VOLUME XL.
WALNUT COVE LETTER
Young Men Give A Newj
Year's Dance At
Vaughn Hotel.
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DEATH OF YOUNG MAN j
Mr. Webster Ripple Accident-;
ally Kills Himself While j
Hunting—Personal Items. j
Walnut Cove. Jan. (s.—Thel
most enjoyable social function i
of the holidays was the delight
ful New Year's dance that was
given on New Year's evening by
the young men at the Vaughn
Hotel
Among those that enjoyed this ,
delightful occasion were: Misses
Claudie and Stella llicrson,
Myrtle Samuel. Sallie Fulton,
Lillie Joyce, Mary Martin, May-;
belle and Jessie Vaughn, Minr.i:
(iray and Neilie Marshall;
Messrs. Samuel 11. Stewart, >,
W. Farthing. Odell ,Linen, iioy
and Wytitt Vaughn, M. N.
Wheel- r, A. F ;-. : !ruh\ Harry
•uid ('lutrlio IV..' - Sam Jor. : .
Sanders i'i-.-iv W.:.L--. o Joyce
Gene ime! ' I). md Mis.
t\ N. Davi.,
Rev. :,?v. .! son pivta -
at the i'. church Sunday
morning and night (hiring the
absence or' the regular pastor,
Rev. Dr. Smith.
Mr. John Bailey, Sr., enter
tained his friends at dinner on
New Year's day at his home
west of town. j
Mr. VV. P. Wheeler, agent at 1
the N. & VV. station, left Satur- 1
day for Alexandria, \a., where
he will attend the funeral of a
relative. He is being relieved by
Mr Gentry, of Winston-
Salem.
The sad news of the death of
Mr. Webster Ripple, was re
ceived here Jan. 2nd. The
young man lived at Arcadia, i:,;
Davidson county, and was n 1
brother of Miss >!• ie Ripple,
who was a teacher in the high
schorl hero two years.
Webster v:ar; r. r.-.-ml.-ing i: y
or iy 1 j* - - >■ ■ ■ -••• •
student at vK Institute.
11-; ,vasat home for the holidays
and went hunting r.n;l wis
found dead i: 1 his buggy t
thrt.ugh the heart. The a '.-i lent
it is thr.v.-ht was purely ac::-
dental.
PJisac? ;Mavbv':e and Jct:sL
Vaughn returned last week
from a visit to ieiat:\os ur.cl
fiiends at Green 3 Lore.
Mrs. Janie i ousheo was in
i Friday from a visit to re
lative*.' at Martinsville', Vn. She
left tha.' afternoon f,r hfr home
in Greene boro.
Prof. Ivl» ur '-'° Longhurrd, cf
Winston-Salt was in town
Friday and Saturday r.s the
guest of Mr. K. J- -Murphy.
Mrs. Pink Rier.s >n and child
ren returned to Cha* lo«te Sun
day after spending the holidays
here with relatives.
Messrs. M. V. and M. M.
Margin have returned from
Mullins, S. C. while Mr. M. V.
Martin was accompanied here by
his wife and little daughter,
who will spend some time with
him.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bailey, Jr., j
returned Sunday from a few I
days visit to friends and re
latives in Greensboro and Wins
ton-Salem.
Misses Jettie and Bessie More
field returned last week from a
visit to friends at Winston.
Misses Minnie Gray and Nellie
Marshall, cf Dennis, were in j
town Thursday and Friday asi
the guests c f Miss Mary Martin, j
Mr. W. F. Bowles returned'
last week from atrip to Roanoke,
Va. and Bristol. Tenn.
Mr. Sam Heath has returned ;
to Winston-Salem, after spend
ing two weeks in town and
community.
j
lews And Fersona!
Items From GidaonJ
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' Hi-leon, "'an. 5. Christmas
1 was very dull around here but'
there was right much booae.
, , . . . i
.Uis.; '>ereme Danlip returned
to her sch.i i it Sla'.e !iir.o iVnl
no.-.day after spendir/ the
dajs • with friend ;.r.d
ivhaL'es.
