North Carolina Newspapers

DANBURY REPORTER Volume 55. CHOOSING THE SUPERLATIVES Walnut Cove High School pup ils Have Interesting Contest —News Items and Personals- Walnut Cove, April 30th— Of the many interesting events of the year in the high school here none has surpassed the selection of the superlative typ es of the high school pupils by a popular vote. In an election held recently the oct fo llows: 1- Prettiest girl—Saxon Voss. 2. Best looking boy—William Sands -- Most attractive girl—Grace Woodruff. 4. Most attractive boy—Walter King. 5. Best all-round girl—lndia Manuel (»• Best all-round bov—Odell, Neal. 7- Most refined girl—Thelm i Rothrock. 8- Most refined boy—Odell Neal. 1). Most athletic girl—Grace Woodruff. 10- Most athletic boy—George Martin. II Wittiest girl—Nell Fowler -1- Wittiest boy—Paul Davis Jr. 13. Best student dirl—Marga ret Turner. 14- Best student boy—Odell N L'j',l. On Saturday, May 4th, Thel ma Rothrock and George Hut therson will represent Walnut Cove high school in the reci tation and declamation contest among high school pupils of the state to be held at Guilford College. Paul Davis Jr. and Thomas Hardy Rothrock will enter the tennis tournament- Mrs. Anne Carter and little daughter Anne Hollingsworth spent the week-end in Winston- Salem with Mr. and Mrs- Wil lam Graves. L. B. Neal submitted to a tonsil operatioi in a Winston- Salem hospital Saturday and is recuperating nicely. Mrs. John Burton and little son John Jr- of Leaksville spent the week-end with Miss Lucy Burton. Mrs. Dunell Van Noppen and baby of r.lebane are visiting Mrs. Van Noppens mother, Mrs. J. G- Fulton- Friends of Mrs- Frank Petree will be triad to know that she is m-ovei ing nicely from opera tion at City Memorial hospital Winston-Salem- Card Of Thanks We wish to extend, to our many friendg and neighbors, our sincere thanks for their kindness and sympathy shown during the illness and after the death of our beloved father and grandfather, A-' T- Edwards. We want to thank them also for the njany beautiful floral trioutes. THE FAMILY. . Try a Want Ad in the Reporter CHANGES AT LAWSONVILLE P O.J Postmaster Roy Martin Sells i | His Store and Residence To | R- T. Spencer and the letter Is made Postmaster. I | Roy Martin, former postmas- j ( ter and merchant at Lawson-; 1 ville, last week sold his store j and goods and his residence to 1 R- T. Spencer, of the Lawson ville community, and Mr. Spen cer has already been appointed postmaster at Lawsonville to succeed Mr. Martin. It is expected that Mr. Spen cer will remove to his new home at once and take charge of the merchandise business and the postoffice- Mr. Martin stated that he had not definitely decided upon anv | i plans as to his future residence • I or business ______ Double Marriage Here Saturday i | A double marriage occurred 1 ihere in the Register of Deeds office Saturday when 2 couples 'accidentally appeared at the, I same time to buy license. Soon I Pastor Ellsworth Harts field was I found and the ceremonies were 'performed in the presence of a j number of witnesses. I l The couples njarrying were, j Herbert A- Howell, of Winston- Salem, and Mary Ethel Shelton, of Walnut Cove, and Lester Mabe, and Polly Nelson of Stok esdalo | On Monday of this week J- M- Mabe and Nellie Southern, of Walnut Cove, were married here by Justice of the Peace' James B- Joyce- j License was issued Saturday Register of Deeds R. N •lrowder for the marriage of David James, of Rural Hall, and lem. Much Interest Shown In Revival Services' I The series of revival servic-j es being conducted at the new j Baptist 'Church here by Rev. j Fred N- Day, of Winston-Salem are still in progress and the' attendance and interest has been good since the beginning ten days since- Mr. Day is I preaching forceful and they are being greatly enjoyed by the people of Danbury and community and no doubt much good is being accomplished- No| , definite announcement. has ( been made as to just how long the services will continue. Baptist Association At Clear Springs The annual association of the Primitive Baptist for this dis- 1 trict will begin at Clear Spring BiMtist Church at Meadows on ! Saturday beforwthe third Sun-j day in May and continue through Sunday and Monday. A large attendance is expected-j Twenty boys of Randolph ( county will form a Guernsey calf club and have instructed the county agent to buy heifers for them- Danbury, N C., May 1, 1929. WORK BEGINS ON BALL PARK Danbury Boys Form Organiza tion For Promotion Of Base ball—First Game With San dy Ridge Here Saturday. Danbury baseball enthusiasts started work yesterday on the building of a baseball park just east of town on Dan river- Lum ber has been placed and the erection of the fence to enclose i the grounls was started yes terday- The site selected is a good one and the boys expect to have good crowds at every game- The first game of the season is expected Saturday next when Danbury will play Sandy Ridge a 3 o'clock- It is expected Ito have