VOLUME XL.
Stokes Republican
Majorities Reduced
Stokes voted Republican again Tuesday, electing ail of the
county officers, though the majorities were considerably reduced,
Sheriff Slate's majority over Carroll being only 10f>, his majority
over Sheppard last election being 430. The average Republican
majority in the county this time is something near 200, while two
years ago it was about 400.
Democrats Carry State
By 30,000 Majority
North Carolina again went Democratic Tuesday by about 30,000
1 majority and all of the congressmen save one were elected.
Senator Overman's majority is near 40,000.
Major Chas. M. Stedman, of this district, received a majority of
about 4,000.
Solicitor Bowers was elected by a large majority.
Reports indicate there will be a hundred Democrats and twenty
Republicans in the next house of representatives, forty-one Demo
crats and nine Republicans in the Senate.
REV. P. OLIVER
Passed Away At His Home
• Near Dalton Thursday.
AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Was In His 76th Year and One Of
County's Best and Wealth
iest Citizens.
Rev. Pinkpey Oliver, one of
Stokes county's oldest and best
citizens, passed away at his
home at Pleasant Retreat, near
Dalton, Thursday night, after an
illness lasting about a year.
The deceased was in his 76th
year and is survived bv his wife,
one son, Mr. Samuel Oliver, and
two daughters. Mrs. I. M.
Gordon, of Pilot Mt., and Miss
Martha Oliver, who resides at
home.
Mr. Oliver has been a minister
of the Baptist church for more
than forty years and had an
Official Vote of Stokes County, November 3,1914.
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Danbury ! 69 | 141 70 143 168 145 66 : 143 165 148 i 66 145 62 141 566 145 68 ! 145 6«.» 67 |7O 139 142 139
Wilson's Store 128 i 95 130 94 l 128 94 122 60 141 81 130 97 127 77 66 95 1 129 93 132 143 : 133 84 92 ,80
Germanton 43 98 , 46 110 j 46 105 76 60 i 46 ; 104 46 107 46 107 46 109 46 106 48 48 48 108 105 102 "
King 93 131 !95 130 96 128 98 126 ! 97 129 101 128 96 129 94 130 ■ 100 i 129 97 97 i 97 130 130 130
JBoyles 102 96 110 96 100 103 111 85 106 93 110 95 112 88 112 95 110 95 109 112 j 111 96 94 96
Pinnacle 96 114 96 114 96 114 95 110 97 110 96 . 112 95 109 92 j 113 96 i 113 95 95 j97 115 113 112
Frans .* 40 36 140 36 40 36 40 34 38 36 39 37 40 !36,40 j36 40 i 36 40 40 147 32 34 34
Moir's • 85 103 I 91 99 89 99 89 , 98 92 > 98 90 100 90 I 93 92 95 92 98 89 89 118 93 92 ! 91
Quaker Gap 47 155 i 47 ,152 47 154 46 150 46 153 41 157 46 153 47 i 153 47 154 47 48 45 154 154 154
Brown Mountain 14 102 j 15 102 15 102 17 98 15 101 15 96 16 ,98 12 102 15 101 15 15 j 15 102 100 : 102
Lawsonville 128 184 128 188 126 190 126 190 126 186 135 j 117 123 189 126 189 126 189 I 122 129 127 188 196 189
Sandy Ridge 201 106 200 106 200 106 203 103 215 ' 95 203 ! 107 224 ! 82 199 105 202 ! 106 204 205 201 106 107 I 102 •
Mitchells 117 80 117 80 121 76 112 82 124 71 118 79 119 1 93 118 80 117 80 118 116 114 79 79 84
Pine Hall 41 24 3i> 24 48 16 .1 46 20 48 16 43 22 37 27 40 24 40 24 40 j 40 34 24 24 26
Freeman's 31 19 32 18 38 13 I 31 19 33 16 32 ! 18 31 19 I 32 18 32 18 32 32 32 18 18 18
Walnut Cove .133 136 134 144 133 145 134 140 162 120 134 I 141 126 153 1135 145 135 144 135 165 134 j 134 139 127
Totals 1368 1620 1390 1636 1391 1626 | 1412 1544 1451 j 1557 1399 ! 1618 1390 j 1574 , 1381 1634 1396 j 1631 1392 | 1441 1423 | 1582 1619 l^T
DAN BURY REPORTER'"
extensive acquaintance. He was
among the county's wealthiest
citizens, his estate being estimat
ed to be worth about SIOO,OOO.
The interment was made
Saturday in the family burying
ground near the home of the
deceased in the presence of a large
number of sorrowing relatives and
friends, the services being con
ducted by Rev. Dr.-H. A. Brown,
of Winston-Salem.
Death Of Mrs. Tandy lite.
Mrs. White, the wife of Mr.
Tandy White, a good citizen of
the county, passed away Sunday
evening at her home near Flat
Shoal church. The deceased had
been very ill for some time and
her death was not unexpected.
She was aged about 62 years old,
and is survived by her husband
and several sons and daughters,
among whom are Messrs.
Edward ar.d Ringo White.
The interment was made at
the burying ground at Hartman
Tuesday, a large number of
people attending.
DANBURY, N. C., NOVEMBER 4, 1914
COHRT IH SESSION
! Civil Term For Stokes Coun
! ty Opened Yesterday
i 4
| SOME CASES TRIED
Will Probably Continue Until
! Saturday —Small Attendance
So Far.
