DANBURY REPORTER
Volume 55.
NO MONEY FOR
STUART ROAD,
Virginia State Highway Com
mission Fails To Provide!
Funds —North Carolina Au
thorities Get the Blame.
The highway from the Stokes
county line to Stuart, Va., will
not be hard-surfaced any time
soon, because the Virginia
State Highway Commission last
failed to provide the neces
sary funds when Virginia';
road money for 1929 and 1930
was allocated to the various
roads of that State.
Legislator Thos- J. George
says the distance from the 1
Stokes line to Floyd Court
House, byway of Stuart, is ">8
miles, and this road did not re
ceive a cent when the State's
money was allocated. While
the road between the Stokes
line and Stuart has already
been graded, it is not passable
except in dry weather, it is
learned.
The Stuart paper, in its last
week's issue, criticizes the Stale
authorities for appropriating
large sums of money to high
ways that are already good all
year roads and then failing to
set aside any funds for roads
like the Stokes - Stuart - Floyd
highway.
A citizen here from Virginia
predicted that the Vir
ginia authorities would take
exactly the action they did, be
cause, he said, they had no as
surance that the North Caro
lina authorities would meet
them at the line with a surfac
ed road.
Missionary Society
Met With Mrs. Jones
The Woman's Union Mission
ary Society met Wednesday af
ternoon February l.'ttli, at the
home of Mrs- M. 0. Jones with
sixteen present. The president.
Mrs. E. Pepper, presided
and the treasurers report and
roll call was given by Mrs. H.
M. Joyce- A part of the 4tii
chapt-r of Luke and the entire
fifth chapter was read and a
qustior.aire on the verses of
of these chapters was conduct
ed by the chairman of the pro
,gram committee, Mrs. R. R.
r King. Mesdames J. S- Taylor,
J. J. Ta>'or an' I). Humph
reys tied foi i. " prize. Mrs.
J. S. Taylor drew the lucky
straw and was given a box of
delicious candy. Fa. h guest
was given a Valentine upon
which was written a Bible
verse about heart. This con
cluded the altogether delight
ful program. A social hali hour
followed during which the hos
tess served a tempting course
of refreshments.
Mesdames W. G. Petree and
J. E- Hartslield were appoint
ed program committee for next
month, the meeting to be held
with Mrs- N. E. Pepper. ..
W. F. Bowles and Glenn Fair,
of Walnut Cove, were business
visitors here Monday evening
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! SPECIAL TERM
COURT MARCH 25*
County Commissioners, Solici
tor and Attorneys Conferred
Here Saturday—l 36 Cases
Already Docketed
In a special meeting here
Saturday for that purpose the!
Stokes Board of Commission-1
crs made formal request of the i
Governor that a special one
week term of criminal court be
held in Stokes beginning on
Monday, March 25th, which is
the week preceding the regu
lar criminal term, beginning on
April Ist
Solicitor J. F. Spruill. of Lex
ington, was here Saturday con
ferring with the commissioners
an«! the local attorneys in re
gard to a special term. After
careful investigation ii was
found that a special term was
absolutely necessary in order
to clear up the congested dock
et.
; Clerk of the Court A. J. Fagg
now has 1:5(5 cases on his docket,
and these do not include many
defendants who have not been
arrested and those against
whom the grandjury will no
doubt find bills. So that the
docket when finished will be one
requiring at least a two week's
term of court.
The question of drawing a
jury for the special term was
discussed Saturday and this
was deferred until the first
Monday in March, which will
give the necessary twenty days
notice.
Judge Clement, of Winston-
Salem, will preside at the regu
lar term of court beginning
April 1. The Governor will
1 designate a judge for the special
term, if it is called, which he
will nodoubt do. within the next
, few days.
iWith The Sick
i In Danbury
' Mrs. Ausby Smith is sick at
• her home with pneumonia.
1 Mrs. Frank Martin is ill with
inflrmza.
1 Miss Janie Martin is at home
1 with i heumatism- She expects
lo return to her duties as teach
er in th" Reynolds school today.
llazel Petrce, little daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Petree,
is confined to her home with
illness.
