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Volume 55. HIGHWAY FORCES MISINFORMED Danburv Citizens Glad To Co operate With State In Keep ing Street Clear For Patrol men—Most Cars Parked > Here Belong To People From ! Distance. U. L. Fisher, associate dis trict engineer, told Winston- j Salem newspaper men a few | days since that the highway; forces were "forced to aban-, don the up-keep of Danbury's main street because of the multiplicity of automobiles | parked on it at all times and ; the refusal of the owners to move them." "We have requested time and . again that these cars l>e mov-1 ud so we could fix up the link between the road on one side and that on the other side of the town but we cannot get any assistance from the citi-' /ens or the officials of the place," said Mr. Fisher. "The highway commission will be only too glad to put the street in condition and maintain it, but how can we when it is tilled with cars and the drivers will not move them off for us to work? The street is in very bad condition. I presume, from what I hear but we are powerless to do anything until the cars are taken off the street and kept off yntil we are able to do the work." Mr. Fisher has evidently been misinformed by some one, ;>s will be found by him if he will i.msult citizens here. A majority of the cars parked on (he streets in Danbury are us t diy those :>?' people here from distance, and as Danbury U i* >t a:i incorporated town, the St it • highway commission is supposed t> deal with them !-;d as they do »n ih-» high \ ays anywhere else. However, .-••caking for the citizens >f ' anbury, not a man could b • ' und here who would not be ;'.ad to move his car at any time or to keep it away from t e street at all times, if neces sary, to make way for the pa trolmen. TRAINS WILL BE TAKEN OFF In Spite of Strong Fight Against It the Corporation Commission Grants Request of A. & Y. Railway. Of interest to large number ot people in this section is the announcement which comes from Raleigh that the A. and Y. passenger trains 32 and 33, running from Mount Airy to Sanford will be cut off. This order of the corporation com mission will not go into effect until a star mail route out of Greensboro has been provided by the Federal Government. The Cororation Commission also directed the railroad re ceivers to provide through freight service leaving, Greens boro at 10 a. m. and Mt. Airy at 4 p. m. j This road has been operating four passenger trains daily, two each way serving the near by communities of Rural Hall, Walnut Cove and adjacent ter ritory. There have been many pro tests from communities along the line against the suspension of the trains but the Corp oration Commission found that business did not justify con tinuance. REID GEORGE HURT IN WRECK Truck Went Off High Km hankment Sunday Afternoon —Coon. Driver of the Truck, Was I'nhurt. j Reid George, young man of i the Francisco community, had 'his left leg broken just above j the knee Sunday afternoon 1 when a truck in which he was ' riding went off a high embank ment on the Virginia road five miles north of Danbury. A young man by the name of jCoon was driving the truck and he was unhurt, although ' the machine turned completely lover two or more times aiul landed in a ravine on its side. Coon stated that he was not driving fast when the truck left the road, but was not pay ing particular attention to the road just at that time, i George was taken to a Win ston-Salem hospital, where he is reported to be resting very well. The truck was almost completely demolished. H. H. BROWN GETS DAMAGE Son of Stokes Man Killed By Train Last Year—Father Given $5,000 By A. & V. Railway. 11. H. Brown, of Yadkin township. Stokes county, will be pai l $5,000.00 for the death of his son, Arlie Brown, who was killed while in the employe of tin' A. & Y. railway last November. The young man was a brakeman on the trai l and was killed near Green. ; bor«>. The action against the railway was settled in Federal c >urt at Greensboro last week. I}ABIES FOR STOKES FAMILIES John J. Phoenix of Children-; Home In Greensboro Wants To IMace Some Attractive Children In Families Mere. i The Reporter in just in re ceipt of a letter from John J. Phoenix, Supt. of the Child rens Home in Greensboro, in which he says he has ready for adoption more than twenty attractive children and babies, and he is especially anxious for good families in Stokes to have some of these, j At present Mr. Phoenix has ready for adoption the follow ing: Ten baby girls, ages 1 month to 2 years. Five baby boys, ages 2 months to four years. Kight boys and girls, ages 5 years to 10 years. This paper wouid suggest to those interested that they run down to Greensboro and see Mr. Phoenix and the children out at the Children's Home. When some men do y *u fa vors they never let you forget it. j Few men will admit being wrong as long as there is a chance to make others believe they are right. Lots ot' men secretly envy the tramp's don't care disposi tion. Many a true word is spoken by mistake. A patent medicine testimon ial occasionally thrusts great ness upon a small man. Danbury, N. C„ Wednesday, Aug. 17, 1927 W. L. NELSON WRITES FRIENDS ; He Is