North Carolina Newspapers

Volume LI. R. W. GEORGE'S RESIDENCE BURNS Hail Only Been Finished A Few Weeks Since—All Con tents Destroyed—Will Re build At Once. Thf residence of Rev. It. W. George at Francisco with its con tents wore destroyed by tire Sunday morning about 11 o'clock while Mr. George and other members of the family were attending church. The origin of the tire is unknown as it caught in the upper story and had i considerable headway when discovered. The residence had only been com pleted a few weeks, the former resi dence on the same site having been destroyed by lire during the past -pring. This is the fourth time Mr. (ieorge has lost his home by tire - ince he began housekeeping. It is stated that Mr. (ieorge will rebuild at oui ■ and is planning to make the new home as near tire proof as possible. Tlv residence destroyed was a 'large Mi-room house and was fitted with electric lights, running water, etc.. ami the loss was heavy. It was not learned whether Mr. (ieorge lurried an\ in.-uran.-e or not. SLOW; TAXPAYERS WARNED TO ACT Heavy Penalty To Be Imposed Soon On Delinquents In Pay ing Dues. Tal igh, July 2'2. The state de partment of revenue today issued a .-t Dement concerning delinquent payment of licence taxes in which it is stated that till per.-ons, firms nr corporations who have not secured licensi for carrying on or practising such business or profession will In subjected to the paynictu of the tax Jl ; is a twenty per cent penalty aftci Aug'i't 1 The statement also points out that the revenue act of r.'J.'i itn posed a license tax on several bus iness and occupations not hereto fore taxed. Among these are .the following: Automobile tires anil accessories; automobile trucks for hire; barbel shops; battery service and tire rcpait stations; construction companies; cotton buyers and sellers on com mission; electrical supplies, dealers in; employment agencies; florists; gasoline filling stations; junk deal ers; radio instruments or accessories; disc or cylinder records; public steno graphers; swimming pools; ami wrestling or boxing matches. The Article By Mr. Sanderford July 21. 1025. Editor Danbury Reporter, Danlniry, N. ('. 1 Dear sir: Two weeks ago you carried ail . iii 1 in your paper written by one W. • \V. Sanderford and I was very much interested in his article, as he seemed to be fair and to have been a close observer, 1 really thought his article was timely and well to the point on a lot of the things he men tioned, in fact I believed he was some one residing in Stokes county and not from far away Georgia, as he claimed to be, but since seeing an article in your last issue by Mr Williamson I have come to the con clusion that he was a foreigner anii must be our enemy instead of oui friend. I notice from Mr. William son's article that he has actual!} brought to our peaceful and prosper ous county the destructive boll weevils. Now a thing like this strikes terror to the hearts of the bravest for we have been told how in a few weeks time they have de vastated whole counties in Georgia and laid waste the toils of farmers and blighted their fairest dreams oi it bounteous harvest. Hut we should not be alarmed, foi Mr. Williamson assures us that steps will immediately be taken to drive him out, and another thing that should give encouragement is the fcict that so far this pest has onl> invaded a small section of the coun ty around Pine Hall. READER. WANTS ROAD TO COUNTY SEAT) Former Forsyth County Com missioner Sees Importance j 01' Road From Walnut Cove j To Danbury. John !». Waddill. furmet county | commissioner in Forsyth writes the i Winston Journal as follows: To tin- fiditor of The Journal: May I, through the columns of; your |ia|ier, say to those that are in- 1 terested in the national highway from Winston-Salem via Walnut Cove to the Virginia line, that it will j soon be completed through Walnut Cove anil the survey has been made j from there to Madison and from there it will tap the good road at 1 jthe state line with the good road j ! coming from Uoanoke, Va. This road will mean tnu.