DANBURY REPORTER
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Volume LI.
SOME BENEFITS OF
CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS
Letters From Persons In Communities That Have
Discarded The One and Two Teacher Schools.
The following letters were recent
ly received by the Progressive Fann
er from persons residing in com- I
inanities that have consolidated
schools and the letters tell of some
of the many advantages of consoli
dated schools over the one and two
teacher schools:
In our consolidated school have been ]
brought together four schools along
the same highway, the two farthest ■
being only about eight miles apart, j
This is only the second year of con- j
solidation, but as time goes on we j
fsee more and more the benefits re- |
•lilting from this plan.
> I. In the first place, consolidation ;
has brought about a spirit of fellow- j
ship and co-operation in the com- ]
inanity which could hardly have
been achieved otherwise. To secure
our building and what equipment
we have took concerted effort, and |
though at first there were those who]
strongly opposed consolidation they |
have now fallen in line and stand
ready to do their part in making
"our" school a success.
2. Consolidation has provided us
with a community center, of which
we W"i'e greatly in need. With such;
an institution as a center, progress,
will nat:ir.'!!> radiate from it.
It provides a far better environ-1
men*, and training for the children]
then they could ever have received
main th • form T system. The future!
li.izeiis >f the community will b,-1
mere aceqitat iy lilted for their work}
by having attended a consolidate I j
s hoel.
Through consolidation we lire
•-nabl"d ;n undertake enterprises J
which tin- separate .vliools could not j
consider. For in.-taii.-e, we have a I
very active parent-teachers" asso
ciation which has done a g-eat deal
of good in the community. Before
consolidation only one of the four
schools ever had an organization of
this kind. With everybody working
together we are not afraid to under
take bin things.
. 5. Our consolidated school is eti
f riehing the lives and broadening the
vision of our people. Entertain
ments by outside talent or by the
school children are frequently given
in the auditorium, thus providing
wholesome and instructive diversion
for old and young.
Commencement, graduate, recital,
diploma, etc., which were once only
vague terms to many of our people
are now becoming vital realities.
Without our school we feel that
the community would be limping in
the rear of the onward march of pro
gress. *
J. 1.. W.
A Tremendous Change in Seven
Years.
Seven years ago, we had four one
teacher schools, from three to live
miles apart.
Tin* children were taught up to the;
eighth made, and then turned loose,
their education finished, or their par
rents had to board them in town, or
move to town to let them finish high!
school.
We had no amusements, no places
to go, so they went from 5 to IS;
miles, to where they could find'
1 amusement. The churches were at a
distance and hard to get to. I
Rather than go to so much trouble I
to get to Sunday school, etc., the |
most of us stayed at home.
People were moving away every 1
year, to be near schools and churches, j
and no new settlers were coming in.!
In the summer of 1 '.'2o after much
working and pulling, we put the four j
schools together and built a $5,00(1,
sehoolhouso, with all modern con
vcniences.
Three trucks bring the children I
from a distance; those within a mile I
and a half walk. We have 11 grades, j
so the ones that finish here (and j
most of them are finishing) can en-1
ter college.
The young people have a social
club that meets twice a month, with
all sorts of games. Very recently
they "pulled off" a horse show, that
was a real treat in this day of motor
ears. They are having plenty of
fun and are fixing up a baseball
diamond, a tennis court, etc.
They don't have to go away to
hunt fun, any more. We have val
entine parties, Thanksgiving parties,
and box suppers at the school house
and it's no trouble to get two or
three hundred people together as one
big family.
We with others in the county have
succeeded in getting two demonstra
tion agents put 011, the girls are in
canning club work, the boys in cot
ton, pig, and corn clubs.
Since the school started not a
family has moved away, and we have
12 new families within 1 1-2 miles of
the school house to say nothing of
tlie new ones on the truck lines.
Our people are building up dairy
herds, trucking, several large poul
try plants and one big hatchery.
They are contented and happy.
MRS. 1.. L. HAIM.KY.
School Consolidation Built the
Community.
The greatest factor in the build
ing up of our community has been
the consolidated school. To it we
must give the credit of bringing to
us inspiration and assistance from
the outside world, through its library
which is accessible to each family
in the community, its college grad
uates who are not only qualified as
textbook teachers for the children,
but are social and religious leaders
as well: its agriculturist, who has
specialized in farm problems, and
is with us 12 months in the year,
assisting not only the school boys
with their projects, but each farmer
and truck grower in scientific farm
ing co-operating with the county
an. nt.
