DANBURY REPORTER
Volume 54.
STOKES DETOUR
RATHER COSTLY
():] Companies and Tire Makers
Will Get Considerable Busi-!
I
:.'-ss On Account of Extra j
r ive Miles Between Danbury (
•i.nl Walnut Cove.
A cording to automobile speedo- j
inters the detour between Danburv |
an Walnut Cove makes the distaivo j
i.cv.veen the two places five miles'
fanner than the main road. This,
detour will likely be in use for two
years from the time traffic was
turned over it last spring.
While the detour is absolutely
necessary a little figuring reveals
sorr* startling facts in connection
with the number of extra miles to be
traveled, the amount of gasoline it
wii: take and the number of tires
tha*. will be used in traveling th's j
ex:ra five miles for a period of two
yw.vrs. And this is not taking into
account wear and tear and loss of
time.
I-.guring on the basis of only "00
car? and trucks passing over the
detcjr each day, and this is less
thar. half the average number that
wc:.i over the main Danbury-Wal
nut Cove road, it will require one
million and ninety-five thousand ex
tra miles of travel to make the live
milts extra distance of the detour
during the two years.
Estimating that the average fir
cars and trucks is 15 miles to the
gallon of gasoline, it will m.uivw
.seventy-three thousand gallons of
gasoline to pull this extra five miles
ano this will cost the users of th'
devur $18,250.00.
li automobile tires average 6,000
mi!** of travel before wearing our
it will require three hundred and
sixty-five full sets of casings to
navigate the five extra miles. A:
an •.stimated average cost of $45.00
per set. tubes not counted, the total
co!-*. of tires will be $-4(5,125.00.
T\e State is spending on an aver
agt for up-keep of the highway *
alu .$500.00 per mile it is saM.
ami at this rate its part of the cost
t'or the extra five miles will Iv
a- '.'l $5,0(10.00 for the two yeai-.
• detour is one of tin- necessary
i'. j- with which the people and th •
hiu:.-'ay commission have t•» co'i
te!. but when the main road -
conii/N'ted and tral'ic is turned b;i'-k
on o ii the users are soon repaid
wit: interest all they "put out i.i
t;- ling the detour.
Ladies Get "Stung"
Buying From Agents
.eral ladies not a thousand
mik- from Danbury recently listen
ed tthe smooth tongue ot an agent
sel! r.g $:!.0() silk hose for $2.0(1 a
pair. The samples the agent ci'-ricd
wen perhaps very good, but when
the hose came by mail and were
compared with those soM by tli*
home stores it was found that they
paid about $l.OO per pair more than
,the same hose could have been had
for in the home stores. Moral: Buy
from your home merchants.
Concrete Finished On
Walnut Cove-
Madison Road
The pouring of concrete on th?
Walnut Cove-Pine Hall-Madison road
was completed yesterday and the
road will be opened for traffic in
two weeks probably.
On Tuesday of this week the con
tractor on the road mentioned
poured 400 lineal feet of concrete.
If contractor Martin should be able
to do this well he would pour the
eight miles on the Danbury-Walnut
■Cove road in only 105 working days.
But road men say it is necessary to
"feed" the big concrete mixer all it
can digest to get 400 feet a day.
|G. M. ALLEN HAS |
RETURNED TO KING
New Home For A. S. Francis—
' Ladies Meet With Mrs. New-1
i
sum "Loval Sons and i
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Daughters" Meet News
I Items.
I
I King, March 14. —The Moravian
| Ladies Aid Society met with Mrs i
jC. S. Newsum at her home on west
Main street Thursday afternoon at '
I
:2:30. Mrs. S. H Brown, secretary.
1 gave the report of the last meeting '
i Mrs. S. W. Pulliam told very inte--
| estingly the book of Esther. Ways (
j and means of raising money for |
I making payment on the church
piano were discussed. At the close
jof the meeting, Mrs. Newsum, as
i sisted by Mrs. Hall, served temptii.g
' refreshments.
I Ira Wall, of St. Petersburg, Fla.,
, is spending some time with relatives
i here.
. Work on R. B. Delp's new store j
J building on east Main street is wll
.underway and will be pushed thru
to completion at an early date.
! The home of Mr. anil Mrs. I). C.
