DANBURY REP(>!cTER
Volume LI.
A WORD FROM
H. H. WILLIAMSON
Is Not Against Progress But
Thinks That Under Present
Circumstance: - . We Shoud
Go Slow On Ta»:o.
To the Editor of the Danbury
Reporter:
I see in your issue of the fith that
we were visited by one of the very
worse speeies of Georgia boll wevii
and i do hope prompt steps will be
taken to eradicate the pest from
the county.
The i l itter surely ran riot at the
I %'.;nty seat on the tith of July. First
| it wishes to (or is told) that head
ii.ul tail lights will be put on the
county commissioners. That they
are the champion rescinders.
I, as chairman of the board, wish
L> state in their behalf that one
member of that hoard has rescinded
a vote niie time. It seemed to be the
desire of the people that he did so.
He was elected by the people and 1
for one, glory in his trying to carry
cut their wishes.
1 was elected one of your com
missioners. My idea of the duties of
that otlice is to serve the people as
best I can regardlc.-s of politics. I
havu never gotten quite big headed
enough to think I knew better what
the people wauled than the people
themselves.
The Giorgia i di weevil was told a
great deal here, he saw some t >o,
but he failed to tell you that some
f the people of some of the lieorgia
entities had visited their county
- at and prevented the sale of their
land for taxes. Not once did they
go, hut just s.i often as the county
authorities put their land up f>r
We are agricultural people, the
very h"st occupation on God's earth,
but the pootcsi paid. Before I will
.11 one other dollar of burden oil
the old gray heads and the mothers
who bring their suckling babie> to
i tit.■ field while they are taking the
[J.-i length the babe should have, to
r.'.ake a product that is subject to
nearly every pestilence known to
mankind and every scheme that man
"Lind can devise to rob them of their
honest toil, I will walk out and let
a better man take my place.
Please do not think 1 am against
progress, I glory in it, but when
t uh year finds our tobacco price a
I'ttie lower, our land value shrink
ing and our burden of debt increas
ing, 1 cannot but say we should go
slow.
Faithfully yours.
H. H. WILLIAMSON.
Hugh Stovall
May Get Well
Hugh Stovall. young lVters Creek
t iwnship farmer, who was shot by
'/.ack Campbell, of the same comniun
ity, more than a week since, is still
living at thi.-- writing, tftiugh his
life his almost been despaired of
' since he was tirst shot. Reports
' from the hospital at Stuart avo to
k ''-.o oti'ci that he has a chance of re
■ i . ery though he was shot through
I I, n lungs, lb' was operated upon
soon after being shot. So far no
' complications have developed and
bis many friends hope he will soon
be on the road to recovery.
Young Campbell is still being
held in jail without bond, pending
developments in the condition of the
wounded man.
Hilly Sunday Club
- At Danbury Church
Team No. 11 of the Qilly Sunday
club at Winston-Salem, under the
leadership of Rev. K. T. Sims, con
ducted services at the M. F.. church
here Sunday night. About 25 mem
bers of the club canie along. The
attendance of Danbury people was
large. The service was very inter
esting and greatly enjoyed by thoSe
S present.
I Officers Pour Out
25 Gallons Whiskey
■ Twenty-five gallons of whiskey
I was poiti'cd out near I ampbell Sun-
I day by Sheriff J. F. Punlap and of-
F (tiers P. L. Flinchum and Henry
K Uunlap. The barrell of booze was
■ found hidden in the woods and the
I owner is not known to the officers.
| ONLY TWO CASES
TRIED SO FAR
i Civil Term Of Stokes Superior
Court Has Tedious Docket
To Dispose Of—May Con-:
tinue All the Week.
Up to Wednesday afternoon the
civil term of Stokes Superior court
has disposed of only two cases on
the docki t, both being rather long
drawn out. Judge Michael Schenck,
who is presiding, is finding the dock
et a very tedious one. Quite a num
ber of attorneys are in attendance
on the term, but the number of wit
nesses and spectators is unusually
small.
| The first case tried was that of
,J. 11. McCreary and J. S. Taylor
I against Robert Hedged . U and
Thomas Grubbs, and jud'-nicnr was
i rendered against the two defendants
!as follows: lledgecoek,
| (Irubbs, s'j!) l.sr>.
The other case disposed of wis
'that of T. ,). N'unn and th • ."auk of
Stokes County against th • Bixio
i Fire Insurance Co., judg-tin nt 1 ing
'granted in favor of the pl.iini'ff in
the sum of S'J'iiMi.OO.
