DANBURY REPORTER
Volume LI.
REV. W. A. [BILLY] SUNDAY
COMING TO WALNUT COVE
' Will Deliver Graduating Address At Closing
Exercises of High School There Saturday, May
9th At 10:00 A. M.
Announcement is made that Rev. i
W. A. Sunday, who is conducting a j
revival in Winston-Salem, will de- J
liver the graduating address to the
class of the high school in Walnut J
Cove on Saturday, May IHh, at 10
o'clock A. M.
t Walnut Cove is to be congratulat
ed upon the prospect of having Mr.
(Sunday with them. He is probably
the world's greatest and m »st well]
known evangelist and seldom speaks j
except in the larger cities, always j
attracting immense th.'otij-'s on r-wy i
occasion.
The evangelist will ppeak *n the;
large auditorium of ihe scin I bu Id- j
ing at Walnut Cow aid 'lk' ewnii'-.t-,
tee in charge announces that children ;
under ten years of t.gi' w'i! t.el be
admitted in order that room may be j
made for as many elder people as j
possible. The audience will nodoubt
tax the capacity of the auditorium.
PINE HALL
NEWS ITEMS
Commencement of High School
I logins 14th—Missionary So
ciety Meets.
Pine llall, May I.—On Saturday,
afternoon the Woman's Missionary j
society met with Mrs. A. Ci. Jones. |
All members were present. The,
business session was presided over |
by .Miss Rolls anil for next meeting,
each member shall report on sonv.'j
item concerning China. Following |
sill reports a delicious ice course was
served by the hostess.
Commencement exercises of the
Fine Hall school will begin on Thurs- i
day, May 1 Ith, at the school audi-,
.v toriuni lasting throughout the week.
» On Sunday, May the 17th the baca-1
laureate sermon will be preached by
Rev. A. J. Bowling, of Danbury.
Mrs. J. E. Dalton has returned
from a visit to Roanoke.
Many people have been attending
the revival meeting which is being
held in Winston-Salem, among whom
were Messrs. Tom Tuttle, \\. C.
Parris, W. 11. Ashburn, Mr. and Mrs.
C. L. Lester, Miss Mabel Ellis and
Prof. Geo. P. Hunt.
W. 11. Ashburn has reported sev
eral line "catches" from the pond
lately, one bass weighing five or
more pounds.
At the home of Air. and Mrs. Jim
Roberts on Saturday evening a very
enjoyable surprise supper with many
relatives and friends was attended
in honor of Mr. Robert's birthday.
J. E. Dalton and family enjoyed
ripe strawberries from own garden
last evening for supper.
Snow In Ashe
County Every Day
Winston-Salem, May L—People
coming from Ashe county report
during the past week in that
section it has snowed practically
every day but it incited as fast as
it fell except in a few spots on the
very shaded parts of the north side
of the mountains. Saturday after
noon it sleeted for a whih 1 .
While no damage was done to fruit
by the very cold weather of the past
week such has no means been the
case with tobacco plants and those
who have had occasion during the
past few days to travel over a con
siderable part of what is known as
the "old belt" report that insects
have played havoc with the young
plants and that farmers are already
trying to get in touch with farmers
in the tobacco belt of eastern North
Carolina for the purpose of secur
ing a supply of plants. If plants can
not be secured in the east it is said
that the shortage will mean a short
crop in the "old belt as it is too
late now to plant seed, this having
been done several months ago.
Even Blarney Some
times Fails .
Terence —'"Tis a fine lad ye havi
here. A magnificent head and nobh
features. Could ye lend me a con pi.
A of dollarsV"
p u t —"l could not. 'Tis me wife s
child by her first husband."— Lon
don Telegraph.
'MAY EXTEND
ROAD CONTRACT i
J State Highway Commission |
Reported To Have Made Of-|
for On Road From Walnut
Cove To Rockingham Line.
! It is stated that contractor Martin,
! who is building hard-sitrface road
i from I'ulp to Walnut Cove, has had
lan offer from the State highway
' commission in which they propose
j to let him extend the hard-surface
• from Walnut Cove to the Rocking
j ham county line at the same price
' per yard which he is to receive for
\ the Fulp-Walnut Cove road.
! This road is a part of the Winston
; Saleni-Koanoke highway and if Con
j tractor Martin fails to accept the
j offer of the State highway commis
j sion it will no doubt be awarded to ,
; some other contractor just as soon
i as possible as the road is expected
to bring lots of tourists from the
I north to Winston-Salem.
