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DANBURY REPORTEP Volume L REPLY TO LETTER OF C M. BERNARD John W. Kurfees Says His Name Will Always lie Signed To Articles He Writes—Mr. Flip pin Done An In justice. Editors Danhury Reporter : In your issue of Sept. 2(i, li>22, I see an article from my old friend, C. M. Bernard, in which he accuses mo of masquerading under other peopies' names and proceeds to tak" the hide off of me for about everything ap pearing in the Reporter that doe* not happen to suit him and a few others whose cause he undertakes to cham pion. ... He even seems to take himself quite seriously and admonishes me to "stop writing false and slanderous things about men," and to -agri my own name to whatever I do write for publication, etc. Now I do not suppose anyone will pay much attention to Claudie's re marks, but lest some innocent one be left in the dark, I wish to say rinht here and now, (and I think the good people of old Stokes will believe what I say, knowing me as they do), that whenever I do have anything to say about Mr. Bernard, or anyone els\ for that matter, my own name will be signed to it, if said in print, and not only do I sign my own name to what 1 have to say about folks in print, but so far 1 have always been able to muster ui> eneugh courage to sav it to their faces if necessary. So, Claudie, you will have to guess again. You "woke up the wrong pas senger" this time. « In fact you do Mr. Flipnin an l others, who write such splendid ar ticles, an injustice by attempting to give me credit for them. I wish i deserved it. Mr. Flippin's article is a master piece and it seems lie hit what he shot at. from the "tsound of the squeal in the forest." I guess he figured on breaking the liindcnhurg line and took sure aim. A few more shells like his. and (he signing of an armistice will be in order. But listen. Claudie, do not take it so hard. Be a good sport, you seem to have a bad case of it and I am real uneasy. I do hope it will not prove fatal—still I believe your neighbors had better watch, lest you "run vio lently down" and jump into the Lit tle Yadkin. You renumber, don't you Claudie, the old saying: "the hit dog howls? ' I hear of others beginning to howl also. All of which proves that blank shells are not b: ing used, and that the aim of the gunmen is true. Now please, my dear Claude, don't give yourself so much unnecessary worry. It is bad for you. I assure you that I know of no one in my wide acquaintance with whom 1 am not on "speaking terms;" and too. I am just as good fellow "at home" as I am v.way from home; and just here I wish to say for your special information, that the good people of Stokes county are not only dear to my heart, but they have shown their friendship for me. When I was in the race for Congress I had the honor of leading the county ticket by more than 100 votes. I appreciate more than I can tell such loyal friendship, and I truly hope that I may never take a Step to forfeit their confidence. Now honest, Claude, don't you think it was entirely unneecessary for you to tell us it was Turpin's ene mies (yourself among them) who pre vailed on the Chairman to rule against free speech in a Stokes county convention? Everybody there knew that. Not only did Turpin's enemies so try to influence the chair, but they were so anxious to muffle the voice of the people that they even went to Turpin himself and told him it would ruin him if certain ones .spoke. Shades of the Eternal! Why should Turpin's enemies care if he were ruined? Echo answers why! Ah, Claudie, you wire pullers can't fool all the people all the time, and I am not surprised that the methods used on that occasion are now rising up like a ghost to haunt you fellows. The tactics pulled off in that con- j vention did not have a precedent in | the history of the county, and such men as N. O. Petree, D. V. Carroll, I Jim Wall, F. E. Petree, M. T. Chil-' .ton, J. C. Flippin and other leading MAY ESTABLISH SUMMER RESORT On Top Of Sauratown Mountain At line Spring—Death Of Mrs. Lum lioyles—Two Ac cidents—Road Completed. King Route 2, Sept. IS.