DANBURY REPORTER
Volume 58.
CANDIDATES FILE
FOR JUNE PRIMARY
i
Time Expires Friday Of This
Week—Quite A Few Candi
dates Have Entered the Racs
I'p To this Time.
The time tor filing of names
of candidates who expect tn
v enter the June primary expire."
M un Friday, May 2.'J, so that it
C I ->ly that nearly all candi-
W l£ J have already entered
iV/ i\r names.
The records of the Stoke.s
county Board of Elections to
day shows that the following
named candidates of the two
parties have entered their
names and paid the required
fees :
SHERIFF:
Democrat—J. John Taylor.
Republicans —J. R. Nunn.
E. K. Nelson. J. li. Priddy. M.
•I. F; gg.
CLERK OF THE COI'RT:
R( publicans—A. J. Fagg. M.
T. Chilton.
Dene-rat—J. Watt Tut tie.
STATE SENATE:
Republican—R. T. Joyce.
THE HOCSE:
Democrats —H. H. Leake. J.
W. Manuel.
Republican—C. C. McGee.
i REGISTER OF DEEDS:
Democrat—B. I'. Bailey.
Republican—R. N. Browder.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS:
Republicans Jacob Fulton.
Dr. R. S. Helsabeck. Rufus
Wood, Otis Dillon, Carl Mabe.
Democrats—F. I'. Stone, J. A.
Joyce, J. R. Stone.
BOARD OF EDUCATION:
Democrats—J. R. Forest, R.
B. Hutcherson.
Republican—John W. Priddy.
HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS:
Democrats—E. \V. Carroll, J.
C. Craig.
CORONER:
Republican—Dr. C. J. Helsa
beck.
Democrat—Dr. G. F. Stone.
SURVEYOR :
Democrat—l. G. Ross.
TOWNSHIP OFFICERS:
ft Constable for Peters' Creek
tf'Wiiship—Alex Flinchum and
Rufus Mabe.
Justices of the Peace for
Peters' Creek township—J. R.
R. Bennett and S. M. Shelton.
Constable in Beaver Island
township—Jesse Duncan.
James Oxford of Belfast, got
a warrant for his wife and
Charles Cook, who had eloped
j charging them with stealing all j
) the furniture in his home.
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STANDING OF THE CANDIDATES
4 i
Gwenclolin Dearmin, 3,050,000 |
Itev. D. W. Allen, 2,980,000 i
D. M. Pyrtle - 2,655,000 |
Connie Burwell, 1,400,000 1
VjilWiss Mozelle Newsom, 1,100,000 '
Ernestine Hawkins, 1,065,000 J
r 3Miss Myrtle Ferguson, 650,000 (
UHBS Anna Hudspeth - 475,000 1
Established 1872.
NEW ENTERPRISE
FOR WALNUT COVE
Lawrence Mcßav Expects To
s
Construct Curing and Storing
1 House For Sweet Potatoes—
~ | Will Buy Potatoes As Well
j As Rent Storage Space.
s ; According to the following lei -
o ' tor from County Agent J. E.
s Trevathan a new enterprise for
t i Wanut Cove is practically as
i. 1 sured:
,| Walnut Cove, May 20.
'Editor Danbury Reporter:
S j According to a letter just re
o'ceived from Mr. Lawrence Mc
,r, Ray, of Greensboro, who owns
0 considerable real estate hero, he
is still planning to construct a
[j curing and storing house for
! sweet potatoes and vegetables
I at Walnut Cove in time to take
Jtare of the crop f• »r the current
, 'season.
Mr. McKay will expect to buy
st of the potatoes for storage,
' bp; will also have storage space
to rent to farmers. Those who
wish to sell potatoes or haw
, them cured i:i thi curing house,
are advised to secure plant*
from treated seed potatoes, as
those not properly protected
from disease will net stand the
, storage as well as those grown
from treated plants.
J. E. TREVATHAN,
County Agent.
News Items Of
Of Madison Route 3
| Miss Annie Simpson, of
| Leaksville, spent last week end
| with Mrs. C. R. Wall, of Knowl
hurst Farm, and attended Miss!
Minnie Gibson's graduating,
exercises at Madison.
Mrs. C. R. Wall, Misses An-]
jiie Simpson and Minnie Gib- J
son visited Mrs. S. W. Black- 1
' burn at Guilford College, on
: Thursday.
• Mi s. C. It. Wall. Mr. and Mrs. !
i
Tom. Reynolds, Misses Annie'
Simpson and Minnie Gibson en-!
. joyed a fishing trip Satudayi
| afternoon.
|
Hail Injures Wheat
In Pinnacle Section
W. B. Lane, of Pinnacle, who!
was a visitor here Monday,!
