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DANBURY REPORTER Volume 54. ELECTRICITY FOR STOKES TOWNS King, Pinnacle and Rural Hall Are Assured Plenty of "Juice"—New Church For King—Two Deaths Reported. King, N. C., June 21, — A representative of The Souther a Public Utilities Co. was here Friday and assured the business men hern that King would have electric pow er and lights. The only concession tht-y ask of the people is that the propei«y owners sign an easement for •.he lines to be erected across their lands. There certainly will L*j no obstacle in this as the people are very much enthused over getting lights. A transformer will be put in here and lines will be built along state highway to Rural Hall anl Pinnacle as both of hese towns will also be liprhtod. These new lines will eventually build a town all the way from Pinnacle to Rural Hall j as people who build along the high- way at any point can pet power and lights and as soon as these lines are completed, it is predicted that nk-e new homes will begin to dot the highway all along these lines. A special service was held at the Christian church on west Main St. Friday night. Quite a number of the Ku Klux Klan were present in their robes. A very intoiresvng' scrm-.n was preached by Rev. .J. T. Saunders, of Rn'\i! Hall, in wh'th he outlined just what the Klnn stood for. Ki..g is to soon have another nev: chtmh. This will be erected by i\ r.cv denomination, who call them selves "True Baptists." Negotia tions are underway at this time looking to the procuring of a suit able site for the new church. Hap-y Smith and Otis But-gc wetv having a friendly play in front of the h.me cafe last Wednesday whet a buil dog belonging to the Cabin Moor Co., next door, saw them, ran up and took part in the play. The boys stumbled over the dog and both fell to the ground with the re sult that Otis Burge received a broken arm just above the wris.t. I)r. E. M. Griffin set the broken member and it is getting along nicely. I Mr.- - . George King and children, of Stoneville, are spending several days with relatives here. Mack Caudle, of Elkin, spent the day here Sunday with his parents, Judge and Mrs. .las. R. Caudle. j The King Tigers lost to Walker town in a game of baseball played on the Walkertown diamond Satur day. The final score stood ten to nine. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Pulliam, of "Winston-Salem, spent Sunday with Mr. Pulliam's parents, We had a fine rain here yester day which has revived crops wond- • erfully. Joseph Loggins, aged 79 years, a resident of Winston-Salem, died Sat-' urday afternoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs. G. E. Newsome, in Walnut Hills. Mr. Logg ns died al most sudden. He seemed to be in usual health Friday. He was taken sick Friday night with heart fail ure and died Saturday afternoon at 5 o'clock. The interment was con ducted from Mount Pleasant church near Ponnaha Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. This was Mr. Loggins' original home, he having moved to Winston-Salem several years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Hobson Preston, of Greensboro, spent Sunday w th rel atives here, R. C. White, who resides on For- ost Grove avenue, had the misfor tune to get 27 frying-sized chickens drowned during the rain Saturday night. Messrs. V. T. Grabbs, E. P. New- NARROW ESCAPE OF SAW-MILL MAN Pulled Huge Rattlesnake From Under Saw Log With His Hand—Reptile Had 12 Rat tles. Over near the Flat Shoals moun tain, three miles south of Dtntury, one of the men hauling logs to the saw mill of C. L. Holland last week had a narrow escape from being bitten by a rattler. The man was on his knees pulling leaves and trash from under a saw log ir> order to get a chain around the log when he pulled from under '.he log with his naked hand one of the large.it rattlesnakes that has been seen in this section for several years p r haps. Why the snake didn't bue is a mystery. After the tattler was killed another smaller onv was found under the log. The large snake had 12 rattles. State Council Approves Recent $10,300,000 Loan Raleigh, June 19. —The governor and council of state today adopted a resolution approving the a / ion of the governor and treasurer B R. Lacy in borrowing $10,.'500,000 in New York. The funds were borrow ed for a period of six months at three and three quarter per cent. This completes the amount which the 1925 general assembly authoriz ed the stae to borrow. Five million [of the amount borrowed is for high ways, $.