DANBURY REPORTER
Volume 54.
ICE PLANT FOR
WALNUT COVE
Now ISeing Constructed By J.
T. Ramsey and Others—
Chevrolet Dealer Moving To
New Quarters Personal
Items.
Walnut Cove, Fob. I.—A now in
dustry for Walnut Covo is to bt ai.
ice plant, work now being under
way on the building. The machin
ery has boon purchased, it is learn
ed, and the plant will be ready for
operation by warm weather. J. T.
Ramsey will he general manager of
the plant, and it is learned that the
capacity of the plant will be sutli
cit n*. to supply this entire territory.
Mrs. Sallie Martin and daughter,
Mrs. Haird, of Detroit, are oxpocte i
her* soon for a visit In relative;-.
They are former residents of this
place. Mrs. Baled being peine U> her
niiii" iaue, Mi.-s Mary Martin.
T:.e Chevrolet dealers here are
»■«•!:  ing from the Boyle- building
.i:. aeiu-s tile stioot. t>i tl.e lorn.or
i " • oi" the Walnut Cove M itor
 o.
A ewelr.v store has just been
o; : fil here, the proprietor being
.M .J. D. Ashley.
Mi-- Bessie Mitchell is quite ill
a 1 '.no Lawrence hospital in Win
-Salem. Miss Mitchell is a
graduate iiurse of the Lawrence
tin-- pital.
Marion, the small daughter of Mr.
ami Mrs. Jacob Fulton, Jr., is re
in' ring nicely from an attack of
sea:lot fever.
Mr. and Mrs. Ft. (1. I'etree. of
tii -manton visited relatives here
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Vaughn, Mrs.
Frank I'etree and children left
Tuesday for points in Florida. Mr.
al:■ i Mrs. Vaughn gn to Jacksonville
t« visit their son and Mes. I'etree
gc«.- to St. Petersburg to join her
hu.-band, who has a position there.
Dorothy. the small daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Rothrock has
int •ly recovered front her recent
illl.e-s.
Mr. and Mrs. I'aul Fulton spent
S :: lay in Greensboro.
-County Commissioner 11. 11.
Wi .amson, of Pine Hall, was a
v. here Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry S-ott and
sin., of Durham, were guests of rel
iili s here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. F. I>. Matthews, Mr.
ai..i Mrs. Walter Vaughn and Mr.
Jic.an Vaughn, of Winston, spent
Sin.day here.
Mr. J. B. Woodruff, a prominent
business man of this place, is quite
ill at his home here.
Mrs. (). J. Catcs is confined to her
home with illness.
J. E. Ward Moves
To High Point
J. E. Warn, of the Sandy Ridge
community, is this week removing
with his family to High Point. Mr.
Ward will operate a grocery store
and filling statioYi in High Point.
His many friends in Stokes regret
to see hint leave the county hut
wish him much success,
Mrs. T. J. Gann Is
Slightly Improved
Madison, Jan. 27.—Mrs. T. J.
(Jann, win so home is a few miles
west of town, has been seriously
ill. for some time, with her condition
reported as slightly improved at
present. Miller lie; her »•>!', of
Vulcan. W. V.. has i cently boon a',
the bedside of his mother.
Just A Jingle.
We're going to a blow-out. so
Ai auto we will hire.
Saul he. and then the blow-out
came
PiAvn in the auto tire. —E\.
! $30,000,000 MORE
; FOR ROAD?
. Will Require Greater Part oi
• i This Amount To Repay
i Counties Which Have Madt
11 Loans To State.
Bills have been introduced in bolt
branches of the Legislature whirl'
, would authorize the issuing "I
thirty-million dollars more for roa
Construction in North Carolina. I'
is thought very probable that tin
hill will pass easily,
j During the past few years mam
of the counties in the State hav t
i loaned the highway eoinmissio-
enonev to build roads in their terri
t
tories, and it is stated that it wi'.l
require the greater part of tin
thirty million to repay these coun
ties. Stokes will come in for 8200,-
000 of the amount.