The case of W. W. Rhodes agamst
Wade Sheltoii is n w in pr ess of
trial. In this case Rhodes is seek
ing to have a cartway laid out over
the lands of Sheltoii.
After iinishing the !.i-t mentioned
t ase it is thought that the one of
Robin Smith against Nanr.i- L.
Smith will be taken up, a.id the term
will probably hold until Saturday.
! Among the attorneys ' attending
court, other than the local bar, were
noticed: W. li. Padgett, .*olm H.
l-.dger, J. 11. i'l.ce, t . t). Mc.Mich .«I.
William Graves, W. R. Johnson, G.
1.. Jarvis, J. t'. Drown, • . L. Sittip
ing, 1!. I . iSivcns, Judge Brock, i .
W. Stevens. C. 1!. Parker, L. M.
S\\ |;K, A. li. II "ltolJ.
STORM DOES
DAMAGE IX SURRY
Corn and Tobacco in Wide Area
Are Stripped of Leaves; Win
dows in Many Houses Smash
ed Hut Livestock Herds Es
cape.
Klkin. July 11.—0r..- of the heav
iest hail storms ever seen in Surry
County visited the Fairvicw section
t' n indes east of Klkin, yesterday
'afternoon about three o'clock. Hail
| stones from the si?.c of small mar
bles to as large as hen eggs fell
' thi>.k and fast for nearly a>i hour
and literally stripped the leaves from
all tie»s in its path. Tobacco and
coin in the area stricken will be ab
> dutely worthless, being beaten in
many places into a shapeless mass.
The hailstorm > xtotaled from
the village tf I'tiim Cross \ia
Fairvicw and on to th Yadkin river
near Bureh station, a distance of
three or mere miles, and was about
one mile in width. A residence
standing near the center of the
si.orm area, and containing twenty
six windows, had every pane of
glass broken by the whirling, flying
hail stones. Many other houses were
more or less damaged, and today
tlie farmers are dividing their time
between gazing at their ruined crops
and repairing damaged roofs. So
far as can be learned no live stock
was injured seriously by the hail.
Very few, if any, of the farmers
• carried hail insurance, and "their
crops will be a total loss.
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Walnut Cove Items
Walnut Cove, July 15. —Misses
Kssie Morefield and Louise Svvink,
students at N. C. C. W. summer
r -hool spent the week end here with
Mr. and Mrs. J. Wesley Morefield.
Miss Mildred Morefield is spend
ing the week at N. C. C. W. the guest
tf her sister. Miss Kssie Morefield.
j Miss Ursa Simmons has returned
t > her work in Winston-Salem after
s. visit to her mother, Mrs. Ellen
Simmons.
i Mrs. Carl Ray and children are in
the Twin-City shopping today.
Nice showers have visited almost
every section of Stokes during the
past week, resulting in considerable
improvement in corn conditions.
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, July 15, 1920
SEVERE STORM
STRIKES KING
Wind and Light ning Wrougilt
Much I); magi? -N« w Driij?
Store and Olliee iJnildiug
' King, July I:s.—This section was
visited by a severe rain, wii.d and
electrical storm Satuiday afternoon.
Just South of town trees were
blown up and many others were
sttuck by lightning, considerable
damage was done to the tobacco
crop by the wind.
The roof of a tobacco barn owned
by Mr. W. T. Roles was blown off
and torn to small pica s. A tobac
co barn wis also unroofed for Mr.
R. A. Nevvsum. The home of Mr. G.
K. Nevvsum in Walnut Iliils was
struck by lightning but only slight
damage was done. The roof of Mr.
• iiarli- McGee's feed bain was also
blown off.
The Rose Killian circus will !
exhibit here next Saturday, July the
lsth. This show exhibited here in
l'.i'Jo. It was a good show then and
it is larger and better now.
Mr. Hobson Preston has purchased ,
from Mr. W. K. Smith his half in- j
tcrest in the mercantile business of i
Smith and Preston and becomes sole
owner.
Mr. Oscar Calloway, of Louisville,
Ky., spent a couple of days last .
week with hi- brother,* Mr. T. F. i
• .til • w ay, who resides near hen-.
Mr. W. W. Movies, of Roanoke,!
Vii., is spell lilic several «L.x ~ with]
lelutives here.
Mr. L. ». Pulliam, of Atl-.nt i. Ga.,
i- spending n few da; - v.th his
parents in West n. i.
Mr. Theodoi NeWsntr. has ju.-i re
turn "d fr >m Boone whole he has
been attending summer - h0..1.
••.Tiie Red Goose" te 1111 shllt out
The J> ffei soi. Kni !• rboekers in a
game of baseball played on the King
I diamond Saturday. The tinal score
stood three and nothing.
