THE DANBURY REPORTER.
Volume 60. 1
WOMAN'S CLUB
HOLDS MEETING
COVINGTON REUNION AT BRIM'S
GROVE Al'G. 81.—DR AND
MRS. E. M. GRIFFIN ENTER.
TAIN ON OUTING.
King. July 27. —The Womans'
Clufc of King met at the horn® of
Mr. and Mrs. 8. H. Brown Thursday
evening. July 14, at eight o'clock
Mrs. Brown and Miss Lucy Leary
being Joint hostesses. The living
room was beautifully decorated wltli
pots at aweet peas and June flowers.
The .president, Mrs. G. E. Stone,
was in charge of the meeting. Aftet
the business session a program wu
rendered paying tribute to our flag
Readings of much Interest were
given by different members of the
club. During social hour an inter,
esting historical contest was given.
Beveral were winners. In conclusion
a delicious ice course was served by
(he hostesses, Mrs. Brown and Mia'
Leary.
King, July 27.—Tuesday evening
last Dr. and Mrs. E. M. Griffith anj
family motored to Crystal Lake anJ
ate a delicious picnic supper by the
lakeside. They had as their guests
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Moore, of Wins.
ton-Salem. The tempting eats con.
si.r.ed of various delicacies that
would appease the appetite of an
epicurean and was greatly enjoyed.
There were many bathers in the
swimming pool at the same time,
both men and women, some we-.?
t teaching little children to swim,
others were doing stunts by plunar.
ing into the water at various
heights, somie as high as 20 feet.
>The night was warm and the water
was most pleasant and cooling. The
f-houts and the din of the bathers
was an expression of their gre.it
joy.
The King Tiger?* took one away
from Pinnacle on the Pinnacle
diamond Thursday to the tune of
9 and 3.
Claud Kapp ha? the distinction of
having cured the first barn of prim,
ings in this section and ho made
a splendid cure.
Claud Wilson, of the bonus j
expeditionary force' at Washington
passed through here Friday en
route to his home in Pilot Moun
tain. He stated that he
to return to Washington within the
next few days. He al-w s'ated that
Instead of there being 14,000 as th
papers giv.i it. that there were over
80,000 men in Washington, anil
while some were leaving that others
were coming in.
Prof, and Mrs. C. C. Carroll, of
Mount' Airy, were amen? the visito-s
here Sunday.
Miss Maybclle Fu'lc hns return'd
to her homo in Bin Air, Winston.
t Salem, after spending her vacation
here where she was the guestf o
relatives.
Willilm Wright, of Columbia, S.
C., is spending a few days with rela.
i _tives here.
The King All.Stars defeated the
"I_Sots" team of Lawsonville, In a
game played here Saturday, the
score being 8 and 3.
Debs and William Holder, furnl.
ture manufacturers of this place,
returned Friday from a buslne-w
trip to Rocky Mount.
The Covington reunion will bo
held at Brims Gnove Sunday, July
81st. Rev. Frank Swanson will
preach at 11:00 o'clock A. M., a
brass band will be on hand to make
music for the occasion. Singing by
several different quartettes. Every,
body cordially invited to attend wl'.h
well filled baskets. Dinner on the
grounds.
Mrs. R. S. Klger and sons, R. 8.
Jr., and Hoil, have returned to their
(home in Winston-Salem after spend.
Ing a few days wrlth Mrs. Klger's
mother Just south of t*wn.
The King Tlgeaa defeated Ca_
arack .nine on the King
diamond Saturday. The flital soore
stooV 1* arid 1.
Mr. and Mrs. Tester Kleer havo
returned to their borne after spend.
Established 1872.
SOCIETY EVENTS
AT WALNUT COVE
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY SOCIETY
MEETS AND MRS. GEO. FULTON
IS HOSTESS TO THE WOMAN'S'
AUXILIARY.
Walnut Cove. July 28.—The Wu.
mans' Missionary Society of the
Method'st church held the regular
monthly meeting with Mrs. H. H.
