THE DANBURY REPORTER.
Volume 59.
EGG PRODUCTION
IS INCREASED
North Carolina Beat the Record
For Past Three Years—Eggs
Were Cheaper 1 , So Was Feed.
Raleigh, Jan. 24.—Egg pro
duction in demonstration poul
try flocks on 223 farms in 51
November was the best repodt
ed for November in 3 years C. J.
Maupin, extension poult4yma»
at N. C. State College, said to
day.
" The hens in the demonstra
tion flocks had an average of
7.81 eggs each during th?
. month-
The records include the pro
duction of 50,365 birds and
recorded production of 32,779
eggs. The receipts for eggs
alone weie $10,173.73, or a net
return of $4,786.67 above feed
costs.
The eggs wer e sold for an
average of 31 cents a dozen, as
compared with 38.5 cents last
year, but this lower selling
price was morje than offset by
the lower feed cost, Mr. Maupin
said.
Feed to produce a dozen
eggs this year cost only 10.7
cents, while the same feed last
year cost 16.3 cents- These
figures are in line with those
received from poultrymen in
other sections of the country,
he said.
Mr. Maupin found that while
the average income per bird
was lower in 1931, the return
above feed cost was much
greater than last year and only
a fraction below the return of
10.4 cents received in 1929.
"Some of this profit is due,
no doubt, to the decrease in
feed prices," Mr. Maupin said,
"but the greater part is due to
better feeding, housing and oth
er factors that can be controll
ed by the flock owner."
In most flocks the winter
profits may be directly traced
to the skill of the poultrymen
in handling and feeding the
flock, Mr. Maupin said'.
Miss Gladys Keaton 
i Passes Away
Miss Gladys Keaton, 18-year*-
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Keaton, of Vade Mecum,
- died Saturday after a short ill
ifess with acute nephritis. The
deceased was a most excellent
young lady and had a host of
friends who mouitn with her
parents in their great loss.
The deceased is survived by
her parents and four young
sisters and brothers.
Funeral services were held
at the home Monday at 2 o'clock
by Elder W. J. Brown.
The Girls Can >1
Smoke In Rooms
Greensboro. Jan. 11.—North
Carolina College for Women
bowed to the demands of the
modern girl when authorities
announced that students of the
institution would be allowed to
smoke in their rooms during
the remainder of the 1931-1932
term. I
Established 1872.
(WILL MAKE IT
1 SIXTY-ONE DAYS
Judgs Thomas Watson, of Win
ston-Salem, Solves a Hard
Problem—Sixty-Day Prison
ers Not Wanted On Roads.
Judge Thomas Watson, of the
Winston-Salem municipal court, >
says that it appears to him that
North Carolina has "two su- :
preme courts," but that he was
going to do his best to please'
both of them.
i.
The State law says that
prisoners may be accepted on '
the State roads when their :
terms are as much as sixty
days. Now, the State Highway! 1
Commission is doubtful if they!
can take them unless their 1
tevms are more than sixty i
days. So Judge Watson an-1
nounces that hereafter where j
he would otherwise impose a |
sixty-day sentence he will makei
1 it sixty-one days, thus reliev-|
ing all dcubt about the State'
accepting them and at the same
time not imposing a hardship,
on the prisoner.
■
News and Personals
! Reported From King
i
King, Jan. 27.—5. G. Slate, of
: Winston-Salem, spent the week
end with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. C. D. Slate.
Waltei- Petree" progressive
| young attorney, of Danbury,
was here Friday attending to
some business matters. Mr.
Petree owns property here.
A numbeii of farmers in
this section have nice pointers
to kill but the weather remains
sc warm they are afraid' to tak?
a chance on butchering.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Spain
j hower, of Winston-Salem, were
among the visitors here Sun-1
day. j,
Fire broke out in the J. R. (
Hutchins dwelling on Main
i street which is occupied bv
Colonel Boyles Friday morning
but the flames were soon ex
tinguished. It originated from
a defective flue in the base
-1 ment.
Grover Wright and family, |
of Mount Airy, spent Sunday j
here the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
C. J. Kirby in Walnut Hills-
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Butner,
of Winston-Salem, formerly of
King, were visitors here Satur-!
day.
\ { The following births were
, registered here last week: To
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Mickey, a
to Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Matthews, a daughter; to
Mr- and Mrs. Clemon Southern,
a daughter, and to Mr. ai}d Mrs.
Charlie Joyce a daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Cebron Fowler,
i of High Point, were among
the visitors here Sunday.
The King High School basket
ball teams played a double
• 'header with the Walnut Cove (
school at Walnut Cove Friday |
evening. The boys game, King|
22, Walnut Cove 21. girls game
Walnut Cove 22, King 21.
