THE DANBURY REPORTER
' VOLUME XXXVIII.
•'COUNTY FATHERS
; MONDAYS MEETING DULL
Not Much Business of General In
terest "Sransatted Tax Listers
Appointed, Releases Granted, and
> . ' Claims Paid. . t
' At Monday's meeting of the
County Commissioners but little
business outside of routine mat
ters was transacted. A full board
was iji attendance, as follows :
John W. Gann, Chairman,
& " 'T.-M. Lawson,
'* W * .Jerry P. Smith.
A petition was filed asking for
the creation of a new public road
beginning near Mac Nelson's, on
the Lime Rock road, leading
jaorthward through the lands of
Mac Nelson, Mrs. R. L. Hartman,
J. Wealey Morefield and G. Hub
Moore, intersecting with the pub
lip road near Gabriel Moore's. The
petition was signed by J. Wesley
.Motodeld, Walter H. Morefield,
R. H. Morefield, W. A. Duncan,
A. P. Adams, H. L. Adams, G. H.
. Moore, •S'. A. Moore, R. Hall, G. J.
ItfoOre, JTW. Hall, Henry Bullen
and Dahiel Duggins. The matter;
was laid over till the next meeting
of the Board.
Clerk of the Board was
ordered to notify the Board of
Township Supervisors in Yadkin
to apaign hands to the new road,
leading from Mrs. Missouri Steph- ;
ensonVto Mt. View.
. PAUPER CLAIMS.
• Pawper claims were allowed as |
- Xfollows : *
yhep Durham, to Bob Dur
, ham, $ J.OO.
V. WifNewsoiirtJ 3.00
.J„ L. . Freeman, to J. A.
Fagßf» »■. tt.OO!
Aegnes Lawson, to A. R.
Bennett, 2.00
to J. M. Red
ding, 1.50,
Sallie Stiamore, 1.50:
Jane Snith, .'5 00
- Sarah Lawson, to W. S.
Watbins, 200
Salley 'JPiiddy, to M. M,
* Mabe,* 3 00
Mary fcurham, to Bob
. -Durham* 3.00
Eliza Sqpthern, to R. F. . j
Fulk, ,£ . -2,00!
BELAASES.
The releases were 1
granted (
R. M. Stephens, 1907 poll $ 2.75 j
Ed Smith, '1907 2 53!
Ellis Hays (col,), one-half
double jf . 1.95!
Nick Clark (col.) one-hal£ '
double tux , .92 1
G. M. Alje.a, 4.48 1
G. i "W. -4jsjhilh, one-half
- 2.08!
J. A. and G.jW. Smjth, one--
lialf double nrtc • . 2.78 j
W. P. Southern, from poll
for a term of 3 years.
J. W. Caudle, * + 13.39
M. H. Ligon, 1.26
Q. S. Tilco, ' • » 14.15
' > CLAIMS.
r« r.
A. E. Southern, lumber, etc. $ "H. 50
P. •E. Lawson,* serying' 3 "
* road orders .1.80
• R. W. Hill, lumber, etc., for
bridges 31.77 j
. Refund of money' paid for
"' v f> land at SrthS 1908 152
Burrough's Adding Machine
Co., one-balf -coil - ' 150 00
! Y. S. Smith, keeping Poor
_ House for Maroh *• 73 59
X- M. Lawson, serving four
• , • . * notices in Pinnaole Gra
ded School matter 2.40
. J. M. Redding, servYng ooe
I V. i. D. Essex, to burial 5.00
$ 'W. O. Slate, record book
jjfa >nd Mppii#« I6XX)
Jones, jail aoooont for
Brick, haul.
WALTER TUCKER VERY SICK,
I
I Young People on Pinnacle Route 3
Preparing to Go on Pilot Mt. Eas
ter Monday—Misses Mazie and
Lora Lawson Entertain.
Pinnacle Route 3, April 5. —
Mr. Walter Tucker is very sick,
but hope he will soon recover. _
Miss Eliza Gordon, of German
! ton Route 1, is visiting her sister
a few weeks, Mrs. C. H.. Boyles.
•' Misses Daisy and Rubyßulling
ton, of near Westfield. are visitiog
their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs-
Sam Gordon.
"A crowd of young people of
Pinnacle Route 2 are planning to
,go on the Pilot mountain Easter
! Monday.
Misses Mazie and Lora Lawson
gave a music entertainment Sat
! urday night in honor of their
cousin, Miss Ada Boyles.
Messrs. Hubert and Dolphus
'Gordon are taiking of building
the Quickstep phone line from
' Mr. T. M. Lawson's to their home
! near Pinnacle.
