THE DANBURY REPORTER.
Established 1872.
HOT POLITICS !
OUT OF RALEIGH
POWERFUL PRESSURE WILL
BE BROUGHT IN NEXT
LEGISLATURE TO DIVERT
HIGHWAY FUNDS WILL
TAM BOWIE SAVE HIM
SELF FOR GOVERNOR?
MAY BE A LIQUOR FIGHT
, IN LEGISLATURE.
*
HLAD MEN Chairmanships
v. important legislative com
mittees are beginning to attract
attention in the Capital City.
These posts are particularly
significant because of the fact
that most legislative work is done
: 7 committee and action on the
floor is more or less of a cut-and
dried affair. The attitude of a
committee chairman has a vital
.lation to the chances of a bill
becoming law. You can't tell who
Y/11l be who in the House until
the Speaker is elected but in the
Senate it is a differen' story
since Lieutenant Governor A. H.
(Sandy) Graham will have tb.o
I appointments aga : n this year.
You might not be far wrong in a
guess that Senator U. L. Spence.
of Moore county, and Senator
| Harriss Newman, of New Han
over, will head the powerful
lir nee and appropriations com
mittees, respectively, in the Up
per House. Both have played im
portant parts on these same com
mittees in the Lower House and
their views are not radically
divergent * om those of Mr. Gra
ham and tne administrntion.
4 TEETH Don't get it into
..■our hea.'. that North Carolina
dentists arc going to quit their
efforts to get ethics inscribed on
the statute books just because the
reme Court reversed them on
jir prosecution of Dr. J. IS.
Owens, Asheville dentist and
close friend of Senator Robert
Reynolds. The tooth-drawers are
already at work on plans for a
bill to be presented to the next
Legislature which will make the
carelessly inclined of their tribe
walk the straight-and-narrow or
sur Mider their license. Incident
ally they aim to keep the molars
a saving of money by kicking the
unethical out the well-known win
, dew.
j
HAS HELP lf kinshin has
I !\rvthing to do with it Senator
l faul Grady v/ill be President Pro
''» m of the next Senate, in the
' c inion of those who profess t-»
i k >w their politics and genealogy
' I around the ancient and honorable
1 Rotate Capitol. One such gentle
man points out that Senator
Grady and Robert Grady John
%
son, Representative from Pender
' and also candidate for Speaker of
the House are cousins. This same
man makes the seemingly ex
travant statement that almost all
I the Gradys, Outlaws and Max-
P- well 3 in thi3 State are kinsmen.
K Tf that it half true it gives Mr.
1 Grady a good start over his on
lVpoognt, Senator Carl L. Bailey, of
I Dantngton County. But don't be
\ Wetd. Mr. Bailey has hjs follow
■ .!$ in the Senate where he played
f tin important part in school, t?.x
F (CONTINUED ON PAGE 3)
Volume 62.
Xmas In The
Everglades
Dr. J. T. Smith and S. F.
Shelton, of Westfield, and S. P.
Christian, of Danbury, are
leaving this week for Temple
Terrace, Fla., which is near
Tampa, being invited down to
spend Christmas in the Ever
glades, the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Roland F. Christtian, who
are residents of Temple Terrace.
Mr. S. P. Christian is the father
of Roland, Mr. Shelton is Mrs.
Christian's papa, and Dr. Smith
is their former pastor and life
long friend.
Now won't that be a jolly
bunch together when these three
meet. There will be no scarcity
of jokes, but there may be a
scarcity of rations, unless Roland
has laid in a powerful supply.
The only thing we regret about
this affair is that we will never
fret through listening to the fish
tales and hunting yarns, when
they get back, as each is an
honored member of the Stokes-
Surry Liars Club.
Included in the happy Xma3
reunion arranged by Roland and
Mrs. Christian are Mr. and Mrs.
Delk Mcndenhall (the latter
formerly Miss Annabcllc Christ
ian), of Thomasville.
Mrs. Doyle 111
Mrs. Minnie G. Doyle has been
confined io her room at Walnut
Cove for several days with ill
ness. Mrs. Doyle is manager of
FEIIA activities in Stokes count v.
