DANBURY REPORTER
Volume 58.
KING NEWS
OF INTEREST
John W. Wall Passes—Large
Attendance At Mr. Forest's
Funeral Birth Records—
Other Items.
King, May 11.—John William
W ill died at his home throe
miles west of here Saturday
night, his age being seventv-six
years. Mr. Wall suffered a
• stroke-of paralysis the early
part of last week, from which
f Jie never rallied. The deceased
V survived h.v one brother,;
fames R. Wall, of Tobaccoville,
ar.l one sister, Mrs. John R. {
Hlauser, of Tobaccoville R. F.
D. No. 2. Mr. Wall, who was a
farmer and who had resided in
this section practically all his
life had a wide acquaintance
and was liked by all who knew
him. The funeral service was
conducted at Mount Pleasant
church of which he had long
been a faithful member Mon
day and burial followed in the
clvirch cemetery.
William I. Rumley is treat
ing his home to a new coat of
paint. i
One of the best games of the
was played in re Tues
day when the King Highs
cr s-od bats with Pinnacle.
I'he game was very interesting
and exciting all through and
re ilited i:i a score of one and
ii'thi ic in favor •!' the Pinna
i!■ boys.
Ollie !.. Puliiatn and family,,
of Winston-Salem, spent Sun
day Here the guests of Mr
Pulliam's mother. Mrs. I>. F.
Puiliam.
The f lloving births were
isti-red here last week: To
?Tr and Mrs. Luther I.awson a
riiinrhter: to Mr. and Mrs. Dock
m burn a son: to Mr. and Mrs.
riuey Fulp a son; to Mr. and
Mrs. C.ny Garner a son, and t >
Mr. and Mrs. Ifobert Spain
he; wer a son.
It was estimated that fully
two thousand people attended
the funeral of Sandv Forest,
who committed suicide here
early Tuesdav morning by
blowing oft' the whole top of
his head with a double barrel
shotgun. The service which
was conducted at Rock Hous
church Wednesday afternoon
was in charge of Revs. Tuttle,
Smith and Reed. Burial follow
ed in the church cemetery. The
deceased who was one among
our best citizens is survived by
the widow and one son, his
mother is also left to mourn
her loss. No motive is known
for his rush act. Close asso
ciates had noticed recently
that Forest's mind seemed tr
be slightly impaired. The bur
ial was in charge of the Junioi j
Order American Mechanics ol
which he was a member.
The closing exercises of the
King High School which closed
Monday night was attended by
large crowds all through.
This section was visited b** a
splendid rain Saturday after
in on which has revived crop.-
wonderfully. This was the first j
rain of any consequence heroi
in five weeks, and crops were
suffering.
Dr. Krnest M. Griffin made a j
professional trip to Winston-1
Salem Friday.
J. 11. Moser, of Tobaccoville.
j was here Saturday looking af
ter some business matters.
Attorney Dallas C. Kirby, of
Winston-Salem, w:>s here Sat
urday attending to some legal
matters.
y The King Tigers devoured
the Thomason Chair Co. team
, of Thomasville, in a game play- j
>! od on the King diamond Satin--,
day. The (in:il score .stocd 8 to,
1. The Thomasville team left!
sadder but wiser.
Bill Kirkman, of Pilot Moun- j
tain, was here Monday shaking
hands with old friends.
Work un Dr. Rupert S.
Helsabeck's new home is well
under way. This is a very large j
.building and will take until;
to complete it.
Messrs. Ray Johnson and Jas.
IK. Norfleet, of Winston-Salem, I
fwere business visitors here'
•Saturday.
C. Hooker, of Charlotte,
i? 1
Established 1872.
BETTER CATTLE
FOR STOKES COUNTY i
i l
Guernsey Breed Boosted
Three Truck Loads Guern
seys Brought Into County.
————_
Without doubt the biggest!
shipment of high quality regis-1
tered Guernsey cattle ever;
brought into Stokes county was,
brought in last week by Coun-!
ty Agent J. K. Trevathan. Thej
shipment consists of two regis- j
tered cows, three high quality!
grade cows in milk, two grade j
heifers, one registered bull, ]
and seven registered heifers
with advanced registry pedi
-1 grees. The plan is to place the
heifers among the 4-H Club
boys and girls. The following
club animals have been placed:
Louis B. Trevathan, one heifer,
$200: J. C. Wall. Walnut Cove,
; one registered cow, $l9O. The
other animals are of similar
quality but will be placed at
about $l5O. Other animals;
placed are one registered heif
er calf and one grade heifer,
calf with J. A. Newsom, Wal
nut Cove. This brings Mr.
