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DANBURY REPORTER Volume 57. FROST BITES MUCH TOBCCO Danbury Boys Hack From Can ada Report Heavy Losses To Tobacco Farmers In South ern Canada. Charlie Martin and Robert Joyce, who are just back from a month's stay in Southern Canada, state that frost de stroyed much tobacco in the section around St. Thomas. One farmer, for whom they «vere curing tobacco, and who had 1400 acres in the weed, lost about 500 acres of his crop when a heavy frost killed it two weeks since. The Danbury boys say they have never seen such frost as occurred there. It was hang ing on fences and trees like snow and up in the day when the wind started blowing the air was filled with frost, giv ing it the appearance of a snow storm. The tobacco bitten was a complete loss and will not be even taken from the fields. Winston Preacher Got Liquor In Stokes Rev. J. B. Martin and Ed mund Whitfield, of Winston- Salem, are being tried in For syth county Superior court this week for violating the prohibi tion laws. The minister, ac cording to the evidence in court, went with Whitfield and Curtis Kapp to Stokes county and secured half gallon of whiskey. Returning to Wins ton-Salem to the home of of Whitfield they proceeded to get - drunk «nd attracted the atten tion of officers when they started to make merry. NOTICE. State of North Carolina, Stokes County. In the Superior Court. Board of Town Commissioners of Walnut Cove, North Caro lina, and J. R. Voss, Clerk of Walnut Cove, Plaintiffs, Against Marvin Neal and other Heirs at Law of li. N. Neal To All Whom It May Concern: Notice of Action To Foreclose Certificate of Purchase of Land Sold For the Non-Pay ment of Taxes. Take notice, that an action has been instituted in the Su perior Court of Stokes County, North Carolina, entitled as above, for the foreclosure of a certificate of purchase of land, descrfbed below, sold for the non-payment of taxes, duly as sessed and levied for the year 1925, and costs of sale, amoun:- ing to the sum of $7.58, with interest them n from the 2nd day of April, 1928, at twelve per centum per annum, for twelve r tlis from and after h said date and at the rate of ' eight per centum per annum from thp expiration of said twelve months until paid, which land was listed for the year 1925, in Walnut Cove, Stokes County, Ninth Carolina, in the name of Marvin Neal and other Heirs at Law of R. N. Neal and is described as follows: Lots 35-36 and 37, adjoining the Walnut Cove Warehouse line and Church Lot in Piatt made by C. W. Ward for R. P. Joyce. And you, and each of you, are hereby notified to appear at the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Stokes Coun ty, North Carolina, in Danbury, within 6 months from and af ter the 27th day of September, l 1929, and defend any claim or! interest you may have in the subject matter of thi:; action, above stated, and in default thereof to be forever barred and foreclosed the come. This the 27th day of Sept., 1929. A. J. FAGG, Clerk Superior Court. S. G. Sparger, Atty. for Plffs. GUILFORD JURY TO TRY CASE HERE ! Samuel P. Simmons Will Case Has Had Two Hung Juries In Stokes Court—Set For October 21. A jury composed of Guilford county citizens has been sum moned to appear at the next ! civil term of Stokes Superior | court to try the case in which ! the will of the late Samuel P. | Simmons is being contested. The trial is set for the first 1 day of civil court, Monday, I October 21. This case has already been tried here twice, a hung jury each time making it a mistrial. Attorneys in the case are Folg er & Folger, J. W. Hall, J. D. Humphreys, W. R. Johnson for the caveators, and N. O. Petree for the propounders. NOTICE. State of North Carolina, Stokes County. In the Superior Court. Board of Town Commissioners jof Walnut Cove, North Caro- I lina, and J. R. Voss, Clerk of j Walnut Cove, Plaintiffs, Against Jule Morris. Notice of Action To Foreclose Certificate of Purchase of Land Sold For the Non-Pay ment of Taxes. I To All Whom It May Concern: Take notice, that an action has been instituted in the Su perior Court of Stokes County. North Carolina, entitled as above, for the foreclosure of a certificate of purchase of land, described below, sold for the j non-payment of taxes, duly as sessed and levied for the year 1925. r.rd costs of sale, amount ing- to the wti of $13.05, with interest thereon from the 2nd day of