DAN BURY REPORTER"'
VOLUME XLIII.
WMMIT COVE LETTER!
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Warehouses Have Good |
Breaks of Tobacco and !
Prices Some Better.
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VOTING CONTEST
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' Aliss Mary Martin Leading Yes
terday — Morse Stolen From
A. W. Davis-Other
News and Personal
Items.
Walnut Cove, Feb. 9. All of j
last week and this the ware-!
houses have had very good i
breaks of tobacco. The prices
on this week's sales appear to
be somewhat higher than during
the damp weather of the past
few weeks. With fair weather
and better roads it is probable
that practically that the remain
der of the crop will be put on the
floors rapidly.
The ladies' voting contest at,
the (Jem Theatre will close to-j
,night when the lady receiving,
the highest number of ballots j
will be presented with a com
plimentary ticket to the popular j
> theatre for sixty days. At the!
last count. Miss Mary Martin was i
leading. Miss Sallie Fulton sec
ond and Miss Lillie Joyce third, j
Some time during Sunday night
a horse was stolen from the
stable of Mr. A. W. Davis and
ridden away. However early
Monday morning Mr. Dayis re
ceived a telephone message from
Danbury stating that the horse
had been found there. It is
presumed that the party who
took the horse did not intend to
escape with the animal but only
meant to use it temporarily.
Misses Jettie and Bessie More- j
field, Mary Martin, Mrs. Lola 1
Bennett. Messrs. Harry and j
Chas. Davis, Paul Fulton, and |
Harry Martin spent Saturday
and Sunday the guests of Miss
Minnie Gray Marshall at Dennis.
Mr. K. O. Carter was here
last week enroute to Southern
Pines where he goes in the in
terest of his health. It is hoped ■
that he will return from that!
resort entirely recovered.
Mr. Z. V. Martin, formerly a|
citizen of this county but now
a resident of Greensboro, was in
, town Saturday on business.
Miss Susan Gentry, who has
been visiting relatives here for
several days, returned to her
home at Mt. Airy Saturday.
Rev. Blum H. Vestal, a Holi
ness evangelist, delivered three
stirring sermons here Sunday:
at the Baptist church in the |
morning and at night and in the J
Junior hall in the afternoon.
Large congregations heard his
discourses at each service.
Miss Margaret Rankin, of
Greensboro, who has been the
guest of Misses Maybelle and
Jessie Vaughn at the Vaughn!
hotel, returned to her home last I
week.
Messrs. E. 0. Creakman, W. j
F. Bowles and R. L. Murphy j
were among those who visited J
Winston-Salem this week.
Messrs. R. J. Petree and Chap [
Bodenheimer, of Germanton,;
were business visitors in town
Saturday.
Rev. A. W. Taylor was here i
Monday enroute from Mt. Airy
Vhere he had filled his regular!
appointment. At the Episcopal j
church here next Sunday after- 1
noor. at three o'clock Mr. Taylor
•* requests us to announce that he!
will hold a service fcr the young l
men of the town and community.!
Prof. J. T. Smith, of King, j
was here Monday on business.
Messrs. Julius 0. Voung, Geo. >
Simmons, G. C. Davis and Julius ;
Neal, of Winston-Salem, were j
visitors here Sunday.
Dr. J. W. Slate went to King I
, Saturday to attend a meeting of j
/ the directors of the Stokes Sup-,
ply Co.
Mr. and Mrs. Lemmie More-:
field, of Sandy Ridge, spent
Sunday here with Mr. and Mrs.
J. Wesley Morefield.
w '. Special Tax Bill For Stokes County.
A bill authorizing the Stokes
county commissioners to levy a
special tax to pay for bridges
recently erected and soon to be
erected has passed the Senate.
! THIEF STEALS HORSE.
Animal Taken From Stable
In Walnut Cove and Rid
; den To Danbury —No
Clue Found.
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On Sunday night some un
: known person took from the
! stable of Mr. A. W. Davis at
! Wainut Cove one of his best
horses ar.d brought it to Dan
j bury where it was tied behind
' the stable of Mr. J. S. Taylor
i and left.
I No clue as who the thief was
ior where he went from here has
' been found.
Mr. Davis, who was here to
day. stated that the horse was
brought here without either
bridle or saddle, the thief being
unable after a thorough search
in his stable to find either.
