DANBURY REPORTER
VOLUME XL.
NO MORE FREE MB
In those Townships Which
Carry the Election For
Bond Issue.
i
FACTS MADE CLEAR
This is tOie Opinion of Attorney
(ieneral T. W. Mickett In
the Matter.
Editor Reporter:
There has been quite a little
stir around Germanton over a
certain construction which has
been placed upon section 19 of
the proposed road law for Stokes
county.
Some, you know, are prone to
look for knot holes in every
plank, and for the dark side of
every picture. However, we are
not at all uneasy when those who
can read, take the time to care
fully examine the road bill them
selves, because there is not a
flaw to be found in it.
The only fear we have is that
some of the voters will listen to
the misrepresentations which
have been going on, and not stop
and carefully examine the bill
themselves.
Quite a few who were anxious
to vote for the bond issue have
been held up and made dissatis
fied by some one telling them
that all men of road age could
be forced to work the six days
in every year at so much per
day, etc.
Well, according to the wording
of the bill, I knew such could
not be the case, but in order that
every voter should know the
facts, I decided to set at rest
their disturbances by getting the
Attorney General to render a
decision. A copy of the letter
written to the Attorney, and a
copy of his letter in reply rela
tive to the matter will be found
below which will - make the
situation clear to each voter:
Germanton, N. C..
Feb. 3, 1913.
Hon. T. W. Bickett,
Atty. General,
Raleigh, N. C.
My dear sir:
A bill is now pending in the
General Assembly entitled,
"An act to promote highways
in the several townships of
Stokes county."
In section 19 of said act you
will observe that in any town
ship carrying said election—"the
general road law now requiring
free labor upon the public roads
shall be, and is repealed insofar
as free labor is required to be
done upon the public roads of
such township or townships."
It is being urged by certain of
the opposition to said bill, I
that the above clause leaves a,
loop hole, whereby people of |
road age could be force'! to work
upon the roads the usual number
of days, though they would be i
paid a certain amount per day,
that thev will no longer be forc
ed to work as free labor, but j
that they can be forced 16 work
and receive {my.
I do not believe such construc
tion is at all tenable, but certain
ones are being deluded by such ,
reports.
I will appreciate your con
struction upon clause in said
section 19 in such form as that |
we may publish n our countvj
paper, setting forth the diversity
of opinions on the matter in,
question.
Thanking you in advance for
your immediate reply, I am with
regards.
VV>rv trulv vours.
JNO. W. KURFEES.
Raleigh, N. C.,
Feb. 6, 1913.
Mr. Jno. W. Kurfees,
Germanton, N. C.
Dear sir:
Replying to yours of the 3rd I
beg to advise that under the
terms of the law quoted by you
Ino one could be required to do
any labor upon the public roads
of any township that takes
advantage of the act. I do not
think that people of road age can
Ibe required to work the roads
I even if they should be paid, as
I the law clearly contemplates that
I the road should be maintained
by taxation and not by conscript
labor paid or unpaid.
Verv truly yours,
T. VV. BICKETT.
Attorney General.
j
The above decision should i
1 satisfv the most exacting, and j
we trust that every voter in the,
county will, from this time on, j
look and see for themselves, or
listen to some one who is not,
given to misrepresentation.
We have the opportunity of (
our lives in Stokes county now,
| and the outside world is looking
! on with deep interest.
We are today paying an
enormous road tax, or rather
I "mud tax," without getting any
i benefit. The difference will be,
: with a bond issue we will be pay
ing a tax and getting the benefit.
Remember, will you, it will
1 not be a liability we are voting
upon us, but a valuable asset for
every township that carries it
good roads the balance of our
' lives.
JNO. W. KURFEES.
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All men's and boy's suits at
: one-fourth off. Boyles Mercantile
iCo.
I •
Obituary.
Noah Eaton was born June 1,
1824, died Feb. 4th, 1913, aged
88 years, 8 months and 6 days.
