DANBURY REPORTER
Volume LI.~
CHAIRMEN NAMED
FOR STOKES
To Aid In Soliciting Funds For
Memorial Fund For Wood j
row Wilson—Names of Con
tributors To Be Enrolled At
Memorial Building.
County Chairman, John L. Chris-'
tian. has appointed the f>l!>wing|
named township to insist i
in soliciting funds for the Woodrow
Wilson Memorial fund:
R. E. L. Francis, Francisco; Miss
Laura Ellington, Sandy llidge; Mrs.
S. P. Christian, Westfield; Mrs. If.
S Foy, Germanton; J E. Da'; in,
Pine Hull; Mrs. Jesse Geor;- '.
field; P. O. Frye, Pinnacle; Mrs. 11.
R King, Danbury; Dr. J. L. Hanes,
Pint: Hall; C'. E. Davis, Walnut
Cove
Stokes county has been asses.*" 1
$500.00 as her share of this fund,
which will be used for the establish
ment. of the Woodrow Wilson mem
orial in Staunton, Va., and the
names of every contributor will bo
permanently enrolled and placed on
exhibition at the memorial building
in Staunton and in the library of
congress at Washington city.
The purpose of the campaign,
which is nation-wide, is to raise
money sufficient to take over Wood
row Wilson's birthplace in StauntJon,
Va, and constitute it a memorial,
whi'-h will include furniture of the
period, books and periodicals relat
ing to Mr. Wilson and his times and
many other relics of interest to this
and future generations. The plan
also is to restore the chapel on the
grounds of Mary Baldwin College,
adjoining the birthplace, where Mr.
Wilson's father preached ard where
the war-time President was baptized
and to build on the new site of the
college a Wilson Memorial Hall. The
whole would form a birthplace me
morial to the late Presidents shrine
which would form a permanent in
spiration to the youth of America.
STOKES ROAD TO
COST 8170.760.30
State Received Bids On 15-1
Miles of New Roads Yester
day- Keen Competition
Among Contractors.
At Raleigh yesterday the State
highway commission received bids
on 151 miles of new roads to be con
structed in the State. Total bids
for the work amounted to $2,128 -
854.51. There were eighteen projects
in the letting.
The only road in this district on
which bids were received was for
hard-surfacing the highway from
Walnut Cove to the Rockingham
county line, on the Madison road.
This is route No. 77 and L. L. Tins
dale, of Wisconsin, was the low
bidder, his figures being $170,700.30
for the seven miles of paving.
The projected work drew a record
number of bids, and keen competi
tion among the contractors gave the
State a regular bargain on one of
the biggest lettings of the good
roads program.
The eastern counties will get th?
banner jobs, Wilson, Edgecomb \
i Beaufort. Robeson, Cumberland and 1
Bladen having projects for long'
stretches of hard surfacing.
N. L. Cranford Is
Candidate For Sheriff
N. L. Cranford, of Winston-Salem,
Democrat, yesterday announced his
candidacy for sheriff of Forsyth
county, in opposition to the incum
bent, Sheriff J. B. McCreary.
"All that I have to say is that I
am a candidate for the office and
should the people see fit to elect me
1 shall ondeaver to serve the tax
payers to the best of my ability,'
said Mr. Cranford.
Riley F. Boyles
Seriously 111
C. O. Boyles, prominent merchant
fif King, who was a visitor here
Monday, stilted that his father, Mr.
Riley F. Boyles, of Capella, was ser
iously ill at his home. Mr. Bowles
will be eighty years of age at his
next birthday. »
C. HELSABECK .
HAS ACCIDENT
Train Starts Forest Fire—New
Coat of Oil For State Road
—An Interesting Game of
Ball.
King, May 3.—Clarence Helsa
beck cut an ugly gash in his foot
while cutting wood at the wood pile
at his home three miles south of
here last week. Dr. G. E. Stone
dressed the wound.
Born unto Mr. and Mrs. Rober
Jackson, a fine son. The young fel
low arrived yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Pulliam, of
Summerfield, spent the day Sunday
with Mr. Pulliam's parents in West
View.
