THE DANBURY REPORTER.
VOLUME XL.
J. E. SHELTON DIES
PASSING RATHER SUDDEN
Wat the County's Wealthiest Citi
fy sen, Aged About 60—Death 'K
Serious Loss to Business Interests
L —Estate Valued At Nearly
| (300,000.
Mr. James E. Shelton, Stokes
bounty's wealthiest citizen, died
rather suddenly at his home at
Sandy Ridge Sunday night about
8 o'clock. Mr. Shelton had
been ill 9 few days, but was not
considered to be in a serious
condition. He probably had
pneumonia, or heart disease,
as the report reaching here says
he complained of a shortness of
breath and pain in his chest and
around his heart. He had just
returned from Winston where
he had been attending the bed
side of an ill daughter, Mrs.
Hutcherson.
Mr. Shelton is survived by his
wife and four children, two sons
, and two daughters. He leaves
an estate valued at from $200,-
000 to $300,000. He had been
very successful in business at
Sandy Ridge, where for years
he conducted a large lumber
industry, mercantile business
and one or more flouting mills.
He started without a dollar.
Later in life he extendfjcMiis box
manufacturing industry to Win
ston-Salem, and at his death his
property in Winston-Salem is
probably worth over $50,000.
Mr. Shelton's death will be a
great loss to the Sandy Ridge
community, as well as to the
county. He was a public spir
ited man, and though of very
limited education, he possessed
fine business judgment, and was
'' ah advocate of county improve
ments, chief among which he de
sired good roads. He always
said our county had made a
| serious mistake by its policy of
bad roads. He told a represen
tative of the Reporter a few
months before his death that he
had been greatly handicapped
by bad roads during his career,
and would doubtless have left
the county but for the fact that
his wife hated to leave her old
"home.
Mr. Shelton bore the name of
a good straight forward, honor
able business man, kind-hearted,
just and liberal toward hi*
neighbors and friends.
The interment was made at
the cemetery near his home at
Sandy Ridge.
Enjoyable Dance Capt. Lee Nelson's.
Danbury Route 1. Feb. 4. — i
There was a dance at Capt. Xee
Nelson's Saturday night.'
Among those present were
Misses Bessie, Dora,
and Verda Bennett, Sadie, Dora i
and Carrie Nelson, LilHe Flinch
um, Etta Mabe, Mr. and Mrs. 1
Powell Mabe, Messrs. Gilmer,
and Alex Nelson, John Bowlin, 1
Walter, Fagg, Carl Nunn, An
derson Bennett, Ernest, Matt!
and' Rufus Nelson, Jerry and '
" Burlie Mabe, Chester Flinchum,
and Sanders Smith. Good
music was furnished by Messrs.
D. E. and Ernest Nelson, An
derson Bennett and Sanders
Smith.
Mr. Arthur Mabe gave a dance
Saturday night.
TWO BLACK-EYED BOYS.
FOR SALE-ONE LOT CON
taining one acre of land on
which is a food four room
dwelling house and out build
ioga.
Two vacant town lota. All of
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ON THE RIDGE.
Items of Interest From Route 2
Box Supper at Buffalo Feb. 10.
Sandy Ridge Route 2, Feb. 3.
—Rev. King preached at Ayers
ville Saturday and Sunday. We
hope he will come back and
preach for us again. His ser
mon was much enjoyed.
| Mis*s Sarah Ward is very sick
' at this writing.
Mrs. R. H. Terrell is right sick
with rheumatism.. Hope she
will soon be out again.
« Miss Ada Fleming visited
Miss Delia Carter Saturday and
Sunday.
Dr. J. H. Ellington says he
thinks Mr. Hard Duncan is able
to be out again.
The school at Buffalo is pro
gressing nicely under the man
agement of Miss Ada Fletning
: and Mr. Herbert Carter.
Mrs. C. F. Boyles is visiting
at Mr. George Kallam's this
week.
•There will be a box supper
given at Buffalo school house
[Saturday night Feb. 10. The
girl receiving the highest num
ber of votes for being the most
popular girl will receive "a gold
locket." Mr. A. B. Carter will
be there with his singing choir
from Delta, also some niee string
music will be furnished. Every
body come.
SCHOOL GIRL.
Ground Hog Day.
This is Candlemab day; and
On Candlemas day, if the sun
appear,
There'll be two winters in -the
year.
