DANBURY REPORTER
Volume L.
BUILDING GOOD ROADS
IN STOKES COUNTY
'About 30 Miles Of Highway Has Been Com
pleted By County, While More Than 40 Miles
Is Under Contract—Where Some Of the Roads
Have Been and Are Being Built.
Stokes county is building good
roads. A tour of the several
townships of the county will con
vince the most skeptical of this
fact. One almost completely
' loses his bearings in going
k through some of the sections
where nice soil roads and easy
grades have replaced the steep
red hills. For instance, the new
highway from Flat Shoal church
to Capella has so completely
changed things that one can
barely realize where he is while
traveling this road. The same
thing may be said of the fine
stretch of highway from Lawson
ville o the Virginia line.
According to the best informa
tion available the new county
highway commission has already
completed more than thirty miles
of road and has under contract
forty or more miles.
Thf act under which the Stoker
County Highway Commission
was created authorized that body
to issue bonds for road building
to the amount of sixty thrusand
dollars per vear for a period of
five years. Only sixty thousand
dollars has been issued under this
act so far, and if the board is
able to continue work at the
present rate it will likely not be
necessary to issue bonds more
than twice after this year, as all
the roads needed will be con
structed by that time, it is
thought.
Six mule and wheeltr outfits
and eight tractors are engaged in
th? county road work in Stokes at
present.
The road from Danbury to H.
H. Reid's via Hartman was finish
ed and soiled some time since and
is in good condition, this being a
part of the highway to Virginia
at present.
Betwesn Piedmont Springs and
Jewel forces are at work now
building an excellent road
through the hills, about 2\ miles
of this having been finished
already. This will be the nearest
route to Virginia when completed
and is an important road.serving
a large part of the northern
section of the county.
Between Oak Ridge church and
Lackey's store in Snow Creek
township an excellent road has
been graded and the soil is being
put on it now. being almost finish
ed. This is part of the road from
Sandy Ridge to Campbell post
office.
Work was started last week on
the road from Oak Ridge church
to Dan Priddy's, this road making
connection with the Danbury-
Campbell read at Snider Priddy's
garage, and giving Danbury and
Sandy Ridge connection.
Good progress is being made
on the highway from Campbell
postoflice to the State highway
near Francisco, which leads by
the way of Hart's store, F. L.
Moore's and R. W. George's mill.
Forces are at work on both ends
of the road, which is about G
miles in length and is a very im
portant highway.
The highway from Lawsonville
all the way to the Virginia line
has been graded and soiled and is
a fine road. In going from Dan
bury to Stuart last Friday State
Highway Commissioner Hanes
went over this road and was
well pleased with it.
A much-needed road has been
completed from Hollins' lumber
yard at Meadows to Fulcher's
ford bridge, which is a short
er connection between tiie coun
ty sent and the Red Shoals and
Dillard sections. This road nas
n>>t been soiled. It is about - miles
in length.
Before the creation of the
county highway commission thi
county commissioners construct
ed an excelienr soil toad from
Flat Shoal church, in Meadows
township, to Capella, this being
apart of King-Danbury highway,
making connection at Capella
with the Moore's Springs-King
highway.
The above mentioned are only
apart of the o.ds being con
structed.
MORE TIME GIVEN
TO GET AUTO TAGS
Secretary Of State Announced
Monday That His Office Was
11,000 Orders Behind In
Sending Out the Tags.
The Secretary of State notified
county and city officials Monday
of this week that his office was
about 11,000 behind in filling
orders for automobile license
tags, and he requested that en
forcement of the law be held up
until July Iflth.
After receiving this notice the
officials of Winston-Salem
announced that that city woul i
not begin enforcement of the law
until Monday, July 23rd.
Revival Meetings At
Danbury M. E. Church
Revival meeting at Methodist
church in Danbury beginning
next Sunda> morning, July 22.
Rev. R. S. Tuttle, of Centenary
church, Greensboro, will be with
us on Tuesday, 24th and will do
the preaching during remainder
of tre week through Sunday.
Everybody is cordially invited
to attend all services.
M. Q. TUTTLE,
Pastor.
Mrs. John S. Cunningham, of
Raleigh, was a visitor to Danbury
today. She visited the summer
school while here.
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, July 18, 1923
SPECIAL SESSION
LEGISLATURE ?
Remedial Legislation Is Neces
sary To Keep State Prison
Open—No Funds Available
To Pay Operating Expenses.
Ra'eigh, July 10. —An immedi
ate special session of the legis
lature is seriously threatened by
an enactment of the last regular
session, discovered today, that
directs transfer of all revenues
of the state prison to the general
fund of the treasury, but which
makes no appropriation whatso
ever for its maintenance.