I
IBANK SHOWS
I PROFITABLE YEAR,
i I?ank of Stokes County's An-
I nnal Meeting of Stockholders
j and Directors May I—Oflic-;
ers Re-elected and Dividend
| Declared.
j The annual meeting of the stock
holders and directors of the Hank of
| Stokes County was held at the Wal
' nut Cove office on May 1. A large
attendance of stockholders was pres
i ent. The reports of the officers
showed the bank in strong position,
j with total resources of a million and
a half dollars. The year just closed
lon May 1 showed a successful man
agement, ami a cash dividend to
stockholders of 12 per cent, was
declared by the directors.
I All the old officers were re-elected
'a* follows: Dr. J. W. Neal, Prest.;
N. E. Pepper, Cashier at Danbury;
i C. E. Davis, Cashier at Walnut Cove;
' C. C. McGee, Cashier at Germanton;
H. 11. Leake, Cashier at King.
I Directors were elected as follows:
J. W. Neal, Sam'l llairston, J. B.
, Woodrutr, V. T. Grabs, S. W. Pull
iam, E. P. Newsum, 11. H. Leak, E.
I W. Carroll, Dr. W. 11. Hynum, C. M.
! Hauser, C. C. McGee, J. C. Carson,
j.l."Wesley Morefield, P. H. Linville,
II John 11. Marshall, C. E. Davis, J. A.
iI Law .-on, E. P. Pepper. N. E. Pepper.
Vice-Presidents: .1. I!. Woodrutr,
j Dr. W. H. Bynum, V. T. llrabs, I). S.
j Priddy.
! The Billy Sunday
Revival Meeting's
[ | Winston-Salem, May 3. This is
the beginning of the third week of
' | the Billy Sunday meetings and al
though services are hold twice every
day but Monday there has not been
a single service when less than 3,000
! people have failed to hear the great
evangelist. He is to be in \\ inston-
Salem for six weeks and many there
are who have hit the sawdust trail
but it has been done with less osten
tation than in a great many meetings
but has been none the less effective.
' On all sides can be heard reports
' „f the results that are being shown
' ; by the meeting.
[l
i, Even There They Are
Suffering*
'I Temperance Lecturer —"What is
' | the curse of Britain today ? \\h:.l
', brings man bleary-eyed to his work .
' What makes women neglect tbefit
rodlihcn? Yes—and what i.-s wreck
ing 'arf the 'appy 'omes in on'
land? What is it, gentlemen:"
Voice from the Crowd—"Cross
word puzzles!"- The Passing Shov
e (London.)
That Depends
b "How far do you get on a gallon?
i- "All depends on what's in the gal
lon."— Juggler.
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, May 6, 1925
NEW TICKET
WAS ELECTED
In Walnut Cove Municipal
Election Monday J. W. Man
uel Was Named As Mayor—
Town Commissioners.
In the municipal election held in
Walnut Cove Monday there were i
two tickets and the contest between I
the friends of the opposing tickets
is said to have been rather spirited.
The ticket elected is composed of
all new men and is as follows:
Mayor, James \V. Manuel; Town
Commissioners, H. 11. Davis, W. L.
Vaughn, ('has. K. Hutcherson, .J. L.
Welch. The retiring officers, who
were defeated by small majorities,
are Mayor, I'. H. Linville, Town
Commissioners, Dr. J. \V. Neal, J. IJ.
Mitchell, J. C. Hutcherson, W. I'.
Wheeler.
Walnut Cove is installing electric
power and lights and water and
sewer systems and is investing con
siderable money in these conven
iences, which fact makes the town
offices probably of more importance
than usual, hence the strong inter
est shown in Monday's election.
STOKES TO PAY
VETERAN'S FARE
To Coming Reunion At Wilson
j —Very Few In County Now
—Commissioners In Session
1 Monday.
At the* meeting  f the Stokes;
( board of commissioners Monday an 1
order was made that the county pay
the railroad fare of the Confederate.
1 veterans of Stokes who attend the
coming reunion of the veterans at •
Wilson, N. ('.
There is now only a small number .
of the old vets in the county and it !
is likely that less than half dozen
of them will attend the reunion.
The commissioners hired Geo.
Fulton, colored, to H. 11. Davis, of
Walnut Cove, for a period of 30
days to pay cost of his trial at last
term of court. Fulton has served
l his term on the road.
TWENTY ROAD .
