DANBURY REPORTER
Volume LI.
TOM KING KILLED \]
BY AUTOMOBILE I
i
Wreck Occurred Sunday After- I
noon On Dillard-Pine Hall
Road—Two Young Men In
Car With King Held By
x Coroner's Jury.
Tom King, aged 22 years, sin I'm- 1 1
ploye in a furniture factory at j
Martinsville, Ya.. was instantly kill
>d Sunday afternoon when the auto
mobile in which he was riding turned J
over on a curve near the home of
Dock Carter in Beaver Island town- '
ship, this county. Gilmer Young
and Hoy Gatewood, of .Martinsville, 1
who were also in the car, were only
slightly bruised. The car, a Dodge
roadster, was being driven by Gil
mer Young at the time of the ac
cident.
Coroner It. Helsabeck was call- ,
ed and an inquest was conducted, 1
the verdict of the jury being that
young King was accidentally killed,
and recommending that both Young
and Gatewood be held for further
investigation. The bond of the form
er was fixed at SI,OOO and the latter
at SSOO, both bonds being furnished.
The body of young King was car
ried to Martinsville Monday for
interment. He is survived by his
parents and other relatives.
Walnut Cove
News Items!
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Walnut Cove, April 28.—Misses
Nina and Essie Morelield left today
for Charlotte to visit their sister,
Mrs. J. B. Gwyn.
Miss Gladys Morelield has return
ed from a visit to her sister, Mrs.
I). C. Taylor, at Gup.
Mr. K. O. Creak man is remodeling
his residence and converting it into
the bungalow type.
The Stokes Motor Car Co. is ex
pecting two car loads of Oldsmo
biles and Chevrolets this week.
Ford Company Will
Open Plant In Fiance
I
Edsel B. Ford, President of the
Ford Motor Company, today con
firmed reports from Paris announc
ing that the company had acquired
property and buildings for the. es
tablishment of an assembly plant at
the French capital.
"Negotiations for the acquisition
of the Paris property, which have
been under way" for some time, have
just been concluded," Mr. Ford
said. "We will at once begin mak
ing additions and necessary alter
ations to meet our assembly re
quirements.
"Production at the new plant
probably will start about August 1
and will provide for the assembly
of 150 cars and trucks a day accord
ing to our present plans."
The Paris property, which has an
area of approximately 1'? acres, is
known as Oxylithe, a plant former
ly devoted to the manufacture of
oxylithie products, located on the
banks of the Seine river and about
five miles out from the heart of the
city.
While the present factory build
ings, with a floor space of 100,000
square feet, differ somewhat from
the type standard with the Ford
Motor Company, they are well con
structed and will need but few alter
ations. Plans include the constitu
tion of an addition which will add
85,000 square feet of floor space in
order to permit installation of
equipment necessary to carry out the
Ford system of progressive assem-;
lily. This equipment will include |
an assembly line more than 100 feet |
long.
location on the Seine at the
French capital will permit all water
shipments of manufactured automo
bile parts from this country in
which Ford ships will participate
when the company enters trans-
Atlantic shipping, a new departure
expected during the coming summer.
Ships Carrying Ford automobiles
parts will dock at Havre, where the
cargo will be trans-shipped to barges
for delivery to the plant at Paris.
The present assembly plant in
France is located at Eordeauux.
Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Beck, Attorney
John R. Smith and Rev. Dr. McCabe,
of Martinsville, Va., were visitors
here Monday. Mr. Beck is publisher
of the Henry County Bulletin.
About the only thing President
Coolidge really likes to spend is a
busy day— Norfolk Virginian Pilot.
LAUDS SCENERY
IN STOKES
Director Of Public Utility In
formation Bureau Visit
Points Of Interest In Coun
ty.
S. E. Honey, director of the Nortl
Carolina public utility inforniutioi
bureau at Raleigh, was a visitor ii
Danbury a few days since. Mi
Money visited a number of points ii
Stokes securing information for hi
bureau. He was very much impress
>d with the beauty of our mountaii
scenery, and it is his opinion tha
more and visitors will be attractei
to this section each summer. Mi
Boney has visited every section o
the State and he thinks the "lan
of the sky" has very little on thi
section for natural beauty.
SERMON FOREMEN
NEXT SUNDAY
Will Be Delivered By Rev. Bill:
Sunday Thousand Turnec
Away From Tabernacle.