Tile s hiM.l is also large enough,
and financially able, without any
heavy bunion on the tax payer.-, to
.••upport and maintain a home science
department* which teach, s the vri»!.-
the art of housekeeping scientifical
ly. It extends into each home, and
lias been the means of creating bet
ter co-operation in the Home Eco
noiiiic Club, which is headed by the
county agent and is now doing
splendid work.
Since consolidation our community
has been able to enjoy many social
advantages, which were never
dreamed of before, such as lectures,
lyceunies, shows, literary societies
and demonstrations. The history of
our school has gone out to other
communities, where such advantages
do not exist, attracting many desir
able citizens to this community.
Land has increased in value, roads,
have been improved, high school
advantages have been brought to our
community. Economii question-- are
being discussed, and a deeper inter
est is being shown in national and
state affairs. A splendid spirit cf
co-operation is being I'touirht about,
j. It. 11.
Children Are »B'«'h llenlthier
Thanks to the consolidated school
we have the trucks to arr\ til' chil
dren in out of the bud weather where
they used to have to •!' with damp
clothing 011 and wet feet till day.
This has saved many lives and many
dollars in clothing, medicine, and
especially shoes.
This consolidated s liool has not
only brought together mere t hildren
but it has helped tile mothers and
fathers to get out. ami to meet other
parents who have lived all their
lives ill the community and never
iiK't Mrs. So and So. until we had
»)iii' first community meeting at the
consolidated school building.
.MRS. X. D. RKECE.
Moore County, X. C.
Bus Lines To Check
Bag'g'age of Passengers
Raleigh, May B.—The North Caro
lina corporation commission today
issued an order requiring that all
busses put in a system of checking
baggage similar to that used by
railroads. The order also requires
that each motor vehicle carrier
shall tile with the commission ac
ceptable liability and property dam
age insurance covering the baggage
liability in .1 sum of not less than
$5O for any one piece of baggage.
The order is effective June l and ef
fects all motor vehicles operating
under the supervision of the com
mission.
Officers P. L. Flinchum and M. J.
Fagg destroyed considerable beer at
a still site a few miles north of Dan
bury Monday. The still was not
found.
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, May 13, 1925
MAYOR MANUEL
HAS RESIGNED
C. R. Hutcherson To Succeed
Him High School Com
ment—Other Walnut Cove
.\ews.
Walnut Cove, X. ('., May 12.
Atty. J. \\. Manuel has sold his
house on Main St. to Mr. Bennett.
Has also resigned as Mayor and Mr.
C. R. Hutcherson has been appoint
ed to take his place, Mr. .1. R. Yoss
taking the place left vacant by Mr.
Hutcherson on town board.
Miss Elizabeth Fulton, of Burling
ton, spent the week end here.
Mr. T. C. Hart man spent the week
end at Salisbury.
Misses Mildred, Margaret and
Francis Xeeley, of Winston-Salem,
spent Sunday with Mrs. Julia Hairs
ton.
Miss Elizabeth Sparger left for
her home in Greensboro Sunday.
Misses Mary Booker and Edna
Mae Farmer have returned to their
homes in Clayton.
Mr. and Mrs. George Fulton left
for Elkin Saturday night and from
there attended the races at Char
lotte Monday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Matthews
attended the races at Charlotte Mon
day.
Mrs. J. W. Slate, of High Point,
spent several days here last week
visiting friends.
Miss Xell Hutcherson is visiting
fri"iids in Thoinasviile.
Mr. J. C. Hutcherson mad a busi
ness trip to Greensboro Tuesday.
Mrs. J. K. I.ewis is visiting her
mother at advance,
mother at Advance.
Messrs. C. X. Smith, J. F. Rey
nolds. Jr., and O. E. Marshall, of
Stuart, Va„ sp at Sunday in town
visiting friends.
Miss Hazel Isom, one of the high
si hool graduates, was married Sun
day morning to Mr. Oscar Fallin, of
Madison, X. ('. The marriage was
quite a surprise to her friends.
Miss Stella Ricrson, who has been
living in Winston-Salem during the
winter months, is now at home and
going to her work on jitney.
Mr. John Fulton, of Ogburn, spent
Wednesday with his family here.
