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DANBURY REPORTER Volume 58. DANBURY NOW HOME OF JUDGE John D- Humphreys, Elected To the Superior Court Kench, Holds His First Court Jan. 1. 1930—His Honor Elected For a Term of Eight Years. Danbury feels signally hon ored in becoming the home of a Superior Court Judge. Hon. John D. Humphreys, who was elected to the Superior ' Court judgeship by a majority ranging well above 123.000 will assume his duties on the bench January 1, 1931, when he will hold his first court in one of the western North Carolina coun ties. being assigned for the first work to the seventeenth dis trict. Judge Humphreys is elected for a term of eight years. He will belong to the circuit of North Carolina courts, rotating from one end of the State to the other, and holding court in practically all of the coun ties of the State- Judge Humphreys plans to spend most of his week-ends at his home here, which he will retain. To Extend Time On Taxes. An effort will be made, so the Reporter is informed, to the passage cf an act in the next Legislature ex tending the time a year on tax paying, and authorizing the county commissioners to bor row money to take care of the county expenses until another crop can be made. Many peo ple favor this idea, and say that while this finance may not be so sound, it will be better than for the commissioners to have to buy the land- As bread as it's long. Stokes Democrats Are Congratulated The following telegram from the Chairman of the State Democratic Executive Commit tee has been received here: Raleigh, N. C., Nov. 8, 1930. Chairman Democratic Execu tive Committee Stokes Co.: t Congratulations to the Dem ocrats of Stokes county on their great victory. O- M. MULL. Build Now. If you have decided some time to build a residence, or make any remodelings or re pairs to your present buildings —BUILD NOW. This is the slogan. Labor and materials are down. Now is the time to get your work done at a great saving. And thus at the same time do your bit to put money in circulation and help dissi pate the financial fog so that the sunshine of prosperity may break through. Rev. H. W Hudspeth visited Winston-Salem yesterday. Established 1872. MISS PULLIAM IS ACQUITTED Was Charged With Manslaugh ter In Connection With Auto Accident At King—Another Automobile Accident. King, Nov. s.—Edgar Fulk, who resides near here, had just sold a load of tobacco at Wins ton-Salem Monday when he was approached by two negroes who knocked him down and robbed him about SBO. .He had to borrow money to get home. Theodore Newsum, world war veteran, left last week for the government hospital at Ports mouth, Va for treatment. Mallard Alley, of Winston- Salem, spent the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs- J. M. Alley. The Ladies Aid Society of the Moravian church gave a chicken stew to the taehei's ir. the high school Thursday even ing. Miss Leona Pulliam was giv en a preleminary hearing here Saturday before Justice Gar ner on a manslaughter chargo. Probable cause was not found and the case was dismissed. This is the case in which Mrs- Jennie Hutchens was run over and killed here Sunday night. Oct. 19. An agreement has been reached and the damages in the case have been settled. The following births were registered here the past week ■ To Mr. and Mrs. Herman Smith a son and to Mr. and Mrs. Ches- ter Manring, a daughter; to Mr and Mrs. S. If. Brown, a son. A new Ford roadster with Ras Tuttle, Johnny Grabs and Coy Preston as occupants, fail ed to take the curve on Main street near the L- J. Kiser home late Friday night. The car struck a guy wire pole and broke it into three pieces. The car meandered on about 100 ft. and crashed into the store buil ding of R. B. Delp, knocking i hole in it. Fortunately the boys escaped with only a few minor bruises. New Clerk of Court Will Remove Here Meadows, Nov. 10- Elder Watt Tuttle, the newly elected Clerk of Superior Court, will remove with his family to Dan bury sometime in December. Misses Iris Gillispie, Frances Neal and Dorothy Moran, who have been visiting in Leaks ville-Spray for the past four weeks, returned home Sunday afternoon. Fred Wall and Homer Lewis are leaving Nov. 23 to spend 5 weeks in Leaksville-Spray. J. W. Tuttle visited Dan bury Monday. Mr. Carlo Flinchum and Vin cent Wall and Misses Blanche and Irene Tuttle visited Wins ton-Salem Sunday afternoon- Mrs. Pete Holland, of Ger manton, has been very sy:k at her home for the past week but is improving at this time. Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, November 12,1930 LINE UP OF THE NEXT LEGISLATURE General Assembly Will Con sist of 172 Democrats and 8 Republicans—Smallest Num ber of Minority Party Ever To Sit In General Assembly. Raleigh, Nov. 11.—The 1031 General Assembly will be made up of 172 Democrats and eight Republicans, a list compiled by Henry M. London, legislative reference librarian, indicates. Mr. London said the eight Republican members, six repre sentatives and two senators, would be the smallest number of a minority party ever to sit in the North Carolina Legisla ture. The supposedly '"irreducible minimum"' of Republican mem bers was reached in 192-'), he said, when there were ten Re publican representatives and three Republican Senators, a total cf thirteen, in the Assem bly. The Democratic landslide of this year, however, on the basis of Mr. London's list, reduced this number by five, sweeping 114 Democrats into the House and 48 Democrats into the Sen ate. The total representation in the House is 120 and in the Senate 50. The Republican l'epresenta tives, Mr. London said, are equally distributed over the State—two from the east, two from the. west. They repre sent the counies of Pamlico, Sampson, Randolph, Yadkin, Mitchell, and Avery, Mr- Lon don's list showed. The Republican Senators on Mr. London's list are : A. T. Grant, Jr., of Mocksville, twen ty-fourth district, and Roy A. Harmon, Elk Park, 13th dis trict. Profitable Farming. Mrs. Robert Mabe was in town today selling rabbits- Mrs. Mabe sold 600 pounds of tobacco this week for $6.50. She bought school books for the children. Thanksgiving Next. Thursday, November 27, is Thanksgiving. A ppropriate services will be held in the churches. One thing we can be thankful for, is that the scales have fallen from our eyes, and we can see that we have been unwise in the past. We can rise on stepping stones of our dead selves to saner living. No one is so blind as he who will not see. Fine Tobacco Grower. Lum Booth, one of the finest tobacco raisers in the State, was in town today. Mr. Booth's crop this year suffered like other people's—from the drou ght—but he has a lot of good tobacco and is expecting fair prices. FARMERS DISPOSE OF THEIR CATTLE On Account Of Scarcity Of FeedstulTs. Beef Is Cheaper Than For Twenty - Five Yea^s- Hundreds of farmers have I | grown 110 roughness this year, j owing to the drought, which | dried up the pastures. Conse- I quently many of them are dis- I posing of their cattle against the coming of winter. Beef | was retailed in Danbury this I week at ten cents per pound, probably the lowest price in i more than 25 years. The price of beef cattle on the hoof at the markets is re ported exceedingly dull. Indeed it is hard to sell the animals except at a price which the | cattle owners claim is a serious loss. While the farmers are unable to get a living price f r their beeves, yet beefsteak and hash in the cafes and coffee shops are said to be the same prices as usual, showing that the farmer is in the same po sition relative to his cattle as he is with reference to his to bacc-o—hit at both ends. The restauranteurs, being organ ized, buy food at the.'r own price and sell it cooked at the usual figures, fixed by thrm selves. A well known ant 1 , intelligent farmer of this section remarked this week that the farmen- »».•? in need of an organization to protect their interests in many ways besides tobacco. The Water Supply Is Stiffening The late rains have had the effect of Hushing the streamv to a considerable extent. The water in springs and wells is reported slowly growing stron ger. Dan river is yet very low, however. Sheriff J. John Taylor Has Tonsils Removed Sheriff J. John Taylor is ex pected home Saturday from a visit to his brother, Dr. Spotts wood Taylor, in Baltimore. Sheriff Taylor submitted to a tonsil operation on Tuesday and got along nicely, his many friends will be glad to know. A Converted Woman. Mrs. MeCormick, who spent more than three million dollars trying to get elected to the Sen ate from Illinois, and then got defeated by Ham Lewis, is doubtless one woman who be lieves in whiskers. Sowing Wheat. The late rains have enabled the farmers to break their lands and sow more than av erage crop of wheat. Remembered. Nature did not completely forget