-h for Forsyth county, j When this Toad is completed it ■ [will give Stokes county aliout ten | miles of hardsurfaeed roads, which j represents a very small a/nount of i the state's money for hard surfaced , roads in Stokes county. The part that has been built, or is under con struction. is a few miles on the ex treme eastern part of the county and .the other few miles on tb-' cxtnnte ■ western part of the county. Now, by all means the state should build a good mail, which should b • a har.l surfaced road front I'anbury, the county se:.t «>t" Stoki > county, to Walnut low. connecting there with the national highway and on to Winxton-Snlom. This road, if built, will go into the heart of j Stokes county, connecting with a 'good soil road t" Stuart, Va., the county seat of I'atritk county. As it is now. there is a good soil road leading fr>!ii Danbury to Mount Airy and naturally the trade, or pro duce, goes to Mt. Airy instead of Winston-Salem. If this load is built fr,.m Danbury to Walnut Cove. which is only nine miles, as under the new survey it cuts out all the dangerous curves and makes it a considerable ■ distance shorter than the present road, Winston-Salem would then have almost the entire trade from Stokes county and the adjoining counties of Virginia: in fact, the apples would be in Winston-Salem in the mornings before the dew dried otT of them. Now it is a matter of business for the business men of Winston- Salem to use every effort to have the state complete the !> miles of road mentioned. It is not necessary to wait until next year to build this road, as labor is as plentiful now as it will probably ever be. and there are plenty of contractors in the state. Then, let it be built this year, li'll-V J. D. WADDILL. Dennis, Forsyth county, 1 July 27, I'.fJ.j. ! M endows Town sh i] > Man Arrested Nut Howies, a citizen of Meadows i township, was arrested by prehibi , ti 'ii officers Sheltoii land Flinchum • Friday and placed under s'>oo bond , for his appearance at court. It is , stated that the officer* found some beer and parts of a still near the , home of Dowles. * Woman 80 Years Old Hurt When ; Auto Turns Turtle j ' i Winston-Salem, July 22.—Mrs. I Nancy Dodson, aged SO, had both arms and her collar bone broken r near Madison when the automobile in which she and others were riding ran into a sandbank, and turned over, I according to a rep >rt received here today. Mrs. Dodson lives with her , 'daughter. Mrs. Ogburn Ijindreth, a few miles from Madison. A daugh _ ter of Mrs. Landreth was driving the , car. , j Miss Lula Duncan, of Stokes coun j. ty, a guest of the Ijindreths, als.i i suffered a broken collar bone. All of the other members of the party r 3 i escaped with slight bruises. t ■ No bids having been received for s any government-owned property in / the last forty-eight hours, we art - forced to the conclustion that Henry Ford has gone on a buyer's strike.— Ufe. Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, July 29, 1920 STOKES COUNTY S. S. CONVENTION Will Re Held With Quaker Gap Baptist Church August 11 and 12—Good Program Has Been Arranged. Officers of Stokes County Sunday School Association iirc of the opinion that one of the most interesting and helpful, as well as one of the most largely attended. Sunday School meetings ever held in the county will he the annual County Sunday School Convention at Quaker (Jap Baptist church, on Tuesday and W: divsday, August 11 and 12. Pro grams of the convention have been mailed to all pastors and Sunday School superintendents in the county, with special invitations to attend the conventions themselves, and request ing that they try to jrct all of their Sunday School teachers and otlicers to attend. The convention program includes addresses and conferences on prac tically all phases of the work of the modern Sunday School. In arrang ing the prognfln the small Sunday School was given much attention. iHtrini; tiii' Convention there will lie (|iiesti.m and discussion periods, when those present will have oppor tunity to give and get information concerning anj Sunday School proli 1' tii. The St >ki - County Sunday School A- o. ia!'oti is oil ■ t,f the units of the North Carolina Sunday School As . iiciation, in which Sunday School worlds- of all onvangelical denotn ina'ions participate. At this time ninety-eight of the one hundred coun ties in the State are organized into County Sunday School Associations; many of which are completely or ganized and doing tine work. NEWS ITEMS FROM WALNUT COVE To Pour Cement On I toad From Walnut Cove To Madison— I.ow Water Curtails Electric Lights Filling Stations Closed on Sunday. Walnut Cove, July 2S.