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DA„i>URY REPORTER Volume L. TOWN OFFICERS ARE SWORN IN Machinery Arrives For Veneo«' Plant—J. B. Woodi'ufT Sells Mercantile Business Many News and Personal Items. Walnut Cove. newly-elected town officials met here tonight and were sworn in and organized. The new officers are: P. II- Linville. Mayor; W. G. Dodson, M. T. Chilton. 13. F. Johnson and W. P. Wheeler, Commissioners. These gentlemen will have charge of the public improvements soon to be install ed by the town, consisting of electric power and light plant and water and sewer systems. The necessary machinery for Walnut Cove's new veneer plant has arrived and will tie installed at once and business started up. J. B. Woodruff, who has been in the mercantile business here for years, has sold his business to C. N. Prody, who has already taken charge. Mr. Woodruff has gone to Moore's Springs to spend the summer. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Matt hews, accompanied by Miss Eliza beth Sparger, of Greensboro, and Miss Minnie Matthews, of Stone ville, expect to leave in a few days for a month's trip to Canada. Detroit, New York and Washing ton and they will attend the meet ing of Shriner's in Washington before returning. Misses Margaret,Katherine and Nell Hutcherson, Sadie Fulton and Frankie Mitchell, Julian Vaughn. Charlie Rierson and other young people attended the Stodeville school commencement exercises last night. A moving picture show has been opened here in the Jones drug store building and is being patronized liberally. The funeral of Rev. Mr. Las 9iter, whose death occurred here at the home of his son-in-law W. P. Wheeler last Thursday, was held Saturday and interment was made at Kernersville. Quite a number of Walnut Cove people attended the funeral of Mr. Edwin Carter at Mt. Airy Saturday, among these being Mrs. J. G. Fulton. Mr. and MM. Jacob Fulton, Mesdames P. W. and A. T. Rothrock, Mr. , and Mrs. H. H. Davis, Mr. and /Mra. Geo. Fulton, Paul Fulton, Miss Sadie Fulton and others. Misses Nannie and Janie Lasley attended the high school com mencement here last weelT. A good number of Walnut J> Cove people are planning to at -1 tend the Primitive Baptist as ' aociation at Wilson church next i Sunday. „ Miss Elizabeth Fulton, a student at State College for Wo men in Greensboro, visited her parents here Monday. Services were held at the Primitive Baptist church here last night. Miss Minnie Cates, of Greens boro. visited relatives here the week. "Jr. and Mrs. C. R. Hutcherson attended the meeting of J S. D. PULLIAM IS SERIOUSLY ILL Mrs. Martha Boyles Passes Away William Spainhom* Walks In His Sleep—News Of King and Community. King, May 14-Mrs. Martha Ann Boyles. aged eighty-nine, died at her home four miles east of here last Thursday after a i lingering ilness of a complication of diseases The interment was conducted from Mount Olive church of which she had been a faithful member for many years. ■Mr. Alberts. Bo>les, of Wash ington D. C., spent th? weekend with his oarents here. Mr. William S. Holder. Sr.. has organized a brass band here with eleven pieces, the boys are learn ing fast, and it is predicted that King will soon have an up-to-date brass band. Mr. T. F. Smith has closed out his mercantile business here. It i« not learned what business Mr. Smith will engage in. The prospects for a wheat crop are the most promising in this section the farmers have had for several years. The Rural Hall nine defeated the King Tigers in a game of baseball here Saturday. The score stood seventeen and ten. Farmers in this section are be gining to plant tobacco a but full crop will not be planted on ac count of scarcity of planta. Miss Kate Perry Stone, of Charlotte, is spendin a few oays with her mother, Mrs. B. J. Stone who resides near here. A lawn party will be given by "The Loyalty and Service Class'* of Trinity M. E. church at the home of Mr. C. E Snider on Sat urday night May 19th. at 7:30 P. M. Home made candy.cakes,pies, ice cream and sandwiches will be served by the class. Everybody invited. The nice new dwelling of Messrs J. E. Slate and W. J. Johnson on east and Main street nearing completion. Miss Bessie Joyce, of Stokes | dale, spent the week end with ; Mr. and Mrs. C. F. White here. Dr. Lee Kiser of Statesville. ' spent Sunday with his parents near here. Mr. William Spainhower who resides here got up in his sleep I Saturday night about midnight, ; his pecpl.e missed him and set out jto look for him. He was found j Sunday morning about four | o'clock near the Southern depot | wondering about still fast asleep. ; Mr. Spainhower had no remem | berance of leaving home or where he had been. This was the second spell Mr. Spainhower has had , like this. Mr. C. J. Kirby, bridge fore ' man for the Southern railway company spent Sunday with his ; family in Walnut Hills. Mr. J. S. D. Pulliam who has been seriously sick at his home here for some time shows no im provement, we are sorry to note. "Thunderbolt Tom" the evangelist of this place and his family are spending a few days : with relatives in Yadkin county. the dental association at Pine II u rst. Mrs. Dr. J. W. Slate is visiting her father, Mr. Meadows, at Mizpah this week. Mies Lucile Snow, of Elkin. Bpent the week end with her sister, Mrs. Geo. Fulton. Mrs. Matthews is the guest of her Bon and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Matthews. A number of young people here visited Moore's Springs Saturday night. Miss Myrtle Burge spent the week end in Winston-Salem with relatives. J. K. Lewis has opened a new grocery store in South Walnut Cove and is erecting a handsome bungalow in which he and his , family will reside. Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, May 16, 1923 ACTION STARTED BY WALNUT COVE To Condemn Lands and Water power For Electric Plant— j Hearing Before Clerk Court In Danbury June 16th. Proceedings have been started in Stokes Superior court for the condemnation of the waterpower ' and land on Dan river known as McGill falls, situated about | five miles northeast of Walnut Cove. The suit is entitled "The I Town of Walnut Cove vs. Mrs. Agnes Met«ill and others." and a hearing is set for >1 une Kith before the Clerk of the Superior court here. This property has been select ed as a suitable location for Walnut Cove's hydro-electric plant and while a lease on the property on one side of the river hps been secured the McGili property could not he had with out condemnation proceedings. WORK TO START ON STATE'S RAILWAY A Dozen Routes Are Proposed For the Road Through Wes tern North Carolina—Survey Has Begun. Raleigh. May 14. — Engaging a group of engineers, the Lo9t Provinces railroad commission set to work in earnest today to select the best route for the new road which it proposes to build with the $10,000,000 bond issue autho rized by the last general assembly. With all the members of the commission present except O Max Gardner, a thorough survey of a half doz?n routes through the northwestern counties was agreed upon. Frank T. Miller of Greensboro, was engaged as chief field engineer and with him will work two consulting engineers. I while three separate corps of rod experts will go into the country within a few weeks. Col. Benehan Cameron was se lected as chairman of thecommis j 9ion and C. D. Bradham as secre i tary. An excutive committee, to i have direct supervision of the survey work, is composed of Col onel Cameron, Representative Tarn Bowie and Senator W. C. Heath. Fifty thousand dollars has been provided by the general as sembly for the survey and other undertakings preliminary to the inauguration of plans for actual construction work. With this money the commission will make its investigation of routes complete. Primitive Baptists Association Saturday The Primitive Baptists will hold their annual associations at : Wilson church in Beaver Island township beginning Saturday of j this week. These occasions are j always largelv attended and a ] number of the people of this i section will attend. Miss Helen Fulton, of Walnut . Cove, is visiting relatives here. WHISKEY SEIZURE IN STOKES Buick Car Sighted Near Sandy Ridge Is Chased Ten Miles and Captured With 185 Gal lons Of Whiskey. Winston-Salem. May 16.—A seven-passenger Buick car, load ed with l s s gallons of whiskey, were the tolls taken in a chase Monday night between Federal Prohibition offcers A. A. Hege and K. E. Trivett and an un known party. The officers, work ing under the direction of Chief Sams, of High Point, sighted the car near Sandy Ridge, and a chase of about ten miles ensued before the car could be captured near Dillard. The driver made g.)od his escape thru the woods. AUTO AND GAS TAX MAY BE DOUBLED State Expects To Get Six Mil lion Dollars From these Two Sources During Next Fiscal Year Beginning July 1. Automobile and gasoline taxes collected by the State for high way construction and supervision will be virtually doubled in North Carolina next year according to the figures prepared by J. E. I Sawyer, motor supervisor, and made public by W. N. Everett, Secretary of State. Approximate ly 16,000,000 will be available next year compared with about $3.2)0,000 for the last fiscal year. From automobile licenses Mr. Sawyer expects, $3,2~>0,000; from gasoline tax, $2,500,000 and from registration fees, which goes into operation soon for the first time in this State, S2SO,(KX). The registration revenue will be available for police supervision of highways, enforcement of the law and investigating automobile thefts. From July, 1922, to May 1, 1923, Mr. Sawyer has collected $2,917,582.23 in automobile taxes and $904,070.88 in gasoline taxes. Mr. Everett stated he expected to collect the taxes this vear at a cost of within 2 per cent although the law allots 10 per cent. Out of the large amount of money spent for automobile licenses the department has only $994 in bad checks at present, an unusual record in the opinion of the secre tary and the supervisor. The Village Has A Shake-Up A new Chevrolet car belonging to Toby Booth was considerably damaged, window lights were broken, roofs of buildings were pelted with rocks big as one's fist and other disturbances caused