DAN BURY REPORTER "
VOLUME XLIII.
WALNUT CQVE LETTER,
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Mr. W. P. Wheeler Has His
Ann Broken By
Automobile.
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WRECK ON SOUTHERN £
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Oyster Supper By Womans; 
Betterment Association > ]
Good Breaks and Better j 
Prices On Tobacco I
Market Personals.
Walnut Cove, March. 2. !l
While cranking an automobile at .
his home Sunday afternoon Mr.
W. P. Wheeler, the popular agent !
of the N. &W. Railway, had | (
the misfortunate to break his I,
arm just above the wrist. It'
seems that the crank had been i
turned about half around when ,
it suddenly rebounded, wrench-1
ing Mr. Wheeler's arm to such j 1
an extent that the bone wasj ;
broken. A surgeon was hur- :
riedly secured and the patient at 1
this time is getting along nicely, j:
A small wreck occuretl on the
Southern near the brick yard;
Fridav when live cars of the
local freight which were mostly I
loaded with lumber jumped the ■
track. Traffic was delayed only;
a short time until the cars were
replaced. Fortunately no one
was injured. i
The oyster supper given by
the Woman's Hetterment As«o-!
ciation Friday evening at the
Vaughn hotel was a decided suc
cess and a source of much pleas-;
ure and enjoyment to the lovers |
of music who are rarely so for
tunate to hear such splendid,
music as Dr. L. H. Hill and
daughter, of Germanton, render
ed on the occasion. The net,
proceeds derived from the sup-;
per totaled $22.12. Since the!
organization of the Betterment i
Association early in the fall the 1
active officers and members have
by their untiring energy and,
industry raised $(>7.67, a part of;
which has been used to purchase ;
modern blackboards and an 18
inch globe and a set of eight maps
and case. The remainder or any
funds that may be raised wiil be
expended for pictures and other
improvements. The Womans'
Betterment Association is truly l
a great factor in the upbuilding!
of the High School.
• iood breaks and somewhat j
better prices feature the local;
tobacco market this week and
it is the opinion of the tobacco-'
nists who are in position to know,
that practically all of the tobac
co now in the hands of the farm- j
ers will be marketed this month.j
The business men here are 1
advising the farmers to devote
more attention to grain crops >
and to lessen the acreage of to- i
baeco. The advice is sound fori
no man can foretell the prices!
whieh will prevail next fall if;
a bumpt r crop of the weed is i
produced but with a decreased
output good prices are a fore-;
gone conclusion while hog and
hominy are always staple.
Messrs. Alex Merritt, George
Charles and Alex Rutledge, good
citizens of the Germanton sec
tion, were here on business
Saturday. ,
Mr. S. H. Stewart spent - Fri
day night in Winston-Salem at-!
tending the Trail of the Lone
some Pine at the auditorium.
Mr. Lawrence Mcliae, of Wins
ton-Salem, was a visitor here
Saturday looking after some
business interests.
Mr. Jacob Smith, a former
Stokes citizen but who now owns a
splendid farm in Guilford county,
was here Saturday.
Among these who attended the
commissioners meeting at Dan
bury yesterday were Messrs. .1.
A. Fagg, A. W. Davis, \\. G.
Dodson and .Ino. R. Smith. I
Mr. (). N. I'etree, of the board
of town commissioners, returned
Saturday from Raleigh where lie'
had been in the interest of side
walk legislation for Walnut Cove.
Mr. D. S. Watkins. who has
spent several weeks in the State
of Oklahoma selling tobacco, re-,
,turneo-to his native soil Friday,
'irm in his belief that old Stokes
« good enough for him. He
'ft this morning for the northern
ROBBERS CAUGHT. j|
Clem and Marshall Tuttle j
Brought To Stokes Jail On!
Charge Ol Robbing Resi- '
dence Of Mr. John Tuttle. j
Clem and Marshall Tuttle, ot i
the King section, were arrested!
at Rural Hall Thursday on the J
charge of burglarizing the resi
dence of Mr. .John Tuttle, of;
Mizpah, and carrying off a trunk I
containing several hundred dol-|
lars and some valuable papers. !
