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THE DANBURY REPORTER. Volume 60. PRIMITIVE MEET AT CASCADE NEXT BIG ASSOCIATION (STUM'S (XT. OBEK 15—RED CROSS Ol'Klt. A HONS IX STOKES IUISII POTATO ( HOI' DAMAGED. Walnut COVIN Aug. 20.—Clerk the Court William K. Church and Mrs. Church, accompanied by Miss) Ada Snow, of WinsU>n_saleni, were here yesterday enrouto to Washing ton, D. C. They Were jellied here by Miss Virginia Bailey, of Cove, and the party expects to spend a day or two in the capital city. Elder J. Watt T utile, of the Primitive Baptist church, stated today that his church would hold its next association at Cascad'- cliurch, in tihe Mayo district, the church being located ju«»t 10 miles east «'f Leaksville-Spray on the road to Danville. The association will convene on Saturday, Oct. 15, and continue through thinday and Mon . day. Elder J. M. Lewis is pastor of the Cascade church, which has a very large membership and always attracts limnietisc crowds out from Danville. Spray and other low no to attend its annual associations. Information here today was that S. J. Di 1 lon, well-to-do farmer and good citizen of the Lawaonvllle community, was seriously illl at hio home and that grave tears were entertained for his recovery. l.'p to this time the lied Cro.-\s has di tributed to needy families in • . Stokes county 7,000 pounds of flour | ■appropriated by Mie government. I' The agencies which handled the fiour, and to whom credit Is duo, •were the Stokes Grocery Company, •wholesale grocers at Walnut Cove, and S. I'. Christian and J. It. Leake, retail grocers at Danbury. Walnut Cove believes that it now his the la.rf.uv hatchery for chick, ens In tfhiis section of tiie State, ;lie incubators of the Trcvathan hatch ery having turned out around 00,000 chicks the past season, with plans ibeing made to begin at once on a 1100,000 egg basis. Eggs are hatched here for Forsyth, Stokes, Hock i n ham, Yadkin and Surry county farmers. Gilbert Bullin, Stokes county ■man, sent up from Winston-Salem Eederal -oourt for violation of the prohibition laws, and serving a t months term in t'ne Stokes county Jail, WSLS carried to a iGieensboro hospital this week on the advice of county physician Dr. C. R, Helsa. beck, after he was found to be 1!1. V Bullin 'had only 17 more days Lo serve. LATER—A report is that Bullin died today and will be brought back here for burial. A fact that is giving farmers in thkj section much concern is that they are finding a large per cent, of their Irish potatoes rot'.en as they harvest them. A large crop of potatoes was planted and they compose a large part of the menu of the average farmer's family these days and this news is distressing, to say the least. Mrs. Spencer James, of Danville, Ya„ was the guest of Mrs. W. L. Halrston last week. Claud Tucker, of the Lawsonvllle community, is seriously ill in the Stuart, Va„ J'.osplal. Established 1872. Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, Aug. 24, 1932 BESTCROP IN TEN YEARS —— - THIS IS OPINION' OK J. A. EAGG - j IN REGARD TO TOBACCO Tills I ' SEASON—BETTER PRICES EX. PETED. J. A. Eagg, associated with Brown's tobacco warehouse at Win. ion_Sale.m. while here today stated i | that in his opinion Slok»s county has the finest tobacco cix>p it has [ produced within the past ten yean. Ik' stated further that he was con. I • tid f, nt the farmers would receive ja good price for their tobacco tiiiis i season—not war-time prices but I gkiod considering everything. Mr. ! Eag* has been associated with Win. i MtonjSalem warehouses for a good • many years and h.» knows tobacco when he sees it, so luis prediction is encouraging, to say .the least. ! Receintly Mr. Eagg 'has visited al. most every section of Stokes and he ! found the crop fine but short— •probably only 50 per cent, of tJho usual production. Large Still Taken By Stokes Deputies ______ J Walnut Cow, Aux. '-3. —A xty gallon copper .still was taken yestor. , day by Deputy Sheriffs Ca-l Ray, of Walnut Cove, and Berkley Smith, of Danbury. The operators had just left the plant when the officers came up. Half gallon of liquor and a quantity