DANBURY REPORTER^
VOLUME XL.
WALNHT CBVE LETTER
Contract Let For Another
Tobacco Warehouse At
That Flace.
HORSE RUNS AWAY
Better Telephone Service To He
Given Pow'er Company
To Turn On Lights
Other News.
Walnnt Cove, May 20.—While
out driving at some point near
Danbury Sunday morning Mr.
and Mrs. W. R. Stephens were
thrown Iron their buggy and
painfully injured when their
horse became frightened at an
automobile and ran away,
demolishing the buggy after it
was turned over. The injured
parties are getting along nicely.
Deputy Sherill' Joyce arrested
a colored man here Sunday, who
is wanted in Iredell county for
disposing of mortgaged property.
The negro was carried to Wins
ton-Salem and turned over to
the Iredell authorities Sunday,
night.
The Rural Mail Carrier's As-
sociation, composed of the j
run:! carriers of Stokes, Forsyth
and Surry will hold their annual
picnic here Saturday. There will
doubtless be a number of Uncle 1
Sam's faithful force in at
tendance.
Mr. A. W. Davis had the mis-'
fortune to lose a good horse last
week. It is thought that the;
horse was driven too hard by one
of the drivers.
Messrs. R. L. Nunn and L. J. i
Johnson have been here thp past
week looking after tne Big'
Creek telephone line and install
ing a. new switchboard in the'
home of Mr, 0. J. Cates. Several
new 'phones were installed and |
the town is now connected with
a good telephone system, being
in touch with the Big Creek and ! ,
Town Fork lines as well as with',
long distance. Messrs. Nunn 1 ,
and Johnson left Monday'for;
Dillard where they will install ,
another switchboard.
The Walnut Cove Power Co.
i.s pushing the work of their
electric light system, several
buildings on Main Street having
been wired this week. Messrs.
Morefield and Walker, whoaie
doing the work, hope to have
the lights going within a couple
of months.
All methods of transportation
have their advantages and dis
advantages, but probably the
most provoking bea3t of burden
is an automobile when it stops
and in spite of all cranking,
pushing, cooling and coaxing
absolutely refuses to budge.
Messrs. Sanders Rierson, S. H.
Stewart, Maurice Miller and J.
N. Young went to Danbury
Monday night, and as they were
on their way back, winding and ;
gliding around the graceful
curves of the hill just south of
Danbury the unexpected happen
ed, the car stood still. It doesn't
matter what ailed the machine,
suffice to say it just stood there
for reasons of its |own, possibly
on general principles. After
much had been done, and ali the
vocabulary known had been cx-:
hausted the three former gentle-'
men, believing in the healthl'ul
n.css of walking, proceeded to!
ambulate in the direction of
Walnut Cove arriving early
Tuesday morning none the worse
for their exercise. Mr. Young,
being of a contentious nature,
refused to dismount from the
lifeless car and spent the night
lying beneath the twinl.ling
stars, listening to the song of
! the whippoorwill and the sweet
i refrain of the screech owl,
'dreaming of the future pos
sibilities..of rapid transit.
Messrs. Taylor and Hutoher
son, promoters of the new ware
house to be built here, spent
Monday in town for the purpose
of receiving bids for the election
of the building. It is understood
that Mr. Ernest Fowler was
awarded the contract fcr the
house which will be something
like the warehouse that was built
last year. Work will probably
be commenced as soon as "the
necessary material can be had.
Mr. L. M. McKenzie was a
business visitor here the past
week.
Mr. J. Wesley Morefield and
family spent Sunday in Winston-
Salem.
Mr. J. S. G.int and Prof.
Allen, of Pine Hall, were in town
a short while Saturday. While
here Mr. Gant exchanged his
Reo car for a new Ford. The
exchange was made with Mr. T.
J. Covington, agent for the
Ford car.
Several automobile deals have
been consummated here during
the past week. Dr. J. W. Slate,
cashier of the Farmer's Union
Bank & Trust Co., has purchased
a Buick, Mr. L. B. Morefield has
exchanged his Ford for a Case.
Mr. Watson Joyce has traded
his Ford for an Overland, while
there are other trades pending
and prospacts seem good that
several new cars will be purchas
ed in the near future.
Messrs. John Bolt and son,
J. Irving, will leave this week
for their northern home to spend
the summer. They have in
I
recent years spent most of their
time in Walnut Cove and both
have a host of friends who regret
to see them leave,
j Elder J. A. Fag; went to
Shilo near Stoneville Sun Jay
where he attended the annual
footwashing of the Primitive
Baptists.
Prof. E. C. Byerly, who was
formerly principal of the Walnut
Cove high school, spent Sunday
night and Monday in town greet
ing old friends.
Mr. J. A. Petree, of Winston-
Salem, was a visitor here Sun
day. Mr. Petree has just re
covered from an attack of pneu
monia and his many friends are
glad to see him out again.
| Mr. O. L. Swinney, the road
contractor of Danbury township,
spent a short while hire Satur
day on business.
