DAN BURY REPORTER '"
VOLUME XL.
POCKET PICKED
Mr. W. G. Meadows Loses
the Price Of A Load
Of Tobacco.
FLAG RAISING 22ND
Republicans Nominated Road
Commissioners For Saura
town Township At Con
vention Saturday.
( By Curl oh E. Ha via. i
Walnut Cove, Oct. 13.
At their township convention
here Saturday the Republicans
of Sauratown township nominat
ed the following ticket : For
Road Commissioners, Stephen
Neal, H. G. Tuttle, Sanders
Abbott; for Justices of the Peace.
J. H. Fowler, Jno. Murray, 0. J.
• Cates; for Constable. Thomas C,
Creson.
Mr. M. T. Meadows, who
resides a few miles west of here*
marketed a load of tobacco in
Winston - Salem Thursday and
' after the sales he attended the
fair which was then in progress.
At some time during his sojourn
in the fair grounds a pickpocket,
using some sharp instrument to
slit his pocket, relieved Mr.
Meadows of his purse containing
the total amount of the proceeds
of his tobacco. Mr. Meadows is
one of the most substantial farm
ers in this section and while his
loss was only about sixty dollars,
he feels it keenly. After all, the
only absolutely safe way of
protecting one's self against a
loss by theft or fire is to salt
down that surplus money in a
substantial bank.
The Jr. 0. U. A. M. will hold
a flag raising service at Concord
and Tuttle's school house on
Thursday, Oct. 22. Notice of
the ceremonies will be found in
another column of the Reporter.
Horse Racing 19 14 Home Coming |
Stokes County Fair! j j
King, N. C., Oct. 20=21=22 ' *
.., j S
THE MOST COMPLETE FAIR IN OUR HISTORY. {
Fine Exhibits of Poultry and Stock Will Be Here. | 5
EXCITING HORSE RACING EACH DAY. I
i A larger and more varied exhibit of art and agriculture. 3
I THE GREAT MIDWAY WILL BE ALIVE WITH |
SHOWS AND ALL KINDS OF ATTRACTIONS. 8
I fill
Reduced round trip railroad rates from all near-by g
points. All trains stop at Fair Grounds, catalogue §
DeWITT F. TILLOTSON, ~ L. K. PULLIAM, I I
PRESIDENT. SECRETARY. I S
SCHOOL TEACHERS.
Supt. J. T. Smith Conducted
Examination In Danbury
Last Week.
Supt. of Schools J. T. Smith
conducted an examination of
teachers here Thursday and Fri
day of last week, but on account
of the fact that most of the
teachers had already passed f he
examination necessary only a
few were present. Among those
who were here and. took the
examination were the following :
Misses Lucy Lackey, of Camp
bell; Lena Taylor, of Campbell;
Susie Johnson, of Madison Route
3; Delia Martin, of Smith; Mary
Pringle, of Campbell; Erma
Sheppard, of Campbell; Mrs.
Covie Smith, of Campbell, and
Mr. Wesley Pringle, of Camp
bell.
On Saturday a number cf
colored teachers took the ex
amination.
No more examinations will be
held this year, as most of the
schools opened Monday, 12th.
Brandy Distilleries
Cause Much Trouble
In the eastern section of North
Carolina several brandy dist:!ler
ies are in operation, licensed by
the .U S. government. The State
authorities this week seized seve
ral hundred gallons of the brandy
and made some grretfe. It seems
that the reason thiv was not done
sooner was that the government
had not collected its taxes.
DANBURY, N. C., OCTOBER 14. IH4
lonnmuinii
Sales Increasingatid Prices
Getting higher.
MANY STILL CURING
Foreign Buyers Now On Market
and More Interest Shown
In Sales.
Winston-Salem. Oct. 12. -At
an average price of practically
sll per hundred pounds, farmers
sold on the local warehouse
floors yesterday 42,561 pounds
of tobacco, receiving therefor
a total of $4,678.36. Consider
ing the general average quality,
it is said that the average price
was remarkably good.
Although the local leaf tobacco
market has been a little slow in
getting started in a large way
this year, the business seems to
be getting fairly under way. and
each week witnesses increasingly
large sales Last week, there
was a considerable break, the
sale for Friday, when more than
100,000 was sold, being the lar
gest during the present season.
There are a number of things
contributing to the backwardness
of the local leaf market this year.
First of all, the tobacco crop is
considerably later in this section
than it was last year, owing to
the late planting, due to the long
dry spell in the spring. Many
of the farmers are still curing
their tobacco, who last year had
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MEEK! OF ONION
Farmers Will Hold Session
In Danbury Nov. 7th.
ELECT DELEGATES
j
Other Business Matters To Be
Attended To—Members Urfjed
To Be Present.
President Jesse A. Lawson, of
the Stokes County Farmers
Educational and Co-operative
Union, requests the Reporter to
announce that there will be a
meeting of the Union at the
Court house in Danbury on Nov.
7th, 1914, at 10:30 o'clock A. M.
Thetneeting is called for the
purpose of electing delegates to
the State meeting of the Union,
soon tobe held, and for attend
ing to any other business that
may come up, and all members
of the Union are requested to
! come out and take part in the
meeting.
Winston-Sab Negro
To Be Electrocuted.
Raleigh, N. C., Tuesday, 13.
Gov. Craig declines to stay the
death sentence of Harvey Gan
naway, a negro of Winston-
Salem, under sentence to die
Friday in the State's prison for
wife murder. He directs the
prison authorities to prepare for
the negro's electrocution Friday
morning.
"PORTLAND N£D."
Man Captured By Stokes
Officers In Much Trouble.
Greensboro, Oct. 12.—United
States Commissioner D. H. Coll
ins today issued warrants for
James Johnson, alias "Portland
Ned," and his pal, T. A. Conway,
who are held in jail here awaiting
trial in the Federal Court for the
robbery of United States post
offices. The warrants issued to
day charge the men with the
robbery of the postoffice at Siler
City, which occurred on or about
April 2nd last.
"Portland Ned" and his pal,
Conway, have been held in jail
here since their preliminary trial
before Commissioner Collins, to
await trial at the December term
of Federal Court. There are
various charges against these
men and they are wanted in
several States.
"Pjrtland Ned" was captured
a few weeks since at Walnut
Cove by Stokes county author
ities.
Aunt Jane Gordon
Passed Away Today
Aunt Jane Gordon, wife of the
late William Gordon, colored,
passed away today at the home
of her son, Alex Golding. Aunt
Jane was probably nearly ninety
years of age, and was one of the
oldest colored people in this sec
tion. The remains will be enter
ed at the M. E. church burying
ground here probably tomorrow.
No. 2,(147
STOKES TEACHERS
Complete List Of Their
. Names Showing Where
They Are Teaching.
FEW MEN TEACHERS
Large Per Cent. Of Them From
Other Counties Schools Are
All Supplied.
The Reporter is pleased to be
able to print below a complete
list of all the teachers for Stokea
county as well as their names
and the township and district
in which they are teaching.
The present address of each
teacher is also given.
The schools were all supplied
with teachers this year in time
for them to open at the same
time, though a large per cent,
of them are from other counties.
A noticeable fact is that only a
small proportion of the teachers
are men, lady teachers being
very much in the majority.
The information in regard to
the teachers is furnished the Re
porter by Supt. of Schools J. T.
Smith and their names, etc., are
as follows:
DANBURY TOWNSHIP.
District No. 1, Miss Nell Joyce,
principal; Miss Sadie Petree,
assistant. Address, Danbury.
District No. 2, Miss Ida Ven
able, principal; Miss Lena Tay
lor. assistant. Address, Dan
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