DANBURY REPORTER-''"
VOLUME XLIII.
WALNUT COVE LETTER
Tobacco Market Will Close
On December 18th.
REAL ESTATE DEALS
Free For All Row Sunday After
noon-Revival Closes - Other
News Items.
Walnut Cove. Dec. 15. Afttr
the first half of an unusually suc
cessful season the tobacco ware
houses will close here on Dec. 18
and remain closed until Monday,
Jan. 3. Some excellent salts
been made during this week and
it is thought that the market will
open strong on the first of the
year. Hardly more than half
the crop is sold and with good
prices prevailing the market here
will doubtless be well patronized
throughout the remaincer of the
season. Results so far have been
extremely satisfactory to the
farmers and the amount sold is
gratifying to the warehousemen.
The revival conducted by Rev.
J. \V. Ham came to a close Fri
day night with about fifty con
versions and the addition of
about nineteen to the church.
The baptizing which was to have
been Sunday afternoon was post
poned owing to the weather con
ditions. Rev. Ham left Friday
night for Warsaw where he will
conduct another meeting.
What is termed by the elder
citizens the deepest snow in
twelve years fell here Saturday
night to a depth of eleven inches.
Owing to careful attention by the
section men on both railroads no
wrecks or delays were reported
as a result of the snow. The
citizens are deeply indebted to
Mr. J. A. Lewis, the livery man,
for his kindness in pressing into
service a snowplow aud clearing
the sidewalks of snow. Mr. J.
H. Fowler also used a sled to
great advantage around the
school building ana for a few
miles into the country which
proved of great benefit to the
teachprs and pupils of the high
school.
Some real esta'e deals of con
siderable proportion are well
under way and will doubtless be
consummated early in the New
Year.
Several changes in the business
enterprises of the town are antic
ipated.
As a result of corn liquor and
a free-for-all row praticipaied
in Sunday afternoon by several
well known citizens a few five
dollar fines were imposed in the
mayor's court Monday morning.
If conditions do not change
greatly the bug justice is likely to
flow freely during the holidays,
that is if Sunday's operations are
to be viewed as a mild beginning
of Christmas.
Mr. Jacob Fulton is spending
the week in Yadkin and Surry
i:ounties in the interest of the
Stokes Grocery Company.
Mr. W. G. Dodson went to
Greensboro Monday on business.
Messrs. Joe Goodman, repre- j
senting the Virginia-Carolina:
Chemical Co.. of Winston-Salem!
and Dave Hodgin, representing I
Odell Hardware Co., of Greens-j
boro, were in town today.
Miss Marie Moore, who is
teaching a few miles north of
here, was in town a short while
Sunday.
Deputy sheriff Watson Joyce
went to King Tuesday on busi
ness.
Mr. J. Wesley Morefield spent
Monday in Winston-Salem at
tending to some business affairs.
Misses Jessie Vaughn and
Pearl Seagraves spent Saturday
in Winston-Salem shopping.
Mr. Roy L. Vaughn, who has
recently accepted a traveling
position with the Nelson Hani
ware Co., of Roanoke, Va., spent
Sunday here with relatives. Mr.
W. L. Vaughn has accepted the
uosition with the Stoker. Hard
ware & Furniture Co. formerly
held by Roy.
A fine horse belonging to Dr.
W. H. Critz died yesterday fol-1
lowing a severe attack of pneu- j
monia. The animal was valued
at $250 by its owner.
Mr. T. S. Pettee, of King, was
here Monday afternoon between
trains.
Mr. R. P. GJidewell, who for
past six wteKs has been canvas-
FOUR TOWNSHIPS
Offer Stokes Corn Club Boys
S 160.00 In Prizes.
MR. HOLT PLEASED
I
Other Townships of the County
To l>e Called Upon Soon Much
Interest Will He Taken In Corn 1
Growing: the Coming Ytar.
Stokes citizens are responding
liberally to the calls of County
Agent W. P. Holt for prizes for
the Boys' Corn Club. Up to this
time Mr. Holt has visited four
of the county's townships-
Meadows, Peters Creek, I3ig
Creek and Beaver Island and
these four alone have donated
$1(50.00 for the cause. The money
given by each township goes to
to the boys of the township
which gave it.
