DANBURY REPORTER
Volume LI.
INTER-COUNTY
ROAD SOUGHT
Sentiment Strong For High
way To Connect Up Five
County Seats Stokes To
Burke County.
(By L. J. Hampton.)
Mt. Airy, April 15.—From Dan
bury, through Mt. Airy, via Dob
son, Klkin, North Wilkeslmro, Le
noir and on to Morganton there has
arisen such an overwhelming volume
of sentiment fur a state supervised
highway of a dependable character
to eonneet these eomillereial towns
I hat the echoes are soon destined to
reach Commissioner Manes and other
members of the state highway com
mission who, from present indica
tions, are going to lie urged to con
struct the few missing spans in this
link of a foothill and mountain
scenic route that will connect five
county seat towns.
Looking at the map it is found
that there are only two short
stretches of highway to be built to
make of this proposed route an
artery of travel that might well be
calculated to rival in usefulness from
a local, state and inter-state view
point, anything that has so far been
projected in these great northwest
ern mountain counties.
llook I'p Highways
A glance discloses the fact that
such a highway will more adequate
ly link up the interstate roads lead
ing hv Stuart, Va., Ilillsvillc, \ a.,
\bing I' 11, Va., I!ooi\ •, \. .. and
lohnslo.i City and Bristol, Tenn.,
giving i t• it■ f economy and facility
of l re»el ~i a woiidci fill ope of ;
i oiint i-.t ilit- une t iui - it opens to ,
1 1,, is it loiii ' t rail; of t lie middle j
il l i ii northwest Mali an
!>:u ili .' roiiie tlnotr. il tlic mountain- j
hi.-, pi 'tii'iis of North • .itolina.
Tie longest st retcii t.. be luiiit is j
a mat r of only Imiles on the
north . i'le of the Yadkin river he
i ween Klkiti and North W ilkesboro.
'lhe whole distance lietweell the two
important river towns is ahout 2u
miles, hut both municipalities seeing
the importance of a direct connect
ing highway, have added as far as
their limits extend a hardsurface
road.
Roads Intersect
Between Danbury and Mt. Airy
the Stuart and llillsvillc roads in
tersect. These two interstate high
ways go through two of thi- feasible
and practicable gaps in the Blue
Kidgc which nature has provided to
connect up these prosperous sections
of the two states.
From Mt. Airy there is a splendid
highway through Low (Sap to Spar
ta. At the latter place, with the com
pletion of the "top of thi' mountain
scenic route" tourists may travel
for scores of miles amid the grand
est scenery of eastern America.
From Alt. Airy to Dohsou runs
highway No. so, .|t is already in
line shape. At Dohson the proposed
route switches to No. 'Ji! extending j
on to Klkin. And at Elkin the un
finished stretch is encountered. But!
that portion U tween Elkin and I
Romlu is already projected by the j
state highway authorities, so a mat-1
ter of only a few miles is left to |
be built to reach North \Vilkesboro, i
following the line right up the Ya«l-1
kin by (Soaring river, a prosperous |
manufacturing community which at |
present is entirely without highway'
improvement of any kind.
The highway, as proposed, is to
extend right on through \\ ilkesboro
by Moravian Falls and on over route
No. IS to Lenoir. People of Cald
well county and of Lenoir, seeing
the great possibilities of such a
highway, are enthusiastically in
favor of the project.
From Lenoir the proposed route
goes on over highway No. 18 to
Morganton. There it intersects
highway No. 10 which comes down
ftom Knoxville, Tenn., through Ashe
ville and goes on by Hickory, States
ville, Salisbury, Lexington and
Greensboro to the far eastern sec
tions of the state, finally emerging
upon the Atlantic seaboard at the
seaport of Beaufort.
