DANBURY REPORTER
Volume 54.
STATE WILL OIL
STOKES ROAD
Between Reynolds School and
Rural Hall—Want Road
From King To Timmon's
i "ross Roads Maintained I>y
State.
Sanders R. I'ulp, a prominent
eit:::en of the King community, who
was a visitor here Monday, started
that the State Highway Commission
will oil the road from Reynolds
school to Rural Hall as early as
possible, according to information
given out by State maintenance
men. Sand is now being placed
along the right of way for another
ma; of oil on the Mt. Airy-Win
st : r>Salem highway.
Mr. Fulp stated that the citizens
of his section were very anxious to
hav. the State Highway Commission
ad> r" the road from King to Tinf
mii Cross roads as a State high
w: . This little stretch of road '.s
on:;, about two miles in length but
has very heavy tratlic • •>! it. It
v formerly maintained by tli«'
Sr:.".. . but for some reason was tak
miii the map. King citizens fcl
like it i* hardly fair for the Stat"
to .1 the road from Timmons'
li 1 • Road- !o Rural Hall and not
oil from the same point to King.
It rtainly works a hard-ship on
11.. King community and the large
pi>t ilatioti residing north of King.
It believed here that if the mat
ter ••vas taken up with the State
authorities and they were shown the
situation as it is, this short stretch
of .v.ad would be placed back on the
map.
COUNTY SELLS
TELEPHONE LINES
I.)r. J. IT. Ellington Will Con
struct Community Line At
Sandy Ridge From Old Ck'
i. reek Lines.
That part of the former Big
Civ. k Telephone Company's liics
located in Snow Creek and Reaver
Island townships, which was sold for
tax-s and bid in by the county sum. 1
yea  since, was purchased Monday
fror.i the county c unmissioners by
1»r J. 11. Ellington. of Sandy Ridge,
The lines have been out of use lor
a good while and have fallen down
and been destroyed to a great ex
tent so that only remnants of the
line.- remain here and there.
It is learned that it is the inten
tion of Dr. F.llington to construct u
community line at Sandy Ridge
from the remnants of the old Biy
Creek lines.
THREE LODGED
IN STUART JAIL
Shelton, Chaney and Turner
Patrick Gangsters Face
Murder Charge.
Roanoke, Va., Feb. 8. —Ernes;
Shelton, Frank Chaney and Orti
Turner were placed in jail at Stuart
at 8 o'clock last night following
their arrest at Fayerdale, in connec
tion with the shooting to death Sun
day afternoon of Dave Cox, his
brother, Maynard, and Turner Hall
where slain in a gun fight, said t
have been the culmination of i
moonshine gang rivalry, according
to word reaching here. They wer»
taken to Stuart in custody ol
Sheriff S. B. Mays and his deputies
Placed On Outside
Pauper List Monda>
Henry Rogers and Mollie Wood;
were each placed on the list of out
side paupers by the county com
missioners at their meeting hen
Monday.
Mrs. A. J. Fagg spent Tuesday it
i"Winston-Salem.
TOBACCO MARKET I
>| CLOSES MARCH 11 j
1 1 Farmers Have Only 25 Days i
I More To Market Remainder
 of Crop Average Only
$16.44 Yesterday.
Winston-Salem, Feb. B.—The Win
l ston-Salem Tobacco Board of Trade,
) in session yesterday afternoon, set
I j March 11 as the date for the clos-j
i ing of the Winston-Salem Tobacco
Market. The board passed a reso
-4 lution to have no extension of the
i season beyond that date.
Sales continued yesterday with
I about the same prices in evidence
r that have been noted since Christ- ;
- inas. Grower* received s">o,l2'M-I
for MOI.'.mM pounds of the weed, or
san average of $10.41 a hundred
i pounds. Much sorry tobacco was
i in evidence yesterday.
FORMER STOKES
CITIZEN DEAD:
Columbus Slate, Brother of .1
K. and S. F. Slate, Passes In
i
Montana—News oi' King. j
l
King, Feb. 7. Will Hau.-er, of
. I'ilot Mtn.. has purchased from .loe
t Smith a dwelling and lot on We t
Main Street, consideration $2,">00.00.
Just as soon as the building can be
remodeled .Mr. Hali-cr will ve
c
his family here.
