DANBURY REPORTER
Volume 55.
ROAD BOARD MET
HERE THURSDAY
Formal Request Was Made
That State Take Over For
Maintenance Pine Hall-Sandy
Ridge Highway—Terms Of
Two Members Expire.
At a special meeting of the Stokes
V ntv Highway Commission held
fceie Thursday formal request was
made that the State Highway Com
mission take over for maintenance
the county road leading from a
point near Pine Hall to the Virginia
line, via Dillard and Sandy Ridge.
At the Pine Hall end this road
touches the hard-surface route No.
77, leading from Walnut Cove to
Madison, while the other end reaches
to :he Virginia line and almost to
the Virginia State highway from
Stuart to Martinsville, which is No.
12, a fine gravel road.
Several citizens of the Sandy
Ridge section appeared before the
road commissioners at Thursday's
meeting and urged the board to take
the* action referred to above.
An order was made by the board
that a road be built from the brick
yard at Pine Hall to Hickory Fork.
This road is probably one and a
half miles in length and is said tJ
be very much needed. Work was
ordered to be started on this road
at omee.
Other business before the board
consisted of checking up the ac
counts, etc., for the past year. The
terms of two of the members, Dr.
R. H. Morefieid and S. P Christian,
expired with this meeting. They are
succ-eeded by Jasper Slate and W.
S. Hart.
American Women
Spend $411,366,000
For Hose
Washington, April 3—Short skirts
may or may not be responsible, but
American women are stepping into
the silk stocking class and out of
the cotton with amazing speed, the
census bureau revealed tonight, in
cident to announcing statistics on
the country's hosiery production.
The wholesale value of American
produced hosiery in 1925 was $411.-
;s»>»'.,(i()o, which was about 8 per cent
more than the value in 1923, when
the previous manufacturing census
was taken, but the output and value
of women's cotton stockings never
thdtss fell off, the loss being more
than made up by the increased man
ufacture of silk, near, and silk mix
ed leg coverings.
Taking the figures in a lump, it
appeared that in 1925 American
plants knitted 59,597,384 dozen pairs
of women's socks, worth $302,000,-
000, or about the same quantity as
were knitted in 1923, but the value
in the earlier year was but $278,-
000,000. The value decrease was due
to the fact that in 1923 there were
34,600,000 dozen pairs of cotton hose
for women made while in 1925 the
t'otton stockings had dropped to a
total of 28,600,000 dozen pairs.
In the matter of half hose for
men, the total 1925 production was
about 40,000,000 dozen pairs, against
37,000,000 dozen in 1923, and the
value was $101,000,000 against $90,-
840,231. The trousered sex, how
over, stuck much better to cotton,
although there was some changing
over to shinier materials.
Mr. Craven, of Winston-Salem,
anil Mr. Staubcr, of Rural Hall,
tfepre6f*nting the Bell Telephone
Co., were in Danbury Tuesday of
this week with o, v ' ew t0 helping this
community get better telephone
connection with the outside world.
No definite action was taken but it
in hoped that something will be done
along this line soon.
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STOKES LIONS
CLUB ORGANIZED
Geo. L. Jarvis Made President
—Judge G. H. Hastings Pre
sents Dispensation—Meetings
Twice A Month.
With a charter membership of
fifty-eight the Stokes county Lions
Club was formally organized at Wal
nut Cove on Thursday night, the of
ficers of the club being Geo. L. Jar
vis, President; John J. Taylor, First
vice-President; C. C. McGee, Second
vice-President; W. P. Wheeler, Third
vice-President; Dr. H. E. Blackburn,
Secretary; W. F. Marshall, Treasur
er; J. C. Joyce, Lion Tamer; Dr. K.
H. Morefieid Tail Twister.
Directors were Jacob Fulton, J. C.
Hutchinson, C. E. Davis, M. O. Jones.
Immediately after the organization
the members listened to a very force
ful address by Judge G. H. Hast
ings, of the Winston-Salem Lions
Club, on civil matters and citizen
ship in general. He suggested that
the Club prepare a program of the
things needed to be done for the bet
terment of the county and then let
every member do his part to carry
it out. Judge Hastings thinks the
Club has a bright prospect and feels
that it is going to accomplish much
good. The new club was sponsored
by the Lions Club of Winston-Salem,
from which several members, in
cluding H. Tracy Odom, were pres
ent.
