DANBURY REPORTEE
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Volume 55.
NEWS ITEMS
FROM KING
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A- T- Edwards Passes Awav
Man Held For Court On
Liquor Charge Building
Activities—Other News
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King, April 15—The Ladies
Aid Society of Trinity M. E
church met at the home of Mrs-
Jennie Pulliam Friday night
for the purpose of holding the
regular .monthly meeting.
Eight members answered to
the roll call by repeating a
wieripture verse- Five visitors
vvere present- A short program
was rendered on Spring-time,
after which the 16th, 17th and
18th chapters of Job were read
and discussed. Next was re
ports of ten visits made to the
sick during the month- During
the social hour Mrs. Pulliam |
served delicious refreshments,
consisting of pimento sand
wiches. coffee and cake- » The
society adjourned to meet with
Miss Evelyn Snider for the
•month of May-
Mrs. Roland Lee Stricklen. of
Staunton, Va. who before her
marriage was Miss Irene Kiser
of this place, is spending a few
days with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs- Edwin Kiser. near here-
Augustus T. Edwards, aged
eighty-four vears, died ai his
home four miles north of here
Friday r.-.'.rning at 7 o'clock
following a lingering illness
with a cc implication of diseases-
The deceased is survived by •>
sons, Charlie, David and C. T-
Edwards, all of King R- F. D
No- s. Three daughters are
also left to mourn their loss-
They ire Mrs. Root- R. Smith,
Mi.?- .1 G. Smith and Mrs- Wiley
M. Fulk, all of King R F. D'-
No- 2. In ./'diiion to the above
voveral g>*an(' children also sur
vive . the 'vite having preceded
him t u the great beyond by
about one year. Mr- Edwards
had for a great number of
years been a faithful member
of the Methodist church and
was one anvmg our best citi
zens- He had a very wide ac
quaintance and was liked by all
who knew him. He will be
greatly missed both in the home
and community- The fu lerai
service which was in '-barge of
Rev. Air- Howell, of Pilot Mt.
was conducted 'it Chestnut
Grove church Sunday morning
at eleven o'clock anu burial fol
lowed in the church curret* ry-
The eighth R. civics (la.- of
the King hijrh school went to
Raleigh o"• a sight seeing J'ip
SatiP'd'iy. A -uimoer of places
of interest in and around Ral- j
eigh were visied- The young
pe tph were at romnanied on tli«_
trip by the teachers, Misses
Dorothy Creveling and Jean Pi.
Christy, also several of the
parents.
The followii. births were
registered here week: To
M»*. and M-'s- M\i>ut> Stewart,
a sen: to Mr. and Mrs. C.rover
Helsaluck. a daughter; in Mr
Mis M- l'.iuser, a daugh
ter; and t> Mr and Mrs- A- F.
Collins, a (laughter.
Parry GriHu- giv'ng iiis ad
dress as Mount Airy, who was
:.."c ti;d ' ere Thursday night
charged with operating a car
while under the influence of
liquor, was given a prt limin
ary 'neari':;" before Justice of
the P-'ace .J- Stedmaii Garner
F«idr.y morning- llis case was
fent up to the next term of
Stoker Si ,eri'ir i mrt and his
bond was fi v .cd a*. $1.00.00 which
va« arranged and he was ic
le\'td. 'lh'r-. was mother man
whose iiairu; uot learned in
the automobile with him but
wher. Deputy Sheriff .tool V.
Southern, who made t.ie arrest
appeared (.a the s(\»ne, this
man leap '■ from the car •ind
gave leg bail, making well his
escape.
Mr- and Mrs. R- Frank Pul
liam have returned from High
Point, where they spent sever
al days with relatives-
Thomas S- Petree, of Wins
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HERE IS THE NEW
MARRIAGE LAW j
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Most North Carolina Couples
Wiil Wed In South Carolina j
and Virginia Alter July 1- j
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1 It is the opinion of a great
many persons who have been
heard to express themselves
that after July Ist Virginia and !
South Carolina will get the toll
from issuance of marriage li-'
censes to North Carolina coup
les who are not o- legal age and j
who don't care to tell the world
just what they are conte: i-'
plating in matrimonial matters. 1
Here is the law as passed by
the last legislu ire- '
"Section 1- That on and after
July 1, one thousand nine hun
dred and twenty-nine, applied-,
tion for a marriage itcejise
shall be li'.'d with the register
of deeds at least live days prior
to the issuance of such license,
giving the names, ages, and ad
dresses of the contracting par-'
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ties, together with the names
of the parent.; or persons i'i
loco persons: Provided, that
upon the application of either,
of the parties to a proposed j
marriage the clerk of the su- j
perior court of the county in
which the license is to be issu- j
ed, may upon the satisfactory j
evidence being presented to
him, or upon the request of the
parent or parents or gu \rdian,
if any. of the contracting par
i
ties, bj order authorize the
license to be issued at any time
befoie the expiration of said
lire days.
"►lection 2- This act shall not
apply to marriages publicly an
nounced through the press at
least tive days before the pro
posed marriage- This act shall
not a poly to persons over 21
years >f ;igo.
