DANBURY REPORTER
VOLUME XLIII.
NEW BRICK PIAHT
Being Put In At Walnut
Cove By Mr. M. A.
Walker and Others.
REMYAL MEETINGS
Addresses Of Mr. Mam Have
Proved Interesting If Not Here
ficial Mr. Creakman iets
Pri/.e Tobacco Sales tiood.
Walnut Cove, Dec. 8.-Every
day this week the warehouses
have been well patronized with
good tobacco and the prices con
tinue to be satisfactory. A lit
tle tobacco is passing thru town
for the larger markets but on the
other hand almost every man is
driving into one of the houses
here. The farmers of Stokes
county have realized the truth,
that they get as much here as
elsewhere, more than this they
know that every pile of tobacco
has the close personal attention
of every warehouseman and
every buyer, they feel that home
people have a deep interest in
the welfare of homefolks and
their conclusions are correct.
When men of the type of Henry
McGehee Frank Davis, John
Hutcherson and Harry Davis get
behind a sale, urged to the limit
by every business man in Wal
nut Cove, with their reputation
at stake, the grower may rest
assured that his interests will be
cared for and his product reach
the market price. It is a fact
worthy of note that only two
dissatisfied patrons have sold on
this market within two weeks
and with the hard work being
done it is safe to predict that the
percentage of unsatisfied farmers
will remain small during the
season.
The revival meetings conduct
ed by Rev. Jno. W. Ham, as
sisted by Rev. A. L. McLendon,
are still in progress and will con
tinue until Friday night of
this week unless other changes
are wrought in the programme.
The untiring manner in which
Rev. Ham pursues sin in every
form is remarkable and the lam
basting which he inllicts upon
his hearers are reminders of the
days of Sam Jones. One result
of his work here is the permanent
closing of the ten pin alley which
he termed the gathering place of
the loafers, drunkards, and pro
faners. In every sermon he
has gone after the blind tigers,
liars and whiskey soakers with his
gloves otf. His addresses have
certainly proved interesting if
iut bereficial, evidenced by the
large crowds who have heard
him.
Mr. M. A. Walker, who is
substantially interested in the
new brick plant being installed
here, arrived this week at Dod
son hotel and will devote his en
tire time to the establishment of
the plant. Mr. Walker is a suc
cessful businessman, having met
with great success in other lines
of industry and is greeted here
as a valuable addition to our
citizenship, socially and in a
business way.
Mr. H. G. Tattle was a busi
j ness visitor here Saturday and
' reported some big porkers re
cently slaughtered in his section
ias follows: Mr. J. M. Roth
| rock, one weighing 4-Y2 pounds;
' Mr. F. J. Tuttle, one weighing
11!) and Mr. H. (J. Tuttle two
i weighing 100 and respective
ly. Messrs. J. B. Woodruff, \V. [
jG. Dodson, A. T. Rothrock and
others of our immediate vicinity
have killed some swine of equally
| good proportion this week and
jan abundance of hog and hominy
j is in evidence all around.
Four weeks of excellent weath- ]
er has been a blessing to our:
highly esteemed sidewalk build
er, Mr. Geo. R. Martin, and the
! work is almost completed. From
I first street to fifth one jan now
| walk without so much as think
i ing of the horrors of mud. At
every crossing substantial walk
ways have been made and the
j effect is splendid. After the
streets are cleared of debris, the
street leveled down and the
pipes arranged in their proper
places, the impression left upon
visitors who wander our way can
not but be good. With electric
lights and r.idwalks that will
compare well with many larger j
towns Walnut Cove presents
a magnificent appearance to
pass?rsby and these little
provements, gradually but stead- j
ily made, will do much towards j
' inducing new enterprises, and j
new citizens, and the result will
be a better and bigger town.
-Mr. E. O. Creakman last week
received from the railway head
' quarters a handsome prize of
' twenty-five dollars for the most
improvement on the property
and track of the N. £ W. station
'on the section of road which is
1 under his supervision. It is
said that Mr. Creakman, who is
1 one of our bast and most prog
' ressive citizens, has the most
' substantial section of road on
I the Hagerstown-Winston-Salem
! division of the N. & W.
The demonstration and lecture
, train conducted by the N. &W.
| and the A. & M. College spent
! several hours here Friday after-
I noon and was visited by a great
| number of peoole who were very
much pleased with the splendid
showing of livestock and farm
| products.
'Death Of Stokes Lady
j At Mt. Airy Monday.
i Mrs Nancy J. Pitzer passed
! away Monday at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Joseph Fulton, in
j Mt. Airy.
The deceased was the mother
|of Mr. J. W. I'itzer, who resides
! near Danbury, where she made
I her home a part of her time.
Mrs. Pitzer had lived to the
I !
