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THE DANBURY REPORTER. N. E. PEPPER, Editor and Publisher (■sued Wednesdays at Danbury, N. C., and entered at the Danburv postol&ce as second class matter, under act of Congress. ' -7, U ! ' Victims of Lick and Promise. We would not say that the promises of the State highway authorities are like pie-crusts. We prefer to believe they expire by the statute of limitations. This is probably the reason why the forces have not fixed 89, or built the road from Pine Hall to McHone's. It is true recently they jumped on 89 with much preparation. There was immense gusto and deafening- eclat. The machinery and men transported through Danbury looked like a unit of the 80th division artillery going to the front. T1 e public's anticipations were leaping and most enthusiastic. After so long suffering, re lief was here at last. But the public was doomed to disappointment and chagrin. The public did everything else but grin, when after having closed the road to traf fic for weeks the siege was suddenly lifted. The forces folded their tents like the Arabs and silently stole away—leaving seven-tenths of one mile surfaced to satisfy the promises of a 10-mile job. And then, the promises about the Pine Hall-, McHone highway—where were the assurances so j oft given for relief to that forgotten section of Stokes county? Gone with the wind. But we must not forget they made a beauti ful gesture before disappearing. They built a mile out of Pine Hall, then skipped a league. Alighting, they constructed a 3-mile stretch near Sandy Ridire and Prestonville. Then the outfit clattered on to parts un known. This was the only concession allowed to one of the most important highways of the county that would have been built 10 years ago if Stokes had ever had a square deal on roads. The Sandy Ridge-Prestonville oasis was evi dently given to eastern Stokes to appease its imagination. Ah, hapless victims of lick and promise, of un fair discrimination, of mildewed policy of a great road-building agency. But there is one picturesque incident in which the highway people cannot be accused of break ing their promise. This is the little matter of repairing the reeling and rocking quarters at the convict camp. They have never even prom ised anything here. In the possession of the highway people there, are now excellent photographed likenesses of these precarious shacks, showing green saplings brought in from the forest to prop up bulging sides and wobbly foundations of buildings. There is only one possible view of this dis praceful situation that could add graphic inter est to these pictures. That would be to show a collapsed shack with Reed George's legs stick ing out from under the debris and Hanes Lin ville balancing himself on a rafter hollering for help. I* A Step Backward. Mr. A. W. McAlister's denunciation of the policy of North Carolina prison authorities in i everting to the lash in prison discipline, after having abandoned it, will not only be endorsed by every other member of the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare; it will be approv ed by all citizens who believe in the advance ment of social service and who stand for en lightened and Christianized government. The lash is an odious relic of medieval times when men used brute force, cruelty and tortue in the punishment of lawbreakers. It is a step backward toward the era when England pun ished 144 offenses with death. [ The lash is not a deterrent of crime, but its: pSih and humiliation leave the sufferer discour aged, depraved and desperate. As Mr. Mc- Alister so truly observes "the lash violates every principle of reform and rehabilitation, and is a confession of incapacity for intelligent con trol. Tt is archaic and brutal and has no place in an enlightened State." » THE DANBIRV REPORTER Social Security Questions and Answers | As another service to its read ers, the Danbury Reporter each waek will give authoritative an swers to quest ion 3 on the Social Security law By special arrange ments with Mr J. N. Freeman, Manager of the Social Security Board office at 439 Nisam Build ing, Winston-Salem, N. C., the I Social Security Board has con-! ' sen ted to pass on the accuracy jof answers to questions on Social Security, which may be asked by l | employers,, employees, and oth jers, through the Danbury Report-1 ! »?r. Address inquires to the Edit-! or, The Danbury Reporter. Answ-1 ere will be given here in th? ord er in whicj, questions a r e receiv ed.. This is an information servic-3 and is not legal advice or service, keeping with Social Security Board policy names will not be published.- Editor. (45) QUESTION: In the op eration of our business as a did tribu'or of diary products, milk chiefly, we pay a commission of to a regular customer f such as a groceiy store or a privat. individual in a home, for ev*ry new customer they procure for us. Are wfe liable for the pay ment of taxes on commissions paid 1 to such firms and individuals? Il so, is the grocery fir m require:] to furnish us with an employee's account number in order that we may file our information returns? ANSWER: If the relationship of employer and employee exists beUV-en tthe distributor of dairy products and the owner of gro cery store or a"}' other individual obtaining names of new custom ers, hen the employee and the employer taxes prescribed in Title VIII must be paid; but if the re lationship is such that ( hey are not employer and employee in their dealings with each other, then Title VIII taxes do not ap ply. F>o m the information given in you r question it would appear that