Newsom's number of register
led Guernseys to four animals
s Hiired within the past few
month;.. Mr. Joe Fowler
b Mclit one 'vgjstored cow and
one grade heifer. Mr. Geo.
Neal bought one registered
cow but sold to J. C. Wall and
bought a grade cow.
The above animals were se
cured at three different sales.
One heifer was bought Monday:
at the sale held at Klondike I
Farm near Flkin, six were
bought at the State Guernsey
sale at \\ inst' ii-Saiem on Fri
day, and nine were bought at
the dispersal sale en Saturday
lrom the H. (.. Chatham estate.
Sewial of these cows are now i
i n exhibition at the home of
E Trevathan in Walnut Cov. |
Funeral Home
Makes Improvements;
Nelson's Funeral Home, near!
Danbury, has recently been!
making considerable improve- i
ments in its show room, where
they carry a very large line of
caskets and other funeral sup
plies. Other improvements
have also been made and this I
is now one of the most up-to-|
date funeral director's estab-'
lishments in this section of thv!
State.
The ambulance service offer
ed bv the Nelson commnv is of
great advantage to this sec
tion.
i
The British probably wish'
Gandhi and his salt-makers
would meet the fate of Lot's
wife.
New York is to have more
'artistic garbage cans. What it
really needs is bigger ones, es
pecially in the theater district.
I Contempt cf the Senate is
punishable. Fortunately for
many, contempt for the Senate
is not.
I spent the week-end here the
guest of relatives.
| William Spainhower, of Win
! ston-Salem, spent Sunday here
I the guest of Mr. and Mrs. O.
O. Grabs. i
Dr. Oscar P. Schaub, of Win-"'
ston-Salem, was among the;
visitors here Sunday.
Mr. & Mrs. Murry Thompson'
of Stuart, Va., spent Sunday!
here the guests of Dr. and Mrs.
li. G. Harding. Mr. Thompson
is (•■liter and publisher of The,
Stuart Hnterprise.
| Rev. li. J. Barber, of lleids
ville, filled his regular appoint
ment at the Baptist Mission,
here Sunday morning.
Mesdames Harrison Ilick.i,
Kthel Foster, Thomas Murphy |
and little Tommy Lee Murphy,
all of Winston-Salem, spent 1
Saturday here the guests of j
friends.
W. A. Petree, prominent!
planter of the Mizpah section,
was here Monday looking after'
some business matters.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Kiser, of
Winston-Salem, spent the week
| end here the guests of rela
tives.
1
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, May 14, 1930
WALTER D. GEORGE
DIES SUDDENLY
Resided In Charlotte But Was
Native Of Stokes County
Has Been Successful In
Automobile Business.
——
Walter D. George, success- 1
| fill young business man of
Charlotte, but native of Stokes
! county, died suddenly at his
I home from heart failure on
Saturday of last week. The
deceased had been in his usual
[ health up to the time of his
! death, which came as a great
shock to his relatives and
friends.
Mr. George, who was aged
39 years, was engaged in the
automobile business at Walnut
Cove some 12 years since, later
going to Winston-Salem and
from there to Charlotte, where
he was State distributor for
the Oldsmobile at the time of
his death.
He was a son of Joseph
George of West field, and is sur
vival by his wife and tin l fol
lowing named brothers and
si-iors: Fletcher George.
Franciseo: Manuel George and
Millard George, Westfield: Miss
Bertie Gee/go and Mrs. Arthur
Coilins. Westfield.
Funeral services were held on
Monday at the home of tin
lather, near Westfield and bur
ial followed in the family ceme
tery near by. Dr. .L T. Smith
was in charge of the services
and a larg number of the
friends of t'io deceased were is•
| attendance.
Laying- Stone On
Danhurv-Stuart Road
From Stuart Hnterprise.
Work is progressing rapidly
or. Route 2) from the .V C.
line towards Stuart under the
management of the Martin
Construction Co. The bed of
crushed stone and one layer of
finer stone have already been
spread and rolled for a distance
of about 1 mile, and the work
is going forward at a splendid
pace.
