Volume 55.
STATE TO REVALUE
ALL PROPERTY
Tax Supervisors In Each
County Will Be Called Upon
To Furnish Much Informa
tion—Blanks Will Be Dis
tributed Before May 1.
Raleigh, April 25.—The State
Board of Equalization will un
dertake a State-wide revalu
ation of all real and personal
property in the State as the
first step toward the equaliza
tion of assessed values among
the counties for the distribut
ion of the $3,250,000 State
public school equalizing fund
in 1928. Announcement to this
effect was made by Leroy Mar
tin. executive secretary of the
board, who said that the coun
ty tax supervisors and assess
ors in making the 1927 proper
ty assessments next month
would be asked to gather much
additional data for his organiz
ation.
A half mllion blanks will be
distributed to the assessors be
fore May 1 for listing the pro
perty of every property owner
in North Carolina. The valua
tion fixed by the equalization
board on the basis of this in
formation will have no relation
to county values for local tax
purposes, but will be used sole
ly. Mr. Martin stressed, to en
able his board to properly ar
rive at honest county valuations
in order to insure an equaliza
tirc of values among the coun
ties.
County assessments incident
to participation in the $3,250,-
00(( school fund will necessari
ly be based on the listed values
of the counties for 1926 since
time will not permit a general
revaluation before the date set
by the law for the allocation of
the 1927 fund.
The need for the equalization
of values amons the counties
is manifest by the prevailing
differences in county assess
ments. In our county for ex
ample, the average value of
land per acre is listed at sl6,
while in a neighboring county
the average is listed at more
than S3O. Without an equaliz
ation of values, the county
with a low valuation and high
rate would lay claim to a great
er slice of the equalizing fund
than the county with a high
property valuation and a low
tax rate, since the tax rate is
largely the basis of participa
tion. . The board will seek to
prevent inequalities like that.
Information desired by the
board is equalization which the
county assessors will obtain
from the property owners
while making their local assess
ments and will include value
*and description of farm lands,
city lots, inventoried stock of
business enterprises and per
sonal property of all kinds.
A blank that elicits as much
information as an income tax
report will be placed in the
hands of the local assessor and
by him transferred to the
property owner.
Juniors To Give
String Band Concert
The Mt. View council of the
Jr. O. U. A. M. will give a
string band concert at that
place On Saturday night, May
14th. One $25 prize and a sls
prize will be paid to bands com
peting. Not less than three
members nor more than six
are permitted in a band.
PATRICK SUFFERS I
■ GREAT CALAMITY!
, | Fruit Is Killed By Recent
, Frosts Stokes Citizen
Breaks All Records In Haul
ing Apples From Virftinia
County.
, Elias R. Voss, of the Walnut
. Cove community, was here'
. Monday on his way home from
1 Patrick county, Va., where he,
, had Been to get a load of the'
. fine apples grown in that coun
, ty. Mr. Voss brings the dij
. tressing news .that practically
, all the fruit in Patrick and
I probably adjoining counties,
i was killed by the recent heavy
frosts. This is a calamity in
deed, since Patrick's income
from its apple crop is enorm
ous and brings more money
than the tobacco crop in that
, good county. Patrick probably
,iproduces more apples than any,
. 1 county in the South when the i
season "hits." The bulk of
( • apples used in Stokes and the
I adjoining counties come from
! Patrick, and we will all miss
them the coming season. • i
I '
I Since the opening of the ap
i pie season the past fall, Mr.
I Voss has hauled and sold main
(' ly in Stokes county, thirteen
hundred bushels of Patrick
county apples. He has regular
| customers and never has any
! delay in disposing of his ap
iples. Mr. Voss, who is the
! father of County Auditor J. R.
Voss and Capt. Tom Voss, of
the U. S. aviation corps, is
seventy-five years of age, but
he drives a car as well or bet
ter than most young men, and
finds a great deal of pleasure
' in dealing in Patrick's line ap
| pies.
