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DANBURY REPORTER Volume L JOHN W. KURFEES FAVORS TURPIN; Calls On Good I'eople Of County To Stand Together and Con- j tinue Season Of Law En-! forcement. Editor Dantury Reporter : Allow me to congratulate you on ' that splendid editorial in last \.eek's issue of your paper entitled "Party Politics and Hot Air." It breathes the spirit of common sense and sound statesmanship. These is not a man in your party, who can successfully contradict a sin gle statement you make. I am glad to note that almost half of your party in convention were for i the endorsement of Turpin for Sheriff. ; He is by far the strongest man in the Republican party, ani now to have the backing of nearly half of the Democratic party, is certainly en-, couraging, since he stands soli.'y on i a law-enforcement platform. It shows conclusively that a veiy large per cent of the citizer.n of old Stokes county are ready to lay aside the party yoke and stand shoulder to shoulder for good government, no matter by whom administered. If we all stand firm on election 1; y, we can elect Turpin for Shor'ff and continue the season of law enforce ment, which is day by day i.r king Stokes county a better place to live in. You are right when you say lie has "a record of law-enforcenu nt not ex celled in the State." We have one hundred counties in North Carolina and when a man can step into the Sheriff's office in Stokes county at as critical a period as Tur pin did, and in one year have to his credit a record for law-enforcement not excelled by either of the other ninety-nine it is something to be proud of, and I believe every man and woman in the county, who places goo;! government above politics is proud of it and will strive to keep him in office. I want the good people of the county to know that I am not advo cating Turpin's election because he is a Republican. It is true that I. too, am a Republican, but two years ago both myself and wife voted for the Democratic candidate for Sheriff. Why did we do so ? Simply because the candidate in our own party had an unsavory record, and we refused to give it our endorsement. Today the good people of our county have an opportunity to join forces, Democrats and Republicans alike, and place their stamp of ap proval upon the record of a servant, who has wrought so well, and thus say to the lawless element and to those who wink at such, we are de termined to make Stokes county a fit place in which to raise our boys and girls. Of course the Republicans among us will be told that it will never do not to stand by the party and vote for Dunlap, and the Democrats among us will be told to stand by' their party and vote for Fry. Let me say. ju.it here that I have nothing detrimental to say against either Mr. Dunlap or Mr. Fry personally, but I do have .somewhat to say against the influ ences that brought about their nom inations. If my information is correct it WHS / the same influence in the Democratic convention that defeated the resolu tion to endorse Turpin,that resulted in the nomination of Fry, that combined together in the Republican conven tion to nominate Dunlap. So, no mat ter how good a man either of them is, if elected he would be handicapped by the influences that made him. J 'Hath not the potter power over the clay." Most assuredly so, and the rule has never proven truer anywhere than in politics. In contrast with those influences look the county over and see who it is that stands ready to induce and de fend Turpin's record. I am proud to cast my lot with these good men and women who hail frortl both political parties, and now that we have put our hand to the plow }«t us never turn back. I want to- appeal especially to the women of our county. You have the 'ballot, use it in defense of what you MEMBER ASKS : SOME QUESTIONS In Ileuard To Financial Obliga tion Assumed By Farmers Who Belong To Association. ' Walnut Cove, July 21. i j Editor Reporter : i lam a tobacco grower ami was one 1 'anion*; the first to join the Farmers' Co-ope iVtive Marketing Association.. | The association is not very strong in my neighborhood anii because the best . farmers around me have not joined, ' 1 have been trying to figure out as to I whether I did the right thin? or in t. I joined it because I thought it was the best thing for the farmer, but when I study the organization