us this year. The cuckle burr crop is said to bft fine. TOBACCO CROP NOW MOVING FAST Farmers Abandon Hope For Better Prices—Are Putting Their Product On the Mar ket At a Great Loss. Much tobacco is moving to market now. Warehousemen say but comparatively little of the Stokes crop has been sold yet. Our farmers have held back, apparently hoping for better prices. The hope now , seems abandoned, load after load of leaf has passed through here today going to market. Farmers returning home in al most every case are dissatis fied- Most of the tobacco goes ; for 3 to G cents. Farmers say they are bing robbed. The com- I ! mon statoment is "they took jit." The best grades are going at 10 to 15 cents. The growers are sustaining a great loss. It is not believed the Stokes crop tvill bring half as much as the 1929 crcp. CHILD~DIESTROM TAKING TABLETS Three Year Old Child Of Mr. and Mrs- Posey Cole man Swallows Tablets Whicn Prove Fatal Before Child Reaches Hospital. The little three-year-old girl of Mr. and Mrs. Posey Coleman, who reside about four miles from Walnut Cove, swallowed several tablets today whic'i proved fatal. The child was being rushed to a Winston- Salem hospital but died befor * reaching there . The parents of the child do not know what kind of medicine the child swallowed. Overproduction. Editor Danbury Reporter: Much is written and said about overproduction. But we are not suffering from over production. We are suffering from underdistribution and un derconsumption. Five million families in our cities do not have a bath-tub: 13 million families on our farms are without a kitchin sink. Many children are bare footed. I believe every family should have running water in a com fortable home, an auto, a radi > (the radio for self-defense, so when the neighbor's radio is too loud, one can retaliate.) What we need is a real He man at the helm of our ship of State, one who will hang a few Give our men employment, wages and our overproduction disappears. Contributed. Accident. The cut of the picture taken of Lon Sisk and Dell Taylor in the historical wheelbarrow ride was delayed in the mails, and cannot appear in this week's paper- Number 3,649 NEW COUNTY OFFICERS DEC. 1 Democratic Regime o|«ens With the First Monda\ In Next .Month—County Then Entirely In Hands of Demo crats, Republicans Retiring Alter a Tenure of 41 Years A novel sight will be wit nessed at the court house here Monday. December 1. when the newly elected Democratic offi cials will give their bonds and take their oaths, and im mediately assume complete charge of the county's affairs. The officials to be sworn in 'are as follows: J. John Taylor, who is re-el ected to succeed himself. J. Watsi n Tuttle, who suc ceeds A. J. Fagg as Clerk of I the Superior court- . Mr. Fagg. who retires, has occupied the Clerk's i liice for a period of 12 years, having been elected in November, 1918. I'innix Bailey, who succeeds R. .\. Browder as Register of Deeds. Mr. Browder has only held the Register's omce one term. J. A. Jcyce and F- I'. Stone, county commissioners, who are elected to take the places of Dr. R. S. Helsabeck and R. M. Wood. Jacob Fulton succeeds I himself as county commission er, being the only Republican county official elected- The installation of the new county officials will doubtless attract a large crowd, as it has been close to half a century since the entire county mach inery was in the hands of the Democrats. Besides the county officer* there are quite a. number *u township officers to be sworn in. viz: constables and magis trates. The plans of the Republicans who are retiring are not defini tely known. Lawsonville News And Personals Lawsonville, Nov. 11.—The Boys' Basket Ball Team of the Francisco school won a victory over the Lawsonville boys with a score of 21 to 11 last Thurs day. The boys' Basket Ball team of Lawsonville school won a victory from the Sandy Ridge boys with a score of 18 to 14, last Friday. Miss Annie Simpson spent the week end with Misses Tru die and Claudia Jefferson at Francisco. Mrs A. A. Jefferson and dau ghters, Misses Trudie and Clau dia and Miss Annie Simpson, spent Saturday in Mt. Airy on a shopping trip. Misses Annie Simpson and Trudie and Claudia Jefferson attended the play, "Home Ties," at Francisco Saturday night. Jcnes Nelson, proprietor of the Nelson Funeral Home, was | in town yesterday.
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