He was twice married. First to
Bessie Boaze. From this union
two daughters were born, both
of whom are living and in charge
lof families. His second mar
-1 riage was to Louisa Culler, and
from this union 13 children
were bom, seven of whom are
living. Thus he leaves 9 child
ren, 93 grand children, 66 great
grand children and a large circle
of relatives and friends to mourn
their loss. His second wife
died in 1885. Thus he was a
widower about 27 years. He
spent much of this time quite
alone, refusing to leave his old
home and live with his children.
He became very - feeble and
spent the last several weeks of
his life with his son-in-law, T.
R. Smith, where he had the
kind and careful attention of
his daughter and all the family.
He professed personal faith in
Christ and was baptised into the
fellowship of Olive Grove Baptist i
church about fifteen years ago.
So far as known by the writer,
he lived a consistent christian!
life. He was regular for one of j
his age in attendance to the.
church services, often the first!
to get to the church. He could :
not hear well in his last years, j
but seemed to erfjoy being at |
church and taking part in the j
worship. He was buried from!
Shilo Baptist church, the writer
conducting the funeral service
in the presence of a large con
gregation of relatives and
sympathizing friends. His body
was laid to rest by the side of
his second wife, to wait the re
surrection of the redeemed.
The relatives and friends mourn
not as those who have no hope,
but look forward to a glorious
reunion of the saved, through
Christ who giveth us the victory.
May all the family be prepared
to meet the father in peace and
endless joy.
P. OLIVER, j
The Boyles Mercantile Co. says
that money is easier counted
than dress goods, A word to
the wise is sufficient. You can't j
afford to miss this sale.
DANBURY, N. C., FEBRUARY 12, 1913.
FROM MR. MITCHELL
Writes Interesting Letter
From His New Home
In Florida.
LIKES THE CLIMATE
Expects to Return to Stokes and
Spend the Summer Paring
Sumptuously Every Day.
Callahan, Fla., Feb. 8, 1913.!
Editor Reporter :
As I promised some of my'
friends to let them hear from me:
through the Reporter, with jour,
kind permission I will write a!
few lines to say that I have
about recovered from injuries,
received from the runaway ac
cident mentioned in last week's
Reporter and am enjoying this
splendid mild climate. January
was almost like summer at home
and we can have oranges, grape
fruit, cabbage, ip beans,
turnips, green' ..;i i many other
luxuries that • e can't have in
Stokes be for*. Ju.ie.
Callahan is the gateway to
Florida and the beauties of the
Atlantic coast. Two railroads
cross the Atlantic coast going
to Jacksonville and the Seaboard
going to Gainsville and all points
! South with more than 50 trains
[daily. The town has a splendid
citizenship, and has a good deal
of wealth. Several stores, 2
brick yards, a turpentine dis
tillery and two saw-mills be
sides other industries, two
j churches, Baptist and Methodist.
| preaching at both every Sunday
and some times oftener.
It appears to be healthy here
and people don't have to wrap up
and stay in by the fire, but can
go without coats the most of the
time. I have enjoyed better
health and have been free from
bad colds and have been better
of cattarrh than for several
.years, but I expect to come
back to dear old Stokes to Bpend
the summer and I intend to come
back here in the winter.
The land here is generally
level and clear of rocks and
gullies and the beauty is we
can have something growing the
year around, and especially fine
for vegetables and can grow
two and three crops a year.
Several Stokes friends live
here and seem well pleased.
Jacksonville, a large city
and a great business place on
the East coast, is only 20 miles
distant. St. Augustine, the
oldest settlement in the U. S.,
is a little farther down. We 1
can have plenty of fish and 1
oysters and fare sumptuously
all the time.
Don't worry in your work for
good roads and goqd schools in
old Stokes.
Wishing the Reporter and its
readers much happiness and
success, I close for this time. i
Respectfully,
J. G. H. MITCHELL.
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Fayiflg The Mud Tax.
Mr. G. A. Hill came in yester
day hauling a wheel, and with
a pole supporting one side of
his wagon. The wreck occured ,
in one of the bad holes south of j
Danbury.
Mr. J. N. Young's wagon is
wrecked, standing idle in the
street near Fagg's store. It
couldn't stand the strain «of
rocks and pitfalls.
tiest high grade roofing at a
great reduction. Now is the
time to cover your buildings.
