DANBURY REPORTER
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Volume 54.
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j FIVE DOCTORS TO
BE IN HOUSE
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; And One In Upper Branch Will
j Look After All Sick Bills In
1 Legislature—Bo Lawyers, 25
'Planners, 4 Preachers, and 3
Editors.
Raleigh, N~C., *~Jmi. 3.—Five
physician* in the House and one in
the Senate will provide plenty of
medical attention far lick bills in
the General Alterably while one
fNttral director will look after the
]• embalming of those dying in the
committee.
The legal profession sends 51 rep
traaentativea while 29 lawyers will
iheid seats in the Senate. Twenty
Aim farmers, four ministers, seven
banker*, one Ford dealer, three
editors and three real estate dealers
are here. Two teachers, three insur
' ance agents, one fisherrrtan, one cot
tan buyer, one lumber and one fur
niture man, one druggist, one cot
ton'manufacturer and one civil en-1
gipeer represent their walks in life, j
Virtually all members of the Sen- 1
ate are alumni of colleges and uni-
varsities while one-fourth of the
House members claim only a high
school or grammar school educa-,
tion. Two of the Senators are class
ad as high school graduates.
The Methodists lead among the'
church-going members with 40 in
the House i»nd 10 in the Senate.
The Baptists are next with 20 in
the house and four in the Senate, |
while the Presbyterians are third
with 15 members in the House and
six in the Senate. The Espico
palians can muster five members in
the Senate and nine in the House.
Twelve veterans of the World
War are listed in the House and
in the Senate. William B.
Horton, a Senator, served 20 years 1
In the Navy.
Hiss Carrie McLean, of Charlotte,
ia the only woman member of either
house. #
AUTO LICENSE .
AT HALF PRICE
May Now Be Had For Cars'
Purchased On Or Since Jan.
I—Sale of Licenses Picking 1
Up.
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if you have purchased a car or
truck since December 81st, you can
now buy a license plate for It at
half price, as the license year is
half gone. However, if you pur-1
chased or used the car before Jan.
lit, this year, you must pay fu!l.
price for a license plate. This is
the recent ruling of the State rev
enue department.
Owners who purchased cars prior
to January I and who apply for
• v license at the reduced rate must
make affidavit that the car wae not
driven prior to Jan. let. Parsons
making false statements to secure
all months license are wh|sct to
paeecution under miedemeanor
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The auto license bureau at Win
nlen-Salem sold an even hundred
|||tM on th* flnt day of the year,
last Saturday.
former Stokes Man
Dies In Montgomery |
1 Hews wae received hare yeaterday (
■0 fee death if Walter Stephens at
•' |fc heme in Montgomery ewmty.
Hephens removed frem Stokea
Iguii- yean and waa a sen
, , «f Mr. lamea H. Stephens, of DM
"wfb L He had been Ul for
K meetthe and Ua death had
fer weeks. He ia aarvWed
mjjfm wife and Nvea children, as
Eftfe ecsmftT Interment w«l ha
■linear the beam of the dstsaaed.
Kfrhard to lov* yow
BIG INCREASE
IN MOTOR CARS
385,217 Cars Registered In
State In 1916 Against 294,-
834 In 1925—Revenue Large
—2,000 Less Births, 1,000
More Deaths.
Raleigh, N. C., Jan. 4.—State and
Federal departments, caught up
after the end-of-the- year rush,
today disgorged etatstics about
North Carolina in 1026.
From the Automobile Depart -
ment it was learned there was an
increase of 31 per cent in automo
biles in the State during the year.
The comparative figures for 1023
and 1025 showed 386,217 cars for
the former and 204,834 for the lat
ter.
The State Revenue Department
reflected * slump |n ita December
collections, showing
under I
the 1315,126 taken 'in' December,
1025.
Gilliam Grissom, United States
; collector of internal .revenue for
1 the district of North Carolina, beam
ed broadly as he announced that
'more than 1100,000,000 had been
'collected from the Old North Stat*
jin the first six months of the pres
'ent fiscal year, and even broader
| when he predicted that the State's
1 contribution to Federal revenue
would exceed $200,000,000 for the
'entire year. That figure would
stand as the highest in history.
| The Health Board, courtsey of
Dr. F. M. Register, unravelled ita
vital statieties reel. The doctor's
'estimate had it there were 2,000
less births and 1,000 more deaths in
11926 than in 1026. November and
PecembeJ , reports are fi»t alf in, |
but the figures will be approximate-1
lyi BI.BM deaths and' S4OOI deaths.
! It was a big year for gasoline and
{license taxes. The first six months
'of the present fiscal year showed
nearly $10,000,000. In December
alone they ran over three-quarters
of a million. The record is nearly j
two and one-half millions better |
than any other first six-monthj
period. •
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St. Cecelia Music Club.
