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LOCAL ITEMS. Messrs. P. T. Smith and Dock Hall visited Danbury Saturday. Mr. Paul Taylor returned home Thursday from Guilford College. Miss Van Tucker, of Smith, was in town a short while on business Thursday of last week. Mr. Robt. Kiser killed a rattle snake which had 12 rattles and was five feet 8 inches long. Miss Delia Stuart left Wednes day for Spray where she has ac cepted a position in a printing office. Miss Mary Taylor reached home from Guilford College Tuesday after spending several days in Winston. Mr. Jim Martin, who used to live here, but is now a down-the river farmer, was in town Fri day. Mr. Jesse A. Lawson, the County Tax Assessor, was here Monday complaining a good deal. He was sick all of last week, but is some better now. The Danbury colored people celebrated their annual picnic at their church here Saturday, in honor of Mr. Clark, a northern philanthropist, who founded the church. Mr. J. Spot Taylor has pur chased the one-half interest of - Mr. S. C. Rierson in the Cove Hotel at Walnut Cove. The other half is owned by Mr. J. Will East. Mr. J. W. Ashby was here Saturday, and said all the damage the dry weather was doing was in impeding the progress of setting out tobacco plants. He* says he has plowed all through the drouth, and that his crops are in good fix. Walnut Cove defeated Mar tinsville by a score of 10 tu 0 on Martinsville's ground last Sat urday. Carl Kay, of Danbury, recently suspended from the Winston league team, pitched for Walnut Cove. Mrs. W. P. Ray, of Danbury Route 1, was in town Saturday. Mrs. Ray reports her graden good in spite of the dry weather. She is one of the best gardeners in this country, and always raises a nice supply of early vegetables. Messrs Eric Shelton and N. R. Page, of Moore's Springs, passed though Danbury Wednesday of last week on their way to Twin Branch, W. Va. to, work in the coal mines. The Reporter fol lows the boys, to give them the news from home. Mr. J. Wesley Morefield, of Sandy Ridge Route 1, was here Friday. Mr. Morefield has re cently acquired considerable property in Walnut Cove. Wal nut Cove is quite a popular town for investment for numbers of country people living a good dis tance away. It is a com ing town, anyhow. In a game of ball here Satur urday between Danbury and Meadows teams Odell Jones, a Danbury boy, was seriously hurt by Walter Smith, a Mead ows player, running over him. He was knocked senseless for several minutes, and had to be •carried home where a physician : -examined him and found he was only stunned. It was almost a case of concussion of the brain, and a very narrow escape from death. Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Taylor and family have returned to their home at Greensboro, afterspend ing nearly a week at Piedmont. Dr. Taylor is said to be one of the finest eye specialists in the South, if not in America. One branch of his treatment is entire ly priginal, and his success with It has been remarkable, absolute ly euring a number of cases where some of the most promi nent eye doctors in the State had failed. Dr. Taylor is a great sufferer with asthma. He and his family were highly pleased - with this region, 'ana stated that if we had a good road here it would be impossible to accomo date with our present facilities the thousands of visitors who would spend the summer here.. Marriage Lictwi EmmettL. Bryant to Maud Gilbert. ef^Vii Clarence Cox to Mattie G. Lunsford. '' ' Frank Robertson to Nelia B. Taylor. COLORED, fiak Hairs ton to Georgia Tatum to Both Hairston. People's Column Ten thousand people will read your ad II you put it In this column. The price is six words for 5 cents, each week. Send money order, check, of stamps. FOR SALE. —Huber threshing machine, boiler and engine. Apply at once to W. R. MICKEY. Tobaccoville, N. C. Route 2. 29apr3mo FOR SALE—One J. H. Hampton hack in first-class condition. Will sell cheap. Call on or write J. G. FULTON, Walnut Cove, N. C. THERE WILL BE AN ICE-CREAM SUPPER at Flat Rock, given by Messrs. Wesley Eaton and Ransom Long, Saturday, June 10th, 1911, at 3 o'clock P. M. All are invited to come out and see the wonder. It NOTICE TO FARMERS—A modern invention. You can worm as much tobacco for 50c. as you can for $5.00 the old way. It gets all the worms in one night. Not a spray. Does not injuer the tobacco. Testimonials from big farmers. A postal brings you free information. Address Box 321, Reidsville, N. C. THE COMMISSIONERS IN SESSION THIS WEEK Principal Business Settlement Of Court Claims—Delegates Appoint ed to Road Convention. The principal business of the county commissioners, who were in session two days of this week, was the settling up of claims incident to the last term of Stokes Superior court. The first meet ing of the commisioners after a term of court is always this way. All of the members of the board were present, it was a hot, dry day, and a small crowd was in attendance. Two road matters came up for attention. The first was a petition signed by W. B. Doss and a number of other Snow Creek citizens asking for the lay ing out of a road in Snow Creek, near