Mjttgycxxviii. DANBURY, N. C., MARCH 24, 1909.

POND SCHOOL SICKNESS AT WILSON S STORE.

- iMrs. Susan Hicks Taken Suddenly.

Lively Game of Ball in WhichWilson's Store Defeats Browder's.

Walnut Covo Route 1, March22. ?We are very sorry to learn ofthe sudden illness of Mrs. SusanHicks, a most highly respectedold lady of cur community. Alsothe wife of Mr. J. M. Boles, whohas been ill f(;r sometime, im-proves very little.

Mr. Tom Smith and daughter,ofKing R. F. D.? spent Satur-day with Mr. Smith's cousin, Mrs.J. B. Green.

Messrs. Real Allen and FoySmith attended the exhibition ofthe public school at Hawpond Sat-urday. They seem to have had amost pleasant trip.

Mr. William Smith filled hisregular appointment Sunday after-noon.

Miss China White, of Dslton,is visitiug her cousin Miss SusanWhite. Miss China expects to bedown some time.

The wife of Mr. J. M. Tatum,who has been ill for some time,is now improving.

Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Smith spentSaturday night and Sunday withMrs. Smith's father J. P. Sally onMizpah Route 1.

The base ball season opened upSaturday with a game betweenWilson's Store team and Brow-dei's. The home team of course isvery much elated over the « ut

come, the score being 7 to 32.The home boys say the only wishthey could make is that the scorecould have been a little closer.The visitors were clearly outclass-ed at every point of the game,neither Wall or Hampton, pitch-ing for the visitors, could cheekthe batting of the home bojs, whohit the ball at will while Ross,who twirled the horse-hide for thelocals, held the visitors in check 1at all stages of the game. Iu thesecond and seventh innings onlyfour men faced him, and in thethird tbey went out one, two,three! The umpire seems to havegiven perfect satisfaction and theboys wish to thank him for hissplendid work.

The features of the game werepitching of Ross and the power-ful batting of the home boys. Al-so the batting of T. Wall, for thevisitors, who made two runs with-out an out.

SCORE BY INNINGS.

Wil. Store?4 4 4, 4 4 3, «», 3 2 rBrowder's ?2 00, 122, 0, 7 r. Game called at the end of sev-

Bbth by agreement.Batteries : Ross, Tatum and

Bolea. T. Wall and Hamptonand J. Wall and Hampton.

Bases on balls of Ross 2, Hamp-tou and Wall <>.

Hit by pitched, ball, Ross 2;Wall and Hampton 2.

Time, 2 hours. Umpire, BobColey. PAULINE.

Marriage License.

The Register of Deeds has is- !sued license f6r the marriage ofMr. Jesse F. Fry, aged 21, to MissMurphy Shelton, aged 17.

Mrß. Lula Hutcherson, of Fran-cisco, is here taking the coursefor teachers in Prof. Smith'sschoof.

the afternoon w4ien the crowd be-gan to disperse for home, every-body voting the day one of rarepleasure, and everyone congrat-ulating tbo two young lady teaoh-ers on the good work they havsaccomplished, and the enjoyable,entertainment furnished the vis-itors.

'Among the crowd we noticed :Mr. W. Y. Gordon and family;Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Pulliam; MissesPulliam; Miss Hessie Carroll; Mr.and Mrs. Wade Carroll; Mr. andMrs. J. C. Tillotson; Mr. ana Mrs.W. J. Johnson; Mr. and Mrs. T.V. Sizemore; Dr. J. W. Slate,Messrs. W. G. Slate, Wallace Web-ster, D. M. Tuttle, I. D. Bair, W.A. Kiger, A. P. Baker, HenryQaker, R. B. Tuttle, J. P. Fer-guson, G. M. Allen, D. A. Boles,Jno. T. Carroll, Wm. H. Carroll,Will Carroll, Joseph Meadows,Prof. D. D. Carroll, L. R. Gravitt,Z. O. Johnsbn, Tip Johnson, T. F.Baker, J. H. Baker, Wiley Baker,and many othera.

NEWS OF PINNACLE!I

ITEMS PRINCIPALLY PERSONAL IQuilting and Dance Saturday Night. I

Public Debate Given By YoungMen of Pinnacle Graded School.Sickness.

Pinnacle Route 2, March 22. jj Mr. and Mrs. B. V. Gordon gave jto the young people a quiltingSaturday evening and n dance atnight, which was enjoyed by all.

