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THE DANBURY REPORTER. Volume 66 HAYS SMITH ! JfAiSSES AT KING | CHRISTMAS TREE PROGRAM AT BAPTIST CHURCH PERSONAL ITEMS THE STORK MAKES FEW HOLI DAY VISITS. King. Dec. 29 — Hays Smith aged about 65 died at his home two miles west of town Wednes day following a lingering illness of several weeks. The deceased Is survived by the widow and one son, Buxton Smith. Fune ral and interment was at Low Gap, Va., near his original home Sunday afternoon at two o'clock. Arvil Hix and Miss Ollie Gain motored to Stuart, Va. Thursday where they were united in the holy bonds of matrimony. A Chrismaa tree program was given at the first Baptist church Friday night Ifias Leona Pulliam has except ed a position with the Baptist Hospital at Winston-Salem a n nurse. She entered on her new duties last week. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey D. Pul ltam Of lit Airy spent the hol idays with relatives here. I Mrs. Cornelia Pulliam is spend ing soma time with relatives near 1 yi gn M a * *»• Olghroint 01 WaAington, I>. C. son of the late Charlie White is here for the Christmas hoßdaya. | Misses Pearl and Naomi who are attending college at Roa noke, Va., are spending the holi days with their parents here. ~ There was no rush in the •fork's business fyst week, only 1 brthhs being recorded. They were Mr. and Mrs. Sam painhow er, a daughter, and Mr- and Mrs. Kenxtan Smith, a son. Bill Helsabeck of Wakfe For* est College is the guest of his parents, Dr. land Mrs. R S. Helsa beck on Dan River street for the holidays. C. D. Slate Jr. has let the con 'iltoct to the King Lumber Comp any for the erection of anew ■even room home on Pilot ave nue. Actual work will be started at once. The contract call* for completion in three weeks. Miss Clodie Stone has returned to her home in High Point after a holiday visit to relative* here. Buck Tuttle and Miss Louise Westmoreland both of near King were married i n Hillsville, Va. last week. Herman Newaum and family spent Saturday at Bethania Sta tion where they were the guest* of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hauser. | Bill Boles is spending the Christmas holidays with relative* In Monroe, Va. Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Tut.t j, T. D. Tuttle and Mr. and Mrs. W!1 1 burn Shouse ajid Master Darle i ■house of Rural Hall visited rela tives here Saturday. Mr. and Mrp. Chas. H. Martin spent. Christmas with relatives at Albermarie. They returned Sun day «ooo*nyaal>J by Jim Unarm. established 1872. Highway Patrolmen Are Under Fire Raleigh.—Major Arthur Fulk is sitting tight and saying no thing as the state highway pat rol, of which he is commander, continues to get into hot water JjQ several sections of the state and for several different rea sons. "Hot spots" for the patrol men and their commander in re cent weeks have been Wilming ton, Raleigh and Charlotte. In each city the patrol has come in for some vigorous and un welcome verbal In the Wilmington incident the city's Mayor Thomas E. Cooper Was the oastigater. It came about when veritable swarms of patrolmen, to hear Mayor Cooper tell about it de scended upon the New Hanover sector in an effort to trap two bandits, one of them thought to be the übiquitous Bill Pfeyne. In a regular gang chase one of the bandits was shot and captured, the other got away. Cooper Oats Loose. I Than it was that Mr. Cooper cut loose. The patrol had been . "discourteous." The patrol had to co-opwftt*" The had "ahown court esy for Chief jpf Police Joe Rouark," and so on and so on. | Then in Raleigh, a patrolman rushing to the scene of a report ed wreck ran over and killed a tot on the city street. He Was s completely exonerated by a coroner's jfury, but there Iftw been more than a little talk to the general tenor and effect that patrolmen would do better to proceed with caution enough to avoid hazards which common sense tells exists on every city. And how from Charlotte comes vigorous ediflorial condemrf"ti on of Sergeant S. D. Moore, of the natrol, fo r Recklessly chasing .« ''suspected brotlesgger" over the city's crowded streets, ignoring red licrhtq and threatening death to all and sundry. 'The only thin? SereVfnt Moore neglected was to haul out his gun and shoot," and the Charlotte News in its editorial on the incident. Death W. F. Surry Rejrister Of Deeds. W. F. Lawrence, register o t deeds of Surry county, aged 55, died Monday night at Martin hospital in Mt. Airy, from a heart attack. Mr. Lawrence was A n«tive of Stokes county, and was a son of the late William .and Matilda Christian Lawrence. | Zera Vaden Meadows, 3ft, former member of the Winston- Salem police force, died recently i n a Morganton hospital. His body was brought to Winston- Salem for funeral and interment. He was a native of Stokes County, a member of the Luthe- | ran church and is survived by his wife and two children. I Danbury, N. C., Thursday, December 30, 1937. MRS. J. S. SLATE i KILLED IN CRASH SHE WAS WIFE OF DR. 1. S. SLATE OF [WINSTON-SAL EM FORMERLY MISS NON NIE CULLER OF PINNACLE. Mrs. J. S. Slate, Winston-Sal em, was almost instantly killed and four other persons were in jured, one seriously, in an auto mobile collision Wednesday morning *t 8 o'clock on the Asheboro road just ins*.