North Carolina Newspapers

DANBURY REPORTER ti^ Volume L. FARMER'S WIFE IS HANDICAPPED Keeps Informed By Reading Headlines of County Paper All Work and No Pay. Mr. Editor : Having recently seen several ar ticles in the newspapers in regard to life on the farm written by men, I think it is time for the farmer's wife » to get in a few words, as it is con trary to human nature for us to re main silent and let the men do all the • t talking. Having lived on the farm for over t thirty years, I think I am sufficiently informed on the subject to speak for the farm women generally. The greatest drawback to the life of the women on the farm is the lack of cash income. Any woman who is not afraid of hard work, by cultivating several acres in vegetables, raising hogs and poultry and paying special attention to the milch cows, in ad dition to canning everything in sight from May until September, can feed her family, but none of these things bring in any money under the present marketing conditions. Practically all of the ways of ail ding to the family income, practiced by our town sisters, are closed to us. V»Y cannot take boarders or room ers on the farm for the simple reason that, there at" 'leie to take. No in it tor I- .v i !•••> .•( iy v.v sew, Micre i. nollii'.c. in thai line for no one on ll:e far.o hit''s \. i•.v.'. and so o.a down tl"- li- . v .e iih-r dco|or;tl> ! . c n i i".i l!: ,t owim '.I ill e •: II t j.: I ■ r, la k ■l" ii.oiii-y v:h \vhi li .■> i ci>- the *>• .-1 of oar .ilc, j, i:..• .voiitcn ot' the farm ire old beyond iii • i■* yc.ii.-, and their ward-robe is ahum a ti!- to-da'o and attractive as a last year's bird nest. For this state of atVaivs we an ridiculed and consider il too carelc. s for words. The average farmer's wife has about a: much oppovt"n !, y for >•«•- creation and improvement as the far * tiler's Ford car, which is used for any thing aliout tht place from market ing the tobacco and live stock to carrying the family to church on Sun day morning. Vacation to us means the time of year when the days get too long and hot for our city relatives and they come out to the "dear old farm" to rest up a while and we sweat extra hours over the kitchin range cooking the things we have laid by for t!v family use and murdering all the per fectly innocent "frying size" in order to make stay more pleasant. The farm woman usually keeps herseif informed by reading the head • lines of the county paper while nur sing the baby, who like the poor, is always with us. I often wonder what would become of the future genera tions if the birth control movement should ever reach the rural districts. Of course conditions on the farm are not as bad as they were many years ago. We do not have to spin and weave as our grandmothers did, neither are we harrassed by the ser vant problem, or panicky for fear the washerwoman will strike. The ser vants, washerwoman and yours truly are one and the same. Under the improved conditions of the present day our children are en joying far more advantages than we •did in our youth. For instance daughter's beau drives a roadster and they go to town to see the latest movie agony and have an ice cream soda afterwards. In our girlhood days if our Lochinvars own ed a horse and buggy, with or with out rubber tires, as his circumstances permitted, and we attended a Sunday school picnic and a county fair the same summer we were as happy as a pup with two tails to wag. A FARMER'S WIFE. Elizabeth Morefield Undergoes Operation Rural Hall, Feb. 28.—Elizabeth, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John G Morefield, who was operated upon last Saturday at the Lawrence Hospital in Winston-Salem for ad enoids and tonsilitis, seems to be get ting along nicely, the many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Morefield will be glad to know. MUCH SICKNESS ON ROUTE ONE Family of N. D. Priddy and Others 111—Pub lic School To Re-open. Danbury Route 1, Feb. 27. —The family of Mr. N. D. Priddy has been ill recently with flue but are some what improved now. There it con siderable sickness in this community. Services were conducted Sunday at 11 o'clock at the Primitive Baptist's church at Snow Creek. The weather was so bad that only a small congre gation