ME DANBURY REPORTER.
Ax\ in.
ydkes in Slimy
/ Grip of Smallpox
of the Foul Disease Reported From Seven of
the Eight Townships -- State Board of Health
Writes Curt" Letter to Commissioners Which
Makes the Board Mad—Dr. J. W. Neal Appointed
dp Take Situation in Hand in Place of Dr. E. Fulp,
isigned- -Other Transactions of the County Com
missioners.
■Smallpox has laid its feverish,
festering hand on seven of the
eight townships of Stokes county, 1
and ways and taeans of combating
the further progress of the disease
was the principal thome before the i
meeting of the county commis
sioners here Monday and Tuesday
The Board was in receipt of two j
or three curt letters from the State
Board of Health severely crit- ;
icizing tbe commissioners for al- j
lowing the disease to spread, and j
stathig that Stokes was proving an I
expensive neighbor to other ad- j
joining counties. The State Board j
called the attention of the county J
authorities to their duty under the ;
law, which is to appoint a capable j
*( Superintendent of Health whose
shall be to enforce vacci- j
[nation, quarantine, etc. Thecom
/ missioners were very emphatic in
■ the opinion that the State Board j
/ it misinformed as to the true sit
\ uation in this county, alleging
ihat nearly all the smallpox came
Vrom adjoining counties, and that
«*jufV«|V few cases were known to
spread from tbe disease at
I Walnut Cove. Dr. E. Fulp had at
I the last meeting of the Board
I been appointed Superintendent of
I Health, but he has resigned, find-
I ing the extent of his duties in the
J V situation too wide to admit of fur
j ther work at the salary agreed
j upon of $5.00 per day. The Board
»t the present meeting appointed
Dr. J. W. Neftl, of Meadows, in j
of Dr. Pulp, and invested]
hid) with full power and authority
k to vaccinate and quarantine all
W persons who in bis judgment have
V* been /xposed to thediser.se. Dr.
salary was fixed at $l5 00
Mdayfortho time actually en
• in tbe woik. The place of
ft t on the sanitary com
m trni'.* which he resigned;
M the Board appointed him [
•intendent of Health, was'
lby the appointment of Dr.
I Slate Dr. Neal begins his
„ .*> today, and will go first to
y£apella, theoee to Sandy Ridge,
Asbary. Walnut Cove,
I iiuftLall ity«r neighborhoods where
I exists.! All persons
Iwho /jHwve been exposod to the
" Mdisefße and who refuse to he vacci
liated or quarantined, 'as the Su
%jmntendeiit mav in his discretion
vrect, will be law,
Id will be prosecuted.
•s. Wberitf C. M. Jones was author
m> the Boari! to destroy tbe
■pntly captured in the Seven
Mills, which oeremony was
Voriued by the Sheriff in
in the presence of a
Ml of carious-eyed spec
old copper will be
Virst Monday in Fsb
..jMitrbeat bidder.
Bng olaims were paid :
Hn, refund on
m $ li 06
publishing
- 6500
no-
I 4.25
V jail ao-
V 2 ?°°
1 carry-
38.70 j
Y. S. Smith, keeping Poor
House for Deo., 03.(55
C. M. Jones, Sheriff, destroy
ing still, 20.00
Pauper allowances were granted
as follows : ""
PAUPER ALLOWANCES.
Shep Durham, $ 3.50
V. W. Newsom, 3.00 J
J. L. Freeman, (>. Of
Agnes Lawson. 2.00;
! Martha Hicks, 1.50!
Jane Smith, 3.00 j
Sarah Lawson, 2.001
Sallie Priddy, 3.00 j
Mosah Durham, 3.50 J
Elija Southern. 2.001
j Flora Smith, I! 00
Etta Bullen, 0.00
Jane Mabe, 3.00
Harriet Smith, 3.00
! Happy Marriage of Mr. Harden H.
Tuttle and Miss Flossie Gravitt.
j
Walnut Cove Route 1, Jan. 4. —
Walnut Cove Route 1 seems to be
a noted route for weddings. There
| was another one at Locust Hill
| Farm Sunday, January 3rd, which
made a very happy bride and
groom, when Mr. Harden H. Tut
j tie and Miss Flossie Gravitt were
united in marriage. Mr, Tuttle is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. John
Tuttle, and Miss Gravitt is the
daughter of Mr. James 11. Grav
itt. of Yadkin township. Mr. Tut
tle is a young man who has made
and 6aved some money farming.
He is one who farms because he
likes it nnd makes money out of
it. The waiters were Mr. Walter
Terry and Miss Nannie Fowler,
Mr. Luther Kiser and Miss Prim
mie Fowler, Mr. Ernest Bol»s ami
Miss Ora Fowi -r, Mr. Coy Fowler
and Miss Janie Tedder. After the
ceremony they left for the home
!of the groom, where dinner and a
| reception awaited them.
