THE DANBURY REEQRTER
VOLUME XXXIX.
SANDY RIDGE NEWS
PERSONALS AND LOCAL ITEMS
Meeting Closes At Presbyterian
I Church Mr. J. T. Kallam Raises
I * Bumper Wheat Crop—Cropa are
| Good
' Sandy Ridge, August 22.
Rev. Hodgens, of Greensboro,
carried on a revival at the Pres
byterian church here last week.
A number of young people
from here attended a revival at
Mayo last week.
Miss Weltha McCray, of Ridge
way, Virginia, has returned
home after a pleasant visit to
relatives here.
Miss Pearl Brown returned to
her home at Vinton, Virginia,
Monday after a pleasant visit to
relatives and friends here.
Miss Clara Tilley will leave
s Tuesday for Walnut Cove.
Mr. Claude Hutcherson spent
last week with friends and rel
atives near Stuart, Va.
Miss Nellie Crews, of Reids
ville, is the guest of relatives
here.
Mr. Jim Scales, of Winston, is
visiting his old home here.
. Mrs. E. S. Smith and sister,
lof Bristol. Tennessee, who have
Pbeen visiting Mrs. Smith's
parents Mr. and Mrs. Doyle,
returned home last Thursday.
Mrs. Geo. Ziglar and son Jim,
k of Winston, are the guests of
Itfn. Ziglar's daughter, Mrs.
■Nellie Blair.
Messrs. C. C. Hutcherson and
O. W. Thornton called on Misses
Mabel, Florence and Lemma
Amos Saturday night. Hope
they enjoyed their call.
BUSTER BROWTC AND TIGE.
\
k Sandy Ridge Route 2, Aug. 22.
F—Mr. J. T. Kallam made the
bumper crop of wheat in this
section, 603 bushels.
Watermelon season is here at
last, and crops in general are
good.
Mr. N. R. Amos and family,
are visiting at Mr. Leonard Zig
lar's today.
A musical coon and cow boy
shofr was on the Ridge Saturday.
LON.
Notice.
The undersigned will open
school at Danbury on Monday,
September sth, 1910.
A special course given for
teachers who desire t» make
better certificates. The work
given in last teacher's institute
will be gone over for the bene-1
fit of those who did not attend
the County Teahers' Institute.
Board $9 to sl2 per month.
Tuition $2 to $3.
J. T. SMITH.
Marriage at Moore's Springs.
Mr. Guy Volger Horn and Miss
Mamie Belle Ingram, of East
pßend, were married in the hotel
parlor at Moore's Springs yester
day, Esquire J. R. P. East
officiating.
Sawmill For Sale.
I have a sawmill for sale, 25
horse power engine and 30 horse
power boiler, 30-foot carriage, 52-
, inch saw. Everything in first
clgss running order. One loir
cart, one yoke of steers.
A.
Walnut Cove, N. C.
24aug 4 w
RURAL HALL ROUTE TWO.
Several Protracted Meetings —Ice
Cream Supper—Bethel Sunday
School Social Affair—Other Items
of Interest.
Rural Hall Route 2, August 22.
—We had a fine shower of rain
last Sunday through this section
and crops look refreshed this
morning.
Mr. James Jones cut a barn of
tobacco last week, which, is the
first in this section. He will put
the color to it this week.
On last Friday a large number
of people from this section went
down to Mr. A. H. Tuttle's and
I • i
gave him a surprise on his birth
day. He is one of our neighbor
boys, who for a long time lived
in this section, and whom we all
learned to love, but has been
living down near Bethania for
several years, and is one of that
section's best farmers.
We are glad to note that Mrs.
N. S. Jones, who has been very
feeble for some time, is gettinr
much better.
The meeting, which had been
going on at the King Baptist
church since Sunday, closed last
Friday night. Large crowds
present, good preaching and
trust that much good was done,
and that its influence may con
tinue.
The protracted meeting at
: Corinth closed last Friday night,
j A great number were baptised
| last Friday. From reports great
I good has been accomplished by
' the meeting.
