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DANBURY REPORTER Volume L. INSTRUCTORS FOR SUMMER SCHOOL I *Supt. Carson Makes Special Re ,quest That Teachers Attend LOn First Day—Name; Of In structors To Be Here. The summer school for teachers will open in the court house here Wednesday, July 18, and the instructors assigned to 'conduct the school are as fol lows : Principal Hardy Car roll; Grammar Grades, Miss r Liles, of Tarboro; Pri mary Grades, Miss Leone Lane, of Statesville. Mrs. T. E. John son, of Raleigh, will be present during the first few days of the \ school and assist in the organi vation. Supt. of Schools J. C. ("arson will also be present n good part of the time and lend . his services. The school will continue for a period of six weeks. Sup*.. Carson is especially •inxirus for the teachers who attend to be present on open ing dav while the organization ' i being perfected. This is im , portant. The text books to be used in the summer school, as recom mended by the State, are as follows : 7 READING AND LITERATURE: Studies in Reading, Seventh tirade.University Publishing Co., ✓ Lincoln, Neb. j{ . ENGLISH COMPOSITION: Good English, Book 111. Scott, Foresman Co., 623 S- Wabash ' ' Avenue, Chicago. SPELLING: The Mastery of Words, Book 11. Iroquois Publishing Co., Syracuse, N. Y. GRAMMAR: (>ood English. Book 111. Scott, Foresman Co.. Chicago. GEOGRAPHY: Essentials of Geography, Book 11. American Book Co., 100 Washington Square, New York. ARITHMETIC. School Arithmetic. Book II North Carolina Edition). Ginn & Co., New York. HYGIENE AND SANITAION: Healthy Living, Book 11. Chas. s. K. Merrill Co., 432 Fourth Aye ) nue, New York. ' ELEMENTARY SCIENCE or ! AGRICULTURE: Studies in Elementary Science Row. Paterson Co., UNITED STATES HISTORY: History of the People of the ' t United States, I). C.jHeath & Co., 231*245 W. :Joth Street, New York. t ' NORTH CAROLINA HISTORY: Young People's History of J North Carolina, Alfred Williams & Co., Raleigh, N. C. CIVICS: Elementary Community Civics. Allyn & Bacon, Room 611.612, Rhodes Building. Atlanta. Ga. WRITING: Palmer Method of Business Writing. A. N. Palmer Co., 30 V. Irving Place, New York. READING—GRAD- I ES Mil: SUMMER TERM STOKES COURT Judge T. J. Shaw, Of Greens boro, Will Preside—Names Of Jurors Who Have Been Drawn To Serve. Stokes Superior court for the trial of civil cases only will con vene here Monday morning for the one week summer term. Judge Thomas J. Shaw will pre side over the court and the fol lowing jurors have been drawn to serve : Drew Joyce, L. A. Richard son, J. M. Hampton, W. T. Dun lap, B. B. Oakley, R. M. Coving ton, R.L. Christian, Will Owens, R. L. Mitchell, J. A. Hauser, G- W. Lawson, Foy Smith, Roy Alley, J. M. Covington. J. A. Stone, J. Chester Ferguson, W. E. Tuttle, D. R. Amos, Levi M. Jessup, R. B. Iluteherson, J. B- Young, W. J. Sands, Ira W. Moser, W. C. Moore. News Items Of King* Route Two King Route 2, Julv 2 —The wheat crop of this section to he verv sorry. Corn is looking very well, but tobacco is small Born unto Mr. and Mrs. Banner Shelton, a fine boy. A. S. Marsh, of Hieh Point, was a visitor atW. Smith's a few days ago. He reported that he had a fine crop of tobacco. R. K. Long, a successful farm er of Pinnacle, is making ready for the farm display at the King fair. . Two Stills Captured This Week Two stills were captured on Monday of this week, one by Sheriff Dunlap and W. R. Young and another by Deputy Posev Flinchum and others. Some beer was destroyed at each place. Both stills were brought here and placed in the county jail. Judge A. M. Stack, who iz spending some time at Pied mont Springs with his twi daughters, will go to Albemarle in Stanley county next Monday to hold court. Reading Literature Primer. First. Second, and Third Readers. Row, Paterson Co.. and Child's World Primer, First, Second, and Third Readers, Johnson Publishing Co., Rich mond, Va. (i RAMMAR i RADE READING —GRADES IV-VU: Studies in Reading, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Read ers. University Publishing Co., Lincoln, Neb. LANGUAGE METHODS GRADES I-VI1: Good English, Book I, Book 11, and Book 111. Scott, Foresman Co., Chicago. ARITHMETIC METHODS GRADES Mil: School Arithmetic, Book I. Ginn & Co., New York. It is suggested that all teachers who are planning to attend equip themselves with books in keeping with course they wish to take. Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, July 4, 1923 HEARING BEFORE CLERK HERE TODAY I In Case Of the Town of Walnut Cove Against Owners Of Power Site On Dan River— Clerk Rules Against Owners. The case in which the town of Walnut Cove was seeking to condemn a water power site on Dan river belonging to Mrs. Agnes McGill and others for the purpose of developing the power for the use of the town, was heard at the court house here today before Clerk of the Superior Court A- J. Fagg and the Clerk ruled in favor of the plaintiffs, condemning the prop erty and authorizing the town to enter on it and proceed with the development. C. M. Hausr, H. G. Tuttle and N. E. Pepper were appointed by the court as a commission to view the property and assess the amount of damages due the defendant. They are required to report their decision to the court within ten days from the date of the order. It was the opinion of the at torneys for the plaintitr that the defendants will not appeal to Superior court, but will be content with reasonable damo ages. MARRIAGE AT KING SUNDAY J. S. I). Pulliam Improving— Newell Carroll Recovering From Pneumonia Happen ings At King. King, July 2 —Mr. Cliffrrd Golf and Miss Doskey Venable were united in the holy bonds of matrimony here Sunday. The groom is the son of Gray Goff, of this place and the bride is the accomplished young daughter of •f. M. Venable, of Pinnacle. Their many friends join in wish ing them a long and happy mar ried life. James Culler, who holds a position in Greensboro, spent Sunday with his family here. J. R. Cook, who holds a posi tion with the Southern Railway Co., is sick at home in Walnut Hills. Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Baker, of High Point, spent Sunday with relatives here. The nice residence of H. W. Newsum. which is being erected on his farm one mile southwest of town, is nearing completion. Ex-Sheriff H. D. Turpin motor ed down to King Saturday with his Pinnacle nine to nluck some feathers from the "Red Goose" but he returned without getting a single feather. Reba Pulliam. of Winston- Salem, spent Sunday here with relatives. Mrs. John Lunsford. of Evans ville, Indiana, is spending a few da\s with her mother near here. S. S. Boles, of Danville, Va., spent Sunday with his parents near here. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Pulliam. of Summerfield. spent the week end with relatives here. A. F. Collins went f o Winston- Salem on business today. Miss Ola Slate is spending the day in Wilnston-Salem shopping. 0. J. Johnson, of Pilot Mtn.. is among the business visitors here. Newell Carroll, of Mizpah, who is recovering from an attack of pneumonia, is spending a few days with his sister, Mrs. Sadie Spainhower. here. J. S. D. Pulliam. who has been seriously sick for several months, is gradually improving, we are glad to note. CLINIC FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN Being Held This Week In the Court House—loo Children Will Likely Be Treated Du ring the Four Days. The tonsil and adenoid clinic, which is being held here under the direction of the State Board of Health for the benefit of the school children of Stokes, open ed Tuesday morning. The clinic will continue for four days. The court house id being used for the work and a fully equipped emergency hospital with 25 beds has been fitted up. Twenty-five children are being operated upon daily and it is likely thai a full hundred will be treated before the closing- Miss Geneva Sykes, State school nurse, is in charge of the clinic and eight other registered nurses are assisting her. Dr Beverly N. Jones, throat spec ialist of Wiiist.on-Saleni, is op erating and Dr. Campbell, of the State Board of Health, is making tin- examinations and administering the anaesthetic. Only children between the ages of 6 and 12 years are ac cepted. A charge of $12.50 is made except in cases where the parents are not financially able to pay the fea. Brother Of Governor Kitchin Buried Scotland Neck. July 2—Funergl services were held here Friday afternoon for A Paul Kitchin brother of the late Claude Kitchin and of W. W. Kitchin, former governor of North Carolina. The procession left the late residence of the deceased at 5:30 o'clock and interment was made in the family plot in the Baptist ceme tery, near the spot where Claude Kitchin was buried a month ago. Rev. Reuben Meredith, of the Episcopal church, and Dr. Charles Anderson, of the Baptist church, were in charge of the services. A short and approriate address was made bv Dr. Ander son.There were numerous beauti ful floral offerings. Governor Morrison To Meet Gov. Tennessee Asheville, July 3.—An automo bile party with city, county and state highway representatives will leave here early Friday to meet (Governor Austin Peav, of Tennessee, and e9cort him to Asheville. Governor Peay, ac companied by members of the Tennessee highway commission, will hold confeience here with Governor Morrison and the North Carolina highway commission, relative to pushing completion of the Asheville-Knoxville route arid discussing other highway questions. Governor Peay. motor ing from Knoxville, will be met by the local party at Marshall or Hot Springs. J. R. Forest, member of the Board of Education,' was here today from Francisco. STOKES LOSES OUT ONCE MORE Bid On Proposed Highway Be tween Danburv and Clem mons' Ford Is Rejected By State Highway Commission. Raleigh, July 3.