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Kirby are the
glad recipients of another baby girl.
The King Tigers defeated Capella
in a very interesting and exciting
game of baseball played on the King
diamond Saturday. Gray Moore, of
Tiger fame, was the star player.
The final score stood four and three.
This was decidedly the best game
that the King people have had an
opportunity of seeing this season.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey I'ulliam, of
High Point, spent Sunday with rel
atives here.
A. M. Caudle, who holds a posi
tion with the Southern Railway Co.,
spent Sunday with his parents in
Walnut Hills.
Ray Kiser, of Winston-Salem,
was among the visitors here Sunday.
John Collins and family, of Mt.
Airy, spent Saturady and Sunday
with his brother, A. F. Collins, on
south Depot street.
Rev. Paul 11. Nowsum filled nis
regular appointment at Mt. Airy
Sunday.
R. (I. Fulk, who has been very
sick at his home near here for sev
oral days, shows some improvement
today, v.e are glad to note.
J. S. Boyles, of Walnut, spent
few hours here Sunday with fri« mis.
The east bound passenger train
: i the Atlantic jand Yadkin Rail
way put out fire just west of town
yesterday afternoon. It burned river
several acres bef >re it was extin
guished.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Met hins, of
Winston-Salem, spent the day Sun
day with Mr. Hutehins' parents >n
east Main street.
Thomas E. Smith, who holdj| a
position at Hendersonville, spent
Sunday with his family here. Mr.
Smith states that there is a big
boom on in the Western part the
State.
j Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Snainhower, if
Winston-Salem, were visitors at the
home of Dr. and Mrs. H. G. Hard
ing on west Main street Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Caudle and
, daughter, Miss Flossie, of Winston
! Salem, spent Sunday with relatives
| here'.
| A large force of men are at work
on the new power line being built
from Winston-Salem to Mt. Airy,
and whieh touches King. The force
are at work just west of town and
good headway is being made on the
construction of this new line.
I R. W. Inman, of Mt. Airy, is here
! on business today.
Miss Ethel Kirby, of Winston-
Salem, spent the week end with her
' sisiter Mrs. Henry Hauser, on south
Depot street.
1 A force of state men are here
putting down another coat of oil on
j the oil road between here and Pilot
Mtn.
, The condition of Mrs. T. F. Callo
! way, who has been very sick for
several weeks, remains about the
same.
; C. J. Kirby, who holds a position
I with The Southern Railway Co.,
spent Sunday with his family in
Walnut Hills.
Rev, E. A. Holton held a real
helpful service at the Moravian
church last Sunday afternoon.
| On the second Sunday in May at
i o'clock, p. m., Billy Sunday team
ravian church here
"Uncle" Deo Tijjlotson, of the ,
Kinp community, was here Monday
looking in on the sessions of the
various county boards. Mr. Tillot
son will be seventy years old on his
next birthday, but he still takes an
active interest in county affairs. j
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, May 5 1926
DOGS COST STOKES
MUCH MONEY
Claims Filed Against County
For Damage Done by Canines
—C. H. Lunsford Again
Loses Several Sheep.
The State dog law provides that,
damages done to citizens and prop
erty by dogs shall be paid out of the
funds arising from the tax on dogs,
according to the statement of at- 1
torneys for the board of county
commissioners. Ilut this fund has
long since been exhausted in Stokes,
and many claims against the county
continue to conic in. The law also
provides that the county may sue
owners of dogs which depredate on
etiizens and that fluids derived from
this source may be used to pay
claims against the county on ac
count of damage by dogs, but, it is
found by the Stokes authorities
that many of these are in
solvent, and hence funds from this
source are not adequate to meet
the heavy demands on the county.
So the board of commissioners are
at a loss to know where the money
is to come from to pay off claims
that arise from damage done by
dogs in the county.
At Monday's meeting of the coun
ty commissioners C. H. Lunsford, of
Yadkin township, reported the loss
of nine sheep, killed by dogs. Mr.
Lunsford stated bill would be filed
for the loss probably at next meet
ing of the board.
