DANBURY REPORTER
Volume 58.
NO ONE BEATS US ! STOKES FAIR
ON SCHOOL BOOKS OPENS OCT. 20
Stale Superintendent Allen
Says No State (Jets School
Hooks At Less Price Than
North Carolina.
I
Answering the charge -i
Charles A. Jones, congressman
and republican nominee to suc
ceeil himseli' in the Ninth Dis
trict, that North Carolina is
paying $lO per pupil per year,
or about .$10,000,000 a year for
school books, Dr. A. T. Allen.
State Superintendent of Public
Instruction, has issued state
ment to show that Mr. Jonas
has over-stated the amount by
about. B'to per cent. He status
that, based on Federal ligurees, |
North Carolina is not paying
in excess of $750,000 a year, !
or abuut one-eighth of th.• ;
amount Mr. Jonas charges.
Moreover. Dr. Allen show
'.hat North Carolina, her coun
ty and city boards of education
are getting school books as
cheaply as any state in the
Union for the same books. All
contracts with publishers pro
vide that North Carolina will
get school books as cheaply as
any state, and when prices are
reduced in any other Stater
Ihe prices are automatically re
duced to the same level in this
State for the same books.
HANCOCK COMING
TO KING OCT. 11
Candidate For Congress Will
Address Stokes Voters On
the Political Issues.
Hon. Frank Hancock, candi-
date for Congress in this dis
trict. will address the Stokes
voters at King on Saturday
night, ()ct. 11th, at 7:.'10 o'clock.
Mr. Hancock, who was one of
the leaders in the last Legis
lature, is an able speaker and
one of the State's most popular
public men.
Stokes Has 726
Miles Of Roads
Stjokes county's outstanding
bonds, as of July 1, are shown
to amount to .*791.000 in Chair
man Houghton's returns. The
county has a total of 72G miles
in its county highway system;
the tax levy for li)2) was .50
ieh!.s on the .fIOO valuation
uhit h brought in revenues o!'
s.'>U.i>l(s. 12 for building and
maiiiuining the county high
ways.
Oyster Supper And
Brunswick Stew
The Ladies Aid Society of
the Haptist church at Walnut
wi'l have an oyster supper and
Prunswick stew in the vacant
build ng next to A. T- Roth
rock's store Saturday evening.
October 11th. Other good
eats will also be on sale. Takf
this opportunity to enjoy a
geed meal and at the same time
help a good cause.
Established 1872.
The Western Shows Have Heen
Secured For Amusement
Feature—Farm. Cattle. Poul
try and Other Exhibits
Promise To He Good.
The Stokes County Fair
opens at Walnut Cove on
Monday, October 20th, and will
continue for three days.
The management has just
contracted with the J. W. West
ern Shows to provide amuse
ment for all who attend. This
shew company has all kinds of
rides, hobby horses, etc., and
is one of the best shows on the
read.
! At the fair you will see some
exhibits of cattle, poultry, etc.,
! that may surprise you. Stokes
; is now taking great interest in
the breeding of better cattle,
poultry, etc., and Stokes farm
ers should all attend- You may
get an inspiration that will
lead you en to bett'-r farming,
da rving. etc., and then. too. it
i
will do you good to go out and
mix with your fellow citizens.
So don't think you ire "brow
ing away time or money to at
tend your own cot-nty fair. Go
•each day or nitrh' with youi
family and enjjy i':.
Fine Arts Club
Mesdames H. M. Joyce and
N. E. Wall charmingly enter
tained the members of the Fine
Arts club at the home of Mi's.
Joyce Thursday al'ternon, Oct.
,2nd. Lovely Autumn flowers
and potted plants were used in
the recepton hal' where the
guests were received.. The meet
ing presided over by the presi
dent, Mrs- X- E. Pepper, which
was opened with the club wo
men's hymn, followed by the
club collect. The minutes ot'
the last meeting were read
and approved, and the dues
collected, after which several
matters were discussed.
The topic of study for the
afternoon was the bowk "Fish
omonger's Fiddle" by A. E.
Coppard. Mrs. Frank Martin
gave a very interesting sketch
of several of the short stories.
11,)t chocolate. sandwiches,
pickles and lea cakes were ser
ved during a very pleasant so
cial half h tr.\
Church Meeting
Here Oct 15th
A fifth quarterly conference
f Panbury Methodist circuit
will be held at Danbury Meth
od st church, Wednesday, Oc
tober 15, at 11 o'clock. Rev.
W. K. i'eovey, presiding EUler
of the Mt. Airy district, will
preach at eleven o'clock. Din
ner' will be served on the
gr und. Uusiness session at 2
o'clock. Every member and
friend ef the charge is cordially
invited to be with us.