Under the law, effective July
I. the prison authorities are re
quired to turn over to the state
treasury every dollar collected
from the prisons' various sources
of revenue, but authority is lack
ing to draw out enough money to
buy a c»n of pork and beans.
State officials seemed positive to
night that the only way to keep
the prison open would bo to defy
i .
tne law or enact remedial legis-
I ition at a special session. Gov
ernor Morrison, Treasurer Ben
11. Lacv, Auditor Baxter Durham
and Prison Superintendent ieo.
Ross Pou were concerned over
the situation tonight, and the
governor declared he could see
no way out except through a
special session.
PRISON WITHOUT FUNDS.
Heretofore, the prison has sup
ported itself from its own earn
ings. The maintenance cost ap
| proximates $500,000 a year. In the
i last session a bill went through
: that became chapter 157 of the
public laws of 19-3, which provi
ded that all receipts of the prison
j should be deposited in treasury
and that the pri?on should be
! placed under an appropriation.
| But no appropriation was made,
and not one penny is available
for feeding the prisoners, paying
the guards or meeting the other
expenses. The bill, a regular
"bone," is reported to have been
introduced as a part of the prison
reform program of the state de
partment of public welfare
and the citizens committee
jof one hundred, which it cre
ated-
Superintendent Pou denied to
night any responsibility for the
bill or any knowledge of its in
troduction in the last general
assembly. Mrs. Kate Burr John
son, commissioner of public wel
fare, is out of the city. The
measure was introduced by Rep
resenative Clem Wright, of
Greensboro, who handled much of
the legislative program of the
welfare department.
The law under which the de
partment works empowers it to
make recommendations to the
governor as to needed legislation
but Governor Morrison said no
one had consulted him about the
bill during the last session, and
that the first he knew of its ex
istence was this afternoon, when
Auditor Durham p*esented the
9tatute.The governor and council
state will consider the situation
tomorrow.
Something will have to be done
ANNUAL PICNIC
OF ODD FELLOWS
C. O. McMichael Will Deliver
the Address For the Occasion
—Meeting At Pinnacle, July
19th.
The Odd Fellows of the four
teenth district, comprising the
counties of Wilkes, Stokes. Surry, j
Forsyth, and Yadkin, will meet
at Pinnacle Thursday, July 10, in
their annual picnic. The public in
genet al is cordially invited to be
present on this occasion. Several
thousand people are expected to
attend the picnic this year.
The address this year will be
delivered by C. O. McMichael, of
Winston-Salem, past grand mast- 1
er of the grand lodge of North)
Carolina, who is one of the best'
posted men in the state on Odd ;
Fellowship.
Two members of the play-!
ground department of the city of
Winston-Salem will be present
to direct garr.es for the little folks
and young people. There is plenty
of playground roem v.-he re the
picnic is to op held and the child
ren are looking foward to a joyful
occasion,
Pilot Mountain is nearbv. and
many,of the picnickers are ex
pected to visit this beautiful
place during the day. The view
from the the top of the pinnacle
is well worth the clime that is
necessary to reach the summit
of the mountain.
j There are excellent swimming
and bathing facilities near the
! grounds for those who enjoy this
| sort of sport. Bathing suits should
i be carried along.
The big picnic dinner wiil be
served promptly at 1 :-»0 o'clock
lin the afternoon. All families
| are expected to carry well filled
| baskets of provisions, Those who
|do not carry baskets may obtain
I their dinner at a nominal cost.
; All money raised in this manner
; will go tj the Odd Fellows' or
phanage at Goldsboro.
A large delegation of Winston-
Salem Odd Fellows are planning
to attend the picnic. Many mem
bers of the Rebekah degree will
also go. as this branch of the
order is co operating in arranging
for the picnic.
Presbyterian Services
At Stokes Churches
AT SANDY RIDGE—
Rev. George L. Cooper, of
Durham, will conduct a series of
meetings beginning Tuesday,
July 24th and ending Sunday,
July 20th.
immediately, as the prison is al
together without authority to dis
burse money it realizes from its
own sources of revenue or to
draw upon the treasurer for
financial support.
"I have now about SIO,OOO
worth of vouchers at the prison,
Mr. Pou said tonight, "which
the auditor will not honor. We
are just suspended. We are di
rected to pay over to the general
fnnd all the moneys we collect
and no provision has been made
: for our maintenance."
STOKES MAY LOSE
STATE HIGHWAY
Unless Much Cheaper Route
Can Be Had For ftanbury-
Cleminons' Ford Road—Com
missioner A. S. Hanes Visits
Stokes and Patrick Counties.
knuni.i aim irtlllllV II LltT**.