Davis at her home here on Thursday
afternoon with the president, Mrs.
A. G. Jones, presiding. The theme
for this meeting wad. "Finding Gol
In Daily Life."
"Still, Still With Thee" was the
opening hymn sung. The worship
service waa led by Mrs. A. G. Jones,
assisted by Mr 3. Tom Welch and
Mrs. C. J. Lamb. Mrs. J. W. Hutch,
erson read a leaflet on "China
Travels Forward." The Mission
Study was conducted by Mrs. M. O.
Jones. A short business session was
held after which a social half hour
was enjoyed and refreshments
served.
Mrs. George Fulton was hosters
I yesterday evening to the members
.of the Womans' Auxiliary of the
; J Episcopal church with a good at
tendance present. The presiden:,
Mrs. R. A. Hedgecock, presided and
Mrs. Leake Lovln conducted the
devotional?. An article on "Our
Church Among the Virginia Hills."
was read by Mrs. Jacob Fulton, Jr.
Mrs. S. J. Hinsdale, of Burlington,
i who is spending the summer hero,
gave the Auxiliary members an in.
vitation to lunch with her at the
District meeting which meets In
, Burlington at the regular time. Miss
• Mattie t-ue T.iylor was a welcome
' visitor at the meeting. During t
I sneiai hour ice cream and cake were
served by the hostess.
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1 Mrs. J. G. Fu'.ton. Jr., will :>o
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j hostess to the Auxiliary a.t th?
August meeting.
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STOKES COUPLES
WED AT STUART
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THE IMIYSICIAL EXAMINATION,
CLAUSE IX THE LAW IS COST.
I.NG-NORTII CAROLINA COIN.
TIES MONEY.
Here's tile way our Njr'.h Caro.'
ina young couples continue to 20 i
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.0 Virginia to buy license to tret ;
married: Jo.hn Taylor, clerk of the
circuit court at 'Stuart, Va., states.
that he ha.s recently issued mar-'
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riage licenses to the following North
Carolina couples: J. L. Farnley to
Rena Lawson, both of Rural Hail:
D. Paul Smith to Bessie L. Martin,
both of Sandy Ridge; James Robert
Jones to Thelma Elizabeth Martin, 1
both of Reidsville; G. T. Riley to'
Curley B. Satterfleld, both of MA. '
bane; W. R. Taylor to Maggie O. !
Inman, both of Westfleld. During
the same period Clerk Taylor also
Issued marriage licenses to flvs
North Carolina colored oouples.
W. L. Trotter, of Greensboro, who
owns a summer home at Piedmont
Springs, was a visitor here Saturdary.
ing a fow days wl£h relative* at
Arrfelia, Va.
Mrs. Edward F. Walke* of Pinna
cle, spent Sunday and Monday with
relatiyes here.
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Schaub and
Miss Clodle Stone, of High Polat,
visited relatives here Sunday.
Danbury* N. C., Wednesday, July 27, 1932.
STOKES TEACHERS
WILL NOT BE CUT
MONEY APPROPRIATION FOR
SCHOOLS WILL REMAIN SAME
—PROSPECT GOOD FOR COM.
ING SCHOOL YEAR.
The number of teachers In the
Stokes county schools for next term
will not be cut, nor will tne ap
propriation for carrying on the
schools be reduced, according to
Supt. of Schools J. C. Carson, who
was here from Germanton ye3ter.
day. Mr. Carson is enthusiastic
over the prospect for one of the
best school years the county has
ever had. He is already at work
arranging for the prompt opening of
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the schools. The opening date of
the schools will be fixed at the meet.!
ing of the county board of education
on the first Monday in August.
WORLD WAR VET
LANDS IN JAIL
JIM MANUEL GETS PAYMENT ON
HIS BACK DUES AND GOES OUT
FOR GOOD TIME.
