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, - 7; '--*• - • ■*•" ' ■ •*:". DANBURY REPORTER Volume 54. LET COUNTIES HAVE GAS TAX One Cent On Gallon Would Be Allowed Them Under Bill To Be Introduced In Legis lature. Raleigh, Jan. 10.—A bill to pro vide that one or one and half cents of the four-cents-per-gallon state tax on gasoline be divided equally among the 100 counties in the state to help the counties take care of county road bonds and to build county roads will be introduced in the State Senate byf Senator J. C. Ray, of Hillsboro. Gas and li cense plate tax create a surplus in paying interest and retiring this state highway bonds and this surplus could be used to splendid j advantage by the counties on their, road systems. The roads are plan- j ned to serve the citizens of the I ft ate and many residents of rural' sections get little advantage, ex-1 i-'.-pt when they have to make trips on one of the state system roads, Mr. Ray states, saying that his plan would come nearer serving th.* entire citizenship. Probably a mil- ( lioti to a million and half dollars I would thus be for distribution,' meaning from $lO,OOO to $15,000 a year for each county. This would increase with the proportionate in crease in gasoline consumption, it is pointed out. Many of the counties, with this help, could either lower their tax rates or add 10 or 15 miles of good sand-clay road each year it is figured. , Duke Estate Worth $89,704,859 Scmerville, N. J., Jan. 4—The first account of the state of James B. Duke, tobacco manufacture was fil ed today with Somerset county Sur rogate Calvin McMurtrey. The original inventory of the es tate, made at the time of the death of millionaire, showed his holdings were $86,309,140.22. This with the amount since accrued, brings the total to $89,704,859.60. The amount of expenditures sine.' the death of Mr. Duke on October 10. 1925, was $9,957,710.92 for gen eral expenses. This with the amount paid out in legacies and creation of trusts, makes a total of $36,253,- •80.90, leaving a balance of $53,- '51.778.76. The list of expenditures shows an iitni of $6.560,081.53, paid as fed val inheritance tax. The state in heritance tax was $2,581,366.57. Somerset county is entitled to five per cent of the state inheritance tax. The surrogate's fees are expected to be approximately $89,000. Final ad justment of this fee lies within the discretion of the court. James B. Duke maintained in Somerset county an elaborate and costly estate. It covers 20,000 acres and has within its boundaries 35 miles of paved roads, beautiful sta tuary and expensive landscape ef fects. This beautiful estate was left by the terms of the will to Doris Duke, now 15. She and Mrs. Duke spend a little time in the mansion, but make no pretense of maintaining it in the grand fashion affected by the tobacco man. How To Make Fortune; Plant Black Walnuts Washington, Jan. 4.—P'mting a bushel of black walnuts this fall the agriculture department declared would make a good investment for farmers in upland and hill sections of the South. Walnut, one of the finest cabinet woods known, is worth about $2OO a thousand feet and a bushel of nuts, of which there is a large crop this year, numbers about 1,500. Planted in idle corners, waste strips and along fence rows, a bushel in . time should return a huge profit. OUR GIRLS PAINT TOO MUCH | Proteins and Daily Dozens Put North Sisters In Lead For Pulchritude, Y. W. C. A. Leader Says. i Charlotte, Jan. 10.—The ancient j time-honored theory that the South i and time-honored theory that the I South ist he home of feminine pul-1 eh«?tude is a my.ii. i No more the olusn of natural' charm suffuses the cheeks of our j girls. No more the traditional al- | lurement of shy reserve can coax' the chivarly of the nation to their I feet. The Broadway girl has stolen ' her stuff. Miss Lucy Adams, of New York, 1 i health education secretary of the j j national Y. W. C. A. and one in a j position to know, is the source of' ! i ' | this heresy. Miss Adams, who left for New \ York last night shortly after evinc ing her opinions, blames the prefer -1 ence of the southern girl for the compact over th« protein f.r the limbo into which her far-famed beauty has been relegated. I Northern girls, flappers and all, 1 • possess a naive beauty that stands out in sharp contrast to the rouged ' and lipsticked faces of the southern girl. And far greater care in her diet is shown by the Yankee girl. ' Those who eat in cafeterias choose their food carefully, as a general rule, eating only that which con- 1 tains a certain number of proteins. : Their diet is carefully regulated. j "The average northern girl could not last the afternoon on a lunch' consisting of a chocolate milkshake and a sandwich," Miss Adams said, i Cosmetics are used sparingly