Monday when six and a half sticks of dynamite were fired in one hole by the blasters who are getting out rock in the street just north of the court house. Fortunately no one has been killed so far by the blasting. Thomas J. Nunn, of Mount Airy, was a business visitor here yesterday. PROMINENT YOUNG ATTORNEY DEAD Edwin Carter, of Mt Airy, Suc cumbs To Illness of Few Davs —Well Known In Stokes. J. Edwin Carter, a prominent young atto-ne y of Mt. Airy and well known here, died at his home Friday morning after a short illness with acute diabetes. The young attorney was associ ated with his - father, Attorney W. F. Carter, of Mount Airy, in the practice of liw, the firm name being Carter & Carter. He was a graduate of Davidson College and also studied law at the University of North Carolina. He received his license to practice law in August, 1910. He also j served in the lute war, having; been discharged with the rank of j first lieutenant. His service was, with the infantry of the Eightieth ■ Division, mostly overseas. The deceased is survived by his wife,who was Miss Annie Fulton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John O.Fulton, of Walnut Cove, to whom he had been married only ? few months. Also surviving are his father and mother, Mr and Mrs. W. F. Carter: one sister, Mrs. John McSween, Timmons ville, S. C.. and six brothers: W. F. Carter, Jr., of Mount Airy; Walter Carter, of Wilson; R. C. Carter, who travels for the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Billie Carter, a student at David son College: J. H. Carter, a student in the Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Va., and Archie Carter, of Mount Airy. The funeral and burial was at Mount Airy Saturday afternoon at 2 o'oclock. North Carolina Is Great State Consumes more cotton than any other state in the Union. Has more cotton mills than any other state. Pays 29 million dollars more income tax to the federal govern ment than all the other South Atlantic states combined. The textile industry is the largest industry in this state. Has a greater combination of natural advantages than anv other equal area on eath. North Carolina is in the midst of a period of great industrial and commercial expansion. Her fine yarns and the product of her hosiery and weave mills are sought after in all quarters of the world. North Carolina installed mo/e spindles in 1922 than all the other Southern states combined. —Gastonia Gazette. Appointment For Elder Read Martin The Reporter is requested to announce that there will be preaching on the first Sunday of June at the home of W. C, Martin near Moore's Springs by Elder Read Martin. Postmaster W. G. Petree visited Winston-Salem today. No. 2,666 DETOUR ON ROAD TO TWIN CITY Route Is Via Rock Hill Church and Road Is In Fine Condi ti >ll—(iermanton Route Will Also He Used. | Since work lias started on the I I hard-surfaciog of the highway between Walnut Cove and Win i ston-Salem the travel has been diverted byway of Rock Hill jchurch, and the Highway Com mission has put up signs at each , fork of the road to direct the ! traveler. The distance between ! Walnut Cove and Winston Salem !is increased only slightly by the i detour, probablv aViile or two, and the road is in excellent con dition, the State having a force ; of nvn at work on it regularly. ; In going to Winston-Salem now | one turns to the left just after ; crossing the railway tracks at Walnut Cove, continuing for a mile the rizht hand road is taken and followed until the Madison- Winston-Salem road is reached. At that point you turn south, going to Walkertown and on the old road from there to Winston- Salem. The contractors are at present at work between Fulp and Wal kertown. When they begin work between Walkertown and Win ston-Salem there will be another detour from Walkertown on. The highway from Meadows to Germanton is being widened now by the Stokes Highway Commis sion and this route will be used by many persons in going from this section to Winston-Salem. Highway Commission Postpones Tour The members of the Stokes Highway Commission, who ex pected to visit numerous sections of the county this week and in spect routes for proposed roads, have postponed their trip in definitely but will likely make it some time in the near future. On Tuesday of this week, the day set for the beginning of the tour by the commissioners, a 1 number of citizens came to Dan ' bury to accompany the Board to their respective communities. Among these were Messrs. Kelly Sheppard, Pleas Young, Dan and Noel Priddy, L L>. Hole, J. L. Tilley and a number of others. Car and Whiskey Captured Last Night It was' learned today that Federal Prohibition Agents cap tured a Buick automobile and a quantity of whiskey last night in the eastern part of Stokes on the Fine Hall-Dillard road. Death Of Well Known Madison Citizen News is received here today of the death arly this morning of Mr. George Martin, one of Madison's most prominent citi zens- He recently suffered a second stroke of paralysis, of the death early this morning
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