A very large crowd attended
the funeral of Sanders F. Slate,
aged 75 which was held at thei
First Baptist church Friday
afternoon at two o'clock. The
deceased spent his entire life j
in Stokes county and had a very |
wid e acquaintance- He num-.
bered his friends by the score. |
1 Clyde Mickey, of Winston-
Salem, was a week-end visitor
to relatives and friends here.
Relatives and friends of Guy;
Newsum gave him a surprise
1 birthday party Friday evening, j
i About 75 people were in at
tendance, this was Mr. New-i
1 sum's 21st mile stone.
Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Walker
; Sunday with relatives
and friends here. 1
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, Jan- 27,1932.
FOX AND CAT i
UP SAME TREE
Game Warden King Believes
Wild House Cat Is Enemy Of
Wild Life and Should Be Ex
terminated.
The last issue of the Bulletin
published at Raleigh by the
North Carolina Board of Con
servation and Development ha?
th e following:
From Warden R. R. King, of
Stokes County, comes an ac
count of an unusual association
between a gray fox and a largo
spotted wild house-cat.
The pair was found by Ward
en King and a party of friends
basking contentedly on a limb 1
of a tree about thirty feet from'
the ground. Appearance of the
hunters failed to frighten eith
er of the animals, but the fox
appeared to resent the intrusion |
' |
by growling as if to show fight, j
j while the cat gazed fixedly at
; the hunters.
Neither of the animals budg
ed until a shot from one of the
hunters brought the cat to the
ground, and then the fox jump-j
ed from the limb and scamper
ed through the brush.
Mr. King advocates protec
tion for the fox, but believes
that the wild house-cat is in \
enemy of wild life which should |
be killed when found roaming
thrcugh the woods away from
habitations. The warden has
been a fox hunter of consider
'
able prominence and at one
time was owner of the famous
Sauratown Mountain pack of
fox hounds.
Rockingham Court
! Reidsville, Jan. 27.—The Jan
uary term of superior court of
Rockingham county began Mon
day moiining at Wentworth
with Judge William F. Harding,
| of Charlotte, presiding.
| Farmers are said to be split
over the question of relief. But
they haven't had a great deal
of relief to split.
Old Timer Asks
Some Questions
Why should the U. S. Govern
ment pay interest on its own
Bonds? "Old Timer" wants to
know. Will some one please
explain. He thinks the bonds
have the resources of the Gov
ernment back of them, as a
guarantee of payment; then,
I why is not a National Bank, or
| a Government Reserve Bank
note just as good? They pass
as money at their face value.
jThen why would not a Govern
ment Bond note pass at face
value?
Again, if this currency is
j worth its face value, why do
' we sit still and let the Govern
ment pay the Bond Holder in-
I terest and relieve him of taxes. 1
'lf Congress would pass a bill
jto stop interest on Government
Bonds and issue currency to re
j deem them, then the interest
on bonds would be saved, and
I would go a long way toward
i BASKET BALL
TOURNEY JAN. 30
Five Games At Walnut Cove
Saturday—Three Games At
King—Winners To Play Vic
tors of West Feb. 6th.
Stokes county high school?
are displaying a great deal of
interest in basket ball these'
days. Recently some very fine
and interesting games have
been played. Walnut Cove.
King and other schools have
fine teams.
The tournament for the east
ern division will be held at Wal
nut Cove Saturday with the
first game at 1 o'clock. The
teams of both the boys and
' girls will be entered and tV
j winners will play the winners of
the western district tourna
ment ai Walnut Cove on Feb.
6th.
j The teams and the hours at
i which they play at Walnut
Cove follow:
Sand.y Ridge vs. Danbury at
i 1 o'clock (boys); Walnut Cove
, vs. Sandy Ridge (girls') at 1:53
o'clock; Germanton vs. Lawson-
I ville (boys') at 2:50 o'clock:
Germanton vs. Lawsonvilly'
(girls') at 3:45 o'clock; Wal
nut Cove vs. Danbury or Sandy
Ridge (boys ) at 4:40 o'clock,
i Finals in the girls game will be
j played at 7:30 o'clock and the
final in the boys games will be
played at 8:25 o'clock.
The basket ball tournament
I
foi the western district oi'
Stokes county will be held at
King, Friday night, beginning
!:'■)() o'clock. The tourney will
i
! be for both boys' and girl?
I teams. The winners in tin
i tournament will face the win
. ners of the eastern district at
'jWalnut Cove on February 6.
The schedule for the tourina
, ment follows:
King vs. Pinnacle girls at
7:30 o'clock; King vs. Pinnacle
boys at 8:30 o'clock; Francisco
; vs. Reynolds boys at 10 o'clock
; | The winner in the boys' games
I will meet Saturday night at
7:30 o'clock.
reducing expenses.
