DANBURY REPORTER
Volume L.
ECHOES FROM
THE PRIMARY
Very Light Vote Cast—Spruill's
Majority 556 Over All Oppo
nents—Lee Beats Avery Near
100—Haymore Wins Slightly
In Stokes But Loses In Surry
—lrregularities At Several
Precincts.
The primary passed off very
quietly, with an exceedingly ligh:
vote. Spruill for Solicitor carried
Stokes by 5(55 over a!! his opponents.
Cox received only two votes in the
county, Austin 4; Aibertson .'5. Leo
for Corporation Commissioner re
ceived -MS votes, while Avery pot
only 01. At several of the precincts
in the eastern section of the county
voters thought Avery was A. I), (vie,
of Leaksville, ar.d voted for Aw ry,
thinking him I vie. At West Sandy
Ridge Lee received all the Demo
cratic votes cast, 215, hut the legis
trar in making out the returns er
roneously gave Avery 23 and I.ee
nothing.
According to affidavits made here
by member of the Board of Elections
Odell Jones ar.d Register of Deeds
Wall, eight of the precinct returns
were not sworn to which leads S. O.
McOuire, of Surry, the defeated Re
publican candidate for the Senate,
from S:okes ar.d Surry, to contest the
nomination of P.. 1.. Haymore, who
carried Stokes by some IDS majority
McGuire c.arried Surry by about 105
votes, but was defeated by the three
or foil!- majority of Haymore in
Stokes.
News and Personals
Of Germanton Route 1
(lermr.nton Route 1, June •">.—Mr:.
Cicero Holes, who has been ill for
some time with typhoid fever, is im
proving nicely at this writing.
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Bennett anil
childrci, of Winston-Salem, spent
Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Riser.
Mrs. T. J. Boles visited Mrs. Eliza
Itutledge Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill White spent Sun
day wi h Mr. and Mrs.  arl White.
The little 15-months-old daughter
of Mr. and Mr?. Jesse Tuttle is des
perately ill at this writing.
Miss Barbara Tuttle has gone to
Madison 'to spend two weeks with
her sister, Mrs. John Vernon.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Fetree and lit
tle daughter, Vela, and Mr. Frank
Stonestreet and Mr. and Mrs. John
Fetree and children visited Mr. F. E.
Petree Sunday.
Mrs. R. C. Fowlr is spending some
time in Walnut Cove with her son
Mr. Joe Fowler.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Boles visi
ted Mr. and Mrs. Cicero Boles Sun
day.
Messrs. Charlie Fowler and Gilmer
Tuttle motored to Madison Sunday
for some reason.
Mr. Fletcher ClinaWl, of Wallburg,
spent Sunday at Mr. Bruce Riser's.
Those* who visited at Mr. W. T.
Fowler's Sunday were Mr. and Mrs.
T. C. Boles, Misses Pearl and Clarice
■Holland, Mae Boles, Maud Boles, Ma
mie Steward, Ethel and Iris Boles,
Messrs Callie Tuttle, James Riser,
Paul Riser, Wade Tuttle, Una Riser,
and O. C. Tuitle.
Mrs. O. R. Turtle, who has been
desperately ill for some time, does
not ifapi-ove rapidly.
Mr. W. T. Fowler and son, Simp
son, went to Danbury today on busi
ness.
Among those who visite.i Mr. Q R
Tuttle Sunday were Mr md Mrs H L
Hartgrove, Mr and Mrs R F A Baker
and daughter, Irene, Mr and Mrs
Jim Tuttle and children, Ruffin Ta
tum, Mr and Mrs Mike Tuttle, Tom
mie Tatum, Mr and Mrs Charlie Rut
ledge and others.
Messrs Lucas Ferguson and Har
vey Johnson went to Winston-Salem
today on business.
Mr and Mrs Manie Tuttle and chil
dren and Mr and Mrs J C Tuttle vis
ited Mrs Joe Tuttle Sunday.
Mrs R A Boles spent Sunday af
ternoon with her sister, Mrs. Roy
White.
CHERO-COLA.
Mr. William Carter, of Mt. Airy,
accompanied by Miss Annie Fulton,
•of Walnut Cove, spent a few hours
here with friends yesterday.
COUNTY TO BUILD
SCHOOL HOUSES
Will Spend Probably SfiO.OOO At
Once For Buildings—Election
In Germanton Precinct—
Schools Consolidated.
The county Board of Education, in
session here Monday, made an order
for the erection of school buildings
in the county at the following named
places :
At Meadows, 6-room house, to cost
approximately $10,000.00.