in the north. They are not needed. Miss Adams says. "New York girls show a greater interest in athletics than the ones' in the south," she said. "That probably accounts for one of the reasons cosmetics are not needed. The climate of the north, while oxtreinely cold at times, is not the damp, penetrating kind. And it doesn't vary so much, either," shj added. NMSHT I.IFE. Night lift-, with Broadway and a thousand and one night clubs offe-' ing diversification, is taken as :i 1 natural course by the young people.' "But." said Miss Adams,"the vcy j fact that girls adhere to a careful diet ami take an interest in gym nastic exercises offset any damage done by late hours." She added that the majority of southern girls were lax in their ex ercise. "Of course, gymnasium training hasn't been here so long as it has in , the north. That's probably respon sible for a part of the laxity shown in physical training in the south." Postal Receipts Show "Biggest" Christmas | Washington, Jan. 4- —anta (]laus messenger, Uncle Sam, raked in a 1 neat bit of money for his services this Christmas. The exact amount he has not had tin|e to calculate, but his workers estimate the American public paid approximately $18,000,- 1 000 to the postal service for hand | ling gifts and greetings. Total postal receipts for Decem ber are estimated at about $69,000,- 000 while the average monthly re ceipts for the. year prior to Decem ber were about $51,000,000. The in crease in revenues for December represent roughly the cost of carry ing Christmas gifts and greetings. The German process of Bergius, whereby sugar is manufactured from sawdust, has been patented in the United States. Synthetic jwels ar used in about i 90 per cent of th watches now being manufactured. 1 Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, Jan. 12, 1927 PHONE SERVICE IS ASSURED | I Danbury and Walnut Cove To Have Wire Connection With in Next Few Days As Re-, suit of Stockholders Meeting j Saturday. If weather conditions are not too I severe Danbury anil Walnut Cove will have telephone connection ' • established once more within the next few days, likely next week or I earlier. At a meeting of the stockholders of the Town Fork Telephone Co. J held at Walnut Cove Saturday it , was definetly decided to rebuild the! | telephone line betwen Danbury and | 1 Walnut Cove at once, and Messers.! i J H. H. Davis and H. G. Tuttle wee directed to have hte work done. The t placing of new poles has already . ; been started. I This will be pood news to citizens of both places, as the telephone has become almost an absolute necessi-' ty between these Stokes towns. I WEED"AVERAGES $24.52 TO DATE Lisrht Sales On Winston Mar ket Last Week With Prices About Like Before Holidays. i Winston-Salem, Jan. B.—Sales on ' this tobacco market during the past week brought the season's total to ( 39,2:15,078 pounds which ijold for $9,1523,137.90, or an average of 21.52 a hundred. I Sales during the past week to-' j tided 724,882 pounds, and brought $113,750.51, which was an average of $19.83 a hundred pounds, i Only 184,316 pounds of the weed wore sold yesterday, netting $37,- 929.38, or an average price of $20.57 ' a hundred pounds. ; During the past week the price on all grades of tobacco has been good. The low average, for the past week, was caused by the great amount of common tobacco that ha-i come upon the market. Much dark tobacco, similar to "sun cured" to bacco has been in evidence all the | week and very few of the more do ' sirable grades have boon sold. , VIOLENT" DEATHS SHOW DECLINE 16 During Past Week In State; I Weekly Average In 102f> Was 25. Kaleigh, Jan. 10. —Violent deaths in North Carolina continue to de cline. There wore only 1 6 fatalities in the State during the past week as compared with the usual 25 report ed for an average week of 1920. Half of these fatalities—seven— was caused by automobiles. Five wore listed as homicides. Two on giners wore killed in a railroad ac cident near Winston-Salem. One woman was burned to death and •» man was killed at a sawmill. Party at Pinnacle Pinnacle R. 2, Jan. I.