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THE DANBURY REPORTER. ; Established 1872 LULL IN KING 1 BUILDING BOOM & W. FULK NOW HOUSE . NjKARING COMPLETION" WEATHER HOLDING BACK WORK ON NEW FOWLER AND GEORGE GARAGE—j THAT'S ALL FOR THIS ■ WEEK—OTHER KING HAP-' PENINGS. King, Feb. I.—The King people,' who are experiencing the most 1 severe weather seen here in' twenty years, are digging in for the winter. On 'Saturday morn ing the mercury registered one above. Leve Anson Alley of Danbury underwent a tonsil removal oper ' ation here Friday. Rev. and Mrs. L. K. Pulliam have returned from a several days' visit to friends in Reids ville. Mrs. Virginia Pulliam, who has been undergoing treatment for an attack of pneumonia in a Wins ton-Salem hospital, is sufficiently improved to be to iivr ' home here. Newel Newsum made a business ' trip to Winston-Salem Saturday. Work on the new building of 'J. W. Fulk on east Main street is nearing completion. . Hr. and Jlra. Charlie Bo las arc ■ iht glad parents of a new baby girl. The young lady arrived Friday. Dale and Bettena, the small children of Mr. pnd Mrs. Herman Newsum, are suffering from an attack of influenza at their homj on Broad street. ' Miss Cora Boles has returned to her home, Lone Oak Farm, aft ;* «r spending several days in Win ston-Salem where she was the ' guest of her niece, Miss Floosie B. Candle in Bon Air. Mrs. Caralea Ingram is gnite sick at her home one mile south of town, her friends will regret to learn. Ray Bole£ of Greensboro was the of his sister, Mrs. A. M. Caudle, on West Avenue over the week-end. Excavation work for the new Fdwler and George ' garage will be-commenced just as soon as the weather will permit C. S. Newsum has taken over from the Beasley. Chevrolet Com pany the Shell Service Station and will operate same independ ent. Wyatt Caudle has moved his family here from North Wilkes>- ; boro. Mr. Caudle holds a position with the Duke Power Company. Leon Stewart, young planter i)£ the Antioch section, was a busi ness visitor here Saturday. • > Tom Petree Goes To Winston Hospital Thos. S. Petree, who has been ill with pneumonia for several weeks, was' taken to a Winston- Salem hospital Wednesday. His condition was not satisfactory. Tom's host of friends wish fo;*| hbq'an iarly and complete recov-1 «y- Volume 66 Death of Mrs. Florence A. Neal At High Point | High Point, Jan. 28. Mrs. Florence A. Neal, 72, mother of M. B. and H. K. Neal, of Wins ton-Saleni, died today at a local | hospital of burns she received Saturday at her home, 909 North Main street. I Mrs. Neal was standing beside la heater when her clothes caught I £re, burning her back critically. | A son, a son-in-law and her daughter received minor burns trying to extinguish the blaze. | | Mrs. Neal was born in Stokes county, a daughter of Samuel land Emily "Lewis Allen. She lived there until coming here 14 years ago. She was a member of Quak er Gap Baptist Church, Stoke» county. Her husband, J. W. Neai, died in 1926. Surviving, in addition to the two sons mentioned, are four daughters, Mrs. B. L. Howard, with whom she lived; Mrs. W. D. Brown, High Point; Mrs. Jack Moffit, Charlotte; and Mrs. J. I. Moore, Walnut Cove; four other sons, Vir.cent and Dempsey, of High Point, and B. and C. A. Neal, Yanceyville; and 23 grand children. The body will remain at Kooncc Funeral Home until Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock when it will be returned to the residence. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p. m. at the First Baptist Church in Walnut Cove by Rev. 0. L. Ruth, of High Point. Burial will follow in the Allen family cemetery near Mea dows. James David Smith Dies, Aged 92 James David Smith, retired Stokes county farmer, died at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning at the home of a son, Reid Smith, in Francisco. He was 92 years old. He had been ill for the past month. ' Mr. Smith is survived by two sons, Reid and Fletcher Smith of Francisco and several grandchild ren. The funeral service was held at • J, Francisco Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with Elder Brcrwn in charge. Burial was in the Smith family graveyard. Sandy Ridge Team Places in Contest The seed judging team of the Sandy Ridge chapter of F. F. A. J won third place in the tri-county | contest held at Reidsville. The counties were Stokes, Rocking (ham and Caswell. First place was ■ won by Stoneville and second by iWentworth, both of Rockingham county. t - * This is ' the second year of an agricultural class in the Sandy j Ridge School. New equipment is being added for their ' regular activities.