FARMERS SHOULD 1
BE ON GUARD
1 Be Sure You Buy the Right
J i Fertilizer This Year—Acme
Company's Goods Are Guar
.! anteed By the Company and
! ! the Agents.
,i
• | Pepper Bros., at Danbury, are
> among the largest dealers in
. fertilizer in western North Ca
rolina, and have been in the
i. business for ten or fifteen
. years. They have certainly
[ had opportunity to know the
i good, reliable brands.
This season they are strong
i ly recommending the goods put
.' out by the Acme Company,
i who have been independent
j manufacturers, not in the
i trust, since 1883. This com
i pany is located in your own
i: State at Wilmington, N. C.
i See Pepper Bros., at Dan
. bury; R. S. Nunn, at Walnut
: Cove; W. A. Smith) at King be
, fore placing your order. They
! guarantee that Acme Fertiliz
. ers will give satisfaction, and
I the Acme Company backs up
ther guarantee.
. I See what A. M. Carroll and
, P. O. Southern, leading Stokes
farmers, have to say about
Acme fertilizers elsewhere in
this paper.
What A $3 Ad Did
! An Oklahoma girl advertised
I for a husband, and landed one
( within a very short time. The
advertisement cost $3. She
i paid the wedding expenses, $9,
, In less than a year the husband
died says the Atchison Globe,
and left his widow a SII,OOO
insurance policy.
Now will you admit that it
pays to advertise?
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, April 27, 1927
ASSESSORS ARE
j NAMED IN COUNTY
Land Owners Are Asked To
Meet With Assessors and
List-takers and Have Land
Revalued—Dates of Meetings
Will Be Posted.
The following named citizens
are appointed assessors to re
| value the land in the several
, townshps of the county:
I Big Creek Township—J. C.
Frans, J. Walter Simmons.
Quaker Gap—Reid Jessup,
T. M. Smith.
Yadkin—S. R. Fulp, J. R.
Brown.
Meadows E. W. Carroll,
Alex White.
Sauratown—W. L. Nelson,
J. L. Mitchell.
Beaver Island—L. A. Dun
can, Will Dunlap.
Snow Creek—J.'A. Joyce, J.
J. Priddy.
I Peters Creek—Carl T. Mabe,
James Tilley.
Danbury—John H. Neal, j
Gilbert Alley.
All owners of real estate are
I requested to meet with the list-!
takers and assessors in their
respective townships on the
dates for regular listing of
property, these dates to be
posted at all public places in,
the county in the very near fu
ture. Failure to meet the as-,
sessors at their regular ap
pointments and having your
land revalued by them will
make it necessary for you to
go before the county board of
assessors at Danbury.
M. L. Mott Held
Revival At Pinnacle
Attorney M. L. Mott, of Win
i ston-Salem, who has recent- j
ly become one of the finest
i revivalists in this section of
the country, recently conducted
a series of services at Pinnacle. l
The meetings, which were well
attended, closed Sunday night, i
COLONEL STOKES' LETTER. '
April 26, 1927.
The Dnnbury Reporter, ,
Danbury, N. C.
A few days ago, more than 1,000 children in Stokes county
were deprived of edut'ational advantages by a majority of the
schools being closed in the county. The favored few who
reside in school districts which have eight months school will
scon get through high school, while their neighbor boy and
girl who live just over the line will have to spend four school
years more to make the same grade.
Every child in Stokes county is entitled to equal advantages,
and the ones that have to attend a six months school are not
getting what they are justly entitled to. The chid run who
have the advantage of an eight months school reside in school ,
districts where the people voted on themselves a small special
tax in order that their children should not be undernourished
intellectually. We provide food for their bodies in order
that our children may grow to be strong man and women—
why not provide educational advantages for them in order that I
they may be strong mentally. We can't plead poverty be- ,
cause the man that is providing eight months for his children
is getting along an well and savir\jp as much money as the mai
who is not. 1 can't believe there is a man in Stokes countv
who will deprive his children of an education equal to the best
to be had m the county for the sake of saving a few dollars.