Closed For A Month
The tobacco markets of Wins
ton-Salem, Madison, Mt. Airy,
Stoneville and Martinsville, :Va.,
closed last week, Friday 11th,
"ml will reopen Jan. 1">.
Christmas Chapel
Program 2nd
And 3rd Grade
Scripture Lesson —Luke 2-8:1«,
Maxine Nelson.
Welcome, Jean Wall
Christmas Symbols, 6 girls.
Christmas Story, 6 girls.
Reading: Why Do Bells OL'
Christmas Ring, Nellie Louise
Taylor.
Gift of the Stars, 6 girls.
Song: Who Is Coming Over The
Hill.
Santa's Little Son, 6 boys.
Reading: Christmas Eve, Max
ine Nelson.
Song: Santa Claus Is Coming
To Town.
Song: Merry Christmas.
Christmas Tree
Tuesday Night
The annual Christmas tree of
the Danbury Union Sunday-
School will be given at the
church Tuesday night, December
24, Christmas eve.
Not Confirmed
The report that the superin
tendent of schools would install
a chair of pugilism in the
nehools as a new branch in the
1935 curricula, is not yet con
firmed.
Danbury, N. C„ Thursday, December 20, 1934
MAD CAT BITES
BEN BOWLES
KING CITIZEN TAKING
j PASTEUR TREATMENT
AGAINST HYDROPHOBIA
KING GOES OVER TOP ON;
KERR-SMITH ACT AUTOJ
' ACCIDENT.
I
King, Dec. 19. —Ben Bowles,
who resides on Main Steel, was
bitten by his house-cat last week.
He killed the cat and buried it.
i
later he became uneasy and sent'
the head to Raleigh and was in
formed that the cat had hydro-!
phobia and now Mr. Bowles is
taking the 'Pasteur treatment.
Joe Napier, planter residing
2 miles west of town, had a fine
cow to die last week.
. Robert Carroll, Kenneth Davis,
Gilbert Kiser and Otis Ward have
just returned from an extended
trip to Florida, visiting Miami,
Jackonsonville and other towns.
They report a fine trip.
The remains of the two-months
old daughter of Mr. Austin Wall
who died at their home in Hign
Point, were brought back here
and laid to rest in Trinity ceme
tery Saturday afternoon.
The tobacco growers election
on the Kerr-Smith Act passed of!
quietly here Fridav with 800
!
voting for the measure and only
■ 7 against.
j "The King High School took a
! double header basketball game
away from Rural Hall in the
, gym Friday night. Boys score,
King 22, Rural Hall 17; Girlo,
King 15, Rural Hall G.
; A Chevrolet car being driven
by Clonis Martin failed to take a
.curve on South Depot street
Saturday night and era-bed into
i
j r.n electric light pole. The l?:w»
; was shorted and put the whole
town in darkness for about fii -
| teen minutes until Charles R.
Carroll, who has charge of the
lighting system could right rr.at
' ters. Martin's automobile was
completely demolished while he
only sustained minor injuries.
The following births- were
recorded here last week: To Mr.
and Mrs. Hcbert Tuttle, a daugh
ter, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ronk
r daughter and to Mr. and Mrs.
11l wood Smith a daughter.
Sheriff J. John Taylor, of
; Danbury, was here Saturday on
h!«j regular tax round.
I
i Edwin Caudle, of Winston
; Salem, visited relatives and
! friends here Saturday,
j Porter McGee, of Wylesburg,!
Va.. is spending a few days with
I relatives here.
I George and Fount Smith, fine
tobacco growers of the Oak
: Gnove section, were business
1 visitors here Saturday.
• Lee Shouse, of Mizpah, Rufu:i
' Nev/aum, of Tobaccoville, route 2
i and Ben Atwood, of King, were all
! arrested here Saturday on a
j charge of partaking just a little
too freely of Mountain Dew. They
will be given a hearing later be
fore Judge J. Stedman Garner.
Mrs. P. J. Caudle, of Bon Air.
j Winston-Salem, visited relatives
I here Sunday.
