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DANBURY REPORTER Volume 54. STOKES COUPLE'S GOLDEN WEDDING Dr. and Mrs. A. G. Jones Cele brate Fiftieth Anniversary . Of Their JMarriage—Receiv- j ed Many Nice Gifts. Walnut Cove, June 28.—The hoF-, pitable home of Dr. and Mrs. A. (!. ( Jones was the scene of an event of | unusual interest and charm yestcr-j day. the occasion being the gdd:>n wedding anniversary of this preci ous couple who were married 50 | years ago yesterday at the home of the bride's father, the late Xochola j Dal ten, of Dalton, the bride bei-.-g Miss Xannie Ellen Dalton. Dr. and Mrs. Jones spent their honeymoon at the centennial exposition at Phil-: adelphia in 1876. I.cr.g tables laden with choice fool of great variety were placed on th-' j spacious lawn and at 1 o'clock the j guests gathered about and partook of the sumptuous repast with evi dent enjoyment. Many happy hours j were whiled away in delightful so cial chat and the older members of the party related a great numbe 1 ' of pleasant reminiscences of th-- passing years. I>r. and Mrs. Jones were the cipier.ts of numerous gifts from lo"- ing kin folks, one of the presen s being a new Essex coach from th. 1 children. For the celebration there were present six of the seven living chil dren and several near relatives. The children present were Mr. and Mrs. L. ii. Smith. Jr.. and daughter. Miss Frar is Smith, of Liberty; Mr. an i Mi.-. Norman P. Stone, of Wjnstor- Salem; Mr and Mrs J. I.anibe and small daughter, Miss Nancy Kath.rine La ill be, of Greensboro; % Dr. and Mrs. Reverly N. Jones, of Winston-Salem, (their two children being left at home because of ill ness;) Dr. and Mrs. R. Rives Jone--, of Winston-Salem; and Miss Nannie Jones, of Walnut Cove. Abe D. Jones, a son of Dr. and Mrs. Jones, was unable to be present with his wife because of the pressing duties as a member of local staff of the Asheville Times. Others present include Dr. and Mrs. D. X. Dalton, Mr. and Mrs. R. I. Dalton and daughter. Miss M le Dalton, and son, Mcßae Dalton; Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Dalton, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Dalton, of Winston- Salem; T. A. Dalton and Mrs. M. I). Phillips, of Dalton, brothers ami sisters of Mrs. Jones; Dr. R. 11. Jones and daughter, Mrs. Ilarry Froeber, with Mr. Froeber, of Win ston-Salem; Misses Ella, Julia and Kate Jones, of Bethania. brother and sisters of Dr. Jones; Rev. Jas. Morris, pastor of the M. E. church, South, of Walnut Cove, with Mrs. Morris, and Mr. Hawks, leader of the singing in the revival services now in progress at Mr. Morris' church. Toward evening the guests dis persed to their homes, leaving best wishes to Dr. and Mrs. Jones for many happy anniversary returns of the occasion, and carrying home with them many happy memories of the delightful event. Winston-Salem Attorneys Reported To Be 111 , • 1.. M. Swink and J. H. Whicker, AVinston-Salem attorneys who pra':- tice in Stokes and are well known ' here, are reported to be ill. Mr. Swink is improving from a recent sudden illness, while Mr. Whicker • has suffered a nervous bri ik-down I and this week entered Broad Oaks A Sanatorium at Morganton for treat w j^fient. 1 ' "See You Later." TWO STILLS AND WHISKEY TAKEN At One Plant Operators Are Forced To Swim River In Making Their Escape—Both Plants In Operation. I Prohibition Agents P. L. Flinehu 1 1 and W. C. Matthews took a sixty gallon still and 35 gallons of whis key near Sandy Ridge Thursday. | Seven barrels of beer were also de stroyed. The plant had just tinish led turning out a "run" when the . officers arrived. j On Saturday night officer Flin- , i chum found a small plant in opera-' tion on th e bank of Dan river, in 1 i a cliff, at a point just southwest of : Piney Grove church, five miles north jof Danbury. The operators we.v , forced to swim the river in order to | make their escape. At this place a 15 gallon still was found, togeth 'er with some whiskey and three bar rels of beer. PRIMARY~FOR • STOKES COUNTY Will Be Held Saturday To Se lect Several Candidates— Vote Will I'robably Not Be j Heavy. The second primary for the se | lection of a candidate for Sheriff for each party, a member of the I I Hoard of Education for each party and one county commissioner for the Democratic party will be hell in Stokes Saturday, July .'ird. i While there is not as much inter • , ■ est being shown now as was noted i in the first primary, friends of some of the candidates are sparing no efforts to put their favorites in the lead. : The vote is not expected to be a.; heavy as was cast in the first pri mary. I OLD AUTO TAGS GOOD 'TILL JULY 10 I Commissioner Doughton An nounces That There Will Be j No Further Extension Of Time After That Date. Raleigh, June 2'.'