DANBURY REPORTED
Volume L
WALNUT COVE
SCHOOL DOINGS
"Womanless Wedding" Given—
(Manning For Another Big
School Building—News Of
the Cove.
Walnut Cove, May '.'.—The high
.- boo! hen has just (dosed after a
i lost successful year. Commence
ment began on Friday evening anil
continued until Monday night. The
irraduating sermon was preached by
Rev. Douglass Rights, a Moravian
minister of Winston-Salem. The
iradDating exercises took place at
the school building Monday afternoon,
there being nine members in the class.
A veiy interesting and entertaining
lecture was delivered Monday night
by Dr. W. 15. Moss, of Chapel Hill.
The patrons and friends are highly
pleased with the accomplishments of
the school, especially during the past
two years. Our school is now an ac
credited high school, being in the A
class, as rated by the State. We
have t'our high school teachers, in
addition to the seven intermediate
teachers, and pupils graduating in
the high school can enter any college
in the State without undergoing ex
amination. The State has recently
appropriated $1250.00 for a labora
tory and to improve the school li
brary. The present buildings being
insufficient we are preparing to erect
a $30,000.00 building in a short time,
very likely during the present year.
Two of the grades were taught in the
knitting mill this year on account of
the lack of room in the present school
buildings.
The play "The Womanless Wed
ding,'' given Saturday night under
the auspices of the Parent-Teacher
Association, was a scream from start
to finish. Mr. Paul Fulton, as the
bride, was very handsome in a lovely
white be-ruffied dress, made en train,
with a bridal veil arranged cap effect,
bordered with what was supposed tobe
orange blossoms. Mr. Carl Joyce was
the groom. Prof. Duncan was be
comingly attired in a pink evening
dress with hat to match and played
the wedding march. Dr. J. W. Slate,
representing a little 6-year-old girl,
was sweet in a dainty frock with cute
curls bobbing around. He carried the
wedding ring in heart of a cabbage
head. Mr. George Fulton performed
the ceremony which started off with
something like this: "Peach blossom,
will you have this swiveled lemon to
be your wedded husband," etc. All
of the characters were splendid and
the play was much enjoyed by the
large audience.
Mr. Shockley, the agent of the
Southern railway here, is at the Law
rence hospital in Winston-Salem, hav
ing recently undergone a minor oper
aton there.
Mr. P. T. Harrington left last week
for Alexandria, Va., to visit his
mother who was ill and who has since
passed away, according to a mes
sage received here yesterday from Mr.
Harrington.
R. W. Smith, of the Friendship sec
tion, was given a hearing before Esq.
S. C. Rierson Thursday morning on
the charge of interfering with the
county road forces several days ago.
lie was bound over to the next crim
inal term of Stokes Superior court.
In the future Rev. J. T. Ratledge
will preach at the Methodist church
here on the first Sunday evening in
each month.
Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Matthews visi
ted Mr. Matthews relatives at Stone
ville this week.
Mrs. T. J. Davis and Mrs. C. E.
Davis spent Monday in Winiton-
Salem.
Mrs. W. L. Vaughn is visiting
friends near Asheville.
Mrs. Will Vaughn, of Winston-Sa
lem, spent a few days here this week
with Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Linville.
Miss Minnie Cates, of Greensboro,
spent the week end with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Cates.
Mrs. J. T. Hire, of Greensboro,
spent the week end here with friends.
Mrs. Beverly N Jones, of Wnston
>Salem, accompanied by her infant son,
are spending this week with Mr. and
Mrs. A. G. Jones.
Mr. D. C. Taylor, of Quaker Gap
township, was a business visitor
here today. As will be seen else
where in this paper Mr. Taylor is an
nouncing himself as a candidate for
Sheriff of Stokes.
STOKES OFFICERS
GET TWO STILLS
Captured Sunday Night In the
Sandy Ridge Section—Also
Got Some Beer—County Jail
Overflowing With Stills.
If Sheriff Turpin and his deputies
continue to brine in blockade stilts at
the rati* they have been capturing
them for several weeks the county
will soon have to provide additional
quarters for them, as the county jail
will soon he full.
On Sunday night the Sheriff went
to eastern Stokes, accompanied by
deputies W. F. Fagg and John \.
Young, and brought hack two cop
pers, one of '">o or To gallons capacity
and the other of about 10 gallons.
