DANBURY REPORTFR
Volume L.
SPECIAL MEETING I
HIGHWAY HOARD
Controversy Over Bridge In
Yadkin Township Is Settled
—Other Business Transacted
By the Commissioners.
A special meeting of the
Stokes County Highway Com
mission was held at the court
house here Monday, all members
of the Board being present. The
principal object of Monday's
meeting was to adjust a contro
versy in regard to the building
of a bridga near Sol Edwards'
place on Little Yadkin river in
Yadkin township, this county.
The facta as given this paper
and as revealed at the hearing
before the Hoard Monday are
virtually as follows:
A bridge wns recently ordered
built at the site named above and
the survev for the bridge was
made by County Engineer N. S.
Mullican. the contract for the'
erection of the bridge being
awarded by the Highway Com
mission to R. R. King. After
the erection of the bridge had
been started it was thought bv
Mr. King and others that the
bridge was going to be placed too
high above tlu» water and that
the fills at either end would bo j
too expensive, while engineer I
Mullican contended that the
survey wns the most economical
that could be made. After con
siderable discussion it was de
cided to cut down the height of.
the bridge and this was done..
Engineer Mullican felt that this
was a reflection on his work and i
asked the State Highway Com-
mission to make a survey of the
bridge site, which they did. In j
the meantime the County High- J
way Commission cnlled in i
Engineer D. W. Harmon, of
Forsyth county, who also made
a survey. At Monday's meeting!
of the Hoard the reports of C. S.
Currier, of the State Highway
Commission, and Mr. Harmon,
were turned in and each recom
mended a raise of four and a
half feet in the bridge. The
report of Mr. Harmon was adopt
ed by the Board and the bridge
was ordered raised four and a
half feet above the present
height of the piers, which are
already built. It is contended
by the engineers that a raise in
the height of the bridge will
make the road on either side of
the bridge much less expensive
as well as give better grades on
both sides of the bridge.
The recent order of the board
for a road from Clemmon's ford
bridge to Buck Island bridge
was rescinded, and it was order
ed that the road be built from
Bug Smith's to a point one mile
south of Piney Grove church.
Contract was awarded to Sam
Venable for the construction of
fills at each end of the new
bridge at South Double Creek,
the price being 33c. per yard.
The Board decided to loan Big
Creek township SIO,OOO for road
work in that township, same to
be paid Lack when the State
i MEETING HERE
SATURDAY, JUNE 2:i|
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To Discuss Advisability and
Ways and Means Of Estub^
lishiug A County Telephon*
System For Stokes.
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As previously announced the.
County Commissioners will mtet;
with the citizens of the county!
here Saturday of this week for j
the purpose of discussing the
matter of a county-owned tele
phone system.
Reports from almost every
section of the county indicat
that the citizens highly favor the
building of a telephone system
and it is hoped that a definite
decision to build it may be reach
ed at the meeting here Saturday.
Supt. Carson Writes
About Clinic Hero Soon
The State Board of Health's
tonsil and adenoid clinic for
! school children between the ages
ofand 12 years of age will
[lie held in Danbury, N. C., from l
j July 3rd to oth, inclusive. This,
is a wonderful work the State is
for its people ami the
first time it has ever been to our
countv. However, it h.n been,
in eighty counties in the State,
|and has operated on a total of!
Ichildren1 children without u single
I loss.
We had the dentnl clinic last
fall which was a great success
and I do hope that the parents
will take advantage of this
wonderful opportunity and give
the children better health and
fit them for better work in school
next year.
Dr. Beverly Jones from Win
ston-Salem, who needs no intro
duction to the people of Stokes
county, will do the operating for
the clinic.
Make application at once for a
place in the clinic. Avail your
selves of this opportunity and
give vour child a chance. Visit
the clinic and see what a good
work your State Board of Health
is doing for its people.
J. C. CARSON,
Supt. Schools.
