DANBURY REPORTER
Volume LI.
DR. JONES IS NOT
FIGHTING ROAD
On the Contrary He Heartily
Favors It, But Wants State
To Adopt Route Through
Stokesburg.
Walnut Cove.
December 10. 1
Editor Dan bury Reporter:
I write to correct an erroneous
impression among a few people,
viz: that I'm opposed to the hard
surface road from Dr. Fulp's to
Danbury. I am heartily in favor
of the road, realizing that it will
benefit the county very much. I
am opposed io the route west of
the N. & W. Railroad here at
StokeFburu. It leaves our town
out and will damage oarties who
have built on the old sand clay
route, and will damage parties
who own property on the new
survey. Rather than have a new
survey west of the N. & \\ . as
adopted I would prefer, as we
told Mr. Hanes in Winston after
he suggested it. that we keep the
sandclay road from Dr. Fulp's to
Walnut Cove bridge, commencing
with the hard surface road at the
north end of the bridge and
building it to Danbury- This
would be a very great concession
for we people of Stokesburg or
South Walnut Cove to make, but
it would not damage us, and
would not damage the county,
would give the county more
funds to expend, but we people
of South Walnut Cove want the
hard surface road come down on
the old sand-clay road route,
which is the best route, ruins no
body. benefit all parties. I have
been informed that it's four
hundred and fifty feet the short
est route and that the cost is
about the same as the other route j
west of the N. & W. Railroad.
This is the route we wish adopted
and are fighting for, as we have
a right to do, in view of the
amount of damages that we will |
have to sustain. This is entirely
a local maiterand cannot damage
the county's prospect for a bard
surface road. As we understand
it the county of Stokes being a
part of North Carolha or will j
he ai'oted so r-uch money for
s» hard surface road, we think ihe,
State's idea is to connect the j
different county seats by these j
roads, "nd if this is the n .*i
one can divert or take nwa> our |
part of the money. The road willj
be finished from Win '^n-Salem
u Full), tnd the road will be
liuilt com IMI' , to Danbury when
funds are avai'ab' • regardless
of lojal disturbance along the
line. We pinpose to continue this
fi.cht for a hard surface
thruout the town of South Wa tit
Cove, knowing that we -hav«j
pubic sentiment, with us which we
will show, and knowing thit our
causes is just and deserves
recognition. Wc hope tbat vhis
will assure any parties doubting
that we are hard surface men
firat and laat and eternally and
for aver rtiore.
A. G. JONES.
STILL TAKEN NEAR CO-OP HOUSE
WALNUT COVE BREAKS RECORD
Charlie Yates With Wife and
Children Found At Still and
It In Operation—Owner Was
Warned To Stop St'lling
Deputy Sheriff Dunlap and Po
liceman Cooley, of Walnut Cove,
raided a blockade distillery, lo
cated about two miles west of
Wabut Cove Sunday afterrit on.
The plant was in full Mast when
the olficers approached, and
Charles Yates, of Walnut Cove,
a joung man with wife and
children, was found in charge of
the plant and was taken in
custody.
It is stated that the plant had
been formerly operated and chat
friends of Yates and his associ
ates in the enterprise had been
warned that it must be abandon
ed. It is understood that they
were informed that if the plant
was not closed out by yesterday
afternoon officers would be noti
fied.
The officers were aporaised of
the location of the plant and yes
terday afternoon raided the
place. Supplies were at hand
and the process of distilling go
ing ahead in full blast when the
officers reached the scene. The
still was destroyed and Yates
is to be given a hearing on the
charge of violation of the pro
hibition laws of the state.
DRUKEN NEGROES
KILL- WHITE WOMAN
Ran Into Car Containing Man
and His Family—Did Not
Even Stop To See How Many
They Had Killed.
Wilson, N. C., Dec. 12.—Late
this afternoon between Farm
viile ami Greenville a ear filled
with drunken negroes crashed
into a car driven by a Mr. Allen
with his wife, daughter and
baby. Mrs. Alkn was thrown
from the car and her neck was
broken. The baby was badly
cut and is not expected to live.
Mr. Allen was also severely in
jured but his daughter es
caped unhurt. The negroes
made no effort to stop but kept
on their way to Greenville.
iJcadows Defeats
Reynolds School
N. C.
Dec. 11, 19*5.
Editor Reporter:
Meadows Hi«:h School motored
to Keynultis' nehool Friday after
noon, chnpeioneii by iheir teach
ers Misses E«sie Morefield, Bertie
Mae Neal an.l Narnie Green,
where a very interesting game
took place between the two
school*. The score being 11* and
21 in favor of Meadows. The
Meadows boys with their
great skill are doing good work.
SCRIB.
P. H. Morefield, of Mayodan,
was a visitor here today. Mi*.
Morefield will likely return 1o
Stokes to live the first of the
coming year.
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, Dec. 12, 1923
11.000 Pounds U'ml Received
Friday Moving Postoffice ,
I*:u'dii:g—News and Person
al.> of Kinv.
King. Dec. 10. —T. S. Petree. i
of Danburv. spent a few hours j
in iown Friday.
