DANBURY REPORTER
VOLUME XL.
IF THE BONDS FAIL
County Commissioners Will
Build Several Thorough
fares At General
County Expense.
LAW ON THEIR SIDE
Abundant Precedent For the Pro
posed Action of the Board
The Public's Interests
Will Be Protected.
Stokes county is to have good
roads whether the people vote
bonds or not. Acting under
the authority of law as construed
by the Attorney General of
North Carolina, and sustained by
the Supreme Court of the State,
the Board of County Commis
sioners of Stokes county will t>
in the event that the elec
tion for a bond issue soon
to be held in the county, goes
against the bonds, issue bonds in
a reasonable amount for the pur
pose of raising funds with which
to build two or three good roads
through the county, by which
the people may be enabled to
reach the markets with their
products, reach the county seat,
and transact their necessary
business. The Reporter learns
on undoubted authority that
these roads will be built in case
a majority of voters defeat the
election for bonds. At least two
of the board of county commis
sioners have committed them
selves to this intention. In tak
ing this step the commissioners
will be acting clearly within the
law, on the ground that the
roads are a public necessity.
They will be acting on exactly
the same principle by which bonds
were issued to build the court
house and jail, and many bridges
of the county.
The Reporter gives the above j
information for the consideration
of the people of the county, who
may have plenty of time to
think it over before the election.
It strikes this paper that it
would be infinitely better that {
each township should vote the
bond issue, thus get roads in,
every section of the county,
than that the commissioners
should be compelled on ac-|
count of business necessity
to build a few roads which
would be of direct benefit to
less than the whole people.
It is certain that while the policy
of the commissioners in this
matter will not meet with uni
versal approval, that it will be j
endorsed by a great propor
tion if not by a majority of the;
people. The board will not be
acting from any selfish motive j
in availing themselves of the law!
to provide public necessities, but t
they realize that the time has
come when it is a serious prob
lem, and they must stand by the
public's interests, and if the
public will not help itself, they
will be driven to the necessary i
precaution of protecting our
vital resources. I j
In various sections the
are in a dangerous condition. ;
and the commissioners realize
that they, as the public's pro
tectors, are liable to be sued and
would be clearly responsible in !
case of serious or fatal injury to
persons or stock, consequently
they will exert their lawful
prerogative of providing safe
and convenient main highways.
Barred Rock Eggs for hatch
ing $1.50 for 15. Stock for sale
Trio $5.00, Ex. Paid.
C. T. HAMM,
4feb6t Tobaccoville, N. C.
S. H. STEELE
One of the Successful Stokes
County Farmers--Raises
His Supplies At Home
Mr. S. H. Steele of Sandy J
Ridge was a visitor in Danburyj
Saturday, coming over to at-,
tend to some business matters.
Mr. Steele is one of the men of
Stokes county who are making a
success of farming. He grows
at home all the supplies which
he needs for himself, his family,
his stock and cattle. He was
riding a splendid fat mule, and
he told the Reporter man that
that mule had never eaten but
very little Daisy Middlings.
Mr. Steele owns several hundred
acres of fine land in Snow Creek
township, and every year he
is making it a little better,
improving it, making it richer.
When the year is ended he does
not have to go to a store and
pay out hard cash for supplies
bought during the year on
which to grow a crop like so
many of our unsuccessful farm
ers have to do: Mr. Steele is
raising a family of nice child en,
and is teaching them to be good
citizens and independent. He
has a wife who is about as good
a manager as himself, and Mr.
Steele does not deny the fact
that he owes a large part of his
success in life to the valuable
help of Mrs. Steele.
When Stokes can boast of a
population of farmers who pro
duce their home supplies at
home, instead of having to buy
them from the stores, or order
from supply houses at a distance,
then we will indeed de independ
ent, prosperous and happy.
Tell your neighbors about our
great reduction sale. Boyles
Mercantile Co.
Money Savers.
Bennett & Murray extend a
i cordial invitation to their friends
, in Stokes to see them before you
buy. They will save you money.
Fagg & Nelson are buying
I Daisy Middlings, chop, flour, &c.,
in car load lots. Their prices
will interest the country merch
ants.
I J. E. James, is the Leader in
Low Prices. See him when you
go to Walnut Cove. Leading
| brands of fertilizers will be
handled.
