THE DANBURY REPORTER
Established 1872
STOKES EXCEEDS
BOND QUOTA
COUNTY BUYS NEARLY $95,-
000—QUOTA WAS $87,000
t
Stokes county'a war bond quota
was $87,000.
The county bought around $95,-
000 of the securities.
Chairman R. J. Gibson and his
lieutenants and workers are to be
congratulated for the success of
their drive.
The 15 billion quota in the na
tion was oversubscribed by more
than 3 billions.
North Carolina went over the
top by several millions.
King Goes Over
War Bond Quota
(Reported)
During the Third War Loan
Drive, King has gone over her
quota with a bang. Under tlu
sponsorship of the Woman's Club j
along with the P.-T. A., and burl
iness organizations of town, the
drive seems to have been carrie-J
out effectively. Enthusiasm was :
prevalent throughout the entire !
period of time. Much of this
must be attributed to the school
children, who have shonw 100 per
cent cooperation. Tod Say, more
than ever, we feel the true value
of our youth—the men of tomor
row.
We also wish to thank the par
ents for their contributions to
ward making us go even beyond
our goal.
To you, committeemen, pupils,
and parents, we owe the immense
pleasure of announcing $17,000
toward the funeral of anything
that tries to down democracy.
Mr. and Mrs. Joyce, Sr.
Celebrate their Sixtieth
Wedding- Anniversary
On September 29, last week,
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Joyce of Dan
bury, celebrated their 60th wed
j
ding anniversary.
Relatives of the happy couple
together with many friends gath-1
ered in to offer their congratula
tions and cordial good wishes for
still longer life and old age of
peace, pleasure and plenty.
Among the guests was Mrs. El
sie Dorner of Pittsburgh, Pa., a
nortfiern friend of Mr. and Mrs.
Joyce, who here on a visit to Mrs.
J. Frank Martin, brought along a j
beautiful and toothsome 2-tier;
cake baked in Pittsburgh, which '
she presented to the celebrants, j
Mr. Rnd Mrs. Joyce are the pa- j
rents of eight children, fourteen
grandchildren and one grandchild.
They were married Sept 29,
1883. Mr. Joyce is now 86, Mrs. j
Joyce 82.
' The many friends of Mr. and
Mrs. Joyce in Stokes as well as i
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elsewhere, extend their most cor-'
dial felicitation*.
Volume 72
Second Lt. Hutcherson
Assigned to Duty
With Leathernecks
(Special to the Reporter.)
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 6. Second
Lieutenant Orman Donald Hutch-
I
erson, aged 21, son of Mrs. Rosa
■
C. Hutcherson of Sandy Ridge,
has been assigned to active duty
with the fighting Leathernecks,
it was announced here today. He
was ordered to lead Marines in
battle after successfully complet
ing the rugged officers' training
course at the famous Marine Base
i
at Quantico, Va.
Lieutenant Hutcherson enlisted
in the Marine Corps in June cf
1 1940 and was a staff sergeant at
jthe time of his assignment to of
ficers candidate school.
He has a brother in the Ma-
I
rines and one in the Army.
Booster's Club of Life
Insurance Co. Holds
Picnic at Winston
(WKjten J;>r t:>e Reporter.)
The Booster's Ciub of the Con
tinental Life Insurance Company,
j Winston-Salem district, entertain
ed its members and wives at a de
lightful picnic on the attractive
and spacious lawn of Mr. and
Mrs. M. R. Ivie, ?n Reynolda Rd.
After the men tried their skill
at Softball, everyone gatherei
around the large furnace where
wieners were roasted. ~
At the close of the evening, Mr.
Ivie, manager of the district of
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nee, presented a gift to E. Ralton !
Griffin of King who was winner
of an announced insurance con
test. Mr. Griffin has been the
leading producer for the past sev
eral years.
Approaching- Nuptials
At Miami, Fla., Of
Former Danbury Boy
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Invitations have been received
in Danbury as follows:
"Mr. and Mrs. William Dicker-1
son request the honour of your
, presence at the marriage of their
daughter Lillian to William Bev
erly Christian on Sunday, the
tenth of October at six-thirty
o'clock in the evening at Central
Baptist Church, Miami, Florida."
Beverly was formerly of Dan
bury. th" son of Mr. and Mrs.
S. P. Christian.
•Joe Bill Neal and Miss
Mary Flinchum Wed
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' Miss Mary Magdeline Flinchum
and Mr. Joseph William Neal
were married at Camden, S. C.,
on September 29. The bride is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. El
bert Flinchum. The groom is %
; son of the late Dr. and Mrs: J.
jW. Neal. Both of the contracting
parties are of Walnut Cove.
