DANBURY REPORTER
Volume LI.
AN INTERESTING DESCRIPTION
OF GUILFORD BATTLEGROUND
That Historic and Beautiful Spot Is Now A National Park and
Deserves Liberal Appropriation From Federal Government
Celebration to Be Held July 4th In Which Each Countv
Of State Will Be Asked To Take Part.
Guilford Battle Ground, situated
four mill's west of Greensboro in
Guilford county, and only one
• nour's drive from the county seat
of Stokes, is one of the most historic
and interesting spots in this section
of the United States. A few months
since the site was taken over hy the
federal government and is now
■Maintained as a national njilitary
park with Hon. E. E. Mendenhall, of
Greensboro, as custodian.
At the time the Battleground
. property was taken over by the
»i?overnmertf an Appropriation of
some jr. 0,000 for its maintenance
was made by congress, but this
amount was too small to make any
noted improvement. The park is
certainly worthy of a most liberal
appropriation from congress and it
is hoped that our senators and rep
resentatives will lay its claims be
fore congress and see to it that it
gets a donation in keeping with the
large sums that are l>oing spent on
other national parks, many of which
are less worthy than the historic
Battleground park.
On July the Ith >f this year, it i.
stated, tin- greatest celebration yet
held at the Battleground is being
contemplated, and every county in
the State will be asked to contribute
in some way to the event.
Custodian Mendenhall, who cer
tainly has the welfare of the park
at heart, has recently prepared a
most interesting descriptive aijtiel"
on the park, and we are pleased to
have the privilege of printing i'.
The article follows:
Mr. Marshall's Story.
Guilford Battleground, maintained
«by the government as Guilford
Courthouse National Military Park,
is located on a main highway and
the Atlantic and Yadkin railway si\
miles north of Greensboro, North
Carolina. This park contains one
hundred and twenty-five acres of
rolling land nearly equally divided
by the highway. Of this about one
half is lawn; the rest is in natural
growth of forest. The main driv?
runs east and west, circling around
the lake, Wilfong, near the eastern
boundary and joining another drive
running cast and west along the
southern boundary. In 1906 Con
gress erected two memorial arches
of granite spanning the main drive
or Revolutionary Great Road which
form entrances to the eastern and
western parts of the grounds. These
arches are 30 feet in height by 28
wide by seven in thickness. They
were erected to G«neral Francis
Nash and William Lee Davidson,
who fell at Germantown, Pennsyl
vania, 1777, and Cowans Ford .North
Carolina, 1781. Two bronze tablets
on each set forth these and other
facts of their lives.
Going west through the Davidson
arch is a driveway known in early
history as the New Garden road. It
was over this road that Cornwallis
and his troops entered the Guilford
battleground. Leading south near the
western border of the park is a
J driveway which circles around thru
the forest entering the Roanoke
highway near the extreme boundary
of the reservation. Between this
driveway and the main highway ari
nearly 30 acres of native forests o(
hickory, oak, gum, poplar and vari
ous shrubbery that abound in Pied
mont North Carolina. To the nort!:
of the New Garden road are fivi
acres of the same growth. To thi
west of this are five acres cleared
and under cultivation.
40 Acres of Forest.
North of the main drive and east
of the highway are nearly 40 acres
of native forest of pine, poplar anr
native oak. A stream known as
Martin's branch flows through this
park entering the southern boundarj
and flowing in a northeasterly
course. Near the headwaters of this
stream is Lake Wilfong. Recentlj
a concrete top and walkway hiavt
f been erected across the dam, alsc
a concrete, funnel-shaped spillway
A platform has been erected fron
the dam out to the spillway. Th
entire length of the walk and plat
form is protected '>>' iron railing.
The lake covers approximately an
acre of ground. To the east of the
lake and on Martin's branch is a
beautiful grove of dogwood, poplar
and gum. Scattered over grounds
are various shrubs and trees con
sisting of silver maple, magnolia,
spruce pine arvor vitae, both Spanish
and domestic and four longleaf pine.
To the northeast is a plot of land
belonging to the Battleground com
pany, where the Guilfordo court
house stood at the time of the bat
tle, March 15, 17X1. A portion of
the concrete floor is still visible.
