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DAS BURY REPORTER V.OLUME XL. DAMAGE 8! INS Washouts On Railway and Wagon Roads Wednes day Night. THE TOBACCO MARKET Breaks and (Jnod Prices :>n .Most (irailes N ntin;, Contest By (Jem Theatre—Other Walnut Cove Ne\»s. Walnut Cove. Jan. 1-. The Gem Theatre is conducting an interesting and unique voting contest this month which is prov ing quite a success. For every adult ticket ten votes are given to be cast for the most popular young lady. At the end of the month the votes will be counted and the lady securing the most votes will be presented with a .reason ticket to the popular show good for sixty days, and to the second highest a ticket good for thirty days will be given. At the close of this week's vot ing Miss Mary Martin is leading with >so votes while Miss Lillio Joyce is a close second with SSU. Among the other contestants are Misses Bessie and .Jettie More held, Laura Weddell, Sallie Ful ton, Nina Morefield and Agnes Lewis. The heavy rains Wednesday night did a great deal of damage to the roads in this section. On account of a slight washout on the Southern railway the west bound train was delayed for several hours. Many of the nlder citizens say that it was the heaviest rain within their recol lection at this season of the yt-ar. Good breaks feature the tobac co market here this week and satisfactory prices prevail on most of the grades. With the opening up of the weather it is expected that the greater part of the remainder of the crop will be marketed rapidly. Growers from the different sec tions of the county are of the opinion that more than two-thirds of the 1914 crop has already been soli. At a meeting of the new high way commissioners, composed of Messrs. J no. W. Redman, Flint Fulp and Stephen Neal, Satur day. it was decided to make no eitort towards, repairing the roads until the prevalence of more favorable weather. A ht r!c later in the spring it is their intention to have all the roads of the township rounded up and placed in splendid condition. Rev. H. A. Willey filled his regular appointment at Christ l.piscopal church Sunday morn j 11 JJJ*. Air. Sullivan Booe, of Walker town, was a business visitor here Saturday. It is learned that Mr. liooe wili be on the market after this week buying tobacco for his firm. Mr. J. A. Fagg, of the Walnut Cove Grocery Co.. spent a few days last week in Roanoke, Va. on business connected with his firm. Mr. Julius 0. Young and Miss Nonnie McKenzie, of Winston- Salem. were the guests of Mrs. J. N. Young a short while Sun day. Mr. P. H. Linville made a business trip to Winston-Salem Saturday. It is learned that there is a move on foot to make improve ments on the streets which are in a fearful condition. While nothing definite is known as to the plan of the work it is highly necessary that some means be adopted to relieve the situation. Messrs. Paul Fulton and Sam Jones spent Sunday afternoon at Meadows. Mr. P. J. Watkins, of Ashe ville, a former Stokes citizen, was a visitor here this week. Mr. Watkins represents one of the largest calender houses in America and travels extensively over several states. He is one of those generous, optimistic fellows who talks business in stead of war and can see good times 'a comin*. Mr. Robt. Murphy, Jr., and Miss Stella Rierson were visitors to (+ree*»sbow> Friday. Mr. J. M. Wood went to Mt. Airy Monday on business. Mr. James W. Hutchison, who ! KILLED BY ACCIDENT Hump Mitchell, Danbury Colored Man. Hit By Fall ing Stick of Wood and His Neck Broken. Hump Mitchell, a Danbury colored man. about twenty-one years of age, was instantly killed this morning ab-wt !1 o'clock by a stick of wood accidentally striking him on the i.ead and breaking his neck. In company with several other colored men in the woods just south of Danbury thi; deceased was engaged in loading wood on a wagon when the accident oc curred. The wood was being loaded from a steep bank and was being pitched down the bank to the unfortunate man, who was placing it on the wag on. when a stick struck him and he fell and never spoke, life be ing extinct when he was picked up. The remains will be entered in the colored burving ground here tomorrow. MARRIAGE' SUNDAY. Mr. T. H. Joyce and Miss Delia Martin Wed— Singing At Mr. J. A. WaH's--Other News. Madison, Jan. 11. —Mr. T. H. Joyce and Miss Delia Martin were married last Sunday, Jan. 10th, Rev. J. A. Joyce