-.,000,000 for the special j school building fund and §15.000,000 for the Chowan river bridge. i Smut In Wheat j Reported By Farmers j Since farmers started cutting! wheat in this section quite a few j report that they found considerable smut in the wheat. This is to .ie j regretted, as nothing is so injurious to the wheat as smut. Farmer; who find smut in their wheat should take care not to have it threshed while damp and should separate the smutty bundles from the good wheat if possible. Farmers Finish i Planting' Tobacco i I A great many farnvi finished planting tobacco eav'y this week, 1 since the nice showe> s. While it is getting rather late to niart tolnvo it is stated that with f.ii; - seasons from this on the plants will mutt re before frost. A majoritv of the ! farmers have a full crop of the weed now, and in most cases have a good "stand." | j | sum and H. H. Leake attended a bank meeting at German ton today. The Wilson Motor Company has 'purchased the business of Mack's Service Station on east Main street qnd wll operate the business at the same location. Elisha Cromer, aged about 70 years, died at his home near Moun tain View yesterday. The inter ment will be at the family cemetery this afternoon at one o'clock. Mr. ! Cromer was a highly respected citi zen and will be greatly missed in , the eommun ty. Ellis Hauser went to Winston- Salem on a business trip today. Rev. Paul Newsoni is holding a series of meetings at Indian Grove, near Mount Airy, this week. Rev. Joseph Hall, of Westfield, de livered a very interesting sermon at i J the Baptist church here yesterday. | G. C. Boles is attend ng the Con j federate Veterans reunion at Wilm ■, ington this week. Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, June 23, 1926 LADIES' AID SOCIETY MEETS Rev. O. E. Ward Removes to Walnut Cove—News and Personals Items of Interest. Walnut Cove, June 21.—Quite a number of our town people have re cently made a visit to Asheville and all have reported a delightful trip and enjoyed the beautiful scenery along the way. Mrs, C. E. Moore, accompanied by her little son, is visiting parents and relatives in Helenwood, Tenn. Mr, and M,rs. I. S Yoit and family spent the past week at Eagle Park, Virginia. Misses Bertha and Evelyn Neal, Nell Hutcherson and Mrs. Paul Ful ton left last week to attend th's summer school at Greensboro. Rev, O. K. Ward, pastor of th>- Baptist church, removed to Walnut Cove from Winston-Salem last week We are certainly glad to have him with us and we feel that he will do much good in our town. A splendid Children's Day exer cises were given at the Methodist church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. The church was beautifully decorated with flowers and ferns and the children were at the height of their joy. The Ladies' Aid Society of the Baptist church met Friday after noon at o'colck with Mrs. E. M. Myers at her home on Summit Ave. Twelve members responded to the roll call. Mrs. Fair conducted tho devotional service |and Miss Nelia Rierson gave a splendid talk, using as a basis of thought a scripture veading taken from the -Ith chapter of Ist. Peter. Prayer was offered by Mrs. A. G. Jones. Tempting re freshments consisting of fruit salad, cake and lemonade were served by Mrs. Myers and little daughter, ' Louise. Mr. and J. I. Moore, of High Point, spent the week end here. I PRISONERS WEEP AT PRISON WALL Greensboro Policeman Who I Took Carload to Atlanta Tells Of Scene. Greensboro, June 120.—Orticer U. N. Brooks, of the local police force, back from a trip he made with others to guard a carload of pris oners to the federal prison in At lanta, sentenced at the last term of United States District court here and in Wilkesboro, said today that several of the prisoners broke down and wept when they saw the grim walls of the prison. Of the seven teen prisoners taken to the Federal prison last week nine were convict ed and sentenced by Judge E. Yates Webb during June term of court in Greensboro and eight had been sen tenced at the May term of court in Wilkesboro. None of the men drew j sentences longer than eighteen \ months and many of them were sent Ito Atlanta for one year and a day. Mr. Nunn Finds Crops Excellent J. R. Nunn, candidate for Sheriff, was here today. Mr. Nunn has re cently traveled over the county con siderably and he is of the opinion that the fanners have the finest prospect for a pood crop of corn and tobacco that they have had in years. Curing Tobacco In Georgia | I Tobacco curinjr is under way in | Georgia. The