C. E. Francis, who was bitten by
a maddog at his home near Fran
cisco recently, filed bill against th--
county for SIOO.OO to cover cost of
taking Pasteur treatment and loss
of time.
R. T.Pell, of Big Creek township,
asked for SIOO.OO fur the loss
three flogs which he was forced •>
kill when bitten by a madd»g.
J. P. George, J. K. Sunn ami J. .
Finns, of Rig Cre'-k township, w-iv
appointed by the commissioners »
investigate the two claims mention
ed above and report the same to the
board at the June meeting.
In the case in which I!. W. Hal!
recently asked for SIOO.OO for tile
loss of two dogs, the commissioners
appointed to investigate the matt -r
allowed Mr. Hall $30.00, but he re
fused to accept it, and will likely
I bring suit against the county.
i
DEMOCRATS ON
ROAD QUESTION
Party Is Pledged By Its Plat
form To A Continuance Of
the Present Highway Con
struction Program.
The State Democratic platform as
adopted at Raleigh last week has
' the following in regard to roads :
! "We rejoice in the remarkable
progress that has been made toward
the fulfillment of the promise of our
platform of 1020, for the establish-'
ment and maintenance of a state
system of highways.
' This great achievement is being
carried on and will be completed
without levying any taxes on prop
erty by the state for this or any
other purpose, and with a system of
financing that will adequately main
tain all roads in the state system,
pay interest on indebtedness con
tracted, provide for the full payment
of all bonds as they become due and
payable, and a substantial addition
al sum for new construction. It il
lustrates anew the capacity of the
democratic party to provide for the
state's large needs as well as small,
honestly, economically and efficient
ly, and free from narrow partisan
ship. We pledge the party to a con
tinuance of the present highway
construction program as rapidly as
practical from the sources of rev
enue heretofore set aside and dedi
cated to that purpose The state
should render every assistance pos
sible, after providing for the com
pletion and maintenance of the state
system, to aid the counties in organ
izing efficient systems of connecting
county roads."
' I
Ollie Hicks, of Meadows, who was
here Monday, is suffering from a
• broken shoulder. The accident oe
i curred while he was at work on th'j
i bridge being erected across Dan riv
jer at Hairston's ford. ,
CANDIDATES SLOW
- IN FILING
J. R. Nunn Enters Race For
Sheriff On Republican Ticket
—There ' Will Be Others—
Time of Filing Expires May
22nd.
According to the record of Chair
man S. P. Christian, of the county
board of elections, only one county
candidate has filed for the June pri
mary so far, this being J. R. N\inn,
of Quaker Gap township, who is
candidate for Sheriff on the Repub
lican ticket.
It is stated that Sheriff J. Frank
Dunlap will also file for the same
office and that probably E. R. Nel
son. of Piedmont Springs, will enter
the contest, making three Republi
can candidates for sheriff.
Otis T. Shelton, of Sandy Ridge,
is being urged by his friends thuout
the county to file for Sheriff on the
Democratic ticket. Mr. Shelton was
in Danbury Monday but did not com
mit himself as to whether he -ex
pected to run or not.
CHILDREN HAD
j NARROW ESCAPE
Residence of R. L. Durham At
West field Destroyed By Fire
Friday—Mrs. Durham Sav
-1 ed Children.
The residence of R. 1.. Durham, a
farmer of the Westfield community,
was destroyed bv fire Friday after
noon. Nothing was saw.) from the
building a;id n • ii.suraric .vas had
on !:o piMperty
Mrs. Durham made a fire in the
kitehin stove preparat > v y to |-r*
paring the supper and w. Nt out to
the fiprng . oiei littl" discanci from
the home t > £ t a huek--t f w:it"i\
She left two small children a-leep,
ea -h in ff. rent re. ins. Wh'-n she
returned .from the spin.." the fire
had spread t> 1.-th iv..n-s r*". l she
ran torotiirh the flames and brought
out the ehildrui ore :t a time. >'rs.
Durham was p-i'-ifillv burned alt:'it
the hands and f.i -e.
