Volume L.
PEOPLE TO CONSIDER
COUNTY CONSOLIDATION
Mass Meeting Called At Court House in Danbury
On Thursday, October 18—County Commission
ers and Board of Education to Be Pret ent-
Question of Schools Now Paramount.
The Reporter is requested by "
the chairman of the Stokes
County Board of Commissioners
and the chairman of the Stokes
County Board of Education to
announce that there will be a I
mass meeting of Stokes county t
citizens and tax-payers at the J
court house in Danbury onThurs-
day, October 18, at 10 o'clock A. r
M„ for the purpose of discussing \
county school consolidation. t
At this meeting it ii the idea I
of the authorities to obtain the '
will of the people on this para-
mount question now before the
school patrons of the county. I
The Board of Commissioners and
the Board of Education wish to I
carry out the will of the people, '
and the mass meeting is to get
the consensus of opinion.
In five townships of the county (
there are now high schools,
namely, Sauratown, Meadows,
Yadkin, Quaker Gap and Beaver
Island. In four townships there
are no high schools, to-wit, Big
Creek, Peter's Creek. Snow
Creek and Danbury. The coun
ty's part of the cost of the high
school buildings in the* five town
ships enjoying them is being
paid foi under the new school
law out of the general county
tax fund. So that if the citizens
of Big Creek, Peter's Creek.
Snow Creek and Danburv do not
want high schools, it will be their
privilege to do without them, but
they cannot escape the taxation
necessary to pay the cost of the
buildings in the five townships
that do want them.
It is understood that a majority
of the board of county commis
sioners and a majority of the
board of education are willing to
provide high school buildings in
Big Creek. Peter's Creek, Snow
Creek and Danbury, and help
pay for the same out of the same
general county funds, provided
the people of the four townships
want them, but if the four town
ships do not want them they will
not be provided, and the town
ships of Big Creek, Snow
Creek, Peter's Creek and
Danbury are privileged to go i
on without them, and to continue |
to pay for the high school build- j
ingsin Sauratown. Beaver Island,
Meadows. Yadkin and Quaker
Oap.
It is hoped that a full and rep
resentative opinion may be ob
tained at the meeting, and every
eitizen and tax-payer will have
a right to be heard.
The authorities are anxious to
treat all township of the county
fairly, and are quite willing to
provide high school facilities in
the northern townships at the
public'# expense as well, as in the
southern townships. But they
do not mean to do so against the
[ of the northern townships.
Meeting Of Teachers f
Held Here Saturday E
(Written for Reporter). p
The teachers of Stokes county a
had their first meeting of the v
term at Danburv on Saturday, g
September 29. Prof. Carson, t
Supt. of Schools, opened the v
meeting with a short addiess of ii
welcome. There followed short t
addresses by various teachers
present. Prof. H. A. Carroll, j
Supt. of King High School, spoke c
on "Scholarship a 9 an Element of t
Control.'' The main theme of c
his discourse was that the teach- t
ers could not present the subject t
perfectly without first being [
thoroughly familiar with it. t
Being thoroughly familiar with i
the subject, the teacher is able i
to keep an eye on the class and
thus to keep the interest of every i
person. This eliminates tho r
necessity of control.
Mrs. Wm. Voigt.also of the King t
school, gave some interesting
points on teaching English in the
grades. She Impressed the teach- t
ers with the importance of mak- j
ing the subject interesting and j
of teaching those things which
the students need; for example,
making talks before the class
and practicing the use of good j
English. Prof. Chilton, Supt. of (
Walnut Cove high school, suoke (
on the importance of teaching (
the students to do their work ,
thoroughly. The principal of
Pinnacle school talked on "the
teaching of spelling in high
school." Prof. Hunt, of Pine .
Hall, also gave a short talk. .
Prof. Carroll, President of the
local unit of the North Carolina
Teachers' Association, took charge
of organizing the unit the en
suing year. R. W, Slate, of
Walnut Cove high school faculty, i
was elected President; Almil
Chilton, of Walnut Cove, was|
elected Secretary-Treasurer. Tnej
teachers were urged to attend j
the district meeting of the unir •
to be held in Greensboro, Oct. l-i
and l :i .