Winston-Salem, April 2fi.—Thi
was Hilly Sunday's biggest day ii
Winston-Salem. Hundreds, if no
thousands, were turned away fron
the afternoon service for lack o
room in the big tabernacle. A hand
raising vote showed about HO pe
cent of the congregation were fron
out of town. They came from vari
mis towns and cities, as well as fron
tin' rural communities.
Information has been reciivei
lira, before the meeting closes, dele
gntions are coining from Charlotte
Roanoke, and even Newport News
Va., where Mr. Sunday conducted hi
last campaign, it is learned tha
busses are being put in shape a
Newport News for the trip to b
made by motor.
Next Sunday afternoon at 2:3
o'clock Evangelist Billy Sunday wil
preach to men only at the Piedmon
Warehouse Tabernacle, Choir Direc
tor Rodenheavor announced yester
day.
Motor Cars and Taxes
A man who has taken the pain
to Rather the figures finds that th
automotive (motor ear) industr;
pays more taxes than all the rail
road s and the street railways com
bined. That means that the folk
think the motor car is worth th
money, or that they must have it, re
gardless of cost, which amounts t
the same thing. And the railroai
and street car people will say tha
the automobiles should pay more
seeing what they have done to th
railroad and street car business
Certainly the figures do not provi
that the automotive industry is pay
iiiß too much or that the railroad
are paying too little. If the publl
will build and maintain, at thei
own cost, tracks for the railroad car
and street cars to run on, as they di
for the automobik-s, the steam am
electric line people will no doubt In
willing to squeeze out a few mori
dollars in taxes. —Statesville Land
mark.
Willing to Wait
Salesman (at motor show) —"Thi
is tlu- type of car that pays for it
self, sir."
' Prospective Buyer—"Well, as sooi
; as it has done that you can have i
delivered at my garage."—Uostoi
' , Transcript.
! Merely Ornamental
j "They toll mo you have a mode
' husband, Mrs. Hicks."
"Yus, sir, but 'e ain't a workin
' model."— The Humorist (London.)
i
• S'blood!
"Want to go on a sleighing:
■ party?"
5 "Sure. Who arc we going to
; slay?"— Rutgers Chanticleer.
3 '
Lincoln county farmers arc plan
i ning to ship spring chickens to the
cities of the section again this year.
Last spring they sold 8,000 fryers at
' a good profit and one farmer now
' has 300 ready, reports county agent
* Graham Morrison.
We fancy that if Senator Borah
has a pet cat, he strokes its fur up
toward the neck. —Houston Post-
Dispatch.
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, April 29, 1925
LIST-TAKERS'
FARM CENSUS
Tax Supervisor Carroll Asks
Farmers To Have List Ready
For Turning In To List-
Taker.
Tax Supervisor E. W. Carroll re
quests that farmers prepare at once
a farm census report to be turned
over to the township tax-lister next
month. The report should show the
number of acres in small grain,
acres in cow peas for hay, acres in
soy beans for hay, acres in clover,
and number of acres in other culti
vated or wild grass for hay. It should
also show the acreage «>f the farm,
and how much cultivated by owner
and by tenants, acres cleared, in
woods, in pasture, etc. Acres in to
bacco, in corn, wheat, etc. Blanks
will be furnished farmers by list
taker.
This list is not for taxation pur
poses but is only for information
for both federal and state govern
ments and is very important.
Marriage License
Recently Register of Deeds John
Taylor has issued license for the
marriage of the following named
couples:
Thomas Lea N'ale to Mary Bell
Rumley, John Young to Patience
Fulton, John W. Ilairston to Lessie
Street, Edgar Smith to Carrie Booth,
Claud It. Stone to Mae Pulliam,
Edgar L. Dodson to Willie Vernon,
Eugene Dulin to Alice Maddocks,
Jess Gatewood to I.illic Mabe, ( has.
Cox to Jannie Cox, Cleods I Coving
ton to Nellie Hunter, Win. 1). Hairs
ton to Mary Gibson, William Jack
son to Sarah Amos, Arthur F. Law
son to Alice Martin, T. Paul Martin
to Virgia Jackson, John 11. Boles to
Bertha Calhoun, C. W. Needham to
E. I). Joyce, Roy Mitchell to Pearl
Young.