April, 1928, at twelve per centum per annum, for twelve months from and after said date and at the rate of eight per centum per annum from the expiration of said twelve months until paid, which land was listed for the year 1925, in Walnut Cove, ! Stokes County, Nortn Carolina, 1 in the name of Jule Morris I and is described as follows: | A lot in the Town of Walnut Cove, adjoining the lots of Jor dan Lash and Miller Golden in New London. And you, arid each of you, • are hereby notified to appear at ; the office of the Clerk of the ; Superior Court of Stokes Coun , ty, North Carolina, in Danbury, ' within C month* from and af | tor the 27th day of September, j 1929, and defend ar.y claim or j interest you may have in the j subject matter of this action, : above slated, and in default j thereof to be forever barred and foreclosed the sanvj. This the 27th day of Sept., 1929. ; A. J. FAGG, Clerk Superior Court. S. G. Sparger, Atty. for Plffs. Notice of Proposed Change In the Rabbit Season of Stokes County. Agreeable of Section 15 Pub lic Laws of North Carolina 1927, as amended to date, peti tions have been received by the Department of Conservation and Development of Game, i through County Game Warden R. R. King, and signed by 25 i epresentative citizens of Stokes county, and according to law, to open the season to kunt rabbits with gun in | Stokes county, beginning Oc tober 15th, instead of Novem • ber 20th, and accordingly a . public hearing will be held at j the court house in Danbury on j October 15th, 1929, at the noon ' hour of criminal court, all par [ ties to be heard for and against : the proposed change in season. Department of Conservation & and Development Game. State Game Warden. By Chas. 11. England, i 2w l SEED WHEAT FOR SALE— I Good quality, clean wheat at 1 reasonable price. R. E. MILL ER, Walnut Cove, N. C. 2w Danbury, N. C., Oct. 2, 1929. CURT MOSER HELD FOR COURT Charged With Robbing Store In King—Revival Starts Oct. (s—Other News of King. King, Sept. 30.—Dr. and Mrs Ernest M. Griffin have as their guest Mrs. Griffin's mother, Mrs. W. H. Lee, of Mocksville. G. G. Boles is spending some time with his son, James M. Boles, who is Road Master for the Southern Railway Co. at Strausburg, Va. The revival begins at the' King Moravian church next Sunday, Oct. 6th, at 11 o'clock. Preaching in the evening at 7:30. You are cordially invit ed to attend these services. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Holder was made happy Friday by the arrival of a new baby girl. The King Tigers shut out the Lewisville team in a game play ed on the Lewisville diamond Saturday. The final score was three and nothing. Mrs. Annie I. Sniith, of Bos ton, Mass., is spending a few days with Mrs. Bettie J. Stone, who resides just south of town. Mrs. Smith made the trip south in her automobile. Curt i-Vloser was arraigned before Justice J. Stedman Gar ner here Saturday for a pre liminary hearing on a charge of robbing the Shore Mercantile Co. store. He waived prelim inary hearing and was bound over to the October term of Stokes Superior court . Moser was represented by Attorney Dallas C. Kirby, of Winston- Salem. Relatives here received a telegram notifying them of the death of Mrs. Charlie N. Boles at her home in Monroe, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. David Callo way, of Mount Airy, were among the visitors here Sun day. Dr. Sp?ar Harding, of Pilot Mountain, was a visitor here Sunday, the guest of his broth er, Dr. II .G. Harding. I)r. E. M. Griffin and family attended Home Coming day at Yadkin Valley church in Davie county Sunday where the doc tor made an address. Kay Hauser, of Charlotte, spent Sunday with his parents here. HELD UNDER 85,000 BOND Chester Hughes, Colored, Who Shot Deputy Sheriff Will George, To Be Tried At Oc tober Term of Superior Court. Chester Hughes, colored, charged with shooting deputy sheriff Will George at Westfield a few weeks since, was given a preliminary her.ring at the court house here Saturday be fore Justices of the Peace Ja*. D. Joyce and James Shelton, and Hughes was held for Su perior court under a $5,000 bond. Hughe* was unable to furn ish bond and is in the county jail. His trial will come up at the next term of court hero which begins Oct. 14th. Deputy Sheriff George has about recovered from the wounds he received and was in attendance at the trial here Saturday. Fox Hunters Are Given