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DANBURY REPORfER Volume L. S. P. GRAVES GOING TO WINSTON-SALEM Forms Law Partnership With Judge \V. E. Brock and His Son, Wiliam Graves. Winston-Salem, Dec. IH). An nouncement is made here that ef fective January \, Winston-Snleni i to haw a now law firm, composed of Soiinli r S. Fort of draws, of Mount Airy, Judge W. K. Brock, of Wades boro. who has just n'tired from the hem h, and William Graves, of Mount Airy, son of the Solicitor. Kaiii member of the linn will re move with their families to Winstor Salem within a very short while, and for the present the firm will oc cupy tl.e offices of State Senator \. F. Sams in the Masonic Temple j ring lh- session of the Legislature. Solictor Graves states that his part IT: the firm's practice will In only i' civil business while lie is ac ting S, i.-.-itur for the district. •John William Mounce. I; ..it! a very sid and hiavy iicarl • ~-it I attempt to write an o'oitra;; notice of the death of my i»ar hu>band, .lohn William Mtm: . son of George and Susan \l..ui.c . \\iio depirteo this life Nov. i'.; lie was born March 20, i i':., 1., ,:v y-.-ais. ,«> motuh- and S d;:. - .-lit. lie isas married twice .ir~ t ii M.-s liettie Brown. thiit \ .ears ..(To. and she living only 11 V'. irs ..f:or their marriage. Then vear.-' juter lie was married t.> Mi-.- 1.u1,. " .tjig on June loot!. To this union Has born two children, 0.i.- tiuugnii r. Miss Myrtle Mounce, and the Jitll. ivy preceded him to li e gra u' ' y several years. 11 is father also die.. 2 1 vears ago and his mot it i r '_li years since. One sister, Ada Moiii;*, died nt the age of i veil's. She nan been dead net'.rly 10 years. Anotlvr sister, Mrs. Kmma 'ox, of Mad:««>:i, died a little over 2 years ago. Besides the widow, and one daugit-. r, he leaves 2 brothers and ,! sisters, Oscar Mounce, of Walnut Cove; Robt. H. Mounce, of Fine Hull; Mrs. Sarah Tilley, of Sunimerfield: Mrs. Fannie Manuel, of Fine Hall; Mrs. Ida Doss, of Siloani. The deceased was a devoted hus band and a kind and loving father and brother. He was never tired of doing for those whom he loved and never denied his family of any com forts or pleasures that he could af ford to give them.. His death wa • lauses by tuberculosis and absess of the spine and was confined to his bed only -'J days, but his suffering was great. It seemed that nothing could be done for him to r lieve him. I know that Clod is able to taki tare of us but. dear friends, the wa> looks very dark ami gloomy to nv. He piofessed hope in Christ a num ber of years ago and joined the Prim itive Baptist church at Clear Spring on Sept. 13, 101!'. He was baptised by one of his pastors. Elder Wait Tuttle on the second Sunday in Oct. 1919, being a devoted member to the last. He loved the doctrine of salva tion by grace. Several times during his sickness he praised the Lord for his goodness and mercy, and asked the Lord to be with him in his last hours. The Lord giveth and the Ix)rd taketh away, blessed be the name of the I-ord. We miss him so much but we hope that he is singing with the angels around the white throne where there will be no faro well tears shed and where parting Is no more. ' The funeral services were held at his home on Thanksgiving, Nov. 30, by the two pastors of his church at the time he united with the church, Elders Jas. Fagg and Watt Tuttl->, and the remains were laid to rest .n the family burying ground neer hi* home, known as the Brown grave yard. I wish *o say to all my dear good friends who have been so kind to m?, may God bless them all and mny their last days be their best day-., and when it is God's will to take you all from this world may you all be ready to go. HIS COMPANION. D. S. Priddy, of Danbury Route 1, was a business visitor here today. BIRTHDAY DINNER AND A MARRIAGE Homer Lewis Weds Miss Sa vannah Hampton—Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Bowman Entertain Friends—Other News. Gcrmanion Route 1, Jan. I. Miss Savannah Hampton and Mr. Homer Lewis surprised their many friends last Sunday by motoring to Nottk' Ridge, Va., and getting married. They were accompanied by Mi-s Irene Lewis and Messrs Ollio White, Joe Bowles and Farrcl, Wade and Oakley Hampton. The bride is the young and attractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hampton, while tile groom is the son of Mr. King Lewis, a prominent farmer of Ger mantoii Route I. The many friends of the young couple wish them a long and happy married life. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Tuttle spent Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs. S. 1.. Meadows. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Tuttle and l:;t!e daughter of liundolph county, "pent the holidays with Mr. and Mr-. J. C. Tuttle Tiic young people, about forty in number, gathered at the home of M■'. and Mrs. George Bowman o.i I:;.-: Monday r.ight, the occa.ion IviiifJ .in .dd time "singing." After sever I .-■v.gs various fames u. re played • and tile occasion was eiljoye I by -.! 1 ore:-cut. .Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Bowman an 1 family, of Gormanton Iloute 'J. :-p. it -i.iturday at the home of Mr. T. C. Boh s. i'.ic relatives and friends of Mi-s Di'i'ie Rutledov irave her a* surprise birthday dinner last Monday. A large crowd was in attendan -e an t it was an enjoy hie occasion for al! who Were present. Mr. and Mrs. Hurley White and j snail daughtei spent several day; tile past we"k with Mrs. T. J. Boles. Mr. Will Boles and sister. Miss Nannie spent the holidays with their sister. Mrs. Dan Garner, of Green. - horo. Mr. J. N. Tuttle filled his regular appointment at Mr. W. T. Fowler': Sunday afternoon. Misses Ycrlie Fowler and 'Mamie Boles spent Saturday night with Miss Mau| Boles. Mr. anil Mrs. Charlie Tuttle and small son spent the holidays with Mrs. Tut tie's parents, Mr. and Mrs. King Lewis. Mr. and Mrs. Carl White and dau ghter spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. W. 11. White. Askinor For Road To New Bridge On River Petitions are being circulated by the citizens of the eastern section if Meadows township asking the County Commissioners to open up a road from Hollin's lumber yard at Mead ows to the mw bridge oa Dan river below Red Shoals. Mr. James Las ley, who has been circulating one of the petitions, was here today and he stated that the petitions would be presented to the Board at the regular meeting of the Board on the first Mondny in February. This road will be only a little more than two miles in length and will be of great benefit to the people of that section of the county. A part of the road will not even have to be graded, as the old Red Shoal road reaches a good part of the way. M. D. Sizemore Robbed And Assaulted Morgan D. Sizemore, of Meadows township, who was a \isitor here on Monday of this week stated that he was robbed of fifty dollars in cash at Winston-Salem a few days since. Mr. Sizemore was down near th« railway tracks, back of Planter'.* tobacco warehouse, when he was held up by two negroes and robbed. The matter was reported to the of ficers by Mr. Sizemore but no trace could be had of the negroes. The three-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Mabe, who Anus taker to a Winston-Salem hospital a few days since for treatment, is very sick at this writing. Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, Jan. 3, 1923 MORE FUNDS FOR NEAR EAST RELIEF Campaign Will Close Within! Next Few Days—Teachers and Others Asked To Act Promptly. Collections for the Near East Re lief continue to come ill, but it is expected that the campaign will be closed within the next few days. Teachers who expect to raise funds for this worthy cause in their schools as well as individuals who expect to contribute, should do so at once, be fore the campaign comes to a close. The collections up to this time are as follows : Dr. and Mrs. A. G. Jones $5.00 Rev. J. T. Ratledge ..5.00 Miss Mattie C. Lcwellyn ... 1.00 O. J. I'ates 2.00 J. R. Voss . . .">.OO Miss Minnie fates 1.00 Mrs. Will Wheeler 1.00 Quaker Gap Sunday School. by Miss Victoria John-ton !».00 .1. R. Williams 5.0'1 Mrs. N. S. Mullican 5.00 Collected at Mi/.pah by R. M. Covington 12.00 Cash 2.1 i $ 5!