W. R. Stephens, the Hardware
man, can save you money. Farm
implements, anything in hard
ware.
Telephone, write or call and
see John G. Fulton. The Stokes
Grocery Company leads in right
prices and the best goods,
i If you want dry goods, grojer
!ies, hats, shoes, or anything in
general merchandise Tom Roth
rock wants to see you. He will
! treat you right and make you
' satisfied.
If you fail to take advantage
of the great reduction sale at
Boyles Mercantile Co's store,
you will be the loser.
Walnut Cove Business News
i 1
John A. Burton invites the
j ladies to visit his store— splendid ;
dress goods, millin
ery, etc., at. the lowest prices. '
| Dodson & Co. buy ri>> ht, and j
give their customers the advan
tage. Big stock, at prices which
' will surprise you. !
, The Stokes Hardware and
1 Furniture Co. is the place to find '
what you want in farm imple
ments. Beautiful line of furni
ture. Call and see for yourself.
THE ROAfl fiILL PASSES
HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES
The bill now before the Legis
lature in regard to a road elec
tion for Stokes county, passed
the House of Representatives
Monday.
DANBURY, N. C M FEBRUARY 5, 1913.
CHARLIE SCALES
Death of Excellent Young
Man At Walnut Cove
Saturday.
FIRE AT BUNGALOW
Residsnce of Lawrence Mcßae
Goes Up In Flames —Other
News of Walnut Cove.
Walnut Cove, Feb. 4. Mr.
' Charlie Scales passed away early
( Saturday morning at 4 o'clock
with tuberculosis He had been
in declining health for six yeara,
I and was confined to his bed for
the last twelve or fifteen months.
He traveled about a great deal
a few years in the hope of find
ing relief but it didn't do him
! any good. He also spent several
! months last year at a sanitorium
jat Montrose, but it didn't prove
beneficial to him and he came
j back here in th ummer and
i stayed here till ! lv . this
life. He leav one sister, Mrs.
!A. T. Rothtvck. of this place,
a»d one brother, Mr. Marion
I beaks, of Madison. His father,
j mother and brother preceded him
to the better land some yeare
' ago. He became a member of
the Episcopal church when he
was quite young and remained a
i devoted member until his death.
He often expressed his willing
ness to die, and said he had no
fear of death. We feel that the
relatives' and town's loss is his
eternal gain. The deceased was
in his 27th year. The remains
were carried to Madison Sunday
morning for interment. The
funeral services were conducted
by Rev. Mr. Willy, the Episcopal
minister, of Mayodan. A large
number of friends and relatives
accompanied the remains to
Madison for burial. The floral
tributes were numerous and
' beautiful. The bereaved rela
tives haAe our deepest sympathy
in the great sorrow. May the
I Lord bless them in their trouble.
The house at Stokesburg
I known as the Bungalow and be
longing to Mr. Lawrence Mcßae,
of Winston, but at the present
rented by Mr. J. W. Winslow,
was destroyed by fire Sunday
night about 11:30 a'clock. Mr.
Winslow discovered a small fire
in one of the rooms up stairs and
the alarm was given, and the fire
| was extinguished and ap
parently was out, but later it
gained a terrible headway and
before any one could get there
Ito help get the furniture out, it
i was burned down. Nothing was
saved except a sewing machine,
one mattress and a trunk. All
of Mr. Winalow's furniture was
burned. We learn that the
] house and furniture belonging to
! Mr. Winslow were insured. Mr.
j Winslow came out from Wins-;
! ton Sunday and went over to see j
j about his furniture and built him j
a fire while he was there. He i
thinks it must have caught from I
that, as that was the only fire
that had been in the house for,
several weeks, as Mrs. Winslow
|
has been in Mullins, S. C.
A lot of personal property of j
the late Mr. Jacob Fulton was ;
sold here Saturday p. m. under j
the admh.istration of Mr. J. H.
Fulton. Two mules, a cow, j
wagon, harness, a lot of corn '
and other things were sold.
Miss Jessie Vaughn is spend- j
ing two weeks at home. She;
had to clofe her school at Fulp {
for measles.
Mr. Will East's children, who
have been sick with chicken pox,
are about well now.
Mrs. H. F. Pardue was ill last
week with grip.