In Surry, Stokes, Wilkes and
Caldwell counties, as well as > in
Burke, a great movement is being
started to take the matter of a
highway, that is designed to con
nect five county seat towns, before
the state highway commission for
its consideration. The importance
of the proposed route is so obvious
it is urged, and will be of so much
benefit not only to North ( arolina
citizens alone, but to the thousands
FORSYTH GETS TWO !
MORE STATE ROADS
Winston To Stokes Line At ]
Rural Hall and Winston To
Guilford Line Near Kenters
ville.
According to a statement issued
by State Highway Commissioner A. 1
S. Hanes contract will be let early '
in May for the building of a hard- ;
surface road from Winston-Salem j'
to the Stokes line near Rural Hall, '
on the Mt. Airy road, and also for
hard-surface from Winston-Salem to '
the Guilford line near Kernersvillc,! 1
on the Greensboro road. It was j :
stated that construction work on ] 1
both roads would start as soon as
contract could he let.
When the two roads mentioned
above are completed there will be six
State-built hard-surface roads lead
ing from Winston-Salem to adjoin
ing county lines, as follows: To High
Point, to Mocksville, to Yadkinville.
to Fulp, to Rural Hall and to Greens
boro. While Forsyth loaned the
State the money on one or two of
these roads the county will be reim
bursed.
Tax Listing Begins
Early In May|
The listing of property for taxes'
will begin in Stokes early in May.
W. M. Nelson, list-taker for Dan
bniy township, announces that he j
| lias made the following appoint
ments: Danbtny, May •!; Hart man,
May 7; County Home, May s; •
■ Pri.l.lv*:- Garage, Ma>
j j
'ol loiiri Is who >early vi.-ii the
j mountains of tin late, that its
| proponents feel they will be given
a hearing in keeping with the merits
of the proposal.
For instance, all of these north
western counties are in the federal
district court which convenes at
\\ ilkesboro. The tratlic to that
point, it follows, is at times enor
mous. Then the question of com
mercial uses of the proposed high- I
way enters into the question. Upon '
this point lies the greatest virtue
and strength of the new road when
it comes on to be argued before the
state highway commission, ami this
body of men, as they instantly pic
ture in their minds' eye the great
possibilities, will readily see, no
doubt, that it is not only of prime
interest but of prime importance to
a contagious section of the moun
tains having an approximate popu
lation of 250,000 people.
Circulate Petition
i
Plans are afoot now to circulate
a petition in the counties mentioned
for the construction of this highway
and from the apparent sentiment,
I expressed by leader- and others, it
| will likely get practically unanimous
| support. The petition reads as fol
i lows:
State of North Carolina,
Wilkes County.
| To ihe State Highway Commis
sion, Raleigh, N. C. i
Whereas, the purpose and intent
of the law and of your honorable
board is to connect the county seats
lof the various counties of our state
j by a good, serviceable and ilepelld-
I able road from the bond issue first
i issued and the anticipation of suh
j sequent issues of bonds; and expend
the moneys arising therefrom to the'
best interests of the state and to
make such connections with trunk
lines as is practicable and that will
serve the best interest;
i Now, therefore, we, the under
signed citizens of the counties of
j Caldwell, Wilkes, Surry and Stokes,
I do respectfully petition and ask that
' your honorable board take over anil
construct a good, serviceable and de
j pendable road from Danbury, coun
' ty seat of Stokes, via Mt. Airy, to
j Dohson, county seat of Surry, via
1 Klkin on the north side of the \ ad-1
i kin river, to \Vilkesboro, via county
I I seat of Wilkes county, via route IS,
to Lenoir, county seat of I aldwell,
via route IS to Morganton, inter- .
secting highway No. 10.
There is at this time a large por- j
'' tion of this route a good serviceable ,
j and dependable road and by the ex-!
j penditure of a small sum of money
1 the whole of said route can be con
j structed so as to serve a large por- j
tion of the state, both middle and'
i ' western sections, and at the same
i' time connect the county seats ol
i these various counties.
■ ! This the lltli day of April, 1020.
