DAN BURY REPORTER'"
VOLUME XUII.
WALNUT COVE LETTER
Revival Meetings Conducted!
By Rev. B. H. Vestal
Creating Much
Interest.
TRIAL SATURDAY,
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J. A. Stephens Bound Over To
Court On Charge of Assault i
—Sunday Laws Being
Rigidly Enforced
Personal Items.
The series of revival meetings
conducted by Rev. B. H. Vestal,
of Greensboro, are still in pro
gress and will probably continue
throughout this week. Rev.
Vestal's sermons are interesting
and his remarks come straight i
from the shoulder in his crusade
against the common evils. Large
crowds have heard him each
night and on account of the
Junior hall being too small to
accommodate the congregations j
the services are being held this j
at the Baptist church.
The law prohibiting any busi
ness houses from being opened
or any merchandise or soft drinks
being sold here on the Sabbath
is being rigidly enforced by Chief
of Police Jna. R. Smith under
the direction of the town com
missioners. For the first time
in quite a while not a store was
open last Sunday and not an
item of merchandise was sold,
making it rather trying on the
coca-cola fiend and the fellow
whose supply of cigarettes had
been exhausted. It is not known
how long this law will be enforc
ed but it is safe to say that such
necessities as tobacco, cigarettes
and dope will hereafter be pur
chased on Saturday night by the
farseeing consumer who was
compelled to endure the pangs
of a gnawing, unsatisfied appetite
Sunday.
Mr. J. Arch Stephens was
tried before Justice of the Peace
T. J. Covington here yesterday
charged with an assault on Frank
George several days ago when
Stephens, it is alleged, fired four
shots at (ieorge after George had
struck him with a hammer.
Stephens was bound over to court
under a bond of $'200.00 which
he readily gave. Warrants have
issued for George.
Rev. H. A. Willey, of Mayo
dan, filled his regular appoint
ment at the Episcopal church
Sunday at 11 A. M.
Messrs. R. H. R. Blair and W.
R. Stewart, of Dan bury, are
spending some time here erect
ing a nice residence for Dr. W.
C. Slate on North Main street.
Mr, J. N. Young spent last
week at Summerfield, Kerners
ville and other places on busi
ness.
Miss Nina Whitten and sister
of Mayodan were visitors here
Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. W. E. Hartman, of King,
was a business visitor in town
yesterday.
Mr. Robert Murphy and Miss
Stella Rierson were Greensboro
visitors Friday.
Misses Janie Martin and Carrie
Hill, high school students, spent
Sunday at Danburv.
Mr. Ben Cahill. of Winston-
Salem, was here Sunday.
Mr. R. P. Sartin and Miss
Agnes Lewis went to Piedmont
Springs Sunday, making the
trip with a roadster.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Davis
spent se .'eral days last week at
Kernersville with Mrs. Davis'
brother, who is seriously ill.
Messrs. D. S. and Elwood
Boyles visited the northern part
of the county yesterday demon
strating a new Studebaker car.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hutcher
son and daughter spent Sunday
in Reidsville.
Misses Bess and .'ina More
field visited relatives at North
View Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Adams and
(laughter, Miss Julia, of VVins
ton-Salem. visited relatives here
Sunday. They were accompani
ed home by Miss Sallie Fulton
who will be their guest several
days. , _....
Misses Thelma Neal and Lillian
COURT MARCH 29TH.
One Murder Case and
Several Cases of Burglary
To Be Tried—The Jurors.
The spring term of Stokes
criminal court will convene in
Danbury on Monday. March 2!»th.
The docket is quite a large one,
among the important cases to
be tried being that of Pleas
Hall for killing his wife near
Dillard or. the night of Novem
jord last. Other cases to be
tried are those of the two
Tuttle boys for robbing the res
idence of Mr. John Tuttle a
few weeks since, and the two
negroes who robbed the hard
ware store of Mr. W. R. Steph
ens at Walnut Cove the past
fall. There are a great many
minor cases on the docket.
While there are only about nine
prisoners in jail awaiting trial a
j number of offenders are out on
bond.
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The jurors who will serve at |
the coming terms of the crimi- 1
nal and civil courts are as follows:
FIRST WEEK.
(J. R. Brown, W. G. Young,
A. Z. Bowles, R. L. Simmons,
P. H. Durham, J. G. Martin,
Robert Bennett, J. R. Clark,
Robt. Jonei, W. D. J. Martin,
G. W. Simmons, 0. J. Gates, J.
E. James, J. A. Wall, Robert
Wilkin*, E. A. Rothrock, E. M.
