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DANBURY REPORTER Volume 55. MAY GET GAME PRESERVE HERE John L. Gilmer, of Winston- Salem Chamber Commerce Writes Letter In Which He Offers To Lend Any Assist ranee Possible. The Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce is heartily in fav or of the establishment of a game preserve in Stokes coun ty by the North Carolina De parment and Sanford Ma v tin, a member of the de partment, also favors it. Mr. Martin stated last night in re gard to the letter he had re ceived from John L. Gilmer, president of the chamber, he is 100 per cent, for a Stokes county preserve. Yesterday Mr. Gilmer sent the following letter to Mr. Mar tin in regard to the matter: The Chamber of Commerce of Winston-Salem is deeply in terested in the effort that is being made by the people of Stokes county to have estab lished a game preserve in that county. The people of that county have shown their faith and rial sincerity of purpose by complying with the require ments laid down by the De partment of Conservation in matter of optional leases, es tablishment of a State Fores try Service in that county, etc. As we see it, there are many real reasons why the placing of a game preserve in Stokes county should be favorably act ed upon by your department. The location is an accessible one; natural conditions are ideal; and Stokes county has complied with the requirements . laid down by your department I lam quite sure that we can V:ount upon your co-operation k Vvhen the matter comes before thfj department for action, and 1 am writing to assure you that the Chamber of Commerce stands ready to render every possible service to the end that the project will be brought to a successful culmination as early as is practicable. JOHN L. GILMER, Pres. Many Textile Plants Will Go On Part Time Charlotte, Dec. 20.—Most of the cotton cloth mills in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia will go on a 4 1-2-day a-week work schedule beginn ing this week, it became known here today. Walker D. Hines, director of the Cotton Textile institute, notified American Cotton Manufacturing associa n headquarters that mills Operating almost 8,000,000 spindles had notified him they ' *vere taking this action. The mills, the statement of Mr. Hines indicates, face an "emergency" and are taking action as individuals to pre vent the cloth market becom ing what is known to the trade r.s a "buyers' market." This; is the time of year when cotton mills, especially in North Caro lina, usually take an inventory in preparation for tax sched ules required to be made up as «>f January 1. A great major ity of the mills also close down for several days during the Christmas holidays. The Mexican Bean Beetle is worst pest of garden beans j in the United States today. The pest may be controlled by thorough spraying with poison mixtures. I THIEVES STEAL BARN OF TOBACCO | John Ham Loses Contents of His Pack House—News and Personals of King. King, Dec. IS).—Unknown thieves stole a barn of good to bacco from John Hamm, plant er residing three miles north of here, last Tuesday night. The tobacco was stored in a pack house near the home. Mr. and Mrs. Hatten Patten are the glad parents of a new baby boy. The work of remodeling the old King Drug Co.'s building will be commenced within the next few days. As soon .«s this work can be completed J I F. Sisk will open up a stock of merchandise in this building. | J. W. Tuttle, who underwent | a tonsil operation in the eye, ear, nose anil throat hospital at Charlotte last week has re turned to his home here and is well on his way to recovery. I Happy Smith, who sold his cafe on Main street, has accept - led a position with the Boyles company of this place. Will Eaton, of Winston-Sa lem, was here Saturday looking after some business matters. I Some nice porkers are being killed in and around King. K. H. Kirby butchered one last week weighing 547 pounds. ' Atty. W. Reade Johnson ,of Winston-Salem, was among th-J visitors here Sunday. Roy Lemons, who holds a position at Winston-Salem, was here Sunday visiting his fami ly. J. R. Cook, who hokis a po sition with the Southern Rail way Co., spent Sunday with his family in Walnut Hills. | Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Butner, lof Winston-Salem, spent Sun j day with relatives and friend". I here. A Christmas entertainment | will be given at the first Bap • tist church here next Saturday ' night. j The home of Mr. and Mrs. John Spainhour was made hap py Saturday by the arrival of a new baby girl. I Jack Caudle and family, of Winston-Salem, spent Sunday with relatives here. i Confederate Pensions W ill Be Reduced By 300 This Year Raleigh, Dec. 19.