DAN BURY REPORTER
VOLUME XLIII.
OP[NI OF WAREHOUSES.'
At Walnut Cove On Octo-|
ber School j
Opens 30th--Capt. R. L. j
Murphy Celebrates His,
65th Birthda\.
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Walnut Cove, Sept. 11. j
Messrs. Harry Davis, of Martins
ville, Va., one of the managers j
of the Old Warehouse, and J. C. |
Hutcherson, of Reidsville, one of
the managers of the New Ware- j
house, arrived here this week
j?nd are busy arranging for thej
opening of the market here on
October sth. All the buyers who'
were here last year will again be j
on hand besides others who will j
have large orders for certain |
grades of tobacco. No better J
warehousemen have ever stood I
on the sales than E. J. Davis &
Sons and Hutcherson & McGee
hee. They are all men of
moral standing and their financial;
responsibility is unquestioned.'
They are here to sell Stokes coun-j
ty tobacco and to offer to their:
farmer friends the very highest j
prices obtainable on any tobacco;
market in the State. Accom- (
modations are unsurpassed and J
the facilities for handling fivei
million pounds of tobacco here,
this season are ready. The
slogan adopted by the gentlemen:
of both warehouses and endorsed
by the best farmers and business
men is, "Sell your tobacco in your
home town." It is hoped that,
many loads of tobacco will be,
offered on the opening sale.
The Walnut Cove High School j
will open Thursday, September!
30th, with a full corps of com-!
petent teachers who come to us
highly recommended as capable 1
instructors. The parents are in
vited to be with the teachers on
the first day and co-operate with,
them in the great work thev are j
undertaking. With this co-oper- j
ation this place will continue to,
hold its prestige in school work;'
without it all efforts of the teach-,
ers are necessarily in vain.
Miss Lelia Davis, of Roanoke, !
Va., arrived last week and as- j
sumed charge of the millinery,
department at the store of Mr.
John A. Burton. A beautiful 1
selection of fall and winter hats |
are on display in their windows)
and they are enjoying a good,
trade even at this early date.
Capt. R. L. Murphy celebrated
his sixty-fifth birthday, feeling
like a six year old. He is hale |
t,.id hearty as a boy, despite his
years and while he does not at-1
tribute his splendid health to any!
special cause it is no doubt due
to his careful habits adopted and '
practiced from early youth.
Dr. L. H. Hill, Mrs. W. C. j
Matthews. Miss Mabel McKenzie, ;
Mr. J. M. Hill and others, of:
(if -manton, were Chautauqua
visitors here Friday and Satur
day. j
Miss Grace Moore, of Moore's
Mill, Va.. is the guest of Miss
Lillie Joyce this week.
Dr. D. C. Dix and daughter,
of Dillard, Dr. J. C. Taylor, of
Stokesdale, Dr. J. L. Hanes and
family, of I'ine Hall, Mr. W. M.
Flynt, of Gideon, were in town j
Saturday.
Miss Beulah Sheppard, Mr. j
and Mrs. D. C. Taylor and P. C.;
Sheppard, of Sandy Ridge, spent ]
Saturday and Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. J. Wesley Morefield.
Miss Sadie Petree, of Danbury,
spent a few days with friends!
here this week.
Miss Margaret Mitchell, of
Stoneville, was the guest of Miss
Lucy Burton Saturday and Sun- j
day. j
While driving a wagon near.
'CARL RAY GOES HIGHER
Has Been Drafted Asi
Pitcher For the Phil
adelphia Athletics.
Carl Ray, the left-handed
i pitcher from Stokes county, who
; has been in the Carolina base- j
ball league for the past three or
i four vears, has been drafted by
the Philadelphia Athletics, and,
| left Sunday afternoon to join
i this team.
j
| Ray started his pitching career
j with Whitsett Institute four or
I five# years ago and was soon
| "discovered" by Manager Clancy
jof the Twins. The first year
Jhe did not show up very well ;
j and was farmed out in Florida.