C. S. N'ewsum has purchased from t
William H. Knight four resident ;
lots on Ohio street. j
e
(1 The following births were regis-|
tered here last week: Mr. aid Mrs.,
Charlie Barnes, a son, Mr. and Mrs.
: llobson Preston, a son. and Mr. and
Mrs. James Blackburn, a son.
* Miss Kate l'erry Stone, of Char
lotte, is visiting her mother, Mrs.
- I!. J. Stone, who resides just south
) of town.
Rev. Edward Holton. of Winston
* , i
Salem, delivered a very interesting |
sermon at the King Moravian
~ church Sunday.
Ray Kiser, of Winston-Salem,
.. spent Sunday with relatives and
r friends hero,
j Mr. and Mrs. ."j. (>. Schaub, of
High I'oint, were among the visitors
! here Sunday.
Rev. Paul 11. Xewsuin, of this
■ plii.-", till"d his regular appoint
p 1 iftent at Mount Airy Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Samuels, of
Pilot Mtn., were visitors here Sun-!
e
j «!">'•
' Csrover Wright and family, of Mt.
i-1
Airy, spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. C. J. Kirby in Walnut Hills, j
' ' Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Wall. of
h Winston-Salem, spent Sunday with
| Mrs. Wall's parents on Spruce j
| street.
.. i I)r. and Mrs. H. (J. Harding spent |
■ J Sunday with relatives at Clemmons.,
C. W. Hutchins and family, of
Winston-Salem, spent Sunday with
0
relatives and friends here.
J. R. Cook, who holds a position
with the Southern Railway Co., 1
! t»
spent Sunday with his family in j
,' t Walnut Hills.
K The ladies of the King Christian,
church will give an oyster supper
( and other good eats Monday, Feb.
1 14th, in the old bank building. Pro-1
. ceeds goes to furnishing the church.,
' t
0 | Everybody come.
I Sam Stauber, of Rural Hall, is
a 1 , t .
„; here today attending to some busi
ness matters.
•e
. Columbus Slate, who left this
>f
county in 1890, died Jan. 27th in
Plains, Montana. He was living
with his daughter, Mrs. Olive Slate
I Meany, at the time of his death.
I He is survived by two brothers, J. |
Is E. and S. F. Slate, both of this
t- county.
Alex Flinchum, of Danbury Route
1, underwent treatment at a Win- j
ston-Salem hospital the past week
in \ for blood-poisoning. He is much
1 improved at this time, however.
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, Feb. 9, 1927
SUNDAY SCHOOL
IS ORGANIZED
Little Girl Burned—Mrs. Lee
Essiek Undergoes Operation
—Whooping Cough Preval
ent—Brim's Grove News.
Brim's drove, Feb. 7.—The farm
ers in this section are almost thru
burning and sowing their plant beds.
Rev. I. W Burrus tilled his regular
appointment at Brim's drove Sat
urday anil Sunday. Sunday school
was organized at this church with
a large attendance. Mr. R. H.
dravitt was made superintendent.
Miss Irene Covington, of Draugh
an's College, spent the week end
with her parents, Mr. anil Mrs. E. A.
Covington.
We have several cases of whoop
ing cough through our section.
Mrs. I.iv Essiek went to tlv>
j l.avren v hospital last week. She
j had li !• tonsils removed and is
j getting along nicely,
i Mr. and Mrs. R. E. dordon and
children spent Sunday with Mrs.
(ionlon's father. C. 1). Boyles.
I .it t li* .Miss Julah Hill happen to
the misfortune id" getting her arm
burned Sunday while her mother
wii- .it chur.'h.
CONTRACT FOR '
ROAD TO VIRGINIA
Awarded By State Highway
Commission Tuesday of Thi*
Week At Price of $228,000.
Contract for the paving of high
way 77 from Mayodan to the Vir
ginia line was awarded Tuesday to
The Wilson Company, Charlotte,
j for an approximate cost of $228,-
000 by the State Highway Commis
sion in session at Raleigh. Work on
the grading of the highway will be
i gin in the near future, it is under
stood.
This is an extension of the hard
su*face pa-'-ii:' - through Walnut
j Cove and which will soon be paved
' all the way to Roanoke.