. —Automobile owners whose licenses expire to morrow nmy continue to use the 11025-2' i plates for ten more days— until July 10. There will, howeve , be absolutely no further extensi >n of time, Commissioner of Revenue R. A. Doughton emphasizes. i I While owners have until July 10 to provide themselves with 11120-27 , plates, the department is urging I them not to wait until the last | minute and possibly be delayed in securing the license. I I —_____ \ :Fine Rains In Asbury Section I Citizens here today from the northern part of the county in the Asbury section of Stokes report fine rains there last night, the land be in? washed in same places. Fair show ers also fell at Westfield. j Tax Collections Nearly Double 1925 Raleigh, June 30.—Almost doubl i ing receipts for last year, tax col ; lections for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1926, today reached sll,- ' 196,452.39, exclusive of autonVoh '; license and gasoline taxes \Vhieh ; have not yet been totaled. This . figure was announced late this after ; noon by State Commissioner of : Revenue R. A. Houghton. M. T. Chilton aiuMl. R. McPher son, of Walnut Cove, were viziers , here today Danbury, N. C,, Wednesday, June 30, 1926 iMADDOG BITES FIVE PERSONS] Mrs. Edward Mabe and Four Children Are Taking Pas-1 teur Treatment—Dog Be-' longed To Mr. Mabe. I Mrs. Edward Mabe, three of her' small children and the small child! ,of Mr. Gid Mabe were each bitte.i I i I by a rabid dog the past week at their homes a few miles south of Danbury. The dog, which was the ; I property of Edward Mabe, was i ' young pup only a few months old.' j Soon after biting the family the l | dog was killed and its head tak ,i to Raleigh, where an exaininati >.n showed that it had hydrophob's;. Tile necessary medicine was secur- 1 ed and the five are all taking the Pasteur treatment at their homes near here, the medicine being ad ' I ministered daily by a local physi cian. The treatment covers a period j of twenty-one days, the medicine | being injected under the skin one,' ! each day. The process is naturally | very painful, and it is said that if, our legislators had to undergo this treatment they would certainly par.* s.mie stringent dog laws. j SCHOLARSHIP FOR STOKES GIRL Pineland School For Girls Anx i ions To Have County Rep resented—Supt. Schools To Make Appointment. I Pineland School For Girls, i : I i Sampson county, this State, is of fering a free scholarship to some 'girl in Stokes who is a graduate of an accredited high sulool. l'h • ! scholarship will be awarded upon the recommendation of Supt. of I Schools J. C. Carson, j The letter from the president ot i the college, W. J. Jones, to Supt. I Carson follows: Salemburg, X. C., , 1 June 17, 1926. , Supt J. C. Carson, Germanton, X. C. Dear Mr. Carson: We are very anxious to have your county represented in our college' this vear. I am therefore, offering you a S6O scholarship to lie given to a girl if your choice. The only re quirements are that she be of good •jcharacter and a graduate of an a.'-j 1 credited high school. This leaves •her entire expenses otilv $2(10 for I . . 'the year. We have been notified by ' the state department that the worn r | B t ... ! !we offer this year, including the ; i present summt'r school, will be ae " j credited. Pineland not only offets ' good scholarship, but it has a repu tation of taking care of girls and teaching them the highest ideals of womanhood. I shall be glad for [ you to recommend a girl at once in order that we may reserve a room ! for her. Very sincerely, W. J. JOXES. ' j ~ * I Rev. A. L. Lucas Of Sparta Is Here j | Rev. A. L. Lucas, pastor of the iM. E. church at Sparta, arrived . j here Monday to assist Pastor J. E. . 