The next two years he was just
about the "main guy" on the
Twins'pitching staff. Ray was
! drafted the first of this season
:by Birmingham, but his lack of
control caused him to drift back
, home. He was traded toGreens
| boro for Herman Schwartje early
.in the season this year and has
| been doing some great pitching
1 for the Patriot?.
! Ray's control seems to be
|abcut the only thing that he
lacks to shine in high societv,
and with it he can undoubtedly
hold his own in Connie Mack's
! aggregation.
! News of Gideon.
Gideon, September 21.—The
health of this community is good
at this writing.
Services were conducted at
Wilson Sunday by Elders Mabe,
Priddy and Stewart. Quite a
j crowd was present.
Mr. W. M. Flynt returned
, home today from a few days
j visit to Walnut Cove,
j Mrs. J. J. Martin is on the
t sick list at this writing. Hope
she will soon be well again.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Mitchell
and Mrs. Mitchell's sister, Miss
| Addie Powers, of Mayodan spent
' Saturday and Sunday with rel
' atives in this neighborhood.
Born unto Mr. and Mrs. Wiley
Carpenter, a baby bov.
I Mrs. Guy Eggleston spent
I Saturday and Sunday with her
I parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. M.
1 Fagg. at Dillard.
Mr. Carev Flynt and sister,
! Miss Ethel, attended the Chau
i tauqua at Walnut Cove Saturday.
Miss Myrtle Fagg, Messrs.
Rex Tilley and Eimer Flinchum
spent a short while here Sunday.
Messrs. Carey Flynt and Rex
'Tilley visited Miss Myrtle Fagg
Friday night.
I Miss Delia Andrews, of Wins
ton-Salem, has come again to
j spend a few days.
SWEET SIXTEEN.
J Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Hill, of
I MeadoWs, visited in Danbury
! Monday afternoon.
1 =
the Southern station yesterday
afternoon Mr. James Lasley had
the misfortune to have his foot
| caught between the brake bar
j and a piece of lumber which re
, suited in a painful bruise. The
wound was attended by Dr. R.
jo. Tuttle and the young man
j was taken to his home near
i Meadows.
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DANBURY, N. C., SEPTEMBER 22, 1915
TOBACCO m WELL
TLic Crop Primings Is
|f About' Sold Leaf
Will Now Be Put On
Market.
During the past two days
primings have brought an ex
cellent price on the Winston-!
Salem tobacco market, consider-'
i
ing their quality, the average j
having been near nine cents a;
pound. The prices paid yester
day were the highest for this'
year with the exception of one
day.
The crop of primings has a.bout
been sold and farmers will now
begin putting the leaf,lon the
market.
A Winston-Salem warehouse
man stated this week that he
considered the price of good to
bacco as being good, and ex
pressed the belief that prices
would hold up throughout the
year.
Some Size Man.
The following from "North
Carolina and Its Resources,"
published in IS7(\ was furnished
the Morganton Herald:
"The largest man on record
was Miles Dai Jen, a native of
North Carolina, who was born in
1703, and died in Tennessee in
1857. He was 7 feet and (J inches
high, and in 1845 weighed 872
pounds. At his death he weigh
ed a little over 1,000 pounds.
"In 1839 his coat was buttoned
around three men, each of them
weighing over 200 pounds, who
walked together in it across the
square at Lexington. In 1850, it
required 12 1-2 yards of cloth,
one yard wide, to make him a
coat. Until 1853 he was active
and lively and able to bear labor:
but from that time was compell
ed to stay at home or be hauled
about in a two-horse wagon.
"His coffin was 8 feet long, 35
inches deep, 32 inches across the
breast, 18 inches across the head,
and 14 inches across the feet. It
required 24 yards of black velvet
to cover the sides and lid of the
coffin.
"Miles Darden was twice
married, and his children are
very large, though it is probable
that none of them will ever at
tain the gigantic weight and size
of their father."