- ' Those' who composed the seed judging team were ,Louis Joyce, | Walter Joyce, Dewey' Corn, De- I witt Vernon, Willard 'Smith and, Melvin WaU. > Danbury, N. C., Thursday, Feb. 1, 1940. A STOKES BOY 1 IS AT THE HEAD | WINSTON - SALEM PRODUC TION CREDIT ASSOCIATION IS OPERATING SUCCESSFUL LY— L. E. FRANCIS OF FRANCISCO IS SECRETARY TREASURER—REPORTS. Reports submitted by officers of the Winston-Salem Production Credit Association at the annua)' meeting of stockholders, Satur- ! ' day, January 27, revealed that this farmers' cooperative organi 'zation, which supplies its mem-j bers with short-term credit for agricultural purposes is opera-' ting most successfully. Due to the facts that many of the roads were almost untravel able and that the extremely cold weather remained unabated the attendance was unusually small. However, complete and detailed reports, illustrated by charts, were given to the stockholders present showing volume of busi ness done, costs of operation, dis tribution of expense, net profits and other data of vital interest to the members. Reports were made to the meeting by Paul J. Veßtal, presi dent, L. E. Francis, secretary treasurer, and a report was read to the meeting prepared by Mr. W. H. Hardy. The reports showed that the as sociation made loans totaling $150,185.00 during the fiscal year. The association serves Alleghaney, I Ashe, Caldwell, Davidson, For syth, Stokes, Surry, Yadkin, Wa tauga and Wilkes counties. Mr. Paul J. Vestal and Mr. W. H. Hardy were re-elected to serve on the hoard of directors. Other I members of the board whose | terms did not expire this year are Mr. E. S. Welborn, Mr. N. C. Speas, and Mr. A. B. Hobson. Mr. J. F. Diggs, of the Produc tion Creffit Corporation of Colum bia, addressed the meeting and discussed the cooperative feature of the association. He listed | eight cooperative service princi t pies practiced hy the association |as follows: For sendee —not pro- I fit; responsible fanners eligible, every member shares in owner ship; active members control; members kept informed; reason able but adequate charges; sound credit to needs and mem bers' business strictly confiden tial. Mr. Diggs reviewed the condi -1 ' ' ' •,» tions leading up to the establish ment of the production credit system and reviewed the progress which has been made by the asso ciation. Robah Is Back Everybody is happy to see R. jL. Smith, our Register of Deeds back, in fine fettle, and looking fat. He has been in a sanatorium for a run down condition, taking a rest. Welcome back, Robah. Wo have mijsed you. John W. Burwell of Vade Me cum was in town Monday. ALL WEATHER RECORDS BROKEN LOWEST TEMPERATURES FOB 100 YEARS—IS THIS SO?— DANBURY AND WALNUT COVE THERMOMETERS DIP TO 12 BELOW—AT MADISON IT WAS 15 DOWN. All records for perhaps a 100 '• years back were broken by thi > recent co'd spell in this section of the State. Mercury on Friday, Jan. 26 reg istered 10 to 12 degrees below zero at Danbury and Walnut I Cove. At Madison CCC camp the . figures w ere 15 under the zero notch. Oldest citizens recall but few times in the past when the ther mometer was below zero and then it was only a few degrees down, 2, 3, 4 or 5 during certain freezes. Stedmrn lake has an ice cover of 8 to 12 inches thick. Dan riv er is frozen over. Many creeks are only ice channels. Snow fell here last week to a depth of 10 inches, followed by 1' * severe freeze Dr. J. A. Keiger Dies Dr. James Arthur Keiger, 57, for 20 years a Greensboro leader in the medical profession, died Thursday morning at St. Leo s Hbfljatal where he underwent an operation Wednesday. Surviving are his widow, the former Miss Ethel C. Bollinger, and a son, J. A. Keiger, Jr., of Greensboro; two sisters, Mrs. John Lee Wilson, Madison, and Miss Blanche Keiger, Greensboro; and four brothers, Charles E. Keiger, M. F. Keiger. Tobaqcoville; Dr. O. R. K.iger, Winston-Salem; and Dr. C. E. Keigher, Charlotte. Keiger, Charlotte. Stokes county, was a graduate of the State University and of the Medical College of the University. Burke Smith Pulls a Party A large crowd of the special friends of Deputy Sheriff Burke | Smith gathered at his apartments lat the ;ail one night recently a' Ja parly Highway patrolmen j other county officers, some locil 1 friends, were among the crowd, arid all hid an evening of rare en joyment A delicious supper 0 f fish and other good things to eat was l spread by Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Jas. Flinchum. Death of Child Arless Jean Brown, age two years, daughter of R. W. and Lil lian Reid Brown. Walnut Cove, died at a Winston hospital. The little girl was ill for seven weeks and was confined to the hospital in serious condition for four we*jks. She was born De cember 4, 1937. Howarj -L. Gibson, chairman of the board of county commission ers, visited Danbury recently. Sam Flinchum, " J