DANBURY REPORTER
Volume 54.
BRIDGE FOR
SEVEN ISLANDS j
Stokes Highway Commission
Will Receive Bids For Struc
ture On Feb. s—Citizens To
Be Congratulated.
The pood citizens of that section
of Peters Creek township just north
of Seven Islands ford on Dan river
arc to be congratulated on the fact
that it looks now like they are to
have a bridge across the Dan at 1
Seven Islands.
At a meeting of the Stokes Coun-i
ty Highway Commission at the'
court house Saturday an order was:
made by the board that bids be!
asked for on Feb. sth for the re-!
moval of the steel bridge at Hair-;
stor.'s ford on Dan river to the j
Seven Islands ford on the same
stream the bids to take into con-1
sideration the erection of the bridge'
at the new site. Formal notice*
concerning the bids appears else- j
where in this paper.
Byway of explanation, it might
be stated that the steel bridge at
Hairston's ford referred to here has j
recently been put out of use by the
erection of a handsome SBI,OOO con-1
crete bridge just below it, the new
bridge having been erected by the
Sta'e Highway Commission. This
bridge is on the Walnut Cove-Madi
son hard-surface road.
The proposed bridge at Sev?n
Islands has long been needed badly,
citizens of the community just north
of there having to travel a number
of miles farther to reach the county
seat or the market than will be
necessary after the erection of the
bridge.
THOS. D. MEADOR
DIES SUDDENLY
Conducted Wholesale Mercan
tile Business At Walnut
Cove But Resided In Madi
son.
Madison, Jan. 18.—Thomas D.
Jleador, one.of the most prominent
and influential citizens of the town,
died suddenly this afternoon at 1
o'clock at the age of 00. He had
been in declining health for some
time but his death came unexpect
edly as he had been attending to hi*
many businesses all day, having
. just returned from Greensboro at
the time of his death.
Mr. Meador was mayor of Madi
son and president of the Farmers
Hank and Trust company, superin
tendent of the county Sunday school
convention, superintendent of the
Baptist Sunday school, which posi
tion he had held continuously for 20
years, a deacon in the Baptist
church, and owned two wholesale
grocery store*, one in Madison and
one in Walnut Cove.
He had been a resident of Madi
son for 25 years, being a native of
Caswell county. He enjoyed a large
circle of friends especially in the re
ligious work and was a most earnest
Sunday school worker.He is survived
by his,wife and one daughter, Mrs.
Robert E. Labberton. The funeral
services will be conducted from the
home tomorrow afternoon at 4
o'clock by his pastor, Dr. L. D. Bass,
assisted by Rev. J. T. Rogers, and
the interment will follow in the
River view cemetery.
Peters Creek Store
Robbed Last Week
The store of Frank Smith, in
Peters Creek township, was burg
larized Tuesday night of last week,
the robbers taking off about fifty
dollars in cash which had been left
in the change drawer. The guilty
parties have not been apprehended.
Mrs. G. Garner of San Francisco,
was granted a divorce after telling
the judge that her husband cursed
and struck her when she trumped
his ace in a bridge game.
PLEASANT EVENT I
AT COURT HOUSE j
Three Or Four Hundred Citi, 1 -
zens Attended Old Fiddlers'
Convention Here Friday
Night.
Between three and four hundred
people attended the old time Fid
tilers' Convention held in the court
house at Danbury Friday night, and
the opinion was freely expressed by i
many of the attendants that it was j
the most enjoyable event of the
kind they had ever attended. A j
large number of musicians were ,
present and competition was strong j
for the nice prizes which Jiad been j
offered by the Parent-Teacher As-
soeiation.
Winners in the several contests j
were announced as follows:
Violin—First prize, R. L. McGee;
second, James Fulk; third, James !
Booth.
Banjo—First prize, Ernest Thomp- j
son; second, J. V. Hill.
Guitar—First Prize, Ed Willard; ■
second. Matt Simmons.
Mandolin —Ed Willard.
Autoharp—Willie Corns.
Mouth-harp—Ernest Thompson.
Clog dancing—Jesse R. Bennett.
Charleston dance—Julia Flinchum,
aged six.
Whistling—Jesse R. Bennett.
The judges who awarded the
prizes were' John Ix'wis, Lester
Shelton and Sanders Smith, and
their decisions met with general ap
proval, it was learned.
I The Parent-Teacher Association
realized a nice sum for use in the
school from the convention.
Four Stokes Boys
In Automobile Wreck
Moir Nelson, Early Ashby, I/eon
ard Stephens and Anderson Bullin
probably came near being killed Fri
-1 day night when the Ford roadster
1 they were riding in turned over sev
j eral times on the State highway
near Walter Ray's, between Dan
bury and Francisco. Young Steph
ens was hurt worst, his back being
wrenched and he has been in a seri
ous condition for several days. The
Ashby and Bullin boys were badly
bruised. Nelson, who was driving
the car. was not injured in any way,
except having his new car badly
torn up. Nelson was saitl to have
been driving down grade about, as
fast as the car would run when they
came upon a stiff curve and applie 1
the brakes. The boys were uncer
tain about the number of times the
car turned over.