—A. G. Jones, who has been operating a saw mill in this section, has associated himself with a Mount Airy company and they have purchased three hun dred acres of land on top of the Sau ratown mountain in this county, on which it is learned they will build a hotel and establish a summer resort at a fine spring on the mountain. Contractor Hooker last week finish ed up the mountain highway from the .J. Walter Tuttle place to N. S. Combs'. We have two good bridges ■on this road and everyone is enjoy | ing traveling it very much. Mrs. W. H. Boyles fell last Satur day night and broke her arm, we re I gret to know. Mr. William Fowler, while out squirrel hunting Friday morning happened to a very serious accident when he went to shoot at a squirrel and his gun came apart, filling his face with burning powder. His broth er immediately carried him to the hospital and had the powdtr picked out of nis face and eyes. G. W. Smith and family visited the home of Mr. (J. A. Jones Sun day. Mrs. Lum Boyles, of the Mount Olive section, died Friday after an ill ness of only a few hours. The de ceased was attended by Drs. Tillot son and Lawrence, but in spite of all j that could be done by these skilled j surgeons she passed away. The do j ceased was born Aug. 14, ISS:{, died j Sept. 15, 1!i22. making her stay on ; earth 351 years, one month and one ! day. She professed faith in Christ i about 2-'! years ago and joined the Mt. i Olive Baptist church, living a conse crated Christian ever since, and say ing that she was not afraid to die. She was a kind companion, a good mother and a good neighbor. She | leaves a husband and 7 children, four . girls and three boys, to mount their loss. She mid the infant were laid to rest i:i the same casket at the Mount Olive cemetery, the funeral services being conducted by Rev. 1,. W. Burrs, of Boonville. Thire were a thousand people or more present and it was the saddest burying that we have at tended in many years. The family have the sincere sympathy of the people of the surroundng country. J. B. Woodruff, merchant and busi ness man of Walnut Cove, was a visi tor here today. j Republicans as well as a number of I cading Democrats, will bear me out j n that statement. The people of Stokes county be ■eve in free speech and in spite of tie mufflers, they are determined from this time on to speak out on all : uestions that are vital to the well b'ing of our citizenship. , I am proud of the fact that Tur- I pin's delegates stood with him to th» J ast, and if reports are true, they and | heir constituents are still with him. No doubt many of those good, i honest delegates who voted for other 1 andidatcs, because of a neighborly f •cling for them, would have voted f>r Tuipin, hud they known of tha | eal that is reported to nave been Julled olf at Walnut Cove on Sunday- Horning, after the primaries, where y it is retried, they were to b.3 ooled and traded at the convention o suit certain politicians. Somehow or other, a rumor got tnrted that a deal like this was con ummatcd on that Sunday morning t Walnut Cove, and the workings of he convention the next day were airly good proof of it to an obser ver. I Now, Claudie, I have an idea that when election time comes, these same (lelegates and many of their con stituents will refuse to follow the I leadership that is reported to have sold them out at the convention. But cheer up, Claudie, try to be a "good fellow." I know you are mis guided and on the wrong side of things, but where there is life there i 'is hope | I know we are told that the Lord | gives them up after they reach a cer tain stage, but you may still have n 'chance—who knows? ' • JOHN W. KURFEES. Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, Sept. 20, 1922 WALNUT COVE HAPPENINGS | • i iC. A. Wagoner \\ ill Remove To Cove—Hriek Work On High School Huilding Finished— Personals. Walnut Cove, Sept. IP.—Miss 1 Eugenia Wheeler left Tuesday for' Dayton, Ga„ to school us u : member i>f the senior ilass. Mr. Edwin Cartel, of Mt. Airv,' was a visitor here Sunday. Mrs. Geo. Fulton and little son tire 1 spending some time with her parents ' at F.lkin. Mrs. J. P. Woodruff returned home j Sunday, after spending some time in ; Greensboro with her mother. C. R. Hutchison, Jr., and Geo. Fill- j ton are spending a few days in De- j troit on business." Walter Kent, Jr., left Sunday to j . enter school at Trinity College. Frank Slate is spending a few days here with his parents. Samuel Hairston was in town Sat- 1 urday enroute to Germnnton. Mr*and Mrs. E. D. Matthews spent i the week end here with relatives. ; Miss Estella Rierson spent Sunday ' here with her parents. G. S. Hill of Meadows spent Sun- ' [ day here with Mr. and Mrs. Murphy. I Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Cahill, of Wins ton-Salem, spent Sunday afternoon I with relatives here. . Rev. J. L. Powers filled his regular appointment at the Baptist church | Sunday morning and evening. Mr. J. Wesley Morefield returned jto his home Friday from Moore's Springs where he has been spending some time. Henry (.'