I Sickness On Germanton
Route 1--A Valentine
Party—Other New s.
Germanton Route I, Feb. 9.
i—Mr. and Mrs. John Baker were
I called to Winston Saturday on
| account of the serious illness of
I their daughter.
Mrs. Sallie Baker, who
has been ill with pneu
monia is improving, we are glad
to note.
Mr. and Mrs. I. VV. Gordon,
Miss Jessie Kiser, Mr. Hubert
Bennett, Mr. Ray Johnson, Mr.
Artis Kiser and Mr. Toy Boles
were among the visitors at Mr.
Bruce Riser's Sunday.
Miss Mamie Baker has returned
i home from King, where she has
I spent several days visiting rela
tives.
Mrs. Stephens and children,
Mr. and Mrs. Mamie Tuttle,
Miss Verla Fowler and Mr. Ray
Tedder, called at Mr. Jeff Boles
Sunday.
| We are glad to report that
I Miss Clara Lewis, who has been
j sick for several weeks, is improv
ing.
Mr. Ernest Boles is visiting re
; latives in this community this
week.
Misses Minnie and Verlie Fow
ler have issued invitations to a
Valentine party to be given at
their home next Saturday night.
The school at Friendship is
j progressing nicely.
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Much Tobacco Is Sold Oo
The Winston-Salem Market
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Winston-3a! o m, Jan. 31.—The
I official figures of the Winston
j Salem tobacco market shows that
I during the month of January,
j the total sales approximated 4.-
1848,162 pounds, bringing $442,-
1042.95 an average price of $9.11
jper hundred pounds. For the
| same month last year the figures
jwere 2,2(51,990 pounds which
! brought $369,842.65 an average
! price of $12.90 per hundred
i pounds. This shows a gain in
' pounds but a loss of $3.70 in
1 average.
The figures further show that
; since the beginning of the pres
ent tobacco year, August 1, the
local market has sold 22,036,880
pounds of tobacco for $2,.'!28.-
126.13, an average price of $lO.-
50, For the same time last year
the market had sold 23,447,209
pounds for $3,7.*5,347.26 an aver
age per hundred pounds of $lO.-
18.
Up-10-Date High School.
Capt. R. L. Murphy, who con
stantly watches over the destinies
of the Walnut Cove High School, :
has had fire escapes placed in |
the building, and the students I
are regularly exercised in the
fire drill.
DANBURY, N. C„ FEBRUARY 10. 1015
MONEY RECOVEREO'THE BRIOGE MATTED
51,435 Of rhe 53.000 Taken Bill Legislature For
From Mail BY General Bridge Across Buffalo
A. Hill Is Brought Cr?ek Ar Germanton.
Back
B Y HIS RELATIVES 280 »*EET IN LENGTH
Money Was Left With Brother
ln-La>\ Oi Hill Who Turned It
Over To Sheriff Slate—No
Clue As To Mill's
Whereabouts.
After making his escape with
the $3,000 taken from the mail;
he was carrying iast Tuesday
Genera! A. Hill went to the home
of his brother-in-law. Mr. Henry |
Keaton, near Yade Mecum!
Springs, and left $1,135 of the;
money, all of which he asked to
be turned over t* his wife with;
th? exception of in which he
wanted applied cn a note he
owed. Mrs. Hill refused to ac-'
cept the money and the entire 1
$1,435 was brought to Danbury'
Thursday by Mr. Keaton and
turned over to Sherirt' Slate who!
turned it in to the Bank of Stokes'
County and the company with;
whom the monev was insured j
were notified of the recovery of]
the amount mentioned.
The home of Mr. Keaton is]
probably ten miles from where
General Hill left his buggy on j
the afternoon of the robbery. I
and he arrived at Mr. Keaton's
soon after dark, no doubt going
a good part of the way through
the woods. Arriving there he
asked for something toeat, which j
was given him, and after leaving
the money with the instructions |
as above mentioned he took J
his departure, going in the direc-!
tion of Patrick county, Va. He!
did not explain either where he I
had started or the abject of his'
going away, nor did he say where
the money came from which he
was leaving.
Hill's wife aqd two small ch'l-'
dren, who resided in Danbury,.
went to the home of some|
of Mrs. Hill's relatives near
Vade Mecum Springs this week.