The county agent expects to
visit the other townships of the
county as soon as possible and it
is very probable that a thousand
dollars w«ll be raised in the county
for township priz?s for the Boy 3'
Corn Club.
In addition to these prizes the
county at large will oiler prizes
and the State will give two
scholarships to the A & M. Col
lege.
With all of these prizes being
offered there is no doubt but that
there will be much interest shown
in the work of the ("orn Club the
coming year, and the result wil
be that there will be a great in
crease in the yield of corn in old
Stokes. Let the good work go
on.
TWO GOOD FARMERS.
John Morefield and John \V.
j Priddy, Prosperous, Thrifty
ana Independent Citizens.
Among the visitors in town
this week were John Morefield
and John VV. Priddy, Wednes
day, from the North View sec
; tion. Both near neighbors, both
prosperous, thrifty and indepen
dent, John Morefield and John
Priddy are among the best class
of well-to-do Stokes county farm
ers. Mr. Morefield owns some
1 380 acres of land: and John VV.
; Priddy is not far behind him,
■ holding title to more than 300.
both these gentlemen have all
their lives practiced making their
supplies at home, and then going
in for tobacco. Consequently
1 neither of them, we suppose,
owes any man a dollar in the
| world. On the contrary, the
! interest comes the other way.
Messrs. Morefield and Priddy
,are both self-made men, and
j have by a sane method of
: farming, acquired independence.
! Mr. Morefielu told the Reporter!
I that he made it a rule to sow a!
j bushel of clover seed every year.
If every farmer in Stokes!
' county would practice the same
methods of industry, economy
and thrift that these two
North View farmers practice
Stokes county would blossom
like a rose.
I sing in the interest of the tobac-
I co market with great success, has
j discontinued his work untii after
; the holidays.
| Mr. Oscar Southern, who was
formerly connected with the
j Walnut Cove Roller Mills, spent
1 a few days last week at Concord
'on business. Mr. Southern will
probably engage in the milling
| business in the southern part of
i the state early in this year,
i Mr. E. W. Fowler spent Sun
day at King, returning here Sun
day night in his Ford after much
I difficulty in plowing through
{many big snowdrifts. In many
places the snow went far above
| the engine, but the little Ford
j backed up by its reputation,
. plenty of gasoline and the grim
determination of Earnest wended
its way into town without a
serious mishap.
DANBURY, N. C., DECEMBER 15, I^ls
ITHE VOTING CONTEST,
Many Votes Being Given
Out Now To Friends
of Candidates.
\ ERY FEW TURNED IN
Christmas Holidays (mat Season
For Vote-Getting— Candidates
(letting Busy.
The Reporter has given out
more votes on subscription the
past week than during any week
since the contest started though
only a very small per cent, of
them were voted. The larger
per cent, of them are being held
back to be voted later.
All of the 7candidates have
made small gains but still retain
the same places held last week.
Reports have reached the office
that at least three of the candi
dates are putting in some good
work.
I The? coming holidays will be a
' gre.it time for vote-getting and
'th3 candidates will nodoubt take
' advantage of the occasion,
j The vote today stands as
| follows:
[W. L. Hail, 21.0U0
Miss Elsie Sheppard, Hi,ooo
Miss Lottie Priddv, 15,000
Joe Alley. 5,500
SCHOOLS TAKE HOLIDAY
j A Few of Them Will Be Sus
i ponded Two Weeks Rut
i Majority Will Stop Only
One Week.
A few of the public schools of
the county will close Friday for
the Christmas holidays and re
open in twj weeks, but a ma
jority of them will teach up until
Christmas eve and suspend for
only one week. It is learned
that the County Board of Edu
cation has made a request that
all schools in the county take
jOnly a week's vacation, but the
, schools desiring to take two
' week's may do so.
I
i Orphanage Hail Loss of 82,5111!
