DAN BURY REPORTER
Volume L.
PUTTING STOKES
ON THE MAP
Commissioner Hanes Announces That the State
Will Build Hard-Surface Highway From Wins
ton-Salem To Danbury Danbury-Clemmons'
Ford Road Will Also Be Completed—Stokes
People Elated Over Good News.
Stokes county citizens ar#;
very much elated over the an
nouncement of Commissioner
A. S. Hanes, of this district,
that the State Highway Com
mission will build a hard-sur
face road from Winston-Salem
to Danbury as soon as possible,
and that the last lap of the Dan
bury-Westfield road will also be
built at an early date.
Commissioner Hanes, who
had just returned to Winston-
Salem from a meeting of the
State Highway Commission in
Raleigh last week, gave out
this bit of interesting informa
tion Saturday, and no news will
ever be more important to our
people than this announcement.
It was stated by Mr. Hanes
(hat while all hard-surface road
building was being delayed by
the shortage of cement and that
none of the projects authorized
could be completed at once, all
the roads would be surveyed
and graded and the bridges put
in as quickly as possible so
that the cement could be put
down as soon as it was availa
ble.
Other road building authori
zed to be done in this district
at last week's meeting of the
highway commission, according
to the announcement of Com
missioner Hanes, includes hard
surface from Pilot Mountain to
Mt. Airy, from Winston-Salem
to Mocksville. from Lenoir to
Hickory, from Wilkesboro to
Mulberry Gap, Boone and Blow
ing Rock, five miles of hard-sur
face on the Boone trail from
Wilkesboro toward Winston-
Salem, and from Sparta to Jef
ferson.
It is not thought that any of
the road projects named above
will likely be awarded to con
tract at the next letting on
April .1, as some of them are
not even surveyed yet, but they
will nodoubt be contracted as
soon as they can he made ready
by the highway commission.
It is safe to sav that with the
completion of the Danburv-
Wesf field road, which is soon
to be built, and the finishing of
the Danbury-Stuart, Va.. road,
which is now being built by
the co'intv, the traffic goinc
into Winston-Salem over the
road from here to that city will
be fully as great" or greater
than that of any other highwav
reaching the Twin City, the
Boone trail not excepted.
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Program For Ladies'
Missionary Society
The following program has been
arranged for the next meeting of
the Women's Missionary Society,
which will be held here on Wednes
day, April 4th :
Song "From Greenland's Icy
Mountains."
Prayer.
Scripture reading.
Roll call.
Secretary's report.
Treasurer's report and collection.
Sketch of life of Bishop Lambeth,
Mrs. J. D. Humphreys.
Sketch of Presbyterian Mission
ary, Mrs. N. E. Pepper.
Sketch of Baptist Missionary,
Mrs. A. J. Fagg.
Sketch of Friends Missionary, Mrs.
J. Spot Taylor.
Sentence prayers.
Song—Onward, Christian Soldier.
Committee for next meeting of
Missionary Society—Mrs. N. E. Pep
r>e», Mrs. N. Earl Wall and Miss
Wary Taylor.
JOHN A. BURTON
DIED THURSDAY
Was For Years Leading Met*
chant Of Stokes and We'l
! Known In This Section Oi
the State—Aged 74 Years-
Walnut Cove, March 17.—Mr. Jno.
llurton, one of Walnut Cove's:
oldest citizens, and for many years
one of the county's leading merch
ants and business men, died at his
home here early Thursday morning
after an illness of several week's.
Mr. Burton was 7-t years of age
and had been a resident of Stokes
county practically all of his lift-,
except a few years spent in Winston*
Salem.
The deceased has a host of friends
throughout the State who will learn
of his death with sorrow. He is sur
vived by his wife and two children,
John A., Jr., and Miss Lucy Burton,
both of Walnut Cove.
The funeral and burial was held :.t
Stokesburg M. E. church on Sunday
morning, a large number of the
friends of the decensed being in at
tendance.
Program Rendered
By Minerva Club
Walnut Cove, March 20.—The
Minerva Club of the ninth grade
students of Walnut Cove high school
met with Mr. Bucie Boyles on Thurs
day evening, March 15th.
The following program was ren
dered, with Sir Walter Scott as the
subject :
Devotional, Leone Young.
Quotations from Scott, All.
Quartette, Helen Fulton, Hazel
Isom, Robert Hcdgecock, Walter
Woodruff.
Jokes, Mary M. Neal.
Reading from Scott, Ella D. Voss.
Piano solo, Miss Newborn.
Journalist, Bill Fulton.
