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DANBURY REPORTS Volume L. STOKES MAY HAVE \ STATE MAKE MAP; —— I Excellent Maps of Surry an 1 ( VVilUcs Counties Have Jusi Been Completed By State En- gineers. The Reporter last week receiv- j ed from Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, 1 State «eologist, a copy of the : map recently made of Surry county by the State. The map is five or six feet square, showing j the lines of each township, all ! the public roads, streams, rail roads, fcchools. orchards, farms of many prominent citizens and various other things that pro to make up a first-class county n.ao. The map was made by State engineers, the State and county sharing the expense of n a ling it. The copy of the map received by this paper was called to the attention of the Stokes B >ard of Commissioners, who examined it and instructed Engineer N. S. Mullican to take the matter up with the State and ascertain upon what terms and conditions such a map would be made for Stokes county. It is thought that in case Stokes has a map made, enough of them could be sold to citizens of the! county, as well as outsiders, to j take care of the county's part of ] the expense, a map of the 1 county has long been needed and it is hoped that the commission-1 ers will be able to make the necessary arrangement with the State for it. The following in regard l to maps made for Surry and Wilk?s •counties may be of interest to; some: Chapel Hill, Jan. 10. —Water power development in North Carolina will be materially stimu-; lated by studies which the State geological and economic survey, in connection with the Univer sity's school of engineering, has | begun and which it plans to carry ' 3teadily forward to completion. The State of North Carolina is today doing more investigating of water powers than all the rest 1 of the South together. This fact led the State to make not long ago a request that the United j States Government's Southern j headquarters for this same work, j be moved from Atlanta to Ashe-! ville. The logic of the situation was so plain that the government complied. A survey of Surry and Wilkes counties, just published, is thej opening gun in a campaign which ; will not be ended until all the power possibilities of the State are put down in black and white, with complete facts about stream flow, drainage areas, storage capacities, and the phvsicial and financial difficulties involved in the flooding cf farm lands, the relocation of railroads and high ways, and, in some cases, the encroachment upon towns and villages. The author of the Surry and Wilkes report is Thorndike Sa ville, hydraulic engineer in the school of engineering. He is work ing under State Geologist Joseph Hyde Pratt and iu co-o^iulion I ROAI) CONTRACTS TO BE LET FEB. 1 , One Fr >m Stokes Line At Fulp To Winston-Salem—Another i From Wright's Store To the * Reynolds School. Announcement is made from ! Raleigh by the State Highway : Commission that among the | many road projects to be let by 1 the commission on Feb. Ist next j will be one from the Stokes coun ty line at Fulp to Winston-Salem, the road to be of hard surface construction. Also the road to be built from the Reynolds' school, in Quaker Gay township, to VVright's store, in Big Creek township, will be let to contract at the same time. The road from Winston-Salem to the Stokes line is only 11.35 miles in length, as it will begin at the end of the cement road several miles this side of the Twin City. The road in Quaker Gup arid Big Creek will be 07 miles in length and of gravel or soil. It is stated that the highway commission will let contracts again the latter part of Febru ary, at which time the contract for the last lap of the Mt. Airy- Dobson-Danbury road will be | let. The reports of the letting of ! road contracts referred to here J was sent out by the highway commission since the announce : ment of letting of contracts | printed elsewhere in this paper. With the completion of the ! hard-surface road from Winston ! Salem tc Fulp and the road from Danbury to Clemmons ford bridge, which will be let to con ' tract soon, Winston-Salem will be connected with Mt. Airy by a first-class State highway by way of Danbury, about 20 miles of the -">s being of hard-surface construction. ! To Organize Literary Society Here All the ladies of Danbury who are ■ interested in organizing a literary ; society arc invited to meet at the home of Mrs. John Taylor on Tues j day afternoon, Jan. 23rd, at '2:.!0 ; o'clock. Representative (J. M. Hauser was i home from Raleigh Saturday and at | tended the meeting of farmers here •on that day. Mr. Hauser stated | that ill the opinion of many of the I members of the General Assembly, the road bill to issue fifteen million more road bonds would pass over whelmingly. j Mr. and Mrs. Kdwin Carter, of 1 Mt. Airj, and Mrs. John U. Fulton, ; of Walnut Cove, spent Sunday after noon here with friends. Frank Bullin, of Madison Route 3, was here on business today. with the United States Govern ment, the State department of labor and printing, county au thorities, and manufacturers. His assistants in measuring stream flows and gathering other data bearing upon the problem are engineering students in the University. They use the sum mer vacation period for the work, and it is through this that many of them earn sufficient money to continue their education. Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, Jan. 17, 1923 LETTER OF THANKS FROM MR. BELLAMY j For Stokes County's Contribu-I tion To Near East Relief j Fund—Campaign Has Beer. J Closed In This County. A letter of thanks from Col. 1 Geo. H. Bellamy, State Chair man of the Near East Relief, has just been received here by Miss Josie Pepper, county chairman of the relief work in Stokes. The amount assessed Stokes was $7 - _'o 00. but only $545 was raised and s(>-1.00 of this amount is to be paid later on pledges, while the full amount assessed the county was not raised, it has j been decided to close the cam paign. The letter from the State Chairman follows: Miss Josie Pepper. Danburv, N. C. Dear Miss Pepper: Your letter of January 13th, j enclosing check for $184.8!* has just been received, for which I enclose official receipt, ana 1 pledge cards for SG4 00. Please 'express to the people of Stokes county, who contributed this money, the appreciation of our State Committee, and accept for yourself the peisonal regards of both Mr. Daniels and the writer. I trust Stokes county will soon come up to its mark of $720. j which will insure the lives for another year after July Ist of the twelve little children now in North Carolina orphanages at Tribizon and assigned to your county for food, clothing, shelter and education. These little children whom we are taking care of in our or phanages and building into the new Armenian nation will be the future leaders in the Near East, and you can realize their grati tude to Amrricans and of these particular twelve to Stokes coun ty. X. C. Cordially yours, (»EO. H. BELLAMY, State Chairman. JOHN D. PETREE PASSES AWAY Had Recently Purchased Bijf Farm In Stokes and Was Pre paring To Remove Here With His Family. Thomasville, Jan. s.—John D Petree died at his home in the western part of town Saturday morning, aged 4'.' years. His wife and seven children survive, several of the children being small. The oldest boy, Gilbert, is large enough to take his fath er's place in looking after the outside affairs cf the home. Mr. Petree was a son of the late J. F. Petree, who died last fall and was buried at the old home in Forsyth county. A brother and sister are living. W. H. Petree, of Tobaccoville, and Mrs. John Robinson, of Greensboro. Mr. Petree had recently pur chased a 200-acre farm in Stokes county, after selling his nice home and his last work was done on his new home preparatory to moving his family. HOME BURNED AT KING SUNDAY Residence Of E. W. Rumley Is Burned—John Smith St'll.4 Mercantile Business To Paul Johnson and Scales Boyles. Kinir, Jan. 15. —Mr. E. W. ' Burnley, who resides in east Kin r , near the fair grounds, had the misfortune to lose his home by tire yesterday about noon. Mr, Rum ley's family left home early yesterday morning going to Winston-Salem to visit rela tives, so there was no one at all at home when the tire caught. It is learned that Mr. Rumley. carried no insurance on his build ings, while his household furni ture was partially covered by in surance. This was practically a new house. The fire caught in the kitchen but it is not known just how. Only a few articles were saved by neighbors who arrived too late to save much of the property. Mr. E. P. Newsom returned Friday from a business trip to Winston-Salem. Mr. and Mrs. W. «. Tuttle, of Rural Hall, spent Sunday with relatives here. Messrs. Paul Johnson and Scales Boyles have purchased the mercantile business of Mr. John Smith on the corner of 1 Main and Streets and will conduct the business at the same old stand. Mr. O. J. Johnson, of Pilot Mountain, is here on business today. Mr. and Mrs Russell Love, of Winston-Salem, spent Sunday with relatives here, j Mr. Paul Fulton, the popular I voung salesman, of Walnut Cove, is here today calling on the mer chants of King. Mr. W. E. Hartman went to High Point on business today. Judge Stack On Marriage and Divorce Greensboro, Jan. 12.—-The declaration by Judge A, M. Stack in Superior court yester day morning that instead of making divorces more difficult to secure, marriages ought to be made more so by the posting of such intentions at church doors not less than 30 days before the nuptial event takes place and expressing his hope that the state legislature will make it an indictable oll'ense for any person to receive a revolver from a mail order house, was brought about when Beattie Smith was haled into the courtroom to answer a charge of an assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and a charge of carrying con- J cealed weapon. Monroe, Jan. 12.