1 Rileig'.i, D?c. 13—A fire at the'
i
Orphanage of the North Carolina
Methodist Conference here this
morning destroyed the barn, en
tailing a loss of $2,500, protected
by SI,OOO insurance. The barn
was recently completed and was
the gift of Dr. H. Lewis of this
city. Seventeen head of cattle
were gotten out, but a large
quantity of provender was in
-1 eluded in the fire loss. The city
fire department responded and
the work of the firemen prevent
ed a spread to other buidings of
thi3 #plendid orphanage plant.
Winston lobacco Market To
Close For Holidays Saturday.
Winston-Salem, Dec. 16.—At a 1
meeting of the Winston Tobacco
Association today it was decided
to close the tobacco market here
for the holidays Saturday, Dec.
18. The market will re-open on
January 3, 1916.
CONTRACT IS EET
For Bridge Across Town
Fork Creek At Riser's
Old Ford.
FIGURES ARE $1,47-4.00
County Commissioners field
Special Session Here Todav
To Examine Land From Which
Top-Soil Was Taken In ALead
ows Township.
The Board of County Com
missioners were in special session
here a few hours today, members
John W. Gann, I. D. Barr and
Joseph Martin being in attend-
I ance.
The object of the meeting
| was for the purpose of letting
!a contract for the construction
lof a steel bridge across Town
Fork creek at Riser's Old Ford,
' in the southern part of Meadows
J township. There were three
J bids on the work, the bid of the
Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. being
the lowest— $1,474.00, and they
were awarded the contract. The
Bteel pyrin th** bridge will bo
eighty feet and the work is to
j lie completed by April 15, 191(5.
I The county commissioners ex
| pocted to go over the new roads
jin Meadows township today for
jthe purpose of examining the
| land from which top soil was re
' een Lly taken in constructing roads
J that township, but on account
; 'f the snow and the se
vere weather it was decided to
postpone the matter until a fu
ture meeting.
At a recent meeting of the com
missioners it will be recalled that
. there were a great many damage
claims for top-soil brought in
from Meadows township and the
amounts asked were considered
excessive by the board and were
cut down considerably. Since
then a number of the parties
whose claims were cut down
have served notice on the board
that they would appeal to Su
perior court, and for thi3 reason
the commissioners expect to look
further into the matter.
Gels Still In Chatham
Plant And Whiskey Seized:
A still of 90-gallon capacity. :
worm, cap, 4,000 gallons of beer,
five gallons of whiskey, and three :
sacks of meal comprised the
equipment of an illict distilling
plant captured Saturday by De-1
puty Collectors J. P. Stell and E.'
G. Richardson about 12 miles
northwest of Pittsboro in Chat
ham county. The officers failed
to capture the operators.
Honor Roll For Oillard School.
Ist grade—Kate Alcorn, Cliff
James, Harvy Mitchell, Cor
nelius Mitchell, Alonzo Martin,
Ada Mitchell, Myrtle Rothrock,
Theodore Reid. and Lena Stultz.
2nd grade—Roy James.
3rd grade Mary L, Herd.
4th grade Frank Alcorn.
Bobbie Mabe and Alvis Martin.
sth grade—Dorris Fagg, Ma
mie Mabe.
7th grade Retta Mitchell
and Emory Rothrock.
APPEAL TO COURT
Fourteen Meadows Town
ship Citizens Not Satisfied.
FOR TOP-SOIL USED
Notice Served on County Com
missioners that Cases Will
He Carried To Super
ior Court.
Notice has been served on the
county commissioners by four-
I teen citizens of Meadows town
ship that the amounts allowed
; them for damage from the taking
of top-soil from their lands for
! building roads in that township
j were not sufficient and that they
] will appeal to Stokes Superior
Court for the purpose of securing
the amounts asktd for in their
claims recently presented to the
; county commissioners.
The parties referred to above
have already secured counsel and
the eases will likely come up at
the next term of Stokes Superior
court. They are all Irepresented
by Attorneys .T. W. Hn!', of Dnn
lury, anu \V. E. Willis, of Wilkes
' boro.