1 Hipp in a revival at the Danbury ;i M. E. church, Mr. Lucas, who is . a native of Randolph county, has > i boon pastor of the Sparta church i ( the past two years. Sparta has a ; handsome house of worship, costing - $20,000. Hon. R. A. Doughton an I f his family are menjbers of Mr. j Lucas' church. Mr. Doughton is well known here, and is at present State Commissioner of Revenue. j "See You Later." S. E. BONEY 1 LIKES STOKES t Director of "Public Service'' Thinks This Section Could i 1 Be Easily Made the Equal Of the "Land of the Sky." ! S. E. Itoney, director of the North] and South Carolina Public Ctilityl Information Bureau, with head quarters in Raleigh, spent a short while in Danbury Thursday. He J was accompanied by Mrs. Bone,' ' and their two young sons, j This was not Mr. Honey's tir.'t visjt to Stokes. He is very fami liar with our section and thinks W" have wonderful possibilities here that need only the touch of capital to make our section the equal of the fa ill on- "Land of the Sky." In his work of securing and di.i-1 pensing information in regard 1.1 electricity in its many uses, Mr. Bonev is eloselv associated with the I I big power companies, and it is his j opinion that these companies will I take over the smaller powers just las rapidly as possible, as well vs' •develop new power sites all over the country, and he called attention to the opportunity here along the Dan for developing current. Infact he , think - that before a great while the lines of the Southern Power Co, will be brought to Walnut Cove an.l then from there to Danburv. i said that from now on the big com ' panics would reach out after the small towns in order to create no v business, thi' larger ones having al-1 ready been developed. Just as soon! 'as tie lines can be finished to Ml. j Airy and the city plant taken over, lie expects to see the Southern Pow er Co. to take over another and an other in this section as rapidly .is they can be digested by the big! conipanv. i HEAVY RA INS JULY 26 AND 27 DeVoe, Famous Weather Pro-; phet, Says Southern States, Will Be Drenched On the \ Dates Mentioned. I Ist, cold wave over Lake Region.. 2nd to 3rd, unusually cool. Ith, clear. 1 r»th, warm wave over Missouri Val ley. 6th to 7th. warm, pleasant. Bth. a great storm over the Missouri j Valley, traveling southeastward. !>th [to 10th, violent thunder storms over 'northern states; danger of hail. 11th !to 12th, very cool over northern I ! | states. 13th, a warm wave over th" ! Missouri Valley will travel sf.nith- 1 ward. 11th to loth. hot. 18th to 10th. 'cooler. On the 20th a storm will form over the lower Mississippi Val-j ley and travel eastward. 21st t i 22nd. cold rains. 23rd to 2 Ith. warm-1 er. 2."> th, a great storm will form j over the lower Mississippi Valley and travel eastward. On the 20' n j iand 27th there will be heavy rains 1 I I over all the Southern states. 28 r h, to 2l*th, clearing. 30th to 31st, I showers and warmer. Opening- of Crystal Beach Delayed On account of being unable t? : i complete all features of the new, | swimming beach at Danbury, on i time, the grand opening has been ; moved forward to July 17 and IS, t' as announced elsewhere in this i' paper. The place is now open for swimming and all will be in readi•• I • ness for the grand opening at the i later date. i You can't toll who is the real boss i in the family until you discover i whether the wife's hair is bobbed. \ j "See You Later." SALEM HAIRSTON KILLS ROY WELCH i. Defendant Pleads Self-Defense But Is Held For Court With out Bail—Trouble Occurred! At Dance Saturday Night—' Both Men Colored. Salem Hairston shot Roy Welsh throuirh tile heart Saturday night, l killing him almost instantly, iJ >tii ' are colored and resided ir. the Hair-1 ston's Ford bridge section of Beavi r j Island township, four miles north east of Walnut Cove. The trouble oet ve • l '.he men oc-' eurred .Saturday night about 12 1 o'clock while a dance was in prog ress at the home of Salem Hairston, the nv.in who did the shooting. Him: .-ton, win. pk.ids si-lf-defense, was ancsted I v St Acs oU'eers Sun day morning i.! lodged in jail hen. Tuesday he was given a prelimin -1 ary hearing before Justice N. A. Martin and held for Superior coir', bond. At the hearing some -1 twenty witnesses were examine i. about half of them being for the State and half for the defense. The' evidence was very contlicting. some j the witnesses swearing that Wel.