DANBURY REPORTER
Volume 55.
M. E. CONFERENCE
CLOSED MONDAY
\Y. J. Hackney Returned To
Danbury Circuit—E. Myers
Goes TO Walnut Cove and T.
C. Williams To Sandy Ridge.
\ M-.'tlioiliSt ministers of Stokes
county, who attended the con
fer. nee ol' the M. E. church fur
Wo tern North Carolina, at
Abbeville last week, have re
turned to their homes.
As will be seen from the list
of appointments appearing be
low Pastor W. J. Hackney
was returned to the Danbury
circuit, while Rev. E. Myers
goes to Walnut Cove and Rev.
T. ('. Williams to Walnut Cove.
The list of appointments fo
the Mt. Airy district follows:
Mt. Airy District.
E. W. Fox, presiding elder.
Ararat, C. A. Morrison, sup
ply; Danbury, W. J. Hackney;
Do'uson, Elmer Simpson; Drap
er, J. W. Vestal; Elkin, L. 15.
Abernathy; Jonesville, W. J. S.
Walker, supply; I.eaksville, M.
B. Wooseley; Madison, T. J.
, Rogers.
Mt. Airy, Central. 11. H.
Daagherty; Rockford street,
(i. \V. Williams; Mt. Airy cir
cuit. 11. M. Wellman.
Pilot Mt., H. A. Howell, Rural
Hall, W. R. Jenkins; Sandy
Ridge, T. C. Williams, supply;
Spray, M. W. Heckard; Stokes
dale N. I>. Leftwich; Stoneville-
Mayodan, C. M. Stafford; Sum
merfield, W. T. Albright; Wal
nut Cove, E. Myers; Yadkin
kinville, J. W. Cobs.
FOUR MILLIONS
GASOLINE TAX
North Carolina Has Large
Revenue From Sales Tax
During First Six Months of
Year.
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Washington, Nov. B.—North
Carolina's tax of four cents
per gallon on gasoline brought
in revenue totaling .$.'>,932,544
during the first six months oi'
1927, according to figures
compiled today by the bureau
of public roads of the Unite;!
States department 'of agricul
ture.
Something over $200,000,000
a year is now being derived by
the 4G states which impose a
tax on gasoline, the only state.* 1
not having the tax now being
Massachusetts and New York.
Illinois and New Jersey, which
in t!i t . past have imposed no
gas tax, joined the ranks of
the taxing states this summer.
The rate of tax varies among
Iho states, ranging from two
cents per gallong in 17 states
to ..ve cents a gallon in three
: taten. The revenue derived of
this tux constitutes an import -
•mt it »m in financial highway
f.ii,y;anis and is largely used
:"u. that purpose.
'■' lie revenue derived during
i!t first six months of this
; e.i.' indicates that 4,919,000,-
IKJ ' gallons of gasoline were
consumed by motor vehicles,
including estimated amount-,
for those states not imposing
the tax. This is 11.4 per cent,
mroe than was reported for the
first six months of 1926, while
the increase in motor vehicle
registeration was only seven
per cent.
Our prediction is that the
country will never be dotted
over with memorials erected
to grand dragons, cyclopses, 1
etc. —Columbus Dispatch .
FOREST FIRES TO
BE WATCHED
DURING WINTER
Forestry Service Establishes
Six More Forest Lookouts—
More Wardens Greatest
Area Ever To He I ndcr
Their Eyes.
Raleigh. Nov. (s.—Sweeping
over hundreds of thousands of
acres of forest lands that have
heretofore not had complete
forest fire protection, the
watchful eyes of State forest
wardens will guard this fall
the greatest area that has ever
been under towjr observation
in North Carolina.
The State Forest Service has
already constructed or will
have ready within a short
while six new forest lookout
towers which will bring, it is
variously estimated, from
192,000 to 768,000 acres of
woodlands under the surveill
ance of forest lookouts.
Fall lire season this yea:*
will see seven of the towers in
the service as compared with
only one at the same time last
year. Summer months of the
year, although fortunately an
unusually good lire peroid in
which few conflagrations of
any size were experienced, has
been a period of intensive ac
tivity for the forest service,
which has prepared for the us
ual heavy fall visitation from
the "red menace."
One of the most important
of the activities of the forestry
division of the Conservation
Department under the direct
ion of State Forester J. S.