"Sc'.-tioi; «>• All laws aim
clauses of laws in conflict with
the provisions of this act are
hereby repealed
' Section 4- This act shall be in
fo.c» from and after its ratifi
cation."
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HON. JOHN R. JONES
TO SPEAK
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Will Deliver Graduating Ad
, dress Tc Pupils Of Meadows
High School S-ni:rda\. April
20th-
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Hon- John R. Jonos, solicitor
;>f t!i? 17Lh Judicial District,
has !;:ndly conseiit'.d to delivj).
the gr (iuating address to the
,'upils o" the high school at
Meadows on Saturday morning
at 11 oVloc!-, April 20th-
Mr- Jones, who is a Ino the"
' f Deputy ''oilei tor ('- M- Jones,
o'" this county, is a pleasing
orator and his address is being
looked forward to by the Mead
ows people- The speech by Mr.
Jones comes as a p.«rt of the
closing exercises of the Mead
ows school after a most suc
cessful year.
j The steamships now in the
transatlantic tourist traffic
touch at fifty ports of Europe.
Dan bury, N. C., April 17, 1929.
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REV- F11KI) N- DAY.
The ai>ove is a likeness of Evangelist Fred N- Day, of
Winston-Salem. to whom tlie people of this community owe
thanks foi the erection of u most handsome Missionary Bap
tist church in I (anbury. The church is now complete and the
dedication services wiii be held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock,
with regular peaching services Sunday morning at 11 o'clock-
Mr- Day has given weeks of his time and considerable mon
ey toward the building of the church here, putting his whole
heart into the project-
FIRST SERVICE AT
BAPTIST CHURCH
I)r- Charles Maddry Vv'.ll I'reach
j At Now Church Here Sunday
Morning Dedication Ser
vices At Three O'clock.
i On next Sunday we will en
ter our new Baptist church for
the first service. I)". Chas. K-
Maddry, General Secretary
No'-th Carolina Baptist State
Convention will be with us and
pi each at 11 o'clock, and will
hfip in the dedication ol' the
church at the three o'clock ser
vice- I)r- Maddry is one of our
* leading ministers, a great
| preacher, a great soul- This
'will La great opportunity to
hear this noted man- - |
At 7:45 Fred N. Day will be
gin a reviva' fo 10 days to
two weeks.
i We want you to come to all
of these services. At tho 11:00
o'clock and 8:00 o'clock service
we expect to have with lis the
Sale.n Brptist Girls quartet
:coni' w )set! of Misser Alma llus
' sell, Mildred M«* . Oj *»1
Swaim and Lula Shore. We also
: hope to have the Waughtown
i Baptist quartet ai 3:00 o'ehek
'At the 3:00 o'clock service \>e
expect to read the names of all
who have mad* gifts to this
i-lvi.ch and tlie amounts
j More than one hundred
chii-'eher have been visited ami
'un.'s solicited to buil 1 this
ciiurd', besides hundreds of in
dividuals have made gil'ls from
2c- to over $500.00. Not a pen
ny -vas given by any one except
.willingly, not a dollar of this
• money was made by dinners,
suppers or box parties. It is a
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joy to know that this beautiful
house of worship is a gift of
love from the people-
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Now if you wish to give
something to this church be
fore it is dedicated you will
have the opportunity to do so
any time before the .'{ : 00 o'clock
service Sunday afternoon. I do
wish everybody in Danbury
would make a small donation
for your own sake, even if it
is very small- Remember you
will be welcome whether you
give one penny or not. We
would rather have you than
your money. Wo will be glad
to have you make this church
your christian home- We want
vt i'ybody to worship with us-
We want the folks. Wear your
oli 1 fashioned split bonnet if
you prefer. This church is
.for the poor as well as the rich
' "'1 iie rich and the poor meet to
get her, the Lord is the maker
'of us all-" Jon t let any one
keep you away from this
church oil account of your
poverty. "We come into this
v irld without anything, and it
is ertain we can carry nothing
out."
For near three years 1 hav»
worked hard to build a beauti
ful and comfortable church for
Danbury and the enmity peo-
I'lf around it- If you fail to
come I shall bo badly disap
pointed- Don't you be foolish
a.id say that plain is ton
ti ev don't want a fellow like
ru> mere. Say lolks. "come
lhou with us and we will do
good." In that day: the (ireat
Day you will be glad that you
worshipped with us. You have
a big welcome here- I hope we
shall have a house full; and a
yard full next Sunday. Let
us have the biggest day for our
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
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ever held in Danbury.