of still beer were destroyed- The plant was found a short distance off the Walnut Cove—Madison road- Xo arrests have been made so far. ])•. and Mrs. J. W. Xeal, Mr; I • Walter Sanders and .Miss Mary York I Xeal, of Monroe, are visiting Dr. J. Walter Xeal and family here t->. J day. Thv party has been visit! Points of interest in western North ' Carolina and Virginia. Will Southern. of the Walnut i Cove community, is being held in Stokes Jail with a badly lacerated I head as a result of an encounter I with Walter Johnson. A hearing will lie had before Justice T. H. Gerry here this afternoon. Elder Fagg Attends Services At Stuart Elder Jas. A. i'"agK, of Winston. Salem, vraa here today en route to Stuart, Va.. where he expected to preach tomorrow aad preside over an official session of the church. Mr. Fagg LJ in«id">'a'.or, which means in ■this instance th-> head, of the I'rim. itive Baptist church in the Mayo association of churche*. including number of counties, lie stopped in Danbury to confer with Elder J. Watt Tuttle, minister in the Baptist church and Clerk of Stokes Superior court. On her fourth anniversary yes. terday little Jean Wall, daughter of Mr. anil Mrs. N. Earl Wall, was tendered a birthday party at the homo of her grandparent*, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Joyce. Quite a large number of the little folks were In attendance and they enjoyed variou s games tor sevtral hours, after which delightful refreshments cost, sls'.lng of eake, ice cream, etc., w"-e .•erved, making the evening a d'. liglit'.'ul one for the children. BIG DAY AT U AARON'S CORNER i PRIMITIVE BAITIS'I'K OBSERVE FOOT.WASHING A N I) COM - • MI NION SERVICES AT Oil 114 II NEAR VIRGINIA IJNE. I The Primitive Baptists of Aaron s . Corner church, up near tliie Htokes_! I Virginia line, yesterday celebrated j their annual foot-w a.-hlng and com. • m union service, tin is service, as us. | ual, attracted a very largo attend-! I ance from this and adjoining coun ties. There was an abundance t-j! eat at the noon hour and the oo_ : cation was a most enjoyable one. A i Danbury citizen stated that he- ha J , ■never seen so much victuals and that the family with whom he took dinner had among other things a ■large whoie bo!>d ham. I'loot- ' washings are celebrated by only a , few of the Primitive Baptist church, j es and are interesting to many of | those who attend. During th.s j ceremonial, wh.eh was performed , yesterday, the ministers and niemb-! ers of the church asvemble insid ' ! a circle of seats where bowls of i water have be-en placed and with towels girded at>out them actuallyi wash each other's feeit while some of l the good old hymns are beting sung. | ! It is an impressive service. ■ I Madison Editor Sees Signs of Optimism I I Major T. J. UoberUion. publisher of the Madison Messenger, was a buslnois visitor to Danbury early , Monday morning. Mr. Robertson ' ■has been an acting J us,ice of tho' Peace for 3 0 years or more. Speak- i ' ing of things in a financial way Mr. | 1 Robertson feel* that a general spirit of optimism is now beginning to permeate the country, just as | the crops are about to be marketed, much road building starting up. etc. I Noel Oakley Case Is Postponed When the defendant and witnesses j |)]>eared here today in Justice X. A. j Martin's court, in which Xoel Oak. yi was charged with assaulting his! wife and one of his five children, Oakley asked that the case be oon i tinned until Sept. 3. The court j granted the request but required the defendant to Increase 'his J2OO bond to S3OO, as assurance of hi-j good behavior during the two weeks period. "Willie Mitchell, nesrro convict at tho State -camp near Dan bury, escaped recently and has not been captured. On the nlfflit that Mitch, el! escaped the automobile of Tom Brow-fleer, at Q-ermanton, was Htolen. Mitchell's home 'V at Hural Hall | , and It is believed by the nuthorlti s i i that he took the car as he passed; ' Browder, at (Jermanton, waa *toie:i. : son, negro, escaped from th" j ,«ins camp some d'J.vs since but has ! I j been captured. j Mrs. Jacob Fulton and Mrs. !'. 