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Volume 55.
SCHOOL BUDGET
IS DISCUSSED
Joint Meeting of County Com
missioners and lioard of
Education Was Here Wed
nesday.
A: a joint meeting of the
Coujty Commissioners and the
Board of Education held at the
court house Wednesday the
county's school budget, which
had been prepared by Sup:,
of Schools J. C. Carson, was
examined and discussed at
length by the members of the
two boards. No action was
taken in regard to approving
or disapproving the items con
tained in the budget, as the
meeting was held only for the
purpose of allowing the mem
bers tf> familiarize themselves
wi;i) the needs and requests oi"
thr several school districts. Oil
thf :irst Monday in June the
sch >1 budget will be passed
up- n and the lax levy made to
lit *ne requirements.
Tile funds required for the
maintenance of the schools will
probably be only slightly more
than the past year, but, accord
ing to requests made by sever
al .-chool districts, it will be
lie;, tsary to increase the build
ing fund considerably. The
.school districts asking for new
buildings, have filed applica
tions for the amounts given
beiow:
King district, $75,000.
Hawpond, $30,000.
Sandy Ridge, $.50,000.
Francisco, $30,000.
Westfield, SB,OOO.
Lawsonville district has not
aked for any specified amount
but. it is understood, will make
request that a building be giv
en them, and will probably re
quire $20,000 or $30,000.
Judging from expressions
heard from several members of
the two boards the amounts
asked for by the districts will
be "shaved" some.
Millard Jessup Badly
Burned By Gasoline
Millard Jessup, of Big Creek
township, was recently severe
ly burned on his lower limbs
and hands by gasoline. Mr.
Jessup was repairing his auto
mobile and washing the grease
from some part of the car with
gasoline when the liquid sud
denly took fire. He thinks hs
saved his life by lying down
and rolling on the ground tc
smother the fire on his cloth
ing.
Apple Crop Is
Cut By Freeze
Asheville, May 27. H. R
Xiswonger, extension horticul
turist. has just returned tc
Asheville from a tour of west
,«j;*n North Carolina counties it
which he checked up on thi
loss of apples by the freezing
weather this spring.
Mr. Niswonger said that tht
partial estimate of the croi
this year will be as follows:
Ejncombe and Hendersor
counties, 25 per cent of norma
crop; Surry county, 30 pei
cent: Wilkes county, 75 pei
cent: and Alexander county 5(
per cent.
Tom Tarheel says he didn't
mind paying for that box a'
supper last week when ht
found the girls were going t(
seirl a delegate to the clul
short course.
for The Reporter.
SERVICES HERE
NEXT SUNDAY
i
Rev. 11. W. Hudspeth To Be
Ordained As Pastor Presby
terian Churches At Danbury
and Pine Hall—Several Min
isters Will Take Part.
Rev. J. \V. McFall. of Win
ston-Salem; Rev. C. W. Irvin,
of Glade Valley; Rev. Mr.
Berry, of Mt. Airy; Elder E.
W. Anderson, of Winston-S.
lem, and other local elders,
comprising a quorum of the
Presbytery are expected here
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock
to take part in the services at
the Danbury Presbyterian
church when Rev. 11. W. Hud
speth will be ordained as a
minister of the Presbyterian
church and installed as regular
pastor of the church here.
In the afternoon of the same
{day these ministers and elders
I will go to Pine Hall Presby
-1 j terian church where Mr. Hud
! speth will be installed as pas
tor of that church also. The
' service at Pine Hall will bo
' held at 2:30 o'clock P. M.
The public is cordially invit
■ ed to attend the services at
' each place.
Mr. Hudspeth has been serv
' ing the churches mentioned
above for the past several
" months, and everyone is glad
1 to know that he is to be per
, manently installed as pastor.
South Carolina Market
Opens In July
About July Ist the following
t well known tobacco warehouse
t men and auctioneers will go
j to South Carolina where they
. will sell the weed this season:
. I Everett Matthews and Paul
I Taylor, will manage a ware
s house at T. R. Pep
f per and Thomas Bros., at Tim-
monsvi.'ie; John Glenn, at Tim
;l monsville; W. H. Sharp, at
] Fairmont ; Harry and Fran'*
I Davis, at Fairmont; Rex Gass
at Hartsville; Auctioneer Let
g Hopper will be at Fairmont; F
|S. Langley, at Kingstree; Johr
k Newsum, at Clarkston, ant
! *! Colonel Webb, at Fairmont.