P.
News and Personals of King Route 1.
King Route 1, Jan. 3. —Christ-
mas has gone and another year has
begun. Now, let us try una se-»
how much better we can make 1910
than 1909.
Rev. Richardson, the new pastor
at Chestnut Grove M. E. church,
filled his appointment Sunday.
Misses Margaratte and Virginia
Edwards attended church at Olive
Grove Sunday evening.
Misses Jean and Pinie King, of
1 Pinnacle Route 2, who hold po
sitions in Winston-Salem, spent
the latter part of Christmas with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam King.
Mrs. Mildred Edwards speut
' Saturday night and Sunday with
her daughter, Mrs. M. D. Hamm.
Misses Grace and Ola Hamm
visited the Misses King Saturday.
Some of the young people of
this section leave today for school,
; after spending the holidays at
house. Miss Fannie Hamm goes
i to Greensboso, and Messrs. R. L.
and T. C. Boyles to Boonville.
, Some boys and girls visited at
the home of Mr. D. L. Boyleß, Jr.,
i Sunday, but failed to find him at
home as he was seen going toward')
Danbury early Sunday morning
SCHOOL GIRL.
" ,
' Mrs. Laura Davis, *ho ha 3
been seriously ill wit^pntfbmonia.
DA v ,URY, N. C., JANUARY 5, 1910.
FELL ROM BUGGY
JOHN HAiLEY BADLY HURT
But He is Now Recovering—Only
Two Cases of Smallpox Inside the
Corporate Limits of Walnut Cove
—Other Cove News.
Walnut Cove, Jan. 4. —We
gladly welcome these warm days
after three weeks of the coldest
weather that has visited this sec
tion in a long time.
Christmas has come and gone.
It was very quiet here.
But very few visitors in towu
now on account of the smallpox
scare. There are not but two cases
of smallpox inside the corporate
limits, but a good many cases
scattered cit in the country,
j Some it hurts badly, and some it
lit does not hurt *t all. Every
child that enters the tchools here
of both races most be vaccinated,
i and most, everybody is being vac
cinated. which is the only sensible
way to do. We don't see how it
can continue to srr-.d.
Mr. John W. (iiiijon has been
i right sick fur ■: -week or two.
I Mr. Easley's •hildren have the
whooping cough and are right
i sick.
i Miss Bertha Davis went to
I Walkertown yesterday.
Miss Louela Fulp and Miss
| Morris went to Sandy Ridge MOll
- day to teach school.
Mr. John Bailey was thrown
from his buggy a few days ago
and sustained painful injuries.
Three doctors attended him and
sewed up his wounds. He seems
to be oil the road to recovery now.
We were sorry to see uncle
( Jacob Fulton under the weather
( this week, but hope he will 6oon
be better.
( Our school has opened with a
! large attendance.
Farmers' Meetings.
Rev. C. W. Glidewell, County
> Organizer for the Farmers' Union
F in Stokes, will ad.iress the far til
r | ers at the following times and
,: places :
-j Mount Tabor school house
I.Thursday, Jan. >, 1910, at 7 I'. M.
r 15ubby Blossom school house
j Friday. Jan. 7, 7 P. M.
i! King, Jan. 8, 7P. M.
i D F. Tillotson's, Jan. 10, 7 P. M
W. M. Smith's (school house),
| Jan. 11, 7 P. M.
Flat Rock school house Jan. 12.
. 7 P. M.
Brim school house Jan. 115, 7
; p. M.
(1 Flinty Knoll school house Jan
3 {14, 7P. M.
Buck Island school house -lan
r i 17, 7 P. M.
: Daubnry Jan. 18, 7P M.
Young's school house Jan. 19,
B 7 P. M.
Wall's school house Jan. 20, 7
P. M.
* Tobacco ville
* Tobacooville, Jan. 3.—Mrs
Susan Shields, of Georgia, is visit
ing friends of Tobacooville.
Miss Martha Ingram left Tues
* day to spend a few in Win
ston.
Twenty-five young girls and
n boys spent Saturday at Sohaub'e
' mill pond skating. The ioe was
thickest it bad been for years.
' Misses Elsie Grabs, Rena Love
and Myrtle Hutobiua visited
B Misses Naomi and Viola Ingram
Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hendrii
spent Saturday and Sunday with
' | Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Newsom.
1 ; SUNSHINE.
»i . -
; ! -
i Frauk Hughes, col,, lost a mule
while crossing' Seven Island Ford
3 Friday night. The mule fell amid
i., the floating ice and drowned
ASBURY CHRISTMAS
MUCH DRINKING REPORTED
Popular Couple Married-Farmers'j
Union Organized—G. L. Simmons 
Returned From Oklahoma Not
So Well Pleased.