COUNTY FATHERS
Call Off the Road Election
For Yadkin Township
SCHOOL
ELECTIONS
Called For Special School Districts
At Sandy Ridge and
Dillard.
The county commissioners at
their regular monthly meeting
here Monday made an order re
calling the election recently
ordered to be held in Yadkin
towrship on Feb. 17th for the
purpose of allowing the citizens
to vote on a $25,000 bond issue to
build good roads in that town
ship. The election was recalled
on petitions from" the citizens of
that township asking that it be
done. It was claimed that $25,-
000 was not enough money to
bijild roads throughout the town
ship and they desire to have an
election on a $50,000 bond issue
under the new act now before
the Legislature.
I. Special school districts j[iave
j been laid out at both Sandy
Ridge and Dillard and the com
missioners called an election to
be held in each district on
March 18th for the purpose of
allowing the citizens to vote on
a school tax of not more than 30
cents on $lOO and 90 cents on the
poll to augment the regular
school fund. In the Sandy Ridge
district M. L. Hutcherson was
appointed registrar and J. T.
Kallam and E. H. Biggs judges.
In the Dillard district E. L.
Mitchel was appointed registrar
and Jno. W. Young and Jno. W.
1 Mitchell fudges.
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Forty pounds of nails for $l.OO.
! Everything else in proportion.
| Boyles Mercantile Co.
Sandy Ridge Me 1. :
Sandy Ridge Route 1, Feb. 31
—The farmers of this section
are burning plant land and pre
paring for another crop of to
bacco.
Mr. James Carter is very sick
at present with something like
indigestion. We hope he will
soon recover.
Mr. Frank Hawkins, who has
been ill with pneumonia, is im
proving nicely, we are glad to
note.
Mr. Elias Hawkins, who has
been sick with measles, is much
better.
Mrs. C. F. Boyles, who has
been visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. G. W. Hawkins, for
quite a while, is expecting to
1 leave in a few days for Alvista,
Va., where she will join her
husband, Mr. C. T. Boyles. who
holds a position with the Red
Cedar Chest Co.
Messrs. R. O. Wood and J.
W. Murphy visited at Mr. W.
i J. Hawkins' Sunday afternoon,
i Those who visited at Mr. J.
W. Murphy's Sunday were
! Misses Mary and Nina Steele;
Messrs. Swanson Moore, Carl i
Mabe, Tom Steele, Charlie and
Be rt Oakley.
Mr. George Hall and family 1
visited Mr. Will Murphy Sunday j
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Jarvis Martin i
visited Mr. and Mrs. W. A. i
Steele Sunday.
Miss Ella Wall visited her:
aunt, Mrs. Frank Morefield, Sun-!
day. I
Little Elsie, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Murphy, is
quite ill at present with mumps.
IREN.
DON'T YQU BELIEVE IT.
Some say that chronic cons
tipation cannot be cured. Don't
you believe it. Chamberlan's
Tablets have cured others—why
not you? Give them a trial.
They cost only a quarter. For
sale by all dealers.
GERMANTON NEWS
Ernest Warren Cuts His
Foot Badly--Other Items
of Interest.
Wermanton, Feb. 3. —Ernest,
the oldest son of Mr. Albert
Warren, happened to a very
serious accident while chopping
wood on the B. J. Savage farm,
the ax glancing and inflicting
such a bad wound in the foot
that it was thought at first
amputation would be necessary.
Drs. Bynum and Whittington of
Winston, dressed the wound and
at present he is getting along
nicely.
Miss Linda Gibson is confined
to the house this week with a
severe cold. •
There is no doubt about the
I famous little weather prophet
seeing his shadow the 2nd, and
j according to the theory we are
ito have six weeks more of bad
j weather to add to the size of the
jmudholes and gullies in our
public ' roads. After the hint
jthe judge gav*? the jury at the
j last term of court it seems that
| our good citizens would get a
j move on them and do something
j towards making public highways.
Miss Eliza Sue Poindexter
I spent several days in Washing
ton, D. C., on a pleasure trip,
returning via Walnut Cove
where she attended the Stone-
Jones marriage.
Misses Corinne Tucker and
Mabel McKenzi© and Prof.
Flowers spent Sunday in Wal
nut Cove as the guests pf Misses
Rierson.