The men were given a hearing j
before Justice Jas. R. Caudle, j
and the evidence was considered !
sufficient to hold them over until |
court without bond. They were!
brought to Danbury and placed]
in jail. I
William James was also arrest-!
I
ed with the two Tuttles but was'
released at the hearing, no evi
dence bsing shown that he was
implicated in the robbery.
More than three hundred dol
lars of the money stolen was re-1
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!covered from the Tuttles. The,
, valuable papers and trunk have!
' not been fouud. The men claim- j
ed that the money was found in
an old house near their home, j
■ The two men are near relatives,
of Mr. John Tuttle whose home :
' was robbed.
Clem Tuttle is about 2:5 years
old and has a wife and one child.
'
Marshall is about IS years ot age
and is single. They are sons of
! Isillie Tuttle of Stokes county.
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Mr. Wallace Webster
i 111 Willi Appendicitis
Mr. Wallace Webster, a good
citizen of Germanton Route 1, was
taken to a hospital in Winston-'
Salem Sunday afternoon suli'er
, ing with appendicitis. An opera
i tion was performed Sunday night
,and the many friends of Mr.
| Webster will be glad to know
; that he is getting along nicely.
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i . Union Meeting.
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Danbury Route 1, Alar. i{.
i Mr. Editor :
Please announce that Ore Hill
| local Union will meet on next
Saturday, March >th, at i 5 o'clock J
!P. M. All members are request
;ed to be present as there is ini-.
: port business to be transacted. |
J. WATT MABE,
Chm. Ex. Com. j
part of the county in the in
terest of the J. G. Flynt Tobacco
Co.
Misses Laura Waddell, Ozelle
✓Lewis, Stellla Rierson, Messrs.
Paul Fulton and S. C. Rierson,
'Jr., visited friends at Danbury
Sunday afternoon.
Misses Agnes Martin, Luna
Taylor. Messrs. E. P. Pepper,
John Taylor and Pernio Culler,
of Danbury, were among the
! visitors attending the oyster
, supper Friday night.
Elder L. T. Tucker, of the Prim
itive Baptist church, preached an
interesting sermon at the Junior
hall Sunday night to a large
congregation who were impress
ed by the earnestness of the
discourse.
! Mr. Jesse Glenn, of Winston-
Salem, was a visitor here Sun
day evening. i
Mr. J, L. Coleman, who has
bold a position here for several
months, left today for Summer
field where he will engage in the
mercantile business.
Mr. Jno. A. Burton went to
Winston yesterday on business.
Sheriff W. C. Slate and Mr.
R. H. R. Blair, of Danbury,
were in town Sunday.
DANBURY, N. C., MARCH 3, K»ls
COIMn FATHERS 1
Order Flans Drawn For Big (
Bridge Accross Buffalo
Creek At Germanton.
LET CONTRACT APRIL 6 1 1
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Auction Sale of Old Lumber To. >
Be held Next Saturday
Small Bridge to Be Erect
ed In (Quaker Gap *•
Other Business
Transacted. j
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The Board of County Commis- 1
I sioners, Messrs. Jno. W. Gann, 
1 1. D. Barr and .Joseph Martin, !
| met in regular monthly session i
j here at the court house Monday. !
! Other than paying several small
claims against the county the ;
following business was transact-;
led :
An order was made instructing
the clerk of the board to have
| plans and specifications drawn)
j for the long bridge to be erected j
over Buffalo creek in German ton,
and it was decided to award the
contract for the building of the
; bridge at the next meeting of
! the commissioners. !t will be
recalled that an act was recently
, passed by the Legislature com- j
: pelling the ounty commissioners |
to construct this bridge by -July
I
Ist.
The old lumber taken from a (
| wooden bridge which was torn ;
! down at Germanton recently was j
i ordered sold to the highest bid- 1
jder at Germanton on next Satur-j
i day, March 6th.
j Mr. G. VV. Simmons was 1
, awarded a contract for erecting
1 j a small wooden bridge
a branch in (Quaker Gap town-!
iship in the Simmons section.'
1 The contract price for the work 1
was $30.00.
!