Operating Tobacco Ware house On Fairmont Market I —Prices Are Fair Down ; There. Fairmont, N. C., Aug. 12. Editor Danbury Reporter: As many of my old friend* among which your paper circulates have asked me to write them as to the tobacco market down here, I am going to ask you to publish this let ter so they can read it for themselves and see "how the cat is hopping." ! This is the largest of the | border markets. It opens with • the South Carolina markets i and opened last Tuesday. It ; has three sets of buyers and t they sell tobacco just like they do in Winston and other large ' markets. The opening day was the largest in the history of this market notwithstanding l it has been running as a to bacco market for over 10 years. On the opening sides there 1 were 4,"»t>i) baskets of tobac co—all except about 5 per cent, of them "primings". They have very high color and the aver age for the entire sales, scraps included, was .$19.41. There were a few Imskets of tobacco higher up the stalk and these sold for from •s>!) to SBO. al though it is not the time to sell those grades of tobacco. Last year's opening sales the average was 1 ♦».') 1. While 'he tobacco as you will see. sold for $2."»0 per hundred 'higher than it did last year, yet it was largely due to the totality b«ing i• t *«-r. nd on a whole prices Were . .Ist abou like they were iast season— maybe a shade higher. O'.M* warehouse, Sharp-* •It :!' s and NeistHj'.., is one oi tueof si and laiVtst in t ids section. Its iuii.' of s did brick and we pracii ally h:i : it from wail to wall the t pening day. Sales have not been quite so heavy since Tuesday on ac count of rain, but we expect to sell nearly a miiilon pounds on ; Monday. The crop down here is tine— the best they have had in years. Nearly all of it has been pulled. The tobacco is very much like the tobacco grown in the Eastern counties :of Wilson, Pitt, etc. Brighter than the Old Belt tobacco, but not as much body. ! Every indication points to good prices this fall in the Old Belt. W. L. NELSON. Piedmont Team Defeats Danbury In a strongly contested match game of setback at Piedmont Springs Saturday in which Danbury was contesting against Piedmont Springs, Dan bury lost to Piedmont. The latter took three straigh l games of 11-up from the form er with Danbury 17 in the hole. The line-up was as follows: Piedmont—John W. Ross, of Jacksonville. Fla., and Mr. J. Spot Taylor, of Piedmont Springs. Danbury—Dr. R. H. Morefield and J. John Taylor. The Piedmont team has so far been unable to induce Danbury to try another game. It is be lieveii that Danbury has retir ed permanently. "The best substitute for t brains is Silence." MAY EXTEND 89 TO GREENSBORO Virgil Robertson. Prominent Greensboro Man, Says Pros pect Looks Bright For Con crete Road From Walnut Cove To Greensboro. Virgil Robertson, prominent citizen of G.vensboro ('uring the past eleven years, but na tive of F'orsyt i county, where he served two terms on trie hoard of county commissioners with the late Pleas Hanes, was in Danbury a few days since in the interest of a concrete road from Walnut Cove to Greensboro, running right down the railroad byway of Belews Creek, Stokesdale, Summerfield and Guilford Bat tle Ground. Mr. Robertson's proposition —and he is strongly backed by Mayor Jeffreys and hund reds of Greensboro people—is to extend route 89 from Wal nut Cove to Greensboro. Rout* 8.) is the road from Mt. Ait;y to Walnut Cove via Danbury. This road is greatly needed a- can be seen from a look a* the State highway map. Hard surface now extends from Greensboro to Stokesdale but from Walnut Cove to Stokes dale it is a very crooked dirt road and needs to be regraded a* well as paved. A part of jthi- stretch lies in Commission er Cox's district and part in Con lv.issioner Manes' district. Mr. Cox. it is stated, will glad ly n:tve his part of it. and i 1 is -4 p. Tally believe.: that Mr. Ha *s will take ca: • t :/. • pat t in his district. Oil;.-!* article* !•!•. pane", to whic':. attend i;'. > • • ii*-* •*■• '. '■ • road. COUNTY TO SELL NOTES SEPT. 3 Proceeds Will l?e Ised To De fray Expenses of Countv Pending Collection of This Year's Taxes. The cour.ty commissi mer-. will offer f»r >:i!e s»>i >,')»)') in notes of the county on Sept. sth, same to mature March 5. 1928. This action is made necessary, it is stated, on account of the new law in regard to county government. Formerly the couu ty has been overdrawing its account in order to take care of current needs at this season of the year just before tax col lecting begins, but under the new act this cannot be done. Before drawing a check the various departments of the county government must have the funds in the bank to cover the check. Hence the neces sity of borrowing a little cash for a few months. Rooster Adopts Brood of Chicks Wesley Hall, a good farmer of Danbury Route !. who was here today, told The Reporter of a remarkable incident. Re cently a hen at Mr. Hall's home which had a large brood of young chicks died, leaving the chicks. A game rooste*" promptly adopted the chicks and is raising them. Mr. Hall says the rooster scratches for them all day and at night hovers them just as the old her did. Subscribe for The Reporter. BUSINESS DEAL ] j HERE YESTERDAY I J. H. Flinchum Buys Garage and Filling Station of Zeb Smith Consideration $(».