DANBURY REPORTEK
Volume 57.
MASQUERADE
FEBRUARY 22
; Entertainment Booked
For Saturday Night. Wash
ington's Birthday, At Dan
bury High School Music
Speeches. Stunts, Etc-, Part
Of Program-
Under the auspices of the Pa-
Tent - Teacher Association, a
will be given on
0 turday night, Feb. 22, at the
'Danbury High School- There
"will also be music, speeches,
atunts. etc-, on the program,
.and the evening promises to be
■one of unusual interest and en
tertainment.
The masquerade will not be
confined tj the patrons of the
Danbury school- but the pub-
Ik' in general is invited to con
test for the prize of $5-0'),
which will be awarded to the
.best costume- The rules of the
contest are :irrq.!y thr.l e.ch
player shall divss 1 •
.some characte ' •>'" i?-t(»i'y or
'fiction. 'JiNt a.-f ieiu in* niod
t-rn. A !ist « characters thai
an ay be u-v«, «. :.«•/* i >: t l \s.-
names r- «: a • t'u'
■entrant ma\ b. .juiu.:! I>.\ Lis
or her will and fancy:
. Julius Caesar.
William the Conquerer
veorge Washington-
A! Smith.
Herbert Hoover-
Tom Mix-
Ham Bone-
Wild Bill.
Mephisto.
Joan of Arc-
Greta Garbo-
Aunt Het.
Sitting Bull-
Sappho-
Salome-
Mary Queen of Scots-
The Kaiser-
Benjamin Franklin.
Cupid-
Puck.
Charlemagne-
Aunt Dinah-
Oiggs-
Maggie.
i*rince Albeit.
Dutch Cleanser-
Mobin Hood.
fMdy Gump.
Wu Ting Fang-
Cleopatra.
Martha Washington-
Masks may consist of cover
ing , for upper half of face-
There will be no acting oil the
part of the contestants, who
m.»y mingle with the audience
tit will, but at the appointed
time each will be displayed be
fore the footlights to l,e viewed
bv the committee on the awai'd
i>f the prize. The committee
will be selected frum the aiuli
'iiee-
A special invitation is exten
ded to Francisco, Westfiild,
'innacle. King. Walnut Cov •,
teynolds, Germanton, Pine
Hall, and Sandy Ridge schools
Ip pnter the contest
h Admission of 15 nnrl 10 cent*
kvill be charged, p oeJa lo bj
Established 1872. Danbury, N. C., Feb. 12,1930.
HOMER SLATE
IS RECOVERING
Ilolton Kiser Erecting New
Residence—lndies Aid So
ciety Me«ts—Other News Of
King-
King, Feb- 10—Homer Slate,
who underwent an operation
for appendicitis in a Winston-
Salem hospital several days
since, has returned to his home
here and is well on the way to
recovery.
Holton Kiser has let the con
tract for the erection of a new
home here- Work will be com
menced at one'e and it will be
constructed of brick veneer
and will be modern throughout
and located on East Main St-
Landis New»om, who was re
cently paroled from the Stat-'
prison, has arrived at his home
here-
The home of Mr- and Mrs.
William Spainhour was made
happy Saturday by the arrival
of a new baby boy
i Dr- Rupert Helsabeck is con
fined to his home with influ
enza-
Charles Rum ley sustained a
j broken arm Saturday while
'king a truck.
The basket ball team of King
High school defeated Reynolds
'"i . . ur.e played at Rural Hall
Y'lwsuay night- The «eore was
128 and !8-
The Ladies' Aid Society of
King Christian church met on
Thursday evening with Mrs.
M- C Harding at her home on
Wt st Main street- With Mrs-
Ralph Williard at the piano,
the members sang. "Jesus
I Calls Us." Mrs- E- M. Griffin
| read the 215 th chapter of Matt
for the lesson, other readings
1 following- After the business
. sessidn the meeting closed, to
t meet with Mrs- Fred E- Shore
• next month. During the social
j hour Mrs- Harding, assisted by
. Mrs- Grover Stone, served de
i licious refreshments.
j Mrs- Bettie Stone has return
| ed to her home here after spen
j ding several days with rela
i tives in High Point-
Rev- R- J. Barber, of Reids
j ville- tilled his regular appoint-
I ment at the Baptist Mission on
! Sundav at 11 o'clock
| •
Luke Rutledgre Loses
His Car By Fire
Luke Rutledge, young mech
anic of Madison, formerly em
ployed by the Walnut Cove
Motcr Co-, had a narrow escape
I Saturday# night when he turo
j ed his car over right near the
filling station in North Walnut
Cove ■ The car took fire imme
diately and Mr- Rutledge was
forced to kick and break his
way out thirugh the top of the
car. He was not seriously hurl
j but the Ford coupe was almost
j a complete loss
| Mrs. Charles Lunsford
Died Sunday Night
Mr.(. Polly Lunr-ford. wife of
jC. H- Lunat'ord, died at her
i home in Yadkin township, on
! Sunday nis{ht, after an illness
• of a few daya with pneumonia
, The deceased, who was near 70
! years of age was a gcod wo
man and will b_> greatly missed
in her community.
| Surviving are the husband
jane! two daughters: Mrs- Numa
j Covington and Mrs. Clarence
| Cox. both of thy fame section
in which the deceased resided.