At Walnut Cove, large building
to supplement present buildings, to
cost $20,000.00.
At Pinnacle, buiiding to supple
ment present building, to cost $1.",-
000.00.
An election was ordered to be held
in Germanton district for the purpose
of voting on the question of consoli
dating the st hools of Germanton,
Petree's Chaff.n's, Red Bank an;!
Horse Head, the two last named being
in Forsyth county. The election will
be held on July 11th. If the vote is in
favor of the consolidation, the Board
will erect a 515,000.00 building to
supplement the present building at
Germanton. This proposed district
lies in both Stokes ar.d Forsyth coun
ties. L. M. Mcßen: ie was named ::s
registrar for the election and C. J!.
Hauser and J. T. Wstmoreiand are
judges. The registration books will
open 20 days before the date of th"
election, which will be on .hire IT til.
The Francis.'o, New Bethel and
Beaver Ham schjois, in Big Creek
township, were ordered con.-olidated,
effective when the s.hools open in the
jcoming fail.
The money to be used in the erec
tion of the school buildings mentioned
jaiwc is a par: of that loaned th
I county by th? State. The districts
in which the .-.hi! buildings are to
, erected will I e taxed to pay the funds
.back to the State, payments to lv
expended owr a long peried.
Four Negroes and
Whiskey Captured
! Four negroes, Will Cherry, Geo.
j Allen, San; McDonald ami Claud
I Weathers; oon were arrested on the
Norfolk & Western train near Wal
nut Cove Friday by Deputy Shcr iT
Crutchfie'.d, of Walkertown, on the
charge of transporting whiskey an i
■ having whiskey in their possession
| for sale. They were seen by the con
i (iuctor to unload some packages at
I Walnut Cove and one of the party
i stepped off ar.d remained with the
•tuff put off. Officers were notified
I when the train reached Winston-
Salem and Deputy Sheriff Smothers,
Powell and Crutchfield went to Wal
nut Cove and found Clarence Errs,
colored, standing guard over the
whiskey. He was arrested am! fif
teen gallons of whiskey were found
near where he was standing. He was
identified as the man who got off
with the packages.
It is presumed that the men will
be brought to Stokes for trial as tney
were captured in Stokes.
Note Of Explanation
From Mrs. Patterson
Editor Danbury Reporter :
I regret very much the misunder
standing about my speaking at
Moore's Springs last Saturday. No
one notified nie that I was expected
there and the first I heard of it wis
when a friend asked me about it
just before I was leaving to speak at
Walnut Co>'e that afternoon and
evening.
1 do not know how the mistake oc
curred and I am very sorry. I am
always glad to speak but of . course
must be notified in time to make ar
rangements about coming.
Yours very truly,
LUCY PATTERSON.
Winston-Salem, June 6, 1922.
Luther Tolbert Was
Arrested Monday
Luther Tolbert, of the Walnut
Cove section, was arrested Monday
by Deputy Sheriff W. F. Fagg, of
Danbury, on the charge of violating
the prohibition laws. His bond was
fixed at $500.00, which he gave. A
preleminary hearing will be given
Tolbert Saturday of this week.
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, June 7, 1922
MRS. PATTERSON TO
SPEAK IN STOKES
Two Marriages At Walnut Cove
M. E. Parsonage—Mrs. Susa:i
Richardson Taken To Hos
pital—Personals.
Walnut Cove, Jur.e S.—Mrs. Susan
Richardson was carried to the hos
pital in Winston-Salem Sunday for
treatment for injuries received by a
fall several weeks ago. An X-ray
examination showed a fracture and
dislocation of the hip-joint. On ac
lount of her age it is regarded
i.uite unlikely that she will be able to
walk very well any more.
Miss Annie Fulton returned to her
home here Friday from Mount Airy,
where she has been teach'ng in the
city school.
Miss Elizabeth Mailonee, of Greens
boro, is spending a few days here as
the guest of Mrs. Harry Sanders.
Several Wair.ut Cove people atten
ded a meeting of the county commis
sioners at Danbury yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Fulton and
Mr. J. H. Fulton spent Sunday at
Elkin with the parents of Mrs. Ful
ton, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Snow.
Mrs. Lindsay Patterson, candidate
for Congress, will speak at Diilard
Monday, June 12; at Buck Island
School House on the 13th and at
Moore's Springs  n the 1 -4th. At each
place s;i.-f -.king will begin at 8 p. m.
Married Friday at the Methodist
parsonage, Wade Hicks to Mrs. Etta
Forbush, Rev. J. T. Ratledge offi
ciating. Also Saturday afternoon,
at the same place Troy Tedder was
married to Miss Viola Boies.
