DANBURY REPORTER
Volume L.
TAX RATE FOR STOKES FIXED
BY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Valuation of Real Estate Is Same As Last Year,
But Personal Property Is Slightly Reduced-
Rate Given By Townships.
At the meeting of the Board of County Commissioners here on the first
Monday in August the tax rate for this year was fixvd for the county an 1
for each township and special school district.
Since last year there has been a slight decrease in the valuation of per
sonal property—something over a hundred thousand dollars, while real estate
is the same as last year. The tax rate in some of the townships has been
stightly increased and in others it has been reduced, one township having
exactly the same rate as last year. The change-: in the rate in the town
ships have been as follows : Danbury township. 2 cents increase; Meadows,
1 cent decrease; Sauratown, 5 cents decrease; Peter's Creek, no change;
iSnow Creek, 2 cents increase; Quaker Gap, 2 cents decrease; Big Creek, 8
cents increase; Beaver Island, 11 cents decrease; Yadkin 14 cents decrease.
The general property tax for the county last year was eighty-one cents on
the hundred dollars valuation of property, and this year it is eighty-two
rents. This, however, does not include special taxes for schools and roads.
General poll tax was increased this year from $2.51 to $2.58.
A tax of 10 cents on the hundred dollars and 30c. on the poll is levied
this year for the purpose of paying interest on bond issue for the construc
tion of roads and bridges. This amount is included in the 82c. .general
county tax.
The general county tax of S2 cents on the hundred dollars and $2.58 oa
> lie poll is divided as follows :
For schools, 3!) c. on property and $t.2D on poll, for support of the poor,
and for general county purposes, 15c. on propeity and 45c. on poll; for
1 ridge building, 11c. on property and 33c. on poll; for school building fund,
7c. on property and 21c. on poll; for interest and sinking fund on bond*
ior roads and bridges, 10c. on property and 30c. on poll.
For the information and convenience of the tax-payers we give 'lelow
the tax rate for each township and each special school district in the
county, as the rate is different in each township and district. In order to
find what amount you will have to pay on each hundred dollars worth of
property you list and what amount of poll tax you are assessed find the
township or the special school district you arc in, and the figures show the
entire amount of taxes to be paid by persons residing in the township or
the special school district, as the case may be :
BELOW IS SHOWN THE TOTAL TAX RATE IN EACH OF THE RE
SPECTIVE TOWNSHIPS AND IN EACH OF THE SPECIAL
SCHOOL DISTRICTS :
DANBURY TOWNSHIP.
tin SIOO property $1.20
On poll 3.03
MEADOWS TOWNSHIP.
(Not in special school tax district.)
On SIOO property $1.27
On poll 3.18
SAURATOWN TOWNSHIP.
(Not in spet'ial si-hool tax district.)
On SIOO property 31.28
On poll 3.01'1
PETER'S CREEK TOWNSHIP.
Oil SIOO property $1.32
On poll 3.33
SNOW CREEK TOWNSHIP,
On SIOO property $1,27
(in poll 3.JS
QUAKER GAP TOWNSHIP.
On SIOO property sl,4i]
On poll 3.73
BIG CREEK TOWNSHIP.
(Not in special school tax district.)
(in SIOO property $1.27
On poll S.iß
BEAVER ISLAND TOWNSHIP.
(Not in special school tax district.)
On SIOO property $1.23
On poll ,'{.('•!
YADKIN TOWNSHIP.
(Not in special school tax district.)
On SIOO property sl,ls
On poll 2.58
WALNUT COVE SPECIAL SCHOOL TAX DISTRICT.
On SIOO property $1.5(5
On poll 3.57
KING SPECIAL SCHOOL TAX DISTRICT.
On SIOO property ...* $1.48
(in poll 3.18
MT. VIEW SPECIAL SCHOOL TAX DISTRICT.
On SIOO property $1,35
On poll 3.04
PINNACLE SPECIAL SCHOOL TAX DISTRICT.
On SIOO property $1.48
On poll 3.38
VOLUNTEER SPECIAL SCHOOL TAX DISTRICT.
On SIOO property $1.23
On poll 2.73
PINE HALL SPECIAL SCHOOL TAX DISTRICT.
On SIOO property 51.63
On poll 3.96
MEADOWS SPECIAL SCHOOL TAX DISTRICT.
On SIOO property $1.57
(No levy was made on poll.)
GERMANTON SPECIAL SCHOOL TAX DISTRICT.
On SIOO property $1.57
(No levy was made on poll.)
ROSE BUD SPECIAL SCHOOL TAX DISTRICT.
On SIOO property $1.33
On poll 5.86
The Board was unable to make tne levy in Weatfleld special school tax
district until the Surry county authorities can be conferred with on account
of the fact that this school is supported by both Stokes aiftl Surry.
