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T T" *W T" |M \jk M gwk | lii |Jl M I J few wk f raj &§! &'u 4' t>J 5t% : A 03 ,4j f :V« 'j 1§ 51 *3 i|l 1 Jj/\. 1 JIS U JtC JL i\, |fj B\ jf jf"C j Volume 55 LIONS CLUB WANTS ROAD EXTENDED Resolution Passed Requesting Commissioner Hanes To Pave Road From Danbury To Buck Island Bridge—Other Business Transacted. At the regular bi-monthly meeting of the Stokes County, Lions Club in Walnut Cove; Monday night a number of im portant matters were taken up, among these being a resolution asking State Highway Commis sioner A, S. Hanes to extend the hard-surface road this year) from Danbury north at least as far as the Buck Island ford bridge over Dan river. In the resolution passed by the club it was pointed out that this road forms the highway to Mt. Airy, to Virginia, and to all three of the summer resorts of the county—Piedmont, Moore's and Vade Mecum, and the traffic on it is heavy at all times. The paving would also serve the main street of Dan bury. The question of establishing an aviation field at Walnut Cove was also taken up and discussed at length. A field just south of Walnut Cove, it was stated, could be secured at a very reasonable price. This will be taken up again at a later meeting. A resolution was offered and acted upon favorably that the meeting places of the club b'3 alternated so that sessions would be held at Walnut Cove, Danbury, King. Germanton and other points in the county. It was felt that this would stimu late interest in the club. Stokes vs. Surry In Horseshoe Pitching Westfield, July 22.—Westfield witnessed the greatest game of I orscshoe pitching yesterday even known in its history. Stokes pitched against Svury, and beat them down to a nub, the score being 20 to 2. Surry had out fifty of the best pit"h vts that she had but she could not rank with John Lawrer-.s, J.»e I fill, Ralph II 1! and Claud Ward, the supposed best pitch ers of Stokes. First, John Lawrence and Joe Hill pitched eleven games. They set down ;• bout half of the pitchers and won ten games out of the eleven. Then R.voh Hill and Claud Ward pitched the same number of games against the rest of the bunch and won 10 to 1. This speaks well of Stokes as well as of the representa tives. This game was gotten up by Bob Joyce of Westfield. We hope that Mr. Joyce will plan another one for us soon. , Fire Occurs On Danbury Route One On last Sunday afternoon, Willie Reid Fulk, of Danbury Route I, lost his stable and considerable feed stuff, com, farming tools, etc., by fire. Mr. Fulk's horse came near being burned, but was released just before the stable fell in. Staying With The Train "Can't you go faster than this?" inquired a traveling salesman of the conductor on the slowest train in Virginia. "Sure I can", was the an swer. "But I have to stay with the train." STOKES MEN ARE SENTENCED In Federal Court Last Week Several Cases From This County Were Disposed of. Winston-Salem, July 22. Following a rather fitful day of handling submittals and con tinued cases with some cases of a little more than passing interest, Judge Johnson T. Hayes adjourned Federal Dis trict Court at 6 o'clock yester day afternoon to convene again in civil session October 3, 1927. The court adjournment came as surprise to many of the members of the bar as well as others concerned with its pro cedure who knew something of the court docket. All jail cases and matters of urgent import ance were handled before the court adjourned, however, and many cases were continued to the next term of criminal court which will be held here in No vember. Some cases handled and dis posed of yesterday involved long prison sentences and rath er heavy fines. Among other judgments was that set down against S. T. Mayfield, Guilford county, for forging endorse ment to a Government check. He was sentenced to five years at Atlanta and ordered to pay a fine of SIOO. In placing a fine of SSOO on It. L .Dunstan for violating the prohibition law, Judge Hayes said a fine instead of a road sentence was due to the fact he did not have the whisky in a live-gallon can. Those who car ry liquor in five-gallon cans and race on the highways and shoo; ollieers will be dealt with harshly, Judge Hayes announc ed. \V. A. Smith, of Stokes coun ty, was found not guilty o;' violation of the national pro hibition laws. In the same case Charles Smith, colored, failed to appear. General Scales and Tyler Hairston, of Stokes county, were found not guilty of viola tion of prohibition laws. L. P». Tuttle, of Stokes coun ty, was sentenced to four months in jail for violation of national prohibition act. Charlie Cardwell was sentenc ed to seven months in jail for violation of prohibition laws. R. Watson Joyce, of Stoked county, was sentenced to two years in prison at Atlanta for using the United States mails to defraud. C. H. Tuttle and Marvin Jones, of Stokes county, were fined $25 each for violation of the national prohibition laws. J)r. Loomis McAnally Dies At Madison Madison, July 26.