DANBURY REPORTER
Volume 54.
STOKES LAND IS
ASSESSED AT $29
Tax Rooks Show That 284,963
Acres Are Lasted —Average
Value of Town Lots $674 —
County Has 2236 Dors And
Onlv :>9 Sheep.
A cording to the Stokes county
A tax hooks thi' 284963 acres of laiv.l
is Stokes county is worth an avyr- i
age of ahout $20.00 per acre, the
total value being $8,223,105.
The 939 town lots in the county
are worth on an average $(571 each,
or a total of $642,618.
The county has 2236 dogs listed
and 724 of these are worth 310,875
I
acording to their owners estimation,
while l. r il2 have had no estimate of
their worth stated, being listed only
as -abject to the dog tax of $l.OO
and .$2.0(1 for school purposes.
Only •">!' sheep were found in the
county, their value being placed at
*512.
Following is an abstract of real
ami personal property as listed for
the tux year of 1926 in Stokes:
RKAI. ESTATE.
2> ism;:', aires land, $8,2215,10."»
030 town lots, ... . 642,618
Timber and leased land, 7,461
\M Manufacturing properties out
side of incorporated
t owns, . ... 17,700
$8,800,884
PERSONAL PROPERTY
1214 horses $">5,410
3352 mules, 194,440
1281 cattle, (other than
milk cows,) 11,08 5
3857 milk cows, 102,207
4820 hogs 45,344
39 sheep, 342
21 goats 64
724 dogs 10,875
$422,514
MISCELLANEOUS.
Stocks of merchandise, $237,521
Manufacturing material, .. 42,851
Value of personal property
from which $3OO exempt
ion is deducted, 72.166
V Solvent credits, 1.602,227
All other property, 5^.5,894
i
$2,480,162
CORPORATIONS.
Telegraph and telephone and
t xpress companies $724,167
Excess valuation by
State, 78,7!W
Domestic corporations, 32,682
st-! 35,947
Grand total of all property
listed, $12,630,807]
There are 2876 white polls and
263 colored.
The total number of dogs listed
for school tax of $l.OO and $2.00
each is 2236.
Property listed by white citizens
is valued at $11,506,984, while prop
erty of colored is listed at $286,876.
C. D. Smith Goes
I' To Guilford County
i ————
C. D. Smith and family, of Snow
Creek township, recently removed
to Guilford county, where Mr.
Smith will engage in farming. The
family has a host of friends i;i
Stokes who regret to lose them but
wish them much success and hap
piness.
Walnut Cove Firm
/ Installs Machinery
The enterprising firm of Walnut
Cove Motor Co has just installed at
a cost of a thousand dollars addi
tional machinery for overhauling
automobiles, and with their force of
expert mechanics they are now pre
pared to make old motors operate
like new ones.
John W. Priddy was here from
Snow Creek township Monday.
116 STATEWIDE
BILLS PENDING
Only Five Important Bills Fin
ally Passetl On By Either
House.
j Raleigh, Fob. 20—With only 12
| working days left, the legislature
Monday begins consideration of nia
] jor legislative work for the sesion.
J During the first seven weeks of
• the session only one state-wide bill
•of special interest was enacted into I
I law; the provision for changing the j
, date of the automobile license year
jso that plates will be bought in De- :
' cember rather than in June.
COSTS $lOO,OOO.
j Automobile owners will pay for I
, the change in license year to the ]
'tune of about $lOO,OOO, which it win s
estimated this change would cost.
| Twenty-five cents extra will be i
'added to the half-year license which 1
will be bought next June. While
this is the main state-wide bill thai
has been ratified, both houses have
disposed of other measures by kill- I
i ing them.
Among major casualties are the
attainment clause in the compulsorv
school law, urged by the parent
teachers' association, which failed to
get by the house, and the constabu- i
j lar.v law which was killed in com- I
mi t tee.
IK MAJOR MEASURES.
Among major measures this legis- 
jlature now has before it for consid
eration during the next two weeks
' are:
| 1. The Australian ballot.
| 2. All educational measures.
, | 3. The county government bills.
I 4. The proposed amendments to
the constitution.
5. The general appropriation bills, j
6. The revenue bill.
j 7. The $30,000,000 road bond bill. ,
' 8. The statewide regulation of
traffic.
I
I 9. The omnibus bill appointing'
county school boards.
| 10 The governor's proposal to es-1
tablish a radio broadcasting station,!
which is included in the appropria-;
tions bill.
11. Workmen's compensation act.
j 12. All fisheries bills.
! 13. The machinery bill.
14. Forestry conservation bills.
| 15. Judical districts.
16. Smith-Hargett highway bill. !
ALL IN COMMITTEE.