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, April 22, 1925
MT. AIRY BIDS
FOR STOKES TRADE
Merchants and Others Find
That City Most Accessible
Trading Point Since Comple
tion Of Highway Into Stokes.
Since the completion of the State
highway between Mt. Airy and Dan
bury the merchants of this section,
and especially those of the commun
ity north and north-west of Dan
bury, find that the new road makes
Mt. Airy their most accessible trad
ing point. These merchants and
citizens formerly bought goods and
sold their produce in Winston-Sa
lem. Now, however, the road to Mt.
Airy i s far better than to Winston-
Salem, the 10-mile section between
Danbury and Walnut Cove lieing
narrow, crooked, rough and even
dangerous at some points.
The distance from Danbury to Mt.
Airy is about thirty miles, while to
Winston-Salem is only twenty-eight,
hut with present road conditions Mt.
Airy i s most accessible, especially
to citizens, residing north and north
west of Danbury. Hence practically
all the merchants in that section are
now making Mt. Airy their trading
point instead of the Twin-City.
SAND^SLATE
SKILLED BY OFFICER
Shot Four Times By Will Math
is Following Liquor Uaitl On
His Premises.
Ml. Airy N. ws, April 17.
In the KiMer section of Patrick
i.iiintj Sandy Slate was shot to
death Tuesday morning by Federal
Piohihition Will Malhi-, of
We-tliell. oilier Malhi- II « 'lll
- with hi - a.-.-isiant, Federal Of
ficer Davis, was making a search
for stills in that section and had ju-t
destroyed one near the home of
Slate when they were ordered to
j leave the premises by Slate. The
officers state that Slate followed up
his threat with an attack upon them.
They say he attempted to tire his
j pistol at them but the cartridge was
' faulty and did not go otf. Then it
was that officer Mathis fired, strik
ing Slate in the arm. Slate was
then ordered to drop his pistol and
I when he refused to do so Mathis
. shot him three more times, the
fourth bullet striking him in the
chest causing almost instant death.
The pistol of Slate was taken in
charge by Mathis and was presented
to the court of inquest which was
held at Stuart Wednesday afternoon.
| The officers state that the cartridge
I in he pistol shows that the cap had
' been hit by the plunger, and that it
did not lire. The shooting took
place in Slate's yard while both par
ties were standing within about eight
feet of each other.
1 Sandy Slate was an old resident of
Patrick county, and bad a wide ac
quaintance. lie never denied the
'charge that he made liquor when i;
suited his notion, yet lie was a man
that made friends with those who
came in contact with him. He was
a brother to Alex Slate, who lives
in Monkey Bottom, noted suburb ot
this city.
An Explanation
Earnestly Requested
A reader wants some one to ex
plain why it is that Forsyth eouniy.
adjoining Stokes and in the same
road district, has now or will soon
have SIX State-built hard-surface
highways from her county seat to
the county line s adjoining counties
and Stokes can't even have ON I .
road to her county seat. The reader
is respectfully referred to our dis
trict highway commissioner who re
sides in Forsyth county not Stokes.
The roads referred to by the reader
are as follows: Winston to High
i Point, Winston to Mocksville, Win
ston to Yadkinville, Winston to Fulp.
Winston to (Jreensboro, Winston to
Rural Hall, fie two latter not yet
( built but to be let to contract next
l month.
j
A Political Reprisal
"How did you first break into
politics?"
I "It's a sad story," answered Sen
ator Sorghum. "The people out
home got kind o' riled at the !ov
eminent in Washington and de. id* J
| to send me to Congress out of spiti
' Washington Star.
MUCH WHISKEY
IS CAPTURED
Ed Lovins and Ford Car With !j
95 Gallons On It Captured
Ten Miles East Of Danbury.