I Mr. Charlie Pitzer was paid
! $78.00 for material used in the 1
I construction of a small bridge
across a stream near the mouth j
( of Snow creek.
i An order was made that Mr.
I
John Glidewell, an ex-Confed
erate and an outside pauper, !
■be sent to the county home,
i Since this order was made
i
j a pass and permit for the old i
I veteran to go to the Soldiers' j
Home in Raleigh has been re
ceived and he will be sent there
soon.
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Missed The Reporter.
Germanton Route I, Feb. 25. j
Editor Danbury Reporter:
Through a little neglect I have
let my subscription to your paper
expire for a short timn and 1
must say 1 have been a great
wavs behind in tho happenings
in our county.
1 enclose one dollar and I want
you to start your paper with
next week's edition to my ad
dress. I have been thinking
for some time that something
i was short in the household and
1 must think it is the Hanbury
Reporter.
Respectfully.
% W. J. .JOHNSON.
Several of the public schools
, county will expire within the
next few days.
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TO DIVIDE TOWNSHIP!'
IF
Citizens of Quaker Gap Send i
Bill 10 Legislature To '
That Effect.
NO OPPOSITION|
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With Township Divided It Is
Thought That Bond Issue
For Roads Can lie Car» i n
rii d In Southern Half.
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It is 'earned here that a bill
has recently been introduced in j
the Legislature for the purpose
of dividing Quaker (Jap town-;
ship, in -tokes county, and
ing two townships from it. The!
bill pro' .des that the line divid-1,
ing the >wnship shall run east !
and west and shall be near
center of the township, and that!
the northern half shall be known
as Big i reek township and the!
southern half as Quaker Gap!
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townshm. i (
So fai as can be learned there
is no oi : osition to the dividing
of the township, and it is very j
probabie that the bill will pass
the Legislature this week.
The principal reason for mak
ing this change, we are informed,;
| is in onler that the southern half
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'may have an opportunity to vote,
on a bond issue for building
: go id loads, and it is said that,
measure would easily carry, j
j In the recent bond issue election |
for i-jads in that township the |
1 southern part of the township
j vot (1 for bonds by a good rr.a
ijority, while the northern sec- '
1 tion voted against the proposi
i
tion. j
Forsyth County Roads
! To Touch Stokes Line'
At a meeting of the Forsyth
J county highway commissioners!
■ Saturday it was decided by that
board to construct a good road
i from the Stokes county line a. 1 - {
'Germanton to the Rural Hall
1 sand-clay road which leads into'
i Winston-Salem. It was also
! decided to complete the work l
started last fall on the road from;
! the Stokes line at Fulp to Deri-!
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legislature To Adjourn
Probably Saturday.
j Raleigh, Feb. 28. In the be
lief that the general assembly
will complete its work within the
constitutional limit and ail.iourn
Saturday, March •>, the smallest
number of representatives who
live near or remote went to their
homes yesterday.
Heeling of Local Union,
A meeting of Ore Ilill local
Farmer's Union. number i>7;,
is hereby called to meet at the.
school house on Saturday, .March
Cith. All members will please|
attend as the meeting will be an
important one.
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President.
Mr. F. 11. Young, of Sandy
Ridge Route 1. visited the Re
porter cilice Monday.
HUGE TREE IN STOKES|i
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Poplar On Land o( Mr. j
George Taylor In Snow!.
Creek Township Is 18
Feet Around and 6 Feet;
Through.
Mr. (i. B. Taylor, of Stone- |
ville, was a visitor at the Re
porter office yesterday. On his
way to Danbury he came by the
home of his father. Mr. (ieorge
; Taylor, in Snow Creek township,
and was shown on his plantation
a tree that is probably the
! largest in Stokes countv. By
I actual measurement the tree,
which is a poplar, is eighteen
'feet in circumference and six
I
| feet through. This measurement
| was taken five feet from the
! ground. Mr. Taylor stated that
i the tree was the same size all the
way up to the first branches
which arc about twenty feet
( from ground. It would be
I absolutely impossible for the
sawmills in this section to con
! vert this tree into lumber. Saw- •
;mill men who have operated in.
| that section have always passed j
!it bv. It required seven grown i
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1 persons holding hands to encircle -
the monster.
