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DANBURY REPORTER Volume LI. STOKES SCHOOLS TO BE CONSOLIDATED A High School In Reach of Every Child In the County Was Assured By the Action of Stokes Officials Yesterday. By an almost unanimous vote, at a joint meeting of the board of county commissioners and the board of education held here yesterday, the schools of Stokes county are to be consolidated and a high school is to be placed within reach of every child of school age in the county. The plan as worked out by the board of education and the State L authorities, provides for the erec- I Am of modern school buildings at " i>anbury, Sandy Ridge, I.awsonville and Francisco, and the enlarging of the school buildings at King and Pinnacle. The buildings to be erected and those to be enlarged, with the amounts to be expended at each place, are as follows : Sandy Ridge building, $1">,000. I .nwsonville, SI">.000. Francisco, .SI ">.OOO. Danbury. $ 1 S.OUO. King, $2. r ».0()0. I'innai le, $10,0"0. Funds for the erection of the school building at D; nburv are av ailable now. havinr '.ivn .«o-.ure.l from the State built'in't funds und t niira t will be let for the erection i f the building on July Bth. Tlu other buildings will be financed by the county, an 1 construction work v 'II be started on thenl just a* 'on as possible. A very desirable building lot was secured by tlu* s.'hool board .Monday fir the l>anbury school. It was purchased front Mr. \\. \ . Mc( anless and is located on the western end of Panluiry >n a nice elevation. The obi si hool building and lot hciv will be sold at public auction at ar early date and the money applied on the new lot. Charlotte Leads All 4 Towns Of State Charlotte, June 21.—Oharlotte's automobile license sale of $17,001 last Monday exceeded by $2,000 tht highest one-day record made by anj otllce in the State last year, accord ing to K. A. Houghton, Statt Commissioner of Revenue. This record was made on the op ening day of the sale of lo2~>-20 au tomohile license plates. The rusl was continued, unabated throughout the week.. Charlotte expects ti put out more than $250,000 worth oi plates this season. The opening day in Kalcigl biought $1 I,Out) to the State treas nry. Guilford Tobacco Crop In Bad Condition (ireen-boro, June 21. The tuba.' co cron in (iuilford county is in : serious condition owing to the lonf! continued drought, says count) fat.ii demonstrator J. I. Wagoner Much of it is ••buttoning," he said vhich is an alarming condition, li I far too early for the plants t» | "button. In some setions of the count) rain has fallen in spots and the to ( bacco is better in these sections atui considered safe for a while yet. Drought Hurts Crops Around Madison Madison, June 21.—The drought which has prevailed in this sectior since the second week in May eon t'nues unbroken except for light showers. Much tobacco that was planted during the first week oi June hid died and other crops art showing the effect of the dry wcath er. Corn is also being seriously af fected by the lack of rain and by t worm that is destroying the roots oi the stalks, one farmer declaring that at leust a third of his crop hat died from this cause. Prof. Hardy Carroll, who has been acting principal of the Moun Airy graded school the past sess,on has returned to his home at Mr/.t eh and was a visitor in Dunbury Mt.n day. READY TO TURN |; ON THE JUICE i f Walnut Cove's Power Plant Is About Finished Catching j Fish In the Dan—New Resi- t dences Being Erected. Walnut Cove, Juno 2:?.—The cloc- ' ;ric power plant for Walnut Cove is v u>\v about completed anil as soon as 1 some minor adjustments are made y he juice will be turned on, which •vent our town's people have antici- ! oated for some time with much sat- ' isfaction. It is assured us that I there will !