Volume LI.
FARMERS TO MEET
HERE APRIL 5j
County Chairman 11. W. Carrotl,
('.dis For Gat boring (M' •>-!
rativc AS.HR iai ion I'or
F.)e« t ing i 'elegates.
, I
T;|. re \v"i 11 be a meeting
tin unly organization of lb.'
Tri- 'ate Tobacco Growers (
opei.itive Marketing Associa
tio i iVinbnry on SaMirday.
Apnl 5. IP-1, at 12 .iVloik,
ihh n, to select candidates lor
* dele, ..ies to the district meet
ing i i the association, which
will • •led a director for this
.clist; t.
A A- our regular meeting date
is -a the following Monday,
this leeting will take its place,
and 'here will not lie any meet
ing i n the first Monday in
Api !•
I hope every local will iiej
re|Tvented, as this is a verv
impirtant meeting. On our di
rect! rs depends the life and
suct'ss of our organization and
this meeting is the lirst step
toward the selection of our di
rect! r. If you are not the»v
and we don't get a good direc
tor. you can blame no one but
yourself.
Yours very truly,
E. W. CARROLL,
County Chairman.
INCOME TAXES
; YIELD MUCH CASH
More Than $.'5,500,000 Has Now
Fee a Collected and Commis
•siener Doughton Is Fnthu
siavtic Over the Result.
Raleigh, March 2(s.—S'a'e
inc ra' tax collections have no'v
mounted above $.'>,500,000 an.l
sev« i.d hundred thousand is
yet to conic in with the exten
sions. Revenue Commissioner
Dourhton is enthusiastic ova*
the rend work of his depart
ment The big collections indi
cate j',kkl salaries ai'd good
ni'olits during the ".car 1 f)2*»
La. w ' ..ear's collettions had L'o f
len I arelv above the $.'5,000,000
en til's date last year. And
tlitie is every reason to believ
that the estimated inereas.'
of 15 per cent, will be rciilized
it in ' exceeded.
St' kes County's
Pioneer Merchant
F. K- Nelson, merchant >f
Danbury Route 1. was a visitor
here today. Mr. Nelson has
the distinction id* being the
oldest merchant in Stokes
county, having been in the busi
ness for a little more than fifty
years. He sold goods for manv
yea is at Meadows before open
ing a store at his present home.
Another distinction Mr. Nelson
has is that he doesn't owe any
body a cent. He always has
paid cash for his goods, an.l
traveling men are always anx
ious to take his orders for
goods.
X F. COM PS DIES
AT HOSPITAL
Was Good Citi/.en and Fin •
Farmer of the King Sei ti->n—
N 'V. s Items Ri ported !• rom
King Route 2.
King Route 2. March 21.
Mr- N. F. Combs, of the >•!?;
it"o\ e sect ion. died :it a hospital
in Mount Airy last Friday. Mr .
Colllbs was ill for .Ileal" 2 ".eel; •. |
lie was lt> years, four month.:,
and 21 days old. The remains j
were laid to rest in Little Vail-1
kin cemetery Saturday. Rev. F. |
L. Snioak. of Rural Hall, con
ducted the funeral services. Mr.
Combs moved to the Oak (il'ove
section about four years since,
lie was a gooil citizen and was
one of the best farmers and
line tobacco growers in this sec-'
t ion. The deceased is survived
t>y his wife and seven children,'
Mrs. Combs desires to thank,
the neighbors and friends for
their many kindnesses during i
the sickenss and death of he v
husband-
SCRHIRLKR.
Miss Nell Chilton
Elected President
Guilford College, March 2G
Miss Nell Chilton, of Walnut
Cove, was elected head of th*»
girls' student government as
sociation of Guilford College
today. Miss Carrie L. Norman,
of Cameron, was made vice
president; Miss Maude Simp
son is secretary, and Miss Maie
iloliidav treasurer.
Roy Martin Undergoes
An Operation
Roy Martin, a prominent
young merchant of Lawson
villil, was carried to a Winston-
Salem hospital and underwent
an operation for appindicitis
on Sunday last. His condition
is reported to lie favorable a'
this time, and his many friends
hope to see him back home
soon.
Father Of P I). Fu!k
Died Sundn.N
.bimes Kilward Fulp, lather
of I'. I>. and S. \V. Fulp, of Wal
nut Cove, died Sunday morning
at hi-, home i:i Fersyth count...
a fev. miles soitli of Walnut
Co'.e. He was ageil 71 years.
Tlutc are nine grandchildren
and one great grandchild.
Mr.-' Aline' 1 Mabe
Died Monday
Mrs. Mabe, wife of Mr. Aimer
Mabe, of Mtadows, died at her
home Monday morning after an
illness of some time. The de
ceased was aged 75 years. She
is survived by her husband and
several sons and daughters. In
terment was mails Tuesday at
Clear Spring church burying
ground, near the home of the
deceased, a large numb jf
friends being in attendance.
