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Volume 57.
PROGRAM OF
FUN AND INTEREST;
-
Washington's Birthday Cele
bration Occasion of latere.;!. !
Fun and Pleasure at School
—Nice Sum Realized—Pro-i
£ram.
The celebration of Wanning
ton's birthday at the High
School here Saturday night was,
an occasion of fun, pleasure,
and interest. Chief features
the program were very in- {
teresting addresses by Superin- j
terident of Schools J. C. Carson, j
H. McGee, member of board of i
education, and J. D. Humph- j
reys. These were listened to
with close attention and inter
est and highly enjoyed by the
audience. The Masquerade
proved a novel and attractive
entertainment, and while there
were not so many contestants t
as had been expected, those
who participated were congra
tulated for their skill in make
up and excellent interpretation
of the characters they reprcse j
ted. Little Nellie Louise Tny-1
lor was awarded the prize of i
$5. She acted the role of Red'
Riding Hood. Other contest
ants were as follows:
Uncle Sam—W. G. Petree.
Minnehaha—Miss Mary Tav
ior.
I
Chinaman—Miss Mattie Sue
' Taylor.
Dolly Madison—Mrs. E. P.
Pepper.
A 1 Smith—Francis Martin.
Doughboy—Easley Joyce.
Aunt Het—Mrs. N. E. Pep
t»er.
Aunt Dinah—Mrs. W f . G. Pe-
Iree.
Martha Washington Mrs.
W. E. Joyce.
Robin Hood—Walter Petree,
Jr.
Bo Peep—Angela Taylor.
Hed Riding Hood Nellie
Louise Taylor.
Martha Ross Miss Luna
Taylor.
The program of the enter
tainment was as follows:
U PROGRAM,
f
'America."
Address by J. C. Carson,
Superintendent of Schools.
VMinuet—Danced by Misses
'Wftttie Sue Taylor, Emma lx>uis
Whitaker, Mary Thacker and
Mr. Clifford King.
.Song—"Long, Long Ago."
• Lullaby, by Aunt Dinah—
r Mrs. W. G. Petree and little
Ei irlysle Petree.
Address—Hon. H. McGee.
| Song—"Yankee Doodle."
ji' Reading by Mr. James Joyce.
Dance of the Wooden Sold
iers—Easley Joyce and Clifford
King.
j Address—Hon. J. D. Humph
i reys.
Song—"Star Spangled Ban
ner."
Reading by Mr. Gilmer Spar
ger.
Comedy—Francis Martin and
Easley Joyce.
■ Masquerade.
I Continued nr 8.;
Established 1872.
SUPERIOR COURT
OPENS MARCH 31'
.Furors Tor Term Will lie
Prawn At Nevi Meeting Oi'
Commissioners—Judye Mc- j
Kirov Will Preside. •
-••iliif term of criminai i
e- ... io' ..okes will convent'
here on Mumay, March 31st. |
The civil ici m will open on the i
following Monday, April 7th. j
Judge P. A. McEiroy will pre
side over i ' : ,v n«. Jurors;
for the Iv •„ lie drawn i
at the next ;iiee f th.>!
board of county commissioners, j
New s Items From
Sandy Ridge |
I
Sandy Ridge, Feb. 25.—0n I
Saturday night, Feb. 22, the j
community of Sandy Ridge and j
surrounding vicinities were de-!
|
lighted to have the North
Carolina Ramblers to give a
musical concert in the auditor
ium of Sandy Ridge High
School. This band of players
j"s composed of Messrs. "Bus
-11 *r' C.'.rter, cf Mayoum, Me
j Dariel, Snit'i a.'d T'os'j llorer.
|of and D:\iper. We
feel fortunate iii having them
as they are well known musi
cians, having played over the
radio from Greensboro. Part
of these players have already
recorded a number of grapho
phone records and the whole
group plan to go to New York
very soon to record other selec
tions. The admission was In
and 25 cents and quite a nice
little sum was realised from
the sale of tickets. This was
j divided between the players
and the school.