Fines Andrew George, J. W. Young, i R. L. Simmons and Thomas, Martin were fined $5.00 each! and the cost here Monday, night on the charge of fox| hunting on the game preserwj one day last week. Justice Jas. i B. Joyce heard the evidence i'i the case. Game Warden Roland | Tilley secured the evidence' against the hunters. SURRY GETS 40 MILES ROAI) .Itat*.' Highway Commission Takes Over County Roads For Maintenance And Builds New Ones. According to information given out last week by the Mt. Airy News, the State Highway Commission has recently taken over for maintenance forty miles more of the county roads in Surry, and, as that paper says, the county tax payers are relieved of a good portion of their road taxes by the action of the State. It was stated some months since that some of the county roads in Stokes would rrobablv be taken over by the State, but so far no action has been taken along this line so far as can bj learned by this paper. It was suggested by citizens | who were discussing the mat ter h>re yesterdav that th> I ! Stokes Highway Commission call the attention of the State authorities to the fact that Stokes so far has not had any aid so far under the new act of the last Legislature. Home-Coming- Day At Stony Ridge ; At Stony Ridge Baptist | church in Quaker Gap town ship last Sunday, Home-Com ing Day was observed when hundreds of people from many sections of the county and State were in attendance. Rev. C. W. Glidewell, of Reidsville, former pastor of the Stony Ilidge church, preached at the morning session, and in the afternoon Pastor J. F. Manuel preached. Just proceeding the | sermon by Rev. Mr. Manuel, a talk by Mr. J. H. Covington, of Capella, in which he gave a his j lory of the founding of Stony j Ridge church, was greatly en- Joyed by the congregation. ! Dinner was served on the j church ground sat the noon hour and the large congrega tion greatly enjoyed the day. Special music at the services was furnished by the choir of the Capella Baptist church and was greatly enjoyed. There ! were also some special songs ' by the Burwell sisters and Mi. : j Eva Hall which were also en joyed very much by the largt. ( congregation. TOBACCO MARKET I OPENED TUESDAY Weed Averaged $15.41 First Day When More Than Million ! Pounds Was Sold At Wins ! ton-Salem. ___ ! On the opening sale day at Winstim-Salejn Tuesday Ithe tobacco market sold a little more than a million pounds of the weed at an average price of \ $15.44, according to the state ment of R. W. McFarland, sup | erviser of sales, i It was a bad day for the opening, on account of the rainy weather, and probably the price paid was not a fair 1 test of what the weed will av | erage for the season, but, it I was said, that the quality of | the tobacco ofTered was verv , good. The highest prices paid | were probably under 50 cents j a pound. I Yesterday there was very lit j tie Tobacco on the market ex | oept that which had been left over from Tuesday's sale. Th? i average price Wednesday was labout thirteen and a half doll ] ars per hundred when a very • light sale was held. MRS. J. w. NEAL DIED SATURDAY Wife of Prominent Physician Passes Away At Walnut Cove After Lingering Illness. Mrs. Tallie Caroline Neal. wife of Dr. J. W. Neal, promi nent physician and president of the Bank of Stokes County, passed away at her home in I Walnut Cove early Saturdav morning after an illness that had confined her to the bed since the first of the past sum mer. The deceased, who was 54 years of age, was born in Surry county, where she resid ed until her marriage to Dr. Neal in 1897. She was an ex cellent Christian woman, being a member of the Baptist church, and was always active in church work and everything for the betterment of the com munity. Previous to her sick ness she acted as president of the Parent-Teacher Associa tion of the Walnut Cove schools, and was closely identi fied with the school work there. Survivors include her hus j'jund; three daughters, Mrs. [ Rowland Whiteway Nelson, of | Evan.stcn, 111.: Misse.s Thelnia I Caroline and Mary Letitia ' Neal. of Walnut Cove: two j sons. J. Walter Neal. Jr., of New Orleans, and Joseph Wil liam Neal, attending school at Charlottesville, Ya.; three sis ters, Mrs. H. D. Fagg, of Pilot Mountain; Mrs. Mary E. East er, of Richmond, Va.. and Mrs. Sarah King, of Portsmouth, Va., and two brothers, Dr. Wil liam A. Johnson, Jr., of Reids ville, and Joseph