Stokes Farmers Still
Have Much Tobacco
i
Winston-Salem, Jan. 15'j —''There
! is quite a quantity of leaf tobacco
|in Stokes county to be marketed
yet," remarked two growers who
live near Danbury, Thursday. Each
had brought truck loads of the weed
to the Winston-Salem market and
both were well, pleased with prices
obtained. C. A. Mabe, one of the
growers, stated that he had six
more barns to sell, while W. A.
Duncan, the second 'Jarmeij, an
nounced that he had two more barns
of the weed. Oscar Smith, who
lives near me, has about two thous
and pounds to market," added Mr.
Duncan, who explained that the
crop grown in Stokes county during
the past year had proven quite
profitable. "As is gen | ally known
Stokes and Surry counties, grow
about as good tobacco for chewing
and smoking as can be found any
where in North Carolina," declared
Mr. Duncan.
Tom Tarhell says if it pays other
business men to keep books, it alsj
pays him.
John Semm, of Chicago, was fined
$1,500 for making moonshine whis
key instead o bread in his bakery.
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, Jan. 19, 1927
WILL ALCOHOL
KILL A CALF?!
Westfield Man Had Novel Ex- ( 
perience During Recent Cold
Weather.
During the cold weather last
week a well known Westfield eiti- 1
zen, who was a Danbury visitor ]
Saturday, had a rather novel ex- i
perience with his car and his calf.
While getting some gas at a local, 1
filling station the proprietor sug-'i
gestcd that the Westfield man 1
should put alcohol in the radiator .
of his car. The alcohol was put in
and the Westfield man drove home.
About night the weather became so
cold that he decided the radiator
might freeze, so the alcohol waj
drawn out into a tub with the in- j
tention of putting it back into the
car next morning—if it was not
frozen. Imagine his surprise when
he went but next morning to find
that his little son's pet calf had
drank the contents of the tub. How
ever, the calf is still living and do
ing well.
i
4 MILLION ACRES
OF IDLE LANDS
That Would Furnish Millions
Of Dollars In Taxable
Values.
j
Raleigh. Jan. 18.—Forestry pres
•l i .
i ents one of the solutions of the tax
problems of States, said Paul G. j
Retlington, Assistant Forester of
: the United States Forest Service,'
1 here tonight.
i Mr. Redington said growing for-
I ests not only increase taxable value
of property, but furnish materials
for manufacturing enterprises which
I also create values from which taxes
! may be derived.
"North Carolina's forestry situa
tion," said the official, "is like that
of other States in that there are
| large areas of natural forest lands.
But they are now idle after being
|
! cut over. It is estimated there ars
in this State about 4,000,000 acres
of this land. Growing forests on
this area would furnish millions, of
dollars in taxable values."
Germanton News Item-;
i !
Germanton, Jan. 18.—The Ger-,
nianton teachers attended a district j
teachers' meeting held at King Sat
urday. Miss Mary Taylor and Miss
M. P. Byuum, of Germanton high
school. both made interesting talk
O. N. l'etree, of Greensboro, was
a business visitor here Thursday. |
Rev. W. R. Jenkins delivered an j
impressive sermon at the M. E. j
church Sunday evening. His theme
was taken from the 23rd Psalm.
I "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall
Not Want."
Mrs. T. J. Westmoreland still con
tinues* quite ill, although her condi
tion shows slight improvement.
Rev. E. A. Long will fill his reg
ular appointment at the Baptist
church the fourth Sunday night,
January 23rd.
Miss Frances Simpson
Hurt While Coasting-
Mr. and Mrs. John Taylor re
turned from • Winston-Salem Mon
day where they went to visit Mrs.
Taylor's sister, Miss Frances Simp
son, who is ill in a hospital as th.'
result of injuries sustained while
coasting on the snow a few days
since. The young lady lost control
lof her sled and struck a stone or
i cement wall with considerable viol
! enee, crushing one of her kidney *
| and breaking several ribs. It was
| necessary to remove the kidney, and
her condition has been serious but
she is rapidly recovering. Miss
I Simpson is the daughter of the lat*
'John T. Simpson and Mrs. Simpson
and is a lovable character, having
many warm friends here who hope
for her a speedy recovery.
URGES THAT GAS
TAX REMAIN
Chairman Page Pleads That It
Not Be Diverted For Aiding
Certain Counties.
Raleigh, Jan. 18.—State Highway
Chairman Frank Page late today:
pleaded for holding inviolate the
gasoline tax for maintenance of the
highway system. He appeared be
fore the legislative joint committee'
on roads.
