DANBURY REPORTER
Volume L.
FOUR SCHOOL
ELECTIONS CALLED
Districts To Vote On
Question of Special
Tax For Schools.
Elections to allow the citizens to
vote on the question of having a
special tax levied for schools were
called by the County Commissioners
here Monday at their regular month
ly session. The special school dis
tricts which will vote are as follows :
MEADOWS SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Flection April 22, 1H22.
Registrar, J. Will Morefield; Judges
of Flection, Riley Turner and Charlie
Voss. Flection to lie held at the
.store of J. Will Morefield.
WI'.SON'S STORE DISTRICT.
Flection April 22. 11)22.
Registrar, Frank Ross; Judges of
election, -I. 15. (liven and Cicero I
While. Flection at Ross' store.
I-I.AT SIIO VI. DISTRICT.
Election jiril 22, 1922.
Registrar, ''ink Southern: Judges
>if election, Sid Golden and I'.il Smith.
Flection at I'ink Southern's resi- |
deiu
\*iu :r. district.
Flection April 22. i(»_2.
R'-fi!.-!'rar L\ iV Jcssiei; .Jud«cs of'
(le- tii 'i, S. '•..urn and M. C. L.iv
son. i!|.'. 'null to In* held at store «• i" S
Fc! Slate. I
.M l!" r- •"!:!>• meeting of the!
county Coard of Kd'icatii; b l- e iioii- j
day t lose . ■ •:;« 1 sclii •>! di-tfi. sw re ;
laid out and 1 !i• - elections autiiori;'. d,;
the Hoard ri'itie ing tin-  .u.. ;.
Com iii.-sione--: to li\ tin dates an.l •
call the elivtiotl
News Of Vade Mecum.j
Vale Mv'euni, M arch i. Dr. R. 11. |
V- I, Held and Mr. W. 1.. Hull visited ;
Danbury on business Monday.
Mr. !I. 1 . Wiikes recently lot :t j
tLlie harse, we are sorry to no! .
Mr. Janus Booth, of Moore's
.''nriDgs is ill wiili llue.
Mr. Marvel V. liable, of Vade Me- :
eui.i, is confined 10 his room, suffering
Willi Hue.
Tv re will be preaching at V.ule 1
Meruit) Methodist church next Sun- |
day at 2:!!t) o'clock and Sunday School i
at I o'clock.
Miss Vot'da Ore was the guest of j
Misses Lucy and Cora Wilkes Sun- '
day l\ M.
Mr. Jonah Bennett, e f M.m'.pimcry, l
visited his parents, Mr. an- 1 Mrs. W. 1
A. Bennett, last Sunday.
Miss Beatrice Fast, of Vade Me-1
cum, was among the visitors at Mr. I
J. R. Hall Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Wilkes and Mr. I
George and Miss Evelyn Wilkes vis
ited Dr. and Mrs. Morefield Sunday.
Miss Myrtle Hall spent Monday
night with her cousin, Miss Ola Jones.
Miss Nannie Cardwell, of Westfield,
is spending a few weeks with her dau
ghter, Mrs. J. R. Hall.
There will be a box supper at Stony
Ridge Baptist church March 22nd.
Everybody cordially invited to attend.
Proceeds will go to paint the church.
JOLLY KIDS.
Eight Barrells Beer
Destroyed Monday
Sheriff H. I). Turpin and Deputy
\V. P. Fagg made a trip to the Mead
ows section Monday in search for a
whiskey-making plant, but when they
arrived there was no copper to be
found and no one was seen anywhere
around the place. Hojvevcr, the op
erators had left eight sixty gallon
barrells of sugar beer, which the of
ficers poured out on the ground.
It is said that without an exception
almost every still place found by the
officers has plenty of slop made from
sugar which accounts for the fact that
the sugar companies are doing such
an unheard of business these days.
During recent months thousands of
pounds of sugar has been poured out
on the ground in this county.
Mr. W. T. Fowler, prominent citi
zen of Meadows township, was here
Monday. Mr. Fowler is anxious to
see something done to help the sev
eral townships of the county connect
' up the missing link*. in the roads.
COURT HOUSE TO
HAVE PLUMBING
Contract For Work Is
Awarded To Winston
Firm.
The county commissioners have
awarded a contract to the West End
Plumbing Co., of Winston-Salem, for
the immediate installation of first
class plumbing in the court house at
Danbury. The water to be used is
brought from a spring high up on the
mountain above Danbury and come. l
by gravity, furnishing excellent pres
sure and being pure drinking water.
