THE DANBURY REPORTER
Volume 61.
Should the Little Fellow Be Made To Do
the Same Chores As the Bigger One?
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C. A. SPAINHOWER
DIES IN HOSPITAL
HE RESIDED NEAR KING, 7S
YEARS OLD—GRANNY TER
RY, AGED 92, IS ILL, BUT
SHOWS IMPROVEMENT
BIRTHS, AND OTHER NEWS
OF KING.
King, Feb. 28.—Elmer Hause»"
has sold his interest in the Pied-,
mont Hardware Co. to John Beas
ley, of Pilot Mt. George Whitak
er, of Pilot Mt., will be the new
manager of the business. Mr.'
Hause r has not fully decided
just what line of business he will
engage in.
A number of men have been
cut off the roll of the CWA pro
ject here and it is learned that
further slices will be mf.de from
time to time.
Charles Alexander Spainhowei",'
aged 78, who resided three miles
south of town, died in a Winstoi-
Salem hospital following a ling
ering illness, last Tuesday. In
addition to the widow several
children and a number of grand- ■
children survive. The funeral
service was conducted at Mace
donia church Thursday morning
at 11 o'clock and burial followed
in the church cemetery.
Mrs. James Gross, of Elkin, is'
spending a few days with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Doss, \
just south of town.
The following births were re;;-'
istered here last week: To Mr.
and Mrs. Aubrey Webster, .1
daughter; to Mr. and Mrs. Claud
Webster, a son; and to Mr. and
Mrs. Floyd Sams, a daughter. !
Miss Flossie B. Caudle, of Bon
Air, Winston-Salem, spent tho
week-end with relatives here. I
Granny Terry, aged 92, who |
has been quite sick at her home
here for several days, is mucn j
improved. Mrs. Terry has the;
distinction of being the oldest
person in this section.
Mallard Alley, who holds a I
position at Danbury, spent tli.j
week-end with his parents, Mr.:
and Mrs. J. M. Alley, in Walnut j
Hills.
Established 1872. Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, February 28, 1934
Bailey Is Again
A Candidate
A representative of the Repor
ter strolled into the court house
this week looking for news.
"Are you a candidate in the
approaching primaries for re-elec-|
tion ?"
This question was asked Pinnix
Bailey by the newspaper man.
The Register of Deeds hesitat-1
ed a little, while he puffed on an
Old Virginia cheroot.
"Well, I cannot answer your
question categorically. One of
the conditions under which I will |
reply is whether or not the people.
want me."
"I have tried to fill the Regis
ter's office fairly and impartially," |
Mr. Bailey said, "and have known (
no man's politics in carrying out |
my duty to the people who elect-.
Ed me. I am a Democrat, but |
when it comes to the honest and j
unbiased fulfillment of my sacred
obligations to the people, I do
not question any man's political
affiliations."
"I appreciate very much what
my friends have done for me In
the past. As to the future--I
arn in their hands."
"If the Democrats will give me
the nomination again, and if the
people will re-elect mc, I will
accept and will give the interests
of the whole people my sincere
and undivided attention, and I wi'.l
transact the duties of my office
I always have done—with con
conscientious devotion, and with
unswerving loyalty to my oath o;'
office and my obligations to tho
whole people."
| Object to Bus Driver.
j Citizens of Flatshoal here Mon
day requested the Reporter to
call the attention of the school
authorities to the incompetence
I
or reckless driving of the school
bus driver who operates the
school bus from Hartman to
Danbury, doubling back then to
I Flatshoal and return to Danbury.
j It is alleged that this driver i.s
a boy 15 or 16 years of age who
; makes too much speed on the
' many dangerous curves that tra
verse the Danbury-Flatshoal
1 road, and that in view of the
' many accidents which are report
i ed from school bus driving in the
1 State and elsewhere, this driver
is considered unsafe and danger
' ous. With this view a number of
' children are being withheld from
1 attendance from Flatshoal at the
Danbury school.
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Death of Robert Alley.
Robert Alley, a good citizen of
Sauratown township, who lived
' near the Dan river power plant,
died last week.