They also destroyed several barrells
of "mash." Neither of the stills were
in operation when discovered and no
one was seen around either of the
still places. The stills were found
just south of Sandy Ridge.
I The stills which have been captured
by the Stokes officers recently are all
apparently well made and are cop
per. No steel drums or wooden crude
affairs are being taken any more.
The stillers are evidently making
money and securing better equipment.
Articles On Liquor
Traffic Endorsed
Dear Mr. Editor :
Will you please give space in your
splendid paper for me to most hear
tily endorse the articles on the liquor
traffic written by Mrs. R. H. More
feld and Mr. F. E. Petree in the last
and in this week's Reporter.
I sincerely hope the pen of the
ready writers of our county will keep
the prohibition ball rolling until we
have a clean county.
We are thankful for what has been
accomplished in the past few months,
hut we must keep pressing to the fore,
"with malice toward none and- with
charity for all."
The blockader does not realize just
how much he demoralizes the county,
yes, we might say the world, else he
would stop the business of death and
destruction. Soloman, the wisest
man, says: "Who hath woe? Who
hath sorrow? Who hath contentions?
Who hath babbling? Who hath
wounds without cause? Who hath
redness of eyes? They that tarry
long at the wine: they that go to
seek mixed wine."
"Look not thou upon the wine when
it is red, when it giveth its color in
the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
At the last it biteth like a serpent and
stingeth like an adder."
"Thine eyes shall behold strange
women, and thine heart shall utter
perverse things."—Prov. 23:29-33.
What we need and must have are
God-loving and God-obeying officers,
who will execute the law, and here we
are reminded of the poem by Sir Wil
liam Jones : What Constitutes a
State :
"Men, high-minded men,
Men who their duties know."
Mr. Turpin has been fearless in
executing the law. Why make any
change ? We want to pledge our
selves to stand by him and help make
our county one of the very best.
The Bible should be carefully
taught in oar schools, Bible temper
ance especially.
Alcoholized brains are like colored
glass, we cannot transmit the light
of truth unless we are under the
power of that holy habit—sobriety.
May every home that we love be
the home of peace; may every life
that we cherish escape the curse of
drink; may every child in our county
grow up sweet and pure and true;
may every man that has lent to
woman his attention at this hour be
long to the great army of the gentle
czar who is willing to welcome women
even to the throne room of govern
ment.
"Strike 'till the last foe expires,
Strike, for your altars are your fires,
Strike for the green graves of your
sires,
God and your native land."
■ Yours for all that is grand and
good.
MRS. J. SPOT TAYLOR.
Mr. E. A. Covington, of Pilot Mt.,
Route 1, was a visitor here yesterday.
While in Danbury Mr. Covington
qualified as executor of the will of the
late J. P. Covington, whose death is
noted elsewhere in this paper.
Danbury, N.. C., Wednesday, May 10, 1922
TO BUILD ROAD VIA
MOORE'S SPRINGS
Letter From State Highwav
Commissioner Doughton Im
parts This Information—The
Survey To Start Soon.
It is learned here today that Mr.
J. R. Bennett, of Danbury Route 1,
has just received a letter from State
Highway Commissioner Doughton in
which he states that the route for
the State highway from Danbury to
Westfielil will be byway of Moore's
Springs, instead of through Peters
Creek township.
Mr. Doughton recently visited
Stokes and went over the two pro
posed mutes mentioned above with a
vew to selecting one or th" other for
the highway leading to Surry county.
It appears now that a road is as
sured for Peters Creek to connect
with the State highway somewhere
near Piedmont Springs or the Buck
Island bridge. In fact it is learned
that the State highway commission
would have built the road through
Peters Creek had not these citizens
been assured of a connection with
the highway.
Since it has been definitely decided
as to the route of this road it is ex
pected that engineers will be sent
here at once to make the necessary
survey in order that contract may be
let for the road.
