DANBURY REPORTER
Volume 58.
PRIMARY TO BE HELD SATURDAY;
INTEREST GROWS AS TIME APPROACHES
Tickets Are Being* Prepared This Week For,
Voters Next Saturday, June 7 —List of the!
Candidates As They Appear On the County |
Ticket—Voting' Booths Distributed For the,
Several Precincts. |
In the primary to be held on
Saturday of this week there
are a number of Republicans
whose names appear on the
county ticket. A smaller num
ber of Democrats are running.
Inasmuch as the State law
now guards the tickets very
varefully, and the probability
being that some of our readers
have tioi seen a ticket and do
ii t kiv-v ,i'ist who is running
ii: ihe ■>: ;rciive parlies in ill •
c inlly, w-' print b« ,o\v 11 i • ■
ci'.nu'.- • f men on i. ,!i «•
;L" i:■ ' *'s, ; •! yn;i are ior
i• '• to i•>im • > .!i
unlay 1;. y u.' clioi.
w it!i 1! ■ e tii.it tin >'
;;r • all od men or they could
•! •! "i, lheir nam s on tin
tickets.
Tile ii:- 1 for ia !i party a - it
appears on ihe tickets ioilows:
DEMOCRATIC TICKET :
For .Member House of Repre
sentatives :
HARRY 11. LEAKE
J AS. W. MANUEL
For Members Board of Educa
tion :
J. REM) FOREST
J. L. CHRISTIAN
R. I). HUTCHERSON
For Members Cornty Highway
Commission :
I'I)\VELL RAY
JAMES c. CRAB;
■I. MOIR HAWKINS
E. W. CARROLL
REPUBLIC AN TICKET :
For State Senator :
R. T. JOYCE
D. L. IIIATT
J. H. HALL
W. M. JACKSON
For .Member House of Repre
sentatives :
CURTIS C. McOEE
C. DDLI'IIUS SLATE
For Sheriff :
J. R. NUNN
ERNEST R. NELSON
MONROE J. FAGC
JESSE R. i'RIDDY
For Member.- Board of County
 \nnmissioners :
JACOB FULTON
RUPERT S. HELSABECK
KUFUS O. WOOD
CARL T. MA BE
OTIS DILLON
For Members Baard of Educa
tion :
JOHN W. I'RIDDY
EDWIN KISER
Baker Reunion On
Fifth Sunday of June
Mizpah, June —There will
be a reunion of the Baker fam
ily at the Friendship Baptist
church on the sth Sunday in
June. Everyone is invited to
attend and bring a well-filled
basket of good eats.
Established 1872.
PINNACLE VVIIL
PLAY M.WODAN
(ianic Full of Thrills To Ho
Pulled Off At ,'M-tvndan Next
Saturday—Dr. M«nvfield and
Lon Sisk Wi'l Represent
the Stokes Team.
Next Srturdav ninjr ai
Mavo.lan, I'. .M.. by the
i! •!.. uotwi'.h/.tandiiiv tin* yui
tv. .try «v (tl:. rc°  t *  tn the
;  n?r;. v. {'...) ">l ' crack
: • Wail teams t i !i;s • 'lit i-t
:i:- : -t.- vi!! nie-'i
i.i t : -. i v '»•..).
! ■ 1:. 1 ii! : 1.. . .>r May
:. * n.! S *. v »!! ,oU h I'oi
i : : iir.i'ii*.
; ;i ::.i i" • a jrreal
; ..m.\ am! »!•• : .iuuulred.-
i ! 11. pi", i•. iiin-liM ii:«y ,Jo
i.yneh. " ill in' i!>.-»•.• t > sec it.
It is '.iiiii' • ii •' h >re thai
i»r. 11. !i. More:>M :nd l,nn
Sisk i f Dauhury, vtll ie the «>!"-
licial routers for '!••• Pinnacle
hoys. 'Noiiirh sail!.
THEFTS OCCIJK AT""
WALNUT COVE
Several Places lirokm Into and
Various Articles Stolen—One
Citizen Loses His i iickens.
I
Walnut Cove, .In; • —A
numher of thefts ha e been
| committed here -.H1.! in the
1 1' mnuinity recently The
! warehouse of th«• St«>!;es Gro_
eery company w: s •••t'ereed on
! last .Mr.nda\ nighi a id several
■ bags of sugar tal '-n ,i.; well as
i a lot of canneii mn . The
thieves are evidently ; reparinu
II s make an expei ine-i i on a
new hrand of su;.:u - head, using
'canned corn iiiste-.l •!' meal.