crop is said to be :> 1 pood one in that state this season. j "See You Later." IS IT PROPER TO PRAY FOR RAIN ? Gastonia Citizens Give Their Views On the Matter Follow ing Recent Experience There When Prayers Were Offered. During the recent drought crops suffered severely in Gaston eountv and daily prayer services were held at Gastonia in which people pray ed earnestly for rain. Thi'ir pray ers were answered when good rains came after two or three services had been held. A newspaper correspondent this week questioned a number of busi ness men and others at Gastonia with regard to their opinions about prating for rain, and some of the answers are given below: "I certainly am not opposed to it," said Sam Robinson. "I think God will give us rain in answer to prayer if he sees that we need it. But Clod knows our needs better than we do; and we may think we nee J things which are really not best for us at the time." "I believe In praying for rain," but with the addition of the words. 'lf it be Thy will." said li. B. Bab- ington. W. T. Love said "I never was in clined to pray a groat deal for specific outward things. It is my belief that if a human being place* himself in right relation to diviiv power, everything else will be all right. It seems to mo that a man is placed in this world for a purpose j and that if he will try t> find out: that purpose and live his life in ac-; cordaiuo with it, he need not worry about external things, such as rain, j The Supremo power will take care | of those things." \V. Y. Warren, J. H. Kennedy, ar. 11 Dr. T. C, Quickel showed interest ia ! the subject. Mr. Warren's answer | was short and to the point. "1 ca.i j | do n.) better," ho said with emphasis, I than to refer you to the Bible. There anyone can find all he needs jto know on the subject of answer.- I jto prayer." I "Certainly I believe in praying for! rain." said Mr. Kennedy, "and lj have very little patience with any-1 | one who doesn't. Are we not taught 'in the Lord's Prayer, to pray, "Give us this day our daily bread? An 1 can we have our daily bread witVi \>ut rain? When wo pray for rain,' we are praying for our daily broad." j ! Then Dr. Quickel spoke up and said in a forthright manner, "But we haven't felt a real need f. r daily bread. Wo have our daily broad, 't is luxury we arc praying for in th s j town —luxury; more money to buy . a new automobile. Yes, that's vl at i we are praying for. That's vh.v I haven't been going to these i;layer „ : meetings. "Any community that will allow ; those who serve them and contri- j : hute to the ease of their lives to k- ! j .in as tight a place as the colored j j hospital is in, for instance, had bet- j tor leave otf praying for rain until | it does its duty in this and in other respects." Mr. Kennedy then agreed with the doctor that there is perhaps a I good deal of selfishness and greed at the bottom of the situation her" in Gastonia. "We want the mills to , run and everything to go as smooth ily as possible so that we may have | more prosperity. That is true." h • said. 'Torhaps the Lord wants us |to take stock of ourselves. This j Piedmont section has been greatly ! blessed thruout the years. Few cat ' astrophes, such as visit other sec tions, and plenty of prosperity. ! Maybe the Lord wants us to stop | and think. Wo must take stock, j "At any rate," he concluded, "I !am glad that God las t »'d us we Imay go to him as a little child goes PINNACLE BENEFITS THRU REVIVALS Pastors Ably Assisted By th»; Billy Sunday and Evangelis tic Clubs. Pinnacle, June 22.—At intervals during the past few weeks revival.4 have been held in the school house and the churches of Pinnacle, ending with a week's meeting in the Shiloh Baptist Church, of which Rev. Mor ton is pastor Much interest has been mani fested by both professing Christians and sinners. The town is today o far better town in every respect than it was a few months ago Such loathsome habits as swearing and tolling dirty jokes on the streets have entirely disappeared. Where as a year ago a pastor felt lucky to have thirty or forty people for a congregation, now he may have as many as two hundred. Much credit for th-.-sv revivals is due to the Dilly Sunday Club of Winston-Salem and to the Pilot Evangelistic Club of Pilot Mountain Teams from both organizations hav ably assisted the pastors in revi - inn church interest. The throe pas tors of this town. Reverends Hum - or, Wellman, and II >rton, havo of ten expressed thoir gratiude for the lino work of the evangelistic organ izations More than fifty additions havo boon made to throe churche* in Pinnacle. The tinal wook of th.