DAN BURY REPORTER
VOLUME XL.
SCAFFOLD FAILS
Four Workmen Thrown
Twenty Feet To the
Ground \\ ithout
Serious Injury.
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WAREHOUSES CLOSE
Walnut Cove Market Has Sold
One and A Quarter Million
Pounds of Tobacco
Other News Of Our
County Town.
Walnut Cove, Dec. 22.-What
came' near proving a serious ac
cident occured Friday when a
scart'old on the new store house be
ing erected by Mr. J no. K. Smith
gave way and hurled the oc
cupants, Messrs. Jesse George,
Isaac Neal, Jas. Davis and Ed
Hicks, to the ground twenty
feet below. Strange to relate
none of the carpenters were
seriously injured, however, all
of them suffered painful bruises.
After three months of suc
cessful business the warehouses
closed for the holidays last Fri
day until the first week in Jan.
Thus far both houses have sold
a million and a quarter pounds
of the weed for which the banks
have paid to the growers a total
of nearly one hundred and thirty
thousand dollars, an average of
about $10.42 per hundred. Tl is
market is far ahead in pounds
and average of any town in the
state of equal size and capacity.
The Methodist Sunday School
at Stokesburg will hold its an
nual entertainment and Christ
mas tree Thursday evening at
seven thirty. At the Episcopal
church a like service will be
held at the same hour on Friday
evening.
Mr. T. C. C'reson, of the firm
of lames & Co., who conduct
the bowling alley and cafe, this
week sold his interest in the
business to Mr. J. E. James who
will continue to conduct the en
terprise. Mr. Creson, it is learn
ed, will return to his farm west
of here.
An immense amount of "Christ
mas corn juice" from Virginia
towns is being unloaded at the
stations here this week and from
present indications the . famous
beverage will flow freely. It
is estimated that more than five
hundred gallons were unloaded
during this week and last and
every train continues to bring
its supply.
Mr. Natt Hedgecock, who con
duets a brick manufacturing en
terprise at Greensboro, spent
last week in this section bird
hunting.
Messrs. W. P. Nelson and O.
M. Bennett, two thriving mer
chants of northern Stokes, were
in town last week on business.
Misses Lillie Joyce, Sallie Ful
ton, Mesdames J. H. Fulton and
H. H. Davis and others from
here spent a day shopping in
Winston-Salem last week.
Messrs. C. R. Hutcherson, Jr.,
and Dexter Tuttle, two students j
of Atlanta Dental College, ar-1
rived here Friday to spend the;
holidays with relatives.
Mr. R. J. Petree, of German- j
ton, was a business visitor in :
town Friday of last week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Bowles'
and little son, Billie, left Sunday j
for Dallas, Texas, where they
will visit relatives for several
weeks.
Misses Thelma Neal and Nan
nie Jones, students of Salem
College, arrived Saturday to
spend the holidays with their
parents. j
BOOZE IS SCARCE.
Reported That Eighteen Dis
tilleries Were Destroyed
On Shooting Creek, Patrick
County, Last Week.
Mr. Moses B. Mabe, who was
o. Dan bury visitor yesterday, has
just returned from a trio to
Patrick county, Va., and he
reports that revenue officers last
week destroyed eighteen dis
tilleries on Shooting Creek, in
the northern part of Patrick
county. As a result of this raid
Mr. Mabe stated that booze was
exceedingly scarce in Patrick.
He knew of one man who last
week visited all of the places
| where whiskey is usually to be
| found without even getting a
drink.
Io Preach Sunday.
King, Dec. 22. Rev. li. A.
Helsabeck. of Salem, Va., will
preach at Galatia Christian
church next Sunday, 27th, at 11
o'clock. The public is cordially
invited to come out.
AT DILLARD TODAY.
j Pupils of Dillard School
Given Christmas Tree
! —Teachers Return
Home.
i A Christmas tree with appro
priate exercises was given the
I pupils of Dillard school at the
j school house this morning at 10
o'clock. A large attendance was
j reported.
The three teachers of the
J school, all of whom reside in
j other counties, leave today for
; their respective homes.
Miss Bernice Woodrull' is
spending several days with her
sister, Miss Elizabeth, in Greens
boro this week.
Mr. J. A. Dixon, a tobacco
buyer on the Critz, Va., market,
spent Monday night in town
enroute to Winston-Salem.
Mr. Paul Fulton went to
Greensboro Friday, returning
Saturday.
The Gem Theatre is showing
interesting scenes of the Euro
pean war this week and good
crowds are in attendance every
night.
Miss Margaret Wheeler, who
is attending school at Lenoir,
arrived Friday to spend the
holidays with relatives.
The High School closed Friday
until Monday, Jan. 4. The facul
ty, Prof. J. W. Scroggs, Misses
Laura Waddell, Ozelle Lewis,
Mary Martin and Kate McPher
son left Saturday for their re-,
spective homes to spend Christ
mas.
Capt. W. P. Landreth, who
has been confined to his home j
for several weeks, is sufficiently j
recovered to be out again.
Mr. B. J. Savage, of German- 1
ton, was a business visitor here (
Monday.