No clue as to Hill's location
has been found at this writing. ]
Postoffice Inspector Hodgin, of;
GENERAL A. HILL,
wanted by U. S. Postoffice Department for robbery
of the mail between Danbury and Walnut Cove on
Feb. 2, 1915. Rewards for his arrest are offered as
follows: s2fa).oo by the postoffice department and
$50.00 by Sheriff Slate of Stokes county.
Law Pro . ides that Bridge
Shall Be Completed By
J u! y 3D —Lively Jon
test In Legislature
Over the Matter
The bill before the legislature
the past week which will require
the county commissioners to con
struct a bridge across Buffalo
creek, between the town and the
] railway station at Germanton,
;'Jias passed that body and is now
a law. While no survey for the
; bridge has been made, the bill
provides that it shall be two
hundred and eighty feet or more
! in length and shall be completed
! not later than July 30, 1915.
'The cost of the bridge cannot be
ascertained until a survey is
] made of the site.
Messrs N. O. Petree and J. D.
; Humphreys went to Raleigh the
] past week as counsel for the
] county commissioners and the
i highway commissioners of Mead
!ows township respectively and
opposed the passage of the bill
j above referred to. Senator Hay
! more and Representative Carroll
both favored the measure and it
was passed over the protest of
the county officials.
iTobaeeo Crop of 1914 Nearly Sold.
It is estimated that more than
j four-fifths of the 1914 crop of to
! bacco has been marketed.
1 There is a good deal left in some
! neighborhoods of the county,
while in others it is about clean
ed up. Some farmers do not sell
until late, notably Mr. Wallace
! Webster, of Germanton Route 1.
I He tells the Reporter that nearly
.every year he markets a portion
| of his tobacco in June
Greensboro, spent Thursday
| night in Danbury and while here
■ made a thorough investigation of
jthe robbery.
MARRIAGE SUNDAY.
Mr. Sanders Smith and Miss
Pearlie Flinchum W ed—
Mr. J. A. Lawson Improv
ing--Oiher News ol Dan
bury Route 1.
Danbury Route 1 Feb. 9.
Rev. .J. A. Fagg, of YValnut
Cove, happilv united in marriage
Mr. Sanders Smith and Miss,
I'earlie Flinchum Sunday morn
ing at 9 o'clock. The marriage
took place at the home of the
bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Jimmie Flinchum, who live near
Piedmont Springs. After the
ceremony the guests were invited
to Piney Grove church by Elder
Fagg where a text was selected
and an interesting sermon
delivered. The newly married
couple will live with the groom's
parents, who live near here.
Only a few friends and relatives
'were present to witness the
1 ceremony.
Mr. and Mrs. Chesley Taylor
returned home Sunday from a
visit to Mrs. Taylor's parents.
Those who visited at Mr. J. H.
Nelson's Saturday and Sunday
were Misses Dora and Sadie
Nelson, Biddie and > racie Taylor,
Mattie Nelson and Dora Padgett;
Messrs. J. T. Mabe, Jerry Mabe,
Andrew Bennett, Jim Flinchum
and Lemmie Fagg.
Mr. Eugene Ray and his
friend, Mr. Martin, called to see
Misses Annie Hylton and Juda
Ray Sunday.
Mr. R. J. Bennett, who resides
in High Point, is visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R.
Bennett, this week.
Mr. J. A. Lawson. who was
seriously hurt from a fall some
time since, is improving some,
we are glad to say.
The mother of Mr. P. H. Mabe
is seriously ill from deep cold.
Mrs. Mabe is about 86 years of
age and has the honor of being
one of our most active old ladies.
Miss Dora Padgett, of Collins
town, is visiting Miss Mattie
Nelson this week.
Mrs. Charlie Fagg spent the
day Monday with her daughter.
1 Mrs. Monroe Fagg.
Miss Bessie Nelson spent the
| day Sunday with Miss Addie
I Mabe.
j Elder J. A. Fagg, of Walnut
I Cove, visited his parents. Mr.
and Mrs. W. I. Fagg, Saturday
land Sunday, filling his regular
: appointment at Piney Grove
church both days and returning
j home Sunday.
Master Roscoe Bennett will
try his success this year on corn
growing as he has recently join
ed the Boy's Corn Club.