A. E Gordon, who has been j
with the Motor company here,
has gone with The Pilot Motor
company, and will go or. the
ruad selling Fords with his head
quarters at Pilot Mountain.
Mr. and Mrs. Josehph Wilson,
of Winston-Salem, spent Sunda\
with Mr. and Mrs. Dewitt Cook,
in Woodland Heights.
Mr. Jack Caudle and family
spent Sunday with relatives
here.
The girls basketball team of
the King High school, defeated
the girls team of the Old Rich
mond school last Friday, the
score stood thirteen and four.
"Thunderbolt Tom," the
evangeiist of this place, is hold
ing a meeting in Yadkin county
this week.
Last Friday was the biggest
day the co-operative tobacco
market has had since the open
ing. 41,000 pounds was delivered.
FranMin Hall, of Capella, will
ODen a grocery 9tore in the Smith
building on the corner of Depot
and Main streets about the middle
of January. It is expected that
he will do a nice business as this
i 9 » fine location.
A force of men are at work
moving the old postoffice building,
which was recently purchased by
J. S. Boyles from E. P. Newsum.
I'his building will be moved from
Depot street around on Main St.
where Mr. Boyles will have it
remodeled and use it for a store
I and barber shop. He hopes to get
opened up early in the new
year.
Work has been commenced m
Mr. J. Wilson Mitchell's new
home on West Main street. Work
will be pushed through to com
pletion at an early date.
Grady Southern, of the Hang
ing Rock section, was in town
Friday.
R. C. White, one of our best
citizens, who is suffering with
blood poisoning, was carried to
the Martin Hospital at Mt. Airy
yesterday for treatment.
Dr. G. F. Petree has moved his
family here and opened offices in
the King Drug company's build
ing.
E. W. Fowler, of High Point"
was among the business vistors
here today.
Attorney T. W. Kallam. of
Winston-Salem, passed through
town yesterday enroute to Pilot
Mountain.
Community Christmas
Tree Here 21st
Th. teachers of the Danbury
school " ;t ! have a community
Christmas tree at »he school
house Friday, Dec. 21st, at 7:30
p. m. I .'erybody cordially in
; vite«i to attend and place gifts on
| the tree for irieir frhnds-
ROSA McOULLOf "H
ELIZABETH BAILEY.
School buildings
Tc Re Re-Sold
Supt. of Schools J. C. Carson,
acting for the Board of Education,
will again offer for sale on Dec.
29th the old Germanton school
building. On Jan. 4rh he will
also sell the old school buildings
at Flinty Knoll. Old Orchard
aid Brown Mountain. The a e
buildings were offered for sale
in November but the tiids on
th«*m wire not coouriued,
WRITE TO I WINSTON-SALEM
CORRECT ERROR MAN TAKEN HERE
. ~
Stokes .Highway Commission
Not Asked To Commit Itseif
On Route Of Danburv-Fulp I
Highway.
Walnut Cove. N. C.
December 11, 1!»2-'!.
Editor Danbury Reporter:
.Dur attention has been called
to an article published in your
pap r under date of December,
sth. This article on page one, j
and in paragraph three, reads as
follows:
"Dr. A. G. Jones and E. G. j
ilrr.er, of Stokesburg. appeared,
befoie the Hoaid with petitions
asking that the survev for the
hardsurface ro-id from the
Forsyth county line to Danbury
be changed to come through the
twn of Stokesburg. The peti
tion was directed to the State
highway commission and they
asked the Stokes Board to en
dorse it. The hoard refused to
do this but asked the State to
send engineers and investigate
the route fully before deciding on
the location."
You are in error in this para
graph for the reason that we did
not ask the Highway Commission
of Stokes county to commit them
selves to this route. Therefore,
the? did not refuse to do this. 1
We did ask them to sign a peti- 1
tion asking that the Chairman of
of the Highway Commission, Mr.
Page, the District Commissioner.
Mr. Hanes, and the Locating
Engineer, Mr. Currier, visit
Walnut Cove, take in the situation
fully, and let no contracts for
any other route than the one
contained in this petition until
they had first done this. You
have this matter confused with j
a resolution which was offered by '
Mr. Fetree, which asked the!
Highway Commission of Stokes ,
county to adoot and endorse the '
route west of the Norfolk & j
Western railroad, which is the
route that we have been advised
would be most likely recommend
ed to the State Highway Com
mission for adoption. This the!
Board refused to do and as wt- j
think wildly. ,
In 1922 by .in act of the legis
lature Stokesburg was swept into
the sea « f oblivion, and we
citizens of Walnui Cove, and not 1
Stokesburg, as is contained ; n
this paragraph, oruer that
history may be kept straiwht, we
most resp ily request that
you give this correction as prom
inent a place in your paoer as
you have itij original
article. £• d we isure you of
our best wishes lor the future
SJCCC-3 of jour va; 'able pa*vr
and v:kii our b uest personal
regards fur tne editor, allow ua
to remain,
Yours truly,
E. G. GILMER.
A. G. JONES.
Thos. S. Petree will leave
Saturday for Winston-Salem
I where he has accepted a position
the Wachovia Bank & Trust
Co.
i
Bob Bryan Captured With
Ford Load Of Whiskey It;
I ea lows Township—A 11 ot! i -
i «*r Man With Car Escaped.