Virginia has completed the pav
ing of one mile from the North
1 aroli'ut line north at i! ir the early
spring work will be resumed on
this stretch, money for which ha
been provided to complete it to
about Ridgewa.v. I.ast fall the Vir
jginia Highway Commission allocat
ed nearly $.".00,0(10 for this route,
! which is Virginia !>•?. and it is as
j sinned that this money will be use
to pave south from Martinsville K
the stretch which is being built
J north toward Ridgeway.
Services At The
Presbyterian Church
Rev. H. W. Hudspeth, pastor ol
the Presbyterian church here
preached a splendid sermon to i
large congregation Sunday morning
iat eleven o'clock from the verse "1
am the Almighty God; walk thm
I before me and be thou perfect."
. Gen. 17-1
j Special music added to the enjoy
' nient of the service, a quartet beini:
' sung by Mesdames N. E. Pepper
IW. d. Petree, Messrs. Jno. Tayloi
i and Jas. Joyce, accompanied on th>.
' organ by Miss Mary Taylor ant
| little Miss Anna Hudspeth, sani
I "The Old Rugged Cross," with Mrs
J. W. Hall at the organ.
Potted plants had been effectively
arranged by the skillful hands o
: Mrs. H. M. Joyce.
The county Board of Educatioi
| was in session here Monday, trans
i acting only routine business.
| Stokes continues to stand third ii
j the number of automobiles amoni
| the counties of the seventh district
Mjr. and Mrs. Marion Stephen
and children visited Walnut Cov
II
| today.
J. B. WOODRUFF
> DIED TUESDAY
i Prominent Citizen of Walnut
l Cove Passes—Funeral To Be
lleld Saturday Morning.
•T 1!. Woodruff, one of the oldest
.land best known citizens of Walnut
j | Cove, died at his home there Tile--
. duj afternoon about five o'clock,
i- Mr. Woodruff had been in bad
. health for a number of years. II"
| suffered a stroke of paralysis about
i two weeks ago with another one
last Saturday and no hope was en
tertained for his recovery from that
. time.
1 The funeral will be held from the
, home at eleven o'clock Saturday
morning with Episcopal service bv
. Rev. Marshall assisted by Rev. E.
(). Ward, of the Baptist church, and
> Rev. ('rowder, of the Methodist
> chu li. Interment will be in th'
s Walnut Cove cemetery on North
Summit Street. lie w;..- sixi.v-tw >
1 y ir . of age.
.Mi. IrutV conduced a i >. r
c:>i , :!r establishment at Walnut
j | Co\ until a few year sitae when
, hi 1 : • r«-d :m account  f !.i- hoalt':.
i- He ow ied considerable n .il e t-it
I in W'alllllt Cove a:id >: I I li'.|o;i::d
• wa- a large stockholder ii: the Ua
' of S !:es i otint\, ■ : a vi.
, (pre-dent at the time of his death.
j Mi. Woodruff is survived by hi
' | wife, who was Miss Susie Crews, of
i! (iermanton, and ten children as t'ol
| low : Misses Clara, Mary and (irac -
Wooiauff. of Wali.ut Cove; Mr-, .t.
- W. Allen and J. 11. Woodruff, of l)e
-* Moines, Iowa; Mrs. \\. D. Woodruff,
n of llaynes, Miss Ruth Woodruff, ol
'• Bowling dreeti, Ivy.; Mrs. James
- Cynk, of Danvlle, Va.; John D.
" Woodruff. Jr.. of North Wilkesboro,
11 J ami Walter Woodrutl, ot the I niteil
' j States Marines.
I GIVES S(H) DEER TO
,'j OLD NORTH STATE
1 j Former Statr Senator J. I'..
Burleson Makes Handsonv
h j Gift To People.
v Raleigh, Feb. A gift . f 'i
-1 entire held I' about "'OM ie- i t>
v i North Carolina, when provisions !•••'
"tits care are -et up was made tod y
*i by forniei State Setiaier J. E. Bur
' | leson, of Spruce Pine, Major Wad.'
11. Phillips, director of tin Depar:
" ; ment of Conservation and develop
'; ment, announced.
°i Mr. Burleson, leading game con
I | servationist. was in Raleigh to urue
j passage of the Sutton State-wide
1 game bill which provides for estab
| lishment of preserves.
