North Carolina Newspapers

DANBURY REPORTER VOLUME XL. HENRY REIO WRITES f Makes Some Calculations On the Proposed Bond Issue. RICH MAN PAYS IT. People Will Say By Their Ballots Whether They Want the g Wealthy Man To Pay His Part Or Whether the 18-Year-Old Boy Shall Make Roads For the Rich Man To Travel. Editor Danbury Reporter: I see there seems to be a good many writers taking interest in ; the bond issue for good roads for Stokes county and I am glad it is so. I see that our friend, Mr. Oliver, has a right smart to say about the bond issue but he has gone to Patrick county, Va., and taken up the railroad bond issue over there. Now, Mr. Editor, I just want to say a few words to the voters of Stokes in regard to the bond issue, and that is this: Every voter should give this matter his careful attention and not vote just because the other fellow says so. There has been a good many calculations made, which is a matter of business as I see it, so I will make one for Peter's Creek township. I will first say that Peter's Creek asks for a thirty-five thousand dollar bond issue. We have five hundred tax payers. Now, we want to know how much each tax payer would have to pay when we be gin to pay this interest that is such an awful fright to some of our Stokes county folks. Now in order to find out the amount per year we will multiply thirty *five thousand dollars by 6 to get the interest which is two thou sand and one hundred dollars divided by five hundred tax pay ers to get each ones part which would be four dollars and twenty cents if it was equally divided. So now, small tax payer, let's see when it is figured out how much we would have to pay each year. Now if I am worth two hundred dollars my part of one year's interest will be sixty cents. If you are worth two thousand dollars your part will be six dol lars, and if he is worth four ■thousand dollars his part will be twelve dollars. So you can see by these figures that the property Owner will have to pay his part of the taxes to make roads for himself to travel over and not put the burden on eighteen year old boys to take their mattock or shovel and work hard six days in each year for not a cent of pay for those gentlemen to ride over in their automobiles and buggies without paying a cent of j , road tax. So now, voter,' let's j 'see if that four dollars and twenty cents spoken of can be; cut up some by saying that there; is two tax payers at my house row which would be eight dol lars and forty cents for us to pay! for one year our part of our, bonded interest and in fifteen, I years there will be nine tax pav- I crs in my family. Divide eight j dollars and forty cents into nine parts and we get a fraction less v than one dollar a piece, though I ' will say that there is not as . many boys at every house as there is at mine but this must or ought to be counted in the ad- 1 ding up of the bonded indebted-, I ness in the thirty years run. ! Now, brother voter, say, do you > think it is right to go to the polls jpon the first day of April and vote V- a six dollar tax a year on our \eighteen vear old boys and leave • ourselves without paying a cent Aof road tax? I wjll say for or, ait gis not right an i if y>u will look Ait the bright side of the question 1 Mi little as well as the dark side much you will say as I do. : brother voter, this is not a mquestion of politics but a question Ppf brotherly business and let's ■ t"%>ut our shoulders to the wheel j id roll together and carry this »nd issue twenty to one all over e county and make old Stokes i e of the best counties in North i arolina. Yours for good roads. H. H. REII). I | Elder Walter Mabe and son, Sandy Ridge Route 1, visited mbury Tuesday. Mr. Mabe a strong advocate of the bond tue for roads. I SCHOOb DEFEATED Sandy Ridge and Dillard Vote Down Special Tax For Improved Schools The | Majority Against Proposi i tion At Sandy Ridge, Nine; At Dillard, One. Elections were held on Tues day of this week for special tax i ation for high schools at Sandy | Ridge and Dillard, respectively. At both places the proposition | was voted down, the former giv ing a majority of 9 against ; schools, and the latter a majority | of one against. The following communication has been received from Diilard : Dillard, March 19. Editor Reporter : The vote on schools at Dillard stands 31 for high school, and ;32 against high school. Had we | have had proper aid from county [and State we' would have won by safe majority. Yours very respectfully, JAS. M. FAGG. I ROAD ACCIDENTS. How the People Are Paying ; High Taxes For Bad Roads. The heavy rains last week ;d --most completely destroyed tue public roads in many places in the county, rendering travel extremely difficult and (!an;;vr : ous. Where the roads are loca ted on hillsides, and where they are level but undrained and un surfaced, the rushing current of j rainwater created great holes and dangerous gutters. Mr. E. C. Sheppard of Law sonville was caught below Dan bury enroute home with a load ;of goods, and attempting to | cross the creek at Danbury, one of his mules fell in the water and ; stuck in the mud. The animal ! would probably have drowned but for the assistance of Mr. Martin Hall, who jumped into the water and held its head up until it could be cut loose. One set of harness was lost, but later recovered. Mr. Sheppard had to leave his load at the creek and spend the night with Mr. G. C. 1 Davis. Mr. Jas. Bennett, who was a strong an ti-good roads man, 1 went to Walnut Cove, returning Friday. He was converted when he got back home. Mr. 1 Bennett narrowly escaped turn ing his team over a high cliff. He said his mules had been dam-! aged S2O, enough to pay road taxes for several years. He said he would vote for good roads April 1. Mr. C. E. Davis on Saturday evening was caught in the same 'scrape as Mr. Sheppard, and his 1 mule had to be cut loose from his buggy. With ,good roads [ this stream would have baen : bridged. | Rev. T. J. Folger while on his way to Union Hill to preach Sun-' day, got in trouble on the hill! near Flatshoal. His horse fell•. into a dangerous hole in the road and had to be pulled out. Danbury was without commu-1 nication with the outside world' either by public road, telephone j or mail for 18 hours. Thousands of free laborers are, at work this week repairing the! roads as best they can. It is a j deplorable fact that this work is l only temporary, as the first hard! rain will sweep the dirt away into the gutters again. Dillard. i IMllard. March lv— t'lliiaril, tho small »n:i if Mr. uiiil Mrs. Urovor ('. Uoberts, is wr.v ill lit present. Mrs. IA. Mitchell closed her liriViitc selh ml hero yesterday mi IKM'HIIIIt of IHIII-lltll'llllillUV. Mr. Koliert Alcorn litis mumps this week. Messrs. Staev Kothrock. Klbort Roberts, Will Ward, tira.ly Mitchell anil Wade Ktllltz visited Misses, itosslo ami Myrlie Fagg, of Keil Shoals, Sunday. Miss Delia Alcorn called on Miss Nora Ward Sunday afternoon. Mr. ami Mrs Will Voting visited nt Mr. i C Huberts' Sunday. Mrs. .1. W. Voting and daughters, Misses Moilie and Lucy. spent Sun day with Mr*. Will Peebles. Several of the young people at tended chnreli at Wilson Sunday. Sonic •if •ittr young people are talking oftrip to Winston Faster. Mr. .lames Herd visited Ids sister, Mrs. .lorry Kerry Sunday afternoon. DANBURY, N. C., MARCH 20, 1913 'DESTRUCTIVE STORM i i One of the Greatest Freshets In the History of the County Thursday i Night. MILL DAM GONE The Public Roads Almost Destroy- i ed—Plant Beds Injured—The j Damage In Other States. One of most disastrous storms !of rain that ever visited the! I county fell Thursday night, , ; March 13. The public roads were in many places destroyed, farm lands were badly washed, lots of i plant beds swept i way, and bot- • ;torn lands considerably injured.! Dan river was the highest since I the great freshet of 1863. The water reached several feet above the Olemmons ford bridge, but the structure was ot materially injured. The ridge over the river at Dan bury was slightly injured, the water reaching with |in 3 feet of the tloor. Camping i j Island Creek her- vas a great ! torrent, and ?»• »• s mill dam j was washed ;• .... ! Tie storm .s wide-spread in I several of t . - Southern States, j where a tornado accompanied the i tin, and one town wascomplete ily destroyed. About 90 lives | were lost in T nnessee, Georgia and Louisiana. | Sandy Riilge Route 1. 