Prof. Carson then took charge
lof the meeting to explain teach
' era'r Dorts an i other technical
I matters. Ai'ter these were com
pleted, the meeting a Mourned to
, meet again on Ojl. 27, at Dan
bury. Reading circle work will
be begun at the next meeting.
" Schools Opened In
Stokes Monday i
s
The pub!:" schools of tho j
J county opened Monday. The
f j .school here is being conducted
j by Misses Elizabeth Bailey, of
j Walnut Cv.-j, and R%n M--
j . Culbugh, i f M. cksviU >. The
} attendance promises to b-> goo*!.
Mr. and Mrs. A- J, Fagg at- J
* 1 tended the Forsyth county Fair
I Thursday.
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, Oct. 3, 1923
GOLD FOUND
IN STOKES
While Building Road To Hang
ing Rock Development Men
Discover Substance Which
Closely Resembles Gold.
A substance thought to be gold
was discovered yesterday in Saura |
Town mountain, according to in- {j
formation given out last night by
D. D. Smith, the owner of the f
property, who is developing it for ii
a summer resort. The discovery ®
was made as men worked on the S
grading of a new road leading to ii
the top of the mountain. The spot 0
where the shiny metal was found °
is about two-thirds of the distance e
to the summit of the mountain. c
Mr. Smith ts not sure that the j
yellow material is gold, but its \
color, weight, and general charac- 1
teristics indicate that it is the pre- J
cious metal, he said. The vein of
the metal was opened up to some 1
extent after the discovery and ap- |
pears to be very rich in the sub- !
stance. Mr. Smith will have the \
metal tested at once to determine
its species. |
Mr. Smith learned several hours
after the startling discovery was 1
made that residents of Stokes
county were confident that the i
mountain contains gold. One man
especially seemed to know a good 1
deal about the treasure supposed 1
to be stored in the mountain, but ,
for some reason kept still about
it.
A Birthday Party.
Little Misses Miriam and Ellen
Prather Hall entertained at a (
delightful party Saturday after
noon from three to five o'clock.
Uames were played and a contest j
was enjoyed in which Easley I
Joyce won the prize, a box of |
stationery. i
Mrs. Hall and Miriam served ! 1
ice cream, cake anu candy. ;
Those present were Walter and
! Hazel Petree, Fred and Emorie
1 Pepper, Mary and William Mc- 1
! Canless, Marjorie and Vance
| Pepper, Frances and Estelle,
Humphreys, Easley and H. M.
j Joyce and Nancy Lee Dunlap.
'I The Wonderful Horse.
i
j! Oh, horse, you are a wonderful j
r thing: no buttons to push, no j
, horn to honk; you sturt yourself, I
; no clutch to slip; no spark to miss, j
! no Hears to strip; no license buy
ing every vear, with plates to j
I screw on front and rear; no gas!
bills climbing up each day, steal
ing the joy »'f life awa>; no speed I
cups chuiigini? in >our rear, J
.'telling summons in your ear. i
I \our inner tubes are all O. K..
(and, thank the Lord, they stay:
that tvat: your spark plugs never |
„ make us pass. Your frame is !
igood for many a mile; your,
j body never changes st> le. Your i
wants are tew and easy met;
' vou'ye some things on the auto
1 yet.—H. R. Elliott in American
' Forestry.
u
i. ; Mr. T. J. Hutchens, of High
Point, former citizen of Stokes.
r was a business visitor here to
day.
CO-OPS OPEN HOUSE
NOVEMBER 1
Farmers In King Section Will
Hold Tobacco For Opening of
New House—Big Preparation
For Fair Being Made.