—lt is learn ed that contractor (ieorgc Martin has accepted the offer of highway commissioner Alex llanos and will continue the hard-suiface road from Walnut Cove on to the Stokes line in the direction of Madison. Mr. Martin will complete the pouring of cement in Walnut Cove within three weeks and has just purchased a new large concrete machine to he used on his new contract between Walnut Cove anil Madison. The distance to bo hard-suvfaced between here and the Rockingham line is some 7 or X miles. Electiic lights are being turned off about ync o'clock at night, owing to the shortage of water in Dan river. A large storage of water is in stock, but owing to the long drought, the water in the river be gins to show a shortage. Traffic has been turned on all the highway completed which extends to the Southern depot. J. A. l.ewis who had his Ford stolen a few days ago, found it parked on the road a short distance from here, it was in bad condition. Julian Vaughan will leave here this week for South Carolina where he will be engaged in the tobacco busi ness. Mr. and Mrs. Kugone Dodson re turned Friday from a visit to rela tives in South Boston, Va. The Virginia Will and Drilling Company which drilled the wells for the town's watt r supply, left Friday for some point in Maryland. Joe Welch, of South Walnut Cove, is making extensive alterations on his home. All filling stations within the in corporation have been ordered to he closed during church hours on Sunday here. The Pine Hall Brick Company, of Winston-Salem and Pine Hall, have 1 just completed an electrical line ! from the Walnut Cove Power plant to Pine Hall, a distance of six miles and in the future the Pine Hall plant will he operated by electrical power. The Pine Hall plant of the Company is operating full capacity, [turning out CO,OOO face brick daily. PLANNING BIG DAY AT KING Co-Ops Will Have Rally and Picnic Address By Cong ressman News Items Of "Biggest Little Town In X.! C." King, July 27.—0t. Saturiay, Aug. 2Pth, ihe Tobacco Growers' Co-oper ativi' Association will have a big picnic snd rally here. In addition to other jrooc! speakers a congressman will deliver the opening address. The committee on arrangement are very busy making preparations and working out details for this big rally. Not a stone will he left un turned to make this the biggest day i of the kind ever held here. A brass band will be present to make music for the occasion. Everybody inv it- 1 ed to come and bring a basket. The regular meeting of the 12th district will be held here at the same time. Mr. 1.. A. Ruiledge. who resides on North Pepot St.. is the owner of a cat whi.-h is the mother of thru', kittens, she has also adopted a young rabbit into her cat family. The rab bit is growing nicely and seems to be perfectly at home. Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Spainhower. • Mr. and Mrs. Norman Ncw.um and j Mrs. Anne Grabs spent the day I Friday in Mount Airy A great hoi- wa- ! ;n I.ed in the ■ r.iof of tie pice hoiiv of Mr. A. j Musev on \\'.-.t Main St. during the electrical storm hire Wednesday evi ning. The "lied (loose" ball team of thi> place took one away from Tobacco-' vide on the King diamond Saturday.! Tile final score stood 11 to 2. Messrs. James Kumley, Spencer Slate and C. P. Slate, Jr.. and j Misses Vivian (iarner and Kunici l.awson attended preaching at West field Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. F„ W. Conrad, of Winston-Salem, spent Sunday with the fiunily of Mr. W. I. Iliiiiiley on l»an river St. Miss Geneva llighfiil. of Guilford College, has been spending a few days with Miss Anna Mae Fowler in West King, where she has • been most beautifully entertained. These two ladies were in college at Guil ford together in tile years r.'22 and 1'.i20. They left Monday for Guil ford where Miss Fowler will spend several days with Miss Highfill. K. I'. Newsom received a radio message Saturday from 11. W. Fin tcr at Newark, N. J. This is an old comrade of his with whom he soldier ed during the Spanish-American war. He had not heard from him in over five years. The message was picked up at Winston-Salem and mailed to him here. Mr. J. Rufus