M>\ l iar\ in I!. 1";\ r{ has gone,
to W'ji'.uut v .ve on L.;''ne-. t;>•
I
, '' 1 * »
A l s j3 Ad.;!o :\)-..'C"3, 1/iiii"
Mi "Ml and Bessie Martin, and
Messi.t John and Elmer Flinch-,
um. Joycs and Russell Reid and'
Will Rhode;: called at Mr. W. M. |
Flynt's Monday.
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Misses Susie ar,d Lizzie Atkins
:and little niece, Nellie Chilton,
Ilortense Yarborough and Fan
nie ha?ley visited at Mr. W. M.
Flynt's Friday.
Miss Ethel Flynt spent Sunday!
with Miss Avis Dunlap.
Misses Berchie Dunlap and
Bessie Martin spent Tuesday
night with the Misse3 Roberts at
Dillard.
Misses Ethel Fiyr.t and Avis i
, Dunlap, and Messrs. Care? I 'lynt, j
' Elmer Flinchum, Otha Sheppard,,
' Jodie and Nathan Kington visited
Miss Fairy Wilkins Wednesday.
*uito u crowd, visited Miss
Lhlian Mitchell Monday night.
Miri.cs Ethel Fiyr.t and Avis
Dunlap rper.t Tuesday night at
Mr. Robt. Wilkir.a'.
Mr. Miller Yulhins and sister, :
Miss ''airy, left for Walnut Cove !
Sunday where tir.y wili enter j
, school.
M"s. Alex Flinchum visited
' Mrs. W. M. Flynt's Tuesday.
; Mcrsrs. Carey Fiyr.t. John
r.r.d Elmer Flinchum called at
i Mr. John Johnson's Sunday,
i Mrs. J. Frank Dunlap and
small son, Norman and Miss
Fannie Lasley called at Mr, W,
M. Flynt today.
| Mrs. C. A. Wagoner has been
very ill with tonsiiitis, but is im
• proving some, wo are glad to
| note.
Mr. W. M. Flynt -Tent a few
days in Walnut Cove as the guest
of Ivlv J. G. H. Mitchell last
week.
L'i.UE-EY ED LOVER.
! Messrs. W. Y. Gordon fin
I.Jame* Baker, of Germanton
! Route 1, were amoagthscitizens
J in Danbury Monday.
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DANBURY, N. C., JANUARY 7, 1914.
PUPILS GET"LICKED"!
;
Mr. G. C. Davis Locked Out
Of School House By i
Youngsters.
AT W AUGHTO WNi
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. Warrants Issued Charging I each-,
| er With Cruelty Trial Held |
Saturday.
j Mr, Gaither C. Davis, who!
recently removed from Danbury!
to Winston-Salem, and who is,
principal of the Waughtown j
public school, recently had some 
' trouble with a few of his pupils.
Just before the holidays on
returning to the school house
one day to open school Mr.
Davis found himself locked out
by some of the youngsters who
; demanded that ho promise to
' "treat" before they would allow
, him to o;:cn school. Not proposing
|to be dictated {■ and outdone
I by his pupils Mr. 1 'avis proceeded
to chastise the whole lot, after
Ihich he opened i-cliCol as u?ua',
ilive of tlia ])'J;.i!. :,».orvl
; out \\rgaii.sl Mr. i>avis,
char.'ing i. wi'.l: crudly whip
ping t'.icm, »•"" the •se was
tried b.'Joro i.eh-n n
'r.v Wi.!•. n '•''• lay. w;: a
! the ror.u't what the iant
i was iir.-'d one dollar * '"■ tin
in e.teh r J *'.i.'j ca i.
ev i', eu:ir.c»; ior it*. Dv/is e
that wa: .iusuiiible in ad
ministei it:g the ~, ;i *:ishment. a.id
notice sit' appeal t>» the higher
1 court vVas givers.
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N () T I C E:;
\ By virtue of a decree of the i
i Superior Court of Stokes Conn-1
ty. N. C., tendered on the olst]
day of Dec. liM.'J, in the special j
I proceeding entitled "L. J. Shel-I
ton, Adm'rof S. M. Shelton, Sr., j
deceased, against S. M. Shelton, i
'.Jr. and others," authorizing and 1
i empowering the undersigned. L.