Though not a part of the park this
plot is of historical interest. Kast
of the courthouse site some 2">l
feet is a giant oak known as Liberty
oak. Tradition says that it was to
this tree that General Greene tied
his horse before the battle and that
the horse bit out the top of the oak.
Guilford battlefield was made a
national park March 2, l'.'l", by an
act of Congress. "lie it enacted by
the senate and house of representa
tives of the I'niled State of Ameri
ca in Congress assembled. That in
order to preserve for historical and
professional military study one of
the most memorable battles of the
Revolutionary war, the battlefield of
Guilford Courthouse, in the state of
North Carolina is hereby declared a
national military park whenever th •
title to the same shall have been ac
quired by the I'nited States."! Pub
lic No. tilth Congress. 11. IJ.
) This tract of 1 "Jteres, mon
uments and buildings was given to
the government by the Battle
Ground company, a company incor
porated by the legislature of North
Carolina in 18H7. This company
was organized by Judge David
Schenck, Judge R. M. Douglas, J.
W. Scott, and others for "the pres
ervation, reclamation and adorn
ment of the battlefield of Guilford
Courthouse." (Annual Report of
Battle Ground Company—ll)oll.) The
legislature of N. C. exempted this
association from taxation and for
many years made an appropriation of
several hundred dollars. The follow
ing is a (imitation from the Wash
ington Post, July, 1913: "The vast
body of Revolutionary patriots in the
north should take notice of this X.
C. work, a field preserved, paid for
With its history collected and pre
served on tablets and monuments.
Those who have brought it to suc
cess are at the sunset of life. It
would in every sense be fitting if
the national government should re
ceive this finished work of patriot
ism (freely tendered) and provide
for its future."
A Great Memorial.
Guilford Courthouse National Mil
itary Park was established to com
memorate one of the most import
ant battles of the American Revolu
tion." It is the only Revolutionary
battlefield so preserved. Though
most historians give this battle as
a victory for the English, it was one
of the mo(i important of the war
for the patriots. "The battle of
Guilford, though tactically a defeat
for the Americans, was strategically
a decisive victory and most import
ant one since the capture of Bur
go yne."' (Fi.^ke —The Anlerican
Revolution, v. 2, page 2(50.) In
1771, Greene had been sent to the
Carolina* as a last forlorn hope of
saving the south. For several
months he had been watchfully
waiting for reinforcements. After
about two months of this policy it
was absolutely necessary for a bat
tle to be fought between Cornwallis,
who was near llillsboro, and Greene,
who was back and forth in a tri
angle formed by Reedy Fork, Little
Troublesome creek and Little Ala
mance. Cornwallis was fast re
cruiting loyaltists into his army. For
him to hold his fresh recruits and
the state of Xorth Carolina, it was
necessary for him to defeat Greene.
On the other hand, Greene could
never hold North Carolina for the
patriots unless (he could defeat
(Continued on page 5.)
Danbury, N. Wednesday, Jan. l.'>, 192(i
BIG BREAK ON THE
MARKET TODAY
Estimated Over Half Million
Pounds Will l>e Sold For a
Good Average Per Pound.
Winston-Salem, Jan. 12.--The big
gest break that has appeared on the
local market since the Christmas
holidays was on the floors Tuesday.
It is estimated that between live
hundred and seven hundred thousand
pounds was sold. The prices took
a corresponding juntp this morning
also, and it is believed that the av
erage was the highest since the
holidays.
The way the leaf is continuing to
come in banishes forever the esti
mates of many of the warehouse
men made in the early fall that th"
market would not sell over thirty
five million pounds this season. It
is now believed that there will be at
least -10,000,(100 sold before the sea
son closes.
STORMY SESSION
OVER ROAD ROUTES
Me Hat>. of Wilmington, Hans
On Page for Designation of
the Three Routes—Charges
Selfishness.
Washington. Jan. 1 Continua
tion of charges that Frank Page has
In "ii guilty of "deception and cam
ouflage" in the making of through
national highways, marked a hectic
conference here today between Hugh
Mcßae, of Wilmington, and Repre
sentative of the Klizabeth City and
(ioldsboro Chamber of Commerce
and Representatives Aheincthy and
I .yon anil Frank Hampton, secretary
to Senator Sinlmons.