The friends of Mr. R. P. Glide
well. of Meadows Route 1. ten
dered him a surprise birthday
dinner on Sunday. A great many
friends of Mr. Glidewell were in
attendance nnd many good thinga
to eat had been prepared. It was
his sixtieth birthday.
refunds money borrowed from
Big Creek township.
It was ordered that the road
from State highway via A«bury
to Virginia line at W.T. Tucker's
b-.t built soon as possible.
The road from Holland's saw
mill, near Meadows, to Fulcher's
ford bridge, was reported about
completed.
The two short roads at Hart
man's store were both ordered
built soon as possible.
Work was ordered started at
once on the road from Campbell
to the State highway near Fran*
, cisco-
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, June 20, 1923
KING CITIZENS
AHE IMPROVING j
J. S. D. Pulliam and Wiley John
sou \iv Better—Celebration !
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July l—Mews ami Personals
Of King.
King. June IS.—Messrs.
James K. Caudle nnd Elmer P. j
Newsutr, Spanish-American War
veterans, are planning to attend
the 2.> th annual national reunion
which will he held at Chattanooga.
Tenn. Se| t. 10th to 20th. They
expect to met t many of their
comrades at tne reunion.
Horn unto Mr. and Mrs. A. L.
Hall a son the young man arriving
last night.
Mr. J. E. Slate has moved into
his nice new home in east
King.
Miss Bessie Kumley aged about
twenty years died at the home of,
her parents three miles south of |
town Friday night about midnight;
from tuberculosis. The inter- j
ment was conducted from Mount
Pleasant church Sunday at eleven
o'clock A. M. Miss Kumley was;
a kind clever girl and was liked i
by all who knew her. She will be 1
greatly missed in the com
munitv.
I'rof. Murrv Thompson, of Mt. i
Airy, was among the visitors
here Saturday.
i Farmers in t lis section are b-'-
ginning to harvest • heir wheat
I crop. The crop is .good this jear.
MissCrysel Candle, of Win
ston Silem, spent Sundav with
her parents in Walnut Hills.
Mrs. S, T. Keiger, of Mount;
Airy, is spending a few days
with relatives here.
Mr.*. Tuttle and children, of
1 Rural Hall, are spending a few
, days with relatives in Walnut
, Hills.
I King seems to be getting on the
I map in the baseball world the
; four teams of King each playing
a game Saturday and each team
won their game. The scores were
as follows:
Modern Woodman of America
team seven and Perch two. This
game was wan plaved at Rural
Hall. The King Tigers thirteen
and Westfleld eight. This game
was was playei on the King dia
mond. Tink Shore's Red (loose
team thirty-four and the JelFer
son Knickerbockers seventeen.
; This game was plaved at 'Jeffer
son school house. This Red Goose
iteam of which Tink Shore is
'manager is made up of boys
; whose ages range from ten to
I thirteen years and believe me
j they play ball for yearlings. They
expect their new uniforms each
!of which will have a red goose
on them, by July 4th. They will
1 play here during the big cele-
I bration on the fourth of July.
J. S. D. Pulliam who has been
! seriously sick at his home here
| for some time shows slight im ■
1 provcrm nt. we are glad to note.
Mr*. N 0. Tuttle and children,
of Suffolk, Va., ure spending a
I few weeks with relatives here.
The Tobacco Growers Market
ing Association will give a big
i barbecue and picnic here on the
i fourth of July. We will have
.with us A. S. Speer director of
the 12th district and a fine
speaker from Raleigh who will
i deliver an address on the occas
ion. Speaking at eleven and two
I O'CIOCK. King cornet band will
furnish music. Barbecue at 12:00
o'clock noun. Double header base
ball game in the afternoon. In
connect ion with our barbecue
come and bring your basket and
help inuke this an enjoyable oc
casion.
Wiley Johnson who recently
{underwent an operation in a
R chinorid \'a. hospital for tumor
ion the brain, is reported to be
doing fairly well and it is
.thought novV that he will re
i cover.
i Hay Incrant a bas"hall player
of this place received a broken
nose during the game here
Saturday.
