DANBURY REPORTFIt
Volume 55.
C. T. HAM LOSES '
HOME BY FIRE
Smoking Tobacco Factory Al
most Ready To Begin Work
—Other News of King.
King, Feb. 25.--The Missionary
Society of the King Baptist church
met with Mrs. R. S. Helsabeck
'Thursday. "From Greenland's Icy
Mountains" was used for the ■ first
hymn. Mrs. Helsabeck read the first
part of the eleventh chapter of John
VCor the scripture lesson on which
she commented. Mrs. C. O. Boyles
had charge of the program. Mrs.
Kate Lawson led the dit cuss ion of
the 1 est-;on. She made a real inter
esting talk. Then Mrs. T. G. New
discussed her part of the lesson af
ter which Mrs. Ruth iSpainhower and
Mrs. Clara Slate made interesting
talks. Tii" roll was then called by
Miss Hattie Slate, fifteen members
having made their way through the
snc.w and ice which covered the
ground to bf present at the meeting,
six visitors were alsj in attendance.
The president, Mrs. ('. I). Slate,
made a very interesting talk. The
personal service report was made
which was good. Following this
report "Blessed Be the Tie Thai
Binds," was sung, then the meeting
was dismissed by Mrs. Pearl Smith
with a short prayer. The March
meeting will be held at the home of
Mrs. H. G. Spain ho wer. After the
business session was over all the
ladies were incited into the dining
room where a plate awaited each one
well filled with fruit, salad, cake
and pickles. Coffee was also served,
l.ittle Francis Helsabeck gave ea.-n
one present a nice souvenir. i
Mi 1 , and Mrs. Otto Snider are the
glad parents of a new baby. The
yi>ung fellow arrived Saturday. i
C. T. Ham, who resides just West
« of town, had the misfortune to lose
pi is home by lira last Thursday
evening about fi:HO. The origin of
the fire is not definitely known, but
as the ground and roof was covered
with snow Mr. Ham had burned out
the chimneys during the afternoon
and the birds had built nests again -t
the house on the shoulders of the
chimney which was built outside the
h >use. It is believed that sparks
caught the nests on fire and ignited
lh" L .'j-se. Only a part of the house
hold effects and wearing aparel was
saved. Mi'. Ham's lo; is appioMi
iwtely four thousand dollars. The
build'ng vu ) ,:;rtia!ly c .vered by
insurance.
The l!lu.' I-.idge T bn co Companv
has a force of men with trucks mov
ing le.'.f tobacco from Win ton-Sal
ient lo their fact ty here. N'tw ma
chinery has teen h:• , jc-«1 part from
St, I.juis and tl.e reminder from
I hiiade'pltia. Just as sum as till'
pvichi'tery t. vivt. and can be ia
j-tall.'d actual operations will b.>
started. This m\v conci i n will man
ufacture three brands of smoking
tobacco, viz: "ll'.u • Ridge Mixture,
'■Qu'en Cai't-li;." and "\.u!kin Sal
ley Mixture."
Fred tlauser, «.f H : gh ''.ir.t, spurt
the week i r.d with relatives and
.friends here.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilburn Newsur.i,
\Vinstf.n-Saleni, spen' Sundnv
"•i.ire re tnc gui ts.of Mr. Niwsum's
motl'.e". Mrs. J. F. Xewsuni.
The new mivchinevy for the new
electr'" shoe sh i|; wh his to be
opened up en Main Street by John
Smith, has arrived and will be in
stall ;d ut once giving King an up
to-d.'te electric shoe shop which has
lonp b. en nettled here.
Mr. and Mrs. il. l>. Pulliam, of
•High I'cln'., week end visitors
to relatives here.
Mr- and Mrs. O. k Pulliam. of
Winston-Salem, spi nl Sunday with
Mr. Pulliam':' naivnts, Mi. and Men.
B. F. Ptdliatn.
Miss t rysel Caudle, of Winston-
Salem, spent tl.e week end here as i
the guest of hr ,»arents, Mr. and
Mrs. James R. ' :%utHe, in Walnut
Hills.