15 j Reports from South Carolin?
'• | indicate the dry weather has
h | seriously interferred with th
e ' growth of the crop and at the
h very best only a normal eroj
I-1 will be produced. The same re
e ports come from Georgia, th«
Q dry weather cutting short wha
0 | would otherwise have been i
i- much larger crop.
Recent rains in this sectioi
have been very beneficial to th
recently set out crop, but ii
e some sections the dry spell ha:
■ not been broke sufficiently t.
do much good to tobacco. Far
mers generally are hoping fo
° i more rains within the next fev
'"days.
n
1 J. F. Southern's Smoke
House Is Robbec
e Jesse F. Southern, here fron
P, Meadows township today, re
'ported that thieves robbed hi
n smoke house last night, carry
ing away two line hams am
!l of meat. Abou
!r one barrel of corn was als
stolen.
|
New License Plates
1 , Now On Sal
it I
ie; Sale of new automobile li
o cense plates began in Winston
b Salem Tuesday at Brown'
I warehouse, where the Auto
j mobile Club's headquarter
, 'have been established.
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, June 1, 1927
THREE-FOURTHS
I CROI" IS PLANTED
Tobacco Farmers Will Finish
Putting Out Crop Earlier j
Than For Years—Plenty of
I
Plants and Good Seasons. :
i. . . —■ — . , i
It is the opinion ot most far- .
mers who have visited Dan
bury this week from all sec
tions of Stokes that at least'
three-fourths of the tobacco 1
•*op has been planted. This
crop of tobacco has been put !
, out earlier than any crop for
, years, owing to plenty of for- 1
ward plants and good seasons.
The crop has been put out so
, easily and is starting off so
. nicely that some farmers have
l been heard to remark that they
, feared some calamity would
• befall the tobacco crop. It is
I thought that there will be
, about the same acreage plant-
Zed as last year, as a majority
of the farmers last year put
.'out all they could take care of
and the same thing is being
» done this year.
, : A full corn crop has been
planted and it is coming along
. fine.
t In some sections the wheat
crop has rust, while in others
it promises a fine yield.
! WHY AUTOMOBILE
ACCIDENTS OCCUR
j
Speeding Caused 42 Out Of 100
| Fatal Accidents. Tabulation
I; Shows,
I
i Raleigh, May 28.—Out of
g' 100 fatal accidents in the State,
.42 are due to speeding, 18 to
0 railroad crossing mishaps, 13
i- to careless driving.
: | That is the way the State
d Highway Commission figures
i read. Other causes: Pedes
i- trians walking on highway, 5;
i- reckless driving,, 4; intoxicated
i- drivers, 7; blinding lights and
,t, children playing on highways,
k;3 each; skidding and cars park
ed on highway, 2 each; driving
e'on wrong side of road, 1.
\ { Nobody knows what the
n|count is for the six months of
d this year for the simple reason
! that time has not expired but
a I for from July 1, 1926, to Janu
s ary 1, this year, there were 93(1
e automobile accidents in the
e State, 979 persons were injur
p ed and 110 were killed
>. | All last year there were 1,-
e 633 accidents, 1,639 persons in
it jured, 185 killed,
a' Several accidents occurret
• because the driver was asleep
n Here are some notations:
IG October 2, 1926, 4a. m., rai
n into ditch, driver asleep; Julj
is 18. 7 a. m., ran off fill, thre*
0 1 injured, driver asleep; Septenv
r- ber 29, 2 a. m„ ran off fill
,r driver asleep; September 29, i
a. m., ran into ditch, one in
; jured, driver asleep; Novembei
13. ran into bank, driver asleep
i November 14, 4 a. m., ran int
ditch, driver asleep; August 22
ran into telephone pole, foui
tii injured, asleep, and so on.
is Prof. J. T. Smith Goes
>•- Back To California
,» Prof. J. T. Smith, who re
, () turned to Stokes a year o:
more since after residing ii
California for several years
left a few days since to agaii
g make his homo in California
He goes to Leemoor, where In
i- owns considerable real estate
ii- Prof. Smith was principal o
's the Francisco high school th.
o- past year. The best wishes o
rs his many friends in Stokes g
jwith him! to the far west.
I LIONS TO BANQUET
AT PIEDMONT ]
District Governor and Other
' Officials of Club In State Will
!
