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DANBURY REPORTER W Volume LI. NO INCREASE IN TAX RATE IS ASKED EOR SCHOOLS Board of Education Trying To Comply With Law and Treat All Sections of County Alike—State ment From Chairman and Secretary. We the undersigned chair- - man and secretary of the . Board of Education of Stokes county wish to hereby correct ( an erroneous report that we understand is being circulated P over the county in regard to the tax rate for schools, bond issues and consolidation. The board has not asked for any increase in t ho-tax rate nor i for a bond issue, neither will there be any consolidation as to i Sandy Ridge or Lawsonville. j The money which we use for j buildings will be borrowed > from the State, to be paid back in 20 years at four and a half! per cent, interest. There will be no building done except to take care of present needs. j The purpose of the board is to comply with the law in plac ing high school facilities in every township of the county. J This has practically been done' in the southern part of the county and the board wishes to; io the same in the northern; part. ♦ J. 1.. CHRISTIAN, j Chairman Board of Education. J. C. CARSON, Secretary. I Henry Ford Bids For 200 Vessels Detroit, July I.—Henry Ford tonight tolil the Associated Press that he has entered a bid for the 200 ships of the ship ping board fleet and that the bid is in the mail. "There was no misunder standing of dates on my part,", Mr. Ford said, in denying that such was the cause for the fail ure of the board to receive a bid from him when they were opened two days ago. "The bid was placed in the mail several days ago." North Carolina Paid Big Tax To U. S. Rak-igh, July I.—An in / crease of approximately SB,- 000,000 in federal taxes collec ted in North Carolina during the fiscal year ending June .'SO, 102.1, as compared with the fis cal year ending June .'SO, 1024. is announced by William Gris som, collector of internal reve nue in North Carolina. The tax collected during the fiscal year just closed totaled approximately $ 166,000,000, Mr. Grissom stated, the lar gest amount ever collected in the State in any one year. Du ring the preceding year the collections totaled approxima tely $158,000,000. Marriage Here Today. Jesse R. Kennedy, of David son county, aged 50, and Mrs. Walter Davis, of Walnut Cove Route 3, aged "2. were mar- l-ied here today by Justice N. A. Martin. MOVIE WILL SHOW , TOBACCO MARKET t Co-Operative Tobacco Market- 1 ing Association Releases A ( Film Showing Its Methods 1 and Organization. Washington, June 27.—A 2- reel film depicting methods of co-operative associations of the "bright" tobacco districts of Virginia, North Carolina, the "hurley" districts of Ken tucky and Tennessee was leased today by the department of agriculture. The photography was made in Danville and Richmond, Va.. Norlina, N. ('.. and Lexington and Hopkinsville, Ky. Lights Are Turned On At Walnut Cove Ex-Mavor P. 11. Linvillc, of Walnut Cove, was here to lay and reported that Walnut Cove ; turned on the lights from the I hydro-electric plant on Dan ! river last night. They were ! bright and lighted the town up like day, he said. Current was turned on for use of the Pine Hall brick plant Tuesday, and the hig machines using 250 horse pwer are now being oper ated by the current. Social Given By Quaker Gap B. Y. P. U. Mizpah. June 20.—The Qua ker Gap Senior and Junior B. V. P. L\ gave a social Saturday afternoon in the meadow I low the church. Thirty-one nu-in-! hers were present. A Tier sin«r-; ing "Love Lifted Me." many i I games were played, sub as dropping the handkerchief, seeing the ghost, etc. Miss Vic toria Johnson served ice i ream i and cake. The members then j sang "Bring Them In," and the ■ meeting was dismissed by the pastor, Rev. IJ. K. Adam?. As the members left each one was i saying "we must have anothn i social soon." Rev. R. E. Adams p'vached I Saturday night at Quake: Cap church. The Quaker Gap Sunday j School went to the Thomasville Orphanage Sunday on a picnic. ! All report a pleasant time. ONE PRESENT. * j Wheat Is Dropping In Price Now Chicago, July I.—Wheat suffered an unusually sharp break in price today, falling as much as sor 6 cents since yesterday's drop. Heavy sel ■ ling which started after an early advance disclosed that ! the market was bare of any ■ adequate support from buyers. The price will nodoubt con tinue to drop. Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, July 1. 