"1 I The deer offered by the Spruce
-1 Pine man are on a private preserve
Jin Mitchell county.
( i In addition to the deer, Mr.
Burleson said he would allow the
,j use of his land as a State preserve
should it be desired by the propos
u
.. Ed game commission. He also said
his neighbor, W. W. Bailey, of
! Spruce Pine, would co-oi>eratc in
' providing larger space for use of
game if needed.
, r j _ -
"• Negro Took Drink
II Riadiator Alcohol;
Died In Short Time
| doldsboro, Feb. B.—Pink Davis,
y 50 years, old, negro, is dead from
>f | the effects of drinking "radiator" al
cohol.
The negro after quitting work at
111 a fertilizer plant at Freemont, near
s here, was said to have taken the
drink. Walking a short distance he
became paralyzed and died several
111 hours later.
iff
t.
Farmers are plowing and making
is' preparation for another tobacco
ire ■ crop. A majority of them have
| sown beds for tobacco plants.
! CONTRACT LET FOR
BRIDGE OVER DAN
It. li. King Is Successful Bid
der On Structure At Seven
Islands Ford Price $5,-
: IttCj.iil).
At the regular meeting of the
Stokes County Highway Board her
Monday contract was awarded lot
the erection of a steel bridge across
Dan river at Seven J -lands Ford,
two miles north of 1 (anbury.
t 1!. R. King, of Danbury, was th"
successful bidder at the price of
s."i,Us'i.oii. Tht Foster Bridge Coni
! pane's bid was around SX,OOO.OIJ,
while the Brinkley Co. wanted about
s]:>, 000.00.
The steel bridge across Dan river
at Jlairston's ford, which was I
contiiuud when the State built a
concrete bridge then, will be taken
down and ere,l'd at Seven Island.-..
The contia- t price covers the tak
ing down, moving and re-electing
' the bridge.
I I here was some o icstinii a
' whether State ii ;ho eniiniv owix-.i
,t':i llair.-ton'.- ford liii'.ge, but i; i
bainei tlcu this has b.-.-t, M-ttiii',
:he State having ivlea-i'd it - dairi.
, Contractor King will pro'al ly be
gin the Work ■•.' taki. : «l nil t !1O
bridge with'!, ten day.-. ■
"THE ROAI)
TO THE CITY"
Four Act Cometlv Drama To
lie Given Uy Pine Hall |
I School Tuesday Night. Feb.
■, •->•>
•|
Pine Hall, Feb. A four act
• | comedy drama will be given by the |
• high school students here on Tues- ;
' day night. Feb. L'l'. The title of the (
i play is "The Road To th City,"
| and it promises to N- good. Fol- 1
lowing are the characters in the
| play: i
Robert Darnell, A country physi
• can Enimitt I'alton.
Uichard Jame-, A man from tlu
city lleiir> Carter.
J lid .liulkiiis. A Voting Farmer— |
• Minnie (libson.
John Jailles, liiihard's invalid
' Father ( arl Mhell,
i Duke, A Man o*' My-tery • ha-.
- l-ester.
.let Sanderson. At tl.f ' r.«s
Ro.uls I i '.una '.iia.v ' arter.
Tot.) I.et . !!. i t'o.isin Sarah
Williamson.
Hilly Alo" 1 •). A irl From tiv
' City Mary Williamson.
Mrs. Sanderson. Jet's Widowed
• .Mother Stella Middleton.
i Marie. A Italy's Maid —Mildred
' I lanes.
-; Time, The Present.
l'lace» The Country, and the City
'• at opposite ends of the Road.
SYNOPSIS:
l ' i Act 1. The living room of the
- Sanderson home in the country, at
' the fork of the road.
f | Act 2. The library of the James
1 i home in the city. Where the road
f leads.
j Act 3. The same as act 2, Where
the Road Ends.
Act 4. The same as act t, Jet
Makes Her Choice.
There are many roads in the
- country. They lead to a friend's
farm. a friend's fireside. Then
, there is the road to the city. On
_ | that road, ambition beckons, and
j temptation cries, "Come! I'll lead
t you to your fondest hopes and
r dreams!" And many young folks
answer that call. Some never come
back, and others come back to die.
j Life is never the same to those w-ho
have taken the road to the city.