Mr. Clade Jones spent Situr
i day night at Mr. W. R. Moser's.
Mr. Charlie Fulp was visited
by a great number of his rela
tives Sunday and all enjoyed a
happy day together.
There was an ice cream sup
per at Mr. Ira Moser's last Sat>
urday night and all who were
] present report a good lively
J time.
Messrs. Charlie and Rupert
Helsabeck were seen at King a
few Sundays ago.
Mr. Oscar Cromer went to
! Rural Hall on a business trip
Saturday.
The Messrs. James' were visit
ed Sunday by a great number of
their neighbors and all had a
nice time.
The Bethel Sunday school
gathered at the church Saturday
evening and was given a free
treat of ice cream and cake and
lemonade by the officers and
teachers. The ever ing was one
of pleasure. Not only did the lit
tle folks show foith their joy by
their bright faces, but the older
ones were made to feel young
and happy, and partook freely !
of the good things which chil- j
dren always enjoy.
MisS Ora Fulp spent a day at
King last week visiting relatives
and attending meeting at that
place.
It is now time for the boys
and girls and parents cf Stokes
bounty to begin to think and to
get ready for the schools which
will begin not very far in the
future. Prepare for life and the
great problems wWch you must
help to solve.
DANBURY, N. C., AUGUST 24, 1910.
ENJOYABLE CONCERT
MONDAY NIGHT AT PIEDMONT
Program Rendered By the Guests
And Every Number Faultlessly
Rendered—Large Crowd At the
Popular Resort.
Piedmont Springs, N. C.,
August 23, 1910. —Last night in
the amusement hall of this
splendid and popular resort was
witnessed a delightful and high
ly enjoyable concert. The idea
for giving the concert originated
in the minds of some of the
guests who were discussing the
sending of a contribution to the
Rev. Alfred R. Berkley, rector
of the Church of the Messiah at
Mayodan, who is doing such fine
work among the cotton mill
children of that mill village.
Within five or six hours the pro
gram had been arranged, candy
was made and Lmonade was
ready for tr? occasion, all the
numbers u. ll.e programs being
by the visitors.
The total receipts amounted to
$20.00, which has been forward
ed to the Rev. Mr. Berkley.
The candy was prepared by the
young lady guests at the resort,
and this table was presided over
by Mrs. John T. Oliver and
Miss Elizabeth Hill and Miss
Barber. The lemonade was sold
!by Mrs. J. S. Harper and Miss
| Edmonds. Hon. A. D. Ivie, of
j Leaksville, announced the num-
I bers on the program and gave a
' history of the work which is be
i ing done by Mr. Berkley, former
1 school mate of Mr. Ivie. The
| ushers were Messrs. Barbee and
Watkins, and Mr. Arthur White
was door-keeper.
Mrs. Mary Gallaway, of Madi
son, presided at the organ, and
had a splendidly trained choir of
fifteen voices which rendered
two hymns from the Episcopal
hymnal which were greatly en
joyed. Every number on the
| program was faultlessly render
i ed, and each participant was
compelled to respond to an en
core. The full program was as
follows:
Opening Hymn, "Onward,
Christian Soldier3,the Choir.
Solo—Miss Dick.
Solo—Mr. Lindsay Ross.
Reading—Miss Ellis.
Trio -Instrumental—Dr. Hill.
Mrs.-Powell and Miss Hill.
Declamation—Mr. Hampton
Pratt.
Solo—Mr. J. Iriving B-lt.
heading- Miss Meador.
Solo—Miss Noel.
Solo—"Uncle Joe" Fetzer.
Violin solo—Dr. Hill.
The guests were highly ! -
lighted with the evening's en
tertainment, and pronounced the
concert up to the standard set by
the local talent in the cities
which were represented in the
audience.
There are a hundred guests in
the hotel, and all are having a
delightful suourn, and are really
entertained by the proprietress
of the hotel, Mrs. Flinchum.
The fare is fine, and the water
is causing roses to bloom again
in cheeks which have been pale
and faded. Another hundred
guests are in the cottages, and a
CAMPAIGN TO OPEN
AT SPRAY. SEPTEMBER 5
i Major Chas. M. Stedman, Gov. Kitchin
and Solicitor Graves To Speak—
A Big Day Promised.
