Volume LI.
MR. HANKS MAY
PAVE OUR ROAD
Dan'-urv Citizens Informed T.»i
Thai E fleet Will Depend!
Upon Availability of Funds 1
For the Work.
I

Citizens of Danbury who have iv
cently talked with State Highway
Commissioner A. S. I limes were in
formed t>y him that if funds wetv
available he hoped to pave the Dan
bury-Walnut Cove road instead of J
oiling or soiling it, it was learned
today. Recent records of traffic on
«is road indicate that it would he
■:t to impossible to maintain it as
soil or oil road, and it would be
good policy from an economical
Standpoint to hard surface the road.
Contract is already awarded f>r
the grading and bridges on the Dan
bur;. - Walnut Cove road and byway,
tof the new road the distance to the
liar.;- surface nt this end of Walnut
Cove will be less than nine mile:-, 1
prohahiy not more than eight miles.
The State highway marker shows
the distance now to be nine miles,
l»ut the new survey cuts down the
distance considerable.
PLAYS" BY PUPILS
DANBURY SCHOOL
i
To lie Given Here Saturday'
Xijrht, Dec. I!) May t'se
„ New School Iluilding—The
Pr'ijrram—All Invited.
A V;:?•» p. ni.. Saturday. Pec. 1• 11■.
th • : i. il- of Danbury school v. ii
p..i tii. short plays. We h,.po
tii. .11;.t;un lit can he made so a>
to ha'e ti: ■ entertainni'iit in the lie .
fchu •! I' lading. Mow. v in any
e l . • . viil be in Datibuty, One and
a" in" ni"st coidially invited to v 1
pi ■ W" shall he made to fool
ala of accord and co-operation it
an;. ■ I the parents are absent wit i
j(iiv a ' unusually good excuse. (»iv-•
U:i . :ir undivided support by being
Following is a brief synopsis of
the plays :
The Morrow family are continuully
bonowing from their neighbors.
Mrs. March calls on the Borrows and
they are forced to visit their neigh
bors before tea. I/ina. the cook,
spills mustard in the milk. The fam
ily leave the table in amazemu it
when they taste the bitter milk. '
Fearing that it is cholera, -a preva
lent disease, I>r. Drench is called in. j
The doctor, after giving his profes- ]
Sional advice, learns that I.ina, the
tervant, spilled mustard in the milk
•nd concludes that it is a conspira
cy to ruin his professional reputa
tion. Detective Spotum comes in to 1
piake an arrest, but finds that the I
fvidence upon which the charges
> 'Were preferred against Mr. Borrow
•re groundless. Dr. Drench tries in
Vain to collect his fees.
Second I'lay—lt Ain't My Fault,
c Jimmie Blake, a reporter from
the INQUIRER tries to get an in-
Kjtevview at the DeKalb S' hool with
Morton, daughter of a W;d!
Sfr'rcct  •lebrity. has apparently il ;
V*4ippeared. .linmiie is at a loss as to
; hew to meet Miss Morton; he spea';>
i-,to Noah, who is on his way to meet
JJjl
jßihe new pupil. Nettie Smith, but is
ulßtoo late as usual. Nettie arrives
ieconipanied by her fiance, Tom. \v'i«>
•nvin-os her that she will be hau
lier as his wife than in s'liool. Jini
ilie overh. irs this discussion and
Iso dis. 'M'is that Nettie's bag an 1
i are similar, and he ev' - .a:ur .-■■
I the,u. Tom's description of his
"bungalow finally wins Nettie and sh"
agrees to elope; they immediately tc
for the marriage licenses. Enter|
Jirnniie appears wearing Nettie's
garments and posing as the new
pupil, thus gaining an interview with
Elsie, who tells him where her fath
er is. General mix-up when Nettie
and Tom return and discover the
mistake made in the begs. Jimtnie
then appears in his own cloihes at •'
straightens out matters. To win
Klsie's friendship he destroys his
report to 'NIK INQUIRER.
Third I'lay—The Darkey Wood
Dealer.