Revs. Paul and Watt Priddy
are expected to fill their regular
appointments at North View
church next Sundav. Every
body is invited.
Did Not Trust the Banks, and
Lost His Fortune.
Germanton Route 1, Feb. 9.
During the late fall and winter
there has been so much talk o(
panics and hard times, that some i
of the people gpt uneasy about i
their money. The New York
Herald tells of an old lady in 1
New York who drew out her
money, $2,000, from the bank,
and kept it locked in an iron safe
in her home. The husband had
•SO,OOO, which he also drew out
of the bank, and placed it in the
safe at home with the money of
h;s wife. One night last week,
three masked men entered the
home while the husband was ab
sent. bound and gagged the old
lady, prized open the safe, and
got away with the SII,OOO in
cash: Before leaving they set firo
to the house, which however,
was extinguished by neighbors,
but the fortune that had been
saved during the lifetime of the
old lady and her husband was
gone for ever.
Supt. of Schools J. T. Smith,
of King, was here yesterday at
tending a meeting of the County
Board of Education.
No. 2,236
'TWO DEATHS AT KING
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I Mrs Robert Hendrix and
Mrs. James Bennett Pjs?
A wax At Ripe Old
Age.
POSITION AS CL'ARD
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.Mr. E. P. Newsum Receives Nice
Offer By Panama-Pacific Ex
position Co. Stokes Sup
ply Co. Holds Annual
Meeting Airs.
Love Im
proving.
King, Feb. S. —The stock
| holders of the Stokes Supply Co.
! held their annual meeting here
| Saturday. Dr. J. \\\ Slate wa*
re-elected president: Messrs..
C. F. White and .J. \V. Mickey
were re-elected directors ar,d
! Messrs. D. J. Hooker and John
Keiger were elected directors to
'fill the places of Messrs. C. E.
, Snider and L. R. Pulliam, wh?
resigned. Mr. VV. E. Hartman
was re-elected Secretary-Treas
urer and general manager. A
dividend of 10 per cent was de
; clared.
Mrs. James Bennett, aged
1 seventy-one years, died at her
home near Capella Saturday
night with paralysis after a
lingering illness. The interment
i was from Mt. Olive church yes-
I terday,
! Mr. C. 0. Boyles, of Winston-
Salem, spent Sunday with rel
atives and friends here.
Mr. and Mrs. Lonr.ie R. Coe,
'.of Winsfon-Salem, and formerly
of King, spent the day here
|; yesterday.
i Mrs. James Love, Jr., who
, recently underwent an operation
at the Twin-City Hospital at
I Winston-Salem for appendicitis.
, i returned home Saturday much
improved.
Mr». Robert Hendrix, aged
sixty-three years, died at her
.home near Tobaccoville this
afternoon with paralysis. She
had been in a helpless condition
,; for several years. She leaves
la husband, one son. Mr. A. B.
i Hendrix, postmaster at Tobac-
I coville, and Mrs. Conrad Sam
uels, of Pilot Mtn. Mrs. Hen
drix was a good, kind woman and
was liked by all who knew her.
The interment will be made at
| the Newsum cemetery near To
baccoville tomorrow at throe
; o'clock.
, Mr. G. A. Carroll, of Winston -
! Salem, is here today. Mr. Car
roll is preparing to move his
family here.
Mrs. James M. Boles, of
Greensboro, spent yesterday
with relatives here.
Mr. E. P. Newsum has receiv
ed an appointment from the
Panama-Pacific International Ex
position Co. as guard during the
World s Fair at San Francisco.
; California, which opens the 20th
|of this month and closes Dec.
4th. He has not decided fully
whether he will accent the posi
tion or not. It will be remember
ed that Mr. Newsum served as
a guard during the World's Fair
at Jamestown in 1907.
Mr. Benjamin Petitt. of
Si loam, is spending a few dav?
with relatives and friends here.
Work Is Resumed
On Meadows Road
On account of so much rain
work was suspended for several
days recently on the new road
being built between Meadows
postoffice anil J. I. Blackburn's.
The road force started work
again Monday, however, ar.d
with a continuation of the present
fair weather the work will be
completed within a very few
days. The top soil is now being
i put on the road, the grading hav
: ing been completed some time
I since.