The news that the court house is to
have water placed in it will be hailed
with delight by many citizens of the
county, who are called upon from
time to time to do jury duty, to act
as witnesses, etc. The attorneys and j
; judges who attend our courts will |
likewise find satisfaction in '!■ ■ fact i
.that this convenience is to be put in.
In addition to other plumbing li\- J
j lure: three ilrir.hing fountains of the ]
• latest mo 'el will lie installed, so th... '
: you will neither have to hunt a cup to j
•git a drink or "tin the risk of con j
tradinn disease i v drinking alio.'j
i others.
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•HALF THE FARMERS
DON'T DO DUTY
in Failure To ftinv
j At Monte —Very
Deplorable Condition. |
I
!. ! ::.h, Mar. h ! Mm .Man oii••
i
| lli.it' i f the I l .' 'farm i'.t nilies in
' North Car.i'iii-1. !'•• >■', -i .itii.g a poo- 1
illi'.'.tion of :i;viv;. I ,ll(Ml,l)!l'l
I souls, wilful!/ n•.I" t to raise a
: home the food supplies which are
I iwessary for the main l , nance of
J oiiy; i. al strength and health and for
| the pr P' l' develi-lllllent of l ii-.- lilil
; drill in these families.
This estimate has jusi I■ .-.'ii iii.i'to
j' y John Paul I i a>, who was
"diufie.l" by Cwve.nor Morrison for
j'.he - !i \ e wire" campaign and who
jii is been devoting the first wee!' of
, hi:* stay in Raleigh largely to a study
(and survey of tile situation the rem
; e !ji:ig oi wnich lie has been callou
,u;'en to dire t.
Aoiiiing to Mr. Lucas, less than
'hn!f of the farm families in North
1 1 'ai'dinn keep a milch cow. Probably
!as large a per celltage neglec l to tend
ja garden, ex.opt in some instance's
la collard or cabbage patch. Thou
I sands (if these families do not even
' keep chickens or raise their own
! hog meat. An even * larger number,
jdo not raise sweet potatoes or Irish
potatoes for home use.
I "It is not surprising," today re
| marked Mr. Lucas, "in the face of
the situation to find that we are
'sending out of North Carolina to
other states the staggering sum of
$100,000,000 each year for food u.d
feedstuff*
"It would be bad enough if this
tremendous economic drain year
after year constituted the worst, fea
ture of the situation. But it dees
not. The tragedy of it all is that
these tens of thousands of our farm
families, aggregating a population
of nearly 1,000,000 people, do not
include in their diet health-giving
milk, vegetables and other home
grown products which would give to
their diet the variety and balance
which is necessary for the develop
ment and maintenance of strong,
vigorous manhood and womanhood.
"One can readily understand that
with practically half our farming
population inadequately nourished,
not from a lack of food but from a
lack of proper food, which could best
and most cheaply be supplied from the
home farm the physical efficiency of
a large per cent of our citizenship is
materially lessened and their health
affected. Unquestionably this part
of our population suffers most from
the ravages of disease because it
"has not the stamina and vitality to
resist.
"The 'Live-at-Home' campaign is
tremendously important from the
viewpoint of economic independence.
Infact it is absolutely essential from
this standpoint if the cotton farmers
of the state are to be saved from ab
solute bankruptcy and ruin. But it is
equally important from the stand
point of health, physical efficiency
and general welfare. And it is im
portant not only to the several hun
dred thousand who aro to be direct-
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, March 8, 1922
MEADOWS CITIZENS
WANT ROAD MONEY
Likely That Meeting Of
the Township Com
missioners Will Be
Held Soon.
A delegation of citizens of Mead
ows township appeared before the
Board of County Commissioners at
their meeting here Monday and pro
posed to pay half the cost of finish
ing certain road work in their town
ship, provided the county would pay
the other half. The Board declined to
accept the offer from the fact that
they were without authority to put up
any money under conditions like this.
After a discussion of the matter by
the Commissionss and the Meadows
I citizens, it was decided that a joint
| meeting of ail the highway commis-
I sinners of tin several townships of
I tile county and the County Commis
sioners ought to be held and an of-
I fort undo to adopt a feasible plan
jwher.-by the several townships could
{secure sufficient funds to complete
11. i niiiii.it up several links between
I'acli of the townships. These con
| iu i tiotis ;.re badly needed and in some
cases render the roads already built
alll" - t useless.