Bob Brvan, of Winston-Salem,
said to be an ex policeman of
i that city, was arrested Friday in
Meadows township with a Frd
! load, sixty gallons, of whiskey
and brandy. The arrest was made
! bv Deputies Bennett and Mo»re,
!of Stokes, and the tr.an, whiskey
| and car were brought to
i Another man, who accompanied
Brvan, made his escape. His
| name was not known to the
| officers.
Bryan was given a hearing
here before Justice N. A. Martin
I and his bond was fixed at one
thousand dollars, this amount be-
I ing put up in cash for his appear
lance here at the next term of
Stokes Superior Court.
TOBACCO AVERAGE
WAS 820.22
Winston-Salem Market Last
Week Sold 3.470,702 Pounds
Of the Weed—Over Twenty
Five Million Sold So Far.
Winston-Salem, Dec. 12.
Last week produced a total
sale on the local tobacco market
of 3,470,702 pounds at an average
price of $20.22 a hundred.
Official sales, according to the
report of Major Z. T. Hynum, su*
pervisor of sales of the local mar
ket. for the ieason thus far
amounts to 25.776.76"' pounds,
bringing a total of $5,133,045.78.
William Rutlcdge Dead
Native Of Stokes
High Point, Dee. i).—William 1
Walker Rutledge, 04 years of |
ago, died here today at the
home of his daughter. Mrs. F.
M. Hauser, after an illness of
sever-.1 months. Mr. Rutledire
was a native of Stokes county,
having lived there nearly all cf
his life. He came lieie to make
his home only a sl.ort time ago
He leases five "ons and ftw
daughters. F». er.;l services
wiil be fonduoted at Friendship
church, Stokes county, Monday
morning at nine o'i lock, by
Rev. I'. O ol High r oint.'
Interment will be ma.Je 1:: the
church buryirg ground
i
.
Automobile
Mule's Ley On Route 1
A verv unfortuiw.e at idem
occured on Danbury Uoute 1
Monday night when an auto
mobile driven by Starkey
Priddy raa in .) the team of
Jam'.s R. Lawson, breaking the
le? of one of Mr. Lnw.-ron's
I*
mules. For some reason the.
lights on the car were not burn
ing and Mr. Priddy did not see
the team in time to stop. Mr.
who was here yester
day, stated that Mr. Priddy
had offered to pay all damage.
The mule had to be killed.
No. 2,696
' CONTRACT LET
FOR STOKES ROAD
I-n Link of Danbtirv-Mount
Airy Highway (lues To tho
Mulliiran Construction Co
Work Tu Slart Soon.
State Highway Commissioner
A. S. 1 lanes announced Saturday
that cmtract had bten awarded
tothe*!. K. Mulligan Construction
Co , for the building of the
Danbury-Clemmorife' Kurd road,
'his I eing the last link (if unim
proved r>ad between Danbury
and Mt. Airy.
THIS road has been on the
State map for construction some
three or four jears and two
routes were surveyed fo«- it by
theb'tate. The news that the
contract has been awarded is
h'iirdin Stokes with a great
deal of pleasure. The road will
connect up the central and west
ern parts of the county and has
been badly needed for all these
years.
Contract was also awarded
Saturday for the building of a
hard surface road from the Yad
kin river to Yadkinville, in
Yadkin county. Work will begin
at once.
Fulp School Has
Nice Entertainment
On December Ist, at 1:20 P.M..
a large crowd assembled at the
Fulp school building to be enter
tained by the school. This partv
was announced to have been on
Thanksgiving night, but owing
to the foul weather had to be
postponed. Some recitations, a
Thanksgiving drill, and a comic
play, entitled "leasing Aunt
Chole - ' gained the interest of the
audience, while the organist,
Mrs. Ben D. Neal. rendered
some good music. The choir was
I composed of Mr. T. H. Gerry
and sons. Abe and Theodore,
| Sam Bowman, J. !. Zimmerman.
Mrs. Dr. E. Fulp, Misses Mar>
i Sua and Louella Read.
Following this the boxes, being
twelve ia number, were auction*
ed off by Mr. C. H. Marshall and
sioU well. The three belling the
highest belonged to Misses Ethel
sver.corand Mary and l/juella
Raid. The buyers being Police
n.rn Cooley. T. C. Cookus aud
Jan. R. Br wen.
Aft„r this the voting contest
took p'ace. The boys were big
...•arted and worked with g-eat
enthus.a9m throughout thie.
winning the nice box of c*; dy
for liitle Miss Mary Sue Willi.. ms.
who is the attiuCtive ycun;;
daughter of Mr. and Mr 3.
W'Uiar's cf NNairiut Cove, and
is consiu red very pretty by her
many friends.
| Thfi proceeds will go towards
buying some musical instrument
for the school.
Every one seemed to enjoy the
party and as everything worked
so nicely we wish Pulp school
the greatest success in the
future.
TACK.