Piano duet, Helen Fulton and
Claudle Neal.
Following the program Miss
Crouch gave "The Shepherd in the
Haunted Castle."
The story was greatly enjoyed as
Miss Crouch gave it very effectively.
The lights were dimmed until the
climax so that the open fire might
cast the desirable shadows on the
wall.
A delightful ice course was served
consisting of cake and cream.
The club enjoyed a very pleasant
evening.
Meadows Boys Tried
Here Saturday
Cornelius Duggins, at the Mead
t-ws section, was tried here Saturday
before Justice N. A. Martin on the
charge of disorderly conduct. He was
fined three dollars and the cost.
Weldon Tuttle and Lewellyn and
Harvey Neal were also tried by Mr.
Martin on the same day on the
charge of engaging in an affray.
Tuttle was fined $3 and one-third of
the cost, while the two Neal boys
paid $1 each and one-third the cost
each. All three of the young men
reside at Meadows. No weapons
were used and the damage done was
not great.
Judge E. B. Jones 111.
The many friends of Ex-Judge E.
B. Jones in Stokes will regret to
know that he is seriously ill at his
home in Winston-Salem.
Lucas Fowler was here on business,
from King Monday.
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, March 21, 1923
! JUDGE STACK ON
LIQUOR DEALERS
In Passing Sentence On White
Man He Said He "Might Fine
a Negro For Dealing in Whis
key I>ut Not A White Man."
A correspondent of the Charlotte
Observer, writing from Greensboro
this week, says Judge A. M. Stack,
who held court there last week, gave
bootleggers and other dealers in
whiskey the limit of the law in pass
ing sentence on them.
In the case of I'M Whitall. a white
man charged with transporting and
having whiskey in his possession for
sale, Judge Stack gave the prisoner
six months on the road In the first
j charge and one year on the latter.
The attorney for Whitall pleaded
for mercy when Judge Stack said ■
"I might fine a negro for dealing in
whiskey but not a white man. The
white man should know better than
to deal in liquor."
Judge Stack will preside over the
coming term of Stokes Superior
court and his attitude toward liquor
dealers might be of interest to those
who have cases in court here, if there
should be any for trial at this term
of the court.
Highway From North
To the South
Kaleigh, March 17.—State High
way Commissioner Chas. M. Upham
has just received a letter from A. 1).
Williams, president of the Southern
' Appalachain Good Roads Association
relative to the advisability of hold
ing a conference to start a campaign
for a modern highway from Pitts
burg down through West Virginia,
Virginia and North Carolina to
Florida.
Pres. Williams stated that he fa
vored such a highway so as to enable
the person driving over it to see bHth
the industrial and scepic and tropic
advantages of this country and to
give opportunity of visiting practi
cally all of the southern resorts on
the trip.
State Sanitary Men
Coming About May
Word comes from the State Board
of Health at Raleigh that sanitary
inspectors will be sent to the hun
dred counties of the State about
May and they will spend from one to
two months in a county cleaning up
things in general and trying to bet
ter the sanitary conditions of the
rural communities of the State.
It is stated that the State law will
be rigidly enforced requiring that all
toilets within 200 yards of dwellings
be equipped with underground, fly
proof depositories. It is thought
that the strict enforcement of th ; s
law will lessen disease in the rural
sect ions.
Attended District
Conference At Elkin
Walnut Cove, March 20.—Thos"
attending the meeting of the District
Conference of the M. E. church at
Elkin from Walnut Cove were Re.-.
J. T. Ratledge, Messrs. E. A. Roth
rock, H, R. McPherson, Mrs. James
A. Weisner and Miss Claud Rierson.
They all report a pleasant and profi
table trip.
Fruit Crop Probably
Not Damaged Here
While indications are that in some
sections the fruit was seriously dam
aged by the recent cold weather, it
is not thought that the fruit crop in
this section of the State has been
injured, as very few if any trees
had bloomed.
The little daughter of Rev. and
Mrs. D. V. Howell, who has been ill
with pneumonia for ten days, is con
siderably improved.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Fagg visited
.Greensboro and Winston-Salem Fri
day.
MORE NEW HOMES
GOING UP AT KING
Furniture Factory Is Running
Full Time—Tom Manuel Is
Under $250 Bond For Viola
ting Prohibition Laws.
King, March 19.—C. S. Fowler,
who recently lost his home here l«v
fire, is preparing to build on th.-
same site.
Sheriff Alley captured Tom Man
uel with one gallon of whiskey three
miles west of town Saturday night.
He was given a hearing before Esq.