There are two ways in which an eight months school term
can be provided. The school district can vote to tax itself to
raise the additional funds needed for an eight months school j
as several have done in the last few years, or the county as
a whole can vote an eight months school for the entire county.
As a citizen, I am deeply interested in Stokes county and her
« advancement, and want to see her take her place as one ojf'-
the leading counties. We may never have an opportunity to j
boast of our manufacturing enterprises and wealth, but if we 1
will we can tell the world we have stamped out ignoranco
and illiteracy. .
COL. JOHN STOKES,
of Stokes County.
NOTE:—The Reporter will publish each week the best letter
contributed in this form, as coming from Colonel John Stoke*,
for whom the cotmty is named. The letter must be in the form ot'
constructive criticism, which gives conditions as they are and
suggests a plan for improvement of these conditions. It is an
open forum to all.
PINE HALL MILL
IS DESTROYED
Considerable Quantity of Wheat
Also Lost —Mill Was Owned |
By Ex-County Commissioner
H. H. Williamson.
The roller mill of ex-county
commissioner H. H. Williamson
located at Pine Hall was de-,
stroyed by fire a few days |
since. A considerable quantity
of wheat, probably 500 bushels,!
was also lost, it is learned here.'
The origin of the fire is un
known as it caught in the
night.
The mill property was valu
ed at upward of SIO,OOO with 1
only $4,000 insurance, it is'
stated.
Killed By Auto
Near Walnut Cove
Leaksville, April 26.—1n an '
automobile accident which oc-1
curred between Walnut Cove
j and Winston-Salem on Sunday
i afternoon. Winfred Emory,
j son of M. and Mrs. E. A. i
Emory, of this place, was fatally 1
I injured, sustaining a crushed
skull. He was carried to a
hospital in Winston-Salem un
conscious and died five hours
later. In the coupe with Mr.
Emory was Harry Gilly, whoj
was only slightly hurt, a few 1
j stitches having to be taken in ;
a cut about the head.
It is reported they were driv
ing at a fast rate when they .
ran off a curve, the coupe turn
ing over and pinning the Em-!.
ory boy beneath. The body wa3
! brought to the home of hio (
parents here this morning. (
Funeral services have not been ,
arranged. !
I » J
R. P. and Fred Glidewell, of i
Meadows Route 1, were here 
this week.
11
Whooping cough is prevalent ,
in a number of sections of the
county. j
TOBACCO PLANTS
KILLED BY FROST
Fruit Killed and Wheat Injur
ed—Death of Lady and
Child—To Open Hardware
Store.
King, April 25.—This section
was visited by a heavy frost
[Saturday, killing most of the
| fruit. The wheat crop was al
so damaged some. Many far
-1 mers say their tobacco plants
' were killed.
Mrs. Joseph Rierson, aged
49 years, died almost suddenly
Monday night at her home 3
miles west of town from a
; stroke of paralysis. She is
survived by the husband and
several children. Mrs. Rierson
was a good woman and was
liked by all who knew her. The
interment was at Trinity
church near here.
The Wilson Motor Company
received a car load of Chrysler,
automobiles from the factory j
last week.
i Ralph McGee, of Walnut
Cove, has leased from Thos. E.
Smith the Mack Service Stat-1
ion at the intersection of Main
and School streets, and will
take charge of the business;
the first of the month.
T. A. Dalton, of Dalton, was
here Saturday attending to |
some business matters.
S. S. Boles, of Monroe, Va.,
is spending a few days with!
his father just south of town. I
The three-months-old son of j
Mr. and Mrs. Hobson Preston
died at their home here Thurs-1
day, following a short illness |
with measles and pneumonia.
The interment was held at th,.i|
Baptist church Friday after-j
noon. The service was conduct-1
ed by Rev. Paul H. Newsum.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Cole are i
the glad parents of a new baby i
grl.