' used to buy boH.s for the li
brary. finish paying for the
pip.no. >•' fir nry othe:- purpore
which the Parent-Tea; her As
n ay direct.
WORK STARTS
ON STUART ROAD
Hardsurface Is Now Coming
From Patrick Capital To the
North Carolina Line—To Be
Heavily Ballasted With As
phalt Finish
Citizens of Virginia passing
through Danbury enroute to
Winston-Salem this week re
ported that work began Tues
day on the surfacing of the
highway from Stuart to the
North Carolina line. This will
jbe good news to many North
Carolinians who visit Stuart
and travel northward through
Virginia on business or pleas-
I
ure-
It is learned that the Stuart-
North Carolina road will be
heavily ballasted with crushed
stone, and a top dressing of as
phalt will be administered, ma
king it a modern practicable
highway- The grading, which
has been completed for more
than a year, is wide and almost
straight. This will be a beau
tiful highway, and everybody
is hoping and predicting that
the North Carolina Highway
Commission will without delay
hard-surface our road from
Buck Island bridge via Lawson
ville to meet the Virginians,
who are carrying out their
promise in good faith to go us
50-50-
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j
Prisoner Here Breaks
Out of County Jail
, Terry Hazelwocd, who has
been held in the county jail
here for a number of weeks on
a charge of breaking into a
residence at Sandy Ridge, made
his escape from the jail Satur
day night by punching brick
I from the wall- After making a
j sufficiently large opening to ad-
I mit his body Hazelwood lei
i himself clown to the ground by
ja blanket which -he tied to the
| sewer pipe- Hazelwood was
I captured on Sunday afternoon
near Sandy Ridge by Willi;
Poore and Mody Bullin. each re
| ceiving sl2-50 of the $25-00 re
i ward offered by Jailor Berkley
i Smith. Hazelwood had been
j turned out in the hall at the
j jail to get some exercise when
,he made his escape- Lea\ iiig
' Danbury he traveled north and
| waded or swam Dan river and
:he is now in a rather serious
condition from the exposure.
i
J. B. Martin Loses
I Home By Fire
I
!
i John Andy Martin, who re
\ sides just over the Stokes line
! in Patrick county. Va-. had the
j misfortune to lose his residence
|by lire last Wednesday. Only
| a part of the contents were
: saved- The fire was thought to
have originated from a defcc
! li"e stove flue and the building
turned about noon- There was
very little insurance on tiv.»
. buildir.T-
FRANCISCO IS
PLAYING SAFE
Farmers Order Large Quanti-
Utte of Japan Clover Seed—
J- C Frans Lespedeza Propa
gandist—lt F- D- Examina
tion.
The farmers of Big Creek
township proverbially noted
for their farsightedness—will
not be caught napping by the
general depression or low to
bacco. A representative of the
Reporter who visited Francis
co Tuesday, learned that larg*
quantities of Japan clover seed
have recently been bought by
the farmers of that section,
who are making ample prepa
rations for raising their home
supplies.
J- C- Frans is a real crank
on J M pan clover- He is what
you might call a lespedeza pro
pagandist. as he is all the time
talking it and advising the far
mers to use it- And no better
or safer advice could be given
than Mr- Frans' steady and
continuous admonition to feed
the soil with this fine legume-
He was the Japan clover pio
neer in that section, and it 's
tremendously to his credit that
farming is being revolutionized
by the use of lespedeza. Listen
to this one instance: Thomas
Neal moved on a very poor
farm where he got five bushels
of corn per acre- Now he reaps
40 bushels per acre from the
same land, owing to Japan clo
ver- Mr- Neal uses the biggest
corn crib in that section- Ano
ther astounding example is the
farm of Reid Owens. Japan clo
ver seed is sown now, c lear e»i
lup in April- It gr. atiy e:>» idl
es the land- It is fine for grac
ing- State experts say sow L's
pounds to the acre, and let it
stand two years. Follow with
tobacco or corn- If set too
heavy follow with corn- The ad
vice of J C- Frans has been
worth many thousands of dol
lars to the farmers of liig
Creek township.
An examination of appli
cants for an R. F- I)- route from
Francisco was held Saturday.
The applicants were as follows:
Joel Simmons, Odell Simmon*,
Terry Simmons. Reid Shelton,
Posey Sheltcn. Herman Joyce
and Clyde Forest- J- K. Smith
was formerly carrier of the
route but he has lately removed
to Pilot Mountain, where he is
engaged in the guano business- j
i
Warrant Issued
For Will Shelton
Mrs. Will Shelton. of Fran
cisco. came down Saturday
night and get a warrant for
her husband, ehraging him
with cruelty and abuse, as well
:;s drunkenness, and the Sheriff
immediately went after She!-
ton, but at this time he has
not been found. Information
he**e is that Shelton curries th.»
m..1l out from Francisco to
i s. me n int-
MAY ENLARGE
SCHOOL DISTRICT
Election Called For March 18th
To Be Held In Special Tax
District In Sauratown Town
ship—To Levy 25 Cents On
SIOO Valuation.
