THE DANBURY REPORTER.
-VOLUME XXXVIII.
WALNUT GOVE NEWS
MORE COTTON MILL TALK
Whitten li-*D*vis Sell Out to Eny
James —A Bad Hole on Main
Street —A Move on Foot to Have
'Phone Exchange Other Matters.
Walnut Cove, Feb. 22.—Walker
Welch's son Jim was shot in the
shoulder last week. There will have
to be ton operation performed to
locate the ball. We have not heard
the particulars of the shooting.
' There is an old weather prophet
Jiere; He said when tho ground
hog came out and saw his shadow,
we would have terrible weather for
the next six weeks, aud as the bad
weather did not put in its appear
ance, he said he guessed that the
ground hog stayed out, but he
now says the great earthquake in
Italy unbalanced the earth and it
moved on its axis 300 miles south,
and we woulcl never have any more
cold winters here.
Listen, you merchants of the!
town. That hole in the street up
town, if you sit idly by and let it j
remain, soon he living on
a back alley and Summit Avenue
will be main street. Jfost all the |
travel goes that way now and ,
comes iu street at the
company's store. Thore was a ma'tf
told my he did not know it was
there and it most jerked him out i
of his buggy when he drove in it,
Another man got iu it. with a load
. Ed wagou and it broke his wagon
considerably, and says if the'town •
don't pay the damage, lie will
» bring suit, A damage suit or two
might d,o good, might bring our
1* town council to realize'its duty. I
Turnip greens lmve made their
.appearance on our market aud the I
• spring tlowers are blooming and j
some peach trees are in bloom, but |
it is tco soon for spring.
Whitten & Davis hav.e sold out '
t their grocery store to Eny James, |
who has moved his family here'
and took charge of the store.
Walnut Cove needs a good doc- 1
tor, more houses to rent, and fewer |
land grabbers, and when there is I
but one house in town, not I
hold it at twelve dollars per month !
when its worth about three. We '
must show the spirit—live, and let j
live. Remember your sins will
find you out.
We have quite a hustling preach-1
et, Rev. Clyde. He has made a
nice walk from the church to j
town.
Mr. John Hampton goes on the {
road Monday to sell lamps for Mr.
Petree. •>
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Johnny
Lackey, a sweet litte girl.
Mr. Dault Davis says he has
joined the "sons of rest. He says
they arrested him* for running
down hill. But in the evidence it j
was shown that he was too lazy to!
put on breaks, and he was released.
There is a move on foot to con- 1
•olidate all the 'phone lines run
ning into town and have a tele- j
phone exchange. Hope it willj
succeed,
Mr. Hairston says they will be- j
gin soon the erection of a house
on the cotton mill site for the use
of the directors while building
the mill.
Mrs. Cnssell is home from the
hospital and is doing nicely on
crutches. Her daughter,, Mrs. Joe
Allen> has been real sick, but is a
little better.
Mr. Gordon Britton, express
messenger on the Southern, was
taken violently ill on his run out
from Wilmington Friday and was
carried back to Wilmington on the
triin to the hospital. He runs be
„ tween Mt. Airy and Wilmington.
Old Aunt Easter and Uncle Jim
Lash both died near town this
week. The old faithful Southern
darkies will soon all be gone and
there will be none to take their
place. The new darkies and the
•old are no more'alike in faithful
ness and obedience than if they
di*l not spring from the same race.
• There are some beautiful store
founts in our town now, too, just
ft completed; fine large plate-glass
fronts. They ari> beauties.
Another Newspaper Suspends.
The Leaksville Gazette, "finding
the cost of issuing a newspaper,
larger than the receipts, goes to
the wall. The Gazette was a good
• newspaper. The Reporter is sorry
«». to see its friend go down.
South Carolina Leghorns are best
layers ' Eggs from choice stook
4ft for SI.OO.
G. W. MEAL,
I, k ' Meadows, N. C.
WILL MACADAMIZE ?
BULLY FOR OLD SAURATOWN
Bill Before Legislature to Allow
Tax-payers to Vote On $25,000
Bond Issue Bill Also Lets in
Other Townships.