1 \V. Duvis. of V. ilnut Cove; Mr*. Ilex j JV.uart. of Winriton-Salem, and Mis*! i Matti-e Sue Taylor, of Banbury, left I I today for a visit to Wash'.r.i'ton, ! P. c. i CONTRACT TO BE LET SEPT. 1 FOR CONSTRICTION OE ItOAIJ 1 ROM lit K ISLAND JiRJDGE TO VIRGINIA LlNE—Tills ItOAD TO STI'ART VOX C RE T E | BKIDGE ACROSS J)\N JiIVEH ! WILL ALSO BE LET AT SAME TIME. I In tiiie announcement that th.• i contract will be let Sept. Ist for the construction of the highway from Luck Island bridge, near Danbury. Ito the Virginia line, citizens here , and in Virginia are delighted. Whii A. S. Ilanes, of Winstcwi.Salem, was highway commissioner for this dis trict and ix-fore the hardjsurfa'.v* road was built from Stuart to the Stokes lino, Mr. Ilanes assured the Virgin.a peopie that when they built a road to our line North Carolina i would meet them with the same type of lo.id which they construct. j ed. While Air. ilanes has some i time since retired as commissioner. ! |it is learned with pleasure that his j promise is about to be carried out by his succ *4sors. This is one of I'he most Important roads in th* section and is used daily by hund iv d~ of \ irglnia cars and trucks . now. as well aj by those of Xorth , Carolina, and when oomiploted t j will Le used even more. It is stated i .that contract will also be let Sept.' 'lst for th? concrete bridge across! Dan river on tlda same road. Robert Dunlap Died Last Night f Robert Dunlap, good citizen an 1 j farmer of the community just north 'of Walnut Cove, d'ed at his home last nigiit following an |iiness of some months, though his condition I became critical only yesterday. Ths d' ft a-cd. v.lio was aljout C 5 years ,of age. U survived by his wife and a number of sons and daughters. Interment will he in the famiiy J burying ground near Dlllnrd. th" ! former home of the deceased, th time and other details of the funer il j not having been arranged at th.-- I time. I I | I'ostcj'.- have ju; bven d-splaycd here announcing that Attorney J.. L. Wall, of \Vliirtu>nj£alem. Kepu'). I i lican candidate fur Coniriess in this ! district, will bpeak in the court house >at I>anbury .Saturday night. Dallas C. lCirby, thle ind^pcnd«'nt candidate, spoke at Walnut Cove last Saturday nUtht. So far C'on:,'. rtvtsman Frank Hanoock, th> JJemi. cratic candidate, hu»i not niad»' any appointments for apeakins in Stok->s county. An oid.fashioned *]uaro was enjoyed by about 5U couples ;• t PK-dnvont Springs las; niyht. At. | tendants came front Win. ton-SaU -n. ; Mad-teon. Walnut Cove, Dar.V.i: y ; and th« surrounding communities, j Mix. S. Gilmer £;>a.ri?e-r. .Mr? H. I*. ! IM-P -r and Nina McAdoo a *> i:K]ir.s i'.ie day !n Winifto. - . j 'f-'alem. Mr*. Piter Le;ke. of Lawsonvi''.", I Is >:»end'ngr frome woelc* here with ih >r wn, J, n. Leak?. Mr*l Leake MtfSVred a .-vtroke of paraly*i» mo tl'ii* - but Is able to be out a •••.In. MAN AND STILL I ARE SEIZED i CAZZJI; MAUI-: GIVES *JOO iiOM> IOK UJS AL'J'EAKWCE I N LXVEIM —AN LIU. CUM' OLTKEK. Just as they had finished mak ing a "run" of whiskey. azzle Ma'-.- was arrested ar.d his partm r cseap. ' eU when prohibition agents W. T. 1 Kt-nm-dy and J. L>. KatloJge. of Winston_Salem. nine upon tin- st.i! v three mile* east of Walnut Cove •' Saturday nigh:. All of she whiskey 4 except about half a gallon had bec-i 1 removed. The plant *a« dpitiv.v«*d 1 arid Mabe was brought to Danbury ' •edlriy "Saturday morning where I". c S. Commissioiver X. A. .Martin fix J r his bond a; ST.uO. This was prompt. * ly arranged and Mabe was rel'-^s-d- It is staled that Air. Jvennedy. who •* familiarly known tto his a.-.-ioi-;au« ' as "Dad." is one ot the mw; efficient " men on the force, notwithstanding i * that he is probably seventy years of | * age. A iueml>er of tht force stated ' ' yet'jerday that when "Dad" found ' •*ti!l beer in the woods he could ta*-te of it and tell juat what time It would be right to "run." A.r.d ! when he come* back th p second ] time, ij was said- he nearly ulwavs. , flnd s the men in the act. Stuck Fish Hook J In His Hand \\ illiam E. Joyce, contractor her**, I had just returned from Dan rivc-r .'early yesterday morning where lie j caug.it four large Aickeiv and was I intent on frying them for I.reals. ' ! fa.