Candlemas day, in popular
parlance, is nothing more or less
than 'ground-hog day';' ''ground
hog day" from the ranges of
Hudson Bay to the pines of
Carolina and from New England
to California. According to the
popular fable if Br'er Arctomys
Monax, the ground-hog, creeps
out of his hole between sunrise
and high noon this day and sees
its shadow outlined in the sun
shine, the little animal promptly
scampers back into ite aperture
and there remains for six weeks
more. But if he fails to see his
shadow, according to popular
tradition, it is a sure sign that
winter is practically over and
there will be an early spring.
There is some dispute as to the
origin of Candlemas day, but
most authorities are argeed that
this ecclesiastical festival was
instituted by Pope Galasius in the
year of 492 in commemoration of
the presentation of Christ in the
temple and of the purification of
the Virgin Mary. February
denotes purification and in this
mOhth the Romans performed
the ceremony of purification of
the people. When the church
changed this feast of Prosperine,
as it was called by the Romans,
it retained the procession feature |
and associated the occasion with I
the purification of the Virgin.
The festival is celebrated
through the Christian world
annually on February 2, and
derivea its name from the fact
that in the Roman Catholic!
churches candles are blessed on
this day and carried in procession
in commemoration of the words
of Simeon spoken of the infant
Christ, "A Light to Lighten the
Gentiles."—Daily Sentinel.
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Here is a message of hope and
good cheer from Mrs. C. J. Mar
tin, Boon* Mill, Va., who is the 1
mother of eighteen children.
Mrs. Martin was cured of stomach
Sbto and oonstipation by
Rtberlain's Tablets after five
v of suffering, and now
recommends these tablets to the.
public. Sold by all dealers. ~
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DANBURY, N. C. t FEBRUARY 7, 1912.
J. A. LAWSON NEXT
WILL LEAVE COUNTY tfSOON
Expects to Start to Florida Tkis
Week to Look Out a Home—The
Exodus of Good Citizens Goes
On.
Mr. Jesses A. Lawson will
leave his home at Lawsonville
this week for Florida, to seek
out the location of a home. Mr.
Lawson was in town Saturday,
and while here told the Reporter
that he expects to move with
his family, to Florida soon. He
stated as the reason of his
departure, the great difficulty of
doing: business away from the
railroad in Stokes county on!
account of the bad roads, and!
the general dulness in all lines of j
work and farming which results
from the almost prohibitive rates
of transportation in the Country,
the great difficulty experienced
by the children in attending
school on account of bad roads,
etc.
Mr. Lawson a one of the
county's be.-; citizens, and his
leaving the county with his
: family will be a distinct loss.
However, the exodus continues,
and will continue until the peo
ple wake up to the realization of
the serious and ruinous cost to the
business life of our county which
bad roads are taxing us with.
Sandy Ridge Route 1.
Sand? Ridge Route 1, Feb. 5.
—People in this section are
preparing for another crop.
They have begun burning plant
land.
The Amos school taught by
Miss Susie Grogan, closed last
Tuesday.
' Mr. Sam Ziglar lost a fine
milch cow last week with hol
low horn.
Mr. J. A. Amos is no better
at this writing we are sorry to
note. He took his bed the 10th
of January.
Miss Bina Amos and Mr.
Sterne Richardson were married
last Sunday. Esq. G. A. Hutch
erson officiated.
The wedding bells are expected
to ring again soon as Mr. Shel
ton calls quite often.
Mrs. Kate Brown and daugh
ter and Miss Lucy Joyce visited
at Mr. R. L. Brown's Saturday.
Measles is plentiful on the
Ridge.
Maddogs are raging on the
Ridge. Mr. T. H. 2 Ferguson
i killed one last Monday,
j Mr. George Brown has moved
out to himself.
1 Choppings are all the go down
in this part of the county.
' Dock Washburn happened to a
bad accident several days ago
to get his ankle sprained and is
not improving much, we are
sorry to say.
PLOW BOY.
Marriage Licenses.
Chas. E. Bennett to Rosa E.
Staley.
Sam Cromer to Laura Ellen
Bennett
Reid Flinchum to Hattie Man
uel.
! Thos. Tatum to Mattie Elma
I Tuttle.
Elisha Venable to Febby Hen
-1 nis.