Miss Nettie Shelton spent the
week-end with her brother and
sister of Greensboro. She re
ports a delightful trip.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Carter
had as their supper guests Rev.
and Mrs. Orell Lineberger, of
Madison, Sunday night.
Rev. T. G. Williams filled his
regular appointments at Sandy
Ridge Sunday morning and at
Delta Sunday afternoon. He
preached a splendid sermon o:i
the second coming of Christ.
The farmers of this commun
ity are about done preparing
plant beds and are very busy
plowing their ground to get it
in shape for the spring plant
ing. Much gardening is also
being done.
Yadkin Newspaper
Starts Voting Contest
Editor - Postmaster W. E.
Rutledge, of Yadkinvillo, is
putting on a voting contest
this week in connection with
his newspaper, The Yadkin
Ripple. The A- M. Alexander
Co., who conducted a contest
for The Reporter two years
since, will have charge of th.;
contest. One or more automo
biles and other prizes will be
given the contestants.
Subscribe for The Reporter.
Dan bury, N. C., Feb. 26, 1930.
WILL STOKES FILL
IIER QUOTA?
Several Boys of the County
Art' Untitled To Attend Citi
zens .Military Training Camp
June 1:] to July i 2.
Se\ Stokes county hoys
are entitled to attend the Citi
zens Military Training Camp to
be held at some point, begin
ning June 13th and through
July 12th, with all expenses
borne by the war department
cf the government.
Boys who would like to take
advantage of the outing and
training should get in tough
with the headquarters of tho
I Citizens Military Training
Camps, located in Reynolds
building, rooms 428-9, Wins
ton-Salem.
Stokes Produce To
Baltimore By Truck
Several Stokes merchants
have been hauling produce to
the Baltimore market by truck
occasionally for several years.
Roy E. Leake, here from Sandy
Ridge today, stated that lie ex
pected to leave Monday at v
noon next for that market wit!
a truck load of chickens, eggs,
butter, hams, etc. Mr. Leake
notifies his customers to bring
in their produce early Monday
morning and by afternoon he
has a load and is on the way.
Leaving Sandy Ridge Monday
afternoon he will arrive in
Baltimore early Tuesday morn
ing.
Walter Mitchell In
Damage Suit
Walter R. Mitchell, former
Stokes county citizen, now
prominent business man of
Pilot Mt., some time since had
suit instituted against him by
J. T. Til ley, of Winston-Salem,
in which the prosecutor asked
damage of SIO,OOO. On Mon
day of this week Tilley was
awarded damage of $250
against Mitchell..
Tilley contended he had been
assaulted, intimidated and fal
sely arrested because of Mitch
ell's conduct, and that his ner
vous system had been injured.
Improving Farm
Near Danbury
Paul T. Taylor, who owns the
Galloway farm on the Danbury-
Piedmont Springs road 1 1-2
miles west of here, is making
considerable improvements on
his place. The residence and
out-buildings are being painted
and repaired and considerable
acreage along the highway will
be seeded to grass. Last week
Mr. Taylor started stocking his
farm with hogs,' cattle, sheep,
goats, ducks, etc.
Rev. Fred N. Day will preach
at the Baptist church in Dan
bury Sunday night, March 2.
A ten-piece orchestra from
Winston-Salem will provide ex
cellent music for the services.
KING NEWS AND
PERSONAL ITEMS,
Dan Rivet Gives i p Some Nice
F:si'—Population of king Is
(i ro ,v 5 r g—Social Affairs.
King. Feb. 21.—0n Abraham
Lincoln's birthday Mrs. Ernest.
Smith held an all-dav quilting;
in her home. Dinner and sup
per were served with the main 1
feature being capon. Those j
enjoying the day with Mrs. I
Smith were: Mrs. Clyde Sm'tih.j
Mrs. Mary Rierson, Mrs. R. C. j
Meadows and little daughter. |
Frances, Mrs. D. C. Butner and j
little son Mackßae, and the
Misses Lelah and Esther But
ner.