Judge Hastings presented the dis
pensation which was accepted by
President Jarvis.
Interesting talks were made by
Rev. E. N. Crowder, of the M. E.
church, and J. A. Marshall, of For
syth county.
Meetings will be held on the sec
ond and fourth Monday nights of
each month in the town hall at
Walnut Cove. Later, meetings will
be held at Danbury, Piedmont
Springs and other points probably.
31 PLACES TO
BUY AUTO TAGS
Will Greensboro Be the Near
est Point For Stokes Citizens
To Get Tags For Cars?
Greensboro, April s.—Thirty-one
branch offices of the Carolina Motor
Club will issue State automobile li
censes this year, C. W. Roberts,
vice-president of the Carolina Mo
tor Club, announced today.
The club contracted with R. A.
Doughton, Commissioner of Revenue,
to distribute the plates. During the
past three years the club handled
2,000,000 licenses and titles and be
tween fifteen and twenty million
dollars for the State, Mr. Roberts
said.
"Plates will be available in June
for the six months' period begin
ning July 1, 1927," Mr. Roberts said.
"There will be a 25-cent fee levied
by the State to absorb cost of
changing date of issuance of plates
from the fiscal to the calendar year.
On January 1, 1928, plates for 12
months will be issued, and the extra
fee will not apply.
"Effective July 1, plates will fol
low the ear, and it will be unlaw
ful for a car owner to transfer the
plate from one car to another."
Licenses will be issued at offices
of the Carolina Motor Club in Ashe
ville, Burlington, Charlotte, Concord,
Durham, Elizabeth City, Fayettj
ville, Gastonia, Goldsboro, Greens
boro, Greenville, Henderson, Hickory.
High Point, Lenoir, Lexington, Lum
berton, Kins ton, New Bern, Rocking
ham, Rocky Mount, Salisbury, San
ford, Shelby, Statesville, Sylva, Tar
boro, Weldon, Wilmington, William
ston and Wilson.
NOTI-—lt is learned that Win
ston-Salem will also issue license
plates but that city docs not appear
in the above list of towna.
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, April 6, 1927
TAX LISTERS
NAMED MONDAY
J. 11. Voss Is Made Supervisor
And Auditor For County—
Books of County Officials
Will Be Audited Soon.
At the regular meeting of the
Board of County Commissioners
Monday, tax listers for the several
townships of the county were ap
pointed as follows:
Danbury—Snider Priddy.
Meadows—Luther Fowler.
Yadkin—W. D. Rierson
Quaker Gap—J D. Hill
Big Creek—L. L. Lowe.
Peters Creek—John W. Shelton.
Snow Creek—R. O. Shelton.
Beaver Island —G. T. Eggleston.
Sauratown—H. G. Tuttle.
James R. Voss, of Walnut Cov*,
was made general tax supervisor
for the county and will meet with
the tax-!|sters in the near future
and instruct them as to their duties.
Mr. Voss was also made auditor
for the county and he will begin the
work of auditing the county books
soon.
The commissioners placed Sarah
Jane Fry and Tenie Fulk on the list
of outside poor.
HIGHWAY BOARD
MET HERE MONDAY
Two New Members Are Sworn
In And W. S. Hart Is Made
Chairman of the Board.
Two new members were sworn in
on the County Highway Commission
at its regular monthly meeting here
Monday, these being W. S. Hart and
Jasper Slate. Mr. Hart was made
chairman of the board to succeed
S. P. Christian, whose term has ex
pired. Dr. R. H Morefieid is the
other retiring member.
No business of importance was
transacted Monday. The meeting
was held in the office of Dr. R. H.
Morefieid on account of the crowded
condition at the court house.
Ellis M. Coon, cashier of the
Bank of Pinnacle, is here attending
court this week. Mr. Coon is serv
ing on the grandjury.
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COLONEL STOKES' LETTER.
April 6, 1927.
The Danbury Reporter,
Danbury, N. C.
In preparing its program of progress I certainly hope to see
the Lions Club of Stokes county put in that program the estab
lishment of a telephone system for the county or at least make
an effort to give the outside world better connection with the
county seat. A great many people have occasion often to speak
to the officials at the county seat from a distance, and it is pro
voking and expensive to have to make a trip when the telephone
could be used.
