Volume 54.
DR. H. G. HARDING ]
PLAYS A JOKE
Mule Steps On Child's Head—
Boy Lost Four Years Re
turns Home—Other King
News.
King, June 14.—A hunch of King
vitir.t-ns went on a fishing trip last
week. After fishing until they were
tired, they were making prepara
tions to start home. I)r. H. G. Hani
. ing was standing against a small
tree and leaning his whole weight
against the bush when Will Tuttle,
who was a member of the party, 1
and who is always ready for a goo>l
joke, and little fun, slipped up be.
hind the doctor and cut the bush
iff with an axe, giving him a hard
fall on the ground. Immediately
' after falling, the doctor began to
groan and made no effort to aris?.
It was then that the other members
of the party gathered around him
to investigate. He seemed to be suf
fering right much and was appear
antly in a semi-conscious condition,
They decided that he was pretty
seriously hurt and picked him up,
carrying him about a half n\ile to
where they had parked their cars.
Upon reaching the automobiles, they
laid him down very easy and whe)
they did this the doctor began to
laugh. It is stated that the doctor j
i-ame near having to fight some of.
the boys \\;ho had so carefully car-1
ried him for a half of a mile and it j
was no easy task as the doctor,
weighs about 180 pound.
Mr. and Mrs. William Spainhow
er have returned to their home here j
aft r spending several months in (
Philadelphia.
One day last week the two-year-j
nlil child of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Mc-|
| Gee, who reside just south of here,!
stc-le away from its mother while
she was busy at her housework, go
ing to the field right near the house ,
where Keever Newsum was plowin t, s
The child lay down on the fresh
I
plowed ground and it is supposed,
went to sleep. Keever not knowing
the -hild was there drove the mule
which he was plowing over the child,
the animal stepping on its head,
making a very ugly bruise. The
child was immediately rushed to the
King Drug Co. where it was examin
ed by physicians and found not 10
be seriously hurt. It is believed thai
the soft ground on which the child
was lying at the time of the acci
dent saved its life. The child will
be fully recovered by the time
Keever gets over his scare.
Clyde Paris, aged twenty-one,
and Miss Vivian Garner, aged seven
teen, were quietly married here
Wednesday, Judge J. R. Caudle of
ficiating. The groom is of Dalton
and the bride of King.
Hendrix and Houser are prepar
ing to erect a modern new trick
store building on their lot adjoining
the Piedmont Hardware Company's
» building on east Main Street. The
' erection of this new building is
M ....
made necessary by the increasing
business of this thriving concern.
Ray Helsabeck, who mysteriously
disappeared about four years ago,
and from whom his parents had had
no direct word since his disappear
ance, re-appeared on the scene her?
last Thursday as mysteriously as h:
disappeared. His age is about 20
■years and he is the son of Rev. and
Mrs. R. A. Helsabeck, who reside
near here, It is learned that the
young man is located at Canton,
Ohio, and has a good position as an
«?lectrki"*n He will only be at home
for a few days.
The Southern Power Company's
new line which is being built thru
here, is well underway and eomplet
ion is expected sonic time during
July. Over three hundred men are
at work on this new line. ,
One of the best games of the sea
BAPTIST CHURCH
ORGANIZED HERE
Several Ministers Take Part In j
Services —Will Erect House I
Of Worship—Reviva'l Ser-1
vices Closed Sunday With
Baptising.
The revival services conducted in ,
Danbury for ten days by Rev. Fred ]
X. Day, Missionary Baptist evange- ,
list of Winston-Salem, came to a ,
close Sunday night. There were 15
or 'JO professions of religion and a ,
number of additions to the churches
here as a result of the meetings,
which were greatly enjoyed by the
people of the community.
Clifford and Nellie King were
baptised in the river Sunday after
noon by Rev. Fred N. Day, and
became members of the Baptist
church.
On Sunday afternoon in the Pres
byterian church, where the revival
services were held, a Missionary
Baptist church was organized, Rev,
Fred N. Day being made temporary
pastor, Mrs. A, J, Fagg clerk and!
Mr. R. R. King deacon. While th'.- :
church has no house of worship 1
here, services will be held once a 1
month in the Presbyterian church, |
and plans are under way for the [
'erection of a church building as ear-j
I
ly as possible. The Missionary
! Baptists have owned a lot in Dan
: bury for more than forty years, |
but for some reason they had never |
I erected a church. Funds are al
ready being solicited for the pro
i posed church and the nice collection
'tendered Mr. Day at the close of the ■
I meeting was donated by him to the
• building fund.
