wV|rtiMMl| To Close Dec. 21—
School 'Closes Dec. 15—New
E TeecherFor School—Birthday
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!Walput Cove, Dec. 13. -The
Buqday Schools are ar
aßp» Cmttet Tor-Christmas entertain
'w» riwntp and all of them will have
9lK4 bdr MnriM * pr * or to Christmas
tgkW day. The Episcopal church has
JSJh axfahged for Thursday night,
'IE Dec. 21, Baptist Friday night, l
I v ® ec - 22 M( * Stoketburg ME.
V for Saturday night, Dec.
23. A move is on foot to have
IS® a community tree for the entire'
■L : yidnity on Sunday night, Dec.
- " arranged for this tree'
' k will bo prepared with care and j
'■ will be brillantly illuminated j
with electricity. If the weather,
Bos fair it is planned to have it at!
■tihfb convenient place in the!
and if not fair it will pro- :
dnibly be placed! in the warehouse.
community at large will be j
1 Kited to use the tree for the
§ « of gifts. If the affair
J -■ftried out Santa Claus has
' |>"consented to be present
of both
and a real Christy,
■fjgLwill prevail. 7,
■EmKoq] at this place will
Dec. 15. and
for two weeks,
Mondav, Jan.
practically 1
the
respective I
KPlof. Rhyne
mm Tucker at
* at Scotland
■ M a Billiit matting of the !
B - county board of adoqation it was
teacher
account j
met
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MBS. TAZ SHEPPARD
PASSED AWAT MQIOAT.
Was the Mother of J. A.. C.
H., E. C., Z. R. and J. R.
Shcppard--The Deceased
Was More Than Eighty
y Years of Age.
Mrs. Taz Sheppard. an aged
and highly respected lady who
resided near Lawsosville, passea
away Monday night about nine
o'clock after a lingering illness
following a stroke of paralysis.
The deceased was more than
eighty years of age and is sur
vived by several sons and daugh
ters. her husband having pre
ceded her to the grave a number
of years since. The surviving
sons and daughters are Messrs.
J. A., C. H., E. C., and Z. R.
Sheppard, and Mrs. Willie Moore,
of Stokes; Mr. J. R. Sheppard,
|of Williston, N. D.. and Mrs.
[ Charlie Joyce, of Guilford, all of
: whom are excellent men and
| women.
i The funeral and interment
| will take place today at the old
! home place, the family burying
ground being near the home of
the deceased. Elder J. A. Fagg,
of Walt.ut Cove, has been re
quested to preach the funeral. i
THE QUICKSTEP CO.
t
Stockholders Meeting of this
Well Known Company
On Dec. 30.
OVER 500 MEMBERS^
Service Fee of $3.00 la Charged
All Members Who Have Tele-j
phones- Large Attendance Ex
pected At Meeting. i
The aoqual meeting of the
more than five- hundred stock- i
holders of the Farmers Quick-1
step Telephone Company has
been called for December 30th,
191G, at the Tabernacle in King.
From the fact that this com
pany has so many stockholders
and the meetings are always so
largely attended the occasion is
always looked forward to with
pleasure.
This year the company is as-:
■easing each stockholder $3.00,.
with the privelege of deducting!
fifty cents if the assessment is
paid before .Jan. Ist. In addi
tion to this assessment there:
terill be a considerable amount j
of money turned into the treas-i
UNf from tolls collected by the 1
various switchboards and mem- 1
hers who have telephones.
.Mr. Powell Rhodes spent a
short while here last week. Mr. 1
Rhodes has sold but a little of i
his tobacco yet. He generally
markets late, but when he does
■all lie does not have to turn
looae nis cash for supplies bought
white making the crop. These
M produces at home, and there
fart his tobacco money is clear.
If awry farmer would be as
thrifty at Povell Rhodes, we
ivpeld be a creditor county in
stead of * debtor county.
I - -
working young farmers of Dan
bury RoOte 17 Were on the mar
ket Mm Friday.
, Mows. S. U. At wood, of
Stratford, and Ed Smith, of Dan
bury, are bore this week with a
drove of horses and mules.
