DANBURY REPORTER
VOLUME XL.
« AMERICANS KILLED; 28 HMD
VERA CiZ IS TAKEN
American Troops Take Mexican Port After a Battle
Federals —Stubborn Resistance of Federals
/ Looks Like War-—-Old Glory Now Waves
Over Customs House At Vera Cruz.
Washington, April 21.
Marines and bluejacks of the
American navy today took the
 customs house and a large sec
tion of Vera Cruz with a loss of
four killed and 20 wounded.
The loss of the Mexican garrison
was not officially known here
tonight, but was estimated at
200 killed. This was the first
step in the program of reprisal
by the United States against the
Huerta government for the arrest
of American bluejackets at
Tampico and other offenses
, "against the rights and dignity
of the United States."
it was the first clash between
forces o: the United States and
Mexico sine:; revolution broke
out in the southern republic in
lDl'i, and gave the Washington
government a Mexican problem.
Fletcher Sounds IVanting.
Though fighting had not ceased
at a late hour tonight, Rear
Admiral Fletcher had warned
the federal commander that he
would use the big guns of the
American fleet if his man did
not stop firing. The American
forces had orders to fire only to
defend themselves. The United
States intends to take no of
fensive steps for the present.
The salute to the flag which
Huerta refused will not be
satisfactory reparation. It is
understood a declaration of
apology as well ES a salute and a
guarantee that ths rights and
dignity of the United States will
be resptcted can alone cause a
withdrawal of the American
forces.
While American marines and
Gideon.
Gideon, April 21. The farm
ers of this section are very busy
preparing for another Urge crop
of tobacco and corn.
Mr. W. M. Flvnt and son,
Cary, went to Winston-Salem
last week.
Mr. ar.d Mrs. Ham Fiinchum
and children spent Saturday
night and Sunday with Mr.
Flinchum's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Alex Fiinchum, of Rod Shoals.
Mr. Carl Gann and sister,
Maud, and Miss Lillian Mitchell
visited at Mr. J. F. Dunlap's
Sunday.
Mr. Will Woods called on Miss,
Berchie Dunlap Sunday.
Mrs. Sallie Hartman spent j
Sunday afternoon at Mr. H. C. !
Martin's.
Mrs. Maud Powers and son,
Jesse, spent Saturday and Sun- j
day with her daughter, Mrs.
Lester Mitchell.
Mr. J. W Flynt visited his
brother, Mr. J. D. Flynt, at
Rui-al Hall a few days last week.
I bluejackets were fighting the
senate debated the whole Mexican
| situation before crowded gal
leries. The joint resolution that
passed the house supporting the
President's proposal to use the
army and navy to obtain
! reparation was being debated in
i t' - e senate at midnight with
; prospect of an all night session.
' Many Republican senators want
'ed the resolution broadened to
' authorize steps to obtain repara
! tion for all offenses committed
I
( against Americans in Mexico.
N.) Quarrel With Mexican People.
The administration senator,;,
fought this t.s tantamount to a
declaration or war, saving the
United States had no|jarrel with
the Mexican people but with the
Huerta government controlling
a small portion of it.
The President went ahead on
the authority of the executive,
in accordance with precedent he
believed an emergency existed. J
He gave Rear Admiral Fletcher
authority to seize the Vera Cruz,
customs house to prevent the'
landing there today by a German i
merchant vessel of a big consign-!
ment of arms and ammunition j
I for thj Huerta government.
Secretary Bryan conferred
with the German ambassador,
Count Von Bernstorff, and it is
( believed the influence of the
I German government will be J
interposed to prevent the |
consignment from landing else
j where in Mexico and complicating'
the situation. The ship car-j
'ries 15,000,009 rounds of,
ammunition and 200 rapid fire i
guns and thousands of rifles.
Mr. Rosco Gann, who has been
i confined to his room with pneu
monia, is able to be out again,
i ' :
we are glad to say.
Miss Berchie Dunlap spent
Tuesday night with Miss Bessie
Martin.
DANCING KID.
Revival Meeiings
At Melhcdist Church.
A series of revival meetings j
were started at the M. E. church
here Sunday night, being con
ducted by Pastor T. J. Folger,
and his sermons are strong and
earnest. Rev. Mr. Houck, of
Sparta, who was to have as
sisted in the meetings, has so
far been detained at his home on
account of the illness of his
wife. A message from Mr.
Houck yesterday stated that his
wife was better and that he
would probably arrive here in a
day or two.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Moore, of
Moore's Springs, visited Danbury
today.
DANBURY, N. C., APRIL 22, 1914.
HAT HI
jMrs. Walter Jones and the
Infant Of Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh Mabe Pass
Away.
; HORSE CRIPPLED
|On the Much-Discussed Had
Road—Various Other News
and Personal Items.
Meadows, April 21.—Mrs. A.
js. Stewart is critically ill with
J apoplexy, but is a little improved
! since Saturday, when she was
stricken.
Born unto Mr. and Mrs. Watt
Tuttle, a son.