The conference adjourned without
any definite action at noon to be
resumed before Representatives l?ul
winklc. Weaver and Houghton this
afternoon over the question of the
allocation of highways through the
western part of the state.
"I do not consider that this mat
ter is any of our business," Repre
sentative Houghton member of the
roads committee of the House, said,
"and I'm not going out of my way
to get in a row."
Senator Simmons, Mr. Hampton
told the conference, is unable to give
any attention to the quarrel now
because he is engaged night and day
in his efforts to pass a substitute
revenue bill.
Mcßae, who is president of the
Blackberry Trail Highway, was es
pecially bitter and caustic in denun
ciation of Page and other members
of the North Carolina Highway
Commission.
"I expect to prove at the after
noon meeting that Page, by having
route No. 1 pass through Southern
Pines and Aberdeen, and other
members of the commission have
ignored the wishes of the people of
North Carolina and secured the des
ignation of highways which either
pass through their own property or
their own communities. It is an
outrage."
Frank Hampton suggested to the
protesting delegation that the mat
ter ought to be taken up with a view
of ascertaining if the highway otTi
cials have not acted without author
ity of law. He asked them, in shor',
to go back to the North Carolina
commission.
Mcßae then intimated that they
had been double-A'ossed by at least
three members of the State com
mission.
Officials at the interstate com
merce commission this morning in
formed Representative Houghton
that the application of the Appa
lachian and Western North Carolina
Railroad, the main link of the Bowie
"Ixist Province Railroad," author
ized by the-General Assembly, will
be acted upon shortly after Febru
ary 15. Engineer Miller, brother-in
law of Howie, has asked for this time
in which to supply the commission
with additional data.
Did you make a new year resolu
tion to keep records on the farm this
year, ask farm economics workers at
State College one. The business
farmer likes to know whether he is
making or losing money and he can
not tell unless he keeps records.
rKAIN WRECK AT
WALNUT COVE
Derailment of Passenger Train
Occurs Sunday Afternoon;
Fireman Dies From Injuries.
Walnut Cove, Jan. 10.—Atlantic
ind Yadkin passenger train No. °S2
■astbound. running between Mount
Airy and Greensboro, was wrecked
this afternoon at 4:•!."> o'clock, the
i-ngine turning over and rolling down
[in eniliankment and the three
roaches in the train all leaving the
rails. The baggage coach was also
derailed. The wreck occurred at
Mitchell, within two miles of Walnut
Cove.
Fireman 15. A. Strader, of Greens
boro, was the only person injured
other than a shaking up that several
received. Strader was taken to St,
Leo's hospital. He suffered internal
injuries and lacerations, as well as
some broken bones.
The fireman and the engineer, J
1). Powers, jumped for life when th#
engine left the tracks. The engine
turned over on the engineer's side,
but he jumped clear of it and scram
bled to safety. Strader was hurt in
his jump, falling on the tracks.
What caused the wreck was not
known here tonight, although it is
thought a spreading track was re
sponsible. The wreck occurred on
a curve, on a slight till. Conduc
tor W. (i. Shelton \\;t> in charge of
the train. I'as.-eng'-rs piled "'ill i i
the train in a huny, but none of
the in was hurt, as p.ts-iiiger coaches
stayed on the wheels.
LATER. Fireman Strader di -d
yesterday from his injuries.
Free Treatment
Fur Cripples
The State Rehabilitation Depart
ment, which has been established tn
assist disabled civilians in securing
needed treatment and training to the
end that their earning capacity may
be increased, has recently begun the
orgaization of orthopedic clinics at
central points all over the State,
making available expert orthopedic
service for every cripple in need ot
such attention.
One of these clinics is being locat
ed at Winston-Salem to serve a
group of counties including Stokes,
Surry, Yadkin, Forsyth, Davie and
Davidson. This clinic will be held
at the County Health Department in
Winston-Salem on Saturday, January
Itith, and monthly thereafter. It
is being sponsored by the Winston-
Salem Kiwanis Club and will be in
charge of an expert orthopedic
surgeon. This clinic will be equipped
so as to provide thorough examina
tions and also treatment such as car
be administered outside the hospital
The examinations will be absolutely
free for everybody and for those whn
need treatment and are not able t«
pay, provisions have been made t»i
care for their needs, without cost,
at the clinic and in hospitals. All
cases that can be treated without
hospitalization will have the advan
tage of this clinic every thirty days.
