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The Danbury Reporter
' N. E. PEPPER, Editor and Publisher
Issued Wednesdays at Danbury, N. C., and entered *t thfe Danbury
postoffioe iaa second class matter, under *ct of Congress.
THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1938.
Building: Up The Side Roads.
Tuesday Governor Hoey allocated two million
dollars out of the highway fund surplus for the
improvement of secondary or farm-to-market
roads
This will be good news to farmers, many of
whom live on roads that quickly become impass
able with a few days of bad weather.
This vast appropriation will put the side roads in
the best condition in the history of the State, so
say the highway people who are now getting in
high gear for the improvements.
It also means much better and safer roads for
the operation of school buses, and this will be
gratifying to many parents.
Our highway system is becoming to be the
greatest institution in the State, and it should
be, for the public roads involve the welfare and
the prosperity of every citizen in the State.
The Gas Route Crowded i
Last week two men coming l from Danville in
a car met two men coming- from Reidsville in a
car. When the pile of crunched steel and shat
tered glass was explored, four corpses were pull
ed from the wreck.
There were various other trag-edies in the State
the same day or week-end.
The doctors, the hospitals and the morgues are
kept busy with dead and maimed men and wo
men who thought they could drive but found
themselves mistaken.
We have had fire, flood, pestilence and war.
Which of these calamities is more deadly than
the automobile which kills more that 40,000 peo
ple in the United States each year and leaves a
tremendously greater army of battered invalids
for life.
f Chinese Turn On The Japs.
It is good news that the Chinese have suddenly
stiffened their defense and have checked the on
ward march of the Japs. In some cases driving*
them back along 1 wide fronts, severing" their line
of supplies of ammunition and foodstuffs and
winning' crushing- victories over the invaders.
It would be pleasing- to the American people
to see the Japs severly beaten and driven back
home and made to pay an indemnity that would
tax their resources for the next half century.
SANDY RIDGE.
(Continued from Ist page)
meet in regular monthly meeting
Wednesday night, April 20, with
Mrs. Fred Mitchell and Mrs.
Powell Hawkins as joint hos
tesses at the home of the former.
A very interesting program
has been planned and all mem
bers are urged to attend.
PERSONALS.
I
Mr. and Mrs. Adam Darr and
son, Gary, have returned to their
home at Lexington after spend
ing a weelt here visiting rela
tives.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lemmons
and son, Cleo. and Miss Mildred
Mabe shopped in Winston-Salem
Saturday.
M/.ss Laura Ellington shopped
in Winstoii-SulQm (Saturday.
Mrs. Grant Ayers spent the
week-end with Mrs. Eljwood
Hicks at King.
Mrs. Marie Stovall and Lola
Sisk spent the week-end with
Misses Pearl and Delma Yates
at Dillard.
S. B. Marly of Greensboro
visited here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Shelton
bad an their Sunday dinner
fiueats Miss Jessie Let' FralLn
and Mr. A. E. Garner and a 8
their supper guests Mr. and
Mrs. C. R. Darr and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Doyle and
children of visi
ted Mrs. Edgar Eh'.ngton Sun-
Mr. and Mrs. Steele'
and son, Roy, were in Winston-
Salem Saturday.
Misses Ruth Joyce and
Georgia Mays were in Madison
| Monday.
Wi'fi Stovall and son, Robert,
were in Stuart, Va., Saturday.
I Mr. and Mrs. Russ Ward had
as supper guests Thursday night.
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Darr and
daughter.
M. M.
Death Of
Grandmother 'Of Mrs.
T. D. Martin.
Mrs. T. D. Martin received a
telegram Tuesday announcing
the death of her grandmother.
J Mrs. V. J. Cofer, in Norfolk, Va.
T. C. Cofer, who has been here
on a visit to his daughter, Mrs.
T. D. Martin, left Wednesday for
Norfolk accompanied by Mr.
and Mrs. T. D. Martin.
THE DANBUBY REPORTER
The Timber
Resources Of
Stokes County.
The heavy demand for pine
pulpwood in the South has served
to focus attention on the best
method of cutting timber on
farm woodlands. Vast quanti
ties of pulpwood have been and
are bing cut from farmer-owned
tlmberlandfl without any definite
plan or future growth or later
crops.
How a Stokes County farmer
cuts his timber may be a per
sonal question, yet it is of vital
importance to the county ait a
whole. Stokes County has 135,-
821 acres of farm woodland.
This is 52 per cent of her entire
farm average. The economical
future of both her agricultural
and her industrial development
is dependent to a large degree
upon the size and quantity of the
timber harvest from these fore3t
acre*}. From such a vieVrpoint,
how a Stokes County farmer
cuts his timber crop becomes a
vital public question. Succcfas in
timber farming depends mainly
upon two factors:
1. How the owner protects hia
forest from fire, and
2. How he uses the axe and saw
or allows them to be used, in hi'.i
timber. A slight error in judg
ment here often means no profit
and much damage to the timber
and the productive capacity of
the land.