1925 FIRE DESTROYS STOKES MILL Roller Mill Of R. \V. George, On Dan River, Burned Fri day Night—Cause Of Fire Unknown. The roller mill of Rev. li. W. j George, located on Dan river t four miles this side of Francis-j I co, was totally destroyed by i fire early Friday morning. In 1 connection with the roller mill there was also a saw mill and large dressing machine, all of which was destroyed. A "gypsy" camp was located just below the mill and it was thought probable that a spark from their camp fire ignited the shavings at the saw mill near-by. While the loss is consider able it is learned that Mr. George did not have any insur ance on the building or mach inery, a policy having elapsed only a few months since. The miller in charge was Charlie ' Cardwell, who resided some lit tle distance from the mill. Mr. George owns two other roller mills in Stokes, one at Clemmons ford and another near West field. He also has a roller mill at Stuart, Ya. Ashburn-Nelson Wedding' Sunday Mt. Airy, June —A mes sage has been received here an-j nouncing the marriage of Missi Lucy Nelson, of this city, to Mr. Arthur Ashburn, the mar riage taking place in Bristol, Tenn.. Sunday. Mrs. Ashburn, who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Nelson, of this city, is a very charming and lovable girl and is the eldest daughter. Mr. Ashburn is a stockholder in a ' large drug company, and re j acidly a Federal Prohibition of ! ficer. He is a native of Surry ] county, and served Che county as Sheriff previous to the elec 'l tion of the present incumbent. ; They were accompanied to Bristol by Miss Myrtle Fulp, of Pilot Mountain. and, Grady *! N'chols, of White Plains, the , two young ladies being cousins. \ Mr.Nichols and Miss Fulp were '• also married while on the trip. I Mr. and Mrs. Ashburn will 11 I spend two weeks visiting m I I Washington. I). C.. and points j north, going bv automobile 'j through the Valley of Virginia. I Their plans for the future have ' not been announced. Tacks Puncture Tires On Walnut Cove Road Recently quite a few autoists have had their car's tires punc : tured by nails while driving ) over the Walnut Cove-Danbury r highway. Some of these citi i /ens have reported the matter - to the Automobile Association i and they have taken it up with t Sheriff Dunlap, who is making ,• an effort to find where the nails . came from and whether they - were placed in the road inten tionally or not. SEVEN MORE DAYS ! TO GET AUTO TAGS I La.-t Minute Rush For License ( Plate Ma le It Necessary To Extend the Time For A Few! Days. Raleigh, June 30.—Purchas-I ers of automobile license tags j i have been granted an addition-! al week in which to secure new; . license plates for their cars, i This announcement was made • today by Sprague Silver, acting head of the state automobile li-, cense bureau. In granting the extension of i time, which dates from July 1. [ it was pointed out that a last minute rush at the several bu reaus in the state, as well as in the Raleigh bureau, had made the extension of time absolu tely necessary. Erect Storage House At Walnut Cove Walnut Cove. June .'SO.—A large building will be erected in the near future between the Southern and Norfolk & Wes tern.depots on the hard-surface road here, which will be used as storage for freight and ex press. This will enable merch ants and business people of the town to rent storage space in the building at moderate rates to take care of the freight that I they may receive and store it j until they have time and space' to deliver at their places of J business. Judge Murphy On Dynamiting 4 Fish j Lexington. June 27.—North! Carolina's streams should be' a source of great wealth if the J fish therein are properly pro-! tected," said Judge T. I). Mur phy, of Asheville. in passing on the case r.f Walter Southern, of High Point, who plead guilty to dynamiting fish in Abbott's creek near Lexington recently. | "The State is greatly blessed j with sounds and inland water ways," Judge Murphy went on, "and if the tish are jriven the • proper care they will be not only a source of t'oo-.l and j sport, for the citizens of tln state. but will attract ten- of | thousands of tourists who will I bring wealth with them." ' "Dynamiting a poor, helples -1 fish, is one of the most coward '| Iv things 1 can conceive of." j said the judge. "A fish should at least be given a chance." Automobile Wreck At Sandy Ridge j J. E. Ward, of the Sandy Ridge section, who was a visi ; tor here Monday, told of an - automobile wreck there Sun r day. Fred Vernon and Newt. Amos in one car ran into the - car of John Mabe, driven by a r member of Mr. Mabe's family, i The wreck occured in front of i the Baptist church at Ayers r, ville. No one was badly hurt s but the Amos car was badly / damaged. The .'ollision wa» - j almost unavoidable, it was , said. FATHER SHOT BY HIS SON Charlie Ven'able. of Pilot Mt., In Hospital At Mount Airy— Condition Not As Serious As Was Thought At First. Pilot Mountain, June .'JO.