—Approxi-! mately 300 fewer Confederate veterans in North Carolina will, receive pension checks this year, says Baxter Durham, state auditor who reported to day that the number of pen sions in class B now total 2,163. Class B pensions, negroes who distinguished themselves in service with the Confederate, forces number 51. Class A widows of veterans numbering 150 and class '1 widows numbering 4,915 will receive pensions. Mr. Durham estimates that there are now approximately 3,000 living Confederate veter j ans in North Carolina. Buy Your Tags Now Doughton Advises R. A. Dough ton, automobile commissioner, Raleigh, has in formed all inspectors in the state that there will be no ex tension of time for bujing the new automobile plates. The sale i of plates is going on slowlv Owners are urged to get their | platea as soon as possible. Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, Dec. 21, 1927 LIONS CLUB i FOR M. O. JONES j Resolutions Passed Asking That Mr. Jones Be Named Clerk of Federal Court In This District. At a recent meeting of the j Stokes County Lions Club reso-j , I lutions were passed requesting i I His Honor Judge Johnson J. | Hayes to appoint M. (). Jones, j of Danbury, clerk of the Unit ed States District court of the | Middle District of North Caro lina. Mr. Jones is well qualified for the office and has many strong friends who are urging his appointment over several other candidates for the place, I It is expected that Judge Hayes will select a clerk as soon as his appointment ' as Judge of this district has been confirmed by Congress. JOHN YOUNG DIED FRIDAY Was Brother of L. J. Young, of Danbury Resided Neari Vade Mecum Springs. John Young, a well known citizen of the Vade Mecum community, and brother of L. 'J. Young, of Danbury, died at ! his home near Vade Mecum ! Springs Friday. Mr. Young 'had been ill for some time with a stomach trouble. I The deceased, who was aged 168 years, is survived by three children, his wife having pre iceded him to the grave several I years since. Interment was j i made in the family burying i I ground Friday. Christmas Events By Walnut Cove Churches Walnut Cove, Dec. 20. i i Mary "Coodle" Neal is spend-1 ; ing the Christmas holidays, ; here with her parents Dr. and' ' Mrs. J. W. Neal. ! Mr. and Mrs. Charlie KoK.j I recently moved here in the ho-. ; tel with the latter's parents, I j Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Flinchum. I Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Myers' i and family, Mr. and Mrs. Erie | Libes were visitors to Mr. and Mrs. I. S. Voit Sunday. Paul, Jr., Davis is spending the holidays here with his I parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Davis. I Mr. and Mrs. Dan Heath and j Mrs. J. L. Mitchell and Evelyn ■ Brodie went to Winston-Salem Monday shopping. i The Walnut Cove Baptist church will give a Christmas entertainment Thursday night at the school auditorium, di rected by Messrs. C. E. Moore and William Sands. Accompan ist, Miss Freida Voit. Every-j one is invited to attend, j C. B. Brodie spent the week; end here with his family. The M. E. church will give' a program at the school audi torium Friday night. Every-' one is welcome. Congress Adjourns On December 21st, Washington, Dec. 19.—Con-1 gress adjourns on December | 21 for the holidays, and wla not convene again until Janu-j ar.v 4. Carbon disulphide used in the corn crib will control the corn 1 weevil. One farmer of Pas j quotank county used this ma | terial at the rate of 4 pounds I per 900 cubic feet and had good j results. AUTOS KILLED 52 > IN NOVEMBER There Were A Total of l.'Jfi Violent Deaths In Northj Carolina Last Month. Raleigh, Dec. 15.