DANBURY REPORTER
VOLUME XL.
NEW 101 OFFICERS
Elected For Walnut Cove!
Mondav--Muc.li Interest
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Manifested In the
Elections
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A SEVERE STORM!
Houses Unroofed and Other Dam- >
age Done Another Oarage
Being Krected Bold Thief
(jetting In Some Work.
Other Items.
Walnut Cove. May 4. It is re
ported that Mr. T. H. Gerry will
bring a civil action against the
road commissioners for the re-,
covery of damag2s sustained by
the new top-soil road being
graded across his lands south of
town. This is the first action of
this kind to be brought in this
township and if carried on will
be watched with interest.
Probably one of the most
severe wind and rain storms
ever known in this section struck
here last Wednesday. It began
with a blinding storm of dust,
followed by a heavy rainfall
of an hour, with the wind blow
ing steadily. A few houses were
unnofed, windows blown out
and other slight damages were
done.
John Cole, a negro, was struck
by a freight train on the N.
W. trestle five miles east of here
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Saturday night and instantly,
killed. There was no witness to j
his death and it is not known;
just how he happened to be on ;
the trestle at that time. A|
coroner's inquest was held over j
the negro's body Monday.
A bold thief has been operating J
in this town for several nights 1
past, having entered a number of ;
residences and securing hurriedly |
what he might and making a
rapid exit. The first house to be j
entered was that of Mr. J. Will j
East where he relieved Mr. East j
of some small change as well as j
taking some clothing and about
twenty-five dollars belonging to
Mr. Tom Voss. The latest
depredation of the sly gentleman J
was in the home of Mr. J. N.
Martin, where he was chased out
by Mr. S. P. Heath. At this
Mace nothing was taken except
1 . !
Sam s nerve.
At the town election held here
Monday the following officers
were elected to serve for the |
next year: S. C. Rierson,
Town Commissioners; C. M.
Jones, Jack Barker, Jno. R.
Lackey and O. N. Petree,
Constable, J. Luther Mitchell,
There were two tickets in the
race, representing bowling alley
or no bowling alley. The win
ning candidates it is understood
stand for the continuation of the
alley. More interest was shown
in this election than any other
town election ever held here, all
but four of the voters of the
entire town cas'.ing their ballot.
Mr. J. W. Morefiild is building
an automobile garage adjoining
the barber shop, which he ex
pects to have completed in a few
days. A garage is getting to be
a necessity in Walnut Cove
because of the fact that there
are now eleven cars in use in the
town with a number of other
citizens talking of buying carsj
later in the summer.
Messrs. T. S. Petree and E. P.
Pepper, of Danbury, were here
Saturday en route home from j
Winston-Salem and King where j
they had been on business.
Mr. E. W. Carroll, of Winston-
Salem, was here today shaking!
hands with his many friends, j
Mr. Carroll is mentioned very;
strongly as the Democratic!
nominee for Sheriff of Stokes.
Mr. Caleb H. Haynes, of Mt. |
Airy, was in town last week on j
business.
State Bank Examiner Hubbard,!
of Reidsville, spent last Friday,
in town.
Messrs. C. R. Hutchinson and
Paul Fulton, who have been
away at school, returned to their
homes here Saturday to spend
their vacation.
Mr. Chas. R. Helsabeck, of
Danbury, was here Monday
enroutc to Rural Hall on legal
business.
Messrs. Samuel 11. Stewart
and Thos. .1. Covington went to
Danbury Monday to attend the
meeting of the county commis
sioners.
The commencement of the
Walnut Cove High School was
held April 20, 27 and 2S. The
exercises were splendid and the
students all acquitted them-i
selves well. A large number of
visitors were in attendance.
The students of the high school,
and their friends went to Pilot'
Mountain Wednesday on a picnic j
excursion.
The Jr. O. U. A. M. held
largely attended district meeting j
here Saturday night.
Messrs. D. V. Carroll, W. H..
Slate and J. T. Bowles, of the j
Mtn. View section, were herej
Saturday and Sunday.
Rev. Paul Priddy passed,
through here Monday on his way j
to Hot Springs, Ark., where hej
will take treatment for
rheumatism.
Hotice to the Public.
Perse ns who are thinking of
blasting rock out of the public
roads at the expense of the coun
ty are hereby requested to con
sult the board of commissioners
before purchasing dynamite for
that purpose, as we cannot pay
bills which are not authorized bv
us.
CHAP BODENHEIMER,
Chm. Bd. Co. Commissioners.
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Notice to lax Payers.
To the Tax Payers of Stokes
County:
You are hereby notified to meet
the tax listers at their appoint
ments and list your property
during the month of May. If
you fail to do this you will be
double-taxed and not released.
Please list vour property for
taxation during the month of
' May as the law prescribes and
save further trouble.
This by order of the Board on
i May 4th, 1914.
j CHAP BODENHEIMER,
Chairman.