Leaksville, Aug. 23. Major
Chas. M. Stedman Will open his
campaign for election to Congress
in Rockingham county. His
first speech will be in Spray on
Labor Day, Sept. sth. Local
Democrats are planning for an
enormous crowd. Gov. Kitchin
will be present and also make
his first speech of the campaign.
It will be remembered that he
opened his campaign two years
ago at Wentworth with Hon. A.
; L. Brooks and that a crowd esti
' j mated at 8,000 to 10,000 people
' was present. Hon. S. P. Graves,
j candidate for Solicitor, will be
j present with the Governor and
1 Major Stedman at Spray on the
11 5 th, and will also speak.
Two or three mammoth pa
rades from different sections will
1 come to Spray, arriving at 10
o'clock A. M.
The leaksville township peo
ple extend a cordial invitation to
s the people generally to take part
in the exercises on this occasion.
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i!
I Hail and Wind Storm Breaks To
i bacco On Danbury Route I—Com
munion Meeting At Snow Creek
Sunday. 28th.
i\ Danbury Route 1, Aug. 23.
•j People in tnis section are getting
* ready for cutting and curing
i! tobacco.
I The hail and wind storm broke
> a lot of tobacco in this section
Saturday night.
Apple peelings and peach
I peelings are all the go in this
r neighborhood now.
[ The writer and another fellow
1 took a long ride in a one-horse
- j automobile Sunday, but never
» got wet.
Mr. Gid Mabe visited over in
i i Bennett section Sunday.
The communion meeting will
; 1 be held at Snow Creek Sunday
j 28th. A large crowd is expect
, i e d-
Mr. David Jennings visited
down on Snow Creek Sunday.
"EXPERIENCER."
| snore congenial and j >lly crowd
j of people would be hard to find.
Some of the guests have sug
gested the idea of starting a
fund for providing a memorial
to the late Col. John M. Galla
way, a former valued citizen of
Rockingham county, who has
i spent the summers here for a
long number of years and at
whose cottage every Sunday
morning there has been conduct- 1
i
ed religious services. If the
plan to start the fund is adopted
this season the memorial will be
a little chapel at which these
services will hereafter be held.
Col. Gallaway had for a number
of years been the senior warden
of his church at Madison and
was a most devout church man.
The concert will be repeated
by request with change of pro
gram tonight (Wednesday.) The
admiission price will be 10 cents.
MADISON HAPPENINGS.
Marrying and Giving In Marriage —
Encouraging Opening of the To
bacco Market at Goldsboro—T. J.
Gann and Family Coming Back
To Stokes.
Madison, Aug. 23.—We ought
to feel good. The crops are fine
and the people are being married.
Mr. J. T. Wilson's daughter.
Miss , was married to Mr. i
Jones, of Stokesdale, a few days
ago. Mr. Ben Wall and Miss
Sadie Martin are to jump the
broom Wednesday, the 24th.
The tobacco market opened at
Goldsboro with 100,000 pounds
and sold from 50 to 75 per cent,
higher than a year ago. Mr.
Henry McGehee at Nickols. S.
C., sold 98.000 pounds at an av
erage of $12.31.
Mr. T. J. Gann and family will
move back to their home in
Stokes county in the near future.
It is being talked here that Mr.
Fleming Goolsby will erect anew
warehouse on the lot where he
had a house destroyed by fire
Wednesday night, and will be
run by Messrs. Thomas Tucker
and Claud Martin.
Two cases of drnnkennes be
fore the Mayor yesterday. Three
dollars each and cost.
Mr. John Ziglar's baby, about
five weeks old, died yesterday
morning and will be buried near
Walnut Cove.
CITIZEN.
DILLARD NEWS.
Uncle Jerry Martin Continues Quite
Feeble Listen For the Wedding
Bells.
Dillard, Aug. 23.-Mr. Ed
Carroll, salesman for Marler-
Dalton-Gilmer Co., of Winston,
spent last night here.