It is learned that a bill is now >
before the legislature—and will i
doubtless pass—allowing the com
missioners of Stokes county, upon |
a petition of a number of qualified j
voters, to call an election to settle j
the question of a s2.*».oK) bond is- j
sue with which to raise money to
macadamize the roads of Saura-j
town township. The people of the j
Walnut Cove section are stirred j
up over the shameful aud serious
condition of the roads, and are de-'
termined to tind relief. It is j
thought that the bond issue will j
carry easily. The bill allowing!
Sauratown to vote on the matter. j
also permits other townships of
the county to present petitions to j
the commissioners aud be granted
the same privilege. It is hoped
that Danbury and Peter's Creek
will join hands with their progres
sive sister township and see whatj
can be done to better the present!
disgraceful condition of the pub-|
lie roads,
DEATH OF MRS. SUSAN HART.
Mr. Green Rogers Very III —Mr. Geo.
Hall Cuts His Foot —Mr. Frank
Smith Erecting New Dwelling -
Other News From Smith.
Smith, Feb. 20.—Mr. Frank
Tilley, of this place, who is at-j
, tending school at East Bend, is i
expected home shortly on a visit
to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. I
i W. Tilley.
Mr. Moir Moore, after a short;
I visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. ]
\F. L. Moore, left for Ivingsville,:
Tex., last week.
j Mr. R. B. Hart returned yes
terday from a business trip to
[ Critz, Va.
| Mr. Frank C. Smith is erecting
a nice, new dwelling.
Mr. F. C. Moore, who is visiting
his parents, Mr. aud Mrs. F. L.
Moore, will leave for his home in
Shreveport, La., in a few days.
Mr. George Hall, while out cut
ting wood this week, hung his axe
in some brush which made him
cut his foot very badly.
Mrs. Sarah Hall is improving
slowly.
Mrs. Susan Hart, wife of R. C.
Hart, after n prolonged illness,
passed away last night. She will
be buried tomorrow at the family
graveyard. Mrs. Hart is survived
bv husband and five sons, Messrs.
Edgar, of Virginia, Oscar, Bob,
Tim and Will of this place.
The twin babies of Mr. and Mrs.
i Beige Holt died last week.
Miss Clarence Robertson, of
Kibler, Va., is visiting her aunt,
Mrs. Sarah Hall.
Mr. Charlie Joyce is visiting his
sister, Mrs. Dan Watkins, of Price,
Va.
Mr. T. W. Tilley started Mon
day across the mountain to get
another drove of horses and mules.
Mr. Green Rogers, of Smith
Route 1, is very ill.
Mr. James Sheppard is erecting
a nice dwelling.
POCAHONTAS.
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FODDRELL TO HANG.
Stokes County Negro to Stretch
Hemp at Winston on Friday. April
30—Friday An Unlucky Day For
, Charles.
V
Charles Foddrell, the Pine Hall
negro who recently killed his wife
!in Winston by firing five bullets
| into her body, has been tried, I
j found guilty i f murder and sen-1
tenced to bang at Winston on
Apri 1 30.
Friday is an unlucky dny for
Charles Foddrell. He murdered
his wife on Friday, was tried on
Friday and will stretch hemp ou
Friday.
Sheriff Jones, of Stokes, will at
tend the banging. In case he
should sometime be called upon to
perform this dismal ceremony, he
wants to know how to do it.
Card of Thanks.
We desire to extend our heart
felt thanks to our kind friends and
neighbors for their sympathy and
kindness during the recent sick
ness and death of our husband and
father, Thomas Davis.
THE FAMILY.
Mr. John R. Smith, of Walnut
Cove Route 3, was here Monday.
DANBURY, N. C., FEBRUARY 24, 1909.
Awake, Awake,
Citizens of Stokes !
_
IF EVER ANY ACTION IS TAKEN LOOKING TO I
RELIEF FROM ROAD CONDITIONS WHICH ARE
HOLDING OUR COUNTY IN THE BACKGROUND, !
NOW IS THE TIME TO ACT.