Relatives and friends gath
ered at the home of Mrs. Ola
Smith Saturday and gave her
[a delightful surprise. Although
the weather was cold and damp,
j the well spread table made one
, forget about cold feet. All
I wished her many more happy
birthdays.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Furches,
of Tobaccoville, were among
j the visitors here Sunday.
W. S. Holder got a finger al- i
j most sawed off with a rip saw
' at which he was working in the
King Cabinet Co. piant Wednes
day.
j '"" latin E. Moore, of Rural
| Hr.'.l Route 2, lias accepted a .
j-,r ■.•'ion as salesman with the
! Shore Mercantile Co. and has
, already entered on his new
, C.UtiCH.
King won a double header
' of ba j '"et ball from the
h;,.st Bead High School Wed
nesday. The final scores were
as follows: Boys—King 28, East
Bend 11. Girls —King 16, East
Bend 6. The games were play
ed in the new King gymnasium
Work is well under way on
the new home of Holton Kiser
which is being erected on Main
street. It is being constructed
of brick veneer and will be
modern. Work will be pushed
through to completion at» an
early date.
Two local fisherman fished
two hours in Dan river near
Danbury Thursday catching
twenty-five pounds of suckers
and red horse.
The following births were
registered here last week: To
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Aldridge
a daughter; to Mr. and Mrs.
Grover Hall a son; to Mr. and
Mrs. Foy Smith a daughter, and
to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence]
Thomas a daughter.
H. H. Brown, of Pinnacle,
was among the visitors here
Sunday.
King Highs took a double
header basket ball game from
Kernersville on the King court
Friday night. Following is the
scores: Boys—King 25.Kerners
ville Hi. Girls—King 44, Ker
nersville 24.
Guy Walker who resides two
miles north of town and who
was arrested here Saturday by
deputies Sheriff J. M. Alley
and Joel Y. Southern charged
with the possession of whiskey
was given a hearing before
Justice of the Peace J. Stedman
Garner. Probable cause was
found and the case sent up to
the next term of Stokes Super
ior court. His bond was fixed
at S2OO which he arranged and
• j was released.
. I Ledford, the sixteen-year-old
! son of Mr. and Mrs. Clade Tut
tle, is critically ill at their honv
13 miles north of King with
; pneumonia.
P. ,J. Caudle and family, of
Winston-Salem, spent the week
end here the guests of rela
tives.
Rev. and Mrs. G. A. Heide
meich, missionaries to Nicara
gua, will hold services at Kin*
Moravian church next Sunday,
March 2 Mrs. Heidemeich will
lecture at 11 o'clock A. M. and
Mr. Heidemeich will preach at
7:00 P. M
Misses Dorothy Creveling
and Jean Christy recently en
tertained the Fidelis Class of
■ - King Baptist church at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. T. G.
| New. The meeting was op:r.-
(Continued or. pngv 8.1
LAWSON HOME
MYSTLRY SCENE,
Winston-Salem dan UJqeivcs
Severe Cut vVhue Visiting
Sctno of CS:ri:-.m :s Tragedy
Near German ton.
Winston, 1-l'o. 25. Lloyd
Ends, an assistant foreman in
a local plant, was severely cui
in a mysterious manner at the
Charlie Lawson home in Stckes
county about 11:30 o'clock on
Monday night. The Lawson
home was the scene of a hor
rible tragedy Christmas day,
when Mr. Lawson slew live
members of his family in the
house, and two others, then
himself, nearby, and since that
time weird stories of unusual
happenings at the deserted
house have been reported.
Mr. Ends' injury consisted
of a deep cut, about one inch in
, length and which required 3
stitches.
Mr. Ends reports that while
he and a party of friends were
at the house several other cars
drove up, and the people in
spected the house, the front
door being opened in the mean
time. However he has no idea
who .dashed his arm while he
was peeping through a raised
kitchen window.