[ The bond holder would also
I have to pay taxes, which would
in some measure relieve the
less fortunate of part of their
tax burden. Again, the bond
holders would have to look for
j
other investments, and that
j would relieve the "tight money
market."
j The money (i. e. gold) has
I not incrfcased in proportion to
the increased wealth of our Na
tion, and this dear public, is
one of the great causes of the
present depression. We shall
always have money panics as
long as the money is less than
th e wealth of the Nation at the
i present ratio.
Thousands of people are 103-
• ing their homes, because they
. cannot get loans to tide them
I over these hard times. There
; is plenty of work for. people to
• do, but the would-be-employer
; cannot hire them owing to mon
i ey market conditions.
I "OLD TIMER."
MANY SCHOOLS
MAY CLOSE
After the Expiration Of A Six
Months Term—Counties May
Not Be Able To Put l*p their
Share of Money.
Raleigh, Jan. 21.—The proba
! bility of many public schools
; in North Carolina closing their
year's work when the state
supported six-months term ex
pires loomed here today on the
eve of the meeting of the State
Board of Equalization.
Leßoy Martin, secretary of
the board which allots the state
funds, said the equalization
body may be asked to vote on
whether t'.-e S1 .-">00,000 state j
: aid lor the extended term ofj
! tw ( , months will be allotted be
fore or after the counties pro-j
vide their portion of the funds '
l'or the additional period.
Should the board vote not to,
provide for the extended term)
money until counties had paidj
their share. Mr. Martin pointed
out, many counties will not be
able to run their schools after
the end of the six-months j
The budget bureau, working,
undetj the assumption many!
counties will not be able to sup-;
plement the state extended
term fund, has estimated ap
proximately $500,000 of the
$1,500,0000 fund will not be
used. The state pays the entire
cosfts for the six-months term
at state standards, but no sup
plements the money provided
l.»y counties for the two addi
tional months to round out an
8-months period. If counties
do not put up theii* share for
the extended term, the state
funds are withheld.
Sale Of Auto
Tags Falls Short
The sale of automobile
license tags at the Winston-Sa
i lem Automobile Club is some
; 4-000 short of the number sold
i up to this time last year. About
: 18.000 had been .sold up to this
time last year wherteas the
j number put out so far is only
about 14,000.
[pips=Vise and Otherwise
By W. P- Murray.
Honesty is more than a mo ra l
duty; it is an economic necessi-
sity. Selfishness reveals a lack
i
of self-respect and incurs the
disrespect of others. Nothing
destroys human kindness so
surely and quickly as ingrati
tude. The cruelest of people
desire kindness and mercy for
themselves.
People have been, and are
still, waiting for prosperity to,
return. That is the trouble— j
they wait for it to return, as it
had an animated reasoning
brain and two normal function
ing legs with which to chart
its destiny and proceed for' its
attainment. That prosperity
and all forms of success are
j inanimate things that can not
Number 3,710
ROAD EXPENSES
MAY BE CUT
Engineer '/. V. Stewart Says
That Every Effort Is Kein£
Put Fo.'th To Comply With
the Governor's Economy
Program.
A meeting of the State high
way engineers was held in
Greensboro Tuesday to discuss
economy measures that might
be put into effect in relation to
the maintenance of the State's
highways.
Engineer Z. V. Stewart, who
represents Stokes, Forsyth
and Davidson counties, was in
attendance at the meeting and
jhe states that plans l'or the re
duction ol' expenses are being
J worked out. It is possible that
[there will be salary cuts and
j other measures used to hold
I down the expense of road main
j tenance.
] "The State will continue to
j employ as many nun as possi
ble," -Mr. Stewart said, "but
at the same time every effort
I will be used to comply with the
I Governor's economy program."
| Making Plans
For Easter
Already the Winston-Salem
! Chamber of Commerce is be
'' ginning t () lay plans for the en
> tertainnient of the thousands
of guests who come to the Twin
• City for the Easter services,
and this week Chairman Nor
man Stockton of the Chamber of
Commerce appointed a commit
tee to wouk out plans.
Judge Stack To
Hold Court
Judge A. M. Stack, of Mon
; roe, has been designated by
■ Governor Gardner to hold the
• February 29 term of Forsyth
! superior court which will be
I the next term for the trial :>f
; criminal cases.
;
■ W. G. Petree, W. R. Young,
■ and Rober Smith visited Wins
ton-Salem Wednesday.
and do not come, but mcst be
( gone after and brought, they d 3
not seems to realize. Everyone
| seems to be waiting for the
other fellow to start things go
ing. And as long as everybdy
I waits for the other fellow to
I start the ball rolling, there will
be no one left to start it. Pro
gress is obtained through con
certed action; but before there
is concerted action there must
jbe individual action- The soon
er we all recognize this fact,
and the sooner we lend our
loyal efforts to bring prosper
ity back instead waiting for it
to come, the sooner we will have
, real prosperity, enduring sue
t cess and economic stability.