The question naturally arises as to how is best to carry out
the proposed improvement. It has been stated that the Bell Tele
phone Co. would build a line to Danbury, but they would have
to have some encouragement. One citizen suggests that the
people form a company and build a line of their own, connect
ing with the Bell lines at Walnut Cove. It is stated that this
can be done at much less expense in the long run than the Bell
Co. would exact in rents.
At any rate I hope to see the Lions include this much needed
convenience in their first lint of things to tic done for old Stokes.
Respectfully Yours,
COL JOHN STOKES,
of Stoke# 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
•pen forum to afl.
H. H. LEAKE IS
MADE CHAIRMAN
Newly Appointed Board of
Education Held Its Initial
Session Monday With Full
Membership—Only Routine
Business.
The newly-appointed Board of
Education for Stokes held its initial
meeting at the court house Monday
and organized by electing Harry H.
Leake, of King, as chairman of the
Board.
All members of the board were
present, as follows: H. H. Leake,
of King, J. R. Forest, of Francisco;
Otis T. Shelton, of Sandy Ridge; H.
McGee, of Germanton, and John W.
Priddy, of Lawsonville.
The election of a superintendent
of schools was not taken up at Mon
day's meeting.
The business before the board at
Monday's meeting was only rout
ine matters.
Lawsonville Items.
Lawsonville, April 4. —The farm
ers of this section are busy plowing
and preparing for a new crop.
Mrs. Gentry Dillon and little son,
Russell, and Mrs. Viek Dillon spent
Friday afternoon with Mrs. It. O.
Wood.
Miss Gloria Main', of Winston-
Salem, spent Saturday night with
her cousins Misses Rona and Mavis
Rhodes.
Mr and Mrs. R. O. Wood and chil
dren and Mrs. Mary Wood spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs.
G W. Wood at Leaksville.
Miss Nelia Ruth Spencer spent
Sunday with her cousin Miss Nina
Smith.
Lerone Dillon and John Robertson
called on Miss Rona and Mavis
Rhodes Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Shelton anil
Miss Maggie Wood, of Leaksville,
spent Saturday night with Mr. and
Mrs. R. O. Wood.
Born unto Mr. and Mrs. W. M.
Rhodes, a fine boy Thursday.
W. H. Flinehum, of Piedmont
Springs and John S. Flinehum, ot
Pilot Mtn., brothers, spent a few
hours here today on business.
DANBURY JUNIORS
AT WINSTON-SAILEM
Twenty-One Members of Dan
bury Lodge (Jet Third De
gree With Fairview Council.
Twenty-one members of Danbury
council No. 145 Jr. O. U. A. M. went
to Winston-Salem Saturday night
where the Fairview Council No 19
administered the third degree. The
occasion was the district meeting of
Juniors and the attendance was
large.
The members from this lodge re
port a most enjoyable occasion.
News and Personal
Items Of King
King, April 4.—Luico Venable and
Estelle Milton were united in the
holy bonds of matrimony in the
home of Mr. J. M. Venable, the
father of the groom, Sunday after
noon at four o'clock. Rev. Paid H.
Ncwsum officiating. Mr. Venable
is widely known in Stokes and ad
joining counties. The bride is a
Granville county school teacher.
They will make their future home 1
in Stokes county.
C. S. Newsum has purchased from
H. Patterson four resident lots 1
on east Main street.
Mrs. S. W. Pulliam, if this place, 1
is in a Washington, D. C., hospital
taking treatment for her eyes. She
is reported to be getting along :
fairly well. 1
Ira Wall, of Murfreyboro, Tenn.,
who has been spending several
weeks with relatives here, left last
week for his home. He was ac
companied by Messrs. Mack Kirby
and Richard Newsun>, who expect
to spend several weeks in Tonnes- 1
see.
Mr. and Mrs. Garfield Doss, who
resides just south of town, are the
glad parents of a new baby boy.
Banks Turner who holds a posi
tion at Winston-Salem, spent Sun- :
day with his family here.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Cook are
spending a few days with relatives
in High Point.
Reba Pulliam, of Winston-Salem, ■
spent Sunday with relatives and
friends here.
Quite a number of the business
men of King are attending court at
Danbury this week.
Lester O. Pulliam, of Greensboro,
spent Saturday and Sunday with his
mother here.
Work on the new Stone building
at the corner of Depot and Main
[streets is well underway and will
bo pushed through to completion as
fast as possible.
Rev. Paul H. Newsum returned
from Mount Airy today wheTe he
filled an appointment yesterday.
Work on the nice new home of A.
