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DANBURY REPORTER Volume 55. KING PEOPLE HURT ' IN AUTO WRECK Electric Lights and Power Ex pected To Be Great Benefit To Stokes Town Personal Items. King, April 18. —The South ern Public Utilities company turned on the power here Mon- j day and the town now had what they have long wished; for.city current. Your eorre-, spondent considers this electric power the biggest asset thai the town*has. This will in the future do more than any other one thing toward bringing manfacturing enterprises to our community. S;.miy Forest, of Vade Me cum Springs, has purchased from (). T. Fowler, a nice home on west Main street, and will in the near future move his family here. Howard WaV, of Bryant Sta tion, Term., is spending some time with relatives here. Marshall Moser and Miss Ethel Tut tie have just return ed from South Carolina where they were united in marriage. They were given an old time serenading Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. Nat Green, of, Aberdeen, are spending a few . days with relatives and friends here. • j Mr. and Mrs. J. D. White ami Daniel (Happy Dan) White, of lioanoke, Va., are spending a few days with relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Mutch ins, of Winston-Salem, were among the visitors here Sun day. ! A very appropriate Easter j service was held at the King Moravain church Sunday after noon. The musicians at the old time fiddlers' convention here Saturday night played to a crowded house. Mr. and Mrs. Dewitt Cook, of High Point, spent Sunday with Mr. Cook's parents in Walnut Hills. Dr. and Mrs. E. M. Griffin spent Sunday with relatives in Davie county. Work has been commenced on a new home for A. L. Turn er in Walnut Hills. Miss Kate Perry Stone, of Charlotte, spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. B. J. Stone, who resides just south of here. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Wil lard, who reside in Walntr. Hills, are the glad parents of a new baby boy. Work on the new addition t:> E. P. Newsum's dwelling on west Main street is nearin? completion. .Me.A.lex ii'jwi.ian and Charlie Bowman an.! Miss Martha S*one, ol Mount Airy, spent Sunday with relatives here. r ; he hor.e of M.\ and Mrs. Sid Cull r was nu«de happy yesterday by the arrival c.f a new baby girl. Mrs. Billie Moore, of Wins ton-Salem, spent the week end witn her sister, Mrs. Ernest M. Griffin. Large crowds from here spent Easter Monday on the famous old Pilot Mountain. Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Gunter, of High Point, are spending Easier with Mr. Gunter's fath er here. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Barr are in receipt of a new baby girl. The young lady arrived Satur day. Mr. Gabe Tuttle and family of Rural Hall, spent Sundav TOBACCO CROP SET OUT IN S. C. Rex Gass, Winston-Salem 1 Warehouseman, Returns From Visit To South Caro lina—Acreage Will Not Be Increased. Rex Gass, popular ware houseman of Winston-Salem, was a visitor to Danbury yes terday. Mr. Gass had just re turned from' a visit to South Carolina, where he has been operating tobacco warehouses for the past several years, and I tie stated that the tobacco crop in South Carolina was about set out. While it has been stated thai farmers in that State were go ing to largely increase their acreage in tobacco, Mr. Gass gives it as his opinion, after careful inquiry and observat ion, that there will be no in crease in the acreage in that state. The young plants there are looking only fairly well as it has been dry down there, not; enough moisture to start the plants off good. Legislature Cost State Record Sum Rcgarless of its worth, the last legislature was the most expensive amusement >.f it>- sort the state has evei ii dulg ed in. Already the session has! .cost $165,000 and there arej still some outstanding accounts, j It is certain that the total will j go over the $165,000 combined .cost of the 1924 special session and the 1925 regular session. : The cost of the legislature, out side of printing, was esti-1 mated at $116,754. The actual amount paid so far is $129,-, 357.31. The $12,493 difference is almost identical with the $12,568 bonus which the legis lature passed out to employes, in ib„«» last days of the *ossioo.' The printing estimate was first figured at $50,000 then re !duced to $31,500. It will prob ably run over $35,000. ; Before leaving the general assembly appropriated $125,- 000 for its expenses over and I above printing. This amount ' has already been exceeded but, luckily for itself, the budget bureau can take of it and cx • ceed its aflowance then ' thumb its nose at accountants : if it so sees fit. 1 | Moses B. Mabe, of Danbury 1 Route 1, is ill in a Winston- Salem hospital. Reports from ; there indicate that there is j some improvement in Mr. Mabe's condition. t Dr. W. V. MeCanless and J. i Frank Martin spent Tuesday ! in Winston-Salem. i with Mrs. Turtle's father ort , west main street. I The Red Goose baseball team of this place plays Reynolds high school here this after noon. ! Mr. and Mrs. Cebron Fowler, of High Point spent the Easter with relatives here, j Albert Kirby received a bail cut on the face in an automo bile wreck near Mt. A ; - day afternoon. Miss Mayfield j Wall g.)t hor cheek bone b • >ken ! and Miss Wsio !