Naming ihe Farm.
The idea of giving names to
farms is cne that is constantly
growing in popularity in this
section. And the plan is a good
one, too. The Dunn Dispatch
some time ago had the following
on this subject:
"Name the farm. If you have
a farm home of which you are
proud -give it a name. Let it
have an individuality all its own.
These are lots of fine country
places in the surrounding coun
try whose beautiful surroundings
suggest any number of pretty
appropriate names. Give the old
place a name so that when some
one asks your pretty daughter
where she lives she can say at
'The Elms,' 'The Oaks,' or some
such pretty sounding place."
iPROF. DUDLEY 0. CARROLL.
J A Stokes Bov Who Is Des
tined To Make His Mark
In the World.
Prof. Dudley I). Carroll loft'
the past week for New York to
take up his studies at Columbia
i 'niversity. In addition to his
work there Mr. Carroll has been!
appointed lecturer in the subjects'
of economics and sociology at
Hunter College, a normal school,
in New York with 1300 students. '
In a recent letter from Mr.
Carroll he states that he likes
his work very much and likes
New York, but he says that the
more he sees of other people
and other places the better
he likes his home county,
lie feels that old Stokes has
excellent prospects ahead as
"farming comes into its own and
the schools and roads are im
proved."
Mr. Carroll, who is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. DeVVitt V. Carroll,
of Mizpah, was formerly a teach
er at Guilford College, and is a
brilliant young man. He is des
tined to make his mark in the
world.
250,000 Horses Anil j
Mules Sold To Europe.
In the current issue of Farm
and Fireside appears the follow
ing statement of interesting
facts about the sale of American
horses and mules since the war
broke out:
"We have been selling horses
abroad to the number of 28,000
annually.
"Mules have been exported
to the number of 5,000 a year,
valued at $l5O each.
"Since the war broke out we
have sold abroad 215,850 horses
at an average price of $220, and
3 ',220 mules valued at over .SIOO
the head. That is, we shipped
away in ten months nearly as
many horses and mules as in the
past eight years.
"The man who has a breeding
mare may well study these
figures.
"There may be no present
scarcity of horses and mules in
this country, but if the war con
tinues there will be. It will pay
to raise colts. And for the man
who has salable horses and
wishes to equip himself with
tractors or motor-driven car
riages, the present time would
seem to be favorable for making
the shift."
Work was started today on
the well to be drilled in the court
house square here. It will be
necessary to go through solid
rock for probably a good many
feet and the work will require
some time. A large steam drill
is being used.
None Equal to Chamberlain's.
"I have tried most all of the
cough cures and find that there's
none that equal Chamberlain's
Cough Reedy. It has never fail
ed to give me prompt relief,"
writes W. V. Harner, Monpeller,
Ind, When you have a cold give
this remedy a trial and see for
yourself what a splendid medi
cine it is. For sale by all dealers.
COUNTY AGENT W. P. HOLT.
Rendering \ aluable Service
To Manv Farmers of the
Countv'--Making A Special
is of Terracing.
County Agent \V, p. Holt spent
the past week in the Campbell j
section of the*county in the in- i
terest of the demonstration work.'
While away Mr. Holt assisted;
several farmers in terracing
work on their farms, while he
gave advice to others in nrepar-j
ing grass plots.
Mr. Holt is rendering valuable)
assistance to the farmers of the
county in many ways. Under
his instruction and methods!
some of the finest yields of corn
will probably be made in Stokes
this year ever known in the his
tory of the county.
Terracing has been made a
specialty by Mr. Holt in the off
farming seasons and many farms
have been greatly enhanced in
value by this process.
1915 Tobacco Crop
Larger Than 1914
The Crop Reporting Bureau of
the Bureau of Crop Estimates
submitted its report from Wash
ington a few days ago. showing
that the tobacco crop this year
will be much larger than last
year while the condition and
yield are both above the normal.
