DAN BURY REPORTER
.VOLUME XLIII.
WALNUT COVE LETTER
T. n Thousand Dollar Fire
Ar Belews Creek
Sundav.
DECEPTION APRIL 29
Fo Be (iiven By Board of Trade
- Revival Aleeting To Be Meld
In Warehouse —High School
Commencement First Week
In May —Various Other
News Items.
Walnut Cove, April 10. A
destructive fire entailing a loss
of about ten thousand dollars
visited Belews Creek, five miles
southeast of here, early Sunday
morning, completely destroying
the store owned and conducted
by Mr. A. W. Preston. The
oriein of the fire is unknown
and when first discovered it was
rapidly gaining headway in the
second story. It is learned today
«■ that Mr. Preston carried only
two thousand dollars insurance
on the building and stock of
goods and with the exception of
this and a few articles of mer
chandise hurriedly taken from
the burning building his loss
is estimated at from five to
seven thousand dollars. Mr.
Preston expects to resume busi
ness as soon as a suitable build
ing can be had.
r.eports reached here during
thi. past week that the officials
of the Southern Railway are
contemplating the discontinuance
of the train operated from Greens
boro to Mt. Airv leaving Greens
. bom in the morning and return
ing in the afternoon. This;
would or.ly give two passenger j
trains on the Southern daily and
a v igorous protest is being madei
against this action on the part
of all the towns along the road. ;
At some date this month, pro
biii ly on April 2!>, the local Board!
of Trade expects to give a recep-l
lion and smoker to its members;
anu to all prospective members ;
in the town and county. Emin-I
ent speakers from Winston-Sa-1
lem and other places will be in- 1
vited who will deliver addresses I
looking toward the development j
of a bigger and better Walnut j
Cove. Local speakers from dif-|
ferent sections of the county j
will be present to discuss the;
relation of the farmers to the |
business men of the town and i
the affair promises to be a pleas
ant and profitable event.
Rev. E. J. Poe delivered an j
interesting sermon at the Junior
flail Sunday at 11 A. M. At the
close of his discourse Rev. Poe;
announced that beginning on the'
third Sunday in May. assisted bv :
the presiding elder of this dis-,
trict, he would begin a series of 1
meetings in one of the ware-;
, houses. The meeting will pro
bably continue for two or more'
weeks, and Mr. Poe hopes to or-!
ganize a choir of fifty of the;
best singers he can secure for
the meeting.
The high school commence- !
ment will take place during the
first week in May. The program'
of the exercises has not yet been j
completed but under the effici- ■
{ent faculty in charge an interest
i ing program is assured.
j At a meeting of the stock
| holders and directors of the old
; warehouse held here Thursday
'Mr. A. J. Fair was re-elected
i president, Capt. R. L. Murphy
: was elected secretary and treas
' urer. while the old board of
' directors weie all re-elected. It
' is stated that the warehouse was
j leased for next season to Messrs.
;E. J. and H. H. Davis, of Mar
[tinsville, who have so success
: fully conducted it during the
I past two years. These gentle
, men are exceedingly popular
| with the people here and with
jthe farmers throughout this
! section and we are glad to wel
! come them back.
| Just at the present Walnut
J Cove is without the necessary
' safety valve in it 3 govermental
; routine of a policeman. Mr.
Jno. It. Smith, who has held the
office for quite a while last week
after due notice of his premedi
tated and contemplated action
'delivered up to Mayor Eierson
his badge, his billy, the key to
the celebrated calaboose together
with all the rights and privileges
he had enjoyed in the capacity
•of the office. His successor has
! not yet been named.
Mr. I). S. Watkins, salesman
j for the J. G. Flynt Tobacco Co.,
jcame in yesterday from his ter
] ritory in Virginia to spend a few
I days.
The merchants as usual at this
; season of the year are enjoying
'an excellent trade and the spring
I business bids fair to be as good
jas in years past. Lumber and j
cross ties are being shipped in
large lots at good prices. Farm
ers are preparing for a bumper
'crop of corn with a reasonable
amount of tobacco as a side line. 1
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The recent spring weather has;
transformed every hillside into 1
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a bright green field of healthy,'
: growing wheat and every wide-!