>:• plenty of power to re- 1 place all the oil engines that have f been used here for years for vari >us purposes. The power will also 1 lie sold to Pine Hall for operating ' ihc brick plant there and other pur- 1 poses. It is rumored that a new con- tract mav be let to enlarge the dam ' •ii the Dan in order to furnish sui- ' ilitional power for industrial use. Th:' se.'ond well now being ilusi to 1 iiugmcnt the town's water supply 1 lias leached a depth of over "..'ill foot. 1 Wilier has risen to within :'.o foot of 1 the surface. It is hoped to turn on ' til ' water for use in a few days. The cement road between Walnut I ove and i'tllp lias been completed this way as far as the railway cms-1 sing anil trallii: lias been turned over | the finished .-ection, eliminating tlie | detour between hole and Winston- Salem. Several new homes arc being erec ted on north Main street. The nice tilling station being built by N'eal j iiros. on Main street will soon bo finished and will add much to the at tractiveness of this section of the town. Fishing in Dan river near the new | power plant has become quite a fad i with some of our citizens. When the) gates are closed in the dam and the! water is allowed to run off below it | is an easy matter to catch large tisli j and some line ones weighing from it to 111 pounds have been taken. j This section was visited by a tine! rain Wednesday last. It was badly needed, crops having suffered sever ely recently from the drought. Misses Carrie Moore and Coodle | N'eal left last week for New York, | whore they will spend some days bo-, fore sailing for Europe spend the | summer. Ralph Tuttlo has returned from school at the Stat.' I'nivi rsit.v and will spend the summer with his pa rents here. Marriage Licenses Issued Recently During the past few days liegist T of Deeds John J. Taylor has issued license for the marriage of tile fol lowing named young couples : Mcggs 11. Flippin to Uculah E. Jt'ssUjl. Joe Austin to Kthol Scott. C. ('. Lassiter to Elizabeth Potent. James W. Bennett to Susan Boles. I'oid Dorsett to Nonie Gordon. W. S. Cole to Flossie Warren. (). !,. Snider to Clcnimio Gordon. •I. I!. Morris to Khua Isloy. Major Martin to Tiny S. Spencer. Coy E. Rhodes to Pearl Rhodes. Robert A. Heck to Doris Christian. William Shclton to Sadie Flinn. Paul Westmoreland to Hope Doles. C. A. Wall to Mary Duncan. Barry to Mollie l.loyd. Clemon Stuart to Mary Stuart. Joe Hairston to I -ill je Welch. Road Commissioner Cameron Resigns Raleigh, June 23.—John Cameron, of Kinston, for four years State highway commissioner, for the sec ond district, has resigned that po sition. Governor McLean announ ces the appointment of Charles R. Wheatly, of Beaufort, to fill the vu j cancy. Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, June 24, 1920 R. S. COLLINS HURT BY CAR Was Driving Through King At Time of Accident—Big Time In King On Fourth July— Three Base Ball Games. King, June 22.— R. S. Collins, of Westfteld, was driving along Main street in West King Friday after noon in a Ford touring ear when sud denly one of the radius rods came loose and the ear dashed down a 1- foot embankment and hit a stump, demolishing the ear. Mr. Collins was hurried to the King Drug Co's. place and was attended by Dr.Stonc, and Dr. Helsabcck, who found that he had 1 front teeth knocked out, a lacerated lip and his right linger was broken and cut. While his wounds were very painful, fortunately he was not seriously hurt. Mr. Collins was alone at the time of the accident. Henry Moser, aged 70 year.;, died at his home 1 miles South of town Friday almost suddenly with appo plexy. Mr. Moser was one of our best citizens and will be greatly mis sed in his community. There will be "something doing" in King on July -1. Three big base hall games will be played. Supper I and refreshments in the afternoon | for everybody and a general good ! time. You are invited to come and 1 lie with the crowd. Forest lire on the Sattratown mountain north of King has been ra-> gitig for s >mo days, burning every thing in its path. Mr. Wesley F.a- ! ton's residence was burned Satin-1 day. Several hundred acres of line , timber has been burned over. Dr. S. F. Tillotson, who under- , went an operation at Martin's le>spi- | : t.