Last Thursday as Air. S. M. Fagg. the carrier on
Danbury R. F. D. No. I, returned to his home four
miles north of here, his horse fell in one of the ruts
of the road and broke its neck. The animal was worth
$200.00.
And so every day almost during the rough winter
months news comes in of somebody's costly mishap !
on the dangerous, impassable roads--somebody's
tribute to King Mud.
They howl "no taxes"--but, gracious ! what a tax
we are paying ! If all the roads in the county were
macadamized, and the tax levied direct, Sam Fagg's
proportionate part for the improvements would be
only a song compared with his loss last Thursday.
When a merchant to get 2,000 pounds of freight
hauled from the depot, must pay three teams, cost
ing from $7.50 to SIO.OO--is not this tax enough ?
Mecklenburg farmers haul five bales of cotton (2,500
lbs.) 15 iniL-j to market in half a dav, with ONE
HORSE.
Forty thousand dollars will build 15 miles of ma
cadam road from a point in Peter's Creek township,
through Danbury to the Forsyth line, where Wins
ton will meet us with good roads. Forty thousand
dollars in 30-year bonds could be floated easily at 4
per cent., and would cost only $1,600 a year, or $533
a year for each township, approximately. What a
great, what an incalculable blessing such a road
would be, and what an immense saving to the people
in wagons, hcrse flesh and mental suffering. The
expenditure alone of this money in building the road
j would prove a marked impetus t6 business. Hun
dreds of hands and teams would be employed. Im
mediately property all along the route of the new
road would rise in value. New industries would
spring up. The summer resorts would flourish, cre
ating a sharp demand for products on the farms at
good prices. The merchants, able to save from 10 to
15 cents on the hundred on hauling charges, could
save the people almost enough to pay their taxes.
The lessened cost of living in many ways would be
remarkable. A farmer living in the Lawsonville
country could leave home with a big load of tobacco
after breakfast and reach Winston for supper, with
out making his team sweat. The schools would be
benefited, the attendance at the churches would in
crease, social intercourse would be tremenduously
encouraged and promoted. Life in the interior would
be made far more satisfactory in a thousand ways.
An automobile line from the cities would reach us.
Thousands of visitors would come among us bring
ing new ideas, and spending their good money with
us.
Can't Peter's Creek and Danbury get together on
this proposition, and form a "conspiracy," as it were,
and do this great thing? Would the tax-payers of
these three good townships be guilty of the unpar
donable sin in voting $40,000 upon their children to
be paid in 30 years, with no interest? Would not the
property of these three communities, a third of a
century hence, nurtured in the sunshine of modern
roads, modern traffic, modern prosperity, have be
come enhanced sufficiently to make the payment of
the tax sit lightly, compared with the immense ben
efits derived ?
If there are any readers of the Reporter who be
lieve that we ought to make a move, let us hear from
you at once. Let us have a mass meeting, now be
fore the legislature adjourns, frame ways and means,
and get a bill passed to allow us to vote on the ques
tion.
If we do not start on this important matter r.ow
when shall we ever start?
"Brethren, think on these things."
Much Sickness at King Other News.
Kin« Route 2. Feb. 22.—There
is much sickness in this vicinity
now. Mrs, J. S. D. Pulliam and
daughter, Mi6s Agnes, are very
sick. Mrs. Geo. Smith is very low
with consumption.
Mr. njid Mrs. Wiley Fulk and
little Ethel visited his father, Mr.
R. G. Fulk. last week.
Miss Gena Fulk, who has been
in St. Leo's hospital at Greens
boro, has returned home. Glad to
see you back home, Miss Gena.
Mr. R. G. Fulk's new house is
nearly completed and has a 'phone
in it.
A graded school and a hotel will
probably go up at King.
WANTED—I3O Pine Logs, not
under 0 inches in diameter at
small end, delivered at Walnut
Core. Each 14 feet long. Quote.
LAWRENCE McRAE,
Spray r N. C.
The People Disgusted With Bad
Roads.
Mr. J. Walter Booth, of Hard
bank, was in town Saturday. Mr.
Booth says that the people of his
township will, in his opinion, vote
for a bond issue for macadam
roads, that he never before saw
them so disgusted with had roads
and so eoger for the county to
make some move to get out of the
present disgraceful condition.