officiating. Messrs. Levi Hennis and Ben Martin called at Dillard Sunday. Henry Clark, the son of Mr. Sam Clark, is improving from having typhoid-pneumonia fever. Misses Nettie and Geneva Hennis spent Sunday afternoon with Miss Kathleen Anderson and Miss Fairy Wilkins. Mr. and Mrs. Moir Lawson visited Mrs. Lawson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Gann, Satur day night and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Russel Ward visited at Mr. and Mrs. Lester Ward's Saturday night. A singing was given at Mr. .J. A. Wail's Saturday night. Among those present were Misses Bryan. Maud and Helen Cann, Claudie Duggins, Nettie and Geneva Hennis, Delia and Claudie Martin, Nada and Nina Gunter, Fairy Wilkins, and Kathleen Anderson; Messrs. Carr and Russel Gann, Russel, Sam and Eugene Johnson, G. 11. and Clint Joyce, Hardy and Edgar Duggins, Millard Venable, Everett Hawkins, Tom Steel, Will Rhodes, Flzie Gunter and Dewey Price. TOPSY TURVEY. NAMES SUGGESTED. For Highway Commissioners In Quaker Gap Township —Bond Issue For Roads Almost Sure To Carry. Brim, Jan. 11. Editor Reporter : We desire to extend to you our thanks for the information given us in your last issue in regard to our tax rate in Quaker Gap township in case we carry the bond issue for good roads next Tuesday. We feel so sure that our people will vote the bonds that we want to suggest the names of three good men for highway commis sioners in our township. These men are Dr. J. J. Leak, J. Rsid Forest and James I. Owens. These men will, we feel sure, accept the places and we don't believe we could get better men. TWO TAX-PAYERS. was formerly with Mr. A. T Rothrock as salesman, has ac cepted a similar position with Pulton & Davis. Mr. J. Wesley Morefield spent Saturday and Sunday at his old home at Sandy Ridge. DANBURY, N. C., JANUARY 13, I^ls TRIAL MONOAYiWANT CHANGE MADE Proceedings Against Mead ows Township Highwax Coniinifc'sionfrs Dismissed. 1 N T E R EST! N C CASE Heard Uv .Uid;re Lj ! »n In (ireens hi»ro AWe Altorn.'ys Repre sented Sid.*—.Mead o\\s Citi/cns (jive Notice Of Appeal. The injunction proceedings recently instituted by certain citizens of Meadows township against the highway commission ers of their township, in which it was sought to hold up certain road work now being done in the township and cause other work to be taken up in another part of the township, came up for trial before Judge Lyon in Greens boro Monday and the injunction was dissolved by the court. The Meadows citizens gave notice of appeal to the Supreme court. The plaintiffs were represented at the trial by Attorneys A. E. Holton and Lindsay Patterson, while Messrs. J. C. Buxton and J. D. Humphreys represented the defendants. It is learned that'a hard fight was put up by both sides. Quarterly Conference Held At Davis' Chapel. The quarterly conference of j the M. E. church for Danbury circuit was held at Davis' Chapel, five miles east of Danbury, Satur day and Sundav. Presiding Elder Sprinkle, of Mt. Airy, assisted the pastor, Rev. O. P. Routh, in the conference. Mfcr Sprinkle spent Sunday night in Danbury. preaching a j strong sermon to a large con jgregation at the M. E. church. NICE OCCASION. Mr. G. W. Snurh Entertains Many Friends At His Home On King Route 2. King, January 11. —Mr. G. \Y. Smith, a prominent farmer who resides on King Route 2, enter tained a host of his friends at nis hospitable home on the lith instant, that being Old Christmas \ day. The fact that the >th was a rainy day did not stop us from going, for from 10 o'clock to 12:30 they continued to come in until the house was full of peo ple. At 1:30 o'clock announce ment was made that dinner was ready and we were ushered into the dining room where a most excellent dinner awaited us and to which we all did ample justice. The table fairly groaned under its heavy load of good things to eat, consisting of baked turkey, baked chicken, ham, sausage and many kinds of cake, preserves, pickles, and other good things too tedious to mention. After dinner we gathered in the parlor where the evening was spent very pleasantly in conversation and listening to the mjst excellent music furnished by the Mt. Olive string band. Our host was in excellent spirit and seemed to enjoy the occasion to the fullest extent. As an after course grape wine and cigars were passed around and needless to say everything went along nicely. At about