DANBURY REPORTER"
VOLUME XL.
DECIDED ON DODOS
Enthusiastic Good Roads
Meeting At Court House
Saturday.
MR. VARNER'S ADDRESS
Much Enjoyed By tDie Audience
Bill to Be Drawn Nsxt Satur
day and Submitted to the
Voters County Good
Roads Association
Formed.
The good roads meeting at the
court house Saturday was a great
success. Every township in the (
county was largely represented, .
and the meeting voted unani- i
mously looking to immediate',
action toward issuing bonds in,
the sum of sooo,ooo for building
modern sand-clay roads.
Hon. H. B. Varner. of Lex
ington, President of the
North Carolina Good Roads As- 1
sociation, was present and de-!
livered an interesting address
which was closely listened to by
the audience. Mr. Varner, who
is editor cf Southern Good Roads
Magazine, and Vice-President of
the Appalachian Good Roads
Association, is a red-hot good
roads man. He congratulated
the people of Stokes on their de
termination to build roads, and
complimented our county highly
for its fine natural advantages
and excellent citizenry. But he
declared that the Dan bury-Wal
nut Cove road was the worst
road he had ever seen, although
he had visited every county in
the State, every State in the
Union and part of Canada.
Mr. Varner explained that the
sand-clay or top soil was the best
road, and could be built at a cost
of not over 81,000 per mile on
the average, this including the
grading. Before Mr. Varner
left he pinned a good roads but
ton on everybody's coat, and
organized a good roads associa
tion for the county.
Below will be found a detailed
write-up of the meeting, by
Secretary Kurfees :
Pursuant to a call issued by
Dr. J. W. Neal and Ex-Sheriff
C. M. Jones, a mass meeting of
the citizens of Stokes county was
held in the court house in Dan
bury on Saturday, Jan. 11, 1913.
The meeting was called to order
at 11 o'clock a. m. bv Mr. R. L.
Nunn, of Quaker Gap township.
A permanent organization was
effected by electing R. L. Nunn
as chairman and J no. W. Kur
fees as secretary. Enthusiastic
speeches were made in the inter
est of good roads by Messrs. I.
G. Ross, George Lewis, D. F.
Tillotson, J. Spot Taylor, H. M.
Joyce, Henry Reid, J. Walter
Fowler, Jno. W. Kurfees, N. 0.
Petree, R. L. Nunn, J. J. Priddy,
and others.
Upon investigation it was
found that every township in the
county was represented. The
meeting was indeed an enthus
iastic one, and practically har
monious throughout. About the
only question precipitating a dis
cussion was whether the county
as a whole should undertake the
building ol" roads, or whether it
should be done separately by
townships. Mr. George Lewis
made a motion that we under
take the matter by townships.
The motion carried by an over
whelming majority. At this
juncture Mr. Nunn, after calling
Mr. I. G. Ross to the chair, took
the floor and made a motion that
the chair appoint a committee
consisting of one representative
citizen lrom each township to
meet in the office of N. 0.
Petree during the noon hour to
decide upon the amount of bonds
which should be voted upon by
each township. Personnel of
committee wafas Ifollows:
Yadkin township, D. F. Tillot
son; Meadows township, I. G.
Ross; Danbury township, N. E.
Pepper; Quaker Gap township,
R. L. Nunn, Snow Creek town
ship, R. H. Priddy; Peters'
Creek township, H. 11. Reid;'
Sauratown township, H. G. Tut
tle; Beaver Island township, Zeb
V. Martin.
At two o'clock in the after
noon the meeting was treated to
a very able, enthusiastic and
practical address by Hon. H. B.
Varner, of Lexington, N, C. His
speech was enjoyed to the full
by every one present, and many
valuable lessons were learned, j
A resolution was passed extend- j
iiig the thanks of our meeting to j
1 Mr. Varner for his kindness in ]
\ coming to address us. and we |
! hope to have him again. At the i
'close of the address our meeting:
i was again called to order, and
the report of committee read and
! approved. Report was as fol
lows :
Amount of bonds to be voted
upon by each township:
Sauratown township, £50,000 j
j Quaker Gap " 50,000]
Beaver Island " 25,000 1
Yadkin " su' 00
Meadows " -H ;
Peters' Creek " 35,000
Snow Creek " 35,0i1)
Danbury " 25,000
i Through the kindness of N. O.