While no • .-finite action was taken
! t is likely that a meeting will be held
j soon and a:i elf u ! made to form sucii
t .*■ 'lan a tier, spoken • it" above to con
i'i i tip soi,.i of tile good loads in the
j different town.- hips.
i.Mexko Flooded
With Stolen Autos
Tile Acv ii.an Consul .it Jua re/,
• Mexico, 1.. found what becomes -f
| many of the aii'omobilcs stolen here
■ very iii'iiith. They go across '!i" 'n
iiiitional bridge into M: xico •«
j s;\ii numbers tli.it the legitimate .'U
. iomohile t ■:111 •in Mexico has become
i .--.erioi.sly aifc ted.
! According to the consul, thousands
oi stolen automobiles are steadily
I pouring ai ross the boundary. For the
I most pan tlie.v come from California
and states horderii g on the Ri ■
(ir.inde, but Many aie known to Lav
ionic from as far away as Chicago.
The cars are sold in Mexico for
j about half their value. Many are
•stripped of pieces i f any value all I
jabandoni"!, while others are taken to
i secret hilling places and new bodies
placed oil the old chassis, or otber
jwise cheangeil so as to be unrecogni-
I xable. The consul cites one case in
] which a Mexican offered to sell a
boy a good car for only £25. The boy
got the car but was caught before he
could deliver it.
Officials are now taking the num
ber of every car taken across the
bridge.
Mrs. Dolly Hole
Died Friday Night
Mrs. Dolly Hole, widow of the late
Thomas Hole, of Peters Creek town
ship, died Friday night at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Alex Flinchuni, in
Walnut Cove. The deceased had been
ill for some time. She was ageil 7o
years and was an excellent Christian
woman.
Only two children survivi as fol
lows : Mr Laura Hole, of Danbury,
Route 1, and Mrs. Alex Flinchuni, of
Walnut Cove.
The interment was made nt Pinej
Grove Baptist church on Sunday
morning, a large number of friends of
the deceased being in attendance
New Chairman State
Board of Elections
Governor Morrison has announced
the appointment of Col. P. M. Pear
sail, of New Bern, who was private
secretary to Governor Aycock, as
Chairman of the State Boaril if
Elections to succeed the late Col. Wil
son G. Lamb.
ly benefitted but also to every citizen
of the State, because everyone is di
rectly or indirectly interested.
The campaign, which is getting
well under way, has the earnest and
enthusiastic backing not only of the
governor but also of the department
of Agriculture, the State College, the
department of education, the State
board of health, the board of welfare
and other governmental depart
ments.
TWO STILLS TAKEN !
NEAR MEADOWS;
Two Gallons Of Sugar'
Head With Stills—No
Arrests Made So Far.
Two more large copper stills were
seized by Sheriff H. D. Turpin and
Deputy W. F. Fagg in the Meadows
section yesterday afternoon. About
two gallons of a mean grade of sugar |
head was also taken with the stills, j
ami the entire outfit was brought to i
Danbury and placed in the county |
jail. The two stills were found hid- j
den in the woods near the home of 1
Will Mabe, who resides .iust west of j
Clear Spring Baptist church
While no arrests have been made so |
far Sheriff Turpin stated that there j
was strong evidence against Mime j
parties residing near where thi stills ]
were found.
Since his induction in office on the j
first Monday in December Sheriff 1
Turoin has captured four st ills, otic i
i n.M'i at a still and taken a good many
gallons of whiskey, while iiis ilenu j
J tie- have captured oni or more stills.
I The stills taken Monday are sup-
I posed to belong to till' saill" p. r-n!r
--i who owned the eight barrells of bier
destroyed at Meadows Monday, as
thi y were found close to the point 'it
wi; Ii the beer was found. Mr. Tin -
pir -tatcd that tin-re . ovl.Ynre i.f
a wliol .•aie busini s-- in ■. l ,: -key bav
in;.' lien go'ng ..n ii. t "im' • ion.
Dr? A STIC LAW TO
II AID PROHinkiTIGX
,i
Virginia Law-makers
j Adopt Measure With
it All Kinds of Sharp
j' Teeth In it.
R : : nionil, \'a., March T. ''vo
l ilibi' u forces successfully iniri
-1 !)(•■ i-. d the Mapp-I.V'.'uies dry 1-nv m
! tori I'liienl bill through boi!> iiou.-.-s
of the genera! assembly i;i s; -.-ion
here today.