Mrs. A. J- Fagg continues ill
at !i«r home here.
1 Mrs. R. H. Moivfield, who has
been quite sick the past week,
out again.
Mrs. W- E. Joyce is recover
" ing from an attack of influenza.
In regard to the news that
, three-tourths of the explosives
produced in the eountry are
j used in mining, some one asks
if Chicago is in the copper or
t bituminous coal belt. —Detroit
j News.
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' About the time we thought
; the saxophones were going out,
s the movies began to talk.—Shoe
and Leather Reporter.
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Danbury, N. C., Feb. 20, 1929.
A. J. FAIR PASSES
AT MATURE AGE
Was One of Stokes County's
.Most Prominent Citizens—
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Resident of Walnut Cove For
12 Years—Funeral Held Fri
day.
A. J. Fair, of Walnut Cove,
well known throughout this
entire section of the State,
passed away at his home Wed
nesday last at the mature age
of almost seventy-nine years.
Mr. Fair had been ill for some
weeks and hope for his recov
ery had bten despaired of for
several days.
In his passing Walnut Cove
and Stokes county loses one of
their most valued and most
prigressive citizens.
The following interesting
obituary ol' the deceased, pre
pared by a friend, was read
the funeral service:
"Andii-w Ja.-Uson Fair v.a- born
in Boekinjrhum county April 21s".
IsiiO. Itej.arU'd this lift' Feb. 13th,
ll'li' l . Ajr« TS years. nvrnths and
22 day.-.
Mr. l air v.*;:s the sun of Gejrge
and Rebe ca Fair and lived with his
parents u?itil the age of 21, when tie
t-nU'ivii '.he mercantile business and
manufacturing tobai'co at I'restou
ville, N. .
lie was tvviee married. First to
Cornelisi Wall July t!th, IS7O. This
union was blessed with 7 children, ;>
sons and 2 daughters. In the year
ISS2 hi-, with his family, moved to
the State- of Texas and resided there
for 4 years but he was compelled to
return to his native Stata cn account
of his health. After living in Win
ston-Salem one year on his return
from Texas he moved to Walnut
Cove where for -12 years he has
lived.
Mr. Fair has always been an in
dustrious nian. always hit--rested i:>
the betterment and welfare ol his
community. He played a great par",
in the construction of tne Nortoik
& Western railroad between Wins
ton Salem and ltoanoke. Intact he
furnished all the doss ties that
were used He was tor several yeais
sui .e.-sfuily engaged in the manu
facturing of tobueeo. als» milling
and in bis l itter years, farming. In
11101 he lest his first wife and m ltH's
was married the remind time to .vli.-s
Minnie l.andr-. th. of Creensb.ro. N.
C. To thif union was born one s>.i.
Al iiit 2-> years an->, during •'
Viles of levivai meeting: held here
j.i •!:« . hui-.-h building by the lat
ll'v. W. 11. Wilson, assisted by lie-'.
Fred N. Day, Mr. Fair made profes
sion in 'hri t and united with th'
Baptist church and was later chosen
as one of the deacons, which ofli-.c
he held at his death.
Mr. Fair loved his eh'.'tvh and vv...-
a cheerful unitilv.itm towards its
! up| ii t, alxvajv willing t«» .any his
part oi th« bi ril 'ii.
He is survived by the ljllowiti'j
relative} • Mis wife, six sons, L>"
, witt. of Kansas City, Mo.; hmory
of Hills! ,n>, l'exas; K y and Clar
ence o" Dallas, Texus; Barlow, j!
Sherman, Texas, and tilen, ol Wal
, nui Cove. Two daughters Mi>-.
F. Bowles and Mrs. W. (5. Dodso.i
both of Walnut Cove, one sister, Mi«>
' Bettie Fair, of Walnut «ve. sun
14 grandchildren also survive him.