Ellsworth Ilartr-lield, P. ('.
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, October 8, 1930
HEAVIER TRAFFIC
ON STUART ROAD
Since Completion of Highway |
Between Stokes Line and
I'atrick County Capital Many;
.More Cat's Are Seen.
i
Since the comph tion of the
hard-surface road between th?
Stokes county l.ne and Stuart, j
Va.. trailic on the ruid between
Danbury and the State line has
greatly increased and it is hav
ing its effect on the highway,
wearing it down and filling it
with holes, etc.. according to
citizens residing on the road
between here and the State
line. A large per cent of the
apple cr p, the tobacco crop,
lumber and much other heavy
hauling ci,mes over this high
way.
This paper has been remind
ed several times that the North '
'
Carolina road authorities prom-;
ised the Virgin : a people to
meet them at the State line with
as good read as trey built.
Now, they say, their road is
built and they are anxiously
i
waiting to see our folks carry
out their promise.
Tobacco Sign-Up Is
Officially Launched
Raleigh. Oct. B.—The North
Carolina tobacco sign-up was
was officially launched today at
mass meetings in a large num
ber of the t;.banco pp idueing
j counties of the State.
At the meetings county
1 farm leaders explained the con
: tract for the proposed co-oper
ative organization and machin
j ery was set up to carry on an
| intensive sign-up campaign un
til October 15, the time limit
set for the sign-up for the 1930
crop.
The county meetings were
called by the member in eacn
county of the statewide tobac
co organization committee.
Members of the general com
mittee were designated as
chairmen in their respective
counties. Plans called for the
election of a secretary in each
county and an organization J
committee of three for each ;
community in the county.
Chairman of the committee- ;
will serve as the county com
mitteemen.
Ai: (pportunity was giw: i
the growers to sign the market
ing contract at the count
meetings, but few signature .
were exepected until the 1 .ca! !
committees began their wor'
in the separate communities, j
Superior Court
Here Next Week
The criminal term of Stoke*
Superior court will convene
here next Monday, Oct. 13th.
with Judge Schenck presid
ing. The civil term convenes
one week later. The dockets
for b th courts are about the
average, with no cases of sp ~-
. ial importance.
MR. BAILEY NOT
COMING TO STOKES
Impossible For Candidate For
I'- S. Senate To Visit All Of
the 100 Counties.
A letter from the office of
Hon. J. \\. Hailey, candidate
for the I'. S. Senate to succeed
Hon. F. M. Simmons, expresses
regret that it will be aim M
impossible for Mr. IJailey to
visit Stokes and speak to the
voters before the fall election-
It was stated that Mr. Bailey
had already made something
like 40 speeches and on Oct. 3
he yet had about forty-seven
to make, speaking twice almost
every day.
FARMERS MEETINGS
THIS WEEK
Tobacco .Marketing Man Will
He Exptai ned At Several
Meetings To He Held In
Stokes—Farmers Are I'rgec!
To Attend.
The new ti bacco marketing
plan will be explained at each
of the following meetings:
Wednesday, October Bth:
Danbury 1:00 P. M.: Walnut
Cove 7:30 P. M.; Thursday, Oct.
9th; Francisco 9:30 A. M.;
Westlield 1:00 P. M.; Reynolds
4:00 P. M.; Pinnacle 7:30 I'.
M.: Friday October 10th: Law
sonville 9:30 A. M.: Sandy
Ridge 1:00 P. M.: Dillard 4:00
P. M.; Pine Hall 7:30 P. M.
Saturday October 11th: Mead
ows 9:30 A. M.: Germanton
1:00 P. M.: Haw Pond 4:00 P.
M.; King 7:30 P. M.
Attend most convenient
meeting and bring your wife.
A-k your tenants and neigh
bors to attend. These meetings
are extremely important to
you.
Hoping to see you, I am
Very truly yours,
J. E. TREVATHAN,
County Agent.
An Auto Wrecks;
One Reported Dead
A bad wreck, with one man
reported to be dead, occurred
a few days since near the
Stoke's-Patr.ck line when a
truck with 24 or 25 colored
pi- pie and one white man on it
went oil' of a high bank near
Mcllone's garage, n the Dan
buiy-Stuart roa i
The white man. whose name
• Vi ung. was worst hurt
and he was carried to the hos
pital at Stuart. Va.. where ii i
stated he died the day after the
wreck.
Several of the colored pe pie, \
who had been attending a 1 lap
list association, were reported
to have been seriously injured.
Attorney Gilmer Sparger,
formerly located at Walnut
Cove, moved into his ( dices
here today.
At a regular meet ng of the
county commissi'Tei's here
Monday only routine business
. was transact. 1.