I
'IUK LOOSE THE CASH
A Good Deal of Hard-Earn
ed Vlon.'y Cams Into Cir
culation Through the Care
lessness of Owners.
Mr. Lovell, the well-digger,
who recently has been sinking
a number of wells in this com
munity, lost his purse containing
i $50.00 or more the other day.
Mr. Lovell is not a believer in
banks and carries his cash in his
jeans.
Near Walnut Cove one night
a few weeks ago Mr. Will Brown
went to bed, hanging his trousers
on a chair. In one of the pockets
he left the proceeds of a load of
tobacco which he had iust sold.
Some time in the night unknown
parties came in the room, took
the cash while Mr. Brown slept,
and left again as quietly as they
came in, Thrrj is no clew to
the robbers.
i Mr. Bud Whitten of Moore's
Springs reports being assaulted
between his home and Piedmont
Springs. Did not say how much
the robbers got, who cut his
clothes. A few week previously
his nephew, A. G. Whitten,
while sleeping in his wagon at
Walnut Cove, was robbed of
$90.00.
And so it goes. Many thous
ands of dollars are lost every
year by people who carelessly
leave their money at home, or
carry it in their pockets.
There are four good banks in
Stokes county, which will gladly
pay you interest on your money. I
It is foolish and dangerous to
keep it in your home when it
will be a constant temptation to
thievea, when it is in danger of
being burned or stolen, to say
nothing of lhe interest you are
losing by having your funds idle.
Mr. Ernest Nelson, a good
farmer of Danbury Route 1,
was here today.
No. 2,260
IE. A. CARROLL DEAD
Passed Away At Hospital
In Winston-Salem Sun
day Morning.
RESIDED AT KING
Was Prominent Citizen of Stokes
and his Death Conies As A
Shock To His Many Friends
In the County.
Mr. Gaston A. Carroll, a well
known Stokes citizen who re
sided at King, passed away Sun
day morning at 5:30 o'clock at a
hospital in Winston to which h»s
had gone past week suffer
ing with gall stones and appen
dicitis.
Mr. Carroll was aged 53 years
and until a few days since had
been c-njo>ing good health. He
was in Danbury only a few days
since and appeared to be in per-
I feet health.
His death came cs a shock to
his many relatives and
friends in Stokes. Until a year
ago Mr. Currcll resided at Win
! stcn-Salemand was in the revc-n-
J uc service for a number of > ear?.
| He was a native of Stokes and
'was ?.' all known and very much
I liked all over the county. He"~ :
| served as a Justice of the Peace
'in this county for many years
and has recently been engaged
in the Insurance bugiflcg§
The deceased was a brother of
Messrs. D. V. and E. W. Carroll,
of Stokes, and Mr. W. T. Car
roll, of Winston-Salem, lie is
survived by his wife and nine
children : Mesdames N'euma Car
roll. J;»hn 'favis, Deema Barber
and Victor Davis, of Winston-
Salem: Mrs. Perry Turner, cf
Wadesboro; Miss Etta Carroll,
Mr. Ernest Carroll, of St. Louis,
and two small children.
The interment was made at
the family burying ground several
miles south-west of Danbury and
a large concourse of sorrowing
relatives and friends were in at
tendance. The burial services
were in charge of the Junior
Order, of which lodge he was a
member, He was also a mem
ber of the Masonic lodge and
an escort of that body accom
panied the remains to the statbn
at Winston-Salem.
Marriage Licenses.
The following couples havj
recently been granted licenses
to marry by the Register of
Deeds here:
Ben Britton to Minnie Mabe.
J. Manuel George to Annie
Martin.
T. P. Lovell to Hester Campbell.
Pearson Mabe to Lilla Mabe.
R. G. Shouse to Delia Rush.
Usually at this season of the
year the list of marriage licenses
is longer than the above. It is
a remarkabb fact that the num
ber of marriage licenses issued
in Stokes grows less each year
A gentleman speaking of this
recently gave as a reason for
the fact that nearly all of the
young people in the county are
already married.
Mrs. J. F. Nelson Dies.
Mrs. J. Floyd Nelson died at
her home nep.r Hardbank this
1 week.