Holmes and VV. C. McCormiek,
assistant, has been the plann
ing, location and erection f
the new towers. Schools of
equipment for fire fighting has
been bought and old imple
ments repaired, and the detec
tion and control forces have
been strengthened. In addition
there has been perpared by the
district foresters a master
plan for foresty work in each
co-operating county. This
guide sets out a definite plan
or program for fire prevention
and control work in each of
the counties.
While pushing all of these
activities, the department has
during the summer and early
fall secured the co-operation of
a number of new counties and
is now carrying on organized
work in !>2, the largest number
which has yet been included in
the system. Provisions hav ;
been set up in the budget for
protection in .">4 counties, leav
ing only two more to be secur
ed.
A banquet honoring Dr. K.
H. Jones, only surviving char
ttr member of the North Caro
lina Dental Society, will be
given in Winston-Salem
(-n the evening of November
It. The second district dental
society will be held in that cit .*
Nt vvmbar 11 -1-~>, ihe district
comprising the counties of For
syth, Surry, Alleghany. Alex
ander. Cabarrus, Davidson.
Davi J. Iredell, Mecklenburg,
Kowan, Stokes, Union, Wilkes
and Yadkin. Dr. Jones is a
brother of Dr. A. G. Jones, of
Walnut Cove.
A new unofficial world's air
plane speed record of 322.C
miles per hour or 5.37 miles
per minute was established
Sunday by Lieutenant A. J.
Williams, U. S. N., at Mitchell
Field, N. Y.
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, Nov. 9, 1927
STOKES LIONS
ATTEND MEETING
Three Hundred Members, Rep
resenting Ten Clubs. Were
In Session At Winston-Sa
lem Yesterday Banquet
Last Night.
Forty of fifty members of the
Stokes County Lions Club were
in attendance at the convention
and banquet of Lions held in
Winston-Salem yesterday and
last night when ten clubs were
represented at a district meet
ing of Lions.
The business session of the
organization was held in the
afternoon and at night a bai.-
iuet, attended by near three
hundred Lions was held in the
ball room of the Robert E. Lee
hotel.
Dr. C. S. Lawrence, mem,ber
of the Winston-Salem ••'ub, de
livered the address of welcome
and Mrs. J. Spot Taylor, of
Danbury, and Robert Moseley,
of Greensboro, responded .>ll
behalf of the visitors. Enter
tainment included music by
Mrs. Eugene LeGrand and Miss
Elizabeth Sifford. of Winston-
Salem. and Miss Gwendolyn
Mitchell and Mrs. Gilbert Pow
ell, of Greensboro; James
Joyce, known as the "Will
Rogers" of the Stokes Count •.
Lions Club, and C. O. Ensign,
of Statesville.
The outstanding feature of
| the evening was ti c- adM-v.s of
Eary W. Hodges, of New York
City, who is vie .'-president of
Lions International. Mr.
Hoilges spoke for probably an
' hour or more and his talk was
I well received and thoroughly
,enjoyed.
Miss Grace Taylor
And Her Bridal
j Party Are Honored
I Honoring Miss Grace Taylor
and the members of her bridal
party, Misses Mary Weaver,
Eleanor Osborne, Helen Hall
,Kate Smith, members of the
faculty of Salem College, en
tertained on Monday morning
at a delightful bridge luncheon,
at the Blue Willow Tea Room.
,in Winston-Salem.
Yellow and white chrysan
themums were artistically use:t
as decorations, and a delight
ful course luncheon was serv
ed at the conclusion of th-j
game.
The high-score prize, a lovely
chain, with pendant, was
awarded Mrs. 11.8. Shelton and
the consolation, a linen towel,
was presented to Mrs. Ralph
Wilson.
Those enjoying the delitrht
ful occasion with the hostesscs
were: Miss Taylor, the honor
guest. .Mrs. Rodney Snow an I
Mrs. Hiram Armentrout, oi
High Point; Mrs. Ralph Wil
son. of Thomasville: Mesdame
John and Spot Taylor and K. i
1\ I'epper, of Danbury, N*.
Miss Miriam Kltrd and Mes
dames Henry Shelton and Jnle
Spach.
The Forsyth comity court •
house was the scene of a hold
daylight robbery Thur-dr.y
when thoives remove' 1 a m-.'lsd
cash box from the office of the
county health department emp
tied it of its contents which
included stamps and mone\ I
amounting to about $l2.
