Volume 55
TO BEAUTIFY
VADE MECUM
Foundation Commission Will
Administer Trust Fund of
§IOO,OOO Judgment Signed
By Judge Lyon I'ast Week.
Winston-Salem, Sept. 14.
Announcement was made this
afternoon that under an agree
ment reached between heirs of
the late J. Cicero Tise and the
Winston-Salem foundation, the
foundation commission will ad
minister a permanent trust
fund of SIOO,OOO, and the fu
ture of the Vade Mecum prop
erty, in Stokes county, which
under the will of the late J. C.
Tise was designated as per
manent chautauqua grounds,
provisions also being made in
the will for beautification and
improvement of the property.
The announcement followed
the signing of a judgment by
Judge C. C. Lyon in Forsyth
court, in a cause brought by
Mrs. Laura E. Tise and other
heirs against the Wachovia
Bank and Trust company, exe
cutor and trustee, under the
will of J. C. Tise. and will be
of much interest, throughout H
great part of the United
States, inasmuch as original
plans included features that
concerned many persons and
interests.
The Vade Mecum property,
comprising about 350 acres,
was left, in Mr. Tise's will, to
be improved and beautified,
and established along similar
lines to a chautaqua, including
the building of roads and
structures. Mrs. Tise, the
witlow, brought action in
Stokes Superior court, say in -r
site was the owner in entirety
ai d that the deed should haw
read to Mr. Tise and wife.
Mis. Tise presented receipt ;
and other facts showing that
she was in reality a part own
er of the property, that Mr.
Tise was a trustee for her and
, upon his death she be
came sole owner. The jury ac-j
ceptt (1 that evidence and gave
a verdict that she was owner!
of the Vade Mecum property, j
Then the heirs presented a
ease in the Forsyth court, al- J
leging that there was no mean 4]
of carrying out the provisions j
of Mr. Tise's will regarding the'
development and beautification, j
and a judgment to this effect
was signed by Judge Lyon. The
agreement between the heirs
and the Winston-Salem found j
ation was made known as soo i,
as the judgment was signed, i
Lions Club Activities.
The committee appointed to ;
• consider the promotion of farm!
activities and the establishing j
of farm demonstration work I
Stokes county is attempting I
Co secure the attendance of
Hon. W. A. Graham, secretary
of Agriculture at the meeting
of the Lions Club on Monday,
Sept. 26th, when the committee
will make its report and rec
ommendations. This will prob
ably be the most important
meeting yet held by the club
and if favorable action can be'
.secured, will have far reaching'
effects.
It is well to make a good be-,
ginning—and it is also well to
remember that the end is what
determines everything.
An old bachelor says that
/women are given to small talk
£in large quantities.
GREENSBORO
WANTS ROAD;
Chamber of Commerce There
And Lions Club Here Pass
Resolutions In Regard To
Walnut Cove - Greensboro !
Highway.
Citizens of Greensboro are ■
very anxious to see the Battle
Ground road hard-surfaced j
from Greensboro to Walnut j
Cove, to connect with route 89.
and several organizations then
will use their influence to ac
complish this object.
A letter and resolution nf
the chamber of commerce of
Greensboro has just been l*e
ceived here by the Chamber of
Commerce, reading as follows:
We are interested in the
project to extend the Battle
Ground road so as to form a
continuous hard-surfaced high
way into Stokes and Surry
counties. At the monthly
meeting of our board of di
rectors last evening the follow
ing resolution was adopted:
"RESOLVED: That they,
the Board of Directors of the
Greensboro Chamber of Com
merce, earnestly request Hon
orable J. Elwood Cox, Stat-;
Highway Commissioner, to use
his influence that the Battle
Ground road be promptly in
cluded in the State Highway
I System, and the road be ex
tended so as to make it a
through highway to connect
Greensboro, Danbury, and
j Mount Airy with such exten
sions as may be necessary to
jcoiiiH'ci. with Virginia
'! al the boundary line between
I the two states."
It will help very much in j
'accomplishing the desired pro-!
■ject if you will personally and!
I wit h the help of the members
•of your organization obtain,
'signatures to petition and ob- J
'tain the endorsement of your j
County Commissioners. We,
| want to work earnestly and!
I continuously to get the job!
j finished. In whatever way it'
it possible for us to help you,:
j we are ready.