Mrt>. Ellen Ebert, of Bethania,
, was among the visitors here Sun
day.
Gilbert Love and family, of
PENSION CHECKS
HAVE ARRIVED
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS FOR
THE FOUR SURVIVORS Of
THE THIN GRAY' LINE
LIST OF WIDOWS WHO,
ALSO RECEIVE PENSIONS !
i
State pension checks have ar-
rived and are now at Clerk
Superior Court J. Watt Tuttle's
office for distribution, as
follows:
John Boyles, Co. F. 21t>t Regt_
Class A Soldier, King.
W. F. Grabs. Conscript, Stakes
County, Class A Soldier, King.
Sanford Ring, Co. B. Ist Jr.
Reserves, Class A Soldier, West
field.
S. J. Wall. Co. D. 52nd Regt..
Class A Soldier, Pinnacle.
Clas>3 A. Soldiers get 5182.50
twice a year.
Widows
Mrs. S. G. Arlington, widow of
S. G. Arrlngton; Annie Carter.
Widow of D. F. Carter; C. N.
Ferguson, widow of J. 11. For
g".Hon; C. J. Hampton, widow
of A. M. Hampton: Eveline Law
son. widow of J. R. Lawson;
Mary A. Smith, widow of E.
E. Smith; Harriettt Tillev, widow
" I
of A. J. Tilley; Charity M. Terry,
widow of James B. Terry; Sally
Ann Tuttle. widow of John
Tuttle; Ellen Bullin, widow of
I
Moses P. Bullin; M. P. Caudle,
widow of W. A. Caudle: Mary A.
Flippin, widow of John A. Flip
pin; Mary E. Gentry, widow of
R. G. Gentry; Sallie G'bson,
widow of Lee Gibson; Sarah A.
Hicks, widow of Abel H'cks; Mrs.
A. G. Jones, widow of Dr. A. G.
Jones; J. Ann Martin, widow of
It. T. Martin; Rachel E. Moor.\
widow of F. L. Moore: Melissa
Poore, widow of S. D. Pooro; M.'
F. Rhodes, widow of A. C.
Rhodes; Ruth I. Ward, widow of
W. T. Ward.
These warrants will not be
paid by the State Treasurer un
less presented withi sixty days
from their date.
County Offices Tn Re
Closed Sat. Evenings
Even county office', s are en
titled to rest sometimes, so the
Board of County Commissioners
at their last meeting made an
order that the offices of the
Sheriff, Register of Deeds and
Clerk of the Court be closed on
each Saturday evening beginning
with the first of the New Year. j
I
Home For The Holidays
Miriam Hall and Mary McCan
less, who have been in school at
the Columbia, Mo., university,
have returned to their respectivj
homes here for the holidays.
Miss Hall has been taking a
special course in journalism,
while Miss McCanle«s has been
I
studying interior decorating.
While enroute home the car of
M'ss McCanless was slightly,
wrecked, but no one was,
seriously hurt.
Winston-Salem, spent Sunday j
here the guests of Mr. Love's
mother, Mrs. J. T. Love on
Pulliam Street.
I Arrived At Tokio
, Dr. J. Walter Neal, of Walnut
Cove has received from his daugh
ter;. Miss Thelma Neal the follow-j
ing cablegram:
"Tokio, December 18. j
! "Arrived. Extremely happy. j
"Thelma "
i
i Miss Thelma, it will be recalled j
recently departed fro m her hum."
at Walnut Cove and sailed a few
days later from the port of San
Francisco to join her affianced.
Dr. Butler, at Tokio, Japan. Dr.
Butler, who was a professor in a
Chicago university, met Miss
Thelma, who was also doin*
educational work in Chicago, th-;
friendship ripening i®t» a matri
monial engagement. Dr. Bullet
has extensive business interest
in Tokio. which he had gone to
look after, arranging for his
bride-to-be to follow.
The safe arrival and til j
pleasant spirits of the youn.;
lady, as expressed in her cabk -
gram to her father at Walnut
Cove is a source of gratification
to the friends of all the panic;
concerned.