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Reports from Western North
Carolina are to the effect that
the greatest snow storm in
years visited that section the :
past week. The average depth
l of the snow is about one foot,
while in some places it is drifted
to a depth of thirty feet
Most of the public school will
expire next wesk. . i
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FOR ELECTRIC LINE
WINSTON THROUGH STOKES
1 The People of Meadows Township
Enthusiastic Over Proposed En
terprise —Mr. Geo. Lewis Leaves
For Winston to Confer With the
Frieses.
Mr. Geo. Lewis, of Meadows
township, left yesterday for
Winston-Salem to confer with
Mr. H. E. Fries regarding the
project of an electric trolley line
to be built from Winston via
Germanton, Flat Shoal, Danbury
and other points north of the
center of the county. Mr.
j Lewis, who was here Monday,
| stated that the people of his
township are enthusiastic over
I the proposition, and that they
will undoubtedly vote a bond issue
of at least $50,000 to assist the
construction of the line. Mr.
Lewis was in conference with
Danbury citizens Monday with
the view of enlisting the co
operation of Danbury township.
He was assured that the people
of Danbury are greatly desirous
of the enterprise, and would vote
a reasonable bond issue, while it
is believed that Peter's Creek
will do likewise, thus carrying
the line clearly through the
county, on towards Stuart, Va.
Should the project be realized the
value to Winston-Salem of this
feeder from a vast territory rich
in timber, minerals, agricultural
products, etc., could not be esti
mated.
Mr. Lewis goes to Winston to
confer with Mr. Fries and other
capitalists regarding the most
logical method of proceeding.
He says the people of Meadows
p ape alive as never be
fore to'"&e necessity of building
roads and other improvements.
Mumford Brought Back.
Mr. G. C. Mumford was
brought here today by Deputy
Sheriff Stephen Smith and placed
in jail, having been arrested by
the authorities of Alamance
county, at Graham, on a capias
issued by the Clerk of the Court
of Stokes county on the charge
of having jumped his bail in this
county. It will be remembered
that Mumford was tried at
spring term of court here last
year for setting liquor at Moore's
Springs, and was under bond
to appear at the next term of
court to show good behavior. He
slipped his bond, and left his
personal property as security.
When arrested at Graham
Mumford had in his grip 18 pints
of whiskey.
May Build New County Home.
It is learned, that the county
commissioners are consideriag the
matter of building anew county
home for Stokes. If this should
be done the present county home
and farm will no doubt be sold
and a new location secured.
Better quarters for the poor who
are dependent on the county are
badly needed.
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Sale of Real Estate In Pinnacle.
We will sell to the highest
bidder on Saturday, Feb. 10th,
1912, at Pinnacle, N. C., the
brick roller mill building and lot
100 by 260 feet, one vaeant lot
100 by 260 feet, adjoining the
! mill lot, the tobacco warehouse
lot 100 by 250 feet with camp
houses on lot, also one large
planer and matcher in good con
dition, one corn mill with spin
j dies all complete. Sale will com
mence at 1 o'clock P. M., Satur
day, Feb. 10,1912, *
lE. W. CULLER AND OTHERS.
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OAK GROVE NEWS.
Whooping Cough Causing Excitement
la Public Schools—Pie Supper at
Oak Grave School House.
Oak Grove, Feb. s.— We are
still experiencing some cold
rough weather. It is said by
some of the oldest people this
winter is the roughest in many
years, but it is a saying it is a
sign of a good crop year.
The ground-hog saw his
I shadow on the second which is
ja sign that we will have six
I weeks more of winter weather.
We learn that the whooping
cough is causing some excitement
in the public schools, but the
schools are so near out it will
not cause much time lost from
the s.'hool.
The directors of the Quick
step Telephone Company held
their meeting on last Monday
at which time they transacted
such business as will be of great
benefit to the company.
We learn that S. K. Ander
son's mule that was hurt some
time ago is alright and was not
damaged at all. The shot did
not go through the hide.
The pie supper at Oak Grove
school house on last Friday
night was quite a success. The
young people seemed anxious to
buy a pie which looked good and
nice. All present seemed to
enjoy the occasion. The pro
ceeds went to the benefit of the
school.
With the exceptions of bad
| colds, the health of the people
in this section is good at this
writing.
Mr. Chas. Brannock, of Mt
Airy, spent Sunday at the home
of W. H. Boyles on King
Route 2.