the grounds enclosed by that time and good atten j dance is expected ■ ■ ■ Ladies Meeting. Walnut Cove, April 25th— Mrs- Joe Welch was hostess Thursday afternoon to the Nan cy Jones Missionary Society of the Methodist Church* The president, Mrs- A. G- Jones pre sided. The Bible lesson -was taken from Mark 12: 41-44, Luke 7: '36-50, John 12: 3-8. i The topic for discussion was, "Our Women and their Abili ty" Mrs. Frank Marshall gave a report of the corresponding i secretary Mrs. II- A. Dunnum and Mrs. Norman Stone gave an interesting report by Mrs- J- Dot a Stutz | The society has contracted for a lot of excellent furniture polish to sell and all those in need of furTiiture polish can buy as much as they derfire from the ladies of the society ( i npints, quarts or larger a- I mounts. The hostess served de ! licious refreshments- Deputy Sheriff Wall Has Operation j Deputy Sheriff Mack Wall, lof Beaver Island township, re cently underwent an operation tor appendicitis in a Leaksville hospital, and is recovering as rapidly as possible- Pinnacle News The Pinnacle high school nine defeated a Perch and Pinnacle | team Friday afternoon with the score 6-3. A game had been scheduled with King but was called off. Wednesday afternoon Pinnae lie high school defeated Walnut Cove high school in an excit ing game of baseball- At the begii.ning of the second inning , Walnut Cove was two runs jahead, but by the seventh in ning the score was tied 7-7- At the end of the ninth inning the score was still tied- But in the j tenth inning Pinnacle broke the tie making the score 8-7- i - Ten co-operative carlot ship ments of sweet potatoes have been raadtj from GranvUle j county this spring STILL TAKEN SATURDAY NIGHT Was On Furnace But Oper Found Monday and Beer' Site Found Monday and Beer Poured Out- Stokes officers say that since j the leaves on the trees have; come out and it is not so easv! to see through the woods the j whiskey-makers are starting to work again, and they are get ting reports almost every day. On Saturday night Deputies Cleve Lawson and Corbett Prid dy and Constable Rufus Mabe' found a still on the furnace .ii mile or two west of Walnut Cove and several barrels of beer which was about ready to i be used. The operators were not around and no arrests have been made. Just east of Sandy Ridge on i Monday of this week- the same officers found a still site and destroyed two barrells of beer- The still was not found. Pneumonia -Influenza 1 Took 61.5 Lives in March Raleigh, April 22—Reports to the state board of health to day showed that pneumonia and influenza killed 615 people in North Carolina during March- The total was said to bp slightly higher than for the isamf month last year- Pella l gra continued its increasing jtoll by taking the lives of 57 persons against 35 for March 1928- Twenty-four homicides ! were listed, and six additional 'deaths from gunshot wounds of j doubtful nature- There were I t j suicides; ten death:! ascribed Ito accidental gunshot wounds, I and ten each from drownings jand railway accidents. Attorney J. A. Tucker Locates In Danbury Attorney John A. Tucker- of Milton, Caswell county, has lo cated in Danbury for the prac tice of law- Mr. Tucker arrived here this week and has opened an office over Martin's store. Mr. Tucker is a young man and was granted license for lhe practice of law at the Aug- 1027 session of the State board of examiners. Mr- Tucker's father : was private secretary to the late Gov. Wm. Kitchin while he was a member of congress from this district Tobacco Planting Will Begin at Once A number of fanners in this section state that they expect to plant some tobacco this week or next if weather conditions will permit. Plants are grow ing rapidly and looking well, as a rule. I ! A memoivd is % be raised Ito Baron Munchhausen in his native city of Bodenwerder, on ( the Weser River- Ii will depict the famous horse that kept on | drinking after it had been cut in two- I TOBACCO FACTORY OPENS AT KING Boy Gets Leg Broken—Mrs. Arthur Briggs Dead—A Mar riage—Other King Items. i King, April 29—Mack, the young son of S. A- Westmorland i who resides three miles west of , town had the misfortune to ! get his leg broken last Friday jThe boy had started to the saw mill with a wagon and team after a load of lumber, he was sitting on the running gear of the wagon with his feet hang ing down one foot caught be tween the brake bar and a stun)? breaking his leg just a jbove the ankle- I The boy was removed to his home and doctors Stone and (Helsabeck were called who set the broken member and he is getting along as well as could ' t be expected. | The Blue liidge Tobacco Co whose factory is located on east Main Street has been put lin operation- Several hands are employed, most,lv girls. Other hands will be added when the factory gets in full swing. They are manufacturing granulated smoking tobacco and are start i iiiij out with three brands— Blue Ridge Mixture, Carolina, Queen and Yadkin Valley .Mix ture- » ! Otis Wade of Fast Bend who j will move his family here later] is president and general mana ger of the new corporation- Mr. Wade has had years of exper ience in the manufacture of snfoking tobacco- The new con cern had a number of orders on tile when the factory started The following births were registered here last week: to Mr. and Mrs- Hoy Stone a dau ghter, to Mr- and Mrs- Kugene Hall a son and to Mr- and Mrs. Dillard Robertson a daughter- The remains of Mrs. Arthur Briggs aged about 40 years who died at the City Hospital at Winston-Salem were brought to their home near here Thurs day and the funeral service was heid at Mount Olive Church Friday afternoon at two o'clock and the service was in charge of Rev R. J- Barber of King burial followed in the church cemetary. The deceased is sur vived by the husband and four children one of which is an in fant- i Mr. William Moore of Win ston-Salem was among the visi tors; here Sunday ! Mrs- B. J- Stone is spending several days with her daugh tors, Mrs- S. ()• Schaub and Miss Clodie Stone at 11. Point -1 Mr- and Mrs. Donnie Kverett Oates of High Point and for mally of King were visitors here Friday. It II- Leak, cashier of tl.e bank here has returned fi|>r.' Raleigh where he spent several days on business Miss Mary Council who is teaching in thi| high school here spent the week-end with her parents in Mount Airy. I T- S- Petree of Winston-Sal em wa s a visitor here Fridav evening. H- D- Pullinm of High Point spent Saturday and Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mis- I L- K- Pulliam here. I Work on the new home of Brady Delp on Pine Street is Hearing completion. Buford Wall and Miss Mar garet Kirby were nuietly mar ried Saturday. The marriage took place at Rural Hall with Rev. W. R- Jenkins oliiciating- The bride is the attractive young daughter of Mr- R. li. Kirby of King while the groom is the promising young son of Mr- J- Right Wall of Forsyth 'Co. Both the contracting par ties are popular and their many friends wish for them a long una happy married life. After a short honeynjoon they will be at home on Tobaccoville R- I*'. D- 2. | Mr- and Mrs- Ray Kiser of Winston-Salem wer« week-end visitors here. j O. L Pulliam of Whiston-Sa No. 2, 967 TOWN ELECTION AT WALNUT COVE Two Tickets In Field For Town Commissioners So Far—J. Frank Dunlap Heads Both For Mayor. The town of Walnut Cove is prepairing to have a muni cipal election on May (3th and so far there are two tickets in the fiell for town commission ers. Ex-Sheriff J- Frank Dun lap heads both of these tick ets for mayor. The names of ,those proposed for town com missioners on one ticket are C. J- Helsabeck. Bill Sn.yth, G. W- Neal and E F. Michael. Those on the other ticket are W- L. Vaughn, J L. Mitchell, H- H. Davis and J. \\\ Allen It is not believed that there will be great effort put forth in behalf of either ticket as all of th(> candidates g • I nil i | and any of them will make etii uient officers John M Taylor's Lake Stocked With Fish j John M. Taylor, of Winston- Salem, who owns a private lake a mile south of Danbury, just off the concrete highway, was in Danbury 1 uesday and while heie placed another lot of fish in his lake- These were caught in the lake just this side of Greensboro- While here Mr. Taylor also caught a number of fish in the stream just south of here, and these were also placed in hi. s lake. He gave as his opinion that his lake was now fully stocked with fish and those who know how many I*? has placed in it from tinf to time certainly agree with him- Mr. Taylor, who is a retired capitalist, takes great interest in his lake and lie is getting ,i most attractive place there, with buildings tor camping, cooking, etc- I lem was here Saturday looking after some business matters. Clyde Mickey of Winston-Sa lem spent Sunday wit', in* par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W Mick ey who resides near here W. (i- 'l'uttie i-ml family of Rural Hall spent Sunday here | the guests of relatives ) Ihe wheat crop which was I damaged considerably by the recent cold snap is not lor\ing very promising at present. Mr- and Mrs. 11 L- Kirby of Winston-Salen. spent ?unda,\ with relatives in Walnut Hiih. Misses Ethel Kirby, Alma Hendricks and Percie Kirby ad of Winrton--jfUilenj .peiH Ihe week-end with relatives and friends here. Farmers in this section hav»> begun tt) plant coin- About an average crop will be planted. Paul White of Winston-Sa lem spent Sunday here the guest of his mother, Mrs- C. F- White. The woman's Missionary So ciety of King Baptist Church met with Mrs. Sadie Spainhow er at her home on Saturday evening April 2Nih. A very in teresting meeting was held and after the business part of the meeting was over Mrs. Spain hower assisted by her sisters ■ Misses Mildred and Gertrude Carroll .served tempting re freshments. The next meeting will be held with Mrs- W. H. Hauser on May 23rd. All mem bers are especially requested to be preant at this meeting.