the stone owner is not your Employee; that he procures cus tomers for you merely as an in cident to the conduct of his own business; that he is an independ ent contactor, rather than your employee; but some detail of your| relationship, not get forth in yourj question, may put a different j light on the matter and make | your relationship with the store' owner an employer-employee re-j lationship; and, inasmuch tlx questions must be decided by the' Tneasury Department it is sug-j geated thjat you submit full in formation to the collector of In ternal Revenue or your district for a specific ruling. I f46) I am a farmer but, this fall I plan to help out in a' tobacco warehouse during the to-' bacco season. I will be paid an hourly wage for the time I work. I underhand that because *1 am a farmer I do not come under the Social Security Act and do not have to have tan account number. Is this correct. J A. No_ Vour information is not correct. You are a farmer only when you farm, so far as the Social Security Act is con cerned. The Social Security law does not exclude any profession I or group as much; it merely ex cepts certain employments. Ag-j ricultura! labor ig excepted but i (Contnued on Third Page.) Fine Arts Club .1 Is Entertained I - • Tile Fine Arts Club was de lightfully entertained by Mrs. Robert Ormand at the Gorrell i i cjt'-age at Piedmont Springs on Thursday evening, Aug. 26. 1 The meeting was presided ov- ( er by the president. Mrs. J. Spot Taylor, and current club business was discussed. Mrs J. F. Martin j was appointed to take care of re-! fieshments to be served to the parents of children attending the tonsi| clinic at Danbury school. Due to the lateness of the book 3 I { the program of book reports for ! i this meeting was postponed. j | There were twelve members and ( one visitor, Miss Avin preset- Following tho business session the guests enjoyed a n interesting! contest pietaining to the Birth- j day celebration of Virginia Dare on Roanoke Island. Misses Nell' Joyce and Janie Martin were the winners of two lovely prizes. Closing the social hour the hos tess, assisted by Mrs. N. Earl Wall, served a delicious ice' course. First Old Age Pension Checks Have Arrived i j The welfare office here reports the arrival of the first old age pension checks for Stokes county beneficiaries. NOTICE State of Noi-th Carolina, Stokes County. In the Superior Court, Before the Clerk.' Beatrice Joyce, Willie Joyce, Bessie M. Joyce, Harry Joyce Jerry Joyce, Nancy Joyce, and husband, Muiry Joyce, Petitioners. Vs W. M. Hughes, Jim Hughes, Frank Hughes, Geo. Hughes, Mary Hughes Murphy and husband, Charlie Murphy, Luda Burrell and husband, Claud Burrell, Thos. Hughes, Mary Hughes Reynolds and husband, Robert Reyn Paul Hughes, Alonza Hughes, Eliia Hughes, Claudie Hugi. Haiiston and husband, Roose velt Hairston. Edward Joycj, Heniietia Joyce, Cordep;. Joyce and Wallter Winfred Joyce, Defendants. The defendants, Frank Hughes, George Hughes, Mary Murphy and husband, Charlie Murphy, Luda Burrell and husband Claude Burrell, Paul Hughes and Alonza Hughes, nbove named will take notice that an action as above has been commenced in the Superior Court of Stokes county, N. C., to sell the U»ds belonging to the estate of Jerry Hughes, deceased, for division among the heirs-at law of the said Jerry Hughes, deceased. The lands belonging to the estate of the said Jerry Hughes, deceased, are situated in Stokes county, N C., and that the said rt-ank Hughes, George Hughes Mary Murphy. Luda Burrell, Paul Hughes, and Alonza Hughes, ow n a vested un divided interest i(h said real estate and that they, and Charlie Murphy huabiand Y>f Mary Mur phy, and Claude Burrell hushand of Luda Burrell, are necessary parties to this action, and the said defendants, Frank Hughes. George Hughes, Mary Murphy and husband Charlie Murphy, Luda Burrell and husband Claude Burrell, Paul Hughes and Alon a Hughes will further take notice that they are required to ippear at the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Stokes csunty, in the court house in Danbury, N. C., and answer or demur to the complaint of the plaintiff on or before the 20th day of October, 1937, or be forever barred. This August 30, 1937. J WATT TUTTLE, Clerk Superior Court. 1 J. W. Hall, Atty. for Petitioners. ■ 0 IOC3QI aOBOti IQ D D | Young Democrats! 1 Club To Meet At! | Danbury, Monday, j I September 6,1937 I Members of the Stokes County Young: Democratic Club are hereby called to meet at the court house at DANBURY, | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, at 1 o'clock P. M., for the purpose of electing offic- J ers and delegates to the state conven i tion. All members of the club and sup- £ porters of the party are urged to attend this gathering. I*B 0 c 1 J.G.H. MITCHELL, I 0 President. c D D O— —io^oi——aocaoi———to ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 1 I DEAL I | Beauty Shoppe : | Danbury, N. C. [ SPECIAL PRICES: ! $ Permanents SI.OO, $1.50, $2.50, $3.50 [ X Manicure free with each $3.50 perman- ! > X en k ! > x Hot Oil Treatment SI.OO !t X HairCuts 25 cents j! | WE INVITE YOU TO CALL. ] $ Mrs. Josie Stephens, [ X PROPRIETRESS. X >ooooooooo^ooooooooooooooooooo^oooo 0 _ .. UKES A IM SMOKE.'" "The pack*** of Camel* imoked convinced me thai CameJi hire uri DIOINIR, springboard diving champion. "With my cigvette, aorope can imoke atcadily." continue* Dick. "And aay.it'* (real, when I feel dred SaP? I ***** * ttr * ou °ua diving exhibi to ' tottgf w ' c ' > 1 M * F ; Jh! SETA IFFR W/TH A CAMEL! THURSDAY, SEPT. 2, 1937.
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