Funtrai services were con
ducted in the new Baptist
church in »"v dnnt Cove on Fri
day afternoon, and were con
- ducted by the pastor, Rev. (). E
i Ward and Rev- F/eu N. Day, ol
' Winston-Salem. The large
! church was packed to overllow
' ing. notwithstanding the in
clement weather. Interment
was in the new cemetery ii
west Walnut Cove.
Dr. and Mrs. R. H. MorefteU
* and Mrs- A. G. Sisk made a trij
to Pinehurst today.
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ONE NEGRO
SHOOTS ANOTHER
Bullet (Joes Through Rush Sat
terlield's Mouth Without
Breaking A Single Tooth—
George Daiton Held For
Shooting.
George Daiton shot Rush
Satterfield >n Monday night at
or near the home of George
George Price, a few miles east
of Walnut Cove on the old Wal
nut Cove-Madison road. All
three men are negroes- The
bullet entered one side of i : a'.-
tertield's face and passed
through his mouth, coming out
the other side of the lace, with
out even breaking a tooth in
Satteiiield's mouth.
;
! No particulars as to the
shooting could be learned except
that the men were drinking
and became engaged in a dis
pute over something.
The wounded man will most
likely re .-over, it is learned. i
l Daiton was arrested and will
be held in jail for court unless
. bond is furnished.
Entertains Quaker
Gap Sunday School
i Mizpah, Feb. 19.—The T.K.L
' class of Quaker Gap Sunday
School was entertained by Mrs.
• Roy S. Redding at her home
' Monday afternoon, Feb. IS-
Ther-" were twelve members
i present. The room was decor
' ated with the class colors, gree-i
and white.
The meeting was opened b\
s singing the class song, "He
: Leadeth Me." After the scrip
ture reading by Mrs. Nannie
Cromer, a review of the Sun
-1 day School lessons of the part
month was conducted by Mis.
i Harvey Jonhnson. the class
tea iter. Then a Bible contes'
s was given, consisting of 12
■ |uestions on the Bible. The
| two who got the highest liuir
e ber of (piestions right received
" a prize- Mrs. Pink Boyles re
ceived first prize, while Mrs.
Foy Hart grove received second
il
pri e.
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Then each member present
• received a usefu gift. They
were asked to stand iii a circle
,
in the center of the room. Then
re for a streamer of white
. 'or green crepe paper, which
"•'hung from a basket in the cen
| ti r of the room. Then pulled
one of the stream-.') s f crep?
'• paper, and the gift was attach
I ed to tlu end of it.
" i hey were then asked to go
l " into the dining r»;- m where a
tli licious spppewas .served bv
the hostess. CWe, pLkles an 1
>- apples were so 1 " d. Then all
'• went home not f «igetting tile
if d«.-lightl'ul evening '..hey hs'd
spent-
ONF. PRI.SI INT.
l- ;
Scientists arc wondering
1 about the age of the earth,
while an author wonders whv
j
j it often is referred to as "she"-
d One question should answer
p the other.—Council Bluffs Non
pareil.
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WOULD ABOLISH J
ROAD BOARD j
Bill Also Introduced To Cut I
Price Of Stills Captured In !
Stokes From $2O To $lO.
Representative C. C. McGee, !
of Stokes, has introduced a bid i
in the house which would abol- 1
I
ish the Stokes county highway i
commission and place the caroj.
of the roads in the hands of 1
tli" county commissioners. »
Another bill has been intro- ;
dueed by Mr- McGee whicn i
would cut the price paid for the 1
capture of stills it; Stokes coun
ty from $2O to $lO. I'
GASOLINE TAX i
BILL PASSES ,
Counties (Jet One Cent Tax On
Cas and Three .Million Dol
j lars Is Set Aside For Kqualiz- ■
ing Fund. 1
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Ualeigh, Feb. 19.—The sen
jate passed the road bill, leaving
a Ti-eent gasoline tax. and set
ting aside a fund of $.".000,000
for the aid of counties, by :i
vote of 49 to 1. on third reading
this afternoon. Senator S.