Mr. and Mrs. John Collins, of Mt.
Airy, spent Sunday with his brother,
Mr. A. F. Collins, on South l>opot
street.
1 Victors Grady K. Stone, R. S.
Ilelsabeck and Messrs. J. K. and G.
I-. Stone have purchased from John
Smith the lot on the corner of Depot
and Main streets. These gentlemen
have formed a company and will re
move the old building that stands on
■ this lot, and elect a new two story
brick building with basement. Ap
i proximate cost of new building ten
thousand dollars. The first floor will
be used by the company for an up
to-date drug store, while the second
floor will be cut into offices.
Mr. O. L. Pulliam, of W inston-Sa
lem, spent Sunday with his parents
on West Main street.
The Moravian ladies aid met with
Mrs. J. M. Alley Tliurs iay, Juiy
'.•th. The 23 rd Psalm v.as tad i:i
i coc et i a'l engaging in The Lord's
~ pre.v -i. A p.a .cr vv.i-wre.id by Mrs.
•S. W. l\i!!ia..i. i .loliii Mils, tie
found r of h • Vol c in church wi.o
was burned «' th • stake 315 years
ago on July I t!i. 1 c > lie would
1101 give te- tile i!ib!e.
The song "Faith of oar fathers liv
•ng still" which was so nppi i) liate
for the occasion was uacd.
Lois Meadows read remarkable
conversions. Mrs. 11. H. l.eaki made
a beautiful talk on brightening skies.
Five new members were added t.
the roll. The hot weather did not
dull the spirit of the meeting, each
one felt that they had been benefit
ted. Next meeting will be with Mrs.
Rupert Ilelsabeck.
I Misses Valley. Virginia and Emily
Balton, of Valdosta, Ga., are spend
ing a few days with relatives here
■ and at Dalton.
! Mr. and Mrs. 11. 11. Leake and
Miss l.illie Golf spent Sunday after
' noon with relatives in Pilot Moun
;tain.
Mr. Will Boyles. of Roanoke, Va..
! was a visitor at the home of Mr. S.
11. Brown on West Main street 1' ri
day.
Lost Tobacco Barn
By Fire Sunday
R. Meggs Campbell was here today
' from Peters Creek township and re
iHirts the loss of one of his tobacco
bams by fire Sunday night. Mr.
Campbell thinks the barn was set on
tire ar.d he has some Evidence as to
who did it.
JOHN M. FLIPPIX
KILLED BY MULE
Francisco Man Died At Mt.
Airy Hospital Yesterday Al
ter Ileitis Injured Monday
When Mule Ran With Him.
John Milt r. Flippin was fatally
injured at his home near Francisco
Monday afternoon when his mule ran
while being hitched to a wagon,
throwing Mr. Flippin against a fence
and crushing his skull. He was im
mediately rushed to the Mt. Airy
hospital where he died Tuesday at |
11 o'clock a. m.
The deceased was aged .'N years
and vva- a son . f Mr. and Mrs. Alex
Flippin. of Francis •>. He is surviv
ed by hi- wife, who was a daughter
of Linn Fry, ar.d by tin children.'
The father and mother, live brothers
and one sister ids > survive.
The funeral will 1 conducted at
the home today by Rev, Dr. Rose,
and interment will lie made in the
family burying plot near the home.
CURING TOBACCO
DOWN EAST
Quality i>t' Weed Is Hotter Than
Last Year. While Quantity Is
Xot So Great.
Kinston, ■' dy !'. pot *iitia!
wealth .ha' w! ■cj giv: te«t
prosperi';. •.... war day to
eastern Car lina - i.g iiei'ed
from i thousand tohac liel I in the
country contributary tthe market
here. Tin curing f the l .-i-op
is in full swing. The next four
weeks will be the bii-ii -i of the yeir
on th. planta:! >ll-. A crop of aver
■■igp pmportions but of better |ual
iiy than last year :s being gathered
in this district. Million- of pounds
if the vv cd already cured or ready
fir the process, ami additional mill
ion- rapidly maturing, the growers
are expected to have the last of the
crop «'tt of the fields shortly after
the markets' opening September 1.
May and June developed a production
of good texture and weight and rich
color.
Warehousemen will spend much of
the next eight weeks "drumming" in
the rural districts. It is believed
that the fall sales here will exceed
those of li'lM by several million
pounds. Tobacco will be brought
here from more than a dozen coun
ties. including Lenoir, Greene, Ons
low, Jones and parts of Craven, Car
t. 1 ei, Wayne, Pitt and Puplin. ■
Walnut Cove's Water
Supply Is Running* Low
Walnut Cove, July i-. Mr. and
Mrs, W. H. Sanders, of AsheviUe,
wi 10 intown several days tin- week.
