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The Danbury Reporter PKPPEK BROS.. BlimiW AMI IMHUMIIKUS. Subscription : 3 mo., 25c.; 6 mo., 50c; one year, SI.OO WEDNESDAY. FEB. 12. 191 H. SENTIMENT RED-HOT FOR GOOD ROADS BOND ISSUE. If some of the townships of Stokes county do not carry the bond issue for roads, then a remarkable change must take place in the crystallized opinion of the great majority of th.> people. The Reporter has made it a point to question many people from different sections of ih» county regarding their views on the question of issuing bon is, and it is extremely rare that one is found who will not vote for bonds provided that the tax rate is reasmble. Mr. 1\ H. Young says that his hauling is costing him $J5.00 more per year than it would cost with good roads. He is strong for the issue. Mr. Young lives in one of the rough sec tions of the county and has some concrete examples of the un wisdom of the present situation always at his tongue's end. Mr. 'A'. 0. Baker, of Meadows, says that practically everyone in his section is hot for roads, and that unless the rate is too high, the people will vote solidly for relief. Some of the best men in that section of the county are offering to give half their lands for a good road to the other half. Mr. P. 0. Southern finds an overwhelming sentiment in his section for roads. He lives near Flatshoal. Mr. J. H. Stephens, of Peter's Creek, lives near Mabe's; Store. He and nearly all of his neighbors are vigorous advocates 1 of good roads, and will vote the bonds without a murmur. Mr. , Geo. W. Smith, of Campbell Route 1, living near Sandy Ridge, 1 thinks the people of Snow Creek are in the notion of voting any thing in reason for better roads. The Reporter could enumerate hundreds from all sections of the county who are of like opinion, j The people are stirred up as nothing like before in the history of the county. Tax-payers of big proportions as well as non-prop- 1 i rtv-holders are as one on the question. The time has come to act, is the argument on all sides. Men who used to cry no taxes, have woke up and are realizing that we are paying taxes now, with no benefits in the way of conveniences, losing good citizens, good opportunities, and hard cash on every hand by a wretched con dition which exists all the year round, and which becomes almost unbearable from December 'till March. The taxes which we pay , indirectly would far outweigh the interest on a bond issue. A direct tax to build good roads is impossible. The county is not able to bear it. No county is able bear it. No railroad company would build a mil ? of line if it had to shell out the cash and pay as it went. The bond issue is the scientific way. It has been tried for centuries, and is th ; only method by which large enterprises can be -floated. w \ M. T. CHILTON, President. DR. J. W. NEAL, Vice-Pres. The Bank of Stokes DANBURY AND County WALNUT COVE Capital, Surplus, Deposits Loa r\ OO and Stockholders' Liability ♦ Eight Years of Successful Business iiwnni innwwn MWWMWN—— Ml— i—" rm mnri"BTi"MiT MT imil ii. ——r~ ———————— g—imarn. lflnann VVE WELCOME ALL ACCOUNTS, LARGE AND SMALL, AND YOU CAN GET YOUR MONEY BACK WHEN YOU WANT IT. FOUR PER CENT. COMPOUNDED EVERY THREE MONTHS. CHECK BOOKS FREE. ■IMIWII Will ■lllllll'B —■■■■— ~ir*rr N. E. PEPPER, Cashier. . 0. N. PETREE, Cashier. k. HIE BANBURY REPOkTE MONEY TOR SCHOOLS. State Appropriations to Bring Terms Up to Four Months •-Stokes Gets $2,145. j Raleigh, Feb. 9.—Fifty-five counties share in the distribu ; tion of the second §IOO,OO ap j propriated by the State for as ! suring to every county a four -1 months minimum term of public schools. In making the distribu tion only #92.500 is actually used, only this amount being neces sary after the counties have met the conditions in doing what they can to assure the minimum term. The counties receiving ihis State aid and the amounts paid to each follow : Alexander. $3,714; Alleghany, $3,304; Anson, #1,351; Ashe, J $4,523: Bladen, $2,500; Bruns wick, #1,313; Burke, #1,252; Caldwell, #3,70(5; Camden #I,- 1 145; Carteret, $1,448; Caswell, *2,243; Catawba, $1,070; Chat- ' ham, $995; Cherokee, $1,173, | Chowan. #144; Clay, $308; Cleve land, $1,477: Columbus, $433: Cumberland, #1,040: Currituck, , $1,3(53; Davidson, $551; Davie. $1,434: Franklin, $4,558; Gates, j $594; Graham, $784: Granville, $1,130: Green, $179: Harnett. #1,02(5; Henderson. $l,O-8; Hyde, $2,450; Jackson, $3,052; Jones, | $1,110: Lenoir, $303, Lincoln, $1,542: Macon, $1,125: McDowell, i $1,234; Mitchell, #2.230; Mont-' gomery, #577: Northampton. #353; Onslow, #2,007: Orange, #1.032: Pamlico, #3,035: Person, #(553: Polk, #245: Randolph. $732: Rutheford, #747; Sampson,, $1,701: Stokes, 2,145: Transyl vania, $1,544; Tyrrell, so7l:' Warren. #88: Watauga, #1,798: Wilkes, #4,501; Yadkin, 33,(570:' Yancey, #2.529. | Tell your neighbors about our great reduction sale. Boyles] Mercantile Co. ■ $640.00 CASH LOST. A Farmer Who Did Not Believe In Banks Is Now I Converted. i Mr. A. J. Jones, a farmer living near Speed, N. C,, lost or ! was robbed of #t> 10 in currency in Tarboro Friday morning. Mr. Jones received a check on the First National Hank for $(540, the proceeds of his crop. He presented it at the hank and demanded the currency. Mr. Morrissette, who waited on him, asked him if he did not want to leave the monov on deposit, but he saiil he would rather carry the cash with him and was paid $(540, mostly in S2O gold certifi cates. With this big roll of money Mr. Jones started to pay oil' some of his bills and settled his accounts with several of the storekeepers. While going into a store to pay his account he discovered that the roll had disappeared. A good bank is the place to keep money. It is unsafe and dangerous to carry it in your pocket, or keep it hid away in i the home. We pay four per cent, com pounded every three months, or furnish check books free. BANK OF STOKES COUNTY. Danbury. Walnut Cove. Will Make Times Good. The expenditure of #300,000 in Stokes county, nearly every dollar of it to be spent for labor, will make times good for years. Everybody who wants to work will get a share of this money. Teams and laborers will be kept busy for a year or two at good pay. Oliver chilled plow points at IS and 21 cents. Boyles Mercan tile Co. Will Judge Boyd Resign ? A special to the Charlotte Observer from Washington said that it was reported to be the intention of Judge Boyd to retire on his so ve.. irth birthday, which falls on February 14, 1915, and pointing out that Woodrow Wilson would thus have the pleasure of handing out an un ually juicy plum following the NOTICE! To the Taxpayers of Stokes County. Pay Your Taxes and Save Cost--Fourth and Last Round For the Collection of the 1912 Taxes. I will meet the tax payers of Stokes county. N. C., for the pur pose of collecting their 1912 taxes at the following times and places : Germanton, • • • Tuesday, Feb. 25th, 1913 ' King, Wednesday, " 20th, " Pinnacle. .... Thursday, " 27th, " Pine Hall. .... Friday. " 28th, " Walnut Cove, - • - Saturday. Mch. Ist, " Danbury, .... Monday, " 3rd, " Francisco, • Tuesday, " 4th, " J. H. Wright's store, (at night) Tuesday. " 4th, " Westfield, (L. L. Lowe's res.) Wednesday," sth, " W. R. Mitchell's store, - Thursday, " oth, " J. Walter Tuttle's store, - Friday, " 7th, " Friendship, .... Saturday, " Bth, " Dillard, .... Monday, " 10th, " Preston ville, - - - Tuesday, " Hth, " Sandy Ridge, (Will Shelton's store) Wednesday," 12th, " J. Wesley Morefield's store, Thursday, " 13th, " Smith postotfice. - - • Friday, " 14th, G W Hart & Son's store, (at night) Friday. " 14th, " Lawsonville, • - - Saturday, " 15th, Wilson's Store, - - - Monday, " 17th, I will remain at the above times and places (day appointments) from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m. This is positively the last round for the collection of the 1912 taxes. If you fail to settle on or before March 17th. 1913, you may expect to pay cost. I must make my final settlement. This Feb. 10, 1913. Respectfully, C. M. JONES, Ex-Sheriff. resignation. The (» reensboro Record, whose editor seems always to speak with considera ble authority about Judge Boyd, says that it believes the judge will stick as long as his health remains good. If the Record is absolutely sure of its position it should be very careful how it dashes cold water on the embry onic hopes aroused by publica tion of the Observer's story.
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