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DANBURY, N. C., MAY 6, 1914.
SEES HIS MISTAKE CITIZENS HE BRIM
: Mr. R. G. Gentry Would
Now Like To Vote For
Bond Issue For
Good Roads.
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WAS OPPOSED TO IT
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. Bugs Have Destroyed About
Forty Per Cent. Of the Tobac- {
co Plants Other News
Of King.
King Route 2, May 4. The'
! farmers of this section are very I
! |
I busy preparing their land and i
: planting corn.
We guess there will be a larger;
corn crop than usual on account
of the bugs destroying about 40
per cent, of the tobacco plants
and yet they are still devouring!
them. The growing wheat crop!
J
looks prenising at this writing, i
Mr. R. (I. Gentry, one of the ;
successful farmers of Yadkin!
township, who did all he could I
against the bond issue for gcod i
roads in Yadkin, a few days ago
took a pleasure trip to
see his daughter near Hiuh
Point. Ho traveled overasand
elav road from Winston to High
I\»int (built by bond issue i. Mr.'
■J. J. Gentry took him out in an
automobile'. Ho says it took two j
hours to go out there and two to i
'come back. Mr. Gentry is 70'
j years old and says the greatest
mistake he ever made in his life i
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i was when he voted against the |
, bond issue for good roads. He j
j says in a county where there are;
| good roads a man will live 20
| years longer; his horses will la3t
| ten years longer, and his wagons
'and vehicles will last as long
| again. Mr. Gentry says he is a
'man who tries to live for the
j good of his country and that he
may be a blessing to the people.
Therefore, he wants an oppor
-1 tunity to vote for good roads in
1 Stokes county. He says it may
not do him much good, but he
wants to be helpful to the rising
generation.
| Mr. I. G. Ross, who is in the
1 demonstration work, was in this
I section last week. We think
I the demonstration work has
i been of great help to farmers
of Stokes county.
Messrs. A. S. Marsh and G.
IW. Smith spent a few hours at
J. S. D. Pulliam's at King Sun
day.
SCRIBBLER.
I
Many Distilleries
j Destroyed Recently.
; Over four hundred illicit dis
tilleries have been destroyed by
U. S. revenue officers in the
counties of Franklin, Patrick
and Floyd, Virginia, within the
last five months. Some of the
plants destroyed were very large
| and well equipped. It is said
that "moonshining" in the
above-named counties, as a result
of many raids, is decidedly de
!
creasing.
Mr. Walter Mitchell of Walnut
Cove Route 3 was in town Mon
| day.
Making Improvements In!
their Homes By Installing
Water. Lights, Etc.
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TO BUILD NEW ROAD;
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Leading From Asbury To Alt. ;
Airy By Way of Chestnut
Ridges.
Brim, May 4.—Mr. G. L. Sim-'
rr.ons is having water and lights
installed in his home. The light
ing system will be acetylene and I
the water will be pumped from a
spring by a hydraulic ram.
Dr. J. J. Leake is also putting
in acetylene lights, having in
stalled a water system during
last summer.
Other citizens around Asbury
have been building to their
homes, notably. Messrs. Thomp
son Rogers. Ballard Smith and
A. N. Chilton.
There is a move on foot to
grade the road that leads from
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Asbury via Mount Herman to
.Mt. Airy. This wotdd bo a tre
mendous improvement, as ill?
road passes over the Cho-tnut
Ridgos and the sand-clay road
will come nearly half way out
from Mt. Airy.
BROWN LAI SOLO, j
Air. \Vm. Overby Of Smith Pur-,
chases About 500 Acres of Land,
Home Place Of the Late A. J.
i
Brown, in Snow Creek Town-j
ship.
It is learned that Mr. Wm. \
Overby of Smith has purchased I
the Brown place in Snow Creek j
township, at $12.50 per acre.
The tract contains about 500
acres, and the consideration will
be some $6,000. This land com
prises the home place of the late
A. J. Brown, and is now occupied
by Mrs. Brown, her son, Sam
Brown, and her daughter. Mrs.
Lettie B. Moore. These good
people, it is learned with re
gret, will leave the county and
make their home in the West,
Texas probably, with relatives.
Mr. Wm. Overby has bought
this farm for the use of one or
two of his sons, one of whom
has lately returned to Stoker,
| having been living in the West
| for several years.
Marriage licenses.
Register of Deeds J. G. Mcre
j field has recently issued marriaj e
licenses to the following coupks :
Edgar Brown to Lola Joyce.
G. W. Collins to Mary Martin.
Terry Cardwell to Eva Dunccn.
S. P. Dearmin to Topsie More
! field.
Walter Dodson to Bettie
Dunlap.
I. W. Gordon to Carrie E.
Johnson.
Eugene Martin to May Moran.
Carl Mabe to Harriet Wall.
I J. J. Priddy to Ella Priddy.
J. Frank Dunlap of Gideon at
tended the meeting of the
County Commissioners Monday.
