THE DANBURY REPORTER.
VOLUME XXXIX.
SURPRISE WEDDING
HUMPHREYS-BINKLEY
Danbury Young Attorney Wins a
Bride In Western North Carolina
—After a Tour North the Happy
Couple Arrives Home Safely.
Last Wednesday, at Franklin,
Macon county, Mr. John D.
Humphreys, of Danbury, and
Miss Bertha Binkley, of Frank
i lin, were united in marriage.
The ceremony was a quiet home
affair, performed in the presence
of the near relatives and a few
friends. Presiding Elder J. E.
Gay, of the Franklin district, M.
E. church, officiated. Imme
diately after the ceremony the
newly-wed couple left on a tour
to Washington, D. C., and other
points north, where several days
were spent Returning, after a
visit to the relatives of the groom
at Reidsville, Mr. and Mrs. Hum
phreys arrived here yesterday
• morning. They are now at home
to their friends at the McCanless
House.
The wedding was a great sur
prise to the people of Danbury,
who were not apprised of the
affair until after its consumma
" tion. Miss Binkley formerly
lived here,* where her father,
the Rev. D. A. Binkley, was
pastor of the M. E. Church.
The Binkley family moved from
Danbury to Macon county a
year ago. Some months before
her departure, an attachment
sprung up between the parties,
which ripened fast, and in a lit- i
tie more than a year culminated
in happy wedlock.
The bride and groom were the
happy recipients of a handsome
collections of presents.
The bride is well known in
Danbury and other section* df
the county, for her personal
attractions, her rare and lovable
disposition, and many fine traits
of character. The groom is one
. of Danbury's most successful
and popular young attorneys,
who numbers his friends in .the
county and outside by the hun
dreds.
In behalf of the people of Dan
bury, and the friends of both
parties every where, the Repor
ter extends the most cordial and
sincere good wishes and felicita
tions.
Marriage of Nr. Settle Oakley and
Miss Hester Morefield.
A happy marriage was cele
brated on Danbury Route 1 last
Sunday when Miss Hester More
field became the bride of Mr.
Settle Oakley. Miss Morefield'
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. j
W. H. Morefield, while Mr. •
Oakley is the son of Mr. and Mrs. j
W. P. Oakley. The Reporter 1
joins the many friends of the
young couple in wishing them
long life and great happiness.
Ml. X. D. Young a Good Farmer.
It is said that Mr. J. D. Young,
of Hartman, with his boys this
year has made 120 barrels or about i
600 bushels of corn. Mr. Young
believes in raising his supplies at
home, and has very little in way
of eitables to buy. Whenever you {
k find ft farmer who makes his
supplies at home, you will find
ft man who is independent, and
and who has' money, and does ,
not ever have to go in debt
~.v , There is little danger from a
cold or from an attack of the
grip except when followed by
* pneumonia, and this never hap
pens when Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy is used. This remedy
won its great reputation and ex
tensive sale by its remarkable
cures of colds and grip and can
M relied upon with implicit con
fidence. For sale by all dealers.
* Baby Table-chairs. Boyles Mer
cantile Co V
TO ELECT OFFICERS.
Meeting of Farmers' Union Called
For Saturday, Dec 9th—County
Council and Executive Committee
• to Meet Friday Night, Dec Bth.
To the Members of the Farmers'
Union of Stokes County :
You are hereby notified that
the annual meeting of the Union
for the purpose of electing offi
cers for the ensuing year is call
ed to be held in the court house
at Danbury, N. C., on Saturday,
Dec. 9th, 1911, at 10 o'clock A.
M., and that the County Council
will meet on Friday night Dec.
Bth, at 7 o'clock P. M.
Each local should send a full
delegation as there'll be no voting
by proxy. The executive com
mittee must be sure and be pres
ent Friday night as they will
have to audit the books of the
Sec. and Treas. and make a
report of the same next day.
Yours fraternally,
R. L. NUNN.
NEWS OF KING.