Mr. Frank Hirtgroye, of Ca
pella, made one of the best sales
of tobacco 00 the New house
(MOT that ha 'ever been made
hoe. Mr. Hartgro vehad a little
Hi thah 6,000 pounds that
brought $1,536.00, an average of
more than $30.00 per hundred.
anappomtment aM he
After the salee made on Dec.
warehouses
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DANBURY, N. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1916
COM CIOO Oil
Forty Or More Thorough
bred Pigs To Be GiVen
j the Prize Winners.
AT DAN BURY, DEC. 21
| Several Addresses To Be Deliver-'
l -ed and A Large Attendance Is
i Very Much Desired—County
1 Agent Holt Getting Things In
Readiness.
i
County Farm Demonstrator
■ W. P. Holt is a busy man these
| days securing the final reports
r from the one hundred and seven
ty members of the Corn Club
and otherwise getting things
|in readiness for the meeting of
the Corn Club members In Dan
' bury on December 21st.
I It was stated yesterday by
Mr. Holt that in addition to the
various other prizes to be offered |
; the winners in the Corn Club's
■ contest there will be fortv or
jmore thoroughbred pigs given
j away. These pigs will be worth
! from $lO to sls each.
There will be an address on
| the Farm Loan act, as well as j
' one or two addresses on agricul
! ture in general, and the farmers
of the county are tirired to come 1
out an i hear these addresses.
Every member of the Corn'
Club is expected to be present,
and the ladies are cordially in- j
I vited to attpnd also. If reason
ably good weather prevails there
j will nodoubt be a large attend
ance.
i New Deputy Sheriffs, j
Sheriff S. P. Christian Satur-!
day swore in Deputy Sheriffs j
fur Meadows and Big Creek ,
townships, as follows: Jas. H. I
Baker, of Germanton Route 1,1
and T. M. Smith, of Francisco, j
Mr. Baker is a son of Mr. Frank i
! Baker, who was killed by Jesse'
iSmith of Smirhttwn some 30j
! years ago. He is a successful:
j young farmer, andia good] man.
! Mr. Smith it a son of the late
; Drue Smith of Francisco, who
I has been dead sbme years. Both
lof these bo.vs are made out of
the right kind of stuff, and will
prove good officers. (
| Mr. E. 0. Caudle j
Finds His Automobile;
About a week since, Mr. E. O. ]
Caudle, of Rural Hall, who is a s
former Stokes citizen, had his
automobile stolen. The machine j
and the three men who are charg- j
ed with its theft, were found at
Abbington, Va., Monday. The
men are John Childress, Royal
Wilson and Rufus Robinson, and
the three are now in Forsyth t
county jail. Mr. Caudle went to J
Abbington and identified his car. j
Confederate Reunion
In Washington June 4.
New Orleans, Dec. 11. Wil-i
liam E. Mickle, adjutant general j
of the United Confederate Veter- j
ans, announced tonight that the (
week beginning June 4 had been «
deeded upon as the date for,!
holding the 1917 reunion of the 'J
veterans in Washington, D. C. j
Ron. J. C. Buxton 111. i
£
Hon. J. C, Buxton, of Winston- c
Salem, is quite ill at his home, J
and has been confined to hia room 1
for several weeks. Mr. Buxton j
has many friends in Stokes who (
will regret to learn of hia illness, t
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10 CLOSE DEC. 20
Winston-Salem Warehouses
, Decided On This Date
Saturday.
OPEN AGAIN JAN. 2
Walnut Cove Market Will Close
On Thursday, Dec. 21.--Sales'
the Past Week Averaged Nearly
Nineteen Cents.
At a meeting of the Tobacco
Board of Trade at Winston-
Salem Saturday it was
decided to close the warehouses
there for the Christmas holidays
on Wednesday, Dec. 20th, and
to open again on Tuesday, Jan.
2nd.
The Walnut Cove warehouses
wi'l close on Thursday, December
21st, for the holidays and will
open again on January 2nd.
During last week the sales
on both the Winston-Salem and
Walnut Cove markets were large
and prices good. The Winston-
Salem market sold during last
i week 1,065,682 pounds of the
weed at an ayerage price of
$18.94.
A great deal of tobacco has
passed through Danbury so far
| this week and there are good
i breaks on the markets at this
i writing.
There seems to be a difference
!of opinion as to the amount of
tobacco in the hands of the farm
ers \et, the different estimates
; ranging ail the way from one
| tenth to one-fourth of the crop.
