DAN BUSY REPORTER
Volume 54.
CITIZENS VISIT
VIRGINIA CITY
Trip To Roanoke Via Stuart
and Floyd Court House and
Return Via Rocky Mt. and
Martinsville— Distance In
Favor of Stuart Route.
Several Danbury citizens this
week made an automobile trip to
Roanoke, Va., going byway of
, Stuart and Floyd Court House and
returning by Rocky Mt., Martiiu.iile
ami Stoneville. The distance from
Dar.Lury to Roanoke was only
miles via the Floyd Court House
route, while on the return trip via
Rocky Mount., Martinsville and
Stoneville the speedometer rcgi.-.:«v
ed 106 miles, a difference of 10 miles
in favor of the Floyd Court House
route.
The visitors found the route via
Floyd Court House a picturesque
one, especially where it crosses the
Blue Ridge. Between Floyd and
Roanoke there is an improved
gravel road all the way, and be
tween Stuart and Floyd the road is
not bad except going up the moun
tain. This stretch of road is now
K»ir.g surveyed by thf State high
way commission, and when con
structed will make the route all the
way between here and Roanoke a
very good one.
On the Rocky Mt. and Martins
ville route the road is good be
tween Roanoke and Rocky Mt. From
the latter point to Mayodan it is
in poor condiion, but it is learned
that this road will be improved as
soen as possible.
V.'ithin a year or two ! t is prob
able that both roads mentioned will
be greatly improved and that tour
ists will travel both. The scenery
on the Stuart-Floyd Court House
route is as fine as any, probably, in
this part of the country, ard it is
worth driving miles to see
Samet Files Suit ? '
For $33,000 Fire
Insurance Recovery
Greensboro, May 27.—Max Samet
trading as King Supply Co., of
Stokes county, who was tried in
March in Stokes Superior court has
nine suits against as many fire in
surance complies, for a total of
thirty-three thousand dollars, un
paid insurance on the stock of goods
and store building he had at King, j
Samet is a resident of High Point. 1
The store and goods were de
stroyed by fire on August 27, 1925.
Samet, his son, Jake Samet, and his
brother, Morris Samet, were indict
ed on charge of arson, but were
accquited by a Forsyth jury.
Marshall Walker
Bound Over To Court
Marsh;.il Walker, a young white j
' man who gives his rs'dence as \\ in- 1
■ ston-Salem, and who has recently j
' been employed at the Hollin's saw j
mill near Danbury, was arrested
here Monday night on the charge '
of taking an automobile tire from :
the car of Toby Booth a few nights 
since. Walker was given a hearin?!
before Justice N A Martin im- !
mediately after his arrest and was!
bound over to Superior court in a I
bond of S3OO 00 It is learned that ;
Marshall admitted his guilt. He
furnished bond and was released.
Election Board
Sends Out Tickets'
A meeting of the county Board
of Elections was held here Satur-1
day when tickets for the two parties
to be used in the primary Saturday |
Njrere sent to the registrars of the
twenty-one precincts.
I PRIMARY VOTE
MAY BE HEAVY
jMore Candidates Than Ever
Before—A Second Primary
Looks Like Only Way To
Select Strongest Men In
Each Party.
The vote in the primary in Stokes
Saturday will likely be the largest
ever cast in a primary here, froir.
the fact that there are more can
didates to be voted for than have
ever before asked for the support
of citizens.
For county commissioners alone
there are fifteen aspirant, while
for the office of Sheriff seve'i citi
zens are to be voted for. The other
offices have candidates in propor
tion. One noteworthy fact is thai
not a single member of the old
board of county commissioners will
:be a candidate for the office again.
| An analysis of the situation now
looks like a second primary for
some of the candidates in each party
;will be necessary.
I Registrars and judges at all the
' precincts are expected to bring or
' send returns to Danbury Saturday
1 night, so that the result of the vot
ing may be known without waiting
for the official count next Monday.
| Memorial Services
At Salem Chapel
Walnut June I.—Members
and friends of Salem Chapel Chris
tian church will be interested to
know that the annual Memorial
I Service of the church will be held
I next Sunday, June (>. Dr. J. O.
Atkinson, Mission Secretary of the
Southern Christian Convention, an.l
Editor of the Church publication,
"The Christian Sun," will preach
the Memorial sermon in the norn
ing services Dr. Atkinson will also
preaith in the afternoon, his Sub
ject being "The Divinity of the dol
lar."