Jasper A. Slate and bound over to
Superior court, his bond being fixed
at s2f>o, which he failed to give and
was lodged in jail at Danbury to
await the next term of court.
J. E. Slate is having material put
on the site preparatory to erecting
a modern home east of Kinir.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Tuttle spent
Sunday here with Mrs. Tuttle's pa
rents in Walnut Hills.
Miss Annie Shore spent Sunday
with relatives here.
A rabid dog was killed at Tobac
eoville last Saturday. So far as is
' known the canine did not bite any
one, but several dogs were bitten.
Mrs. Simon P. Wright, of Rural
Hall, spent Sunday with relatives in
King.
E. W. Rumley is building a new
I home at the same location on Dan
river street where his home was
recently destroyed Jjy fire.
The nice new home of Mr. H. H.
Leake is nearing completion.
Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Jones, of Wins
ton-Salem, spent Sunday here.
The King Manufacturing Co. is
working almost solid time again.
They received one order for a solid
car load of furniture last week.
Wiley Houchir.s, of Pleasant Gar
den, spent the week end with rela
tives here.
J. L. Christian and R. C. White
left yesterday for Richmond, Va., t->
which place they went on business.
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Pulliam atten
ded the Father and Son Day at the
Twin City yesterday.
1.. G. Garner, of Winston-Salem,
is among the visitors here today.
C. J. Mock, of Winston-Salem, is
here on business today.
Edwin White, the old reliable
weather prophet, was seen on the
streets today.
C. H. Marshall' Loses
Home By Fire
Messrs. N. Earl Wall and W. E.
Joyce, who visited Winston-Salem
yesterday, reported that Mr. Charlie
H. Marshall, who resides just south
of Walnut Cove, lost nis home by
fire yesterday. Only a part of the
contents were saved. Mr.' Marshall
carried a small amount of insurance
but nothing like enough to cover his
loss, it is learned. The home was a
nice one anil worth probably several
thousand dollars. The origin of the
fire was not learned,
store.
drd Of Thanks.
The Walnut Cove Chapter U. D.
Order of the Eastern Star wishes to
thank each and every one for their
services upon the occasion of th*
institution of the Walnut Cove Chap
ter on Friday, March Itith.
We wish to thank the Masons who
made it possible, also Mr. V. W.
Ham and Mr. E. O. Creakman for
their electrical equipment, and es
pecially Mr. George Fulton, who so
kindly loaned us his show room for
the banquet and furnished us lighls
in the lodge.
On behalf of—
WALNUT COVE CHAPTER U. D.
ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR.
(MRS.) P. T. HARRINGTON,
Worthy Matron.
Dan river was swollen a great
deal here last week from the heavy
rains, having been probably 12 feet
above normal. No damage of any
consequence was reported. Parties
standing on the bridge here watch
ing the current Friday say a mule go
down the stream.
1 800 MILKS ROAI)
FOR THIS YEAR
i This Is Goal Set i»y Stat-* High
way Commission—May K -
, tahlish Factory To Manul'ai •
ture Cement For State.
I It was announced by the State
j Highway Commission at its inect-
I ing in Raleigh last week ihat eight
hundred miles of road construction
has been set as the goal of the com
mission for this ye:.r- H>o miles of
hard-surface and -100 miles of other
types of road. Contracts will be let
on April ;{ fur the first two hundred
miles of the eight hundred to be con
structed in li' 2.!.
The meeting t.f the highway com
mission last week was the first of
the year and the two new commis
sions were present. These are A. S.
Hanes, of Winston-Salem, and Mr.
Kistler, of Morganton. Both are
business men of exceptional ability.
The highway commission is con
sidering the question of building a
huge cement mill to cost something
like three or four million dollars to
manufacture cement for use in the
building of the State's roads, since
it has become impossible,to get suf
ficient cement from anywhere to
keep the work of road-building
' going. Members of the commission
A. S. Hanes, Elwood Cox and J. S.
! Hill were named as a committee to
make a thorough investigation of
the matter of establishing a cement
mill, and these gentlemen will visit
and inspect several of the largest
cement-making plants in the United
States right away.
Daughter of Judge
Stack Marries
Monroe, March 18.—Miss Lillian
Stack, daughter of Judgt and Mrs.
A. M. Stack, of Monroe, and Robert
Galloway, of Mt. Airy, were married
at high noon on Saturday, at th
home of the bride. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. C. C. Wea
ver, pastor of the M. E. church at
Monroe.
Owing to the prolonged illness of
the bride's mother, the wedding was
a quiet affair, only the immediate
family anil a few relatives being in
attendance.
