DANBURY REPORTER
Volume LI.
CITIZENS HOLD
MASS MEETING i
I
Resolutions Passed In Which
County Officials Are Request- ■
ed To Hold Down Taxes, Etc.
The mass meeting of citizens held
at the court house here Monday "to
consider ways and means to prevent
further indebtedness being put on,
the county." convened at 10 o'clock |
and organized by electing Thos. H.
Gerrj% of Walnut Cove, permanent
chairman, and Jas. M. Fagg, of Dil
larti, secretary.
The meeting was addressed on
the importance of reducing taxes by
to fit B. Tuttle, J. M. Fagg and others
I after which the following resolu
™ t ions were read and adopted:
1. Resolved: That the Chairman
be vested with power to select one
demo-rat and one republican from
each township to act as a Permanent
Tax Committee, subject to the call
of the Chairman.
2. Resolved: That the committee
be in.-tructed to solitit contributions
to a fund to be used to employ coun
sel to instruct them as to what are
the rights of the tax payer.
I!. Resolved: That the County
Highway Commissioners lie asked to
spend the maintenance money on the
upkeep of the roatls now built and!
not on the roads in construction.
I. Resolved: That the County
Commissioners be reiuested to re-1
fuse t > increase the county indebt-!
edness lor any purpose without first j
submitting it to the people and a J
majority vote india!- :'nh i.- their 1
desire.
Rt -ulved: That any public serv
ant who shall deliberately order ex
penditures in excess of the allot
ment t«> their department is heartily
t olid.mined by the people and the
said people will piosccute the offend
er to the extent «>f their powoer.
(1. R"solved: That the County
Commissioners be asi:el to 1 -find
their vote of acceptance of the school
budget, to go over the same care
fully and reduce it wherever possible.
7. Resolved: That the .'loud of
Education be requested to require
the Superintendent of Public In
struction to have his office in the
room at the court house which was
set aside for that purpose.
S. Resolved: That a copy of these
resolutions be presented to the re
spective Hoards and tmless our rec
ommendations are acted upon, the
Chairman is hereby instructed to
call a meeting of the tax payers for
further action.
It. Resolved: That a committee be
s/nt with an invitation to the Coun
ty Commissioners, the Board of
Education and Highway Commis
sioners to come up and discuss with
i;s ways and means of reducing the
t .unity expenditures.
10. R solved: That when Stokes
County gets out  f debt, we build
good school houses in each township
in the county.
11. Resolved: That any officer
tnat fails to comply with these reso
lutions, be asked to resign his office.
Tvo it i- 011. Democrat and
( tie Republican, were then named
for each to oml|> to act as a
A committee was then appointed
to wait 011 the members of the board
t.f county commissioners, the high
way commissioners and the board of
education, requesting them to come
up in the court room and make any
statements they might desire. 11.
11. Williamson, chairman of the
board of commissioners, Jno. 1..
Christian, chairman of the board of
education, S. P. Christian, chairman
of the road board, and J. C. Carson,
superintendent of schools, each made
.short talks. Mr. Carson stated
that his board had not and did not
expect to ask for an increase of
taxes on account of schools, explain
ing that before approving the school
budget of $80,000.00 the board had
been assured of sufficient increase in
the equalization fund from the State
to pay the interest on the $80,000.00
and create a sinking fund sufficient
to pay the principal in 20 years
without a penny of taxes from the
county either for interest or princi
pal. *
At the conclusion of Mr. Car
son's statements a number of those
who opposed the school budget were
heard to express themselves as hav
ing beeiv misformed and that they
I had changed their opinions. It is
| likely that a majority of those pres-
LET CONTRACT FOR i
SCHOOL HOUSE!
Building To lie Erected At Dan-!
bury In Time For Opening
Fall Term Of School—Nine
Bids Received.
At a meeting of the Board of Edu
cation held here for that purpose
yesterday a contract was awarded
for the erection of a school building
at Danbury at the price of 517,X35.
Sam T. Johnson, contractor of Gra
hant. was the successful bidder.
Nine bids were placed on the
building by as many contractors, a>.
follows:
Franklin Matthews, 32 l.'.'.'i 2.
1.. B. and C. A. Neal. s2;{.D~>o.
Hoyles Building Co., 522, IS.'i.
I.eaksvllle Lumber Co., $22."-IS.