The bill, as it goes 'n linv->rno»'
ii. Lee Triiik'- , for signatui", i
.**•■ most dras'.i - enforcenient law yet
iilli'ii in t'n \'irgni:i .-t:i;ut.' book.-,
(•cording to Senator (i. Waiter
Wapp, of Aci'oiii .c, wh"se name '.iie
act will probably continue to bear.
Search and s' ixtiiv which was pro
hibited by the Deal act, will aga'ili :>i -
ome a part of the law. Private
dwellings and occupied berths on
steamships and railway trains are
xenipt from search without warrant,
■Hid heavy penalties are provided for
violations of this law.
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Calendar Prepared For
Spring Term Court
The calendar for the coming term
of Stokes civil court was prepared by
| the local bar here this week anil will
I appear in the next issue of the Repor
ter. The number of cases on the
docket appears to be about the aver
age with no cases of special impor
tance.
:
|
Board Education
In Session Monday-
Messrs. J. Reid Forest, John L.
I Christian and W. S. Steele, of the
Board of Fducation, were here Mon
day attending a meeting of that body.
■Supt. of Schools J.'C. Carson was
also present.
Westfield Road Near
Francisco Now
Blasting can be heard here daily
now on the highway being built froii
Westfield to Clenimons' ford bridge.
It is learned that the grading has al
most reached Francisco.
Surveying Road To
The Stokes Line
It is learned that the survey h:is
been started for the hard-surface
highway to be built from Winston-
Salem to the Stokes line at Fulp.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Stephens, of
Meadows Route 1, who have been ill
for some weeks with influenza and
• pneumonia, arc rapidly recovering.
JOHN L. KNIGHT
SHOOTS HIMSELF
Found Dead By His ;
Wife—Was Good Cit
izen Of Campbell Sec
tion.
John L. Knight, a good citizen of
Snow Creek township, was found dead
:in the field near his home Monday
'with a bullet hole through his head ;
I anil the pistol lying by his side, his .
I wife arriving on the scene soon after I
the fatal shot was fired,
j All the evidence pointed to the fact |
that it was a case of suicide and an
inquest was not considered necessary.
1 No cause has been assijMiid for Mr.
' Knight's rash act except that he had
i been in poor health for some time.
The deceased, who was about 55
; years of age, resided one mile from
! Arthur Shclton's stu. on the road
I from Sandy LiJge to Campbell. He
i was :.ii hones;, hard-working farmer
' and had the n an ! confidence ■ f
all who knew hi n.
I Surviving the dead man, besides
his wife, are several grown sons and
daughters, three of whom are mar
ried, tin e being Mrs. II my Haw
kins, Mrs. Andrew Hawkins and Mrs.
Fil Priddy, all of Stokes. 'lwo sinyi
daughters resided with tb deceased.
LIKELY TO
OVERPRODUCTION
Much Cotton Land In
South Carolina "'i!l
lit' I'sed l or Tobacco.
Darling m, S. C, Murdi
K\e:ytiling pi hit- to a wry large t-i
--bacco crop i;i Darlington nutuy tiii
year. That this is t. Ie tin. ase is
'indicated Ly ;h unusually large ntini-|
bcr of plant beds which are t ■ In- seen
throughout the country and by '.he
tremendous sale of tobacco cioth
wh-i li is lised to coci i the ; ..int tii -N.
And after a glance at the ottoii
11 ing report of ,i-t \ -in', wi-.i n !,ow.-
tiiat this ,'y made a • - i> whvli
w.is .i•; t abi ot eiu'-thir.i of the . rep i
i -.1 Vesti'd I:.■ ,e..r iiefol"', d'.le t • til
destruc.ivi I 1 weevil, and to •.eiy,
nnf.'ivorabl'. weather conditions, it i
assinnid tli.a many acres wiiiiii fur
yetirs have bei-n used for cotton \* i !
be given over to tobac 1 .0 tllis season.
In addition e. Ids reports from
North Cardina have brought new*.
of the very rich returns which
fall's crop in that State brough. for
it's growers.
By many farmers, tobacco re '
i garded as a side-line—a sour." 1 of a
i little early money, until the harvest
ami sale of the cotton crop. But it |
is very evident that it will receive
j much more time and care this year |
than it has in the past from those j
farmers who have heretofore treated
it strictly as a side line.
Very Little Tobacco
On Market Now
Mr. P. ('. Campbell is just back i
from the Winston-Salem tobacco j
market, having just carried off his i
last lot of the weed for this season.
He reports that there was very little
tobacco on the market and that he
did not see any on the floor that
could be called good tobacco.