turned out. The pulpit was occupied by Elder Collins. Misses Nannie and Maggie Oakley entertained a number of their friends Sunday afternoon. Among those present were the following young folks: Misses Blannie, Ethel and Ruth Priddy, Bertha and Clara Mabe, and Kate Antry; Messrs. Dewey Shel ton, Roy Martin, Reelie and Manie j Stephens, Teeman Priddy and some : othi is. Mr. and Mrs. Will Steele spent Sun day with Mrs. Steele's parents, Elder i and Mrs. Paul Priddy Mr. R. A. Oakley and son, Jim, of j the Walnut Cove section, spent the i week end with relatives and friends on Route 1. Miss l.elia Miibe spent Saturday ! I tiijvht with Miss l.'illa Hut-hens. ?! is. St.'.rkiy Priddy returned to h v boarding pin: e Sunday an-! . - ; i >v-o|„ i, rier s -It. \vl.:. '■> i. . ti .:. lo el it wee'; on account of the ! •ItiiieMtic -I' wiioo:-:|,g rough ai •■ . "j. t, tii.' ioiiiniimity. t | St-!t i v -tiii •' :!\ :iit . . ■ i at Mr. Gilmer Malie's. | ' li . Walter it.; l !.' 1..- - a line . >\\ . i l '"' V '" :> . i Mr. k'.hard M• i■ ii« !. 1 and fimilx spent Sunday at Mr. Mania Hilton's. Mrs Tom Reid, of Route I, has re cently oil the sick li.-t, we arc sorry i > rioU\ Mr N. I) Priddy lias recent ly instal led electri.* lights in his home. F.liior Paul Priddy spent the week end with relatives on Sandy Ridge Route 1. Services were conducted at Moore's School house on Sunday last and a very large congregation was in at tendance. The pulpit was occupied by Klders Paul and Watt Piiddy. Spring time litis arrived .".ml wood i chopping* are all the go. PEGGIE. Now Is Proper Time To Spray Fruit Trees Are you planning to spray your fruit trees? One of the most im portant sprays applied to fruit trees is the dormant or winter spray. I)o not neglect to apply this spray before the buds open in the spring. The win ter spray controls the San Jose scale, the most serious pest of fruit trees in i the North State. This spray is also I effective against other insects that ' may be hibernating in the bark of the trees. It is necessary that this spray be applied during the winter months, while the leaves are gone and the tree is in a dormant state, because a spray of sufficient strength to kill these hardy insects would, if applied at any ! other season of the year, injure the young growing sprouts or shoots. Examine and repair your spraying machinery and get yiur material at once. Do not delay as it may be too late after you lose time in getting up material and repairing your spray ing apparatus, and the failure to get the orchard sprayed may mean that your fruit will be poor or that your j trees will fail completely this season. | Insure your fruit crop from insect and disease injury by a thorough and well-timed spraying program.—Ex tension Farm News of the N. C. De- I partment of Agriculture. Happiest Man Living Has Been Found i The happiest man in the world has j been found by the Lincoln Journal. He lives in North Georgia and has six ' fiddles, ten children, thirteen hounds, ! a deaf and dumb wife and a moon shine still that has never been spotted by prohibition enforcement officers.— Atlanta Constitution. Mr. Wirt Mitchell, of Walnut Cove ! Route 3, was in town Monday. , Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, March 1, 1922 STOKES MAN COMMITS SUICIDE I Eugene Goode, Of the Belews Creek Section, Cuts His Own Throat. Eugene Goode, aged about forty five years and a bachelor residing alone at his home in the extreme southeastern part of Stokes county, was found dead last Friday in his liv ing room. A razor was found on the bed near him and his neck was cut almost half off, the gash extending more than half way around the neck. Coroner Dr. R. G. Tuttle was noti fied and after summoning a jury an inquest was held, the verdict of the jurymen being that Goode had died by his own hand. It was stated that Goode, who had been to Keely institute one or more times, had recently been drinking heavily for some weeks, and the af fects of this spree is supposed to !caused him to kill himself. DEATH OF J. HAM MITCHELL I {Passing of A Former Citizen of Stokes At His Home Near Madi son. Air. i. Hani).ion Mitihell 'li >1 "t his home noat Madisi -t, i i Rocking i:i > I't'. :t fi .. I iv- ii.'i . :i is ! , ' I h: w'fi anil ni.