JEjpPP?- '-w y*Zs 4 * ' i -1* -4 ■ ,|--jftX, f Y-,4 CfTrßa .- - : . " " . ..* ."***•«. - * **" '* 3? ii ■EH''- *A. -. >-:,'■ . ~'>l.# ■ _• * Rpf +$ *• ; ■ T m IM VOLUMEXUH. OANBI J MLHinflElltll K Big Breaks of Tobacco At , The Wardibuses this »■-. * Ytyk, W REAL ESSjgATE DEALS Mttsrs. Lloville and W. P T. Tuttle to Remove To the [' , Cava—o%|pr News Ittms and a Personal*, fv . Walnut sove, Jan. 18.—Big £ sales comWited with the' htgheat M prices oflphe whole season are i the two vmn facts in 'regard to v tht local tobacco situation. Both warehouses have been selling ■ thousands of pounds every day P.' for the past week and today 'with more than seventy-five Bui •• * wagons in the houses and others K jt.' stsadty driving in for the second ftv \aalee they bid fair to eclipse any K**' sale ever made in the history of Pr.: the market The prices are holding up remarkably well and K*, the average on two days of last E* week climbed above the twelve K «ent mark. Bright grades as By are bringing high prices K> and the common grades are some ■ what higher than before the holi np -' . It is learned that at a stock s' holders'meeting of the, Farm «rs Supply Store held here Satur- Hp. | day, Mr. Thda. F. Bale#, of King, ' was elected manager tMe store ' for the next year to succeed Mr. F : > C. M. Jones, who has held the By position for several years'. . , ff: Messrs. W. T. Tuttle and E. E A. Rothrock were among the I substantial farmers on the raark- B* et yesterday. Mr. ex- Fi pects to purchase some mlNapit- B.' ial property here in the near fd- By ture and was looking around Bfy with tyat view while here. j B£l' Mr. Jno. R. Lackey has soid f' toilr/John G. Fulton his home HP,, n Bammit street near BBechoo! piking and Mr. ralton "p- will remoye his fhmilv tl|this pl*> * obn. Mr. Lackey wiUjMh '* ® 11 practically all hhl fK here soon and *loeam 3 other point. My urnbeen very suoceesfm uraing Kere from Colore-, years and owns some, aal estate in semi of desirable sections of it week heeMdto Dr.. 4 small lot wgjoinißig ppyty*^. **" *, '4 s■, Tw. and •£. E. Davis Med to Mr. Julius for \ | the month to spend some time' | with his tether who is spending the winter there. Mr. Roy !* Vaughn, the cleter ' young salesman of tke Nelson Hardware. Co., of Ropnoke, Vs., spent Monday and 'Taesday in this section in the interest of hit firm. Register of Deeds J no. G. Morefield, Dan but I *, was a businessvftitor'hefe {Saturday. Mr. S. H, .Steward spent Sun day in.King with friends. Messrs.. Sam Jones, Newton Young and T. P. Bailey were visitors Sundiy. 1 Miss Bess fcorefield returned ' today from Salisbury, where she 1 has spent ted diyb as the guest of ' Mrs. W. S. Daniel at a house party. Dr. J. W. Neah of Meadows, ! Mr. E. P. Pepper, of Danbury | and Mr. C. M. Bowman, of Ger manton, were among those here today looking after the sale of tobacco. s Mr. Jno. G. Fulton went to ' Greensboro and Madison Friday "on business. - 1 Mr. fchap Bodenheimer, of 1 Germanton, was a business | here visitor today.' Miss Jettie Morefield, who has held a position with the Morrisett Co.dp Winston-Salem for sever ' al months, has sesigned and ac ' ceptod a position as book-keeper ' with a large silk manufacturing plant in High Point. 1 The test-growing patronage of Mr. V. W. Ham, the barber, 1 has necessitated the employment of an extra barber and Mr. Henry, Newsome of King has accept- I ed a position with Mr. Ham. Messrs. C. L. Hampton and Joe Isom left this week for Fayetteville and other points in i the eastern part of the state with a big drove of horses and mules. They will probably remain in t the east until the early spring, i| Mr. Elbert H. Petree, repres i enting the Winston-Salem Jour i nal, was in town on business to i day. , Messrs. P. W. Davis and W. P. ■ Wheeler, agents of the Southern | ind N. & W. railways, went to £ Ibrtinaville, Va., last week to r attend court Mr. Zeb Davis, of f Sutegierfietd acted as a*ent at i|tha r Southern station in Paul's ! absence. , ! Rev. A.. W. Taylor, of Mt. . Airy, filled his regular appoint ; menta at the Episcopal church Sustfay morning and night. X H. Matthews, who has recently opened a 'bowling alley I ft Morgan ton, N. C., is spending ► a tew days here with his family. , Mr. James East, one of Moore's Spring*' respected citizens was in , town on business Monday. v — The little label pasted on your the Reporter each week ■mute, (he date on whiph your Hndoo to the paperexpirek. ■nke note ot thli and Se * ■r subscription expiree ■gf renewal eo that your ■fifttaMM* from the ■BByiiftiiar hin ■§§Mpfor your ■wirjahel y* • - W- :■' ® ; : .# • ■ ' |T» Clerk Sup fchiltOn^ * and Aft ' FINE C\ Nke Homes, n v* "Splendid * Add Much To LiVing In thatj To the Editors: Laai Saturday \ made k trip to the F\ Asbury.' sections of I This is - a fine tobaA While' tjhe farmers arey ing riglst much at the {X and loWTprice of last v of tobacco, yet they • as to thf future, are held ait from $3 per acre. ; The f; been promised fert ing 2 per cent potr able prices. And fall, they are d' i post heaps, mt manure, leaves, and tobacco stpjf -Clover-sod, a bone meal, thorbv and proper stein green wheat fields prospects for.aboui Fine horses and mu» terms and good hom on every side. —r*.- It ie doubtful wb« section of our county more and better hom> the last few years than section. With nothing, waf the more favorably impresseo | with the splendid phone t and service these people Just one example: He st( at Dr. Moir's store and a the doctor to phone some pai he was to meet at Asbury, \ he was on his way and would there in one hour. In a f minutes the doctor returned ah said the message had been d« livered and that they would bv there. This message was sent so quickly and quietly thai it was feared that the parties, might not understand and might not be present. But not so; upon his arrival, two of the men were present and said they had received a message to meet us there at 6 o'clock p. m. By the time we had finished our work, the other parties had come and j not a minute was lost. j: The writer was called to the ; phone several times and noted j the ease and satisfaction in talk ing with parties miles away. He saw no broken poles, lines.: in the mud or hung upon a snag or brush pile and heard no one i whooping and hollowing as if the parties were trying to talk through the air rather then over an electrified wire, a* is the in this section. Almoet every heme has its phone. ■ r The people are enjoying'this splendid service becauag ' they' have pot a little money and thought their «boo* fipjMflt."j Thmy lunflfe (Miflh uid X. tare next'. 1916, at I ject: "\ I Prof. Phi. young mat is extended i I. ■ ■ * ( few dollars for t to put the line in v it so. V I People who h modern oonvenienct j willingly give them i turn to their primitive living. » , : , | extend the preeeot phot.

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