Will Study Tobacco
At Short Course
Raleigh, Feb. I. (liading i'arti
• J erojis sii that the owner may re
! reive a price based on grade i be
i coming more impm .tut in Nort
: Carolina. Farmer : know more about
grade* than foiYoeny and they d.-
I ntand to be pail acen'iiiiur t.i thi
-* qtmlty of material that they put out
'. Little is known, however, abom
• tobacco grades. The best gn wer
of course, grade their weed and b\
. grading it get a much better prici
- than th.' man who dumps his weci
i" on the market without any attempt
to separate the best leaf from tin
F poorest. There are dolininto grade
•of tobacco now established by thi
I'niteii States government and earl
. grower who wishes to get the most
1 money from his tobacco crop shoub
. know something of these grades.
To aid in this, the State College
•of Agriculture will hold a three
■ day short course in tobacco grading
on February S, ',i and 10. The eours;
F is free of charge, meal, are reason
i able in price and rooms may be ha
: convenient to the college eampus
The course will he in charge ol
Prof. J. B. Cottier of the Depart
moiil of Agronomy. H> will be as
. sisted by Prof. F. (!. Moss. upcrin
i tcmleut of the Tobacu) Branch Sta
tion near Oxford. The actual grad
I ing instruction wiil be in charge
Frank B. Wilkersun, tobacco speci
alisi of the L'nitetl State., Depart
. iiient of Agriculture at Washington
.; Mr. Wilkerson will explain th.
new tobacco grades, will give prae
tico instruction in grading to al
L students attending ami will describ
■ and grade the various samples of to
; baco that will be used in the course
At the close of the course oi
I February 10, a tobacco grading coil
j test will be put on with suitable
! prizes offered to the successfu
• students. It is expected that man;
growers will take advantage of th':
course and those who plan to conn
' should write at once to Prof. Cotnei
' or Dr. Z. P. Metcalf. director ol
teaching at State College. »
L Fiddlers' Convention
At Pine Hal
i
i Ye olde time tiddlers' couvcntiot
, will be held at Pine Hall schoo
■ building Saturday night, Feb. sth.
Prizes will be awarded to bes
. players. All musicians are invited
. Proceeds for M. E. church piani
, fund.
I- Young People Here
Have Christian League
A young people'.- Christ ia l
; League was organized here Sundu'
; afternoon at the Presl yteriu
I chuK-h. Miss Mary Hackney wa
, elector president. Miss Klizabetl
t Martin vice-president and Mis
Mab.l Hudspeth Fecvetaey-teeasue
. ee. Meetings will be held weekly.
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, Feb. 2, 1927
i THE FATHER OF
=5 OUR COUNTRY,
ii' Tenth Grade School Boy At
y Francisco Writes Interesting j
e i Sketch of Life of George
J Washington.
h (lly Sanders Shelton, Tenth Grade,
ii Francisco Hiiih School.)
In a few days, (Feb. 'J2.I is a day |
■' that every red-blooded American j
■ (
'• liny and girl should celebrate, be-1
10 cause it's a day of birth of our,
greatest American, General George i
I
v Washington. I suppose you all have!
v heard of him, and his greatness, but I
'' if you will listen a while, I will tell
you about him.
'1 ' .
Strong, self-sacrificing, detcrniin-1
11 ed General George Washington, j
commander-in-chief of the American j
'* army during the Revolutionary wa l- , 1
led the light for freedom. The first (
_ president of the tinted States, lie j
Islands as the founder of our nation.!
r.» We are Ameriians because lie was!
truly a (rreat Am- ricai:. We are to-'
11 day. nearly two ||Uinii -il years since j
his bit lli, ei joying tlx fruits h '• >
great lie. -.
1 W'usisinjr"*■:»"- f.ith-r. who died
when Gcorgi wa.- twelve year- old, j
was married Iv/ict George was his
" tifth child, I lie first by his second
wife, lie wa- born Feb. 'JJ, 17'!2,
K at I!fi' 1 sv -s C.ork, We.-tinorelaild
county, Virginia, which is now
known as Wa!:etie!d.
