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I kur y Ejl^ Volume 54. OLD CONFEDERATE CARNIVAL AUG. 27.j Program Will Be Novel f and Rare—Music By Piedmont Orchestra and Brass Band—, Refreshments, Excitement | and Fun—We Are Looking, For You. On the lawn and lot of the Pepper V old homestead in Danbury on the! night of August 27, beginning at j 8 o'clock, will he given a fete and j jollification, celebration and jubilee, | called "an old Confederate Carni val." The tentative program is as fol , I lows: d» Music —"Dixie.' Invocation—By Rev. J. E. Hipp. Address—Major ('has. M. Sted l man. Music—"Tramp. Tramp, Tramp, the Boys Are Marching." Old Virginia Reel —Danced on the lawn by ladies and gentlemen in colonial or ante-bellum costumes. Music—"Maryland, M.v Mary land.,' Sham battle between Stonewall Jackson's sharpshooters and a squad of boys in blue. Guns loaded with blank cartridges. Rebel yell in evidence. Plantation Melodies—By Ceo. Harris, an ebony son of the soil. Contest, figures the Battletown Belles. Prize awarded. Music —"Carolina." Dance of the Fifteen Fairies. iVl'Mc. Demonstration by Ku Klux Klan in full regalia. Good night song, the audience joining. "God Be With You 'Till We Meet Again." LEAF TOBACCO BEING SHIPPED Winston-Salem Plants Will Give Employment To 2,01)0 I People During The Season That is Now Opening, Winston-Salem, Aug. 16.—Fifte :•'. hundred people are being given em ployment by local leaf tobacco stem ming and redrying plants as a re sult of the opening of the South Carolina and Georgia tobacco mar kets. This number will be increased to over 2,000 when the leaf tobacco' season gets in full swing with the' opening of the local market. Companies already open include the Imperial Tobacco Company,' Ltd., stemming and redrying; Ex port Leaf Tobacco Company, redry ing; R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Com pany, redrying plant and the Win ston Leaf Tobacco and Storage Company, stemming and redrying. At the present time South Carolina and Georgia tobacco is being u:ed to feed the plants. • j Wright Hughes Tobacco Company, redrying, will open in about two days, employing about (seventy-five ■people. jston Salem redrying plants open as soon as the South Caro lina and Geo '.'i«. leaf tobacco mar kets g-. t under way during August i and continue t.nru until April of th ; r.ext year. F'-.m October to the vlqx» the to/>mco sold on the local market is worked. V ith the ecention o' the Imper ial « ompany nid the Wovit Hughes Company, the above plants have been cpe:i nbout one week. Hughes Company, the above plants The Imperial opened this morning and the Wright Hughes will open about the middle of this week, j / Employes are for the most part i ' those who work for the various concerns every year, but who have been idle or otherwise employed since May. 1 J. S. D. PULLIAM j DIES AT KING Was Prominent Citizen and | Good Man—Had Short 111- | ness of Pneumonia—Aged 6-1 I Years. I _ *• • • King, X. C„ Aug. I»>.—J. S. D. ! Pulliam, one of King's mo. t . prominent and highly respected | citizens aged til years, died at his | home here Saturday afternoon at I 12:15 o'eloek, following a short ill- I ness with pneumonia, although he had been in failing health for some time. He is survived by the wife, two sons, lister Pulliam, of Greens • boro, and Kennis Pulliam, of At ! lanta, Ga., four daughters, Mrs. Elsie Moser, of King, Miss Ersie Pulliam, of Winston-Salem; Miss 1 Clara Pulliam, of Greensboro, and Miss Agnes Pulliam, who reside.-. | with the family. Mr. Pulliam had a wide acquaint ance, was a good man and will be greatly Missed in the community. The interment was conducted from j Trinity Methodist church, just west of town of which he had been a faithful member for many years, Sunday afternoon. Ii was estimated that over two thousand people at tended the funeral. This was de cidedly the largest crowd ever seen at an occasion of this kind in this section. The procession was about a mile long. I The family wish t > sincerely thank the neighbors and friends for their help and sympathy dur ing the illness and death of Mr. i Pulliam. In addition to the ones mentioned above •> brothers, S. W. Pulliam, of King, and S. 1,. Pulliam, of Jackson Snrings, and !». F Pulliam, of King, I ' are left to mourn their loss. Miss Annie Kate Neal Honored At Party High Point, N. C., August 17.