MR. V. B. HUMPHREYS.
i
Father of Mr. J. D. Humph
reys, of Danbury. Passed
Away Yesterday At His
Home Near Reidsville.
A telephone message received
lat Danbury early this morning
i told of the death of Mr. V. B.
'Humphreys at his home near
! Reidsville, in ltoekingham coun
jty, last night about 10 o'clock.
I Mr. Humphreys had been ill for
some time, but his death was not
[expected, as he had recently been
i improving some and the news of
| his passing away was a severe
| shock to his relatives and friends.
I The deceased was the father of
'Mr. J. D. Humphreys, of Dan
| bury, and Mr. Humphreys left
here early today to attend the
| funeral and burial.
Of his immediate family Mr.
Humphreys is survived by his
wife, three sons and one daugh
ter, as follows: Messrs. J. D. [
Humphreys, of Danbury: Ira and
Thomas Humphreys, of Reids
ville, and Mrs. Thomas Stewart,
of Evansville. Ind.
The deceased was a high-toned
and most excellent old gentleman,
and was greatly loved by a host of
friends. He was in his seventy-j
fifth year and was an old Con- i
federate Veteran, having served
thoughout the civil war. He was
a prominent member of the Mis
sionary Baptist church.
The interment was made this I
afternoon at Lebanon church
burying ground, right near the '
home of the deceased.
Schedules Changed.
The schedule of the trains of
the Southern railway between
Mt. Airy and Greensboro were i
slightly changed Sunday. Trains
now pass Walnut Cove at the i
hours mentioned: ]
Going west 9:08 a. m.
east 10:15 a. m. (
" east 5:34 p. m. i
" west 6:29 p. m. s
Rawles-Crumpler.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Grumpier ji
of Germanton have announced the;
engagement of their daughter, I ;
Miss Iris Lorene Grumpier, toll
Mr. Fletcher H. Rawles of Pres-:
ton, Cuba, the wedding to take j
place in the early spring.
j |
Mesara. Tilley and Choate were j I
in town Saturday evening with i,
a drove of stock. Mr. Tilley is 1
of Smith, this county, Mr. Choate I
of Jtafaon county, Va. They
haraMMin trading together for
are well known to
the people of the county and of
creditable standing as business
men.
FIVE MILLIONS SURPLUS
SHOWN BY OEPARIMENNT
Postmaster General Burle
son's Report Shows 12 Mil
lions Surplus In Three
Years.
Washington. Dec. 9.—Posi
maßter General Burleson's annual
report—issued Friday—declares
there was a postoffice depart
mnit surplus of $5.200,0U0.00
hiring the past year and enume
rates as among the year's ac
complishments improvement of
the parcel post, extension of city
and rural deliveries, and the de
velopment of postal savings sys
tem.
A surplus of $12,500,000.00 is
shown, says the report for three
years of the four the administra
tion has been in office, and ii
calls attention to deficits under
previous administrations.
$1.50 A YEAR
Danbury Reporter Ad
vances Subscription
Price From this Date
Owing to Largely In
creased Cost of Paper.
From and after this
date the subscription 1
.price of the Reporter
will be $1.50 a > ear in
stead of SI.OO.
This advance is made
necessary owing to the
increased cost of white
which has ad
van ;ed nearly 300 per
cent. We are carry
ing a large list of sub
scriptions atSI.OO, but
all new subscriptions
and renewals will be
on the basis of $1.50,
Publishers Reporter,
Danbury, N. C.
Dec. 13, 1916.
Good Response lo Appeal
Lor Mr. Tern Lawson
In response to the appeal for
funds for a corx leg for Mr. Tom
f.iwann in last week's Reporter
' the folio ving have kindly con
! tri lined the amounts named be
low:
Mfrs. of Kavvger Limbs, SIO.OO
Danbury Sunday School, 2.10
Ladies Prayermeeting 1.30 j
A friend from Winston, .50
Rev. O. P. Routh, .50.
Mr. R. P. Joyce. 1.00
Mr. B. F. Jester, .50 |
Mr. T. W. Fleming, .50 i
Mr. F. E. Petree, 2.00 >
Rev. C. H. Hutcherson, 1.00 j
On behalf of Mr. Lawson I ,
wish to thank every one who has
been so prompt.