Patrick Officers Get
Winston-Salem Men
The officers in Patrick county are
getting to he more active than usual
in the apprehending of whiskey haul
ers, according to the Stuart, Va., En
terprise. That paper this week tells
of the capturing of an outfit on this
side of Stuart the past week. The
account of the capture follows:
On Monday afternoon Stuart auth
orities learned that a load of whiskey
would be tranferred at Walter Death
erage's, five miles south of Stuart,
from a Ford car to a North Carolina
Dodge roadster. The officers were
soon on the scene and hid themselves
in the woods near Deatherage's house
and had not been there long when two
cars drove up. The officers made an
investgation and found that the whis
key had been unloaded from the Ford
car and was hidden near the Dodge
ready to be loaded on. The Ford car
Was being driven by Will Foley an 1
Hoge Smith and the Dodge roadster
was in the possession of Arthur and
Harvey Deatherage, of Winston-
Salem. All of these men were ar
rested and brought to Stuart togeth
er with the two cars and the whiskey,
there being 56 gallons of the whiskey.
The cases of the four men were sent
on to the grandjury.
A Birthday Dinner;
News Of King
King, May s.—The relatives of Mrs.
T. F. Newsom gave her a surprise
birthday dinner Friday. Quite a
crowd in attendance and it was ar.
enjoyable occasion for all who wer-i
present.
Mr. Thomas B. Smith purchased at
auction here Saturday the W. E.
Hartman residence on West Main
street, consideration being $3900.00.
Mr. Smith will move his family here.
The Davene Vaudeville Shows,
which were here all last week, are
playing at Westfield this week.
Mr. Theodore Newsom, of this
place, has gotten out a complete vest
pocket history of the United States.
The book is alphabeticaly arranged
and is the only thing of its kind ever
seen in this section.
Mr. Sam Oliver, of Greensboro, is
here on business today.
Mr. Buck Kirby cut an ugly gash
in his foot with an axe yesterday. Dr.
Griffin attended him.
Mrs. W. G. Tuttle and little T. D.
•re spending the day here with rel
atives.
Mr. T. G. Newsom went to Winston-
Salem on business today.
Mr. C. A. Wall, c(f Campbell, ac
companied by his daughter, Miss
Annie Wall, was here yesterday en
route to Walnut Cove, the young lady
expecting to visit the dentist. Miss
Wall, who has been a student at
Hiddenite school, was forced to give
up her work on account of poor health
and has been advised by her physi
cian to have some of her teeth ex
tracted.
WHEAT CROP IS
INJURED BY RAIN
Influenza Continues To Kage In
King Section—.Mrs. G. W.
Smith Improving—News Of
Yadkin Township.
King Route 2, Muy B.—On a-count
of much wet weather recently
it i.- thought that the wheat crop in
this Mction has been damaged con
sidt i.i My. Up until recently the pros
pect for a fine wheat crop was never
bet:- ,-.
'1 i ere has been very little corn
plant d in this section up to this time,
whii- tobacco plants are ready to set.
Fanners are generally very much be
hiin. with their work on account of
so much rain.
A number of the citizens of this
sect inn attended the big auction sale
of bind at King Saturday. A very
large crowd was at the sale but thev
did not seem to be interested in buv
ing land or town lots but came out for
a good time. Several of the sales
made were not confirmed by the own
ers iif the property.
We learn that Mrs. G. W. Smith,
who is in the Martin Hospital in Mt.
Airy, is improving nicely and will be
home within the next two or three
weeks.
There are still several cases of t!u
in this section. Looks like the mal
ady is hard to get rid of.
Mr. G. W. Smith and son, Fount,
made a business trip to Danbury Sat
urday.
In the recent death of Mr. J. P.
Covington Stokes county loses one of
her very best citizens. Mr. Coving
ton resided at Brim Grove and had
been ill for some time, passing away
last Saturday morning at 3 o'clock.
Mr. Covington was elected as county
surveyor for several times and was a
well known citizen. The remains
were laid to rest at Brim's Grove cem
etery Sunday, Rev. Hanes, of Mount
Airy conducting the funeral.
SCRIBBLER.
MUCH SICKNESS
AT CAMPBELL
Mesdames W. P. Ray, Mary Ann
Martin and Mr. Tom Clark
Among Those Afflicted—Re
vival Meeting In Progress.
Campbell, May 6.—A protracted
meeting is being held at Peters Creek-
Baptist church by Revs. Eugene Olive
and J. H. Hall, of Mt. Airy.
This community very pleasantly re
members Mr. Olive, he having assist
ed Mr. Hall in a series of meetings
here last summer and it is needless to
say that every one who hears him en
joys his sermons and are very anxious
to hear him again.
After a long illness Mrs. Mary Ann
Martin is improving, her many
friends are pleased to know.