— Charlie Venable, who was shot I with a shot gun by his son. i John, Saturday about noon and ] rushed to the Martin Memorial ! hospital in Mt. Airy for treat- ment, is reported to be doing i very well. His condition is not i as serious as was at first i thought. i Different reasons have been! assigned for the shooting, but j it is generally understood that j the father and son had not been getting along very agree able for some itme. The young man was released on a .$.'5,000 bond. Walnut Cove Personal Items Walnut Cove, June .'»o.—The lawn party given by the La lie- Aid Society of the baptist church here Saturday night on the church lawn was quite a success. Services at the Baptist church Sunday night, eonduct ey by workers in the Billy Sun day Club at Winston-Salem, were very interesting and in spiring. A large congregation was in attendance. Mrs. Beeson. of Greensboro. | arrived Saturday night to visit | her mother. Mrs. C. M. Jones, j Miss Annie Kate Jones has i returned from a visit to Green ! sboro. I Miss Tibbits, of Winston, is | visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. W. j More field this week. I Mrs. ('has. Lambe has re j turned to Greensboro after vis- 1 j it ing relatives here. Mrs. A. A. Fowler and Misses I Sara and Elizabeth Mitchell ! spent the week end at home, i Dr. Reeves Jones, of W:t;>- j ton. was here Tuesday nigh'.. .John (I. Fulton, of Win.-li n. | was here Tuesday morning. Everett Matthews is at 1 >n after a visit to South ('amlii I Miss Mary Francis Davi> is visiting Miss Pauline Tut lie ii: : | Winston-Salem. Mrs. J. B. Gwyn and cl ildren iof Charlotte, and Mrs. J D. i Franks and children, of (Iroon-j , i hop». spent the week end with | Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Morel'ieM. j .1' hn Burton, of l.eaksville, was h.-re Monday. Mrs W. G. Dodson. Miss ! . Velr.a Burge, and Mr. and Mrs. J. E lWson spent Tuesday af terno : in Winston-Salem. (). N Petree, of Greensboro. ' was a victor here Tuesday. Miss Ale Joyce is visiting relatives i Ileidsville. Miss Helen Norwood, of New Jersey, is the guest of Miss Luna Taylor at Piedmont Springs'.. W. Y. Gordon, of Germanton Route 1, was here Monday. He - reported a nice rain in his sec tion Sunday afternoon. ?• ' N O r * r " r 7 - ,o. Ij 1 7 GLADYS SJIITH KILLS HIMSELF Young Man of Meadows Town ship Used Shot Gun To End His Lite Saturday While Visiting Home of Neighbor. Gladys Smith, young son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Smith, who reside near Ross* store, in Meadows township, shot him self Saturday afternoon, living only a few minutes after send ing a loail of shot into his chest right near the heart. Young Smith, in company with his father, had dropped in to visit a neighbor when the young man went back into the kitchin for a drink of water. As he passed through the hall on the way to the kitchin he picked up a shot gun and plac ing it against his chest fired. When Mr. Smith reached the kitchin he was told by his son that he shot himself intention ally, but that no one was to blame for the deed except him self. For several months i; has been known that the young man's mind was slightly affec ted, but there was no suspicion that he might take Ws own life. The deceased w as 'JI years of age and was a model young man, having no bad habits and being respected and liked by all who knew him. His sudden death came as a great shock to his relatives and friends. The funeral and burial took place on Sunday afternoon at Palmyra Methodist church and a large number of sorrowing relatives and friends were in attendance. . -** ,m ' • ■* " 1 ■ V Fire Burned In Forest Nearly Two Weeks I King. June ."»H.—We had one lof the most destructive lires ever known on the Sauratown mountain last week. The lire raged for nearh two weeks in t'ul! blast, and did not cease un til the much-needed showers iiuno last week. A lot tim ber was completely ruined. By ! •. ; of 150 men the lire was kept iVom the Hat lands near ;!: mountain. : Wheat threshing has started in ihi.- section and the yield ! seems to bo very good. Corn | t rops look good and tobacco is j beginning to take a start to grow since the nice showers. Mr. Bert Boyles, of Winston- Salem. and Miss Grace Fowler, of King, were quietly united in the holy bonds of matrimony last Wednesday. Both the bride and groom are of our best families, and their host of friends extend to them best wishes for a long and happy ' life. R. K. has great sympathy for the mourners as he is now ' in the monument business, f SCRIBBLER. t Dr. S. F. Tillotson, who re cently underwent an operation t in a Mt. Airy hospital for ap -1 pendicitis, has not been get - ting along as well as expected, but is some better now.
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