DAN BURY REPORTER
VOLUME XLIII.
WALNUT COVE LETTER
M inx Names Suggested For
Town Officers But Little
Interest Manifested.
ELECTION IN MAY
Program For high School Com
mencement Is Announced —Re
vival Meetings To Start Soon
—A Trial Saturday—W. F.
Davis Sells his Business
—Other News.
Walnut Cove, April 20.—0n
the first Monday in Mav the
town election will be held for
the purpose of electing a mayor,
four commissioners and a con
stable for the next year. Very
little interest is being manifest
ed and no tickets have yet been
announced. The present officials
are Mayor, S. C. Rierson: Com
missioners, 0. N. Petree, A. J.
Barker, C. M. Jones, Jno. R.
Lackey: Constable. J. Luther
Mitchell, and it is rumored that
at least a part of these have
made it known that they will no
longer serve. Various promi-1
nent citizens have been mention- j
ed for the different offices as fol
lows: For Mayor, the present,
incumbent, Mr. S. C. Rierson,
Capt. R. L. Murphy, 0. N.
Petree, S. H. Stewart. C. M.
Jones, and A. J. Fair. For com
missioners Messrs. J. 11. Lackey.
W. G. Dodson. J. Wesley More
fieid, D. S. Boyles, J. A. Fagg,
J. B. Woodruff, J. Will East,
•J. R. Snider P. T. Harrington,
VV. L. Vaughn, Dr. R. G. Tuttle
and P. H. Linville. Forconstable,
tax collector and policeman, J.
N. Young, VV. F. Davis, J. E. ,
James, J. F. Hawkins and others, i
All of these gentlemen are well i
fitted for the duties of the offices
and no mistake would be made
in their selection.
Rev. Blum H. Vestal, the!
eloquent and plain spoken evange- [
list, who held a series of meet- j
ings in the Baptist church here |
a few weeks since, is expected j
to arrive again the latter part of I
this week with a full equipment |
of tent and seats and will hold j
another revival to continue for
ten days or more. Large crowds ;
will no doubt hear him every j
night.
Mr. E. C. Vaughn and bride I
arrived here Saturday from I
Jacksonville, Flu., where
they were united in marriage
last Wednesday evening at six-:
thirty at iho home of the bride's ,
aunt, Mrs. Martha Livingstone, i
The bride before her marriage l
was Miss Helen Johnson, the .
charming and attractive daugh- j
ter of Air. and Mrs. Charlesi
Johnson, of Dovlestown, Pa., j
but for the past year she has
been in Jacksonville with herj
aunt, Mrs. Livingstone. It was I
here that an introduction took !
place which led to their marriage
last week. Mr. Vaughn is the
*on of Mr. and Mrs. W. L.
Vaughn, of this place, and is now
lucratively engaged in the furni
ture business in Jacksonville.
He numbers his friends by the
score, all of whom will be in- j
terested in the wedding andi
who extend congratulations, i
The young couple will spend j
this week with the groom's
parents after which they will i
return to Jacksonville where |
they expect to reside.
Gillespie & Coulter's big road
show, exhibiting a great many |
animals and introducing various i
circus stunts with a host of;
ridiculous clowns and other
paraphernalia, is here for this j
afternoon and tonight. Small j
attendance is reported.
IfMessrs. C. K. Heisabeck, F.:
E. Shore and E. A. Helsabeck, ,
of the 11. & S. Motor Co., of i
Rural Hall, spent yesterday in
town unloading a car of Ford!
autos. This is the second car
.• they have liana led this season
and practically every one has
been sold. With the increasing
demand for these medium priced
cars they will doubtless enjoy
a profitable season's business.
Mr. Ben M. Cahiil. of Winston-
Salem. has arrived here and will
. have charge of their garage at
this point where he will look
after repairs and act as sales
man.
Mr. Walter F. Davis, who re-
cently returned from Arizona
and entered the mercantile busi
ness here, has this week sold
his stock of goods to Mr. J. G.
Angel, who will conduct the
store. It has not been learned
what Mr. Davis expects to en
gage in.
Messrs. N. Ray Martin. W. G.
Petree, J no, Taylor, VV.
It. Stewart, Robt. Joyce,
F'rank Tilley, Cha3. Young, A.
M. Joyce and others of Dan bury
were here a short while Sunday.
Sallie Belford, colored, was
arraigned before Mayor Rierson
Saturday on the charge of retail
ing whiskey. The evidence was
such that she was allowed the
alternatives of leaving the coun
ty within two weeks or giving
a hundred dollar bond for her
appearance at the next term of
superior court. On charges pre
ferred by the Belford woman
Chas. Linville also colored was
tried forjan assault with a dead
ly weapon. It was alleged that
he shot at the Belford woman
with a shot gun, however, none
of the shot took effect. He was
also bound over to the next term
of superior court. It is learned
that both the parties furnished
the necessary bond and were
released from custody.
Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Grubbs, of
Charlotte, arrived Saturday to
spend some time with Mr.
Grubbs' parents.
Mrs. F. H. Petree, of German
ton, visited her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. VV. L. Vaughn, a few
days last week.
Miss Matlie Joyce spent the
week end with relatives and
friends at Dan bury.
Mesdames Jno. G. Fulton, H.
H. Davis. Nannie Fulton and
Mr. Paul Fulton went to Wins
ton-Salem Thursday chopping.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Scott,
and Mr. Wendell Hamilton, of
Winston-Salem, were visitors
here Saturday night.
Mr. A. D. Jones, assistant
cashier of the Bank of Stokes
County, spent Sunday and Mon
day in Greensboro.
Messrs. Thos. S. Petree and
E. P. Newsom, two popular
citizens of King, were here be
tween trains Saturday afternoon.
Mr. JuliusO. Young and Misses
Nonnie and Emma McKenzie,
of Winston-Salem, spent Sunday
here with Mr. Young's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Young.
Mr. J. C. Hutcherson, of the
New Warehouse, went to Reids
ville last week on business.
Miss Berchie Punlap is visit
ing relatives in town this week.
She will leave tomorrow for
Greensboro to spend some time.
Mr. Arthur Kirbv, a rising
young attorney, of Winston-
Salem, was a visitor here Sun
day afternoon.
Dr. and Mrs. J. VV. Slate and
children spent Sunday with rel
atives at Mt. View.
Misses Harriet Rdss, of Ger
manton, is the guest of Miss
Louise Murphy this week.
Mr. J. Irving Bolt spent Mon
day in Greensboro on business.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Vaughn,
Mrs. W. L. Vaughn. Misses
Mary Martin. Sallie Fulton,
Messrs. R. L. Vaughn and El
wood Boyles visited Danbury
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Dunklee,
of Winston-Salem, were here
Suuday.
Mr. Geo. L. Jarvis, of Shelby,
has opened up a law office in the
Farmer's Union Banlc building
and expects to make this his
permanent location. Mr. Jarvis
is an enterprising young attorney
and will no doubt make good
here in his profession.
Mrs. T. J. Davis spent Mon
day and Tuesday here with rel
atives enroute to her home at
Winston.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Adams and
daughter. Miss Julia, visited rel
atives in town Sunday.
| The commencement exercises
of the High School here will take
; place during the first week in
i May and the following interest
: ing program has been announced
by the faculty:
SATURDAY, .MAY 1.
I> P. M.
'May Fete—Music Class.
TUESDAY, MAY 4.
I 3 P. M.
Annual Sermon—Rev. E. P.
Bradley. Pastor Presbyterian
church, Mocksville. N. C.
8 P. M.
I Exercises-Primary and Inter-
DANBURY, N. C., APRIL 21. I*ls
FARMERS MEETING
j Mr. D. P. Comer, Of Dan
j ville, Ya., Delivered
Address To Union
Members.
HERE LAST SATURDAY
Several Matters Of Importance
Discussed Which It Is Believed
Will Result In Good
The regular quarterly meeting
of the Farmers Union of Stokes
county held in the court house
here Saturday was fairly well
attended and was an enthusiastic
meeting.
Mr. D. P. Comer, of Danville,
Va., was present and delivered
an address in which he gave the
members some excellent advice
in regard to the production and
marketing of their crops, es
pecially tobacco.
Several matters of much im
portance to the farmers were
discussed by the members at
this meeting, which it is hoped
will be of much benefit to them.
The date for the next meeting
of the Union has not been an
nounced.
Among the citizens in atten
dance Saturday were Messrs. J.
A. Lawson, Pres., G. A. Hutch
erson. J. P. Lawson, J. T.
Kallum, J. D. Martin, A. L.
Gunter, W. P. Ray and many
others.
STEDMAN TO SPEAK
Our Congressman To Ad
dress The Veterans At
Winston-Salem.
The Winston Journal carries
this news item:
"Congressman Charles M.
Stedman, the fifth district's
representative in the lower house
of the Nation, has accepted an
invitation to deliver the address
at the tenth of May celebration
in the Twin-City.
"The invitation was extended
to Mr. Stedman several days ago
after a meeting of the members
of NorHeet Camp when plans for
the celebration were discussed.
"The veterans are manifesting
deep interest in the celebration
this year, and the attendance
will be very large. The other
plans for the celebration are now
being formulated, and will be
announced at an early date."