Three barrels «>f e-in which
Joe Allen had stored i. a ware
■ house near Nesil ..• Tattle's
, hardware store w>.s stolen on
Tuesday night.
Mr. Young, of th.* Rosebud
community, who ws.s in town
this week, reported tiat all of
his chickens weiv st«»l?n a few
nights since. ii. d them
locked up in his chicken house
:; M :! it was hvoki i iiii >.
Bernard Wriuhl
.vddrtsses Lions C lub
l}e;*iia!'d Wiiglit. « f Greens.
. V. >:!! v.'il.. .1 > isiio ■ in Dan-
Monday, :,«'>fre.ssed the
member.-. of the "»'.>l:es Counts 1
Liens C'.u 1 ) a 4 ih -i. regular
meeting in Walnut t'nve Mon
day night. M»\ Wight. who i.;
one of the Dcnv.emtio candi.
dates for Solicitor to succeed
Mr. J. F. Spruill, v:is in Stokes
: ]irimarily in the inter jst of his
| candidacy.
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, June 4,1930
JURORS FOR
SUPERIOR COURT
|
Summer Term Opens Here On
j June .'JO With Judge Michael
! Schenck Presiding One (
i Week Each of Criminal anil
! Civil Court.
I The regular summer terms
i of criminal and civil courts for
| Stokes county will open here [
| I
on June 80th and July 7th, re-;
! spectively, for one week each, i
j The courts will he presided!
J over hy .Judge Michael Schenck j
of irentlersonville.
At the meeting of the Stoke*l
! Hoard of Commissioners lierej
'.Monday, jurors for the courts
I
; were il.'awn as follows:
FfI.ST WEEK—CHIMIN \E
TKRM.
J. I'. " tnphell. Iloltl. I vie.!
!
!'. W. wK.vnian. Charlie Stee'.o, j
•W. i". Martin, Sam 15. i'riddy,!
■l. S. • man. T. W Mabe.l
i 1 A. I i ti l', \\. A. I.i ';o•. .!.!
jE. 1 i.i*•'. .las. 11. Mendi-nlia!!,'
; U. E. 1.. Francis. 11. (liris
itia>;. V.. W. Rhodes. Kuel l!ut_
chcrson, Jerry W. Dodson. S.
j ->I. Nelson, T. S. Oakley. N. S.
Johnson, W. E. Hawkins, Recce
Mabe, () Taylor, E. B. Tay
lor.
C. E. Martin. 11. CI. Alley, j.
' Will Moiince, K. E. Wilson,
Eiindv W :od, S. C. Montgom
| ery, Robt. Flinchum, A. A. Jef_
i ferson, S. I. Boyles, A. A. Rut
i ledge. Roy I). Tuttle, () W. Bar
! her, W. F. Marshall, J. R. Nel. j
son, EJ. Riser, J . W. Riser,'
Alfred Durham, J. S. Garner, j
! SECOND WEEK—CIVIE i
TERM.
j (i. M. Moretield, W. C. Holt.
J Rector Tilley, J. A. Newsum,
'J. IE Snyder. Herbert Ray, \\
!J. Gravitt, M. F. Edwards, E.
i
(). Creak man, J. W. Moretield, j
J. K. Joyce, F. G. Fowler, F. l:
Dearmin, J. M. Vaden, T. ('.
Holes, J. S. Barr, R.W. Andrew.,
J. Dillard Hall, Drew Joyce,
| Dewey Shelton, J. W. Jefferson,;
i O. T. Gentry, E. I). Bullin, Paul
Redman.
Virginia To Let
Contract For Bridge
j The Virginia Stats high ;
! way commission is advertising j
I •
.lor bids on the famous bridge >
; to be erected across New river
;at Jackson's Ferry. Contract I
I
has been let for the bridge
once before but the operatorsj
! of the ferry at that point tiled;
:MM injunction against its con
struct i n. They lave hee>
doing a fine business in putt in ■
curs over on the ferry and ar
reluctant to surrender the'
business.
