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DAN BURY REPORTER^ VOLUME XLIII. WH COVE LETTER! i I Death of Mrs. Li/zic Web-j stcr At Madison Sunday Afternoon. SCHOOL COMMITTEE! Will Appear Before County Com- j missioners Alonday and Ask i For Appropriation For School Various Other Items. Walnut Cove, June I.—Sunday afternoon at the home of herj nephew, Mr. Alf Webster, at Madison, Mrs. Lizzie Webster quietly passed away after an illness of only a few days dura tion. At the time cf her death j Mrs. Webster had attained the! ripe old age of seventy-five years and during this period she hadj lived a consecrated christian life, I being a consistent member of the | M. E. church at this place. She was one of those lovable, useful, exemplary christian women who leave the world better for having lived. Her maiden name wafc Miss Lizzie Joyce, and in her early years she was married to Mr. Geo. Webster, who preced ed her to the grave many years ago. For more than twenty-five years she was a resident of Wal nut Cove and numbered her friends here by the score who were ever glad to have her in their midst. Besides a host of mourning friends, and many near and dis tant relatives, she is survived by two brothers and several child ren among whom are Mesdajnes W. L. Vaughn, Jno. G. Fulton, J. X. Martin, Miss Flossie Web ster, Messrs. Ben Webster, of Madison: and Abner Webster, of .Duiham. The funeral services were conducted Monday after noon from the Stokesburg M. E. church by Rev. E. J. Poe, assist ed by Rev. C. R. Hutcherson in the presence of a throng of sym pathizing friends and mourning relatives. Miss Kate McPherson, the capable and efficient teacher of music in the high school, com pleted her work Friday and will leave this week to spend a few weeks at her home after which she will accept a lucrative posi tion as principal of a private school near Jackson Springs. In her work ht-re Miss McPherson has met with splendid success and is the recipient of deep ap preciation for her excellent efforts by both her pupil 9 and patrons who bespeak for her greater success still in her new field. At their home a few miles north of here last Friday Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Rothrock hos pitably entertained a host of their relatives and friends in commemoration of their golden wedding anniversary. Present to enjoy the event and to partake of the tempting dinner were their seven children, Messrs. A. T. Rothrock, E. A. Rothrock, J. F. Rothrock. Mesdames A. N. Tuttie, J. S. James, L. F. Tuttle and J. E. Alcorn, together with their twenty-five grandchildren as well as a number of neighbors and friends. The guests from a distance were Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Rothrock, of Lexington; Mr. and Sam Kanouse, of Winston-Salem*. Despite their advanced ages Mr. and Mrs. Rothrock are unusually active and healthy and their friends hope they may enjoy many other anniversaries of their happy union of fifty years ago. No better citizens are to be found than the Rothrock family, and in their different vocations by their honest effort MEETING NEXT MOW •County Commissioners Will Con i sider Plans and Specifications Tor New County Home. ' The county commissioners will : hoid a special session at the ccurt house here next Monday :at which time they will examine blue prints of plans which have ' been drawn for a new county 1 home for Stokes county, j At the meeting Monday it is ! probable that the commissioners I will decide upon the style anrl character of the building that [ will be erected, and it is likely i that they will appoint a day on ' which to receive bids and let the I contract for the building. and upright dealings have won | an envious place among the suc-j cessful farmers and business ' men of the county. Next Monday the committee of 1 the Walnut Cove high school, j composed of Messrs. R. L.j Murphv, Jas. W. Lasley and R. ; A. lledgecock, wiil appear in a 1 body before the county board of! education at Danbury and peti-! tion for an allowance for two | more teachers for the school. This action becomes necessary on account of the steady growth of l the population of the town and the increase of students