PROJECTS LET
Only One Road For This Dis
trict, This Being From Win
; ston-Salem to Rural II?ill.
; j Raleigh, May s—The state high-1
•. way commission announ i 1 tonight
■] low bidders on twenty (instruction
• 'projects in eighteen counties pro\•!-
• | ing for 171 miles of hard-surfac» d,
• sand asphalt and graded road:', to
i; cost 3,282.051.13.
•j One hundred and twenty-three bids
• iw. re received and opened t.> lay by
' | the commission, and contract* w.ll
■ j be awarded low bidl -«'s at once. The
I work will take the second bij' slice
I from the new S2O OiHI.OI'O highway
j issue authorized by the 102 > general
j assembly.
>!
The only road let in th's district
> was the one from Rural Ilnli ''■
f Winston-Salem, as follows:
-! No. 71(1, Forsyth courtty, 10.33
>•' miles of concrete paving between
i Winston-Salem and the Stokes coun
-1 tv line, J. M. Gregory and company,
t $271 .•>.">7.10; structures, Nance Con
-1 struction company, $(170.
_ |
;! Poteat-Lassiter Wed
*i ding at Walnut Cove
, ! Miss Elizabeth rot eat, niece of
| Air. end Mrs. R. S. Nunn, and Mr.
I C. C. Lasfiter. son of R. S. and Mrs.
j l.assiter, of Goldsboro, were mar
- j ried at the home of the bride at
Walnut Cove Sunday afternoon by
the Rev. Hugh Moore, pastor of the
s Friends church of Winston-Salem,
t and cousin of the groom. A quiet
? | home affair, only a few intimate
r j friends were present.
I After May 10 the young couple
ir will be at, home at 214 South Broad
street, Winston-Salem.
- The bride is a student at Drough
ts- an's business college, and the groom
holds a position with Thompson's
drug store in Winston-Salem.
„ The bride was attired in a beau
tiful gray ensemble suit with ac
cessories to match and c'arried a
1- bouquet of pink and white rosebud?
and ferns.
KING SCHOOL
CLOSES NEXT WEEK
Work Starts On Two Churches
and Other Buildings—Miss
Boyles 111 —Business Makes
Change.
King, May 4.—Mr. W. A. Smith
i has purchased half interest in the
I mercantile business of Hobson Pres
ton on ihe corner of Depot and Main
streets. Mr. Smith will be actively
engaged in the business which will
be continued at the same location.
"Thunderbolt Tom." the evange
list, of W'nsto;-S..l:m, wa. here
Friday looking after some busi"ess
matters.
Dr. R. S. Helsabeck attended th"
state medical nuvt'ng held at I'ine
Hurst last week.
Thursday, Friday anil Saturday,
May 1 Ith, 15th, and 10th, have been
lixed as the dates for the high
school commencement here. A line
program is being arranged and large
crowds are expected.
The R. J. Reynolds team defeated
■ the lied Goose team in a hard
fought game of base ball played on
the King diamond Saturday. The
score stood three and one.
Attorney Piereeson Rumley, of
Hendersonville, spent Sunday with
] relatives here.
A large crowd from here attended
I the Billy Sunday meeting at Wins
. | ton-Sah ni yesterday,
j The King All Stars crossed bats
with High Point >n the High l'oint I
diamond Saturday. > .-suiting in a|
score of four and two in favor of |
High I'oint.
Mr. Jesse Spease, of Tobaccoville, j
was among th«- visitors here Sunday. '
Mr. I'. 11. Newsum li-ft this morn
ing for Elizabeth City whore he goes
as a delegate to the state conven- J
tion of Modern Woodman of Ameri-1
ea, to be held the (ith and 7th.
Mr. Joe Goodman, of Winston-
Salem, is here on business today.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilburn Newsoni, of
Winston-Salem, spent Sunday with
Mr. Newsum's mother on Pulliam
Work on the new Christian church
on West Main street is being push
ed along at a rapid rate. The struc
ture is being erected of brick and
will be modern in every particular.
Mr. Charlie Hooper, of Winston-
Salem, was among the business visi
tors here today.
Work on the new Moravian church
which is to be built on West Main
street will be commenced within the
next few days. This building will
be constructed of brick.
Mr. A. H. Newsom, of Clemmons,
is here today looking after some
business matters.
Material is being placed on the
! site preparatory to erecting a nice
new home for Mr. .1. M. Smith in
. Pilot View, the new development
; just east of town.