The new bridge will be 7"
f• 11 in length with three 12'
foot spans and one 100 f >
cantilever.
j Misses Josie, eßrnice and
i Gcorgie Lawson, of Eawsoi
ville, spent the week end wit ,i
Miss Annie Simpson at Leak.-
ville.
KING MAN MAKES j
HIS DEPARTURE
J. Ellis Hauser Deeds His Be
longings To His Wife and
Leaves To See New Pastures
—Death of Miss Nellie .lohn_
sen—Other News of king.
!
King, June 4. J. Ellis Han
sel*. prominent merchant  f
this place, mysteriously dr6p
i ped out of sight last Tuesdax
I Mr. Hauser has been making
j regular trips to Winston-Salem
j with the company truck and o:i
| Tuesday morning he left with
| the tnu k to bring back a load
jof g > d.; but on the evening
mail Mr. W. (i. Hendrix. hi
busiiit par!i i r.r cei'.-(I a let
ter in which the stor.- key v.: s
I l'oiiiiu ing that 1: w.i
--| i''nt la . the 1 ruck w • !i|
I .
i ioiiiio 11• -ii s war, ,*■ i
i Wiiisl .. a , : in !•
jtr ii .i- r ! that Mr.
j llendi .Wr.E-"i.-er's v
' l •
■■■ h« i ■' -is', i' i .Mr. liemlri'..
1. ke ti l store ai'.d do the bos
they en' d wiih i . Mr. Man-'
• : er sv ,i als i received a letter
incl sin;. deed: t > ail his real
estate, which he had exei uted
to her. Il is said that the busi.
ness of Hendrix and llanser i
in a si uad ci'dilion and t!: r
Mr. Hauser's individual busi
ness is in good shape. He own
ed considerable property and
has a wife and several children.
It is rumored here that there
I is a good looking woman in the
I case.
| Miss Nellie Johnson, aged :55,;
(died at the home of her parents j
near Capella Friday, following'l
ja lingering ilness. She is sur_ I
i vived by tlie parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. P. Johnson, 2 brothers,!
i'aul and Ueid Jolinson.of Win. |
; -ton-Salim. and 4 sisters. Mes_!
dames J. A. Smith and S. P.|
Bennett of King, and J. S.]
, Boyles and W. I). Johnson of
WinstonSalem.
A force of carpenters are ati
work remodeling the old hank
building on Depot street. As I
soon as completed about July 1.
Helsabeck and Blackburn , >f!
I I
Winston-Salem, will open up ai
[ clothing store in the building.
The Ladies Aid Society i f the
i King Christian church met onj
| Thursday evening with Mrs. ().!
[■). Grabs, with eleven members
i i
I present. Devotional exercises'
j were conducted bv Miss Agnes
i i
rulham. Mrs. Ernest Gnlini
! I
'read a very interesting sertron
by Rev. J.W. Holland. The hos_'
; ,ssi>i.-.i |»\ Mrs. 11. G. :
! Iv'iiiotis i'e-
I
n hmo its. 11 1 next meet ing j
. lb lsa |
. . ! . ft r the lth'
i
: .ik.\ ..... I
Mrs. S \ ' h*is re_i
!. : ' -V after un
: 'l ine I; • ; • H 11 o 1
y. in « variolic h ;>i t• 1. (
ai I 'ir O M. Kirhyj
1,, •■e ivtuvred 1 > their li nu i. I
i
Santord
i MRS. PYRTLE WINS FIRST
PRIZE; MR. ALLEN SECOND
Great Subscription Drive and Popular Voting"
Contest Ended Saturday Evening With All
Candidates and Everybody Fueling Good —
Miss lXarmin Dropped Out lie fore the End—
The Standing Of the Figures.
Mrs. Mary Ilolln-jok I'yrtle. 1 :i.I:iS.OOO
I lev. I>. M. Allen. 10.470.u00
Miss (Jwendolin Deurmin. 5,142.250
Miss Connie iJurwel!, . 042.500
Miss Myrtle Ferguson, 771.000
Miss Mozellc Newsum, ... 7'>5.000
.Mi.~s Ernestine l Hawkins. 527.000
Miss Anna Hudspeth, 4(57.500
ihe Ir i'.ri s so d as abo\
v. Ivn the wen: own Sat.
i: 'day on the la t i... . of til •
i. i
■ ■ ■ :■ II i'yrtle.
i.'.-t ;>ri' . !■• ! st n. ,f !•, i "; j -
i : r : . 1 . t r , i >. v
.. •» '! \ . > ** , \\ ( . i {: >
i • aril F ••?! c >u}u\
Gii. :, !■!..: Dearmin. of We.-t.
ii- ! k toe; 11 • third ]>ri::i. an
A'.water Kin' i ;' .in t radio set
:•: rgli Mis - Dearmin ha '.