Miss MadePnlliam to Study Nursing
—Honor Roll of the High School
—Another Dwelling to Go Up.
King, Nov. 20.-Mr. W. N.
Vest has purchased a lot from
E. P. Newsome on which he
will erect a nice dwelling in the
near future.
Mrs. Bennett spent Sunday
with her son Mr. Ernest Fulk.
Lots of the King people at
tended preaching at Mt. Olive
Sunday.
The candy breaking given by
Miss Mallie Bennett Saturday
night was very much enjoyed.
! Messrs. Ross and Cladie New
some and Ralph Spainhower
were seen in King Sunday.
Look out girls! They are watch
ing for some of you.
Mr. Willie Wall called on Miss
Daisy White Sunday.
|£iss Macie Pulliam expects to
leave for Winston soon where
she has excepted a position. as
tftrihed nurse in the Twin-City
Hospital.
PANSY.
Following is the honor roll for
first month of primary depart
ment of King High School:
FIRST GRADE.
Dan White, Clady Denny,
Albert Hutchins, Taylor White,
Wilburn News am, Grady South
ern, William Holder, Venice
Pulliam, Ola Fulk,, Macie Fulk,
Nina Butner.
SECOND GRADE.
Annie Shore, Frank Baker,
Eugene Reynolds, Reba Pulliam,
Eva Denny.
His Heart On the Right Side.
A man came to the court house
yesterday to get exempted from
poll tax on the ground that his
heart was on the right side of
his body. The officers did not
believe that such a freak could
be possible, but at the suggestion
of the fellow they felt and listen
ed, and sure enough the heart
was just opposite its normal
place in the body, and he was
accordingly released from the
payment of the tax.
This man's name was Merritt,
from the northern part of the
county, and his deformity is the
result of being thrown by a
mule when a boy.
Or* Hill Local To Meet
Danbury Route 1, Nov. 20.
Ore Hill Local of the Farmers'
Union is hereby called to meet
on Saturday night, Nov. 26, at 6
o'clock. All members are urged
to come out as there is important
business to attend to.
*J. WATTMABE,
Secretary-Treasurer.
Big Ltft Sample Hats, 66c and
up. Boyles Mercantile Co.
DISH PANS 10c. Boyles Mer
cantile Co.
Boys' Overcoats. Boyles Mer
cantile SO.
i Cotton Seed Meal. Boyles Mer
[ candle Co.
DANBURY, N. C., NQVEMBER 22, !?!!.
MET HERE SATURDAY
l
PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS
Held Interesting Meeting In the
Public School Building The
Program Names of those In
Attendance.
1 An interesting and well at
tended meeting of the public
school teachers of the county
! was held in the public school
building here Saturday.
The meeting was called to
order at 11 o'clock a. m. by
Supt of Schools J. T. Smith,
and devotional exercises were
| conducted by Mr. J. H. Coving
ton, of Capella, after which the
following program was taken
; up:
1. What is to be done with the
child who does not enter school
1 until after the classes have got
ten ahead of him? By Prof. E.
C. Byerly, of Walnut Cove.
2. How to grade and classify
scholars. By G. C.. Davis, of
Danbury.
I 3. Tardiness ard lfow to pre
[ vent it By , ! isses Lizzie Ad
kins and Blanche Pepper. /
4. Reading circle work. By
R. H. Mitchell, Jr.
5. How to use the rural
! library. General discussion.
6. Nature study teaching
method. General discussion.
7. Dull pupils and how to han
i die them. By E. W. Isley.
8. Reading in the grades. By
Miss Crist.
9. Language in different
grades. General discussion.
10. Among the teachers in at
tendance were the following:
Messrs. D. O. Slate, Eugene
Ray, R. H. Mitchell Jr., J. N.
Young, Homie Moore, J. C.