The commoneomeMdfcwjrnrasps of
Sunday, May .'5, with bacalaureate
sermon by Rev. M. Lloyd Wilson, of
High Point. On Wednesday evening
a program was given by the Pri- j
mary grades, which was well pre
sented and enjoyed by all. On.
Thursday evening a program wjts |
given by grammar grades, which
was very interesting. Friday night
the class day exercises of graduating
class, and Saturday morning the
graduating exercises. They were 1
fortunate in procuring Rev. Billy
Sunday to deliver the address, and
a large crowd was out to hear him.
The high school play. "Valley
Farm." on Satuday night closed the
exercises.
Miss Annie Redman left for her
home in Pilot Mountain Sunday
morning.
AUTO ~TAGs"
HAVE ARRIVED
They Are Mack Willi Yell.i'v
Back Uround—l:2'«,('• X) Were
Purchased By State.
Automobile license tags for li'2s
- will be printed black with bright
orange back ground and the State's
monogram will lie changed so that
the letter "C" of the combination
will be just a space to the right un
derneath the "X." There will he no
other changes.
Exactly -120,000 have been order
ed and some of them have anavid.
1 It will require eight solid cars to
j bring them from the factory to
! Raleigh. The big majority of tag ■
I are for touring cars but there is a
! liberal sprinkling for truck dealers
land for Highway Commission cars,
j At the rate of increase noted in
| the sale of tags last month, Reve
-1 nue Commissioner Dough ton is of
j the opinion that the entire suoply j
'of 420.000 will be exhausted.
If the entire supply is used the ,
; State will collect over six million '
: (Sd,000.000) for auto licenses alone,
j Proportionate increase in the gaso
line tax next yeai* will bring the
| State's revenue fv t ,,n these two
'sot'ices dose to $15,000,000.
j The new tags will be used en and j
I aft r July 1. 1
KING POSTOFFICE
IS ROBBED
Stamps and Some Money Taken
—Saw Mill Burned—Death
Of Aged Ladv—Robbery At
Pilot Mountain.
King. May 11. Mr. Peyton Hut
chins, of Winston-Salem, spent Sun
day with his parents here.
The postollice lit re was broke open
and robbed of about two hundred
dollars worth of stamps last Tues
day night. The robbers only secur
ed a small amount of cash, some
thing less than a dollar in change
which had been left in the otlice. En
trance was gained through a back
window. There is no clue to the
guilty party.
A force of masons went to wot!;
this morning on a new brick h one
for Mr. John Smith in Pilot View,
the new development just east of
town. This will lie the first brick
residence for king.
Work on both the Moravian and
Christian churches is well under
way and will be pushed through to
completion at an early date. These
buildings are being constructed of
brick and will be modern in every
particular.
The married men defeated the
high school team in a game of base
ball here Friday to the tune of 11
to :i.
The high school commencement
which takes place May I Ith. loth
and ltith. promises to be good.
Mr. ' . I>. Slate, wl'.o got a foot
crushed while ui.loading freight
several days ago is slowly improv
ing, but it will be some time before
he is able to walk on this foot.
A saw mill belonging io The
Thurman I.umber Co. and operated
by Mr. E. F. Walker which was lo
eatid two miles west of town was
destroyed by lire Friday night. This
is the second mill in this neighbor
hood to burn within two weeks. Mr.
Charlie Hunter lost his mill by lire
about two weeks ago.
A party was given by Miss Clara
Pulliam at the home of Mrs. E. A.
Moser to the Senior class of the
King high school Thursday night.
Those present were: Misses Ger
trude Masencup, Oneda Caudje,
Mildred Carroll, Xehi • Thomas,
neiiiiu' *' 'I'I adows.
also Messrs. David Calloway, Xor
man Slate, Ernest Smith, Moir
O. Hooker. A contest was held and
; games were played after which re
freshments were served. It was an
' enjoyable occasion for all who at-
I tended.
The King M. W. A. team lost to
Seward in a hard fought game of
baseball Saturday. The final score
stood three and five.
1 Mr. Charlie Hutchins, of Winston-
Salem. spent Sunday with relatives
here.
Mr. C. O. Boyles made a business
trip to Winston-Salem today.
Billy Sunday passed through town
this morning on his way to Pilot
.Mountain where he will deliver a
sermon at the opening of the high
- liool commencement today.
Mr. and Mrs. ,1. S. Boyles. of Wal
nut Cove, spent Sunday with rela
tives and friends here.