.awake business man is looking
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; forward to a prosperous year. ;
| Dr. E. Fulp, of Fulp, last}
j week purchased a two-passenger'
1 Ford auto which he expects to
! use in his practice this summer. |
j Mr. A. J. Barker has also pur
! chased a Ford to use in connec-,
tion with his livery business.
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Register of Deeds J. G. More
field. of Danbury, was in town
on business Saturday.
Messrs. E. .J. Davis and son.
Harry H., of Martinsville. Va.,
were here on business Thursday '
and Friday.
Mr. VV. (1. Dodson spent a day
or two in Winston-Salem last
week.
Mr. A. I). Jones, who has
held a responsible position in j
Richmond, Va.. for the past j
year, arrived Friday and entered 1
upon his duties as assistant j
cashier of The Rank of Stokes i
County.
Misses Jessie Pepper, Mary!
Jo\ce. Lou Rinkloy, Messrs. X.,
E. and E. P. Pepper, of Dan-!
bury, wore visitors here Friday.!
Mr. R. L. Murphy and daugh
ter, Miss Louise, spent Saturday'
in Winslon-Salem.
Misses Lillio and Mattie Joyce,
Messrs. Sam Jones. Carl Joyce. \
i.Contiaued on page 8.)
DANBURY, N. C., APRIL 14. HHS
JIM SMITH SHOT
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Received Serious Wound
Saturday In Fight Willi
Zeb Smith, His Brother.
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ZEB SMITH GO N b
Cause Of Trouble Between the
i Two Brothers Unknown—No
Warrants Have Been Is
j sued At this Time.
J Information reached Danbury
j yesterday to the effect that in a
| fight near Campbell postoffice
j Saturday. Jim Smith was shot
|in the side with a 44-caliber
pistol by his brother. Zeb Smith,
the ball passing through the
abdomen and coming out or. the
opposite side of the body.
Smith is reported to be in a
serious condition but will probab
!ly recover. Zeb Smith is repor
i ted to have left the country and
lup to this time no warrant has
been issued for his arrest. He
; has been residing in North
j Dakota for several years and
| only recently returned to Stokes
| county to live. Particulars as to
what the two brothers were
: lighting about could not be
learned.
CASE CONTINUED.
Meadow s Township Citizens
Brought Suit Against High
way Commissioners To
Recover Attorneys Fees.
Mr. J. I). Humphreys returned
I from Greensboro Monday where
he went to represent the high
way commissioners of Meadows
township in a case tried before
.Judge C. C. Lyon, in which the
I commissioners were being sued
.by the old hoard of highway
commissioners of Meadows town
ship for attorneys fees advanced
by them in the two injunction
.cases heard in Greenboro some
j time since in regard to road work
lin Meadows township. The case
I heard Monday was continued
until the next term of Stokes
j Superior court.
TERRACING WORK.
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County Demonstrator W. P.
Holt Doing Considerable
Work of this Kind In the
County.
I County Demonstrator W. P.
Holt spent the past week in the
| Mizpah section assisting Mr. J.
VV. Neal and other farmers in
terracing their farms.
Terracing is a valuable improve
ment and saves the loss of much
good soil on any farm, and
the people of the county should ;
take advantage of Mr, Holt's;
services in getting their farms:
terraced. He is here for that
pyrpose and will be glad to assist
any farmer who needs his ser-'
vices, either in the above men-i
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tioned or any other problems to !
be mastered on the farm.
Clerk of the Court M. T. Chil
ton visited one of his Rocking
ham county farms near Stone
ville this week, returning to;
Danbury today.
'SHEIK NEW
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; Danbury To Have Agency
For Fertilizer Company
, and Deliver Article
Bv Auto Truck.
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TO STAR! SATURDAY
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I Storage House Being Frected
This Week —Will Compete In
Prices With Agencies On
Railvva) —Made Possi
ble By Good Roads.
Something never before at
tempted and which is now made
possible by the coming of good
roads is to be undertaken at
Danbury. It is the establish
ment of an agency here to handle
fertilizer.