Mrs. Katie King and Mrs. Mat-tie Dorsett visited Mrs. T. M.Lawson Saturday night and Sun-1day.

Mr. Floyd Lawson spent Sat-urday night and Sunday with hiscousin Mr. Harrison Lawson.

Misses Lilla, Mazie and LoraLawson spent Sunday eveningwith Miss RozellaBoyles.

Mrs. J. W. Jones is very sick atthis writing.

We are sorry to say that Mr.D. W. Gordon lost a tine milchcow Saturday night.

Miss Delia Lawson and brotherRobert visited their cous-in Sun-day evening Miss Minnie Boyles.

Little Miss Macgi > Jones spentlast week with her md parentsMr. and Mrs. T. *l. . twson.

Come again < o.v lioy forwe loveto read your i;<»'-'kes.

RACHEL AND SHAGHEAD.

Pinnacle, March 22.?Rev. A.L. Hunter filled his reirular ap-'pointment at the M. P. churchyesterday.

Paul Kenuett and Ernpst Mick-ey, who are in school at Mt. View,visited friends and relatives hereSunday.

The young men of Pinnaclegraded school gave a public de-bate Friday night, and all present

( seemed to enjoy themselves fine.Mrs. A. J. Scott has been right

sick for sometime, but we areglad to say she is better now.

Hello! Esq. how are you feel-ing? "Everybody works butfather."

| G. W. Hunt returned Saturdayfrom Virginia where he went tobuy P'g*.

S. B. McCall made a trip toWinston-Salem last week.

] Mrs. Dr. Slate returned lastweek from the eastern part of thes'ate where she had been visiting

| her sister.Mrs. E. F. Stone ha* been quite

ill for some time, but we are glad, j to say she is better now.

Mrs. V. G. Watson and MissMaud Hunter made a Hying trip

(to WT

instou Tuesday.Miss Ila Watson made a trip to

Pilot Mt. Saturday.W. C. Dennis is visiting tiis

daughter at Thomasville thisweek.

THE WEASEL.

Tobaccoville Route 2.

\u25a0 Tobaccoville Route 2, March32.?Mr. T. L. Harris expects to

I move his family to Bristol, Tenn.,! in the near future,j Rev. Willie Walker filled hisappointment at Sinai Sunday.

' The crowd was small owing to therainy weather.

Messrs. Aahly White and Oliver, Reynolds, of King, called on the

|noon.Mr. Walter Sally, of King, call-

] ed on Miss Stacy Harris Sunday.Miss Ella Vest spent Sunday

| with Miss Stacy Harris.Mr. Lee Calaway, who has been

! | sick, is improving.Mr. Ollie Vest spent Saturday

. | night and Sunday with his sister, | Mrs. S. L. Westmoreland on Pin-

-11 nacle Route 1.Miss Effie Butner spent Satur-

day night and Sunday with MissCecil Snyder on Route 3. j

Mrs. Ellen Harris and littlegirls, called on Mrs. Dave SnyderSaturday afternoon.

SALLY.

Improvements.

Sheriff C. M. Jones and Mr.William Mounce have reoentlybuilt a sidewalk below the jail,whioh is quite an ynprovement tothings in the east end of town.

Mr. N. O Petree has bad thewalk in front of the M. E. ohurchlaid with rock and cemented, andplaced adjoining the same someturfing, whioh looks very nice, andfor whioh Mr. Petree is entitled tothe thauka of the patrons of thechoroh.

Mr. H. M. Joyoe ia creating apretty flowergarden between bisstore building and dwelling.

MADISON ROUTE 3SCHOOL CLOSED THURSDAY

Miss Mac Wall's Students Give En-tertainment Which is AttendedBy Large Crowd?Other News ofInterest.

Madison Route 3, March 22Walls school, which was taughtby Miss Mae Wall, closed Thurs-day. March IS, with an entertain-ment. The program was as follows:

?The Old North State - '?songby the school,

"Welcome"?recitation by Ber-nice Alley.

"Youthful Disi-ipation" dia-logue.

"A Boy's Promise"?recitationby Arnold Mitchell.

"Chatter Box,'?recitation byZeitie Morton.

"Little Things"?recitation byPmrl McAnally.

"No Place for the Boys"?reci-tation by Ruth Wall.

"Home Spun Dress"?recitationb> Mollie Young.

"America"?song bylhe school."Mud Pies"?recitation by Bet-

tie Yates."Playing School"?a dialogue."A Little Girl's Lament"?reci-

tation by Martha Collins."The Letter He Did Not Mail"

?recitation Ijy Fanny Young."A Place for Everything, and

Everything In Its Place"?a dia-logue.

