DANBURY REPORTER
Volume 55.
KING TO HAVE NEW
BAPTIST CHURCH
Two New Residences Started—
W. F. Grabs Loses Apple
House By Fire—Fiddlers*
Convention Saturday Night.
King. April. 11.— W. F.
Grabs, a veteran fruit grower
of this place, had the misfor
tune to lose his apple house by
fire last Tuesday. Practically
all ' f Mr. Grabs' wearing ap
parel was burned. The origin
of the lire is not known but it
is ; eilieved to have caught
front a defective tlue.
Material is being placed on
the site preparatory to erect
ing a new home for Alva Turn
er :i Walnut Hills.
W rk has been commenced on
a r.ew Baptist church on west
ma :, street. This is the see
ont Baptist church for King
am; will be known as the King
Baptist Mission.
Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Baker
am Mr. and Mrs. Claud Stone,
of High Point, are spending a
few days with relatives and
t'ri- els here.
Work has been commenced
on a new home for W. S. Hold
er :n north Depot Street.
Peyton Hutchins. of Winston-
Sai'iii, spent Sunday with his
parents on east Main street.
Work on the new ten thous-
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and dollar Stone building at
the corner of Depot and Main
streets is well underway and
will be pushed through to com
pletion at an early date.
Rev. Paul H. Newsum, of
this place, filled his regular ap
pointment at Indian Grove
near Mount Airy Sunday.
W. T. Newsum, of this place,
is serving on the jury at Stokes
court this week.
B. 1.. Manning, of Winston-
Salem, was here Monday at
tending to some business mat
ters.
A force of carpenters went
to work this morning on a ne.v
addition to K. P. Newsum's
dwelling on west Main street.
Dr. R. S. Holsabeck and Dr.
G. E. Stone are attending court
at Danbury th's week.
An old time fiddlers' conven
tion will be held here next Sa'-
urda\ night.
Mrs. B. J. Stone is spending
several days with her daught
er, Mrs. S. C. Schaub, al High
Point.
Sam Uiggs was arrested in
the Campbell section yesterday
by Deputy Sheriff llenrv Dun
lap. Riggs is alleged to have
been interested in a still thai
was captured near his plac
early this week. He gave bond
for his appearance al a hearing
before Justice N. A. Martin to
he held here Saturday.
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, April 13, 1927
Meeting of Ladies
Missionary Society
The Womans Union Mission
ary Society met at the home of
Mrs. H. M. Joyce Wednesday
afternoon at two thirty o'clock
with the president, Mrs. J. S.
I Taylor, presiding. The meet
i ing was opened with the song,
"Jesus Shall Reign." Mrs. J.
I Frank Martin read for the
scripture lesson, the fifth
chapter of Ephesians. "Pres
ent Day Missionaries" was the
topic for the afternoon. Mrs.
W. J. Hackney read a splendid
tmper on "Why We Should
Appreciate the Missionaries."
| Bible verses on the subject
[of Mission work were given by
each member. Mrs. H. M.
Joyce spoke interestingly of
several Presbyterian Mission
aries who are personal friends
|of hers and who are on the
Mission field in China. Mrs.
J. S. Taylor told of the Mission
work of the Friends, especially*
a Mission post in Africa, which
is self-supporting. Mrs. M. ().
Jones read an article on Mo
ravian Missions in Alaska.
A paper on the Episcopal
Missions in the mountain reg
ions of Western Carolina, and
Tennessee, was prepared by
Mrs. R. 11. Morofield and read
in her absence by Mrs. N. E.
Pepper. The program was con
eluded with a vocal solo by
Mrs. N. E. Pepper.
A social half hour followed
during which the hostess, as
sisted by Mrs. N. E. Pepper,
served refreshments.
The April meeting will be
held at the home of Mrs. M.
O. Jones. Mrs. N*. E. Pepper
and Mrs. John Taylor were ap
pointed to arrange the pro
gram.
Walnut Cove Ice
Plant In Operation
Walnut Cove, April lb.—The
new ice plant is in operatioi
now and deliveries are being
| made each day. D. T. Ramsey.
i proprietor of the new enter
'prise, has met the great need
of the town.
E. ). Creakman has opened
i«l> a new tilling station just
across Dan river, on the hard
surface road to Madison. He
,is also preparing to open up
picnic grounds and a bathing
p >o|.
Congratulations From
Mr. Gawthrop
Greensboro, April 12.
Danbury Reporter,
Danbury, N. C.
Gentlemen:
Very heartily we congratu
late you on the fifty-fifth an
niversary of your newspaper.
It is an unusual experience in
modern business life that anv
enterprise continues uninter
ruptedly for that length of
time. That you have served
your community with increas
ing usefulness for fifty-five
years is a high tribute to th*
intigrity and the earnestness
of purpose of the management.
We hope that the newspaper
will long continue its useful
service to the community
which it now serves. More than
that, we hope that your zone
of influence will continuallv
widen.
Yours very truly,
J. A. GAWTHROP. Sec'y.
Greensboro Chamber Com.
No. 2.H61
Contractor Martin
Breaks Record
On Wednesday of the past
| week Contractor Martin's forces
[who are paving the Danbury-
Walnut Cove road, poureo
eight hunderd lineal feet of
concrete in one day. Six hun
dred feet is considered a fine
day's work. A mile or more
of the road has been finished
from Meadows toward Walnut
('ove.
Francisco Needs
Another Mail Route
It. It Collins, who was here
a few days since from the
Peters Creek community, told
The Reporter of a 'movement
that is on foot to secure an
other rural mail route from
Francisco to the Peters Creek
.section. This service is badlv
i needed as it requires several
days to get a letter to or from
the community in which Mr.
Collins resides.