VOLUME XL.
PHFiCE MOVED
From Home Of Mrs. R. A.
Tuttle To The Store Of
J. W. Morefield
AT MEADOWS
Box Parly Saturday Night A
Success Mrs. Matthews Im
proving—Other News Items.
Meadows, Feb. 10.- The box
party given at Meadows school
house Saturday night drew a
large crowd. We had excellent
behavior, but every body seemed
to be full of life and to have
plenty of money, as the sales
amounted to $28.35. The
highest box brought $3.50. The
school house will soon be painted
and have a large bell hung in a
new belfry.
Messrs. Homie and Gid Moore
of Lawsonville visited their
sister, Miss Bessie, who is teach
ing at Meadows, Saturday, re
turning home Sunday.
Mrs. Rosa Covington, accom
panied by Miss Emma Kimball,
both of Winstcn, visited rel
atives at Meadows Saturday
and Sunday.
Mrs. Sallie Matthews has al
most recoved from a s.'iious
spell of pneumonia.
Mrs. Joe Coleman, who has
been ill for some weeks, is nearly
well.
An infant of Mr. und Mrs.
James Matthews is very sick
with pneumonia.
Miss Minnie Glidewell, who
is teaching at Ore Bank, visited
her father and mother last
week.
The Meadows postoffice has
been moved from Mrs. R. A.
Tuttle'a to Mr. J. W. Morefield's,
the merchant, at Meadows.
Mr. Matt Smith carried a large
load of tobacco to Walnut Cove
this week which brought him a
nice roll of money.
Mr. Jno. H. Neal purchased a
fine horse from
last week.
SMALLPOX RAGING.
In Pine Hall Section-Mr. W. Y.
Gordon Loses A Fine Horse.
Pine Hall, Feb. 10.- Small
pox seems tc be raging through
this section.
Miss olie Boone of Stokes
dale has accepted a position
with the • Carter-William Co.
here. We are glad to have her
in our community.
Dr. J. L. Haynes made a
business trip to Madison last
week.
Misses Pattie and Lillie Rolls
of Lone Oak, Va., are visiting
Mrs. J. L. Haynes.
Born unto Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Roberson last week, a daughter.
Mr. Turner Shockley, of
Roanoke, was here a short
while last week.
Mr. W. Y. Gordon lost a fine
horse a few days ago.
Mr. Clyde Gentry, of Madison,
was here a few hours last week.
Mrs. J. C. Flynn went to
Madison shopping last Monday.
Mr. Tom Covington, of Wal
nut Cove, was here on business
last Monday.
Mr. J. S. Gant, depot agent
here, is taking a few days
vacation this week.
LOVER.
The infant child of Mr. and
Mrs. Moses Collins, of Danbury
Route 1, c ied Sunday.
flffil KB.
Fir ,t v'u.:r.:r y Conference to
He Held At Davis Sat
urday and Sunday Other
Items.
The first Quarterly Conference
for this Circuit will eonvene at
Davis' Chapel next Saturday and
Sunday. First service will be
held on Saturday at 11 o'clock.
Let every Steward be present with
a good report from his church.
We have for our Presiding
Elder this year, Rev. R. M.
Hoyle, who is considered one of
the strongest preichers in the
Western North Carolina Con
ference. The public is cordially
invited to come out and hear
this able man preach.
At the present time the pros
pect for a good year seems very
bright on the Danburv Circuit.
I want each member to ask him
self the question :
If every member should stand
by the church this year as I shall,
what kind of report will our
preacher carry up to the annual
Conference next fall? Now.
let's all try to do what we can to
advance the cause of Christ this
yea •, and I know we will feel
better by having done so.
1 shall not fill my appointments
at Danbury, Vadj Mecum and
Union Hill next Saturday on
account of the Quarterly Meet
ing.
T. J. FOLGER,
P. C.
Dr. IS. F. Tillotson
Recovers From Operation.
King Route 2, Feb. 9.—Ground
hog day has passed and stormy
weather is here. The people
are buying a new supply of
winter clothing and hauling in
their wood that they may en
joy nice fires during the stormy
days.
Messrs. G. A. Jones, T. B
Darnell and Jasper Bennett
went to Phillips' mill one day last
week and stayed over night.
They report a nice time.
Dr. S. F. Tillotson, who had
an operation performed a few
ago at Greenboro, is now at
home. He is not able to do any
riding yet but is doing a lot of
office work.
| Mr. G. W. Smith has a large
cat sixteen year 3 old. He catches
a great many rats and when
' they give out he goes and gets the
monsters for his neighbors.
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DANBURY, N. C., FEBRUARY 11, 1914.
BAyK If KISS
Organization Was Effected
Yesterday Evening.
OFFICERS ELECTED
Material On (iround For Building
Which VVI I Be Erected
At Once.