I W. S. Hart of Lawsonville was
in town this week.
Danbury, N. C., Thursday, Oct. 7, 1943 * * *
THE FARMER "IN THE SPOTS"
i W. A. Watson, a farmer of Deep Gap, N. C.,
writes in the Winston-Salem Journal that he
wants crop control abolished. He says the farm
! ers are "in a spot."
Does Mr. Watson refer to the 20 "spots" or the j
' 50 "spots" or the 100 "spots" now so promiscuous
' ly handled by the grinning tobacco growers?
Mr. Watson goes on to castigate the govern -
| ment bureaucrats for their pernicious control
| regulations.
Does Mr. Watson not know that these control
regulations were imposed by the farmers them
. selves by crushing majorities?
Does the correspondent not know that without
i control, wild over-production would make the
cultivation of tobacco unprofitable again?
Or perhaps he refers to the "ceiling."
And is he not aware that without a ceiling,
prices exacted by tobacco, meat, shoes, rents,
butter, plow points, gun cartridges, clothing,
sugar, coffee, gasoline, etc., would produce an
inflation that would quickly become a national;
tragedy?
With tobacco averaging 43 cents, can't farmer.-.
;be sati-fkd in a small way, especially when tho
world is staggering with unprecedented terror;
land stiffen m v and .'Vnt'i?
! ' i
1 Mr. Watson closes with this:
"There is a remedy, and I do hope the poor far
jmer will use the hatchet and throw those in pow
er out who make such laws against the welfare
of the farmers."
If Mr. Watson believes the people have so little
business sense as to go back to the conditions of
the early '3o's when there was no crop control,
and when Will George marketed his crop at SI.OO
a barn (picture of this dollar now framed and
on exhibition), we fear his hopes will be dashed
to the earth. |
History of the Old
Court House Bell
About 87 years ago Forsyth >
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county was cut off from Stokes,
and the county seat of Stokes was
removed from Germanton to Dan
bury. The court house that was
buiit here was then graced by the
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old court house bell taken from
j the Germanton building. |
| This bell saw service on the old
court house at Danbury for about
1 50 years, when the present court!
j house in Danbury was erected. A
new and larger bell was then in
' stalled, and the old bell was sold
to Robt. P. McAnally and remov- \
ed to" his farm in eastern Stokes, j
Later Mr. McAnally bought a i
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farm near Richmond, Va. He car
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iried the old bell with him and
kept it on his Virginia plantation
until his death some 25 years ago. I
It was then purchased by C. R. 
I
jWall of Beaver Island, Stokes
i county, a brother-in-law of Mr.
J McAnally, who brought it back to
Stokes and installed it on a
church near his home, where it is
now.
Mr. Wall, who was in Danbury
Monday, told the Reporter the
history of this old bell, which is J
very interesting. No one knows
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how old the bell was when first
used on the old Germanton court
| house. ■>
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Price Adjustment
Payment To Be Made
To Milk Producers
;
The War Food Administration
has announced that a price ad-1
justment payment will be made to j
all milk producers to meet the j
difference in dairy feed cost since I
Sept., 1942. All mijk producers
are asked to keep an accurate re-
'cord of their sales of milk an'.,
i
butterfat for the period of Oct. 1
through December 31, 1943. They
| are also advised to keep a record
cf the actual cost of dairy feed j
, including hay for the same per
iod. More details of this pric
! adjustment payment will be re-1
, leased later.
I All farmers are asked to sto:
by the Triple-A office in Danbur
at their earliest convenience
ii\ port for payment under tho
|1943 ACP yerr. Those who r>-
jport their practiced first an 1
have tneir applications filrvl wili
be first to receive their checks. I
Marriage Announced |
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lr '
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Flinchum of Walkertown an
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neunce the marriage of tilth
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I daughter, Dorothy Maye, to Jesv>
James Booth, Jr., son of Mr. and
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Mrs. J. J. Booth of Danbury. The j
wedding took place on Sunday,.
May 16, at York, S. C.
Published Thursdays
OUR BOYS
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j Staff Sergeant Dallas Helsa
beck, son of Mr. and Mrs. Grove."
Helsabeck of King, has notified
his parents that he is now in Eng
land. He entered the army in
August, 1942, trained at Fort
Bragg and is married to Miss
Ruby Fulk.
