DANBURY REPORTS!
Volume L.
' 'COUNTY DIVIDED
INTO DISTRICTS
Stokes Highway Commission
Lets Contracts For Roads In
County and Organizes Main
tenance System.
Probably the most important
act of the Stakes County High
way Commission, at its meeting
here Monday, was the dividing
of the courity into two main
tenance districts and the appoint
ing of a supervisor of roads for
each district, whose duty it will
be to see that the roads of their
respective? townships are prop
'erly maintained. District No.
1 is composed of Yadkin. Mead
ows. Sauratown, Beaver Island
and Danbury townships, with
M. D. Linville. as supervisor at a
salary of $125.00 per month.
District No. 2 includes Peter's
Creek, Snow Creek, Big Creek I
and Quaker (*ap townships, with |
Frank Tilley as supervisor at!
the same salary as supervisor of!
district number one. These su
pervisors will be in full charge
of the maintenance work and
will be responsible to the high
way commission lor the proper
maintaining of the roads, which
is to be done un jer their super
vision.
At Monday's meeting the town
ship road commissioners of five
townships turned over the books,
money, etc., to the new county
highway commission. These
and the amounts of cash turned
over by each were as follows:
Snow Creek, $3878.21
Sauratown, 1>00.30
Beaver Island, 1399.4'.*
Peter's Creek. 1394.43
Danbury, 150.40
$8428.86
The books and money of four
other townships are yet to be
turned # iver to the county high
way commission while the coun
ty commissioners have approxi
mately fifty-one thousand dollars
left from the recent bond issue
ready to be turned over to the
county highway commission. A
part of the fifty-one thousand
dollars to be turned over is due
to contractors for work already
•done, while the money from the
* townships is for maintenance
and interest purposes, so that
the money left for construction
of roads is probably something
near forty thousand dollars.
Contracts for the construction
of roads in the county were let
by the Board Monday as follows:
In Peter's Creek township,
four miles, between Lawsonville
and the Virginia line, let to J.
T. Plott at the following prices:
Grading 33 cents yard, soiling
37$ cents. $1.50 for rock, $150.00
per acre for grubbing.
In Quaker Gap township, eight,
miles of road, this being the
Spanish oak road, ordered built
b> the County Commissioners
last fall. J. T. Plott was given
the contract at the same prices
as mentioned above.
In Snow Creek township, four
mites from Shelton's store to
Virginia line to be soiled, Jesse
Bennett given contract at 35
ROCK THROWERS
ALMOST KILL BOY
Ralph Kiser Hit On Head and
Knocked Unconscious Lit
tle Son of Mr. and Mrs. Ran
dleman Dead—News of King.
King. March s.—The Walnut
Cove high school basket ball team
defeated the King high school
team in a game here last Friday.
The score stood 30 to 16.
Thunderbolt Tom. the evange
list of this place, is holding a
two weeks meeting at Fair View
near Pilot Mountain.
Attorney T. W. Kallam. of
Winston-Salem, was here Satur
day looking after some legal
matters.
Mr. Pleas Tilley. cf Winston-
Salem. spent Sunday with friends
here.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Love, of
Winston-Salem, spent Sunday
with Mr. Love's parents on Pul
liam Street.
Mr. J. W. Hall, who recently
underwent an operation in the !
Lawrence hospital at Winston-1
Salem, is well on his way ta re
covery. we are glad to note.
Mr. T. S. Petree, of Winston-j
Salem, was among the visitors'
here Sunday.
Mr. Claud Culler, of High!
Point, spent Sunday with his
parents here.
Mr. Ralph Kiser and some
neighbor bovs while on their way ,
home from King last night were
rocked by some unknown parties.
Ralph was hit on the head and
knocked unconsious for some
litt'e time but his coudit on is not
regarded as serious.
Moir. the nine-year-old son of,
Mr. and Mrs. Earlie Randleman, \
died Saturday with spinal menin-j
gitis. Thp interment' was con-:
ducted from Friends Union 1
church yesterday. j
Mr. and Mrs. James Love. Jr..
of Winston-Salem, spent Sunday
with relatives here.
Mr. Robert Cook, who holds a
position with the Atlantic &
Yadkin Railway Company, spent |
Sunday with his family in Wal- i
nut Hills.