Lawsonville Has
Four-H Club
A 4-H Club of twelve memb
ers was organized at Lawson
ville on February 11, 1930. The (
names of the members are as!
follows: Lois Smith, Ruth
Lawson, Magdaline Robertson,
Gladys Lawson, Eula Tilley,
Earna Robertson, Ernest Moore,
Sam Moore, Wayne Bohannon,
Hermon Lawson, Howard Law
son, and Lee Mabe.
Hermon Lawson was elected
president, Lois Smith, vice-!
president, Gladys Lawson, ]
j secretary and treasurer, Magda
| line Robertson, reporter, Lois
Smith song leader, Ernest
Moore, cheer leader and Mr. A
J. Flanagan, club leader. Sam
Moore and Ruth Lawson were
; elected to the work of program
| committee.
Fiddler's Convention
Here Saturday' Night
R. T. Blackwcll, known as the
farmer-fiddler of Kernersville,
) will put on a re;d fiddlers' con-
I vention at the Banbury school
I building Saturday night next,
! March Ist. Prizes will be given
on all instruments and all musi
! cians are cordially invited to
' contest. Proceeds will be used
i for benefit of school, after ex
| penses are paid.
A truck belonging to Dick
Craig was burned at Walnut
Cove Monday night. The gas
in the truck caught while it
was standing under the shed
at the ice plant and the build
ing was in serious danger of
being burned for a while, but
Walnut Cove fire fighters soon
had it under control.
No. 3,015
STOKES NOT EXEMPT
FROM PRIMARY
Pamphlet Issued By State Was
In Ervor—Letter From tial
ei« To ('. C. McGee, Rep
•• -talis e frc.tr. Stokes). Ex*
y •> That This Coiinty h
i ir.V '.).:eivucn of Primary
Law.
Stokes county is not exempt
ed from the Primary Law.
C. C. McGee, who represent
ed Stokes county in tnt Ja*t
legislature, was here 'ion
Germanton today and I'bi.utM
ed the Reporter with a copy of
a letter he has just received
from H. M. London, Legislative
Reference Librarian, at Raleigh,
explaining the situation. The
pamphlet containing e lectio*
laws, which was issued in 1929,
Mr. London says, was in error
in listing Stokes county as one
of the counties excepted fram
the operation of the primary a#
to county and legislative can
didates.
An article appeared in last
week's issue of the R?por:er
stating l.'iat ih r wo Jid be r.e
primary in Stokes th.s year
for county and legislative can
didates. The Reporter's article
was based on the informatio»
contained in the pamphlet to
which Mr. London refers.
The Reporter is pleased W
make the correction, and tw
inform the readers of the paper
that there will be a primary ia
Stokes this year for all candi
| dates, and not a return to tb*
county convention plan of nom
inating candidates.
A report was circulated m
the county that Representative
McGee had caused Stoke« to
exempted, and had put tbw
county back under conventions.
This report is incorrect. The
letter from Mr. London to Mr.
McGee, above-referred to, fol
lows :
Raleigh, Feb. 25, 19M0.
Mr. Curtis C. McGee,
Germanton, N. C.
Dear Sir:
In answer to your letter of
February 24, 1930, you are ad
vised that the Legislature of
1929 did not pass any act re
moving Stokes county from the
operation of the Primary Law.
The last legislation on tttia
subject was at the rpecial sess
ion of 1924 when Stoker county
was placed under the State
wide Primary.
T'ne pamphlet containing elec
tion laws, which was issued f*
1929, was in error in listing
Stokes county sis one of lha
counties excepted from the ofp
eration of the Primary as to
county and legislative candid
ates. The North Carolina Code
of 1927 published by the Ma-hie
Company had previously matte
j the same error.
The history of the IYimary
j legislation as to county
i is as follows:
In the original State-wide
Primary act, chapter 101, Pub
lic Laws, 1915, Stokes County
was exempted. By chapter
222, Public-Local Law*, 1917,
Sttkes County was phuvd ivt
der the Primary but by chapter
57, Extra Session 1920, the
county was again taken out and
i remained outside until finally
I again placed under the Primarv
iby chapter 71, Public-Local
Laws, Extra Session.l 924.
The foregoing are. the facts
as to legislation relative to
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