S. Francis, in Pilot View, is nearing
completion.
James Burge, of Durham spent
Sunday with his parents on Forest
Grove Avenue.
B. L Manning, of Winston-Salem,
is today looking after some business
matters.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Calloway, of
Winston-Salem, were among the
visitors here Sunday.
Mr. und Mrs. P. J. Caudle, of
Winston-Salem, spent Sunday with
relatives and friends here.
Shelton-Honeycutt.
A marriage of interest in this
community occurred last Sunday at
Reidsville when Mr. Lester Shelton,
of Moore's Springs, and Mrs. Eltna
Honeycutt, of Leakimlle, were unit
ed in the holy bonds of matrimony,
the ceremony being performed by
Justice E. F. Hall. Mr. and Mrs.
Shelton are at present visiting the |
parent.* of the groourv Mr. and Mrs. I
R. F. Shelton, at Moore's Spring*.
The/ will likely go to Dutroit to live
at an early data.
No. 2,560
SUPERIOR COURT
OPENED MONDAY
Doiket Is Heavy One and Will
Probably Consume Entire
Week—Number of Defend
ants Submit Few Cases
Have Gone To Jury So Far.
Superior court opened here Mon
day with Judge J. M. Oglesby pre
siding and Solicitor J. F. Spruiil
prosecuting for the State. His hon
or's charge to the jury was especi
ally fine and much favorable com
ment on it has been heard. The
docket is a heavy one and it is the
opinion of officials that the entire
week will be consumed in finishing
it up. Only a few cases have gon©
to the jury up to this time (Wed
nesday noon) but quite a few ie
-1 fendants have submitted guilty. His
honor has not sentenced any of
these who were found guilty or
who submitted. Several citizens
have been fined for tardiness.
Cases heard by the court up t»
this time are as follows:
Sanders Mabe, larceny and re
ceiving, jury verdict guilty, judg
ment pending.
Leander Dennett, burning tobac
co barn on farm of John W. Bur
well, jury verdict guilty, judgment
pending.
A. C. Spaun, H. \V. Spaun and J.
H. Paul, transporting liquor, fined
SSO each and the cost equally divid
ed.
Will Golden and Bob Golden, fail
ing to pay cost at last term, capias
issued.
C. H. Adkinson, assault, called and
failed.
W. A. Manly, operating slot ma
chine, submits guilty, judgment
pending
Howard Reid, breaking and en
tering, submits guilty, judgment
pending.
Ervin Trent, possession of liquor,
submits guilty. Also submits in as
sault case. Judgment pending iri
both cases.
Will Dalton and Valentine Mc-
Laughlin, gambling, submit guilty,
judgment pending,
manufacturing liquor, submit guilty,
manufacturing liqour, submit guilty,
judgment pending.
Dewey Love, operating jar wh'le
intoxicated, pleads gi:i!»y. j'jdgtrvnb
pending.
Harry Tille.v, assault, pleads
guilty, judgment pending.
Lindsay Bowman, carrying eom
cealeil weapon, pleads guilty, judg
ment pending.
Mina Scales, larceny of do®,
pleads guilty, judgment pending.
Noah Welch and Rosa Brown, as
sault, plead guilty, judgment pend
ing.
The prandjury as selected by tke
court Monday is composed of tke
following named citizens:
J. Wilson Mitchell, foreman; J.
Ellis Coon, P. O. Fry, Ernest Tut tie.
J. W Fowler, J. H. Watts, N. C.
Covington, J. B Ferguson, J. Ml.
Wood, E. F. Jarrett, E. W. Anw»,
H. M. Flinchum, C. W. Ray, G. A.
Hawkins, J Wesley Hall, J. V.
Overby, W. P. Sheppard.
Shores Hull, manufacturing lk|Mr,
pleads guilty. Judgment pending.
Bud Fry and Bud Smith, havtoc
material for manufacturing liquet ■
possession, jury trial, guilty, jvk%-
ment pending.
Ernest Donathan, asna'.ilt nidi
knife, pleads guilty. To -my Hunter
Setliff $30.00 for injury to h ihifcic
and pay coat.
Manuel George and ILui Wts,
affray, trial in proee».
John M. Taylor, orf Winsto»-S»-
I lem, wue a visitor here Sunday. Mfc.
: Taylor is preparing to begin n»it
lon the dam for hia &nb pood fml
I south of Dunbury.
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