Attending the organization ser
l vices here Sunday afternoon were
Rev. Fred N. Day. Rev. Wilcox, of
First Baptist church, Winston-Sa
'lem; Rev. Morton, pastor Westfield j
| Baptist church; Rev. Carter, of j
Quaker (Jap Baptist church; Rev. J. i
T. Smith, of Westfield; Rev. Snow, j
of Calvary Baptist church, Winston-
Salem, and Mr Clarence Southern,
lay leader of Buie's Creek, who led
in the singing during the meetings
here.
son was played here Saturday when
the Walkcrfown Inine crossed bats
i *
with the King Tigers. The score
was a draw and stood four and
four at the close of the 11th inning,
| Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Pulliam, of
High Point, spent Sunday with rel
' atives here.
I Several from King attended the
one hundred and sixty-seventh an
niversary of the Bethania Moravian
' church at Bethania Sunday,
j The Moravian Ladies Aid Societv
met with Mrs. C, A, White Thurs
-1 I
day afternoon at 2:30, This was a
real interesting meeting They
started in at the nieeting to study
the women of the Bible, Eve was
' discussed yt this meeting. There
were thirteen member present and
five visitors.
Leo Fowler, of High Point, spent
Sunday with relatives and friends
I here.
A. L. Hall, of High Point, is
, spending a few days with
. ly here
I G. S. Newsum is spending several
I days with relatives in Winstom-Sa
! llem.
; I Banks Turner, who holds a posi
,' tion at Winston-Salem, spent Sun
i day with his family here,
i Grover Allen and family, of Win
ston-Salem, spent Sunday with Mr.
i Allen's parents here,
i Mr. and Mrs, Cebron Fowler, of
. High Point, spent the day Sunday
r with relatives here,
; Farmers in this section are bp
ginning to harvest their wheat crop
- The crop is extra good this year,
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, June 16, 1926
DEFER LETTING
STOKES ROAD
Contract Will Not Be Awarded
For Hard-Surface On Dan
bury-Walnut Cove Highway
June 29—Reason Net Slated.
It was announced a few weeks
since that the State Highway Com
mission would award contract f>r
hard surfacing the Danbury-Walnut
Cove highway at its regular letting
of road contracts on June 21), but
the official list of contracts sent
out last week to be let at that time
does not include the Stokes road.
While the reason for leaving off
this road could not be learned here,
it is presumed that it was on ac
count of the fact that the grading
on the road will require consider
able time yet, and that if the State
should award contract June 2Hth i'
might be necessary to hold up the
contractor until the grading was
nearer completed.
It has been customary for some
time for the State to award road
contracts about every sixty days,
; and it is thought proßable now that
| the Danbury-Walnut Cove road will
Ibe awarded during the month of
1 August.
■DANBURYHAS
A NEW RESORT
Crystal Beach, "On The Dan,"
A Bathing Resort Is Being
Opened Here By J. F. Mar
tin.
Just below the bridge across th.-
| Dan river at Danbury, about two
acres of well shaded sandy beach
has been cleaned up and dressing
rooms, refreshment stand and
other essentiifl Cxtures have Wen
erected in a substantial form so that
anyone desiring to cool themselves
•by a dip in the Dan may come and
' bring their own bathing suit or rent
j one, or they may go rowing or ca
noeing if swimming does not appeal
to them.
The beach is located amidst some
of the best scenery along the Dan
river and affords an ideal place for
picnics and gathernig of any na
ture. Electric lighting will be pro
vided so that the place will be ope i
daily from 2 to 11 P. M., and band
[ concerts, giving a classical program
1 are contemplated for Sundays, last
,' ing from 2 to G P. M.
The beach will be open the last
' of this week to the public for swim
j ming and a grand opening will be
held on July 3rd, 4th and sth, at
which band concerts, acquatic events
and races and fireworks will be
| featured it is announced by the
i owner.
:
Railway Engineer
Takes To the Farm
King, June 14.—Mr. and Mrs. 0,
1 M Kirby have purchased the farm oi
Dewey Ncwsomc near the town of
1 King and Mr. Kirby expects to re
sign his position as engineer on the
: A. & Y. railroad in the near future
, and devote his time to raising stock
and poultry. Mr. Kirby has dispos.
i ed of his property in Lee and Rock
. ingham counties and expects to do a
big business in Stoke*. Mr. Kirby
I is an old engineer of the A. Y. and
they regret very much to lose him
but we wish him mtoch success ir
his new business
Prisoners Off
For Atlanta, Ga.
Deputy United States Marshall
F left Greensboro Monday for Atlant i
■ Ga., with seventeen prisoners con
signed to the federal penitentiar..
- there they having been convicted
) and sentenced during the term i I
the Federal court in Greensboro.
