DAN BURY REPORTER'"
VOLUME XLIII.
WALNUT COVE LETTER
Town Commissioners and
Citizens Hold Meet
ing and Decide To
Improve Streets.
UNION STATION TALK
Misses Morefield Entertain In
1 Honor of their Ciuest Baraca
Class Organized Many
Personal Items.
Walnut Cove. Feb. 23. —Fri
day evening from eight to ten
thirty Misses Jettie and Bessie
Morefield were the charming
hostesses at a delightful party in
honor of their attractive guest.
Miss Margaret Strange, of Salis
bury. Miss Nina Morefield
gracefully dispensed punch in |
the hall and throughout the even
ing the guests were entertained
by music and many interesting
and merry games. A feature of
the party which was the source
f , of much merriment was the mas
querading of some of the guests
In comical costumes to the sur
prise of the others. A tempting
course consisting of fruit salad
and wafers was served by the
hostess. Miss Bessie Morefield,
• assisted by Miss Janie Martin.
Those present were Miss Mar
garet Strange, of Salisbury.
Misses Kate McPherson, Bernice
Woodruff, Laura Waddeli, Janie
Martin. Minnie Gray Marshall,
Lillie Wheeler, Carrie Hill. Ora
Boyles, Mary Martin, Eunice
Vaughn, Stella Rierson, Lola
Bennett. Lucy Burton, Messrs.
Everett Matthews, Theo Young.
Bill Tavlor, Harry Davis, Paul
Fulton, Otis Bodenheimer, Wat
son Joyce, Sanders Rierson,
Chas Davis, Howard Woodruff,
M. N. Wheeler, Robt. Murphy,
Flwood Boyles, Geo. Adams,
Eugene Dodson, and L. B. More
field.
Miss Sallie Fulton spent last
week in Winston-Salem, the
guest of Miss Julia Adams.
Misses Mattie Joyce and An
nie Fulton; Messrs. Geo. Fulton
and Robert Murphy, Jr.. took a
pleasant trip to Pine Hall Sun
dav afternoon.
Misses Nonnie and Emma Mc-
Kenzie and Mr. Julius O. Young,
of Winston-Salem, were here
Sunday visiting Mr. Young's
mother, Mrs. J. N. Young.
Miss Laura Waddell left Satur
day afternoon for her home at
Tarboro, in response to a mes
sage stating the serious illness
of her brother.
Rev. A. W. Taylor filled his
regular appointment at the Epis
copal church Sunday at eleven
and at seven-thirty.
Miss Minnie Gray Marshall, of
Dennis, spent Monday in town
shopping.
A Baraca class was organized
at the Stokesburg M. E. church
Sunday morning with Prof. J.
W. Scroggs, Rev. C. R. Hutch
ison and Mr. M. N. Wheeler as
officers.
Mr. E. J. Davis, of Martins
ville, Va., was a business visitor
here Saturday.
Miss Lillie Joyce was the guest
of Miss Ruth Bowers in Wins
ton-Salem several days last week.
Messrs. P. H. Linville, C. H.
Marshall and C. E. Davis spent
Monday in Winston-Salem on
business.
Misses Harriette and Martha
Ross visited relatives here Satur
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. H. Semple
spent the week end in Winston-
Salem.
A joint meeting of the town
commissioners and the public
spirited citizens was held Friday
night looking toward the im
provement of the streets in the
business part of town and plans
■were perfected together with
public funds and liberal dona
tions of labor, teams and money
whereby the streets will be
placed in excellent condition be
fore the opening of spring. The
work was to have begun
Monday but owing to some con
troversy relative to the course of
the street at a point near the
bridge it was postponed until a
ronipetent engineer has made a
I crmanent survey of this nart
II the street.
The beard of trade i? now an
SHOOTING AFFAIR.
J. A. Stephens and Frank
George Get Into Diffi
culty At Home of A. J.
White on Walnut Cove
Route 3.
Walnut Cove Route :J, Feb. 24.
What came near being a seri
ous shooting aifair occured at
the home of Mr. A. J. White
yesterday when J. A. Stephens
and Frank George got into a
dispute. It seems that George
was due Stephens a small amount
of money and when Stephens
asked him to pay it George got
mad and threw a hand hammer at
Stephens, striking him on the
head. Stephens then drew his
pistol and as George ran into the
home of A. J. White he fired at
him four times, but fortunately
none of the shots took effect.