Mr. Joe Jackson, of Pinnacle.!
is here on business today.
Mrs. S. H. Brown and sisters
were hosteses to the ladies aid of j
the Methodist church, at their i
home on west main street Satur-;
day afternoon. March 3rd. After
: a very interesting program, the
[guests were invited into the
dining room where refreshments
were served.
Mr and Mrs H H. Leake snent
Sunday with relatives in Dan
burv.
Mr. Paul Manuel, who died at
his home in Winston-Salem yes
terday, was laid to rest in Trinitv
M. E cemetary near here today.
Mr. and Mrs. S. H Brown and
S. W. Pu'iiam motored to Rural
Hall Sunday afternoon to visit.
Miss Alvertie Pulliam and Miss
Norman spent Saturday in Win
ston-Salem ehopping.
cents per yard. This road has
already been graded.
1 An order was made that the
, road from Hollin's lumber yard
' near Meadows to the new bridge
across Dan river at Fulcher's
ford be graded as soon as pos
sible. The length of this road
is 2 14 miles.
County Highway Engineer
Mullican was ordered to survey
and make estimates of the cost
of building the following roads:
From Drew Priddy's to Oak
j Ridge church, the route being
| in both Danbury and Snow Creek
townships.
From the State highway at a
point near Francisco to Campbell
postoffice.
The Indian grave road in
Meadows township.
Certain roads in Big Creek
township, location to be decided
upon by old Board of township
coniuiiciioners of Big Creek.
Danburv, N. C., Wednesday, March 7, 1923
STOKES MAN
KILLED SUNDAY
Ford Car Driven By Negro Hits
Mule Billie Dodson Was On
and He Is Thrown To Ground,
Dying Few Hours Later.
Sandy Ridge, March 5.—A
very shocking accident occur
red Sunday evening near Madi
son when Billie Dodson, of this
section, was hit by a Ford car
while riding his mule along
the road. Mr. Dodson was on
his way to the home of his
brother bel6w Madison when
the accident happened. The car
was driven by John Lemons, i>.
negro, and when the car struck
the mule Mr. Dodson was
thrown to the ground receiving
a cut on the head from the ef
fects of which he died a few
hours later. The accident oc
curred about dark near a curve
just beyond the Dan river
bridge at Madison. The car
did not have any lights other
than a badly smoked lantern,
which must have been the cause
of the accideut. The wounded
man never regained conscious
ness and as there w:>re no eye
witnesses to the accident r.o
one knows just how it happened
The mule which Mr.Dodson was
riding was injured only slight
ly despite the fact that it was
struck by the car.
Lemons, who stopped his car
and assisted in securing medi
cal attention for the injured
man, was later arrested and is
l>eing held under a bond of one
thousand dollars, which he has
so far been unable to give. The
spot where Mr. Dodson was
killed is only a few yards from
where another man met death
in an automobile accident only
a few years since. In climbing
the hill the road makes the let
ter S and careful driving is very
essential to safety when going
either up or down it.
The deceased was unmarried
and was aged about fifty wars.
He was a good citizen and >ve)l
liked by all wrto knew him. He;
was the son of Mr.Bird Do-tson.
deceased, and is survived L-y
his mother and several brothers
and sisters, besides a host of
other relatives and friends. 1 he
interment will be rr.ado in the
family burying ground near
Sandy Ridge.
Messrs. Phelix Tackett and
Willie Dodson, while out riding
Sunday morning, escaped seri
ous injury when the Ford car ir.
which they were traveling
turned turtle in the road near
Mr. Art Amos' home. The ca-*
was damaged considerably,
breaking the top and wind
shield and puncturing a tire.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Ward and'
children, Messrs Otis and Jeff
Ward, Phelix Tackett and Bw
fort Duncan, of High Point,
visited relatives here Saturday
and Sunday.
Miss Arrie Duncan and little
Miss Catherine Dodson are on
the sick list at present.
Several of our citizens visi
ted Danbury today.
Among those who visited
Misses Nannie and Fannie Dod
' son Sunday night were Miss
|Cramer Kington, Messrs Otis
James, Mack and Willie Dod
; son, Linwood Duncan and E.
Ward.
Quite a large congregation
attended church at Buffalo on
Sunday.
