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THE DANBURY REPORTER. Established 1872 Volume 66 Danbury, N. C., Thurscay, March 14, 1940. SOIL CHECKS ARE COMING IN WOWK ANNOUNCES 85.500 HAS BEEN RECEIVED— OKfEEBS TO COME—CLOS ING DATE FOB SIGNING 1880 APPLICATIONS MARCH 28 VALUABLE INFORMA TION FROM COUNTY AGENT. To the farmers: Soil Conservation checks for 1939 amounting to $5,500.00 have been received in Stokes county, according to an announcement by J. F. Brown, county agent. Onlv 270 different checks have been received and it is requested that no one call at the office for his check until he receives a notice, as notices are mailed just aa soon as the checks are received. MARCH 24 CLOSING DATE FOR SIGNING 1939 AP PLICATIONS We would Uke to call the atten tion of farmers to the fact that the closing date for signing 1939 applications under the Agricultu ral Conservation Program is March 25. We have been inform ed by the State office that ail 1939 applications for payment must be in Raleigh by March 30. Any farmer or tenant who earned • payment in 1939 aad has not signed his application should get in touch with the eounty office before the closing date. Meetings are being scheduled throughout the county at this time for the purpose of giving farmers an opportunity to sign their farm plan for 1940. Any farmer who desires to participate Is the 1940 Agricultural Conserva tion Program and earn a payment must signify his intention by signing the 1940 farm plan be fore the closing date, April 18. All day meetings are being Scheduled in each township with community committeemen and slerfcs from the county office pres ent to assist in explaining the! program. Each landowner will, be notified by mail when the: meeting win be held In his town ship. Farmers must be contact ed in person to sign their farm plan, but if a person caanot at tend one of the meetings it is re quested *hat he send his repre sentative or call at the county of flee before the closing date. Fatal plans cannot be sent through the malls for signature. The 1940 ACP will offer St ikes county farmers slightly larger payments than could be earned in 1939. With the Grant of Aid on lime, superphosphate and winter legumes, every farmer lia* the opportunity of earning his entire •oil building payment with a min imum expenditure of money. Farmers are urged to plan now to earn their maximum soil buiM to* payment this year. We would Uke to again call your attention to the fact that * flat rate of $8.76 per ton for lime delivered i to the farm has been established for tbs entire county. Tbe 1940 program offers the tends an opportunity to earn. News The Y. G. H. club met Friday night, March 7, with Frances Al ley, The meeting was called to order by the president, Jean Prid dy. New officers were elected for the year 1940, electing Lottie Wood as president; Jeanie Alley, vice-president; Frances Alley, secretary and Stacie Wood, treas (urer. After the busine.* hour re freshments were se./od to the following members: Mis&t:* l~a belle Young, Stacie and Maude Wood, Annie Mae. Wilma, and Edith Oakley, Jean and Lena Priddy, Jeanie and Frances Alley. The next meeting will be with Miss Annie Mae Oakley on Fri day, March 22. A large crowd attended thi services at North View Sunday. Clyde Wood, who is stationed at Camp Jackson, South Caroli na, spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Wood. Mr. and Mrs. N. D. Priddy visited Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Young Sunday afternoon. Those who visited Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Oakley Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Wood and son, Donald, of Sandy Ridge. Mr, and Mrs. Foil Oakley, Misses Jean and Lena Priddy, Mr. and Mrs. N. D. Oakley visit ed Mr. Mrs. Duke Taylor Sunday. Miss Edith Flinchum visited relatives at LawsonriDe the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Haaseli Hawkins and family of Thomasville visited relatives here Sunday. B. B. Oakley was a busf toes* visitor in Walnut Cove Saturday. Clyde and Claude Priddy and John Alley matte a buainess trip to Wytheville, Va., Monday. Mrs. Clyde Priddy visited Dr. and Mrs. LOB Pringle Monday. Notice of Candidacy I hereby announce myself as candidate for re-election as Reg ister of Deeds of Stakes county sabject t 0 re-no ruination in the Democratic