Mr. Galloway is connected with
the service department of the Win
chester Simmons Co., of St. Louis,
Mo., and Mr. and Mrs. Stack w'll
make their home in St. Louis.
New Veneer Plant
For Walnut Cove
Walnut Cove, March 17.—Work
was started the first of the week on
grading the siding and building site
for the new veneer mill which will
be built a few hundred yards south
of the N. &W. station here. E. G.
Gilmer, of Statesville, is the princi
pal stockholder of the enterprise,
which will begin work as soon as
the buildings can be erected and the
machinery installed.
Work To Start Soon
On Hard Surface Road
Parties here from Forsyth county
this week stated that the contractors
were placing material, etc., now pre
paring to begin the work of hard
surfacing the road from Fulp to
Winston-Salem. As soon as pouring
cement on road begins people
going to and from Winston-Salem
out of this section will have to detour
byway of Germanton.
Tom Manuel Lodged
In Stokes Jail
Tom Manuel, of the King section,
was brought here and lodged in th«
eounty jail Saturday night by officpr
Joseph Alley, of King, Manuel be
ing charged with violating the pro
hibition laws by having a gallon of
whiskey in his possession. He has
so far been unable to give bond.
W. C. Moore, of the Moore's
Springs section, who was a visitor in
Danbury yesterday, stated that he
feared the neach crop had been dam
aged by the recent cold weather.
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"RALLY DAY" HERE
ON MARCH 30
Exercises To lie Held At Court
House Under Auspices Of
Danljur.v School Speaker:;
Coming—Picnic Dinner.
A program is being prepared U>:
"Hally Day* exercises which will te
hold in tlif court house here on Fri
ility, .March .'Kith, for the purpose of
stimulating; interest in the consolida- %
tion of the public school here with
the schools of adjoining districts.
Two speakers from the North
Carolina College for Women at
Greensboro will be present at the
exercises and address tin- feathering,
while .Miss Ludie Jennings, teacher
of music in the Walnut Cove high
school, will demonstrate the great
advantages of consolidation of rural
schools.
1 (anbury people will prepare a pic
nic dinner for the visitors and every
one desiring to assist in this work
may have that pleasure.
Everyone interested in the schools
is cordially invited to attend, and
the friends and patrons of the schools
which it is hoped to consolidate are
especially invited and requested to
attend the exercises, these schools
being Bennett and Hartman.
Program for the meeting will ap
pear in the next issue of this paper.
FOUR MEN AND
STILL ARE TAKEN
Dave Joyce and Daniel Cromer
Captured At Still In Mead
ows Section Four Others
Escape—Men Give Bond.
Dave Joyce and Daniel Cromer
were found at a blockade distillery
near Meadows Sunday morning and
arrested by Sheriff Dunlap and
Deputy Sheriff Posey Flincbum.
The still was in operation when the
officers came upon it and four other
men standing around the plant mad«
their escape. The officers did not
recognize the men who got away, it
was learned. The still and four or
five gallons of whiskey were brought
here and placed in the county jail.
The men were given a hearing be
fore Justice of the Peace N. A. Mar
tin and bound over to court in bonds
of s.">oo each. Their bonds were
signed by Masten Mabe and Joyc-»
anil Cromer were released.
It was the opinion of a number of
those in attendance at the trial he v e
th;:t Joyce had no part in the sti'.l
raptured, but he did not take the
stand or make any statement about
the matter.
Fruit Crop Killed
In Asheville Section
Asheville, March 20. Following :•
sudden drop in temperature from 4.">
to l.'l degrees above zero early this
morning, fruit growers of this sec
tion expressed the belief that tre
mendous damage had been inflicted
to the peach, plum and pear crops of
western North Carolina.
Hut slight damage has been suf
fered by the apple crop, it is now be
lieved, the buds not being sufficiently
advanced to be killed.
L. R. Harrell, county club agent,
said lie believed all the fruit, except
apples and trees in protected places,
has been annihilated in this county.
The temperature was the lowest in
Asheville for so late a date as March
since government records have been
recorded here, 22 years.
Ed Johnson Gives
Good Telephone Service
Ed Johnson, of the Town Pork
Telephone Co., has been here tfc's
week putting in new phones anJ
giving the lines of his company an
overhauling. Since Mr. Johnson has
hid charge of the lines of this com
pany the telephone service here has
been better than ever before.
A store house for feed stuff, et«.,
24 hy 50 feet, is being erected here
by N»al Bros., contractors of Walnut
Cove, for Roy E. Danbory
merchant, at the back of hie general