, Johnson, C. E. Davis, Prof. W.
i P. Bivins, A. S. Francis, Dad
1 Lynch, F. S. Lynch, Carr Gann,
Prof. E. C. Byerly, J. R. Leake,
J. A. Smith, G. C. Davis, H. C.
Carter, E. W. Isley, C. W. Hut
chins, C. F. Boyles, Misses Liz
zie Atkins, Myrtle Smith,
Blanche Pepper, Louella Fulp,
Mrs. Lettie B. Moore, Mrs. Hes
sie Barr, Sadie Pringle, Ruth
Pringle, Misses Byerly, Crist
Ripple, Rosa Carroll, Ullie Cov
ington, Minnie Ball, Nannie
Pitzer, Judea Ray, Maude Neal,
Effie Gentry, Mrs. Jennie Flin
chum.
Visitors were as follows:
Misses Grace Taylor, Virgie
Martin, Delia Stewart, Mrs. J.
T. Smith, Sam Brown, Terry
Oakley and J. H. Covington.
Wheat Crop May Be Short.
Mr. Amer Tilley and wife
of Smith spent Saturday and
Sunday here with relatives, the
family of Dr. W. C. Slate. Mr.
Tilley reports that the farmers
of his section of country are very
much behind with their wheat
sowing, and that many of them
will not sow as much as they had
intended, but will reserve the
> land for tobacco. This is the
news that comes from almost
every neighborhood. The wheat
acreage will be ,a little off this
time, possibly, though it is claim
ed by good farmers that as late
as the middle of December is not
; too late. The rains keeping the
1 groung too wet to plow is the
cause for the delay in seeding.
Newton Young's Fin* Showing.
Newton Young, the 16-year
old son of Mr. J. N. Young, of
Meadows, grew 1428.00 worth of
tobacco this year, all by himself.
He did all the work practically
himself, and for the assistance
which he received he paid it back
in work. -Newton has sold his
drop already, and put the money
in the Bank of Stokes, where it
, is drawing 4 per cent interest
This boy will make good.
THE TOBACCO POOL
ASSUMES BIG PROPORTIONS
Amount of Tobacco Now Stored In
Dry Prizery at Walnut Cove Ap
proaches Quarter of a Million
Pounds —Farmers Coming in From |
All Over the County.
It begins to look like the Stokes
farmers means business. The
Reporter was informed yesterday |
that the first 100,000-pound
mark has long since been passed
at the Walnut Cove Dry Prizery,
and that the figures are now
headed for a quarter of a million
very soon. A farmer from Quaker
Gap passing through Danbury
yesterday from Walnut Cove,
where he pooled his tobacco, told
the Reporter it looked like a big
warehouse there now. He said
a little over 15,000 pounds were
pooled yesterday. - The officers
and directors are highly pleased
with the outlook. Mr. J. Spot
Taylor, manager, was here today j
from Walnut C'ove and said i
* , • ££
* , J||jß|
(Jl . , .
Stokes County Dry Prixery, at Walnut Cove.
I '
they were being kept busy with
handling the tobacco that is roll
inf in daily. Following is a par
tial list of the fanners who have
pooled:
Danbury—Powell Mabe, J. L
Mabe, W. L. Nelson, R. P. Mabe,
Elic. Nelson, J. W. Mabe, Mas
tin Bullin, Jesse Mabe, L. Mabe,
Sam Smith, W. C. Smith, W. G.
Mabe, Lindsay Bullin, David
Bullin, Terry Brown, Martin
Brown, Jr., Watt Mabe, Rufus
Mabe, Hugh Lawson, Alex. Law
son, "Wm. Shelton, J. W. Mabe,
W. W. Mabe, James Mabe M. R.
Mabe, A. B. Nelson, Jesse Ben
nett Alfred Smith, W. D. Nel
son, L. F. Campbell.
Pinnacle—J. L. Lawson.
Sandy Ridge—W. J. Hawkins,
J. S. Vernon, J. D. Hawkins,
G. W. Hawkins, Hawkins and
Harris, E. E. Vernon, J. M. Hall,
R. L. Nunn Declines to Be a Candi
date — Now In South Carolina
Organizing.