Clevandall, a darkey wood dealer,
is continually trying to sell Mr. and
Mrs. Decker wood. The Deckers get
livery tired of his continually coming i
to their home. They endeavor io |
TEACHKRS MEET
AT WALNUT COVE
(lathering Is Addressed I'.v the
Principals nt' Several High
Schools of County Plans
Outlined Isy Sttpl. Carson.
The third county-wide teacher-'
I meeting for Stokes county was held
lin Walnut Cove Saturday, Dec. 12th.
Prof. C. M. Felts, principal of the
I Gcrmaulnn high schoid presided over
| the meeting. Devotional services
were conducted by Prof. Dutton,
principal of the Reynolds Memorial
school.
Song—Silent Night.
Bible Reading—23rd Psalm.
Prayer.
In the business meeting which
followed Sunt. Carson made an en
couraging talk to the teachers, also
announcements as to plans for group
meeting, lessons for rending circle,
etc. ,
1 The program committee had pre !
i pared a very interesting and helpful
program, stressing a very vital sub
ject to all teachers Discipline.
The first on the program was Prof.
11. A. Carroll, prin-ipnl of King hig'i
' school.
j lie was followed 1 Miss So • Well.-
• Tayloi on the .-.in;. sul'ic. t. an 1
both offered valuable suggestions,
! from their own successful experi-
I
: cnco.
Then came Miss ! y. ns with a well
written patter on netliods «»f into-,
es'iag ihiiiben in i- lei ere.
Prof. Chilt ii, of tl:. Walnut Cove
sell •>! tii n .rule C .. inounceiuent
that eveiyi.tle was to ,
M illie Economics 1110 .I, \v I] invito
tio'l w.is gladly a ejit.ii. Illini -ii
at.-ly u; >n adjournment .!• '•■ a h rs
were served with a tempi •' •!
■w. II prepared lull-boon b\ the le:i I:
ers of Walnut Cove schin I.
\t one i.'clock the variou- group
met for 1 1-2 hours' lesson in r ad
ing circle work. A large number oT
the teachers of Stokes are doing the
reading circle work this year and
seem enthusiastic over the help and
imniration they are getting from it.
The next meeting will be held in
January.
(MRS.) E. P. MENDENHAEI.,
.Secretary.
Two Dollars Bushel
Offered For Wheat
_____
The Danbury Roller Mill is offer
ing two dollars per bushel for wheat.
, Great pity is that our farmers did
not grow more wheat and less tobac
co, since there is strong demand for
wheat and the buyers have all the
tobacco they want, especially of the
l darker grades. A majority of the
| weed being sold now goes for five
J cents per pound or less.
Tobacco Warehouses
Close Dec. 18th
1 The Winston-Salem tobacco war"
houses will close for the Christmas
holidays on Friday of this we A.
December ISth, and will not re-open
until Tuesday Jan. ">th.
Stokes Men Taken
At Still Tuesday
James Thvockniert n .and his son,
Je« . , were taken at a stiil near th»
he"', of tl-.e pi.-a en Tic day of this
wi ,'k. .dicers Flinduu.i an I Ma.t
hew making the air--.. The still
was in operation when the office is
can. upon it. Both nun furnidel
I .or. 1 in the sum of s'loo each an I
were !'• leased, pending a In aring.
A Mixed Audience
I or. Nov. is.- (Bv the Asso
ci'it i Press.) Sterilisai""!. to weed
out ni-ntiil defectives and ceitain
types of criinintils, and liirtli ••en
troi, to prevent the production of so
many children they can not be cart l
for properly, w :e iidvo.a' d by Dr.
Cbirence Cook l ittle. iiresiiK nt of
the I'niversity of Mi"h : '.;in, in an
addles.; here tolliyiit before Three
, t iloons, four Kro i" r tores, o'dit ers
land nurses.— Detroit Free Press. i
'teach the darkey a Usson by making
him perform for them. The darkey
leaves, but comes back and turns
the table on the Deckers.
I (OMR! COME! COME!
DAVID L. 111 ATT.
Danburv, N. C., Wednesday, Dec. 1(\ 1925
i I'AYS STOKES
A SECOND VISIT;
I
\\. \\. Sandeii'ord .Makes Snme,
.More lnteresliiifr Ob«i\a-'
lions Around the County's
' Court House.