Dinner which will be served on
the grounds, will be furnished by
.those attending during the entire
I day. All who may are requested
Ito bring flowers to be used in deco
| rating the graves of those in whoso
; memory the morning service will
be held.
I
Lieut. Vance Haynes
i Flies Over Home Town
! Mt. Airy, May 21.—Lieut. Vance
Haynes passed over this city in a
government airplane, cirling agai i
and again as a tribute to his home
town. Lieutenant Haynes is a son
of Sheriff and Mjrs. C. H. Haynes,
of this city, and is stationed on
the Pacific coast, but recently came
east, being with the government
air forces at Norfolk for a time,
and leaving his plane at Fayette-
I ville he came by train to spend
j several days at home and then re
turned to Fayetteville to begin hi.s
I trip back to the Pacific coast. His
first stop will be in Dayton, Ohio, j
Coming east he made the trip from j
the west to the coast in twenty
four hours flying time. There was
no suitable landing place for a large
government plane here, and forth it
reason Mr. Haynes stopped in Fay
etteville.
Concrete Pouring
Will Start Soon
Machinery and material are being
placed to begin pouring concrete on
the Walnut Cove-Madison road.
The grading forces on this road'
have now reached Walnut Cove and
will soon be ready for the cement
on the seven-mile section of the
road lying in Stokes county. Con-'
crete is already being poured on j
the Madison end of the road.
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, June 2, 1926
I LICENSES FOR
STOKES AUTOS
. May Be Had At Piedmont
Warehouse In Winston-Sa
, lem—Were Put On Sale June
{ Ist—Time Limit Is July 10.
Automobile and truck license tags
were placed on sale by the State
at Piedmont tobacco warehouse in
Winston-Salem yesterday, June Ist
This office for the distribution of the
Iji-ags was opened for the conven-
ence of the citizens of Stokes, For
syth, Davie and Yadkin counties
You can buy your licens now or
you can wait until later, but Rev
enue Commissioner Doughton says
the 11)26-27 tag must be on your car
or truck by July 10th, and that no
extension of time will be given
I after that time.
I Automobiles licenses are divided
into four classes which are: Class
E, for cars up to twenty-four horsc
r
power, sl2 50; Class C, for cars of
twenty-four to thirty horsepowe',
S2O; Class B, for cars of thirty t >
thirty-five horsepower, S3O; Class A,
for cars over thirty-five horsepower,
S4O; Class F, for trucks of a half
ton and less, sls; Class E, for one
ton and to two ton trucks, $25;
' Class C, for two ton trucks, $75
All owners with cars of a frac
tion over twenty-four horsepower
will have to pay S2O instead of the
| usual sl2 50
- County Boards To
Visit Schools Tuesday
»
I The county commissioners and
I the members of the board of edu
cation will visit several school dis
, tricts of the county next Tuesdav
I with a view of ascertaining the
I needs for school buildings m the
, several districts, and the figures fo
. the school building budget will the-i
,' be settled upon. The tentative bud
j
get, as recently made v'>lit, has been
filed with the county commissioner*
for their consideration.
>
Child Falls From
jl Second Story Window
■ j Mr. and Mrs. Edd Neal, of Stuart,
> Va., visited their parents, Mr. and
I J. M. Neal, at Meadows Sunday.
I The little son of Mr. and Mrs. Neal
j fell from the 2nd story window of
j his home at Stuart last Tuesday
I and was caught by a colored boy
before his body struck a cement
walk beneath the window. The
child was not hurt very much.
;i
Mr. Fagg Declines
j To Run For Justice
Editor Danbury Reporter:
I noticed in last week's issue of
The Reporter that I am mentioned
as a candidate for Justice of the
Peace in Beaver Island township
Will say I decline to be a candidate
and request that you will statj
same in next issue of the Reporter.
Respectfully,
J. M. FAGG. J
Registrars and Judges 1
i Or Send Returns Of Pi
Saturday Night Follo\
Inasmuch as the law does not requi
vassed until Monday, June 7th, a nur
requested the Reporter to ask the reg
cincts in the county to either bring or
Danbury Saturday night following th
eluding themselves, will be interested
the large number of candidates who a
The roads are good and the weathei
at the precincts will take a ticket an
each candidate got and bring or sen
! will be known by all without waiting
likely be cast than usual in primaries
j candidates, and there will nodoubt be
OPPOSE STOKES
i SCHOOL BUDGET
' At Meeting Called By Perman
ent Tax Committee Here
1 Saturday Vote Was Taken—
Only Few Candidates Re
, sponded To Invitation.
i At the call of Chairman T. H.