Landrum, S. C.. Nov. 20.
Editor Reporter :
I notice in a recent issue of the
Reporter that among a list of
possible candidates for the va
rious political offices in the
countv that my name appeared
as a possible candidate for rep
resentative. Although I appre
ciate the honor in being thus
mentioned, I cannot under any
circumstances accept any polit
ical office, even if I were nomi
nated, which would be doubtful.
So the good people of Stokes can
consider me as out of the race
entirely.
I was in Walnut Cove a few
days ago and went over to see
the dry prize there and was well
pleased with all I saw. The peo
ple are sure carrying their to
bacco there, and all seem to be
well pleased with prices paid and
with the way their tobacco is
graded.
There is only one way of mak
ing the prizery a success, and
that is to give it your patronage,
and I feel assured it will get
that.
lam now in Polk county or
ganizing. I will be down here
until the 7th, but will be at Dan
bury the Bth of December at
night to meet with the council.
If I san come 200 miles to be
W. L. Brown, T. S. Doyle, G. W
Knight J. W. Joyce Jr., W. G.
Poore, W. S. Steele, Steel and
Nelson, R. J. Throckmorton,
Elias Hawkins, J. R. Rhodes: C.
A. Rhodes, J. Ham Martin.
Francisco—J. W. George,
'Charlie Flippin, John Flippin, C.
! H Flippin, G. C. Flippin. John
! Flippin, Alex Flippin, L. A. Nel
son, R. E. Simmons, G. E. Nel
son, C. R. Flippin.
i Madison —W. H. Hennis, Hen
nis and Jackson, J. A. Wall, Hen
nis and Wall, Joyce and Wall.
Martin and Lynn, L. R. Duncan,
T. F. Shelton, J. T. Shelton, J.
A. Smith, Vernon Bros., J. M.
Vernon.
Meadows—J. A. Neal, L. S. !
Hicks, W. H. Southern, Mabe &
Lasley.
Red Shoals—J. M. Fagg.
Dillard—Willie Morton, Rober
Davis,
Fulp—Burrel Hairston, Mit
chell & Barker.
Gap—Rufus Bennett.
King—W. T. Pulliam, Reuben
i Overby.
Peter's Creek, Va.—A. H.
Joyce & Son, W. A. Joyce,
Charlie Joyce, Goin & Joyce.
Smith—Joseph Biby, W. R.
Wright, iflex Rogers, J. Matt
Mabe, J. L. Moore.
Westfield—A. H. Martin.
Stuart Va.—Robert Inman.
Hartman—W. M. Wilson,
Willie Wilson.
Brim—Charlie Jessup, Big
John Lawson.
Tobaccoville—W. R. Mickey.
Campbell —Rtebard Mabe, G. W.
Smith, J. L. Knight, J. E. Smith.
Walnut Cove—Tom Mills, G. W.
Smith, l)T Gerry, J G Bayers, Wal
ker Neal, T H Harrison, T M Glenn.
W H Dnvln, J H Purgason, W W
Powell. J F Redman, W R Brown,
Bob Hick*,.) G Shelton, Zack Isom,
Bud Hlckn. J A Newsein, J DPrlddy,
Mrs. Hessle Isom.
Mlzpah—E A Wagner, R F Carroll,
Carroll & Carroll, R J, Wag
ner, W E Covington.
| Gernianton Bodenhelmer &
Dugglna, G E Tlllotson, A N Willis,
J L Tuggle, J R Tuttle.
with you, can't you come 10 or
15 ?
Hoping to see all the members
of the council on the Bth, at 7 P.
M., and all the locals represented
on the 9th, I remain
Yours fraternally,
R. L. NUNN.
Death of Mrs. Jane Hicks.
