DANBURY REPORTER
VOLUME XLIII.
MLffIITCOVE LETTER
Virginia Company Will Like
ly Establish Cigar Fac
tory At Cove
SCHOOL RE-OPENS
Stree;s Being Improved—Joyce
Jones Co. To Move —Fulton-
Joyce Auto Co. Will Oc
cupy Larger Build
ing—Other News.
Walnut Cove, Jan. s.—The
faculty of the high school ar
rived Saturday and the school
re-opened Monday morning with
a splendid attendance. In the
absence of Mrs. E, S. Hendren
who is spending several months
in Florida the grades formerly
in her charge have been placed
in the charge of Miss Margaret
Wright, of Troy, who arrived
yesterday and entered upon her
•duties.
The tobacco warehouses are
this week having small breaks
of tobacco which is bringing ex
cellent prices. The bright grades
Are somewhat higher than be
fore the holidays while all other
grades are selling equally as
well as then. The recent good
.seasons will no doubt result in
considerable quantities of the
weed being marketed at an early
date.
It is learned on good authority
that parties from Virginia have
negotiated a deal here for the
purchase of property here which
will be used for a cigar factory.
Nothing authentic has been
given out at this early date but
it is understood that the firm will
manufacture a good cigar and
that the output will ba consider
able and that several employees |
will be required for the work.
Town authorities are busy this
week improviug the condition
of the streets caused by the
heavy rains and lack of proper
drainage. A great deal of this
kind of work has been un
dertaken this winter and the re
sults can be seen on every
hand.
Reeves Jones left this week
lor Davidson College, Russell
McPherson for Trinity, Albert
Bailey for Elon College, and
Gene Dodsoa for Guilford Col
lege, where they will resume
their respective studies.
Messrs. Paul Ailton and R.
O. Ltaley left Sunday for Roan
oke where the| expect to take
courses in the Jjktional Business
, College.
I Misses Lillie and Mattie Joyce
entertained» number of their
en enjoyable dance
evening. Music was
fttdered by the Stokes burg
orchestra.
The Joyce-Jones Implement
Co. expect to move their stock
of machinery to the building re
cently vacated by the bowling
|ftlley in the near future. In turn
Ptbe Felton-Joyce Auto Co. will
toeeupy the building vacated by
Joyce-Jones, and will carry a
; complete line of Ford autos, auto
ftuppliee and fixtures.
£ Mr. T. W. TUleyef Smith was
It tartness visitor 1m Dacbury
BUSINESS EXTRA GOOD
Bank of Stokes County Has
Two Splendid Days This
Week.
Business is evidently picking >
up largely. The Danbury Bank [
of Stokes County reports Mon- j
day and Wednesday of this week J
as two of the best days the bank |
has experienced in several years, j
Collections were good, while
new deposits amounted to many
thousands of dollars. The Wal
nut Cove Bank of Stokes County
ulso reports business good re
cently. This shows that the
people are saving their money
and depositing it in the banks,
which policy never fails to re
sult in good times. But a little
more than half of the tobacco
crop has yet been sold, and by
the time the remainder of the
crop is marketed, finances should
be at or above normal, with the
exception of those who are hope
lessly in debt. This class of our
people is always in deep water,
whether times are tight or ilush,
as they find it difficult to obtain
credit with poor security.
In the nation at large a revival
of prosperity is reported unex
ampled in the history of the
country.
A! WALNUT COVE
Meeting of Women's Mis
sionary Society and Ser
vices At Stokesburg By
Presiding Elder.
Walnut Cove, Jan. 3.—Rev.
H. C. Sprinkle, Presiding Elder
of the Mt. Airy District, will
preach at Stokesburg M. E.
church Saturday, Jan. Bth, at
eleven o'clock, and Sunday
morning at the same hour.
The Woman's Missionary So
ciety of the Stokesburg Methodist
church will meet Monday, Jan
uary 10th, at 3 o'clock with
Mrs. Harry Davis at her home
on Summit Avenue. All mem
bers are urged to be present.
1 Pleasant Visitors.
Among the pleasant visitors in
town Monday were Mr. J. Wilson
'Mitcheli, member of the Board
of Education, and hia brother,
Mr. Wm. M. Mitchell, late of
Deer Trail, Colorado, who has
recently returned from the west,
where he spent 12 years in the
cattle and sheep business, hav
ing been very successful. Mr.