I shall be happy to see you on
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47 KILLED BY
CARS IN MARCH
! North Carolina Automobile
Drivers Have the World'.-;
Record Heat For Carelessness
In Operating Cars-
Raleigh, April 17-—During
the month of March, 47 people
were killed and 257 injured in
automobile accidents, accord
ing to figures compiled by the
Motor Vehicle Bureau of the
Department of Revenue- These
figures represent an increase
in fatal accidents, since there
were only 33 fatal accidents in
February, and 28 in March of
last year-
Carelessness continues to be
the chief cause of auto acci
dents in North Carolina. Of
the 365 cars involved in the
257 accidents, 342 were in good
condition- All of the accidents
occurred on good roads. Over
half of the accidents occurred '
during daylight hours, 217,
happened on dry roads, and 224
in clear weather-
Drivers between 25 and 54 !
years of age were involved in
144 accidents, 19 of which were
fatal, and 103 drivers between
18 and 24 were involved in 103
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accidents, 22 of which were!
fatal- While the experience of
102 drivers is not known, 225
had had more than one year's;
experience, and all the drivers
involved in fatal accidents had
had at least a year's experi-;
ence.
Drunken drivers were re
sponsible for fifteen accidents,
five of which were fatal- None
of the 12 cases involving hit
and-run drivers were fatal- Six
accidents occurred because eai s
ran away without drivers-
For the first time this month,
the department kept records of
fatal accidents bv counties.
Wake .county led with four
deaths, and Harnett came sec
ond with three tV.tal accidents
The twodea.ii eountns were
Alamance, Cutawba, Cumber
land, Edgecomoe, Mecklenburg
and Pitt. Coui.lics with only
lone fatal accident during the
month were: Buneomb Eurk\
Cabarrus, Caldwell, (a. veU,
Columbus, P'avei;, Durham,
Forsyth, Gallon, Henderson.
Iredell, L» xir, Grange, Ran
dolph, Robeson, Kuihen'ord,
Stokes, Washington, v'ayne and
Wilson- '
Mjotorists' Violations v- ere
1 cla.- st .1 as follows: Speeding,
j 17; off roadway 31; did not
'have right way. 31; wrong
side of road, 22; ci'itirg in. 12:
t.'.it'tl to sig.ial, i., 111 si 'gar.l
e;i signal, II; passing ~n hill,
11; side-s .vipi d-, pi.
, this day 1 was glad when they
said unto me. "l et us go into
the house of the Lord "
Thanking each ar>d every
contributor for the gifis t>> this
'iiuse
, Faithfully and lovlrgly yours.
FRED N'- DAY.
I "The Jeweler Evangelist,"
Winston-Salem, N- C.
No. 2,965
MAY COURT
JURORS DRAWN
Judge Cameron Mcßae Will
I Preside Over Criminal Term
Reginning Here On May l.'lth
—This Will lie Special Term.
On Fiiday the Stokes Hoard
of County Commissioners drew
the necessary jurors to act
during a special term of crim
inal court here beginning Mon
day, May l.'Jth-
The twenty-four men drawn
will give the court two com
plete travis juries- There will
be no grandjury at this special
term-
The names of those summon
ed for duty follow:
A- F- Marshall, X- F. Chris
tian, J J Spencer, 15- I). Young,
Sam Simmons, Robert Bennett.
G- J. Moore, R- H- Oakley, J C-
Hod.'re, A- ('• Simmons, G- C-
Jessup, C R. Hutcherson. W-
P. Hall. 11- 15- Wood, N S- Mul
iligan. Rector Till ey. N- I)- Prid
dy. Charlie C Kiser, T- II I)u;. r -
Jgins, N- F- Falkenbury, W. E.
|Wright, J- M- H- Flynt, James
Martin, J. W- K.'iger.
The court lias a heavy docket
to dispose of and will norloubt
be in sessic-n a full week-
State Officials
Visited Danbury Today
| Col- J- W. Harrelson, diroi *or
of the State department of
Conservation and Development;
|C- II- England, , y taU* Game
jWikrdei-; Senator T- G. Tag
|gart. director of State Fisher
ies; i'at'l Kelly, of the publicity
! department and (apt. I{. T.
jstedman, of the Isaac Walton
L ague, spent a part of yester
day in Stokes on a tour of in-
( sp.ction of the game preserve
in this countV' They were well
:|»iased with the pros net t lor a
i fine game preserve here
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Birthday Party
Walnut C"\ e, April 15—
(Iloma I»i;.'i*ow celebrated his
birthday Wednesday afternoon
with a p; rty for a number of
lis friends They all played
■several game s and had some
conteris- Jones Nevvsnm drew
ih( prize for pinning Hie tail
oil t le mule- and wa:» the 'uckv
ore p; the gi'essing contest, it
I eing a jar »f eandy. Aflel* the
tamis were ovoi iiM'e Misse
llriine I'd wards and Opal Mos
er served "ike, pickle and
cream- The tH !e held as its
central (eio":itin tii; * 'ovely
w i'u birthday ta':e with its
i'.i.iy pii.k iai.i'les- About 10:;J(>
.j I bey ;il! li. parted ,'or their
h tiH; wishing him r\u:y inopj
ha ipv liirthdi'.v s-
Mi v .veil Co:eiuan returned
home Sunday after spending
1 the week at Winstoii-Salem.
| Mr. and Mrs- N. S- Jones, .if
Kill j. spent last Wednesday
' wiiii Mr- and Mrs -J A- New
sum.
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. C- A- Wagoner, of Dillard,
was among the visitor. 1 , here to
. day-