Editor Danbury Reporter,
Danleiry, N. C.
Dear Sir :
I recently had the pleasure of vis-I
iting your town after an absence of'
several months, and as it happened
to be on the first Monday of the
month, I again visited the court
house and the various boards thai
were holding their usual month 1 ;/
meetings. I found a number of poo- ,
pie before the county commissioners
asking to bo exempted from paying
taxes for various and sundry rcas-.
ons. The highway commissions' s
were having their usual rush for
roads. The board of education seemed ,
, to have the usual number of icipiest ;
| for more and better schools. Infact.
everything seemed to be moving on
about as usual. I was about readv
( to leave when 1 heard the court
house bell ring, and 1 decided 1
would go up and see w'lat was doing '
( up stairs. As I started up I met my
same friend who gave me so much
infoinu.tion wb n I was there before
and he accompanied nic up stairs to
the tax commission's meeting. I
could haidly believe I was in the
same pice a» befole. Til 're Wel'e
only I 111 ee pr." .lit, wl.ile o>i the I P
i' : • is' ■!! in- !:o • Va - I' ill
people. I asked my fi ii-nd what «a -
•lie maiier and '.■• wiii pen i 1
n ! : . pi'.: " e i: I. • y .
dead -aid it \\ a peculiar nt.d
f. :i ' e! ild fro . • !i >. I I■! I' S hii t I,
but i's parel l- tllo'lgllt it \. >II:d li'
and it did show signs of growth f>r
a siii»ll while. An.l I lie pe. ui::i r
lliiii"- about il was that it seemed to
thrive best when . urroiind'd by i
big crowd hallowing and pulling the
smoke from old Virginia eh.'roots in
its face. Its parents, realizing that
it was not ihiing well called in their
big-hearu d chairman of the com
mission. lie said he would go
it to thrive if he had to jeopardize
the future of the other 7.0(H) children
in the county, but after using all the
remedies his prolific brain could pro
duce is still showed marked signs of
growing weaker. They then tried
the fresh air treatment. They car
ried it out on a Dodge truck over the
smooth hard-surface road running
through the fertile lands of their
chairman (who made the highway
commission of Stokes county pay it
big price for right of way). Still it
showed no signs of improvement. It
began to be talked oved the county
that it was not the proper child, and
that it was the offspring of uncertain
parentage. They became alarmed
and sent out to Winston-Salem and
secured the services of a noted prop
het and specialist in this line—Prof.
Halton. They called a mass meeting
of the people, and their prophet,
standing in a high place, declared
unto thorn that it was a proper child,
and spoke with authority that i'
could be reared in spite of the fact
that the people refused to nourish
and claim it as theii kinsman. Its
parents were very nm h elate I
and declared they wou I d
rai-e it in. under tin direction i'
their w lid vf I specialist. It -• "i
be;';''.l til grower W aI-.I II again, :.•:d
my friend -aid it was only a mat:ev
of ufv w hours. They waited ii
tieiuh fir nourishment to an
until tin- last rays of the -an was
iast:.ig iis beams over tin lull-, an I
tiic i'velliti'r shadow* l.egar to thi.!
e:i an-l y»; no assistant-! atne. My
friend tu>:i ! to no and said tl: v
had s w, !i give it up an I coii-igi'.
t > i! ■ place ii belong-.
"\o buds unfold. Hi tlowei's bloom.
Along tile i:ile of iiidle s doom;
Its waters are lb' dresrs of i|e■ 11h.
No lift can st m l its heat"d breaih."
W. W. SANi'ERFORI'. 1
And Everybody
Scolded Her
| A female mummy believed to 1
t over S,00() years old has been mi
'earthed near the City of t'r.
And to think that ",000 years atro
she was the "Modern Girl!"— Dublin
Opinion.
The Shah it seems, has iven
guilty of lazy Majesty.—S-vmnah
I CITY HALL FOR
WALNCT CO\'iOi
I
' tilieo Uoonis iJeiiiK Kitti'd I n
' i
Over Drujr Sior«—News and.
