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I True Stories Of Stokes County Hunters G 0 O l> HI NT! .VI A KOI NO PIEDMONT .-I'k:\«'.S IN THK OLl> DAYS FIN:-: W ATE" Hi. in-• V : r.ir PU'diii.'i:; and . ' ts the I'D i •. I cr ; • hum i • rat us were m ..bigger, sin ug r in . fatw : i. 'i . > i • its. is they d: ::U • ... \\:r. ••• .::.il trickled ' :: .• '.l down through t!v wo >ds. Henn ! iu.> t;-ii rab bit hounds but he says then rab bits were so bold and mean that they aet.i.'.liy ri:n them two dogs off and Hence /..id U-) logs t\>r years. He says he didn't especially need any dogs nohow as he had a rifle which his grandfather give him when he was 15 years of and he soon learned to be a dead shot with it. He would mould his SuiTets by the fire (it night. Next mnrnfng before daylight he would pour* a spoonful of black powder down the barrel], then eut a "patching' across the end of the muzzle on which he would lay one of the shining bullets and press it down with his hickory ramrod. Then putting a cap on the tube, he was ready for game. —————— NOTICE By order of the Board of Education of Stokes County, the fol lowing school property, which use for school purposes !.os hvv:* discontinued, will be offered for sale to the highest Vi-ulo; f«I- ! lows: f s PALMYRA SCHOOL HOUSE AND LOT, THURSDAY, AP RIL 20, 1:30 P. M. FLVT ROCK SCHOOL HOUSE AND LOT, TUESDAY, APRIL j 25, AT 2:0;) P. M. t EACH SALE WILL BE CONDUCTED ON THE PREMISES | ! I t IMEMMBMeagjECT—MS ■ JL* j This .March 21st, 1911. (Siirneti): J. C. CARSON, Secretary, TOKES COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. ' And he never missed a shot. Ho •jays he could hit the edge of a 10-cent piece at 00 yards every time. When he saw one of the Pied mom ml bits i.nywhere, that rab bit was a ;.mci unless he mana;- id to skip out of sight bcl'- vt He:u , ..! ! di nv a bead. . ..1 tndfather advi. i li ■■ ■ vtr kill anything :e could shoot i. t' ' V A determine I t> ' thai ... i! he could. Hi • ;t when he ■ •I lie _ot }ti lie v : .ii-i it ef I pa: • . .! i. it \\;>s tuo . indy fto : .i .1 - i would not sh-> : '..irvi' in a tree ixcept when it i:;g from a tree or II: to aiMtlur Hone ■ says, however, that :V. - bits cm neither fly nor swim. !•• tlie\ t tuld jump like hell, and ho si>on found they had a cross ing at the river where they would jumpy across in great numbers every day to go over and cat ol.i I'ncle itTTey Mabe's cabbages an 1 turnips. >o Hence says Tie fixed him a stand right near the slick run where the rabbits went to the riv er bank to cross, and he says sometimes there would be five or six rabbits in the air above th.> river they went over so fast, and so he would shoot them in air just like you would a flying bird. Ke says, though, as it was a lot of trouble to him to get a rabbit after it fell in the river, he would THE DANBURY REPORTER, DANBURY, N. C. MARCH 30, 1914. wait till it was just across and before it hit the ground on the other side before he fired and then when he had got all the meat he wanted, he would wade across and pick up the dead rabbits an.; take them homo. Hence says the river in them days was twice as wide as it is vow. llt iuo s::ys tiii Piedmont wa: . was tit oivv goo i for rabbits a; o'.hor !s. .. it that it is a • . ;.* ti:..- : • • .i s. He says . . U!v." • f venr I s ' ' a:;;.* . ■ this scof. • ...... ' .; that in M : hl' i!sat ■ ■ his f.uh.: ■ 'ii an ! belter com a:vi • . .: i i -'lore, by h; v •• .: '1 t!.*• children on in the ii I . i\ ry day wit': !,.K!:eis of Pied :m-: t water and a dip; r watering the it.i-ii aiul u-!..uco which grew )\a!thy and sti.m, from the iron in the water. Hence says it was the fashion ir. them days to have shootin;; matches in the neighborhood ev ery Saturday at which the best shot won a turkey. He says he had to make him a pen in which he kept the turkeys he won. but that finally the other hunters refused to shoot with him. That made him mad and so ev ery time there was a shooting : match he would go off about Cas cade and kill him a wild turkev and bring it to the shooting match and show it to the hunters. And ' he said this got away wtih them the worst he ever saw anybody i got away with in his life. Hence says as his eyesight was Farmers Now Making Application For Loans Through W.