THE PRIMARY
IN THE STATE
Spruill Wins For Solicitor—Lee
Carries State For Corporation
Commissioner Stack Wins
Nomination For Judge.
Spruill is nominated for Solicitor
in Stokes, Guilford and Davidson,
The exact figures are not known yet.
For Corporation Commissioner.
Lee carries the State over Avery by
1.-1,000.
A. M. Stack, formerly of Stoke--,
is nominated for Judge in the Tenth
District.
John B. McCreufy was nominated
by the Democrats of Forsyth over
P. Moir.
No nomination for Sneriff was
made in Rockingham, and a second
primary will be held with Kemp ana
Smith running.
RESOLUTION TO
ISSUE ROAD BONDS
Passed By Board of County
Commissioners At Meeting
Here Monday—Many Citizens
Are Pleased.
At the meeting of the County Com
missioners here Monday a resolution
calling for the immediate issuance of
$150,000.00 bonds to build roads was
'adopted by the Board.
This action of the Board is in re
sponse to the demands of the people
of the county for better roads in cer-
I tain sections of the county which are
{absolutely cut off from the outside
, world.
| The office of the County Commis
sioners was full to overflowing vith
citizens and tax-payers Monday when
the resolution to issue bonds was
adopted and they went home ftal'.u
siastic over the prospect of bet
ter roads to their sections in the near
future.
The full text of the resolution as
adopted by the County Commission
ers Monday appears elsewhere in
this paper.
The bonds will be issued an 1 sold
at an early date and work started on
the roads as soon as possible.
J. C Carson, Superintendent of
Schools, and Curtis McGee, cashier
|of the Bank of Stokes County at Ger
manton, visited Danbury today.
Mr. H. D. Fagg, of Pilot Mountain,
visited his brother, Mr. A. J. Fagg,
here this week.
STOKES COURT
JURORS DRAWN
For the Civil Term, Which
Convenes July 17—Judge W.
F. Harding To Preside—Cal
ender Not Arranged Yet.
Jurors were drawn by the County
Commissioners Monday to serve at
the coming term of Stokes Superior
court, which will convene on Mon
day, July 17th. This term of court i
is for the trial of civil cases only anil
will continue for one week. The
calendar has not been arranged at
this time. Judge W. F. Harding, . f
Charlotte will preside over the court.
The jurors drawn are as follows :
W. p. Rondurant, J. F. Palmer, El
wood Boyles, J. S. Snider, 1.. 0.
Baker, Win W. Duncan. T. M. Smith,
W. S. Crews, L. J. Fowler, L. R.
Pulliam, F. L. Smith, T. J. John
son, Matt East, Jacob Fulton, Jr.,
jJ. W. Shelton, Jesse Ashhy, \. JI.
Bov.-,nan, J. M. Alley, J. W. Jones,
F. 1.. Beasley, C. A. Wagoner, R. W.
j DOIIM.II, H. L. Mitchell. W. T. Mabe.
POPULAR COUPLE
WEDDED SATURDAY
Miss Kathleen Simpson, Ot
Winston-Salem, Becomes (ho
Hride Of Mr. John Tnv lor. Of
Danbury.
Winston-Salem, June I.—Of in
ters to a large number of friends
in this city and throughout this sec
tion ' f the State is the marriage of
Mi.-- Kathleen Simpson, of Win.-ton-
Snli.n, and Mr. J. John Taylor, >i
Danbury, which was solemnized yes
terday afternoon at 5 o'clock at the
home of the bride's mother, Mrs. John
T. Simpson, on West Fourth street.
The ceremony was a very quiet on:-,
ov. ::g to a recent death in the bride's
family. Rev. R. H. Dr.ughter.v, pas
tor of the West End Methudi.-.t
•hurch, officiated.
The ceremony took place in th*
| living room where a very pretty
! altar had been improvised of palms,
ferns, and Do/ithy Perkins roses,
ihe bride, Iresseci in dark blue crepe
i aille with srrey accessories and carry
ing a ho|uet of bride's roses and val
ley lillies, entered with the groom.
Immediately following the cere
mony Mr. and Mrs. Taylor left for
a trip north. Upon their return
they will make their home in Dan
bury, where Mr. Taylor is secretary
of the Stokes County Real Estate
Exchange.
Mrs. Taylor is the elder daughter
of the late Mr. .John T. Simpson.
i She is a graduate of Salem College,
and has many friends in this city.
Mr Taylor is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. Spot Taylor, of Danbury.
