.
They take the position that if an
; official makes good, he should be
j kept in office just as long as the
; majority of his party wish, and i
that if he is not the right man,
: he should be fired even after the
! term. They charge that the
i spirit of resolution has been re
peatedly broken, by certain can
didates serving for two terms,
then changing to some other of
fice, and for which he has eq
upped himself, and which he
has held with credit to his party.
Chas. R. Helsabeck is the other
candidate for the office of Clerk,
and his friends are making a hot
and strong fight for his elevation,
and for the defeat of Mr. Chil
ton.
Eor the office of Trtoourer
there are many candidates,
among them being Fagg, Glide
well, Petree, Tucker, Fowler,
and others. All hands are work-j
ing overtime on the job, and the;
contest in the primaries and at:
the convention will doubtless be j
an interesting one.
Good Crops lo Peters Greek.
Mr. J. L. Moore, postmaster
! of Smith, and the Secretary and
[Treasurer of the Big Creek
Union Milling Co., of Smith,
j was here Friday. Mr. Moore
j reports that the recent rains
have transformed the crops in
the northern part of Stokes from
a sorry Loking plight into glow
ing prospects. The outlook now
is for the finest crops of corn
and tobacco in a number of years,
with no shortage in the tobacco
crop. The people of that section
of the county have been
damaged by hail and wind and
drouth for several seasoia in
succession, and they deserve to
have good luck again.
Mr. Moore says that his ir.ill
is looking forward to excellent
grain buunesa this fall, as
the wheat crop has been
good.
THE BURGLAR AGAIN.
I
J Enters Mr. J. G. H. Mitch
j ell's House and Got Awav
j With S7O--A Marriage
j --Other News Or Interest.
I Walnut ('live, .lul.v —The latest
j invasion tii n'ir iiiituriiis burglaiy
I occurred Sunday night when son e
; person entered t lie home of Mr. J. >.
jH. Mitchell. on North Main street
I securing about seventy dollars in
cash besides earring away Home
pa pern. The burglar entered Mr.
! Mitchell's sleeping apartment at
j n late hour li.v way of a window
ami passed out through the door
! after having rifled every place In the
I room where money was likely to
jbe found. Although Mr. Mitchell
was in the room, he was not awaken-
Jeil ami the burglary was not (Un
covered until early Monday morning
'J Ills is only one uf the similar in
stances that has occurred here dur
ing the past mouth and the citizens
'are thoroughly aroused over " the
• matter. Ortlcers are on the lookout
! for the guilty party land lu the
j men lit line j lie people are fakltig"the
| precaution to barricade their wln-
I (lows and doors and place all their
i Mirpltis money in the banks.
j Saturday afternoon at the home
of Itev. .1. L!, .1 ohnson, Itev. .lames
| M. King ami Miss issie l»ike were
j quietly married iu the presence of a
| few friends. The groom is a promis
ing young Ilnptist minister residing
I a few miles west of here, while the
j bride is one of the county's pn unineiit
j teachers.
! A coinmittee was appointed bv
the purpose of assessing the dam
j ages to the lands traversed by the
various roads of the township and
( ihey spent last Thursday going over
• the lands of the parties asking dam
ages, milking estimates which will
be placed before the county com
missioners fur consideration ami
settlement.
Mr. and Mrs. ieo. 11. Semple. who
have been spending the Hum
mer at Piedmont Springs were here
for a few days. They left Saturday
for Fairmont, where Mr. Semple will
open a warehouse, lie expects to
return to this market September
Ist.
Mr. Sam Gentry was here last
week visiting his father. Mr. \V. li.
Gentry, who continues quite 111.
Messrs. C. M. .Jones, A. \V. Davis,
It. P. Joyce and K. F. Reynolds at
tended the Odd Fellows picnic at
Pinnacle Thursday.
Mr. Samuel Hah-stou, of Wonoda.
\ a., was here Monday looking after
liis farm.
Itev. Wyllle tilled his regular ap
pointment at the Episcopal church
Sunday morning and night.
Messrs. J. K. .lames and E. O.
Creakman went to Norfolk last
week on the excursion.
Misses Lei in and Grace Moore,
of .Moore's Mill, Va., are spending
several days here the guests of Miss
Lillie Joyce.
Messrs. J. N. Young and S. 11.
Stewart went to Danhury and Pied
mont Springs Sunday.
Mr. O. N. Petree returned Monday
from a trip to New York, where lie
attended a convention of the agents
of the Prudential Life Insurance Co.
During liis absence Mrs: Petree
visited relatives in Durham.