Dangerous Sweets
The other day agents of the gov
ernment raided a candy warehouse
in one of the larger cities of the
country and piled in the middle of
the street tons and tons of bright
boxes of candy. The people who
saw the performance were frankly
amazed until the agents secured
baseball bats and began t to
pound the liquor and brandy, which
had been stored in the candy, much
in the same candy boxes. It was
then that the manner that cherries
or other fruit and juices are stored,
began to pour into the street.
Members of the police department
were present to keep back the crowd
which gathered, attracted by the
commotion and the smell of whiskey.
It is just possible that a great and
flourishing industry was wrecked by
the action of the government agents.
To be sure, it is something new to
have rum candy discovered and de
stroyed on such u large scale. A
great many people who have a fond
ness for a nip occasionally, will no
doubt be saddened by the thought of
all that good brandy going to waste,
but others will be equally enthused
over the fact that the law is thus
upheld and that that those who dared
to flaunt its solemn majesty in deris
ion are discomfited to a degree.
| Poisoned candy, for that is what it
I was, is something new, but in reality
it is old as the hills, for evil has long
tried to assume the guise of purity,
danger frequently becomes innocent
in appearance, and deceptiveness is
one of the lures of alcohol and drugs.
—Greensboro Record.
Lucy Aunt May
"Mummy, has Aunt Betty got a
little baby?"
"Yes, dear."
"Has Aunt May?"
"No, she has a little dog instead."
"Oh, I suppose she had first pick!
—Progressive Grocer.
Don't abuse the hen because she
wants to set. Instead, put her in a
slatted coop, feed her well and give
plenty of water. Generally she will
be ready to get back to laying in
two or three weeks.
Our old copybooks and our "Id
reader used to be full of adultations
of economy; though we never
thought it would get into politics.—
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Washington landlords will
know what to do with the Congress
men's pay increase without being
told.—South Bend Tribune.
WALNUT COVE
HIGH SCHOOL
Commencement Exercises Will
Begin Sunday—Other News !
and Personals.
Walnut Cove, April 2'J. —Mr. T. C.
Hartman spent the week-end with
relatives in Salisbury.
Misses Velma Burge and Kather-1
ine Hutcherson spent the week-end;
with Miss Elizabeth Sj/irger in j
Greensboro.
Mr. J. S. Fulton, of Greensboro,
was in town Monday.
Mr. L. C. Hanks, now with State 1
Highway Commission, spent the
week-end at his home in Elkin. j
Mrs. John Lewis, Willard and,
Opal Lewis left Tuesday to visitj
relatives in Tennessee.
The grading for hard-surface road
was Tuesday, starting above,
' water tank.
Miss Sarah Mitchell left Wednes
day to visit relatives in Hillsboro.
Mesdames Marion and Armficld,
Mt. Airy, attended the services at
Episcopal church Sunday night.
Thomas King, aged 22, of Mar
tinsville, \?a., was instantly killed
near here Sunday afternoon, when
the car in which he was riding left
the road and turned over, pinning
him under the car. Gilmer Young,
driver, and Harry Gatewood were
thrown clear and not badly hurt.
Jlrs. C. M. Jones spent several
days last week with her daughter,
Mrs. H. C. Beesen, who has been
very ill.
Mr. E. G. Gilmer has returned
after several weeks absence on ac
count of sickness. We are glad to
see him looking so well.
Miss Estelle Rierson, Mr. and Mrs.
Sanders Rierson, Jr., spent the week
end with their parents here.
Mesdames W. M. Parrish, with
daughter, Katherine, O. H. Parrish,
W. H. Livingston and son, Ed
ward, and W. B. Hull, of Greens
boro, spent Thursday with Mrs. Paul
Fulton.
The commencement exercises of
Walnut Cove High School will be
kin Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at
school auditorium with bacalaureate
sermon by Rev. Mr. Lloyd Wilson,
I High Point. On Wednesday even
j ing a program by the primary
Igiades will be given. Thursday
I evening a grammar grade program,
I Friday evening a play by the High
School and Saturday evening the
graduating exercises.
Mr. H. C. Austin spent Friday
afternoon in Elkin.
How Many More Cars?
For several years speculation has j
been going on as to how many auto
motibles the United State s will tin-,
ally use. All early estimates have
been greatly exceeded and there are (
today about 10,000,0(H) cars and
trucks in actual service.
As there are only about 25,000,000 t
families, it may hi' seen that at the ;
present rate of automobile sales it
would not be long until there would
I be a car in use for every family, j
But this is impossible to imagine, as i
[ there will always be many families .
unable to possess a car.