Pruning and Spraying
Demonstrations this Week
\
County Farm Damon stra tor
W. P. Holt, assisted by Prof. S.
C. Clapp, of the State Depart
ment of Agriculture, is conduct
ing several pruning and spray
ing demonstrations in Stokes this
week. Demonstrations have
already been held on the farms
of Messrs E. A. Rothrock and
Joel Sheppard, while the next one
will be given Fridav on the farm
of Mr. P. 0. Fry in the Pinnacle
section.
New BOOK Typewriter
For the Clerk's Office
Clerk of the Suuperior court
M. T. Chilton has just received
a new book typewriter for his of-
! These machines are great labor
. savers and also save the county
J considerable jxpense from the
i fact that fewer record books are
1 required when they are used.
The Register of Deeds office has
had one of the machines for some
; years.
-
Sells Farm and
; Will Move to Mayodan.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Johnson,
of German ton Route 1, expect to
remove to Mayodan within the
next few days to make that place
their home. Mr. Johnson has
recently sold his farm in this
county.
established factor in the life of
the town and it is suggested that
at their next meeting steps be
I taken looking toward securing a
union station at this point, the
formation of plans to induce
some manufacturing enterprises
and for a more complete tele
phone system. All of these
j matters are worthy of recogni
| tion and consideration.
Among the auto visitors to
I Winston-Salem Sunday were
i Messrs. S. H. Stewart. Elwood
Boyles, S. C. Rierson. Paul Ful
ton, Theo. Young, Watson .Joyce,
Sam Jones, Newton Young Carl
'Joyce, T. P. Bailey, Jno. Burton.
Born unto Dr. and Mrs. J. W.
I Slate, a bov.
j Misses Erma Teague, Cora
1 Pfaff, Messrs. R. K. Mendenhall
; and Lawrence Lindsay, of Wins
ton-Salem, visited the Misses
i Morefield Sunday.
I Mr. Arnett Talley, of Danville,
I Ya., was a visitor here Saturday.
, Mrs. J. W. Morefield. who has
' been indisposed with lagrippe,
' is considerably improved.
4
DANBURY, N. C., FEBRUARY 24. 1915
ROAD NOW A REALITY
Much-Discussed Meadows-
Blackburn Highway Now
Graded and Top-Soiled.
OF GREAT BENEFIT
Will*Be L'sed By Large Per Cent
of Meadows Township Citi
zens As Well As By Al
most the Kntire
County.
That section of public road
known as the Rleadows-Black
burn highway, and being that
part of the road between Dan
bury and Walnut Cove which
lies in Meadows township, has at
last been graded and top-soiled
and is now fully the equal of the
good roads in Dan bury and Mead
ows townships which it touches
at either end. so that now one
traveling from Walnut Cove to
Danbury may make the trip all
the way over a modern sand-clay
road with no grade on it over five
per cent. The trip may be made
in the future without that dread
which formerly characterized it.
The building of this road has
been the subject of much conten
tion and discussion ever since road
building was started in Meadows
township, more than a year ago
and now that the road is built
and the matter settled for good
it is hoped that all parties will
feel better and forget their dif
ferences.
While this road is of great
benefit to a large per cent, of the
people of Meadows township, it
|is at the same time of inesti
mable value to the people of many
sections of the county, and will
be used by nearly all of the citi
zens of Danbury township, Saura
town township, and Peter's
Creek township, while it will be
used by many of the people of
Quaker (Jap and Snow Creek
townships, and it is the principal
road from the county seat to the
nearest railway station. It is in
fact the most important road in
the county and we should alt feel
proud that it is now a reality.
At some places the sand-clay
roads in Sauratovvn and Danbury
townships were cut up during
the recent long rainy season, but
as soon as possible these will be
gone over with the drag and road
machine and put back in their
original state.
The road did not cost as much
as was at first estimated. The total
amount paid to Messrs. Henning
& Hagedorn for its construction
was $3,932.22. Final settlement
,for the road was made Monday
afternoon of this week.
The Ground Hog
loses His Reputation.
The littie ground hog ha*
most surely lost his reputation
as a weather profit. On the
second day of February the sun
was shining and he certainly
must have seen his shadow and
gone back into his der, but with
the exception of only two or
three days since that time the
weather has been fine. If the
little animal has been in his den
all this time thinking that it has
been snowing and hailing and
freezing outside he is to be pit
ied for he has been missing
some mighty nice weather.