The report is more favorable
than the one issued a month ago.
According to these official
figures the total production
in the United States this year
will be 1,120,000,000 pounds,
which was the forecast for Sep
tember Ist. This is 75,000,000
pounds greater than the fiscal
estimate for last year, and 124,-
000,000 pounds in excess of the
five-year (1009-1913) average.
It also shows a total of 37,000,000
pounds mire than what the
Bureau forecasted on August Ist.
and 15, 000.000 greater than the
July Ist prediction.
The acreage set to tobacco this
year is 1,317.000, an increase of
7.0 percent over the acreage of
last year's crop. This is hard tc
make some people believe after
all the talk in certain-sections of
curtailing the 1915 tobacco crop,
if not cuttinc it out altogether.
Davidson's Bond Issue
For Good Roads In Court
lialeigh, Sept 20.- Beecher
Leonard's $300,000 road bill is
again a candidate for trouble,the
aurpreme court now entertaining
a petition to rehear the David
son county injunction the sale of
the bonds and the levying of the
tax which that county's re
presentative put thru the last
general assembly.
The petitioners put their ap
peal before the court without any
brass band accompaniment.
Once in the court again hope
springs eternal in the anti-sand
clay breast. It is understood
that this petition is to go tc
Justice W. 11. Allen whose re
versal of himself would put the
Davidson law off the books by £
3 to 2 vote as it now stands or
that record.
No. 2,265
jIHE CHAUTAUQUA CLOSES.
Proved To Be Interesting
and Instructive and Wal
nut Cove People Are
Well Pleased -- Citizens
Sign Lp For Another En
gagement.
Walnut Cove, Sept. 22.—After
a very successful four-day per
formance, interspersed by local
features and lectures the Booster
Club Chautauqua came to a close
Monday night. It was a grand
entertainment from start to
finish and came fully up to the
expectations of its guarantors as
well as the throngs who attend
ed. Dr. Ceo. P. Bible, one of
the Chautauqua's brilliant lec
turers, acted as platform mana
ger and the clever manner in
which he handled the entire
program was commendable in
every particular.
On Friday the lectures of Dr.
Bible and the splendid musical
concert by the Bessie Leigh Com
pany featured the day. Satur
day morning two addresses along
educational lines long to be re
membered and praised by the
Walnut Cove people were de
livered by Mr. Sanford Martin,
of Winston-Salem, and Mr. G.
L. Jarvis, a rising young local
attorney. In the afternoon and
at night of the same day strik
ing scenes from Shakespeare's
works were presented by the H.
B. Hanford Co. On Sunday the
large crowd present had the
pleasure of hearing two master
ful sermons, sincerely delivered
by Drs. Bible and Frezelle.
Monday, the last day, the audi
ence was addressed by Mr. J. C.
Forrester, secretary of the Cham
ber of Commerce, of (ireensboro,
followed by Dr. Dan Sears, the
famous humorous lecturer, and
the magnificent Lyric Glee Club,
composed of four of America's
most gifted singers concluded
the interesting program. At
the close a contract was offered
for the return of the Chautau
qua next year and in a short
time was signed by twentv-one
guarantors. It means that Wal
nut Cove is determined to have
an annual chautauqua and this
year is only a stepping stone to
better and more elevating pro
grams in the future. It is an
educational asset that has come
to stay.
R. J. Reynolds Reported As
Securing Hunting Preserve
High Point. Sept. 20. —lt is
learned from a reliable source
that R. J. Reynolds, of Winston-
Salem, is closing a deal for a big
hunting preserve in the section
between High Point and Wins
ton-Salem near the line between
the Guilford and Forsyth county
line. It is understood that ap
proximately 10,000 acres will be
included in the preserve.
Mr. Morris Miller, of Salisbury,
who assisted in the work of locat
ing the good roads in Danbury
and Sauratown township last
year, visited here Sunday.