LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
Born unto Mr. and Mrs. Roy
E. Leake Thursday, a fine boy.
Dr. W. H. Bynum, of German
ton. was a visitor here Friday.
Dr. W.V. McCanless and child
ren are spending a few days in
Winston-Salem this week.
Mrs. W. E. Joyce and Miss
Janie Martin spent the day
Monday in Greensboro.
11. R. King and M. O. Jones
each treated themselves to a
nice automobile the past week.
Miss Lemma Martin, of
Sandy, Ridge, spent a short
while here yesterday enroute to
Germanton.
A large drove of cattle from
Carroll county, Va., were seen
here yesterday enroute to the
market in Winston-Salem.
C. A. Hauser, Stokes county's
representative in the last Leg
islature, had the misfortune
last week to lose a good barn of
tobacco by fire.
Geo. 11. Fuiton, of Walnut
Gove, one of the proprietors of
the Walnut Cove Motor Co
was a visitor here yesterday.
He is this week putting on a
sale of Firestone and Oldfie'd
automobile tires.
While no public announce
ments have been made so far,
it is learned on good authority
that there are two weddings to
take place in the immediate
future in which two Danbury
young people are to play very
important parts.
Dr. R- H. Morefield, of King
Route 1, was among the visitors
here today. Dr. Morefield and
wife spent a good part of the
summer at .Moore's Springs, but
have returned to their home.
Local hunters recently killed j
the two pet squirrels of "Chunk"'
Dodson, near Danbury. Mr.
Dotison is highly indignant over;
the loss of his squirrels.
22,191 Marriages
And 1,1517 Divorces
Washington, Sept. 7.—There
were 22 101 marriages performed
and 1,317 divorces granted in
North Carolina during the calen
dar year 1022, according to re
turns received by the bureau of
the census and announced by the
department of commerce.
During 1916 the last year for
which these statistics were com
piled by the bureau of the census
there were 21 337 marriages and
»H>B divorces in North Carolina.
No divorces were granted in
1922 in nine counties of North
Carolina, according to the report
of the bureau of the census,
which is subject to correction,
the report being only preliminary.
These counties are Clay, Dare,
Davie, Hyde, Hoke, Onslow,
Pender, Polk and Tyrrell. Num
bering 93, Buncombe county had
the largest number of divorces,
according to the report, which
places Forsyth county second in
this list with 89 divorces and
Mecklenburg county third with
88 divorces.
The statistics for the report on
marriages and divorces in 1922
were furnished the bureau of the
census by the clerk of the super
ior court of each county. The
report for counties in the Pied
mont section follows:
In Ashe county there were 112
marriages and 10 divorces: in
Alleghany, 07 and 4; in Davidson.
285 and 10; in Davie but no
divorces; in Forsyth. 822 and 80;
in Guilford. 915 and S in Iredell,
317 and 8; in Randolph, 224 and
12; in Rockingham, 3 and 12;
in Rowan, 375 and 30; in Stokes.
123 and 3, in Surry. 279 and 13;
in Wilkes, 232 and 6; in Yadkin,
138 and 1.
OLIVER J. SANDS
ON THIRD PAYMENT
In Reply To Letter From W. J.
Byerly He Offers Explana
tion As To Why Third IV.".
ment Is Not Forthcoming.
From time to time there has
been much speculation among
the farmers and others interested
as to when the members of the
co operative association Would re
ceive the third payment for their
tobacco. At the time the mem
bers delivered their tobacco to
the association they were advanc
ed a sum supposed to represent
about one-third the value of the
tobacco. A few weeks later they
received the second payment
which was a trifle less than the
first. This all happened back in
since which time the third pay
ment has been expected at any
time.
The Hank of Mount Airy is a
depository for the association and
W. Byerly, president of this
bank, has kept in close touch
with the activities of the associa
tion all along. Recently he took
the matter of the third payment
up with the higher officials of
the association. In answer to his
letter he received a communi
cation from Oliver J. Sands, of
Richmond, a leading banker and
financier of the South, and who
is executive manager of the
association.
The following paragraphs from
Mr. Sand's letter to Mr. Byerly
deals with the tobacco situation
in general and especially with the
third payment subject and will be
of interest to all whoareconnect
with the association as well as to
the public:
"Dear Mr. Byerly:
"Your letter of the 2>th inst.
received. I appreciate very much
your interest in the association.
We are all occupying the same
position in that we want to do
something to make tobacco brinn
a fai.* price every year. In 1020
the average price was about 20c:
In 1021 it averaged $21.40: and in
1922 it will average about 2tk\
When you consider that we had
liO million pounds more tobacco
in 1022 than in 1021 and that our
exports fell oil' SI million pounds
there is certainly good ground to
make claim that co-operative
marketing made thepricein 10-2.