>.20 Previously Rie-t rtcd 155.53 Tiual collection- t" date ssl-1.73 Fulton-Adams. A marriage of considerable interest was ioti.-u.naiaied at Walnut C.ve last night when .\li-s Illioda Adams became the bride of Mr. -I. 11. Fulton. Tile affair was very quiet and w is at tended only by the relatives of the oiitracting parties, being celebrated at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. R. A. Hedgecock. Rev. J. R. Mallet, former pastor of tlio couple, performed the ceremony, immedia tely after which Mr. and Mrs. Fulton | loft for a «hort trip. Tile bride is the daughter of Mrs. | Lizzie Adams, of Walnut Cove, and ! is a most estimable and accomplished j young woman, possessing many rare traits of character. The groom is among the county's best and most widely known business men. He is an ex-sheriff of Stokes j and was for a number of years | cashier of the Walnut Cove branch | of the Hank of Stokes County. For i the past two years he has been en- I gaged in the mercantile business in | Walnut Cove. Th- hundreds of friends of the couple throughout tlie county and tiiis section of the State will learn of their marriage with mu.h interest. | Th • Reporter joins them in extending lu st wishes. Lorenza Riser Died Last Friday Ni&ht Lorenza Riser, aged 55 years, a good citizen of Meadows township, died suddenly at his home Friday night from heart failure. Mr. Kit-er j had apparently been in his usual 1 health up until his death. Fridav ! night after supper he told his wife 1 he was sleepy and would lie down and within a few moments after reaching the bed he was dead. The deceased is survived by his wife and two children. W. H. Flinchum Has Painful Accident Mr. W. Hardin Flinchum, of Pied mont Springs, last Wednesday hap pened to the misfortune to shoot him self in the foot accidentally. He had just returned from rabbit hunting and had stopped a moment to speak to some one when he set his shot gur. on his foot with the barrel down. In some way the gun was discharged and one toe was shot almost com pletely off. He was carried to a Winston-Salem hospital for treat ment and is reported to be getting along nicely at this time. Frank Joyce removed from this community this week to the Milton Southern farm in Meadows township, where he will farm this year. Will Lawson is removing from this town j shin to Peter's Creek township, and I w .it t -nJ iht! farm of John V.'. Priddy. ROBBERY AT KING THURSDAY NIGHT Safe Of King Manufacturing Co. Is Rifled—Four Couples Wedded During Holidays— Other King News. King, Jan. I.—Unknown thie es broke into the King Manufacturing Co s. office Thursday night and rob bed the safe of its contents. Fortu nately only about live dollars had been left in the safe. Entrance was gained through a window. The out side safe door had been left open and the thief got into the inner part of the safe by means of a brace and bit. The work seemed to be thai of an amateur. '•Thunderbolt Tom," the eeangeli-t of this plao . is having his nice home repainted this week. Mr. and Mrs. S. O. Schaub, of H'gh Point, spent Sunday with relatives hen'. The following young louplcs were married here last week: Emmet! White to Miss Hannah Hutchins : Pt Moll Klligllt t.l Miss Verlie Jes sup: William C Kirby to Miss Zellsi E. Itiorson: Ke.ter Denny to Miss Anna Mae Campbell. Quite a number of King citizens went to Danbury today in the inter est of the promised hard-surface road from Win m Salem Mount Aity via Rural Mali and King. Fred K. Slv-r- went to Winston Stlvii on hu.->.ess today Some very nice pnrku-- are being ■•tiled ill and around King. i - ■ ■ ii- Income Tax Returns Due By March li"> Following is a notice from Gilliam Grissom, United Stales i olleetor of internal evenue. concerning the til inof income tax returns. The fact that "returns must he filed on time | even if no tax is due" is stressed by I the collector. The following must file returns b-> i fore March 15, 1023 : Kvery person with net income of SI,OOO, if single. Every person with a gross income of $2,000, if married. I Every person with a gross income j of $5,000. Every incorporated company, with | out exception. I Every partnership, without excep | tion. Kvery employer must report all salaries of SI,OOO, or more, and to whom paid. Returns must be filed on time, even | if no tax is due. Fowler-Rierson. Walnut Cove, Dec. 27.