J. H. Cook, $22.1:10.
J. M. Hopper Co., s2l.)■»>.
John 11, Wood, sl*.
Jas. A. R. Davis, 511»,2">'..
Sam T. Johnson, !5!7,N3.">.
The Hoard of Education had in
hanii SIS,OOO for t'ii:* buildin r an i it
will be noted that he figures •ome
within their estimate.
Mr. John-mi s> ,t -d .hat he 'void.l
begin placing niatiiial f tie- (mill
ing at once, and the fuUvact tails
fur its completion In t.m** for open
ing of school in Ihe fall
The funds for the Danbury school
building we re not included in the
school ! udget recently adopted by
the -county boards.
TWO ELECTIONS
FOR SCHOOLS
To Be lit Id Aug. 11th In Kimri
and liawpond School Dis-!
trict»—King Would Take In
Five Other Districts.
I
Acting upi)ti petitions tiled with
the board the county commissioners
on Mondy of this week that board
ordered that elections be held in King
and liawpond school districts to allow
the citizens of those communities to
vote on the proposition of levying
special taxes and consolidating the
schools of the respective territories
, in which the elections are ordered.
Both elections are ordered to be
held on the same day—August 11th.
la the King district ("has. R. Carroll,
is named as registrar and V. T.
(irabs and V. T. Hart grove are made
judges, the voting place being King.
1 An entirely new registration of all
1 voters i:-- required. The boundaries
of the district which will vote in
cluiic King, Dry Springs, >ak Grove.
Mt. Olive, Mountain View and
Creson school districts. The pro
position to be voted Upon is to levy
; a special tax not exceeding twenty
tine cents on the 1 till valuation of
property to supplement the schctd
funds of the districts mentioned,
j In the liawpond district R. S.
Redding is made registrar and J. ().
Bennett ami R. 1!. Tuttle are to act
as judges, the voting place to be at
Redding's store. A ii-'\v reegistra
tion for this election is also ordered.
The territory included in this dis
, trict is defined in a notice in regard
to the election appearing elsewhere
in this paper. The tax proposed in
the district is not to exceed fifty
cenjs on the SIOO valuation of
property and the proceeds to be used
to supplement the school funds of
the special district.
Revival At Walnut
i Cove Opened Sunday
i
The revival services at Walnut
1 Cove Baptist church began S' nday
with large congregations and a
! splendid interest. The pastor. Rev.
;O. K. Ward, delivered both the
j morning and evening sermons.
Rev. J. A. Snow, will assist the
pastor in the meetings, preaching
each evening at 7:1"> o'clock. He is
a forceful preacher and an earnest
revivalist and all are assured of
much good by hearing him through
out the meetings. All are invited.
ent who opposed the budget went
away from the meeting feeling much
better toward their county officers,
after finding that they were trying
to build several new school houses
in the county without cost to the
tax payers.
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, July 8, 1925
NINE APPLICANTS i
FOR PENSIONS
Stokes Pension Board Was In
Session Here Monday—J. R.
Turner May Be Placed On
First-Class List.
The Stokes pension board, com
posed of J. Walter Fowler, chairman;
E. W. Carroll and T. W. Tillcy, held
their semi-annual meeting at the
court house Monday.
Before the board were applica
tions from nine old Confederate i
veterans and widows of veterans who |
desire to be placed on the pension j
rolls of the State. Their names and !
addresses follow:
Rev. R. W. George, Francisco.
Mrs. Sallie Southern, Germanton
Route 1.
Mrs. l.uzettu Edwards, Pinnacle
Route 2.
William W. Smith, I.awsonville. i
David Bennett, King Rout" 2.
Mrs. M. P. Caudle. King.
Mrs. J. Ann Martin, Sandy :
Ridge.
A. T. Edwards, Pinnacle.
Mrs. Mary Jane Oakley. Sandy
Ridge.
J. R. Turner, of Beaver Island
township, made application to lie i
placet] in the first-class, being to
tally disabled. He is now in the ;
fourth-class.
The application were approved or
•iis't..proved by the county board and
foiwarded i ' Raleigh for the con
sideration i!' the Stale pension
i aid.