Danbury, N. G, Wednesday, March 26, 1924
MO AI) CONTRACTS
LET liV STAT?.
Tilil »jstrict Gi s 'i'vvn I'rojecis
and llo!!i An- I" «* li
( Mijijiy— Jliih Reci i\ i'l ( 'ii i
1- il t« i n I'iM.jtM-t
Rait i'/lt March 25. Low I
I.Ms >n 1:* highway ami bridg
i-iinst riu t i>ii projects*, receive ! j
.••in! open! dto lav I>V the St : 1 11 • |
i
Highway Commission, ran toj
.'2. '.W,,P!»5.(50.
The conl ra. ls I l >\ i'«» a
total of 111 miles of hard-sur
face and gravel roads. Two it
the contracts amount to up
ward of half "i million dollars
each, and others exceed SoOO,-
oho each. The biggest project j
is the US I*2 miles of concrete
from tiie town of Albemarle to
the Cabarrus county line. The
low liiil on this was $5U5..">7(5.00.
Fourteen miles of pavement in
Cartaret county, running from
Morehead City toward Newhcrn
will cost $.">01,22(5.80. The 11-
mile stretch of hard-surface
from Greensboro to the Ran
dolph county line will cost
$.'581,179.80.
The two contracts let for
the seventh district, both of
which are in Caldwell county,
amount to a little more than a
SIOO,OOO for both roads.
Farmer Robbed In
Broad Daylight
Reidsville Review.
A daring day-light hold-up
was staged on the Rockingham
public highway just east of
Reidsville Wednesday, when J.
1\ Allen, about :55 years of age,
was knocked on the head and
robbed of $250.00 in cash. He
was returning to his home near
(! room's school house, Iron
Danville, where he had sold :i
load of tobacco when he was
way-laid and robbed- He can e
to Reidsville to have his wounds
dressed. Allen said he was
held up by a white man and be
lieved he could identify him if
he was given an opportunity.
Waterco Power Co.
I'.uys Land On Catawba
Charlotte, .March 2iS.—Th
Wat.crce I'.iwer Company has
priv'ia-ei three tracts of land
of S7l» acr s on the Catawba
river and Armour's creek, in
thvkhiibur.r county, according
to deeds filed at the county
court house here today. The
consideration is said to have
been approximately $25,000.00.
The land is in three tracts
and it is presumed that the
water power on it will be devel
oped at once.
J. R. Nunn Shows
Much Improvement
J. R. Nunn, who has been
seriously ill at his home in Qua
ker Gap township for some
weeks, is rapidly improving, his
many friends will be pleased to
know.
ED SLATE IS NEW
COMMISSIONER!
Appoi?-' By ( lerk Of Court j
\. l'agg This WcK To
Fill I nevpirod 'l'erni of R. T
Spen, er. Resigned.
F.ii Slide, of the Asburv >ec :
i
lioii o!' itijr Creek township,
was this week appointed count v!
commissioner by Clerk of the!
Court A. .1. l-'agg to till the un
expired term of R. T. Spencer. I
who resigned as a menibir of,
llie board oil tiie lirst Monday
in February.
Mr Slate is a well known far !
Pier and a good citizen, and will |
noi|oi:bt make an efficient of
iicer. Ii was stated yesterday
that Mr. Slate had signified his 1
intention of accepting the np- >
pointmeiit, and he will !>%•
sworn in on the first Monday in
April.
There still remains a vacancy
on the board of commissioners
caused by the recent death of
Commissioner Venablc, and it
is learned that his successor
will likely be appointed in the
near future.
To Make Improvement
At Piedmont Springs
C. A. Jenkins, owner of the
Piedmont Springs hotel, it is
learned, expects to erect a mod-
I ern dance hall and probably
make other improvements at
that popular resort before tho
opening for the summer season.
With the opening of the new
State highway, which passes
right near the hotel the crowds
there this summer will rodoubt
he larger than ever. It is stated
that the road will be completed
as far as the hotel in time for
the opening in May or early in
.June.
Fiddlers' Convention
At Pine Hall April
A convention of ye old time
fiddlers will be held at Pino
Hall school house auditorium
on Thursday night. April .'srd,
iit 7:«'»0 |». M. There will be a
large delegation of the old time
tiddlers present from dilVereiit
places. So come out and lici
some of the best music you
have ever heard, hon't forget
j t he date.
j A not her Ca»' Goes
I Over the Embankment
\not her car went over one
of the dangerous fills on a curve
just south, of Hanbury Sunda\
afternoon. This is a very com
mon occurence. Unless the
State re-builds this road ther*
will noiloubt be some lives lost
when the traflic from the new
roads nov under construction
is turned loose on the highwav.
Several members of the fam
ily of Mr. Riifus Mabe, on Dan
bury Route 1, are ill with
measles- Mr. Mabe has just re
covered from an attack.