—A party was held at the Sli.;ppard resi dence Saturday evening, Jan. Bth, I beginning at 7:30 and lasted until late hours. The music was furnish lod by the Whit String Band from I Mt. Airy. Among those who wer-i .present were: Mr. and Mrs. W. L. j Lynch, Mr. and Mrs. Garlen Denny, i Mr. Luke Gordon, Miss Martha Rutledge, Mr. C. Boyles, Miss Effie Turpin, Mr. Harvey Cook, Miss Jennie Lynch, Mr. Roid Tilloy, Miss Esther Wilson, Mr. Tom Covington. Miss Kasley Hausor, Mr. Otis Mit chell, Miss Pauline Hauser, Mr. Gi I t ; Owens, Mr. Lester Owens, Mrs. J. , P. Lawson and family, Misses Be i atrice and Beulah Poll, Mr. Sam ! Rutledge, Messrs. Carl and Howard ; Marion Frye, Messrs. Roy, Ralph Wilson, Miss Loon a Combs, Mr. | Porter McGee and others. I ! ROAD BOARD il I TO PAY UP, ! ' Secretary Bailey, of the Board, > Thinks All Acounts Can Be Paid After Next Meeting- of | Commission. • | | I The following letter received this t week from Secretary B. P. Bailey, 1 of the Stokes County Highway I Commission, will probably be of in- I ! terest to some of our readers, and ' we are taking the liberty to publish it: ! * Walnut Cove, N. C. Jan. 11. ' Danbury Reporter, « Danbury, N. C. t I Dear sirs: t , Lots of parties are asking n\e it * I different times about when the j ' road board is going to pay them,' J and as there are possibly others that I | would like to know, 1 want you to j!i j state through the columns of your | paper that I have mailed out checks f for about all past due accounts, and I ! those that have not been mailed will f ;be sent out right after our next! | meeting. j s | All parties that have done any • work for the county will also be paid a up by the first of next month. Our expenses have been much smaller this year than last as you fc can see when I send you the yearly report to be published which will be i inside of a week or so. ■ » If wo can hold our expenses down V to where they have been for the last two months I am sure that we can pay all bills on the first of each v ; month, and not have to hold any one off. I f i | Thanking you, I am | Yours Respectfully, B. P. BAILBY, Secretary » | Stokes Highway Commission. « ! ( DOGS GIVING .FORSYTH TROUBLE i 1 County Commissioners Make i Order That Record Be Kept i . of All Dog Tax License Numbers in Order that Own ers May Be Located. Forsyth county as well as Stokes . appears to be having trouble with i | her dogs. The news item below ' gives some idea of how the county ; is being called upon to pay damages , • done by dogs: ' Winston-Salem, Jan. 7. The For- i syth County l'oard of Commission - ' ers, in session on Friday, wore much concerned over the increase i:i rabid ; 1 dogs thruout the county, many re- ; ■ ports being made of damage done i by affected dogs. i J In addition to refunds to citizens • I who have taken the rabies treat- j • ! men t, a large sum is due Tom Mur- i j phy for damages on his goat farm | I north of the city. Dogs, it is alleg ■ j ed, make nightly raids on his place, ] ■ causing much loss. A jury will be •' appointed by the commissioners to i • determine the amount of damage i done by dogs, the jury also to try and locate the owners of the canines. | The commissioners passed an or- j ' dor that a record of every dog tax license number be kept at the court | house so that a check can be made j as to ownership when dogs run | amuck in the county. I ( Stokes Citizens Make ! Good Tobacco Sales Some Stokes farmers who have 1 made good tobacco sales since the • i holidays are as follows: , I .' W. M. Nelson, 176 pounds at 43 ' s cents, 190 at 38, 60 at 40, 120 at 52. 1 5 Tom Flinchum, 190 pounds at 33 ' , cents, 206 at 36, 84 at 35, 16 at 40.; . j J. M. Brown, 190 pounds at 33, I cents, 144 at 52. i J. K. Smith. 164 pounds at 33 : . cents, 114 at 35, 146 at 35, 156 at ' i 56. | 1 Rady Bennett, 114 pounds at 44 i cents, 24-4 at 49. . j Cecil Slate, 292 i>ounds at 34 1 cents, 86 at 38. I I WALNUT COVE TO HAVE PARK ! Will Be Developed At Point On River Near Town— Other News and Personals. J Walnut Cove, Jan. 12.—Prepara- j tion is underway here for the estab j lishment of a recreation park and bathing beach at the new concrete bridge at Hairston's Ford on Dan ! river. Work is expected to strrt on the development in the early spring, and the place will nodoubc be made an attractive one, easily and quickly reached from nearby towns over paved roads. The ven ture will be promoted by Walnut Cove citizens. Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Reirson, Misses Claud and Stell Rierson aid' Herbert Rierson spent a few days at Charlotte last week. Mr. and Mrs. J. We>'!ey More field, Miss Nina Moreftcld and Mr. Hassell Morctield have returned from a visit to Florida. Walnut Cove was visited by a seven inch snow this week. Ther mometers here registered iv: . de grees below zero on Tui ;day night. Mrs. Nannie Fulton left yester day for Leesburg, Florida, to visi, her brother, Frank Webster. Mr j Webster, who is a native of Stokes, is president of the L.'cUiii :: bank and also operates several e::ui;i;v giovcs. 1 Mr. and Mrs. K. D. Matthe WS, Ol Winston-Salem, spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Vaughn, j P. W. Davis has resumed his former position as agent for the A. & Y. railway company. Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Tuttle have taken rooms at the home of Mrs. John Burton for the winter for the convenience of their children, whi are attending school here. Bill Fulton and Miss Mary Francis! Davis spent the week end with friends at Winston-Salem. Mrs. Amanda Martin, of Madison,! was a recent guest of Mrs. A. T. Rothrock. Mr. and Mrs. Matt Tuttle have returned from their bridal trip and are now at home to their many friends. Mrs. Tuttle was formerly Miss Sadie Ilarrell, of Pilot Mtn., while Mr. Tuttle is manager of the cafe here. Geo. 11. Fulton, "f the Walnut Cove Motor • attended the auto mobile slew in New York this week. Mrs. Fulton and children visited relative.- at F.lkin while he was away. Mr. Ferguson, who has been pharmacist for the Burton Drug Co., for some time past, has resigned and returned to his home at Randlc man. Nat Pepper has accepted a position with the Drug store. Slick Hart man, one of the popu lar surveyors on the Walnut Cove- Dan bury road, has been transfered to Yadkinville. New Baptist Church Here This Year Rev. O. K. Ward, pastor of the Walnut Cove Baptist church, preached at the Presbyterian chruch in Danbury Sunday afternoon. The Presbyterian church here is being used by the newly organized Baptist congregation until a house of worship can be p ovule.l. It is learned that a new church will likely be erected here by the Missionary Baptists this year. They have owned a nice lot here for a number of years. Officer P. L. Flinchum Goes To Newbern Prohibition Agent Posey L. Flin chum. of Danbury, has been trans ferred by the department to New bern, and he left the past week to enter on his duties. Mr. Flint-hum's family will remain here for the present. It is not known who will tak ■ Mr. Flinehum's place here. No. 2,*51 I AUTO ACCIDENT OCCURS AT KING Mrs. Roy Snider Hurt By Fall —Church Meeting Held— J. ; K. Caudle Improving Per i sonata. | King, Jan. 10.—A very interest ing meeting of the King Moravian I church was held at the home of , Mrs. S. H. Brown Thursday after noon, Jan. 6th, with Mrs. Brown anil Miss Lillie Goff as joint hostesses. The meeting was opened with sing ing, "Come Thou Almighty King," followed by the Daily Text, the Ijord's Prayer and reading" thj twenty-seventh Psalm, responsively. The minutes of the former meeting were read by Mrs. Brown, secretary, and the offering taken, amounting to 12 members were present. After a short program the preseni officers were all re-elected, Mrs. S. W. Pulliain, president; Mrs. 11. H. Leake, vice-president; Mrs. S. H. Brown, secretary and treasurer, . Miss Lilie Goff, corresponding secre [ tury. The society will meet wiih j Mrs. Grady K. Stone on west Main | street next month. "Faith of Our I Fathers" was used as the closing : hymn. During the social half hour | the hostesses, assisted by Miss Louise Brown served a salad course, fruits, cake, coffee and apples. Ollie Southern and Kay Harrison, of the Flat Shoals section, turned their Ford over on the road near Capella Sunday evening. Southern'.* arm was broken and Harrison sus tained a bad cut on his head which required several stitches to sew up. The Ford was used up considerable. The wreck was caused by a tire bursting as they rounded a curve in the road. Theinjured parties were ■ brought to the King Drag Company ! where doctors Stone and Helsabeck 1 dressed their wounds and reset the j broken arm. Mrs. Roy Snider fell at her home near here Friday, breaking both hones in her leg. Dr. G. E. Stone re-set the broken member. She is ••cported to be getting along as well as could be expected. Attorney N. O. Petree, of Dan bury. was here Saturday attending to some legal matters. Hanks Turner, who holds a posi tion at Winston-Salem, spent Sun day with his family in Woodland Heights. The bri.k work on J. W. Tuttle's new building on east Main street is about completed and the interior work will be pushed through to completion at an early date. Rev. Paul 11. New-sum. of thi.s place, tilled his regular appointment at Indian Grove, near Mount Airy Sunday. | Kay Kiser, of Winston-Salem, spent Sunday with relatives ami friends here. Prof, and Mrs. J. C. Colley, of Rural Hall, were among the visitors here Sunday. ! E. L. Kiser, of Rural Hall, was * business visitor here Saturday. A. S. Francis is preparing to erect a new home on the same old site in Pilot View, where his home was destroyed by lire a few weeks ago. C. W. Hutchins, of Winston-Salem, spent Sunday with his parents on Main street, i James R. Caudle, who has been very sick at his home in Walnut Hills for some time, is much im proved his many friends will be glad to learn. ■■ ■ Fiddlers' Convention At Flat Rock School i There will be an old time fiddlers' convention at Flat Rock school building. Saturday night, Jan. 22nd. . The very best musicians will be there. Charleston contest, clog dancing. Prizes offered. Keep the New Year going with a good time. . Come everybody. Admission 25. ! Proceeds for school. I
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