-i| in Mt. Airy last week for appen- i diritis, is tvport>d t" be getting on' I nicely. Rev. Oscar Ilelsubeck, of IJicli-1 nioiid. Ya., is spending several days with relatives here. The M. W. A. ball team of this I I place defeated the "Red (loose" j team, also of King, in a game here Saturday. Score I I to S. Mrs. Knox Leeson, and children, of Richmond, Ye.., are visiting rela tives here . ' Dr. F.rnest Gritlin removed with | the knife a cancer from the face of | Mr. Julius Katon, of Pinnacle, yes i terday. July Fourth To Be Big' Day In Madison Madison. June '22. —Preparations for a joyous, though safe, sane and sober, observance of the fourth of I July have been about completed by | local citizens, it is learned, and if ! the weather man gives us a fair day i it will be an occasion long to be re membered here and throughout the | entire section by the citizens who attend. Madison expects to enter tain n >t less than ten thousand vis itors on this gala occasion. AM i entertainment is what it will lie for there i- going to be sonie | thing doing all day and far into the I night. The hungry will be fed and I the thirty will be given drink, Members of the entertainment eom j mittee are responsible for this in teresting statement. The drinks will be soft but every thing will be free and the public will find a hearty welcome awaitinjj them. Bantam Rooster Mother Of Chicks Lexington. June 12. Six line lit tle chicks were hatched out Mondaj ' i morning after a bantam rooster be | longing to Mrs. F.rnest Smith, ol '[ this place, had sat upon the eggs foi | the required period of time and ac ' cording to news from the chicken loi there is no prouder "mother" it Lexington. It may have been the heat or i may have been some other caus that made the bantam rooster ac that way. but several weeks ago hi began to sit around on bricks, etc > When he persisted eggs were pu under him and he stuck to the jol , until bis reward came Monda; L ' morning. Germany expresses willingness t - cut out poison gas in warfare. Ther would be less danger of warfare i - all nations would cut out poisons ga in propaganda.—Louisville Times. WALNUT COVE PERSONAL ITEMS M. E. Church Observes Chil dren's Day—To Turn On the Lights Saturday— Locating Madison Road. Walnut Cove, June 23.—The M. K. rhurrh here observed Children's I Day with a very interesting and en- s joyable program. ( s Several delegates from the mis- 1 sionary society of the Walnut Cove • M. F. church attended the district 1 Missionary Conference held in Leak- ■ svillo-Spray Wednesday, 12th. I Contractor Jones has about com-, i pleted the Walnut Cove power plant. and expects to turn on the lights I Saturday night. | ' Mrs. Itussel Smith spent the week > end with relatives in Statcsviile. Miss Alma Chilton returned the j 1 past week from a visit to relatives |: in Greensboro. . Miss Margaret Hutchison visited I: friends In lieidsville last week. : G. S Austin and H. Hartman 11 attended a dance at Klkin Friday i i night. Mrs. A. A. Fowler and Misses I Sara and Klizabeth Mitchell, of N. j I C. \\. summer school, were home j I for the week end. ; I Attorney G. 1.. Jarvis and S. j I Rie-'son returned Friday from a trip j I to Asheville. Misses Myrtle Murg and Luetic I Snow and Mrs, (ieo. i'.ilton spent : Tuesday afternoon in Winston. i Miss Mildred Moritioid, ..f Wins- toll-Salem, spent the Week end with • ' her parents here. Mrs. .1. I.a mb and little datigh- j ter. Nancy, of Greensboro. are visi-1 ting I»r. and Mrs. A. ti. .loves. K. i. (iilmer spell tile Week - end | with hi* daughter. Mrs. Far. ly, in ' Wilminu'ton. Mr. ami Mrs. l'everly Jones and : Dr. K -.'ves Jones spent Sunday | with their parents here, Dr. anil [ Mrs. A. (1. Jones. A party of engineers are in town | for a few weeks making a final 10-1 cation of the road between Walnut j Cove and Madison. M ..