Mr. John Galloway, of Madi
son, was here a short while to
day.
I Mr. J. W. Herd visited rel
! atives near Walnut Cove Sunday.
Uncle Jerry Martin continues
J ; ( uite feeble.
Mr. James Duncan, who left
here 32 years ago, and has been
j living at Barnesville. Ga.. is
i here on a visit to relatives.
Mr. Albert Goolsby and sister.
' Miss Maud, visited relatives
i here Saturday and Sunday.
Listen for the wedding bel's ?
A.
Dillard, Aug. 23.—80 mto
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Stultz, a
fine boy.
Miss Carrie Brown and broth
er, George, and Missis. Nume
Vaughn and Van Tuttle, of Wal
nut Cove, visitid at the home of
Mr. F. M. Davidson Sunday.
Mr. J. A. Leak visited friends
here Sunday.
Misses Anni Adkin?on and
Gracie Smith, who hav; been
visiting Miss Adkinson's grand
father, Mr. F. M. Davidson, for
the past mcnth, will return to
their home at Greensboro Sat
urday.
Mr. J. A. Lawson, of Walnut
Cove, passed through yesterday
on his way to Lawsonville in
response to a message announc
ing the illness of Mrs. Lawson.
No. 2,003
KILLING IN STOKES
I '
JOHN HODGE BEHIND BARS
Fash Mitchell Receives Load of
Shot In Abdomen, And Dies One
Hour Later —Inquest To Be Held.
Late Saturday evening, be
tween four and five o'clock,
John Hodge shot and killed
Rush Mitchell near Bob Hall's
place one mile south of the
Virginia line, in Stokes county.
The weapon used was a single
barrel breech-loading shotgun.
Mitchell lived about an hour
after being shot. Soon after
the tragedy Hodge left,
going in the direction of the
Va. line. Tuesday evening
he returned home where he was
arrested by R. L. Coleman, and
was brought to jail here this
afternoon.
No warrant was issued until
Tuesday about 12 o'clock, when
Gabe Mitchell, the father of the
dead man, whose home is in
Patrick, came down and swore
out papers before E. C. Shep
pard, J. P.. at Lawsonville.
The warrant was placed in the
hands of R. L. Coleman, deputy
sheriff.
The shooting is said to be the
result of an old grudge between
Hodge and Mitchell. The
tragedy took plac? in Hodge's
yard.
A representative of the Re
porter interviewed the prisoner
at the jail this afternoon at 3:30
o'clock. He is a beardless youth,
rather tough looking, between
i the ages of 21 and 23 years. He
appeared perfectly composed,
and chewed his tobacco quietly
while talking to the newspaper
i man. He was asked why he
j killed Mitchell, and replied that
, it was a pure accident, that Mit
chell was in the act of handing
him the gun when it accidentally
was discharged. Hodge claimed
that the dying man acknowledg
ed that the shooting was an ac
j cident.
The prisoner is the son of Bil
lie Lee Hodge, and has been
married about 2 years, but there
are no children. Mitchell was
j unmarried.
Mitchell was buried Sunday
afternoon. No inquest has yet
| been held. The authorities here
are notifying the coroner this
afternoon preparatory to post
mortem proceedings.
ESTIMATING GRAIN CROP.
More Machine Men Send in Their
Figures -Others Urged to Report.
Several more reports have
been received from machine
men of number of bushels of
grain threshed in Stokes this
year. The list now stands as
follows :
Wheat. Rye. Oats.
W. H. Slate
& Co.
7,0C0 ',OO 500
J. W. Morefield
& Co.
6,000 - -
• Southern &
Tillotson.
6,000 129 -
IC. H. Lunsford
& Co.
4,644 - -
E. C. Sheppard
V (Jo.
6,GL6 100 10
W. G. Slate
& &on, 6,011)
Brown Bros., 5,551 522 100
Meadows,
Grabs & Co., 5,135 216 709
J. B. Wall, 3,430 - -
Hutcherson
& Smith, 6,050
All other machine mm ere
earnestly requested to send in
their figures at once.