Those cases, requiring hospital car-',
if under sixteen years of age, will
be referred to the State Orthopdi ■
Hospital at (lastonia, if over sixteen
years of age, will be placed in free
beds arranged for at the Baptist
Hospital in Winston-Salle.n^.
It should be noted that all cripples
regardless of age, or race, are eligi
ble to this clinic. Besides the ortho
pedic services, the Rehabilitation De
partment offers special training,
without cost, to cripples over sixteen
years of age whose disability
amounts to a vocational handicap.
A representative of this Department
will be present at each clinic to in
terview all cases in this class who
may wish to educate themselves for
soma suitable occupation. If you
know of any cripples in need (>i
these services, you could do them fi
favor by calling their attention tu
these provisions being made for
their benefit or by reporting their
names to the Department of Voca
tional Rehabilitation, Raleigh, N. C
It is hoped that no cripples in this
territory will fail to take advantage
of the clinic, as they have everything
to gain and nothing to lose.
Mount Etna is active, but Musso
lini will no doubt suppress it at thi
proper time.—Brooklyn Eagle.
JUDGE W. P. BYNUM
DIED THURSDAY
Former Superior Omit Judge
Was Reared On a Farm In
Stokes County.
Greensboro, Jan. 7.—Judge Wil
liam I'. Bynum, noteil lawyer, died
at his home here tonight at
o'clock. Heart failure was the rau.'f
of death. He had been in ill health
for about a month and critically ; 11
for a few days. He was 01 years of
aire.
Judge Bynum was born in Mc-
Dowell county, the son of Benja
min F. anl Charity Bynum, of Eng
lish and Welch blood. He was relat
ed to the Martins of Stokes county,
the I'restons and Hamptons, coming
from a line of statesmen, lawyers,
generals and ministers, a family of
political thought of the const it uti
tutional type.
Beared in Stokes.
Reared on a farm in Stokes coun
ty, he was educated at Kernersville
high school, Dalton Institute in
Stokes and graduated at Trinity col
lege. He read law in school hen
tinder Dillard & Pick and was ad
mitted to the bar in Charlotte in
ISSI. He began practicing then
with an uncle of the same name and
married Miss Mary Fleming Walke»
of that city. Their one son died in
infancy. She survives him.
He came here in 1 to practic
law anil wa- associated with Bart
lett Shipp, later with John Cray
ISynum, and in I'.M.'l the law tirm of
Bynum, llohgood & Alderman wi
fornied.
Presidential Elector.
In ISiC he was a republican
presidential elector and again in
l;i 12. In 1 S'.t-l he was solicitor of
the fifth district, but resigned in
I Sits and was appointed judgo of
the superior court. On January
1. lS'.i'.i, he was made special assist
ant to the attorney general of the
United States and helped prosecute
what were known as the Asheville
bank case. He resigned that ofliee
in litp?, resumed private practice
here and in l'.tlS was the nominee
of the republicans for chief justice
of North Carolina.
Ladies Aid Held
Interesting Meeting
King, Jan. 11.—The Moravian
Ladies Aid met with Mrs. H. H.
Leake on Thursday afternoon, Jan,
7th. Those present were: Mesdaincs
Grady Stone, Elsie Moser, Ross New
sum, Clady Newsum, Ernest Smith
Adam Hall, Frank Pulliam, S. W
Pulliam, C. A. White, Rupert Helsa
beck, Joe Alley and Miss Lillie Oofl
and two visitors, Mrs. Mendenhall
and her daughter, Mildred.
I The devotional service was conduc
ted by Mrs. Leake. Hymns Holy
Holy, Holy and Faith of Our Fath
ers. Scripture read responsively,
Prayer by Mrs. Frank Pulliam.
Mrs. Leak read a story of a little
girl who went to Salem to school,
who was President Polk's wife,
j Mrs. Mendenhall gave an interest
ing talk of the Moravian work iti
the cold country of Alaska.
Muring the past year the Aid has
paid towards the Moravian church
$307.00.
During the social hour the hostess
served fruit salad, fruit
coffee.