\::'by received ' several painful bruises. Jessie Lawson was the only one to j escape unhurt. All of the oc ■ cupants of the cr.r were from ■ the vicinity .of Xing. Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, April 20, 1927 ELECTION OF SUPT. OF SCHOOLS Will Be Taken Up By Board ef Education May 2nd—J. C. Carson. Present Incumbent, Will Have No Opposition For Place. On the first Monday in the coming month the Stokes Board of Education will elect a Superintendent of Schools for a term of two years. It is learned that the Board has already virtually agreed upon the re-election of Supt. J. C. Carson, his work having been found entirely satisfac tory to the board. Since Prof. Carson took charge as superintendent eight years ago there has been con stant and rapid improvement in the schools as a result of his untiring efforts, and it is felt that the school board is doing the wise thing in retaining him. WILL ASK FOR WELFARE OFFICER 'Citizens Expect To Appear Be fore Stokes Commissioners On First Monday In Coming .Month—Badly Needed In County. It is learned that a delegation of Stokes citizens will appear | before the board of county | commissioners here on the first | Monday in May and request ithat a county welfare officer be appointed for Stokes. There is much work it is .claimed, for such an officers and the county authorities will be i given reasons why the appoint ment should be made. i Rush Kjng, of Greensboro, is spending some here with his cousin, R. R. King. COLONEL STOKES' LETTER. April 20, 1027. The Danbury Reporter, Danbury, N. C". 1 am very much interested in the development of the coun ty that bears my name, and I feel sure that every man, wo man and child in Stokes county is interested. We have a coun ty with a great variety of soils that produce as tin? quality of products as any county in North Carolina. Our citizenship "'s composed of as pure Anglo Saxon as can be found in America — there is not half a dozen foreigners in the county—rich in mineral deposits, her iron ores are excelled only by those in Switzerland. I am informed that lead is found in abundance, PO pure that it can be moulded into bullets. There is a de|x>sit coaline so pure that the largest chinawarc manufacturer in U. S. will move his plant to Stokes county if the deposit proves to be of enough magnitude to keep him running.. Yet with all this untold wealth. Stokes county is mot keeping pace with the progress of other counties. What Stokes needs is a few good salesmen. I am pleased to note that a movement is on foo. to organize a chamber of commerce in Stokes county. 1 hope every good citizen will become a member. While. 1 am anxious for the Southern Power Cc-mpany to bring their line of "white coal" to Walnut Cove, I am sure , U will not be necessary for Stokes county to spend a penny to get them in. They have already constructed a high tension line across the western end of the county, and are now completing a line that connects Pinnacle, King and liural Hall, giving thorn the same advantage of lights and power that the cities have. A representative of the S. P. U. Co. advised the writer that it is their intention to develop the county all along their lines. With cheap power, good roads, good schools amd every one of us pulling, old Stokes will forge to the front. Respectfully Yours, 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. C. O. BOYLES MOVES TO HIS FARM Our Representative !n the Last Legislature Wants His Boys To See Something of Farm Life—Has Nice Place. C. O. Boyles, of King, was a visitor to Danbury today. Mr. Boyles represented Stokes in the last Legislature and is one of King's most prosperous merchants. Recently he has removed from his home in King to his farm in the country nearby. He owns the old Peter Riser hompptead and it is a nice farm. Mr. Boyles says he wants his boys to grow up in the country on the farm and learn how to work, however, he don't mean to neglect their educa tion by any means, as he is in easy reach of the excellent high school at King, it requir ing only a very short time to drive from his farm to the school. Another thing: He is tired living right on the main high way where his chickens ani pigs get killed by cars. At present his chickens are pr« - ducing ninety eggs per day. ho said, and he has plenty of milk and butter. We have an invit ation to visit him and w ex pect to accept it pretty soon Former Stokes Boy Makes Good Record \Y. A. Covington, a native Stokes boy, was a visitor here from Winston-Salem yesterday. 1 Mr. Covington represents one of the leading life insurance companies of the State and le cently he has led all the aiynts of the company in the State in i the amount ot business l'sns ; acted, l.ast week h. s-it in j33 applications. ROBT. TAYLOR DIED. MONDAY NIGHT) Injured In Automobile ' Acci- - dent At Winston-Salem Ear ly Sunday Morning—Son of j I Mr. and Mrs. J. Spot Taylor, j The death of young Robert | Glenn Taylor at Winrton-Salem j' Tuesday night came as a great 11 shock to his many friends as|; well as his relatives. Early j 1 Sunday morning just prec-ting 11 the beginning of tii" Easter! services at Winston-Salon he! was injured only slightly, it; was thought, in an automobile accident, but a few hours later it was found that the injury ] was serious, and he gradually grew worse until the end, | death occuring at the Baptist hospital at Winston-Salem ; I Monday night at 9 o'clock- Members