DANBURY REPORTER
VOLUME XLIII.
WALNUT COVE LETTER
Rev. Jesse B. Johnson Passes
Away At Advanced Age
of Seventy-Six Years
MUCH BUILDING
Two New Store Buildings and
New Residences Going Up—
Sidewalks Will Be Completed
Soon—Jitney Line To Winston-
Salem—Other News.
Walnut Coye, Nov. 3. - After
a ten days' illness from a severe
attack of pneumonia which would
not yield to the very best medical
treatment Rev. Jesse B. John
son, one of our most highly re
spected citizens, passed away
Friday afternoon. Mr. Johnson
had attained the age of almost
seventy-six years and was in
splendid health until a few days
prior to his death. For more
than thirty years he had been
a minister of the gospel in the
Missionary Baptist church and
was a consecrated christian,
well loved by those who knew
him. Besides his aged wife he
is survived by six sons and one
daughter, among tham being
Messrs. K. A., Frank and S. M.
Johnson, of this place, and John
Johnson, of Elizabeth City. The
funeral services were conducted
from Salem Chapel church Sun
day afternoon by Rev. A. L. Mc-
Lendon in the presence of hun- j
dreds of relatives and friends.
The tobacco market here con - 1
tinues to be well patronized and!
during the past week an average
of about 20,000 pounds each day
has been sold at prices satisfac
tory to the growers. No notice
able change for the rising or
falling off of the price has been
noted for several days, how
ever it is well known that the
average is considerably higher,
than on the first month of the j
season, Beth warehouses are
selling for new customers every
day and few farmers leave the
market without being impressed
with one fact: "That it brings
as much here as elsewhere." A
tobacco dealer from one of the
biggest markets in the State
spent a day here this week going
over the floors and when asked
why he did not buy some grades
for speculation, replied that it
was selling too high for him and
added that if he should purchase
a pound on the Walnut Cove
market he would do so at a loss.
Such facts from a man who is in
position to know are worth the
consideration of farmers who
have tobacco to sell.
The sidewalks from first to
third street are practically com
pleted and the business people of
this section of the town are well
pleased with the splendid work
done by Mr. Martin, the con
traitor. From third to fifth is
being graded this week and this
part of the work will be finished
this week. Instead of stepping
stones for the cross-streets a
heavy walk is being built at
every corner of unfinished con
crete, beveled down so that it
can be easily crossed by wagons
an i other vehicles.
A special meeting of the Board
of Trade is called to meet Fri-
day night to consider further
improvements and create more
interest in the tobacco market.
Every member as well as others
who feel an interest in the or
ganization are requested to be
present.
The ladies of the M. E. church
expect to have an oyster supper
at the Junior hail tonight which
will doubtless prove a big suc
cess.
Much building, evidencing the
fact that the town continues to
grow, is being done during the
fall months. The brick store
room being erected by Mr. D.
S. Watkins is nearing comple
tion. A new store is in course
of construction on North Main
street which will be occupied by
Mr. G. P. Overby when finished.
Messrs. K. A. Johnson and J.
H. Matthews are each erecting
new dwellings on their lots near
Dr. W. C. Slate's new dwelling.
The Primitive Baptist church
will be completed this week and
the first services will probably
be held there next Sunday.
Mr. Oscar Higgins, of Galax,
Va., has been spending several
days here looking around with
a view to locating and entering
some kind of commercial enter
prise. He has not decided de
finitely but will probably remove
his family here the latter part
of the week.
Professor E. S. Handren left
yesterday for Raleigh to attend
the State Teachers' Association.
He will return the latter part of
the week.
Mr. T. R. Pepper, of Winston-
Salem, was a business visi.or
here yesterday.
Mrs. S. C. Rierson and daugh
ters, Misses Claudia and Estelle,
spent Tuesday in Winston-Salem.
Mr. L. M. McKenzie was in
town yesterday on business.
Dr. W. L. McCanless, Messrs.
N. O. Petree and N. E. Pepper,
of Danbury, were here this
week.
Mr. F. L. Tilley has sold his
interest in the new cafe to his
partner, Mr. J. C. Redman, who
will continue to conduct the
business.
A jitney line from here to
Winston-Salem has this week
been established by Slate Bros.,
of Mt. View. Two round trips
daily in a closed car add a great
deal to the convenience of the
traveling public and the line is
being well patronized.
Dr. W. H. Critz, who has re
sided and practiced his profession
here for the past two years with
excellent success, left last week
for Albemarle where he has
opened offices. Dr. Critz, dur
ing his stay here, won scores of
friends and established an en
viable practice. He was a wide
a-wake, progressive citizen, fore
most in all civic improvements
and his many friends while wish
ing him great success in his
new field regret to see him leave,
Misses Pearl Seagraves and
Jessie Vaughn spent Saturday in
Winston-Salem shopping.
Miss Mabel Petree, of Wins
ton-Salem, and Miss Sadie
Petree, of Danbury, visited rel
atives here Sunday.