DATE IS FIXED
FOR APRIL 1!
lVdicatin ); K vin till Si ■ >IJ
I'ostpi ill' I ( »:t \(•»•«•:I »it *'
Illness (it Scuonl ji. ai\l's
hairman.
Tito lediea' i u >f tho !!■ ,> • |
iinlils 1 in n|, v iiicli was in haw i
taken placi on March 2t>, has j
In en | ii>l|niiii'i 1 until April lllii.j
it is statei!, en act mint •!' the
serimis illne- of Mr. l.ll.Nun'\ ;
eliitirman nf the Ki-y uol«i.
school Ima I'll, itiui nihil' sirk-|
ness in that community.
Sillce t lie postponement it'
tlie exercises il is not leai'll" !
whether there will he any
chance in the original program
nl' Hilt.
NEW AI'TO TAGS
READY MAY 1
Plates Will Have Dark lilue
Hackground With White Fig- j
ures—Will He Distributed !
From .*ll Sub-stations.
The nev automobile license
tags or plates which will be
used 011 the North Carolina ears
and trucks the coming year will
be ready for distribution on
May Ist, however, owners will
not be allowed to use them unti*
July Ist, according to a state
ment from Raleigh headquar
tors this week. The new plates
will be of dark blue color with
white figures and letters, and
will be pretty, according to
those who have seen some of
them already received at the
State headquarters. This year,
beginning May Ist, the thirty
one sub-stations throughout the
State will beirin the distribution
|of the tags, and it is not ex
pected that many of them \> ill
•-m through the mails as tlvre
j will lie a sub-station in reach
lof almost e\erv community,
! where tlv tags can lie delivered
jto the nwners in person.
I Southern Railway Buys
i .Much New Equipment
! Atlanta (la., March 21.-
Twenty-live lK-omotives, lift"
all-steel passenger-train ca:\-'.
and l.'J-'iO freight c irs, costing
approximately ten million i|n|
•ars, have just been purchased
bv the Southern Railway sv.--
; teni fur delivery during the
next few months.
Mow The Accidents
Came About
Here lies the remains of Fetvi
val Sapp.
i IK' drove his car with a girl ii.
his lap.
Lies slumbering here one Wil
liam Hlake,
He heard the bell but had no
brake.
Heneath this stone lies William
Raines.
Ice on the hill, he had no chains.
Here lies the laxly of William
Jay.
He died maintaining his right
of way.—Ex.
No. 2,711
STUART ROAD
NOW ASSURED
State Of Virginia T'i
Highwav From Stuart To th"
Stokes I.inc—Connect Wins
ton-Salem With Roanoke.
Winston-Salem March
'lhe state of N'iririra is goir.it
hi iiu»M a hiyhwm to the North
Carolina lit" tins -ale t>f Stuart.
I his a*'*!!rar.pt' was r> tvivi 1 here
yesteida.v bv Secretary Hitter of
the (•'' amber of commerce, in a
te!"k.ram from W. I. .hoce ami
T. Ceorgo of St'jatf, The
u leg ram follows;
"St«t •• highwav commission
has j i«t entered ordc r including
!\>nJ from Stuart to N'ortli Caro
lina in (• in Yirini a state high
way s>stem. This n.pans road
will ! e huilt hv slate, giving us
North Carolira connpction. Mope
to begin work of construction in
next few months."
This is an important line in the
prosposed new interstate high
way from Win9ton-S'ilem to
Roanoke. This highway Boes
through the center of Stokes
county.
It will be remembered that the
movement to build this highway
was launched by the iocal cham
ber of commerce some two y ears
ago. At one time interest in the
project became so keen that a
large delegation of citizens of
Winston-Salem made a trip to
Stuart, Va. over the proposed
road, in apite of the fact that
most of it had not been improved
A great mass meeting was held
in Stuart, at which citizens of
Stuart pledged to do everything
in their power to have the new
highway constructed.
: WHISKEY AND MEN
ARE CAPTURED
! Prohibition Agents (Jet Near
2'iu Callous Spirits. Two Moi .
i Mules and Horses In North
ern Part )t" Stokes.
j Reports received here this
! week from tin- tart hen, part oi
Stokes a"« that federal prohi
j l>ition otlieers. assisted by Pa*-
j rick county oilicials. early th's
week captured near gallon*
of u hi ski y. one or two men. twi
v. live mules, a Itorsi ar. l
lwo -addles in a raid mad
r.Vht near the Stokes Patr:
line. Two or nv>iv men with,
the ollttit made their escape.
Mrs. Yandebilt Will
Not Marry Governor
Washington. March 121.—Re
ports printed in a society
"gossip" publication that Mrs.
(ieorge Vanderbilt is going to
marry Coventor Cameron Mo>*-
! rison. of North Carolina, we.v
denied here today at the Van
derbilt home.
"There is no truth in these
reports." Mrs. Vanderbilt's
secretary said.
"They are merely good
friends and have been for some
years."