Nearly all of these measures have
been thrashed out in committees
i
and most of them have not been be- j
fore either house. The last of the
I bils recommended by Governor Mc-j
I Lean for reform of county govern
i
] ment will be introduced in the hou.?:' i
jon Monday. Three of these meas- j
ures are already in the calendar and
are being considered by committees.
The other two bills cover amend- 1
ments to consolidated statutes deal
ing with tax deeds and foreclosures
of certificates for sale. The other :
deals with collection of taxes in
counties.
SOME HALF THROUGH.
| Among state-wide measures that •
have passed one house and are pend- 1
ing in the other, measures not in-'
| eluded in the listed ;above which '
, have not been considered by either
i house except through committtees
are; j
I 1. State-wide game bill, passed by,
house, pending in senate.
2. Bank liquidation bill, passed by
senate, pending in house.
3. Redisricting state for new su
perior courts, passed senate but
. killed in house with notice of motion
to reconsider Tuesday.
4. The comntitte substitute for
the road bill dealing with authority
: of highway commission in the loca
tion of roads, passed senate, pend
ing in house for special order Mon
day night.
i Charlie A. Wagoner, of Dillard,
was here Monday.
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, Feb. 23, 1927
LEGISLATURE
MUST HUSTLE
Will Have To Pass 1,000 Bills
To Equal Record of Last As
semly.
Raleigh, Feb. 21.—With only two
weeks to go the General Assembly
must pass more than 1,000 laws if
it equals the record of the last Leg - 1
islature.
The 1!'2.-> body got exactly 1,225!
bills through in its 60-day working!
period. The present assembly, with !
40 days behind it, has passed onlv'
215 bills. {
So far this year the House has
received 837 new bills. The Senate
has taken in 649. For numbering
purposes resolutions are counted the
same as bills. The total is 1,486.
Last year when both houses had I
adjourned the records showed that ;
the House had been responsible for j
I.X 13 introductions and the Senate j
1,521 a total of :i,:i:!7.
The total shows something of
legislative mortality—only a few
j more than a third of the bills pre
sented in H'2s were passed. Tlv
remainder died in a number of wavs
—adverse committee action, slaugh
ter by actual vote, or lingering
death on the table. A bill voted to
be tabled dies if not recalled before
the assembly adjourns. It takes a
two-thirds vote for recall and few
ever are.
Legislative observers say the,
present assembly can't approximate
the record of the 1925 body.
"They got away to a start too
late. The rush of the last days can't
make up for it," they aver.
Monday, Judge Winston, of the i
House, announced a motion to ex- j
pedite passage of local measures by
placing them directly on the calen- j
dar and not sending them to com-1
mittee.
Local measures, however, are
passed on an average of one in two
minutes when things are working
smooth. They don't clog legislative
machinery. It is the state-wide
bills, important nleasufes (such as
finance, appropriation, election and
judical bills, requiring roll calls on
successive days and invariably
bringing long debate that takes the
time. That is the kind of bills be
fore the assembly for the last two
weeks. Not an optimist has been
found to say the 1'.'27 assembly will
approach the volume of its piVde
cessor.
! Clinton Wall To
Training- School
Clinton Wall, 13-year-old Pinnacle
boy, who was arrested at Winston-
Salem the past week, on several
charges, has been admitted to Jack
son Training School at Concord, and
County Welfare Officer J. C. Car
son has arranged for conveying the
boy to the school this week. t
REPORTER TO ISSUE SPECIAL
ANNIVERSARY EDITION APRIL 13
| To celebrate the fifty-fifth anni
versary of the establishment of tht-11
Danbury Reporter, a special issue
will be published on April 13th,
1 1927.
| The primary purpose of this spe
cial issue is to advertise and pro
mote the best interests of the county
and promote its progress by pub
lishing for the first time a history
of the county and its development, |
as nearly complete and authentic as
may be secured.
With this in view this special is- j
sue will be greatly enlarged, to j
twenty-four pages or more, giving
special sections to Winston-Salem, !
Greensboro, Madison, Mount Airy, 1
Walnut Cove, King, Pilot Mountain, J
and our neighboring cities. The
circulation will be greatly increased
MOCK TRIAL HERE
SATURDAY NIGHT
Dr. I{. H. Morefiekl and P. C.
Campbell Are to Be Arraign
ed On Charge of Robbing
Sheriff Dunlap's Smoky
House.
A mock trial will be held here at
• the court house Saturday nigh',
j Feb. 26th. under the auspices of the
j citizenship committee of the Fine
j Arts Club.