I Petree, Esq.. the present statute
bearing upon road elections in
! Stokes county was read and ex
i plained, and some suggestions
| offered by him relative to draft
ing a new bill or amending the
old so as to apply to present
i needs. It was agreed that Mr.
Petree be appointed to draft such
bill as would be suitable and at
his suggestion the chair appoint
ed the following committee, one
member from each township, to
meet with Mr. Petree in his
office in Danbury on Saturday,
Jan. 18, at 10 o'clock a. m. for
the purpose of drafting such bill
as may be necessary. It was
agreed upon unanimously that
said bill should be so drawn that
it will require the county com
missioners to call an election in
each township in county on same
day, and to do so without peti
tion. It was further agreed that
no new registration be required
I and that a majority of the votes
cast in any township would be
decisive either for or against bond
issue. Personnel of committee
to assist Mr. Petree in drafting
bill is as follows: Messrs. R. L.
Nunn, Eugene Pepper, D. F.
i Tillotson, Z. V. Martin, H- G.
j Tuttle, R. H. Priddy, H. H. Reid,
' and J. Walter Fowler,
| The above committee was in-
I structed to take any other rep
| resentative citizen or citizens
I with them from their respective
townships if they wished, adher-
I ing to the doctrine that "in the
I multitude of counsel there is
safety." A resolution was
adopted asking our representa
tive in the General Assembly and
our State Senator to use their
best efforts to get State aid for
, public roads and to urge the
: General Assembly to use its in
j fluence to get Congress to give
us national aid for the same.
• At the earnest request of Mr.
H. B. Varner a good roads asso
ciation was organized with the
following officers elected:
i President, Jno. vV. Kurfees,
Germanton; Vice-President, I. G.
Ross, Walnut Cove Route 1;
; Secretary, Eugene Pepper, Dan
bury.
! GOOD ROADS COMMITTEE.
J. M. Hill, Germanton; li. L.
Nunn, West field: D. F. Tillotson,
iKing; H. G. Tuttle, Walnut
Cove; Z V. Martin, Madison
Route 3; 11. H. Keid, Danbury
Route 1; li. H. Priddy. Sandy
Ridge Route 1; J. Spot Taylor,
Danbury.
i There being no further busi
ness the meeting adjourned sub
i ject to call by the president uf
i the Good Roads Association.
R. L. NUNN, Chm.
| JNO. W. KURFEES. Sec.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
This remedy has no superior
for coughs and colds. It is
pleasant to take. It contains no
i opium or other narcotic. It al
| ways cures. For sale by nil
• dealers.
DANBURY, N. C., JANUARY 15, 1913.
WALNUT COVE DEWS
Another Delightful Dance
Participated In By the
Young Folks.
MRS. JIM NEAL DIES
Third Member Of Family Dies
With Typhoid Personals
of Interest.
Walnut Cove, Jan. 14.—The
most enjoyable social function
of the New Year was the delight
j ful dance at the home of Mr.
land Mrs. Nut liedgtcock last
I Monday evening. Among those
I that enjoyed the hospitality of
I Mr. and Mrs. Hcdgecock were
| Misses Claude liierson, Mary
| Martin, Rhoda Adams, Maybelle
| and Jessie Vaugr. i, Dora Aber
nethy, S idie and Mary Pringle:
Messrs. Nuinu, and llo.v
; Vaughn, (.) k!l Jones, .lacob
j Fulton, Min:iish Whaler, .J. H.
Roberson, of Winston-Salem:
i Mr. and Mrs. Ii >'■
i Mr. and Mrs s R. Yoss,
I Mr. and Mr. Bennett,
I Messrs. To" Petree, John
'Bailey, Jr., a>j C. Bailey.
li n. H. B. Varner, of Lex
'ington, N. C., addressed the
j citizen-} of Walnut Cove on the
| subject of Good 1 toads at the
Junior Hall last Saturday even-
I ing at 7 o'clock to a large crowd.