-v:' Eunice and Gladys More- j lield and J. W. Moretleld spent a few j days in Charlotte last week. Dr. and Mrs. It. G. Tuttle, of Winston, spent Sunday with Mrs. J. A. and Miss I.ucy Burton. Miss Helen lticrson, of Charlotte, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. S. I . Kier son. It. W. Slate, of High Point, was a visitor here Sunday night. Lawrence McKae, of Italeigh, was in town Sunday night. Dr. John Holt and G. L. Jarvis \isited Danbiiry Tuesday. A. T. Dare, of Winston-Salem. was her.- Saturday purchasing property | on whiifh to erect business and resi dential houses some time so M. (ieo. King, of Martir. II", was in 'own Monday. This Story Sounds Altogether Too Tame li' nsboro News. Leport comes that in '1 •••.;• - . lar nti r inserted an adv rtiseii .eir in a newspaper like this. Los' One J, i -ey heifer. To the one who r turns her 1 will give a drink of Four jit'.-e whiskey, 10 years old." \i■■ the next morning there were nine in a with Jersey heifers standing in his yard. The story on the fa. • is ridiculous. If the incident had ta ken place in Guilford the nunilu i of those standing in the yard next | morning would have been '.'.'!2, not ei those who had already I fe nrht their way into the house. Summer School Opened Monday The sumnu't' school for Stokes I Surry county teachers, being ! ;l jointly 1 y the two counties, Ia- Pilot Mountain, opened Monday, j K norts are that the enrollment is i large. | It was fortunate for the person I who invented the word scotl'-law that | full payment was made in cash and i not at the rate of so much for every • time anybody used it.—Ohio State : Journal. ! "A saxaphonc will last as long as fifteen years," declares a trade jour j tail. Not if Wi' can help it. —Punch. FOUR YOUNG BOYS ARRESTED Charged With Robbing Home Of Cal Amos Near Sandy Ridge—One Held For Court, Three To Reformatory. Frank Dalton, Hoyle Smith. Guy Hutner anil John Taylor, aged re spectively 10, 12, l-'i and l'i years, all claiming Greensboro as their home town, were taken into custody Monday afternoon by Constable Hardy Ziglar, .if Snow Creek town-j ship and brought to the county jail here charged with breaking and en tering the home of Cal Amos at Sandy Ridge Sunday afternoon and taking a number of articles from the home, among these being a -hot gun. a rifle, a razor and other things. The young offenders were given a hearing in the Juvenile Court here j yesterday and Judge A. J. Kagg or- I dered that the three youngest be j sent to the State reformatory for' youthful criminals, while Guy Hut- j ner. the ltf-year-old boy, was held for Superior court under a $lOO.OO bond. All of these boys are being held here until Mr. Fagg can eon fer with the authorities of the re formatory. Hutn.'f has not yet furnished bond. The parents of tin boys in Greensboro have been noti fied of their arrest. At the time their arrest j boys wen • assing, througl tln-i Sandy IJidge section driving a i • t i I car. Thi \ -tated that they had beet. j over in \ irginia and were or. thi :r | way home Constable Ziglar o -r -took them only after a liar , race | for se\i ia! miles. BILLY SUNDAY C'U'B IN' STOKES Kvantfelistic Services At I iart - matt Kadi Night This Week lU'i|Ui'st For Services At Piedmont Spring.". Winston-Salem. June 21. —The j Hilly Sunday Club of this city is doing some effective evangelistic work through its various gospel team organizations. Under the plan of service the clubs arc assigned to visitations among the various communities of this section of the State. Probably the most outstanding feature of activities this week is the series of meetings being conducted at llartman school house in Stokes county. This request was for a se ries of meeting.- starting last Sun day to continue nightly thi•igh next Sunday. Fach evening rcpie si ntatives of some team hei• i.ave in ■ assigned by I >r. Cha.». •' A■ v aiuier, the captain, and the ,-erv. vt- by each group have pre'..' .'in- 1 .-uccessful. there being a w ' n ' ' •• interest shown by the -e\ . i > ■':*. or mi re attending ea.li - -i\- A i *>|tlesl lia- been ri ceivt : 1 • Piedmont Spring- that the ' range a scti. - of service., to In •• •it that resort beginning in xi day. Wheat Yield Low In Davidson County Lexington, June 2'.'