DANBURY REPORTER VOLUME XLIII. BONDS DEFEATED Yadkin Township Votes Strongly Against Good Roads Measure. MAJORITY IS 143 Ail of the Precincts of the Town ship Reject the Bonds—Names of Highway Commissioners Voted For. Yadkin township, in Stokes county, yesterdav defeated at the polls a proposed bond issue of $50,000 for good roads in that township, the total majority against the measure beinß 143 votes There are three precincts in the township and the vote at each was as follows: For ARainst Kinß precinct 51 122 Pinnacle " 44 66 Boyles' " 40 90 The vote for highway commis sioners at each of the three pre cincts was as follows: Kinß precinct: Joel Helsabeck t>7, Sim Pulliam 46, E. C. Garner 33. Boyles precinct: P. P. John son 51, Joe Covington 30. Pinnacle precinct: (The names of the candidates voted upon at this precinct could not be ascer tained. ) This is the second election held in Yadkin township within less than three years on the question of issuing bonds for good roads, the last election being held under a special act of the Legislature for that township, and each time the citizens have shown unmis takably by their votes that they don't want a bond issue for good roads. ACCUENT NEAR DANBURY; JAR GOES OVER PRECIPICE Messrs. James and John Neal and Boots Murphy Have Narrow Escape In Ford Machine. While returning to their home at Meadows from a visit to Dan bury Monday morning Messrs. j James and John Neal and Boots j Murphy had a narrow escape; when the Ford car in which they j were riding went off of one of the high embankments about a half mile from Danbury, turning s complete somersault and throw ing the occupants a considerable distance. Neither of the three men were hurt except a few bruises and scratches and their escape from serious injury is remarkable. The windshield and some other parts of the car were slightly in jured. Mr. John Neal, who was driv ing the car, stated that the cause j of the accident was the giving away of the bank, probably caused by the rain Sunday night. It was impossible to get the car back up the high embank ment. A roadway was made and the car taken out some dis tance from where it left the road. M. E. CONFERENCE AT REIDSVILLE TODAY Pastor O. P. Routh, of Dan bury Circuit, Carries Good Report -- Interesting Facts About The Conference Pastor 0. P. Routh, of the Danbury circuit, left yesterday for Reidsville to attend the an nual session of the Western North Carolina M. E. Church Conference, which convened today. Mr. Routh has had a Rood year on the Danbury circuit and much Rood has been accomplish ed throußh his untirinß efforts. While it is not definitely known it is more than likely that he will be returned to this charße. The followinß facts in reßard to the Methodist Conference may be of interest to some of our readers: This Conference is the largest in the connection except two and its membership includes 100,000 Methodists. Last year there was raised in the Con ference more than a half million dollars 5534,752. The Con ference owns property (churches, parsonages and schools) valued at $6,185,892. Each individual Methodist may be said to own $61.15 worth of church property. The church paid last year its 245 ministers in salaries $216,176 —the average being SBB2. Ten years ago 211 ministers received $127,330, an average of §603. jThe average increase in ten 'years is 45 per cent. Pastors and presiding elders receiving as salaries $1,500 or more, have grown from eight in 1904 to 31 in 1914. Only two charges- West Market, Greensboro, ana Central, Asheville-paid their preachers then as much as $2,000, and no districts paid that much. Now there are five districts and eight charges that equal or sur pass that figure. Four of the latter—West Market (Greens boro), Centenary (Winston), Central (Asheville) and Trinity (Charlotte), paying $2,500 and Tryon street (Charlotte), $3,000. At the bottom of the column, however, there are eight preach ers, who received less than S4OO j each, last year. The property holdings during ; the decade have advanced 160 | per cent—from $2,385,892 to $6,185,892. Per capita giving has gone from $4.15 to $5.85. North Wilkesboro stands easily at the head. Each of the 240 followers of Wesley there, under the lead of Rev. Parker Holmes, gave an average of $40.80 to all purposes. West End (Winston- Salem) stands next with an average of $25.50. In contrast with these, the members of three charges—Ararat, Mars Hill and Greenville—fell below $1 per capita for all purposes. Last year the largest total was raised by Centenary (Winston- Salem)—s2l,646. West Market (Greensboro) and Tryon Street came next with $19,629 and $17,921, respectively. Mr. W. A. Nelson, of Route 1, was here yesterday enroute to the tobacco market. DANBURY, N. C., NOVEMBER 17, 1915 UNION DRY PRIZERY