Others have promised for which
we are also thankful.
In His name,
(MRS. l J. SPOT TAYLOR,
' Keiger-McEee. !
Invitations have been issued i
reading as follows:
Mr. and Mrs. Hardin McGee
request the pleasure of your com- J
pany at the marriage of tneir
daughter Maude to Dr. Cyrus
Clifton Keiger on Thursday
afternoon, December 28, at half
after two o'clock at home in
Germanton, N. C.
Stokes jail has been en
tirely without a prisoner since
the October term of Superior;
court, with the exception of|
about one week during which [
time a deranged colored man [
was confined there for safe keep- >
ing. He wa9 taken out the past
week and sent to the insane
asylum for the colored at Golds
boro. The residence part of the
Jail building is also empty. It
tas not been learned who will l
be the next jailor,
Mr. R. H. R. Blair, who re
cently consulted a specialist in
regard to his eyes, is not much
j improved, we regret very much
to know,
No. 2,332
E.I.KISERARRESTII
Sheriff Christian Returned
Yesterday From Rich
mond With Stokes
Man.
PLACED IN JAIL
t
i Wanted Here On Charge of Ob
taining Money Under False
Pretense—Escape From Death
By Gas Last Week.
Sheriff S. P. Christian retura
ed yesterday from Richmond,
Va., bringing with him E.
Wheeler Kiser, who is wanted
h?re on the charge of obtaining
mrney under false pretende.
Kiser was placed in Stokes jail
where he will he held until the
next term of Stokes Superior
court unless he furnishes bond
i.i the sum of $2)0.00.
It will be recalled that a dis
patch from Richmon J last week
told of Riser's narrow escape
from death in a boarding house
in that city when he blew ojt
the gas and was almost asphyx
iated. The clue to his where
abouts was obtained through this
' item of news and Sh°riff Chris- -
: tian immediately wired the Rieli- $
i mond authorities to hold Kiser on
tha charge mentioned above.
The Sheriff stated that • the
physicians of the Richmond hos
pital in which Kiser was treated
said that his recovery was re
markable in that he slept in a :
cltse room with the gas jet open i
fr m nine o'clock at night until I
six o'clock next morning while *
much less time than this almost $
i inviriably causes death. Kiser j
, regained consciousness about 12 |
hours after being found.
LOCAL, ITEMS. .JF
Mr. Jas. H. Baker, ofUerman
i ton Route 1, was a i Jan bury vis-.
I itor Saturday. Mr. Baker stated
j that he had sold only one barn of
| his large crop of tobacco, how
|ever, he expects to put some of
it on the market this week.
Sixty million people .in the
United States are living under
prohibition; more than 85 per
cent, of the area of the United
States, not counting Alaska, is
dry; and at the same time pro
duction of distilled liquors is on
the increase.
Dr. C. S. Foster and Dr. Jas.
S. Anderson, both of Pittsburg.
Pa., arrived here Sunday to
spend some time hunting. They
i are stopping at the McCanless
! Hotel. These gentlemen have
j a trio of very fine bird dogs with
I them.
Mr. J. F. Hartgrove. of Mizpah,
j last week made probably the
best all around sale of tobacco
I that has been made in this sec-
I tion of the State. He sold with
j the New Warehouse at Walnut
i Cove 5.005 pounds of tobacco
| for $1536.59, an average of
I $30.70.
| Register of Deeds J. C. Carson
i spent Sunday at his home at l
Germanton, returning here Mon-
J day morning. Two of the small
children of Mr. Carson are suf
fering with measles. German
ton and vicinity has recently had
an epidemic of measles, probably
seventy-five or a hundred cases
being reported.
News is received here of the
I burning of the dwelling of Mr.
j Luther McKinney of Gap. Mr.
j McKinney lived with his mother,
I and their home was a nice one,
! worth probably $1,500. It is said
! they had no insurance. The
I Reporter joins the many friends
of Mr. McKinnev in sympathy
i over his loss.
Messrs. H. McGee and W. D.
Browder, prominent citizens of
3ermanton, and members of the
Meadows township road commis
sion, ware in town I short'while
late Thursday evening on busi
ness. They tiayefcd in Mr.
Browder's car, Messrs. McGeo
and Browder are among StoUg
county's biggest tax-payers.