I The family moved to Washington,
as Mt. Vernon was then called,
it
win n George was three. About four
le
years later the home-stead burned, I
■s
and they moved to the estate on the
ic
Rapnnhnnnock River, across from !
h
the cit-y of Fredericksburg, Virginia,
I j Here (ieorge spent hi* childhood. ,
In his early youth he learned to
~ "read, write and cipher," at a small
, school kept by Mr. Hobby, the sex
ton of the Parish Church. After
his father died he went to live with
( his brother, Augustine, at Undue.- J
Creek, to attend a better schoid j
s kept by Mr. William... A little lat '
( f er, howefer. he w.nt to live with
his mother and studied at a schoi :
. kept by the Rev. James Marye in
_ Frederii ksl.urg. We have many of
hi- letters ami writings of his own,
I kept throughout life and many of
,• his account books. From them, \\
: are able to come very close to bi
t personality, to know him far beti-.
!t perhaps, than ttic people of his nw
!, household (family) l.'ivw him, an I
we find him to be a great American.
II In Washington was culled
)•_• upon to render the military servi
). for which he had been studying and
... preparing, and now at the age of
HI twenty-one, he proved his ability it
i- leadership. The trouble between
| v . the French and the Knglish had
ii come to a head. Everything was a'
y loose ends. They both claimed the
is Ohio territory, and Washington was
io sent thru the wilderness for fi\
*r hundred miles over an Indian trail.
>f with an expidition against th
I
i French, Washington proved to !>«
, successful, and at that won the
| victory and finished his task.
|| George Washington was the great
est farmer of his day. He went t"
l! 1 live at Mount Vernon where he
owned a beautiful estate on th
Potamae river. Washington ke] ;
increasing his estate until his death
He owned 51,000 acres. His great
lo
est pride was being the first farmer
in America.
I George Washington was a man of
devotions to his country. He speii ;
most of his life in public and for.
in - ~ . .
the country. He was first in war.
and als > first in peace, and h.
. i
greatest d ire was private life.
I-' .
I, Hi- devotions to his country, an.', i
n hi.- high mindiness. humanity and j
• , justice ha-: kept him in memory un '
til this day.
1
| FINE ARTS CLUB
HAS BIRTHDAY |
! On Its Fourth Anniversary
i 1
"The Natural Resources of!
T!ic Piedmont IMateau" Ar"j
I S( lulied—History of the Or-,
i g;.ni/.ation.
I Mi J. S. Taylor was the very
| delightful hostess of the Fine Arts
Club at the January meeting. The
| guests were met by Mrs. Taylor,
I and invited into the rooms, the at-,
i traetiveness of which Were further
I I
| enhanced with potted plants and
I cheerful fires, making a most cordi !
:al welcome. The meeting was pre- :
j sided over by the president, Mrs. R.
j R. King, in her usual capable man-:
' ner. and opened with the club col-1
I lect, after which the in.-mber.-'
I joined in singing, "America the!
| I'eatitiful." The program for the'
j aft. ■•noil was the further study of
| Nor'., ('andina. "The Natural R
I sot'r of Ihe Piedmont Plateau"
i w is pre-ented by Mrs. .lohn Taylor;
"Tlii Hill Country, the Industrial
, 1 ell •■■ of tin South."by Mr . I\.
!P. •; er; and "P i I"i tn• ■ of the
' Pit d . 'lit Plat. ;.tf I y Mr- . .1. I ».
1i ' 11! 1»> I I . V-.
Pl' 'i - We !*• di II: -.-in i i il
ing r • 'ill.- in the Pi tr ■ haiidinu
for -I place IO I. II ,i stippi-i .
but i o definite deei i wa- reach- .
ed.
A hunting contest was enjoye I
prior to the program. Mrs. W. K.
Joyce finding the mast candles j
while Mrs, R. R. King found the
I most oranges. Thev were each
i
presented their trophies.
I A tempting salad, with hot rolls,'
, stuffed celery, tea and wafers wi-i"
served supplemented with sweets,
'on each plate was a unique little
candle holder with four lighted
candle.- which told of the dub';
fourth birthday.
The Fine Arts Club v. - a> organized
| four years ago in January at the
I home of Mrs. John Taylor. The
J charter members being Me dames
11. M. Joyce, .1. S.Taylor. .1. .1. Tav
| lor. A. .1. I'agg, F.. P. Pepper. .1 W.
Hull. M •. Jones and the late Mi
losje Pepper. The cllib ha- ad !■ d
many new member- and ha- IHM i
'iuite active in civic and social ways.
Many improvements in the town I -
ilg lil e to the etTol I - of the na-lil
ool'S nf the Fine Ails Club. The
ex-presideiiis of the club are Mr .