Yours very truly,
J. A. GAWTHROP, See'y.
Greensboro Chamber Com.
The Stokes County Lions
j Club at its last meeting passed
! the following resolution in re
'gard to the road mentioned
'above:
At the regular session of
J the Stokes County Lions' Club,
■ held at Walnut Cove, N. C.,
jSept. 12th, 1927, the following
I resolution was submitted and l
i unanimously adopted:
j That Whereas, it is desir
■ able that an improved highway
jbe constructed which will be
i extremely beneficial in its 1
I service to thousands of people
adjacent to and along its route
as well as a great back country I
leading from the city of]
Greensboro, via Stokesdale, to
connect with No. 65, thence
via Belews Creek to Walnut'
Cove to connect with No. 77
and 89 leading to the countv
seat at Danbury and from Wal-'
nut Cove via Germanton to
Rural Hall to connect with 66
Reading to Mount Airy, be it
itherefore resolved:
That the Stokes County 1
Lions' Club go upon record us
' favoring the building of a road 1
leading from Greensboro via
i Stokesdale, Belews Creek, Wal
j nut Cove, Germanton to Rural
j Hall and urge its construction
as a State highway.
That a copy of this resolu
-1 tion be presented to Hon. A. ,
I i
Danburv, N. C, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 1927
SCHOOL BOARD MET
HERE YESTERDAY!
!
Selecting Sites and Planning!
Buildings For School Houses :
At King and Sandy Ridge—
Prof. John J. Blair Attended
Session At Court House.
... l
The Stokes Board of Educa
tion was in session at the court
! house here yesterday after-
I ;
•noon, the pricipal object of the j
meeting being the selection of .
sites and the planning of build-!
ings for the two school build- j
ings to be erected soon at King j
and Sandy Ridge.
Prof. John J. Blair, of Ra-!
Leigh, head of the school build-1
ing planning department of
the State, met with the Stokes
Board and gave them advice in
the planning of these new
buildings.
It is learned that contract
will be let within the next few
weeks for these buildings, but
it will be early in the spring
before they are ready for oc
cupancy.
ABOUT~I2OO ENTER
STOKES SCHOOLS
Five High Schools of the
County Opened Monday With j
Best Attendance In History
—Good Year Is Expected.
Five high schools of the
county—Walnut Cove, King,
Germanton, Pinnacle and Piiu
Hall—opened last Monday with
a total attendance of about
1200 pupils. King had 502 i
students. Walnut Cove ">"6 and j
Germanton 265. The exact j
figures for Pinnacle and- Pinej
j Hall are not available here,!
j but the attendance was re-j
| ported good at each place, giv
ing a total of near the figures;
| shown above.
There are now six thousand j
j children enrolled in the schools j
of the county, about 4800 of j
j these being in the short term
! schools.
' Supt. Carson, who was here
| yesterday, stated that there
was every reason to believe
that the schools were entering
on Ihe best year in their his
iory in this county.
Charlie Williams
In Auto Wreck
Charlie Williams, of the
Meadows community, was in
jured Saturday afternoon when
the Ford car driven by his son,
John Williams, turned over on
the Danbury-Walnut Cove
highway. Mr. Williams is in
his 86th year. He is able to
up again, his many friends will
be glad to know.
Men, Car and Whiskey
Captured In Stokes
Federal officers from Greens
i boro captured two men and a
Chevrolet roadster loaded with
.whiskey a few miles this side
of Madison, in Stokes, last Fri
day. The names of the men j
were not learned. The outfit!
was taken to Greensboro.
S. Hanes, Commissioner of 7th '
district, and to Hon. Elwood |
[Cox, Commissioner of the 9th
district, to the Lions Club.!
Rotary Club, and the Chamber'
of Commerce, of Greensboro,
N. C.
C. C. McGEE,
C. E. DAVIS,
M. O. JONES, i
Committee. i
By order of
J. J. Taylor, Presidnet.
TWO DEATHS
OCCUR AT KING
! Hauser Reunion To Be Held
|
On Fourth Sunday—Thomas
Bur ge Cndergoes Operatoin
—Other News Items.