News Items Of
King Route 2
King Route 'J, Jan. It.—We had
a very heavy snow storm in this
section last Friday which is still
holding to the ground in places. Peo
ple said it was the most disagree
able day thej had seen in several
years.
Mad dogs are causing a lot ol
trouble through this section. There
was one at Mr. Scales Cromer's last
Sunday and also one at Mr. C. M
, Tuttle's.
Smallpox is beginning to rage
again. Mr. (J. I*. Shclton, who ha.
had them is slowly improving.
Several of the farmers marketo*
, toha "o lnsit week. They jrepor
, prices very low.
R. K. and his partner, Mr. G. F
! Edwards, an 1 building fish traps an
-; grinding their hopks. R. K. say:
■ large fish run wheh the creek i:
| frozen.
No. 2,804
THREE DEATHS
NEAR KING
Will .Moser, J.ohn Hunter ami
Mrs. William Kreeger Passes
—Kiser Fails t> Show Up—»-
Other News.
King, .Jan. 11.—L. K Newsurr,
charged with breaking the plate
l»lass in th' George building »n N
Depot Street, w;is acquitted in Judge
Smith's court here Saturday.
B. I/. I.ove paid a tine of fifteen,
dollars and th«* cost for being drunk
Wheeler Kiser, who was captured
here Friday night with whiskey in
his possession by officer A. L. Hall,
failed to appear for trial.
Will Moser, aged sixty-one years,
a well to do planter, died at his home
three miles north of town last week.
Mr. Moser had been in failing health
for more than a year and had suffer
ed two or more strokes of paralysis.
A few days before the end came he
developed pneumonia which was the
cause of his death. The interment
was at Mount Olive church. His es
tate is estimated at fifty thousand
dollars. li- left a will, the contents
of which were not learned.
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Newsunt
are the glad recipients of another
daughter.
Attorney I'iercesnn Huntley, ■>:
Klkin, was here Friday looking aft. "
some legal matter.-.
The regular yearly meeting of
the Warehouse Company of Kimr,
held in the bank building here Sat
urday. The old board of director*
Messrs. V. T. drubs. It. ('. White, S
W. I'ulliam, Harvey .lohnson and .1
Wilson Mitchell were all re-elected
for another year. At the directors
meeting a dividend of five per cent
for the last half of r.'2."> was declar
ed and will be paid out to stock
holders.
Attorney Dallas Kirby, of Wins
ton-Salem, was here Saturday on
professional business.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Karlie Moser.
who reside in Walnut Hills, a tine
son.
aknownbv , shrdlu etao insrh
Mr. Gordon Pratt left last week
for War, W. Va„ after spending
several days with his parents here,
llr. Pratt holds a position with one
of the large coal mines in West Va.
W. B. Thomas, of Charlotte, is
among the business visitors here to
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Ferguson, of
Kansas, are spending several days
with Mr. Ferguson's parents near
here.
Mr. Paul Meadows, after spending
several days with his parents here,
left Saturday for Sanford which is
his headquarters for the present.
He holds a position as traveling
salesman with the Aluminum Uten
sil Co.
Mrs. William Kreeger, aged ninety
years, died early yesterday morning
at her home three miles south of
town from a complication of diseases.
The interment will be conducted
from Antioch church of which she
had been a faithful member for over
a half century, today.
W. T. Ncwsum, of High Point,
spent Sunday with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. T. F. Ncwsum, in Walnut
Hills.
Olif Johnson, of Pilot Mountain, i«
a business visitor here today.
John Hunter, aged about seventy
five years, died early this morning
at his home three miles south of
town. His death was caused by
paralysis. The interment will be
conducted from Mount Pleasant
church tomorrow at two o'clock p. m.
Feed the horse and mule during
winter that they will not be so fat
and soft when spring work begins;
but do not starve them, say live
stock workers at State College.
Home demonstration workers have
fount! that children who g"t a quart
of milk per day will have strong,
straight bones and good teeth when
they grow bigger.
Germany is going into the Leagur
of Nations. Our own country, how
ever, is still terrified at the thought
of what our former allies might do
to us.—Dallas News.
. i
11 Don't be deceived by the weather
i prediction, "Partly cloudly." The
>, other part is probably snow, hail,
| cloudburst and bliziard. —Detroit-