. I)o«lson, Turner Poindex ter and Bob Hackler, of. Elkin, were ' visitors hen/ for the week end. ' Misses Nina and Essie Morefield left Wednesday to spend several days with their brother, L. B. More field, in High Point, and sister, Mrs. J. t). Franks, in Greensboro. ! Mrs. J. Wesley Morefield is spend ing several days with her daughter, Mrs. J. !5. Gwyn, of Winston-Salem. I - . S. Ross, of Route 1, was in town on business Friday. Miss Nellie Chilton left Wednes day tor Guilford College to resume her studies. I Miss Ruth Linviile had her ton si. l * removed at a Winston-Salem hospital Thursday and is improving rapidly. Miss Bertha Neat left for Guilfor-I College last week to take up her studies again. | The brick work o:i the new school I building here has been completed, i C. A. Wagoner, of Beaver Island township, was here Frday making ! final preparation for removing his .family to Walnut Cove. ! Miss Carrie Moore Neal left Wed nesday to enter school in Salem Col lege. I Miss Isabelle Davis, of New York City, is the guest of Mr. J. Irving 'Bolt here for a few days. | Miss Ruth Woodruff will leave in a few days for Hampton Roads, Va. .where she will teach a commercial Jelass in one of the schools, j Mrs. T. J. Davis spent a few days the past week in Winston-Salem vis j ting her sister. Mrs. S. C. Rierson visited relatives in Winston-Salem last week, j Miss Elizabeth Malonee, of Greens boro, is the guest of Mrs. W. H. Sun ders. ! Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Davis spent i Friday afternoon in Winston-Salem, j j Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Snow, of Elkin, ivisited their daughter, Mrs. Geo. Ful ton, Thursday. j Eugene Dodson has returned from ; a visit to Richmond, Va. | Miss Alta Stone was a visitor in town Thurday for a short while. I | Walnut Cove, Sept. IP. Mrs. j Clarence M. Davis and daughter, Miss ; | sabel; Mrs. M. Frost and daughter, 1 Miss Edythe, all of Brooklyn, N. Y.,' who have been spending a few days I with Mrs. Davis' brother, Mr. J. | | rving Bolt, at Hotel Dodson, Walnit j ( Cove, left Monday morning. "£hey , are traveling in a Chevrolet sedan, Iwith Miss Davis at the wheel. The j j rip down was byway of the Natural j Bridge, and they are returning by | way of Richmond. While in Winston-Salem with a! load of tobacco Tuesday, Mr. R. S. j Redding, of Meadows township, had j his Ford truck stolen and no trace o,' it has been found at this time. BIG CREEK FOR HAMP TURPIN "Democratic Voter" Says thv' Women As Well As the .Men Want Law and Order In Stokes County. Francisco, Sept. 12, 1:'22. In the Democratic convention I | noticed that a majority of the most {intelligent and most prominent Dem ocrats of the county voted to endorse ■Turpin for Sheriff, because the." | thought that there was no chance l> .elect a Democratic Sheriff. Even if jthc party was united there would be jno hope to elect a Democrat, as at | the last election, when all of the | Democrats voted the Democratic j ticket, the Republican majority was about a thousand, some of them run jning even higher. Then what hope lis there to elect a Democratic Sheri'f jthis time when the Democratic party is the worst split up it has been for 25 years. Now, I was not at the 'county convention, but if I had been jl and my wife would have certainly j voted for Hamp Turpin for Sheriff I for what he has done for Big Creek township and for Stokes county, and | many who did not come would have done this from here, j The race is between Dunlap and I Turpin and the only thing left for the Democrats is to help Turpin beat Dunlap, and that is what the people in this section will undoubtedly do. I am positive that a majority of both parties in Big Creek township will cast their vote for Hamp Turpin for Sheriff. They will do this because they want our county's good name u> stand for the enforcement of the law. ( Turpin has been tried, ut'd in thi section in many homes there is re joicing that Hump Turpin has made this a better and safer county to live in. and now if we go back on him for what he has done, we do not de serve a safe and good county to live in, for we will show by our votes whether we want lawlessness to con tinue like it used to be a year or tv. > ago, and like it may continue to t>e if we turn down Tuipin after what he has done for us. . want to say to the good ladies of Stokes county that they have it in their hands to re-elect