GIRLS OFF TO
SUMMER SCHOOL
Rev. O. E. Ward Removes To
Walnut Cove —Joe Zimmer
man Entertains At Supper—
Personal Items.
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Walnut Cove, June 15.—Mr. Joe
Zimmerman entertained the mem
bers the office force of the S. P. U.
Company in Winston-Salem at a
delightful picnic supper at his horn.*
here Monday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. I'. T. Harrington,
who recently removed from here to
Winston-Salem, were in town Mon
day on business.
Among those who are attending
summer school from here, are: Mrs.
Paul Fulton, Misses Nell Hutchec
son, Eugenia Rierson, Bertha and
Evelyn Ncal to North Carolina
College for Women, Greensboro, an 1
Misses Eula Tuttle and Sallie Matt
Marshall to Chapel Hill.
Rev. O. E. Ward, pastor of the
Baptist church here, who has been
living in Winston removed his fami
ly here Wednesday and are occupy
ing the former home of P. T. Har
rington.
Miss Elizabeth Fulton and a party
enjoyed a camping trip to Cascade
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Mrs. Charlie Wall, of Madison, was
jin town yesterday.
Miss Nellie Chilton has returned
to her home here after spending
• the winter in Burlington teaching.
Miss Helen Floyd of Martinsville
Va., spent the week end here wi»h
Miss Myrtle Burge, Misses Virginia
. Mclver, Helen Coleman and Edwin
, Jones, of Martinsville, came over
l on Sunday and were accompanied
r home by Miss Floyd and Mr. Bill
] Hairston
Y Mrs Lula Brown, of Florida. i.-
L here visiting her sister, Mrs. W. II
, Sanders, for some time.
I J. B. Woodruff, Mis«es Mai >
t Woodruff and Margaret Hutchersor
. visited Mrs. Walter Woodruff al
I Ilaynes 'he past week.
Mr. and Mrs. John Burton, ol
t , Leaksville, have recently removet
1 here.
r Mr. and Mrs. F.. D. Matthews o:
. Winston-Salem. v\r - ' >| Mrs. W. L
„ Vaughn this week.
, Miss Marie Luck, of High Point
,j spent the week end with M' « Sallii
Matt Marshall.
Miss Nannie Jones entertaine.
the Wednesday Evening Book Clut
(■ last Wednesday at a most delight
. j fnl social meeting.
t , | Quite a number from here attend
tied the opening dance at Piedmon
s j Springs Saturday night.
e Mr. and Mrs. J. Wesley Mbrefiel
e and daughter, Miss Mildred, spen
Tuesday in Martinsville, Va.
Miss Alma Chilton is spendim
some time in Greensboro.
■j Mrs, A T Rothrock was shoppinj
in Winston-Salem Tuesday,
'• Miss Luna Taylor, of Danbur\
,r ' and Miss Nettie Allen Thomas, o
f W'.iston-Salem, spent the nigh
I with Mrs. Jacob Fulton and aecom
e panied by Mrs. Fultom, left Wednes
e day for a trip to Asheville.
1;
. Farmers Are
» Getting- "Blue'
y i —————
j' W. S. Steele, a member of th
n Stokes Board of Education, was
n visitor here yesterday from Samd;
Ridge. Mr. Steele said that hi
i section had had no rain recent!
jand that farmers were getting"blue
over the poor crop conditions, whic
are probably worse than last yea
at this time. Tobacco is dying i
the fields.
i,
,-l
,- A gentleman here from the Hig
d Point section yesterday stated tha
f crops there were suffering severel
from dry weather.
SECOND PRIMARY FOR STOKES
IS ORDERED HELD ON JULY 3RD
Candidates For Sheriff On Both Tickets Will Contest Again—
Four Candidates For Members On Board of Education and Two
For County Commissioner Will Also Run Again.
. ELDER J. A. FAGG
IS OPTIMISTIC
i Has Traveled Over Large Ter-j
,! ritory Recently and Finds j
Crops Much Better Than 1
Expected.
. 1 Elder James A. Fagg, wholesale
groceryman, of Winston-Salem, who 1
r was in Danbury yesterday, has ra
, cently had occasion to travel over a
. large territory in several counties
I of this section of the State, and h«
, stated that he found crops, especial
-1 ly tobacco, in a very satisfactory
t condition, notwithstanding the lai-K
of rain.
; Mr. Fagg is of the opinion that
, the tobacco crop will be in fine con
. dition if rain comes within the next
. week or two. The plants, as a rule,
. are living and growing some. Corn
is looking well also, but gardens are
not doing so well.
~ Business in the Twin City is good,
Mr. Fagg said, with factories opera.
s ting on full time.
i Trinity Church Class
Had Picnic Saturday
The intermediate class of Trinity
church. Miss Inuz Smith, /teacher,
imotored to the Cascade near Dan.