Mr. Durham, who was in IV.no.n/
Monday, suited that N ha I just
pur-based enough provisions for bis
family for the suirfnier and these
were all burned.
Negro Put Up Liberty
Bonds As Security
Walnut Cove, May 3.—When Jas.
Bailey, negro, was arrested yester
day at Walnut Cove by Pat Smoth
ers, deputy sheriff, and state officer
for the Norfolk and Western Rail
road for having whiskey in his pos
session he produced SI,OOO in gov
| eminent bonds as bond for his ap
pearance in court at Danbury.
Deputy Sheriff Smothers was on
the trail of another negro, but
when Bailey saw him, he moved his
."dogs" so rapidly in the other di
i recti on that the officer became sus
-1 pieious and gave chase. When he
' caught the negro he found two and
j one-half gallons of liquor in his
i coat pockets.
Forsyth County To
Help Old Soldiers
Forsyth county will give each old
j Confederate soldier SSO during the
i ensuing year, according to decision
made recently by the county com
missioners. Widows of old Confed
erate soldiers will also be presen'ed
with a like sum. This sum will be
; payable in two installments, one o.i
j September 15, 15)26, and one or
i March 15, 1927, This pension will
be in addition to the State pension
1 and will be taken out of the general
! county fund.
Escaped Convict
Brought Back Here
Sheriff J. F. Dunlap returned Sun
! day from Portsmouth, Ohio,
|he went after Walter Hairston,
colored, who escaped from the roads
l in Stokes a year or more ago.
■ Hairston was serving a,n 18 ntonths
j sentence for violation of the prohi
| bition laws. He will complete his
term on the roads here now.
HARD-SURFACE ASSURED
FOR DANBURY-WALNUT COVE
HIGHWAY IN NEAR FUTURE
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Stokes County To Loan State $200,000 For Its Construction—
Funds Secured By County Monday At Low Rate of Interest—
Contract For Paving To Be Let In June Or July—Will Be No
Increase In Tax Rate To Pay Interest On Loan.
SPEEDERS KILL
DOGS HERE !
Citizens Have Had Narrow j
Escapes From Fast Drivers ;t
—Owner of One of the Dogs; 1
Killed Demands Damage. I
Recently several Danbury ritizen-i (
and children have had some narrow'
escapes from being hit by fast j
moving cars and trucks, while two j
dogs were killed last week by the' v
speeders, it is learned.
Special complaint has been ma 1 • t
of the several drivers of trucks who
are hauling lulnber through town (
constantly. It is charged that they ,
travel through the village often at,
a rate of speed that it would be im- (
possible for them to stop the heavi- j
ly laden trucks in any reasonalle ,
distance. It was one these trucks
that ran over a dog or two last week (
in passing through town. The own- ,
or of one of the dogs is den'mding a .
substantial sum for the loss ef th • ,
dog. 1
ELECTION AT ~
WALNUT COVE
C. R. lluKherson Defeats P.
H. I.invillo Fur Mayor—OKl
Board >t" Commissioners Re-
Elected Monday.
Wa'nut Cove, M-iv I.— hi the
municipal election held here yester
day the present M->yer, C. R. llist
cherson, defeated P. Hanes I.invill
by a s-.ihstant'.iil majority. v.-ii'V nH
except, one me>nb"r of t!v> present
board of town comvrsionei* were
re-elected.
The ticket as elec'."d Monday is as,
fellows: Mayor, C. R. Hutcherson,
Commissioners, 11. H. Davis, W. 1..
Vaughn, J. A. Weisner, and J. 1..
| Welch, The election was rather.
i quiet.
GUILFORD TO LEND i
j $250,000 FOR ROAD
t Will Finance Widening of
Greensboro-High Point Link
To 30 Feet.
Greensboro, M|y 4.—Guilford I
county commissioners this afternoon
I vdted to lend the (State Highway
I Commission S2V 000, half of the
'sum needed to widen the Greensboro,
-High Point road link in route No. I
10, to thirty feet, straighten it and
repair it. The commissioners also
voted to build another sril road,
from Greensboro to High Point north .
|of the present route. Provision will |
jbe made for hard-surfacing it in a
few years.