Gerry, of the Permanent Tax Com
;. mittee, a meeting of citizens was
held at the court house here Satur
■ day at which it was hoped to have
| all of the candidates for county of
• fices, special invitation having bee:)
• extended U> the.lll by the Comirfittee.
i However, only a part of them were
• present.
i The meeting was addressed by
i Edwin Kiser, former member of the
General Assembly from Stokes, and
I shoit talks were made by several
i citizens.
•' The school budget, as recentl/
' made by the couny commissioners
, and the board of education, was
i discussed and the committee voted
, unanimously against the adoption of
, that part of the budget providing
for a fund of $159,000 for school
i buildings in the county
Front one to two hundred citizens
probably were here Saturday at
tending the meetings of the Tax
• Committee and the Board of Elec
( tions.
A. J Tilley Injured
.1 By Runaway Team
I A. J. Tilley, of Smith, one of the
old Confederate veterans of the
| county, vas recently injx-ed when
i a team of mules ran away with
him The team was standing in the
jyai ' at Mr Tilley's home and • hen
j they started he at f cir.ped t'i stop
them and was drap.ge! several feet
' His shoulder way dislocated and he
, received several bruises about the
face am! body
II
Patrick County
Gets Gas Tax
| The tax collected from the sale of
.' gasoline in Virginia goes direct to
I the counties of the State instead of
. 1 going into the State treasury and
I being used for State road work as
" is done in North Carolina. For
', instance, last month Patrick coun
'ty received check from the State
•' authorities for $540.53 as that
• 'county's part of the gas tax. Pat
rick uses the money for road work,
jit is learned.
'jackson Robertson
Died Friday Night
Jackson Robertson, an aged and
; respected citizen of the Hartanan
! community, just east of Danbury,
| died Friday night after a short ill
ness The deceased is survived by
his wife and a number of other rel
' atives. He was a brother of Messrs.
i Joseph, Matt and Alfred Robertson
of Lawsonville
Are Requested To Bring
rimary To Danbury On
wing Primary.
ire the vote in the primary to be can
mber of citizens of both parties have
ristrars and judges of the several pre
r send the returns on all candidates to
le primary, as almost everyone, in-
I to know how the vote was cart, for
ire to be voted for.
(r is fine and if the election officials
id write down the num|ber of votes
id it here Saturday night, the result
until Monday. A larger vote will
s, on account of the large number of
much interest in the result.
FARMERS PLANT
MUCH TOBACCO
Two Auto Wrecks—Miss Dun
lap Undergoes Operation—
Other News and Personals
Of Sandy Ridge.
Sandy Ridge, May 24.—Farmers
are busy preparing land and setting
. out tobacco. Some are through
- planning and all indications point
 to a large acreage of the weed this
- year. While they are planting a
• large crop of tobacco, they also
■ planting one of the largest corn
i crop that has been planted in this
. community in several years. The
■ wheat crop is also looking fine anil
promises a fair yield.
Miss Betty Dunlap, who recentl.*
■ underwent an operation at the
I Leaks ville hospital, is reported !••>
I be getting along alright and will
be able to return home in a few
■ days.
i Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Ward, of
Fancisco, visited relatives here Sat-
I urday and Sunday. They were ac
' companied home by Mrs. W. T.
: Ward, who will spend a few days
| visiting relatives in that community.
Jesse Amos and Russell Wilson
( had an automobile collision Satur
. day night near Hall's old store place
: in which a Ford coupe and a Ford
. Sedan were badly damaged and the
the occupants of the cars were cut
and bruised considerably.
Also another wreck occurred Mon
iday afternoon in front of the
1 Sandy Ridge Motor Co. This was
'a picnic party from Stoneville, rid
j ing in a car collided with a car
• backing out into the road turning
i the car of picinic crowd over and
injuring some of the occupants
slightly one young lady being cut
very badly on her arm and hand.
The young daughter of Mr and
Mrs. Pomp 'Smith, who underwent
an operation for appendicitis at th'
Leaksville hospital last week, is re
ported to be improving at present.