-i. i iiil- I •• | t Mr Mtchcll was aged about sixty "' Ml . !l> il'l .1 i\ li-,. . • jii"';rd, j j'"'- .., Inii iiio' .'l ,o |{o I. Ingham j l-.-ve." year.- ago. He u.as avilct.-ii '.\ii|; :nl'i rculosis for a nioiil c r of years, which dually produced his death. Me was a good citiii ti, a tht ifly farmer, and at the time of his dent h w.i worth a good deal of money. Former Stokes Lady Dies in Winston-Salem Airs. Alary Cornelia Kisev, aged II years, wife of E. 1,. Wiser, died yesterday morning at 7:•'?() o'clock at her home on East '22 nd street, this city. She came to this city to reside about five years ago. Air. Kiser and nine children sur vive as follows: Airs. Pearl Moser, of Stokes county; Airs. Gertie Hall, ! and Gorrell, Eflie, Harvey, Iris, Editii and Thelma, all of this city. Five brothers, J. 11., W. 0., R. S., E. L., and I). C. Cromer, of Stokes county, also survive. There is one sister, Mrs J. D. Warner, of Stokes county. The deceased was a member of lh" Mount Olive Baptist church in Stokes county, where the funeral was held on 1 Sunday.—Winston Journal, 26th. LOCAL NEWS ITEMS Mr. Monroe Fagg, of Route 1, was a visitor here today. Mrs. W E. Joyce went to Winston- Salem Friday to hear Frieda Hempel | sing. Mr. Posey Flinehum, of Piedmont ' Springs, was among the visitors here today. Miss Nell Joyce, who is teaching at Hanes, spent the week end here with home folks. Sheriff 11. D. Turpin and Mr. J. S. j Taylor attended the performance of ! Sausa's band at Winston-Salem Tues day night. Mr. John McCreary will be here on Monday and Tuesday of next week with another fine lot of mules to trade to Stokes farmers. Supt. of Schools J. C. Carson was here from Germanton this week at tending to matters in connection with [ the schools of the county. ! i Mr. Alex Nelson, of the Walnut | Cove section, was a visitor here Sat . urday. Mr. Nelson was purchasing some fine chickens to add to his flock. Mr. Zeb Smith, proprietor of the garage here, has the sympathy of his many friends in the loss of his in fant child the past week. Mr. Smith has returned to his work here. His Iwife is getting along nicely now but , has been seriously ill. ITWO MORE STILLS j TAKEN THIS WEEK Sheriff Turpin and His Deputies Are Keep ing An Eye On the Blockaders. Sheriff H. D. Turpin and Deputy Will Fagg captured a copper still of about 50 gallons capacity near the Jewel place in Peters Creek township Monday. The worm and cap of the still were also taken. The outfit was said to have been located within a very few feet of the main highway leading from here to Lawsonville. About three gallons of whiskey was found with the still. The outfit hud ; been taken out of the furnace when found. No one was seen around the I place. I Also on Monday Deputy Sheriff | Will Heath, of Sauratown township, | ] brought a cupper still here which he captured two miles west of Walnut I Cove. No arrests were made by Mr. Heath. Both stills were placed in the | county jail. On yesterday Sheriff Turpin and deputies made another round after a j still in the eastern part of this town- j ship but only found some heir as the | copper bail been removed. Sheriff Turtiin stated today that he 1 expected lv do his full duly toward capturimr stills ami nun engaged mi iti»ki:tg v.hi-i>ey. NAT M ' •'*rs : j HAD LONG » , A' ' LivC'-l At Jesse Davis Did Saur£to*vji Township. I Mr. Nat Davis died at his borne in Sauratown township a few days ago, after a lingering sickness with tuber culosis. lie was a sun i f the late Jesse Davis, deceased, and at the time of bis death was living at the Jesse ' Davis old homestead on Dan river. Tile deceased 's survived by bis! wife anil several children. Miiili Sickness In and Around Danbury A jneat deal of sickness is reported in and around Danbury, principally! line and bait colds, with some pneu-' ntonia. The entire Reporter force! has been in bed a large portion of this ; week, and the office has been closed up ; land imtenated. However, with a re-1 ■ duceil size and general short meter : we are able to come out late in the : ! week, and hope to meet our readers j on time in better shape next week. Mr. Walter V. Bennett, of Route 1, was here today enroute home from the Winston-Salem tobacco