The open season for hunting
rabbits began November 1 and i
many have already been in th.-j
fields and woods in search of l
the elusive hare.
SANDY RIDGE GETS
$11,700 HOUSE
Will Be Ready For School Feb.
Ist—Contract For Steam
Heat Will He Let Dec. ">th.
i Contract was awarded .Mon
day by the Stokes Board of
Education for a school buildiiu;
l at Sandy Ridge. Fowler &
! Mitchell, of Pilot Mm., were
[the low bidders and the figures
i were $11,700. This amount
1 does not include steam heal
i for the building, which will be
j awarded to contract on the first
Monday in December.
! The Sandy Ridge building
will have eight rooms and
will be of brick. The plans
were drawn under the super
vision of the State . It will be
| ready for occupancy by Feb. 1,
1 1028.
i A site for the school building
I to be erected at King was se
lected by the school board Mon
day. It lies just east of the
present King school building
'and is a very desirable one, in
! the opinion of King citizens
1 who were in Danbury Monday.
Contract f r the building will
be awarded within the next
; few weeks, according to mem
; bers of the school board. This
will necessarily be the largest
! school building in the county,
i The school now has 21 teachers
; and near GOO pupils enrolled,
' it is stated.
i Government By Law.
j The constitution of the Unit
ed States was drawn and per
fected by the ablest bodv o:
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men ever assembled to launch
I and establish a Government to
J be ruled by law.
I Three departments were
j created—one makes the laws
another carries out the laws,
and a third interprets the laws,
i Officials are chosen to enforce
I the laws.
The first article in the Con-
Istitution creates the Legisla
j tive Department—much the
! longest article, occupying moiv
j than one-third of the entire
* document.
| Every "department acts upon
laws, administers laws and is
! governed and controlled In
laws. Very few individual
j rights or property values any
j existence outside of laws creat
ing them.
Our government is essential-
I ly created to obviate and nulli
ify the practice and effects of
Commission, Bolshevism and
anarchy in its operation.—The
i Manufacturer.
Before Mayor Thompson has
Queen Victoria's autographed
gift book cast out of the Chi
cago public library some one
may whisper in his ear thai
the good queen was a (icrmar.
Springfield Republican.
I Our prediction is that the
country will never be dotted
our with meumorials erected
to grand dragons, cycu.p..
ete.tVlumbus Dispatch.
We may sometimes criticise
the style of a Mexican presi
dential campaign. I>ut at least
it lacks nothing in execution.--
Detroit News.
Senator Borah says he will
not be a candidate. It is un
usal for Mr. Borah to side with
ithe majority this way.—San
Diego Union.
■ Another good thing about a
| tariff war is that there are no
1 second lieutenants in it.—San
I Diego Union.
DEPUTIES GET
STILLS AND MAN
Two Coppers Found In Section
Between Walnut Cove and
Pine Hall—John Wm. Cov
ington In Jail.
On Saturday last Doputio.-
Heiir.v Dunlap and Mack Wall
captured a (J")-gallon copp
still in the section between
Walnut Cove and Pine Hall.
The still was being operated
when found, but the men es
caped Eight barrels of still
beer was poured out.
In the same section the same
officers on Sunday afternoon
got an 80-gallon copper still.
This was not in operation an I
no other equipment was found.
John William Covington,
colored,.of the Pine Hall sec
tion, was found at a still plac-j
Wednesday. He was in the
act of moving some barrels of
still beer when officers Dun
lap and Wall came upon him.
Covington was arrested and
placed in Stokes jail pending
a hearing before a justice.
Miss Taylor Is
Honoree At Party
Miss Grace Taylor, bride
elect of November 12th, wa
honoree on Tuesday afternoon
when Mrs. John Taylor enter
' tained at a delightful party at
j her home here having as he •
guests the members of tlu:
i bridal part y.
Lovely chrysanthemums wen;
, used effectively in rooms
where tables were arranged
for bridge. After several in
; teresting rubbers, Mrs. H. B.
Shelton, of Winston, was
'awarded high score prize, a
, pretty boudoir pillow. Mr-V
Jule Spach, of Winston, recei"-
!ed low score prize, an attrac-
I tive serving outfit.
The honoree. Miss Taylor,
i was given a beautiful piece of
lingerie.
A tempting salad course
with nets and mints was serv
ed at the conclusion of the
games.