ROAD "BUILDING
IS SUSPENDED
! County Highway Commission
Will Hear No More Petitions
For New lloads Lntil Alter
January 1. 15)26,
No more petitions or applications
for the construction of new roatls
in the county will be heard or con
sidered by the Stokes County High
way Commission this year, according
to a resolution unanimously passed
by that board at their regular meet
ing here Monday. The entire atten
tion of the commission will be given
to completing roatls now under con
struction and maintaining those
already built.
Other business transacted by the
board Monday was onlv routine, such
as checking up accounts and paying
bills.
DANBCRY HAS
LIVELY DAY
Four County Boards and Far
ers' Association Were In
Session Monday, While Mass
I Meeting Of Citizens Added
To Crowd.
Tile county seat had a Idg day
Monday when a thousand or more
of the ciiii.t ns of the e unity visited
the court house on varioti- and sun-
I dry missions. Some came to attend
the regular meeting of the county
commissioners, a great many had
business before the road board, as
, usual, other* came on business in
I connection with their schools, as the
school board was sitting in scssion.
Then there was the meeting of the
! Farmers' ("o-operativ .• Marketing
I Association which drew stil l others.
I The pension board heart! the claims
of a number of applicants for pen
| sioiis, that board holding its regular
i semi-annual meeting. And added
1 to all these was a good bunch of
; citizens in attendance on the mass
' i meeting of tax-payers, so that all
'' together the crowd was a large one.
It looked like the village might have
I been celebrating the fourth of July,
1 anil nearly all seemed to be in good
H ■ spirits and gootl humor in spite of
* the heat and the dry weather.
t I
f i Saw Mill Burned
At Moore's Springs
The saw mill of W. G. Moore,
t ! located near Moore's Springs, was
ii destroyed by fire of unknown origin
• Saturday night. With the saw mill
x | a large lot of lumber was burned,
s ! The loss was quite heavy en Mr.
e ; Moore, as it is stated that he did
' not have any insurance.
PRIZES AWARDED |
IN CONTESTS:
I
Miss Gretna Tillotson Had Best!
Dressed Ford—T. J. liierson J
Badly Cut By Scythe Blade i
—King News.
King, July ti. —Mr. Ernest Hendrix
has purchased from E. P. Newsom
a nice business lot on South Depot
street on which he will erect a new
store building. He expects to be
ready to open up September Ist.
I Messrs. P. H. Newsom and W. E.
| Hendrix have just returned from
■ a business trip to Galax and Fries,
Va.
Mr. T. J. Rierson happened to
I what came near being a serious ac
cident here last Friday afternoon.
! He was grinding a scythe blade at
the King Milling Co.'s plant on East
; Main street. The blade was being
I ground on an emery wheel when
I the end caught in the belt and was 1
i thrown against his head, cutting an
ugly gash to the skull across his i
; forehead. Ilis hand was also cut
' pretty bail. Drs. Vtone and Helsa- :
beck attended him. His wounds j
! while very painful are not regarded j
as serious.
Mr. J. S. D. Pulliam, who has
been on the sick list for some time
is able to be on the street again, we
are glail to note.
Mr. Charlie Dalton, of ' hr.rl.itte.
was among the visitor.- I. -re yester
day.
The Ith of July a Miration here
was a big start ss, har.-'ivds of peo
ple being in attendance. Miss Greta]
Tillotson was the winnei of the ten j
dollar prize for the ni •est dresct 1;
tip Ford. Kester Burrow won se.utidj
prize. Fred E. Shore. Jr., won the'
prize for the worst run down Ford
that would run. Tine Bole.iack, aged ,
nine years, won first pr ; /.e foi climb
ing greasy pole, the second pii/.e
was awarded to Dorsie Boles. Buford
Manring won first prize In th • sack
r.ac •, while Daniel Preston '.von sec- j
oiiti. Four games of baseball were
play '1 during the day. Th" rirst
game was between '•The ){:•! Goose"
boys of King and Candla, score
twenty-one and one in favor of the
home team. Second game " Flic Red
Goose" and South Siiie Cotton >1 ill
of Winston-Salem. This was a good
game and the final score stood five
and four in favor of the "Geese."
In the third game "The Rt d loi se"
boys shut out Old Richmond, score
three and nothing. The fourth and
last game was the only game lost
.by the King boys. The Modern
| Woodman team of King and l.cwis
ville were the contestants, and the
s.-ore stooti seventeen and fourteen
in favor of visiting team.
Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Baker, of High
Point, were among the visitors here
Sunday.
; Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Pulliam spent
| Sunday with Mr. P• ■ i•;.i•:' ".irentc.
! mi Wist Main stree*..
' Mr. John I.cggins. f W •. Va.. is
; spending several day - with relative..;
, here.
Messrs. Jas. R. Caudle I F. P.
. N'ewsuni are planning u attend t h-•
i 27th national encainpnn *:t of I'niie.l
Spanish War Veterans t' 1 held
at St. Petersburg, Flu., August 27th
to Sept. Ist.
Mr. Nute Madearis, of Winston
-1 Salem, is here on business today.
WILL PURCHASE
MAPS OF STOKES
County Commissioners Will
Sell Them To Citizens At
Actual Cost Map Made
Jointly By Comity and State.
The map of Stoke.- county, which
has been ill process of preparation
for some months, is uo\f ready for
distribution, and an initial order for
one thousand copies lias been placed
with the printers by the county
commissioners. The county will sell
the maps to citizens at actual cost,
which will probably be around SI.OO
each.
? This map, which shows the town
ship lines, school districts, highways,
• streams, etc., was gotten up jointly
s by the county and the State Geo
-1 logical Survey, each sharing in the
1 expense.
Mr. and Mrs. Tildeii V. Size mo re,
1 of Germanton Rout*; 1, visited Dan
bury Tuesdu".
MORE TIME YET
TO BUY CAR TAGS
I
For Second Time State Grants j
Extension—July loth Fixed ,
As Expiration Date For Old
License Plates.
Word was sent out from Raleigh '
Tuesday afternoon that another ex- I
tension of time in which to purchase j
automobile plates had been granted, i
July loth now being fixed as the last!
day in which car and truck owners j
can use their old license plates.
The reason given for this second 1
extension of time is that the offices j
selling the tags are completely I
swamped with orders for tags and
were unable to get them to owners j
before the first time limit expired, j
The Winston-Salem license bureau j
has sold about 12,000 tags so far. |
Some citizens who have been there
from Stokes this week report that
a long waiting line is constantly in
front of the tag window. The office
is open from K in the morning until
•"> in the afternoon.
MORE CASH PAID I
TOBACCO GROWERS
Eastern Carolina Co-Ops ('Jet |
Checks and Statements—nidi
Belt Next.
Distribution of another payment,
though comparatively a small one.:
through co-operative receiving
points in Eastern North t ardina
from July 1 until July 7. added to'
the checks which have recently been
distributed in South Carolina belt
and those to IK- distributed shortly i:i
Virginia, will run the money end of'
the Tobacco tirowers' Co-operative I
Association's first quarterly settle
ment above a million dollars.
More than half a million was dis- ;
tributed in the South Carolina belt
several days ago and with the checks |
went to each member a full, detailed
statement showing what grades of.
tobacco had been marketed and fori
what they were sold by the associa
tion for him. Cordial approval of
growers throughout the South Caro
lina belt has been given to the new
quarterly statement method of pay
-1 ment.
While the total in Eastern North
Carolina is not so large as the South
Carolina total, it is made upon the
same new basis of settlement onicr
• oil by the association dir . tors
Checks going into Kastern Carolina
are for only a few grades which have
been sold. They cover, in the main,
the lower grades of scrap iin lading
l!l, 87, BS, 810, Bit. B S. lap. Dl.
D 2, DO, Dili, D Scrap. iv>. K7. F'».
F7. and H7.
Eastern Carolina growers may re
ceive these checks, with statelierv,
at their receiving points fr nu Jul\ 1
to July 7 but after the latter date It
will be necessary for tlieni to s i
their paiticipation receipts t> I! !i
--niond.
The steady flow of to-operative
| checks, providing cash money in I n
! seasons as well as in the fat ones,
is attracting more new contra-is
| than anything else, according t. co
operative workers in the South Caro
lina belt.
The quarterly statement system
meeting with distinct approval for
.1 furnishes the grower an opportun
, ity. .-it all times, to take a satisfac-
I tory inventory of his assets to check
against his bills payable, or liabil
ities.
Af:tr the Eastern Carolina distri
bution, which began last Wednesday,
checks and quarterly statements will
be distributed ill the old belt of Vir
ginia and North Carolina covering
payment on all grades sold up to
May 111.