Personal lletns.
1 Walnut t ove, Dec. Ifs. The sec-1
| ■/lid flooi of the mercantile huildiut'j
,is now being remodeled with addi- j
jtional office looms and will be o
jeupied by the town officers, Hoard of
| Trade and the professional men of
the town.
! The Methodist parsonage in South
Walnut Cove is being repaired. The
pastor of the M. E. church at pres
ent is living in the home formerly
occupied by the late W. I>. I.inville.
The Home Economics teacher in
the High School. Miss Kli/.abeth
I.eight and her class gave a supper
in the show room of the Walnut
Cove Motor Company last week
which was well attended by the town
people and visitors from Walker ;
town and Winston-Salem.
At the present rate of hauling j
rock foi bridges between here and .
Danbury they will be completed in j
a short time. |
1 Hishop Pcnnick, of Charlotte, will |
make his annual visit to Christ's
church ii re next Sunday and con
firm a i lass of several.
Mrs. John Fulton and children, of
near Winston-Salem, visited rela
tives heie Sunday
M s. Will ilaii s'.on, v. h . ha- been
con lined to h home for some time
•. itli illi' -s. i- in v. ;.i lie • at
again.
Mi. ami Mi-, i!. A. H dg> k. of
I'd!.in, .-1 it th" v, '. .mlln ie wi'■;
their luot'ier. .Mr-. I.ivzie Adams,
Mis. JO. Pet fee. :I I'oilllel' resident
of Wain i Co.i . Mr. uid Mrs. lan. :
Fldti 11, III' Wilis! ill-Salem, Spent
S onlay with Mrs. H. 1.. Vaughn.
The . .ember.- ithe Haptist
churi hga their pastor. Rev, ». E.
Ward, a veiy generous pounding
Sunday night after church.
Mossr.-. R. 1.. Vaughn and Everett
Matthews expect to leave this week
for Jacksonville, Fla., to spend
Christmas with Mr. Ernest Vaughn.
Zeb Davis, of the Security Life In
surance Co., of Winston-Salem, was
in town on business yesterday.
Tom I). Preston, of the Mercantile
firm of Preston & Pro., of Pine Hall,
was a business visitor here Tuesday.
I Mr. S. H. Holland, prosperous
merchant of Route 1, Mizpah, was j
here on business Tuesday.
S. C. Austin, Slick Hartman, Bill
Fulton, Dan Heath and others at
tended the week end dance at Dun
lap Springs Saturday night.
! Mr. and Mrs. S. ('. Rierson, Jr.,
spent the week end here with their
parents.
Mr. and Mrs. E. I>. Matthews are
building an attractive home of the
bungalow type, in Winston-Salem
Mrs. 1). I). Woodruff and two small
daughters, of Hays, returned home
last week after a visit to her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. DoodrufT.
CHRISTMAS TREE
AT AIT. OLIVE
Will lie Civen On Night of Dee.
2.") lndications Are Tim'
Several Weddings Will i,
• sir During the Holidays.
Is -iiv- Re'ite I. Dec. 11. There m
be a chri '.iias tree at Mount Oliv.
1 h I oil the night "f Decemb. 
ii. -i! • o'cli 'k. Tlu public is
. oi'.liidlv ill' ii 'd to atllend.
■l'.vgillg li'.iil the Illovein-'lits of
II: • >.'Ung |.e pie of liiis seclioli it
l-.oks is if ;i' !c \> j!| 1... s"ver d wed
lone- dur'ng the Chrvimas holiday-.
l.oi a unt" Mr. an i Mr . i). E.
Ki-.r, last week, a fine boy.
lares an so s- are th ,t it 1. . ks
pr.-em lik. we will lie unable to
!. .a an egv: for ( hristmas.
Earners in thi- section are taking
iolvaatajre of th nice weather \\i
arc havin." by breaking their land
f r spring. t>n a. ount of the low
price of tobacc ' i large crop of com
will no doubt 1 idaniid in the coin
ing :;irng.
And Not ;i Yard Wide
The Girl "What's that funny
jtuff on the sheep?"