1 i Shelton, Adm'r. to make sale
of the lands hen. inafter descri-'
bod, I will se'l at public auction
to the highest bidder upon the
terms set forth, beiow, at the
j home place of the late S. M.
'Shelton, Sr., deceased, in Stokes
J County, N. C., on Saturday, j
j February the U.h, IPI4, at the l
hour of one o'clock P. M., twoi
j very valuable tracts of land de
| scribed as follows :
First tract:—Lying and being
in Stokes county, and b-unded
as follows: Bounded on the,
South by the lands of Kelly
Sisk, on the West, by the said
Kelly Sisk and J. T. Lackey and
the h'iirs-at-law of Jackson
Lackey and .Julian Hall, on the
Not ill by t'r.e lands of Pendleton
! Sisk, and on tlu East by the said
; Pendleton Sisk, conta i n i n g
eighty (SO) acres more or less.
Second tract:-Lying and be
: ing in Stokes County, N. C., on
| the waters of Snow Creek, and
i bounded as follows :• Beginning
'at a White Oak Bjhannon's
i corner running West nine and
!one half (i) 1-2) chains to a
Chestnut on the bank of r. small
branch: thence the branch as it
;meanders twelve ar.d one half
i (12 1-21 chains to a small Bltck
;Gum. Lawson's corner: tl.er :e
on his line thirty five and one
' half (.35 1-2) chains to a stake,
i covper; South or. hi*;
• line twelve and one half (12 i-2 v »
chains to a stake in the R?d
i 1 Shoal road: thence the same as
jit meanders fourteen and one
half (14 1-2) chains to a small
» Spanish Oak on the East side of
the road: thence East on a new
line forty two (42) chains and
seventy five (751 links to a
; Chestnut bush in Bohannon's
line: thence North on his line
' sixteen (1(5) chains to the be
ginning, containing one hundred
and nineteen (11!>) acres more
or less.
Said lands will be sold separate
ly in the two tracts mentioned
i above. Terms of sale: cash.
This the 31st day of Dec. 1913.
5 L. J. SHELTON,
Adm'r.
MAKE SUNDAY :
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Mr. Charlie Shropshire 1
Weds Miss Carrie
Rutledj*e.
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NEAR WALNUT COVE 
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Various Other News and Per- (
sonal Items As Told By
"(iossiper."
J Walnut Cove Route 1, Jan. 5. —
j Well, Xtnas has passed and we
i greet the New Year with a
' hearty welcome.
Last Sunday at 3 o'clock Miss
1 Carrie Rutledge became the
bride of Mr. Charlie Shropshire.
Miss Rutledge is the beautiful
and accomplished daughter of:
Mr. and Mrs. Will Rutledge and
numbers her friends by the i
I
. score* »
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Mr. Shropshire is the son of
|' Mr. and Mrs. .James Shropshire, i
'of Winston, and has a host of:
■ friends. We wish ter them a ■
long ar.d happy life.
r .
' i ..iiju i/Kieha Fill;) i«»* 1
t urned her teaching at Rc-sc Bud 1
. .it tcr a s'ii n e>fc rest,
s Mr. i': .i-k Y returr.ei'
i Y..-..1 11 i-v .!' >ii"it Tliurr 'ay where
. I
he vhit''] r. htive:. l'» r a short
time.
; r. Era -r '•! > »ie ivs Jrned
'lay from a v: :t t > High
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Ale£r i,; « !■ rariK \«. mg and Pauij
George v/'itod Mr. Gid Tuttle j
Sunday r.ighi (IOSSIPER.
r SALE OF REAL ESTATE.
| By virtue of a judgment of 1
! the Superior Court of Stokes;
I County, N. C., rendered at the
j fall term, IPI3, thereof by His
j Honor Thos. J. Shaw, presiding |
i in the case of G. C. Hine against j
(.ieo. H. Charles, appointing the!
undersigned a commissioner to!