five o'clock the guests began to depart for their re spective homes, wishing Mr. and Mrs. Smith a long and happy life and hoping to enjoy many more «uch occasions at their home. ONE PRESENT. Cifi/ens of King Agitating Mo\ e To Have That Section Attached To Fors\ tli Countv. MILL BROKEN INTO Quantity io Chop :in-J liran Taken From T. i : . Newsom's Roller Aiill Other News of King. King. N. C., January 11. A move is lieing agitated here to attach this part of Stokes to Forsyth county. The roads are so bad between here and Dan bury that it is almost impossible for people from this section to get to the county seat. It is nearer to Winston-Salem and we have a good road to Winston- Salem. or will have just as soon as the top-soil is completed to Five Forks, a distance of one mile from here. The construc tion of this road is now under way and will completed by early spring. If this change should be made, we would have a railroad to our county seat and people having business there could make the trip there and back the same day on the train. The contemplated change would give many advantages to the people of this section. Some one broke into T. F. Newsom's roller mill Thursday night and made his get-away with a quantity of chop and bran. Mr. Will Moore, of Moore's Springs, was here on business yesterday. Messrs. C. K. and A. H. New som went to Winston-Salem on business today. Mr. Robert Southern, who has been on the sick list for several vtf»ek3, shows slight im provement. Mr. A. L. White, who holds a position with the Southern Railroad Co., spent Sunday with his family here. NEWS OF GERMANTON High School Overrun With Pupils -- Creeks Over flow-Personals. Germanton. January !i. The Germanton high school opened last Monday for its spring term with an overflow of students. Prof. J. C. Carson has secured the assistance of Miss Ethel Bardson for the music depart ment. Mr.Lauriston H.Powers return ed Monday to Horner's Military Academy after spending the holidays at home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Powers. Mi*. Charles T. .Joyce spent several days here visiting relat ives and hunting the past week but returned to South Boston, Va.. the first of this week. Miss Addie Jones of Pinnacle spent a few days here during Christmas visiting her sister, Mr. B. J. Savage. The new iron bridge has just been completed this week alter several months waiting, and yet on account of the roads leading to it cannot be used a great deal. It is reported that the creeks which fiow on two sides of the town had never run so high as on Wednesday night, after an all day*s downpour. The evening train was obliged to remain some two miles below here the whole night as tracks were entirely covered by water, passing here this morning. Miss Ella Crews of Greensboro is the guests of Miss Linda Gib son at present. Mr. Wm. Chaffin is at home for some time, taking a rest from his duty as superintendent of a camp of State convicts. Mr. Joseph Alley, of Danbury Route 1, was a visitor at the Reporter office yesterday. DEATH AT PINE HALL i Mrs. Martha Anderson. Wid ow of Lare Maj. Len Anderson, Passes Aw a\. Mrs. Martha Anderson, of Pine Hall, passed away Friday ac the home of Mr. and Mrs. \V. M. Ch:s:nan. with whom si e had lived -ir.ce the death of her husband. The deceased, who was r.ir.et; - two years of age. wa? the widow of the late Mai. Len Anderson, who was one of Stokes county's wealthiest and most successful farmers, ownir.gr a vast estate in the Pine Hall section. Mrs. Anderson wa> at the time of her death the oldest liv ing graduate of Salem Collage. i and only a few weeks ago she• wrote the following letter to the! college paper: "The \cadeniy will be glad. I know, to iiave a line from one whose memories go back seventy eight years and linger around the old school that has outwardly seen many changes, but that, in spirit, continues the same: the school in which 1 still feel so much interest. 