The Carolina Tile& Marble Co..
of Winston-Silern, put a force of
jmen to Work this morning laying
a new tv le floor in The Stokes
County Hank building.
J. S. Boyles made a business
trip to Winston-Salem today.
Born unto Mr. and Mrs, W. J.
Fulk, a son.
STOKES MAN i
GIVEN HEARINGi
Abe Marshall Arrested Hy Fed-'
eral Agents On Charge ().'
Violating Prohibition Laws
—Placed Under Bond.
Winston-Salem, June l.*>. Abe
Marshall, of Stokes county, j
was given a preliminary hearing,
recently before U. S. Commiss-:
ioner Heckerdite. charged with'
illicit distilling. The case grew
out of the finding of a 'iO-gallon
still and about 20 gallons of
whiskey in Stokes county by
Federal officers Jennings, Kilby
and Trevette. The commissioner
placed the defendant under bond
for his appearance at the next
term of federal court at Greens
boro. probable cause for investi
gation by the higher court being
found by Mr. Beckerdite.
TIME TO ORDER
AUTO LICENSE
Cur Owners Are Reminded That '
Time Is Drawing Near When!
They Must Have New Num
ber Plates.
Automobile owners are remind
ed of the fact that only a very i
few days remain in which to
secure new automobile license,;
June 30 being thejlast day the old
numbers can be used.
On Juiy first every automobile!
must carry a 102 > State license
number plate, State tags should
be ordered at once in order
to avoid any trouble or delay the
first of the month. If tags are
ordered now, before the final
rush starts at the Secretary of
State's office, in Raleigh, the
owner should have them in plenty
of time to use when needed.
The Secretary of State announ
ces that the law must be complied
with and prosecutions will follow
where new and proper tags are
not secured. Every citizen is
asked to report persons who fail
to comply with the law.
News Of Pilot Mt.
And Community
Pilot Mt., Route 1, June 17.
The farmers of this section have
begun harvesting wheat.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Brinkloy
spent Saturday and Sunday with
Mrs. Brinkley's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. M. 1). Lynch.
Miss Georgia Sams spent
Saturday night with Miss Ethel
j Wilson.
I Miss Curna Sams spent Sunday
i with Miss Jennie Lynch.
Several people from around
i here attended preaching at the
Friends church at Pilot Mt.
( Sunday. Rev. Thomas Andrews
1 preached.
Mr. Troy Nunn called to see
Miss Mary Joyce Sunday even
ing.
Mr. Jesse Lewis called to see
Miss Phebe Jessup Sunday even
ing.
Mr. and Mrs. S A. Flinchum,
of Piedmont Springs, visited
relatives and friends at Dalton
last week.
ROAD BUILDING
IN THIS DISTRICT
Highway Commissioner 1 lanes
Visits Wilkes and Other
Counties—Boone Trail Is His
Hobby.
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North Wilkesboro, June 10.
Commissioner Alexander S.
Hanes, of the seventh North
Carolina highway district, spent
several hours in North Wilkes- i
boro last Saturday afternoon, i
the purpose of his visit here i
being to confer with Superinten-;
dent W. H. Foster as representa- ]
tive of Wilkes road officials, and
the mayor and commissioners of
this city, relative to the condition
of the piece of tarvia road be
tween the Wilkesboros and the i
advisability of placing an asphalt
top on the street in Wilkesboro
as far west as the ceurthouse.
While talking about roads Mr. ,
llanes stated that the Heddies
River or Jifferson hi ihway
would be open about August Ist.
11m Haiti that Governor Doughton
had estimated the cost of this
road to be slo-|,o(io. but that j
already flliU.ouo had been ex- ;
pended on it and that i! would
take $220,t0 finish it in
! Wilkes county alone.