market. Mr. Hayes Duggins, here from the Meadows section today, reports lots of llae and grippe in his section. | Several Danbury people last week 'contributed s22.t>o to the Near East Relief fund, which was forwarded to Mrs. Dr. A. G. Jones, the county chairman. i The many friends of Mr. R P. Glidewell, of Meadows Route 1, will regret to know that he does not im- ' prove from his recent illness, as noted j in this paper last week. i Mr. G. L Simmons, a former citi zen of Stokes who now resides at Mt. Airy, is offering his handsome home there for sale It is not learned as to what his future plans are. Mr. J. H. Nelson passed through town Monday on his way to the Wins ton market with a big truck load of tobacco. This is about the last of the crop from the Buck Island hills. Pastor J. J. Eads, of Danbury cir cuit, this week attended the District I Conference of the M. E. church held at Mount Airy. He went from there jto High Point and will be accom panicd home hy his wife who is vis iting relatives there. The heaviest sleet for years proba bly, visited this section yesterday and today. A great many trees were bro ken by it. The large maple at the south-east corner of the court house square had several large limbs broken from it. J. WILL EAST PASSES AWAY Had Been 111 For Many Weeks At State Hos pital—Good Citizen. News was received here yesterday of the death of Mr. J. Will East at. the State Hospital at Morganton, where he had been undergoing treat | ment for more than a year. For some months very little hope had been en tertained for his recovery, his con dition having grown worse constantly. Mr. East, who was a citizen of Walnut Cove, formerly operated the drug store there, and had a host of 1 friends in the county, who will learn lof his death with sincere regret. He I owned considerable property in Wal | nut Cove. The demised is survived by three j children, all small, and two brothers, ! Messrs. Thomas and James East, both jof Stokes, also by one sister, Mrs. ! Robin Smith, of the Walnut ove sce j tion. The funeral and interment will be | held at Rose Bud church today. I jA Newsy Letter From Quaker Gap Cap, I'i*b. L's. Mr. Robert 'I on'.s, of this section, and Miss Man Smith, of V\ i ' ieltl, wirt to Smart S ".m , iret married. They were aivote;wned by Mr. Edgar Marshall and Misses N i.- and 1. . . Jones. MI -. '■ •'.! \ adt :l -i■ • ' • ur .t; in the t be.- h u ''ran o I!.. ... ■ . 11:,. ! I'OIIIMI .1 in i ill 1 ' i' out 111 i j months, but bore her still *fi j pa- I tiently. leav s a husband ard 21 Ismail children, several sisters ami ihi.tiler.- . :nI a I. \ of (i ion ! - to , auiurn their loss. M'. e Mildr-ii and In liurwell ! spent Saturday night vi'th Misses Gladys and Pauline Page. Mr. J. I". Simmons and family, of | this section, .spent Saturday land Sunday at Mr. Jerry Marshall's. ) Pastor J. J. I an. filled his regular ! an.iointineut at Wide Me um Sunday. Mr. and Airs. !•'. O. Shelton ate \ is ; itinat Mrs. George Cofor's. Mi-ses 11-it tic and Daisy Mi.ke; spent l-'nda.v night as ttie gtie. ts of M'ss Mabt I Co for. ■ Mr. Charlie Bennett has moved i with his family to his farm near ibis j place, which he recently uurchased j Mrs. Mollie Stanley is visiting n« r j sister, Mrs Cofer, a. \ atle Meenin. ! Mr. Ollic Moser, of Winston-Silom, ■visited at Mr Bud Marshall's Sunday. Mr Gid Marshal and family visited Mrs. Marshall's 'mother, Mrs. Boles, j Saturday and Sunday. * Mr. Jim Boles, of Capclla, visited at Mr. Raleigh Boles' Saturday night. Among those who visited at Mr. ! Reid Page's Saturday night were the following: Messrs Lesper Joyce, Os car Marshall, and Wakefield South ern, all of the Westfield section. Mr. and Mrs. Bob McKinney, of 1 High Point, visited Mr. McKinney's | mother Saturday. Mrs. McKinney's j health is no better, we are sorry to ! note. j People are very busy burning plant I beds and having choppings now in our : section. Mr Will Mickey recently visited his little daughter who is attending the ! high school at Germanton. ! Mrs. J. H. Stevens is visiting her [mother at Lawsonville. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Bennett spent Sunday with Mrs. Bennett's mother, Mrs. Stanley. Mr. G. R. Dunnivant and family spent Sunday at Mr W. E. Martin's BLUE BELL. News Of King. King, Feb. 28.