I. stated that a severe hail storm j
j visited the section just south
, 'of Pinnacle Sunday night, in-1
jjuring wheat considerably and
j also doing some damage to to-'
bacco plants in the beds. A
heavy rain fell throughout the,
night. j
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A savage dog owned by J. C. i
Martin, of Sterling, III.* tore I
off 4-year-old Jane Graham's j
1 oar and inflected other wounds 1
1 requiring: twenty stitches.
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, May 21, 1930.
! PRE-PRIMARY
I i DEMOCRATIC MEET
!
i Convention Saturday To Dis
cuss Candidates and Other
Details Hon. Ai F. Sams
I Present and Addressed Con
i vent ion.
■j An informal gathering of
'Democrats at the court house
' j Saturday 'discussed candidates
j and considered other j •re-pri
mary details. K. W. Carroll
presided at the meeting, and
short talks were made by quite
a number of prominent Demo
crats.
Hon. A. F. Sams, candidate
for Congress, was present, and
being invited to address the •
meeting, responded in a happy j
vein, and stressed the point l
that Winston-Salem is friendlv !
I " :
tu Stokes county, its interests!
.
i being closely entwined with!
our.-.
The convention very earnest-'
ly issued an appeal to tin '
1 Stokes Democrats to come out
on June 7th and vote for I! in. j
J. D. Humphreys for Judge. Ir
was declared that Mr. Humph-i
revs fate depended upon a fnil j
vote of Stokes Democrats.
i
Birthday Dinner And
Other King News
i
King. May 21.—The relatives
and friends of Mrs. 11. C. White
; gave her a surprise birthday'
j dinner Sunday, about 200 peo
-1 pie being in attendance. It was
a very enjoyable occasion for
all present. This was the 44th
mile stone for Mrs. White.
The King tigers defeated Mt.
Airy in a game played at Pin
nacle Wednesday, final score
: being 9 and 3.
i Justice of the Peace J. R.
Caudle is confined to his home
| with illness this week.
Rev. L. K. Pulliam, of this'
; place, filled his regular appoin
tment at High Point Sunday.
Dr. Ernest M. Griffin recent
|ly installed a $l4O late model
I radio in his home.
Dr. R. H. Morelield. of Dan
ebury, was a business visit r
here Saturday, shaking hands
! with old friends.
The following births were
j registered here last week: To
| Mr. and Mrs. Roy Webster, a
daughter; to Mr. and Mrs. Sid
Cain, a son: to Mr. and Mrs.
Walter A. Thomas, a son.
C'ladie S. Newsom has leased
I the Grabs service station on
i Main street and has already op
| ened up for business. The
1 place was repainted which
! gives it a very snappy appear-'
: ance.
I The King Tigers lost to May- 1
odan in a game played on the
| Mayodan diamond Saturday.,
I Miss Crysel Caudle, of Wins-'
ton-Salem, spent the week end 1
: here with her parents.
Misses Alma Hendrix and
Ethel Kirbv spent the wek end I
here with relatives,
j This section was visited by I
'severe rain and hail storm
Sunday night.
P. J. Caudle and family were
heil; from Winston-Salem on
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. S. (). Schaub. i
jof High Point, were week end!
guosts of relatives and friends.'
T. J. Furches, of Tobaccovillej
was a visitor here Sunday.
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Registration Rooks
Will Close Saturday
Saturday of this week is the
last day on which persons may
register to vote in the primary 1
on June 7th. On Saturday, *
May 31, challenges will be in 1
order. , So far the registration f
has been light, it is stated. 1
END OF THE
GREAT CONTEST
NOW IN SIGHT
________
IDOUBLE VOTES ARE OFFERED
One More Week Will Tell the Tale, and
Somebody Will Win the Handsome
Premiums—Prizes Will Be On Hand
Ready For the Count —Millions of Votes
To Be Harvested Before the Close On
i May 31==Last Extra Vote Offer.
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I L«. 1. .. * 1 .A. 1 T .11
Saturday night. May .'Jlsi,
i looms iii the distance and i
t rapidly approaching,
i Next week marks the close
i
!of llit Reporter's great IV pu
j lar Subscription Drive and Yo
; liny Contest, when at sundown,
-May .'{lst. the polls will be
closed, the ballots counted an I
the grand prizes awarded to
these who have worked so
: faithfully : id long for them.
I The two handsome automo
biles and the other georgeou -
prizes will be on hand wailing,
and when the figures are cal
culated by three disinterested
judges, awards will be made by
the contest manager according
to the rules laid down in the
announcements.