Aunt Molly Woods died at her
home near Moore's Knob last
week with pneumonia. She was
aged about 80.
The Danbury lighting plant is
out of commission from the sleet
storm. It will be two or three
days before repairs to the poles
and wires can be made.
I
H. O. Cook, of Peter's Creek,
was in town Monday.
THE SNOW, THE !
BEAUTIFUL SNOW,
LANDSCAPE ICE - LOCKICI),
WHILE MICH T I M IJ E K
CRASHES \\ 1T II THEj
WEIGHT OF IHE HEAVV •
SLEET WITHAL A lIE
STRUCTIYE VS I T VTIO N,'
BUT NEVERTHELESS WKL-;
COMEI) BY MOST EVERY- j
BODY.
i
Most everybody welcomed the ]
snowfall the first of the season
-especially those Danbury people
who took advantage of the oc
casion to have one more bath.
Sheriff Taylor arrested several
usual Saturday night brawlers
who came up with badly scratch
ed faces, but learning the boys
had only been washing their muo;s
with hail, he understood, an J
turned them loose.
Monday morning the heavily
submerged landscape presented a
scene of indescribable beauty as
the clouds momentarily parted
and allowed the sunshine to kiss
the woods and touch up tha
mountain in brilliant light.
Hanging Rock trail looked like
a vision from Arabian Nights, as
the silver-coated hills glistened in
the sunlight. Occasionally you
could hear a tree crash or a limb
tumble to the ground with the
weight of the sleet.
&C. . 5-4
Winter had indeed turned with
a snarl, catching unwary folk in
its chilling grasp of frost and ice.
! The cedars, bowed with the
; white mantle, reminded you of
j beautiful women crouched in an
» '
j attitude of supplication; the
hardy hollies showed red berries
peeping through the drifts from
a background of dark green.
One interesting thing was the
undisturbed pose of the sophisti
cated Norwegian pines, which
i., . . I
stood as ever erect, pointing i
straight upwards. They disdain
jed the frozen load, and decline J
to bend in the least, which show-;
'ed their characteristic stamina
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born in the ice-bound fjords of
the North. Constitution always
»
tells. These plants are inured to
the breath of the Frost King, and
' scorn a little North Carolina cool
' spell.
No lovelier landscape was ever
seen in this section, its ugly
spots effaced by the immaculate [
covering, making the prospect one •
altogether lovely, and reminding |
j one of that immortal verse and,
| promise:
I "Wash we and I shall be whiter
, than the snow."
Card of Thanks.
We desire to. extend our heart
felt thanks and gratitude to our
friends for their kind assistance
at the death and burial of our
son and brother, Gilmer Newell
Cook.
We take this method of ex
pressing our appreciation to one
and all for their help and
thoughtfulness in this time of our
greatest sorrow.
H. O. COOK AND FAMILY.
Achild of Harry Throckmorton
is reported quite ill.
AROUND ASBURY
AND FRANCISCO
MEASLES SUBSIDING, BUT
BASKETBALL STILL RAG-'
ING—DEXTII OF '.IKS. MiN
NIE MOREFIELI) EAST --
OTHER NEWS OF FiKi C KEEK
TOWNSHIP.
Francisco, Feb. 26.- Measles is
getting some better around As
|
bury and Francisco.
i
We were so sorry some of the
Francisco girl players had t> '
have measles just now. The boys
played so splendid we don't feel
j like we would have been far be
| hind in the girls race if we could
' only have kept our players to
! gcther. Hurrah for Frisco, we
feel like we have a team second
' to none in Stokes.
The Westfield High School gave
their annual banquet on last
Saturday night. Class colors are
red and white. The rooms were
' decorated in accord with St.
Valentine.
Francisco High School boy?
played Walnut Cove boys Tues
day night. Score 21 and 23 in
favor of Francisco. Girls got
beat.
Mrs. Minnie Morefield East,
aged 53, widow of the late Dick
East, passed away Tuesday, Jan.