Mr. M. T. Chilton passed
through here Sunday enroute to
Greensboro and Winston Silem
on business.
DANBURY, N. C., MAY 27, 1914.
lEETHMIKJ
Dv jniocratic Convention To
Be Held At Court House
In Danbury.
TO ELECT DELEGATES
To State, Congressional and
j Ju.lii.ial Conventions Also
to Name Date For Regular
County Convention.
The Democrats of Stokes coun
ty are called to meet here next
Saturday by ( hairman J. W.
Neal fjr the purpose of electing
delegates to attend the State,
Congressional and Judicial con
ventions, and to name a date
for the regular countv con
vention at which candidates for
the county offices will be nomi
nated. As there are no contests
this year, the convention will
probably endorse the National
and State administrations, and
the cause of Senators and
i
Representatives in Congress,
!
and transact other formalities.
! The crowd in attendance may
. be considerable, owing to a sharp
awakening of political interest in
I the county.
Tel lii Jail On
; Charge 81 larceny.
j A man was brought here
Thursday and placed in jail by
.special officers Messrs. George
Kallam and Will Dodson on the
charge of larceny. The man is
unknown by anybody and will
not tell his name.
I The officers stated that the
man had been in the Buffalo
community for several weeks
and had been* a public nuisance.
He has been stealing milk from
the milk boxes of that com
munity for some three or four
( weeks.
! He was given a preliminary
hearing before Justice of the
Peace W. E. Willis and was
bound over to the next term of
the Superior Court.
The directon of the Stokes
County Warehouse held a busi
ness meeting here Wednesday.
Sheriff W. C. Slate passed
through here Monday with his
new Buick ayto.
Dr. and Mrs. R. G. Tuttle
spent Saturday night and Sun
day at Whitsett, making the trip
in their automobile. They were
accompanied home by Dr.
Tuttle's brother, Dexter, who
has been in school there.
Mr. W. H. Bryant, of Dob3on,
spent Monday night in town.
Mr. Jno. G. Fulton and daugh
ters, Misses Annie and Elizabeth,
and Miss Ola Boyles spent last
Thursday at King.
The school at Fulp, which was
taught by Miss Jessie Vaughn,
closed Wednesday.
Miss Agnes Lewis spent Fri
day night in Winston.
Civil Engineer Ambler, of
Winston-Salem, spent Sunday in
town.
Mr. A. E. Strode- spent
several days in Greensboro last
l^veek.
RlHr SUNDAY
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Steph
ens Have Narrow Es
cape From Death.
BUGGY WRECKED
Children of Mr. and Mrs. Steph
ens tiscape With Only
Slight Bruises.
While returning from a visit
to relatives in northern Stokes
last Sunday Mr. and Mrs. W. R.
Stephens, of Walnut Cove, had
a verv narrow escapa from
death by the horse which they
were driving running away.
Mr. Stephens had a very danger
ous gash cut on his head besides
other wounds, while Mrs. Steph
ens suffered a broken arm.
Their two children, who were in
the buggy with them, received
only slig.it bruises. The bug
gy was almost completely de
molished.
The cause for the horse run
ning is not known. It was
stated by some that an automo
bile coming up behind frighten
ed the animal. The runaway
occurred two miles north of
Danbury.
! Dr. MeCanless, of Danbury,
I treated the wounds of Mr. and
| Mrs. Stephens, and they are
getting along as well as could be
[expected at this writing.
Gideon.
Gideon, May 2(>. —The farmers
of this section are very busy
planting tobaccc.
Mr. Wiley Camenter called to
see Miss Sadie Flinchum Sunday.
Mrs. Lite Isom and daughter,
Eunice, visited at Mr. J. Frank
Dunlap's Sunday.
Mr. J. G. H. Mitchell and little
daughter, Rebecca, and Mrs. B.
J. Martin, of Walnut Cove, are
visiting at Mr. W. M. Flynt's
today.
Mr. Claude Rhodes called on
Miss Berchie Dunlap Sunday.
Messrs. J. J. Martin and Cary
Flynt went to Madison Saturday
on business.
Miss Fannie Wilkins spent
Saturday night and Sunday with
her sister, Mrs. Frank Johnson.
Misses Avis Dunlap and Bessie
Martin and Messrs. Elmer
Flinchum and Walter Flynt
called on Miss Ethel Flynt Sun
day afternoon.
The Big Creek Telephone
Company are installing 'phones
in this section this week.
DANCING KID.
Preaching Appointments.
Walnut Cove, May 2(5.
Mr. Editor ;
Rev. Frank Siles, D. D., will
preach at the following times
and places on the Walnut Cove
Circuit :
Methodist church, Thursday
nighr, June 4th; Stokesburg.
Friday morning, June sth, at
10 o'clock; Pine Hall, Friday
ni#ht, June sth, at 8 o'clock.