The case to be called for trial is
the one in which Dr. R. H. More
' field and P. C. Campbell will be
charged with the larceny of a con
siderable amount of fresh meat
from the smoke house of Sheriif
J. Frank Dunlap a few nights since.
The judge presiding will be his
i honor W. U. Young, while James
| B. Joyce will represent the State as
'■ solicitor. Witnesses to testify ai"
jas follows: J. Frank Dunlap, J. S.
; Taylor, N. F.. Pepper, Edwin Tay
lor, .!. !. I'radshaw, S. A. Flinchum.
Dr. K. W. Owen, Mesdames It. 11.
Morelield. 11. li. King, J. F. .Martin. 1
; Walter Pet roe. A special venire of
twenty persons will be summoned
from which the jury will be .-elect
ed. They are as follows: Mrs. A.
•J. Pringle, Miss Neva N'ewsum,
Monroe Fagg, Manie Stephens,
Jesse Mill Lawson, Miss Ola .More
field, Mrs. Jacob Fulton, Robah
Browder, Weldon Smith, W. C. Nel
son, Miss Carrie Hole, Nick Steph
ens, Alex Flinchum, Mrs. Paul
Davis, Dixie Nunn, Miss Maude-
Ray, C. A. Arndt, P. H.
Robertson, Wren Sheppard, Homer
Moore and C. C. McGee.
! The attorneys in the case are:
| John Taylor, W. G. Petree, M. O.
Jones and Elmo Petree.
This event promises to be one of
I the most interesting held here
I for some time and a large attend-1
ance is expected. A small admis-'
sion fee of 10 and 20 cents will be
.
charged.
TOBACCO SALES
LIGHT TUESDAY
83,890 Pounds Sold On The
Winston-Salem Market
Weed Brings $12,959.
! Sales on the Winston-Salem tobac
o market yesterday totaled 53.590
pounds and netted the growers
512.959.01. an average of $15.45 a
| hundred pounds. Little tobacco
i awaits sale in the warehouses this
, -norning.
Play To Be Given
By Meadows School
The Meadows high school will
give a play, "Fun On the Podunl;
Limited," Saturday night, Feb. 26.
Proceeds to go to library,
Supt. of Schools J. C. Carson was
( here Monday.
by distribution through advertisers
and special subscriptions in a man
ner to advertise the county outside
its boundaries.
It is felt that now is a propitious
time for boosting our county. New
hard-surface roads, one to the heart
of the county, to be completed this
year, will bring new opportunities
and new people among us, and now
i is a good time to look about us, and
make some new plans. In the ab-
I sence of any county wide civic or
; commercial organization, we do
' not feel that we are taking a posi
tion of presumption in undertaking
1 this special issue and calling for
; the support of all good citizens.
Elsewhere in this issue will be
found an outline of the prize con
tests and proposed table of contents.
TOURIST CAMP FOR
WALNUT COVE
\V\ H. Sanders Is Promoter of ,
Now Enterprise Work
Started On Park At Hair
ston's Ford—N. &. W. Hail-1
way Makiny Improvements.
j
Walnut Cove, Feb. 121.—The lat- 1
est enterprise towards developing j 1
the many resources around Walnut •
Cove is the tourist tamp being laid ■'
out l).v W. 11. Sanders on the hard- 1
surface road toward Winston-Salem, '
I .
which is route 77 of the national '
highway. A log-cabin filling stat- '
ion is being built and the camp site 1
will be equipped with all eonveni- 1
ences for tourists, electric lights, 1
etc. Mr. Sanders owns the well v
known mineral sulphur spring j 1
which is near by and it will nodoubi '
be developed in connection with th- I
tourist camp. 1
I Work is progressing nicely on the 1
| park and play ground at the Hair-- 1
| ton ford bridge on the Dan on the j '
! Walnut Cove-Madison hard surface '
! road which is being developed by a
company composed of Walnut Cove j'
citizens. Already ten acres of | 1
forest has been cleared of under 
brush and small growth. .Numerous I
kinds of wild animals will be plac.'l j!
in the park. Swimming. boating j I
and dancing will be some of the ! I
amusements provided by the man- j'
agcment. j'
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Woodruff j
and Mrs. Berniee Allen left Mon- 1
day for their homes in Des Moine,' I
lowa. | s
A teacher meeting was held here 1
Friday with fifty teachers in at- c
tendance. In the morning during \
chapel period, the primary grades ?
entertained them with a Georg?
Washington program. The business t
session was held at 1:30 o'clock. s
Madison and Walnut Cove like \
' only two days of work by the con
tractor of being connected by a con- I
' crete road. Only a few feet is t.» t
'he poured near Hairston's ford c
bridge. It is understood the co i- |
tractor will begin pouring concret ■ !
on the Danbury-Walnut Cove road
about March loth.