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Jim Manuel, former Danbu-y
citizen and World War veteran, last
I week sot a check for some back
payments Uncle Sam was due him J
amounting to around S3OO. Jim's,
friends feared for him and so Tues-
day r.iyht he slept in the Stokes^
cour.tv jail. Jim went over to
Wlnnton-Salem Tuesday, deposited
$-5 at a U_Drive.it station for j
security o? the car, '-to; two girls 10
i ride with him and away they went, j
I That night Deputy Sheriff Carl ltay.
I of Walnut Cove, took him In char-re
while he was alleged to be drunk
and disorderly. One of the giris
! happened to be driving. this
I morning Justice Jas. li. Jt.yce. '
1 Danbury. let Jim off with s3.lM> and
the cost. Tha girls were allowed to
carry the car back to Will-ton.
Salem. It has only been a few
1 months since Jim .lot several Intn l.
j red dollars as part of his bonus, ami
; immediately almo.-t he was arrest) I '
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; hero on .1 whiskey charge. The la t
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i st-en ot him here was when hv
I purchased twelve sandwiches, some 1
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I watermelon.* and cantaloupes at
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■ j Jesse Booth's cafe and left town.
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I [pi?rans= Wise id Otherwise
' By W. P- Murray. i
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1 Ambition is the foundation of
progress. Mental energy suggests »
proposition; physical energy excites
it.
■ \ Physical deficiency tends to da- .
J plete the mental faculties. Physical
■ | and mental co-ordination are neces.
j sary for physical potence, and vico
' versa.
1 All the world loves a lover except
the lover's rival.
Llbtoy Is reported to have stated
that she is expecting an heir. Won
der if she was merely kidding?
News Item says Judge Stack
favors detective for solicitor. To
whioh the writer agrees. After a
prosecuting attorney effects the
• necessary (preliminary duties >nci_
{dent to a oase, and then stands up
before a jury and aspires, respires
I and perspires and prsves that what
STOKES TO STUART
ROAD IS NEXT |
HIGHWAY FROM BUCK ISLAND''
BRIDGE TO VIRGINIA LINE TO!
CONNECT WITH VIRGINIA
ROAD WILL BE BUILT SOON. !
Citizens here are delimited to!:
learn th.it the State is preparing to ■
build the road from Back Island j 1
bridge to the Virginia line. Tins 1
road has been surveyed more tha.ll l
j a year. It is not known Just what ■
I kind of surface It will have. T'.ie 1
I survey bears to the right of Lawson.
ville, leaving that village off the
highway, and there havb 1
protested the action of the highway I
commission. The survey as made ■
Iby the State Is almost a straight 1
. lino for a number of miles. j 1
NEW BABY
WINS ATTENTION
BEING CARED FOR IN HOME OI j
DR. AND MRS. HELSABECK A 1 !
WALNUT COVE. V
The one-month old girl baby let'! ;
in the fiont yard of Mr. and Mrs
R. A. liodgccock Tuesday night U
belng c.i-ed tor by Dr. and-Mrs. C. '
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J. Heusabeck until a perman?nt i
'home can to found for it. All day I
' yftH-.vrda; callers came in to see the!
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infant, which is normal in every
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respect and good locking. so Tar a
beauty .11 babies*
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Westfleld Lady
Passes Away At 80
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I Information lit- j.i-t ben receive!
here of the death of Mrs. Drewrv
• D- arni tn on Frlda.- it her homo at
We,tfi( Id. Th.» debased, who wa-
MI y, r-.t of leavs t\v an I
I two daughters. She was n daught-"
of the late John Slate, of We-th-M.
and was an excellent christian lady.
Funeral services were conducted y
liev. .'. T. Smith from tin iter
church at Westfleld on Saturdv.
The attendance it the funeral «va
unu.-ually large.
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I..ttf Katherlne S 1;. daughter ■*'
'.Mr. and .MRS. A. G. i.s suff.rlng
' severely from a on--.- ,if m 1 ..
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on her face. b.»th cyo i * ; i/ms:
I i ntiivly closed.