Ik' Present—Date Fixed For
I Monday, June 27th.
The members of the Stokes'
County Lions Club are anxious
ly looking forward to Monday,
June 27th, when the Club will 
'give a banquet at the Piedmont
Springs hotel. The occasion i
! will be the regular meeting of
the Club on the fourth Monday
1 in June
President John J. Taylor, of
the local club, has the assur
-1 ance of the attendance of a
number of Lions high up in the
order to address the gathering.
['Among these will be District
s Governor W. L. Mann, of Albe
?'marie; Henry C. Marle.v, of
• jGreensboro; Judge G. H. Hast
■ | ings and Dr. C. S. Lawrence,
oi Winston-Salem, and others.
*j The hotel at Piedmont opens
r ] fur the season on June 11th
and the sessions of the club
l' will likely be held in the spaci
r! oils dining room of the hotel.
j after which damping will be
t indulged in in the ballroom,
 music being furnished by the
j hotel's orchestra, which will ar
| rive for the opening on June
tllth.
' STOKES HAS NO
} i DRY OFFICER
j Prohibition Agent Will Matt
! hews. Who Did Some Work
f I Here. Has Been Transferred
'• ! To Eastern North Carolina.
o 1
3 ~ Stokes county is now with-
Jout a single prohibition agent,
d and it is stated that there is
s ; not a dry agent in this Federal
- district since the transfering
> a few days since of officer Will
' Matthews to the eastern part
!of North Carolina.
j Whether the Federal author
- ities expect to leave this sec
?! tion without an agent indefi
! nitely or not could not be
e learned, however, it is stated
I that at least one citizen of
II Stokes has made application
1 1 for the position.
I- !
e Bald Eagle Killed
•-| Near Sandy Ridge
' Madison, May 26.—Elliott
Hawkins, who lives near Sandy
I Ridge, was in town Saturday
, | morning with a bald eagle that
measured six feet and six
' ; inches from tip to tip. He
brought the bird to Knight
, jYelton, embalmers. for the pur
pose of having it embalmed
land the feat was performed by
j j Mr. Yelton.
I While working in the field
early that morning, Mr. Haw
' kins noticed a large bird sitting
in the top of a pine tree some
' distance from his home. He
0 went into the house, secured
'lis gun and "sneaked" down
1 r
in the direction of the bird
hiding behind a hedge as he
went along. The bird did not
see him and before he reached
** the tree it vacated its perch
l ,_ and flew directly over him. He
tired and the eagle fell dead
j„ almost at his feet.
s | Just why the bird had strav
j„ jed so far from its usual haunts
a | is not known, as its species are
u , rarely seen so far from the
t mountains.
if,
le C. E. Davis, of Walnut Cove,
>f ihis week qualified as adminis
ro trator of the estate of the late
(George L. Jarvis.
ROBT. P. M'AN ALLY
PASSES IN VIRGINIA
i
Formerly Lived At Bethesda.
Stokes County. N. ('.. But
Moved to the Old Dominion
A Few Years Ago.
I
Richmond, V'a., May 26.—;
Robert Phillip McAnally, 72.
formerly of Bethesda N. C.,
died early today at his honi",
"Evergreen Farm," in Henrico
county, near Richmond, Va. He
moved to Virginia a few years'
ago from membership in Be
thesda but he still retained his
membership in Bethesda Meth
odist church.
Besides a widow and three
daughters and three sons, he
is survived by three sisters,
Harriet Vaughn, ot' High Point,!
N. Mrs. S. ('. Wall. Madison.'
N. C.; Mrs. A. .1. Pringle, of l
Campbell, N. C.; and two!
brothers. Dr. W. J. McAnally. 1
High Point, N. and Dr. 11.
A. McAnally. Richmond. The
funeral will lie held tomorrow
afternoon with burial in Fort
lawn cemetery. One of his sons,
Dr. Charles H. McAnally. is a
well known Richmond dentist.
STOKES TEACHERS
ARE EXEMPT
At Least One North Carolina
County Will Make Its Teach
ers Sign A Strong Pledge.
Supt. of Schools J. C. Carson
| will not require those who
teach in Stokes the coming
school year to sign a pledge
Jike the one printed below
which it is reported, one school
board in eastern North Caro
■ lina is asking its teachers to
1 sign before entering on their
' duties.