John Taylor, Mrs. F. P. Pepper an I
Mrs. W. ti. Peine. Mrs, R. R. King
now serving in that capa ity.
The February meeting will. be
held at the home of Mrs. W. E.
Joyce, with Mrs. R. 11 .• Morelicld
joint hostess.
Luther Tuttle Dies
Near Walnut Cove
Walut Cove, Feb. I.—Luther Tut
tle, who has bee ill for several
months, passed away at his home'
about o miles north of here Sundy
morning. The services was held at
Rosebud Christian Church Monday
at I o'clock, where he was a mem
ber. Rev. Thomas Glenn, of Stone-;
ville, pastor, conducted the service.
Mr. Tuttle leaves a wife, one child,
father and mother, as well as sever
al brothers and sisters and a host
of friends.
Stokes Man Hurt
In Auto Collision
R. 11. Smith, 10, of King, was
slightly injured Tuesday afternoon
j about o'clock near Winston-Salem
; when struck ,i>y an automobile driv
i en by W. A. Westmoreland, who re
sides near Walnut Cove.
111-cause he carefully silc.ts lis
I herd bull, one dairy farmer in an
! other state says that he has in
j creased his annual production of
milk one tor per cow in ten year's
j tiiiie.
i SCHOOL SYSTEM
BAD IN N. C.|
j Nearly .*570.000 Children Have
| Loss Than An Kight Month's
1 erm—lt Is I nfair to Chi!-!
! dren of Iltira! Sections.
Raleigh, Fob. - An indirect pb-i
for the eight month's school term
i.- brought out in the last issues oC
State School Facts, in which it i
■ shown that while practically all the
city schools of the state have a nin■:>
j months term, the rural schools av
erage less than a seven month's j
; term. In l!»22-2.'5, there were IJ'.i,-
: .liiX children in North Carolina that)
did not have the opportunity of an
j eight month's term. Jn P.»2.j-2'i.)
J there were lilitl.ToT children ii j
■ schools having I. than ail eight
[mouths term, i'S.T per i*ent of w'hoei
i were rural children.
Tlie report point.- out thai from
I'.MIII, I I R.cji;, (J, . increase in aver
ig • term I -i ihe ratal school- ha ■
i.ei n a gradual but lo c pen .. .
The -tate !uw pa - I ii I!»!::. pi-
V"':tig for a s'a'' ei|;:al./ing ftin.',
v.lii Ii enabled all tia -chool of tl ■
tat'' t" have :i mialmuni t rni •
i.v i a.nth-. and tl • con -t :t tit ? ■I
amen.iioent of 1'• 17. allowing
tr: townships n h-ngtlien ! ■
:• rii- by vo . : - upon them.-elve
i taxes to finance the longer term -.
| have both been powerful stimulan
towaid the longer school term in
rural districts,
j N evert hole - th. -e two act- have
tended to create tme(|Ual terms fori
where wealth has centralized, th •
people have been able to provi I •
for a longer term, but in the poorer!
di riets they have had to content
, themselves with a six months term,
experience has shown.
Nine ears to Get 8 Months Term
At this rate of progress, and if)
the present method of increasing
I
the school term i* followed, it will
take at least nine year's to reach an
average rural school term of eight
months, and c en so many of those
schools will '.II be in session for
on'.v iv mi 11.:1,- in the year.
In I'.'l!'!. .'!"> p.-r cen of th rural
white •. hi! rea end k !.T per i. et
the rural . doi. d chii.b i a wcr • -
vide.l with a minima: 1 sciioo! term
of s m. tt'ii-. No ci . white child,
and oiil\ a _'. l per cent of citj color
id chiiilreii. at.en.led .-.hool for only
a .-i\ months term, statistics show.
New Hanover . unity has the di
titiction of being the only county ;, i
the State which gives all its child
ren. white and colored, rural ami
ciiy, an opportunity to attend school
eight months w the year. Seven
counties. New Hanover. Kdgecomb,
Currituck. Gates Pamlico, Vance,
and Wilson have an eight month. "
school term for all white children;
2'd counties provide as much as "*•
per cent of their white pupils witn
a minimum term of eight month..
In 1P23. there were only lt> countie
in this group; in 4!' counties, no |
colored children had an opportunity
to attend school for an eight months
term.
