The Western Sentinel from Winston-Salem, North Carolina • Page 8

TIIE WESTERN SENTINEL, NOV. 18. manton was John Bitting, father Col. J. A.

Bitting, who was one of the at onMta. TLte ttaie activo nioneer residents of Winston, Oth CONNECT A now extinct Thi Plan. original tho'7f i5 the same plan an buih ers who settled there and engaged in the first business at the county seat were Jeremiah Jlibson, father of BETWEEN FORSYTH material. The first 'nip and InCa Col. Isaac Gibson, who was ior a num ber of years a resident of city uie nm courthouse was fire.

It was imm and who died here several years ago; Alexander Moody, Joshua Banner, ever, and the acrnno 'INui STOKES Dr. Andrew Bowman, John Forsyth, AND the reconstructed ihj Harmon Miller and others. Old Account Book. nro that revealed lime in 1 The fonnioti ln that was constrain An old account book used by1 Buildings and Old Fort Remind vi was quarried "I of the courthouse Vi the Jeremiah Gibson, with accounts dat ing between 1806 and 1816, is now in Ing burned the the possession of Mrs. E.

J. Styers, er of Revolutionary Days-Facts About the Place. was revealed to an ow. lime quarry at Germanton, and it bears the names of many persons prominent in the early history, not only 'of State but, of the nation. Some of them are oponea and operated tZ however.

The n.n,l8.rMwtjJ BROWN'S WAREHOUSE T. SIMPSON AND JOE H. GLENN, Props. INTERESTING HISTORY familiar in this section and represent hy Messrs. M.

I. and Wiiiston-Salem GATHERED BY VISITOR wetm some of our most prominent families. Buried in 8am. n- There are accounts against Col. Jo seph Winston, Col.

Benjamin Forsyth Another interesting Ya' 1770 Rowan included the present Ro Some of the Early Settlers Were Famous North Carolinians. wan, Surry, Yadkin, Davie, Stokee DorotTyFrill stfil marks the iMS? and Forsyth counties. In that year buried. The InsnHn, Surry county was formed out of what is now Surry, Yadkin, Davie, Forsyth they were bom in 1745 spectively, and that they 3 Pain rlnv 101- ft and Stokes counties. They remained in Surry county until 1789, when an u.

all in UT1I 1 the same grave. ere yr- November 15, 1915. To the Tobacco Farmers We are making good sales very djsjTnow and if you have a load ready come on to see us rtd we yttll myte you a good sale. Our entire sales are averaging ffom to $1 per hundred every day and nearly every man wfyri sell with us fa well pleased. Now listen, make up your mind come to BrowA's, and then do it.

Don't act of the 'legislature provided for The Forsyth Highway Commission has constructed many links of highway in the county during recent months that contribute materially toward perfecting a Bystem of roads, not only for the county, but for the State and inter-State travel. Prob the formation of Stokes county and appointed Mr. Gray Bynum to locate the county seat and select the site for the courthouse. After studying matter of speculation i record of Hs orlcln. rJZ the territory Mr.

Bynum selected the associations of the founaT! nun, would suggest the orto? fact that thn sw lands, then a part of the estate of Messrs. Henry and Michael Frey, SltO was wll Silo was nil roll o.vj be misled by those drurnmes going around making a living out of Which was the original grant from the with whom "he BW State to their father, Valentine Frey, when he moved to that section from you, doing nothing to4 help you. We cah and will help you. Co me was also a native German" ably one of the most important i the link to Germanton, forming a connection with the Stokes county highways and on to Virginia. The Germanton road has just been completed, and but for the fact that there has been no rain since to give the forces an opportunity to operate the road machine over it, it is a model road.

Soil roads are never their best Salisbury. This grant comprised on and see us do it. Remember that you can help vour averajne'bv meme rrominent Famiii much of the lands which surround Germanton has nunv jcin 7 larger grades. Hoping to see vifu soon, 1 interesting neool, TrT grading your tobac what Is now Germanton. Purchased Twenty Acres.

Your friands, we are, la aiY, Oata Mr. Savage is alao a memW 1 old line of early settlers For some years he lived in Ho going west wllh tb The commission of Gray Bynum was to "select the capital" of the new county of Stokes, and this he did. He I SIMPSON St GLENN. purchased 20 acres of land and em First sale days balance of November ever were subject to the gold fever i uesday, Thurs- until they have passed thru a series of rains followed by the road shaping machine or drag as required. They are supposed under ordinary conditions to become "seasoned" only after they have been traveled and dragged for a year or thereabout.