! It is only a week more, but
during this time tremendous
work will be done and millions
of v tes will be harvested bv
the candidates. There is no un
certainty now, n>> doubts, no
illusions. The crisis is ap
proaching with sewn-league
boots. The end, which must
mean .'.Teat happiness to some
body. is already in sight. Ev
ery lick of the clock brings it
i nearer. There is not a moment
to lose. The golden-winged
hours are slipping oft.
i The Reporter announced in
'its list issue that the 400,000
vote bonus would l>e the last
ottered. But tlie contest man
agement. in order to create
j still nvnv interest and still
greater excitement, has decided
to allow every vote subscrip
tion received from Monday'
; morning, May 20. at 7 o'clock, 1
i until the contest close— it dou-'
I hie value. Thu-, instead of
I!? 1.50 subscription yielding
5,001» votes, it will produc■
10.00'! votes, ar.d a 2-,vear sub-'
script ion will mean 25,0n.
votes and so on.
NOW FOR THE LAST
GUAM) HOME STRETCH.
Those who are behind in the
race have a great chance. A
steady, systematic pull, losing
no time, often wins. Brilliant
stunts are fine, but unless the
pace is kept up, the slower plod
■ I der mac conu* under the wir
|
4 ! first.
j T lere are .ureal t, rril-ri' >of
• j Sti kes county that have no'
-'been touched. Hundreds of
people are yet without their
. | county newspaper.
•J Here is an idea for some of
I j the candidates, to be worked up
>jor let alone. Out in Kansas in
• a voting contest conducted by
a weekly newspaper, Mi.-s W'in
- nie Scalin was the lowest can
'jdidate. and it was five days to
. j the end. Miss Scalin put on
• j her thinking cap. Next morn-
I ing she sent out three groups
of solicitors of two and three
' in a group, all working for
1 Miss Scalin. Miss Scalin kept
her forces in the field, and th;>
: experiment cost her 888.50 in
i gas and salaries, but she won
'| a SI2OO automobile, and she
• | thought she had made a fair
"I trade.
'lntensive cultivation often
; make* great crops. More cash
! can be made on one acre bv
i.siiig plenty of brains and -v.-
!ergv than some stupid, lazy
farmers make on 10 acres.
It' a girl wins a SIOO prize by
I j halt-hearted work when by
whole-hearted work during the
same period she might win
( SI,OOO. is she alive to the pos
; sibilities V
A lew years ago all the
smart one- said an airplane
couldn't fly across the Atlantic,
iand proved it by scientific facts
that could not be disproved,
but while the wist' heads were
I figuring, i.indberg tl. w across.
I here are lots of things that
can't be done—by the Weak.
But the strong do them, ami
the world applauds.
I During the next eight daw.
1 watch out for the impossible to
Jbe put across with a bang bv
' somebody.
The Reporter sends its best J
wishes and heartiest greetings
to all the candidates. May the j
most deserving win, and when'
those who deserve to win, win,
may there be no heartaches
left behind.
Do not be disappointed if you
No. 3,026
fail. Now i. tin 1 time to antici
piit« 1 heartaches. tk> out and
i' bring in the sheaves. It can
lie done. I', will l>e too late to
t complain after the sun ~
i' the western rim.
Now is tile day of salvation,
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' News and Personals
01 Walnut Cove
\\ alnut Cove, May 22. Mis#
Thelrna Rothrock spent the
, week end at X. ('. C. W. Greens
j! boro with friends.
Miss Helen Fulton and Gilmer
. Sparger were week end quests
, of Mr. and Mrs. Donnell Van
, Noppen in Mebane.
Katharine, the small da ugh*
, ter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Fulton,
j j is improving, after several clays
| illness.
Mrs. Lowry Scott is visiting
[relatives in Durham. „ «*• *
Miss Sallie Matt Marshall, who
has been a member of the Ker
n>'i .-ville school faculty, the past
,V'has returned to her home
•' iiere.
Airs. Anne Carter and lictle
■ daughter, Anne llollinsworth,
have gone to Mt. Airy for an ex
• , tended vi.-it with the family of
• Mr. \V. F. Carter.
'i Mrs. i>. I). Gentry, of Carth
-1 age, is visiting her parents. Mr.
■ and Mrs. ,1. F. Dunlap.
Miss Claudia Neal, who has
• been teaching at Germanton, is
• al home for the summer.
Mrs. \\, c. Davis, Summer*
- field, visited her son. P.W. Davis
. here the past week.
■j Mrs. Harry Di>vis, who has
~ been taking treatment in a Win
j ston-Salem hospital, returned to
. hei home this week very much
improved.
1 he Ladies' Aid Society of the
i P-.tpiist church met Thursdav
I
i; niternuoii ;.t the home of Mrs. J.
: L. Mitchell.
j Miss Sail Young, of Hender
j son, was the guest last week of
Miss Thelma Rothrock and at
i tended the commencement of
j the Walnut Cove high school.
Thos. Corn and Elmer Shelton,
of Lawsonville, were in town on
Wednesday.