Smoak & McCreary Coming.
another lot of fine mules at
Taylor's stables in Danbury on
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,
March 1, 2 and 3,
Everybody who needs good
stock will find them here. Don't
forget the dates.
Mr. G. T. Dunlap and son, J. F.
Djulap,. visited Danbury Friday.
GOOD TIME COMING;
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BIG ASSOCIATION IN MAY
At Flatshoal On the Third Saturday,
Sunday and Monday An Occasion
j6i Great Good Cheer Among the
Baptists.
Elder J. (i. Southern, of Ger
manton Route I. was in town
Monday on his way from Pleasant
(•rove. Vs., where he preached on
Sat unlay and Sunday. lie reported
good attendance at these meetings,
and good behavior on tho part of
the audience.
Elder Southern extended to the
Reporter a cordial invitation to
partake of his hospitality on the
occasion of the big Primitive Bsp
tist Association which meets at
Flatshoal church on the third
Saturday, Sunday and Monday in I
May. Elder Southern has recently
built a substantial hotne, and no
body takes a greater pleasure in
having his friends and brethren
around than he, on occasions of
good cheor such as these Associa
tions bring.
If we fail to come. Brother|
Southern, yon may know the press
has broke down,
EFFORT TO ROB EXPRESS CAR.
Three Masked Men Enter Express
Car on Sanford and Mt. Airy Train
While Train is Standing at Water
Tank Four Miles From Mt. Airy.'
Winston-Salem, Feb. 23.—Three |
masked men attempted a bold
hold-up of Express Messenger Tom !
Hubbard, who runs ou train No. j
731 between Sanford and Mount i
Airy, last uight at 7:.~>0, four miles j
on this side of Mount Airv, but i
bandits were repulsed ami tied
without securing any booty.
The robbers entered tho ear;
while the train was standing at j
the Ararat tank taking on water.
They called on Hubbard to throw]
| up his hands, but instead of doing j
this he snutTed out the light and
reached for his pistol. A number
of shots were exchanged by the
four men, and it is believed that j
one of the bandits was wounded.
Hubbard was not hit. The rob-1
here became alarmed at the noise'
made by the tiring and tied with
out securing any booty.
A message was received here
asking that bloodhounds be sent
to be put on the trail of the high- j
waymen. but none were to be had.
A further message this morning j
said that Sheriff Hayues and a
posse of deputies and citizens were
pursuing the three men.
The place where the hold-up
was attempted is a wild aud rug
ged point, with the river running
beside the track, and the getting
away of the bold trio was an easy
matior.
I Death of Mrs. Thomas Pettitt—Miss
Eliza Edwards and Mr. Will Ran
dleman 111.
i Pinnacle, Feb. 22.—The farmers
; through this section are busy
burning and sowing plant-beds.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Swaim
and Mrs. Minnie Shult/., of Wins
ton, spent Saturday and Sunday
with Miss Myrtie Wall.
I Mr. Ernest Wall lias been right
'sick with pneumonia, but is up
' again, we are glad to note.
Miss Grace Wall and Mr. Roger
Spainhour spent Saturday and
Sunday with Misses Ada and Ella
Boyles.
Missis Grace King and Lena
Brewer, of Winston-Salem, are
spending a few days with Miss
King's parents here.
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Wall gave a
! birthday dinner last Sunday in
honor of their daughter, Miss
Roberta.
Mrs. Thomas Pettitt departed
j this life the 14th. The interment!
took place at Little Yadkin church.
1 Rev A. L. Hunter held the burial
j services. She leaves a husband
and i children to mourn ther loss.
Miss Eliza Edwards and Mr.
Will Randleman are very siek, we
! sorry to say.
"POLLY ANNE."
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Card From John R. Smith.
! NOTICE—I have the contract to
| sell Stokes and Rockingham
counties a patent Wheat Separator
and 1 will guarantee the machine
to take every grain of cockle out
your seed wheat. I will sell the
machines at sls each. Let me
know if you want one and will see
you at once. Your friend.