Here is what the teachers
are required to promise in or
der to get "a job paying SBS
a month for seven and a half
months in a county located in
the mosquito and fever district
' of North Carolina, where half
' of the inhabitants cannot read
[ or write:"
"I promise to take a vital
1 interest in all phases of Sun
| day school work, donating of
Imy time, service and money
, without stint for the uplift and
k benefit of the community.
' i "I promise to abstain from
t all dancing, immodest dressing
- and any other conduct unbe
- coming a teacher and a lady.
t "I promise not to go out
i with any young men ex
; cept in so far as it may be
- necessary to stimulate Sunday
- school work.
i "I promise not to fall in love,
,• to become engaged or secretly
married.
1 "I promise to remain in tht
- dormitory or on the school
; grounds when not actively en
p gaged in school or church work
L > elsewhere.
I "I promise not to encouragi
i or tolerate the least familiarity
I on the part of any of my bo\
i« pupils.
t "I promise to sleep at least
1 eight hours a night, to eai
i carefully, and to t.ike every
t> precaution to keep in the besi
I of health and spirits, in ordei
that 1 may be better able tt
. render efficient service to m\
s pupils."
The Danbury Reporter is th»
cleanest and fairest count;
paper 1 have ever seen. I
should go into every home ii
! *; the county.
REV. 11. W. lII'DSPETH.
e
I Subscribe for The Reporter.
No. 2,5667
BOY SCOUT TROOP
FOR DANBURY
i
(). I}. Gorman, of Cherokee
Council. Attends .Meeting
Here Demonstration Held
| Thursday Evening.
i
Following a meeting at the
M. K. church last Thursday
evening, at which a district
committee was elected. O. M
Gorman, Scout Executive of
the Cherokee Council, compris
ing six counties and including
Stokes, delivered ;i lecture and
held a demonstration around a
big camp fire in the M. E.
'church grounds Friday evening
which many of the parents a.n:i
boys of Danbury and communi
ty attended.
I Mr. Gorman, whose whole
time is devoted to the Boy
' Scouts of the 27 troops which
jhe supervises, told about the
'great work this organization
i does for the boys of the coun
try and three eagle scouts by
| demont rat ions and short
| speeches explained what boy
scouting had done for them.
The demonstrations included
' first aid work, life saving, etc.
j There were also numerous
clever stunts, the one with the
' balky motorcycle provoking a
'great deal of merriment,
i ' The boys of the community
.'were enthusiastic toward join
ing at once and the committee
lis getting under way at once
i ' toward enrolling the boys here
, in a troop to be known as the
r Sauratown troop.
» ! The district committee is
.•'composed of the following citi
-1 zens:
. j M. 0. Jones, Chairman,
,' Rev. W. J. Hackney, vice
r Chairman.
[ E. P. Pepper, Deputy Com-
, 1 missioner.
.! W\ G. Petree, Sec'y.-Treas., "
> Rev. H. W. Hudspeth, Scout
f Commissioner. v
I
i
t Birthday Party
ji For Miss Ferguson
! King, May 30.—Mr. and Mrs.
1 W. W. Ferguson entertained at
_ their home near here a number
f of guests at a surprise party
Saturday evening. May 28th,
{ honoring their daughter, Hes
jsie, on her twenty-first birth
i day.
Miss Ferguson had spent the
. afternoon from home and on
her return found the house
t crowded with guests. The home
. I was attractively decorated
e | with pink roses and poppies
y for the occasion. The white
j birthday cake holding twenty
/one pink candles was the cen
y tral attraction.
j After many games and a
e number of piano solos by Miss
il Margueritte Slate. Miss Mattie
: Ferguson, assisted by Miss
|- Lelah Bowles, served tempting
refreshments.
e The guests were Misses
v Beulah and Edith Jones. Sa
v vannah and Ora Watts, Mar
gueritte Slate. Lelah Bowles.
Mattie and Elmore Ferguson,
Irene Voss, Mary Salley. Oma
v Ferguson, Nonie Bennett. Lu
cile Meadows. Messrs. Sam
Robertson. Curtis Watts. Fred
0 Slate. Nick Bowles. William
v Salley. Carlis Jones, Bill Mead
ows. Gilmer Robertson, Lucas
Ferguson. Gray Tedder.
Thurman and Cecil Holland and
J" Thurman Baker.
tl Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Denny
and Mrs. John P. Lawson. of
Pinnacle. visited Danbury
Tuesday. Mr. Denny has re
cently built a new homo.