closely II can't decide whether ft is a farmer's 'organization or not. It seems that ' practically all the head men are ex warehousemen, tobacco buyers or have Keen working for some of the big !companies, and some of them are poli ticians. This has been the trouble [with our farmers' organizations in the , past. Some of the leaders used the organization to gain their political • wants. I do not say this will be the 'case with this organization and I hope lit will not, but I can't see where we I farmers have much say so We ar.? placing our tobacco in the hands of the same people we have been placing lit in. The only dfference I can see .is we paid them commissions and now Iwe pay them salaries, and we mem- J bers do not have any way of knowing ! how much we contribute to pay them. I I do know men who are in the ware house business who have been tight ling us bitterly, and they have joined 'the association and changed riirht 'around. I don't know whether they love us or not. I know the leaders of |our organization said they did not love us while they were in the ware house business, ("an one tell us what it is that changes these men ? iAnci we seem to be buying or leasing just any kind of warehouse property, regardless of the location or the kind jof houses we get. ! Wouldn't it be a good policy to got jcontwol f only such property as is l most desirable and employ only men !who are best fitted? Then we would 'not have to hire a man just because he owned a warehouse, j lam not a kicker but just don't un ; derstand some things, and am making | inquiries through curiosity. But if I ! understand it we farmers will have to | pay the bills, and I would just like to jknow about how much financial ob ligation I am assuming. Would it be too much to ask the | head men to furnish us farmers or members with a statement of how ' much financial obligation we have as 'sumed ? j There are just a few tilings that I ,have not been able to figure out and [any light that any one ran give me | will be appreciated. Very truly yours, A. J. HEATH. Gospel Meetings At Union Hill A series of gospel meetings will begin in Union Hill Methodist church on the third Sunday morning in Aug ust. , Also a series of meetings will begin [in the Methodist church in Danbury on the first Sunday night in Septem ber. | All persons are cordially invited to attend these meetings. Fraternally, J. J. EADS, Pastor. know is good government. Take no chance on swapping horses now when we are just beginning to see daylight after that dreadful night through which we have been passing. If your husband will vote with you so much the better, but if not tell him kindly, but firmly to please ex !cuse you from taking any chances on so grave a question. The ballot is yours—you have the light to use it for the welfare of your home, yourself and your chil dren. \ JOHN W. KURFEES. Germanton, July 31. Danbury, N. C M Wednesday, Aug. 2, 1922 NEW POSTMASTER AT WALNUT COVE Co-Operators Secure Building • Occupied By Box Company— J. C. Hutcherson To Remove To Cove—Work Starts On j New School Building. Walnut Cove, July 151.—Mr. John ; Hutcherson. who will have charge of the management of the co-op- ' erative tobacco warehouse, has rented the nice new home of Mr. N. Ray Mar-! 1 tin on Summit Avenue, and will move ;: his family to Walnut Cove at once, j Mr. Hutcherson and family formerly \ resided here and their many friends j are pleased to know that they are to j •return here from Win«t-.m Salem, • where they have lived since li aviti£ J this place. ' Mr. Ralph Chilton has bee l ip pointed postmaster here temporarily i ' and took charge of the office today, i Examinations were recently held for j the purpose of making a permanent j appointment when several ladies as j well as men took the examination. ! There are six applicants for the posi- j tion and there will nodoubt be a lively contest for the place. ! The Co-Operative Marketing As-| sociation yesterday closed a deal for j the property of the American Collap sible Box Co. here, and will use the j same for a receiving station for the tobacco of the members of the asso- j ciation in this section. Possession is to be given Sept. Ist, and as there are ; already sufficient buildings on the j property to handle a large amount of i ' tobacco, they will be able to open as j soon as they secure possession of the j property. It is learned that the box j (company will remove their machinery i 'and equipment to High Point. Brick masons began the laying of : ! the foundation for the new school building here this week, and the work : will be pushed as rapidly as possible, j The Sauratown Township Sunday School Convention will be held at '■ Rosebud church on Saturday, August ( sth. The little son of Mr. V. W. Ham. > who recently underwent an. operation at a Winston-Salem hospital, has | fully recovered. REVIVAL CLOSES AT STOKESBURG Much Good Accomplished By | Pastor Ratledge Singing School At Baptist Church. I Walnut Cove, July 2.