Ed Ixtvins and a Ford touring car
with 05 gallons of liquor on it were
captured Monday night in the Sandy (
Ridge section by Prohibition Agent (
P. L. Flinchum and Itcrkley Smith.
4
of Danbury. levins is said to be a |
resident of the Madison section. An- ,
other man in the liquor car made 'i
his escape. Lovins was brought here j
and placed in the county jail. He will
be given a hearing right soon and
bond fixed. The liquor, which was
in 10 5-gallon tin cans, was poured
out at the jail here yesterday.
BILLY SUNDAY
OPENS CAMPAIGN
Noted Evangelist Preaches To
Three Large Crowds—Hun
dreds Turned Away.
i
Winston-Salem, April lit.—Hun- !
dreds were turned away from the 1
Billy Sunday tabernacle tonight, be- 1
ing unable to secure even standing '
room for the third of the initial
sermons inaugurating a six weeks'
campaign which the noted evange- ,
list will conduct in this city.
In his sermon Mr. Sunday paid
his respects to men ;ml their varied
| and sundry god.-. If-- showed the
; triilingncss of mm h in ibis |if,. tlutt
man puts greatest -iii-- upon, and.
'ii referring to hero woi.-hip, be de- j
dared that "Men gn at in the pub- I
IK'" are "mut>" in the sight of (iod.'
lie lllgld keeping of the Sabbath,
and in the home and in business
living in the spirit of things holy. I
Th.' sermon \va- in every way I
characteristic of the famous evan-!
gelist. It was featured with strik-1
ing illustrations, presented only as 1
Hilly Sunday can present them. The !
Ten Commandments formed the ba- ,
sis if a stirring appeal, in which i
the speaker paid his compliments to:
the worshipper of the dollar.
"Ever since 1 first came south to!
I conduct religious campaigns 1 have,
been wanting to come and see Win-1
. ston-Salem, about which I have
I heard so many nice things," shouted
i Mr. Sunday after the preliminary;
j ceremonies in connection with the J
I opening service. "When I was in
Charlotte they told me to just wait
till I got to Winston-Salem to see
things well done —but I want to tell
you folks that you'll have to go some
lo beat those Charlotte people."
The campaign against "sin and
the devil," as Mr. Sunday expressed
it, opened auspiciously from every
viewpoint. The weather was ideal
and the congregations that attended |
1 the three services were inspiring.
The Piedmont warehouse, where the
i meetings are being held, seats over
' ii.ooo and standing room was at a
premium at all the services today, j
The most touching .-cei in con
nection with the opining program, j
\va s presented when the \cmrahle{
and beloved I'isllop I'.dwar 1 Uolld [
Dialer, of the Southern Moravian]
.church, now M years old, stepped to |
the front, and after happy introdui
lions of Bill and "Ma" Sunday
turned to the evangelist, grasped hi
bund and invoked divine guidance
:ind blessings upon the man who
came here to expound Bible truth-.
Expense* of Meeting.
Ani'oun. cinent was made ti' r.
something over $ 111, OHO would be
needed to meet llie actual expenses
of the meeting, this being about hall'
the cost of the average campaign
conducted by Mr. Sunday. It was
, also explained that the owners bad
1 donated the use of the warehouse
free.
I -
German ton Route 1. |
! Gcrmanton Koutc 1. April lit).—,
I Mrs. Walter Tuttle, who has been'
j seriously ill in a Winston-Salem j
hospital, is rapidly improving, her j
! many friends will be interested to
i learn.
I Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Johnson, of
' Walnut Cove, were visitors at Mr.
! M. P. Tut tie's Sunday.
{ Miss Cnic Kiscr spent the week-j
end in Winston-Salem visiting rcla-
I lives.
Mr. and Mrs. K. S. Bedding spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs.
11. L. Ilartgrove.
Mr. and Mrs. t'urley Kisci ■ ■ en!
I Sunday afternoon wiih Mr. and Mrs.