Mr. W. L. Nelson, of Danbury:
Route 1, is here this week look
ing after some business affairs. !
Mr. John Brown, an aged and,
respected citizen who has lived,
here for several years, died sud
denly at the home of his son-in-!
law. Mr. J. A. Southern, early j
this morning. He leaves a wife, i
several children and grand child- j
ren.
DANBURY, N. C., DECEMBER 23, 1014
MUCH MARRYING
i
, Register Of Deeds Issued
More than A Dozen
i Licenses Since Last
\\ ednesda\.
'ONE COUPLE FAIL
! i
_ j After License Had Keen Issued
It Was Discovered that Girl
Was Not Of ARC.
[ 1 Since last Wednesday Register
,'of Deeds Morefield has issued
I
j more than a dozen marriage
; j licenses and the prospect is that
i a number of others will bj issued
. during the remainder of the
k week.
One young couple failed to
secure license on account of the
fact that the girl was under age.
The Register of Deeds had
already issued the license, on
I the statement of a friend of the
i couple, who stated that the girl
was eighteen vears of age, but
' before the groom-would-be left
j town the school census was
I consulted and it was discovered
1 that her age was only thirteen.
|The young man was looked up
I and asked to hand over the
: ! license, which he did with a
i' great deal of reluctance,
j The licenses issued since
; Wednesday were for the marriage
■ of the following couples :
i Willie Baker to Carrie Manuell.
A. J. Collins to Mattie Tucker.
' Charlie Cole to Pina May Fulk.
! Rodolphus Hill to Jennie Smith.
E. R. Jackson to Maude Mc
' i Kinney.
i J. T. Manring to Lillian Rhodes.
W. V. Moran to Elizabeth
Stewart.
( . W. D. Mickey to Sallie May
. Leathe.
j B. 15. Oakley to Ida E.
| Hawkins.
( | Sallie Smith to Mattie Reynolds.
I T. H. White to Jennie Spain
| hour.
! Art Wall to Edna Vernon.
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!| TEACHER RESIGNS.
•! Miss Chattie Lasley Will Not
Act As Principal In Hard
bank School Any Longer.
Walnut Cove Route 3, Dec. 24.
i Everybody is busy preparing
for Christmas.
Mr. Eany Roberts of Dillard
,is visiting friends in this section
' at present.
! Misses Nannie Mae Stewart,
Nannie and Ruth Mitchell andj
Messrs. John, C'has. and Ben:
iMitchell are planning to attend'
a box supper dt Dillard Tuesday;
i night.
Miss Chattie Lasley, who has
j been teaching school at Hard j
I Bank, has resigned her position
ithere.
1 :
i Miss Ethel Mabe is quite sick
:at this writing. We hope she
will soon be out again.
ZELMA.
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Bank To Observe Holidays.
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The Bank of Stokes county of
\ Dan bury will be closed Friday.
and Saturday, December 25 and j
20, for the Christmas holidays.
t
Hn OF 1. SUMS
Stok»*s Citizen Passed ]
A\\a\ In Indiana Last
Week.
BURIED MOND AYj
.Mr. C. M. Lunsford Kills Largest ;
Hog—TohatvO Crop Three- |
Fourths Sold.
King Route 2, Dec. 21. Some!
iof our farmers who raise their
j supplies at home killed a lot of
I fine porkers last week. Mr.
I Wade H. Boyles killed three.
| weighing3s4, 358and359 pounds;
; Mr. T. W. Gentry two, weighing
I 457 and 500; Mr. Dock Boyles!
one, weighing 530; Mr. C. H.
Lunsford one, weighing 013.
"Scribbler" killed a good hog
but of course he didn't weigh it.
Mr. Wesley Sams, who resided |
lon Pinnacle Route 2, and who
| some time since went to Indiana
;in the interest of his health,
jdied last Friday and the remains
I were sent home for burial at
i Volunteer church last Monday.
, Tha Oak Grove school has
! closed for the holidays.
It is estimated that the tobacco;
| crop in this section is three- j
j fourths sold, and already far
| mers are beginning to talk about'
burning plant beds.
SCRIBBLER, j
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Many Fail Io Put War-lax Stamps
On Deeds and Other Papers.
Register of Deeds Morefield
states that many people in send-!
ing in deeds, chattel mortgages, I
etc., to be recorded fail to attach j
the necessary war-tax stamps.!
ilt is important to have such pa
' pers properly stamped as they
j cannot be recorded until the
! stamps are placed on them.
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| Christmas Tree last Night.
The Bennett school, five miles i
j north of Danbury, taught by!
i Misses Juda Ray and Annie Hyl- j
'ton, gave a nice entertainment!
i
l and Christmas tree last night.
The entertainment was largely
attended and the best of order j
prevailed.
Wilson Tobacco Market j
Averages IS Cents.
Wilson, Dec. 19. With total
receipts of over 000,000 pounds
of bright leaf Friday, the tobacco
market closed for the holidays.
Prices were still better and the
average for the day was over 15 j
cents.