—Judge A. M. Stack, who is holding his l first court in Greensboro, enjoys a unique distinction. He was lonce the law partner of two I governors of North Carolina, ' Bickett and Glenn, and up until he took the oath of office, was the partner of John Parker, late Republican candidate for gover nor. Bill Introduced For $15,000,000 More Bonds The much-talked-of bill to is sue fifteen million more State bonds to complete the State highway system was introduced in the General Assembly at Raleigh Monday by Representive R. A. Doughton. It is stated that in the opinion of many of the Legislators the bill will paaa easily. COUNTY BOARD MET HERE MONDAY Yadkin Township Delegation Appears Before Commission ers—County Will Not Pur chase Mules For Road Work, i The co int" commissioners were > :in special session here a few! hours yesterday, members S. P.' ; V enable, 10. I'. Stone and R. T. 1 •Spencer being in attendance. A delegation of the citizens of Yadkin township appeared before i the Board in regard to the loca | tion of the proposed new rosdl I from Volunteer to Chestnut i Grove in Yadkin township. There are three proposed routes for this road and each route had its advocates here. The Board sent County Engineer Mullican! to Yadkin to make some surveys j before a adopting location for; the road. The commissioners have been ' trying out a bunch of thirty mules with a view to purchasing them for road work in the county. | but at yesterday's meeting it was definitely decided not to buy • the stock. I : TOBACCO MARKET HAS AVERAGED $26 Winston - Salem Warehouses Have Sold More Than Twenty i i Nine Million Pounds Of the' Weed Since Opening. Winston-Salem, Jan. 15—Leaf tobacco sales on the local market! since the warehouses resumed their sales on January 2, up until the close of the week ending January lU, totaled 1.190,282' pounds and sold for $298,171.'. ( 4. jan average of $25 00 per hundred j pounds. This is a slight decrease in the ! ! price as compared with the weeks ; preceding the holidays, however, | the quality of tobacco offered for sale has not been so good. Gcod t ibacco is still bringing a fancy I price, some as high as t'>o and 70 cents per pound. SEASON SALES. Since the market opened last i September, a total of 29,019 910 pounds have been sold for $7,- ] 777,059 4'i, an average of more than 20 cents per pound. The sales are comparing favor j ably with those of last year. The ' figures stated above are the official figures given out by the i Winston-Salem Tobacco Board of i Trade. New Secretary State Is Appointed Raleigh, Jan. 13. —Governor Morrison tonight tendered the i appointment of secretary of state jto W. N. Everett, of Rocking ham, member of the Sandhill section. j Mr. Everett is expected to j accept the place, though he was not ready to make an announce ment tonight. He looks upon the tender of the appointment as a high honor, and his close friends anticipated he would make known his willingness to ' assume the office, delaying, how i ever, actual acceptance until the legislature adjourna. No. 2,649 BUILDING ROAD TO VIRGINIA LINE Two Contractors With Miller and Machinery Are Now At Work, One Outfit Near Buck Island Bridge and the Other Al«»ve Lawsonville. A force of men. mules and machinery furnished by contract or •). T. Plott began work this week on the road leading from Lawsonville to Stuart. Va., and the road will be built and soiled as far as the Virginia line at Bill Abe Martin's store. Another road force furnished by J. Spot Taylor is grading the rjad from Buck Island bridge, near Piedmont Springs, to Law sonville. This work was started last week. The Stokes commissioners have been assured by the Patrick county authorities that they will meet us at the Virginia line with a good road. This is good road news to both counties. With the (Completion of the State highway from Danbury to Westfield, we I will be connected up with Stuart, I Va., by a good soil road all the j way. ! FUSSING OVER ROAD LOCATION | People of Yadkin Township Are Very Much Interested In Road From Chestnut Grove To Volunteer—Other Items. King Route -, Jan. 15.—The farmers of this section are about through marketing tobacco. Mr. Will Smith carried a load of the weed to Winston-Salem last week and reported fair prices. Some of the farmers of this section have begun burning plant land for 1923 crop. They say this crop will be short on ac" count of the high price of fer tilizer. The people of this section and the Chestnut (irove section are very much interested in the loca tion of the road from C. H. Holes' to Chestnut ( ro/e church. lioad fights are very interesting but cause a lot of confusion, but the people must recollect that the county is not able to build a road to every body's door at present In a ' few years if nothing happens the roads will be as convenient as the rural mail. A lot of people of this section attended the funeral of Mr. B. J. Savage at Pinnacle last Sun ; day. There is some flu and pneu monia in this section at present. The boys of this section who are attending school at King re port a nice time and are having a good school under the super i vision of Prof. H. A. Carroll. SCRIBBLER. I Mr. and Mrs. Moore Are Improving: ! Rural Hall, Jan. 12.— The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. !W. G. Moore who have been quite nick the past two weeks are glad to know they are abla ! U 'jo out again.
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