• •'di tl; race Friday evening, i
Ihe lourth pj'ize, an exquisite'
diamond ring. won Gy Miss!
, (dnnie Harwell, of (iap. while]
1 the fifth prize, the g Id wrist 1
i
watch was captured by Miss 1
Myrtle Ferguson, of German-I
ton. The two cash prizes of
SSO and s'2~> were awarded
Misses Mozelle Newsum, of:
Walnut Cove, and Ernestine
; Hawkins, of Sandy Ridge, re
j pectivelv. Miss Anna Huds
[ pi th, of Danbury. who was not
|an active candidate, won com.
i :
missions.
The many friends of Miss'
iGwendolin Dearmin sincerely
' regretted her action in with
t
I drawing from the race befor--:
jthi' end, as she had made a
very strong showing, and stood 1
j line chances of winning one of
i the chief prizes. But. as Miss
Dearmin, how ever, had lost i
I two or three weeks at the star,
i of the contest, being a studeiu;
jiit Westlield high school, she'
| felt that this was a handicap
which seriously affected her
success at the close.
The contest, which was con t
ducted under many unfavora. j
hie conditions and cireumstan- ;
!
•i es from the vcrv start, vet en. f
I i
ded vcrv successfully at hist. j
Eighteen candidates were
'ed at the beginning of the eon-.'
'test, but on account of serioti 1
! illness ii .ear relative*, no]
' less than i'ottr of the most pop-1
' i '
, 'ar and strongest contestants'
j were terci .i to abandon the]
! race.
i Messrs. M. (). Jones, a. G.J
j . :v and A. J. Fagg were the)
'. Iges. who v ery i arel'ully |
mputcd the votes and award
-led tlie prizes Their decision I
1 was eminently satisfactory to
lei ei yboily, and iill the candi
' di-.les and their friends expres-j
sed their salisfaction at the ah
No. 3,628
->! .!•■ i'airne-s -1" the • ntest
ti.- ii p .-a-i n ■■ at tin- n
• i !i t> .-:i; that
• J' 1 :*t '! Mr. A . v.ho
• ■ - ■' a! ci
■ . . • .•' !s of
' i r» ' ' ' il ■ •tn;.*
* 1 ' 'i. an 1
- : . • ■. rtunit t
1 '• :••• - llifi" -i appre
c'. TV: i ll.' t}•:
• ' ilr'i •t; i' \vi>!h' to CX*
t 1 'i' t•» each ;sini all >f tile con
t. ::; it.-, i ••/ . her with their
i rii'iMi.-i wlin helped to make thn
■ ntest a success, its most cor
vial grat : tude and thanks.
FARM HOARD
i MEETS SATURDAY
Held A Short Session .Monday
Hut Few Members Wer*
Present—To Discuss Fair
To lie Held In Fail.
The Stokes County Agricul
tural Hoard held a short ses
sion at the court house here on
last Monday, however, very lit
tle business was transacted.
On next Saturday the Board
expects to meet and discuss
b wiiu'ss matters relative to
the holding of the county fair
in the fall.
Pinnacle Woman
Attempts Suicide
Mrs. Addie King, aged :)1, of
Pinnacle, recently attempted
suicide by taking a large dose
of arsenic. She was rushed to
the Mi. Airy hospital ami i*
reported to be recovering nice
ly at this time.
Mrs. King is the wife of
Mr. Kdward King, who is
a tanner of the Pinnacle com.
munity. and has been sintering
trom ill health f ;■ some years.
She is the mother of •"> children.
Y\ bite Sulphur Spring's
Opened May 30
W hit' Sulphur Springs, just
I out of Mt. Airy, which has 1101
I been operated tor some years,
opened for guests on May :»()th.
The hotel is now under new
' management, being incorp ra_
' ted recently with Dr. J. W.
i Tankersley, of Greensboro. a
president, E. P. Holt, of Oak-
Ridge. vice-president and T. W.
i Gilliam, of Statesville, secre
tary and treasurer.