A lot of the formers in this
section have recently sold some
tobacco at Winston and are well
pleased with the prices.
Mr. J. V. Boyles, of Mt Airy,
has been visiting friends and
relatives in Stokes for the first
time in quite a while.
Choppings are the next in order
with the farmers.
SCRIBBLER.
Card From Secretary G. A. Hutch
erson.
Sandy Ridge, Feb. 5.
Pepper Bros.,
I Danbury, N. C.
Sirs:
Will you please say in the next
issue of the Reporter that the
correct name and address of the
secretary of each local Union F.
E. and C. U. of A. in Stokes
county is wanted by the county
secretary and treasurer at once
and each local secretary and
treasurer in the county is re
quested to send in the same to
me at Sandy Ridge, N. C., so I
can comply with the resolutions
adopted in the county meeting
held Feb. 3rd, 1912.
Fraternally,
G. A. HUTCHERSON.
Campbell Route 1.
Campbell Route 1, Feb. 6.
Several of the boys and girls
of this section attended an
apron party in Virginia Satur
day night #
There will be preaching at
Peter's Creek next Sunday.
Mr. R. H. Mitchell, our
efficient school master is offering
a gold medal to the oneSmaking
the best recitation on the night
before the last day. The school
closes Feb. 6.
The farmers say that crops
will be late this year owing to the
fact that the ground has not
been in a condition to work for
•oine time.
L . SAY BELL
No. 2,074
BIG ENTERPRISES
BILLED FOR WALNUT COVE
Farmer*' Union Pastes Resolutions
to Erect Bank With Capital of
$25,000, and Factory With Capi
tal Of $75,000 to SIOO,OOO.
The Farmers' Union meeting
held here Saturday passed reso
lutions to establish at Walnut
Cove a bank with a capital of
$25,000, and a tobacco factory
with a capital of $75,000 to
SIOO,OOO. Mr. J. S. Taylor,
President and General Manager
of the dry prizery, was appoint
ed to go into the field at once to
solicit stock for the new enter
prises.
The meeting Saturday was
held in the court house. It was
a cold day, snowing part of the
time, and the attendance was
not large.
A county burial association
was adopted on the same lines
as that of the Surry county
Union.
Mr. J. Spot Taylor was elected
county business agent to handle
fertilizers again.
Among the Union men pre
sent at the meeting were Messrs.
J. S. Taylor, Chap Bodenheimer,
R. L. Nunn, J. C. Flippin,
Wheeler James, Chas. Huff, H.
H. Reid, O. M. Bennett, W. V.
Shelton, J. A. Lawson, Milton
Southern, Geo. W. Smith, J. C.
Wall, J. T. Kallam, W. E. Hart
man, Bun Nelson and others.
SICKNESS ON KING ROUTE 1.
Appointment At Quaker Gap
Church Changed— Schools Doing
Well.
l£inf£ Route 1, Feb. 6.—Mrs..
R. R. Boyles is right sick at
present. We wish her a speedy
recovers.
We are sorry to learn of the
sickness of Mrs. Ben Voss.
Miss Carrie Miller will visit
relatives and friends in and
around Capella next week.
We learn that ReV. W. H.
Wilson has changed his time
at Quaker Gap church from the
fourth Sunday to the second
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Saylar
left the past week for Pinnacle,
N. C., where they will make
their future home.
Choppings are all the go
nowadays. There was a chopping
at Mr. Sidney Bennett's! Friday
and a musical at night. A good
many young boys attended but
they were somewhat disappoint
ed as girls were scarce.
The public school at Capella
closed last Friday, Jan. 26. It
was taught by Misses Dora Wall
and Hattie Smith. •
Mr. Emmet Gibson is repair
ing his telephone line. Look
out, Capella operator, he will be
calling Rural Hall.
The subscription school at
Capella is progressing nicely
under Miss Dora WalL There
are 22 students on roll, and more
are expected soon.
Mr. Will Morefield called on
Miss Mamie Gr&vitt Sunday.
Mr. Pink Boyles sold a barn
of tobacco the past week which
weighed 506 pounds and brought
$111.14. The tobacco was grown
on Miss Dora King's farm.
Mr. Jackson Overby calls at
the central office at Capell*
quite, often. What is the attrac
tion, Miss Dora ?
O. U. KID.
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