Dr. S. H. Hill rsturi\ed from
Spencer a few day* agp where
he has been visiting bit daugh
ter, Mrs. J. C. Small.
Mrs. Lena Sullivan, of Walker
town, is the guest of her sister,
Miss Carrie Poindexter,
Mrs. Bynum, Misses Mollie
and Alice Hill and Fannie Davis
attended the marriage of Miss
Frances Jones to Mr. Stone on
Jan. 30th.
Mr. John Hill Wharton was
in town Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Chaffin
are spending some time with
their sister, Mrs. Jettie Vaughn.
Mrs. R. J, Petree returned
from Winston Saturday where
she has been with her mother,
Mrs. Blum, who is righf sick
with pneumonia.
S. M.
Best high grade' roofing at a
great reduction. Now is the
time to cover your buildings,
Boyles Mercantile Co.
Good Farm Wanted
j By Coooly Commissioners.
The Board of Commissioners
of Stokes county desire to purch
ase a good farm at some place
in Stokes county for the purpose
of establishing a new County
Home for the poor. It is de
sired if possible to secure a farm
that would make the County
Home self-sustaining. Any j
person having such a farm in j
the county for sale is requested,
to write J.G. Morefield, Secretary j
of the Board of Commissioners,!
at Dan bury, N. C.. stating price;
asked for farm, number of acres
in it, amount of timber upon it,
improvements upon it, etc.
Write immediately as the matter
of purchasing a farm will prob
ably be considered at .the meet
ing of the commissioners on the
first Monday in March.
_
The Boyles Mercantile Co. says
that money is easier counted
than dress goods. A word to
the wise is sufficient. You can't
afford to miss thia sale.
No. 2,025
iIUISE CAPITAL
Bank of Stokes County Adds
Another $lO,OOO To
Stock
NEW ISSUE OVERSOLD
Rank Holds Annual Aleeting of
Stockholders, and Closes
Most Successful Year of
Its Existence.
On Wednesday, January 20
the Bank of Stokes County
closed the most successful year
of its existence, declared a nice
dividend for its stockholders,
voted to increase its capital to
$20,000, elected new officers for
the year, and began the new
year with the brightest pros
pects which have yet marked
the existence of the institution.
All the old officers of the
Bank were re-elected with the
; exception of Mr, John A. Bur
ton, who asked to be relieved,
> and Dr. J. Walter Neal, of
i Meadows, was elected Vice
| President in his stead. The
! new issue of stock was far over
! sold, necessitating a cutting
i down of the allotments to the
| new takers. Among the new
stockholders are about 35 of
the best known citizens and
many of the largest property
holders of the county.
On account of the exceptional
increase in deposits, which have
nearly doubled during the past
year, and the consequent en
largement of the volume nf
business being transacted by
the institution, the increase in
the capital was deemed advis
able.
The report of the officers ».f
the t>ank showed it to be in
splendid condition. The bark
is examined from one or two to
three times a year by the North
Cafolina Corporation Commis
sion, several times by the
examining committees, and once
ojf twice by Special Examiner
and Managing Director W. J.
Ijyerly of Mount Airy. The
reports of all the examining
committees were carefully gone
pver, and it was shown that the
hunk's loans were carefully
mafo well secured, and that
aoareely any past due paper
was on hand. The Bank enjoys
the happy distinction of never
having lost a loan. It was
shown that from the methods of
business, and the general
financial policy of the institution,
there should be no occasion for
ever sustaining losses.
Mr. W. J. Byerly made an
address to the stockholders in
which he counseled continued
care, caution and conservatism
in the management of the in
stitution, and congratulated the
officers for their successful
work.
All $l.OO patent medicines at
80 cents a bottle. Boyles Mer
cantile Co.
Old age as it comes in the
orderly process of nature is a
beautiful and majestic thing.
It stands for experience, knDW
ledge, wisdom, counsel. That
is old age as it should be but old
age as it often meang poor
digestion, torpid bowels, a slug
gish liver and a general feeling
of ill health, despondecy and
misery. This in almost every
instance is wholly unnecessary.
One of Chamberlain's Tablets
taken immediately after supper
will improve the digestion, tone
up the liver and regulate the
bowels. That feeling of des-
Ron dent v will give way to one of
ope and good cheer. For sale
by all dealers.