«lc the city of High Point Mrs. Slate | died within » few minutes after being carried to the Guilford j General hospital. I Dr. J. S. Slate, the most ser iously injured of the others, re ceived chest injuries, fractured ribs &nd & hurt knee. Attending physicians feared that pneumonia might develop. Fred Slate, of King, driver of the Slate car, sustained chest wounds, fractured ribs and scalp wounds, and his mother, Mrs. Mlattie Slate, suf fered bruises and lacerations. Leo MoSwain, 17, Archdale, driver of one of the cars involv ed in the accident w)as released under $5,000 bond on a ctyaige of manslaughter following an investigation by local officers. McSwain, who received a badly lacerated upper lip in the collis ion. will be given a hearing jn High Point municipal court Jan ( uary 7. Young McSwain, who was coming toward the city, reported to officers that he saw the Slate ! i car coming despite a dense mist as he was attempting to pass J another ear *nd that when he i applied the brakes his automobile : skidded and ran into the Slate • machine. Officers investigating i the accident said that tracks on i the highway indicated that the car McSwain was driving skidded i approximately 175 feet before the impact and that the Slate car was . knocked nearly 20 feet hackward when struck. All of the other injured were : carried to the Baptist hospital in , Winston-Salem (following tretet , ment at High Point I Mrs. Slate was formerly Miss I Nonnie Culler of Pinnacle. | 1 Party. V A party was given Monday night by Katherine Sink, Lois Stephens and Lois Wall. Games were played and afterwlards re freshments were served. Those ' who were present were: Lois Wall, Lois Stephens, Katherine Sisk, Winifred Hall, Margie Pet ree, Ellen and Marjorie Pepper, Druly Troxell, Henry Hender son, Wallace Moore, Be v erl y i Christian, George Petree, Vance I Pepper, Lyman Hall and Ray Sisk. Everyone enjoyed the party. j - Quiet Christmas •%/ One of the quietest Christ mases for years has passed, with very little drinking, few accidents or disturbances being reported i from any section of the county. ] DEATH OF m GRAVES I WAS PROMINENT YOUNG LAWYER OF WINSTON-SAL EM—SON OF LATE SOLICI TOR PORTER GRAVES -■ BURIAL AT MT. AIRY. William Graves, 45, a member of one of Mt Airy's pioneer fam ilies, although a resident of Wins ton-Salem for the put 15 yeara, died at 8:45 o'clock Wednesday morning in Veterans hospital in Augusta Ga. ! Mr. Graves, one of the out standing criminal and civil law 'ers in North Carolina, had been !in ill health for some time prior to his death and a patient at Emory University hospital in Atlanta, Ga., before en'tring the Augusta hospital one week ago- His condition arising from an abdominal trouble, had not been critical until the dpy before his death* He was born in Mt. Airy Jan uary 14, 1892, son of the late Stephen Porter and .Ta* a Hoi lingsworth Graves. Hia father served the 11th judicial district as solicitor for 28 years, and he followed his father into profess ion of law. Educated at Guilford college a>nd at the University of North 1 Carolina, he was sworn in as aa attorney April 6, 1017, and fit the courthouse at once to enlist in the United States army for service in Frtmce. He served throughout the war, later studying at the University of Sorbome in Paris before re turning to Mt Airy to open an office in 1920. He moved to Winston-Salem in 1923 and en tered the law firm with his fath er and Judge Walter Brock, a partnership that was dissolved i soon afterwards. I He was married in 1921 to Mrs. Lena Davis Austin, who survives him, along with two ( tons, William (graves, Jr., and Jesse Franklin Gnavevs, end one daughter, Jane Cromwell Graves- He is also survived by one broth er, S. Porter Graves, Jr., of Charlotte, land one sister, Miss Mary Franklin Graves, of Mt Airy. Funeral services will be con ducted from the home in Mt Airy Friday afternoon. New Filling: Station And Garage Opened By Berk Smith Deputy Sheriff Berk Smith has recently bought the filling stat ion and garage recently vacated bv Mallard Woods, and has open of the same for business- The manager is Frank Lawson, ap jsisted by H. M. Joyce, Jr. T -. .T. Youiiflr Returns From Hospital L. J Y.oung, Danbury's oldest citizen, who has been in a Win ston-Salem hospital for several days