Misses Taylor Entertain
For Mrs. Hardy
Misses Mary and Grace Taylor en
tertained at a delightful party Thucs
day afternoon from four to six
o'clock, honoring Mrs. B. F. Hardy,
of Clio, S. C., guest of Mrs. E. P.
Pepper. Tables were attractively
arranged in the living room and re
ception hall, at which progressive
rook was most enthusiastically play
ed. Miss Esther Eads won the prize,
a game of rook. The honor guest was
given a lovely pair of hose. Mrs.
George Sullivan, of Lexington, guest
of Mrs. Odell Jones, was given a
pretty box of powder. The hostesses
served a delicious salad course with
wafers and iced tea.
Rain.
It continues to rain. Farmers are
getting mighty blue. Wheat is seri
jously suffering, much corn is un
j planted, and tobacco fields newly set
| out are needing sunshine. It has been
wet practically all the time for five
months—since the 10th of January.
Serious damage will result if it con
tinues a week or two longer.
Lightning- recently struck the store
building of Mr. Monroe Fagg on Dan
bury Route 1 and severely stunned
Mr. Vagg's wife, who was in the
store. The building was not injured.
Mrs. Fagg has fully recovered.
WALNUT COVE
RECEIVING PLANT
Plans Adopted At Mass Meet
ing Monday Night To Erect
and Establish Co-Operative
Marketing Facilities.
Walnut Cove, .)urn.' »>.—At a meet-1
injr of the citizens of Walnut Cove j
Monday night, plans were perfected i
for the erection and establishment j
of a receiving station for ihe Tobacco ]
Growers' Co-Operative Marketing;
Association. A stock-company was •
organized which will acquire a do
sirable location and baild a suitable j
plant for :he hand Si".# of the la ,
i|uautiiy of leaf tobacco which will be j
marketed her-' through the Co-Oper- :
ative Marketing Association's plan. ;
It is estimated that probably seven
million pounds of tobacco will find its |
I way to this plant, and nothing will |
|be left undone to aid the association
lin providing facilities for the hand-I
I ling of this immense ir.av.titv of to-j
• bacco.
The people of this community are \
enthusiastic over the movement ami '
farmers are rapidly signing the cvn- |
tracts.
Amor.g those who haw associated '
! themselves with the movement to I
| furnish facilities for the establish- |
ment of the plant a*. Walnut Cove j
ave A. J. Fair, .J. (!. Fulton, J. T.
Ellis, A. T. Rothroik, (i. vv. N'eal,
J. L. Mitchell, .1. F. Dunlap, P. T. !
Harrington, W. (1. Dodson, H. H.
i Davis, J. A. Weisner, F. A. Rothrock, i
•I. W. Slate, Hairy Sand"rs, Alex
Flint hum, 1.. F. Tut tie, W. L. Nel
son, .1. F. Cookus, (). M. Southern,
Dan River Lumber & Milling' Co.,
M. T. ( hiiton, C. E. Davis and others.
I
! Walnut Cove, .June 3.—The funer
jal of lit 1 1«* James Riley, Jr., the six
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. James
i %'oss, who died Thursday night, was
i held this afternoon at Rosebud |
;« hristian church, two miles west of
town. The bereaved parents have.
the sincere sympa'.hy of their many
I friends in their bereavement.
The warehouse 'in -i *• • -*- s d lt , ( . 0 _
; operative Tobacco Marketing Asso
! I'iation were k.-re yesterday and an
j nounced that they would start work
j soon on the warehouse for storing to
bacco at thi* place, and it is hoped t;>
have it ready for opening by Aug. 1.
Mr. J. living Bolt came in Wednes
day from Florida, where he spent
the winter, and will be here through
the summer.
Mr. A. F. Marshall went to Ri i-jre
wav, Ya., Wednesday to bring back
his car which was stolen in Winston-
Salem April 15. The car had been in
the vicinity of Ridgeway since it was
stolen, and the thief who took it is
now in the Virginia penitentiary un
der five year sentence in another
case.
Mrs. Lindsay Patterson spoke at
the Baptist church this afternoon
on "Travels in Palestine" and will
deliver a political address here this
evening at 8 o'clock.
Road Work In Stokes
and Adjoining Counties
C. S. Currier, engineer for the
State Highway in this district, re
ports on road work in which Stokes
j is interested, as follows:
| Project No. 13, Winston-Salem to
| Stokes county line, via Waikci town,
| 11.1 milts (if hard-surface will be
! ready for letting in July. This road
! is to be built by Forsyth county under
State supervision and turned over to
the State without cost to the State
Highway Commission.