BAPTISTS WILL
SELL LOT HERE
Prefer To Purchase Property
i I'V.Vther Up Town To Erect
Church In Danbury.
Rev. Fred N. Day, of Win
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ston-Salem, appeared before
t the board of county commis
sioners here Monday and offer
ed* to sell to the county th>
vacant lot just west of and ad
! joining the county jail lot in
Danbury. The lot. which has
a frontage of about 75 feet. i
owned by the Missai'iai*: Bap
tists of this district. The Bap
tists desire to erect a church
in Danbury but prefer not to
use the lot next to the jail. The
commissioners have the mutter
of purchasing the lot iuui..T
> msid;Tation. The price ask- i
for it i. s.">uri.OO. it was lea v
ed. l!" a sale is made the I': -
tists will purchase a lot i'.»»
town and erect a house of wor
ship at an early date, it is
stated.
Two Counterfeiters
Get Five-Year Terms
• Winston-Salem, Nov. 8.---
Convicted of counterfeiting, J.
L. Buff and Rowland F. Greg
i ory, young white men, were to
i day in United States district
court were sentenced by Judge
Johnson J. Hayes to serve five
years each in the federal prison
at Atlanta, Ga.
No. 2,897
TWO KING COUPLES
ARE MARRIED
Sunday School Is Organized—
Supper To Ho (Jiven By
Church—Other News Hems.
King, Nov. 7.—On Saturday
night November 1!'. in the oil
bank building at King there
will In- a supper giwn for the
benefit of Trinity M. K. church
also the sale of several piecs
of hand work, including a bed
j quilt which has more than four
hundred names embroidered oil
; it. K very body invited to at
tend.
Foy A. Smith and .Miss Daisy
Ashburn were |niot!y married
here Wednesday. Only a few of
the near relatives and friends
were present at the ceremony,
which was performed by Rev.
Paul H. Newsom. The bride
is the daughter of Mr. Sid
Ashburn, of King Route 1,
while the groom is the son of
\V. A. Smith, of King Route 2.
Mr. and Mrs. Spencer New
som are the glad parents of
a new baby buy. The young
fellow arrived Friday.
• Mrs. Annie I. Smith, o!'Bos
ton, Mass., is spending a few
; weeks here as the guest of Mrs.
1 B. J. Stone.
I Dr. L. K. Kiser, of States
, .ille, spent Sunday with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kdwiw
Kiser.
1 Lester O. Pulliam, of C.reens
; boro, was among the vi: itors
I here Sunday.
i Mr. Alvin White and Mi 53
' Brttie Burge, l>oth of King,
'were married at Danbury Sat
-1 rrday, Justice of the peace N.
' A. Martin officiating. The bride
is the attractive young daugh
(ter of Mr. T. J. Burge and the
i groom is the promising young
•son of Mr. K. C. White. After
j the honeymoon they will be at
j home in King.
1 Ray Riser, of Winston-Sa
lem, spent Sunday with rel
atives and friends here.
• Dan White, of Roanoke, Va.,
lis spending a few days with
; his parents on Main street.
A Sunday school was organ
ized Sunday Nov. 6th. Mr. L.
jE. Calloway was elected sup
erintendent, Ollie Newsum,
: assistant Supl., W. W. South
ern. secretary, Klla l.awson,
assistant secretary. The fol
lowing teachers were elected:
IL. K. Calloway, Bible class;
1 Ollie Newsum, intermediate
class; Lalah Smith, junior
class, Ada Caudle card class,
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with attendance of forty-six
1 and collection of $1.51.
Quickstep Telephone
Accounts Are Closed
Winston-Salem, Nov. !>.—Tho
final meeting of the creditors
of the Farmers Quickstep Tele
phone Company of King w.n
held today i:i the office of Ref
eree in bnnkrupcty 1.. C. M"-
Kaugiiun in the o'Hi«nlo:i
Building and as no one appear
id in imposition the account
was declared clo.-c.i. Th • i\-
P'tit 0; the trustee w.ts
some time ago.
It was found there were sia
lic ient asset to pay all of the
1 indebtedness, the costs of the
| action and leave the business
lon a good footing. The new
1 owners will now re-organize
and continue the business.
Tom Tarheel says so many
salesmen try to sell him mer
chandise that he doesn't need
until now he talks over these
matters with his county agent.