The sand-clay roads here are
in tip-top shape now, having re
cently been repaired and drag
ged.
Tax On Gasoline
In Effect Now
Beginning March first the extra 2
cents tax on gasoline went into ef
fect, it is stated. The State now
levies a tax of three cents on each
gallon of gasoline, all money d.--
rived from this source ro be ured
on the public roads.- There ha« been
a steady climb in the price t>f gaso
line for the past several w>e-:s, and
it has risen from about twenty-cwo
cents to 29 or 80 cents.
CO - OPS HOLD
MEETING HERE
Members Are Addressed By J.
B. Swain—Organization Is
Endorsed—New Officers Are
Elected.
Stokes county farm leaders in
the tobacco pool in a meeting
here today, four hundred strong,
received reports from the head
quarters of the association con
cerning the progress made, in
dorsed their organization and
elected officers for the new year.
J. B. Swain of Greensboro, ad
dressed the meeting after the
business session was concluded.
Mr. Swain made the keynote
of his speech today the report of
the federal trade commission in
its recent investigation of the
tobacco industry. Telling the
growers some of the alleged facts
of the trade commisson in which
they charge combinations in
restraint of trade by manufac
turers, jobbers and retailers to j
hold the prices of manufactured
tobacco products to the high!
prices made necessary by war
time prices for the raw leaf, he
added, that surely no one could
blame the farmer for organizing
to get at least a living wage.
"We are not monopoly, our
selves," he concluded, "because
we simply Geek to get a fair
share of the dollar paid by the
consumer for our own crop. The
farmer contributes more than!
any other class in the industry to |
the finished product and gets
less for his labor than the em
ployees in the factory with no
pay for his capital and manager
ial effort.
! The growers indorsed their or
: ganization and recommended that
allcontract breakers be treated
alike by the collection depart
j ment of the association.
| J. L. Christian, of Pinnacle,
!E. W. Carroll and R. G. Petree.
!of Germanton, were elected ad
i mimstrative officers for the new
year.
The advisory officers elected
are R. C. White, J. W. Fowler,
H. G. Tuttle, C. S. Pitzer, Z. R.
Sheppard, O. T. Shelton, George
H. Hanes, R. E. L. Francis and
P. O. Fry.
Tobaceoville Items.
Tobaccoville Route 2. March 5.
—Mr. Paul Manuel, of Winston-
Salem, died laet Saturday and
was buried Monday at Trinitv
church.
Most everybody in this section
is being vacinated for smallpox.
Billie Law and Fred Mickey
made a business trip to Pilot
Mt. Saturday night.
Charlie Snider is real sick
with flu.
Roger Kirby, of Winston-
Salem, spent the week end here
with his parents.
An Interesting meeting of the
teachers of Yadkin township was
held at King last Friday with largu
nttendnnce. Supt. of Schools J. C.
, Carson was present and addressed
!'.he teacherr on their duties, etc.
If you are interested in buying
real estate it might pay you to watch
the advertising columns of the Re
porter these days.
GROWERS ARE
WARNED OF SUITS
Co-Operative Marketing Asso
ciation Demands Five Per
Cent From Members Who
Failed To Keep their Pledge.
It is learned that officials of
the Co-operative Marketing Asso
ciation are sending out letters to
members who have sold leaf dur
ing the season at the-tacal auction
warehouses advising them to
make proper settlement with the
association, bv the payment of
five' per cent of the amounts
received for the weed sold on the
open market—and thereby pre-;
vent the institution of suits m >
the courts.
It is known that a large quanti
ty of tobacco grown by farmers I
who signed up with the Co-opera
tives has been sold at the local
warehouses during the season,
some of them contending that
they were not in position financi-'
ally to hold their weed in accord-1
ance with the plans of the new '
organization.
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TOBACCO MARKET i
HAS CLOSED !
|
More Than Thirty-Two Million i
Pounds Sold At An Average!
j Above 26 Cents—Total Sales
j For Past 13 Years.
I Winston-Salem, March 7.
,The tobacco warehouses hero
closed for the season yesterday,
i having sold a total of 32,626,-
970 pounds of the weed since
their opening last fall. A total
of $8,705,303 27 was paid to the
farmers for this huge lot of to
bacco, making the average pe>*
pound twenty six and a frac
tion of a cent.