Mrs. Jim Neal died at her
home on Walnut Cove Route 55,
Jan. S, with typhoid fever.
jThe deceased leaves a husband
i and a small child besides friends
| and relatives to mourn their
loss. Mrs. Neal is the third
member of her family to die
with typhoid fever since last
November. Her mother, Mrs.
Harrison and brother, John Harri
son, preceded her to the better
world some weeks ago.
Mr. Lester Morefield was in
town last week on his way to
Winston-Salem.
Mrs. John G. Fulton and Mrs.
James R. Voss went to Wins
ton-Salem last week shoeing,
j Mr. Sam Heath, of Winston
| Salem, was in town last week
| on business.
Air. Frank Dunklee, of Wins
ton-Salem, was in town last
; Friday.
Misses Myrtle Samuel and
• Mable Petree went to Madison
last week to have some dental
; work done.
! Mrs. John Neal was in town
last week after spending several
days at Madison visiting rel
atives. She was en route to her
home at Meadows.
Mr. Sam Rierson, of Winston-
Salem, returned home last week
after spending several days with
his aunt, Mrs. Lizzie Adams,
north of town.
Mr. Numa Vaughn returned to
Winston-Salem last Thursday.
Mr. W. D. Bennett, who has
been ill for the last week, is
very much improved, we are
glad to note.
Mr. Joel Hill, of Arcadia, is
| spending several days in town
las the guest of his sister, Mrs.
111. L. Murphy.
j Mr. Lonnie Doggett, of Sum
' merfield, was in town last week
! for a few days.
I Mr. and Mrs. Paul Davis have
, returned, after spending tho
month of December in Florida.
Mr. Ben CaHill, of WJnston
; Salem, was in town last Thurs
day in his automobile. He was
cm route to Madison
Mrs Wyatt Fulton, of B dews
• Creek, is spending the week in
i town with relatives.
The infant daughter of Mr.
land Mrs. D. S. Boyles Iris been
real sick with chicken p )x.
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Voss
■ went to Winston Saturday
night to attend the "Rosary"
; that was played there.
Mr. R. L. Murphy and son,
ißobert, went to Winston-Salem
Saturday.
Miss Winfred Tatum, who
has been teaching at Meadows,
was in town Monday enroute to
her home at Mayodan. Her
school is closed for the next
three weaks on account of
, measles.
i Miss Maggie Roberson return
ed after spending a
few days at Dalton.
Miss Stella Rierson spent the
MR. VARNER AT COVE |
Makes Strong Speech For
Good Roads At Informal
Meeting.
MUCH ENTHUSIASM
Sauratown Towship Good Roads
I and Agricultural Association
Is Formed.
Walnut Cove, Jan. 11.— H. B. I
Varner of Lexington, oqe of the!
leading good roads disciples ot !
! North Carolina, made a master
ful speech at an informal meet-:
' ing here tonight and so much
enthusiasm did his speech create ,
j that within a few minutes after 1
jits close the Sauratown Town- j
j ship Good Roads and Agricultur
al Association had been formed,
with (.apt. K. L. Murphy presi
dent ami Mr. O. N. Petree
secretary and treasurer, and
nearly a hundred dollars had
i been raised to oifer in prizes for
those making the best showing
;: in corn growing,
j The association will also act
as a board of trade l'or Walnut
; Cove and the township,
ij The engagement for Mr.
j Varner to speak was made only
this morning. He'passed through
• here on his way to Danbury to till
• an engagement of Dr. Joseph
• Hyde Pratt, and was prevailed
■ upon to speak here tonight. De
. i spite the lact that but little time
r was allowed for advertising
,' the meeting, there was a large
. attendance, and no more enthus-
I iastic meeting has been held
• here.
[QUAKER GAP NEWS.
> i
II Death Ar Brim---Robbery
At Wcs: field.
M Brim, .Tan. 11. Giles, the
! son of Mr. and Mrs. Kobt.
i Hundley, died Saturday and was
) buried at the Albion grave yard
I Sunday afternoon.