—Mr. Hob son H. Fowler and Miss Wilma Rier son were married at the Methodist J parsonage Thursday afternoon, Rev. | J. T. Ratledge officiating. The cere- j liiony was witnessed by only a few I j intimate friends of the couple. Mr. j ] Fowler is a prominent young meivh- | ; ant, being a member of the firm of H. 11. Fowler &• Co., and his bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Rierson, and has for the past two vears been assistant postmaster in Walnut Cove. Entertainments were held by all the Sunday schools here during the holidays. The Methodist school gave its entertainment on Saturday evening; the Episcopal school on Sunday afternoon and the Baptist school on Monday evening. The merchants here report splen did trade during the holidays Luther Manuel Dead. Luther Manuel, a Rood citizen and hard-working farmer of this com munity, passed away at his home near Danbyry Monday night, after an illness of several weeks with in fluenza and complications. The de ceased is survived by his wife and j several sons and daughters, as well as one brother and three sisters. The remains were laid to rest at Clear Spring Baptist church, near Meadows, on Inst Wednesday. Paul Fulton, of the Stokes Grocery Co., at Walnut Cce, was here todav calling on the Danbury merchants. MANY ACCIDENTS DUE TO BRAKES State and County Officials Arc- Aroused To Drastic Action In Effort To Save Life and Property, It Is Reported. Raleigh, Jan. 2. The constantly increasing number of accidents due to faulty brakes on automobiles and trucks has aroused many State and county officials to action in an effort to afford greater protection to motor ists and all users of the highways and streets. In Massachusetts the State registrar of motor vehicles has announced hat he wll adopt drastic ■!. ..sure.- in ban lling cases ot' care l'-sae.s hi" to defective biakes and 1.i.-ike linings, lie w.ll also rev-ik • ilic license >f at\\ dri\- r whose auto mobile brakes are not in proper con dition. Other States are contemplating •; similar action. It is | lainly evident then-fore, that officials are awake to lie necessity f-.r ade-juate brake protection, realizing that life an I property depend upon the ability ef the brak-s to meet any emergence which may arise. LOCAL NEWS ITEMS. , Born unto Mr. and Mis. N. P.rl'i '.■. ill. on Decec'oer 2", a line I aby . Ernest 11. Nelson, of Piedmont ' Springs, was a husincsy visitor lien ; today. Robt. Flinchum, of Route I, was in Banbury today attending to business matters. The Gem ral Assembly convened in Raleigh for a sixty-day session yestel dav. j Jesse Booth has necn confined to his home here with influenza for ten days or more. George Q. Venahle, of the Hare- j man community, was amo:g the vis i itors here today. F. E. Nelson, well-known titer- I chant of Danbury Route 1, was here; a short while today. Mr. Julius J. Stephens ha;, bee i! I appointed special deputy in Danburv j township under Sheriff Dunlap. Deputy Sheriff J. J. Stephens, of Meadows Route I. was here this: week on business connected with n;s j office. Attorney Charles Helsabeck, of j Rural Ball, was a Danbury visitor to- day, shaking hands with his many friends here. Mr. and Mrs. P. ('. Campbell and ■ children have been spending several J days with the parents of Mrs. Canip | bell on Danbury Route 1. Mr. C. E. Pry tie, of Pinnacle, was ! among the visitors here today. He j reports that farmers in his section have about finished selling tobacco. Teeman Priddy, the young son of Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Priddy, of Dan bury Route 1, was here yesterday en route to Walnut Cove, where he is attending the high school. Mr. H. H. Leak, cashier of the Bank of Stokes County at King, was among the visitors here today. Ho reports that King is growing rapidly and business is good there. The county Board of Education was in session