MECCA OF VETERANS
j The Old Boys Are All Mak
ing For Jacksonville For a
Great Time,
j Jacksonville, Fla., May 4.
■All the railway trains and coast
steamers arriving here during
| the past 21 hours have brought
delegations of visitors to the
annual reunion of the United
1 Confederate Veterans, which is
to be formally opened in this
city Wednesday. It is confidently
expected that by tomorrow at
noon 25,000 visitors will be here
! to attend the gathering. They
every section of the
i South and include, in addition to
the old soldiers who wore the
gray, hundreds of the daughters
and sons of veterans.
Large reception committees
are stationed at the depots and
steamboat mors to welcome the
arrivals and escort them to
their quarters. To accommodate
this multitude the capacity of!
! 1
the hotels is being tested to tne j
utmost, while every available,
rooming house ha-? br.cn j
called into requisition. Many!
of tiie visitors finding
quarters in the camp and hun
dreds cf others are being enter
tained in private homes.
! For more than six months the
i !
local committees have been i
I diligently preparing for the
j reunion. Public buildings, busi->
! ness houses and residences,
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! throughout the citv have blos
somed out in gala attire in honor ;
!of the occasion. Though the re-;
I
j gular proceedings of the reunion j
j will not begin until Wednesday [
j there will be sight-seeing trips
| and other features to take up the
] time of the visitors tomorrow.
Sandy Ridge Route 1.
Sandy Ridge Route 1, May 4.;
! Hauling fertilizer is the j
' order of the day now-a-days.
Quite a large crowd attended
I preaching at Buffalo Baptistj
church Sunday.
I; Mr. W. R. Carter is on the
sick list at present.
Rev. D. A. Oaklev preached
an able sermon at Delta Sun
. day night. Quite a crowd was
, out.
Misses Sudie and Lula Dun
: can and Mr. and Mrs. 0. C. East
spent Saturday night with Mr.
W. R. East.
Mr. Harry Duncan spent Sat
urday night at Mr. W. T. Ward's.
Miss Dora Ward and Mr. S. R.
i
1 Ward are visiting relatives and
: friends in Winston this week.
Quite a crowd visited at Mr.
W. T. Ward's Saturday.
A lot of our people are plan
■ ning to attend the Primitive
Baptist Association at Clear
> Spring the 3rd Sunday.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
To the Republican Voters of
Stokes County :
I hereby announce my candi
dacy for the office of the Clerk
of the Superior Court of Stokes
- county, subject to the will of the
3 convention.
. 6miy4t CHAS. R. HFLSABECK.
ROAD WILL BE BUILT
Between Meadows Postoffice
and J. I. Blackburn's,
Say Meadows' Com
missioners.
NO TIME IS FIXED
At Meeting of County Com
missioners Monday T'jis
Assurance Is Given By
Meadows' Commis
sioners.
At the meeting of the County
Commissioners in Danbury Mon
day the Board was assured by
the highway commissioners of
Meadows township that the
much-discussed piece of road
lying between Meadows post
ed lice and J. I. Blackburn's
would be built by them, ttiough
they failed to name the time at
which they would build the
ivnd statin:; that they would first
finif.h the roads already started
b'forj taken un the matter of
bail ling the road mentioned.
Many of the Meadows town
ship eople were agi in in atten
dance at th:? meeting. ?ome of
tlvm opposing the read bat a
nvich larger number aui.ig that
it bo built.
Masting 01 Lacisum Club
At Walnut Cove
A most enjoyable occasion was
the meeting, Thursday night, of
the Lacisum Club, with Mrs. A
J. Fair as hostess.
The guests were first ushered
into the parlor, which was de
corated with graceful sprays of
j white syringa.
When the club had completed
tits usual business session the
' study of two composers, Ingrahan
and Engleman, was taken up.
The program rendered was as
follows:
Instrumental solo, "Dashing
; Troopers" - Miss Lillie Joyce.
Solo, "All that I ask is
Love" Miss McPherson.
Instrumental solo, "The
] Wasp"—J. Irving Bolt.
Solo, "You are the Ideal of my
Dreams"—T. J. Covington.
! Instrumental solo, "Melody of
Love," Miss Stella Rierson.
I Solo, "Roses"—J. I. Bolt.
I Instrumental solo, "Fond
1 Recollections"—Miss Sallie Ful
ton.
After this program a Musical
j Contest was enjoyed by all, Mr.
\ .J. W. Scroggs being the winner
of the prize, the portraits of three
famous composers done in sepia.
After the contest the hostess
bd the way to the dining room,
which was beautiful with palms
and white syringa blossoms.
There ices, cake and fruits were
served. The fact that Mrs. Fair
is not a member of the Club
made her hospitality all the
I more appreciated by those pres
ent, who were glad to have such
interest and kindness shown by
one outside of their own ranks.
The Club will be entertained
at its next meeting by Mr. J.
Irving Bolt.
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