- Miss Ruby Lackey charming l *- entertained Thursday evening at her home on Willowbrook street, honoring her house guest, Miss Annie Kate Neal, of Walnut Cove. A wealth of zenias and roses form ed the artistic decoration of the home. Following a series of delight ful games, contests and dancing the hostess, assisted by Miss Gladys , Leonard, served a delicious ice course. i Those to enjoy the hospitality of Miss Lackey were: Misses Annie Kate Neal, Virginia Waddil!. Dorothy Pardue, Gladys Leonard. Alma Hooks, Maxine Russel, Lil lian Bulla, Bertie Southern, Iwilla Hilton, Leona Hedrick, Ruth Hay worth, Pearl, Irene and Mary Lackey, Malcolm Wilson, Charlie Gwyn, Carl Hadley, Howard Over cast. Frank Wilson. George Gurley, Bob and Horace Fitch, Bill Mont gomery, Ira Williams. Paul Jester, Clyde Wood, Argie Wood, Zeb Rush, Robert Samet, Paul Burgess, Wade Sechrest and Max Hetter. House Most Of New . Crop Of Bright Leaf Weed In East j Kinston, Aug. 16.—The bulk or* the new crop of bright leaf tobacco has been harvested and housed in the lower eastern belt, warehouse men here said today. Tobacconists of long experience who had visite I many localities in Jones, Lenoir, Pitt and other counties declared the yield to be of fair quality. Unusual pains had been taken with curing to date, they stated, Growers ha l been informed that a good averag • price for the crop depended upon good quality and careful drying, I Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, Aug. IS, 192G 'll KILLED IN SEVEN DAYS | I Twenty-Six Others Were More Or Less Hurt; Highest Re-J ■ I cord Of Eleven States; 3 | States Had 7 Killed. | i Traffic accidents in eleven south-. ( ern states took a death toll of 52 I lives and injured III).'! persons dur- j ing the last seven days is was re- , s t vealed in a survey conducted yester-1 day by The Associated Press. The, total hows 11 persons died and 22 j injured over the total of fatalities, and injuries reported the week' previous. ! Four of the fatalities were from! " 1 I grade crossing accidents. two of which were in North Carolina and j one each in Georgia and Tennessee. 1 j A trainman also was injured in the j Georgia crash. Train derailment at Midland, (la., injured three persons. North Carolina reported a death toll of 11 persons and 2ti injured for the wek. Georgia, Florida and t Tennesse each hail seven killed t ' Florida led the group of person ■ j t reported injured as .">4 while t.ouisi- ( ana was second with 10 and Georgh j third with 37 . Personal and News > ! Items Of King i ' Klr.fr, Au>?. lt».—Carpenters are at v I I work adding two rooms to the resi- 1 donee of Charles Carroll on west i' s Main street. I wish to correct an error that , appeared in the King items of this i paper last week. It was stated j that the remains of Robert D. Grif tin, of King, was laid to rest in the Woodland cemetery i.t Winston , Salem, this was an error, the burial took place in the Winston-Salem cemetery. I Robt. Thomas, of Greensboro, spent Sunday with relatives an.l friends here. | Miss Thelma New has returned to her home here afu r spending several days with relatives at Dur ham. i Attorney Dallas C. Kirby was here Saturday attending to some legal matters. I Ray Kiser, of Winston-Salem, spent Sunday with relatives and friends here, j Mr, and Mrs. M. 1.. I.ovo, of Rock Hill, S. ('., are spending a few days [ with relatives here. : 1 ■ The King Tigers have purchased I.akei - at fancy price. He is one of Capella their game Saturday with Pinnacle by the score of 12 to S. Baker is hitting over .">OO for the King team. Dr. Ernest M. Griffin wishes to thank his neighbors and friends for their help and sympathy during the illness and death of his father. A double-header was played here Saturday. In the first game The King Tigers defeated The B. F. Huntley team of Winston-Salem to the tune of eight to five. The sec ond game was between The Red Goose team of King and The B. F. Huntley. The score in this game stood 5 and 4 in favor of the B. F.' - Huntley. j Dr. Grady E. Stone left today for r Charlotte where he g>e> to take a 1 ) treatment for his eyes. : i! ■j Community Singing* Ij There will be a community sing ing at Dan River church on th"' , fifth Sunday in August at 11 o'cbvl: I A. M. Everybody is invited. Din- \ , nor on the grounds. I Lindsay Alley, of the Hnrtman ! section, was in town a short while today. ': I ' 1 CHARLOTTE RACES AUGUST 23 RD I ! Speed Experts Expect the 25- ( Mile Race To Show Fastest, Time Ever Recorded, Charlotte, Aug. I'!.