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the defense h:is proved to i>e the'
truth id not the truth, he has per.'
formed h!s part of the task.
When a couple fall in love—>:hat'.3
romance; when they fall out —that's
marriage.
It's a wise girl that knows her own
boy friend.
The sea shore is a friendly and
enjoyable place to spend a vacation. 1
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There sweethearts and friends get
to see more of each- other than they j
usually do elsewhere.
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The averge woman certainly
shows up w*l In these modern
summer dresses.
Though many women who wear, •
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them barely exist, they manage to [
get them some how. j,
The writer is not In favor of
women wearing short dresses any
longer.
Number 3,735
NEW BRIDGE FOR
BUCK ISLAND
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TO BE ERECTED OX HIGHWAY :
LEADING OUT OF DANBIRY
TO MT. AIRY AND MTI'ART, VA.
Contract for a concrete bridge
across Dan river, on the Mt. Airy,.
Stuart, Va„ highway. 3 miles nor:!i i
J of Danbury, wllT""oe awarded in tho j
near future. This is what State !
j Chairman of the highway comm's. i
sion, E. B. Jeffreys, told a Stoke*, i
Surry delegation who to Ral_ (
eigh to see the commission yeste". 1
day. The principal business of th« I
delegation was to ask for the pro. (
posed road from a point near Do'j.
son to Piedmont Springs, but no
definite answer was given them as l
Jto this road. It waa stated that .11 (
I tho building of tho bridge referred 1
| to as well as to all the work soon .
to be let. that the n;en employed ■
j would be allowed to work only 30 ]
j hours per week. This is in accord. 1
lance with the requirement.? of the :
relief hill under which the money
'is appropriated by the fedan.
government.
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS!
j Dr. S. !•'. Tillo'son and Jarvlg K.
j Smith, of Pilot Alounta.n, were at
| the court house today attending t j
. iKi-in-.rs matters.
j I'. lends tnroug.iout this aeetijn
|of Attorney \Y. L, Joyce, at Sta-ai". j
! V.i.. will :>e l.t-.l to knott- ilia; ii ■ ii -
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j.Viout r>.t.overed front .1 recent!
serious automobile accident xvlk.i
h - car turns 1 over.
.Mrs. J. ti. Brad-havv, own« r - 1
M '■> Spring', is in a Dariiam
ho.-pltal undergoing trei'.incnt. I
Mrs. J. John Taj lor and cliil-lr-.-.i
are "pending a «•••«; with Mrs. J.»:i 1
T. m. her mother, in \V:n.».
to n i 0 in. i
Al>-) Pail Scales, of S • I,: v.;: .
was h•:?: we-k v.-.-.1i,.- A! -
31a., M 1:! 1 ...
j Ii: l-.r and Ai.-. 11- .\ Pa-.-.'
J \V:n-:-n)-Baie:n, w. .•> T.i- 1 '
011 tin u ij* for 1 visit to t!i •
moth >• of Air. I-....' .:i Dm
I. 1. Ai..-. . 11l- !• ...
Ijwi.-n .it-riouslj ili.
T.lO I'ni.iit :.nday school hr
more tilau l'-o members :
went f> Chry.-:al iak-, near \V. i-_
toiu.--.ilom. Prlilay on tlu-ir an:-!iil
pic.nic. The- day proved a nr«t
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delightful one for all the members.
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. Tii? youngsters and otliors a; I-. a-it
one time swam in the lake to tli 'r
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hearts content. They desire to ex.
j tend thanks to Air. Davie. the
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manager, for the kindnesses shown j
them. There was an abundance of
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| food and everyone went home
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happy.
At the revival at Hill's Chapel,
I near Pilot Alt., which closed Sunday {
1 iheire were sixteen converts. The
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meetings were conducted by Revs. ,
j John D. Smith, of Pilot Mt., a«id J.
I R. Alarshall, of Danbury.