Brim Route 1, Jan. I.—Christ
mas is just over at Asbury, and we !
do hate to tell it, but we had lots .
of drunkenness all through the j
week of Christmas. We must beg j
Virginia to help us in some way
or we will not have the nice, quiet i
week we should have, as we are so j
: near the Virginia line and block-1
i ade stills.
i Mr. Jesse Lawson and Miss;
i Collins, of Virginia, were married |
. I last Sunday at the home of the !
bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joel
|Collins, in Virginia. Jesse is the;
11 fourth son of Mr. John A. Law
, I son. and has set a good example
. I for two of his elder brothers.
; The Farmers' Union was organ
:' ized Iwre a few days ago. They
j now have 30 members, and it
i seems most everybody is goinu
to join.
j Among the visitors in our little
M village this week were Mr. Wil
liam Waller and wife and two
j daughters, Misses Maggie and
Lois. Mr. Good and Mr. F. L.
9 Smith and two sisters took dinner
-! and spent the day Wednesday at
; Dr. J. J. Leak's. On Tuesday Mr.
i J.A. Simmons and wife and Mrs.
31 J. T. Crumpler and daughter, Miss
.Iris, all of Germanton; Mr. and
1! Mrs. J. W. Jessup and Miss Ethel
3 Simmons, all of Westlield, and
. Misses Apha and Mary Jessup
i took dinner and spent the day at
r Mr. G. L. Simmons',
i Mrs. Nannie Mills, of Rich
mond, Va., is visiting at Dr. J. J.
i Leak s.
Misses Ersel Freeman and Lil
lian Simmons spent the week in
Greensboro.
! Miss Mary Sue Willis spent
Christmas at her home near Wal
[i
nut Cove,
j Mr. G. L. Simmons has just re
turned from Oklahoma and Mis
e souri, where he has been looking
[ for a farm near a good school t >
e educate his children. He
jgood land in Oklahoma ver s bii»h
I The school land is in a I> ■ s jmrt
[ of Oklahoma nnd v.►» n
I shape to buy. The I.  !
| all his way. You etui bid t t il'.
> but the man on the land can take
jit from you at your bid. But that
7 ! is m t tin; worst of it, the agent ot
I the X. S. A. had appraised his log
, house aiid slab stables at $2,00 C
aiul you have it to pay in cash be
i lore you can get the man off. In
i short words, you had to buy the
j land twice to get a deed from the
j | government. The best part of
Oklahoma is in the eastern part of
7 the State around Tulsa and Broken
Arrow. Tulsa is one of the best
towns in the State of Oklahoma.
He visited Mr. Walter Shepp-ud
and family there, and they seemed
s. to be perfectly at home. Mr. Sira
t- mons' advice to men going
west is this : If you have no
i- money, stay in North Carolina,
»- but if you can afford to pay $50.00
to $lOO.OO per acre for land, go to
d eastern Oklahoma or central Mis
s souri. All the cheap land in Ok
is lahoma or Missouri you would not
swap North Carolina ridge land
e j agre for acre. There are ten land
d buyers in Oklahoma to one in
n North Carolina. He found a lot
of people in the west who want to
x sell their land at $5O 00 to SIOO.OC
h per acre and come to this State or
Virginia and buy land cheap and
build it up. Our climate, water
and fruit are much the he9t, he
,e B ®y B '
j Mr. Howard Payne has small
, pox at Westfield, E. J. |gouldi|»
j Payne
PiJelWnVTt will be well spread.
Miss Trudie Reid
Wins With 161,913
Exciting Close of the Great Voting Contest Last
Friday-Miss Johnson Second, and Miss Pulliam
Third--More than a Quarter of a Million Votes
Cast For the Three Leaders -- Reporter Office
Packed With a Large and Excited Crowd--Congrat
ulations to the Winners.
CHRISTMAS AT DALTON.
Passed Quietlv, With Very Little
Drunkenness —Personals.
Dalton, Jan. 3.—Christmas pass
;ed off quiet and peaceable here
1 with very little drunkenness.
Misses Georgia and Bertha j
'Dalton, of Winston, spent last j
week with their sister, Mrs. Dr. I
Phillips. Miss Bertha left Sun-j
day a. in., for Marion,N. C.. where'
she is teaching school. Hetj
school opens today.
Miss Annie Dodson of Ontario, j
Va., is spending some time hero i
with her sister, Mrs. L. R. Coe.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. West more -'
land visited relatives at King Sat-i
1 urday and Sunday.
Misses Delia and Lelia Boyles. |
of Walnut Cove, spent Christmas i
with relatives and friends here.
: returning home Sunday, accom
; panied by their grand mother.
Mrs. Martha Westmoreland.
1 ; Among the Christmas visitors
; here were Mr. Charlie Dalton, of
I Charlotte, Mr. Scales Dalton, of
i Winston, Mr. Walter Boyles of
'j Walnut Cove and Mr. Ralph
j Sullivan of Pinnacle.