—A week from ; today more than a score of automo ' bile speed kings will go on the ! Charlotte speedway to offer racing | fandom in the southeast a variety |0 f sprint events unknown in this section. I Three races aggregating a total mileaege of 250 will compose the ' program. The 25-mile race as the | first event will perhaps show the 'greatest burst of speed experts say, ' with the 75-mile on nest. Then I comes the grind in the 150-mile race j which caps the afternoon. I All of the foremost drivers, in cluding Karl Cooper, Pete De Paolo, Bob McDonoough, Frank Lockhart, Pete Kreis and Earl "Devore, will begin the events. I j Walnut Cove Route 1 News Items ! Walnut Cove Route 1. Aug. 1(5. . ;A community singing was given at Rosebud church last Sunday and a large crowd was present. , Mr. and Mrs. K. W. Moser, of Winston-Salem, spent the week end with Mr. ami Mrs. 11. P. Adams. | Miss Sadie Anderson, of Winston- 1 Salem, spent the week end with Mis:.' Fosie Anderson. Those who visited Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Adams Sunday were: Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Anderson, Mr. and Mrs.' E. W. Moser, Messrs, George and Luther Adams, Miss Era Ad ams, Miss Myrtle Rutledge and Mr. Carl Wilkes, of Winston-Salem, an I Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Rutledge, of Gcrnianton. j I Mr. George Adams, Miss Fosie' Adams and Mrs. 11. P. Adams are spending the week end in Norfol':, Va. I Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Duggins, of Winston-Salem, spent the week end with Mr. Ruff Duggins. I i WALNUT COVE HAS BLUE LAWS Only Lunches Are Sold On | Sabbath Day—Personal and News Items. I I | Walnut Cove. Aug. 17. 'The Board of Commissioners are strict ly enforcing the Sunday blue laws starting last Sunday. Absolutely nothing more can be bought than a very necessary lunch. Mrs. Paul Davis. Miss Mary Frances Davis and Paul, Jr., re turned home this week from an ex- ' tended visit to relatives in Texas, j Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Rothrock are S|iii'ding this week in Baltimore and New York. Mrs. J. L. Hire, of Greenshon. visited friends here Sunday. ('apt. T. S. Yoss and family, of Panama, are visiting relatives here Cant. Voss has a three months furlough. He is a son of Mr. an 1 Mrs. Elias Yoss Mesdames John Burton, George Fulton and Paul Fulton spent es terday in the Twin City. I Dr. C. J. Helsabeck ha; returned 'from a stay of several days in Baltimore. Pourtney Bailey, of Detrcit, i>j spending a month's vacat.o i here, I with his father, J C. Bailey. Mr.; Bailey holds a position with the 1 Ford Motor Co. in Detroit. Misses Nell Chilton. Coodle Nea., Nell Hutcherson, Mk-sdarles C. E, [Davis and Paul Fulton are taking, part in the preparations for the J Confederate Carnival to be held in r" lh ' I WAREHOUSEMEN VISIT STOKES Messrs. Boyd Nelson and J. A. Fagg, of Brown's Ware- J house. Find Our Farmers I With Fine Tobacco Crop. Boyd Nelson, who has been with' Brown's Warehouse at Winston-Sa lem for the past twenty-three years, and Elder J. A. Fagg, also with i that warehouse, were in Danbury Friday afternoon after a trip over a good part of Stokds looking over the tobacco crop. These gentlemen, both of whom are good judges of tobacco, stated that they found the crop fine so far and the prospect was that it would cure bright. They had samples of a number of barns of primings that had been cured in different section of the county and these were good. Messrs. Nelson and Fagg think there is nodouht about famers get ting high prices in the fall if the,- can cure the leaf bright. The de mand for this class of tobacco i.-> strong. The market opens Tuesday, O-t. sth. STREET STREWN 1 ~ - WITH TACKS i * | Walnut Cove People Have , Much Trouble With Automo j bile Tires—New Blue Laws I Are Passed. I Walnut Cove, Aug. I^.—People attending the Episcopal church her.' Sunday were treated to a surprise when church was over and all who had cars there found from one o three of their tires llat. The min ; i.