Boylea Mercantile Co.
MAKING GOOD ROAD
Forsyth County Is Grading
the Red Bank Road To
Germanton.
A GREAT BLESSING
This Road Is Direct Line To
Winston—Other News Prom
Ciermanton Route 2.
Germanton, Rout" 2, Feb. 10.
j —We aro proud 1 o know that
i Forsyth countv i* now having
j graded the Red Hank road
i between Germanton and Wins
! ton. This road is a direct lino
to Winston from Germanton and
j will be a great blessing to the
people of Stokes county as well
as Forsyth.
We are having a great deal
of sickness in our community
jat present. Mr. L. C. Merritt
has been confined to his bed for
the past week with grip.
Mr. Bill Sapp's baby has betn
sjriously ill for soma tims of
scarlet fever.
Mr. Arthur Simmons of Fran
cisco spent a few days the past
week with his aunt, Mrs. T. J.
Grumpier, on Germanton Route
2.
Mr. Rober Caudle, wife and
children of Germanton visited
Mrs. Caudle's mother, Mrs.
Young, near Walnut Cove.
Misses Alma and Elah Crum
| pier ga o a flinch party Satur
| day night. All present seemed
I to enjoy it very much.
Miss Blanch Merritt is teach
, ing one of the best schools at
j Red Bank that has been taught
there for years. When it comes
) to teaching Blanch knows her
i business.
,' Miss Alma Crumpler, of Ger
• man ton, is spending a few days
, with her aunt, Mrs. M. J. Sim
• mons. of Francisco.
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' Letter From Montana.
Turner, Mont, Jan. 3.
Danbury Reporter,
[ Danbury, N. C.
i Plfease allow me a little space
i, in your valuable paper for a few
j lines to my many friends of old
i Stokes.
This is a fine country. The
land is almost level, and I can
j see so far. The land is all most
gone around here. There is still
land in the hills to be taken yet.
Well, we are having some
pretty cold weather now. It has
been 31 below zero here. One of
imy neighbors' wells froze over.
I Now you say, well, that is some
[ cold, but it don't seem so bad as
j you would think. We are having
schools in the different parts of
; the country, but we don't have
I any Sunday School or preaching
near here.
! I have lots of neighbors. My
j nearest neighbor is one-half mile
i away.
MRS. A. J. SHOCKLEY.
:To My Friends and Customers
I have bought the interest
owned by J. P. Lewis in the
Lewis & Simmons Clothing Busi
ness and have moved my stock
;to the W. T. McDaniel Store
j building next door to 0. N.
, Swanson's oid. stand. I want
to cut down my stock to make
j room for spring goods which are
now coming in. In order to do
this I am making lower prices Jay
far than I've ever made before.
Dor't fail to see me for anything
you need in my line. I will save
, you money.
P. E. SIMMONS,
Pilot Mt., N. C.
Dillard Items. . i
Dillard, Feb. s.—Messrs. J.
M. Fagg and J. Wilson Mitchell
went to Danbury Monday.
Misses Annie Blair and Bessie
Fagg spent Saturday night at
Mr. J. F. Rothrock's.
Mr. John Mitchell, of Winston,;
was here today.
Mrs. G. Roberts spent Satur
day night with her daughter, j
Mrs. D. H. Carter.
Miss Lemma Duncan closed i
her school near Pine Hall Friday'
on account of measles. She re- 1
tuyned to her home here Sunday.
Among those who visited at
Mr. J. F. Rothrock's a few
hours Saturday evening were i
Misses Annie Blair, Bessie
Fagg, Bet tie Roberts and Delia
Alcorn; Messrs. James Herd,
Robert Alcorn, Elbert Roberts,
Will Ward, Grady Mitchell and
Willie Alcorn. All report a nice
time.
Mrs. J. M. Fagg. Mrs. J.
Wilson Mitchell, Misses Annie
Blair, Bessie Fagg and little
Davis Fagg called at Mr. G. W.
Roberts' Sundav evening.