King, Oct. I.—Mr. Thomas E. |
Smith has purchased from Mr. | {
L. J. Kiser a nice lot on which
he expects to erect a nice home, > C
A force of brick masons went' a
to work this morning laying the |,
foundation for Dr. H. G. Hard-i
iag's nice new home on West | b
Main street. ; c
Mr. Ulyssus Boyles, of Pilot
Mountain, ran his Chevrolet car t
into a telephone pole just north a
of here Fridav.thecar was turned
over then caught on fire and
burned up.The accident was caus- r
ed by the steering gear getting
out of order. I
Messrs. James R. Caudle and
E. P. Newsum have returned 1
from the national encampment of c
The Spanish-American war £
veterans at Chattanooga, Tenn.,
thev report a fine trip. 1
Work on Mrs. S. R. Slate's
new home is well underway.
There will be speaking at the
high school building here next c
Saturday night Oct. 6th The sub. |
ject will be co-operation, every
body is invited.
The new two story cement ]
building of Mr. Tnos. E. Smith j
is nearing completion.
Farmers in this section are
about through taking care of 11
their tobacco crop.
Work on the big co-operative J
receiving station which is being g
built here is being pushed for
ward at a rapid rate, a large
force of men sre being Worked I
and it is expected that the build- (
ing will be completed by Nov
ember Ist. Manv co-operative
farmers in this section are going |
to hold their tobacco until this
warehouse opens.
Big preparations are 'being 1
made for The Stokes c*unty Fair ,
which takes place here October
16, 17, 18 and H'th. The attract
ive premiums being offered on |
exhibits this year is causing the
farmers to make big preparations
this year.
Mr. Joel Jackson, of Pinnacle,
is among the business visitors
here today.
We are having a fine school
here this year with nearly two
| hundred pupils enrolled and nine
tc&chcrs.
j "Thunderbolt Tom." the evan
gelist of this place, is holding a I
! two weeks meeting at High j
! Point.
The Needmore theatre where!
1 Mr. William H. Voigt of New
/York is givintr two moving
; picture shows per week is being
■! crowded every show night.
A Birthday Party.
Masters Easley and H. M.
Jovce each celebrated their birth
-1 , day Wednesda' "ternoon by en
' i tertaining about twenty of their
' friends at a lovely party. Each
' | one was asked to say a mother
• I goose rhyme and Marv McCan
• | less was given a book of Mother
' (loose Rhymes for saying the
" beat one
' Maude Lawson won the prize
! in a contest for pinning a tie on a
• j large picture of Harold Lloyd. j
Various other games were 1
■ | played on the lawn after which
r I they were invited into the dining j
' room where birthday cakes were
r I attractively arranged, one with
r ! eleven candles for Easley and
'■ one with nine candles for H. M.
l) , Ice cream and cake were served
1 by Mrs. E. P. Pepper and Miss
Luna Taylor.
h A large number of farmers
i, were in'attendance at the meet
i- ing of the Co-operative Market
ling Association here Saturday.
MORE ROADS
AND BRIDGES
Stokes Highway Commission
Will Soon Award Contracts—
Road Building Outfit To Be
Sent To Yadkin Township.
Two more roads were ordered
let to contract by the Stokes
County Highway Commission
at the meeting of the Board here
Monday. These were the roads
between Campbell postoffice and
Francisco, and a section of
the Piney Grove road about one
and one-half miles in Peter's
Creek township. Letting will be
made on Oct. 24th.
The fourteen mules and the
road-building machinery recently
purchased by the county was
ordered removed to the Dry
Springs road in Yadkin town
ship.
Four new bridges were ordered
built as soon as plans and specifi
cations canbe drawn and contracts
let. The bridges will be located as
follows; One across Dan river at
R. T. Joyce's roller mill, near As
bury, in Big Creek township; one
on Dry Springs road, in Yadkin
i township: two on the Oak Ridge-
Priddy road in Snow Creek town
ship.
The road from Clemmons' ford
to Covington's store, in Quaker
*ap township, was ordered put
on county road map and repaired
at once.
H. A, Fulp and others asked J
for a road in Meadows township,
via the home of Mr. Fulp.
Engineer Mullican will investi
gate and report to board soon.