GOOD CITIZEN
PASSES AWAY
; Matthew Robertson, of Law-
Isonville Community. Dies at
Age of 7."} Years.
Matthew Robertson, of the
Lawsonville community, died a'
his home last Tuesday after
noon following an illness of
only a few days, ihough he had
been in ill health for some time.
The deceased was one of the
j county's best citizens. He was
73 years of age and is survived
by five sons and daughters. Hi
wife preceded him several
years.
The funeral services were
| held at Snow Creek Baptist
I
church by Elders J. A. Fagg
and W. J. Brown. Burial was
I in the family graveyard near
the hi me of the deceased.
Not Enough Children
Being Promoted
Raleigh. Oct. 7.—Only GS of
each 100 white boys and girl.-
enrolled in the public school
i f North Carolina during 1928
2') were promoted to a higher
grade, it is learned from the
current issue of State School
Facts, official publication of the
Department of Public Instruc
tion-
School Facts, formerly a
semi-ironthly publication, now
issued monthly dev. tes the
first number of its seventh
volume to "a study of pro
motions" in the public sch'(ils
for white children. In the ele
mentary schools, it points out.
07 and in high schools 7.'?. of
every 100 pupils enrolled were
promoted to a higher grade at
the end of the year. The per
centage of promotions varies
from grade to grade, from onlv
58.1 per cent of the first grade
enrollment to 83-4 per cent of
the eleventh grade.
The following conclusions
relative to promotions are pre
sented bv School Facts:
(1) The percentage ot pro
motions is greater in high
schools than in elementary
schools.
(2) The percentage of pro
motions in city schools is great
er than in rural schools.
The percentage of pr -
motions has increasi'd w thin
the past live veal's, the greater
iiurea-e ' eing m-ide 1»y rural
eli nn niary pupi >.
i 1) Tin percentage >l pro
m t ions varies ;nn ng tlu
yrades, 1 roni the lowest ill t
liist gr.'.ile t«i the highest in th«•
eleventh grade.
(")1 The percentages
promotions varit ~ among speci
fic rural systems, from 10..") pel
cent in Cherokee county t; SU
per cent in Monttrcmery.
(6) The percentage of pro
motions in specific city sysii ins
is much greater than that «»1'
rural systems, (ireenslmro lead
ing the largest cities, Salisbury
the liexl largest . and Nc v
11- in the third in size, in the
pelceetage of pr> in tioiis..
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v Number 3,644
I.AWSONVILLE HAS
SCHOOL OPENING
First Day 222 Pupils Are En
rolled—Budding Is Complet
ed Six Teachers Are In
Charge.
Lawsonville schol opened
.Monday of this week when 222
pupils were enrolled with Prof.
A. J. Flannagan and live ad
ditional teachers in charge.
The building, which is a 10
room brick struct erected
according to State plans and
pec. licat ions. has been com
pleted and everything points
t i a line school year.
Prof. Flannagan. who was a
visitor to Danbur.v .Monday af
ternoon. stated that it was
probable the sclvul would have
150 pupils within three weeks,
or as so n as crops are gather
ed and s mo of the older school
pupils are released from farm
duties.
In this case the Lawsonville
selli I will be entitled to an
additional teacher.
JOHN H. FOLGER
TO SPEAK OCT. 11
Will Address Voters At Sandy
Ridge In School Budding
There.
Snow Creek Democratic
Committee announces that
Hon. John H. Folger, of Mr.
Airy, candidate for the State-
Senate. will address the voters
at Sandy Ridge in the new
school auditorium there on Sat
urday night, Oct. 11th. at 7 :«0
p- m-
Mr. Folger. who was a mem
ber of the last legislature and
who was instrumental in pass
| ing the new school act, is a
line orator and citizens will en
joy hearing him speak.
OTTO WOOD
IS OUTLAWED
Judge Midgette Signs An Order
—s.'{7s Reward Offered For
Him. Dead Or Alive.
llaleigh, Oct. >.—Otto Wood
{ has been declared an outlaw, in
! .in order signed here last Fri
day by Judge (I. E. Midgette.
This coli rful one-handed law
violator, originating i:i Wilkes
county, operating throughout
the nation, four times escaped
from Stati - prison, now has
a price l *->1 en his head,
dead or alive. The act of de
claring him an outlaw means
that any citizen may, upon see
ing him. order him to h;ui:. ami,
, ( if lie either runs or lights, may
i shoot him down, with complete
immunity from prosecution.
Otto, who apparently lias a
deep-seated criminal bent, has
it mixed, with a seemingly con
suming passion for publicity—
in newspaper parlance, an " nk
, hound."
A newly invented typ writer
tb L . blind has been devised
' vki'h weighs only thr .j
iS.