Plant of Stokes County Union Warehouse Co. To Be Sold Under Deeds • In Trust. ON DECEMBER 23RD Stockholders Qiven Opportunity To Redeem Property Before Day of Sale—Good Building and Modern Machinery For Re-dry ing Tobacco. Elsewhere in this issue of the Reporter will be found a notice of the sale of the dry prizery of the Stokes County Union Warehouse Co., located at Wal nut Cove, the sale to occur on December 23, 1915. The prop erty will be sold to satisfy notes Riven by the company and secured by deeds in trust on the plant. This property is very valua ble, having located upon it a large substantial brick building containing modern machinery for re-drying tobacco. The lot upon which it is located contains 150,000 square feet of ground. It is situated just across the railway tracks from the N. & W. railway station at Walnut Cove. The stockholders of the com pany are given the opportunity by the creditors to redeem the I property before sale. OUR FIRST THANKSGIVING. The following story of our first thanksgiving is taken from the | Ladies' Home Journal: Many years ago there lived ,in England a group of people who were very unhappy because they were not allowed to worship God as they wished. They de sired a "purer" religion, they said. And so they were called "Puritans." When they were persecuted for their faith they went over to j Holland, and there they lived in the city of Leyden for twelve years. The Dutch people were kind to them and the Puritans j worked hard to make a living, but they finally decided to go far across the sea to the New World and found a colony where they would be free to worship God in their own way. They had heard many tales of these lands across the sea, and they were anxious to settle in the country Hudson had describ so favorably; and, because they were wanderers in search of a home, they took the name "Pil grims." One hundred and two of these brave Pilgrims sailed on the Mayflower to the new land. It was a long and perilous jour ney and for sixty-three days the small boat was struggling through J the storm-tossed sea, and in a] severe storm it was driven from i its course and finally reached Cape Cod Bay. As it was the last of Novem ber the captain felt that they had better not attempt to reach the New Jersey shore; so they decided to settle on this north* em coast. They called this part PICNIC AT KING R. F. D. Carriers of Stokes, Forsyth, Surry and Yad kin Counties. THANKSGIVING DAY All of the Carriers of the Counties Named Are Extended a Cor dial Invitation —Farmers Finish Wheat Sowing. King, Nov. 15.—The U. S. let ter carriers and R. F. D. carriers association of Stokes, Forsyth, Yadkin and Surry counties will meet here on Thanksßivinß day, which will be Thursday, Novem ber 25. An oyster stew and turkey dinner will be served. All carriers in the above named counties are cordially invited to attend. A large attendance and a jolly good time is expected. The new residence of Mr. C. A. White is nearinß completion. Farmers of this section are practically throußh sowinß wheat and a large acreage has been put in. Mile's School Will Give Oyster Slew. The public school at Tuttle, near Walnut Cove, taught by Mrs.R. W. Sands and Miss Marie Moore, will give an oyster sup per at the school house Saturday evening at 7:30 o'clock. ■ of the country New England, f The rock on which they landed they named Plymouth Rock, and 1 the town which they built was ' named Plymouth in honor of the s last town they had seen when > they left the "mother country." John Carver was appointed the ' first governor of the colony and 1 Miles Standish was chosen cap tain. I The men went ashore and chop ' ped down trees and built rude i log houses, while the women and i children still lived upon the ship. ' By and by they moved into the houses and put their things in the storehouse. But many of the people caught cold from ex posure during the bleak, wintry weather, and half of the colonv died. When the warm days came and the snow and ice melted the poor Puritans were indeed thank ful. One bright spring day a friendly Indian came into the camp and grunted: "Welcome, English." He was Samoset, who had learned a few English words from some explorers. The next day Samoset returned and brought back his friend Squanto to welcome the English. Now at one time Squanto had been captured by some wicked traders who carried him to the | coast of Spain, where he was isold as a slave. He was later rescued by a kind-hearted Eng lishman who brought him back to his own country. And for this Squanto loved the English and felt so grateful to them that he was anxious to have his tribe on friendly terms With the Pil grims. He asked Miles Standish MOONLIGHT SCHOOL IS WELL ATTENDED Several Pupils Learn to Read and Write—Effort Being Made to Get Others