D. Johnson, of Macon, Ga. The funeral services held at the home Sunday afternoon; were conducted by Dr. W. C. | Kirkland. of Beauford, S. C.J and interment was in the fam ily burying plot at Meadows. I lie floral offerings were verv pretty while the attendance was unusually large, the fun eral procession being more than a mile in length. School Onen in er The Danbury school opened Monday morning with a large enrollment. Prof. O. M. Brown, of \\ inston-Salem, will again be principal and will be assist ed by Miss Mary Lou Whitak er, of Winston-Salem, seventh grade; Miss Mary Thacker, of Raleigh, fifth and sixth grades: Miss Mattie Sue Taylor, of Dan bury, third ami fourth grades; Miss Janie Martin, of Danbury, first and second grades, j Prof. J. C. Carson was pres ent at the opening exercise and made a splendid i Ik on school work, outlining some things Danbury can do to maku to : wards an accredited school. ! Short talks were matle by some of the patrons present I lodging their support. At torney J. D. Humphreys, Mes darnes J. S. Taylor. W. G. Pe tree and N. E. Pepper. Mrs. J. W. Neai and Mr. W alter Sanders, of Monroe, and Mr. and Mrs. Horace Neal, of Rockingham, and Dr. Kemp P. Neal, of Raleigh, visited in Danbury a short while Sunday ! afternoon. No. 2,994 DR. D. D. CARROLL COMING OCT. 12 WilJ Address People On the Occasion Of Home - Coming Week—Flans Being Perfect ed l or Celebration. Dr. D. 1). Carroll, native Stokes boy, dean of the school ol' commerce at the State Uni versity, and one of North Carolina's most prominent citizens, has accepted an invi tation to come to Stokes coun ty and deliver an address on the occasion of Home-Coming Week. Dr. Carroll will speak either at Danbury or Walnut Cove on Oct. 12th. Plans for the celebration will be complet ed at once and announcement made. In his letter accepting the invitation to address the citi zens of his native county Dr. Carroll writes in part as fol lows : "Going home is the most pleasant experience in life to me. You can imagine then the joy with which I shall join the sons and daughters of old Stokes in re-unioning on Oct. 12. Of course 1 would be much happier just to quietly renew the comradeships of my youth, i but will submit to the draft i you have levied on me to speak ! some of my thoughts on the I occasion." iGROUP MEETING HERE WEDNESDAY j Members Of Presbytery In At j tendance From Winston-Sa lem. Lexington. Thomasville and Towns In Stokes. A group meeting of the Win- I ston-Saleni Presbytery was held here yesterday in tlvj Presby terian church with representa tives from Pine Hall, Danbury and Dan River. The whole dis trict is composed of nine coun ties: Forsyth, Stokes. Surry, Davie, .Davidson, Yadkin, Ashe, Alleghany and Wilkes. Mrs. .E. P. Gray, of Winston-Salem, is president of the district and presided over the meeting here yesterday. Mrs. H. M. Joyce, chairman of the Danbury group, called the meeting to order and Mrs. J. S. Taylor graciously welcomed Uim visi , tors in a few well chosen words, while Mrs. Scott Dalton, of Pine Hall, responded. Dr. D. Clay Lilly, of Rey nolda Presbyterian church, had the devotional period and made a very inspiring talk on Wo ! men's place in the world, em i phasizing her influence in the home, school, church and social life. Mrs. J. K. Fleming, of Tobaccoville, secretary of spir itual life, spoke on this subject. Mrs. Richard Bregaw, of Lexington, secretary of Fore ign Missions, told very inter est in;/iy of the mission work , and read a list of the Foreign I Missionaries sent from the Presbyterian church in North | Carolina. Mrs. L. E. McCrary, of Lex ington, secretary of White I Cross Work, spoke briefly of this work in the State. Miss Virginia Hurt, Sunday School worker in Stokes, spoke very enthusiastically of the work she has been doing and al-'o told of the young people's work. M:.i. Grsy spek# of the needs at Barium Springs Orphanaga :.iu! the Glade Valley school. The meeting adjourned for a recess at one o'clock and a delicious lunch was served at the home of Mrs. H. M. Joyce. Th" afternoon session was devoted to Foreign countries and things of interest from China, Japan, Mexico, Korea ! and Africa were shown and ex | This closed an alto gether delightful and helpful day. i N. Ray Martin has been con fined to his home here several days with blood poisoning, but I is improving new.
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