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. ~ ----- . —. . - - == .... - Congress. Senate. House. | Clerk. Sheriff. J Register. Treasurer. Surveyor. Coroner. Commissioners. precincts. o; a ! «; ! d I d j [p ; « a; ! d i'd « § * i . 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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.

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