Ward, L. P. Grogan. T. J. Tut
tle, A. J. Fair, H. T. Brown, W.
M. Flynt, J. W. Tuttle, T. W.
I Davis, W. R. Mitchell, T. W.
Gentrv, J. F. Lawson, Jno. D.
Smith, J. M. Bondurant, T, 0.
Mickey, J. W. Durham, H. H.
Taylor, J. W. Pell. Jr.. S. P.
; Christian, 0. F. Young, J. S.
| Biggs.
SECOND WEEK,
j G. T. Burge, W. P. Jones. R.
J. Knight, W. A. Westmoreland,
W. R. Hylton, Robt, Griffin, D.
M. Tuttle, M. 0. Lynch, G. W.
Bowman, G. «f. Mabe, L. C.
Nunn, H. W. Tucker, S. A.
Beasley. J. E. Johnson, John
Joyce. J. C. Kiser, D. L. Smith,
L. R. Gravitt, L. J. Kiser, J. R.
Yaden, J. T. Nelson, W. A.
Hutcherson, Caleb Hall, D. H.
Carter.
Miss Janie Martin, who is at
tending school at Walnut Cove,
I scent Sunday at her home here.
She was accompanied by her
friend, Miss Carrie Hill, who is
also a student of the Walnut
Cove school.
Stack, of Salem College, spent
Sunday here with Miss Neal's
parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. W.
Neal.
Mr. J. M. Hill, Miss Mabel
McKenzie and others from Ger
man ton were here Monday even
ing.
Mr. W. Newton Young has ac
cepted a position with the
Plaza hotel in Winston-Salem
and will leave this week to en
ter upon his duties.
Mr. H. H. Davis left Saturday
for his home at Martinsville.
Messrs. Watson Joyce, How
ard Woodruff, Paul Fulton and
others were Danbury visitors
Sunday.
Miss Lillie Joyce spent Thurs
day in Winston-Salem shopping.
Mr. W.- F. Davis, who has
recently returned from Arizona,
has secured a building here and
will engage in the mercantile
business. It is learned that he
will open his new store about
April Ist.
DANBURY, N. C.. MARCH 17, MS
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NEWACTSFORSTOKES
Passed At the Recent Session j
of the North Carolina
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General Assembly.
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SPECIAL ROAD TAX
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Passed For Three Townships — i
Quaker Gap Township Divid- I
ed—Other Acts Passed
For the County.
Through the kindness of Rep
resentative D. V. Carroll, of
Stokes, the Reporter is pleased
to print below a complete list of
all the acts passed for Stokes
county at the recent session of
the General Assembly:
An act to empower the com-
I missioners of Walnut Cove to j
! provide for cement sidewalks on j
! both sides of a part of Main \
| Street in said town; the owners
of lots fronting or adjoining said
; street to pay for laying cement
j sidewalks, the work to begin by
| order of said town commissioners
not later than Sept. Ist, 1915.
An act to amend chapter 41,
I public local laws 1913, authoriz
ing the board of county commis
sioners to levy special taxes in
Danbury, Meadows and Saura
town townships for maintenance
of the public highways therein,
not to exceed in any one year
15 cents on each SIOO worth of
taxable property and 45 cents on
each poll.
An act to authorize the county
, commissioners to levy special
taxes for the purpose of creating
a public bridge fund for tie
county, not to exceed in any
one year 25 cents on the SIOO
worth of taxable property and
75 cents on each poll.
An act to repeal section 9,
chapter 591, public local laws
11913, relative to hunting foxes.
An act to authorize the board
|of county commissioners of
Stokes county to build a steel
bridge and approaches across
Buffalo creek at (lermanton,
plans and specifications to be
made by an engineer to be em
ployed by said county commis
sioners, the same to be complet
ed by Dec. IJOth, 1915. Also the
permanent road commissioners
of Meadows township to build
proper fills to the approaches to
the public bridges across Town
Fork and Neatman creeks near
Germanton, and upon the com
pletion of the bridge across
Buffalo creek, said road com
missioners to build suitable fills
to the approaches to said bridge.
An act amending chapter 41,
public local laws 1913, relating
to building and improving ihe
public roads in Yadkin township,
providing for a fifty thousand
dollars bond issue to run 25 years,
and designating the roads to be
built and improved.
An act creating Big Creek.
township from the Northern half
of Quaker Cap township.