Leaving the road from this city to ployed Henry Banner to survey the day and Saturday. property, and cut it up into town lots. law a goodly fortune before rerunC ins native state. He now n-7J He named the town Germanton. The town of Germanton today is built around the site selected originally for 'd near attle, Washington.

the courthouse. It is nestling in the hilte a few miles from Sauratown Dr. L. H. Hill is another tstmJ vj, ttilu wnn mountain, at a point elevated to overlook a valley 'of scenic beauty.

The royal eveming's entertalnmont i. ly rt A A t. model highway which has just been a 3 18 aUo thord the Goldlngs, the Hills, the Glenns, iiudi.cu vu current events. He n. surgeon attached to the iin Freys, Gibsons, Bittings, Daltons, Poindexters, Bowmans, Martins, iment during the War Betwn' .1 States, and on the recent visit td Rural Hall at the store of David James the new Germanton highway strikes across a beautiful country for the foot of the mountains.

It follows the crest of a ridge with graceful curves and on easy grade all the way to the Stokes line. All along the highway the scenery is beautiful, and at points travelers are prone to pause and gaze up and down a valley, or across rich agricultural lands to the wooded heights of the hills beyond the valley. Beautiful for motoring, it also fills a long felt need of Winston-Salem, as well as the demand of people living In the county of Stokes and across the border in the State of Virginia. For years the business men of Win- BAiJtmences im tne war, and ilgo i cnlled tfhat at the battle of Gmi burg Dr. H.

T. Bahnson mu 1 him. Dr. Hill and the late Dr. sbal Hamptons, Bynums, Wlnslows, Shel-tons, Westmorelands, Haineses, Moores, Holbrooks, etc.

The accounts charged In English pounds, shillings and pence. The father of Col. Jack Martin who built the famous Rock House near Vade Mecum Springs and who made the famous raid on Tories' Den, was one of the pioneers at Germanton. ner, 01 feaiem, were college matea. Original Germanton today maintains muck original characteristics.

Its snld did citizens still continue to offer ts good did hospitality of the Southel STATE CONVENTION Jton-Salem have plead, in the interest of the people of Stokes and of South Mr. Jerry Gibson, one of the first settlers, was the father of Col. Isaac Gibson, and grandfather of Abraham Gibson, the latter marrying Miss home. It has not yet been commercii lzed, there being no manufactorlej ern Virginia who sell their tobacco here are many general stores wtlj serve the travelers, who will rapldi increase ln number now since the roa roads have been extended in ever i SUNDAY SCHOOLS IN SALISBURY and other farm products on the local market, for the construction of a good road by a direct route into the heart of Stokes county and on to Virginia. The patronage of these splendid people is appreciated by the Gray, of Winston-Salem, a sister of Messrs.

J. E. S. and E. E.

Gray. Mrs. W. H. Marler, also of Winston-Salem, is a descendant of the Bow-mans, mentioned above.

Harmon Miller, father of Mr. Frank Miller, of roction thru this section. Mercantile Interests. Mr. H.

McGee now conducts a genel business men of Winston-Salem and al merchandise business in the ol Winston, was one of the early set they found no trouble in convincing the highway commission of the im courthouse building. Other busiaed tlers of the town. men and residents include Messrs. The Hamptons also have a long portance of the construction of this M. McKemzle, E.

J. Styers, R. L. Ti line of descendants. Mrs.

James Har road. The completion of this road i rison was a member of this family forms the connecting link with the tie, R. T. Beck, Y. S.

Smith. Roller Mill Needed. A good roller mill in Germanton, ingly fortunate in securing Mr. W. A.

Brown of Chicago for the entire convention. He 1s a man- of wide experience and possesses rare initiative genius. On two previous occasions he greatly aided the State Association in initiating two advanced pieces of work, the launching of city and community "training schools and campaigns for the employment of whole-time superintendents of County Sunday Schools Associations. The management worked hard and long to secure Mr. Brown, knowing that he is Just the man needed for the coming convention, since a number Of advanced steps of much significance are to be taken that call for good statesmanship well mixed with optimism of which Mr.

Brown is full to overflowing. 8ome 8peakere The following speakers have ail-ready been secured: Mr. A. W. Mc-Alister, Rev.

W. L. Hutchins, Prof. W. Jackson, Mr.

Gilbert T. Stephenson, Mr. J. M. Broughton, Jr.

Mr. M. W. Bradham, Dr. Edgar W.

Knight, Dr. W. S. Rankin, Dr. Thos.