Mrs. Harrison Reed, aged about
• -.'venty-five years, died at her linne
near Donnaha yesterday morning.
The interment will be from .Mount
, Pleasant church this afternoon at
2:!i0 o'clock P. M.
Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Caudic. of
Winston-Salem, spent Sunday wit it
relatives here.
Mr. Lucian Moore, who has been
very sick at his home for some time,
shows no improvement, his many
friends regret to learn.
Mr. Charlie Hooper, of Winston-
Sak'm, is here on business today.
Mr. Fount Clifton, of Pilot Moun
tain, was In-re this morning and in
formed its that the postollice and
bank at Pilot Mountain was robbed
last night. The robbers made their
gt taway with about five hundred
dollars in postage stamps and ten
thousand dollars in liberty bonds.
The telephone and telegraph wires
were all cut. thus cutting off all
communication by wire.
Delicate Conscience
| Maid—"The new neighbors would
: like to cut theiv grass mum, an'
they want to know f v.u> will lend
them our law-mower."
Mistress (highly shocked)—" Cut
their lawn on the Sabbath? Certain
ly not. Tell them that we haven't
i one."—London Opinion.
HIGH TAXES, HIGHWAYS
AND HIGH SCHOOLS
Are Public Utilities Ruining Our Country, Or In
dividual High Living, Which ?—Correspondent
Compares Present Times With Old Times and
Says Give the Roads and Schools a Square Deal.
Gernianton, R ate I. May 10. i
I Mr. Editor:
This is the day i f taxation. On 1
| all hands we hear the complaint of
I the tax-payer. Tin farmer is kick-1
, ing, the manufacturer is groaning,;
.the merchant is murmuring, and the
professional man croaks about his
! income tax. Some are heard to say
ithat they will have to sell out and
\ move away to escape the burdens of
'taxation. The farmers say thuir
land will not bring the price it is
assessed for taxation. Taxation is
the lament of the law-makers, and
they cast about for sources of more
and more taxation. The Governor is
retrenching, the county commission
ers are lopping off expenses, vuid
the husbandman is economizing to
minimize as far as possible the em
bargoes laid on u> by nation. State
. and county.
But, after all, is not a great deal
of this cussing about high taxes
overdrawn or far-fetched. Will it
! bear close analysis? Will it ,-tai.d
the acid te-t of common ,-elis.- '
Thi- is a day of high living, a>
'compared with years ago when you
and I were growing up. or kids.
Expense- cf a hundred kinds exist
today where there we.s 1 radically
no expenditure before g I roads
and school., and uutonvhih - and gas
. ami pop came. Many a f Mow
spends .i.ore nowadays for pop man
lie used to invest in shoes or clothing.
Thi re is no question about taxc
i being high, but we beg to take i-sue
: with the fellows who are charging
it un to til" good roads and schools.
I We were talking with a farmer the
j other day. who had complained about
 high taxes, said he was sorry he had
bought his land, and was thinkinir
i of moving away to escape the high
taxes of Stokes county. Pray, where
to? There is no escape from taxa
tion. You find a lower rate levied
, in some other counties than Stokes.
: but you will pay it in some other
way in the long run. This farmer
owns a plantation worth S 1,000 or I
| $5,000. His tax, he said, is now i
about s">o. We asked him what it '
, would probably have been a decade (
| ago on the same property. Hi' said
! about $25.00. Doubled in ten or;
, fifteen years. This was ruining him. !
We asked him to examine closely
t and see if he was so badly hurt after
all. Ten or fifteen years ago it took
him twelve days to market his to
bacco crop, figuring on four trips
I to Winston over bad roads, each
trip consuming three day- to go and
come. Xow he can market his crop
in one day, if he tried, and get ba k
home for supper. What is tin vali:
in dollars and cents i f this tin: ■
saved for a man and a team, net
. mention the exposure and d. en
fort of wagoning to Winston. I f
teiii years ago he wa- at school in
: log hut in the pine field, with
teacher who knew nothing lii'-r
than a smattering of rithmetic,
readin' and ritin. NVw this ha -
band sends his children to an excell
ent high school, and the children
don't even have to walk, but ride i:
a motor titick. What i- thi value
in dollars and cents of the new way
a- compared with the old way. What
did it cost you fifteen year- ago to
get your fertilizer M your farm?
s. d days of dragging through
ti. mud in April and May ,-r June
va'.uahlt time of man and beast,
and wear and tear of vehicle o\.r
vil. i s. Now you can get your
ga.e before broakfast if you
i want i'.. at a minimum expense.