These facts indicate that" whil >!
there is a very dctinili tendency for
the people of the State to extern!,
the school term beyond the reipiir-i
ed six months, this method al ■>
i tends to make more unequal the op-1
portunities of the children to secu'v
lan education. It gives o the child
born in the community where wealth
... . |
is centralized a greater opportuni
ty than the one living in the le.-s
wealthy sections of the State. To
those who have been following
closely the trend of the educatie:
situation in the State, i- the an-wc
. to the question of the unprepare.l
nes.- of many children t > enter high
er institutions. A.,-ix month's term
> will not give child the neeessarv
thoro foundation up. n which to ba-e
;.ny high. :- learning e: study h • n.::' -
I
, ma! ■rtakc.
No. 2,853
OVER FORTY-FOUR
MILLION SOLD
Winston-Salem Tobacco Mark
et May Keuch Fifty Million
Pound Mark—Season's Av
erage 82-1.05 To I):te.
I ji tn Saturday la.-t tin- Winston-
Sab-nit ibaceu market had sold 11.-
7>!.! v - pound- of tobacco fur th 
-••a ,i> an average price of $21.03
per hundnd pounds. Some tobacc»
i Np-Tis there predict thai tin- mar
lu-t will sell pounds or
! more by the i N»-«.•. a few weeks
i hence.
Last week -ah were above two
and a half million pounds, the a»-
! erage being only .Sis.Hi for the
j week. For the corresponding WeeK
a year ago the average price win
only
lhiring the pa-t wi -k a few very
.-mall l"t nf -elect leaver of th 1
v. in! >id for above pound,
urn li M bunch brintrii'ir sl.l"' per
I- 'iii.d.
It : MO ahj that last w will
I ' • ' .'f ;• i big ■ a!» . as
tobacco in tie- hand "t ths farmer
now getting sacrce.
HYK MORE NFAV
(TTIZKXS AT KING
New Caff ami Barber Shop
Almost Completed Resi
dences and Business Houses
Beinjr Wired For Electricity.
King, .lan. 'II.— .1. \V. Tattle's new
brick building on east Main street,
i Hearing completion. Mr. Tuttle
! will oi cupy one side of this building
with his barber shop, while tho
other siile will be occupied by an up
to-date cafe.
M. T. Spainhower has purchased
' from William 11. Knight four resi
dent lots on Ohio street.
The following births were register
•ed here last week: Mr. and Mrs.
Kobe llatiser. a daughter. Mr. and
Mr-, t'har'es Terry, a son, Mr. and
Mr-. Aa.-tin Ki-ci. a son, Mr. an 1
Mr Artl.ur M-e-ring. a daughter,-
and Mr. led Mi Herbert Kennedy,
a dau: h:.
' Hay Helsabeck. of Lynchburg,
Va.. i- .-pending a few days Willi
hi- parent-- near In n
Albert Hutchins, of Wimston-Sn
lei;i, Sunday W'th relatives
and frvnds bci '.
l're!'. and Mr-. Murray Thonrp
-mi. of Stuart. Va were ani'iig the
vi.-iiyr> here Sunday.
IVy: >!i Hutchins, of v,-
Salent. spent Sunday with relatives
and friends here.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen .Tout's, of
Hane.-, are spending some time with
Mr. Jones' sister. Mrs. William
Spainhower, here.
11. (!. Brinkley has opened up a
shoe repair -hup on south Depot
street.
_
Contractors are busy here wiring
business houses and residences so
i
as to be ready when the Southern
Public Utilities company turns ou
i the "iuice."'
Debate In Danbury
■ School Auditorium
1 Friday Nig'ht, Feb. 11
j Stop! Look! Listen! Everybody
net ready 10 come to the debate at
the Danbury school auditorium on
Friday evening. Feb. 11th, promptly
at 7 :'4U o'clock. The question for
debate is: Resolved, That more evil
than ! in ! ) results frcm laws per
mitting uivoi'ce. There will br>
gnui sneakers on both sides, foul*
of tin 'i being ladies, and they will
entertain you with points both ser
iotr- and humorous.
An e\'ellent brass band has been
.engaged to furnish music botwet**
speeches. So be sure to be on hand.
A small admission foe will bo
•liarg: i ; . '\'i the henetit of the school.