The infant nf Mr. and Mrs.
Hush Mabe died last week of
membranous croup, and was
| buried at Clear Spring 1 .
| Mrs. Walter Jones died last
, Wednesday of tuberculosis and
] was laid to rest Thursday at
i li'Jlhol. She leaves a husband
'aril fyur children, a mother
I
an i f.uhei' and r.n>' brothci' and
i
sister to mourn their loss,
i The lir.tb daughter of Mrs.
Rosa Covington, who has been
ill with i nsumonia, is much bet
ter. wo are glad to know.
Mr. Jona Johnson is very low
with pneumonia this week.
The litti; son of Mr. and Mrs.
Watt Wall, who has been quite
iil with pneumonia, is recover
ing
Mrs. Joe Coleman, who has
been- confined to her home for
some time with a bad throat
trouble, is out again.
Mr. J. W. Morefield got a fine
horse crippled on the bad road
leading from Walnut Cove to
Meadows last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Left Mabe visit
ed Mrs. Mabe's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. R. P. Glidewell, Saturday,
returning home Sunday.
Mrs. Sallie Matthews, who
has been suffering with pleurisy
and other diseases for some
time, is improving some.
Sandy Ridge.
Sandy Ridge, April 20. Quite
a crowd attended preaching at
Oak Ridge Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Dunlap
and Mr. Jesse East spent Satur
day night at Mr. W. T. Ward's.
Among those who visited at
Mr. E. K. Vernon's Saturday
nio:ht were Miss s Ella and
Ruth Wal', Lillian Dodson:
Massrs. James, Tommie, Everett
and Parker Hawkins. Tommie
Stede, Ctt, Pete, Sam and
Albert Wall, Herbert and Robert
Cirter, Jess; East, Ed Ward
an! Mr. and Mrs. Willi J Wilson.
All semed to enjoy themselves
fine. !
Rev. Charlie Wall filled his
regular appointment at Delta
Sunday.
Mr. Wallace Hawkins, who
has boen quite ill for several
days, is very much improved, we
are glad to note.
Rev. D. A. Oakley will preach
at Delta Tuesday night April 28.
Everybody is cordially invited to
| attend.
RASTUS.
WALNUT COVE EETTERi
Annual Commencement of
Walnut Cove High School
Will Start April 26.
; CONTRACT TO BE LET
| April 22nd For A New Warehouse
In Walnut Cove Other
Personal Items of Interest
From The Busy Town.
Walnut Cove, April 21. The
'annual sermon for the Walnut
'Cove State High School com
[ mencement will be preached on
Sunday, April 23th, by Rev. W.
H. Willis, of Mt. Airy, at the
Baptist church here at eleven
o'clock a. m., while the annual
address will be delivered by Dr.
T. C. Amic, of Elon College, on
i
'Tuesday, April 28th, at 11 o'clock
|a. m. The full programme has
| not been arranged yet.
I Messrs. C. M. Jones, J. M.
Taylor and J. C. llutcherson,
who are the building committee,
will let out the contract on Wed
nesday, April 22nd, for building
the new warehouse here. The
building will ba N>x2i!o
feet, which is the same ii/.e of
the Stokes County Warehouse
and will be completed by August
first.
Rev. Mr. Willcy, ff Mayodan,;
filled his regular appointment at !
Christ Episcopal church here'
last Sunday morning at. eleven
o'clock, preaching to a large con
gregation.
Mrs. J. Wesley Morefield and
daughters, Misses Jettie and
Bessie, spent the week-end in
Greensboro.
Mrs. W. S. Vaughn and daugh
ter, Miss Jessie, spent the day
Saturday in Winston-Salem shop
ping.
Miss Myrtle Samuel, who has [
been attending a business Col- j
lege in Roanoke, Va., came in j
town Saturday night and is now ;
spending a few days as the
guest of her sister. Mrs. 0. N.!
Petree, on Summit Ave.
Mrs. J. H. Fulton spent the
day in Greensboro last Friday
to see her sister, Mrs. S W.
Gentry, of Mt. Airy, who is in
St. Leo's Hospital for an oper
ation for appendicitis, but was
improving nicely, which her many
friends will be glal to learn.
Miss Bernicj Woodruff spent
a few days last week in Greens
boro as the guest of her sister.
Miss Bettie Woodruff, who is a
student at the Normal College
ther\
Misses Maud Crame:\ of Eliza
beth City, and Mae Daltor, of
Winston-Salem, have been the
delightful guests of Miss Annie
Kate Jones at her home in Stokes
burg for the past week.
Mr. A. W. Davis made a busi
ness trip to places in Virginia
last week.
Several of our town people
left in a machine Monday for
Greensboro for the ba'l game,
but the machine broke down on
, the way and the young ladies
! came back on the train while the
young men kept on their way,
but not in the machine.
Mr. Gaston Carroll, of Wins-
BIRTHDAY DINNER
Given Mrs. M. D. Turpin
---Wade H. Bovles and
Burgcs Boyles 111--Other
News.