primary to be held May 25th. ROBAH L. SMITH. soil builcing payments by thin ning or improving stands of tim ber. There are many stands of' hardwood and second growth ] short leaf pines in the county that could be vastly improved by thinning, at the same time se curing a supply of fire wood needed on the farm and leaving the best trees for future fire wood or timber. Second growth short leaf pines properly thinned can be made to produce saw logs 15 to 20 years earlier by proper thinning. Under the program a credit of two units or 83.00 on the soil building goal ia given for each acre of trees properly thin ned. There ia still time to carry out this practice this spring. J. F. BROWN, Agent , Seeks Re-nomination ■Hk ROBAH L. SMITH Register of Deeds Robsh L. Smith announces his candidacy Tor re-election subject to the Democratic Primary to be held May 25th. Death of J. R. Black well at Winston-Salem V mmmmmmmmm Joseph Robert Blackwell, 82, died Monday night at 10:20 o'clock at his home in Winston- Salem. He had been in declining health sometime. His condition had been critical three weeks. Mr. Blackwell was born in Stokes county, July 11, 1857, a son of J. S. and Sarah Roberta Blackwell. He spent moat of his life in Stokea county, near Pine Hall, where he farmed. He went to Winston-Salem in 1922. He was s member of Pine Hall Presbyterian Church. On November 29, 1881, Mr. Blackwell was married to Mlas SaDie Gladstone. She passed away July 27, 1939* Surviving are one daughter, Miss Effle W. Blackwell of Win ston-Sal cm; two sons, J. S. and W. R. Blackwell of Winston-Sa lem; two grandchildren; one brother, Luther W. BlaekweTl and one sister, Mrs. J. A. Williams, both of Pine Hall. Card of Thanks From Mrs. Flora Mounce Dear editor: Win you please allow me space In your paper to say a few words in behalf of my "beloved j brother, Sam Flinchnm, who de parted this life January 29th, 1940 His stay on earth was 61 years, 3 months and 16 days. He left a loving and kind wife and four children to mourn his loss. He was a devoted husband and fath er to his family, and a dear brother to me. We feel from the life he lived that he is better off than we, and that our loss to Heaven's eternal gain. I want to thank his neighbors and friends, and especially the Duke Power Company, for which he worked for 33 years, for the flowers they contributed. His sister, MRS. FLORA MOUNCE. Half Brother of J. H. and W. 0. Baker Dies In Guilford / Thomas Cicero Baker, 63, a na tive of Stokes county and broth er of Mrs. Nannie F. Baker, Rural Hall, died suddenly while enroute to church at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Sumner township, Guilford county, at 7:20 o'clock Sunday night. Mr. Baker apparently was In his normal health up to the time he left home for church. It i> believed he Buffered a heart at tack. Mr. Baker was born In Stok-3 county, the son of the late Frank J. Baker and Jane Kiser Baker. Survivors include frvc sistovs. Mrs. Nannie F. Baker, Rural Hall, and Mrs. CorneT.* I'.eaio J>l, Mrs. Ida F. Hartgrr.v, Mrs. A.vi J. Hartgrove tnd Mn. Aii'.'e F. Baker, a' 1 ' of Stokes county two brothers, J. Walter Baker and Luther Baker, both of Stokes county; and two half-brothers, Wiley and Jim Baker, both of Stokes county. Funeral services were held at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Greensboro, Route 3, at 1:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, with the Rev. J. M. Allred, the pastor of the church, in charge, with thj main service following at Friend ship Baptist Church, in Stokes county, live miles north of Ger manton, at 3:30 o'clock. Burial was in the church graveyard. Tommy Gordon Paroled Tommy Gordon, sent up from Stokes in March, 1936, to serve 8 to 12 years for robbery, was paroled by Gov. Hoey this week. W. F. Bowles Is 111 W. F. Bowles of Walnut Cove haa been taken to a hospital, hav ing received a light stroke. N. E. Pepper ia ill at his home. REPUBLICANS MET HERE SATURDAY DELEGATES ELECTED TO STATE AND CONGRESSION AL CONVENTIONS—EXECU TIVE COMMITTEE TO ELECT CHAIRMAN. Stokes county Republicans met at the court house Saturday at 2 o'clock P. M. In the uijsoiK. of J. R. Nunn, party chairman, who was ill at his home at West field, T. S. Petree, secretary ox the executive committee, organiz ed the meeting. The following were elected del egates