Wall, of Winston- Salem, was among the visitors here Sunday. A Sunday School was organized in the new Christian church here yes terday. There were sixty nine en rolled. Mr. M. T. Spainhower was elected superintendent. Mr. Felix Spainhower. assistant superintendent, /m! Miss Gla Slate secretary. Fol lowing is a list of the teachers elect ed: Mrs. R. A. Helsabeck, Mrs. Dr. if. (I. Harding. Mrs. Charlie Moore. Mr. W. W. Southern and Mr. L. 1.. Galloway. Mr. John Smith has moved into his i.ew brick home in Pilot View, the new development just east of town. Miss Anna Mae Fowler returned lasi Thursday from barto, I'unta Gonia, Lakeland and other cities in Floiida where siie spent four weeks with her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Wall, and other friends. Miss Fowler reports having seen some very large fish on her trip, some weighing fifty and sixty pounds. She also reports a good flirt crop. On her return she stop ped over in Ccrro Cordo, N. C„ wlnre she spent Vwo enjoyable? weeks with friends and at the home of Miss Jeweil lnnmnn, a classmate of hers while at Guilford College. Miss Fowler states that the crops there are more promising than in any state she passed through while on her trip. Rev. David 11. Wilcox and sons, Pavid, Jr., and West brook, of Win ston-Salem, spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. S. H. brown on West Main St. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. West spent Sunday with relatives in Axton, Va. The new tenement house being WANT STOKES TO TAKE PART In Celebration To Be Held At Guilford Battle Ground July •1, 1020—Prizes For School ! Pupils. Next year lu-iny tin. 1 ."Oth your •>f America s independence preparation is underway f. r a great celebration at Guilford Rattle Ground on July 1, l'.C'-i. This paper i in receipt of the fol lowing letter from .Mr. K. K. Men dcnhall, the resident commissioner, which expresses itself: Greensboro. July - j:i, Editor Banbury Reporter: Preparations are now underway for a real fourth of .J dy celebration in l! ,- 2ti at (iuilfonl Battle Ground, it , being tin' lr.uth year of our independ eiii?, It is desired that Stokes county participate in this celebration Some very valuable prizes will In offered school pupils for the best compositions on the iiattle of Guil ford court house, fought March 1\ 17>1. The Guilford Court House National Military Ground is main 'tained bv tl • National Government, I commemorating this battle. It is ! desired that si.me special effort be | made by teachers in our schools ! i j encourage the pupils to write on:- | positi ins or- this subject and be at 'the liattle Ground July 1. I K ?•:. MKNDKXHAI 1.. Resident Commissioner. ROCKINGHAM" LAW' HALTS ROAD LOAN Special Enactment Is Discover ed Which Invalidates Propos i al j I! •idsvill", July J2.—The propo ; sit ion for this county to lend the ' j state highway commission $ IOII.IMIII Ito build that part of the national i highway traversing this county be tween Mayodan and the Virginia I state line has been withdrawn, as it has been found that a special law i introduced by Senator Sharp at the i last session of the general assembly ■ | prevents the issuance of bonds by • | the board of commissioners for build -1 ing new roads without lirst submit • I tinu' the question to a vote of the I ! people. Following is the bill: An Act to Regulate the Issuance of > lionds In Rockingham i'ountv. Section I.—That the board of I commissioners of Rockingham eoun ■ ty or other governing body of said i county shall not issue and sell any i bonds of said county or create any » obligation of said county nece-sita'.- 1 ing the issuance of bonds of said (county without the same be suh ■ mitted to a vote of the electors of ■ Rockingham county and ratified by ' them. i Section 2.—That nothing in this ■ act shall jipply to the powers laid • down in Article 7. Section 7. and ; Article !>. Section of the Const i ; tution of North Carolina, but said . necessary expenses in said arti-lc - in so far as they apply to Rocking - ham county, shall mean the building of public buildings, roads and bridges . de?: roved by lire, storm or flood or ;,(•! - of Good, and the building and e ini'eoing of public school buildings I '.vlu v" there are no buildings to carry c en tl: ■ publii schools for six months, and i c:m be obtained without be .l ing !