It was the first meeting of the
joint committee which had invite J
the highway chairman and its at
torney, Charlie Ross, to talk on (
bills referred to the committemen.
Ross spoke for uniformity in traf
fic laws and detailed work of a na
tional safety organization in pre
paring a bill to care for virtually
all changes in the traffic laws.
His suggestion was that the two
committees hold all pending legisla
tion dealing with traffic in abeyance
until this general bill, forthcoming, I
could lie examined.
Mr. Page was not speaking for or'
' against any particular bill but rath
er about the highway commission
work in general. He said he had
heard there was some tendency in
some sections to allot a part of the
gasoline tax for the maintenance of
j county roads.
The committee chairman added
that he realized some of the counties
had built more roads than they
! could comfortably pay for, but he
, hoped the legislature would not
take away a part of the gasoline
tax there by puting the state in an
embarrassing position financially.
He expressed belief that the peo
| pie of the state were getting more
for their money from the mainten
ance fund than they were getting
from the construction funds.
The road bonds bad been sold with
understanding that they would be
backed by this tax on gasoline and
he further thought it would be
breaking faith with the buyers of
these bonds if the source from which
the bonds were to be retired wen?
to be curtailed.
, Mr. Pagj? did not think it neces-
I sary for the assembly to enact laws
i providing for additions to the high-
I way system, for this was taken care
' of under the old law.
! The original hjll provided for
• about 5,200 miles in the highway
j system and this figure has been
stretched until there are at present
: 'VISO miles under the supervision
the commission and at the latest
j meeting of the commission a resolu
tion was adopted to add eight per
i >'ent or about 500 more miles to the
| system.
Mr. Page referred to recent Su
preme court ruling which limits
power of the commission in location
of roads and understood there was
legislation pending which would
seek to "more clearly define the
1 powers of the commission" in this
regard and he would be gflad to
give the conunitte benefit of his ad-
I vice and views when this bill came
'up for committee consideration.
Mr. Ross thought it wise to enact
traffic regulations which conform as
nearly as local conditions will per
mit with laws in other states "since
about 20 per cent of the people
traveling our highways come from
other states and since large num
bers of our own people travel other
states."
Junior Order Lodge
For Danbury Soon
Danbury is soon to have a Junior
Order Lodge, if present plans are
carried out. Already the number
of applications filed for membership
is sufficient to establish a lodge here
and it is likely that it will be organ
ized in the near future.
"Uncle Ben" Hodges of Poplar
Bluff, Mo., has just quit chopping
railroad ties at the age of 111.
10 MILLION OF :
WEED ON HAND
Co-Ops Still Have 40,970 Hogs- .
heads of Redried Tobacco— j
Weed Mostly in Eastern Vir-i
ginia.
Greensboro, Jan. 10.—The three
receivers of the Tobacco Growers' 1
1
Co-operative Associations have filed 1
in the five federal courts in th* I
| Carolinas and Virginia a report 1
I showing realization and liquidation :
of accounts since the receivership '
was undertaken on last June lit and
up to the end of the year. 11
I They reported 10,if70 hogsheads
|of redried tobacco on hand estimat- I
ed worth $10,733,130.75. The great 1
• part of this is in the Eastern dis- f |
I trict of Virginia and most of the.
, remainder in the Western district i
! of'the same state. They report 31,-11
I 923 hogsheads in the Eastern dis-1
trict and 8,872 in the Western di.>- |:
| trict of Virginia. j 
In the $11,177,200.80 liabilities 
i
j listed for the association, members'|
I equity was estimated at $8,7-15,808.- 1
111 less $979,1 10. II which was lost 1
,on realization of goods disposed u.'.
Notes payable amounted to $1,210.- I
K77.58, storage charges to $42,-
| 312,34, interest to $18,172.50 and re 1
| serves from sales as guarantees to ;
[warehousing corporations, $1,182,-
i; iwuty. i
I I Assets of the association con- I
' j tained inventory of tobacco estimat
ed at $10,733,130.70, over-payment.; i
to members of S4O-1,326.03, not's I
receivable $555,705.74 and cash as
-1 sets of $240,356.93. Investments :
were listed as worth $1,238,310.
December sales were reported •
: $181,186,70, with an average of j
■ 77.80 per cent, of bankers' valuation
' received for goods sold. In Decem
ber the receivers took in $622,085.97
1 and spent $640,291.85, of which
| $599,483.45 went to the Federal In
' termediary Credit Bank at Balti
- more. Bills payable at the close ol',
1 j the month amounted to $4,240,977.-
1 j 58 as compared with $8703,200 on
-'June 19, when the receivership be
gan.