seeking admission to the splendid school. If the request of the committee i ;is granted an effort will at once Ibe made to finance the erection ; of an addition to the present' j building at an estimated cost of j I $2,000. There is a growing senti-; J ment here to continue the plausi-! i ble work of making the school j I better each year and to accom- j i plish this additional floor space ( ! and more teachers are absolute necessities. Dr. and Mrs. A. G. Jones and daughter, Miss Annie Kate, left ; yesterday to attend the graduat ! ing exercises of the Virginia Medical College at Richmond, Va.. where Mr. B. N. Jones will graduate this year. Mr. S. C. Hill, of Germanton, was here on business Monday. Mr. Hill reports that crops in his locality are looking good. Mr. John Martin, who has held a responsible position in Detroit, Mich., returned Saturday to spend sometime with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Martin. Misses Elizabeth and Bernice Woodruff left yesterday for Ral eigh to attend the commence ment exercises at St. Mary's College. Miss Irene Fulton, of Greens boro. is the guest this week of Misses Jennie and Maybelle Vaughn at the Vaughn hotel. Dr. J. L. Hanes, of Pine Hall, spent Sunday here with friends. Mr. Chas. Baker and brother, of Marion, S. C., have been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. C, Hutcherson the past week. Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Petree, of Germanton, were visitors here Sunday. Mr. Walter L. Nelson, of the progressive firm of Fagg & Nelson, spent Sunday in town. Misses Lillie and Mattie Joy e, Messrs. Carl Joyce, Odell Jones and Watson Joyce spent Sunday in u-eensboro. Dr. C. R. Hutcherson returned Saturday from Atlanta, l«u.. where he has completed a course in dentistry. Dr. Hutcherson has not vet decided where lie will locate permanently. Misses Sallie Fulton, Mary Martin, Annie Fulton, Paul and George Fulton spent Sunday at Madison. Messrs. Julius 0. Young, F. C. Myers and Miss Nonnie McKen/.ie spent Sunday here. DAN BURY, N. C., JUNE 2, I^ls DEATH 81 LIGHTNING Young Mallard Mitchell Kill ed Wednesday Evening Near Dillard. W AS IN OPEN WINDOW Brother Of Deceased Was Also Seriously Injured By Same Stroke Of Lightning —Sew- ing Machine and (iun Were Torn To Pieces By Lightning. Mr. Mallard Mitchell, the twen ty-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Mitchell, who reside near Dillard, nine miles east of Danbury, was instantly killed by lightning Wednesday evening about dark during an electrical storm. The unfortunate young man, in company with his 15-\ear-old brother, had just returned from a trip to Pine Hall, and was leaning on a sewing machine with his head out the window at his home when the fatal stroke came. His young brother, who 1 was also in the same room and standing near him, was seriously injured by the stroke, but is re covering from the ill effects. The sewing machine on which young Mitchell was leaning, was torn to pieces and a gun in the corner near-by was also demolish ! ed. The bereaved parents have the 1 sympathy of the people of the I entire community in their bereavement. j HELSABECK - JOHNSON. 'Announcement Of Coming ! Marriage Of Popular Young Couple Of Stokes. The Reporter acknowledges re ceipt of the following invitation and announcement: Mr. .-IHii Mrs. Willi; 1:1 .lolmson * ivi|Ui'*t ymi t" In- present .-it tin* niarri.-r.re of tlieir il.uiithter A lilies Fl'll tires to I»r. llupert S. llclaa!>cc!\ on | Weilnesihiy evening, .lime sixteenth nineteen htitnlreil ami tifteen eifilit o'clock «iertiiiinton. North Carolina. Miss Johnson, who is well known here, is the popular and : attractive daughter of Mr and I Mrs. William J. Johnson, of Germanton Route 1, while Mr. | Helsabeck is a prominent young I physician of King Route 1. and j enjoys a lucrative practice, j Both are among the county's prominent young people ] and number their friends by the i score. DeVoe's Forecast On I Weather In June. This month will enter with a , hot wave. Ist to 2nd, pleasant. ; 3rd to 4th, hot and sultry. On I the sth a storm will form o.ver ! the lower Mississippi valley. sth to (ith, thunder storms. 7th to Bth, cooler. 