Ernest Wat.' in, of Pinnacle, wa-'
uniong the visitors h«*re Sunday. |
William Holloman, ot Greensboro, ■
was here Monday altenuing to some
business matters.
Miss Flossie B. Caudle, of W ins- j
ton-Salem, was a week end visitor to
" relatives here.
Mrs. John C. Southern, who has
been very sick at her home just
South oi town for several days,
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ONE BILL PASSED
: BY LEGISLATURE
. Tax On Gas For County High
- I ways Is Only Outstanding
Act So Far—Only Few More
Days To Go.
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i Raleigh, Feb. 24.—With only
: a few days to go before the
Ides of March, the time usual
■ ly mentioned as the probable
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. date of adjournment, members
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'■of the legislature will turn to
;• the capital tomorrow facing
heavy calendars in both houses.
\ Survey of the session thus
I far shows only one of the so
called outstanding measures
enacted into law. The adminis
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■ tration highway bill, raising
the gasoline tax from four to
live cents a gallon as a method
of allowing counties to reduce
their property taxes, was given
; final approval, with each house
recording only one vote against
it, and will become operative
April 1. A fund tsii.rated at
#.'3,000,000 a y -ar will be ap
portioned among the counties
in proportion to area and popu
lation upon the condition that
the respective counties reduce
their ad valorem levies for road
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purposes by a like proportion
to their portion of state fund, j
Enactment of this bill, which
was in line with one of Govern
or Gardner's recommendations
in his inaugural address, was
expected, but the highlight of
the week, in the opinion of ob
servers, came late Friday nighl
when the house by a two to one
majority approved the eighi
months school bill sponsored by
Representative A. 1). Mat-Lean,
of Beaufort. The measure was
approved on its second reading
and must therefore pass anoth
er reading in the ht;us.> before
going to the senate.
Proponents of ihe eigh-:
months term based their argu
ments mainly on the contention
that it would pave the way for
an even.greater reduction of
county taxes than the highway
bill provides.
T Jy the provisions of the Mac
11'v'.in measure, the state would
provide an pqualk /! ng fund esti
mated at $10,000,000 or $0,750,-
000 above the 1029 fund and
$5,000,000 above the amount
raised for the next year by the
budget commission.
The Mac Lean bill makes no
provision for raising the addi-;
tional revenue necessary, if the j
state appropriates the large
equalizing fund, but its advo-,
cates have suggested a sales
tax, luxury tax, increases in the
income tax and other levies as
potential sources of revenue.
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Poultry shipments have be
gun throughout North Ca olina
and growers are swapping cull
hens for ready ca*h at the car
doors.
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shjws decided improvement, her!
many friends will be jjlad to learn. [
H. L. Manning:, of Winston-Salem,
is here today looking after some'
business natters. ,
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Danbury, N. C., Fefc. 27, 1929
TERM OF COURT
IS POSTPONED
' Governor Is Unable To Secure
Judge To Preside Over Stokes
j Criminal Court On March
Twenty-Fifth. ,
Stokes officials have been ad
vised by Governor Max Gard-
Iner that he will be unable to
'furnish a judge to preside over
! a term of criminal court in this
i county on Marth 25th.
i While the State has several
'emergency judges they will all
be engaged on the date men
tioned.
Solicitor Spruill will be un
able to represent the State here
before May, it is stated, as hi?
will be engaged in other courts
of the district, so that it is like-'
ly that a special term of t rim-!
I
inal court cannot be held before
, May or later.
The postponement of the
special term will not, however,
affect the regular criminal and
civil terms of court here begin
ning April Ist.
WILL POSTPONE
VA. COURT AGAIN
Contractor I'nabie to Complete
Courthouse; .Material Ship
i ment Delayed. !
Stuart, Ya., Feb. 21.—1t is
now very definitely known that
the Circuit Court of Patrick
County, which is due to convene
on March 1, will have to be
postponed again, due to the
fact that construction on the
court house building will not be
completed at that time.
Contractor T. E. Atkins
states that he has been push
ing the work to the utmost, and
should have been able to relieve
that part of the building used
by the court by March 1, but a
shipment >f lumber was delay
ed in transit, until now he fears
it will be humanely impossible
to finish it.