Mrs. Jane Hicks, widow of the
late John Hicks, a very old lady,
died at her home on the Shoe
buckle farm, near Pine Hall, last
Friday and was buried on Satur
day. Mrs. Hicks was about 85
years of age.
Married.
Married, on Nov. 19th, at
Pleasant Retreat Farm, Mr.
Ernest D. Eaton to Miss Nannie
Edwards, both of Yadkin town
ship, Stokes county, Elder P.
Oliver officiating.
Messrs. W. Fleming Priddy
and Willie Throckmorton, of
Danbuiy Route 1, visited Dan
bury Monday. Mr. Priddy in
forms the Reporter that the crop
of corn now being shucked in his
neighborhood is the largest with
in the memory of the citizens.
Rocking Chairs. Boyles Mer
cantile Co.
Dress Goods, big line. Boyles
Mercantile Co.
Bed Springs. Boyles Mercantile
i Co.
No. 2,063
GERMANTON LEADS
MISS MARY MATTHEWS AHEAD
New Candidate. Makes Start With
775 Votes —The Tearbers' Con
test Is Getting Very Interesting—
Large Number of New Subscrip
tions and Renewals Past Week.
Miss Mary Matthews, of
Germanton, 775
Miss Daisy Dearmin, of
N estfield. 725
Miss Lucy Joyce, of Sandy
Ridge, 725
Miss Jettie Movefield, of
Sandy Ridge Route 1, 630
I Miss Roxie Taylor, of
Campbell, 550
I Miss Mabel Petree, of
Walnut Cove, 450
Miss America King, of
Pilot Mt., 400
Miss Annie McAnally, of
Saxon, 375
Miss Maud Neal, of Pine
Hall. 305
Miss Louella Fulp, of Wal
nut Cove, 275
Miss Lucy Lackey, of
Campbell, 225
Miss Mae Wall, of Madi
son, 150
Miss Duo Smith, of Iredell
county, 125
Miss Annie Blair, of Dan
bury, 100
Miss Effie Gentry, of
King. 100
Miss Effie Blackwell, of
Pine Hall, 100
Miss Mally Redman, of
King, 30
Miss Jennie Reid, of
King, 25
The vote in the big Teachers'
Contest stands as above as the
Reporter goes to press.
The feature of the week was the
entrance of a new candidate by
her friends, taking the lead over
the next highest' candidate by 50
votes, Last week Miss Daisy
Dearmin, of Westfield, headed
the list Now Miss Mary
Matthews, of Germanton, is ac
corded that honor.
A large number of subscrip
tions and renewals have been en
tered sinee the last issue of the
Reporter, and a great bunch of
votes have been handed out.
The majority of these were not
cast, but were reserved until
later in the contest The Repor
ter's readers are now becoming
interested, and every person
who pays for subscription, ad
vertising or job work calls for
the votes. Sometimes the office
is instructed to cast the votes
for the favorite girl at once, and
sometimes the ballots are reser
ved for future use.
While eight girls are sure to
be elected, there will be a sharp
and spirited contest for the
highest vote, showing the most
popular young lady reader of
the Reporter, and to whom will
be presented the beautiful silver
engraved cup, in testimony of
the high honor in which the re
cipient is regarded by the thou
sands of people who read the
Reporter every week.
It is far too early yet to specu
late on who will win the trips to
the ocean, and the week's vaca
tion at one of the finest hotels
on the Atlantic coast But it is
certain that a fine, attractive,
happy bunch of girls will go on
that trip—eight in number, also
their chaperone—and that the
elected girls will be accompanied
by a large crowd of their
friends.
It will be a delightful outing.
Wealey Mabe Suffers a Broken Leg.
Mr. Wesley Mabe, a young
son of Mr. Riley Mabe, on Dan
bury Route 1, had the misfortune
to get hia leg broken one day
last week. He was hauling, and
caught his leg between a rede on
the side of the road and the wag
on wheel He was attended by
Dr. McCanless, and is doing waU
as oould be expected.