Mr. A. VV. Davis, of Walnut
Cove, is now having erected a
storage house here in which he
expects to keep a large supply
of fertilizer to sell direct to the
farmers of this section. The
fertilizer will be delivered at
Danbury by auto truck, and a
large quantity will be kept on
hand throughout the season.
Mr. Davis will handle the cele
brated Armour biand of fertil
izer and will sell both for cash
and on time. Bv having the
guano delivered here in large
quantities by auto truck he
expects to be able to compete in
prices with the agencies on the
railroad. The first shipments
are expected to be received here
by Saturday. April 17th.
LISTING TAXES.
| Work W ill Begin In Stokes
I Earh In May Appoint
| ments For Danbur. Town
ship.
The work of listing taxes in
Stokes will he started by the list
| takers early in May, and each
list-taker is required to make five
I appointments in his township
| during tire month of May.
The appointments for Danbury
j township, as made by Mr. L. J.
! Young, the list-taker for this
township, are as follows:
I). C. Taylor's store. May loth.
Hartman's Store, May 11th.
Danbury, May 12th.
Mrs. Roxana Tattle's. May
1:1 th.
Piedmont Springs, Mav 14th.
FARMERS MEET 17TH.
All Members of Stokes Union
Urged to Attend Quarterly
Meeting at Danbury Next
Saturday.
The regular uuartorly meeting
of the Stokes County Farmers'
Union has been called by Presi
dent J. A. Lawson to be held at
Danbury next Saturday. April
17th. and ail members of the
Fnion are urged to attend this
meeti-.g as there is c( nslderable
business of importance to be
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transacted at the meeting.
Sheriff \V. C. Slate spent Mon
day night with his father.
Mr. VV. G. Slate, at Mi/pah. 1
Mr. Siate has been confined to I
his bed with sickness for a goodj
while and we regret to know!
that he does not improve very|
much.
■ TWO MARRIAGES.
j Death of Mrs. Oliver kisep
--Mr. Robert Southern
111=-Other New > cl King.
King. April 12.- Mrs. Oliver
wiper, aged about seventy years,
died at her home near Mt. View
! Friday with heart failure.
•The interment was conducted
j from Haw Fond church Saturday
at "5 o'clock p. m.
Grady, the 10-year-oid soo of
; Mr. James F, Newsum. sprained
' his arm while at play with some
; other boys Friday night.
Messrs. W. E. Newsum, J. S.
Garner, R. A. Spainhower and
N. VV. Newsum spent Sunday in
McLeansville. They made the
trip in Mr. Newsum's machine.
| Mr. James I. Moore, who re-
I sides near here, has purchased an
i automobile.
| Mr. Walter Tuttle, of King,
land Miss Joyce Miller, of Siloam,
| were quietly married at Siloam
j Wednesday. Their many friends
!! join us in wishing them a long
| and happy married life.
I Mr. W. G. Tuttle. who holds a
j position with the Southern Rail-
Away Co.. spent Sunday with his
i family here.
i Mr. Walter Sprinkle's new res
: idence is nearing completion.
This may probably mean another
wedding for King.
Miss Annie Redman, the popu
-1 lar young teacher in the high
school here, spent Sunday with
her parents in Pilot Mountain.
! Mr. Hardin Lambert, aged
! about twenty-one years, and Miss
( Viola Butner, aged about eigh
; teen, were united in the holy
| bonds of matrimony Sunday.
Mr. Robert Southern, who has
; been in failing health for some
' time, shows no improvement, we
are sorry to note.
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KING ROUTE TWO.
I Infant Recently Shot In
Head Is Improving --
i Farmers Planting Corn
Too Early.
King Route 2, April (12. We
have hud some nice weather for
the hurt two weeks, and the farm
ers have their work in good con
dition, Some few of them have
become excited and commenced
planting corn, which we think
is a mistake. Corn planted from
; the dth to the li'th of May will
do much better than planted now.
The people are sowing a lot of
clover seed in this section.
Tobacco plants are quite small
at this writing. The people are
hauling fertilizer preparing for
another crop.