, ; Miss Minnie Tilley entertained
-! a nur. ber of her young friends
[Saturday night. Among those
- present were Claudie Jessup,
c | Bessie Shelton, Bertha Neal,
j Roland Christian, Roy Pell, and
-'Chester Shelton. Alt report a
t j nice time.
Messrs. Tom Tilley and Rol
-11 and Christian left for West Va.
i! last week.
1 Measles are raging in this
! part of the community
i Miss Annie Smith, who has
1 been very ill for a few days, is
. improving.
r On last Tuesday night some
one broke in the store of Mr. J.
-j H. Lowe of Westfield taking
c about SIO.OO of change, about
lltwo dozen pocket knives, box
, ! of cigars, and several other
| things.
MR. JOHN NEAL, SR.
• | Passed Away At His Home At
Meadows Today.
' 1 Mr. John Neal, Sr., one of the
3 ! oldest citizens of the county,
,: died this morning at his home at
Meadows after an illness of
' several weeks, following a stroke
. of paralysis.
; The deceased would have been
ninety-three years of age had
2 'he lived until the 18th day of
the present month,
i He is survived by three child
.l ren, his wife having preceded
. I him to the grave by a number
s of years. The children are
County Treasurer Geo W. Neal,
, of Campbell: John Neal, Jr.
of Meadows, and Mrs ill
1 Ayers, of Patrick county, Va.
Mr. Neal was among the coun
t\'s best citizens and had amass
-1 ed considerable property.
, The interment will probably be
J! made tomorrow at the family
; ; burying ground near the home
of the deceased
I _
• ! day in Winaton-Salem last
1 ; Saturday shopping.
Mr. D. R. Head, of King, was
>j in town last Wednesday on
. j business.
) j Mr. S. H. Ste.vart. of Wins
f.ton, was here last. Wednesday.
tiMr. Stewart left last week for
f j New York to buy goods for the
Stewart-Jones Clothing Com
- pany of this place. The new
i firm will open for business
about February Ist, in the new
e Bank Building.
|THE YOUNG FARMER. I
: How He May Achieve Sue- '
cess In Life and Be In
| dependent and Happy— 4
Like the Water Collected
In a Dam, the Accumula
tion of Power Will Do
Things.
When you see a young farmer j
I start out by depositing his first I
1 money in the Bank, and adding
! to his pile constantly after every j
crop, you may put it down that
some day that young fellow will ]
make his mark in the world.
If you will ask any of the ]
great men of the world who. 
'have made a success of life,!]
they will tell you that they be-
I gan by saving their first dollars j 1
in a good bank, and that after i
\a few years their fund saved
I helped them get rich. 
It is like the water in a dam. |
I Let the water run through the
- gate as fast as it accumulates.
•! and your mill will never turn.
i But dam the Hood up for a
r: while, and soon you will have
1 a head of water which will be a
' I power, and whicn you can use
'i to turn the wheels of com
. | merce.
;! A person who keeps money
!: j hid away in the house, is igr.or
?;ant of the first principles of
jj safety of investment. His
j savings of years may be swept
i away in a single night with fire.
• j rats, thieves and ofttimes the
: robber murders to cover his
' | tracks of stealing.
We pay four per cent, com- j
2 pound interest, and vou can get
• yous money back any time you j
• wish it. Start a bank account j
today and be independent.
1 BANK OF STOKES COUNTY,,
3! Danbury or Walnut Cove. {
;iMr. R. Emmett Smith
To Move To Pilot Mt.
Mr. Walter Smith, of Fran
cisco, was here today and
»| told the Reporter that his
l father, Mr. R. Emmett Smith,
5 had recently sold his farm at
I Francisco, and would remove
i with his family to Pilot Mtn.
■ 1 the next few days. It was not
j? learned what business Mr. Smith
( ' will engage in at Pilot Mtn.
r j The Reporter regrets to know
j that Mr. Smith will leave Stokes.'
He is a good citizen, and was for
!a number of years a member of
t j our county Board of Education.