At a meeting of the Stokes
board of county commissioners
held here Tuesday of this week
an election wan ordered to be
held on March 18th, in a pro
posed special tax district in
Sauratown township, and em
bracing Walnut Cove- While
Walnut Cove now has a special
tax district, the proposed one
takes in considerably more ter
ritory, while the tax rate will
remain the same, or be lowered-
There will be only one voting
place in the election to be held
next month, this being Kast
Walnut Cove, and H- it. Me-
Pherson has ben named regis
trar. while K- ()• Creaknsun ami
H- G. Tuttle will ail as jrd'.es
All voters are rcqiiin d t> leg
ister before voting in the ela -
tion to be held on the 18th.
Another Candidate
For Solicitor
It now looks like there will be
a race for Democratic nomina
tion for Solicitor in the 12th
judicial district, after all- The
recent decision of 11. L- Ivoont/
not to make the race had left
George You nee. Greensboro, at
torney as the only announced
aspirant-
However, during the past
week end definite announce
ment was made by T Bernard
Wright, another of the young
er members of the Greensboro
bar, that he would seek th'j
same honor in the June pri
mary. It was stated that he
plans to conduct an active cam
paign.
Mr- Wright is a «on of Mr
and Mrs. Clem Wright, of
Greensl«>ro- His father served
a number of terms in the Leg
islature of Nbrth Carolina,
and was a leader then. Mr-
Wright is now assistant solici
tor of the city of Greensboro.
War Picture Coming
To School Here
A real picture of the World
War entitled "Over There" will
be shown in the auditorium of
the Danbiny high school build
ing on Monday. Feb- 17th. at
1 :30 o'clock !'• M- A part of
the proceeds from the picture
will go to the school. The ad
mission will be 25 cents for
adults and 15 cents for child
ren-
The picture has special nius v
and sound effect- It shows the
movements of the army from
camps to trenches in France,
and many of the scenes were
I actually filmed while the bat-
I ties were in progress.
W. M- Fulp and .las- Tattl.?.
|of Walnut Cove, v. v.v visit
1 here Wednesday-
No- 3,013
THE POLITICAL
POT IN STOKfiS
Many Hats In the King—Re
publican Nomination Fir
Sheriff As Usual Center Of
Interest Chilton Announ
ces For Clerk of Court—Btc
Republican Rally At Gre«n»-
boro-
The political pot is already -M>
the boiling stage in StoldH-
Candidates, especially for
publican nominations, are bok»
bing up on every wide- The la
test announcement is that of Jfc
T- Chilton for Clerk of the Su
perior Court, whose card ap
pears in this issue of the
porter- Mr- Chilton served If
j years as Clerk, being succeed
ed in 1918 by A- J- Fagg. the
I
1 present incumbent, who has
i held the office ft:;* 11! yea's, and
I who is a candidate again as
will lie .-"en 1 y h.:» announce
ment in t!ii.= i>:njer
»
The oiiit e of .Sheriff is, as us
ual. the cent'.*:' about whkfa
; gyrate.-; the greatest interest,
: and already it is reoorted there
I
j are no less than six aspirants
j fur the Republican nomination
j for this office- While only ore
jof them is an avowed candl
■ date, the friends of the others
I are boosting them, and their
: respective announcements are
expected- They are as follow*:
J. R- Nunn. of West field; E- R
Nelson, of Danbury; Jesse B-
Priddy. of Danbury; Men rev
Fagg, of Danbury; J.W-Priddv,
of Lawsonville; James Jones,
of Danbury- Nunn has already
announced himself. This is his
fourth trial for the nomina
tion. having been defeated »>:
his first and second efforts by
J- Frank Dunlap. but was suc
cessful in the third- 1 lowewv
he was defeated in the election
iby J. J. Taylor in 1928
j All of the above named gea
| tlemen enjoy strong following
jin the county, and their
j contest for the nomination is
j sure to be a spirited affair, and
lone that will attract wide inter-
I est.
! As far as is known at this
- -
j writing Robah Browder, who
| has held the office of Register
of Deeds for only one term,
will hate no opposition for the
nomination-
A big Republican rally is l>«-
ing held in Greensboro tonighi,
which a number of local Re
publicans attended. amomr
them being J. W. Hall, M- r).
Jones, James Jones. J. it. Jo>v"
! A. J- Fagg, H- X- Browder. V.'.
| (I- Petreo, J. R. Bennett. II 7-
j Si>encer, Paul Vt nable.
, R- C- B> uz and J- Matt TuWk*
; were here t(Klay iron Pilot 31..
j These gentlemen represent t!u»
, well-known Maytag washi'r?
machine and have already
: placed more than fiOO of lhes>'
machines in Stokes an.l Surry-
I J. C- Handy, one ol' the cbun
ty's Ixvst farmers, was here K
duy from r:w\ Creek t'/v.ish^'.