Mr. T. M. Lawson went to Dan
| bury today on business.
Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Boyles spent
j Sunday with Mrs. Boyles' brother,
! Mr. M. L. Wall.
Miss Eliza Gordon spent Sun
day with her little friend Miss
Delia Lawson.
Misses Ella and Minnie Boylea
speut Sunday with their sister,
Mrs. J. M. Smith, on King Route
j 2.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Boyles
, spent Sunday and Monday with
j Mrs. Boyles' parents, Mr. and Mrs.
: W. Y. Gordon, on Germanton
i Route 1.
RACHEL.
, Misses Bertha and Bessie Davis to
Visit the Mountain Easter.
Walnut Cove, April (i.
' Dear Reporter:
I wish to sny that EastorJ is j
near at hand. Everybody expects |
a grand time. Eggs and Howers
are expected. Wishing, every- j
body a nice, pleasant time.
Misses Bessie and Bertha Davis
expect to leave Friday, April
9th, for a trip to the mountain.
They expect to join a party of
several friends from High
Point, Greensboro and other
points on the Southern Road.
Wishing them a pleasant trip.
CHATTERBOX.
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Federal Court iS in session at
Greensboro this week, and some
of our Stok,es citizens nre there
as jurors, witnesses and defend
ants. ~ .
C. M. Jones, conveying
prisoners from Winston
and jail account at Wins
ton , 15.85
0. M." Joyce, shroud for
Pleas Manuel, pauper, > 2.(50
R. H. R. Blair, pauper
coffin / 3 50
H. M. Joyce, work;'on' pub
lic road 25 00
M. T. Chilton, supplies for
office , 5.00
A. F. Christian, exchange,
postage, qtc., 1 7.5(5
C. M. Jones, serving notices *
to 3 election officers in
Pinnacle Graded School
District y 1.80
W. G. Petree, serving six
election notices in Saura
towu • 3.(50
J. W. Pell, serving notice
on Surveyor * .00
A. W. 'Davis, conveying
prisoner to jail, eto., 3.25
LIST-TAKERS APPOINTED.
Tt\e following tax listers were
appointed :
Dsnbury— L. J. Young;
Meadows—G. T. Baker;
Yadkin—J. S. Barr;
* Peter's Creek—H. H. Reid;
Snow Creak—Robt. 5. Priddy;
Beaver Island—J. Win. Young;
Sauratown—A. W. Davis; -
Quaker Gap—L. L. Lowe.
DANBURY, N. C., APRIL 7, 1909.
NEW PASTOR CALLED
THE REV. W. M. BEAMER
Of Mt. Airy Has Not Yet Accepted
Invitation to Westfield Baptist
Church Mr. Jesse Duggins 111
With Appendicitis—Personals.
Westfield, April 5.- Rev. J. T
Smith conducted services at the
Westfield Baptist Church Sunday.
A large crowd in attendance.
The members called Rev. W.
M. Beamer, of Mt. Airy, for our
next pastor, but we do not yet!
know whether he will accept or
not. While we regret to give up
Dr. Smith as our jwstor, we will
be pleased to have brother Bea
mer with us.
A Sunday school was organized
at the Westfield Baptist church
Sunday. Everybody invited to
attend.
We want to wake up Westfield
one more time and we think to
have a good Sunday school will
be the proper way to begin.
Mrs. Tom Neal. vho has been '
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ERA
The Beautiful Infant Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Baker.
Of Germanton Route 1.
[ sick, is on the mend, we are glad
I to say.
Mr. Jesse Duggius is bad off
I with the dreaded disi ase. appen
dicitis. Hope he will soon tie
: better.
Miss Kate Simmons returned
homo Monday after having spent
the past live months teaching the
Mt. Hermon school near Madison.
Mr. Joe Hill will leave today
for Winston, where he expects to
take a course in book-keeping.
Misses Alice and Clara Siui
! motis will leave tomorrow, for
Winston, where they expect to
spend Easter with relatives and
friends of that place.
Misses Louella and Savannah
Jessup entertained a number of
friends at their home Sunday.
Miss Phebe Tilley has accepted
a position with Mr. J. X. Davis of
Winston.
Mr. Arthur Sitnnious, of Fran
cisco, spent Saturday and Sunday
with relatives and friends of this
place.
Mrs. W. A. Tilley and daughter
Miss Phebe xisited Mrs. Laura
Hill of Francisco Sunday.
Wishing the Reporter and its
mauy readers much success.
TIPSY.