"Ho, For Carolina"?quartetteby the girls.

"An Overworked Elocutionist"?recitation by Bernice Alley.

"There's No One Else YouSee"?recitation by Lucy Young.

"Fanny's Secret - '?a dialogue."For Everything Give Thanks"

?recitation by Mary Collins."The Girl Who Smiled"?reci-

tation by Bertie Wall."In Washington's Class"? a

dialogue."Red. White and Blue"?song

by the school."Maude Muller as Sho Was"?

recitation by Ruth Wall."Bed Time"?recitation by Nora

Young."Cousin Bell's Visit"?a dia-

logue,"Somebody's Mother"?recita-

tion by Mollie Young."He Never Smiled Again"?

recitation by Hattie Joyce."A Tragic Change"?recitation

bv Bertie Wall."The Boy Hero"?recitation by

Mary Alley."Susan Jane and Bets"?recita-

tion by Ida Lee Wall."God Be With You Till We

Meet Again"?quartette.A large crowd attended, and

everybody seemed to enjoy it.After the exercises there was aball game on the school ground.

Mr. R. E. Wall, manager of theSpray cotton mills, visited hisaunt, Mrs. R. Nick Wall, Satur-day and Sunday.

Mr. L. D. Stevens, of Rutber-fordtou, N. C, visited his aunt,Mrs. H. L. Wall, last week.

Mr. Bud Glenn is very sickwith sore throat.

The Ladies Aid Society will beentertained by Mrs. Walter Simp-son the afternoon of the 24th.

Mrs. R. N. Wall, Miss Hesterand Master Nickie Wall viaitodMrs. S. G. Wall last Thursday.

Mrs. C. R. Wall, who is at theUniversity Hospital, University,Va., is improving, we are glad tonote.

NINKSIE.

Tobaccoville Route 3.

Tobaccoville Route 3, March 22.Mr. Joe Loggins, who has

been confined to his bed for fiveweeks, is some better, we are gladto Pay.

There was a singing at Mr. I.A. Hauser's Saturday night.

Mr. Jackson Wall, who hasbeen very ill, is some better.

Liceuse have been issued forthe marriage of Miss AliceSpease to Mr. W. W. Whittman.Both of Tobaccoville.

The Quick Step Phone Line isspreading itself around here, asalmost everybody is taking it.

Mr, Jeff Loggins, of Winston,is visiting his father, Mr. J. W.Loggins, a few daya.

Some people want to know hewlong a goose will live. Mr. Wallahas a gander which is 28 yearsold, and ia just as gay now as itwas at five years old.

Mr. James Hauser and wife,visited friends at East Bend, N,

0., Sunday.FARMER BOY.

L. R. COE ADDS PHONE.

Quickstep Placed in His Store--,Family of Mr. Will Rutledge Sick.Series of Meetings to Begin at'Chestnut Grove.

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Dalton, March 22.?The Quick-!step 'phone has been extended to

jMr. L. R. Coe's store.

1 Born to Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Cul-1ler, on the 14th inst., a girl.

Mrs, C. J. Shultz and Mrs. E. IO. Spainhower and little Mar-garette visited at Mrs. Matt Ed-wards' one day last week.

Mis 3 Dora Wall and brother,;Mr. Robe, went to Winston lastThurbday to have some dentalwork done, and went to WalnutCove from there to spend a few !days with friends there. Mr. Earl I

, Wall also went to Walnut. CoveSaturday to join with his sister ithere. Mr. Robe returned Satur-j

: day night, and Miss Dora and Mr.Earl are expected home today.

Miss Ruby Hamin went to Win-ston Wednesday shopping. MissRuby spent Wednesday night

[ with Miss Maud Coe. Miss Maud| accompanied Miss Ruby home

. I Thursday and spent the day withI her.

Mr. and Mrs. William Shultz, ofGermanton, spent Saturday andSunday with his brother, Mr. C.Shultz, here.

The family of Mr. Will Rut-ledge have been very sick, buthope they may all soon be well.

Miss Nannie Spainhower, ofKing, spent last Thursday and

j Friday with Mrs. E. O. Spain-\u25a0 bower.

Mrs. S. F. Coe is expecting heri daughter Wednesday, Mrs. C. R.

Tuttle, of Lynchburg, Va., tospend a few weeks.