Inter ested. The moonlight school which is being conducted here three nights of each week by Misses Nell Joyce and Delia Stewert, the teachers of the public school, is having very good attendance. Several men of the community, who didn't even know their a b cs, have already learned to read and write sufficiently to get them very much interested and with a few more lessons they will no doubt be able to go right along with their studies. An effort is being made to in duce others of the community to attend. Much credit is due the teach ers for their patient efforts in teaching these men. They do not receive any compensation for the work. Burrell Overby Gives Bond. Burrell Ov cl by, of Capelk, | was arrested and brought to Danbury yesterday on a warrant [charging him with disposing of mortgaged property. The war rant was issued at the instance of Mr. W. G. Dodson, of Walnut Cove. His bond was placed at $200.00, which he gave and was released. Deputy Sheriff E. O. Shelton made the arrest. if their chief, Massasoit, could come and visit the white men. The Pilgrims then sent an in vitation to Massasoit and his braves to come to the colony, and the Pilgrims receiyed them with every honor, and together they smoked the "pipe of peace." Then the white men returned the visit, and the friendship be tween these red men and their "white brothers" increased. However, Squanto was ahvavs a favorite friend of the Pilgrims, for he it was who brought them cjrn and showed them how to plant it. The provisions which they had brought from England were ex hausted, but they had learned from the Indians how to trap game, and they caught fish and so supplied their daily wants. When at last their corn was ripe and was gathered into the store house the Pilgrims were very happy, for they knew that thev would not suffer from lack of food during the coming winter. "It is just a year since we, came to this country," they said, "and although we have endured j many hardships we are thank-1 ful to God who, in His loving, kindness and gentle mercy, guided our steps and brought us safely to this our new home in the wilderness, where we are free to worship Him as we desire. Now let us set a apart a time to thank Him for this harvest which He has given to us. So they appointed a day for special prayers and thanksgiving. The Pilgrims called this day "Thanksgiving Day," because it was a day set apart to give thanks to God; and now every year this day is kept all over the country. No. 2,276 NEW CANDIDATES Miss Elsie Sheppard, Of Danburv Route 1, Takes the Lead. IN VOTING CONTEST Interest Gradually Increasing Among: Contestants—Now 19 Good Time To Put In Some Telling Work. This week Miss Elsie Shep pard, the attractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Sheppard, of Danbury Route 1, takes the lead in the contest in which the Re porter will give to its most popu lar reader a new 1916 model Ford automobile. As will be seen from the vote below interest in the contest is gradually increasing and now is a good time to put in some telling work in vote-getting. The Reporter is giving out cer tificates for votes for subscrip tions that are paid in daily, but most of these are being held to be voted later. 1 „ The vote today stands as follows: Miss Elsie Sheppard (5,751) Miss Lottie Priddy 6.000 W. L. Hall 5,000 Joe Alley 1,000 i Miss Mary Tilley 1,000 DAK GROVE LEIIER Farming Now and Twenty Years Ago--Some Good Yields Of Corn. Oak Grove, Nov. 16. -Corn shuckings are all the go in this section at present. Mr. Wade H. Boyles shucked 250 bushels off of 8 acres. Mr. M. J. Smith made something over 200 bushels from one acre worked under the demonstration plan. The moonlight school at Oak Grove is not so very large but is very interesting. Some of our farmers have be j come disgusted over their farm | ing and are moving to Winston- Salem and working for R. J. 1 Reynolds. There is a great deal of dif ference in farming now and twenty years ago. Twenty years ago there was plenty of good land and the population was not so great. The farmers then could squirrel hunt and fish and there was not much to spend money for. Now the forests are cut down and the land has gotten poor, and there are so many dif ferent things to spend money for now that it takes all the working days of twelve months to make a living and to have something for a wet day. Now the farmer who squirrel hunts and fishes and goes to his country town or store every Saturday and spends a few dollars for soft drinks, when he has gathered his crop and looks around and sees he has fallen so far behind his fellow man who puts in all ,of his time, he pretty soon de cides to sell out and change climate. Work is a great honor to any person and makes a pleasant home. 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