Marriage License.
Henry Hawkins to Maggie
Knight.
John B. Rutledge to Sarah E.
White.
The Reporter has added a large
number of subscriptions to its
books since the last issue..
WHEAT LOOKS FINE
:
NEWS FROM SANDY RIDGE
Tobacco Plants Doing Badly on Ac
count of Bugs -Fire Escapes From
' Two Plantations Items and Per
sonals of Interest.
Sandy Kidge, April s.—Wheat j
in this section is looking fine.:
Perhaps we will make lots of grain
! this year.
Tobacco plants are looking very
I bad around here on account of
! bu«s.
Mrs. W. C. Wilson and son
Mr. ill Wilson, and Misses
j Ludie Martin, Jessie Webster and
i Lillian Dods m were guests of Mr.!
I Joe Henry Hawkins last Saturday
and Sunday.
Mr. Harvey Vernon called on ,
: Miss BPSS Hawkins Sunday.
"Something doing."
A j 'lly crowd of girls and boye
made a trip to J. W. Morefield's
store Saturday night,
i Fire escaped from Mr. Zeb Mar
| tin's new grouud last Saturday
| evening, and also from Mr. P. H.
i Young's.
Miss Bessie Hawkins and her
guest called on Miss Nina Shep
pard Sunday. Miss Nina and Mr.
Holon accompanied theui home
and spent the afternoon.
' Mr. and Mrs. Jim Martin spent
i Sunday with Mrs. Jarve Martin.
Let's all go fishing Easter Mon
|day and have some fun. The
weather looks like Easter now.
RED, BROWN AND BLUE.
Kttl'TE TWO.
Sandy Ridge Route 2, April 5.
—Mr. A. T. Overby, who lias been j
at Prestouville for sometime, will
move his family and outtit for |
making pictures to Buffalo this!
week.
Mr. Clyde Johnson, who is at-;
tending school at Stoneville, spent!
Saturday and Sunday with his |
parents, Mr, and Mrs. J. R. John- |
son.
Mr. Tom Martin is having his j
residence painted this week, i
Messrs, Austin and Holt, of Mayo
dan, are doing the painting.
Mr. A. J. Gann left this a. m.
for Greensboro, where he will
serve as a juror in the Federal
court.
Mr. J. A. Martin of Five Forks
was in this community the past
week.
Misses Nannie Joyce and Ollie
Gann, of Cases, spent Saturday
night and Sunday with Miss Lil
lian Johnson.
Mr. J. M. Vernon and family
spent the day Sunday with rel
atives at Buffalo.
BUGS DESTROYING PLANTS.
Oak Grove Farmers Wearing Long
Faces—Mr. C. H. Lunsford's Mill
Nearing Completion—Road Over
seers Making Preparation for Court.
Oak Grove. April 5. People of
Oak Grove are wearing long faces
1 on the account of the recent cold
weather. The bugs are destroying
, the tobacco plants, which they are
depending on for their staple crop.
Mr. C. H. Lunsford, one of Oak
' Grove's most hustling men, has
bis mill house near completion,
and has ordered machinery and
expects to have bis mill in run
ning order by the last qf May.
Easter will soon be here, and
; some of our prohibition folks are
lin good cheer as they are expect
] ing a load of booze by that time.
The chickens have kept very
still for the past week as there has
been a protracted meeting going
on near by.
Mr. N. 1. Boyles, who is a can
didate for matrimony, spent Sat
urday night near Cedar Hill and
attended a box supper at that
place.
We think the road overseers are
making preparations for court.
Occasionally we sea a pile of
brush in the road with a few rocks
on it.
Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Smith spent
Sunday with their daughter, Mrs.
D. F, Edwards.
Mr. Bolden, of High Point,
spent Saturday night and Sunday
at the home or Mr. R. G. Gentry.
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i Wheat Crop Looking Fine In East
ern Stokes—People Preparing
For a Large Crop—Fishing Party
For Easter.
Madison, April (s.—Mr. Bob
Joyce, who Ims been sick for some
jtime with gripjie, is out again.
The wheat crop is looking fine
in this section.
The people are very busy plow
| iug and preparing for a large crop.
Mr. Grover Rierson has pur
. chased a lot of calves and goats. I
think he will start out trading be
j fore long.
Wonder what has become of the
1 old Rat ? VVe haven't seen him
since the Miases Roar left. Think
he has gone back in the barn.
Rev. J. Carter filled his reg
ular appointment at. Reed Creek
1 M. E. church Sunday p. in.
j (TUCSB we will have good roads
|in this part of the county. The
Rockingham men are macadamiz
ing the mud holes.