Taylor was made happy last week
'by the arrival of a new baby boy. :
! I.ast Friday evening at 7::50
'o'clock "The Loyal Sons and Daugh
ters" met at Miss Glendola In-
t gram's. A delightful program which |
| had been arranged was given and
greatly enjoyed. The business was (
transacted and an enioyable social
hour followed. Miss Ingram served
inviting refreshments. Those pres-1
ent were: Mrs. 11. G. Harding,'
I
Misses Avis Newsun Viola South
| em, Minnie Newsum, Minnie Borge,
Albright Caudle, Margaret Kirby,
' I.ucile Kirby, May Newsum, Mildred I
Calloway, Edith Moore, Ola New
sum, Nedra Newsum, Ella Burrow j
Flossie Caudle, of \Vinston-Salen>, |
and Glendola Ingram.
i Dr. Ernes-t M. G iffin went to j
| WinsU i Sa'cni !>> receive a manu- j
Intent l-c.'.i the ( ■•aili'tte Marble and!
I
I Lanite Works, i \cte l to the Mieni- j
!»•;.i i' 1 fath •!' 1 mother in tbu |
, Wins'. : Salem •emetery.
Work is being hurried along at a
I i
rapid rate on a new home in Pilot
View for A. S. Francis. This iky.
hoi!.liny is being erected of brick
vein i r and will be a nice home when
completed. j
• 1
(!. M. Allen, who moved hi> fami
ly to High Point several months as; >.
ha- moved luuk to hi.- home on west
j Main street.
Mr. and Mrs. Boss Snider are th"
glad parents of a new baby girl. The
young lady arrived last Friday.
Miss Percy Kirby left last week
for Bryant Station, Tcnn.. where
she will enter training as a nurse.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hut'lil'is of
Winston-Salem spent the week end
here.
Mr. and Mrs. George Brown, of
Charlotte, spent Sunday with ,h'
family of Mr. T. G New here.
S. W. Thomas has closed a con
tract with The E. L. Kiser Co. for
their warehouse here, in which he j
will handle guano this season
| O. L. Pulliani, of Winston-Salem,'
j spent Sunday with his parents hire, j
i Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Hut.'hiii*, of,
{ I
I Winston-Salem, were among the
visitors here Sunday.
W. W. Frazier, of Wa'ker'nr, 's j
here today attending to some busi-'
ness matters.
! The work of removing the old
Butner building at f he corner Oi j
I Depot and Main streets has been j
i completed and work on the new !
stone building which is to be erect
ed on the site will be commenced at'
'
once. The ground iloor will be oc- j
! cupied by the King Drug Company j
and the second floor will be cut into;
offices. G. F. Petree Optometrist 1
and Dr. H. G. Harding dentist will
have offices in this new building.
| Subscribe for the Reporter.
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, March 16, 1927
! FIRST RECORD
STOKES HISTORY
.Will He Printed In Article In
I Danbury Reporter's Fifty-
Fifth Anniversary Number
t *
—History of Stokes
Churches.
The Winston-Salem section of the!
I , I
I Fifty-Fifth Anniversary number ot
the Danbury Reporter is about
' ready for the linotype. Organiza
tions and business people have sup
-1 ported it handsomely, making it
truly representative of the "Million
| Dollar a Day City."
| To date there has not been satis
factory response on the history es
say contest from the public, but we
expect the schools to come forward
with material in good shape. If
they do not we shall have to re
vise our opinion of the modern
ideas and progressiveness of the
student and teacher body. Local
history should be of interest to
them.
One article obtained will be pub
lished as the First Recorded History
of Stokes county, and describes the
country here very thoroughly in its
' primordial state, as it was many j
years before the white man came.;
It is accurate, authentic and makes
I
most interesting reading.
We had slight hopes of securing
1 I
so important records as the history!
of the churches of Stokes county,
i
but we are assured of interesting ;
descriptions by:—
j Rev. W. J. Hackney, the Methodist j
' church.
Rev. H. W Hudspeth, the Presby
terian church.
Rev. H. A Brown, Winston-Salem,
! the Missionary Baptist.
Elder J. A. Fagg, Winston-Salem,
j the Primitive Baptist church.
iOnly 40 Cent
Levy For Schools
The Legislature provided that a
|
J uniform levy of in cents for public
j school purposes should be levied by
all the counties and that in tho-•
'counties where this amount i-. h-
I sufficient the balance shall be mad
up from the equalisation fund. To
j equalization fund i- to be rai- .
j from taxable source.- other tie
t
real estate. Lcxillgtol Dispatch.
COLONHL STOKES WRITES.
Maivh 11th. l.'.T.
The Danbury Repot ter,
Danbury, X. t'.
Dear Sirs:
1 notice that most people a Put .u the county having nitv
lawns around their homes are setting them cleaned up and
quite a few painting up their homes and bulidings. Mr. X. O.
Fetrec, of Dan bury, can be four I in his office only on rainy days,
otherwise he is to be fount massaging his lawn and fixing up
about the house and his place hows for it.