Mrs. Ernest Rogers, who has been
sick since last July, is recovering, her
many friends are glad to know. Mrs.
Rogers is a splendid woman and
a good kind neighbor. Her Illness has
been long and tedious.
Mr. Tom Clark continues very low
with a complication of diseases.
Miss Riila Merritt delightfully en
tertained her young friends Wed
nesday evening, giving a birthday din
ner on her 20th birthday. A bounti
ful supply of good things to eat filled
a large table and all present enjoyed
it very much. Miss Merritt was the
recipient of a lot of nice and useful
presents.
Mrs. W. P. Ray is suffering at this
writing with high blood pressure and
rheumatism.
The school at Peters Creek will
close on Tuesday, May 9th.
Hairston Farm Was
Sold Saturday
The Hairston's Quarter Belews
Creek farm of 533 acres was sold at
auction Monday by the Atlantic
Coast Realty Co. and Messrs. J. D.
Humphreys and L. M. Swink, and
brought the sum of 112,180.00. The
land was divided up into twelve farms
and was purchased by different citi
zens, principaly Sauratown township
men. Each tract sold is held open
for 20 days in order that an oppor
tunity may be given anyone to put an
increased bid of five per cen on the
sales, such bids to be filed with the
Clerk of the Court of either Forsyth
or Stokes county.
PASSING OF TWO
GOOD CITIZENS
.Messrs. J. I'. Covington and J.
H. Alley Passed Away Last
Week—Both Prominent In
Their Communities.
Mr. J. !'. Covit'.gton passed awn;
early Saturday morning at iiis liom •
on Pinnae!* Kouu-J, after an : llness of
several moii'li- duration. \ few days
since Mr. Covington sullYr-d a -tr k
of paralysis from wki h he never
rallied, lie was aged abo'.it seventy
six years.
The deceased was an excellent citi
zen anil was well known throughout
the county, having at one time been
county surveyor. He was engaged in
that work from time to time for a
period of about forty years. The
deceased was a faithful member of
the Baptist church for many years.
Besides his wife and other relatives
Mr. Covington is survived by two
sons and two daughters, namely : Mr.
J. A. Covington, of Colorado, and Mr.
E. A. Covington, of Pilot Mt., Route 1;
Mrs. R. 11. Mitchell, of Rcidsville, and
Mrs. Lilla Gordon, of Pilot Mountain.
Mr. John 11. Alley died almost sud
denly at his home three miles east of
Danbury late Thursday evening of the
past week. Mr. Alley had apparently
been in his usual health during the
day and had gone to the stable
to milk the cows when he was sud
denly stricken, probably with heart
failure, and when found he was al
most speechless, passing away in a
short while.
The deceased was aged about 75
years and his death marks the passing
of another one of the few Confederate
veterans of this county. He was
among the county's best and most
worthy citizens, and was a firm be
liever in the doctrines of the Primi
tive Baptist church. Interment was
made in the family burying ground
near the home of the deceased.
Mr. Alley is survved by his wife
and three sons and three daughters, as
follows: Messrs. J. H. Alley, of
King, and Gibcrt and Sam Alley, of
Danbury Route 1; Mrs. L. B. Sim
mons, of Walnut Cove; Mrs. James
L. Tilley, of Smith, and Mrs. Scott
Simmons, of Sauratown township.
JAS. P. COVINGTON.
Mr. James P. Covington was bom
Sept. 12, 1845, died May 0, 1022, aged
76 years, 8 months and 24 days. He
was married to Mary J. Gibson on the
10th of January, 1871. To their union
were born six children, three sons
and three daughters. Besides his wife
one son, Thomas J. and one daughter,
Mrs. Nora Napier, have preceded him
to the grave. On October 24, 1901), he
was again married to Laura A. Pow
ers, who survives him. Besides his
wife he leaves two brothers, J. H.
Covington, of Mizpah, and W. R.
Covington, of Pilot Mt. Route 1, two
sisters, Mrs. Emily Heath, of Wins
ton-Salem, and Mrs. W. A. Simmons,
of the Brown ?>tountain section, two
daughters, Mrs. Lilla Gordon, ,of
Pilot Mountain, and Mrs. R. H.