A force of men went to work
here Saturday laying a new
cement sidewalk on the south
side of west Main street. The
new sidewalk will extend from
Pulliam street to connect with
the present walk in front of
the residence of S. W. Pulliam.
The King Drug Company
have placed the order for a
large electric sign to be placed
on their new building, which
is under construction.
Rev. T. F. Pardue, (Thund
erbolt Tom,) of Winston-Sa
lem, was here Saturday looking
after some business matters.
A force of state highway
men are here making prepara
tions to put down another coat
of oil on the highway between
here and Pilot Mtn.
Attorney Charles R. Helsa
beck, of Rural Hall, was here
Saturday attending to some
business matters.
The King Tigers took one
away from the Mengel Box
Company's nine on the King
diamond Saturday. The score
stood 20 to nothing.
T. G. Crissman, of Pilot Mt.,
has leased the Kiser building
on east Main street, and will
open up a first class hardware
store the first next month.
• Will Eaton, of Winston-Sa
lem, was among the business
visitors here Saturday.
A very interesting game of
baseball was played here Sat
urday when the Red Goose
team of this place crossed bats
with Reynolds school. The
score stood 7 to 1 in favor of
the home team. The Geese
never lost a single feather
during the whole game.
J. Frank Martin and J. J.
No. 2,863
LIONS CLUB TO
I ERECT SIGNS
. Be Placed At Each Point
[ Where State Highways En
i ter County—To Ask For
New Railway Station At
Walnut Cove.
i
A very enthusiastic meetinsr
! of the Stokes County Lion.*
■ Club was held at Walnut Cove
Monday night. Quite a num
i ber of important matters were
discussed at length and several
[ committees were appointed.
The club voted unanimously
i to place nice large signs with
messages of welcome at each
1 point where State highways
! enter the county. There will
be six or eight of these and
they will be erected as soon
: as possible.
Another matter discussed
was the securing of a new and
more pretentious railway stat
ion at Walnut Cove, probably
a union station. It was stated
that the officials of at least
one of the railways coming in
to Walnut Cove are already
i considering the proposition ard
|a committee was appointed to
take the matter up with the
! company.
| At the conclusion of the
I business session Monday night
j the club enjoyed a delicious
| course of refreshments.
! BOARD HOLDS
SHORT SESSION
County Commissioners Will
j Issue Short Term Notes To
Pay Off Floating Indebted-
I ness of County.
j The county commissioners
| held a short session at the
| court house this afternoon, the
meeting being in connection
I with the SBO,OOO short term
notes to be issued and sold next
Monday, notice of which ap
pears elsewhere in this paper.
The selling of these notes is
made necessary on account of
outstanding or floating indebt
edness of the county which
has to be taken care of
The commissioners also ap
pointed assessor to revalue the
real estate of the county.
Booth, of Danbury, were busi
ness visitors here Saturday.
Misses Marsaret and Evelyn
Long and Miss Ethel Joyner,
of Doiser, spent Sunday with
Mrs. Judson Spainhour on De
pot street.
Rev. Paul H. Newsum filled
his regular appointment at
Brown Mtn. Sunday. He wa*
accompanied by his sister, Miss
Annie Newsum.
The Southern Pubic Utilities
Company finished the work of
building the new lines and
hanging meters here Saturday
and the town now has lights
and power.
Capt. C. J. Kirby, who holds
a position with the Southern
Railway Company at Durham,
spent Sunday with his family
in Walnut Hills.
The home of Mr. and Mrs.
S. W. Thomas, who reside in
west King, was made happy
Sunday by the arrival of a new
son.
W. E. Sprinkle, of Winston-
Salem, was among the viators
here Sunday.
C. W. Patterson, of Pilot Mt.,
is here today looking after
some business matters.
Fleming Thomas, of Moore
county, is spending a few days
with relatives here.