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Under chapter 242 of the Public Laws of North Carolina, the State Highway Commission is ordered to have printed and ] in the hands of the superin tendent of education by Aug ust 1, 1927, a sufficient number of copies of the state traffic laws are to be supplied each year by August 1 and the di gest of traffic laws relating to school children as pointed out by Mr. Roberts, include the provision that no school bus may be driven at a speed in excess of 25 miles an hour and that school buses must stop at every railway crossing, wheth er or not it is designated as a "stop" crossing by the State Highway* Commission.- "The law enacted by the 1925 legislature providing that all vehicles come to a full stop when school buses are loading or unloading passengers is still In force," Mr. Roberts remind ed. "Motorists and officials generally seem to be unaware that such a law has been in existence more than two years, judging from the consterna tion that existed for several rays recently following receipt by Governor McLean of a let ter from a mother asking that something be done to require motorists to stop when children were entering or leaving school i-uses." Motorists are restricted to si speed of 15 miles an hour when passing a school during recess or while children are go ing to or from school during opening or closing hours. John Galloway's Estate Will Pay Out Greensboro, June 23.—Liabi lities against the estate of John M. Galloway, resident of Greensboro, who died in 192'*., and who was at one time the largest tobacco grower in the world, amount to $142,862.85, John Moore of Madison, ad ministrator of the estate re ports, although $240,715.30 has been paid to creditors. Moore reports holdings of nearly 3.- 000 acres of land in Rocking ham and Stokes counties and lots in Greenslxiro and M'id : - son. He states that assets un realized are sufficient to nay the liabilities of the estate an.l the costs of administration. Attractive Home. The residence of H. W. Flin chum near Piedmont Springs has juse been remodeled and newly painted, and is now one of the most attractive homes in this section of the county. MARKET TO OPEN j? OCTOBER 4TH Winston-Salem's Eight Tobacco S Warehouses Will Begin Sales j At That Time—Tried To, I | Have Karlier Opening Date. I The tobacco warehouses at : Winston-Salem will open for | the sale of the leaf this >n j on Oct. 4th. The date was lix-i t jed last week by the Tolwcro v i Association at its annual meet- j ing held at Morehead City. The warehousemen made an effort \ to have the opening aboir: the s middle of September, but c manufacturers were unable to a promise buyers as r. arlrets in c the east could not be closed by g that time. s People Are Urged To Buy Auto Licenses Commissioner Doughton is- ' sued the following statement urging automobile owners to .secure their licenses early: "Sales of automobile and ( truck licenses are proceeding:' very satisfactorily at the cen- ' tral office in Raleigh and re- 1 I ports of sales at some of the • ! branch offices are very grati-|_ fying. |' "The entire month of June j | is being given over to the ac -1 commodation of owners of mo ; tor vehicles to the end that ' I they may get their licenses be- j fore July 1. They are being warned against waiting for the ! very last days of the month 1 thereby causing delay and in- ' convenience both to themselves ( and the department. Last June, ' during the last two or three ' ( days before the close of the ' . legal period owners of cars I stood in line for hours waiting ' for their turn to procure their ' license. Licenes must be pro- ' ( cured before July 1 by those : who expect to use their cars." 1 I __ ( Ordered the Boys 1 ; To Fill His Hat I I i ; , Ralph Martin and several i " other colored men who are em- ployed on the Danbury-Walnut ! Cove highway were given a i 1 hearing here Sunday before ' Justice N. A. Martin on the charge of gambling and having * liquor in their possession. ; r Martin was fined SIO.OO and • the cost while the others paid ; " small fines. Witnesses against • Martin testified that he lost l all his money in the "crap" game and became enraged over it. Securing a big stick he. j. put his cap down and ordered ,the boys to fill it up with - money. One man placed all f had in the cap while the f others made their escape. j Play At Walnut Cove e Friday Night The characteristic entertain ment, "In The Ferry House," s will be presented by local tal > ent, under the direction of J. * Irving Bolt, at the Walnut Cove auditorium, Friday night, July Ist, for the benefit of the Baptist church building fund. There are forty-five people in the cast, lots of specailties, and j no dull moments. The enter tainment is similar to the play , "In the Union Station," which t made such a hit when it was : given some years ago in Win ston-Salem. Come and en joy yourself and at the same , time swell the building fund, d. i e | W. C. Moore and daubhter, j 3 of Lawsonville, were visitors | here today. i Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, .Kmc 1!!