I: is understood 'hat Mr. Sanders
\> 1 move back to town ;- "• he
disposes of hi- property ii V -villi*.
.1. Krvin Bolt has returned t • W al-
Me Cove to spend the sunuil i. Mr.
Holt spends tiie winters in Floriila.
.!.•! on his return t ' W di: 1' I'ove
be usually gives seveial intei -'.ire
1 !: ys during the summer month-.
t . W. t'rutehtield was shocked
considerably Tuesday afternoon lim
ing the electric storm.
Mrs. Wade Uavis, of South Wal
nut Cove, was taken to the Baptist
hospital at Winston-Salem. Friday
afternoon. X * .
Friday was the hottest day exper
ienced in several days. The ther
mometer reached as high as 100 de
grees in the shade Mturday about
three o'clock in the afternoon. The
crops of this section are in a critical
condition on the account of drought.
Walnut Cove's water supply shows
ill' to be short. Only about 25 gal
lons per minute is all thi- water the
plant produces at present time. No
doubt but what an additional well
will have to be sunk before any sat
i-faetory results will be obtained
from the town's water supply.
Truck Wrecks On
Walnut Cove Ro^d
The truck of the W. C. TisJ
tling Co.. of Winston-Salem wf
the road just south of OawKury yes
terday and the driver, whose name
was not learned, was badly bruised.
The truck was damaged considerably.
|HAIL STORM
AT WALNI'T COVE
TuLaeco and Corn Destroyed—
( apt. K. L. Murphv Critical
ly 111 Revival At Baptist
i Church.
|
| Walnut Cove, July 1 * —This vi-
I einity was visited by a severe hail 1
j storm on Monday, tobacco, corn and
I truck patches being literally torn to
pieces. The lightning struck and
instantly killed a valuable bird dog
belonging t> P. W. Davis.
The streets of the town are now 1
being graded and fixed preparatory
to pouring the concrete.
The meeting which has been in j
progre-s at the Baptist church here
the past ten days has been well at-'
j tended and much interest shown.
j The -oiig services conducted each
lev . ning have been much enjoyed.
There has been so far twenty-two
j additions in the church. The pastor,
Rev. Ward is being assisted by Rev.
i Slli Iw.
• aptain R. L. Murphy, a prominent
and weil known citizen is critically
ill at his home here. Little hope is
! entertained for his recovery,
i Mrs. S. 1 . Ricrson and guest, Mrs.
Leila Rabbington, of Shelby, visited
j their sister. Mrs. L. M. McKeii/.ie, at
I Germanton this week.
Mcsdanifs Paul Fulton an i 1 ••
' Fulto.: aic visiting in Klkn
VV cel..
I .V: l.lieile Sn >W at: I S oiie
Fult.-! . Messrs. S. C. Austin. Sli.-k
j llartma: and Geo. L. Jarv - wore
j dinner gi—*.» Friday of Mr. and Mr
Paul Fulton.
Mi.-- - Myitle and Velma Burge,
.Sadie I- : • in and Mrs. i*. W. l»avi
spent the vvii'k-cnd at M >oiv'.-
Springs.
Mr. .1 lin Lewis, proprietor of the
l ewis Cafe. 1- pute si k at his home
here.
Attorney W. F. Carter, of Mt.
, Airy, was a bu-iiw-s visitor here
yesterday. I
I VIRGINIA STARTS
TO BUILD ROADS
Interest In Improved Highways
(Irips People of Southwest
ern Section.
Mount Airy, July I>.
1 V irginia seems very much in ear
nest about building the necessary
; links to connect up the Lake- -t,e
' I Florida highway which when on-
Ipi ted will pass through Mount Kii>
J but North Carolina seem.- sl. w to
! begin work on the five-mile l-ni.
• '.v-on this city and the Viigii .a '. -n
which will be necessary to leV.
' a complete hard-surface r ■ \i• •
The surveys from Hd - ille. \ 1.
to the Virginia-Carolina I"
1 been completed by the V-gii.:
gineers and this week tl y .1
ing the grade stakes and 1 •- rid
ing will beg, 11 in earnest tin
part of the week.
The people nf Mount A.iy hi.,
been invited to Hillsville, \:i . l-'r
day when the people of th: t
\n ii! stage a good roads rally n ■
ion with a speech by Senator i
\\ Mapp, candidate for democratic
' nomination for governor of Virginia
at.'i'-! Mr. Byrd, also a democratic
mdidate.
s great is the interest in good
•••ads ill Virginia that Senator
!M i 'i' is staking his candidal y oil
i a good roads platform.
