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DANBURY REPORTER Volume 54. PLANS OUTLINED BY ROAD MEN Will Endeavor To Create Senti ment Against Reckless Driv ing—Permanent Roads Must Be Built—The Importance of Maintenance. , • •>• P - - "Pinehurst, No*. 9. —Pleas for cre ation of sentiment against reckless driving on the highways of the na tion, regulation of interstate traffic and better maintenance of roads featured today's session of the 12th annual meeting of the American Association of State Highway of ficials. William J. Jardine, secretary of agriculture, under whose .supervis ion federal aid road funds are allot ted and spent, told the officials in a prepared address that th egoal was 80,000 miles of federal aid road in 1927. The secretary also warned the | officials that there must be a great-, er improvement in maintenance of j all roads and especially federal law, placed upon state highway depart- nvnts, adding that "fjiilure to make proper provision for the repair of' roads in which large sums of public money have been invested is the sheerest economic folly. Rill.I) FOR FUTURE. , Frank Page, North Carolina high way commissioner, who retires as president of the organization of of-, ticials, in his annual address stressed the necessity for building roads for the future. Permanence and dura bility he said, must be the consid eration. "Heretofore," said Mr. Page, "the character of the vehicle ( has il> termined the type of road to, be constructed. How long shall we conform to such a program." Mr. Page intimated that the 30,-; O.iO pvund truck should not force! th? country to pay huge sums for, s'.irfa ing roads for it t" run over., He made a strong plea for a sen- j timent against reckless driving and ( regulation of interstate traffic so that punishment can be imposed. | Fifteen per cent of all traffic, accord- ( ing to Mr. Page, is foreign or in transit from state to state or from one locality to another. PRAISE FOR PAGE. Governor Angus W. McLean, of North Carolina, paid high praise to President Page in a brief address | welcoming the delegates to the state. He gave Mr. Page, who has been, chairman of the state highway com mission ever since the North Caro-■ lina highway program was put into fffect, entire credit for putting the state on the nwp with "one of the besst highway systems in the coun try," a system which he described as "as near perpetual motion as it is possible to get." He called atten tion to the fact that North Carolina roads are built without property tax and entirely with gasoline and auto mobile license taxes. The governor said the road system "in the state is entirely divorced from politics. Thanksgiving Service v At Rosebud Church Walnut Cove Route 1, Nov. 16. There will be an all-day Thanks ■giving service held at Rosebud •Christian church Thursday, Nov. 25. Everybody come and bring a well fileed basket and let us enjoy the day together. Hon. S. E. Edwards, of Winston- Salem, will address the people at 10 o'clock, and Hon. M. L. Mott, Jr., if can be secured, for 1:30 o'clock, with singing and other talks and a good time in general for all. A party was given at the sahool f building here Saturday night at which contributions of cash and books were received for the library at the school. The occasion proved • a most pleasant one and resulted ir a good boost for the libraty. 4 TOBACCO HAS SO C FAR AVERAGED $26, Winston-Salem (Market Had ( Handled 20,751,712 Pounds | Up To Saturday Lastl Week's Sales Bi*oke Record. Winston-Salem, Nov. 15.—The | week just ended has been the big-i'' gest week that this tobacco market i 1 has ever had. The official sales for 1 ' the week lacked only 26,208 pounds ' of being four million pounds and ' it was all handled without a "block" 1 jiny day. Instead of the warehouse- ' men, as they do on some markets, trying to "block" each other, every f last one of them here tried to help ! out his competitors who caught the ' "second sales" and by doing this 1 there was no congestion. ' The season's sales to date, a total ■ of 2'.) selling days, shows 20,751,712 1 pounds sold for $5,400,(>87.70; an 1 average for the season to date of $2»i.01. Last season's sales to date were 1 15,545,734 pounds, a gain thus far this season over last of 5,105,978 pounds. j i For the tobacco sold this season tn date $2,1M.f.1,!