Returned
I
S. P. Christian has returned
from Chillicotho, Ohio, where he
conveyed a bunch of boys con
victed for blackmail and attempt
ed robbery at Mount Airy. The
boys were sent to the federal
training school for juvenile re
probates at Chillicothe.
On his return home via Ashc
ville, Mr. Christian attended the
funeral of Mrs. Senator Rob'.
Reynolds.
Death Of Wm.
Parham At
Walnut Cove
William Parham died at his
home in Walnut Cove Saturd;\\
at 3 P. M. He was aged about 70.
Mr. Parham had been afflicted
for years from the effects of
severe burns received.
He was a well known character
about Walnut Cove and was .:
kind husband, father and a true
friend.
He is survived by his wife
one Foil. Charlie Parham.
Funeral Sunday 2 P. M., burhl
n.t Bethlehem church.
Mrs. A W. Mitchell
Williams Dies
Near Stuart, Va.
Mrs. A. W. Mitchell Williams,
I
54 died at her home near Stuart.
Va., Wednesday.
1 She was born Nov. 15, 1880,
and married to A. W. Williams
September 22, 1897.
Survivors: Husband, one
brother, R. L. Mitchell, one
sister, Mrs. Alice Farris.
H. McGee 111
Reports come of the illness of
H. McGee, of Germanton; an ill
t ness which, though slight, is
, sufficient to cause concern to be
I felt by his relatives and friends. |
Mr. McGee is one of the most
| successful business men of Stokes
j and one of the brainiest leaders
the Republican party in the
j county.
Number 3,050
STOKES STANDS
BY THE NEW DEAL
CE WAS PRACTICALLY ALL
OXK WAY WHEN THK
FARMERS GOT A CHANCE
TO VOTE COUNTV
AGENT'S OFFICE: TO CLOSE
FOR HOLIDAYS.
More than four thousand ballots
were cast in Stokes County on
the referendum on the Kerr-
Smith Act. Over forty-one hun
dred votes cast are r'or con
tinuance of the act and thirteen
against the measure, giving a
majority of more than 300 vote*
-YES" to one "NO."
In Beaver Island, Peter's Creek,.
Meadows, Danbury, Quaker Gap
townships, and in the Pinnacle
section of Yadkin, not a single
ballot was cast against the plan.
Voting continues through Friday
of this week. Growers are per
mitted to cast ballots in person
at Danbury and by mail up
through the 21st. On Saturday
the final count will be made and
the ball'its nnd remit.- of the
election will be nvdled to
Washington.
The committeemen ate deeply
grateful for the fine spirit of the
growers manifest in this election.
Stokes is a large tobacco growing
county ranking 12th to 13th in
the State, and the splendid en
dorsement given the acreage con
trol plan and Kerr-Smith mea
sure is highly gratifying.
Growers are turning in theis
allotment cards and signing ap
plications for the equalizing pay
ments. Approximately half of
the cards in the county have bee'i
turned in. These applications for
equalizing payments signed by
both landlord and tenants will be
grouped and sent to Washington
toward the latter end of ths
marketing season. Payments are
not expected before the last
February or the first of March.
All men arc urged to hold their
allotment cards until after they
have completed the marketing of
all tlieir tobacco. In signing the
application for equalizing pay
ment the farmer i- required to
certify that all of the tobacco
produced on his place this? year
lias either been de.-: roved o>*
solil.
When growers .'''tempt to
al'otTo"t cards after selling out
their original cards it is necess
ary for them to show the old
card let'ore a new card can be
transferred to them nt any part
point than in the office of the
county agent. Hence, it will be
well for growers to hold their
cards until they finish sailing
this year's crop of tobacco.
PI T ALL SALES ON THE
CARD
All tobacco sales must be
entered on the allotment card
whether for good tobacco, cheap
tobacco, trash or sun-cured to
bacco. Tobacco produced in this
section is classed by the govern
ment as flue-cured tobacco and
should be entered on the allot
ment card.
CONTRACTS MAY
RE CHANGED LATER
BUT NOT NOW
Tobacco growers wishing to
(Continued on Page 2)