of his family were i summoned and remained with him until the end. Robert was the third son of I Mr. and Mrs. J. Spot Taylor, of t Danbury. and was aged 21 i years. He was a third year . j student at Oak Ridge Military j Institute, and had stopped lover in Winston-Salem to at . tend the Moravain services be- i | fore coming home to spend Easter with his parents. He ; was popular with students and faculty at school, as well as throughout this section of the . Slate. j In the car with Robert at ' the time of the accident were j j Bascom McCaskill, of Winston-1 j Salem, who died from injuries j I received in a few hours after | ward; R. C. Hensel, who was! badly cut about the -face,- and | | Calvin Beck, who was driving j ; the car, but who was only, !slightly injured, j The accident occured in the Ardmore section of Winston | Salem. It was raining and in ! making a turn at a street iti | tersection the car skidded, striking a telephone pole and throwing the young men to the street pavement. Funeral services were held at the home in Danbury Wednes day at 3 o'clock p.m., conducted by Rev. Joseph Peele, of the Friends church. President T. j E. Whitaker, of Oak Ridge Military Institute, also spoke at some length, paying highest tribute to Robert. A hundred cadets from the! Oak Ridge school, together with the entire faculty, attend ed the funeral. The classmates 1 of Robert acted as pallbearers, ■ and he was given a military • ' I burial in the cemetery of the: M. E. church here. | The flowers were beautiful to say the least, considerably l more than a hundred handsome I designs being sent by friends, j In addition to the large num-' ber of people of this immediate vicinity in attendance at the funeral services the following are some of those here from f> distance: Mr. and Mrs. Rex Gass, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Shelton, Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Rominger and Miss Elizabeth Rominger, Mr. and Mrs. Will Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Will N. Reynolds, Harry Davis, Jesse Glenn, Arch Glenn, G. A. Jones, Mrs. W. A. Blair, T. R. Pepper, Mrs. Rond thaler, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Holt on, George Holton, B. B. Walker, Mrs. Herndon. Mi. anil Mrs. J. E. Do-lson, T. S. Petree, Tom Pepper, Jr, Mr. and Mrs. Beck. Sheriff John McCreary, all of Winston-Salem; Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Rothrock, Mrs. No. 2,862 WALNUT COVE WON FIRST PLACE In Group Commencement For Schools Held At Sandy Ridge Recently County Commencement At German ton April 30th. ' In the group commencement for Stokes county schools held at Sandy Ridge recently the following results were declared by the judges: Walnut Cove won first place with a total of 78 points. Pine Hall Hall won second place with a total of 30 points. Mead ows won third place with 23 points. Sandy Ridge and Dil lai'd came in with 8 and 3 points, respectively. Walnut Cove won 78 out of a possible 1 i 2 points by taking first place in the following events: 100 yard dash, the 400 \«ird relay, the 50 yard dash for small boys, the 200 yard I relay for small boys, the tug o* war for boys under l.'i years of age, the boys running broad jump, the high jump (tie for | first place with Pine Hall.) th* basket ball throw for girls, the high school recitation and gram met* school recitation, the gram met* grade declamation, and hitch school spelling. Walnut Cove won second place in girls 50 yard dash, girls basket ball throw, gram mar grade recitation, high school declamation. Pine Hall won first place in I girls 50 yard dash, tied with i Walnut Cove for first place in high jumps, grammar grade 1 spelling; and won second place |in boys 50 yard dash, running broad jumps, higs school recit ation, grammar irrade declama tion and high school spelling. Meadows took first place in potato race, large boys tug o' war, high school declamation; and won second place in run-' ning broad jumps and gram mar grade spelling. Sandy Ridge won first place in running broad jumps and second place in the 100 yard dash. Dillard won second place in the potato race. j The county commencement will be held at Germanton on April 30th. | The Sunday school classes of , Mrs. N. A. Martin and Mrs. J. W. Hall each enjoyed an East 'cr egg hunt Monday afternoon. ; In the game of pinning eggs in ;an Easter nest while blindfold ied. Edna Hudspeth won the i prize for the girls and Waiter Petree for the bovs. J i ....«■■■■■_________ !A. G. Jones, Miss Nannie Jones, Mrs. P. W. Davis, Mrs. Jacob Fulton. A. F. Marshall, .Mrs. W. H. Sanders, Paul Fu!- ! iton, J. A. Weisner, Mr. and ' i Mrs. E. A. Rothrock, Mr. and i Mrs. E. D. Matthews, Rev. O. iE. Ward, Robert Hedgecoek, . j Mr. and Mrs. Will Tuttle, ■ Misses Nina and Gladys More i.field, all of Walnut Cove; M". l . | and Mrs. J. G. Bradshaw, of i Moore's Springs: Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Christian, of Westfield; i Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hill, of Germanton; W. A. Sullivan, of I ■ Pinnacle; Joe Eads, of Mount .'Airy; Mrs. Amanda Martin • and Mrs. Sterling Webster, of 1 Madison; W. S. Hart, of Smith; , R. J. Petree, of Germanton; • Robert Cardwell, of Madison; , Eddie Haymore, of Mt. Airy, 1 Rev. Fred N. Day, of Winston i. Salem, and scores ox others.
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