Mr. Lucian Moore, one of our best
citizens, is very sick at his home
two miles east of town.
! The Fowler-.lones Lumber Com
pany expect to open up their new
place of business the latter part of
, this week. They will handle all kinds
]of building material.
Miss Pansy Boyles, who has been
very sick at the home of her father.
Mr. C. O. l'.oyles, on West Main
j street for several days, shows no
improvement, we are sorry to note.
I»r. S. F. Tillotson, of Capella,
Ii- here today looking after sotni
: i.-al estate deals.
The corner stone laying of the
new Moravian church on West Main
street will take place on the first
Sunday in June at 3:00 o'clock P. M.
The Moravian brass band of Beth
ania will make music for the occas
ion.
Self-Sacrifice
"Mania," said little F.lsie, "I do
' i wish 1 had some money to give you
for the poor children."
Her mother, wishing to teach het
the lesson of self-sacrifice, said
• "Very well, dear; if you would like
to go without sugar for a week, Fll
give you the money instead, and
1 tlu-n you will have some."
The little one considered solemnly
' for moment, and then said, "Must it
'be sugar, mama?"
' j "Why, no, darling; not necessar
-1 il.v. What would you like to dt
' without?"
"Soap, mama," was Elsie's answer
- Boston Transcript.
! i Truth is stranger than fiction. I
s I doesn't come around as- often.—
I Columbia Record.
STORES ROAD
IS ELIGIBLE
Has Qualified For Hard-Sur
face Under Rule Laid Down
By State Highway Com
mission.
Patrolman W. R. Sands counted
the cars and trucks that passed over
the D.'inbury-Walnut Cove ,'road 1
yesterday from seven o'clock in the
morning until six in the afternoon, i
Seven hundred and twenty-four j
passed during the ten hour period— j
and it was legitimate traffic. In fact
Mr. Sands, who stays on the road
constantly, says that the traffic on
this road will now average Too or
more cars and trucks daily. The
State highway commission re
quires the patrolman to count the
traffic one day in each month and it
never conies under 700, sometimes
passing a thousand.
Some two years since the State
' highway commission made the state
l merit that all roads in the State hav
j ing as many as six hundred cars
| passing over them during a day of
' ten hours would be hard-surfaced,
ias it would be more economical to
pave them than to maintain them as
soil roads. Hut this rule evidently
don't apply in the case of the road
to the county seat of Stokes.
1 The survey was made and definite
promise "f a hard-surface road to
Danbury was given nearly two years
; | s'ince, but our ivople are gvtvng
"out of heart" as the lust $20,000,-
000 bond issue will soon be allocated.
I
COMMENCEMENT
AT FRANCISCO j
Exercises To Be Held At Stokes
; High School May G-S; Ail-;
dress By Rev. L). H. Wilcox, j
| Principal O. 11. Hauser, of the I
1 Francisco high school in Stokes j
| county, announces the program of |
his annual commencement exercises j
for May ti to 8. Rev. D. H. Wilcox,
assistant to the pastor of the First
Baptist church of Winston-Salem,
will deliver the address on May S at
11 o'clock a. m.
The exercises will commence on
Wednesday night, May 0, with a
girls' recitation contest. Thursday
at 2:30 p. m. the boys' declaration
contest will be held. On Thursday
night at 7:30 o'clock the high school
students will give a play entitled,
"Am I intruding?"
j News of Germanton
j Germanton, May •">.—The wheat
is looking very good in this section.
1 Misses Nina Chapman, l-ela Tat
tle, Hattie Tatum, Myrtis Montgom
| cry iind Ethel Blavlock were tin
I guests of Misses Pearl and I rein
, Smith Sunday.
Miss Irene Smith has just return
ed from King where she spent thi
past week with her cousins, Mr. and
Mrs. B. (Boles.
Mrs. i>. C. Boles, of King, who
I has been very ill, is fast improving.
Miss Etta Boles was the guest of
i Misses Blanche and I.illian Smith
. j Sunday.
i | Mr. John Browder and family, "f
, I Rural Hall, and Mrs. John Tuttle and
. I part of her family, of High Point,
.visited their brother and sister. Mr.
..(and Mrs.P. L. Smith, of Gernmnton.
'tin past Sunday.
Striwlurries are getting ripe in
, this ntion.