*. The receivers reported that to
* secure possession of tobacco stored
" with the Bright Leaf Warehousing j
L ' Corporation they had to pay stor- I
age charges in spite of the fact that
the contract of the association with :
the corporation provided plan under j
1 which the corporation storage|
' charges were completely satisfied
' by payment of operating expenses
t on Align t 1. 1920.
f Mrs. M. 0. Jones
Entertains Her
Sunday School Class
(Written for The Reporter, Jan. 1.1
( Mrs. M. O. Jones entertained the
members of her Sunday school cla«s
I and others Friday evening from "
to 10 P. M.
! The evening was spent in guess
( ing contests and playing games,
i Paul East was awarded the prize
,! in an Alphabet contest, an ABC
| book. Mabel Hudspeth was given * i
. I box of candy in another contest and
.! Elmer Campbell a game for carry
i ing the most peas on a knife from
,' one table to another
I The hostess, assisted by Misses
I I Nancy Lee Dunlap and Ola Camp
! bell and Mr. Jones, served sand
. wiches and punch, salted nuts and
candy*
Those present were Misses Mary
Hackney, Miriam Hall, Ethel East,
Frances Humphreys, Mabel Huds
peth, Azile Sutphin, Ola Campbell,
• Nancy Lee Dunlap. and guest, Myr
; tie Priddy, Messers. Paul East,
r Francis and Paul Martin. Raymond
i Hackney, Elmer and Edgar Camp-!
' bell, Edwin Taylor. Clifford King,;
- Easley Joyce, Merritt Hudspeth and |
James Jones.
r Retired at the age of 33 years, a j
r mule at Coleman, Tex., follows an
' ice wagon it formerly pulled.
No. 2,*52
KING WILL SOON
HAVE THE "JUICE"
James Wall Undergoes Major
Operation—Wesley N. Vest
111 With Pneumonia Per
sonals.
Kinir, Jan. 17.—The Southern
Public Utilities Company has a
large force of men here at work
huilding new lines preparatory ti»
furnishing King, Rural Hall, Da't'vi
and Pinnacle with power and elec
tric lights. The substation will a.f
located at King and other
towns will be supplied from herv.
The town of King expects to have
lights within a few weeks while it
will take about five months to com
plete the whole project.
J. 11. Sapp has purchased from S.
W. Pulliam six acres of land ia
Pilot View, consideration $l"»9.00.
(). Q. Grabs returned Friday from
a hunting trip in eastern North
Carolina. He brought back a fine
deer with him.
Walter Sprinkle, who holds a po
sition at Elkin, spent the week end
with his family here.
Vester Wall is very sick with ap
pendicitis at his home west of her?.
Mr. and Mrs. George Brown, of
I.incnlnton, spent Sunday with rel
atives here.
Miss Krsie Pulliam, of Winston-
Salem, is spending a few days with
her mother here. )>
Wesley N. Vest, aged 00 years,
is very sick with pneumonia at his
home two miles south of here.
S. S. Boles, of Monroe, Va., Is
spending a few days with relatives
here.
I Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Goff, of
j Winston-Salem, spent Sunday with
: relatives here.
C. Walker, of Winston-Salem, W
a business visitor here today.
James Wall, who underwent a
j major operation in the Lawrence
j hospital at Winston-Salem last
, week, shows no improvement, we
are sory to state.
N. H. Madearis, of WinstomSa
lem, is here attending to some busi
ness matters today. V
WALNOTCOVE
NEWS ITEMS
Road Work Is Hold Up P.y CoM
Weather Personal Items.
Walnut Cove, Jan. I^.—The cold
weather has prevented the work on
the Walnut Cove-Madison road to a
great extent. There is still several
: hundred feet to be cemented.
I Miss Nannie Jones spent last week
j in Winston-Salem with Dr. and Mrs.
I
; Beverly Jones.
Miss Carrie Moore Noal, of Dan
bury, spent last week end with her
parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Neal.
Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Rierson, Misses
Stella and Claude Hierson and Her
bert Rierson visited in Charlotte re
cently
Mrs. J. W. Slate, Mrs. J. T. Ellis
and children, Thomas and Elizabeth,
and R. W Slate, of High Point, were
visitors here last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. N. Mitchell, of Win
ston-Salem, visited relatives here
Sunday.
Mrs. 0. E. Ward is confined to her
home with sickness.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Moorefield,
Miss Nina Moorefield and Hassel
Moorefield have returned from a
visit to Petersburg, Fla.
Mrs. G. H. Fulton and children
visited relatives in Elkin recently.
Mrs. Posey L. Flinchum and chil
dren expect to leave in a few days
to join Mr. Flinchum at Newbem.
Mr. Flinchum. who is a prohibitio*
j aeent, was recently transferred
i from Stokes to Newbem.
I When grain and livestock fanning
jis mixed with cotton growing, the
j highest accumulation of farm
wealth results, according to recefu
! studies.