and alternates to the Re publican congressional and State conventions: DELEGATES Elkin Smith, T. S. Petree, T. G. New, W. E. Tuttle, W. D. Rier son, Albert Hensdale, C. M. Jones, Jim Jones, Riley Boles, Odell Jones, Luther Shelton, E. O. Shelton, E. C. Barr, E. R. Nel son, C- B. Moore, W. G. Petree, N. E. Wall, Fount Lawson, Floyd Lawson. ALTERNATES J. VV. Taliey, Dixie Nunn, Tom Spencer, Rufus Woods, Jim Moore, Mrs. Edwin Kiser, Bill Fulton, Hobert Erowder, Richard Mabe, Henry Wright, J. R. Bowen, I. W. Hall, Monroe Fagg, R. V. Wall, Cabell Joyce, W. R. Rob ertaon, Edwin Kiser, H. McGee. On motion it was left up to the county executive committee to elect a chairman. I.awsonville News Lawaonville, March 11.— Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Robertson, Mrs. B. O. Sheppard, Mrs. C. W. Mabe, and Mrs. P. H. Robertson attended the short course c.t Mountain View March 6, which they enjoyed. Dr. A. J. Pringle and fami!.y have located here which the com munity is glad to welcome back. Mr and Mrs. P. H. Robertson and family spent Sunday at King with relatives. Miss Blanche Rob ertson returneed home with them after having spent a week there. Mary McHone, Mrs. Wilmer Tucker, Miss Eula Tilley, Mrs. Minnie Lawson, Mrs. Robe Moore Mrs. C. M. Mabe, Mrs. Joe Mar tin, Mrs. O. E. Smith all have been on th e sick list, but are im proved at this time. Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Smith of Leaksvillc visited Mr. and Mra. O. E. Sir.ith Sunday. Mrs. C. R. Lawson spent S-Jr day with Mrs. John Lawson, Miss Grace Smith of Hti'iy Ridge visited Miss Leonora Spen cer. Mary and Annie Mae Lawson visited Mildred and Betty Martin Sunday. Several from here attended the show Saturday night at Stuart. Va. The Lawsonville teachers en joyed a bridge party at Mr. and Mrs. Sam Lawaon'a Monday night. \ Mr. a::d Mrs. Weldon Smith visited Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler Smith Sunday. Number 3,544 PLENTY KING NEWS THIS WEEK SICKNESS, ACCIDENTS, BUS INESS ITEMS, ETC—COUN TY COMMISSIONER HARVEY JOHNSON LOSES TWO FIN GERS—SEVERE ILLNESS OF MISS ORA FULP. K!H«\ Mar"h 14.--Miss Minnie Iviiw Ca 'oway, who underwent a major operation in the Baptist hospital. Winston - Salem last week, is getting along as well a« could be expected. Grady Hooker has returned to nis command at Fort Bragg aft er spending a short furlough with relatives here. Reid Jones has purchased from Robe Davis a house and lot on the corm r of Center street and Pilot avenue. Joel Y. Southern of Flatshoal has accepted a position as man ager of Fulp's bowling alley on Main street. Eler Jcssup has returned from an extended trip to Clio, South Carolina, he likes North Carolina better. Scott Rierson cut an ugly gash in his foot last week while chop ping wood. Dr. Stone dressed the wound. Landis Newsum had the mis fortune to lose a fine young cow last week. The cow was tied with a rope at Mr. corral, ghe became entangled in the rope and choked to death. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Weaver have returned to their home in Long Island, N. Y., after a visit to Mrs. Weaver's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Moore. Dill Combs, who has purchased the W. G. Hendricks pool room, has moved his family here from Elkin. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Stewart have returned from Wilmington, Delaware where they attended the funeral of Mrs. Stewart's mother lost Sunday. Charles Jones was severely burned about the face and head at his home near Capella last week. Four others also sustain ed minor burns when an old car bide tank which they were exam ining exploded from a lighted cigarette. J. E. Huffman has returned from a business trip to HigSi Point and Thomasville. Mr. Huff man is in the furniture business here. Harvey Johnson is nursing a crippled hand having lost two fin gers ns the result of his hand coming in contact with a circular saw last week. The following births were reg. istered here last week: to Mr. and Mrs. Glen Holt, ,1 daughter? and to Mr. and Mrs. Hobert Kig er, a son. Miss Ellen McMellon of Pin nacle and Alvin Watts of Dalton underwent tonsil operation, hero Friday. ■ Relatives here have been notU fied of the severe illness of Misa Ora Fulp. Miss Fulp, who is • (Cont'nuM on Page 4 ) , .!
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