!| Off For Rockingham.
f Mr. J. M. Shelton and family
[> of Danbury Route 1, Peter's;
Creek township, will leave in |
i a few days for Rockingham]
i county to make their home, j
f Mr. Shelton who was in town i
yesterday, stated that on ac-1
- count of the had roads and the i
i great difficulty and heavy ex-|
r pense of marketing his crops,;
s he had decided to move near:
, j Madison on a good road, near
, the railroad.
1; All over tho county this thing j
jis going on Very rare thing!
-1 for new people to move into!
jour county - alway they are
! going,
e. •
c Methodist Conference.
, The first Quarterly Conference
;t: of the M. E. church for this year
| was held in Danbury at the
s | Methodist church Saturday. Rev.
a | R. M. Taylor, of Mt, Airy, Pre
i siding Elder of this circuit, was
present and preached at 11
r o'clock a. m. and at night,
e Messrs. J. M. Lovins and W.
l " G. Hawkins, stewards of the
i Sandy Ridge and Delta churches,
v ' respectively attended the con
! ferenc?.
No. 2,023
SANDY RIDGE NEWS
Several Weddings Reported
By Reporter Correspon
dent.
EPIDEMIC OF MEASLES
Mumps and Smallpox Also Prev
alent—ltems and Personals
Of Interest.
Sandy Ridge, Jan. 12.—Roy
Murphy, the son of Mr. J. W.
Murphy, happened to get his
log badly sprained last Sunday
when a mule fell down with
him.
Measles and mumps are all
the go around here now. Miss
Ruth Pringle, who lias been
teaching school at Delta, has
stoped her school on account of
measles.
Rev. T. J Folger filled his reg
ular appointment at Delta
Sunday.
Mrs J D Steel visited Mr
and Mrs. Walter Hawkins Sun
day.
! Mr. J K Simmons, of Vade
I Mecum, visited Mr. J. W. Mur
iphy last week
I Mr J. S Dillon and family
removed to their new home at
Campbell last week. We are
sorry to see them leave.
With best wishes to the Re
porter and its many readers, I
will close.
IREN'.
Sandy Ridge Route 1, Jan. 13.
■ —Farmers have begun burning
plant land and preparing for
J another crop of tobacco.
Measles and mumps are stiil
, raging. Also smallpox is re
ported in some sections.
Mr. Frank Carter and Miss
: Nannie Dodson were married
Sunday morning at Mr. W E.
J Willis'. The ceremeny being
j performed by Mr. Willis Botn
bride and groom are popular
young people. We extend con
gratulations.
There is a lot of sickness in
the community at present.
Mr. Cleveland Carter and
Miss Viola Terrell were happily
married Sunday afternoon at the
home of the bride on Madison
Route 3 We wish them a long
and happy life.
Rev. Fred Smith filled his aD
pointment at Delta Sunday
afternoon.
J. E. W.
DM. ~ .
Dillard, Jan. 7. —Misses Maud
and Myrtle Neal spent the first
Saturday night in this month
with their Aunt, Mrs. R. S.
Ward. They were on their way
to their school near Hartman,
after spending a two week's
holidav with their parents.
' Rev. D. H. Brendall, pastor of
: Bethesda M. E. church, soent
! first Saturday night with Mr.
\ and Mrs. D. H. Carter.
Mr. W. M. Peebles went to
; Greensboro last week in search
[ of his son. Frank, who ran away
! during the Christmas holidays.
! Mr. Cable Richardson moved
: into the Dillard section last week.
| Mr. Robert Alcorn, who is in
school at Walnut Cove, spent
j Saturday night with his parents,
j Messrs. J. F. Rothrock and G.
W. Roberts left yesterday for
; Winston.
Rev. J. M. King filled his
regular appointment at Oak
Grove Sunday, hut with very
small attendance on account of
bad weather.
Chicken pox, measles and
mumps are about here now.
Allan, the small son of Mr.
and Mrs. L. A. Dune in, is very
sick at this writing.
Miss Guessie Johnson spent
last night with Miss Norah
Ward.
The Dillard schojl is to get up
a good entertainment for the
l&st day.
Mr. Russell Mitchell, of Wins
, ton, visited his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. M. T. Mitchell, last week.
Miss Kate Reid, who has been
■ visiting at Walnut Cove, return
ed home last week.