Elder Fa.erg' Is
Combination Citizen
Elder J. A. Fagg, one of our
former Stokes citizens now resid
ing in Winston-Salem, was a visitor
here today. He was on business, of
course, but the newspaper man
never knows what his business is
unless he tells it. Sometimes he :
selling groceries for his wholesale
store, sometimes soliciting patron
age for his tobacco warehouse, often
he is here to conduct a funeral ser
vice or marry a couple. This trin
he was calling on our merchants.
Mr. Fagg stated that he would again
be with Brown's Warehouse this
season.
Stokes Guano Dealer
Train Load
Will A. Smith, fertilizer dealer of
King, was a visitor here Tuesday.
Mr. Smith recently received a solid
train load- of guano at one ship
ment. He reports that farmers
around King are preparing for full
crops of tobacco but are rather blue
over the lack of rain.
No. 2,817
Hard surface for the State high
way between Dan bury and Wjilnut
Cove was apparently assured Mon
day when the Stokes county commis
sioners passed a resolution agree
ing to loan the State $200,000 for
the work, and at the .same mee-'nar
borrowing the necessary fund.; on
short term notes at a very l«>w rate
of interest. While this ror«1 will
cost considerably more 'lnn ihe
figures mentioned above, the State
agrees to put up the additional
funds.
A large number of interested . iti
y.ens of the county were h"v Mon
day and urged the commissioners
to lose no time in accepting the lib
eral offer of the State re vntly nuidn
through highway commissioner, A.
S. Hanes, of Winston-Sale;n
While a great many of th« coun
ties of the State have tha
highway commission money for thf
construction of roads in ih-ir re
spective counties, Stokes is the first
county of the 7th distri -t to avail
itself of this plan, and for this rea
.-on the county will nodoubt not have
to pay interest en the loan vei-y
lons, as the money will he piid
back by the State out of the tir-t
available funds, it is said.
It is expe.-te 1 that contract will
be let for the su-facing of '.he road
mentioned above in Jun.' >r .• jly of
this year, so that a good psirt of
the road at least can be finished be
fore the winter months, The grad
ing of this road is now r. regressing
rapidly and will be completed in
July or August. The bridges .I''. I
culverts will also be finished soon.
The I>anbury-Walnut Cove high
way is one of the most important
and most heavily traveled reads of
the county and is used by a muck
larger per cent of th" people >f the
i county than any other highway in
its borders, and we will be very for
tunate indeed in getting it paved br
I making the State a loan of only
about two-thirds of the money neces
' sary for the work. The county will
, have to pay only a small amount in
I interest and there will be no in
j crease in the tax-rate as this small
| uniount can be taken care of out of
the general county funds.
NEW RULING BY
COUNTY FATHERS
In Future They Will Not Pay
Usual S2O For Stills Captur
ed When Federal Officers Are
ie With Raiding Party.
! A State law requires boards of
county commissioners to pay twenty
dollars for each still captured v v
, county officers and recently the
.Stokes boa> 1 has paid for a jrreat
i many coppers. At the se ;sion of
the board here Monday it vas stated
that in a great many instan es
where bills had I."en turned in by
county officers a Federal officer had
really been the principal in captur
ing the still and was merely being
assisted by the county officers. The
j Federal law, it was stated, directs
| that the still be destroyed as soon
!as captured, but i!- has been the
practice in many caves for the Fed
eral officer to allow the count> of-
I ficer to take the still, with the ic
' suit that he collects S2O from the
j county.
The county commissioners stated
I Monday that, in view of the
that there has been much criticism of
' the board on account of this custom,
,j in the future they would not pay
; | claims for the capture of stills
where a Federal officer was the
principal in making the capture.
Bitten By Rabid
Dog Last Week
C. E. Francis, of Francisco, who
I was a visitor here Monday, was bit
ten by a rabid dog last week and
;is undergoing the Pasteur treat
-1 mtnt. Mr. Francis was at his stable
• i preparing to feed his stock when the
[dog attacked him.