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Mr. Ham Mitchell, of Dillard,
is reported to be suffering with
appendicitis and it is learned i
that he will probably go to a
hospital for an operation this
week,
LECTURE TO FARMERS
County Farm Demonstrator j
Holt Conducted Pruning
Demonstration Friday. '
KILLING MADDOGS
Mr. W. \. Bennett (Jets (iood
Price For His Tobacco Mr. ,
and Mrs. J. H. Nelson
Oive A Party.
Danbury Route 1, March 16. j
The county farm demonstrator,!
Mr. W. P. Holt, was a visitor at!
Mr. O. M. Bennett's farm Friday
evening for the purpose of con
ducting an orchard pruning
demonstration. Several of the
nearby farmers were present and
took great interest in the work.
Mr. Holt also gave a lecture on
Friday night at the Buck Island
school house. This lecture show-
I ed to the farmers the importance
lof selecting their seed corn and
i the cultivation of same. About |
forty of our best farmers attend- j
ed the lecture in which great
interest seemed to be taken.
The farmers m this section are
very sorry to learn of the action of
the county commissi jners in try
ing to discontinue the work of the
demonstrator, and, according to
! their estimation, the commission
! ers are making a wide mistake.
An enjoyable party was
! given at the home of Mr. and
i Mrs. J. H. Nelson's Thursday
!night. This party was given in
! honor of their boarders, Misses
Juda Ray and Annie Hylton.
! Game after game was played and
jenjoyei by a large number of
their friends.
Mr. W. L. Nelson made a busi-
Iness trip to Walnut Cove this
j week.
Mr. W. V. Bennett has just
returned from the Winston-Salem
tobacco market where he sold
some very good tobacco, making
an average of $20.20.
Mr. John Woods is visiting
friends and relatives on Sandy
Ridge Route 1 this week.
Mrs. Charlie Fagg was a visit
or at Mr. Monroe Fagg's Mon
day.
Messrs. Gilmer Nelson and
Andrew Bennett were visitors at
Mr, Robt. Flinchum's Saturday
ni>ht.
Elder .1. A. Fagg filled hia
regular appointment at Clear
Soring church Sunday, a large
crowd being in attendance.
Mr. Jas. T. Mabe went to
Walnut Cove on business Satur
day.
Mrs. Mary Ann Nelson has
been seriously ill for some time
with pneumonia.
People in this section are
warned to be careful in traveling
at night as several dogs have
recently been killed from maddog
bites.
Mr. Cleve Lav/son called to
see Miss Dora Nelson Sunday
evening.
Mr. Edgar Nelson spent Sun
day evening with Miss Minnie
Fagg.
Misses Juda Ray and Annie
Hylton closed their school last
Friday and returned to their
homes near Campbell.
Horn unto Mr. and Mrs. Ham
Stephens, a bov.
Two Jitney Bus Companies
Are Chartered By the State
Kaleigh, March 1"). North
Carolina is to have two "jitney"
automobile lines for general
transfer business established at
once, one at Charlotte and the
other at Wilmington. The licen
ses for the two lines have just
been issued by the Secretary of
State. The "Jitney" Bus Co. of
Wilmington, will operate four
Ford cars and the "Jitney" Rapid
Transit Co. of Charlotte is to
start with two much larger cars
than Fords. These companies
will have their cars maintain
regular schedules between speci
fied points and charge the regu
lar street car five cent fare.
DEATH AT DILLARD.
Mrs. Ed. Mitchell Passed
Away Yesterday Alter a
Short Illness.
Mrs. Ed. Mitchell, a good wo
man of Dillard, passed away at
her home yesterday at the age of
about !• years. The deceased
had been ill only a short time
and her death was a great shock
to her many relatives and friends. \
Besides her husband the de-,
ceased is survived by ten ehil-'
dren and several brothers and
sisters, among whom are Mrs. f
R. L. Hartman. of Hartman:!
Mrs. Emma Clark, of Campbell: j
Mrs. Gaither Mitchell, of Sandy I
Ridge: Mr. Will Hawkins, of
Campbell: Mr. Fletcher Hawkins,
of Walnut Cove: and Mr. John
Hawkins, of Bassett, Va.
The interment will be made to
jday at the family burying ground
j near the home of the deceased.
King Route 2.
King Route 2, March 13. The
people in this section are begin
ning to do some farming as they
are doing a lot of plowing.
The farmers are talking like
the tobacco crop will be very
short this year and are making
preparations for a large crop of
corn.
I The people have been depend
j ing on buying their supplies for
: many years, but have come to
the point that it is raise their
own supplies or do without them.