-), 1927 NEW FISCAL YEAR BEGINS MONDAY Sheriff .Makes Settlement of Taxes—County Accountant To Tile Budget County Commissioners Provide Ap propriations For Salaries j The first meeting of the. 1 county boards of commission ers in the new fiscal year, 1 which begins July 1, will take place Monday, July 4. The new fiscal year will bring with it many duties and re sponsibilities under the new county government legislation, and the officials principally charged with these duties, be sides the board of commis sioners are the county account ant or auditor and the sheriff or tax collector. At the first meeting of the board of commissioners in July, the county accountant must submit his budget estimate, which represents his estimate of the amounts necessary to be appropriated for the different activities of the county and subdivisions for the next fiscal year. In some counties consider able diffiulty has been experi enced in the preparation of this budget estimate, as the figure-* for last and the current fiscal year, on which the bud-. get estimate is largely based, have not been obtainable. A full and complete settle ment with the county by the sheriff or the tax collecting offi cer for all taxes due the county or its special subdivisions is also due on the first Monday in July. i The board of commissioners at this meeting is expected to provide appropriations for the purpose of paying fixed sala rie's, the principal and interest of indebtedness, the stated compensation of officers and employees, and for the usual. ordinary expenses of the coun ty and its subdivisions for the interval between the beginning of the new fiscal year and time of the adoption of the annual apropriation resolution, which is the fourth Monday in July. The appropriation made on the first Monday shall be charge- j able to the several appropria- i tions thereafter made in the | annual appropriation resolution for the year. 1 Following the submission to the commissioners by the ac countant of his budget esti- j mate, he must begin at once to prepare a supplemental budget to be submitted before any j levy of taxes is made. The appropriations resolution shall; ibe deemed automatically 'amended by adding such in crease or substracting such de crease as may appear in this supplemental budget. Contract Let For Warehouse Paul Taylor, who spent the week end with home folks at Piedmon: Springs, .-da J.l that his company had let contract for the construction of the to bacco warehouse which they will build at Winston-Salem. The building will have 43.000 square feet of floor space and will be one of the largest houses in the Twin City. Work will be rushed on the house in order to be ready for sales on Oct. 4th, the opening date | for the tobacco market. ' Yesterday was decidedly the j hottest day of the year. FIRST CONCRETE POURED HERE Citizens Delighted To See Work Start On Danbury End of Highway Leading To Walnut Cove. The pouring of concrete wa.' started here early Tuesday j morning on the Danbury end i of the hard-surface road lead-' ing to Walnut Cove. Needless j to say Danbury people took a' great deal of interest in the i event and one citizen was ot'! the opinion that the exact population of Danbury could j have been secured by counting I the spectators around the big' concrete mixer. The concrete was started on' Main street just in front of j the Smith filling station and 500 or 600 feet of road was' finished the first day. Less than three miles now | remains to be paved before Danbury and Walnut Cove will be connected by paved road. | The entire road will probably i be completed by Aug. 15th. That part of the road be tween Meadows and Walnut Cove was opened to traffic Saturday and is an excellent 1 example of the State's fine roads. Over Half of Mileage Is Now Hardsurface Raleigh, June 23.—A main-j tenance budget of $3,096,189! to care for 6,792 miles on the j State highway system for th;' year ending July 1, 1928, was announced yesterday. This is less than the $3,300,- 000 maintenance budget of 1926-27. although 319 addi tional miles will be cared fw under the new budget over th • mileage maintained under the 1926 budget. A check of hard surface and other types of roads in the | system showed 3,786 miles of 1 hard surface or a little over ■ half the total mileage. Showing the distribution of the hard | surfaced highways, the per-' jcentage of pavement in the j various districts was worked out, ranging from 47 per cent, iin the ninth district to 73 per ieent. in the second and fourth j districts. Westfield News. Westfield, June 27—The peo pie of this oe'w*li(.u are about 'through harvesting their crop |of wheat. The crop is not as ; good as it was last year, j The corn and tobacco crops are looking fine. We have had fine rains for the last few weeks. | Sanford King had the mis fortune to lose a fine mule the past week. i Miss Hettie Priddy, of High Point, spent the week end with her parents here. Quite a numl>er attended the communion meeting at Tom's Creek Sunday. The services were conducted by Elders J. A. Fagg, G. (). Denny, Press Stone others. The friends of Walter Pal mer gave him a surprise birth day dinner Sunday. It was Mr. ' Palmer's 21st milestone and his many friends wish many more happy birthdays. Mr. and Mrs. Posey Cox. of ! High Point, spent the week 1 end with relatives. i The county highway com i mission met here Monday to ' prepare their budget for the coming year. LIONS BANQUET AT PIEDMONT District Governor and Other Notables In Attendance— Charter Presented To Stokes