Mitchell has his wife and chil
dren with him, and will spend
some time in Stokes and adjoin
ing counties with the view of
locating. Mr. Mitchell, while he
has made a success in the West,
thinks there is no place like old
North Carolina. Mrs. Mitchell,
it will be recalled was Miss
Maggie Leak, daughter of the
late Jas. A. Leak, and is pleasant
ly remember by her many friends
in the county.
Mr. Thos. S. Petree of King.
Cashier of the Bank of King,
spent a while here Sunday. Mr. J
Petree reports the Bank of Klng|
prospering, with deposits slowly
climbing every day.
DANBURY, N. C., WEDN
BOARD OF EOUCATION
Transact Considerable Busi
ness At Their Meeting
Here Monday.
PRIZES OFFERED!
To Boys Corn Club . and To School j
Children—lnstitute To Be Held !
At Close of Schools—Other |
Business.
At their meeting at the court J
house here Monday the county
Board of Education ordered that
a county commencement be held
at the close of the schools of the
county. The time and place
and other details in regard to
the commencement for teachers
j was deferred until a later meet
! ing.
The Superintendent was in
structed to purchase one acre of
land from W. E. Willis for anew
! school building for Cann school,
i Thirty dollars was appropriat
ed to be used as a prize for the
Boys' Corn Club.
The Board refused to endorse
a petition from some of the
citizens of Mt. View public
School district in which they
asked for an election to repeal
the special school tax in that
district.
The school funds for the year
were apportioned to the various
districts.'
The Board ordered that all
boys and girls be given diplomas
who finish the seventh grade and
that they be allowed to enter
high schools without further ex
amination. Several prizes will
be given the school children of
the county by the Board and
by individuals.
Settlement was made for work
on several school buildings and
a number of small claims wore
paid.
Surry Indignant,
. Says Mr. Haymore
R. L. Haymore, Republican
politician of Surry county, re
presents his constituents as very
indignant because cf the order
of Jjdge Cline compelling the
county commissioners to build a
new court house and jail, for
which $BO,OOO of bonds must be
issued. Issuing the bonds with
out a vote of the people is the
main cause of offense, says Mr.
Haymore, who holds that the
present luildings would be good
enough if repaired. If the mat
ter is such an outrage as Mr.
Haymore represents, the com
missioners could refuse to obey
the order and take chances.
New Head of Slate
High School At Pilot.
Pilot Mountain, Jan. 4.—Prof.
W. H. Ferguson has offered his
resignation and it has been ac
cepted as principal of the State
High School at this place. Prof.
Chas. E. Hiatt haa been appoint
ed in his stead and enfoitd upon
the duties Monday moraing.
ESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1916
THE TIME EH
Tax-Payers To Be Given
Another Opportunity To
Pay 1915 Taxes.
ROUND STARTS JAN. 24
On- Feb. 15th, After This Round
Is Made, Books Will Be Placed
In Hands of Deputies With
Instructions To Force Collec
tion Of Taxes.
At the meeting of the County
Commissioners here laßt Monday
the time for the collection of
I the county and school taxeß for
the past year was extended in
order that the sheriff may make
one more round for their collec
tion before cost is added to
the taxes.
At another place in this paper
will be seen the list of appoint
ments made by the Sheriff for
the last tax-collecting round for
the 1915 taxes. The first ap
pointment will be filled on Jan.
24th. As soon as this round is |
completed the tax books will be j
placed in the hands of the
'deputies with instructions to
i force collection of all taxes due
land unpaid.
1(1 ONLY HQ
BEING NEGLECTED
The New Top-Soil Road
Between Dartbury and the
County Home Is Going
To Pieces Rapidly.
Danbury township's new top
soil road between Danbury and
the county home, the most
travelled road in the township and
of which we were all so proud, is
being sadly neglected and allow
ed to go to pieces at a rapid rate.
At several places the ruts and
mud are getting deep and unless
given attention will of course be
come much worse with the com
ing of bad weather. With the
addition of a little sand or top
soil at these bad places and a
good dragging this road would
no doubt ba fairly good
throughout the winter months.
Without this attention we may
expect to have to travel a road
this winter that will be very little
if any better than the old one was.
A tax-payer remarked this week
that it was a, great pity to see
the thousands of dollars spent on
this road practically thrown away
for lack of a little attention. It is
learned that th 9 highway com
missioners have ample funds to
make this needed repair and it is
hoped that it will be attended
to.
REAL ESTATE DEAL.
Wesley Priddy Buys the
Late Rufus Campbell Place
For $1,500.
Messrs. Wealey Priddv and
J. H. Campbell visited Danbury
today. Mr. Priddy has recently
become the purchaser of the old
home place of the late Rufus
Campbell at the price of $1,600.