9th to 10th, warmer. On the 11th a hot wave will advance from the upper Mississippi valley. 12th to loth, hot and sultry. L 11th to 15th, thunder storms, Kith to 17th. cooler. lSth to 19th, cloudy and warmer. On the 20th a storm will l'orm over the lower Mississippi valley. 21st ;to 22nd, cloudy and rainy. 23rd |to 21th, warm and pleasant. On the 25th a belt of heavy thunder storms will advance from the I Mississippi valley and move east ! ward. 2lith to 27th, thunder ; storms. 28th to 29th, cooler, j 30th, pleasant. MADDOG BITES THREE A Number of Confederate 1 \ eterans Leave For the ! Reunion at Richmond. i | | CHILDREN'S DA Y j i i To Be Observed By Baptist Sun dav School Next Sundav — i lent Meeting To Begin ; At King June 15. King, June I.—Farmers in this section are very busy plant ing tobacco. Ful'y fifty per; cent, of the crop has been plant- j ed. There is no curtailment in! acreage here, as about the usual 1 crop is being planted. Mr. Stanly Newsum, of Lex- 11 ington, made a short stay with | his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. I". , | Newsum, the latter part of last 1 week. Born unto Mr. and Mrs.! Arthur H. Newsum, a daughter.! Rev. Bloom Vestal, the travel-; ing evangelist, will commence: a tent meeting here June 15th. i 1 A dog belonging to Mr. John I Hardy, of Rural Hall, went madi last Saturday afternoon and '• bit Mr. Quilley Birk, a promi- j nent farmer, and Mr. Tom Wall ; and a small boy whose name ; could not be learned, were also bitten. The dog was finally j killed after biting the above i named persons and several dogs.' Mr. .1. E. Newsum's handsome; ■ new residence, just west of j ■ town, is nearing completion. ! The Pinnacle Athletes de feated the King Giants in a ■ vane of baseball here Saturday : r'ie tune of sixteen to one. ; The following parties left ( ' yesterday afternoon for Winston-' ' where they will catch a' special train this morning fori the Confederate Veterans' re union at Richmond: Messrs. Albert McGee, G. G. Boles, W. VV. McGee. ( > reen McGee. C. F. White and daughter, Miss Min i nie White Mr. H. C. Newsum spent Sun -1 day with friends in Pinnacle. Mr. Walter Petree, of Dan bury. spent the day here yester day. The Baptist Sunday School 1 Children's Day will be held at 1 the Baptist church here next 1 Sunday. Attorney Gilbert T. Stephenson, of Winston-Salem, ! will de'iver an address for the ; occasion. ' Misses Louella and Mamie Fulp, of Walnut Cove, spent Sunday with friends here. I Messrs. B. U. Newsum, L. 0. Pulliam, S. F. Slate and C. D. Slate are attending the R. F. D. Carriers' Convention at Wins ; ton-Salem today. Messrs. P. VV. Gunter and W. , E. Newsum went to Winston- Salem on business today. 1 The death of Mr. Rufus Tran sou of Forsyth county, who had many friends in Stokes, will be learned with regret. i 17-Year Locusts Are One Next Month ' The seventeen-year locust, which has not visited North Carolina since '!» S. is due in the , state in June of this year, accoru ; ing to a statement issued by the I Department of Agriculture. 1 Western North Carolina will be the onlv part of the state visited, and the damage is expected to . be slight, especially if effective methods of combating the pests | are used. tsmmi is in hor New Road From Ger manton To James' Store On Rural Hall Road. At a meeting of the Forsyth county highway commissioners j the past week the contract was awarded for the construction of a modern sand-clay road from the Stokes county line at Ger- ; man ton to James' store on the! Rural Hall road, from which j point there is an excellent road i into Winston-Salem. The dis-j tance from Germantor. to Tames'! is tour and a half miles. j ETUDE MUSIC CLUB j\\ ill Entertain Walnut Cov e | Music Club Here At Its j Meeting Friday Night. i The Etude Music Club, of Dan | bury, will meet with the Misses Joyce on Friday night, ai which ' time the Lacisuai Club of Walnut jCove will be entertained, j A special program for the cc jcasion has bean anangedanda ; pleasant evening is promised the i members of,the club here, as well as the members of the visiting ! club. A BIRTHDAY DINNER More Thar. Otic Hundred of Mr. Stephen Smith's Friends Give Him A Surprise. Locust