Box Supper 22d
At Stony Ridge Church
A box supper will be given at the
Stony Ridge church on Wednesday
night, March 22nd, for the purpose of
raising money to paint the church.
Everybody invited.
Slogan Wanted.
A suitable slogan to advertise the
| North Carolina State Fair. Ten dol-
I lars in cash will be paid the success
ful contestant. Contest is free for
| all and closes March 25. Slogan must
;be short, not to exceed six words.
' "Let's go" is a good sample. Address
your suggestion to Manager North
Carolina Fair Association, Raleigh,
N. C.
The many friends of Mr. R. P.
Glidewell, of Meadows Route 1, will
' be pleased to know that he is gradu
ally improving from his recent seri
ous illness
No. 2,606
WANTS COUNTY TO
PAY FOR TURKEYS
Novel Claim From One
Citizen—Bids Reject
ed On Bridge—Meet
ing of Commissioners
At the meeting of the County Com
missioners here Monday bids were
received for the erection of a steel
and concrete bridge across Neatman
creek in Meadows township. Two or
more bridge companies submitted bid"*
ranging from $lt>()0.00 to s*>2oo.oo,
but all bids were rejected by the Com
missioners and it , was agieed to
have the bridgi built by Mr. K. R.
Kin v" under tin- same plan as has been
heretofore ad pted. Work will be
gin on the bridge as soon as material
can lie placed on ihe sit«. by Mr. king.
A novel ease w. - before the Hoard
from Sauratowii township, in which
Jlr 1.. A. WiMnum land lil' d with the
i;. aii! a claim for damage for the de
stu.tion of MVen turkey.-, it being al-
1 -l'.i d tiial i!i' do us ill' Walter Nelson,
of Sauratown township, did the kil
ling. The 'loiimis.-ioneis appointed
a mry compo- d of Messrs J. W.
Redman, K. 11. Vo.-s and K. A. Zim
merman t" inve.-tiirate the matter
and assess the damage, in.-t in. ting
them to repnit their |'m,iin} s to the
Hoard eaily possible.
The ree t use in which Mi. .1. M.
Vendible *»!••.! •» claim agains! the
• •"J ft r ... • i ti ... >mii of his
e'.il I e n>r 1 i:'eii by a r:.:M dip be
..rit'tr to l{ I.'H rt Si-U, h::s lieen set
t • b" Mr. •■aying Mr. Venahle
I i ', \v!.; u.. ;»ie a»in ,::>t of the
-..iiiiii _ i b> the jii!> in that
1»r. 11. fl. Tittle, of Walnut Cove,
who has In i n acting as county i|iiar
a.itine olli/er for some year.-, ent in
his resignation Monday, the same be
ing accepted. So far as could be
tiled tile Hoard did not take any
eps to till the va.-anvy. This will
iikely be taken up later.
Debate By Juniors
At Wainut Cove
.M.mbers of the Walnut Cove Coun
cil No. -Ml, -Ir. it. C. A. M. are pre
paring to deb";ite at all earl.x date the
foil-wing ipa-lion:
Resolved, that now is the time to
pass the soldiers' Bonus l!ill. Speak
ers for the allirmative an Messrs.
.1. H. Fowler, Fletcher Hawkins ami
11. K. Mcl'herson. For the negative
side are Messrs. J. 1). Johnson, J. C.
Joyce and S. W. Rierson A lively de
b.ite is looked for as this is a rather
important question at present, and
one that is causing congress more
trouble than anything it has come
in contact with recently.
Our County Seat Is
Entitled To One, Too
The State Highway Commission
will award a contract on the 15th of
' this month for the building of a hard-
I surface road from Reidsville to Went-
I worth, the county seat of Rocking
: ham. The distance is about the same
;as from Danbury to Walnut Cove.
I liOoks like it's about time the county
| seat of Stokes was hearing some
i talk, at least, about a hard-surface
I road up this way, since it is the in-
I tent ion of the new highway law to
[connect as soon as possible all county
i seats by hard-surface roads.
iTime Extended For
Closing Warehouses
The time for closing the tobacco
warehouses at Winston-Salem has
! been extended from March 10th to
March 17th. This was decided upon
by the Tobacco Board of Trade at a
meeting held this week.
Republicans To Meet
In Winston-Salem
The Republican State convention is
scheduled to be held in Winston-
Salem on April 12th. This was deci
ded upon at a meeting of the execu
tive committe in Raleigh this week.
President Harding
In Florida Now
President Harding is leaving Wash
ington today to spend a week im
Florida.