King Route 2, April 22.—The
farmers are very busy hauling
( fertilizer.
Rev. Mr. Hellard of Winston-
I Salem preached an interesting
' sermon to a large crowd at Mt.
! Olive church last Sunday.
Mr. S. K. Anderson went to
Mt. Airy last week and bought
a load of pigs.
Mr. C. T. Darnell hos traded
for a fine pair of mules and
bought him a new buggy.
Messrs. G. W. Smith and R.
L. Boyles spent Easter Monday
at East Rand.
Messrs. Wade 11. Bovles and
1 1.arges Boyles are reported on
; the stele list at this writing.
; Born unto Mr. and Mrs. .1. 11.
Dorsett, a gii 1.
There was n surprise birth
day dinner given at Mr. M. D.
Turpin's last Monday in honor
of Mrs. Turpin. who is sixty
one years of age. Mrs. Turpin
was very busy preparing her
dinner and the first she knew
of it was about eleven o'clock
when about 135 of her relatives
and fr'ends drove up to her
! home. The table was sixty feet
| long and was filled with every
thing imaginable good to cat.
, Rev. H. P. Mickey called the
crowd together and returned
thanks and wished Mrs. Turpin
many more happy birthdays.
SCRIBBLER.
Among the citizens in attend
ance at the meeting of the Coun
ty Commissioners today were
Messrs. J. H. Matthews, J. A.
'Neal, Milton Southern, James
| Lawson, Dr. J. W. Neal, Wesley
j Mabe, Louis Hicks, Will
i Southern, Ollie Hicks, James
j Chapman, J. D. Young, R. L.
Coleman, J. J. Stephens, John
! Carroll, R. P. Glidewell, J. W.
! Morefield, Isaac Hill, Watt Wall,
Joe Hicks, Eldridge Hicks, J. C.
Wall, Joseph Coleman. Ben
Smith, Robert Neal, I. G. Ross
and others.
Mrs. J. T. Smith returned
today from a visit to her brother
in Ashe county.
ton, was in town Sunday enroute
to Mt. Airy on a I U3iness trip,
i Messrs. Carl and Watson Joyce
and sister, Miss Lillie. spent
the day in Greensboro Sunday.
, They made a successful trip in
Mr. Joyce's new machine.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hedgecock
went to Greensboro Saturday to
visit Mr. Nat Hedgecock's
family.
i Miss Ruth Hairston, of Coole
mee, is spending a few days at
Sauratown this week.
I Messrs. G. W. Naff and W.
H. Young, traveling salesmen
from Roanoke, Va., were in
I town Monday.
j Mr. J. T. Plott of Statesville
is in town this week.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Fair and
Misses Sallie Fulton and Bessie
McPherson spent the daj Tues
jday in W inston.
! ACTION TAKEN
At Meeting Of Board Cf
Commissioners In Dan
bury Today.
TO MEET AGAIN MAY 4
Will Aeain Take I'p Meadows
Township Road .Matter On First
Monday In May—Two Of
Meadows Road Commis
sioners Fail To Attend
The Aleeting Here.
At a meeting of the Board of
; County Commissioners held here
I today, for the purpose of confer
, ring with the Meadows Town
ship road commissioners in re
gard to the improvement of the
public road in Meadows town
ship between J. I. Blackburn's
i and Moa lows postoffice, the
i County Commissioners failed to
tike any action in the matter
,on account of the fact that two
of the Meadows road commis
sioners w.-r • not i:i attend ;nce
ut the meeting. The real com
missioner.-; had been asked to
meet with the County Commu
si >ners, but it ij not known why
( they failed to Ij present.
The Board of Commissioners
| made an order that the road
, commissioners of Meadows town
ship be again notifnd to meet
I with them on the first Monday
in May, at which time the
County Commissioners hope to
make some satisfactory adjust
ment of the matter if the Mead
ows ccmmissioners attend the
meeting.
Quite a large number of the
citizens of Meadows township
were in attendance at the meet
ing and urged that something he
done to give them the road.
Mr. John \V. Kurfees, of Ger
;manton, addressed the Board in
| opposition to the building of the
: road—or at least until some other
roads in the township can be
built. There was quite a lively
| discussion of the matter through
out the meeting.
Program of Commencement
! For King High School.
King, April 19. Rev. Fred J.
Jones, State Evangelist of the
Christian church in North Caro
lina, will preach at Galatia
Christian church on Monday
night, May 4th, at 7:30 o'clock.
He was formerly State Evan
gelist of the Christian church
of Illinois, devoting a greater
part of his life to this work and
for establishing the cause of
| Christ. He invites all Christian
: people of all denominations to
j come and hear him. The church
| extends a hearty welcome to all.
, GALATIA CHRISTIAN
CHURCH
J. F. NEWSOM, Sec.
Germanton High School
Commencement Starts.
Mr. W. G. Petree left today
to attend the annual commence
ment of the Germanton High
School, which will start tonight.
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