JOHN R. SMITH,
Walnut Cove, N. C., Route 8.
Mr. Lindsay Alley, of Hartman,
waa her* on business Saturday.
No. 1,929
OLD SOLDIERS DAY
MAJ. RAY TO TAKE CHARGE
Will Assume Temporary Manafe
ment of the Ex-Confederate Organ
ization Pending Reorganization.
||Maj. \V. S. Hay. of Meadows
ICoute I. was ii visitor at the Re
porter ollice Saturday.
Maj. Ray, since the dent h of the
lamented (.'apt. James A. Leak,
has been nskeil by many of the old
soldiers to take the place of Capt.
Leak temporarily as the head of
the Confederate organization in
the county, and Maj. Hay has
consented to assume charge and
will call the old soldiers together
about the firet Saturday in Aug
ust, at which a thorough and com
plete organization will be effected,
It is quite apropos that Maj. Ray
should take the place of Captain
Leak, inasmuch as Capt. Leak and
Maj. Hay were such warm friends.
Many of the ex-Confedorates
have died since the last reunion,
and doubtless several more will
pass over the river bifore the next
gathering.
Maj, Hav will do all iu his
power to make the next reuuiou
the most successful and best at
tended in the history of the or
ganization.
The Reporter will print the
program for the mooting in n later
issue.
MISS SUSIE WHITE ENTERTAINS
Dewey Greene. Walter White and
the Infant of Mr. aitd Mrs. Sam
Johnson All 111 Mrs. Jeff Smith
► Gives a Quilting—Other News.
Walnut Cove Route 1. Feb. 20—
Miss Susie White gave an apron
party Friday night. Those in at
tendance were Messrs, Frank Ross.
Tom Voss, Clyde Crews,N.Tuttle,
Grover Meadows, Luther and Wil
lie Fowler, William Smith. Isaiati
Montgomery, Thoa. Tatum, Klias
I Meadows, Fleming Allen, Richard
i Hill, Tom Tuttle, Walter Bow
] man, Coy Fowler : Misses Bertha
| Meadows. Nannie Montgomery.
1 Delia and Dora Boles, Ora Fowler,
| Martha Ross, Primie Fowler. Ma
j bel Pringle, Polly White, Sadie
and Zina White, Mamie Chap
man, Minnie Crews nnd Emma
i Meadows. The prize was given to
Mr. Nuine Tuttle for best work—a
[ pretty tie.
Dewey Greene, the son of Mr.
J. B. Greene, is right sick this
week.
Walter White, the 4-year-old
son of Mrs. L. J. White, ia serious
ly sick of pneumonia, and Frank,
his elder brother, who has beeu
very sick with lagrippe. is some
better.
The public school at Wilson's
Store will close March 3rd with
no exeroisea.
The infant of Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Johnson ia right sick.
Rev. Clyde filled his regular ap
pointment at Palmyra Saturday
and Sunday.
Miss Minnie Crews spent Sat
urday night with Mrs. Hattie
Meadows.
Mr. M. T, Meadows had a chop
ping Friday.
Messrs. Sam Johnson, Beunie
Chapman and Cicero White went
to Winston Thursday, returning
Friday.
Mrs. Jeff Smith had a quilting
Thursday.
GKRTHI'DE.
Low Rates to Washington, D. C., and
Return On Account of Inauguration
of President Taft, March 4th.
On account of above occasion
Southern Railway announces ex
tremely low rates for the round
trip. Tickets on sale February
I'JSth, March Ist,2nd. and 3rd,good
to leave Washington returning up
to and including, but not later
than mid-night of March Sth,
P.KW.
The following round trip rate
will apply from Walnut Cove, X.
C., $10.30. Approximately low
rates from other poiuts.
For further information call on
your depot agent, or write
K. L. VERNON, T. P. A.
Auction Sale at King.
Remember big auction sale to
' begin on March 5 and (5. Every
thing going at cost. Shoes, Dress
Goods, Pant Goods, Shirting, Etc.
Come and bring your friends.
W. E. BUTNER,
King, N. C.
—
Monday was Washington's birth
day— a legal holiday. The R. F.
D. carriers took a day off.