I bury last Saturday afternoon on a
'picnic trip. After climbing the
1 1 mountains, gathering white moun
tain laurel and spruce pine, and
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jkillmg two )":ig hl'i'-ks'iakeF a nie-.'
j picnic supper was spread on a big
' | rock at the foot of the falls. The
' | class reported a splendid time.
I Those in the party were as fol
" |lows: Mr. and Mrs. Crawford West
i morelaiul, Mr. Raymond and Miss
Irene Edwards, Everett and Gray
■ Westmoreland, Miss Evelyn and M \
Herman Snider, Misses Ola West
, more-land and Nell Thomas, MXss
'Essie Maie Knight and Kate West-
I | moreland, Misses Inez Smith an.l
" . Josie Westmoreland.
Ie Danbury Girl Wins
In Beauty Contest
' I In a beauty contest among the
|l) '
four hundred girl students at West
town Friends School, Westtown, Pa.,
held last week. Miss Mattie Sue
Taylor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
"".J. Spot Taylor, of Danbury, who
j I' graduated this term, won first prize.
: Danbury young people sent Miss
. .
Taylor a telegram yesterday con
gratulating her.
>r,
ig Play To Be Given
Here Is Postponed
y,
The play entitled "See You Lat
er," which was scheduled to be pre
n sented here in the school building by
s local talent on June 22nd, has been
postponed until Friday, July 2nd, a
the lady coach who will direct th
play was unable to reach here ir
time for the former date.
»
Stokes Has Fine
* Wheat Crop
ly
Wheat harvest will be on soon in
lis . , ,
j full swing. Some of the best ma
tured fields of the grain will prob
ably be reaped the latter part of thi.-
in
week. According to statements fron
many of the farmers the wheat cror
of Stokes will be very good thi>
year.
*h Dr. J. Thomas Smith of Westfielc
at j was here Sunday and took part it
ly j the organization of the new Miss
I ionary Baptist church.
No. 2,*25
The county Board of Elections, at
a meeting held here yesterday,
ordered that a second primary be
i held at the several voting precincts
Jin Stokes county on Saturday, July
J3, IS>2O.
The candidates who have filed for
the second primary and whoso
names will appear on the tickets
are as follows:
Candidates for Sheriff: Sam !'.
I
Dearmin and Luther Williams,
Democrats; J. Frank Dunlap and J
R. N'unn, Republicans.
Candidates for County Commis
sioners: R. E. L. Francis and T. H.
Gerry, Democrats.
Members Board of Education:
W. P Ray and O. T. Shelton, Demo
crats; H. McGee and John W. Prid
dy, Republicans.
While Rufus Wood, Republican,
did not receive a majority of the
votes as candidate for county com
missioner, the next highest candid
ate, J. Walter Kiger. did not file his
name, and Wood was declared the
nominee. z
The law does not provide for
opening the registration books for
second primary, and there will be
no registration of voters between
this time and the holding of the sec
ond primary.
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JAMES SLATE
HERE SATURDAY
Former Stokes Man Farming
On Big Scale In Moore Coun
ty, But Is Discouraged By
Dry Weather.
—
James Slate, a former well known
citizen of Stokes, was here Saturday
from Moore county, having been
' visiting: relatives in this section for
a few days.
Mr. Slate owns several hundred
acres of fine farming lands in Moore
' county and has been farming on a
huge scale since he went there.
jThis season he put out sixty-five
acres in tobacco and seventy-five i i
; cotton, but he is very much discour
aged at present by the dry weather,
' that section needing rain even worse
than ours, in his opinion.
Mr. Slate has replanted his to
-0 bacco three times and has now used
all of his plants. Unless it rains
' soon, Mr. Slate said, the crops will
be too far gone to be benefitted bv
* a rain. The young tobacco plants
".are dying in the field rapidly.
Prayers For Rain
, Followed By Shower
1
Gastonia, N. C., June 13.—Fol
lowing prayers for rain at the morn
ing church service here today, a
light shower fell this afternoon.
n The local ministers' association
' ; has called a meeting of citizens to
morrow for another prayer service
r for rain.
Crops in this section are parching
for want »f moisture. No rainfall
of material value to vegetation has
3 been had in Gaston county since
May 1 Oth.
n '
- Heavy Blast Breaks
Many Window Panes
n The road forces engaged in build
n ing the Danbury-Walnut Cove high
is way put off the heaviest blast ever
felt in Danbury one day this week,
when probably several hundred
d sticks of dynamite was fired at one
n time on the hill just south of town.
«■ Numerous window panes in th?
residences here were shattered. ,