THE DANBURY f REPORTER
VOLUME XXXIX.
WE PAY ROAD TAX
FOR HAVING BAD ROADS
Some Instances Cited In Mecklen
bur| County, Where the People
Are Progressive.
There is no one thing that to a
stranger makes a section as pro
gressive and improves it more
than the making of good roads.
Nothing has added more to the
value of real estate or has done
more for the development of
agriculture in Mecklenburg coun
ty, N. C., than the splended
roads that traverse it in all dir
ections.
Here, where I live, there is a
smooth shell where once was a
deep sandy track. On that road
is a farm which my mother and
her sister sold to fheir brother
for $6 an acre, or £2,400 for the
400 acres. That farm was recen
tly sold for $75 an acre, or at the
rate of $30,000 for the farm.
Out on another road that is
made of stone tarred macadam,
and as smooth as an asphalt
street, the land on each side for
over a mile was bought by the
present owner for $27 an acre.
To-day you could not buy it for
SSOO an acre. Of course, its
proximity to the growing city
has had a good deal to do with
the increased value, but if the
old sand road was still there the
property would not be nearly so
valuable, for men are buying lots
on it and putting up costly
dwellings who would never have
gone up there had there not been
so fine a road.
On this road a horse can walk
along with ease with a good ton
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Stokes County Fair
I October 18, 19, 20. I
1 No where else can you meet so many old friends and get so much enjoyment. Come I
I P and bring your exhibits, spend three days at the FAIR and profit by the exper- 1
I r ience I of others. V4ry cheap excursion rates on all railroads. By all means . I i
I attend Lthe A Fair. Show your appreciation of a home institution. Pleasure
and profit tell story Mof a few days spent at the Fair. Special features for Jfi
1 entertainment each day. Come and ride the merry-go-round and circle J
/ wave. See the three Balloon ascen * sions, A visit the old plantation and moving ss s']■*>* jSM*
( picture theater. Enjoy a match game of ** base T* ball and other pleasing f w /
things. Board and lodging at the Hotels and private * houses! can be had
1 able. For Premium list and other information write * fjm?
I SHO W. WILL R. KEIQER, Sec. ,:jKMi fttijug
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load, while he could not have
hauled a third of a ton on the
old road. On the street in any
Southern city one horse hauls
five bales of cotton easily while
the men who come in fro m the
country and have to haul over
bad roads before they reach the
hard roads haul one or two bales
at farthest. No matter how
good the streets may be in town,
the farmer's load must be meas
ured by the character of the
roads he starts over.
Then there is another tax the
farmer pays for bad roads. This
is the wrenching and wearing
of the wagons and carriages on
the bad roads. With a smooth
macadam road farm wagons and
carriages would last twice as
long, and the vigor of teams
be maintained more cheaply.
There is, in fact, no tax that costs
the farmer more than bad roads.
Then if he has land that he wants
to sell, and the prospective buy
er sees that it is on a bad road,
it cuts the price that
he would be willing to give, even
if he would take it at any price,
while a good tract of land on a
fine, smooth road will find a buy
er without difficulty at a far bet
ter price than land of equal agri
cultural value on a bad road.
In one section, near me, where
the road was deep sandy, the
whole was covered with clay.
The sand makes good drainage
and the clay packs hard and
smooth and be kept in first
class order with an occasional
smoothing with the log drag.
Where it is not intended to go to
the expense of a macadamized
road, very good roads can be
made on a clay bottom by giving
a coat of sand and draining the
DANBURY, N. C., OCTOBER 11, !!>!!.
STOKES CO. FAIR
OPENS NEXT WEDNESDAY, 18TH
Preparations Being Made To Have
the Best Fair Ever Held—Nice
Premiums Offered.
The Stokes County Fair opens
at King next Wednesday, Oct.
18th, and will continue until
Friday, Oct. 20th. The man
agement is very busy now get
ting things in readiness for the
opening.
The premiums offered by the
association this year are worth
competing for and it is hoped
that the farmers will take ad
vantage of the occasion and
make a nice display of farm
products, etc.