He has already assumed oo
I cupancy of the estate.
JEFF] COOK DEAD
Was i i Prominent and Well
to-i 10-Citizen of Quaker
Cap!) Township
Mr. .! leff Cook, aged about 50
years, died at his home near
Westfic ?ld on the 24th on Decem
ber, 11915, after suffering for
some rrjionths with cancer.
Mr. (l'oek was a leading citizen
of Quawer Gap township. He is
survived* by his wife and several
children!
ill ji PRIZES OFFERED
Board of Education and
Cou ntv Commissioners
I Vlake Donations.
TO c|oRN CLUB BOYS
Mr. Hoi it 1o Make Report Of All
Donutttcns Soon and Give Con
dition-/ Under Which Prizes
Will lite Awarded.
The interest in the prize funds
forthe troys' Corn Club work in,
Scokes feounty is rapidly increas
ingund Uie funds gradually grow
; ing. T his was amply exemplified
iMondaj r when both of our coun
'ty boar tis msuie very substantial!
|and att ractivj donations for this'
1 cause. The county Board of
Education appropriated ?30.Q0
wlilch will be offered Hi first
prize, a nd the B>ard of County
jConimr' isionera $25.00, which
| will be offered as second prize.
It is nl) longer a question of
whetheA we are going to have!
anything to stimulate the boys!
in this {work.
Now, {farmers, it is your time.
You are lexpected to furnish the
boys. Air. Holt expects to com
plete these funds this and next
week. Tfhen his task will be for
seeking to utilizi these
funds. *
We hope in next week's issue
to give you an itemized report
of all fiends donated and how
same are to be awarded,
j Marrisd Sunday.
Mr. Pts jy Flinchum, of Pied
mont Springs, end Miss Carrie
Mabe, of Walnut Cove Route 6,
were married Sunday at the
home of the bride's father, Mr,
Masten Mabe.
County Commissioners
Met Here Monday.
The county commissioners
met in regular monthly session
at the court house Monday. Only
routine business, such as paying
claims, etc., was transacted.
Easter Sunday
This fear April 23.
Easter will come late this year,
Easter Sunday falling on April
23. It is interesting to note that
Easter came on April 28 in 1905
and also in 1848. Easter Sun
day will not fall on that date
'again until the goocl year 2,000
! A. D.
No. 2,283
SATURDAY, JAN. 29
County Meetinp of Farmers'
Union To Be Held. *
'URGENT BUSINESS
I
j Fertilizers and Other Vitally In
teresting Subjects To Be Dis
cussed Full Attendance of
Delegates Desired.
I A regular county meeting of the
| Stokes County Farmers' Union
| has been called to meet at the
| court house on Saturday, Jan
juary29, by County President J.
! A. Lawson. Urgent business is to
'come up at this meeting, in which
i the vital subject of fertilizers for
i the 1916 crop will be discussed.
: A full attendance of the dele
gates from every local in the
I county is desired.
THE VOTING CONTEST
| Candidates Are Making
Slight Additions To
Their Votes.
NEW CANDIDATES
[onaOr Mor2 Will Likely Hnter
the Race Next Week and
; Things Promise To (lit Livelier.
f The candidates in the Repor
ter's automobile voting contest
| have made slight additions to thefr
j votes this week but are Still in
, clined to reserve a good percent,
j of their votes to b*> cast later."
The Reporter has it on good
authority that one or more new
candidates will be put in the race
by their friends probably next
week and it is expected that the
contest will assume livelier pro
portions soon.
The vote today stan Is as fol
lows :
Miss Elsie Sheppard, 24.2C0
W. L. Hall, 23,250
Miss Hattie Rei 1 11.5C0
Joe Alley. 6,500
fialatia Bible Sunday
School Reorganized.
King, Jan. s.—We, the officers
and teachers of Galatia Bible
Sunday school, wish to extend
heart-felt thanks to the entire
community for our success the
past year, and hope to have each
and every person in the com
munity to take an ictive part
with us and make the year 1916
the best one we havj eyar had
in the Sunday Echool work.
On Sunday, January 2, we re
organized our Bible school with
wide-awake officers and teachers
and we extend to everybody a
cordial welcome, We need you
all.
J. F. NEWSOM. Supt.
B. U. NEWSOM, Sec.-Treat l .
Accidental Shooting.
Roby, the 13-year-old son of
Mr. J. B. Martin, of Stuart. Va.,
Route 2, living near Campbell,
this county, was shot by a young
er brother during Christmas.
I The wound was not serious.