. —Wheat > in '!u- county will not be a ili \. ar as last, in the opinion ot • vtowers. Some fields ii ■x • : ii' 'V shocks liberally but 'la )i, not (|llite so well tilled a la • : lii other places th -'rav ~ i it lire as well as ii did la»: %..... Many bumper yields %u ii i-ci • i- la-: season, which saw on. of tl wheat crops in the his t,,i-\ , ■ • minty. Too 1..w ii in per.*it • wed by exce-sr e Ilea* previ ii 1 per maturity, it i sail by farm However, the crop a> a whole I* expected to be nui. I below la ir's production. Mo-' of the \\ i u Davidson has beei cut and ill -hers are ready t. begin their w McLean and Lacy Will Close l>iir Loan Dea Raleigh, Jura Governor Me Lean and State Tn i- irer lacy lef last night for New York to close th deal for $15,000,001' .-f the $lO,OOO, 000 short term note- re> . ntly autb orized by the couir.il vf S'.utc. Nc. 2,776 TO HOLD SCHOOL ELECTIONS SOON Kinj? and Hawponu Districts Will Vote On Special Taxes Aug. 11—Hawpond Wants A Junior High School. On petition of citizens of King: and Hawpond school districts the county commissioners yesterday or dered that school elections he held August 11th in each of the districts. In the King district the object ot' the election is to vote on increasing the tax rate for school purposes to the amount of .'5l cents on the hun dred dollars, this additional tax to be used to enlarge the school build ing, etc. Officers of the election were named as follows : Registrar, Charles i:. Carroll; Judges, V. T. Oralis and V. T. Hur*. grove. Voting place, King In Hawpond dii-trk". it is desired by the advocates of the election to levy a special tax not to exceed fifty cents on th - hundred dollars for the purpose of establishing a . unior high school at some point in the district. The officers named to hold the elec tion in that district are; Registrar, R. S. Redding: Judges. R. 11. Tuttle and J. •>. Bennett. Voting place, -tore of J. M. Redding Son. IREDELL COUNTY BEATS STOKES Will Have 87 Miles of Hard- Surface it'iad When Projects N.»w Under Construction Arc Finished. I>v,iell county ha> i•• ly had • v ' ilent consideration a! the hands • f the State highway c immissioti. When projects in that county now •tnder construction are completed Iredell will have eitrhty-seven miles of perfectly smooth hard-surface highways. Six of these hard roads lead to the county seat Statesville. l ive of them are already completed leading into Statesville. Stokes county has not been so highly favored by the highway hoard. When the project from Fulp to Walnut Cove is finished Stokes will have less than three miles of hard-surface road, and none to its county seat —Danbury. What's the matter with Stokes ? They evident ly are under the impression that Stokes belongs to Virginia. KILLED MAN AND FOUND NO LIQUOR Deputy SheritV Searches Car Of P.oone Man ami Kills Him When He Protests PkOtigh Treatment. lilowing Rock. .lie. 11. ■ '■Voeten. deputy slit-r.:'' of Watiriuga inty. is in jail at !'■ •■: ■ . N. .. vged with the inurdet cf l.cott- Triolett, as the res.ilt of an ,;• r. •> n lu-tween the oil', r and Tiv..'l-t . fallowing the searching of ear last night. •i-arched the automobile of ~ up'u-d by himself and "J The officer found no liquor 'I rlplett began remonstrating w- - h tlii officer for searching the car whereupon the officer, claiming that he ha-i been attacked, pulled his gun uml killed Triplet:. A 111 at I g will be u:v«. ! ''•• '•* tolllor>.'\\. Areh Dodson To Have Hearing Monday Arch l>.iil>>n, a young tr.an ? th» M. adows section, was arrest---! he ■ Sunday, charged with oporat't-.g an automobile while intoxicated. lie furnished bond pending a hear.ng before .1 notice 1- J. Voung next Monday. G. Rufus Shelton Hurt When Team Runs (I. Rufus Shelton, of Danbury Route 1. was severely injured Mon day when his team ran away, throw ing him from a load of wheat on the wagon and breaking several ribs, as well as injuring him otherwise. Mr. Shelton's many friends hope he will soon be well again.
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