Mr. Wyatt Vaughn, who holds
DANBURY, N. C., NOVEMBER 24, 1915
CONTEST MUG;
Miss Priddy Passes the 10,-
000 Mark and Leads
Again.
NEW CANDIDATES 1
Several Persons Have Made
Known their Intention of En
tering the Contest —Votes Be
ing Given Out Dally.
This week Miss Lottie Priddy
passes the lO.OOOJmark and|leads
again in the Reporter's auto
mobile voting contest.
The indications are that the
contest will develop lively pro
portions soon as several persons
have recently announced their
intention of entering the contest,
one or more of whom have al
ready collected a good number
of votes.
The Reporter has recently
given out a good many thousands
votes on subscription that are
being held..back but these are
scattered so'that"! no one! can
didate will likely get even a large
| per cent, of them.
Now is the time for'the can
didates to put in good work.
After interest gets stronger in
the contest vote-getting will net
!be as easy as it is at present.
| Somebody is going to get a
'mighty nice automobile. Why
' not you?
The vote today stands as
follows:
Miss Lottie Priddy 11,000
Miss Elsie Sheppard 6,750
W. L. Hall 5,000
Miss Mary Tilley 4,000
Joe Alley 1,000
Bonis Defeated.
Mt. Airy Leader.
Yadkin township in Stokes
county in the good roads elec
tion held Tuesday of last week
decided by the very decisive ma
jority of 143 to remain in the
mud. They are already in the
mud and they preferredlto stay
lin it. It is a matter of deep re
jgret to the people of Surry,
1 Stokes and Forsyth counties
I that the proposition to build
good roads in Yadkin township
failed.
We believe the voters of Yad
kin township in Stokes have
made a mistake. They could not
afford to repudiate a progressive
measure like this.
Telephone Assessment
Is Due January 1,1916.
Mr. R. W. George requests
the Reporter to state that the
$3.00 assessment to be paid by
the stockholders of the Big Creek
Telephone Co. is due January 1,
1910, instead of June 1, 1916, as
recently announced in his letter
to this paper.
a position in Winston-Salem,
spent Sunday here with his
parents.
Mr. W. G. Dodson went to
Winston today on business.
Born unto Mr. and Mrs. A. W.
Davis, a girl.
CONFERENCE OVER
Rev. O. P. Routh Returned
To Danbury Circuit For
Coming Year.
APPOINTMENTS MADE
Rev. G. W. Williams Succeeds
Rev. E. J. Poe At Walnut Cove
—Next Conference Meets At
Gastonia.
The annual meeting of the
Western North Carolina M. E.
Conference, after being in ses
sion at Reidsville since last Wed
nesday, adjourned Monday.
The appointments for the
ministers were read just before
the close of the session Monday.
The conference voted to hold the
next meeting at Gastonia.
Pastor O. P. Routh was re
turned to the Danbury circuit
for another year. The Walnut
Cove circuit gets Rev. G. W.
Williams, who succeeds Rev. E.
J. Poe.
Tfie appointments of the Mt.
Airy district are as follows:
H. C. Sprinkle, presiding elder.
Ararat, J. W. Combs, supply.
Danbury, O. P. Routh.
Dobson, T. V. Crouse.
Draper, J. M. Folger.
Elkin, J. F. Hips.
Jqnesville, D.A.Oakley,supply.
Ljjaksville, A. L. Aycock.
Mauison-Stoneville, R.S. Howie.
Mount Airy station, G. D. Her
man.
Mount Airy circuit, J. W. Ben
nett.
Pilot Mountain station, E. O.
Smithdeal.
Pinnacle circuit, T. H. Stimp
son, supply.
Rural Hall, C. R. Allison.
Spray, J. F. Armstrong.
Stokesdale, R. L. Doggett.
Summerfield, T. B. Johnson.
Walnut Cove, G. W. Williams.
DIED SUDDENLY.
Mr. James Allen, A Good
Citizen of the County,
Passed Away Yesterday.
Mr. James Allen, a good citi
zen of the county, died suddenly
of heart failure at his home nine
miles east of Danbury yester
day.
The deceased, who was sixty
three years of age, is survived
by his wife and several grown
sons and daughters.
The interment will be made
tomorrow at the Rierson grave
yard two miles south of Dan
bury.
Teachers Meeting Saturday.
Supt. of Schools J. T. Smith,
of King, was here Saturday and
conducted a meeting of the
teachers of this township. Many
questions of interest to the
schools were discussed and the
meeting was very interesting.
Dr. M. C. Martin, of Okla
homa, arrived here this week
and will locate in Danbury for
the practice of medicine. Dr.
Martin has secured office rooms
in the Taylor Hotel.
SERVICE HERE SUNDAY
Messrs. G. W. Maslin and j
Charles M. Norfleet, ofj
Winston-Salem, Deliver
Addresses At Danbury j
and Hartman,
Interesting addresses were 1
delivered to a large congregation |
at the Presbyterian church here
Sunday morning by Messrs. G.
W. Maslin and Charles M. Nor
tieet, of Winston-Salem.
