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lOCALfej wm M Mr. M. T. Chilton of this place visited Walnut Cove Mon day. Mr. R. P Joyce, of Walnut Cove, spent several days at the Taylor Hotel last week. I Mr. N. A Martin, of this place, spent a day or two in Winston- Salem last week. Mr. Solomon Venable, of Madison Route 3, was a Dan bury visitor Tuesdav. Mr. A. W. Davis, of Walnut I Cove, spent Sunday at Piedmont Springs Hoted. Mr. Bob Coleman, of Mead ows Route 1, was a Danbury visitor Tuesday. Mr. Ringo White, of German ton Route 1, was a Danbury visitor Thursday of last week. Dr. and Mrs. J. Walter Neal, of Meadows, spent last Sunday with friends at Piedmont Sprigns. Mr. Z. R. Moran, a prominent citizen and a good farmer of Meadows Route 1, was in town Tuesday. Mr. Moses B. Mabe, of Dan bury Route 1, was in town a short while Wednesday evening of last week. Messrs. Joe Dunlap and Jim Shelton, of Route 1, were Dan bury visitors Thursday of last week. i Mr Robt Beck, a prominent merchant of Germanton, was a Danbury visitor Friday of last week. i Messrs. Alex Mabe and Frank and Arthur Joyce, of Danbury Route 1, were Danbury visitors Friday of last week. Mr. H. A. Blair, of Sandy Ridge, visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. R. Blair, here i Monday and Tuesday. Mr. R. P. Joyce returned to f his home at Walnut Cove Satur ; day after spending several days at the Taylor hotel here. Messrs. Roy Vaughn and P. \ W, Davis, of Walnut Cove, at . tended the dance at Piedmont Springs last Saturday night. Mr. W. R. Young, who holds a position with the Stone Print ing Company at Greensboro, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Young, here. Mr. C. D. Smith, of Camp ; bell, was a Danbury visitor Fri day of last week. Mr. Smith re ports crops looking fine in his seciion. Mr- Walter Nelson and son, of i Danbury Route 1, passed through I town Friday of last week en | route to their home from Walnut f Cove. Mr. R. T. Joyce, of Mount { Airy, spent a day or two here | this week visiting relatives. Mr. ' Joyce is erecting a Midgit mill lon his farm on upper Dan river. The many friends of Mr. W. IG. Slate, who has been serious ly ill for several months, will k arn with much regret that Ms j condition has not improved for i the last month. i| Mr. W. E. Joyce given a ■ motion picture show at Hard Bank school house last Saturday night. A large crowd was present and all report a nice show and a good time. Mr. Walter Flynt, who has been spending a few days at Piedmont Springs with the family of Mr. J. G. H. Mitchell, passed through Danbury Friday If last week ' -te to Ills lome at Gideon I Messrs. Robt. Critz, John T. Simpson and Joe Glenn, of Winston - Salem, and Judge i Douglas, of Greensboro, who are spending some time at the Pied mont Springs Hotel, spent Thursday evening of last week in Danbury. Mr. Robt. Riser, of Meadows Route 1, was in town today, i Mr. Kiser reports that he killed two big rattle-snakes yesterday, I one having 14 rattles and the | other 9. slr. Kiser says that ' the snake that had only 9 rattles was much larger than the one having 14. Mrs. Julius W. Young, of Thomasville, Ga., who has been spending some weeks at the Taylor Hotel here, received a telegram Thursday that her brother, Mr. Lewis, was dead. She left Friday morning to at tend the funeral and burial at Thomasville, *a. County Superintendant of schools J. T. smith conducted an examination here Thursday and Friday of last week, for the purpose of issuing certificates to the public school teachers of the county. Those who attended and took the examination were Miss Una Rutledge, of German ton Route 2; Miss Mary Sue Willis, of Walnut Cove Route 3; Miss Naoma Ingram, of King: Mr. T J- Covington, of Walnut Cove: Messrs. Charlie and Cicero Smith, of Walnut Cove Route 3. Automobiles are getting to be almost as common in this country as other kinds of vehicles, and stock are rapidly becoming used to them. With good roads hundreds and thousands of ma chines will traverse all sections of the country, and the day will come that people will not look on them with displeasure or pre judice, but will recognize in them instruments of great use and benefit. NEWS Of m~ SHOALS Mr. John Bennett Itl —■Other News Items of Interest. Red Shoals, July 7.