E. J. POE, Pastor.
Preaching at Mt. Carmel next
Sunday at 11 o'clock.
THOS. J. FOLGER.
AUTO CM will MM: imp.
About 75 Cars Are Planning a
Tour From Winston-Salem
to Piedmont Springs
Saturday Week.
The Winston - Salem Journal
j today has the following article
which explains itself :
In celebration of the comple
tion of the magnificerr network
of sand-clay roads in Stokes
county, the Winston - Salem
Automobile Club is planning a
tour to Piedmont Springs on
June (!. It is expected that
about 7~) automobiles from here
vvili go and that a number of
others from different parts of
' the State will assemble here to
join in the procession.
The completion of this system
!of roads, it is believed, marks
the beginning of a movement
that will make that section of
the country the playground not
only of this city but also of the
State. The climate of Stokes
i county is ideal, the scenery is
grand, and already many
, splendidly equipped summer re
sorts are in operation there. To
these, hundreds of people llock
every summer, filling them dur
ing the warm season.
Winston - Salem people, who
i have gone over the roads in
Stokes, declare that they are
among the best to be found in
, the country. Mr, Oscar liege
made a preliminary trip over
the routa yesterday and
he found gool roads all the
l way to Piedmont Springs. There
is a short stretch of road that
has not bean recently improved
I but it is said to be in fine condition
and will not delay the tourists.
i Mr. J. N. Young, of Walnut
Cove, expects to open a store
at Piedmont Springs the coming
; week.
I
Directory Of Teachers'
Instates To Be He'd.
i Raleigh, May 26. Director
E. E. Sams of the teachers'
institute division of the State
I
: Department of Education, has
just gotten out a complete
i directory of the institutes that
, will be held during the summer,
' the law requiring that every
county must hold such an
institute at least every other
year. There are sixty-one of the
on; hundred counties that will
have institutes this summer. A
great number of the foremost
I teachers in the State have been
! enlisted for this work, a
: conductor and one or more
[assistants being assigned for
| each institute and itineraries
j have been arranged and publish
ed for each institution.
HOW'S THIS ?
We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Hall's
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, Ohio.
We, the undersigned, have
] known F. J. Cheney for the last
115 years, and belie ve him perfect
:ly honorable in all business
: transactions and financially able
I to carry out any obligations made
I by his firm.
NATIONAL BANK OF COM
MERCE,
Toledo, 0.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken
internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system. Testimonials sent
free. Price 75 cents per bottle.
Sold by all Druggists.
Take Hall's Family Pills for
constipation.
TEACHERS, JOKE 8
Institute Will Meet At Pied
mont Springs, Continuing
Two Weeks--Reduced
Rates To Teachers.
SOCIAL FEATURES
hvent At Poprlir Water irg
Place Will No Djuht Have A
RecorJ Attendance— EJuc; -
tor? of State-wide Reputa
tion to Be In Charge —
Many Teachers From
A (.joining Counties
Coming.
Prof. J. T. Smith, County
J Superintendent of Schools, to
! day received a telegram stating
| that Prof. VV. R. Mills and
I Miss Louise Lunn had been
I appointed by the State Superin
tendent of Education to conduct
the Stokes County Teachers'
Institute, which will convene at
Piedmont Springs on June 8,
continuing two weeks. Reduced
rates at the Piedmont hotel have
been offered the teachers, which
is extended also to teachers of
adjoining counties, ami already
a number of outside teachers
have written the Piedmont
management for accomodation.
1 his Institute bids fair to lu.ve
a record attendance. An effort
will bi made to make the occasii n
one of real enjoyment as well is
substantial benefit to the gentle
men and lady teachers, who are
doing so much for education in
this part of the State. There
will be special lectures and ad
dresses, entertainments and
other pleasing social features.
The Piedmont orchestra, com
posed of high class musicians of
Richmond, Ya., will arrive on
June 5. This means that the
musical feature of the Institute
will be A 1.
It is expected that fully 1(0
young women and young men
from Stokes and adjoining coun
ties will take advantrge of the
opportunity to spend two weeks
of pleasure mixed with solid in
stiuction and cultur?.
Prof. J. T. Smith will have
the management of the Institute,
while Mrs. J. T. Smith will
chaperone the young lady
teachers.
Sunday School Picnic
ill Piedmont .Springs Friday.
The Danbury Union Sunday
School expects to have its an
nual picnic at Piedmont Springs
Friday. The Sunday School
has a large enrollment of stu
dents and the picnic each year
is looked forward to with much
pleasure. Mr. N. 0. Petree is
superintendent of the Sunday
School.
Death Near Buffalo.
Mr. Walker Gann died at his
home last Saturday near Buffalo
at the ripe old age of 87. He
was buried at Buffalo cemetery
Sunday in the presence of a
large crowd of sorrowing friends
and relatives.
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