Mr. and Mrs. P. R. Robertson, |
' j of Charleston, S. C., sper : "hrist
'; mas with Mr. llobertsor -
' Mrs. J. L. Ruinley.
Mr. Will Brown • . i i I
1 j Hall Sunday.
! Most all of the peonies
1 : that were away •' . i ■ ent
i J
' | spent Christm* • \ heir
j parents. Anion •>> .> > • )tes
" j Brs Cyrjfl's r- ,m t \eiger.
* Albert Phillips n: s ** • Oliver.
- Misses Mnrtha Oliver .id (ieor
gi i Ki lt r.
1 Mr- SV. R. Ham, of Greeus
i spent Christmas here with
! * 'Utives,
Miss Sarah Hampton arm Mr. flnmp
'• Tuttie 111
p
t Geriunnton m. t.
People in this vicimtj t.
g paring to burn plant beds. Uuess
0 ttiere will be a large crop of to
bacco this year.
„ Miss Sarah Hampton is very
e low, we are sorry to note.
e Mr. Hamp Tuttle is very ill
with typhoid fever at this writing.
,f There were several scholars
q ahsent from the graded school at
Germanton Monday on account
t of smallpox.
j Guess Messrs. Jackson Wall
j and Preston Bowman will soon
take in Misses Nannie Montgom
, ery and Bertha Meadows, as they
0 are seen taking buggy rides very
, often.
k f
0 Sunday School hns closed at
0 Chaffin on account of sickness.
Hope it will open again when
winter breaks.
Hope the Reporter and its
j readers a happy New Year.
MAMMA'S PET.
I
D
it Board of Education Meets.
0 The Board of Education met at
the court house Monday, a full
r board being in attendance. The
' meeting was for the purpose of
r apportioning the school fund.
B ! The Board will ask the/ State fo
! money enough to run a fo
'"' months school in eac'^distric 4
county. The '
, i of the school mo - .
| next week.
No. 1,970
Miss Trudie Reid, 161,tf10
Miss Claudia Johnson, 101,420
Miss Beulah Pulliam, »1,21
Promptly at 12 o'clock M. last
Friday, the last day o£ the year,
the most exciting and .. uc
cessful popularity voting contest
ever conducted by any North
i Carolina weekly newspaper, came
ito a close. The Reporter office
i was packed with a large, excited,
jgood humored crowd, who pied
j all the standing type, threatened
j the safety of the building, joked.
I laughed, anil congratulated the
! victorious.
Karly the afternoon before
! representatives of all the can
i didates were here, as follows :
Mr. H. H. Reid, representing
j his daughter. Miss Trudie: Mr.
I J. T. Johnson and daughter, Miss
Claudia: Messrs. B. F. and O. L.
Pulliani, who took care of the
interests of Miss Beulah, and Mr.
R. L. Lawson, who held about
11,000 votes. Several caucuses
took place Thursday night, re
minding one of the wire-workings
of a political convention.
By nine o'clock Friday morning
the crowd began to come in, and
| soon several hundred people wore
|ou the ground. A large number
of votes were turred in by lieu
tenants. who came in occasionally.
Mr. (xeo. Smith, of King, arrived
| about 10 o'clock with C>,500 vo t ft s
for Miss -Johnson. Much de
sultory voting was done by the
crowd. Doubt, expectation, sup
prossed excitement were written on
tt f>f every one. The over
,: v m .'iment of the crowd
n.. 'it .Miss Reid was
. , lv ■ i\ kne* for sure.
()ver*u e- ■ ••. ■ .i 1 c i com
- promise, .. . • v.irotw. '■ «'*M
i eil by all the leader.- .r> , v
; rejected. It was to be . ight to
! the finish, with no quarter s!. «vn
p Mr. B. F. Pulliam saw that his
9ide must lose, and proposed to
-•fll his uncast votes to the John
js. u forces, which were declined.
He then sold to the Reid delega
tion. After this the Johnson
j forces refused to continue the
! fight, and the count was made,
showing the result as above,
j It was a brave, faithful, brilliant
battle, and each one of the young
s ladies should feel proud of the
splendid and loyal support of their
j friends. If there had been no
selling, the Pulliam vote would
j have been ninety odd thousand,
but Miss Reid would have still
| been ahead by some twenty-five
i thousand. But if the Pulliains
, j had not sold it is believed by many
I persons that the Johnsons would
J have won. Messrs. J. T. John
son, of King, and W. R. Johnson.
|of Wir.ston-Salem. were determ
ined to win. On the other hand
i the Reid fVces were strong, Mr.
jJ. Wesley ityorefield being one of
j the w \ backers of Miss
Re ! _ \
warded the
j pii V> her the
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