in a very serious condition, has been returned to his home here. But little change in Mr. Young's condition is reported. Hb Is 86 years of age. Christmas Cantata Benefits Poor Children. The Silver Offering taken at the presentation of the Christ mas Cantata on Sunday Decem ber 19 was all turned over to the Welfare Department to be used ' in buying special treats for child- 1 ren who would otherwise have 1 had no Christmas. The Welfare Department 1 wishes to report to the commun- 1 ity that the following items were bought and distributed among 14 unjfbrtunate families; fifty toys, : three large bags of oranges, ten pounds of candy and ten pounds 1 ( of nuts. ( It is felt that the Community | Christmas flantftfa has . added much to the Yuletide celebra tions in several ways, apd it is hoped that such a program may be established as a definite tra dition for the county. I The silver offering was taken in order to pay for light and heat used in the Methodist and Ehptist churches during prac- J tices and to pay for the candela bra made by the Stoke-: Lumoer Company. We wish to express our appreciation to the churches and to the Stokes Lumber Comp-1 any for making it possible tO| use all the offering for special Christmas treats. ( f Notice To All Veteran Applicants For CCC Camp t V-' ______ The Welfare office is in receipt of a communication from the Ad ' ministmtor of Veterans' Affairs, Washington, D. C. announcing' that the War Department re ports no vacancies in the Vite rans Contingent, Civilian Con servation Corps to be filled dwr ' ing the January, 1938, enroll ment period a n d that, according ly, there will be no Veterans Re placement quota for this area during that period. In veiw of the above all appli cations of veterans on hand, as well as those that are being re ceived from day to dlay, will be given every reasona'c'e considera tion incident to the next subse quent enrollment period which may be authorized for the month of April, 1938. [ It is suggested that all inter- I ested Veterans continue to send in thtir completed applications 1 for CCC work, with assurance that they will be considered at the , proper time. Game Laws Fo r Stokes As there has been some misun derstanding in regard to the squirrel law, I will quote the whole law: j CLOSES: ' For giiay squirels, Jan. 15 1938. For fox squirrels, Dec. 15 1938. For rabbits, Feb. 15, 1938. For quail, Feb. 15, 1938. For trapping mink, muskrat, opossum, raccoon, Feb. 15, 1938. I CHAS. H. MARTIN, 1 Stokes Game Pifetsctor. Number 3,329 NO WAR NOW / WITH JAPAN Panay Incident Between Japan and U. S. Is Adjusted Tokio, Dec. 27. —Japanese gov ernment officials today praised the peaceful settlement of the Pa nay crisis between Japan and the United States as demonstrating the ability of "two civivilized nations" to solve their serious problems. "Fifteen o r 20 years ago," % foreign office spokesmen said, "such a tragedy (as the Japanese sinking of the United States gun boat Panay) would have been followed within a few hours by a declaration of war. "Japan's prompt apology and the United State's prompt accept ance or the final note, plus a dis pacsicr'te searching for facts during the intervening period, should set an example for the whole world". The foreign office spokesman Said "it is imaginable some other 'people who are responsible may Ibe recalled to Tokio" to be pun ished for the bombing of the gun boat December 12- Hear Admiral Teiro ilitsunami, chief of aerial J operations of the Japanese niavy in China, already h&s been recall ed. « Vice Admiral Isoroku Yamv moto, vice minister of the navy, expressed the navy's appreciation of the "fair anj just attitude as sumed by both the United States government ank people despite all sorts of erroneous propagfcn ' J« 11 I He reiterated the navy's accep tance of responsibility for the at tack and said the navy was "glad the affair h)ad been settled satisfactorily." He pledged the navy to do its 1 utmost to ''prevent a recurrenci of such incidents" and expressed • the belief ''Japan and the United States have turned a misfortune into a blessing." Pension Checks For l Confederate Widows There are no ex-Confederate soldiers now living in Stokes i county, but there are 13 widows of ex-Confederates surviving. 'Thee a few days ago received 1 pension checks from the State, as i follows: , CLASS A. Mrs. S. G. Arlington, Mrs. Permelia Caudle, Mrs. Minnie Fagg, Mrs. Mary A. Flippin, Mrs. Sallie Gibson, Mrs. C. J. Hampton, ' Mrs. Sarah A. Hicks, ' •' n | Mrs. A. G. Jones, • r Mrs. NJancy R. Neal, Mrs. Jane Ring, Mrs. Mfeiry A. Smith. CLASS B. ; » Mrs. A. R. Jones, • Mrs. Rachael E. Moore. Sam Riggs, formerly of Lfcw sonville, was in town B$ has lately removed to near Sandy Ridge. »r * .
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