! Thy Herder "Wool, ma'am."
The Girl—"Woo!? Huh, I'll bet it's
half cotton!"- l.ife.
!STOKES CASK WILL
GO TO JCRY
Conte-'t lot .veen I)'i::i i  •! Kdu
j
j ration and "»•:: i:: ('iimn :'
I simiers Will *!f Tri.-d At Next
i Term Stokes Court .
(ircciisln.ro. i •, IJ. Tl fight
IH*tween tl: • • i of ■ ducat ion and
the board of county commissioners
of Stokes canty, was brought to
Greensbor.i yesterday when Judge
Michael Schiieck, sitting in cham
bers, was to hear a motion on the
i part of the education officials that
a mandamus be issued in which the
county commissioners would be forc
ed to borrow either SHO,OOO or Sl'S,-
000 for the purpose of building
schools.
Before the plaintiff, board of edu
cation, had made its motion, coun
sel for the defense submitted that
there was an issue of fact before t!v
j coin t and that a jury trial would be
| necessary. Judge Sehenck sustained
this motion and with the consent of
IW. M. Hi'iidren, prominent attorney
| "f Winston-Salem, representing the
I defendant, the case was set for trial
on the first day of the next civil
term of court.
It is the contention of the board if
education that a joint meeting of
the board of education and of the
hoard of commissioivirs it v. a.-
agn d. wi'h J. W. Morelii I 
: etlt I'.g that tii" county sh''ll : I :
row a di-.iiii'd amount (eitli t -so,
uOo . i .S;I-,OOOI for which bail I
si hoo|-. > lid ani'ilif to be p • . i \
fi'oin the lo,'ii, to be obtain f i • i
the - tat ■ build air fund a let ii !:• r.
The edti at ion oiii ■i• I s , nd -d
thai after tie coiuniissioi is. >.f
Stoki s county had airi ed l . is v
notes si ml borrow this sum .'m th.
const rue; ion of j-. liools, tin y nn ;
again, reeindid ll: r foi'mer .'e lion,
and refused t" borrow the money.
•In th" other hand the boar! of
county commissioners said that th y
agreed to borrow the money by a
majority of one vote. And that since
that time 11. 11. Williamson, member
of the county board of commission
ers, has learned that a different set
of facts exist than was submitted
by J. C. Carson, county superintend
ent of instruction, and that he fuith
er learns that the board of education
intended to borrow S'.»K,OO() instead
jof $KO,()00 and thiit for these rca
j sons he claims that he pledged the
| county under misapprehension.
I Mr. Williamson, according to his
attorney, says that the county super
intendent of education represcntc I
that the state appropriation would
. not only pay back the county's loan
but fund the interest and t hat since
that time, he, Mr. Williamson, learns
that this is not the case.
The board of education after learn
ing that the board of county com
missioners had rescinded its action
and was not going to borrow th •
money, asked Judge Michael S.-hen
to issue a mandamus ordering the
money to be borrowed. Jtidir
Sehenck, on motion of coin I for
I the defense, ordered it to be tl'cd b
jury.
It is under I that \ v- r
■ide wins o'lt i:; the lower i
other will takt tii" cose 'i a
prenie court and for the ti ing
t!" I uilding program i f tie ' -. -
tun > board of • lucation
'. .'ted.
T.iMoi 1 Revit .. it.;
> t m.eiit •!
('• .
I 1 c'N 'iRV i Funk '.i... •■-
alls •! .tie-, :■ j'!, ' i .
vot a 1
, M K UY RHYMES i Moth, r
 le. i risa;|," |'li si \
action.
CEN'Si REPORTS •( v.
nient > I I reaii-m Perhaps
a trille t i. y." S. \ • i,- i. :r
predoniina
TELEPH' BOOK (Belli
• liaracters ob. nr. :ii, action
Setting is |,
i CONGRESS 1 \ AI. REC(»;:D il
S. i.egislatoiv • - I hes t I I'l •
Mu Ii superflu \> rliiage. Cot
I limns tUniversi:; I Washington.
i Signalr. help. When the driver in
| front holds out his hand, you know
he is going to do one of three thing-,
j—Youngstow'n Vindicator.
o. 2, >01
\ ITO
STOKES COI'XTV
'' i!> ■ n •)f 15c ' '!i i>i >,.» O:'
r.i- ( i'i.m ■ k Township Aft;
Forced T'i Atti'inl N hool In
Farmer's i'iuk House.