1 make sale of the property herein- j
!after set forth, I will expose to!
public sale to the highest bidder j
for cash at the old court house
door in Germanton,N.C.  now 11.;
j McGee't store house >, on Wed->
. nesday. February 11th. 15)14. at j
! the hour of 1 o'clock p. m. The
i following described tract or piece;
of land lying and being on the >
waters of Butt'alo creek in Mead- ■
ows township, Stokes county,
adjoining the lands of 11. A.
; Morris. W. 11. Cumbie and
' others and bounded as follows :
j "Beginning" at a stake in the!
j'luhli" road leaoing Irom Cni
:m;;nlo:i to Siokesburg, running
the ne? r.outii 4 degrees w» st 10
! poles a.r.d ; .i hnks to a slake, t iieuce
'S. 'i !*.. 1 i pules and ■> linl..* to a
stake oil the north (tank of a
| ditch, thence S. 7S is poles
; and links to stake on the east
: bank of the ditch, thence N. IS
!W. 11 ].H'l-'S to a willow on die
! bank of l'.ull'ab creek.
! thence N. IS E. > poles to a stake,
j thence N 45 E 7 poles to a slake,
I thence N 72 E I2ooles to place of
beginning," less 07 poles con
tained in frrave yanl, including
'in raid lands the roller mil . saw
'mill, engine and all machinery l
' and lixU'.rea for making Hour,
'sawing lumber and all other;
! buildings and appurtensncc.i,
1 thereto bet?ngiv.g. i
! That on the 20 of January 18:
, Geo. 11. Charles borrowed from.
; W. P. Bynum $1050.00 ami I
('executed his bond on that!
iday for the said sum payable!
"twelve months from date withj
• interest from date at six peri
1 cent. That to secure the pay-1
i ment of said bond the said Geo.
i 11. Charles, his wife, Kate B.
> Charles joining him, executed to
.'siid W. P. Bynum a mortgage
1 on the above described tract of
; land.
That said bond was after
awards assigned to L. J. Hine
1 and afterwards assigned to G.
. iC. Hine for value, who is now
owner thereof. This the oth day
;of January, 1914.
'. i J. W. HALL, Commissioner.
SUPERIOR CUT JU«:|
Drawn To Serve At Spring Civil
and Criminal Terms Cf Stokes ]
Court.
At the meeting of the county
commissioners in Danbury Mon
day jurors for the spring terms!
of both the civil and criminal
courts were drawn. The criminal
term will convene on March 30th
and continue one week, and
jurors were drawn for it as fol
lows :
I
Crimial Term.
John J. Martin, F. E. Collins,
R. L. Jessup. J. M. Hall. W. T.
Martin, R. 11. Kiser, J. W. Fagg, !
J. Walter Simmons. IL S. Green, j
S. S. Fulk. G. T. Hampton, H.
L. Grillin, J. R. Richardson,
i Thomas Rutledge, Robert F.
1 Hicks. James Moran, Bob Col
lins, loh n E, Til ley, Thos. G.
Tuttle. Levi Jessup. W. J. Ed
' wards. W. R. Keiger. .James.
iKington, Y». I'. Oakley, I'. C.
Smi'h. Y. ). Th .re. J. A. Neal.
' I . lYv 1- r, F. !.-.nkf.. |{.
;i • Mnnr h T. *f W
\ . * • • ; * 1 t 1• , j
' 'wi.,'', ;.l ,vit, Wade i.
ihyl \ •. -.. P. Sl-.Ml'er. J. O.
1 ennett.
TiiO j i..r t. ;• ci\il tei ,
which v.';! e.:r.'. i. • e.i April (kh
and c iiiinue r.r.e week, areas
i tullows :
Civil Term.
U. H. D. Shalfer, Watt Wail, '
jJ, 11. Helsabeck. J. F. Nunn.
J. N. Stephens, W. H. Carroll,
iW. J. Card well. L. A. Berry, j
' J. H. BondL 'ant. W. L. Kington,
J. A. Spencer, W. D. Priddy, |
: W. D. Morgan, J. R. Til ley, S.
I F Fulk, R. A. t'o©k, L. L. Nunn, ;
jW. A. Neal, M. D. Linville, J.
:E. Bowman, L. C. Blaylock, C.
i W. Edwards. S.J. Tuttle.