Hill Farm, June I. On May 'jOth over one hundred of the citizens of Stokes county met at the home of Mr. Stephen Smith to celebrate the anniver sary of his 51th year, and the good ladies had prepared for the occasion the most tempting dishes for the table, which had to be made after the visitors reached the ground. It was constructed of undressed lumber, but the ladies always think before they leave home and had brought with them the nicest table linens which made them fit for a King's mansion. They also showed so much taste in arranging their most appetizing dishes that a savage could hardly look at them and not get hungry. After the table was fixed Mr. John R. Smith offered very appropriate thanks. After we begun to wait upon ourselves it certainly was a treat to the writer, for he was not accustomed to such dinners. After everyone was satisfied there seemed to be enough left on the table for as many more. I want to say a few words in regard to Mr. Smith. He lived with me 21 years, and in all that time 1 never went where he was gathering or harvesting crops nor 1 never demanded a bill for the sale of his tobacco, nor ever said where or when for him to plant anything. It was all left to his honesty. 1 always found him of moral courage and full of con victions of right and duty. He was true in every deed and thought. After extending our most hearty thanks for the kind hos pitality shown us the writer left. ONE PRESENT. Wheal Is Excellent. Taken over the county us a whole, the wheat crop is excel lent. The acreage is larger than i usual, and if no accident happens for two weeks more a lig bread j supply will be safe. The grain ; fields are now beginning to ripen, j No. 2,252 DIED SUDDENLY Mrs. \V. G. Slate. Mother ot Sheriff W. C. Slate. Passed Aw ay Last Night. WAS NOBLE: WOMAN Survived By husband and Several Sons and Daughters Funeral and Burial Tomorrow. Mrs. William G. Slate passed awav suddenly from heart fail ure at her home near Capella i last night. The deceased had | been apparently as well as I usual up until last night. ' Mrs. Slate, who was aged | about seventy years, was a most estimable woman and was loved by all who knew her. She is survived by her hus ! band, who has been in poor health for some time, and by several sons and daughters, ; among whom are Sheriff W. C. Slate, of Danbury, and Dr. .1. W. Slate, of Walnut Cove. At this writing the time and place of the funeral and inter ment has not been learned here. | The bereaved family have the sympathy of many friends in their great loss. VETERANS GATHER FOR BIG REUNION Capitol of the Old South Is Alive With heroes In Gray. Richmond, May 31.—United Confederate Veterans from all parts of the South are here to night for the opening of the twenty-fifth annual reunion to morrow. The old capital of the Confederacy is ablaze with light. The events of today included memorial exercises for the dead, the dedication of a memorial to the Confederate women of Vir ginia and the unveiling of a bronze table to the women in Hol lywood cemetery. General George P. Harrison of Alabama, who will preside in the absence 'of Commander-in-chief Bennett H. Young arrived today. A striking incident of today | was the unveiling in the Louisia na room, at the President Davis mansion, of a bust of General Beauregard. I'nhappilya Louis iana. in passing the bronzed plaster bust knocked it off its pedestal and it was shattered. The divisional woman's associa tion in charge of the occasion at once anounced that the bust would be replaced and the unveil ing proceeded. Camp Stuart, at the fair grounds, where GUOO Confederates and visiting militiamen will be quartered, was opened this morn ing. meals being served through the day to several hundred of the veteran advance guard. Bread anil Meat. I>o you know that practically every farmer in Stokes county has planted enough corn to feed his slock till corn conies again, and do you know that this condition of affairs is so vastly unprecedented as to render it worthy of telling the news to the world that old Stokes is about to become a self-sustaining com munity of servicible farmers? The summer visitor will soon be with us. Push the chickens to the limit.