King, Sept. 19.—Mrs. Elmer
Hauser entertained the Ladies
Aid Society of the King Mora
vian church Thursday after
noon at her home on west
Main street. Mrs. S. W. Pul
! liam, president, presided over
'the meeting, the minutes of the
j last meeting being approved
jand plans for buying "Love
I Feast" mugs were discussed.
[ A delightful social hour was
spent and tempting refresh
ments were served.
Mrs. tiustie Hendrix, aged
74 years, died at her home j
;> miles south of town Wednes-j
day, following a lingering ill-'
ness with cancer. The de-1
ceased is survived by three
sons. Hes Hendrix, of Winston-
Salem; Thomas Hendrix, of
Tobaccoville and William Hen
drix, of King. One sister, Mrs.
A. T. Newsum, also survives,
her husband having preeeeded
her to the great beyond several
years. Three daughters are
| also left to mourn their loss.
They are Mrs. Sid Bowen, Mrs.'
Henry Newsum and Mrs. Ellis
Hauser. She is also survived
by twenty-four grand children
and two great-grand children.'
Mrs. Hendrix was a kind and
affectionate mother and a
good neighbor and was well
j liked by all who knew her. The
j interment was conducted from
j Mount I'leasant Methodist
j church of which she had long
j been a faithful member Thurs
jday afiernon at '5 o'clock. The
i funeral services were conduct
led by Rev. Paul 11. Newsum,
jot' King.
| .Air. and Mrs. Hubert Gordon
| are the glad parents of a fine
! baby girl. The young lady ar
rived Friday.
It. H. Leake, cashier of the
King branch of the Bank of
Stokes County, found some old
coins a few days ago, and has •
been trying to find the owner
but up to this time he lias been
unsuccessful.
Miss Kate Perry Stone, of
Charlotte, spent Sunday with
relatives and friends here.
The Hauser reunion will be
held at Mount Pleasant church
four miles south of King the
fourth Sunday in September, j
The following program has
been arranged, Sunday school
at 9:.°>o A. M„ preaching at
11:00 A. M. by pastor, good,
singing with the morning ser
vice. dinner 12:.*>0. The after
noon will be taken up as fol
lows: Extra good singing by,
Fishel quartette and Twin-City
quartette of Winston-Salem,
others are expected to be pres
ent. There will also be short
talks by any who wish to
speak. Everybody cordially
invited to come and bring well
filled baskets and make the
lilay an enjoyable one.
Dr. Gilbert Petree, optomel •
i l ist, has moved his offices from
least Main street to the new
(Stone building.
Thomas Burge. who under
went a major operation in the
1 Lawrence hospital at Winston-
Salem several days ago, is
i much improved and will soon
be able to return to his home
here.
i Mr. and Mrs. Sid Schaub. of
High Point, spent Sunday with
relatives here.
J. E. Stone is spending a fe^v
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STOKES JURY IN
FORSYTH COURT
i _
Hearing Case of Thomas Mas-
I.n. Charged With Enibezzel
nient—Judge A. M. Stack Is
Presiding Over the Court.
Last week Judge A. M. Stack,
who is presiding over Forsytn
county Superior court, ordered I
that a special venire of fifty!
men be summoned from Stokes
county from which to select a
jury for the trial of Thomas
Maslin, of Winston-Salem, who
,is charged with embezzelment
of funds of the defunct Mer
chants Bank & Trust Co., of
that city. The trial was start
ed yesterday, and will likely
consume several days.
The names of the jurors se
j lected from the special venire
are as follows:
Joe Allen, W. H. Tut fie, Carl
Ray, C. O. Smith. B. F. Jolin
json, of Walnut Cove; W. D.
i Nelson, of Danbury Roctc 1,
John A. Simmons. R. E. L.
Francis, and Walter Simmon",
lof Francisco; J. C. Frans, of]
West field; J. T. Johnson, of
King Route 1; E. C. Slate, or'!
Mizpah; R. S. Redding, of
Germanton Route 1.
Car Kills Mule
On Madison Roadj
Madison, Sept. 20.—8. F.!
McGehee. on returning from;
Winston-Salem last Thursday
morning about 2 o'clock, had
an unusual acident six mile:-.
south of Madison on tin* hard
sin face road when a mule rail
out in the road in front of him.
Mr. McGehee was going at a
moderate rate of speed and tlv
mule, belonging to Mrs. J. M.
Nance, ran out directly in from
of his car. causing him to hit
the mule with such force that
it killed the mule instantly.