Mr. Hanes was gratified to,
j learn that hardsurfacing on the
Millers Creek roud and on the
Fairplains road was moving,
along nicely, and he stated that |
engineers were at work survey-1
ing the Boone Trail between
Yadkinvillc and the Yadkin river,
and that as soon as this job was
finished the survey would be
commenced on the proposed five
mile stretch leading from Wilkes
boro toward Yadkinville.
"The Boone Trail Highwav,"
Mr. Danes stated, "is my hobby.
I want to see the time when it is 1
hardsurfaced ull the way from
Winston-Salem to the Tennessee
line."
It will be learned with pleasure
that a survey is to be made soon
of the tarvia road leading to
Wilkesboro. The sooner it is done j
the better, for the road for an j
eighth of a mile is in a deplorable j
condition.
j News and Personals
Of Walnut Cow j
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Walnut Cove, June 12.—The!
i Sunbeam Society went on a pic-'
| nic to Dunlap Springs and thev i
had a nice time.
Miss Mary Frances Davis has
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returned home fr;>m a visit to!
! relatives in Greensboro.
Mrs. C. K. Wall carried Mrs.
|C. E. Moore, Frances Fulton,
! Minnie Gibson, Alice and Willie
! Kate Wall to her summer home
on a pleasure trip.
Saxon Vosa, who has been
ill, is improving, we are glad
to note.
Misses Louise Woodruff and
Nell Hutcherson will enter sum
mer school at N. C. C. W. todav.
Mr. and Mrs. John Lewellyn
will move into their new home
today.
Mrs. C. R. Wall will move to
her summer home near Madison
this week.
No. 2,671
NORTHERN STOKES
BADLY TREATED
James I>. Marti.i I« Opposed T>
Any Additional Taxes Unless
His Section Of the County
Can (Jet Fair Treatment.
Smith, N. C., June 11.
Editor Reporter:
I noticed in last week's Re
porter that there is a movement
on foot for a county telephone
system Now 1 just want to
sppak a word of warning to my
friends north of Dan river and
west of Lawsonville -
Be careful not to bind your
selves to pay any more taxes to
be spent in thp other parts of the
county, for >ou know from past
experience that it is a matter of
impossibility to ever tret a cent of
benefits in your section from any
taxes vou pay. It all goes to the
other fellow. You are now pay
ing an enormous road tax and it
is still growing arM you ar* still
paying the mud tax. The *aid
section north of l>an river and
west of Lawsonville comprises
about one tenth of the county
and pa\s about one-tenth of the
taxes and th»re has not been one
foot of road built in the section.
Our section is a disgrace to th»»
county, not the citizens, but the
county property benefits received
from our taxes. We are only
recognized as a part of the coun
ty once a year, and that is when
they want our taxes and then
they require us to bring them
out to the sand-clay road
We arose in almost a rebellion
about ten years ago and di 1 get.
two bridges across the Dan so
we no longer had to wade, but
they have been allowed to rot,
rust and corrode until it will just
ibe a short time now until we
1 have to wade again.
Our highway commissioners
we thought started out right
' once when they decided to visit
each section of the county and
see where they needed roads the
worst but they got afraid of
I that or some one else got afraid
jto let them, for fear they
j would build where the road was
worst needed instead of to some
certain fellow s house. Hut now
I am going to challenge the board
ito start in at Lawsonville and
come byway of Moore's and
Collinstown and on out to Asbury
1 and see our conditions and I will
pav for their time. So now if
| you aim to treat us right come
ion, we have lived on promises
I.
i. just about as long as we can
stand it.
JAS. D. MARTIN.
'General Haw ley At
Piedmont Spring.*
Piedmont Springs Hotel had
a distinguishd guest for two
days the past week end in the
person of Major-General A. J.
Rowley, who is at present sta
! tion at Fort Bragg. Gen. Bow
( ley was accompanied by Major
, and Mrs. Batson, also of Fort
Bragg, and Mrs. R. Q. Nimoeki,