1 think we can not fully appreciate the intluen-, ces of our early days until we reach that limit that forces our thoughts backward. "I have been an invalid for more than a year ago last Aug- i ust. and since have not been able to walk. I manage to j?et 1 around quite well in a rolling j chair, though since the weather has turned cold I spend most of! my time in my room. My health is comparatively ?ood, remark ably so, I think, for one of my! age. When I entered the Academy in my fourteenth year Mr. Jacob son was the inspector. Miss Bet sy Crist (Mrs. Joshua Bo.ier, later), chief teacher, had charge of First Room, and Miss Lydia Stauber of the Second Room. I was in the care of Miss Stauber, whose kindness has gone with me through all the following years, among my sweetest memo rise. I often repeat now the! 1 .'l9th Psalm, and it carries me, back seventy-eight years to the: tin e when 1 first learned it. The jjii ls in my room were required to memorise I'ilile chapters. "My grandfather. Mr. John Redd, was a >r; ca: patror.i::er of Salem Academy. Ilia daughters and many of his grand-daugh ters were educated there. I was at school with three of my first cousins, Kex/.iah Redd, Annie Redd and Martha Ih'liard. These, besides most, if not ail of the other.? who were with me in those days, have gone before. 1 hope to meet them in the "'let ter Land," and talk over our s-chool days and all of their good influences. lam glad that the Academy has always stood for spiritual as well as intellectual training, for'this is the kind of liv ing that grows into life eternal. "If 1 live until next Christmas day I will have reached my !>2d milestone. I have many dear ones on both shores, and while I am often again in the past I turn a hopeful face toward the setting sun." FARMERS MEET I N G First Quarterly Meeting of Stokes Union To Be Held In Danbury On Feb. 13. President J. A. Lawson, of the Stokes C'ountv Farmers' Union, who was a visitor at the Repor ter office Monday, stated that the first quarterly meeting of the Union would be held in Dan bu'-y at the court house on the second Saturday in February, which falls on the 13th. At this meeting the i ew officers of the Union elected at the last meeting will be installed and other business transacted. Mr. Lawson requests that each local Union of the county send a full delegation. I Mr. N. 0. Petree visited Wal nut Cove yesterday. No. 2,05•> WiKOFSTOKESBOKS Some Members of the Cci Club Make Excellent Show in J.R BLANCETT LEATS Jinr-v 32fi BiishsHs oi Corn "n {Jne ,-*cre of Ur.nind others D) Well v-'onsiJerinit th.' Severs; Urought. Oat oi' a wry small er.ro:ia.f( we are giad to report the yielis of a few boys engaged in the corn club work in Stokes during the past j ear. The yields n one acre were as follows: J. R. Bianeetr. Peter's Cree-, 12") 1:5-11 bushels. Carl Covington. Pinnacle. ')•' bushels. Harry !.awson, liar.bury, If' ii-7 bushels. Lumrrie Fagg, Danburv, 40 bushels. Frank Mabe. Danb'iry, i ; i» 1-7 bushels. Ira Smith, King. "> 1 bushels. Walter Wall, Madison Rouce :i. (»7 bushels. These boys are so well dis tributed over the county thai every type of soil is represented in this report, from thin grey mountain soil to red clay ard loose bottom soil. Considering the extremely severe drought tjiis is a very creditable report. These boyu have not only proved their ability as producers but have been the means of some very valuable lessons in their com munities. The most remarkable feature of these yields is the low cost of production, the average cost, being 27 cents per bushel, which gives a large margin for profit at present prices. We feel nghfully proud of these young producers and wart to recommend their worthy e::- jampli to many other boys of t. [county. No one can ever es* mate the value of our b >\> vur •• I ing while growing tip how :> : master farming problems 1 ! be eiiicient producers. W. P. HcLT. County Agent Program FOl Februarx Moo | inj» oi Woman's Union Missionary Societx. The next monthly meetir.tf 01 the Woman's I'nion Mission ary Society of Danburv will te held at the Presbyterian church on the first Sunday in February and the program for the meeting is as follows: Topic: China. Song "Speed Away." Opening exercises, by the President. Roll call ani report of Secre tary. Reading of minutes. Song "To the Work." Reports from the fields. Methodist -Mrs. J. W. Hall. Presbyterian—Miss Nell Joyce. Baptist—Mrs. A. J. Fagg. Friends—Miss Mary Taylor. Song by the children —"I'll He a Sunbeam." Editor for February, Mrs. J. D. Humphreys. Committee for next meeting, Mrs. W. V. McCanless. Mrs. J. W. Hall and Mrs. R. H. R. Blair. Madison will likely have a union passenger station in the near future. The N. & W. and Southern railways are consider ing the matter. The Southern'® station at Madison was burned some week*#ince.
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