, BROWN EYES
- And Still Less Would
Do
Judge "Have you anything to
say, pti.M.ner, before sentence i
passed upon you
J Prisoner "No, your lordship, ex
.l. cept that i! takes very little to please
me."- Answi i
1 This Can't Be Tennesee
1 | Lady—"\\ hy I. wv thov lrt sill thi
1 monkeys out of t.ieir cages?"
Zoo Attendant "Holiday, mum
r ] This is Darw in - birthday."—San
t , ford Widow.
-! The only real obstacle to everlast
l( itig peace is the fact that there art
; more dogs than bones. Sherbrooki
-.' (Que.) Record.
So far as the French debt to us i:
t concerned, money seems to be th
- only thing we havent been able ti
get.- Baltimore Sun.
No. 2 769
! SCHOOL MEETING
HERE YESTERDAY
Several Hundred Stokes Citi
zens Hear Prof. J. M. Proctor
Explain County-Wide Con
solidation Of Schools.
Five or six hundred Stokes citi
j Zens attended a mass meeting at the
i court house here today held fur the
j purpose of considering a county
i wide plan for the organization or
consolidation of the schools of Stokes
I county.
i Prof. J. M. Proctor, representing
j the State department of education,
addressed the citizens, explaining
l in detail the plan of consolidation
as worked out bv himself nvd Supl.
! of Schools J. t, Carson. T:iik wera
, also made by .'ohn L.  hii-uau, a
member of the ooarri f ed ' :,iion,
I and by J. Carson f.nd others.
Recently Prof. Proctor and Supt.
, Carson have visited all the
I schools districts of the county and
plans have been made for establish
ing high schools in reach of every
child in the county. Those who are
' familiar with the county state that
' the plan is well laid out. It is stat
ed that it will require some two,
three or four years to complete the
' carrying out of the plan, but that
the school board will begin the work
' as soon as possible. The State law
1 now requires the consolidation of the
• schools and unless the plan is car
ried out the money which the State
h;ii- been paying over to this county
jto help support our schools will lie
withheld and the county will he loft
entirely dependent upon it- own re
sources.
I
Pesonal and News
j Items At Walnut Cove
Walnut Cove, May fi.— Walnut
j Cove held its annual election Mon
day, May 4, and the following offic
ers were elected: Messrs. W. L.
Vaughn, Harry Davis, C. R. Hutchi
son and Joe Welch, Town Commis
sioners; Mr. J. W. Manuel, Mayor.
Miss Alma Chilton returned home
Saturday after a long stay in
Greensboro. Her many friends are
glad to have her with them again.
Misses Nina and Essie Morefield
returned Sunday from a visit to their
sister, Mrs. J. B. Gw.vn, of Charlotte.
Mrs. J. I). Franks and children, of
Greensboro, spent Monday with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. More
field.
Miss Sara Mitchell returned Sun
day from a visit to relatives in Hills
bo ro.
Mr. J. W. Morelield made a busi
ness trip to Winston-Salem Tues
day.
Mr. George Jarvis was in Greens
boro Tuesday A. M.
i Miss Dorothea Thome, of Salis
bury. was a visitor in town Sunday.
Mr. C, S. Austin made several
itiips to Salisbury Sunday.
1 Mr. T. ('. Hart man visited rela
\ lives in Salisbury last week-end.
Mi -.i,lines Nannie and .Jacob l'ul
' I ton ai d Miss Myrtle Hiirge went to
!| Wnii-'.on-Salein Tuesday afternoon to
( h ar Hilly Sunday,
j Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Dodson spent
. ! the week-end with relatives in En
, licit), N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. C. I". Davis heard
'. Hilly Sunday's sermon in Winston-
Salem Tuesday night.
"| i art. ('. S. Currier, of F.lkin, was
! in town Tuesday- afternoon,
j Mr. i . A. Richardson, nicmbi rof
! Suite High Commission, of Elk in,
! spent this week here.
Mr. George Martin was in town
this week.
All Quiet In the Build
ing: Trade
Country Cousin (after prolonged
t , inspection of building operations)
"I don't see the sense of putting
i statutes on the top of your build
-2 ings."
"' Friend "Statutes? Those aren't
t ,' statues. They're bricklayers.
Punch.
!: Thou Shalt Not Crib
First Freshman in Math Exam
I- "How far are you from the correct
re answer?"
it Second Freshman in Math Exam —
"Two seats." —The A. & S. Link.
is Hob says reaction ia in the saddle
u* at Washigton. We wonder if this
to is a sly dig at Calvin's electrical
horse.— Milwaukee Journal.