And the people will get an
entertaining talk, and as the
Congressman is himself an ex
confederate soldier he will deliv
er the real goods.
Frost Coming On May 23rd.
Mr. Henry Baker, of Meadows
Route 1, was among Danbury's
visitors Saturday. Mr..Baker, who
is one of the many weather pro
phets of this section, stated that
there would be frost here on the
23rd of May. Mr. Baker bases
■ his prediction on the fact that it
thundered on Feb. 23rd ar.d that
it always frosts three months
from the day on which it thun
ders in February. We shall see
if his prouhe'cy comes true.
i
' mediate tirades.
WEDNESDAY. MAY
10 A. M.
Graduating - Exercises—Glass
i 191
11 A. M.
Annual Address—Dr. W. A.
' Harper. President Elon College.
j 8:30 P. M.
! Play: "The Kingdom of Heart's
[Content" —High School.
MR. HUDSON WRITES
Explains Why County Farm
Demonstrator Does Not
Make Analvsis ol
the Soil.
STATE CHEMIST'S DUTY
Principal Work of County Agent
Is To Produce Fertile Soil
Without Using So Much
Commercial Fertilizer.
Raleigh, N. C..
April 17. 1915.
The Reporter.
Danbury, N. C.
Messrs. Editors:
We learn that some of the
farmers in your county expect
the Demonstration Agent to
make analysis of soils. In regard
to the matter I will say that we
have a State Chemist whose busi
ness it is to do that work. Farm
ers can have analysis by him, and
should look to him for such work,
and not. to the County Agent.
The Countv Agent is not equip
ped with a laboratory for doing
such work, neither has he the
time to take from field work to
doit. If we were to undertake
such a thing, there would be
much criticism among farmers as
to his services.
The soil analysis is not at all
essential to successful farming.
Our way of telling what the soil
needs in the way of fertilizers is
by the way the crops grow. This
is better than the soil analysis.
If farmers will follow the system
of the I >emonstration Agent in
rtgard to the use of fertilizers,
they will find his services valu
able.
Our principal work is the pro
ducing of a fertile soil that will
grow large and profitable crops
without the expenditure of much
money for commercial fertilizers.
This means a lot of deep plowing
and turning under of leguminous
crops. Many of the farmers in
Stokes county devote so much
time to tobacco growing that they
neglect the matter of bui(diner up
thei: soils. Consequently the
land planted to such home
supporting crops as corn,
wheat, oats, potatoes, etc.. do
not grow very profitably. Many
farmers are buying corn at about
$l.O • per bushel instead of rais
ing it for 25c. per bushel. They
also buy pork and hay on about
the same basis. While the to
bacco crop will bring in excep
tionally large returns per acre,
yet a farmer cannot handle many
acres of tobacco. The soil gets
poorer, the food and feed crops
he buys cost toe much, and in
the end he will not succeed that
way.
No system of agriculture can
be permanently successful that
leaves out the question of soil
fertility. If farmers will follow
the advice of County Demon
stration Agents, they will, in a
few years, find that they are
making progress on their farms,
and should soon be independent
and live like farmers ought to
live.
*\Yo hope you will give your
support to this movement, be
cause the civilization of no coun
try can rise higher than the earn
ing capacity of the masses of its
people. The masses, of our peo
ple in this State are farmers. If
we ever make the progress we
should make towafrl the goal of
higher civilization, we must have
better farming. It takes money
to carry forward any progressive
movement to build up the country.
The only way for a farmer to
have monev is to make it on his
t farm. All farmers can make
money if they will do the right
kind of farming. The Demon
stration Agent is engaged in a
splendid piece of constructive
work. When farmers learn that
the Agent is capable of helping
Them, and learn to co-operate
with him, it will mean much for
the progress of agriculture in the
county.
Yours very truly,
C. R. HUDSON.
Chief of Demonstration Work.
CONTRACT IS LET.
For Improvement Ot Race
Track In King Fair Ground
--Other News Of King.
King, April 19. Mr. Grover
Wright, of Mt. Airy, is spending
a few days with his brother, Mr.
S. P. Wright, on Five Forks
avenue.
Mr. Reed Martin, of Yade
Mecum, has purchased from Mr.
G. M. Allen a lot on East Main
street, consideration $250.00. He
expects to build on this lot.
The S'okes County Fair Asso
ciation has let the contract to
Mr. James R. Caudle for improve
ments on the race track. The
track will be made larger and the
old part put in better condition.
Miss Marie Moore, of Peter's
Creek, Va., one of the former
teachers in the high school here,
spent Sunday with Mrs. S. W.