Much regret is expressed at
this delay in the criminal dock
et. The famous Craig shoot
ing cases, the DeHart murder
trial and several other impor
tant cases are due to be tried,
and were continued due to this
construction work. The local
theatre was proposed as a place
l'or holding the trials, but deem-1
ed inadequate.
Feed Barn And
Mules Are Burned
The feed barn of Cideon Tut
tle. iust West of Walnut Cove,
was burned early Sunday morn
ing. 'lhree muies and various
other articles were burned and
Mr. Tuttle's ioss was quit"
heavy, The origin of the Are
was unknown, it is stated. No
insurance was carried on the
p'oporty.
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* RENEW NOW *
* Do it now. Do it today *
* before you forget it, for do- *
* it-now folks are always *
* happy. 50c pays for 4 *
* months, 75c for 6 months, *
* $1.50 for one year. Do it *
* now. Danbury Reporter. *
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INBW CHURCH HERE
>i' tJPENS IN APRIL
! Rev. O. E. Ward Called By
' Madison Baptist Congrega
-1 tion—Will Be Replaced Here
By Another Pastor.
Rev. 0. E. Ward, who has
■ ( been pastor of the Missionary
> Baptist congregations at Dan
ebury and Walnut Cove, preach
' ed his last sermon here Sunday
'afternoon. Mr Ward has been
I called by the Madison Baptist
I j church and evpects to remove
• I there with hi« family in the
j spring. He wi-l continue to act
as pastor of the Walnut Cove
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church.
It was stated by Mr. Ward
that another pastor would be
(1 to the work at Dan
jbury in time to preach here on
the fourth Sunday in March.
Pastor Ward has been |
preaching here once each month
for the past two years and Dan
bury people regret very much
to lose him.
; The new Baptist church here,
I which has been completed some J
time, will be opened for the |
first service in April, it is stat-1
ed. Services will be held there '
at least once each month. j
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ROAD BOARD CUT
TO THREE MEMBERS
Conip/cmise Li Effected Be
tween Those Who Would Re
tain the Highway Commis
sion and Those Who Would
Abolish It.
The life of the Stokes County
Highway Commission has been
hanging in the balance recent
ly. A bill introduced in the
Legislature a- few days since
by Representative C. C. McGee
was intended to abolish the road
board, and quite a number of
the citizens of the county went
to Raleigh the past week, sonii»
fa\ tring tfte bill and others op
posing it.
It is learned that an agree
ment was reached before the
committee to the effect that the
board's membership be cut to
three instead of live members,
as at present, and that W. A.
Southern, J. R. Craig and D. S.
! Priddy, members now serving,
be re-appointed.
j Among those who were in
■ Raleigh in connection with the
l'!l mentioned above were At- .
torney J. D. Humphreys, M. 0.
Jones, N. E. Pepper. 11. McGee,
E >V. Carrol!, X. S. Mullican,
W. A. Southern. Thos. Gerry,
D. P. Bailey and others.
"Deacon I)ubbs"
At Danbury School;
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! A .play entitled "Deacon
Dubbs" will be given in the
auditorium of the Danbury
high school building on Satur- 1
day night next, March 2nd, be
ginning at 7:30 o'clock. The
play will be presented by the
high school pupils. A small
admission fee will be charged j
and the proceeds will go for the
benefit of the school.
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STOKES BOY WINS
HONORS IN VA.
r Claxton Lewis, of Germanton,
. | High School, Takes Medal 111
. Declamation Contest At Em
ory and Henry College.
> Claxton Lewis, high school
student at Germanton an d
young son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P.
Lewis, of the Germanton com
munity, was awarded a very
distinguished honor on last
Friday night when he won the
medal in an inter-state high
school students declamation
contest conducted at Emorv
and Henry College, at Emory, j
Virginia.
About sixty boys from four
States participated in the con
test for the medal which was
awarded by the two literary
societies of Emory and Henry
College.
Elimination contests were
conducted by high schools in
the four States previous to thy
|selection of the declaimers and
I young Lewis was chosen from
I the Germanton school, making
i the victory of the young Stokes
county boy quite an honor to
I his county, as well as to him
' self.