It was the general opinion of
!many that the sales this season
would reach 35,000,000 pounds, !
but the crop was not so heavy
las ,was at first thought.
The sales for the past season
ran 44,334 pounds less than the (
records show last year's crop, :
but the average price for this
last crop was considerably bet
,ter than last year.
It might be interesting to the
people to know that during the
past 13 years the Winston-Sa
lem market has sold a total of
395,104,766 pounds of tobacco,
for which the enormous sum of
$89,052,967.14 has been paid to
the growers.
Church Services In
Stokes Next Sunday
Rev. S. R. Hope, of Madison,
Rev. Harry and Elder Kuvken
dall, of Winston-Salem, will ad
dress the people next Sunday at
the Presbyterian churches at
Dan River church 11 o'clock, A.
M., Asburv 3 o'clock P. M., Dan
bury 7:30 o'clock P. M. on the
"Presbyterian Progressive Pro
gram." The people are eordial
: ly invited to attend these meet
ings.
School Pupils To Be
Given Hike and Feast
i Walnut Cove, March 6.—For
a week the eighth grade of the
Walnut Cove high school has
been eagerly at work on a serirr
of latin word congests. The
grade is divided into two equal
sections and given equal num
ber of words to answer. The
side gaining the highest scoro
is to be given a hike to some
near-by place of interest and
treated to a feast of weinners
1 and other delicacies. The
names of the winners will ap
i pear in the paper next week.
No. 2,65
ELECTION FOR
WALNUT COVE
Citizens To Vote April 16 On
Proposition Of Issuing Bonds
For School Building—Regis
trar and Judges Named.
At the meeting of the Board
of Education held here Monday
an order was made calling art
election in Walnut Cove special
school tax district for the pur
pose of allowing the citizens to
vote on the questiomof issuing
| $15,000.00 bonds to complete
the school building now being
,erected there. The County Com
■ missioners called the election
i for April 16th, and appointed
, J. Carl Joyce registrar and R.
iL. Murphy and S. C- Rierson
] judges,
■ A new registration is re
quired for the election and the
books will be opened on the 16
I of March.
An election called for the
same purpose as set forth above *
last year was called off before
a vote was taken.
I Deaths Of Children;
News Of Route 1
Danhurv Route 1. March 5. —
| The infant of Mr. and Mrs. E.
[Smith was found dead in bed last
j Wednesday morning. The burial
was held Thursday at North
View, The parents have the
sympathy throughout the com
munity of their loss.
Misses Nannie and Maggie
Oakley spent the week end with
their sister, Mrs. Brune Spencer.
Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Young and
Mr. and Mrs. N. D. Priddy and
children spent Sunday with Mr.
D. S. Priddy.
Misses Ethel Spencer and Rosa
McCullough spent Friday night
with Miss Dorathy Overby.
Flassie, the- little 4-year>old
child of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Bu'lin, died Saturday night after
a short illness. The liittle babe
I wa9 laid to rest Monday at North
View burying ground.
Miss Gladys Shelton spent the
week end with Miss Rilla Step
hens.
! Miss Clarice Young, of Walnut
Cove, is the guest of Miss Ruth
Priddy.
Mr, and Mrs. Mack Nelson and
family spent Sunday with their
daughter. M«-s. Will Priddy.
i Mr. H. H. Reid, who has been
confined to his room for some
time with smallpox, is improving
some we are glad to note.
I Mrs. Walter Priddy and child
ren and Miss Myrtle Priddy spent
Saturday night with 1). S. Priddy
and family.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Sheppard
spent Sunday in Winston-Salem.
Misses Blanche and Ethel
Priddy entertained a large num
ber of their friends Saturday
night.
Mr. J. B. Priddy is preparing
to build a nice feed barn soon.
Elder and Mrs. Walter Mabe
spent Saturday night with Mrs.
Mabe's parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Steele spent
Saturday night with relatives on
Route 1.
Misfes Rilla and Nellie Step
hens entertained a number of
their friends Sunday.
Misses Maggie Woods and Lilia
Mabe spent Sunday afternoon
with Miss Jettie Ayers,
Mr. Bnd Mrs. Wattie Stephens
and children spent Sunday with"
Mr. Joe Robertson.