DAN BURY REPORTER
VOLUME XL.
CONTEST 11 MEM
In Regard To Vote For
Road Commissioners In
that Township.
k SETTLED MONDAY
)
J. C. Wall and Z. R. Aloran
Declared Elected By Canvass
ing Board—County Com
missioners Will Be
Asked To Call An
Election To Vote
On a Third Mem
ber of Board.
At a meeting of the county
canvassing board held here Mon
dav for the purpose of hearing a
contest from Meadows township
in regard to the election of road
commissioners in that township,
the board unanimously declared
C. Wall and Z. R. Moran legal
ly elected as road commissioners
in Meadows township, and
recommended that the county
commissioners appoint a third
ftnember of the board or call an
Selection for the purpose of elect
ling one.
The evidence before the board
of canvassers was to the effect
that some six or eight men were
 voted for for road commissioners
jsat the two precincts of Meadows
A township—Germanton and Wil-
I son's Store—but on account of the
= fact that the tickets used at Ger
manton precinct were not the
size, color, etc., prescribed by law
they were declared illegal and all
of the votes cast at that precinct
;• for road commissioners were
Ithiown-out. At Wilson's Store
precinct the evidence was that
j.the tickets used conformed to
> the law and J. C. Wall and Z. R.
Moran receiving a majority of
i these they were declared elected.
It was also shown that L. M.
McKenzie received a majority,
as a third man, of the votes cast
at Wilson's Store, but on account
of the fact that Mr. McKenzie
jwas serving as an election officer
his electjpn was declared illegal,
the recommendation' by
j|he board that the county com
fAiissioners call an election or
appoint a man to serve in Mr.
HfcKenzie's place.,
itokes Citizens Drawn
1 For Federal Court Jury
The next term of the Federal
(! irt for this district will con
rene in Greensboro on Monday,
December 14th, and the follow
ng Stokes county citizens are
r among the jurors drawn to
fcerve - at the term:
f J. C. Frans, of Westfield; J.
\P. Slawter, of Pinnacle; J. Ad-j
Ikins, of Red Shoals: and F. P. 1
(Stone, of Francisco.
Eighteen Prisoners
In Stokes Jail
I I
I There are now eighteen!
prisoners confined in the Stokes
Kounty jail. Thirteen of these
pelong to the road force, while
' Bve are awaiting trial. At the
■resent rate the jail bids fair to
L full by the next term of court, j
ROBBERS IN JAIL
Three Negroes Charged
With Burglaiizing Store of
W. R. Stephens At Walnut
Cove Are Captured.
Bob Tom Slaughter
and Will Brown, three negroes
charged with robbing the hard
ware store of Mr. W. R. SteDhens
at Walnut Cove one night last
week, have all been brought here
and placed in jail, after having
had hearings and been placed un
der SSOO bonds each, which they
were unable to give.
Alexander and Slaughter were
arrested in Winston-Salem last
week while Brown was captured
in Salisbury Sunday.
The evidence against the
prisoners is very strong, infact
it is learned that two of them have
confessed the crime. Several
shot guns, razors, watches, etc.,
were found in possession of Alex
ander and Slaughter. When ar
rested they carried the officers
to the spot where they had sec
reted a number of other articles
taken from the store of Mr.
Stephens.
W. L. NELSON S SALE.
Averages $22.35 With Near
ly Two Thousand Pounds
of Tobacco With Semple
fa, Davis On the Walnut
Cove Market.
(Advt.) s
Mr. W. L. Nelson, of Danbury
Route 1, made the following sale
of tobacco on the Walnut Cove
market Tuesday :
Pounds. Rate. Brought.
270 22 $59.40
240 20 48.00
62 21 13.02
90 241-2 22.05
100 23 23.00
28 '3l 8.68
154 31 47.74
14 60 8.40
158 27 42.66
34 33 11.22
120 23 27.60
384 18 1-2 71.04
74 18 1-2 13.69
_l9o_ 17 32.30
1918 $428.80
Average, $22.35.
This looks like last year and
shows that if you want the high
est prices, sell with Semple &
Davis, at Walnut Co e.
M. E. Conference Convenes
At Shelby Today.
The annual session of the West
ern North Carolina M. E. Con
ference convenes at Shelby to
day.
Rev. T. J. Folger, of the Dan
bury circuit, left yesterday to at
tend the conference.
BRINGING GOOD PRICES
Tobacco Continues To Sell
Well—Only Small Breaks
On The Market this Week
Reports from both the Winston-
Salem and Walnut Cove tobacco
markets this week are to the ef
fect that tobacco is holding up
well in price, though the breaks
are not near so large as they
have been recently. The reason
for this is nD doubt because the
farmers are very busy seeding
and in a few days the wagons will
begin to roll toward the markets
again.
Mr. William Joyce, of High
Point, spent a day or two here
this week.