-S. P. C. A (Special to the Reporter) Farmers and stockmen of the ci unty are now placing their ap plications for Production Cretii. ; loans with Jo.-tph 15. Martin at the courthouse lure, according *.o an announcement made today by , A. P. Snow, aeiTctary-treusurcr ■>: , the organization. According to Mr. Snow, the As swi.ition is now in progress making loans to farmers in tiii.- veiioa for the purpose of buy::;., fertilizer. seeds, feed and the pur chase of livestock anil equipment, lie stressed the fact that the need is still great for the production of large quantities of food and fibu products, including meat and milk. •Farmers in this section, like oth ers throughout the country, are making plans for a third year of war-time farming. Many of them will find themselves in need of credit to carry on their farm op erations," Snow said. Farmers of Stokes county de siring further information in re gard to loans through the Wins ton-Salem Production Credit As sociation, should contact Mr. Mar tin, or if more convenient, visi: ??ie home office of the Association in Winston-Salem. •, AMOSTOWN NEWS ———— I Amostown.—The farmers here are preparing to plant corn. Henry Plaster, who is in the Martinsville, Va., hospital, is im proving, his friends are glad to learn. | Mrs. Emma Clark, who has been ill, recently, is improving. Her daughters. Mrs. Roy Knight .Mrs. Wheeler Knight, and Mrs. Carl Hill, all of Lawsonville, vis ited here Saturday and presented birthday gifts. I 1 Pvt. Millard Mabe has returned to his camp at Los Angeles, Calif., after spending a 15-day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lelah Mabe. Mr. and Mrs. Mabe also have a son, Dennis, serving with the navy in the Pacific. Wavne Mabe visited Miss N'ao r/i hafi Saturday night. dames Tamer visited Miss Nan '■ ' I.ce Richardson Saturday. Tec Amos visited Miss Myrtl l Williams Sunday. Pvt. Sanford Hundley has noti fied his wife that he has arrived safely in England. A largo crowd attended serv ices at the Presbyterian church Sunday night. The pastor is Rev. Duchanai. o." Pine Hall. " t -is good as it i:r- I to be, h • f : " !iy so!-! his •iflo for nr. oH bnn'o, and on this instrument he sits by the fire at night and p'a\ ; he old tunes of Ion.; ago. EATrt HICKS Sti.V.j hunur .1 up. C.o.n. Write KI XGS TO N H A TCI IERIES, Kingston, Ga. . FOR SALE —One registered Jer- 5 scy cow to freshen soon, from State College strand. Also 3 Guernsey heifers. j HENRY H. BARNES, Old Lexington Road, ' Winston-Salem, N. C., Rt. 5. How Well I)o American Women Love Their Country Are you a patriotic Arr.e-v »7 , Do you love you country oa.iii..: a . to fight for it. These ;ue r'ut-iior.s that A icans an.m in the affir .a •• , v;itlio;:i mm ! .?. We 4 ■ it for grair ! that >vo d.\ : ' : worl i cvr:v..- ; . -.ve pro ' 1 t.' ' we can no long r ' - • !i - and fre i•• m i' i • •!. '! • Mood, and swi'.:: . ! ; ,r , dom .s '. • • w- a f • Through 1:1');'.! . n.i sve . tears many of in j.nvd •>:'■■■}■• a • fighting and dy a .