Mitchell, of Reidsville, and two sons,
E. A. Covington, of Pilot Mountain,
Route 1, and J. A. Covington, of
Florence, Colorado. The latter being
unable to attend the funeral. He also
leaves 31 grand children and a host
of friends to mourn his loss. He
united with the Baptist church about
40 years ago. Since that time he
has been actively engaged in church
work and has been instrumental in
establishing churches and Sunday
schools. He seemed to find great
pleasure in the service of the Lord. He
was one of the county's most useful
citizens and was always interested
in the welfare of his community. The
funeral services were conducted by
his pastor, Rev. J. H. Hanes, at Brim
Grove Baptist church Sunday. His
granddaughters acted as flower bear
ers. His popularity was shown by
the many hundreds of people who
gathered to pay their last respects
to him. While we mourn his loss and
shall greatly miss him we believe
and rejoice that he is sweetly resting
in that beautiful home where sorrow
and pain never enters and where we
at last hope to meet him again.
HIS GRANDSON.
Messrs. J. C. Carson and Curtis Mc-
Gee, prominent Germanton citizens,
were in Danbury a short while yes
terday.
No. 2,615
COUNTY TO BUILD
NEEDED ROADS
Connections Between Improved
I Roads Already Constructed
To Be Financed By County
As A Whole.
Thv Moan I of Stokes County Com
missioners will issue bonds at their
next regular meeting, first Monday
in June, for tlu purpose >f raising
money t«• build a nu.i.ber >f badi«
needed links of road in the different
sections of the county connecting
various ini|M>rtant and improved
highways built, building or to bo
built. This decision wis reached
last Saturday at a meeting in the
court house here between th- county
k onimissioners and the township com -
missoners, following conferences that
had been held between the boards of
township commissioners and citizens
of their respective townships.
At Saturday's meeting about 95
miles of roads were asked for by the
various townships, all requesting
help with the exception of Sauratown,
who with splendid and unselfish spirit,
through its spokesman, Mr. C. E.
Davis, announced its hearty support
and willingness for these links to be
built by the county, and asking no
mileage for itself.
While the Board of County Com
missioners are unanimous in support
of the plan for making the needed
connections, it is believed that they
will probably not accept the estimates
for all the mileage asked for, and
some demands may be considerably
shaved down, yet it is certain that
a number of badly needed connections
will be built at the general county
expense without delay. The Board
is looking favorably toward a gene
ral county unit system of roads, and
will have an eye single to this policy.
Otherwise in a number of sections
of the county investments of citizens
for good roads are well nigh useless
as far as the county is concerned.
Every township of the county was
represented at the meeting by its
board of road commissioners, as a
whole or in part, as follows:
Danbury township—E. R. Nelson
and Noel Oakley.
Sauratown township—C. E. Davis,
M. D. Linville and H. G. Tuttle.
Meadows township—W. T. Fowler
and others.
Yadkin township—Dr. Bernard, Dr.
Helsabeek, Hooker and others.
Quaker Gap township—C. A. Mick
ey, J. \V. Pell and others.
Big Creek township—J. C. Frans,
J. \V. Simmons and Ed Slate.
Peters Creek township—Eli Nelson,
Hense Flinchum and Monroe Fagg.
Snow Creek township—l. J. Priddy,
H. T. Corn and others.
Beaver Island—J. M. Fagg and
others.
There was a large number of citi
zens present besides the township
commissioners.
It is believed the most needed con
nections will cost from $130,000 to
$150,000, and the county can probably
sell its notes at a premium of SIO,OOO
to $15,000.
It was stated by the Commissioners
that the Board would carefully inves
tigate the different quotas called for
and that none but such roads neces
sary to the county as a whole will be
built.
MRS. PATTERSON
COMING HERE
To Speak On Non-Political Sub
jects In Stokes Soon—Candi
date For Congress . ,
A letter received by a Danbury
lady this week from Mrs. J. Lindsay
Patterson, of Winston-Salem, who is
the nominee of the Republican party
for Congress in this district, states
that she expects to visit Stokes during
this month and will probably speak
at several points in the county.
Mrs. Patterson's letter in part is
as follows :
"I am planning a series of non
political talks on national and in
ternatonal subjects in Stokes and
Surry counties during May, and of
course want to go to Danbury. There
is so much now affecting us as Ameri
cans—not as politicians—that I think
for the present it would do us all good
to get together and forget eur differ
ences, and discuss the things that
concern our national welfare, with
out giving thought to party."