In fact a great many experienced
men told me that tobacco would
not have brought more than an
average of 18c had it not been for
this association.
We have already paid the farm
er members of the association
throughout your district an aver
age of almost 20c per pound. We
have on hand probably 14 million
| pounds of "Old Belt" tobacco: all
jof the better grades and on which
we have borrowed ">0 per cent of
the appraised value.
If we can sell it at our prices,
and this we are determined to do,
%
we will be able to pay the farmers
j in the ''Old Belt" somewhere be
! tween 5 and 7 cents average in
addition to what they have re
ceived. It would therefore appear
that the next payment should be
about Bi> per cent of the first pay
ment. The farmers, bankers and
business men have not to realize
, that the orderly marketing of to
bacco is the exact opposite of the
dumping system, and that if we
sell this tobacco at a fair price
we must not push it on the mar
ket.
YYeareina very strong po
sition, as the tobacco we are hold
THE DANBURY REPORTER.
ing is of hij>h quality and much
better than t:ie average of 1923,
arid it will b in demand and at
good prices.
We have rt trentl v made a large
sale to one of the Export compan
ies at our prices. Our sales de
partment feels they will sell the
rest that way if the pressure
from the members is not too
great.
I have talked to thousands of
people within the last month,and
whenever these facts are put up
to them, they have approved the
policy of the association. We are
changing from a system which
has been established for three
hundred years. ' >ur first year
has proven everything that is
claimed for it. If we will stand
together and fight it out along
this line, we will surely win. It
takes a considerable amount of
those opposing this system, and
to appreciate its advantages, but
we have the demonstration made
for us by Kentucky and now we
have the practical first year's ex
perience. The markets have open
ed at good prices this year. It is
generally believed that farmers
of South Carolina are getting
twice as much for their tobacco
as they could have expected had
the old system been in full swing.
The fact that this association is
in a position to with-hold large
quantities of tobacco from the
market is of benefit toeverybody
who raises tobacco, and if we
can make the tobacco and cotton
growers of the South prosper
ous, there is no doubt about the
rest nf us, - Mt. Airy News.
Ex-Register of Deeds N. Karl
Wall, of Greensboro, was a
business visitor here Monday.
Mrs. J. l\ Dodson and daugh
ter, Miss Agnes Dodson, of
Winston-Salem, spent the wick
end here with Mrs. N. A. .Mar
tin. sister of Mrs. Dodson.
OLD COINS WANTED
If you have any old, well pre
served pennies, nickels, dimes,
quarters, halves or dollars lying
around doing you no good let us
make you an olfer on them. Will
pay face value or more, according
to age of coin- You will find buyer
at Danbury Reporter office, Dan
bury, N. C.
FOR RENT OR SALE.
Fine tobacco farm with two
dwellings, tobacco barns, pack
house and basement. This farm
contains 150 acres and is loca
ted on the hard surface road
near Guilford Battle Ground,
six miles from Greensboro.
W. S. JONES.
12sep2w Greensboro, N. C.
m
THE BIQ STOKE
at King
is all ready with the Fall
and Winter lines of high
grade dress goods, hosiery,
Notions, Sweaters, Gloves
and Shoes.
. $
Shore Mercantile Co.
King, - - N. C.
I WE CANT BOAST
TOO MUCH
Buncombe County and Ash*-
ville 1-Urnish Proof* That It
I'a.vs Handsomely—The Tax
Books Tell the Tale
i
t'nivemty N'.-ws l.rtnr.
There are a few people in the
State who claim we are doing too
much boasting in North Carolir a.
We have been likened unto a man
with new plumbing installed in
his house who is anxious to show
it oIF to the neighbors. If there
is a new bath tub in the house
we see no reason for not telling
the family about it.
Happily there is nothing of
that feeling in Buncombe county.
If there is a county in the State
that advertises its wares it is
Buncombe. If there is a city in
the South that tells the world of
its fine points it is Asheviile.
Neither hides her light under a
bushel. The total valuation of
real and personal property in!
Buncombe in 1920 was $88,010,-
201. This vear it is reported to be
sllo.3ol.B:ifi, again of
3(58 in three years! There are a
good many counties in the State
that would be proud to have as
much on the tax books as Bun
combe has gained in taxables
since 1920. Many counties have
less taxable wealth today than in!
1920. . Not so with Buncombe.
She shows a large increase each
year; perhaps larger gains than
any other county in the State. j
Buncombe and Ashevilleare or-,
ganized to tell the world what!
awaits it in the Land of the Sky. j
Western North Carolina, Inc.,is a!