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News Items From
Walnut Cove Route 1
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i Walnut Cove, Feb. 25.—Mr.
and Mrs. Jonah Heath and
daughter, Lois, spent Thursday
night with Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert
Duggins.
Mr. I). G. Richardson had a
chopping Tuesday and that,
night music by the North Win
ston string band. Those pres
ent were: Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
Boles and two daughters, Mr.
and Mrs. linger, Mr. and Mrs.
T. G. Calloway and family, of
Winston-Salem; Mr. and Mrs.
Gr'ibert Duggins, Mr. and .Mrs.
Dill Covington and little daugh
ter. Mr. and Mrs. George 1).
R'chardson and family, Mis-
Susie Southern and brother,
Chester, of Walnut Cove. Th.
musicians were Mr. and Mrs.
Doles and two daughters, Mr. |
Roger, and Messrs. Andrew
and Miles Calloway.
Mr. ami Mrs. D. G Calloway
spent Saturday afternoon with
Mr. and Mvs. Jim Redman, of
Walkertown
Mr. and Mrs. Jonah Heath I
and daughter. Lois, Mr. and
Mrs. Gilbert Duggins, Mr. and
Mrs. Geo. D. Richardson and
family and Mr. Robert Mickey I
spent Sunday with Mr and
Mrs. Dill Covington.
Mr Ernest Richardson and
sisters. Bertha and Irci.e, spent
the week end with Miss Lueilel
\ oung, of Walkertown.
1 The infant son of Mr. and 1
Mrs. R. T. Southern diet' Fri-'
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day morning and was burieu 1
at Rose Bud cemetery Satur- ;
day.
a Pt- Dan Richardson and
son, Ernest, went to Siloam'
Sunday.
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N0.2,958
SHERIFF TAYLOR
MAKES A COUP
Captures Three Boys and Girl
Wanted In Rockingham Coun
ty On Burglary Charge—Of
ficers Come Here and Take
Them Back.
♦
j A telephone message to Sher
iff John Taylor from Madison
! yesterday morning at 11 o'clock
said that three boys and a girl
in an automobile were coming
this way, and that they were
wanted on a burglary charge.
Sheriff Taylor immediately
went to the Down Town tilling
station and started u vigil.
Pretty soon the Chevrolet
touring car with one flat tire
and with the party described
on board hove in sight. An at
tempt was made to wave them
down but it was unheeded.
The Sheriff, accompanied by
others, gave chase in another
car and the party was .soon
overtaken in the west end of
Danbury.
The four were arrested and
brought back to the court houae
to await the arrival of the Rock
ingham officers. In the mean
time a search of the suspects
revealed the fact that the girl
had a long Smith & Wesson
gun on her person. The boys
were found to be unarmed
and nothing out of the ordin
ary was found in the car.
The quartette gave names
and addresses as follows:
Rail 11. Carrii-off and Oscar
Carricoff, Lewis street, Greens
boro; John Kallnm, Greensboro
Route 1. and Hal Isley, Summit
street. (ireensboro.
Deputy Sheriff George Mar
tin. u' Kockingham county, and
Policeman Jack Hawkins, of
Madison, were soon on tin- seen*. 1
and carri.d the party t . \\'ent
worth j i*l.
Ihe officers stated that th-•
curie against the prisoner**
was breaking into ;i i'illinir
station at Kllisboro and a store
near Madison. It was stated
*hiit tiie Mling station owner
saw the four as they left his
place, got their ear number and
shot at tliem as they icl't his
pi-'tv.
tl: L ' car, which was a rather
dilapidated one, is being held
here for further instructions
from the Rockingham officials,
who believe it was stolen.
Stringing 3>oundry Wire
For Game Preserve
A Joyce ot men have be jn en
gaged lor several days string
iig the boundary wire for the
Stokes game preserve. This
is a smooth wire about like .t
telephone wire and is put up
meie'y to mark the boundry of
the preserve and not to keep
game in the preserve. This
distance around the preserve
will be between 40 and 50 miles.
Lespedeza makes a first class
hay, high in feed value, easily
cured and with little waste. It
is also excellent for grazing.