. This preamble leads me to the subject in hand. I want to
suggest that the county commissioners, or whoever has author
ity, appropriate $25 to have Salem Mitchell, the court house
janitor, to clean up the court house lawn and the inside of the
roadway about the court house. The judge anil people coming
to court will like it better, and it will make a better impression
on all visitors who come to the county' capital or tour past here
on nice days. If the judge complains about this I will make it my
personal business to use my influence with him.
I trust that you and your readers will not deem me presum
tuous. You know this county was named in my honor and I
have a deep, personal interest in its welfare; and hoping thai.
I may have your co-operation in this matter, 1 am.
Respectfully your servant,
COL JOHN STOKES,
of Stokes County.
NOTE: —The Reporter will publish each week the best letter
contributed in this form, as coming from Colonel John Stokes,
for whom the county is named. The letter must be in the form of
constructive criticism, which gives conditions as they are and
suggests a plan for improvement of these conditions. It is an
open forum to all.
! MR. GEORGE WANTS
ROAD WORK LET
BY CONTRACT
Stokes' Biggest Tax-Payer
Would Like To See Highway
Hoard Adopt Better Main-!
tenancu System—Should In-i
vestigate Methods In More j
Experienced Counties.
Rev. Robert W. George, of Fran
cisco. who is incidentally the coun
t.v's biggest tax payer was a visitor
at the county seat Saturday. He
has almost or fully recovered from
his recent illness and looks as
young as ever. It is learned that
hi- will make a handsome donation
to the fund for erecting a Mission
ary Baptist church in Danbury.
Since the Legislators saw fit to
leave the Stokes road hoard in
tact, Mr. George is anxious to see,
them adopt some efficient system for ;
the maintenance of the roads. He
considers the present arrangement
as too expensive and unsatisfactory
in other ways. His idea would be
to let contracts to the lowest bid
der for the maintenance of each
i stretch of road, and require th"
I bidder to conform to certain rules
: and regulations as to dragging the,
road after rains, filling up holes,;
etc., and to keep the road up to cer
tain standards.
As road construction in the coun
j ty from this time on will necessari-1
j ly be on a very small scale, on ae-j
j count of lack of funds, the highway,
j commission will be able to concen-1
trate on maintenance and the very j
| best system possible will nodoubt'
jbe adopted. It might be a good |
! idea for the board to ascertain the ;
! system used in other counties that!
built roads long before we did and
j who have learned from long experi- j
j enee the best methods. We believe
this would be Mr. George's advice
to the commissioners.
Dr. Albert Ma/.ine of Rheinis di
rected in his will that his body be
cremated and the ashes scattered
over his garden.
William Mnir. now v >, l.a- sure.;
in the choir of Si. Pot or' chun h >ll
('hcrtsey. Kiil;'.. since ho \va- !•'
yours old.
NEW LAW WILL
CUT STOKES TAXES
Supt. of Schools Carson Thinks
Tax Rjite For Schools In
Stokes Will lit- Lowered
Cents Or Mole On $lOO
Valuation.
While no accurate figures are oh
tainable so far. Supt. of Schools J
. ('arson thinks Stokes will prob
ably receive sixty thousand dolla
or more yearly from the big school
equalization fund provided by th'
Legislature, and that this will re
duce the tax rate for schools • i
Stokes 20 cents or more on the $lOO
valuation. At present we are pay
ing SI cents and the probability is
that we will have to pay only about
(50 cents on the $lOO for schools for
the next tax year.
The school equalization fund set
, aside by the State is three and a
fourth million dollars and it i.-. esti
mated that S5 of the hundred coun
: ties will draw from the fund, whil
: about 15 counties are self-support
ing.
In order to properly equalize the
property in the counties that share
in this State money a board of
equalizers was appointed by *ho
'governor to act with the lieutenant
I
! governor in fixing the values of
property in the B."> counties. One
man was appointed for each con
. gressional district, and James K.
j Norfleet, of Winson-Salem, will a-t
l in this district. As soon as these
j valuations are fixed and the school
' budget for coming year is made it
! will be ascertained how much Stokt s
will get from the equalization fund
! and what the school tax rate wi'l
jbe in the county.
W. L. HAIRSTON
DIED YESTERDAY
i
Prominent Citizen of Walnui
Cove and Brother of Samuel
i Hairston.
.
William Lash Ilairst >n. »•-"•. prom
inent citizen of Walnut Cove, pa-- m!
away at - o'clock yc-terday morn
. iim at (ii- holiic, following a Innv. !
ing illrio -.
The funeral will be held at
, ' ck thi afterno at I Vrry Hi.