Former Stokes Boy, Passes At Winston Samuel Adam Flinchum, at the age of 61, died in Winston-Salem after being ill only 3 hours. He was a brother of Mrs. Flori Mounce of Danbury. He lived here before going to Winston. Was a si n of John Eillic Flin chum, ex-Confederate soldier who ' went tlnough 18 battles in thi Civil Wa*- and never got a scratch. Mr. Flinchum was born Octo ber 12, 1878, in Stokes county, the son of J. B. and Julia Morri son Flinchum. He sper.; his early life in Stokes co i t;, going to Winston-Salem to live 40 years ago. He was employed by the Duke Power Company for the past 33 years. Mr. Flinchum was a member of Hiatt Memorial Methodist Church ! and Sunday School and was on* jof the most active and loyal | church workers. Survivors include the widow, who before marriage was Miss Mattie Cooper; four daughters, Mrs. M. S. Hayes, Mrs. R. W. Sheek, and Mrs. A. B. Hurst, all of Winston-Salem, and Mrs. G. E. Philpott of Bassett, Va.; 12 grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Florence Mounce, Danbury; two half sisters, Mrs. Mittie Nelson and Mrs Jack Heath, both of Stokes county; and two half brothers, Alex Flinchum and Walter Rierson, both of Sotkes county. Death Claims P. L. Culler At High Point P. L. Culler, 58, died Saturday afternoon at a High Point hospi tal after two months of declining health. He was born in Stokes county May 28, 1881, a son of Franklin and May Boyles Culler, and weni to High Point 24 years ayo. He was a member of Hilliard Me morial Baptist Church. Death of Peter E. Slate Pilot Mountain, Jan. 29. —Peter Edward Slate, about 90, of Mount Airy, Route 2, died Sunday morn ing at the home of a son, G. Slate, at Mayberry, W. Va. H'. was visiting his son and passed away suddenly. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Mary Slate, and 12 children, Ed Slate, Mount Airy, Route 2; Mrs. F. s. Slate, Siloam; Mrs. Ada Ar rington, Mount Airy, Route 2, Arthur Slate, Francisco; Charlie H. Slate, Mount Airy; P. D. Slate, Rockingham; Mrs. Gilmer Moser, Mount Airy, Route 3; Mrs. R. D. Bradley, Rural Hall; Mrs. Wood row Owen, Westfield; Alma and Hardin Slate, of the home, and G. L. Slate, Mayberry. The funeral will be held Tues day afternoon at 1 o'clock at As bury Presbyterian Church. Eld era Press Stone and W. J. Brown will conduct the services. Burial will be in the family graveyard nearby. Number 3,538 HOW TO KILL A GOOD CHURCH RULES GIVEN BY THE REV. W. T. ALLEN—THE FORMU LA fS REQUESTED TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE RE PORTER. (In Church Work.) 1. Don't come (P.salms 42:4, 3. If to 0 wot, or too dry, too (Psalms 84:19). 3. It too wet, 0 i" dry. too hot or too cold, don't think of coming. (Psalms 122:1). 4. Din't imagine the front seats are for you. People might think you are conceited. 5. Come bound to find fault. (Psalms 100:4, 5). 6. Don't ever think of praying for the Pastor of yoyr church. (Eph. 6:18, 19:11; Thes. 3:1). 7. Dor.'t sing. (Psalm 95:1,2; I Cor. 14:15). 8. Don't attend week-day ser vice. (Aits 3:1, 2:1). 9. Don't encourage the Pastor, but tell his faults to others (Gal. 6:1). If his sermon helps you, don't let him know. It might make him vain. 10. If you see a stranger in the congregation, don't offer to hands, or ask him to come again. People might think you bold. 18. Tr> to run the Church (St. Mark 10:42, 45). • i 12. Don't believe in missions. (Matt. 23:19. 20). 13. Don't pledge much. (I Cor. 16:2). . 14. Let the Pastor do all the work. (Isaiah 41.6,7). 15. See that his salary is al ways behind. (I Cor. 9:14). 16. If he does not visit as often as you think he should, treat hini very coo'ly; he has nothing in particular to do and could come ' oftener. (I Thes. 5:12, 13). 17. Don't take or read a Church paper. 19. If you see anyone who tries to take hold and help carry oa any of the Church work, be sure to find fault and accuse him of 1 being bold (II Chron. 31:20, 21). 20. Never speak to anyone of Christ and His Churvh;. your Pas tor shoul.i do all that kind of work. . - i H ' -f (Dan. 12:3; St. James* 5:20). [ 21. Don't go to Chufcch School, it is childish. (Psa. l'; 9, 38, 5-1, 105, 130 133; Matt. 15.4). I 22. Don't be particular how God's House looks inside or out, I but keep your own hotne looking nice. (II Kings 6:21, 22; Has;- gia 1:2, 4). 23. Insist on your views being adopted on all questions brought befce the Church," and don't ;give in to the majority (Matt. 23:10, 12; St.. John 3:30). 24. Don't join a«y of the Church organizations (Matt. 3:16 18). , . ; 25. Wken ill, don't' send your Pastor word, He is supposed to find out himself. But tell all tha neighbors how he neglected yoj during your illneßs. (St. Johu 11:3).
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