>35.25 was paid out; the growers therefore who have sold on this market this season haw realized for their sales here over two million, four hundred thousand dollars more than they did last sea-' son, and we are mighty glad of it. By Thanksgiving at the rate this market has been celling, the thirty million pound mark will have been pased. Following its usual sustom, the market will close down on Thanksgiving Day and the Friday following (with no sales of eouiv.e on Saturday) until the next Monday. St. Cecelia Music Club Entertained Written for The Reporter, Nov. 11. The St. Cecelia Music Club was entertained by Miss Elizabeth Mar tin Thursday evening at her home on West Main street. Schubert was the composer studied at this meet ing with the folowing program: Club Song—Club. Reading, "Sketches from the life of Schubert}" —Myrtle Priddy. Piano Solo, "Menuefcto by Schu bert"—Mrs. J. W. Hall. Reading, "Forgotten foundations of music" —Mrs. B. D. Gentry. Vocal Duet, "Schubert's Serenade" —Elizabeth Martin and Miriam Hali. Musical Smiles—Clifford King. Piano Solo, "Schubert's Military March"—Mrs. J. W. Hall. Musical Lollipops Nancy Lee Dunlap. Vocal Trio, "I'll Forget You," —| Mary Gentry, Myrtle Priddy and Ed Taylor. Music quotations Nancy Lee Dunlap. The club welcomed Misses Mabelle, Anna and Edna Hudspeth and Mary and Raymond Hackney as new mem bers. During the social hour a novelty musieal contest was enjoyed, in which Mrs. B. D. Gentry won the prize, a lovely basket of home-made candy. The hostess, assisted by Mrs. J. Frank Martin, and Miriam Hall, served a delicious oongealed salad course. The club adjourned to meet with Miss Myrtle Priddy on Nov. 27. Telephone Service Badly Needed Here Danbury has been practically cut off from the outside world for some weeks, so far as telephone service is concerned. The trouble was caus ed by the tearing down of the line in places when the State highway between Danbury and Walnut Cove was graded. As the road work is finished now, it is learned that the line will be put back in tonii tiui» as soon as possible. i Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, Nov. 17, 1926 ELECTION BOARD MEETS NOV. 23RD Overman's Majority Appears To Be Around 85,000 —Re- publicans Claim It Will Be Only About 50,000. ' I l« • ______ Raleigh, Nov. 14.—State board of 'Elections sitting here November 2"t for the purpose of counting the votes in the late election, will give the first official tabulation that has been possible, as there are many precincts which • have not sent in their returns. The Democratic majority has r. range as between county and state tickets. Madison county, for instance, which gave the state Re publican ticket 1,400, sent a Demo crat here with 91 to spare. The ma jority of Senator Lee S. Overman over Johnson J. Hayes is set near 85,000 with a few thousand varia tion. When about 000 of the 1,700 precincts had been counted Senato.' Overman had nearly 53,000 lead. The biggest counties had been received. Republicans relying on the great differences in county vote and be lieving in the efficacy of Mr. Hayes' campaign, do not accept the informal count of the Democrats. They do not believe that Mr. Hayes lost by more than 50,000. The state hoard will settle it 10 days hence. RURAL SECTION NEEDS DOCTORS Savs Dr. Rankin in Address Pet'ore Southern Medical As sociation—One Country Phy si ian For Every !,2.">3 Poo pit. Atlanta, (la., Nov. It?— One of th" greatest needs of this country from a medical point of view, is that of a "back to the country" movement among doctors declared Dr. \V. S. Rankin, director of the hospital sec tion of the Duke Endowment in the C'arolinas, in the principal address of a non-technical character before the Southern Medical Association here today. Quoting statistics to show thut there is one physician for every 5.'5) people in cities and that only on>- for every 1,238 is to be found in rural sections, Dr. Rankin said th. 1 principal objective of the Duke en dowment is to raise the standard of the medical profession in country districts by improving hospital faci lities there. "On the average," he said, "there are 22 hospitals in every city of JOO,OO and over, six in cities of 50,- 000 to 100,000, three and seven tenths in cities between 25,000 anJ 50,000 popuation, and only twenty two one-hundredths hospitals in Jowns under 10,000. The reason more physicians and better physicians go to the cities is that better hospitals draw them there." I)r. Rankin said that when the Duke estate is appraised next year, he anticipates that $75,000,000 will be available for the endowment fund. Supper By Ladies Of Episcopal Church The Women's Auxiliary of the Episcopal church at Walnut Cove will give a supper in the bu-ldin r of the Walnut Cove Motor Co. Fri day night. The public is cordially invited to come out and patronize a worthy cause. • Little Miss Emorie Pepper, who has been quite sick with croup for several days, is greatly improved. Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Hackney visited Winston-Salem yesterday. Pouring concrete on the Danbury- Walnut Cove r»ad is progressing rather slowly the past week on ac count "f rain. Probably h..lf a mile of the road hai been tin-shod so far Subscribe for the Reporter WINSTON MARKET BREAKS RECORD Sold 1,058,906 Pounds of To bacco In One Day—Price Was Off Some, Average Be ing 25.29 Per Hundred Pounds. ' r•V Winston-Salem, Nov. 17.—A rec ord for poundage on the Winston- Salem tobacco market was established here , today when 1,058.'.»0»5 pounds of tobacco were sold fur $2(57,791.14, or an average of s2r>.2l) a hundred pounds. The nearest approach to the num ber of pounds that were sold yes terday was made November 1, when 1,027,001) pounds of the weed were sold. Yesterday's average, however, did not equal the average that was paid on that day. The growers have sold "up the stalk" until the quality of tobacco is not nearly as good as that which was offered a few weeks ago. I EARLY"FORECASTS j OF BIG CROP FAIL TO MATERIALIZE Crop Reporting Service of State Kstimates Crop Will be 371.580,000 Pounds, About 2 Pei' Cent Lower Than 1925 Production October Price** Show 4 Cents Pound Ad vance Raleigh, Nov. 15.—N it as much tobacco as last year and prices only a fraction higher is the way the crop reporting service of the State Department of Agriculture sized up the o.vuation in North Carolina in its monthly report which has just been made public. The colli figures in the report re fute unollicial reports of "bumper' crops and "boom" prices. They show that the estimated crop for I!'2(> will be ::? 1 ,580,000 pounds—about two per cent lower than the 1925 production. They show also that the average price for October, 192' i, was 526.7"i per hundred pounds as compared with s2i.lo during the same month last year. The price average, however, for the entire season up to November gives 1921) a four-cent edge, the dif ference being between $25.1)0 ami $21.93. JUDGE A. M~ STACK DENOUNCES MANY SMALL BONDS i Savs Magistrates and Justices Should Require Bigger and Better Ones. Charlotte, Nov. ltj.—Judge A. M. Stack, presiding at the criminal court here today flayed the practice of requiring small bonds for persons bound over to Superior court on ser ious charges. •'lf the magistrates want to uphold the laws of our State and carry out ithe function of their office they must require bigger and better bonds or else this country will be overrun with unpunished criminals," the judge declared. LITTLE GIRL HURT BY AUTOMOBILE Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wright Reported To Have Been Seriously Injured Sunday. It was learned here today that iti an automobile wreck Sunday at Wright's store, in Big Creek town ship, the little daughter of Mr. an>J Mrs. Henry F. Wright was serious ly injured. No particulars as to the natun of the wreck or the extent of tiv little girl's iiijuru.4 could be learn ed. Subscribe for the Koporter i READY FOR 8 MONTHS TERM Dr. Edward VV. Knight Says North Carolina Ranks Very Low In Education. Scotland Neck, Nov. 16.—"N0 reasonable person denies the educa tional progress of North Carolina, if the comparison be with State's own past, and all of us have reason able pride in this advancement," Dr. Kdgar W. Knight, of the University of North Carolina, President of the State Teachers' Association, told the Kiwanis Club here tonight. "But if comparison be with those States outside the South," he added, "the matter takes on an entirely different aspect, and we are forced to admit that we rank very low in education." In addition to club members, a num ber of invited guests heard him. During the afternoon he addressed the Clarksville Literary Club, dis cussing his observations in Den mark. "In the light of our material prosperity, which we say gives us fifth place among all the States, our educational position is shamefully low," I)r. Knight told the Kiwanians. "The very best we can do is to take forty-first or forty-second pla-v among the forty-eight sisters. Th • only States below us are Southern States and those are admittedly backward in education. They lack also in that material prosperity which now sets North Carolina oIT from her sisters in the South and marks her as a distinctive common wealth. "A State that brags of such im mense material wealth and compels tens of thousands of its children to attend schools scarcely distinguish able front those their parents at tended cannot justly claim to he :»i advanced State educationally. There are too many blights on this econo mic prosperity. The educational in equalities in North Carolina today are probably greater than they were when Aycock became Governor, in spite of the progress which the State has made since that time. "1 believe that most of the people of North Carolina desire better educational facilities for their chil ren. Those who say the time is not ripe