Mrs. Tom Reynolds is visiting
her parents at Saxon this week.
Mr. C. R. Wall has purchased a
j tine mule. This makes four head
! for him.
Mr. Jesse Tut tie filled his reg
ular appointment at Mr. J. D.
: Sharp's Sunday. Guess Miss Lil
| lie is all smiles.
j There will be a fishiug party
I here Easter Monday. Everybody
i invited to join.
BLUE JAY.
j
Mr. Oscar Joyce and family
spent Sunday with his brother,
Mr. Marvin Joyoe.
Mr. W. H. James desires the 1
public to know that he has his I
residence completed at last, and
that he is now ready to get mar- i
ried;Boany woman desiring to ;
marry, had better make applies-1
tion at once.
Mr. Joe Vernon and two sons, i
of Rockingham county, visited his '
sister, Mrs. M. L. Powers, Sun-!
day.
Miss Mabel tiann, of Intelli
gence, is visiting relatives and
friends in this section.
Mi. Johu Wilkins in on the
siok list this week.
It is reported that the insects
are destroying all tlie tobacco
plants in this section.
NEW SUNDAY SCHOOL
ORGANIZED AT BETHANY
; Mr. J. L. Meadows Is Superintalrffat
I —Large Number of Friend*
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Pulliam Oft,
Germanton Route 1.
Gerninnton Route 1, April
Bethany Luthern Sunday -schoolJH
organized yesterday with Mr. J.fl
L. Meadows superintendent. Wi'l
hope to have a success with our 9
Sunday school, and that all thW j
people will come out and take t j
part and make it interesting for
the teachera and scholars.
Mrs. Hessie Meadows has a reri'Nfp
sick horse at this writing. Hopa v
it will soon be alright.
Mre. George King aud chlldretf,
little Harroll and Carroll, aril
spending some time with her *
parents Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Pol
liam.
Mr. Geo. King, who baa been
building some chimneys for Mr. '
T. E. THlotson, completed his
work last Thursday, returning to
his home Saturday at Stoneville.
Mrs. J. M. Redding is spending
the day with Mrs. B. F. Pulliam.
The stork visited Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Kiser Sunday morning and
left a bouncing boy.*
Grandma King, you must hurry
and come to Bee your little Har
roll and Carroll, for you won't
know us, v.*e are growing so fast
since we came to the mountains.
Grandma, please let us know
through the Reporter if you are
coming to see us during the as
sociation.
Mr. B. F. Pulliam, accompanied *
by Mr. George King, Mr. and
Mrs. G. R. Pulliam and daughter
Miss Alverta and Master Bryan,
went to King Thursday, returning
Friday, and report a pleasant trip.
Mr. B. F. Pulliam visited his
sister Mrs. Mary Eaton, at Pilot
Mt., last week.
There will be preaching at the
: Bethany Lutheran Church Friday
and Saturday night, Sunday and
Sunday night before the third
1 Sunday in April,
i Mr. John Wade Johnson and
sister, Miss Susan, visited their »
sister yesterday, Mrs. Geo. Lewis.
Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Pulliam ac
companied by their sister Miss
Alverta, made a trip to Winston
last week.
Sunday being such a pretty
day, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Pulliam
were glad to have so many of
their friends present. Among the
number present were Mr. and
Mrs. J. R. Mendenhall, Mrs. Hes
sie Meadows, Mr. and Mrs. G. R.
, Meadows, Mr. and Mrs. C. S Car-
I rool, Aliases Berta Tillotson,
: \ allie, Lennis and Lilla Menden
hall, Messrs. R. B. Tuttle, Abe
Tuttle, W. M. Bowles, D. M.
Bowles, Dr. J. W. Slate, Wesley
Smith, Paul Smith, Ross Darnell,
Cary John Covington,
Lucas Ferguson, Edgar Mitchell,
Powell and Callie Mitchell,
Arthur Southern, Oscar Southern,
Ross Southern, Earl Meadows,-
Charlie Mendenhall, and others.
Air. Nat Boles had his graplio
phone at Pulliam's, and made
some fine music, that was very
much enjoyed by both old and
young.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Boyles
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
J. M. Redding.
Wishing one and all a pleasant- «
Easter.
Dr. W. V. McCanless was called
to Winston Monday by a phone
message announcing the critical
illuess of his sister, j Mrs. R. I.
Dalton.
Rev. and Mrs. Franklin Mere
dith, evangeliata of tbe Friends'
church, located at
pream^^r^OTM^
No. 1,934