THE DANBURY REPORTER.
Established 1872. Volume 62.
IMPORTANCE OF
KERR-SMITH ACT
EVERY TOBACCO GROWER
SHOULD VOTE IX THE
ELECTION TO CONTROL
TOBACCO PRICES, OTHER
WISE DANGER IS SURELY
AHEAD FOR FARMERS.
LET EVERY TOBACCO
GROWER VOTE
Every tobaoco grower in Stokes
county sho' .4 vote on the Kerr-
Smith Act. Voting places will be
open on Friday, Decembei 14th
in each tov.nship in the county. ;
Every man who owns land on'
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which tobacco was grown or who '
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g' . tobacco during 1934 is
'"eligible to vote his acreage, i
whether land-lord, tenant or
share-cropper in this election.
LATE VOTERS MAY VOTE IN
f DANBURY OK BY MAI J.
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Those growers in Stoke,
eligible to vote on this question
who fail to c;isi their ballots in
person al one of the voting pla.o.'
in the county cn Friday r.viv
cither come to Dar.biuy and c i3'.
their ballots or mail their ballot.-?
in to the office of the county
agent. This plan will provide
especially for Ihose people living
outside of the county who arc
eligible to vote on this question.
However, it is important that
everyone who can do s Q present,
himself or herself at one of the
voting places and cast a ballot
in person. It is also important
that ;it least 90 f ; of the grow
ers eligible to vote enst their bal
lots on this Act.
Our tobacco grower.' wiil do
well to inmrcf-s upon the govern
ment officials that we really are
interested in the retention of the
Kerr-Smith Act.
THE KERR-SMITH ACT MEAN.-
PROTECTION TO CONTRACT
SIGNERS
In the election on Fr'day to bo
held throughout the Flue-Cure.l
Tobacco Belt tobacco growers
will say whether they wish ;h
protection afforded by this Act
in the acreage control plan. Un
der this Act there is a tax place
upon all tobacco sold except that
produced under contracts or tax
| exemption allotments.
Without this tax on out-siderv,
. tegular contract-signing growers
\vh 0 have reduced their acreage
oad production will have no
protection whatever against over
production by non-signers and
contract-breakers. We must
either approve this Act or look
for low priced tobacco next year.
This election is of great im-
I portance to every man, woman ?:
child in the county. It is of
great importance to the county
and even to the State and no on*;
should take it lightly. The acre
age reduction plan is about the
I only plan that has ever afforded
tobacco growers any real relieff.
The depression is not over ' yet
•and a set back now would be jus:
too bad.
There are some inequalities in
' the contract and probably more
people should have tax exempt
allotments. These inequalities and
irregularities should be and can
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\
W. W. George
Sustains Stroke
The many friends of Walter W.
George, of Francisco, will be very
sympathetically interested to
know that he in confined to his
home with a stroke of paralysis.
Mr. George is quite young for
this kind of ailment, and it ts
hoped that he may speedily
recover.
be ironed out before another ero:
's to be sold. But these small dif
ferences should not be allowed io
stand in the way of the measure
which 13 designed to bring re
lief to all the people. Thi3 plan
has proved its value The prices
for tobacco received in 1933 as
well as in 1931 are a direct
result of this plan. Even the man
who hua paid the tax to sell hi:
tobacco i 3 better off than he
would have been because there
was an acreage reduction plan
and a protecting tax.
If local tobacco growers fail to
vote and carry this election no
one can say what the future will
bring. We will still have our con
tract and be morally obligated to
reduce the acreage and pro
duction but with contract-sign
ers reducing their acreage and
outsiders producing unlimited to- j
bacco, we may look for glutted,
markets and low prie3.
Plea':3 »•:«.-» your vote- early ami
get other? to vote ri, K.
S. J. KIRBY,
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County Agent.
Danbury, N. C., Thursday, December 13, 1934
PETER'S ( REEK
MEN ARRESTED
SAM AM) JIM CORNS AM)
JIM JOYCE I NDEII BONDS
FOR VIOLATION OF BOOZE
LAW HEARING SET FOR
J A N I A R V BE FORK
SQI IRE CAMPBELL.
Sam Corns, Jim Corr.s and Jim
Joyce, a trio of Peter's Creek
citizens are under bonds t|r> ap
pear here before Magistrate P.
C. Campbell's cour. on January
8, 1935.
They are charged with violating
the prohibition law, viz., trans
porting and possession, and were
arrested Saturday night by
Deputy Sheriff Clevc Lawson.
Carl Ray and Bert Smith.
The officers found 10 gallon?
of sugarhead whiskey and one ;
gallon of brandy in the home of
.Tim Joyce. Joyce claims he is not!
guilty of harboring the liquor ■
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and that he told the other two
men, the Corns brothers not to
bring the booze into the house. |
The men were placed under
bonds as follows: Jim Corns
(also involved in another case>,
$?00.ro Sa m Corns, $300.00; Jim
Joyce, 560.00.
Hearing will be before Justice
P. C. Campbell here on January
5, 1935.
M. E. Church
Methodist church services next
Sunday at Pine Hall, 11 A. M.
and at Forest Chapel at 3 P. M.