Private First Class Harmon R.
Riser, son of Mrs. Alice Kiser of
King, has been promoted to his
present rating. He entered the
army January, 1943, and trained
at Camp Lee, Va., and Blooming
ton, 111. He was last heard from
in California.
Private William J. Cockerham,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Pleas Cock
erham of Pinnacle has arrived ii
Australia. He entered the irm\
j November 12. 1912, and receiver
his training at Fort Bliss, Texas.
Cioporal n-'iuge O.i.s l'ridd...
son of Mr. an.! Mrs. W. M. Prid
;dy of King, has been promoted f •
his present rating. He enten .
the service in April 1913, and re
ceived his basic training at At
lantic City, New Jersey.
Corporal Rupert
Fulk, son of E. W. Fulk of King,
has notified his father that he has
arrived fti North Africa. He en
tered the army December 11, *42,
and received his basic training at
Camp Robinson, Arkansas.
Pfc. James Marshall Hall, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Raleigh Hall of
King, has notified his parents of
his arrival in the Southwest Pa-
I cific. He entered the service in
( December, 1912, and trained at
Camp Maxey, Texas.
| Corporal Piuii M. Wall, son of
Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Wall of Sandv
Ridge, has recently been promot
|ed to his present rating. He is
now stationed with the army in
l California.
Private First Class Paul H.
White, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. \V.
White of Germanton, has arrived
in Sicily. He entered the army
in November, 1942, and was train
ed at Camp Pickett, Va.
' Pic. James T. White, son n,
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. White of Gv
manton, has been promoted to hi.-i
present rating. He entered tii-•
army December 19, 1912 and was
i trained at Camp McCoy, Wis,
1 Walter Overly of I.i-vsc; Ue
, W«t! in town tod;iy, v
1
Bob Simmons of Lnwsonvillc
'.vent through today on a load of
gold leaf.
; The next contingent of men to
be drafted are bevng called up for
October 19.
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MUST FIGHT
OR GO TO WORK
COUNTY LABOR MOBILIZA
TION BOARD WILL MEET TO
ORGANIZE UND E R IN
j STRUCTIONS OF THE GOV
ERNOR OF NORTH.' CAR.
Governor J. Melville Broughton
has notified the Stokes County
j Labor Mobilization Board to get
busy and bring to book all citi
zens between the ages of 18 and
55 who being physically able to
work, are not gainfully em
| ployed.
i The "work or fight" order isucd
by the Governor under the law
(passed by the last legislature, in
'now in force. Violation is a mis
demeanor punishable by fine or
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imprisonment or both.
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I The Stokes County tabor Mobi
lization DoarJ is composed as fol
lows:
\\. F. Marshall, chairman: J.
.1. Taylor. K. Sc It. M. O Jones,
II- Ip'i M:ll.-. (\ L. Ltste! Tom
Preston. U. I'. Green, Chi;. New
sum, Ellis Stone. Cot it Fry -, N
F. Christian, 1!. L. ZLlni, Calvin
M. Mabe.
BIG COURT
NEXT WEEK
——
i THREE MANSLAUGHTER
CASES ON THE DOCKET
! MANY ACTIONS FOR LI
-1 QUOR VIOLATIONS, DRIVING
DRUNK, ETC., TO BE TRIED
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; Next week's term of criminal
court will doubtless be quite p.
heavy one. There are three man
slaughter trials to conic up, as
follows: State Vs. Belvin Hair
ston, State Vs. Jesse Brown,
State Vs. Pete Boyles. Theso
three actions will probably draw
big crowds.
Besides, there arc many other
cases on the docket including as
saults, driving drunk, larceny,
manufacturing liquor, rockiest
driving trespass, etc.
Judge H. Hoyle Sink o.T Lexing
ton will preside at be',h the crim
inal and civil term. The first,
week will be devoted to criminal
actions, tlir second week begin
ning Oc'. is will be for the trial
of c'vi leases.
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Frank R. Stone of i tvenbe'f.
Mil-, and \Y. E. CV.. - > Franc's
co More in Dmbur ( 'y, Mr.
Stone, who has : ;i i . y from
his formei home at I' mnciaco, id
employed with a shipbuilding
company at Greenbelt.
Frost Oct. 5
j The late T. J. Davis who was
an excellent farmer, was also a
teal weather prophr'. Mr. Davis
nearly always predicted it wo'id
frost on 5. rarely
missed his guess: Tuesday night
of this week, which was Oct. 5,
came a real white frost.