—Funeral ' services for Dr. Loomis Mc . Anally, 27 years old, who died 'at the home of his mother here early Wednesday morning, were conducted from the home Fri day afternoon by Rev. T. J. i Rogers, the burial following in j Riverview cemetery. I Dr. McAnally, who was a son lof the late Dr. Charles B. Mc j Anally, is survived by his !mother, Mrs. Janie McAnally; the following brothers: Dr. j William McAnally, of Tulsa, Okla.; Dr. C. W. McAnally, of iMadison; Dr. George McAnally, |of Madison; and one sister, Mrs. Thomas Shore, of Rocky Mount. i Subscribe for The Reporter. Danbury, X. C., Wednesday", July 27, 1927 ! STATE RETURNS HALF OUR MONEY I Check For SIOO,OOO Received By Stokes Treasurer For Road Money Borrowed Last Year and Used On Danbury- Walnut Cove Highway. The State treasurer has just sent the Stokes county treasur er a check for one hundred thousand dollars as part pay ment of the loan Stokes made the State Highway Commission last year for use in building the Danbury-Walnut Cove high way. A balance of SIOO,OOO is yet due Stokes on the loan made to the State and this is expected to be paid in the near future. At a meeting of the county commissioners Monday the board sold $112,000 in short term notes, the proceeds to be used to retire notes formerly issued on account of the above mentioned loan made the State. In order to retire school notes falling due the board sold $30,- 000 additional in notes on Mon day. The entire issue, all of which were 5 per cent, notes, were sold at par to M. O. Jones, representing Bray Bros., of Greensboro and New York. ORCHARDISTS WILL I LOSE THIS SEASON; > I Hit. Airy Section. Hit By Frosts, Will Make Small Crops. I Mount Airy, .July 2t.—Local orchardists are certain now that they wiil get only a small crop of peaches and apples in this section. With the exception of the Sparger Orchards, Inc., lo cated close to this city on the highway to Stuart, Va., where some money may be cleared over expenses, the other orch ards will loss money, it is said. The big Cleveland orchard, up 1 in Virginia, will make about 40 per cent, crop, while others will make even less. Due to the smaller overhead I : when handling a small crop, the Sparger orchards may make some clear money, as the peach yield will be about 75 per cent, of what was expected early this year, prior to the, heavy and devasting frosts and the apple yield will be around the 60 per cent. mark. Reggie Hartman Hurt By Car I Reggie Hartman, of Danbury Route 1, was injured yesterday when his car turned over and caught him under it. The ex tent of his injury could not be ascertained today it was internal. Mr. Hartman with , his family was in Moore coun-; ' ty when the accident occurred. \ ' He had gone down after a load; !of peaches, and in pasing an ' other car his automobile turn !ed over. Other members of the ; party were uninjured. Sandy Ridge Citizens Visit Virginia Beach I Roy E. Leake, one of Sandy 1 Ridge's enterprising merchants, who was a visitor here yester day, carried twenty-two citi zens of his community to Nor folk, Virginia Beach and New • port News last week. The party was carried on Mr. Leake's large truck and the trip consumed three or four days. Needless to say every member of the party enjoyed the outing. the outing. STABLE AND MULES BURNED AT KING Three Mules, One or More Cows. Wheat. Corn. Farming Tools, Etc., Were Destroyed On Farm of Charlie Snider. 11. 11. Leake, chairman of the county Board of Education, who was here from King yes terday, attending a meeting of his hoard, brought word of a rather destructive fire right near King on Monday night, when the stables of Charlie Snider were burned. Three mules, one or more cows, a con siderable quantity of wheat and corn, farming tools, etc., were destroyed, causing Mr. j Snider a heavy loss 1 . It was not known whether any insur i ance carried on the prop erty or not, and the origin of the tire was not learned. N. C. BOOZE FINES $83,845 i Figures On Work of Dry | Agents In State Compiled In ! Washington. ! Washington July 20.—Some 'interesting prohibition figures have been compiled here. They I show that North Carolina col- lected as a result of fines, costs, forfeitures, sale, seized prop erty, etc., under the Volstead Act in 1926; eastern district, $20,.'588 and western, $6.3,457. I The number of persons pay l ing tines and the average paid were: eastern district, 14') persons and $134 per person; western 45:3, and sl3l. The number of cases pend ing were: eastern 131 and western !)85. Distilleries seized: entiiv state 1,565; stills seized, 44 , .»; still worms and ferment ers, 13,846. Spirits seized, 15,!2 i gallons; malt liquor 1,141,312 gallons, and 157 automobiles. Walnut Cove May I Sell Power Plant 1 Winston-Salem, July 20. The Southern Public Utilities company is negotiating for the purchase of the Walnut Cove hydro-electric plant. The town and company have each appointed an engineer to approve the value of the prop erty, with the agreement that i the price fixed will be accept 'able to both parties. Before a sale can be confirmed, however, ! the citizens of the town will have to ratify it by vote. Senti ment is said to be strongly in favor of the sale. If the deal is closed, an ef fort will be made to get the line extended to Danbury, the capital of Stokes county. Revival Services. Pastor W. J. Hackney, of i the M. E. church here, last ' week held a revival meeting at i Pine Hall Methodist church, re- I suiting in 9 professions and the addition of 5 church members. At Davis Chapel this week Mr. Hackney is conducting a second meeting and much in terest is being shown in the ' services. I Twenty-seven, ladies and 52 men and boys from Franklin 1 county made a