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, Aug. 16, 1922
SCHOOL OPENS
SEPTEMBER 11
Sunday School Convention Has
Interesting Session—School
Building Can't He Finished
Before Opening—Personals.
Walnut Cove. Aug. 15.—1t has been
recently announced that the Walnut
\>ve High School will open on Mon
day, Sept. 11. A splendid corps of
teachers have been employed and the
patrons are looking forward to the
most successful year's work in the
history of the school. We regret tint
the new school building will not l.e
completed by that time, but addition il
room will be secured somewhere in
town for part of the school pupils
until the building can be finished.
With the full co-operation of the cit
izens and patrons this can be male
one of the leading high schools of the
State. It has already been placed on
the accredited list. Under the splen
did leadership of the principal, Prof.
E. F. Duncan, we will nodoubt have
a most successful year's work.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Davis spent
Thursday afternoon in Winston-
Salem.
Miss Bessie Nelson is spending a
Ifew days in Danbury visiting friends.
Mrs. G. H. Fulton and MisH Eliza
jbeth Woodruff spent Friday in Wins
iton-Salein shopping
| Mr. Sanders Rierson, who holds a
responsible position with Fletcher
Bros., in Winston-Salem, is spending
a few days with his parents here,
i Mrs. Nannie Fulton spent a few,
days the past week with her daugh
ter, Mrs. E. P. Pepper, at Danbury.
| Mrs. Joe Franks, of Greensboro,
is visiting her mother, Mrs. J. Wesley
Moretield.
I Mr. C. E. Davis and Dr. J. W.
| Neal spent Tuesday in Greensboro on
'business.
| The Stokes County Sunday School
Convention held its first session Mon
iday night ai the Baptist church. A
number of Sunday schools were rep
resented and the program was thoro
ughly enjoyed. The following pro
gram was rendered :
Devotional Exercise—Rev. C. R.
Hutcherson.
Address—"Three In One," Misa
Flora Davis,
j Song—Choir.
I Address—"The Teacher Before the
Class," Mr. W. D. Sims.
I Solo—Mrs. Joe Bryant.
| Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Davis, Mr. and
Mrs. G. H. Fulton and son, master
George, Jr., spent Sunday in Elkin
with Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Snow.
Misa Rebecca Harrington is spend
ing a few days with relatives in
Lenoir.
Miss Lucile Snow, who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. Geo. Fulton,
has returned to her home in Elkin.
Mr. George Holton, of Winston-
Salem, was a Walnut Cove visitor
Sunday.
Mr. Minnish Wheeler spent Tuesday
in Winston-Salem on business.
Mrs. C. R. Hutcherson, Jr., spent
Monday in Winston-Salem shopping.
Mr. Harry Leake, assistant cashier
of the Bank of Stokes County at
Danbury, was in town a short while
Monday morning.
Little Miss Fraces Smith, of Lib
erty, is visiting her grandparents, Dr.
and Mrs. A. G. Jones.
Dr. and Mrs. B. N. Jones, of Win*-
ton-Saleni, visited relatives here Sun
day.
Little Billie Weisner has been very
sick, but is much better now.
J. V. Leweltyn and Sanders Rier
son, Jr., spent Monday afternoon in
Winston-Salem.
Gov. Doughton Named
For Legislature
Hon. R. A. Doughton, who is State
Highway Commissioner for this dis
trict, was last week nominated by
the Democrats of Alleghany county
for the Legislature by a unanimous
vote of the Alleghany convention.
There seems to be some doubt as
to whether Gov. Doughton can act
as highway commissioner and menv
ber of the Legislature at the same
time, and yet there is a popular de
mand that he All both place*. It is
possible for him to resign as highway
commissioner while he is serving in
the Legislature for 60 days, and tho
probability is that he will do the lat
ter. His services are needed in the
Legislature no lefs than as highway
commissioner.
MRS. BURKE
DIES AT KING
Physicians Form Partnership
Coming Marriage—New Fam
ily For King—Crops Suffer
For Rain—Personals.
King. Aug. 11.—Mrs. Aquilla Burke
died at the advanced age of about 'JO
years at her home four miles south of
here Thursday after an illness of sev
eral months. The interment was con
ducted from Antioch church, of
which she had been a faithful member
for many years.
Dr. Rupert Helsabeck, of Mizpah,
and Dr. (J. E. Stone, of this place,
have formed a co-partnership. Dr.
Helsaliei k will remove his family to
King and they will practice medicine
together. They have also purchased
a lot on Main street on which they
•will erect a drug store and office
building, the work to be started at
an early date.
Mrs. F. V. Westmoreland, of Golds
boro, announces the engagement of
her daughter, Nora Blanche, to Mr.