Misses Estelle and Mozelle Shel
ton, who have been working in Win-
ston-Salem for some time, have re
turned home to spend the sumnur.
; SCHOOITBUDGET
f CUT $50,000
1
} ! Board of Education Will De
r duct This Amount From
Building Fund—To Visit
2 School Districts Next Tues
-1 day.
The building fund of the school
[budget was revised by the county
board of education this week and
$50,000 was deducted /roni the
original estimate of $150,000,
' The budget is still subject to re-
I vision, but will not be considered
further until after the county com
missioners and the members of the
board of education have visited the
school districts in which buildings
are asked for They expect to mjake
this visit next Tuesday, June Bth.
The tentative school budget, after
being revised, was filed with the
county commissioners June Ist.
j Madison Man
Hurt In Stokes
Madison, May 25. T. J. Teague, a
well known Madison man, suffered
a dislocated shoulder and painful
bruises and abrasions Monday morn
ing, in Stokes county, near Hart
man's store, when the small sedan
which he was driving turned over
( The car was badly wrecked. Mr
Teague was brought here, given
j surgical attention and carried home.
He is now resting as well as could
be expected, news from his }iomc
Monday night stated.
Gorrel Hall was & visitor here
from Leaksville yesterday.
No. 2,823
TONSIL CLINIC
► IN PROGRESS
■ Twenty-Five Children Are
Operated Upon Each Day—*
4 School Building Used For
Emergency Hospital.
' A tonsil and adenoid clinic wad
' opened here in the new school build
-1 ing Tuesday and although a late
1 start was made twenty-five Stoke*
5 school children had undergone oper
* ations before six o'clock. Again
* I today twenty-five more children will
1 be treated, and the same numjber
? | tomorrow and Friday will be taken
-1 care of, making: 100 operations for
' the week.
Dr. Beverly N. Jones, of Win
ston-Sulem, is the surgeon in charg"
and he is being assisted by Dr.
' Gaw, a lady physician of Greens
i boro, who makes the prelemlnary
: examinations and administers the
'anasthetic. Right nurses, in charge
of Miss Flora Ray, look after the
little patients before and after the
operations.
' j The school building has been fit
' ted up as an emergency hospital
* with twenty-five beds, operating"
1 room, etc.
' The children are kept only one
ntight jifter being operated upon,
' being discharged early the next day.
' to ntakc room for the new ones cora
■ ing in
i ;
; I Revival Services Here
| at Presbyterian Church
■| Rev. Fred N. Day, evangelist of
r ( Winston-Salem, began a series of
r revival services in the Presbyterian
I church here Sunday, and each night
5 only services are held at 8:00 o'clock,
t. The attendance is good and the peo
! pie of Danbury and community are
1 enjoying the good sernjons beinp
t preached by Mr. Day. It is not
" known just how long the services
- will continue Everyone is extend
ed a cordial invitation to attend.
- Piedmont Springs
Orchestra Coming 12
It is learned that sin excellent
orchestra has been secured by Man
) ager J. Spot Taylor for the Pied
mont Springs hotel this season, ami
- that the musicians are expected on
l June 12th, at which time the hotel
t will have its formal opening, al
though there are already quite a
few guests there.
I Several Warrants
r Are Issued Here
* Norman Hawkins, colored, of Dan
" bury, was placed in the county jail
early today by Sheriff Dunlap on a
warrant charging him with an af
' fray and using a deadly weapon. He
will be given a hearing later It is
learned that warrants have been is
' sued for several others, all colored,
! , who participated in a tight here a
few night since
r New Filling Station At
'i Buck Island Bridge
j At the north end of the Buck
j Island bridge, three miles north
-1 (west of Daiibury, where .'the Mt.
I Airy and the Virginia highway
''come together Tom Flinchum has
just erected a handsome little filling
I station, and as soon as he can get
a coat or twio of paint on it and in
stall the gasoline tank it will j-re
sent a very pretty appearanc! sit
ting hack against the big: hill theve.
i Mr. Flinchum will nodoubt do a good
' business there as the travel o^i
these two roads is heavy.
I,
! Mrs. Bessie of Pinnale,
jis the guost of M!rs. A. J. Fagp.
! I P. H. Young, of Sandy Ridge, was
a visitor here tcday.