-n. when he stuck the large "drag" ' I hook with which ho caught the fish ' • I, !' j into his hand al«>ut an inch deep. 1 j A\ iih the heavy barbs or. the hujk ■j it was Impossible to pull it out. A - j doctor could not l.e found either ' I. in Danbury or Walnut Cove, so the 1 injured man wa>s • ,ken to a Walker. 'j town physician and It required I , '.quite a jjt'.e surgical oiwation to 'I do the work. Mr. J■ y was mad' i v.ry sick by the injury and fainted •.twice before getting medical atten. |ti,n. i Can Shoot Squirrels I In Corn Fields i 1 The (racking of guns in the early f morning hours in th» wooda o'jt ' from town recently led tiamc Ward, en n. I!. King to believe that hun. ' ters were shooting squirrels out of season. An investigation revealed ' the fact that the squirrel* were be. in? shot, but they were dn the farmers' fields eating ttveir corn. ' Mr. King stati'd that the game law ' permitted .-'hooting them under .thes? > circumstances. The squirrel shoot. I l ing reason owns ept. 1. I Attorney Dallas Kirov, of Win. ston.Saletn, ind ivivlent cind'd«it' for Congress in this di*!rict. was in . Danbury yesterday coiiver.-'ng with frtends. -Mr. Kirby did n»>t make . any ftatecni as to what lie thought I hi* chunei * were in the coi>:t | | with candidates Frank ll nv ock. . Democrat, and I- h. Wall, li»-pub 1. | i can. e of*. tYili ir.; L. H.iir.-ton vMied j ♦ M:*. V . '..am (I. M Au o in Dan- ; Number 3,739 PETITIONING FOR S. P. U. IN DANBURYi citizens oiTj.it jo isk row. Kit ion NTOVES. RAIMOH, Mum*. trn. — wikskst uxts o!•' mvj;u •>. ojnxv & or • miees awav. J'« hive been circulated here t:ii.-> week asking the Southern Public I' i ilit-e s Co. to extend iti lints to Dun bury. Tl.ie jwlitioo* v.eiv si r vn d b.v practically every person in town. (Jt- Q&mo was show n IK. W many Ktov«je, frig d-'ii'e.-. radios, etc.. 'the ciuaeai agreed to use, and it wai> stated that, aeoordins to tii - number showi on the i" 'ition-. considerable cur. rent would be u>"d here. The lined of the !■>. J'. I". Co.. in going from :h*- power plant of the company oa Ji>a*i river to Walnut Cow, pasti within oor (i miles of Jjanbury. An indepiencJ-nt. light plan; its bein* operated her* urd it presumed Ilh.Rt in the power company extends i'.ts linej here, it would take over its lines here, it would take over TWO CASESBEFORE JUSTICE GERRY Wlbb MHTIIER.V HELD FOR C'OI'RT ON ASSAI I/r CHARGE —STRAWDV MARTIV A X D MEXVIN MABE HAVE CASES COXTJM'ED. Walnut Cove, Aus. 25.—1n Jus. tice T. H. Gerry'* court yesterday Wifl Sou-thefn yvun fined $lO and the 00.-- for being drunk and didL orderly ar.d in the case in which h« tvas charged with an a.-tsault m Walter Joi'nn.-ion he wa> bound over !to Superior court under a bond of S2OO. Ir. the liarae court yesterday th« caw.- against K imvd>' Martin and Milvin JTabe, charged with being drunk ar.d disorderly, wan continued by Juft'.'t- Gerry uir.il Kept. 3rd. The df! n.lante were not ready for trial. Randolph Game Warden Is Visitor Here Kobt. C. Lewelly li, of Asheboro, game warden in Ilundolph county, arrived at Moore's Spring* Saturday on a camping trip. He is aooom_ pani-d by two of his brother*, J. T. and \\ . G, Lewellyn. also of boro. They have 'a ten-t and a oook and ar*- "all Hxed up." Mr. Lew. farm at Aohebcro, stated that quite farm at Ashboro. stated that quite a few turkeys, pheasants and quail are being sen; out .to the counties now and will contlnu* to be Kent a* fast as l>oss:b!e. W. C. Grime* is manager of the farm. Deer for , lie v ral came preserves in the Sm.c ui'- • 'opi;vat«'d at the Mount Mi.clu'U pre. \ The deer in the S'ol; *. pr r\e are multiplying *t a satisfactory late, it stated, and the lawns are often seen by those I who happen t«> j a*s through the I f 'i'r«jts west of l'it d-nont ami Moore's Spr:!!;'*. I | T. I'. Gi y, le.irtd business man j W;„-h nj, 1 • i:, D. C„ who always i.'••vr.d* u I « f li:- - .-urn titer* hers, .s at M"o"e's sprli.g* for a s'.ay of j »im« tiin . I
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