Fox and 'possum hunting time
!is now over and that crowd are
; getting up their hooks and nets
jto go fishing. Some one said j
i that he didn't see why every-'
i thing was so high. You must
! remember that only 20 per cent.
|of the people arc farmers. One
I I man feeds eighty.
There is a lot of sitkness
! throughout thi9 community.
1 The switchboards of the Quick
• step Telephone Co. close every
1 night at S o'clock and on Sunday
; from !• a. m. until 15 p. m. unless
■! in case of emergency.
Mr. and Mrs. Jule Kreeger
-i visited at Mr. I. CI. Gentry's last
Sunday.
Mr. N. K. Pepper, of Danbur.v,
| spent Sunday and Monday with
! Mr. (i. W. Smith.
! Mr. Charlie Wall died at his
I home on Tobaccoville Route 2
; I last Sunday evening. He was
years of age, and was a well
known citizen.
Mrs. .lule Moser died last
Friday and was buried at Shiloh
church Saturday.
SCRIBBLER.
Mr. Marsh Keeps Tab
On Groundhog s Record.
Mr. Burrell H. Marsh has kept
daily tab on Mr. llroundhog dur
i ing the last forty days, with the
result that the old fellow is
shown to be something of a
fraud.
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i Of the forty days, the ground
hog had thirteen days in his
favor and twenty-seven against
; him. In Virginia he did not see
his shadow and won. In most
, towns in North Carolina he did
. see his shadow and he lost out.
No. 2,241
II DEATHS AT Kilt
Mr. Charles \V. Wall and
! Mrs. Jane Turner Pass
A way.
A BIRTHDAY' DINNER
Mr. Oilie Burrow and .Miss Anna
Mafoe Wed At Pine Hall Miss
\ ick Smith Returns
From Hospital.
King. March 15. —Therelatives
and friends of Mr. John Hauser
,gave him a surprise birthday
dinner last Tuesday. Sixty-tw)
people were present. This was
Mr. Hauser's 51st birthday.
Miss Macie Pulliam is spend
| ing several days with her sister
I Mrs. N. 0. Tuttle, at Greensboro
Mr. Ollie Burrow, aged 18
years, and Miss Anna Mabe, aged
nineteen years, of Pine Hall,
were quietly married at the
home of the groom's parents
last Wednesday night, Squire
James I. Moore officiating.
The Farmers Union had a big
oyster supper at Tobaccoville
Saturday night. Several from
this section attended.
Attorney Dallas Kirby. of
Winstor.-Salem, was here Satur
day attending to some legal busi
ness.
Mrs. Mary Tuttle, of Greens
boro, is spending a few days
with relatives here.
Mrs. M. C. Newsum, of Mt.
Airy, spent Sunday with rel
atives here.
Mrs. R. J. Gunter, who was
stricken with paralysis last Satur
day, is slightly improved.
Mr. Charles W. Wall, aged
about 70 years, a wealthy planter
who resided 5 miles east of King,
died early last night after a
short illness. It is estimated
that Mr. Wall's estate is worth
about $25, (XX).
Miss Vick Smith, who under
went an operation for appendi
citis in a Greensboro hospital
a few weeks ago, has returned
: home.
Rev. Mr. Linlev will preach
at Galatia church next Sunday
at 11 o'clock a. m.
Mrs. Jane Turner, aged eighth
three years, who fell out of bed
about a week ago and broke her
hip, died last night at the home
of her son. Mr. J. E. Turner,
i just south of town. The inter
ment will be from the Baptist
church here, of which she had
! been a member for several years
. She leaves one son, four granc
j children, and two great grand-
I children to mourn their loss.
I Mr. H. C. Newsum. of Pin
j nacle, spent Sunday with rel
atives here.
News Items From
Germanton Route 1
Germanton Route 1, Mar. 1">
—Friendship school closed last
Friday.
Miss Minnie Hartgrove, who
has been teaching near Pilot
Mtn., has returned home to
spend her vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. John Retree,
Miss Gertrude Gordon and Mr.
Roy Johnson spent the week
end with Mrs. I. \V. Gordon.
Mr. Hruce Riser and daughter,
Miss Carrie, went to Winston-
Salem last week to attend the
funerals of their aunt and cousin,
Mrs. Tise and Mrs. Masten.
Messrs. I. \V. (iordon and Roy
Johnson went to Stokesdale on
business last week.
Miss Willie I.ennett will re
turn home Wednesday to spend
her vacation with her mother.
The colored school here, which
will close this week, will give
an entertainment at their sehocl
i house on Saturday night.