Mr. Samuel East, a former
citizen of Danbury, who now
resides at Pilot Mtn., was a
Danbury visitor today.
ROM UST NIGHT
Mr. John Tuttle of Moun
tain View Loses Seven
Hundred Dollars.
THIEVES ESCAPE
Three Mon Enter Old Alan's
Home and Carry Off his
Trunk Containing Large
Sum of Cash and
Papers.
Mr. John Tuttle of Mountain
View, this county, was robbed
last night of something more
than S7O". 00 by robbers, who
escaped md have not been
caught. Mr. Tuttle. who is
about 80 years of age, and lives
with his wife and daughter near
Mountain View, was awakened
about 12 o'clock in the night by
the entrance of three men into
the room, who carried out his
trunk near the bed containing
over $700.00 in gold, greenbacks
and valuable papers. Mr. Tut
tle, being old and feeble, was
unable to offer resistance. His
wife was not awakened until the
thieves had gone. A daughter
sleeping in another room, heard
nothing until she was aroused by
her father's cries.
Mr. Tuttle is a good citizen,
and has the sympathy of the
I
IBANK
OF STOKES COUNTY
SAFE, SOUND and CONSERVATIVE
Our Motto Is "SAFETY FIRST" Alwaus. I
President:
MARION T. CHILTON.
Vice-President:
DR. J. W. NEAL.
Cashier at Danbury :
N. E. PEPPER.
Cashier at Walnut Cove: i
J. h. FULTON.
DIRECTORS:
M. T. Chilton, W. J. Byerly,
Dr. J. W. Neal, J. B. Woodruff, ft*
N. E. Pepper, J. H. Fulton,
J. A. Lawson, Jno. H. Marshall, ,
J- W. Morefield.
Notwithstanding the dull times of the past six months, we
are now closing a successful year, and will pay our stockholders
the usual dividend. Our hank is in excellent condition, and we
guarantee that if you deposit your money with us it will be safe,
and at the same time it will always be ready for you when you need
it. We have lately put in two of the latest modern burglar-proof
safes, which burglars CANNOT crack, and besides we carry full
insurance against burglars and fire.
HOUSE BROKEN INTO.
Joe Martin Davis. Negro
Serving Road Sentence,
Robs Danbury Residence.
The residence of Mr. R. R.
King in Danbury was broken into
several days ago and since the
escape of the negro, Joe Martin
Davis, last week from the road
force here, it has developed that
he committed the robbery.
Mr. King and family were
away from home at the time
the house was broken into. After
getting away the negro Davis
sold a Colt's automotic pistol
to another negro in Walnut
Cove which was identified as one
taken from the residence. He
also took several' other small
articles.
Davis was seen in Walnut Cove
bv another negro after his
escape. He has not been cap
tured yet.
Last year 5,400 died of tuber
culosis—a preventable disease
in North Carolina.
neighbors in his severe loss,
which is especially hard on one
of his age. He kept his savings
in the trunk in the living room,
and had thought it a safe place.
The news was telephoned to
Danbury early this morning.
The Reporter's informant states
that suspicion is strong against
one or more parties in the neigh
borhood. though nothing definite
is known.
No. 2,238
WON FIRST POIZE
James R. Blancetl, a Stokes
Boy, Leads the Corn
Growers In Fifth
District.
126 BUSHELS TO ACRE
I'ri/.e Is Fifteen Dollars and OJ
Paid By Department of Agri
culture—Quite An Honor
For Young Man.
James R. Blancett, a Stoke*
county boy residing at Peter'*
Creek postoflice, is the winner of
the first prize for the fifth district
in the North Carolina Boy'*
Corn Club.
This is quite an honor foc
young Blancett as the fifth dis
trict takes in a large territory
and there were scores of boy*
competing for the first prize.
His yield of corn was 12.">.92
bushels on one acre at a cost of 17
cents per bushel. The prize i*
|515.00 and is paid by the Depar:-
ment of Agriculture.
Mr. and Mrs. /,eb Frazier, of
Campbell Route 1, were in Dar.-
j bury yesterday on their way t >
: Winston-Salem with their litt!-»
jgirl whose eyes have been giving
1 her considerable trouble recently.
They will consult a specialist
: about her eyes.