The civil term of Stokes Super
j ior court opened here yesterday
i after being postponed for two
I days on account of the election,
j Judge W. A. Devin is presiding
j over the court and a number of
j attorneys are present.
The trial of the land suit of
Kiser vs. Johnson is in progress
today and will require some time.
Quite a number of witnesses are
atttending in this case.
Other cases which have already
been tried are as follows:
Carter & Williams vs. Dr. D.
C. Dicks, judgment for plaintiff.
Joyce vs. Joyce, divorce grant
ed.
T. M. Lawson vs. J. A. Stone,
judgment for plaintiff.
Chas. McDaniel vs. Will Scales,
judgment for plaintiff.
It is learned that court will
likely continue until Saturday.
Very few people are in attend
ance.
Stefan's Majority
May M 4,500.
From Maj. C. M. Stedman's
headquarters in Greensboro it
was learned that his maiority in
the Fifth congressional district
may reach 4,500. He carried
Rockingham by 650; Orange 150;
Durham 850; Caswell 550; Gran
ville 1,200; Alamance 450;
Forsyth 200; Guilford 1,100;
Person 200.
J. T. Benbow, Republican,
carried two counties, getting an
estimated majority in Surry of
700 and Stokes 100.
The vote of the "Bull Moose"
candidate, Mr. Douglass, of
Greensboro, is not given.
Dr. and Mrs. R. H. Morefield,
iof Moore's Springs, spent last
i night here with relatives.
DEMURE AFFAIR
Pleas Hall Shoots and Al
most Instantly Kills His
Wife.
NEAR DILLARD
Hall Claims the shooting Was
Accidental Remanded To
Jail Without Bond H # ad
Been Married Only
A Few Months.
Pleas Hall, who resided near
Dillard, in eastern Stokes, shot
and almost instantly killed his
wife Tuesday evening of this
week. Hall was arrested soon
after the shooting by Constable
Hall Mitchell at the home of one
of his friends about five miles
from the scene of the deplora
ble affair. He was given a pre
leminary hearing before Justice
of the Peace J. Wilson Mitchell
at Dillard and bound over to
superior court without bond.
Constable Mitchell brought Hall
here and placed him in jail yes
terday morning.
Hall, who is about 20 years of
age, had been married only a
few months. He is a son of
William Hall, of Danbury Route
1, and his wife was the daughter
of John Yates, of the Dillard
section.
The shooting is claimed by
Hall to have been purely an ac
cident but there was no eye
witness to the affair. The par
ticulars as far as the Reporter
is able to learn are as follows:
Hall and his wife and Mrs.
the mother of Hall's
wife, were at a tobacco barn
near Hall's home working with
some leaf tobacco and were pre
paring to go to the house. Hall
and his wife had gone outside of
the barn and left Mrs. Yates in
side when Hall picked up his
shot gun, which was sitting
against the side of the barn.
Just as he raised the gun he
says that his wife took hold of
the barrell and by some means
it fired, the entire load entering
her side and producing death
within a few minutes. When
Mrs. Yates arrived she stated
that she found the husband
kneeling besided the wounded
woman. The only words Mrs.
Yates heard her utter were
"Lord, have mercy."
So far as has been learned
there was no trouble or ill feel
ing existing between the hus
band and wife. Hall stated that
the reason he left home soon
after the shooting was that the
mother of the dead woman was
mad with him on account of the
accident and that she said she
would have the brother's of the
| dead woman to kill him when
I they returned home from work.
Next Congress
j
To Be Democratic
The next Congress of the L r . S. will be Democratic by a majority
lof probably twenty. Uncle Joe Cannon is among the new Re
publican members elected.
i Congressman Gudger in the 10th N. C. district was defeated
■| by Jas. J. Britt, Republican, for Congress, and is the only Re
j publican member of Congress from this State.
I
Amendments In Doubt
Probably Defeated
The fate of the constitutional amendments is still in doubt at
I this writing. It will require the official count to determine how
i, the people voted on them.
: It is thought by many that all of the amendments with the excen
-1 tion of the tax amendment have carried. This amendment seems to
' have been unpopular.
Stokes gave a majority for all of the amendments to the
, constitution.
COIINIY FA I HERS
Award Contracts For Bridges
To Virginia Bridge and
Iron Company.
SPECIAL MEETING 20TH
New Board Of Commissioners To
Take Over Business Of Coun
ty On First Monday Of
Coming: Month.
The county commissioners were
in regular monthly session here
Monday and awarded contracts
to the Virginia Bridge & Iron:
Co. for the following bridges at
! the prices mentioned :
I Bridge across Dan river at
IGeorge's ford, near the roller
i mill. Contract price $2750.00.
Steel approach to Hairscon's
; ford bridge across Dan river.
| Price $2600.00.
Two small bridges near Pine
I Hall. Price 270.00.
No. 2,050
The commissioners will meet
here again on November 20th
for the purpose of finishing up
the year's work and getting
ready for the coming in of the
new board, which takes charge
on the first Monday in December.
The new board is composed of
Messrs. Jno. W. Gann, of Madi -
son Route 3. Isaac D. Barr, of
Mizpah, and Joseph Martin, of
Campbell.
fate of Proposed
Amendments In Doubt
Raleigh, Nov. 4.- The returns
| are remarkably silent as to the
I vote on constitutional amend
! ments.
Expert opinion is divided as to
: their probable fate. State
: Chairman Warren believes they
; i are defeated. James H. Pou,
' who has scanned the meager re
turns closely, believes they are
adopted, but that there will be
•ino definite figures until the
i official canvass is made.