State Highway Commissioner
A. S. Hanes. of Wjnston-Salem,
accompanied by John L. Gilmer,
chairman of the Highway Council
P. A. Gorrell, chairman of
the Agricultural Council and W.T
Ritter, Secretary of the Chamber
of Commerce, all of Winston-
Salem, visited Stuart, Virginia,
Friday last in the interest of an
interstate highway from Winston-
Salem to Roanoke via Danburv,
•Stuart and Floyd court house. 1
The party was joined here by !
several citizens of Stokes.
It will be remembered that a
large delegation of Winston-!
Salem business men visited
Stuart several months arro on the
same proposition. At thit time
the building of the road was dis
cus-ed in a most enthusiastic,
manner, but since then verv little 1
has been said publicly on the sub
ject. It is known, however, that
the proposition to construct the
road has been kept before tln
road officials of the two states in
a way that will probably result
in a definite program being formu
lated in the near future.
; The exact purpose of the visit,
1 Friday has not beer, made public,'
but some interesting announce-;
ment will probably follow the
| conference in Stuart.
| It was announced at the former;
I meeting that Virginia is ready;
,to spend the amount of bonc!9
I provided by the Stuart section i
some time sgo in building this ;
important connection. It isj
generally believed that the visit I
Jof Commissioner Hanes 1
last week is an indi- j
cation that North Carolina!
■ and Virginia are ready to unite in ;
[the construction of this road.
It is learned that Mr. Hanes 1
was well pleased with the new \
soil road which has recently been 1
constructed from Danbury to the j
Virginia line.
While in Stokes Friday Commis- j
sioner Hanes went over a part of 1
the Danbury - Clemmons' Ford
road, the bid for the construction
of which was turned down at the
last letting of contracts by
the State Highway Commission.
The contractor wanted $257,000
for the construction of the road
and bridges.
While the highway commission
is anxious to build the road it is
not willing to spend anything
like $257,000 on it, and it is
learned that a new survey will be
made soon with the object of
getting a shorter or cheaper
route.
There are two routes over
which the road from Danbury to
Clemmons' Ford can go. One is
the route through Quaker Gap
township via Moore's Springs,
and it is this route which the j
State has surveyed and which the j
contractor wants more than a 1
! quarter of a million to build. The!
No. 2,675
93 GIVEN MEDICAL
LICENSE IN STATE
Reeves Jones, Son of Dr. A. G.
Jones, of Walnut Cove, Is
Among the Number Granted
License This Week-
Raleigh, July 16.—Ninety
three additional doctors have
been added to the medical pro
fession in the state, it was an
nounced tonight following the
final examination today of paper 9
submitted by the newly created
doctors who passed the prescrib
| ed tests of the state.
Dr. K. P. Bonner, secretary of
i the state board of examiners,
I stated that a total of 1»7 appl
icants presented themselves for
'licenses. Twenty-eight of these
; applied for endorsement of
; credentials without examinations
Of those taking the examinations,
[Alan Ramseur Anderson, of
! Statesville, ranked first with an
;average of H1.7 por cent.
Robert Reeves Jones, son of
l)r. and Mrs. A. i. .Jones, of
Walnut Co\e, was among those
1 who successful passed the exami
nation fur license ro practice
medicine.
Orphans To Sinn
At Walnut Cove
The singing class of the Oxford
, Orphanage will appear at the
, Baptist church in Walnut Cove
on Monday night, July 30th. The
public is cordially invited tocome
out to the performance.
i other route, which the State has
i
,never surveyed, is through
Peter's Creek township via Buck
I Island bridge and Piney Grove.
It is stated that this route is
ithree miles shorter than the
I Quaker Gap - Moore's Springs
| route, and that it can be built for
I less than half the money asked
, for the other, while it is further
! contended that the saving to the
I State in building bridges will
! amount to 30 or 75 thousand dol
-1 lars.
Some two years since when the
| location of the route for this road
! was being discussed Commission
er Doughton stated that both
i routes would be surveyed and
the best one selected, but for some
reason only the Moore's Springs
route was surveyed by the State.
| However, private subscriptions
| were made up and the Buck Island
j bridge route was surveyed later.
I this survey showing the heaviest
grade on the route to be consider
ably less than six per cent with
very little if any rock, and the
distance about three miles
shorter.
Reliable information is received
here to the effect that the State
Highway Commission, in view of
the large amount asked by con
tractors for the construction of
the Danbury-Clemmons' Ford
road, has fixed a limit of SIIO,OOO
for the construction of the road
| and it appears probable that un-
I less a much cheaper route can be
J found the road will not be built at
! all.