Addison Royal Hooker, of King, the
wedding to take place in September.
Rev. Thomas Pardue and family
are spending several days with rela
tives in Yadkin county.
Mr. C. 0. Boyles and children are
spending several days in Washing
ton, D. sight-seeing.
Rev. Mr. Boyles, of Rural Hall, and
Rev. Joe Snow, of Mt. Airy, closed a
protracted meeting at Trinity church
last night.
Mr. Coy 1). Slate, who has been
very sick at his home here, is slowly
impnyinj;.
Mrs. James R Caudle and children
|spent Sunday with relatives at Wins
ton-Salem.
Mr. Will Eaton, of Winston-Salem,
was here on business Saturday.
Mr. William Spainhour, of Rural
Hall, has moved his family here.
Cr6i>s in this section are suffering
for rain at this time.
Mrs. A. F. Collins, who has been
.very sick at her home here, is im
proving considerably.
LET CONTRACTS
AGAIN AUG. 30
This District (Jets A Number Of
Roads At the Next Meeting
State Highway Commission
—Much Of It Hard Surface.
The following road projects in this
dis rict will probably be let to con
tract at the meeting of the State
Highway Commission in Raleigh on
Any;. 30th, according to District E»-
gineer C. S. Currier :
No. 743—Eleven miles of hard
surface highway, Winston-Salem to
Walnut Cove or Fulp.
No. 748—Five miles top-soil roal
from Moravian Falls to Alexander
county line.
No. 712—Eleven miles gravl ropd
on Jefferson to Sparta highway.
No. 701—Two miles hard-surface
road from Mount Airy to the Granite
tiuarry.
No. 705—Three and one-half miles
hard-surface road from Elkin to the
 rouse place on Elkin-Dobson road.
No. 785—Two miles hard-surface
road from Wilkesboro toward Laurel
Springs.
It is the opinion of Engineer
■ I'ritchett, who had charge of the sur
vey Danbury to Clemmons ForJ
i road, that this road will not be let to
| contract at the next letting on ac
count of the fact that the survey was
not finished in time. Mr. Pritchett
slated that it required about thirty
days to get the profile, etc., ready
for the contractor after the papers
are turned into the office at Raleigh.
The survey was completed this week
and the commission will probably not
have time between now and Aug. 30
to prepare the profile.
It is not known just when another
letting of contracts by the State will
be held, but it is presumed that it will
not be very long after Aug. 30.
Federal Court Jurors.
From Stokes
Messrs. J. Preston Ferguson, of
Germanton Route 1, aqd A. W. Pres
ton, of Belews Creek, are among the
twenty special jurors summoned to
serve at the civil term of Federal
court, which convenes in Greensboro
on September 11th.
ROAD BUILDING
IN STOKES
.Contractors Going; Right Along!
In Several Sections Of the
County— Danbury-Clemmons'
Ford Survey Finished.
The survey of the highway from
jDanbury to Cleinmons' f> r« 1 Nritijf-*
jwas completed yesterday by the State
engineering force. Mr. Crews, in-
Ispector for the western half of the
State, 'vas here Friday and went over
the survey and it is learned that he
approved the route witli wry few
minor changes.
Cornatzer Bros., who have the con
tract to build a road from Flat Shoal
church, in Meadows township, t.)
Capella, put their forces on the road
this week and Engineer Mullican
states that good progress is already
being made on the work with their
large force.
Work on the road leading from
Hartnian to Danbury is moving right
along now, and within a few weeks
it is hoped to have the road completed
as far as Danbury. Soil is being
placed on the road as fast as it H
graded.
The road forces of Jesse Bennett,
who went to work soiling and re
grading the Pine Hall-Dillard road the
past week, are moving right along.
Other roads in the county, to be
constructed with money derived from
the recent county bond issue, will be
taken up in a very short while.
H .M. Saunders
Passes Away
Winston-Salem, Aug. 13.—Mr.
Hazel M. Saunders died yesterday
afternoon at 2 o'clock at his home
:i:l. r > Cascade Avenue, at the age of 55
years. He had been in declining health
for some time and last week under
■went an operation for cancer of the j
stomach. The deceased had been con
fined to his home for about »! weeks.
Mr. Saunders was well known here
and hail a host of friends. He is sur
vived by his wife and several broth
ers and sisters. The funeral ser-
I vices will take place from the Home J
j Moravian church Monday morning at
11 o'clock, conducted by Bishop Ed
ward Rondthaler. Rev. E. A. Holton,
Rev. Edmund Schwarze and Rev. H.
B. Johnson. Interment will be made
in the Moravian graveyard.
News of Mr. Saunders' death is
received in Danbury with sincere re
gret, coming as a great shock to his
many friends in this community.