HOW ARE YOU TAKING YOUR
TIMBER HARVEST?
There are two methods of har-
the timber crop to per
petuate the forest stand by natu
ral means and provide for con
tinuous Or future crops:
1. Seed-tree Cutting or cutting
out all merchantable trees except
a few for seed trees, and
2. Selective Tree Cutting, or
harvesting a timber crop by se
lecting the trees 'individua?ly.
Both of these are reo-.RUi/.ei'
standard methods, but the que>>-
tion is: Which is the better prac
tice for the Stokes County far
mer from the standpoint of sound
farm economy? How are you
taking your timber harvest?
SEED-TREE CUTTING METHOD
The seed-tree method usually
calls for the cutting of all mer
chantable timber except a speci
fied number of seed trec/t per
acre and then wait until nature
has grown another crop, thus
starting again with bare land.
There are many reasoiis *why
this method of cutting timber is
uneconomical for fanners. Most
of the objections will be obvious
jto the layman as well a 8 the far
imer. Among them are:
1. The long wait between tim
ber crops and periods of money
income.
If Stokes County pineb are cut
for pulpwood by the seedtree
method, the farmer will have to
wait 20 to 30 years for the next
crop, depending upon the species
of pine, quality of land, and the
protection from fire.
2. The uncertainty of natu
ral rvjeeding for the next crop.
Reseeding usually requires from
3 to 10 years at best, often lon-
ger. Heavy cutting of plni:
opens the way for the rapid in
coming of oaks, gums, myrtle, or
other hardwood trees or shrubs,
I *
which retard or prevent pine
reproduction.
3. Good seed trees are often
SUPERIOR COURT
CLEARS TERM.
CIVIL ACTIONS TRIED THIS
WEE K—CRIMINAL CASES
DISPOSED OF AFTER LAST
ISSUE OF REPORTER.
Criminal court closed Frfday
of last week. Civil court ended
Tuesday night of this week.
The follbwing ' (criminal cases
were tried after Thursday of last
week:
STATE AGAINST:
Troy Bullin. a. d. w., S2O and
cost.
Johnnie Manring, a. d. w., S2O
and cost.
Hampton Black, manslaughter,
7 years in State prison.
Hampton Black, manslaughter,
State prison not less than 3 nor
more than 5 years.
Curtis Jessup, reckless driving,
cost.
Jim Mabe, manufacturing,
cost.
Gilmer Nelson. ' Manufactur
ing, SSO and cost.
Posey Nelson, manufacturing,
6 months on roads.
Sherman Howell, resisting of
ficer, 90 days on roads.
Melvin T. (Bell, transporting,
5 months on roads.
Jas. Ballard, transporting, 60
days on roads. i
Frank Redman, false pretense,
suspended sentence; for non sup
port, suspended sentence.
Arthur Mabe, maufacturing, G
months on roads.
J. W. Martin, manufacturing,
6 months on roads.
Pete Moore, a. d. w., cost.
Elmer Bullin, drunk driving, 3
months on roads.
Bob Shuff, drunk driving, SSO
and cost.
Frank and James Stephens, a.
d. w., cost.
Troy Ziglar. drunk and as
sault, cost, for which county is
liable.
Manuel George, drunk driving,
SIOO and cost.
O. T. Brown, possession, $75
and cost.
L. E. Shipton, possession. SIOO
and cost.
Albert Long, possession, SIOO
and cost.
Sam Ziglar, possession, SSO
and cost.
James Goolsby, c. c. w., not
guilty.
Teat Dalton, manufacturing, 4
years in State prison.
Clyde Jones, manufacturing. 12
months on roads.
DKVC Dalton, manufacturing, 13
months on roads.
Reiney Davis, ' manufacturing,
12 months on roads.
Monroe Mitchell, manufactur
ing, 12 months on roads.
Clyde Jones, c. c. w., 4 months
on roads.
John Boles, b. and e.. 8 months
on roads.
Otis Shelton, forcible trespass,
nol, pros.
Robert Shelton, forcible tres
pass, SSO and cost.
Civil cases tried this week
follows:
Gladys Bennett vs. Samuel
Bennett, divorce granted.
Shumaker vs. Shumaker, di-
vorce granted.
Mattie Bennett Nance vs. Earl
not available. Clear Ct'vlng for
pulpwood is often d>mi bef.wc
the timber reaches a seed bear
lag a®e, thus no choice seed tree*
an available.
