THE DANBURY REPORTER.
Volume 61.
Six Cenls a Package Flat Cigarette Tax
Peits the Burden On the Poor Man
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SALES TAX
RELIEVES LANDj
j
A. J- Maxwell Advises
Reporter of the Effect
of the New Law Which
TakestheTaxoff,
Property Showing
for First Six Months. I
The following letter to the Re
porter from A. J. Maxwell, com
missioner of revenue, explains it
self:
"Raleigh, Feb. 17, 1934.
"Editor Reporter:
"Sales tax collection in Stokes
county for the first six-month pe
riod amounted to $5,029.
"We take pleasure in enclosing
tabulations showing indicated
yield of sales- taxes for one year
in this state. This indicated yield
is based upon double the amount
collected for the first six months
shown above.
"You will observe that tax re
lief afforded by the last legisla
tu"c in enactment of the sales tax
an other measures adopted by
the l, affords property tax rec'uc-'
' lion of $27,831 in your county and
(ha 1 , the indicated sale 3 tax re
tu'H for the year would amounf.
to $10,030, which leaves a prop
erly tax reduction in excess of
snl?o tax collec ions made and an
ticipated for the year of $17,773.
"As this is information which!
doubtless will be of interest to i
your public, we hope that you will
be able to publish this in your pa
per."
Established 1872.
Taking Business
Census in County
A census of the business estab
lishments of the county is being
laken by Miss Laura Ellington,
of Sandy Ridge, and N. E. Pep
per, of Danbury.
Miss Ellington's territ—y is as
signed as that part of the county
east of No. 89 state highway.
Pepper will cover the remainder
of the county.
This census, which is a func
tion of the federal government
undertaken to ascertain business
conditions in the nation, involves
every county in the United States.
The information sought to be ob
tained is entirely confidential, and
is not for purposes of taxation or
for any other reason except to
get a line on the physical re
sources of the country.
FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN
A forest fire, originating near
the Danbury light-power plant,
burned over a considerable area
of the mountain this week. A
number of citizens fought it
Wednesday night, otherwise con
siderable damage might have re
sulted. A light shower of rain
Thursday checked the progress of
the flames.
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KRAFT'S MIRACLE WHIP
SALAD DRESSING
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, February 21, 1931
Death of Miss
Flora Ann Petree
Miss Flora Ann Petree, .1
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
, Riley Petree Sr., of Gcrmanton,
| died at her home at La Grange,
I N. C., Monday.
• Miss Petree's passing was sud
| den, sustaini&g a stroke of para
i lysis while engaged in her work
las postmistress at La Grange.
She was sick only eight days. She
was about 70 years of age an;i
had lived at La Grange for about
' 31 years.
! She was an excellent Christian
} character and will be greatly
missed by her relatives and all
who knew her.
She was a sister of N. O. Pe
tree, of Danbury. Mr. Petree, ac
companied by Mr. and Mrs. W. G.
Petree, attended the funeral and
burial at La Grange.
Aycock Club
Is Entertained
j
Germanton.—The Aycock Club,
of the Germanton School, was de
lightfully entertained by the
teachers of Vaughn's Hotel on
Monday evening, February 12.
The earlier part of the evening
was devoted to discussion of the
subject of directed study. Miss
Mnbel lupoid developed the su!>-|
" in the field of Latin. Carl
!t3 treated the subject tliot
! • as salifiable to a school
tcral. "\>m L. Tolar de
v' t 7 ;>vbcrtian principles
- n-\ p:- -• ' it'oa p.s the first
: :i dire - 1 f- m!y.
' r ' :r the p o"? sional meeting
vns adjourned delicious fruit sal
pcl anl hot co"ec were served.
Catawba county cotton grow
ers will average about $ll.OO an
acre for the land which will be i
i
retired from cotton production!
in 1934.
DEATH VISITS
KING SECTION
Columbia Hall, 72,
and Mrs. Sid Butner,
70, Answer Suniirsonrs
—Measles Cuts oil At
ten.cli ii c e at i sig*l»
School Other King
News.
Jv'ii?;, Feb. 21. The Woman's
Club held its regular monthly
meeting at the high school build
ing Tuesday with Mcsdamcs Joo
Meadows, Robert Barr and Misses
Skile and Ethel Boles hostesses.
Mm. G. E. Stone, the president,
had charge of the meeting. In the
'.'lice of the secretary, Mrs.
Charles R. Carroll, assistant sec
retary, read the minutes anil
called the roll.