A. Newlin, Prof. E. J. Ooltrane, Mrs.

E. R. MIchaux, Miss Martha Dozier, Prof. A. R.

Williams, Prof. P. 1 Wright, Dr. C. W.

ByTd, Dr. Anna Grove, Miss Willie Toung, Mrs. E. H. and she was a close relative of Presi dent William Henry Harrison.

Gray Bynum, one of the original settlers at is regarded, would prove a profitabl Germanton, was a member of com invostment. The town in located is fertile section where thousands I mission that built the Surry county bushels of wheat and corn are courthouse, as well as the first courthouse of Stokes county. duced. Famous For Schools Sold Estate In 1776. The town of Germanton has alwi In 1776 Anthony Hampton sold his been famous for its schools.

highway from Danbury to Walnut Cove, and also with the good roads Into Rockingham county. The Germanton road will prove of commercial value to Winston-Salem and a convenience that will be appreciated by the people in the upper part of Stokes, as well as hundreds of prosperous farmers just across the line in Virginia. Much of Historic Interest. This splendid highway connects with the good roads of Stokes county the town of Germanton, and Germanton suggests much of historic interest to the highway. Both Stokes and Forsyth counties have a vital interest in this, the only town of that name in the United States.

It also bears the distinction early days the schools were patrod iari hv students from many States i estate in Stokes to Gray Bynum, his son-in-law, and moved to Tiger River, which was then near what is now Spartanburg, S. C. Just four years later he and his entire family were victims of an Indian massacre, in the South. The school was U5j in thn eariv davs by the late Dr. Ef hart, father of Capt.

Lay H. Everlrf (Photo by Staff Photographer.) Old courthouse of Stokes county, erected when Oermanton was the county seat. This building- was erected about 1825, following the burning of the first building erected in 1793. The original design was preserved as shown above. of the U.

S. Navy, now retirea. corhurt was with Admiral stigated by the British as a result of the family's activities against the The North Carolina Sunday School Association will hold a convention in Salisbury, November 22, 23, 24. The first session will be Monday, November 22, following a parade conducted Jay Salisbury" and Rowan county people. sessions will be In Rowan county beautiful and commodi-.

oua community building. Everything about the convention will be in keeping with the motto "A School Rather Than a Convention." Some Directions Those who expect to attend are asked to send their names to Mr. rrank R. Brown, Salisbury. Delegate will be met at the station and conveyed to Community Hall, where they will register and be directed to their homes by Boy Scouts.

Free entertainment will be provided, including lodging, breakfast, and supper. At noon the delegates will lunch at their own expense, tidies represent-- ing the Associated Charities will serve dinner Tuesday and Wednesday at moderate cost in large building across the street from Community Hall. Each delegate will pay a fee of 'one dollar, and be entitled to a badge, convention program, entertainment, and all the privileges of an accredited delegate. Reduced rail-; road rates on the certificate plan from all parts of the State will be Offered. Delegates should see that their local agents are prepared to sell tickets on the certificate plan at least four days In advance.

W. A. Brown The program committee is exceed- during the famous battle ol M4 British government in the Revolu Hoffman, Miss Clara Cox, Hon. Lee Brh schools are today malntalnlnj tion. Only a grandson, John BynUm, who was a youth and on a visit to his grandfather, escaped.

Gray Bynum Farm Sold; W. V. Hartman, administrator of the estate of Llndla Ingram, sold the 27-acre farm tract of said estate located on the Rural Hall the 'high standard of former yeq naa with modern meuwi was the great-grandfather of Judge being the first county seat of Stokes, of which Forsyth county was it one time a part. An Interesting W. P.

Bynum, of Greensboro, Dr. road Saturday at courthouse. It was and practices. The attendance year Is large and splendid prop John Bynum, of Winston-Salem, Dr, lay can be spent by tourists and trav bid off by S. G.

Rogers for $1,505. The sale will be. left open for 20 days subject to a fu per cent bid. Wade H. Bynum, of Germanton! Mrs.

Kyle, of Tennessee; Thomas Settle is being made, rne scnoou -r under the direction of Prof. J. C. son for several years, and he ufl popular family are held In higSMi and Curtis Bynum, of Asheville. elers along the new highway by stopping at this village and inquiring of its early days.

The residents to this day are principally descendants of (hose who resided in that section as There now only remain three hulld STRAYED OR STOLEN Brown mare about 8 years, weight S. Overman, Judge Jeter C. Prltch-ard, and Mr. W. C.