-li was advancing on Hairston when , the shots were tired, others tha. Welsh made no movement whatever. • A majority of the witnesses we.e agreed that Hairston fired font 1 shots, three of these striking Welsh • land one entering the wrist of Jim j Smith, who w.s standing behind 1 Welsh. Ilairst m is a married n.an and is I probably -IS years of age, while tlv dead man was said to he about ui J years old and unmarried. While the trial was in progres; ■ l in the court house Saturday morn- I ing Hairston fainted and would have fallen from his chair but for officer I W. 11. Ashburn who caught him. ; 200 KILLED AND 433 INJURED Automobiles With Sorry Or ! Drunken Drivers Played | Havoc With North Carolina People In Six Months. According to records kept by the associated press 200 pe iple were killed and 133 were injured in North Carolina during the past six months, and most of the accidents were on the public highways of the S ate. caused by careless, wreckless an drunken drivers of automobiles, j The total of traffic casualties dur | ing the all but two days less than j six months period was arrived a ! through a consolidation of tra'.'V! I surveys conducted weekly by the ; Associated Press, through c.i-opera- tion of member papers in the area ] i covered. When you get out on Xor 1; ~"r-ro- j lina highways in your car now you i | are in grave danger, to say the' I least. I Mount Airy To Erect Memorial To War Valor; Mount Airy, June 21.—At a re- j cent meeting of the Surry County, War Memorial committee it was, definitely decided to begin the erec tion of a community war memorial building this fall. The W : ar Me- j morial association was organized by , the Mount Airy Woman's club and the club has purchased a splendid ! lot near the business section of town which is now paid for and which j has practically doubled in value j since they bought it three years ago. The building project has behind it I I the entire club membership and th" (plans call for a building 40x120 feet 'and will have a large auditorium, library, rest room and kitchen. No. 2,525 STOKES ROAD WAS NOT LET Money To Be Loaned Stat* Was Not Placed To Credit Of Highway Commission Li Time, It Is Said. The State Highway Commission received bids on fifteen road pro jects at Raleigh yesterday, there : being about 121 miles of road in all, the cost of which will be near tw.j ' million dollars. For some reason no bids wei\* ( asked for by the h : ghway commi.s --j sion on the hard-surface for th« Danbury-Walnut Cove road. Of ; finals here recently received a lif ter from State Chairman Frank Page in which he stated that eon tract would be let for the road June 2'Jth, and in the letter Mr. Page asked the authorities to place th*j §200,000 to be loaned the State t:> I the credit of the highway commis- I sion. On the first Monday in June | the county commissioners made in' | order that this be done at one?, but for some reason it was not done j in time for the June letting of con tracts, and it is presumed that the [ highway commission called otT the bids on this account, i Some advance the idea that the road was not let on account of i giving the tills on the road time f.o j settle, while others refuse to ao jcept that theory from the fact that | cement is being put on new til's i throughout the State, they ->av. j 1: i.- not known here when an ! other letting of contracts will be held by the highway commission, : but it has been customary in the I past to receive bids about every ; sixty days. So it is hoped that b/ , the next letting things can be ad justed and the money made availab'e for the use of the State | MR. GLENN"LIKES TOBACCO CROP One of the Proprietors of Brown's Warehouse Visits Stokes Expects Bright. Leaf To Sell Good. Jesse H. Glenn, one of the pro prietors of Brown's Warehouse at Winston-Salem, was in Panburc to day. Mr. Glenn is a brother of i. > late Joe 11. Glenn, who w'th John T. Simpson, operated Brown's ware house for years, both of whom ha I a host of friends in Stokes county. Jesse 1!. (ilenn has been with i Brum's warehouse for years and j h | a good warehouseman, being .i j thorough judge of /tobacco. He j visited several points in Stokes th s j week, looking over the tobacco pros pect, and is well pleased with the : outlook, though showers are needed iin most sections. ! It is Mr. Glenn's opinion that if • thi farmers can have suitable sea- I son from this time on and gro v i bright leaf they are going to g'■ J good prices for it this fall. More Clothes For Charlotte Girls j Charlotte, June 28.—Young women of Charlotte are going to wear more | clothes in the future, Mrs. F.loise ! Brown, policewoman, announced to day, j Characterizing the way the younc; women dress as "imnu>lest", Mrs. Brown said she was going to see that more clothes are worn: j "Last Sunday," she declared, "1 saw a girl headed for church who , never should have left her boudoir." I On a dangerous curve near Pala tine. 111., is a sign which reads: "Kven a goat tries to use his head." "See You Later." 1 -»