J. (' Kiscr.
STOKES BONDS
SOLD WELL
$120,000 Issue Brought Prem
ium Of sl,644.oo—lnterest
Rate Only Four and Three
Fourths Per Cent.
The bidding on $ 1'20,000 Stokes
county highway bonds Saturday was
unusually lively. A. T. Bell & Co.,
of Cincinnati, were the successful
bidders, paying a premium on the
$120,000 in the amount of $1,041.00. j
I lie interest rate on the bonds is only
four and three-fourths per cent, an- 1
nually, the lowest in the history of
the county.
AUTO DEALERS
PROTESTING FEE
I
Dealers Now Pay State Fifty I
Cents On Each New Sale—
Aggregates $40,000 a Year.
North Carolina automobile dealers j
are kicking strenuously on the I
state's new 50-cent registration tax J
on each car sold and are preparing I
to take up arms against what they |
consider to an imposition on the 1
trade.
The sales for 1025, it is estimated,
will go considerably beyond the
sides of 1021 and on this basis the
dealers figure that collet tively they
v. ill be oat approximately $10,01)11
during the present year, with thi
amount increasing as "hi state de
velo; .
New.- Items From Kiiv
j Kin ■ \pi il 'Jo. Toe S! .re M
cantile Co, has purchased front Mr.
The . i Smith the lot ai I build ■
adjoinii tin m oi. I > pot S;. ihe
building will be rt i.iodieil. Th - will
.give t lie in loiiu feet additional lloor
j space and this added to the spill feet
j which they alreadv have gives them .
| a total of '.i bio square feet lloor j
! space. This addition is made neces
' sary by the fast increasing business
of this thriving concern,
j Mr. ('. C. Meadows, of Roanoke,
Va., is spending several days with,
relatives here.
| A force of men are at work ex
] cavating for the foundation of the
new Moravian church on West Main
j St. This will be a brick structure
I and will be modern in every way. ,
I Mr. Ix'ster O. Pulliam, of Atlanta,
C,a., is spending a few days with his
| parents here.
Mr. Gordon Pratt, who resides in
West View, was kicked by a Kurd
i last week resulting in a broken arm.
Work on the new Christian church
on West Main St. i- well under way
and will be push -il through to com
pletion at an early date. This I aid
ing is being constructed of brick.
The King high school team i fat
ed tii ■ >ld Richmond s, hool e a
game of base ball .'it the K c i
mond I'riday. T! score
( twenty-two to one.
IJe\. Paul llerma'. New-nni
'his regular appointment at M> nt
j Airy yesterday.
j The house was pacie at the o
! trial which was on!! i oil' h >
Saturday night. Everybody pri
■coined to elijo) theniselva - I ■ li
limit.
Messrs. Paul Meadow- ai d hetin -
Pulliam. who are in -ch.ol at t iaei-1
Hill, are spending a few day.- with
relatives here.
Mr. J. S. Boyles, i f Walnut Co\i
ua iinotlg the visitor- llci'e Vi >li I
da>
Ii Sunday School rally whi.
v.a h I at the Baptist church here
\e-; •i\ was largely attended. The
o. iwas much enjoyed l>> all
who v r in attendance.
Mi. and Mrs. David Fowler, of
I High l'"int, spent the day Sunday
[with lei 'ives in West View.
Work ias been commenced on a
I new br: home for Mr. John Smith
jin Pilot View, the new development
'just Last f town.
Miss Alum Shore, of Thomasville,
lis spending several days with the
, family of ,ludgc James R. Caudle
in Walnut Iluls.
Mr. Clyde Moore, of Mount Airy,
spent Sunday wth his parents on
Pulliam St.
i Dr. R. C. l-'ow! r. of Winston-
Salem, was iinii i c the business vis-
I itors here Sat in 'ay.
Mr. T. S. Petrei f Winston-Sa
lem, was among tlu visitors here
Sunday.
Mis s Geneva Shore, it' Thoma
villi', is spending several days with
; relatives in Walnut Hill-.