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I (Written for The Reporter.)
The St. Cecila Music Club met
' Saturday evening, Jan. Ist, in the |
annex of the Methodist church. All
the composers that have been studi- j
ed this far were reviewed. They (
included Beethoven, Mozart, Schu
' mann, Handel, Schubert, Mendels
sohn and Htydn.
i The program was opened with the
club song, "I Would Be True," by
society. !
Misses Elisabeth Martin and Mary
McCanless read papers on the
lives of Mendelssohn and Schumann.
Different members of the club read
sketchee from the lives of the dif
ferent composers. I
Miriam Hall played "The Jolly
Farmer," by Schumann.
Raymond Hackney read a poem
on "ttuaic."
"Largo" by Handel waa song by
Elisabeth Martin, Mary Hackney
and Miriam Hall.
The club discuased Joining the
National Federation of Mueic Clubs,
but we decided that we would wait
I until the next meeting to veto en
! it, because several members were
away.
We had as new members, lira. W.
E. Joyce, Locile Martin, Merritt
Hudapeth, William McCaalees and
Walter Palm, Jr.
▲ very exciting contest waa en
joyed, hi which Eaaley Joyce and
SHaaheth Martin man the priaoa.
DoHCtoas r eft eah menla were serv
ed by the refreahment committee.
The club adjourned to meet again
Thursday, Jan. ttth, with Mia. W.
H Jayee.
SECRETARY CLUB..
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Danbury. N. C, Wednesday, Jan. 5,1927
TOBACCO MARKET
OPENED TUESDAY
Prices About Same As Before j
Holidays—Sales Were Light
On First Day.
Winston-Salem, Jan. 4.—Only
106,584 pounds of tobacco were sold
on the Winaton-Salem leaf tobacc;
market when it opened for the post
holiday business yesterday. This
poundage brought a total of $36,:
160.62, or an average of $18.39 a
hundred pounds. Indications point
ed to small sales tdoay, at a late
hour last night
Little 'difference between prices
paid for identical grades before and
after Christmas were noted yestes*
day. The greater part of the offer* 1
ings yesterday were of a sorry
quality and therefore low prices
were not expected for them.
Most of the warehouses mfci*
such small sales that they were thsM;
work before noon.
Lackey-Sechrest
High Point, Jan. I.—The follow-,
ing announcements have been issued .
throughout this city:
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Lackey an
nounce the marriage of their daugh
ter, Mary Lillie, to Mr. Samuel W.
Sechrest, on Monday, December 13,
1926, at High Point, N. C., at West
End Parsonage.
Mr. and Mrs. Sechrest were quiet-'
ly married at the parsonage of
Rev. Samuel T. Hensley. j
The bride is an attractive young
woman of this city and holds a posi
tion with the North State Telephone
Co. Mr. Sechrest is well known li
High Point, and numbei j his friends
|by the score.
| The bride ,and groom have left
for Asheville and will later make
their home in High Point.
Fine Arts Club.
The Fine Arts Club was very dc
i Hghtfully entertained at the Da- 1
' cember meeting by Mrs. M. O. Jones
'at her home here which was quite (
attractive and inviting with its dec
orations suggestive of the Chritmas
season.
The meeting was presided over by
the president, Mrs. R. R. King, and
an interesting program was carried |
out. The club is now taking a
' course on North Carolina, the topic
for this meeting was "The Coastal
I Plains Area" with Mrs. J. S. Tay-
I lor, Mrs. R. R. King and Mrs. N.
E. Pepper, each presenting instruc
tive papers. An interesting and ap
propriate contest was enjoyed on
the counties of North Carolina, Miss
, Minnie Flora being awarded the
' prise, a box of stationery.
A delicious course of refreshments
was served during the social hour.
Mrs. H. H. Leake and Misses Minnie
Flora and Carrie Moore Neal, teach-
I era In the school here, were welcom
' ed vialtors.
I Mrs. J. Spot Taylor will be
 hoatesa to the club in January,
which ia the third birthday of the
Fine Arte Club.
Preaching At
Peters Creek Church
Inwaonvflle, Jan. 4.—lev. 4- A,
: Joyce wttl preach at the Peters'
, Creek Baptlet church Jan. 9th, IW7,
, at I o'clock, P. M. The pubik ia
cordially invited.
Choppia'a monument in Warsaw,
' Poland, begaa M yean age, waa re
cently ua veiled hi the pmasaei of a
notable gathering at mesirians from
| all eountriee.
There la to he btSt t 'MMea
• hotel for afcpiane paeaeagere at
n^^u-
Ivriqnvosi i rem nvar afnuu whviii
i 75 local and international afcr Han
• tea verge.
There an ettll a few Ml who can
mass mhos' when than ema ae Mtat»
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ifeOLENT DEATHS I
■? HEAVY IN STATE
1,600 Last Year—Most M
tOf Them From Auto Acci
}i dents.