Carter Williams, Republican,
of Yadkin, was the only sena
tor to vote against it. The
measure, already passed by the
house, wis not amended and
now awaits only formal ratifi
cation to become a law.
The morning session was
taken up with the struggle ov
er two identical amendments to
section 7 of the bill, which pro
vides that $1,000,000 of the
fund from the existing 4-cent
gasoline tax should be set aside,
and divided equally, one-half
going to the county aid fund,
and the other to an equalizing
fund, to be used in the construc
tion of highways in the far
east and west, where, due eith
er to swamps or mountains,
construction costs are high, and
J the original state program has
not yet been completed.
AIITO DEATHS
SHOW DECLINE
Only l:i Carolinians Lost Lives
In Accidents During Janu
, | ary.
1: Ualeigh, Feb. 19.—Only 4-">
i 1
ipersons lost their lives in auto-
1 1 mobile accidents in North Caro
. j
j lina during January, figures
' compiled by the Motor l . e.-iiele
i Bureau of the State Deoart
nient of Revenue show. This i>
Jthe lowest monthly death list
' | from auto accidents in this
(State since June, 1928. when
1.'17 persons were reported Killed.
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• Two hundred and ninety-five
were injured, 200 accidents
were repo»ted.
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And just suppose that the
i Salvation Army has to call a
{disarmament conference!
1 ( Winston-Salem Journal.
r Of course Hoover was glad
•to see Al Smith- The former
;■ Democratic candidate didn't
- come to ask for a job.—Virgin
; ian-Pilot.
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No. 2,9.-'
FINE ART
ASKED TO AID
Effort Being .Made To Secure
Appropriation From Legis
lature For Illiteracy Work.
Mrs- M. O. Jones, president
»f the Danburv Fine Arts Quo.
had a telegram -Monday from
-Mrs. Morris, head of the illiter
acy work in North Carolina,
who is now in Raleigh where an
effort i> being made to securj
an appropriation for the work
through the Legislature. i*i
the telegram it was requested
Ithat one or more of the pupils.
I who were instructed in the
i
night schools, here last fall, be
I brought t> Raleigh to give a
demonstration to the members
of the legislature.
The illiteracy schools in t»i.»
State have so far been support
ed by women's clubs, and other
organizations and much good
has in en accomplished. Now,
since the value of the night
schools has been demonstrated,
it is thought that the State wiii
assist in the work.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones
Entertains At Bridge
Walnut Cove, Feb. 18.—Mr.
and Mrs. J. \V. Jones entertain
ed at a beautiful party at their
home here Thursday evening
at B:.'{o o'clock. The home was
artistically decorated with
showers of hearts suspended
from the chandeliers, ferns and
lovely potted plants and softly
glowing candles with the ap
pealing color of the valentine
season predominating through
out. Eight tables were placed
for the fascinating game of
bridge with place cards of an
attractive valentine design Al
ter several progressions Miss
Helen Fulton was awarded high
score prize, a iovcly candy jar.
Men's high score prize, a box of
cigar; was won by Kill Fulton,
while the consolation, a box of
candy in heart shape went to
Gilmer Sparger. At the COH-
I elusion of i!ic delightful game a
. tempting frozen fruit salad
course was attractively served,
with heart shaped sandwiches,
stuffed celery, heese straws
• designed as a In w and arrow.
■ coffee with whipped cream.
■ olives, pickles, and Valentine
; mints. Favors were Valentine
' baskets of salted nuts. The
• hostess was assisted in cnter
• tabling by Mesdames George
1 ulton. Jacob Fulton, Jr.. lk»\v
-1 ard Woodruff and Miss /ranees
1 Davis. Out of town guests
• present were Mr. and Mrs- J. J.
' Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. E. P. l'ep
; per. Misses Elizabeth Russel,
Mattie Sue Taylor and James 1).
Joyce, of Danbury.
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1 Representative McGee
■I Introduces Bill
j A bill intended to prohibit
I the issuance of bonds in Stoke*
I
rj county without a vote of the
t people was introduced in the
-'■ General Assembly yesterday by
j Representative C- C. McGoe.
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