The limit, then, must be some
where between the two figures above
mentioned. It does seem reasonable
that the country could absorb more
than 4,000,000 or 5,000,000 addition
al motor vehicle until we have a
greatly increased population.
Last year about .'>,500,000 automo
biles were produced, of which prob
ably one-half were required to re
place worn-out cars. The factories
will hardly be able to keep up this
, production and find a sale for the
output. While there is room for a
great increase of automobiles in
foreign countries, we so far have
• marketed only about 10 per cent of
• American-built cars abroad.
It appears, therefore, that a con
siderable curtailment of production
- will shortly be necessary and that
i the greater demand will be for re
• placement only. Competition in sell
-1 ing will no doubt be keener than e -er
i in the future, as the factories of the
country will be unable to market
their maximum output.
i
Recent showers have helped the
- situation considerably in regard to
young tobacco plants. Only a very
small per cent of the farmers will
' have a shortage of plants. The rains
■ have also greatly helped the wheat
• crop, which is looking promising
now.
KING SCHOOL
BEATS PINNACLE!
But Loses To West field Boys;
In Ball Game—New Church j
Started—Other Items.
King, April 27.—King high school |
triumphed over their old rivals,!
Pinnacle high school Friday after- i
noon. The game was fast
but too many errors were
made on both sides . Meadows
and White handled the stick the best
for the visitors, while Barber star
red for Pinnacle. Slate and Hooker
staged a fast game around the key
stone sack and pulled a speedy i
double in the fifth inning. Boyles
pitched a winning brand of ball nev
er in danger of losing the game
with White handling the mit in big
league style. The final score stood
ten to seventeen.
Dr. R. C. Fowler, of Winston-1
Salem, was among the business visi-1
tors here Saturday.
Miss Mallie Redman, who is teach-1
ing in the high school here spent I
Saturday and Sunday with her pa- j
rents in Pilot Mountain.
Mr. P. H. Xewsom is preparing to j
attend the state convention of Mod- i
ern Woodmen of America to be held
at Elizabeth City May lith and 7th. |
The Standard Oil Co. is install-1
ing another large tank at their'
service station on the E. P. Xewsum
corner. The fast increasing busi
ness of this up-to-date station makes
this improvement necessary.
Miss Ixiuise Norman spent the
| week end with her parents at Dub
son.
j The King all stars lost to Francis
! co in a game of base ball played on
i the Westfield diamond Saturday,
i The score stood thirteen to fourteen, j
Large crowds from this place are
attending the Billy Sunday meetings j
! at Winston-Salem.
j Dr. and Mrs. Ernest M. Griffin at-,
I tended the Billy Sunday meeting at
Winston-Salem Sunday.
J The Fowler-Jones Lumber Co. is
J preparing to open up a place of
' business here. They will carry in
stock all kinds of building material.!
King has been in need of a business !
; of this kind for a long time, and it j
! is predicted they will do well here. |
] They have secured a location on
j North Depot street.
Rev. E. A. Holton, of Winston-
Salem, will preach in the hall over
the Bank of Stokes County Sunday,
May 3rd, at 3:00 o'clock p. m.
The first brick was laid today on
the Moravian church on West Main
street. Rev. E. A. Holton and James
Hall, of Winston-Salem, were pres
ent. Rev. Hall held a prayer for the
i safety of the contractor and the
men who will build this new church.
Those who took part in the first
brick laying were Messrs. 11. F. Pul
liam, J. S. Grabs, O. O. Grabs, \\.
J. Fulk, G. M. Allen and W. M. West.
Also Mesdames S. W. Pulliain. B. 1".
• Pulliain, R. S. Helsabeck, Minnie
i Alley, Gaston Allen, G. E. Stone, E.
! A. Moser and little Billy Helsabeck.
Junior Stone, Eddie White, Glen
Moser and Francis Alley,
j Rev. Paul Herman Newsuni
1 preached at Brown Mountain Sun
, day at 11:00 o'clock A. M.
Captain C. J. Kirhy, who holds a
position with the Southern Railway
. Company, spent Sunday with his
. family in Walnut Hiils.