\V. S. (ieorge ar ■!  . !!. F rata is,
citizens of th• Fiiim i-. H rnmmunity,
wi'iv visitors in Danbury yesterdsr..
Those gentlemen report that th •
school at Francisco continues t.i
grow in number of pupils in spit.'
of the fact that adequate school build
inn facilities are sadly lacking. The
school now has considerably more
than three hundred pupils.
Mr. George stated that in order to
take care of the large attendance
the rooms of the present school
building have had petitions put in
them and that as many as fifty chil
dren are being taught in a room
probably only lli or 1 I feet square.
In addition to this state of affair-
Mr. George's own child, with fifty
or more other children, is attending
school in an old pa-k-house on the
premises of a farmer, th" basement
' of which is today being used by the
' farmer for ordering and stripping
tobacco. The building has been used
for the past ii or X years as a plund
er h >ii- e for storing fertilizer, lum
ber. farming tools, etc., and this
wis moved out thr.-> fall and thi r of
tit and in onl r thai t i ' Iren
of 11.• payer.- of iiig Creek town
ship might have sonic | !.■ ■■ t i atlen 1
' school rather than sta> at lio;.i .
;a:hers of t! • hi'.lr -en in
I'.i- Civ, k townshii ■■ ('.-lying th» : "
• pr ■ll ioi-al pc.rt f tli "f
1 II ••• school building.' in the southern
h.df "f i!i c.iUP.. . and, a - ;i. cl:
/ ii stated, who, i« i that :- r -
sponsible for the holding up .f th •
county's s h0..1 building program has
■ *l''lie a gi .at injustice to the c':;■...
of the northern half of the inunty.
WILL EATON
LOSES RESIDENCE
Fire Originating From Situ.
Flue Does $4,000 Damage—
Loss Is Partially Covered 15v
Insurance.
1 Will Eaton, a farmer of the Flat
- Shoal section, five miles south-west
• of Dan bury, had the misfortune to
lose his residence and a good part of
 its contents by fire Saturday morn
- ing. Several out-buildings and some
1 farm machinery and tools were also
1 destroyed. It is thought that the
l tire originated from a stove flue in
!• the kitchin. Mr. Raton figures his
s loss at about $-I,ool*. it is learned.
Enough insurance was carried to
- cover a good part of th" loss, it is
- stated. The building was a two
i story frame structure. It was the
• former h one of Elder Joseph South
. Crn, of the Primitive Baptist church,
e It was not learned what Mr. K;'.
toll's plans are for the future, but
i is pr« -uni"d that he will re build at
an early date.
Solh $200,000 Water
and Lif?ht Bonds
M . N. C. '>i 1 ! The i ity
f V, .! 11. • . Ct> lerf.
i •
• . - :r r. !. -'li a s J:" 1 if •
h. • t . tl. \ i. • : ar l'i i
-1 ' . I " illottc. ,',r. \ i■ i .r.ng
M. , « i Ho 1- , 11. .r.•• ei -
fro ~ |»i ■ v. I! he is .1 to im
pound a supi ly of water on Richard
t;nj• ••> i i'i. lit; l'i!-:intr latt.
Prodigality
•i: -r I--.-• \ ii.'- .1 Mi. :>
'yo f In ; t*.r* l.ia:p of i ••:■.! ; I
IV, v boy!"
'•That' . K 'fferty for von! V h-n
lie fee! liei-e's .1 pliluil'l" at -tak ,
he doesn't iii■ iik of expellsiWash
ington i
"My Dear, You
| Should Have Seen Him
The Boston Transcript picks this
(from th. Lancaster News. "Miss
I l.ucile Rife as flower girl carried a
n basket of roses and sweet peas. Mr.
v Robert Jones of Altoona wore a frock
; . of pink georgette and acted as best
! man."
1