Messrs. A. \V. Davis and .1. 11
Fulton went to Dauburv on business
Friday. I
Miss Edith Petree. of Winston-Sal-j
•■in. Is visiting relatives and friends i
here.
Mr. .1. F. Hawkins spent Sunday
at King with relatives.
Among the traveling men here
Monday were Messrs. A. L. Hoover.
E. W Carroll, ti. W. Naff and S. Y.
Wlmbisli.
Miss Myrtle Samuel spent last
week as the guest of relatives in
Winston-Su'em.
Miss Lucy Lackey, of Campbell, is
visiting Iter uncle, Mr. Joe it Lackey,
here.
If any officer has reason to
believe a car is exceeding the
the limit of the law and fails to
use due diligence in making ar
rest, said officer violates the law
himself and may be prosecuted.
Speeding a car on any public
road in excess of twenty five
miles per hour, or in any incor
porated city town or village in
excess of fifteen miles per hour,
or running a car faster than ten
miles per hour in the business
section of anv city, town or vil
lage is a violation of the law.
:SATUnOM, AUG. 29
Date Fixed For Annual Re
union of Old Soldiers of
Stokes County.
BIG DAY EXPECTED
Commandant J. J, Martin Anxious
that the Occasion Be the
Most Successful Ever
Held.
The I'cnslon Hoard met here
S;iturday with only o'ie member
of the lion Til ill ;t t tendance. This
was Mr. J. Martin, of iideo;..
The oiher members of tin- Hoard,
Messrs. \V. (J. slate and .J. M. Uurge,
are both Kick at their homes aiid
were imahle to he present. Junta,
few iniiior matters were passed
I upon l>y Mr. Martin, among these
lining two new applicants tor pen
sions, from an ex-soldier and the
other from the widow of a soldier.
While in Danhur.v Mr. Martin,
who is the Commander of theStokts
('amp 1 nited Confederate Veterans,
made arrangements for the annual
reunion of the old soldiers, and fixed
tlie date aud place Danburv, Satur
day, August 2it. Mr. Martin is
anxious that this meeting shall he
the most largely attended and im
portant gathering' of like kind in
| tlie county. All ex-soldiers of the
[county are notified to lie present,
while their relatives and friends are
urgently requested to prepare u
good dinner for tin* old soldier*.
Mnce last year a number of the old
veterans have passed away, notably
Messrs. \Y. \V. King and Joseph H.
Stuart, of l>anhury. Not many
years will elapse before all the sur
vivors of the lost cause ia Stokes
will have gone over the river. How
appropriate it is that we sho'.iM
revere the menu-try of tlio>c who
have gone, and respect those who
are with us still, ay once a ,\ear
making these reunions tiling's «>•'
pleasure and recreation for the old
soldiers.
I At the coming meeting in August
the tirst steps will lie made, Jlr,
Martin informs tin* Reporter, to
ward plans for erecting a monument
to the Stokes veterans on the court,
house square. The work of solicit
ing funus for tliis very comnienc
al»le work is usually done li.v the
Daughters of the Confederacy, 1 »ufc
as no organization of tliis kiud
exists at present in the county, atl
I effort will lie made to create an or-
I ganlzation of Daughters of the Con-
I f.nleracy in the county. To this em!,
I the Commandant most earnestly
I lci>!ivs ami rci|uesti4 that
I holies shall get together 'n the court
I house on the day of the Reunion and
organize their association, an 1
undertake actively the raising; f
funds suftlcieut to build a lieautift.l
and enduring shaft that will stan I
through all time to perpetuateth
undying glory of the boys of 'til,
who gave their livesmd property to
the came of the South. Nearly ad
| other counties ha ve these monument*
;in tiie State, and Stokts should
certainly not lie behind iter sister
counties in honoring her ex-Con
federates.
Later a .program "f the day will
lie prepared, which will lie puliiislie I
in the Reporter. Mr. Martin wishes
that this shall lie the most notabl •
day In the history of ti ecc.unty, and
h" calls on all friends ami relatives
of living or dead old soldiers to co
operate in tiie work.
i Puzzled Over Wireless lax.
How to distribute anions: the
j various counties the taxes to be
! paid by the Marconi Wireless
: Telegraph Company is a problem
I confronting the State Tax Com
| mission of Washington.
The law enacted before the
advent of wireless telegraphy,
provides that telegraph taxes
shall be apportioned to the
miles of line in each, but this
apparently does not answer
where either waves instead of
copper wire are used for trans
mission of messages.
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