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/Raleigh, Jan. I. —Violent deaths 1
4ft North Carolina last year exceed-1
P 1,(00.
*t State Board of Health reports
N*ow 1,313 violent deaths during the
St 11 months of the year. This
aber does not include ' deaths
at the violent forms of disease.
accidents again took
.{pa largest toll. In 1925 the total
was 376. This year it was 352 in
November with one of the heaviest
Aaaths to be added.
; Burns - came next in fatal msults.
ate first eleven months of 1926 saw
f45 Tar Heels burned to death. De
mmber was expected to run the
to nearly 800. In 1925 259
dM from this cause.
omicide ehowed & de
se. "The estimated number in
a* was 225, based on 194 for the I
ft* eleven months. In 1925 there.
were 260.
I Stokes County Marine
Is Awarded Diploma
Washington, Jan. 3. —Upon the
completion of his studies in the
Marine Corps Institute here, Allen
J. Bowman, of Walnut Cove, near
Danbury, N. C., was awarded a di
. ploma of proficiency as a railway j
' postal clerk. He also received a
letter from General Lejeune, Com-1
mandant of the Marine Corps, prais-1
ing the student's excellent wortc in
completing the course.
I Bowman is 23 yean old, was (
born in Walnut Cove and made bis
homn with lather, R. B. Bowman,
en . ratal route 3, Walnut Cove, be- {
fore he joined the Marine Corps at
Greensboro, nveral months ago. In
recent months he has been stationed
at Quantico, Va., where he qualified
as a sharpshooter last July. i
He took up his studies as a rail
way postal clerk through correspon
-1 dence with the Institute, while he
was performing his regular duties
as a marine at Quantico. The Ma
rine Corps Institute gives free in
struction to U. S. Marines in the
arts, trades and professions, pre
paring its students for civilian oc
cupations.
County Commissioners
Empoly Counsel
The newly-elected board of coun
ty commissioners held their second
regular session • here Monday. The
only business transacted, other than
routine matters, was the empolying
' of counsel for the coming year, At
• torneys N. O. Petree, of Danbury,
and Geo. L. Jarvis, of Walnut Cove,
were employed.
Stockholders To
Meet Saturday
The stockholders of the Town
Foik Telephone Co. will hold a
'special meeting at Walnut Oove ■
Saturday, It ia hojbd (that some'
action will be taken 'to gin service t
between Danbury and Walnut Cove.
 Heath-Lawlees.
. -LawaonvUle, Jan. S.—Me. Marvin
J. Heath, the son a* Mr. and Mrs.
& J. Heath, of Stuart, Va, aad Kha
Emma Lawlcaa, dangMae af Mr. and
MVs. C. O. Lawteee, wan quietly
married Sunday afternoon near
Rasaal .-Greek by Mar Meal Gilbert.
Miae Emma is loved by a heat of
Mr. aad Mrs. Heath «MI aaake
their fttun ha»e ia Bn—he, Va.
Their maay Mends wiah them a
Mag aad happy UCe.
Brae* VeUhehr, a Oemaaa artiat,
has pafatad M landa.sgsi ai the
Aipa, from akofchce made while
flyiat ia en. airplane.
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sev^TARE^W
IN DEATH'S ROW
Calmly Awaiting Execution at
State's Prison At Raleigh.
Raleigh, Jan. I.—A last-minute
addition ran the number of death
row inmates greeting the New Year
at State's Prison to seven.
Six languished there when the
last execution of 1926 took place,
but recently they were joined by
George Frank Bazemore, Greene
county negro, who came with a Jan
uary 26 death sentence hanging
over him.
Robert Lumpkin and Booker Wil
liams, Robeson County negroes, are
the only other members of the grim
colony with the day of their death
set. They have been twice repriev
ed, and the final date is now Jan.
21.
The other four men have appeals
pending. They are: W. L. Ross,
white, Warren county; Moses Green,
Wilson county negro; Ernest Walk
er, negro, Durham, and Charlie
Johnson, negro, Mecklenburg.
There were four executions in
1926, running the total for the death
chair to 87 since its establishment
in 1909. Last year there were also
four commutations, giving life an
even break with death.
Simmons-Burke.
Winston-Salem, Jan. 2.—A simple
> and impressive home wedding was
'solemnised at the apartment of the
bride on West Fourth Street at Ave
I o'clock last evening, when Miss
Stella Hester Burke became the
| bride of Mr. George Robert Sim
' mons, with Rev. W. D. Spinx, pastor
'of the bride officiating, using the
impremive ring ceremony of #l*
Baptist church.