DANBURY, N. C., NOVEMBER 11, 1914
ABJOURNED FRIDM
Civil Term of Stokes Super
ior Court In Session Only
Three Days.
FEW CASES TRIED
Verdict Set Aside In Case of
Southern v. Kiser—Other
Suits Still On the Docket.
The civil term of Stokes Super
ior court, which convened here
last Wednesday, after losing
two days on account of the elec
tion, adjourned late Friday after
noon and Judge Devin, who
presided over the three days'
term, left the same night for
Winston-Salem.
Only two cases were disposed
of that were not reported in
the last issue of the Reporter.
These were as follows :
Kiser v. Johnson, verdict and
judgment for plaintiff for land
in dispute, SIO.OO damages and
cost.
Southern v. Kiser, jury verdict
for plaintiff for $75.00, which
verdict was set aside by the
judge.
Several civil suits that will
require considerable time to try
remain on the docket.
in MATTERS 11 .
THE BUSINESS SITUATION
Big Regional Banks Open Next Monday,
and Will Turn Loose Many Millions of
Dollars -« Business Situation Rapidly
Clearing Up»Bank Your Money and
Receive Nice Interest«=Letter to the
People of Stokes County.
To Our Friends and Patrons :
The tobacco selling season is now on in full blast. Prices are
not quite so high as last year, still the crop will bring to our people
a large amount of money. We invite you to deposit your savings
and your surplus with our banks, and assure you as we have as
sured you for the Dast ten years of our business among you, that
you will find this a safe place in which to keep your funds, avail
able at all times for your needs and call, and yet bringing you in
I some nice interest.
We have paid to the people of Stokes county many thousands
of dollars in interest during the last few years.
We wish to say that the bank is the place to keep money, and
, not hid about the house where it is in constant danger from fire,
rats and thieves. Don't keep money in the house. It is very
dangerous in many ways. Put it in the bank, and let your neigh
bors know that you do not keep money in the house. The papers
are full of details of grave crimes which are the result of hoarding
money in the house.
Since the last of July when the European war broke out, busi
ness has been quite much disturbed, but this condition is now
rapidly passing away. The big regional banks, twelve in number,
open next Monday, and this will effectually adjust any monetary
troubles in the big money markets. Times are improving rapidly,
cotton is rising, and the farmers of the west are reaping fabulous
wealth from their bumper crops.
There is a note of optimism in the air, and the leading manu
facturers and business men of the north predict an early pros
perity the like of which the world has not seen.
We expect to be in position the incoming year to make our I
usual loans, probably increased one-third.
Give us your business. . Interest paid at four per cent, every J
three months, and your money back when you want it. Check I
books furnished free.
THE BANK OF STOKES COUNTY.
M. T. CHILTON. Pres.; J. W. NEAL, Vice-Pres.; N. E.
PEPfER and J. H. FULTON, Cashiers; Directors : W. J. Byer
ly, J. W. Neal, M. T. Chilton, J. A. Lawson, John H. Marshall,
J. H. Fulton, J. B. Woodruff, J. Wesley Morefield, N. E. Pepper.
WOKS' NED;
For Road Commissioners of
Meadow s Township.
.
SERVED SATURDAY
~ i
Cited To Appear Before Judge j
Devin In Greensboro On
November 20th.
At the instance of citizens of j
Meadows township summons' i
were issued and served Satur
day on Messrs. W. R. Petree,
George Lewis and Stephen
Smith, highway commissioners
of Meadows township, citing j
them to appear before Judge i
Devin in Greensboro on Nov. j
20th to answer a complaint in |
regard to their failure to build a j
certain road in their township,
namely, the road from the Saura
town township line at J. I.
Blackburn's to the Danbury j
township line at Meadows post-1
office.
New Road Commissioners
for Banbury Township.
The new road commissioners
for Danbury township, elected
last week, are Messrs. L. J.
Young, of Danbury; John Neal,
Jr., of Meadows, and Dan
Priddy, of Sandy Ridge Route 1.
j» CATHARINE PRIDDY.
I Death of a Good Woman
at Her Home Near Ncrth
!
\ iew.
Mrs. Catharine Priddy, wife of
Mr. W. L. Priddy, died at her
i home near North View on Dan
| bury Route 1. early Tuesday
i morning, after suffering a few
jdays with pneumonia. Mrs.
j Priddy was about 81 years of
age. She is survived by her
husband and two children, Mr.
W. F. Priddy and Mrs. J. W.
Throckmorton. She was a good
i woman, and had been a member
jof the Primitive Baptist church
i for many years.,
The interment was made today
at the family grave yard near
| the home.
Gideon School Honor Roll.
! Following is the honor roll for
J Gideon school for first month
lending Nov. 7th :
Fourth grade—Medley Wilkins
and Early Flinchum.