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MRS. GARLAND SMITH !
PASSED AWAY MONDAY.!
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' Highly Esteemed Woman of
Francisco and Mother of Supt.
i of Schools J. T. Smith.
News is received here today of
1 the death of Mrs. Garland Smith,
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a highly esteemed woman of
1 Francisco, Stokes county. The
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deceased had only been ill a
short while and her death can.e
i as a surprise to her many relatives
j.and friends. However,
all of the members of the family
1 were at tier bedside when she
' passed away.
The deceased is survived by
' her husband. Mr. Garland Smith,
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i a good citizen of Francisco, and
' by several sons and daughters,
' among these being Prof. J. T.
' Smith, of King, who is Supt. of
' Schools of Stokes county.
'j The interment was made yes
; terday at the family burying
i ground and a large number of
I sorrowing relatives and friends
I were in attendance.
Entertainment At Mourn
Herman Church Saturda\
--News ot Madison Route
Three.
Madison, March 1. Misses
Nettie Ilennisand Nada Gunter
spent Thursday night with Miss
Claudie Duggins.*
There was a comedy show at
Mt. Hermon school house Satur
night. A large crowd was
present.
There will bean entertainment
,at Mt. Herman school house
Saturday evening, March >. I'he
, exercises will begin at 7The
program will consist of songs,
dialogues, reci cations, music and
drills.
TOPSY TTUYY.
Mr. and Mrs, .1. Soot Taylor
- and son, John, visited Wjnston
, S.vlem yesterday.
No. 2,239
A SAD ACCIDENT
Two-Year-Old Child of Mr.
and Mrs. Will Merri:
Burned to Death.
BIRTHDAY DINNER
Junior Order holds Nag Raisin*
Services at Flinty knoif
School Airs. James
Lynch 111 Vour;
People Visiting.
Pilot Mt. Route 1, March
The little two-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Will M*'iit wa;
so badly burned Saturday that
she died the next day at 11
o'clock, living only ls'noursafter
the accident. The parents ha ye
the sympathy of many frier,':*.*
in their bereavement.
A birthday dinner was givc'i
Mr. William Cox Friday arJ.
quite a number of bis relatives
and .friends were in attendance,
ilt was his T'.'tb birthday. A.
| those who were present en.io\ cd
j it very much.
J The Junior order bad a flag-
I raising at Flinty Knoll school
!on Monday at 11 o'clock and th-f
• occasion proved to be a very
' pleasant one.
! Mrs. James Lynch has betv
! ill with lagrippe. Hope she wi'.l
; soon be well.
i Mr. Will Matthews, of Pilot;
i Mt., called to see Miss Delia
iMorelield Saturday night; Mr
' George Cox called on Miss Hat
| tie Lynch Sundav evening: Mr.
j Edgar Smith was the guest o'
j Miss Lynch Sunday afternoon;
'. Mr. Wesley Pell came to see
i 1 Miss Susie Morefield Sunday.
I
■ t Miss Chan Taylor is visitmg
' her friends Misses Myrtle ar.d
"Lillian Cox,Orr>Vvrtfi ,, '' i,loutel
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Could Not Mane A Living
'( Farming In Florida
j King, March -7. Mr. G. A
Carroll has moved his family
. herefrom Winston-Salem. Mr.
Carroll is engaged in the insur
ance business.
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Mr. John Coffer, who moved
1 to Calahan, F'orida. last fall, has
returned to make his future home
in old Stokes. Mr. ('oiler says
he does not think he could have
made a living farming in Florida.
Mr. 0. S. Fulk went to Wins
j ton-Salem on business today.
; Plans Abandoned For
Extra Congress Session
Washington, March '2. Presi
dent Wilson stated todav that he
had abandoned plans for an ex
tra session of the senate innrei
iately after March I and for t. $
present had not considered
■suggestion of a special session in
October.
I Great improvement has Iv-.n
made recently in the Danbury-
Meadows road. Messrs. J. J.
Stephens and James Shelton have
been using the township's r.
ohme r. lor severa. .