Club Several Addresses Made During Evening. The banquet of the Stoko I County Lions Club held ai 'Piedmont Springs hotel Mon jday night was attended by more than a hundred Lions, a j majority of whom were accom panied by their wives and (daughters, and the occasion i proved a most interesting one. The regular bi-weekly meet ing of the Club was held in the ball room previous to the banquet, and a score or More of j Lions from the clubs at Win :ston-Salem, Statesville, Mocks , ville and Kernersville were ' present, a number of these i making interest talks on the work being done by the Lions club;, etc. At the banquet the charter' lof the Stokes County Lions I Club was delivered to President | John J. Taylor by District j Governor W. L. Mann, of Albe marle, in a most appropriate 'speech. The charter was -ac cepted on behalf of the club by Mr. H. McGee, of Germanton, who spoke at some length of the aims and ideals of the j Stokes club. I The Lions of the Stokes Club j j and the visitors from other |clubs were welcomed to Pied-! jmont Springs in a delightful 'speech bv Mrs. J. Spot Taylor. I i I ; Other short addresses were made by Dr. Barnhardt. Pre siding Elder of the M. E. 1 church for the Winston-Salem district; Judge G. 11. Hastings, Linville Martin and Gardner Hudson, of Winston-Salem; President John Taylor and Dr. R. H. Moretield, of the Stokes Club, and others. Between 'Oi!ise at t.i • ban quet several solos were render 'ed and a number of selections .given on the piano, while the ; hotel orchestra did its full I part for the pleasure of the ! guests. There were also sev eral stunts for the amusement of the diners, for instance four i Lions competed fa pn'ze in a contest in which the object j was to see which could drink ! a pink of milk first from a baby's bottle through a rubber j nipple. After the banquet the guests I ! were invited to the ball room j where dancing was indulged in until near the midnight hour, j MISS ELLA BOYLES GIVEN SURPRISE 1 About 300 Relatives and Friends Attend A Birthday 1 Dinner At Her Home— For mer Stokes Man Buried. i . King Route 2, June 27—Miss Ella Boyles, of Pinnacle Route 2. was given a surprise last ' Sunday when about three hun dred of her relatives and friends rushed in with full baskets of eats. Miss Boyles has been in bad health for ' quite a while. Despite her bad health, she enjoyed (the day ' as well as any one present. We wish her many more happy birthdays. L Mr. Pinkney Boggs, of Win | ston-Salem, was buried at Mt. . Olive church last Sunday at , 2:30 o'clock. Mr. Boggs was »' formerly a resident of Stokes [county. No. -,*78 VOTE IS A TIE ON SCHOOL BUDGET County Commissioners Want the Figures Revised—Clerk of Court .May Have To Cast Deciding Vote—Meeting He id Here Monday. That part >t' the school bud get for erecting school build ings, which had been prepared and acted upon favorably by , the County Hoard of Education, was rejected by the County Commissioners at a short special meeting of the board here Monday of this week, making the vote a tie between the two boards, and unless some compromise agreement is reached between the two boards the clerk of court will have to cast the deciding vote as to whether the county will provide funds for building school houses this year or not. The school budget as adopt jed by the Board of Education 'provides for a building fund of around $160,000. It is learn ed unofficially that the county I commissioners rejected the j budget on the ground that the figures were too high. They jare willing to provide school buildings at the places ;»t which they are asked for but want the figures revised. That , part of the school budget pro jviding for the maintenance of ; the schools was accepted by (the County Commissioners. S i! TYPHOID FEVER IS SPREADING Fifty-two Cases Reported In State l-ast Week—Eleven In Johnston County. Raleigh. .June "27.—Typhoid fever is In-ginning to make itself felt in North Carolina. Reports today from the State Hoard of Health showed that 52 cases of the disease de veloped in the State during the last week. Eleven of the cases were in Johnston county and ten of them developed in one day, Friday. Health officials, while not an ticipating an epidemic of ty phoid this summer, urge vaooi -1 nation as a precautionary measure. With typhoid cases mount ing other diseases are on the decline, according to the health I report. Walnut Cove Route 1 News and Personals ' Walnut Cove. June 27.—The i farmers here are getting be hind with their work on ac count of wet weather. Crops ! are very good. I An unusual large crowd at tended the funeral of Mrs. Frank White at the Holiness church Sunday afternoon. ' Mr. and Mrs. Edd Young and Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Voas i visited Mr. and Mrs. Sam Lewellyn Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Hill visit- I ed their mother, Mrs. Bob 1 Coleman, Sunday afternoon. Mrs. J. W. Redman and Mrs. • Bob Smith are taking treat- I nient in a Winston-Salem. Holt, the small son of Mr. ■ and Mrs. J. A. Newsome had • the misfortune to get his arm broken while playing Sunday ■ afternoon. He was carried to . King where Dr. Stone reset the t broken member. ; Miss Nell Coleman, of High » Point, is spending her vacation with home folks.
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