Mr. and Mrs. W. 1.. Vaughn an.l t
i Mrs Nannie Fulton returned to their i
homes here Saturday after a visit I
of several weeks in Florida. i
11 ill Fulton and Mi.-> Mary I* ran- i
ces Davis attended Keith's in in
ston-Salem Friday night.
William Hairston. of Martinsvill ••, j
Va„ spent the week end here with
i his parents. j'
Mrs. Sanders Rierson. Jr.. of Mt. I
I i
i Airy, spent last week here. |
The building for Walnut Code's j i
new ice plant has been completed 
and the machinery will be installed jl
in time for operation before warm j i
weather.
! The X & W railway has several
; forces of men at work between Wal
nut Cove and Winston-Salem install- |
| ing the electric signals and putting
iup wire for bringing current for
j their operation. It is the general 
impression that this railway will be
I double-tracked between Winston
and Roanoke in the near future.
The Burton Drug Co. has recently
put in one of the new Orthophonic |
victrolas for the pleasure of their,
patrons.
R. W. Hedgeeock and son, X. R., j
have secured a lease for a term of
> years on the Walker brick plant
i and yard at Walnut Cove. They ,
r are arranging to begin operations
I of same early in March. The supply
■ of suitable clay for brick making is
r said to be almost inexhaustible on
) the Walker place and the leasees
- plan to manufacture millions of
f them every season. The senior
r Hedgeeock has been engaged in the
business more than fifty years, con
s ducting yards in Winston-Salem,
- Bethania and formerly at Walnut
i. Cove.
No. 2,855
IKING REAL ESTATE
IS GOING GOOD
John Smith Sells Vacant Lot
At $142.85 Per Front Foot
—New Church And Other
Buildings To lie Krected.
King, Feb. 21. Tlu- work >f
tearing down the old liutner build
ing at tlu- corner of Main and Depjfc
Streets is well underway and as
soon as this building can removed
work on the new home of the Kins;
Drug Co. will he commenced an J
hurried through to completion. Th'.s
new building will lie constructed of
pressed brick and will be two-store >
above the ground with base
ment, will be modern in every way
with steam heat and sewerage. Th"
contract calls for completion in 30
days. The King Drug Co. recently
pur based this lot from John Smith
for which they paid him $112.5."»
per front foot. Your correspondent;
remembers when this lot chang» i
hands for $•'! I ">.OO or .->!•.(Ml p./r front
foot.
Mrs. '. N. I!oh s ami children
have returned to their home in Mon
roe, \'a., after spending sever;.L
days with relative.- here.
A. S. Francis is having material
pla ed on th>- site in Pilot View
preparatory to erecting a new
home. It will be constructed of
brick veneer and will be a nice
home when completed.
The Southern Power Company
has a force of men at work on soutu
Depot street erecting the new sub
station for furnishing King, Dalton,
Pinnacle and Rural Hall, with pow
er and lights. About thirty day
will be required to complete th e
station.
Robert Cook, who holds a posi
tion with the Southern Railway Co.,
spent Sunday with his family ia
Walnut Hills.
O. T. Fowler, of Pilot Mtn., ha
purchased from The King Drug Co.
their drug store building and lot on
east Main street. They will g v.?
possession as soon as their new
building is completed.
Miss Una Petrce, daughter of M: - .
W. A. Petrce, won the me *al for*
the best essay on Abraham Lincoln
presented to the student: in th.'
King high scho >1 writing the best,
essay on Lincoln. The medal, whvh
is a nice one. was presented by thu
Illinois Watch Co., of Springfield.
111., through F P. Xewsum, the 10-.-at
jeweler here.
Peyton Hutchir. 1 , r>f Winston-Sa
lem. spent Sunday with his parents
here.
Material is being placed on the
site on west Main stret and work
will soon be commenced on another
new church. The name of this new
| place of worship will he The Kin£
Baptist Mission.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Moser, who
reside on west Main street, are the
glad parents of a new baby boy.
Banks Turner, who holds a posi
tion at Winston-Salem, spent Sun
day with his family in Woodland
Heights.
Mrs. W. A. Smith, who underwent
' a major operation in the Luwrencj
hospital at Winston-Salem, a few
, weeks ago, has returned to her
home here and is getting on nicely.
| Ex-Sheriff S. P. Christian, of
[ Westfield, is a business visitor hen
today.
. C. W. Patterson, of Pilot Mtn.,
,is here today looking after some
| business matters.
Ex-Sheriff H.D. Turpin
Moves To Moore Co.
Ex-Sheriff H. D. Turpin, of Pin
nacle, is this week removing with
his family to Moore county, where,
it is learned, he has purchased a
good farm. The good wishes of
Mr. Turpin's friends in Stokes cro
with him and his family.