Seventh grade—Ethel Flynt.
LIZZIE ADKINS,
Teacher.
I -
BURNED TO DEATH.
Little Willie Dillard Buri
ed Tuesday Other
News of Brim's Grove.
Brim, Nov. 10.—Rev. W. H.
Beamer, of Mt Airy, filled his
regular appointment at Brim's
Grove Saturday and Sunday.
the community was saddened
last Monday when the news
reached here that little Willie,
the four-year-old daughter erf
Mr. and Mrs. Dillard Brim, of
Pilot Mt., was fatally burned and
died four hours later. She was
laid to rest in the Brim's Grove
cemetery Tuesday in the presence
of a large crowd of relatives and
sympathizing friends. Rev. Mr.
'Doggett, of Pilot Mt., conducted
I the funeral services.
j Mr. E. T. Wilson had the mis
| fortune to lose a fine milch cow
' last week.
Mrs. Lilla Gordon and child
ren, of Pilot Mt., spent Saturday
and Sunday with relatives at
Brim's Grove.
Dr. and Mrs. R. A. Fry, Mr.
and Mrs. A. B. Harrell, Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. McKennie, Mr. J.
Lee Kirkpatrick and Misses Alice
and Stella Gordon, of Pilot Mt.,
were the guests of Mr, and Mrs.
E. A. Covington Sunday. They
drove over in their autos.
School is progressing nicely
under the management of Misses
Hester Wall ar.d Lynette Field.
F.
VALUE OF CROPS.
Wheat and Corn Crops
this Year Most Valuable
\ Ever Grown In United
I States.
Washington, Nov. 9.—The im
portant farm crops of the United
States this year are worth $5,-
608,742,000 or $104,000,000 more
than the value of the same crops
last year, notwithstanding the
loss of $418,000,000 the cotton
planters sustained on the lint
alone as the result of the Euro
pean war.
The preliminary estimates an
nounced today by the Depart
ment of Agriculture indicate
that this year's wheat and corn
crop is the most valuable ever
grown in the United States and
that the wheat and aople crops
are record harvest. The potato
crop is the second largest ever
raised.
No. 2,053
BUSHING Of CHUDCH
I
I
Peter's Creek Baptist
1 Church Thought To
Have Been Set
_ ' .
On Fire.
iVALUED AT 51.0 0 0
I
INo Insurance Carried On Buili ■
i ing lnvestigation WiH
Probably Be Made By
Members.
! Rev. J. M. Martin, of Stuart,
Va., Route 2, who was a Dan
bury visitor today, stated that ft
was thought that the burning of
: Peter's Creek Missionary Baptist
, church in northern Stokes a few
| days since, was the work of an
; incendiary, as there had been no
Ifire in th? church for some
j months and it had been a week
or more since services had been
held in the church. The fire
occurred between 12 and 4
o'clock at night. It is probable
that the matter will be investi
gated.
The building cost about SI,OOO
and there was no insurance
carried upon it.
i ETUDE MUSIC CLUB.
Entertained By Miss Sadie
Petree At Recent Meet
ing- ,
Written for the Reporter. #
Miss Sadie Petree was the
charming hostess to the Etude
Music Club Friday evening,
October 30.
Quite a number the members
were present.
One new member, Miss Mary
Tilley, was added to the register.
Owing to the absence of the
treasurer. Miss Luna Taylor was
appointed to preside In his stead
at this meeting."
Richard Wagner was the
composer studied.
The program was as follows:
Reading "Wagner's Period,
Ancestry and Early Years." Mijs
Nell Joyce.
Piano duet "Persian March."
| Misses Mary Taylor and Agr.es
1 Martin.
; Piano solo "Bridal Choru*'*
| from Lohengrin —R. Wagner,
i Miss Mary Joyce,
j Piano duet "ln Arena
March." Miss Luna Taylor and
I Mrs. Weston.
Reading—'Wagner in Paris,"
Miss Mary Taylor.
Piano solo— "Floreine Waltz."
Miss Agnes Martin.
Reading—"An of
Richard Wagner," Miss Sadie
Petree.
Vocal solo-'Tilgrim's Chorus"
—Wagner Mrs. Weston.
Piano solo "Tanhauser
March"—R. Wagner—Miss Mary
Taylor.
Fifteen minutes was then given
for a contest which the commit
tee had prepared. It was a •
musical romance with missing
sentences which were to be filled
in with names of very old songs.
Miss NeH Joyce won the prize, a
box pf candy. .
The hostess then served hot
chocolate and wafers.
Among the visitors present
were Miss Anna Belle Lease, of
Pittsburg. Pa., and Miss Stella
and Mr. Sanders Rierson, of
Walnut Cove.
The club adjourned to meet •
I with Miss Agnes Martin Friday
[evening, Nov. 13.