The fair association has work
ed hard to get up a good fair
and they deserve the patronage
of the people of the county.
The prospects are that the
attendance this year will exceed
that of any previous year.
Lame back is of the mos
common forms n»' nuscular rhe
umatism. A f-w applications
of Chamberl:i;, 's Liniment will
give relief. For sale by all
Healers.
roadway well. On the other
hand, fine roads can be made
where the sand is deep by dig
ging down and getting some
of the yellow subsoil for a cover
to the road. In many places
where the road is deep sandy
there can be found binding clay
in the ditches on Sand
on clay and clay on sand will
make good roads if they are
cared for afterwards with the
log drag. —Progressive Farmer.
NEWS OF BUSY KING
A RUNAWAY AND A MARRIAGE
V. T. Grabs Company To Erect
Another Factory—W. E. Butner
Sells Out To Farmers' Union.
King, Oct. 9.—Farmers in this
section are beginning to sow
wheat.
The Farmers' Union has pur
chased the stock of general
merchandise formally owned be
Mr W. E. Butner and will open
a union store on the corner of
Depot and Main street.
Material is being placed on a
site near the Southern depot pre
paratory to erecting a factory
54x76 feet and two stories high.
This new enterprise will do bus
iness under the name of the V.
T. Grabs Company. The com
pany will manufacture portable
sawmills, woodworking machin
ery and do foundry and repair
work. The new concern is in
corporated with an authorized
capital of $50,000.
Mr. W. E. Spainhower, of First
River, Mo., is visiting his mother,
who has typhoid fever. Mr. Spain
hower talks interestingly of the
West.
While on the way to church
yesterday a horse being driven
by Messrs Oscar Fulp and Ear
nest Fowler became frightened
and started to run. The animal
had run only a few yards, how
ever. when a stump was struck
and both occupants were thrown
from the buggy. Mr. Fulp sus
tained a sprained shoulder and
two fingers were knocked out of
place. Mr. Fowler escaped un
hurt, with the exception of a
few bruises. The buggy was
almost demolished.
Mr. Coy D. Bennett of King
and Miss Gertie Spainhower of
Tobaccoville were quietly mar
ried here yesterday. Both the
contracting parties are held in
high esteem and their many
friends wish them happiness.
Big preparations are being
made for the coming Stokes
County fair, which takes place
here October 18-19-20. This will
be the fifth annual fair and in
dications at present point to the
best fair ever held here. The
secretary, Mr. Will R. Kiger,
informs your correspondent that
many shows and attractions have
been booked for the event.
The Stokes County Fair o pens
at King next Wednesday, the
18th. A number of Danbury
people will attend.
Tobacco Sales Light.
According to reports from the
Winston market very little to
bacco is yet being marketed.
The Winston Sentinel says that
from what can be learned from
observation the opinion seems
to be quite general that the dark
grades are selling about the same
as last year while the bright
grades are higher.
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HF j> FULL WEEK
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F> 3 TERM OF CIVIL COURT
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T! jPDocket Almost Cleared By
. j|e Lyon Court Adjourned
Saturday Afternoon At Five
O'clock.
The fall civil term of Stokes
Superior court adjourned Satur
day afternoon at 5:00 o'clock,
after being in session the entire
week. Quite a number of tedi
i ous cases, some of them of long
standing, were disposed of, and
almost the entiie docket was
cleared.
The cases disposed of after
the last issue of the Reporter
were as follows :
Baker Martin v. Charlie Mar
tin, injunction, judgment for
defendant.
Yancey Garringer v. B. W.
Garringer and others, judgment
for defendant.
J. H. Warren v. J. H. Mat
thews and others, judgment for
defendant.
E. 0. Caudle v. W. T. Pulliam
and others, judgment for plain
tiff.
Jno. W. Kurfees v. Southern
Railway, judgment for plain
tiff, $50.00 and costs.
Judge Lyon and the attorneys
attending court left late Satur
day afternoon for thefr re
spective homes.
Mr. J. E. James, who recently
purchased the business of Mr.
W. F. Bowles, is enjoying a nice
trade, and invites all his friends
when visiting town to call on
him.