Mr. W. p. Holt, the Farm
Demonstrator, visited our section
last week showing the people
: how to prune and grow fruit
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trees.
j We are glad to learn that the
infant of Mr. Dorse Eaton, who
was shot through the head last
i week, is nicely improving.
Born unto Mr. and Mrs. Asa
Smith, a boy.
Mr. G. A. Jones recently went
to Wallburg to see his son who
was sick and brought him home.
Mr. A. S. Marsh visited Mr.
G. VV. Smith Sunday. He want
ed to go fishing.
Rev. liauconi. of Pinnacle, wilt
fill his regular ai pointment at
Mt. Olive Saturday and Sunday.
VVc are expecting a large crowd
: as it is getting time for the ladies
| to show their hats,
j We understand that there was
j a mad dog in the 1 innacle section
I recently.
SCRIBBLER.
No. 2,245
DEATH OF GOOD MAN
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j\-lr. J. T. Mabe Passed A\va>
i Oii Dantuir\ Route 1
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;HAD MWV RELATI\ E?
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Miss Mai tie Lee Brown Dies At
Her Home N:i r Mocre's
Springs —Mr. Watt Priii
dv Returns From Hot
Springs Other
News.
Danbury Route 1. April Id.—
Mr. Jim Tom Mabe. who lived
' near Pine.v Grove church, passed
away at his home Wednesday
evening at U Mr. Mabe
| took blood poison in the foot las*,
summer from which he suffered
for some time. This disease
not leaving his blood, developed
pneumonia and side pleurisy
some weeks ago. Mr. Mabe is
survived hv a wife and twelve
children. This number in one
family is seldom known in this
country by the same father and
mother. Mrs. Mabe is the
mother of seventeen children,
five dead and twelve living ones
and she is only Js years old.
Mr. Mabe was well known
throughout the county and had
the name of being one of our
best and most upright, hard
: working men, spending his time
in the best possible way to gair
the love and friendship of hi?
neighbors. He was also one o:
our best Farmers' Union mem
j bers. He became a member
! when tirst organized and hele
closely to his fellow member?
'and all business transacted
j through and by them.
His wife with her large num
ber of children will occupy the
I same place and she has the
| sympathy of the surrounding
neighbors in her loss.
Miss Hattie Lee Brown, the
daughter of Mr. Jack Brown
passed away at her home near
Moore's Springs last Wednes
day evening at '■> o'clock after an
illness of tuber dosis, Her
body was laid to re?/, at the
graveyard known as the Old
Orchard after a funeral service
Iby Kidor J. A. Fagg, of Walnut
Cove. J'his lady was 1> year?
: old. serving her time here or
earth, lovely and peaceable and
i winning love and friendship
I from all who knew her. Sh.
i was Messed before the end with
some hope of religion and
pleased many whom she talker
with.
Mr. and Mrs. Moses 1». Mabe
visited relatives near Walnut
Cove Friday.
F.ldei- Watt Priddv ha? .just
returned from Hot Spring?
where he has been for several
months in interest of his health.
Little Foil Oakley is\ery ill
this week. Hope he may be up
1 again soon.
Miss Guire Dalton is spending
the week with her grandmother.
Mrs. P. H. Young.
Mr. J. H. Fagg and family
; snent Sunday evening with Mrs.
Walter Priddy.
Miss Klsie Coleman, of Mead
ows, is spending the week with
her sister. Mrs. J. B. Priddv.
A party was given at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Oakley
Monday night in honor of their
visitors, Misses Ruth and Agnes
Sands. Other friends present
were Misses Myrtle Campbell,
Alpha Woods. Bertha and Ida
Mabe, Fate Dodson, Lizzie and
Hester Tilley: Messrs. Henry
: Harper, Terry Campbell, 'has.
'Oakley, ('has. Priddy, -letter
Oakley, Marion X'unn, Tingy
; Mabe. Hobert Ray. Marvin
Dalton and Jesse Mabe.
Air. Dewey Reid is very ill
with pneumonia this week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Morelield,
of Walnut Cove, spent Saturday
night at Mr. I). S. Priddy's.
Preaching services will be held
iat Wilson church next Sunday.
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Mr. X. O. Petree returned
today from a business trip to
King.