here Monday a few hours. Only routine business was transacted. The Board will sell the old public school building at Meadows to the highest bidder on Jan. 20. Considerable improvement is nov oeing made at the county jail here. The inside wood-work is being painted, new floors put in, etc. Sheriff Dunlap will move into the jail as soon as the work is com pleted. Five members of the family of Mr. Bill Flinchum, on Route 1, are con fined :o their beds with something like influenza. One of the young boys of the family has been danger ously ill with pneumonia but is im proving at this writing. No. 2,647 STOKES ASKS FOR TWO HARD ROADS County Commissioners Petition State Highway Commission To Hard Surface Two Im portant Roads In County. A delegation of the citizens of King and Yadkin township appeared tit-fore the Board of Commissioner! at thi'ir regular meeting here Mon day and requested that the Board petition the State Highway Commis sion to hard-surface that portion of the Winston-Salem-Mt. Airy high way which passes through Yadkin township. Stokes county. This highway amies into Stokes just north-west of Rural Hall an.l enters Surry county just east if Pilot Mountain, passing through Yadkin township for a distance of eleven and six-tenth miles. It was graded and soiled by the Federal government, the State and Y.uUwi township year before last, being completed lust January at a cost of •'.;i(>N,.il!t.oii. The road passe's through King, D.ilton and Pinnacle, in ths county. 'I he County Commissioners, after a discus.-io'i of the matter, passed •» resolution rei|tiesting the State High way Commission •to hard-surfaco both this peal and the road leading ;i "fVMiii.;he K.i.'sy'.h county line to Dar.- j Mirj, via \\.Jinn Cove and Meadow . | A iMpy of the resolution as passed 1V the Commissioners here Monday follows : KKSOI.I HON IN HFG AIM) TO THK STATE HIGHW VY COM MISSION BI'II.IHNG IIAKl)- SIKFACE ROADS IN STOKES COUNTY : whereas the North Carolina High way Commission has designated the U>ail" leading from Winston-Salem to Mount Airy as a part of the State i highway systen, and has likewise also designated the road leading ' from Winston-Salem through Wal kertown and Walnut Cove to Dan | bury, and whereas a portion of the ! first above named road, to-wit: that ] part beginning at the Forsyth county j line north of Rural Hall and thence i running across a part of Stokes ! county to the Surry line near Pinna j cle, lies in Stokes county, and where j as a portion of the second road above ■ named, to-wit : that part thereof be \ ginning at the Forsyth county line | near Fulp anil thence running through Walnut Cove to Danbury, also lies in Stokes county, anil where as there is a great deal of travel over I lioth of said roads, which is fast in | creasing, we, the Board of County I Commissioners of Stokes county, at , a regular session held at Danbury j on Monday, January the first, 1923, jdo hereby respectfully petition the j said North Carolina State Highway j Commission to make both of said I roads good hard-surfaced highways to the end that they may accomodate the heavy and ever increasing and important travel over them. S. P. VENABLE, Ch'm. E. F. STONE. R. T. SPEtfCER. County Commissioners. C. E. Petree Returns From Stay In China Charlie E. Petree, son of ex-sheriff and Mrs. R. J. Petree, of Germanton Route 1, who has been in China for several years, in the employ of the American Tobacco Co., has returned home and announce ii that he has de cided not to return to China. While in China Mr. Petree was engaged in teaching the Chinese how to grow and cure tobacco. He states that they are making fine pogress in this industry and their crops are becom ing remunerative. Col. J. Bryan Grimes Is Seriously 111 Raleigh, Jan. 4.—Concern as to the condition of Secretary of State .1. Bryan Grimes was expressed here today by close personal friends of Colonel Grimes., He was forced to his bed by an attack of influenza few days ago and since then compli cations are said to have sot in, ma king his condition very serious.
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