—The revival j meetings at Stokes'ourg Methodist I j church, which have been in progress j since July 23, will likely close Thurs-1 | day night of this week. Never has a | man preached more earnestly and pleaded harder than Rev. J. T. Rat ledge has in this meeting. Mr. Bryan', of Dayton, Va., led the singing, and assisted materially in the services. ! Though there are no great outward ' results, we know that the pleadings of jthe pastor have sunken deep into the j 'hearts of the people, and some day j | will bring forth fruit. A large enrollment has already j i been secured and many more are ex- j I pected to enroll in the two-week's : [singing school, which will be con-| j ducted by Mr. Bryant at the Baptist j (church, beginning next Monday nigh f j jat 8 o'clock. Young people especial ly as well as the old, should avail I themselves of this opportunity to at jtend, because at each church the in terest taken by the young people in singing is lacking. Joseph B. Ferguson Dies At Sandy Ridge Mr. Joseph B. Ferguson, a well i known citizen of Sandy Ridge, this county, died in a Greensboro hospital Sunday evening. Mr. Ferguson had been a patient at the hospital for several days and had been so im proved that a number of friends and relatives had been admitted to his room during the afternoon, but late in the evening there was a sudden change in his condition which soon re sulted in his death The funeral and interment was held at Sandy Ridge, a large number of the friends of the de ceased being in attendance DEFEATED BUT \ 4 NOT DISCOURAGED, Militant Note Sounded By Mrs. 1 J. Spot Tavlor—The Great Power Of the Petition. Editor- Danbury Reporter: We ha\> ja,t closed a campaign for law ar. i morality in our county, the good effect.- i>f which must be felt for ' many \vars to come with our people. 1 The fact that we were defeated is * | only an incident, and must not dis-, j courage us or cause us to refrain j 1 : from continuous, conscientious and |' j prayerful effort to reach the high ! 1 1 standard of civic righteousness which j v ! the good men and women of Stokes j ! ; county have set for themselves. Our •' goal is u clean, moral, law-respecting, 1 ' God-fearing people and county, and • I let us never cease our efforts 'till we '' ' reach it. Let the instinct and the in-,' i nuence of the movement which has j' i been started in old Stokes reach out 1 j and be felt in State and naton. I an? forcibly reminded of the words ' | of the lamented and sublime Frances ,' jE. Willard in her famous "Home Pro- ' j teetion Petition," which was her first 1 ! work for temperance and prohibition ] j in her adopted State of Illinois : The Home Protection Petition. jTo the Senate and House of Re pre'- ( I sentatives of the State of Illinois •t' j Whereas, In these years of temper- j : a nee work the argument cf defeat in,' our contest with the saloons has 1 taught us that our t (forts are merely i palliative of a disease ir. the bodv ' 1 j politic, which can never be cured untii ' i law and moral suasion go hand in]' j hand in our beloved State; and Whereas, The instincts of self-pro- | | teetion and of apprehenson for the j I safety of her children, her tempted i j loved ones, and her home, render wo- j j mar. the natural enemy of the saloon; j Therefore, Your petitioners, men j ; ard women of the State of Illinois, I : having at heart the protection of our i j homes from their worst enemy, the j ,legalized traffic in strong drink, do: ) hereby most earnestly pray your hon-1 jorable body that by suitable legisla-! Itwi it may be provided in the State j of Illinois, the question of licensing ;' la* any time, in any locality, the sale! ji f any and all intoxicating drinks, j | shall be submitted to and determined j Iby