At a me iting of the stock
holders of the Bank of King
held yesterday evening an or
ganization was effected by elect
ing the following officers :
V. T. Grabbs, President; S. W.
Pulliam, Vice-President; Thomas
S. Petree, Cashier.
The following board of directors
were elected :
V. T. Grabbs, Dr. J. W. Neal,
M. T. Chilton, S. W. Pulliam,
C. O r Beyles. W. R. Keiger, N.
E. Pepper.
The meeting was a very en
thusiastic one and it was decided
to start business as early as
possible. The material for the
bank build ng, which will be a
nice brick structure, is already
on the ground and it will be
erected at once.
Valentine Drawing
Hext Saturday Night.
Walnut Cove Route 1, Feb 9.
Rev. T. J. Glenn will preach at
Rose Bud Sunday at 11 oclock a.
m. if nothing prevents.
There was a singing at Mr. W.
E. Rutledge's Saturday night.
Mr. Gray RutUrdge, of Rural
Hall, visited at Mr. A. A. Mil
ler's Sunday.
There was quite a crowd at
Mr. Thomas Tuttle's Sunday
afternoon. Among them were :
Misses Beatrice and Susie Tut
tie, Louella Fulp, Nina Butner,
Paul ne Smith ; Messrs. Charlie
Tuttle, Will BJWIGS and S. W.,
C. 0. and Preston Smith.
Mr. Thomas Shore, of Rural
Hall, visited at Mr. W. E.
Rutledge's Saturday and Sunday.
Born unto Mr. and Mrs. R. S.
Smith, a fine boy.
There will be a valentine draw
ing at Mr. Gid Tuttle's Saturday
night.
Mr. Preston Tatum called on
Miss Mamie Redman Sunday
afternoon.
There will be a singing at Mr.
W. E. Butner's Sunday p. m.
Mr. Will Tuttle, who has been
very sick, is improving, we are
glad to note.
GOSSIPER.
Good Roads Bill
Passes In House
Washington, Feb. 10 The
Shackleford bill, under which
the Federal government would;
distribute twenty-five million
dollars for good roads among
the various States, conditioned
upon a dollar-for-dollar appropri
ation by each State, passed the
House today by a vote of
two hundred and eighty two
to forty two. It awaits the
action of the Senate.
The board of road commission
ers for Danbury township,
Messrs. J. Spot Taylor, J. Wesley!
Morefield and W. H. Flinchum, I
held a meeting here at the court,
house Monday.
Big TOBACCO SUE
Stokes County Warehouse,
Co. Sold 47,000 Pounds
Yesterday. j|
AT WALNUT COVE*
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Mr. Jjlin A. Huiton 111 Other .
News an J Peisonal Items
From Our County Town ,
Walnut Cove, Feb. 10. The 1
Stokes County Warehouse here 1
sold 47.0C0 pounds of tobacco i
today. Prices are holding up
fairly well though not as high i
as during the fall months.
Mr. W. F. Bowles has gone to
Richmond, Va,, to purchasa a
lot of stock.
Messrs. M. T. Chilton. J. A. j
Lawson, J. Will Morefield. John
T. Carroll, and J. H. Marshall
were among Walnut Cove's'
visitors today.
Rev. Mr. Po3 filled his regu'ar
appointment at the Junior Hall
Sunday and preached a splendid
sermon.
Mr. Jno. A. Burton is confined
to his room with grip, we are
sorry to note, but hope he will
soon be out again.
Misses Louise Crist and Okey
Kimel, of Winston-Salem, »pent
the week end in town as the
guests of Misses Maybelle and
Jessie Vaughn.
Miss Marie Langister, of
Winston-Salem, spent Saturday
and Sunday in town with Misses
Claudie and Stella Rierson.
Mrs. H. N. Scott has returned
to her home id Winston-Salem,
after spending some time here
with home folks. Shs was ac
companied home by Mrs. W. D.
Bennett, who will spend several
days with her.
Messrs. Haynes Linville, John
Bailey, Jr., Fletcher Hawkins,
Watson Joyce, Jacob Fulton and
Clareice Fair visited Madison
Sunday,
Messrs. Will Bowles and
Luther Mitchell visited Winston-
Salem Friday of last week.
Messrs. Julius Young and
Porter and Miss Nonnie Mc-
Kenzie, of Winston, visited
friends here Sunday.
Mr. George Semple visited
relatives at Winston-Salem Satur
day. He was accompanied home
by Mrs. Semple, who spent the
week in Winston.
Messrs. H. H. Davis and R. B.
Semple returned Monday from
Martinsville. Va., where they
spent Sunday with relatives.
Mr. John Bolt will leave
Wednesday for Manatee, Fla.,
where he will spend several
months.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Derby left
Saturday for Statesville, where
they will spend a while. During
their short stay here, they made
many friends, who were sorry
to see them leave.
Messrs. Sam Hairston and E.
L. Hatchet, of Danviile, Va.,
were in town Monday on busi
ness.
Infant Oi Mr. I urn Bjoth
Is Badly Scalded.
An infant of Mr. and Mrs.
Lum Booth, who reside near
Danbury, was badly scalded the
past week by turning over upon
itself a vessol containing hot
water.
Era niliiii.
Number of Applicants For Stokes
County Postoffices Undergo
Hxamination.
Postmaster H. M. Joyce, of
Danbury, conducted a civil
service examination of applicants
for positions of fourth-class
postmasters here in the publ'c
school room Saturday. Theie
were quite a number of appli
cants who stool the examina
tion.