11,I 1 , ports from chairmen of dif
ferent committees were presented
!'!id accepted by the club. Reor
ganization lor the coming year
va • or;? feature du'i:ig the bust
f-f i session. Mrs. C. C. Poylc.-
Jr. had charge of the program l'ot
the evening. Mrs. Rcid Jones
two solo.'-, very beaut ifu'ly and of
fevtive. Little Betty Lou McfJeo
.".l:-'» sang for tlie club, her song
lying enjoyed very much.
Th'j club was mu-h delighted to
have !>s visitors: Mr. and Mis. (J.
T. Mordy who are members ol
!h" Rural Hall High School fac
nl'y. Mr. Mordy gave the club n
I very helpful talk on parliamentary
I l.v.vs. Following this, the hostess
es served a delicious salad course
with tea, cake and coffee.
Mrs. Columbia Francis Hall,
| aged 72, died at her home here
Thursday morning following an
illness of several weeks. In addi
tion to the husband, the deceased
is survived by one son,. Noah
Hall, of StoneVille, and twe
daughters, Mrs. John Burge anc
Mrs. Jarvis Burge, both of Higi:
Point; several grandchildren alsr
survive. One sister, Mrs. Emm*
Pique, of Lawsonville, is also left
to mourn the loss.
The funeral service was con
ducted at the First Baptist Churci
Friday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock
and burial followed in the churcl
cemetery. The funeral was hek
in charge of Revs. Romie Adam;
and J. Watt Tuttle.
i Farmers in this section an
very busy turning land in prep
aration for another crop.
A force of C.W.A. men, with H
H. Brown in charge, are at worl
here excavating for the founda
tion for four new rooms whicl
are to be built to the high school
Work on this job will be pushe
through to completion at an earlj
• date.
i Br. G. E. Stone who is sufferin-.
from an attack of influenza i;
confined to his home on Mair
street.
Simpson Garner who is teach
ing in the Haw Pond School gpen
the wefck-end here the guest ol
his mother, Mrs. M. E. Garner, or
Dan River street.
Rcid Jones and J. D. Wagonei
have just received a shipment o!
fine mules from Tennessee. These
gentlemen are conducting a tradf
1 stable here.
Mrs. Sid Butner, aged about 70
died at her home on Tobaccovillc
R.F.D. 3 Friday following a lin
gering illness from cancer. The
deceased is survived by the hus
band and six ^ons: Oscar, Lee.
David and Daniel Butner, Tobrc
coville, and Bynum Butner, m
■ Old Town, and Watson Butner, o"
I Winston-Salem. Two daughters
i also survive, they are Mrs. Ko.su
j Snider, of Tobaccoville, and Miss
Mattie Butner, of Winsion-Sulem.
i The funeral service ,v:.» con
ducted at Mount F'easaiu Church
ed at Mount Pleasar:! Church
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock,
and burial followed in t'-e churcn
cemetery.
Mrs. William Caudle v 1.0 is
sulTerinj* from an attack oi pneu
monia is quite sick at the luno
of Vr daughter, Mrs. Cbarhc
Booze. |
The boys' basketball team of (he,
Kins; High defeated Reynolds
School to the lime of 25 to 15,
and the Kin-.' girls' team aefeat-;
ed Tinnacle by a scora of "3 to
14. Both games were played at
Pinnacle Saturca> right.
Mr. and Mis. Lester l'ulliam, of
CWA EMPLOYEES
GIVEN PiNK SLIPS
N earl y Two Hundred
I \\ i)i k"
c-is Dropped in Siokes
This Week Moie
Suspensions Coming—
Pre\ia ri n g for the
Clean-up May 1—
Many Projects May
Be Abandoned.
The CWA is informally chan;-
i is; its name to QWA, which vir
tually means "Quit Work After
while."
At least this is the news floa'.-
ing about now, and its practical
truth is substantiated by the
dropping of 179 names from the
employment lists in Stokes this
week, followed by the hint that
SO more heads are to come oil
next week- and so on
So on until about May 1 when,
we are assured by dispatches
from Washington that the CWA
i-. expectH to he through.
The bill by Congress for ap
propriating !>")) millions for the
continuance of relief, wars pass'.-1
last week. The news was given
out that -130 millions of this fund,
relocated directly to CWA. would
be exhausted by May 1. and at
that time the administration
hoped that business would be in
position to largely take up the
slack and give work to many of
the -1 millions of CWA workers
now on the pr.blic pay roll.
The effect of this announcc
j ment from Washington was ap
i preciably felt in Stokes, whe;i
J Mrs. Minnie G. Doyle, relief ad
j ministrator, had instructions to
| immediately begin retrenchment,
j. It is regretted that the sudden
i relief policy of the administration
j must necessarily suspend a num
ber of important projects in thid
county.