No. 2 767
MASS MEETING
HERE MAY 6
To Consider County-Wide Plan
Of Organization For Schools
Of County—Board of Educa
tion Met Here Monday.
The Stokes Hoard of Education
was in si-.ssion at the court house
Monday of this week. Prof. J. M.
Proctor, of the State school hoard,
met with the enmity hoard, and the
question of adopting • county-wide
school organization wa- di> u--ed
with him hy the numli 1- of the
hoard.
Supt. of School J. i arson, in
company with Mr. Proctor, has re
cently visited all of the schools of
the county and secured data in re
gard to the schools. A tentative
plan for the county-wide school
system has been laid out and this,
plan will he discussed at the meet
ing to be held here Mjay (Sth. Every-
I one interested in the schools is urged
I to attend the meeting.
The call for the mass meeting,
issued by the Hoard of Education, is
as follows:
Notice is hereby given to all
school commiteemcn and boards of
trustees ami citizens of Stokes
county that a mass meeting is here
by called to assemble in the court
house in Oanhury, N. at 10:110
o'clock A. M. on Wednesday, May
•sth, lull". io consider the county
wide plan for th organization of
ill ill' Ivol, of Stoke* lounty, and
t" g'vi advice and i.take sugges
u> to the board f i dti ution of
S'"l\i - i ' iii:iy «•.in ■ -rnill• • ihe ;-anie,
■. 4 1 such other malter : - may prop-
I \ i■ oi ir> i •> - ,ii meet wg
: ■
I'll: A| i i .!"■ ii, ! .
Tin : I!').',!!I' «'I i I»l I ATION"
I'l >'!'• >K !■..'• I'd STY.
Ity I. 1.. i'hri- 1 . in, • 'hai email.
.1. •'. i..i -■ Secretary.
ROAI) TO STOKES
TO BE SURFACED
Contract To lie I.t't For 10
Miles Of Concrete At Let
ting To Be Made May 5.
Raleigh, April L'O. Route 5(l from
Winston Salem to the Stokes county
line is among the group of hard
surfaced construction projects to be
I let to contract by the state highway
commission May ft.
The mileage of the stretch is 10:33
and will be paved with asphalt or
concrete.
Twenty projects to be let May 5
w'ill cost approximately three and
a half million dollars and will con
stitute the second award under the
$•20,000.0IM i highway authorization
of the l!»2"i legislature. Resides the
Forsyth stretch of r-iute tits the pro
jects will include construction jolts
in the counties of Jackson, Alison,
Mecklenburg, (iuilford, Moore, Ran
dolph, Wake, I.co, R"IVMU, I'runs
v.id., Wayne, Johnston, !Vr.|uimnns,
I dtvecombe, Rertie and Reaufort.
Eighty-two miles of hard-surfac
i'":, *2o of sand-clay and •'•:' miles
fl' gi idinir are involved in the sche-
J.'d letting.
KING COMPLAINS
OF HIGHWAY DUST
Kcsidcnts of Stokes County
Town Seek Belief From the
I>irty Air.
Kinir, April Is. At a meeting of
iit li ens and school board today a
resolution wa> passed to ask the
maintenance department of the state
highway commission to give relief
to the town and school at King from
the dust nuisance,
It seems the good roads of the
i section below coming from several
directions "funnel in" to the road
leading north to Mt. Airy. The
heavy traflic of busses and private
I vehicles have worn the top surface
into a dust coat which spreads over
the homes and yards of the town.
The school children must travel
' through it to and from school. The
good roads below are proving a
curse rather than a blessing in this
way. The resolution asks State
Highway Maintenance Engineer
llawkin s to investigate and when the
oil tank wagons get in this section
to at once send them up and relieve
the situation before the annual com
ilii i\ ciiient at Kins' high school.
I'i\'d Shore was chairman of the
meeting and the letter will be writ
ten a', once.