Mrs. Hester Ann Harmon of
Milwaukee received newspaper
reporters and was photograph
er I recently on her 108 th birth
day.
Five mail sacks taken in a
truck hold-up in Chicago hav
been found. And, strange as it
may seem, they were found
empty.
Chicago is to advertise tlv
city's good points. Well, the
bad ones have had plenty of
publicity.
'"A recent -survey declares
that the average husband pre
fers a wife who can cook."
Those survey experts are simp
ly finding out everything.
Four New York City women
were injured in a traffic acci
dent. VVrong again; it was a
runaway team of horses hitch
ed to a laundry wagon.
STANDING OF THE CANDIDATES
i
Mrs. 1). M. Pyrtle 1,520,000
Miss Gwendolyn Doarmin 1,.'521.T0t),
Rev. D. W. Allen 1,214.500
Miss Connie Burwell 821,070
Mi;-s Mr/elle N'ewsom 7:55.000
Miss Anna Hudspeth 407,500
Miss Ernestine Hawkins 120.000
Miss Myrtle Ferguson .'170,000
Miss Annie H'll Tuttle
Miss Sarah Williamson ......
Miss Lois Smith
Mrs. Theodore Lasley
Miss Lola Rhodes
Miss Laura Ellington
Miss Pearl Hill
Miss Irene Carter
Mrs. Manly Dunlap
Mrs. C. C. MeGee ,
(Votes of candidate* in blank, not turned in.)
MILLIONS OF
CAST IN POPULAR
VOTING CONTEST
GOOD WOM AN
PASSES AWAY
Mrs. Jas. Thore. Sister of Dr.
R. H. Morefield. of Danbury.
Succumbs To An Attack Of
Pneumonia.
Mrs. Jessie Thore, wife of
Jas. L. Thore, of the Rock
House community in Quaker
Gap township, died at her home
on Saturday following a short
j illness with pneumonia.
I The deceased, who was a sis
| tor of Dr. R. 11. Morefield. of
Danbury, was aged 'M years,
and was an \celli :it Christian
lady. She was a devote;! nv.'n
i ber of the Stoney Ridge Mis
sionary Baptist church and
(was always interested
church and religion.- work 
all kinds.
j Surviving .ire the husband
and five childn n, as well as the
• following brothers and sisters:
! Dr. R. 11. Morefield, of Dan
'bury; John G. and Will More
' field, of Rural Hall: Mrs. Sam
Duarmin, Mrs. Eugene Marsh
all. Mrs. Dillard Marshall and
Mrs. Rufus King, all of West
field.
Funeral services were con
ducted at the home by Rev.
Manuel and Rev. Reid, and in
terment was in the cemetery
at Stoney iiidge church.
Dan River Survey To
Be Extended Further
A Governmental survey of
Dan River from the source in
Patrick county to the point
where it joins the Roanoke
river, will be started next week
for the purpose of ascertaining
its water power possibilities,
the project being in connection
with President Hoover's pro
posal to conduct nation-wide
surveys with a view to further
ing floodcontrol. The survey
will be made both from the air
and by surveyors on foot and
the force is expected to be in
this section for about a year,
at an expenditure of about
i s:{o,oun.
C. . MeGee Will
Run For House
It was learned today from
authentic sources that C
Curtis MeGee, of Germantcn,
would be a candidate on the
Republican ticket for re-elec
tion to the House of Represen
tatives.
!
Speaking of names again,
Joseph Lawless of Brooklyn
was arrested for selling liquor
in his restaurant.
LAST BIG BONUS OFFER MADE
ENDING WED. NIGHT, MAY
21-NOVV FOR A GRAND PUSH
TO SEIZE THE PRIZES-SATUR
DAY EVENING, MAY 31. AT SUN
DOWN THE CONTEST WILL
CLOSE AND THE YOTES WILL
BE COUNTED.
Who Will Be
The Winners?
With Mrs. I). M. Pyrtle lead
ing. Miss Gwendolyn Dearmir
;is close second, and Rev. D.
W. Allen third in the iv.ee.
the last lap of the great popn
■ hf voting contest and subscrip
tion drive is looming in the
distance.