' advanced age of eighty-six ;
I years. She had a number:
of relatives in the county, 1
and was very much loyed by I
everyone who knew her.
The remains were interred in
1 the family burying ground near
| Danbury yesterday, a large num
-1 ber of sorrowing Relatives and
| friends being in attendance.
DANBURY, N. C., DECEMBER 8, I^ls
STOKES HEADS LIST
j Forty Moonlight Schools In
the County Attended By
I Hundreds of Illiterates.
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SAYS SLPT. SMITH
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More Than A Hundred Teachers
Have Assisted In the Work
And Much Has Been Ac
complished.
Reports received from State
Community Service Secretary W.
iC. Crosby, at Raleigh, indicate
i that Stokes is heading the list in
! her fight against illiteracy in the
| moonlight schools.
In his report to the State au
thorities County Supt, of Schools
IJ. T. Smith, of Stokes, reports
! that three are about forty moon
light school, taught by more than
: a hundred teachers, in the coun
ty, and that several hundred
adult illiterates have been and
are attending the schools.
I The census of adult illiterates
in the State recently taken
showed that Stokes stood at the
, I bottom of the list of counties,
but it is safe to say that when
the next census is taken this
county will be far from the
' foot of the list.
The good that has been accom
plished in the moonlight schools
in Stokes is immeasurable, and
' the work is still going on in
manv sections of the countv.
Winston-Salem Market
Making Good Average.
Winston-Salem, Dec. 8.-The
; tobacco average on the local
j market was higher yesterday than
it has been any day this fall,
with the one exception of Tues
day, November 9, when the
average reached SIO.BO, or eight
i cents on the hundred pounds
higher than the average yester
day.
While there was some com
mon tobacco on the market yes
terday, there was less of it than
usual in comparison with the
better grades. The sales con
tinue around the 200,000 pound
mark and it is probable that
there will be little variation from
this mark, except a little higher
sales now and then, until there is
a season.
The sales yesterday amounted
to 207,584 pounds, which sold
for $22,385.56, an average price
of $10.78 a hundred pounds.
An excellent lot of 788 pounds
was sold yesterday by John C.
I Calhoun, who averaged almost
1 30 cents a pound on the lot.
' His better grades sold as follows:
191 pounds at 50c, 100 at 30c, SO
|at 28c, 100 at 2(»c. and 170 at
21c.
! Another good average lot for
1 the amount was sold by W. I
' Bennett, who sold 3,78(5 pounds
for $500.87. His highest pile
| sold for 20 cents and the lowest
| for 10 l-2c.
Bear This in Nind.
"I consider Chamberlain's
; Cough Remedv by far the best
I medicine in the market for colds
and croup," says Mrs. Albert
! Blesser, Lima, Ohio. Many
1 others are of the same opinion.
| For sale by all dealers.
MR.W.LHALL LEADS
1 Interest Gradually Growing
Stronger In the Reporter's
\ oting Contest.
CWD I DATES Bl SY
!
' uooil Alanv Notes tiiven Out
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j Past Week All the Contestants
Make iains.
Interest in the Reporter's
automobile voting contest is
I growing now and this week Mr.
jW. L. Hall takes the lead with
j 18,000 votes. Mr. Hall was in
i Danbury this week working in
the interest of his candidacy,
i .Miss Priddy and Miss Shep
-1 pard are not far behind Mr.
Hail, each having made sub
stantial gains in their votes this
! week.
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With the farmers marketing
I
; tobacco daily and bringing back
1 good rolls of money it ought not
Ito be hard to secure votes these
| days.
From now until the first of
the coming year the Reporter
will have many sub?criptiors
falling due and a little work
will win many votes.
The vote today stands as
follows:
W. L. Hall, 18,000
Miss Elsie Sheppard, 11,000
Miss Lottie Priddy, 13.000
Joe Alley. 4,000
thousands of Illiterates
Are Eliminated.
j Raleigh, Dec. B.—The state
1 department of education finds
the moonlight school movement
state-wide now and the month of
November set apart for this ex-
I tensive endeavor shows that
i thousands of illiterates have
| been eliminated from the class of
132,000 unable to read or write.
The movement has been more
; successful than the promoters
had hoDed for. Today the de
partment had an order from Sup
erintendent Joe Suttle Wray of
the Gastonia schools for 100 ex
tra copies of the moonlight school
, bulletin and writing to Dr. J. Y.
| Joyner declares that3oo students
| in that c!ty have enrolled in the
schools.
Mr. Wray thinks it evident
| that provision for permanent and
| efficient night schools must be
made and hopes that the
school boards may be induced to
! consider seriously this sugges
tion. The response to the calls
; for teachers have been so dispro
portionate to anything that the
teachers may hope to get out of
it that the department is moved
to think pretty nearly all North
Carolina is philanthropic. The
i volunteer teachers are in the
neighborhood of (>,OOO and may
have crossed that mark. In fact
| nearly half the teaching forces of
North Carolina will be in the
movement from first to last.