1 Miss Maud Coe is expected togo to Greensboro Tuesday to visit

.! Mrs. Tom McCuiston, and to meether sister, Mrs. Tuttle. Both will

! return Wednesday.The series of meetings will be-

p gin at Chestnut Grove the fourth> Sunday in this month by the pas-

. tor. Rev. Brendall."EVA."

Smith.

Smith, March 22.?We are glad\u25a0 to say that Mr. Richard Sullivan|is improving as he has gone back

- j to his work again.The wedding bells are ringing

i again. Mr. Jasper Martin andMiss Susie Puckett were married

' last Wednesday at the home ofthe bride's parents. We wish

? them a long and happy life.Mr. Gove Sullivan visits at Mr.

» Simmons'quite often. What is idrawing your attention Gove?

I Miss Rosa I guess.Mr. Charlie Wright and Miss

Susie Dunkley were married last jWednesday night. We wish 1them a long and happy life.

Mr. and Mrs. Press Wright gavethe young folks a party last Wed-nesday night.

Mrs. Gid Martin visited hersister Mrs. Henderson Hall Sat- 1urday and Sunday.

SUBSCRIBER

King Route 2.

r King Route 2, March 21.I Farmers are busy preparing for

another crop of seven cent tobac-> co. It would be much better for

, the farmers of Stokos to quit rais-) ing so much of the weed and go

to raising their meat and bread.The woods of Stokes county arefull of tobscco beds. How muchland do you suppose is coveredwith cloth. There iB enoughmoney spent for plant bed covers

I. to buy every boy a handsomes wedding suit.a Big meeting will commence the1 fourth Sunday in this month.

There is no one that can read. three verses of the CX VIIchapter

of Psalms without shedding tesrs.8 Will some one answer and tell me

if they read it.r COW BOY.j

Red Shoals.ss Red Shoals, March 22. ?Elder

J. A. Fagg filled his regular ap-, pointment at Wilson ohurch Sat-. urday and Sunday.

Elder J. A. Fagg, Mr. J. D.v Young, Missea Carrie and Sudias Sisk spent Saturday night withb Mr. and Mrs. Jas. M. Faeg.t I guess Missus Bessie Fagg and

Sudia Sisk were disappointed», Sunday as it rained, for they had[. a turnout pre{>ared to go to

ohurch.TWO CHUMS.

CLOSED LAST SATURDAY?/'**. ' ,

An Excellent Entertainment, a Cap-' ital Dißner and a Fine AddressBy Prof. D. D. Carrol!, of Mt. View.

L, 4- I* We always bad an impression

f that Haw Pond was in a low," boggy place, bordering on a pondr'j where bhws thrive, where ducks

play in the water, close to an old-

\u25a0, fashioned mill. You know one

Iff-always has pre-formed ideas abouta place, which are suggested to 1the mind by the name.. We were more than pleasantlysurprised to find the site ofthe HawPond school house not only not ina low, boggy place where hawsgrow and ducks play in the water,but on th 4 contrary it is without

* doubt thp most ideal spot for aschool and play ground for

the couptjf It is sit-uated oft a high plateau, and from

. .' its front door a magnificent vistaof the mountain is presented, and

* a fine view of a beautiful, rolling,prospArofas looking country. The

grounds are clean and well kept.

Nearby is a pretty grove, while. the public' road runs before the

front door. Nowhere is any signqf bog, pond, ducks or mill. Haw

\u25a0' Pond is certainly a. misnomer.The time was last Saturday and

the occasion the closing exercises? of the school of Miases Agnes and

Claudia Johnson. We found quitea large crowd already gathered,and the program of exercises wellunder, way. The children badbeen marching on the campus,and were now withdrawn into fhehouse. The porch was the stage,aod it was prettily decorated andside-curtained with cedar ani^

- other evergreens. From a oosycorner a string tiand played livelymnsio. The musicians were Messrs.Wm. RedmAi, Will McGee, GradyPulliam and btbers, using violin,guitar, autoharp, and 'other in- ]ertruments. Music was rendered jbetween acts or dialogues or roci-.tations. The audience was seatedon temporary benches in front ofthe stage, and all the seats werefilled, while many stood up. Inthe crowd ware men,* women andchildren. Everybody was dressed!up and looking good, and every- ibody was having a good time.

The program was very interest- jing, and the students' showed the jcareful training of their teachers,!in enunciation, gesture and free-dom from self,consciousness. One iof the young men, Mr. Boyles,displayed quite a commendabledegree of histrionio talent.