The deceased owned a summer home
at Piedmont Springs and has spent
i the summer months there for many
years. He will be greatly missed.
here.
Kurfees-McGee Matter.
I
North Carolina,
Stokes County.
Personally appeared before the un
dersigned, a notary public, one Sain
(1. Hampton, and lirst being by me '
duly sworn, says, I notice in the Dan
bury Reporter of Aug. iHh that Mar
shall C. Kurfees denies the correction
he made through the Reporter of
Aug. 2nd, concerning H. McGee.
Therefore, I wish to say that said
correction was duly signed by Mar
shall C. Kurfees of his own free will
and accord in my presence, and he
also apologized to Mr. McGee much
more forcefully than he did in his
letter of correction above referred to.
Signed: SAM (J. HAMPTON.
North Carolina, Stokes County.
Subscribed and sworn to before
the undersigned, a notary public, this
the 11th day of August, 1922.
L. M. McKENZIE.
Notary Public.
John W. Mabe Buys
Fine Farm In Moore
Mr. John W. Mabe, who has re
cently purchased a One farm in Mont
gomery county, was here Monday
from Peter's Creek township. Mr.
Mabe stated that he would likely re
move to Montgomery county in the
fall. He purchased 67 acres of land
there for 15,000.00, and he thinks it
ia good judging from the crops he saw
on it a few days since while he was
there. Mr. Mabe has not aold his
farm here yet and did not know just
iwhether he would sell or not.
No. 2,629
HOTEL FOR
STOKESBURG SOON
Develop Mineral Spring Prop
erty. Building Swimming Pool
and Dance Hall—Two More
New Residences.
Stokesburg, Aug. If).— l)r. 'L. V.
t'onyers, of Greensboro, wli > spent
the week end with Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Sanders here, is interested
with Mr. Sanders in developing the
mineral spring h»*re and building; a
large and up-to-date hotel on the hill,
with dance hall and swimming pool.
They will try to have the attraction
completed and ready to open June 15,
l'.'-'i. It is expected that this plax*
of health and recreation will bring
many visitors to this section through
the summer months, as well as win
ter.
Messrs. Will and Minni.ih Wheeler
have cleared the land they recently
purchased from Lawrence Mcßae arid
will soon begin the erection of near
homes on the site. The former re
cently sold his home in Walnut Ove
to Mr. W. M. Fulp.
Mr. A. Frank Marshall is very busy
erecting his new home here, winch
will be a handsome place anil one of
the nicest homes in this section
Mr. and Mrs. P. N. Arrington nave
as their guests Mr. Arringtor.'s fatt
er and mother from the eastern putt
of the State.
FIRE DESTROYS
Y. S. SMITH'S HOME
Struck By Lightning Last
Night While Family Was At
Church—Loss Is Heavy With
No Insurance.
During last night's e! ' tri.'i! ?tor»i
[lightning sot tire to the hotn» of Mr.
| Y. S. Smith, H miles south of Die
bury at Palmyra ihutvh, find the
building and all its contents were lost.
The tire occurred between H nnd 9
o'clock while the entire family were
away at church anJ even the clothing
[of the members of the family was de
j stroyed. Mr. Smiih did not carry any
j insurance on the house. The building
was a large frame structure with 7
or S rooms, and the loss is estima
| ted at several thousand dollars. In
addition he had in the house several
thousand dollars in stocks and bonds,
which were all bunted.
I Yadkin Doctors
Form Partnership
Dr. Rupert Helsabeck, of Mizpah,
and Dr. G. E. Stone, of King, have
i formed a co-partnership and will
'practice medicine together at King.'
I Dr. Helsabeck will remove his family
|to King. They have purchased a lot
on Main street in King and will erect
office building and drug stoxe at
an early date. Dr. Helsabeck for
! merly resided at Mizpah, Yadkin
township.
Thirty-One Baptised
At Westfield
A very successful revival has re
cently been closed at Westfield Bap-
I tist church, when 36 additions were
I made to the church there. Thirty-one
, persons were baptised at the close of
|Of the meeting. Rev. J. M. Hay-
I more, a native of Westfield, who now
resides at Decatur, (la., conducted the
I revival meetings. He is said to be a
very forceful preacher.
Lawn Party
At Germanton
(iermanton, Aug. 14 A festival
and lawn party will be given at the
Baptist church in Germanton on Aug.
19th, Saturday evening. Lunch will
be served at 6 o'clock on the church
grounds to all desiring it. Other re
freshments will then follow. The
lawn party is given for the benefit
of the Baptist church and everyone i*
cordially invited to come and help
make it the greatest possible success.
Engineer J. M. Mullican, of Stokes,
returned Sunday from Wilmington,
where he attended a convention of
the engineers of the State. Mr. Mul
lican reports a pleasant and profit
able trip.