Oh, if the dear ones could come
back, and be the same.
S
o
0 Next Monday i St. Valentine's
i Tiij.
No. 2,K53
JURORS DRAWN
FOR SPRING COURT
Criminal Term Opens April
•Jtli—J udjfe J. M. Oglesby
Will Preside li No Ex
changes Are Made.
At the regular i.n f the
counts . fiiiiiiiissioiH i - hi-!• Monday
jut •!■ were drawn to serve at th-;
spring term if Stakes criminal aril
civil courts. Tin criminal term
opens April )th am! the civil terrn
tin- following inTk, April Utl:
Judge .1. M. Oglesby, (if Concord, is
scheduled to preside over both
terms. However, it has become
customary for judges to exchange
courts, and for that reason it can
not l>e stated positively just who
will lie the judge.
The court iurors name- follow:
FIRST \\ KKK -( HI.MINAI, TKRM.
•1 W . I' lIWIIT, Krnest Tuttk»,
M •.d?\\ Township.
i Ti:it; . r. .1. WiNon, .T. 11.
Mitui 'i. M. i Bennett. K. Ben
-11 't. !'. ii Frye, Jo|. , T. Simmon ■,
'■i ::tl I I' t i.'ip Tuwn.-hip.
i ; - 1 • , W. I'. Sheppard, R.
l:.  r. W. Hay. .1. I-. Over-
I y. Big  're. k Township.
.1, i). Kerjrus.in. \V. W. Harrison,
•I. I' ■ • i !. 1 . F. I arret t,  Jumey
• Kiwanl . U. A. I'aliier. N. (i. Cov
| ingti'ii, W. 11. Tutth . Will Urowt;.
11. Watts, W. li. CON. .1. Wilson
Mitchell Yadkin Township.
! 11. M. Flinchum, (). 1,. Gerry, Ge >.
11. Fulton, Sauratown Township.
; J. Wesley llall. Chester Kline hum,
Peters Creek Township,
j G. A. Hawkins. K. W. Amos, A.
•T. Brown, F. C. Gann. Snow Creek
Township.
.1. K'. Wood, Danbury Township,
i SFCON'f) WFFK—CIVIL TERM.
W. R. IVtree. C. C. McGee, Mead
ows Township.
K. .1. King, .1. O. Hennett. W. T.
N'ew-uni. A. .1. Manring, 1!. W.
i Hall. 1> i>. Hall. >. T. Gentry. T.
C. Jones, 1!. G. I levies, L 0. Spain
hotir. Vatlkin Township.
li I . lieid, Beaver Island Town
ship.
I G. F. Watkin*. .1, I>. l.awson, .1.
ill. l.awson. I'cters Creek Township.
•1. 11, -lesslip, W. 1 Nelson, S. i'.
Christian, I!itr Creek Township.
Gilbert Hill. Banbury Township.
Umaid Martn. Jar >!• A. Jackson,
; al'.er Cap Town.-hi; .
\Y. Reade Johnson To
Return To Winston
AVmston-Salem. Feb. 7. —Th:>
i Southeastern Bond and Mortgage
Company, of Charlotte, announces
I the opening of an oflice in Winston-
Salem, carrying out. plans for the
expansion and further development
. of its bond and mortgage business.
| \\. Reade Johnson, vice-president,
a former resident of Winston-Sa
, lent, will be in charge, and new
home recently purchased in Buena
j Vista.
. Mr. John practiced law here for
I some years prior to going to Chac
j lotto.
| Crushing- Rock For
II Stokes Road Finished
The Chapel Hill Supply Co. afte**
; crushing six thousand tons of stone
for use in hard-surfacing the Dan
hury-Walnut Cove highway, finish
-11 ed their work today and suspended
. : operations. This is supposed to be
*
enough stone to surface the road
from Danbury to Meadows, a dis
-1 tance of three and one-tenth mile*,
j The stone for hard-surfacing be
! tween Meadows and Walnut Cove
)
will be shipped to the latter place
and hauled from there.
t
A number of Danbury people ex
pect to attend the funeral of Mr. J.
6 B. Woodruff at Walnut Cove Satur
day.