The exercises led up to the din- jner hour, when adjournment was |was taken for lunch. There were!plenty of well filled Baskets in]that crowd, and aoon the good jladies were spreading table cloths, Iand inviting friends to eat withthem. It was our goodtake dinner with Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Johnson, who bad a splendidrepast, which was enjoyed bya large crowd.

After dinner and an hour spentin conversation, the exercises wereresumed. Firtt was a drill-marohof the studeuts on the grounds, to

the time of musio by the band.T&e boys and girls marched toperfect time, and executed manypfitty and difficult figures. AfterJ.be marching **s over," more

Recitations, dialogues and decla-mations were in order.

After the program bad been* completed, Professor D. D. Car-

roll, of Mountain View Institute,delivered the address, whioh wasexceptionally fine. His speechwas full of inspiration to theyoung, and of thought for the

older ones. It waa listened towUb the closest attention. Manyoosaplimsnts were passed on the

i address.It WM well toward the turn of|

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THE DANBURY REPORTER.No. 1,933

BALL SEASON OPENSWESTFIELD'S BOLD CHALLENGE

Can Lick Any Team in the County.Where is Sandy Ridge ??Chop-pings and Dances at Westfield.Other News of Interest.Westfield, March 22.?The ball

socson has arrived again. The\\ est field boys played a veryinteresting game Saturday. It wasmostly for practice. Our teammixed up with the Big Creek team.The Westfield bojs call them-selves the champions, and ifthere is a team in Stokes thatdon't believe it, let them writethe Captain.

Rot. A. loman, of Cedartown,Ga., is at home now on a vacationfor a few days.

Mr. Hanser, of Winston, was intown this week. He travels forthe E. R. Me»6ick Grocery Co-

R. V. Marsliall and S. P. Chris-tian went to Pilot Mountainon business.

Prof. Johnson is visitingfriends and school boys and schoolgirls this week.

Mrs. Flora Crumpler, of Ger-manton, visited relatives andfriends at this place this week.

Mr. Horace Payne, of Roa-noke, Ya., is visiting relatives andfriends here this week.

Choppings seem to be veryfashionable at this place. Therehas already beeu several and atalk of several more, and possiblya dance or two soon,

L. L. Lowe enter.ained severalneighbors and friends Thursdaynight with his talking machine.He has an Edison, and some verytine records.

Mr. Robert George Jr., passedthrough this plane this week mov-ing from Mt. AUy to Stuart, Ya.He sold his t, interest in themercantile buMness at Mt. Airy,and bought a share in a rollermill at Stuart,

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Stella, Va.

Stella. Ya., March 24.?Farm-I ers are verv busy in this sectionpreparing for a big crop of to-bacco.

Miss Martie Washburn, ofMartiusville, is visiting her aunt,Mrs. A. T. Reynolds, to the de-light of some of the young men.

Mr. J. A. Joyce and Miss PearlTilley were happily married thethird Sunday. We wish theyoung eonple much joy.

Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Campbellvisited their daughter, Mrs. 1). F.Rhodes, last week.

The Woods school, taught byMiss Myra Anthony, closed the12th, with a very uice entertain-ment.

Mr. Thomas Washburn, ofSpray, visited his father, Mr.James Washburn, from Saturdayuntil Monday, of last Week.

! Quite a crowd of young peopleexpect to go fishing Easter.

Mr. P. L. Zentmyer lost a finehorse last week.

Miss Susie Penn, of Roanoke,Ya.. is visiting her sister, Mrs. P.L. Zentmyer.

"LONE DOYE."

Woman Loses Her Mind.

The Reporter is informed thatthe wife of Mr. Luther Lankford,who lives with her husband onthe plantation of Mr. J. S. Taylor,2 miles east of Danbury, last weekbecame suddenly violently insane.Mr. Lankford was in the field atwork, when he heard a commotionat the house, and returning foundhis wife a raving maniac. Shehad knocked out the window-lights, broken up some pieces of\furniture, and was hunting herhusband's razor with the express-ed purpose of killing herself. Itis probable that Mrs Lankfordwill be sent to the asylum.

Mr. Lankford has the sinceresympathy of everybody in histrouble.

Nr. Joyner to Speak at WalnutCove.

Hon. J. Y. Joyner, State Superintendent of Publio Instruct -'

will address the people at W-Cove in the Academy onTuesday nigld, March 30th, <o'clock. The occasion willeducational mass tnee*which time the schoolSauratown townshipthe opposition for a jc

Everyone ia invited t