ballot, in which women of lawful i jage shall be permitted to take part, in the same manner as men, when I voting on the queston of license, j Miss Willard believed with all her j [heart in the petition as a medium for ] . the expression of opinion and as a I means for educating nublic sentiment., j We no longer have the saloon nor the i legalized traffic in strong d'ink, but we have what is even more demoral- ' I izing in its effects—the blind-tiger land the blocakde still, and the illegal traffic in whiskey. Let us not lose sight of the fact that we have a great power in the pe- I tition, signed by the good men ar.d 1 women of the country. To Miss \\ il -1 lard's petition to the Illinois legisla ture were secured in ninety days two ' hundred thousand names, j Men and women of Stokes, let us stand now and always for our children land our homes, irrespective of party, Jand let us support the purest and t'-e ibest officers of the law and those who | ! we know are to be depended upon. (MRS.) J. SPOT TAYI.OR. iDanbury, N. C., Aug. I. 1922. Highway Commission j Installs' Radio Phones Raleigh, July 29.—Frank Page, I State Highway Commissioner, will I install a radio station at the head- [ quarters of the State Highway Com mission and in the 10 district head quarters in the State, in order to be in constant communication with the | district forces, it has been announced j here. The outfit will likely be put to | work during August. Correction. Editor Danbury Reporter : The article published in your paper over my signature concerning H. McGee and others, was written under pursuasion and did not represent the facts in the case, and I desire to make this correcton through your paper that the public may not be deceived. I have personally apologized to Mr. McGee. MARSHALL C. KURFEES. AGED LADY KILLED BY TRAINj Mrs. Polly Burnley. Aj?ed HO. Is ! Victim—Mrs. C. I). Slate En- j tertains Sunday School C!ass —News Of Kintf. j King, July 31.—0n last Saturday ; from ti to 8 P. M. Mrs. ( . D. Slate;' entertained her Sunday School class , - at her home, there being 2." or 30 of 1 the members. In the yard for some J) time they played merry games, suchji as junior boys and girls enjoy. Later!' they were usherd into the dining room 1 where delicious refreshments were ' served, and needless to say the little 1 people had a srreat time. Miss Polly Rumley, aged about tH) : years, was killed by an extra freight train early Friday morning at L)al ton. She was crossing the tracks near the depot when the train hit her. She was knocked unconscious and never rallied from that state. She was rushed to a hospital in Winston- Salem but died on the way. The in terment was conducted from Trinity church Saturday afternoon. Mr. S. W. Pulliam is preparing to erect a new dwelling in Went King. Mr. Joe Culler is spending a few i days with relatives and friends in Mt. Airy. Farmers in this section are very busy pulling tobacco and some are j making excellent cures. Mr. Gabe Lew son has purchased | from Mr. C. O. Boyles his handsome large residence on "East Main street and will remove his family here. The third annual Spainhour reunion will be held at Macedonia church, i near Tobaccoville, Sunday, Aug. 6th. j As usual a large crowd is expected. Mr. John Burge, of Pinnacle Route j •1. has purchased from Mr. Edwin i \ White a house and lot on East Main i I street and will remove his family i , here. ♦ Mr. and Mrs. Tom darner, ,of Wins-1 ton-Salon, spent Sunday near here, [with relatives. i The new home of Mr. Scales Bov- I * i les on West Main street is nearing, 1 completion. i Mr. and Mrs. W. 0. Tuttle, of Rural . Hall, spent Sunday with relatives, near here. j The Sunday Schools of the Eastern i half of Yadkin township will hold . j their convention here next Saturday. I j It will begin at 10 o'clock A. M., and | a large attendance is expected, j Mr. Oscar Kirby, of Winston-Sa : lent, spent Sunday with relatives in King. Wheat threshing in this section is about over. The crop did not turn out very well. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Hall, of Dan ville,, Va., are spending a few days with relatives here. Mrs. A. F. Collins, who has been seriously sick at her home on Pulliam street, is slowly recovering. Miss Naomi Ingram, of Mt. Airy, is spending a few days with her moth er near King. Crops Are Damaged; News Of Campbell i Campbell, July 31.