Turpin. if they will, or to cause his defeat. My wife was born and raised a Republican from the cradle, but she has never voted since the ladies were furnish'd .with the voting power, but now si e savs that if she lives to register and vote that she will go to the polls and vote for the Sheriff who has promis ed the women and ther boys that he will enforce the law, and will giv# us p better place in which to live, and he says that she wants the mother hood of Stokes county to meet her at j he election in November and help us to elect the man who says that he will make Stokes county a better and safer place in .which to live, if he is elected, and this is Hamp Turpin, ei present Sheriff, and 1 call upon very Demo' Tut and everj Republican f Stokes county to met me at the polls on the ele 'Hon day, let us not nly vote for Turpin but give our in hence for him, and if vou could see : nd know the changed condition in which 1 live and have lived I am sure hat for God and humanity you would t ike this stand with mt, and vote for law and order in Stokes county we must live and have our being. DF.MOCRATIC VOTER I News Danbury Route 1. Danbury Route 1, Sept. 19.—Mrs. ' R. Bennett gave a bean stringing ; Tuesday night, and among those who attended were Misses Blannie and Kthel and Ruth Priddy, Bertha Mabe, Maggie and Nannie Oakley, Alma | Mabe and Elsie Martin. Messrs Tee man Priddy, Gabe and Troy Mabe, 'Julius and Curtis Oakley, Jesse and Matt Mabe, Marion and Manie Steph | ens and others. | Miss Clara Mabe is spending a few j days with her sister, Mrs. Strawdy Mabe, in Guilford county. Mr. and Mrs. Moir Reid visited I friends in Rockingham county Satur j day and Sunday. Among those who visited Mrs. J. | R. Bennett Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. i W. J. Brown and family, Mrs. Ann I Bennett, Mrs. Maryanna and Bertha j Mabe, Blannie, Ethel and Ruth ; Priddy and Alma Mabe, Messrs. ' Marion and Manie Stephens, Jonas I Nelson and others. FORD'S PLANTS ARE NOW IDLE i Immense Huildings Are Silent I anu Oniy Caretakers Are To He Seen At Works—loo.ooo I i Men Out Of Employment. I Detroit, Sept. Is.—An industrial army of upwards of 100,000 persons | >day entered upon a period of idle ness and the niamnuth Ford Motor Company's plants were deserted ex cept for .aretakers. This was the first workless day since the complete suspension of operations during thj war. | Many of the idle factory workers j\Were casting about for jobs to tide them over. Their employer, Henry Ford, renewed his efforts to obtain fuel at what he considered a reason able price. To accept coal at prices quoted him, Mr. Ford previously haj declared, would be a submission to : profiteers. No statement had been made by j the manufacturer today as to the i probable duration of the suspension .of work at his plant, but Edsell Pi. | Ford, in charge of th- plant, voiced j the hope that a way out of the fuel difficulty might soon be found. | Whether the reported plan of the chamber of commerce of the United States for a nation-wide co-operative agreement among manufacturers would aid the Ford company stiP was. in doubt. A Birthday Dinner; Lawsonville News L.'v sonvi'.le, Sept. IS.—The people j of this community will about wind no | taking in the tobacco this week. The j cool nights and mornings remind the ] farmers of Jack Frost, Several people of this sec tion at- i ! tended the annual foot-washing and communion service at Pleasant Grove Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Mabe visited Winston-Salem Monday. Mrs. Km ma Lawson is visiting her i sister. Mrs. Lucy Smith, this week.! Miss Rilla Stephens spent Sunday > with Miss Agnes Robertson. The relatives and friends of Mr*. - Epp Lawson gave her a surprise | birthday dinner on the second Sun- j day. it being her li'.'th mile stone. , The table was heavily laden with with good things to eat, such as fried , chicken, beef, salmon sausage, corn, pickles, cakes, pi"s and ev« rything ' one could wish for and it was enjoyed • to the fullest extent. Visitors from a j distance were Mr. and Mr:; John Lawson and family, Mr. and Mr.-. Gabe Lawson and family, of Kinir. ' and Miss llu Reid, of Tohaivovill■.*. ] Misses Annie, Nellie and Grace Lawson are attending school at King i this session. ' Mr. Hani Stephens purchased a new Ford car this week. Mri J. \\. Lackey and children and Misses Ruth and Mary Tilley visited ; friends near Greensboro Sunday. I Mrs. Ham Stephens and children j spent Sunday with Mrs. Will Steph- • ens. Mrs. Will Stephens and Miss Mary Moore and Mr. Berkley Sheppard' visited Miss Elah Jessup Sunday. '] Germanton Route One.j Germanton, Route 1, Sept. IS.