■ .ilt by proceeds from bonds or ii'loati- f •!' said purposes. s Italy I s cxtendel to its women I the right t. Note and to light in time of war, bu. as yet has been unable i to devise a law which will compel i, them te tit -■ viitl from a street car i- correctly.— l.ift " erected for the Jones-Fowler Co. on • j West Main St., h - been completed. Little Miss Louise Brown spent '' the week end with the family of Br. L ' S. S. Flynt in Rural llall. The relatives an.l friends of Mrs. s 1 William Pulliam gave her a surprise II birthday dinner at h> r home in l " j West King yesterday, tjuite a large crowd was present and all seemed to '•enjoy the occasion immensely. -1 Mrs. J. H. Medearis and daughter, h Miss Pauline, of Greensboro are 11 guests at the home of Mrs. S. H. Rrown and sisters on West Main t St. '• Mr. Max Saniet, of High Point, is If a business visitor here today. No. 2,781 CATCH OF CARP IN DAN RIVER One Weighs 11 1-2 Pounds —• Dry Weather Causes Giooni Among Farmers News of Madison. Madison, July -■>.—One carp weighing 11 1-2 pounds and 21 small er ones, several of which weighed three or four pounds each, were caught in Dan river, a few miles be low town, one day this week by Abe N'eal and a number of his neighbors, uf near Stokesdale. The tish were captured with a seine. News of this successful raid on the river dwellers spread rapidly and Den river soon had almost as many men and buys in it as tish, possibly, but no other big catches have been I reported. Mr. N'eal probably under stands the wiles and ways of the i tinny denizens of the deep better , than those who undertook to follow litis example. According t> a number of farmers ! themselves, gloom now rots heavy i'-r on all tillers in this vicinity be- I cause of the prolonged dry spell and unpromising condition »f th 1 corn and tobac.o crop than at any time during the present genet at i n. Nev er, it said, has upland cor", been so cut >■:!' by drought. The stalks have av ! ' ' tassel out ''. it few noots ha' • • appeared. il,; -.en now would help the corn i:v i cieat deal but !t will ilav •to c.iiii. it a very fev d'.y- r ;t wdl be tii ' late, as this 's :h • s.-asoll whet; tlie shoots a.ipeai. il they ap pear at all. Tobacco, of IOU I '-.', h;is •a better chance to re ' . r titan corn. LIST DOZEN JOBS FOR NEXT LETTING State Highway Commission Will Take Up Road Projects On August 25—None From Seventh District. Twelve highway construction pro-* jeets will be let to contractors at a State Highway Commission let ting on August 2.">, according to a tentative list of projects made pub lic yesterday. The tentative list of projects fol low.-: Project lU3, Tyrcll county: Tres tle over Piney Branch. Project 131-H. Gates county: Sand asphalt between Redtt.c and Gaies ville. Project 21!>-R. Duplin county: Sand asphalt from Kenansville to Pink Hill. Project Robeson county: Pav ing from the junction of Routes 20 and 23 to the South Carolina line via Rowland. Project 41»>. Durham county Standard hard surface from the 1 Unham v ity limits to the Granville county line. Project ■"'! 1. Caswell county: Ve n, i macadam on Route 1~1 from Yancey. :ib to the Virginia line. I'ruji : '.r.s. Montgomery county: Hani surface from the end of pro ject •">•"7 on Route 71 to Wadeville. Project Rockingham county: Grading and bridges from the Stokes county line to Madison on Route 77. Projci t ''7 l, Rowan county: From paved street ill Salisbuiy to Federal Aid Project 111 in Spencer. Project i>7.">, Rowan county: Hard surface from Salisbury to China Grove. Project 720-R, Caldwell and Ca tawba counties: Grading and bridges from Lenoir to Catawba county line oil Route 17. Project i»OU-A. Buncombe county: Grading J.ltd bridge's from New Bridge to Weaverville. Harold Neal Died Wednesday Harold N'eal. aged 30 years, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph N'eal, of Mixpah. died at the home of his parents last Wednesday after an ili ness of several weeks with typhoid fever. He is survived by his young wife, having been mrtrried only a few months, and by his parents, as well as several brothers and sisters. The funeral and interment was held tit the family graveyard near the home. Dr. \V. V. McCanless and children visited W'inston-Sj'Xm last week.