—We have had some beautiful showers of rain in this section the past week which caused the growing crop* of corn and tobacco to look fresh and promising. Mrs. Robt. Mitchell is confined to her room with appendicitis, but we trust she will soon be out again. Those attended the footwash ing at Pintf Grove Sunday were Mr. J. M. Fagg and family, Misses Minnie and Bettie Roberts, Delia Alcorn, and Messrs. Elbert Roberts, Grady Mitchell, Robt. Alcorn and Coon Martin. They report a nice time. Mr. John Bennett is confined to his room, we are sorry to note. Mr. John Flinchum went to Madison Wednesday on business. The hum of the threshing ma chine is beginning to be heard in this section. A. Y. G OLD SOLDIERS JEUNION Many Attractions Being Arrang ed —Largest Crowd Expected To Be In Danbury Than Ever Before. One of the largest crowds in expected in Danbury old Soldiers' day,.which is Saturday, August 2nd, thathas ever been. The tournament riders will start to practicing next Saturday. This is going to be one of the most interesting features of the day. Some sor 6 boys some al ready put their names down as riders and several more will come in before that date. The first tournament riding will be to see which rider can ride the fastest and get the most rings on his lances, and the sec ond will be and old fashion goose pulling. A goose or duck will be hung up by the feet and the one that rides by the fastest and pulls his head off will be awarded a prize. The public is invited to try their luck at the goose's head. Several ball games will be ar ranged for that day. If possible two of the best team in the county will be challenged to play for the championship of the county. The reporter will be be glad to hear from two of the best teams of the county so it can be announced in the Repor ter what teams will play for the campionship. The Star Theatre will be open all day and will give a moving picture show every hour. Ever body came and bring full basket* and help rive the old soldiers ? good time. THE DANBURY REPORTER is. s. coram To Be Held At Danbury On Saturday, August 9. SPFENDID PPOGRAM Is Being Prepared —To Be Made One of the Most Profitable Conventions Yet Meld. Stokes County Sunday School Convention will be held at Dan bury on Saturday, Auk., 9 1913. Every Sunday school in the county should make its report at once to the secretary of the Convention, -lames B. Greene, Walnut Cove, N. C- We have the promise of good speakers. A splendid program is being pre pared. All superintendents of schools, teachers and persons interested in Sunday schools should attend this Convention We hope to make it one of the most profitable Conventions ever held in the county. This July 17, 1913. M T. CHILTON, Pres. J B. GREENE, Sec'y. Red Shoals. ' Red Shoals, July 15.—The health of this community is not so good at present. There was a good rain in this section Monday which caused the corn and tobacco crops to look fresh and promising and the farmers are all smiles. Mr. David Reid is confined to his room with typhoid fever, but we tru6t he .will get out again soon. Mrs. Robert Mitchell, who underwent an operation at the hospital in Winston, and is get ting along nicely. We hope she will 6oon be able to return home. i Mr. John Bennett continues feeble, we are sorry to note. Mr Ham Flinchum and family visited at Mr. P. H. Morefield's Saturday and Sunday. Messrs. Jessie Powers, and Joyce Reid, ealled on Misses Sadie and Bessie Mae Flinchum Saturday p. m. Misses Bettie and Jessie Johnson, -Messrs. Elmer Flinchum, Hardy Johnson, and Rober and Walter Flynt, visited at Mr. W. M. Flynt's Sunday p. m. Mr. John Flinchum called on Miss Annie Young Sunday. Misses Bessie and Stella Martin, Sadie and Carrie Ethel Flinchum, and Ethel Flynt: Messrs. Elmer, Roy, and Early Flinchum, Walter and Carey Flynt, Miller Wilkins, and Jodie Kington, visited Miss Berchie Dunlap Sunday. A large crowd attended Sun day school and preaching at Davis Chapel Sunday. Rev. J. A. Fagg will preach at Dillard Saturday, July 19th, and at Wilson on Sunday. A. Y. G. Walnut Gove Route 1. Walnut Cove Route 1, July 15.