—Mr. Thomas E. Smith has purchased from Prof. Geo. B. Gunter a twenty acre farm just West of King, the consideration being $3750.00. He expects to erect a nice residence on the property in the near future. Mr. Will Eaton, of Winston-Salem, was here on business Saturday. Mr. and Mrs Thos. F Baker, of Randolph county, spent Sunday with relatives here. Miss Ruby Hines, of Stony Point, is spending a few days here with her sister, Miss Nell Hines, who is teach ing in the high school. Mr. Moses B Mabe was here Mon day from Route 1 on business. No. 2,605 NEW BUILDINGS AT WALNUT COVE A. F. Marshall Likely To Remove To Cove— State To Take Over Main Street. Walnut Cove, March I.—The oyster supper and entertainment given in tb* school building Wednesday night last by the Parent-Teacher Association was well attended and much enjoyed by all present. The proceeds will bp used for the library fund. Mrs. John A. Burton was taken to Lawrence hospital in Winston-Salem I this week where she underwent an I operation. She is reported to he get ting along nicely. Main street here has recently been improved by the town preparatory to having the State take it over as a part of the State highway leading from i Winston-Salem to Danhury. Mr. Julian Vaughn left a few days I since for Jacksonville, Florida, to | spend some time with his brother. | The Meador Grocery Co. here i* ! preparing to build a new storage ' house at the rear of their building, ! the addition to lie about 2*>xloo feet. .Mr. James 1.. Meadows is preparing to erect a lumber plant on the Mill lot here on .Main street. lie will matii.f'icture s. reens, dour and win dow f 1 -n I"'!Ii-• rig 10 lie. :a!, ( te. • ! ;:•»! M:\ \. !•'. Mar " . . . •■ ' ' . 1 1 ■! !■':. i t I um ' will in ;-o near ■ . • i !••»! . i . vv« ling in •> •' »• i. t a.nily I: le. '' I. ! l- ! ing " I ! t ' y lot ■: ' -• ■.ii' i"! lie :r.e.» .".tilway "nil here. Mr. .la. I* I* ulton, Jr., has about re > I'd from a severe i as- of lelisili tis. Mrs. A. ii. Jones returned home oil Friday evening from a visit to her daughter, Mrs. ( . ,1. I.am'ie, iu lirei Ms'inro. •She was aci miioanied ; lu.me by Mrs. Lumbo who r-;:it. tin- I \\ eel\ end here. I Miss Klizaheth '''llllllll came home from the Xnrth Carolina ( ollege fi •• Woiii' ii Friday evening » t recuperate from a recent illness. Friends of Miss Fulton will be interested in the following item whi.h recently ap peared in the Greensboro News in regard to her: "Winners in the song j contest for original music for a col j lege song at the North Carolina Col | lege for Women were announced last 1 night, Miss Klizabeth Fulton, of Wal nut Cove, winning the prize for the best music." Mr. and Mrs. P. 11. I.inville and i Mr. P. W. Davis are confined to their respective homes with flue or severe cases of grippe. Little Virginia Mitchell, the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Mitchell, is recovering from an attack of pneu monia. Miss Minnie Catcs is reported to have scarlet fever but is improving at i this time. Mr. N. Hay Martin, of the Dan River Lumber & Milling Co., spent Sunday with home folks in Danhury. Mrs. A. Van Boom spent Friday in Winston-Salem. Miss Mamie Faggr Given Birthday Supper Dillard, F0b.28. - The many friends of Miss Mamie Fagg gave her a nice birthday supper Friday night in honor 1 of her thirteenth birthday. There was a large crowd present. Among those in attendance were the following : Misses Alice, Grace and Kthel Gib son, Lottie and Lillie Williams, Jet tie and Daisy Perguson, Ada Mitchell, Nellie Yates, Messrs. Joseph and Cecil Mitchell, Kd and Pat Williams, Arch and Carroll Manuel Harold Wall ami Clarence Knight. Kveryone seemed to enjoy themselves fine. All kinds of games were played and Miss Mamie received many nice presents. We wish her a long life and many more I happy birthdays. There is a great deal of sickness in this community, we regret to note. Wood-choppings have started up in this community now. A FRIEND. K. W. Sisk, of Peters Creek town ship, was a visitor here this week at the home of his son-in-law, Mr. P. C. Campbell. Mr. Sisk reports that there is considerable flue and wtopp ing cough in his section, around Utr sonville.