1 Sandy Ridge Route 1. March i 17. —Rev. •). A. Joyce filled his Iregu'ar appointment at Oak Ridge Sunda . I The health of the community is very bad at present. Mrs. Josie Joyce continues quite low. . j Mr. Sam Hill spent Saturday night with Messrs. Charlie and I John Joyce. I i Those visiting Misses Adelia and Era Shaffer Sunday were: | Messrs. Sam Hill, Grover Fergu i son and John Joyce. 1 Mr. Charlie Martin was a guest l at Mr. J. W. Joyce's Sunday. A terrible rain occurred here i last Thursday night, causing the | water courses to be highest ! known f r twenty-three years. ! I Miss Lillie Gauldin left this morning for Stuart, Va., where she expects to ent r school. I Miss Hallie Joyce visited at Mr. Walter Nelson's Sunday . afternoon. > A FRIEND. 1 Headows News. Meadows, March 19.—Measles ! visited nearly every family in I this community and nearly broke up the school here. Now mumps ] is as thick as measles was and i the attendance at school is so 1 low one teacher had to drop out. Miss Winfred Tatum. the j! assistant teacher at Meadows, is ] assisting Mr. J. N. Young, at!s Tuttle's school now, the average i attendance being too low at 11 Meadows for two teachers. j 1 Mrs. \Ym. Johnson* of Mt. i Airy, is visiting her daughter, 1 ( Mrs. J. W. Neal this week. i \ Mrs. Joyce, who has been ill j for some time is much improved, j i Mr. Thomas Tilley was here 1 yesterday with a drove of mules , and horses, making some good I sales. ( Miss Thelma Nsal visited her parents Saturday and Sunday. i Mr. Matt Smith kilbd a fine porker this week. Guess it is t about tha last one for this' i season. [ ] Mr Bradie Tuttle, who has j been down with rheumatism, i S is up and looking well again. Music Club Meets. r• ' } The last meeting of the etude j music club wa c held with Misses]. Mary and Agnes Martin March j 1 7th, 1913. The composer studied j ( at this meeting was Rubenstem. ! 1 He was a musician of rare talent and ranks , with the best! 1 pianists the world has ever pro- j duced. The program has been j misplaced and will not be print- , ed. . 1 After the program was carried out delicious refreshments were I served by the hostess. 1 The Club meets on Friday evening, iMarch 21, with Miss \ Sadie Petree. ' WALNUT COVE LETTER A Novel Car of Freight Passes Through Town. BUSH 85 YEARS OLD Walnut Cove Ladies Organize Bachelor Girls Society Other News Items. Walnut Cove., March 18. —A | novel car of freight passed I through over the N. & W. Ry. on the evening of March 9th, con sisting of a box bush which filled a flat car, and would have meas ured 12 or 15 feet in height from the floor >f the car to the top if the bush. The bush was said to , be 85 years old and to weigh 35,500 pounds and was being shipped from Eller on the Wins ton-Salem Southbound Ry. to Glencoe, Long Island, N. Y. Jim Penn, colored, who was arrested here last summer on a charge of breaking into cars at the N. & W. station here and j who escaped from the town lock up while waiting for a hearing, ! was brought back to town last I Tuesday by a railroad detective ! and was carried over Dan bury | jail to await the May term of court when he will be given a hearing on the charge of car entering and jail-breaking. The girls of town met with Miss Mabelle Vaughn last Tuesday j night and organized a Bachelor Girls Society. Among those that i 'joined were Misses Mable and Xetl Petree, Claude and Stella Riorson, Maybelle and Jessie j Vaughn, Myrtle Samuel and , Flossie Crews. Miss Stella Rierson was elected President, ; Miss Myrtle Samuel, Vice-Presi dent Miss Maybelle Vaughn, Secretary and Treasurer. 1 Senator and Mrs. J. W. Hall were hero Thursday returning from Raleigh. They were enroute to Danbury. Mrs. Hall was with her husband in Raleigh during the session of the legislature. I Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Minish, of Alexandria, Va., are at Stokes burg visiting their daughter, Mrs. E. M. Wheeler. A good horse belonging to Mr. John G. Fulton died last Tuesday after being sick only a short while. Mr. A. E. Strode visited Wins ton-Salem Monday. Mesdames Jacob and J. H. Fulton spent the day last Wed nesday in Winston-Salem shop ping. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Patterson, Mt. Airy, were in town last week enroute to Bluefield, West, Va., to be at the bedside of Mr. Patterson's mother, who has been seriously ill with pneumonia. Hon. S. P. Graves was in town last Wed esday from Winston- Salem. He was enroute to his home at Mt. Airy. Mr. John G. Fulton returned last Friday from a trip to several places in the interest of the Stokes Grocery Co. Mr. J. Spot Taylor, of Dan bury, was in town last week on his way to Winston-Salem. Mr. Samuel Hairston, of Wen-' onda, Va. was in town last week. Mr. and Mrs. Natt Hedg r cock ; spent the day in Winston-Salem! last week visi ing relatives. , Lawyer Helsabeck, of D.in- ; bury, was in town last Saturdav enroute to Rural Hall. Miss Mary Mathews, of Ger manton, was in town last w r eek. j Rev. Mr. Gilmer, the Presby- 1 terian minister, of Mt. Airy, j was in town Saturday enroute to j Madison. Vr. Edd Carroll, of Winston-] Salem, was in I own Saturday. j Mr. I. G. Ross, of Walnut Cove R ute 1, was in town last week. Mr. Charlie Bowles went to 1 Winston-Sal'm last Friday. Mr. Reid Joyce is very much improved. He is able to be out j on the street now, are glad to ( note. Mr. J. W. Winslow, of Wins-| ton-Salem, was town Sunday. Mr. F. R. Norman, of the Norman-Perry Drug Co., of Winston-Salem, was in town last week Mr. John A. Burton ma'V a business trip to Roanoke, Va., last week. .* Mr. Ernest Fulton, of Wins ton-Sslem. wis in town Sunday. Mr. R. J.-Pettee, of German- 'J. M. FAGG FOR BONDS. . County Commissioner Of Beaver Island Will Vote For Good Roads---But Is 1 Not In Favor of Issuing i Bonds Unless the Majority Of the People Vote It. ! Dillard, March 19. i Editor Reporter : I noticed in a former issue of | the Danbury Reporter that at ; least two of the county commis sion rs had >ntimated that if the good roads bond issue failed to carry, they favored the issuing ,of bonds anyway for road con struction. Now I want it under stood that I favor good roads and will vote in the election for good roads bond issue, but if it fails to carry, then I am with the majority of the people, and will not fav r bonds for roads until we think the majority of the people favor good roads. The reason I write this article jis because I understand it is ru |moredin some sections of the ! county that I favor issuing bonds j against the will of the majority iof the people if the goo. roads i bond issue fails to carry, which i is untrue. ! Now I hope every township in I the county, and especially Bea j ver Island, will carry the good I roads bond issue by big major- I ities. I beg to remain, your servant, JAS. M. FAGG. ! King. King, March 20. —The recent freshet did much damage through this section destroying plant bed and washing land. Mr. Jim Hutchins went to Winston Saturday on business. Mr. Alvie Turner has entered in his new duties at Roxboro with the Carolina Chemical Works. Mr. Turner is the son of Mr. Joe Turner, of King, a prosperous farmer. The young men regret to see him leave, but wish him much success in his new work. Mr. W. C. Southern is out again after being confined to his room with measles for three weeks. Mr. J. W. Spainhou-, post master here, is improving some, after a week's severe illness. His friends wish him a speedy recovery. Born unto Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Hutchins, a girl. There were a great many citizens of King visited the Yadkin river Friday. Tney report that the river was the highest it has been in fifty years. Sunday, March 30th, will be Missionary Day at King Baptist church. The Sunday school is preparing a program which will be given in next issue. Prof. Hiatt and Miss Mallie I Redman spent Saturday night in ! Pilot Mtn., returning Sunday! morning. j Miss Marie Moore went to Winston Saturday on business. Mr. E. O. Caudle has finished his nice residence in King. Mr. i Caudle has one of the best build ings in town. Mr. S. Pulliam is preparing to build a nice residence here also. I The moving picture show will : give mi exhibition Saturday night, j Mr. Joyce is giving a good show. 1 and the price