farm tour thru parts of Virginia, Maryland, 1 Pennsylvania and into Wash ington during the week of July 111 th. I, Subscribe for The Reporter. .v® HERE TO SEE HANGING ROCK Development Expert Will Give His Opinion On the Desir ability «f Stokes Property As A Scenic Resort. I). I). Smith, of New Bern, j native of Stokes county, and well known here, was in Stokes this week, accompanied by Samuel Tauber, of New York, development expert. These men were here in connection with the proposed development of the Hanging Rock property in Stokes, it is stated, and Mr. Tauber's opinion of the desir ability of this property as a resort was being sought, he be ing a ruputed expert along this ! line. It is presumed that Mr. | Tauber will make report to capitalists whom the owners are seeking to interest in the i property. The outcome, of course, is uncertain, but it is hoped here that the effort will l>e successful in enlisting the interest of some one who will develop this fine property. With the same amount of money spent around Hanging Rock as has been spent at Chimney Rock, near Asheville, there is nodoubt that the form er would be visited by far more people and would be a much greater revenue producer. FANT INSPECTS I CROPS IN SURRY Pathologist From State Col lege (Jets Specimens of New Disease. Dobson, July 24.—(i. W. Fart, extension plant patholo gist St;»te roll >ge ->ent Mon day with County Agent H. E. White, making an investigation of tobacco and clover diseases in the county. Several farms were visited and infected plants were secured in order to make proper identification of the diseases. Angular leaf spot or black tire was found in two farms, the Granville wilt disease was also found. Calico or mo/.asic affected some of the plants. A new disease which has been reported by several farmers which affected the roots and caused a great deal of trouble in geting a stand was found in the fields and the to bacco plant beds. While this disease has not been definitely identified Mr. Fant took samples to the college and hopes to be able to make prop er identification. LIFE INSURANCE SALES INCREASING State Insurance Department Reports Show Increase of 20 Per Cent. Raleigh, July 21.—Sales of ordinary life insurance in North Carolina during June were 20 per cent, higher than June 1926, it was reported to day at the State Insurance De partment. Reports received show that sales in the State last month approximated $10,911,000; the sales in the United States ap proximated $763,495,000. The ratio for the United States during the first six months of 1927 was 104 per cent., while in North Carolina it was 113 per cent. Delaware, Vermont, Maine, Kentucky and Georgia were the only states showing a larg er increase in percentage of sales, the report indicated. No. 2,882 BOARDS FAIL TO TAKE ACTION Joint Meeting of Commission ers and School Hoard Held Tuesday To Discuss School j Building Budget. A joint meeting of the Board of County Commissioners arid the Board of Education was held at the court house Tues day for the purpose of discuss ing and probably fixing the ap propriation for the county school building budget, but on account of the fact that the tax levy for the county has not yet been fixed it was thought wise to defer deciding upon amount to be spent upon school buildings. It is learned that the boards ' are willing to make the appro priation as large as possible after taking into consideration fhe tax rate, as they must' necessarily be guided in their decision by this important con sideration. It is probable that a decision will be reached by the boards at their next meeting on the first Monday in August. Roy Manuel Dies Almost Suddenly ■ » " i Roy Manuel, young white man • engaged in driving a truck for ! the Martin Construction Co., , who are building the Danbury- I %"alnut Cove road, was taken suddenly ill Tuesday and died within 24 hours. It was rum ' ored yesterday that his death was caused by taking a drink of poisoned whiskey, but the physician who attended him was not of that opinion, it is learned. Manuel's mother re sides in Mayodan and he had been boarding at Walnut (love while at work for the road builders. He was aged about 22 years. No particulars in re gard to the funeral was learn ed here. Piedmont Springs Has Large Patronage The hotel at Piedmont Springs has recently been en joying an excellent patronage in spite of the detour between Danbury and Walnut Cove. For dinner on Sunday last more than 250 guests were register ed while the number in attend ance at the dance Saturday night was probably twice an large. State Forces Are Repairing Bridges 1 One of the bridge forces of the State Highway Commission have been engaged for several days in repairing Clemmons , Ford and Ruck Island bridge* jover Dan river. It is learned that the bridges are being painted, refloored and having ; steel runners placed on the floors. I Junior Order To Have Chicken Stew i The members of the Danbury Junior Order are preparing for a chicken stew down on the !banks of the Dan Friday even ing. Needless to say the event will be a most enjoyable tme. The order has a large and ac tive membership here. I Rev. H. W. Hudspeth, pastor of the Presbyterian church is I conducting revival services at ' the Pine Hall church this week. t j Subscribe for The Reporter.
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