-ter, Mrs. W. H. Sanders, the Ful ; ton girls, John Hutcherson an 1 others found from one to three' tacks in the Hat tires on their cars. .Some one had strewn the street I with tacks and all day Sunday the street was a busy place with people all along fixing punctures. On ac- I count of our new blue laws they 'were not able to get in a garage for repairs or gas. No meane • thing could be done than putting tacks in the street and if possible the rascal who did it should be found and punished. I Since the passing of the new blue laws for our town anyone selling gas, oil, fruits, pop, etc., ire subject to a line of $25.00 for each ef fn.se The fie p or nss : ng NEXT MEETING | AT WALNUT COVE County Sunday School Con vention At Rose Bud Church Was Largely Attended. i 1 j The annual convention of the Stokes County Sunday School As sociation. held at Rose Bud Chris-1 tian church, last Tuesday and Wed nesday. was an interesting evev to all who had the pleasure of attend ing. The teachers and others got many good ideas from th° addresses and talks made- by Ohe numerous speakers. The attendance was good at each of the sessions. ' Upon adjournment the association voted to hold the next annual con tention at Walnut Cove. • Cards of Life When you're in love, it's hearts. When you're engaged, it' diamonds; i When you're married, it's clubs, j When you're dead' it is spades. jJ. 1). F'in.hum, of Danbury Route 1, was a business visitor here ye-'- j terday. No. 2.H32 MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS I Town Fork Telephone Co, Has Important Business To Be Transacted— Large Attend , ance Urged, The president of the Town Fork Telephone Co. has vailed a meeting of the stockholders at Walnut Cove for Saturday, Aug. 21st, at 2 o'clock, P. M. It is announced that business of importance is to ba ( transacted and all stockholders are I urged to attend. The lines of the Town Fork Co. extend to Danbury ami it is h >p«l here that the meeting will result in erecting a better line to our village, the present one having be come rather delapidated. Lineman Johnson has workcsd faithfully to keep us in touch with the outside world but the line i.4 in such condition that it is almost impossible to maintain it. W. READE JOHNSON QUITS THE LAW. Removes To Charlotte To Be come Director of Southern Bond & Mortgage Company. , '• W. Reade Johnson, well known Winston-Salem attorney and native Stokes citizen, has quit the practi:"j of law ami removed with his famil/ to Charlotte where he is now acting as one of the directors of the South ' orn lk>nd and Mortgage Co. As sociated with Mr. Jehflson in too direction of the company is L. W. Winchester, who for the past 25 years has been practicing law "in Chicago. i The Southern Bond and Mortgage Co., which is said to have large re sources behind it, will do a State wide first mortgage loan business on real estate. According to Mr. Johnson, the firm will institute an innovation for this section in the floating of loans. It proposes to grant what is ternieJ "construction loans," the money be ing immediately placed in the bank available for the borrower during the period of construction. At the completion of construction work, a long-term loan is granted to amor ' tize the tirst loan. | Ordinarily the minimum loan will be $.'5,000 but under certain con li tion.- the limit will be reduced to $2,000, it was said. Loans will bo for five, ten or fifteen years. I Harrington-Shaw tin Monday. August 9, 192(5, M'.s.t Rebeckah Lillian Harrington, of Winston-Salem, became the bride of Mr. William Edward Shaw, Jr., of I Boston, Mass. | The wedding took place at four P. M. at St. Paul's Episcopal chur. h, Wilmington, X. C. The bride wa.i attended by her sister, Mrs. Doug las Ramsey, and the groom by V.r. Ramsay. The wedding was beauti ful in its simplicity. Mrs. Shaw is the attractive youv.g daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. T. Harrington, of Winston-Salem, She i was educated at Salem College and ' tl\e University of Carolina and has hosts of friends through out the state who will be interested to learn of her marriage. Mr. Shaw is the only son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Shaw, Sr., of Cam bridge, Mass. He was educated at the Mass. Institute of Technology, : and is connected in business with i ] the Simplex Electric Heating Co., of Chicago, 111. Immediately after the ceremony the young couple left for n honey moon trin in the eastern part of the State. i i
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