— ; Mrs. O. R. Tuttle died at her home | near Friendship church Thursday at I the age of 72 years. She had been ill ' for several months and unable to ! leave her bed. Notwithstanding her long suffering she bore it with Chris tian fortitude that was sublime and made it a blessing to her relatives and friends. The funeral was con ducted at Friendship church by her pastor. Rev. E. L. Smoak. She is survived by her father add mother, Mr. and Mrs. Ruffin Tatum, her hus- . hand and one small child, three !' brothers and one sister. The many friends of Mr. J. R. Tut r i tie will regret to learn that he is j confined to his room on account of sickness. Misses Maude Boles and Irene Ba- | ker left last Monday to enter the I High school at King. Mrs. Sallie Tuttle is on the sick , j list at this writing, her many friends . jwill regret to know. The condition of Mr. Harvey Boles, who hus been ill; shows some im-1 provement. No. 2,634 BANK OF STOKES DIRECTORS MEET ■ Regular Quarterly Convention Hold At Germanton Hank—H. H. Leake Elected Cashier Of King Hank—T. S. i'etree. For mer Cashier of Hank Of King, Resigns—Hank Of Stokes Has Total Resources Now Of Near One and A Quarter Millions. The regular quarterly meeting of the directors of the Bank of Stoke.4 t ounty was held at the Germanton jf tiee of the Bank of Stokes County at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Tho following directors were present D,'. J. W. Xeal, Samuel Hairs ton, H. Mo- Gee, Dr. \\. H. Bynum, I'. 11. Lin ville, J. C. Carson, Curtis McGee, W. D. Browder, C M. Hauser, T. !?. Petree, .Tohn H. Marshall, C. E. Davis and N*. E. Pepper. Reports of officers from the Dan bury, Walnut Cove, Germanton and King offices showed the institution jin excellent shape, and with bright prospects of {rood business this fall. The bank now has total re sources of nearly one anil a quarter million dollars. • Mr. H. H. Loake, assistant Cashier of the Danbury bank, was elected Cashier of the Bank of Stokes County jat King. Mr. T. S. Petree, who ha-', formerly been Cashier of the Bank of • King before its consolidation v ith J the Bank of Stokes County, had I resigned to accept a position in ; Winston-Salem, his resignation ta- I king effect October 1. Mr. Leake will ! remove from Danbury with his fam- I ily October 1 to enter upon his new | duties. Directors for the Bank of Stokes jat King were apponted as follows, |to act until May 1, the regular an nual meeting of stockholders and di rectors : V. T. Grabs, S. W. Pulliam, C. O. Boyles. !•. E. Shore, F. L. Fowler, and H. H. Leake. Stokesburg News. Stokesburg, Sept. IS.—Mr. and Mrs. \\. H. Sanders honored their house guests. Mrs. W. T. Stringer, of Baltimore, and Miss Elizabeth Mallo nee, of Greensboro, by giving a very delightful party at Moore's Springs Saturday evening. The invited guests included Mrs. Mabel Davis, Miss Isabel Davis, Mrs. M. P. Frost, Miss Edythe Frost, and Mr. J. Irving Bolt, all of New York, and Mr. Walter George, of Winston-Salem. Other guests of Mr. and Mrs. Sanders the past week were Mr. Samuel Hairs ton and his three sons. Messrs. Jas., ieo. and Rufus Hairston. of Oak Hill, V'a. I The stork visited the home of Mr. nd Mrs. P. N. Tuesday morning and left a tine 10 1-2 pound aby boy. Jude Lewis has moved to the new I ouse on the Germanton road re ! ently completed by W. H. Sanders, and Mr. Badger, the night operator | at the N. &W. station has moved his family into the house vacated by Mr. j Lewis. Mr. Badger's family former ly resided at Pine Hall. Mr. Jesse Smith has removed from I Walnut Cove to Stokesburg. | Mr. Dillard Dodson has moved from the Cove to the house recently vaca ted by Mr. Arrington. I Mr. and Mrs. Hank Nissen an! I daughter, of Winston-Salem, wer;> dinner guests of the Sanders homo Tuesday evening. Mr. Joe Bryant spent the week end at the Wheeler home and left Mon day for Dayton, Va. Carried To Hospital. Mr. James T. Flinchum, who has ' been confined to his home just east 'of Danbury some weeks with rheu |matism, was taken to a Winston- Salem hospital for treatment Frday. Dr. Smith For Senate. A Surry county citizen here this week stated that the Democrats of j Surry would nominate Dr. J. T. ! Smith, of WestfieW, to represent Surry and Stokes in the Senate. Dr. ! Smith is well known and very popular 'in both counties and if nominated ho j will nodoubt give Uncle Rufe a close race for the seat.