for an increased school term and who say that the rural sections are not prepared for it are. in my opinion, mistaken. Most of th's argument has come from political leaders. I believe that a large ma jority of the votes would be cast in favor of the eight months' school, if the people of the State are in formed of the actual conditions. If we only knew what other wealthy States are doing for the education of their children the people of North Carolina would demand that our economic prosperity be used to in crease our educational possessions. "Hatred of taxation beyond the bare necessities of government and party peace still stand in the way of the development of an adequate public school system in North Caro lina. It will continue to be an ob stacle so long as those to whom the public looks for the truth about con ditions conceal it and deliberately make the worse appear the bette>\ Too many of them place their own vaulting political ambitions above the' welfare of the children, and the attitude toward children is perhaps the best itieasure of a civilization. Dr. Knight pointed to "the multi tudes of North Carolina children who today receive only a six months' schooling ahnuall.v." and said that there are now " at least fifty thousand children in North Carolina who do not have access to high schools." This condition, h" said, "continues in a State whic'i says it ranks fifth in material things." He also pointed out thil North Carolina should Iv spendms for current edu ational purp *c more than tv v the amount whi ' No. 2,844 THANKSGIVING EATS COST LESS THIS YEAR Crops Throughout the Country Have Been Large And the Thrifty Housewife Will Find Numbers of Items Cheaper. Thanksgiving Day this year comes rather early, Thursday, November 25, and when the thrifty housewife takes her basket and fares forth to market a few days previous she discovers that the amount budgeted last year not only will buy the items on her list but will leave enough for her to enjoy a show before re turning home. At least that is what agricultural department ex perts at Washington say. Of course the first item will be turkey. She will find that in Texas, the leading producing State, 15 per cent more fuwls wi|re raised this year, and early prices on turkey an? three cents a pound less than last year. Cranberries associated with Thanksgiving day as fixedly as pumpkin pie—she may buy for as low as 10 cents a pound, as the east ern crop has been reported success ful with large one* in Wisconsin and the northwest. The pumpkin will be l.ss than $1 a barrel in some sections. Celery and lettuce—Both are available, and with increased pro duction this year, lower lettuce prices are expe ted. Celery will sh• >\\ from a wide range of price, reflecting uneven quality. The greatest contribution to the "show fund" will come possibly from the item "potatoes, sweet and white." The white potato will sell at about one-third less than last season with the crop 11 per cent larger. Sweet potatoes will be on the list selling at one-haf to two thirds of the price of th/*ir white cousin. As Mrs. Housewife buys her oranges and grapefruit, she will be surprised to learn that although two million boxes were blown off by '"•» Florida hurricane, a large California orange crop has assured ii: v-nplo supply of that fruit at moderate prices. Grapefruit is expected to be at its normal price and apples will be a holiday market feature, with first class fruit bringing from SI to $1.50 a bushel. Grapes will retail in 12-quart baskets from 50 to 75 cents, because "a tremendous crop" was reported in California, and the pecan crop is larger, particularly the wilt' variety. News Items Of King-. King, N'av. 15.—Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Long, of Tobaccoville, will cele brate their golden wedding on Thanksgiving day. 1 The Ix>ng re union will also be held at the same time at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Long. ■ Luther Petree, of Pine Hurst, is spending a few days with relatives and friends here. Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Pulliam. of High Point, spent Sunday with rel atives here. W. T, Newsura, of Winston-Sa lem, spent Sunday with his father here. S. L Pulliam, of Jackson Springs, Moore county, is spendnig a few days with relatives here. M iss Mazie Samuels, of Pilot Mtn., spent Sunday with Miss Annie New sum here. Capt. C. J. Kirby, who hold* a position with the Southern Railway Co.. spent Sunday with his family in Walnut Hills. Gilmer Newsum has purchased from Baxter Knight, a resilience anil lot just south of tmn, consideration $! 300.00. it now spends in order to rank even ;i. an average State in edu ation."
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