—Seventeen road projects have been let to contract for construction, it was announced today by the State Highway Commission from the (tfice here- This letting was from bids received here on last week when the commission had bids on 30 projects, 13 of them being turned down or rejected. A list of the projects let shows that the bid on the road from Danbury to Clemmons' ford bridge was rejected. No information has been given out as to whether the commission will ask for new bids or not. It is learned here that th bid of over $210,000 on the Danbury-Clemnions' ford road was considered very excessiv* for less than nine miles of soil road. This bid, however, in cluded several concrete bridges. It is stated that the specific-i tions on the road call for the re moval of 87.000 cubic yards of stone. The only bid accepted on roads in this district was for a high way up in Alleghany county. MAILING OUT THE AUTO TAGS On Saturday Last Secretary O: State Had Issued 113,000 Li censes and Collected More Than Two Million Dollars Raleigh. July 2.-Two million dollars had been received up through the first of July from automobile licenses. Secretary of State W. N. Everett announced this morning. This, he added, is nearly twice as much as was paid in last year. To date more than 113,000 licenses have been issued. Mr. Everett stated that the li cense office is heavily taxed by the great volume and that the state inspectors have b?en called in and through the presses of the state he desired to make an informal request upon sheriffs and other peace officers of the state that they not enforce the provisions of the license law for the next ten or 1"> days, in order that the automobile licensing de partment may have an oppor tunity to issue licenses to all who have applied. Germanton News Item^ Germanton, July 2 Miss Irene Smith. Miss Blanch Smith and Miss Yerlie Young were the guests of Miss Etta Boles Sunday. Miss Lillian Smith and Miss Hattie Chapmar. of Germanton. were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Huff Saturday ai.d Sundav, at Summerfield. Carl L. Carroll, of Winston- Salem, was among the fourth of July visitors in Danbury. No. 2,673 TAX RATE FIXED FOR ROADS Stokes Highway Commission Recommends •']() Cents For Maintenance and Cents To Pay Interest On Bonds. The Stokes Highway Com mission at its meeting here on Monday recommended to the Hoard of County Commission ers that they levy for this year a tax of thirty cents on the hundred dollars for mainten ance of roads in the county and thirty cents to pay interest on road bonds. The highway commission was in session on Monday and until noon on Tuesday, almost the entire day being taken up Mon day with the trial of the case of Rhodes vs. Shelton, in which the plaintiff was seeking to have a cart-way laid out over the lands of the defendant in Peter's Creek township. Board appointed five free hold ers to locate the route of the cartway and assess the dam age. The defendant appealed from the decision of the Board to the Superior court Several lawyers appeared in the case and it was strongly contested, almost a court room full of witnesses and spectators being in attendance all day Monday. The old steel bridge at Dalton was ordered torn down by R. R. King. This bridge was re placed last year by a concrete bridge on the State highway near the old bridge. A part o f ' the old bridge will be used to construct a bridge across Dan river at R. T. Joyce's roller mill near Asbury. The remain der of the old bridge will bn placed across the creek at Ed wards' ford in Yadkin town ship. Other than paying some bills the above constituted the busi ness transacted by the high way commission at its meeting here this week Violating the State's New Stop Law Durham, July 3.—More than 2 |> > persons were arrested in Durham county on the first day of the new state law requiring all automobiles to come to a full stot) before crossing the railroad track£. Arrests were madp at several of the crossings but most dangerous ones. One officer made "JO arrests alone while others stationed at less frequen ted stops had smaller results. Durham county officers are de termined that the law shall be obeyed in its strictost sense and every person caught violating it by not coming to a full stop be fore crossing railroad tracks will be brought into court. Durham has a number of dangerous cross ings, numerous accidents have oc curred and numbers of people killed and injured in past yeara and the law is hailed here aa being a life saver if the people live up to the letter of the law.