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A. R. Phillips
Announces 1 For Sheriff
In placing my name on the ticket
as a candidate for Sheriff of
Stokes, I wish to say to the citi
zens of our county that if ' en
trusted with the work of this of
fice, it shall be my pleasure to
give my best service toward in
economical and efficient adminis
tration of county affairs. On
June 4th go to the polls and vote
your convictions in reference to
this office. Your support of my
candidacy will be held in highest
esteem, and I shall appreciate
the efforts of every citizen who
shall stand for better govern
ment and better homes through
out this good old County of
Stokes.
A. R. PHILLIPS.
Nance, divorce. Granted.
J. M. Hall vs. Maude L. Hall,
divorce . Granted.
Leona Boyles Knight vs. Jerry
Knight, divorce. Granted.
Eaton vs. Carroll, land suit,
non-suited.
Eaton vs. Scott, trustee. Con
tinued .
Quality Oil Co. vs. Smith. Com
promised.
Matthews vs. Wilsons. Judg
ment of $149.20 and interest for
plaintiff.
GarJtaon vs. Carrolls. Judg
ment of SSO and interest for
plaintiff.
Wilmoth vs. Beasley Chevro
let Co., mistrial.
Powell East vs. Beatrice and
J. T. East. Judgment for plain
tiff.
Eck Gordon vs. State Highway
and Public Works Commission.
Judgment of S3OO for plaintiff
B. V. Gordon vs. State High
way and Public Works Commiss
ion. i Judgment oif $425.00 for
plaintiff.
Mrs. N. A. Mat tin, who ' has
been at Duke hospital for treat
ment several weeks, is reported
not doing so well, though her
condition is not regarded as
serious.
H. P. Loftis, superintendent of
the County Home, entertained a
number of his friends at supper
Sunday night There was a
menu consisting of fresh fish, old
country ham, and various and
sundry other delicious viands
which Mr*. loftin knows so well
how to prepare, and which woe
enjoyed by the guests, consisting
of Reid Forest, Jr., Travis Tut
tle, N. E. Pepper and Mr. Hwam.
LET as demonstrate the Prime
one-Wire Electric Fence to poo.
Wtfte O. O. Conor, UMtso* fir.
fib Rwfe S, fftaftSw
THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1938.
At Germanton
High School. " r>
An operetta, "The Smuggle
nian", will be presented by the
elementary grades of the Ger
manton School Friday night at »
8 o'clock, in the High School
auditorium,
Persona represented:
A Herald —Howard Westmors- > v
land.
Six Mothers. '■
Eight grandmothers.
Toots —a naughty boy—Gray
Meritt, Jr.
Billy—a good boy—George Wil-
son.
Toots' Mother —Margaret Mar- r
shall.
Billy's mother —Ann McGee.
Six boys.
The Smuggleman—a naughty
gnome—Phillip Long.
The Fairy Queen —June
Crumpler.
Sunflower —one of the fftiry
guards—Aubrey Miller.
Hiltfegarde—a singing fairy-
Anne Wilson.
Eight horses —(Girls.)
Eight Knights—(Beys). *
Fairies —
Gnomes—
Act I—The garden of the
mothers in the morning.
Act 2 —The same at night.
Synopsis:
In ancient days there lived a
naughty gnome who stole out at
night to capture all bad boys
and girls. Only the Fairy
Queen could help recapture the
stolen children and return them
to their mothers. ' After art
fully capturing the old Smuggle- s*
man the naughty boys are re
turned to their happy mothers.
STDART
Theater
Stuart, Virginia
Friday and Saturday April 15-16
"Reckless Ranger"
Bob Allen
Also serial 'Mysterious Pilot"
Snn. Mon. Toes. April 17-18-19
"Submarine D-l"
Pat O'Brien Wayne Morris
George Brent '
(This show 15c and 30c.)
Wednesday and Thurs. April 20-
21
"Ebb Tide"
(In technicolor.) j
Bay Mfiland Frances Farmer
(This show 15c and 30c.)
SAVE MONET ON
BEAUTY SHOPPE
M. and C. Beauty Shoppe,
5111-2 N. Liberty St.,
Dial— 9124—Dial 9124
Winston-Salem, N. C.
3ave this ad, it is worth 50
cents on below prices.
Special Croqignole $1.50
Oil Croquignole $2.00
Self Setting- Ringlett, ™ $3.00
Reduced prices on Genuine
Eugene waves.
Rilling Ringlett—Or wave.
Shampoo and finger wave 40e
All work guaranteed.
"Jake and George Ootta,
Managers.
Miss Lavinia Evans.
Miso Lucy Holbrook,
. (Operator^,)
DEEDS OF TBC9T.
Tb fit the Stokes ooonty m-
Mailed to uy addrcAn,
ft Mnta par dtaes
DANBURY JtCPORTSU