Children's Day
At Davis Chapel
.1
j f Children's l>ay exercises will be
j held a; Pavi.s Chapel next Sunday
,I at 10 :;o o'clock. The publii is
| cordially :•• •» '' ( l to attend.
: Greensboro Boy
Pays Small Fine
\V. H. Boom-, of Greensboro, was
j taken by Stoki - olticers at Piedmont
i Springs Saturday night, charged
j with violating the prohibition laws,
j Justice N. A. M ir in heard the evi
dence Sunday and taxed the_ young
1 man with S2O and the cost.
—
1 The Pinnacle and lUitTalo ball
i teams will play on the Pinnacle
diamond today. These teams played
\ last Friday on Buffalo's ground and
'Pinnacle was defeated 10 tc «.
'ROAD BOARD
CUTS EXPENSES
Salaries of All Employes of
Stokes Highway Commission
Are Cut Ten Per Cent—
Board Met Here Friday.
Siniv it-, recent ruling t » leave off
I further mail construction in the
county for this year, the Stokes
County Highway Commission has
made an order i-uttinu" the salaries
of all employes of the hoard ten per
cent. The order was made at a
i special nie"ting of the hoard here
| Friday and is effective August 1.
j The meeting Friday was held
I primarily for the purpose of going
| over the accounts of the hoard and
ascertaining the exact statu* of its
finances.
The highway comniis-; i- finding
now thi- sentiment is against any
I extensive road building oroifram, and
j that the attention of the l>oard
I should lie given more to the main
| tenant e of the roads alt-uiy built.
|lt is learned that the Iv aid will
j adopt a system ol" maintenance
! similar to the State in some respects
iin order t" get efficient service at
' the I 'West outlay of money.
KIWANIANS ARE
COMING TODAY
Members Of Mt. Airy ('! I . 100
Will Picnic I:: Dan
i'tiry On Get - A isainteil
Tour.
\ hundred nVmh f the Mt,
\ Kiwanis club w 1 >. . to l>.ui
•• ■ iry today on i ">; ■ -acquainted"
• ur. They will hi wel -.ed hy :i
larg" number of the business men
atid prominent ■ -iti::»*n~ of Hanbury
:.nd 'he county at large. At noon
t day th • Manbury ladies \\ !1 serve
dinner picnic style to the entire
d'.'legati"t: of kiwaniaiis ar.ii citizens,
■ two hundred or more it: number.
'Country ham, fried chicken, stuffed
I ggs. ice cream, watermelons, cakes,
pies, pickles, sandwii-h-s, soft drinks
i and other things will be included in
the bill of fare.
The object of the visit of the
I Kiwanians, it is learned, is to cele
brate the completion of the excellent
State highway between Mt. Airy and
Danhury and to become better ac
quainted with the people of Stokes,
who are more and more making Mt.
Viry their trading point.
The Mt. Airy's Kivvar.is dub is
made up of the live business men of
the Granite City wh ■ are ever on
the alert in their effon> : turn more
business to their thri\ :iu ,
Robert Flippin and
His Car Are Taken
Prohibition Officers Sebum Shi I
,i'd Posey Flituhun.
Robert Flippin, of Pilot Mountain,
i Virginia line, in notthern
s' y, sterility a« he was coming
N i . ' arolina with 10 gallons
. . 'ti his car. Flippin gave
ihe sum of s - ;.">().(h» and was
(■••I. it.- i. Tlv Ford car i~ being
held la Ti and will lik.lv be sold.
Death of Wm. Hah
William Hall, of Pine Hall, died
Sunday at I o'clock after an illness
of several weeks. The deceased was
' aged about t> I years and is survived
by three children. He ids > leaves
two brothers, and two sisters Mrs.
Sol Woods. Mrs. Annie Corns, J. 11.
anil Raleigh Hall.
Interment was nutde at North
View church graveyard Monday.
Klders J. A. Fagg and Watt Tattle
preaching the funeral.
Sunday School
To Picnic Soon
The Union Sunday School of Dan-
L bury voted last Sunday to go on an
outing to Guilford Battle Ground
' probably next week, the date to be
• fixed next Sunday. The school will
■ take supper along, leaving here soon
' after dinner.
'
Jim Smith, colored, was arrested
[ here Sunday night by officer P. L.
• Flmchum on the charge of having
1 liquor in his possession. He is being
I held in the county jail in default of
i' end.
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