Mrs. M. T. Chilton left today
j for El Paso, Texas, to spend some
months in the interest of her
! health. Her many friends here
hope that she may ba greatly
| benefitted.
! HEW SCHOOL BUILDING.
To Be Erected In Oak Grove
District -- Citizens Will
Assist.
Mr. Geo. W. Smith, of King
Route li, was a visitor here to
day. Mr. Smith reported that
a handsome new school building
to C33t between SOOO and SI,OOO
is soon to be erected in his
township. The citizens of that
section will donate a good part
of the lumber necessary, etc.,
and the county will furnish the
, usual amount appropriated for
| school houses.
The school at Oak Grove this
year is being taught by Miss
iOra Fulp and is being well at
-1 tended.
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Register Deeds Moreiield
Buys Good Farm.
i U?gister of l)aeds John G.
I Morefield has purchased the W.
jH. Fu ]ua farm located one mile
from Fine Hall in Stokes county.
iMr. Fuqua was hero Monday
'and closed the deal with Mr.
Morefield. The farm contains
160 acres and the consideration
was $4,200.00.
Mr. Morefield will rent the
farm the coming year, at least,
he will be unable to remove to
it on account of his duties here
as Register of Deeds.
Mr. G. A. Carroll
Carried to Hospital.
Winston-Salem, Dee. 8. —Mr.
.G. A. Carroll, of King, was
brought to the hospital here
j Tuesday by his brother, Mr. E.
W. Carroll, of Stokes. The
! former is suffering from an attack
of gall stones and may undergo
an operation. Both gentlemen
are well known in Wir.ston-
Salem, being former residents of
this city.
Will Erect Cottage
i At Piedmont Springs
Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Gor-
I
rell. of Winston-Salem, visited
j Danbury Friday, coming up in
, their car and returning the same
day.
While here Mr. Gorrell made
preleminary arrangements for
the erection of a nice cottage on
a lot which he owns at Pied
mont Springs. Work will be
started on the building in the
early spring and in time to have
it ready for occupancy the com
ing summer.
Board ot Education
Held Meeting Monday.
The county Hoard of Educa
i tion held a short session here
Monday, the principal object of
the meeting bt ing to pay oil' a
number of s nail claims against
the school funds.
Several citizens of Yadkin
township were before the board
and aske j that the election for
a special school tax in Pinnacle
district be called off. The board
ref wed to take any action in the
mvxer.
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No. 2,279
MEET AGAIN DEC. 15
I County Commissioners Will
Hold Special Session
Next Wednesday.
BRIDGE CONTRACT
Highly Toot Span To He hrected
Across Town Fork Board
held Monthly Session Hera
Monday.
The board of county commis
sioners met in regular monthly
| sess on at the court house Mon
day, members Jno. W. Gann.
I. D. Pair and Joseph Martin
being in attendance.
Gibson Bros., of Pine Hall,
were given a contract for the
construction of a wooden bridge
across a small stream near Pine
Hall, the consideration being
s!>s On.
The commissioners appointed
a special meeting for next Wed
nesday, Dec. 15th, when bids
will be received and contract let
for the construction of a steel
bridge across Town Fork creek
at Riser's Old Ford. The bridge
will have onl> cne span eighty
feet in length.
Family fleunion
Good Dinner Served
Walnut Cove Route o,Dcc.7.
Mr. Editor:
We are two little bo\s o lly ten
years eld but we thought we
would write to the Reporter and
tell about the family reunion and
good dinner at the home of Mr,
and Mrs. L. F. Futtle on Thanks
giving Day.
Mr. and Mrs, Tuttle invited all
their relatives and friends and
among those present were Mr. A.
N. Tuttle and family, Mr. E. A.
Rothrcck and family, Mr. J. I.
Blackburn, Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Rothrcck, Mr. H. G. Tuttle and
family, Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Tut-
I tie, Mr. R. W. Tuttle and family
and the teachers of the Tuttle
school, Mrs. Sands and Miss
j Marie Moore.
The dinner was an excellent
one and among the good things
j were turkey, chicken, ham, cakes,
jpies, pickles and many other
| nice things.
j After dinner the older people
, sat by the fire and talked and we
children went out and played and
i everybody had a mighty good
i time.
Your friends,
HERMAN lUTTLE,
HAROLD TUITLE.
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Stockholders Meeting
At Danbory Saturday.
A meeting of the stockholders
of the Big Creek Telephone Co..
I for the Danbury division, has
! been called for Saturday, Dec.
11th, and all the stockholders
are requested to attend. The
meeting will b* held at Dan
bury.
The lines of the company run
ning into Danbury are at present
absolutely worthless and it is
hoped that some steps will be
' taken to improve the lines.