Attorney Gilmer Sponger and 1
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wife and Sheriff John Taylor teft
Alo.nday morning, ihe former to
I visit the father of Mr. Sparger in
, Baltimore, Attorney Geo. W. Sparg.
er. and the latter to spend a few
|'da»-s with hU brother, Dr. Spotts.
wood Taylor, in Philadelphia. They
made the trip by automobile.
W. M. FULP
WAS THE HOST
KNTERTAINS OFFICIALS AND
FRIK.VUS OF SWTRITY MFH
AND TKI'ST CO. AT FISH KKY
NKAR STKD.MAX LAKK.
Walnut Cove, July 23.—Enter,
taining the officials, oltioe forjo,
agents and friend* of the Security
Security Life & Truat Co., jf Win*.
tonJSalem. William M. Fuip, ivrizo
agent, of the company, a'. Wilnut
Cove, gave a fish fry at Stodmmi
Lake, near Danbury, Friday night,
to about 100 guests that waa a
delight to all who had the pieasurs
of attending.
A very attractive spot near th>)
lake wad chosen for the enjoya.l>lo
event, where a furnace had been
prepared for cooking the fine
.speckled trout, \v'hich were .-erved
with slaw, hot rolls and muffins.
Immediately after the repast a
number of rahs were given by the
gue.-its for .Mr. Fulp. significant of
their appreciation of t.he delightful
party. Mr. Tally U. UU!r, vic>_
pr.'sident and aeneral manager ot
tlii* Security I.it'o & Trust Co.. thei
Introduced Mrs. Anne Fulton Carter,
principal of the Walnut Cove high
school, who gave in i few well
chosed words her conception of the
immense value of life insurance in
its relation to education, citing
instances tiiat had come ur.der her
observation.
Sj'periirondlng nnd a.-vil-'lng in
serving the excellent fish an 1 ac.
re-sn: >s W. . e Mrs. W. M. F'u!p,
Mrs. IT. If. Davis, Mr.". R. W. Sands,
Mrs. William Marshal'. Mrs. Claud
Mabe and Mioses Mary ?.i:ids and
Ilaz.-I Filp. -ill of W.alr.ii' «'>v*.
Among tho •• p/. -• ■m: w-.v .Mr.
and Mrs. S L. R.-o,k~. Tully n.
Bin!:-. Mr. ind .Mr-. 11 in v Lew;!.
Hurry lriml. y. Pan drpontor,
Xormnn I-Vy. It. n. fmil
Cum-. 1.. M I! ;. . Mr. t . ,| m.....
i' • til*. '. A. \V. ,Aj 'r J J tlll e 1 y.
51:-. 'iv: i'H. M M.i: • C.raeo
Fulton. Misses 1...... Shorn Willi*
M MHiii.e! lit:;. : Marshall,
•'! It . man Vir-l:-.: i «lar_
: ' • 1 W.. -... From
-I' •• 'V' •• M-. .ad M Franlc
u 11- I' ■!• . J. S HVtli. Ml-M
1. S: ii; - |■ ; i;, U.iys'er,
" ■■■ ■' •: ••••.! Sia:••-ville, and
' R '. V • • pie-, lit. In ; t( |_
d i «.n to tlie r.im •.* mentioned ther.i
was a large delegation of '.!>> friends
M.'. Fulp front Walnut Cove,
Dmb.jry and other points.
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LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
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The Stokes County I.M Club
members held an all.day meeting
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j al -Moore's Springs ia.st Friday. In.
structive talks were made to tho-n
by the club leader. T. R. Harrill,
and M.ss Ruth Currant, district
home agent. Information frotn the
meeting is that the attendance waa
I larvre.
I Dr. Spottswood Taylor, DanbuTy
man who has been acting resident
physician at John Hopkins hospital,
Baltimore, haa gone to Pennsylvania
hospital, Philadelphia, where he i,
doing special work In tho depart_
ment of pathology. Dr. Taylor la a
j brother of Sheriff John Taylor, of
I Dan bury.