P. J. Leak's. The other was a matter similar in Yadkin township, for a new road near J. Y. Phillips mill. The petitions will be considered at the next meeting of the board in July. A large number of insolvent wit ness tickets and court claims were paid. Messrs. Chap Bodenheimer, J. M. Reynolds, J. E. Shelton, S. P. Christian and W. A. Sullivan were appointed by the Board delegates to attend the Good Roads Convention at Winston June 13-14. Dr Mac Knight and His Partner Sykes In Limbo. Dr. H. P. Mac Knight is in jail at Raleigh, and Mr. Sykes, his partner, is in jail at Greensboro. They were arrested on warrants taken out by a Lynchburg coal company charging the two men with the obtaining of several hundred dollars' worth of coal from them and selling it at Rural Hall without remitting the bills. The coal company alleges it ship ped the coal on the representation of Mac Knight and his associate that their corporation, the North Carolina Traction Co., was capi talized at a very large figure, and a financially responsible con cern. Mac Knight has been operating in this and* adjoining counties for several years as a railway pro moter. But few have ever taken him seriously in Stokes county. Dr. Mac Knight has been brought to Guilford county jail, 'from Raleigh. Danbury To the Front There were two games of base ball played on the Danbury diamond Saturday. The first game was played between Dan bury and Meadows, which result ed in a score of 11 to 16 in favor of Danbury. The second game was played between Danbury and Hartman and resulted in a score of 11 to 3 in favor of Dan bury. The Danbury team is making quite a record in ball playing, having lost but one game this season. Thera is one medicine that every family should be with and especially during the summer months; viz, Chamber lain's colic, Cholera and Diar rhoea Remedy. It is almost certain to be needed. It costs but a quarter. Can you afford to be without it? For sale by all] dealers. THE DANBURY REPORTER STOKES BONDS PAID. Court House and Jail Debt Wiped Out— Tax Rate to Be Reduced At Next Meeting Of Commission ers. On account of the fact that the court house and jail bonds for Stokes county have been paid, coupled with the further fact that j the new assessment of property values in the county will in ! crease property taxes something | like 33 1-3 per cent, the 1911 tax rate will be only 66 2-3 cents on the SIOO valuation and $2.00 on the poll, as compared with the'taxes we have been paying for some years of 96 2-3 cents on property, etc. ! The new tax rate of 1911 will be fixed at the July meeting of 1 the board of commissioners. Oak Grove Items. Oak Grove, June 5. —Owing to the long dry spell of weather the farmers have about 40 per cent of their tobacco crop plant ed but if the dry weather con tinues longer the most of it will die. Corn is looking fairly well. Some say that the wheat crop will be fairly good, but spring oats will be a failure unless it rains soon, and the milk and butter question will soon be set tled unless it rains soon, infact, the whole machinery is suffering for rain. Mrs. D. W. Gordon, of Pinnacle Route 2, is visiting her husband, Mr. D. W. Gordon, who is at the hospital at Greens boro, N. C. Mrs. R. G. Gentry of King, Route 2, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Bouldin, near High Point, N. C. SCRIBBLER. • Nr. James Priddy's Pleasant Sur prise. Mrs. James Priddy was ten dered an enjoyable surprise birth day dinner at his home on Dan bury Route 1, last Saturday. The event was attended by a large number of the relatives and several friends of Mr. Priddy. On that day he was B3 years old, and enjoying comparatively good health. His wife is living also. The event was attended by Mr. and Mrs. Lum Priddy; Mrs. J. J. Priddy and daughter; Mr. Robert H. Priddy; Miss Trudie Reid, Miss Rosa Throckmorton, Mrs. Bettie Throckmorton, Messrs. Arthur Priddy, Nat Reid and many others. The dinner was fine, and plenty of it, and the occasion was highly en joyed by all who were present R. H. Morefield Seriously Hurt By Fall From Street Car. News has been received here that Mr. R. H. Morefield, of Pilot Mountain, attempting to alight from a moving street car in Winston-Salem last week, was thrown to the pavement and sustained serious if not fatal in juries. He is in Twin-City hospi tal. The woman of today who has good health, good temper, good sense, bright eyes and a lovely complexion, the result of correct livipg and good digestion, wins the. admiration of the world. - If yoqr digestion is faulty Cham berlain's Stomach aad Liver SMP 111, For TO POOL 1911 CROP STOKES FARMERS TAKE STEP In Accordance With Policy Laid Down By Recent Union Meetings, Glidewell and Nunn to Take Pledges. Rev. C. W. Glidewell, the Gen eral Manager of the Stokes Coun ty Union Warehouse Co., was here Monday making prepara tions to begin canvassing the Stokes county farmers with the view of persuading them to pledge themselves to pool their crops of tobacco this fall. At the last quarterly meeting of the Union here it was voted unanimously to pool the 1911 crop, in keeping with the resolu tion of the March interstate meeting at Danville when dele gates from 25 tobacco counties voted to pool. Messrs. Glidewell and Nunn will visit every local in the coun ty to induce them to stand by the resolutions of their county union meeting and the Inter- State meeting. Dillard Items. Dillard, June 6.