Is only 1" cents. Every body should patronize it. ton, was in town last week Miss Klioda Adams returned l ist Saturday from 1111 extended trip, to Kuril) Hall, Hethaiiia and Wins-i ton-Salem. Mrs. Charlie Howies went to Wins- 1 ton-Salem Monday to have sonic deiital work done. Mr. Xout Martin visited Winston- Salem last week. Mr. Tom I'ctrce visited Winston- Salem Monday night. The wry lieavv rain storm that! visited tills section last Friday morning. March 14th, was practical- 1 ly a repetition of the tlood of water which fell here last March l.">, 1"1-, 1 when Town Fork crook and other streams were the highest ever known. The Southern K.v Co. lias a force! of hands hero now repairing some terrible places on the road between hero ami Alt. Airy that wore caused by the very heavy ruins that fell here last Friday morning. Miss I.ilile Harbor, of Koanoke, Va . arrived In town yesterday after no HI and will take charge of the millinery department for Mr. John A. Iturtoii. No. 2,0211 MEADOWS IS SAFE : Will \ ote For the Bond Issue For Roads Two To One. ! SAYS R. J. PET RE E Uermanton Precinct Will Give Nearly Or Quite As Large Ma jority As Wilson's Store. | Mr. R. J. Petree, of Ge-man ! ton. who was here Monday, stated that his township would give a large majority for the bond issue for roads without a doubt. The opponents of the bond issue have been claiming that «ermanton pr. cinet would give a majority against it, but Mr. Petree says that now it will go for bonds almost two to one. and will probably give as good ■majoityfor bonds as Wilson's Store precinct. He thinks that | there is absolutely not the least ! doubt that Meadows township 1 will carry the bond issue by a I large majority. Mr. Petree is one of our coun ty's ex-Sherift's and knows the oeople, and his statements may ! be taken as authoritive. News of Danburyilqutel. , Danbury Route 1, March 15. j —The regular services were held |at North View Saturdav and ■Sunday, conducted bv Eiders 1 Priddy and Mabe. The atten dance was very large on Sun day. Miss Bessie Moorefield spent the week end with her parents, returning Monday to Walnut Cove, where she is in school. Messrs. Dell Taylor and Fletch er Kallam left Monday for Roanoke, Va. Mr. Kallam has gone to accept a position with the R. R. Co. Mrs. Lilla Roberson, of Wins ton, is spending several days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dock Young. Mr. and Mrs. Hue Dillon spent Saturday night and Sun day with relatives on Snow Creek. Master Other Sheppard left a few days ago for Whitsett, where he expects to attend school. He was accompanied by by his father. Miss Jettie Moorefield and little brother 1 , Hassell, left Mon day for Winston. Master Has sell will probably spend the spring and summer months in Winston as clerk with Moorefield, Taylor & Co. Misses Jettie and BessieMoore field entertained several of their friends Sunday afternoon. Those present were Miss Carrie Sisk, Messrs. Banner Young, Will Wood, Gilbert Alley, Reggie Hartman. Fletcher Kallam, Chas. Sisk and George Adams. Mr. Uaither Davis returned to Lawsonville Sunday after visit ing relatives near Danbury, ac companied by his brother, Mr. Carlis. The mumps and measles are still raging in this vicinity. Sandy nidge Route 1. Mainly lUOki- lloute 1. March 17 There was a heavy rain visitt-«l this j section Thursday niuht. Sunn* of the oldest citizens say it was as heavy a rainfall as they ever wit nessed. It heuan raininir aliotit o'clock I'. M. ami continued all ' nljflit. The streams were swollen Friday and no one conld cross. Mr. T. I>. Martin continues quite ill Mr. and Mrs. .1. l. |tiiula|> spent Saturday niuht at Mr. W.T. Ward's. Mr. .1. \V. Ward spent Saturday nivrlit at Mr. Tom Kinsrton's. Unite a crowd visited at Mr. \V. T. Ward's Saturday niuht. Messrs. .1. W. and .1. !•!, Ward spent Sunday nifjht at Mr. .1. i. ; Dunlap's. Mrs. A. .1. Hawkins and children visited relatives at Mayodan the past week. Appointments For Elder J. G. Southern Elder J. G. Southern, of Ger manton Route 1, will preach at Mr. .lackson Mabe's on Saturday night before the fifth Sunday and at Southern's School House on fifth Sunday at the usual hour.