! A Fable—l92s Model
.' Orve upon a time there was an
.. 1> year-old flapper who used to love
. ti. stroll down the Main St.. powd
-4 er her nose at every shop window
; mirror and devour scads of ice
. ereain, ete. This damsel was one
i of the best customers William
i Wrigley ever had and knew all the j
. mints up to and including; double and j
f pepper. She also won first prize :
| from a cosmetic concern for having |
. on the best make-up in her class in ,
i school. Then one day there came
t a sheik who persistently wooed the
. j flapper. The said young sheik was
- j a gay young weight who slept on a
r | pool table a great deal, and it is said
i ] that he "once" carried a whole
; twenty dollar hill in his balloonian
ated trouseiioons. He and the young
flapper kept on their foolishnes s till
one day they got married without
' j knowing why or how come. Kach
) I was positive the other had a job, and
! | the truth was that neither was on
1 speaking terms with a paymaster.
Hang! The end of a perfect romance,
t She's back at home. So's he.
r Moral: Find out where he works
before you say "yes."—Exchange.
No. 2 768
H. B. VARNER
DIED MONDAY
Was Among Leading Citizens
of the State—Former Com
missioner of Labor and
Printing.
I Lexington, April 27.—Henry Bran*
' son Varner, president of the North
Carolina Motion Ifi|turc Theater
Owners association and former state
commissioner >f labor and printing,
died here tonight shortly after 9:00
o'clock of pneumonia which develop
ed lit days ago following a business
trip to Charlotte.
Colonel Varmlr's condition had
been exceedingly grave the last few
; days, but Sunday he was thought to
have shown positive signs of im
provement. Late today there was a
sudden turn for the worse, and the
| patient soon sank into a state of
I coma. He did not regain conscious-
J ness before his death.
Funeral Tomorrow.
Funeral plans are as yet indefinite,
• but the services likely will be held
j some time Wednesday,
i Besides his wife, who before mar
| riage was Evelyn Pearce, of Wash
| ington, he is survived by his mother,
one sister and one brother, of Den
' ton, X. C. He was married to Miss
; I'earce less than a year ago.
Colonel Varner was born at Den
ton. April 12, IS7O. He had little
opportunity to atund school, never
advancing above the grammar
grades, but by constant application
to duties he hail carved for himself
a distinct place in state affairs and
in business. His lirst work was at
a saw mill in Davidson county, for
which he received ten cents a day.
Later he sold fruit trees several
i years.
Published Newspaper.
j In IS"Mi he bought The Lexington
I Dispatch, which paper he owned and
! edited 27 years, until he sold it in
1 l'.)2:{. His work as an editor gained
him wide recognition, and during
his newspaper career he served for
' a time as president of the North
i Carolina Press association. He was
| i president of the National Editorial
, association one tei m years ago.
During his activities as publisher,
|' Colonel Varner established and pub
lished the Southern Good Roads
Magazine. He continued the publi
. cation of this from 1910 to 1918.
In State Service.
For two terms he wa s state com
, missioner of labor and printing,
, I from 1900 to 1908. From 1912 to
. I 1920 he was chairman of the state
' prison board. In 1912 he was state
, chairman for the Underwood cam
,' paign for the presidency.
Colonel Varner was democratic
I candidate for Congress in the sev
j enth district in 1910, but was de
j feated by L. D. Robinson, of Wades
! boro. For four or five campaigns
Ihe was chairman of the Davidson
, j county democratic executive com
mittee.
Operated Picture Shows.
Tin or 12 years ago Colonel Yar
m r became interested in motion
picture theaters. At that time h;>
leased a house in Lexington where
lie huilt up a large business. Two
years ago he organized a company
which bought the house he had for
merly leased and built a plant in
which he expended 52.">0,000. He
then extended his operations, on
i erating theaters in Bndin and Thom
' asville. and was to have opened a
j new theater ill Concord next Mon
day night. A few months ago. when
the motion picture theater owners
were holding their annual meeting
in Charlotte, Colonel Yaroer was re
elected president of the state organ
ization. an otlice he had held several
years already.
News From King- R. 2
King Route 2. April 28.—W0 arc
having a lot of dry weather through
this SlT tion at this writing, although
the farmers an- hauling fertilizer
ami planning for a large crop.
The wheat crop is looking very
well at this writing, hut if it doesn't
rain soon it will be a short crop.
Mr. J. R. Hutchison, of King, is
building a road through this section.
Misses Faye Tillotson, Eunice
I.awson, Gertrude Masencup, and
Messrs. Austin Garner, Nomie Hook
er, and Fount Smith, of King High
, School, went to the R. J. Reynolds
auditorium to see the Carolina play
makers last Saturday night. They
1 report an enjoyable and interesting
trip.
SCRIBBLER.