—Crops are badly in need of rain in our section. People haven't planted scarce ly any tobacco. Mr. C. A. Mitchell went to Danbury yesterday. Mrs. Luther Joyce is quite sick •at this writing, we are sorry to say: Mr. and Mrs. Vance Herd and little child, of Mayodan, have been visiting Mr. Herd's sister, Mrs. Jerry Berry for several, days. Misses Minnie Duncan, Minnie Roberts, Alice Mitchell, Messrs. Anderson Duncan, Henry Berry, Robert Davis, went to Buffalo Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Berry and children visited relatives here Sunday. Mrs. J. Wilson Mitchell and children returned Sunday from a week's visit to relatives in Virginia. A good crowd attended the quarterly meeting at Bethesda. NOTICE—The last legislature passed an act making it a mis demeanor punishable with fine or imprisonment, or both, to Elace rocks, stumps, roots, brush, urnt snags, tin cans, or any other obstructions in any public road of Stokes county. Late Arrivals at Piedmout. Among the recent arrivals at Piedmont Springs hotel and the cottagea are as follows : At the hotel : Mrs. G. E. Webb, Miss Charlotte Webb, Miss Addie Webb, of Winston- Salem; Miss Minnie Allen, of Winston-Salem; Dr. J. W. Tay lor, wife and children, of Greens boro; Messrs. J. N. Kaufman and H. T. Thurston, of Rich mond, Va.; Mr. R. H. Everett, New Haven, Conn.; Misses Mar tin, Bowen and Rich, of Wins ton-Salem; Miss Daisy Richard son, of Liberty, N. C.; Miss Bonnie Moore, of Altamahaw, N. C. At the cottages : Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Saunders, of Winston-Salem; Mr.-and Mrs. J. Wm. Smith, of Greensboro; Mrs. Thomas, of Greensboro. Whooping cough is not dan gerous when the cough is kept loose and expectoration easy by giving Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It has been used in many epidemics of this disease with perfect success. For sale by all dealers. NOTICE. To the people of Stokes county : There has been a general increase in the assessment of property for taxes in Stokes county under the new law. All persons who are not satisfied with the increase of their tax assessment, will have recourse to the County Board of Eqca'ization which meets in Danbury on the second Monday in July, which will hear and consider all com plaints coming before them. Notice is hereby given to all persons who have failed to list their taxes, to list before the 15th, or be double-taxed. This June 7, 1911. J. A. LAWSON, County Assessor. It is worse than useless to take any medicine internally for mus cular or chronic rheumatism. All that is needed is a free application of Chamberlain's Liniment. For sale by all deal- *Jo t/ie *Sunc/ay Schools and Ghurcfi es of Stokes (Bounty. I I have been teaching Vocal music for sometime, and would like to correspond with any Church or Sunday-school that wants to improve their singing. The following is some ex pressions from some of the men whom I have taught and sung for in meetings: To whom it may concern: I take great pleasure in recommending Mr. A. A. Hall, my former student, to the public as a young man of high moral character, rare personal worth, excellently qualified to in struct in Vocal music and worthy of the esteem and confid ence of his fellows. He directed the Vocal music in our devotional exercises for a considerable time. Therefore, I have knowledge of his equipment in Vocal services. Yours truly, W. H. WHITEHEAD, • President Leaksville-Spray Institute. To whom it may concern: I have had Prof. A. A. Hall with me in several meetings and I can highly recommend him to the public as a singer and instructor in Vocal music. Yours very truly, REV. P. C. BATTLE. I have had several Vocal teachers in my Churches, but Mr. A. A. Hall has left my Church in better shape than any teacher that has ever taught for me, and I take great pleas ure in recommending him to the public as an excellently qualified Vocal teacher. " . Yours very truly, REV. R. L, FRUIT. If any one is interested, write to me at Greensboro, N. C., Box 198. Yours very truly, ALBERT A. HALL. C 1 OLUMBUS WAGONS hardware, Sash, ai i i/i\inc Doors, Glass, Stoves IVI U& and Enameled Ware * Tobacco Flues a OI Specialty. All kinds CDADTiMn of Roofing. ..... SPORTING A | | Harness, Saddles, AI-,L Lap Robes, etc., and O IS IVI Agent for the John- r\ KINDS son Harvester Co. - and Princess LJ * OI Ranges. Agents for Pittsburg SPORTING IZ! Co°'chatta nooga Plows, Oliver Chilled Plows, Oils, Mastic Paint, Var- UOOOa nish, J. Q. Huff Buggy Company W R Stephens & Son Walnut Cove, N. C. 1 —————— Fine Black Percheron STALLION Will serve through the Season at the following times and places At Danbury on Every First Monday At Madison on Every Second and Fourth Tuesday. The remainder of the season at Walnut Cove. Everybody interested, call. A. W. DAVIS, SECRETARY, WALNUT COVE, N. C. t _% • .... i . •£■ Page 3
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