1 The apartment waa lovely with
ita decorations of white and silver,
tall baskets of white roses tied with
tulle interested the cost etaoiniMr.i
. tulle intersected the soft green of
ferns, with beautiful silver baskets
of roses—the whole lighted with
white candles in silver holders.
The bride wore a handsome after
noon gown of blonde point de toile
trimmings of brown lace, with a
close fitting spring hat of falle an:l
straw, and a tan cloth coat with
shawl collar and cuffs of sable fur,
with accessories to match. She car
ried an arm bouquet of Bride's roses
and orchids.
The bride had as her only attend
ant her charming daughter, Miss
Elisabeth Burke, who was lovely in
a rose crepe gown made in bouffant
1 style.
Mrs. Simfmons is a graduate nurue
and for the past five years she has
been a member of the social service
department of the R. J. Reynolds
Tobacco Company, as chief nurse in
the medical department, and ia most
popular and beloved throughout the
plant.
She is a daughter of Mr. and Mn.
John W. Heater, of thla city.
Mr. Sinvnona ia the aon of Mr.
and Mra. C. W. Simmons, of West-
J field, and a young man of apiendld
business ability and fine character.
| Mr. and Mn. Simmons left Im
mediately after the ceremony for a
trip to poHta south.
Westfield News Items.
WastAald Route 1, Dec. Sl.— The
Reynolda school will open for the
New Tear Jan. 8. If the weather
doat got bettor it will impossible
for the bus to run except on the
Sthto highway. The road from C.
A. Vadee's aton toward Dan river
has been impaaiahle far a amok.
Mr. C. A. Vaden, who underwent
a aeriona operation at the hospital
at Mount Airy recently, ia able to
he back ia kfc aton, Ida ataay
friends are glad to knew.
wah% taelndlag a hawttag out by
the traflc eep.(
Irfdsir -ha' Li* -v -.i.-vt* w!
No. 2,H50
ANOTHER NEW
CHURCH FOR KING
Will Be Known As the Baptist
Mission Ma be - Spainhour
Marriage—News and Per
sonals.
King, Jan. 3.—Fred E. Shore went
to Danbury today to look after some
business matters.
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Spease are
the glad parents of a new baby boy.
The young fellow arrived Saturday.
Rev. G. E. Brewer, of Winston-
Salem will preach at the Moravian
church here next Sunday, Jan. 9th,
at 3 o'clock.
Material is being placed on the
site on west Main street prepara
tory to erecting a new church.
Actual work on the building will be
commenced within a few days. The
name of this church will be King
Baptist Mission.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Claud
Newsum was made happy last week
by the arrival of a new baby girl.
Rev. Paul H. Newsum, of this
place, filled his regular appointment
at Mount Airy Sunday.
Mr. Allen Mabe, of Florida, anl
Miss Mabel Spainhour, of King,
were quietly married Thursday.
They will make their home in Clear
water, Fla.
S. S. Boles returned to his home
in Monroe, Va., yesterday after
spending a few days with relatives
here.
Born unto Mr. and Mrs. Spencer
Kreeger a son. Mir. and Mm.
Eugene Forest are also in receipt
of a new baby girl.
Mr. A. N. Jones and family, of
BuiM Creek, are spending a few
days with relatives here.
and Charles W. Hutch
ins, of. Winston-Salem, spent Sun
day with relatives and friends here.
R. R. Love has purchased from
Bert Wilson a dwelling and lot oa
Spruce street, consideration not
known.
Edwin Vest, of Charlotte, was
among the visitors here Sunday.
Westfield Baptists To
Build New Church
Much interest is being manifested "
by Westfield Baptists in their pro
posed new church building. Tho
church has been steadily growing
under the capable leadership of'
their pastor Rev. S. F. Martin, of
Winston-Salem, and about two
weeks ago the first public effort to
secure funds for the new church was
made, at this time $5,200.00, of the
necessary eight or ten thousand was
subscribed, showing that the people
are very much in earnest about the
project.
The new church will be erected on
the same site now occupied by the
old cnurch which will be removed
in du«f time for the erection of the
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new structure which will be of brick
veneer. Additional ground has al
ready been purchased for enlarging
the cemetery.
The ladies of the Missionary so
ciety of the church will give an oys
ter supper with lots of other good
things to eat in the high school
building next Friday night from 6
to IS o'clock P. M. and cordially in
vite the general public to patronise
them. The proceeds will be used to
swell the building fund.—Mt. Airy-
Mews. •
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South Carolina yteed
Sales Reported High
Columbia, Dee. ».—South Qaro
| Una tobacco solos for the present
year weto reported today at M,-
775,614 pounds, which brought sll,-
| 411,420.81, In the monthly statement
of the department of agricufam.
, The average price was ttS.tt. Small
quantities are expected to ba im
ported Mm several warehouse tor
i Qeoessbor and a final statemfmt wWI
r be Issued next month, the depart
ment said.
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