Project No. 750-A, Westfield to
Clemmons ford bridge, (Mount Airy
to Danbury road), 14.8(5"miles of top
soil road, with an estimated cost of
581,000 is in progress and will be
completed this year.
Project No. 750-B, Clemmons ford
bridge to Danbury,via Moore's and
Piedmont Springs, 8 miles of top
soil road. This survey will be re
vised and the project made ready for
letting in the near future.
Ptoject No. 751, Forsyth county
line to Rockingham county line (Pine
Hall road), 7.2 miles of top-soil road
with an estimated cost of $28,900,
will be completed in July.
Project No. 752, Quaker Gap to
Reynold's school house, 5 miles of
topsoil road has been authorized and
survey will commence in June.
No. 2,619
McGUIRE TO
CONTEST HAYMORE
! Irregularities In Stokes Pre
| cincts Leads Loser In Sena
( lorial Primary To Take Legal
| Action—Returns From Eight
Precincts Unsworn.
| S. 0. McGuire wii! tor.test the nom
ination of R. L. Raymore for the Sen
late in this district. McGuire, ac~
{ coinpanied by Sheriff Ashby, of
iSuiry, was here today securing af
jfidavits regarding irregularities in
the Stokes primary. N. Earl Wail,
i Register of Deeds of Stokes, and
| Odel! Jones, member of the Stokes
\ Board of Election*, made affidavits
! that eight precir :s, t>-wit: Lawson
| viile, iioyles, Wilson's Store, Moir,
j Frans, Flinty Knoll, East Sandy
' Ridge, an : West Sar.dy Ridge, sent
jin returns unsworn to while up to
I this time the returns from Tiliey's
(precinct have n.»t been received at all.
j Ali of whii h ' contrary to lav/, and
j against the peace and dignity of the
: State. Whereupon, Mr. McGuire,
I whose nomination hinges upon three
lor four votes, iloviares he wiii take
] action to have the irregular returns
j thrown out on the ground of possible
fraud.
i MiGu:iv has retained Attorney
jJ. V.. Mai! t re'uvsent his interests
here ;r. ti.e .
i
STOKES OFFICERS
MAKE BIG HAUL
Man Giving His Name As John
son Is Captured Near Pine
Hall With Ford Car Contain
ins 79 Gallons Whiskey.
I On the road between Diilard and
Pine Hall this afternoon Sheriff Tur
j pin and Derutv W. F. Fugg captured
I I young white man giving his mini.-
as \\ i.I Johnson, of K.nry c urity,
I \ a., who was driving a practically
,n.'W Ford touring car with seventy
nine tra'.ions of whiskey on it.
I The officers were traveling in the
, direction ;.f Diliari when they met
I Johnson going in the opposite direc
tion. It was suspected that he had
iiooze on the car ar.u the officers
i turned around and follow d him,
I overtaking the car just before it got
Ito Pine Hall.
, The man and whiskey w> re placed
Jin the county jail here ar.d the tar is
I being held ami will probably be sold.
i Johnson's bond was fixed by Justice
; A. Martin at SI,OOO. He states
that h-> will likely be able to furnish
j bond as st,or. as h' can confer with
' parties in Winston-Salem.
| The whiskey seized is nearly all in
' r..'w l-gr-.lloa tin cans nnd at present
j retail prices is said to be worth near
-•$300.00. It was not learned what dis
position Would be made of the
! whiskey.
Large Attendance For
Summer School Likely
The summer school for teachers
which will open here July 24th and
continue for a period of six weeks,
promises to be the most largely at
tended of any yet held in the county,
judging from letters being received
by Supt. of Schools J. C. Carson
from teachers in this and other coun
ties. Mr. Carson stated today while
here that he expected an enrollment
of not less than SO teachers and pos
sibly there would be a hundred.
Mr. ' ; »uri Males that there will be
throe and possibly four teachers in
addition to himself. The names of
the teachers will be announced within
the next few days.
i Left Stokes Over
Thirty Years Ago
[ Mr. W. W. Boyles, of Roanoke, Va.,
i a native of Stokes county, who left
i here thirty or more years since, was
j in Danbury today enroute to the King
section to visit relatives. Mr. Boyles
i has been associated with the Central
Manufacturing Co. for a number of
years. Recenty his health has been
poor and he has been spending some
time in New York recuperating. Mr.
Boyles is a first cousin to the 1 oyles
Bros., merchants at Winston-Salom.
Mr. George Q. Venable, of Route I,
was here on business today.