These gentlemen are laymen
of the First Presbyterian church
of Winston-Salem, and the servi
ces were held in connection with
the church extension work be
ing carried on by that church.
In the afternoon Sunday, ad
dresses were delivered to a large
audience at Hartman, three miles
east of Danbury.
Mr. J. M. Lentz and Mr. Beuh
man, of Winston-Salem, accomp
anied Messrs. Maslin and Nor
fleet and the party returned to
their respective homes Sunday
afternoon.
News Notes Reported
From The King Section
King, Nov. 24.—Mr. R, G.
| Smith is placing material on the
! site preparatory to erecting a
i nice dwelling on his farm two
j miles west of town.
Prof. J. T. Smith and Prof.
'Albert Phillips are attending the
State teachers meeting at Ral
; eigh this week.
Mr. Edwin Butner, who lost
; his home by fire some time ago,
jis preparing to build a new resi
i dence on the old site.
Some nice porkers are being
killed in and around King.
| Mr. V. T. Grabs killed one
! Monday weighing 466 pounds.
| Mr. S. W. Pulliam went to
! Winston-Salem on business today.
Messrs. L. S. Grabs, Will T.
I Pulliam, M. T. Spainhower and
James Love, Sr., went to Wins
ton-Salem yesterday in Mr.
Grabs' auto. They attended the
socialist speaking there.
Alley-Venable.
Mr. Gilbert Alley, of Danbury
Route 1, and Miss Ida Venable.of
Winston-Salem, were married
yesterday at the home of the
bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.
H. Venable, in Winston-Salem.
| Elder J. A. Fagg, of Walnut
i Cove, performed the ceremony.
Roberts-Flynn.
License has been issued for
the marriage of Miss Mamie
Flynn, of Pine Hall, to Mr.
William Roberts, of Winston-
Salem.
Rheumatism and Allied Pains
They Must Go!
The congestion of the blood in
its flow causes pains. Sloan's
Liniment penetrates to the con
gestion and starts the blood to
flow freely. The body's warmth
is renewed; the pain is gone.
The "man or woman who has
rheumatism, neuralgia or other
pain and fails to keep Sloan's
Liniment in their home is like a
drowning man refusing a r*ope."
Why suffer. Get a bottle of
Sloan's. 25c. and 50c. SI.OO
bottle hold six times as much as
25c. size.
No. 2,277
APPEAL 10 COURT
Meadows Citizens Not Satis
fied With Amounts Paid
Them For Top-Soil.
SOME LARGE CLAIMS
County Commissioners Met and
Examined Claims Thursday—
List of the Claims Allowed At
the Meeting.
At the special meeting of
the county commissioners here
Thursday a large number of the
citizens of Meadows township
filed claims against the county
for top-soil, damage to crops,
.etc., caused by the construction
of roads in that township during
the past year. After due con
sideration the commissioners
J made the following allowances :
C. R. Allen, top-soil, $5.00
Mrs. Mary Crews, " fi.oo
T. L. Baker, " 8.00
Mrs. Nancy Tuttle, " IG.S7
R. F. A. Baker, " 8.00
J. R. Tuttle, " 50.00
Robt. Grabbs. " 2.0^
John Boles. " 12.10
G. T. Baker, " 18.00
W. R. Baker, " 6.00
Alex Rutledge, " 42.50
G. W. Newsom, " 26.25
R. J. Petree, " 20.00
H. McGee, " 30.50
J. G. White, " 44.00
W. D. Browder, " 63.00
W. A. Willis, "etc. 93.C0
C. W. Bowmam, " 72 00
J. W. Bowman, " 24.00
B. F. Bowman, " 12,00
Mrs. P. A.Tuttle. top-soil etc. 36.00
W. W. Tuttle, top-soil 16.00
J. O. Smith, " 43.50
T.B.Boies, top-soil etc, 55.50
Ashel Lewis, top-soil 20.00
P. L. Smith, " 12.00
W. H. Smith. " 41.00
L. J. White. " 32.00
I. G. Ross, " 74.00
| Mrs. Cora Mitchell, " 16.00
j Rich Stewart, " 8.00
j Gabriel Boles, " 115.00
IW. W. Hicks " 10.50
jHessielsom, " 37.00
j W. A. Southern " IS. 00
Mary Hicks. " 8.00
Z. R. Moran, " 24.00
Dr. J. W. Neal, " 100.50
i M. E. Avers, " 28.00
jAbnerMabe, 24.00
iJas. Young, " 30.00
i W. M. Mabe, " 60.00
! Frank Meyers, " 7.50
T. Martin, col., " 10.00
While a majority of the citizens
will accept the amounts allowed
them there are some who have
given notice of appeal to Superior
court and the suits will be tried
probably at the spring term.
Some of the claims presented
were for large amounts and these
were cut down considerably by
the county commissioners.
Tobacco Prices oo
Winston Market.
Winston-Salem, Nov. 23—The
tobacco warehouses here sold
350,000 pounds of the weed today
and although the quality was
generally far from being good,
the average price was $10.30 per
i hundred. There will be no sales
on Thanksgiving day.