The offices being applied for
are Danbury, Pinnacle. Sandy
Ridge, Moore's Springs, Ger
manton and Campbell.
Among those who took the
examination were Messrs. Will
Moore, of Moore's Springs; 1
Wiley Edwards, of Pinnacle;
Caleb Hall, of Sandy Ridge;
jR. E. Smith, of Pilot Mtn.; R.
R. King, of Danbury: Homie
'Moore, of Campbell; Mesdames
I Fannie Davis, of Germanton;
I Walter Watkins and Robert
Martin, of Campbell. There
were a number of others whose
names we failed to secure.
NcWS GF SANDY RIDGF.
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Djatli of Infant Child Oirls.
Give A Pound Party j
Personals.
Sandy Ridge Route 1, Feb. 9.
! We are in the grip of the coldest |
| wave of th 2 season ac present, j
Rev. T. J. Folger filled his'
appointment at Delta Sunday.
His subject was "Blessed are
the pure in Heart for they shall
see God." There was a good
crowd out considering the
weather.
Mrs. James Dodson continues
quite ill, we are sorry to note.
Mr. J. G. Dunlap is improving
we are glad to note.
Mr. Everett Hawkins is im
proving, we are pleased to
learn.
Elliot Watson, the infant son
jof Mr. and Mrs. J. W, Murphy,
died last Thursday morning at
! 7 o'clock and was laid to rest
[at the Delta church burying
'ground Friday afternoon. The
1 funeral services were conducted
! by Rev. J. A. Joyce,
j Rev. Chas. Wall will preach at
Delta next Sunday at 2 o'clock.
| Hope to see a large crowd out.
I Misses Ethel and Agnes
Pringle and Lottie Hawkins
; spent Saturday night with Misses
Ella and Ruth Wall.
The Misses Wall and Vaughn
gave a pound party Saturday
night. Quite a crowd was
present, and seemed to enjoy
themselves fine.
There are a lot of our farmers
who claim that they lost money
by not selling all of their
tobacco last fall. Almost every
farmer has tobacco to sell but
he doesen't have any corn or
wheat to sell. Its too bad that
he has his bread to buy.
Gut your tobacco crop and make
more corn, wheat, vegetables, |
hay, etc. Mr. Tobacco Farmer,
help lower the high cost of liv
ing.
LONESOME BOY.
Sheriff W. 0. Slate spent Mon
day night with his father, Mr.
W. G. Slate, who has been ill for
some time. We regret to know
that Mr. Slate improves slowly.
Mr. R. P. Glidewell, of Wal
nut Cove, was here yesterday
enroute to Lawsonville, where he
is doing some surveying.
SHOW MEET
Bank of Stokes County
Closes Another Success
ful Year.
J. H. FULTON CASHIER
Elected To Succ.-td 0. N.
Petree, Who Withdraws
From Bank To Engoge
In Insurance Business.
The annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Bank of
Stokes County was held at the
Walnut Cove branch of the
Bank yesterday, quite a number
of the stockholders being in at
tendance.
The reports of the officers
and examiners showed that the
Bank was in excellent condition
and that it had just passed
through the most successful
year of its history. The usual
dividend was declared and the
remainderof the Bank's earnings
were placed in the surplus.
Mr. J. 11. FaltDn, was elected
cashier of the Walnut Cove
branch of the Bank to succeed
Mi*. 0. N. Petree. who severs
his connection with the Bank to
engage in the insurance business
at Walnut Cove. With this ex
ception all of the old offic3rs of
the Bank were re-elected.
The following named board of
directors were named : W. J.
Byerly, M. T. Chilton, Dr. J. W.
Neal, J. H. Fulton, J. W. More
field, J. B. Woodruff, John H.
Marshall, J. A. Lawson and N.
E. Pepper.
The Bank is to be congratulated
in securing Mr. Fulton as cashier,
as he is one of Walnut Cove's
best and most careful business
men, and withal is a man of
highest integrity.
It was decided to purchase for
the Walnut Cove bank a new
manganese steel safe, which will
be absolutely burglar and fire
proof. The safe will be installed
at once.
The meeting of the stockhold
ers was a very pleasant one, all
of the stockholders being very
much gratified at the growth of
the Bank during the past year.
Heavy Blasting On New Road.
A great deal of blasting has
been done this week on the road
under construction just south of
Danbury. The supply of dyna
mite was exhausted last week
; and on Monday when it arrived
1 more than a hundred holes had
been drilled along the road
within about a mile of Danburv.
j When the shooting was started
I one might, have imagined himself
within hearing of some of the
navy's immense 14-inch guns.
A gool deal of rock has been
; encountered on the new road
I but it is being rapidly done away
I with.
Messrs. Z. R. Moran, of Mead
ows, and S. U. Atwood, of Al
leghany county, were in Dan
bury Monday. These gentlemen
have recently been engaged in
the cattle-buying business in
Alleghany county. They ship
ped a car load of nice cattle from
Elkin to Winston-Salem last
week.
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