Pulliam on West Main street.
Mrs. Geo. Dennis, of Charlotte,
has been spending several days
with friends here.
Mrs. Tom Love and children,
of Salisbury, are spending a few
days with relatives here.
Attorney T. W. Kallam, of
Pilot Mt., was here Saturday
looking after some legal matters.
Mr. James S. Schaub has pur
chased an automobile.
Dr. C. C. Kiger, of Charlotte,
is spending a few days here.
HARTGROVE -REDDING.
Marriage of Popular Young
Couple On Germanton
Route 1 Thursday.
Germanton Route 1. April 12,
On Thursday. April S, at 1 :30
P. M., Mr. Roy S. Redding and
Miss Minnie Hartgrove were
quietly married at the home of
the bride's parents. Mr. and
Mrs. H. L. Hartgrove. Miss
Minnie is the beautiful and ac
complished daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. 11. 1.. Hartgrove and was
a teacher in the public schools
the past winter, having much
; success in her work, while Mr.
i Redding is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. .1. M. Redding, a prosper
ous farmer of Germanton Route 1.
At 4:30 o'clock they presented
I themselves in the parlor where
the ceremony was performed
and after the ceremony was
over and congratulations ex
tended they went into the dining
room where a most sumptuous
supper was served.
The bride was beautifully
dressed in blue crepe dechine
with blue satin slippers to match.
The groom was dressed in a
handsome suit of blue.
Those present were Misses
Gracie Slate and Prima Redding:
Messrs. Dorsey Boles and Kdd
Mitchell. Mr. and Mrs. Jasper
Slate and family. Mr. and Mrs.
VY. G. Tuttle and family. Mr.
and Mrs. I. NY. Gordon, and Rev.
NY. T. Bai.com, olliciating minis
ter.
Her friends regret to see the
bride leave this community, but
wish the couple a long and happy
life.
Mr. and Mrs. Redding left
Friday for the groom's parents
where thev will make their home.
Messrs. Frank Tilley, W. ti.
iPetree. John Taylor, W.R.Stew
art, Robert and Andrew Joyce
jand C. L. Young visited
Winston-Salem Sunday evening.
1
No. 2,246
UTS MADE
Warrants Issued For Two
Prominent Physicians
Of Stokes Under
Vital Statis
tics Law.
HEARING YESTERL>A\
Dr. tilling ton Fined $5.00 and
Cost and Appeals 'l'o Higher
Court Dr. Hanes Trial
To Be Held Today.
Dr. J. R. Gordon, State Deputy
Registrar of Vital Statistics, who
has been in Stokes the past few
days, yesterday swore out war
rants before Justice of the Peace
N. A. Martin, of Danbury. for
Drs. J. H. Ellington, of Sandy
Ridge, and J. L. Haynes, of
Pine Hall, charging them with
failure to comply with the vita',
statistics law in reporting birth?
and deaths in their practice.
A hearing was given Dr.
Ellington before Justice N. A,
here today and he was finer 1
$•">.0(1 and the cost. Notice was
given of appeal to Superior court
The trial of Dr. Hayns wilt
probably be held tonight.
New Appointments.
Tax-lister L. J. Young has
made new appointments ami
dates for listing the taxes in
Danbury township, as follows:
Danbury. Tuesday. May 4th.
Hartman, Wednesday, May sth,
1). C. Taylor's Store, Thurs
day, May Gth.
Mrs. Roxanna Tuttles, Friday.
May 7th.
Piedmont Springs, Saturday.
May Bth.
E. D. White's. Monday. May
liith.
Marriage licenses,
Register ».f Deeds More field
has recently issued the following
, marriage licenst s :
J. P. Bryant to II den Stanley.
I Eassie Flippin to Jettie Hund
ley.
Luz .James to Daisy Mate.
C. L. Lawson to Addie Hicks.
Roy S. Redding to Minnie
H artgrove.
R. J. SattertielJ to Frances C.
liairston.
Or. Meltzer Pardoned.
Dr. I. R. Meltzer. who ha?
serving a sentence in the
S'.okes jail here on the charge
of fraud, received a pardon to)
day from the Governor. He is
in very delicate health. Dr.
Meltzer left today for Greens
boro.
- fertilizers Coming.
I will have a car load of ferti
lizer at Danbury on the 22nd.
Will be able to meet Walnut
Gove prices, with a reasonable
charge for hauling added.
A. W. DAVIS.
Anionir the Walnut Cove citi
zens in Dan bury today were Mes
srs J. R. Yoss. P. H. Linville,
J. N. Younjr, A. W. Davis, O. N.
[Petree. Ren Cahill. and Sanders
; Riersf n.
I