Dr. E. W. Owens
Locates In Danbury
Dr. E. W. Owens, of Pilot Mt.,
has located in Danbury for the prac
tice of his prof's-i «n. having arrived
here Monday, lie will be joined by
his wife, now visiting relatives in
Nashville, at an early date. Dr.
i Owens, who is a son of J. I. Owens,
former Stokes county commissioner,
recently graduated at Vanderbilt
University, Nashville, Tenn. He will
have offices in the new Pctree build
, ing.
No. 2,778
SHOT THROUGH
BOTH LUNGS
Hugh Stovall, of Peters Creek
Township. Is Near Death's
Door—Zack C ampbell Held
Without Bond Charged With
Shooting.
Hugh Stovall, ugi-d about 30 yours,
a well known young fanner of
Fetor's Creek township, was shot and
probably fatally wounded, Tuesday
afternoon. He was immediately car
ried to the Stuart, Va., hospital,
and little hope for his recovery is
entertained. The latest reports
from there are that he is in a very
dangerous condition, being shot
through the lx»dy, the bullet pierc
ing both lungs.
Zack Campbell. l'.t-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Megs Campbell, who
reside near the Stovall home, is
■barged with the shooting, being held
in the county jail here without bond.
Ai i-iir ling to statements of Mrs.
Stovall and her sister. Miss Lillie
Frazier, who were eye witnesses of
I the shooting. Campbell came to the
Stovall home Tuesday afternoon
about 1 :liO o'clock with pistol in one
hand and his cap in the tfther and
was met at the door by Mrs. Stovall.
lb- asked for Miss Frazier, stating
that she and Mrs. Stovall hud been
telling his girl some things about
him that were untrue. After some
words- about the matter, it was stat
ed. Campbell slapped Mrs. Stovall.
tharing the disturbance Mr. Stovall
came "Ut and told Campbell not to
strike his wife any more, whereupon
Campbell tired at Stovall. at a dis
tance of about two >tc|)>. the pistol
hall entering his right side and pass
ing entirely through the body.
Campbell then walked away and was
arrested about an hour later by of
ficers 1". 1.. Flinchuni and It. M.
Fagg a short distance from the Sto
vall home. It was stated that when
| Campbell came to the Stovall home
he was drinking so that he stagger-
I "li
-1 I)r. J. 11. Ellington attended young
Stovall immediately after he was
shot and with his advice the wounded
man was rushed to the hospital. It
was learned here last night that he
would be operated upon at once, but
the result of the operation could not
be learned today.
The shooting is greatly deplored
since both men come from the best
families of the community in which
they reside.
News Items From
German ton Route 1
Germauton Route 1, .Lily —Mrs.
i'lorcn.-e Tuttlo, who has beet: on the
sick list for several days, is able to
be out again her many friends will
i'.- interested to learn.
Mr and Mrs. 11. 1.. llartgrove
iut Sunday afternoon with Mr.
:n.-I .Vis-. Roy White and children
i i Mr- .1. c. Kiscr.
Mi. and Mrs. Hoy White and chil
dren \ i.-ited Mr. and Mrs, Ollie
Whiti Sunday.
Mr. i idlie Tuttle, who is attend
■ inu the summer school for teachers
at I'Mot Mountain, spent the week
end with home folks.
Mi --is. Harry Joyce, Lloyd Wall
and .lack Vernon, of Madison Route
spent a short while with friends
near Friendship Sunday.
Miss Murill Boles spent Sunday
afternoon with Miss Salle Fowler.
Mrs. .100 Montgomery and chil
dren visited Mrs. M. F. Tuttle Sat
urday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Holes, of Win
ston-Salem, spent Saturday and
Sunday with relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. Jennings Tuttle and
| Miss Marshall, of Rural Hall Route
passed through Sunday enroute to
i Moore's Springs.
Among those who visited Miss
j I'mie Kiscr Sunday were: Misses
, Clarice Holland, Clootie Boles, Sallie
Kiser, Pearl Holland, and Messrs.
I James Kiser, Brodus Rutledge, Jas.
■ Jones, Posie Slate, Charlie Rutledge
i and others.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. White spent
, Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Manie
. j Tuttle.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Yates and
II family, of Randolph county, spent
- Sunday with their daughter, Mrs.
I Finest Boles.