Smith. The Subjects Some of the subjects to be discussed are: Sunday School Propaganda and Christian Citizenship; City and Community Training Schools; The Sunday School, Public Health and Sanitation; The Sunday School and Adult Illiteracy; The Challenge of the College to the Sunday School; The Challenge of the Sunday School to the College; What a County, or Community Survey Should Include; Correlated Sunday School Work with the High School; The Garey Plan; Whole Time County Sunday School Superintendent; The Chautauqua Circuit Plan for Holding County and Township Conventions; Inclusive Co Ings to remind one of those early days about 900. Main lays on left side. Re teem by both patrons uu Paper Published In 1857 Few there are who know that 0: nno time boasted of excitement and struggle. The home of Henry Banner still stands and is ward, u.

B. Hester, near T. H. Liven good's, on ThomasvHle Road, near Be thany church. occupied by a descendant of the original owner.

newspaper. A copy of this WH a.tnniii October 31, Wi 1 Old Fort To Protect From Indians. An old tradition tells of an old fort 'ar back as 1790. Part of Rowan Before 1770. This part of North Carolina was formerly a part of Rowan county.

In completed can be seen for some distance winding along the hills forming the northwestern slope creating the valley. As In days of old, when the territory from Germanton to Dan river was called "Egypt," on account now in the possession of Mrs. Stjtn The caption of the paper ws a Rail-Road Car" and wa, edtol built by the early settlers for protec-tlon from the Indians that then roved the valley about Germanton, but not DRUGS EXCITE YOUR -KIDNEYS. USE SALTS until the force of convicts excavated operation: The Department of Edu Mrs. W.

I. 7. hmIUI Thomas Bacon, who formerly HW i hid a weeuy for a sootlon of the new highway was it definitely located. At a noint near of the abundance of corn and other cation; Why Study the Bible; The Bible Teacher; Some Fundamentals In Bible Study and Bible Teaching. The conferences are planned to cover all divisions and departments the Westmoreland home the convicts encountered relics of this old fort.

grains, it is still in the heart of a rich agricultural section. Also, as of old, it is a convenient stop-over per ui yK- mi wj each, 12x18 inches, sent for If yonr Baik is aching or Bladder bothers, drink lots of water and eat lest meal a 1 1 f-HMBB consisting of pieces of pottery; knives, forks, etc. Some of these have been 'or those who travel cross-country annum payawo ing upon the size of the school. Organized classes may send delegates and individuals may volunteer. Scbools and classes would do well to pay the traveling expenses of carefully selected delegates.

Speakers William A. Brown, of Chicago, the congenial, versatile, and able Field Secretary of the Interna tional Sunday School Association; Miss Minnie E. Kennedy, General Secretary of the City Sunday School Association of Birmingham, and a large number of State speakers will Insure a great inspirational and educational program. Conferences The afternoons will be given over exclusively to conferences covering a wide range of interests. These conferences will be held In churches situated near the Community Building.

Music This is to be in the hands of the Salisbury people, who are well prepared to furnish music adapted to a convention of this kind. Parade To be conducted by the Salisbury and Rowan county people, and is expected to be the largest and best formed parade ever conducted In connection with a State Convention. Pageant On Wednesday evening for the closing session a pageant will be given which will demonstrate In a most interesting and entertaining manner the history, development and progress of religious education from the days of the patriarchs down to the modern Sunday school organization as we have it today. This is a reproduction of the pageant given at Chicago during the International Sunday School Convention of 1914. Nothing of Its kind has ever been staged for a State Convention in this State.

Exhibit Up-to-date Sunday school supplies will be on display throughout the convention. This exhibit, which will be both educational and commercial, will be provided by the denominational publishing houses principally. of present-day Sunday 8chool organi from Virginia to points in North and or tne nrsi kvvj- it-i collected and are being preserved by South Carolina and on to Florida. An advertisement oi ni me residents or Germanton. Another building recalling th days Some Interesting History.

A Sentinel representative recently of the Revolution is that occupied by Mr. jonn Banner. It is an original loa- visited the community and gleaned the following items which will no zation, management, and activities. Below are given under classified heads some of the most interesting points about the convention: Constituency. All Sunday schools workers throughout the State, including all denominations.