A delegation was also before
the board asking for a road in
Petei's Creek township. Member
C. D. Smith and Supt. Linville
i will investigate and report to
| the board.
The Venable road in Quaker
" Gap township was ordered put
i I
i ; on county road map. This is
| same road which the county com
] missioners were restrained from
i building some time since.
r
Tobacco Prices Low
At Reidsville
Reidsville, Oct. 2 —The Reids
ville tobacco market opened foi
this season Tuesday morning with
a very large break at both houses.
Over lOO.CX) pounds were sold
1 here the first day.
r Opening prices were disappoint
ing to the farmers. It was general
"" ly thought the average would b€
around 20 cents whereas it was
only sixteen or seventeen cents,
a
Prices stiffened in the afternoor
* and the average was at least t
j dollar higher than during th
forenoon.
1 '
Prices ranged from $ I to s4l
s ' njr hundred. The commonesl
Q
grades seem relatively higher
j than the medium and bettei
'grades. The first offerings in
j | elude a lot of rough, dingy colorec
! tobacco, though the genera
average compared favorably witl
, last year's crop in quality,
s All the tobacco companies an
t- j represented and there is a stront
t-' corps of buyers on the local mar
I ket.
No. 2,686
FORSYTH LINE
TO DANBURY
Survey Being Made Will Prob
ably Shorten Distance Two
Miles —An Efficient Engi-
neering Corps
The distance between Danbury
and Winston-Salem will be short
ened probably two miles by the
State Highway Commission's
survey now in progress between
this place and the Forsyth county
line at Fulp, while practically all
the sharp curves on the Danbury
end of the road will be eliminated.
As this suryey is for hard-surface
construction, the distance is being
shortened everywhere possible.
The engineering party, which is
in charge of Mr. Helpbum. is
said to be the most eificient one
in the district, if not in the State,
and they are laborii.g faithfully
to get the very best survey pos
sible for this important highway.
Former Stokes Man
Dies In Guilford
Greensboro, Oct. 2.—James
W. Morefield, 7*2 years old, died
suddenly at his home near Po
mona yesterday at noon after an
attack of acute indigestion. A
week aKo Mr Morefield suffered
a similar attack but had appear
ently re overed and was up about.
The second attack came quickly
and he died in a few moments.
Mr. Morefield was one of the
best known men in the county.
Bom in Stokes county, he moved
to Guilford at an early age and
lived here virtually all his life,
part of the time at Guilford
College, the remainder at his last
home. He was highly esteemed
j among a wide circle of friends,
j Surviving are his widow, six
jSons, four daughters, one
i one brother and one sister. Mrs.
j Morefield was, prior to. her
; marriage, Miss Mary Mills. The
! sons are J. R. Morefield, of Nash
i ville, Tenn, W. J. and G. H.
! Morefield, of Greensboro; J. L.
1 Morefield, of St. Petersburg,
j Fla.: L. J. Morefield, of Mt. Airy,
and C. H. Morefield, of Winston
i Salem.
The daughters are Mrs. A. S.
i Mitchell and Mrs. J. W. Hill, of
I
Hillsboro, Mrs. J. L. Mitchell, of
Walnut Cove, and Mrs. C. H.
I Bonkemeyer. of Guilford College,
j A brother. Thomas Morefield.
! lives in Oklahoma City, and a
• sister, Mrs. Su?an Welch, at Mt.
f Airv.
i. Funeral services will be con
ducted at the home Wednesday
' afternoon at - o'clock. Kev.
' Raymond Lanier, of the Guilford
> Baptist church, of which Mr.
Morefield was a member. Rev.
1 W. H. Wilson and Rev. C. K.
I Sherill will be in charge, and in
terment will follow in the church
' burying ground.
l Oldest Fox In
i Flat Shoal Caught
i John Golden, col., of Danbury.
caught a fox last Saturday morn
s ing with his pack of fine fox
r hounds. It was said to be the
• largest one ever caught in the
Flat Saoal mountains.