, Wh.it - the value of this time and
• labor - •Are these three items
]of i|u i and easier marketing of
j tobnci • ding in fertilizer and iin-.
j 1
j proved - I- worth $25?
But t are only incidents. l)o
you own iar ? Yes. What dot sit '
cost you :• own it? Very little, he
said—foolish man. The aw rage j
owner of at automobile—even a j
Ford—pays sie i.uo a year tax to his j
comfort, consonance and pleasure.
Count the in\e-; ment, interest, de- j
preeiation. gas. oil, tires, time lost,]
etc.. and sec how far wrong this j
estimate is. But this immense tax j
is unthoughtof. while good roads and
schools, the greatest blessings of t
civilization, are charged up with the
No. 2 770
| expense. Automobiles Hi it iill, a
! thousand luxuries that n>i-.l ti> be
unhealdof are now indulged in. You
used to have your .-hues mended for
i l"i cent.-. Now you threw them
j away and huy a in*w pair for
3">.0II. You u.-ed to go to the ld.uk
smith shop fur repairs to your plows
and hoes. Now you go to the hard
wart* store anil purchase new ones,
lhese taxes— incidents of modern
times, civilization-are necessary,
but you should not charge the cost
of them to your schools and roads.
There is entirely too much cussing
aliout hijj-h taxes in Stokes county
as charged to roads and schools.
You used to give $1.2.") per gallon
tor your liquor—and it was probably
pure stuph. Now you pay $lO for
the rankest compound that ever in
sulted tin- stomach of a hilly-goat.
This is true, and you know it.
1 here is entirely too much cussing
ahout high taxes in Stokes county
as chargeable to good roads and
vhonl*. and too much talk of moving
away to evade taxation. A few years
ago a meat many of our good citi
zens nio\ed their capital away to
try to evade taxation, and it never
calm back. Many a hard-earned
thousand dollars took wings t.. re
t j :1 1 no more, when Bailey liros. \> as
invoked to save them ffo.n • v.at; .!i.
iiailey Bros. is not all. Cther gl't
ti ring stock certificate- arc now in
many an old sock to stay. l!ct)uiescot
in pace. They arc good t.. look at,
nothing more. They not only evaded
taxation, hut even evaded dividends.
Worth only the paper they are litho
graphed on—nothing more.
It used to he that one might own
and hold large boundaries of timber
and woodland, for investment pur
poses, waiting for it to grow into
gold. Xot so now. This is a day of
economy, of etliciency, of overhead
expense sheets. Turn loose the
land, or pay the taxes on it. Many
persons want homes. Many farmers
want plantations. Disgorge. This is
| the day of progress, of civilization,
j of returns on the investment.
Yes, taxes are high. There is no
j denying this proposition. But please
don't saddle all the blame on the
1 greatest blessings of the age. The
good road that brings you back home
nights to your wife anil babies, when
you used to spend it on the road
' sleeping in a covered wagon, and
eating fried eggs out of a skillet; the
school that now within reach of
your children, will enable them to
get an education that was denied
to many of the rest of us.
01.1) TIMER.
TAX-LISTING
STARTS MAY 18
Supervisor Carroll Offers Some
Suggest it'tis In Reyard To
i'lvparing Lists.
Tu\ Supervisor 1". \Y. Carroll an
t.' ' that the listing of taxes will
I ;:i Stokes on May lsth and
tii i. cUs will be turned in on June
Ist, so that only two weeks is allow
ed in which to list all the taxes.
Failure to list by June Ist means
that i will be penalized.
Att> ntion is called to the fact that
l:it ;.oi,i.- and tenants must make out
a farm or crop report. This is com
pulsory, but the report is not made
for taxation but for the information
ef the State and the national gov
ernments.
Where Time Is Xot
Money.
"Have you forgotten that live dol
lars you owe?"
' "Not yet; give me time."—Colum
bia Jester.
Guess Again
j "Henry." she said, "a fortune-tell
ter saitl that 1 was going to the
1 Riviera."
| "Then call her up, and fix an ap
: pointment for me," saitl her hus-
I band. "Perhaps she can tell me
. where I can get the money."—Liver
pool Daily Post and Mercury.