- Rev. S. J. Glenn will begin a series of meeting at Rose Bud nex third Sunday at eleven o'clock. Misses Beatrice and Susie Tuttle visited Misses Minnie and Mamie Ward Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cam pbell visited Mr. Preston Bow man Sunday- Misses Catherine and Stella Smith and Master Gladis Smith visited C- F. Smith Saturday and Sunday. The ball game between Rose Bub and Walnut Cove second nine resulted in a score of 5 to 0 in favor of Rose Bud. The feature of the game was the superb pitching of Mr. Albert Young for Rose Bud. Mrs. A A. Miller continues sick we are sorrv to note. Misses Carrie Ruttledge and Annie Shropshire went to Pine Hall Sunday. Mr. Chas. Huff and family visited Mr. Abe Bondurant Sun day. S. S. BOY. S. S. Convention. Peters Creek township Sunday school convention will be held with Snow Hill church on Sat urday, July 26. Exercises will commence at 10 o'clock promptly. A'l r *>Hay schools of the town t-ip requested to be present. | BOill OF EDUCATION MEETS j Committee s an( j Attendance Officers Appointed —J. T. Smith Re-elected Superintend i ent —Other Matters Transacted. The Board of Education met at 10:30 o'clock, N. A. Martin, ;S. P. Christian and J Wilson I Mitchell being present ! The books and vouchers of I the Treasurer and County super- i intendent were examined and approveved The Board of Education ap pointed the following school committes. Danbury township Mrs. J. Spot Taylor, Mrs. N, A Mar tin and Joseph Alley Joseph Alley was aiso appointed at j tendance officer for Danbury • township. j Meadows township— Mrs. J. Walter Neal, S. P Lewis and J. B. Green. J. P. Lewis was appointed attendance officer for I Meadows township. | Yadkin township—P. P. John- I son, J. R. Hutcherson and T. M. Lawson. C. K. Boyles was appointed attendance officer for Yadkin township. Mountain View Special Tax' District—Cicero Boles, Walter Ferguson and D. V Carroll. Quaker Gap township—J. P. ; George, J. R. Forest and G. W. .Simmons, Edd Smith (son of | Henry Smith) was appointed attendance officer for Quaker Gap township. Peters Creek township—Mrs. W. B. Moore, E. C. Sheppard, J. S. Whitten. J. S- Whitten was also appointed attendance ! officer for Peter's Creek town i ship. Snow Creek township—Dr. J. H. Ellington, C. D. Smith and !G. W. Hawkins. Geo. W. Hutcherson was also adpointed i attendance officer for Snow Creek ! township | Beaver Island township- Wheeler James, E. L. Mitchell; and John William Young. E. L. 1 ; Mitchell was also appointed at-' ' tendance officer for Beaver Is | land township. j Pine Hall special ial district— j | Howard Gibson. J. S. Gant and I Lewis Black well. Sauratown town.-,hip—Chas R. 'Hutcherson, W. D. Glenn and ! 0 J. Caws. i Robt. Hedgecock was appoint ;ed a committeeman for the Wal-' • nut Cove high school for a term | of six years. j J. S. D. Pulliam w«w= apymint ed a committeeman for the King ! high school for a term >.•!' six years. The board fixed the salaries «,f all teachers for this school ye »r. The board also fixed the 2Wth ; day of September for the open ing of the public schools. J. T Smith was re-elected county Superintendent of schools for the next two years. Rules and regulations for com ing schools and teachers were ! adopted. Stokes County Pension Board will meet at Danbury on Satur iday, Aug. 2nd, 1913. This will j be the last meeting of the Board this year. THE NOKTH CAROLINA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND MECHANIC ARTS THE STATE S .INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE Equips men for successful lives in Agriculture, Horticulture, Stock Raising, Dairying, Poultry Work, Veterinary Medicine: in Civil, Electrical, and Mechani cal Engineering: in chemistry jand Dyeing; in Cotton Manufac- I turing. Four year courses. ! Two, and One year courses. 