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
SYSTEM
with the South Fromih^-Ohio
Fromih^-Ohio thi 1 ou.ni ■ n *li. c, )l\
N_ J v -- i r J 'i I from the Atlantic to the Mississippi, the far
iJl|_.-;:j li i; ;.' ;!'.' ».' Hung rails of tht Southern reach across
- • I: • t if *fc twelve states with 40,000,1)00 inhabitants.
' |R i '• 's, i}'". f) |;rj The Southern serves the South—from the
I|l _____' j li' northern gateways at Washtngtor., Cincin
-111 v ' ■/ nati and Louisville —and the western gate
|!| \ "• ;i ' / ways al St. Louis and Memphis —to the
n ! if 1 * } '> ' ocean ports of Norfolk, Charleston, Savannah,
I' l ' fp 3K. Brunswick and Jacksonville a.id the Gulf
B | ! j jjPS s^^^2B^k , ~V ' ports of Mobile and New Orleans.
R;l v ,- • ffi' ope rated by men cf the South, who have
ll'f y ! }[ N. been bred in its traditions to understand its
{• '.•! - ?' . yfcxjfikL problems and its needs, the Southern keeps
>■ lj r llj, . VHlffi. pace with the South. The investment in its
\i ||' ; .j if* \ f~" .. jA properties is now more than $710,000,000,
£ II 111 • ' j.;'T r -" XA— of which $285.("00,000 has been expended in
J; 'U * the past two oecades.
!li ■ .** :*&■ { . With the continued cooperation of the people
Vjk I,! • . ixf \of the South, we will be enabled to com-
C'\ 4 "i \ / / msnd the capital for the greater transpor
W1 " incvuab! >' utmand.
' - ms, 4
Southern Raihvay System . RjflE VlJif, |j|f
' ''ist war spent in the South : r
$20,000,0(H) more than it A _
received from the South. - V 1
"HPS! e SOUTHERN SERVES THE SOUTH
child of Buncombe and Asheviile
and is beintr brought up by the
capable Dr. Pratt. The tax books
of Buncombe present a mighty
strong argument in favor of
boosting your community and
' your Slate. —S. H. H. f Jr., in the
Asheviile Citizen.
Crop Prospects Are
Very Encouraging
Washington, Sept. 11. Abund
ance of rain in the corn belt this
summer has resulted in a better
! corn crop than expected earlier in
the season, but decreased thresh
ing returns and the ravages of
j
rust cased a drop in the estimated (
spring wheat trop, it was shown 1
in crop estimates issued today by
the d***rtment of agriculture.
The forecast, based upon the
conditions of the spring wheat,
was 2-1,000,000 bushels, or about
4,tJUO, 000 bushels less than esti-j
mated on Aug. 1, by department'
experts. This brought fall wheat |
estimate to 78'',00",000 bushels, as
compared with the previous figure
of 793,000,00»> bushels.
This corn crop was estimated at
a yield of »,07'>,HJ,i)0U bushels,
which exceeds by 91,000,000 bush
els the estimate based upon the,
crop condition August 1, but oats j
showed a decrease of 1.000.0U0
bushels from last month's esti
mate, bein« 1.312,000,000 bushels
against 1,810,000,000,
Other important crops showed
only slight increases or decreases
from a month a«o. Those showing,
increases included white andi
sweet potatoes, tobacco, flax seed, j
hav and apples, while rice, barley,!
e'peaches, peanuts, and train sor
ghum were under August 1 esti
■i mates.
, I
i Ford Company Makes
i Immense Profits
! j New York. Sept- The Ford
i Motor Company made net profits
estimated at Ji-Tjl.Odo.O l equal to
about s;{l"> a share on its 172.405
shares of siock, in four months
, ended June •>() last, according to
»
compilations made from the
balance sheet as of tha' date, it
I was learned today.
The period's earnings were at
the annual rate of more than
$1(52.000,000 or about $945 e share
i compared with a net profit of
SII9,O'HJ.O'M) or about s>9o a
share, earned in the year ending
February last In the twelve
months ended February 19-2,
the company earned approxi
mately $'>9,000,00" or about SIOO
| share.
I "
Dan bury Route 1 News.
Danbury Koute 1, Sept, I.—
j The farmers of this section are
busy taking care of their tobacco
at the present.
The Old Primitive Baptists held
' their regular meeting at Piney
Grove church last Saturday and
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. /. F. Sherrill
spent the week-end at Moore's
Springs.
FlderJ. A. Fat?g and family
spent the week-end with his
father, W. J. Fagg
I The young son of Mr. t.nd Mrs.
■Jim Bennett, who has been sult'er
iint; for some time with typhoid
fever, is improving rapidly, we
; are glad to note.