> l ; to !:■ i i it for us. [ But that isn't iiiough. In th ! s battle for the survival of our way of life our army has sent cut an especial appeal to the women o . America; and it is time for Amcr ; ican women to ask themselves , the question, Do I love my coun - try enough to fight for it? It i . also time for them to take a long look at themselves and ans wer that question, not hastily, but honestly. ; There are many ways in which women can fight for liberty. Many are needed more surely In ! ! j the home than they could be needed elsewhere; many are | needeu in war industries; many! in carrying on the necessary du ties of civilian life; but there re- 1 mains a large group who do not ' fall in any of these categories. It is to the latter group that the army is appealing for enlistment in the armed forces themselves, j It is to tnis group that Gen. Mar shall is speaking wnen he says: that he needs 600,000 more Wacs. Are YGC a patriotic American'?. Do you love your country enough to FIGHT for it? I If you can answer "Yes" to. these questrons, *SeE3 the follow ing blank to Mrs. Kenneth R. By- j erly, Wac chairman, Pine Hall. N. C. I I should like more informa ion about the WAC. Name Address "'ty State Phone No I BABY (HICKS—Buy cow and S«\e—Heavy Breed* '>oo «;r SI 3.00. Payment wi.'h order, Si 3.00. Payment vvPh order, free delivery. WORTHWHILE HATCHERIES, 101 W. Nortu Ave, ISalio.-l, Mil. KEEP ON ■; * AtC&ck/ * * IVIYLs £OKBS • * * * * ~ * "* *M T, -SKIFPEB fV'-. V-lllMliitiJ COMPOUND I Uf • •*> mosr ar.«l jtrocers I qgn ' nil muni'* hik fu-riniu 11 ii faihio i i 7 1 s!t:ppcrt an cured meat. If you i | I ..'I «i» no: kr.ov. >o r local dealer write Ti!E HAM INSURANCE MAN P O. Bex 443 Durham, N. Car, - 1 Yon Are Always Welcome To Visit the Nelson Funeral Home ; At Any Ttae PHONE 113 ] State Hospital, Raleigh, Badly in Need Of Nurses, Attendants Ninth Cirolii.a Slate Hospital £ ,ii lialeigii i- urgently ia ucvd > i capable you;:g ladies v. ho arc in terested ia musing nd reiuierin humane ti atmer.t 1 i mental pi ;i. at: itl-.'.s insiitii;ini,. uffcrii: i . . ir it >• ! ;.i!. i.s in > -aria > f r this• i: ; 1.. : ... ■ . . th. i . :: s Co-. S. i .. ■;.'•! ' ll -I I'* - ■;' v :"t:r:iis!-. J. Tl'. ;.i; !is nis u: ,• i.t!y ■ a.nl I.' att.nlints. These girl-, ilo practically tin same type r»l work as tlit* s!:uents. but are not counted as such. Thoy rocoivo $♦50.00 to STO.OO per month whirli includes bonus, and in addition t .■ compensation tiny receive room, board, laundry and medical car? gratis. Prospective student nur ses would be wise to report fo:* duty now and enter class this fall. I Sam Riggs of Sandy Ilidgc was here today. I 1 i "* NOTICE I Having qualified as administra tor of D. F. Boylea, deceased, no tice is hereby given to all persona holding claims against said es tate to present the same duly au thenticated for payment on or be fore March 30, 1945. or t.us no tice will be pleaded in Iwr cf t!. -'r recovery. And all pe-v rs debted to the estate of the said D. F. Boyles are notified to mako immediate payment. C. K. BO\ LES, Admr., J Pinnacle. N. C. R. J. Scott, Attorney. EXECUTORS NOTICE The undersigned having quali fied as Executor of the estate of W. H. T. Rogers, late of Stoke* County, X. C„ this is to notify all persons holding claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned on or before Mar. IS. 1945, or this notice will |>e pleaded ir. bar of recovery. All persons owing said estate are re quested to make immediate set tlment. This March 15. 1944. I. M. CORDON*, Executor of W. H. T. Rogers. Pilot Mountain, N. C. _ EXECTTOR's NOTICE The undersigned having quali fied as Executor of the estate of M. D. Lane, late of Stokes county, X. C., this is to notify all persons holding claims against said estate to present them to the undersign ed on or before February 7, 1945 or this notice will be pleaded iii bar of their recovery. All per sons owing snid estate will plcaso make immediate payment. This Feb. 7. 1911. WILBUR R. LANE. Ex.. Estate of M. D. Lane, dee'd NOTICE As Administrator of the estate of R. R. T'lttle, deceased, notice i hereby given to nil persons hold ing claims against said estate to present them to me. duly authen ticated, for payment, on or befom March 14. 1945. or this notice wi'l be pleaded in bar of recovery. AM persons owing said estate will please make immediate paymert to me. This Maroh 14, 1944. R. PAUL TUTTLE, Admr., King. N. C., RFD. Petree ft Petree, Attvs.
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