Honor Rojl
Germanton School
1 Germanton.— It is the policy o[
I the Germanton School to issue
| students' report cards every twe
' months. Students who make ar
I average grade of 95 on every sub
' ject taken, and A on deportment
' are considered eligible for 'ht
honor roll. Those students wlu
have met these high standards
f.re:
Eleventh grade Francis Ross
, Mullican, Durward Banner anc
: Howard Montfiomery.
j Tenth grade Dorothy Car
, son and Arnold Chapman.
Ninth grade-—Euna Allen.
Fifth grade—Sarah Hill.
I Third grade Beulah Manue
and Mary Louise Hegc.
Bryant White
Killed in Accident
Bryant White was killed last
week in a car accident at Rich
mond, Va., in which a child wan
l * '
also fatally injured, and several
other people more or less serious
ly hurt.
I
Mr. White was a brother of Wil
I White, of Sauratown township
Stokes county. He is survived b>
his wife and two children. H*
held a position with a transfer
I con.pcuy at Richmond.
V/inet'T. lalem, were week-end
vir : -(v i to re'aiives h.>r".
Join Moso • t.'nnter > r the To
bac.-ovi'le section of Forsyth
county, was a business visitor
b?re Saturday
J'ni Reid T T • of Vademecu.n
Springs, was ' ~'o Saturday look
ing alter so> business matters.
Edwin Ca" of Winston - Sa
lem, was antivi the visitors here
Sunday.
Misses Birr ' 1 Pulliam. of Bur
lington, and I'lara Pulliam, of
Greensboro, s »nt the week-end
with their nio'bor. Mrs. J. S. D.
Pulliam, in west King.
There is still quite a number of
cases of measles in this section.
The attendance at the high school
hai been affcc'el quite a little by
the epidemic.
i'Vit - :.uu LiVirMj
Number 4,00G
GILMER COOK
DiftS AT PLANTBED
Young &rra t r Was
Gve t: ivso by the Heat
A.id i"vi)h.a With
licari • i ailUiC He
\\ da ii Son >. H. O.
Cook, ari l Was Aged
About IS—Buried in
Davie County Friday.
Gilmer Cook, aged about IS,
son of Mr and .Mrs. 11, O. Cook,
of Danbury, died Wednesday aft
ernoon while engaged in burning
a tobacco plant bed, near the Sev
en Island ford on the river.
It appears that the young man
was overcome by the heat from
the fire, and succumbed to heart
failure. H3 had no: previously
been sick, but appeared to be ro
bust and in excellent health.
Gilmer was being assisted by ri
younger brother, Fred, in burn
ing the brush when the flames,
fanned by the wind, were about to
get beyond his control. Caution
ing Fred to remain, he went
around behin \ the fire to check
it from catching the adjacent
woods. Not returning, Fred
called to him. Receiving no an
swer. Fred found his brother ly
ing near the fire dead. He man
aged to drag the body away from
the fire, and then ran for help.
Surviving are the-parents,. Mr.
! and Mrs H. O. Cook, six brothers,
1 •
1 and one sister.
The interment will be in Davie
county, the former , home of the
family, Friday.
Gilmer was a hard-working
boy and was much by his
companions and -friends.
!•
Death of Rush King
' Rush King died at his home
in Greensboro a few days ago. He
, was a son of the late Pendleton
King, who was a minister to Tur
key under the Grover Cleveland
administration.
The deceased, who was about
50 years of age, was a cousin of
R. R. King, here, and is survived
by his wife and three children.
I Kiddy Birthday Fetes
Angela Taylor, who was aged
10, entertained her little friend*
' at a birthday party Friday night.
On Saturday night Catherine
' Sisk, who became 9, also ten
| dered her circle a reception.
! At both of these juvenile af
fairs there were supper, games,
fun and frolic and much enjoy
ment
Must Re-Register
Feb. 19. Mrs. Dolly F. Dod
son, manager of the Stokes Coun
ty Re-employment Office at Wal
nut Cove, has received special in
stitutions from Raleigh, which
gives applicants registered before
Jan. 1, 1931, just a few more day*
to re-register. The deadline date
is Feb. 23 and to be eligible for
work those registered in 19.13
must come to the office, or notify
j the office by mail of their desire
1 to re-register, just a postcard wiil
; be sufficient.
This is a final notice, and ap
plicants who do not re-register by
■ the above date or Feb. 28, wdL
I have their names placed in the in
• active files of the office.
The failure to re-register is
| taken for notice that an applicant
is employed, or does not wish to
register.