The car was damaged very j
! badly. No blame is attache I
to McGehee, as it was impossi. 1
ble for him to avoid hitting •
the mule.
! 1
days with relatives at High
Point and Charlotte.
W. 11. Buhmann, of Winston
is here today attending t->
some business matters.
11. C. Jones is having ma
terial placed on the site pre
paratory to erecting a new
home on east Main street.
Gordon Pratt, of Pinnacle,
was here Monday looking afte«'
'some business matters.
Boston W. Garner, aged 61
years, died at his home here
this morning at 2 o'clock with
paralysis. The deceased is
survived by the widow, threj
sons, Thomas Garner, of Win
ston-Salem; Guy Garner, of
Route 2, and Frank Garner,
who resides with the family. I
Five daughters also survive.]
They are Mrs. William Spain-J
hour, of King Route 2, Mrs. I
Reed Voss, of Winston-Salem, j
Mrs. Hubert Edwards, of Win
ston-Salem, and Misses Ersie!
and Bertha Garner, who resid ■;
with the family. In addition
to the above, several grand j
children survive. Mr. Garner
was a good citizen and will be
missed in his community.
This section was visited by
a heavy rain and electrical j
storm Sunday night. The j
Southern Power Company's j
sub-station was put out of.
commission and the town was!
in darkness for about an hou" j
until repairs could be made.
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No. 2,SS
STOKES BUDGET
FIGURES FIXED
$227,194.00 Will Be Required
This Year To Operate the
County Government Ta\
Hate Will Be Fixed Soon.
A icon ling to the figures giv
i out by County Auditor Jus.
I ft. Voss. of Walnut Cove, it
I will require $227,194.00 to
| operate the several depart
ments ot county government
in Stokes county this tax year,
under the new budget system.
The figures as given out l>y
Mr. Voss are as follows:
General county expenses, $32-,
210, divided as follows: Offi
cers salaries, $10,800; county
home and outside poor, $4,675;
courts, expense of prisoners,
and other items, $16,735.
Road maintenance. $41,700;
interest on bonds and short
term notes. $59,800.
Schools, six months terms,
$145,724, less equalizing fund
|to be received from State of
I $52,240, will be $93,484.
The tax rate in the county
will be fixed at an early date.
Prominent Citizen
Dies At Meadows
James M. Neal, one of the
oldest and best known citizens
jof the county, passed away
Saturday night at his home at
I Meadows following a long an.l
; lingering illness. The deceased
was 79 years of age, having
been born July 13, 1848. While
he was not a member of any
church lie was a close student
of the Bible and usually at
tended services at the Primitive
Baptist church.
The deceased is survived bv
the following named sons and
daughters: John Neal, or
Meadows: ('. K. and Robert
Neal. of Stuart, Ya.: Mrs. B.
F. Griffith, of Matthews.
Funeral services were hell
at the home Sunday afternoon,
conducted by F.lders J. A.
and Watt Tut tie, of the Primi
tive Baptist church, and inter
ment was made in the familv
burying ground near by. An
unusually large number of
relative and friends were in
atendance at the services.
Walnut Co Ye
School Faculty
Walnut Cove, Sept. 20.—The
high school opened here Mon
day morning with the largest
number of children in the his
: tory of the school. A number
of visitors were present at the
opening exercises and spoke
words of encouragement and
welcome to the teachers and
pupils. The faculty of the
school is as follows:
D. W. Kanov. of Troy, as
principal: H. A. Lindler. of
jChapin, S. (\. Mrs. Anne Car
it er. of Walnut Cove. Mis-*
j Avery, of Five Points, Ala., as
I high school teachers; Miss
Frankye Marshall, of Walnut
Cove, seventh grade; Mrs. VV.
P. Wheeler, of Walnut Cove,
'sixth grade: Mrs. Paul Fulton,
of Walnut Cove, fifth grade,
! Miss I.enna Sue Boyles, fourth
grade; Miss Nell Hutcherson,
of Walnut Cove, third grade;
Miss Julia Hairston, of Walnut
Cove, second grade; Miss Essie
, Lewis, of West Durham, first
j grade, and Miss Sallie Matt
| Marshall, of Walnut Cove, first
! grade.
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I In the real drama of life the
| leading ladies are cooks.