Mr. Perry Dillon, of Winston,
is visiting at iMr. J. Ham Mitch
ell's this week.
Gideon.
Gideon, Feb. 11. —Choppins
are all the go in this neighbor
hood.
The farmers are burning plant
I land and preparing for another
crop of tobacco as- they got a big 1
I price for their last year's crop,
j Paul Davis, the little son of
| Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Smith, is
sick at this writing.
The little daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jesse Flynn has been
: real sick but is improving some,
we are glad to note.
Miss Berchie Dunlap is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Isom of Walnut
Cove.
Mr. James Dunlap has moved
on the farm of Mr. J. Frank
Dunlap.
Mr. Walter M. Flynt, Jr., has
mumps at this writing.
Mrs. B. J. Martin, who moved
to Florida to spend the winter,
lost a good farm mule at thisj
place Monday, we are sorry to
note.
Misses Myrtle Fagg and Bessie
Mae Flinchum, both of Red
Shoals has mumps.
Rev. King filled his regular
appointment at Oak Grove last
Sunday,
SCRIBBLER.
The Other Side.
I Some of the opponents of good
; roads have counted up the
interest for 30 years and will
show you a terrifying sum
which they must pay the next
30 years if the bond issue carries.
This is child's reasoning. Sup
nose they calculate what their
taxes will be the next 30 years
without roads, and see what the
result will be. According to
expert testimony it is costing
Stokes county SBO,OOO per year
to do without roads and in 30
years we will have lost §2,400,000,
that is provided our citizens stay
here lopg enough to be taxed.
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Walnut Cove
Business Pointers
John A. Burton offers sugar 25
pounds for $1.20.
See change of Dodson & Co.'s
ad. Several solid car loads of
Daisy Middling, hay, corn and
oats.
No. 2,026
STOKES HMD BILL
Passed Its Final Reading In
the Legislature Thurs
day of Last Week.
ELECTION SOON
The Bill Provides That County
Commissioners Call Elections
In Various Townships
Within Ten Days.
The act to promote public
highwavs in Stokes county re
cently introduced in the Legis
lature passed its final reading
I Thursday and a certified copy
of same has no doubt been for
warded to the Stokes county
commissioners.
The bill provides that the
commissioners shall call an elec
tion in each township of the
county within ten days from its
receipt by the chairman for the
purpose of allowing the citizens
to vote on the question of issu- *
ing bonds for roads.
It is very probable that the
election will be called within
the next few days, though a
special meeting of the board for
that purpose has not been called
at this writing.
Pine Hall
Pine Hall, Feb. 10.—Measles
have about died out through our
section now but smallpox is
around again.
Mrs. 0. M. Creakman who
has been visiting friends and
relatives in West Virginia re
turned to her home here last
I week.
Mrs. J. C. Flynn visited her
j daughter, Mrs. E. P. Cahill, at
Madison last week.
Mr. J. A. Hardin of Roanoke,
Va., was a visitor here last
week.
Misses Minnie and Laura
I Ingram visited friends in Mayo
dan last week.
Era and Edna, the two little
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. W.
L. Collins, are right sick with
measles. Hope they will soon
recover.
Mr. Gordon of Yadkin county
has moved his family here. We
are glad to have them in our
community.
Mr. J. A. Hall, traveling sales
man for Star Brand Shoes, was
here last week.
SCRIBBLER.
All Who Want To Pay
Down Can Do So.
There are a few who are in
favor of good roads, but don't
want the bonds to run so
long. They had rather the debt
'be paid and have done with it.
j Now, the county commissioners
will arrange so that any one who
! wishes to pay Jiis part of the
| bond issue down, can do so, and
; get a clear receipt for 30 years on
; so much property as levied today,
i Those who are so full handed as
jthis, may be accommodated,
j The commissioners will do this
j with pleasure, gentlemen.
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Union Meeting.
There will be a Union meeting
|at Young's School House on Feb.
22nd at 7:30 p. m. All members
are requested to come out as
there is important business to
attend to.
J. M. ALLEY,
President.
Forty pounds of nails for 91.00.
Everything else in
Boyles Mercantile Co.