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I Misses Bertha and Topsy
1 Morefield, of Yade Mecum, are
spending a few days here with
their brother, Register of Deeds
John G. Morefield, who is right 1
sick.
TRUSTEE'S SALE.
1
By virtue of the authority con
! veyed in a certain deed of trust
executed by .Moses P. Bullln and
wife Frances Bullin. Moda
liullin and wife Sarah Bullin, to
,J no. \V. Slate, trustee, on the
30th (lay of September, 1!»1J, and
recorded in the oiiice of the
Register >!' Deeds of Stokes
ounty. North Carolina, in
Book No. 55 on page 3(52, and
the condition contained in said
deed of trust, not having been j
complied with at the request of
the benelieiary in said deed of
trust, 1. John W. Slate, trustee, ■
will seil for cash, to the highest
bidder at the court, house door in i
Danbury, Stokes County, North
Carolina, at 1 o'cl >ck p. m. on
Monday. February s)th. 15)14, the
following described real estate
| situated in Peters Creek town
ship, Stokes County, N. C. and
' more particularly described as
. follows :
I Three certain tracts of land
! described in a deed from John
|D. Humphreys, trustee, to W.
'C. Slate 1 , containing 53 acres
more or less, and fully described
;in Book No. 57, on pages 330
and 331, in the office of the
Register of Deeds of Stokes
County. N. C. and also described
in a deed from W. C. Slate and
' wife to Moses P. Bullin and
Moda Bullin, recorded in Book
■ No. 5(5, on page 379, in said
■ ofiice, reference to which is
hereunto made for boundaries
r and description. This the oth
r day of January, 1014.
I J. W. SLATE.
. | Trustee.
COUNTY FATHERS
Held Regular Monthly Meet
ing At Court House
Monday
ILRORS ARE DRAWN
Tor Civil anj Criminal Spring
I Terms of Stokes Superior
Court—Other Business
Transacted.
The county fathers held their
first regular monthly meeting
for the new year at the court
house here Monday, and quite
I a large number of citizens were
! present at the meeting and at
tending to other business matters.
Clerk of the Hoard John i.
Morefield was unable to be
present at meeting of the beard
and Sheriff \Y. ('. Slate acted
in his stead.
Very littlf !>:«.-iBC3s „um« before
; tl"» COV;:'! is .doners, the
important thin;.;" being tie
drawingcf j'-.r'.rsfur cv.ung
• ctli.iium and civil t.
of court, i iu> names of th->
jurors drawn arc printed in
ar.ether column in Miis paper.
J'lar.s for bride s across Camp
ing Creek ;.t Dunburv
and Ibll s L reek. tv/omilts :cuth
of here, were submitted to the
board and wtre approved. Bids
for the construction of these
bridges will be considered at the
next meeting of the board.
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Oanbury Route 1,
Danbury Route 1, Jan. 5.
People in this section are about
done stripping and selling tobac
co. Think they are pleased with
the prices.
1 The Hack Island school is prog
ressing well by Mr. Gid Moore
and Miss Dora Padgett as teach
ers.
Messrs. Bib and John Priddy
called on Misses Sadie anil Mupha
Nelson Sunday.
Mrs \Y. L. Nelson visited Mrs.
\V. Y. Bennett Sunday.
Misses Tilda and Bessie Nelson
visited Miss 1 Jessie Bennett.
Miss Tilda Nelson visited Miss
Bessie Nelson Sunday.
Messrs. Walter Lee Fagg and
Reid Stovall visited Misses
Isabella and Jennie Fagg.
TWO LOVING KIDS.
fellno oi Isom
Local Farmers' Union.
Mr. Kditor :
The Isom local Farmers' Union
met last Friday night, the 2nd.
and 1 desire to say through your
paper that it will meet again on
Jan. lt>th, and all of the
members ar# requested to come
out as we have some important
business to see to that night.
Yours truly,
JOHN R. SMITH.
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:j Messrs. J. Spot Taylor, of
'| Danbury, and John McCreary, of
I I Winston-Salem, have gone to
3 |
C Richmond. Va.. this week to
j purchase a lot of horses and
i, 1 mules.
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