Bill Lisk
Game Warden
In Town
W. C. Lisk, district game war
den of Richfield, was here thw
week assisting County Game
Warden T. L. Booth in adjus'.in;
the State's interests in Stokos
game for the closing year.
Mr. Lisk says the propagation
md protection of gane in
State is in the he:!' shape for
years, that there is better c: ■
operation among the people a:v'
less law violation than ever be
fore, and that more licenses! for
hunting are being sold than has
been the case in the past.
Mr. Lisk was enthusiastic over
the Stokes showing under the
management of County Agent T.
L. Booth.
Mr. Lisk weighs over 300, but
he says he is the smallest of
nine brothers. Mr. Li'ik has manv
friends here, indeed we think it
would pay everybody to be
friendly with the Lisk crowd.
James W. Young, formerly
highway commissioner for
Stokes, and one of the level
header* farmers as well as one of
the best citizens of the county,
was here today.
Marriage
Miss Lucy Brown was united
in marriage to W. H. Harger to
day. Both parties from Walnu'
Cove. P. C. Campbell, J. P., of
ficiated.
Game Warden
T. L. Booth Has
Narrow E.sanu
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Monday night T. 1.. Booth,
coming in from a trip up Stokes,
turned over on the highway •x
short distance south of Pied
mont Springs. The car. For. 5
coupe, took two somen uilts, bu'
the game warden v:r; unhurt. H?
was not scared, but was badly
frightened.
The way the thing happened
was this way: It had been snow
ing, and some parts of the road
were ice-coated. Mr. Booth met t
car with blinding lights, lie check
ed up, was not running over ! J
Of 20. In attempting to avoid t!u
blinding car, his coat sleeve ac
cidentally caught on the lighr
turn-ones, and for a brief mo-
ment he found himself off the
road. Attempting to get back, the
wheels contacted loose dirt,
causing the car to skid and slid?
off.
In the course of two turn-overs,
the top of the car was wrecked,
otherwise no damage.
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Charming Visitor
Miss Doris Norrington, of!
Farmington, was here this week, j
selling magazine subscriptions, j
The big publishing houses demon- i
3trate thci r tact and judgment j
in no other way so well as in the
happy selection of their solicitors.
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Number 3,049
COOK COOKS OWN
GOOSE AT "PIG"
NEW PROPRIETOR OF ROAO
(' HOUSE OUT OF WALNUT
> COVE ARRESTED FOR RUN
>: IXti AMOK—SPENDS NIGHT
IX JAIL—BOM) SI.OOO NOT
> VET ARRANGED.
Evans 11. Cook, late of Win>
ton-Salcm. latest, proprietor of
the "Pis:," which is a road house
a mile out of Walnut Cove,
spent Thursday night ia
the Bastile here, charged with
operating a disorderly house,
drunkenness, transporting booze,
running a car on the highways
while under the "influence," tot
ing a gun.
The arrest was made Thursday
night. lii the party of officers
who descended upon the road
) liou?:? from the darkness, were
> Sheriff John Taylor. Deputy
I Sheriff.' A. O. Sis':. G. C. Lawson,
1 Cn-1 Kvy. Mn-k Wall.
> Tl'.i- f dramatic u>nrt oL
> .. , .
, • "oic-i • j was reported aa
1 :• "."hoiting r.p of hi ; own place, '
, fi'-iiT; '"is; gun vhhin his own
habitation.
He was brought to jail here in
do r :iult of a fixed bond »>f Sl.O'd
—"SSOO.f'O for himself, an!
Ssfto.no for his car," so Magis
trate P. C. Campbell said. Today
Cook was trying to arrange a
bond from Winston-Salem over
the telephone, but had not suc
ceeded.
He has only been operating tlw
"Pig," for a few weeks.
W. D. Wright a patron of th?
"Pig." w.is alro arrested by the
officers, charged with disorder
and drunkenness. Ho was tried
before Campbell. J. P.. and fin? '
$5.00 and cost, which ho pni
His bill was 515.1 G. Wright had
also spent the night with Ilex:-:
Flinchum.
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OLD MAIDS
AT GKRMANTON
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CONTENTION \T GFRM AN
TON SCHOOL TUESDAY
NIGHT UNDER TIM: AUS
PICES OF THE P. T. A.
PLENTY OF FUN PROMISED
i At the Herman ton high school
next Tuesday night. December IS,
an old maids convention will be
held under the auspices of the P.
T. A.
The old maids constitute the
most practical and sensible and
sometimes the most virile and
frisky branch of our civilization.
The flappers are as transient a3
quickly fading jonquils, leaving
the old maids still blooming and
in possession of the field.
The convention at fJermanton
promises to be an occat'on of
plenty of old maids, and barrels
of fun.
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At 7:30 o'clock, Tuesday night,
Dec. 18. Don't forget the fiate.
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Joe Lynch, of Mayodan, was
; here today. He sells insurance,
jHe has a fine proposition, and
you may absolutely depend on
j what Joe tells you. A man who
doesn't carry protection for self
and family is—not good businew.