13th, at her home near Pilot
Mtn. Her death was caused by
measles and pneumonia. Mr. East
died from the same cause, only
about a week before. Funeral
services were conducted from the
old Morefield home place at 2:00
I
o'clock Wednesday afternoon by
Elder Brown; at the same time
a service was held for Mr. East.
Surviving Mrs. East are two
daughters, Misses an d
Elizabeth East, of Pilot Mtn., and
her father, Tom Morefield, of lied
Bank.
Lena Holt, of Asbury section,
has pneumonia, we are sorry to
write.
Little James Rogers, who had
the misfortune to break his leg
a week or two ago, is able to be
brought home this week, also •
Catherine Slate is coming home, i
I
She has been operated on for
mastoiditis.
The colored folks of Brown
Mountain vicinity, arc giving a
couple of plays Thursday night
at their school house. These play?,'
"Big Jim," and "An Old Maid'.!
Convention," will be worth see-!
ing. They were gotten up under
the supervision of Gracie Gaddy,;
the teacher.
Damage From
the Sleet Storm
The Danbury lighting plant
'.'/ as put out of business for a dav
or two with wires down from t'.e
heavy sleet and falling timber, j
Tlic schooli at Danburv, Wat-1
i
nui Cove and other points sus
pended on account of the sleet
making it dangerous to operue
the buses.
Ralph Beck, of Germanton, who
holds a position with the CWA
oiTice here, is mentioned as a can
didate for Clerk Superior Court
in the spring primaries.
Number 4007
CWA GUILLOTINE
ON A RAMPAGE
ONK IIL'NPKKD FORTY MORE
HEADS OFF Tins WEEK.
!
AM) ADDITIONAL DECAPI-
T AT! OX S IMPENDING—
WHERE WILL THE CARNAGE
STOP. AM) WHEN?
One hundred and forty odd
I
moie jobs are lost this week, ad
!
ded to the ISO who were suspend
ed last week by the CWA.
One may as well I JUVII as cry
over these things, and it is
i
not doubted by those who ha\e
discussed the matter with Mrs.
Doyle, that the chief of CWA
operations in this county has not
kept back the tears to have to
mail the pink slip to many who
want to work and need it.
But Mrs. Doyle receives her
orders direct from Washington,
via Raleigh, where the govern
ment has definitely decided tj
I
make heavy retrenchments in
CWA programs, under the orders
of congress.
' It is the case not only in Stoke*
but in every county in North
I Carolina, that the work of reduc
| ing the heavy payrolls is steadily
. j going forward.
: With this week's suspensions
only about 230 workers will be
i
'left in the CWA in the county,
' j whereas two weeks ago more
; than 550 were employed.
Stokes Tournament.
West field Route 1, Feb. 24.
The Stokes county tournament
that has just ended saw a group
of well matched teams come to
gether which resulted in close
scores in most all of the games.
The King boys emerged victors
in their games with the Pinnacle
team, taking the laurels in the
gills' group. The games brought
to light a number of outstanding
players. The following is a com-
I
posiu team drawn from the votes
of the coaches of the various
county teams:
GIRLS.
First Team:
j A. King (Pinnacle.)
I Rarr (King.)
j J. Taylor (Reynolds.)
Denny (Pinnacle.)
A. Smith (Reynolds.)
Sands (Walnut Cove.)
E. Burwcll (Reynolds.)
Gordon (King.)
i Second Team:
! F. Thomas (Kin?.)
F. W. Jones (King.)
! F. Sisk (Pinnacle.)
i G. Bondurant (Francisco.)
G. Lawson (King.)
G. H. Jones (King.)
F. Slate (Germanton.)
G. O. Gordon (Pinnacle.)
BOYS.
First team:
Palmer (King.)
H. Collins (Francisco.)
| Holland (Germanton.)
T. Lawrence (Francisco.)
I Smith (King.)
Second Team:
F. A. Collins (Francisco.)
! F. Lawson (King.)
T. Jones (Pinnacle.)
G. Holland (Kin™. )
G. W. Lawrence (Francisco.)
PRINCIPALS ASSOCIATION OF
STOKES COUNTY.
H. G. GUTHRIE, Pres.
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