Since iasi week millions of
votes have been won. and tlv
leaders in the race are pressing
onward to victory. But it is
yet entirely too early to predict
the winners. Much depends on
what shall happen during the
next sixteen days. Rain has
come and everybody is feeling
better, and subscriptions will
be easier to get now that the
drouth depression is receding.
Many people have promised
votes to their favorite candi
dates before the close of the
contest, and with the psycho
logical effect of better crops
in sight the harvest of ballots
during the next two weeks for
those who have the spirit and
the tact to get them, will be
enormous.
Last Special Bonus Offered
The contest manager lias d>-
cided to make the last sp'-ciai
bonus prize, beginning  ■ iiy
with subscript ion.-, secured be
tween sunri-e Mav IS' and run
down May 21. Thi- offer will
1 be 400.000 extra vote- for ev
ery $45 club of subscriptions.
This dub may U made up of
three 10-year subscriptions, or
1 six 5-year subscriptions, or MO
1-year subscriptions, and so on.
calculated according to the vote
schedule printed on the back
I of the receipt books.
! Now this is positively the
last extra bonus offer that will
be made in this contest. All
candidates should get busy and
win several of these clubs, as
to do so may give you such a
boost that your assurance of
| winning in the end will be un
mistakable. One club of three
10-year subscriptions would
count 775.000 votes. Isn't this
worth working for?, Study
over your fielo. pick out. your
special friends & go after them
with shouts in your heart and
tears in your eyes—you will
win. You can't help but win.
Don't stop at one or two clubs.
Work hard till Wednesday even
ing. May 21, on this special
offer, as positively no more
Is nuses will be given.
The Price ol Victory.
i The wages of hard unceasing
work is victory. Victory is the
result of determined, never
ending solicitation. You have
friends and acquaintances able
and willing to put you across. 1
Don't miss them. Remember,
two or three days of unremit-;
ting toil may be worth $995.00
to you.
j The Last Lap in Sight.
Only two weeks of agony re
main after this. Soon the time j
No. 3,026
will !>:.• spent. and wh >
nios: deserve Wi.l 1 /v* those wh«-
an- apt to (hive oil' tin* chief
prizes.
Disinterest.-;!, ■■arcfu! unbi;ts
ed j Li. I yes will unt tilt vote
;iik! jiward the premiums. Don't
listen to any 'ic who tries to
discourage you. Rente mber
that beyond t.:e Alps lies Italy.
Some ci the litest, most at
tractive, and representative
young women of the county are
candidates in this contest, as
well as one of our most promi
nent. learned and highly re
spected gentlemc y But should
either of them sit still and de
pend on their popularity alone,
they might get left with a big
L. But when a person who has
character, personal attraction
and other qualities, and these
are supplemented by hard,
earnest, sincere labor, the re
sponse in the heart of the pub
lic is absolutely sure and un
failing.
Lions Club Met In
Danbury Mon. Nigrht
The Stokes County Linns
fln'i held its regular meeting
at Mrs.Fagg's Tea Boom in
Dar.bury Mondav evening. May
l-t!i. with only ine member
absent.
Lions William and
Gilmer Spar e'er were elected
as delegates to represent the
Stokes County Club at the
State Conference to be held in
Kinsten at an early date.
All members of the club
brought toys for Lion Paul
Fulton in honor of the new
member of his family. Mr.
Fulton not being able to attend
the meeting the members drove
to Walnut Cove and delivered
the toys at his home.
It was voted that in future
the club hold its meetings only
once each month. The next
will be held in Walnut Cove.
J. E. TREVATHAX.
. Reporter.
Graduate Nurses
Entertained Here
Members of 11 - • eradiating
class of Lawrence Hospital in
Winston-Salem, together with
elite a number of their friends,
were entertained at Paul Tay
lor's club house here Friday
night by Mrs. X. Earl Wall, ol
Winston-Salem. The party en
joyed dancing and other
amusements until a late hour,
delicious refreshments being
served by the hostess.
Members of the graduating
'class in attendance were Misses
Grace Bell Priddy, Laura Ellen
Hunter, Anna Bell Christian,
Marie Elizabeth Hutchens,
j Anna Elizabeth Moser, Helen
i Elizabeth Long, Xell Viola
Joyner, Mae Estelle Snyder and
, Lois Ann Spencer.