Delegates All State, county, and township officers, and two or more delegates from each school, depend- Salem, appears with the troductlon: "PEOPLE of fti WJ Encourage Home ManuhcW the bottom of the advert seme pears a note for The Ben J-Mg The Press to insert for and roniW account to K. hoube, presenting excellent workmanship for those days of crude imole- doubt be of Interest to Sentinel Following the establishment of the Co. Salem. seat of Stokes county at Germanton the first court was held In 1790, at the residence of Gray Bynum, I 1-2 miles east of Germanton, the Other loierun. man's Magazine, PnH-STti! i a nihwin.

dealer in w' HEADACH ourthouse not being completed until fancy dry goods, about 1793. Upon a recent visit to The fact that In over 63,000 Homes throughout te country the only piano used Is the ware, groceries, Jo, Oanbury Dr. Wade H. Bynum. of Ger- nanton, was shown the original rec- NEUNPAIN When your kidneys hurt and your back feel sort, don't get scared and proceed to load yeur stomach with a lot of drugs that eieite the kidneys and irritate the entire urinary track Jeep your kidneys elean like you kep yfut bowels clean, by flushing them with a mild, harmless salts which removes the body's urinous waste land stinKilates them to their normal activity.

The function of the kidneys fs to filter the plood. In 24 hours they strain from it 600 grains of acid and waste, So we readily understand the vjtnl Mnportancf of keeping the kidneys active. Drtpklots of water can't drink too moth; also gt from any pharmacist about four ounces of JaA Salts; take a tables poonful in a glass of water before breakfast each morning for a few day and your kidneys will act fine This famous sajts made from th acid of grapes and lemon juice, combinei. with lithia, and has been used for generations to clean and stimulate clogged kidneys; also to neutralize the acids in so it no lender is a source of irritation, thus ending bladder weakness. Jad Salts is Inexpensive; cannot injure; makes a delightful effervescent lithia water drink which everyone should take now and then to keep their kidneys clean and active.

Try this, also keep up the water drinking, and no doubt row will wonder what tecame of year kidney trouble and backache. kaiiare ue Get a 10 cent package of Dr. James' Powders and don't toffen rionls. It retains Its rock chimney, with the picturesque old-fashioned fireplace of wide dimensions. Mr.

Banner Is also a member of the first family by that name residing in that section, which was first known as Town Fork. Another old landmark is the building in front of the Methodist church at Germanton. It was formerly a part of the old Harmon Miller estate and Is now owned toy Mrs, H. H. Riddle, of this city.

Body of Gen. Joseph Winston. General Joseph Winston, admired by every Carolinian, died and was burled at his home at Ger-ninnton, his body remaining; there for about one hundred years. Ten years ago Major Joseph Morehead arranged for its removal to the historic old Guilford BattUj Ground, and Dr. Wade H.

Bynum, of Germanton. assisted lit the removal. The Oldourthouse. Presented herewith is photograph of the old courthouse in which the records of Stokes county were kept for many years, and In which now are stored many Interesting articles to remind one of the early days of the conu Win. H.

Kingsbury, coffins and others, A news Item telW renovation of the fl our snd of William A. Bolejack, B. has been tested and make! tory turn out of flour of quality; price $2-50 Another note says: tm ment ln financial a heavy depreciation 1 -J" rrade9 in or tne first session of this court. h--e are still to be seen the remains the chimney of the house in the enter of the grove in which It was vated. Anthony Hampton, father-ln-Jaw of Iray Bynum and the father of General Wade Hampton, of Revolutionary fame, and grandfather of Colonel Wade Hampton who was with General Jackson In the battle of New Orleans as aid to General Jackson and great grandfather of Gov.

Hampton, of louth Carolina, was original owner of nese lands. Gray Bynum married Margaret Hampton, sister of the first Wade Hampton, and bought all the Mamoton lands when they removed to South Carolina, One. of the first to settle at Gef negroes vi Pi was st Is conclusive evidence that the LAFFARGUC is pre-eminently the home piano. The fine musical qualities that make it so are easily discernible on examination. Write for catalogue.

R.J.B0WEI1&BR0. Winston-Salons North Carolina A conunarum. When your be4 aones you simply must have relief of yett will go wild. It's needles is suffer' when you can take a remedy like. Vk.

James' Headache. Powders and reliave the pain and neuralgia at one. Send someone to the drug store now Apr4 a dime package of Dr. James' Baalache Powder. Don't sufferl Id a momenta you will fee) fine-headachs) gone -no oior aeuralgia pais.

like a horse? HOXOR ROLL REPORTED FOR TUB GIDEO SCHOOL The honor roll for Oldenn nrhnnl for the flrst month, ending November 5. is reported aa follows: Flrat grade Billy ann. Third grade Oladys Oann and Hil-lery FlynL Fourth grade Resale Dunlatx. Sixth grade Violet Oann. Seventh grade Rlla Flrnt.

K. ADK1N8, Teacher. Timothy." BK Another: "Why a group of children i the heads bend and nod be iraimity. Among them 1 the parapher- ninr ir.