> revival ended with baptism Sunday afternoon, by Rev. Morton, of 2.1 now converts into the Baptist Church. Ho also preached an abi sermon on Christian living Sunday night. This sorvi.e was largely at tended. MT. AIR Y~B IGG EST CABBAGE MARKET Three Million Pounds Shipped From that Point Last Year —Over Four Million Pounds Of Apples Shipped. Mount Airy is said '.o !>•.* the lar j ffest cabbage market in tlu> world. J The cabbage handled there aTV 'grown principally in the mountain sections of Carroll and Wythe coun ties of Virginia. Last year the j Mt. Airy market shipped more than three million pounds of cabbage. An immense amount of other pro id uce is handled, shipments being' made from that point last year as follows : Apples, -1.000, SO 1 ) pounds; sun dried apples, -100.000 pounds; pota toes, 000,000 pounds; onions, 100.-J 1 000 pounds; green beans, .10,000 ! pounds; dried beans, .">O,OOO pounds; ,buck wheat flour, 90,000 pounds; j peaches, one million pounds; cured Jhams, 100,000 pounds; poultry, 397.- 1 000 pounds; eggs, .">07.000 pounds; j butter. "">,OOO pounds, and other ar | tides in proportion. i Billy Sunday Club At Oak Grove Gospel team No. l.">, of the Billy Sunday Club at Winston-Salem, will hold services at Oak Grove school house, in Yadkin township, on the first Sunday in July at S o'clock, P. M. Everyone is invited to attend the services I Berkley Skinner, head of the Ex port Tobacco Co., at Winston-Si lent, is among the guests at P:ed mont Springs. to his father, and asks for bread or anything that he may need, and he gives it to him. lam simnie enough in my faith to put my trust ! in that attitude." i "See You Later." No. 2,K26 STOKES OFFICES PAY THEIR WAY Clerk of Court and Register of Deeds Collect In Fees Much More Than Enough To Pay Expenses of Offices. , The offices of Clerk of the Court and Register of Deeds are not expense to the tax-payers of Stokes county by any means, the feaa col* lected by them being; considerably more than sufficient to pay the sal aries of the officers and all other expenses in the offices. The work in these offices increase* yearly, so that now it i* impossible almost for one man to do the wor'» in either office, though assistants are employed for only a part of the time. For the past several months th? fees collected by Register of Deeds John Taylor have averaged above •$225.00 per month, while Clerk tit the.Court A, J. Fagg, has not been far behind in his receipts. Last, month, for instance, Mr Fang col - lected $210.00 All fees are turned into the county treasury, us the of ficers receive a salary It should be some consolation to those of u* who light high tax"S to know that at least two institu tions in the county are paying thei' - own way. RAIN MAKES" FARMERS GLAD Many Had Become Discourag ed Over Long Drought— Crops In This Section Had Not Suffered A Great Deal. The fine showers that visited this section and the entire State Satur day night and Sundry worked won ders on the spirits of the farmers as well as the growing crops. Many had become discouraged and felt that we were in for anothe- crop failure, however, crops in this sec tion had not suffered greatly except garden truck. In some sections of ihi -'tare and South Carolina the peon 1 • were fasting and praying daily for raitt and crops were suffering severely. Some localities had not had any rainfall for tw > months, or more. Ford Automobiles Drop In Price l'ord cars dropped abort fort • i dollars in price on all m ul'd* lat 'week. The State lici ns • but'WlS •will nodoubt sell a grea* many more 'license plates on the strength of t!u» ' drop in price and the good rains [ that visited all sections of the Stat« i la.* v v- 'ck. Former Danbury Girl Weds Today Rev. and Mrs. J. J. Eads, M;>unt Airy, announce the engagement of their daughter, Esther Elizabeth, to Mr. .lames Harold Click, of Elkin, North Carolina, the marriage to take place June 23. President Signs the Good Roads Bill Washington, June 22.—President Coolidge today signed the bill 10 continue federal aid for good roads. It authorizes appropriations of $75,- 000,000 for the fiscal year 1928 an 1 a similar amount for 1929 The calendar for the suminer term of Stokes civil court is print ed elsewhere in this paper. Judge James L. Webb will preside over court, which convenes July 12th. W. H Clark, of Winston-Salem, spent Monday night here.
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