- i 300.00. rr i The tilling station and ga rage which has been owned ■ and operated here by Zeb ( Smith the past several year-; | was purchased yesterday by j ■ J. H. Flinchum, of Danbury i , Route 1. The consideration was j i around $6,300.00. It is learned that Mr. Flin- ] chum remove to Danbury and i > will make several improvements , , in the business and building. \ Mr. Smith has not announced i , his plans for the future. This garage has had a splen- , did business all along and sells ; t large quantities of gasoline i i and oil. With the completion ( . of the new cement road it will , i nodoubt have even more busi- | • ness. I FINISH CONCRETE ROAD TODAY i Will Be Opened To Traffic In Two Weeks—News Is Hailed 1 With Delight Here. ■' The pouring of concrete on ; L the Danbury-Walnut Cove ' highway will be completed to : day it' there is no hitch in the • machinery or the weather, and 1 in two weeks the road will l> ?. • opened to trattle. This j s no • ordinary news to people of this ' sec f ;ou who have been until ;• • gating this e.et;' w:\. •. f , V • • :- all >pen t • -. v • ,v e\- " *•' * * > > BI'RWKLL OYERBY IN STOKES JAIL ") Makes Break For Libert; While Being Tried Here Yes terdav Several Charges Against Prisoner—Bond Fix ed At $2.000.0n, • {'.irwell Overby, of ti. • King sev 'ion, was arrested yesterday 1 by Sheriff J. Frank Dunlap on a warrant charging him with the destruction of property,' beating his wife and other mis deeds. He was brought to Danbury yesterday for trial and while Justice N. A. Mar -1 tin was hearing the case Over-1 by, who was handcuffed at the t) • • time, kicked the screen door l of Martin's store from i's hinges and made a break for liberty. He was caught after an exciting race e\c back fences, gullies, etc.. rurnu.g ' several hundreds yard*. Overby was bound over to 1 Superior court ! n a b >»•' of $2,000.00. which he has ii.vn 1 unable to furr.'fli so far. tie v.as it ,ier bond at the t.nic of his arrest yesU>\!a, * m two separate cases, one f>r the • larceny of a large iiianCty of fresh pork and another for violation of the prohibition laws. . Good Road To f Stuart, Ya., Now *—— The Virginia State Highway Commission has just completed , the grading of a tine, straight, ' wide highway from the Stokes t line to Stuart, Va. This paper j was informed this week by- Stuart citizens that this road would be hard-surfaced within two years without a doubt. No. 2,*3!" BETTER MAIL SERVICE WANTED Question of Two .Mails a Day Is Revived—l'ncle Sam Off ers To Make Second Trip Without Cost To Post office Department. i ■%' . i„ ,;4 The question of two mails a day between Danburv and Wal nut Cove has been revived, and it is hoped by Danbury people that some action will be taken in the matter. At present the mail received here, with the exception of that from one train, has to lay over in the Walnut Cove office for a day and night, making the service very poor. I'ncle Sam East, the mail carrier, has offered to bring an afternoon mail from Wal nut Cove for one year free of cost to the post office depart ment, as he makes an after noon trip anyhow. L'ncle Sam prefers bringing the mail al two loads rather than all of it at one load, as it taxes his car too heavily al one liod. After he leaves Walnut Cove with the morning mail six or eight trains being mail there which has to lie over until next day, giving this office poorer mail service than it had twenty years ago when the mail man walked or drove ;I buggy, IK>- toiv ifoixl r >:t is wer * even thought of. FIXING COUNTY TAX KATES 15oard> Countv ConimNsiin i-rs \!.i>t lake Consid eration \ariou-. and '"'jrdrv Things. ■ ' •' ta\ • the board of county commissioner.! •> as i meet the su:r. appro pi'ia f,i : . the i' ?• v r the nvn: ar is requirt : luv at the meeting tlv board this week. In levying upon th • t ;\ai>ie. ot the county. th.> board must take into consideration j. •,» only the sum already appropriate! for county purposes but the (figures of the supplemental budget, which is a statement prepared by th> county account ant showing the increases or decreases in unencumbered bal ances and surplus revenues, the 1 amount ot miscellaneous rev enues collected in the preced ing fiscal year from source.* other than taxes, and the esti mate of taxes uncollectible i:i the current fiscal year. Under the law the board shall not estimate miscellane ous revenues at figure greater than ten per cent more than the actual receipts from mis cellaneous revenues in the pre ceding fiscal year, as reported by the county accountant in the supplemental budget. The probable tax rate for the current year has created considerable public interest. In many counties the distribution ot the equalization fund has made it possible to decrease the rate for school purpose*, but this has not always result ed in a reduction of the gener al rate. Some counties, how ever. have already announced lower rates. Osa Smith had the misfor tune to lose a barn filled with go K! tobacco by fire last Sun day.
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