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Christmas Iree At
Palmyra M. I Church.:
There will be a Christmas tree
and entertainment at Palmyra
M. E. church on the night of
Dec. 2."> th. The public is cor
dially invited to attend.
Miss Willie Edmunds, of Wins- j
ton-Salem, is expected here to- j
day to spend the holidays with j
Misses Nell and Mary Joyce.
OYSTER SUPPER.
Mr. J. S. Garner Entertains
His Sunday School Class--
Other King News.
King, Dec. 21,—Farmers in
this section are very busy strip
ping and marketing tobacco.
Mr. J. S. Garner gave his
Sunday school class an oyster
supper ' here Saturday night,
which was enjoyed very much
by all present.
Mr. and Mrs. 1). Kiser, of Okla
jhoma, are visiting relatives here.
They will remain here through
the Christmas holidays. Mr.
Kiser holds a responsible position
with a railroad company with
headquarters in Oklahoma City,
Okla. Mr. Kiser is a native of
this county.
Prof. Wm. Graves, principal
!of the State High School here,
spent Sunday with his parents in
Mt. Airy.
Mr. T. S. Petree, the banker
jhere, spent Saturday night in
I Winston-Salem.
The Stokes Supply Co. are
installing a large soda fountain
in the old Keiger stand.
People in this section are
beginning to get anxious to vote
on good roads as the roads are
almost impossible to travel.
MARRY TOMORROW
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j Mr. Charlie Joyce and
! Miss Jennie Sheppard
To Wed In Greensboro.
Miss Jennie Sheppard, of Camp
i bell, Stokes county, and Mr. j
I Charlie Joyce, of Guilford coun
' ty, will be married in Greensboro!
tomorrow, the 21th inst. Imme
diately after the ceremany they j
will go to the home of Mr. Joyce
| near Greensboro, where a recep
j tion will be tendered the bridal
party.
Miss Sheppard is a sister of
i Messrs. E. C., Z. R„ C. H. and
Joel Sheppard, of Stokes, and is
popular among a large circle of
| friends.
i Mr. Joyce is a prominent and
well-to-do farmer of Guilford
county.
Miss Sheppard, in company
with her nephew, Mr. W. H.
Moore, of Campbell, was in Dan
bury today enroute to Greens
boro.
Family Advised On Death
Bed To Stick To the
Old Reporter.
Mr. W. F. Priddy in renewing
his subscription for another
year says that the family was
advised by his mother on her
death bed a few weeks ago to
"never stop the Reporter."
Mrs. Priddy was a splendid,
good woman, and her advice to
the loved ones left behind was
for their good. Never turn away
the old family friend that has
been paying its regular visits
since January, 1572, nearly half
a century.
Etude Music Club To Be Entertain
ed By Mrs. W. C. Slate.
The Etude Music Club will be
entertained at its next meeting
Friday night by Mrs. W. C.Slate.
Several of the members of the
club who have been away from
home will be present at this meet
ing and the attendance promises
to be large.
No. 2,057
MASS MEETING
Citi/ens of Yadkin To Drat
Read Bill For thrir
Tow nship
ON |AN. IST. 19 15
Legislature Will tie VsWeJ u
Pass Special Act Far Nam
kin Township,
1 It is learned that quite an er ■
\ thusiastic meeting of Yadkin
township citizens was held at
King Monday when the question
of bond issues and direct ,
for good roads were discussed
at length. At the conclusion
of the meeting it was decided to
ask all of the voters of the town
ship to attend a mass meeting
at King on ,lan. Ist, 1!»15, wheci
it is hoped that a road bill may
be drafted that will be satisfac
tory to all of the citizens of the
township.
The Reporter is in receipt of
the following notice in regard to
the meeting:
In compliance with a resolution
adopted at a citizens meeting
held at King, N. ('., on December
21, 1911, the voters of Yadkin
township are called to meet ai
King, N. at 1 o'clock P. M.
on January Ist. 1!»15, to draft a
road bill for Yadkin township.
We hope that the people wii!
come out and co - operate in
formulating a satisfactory roa j
bill so that it can be enacted int.)
law at the coming session of the
Legislature.
Very respectfully.
J. T. SMITH, Chairman.
L. K. PI'LLIAM. Sec.
Meadows-Blackburn Road
Blocked By Contractor,
That part of the Danbury-
Walnut Cove road between
Meadows post office and ,1. I
Blackburn's has been closed up
at each end and traffic between
Dan bury and Walnut Cove is
now forced to go around bv way
of the Brown road, about three
miles out of the way. This U
made necessary by the fact that
the contractor who is at work on
| the road is having to make a
j number of tills in and across the
j present road so that it is impos
sible to go that wav.
Regrets lo Leave Stokes.
Editor Reporter:
Kindly change the address of
my paper from King to Wallburg,
Davidson county. N. C.
We are moving this week and
it makes me feel sad to leave old
Stokes. Had 1 thought that we
would ever have good schools and
good roads in Yadkin township
and old Stokes I would have been
the last to leave. I hope that
in a few years the county will be
dotted over with good schools
and have good roads running
from one side to the other. Then
people will move in instead of
moving out.
,1. WALTER TI TTLE.