53 | teachers; G69 students: 23 build ings: Modern Equipment. Coun- I tv Superintendents hold entrance J examinations at all county-seats : July 10. Write for complete I Catalogue to E. B. OWEN, Registrar, I 6-24-4t West Raleigh, N. C. Notice That Application Will Be Made to the Governorjof the State of North Carolina for a Pardon for Nat Nelson. To all persons whom it may concern: Take notice that application will be made to His Excellency, Locke Craig, Governor of the State of North Carolina, for a pardon for Nat Nelson, convict ed of an assault with a deadly weapon at Spring Term, 1913, of the Superior Court of Stokes county, and sentenced to a term of imprisonment in the county jail and assigned to work upon the public roads of Rockingham county, N. C. This the 15th day of July, 'l3. iW. M NELSON, Father cf Nr. Nelson. THE STAR THEATER Under the Management of the Photoplay Entertainment Company, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, To be open all day Aug. 2-=old Soldiers Day Thrilling Western scenes, side splitting comedy's and Rex Dramas will be shown. Pictures will be changed every hour. Eighteen 1.000 ft. reels have been selected for the day. PROGRAMME: 10 a. m. to 12 a. m. The Bandit's Remption. A desert drama dealing with the story of a desperado who is reformed by the tone of two kidnapped children 'Oh! Whiskers, " Cristal split comedy. Mr. Baldwin falls asleep and the barber trims off one of his beautiful bunsides This neces sitates removing the other Indignant, and changed in looks, his two lady friends reject him amid screamingly funny complicalious. 1:00 p. m to 2:00 p. m. "The Range Deadline," Western Drama. The cattlemen having taken the law into their own hands establish a dead line for the shepherds. .lohn Mabrly, ignoring it, is shot and killed. Edna enlists Big Dave's help to apprehend her father's slayer, and by skillful deduction, Dave secures the conyiction of Jim Hall, and wins Edna for a bride. "The Sheriff's Warning"—Western Drama. A gripping story of the West when the sheriff of a county was compelled to be a man of blood and iron. It deals with the ridding of a community of a gang of bad men by one of these supermen 2:00 p m. to 4:00 p m. "The Old Maid's last Attempt—Frontier Comedy. An aging spinster notes with chagrin that all of the girls are getting married, and that she is left at the post. Her determination to win a husband at all hazards, is productive of much merriment. "A Mexican Renegade"- Frontier Western Drama. A thrilling story of the far West that bristles with interest—one that has all the grip of a live, throbbing novel. Other films will be run. Ice cream, bananas, lemonade and oranges will be sold at the theater. iet your ice cream here made f»-om pure cows milk, fresh and clean, flavored with pure fruit, sold in saucers or cones. Old fashioned ice cold lemonad® "made in the shade and stirred with a spade." Four large bananas for a nickle. 1 Get what you want at the Star Theater and keep cool. Just the street, from A. J. Fagg's store Listen for the Music. Aug. 2—Don't Forget the Date—Aug. 2 Admission 10c. W. E. JOYCE, Mgr. Cranford's MID-SUMMER CLEARANCE SALE NOW ON IN FULL FORCE Numbers of our customers are taking advantage of the great bargains offered during this sale. Don't Forget the Half Price Suits One-Third Off and the balance of our stock 20 per cent, discount. Come in this week or next before it is too late. N. L. Cranford & Co. ONE PRICE BLOTHIERS. Winston-Sal:m, N. C.
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