V; !:. .. Robert E t; i.i
Winston-Salein. will o;,'in
a I vv i 1 ' ■
I!.. i ! - family grav ■ > aril.
I>• il.'.ir- till v.a- born r Si ok
county, the sou ,-f the lilt• ■ liionfi
llaii'-ton and Mr.-. A E. Il iirstoiv
He was educated at the l-nivci>itv
of North Carolina and Carotin.;
Military Academy. lb was first
married t,> Mi.-.- Bettie Dillard Dob
son and hi- second wife was Mis;
Julia Anderson. He was a memb. r
of the Episcopal church.
Surviving are his widow; three
children, Mrs. Edwin (!. I'enn, of
Martinsville, Va.; William L. Hair
ston, Jr., of Martinsville, Va.. and
Miss Julia Hairston, of Walnut
Cove; one brother, Samuel Hairston,
of Oak Hill. Va.
Florida Mementoes.
Mr. W. H. Eaton and family re
turned a few days ago from Florida,
where they spent the winter. Mr.
Eaton remembered to bring us a
basket of delicious strawberries.
Among other Florida trophies
brought back are two young alli
gators. Mr. Eaton J.iays hunting
is fine in Florida. Work was plenti
ful at good wages, but he says
Stokes is good enough for him in
the summer time.
Tom Tarheel says he sold his corn
to hogs at two dollars per bushel
last year when he was only offered
seventy-five cents on the local
market.
No. 2,J557
i ROAD BOARD
;j HERE MONDAY:
Recommended That Thret;
i ' Stokes Highwavs Ise Put On
(I Map For State Maintenance
i Under New Act of Legisla
| ture.
- i At a special meeting of the Stok
.j ounty Highway her-.'
i .Monday a resolution was passed by
.the hoard asking that the Stau>
I j Highway Commission take over f.>r
j maintenance three important road.-.
lof the county, namely:
i 1. The road from Germanton to
I Meadows postoffiee, 10 miles in
■ length. This road will inters*- t
. State route No. HI) at Meadows ami
. would touch the Forsyth count {
■ line at Germanton. It is learned thai
Forsyth county will ask the State
to adopt the road from Ogburn
i Station to Germanton if the Ger
-1 manton-Meadow s road is adopted.
■ j 2. The road from Piedmont
Springs to Gap. distance 0 miles. At
Piedmont this road intersect State
I route No. and at (Jap it touches
|
■ the Reynolds School-King State
• highway.
: .'!. The road from Pine Hall to
• the Virginia line via Dillard an i
. Sandy iiidge a distance of near 15
miles. This highway touches State
• route No. 77 at Pine Hall and in
i
tersects the Virginia State highway
. front Martinsville to Stuart.
: The State is asked to adopt thes.-
■ county roads as State highways un
I der the recent ac tof the Legislature
. which authorizes the State Highway
i Commission to add twnty per cent
I to the present mileage for nuunten
! ance.
j As Stokes now has about seventy
' miles of State highway it i c pre
sumed that we would be entitled oil
i
• the 20 per cent basis to about four
teen miles more, while the thro
roads mentioned above would ad i
| about thirty-one miles in the county.
However, it is the opinion of sonit
that the county has not had its full
mileage for maintenance,
j I: i> learned that under the new
law the roads added t" the highway'
map will have to be agreed upon
. lU'UVIM n tin State ami tin c>un'"
. 1 highway commissions.
SPRING TERM OF
CO CRT APRIL ;
•ill'li/V i. M. Ugie>i'\ Wii! I'll!,
siiii (K IT ( riminal and t'i\ il
• i A i iiills !• 1 >• I ri. u 1 u
St kts Civil Term Open*
April 11th.
■
i Appearing elsewhere in th> paper
-1 is the calendar l'or the civil spriny
- i term of Stekes Superior court, whic't
1
r | convenes on April 11th. The erimin
lal term will begin one week previ
.• | ous to the opening of the civil term,
f which will be on April Ith.
-j Judge J. M. Oglesby will presid»
II over both terms, the dockets for
t each being of about the usual length
, I with no cases of spei ial important.' *
jon either.
| Juror* for each of the term.- wer
| drawn several weeks since and their
i names appeared in the paper a
that time.
(Asking* Pardon
! For C. B. Brody
A renewed effort to secure tlu>
I pardon of C. B. Brody, of Stok«s,
jis being made by friends at this
I time. It will be recalled that Mr.
■ Brody was sent to the State prison
from Stokes several years since, on
1 charges in connection with the burn
ing of a store building in Walnut
Cove.
1 Tests made by farmers in Craven
d county show that the "cash variety
I of tobacco makes the best yields of
j quality weed in that section.