—The tobacco land corn crops were slightly damaged Jby a hail storm here last Friday. The farmers are getting busy now | priming tobacco. I Misses Bessie and Curtie Smith, and Quiney Corn are attending the | teachers' summer school at Danbury. Misses Ruth Martin and Hettie ; Priddy spent the week end with Miss Ethel Spencer. Elders Paul and Watt Priddy filled their regular appointment at Moore's school house Sunday, A large con gregation was in attendance, j Miss Ethel Spencer entertained a number of her friends Sunday. Those present were Misses Ruth Martin, Hettie Priddy, Maggie Moore, Etta and Laura Spencer, Bessie Smith, and Quiney Corn. Messrs Willis, Clifton, Earl and Frank Moore, Rufus and Noel Shelton, Sam Hall,, Rolen Priddy, Walter Woods, Oleary Rhodes, Nancy Robertson, Otis Nel son and Carl Spencer. There was an ice cream supper at Mr. W. E. Rhodes' Saturday night. Also one at Mr. G. H. Moore's store. TACK. No. 2,627 HAPPENINGS AT WALNUT COVE Singing Class From Orphanage (live Concert Foundation For School Building Started —Sick Improving. W'uinut Cove, AUR. 'J.—The Oxford Orphanage singing class gave a con cert at ciie Baptist church here Fri day night. A very interesting pro gram was presented which w.s lho roughly enjoyed by the large au dience present. Every seat in the house was tilled and there were manv wllo could not get inside to hear the orphans give their splendid program. During the exercises an offering of was given. Quite a number of the girls of this community are attending the su.nmer H' hool at Danhury. Among them arc Misses Sadie Hutcherson, Bertie Neal, Nina Butner, Essie Morefield. Eliza beth Cookus and Ersie Simmons. Mrs. Paul W. Davis has returned home much improved, after taking treatment in Greensboro for several days. Miss Stell Rierson spent the week end at home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. ('. Rierson. Miss Claud Rierson spent a few days in Winston-Saleiu the past week. Mrs. K. D. Shockley has returned to her home here after a visit to rel atives in South Boston, Va. Mr. J. C. Hutcherson has removed his family to Walnut Cove, and the people here welcome this good family back. Mr. Hutcherson will he mana ger of the Farmers' Co-operative i Marketing receiving station here. Miss Ova Boyles has returned home ;after undergoing a slight operation iat a Winston-Salem hospital a few j days since. i A series of revival meetings are ! being conducted at the Methodist | church by the Pastor, Rev. J T. Rat i ledge. Mr. Joe Brvnnt, of Dayton, Va., has charge of the choir. Miss Lucile Snow, of Elkin, is vis iting her sister, Mrs. Geo. H. Fulton. Misses Annie and Dollie Fulton. | Mrs. Jacob Fulton, Jr.. and children, ittle Miss Virginia and Master Dick, are spending some time at Piedmont ! Springs. The foundation for the ne'.v school ibuilding is being laid. It is to be well ! equipped with every modern conven ience, including a well arranged au ditorium. which the people of Walnut Cove have long wished for. Miss Wilma Rierson spent a few days in Greensboro the past week. Mr. E. D. Matthews, who is on tho tobacco market at Fairmont, spent the week-end here with relatives. Mr. P. H. Linville, postmaster, has resigned and his unexpired term is being filled by Mr. Ralph Chilton. Mr. C. E. Davis spent a few hours in Danbury Monday afternoon on business. Miss Elizabeth Malony, of Greens boro, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Harry K. Sanders. Mr. W. D. George, of Winston- Salem, was in town Monday. Mr. Sanders Rierson spent the week end here with his parents. TOBACCO AVERAGE IS FIFTEEN CENTS Price On Fairmont Market Is Two and a Half Times Higher Than Last Year's Opening Sale, Says Stokes Man. A letter received here today from a prominent Stokr-s citizen who is at Fairmont, N. C., states that the to bacco market there opened yesterday with tiu.ooo pounds on sale, the av erage price paid the farmers being fifteen cents a pound. The letter says further : Most farmers were pleased with the prices, only a few rejecting their sales. Most of these had wet tobacco and this sold cheap. The average price paid for tobacco here today was two and a half times higher than the , opening last year with no better to . bacco. Mullins, S. C.. sold afoud 150,000 pounds at average price of 16 centk.
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