—Human life is about the cheapest thing j iin North Carolina today, Dr., i Charles O'Hagan Laughing j house, State health officer, said • today in releasing figures show ing the number of violent deaths that occurred in No vember. The report showed 13(5 viol ent deaths, 52 of them caused' by automobiles. Every death caused by an automobile is the 1 direct result of carelessness, I said Dr. Laughinghouse, who would "put those fellows who break laws and cause the loss of human lives to work on •. rock pile." There were ten fewer auto mobile deaths last month than in October. There was an increase in suicides, 18 persons taking i their own lives. In October there were only nine .filicides and 1G homicides in November as compared with 20 in Oct oh- j er. Eight persons died trying to beat speeding locomotives I.) railroad crossings. In Octob-v : there were no deaths from this cause. Gradual elimination of dangerous grade crossings has resulted in a decrease in th-.; •I number of deaths from this cause. Gunshot accidents claimed 15 i lives as compared with 15 in I October. Railroad accidents i cost three lives against six | in October. I Accidental burns cost 10 lives compared with 18 in Oc i tober. Stokes Boy To Wed Winston-Salem Girl The many friends of the | young couple will be interested | to know that D. M, Prytle, or' i Walnut Cove, and Miss Mary , ! Holbrook, of Winston-Salem, 1 will be married in Columbia, S. S., Staurday afternoon, Dec. 24th. Miss Holbrook is the popular! and attractive daughter of Mr.' and Mrs. H. E. Holbrook, of Winston-Salem, while Mr. Prytle is one of the popular proprietors of the Stokes Chev rolet Co. at Walnut Cove, and is a son of Mr. am! Mrs. W. E. Prytle, of Francisco. i Marriage LUvnses j During the past few days Register of Deeds J. John T:\y lor has issued licenses for the marriage of the following nam ed couples: Gilbert T. James to Ida size more. John (V Williams to Mar/ Moore. Bryson P. Cromer to Violn Southern. Tom Dalton to Alva Iloyles. Gurney G. Lawson to Alice L. Campbell. Ira Lane to Myrtle Lawson. 1 David C. Conner to Edna 1. 1 Belcher. Everett Hairston to Ivennie Mitchell. Bank To Take Short Vacation The Bank of Stokes County here will be closed from Satur day noon to Tuesday morning, i observing Christmas .1 WILSON MARKET BREAKS RECORD Has Sold 7(i,(i(i(>,227 Pounds Tobacco So Far—Greenville Sells 60,000,000—Prices Show Little Change. I Wilson, N. C„ Dec. 19. I That a new world's sales re- I cord will be established here this year is now a certainty. The weekly sales report an nounced tonight by Bennett Hooks, supervisor of sales for the tobacco board of trade, dis closed that 3,096,888 pounds | were sold the past week which increased the season's total sales to 75,299,692 pounds, for ' which the growers received $17,361,718.20, an average price of $23.05 per hundred weight. The world's record es tablished here during the 1925- 26 season and which now stands is 76,666,227 pounds. The sale of a million and half | pounds during the remainder of the season will add another new world's record to this sea son's already long string, ROCKY MOUNT'S SALES REACH 31,975,77S POI NDS i Rocky Mount, Dec. Hi—With the Rocky Mount tobacco mar ket slated to close today for the Christmas holidays, sales in cluding yesterday's offerings, have reached a total of 34,975,- 778 pounds, according 'o offi cial figures issued today by J. L. Farmer, secretary of the to bacco board of trade, j Yesterday, the official fig ures revealed, offerings aggre gated 488,778 pounds, which sold for $99,101.74. Total sales were expected to be well be yond ;the 35,000,000 (mark i-.t j the conclusion of today's sell ing. Officials of the tobacco boaid of trade were not in position on the eve of th s suspension of sales today for the Yulotide to announce the date for the re sumption of activities on the market. They stated, however, that the opening date was un der consideration by the vari ous markets of the belt and that announcement in that eon i nection would be made later. | The city school system as well as the tobacco market su spended activity today for the holidays. The school grind will be resumed Monday, Janu ary 2, it has been announced by officials. GREENVILLE SALES WELL ' BEYOND 60.000,000 POUNDS i j Greenville, Dec. 16.—Tlu ' Greenville tobacco, market al ter today's sales will suspend for the Christmas holidays with season sales totaling con siderably over 60,000,000 pounds for $14,270,405.27, an average of $23.77 a hundred. Yesterday's sales totaled 365, 216 pounds for $74,694.15, an average of $20.45. Offerings today were expected to reach 350,000 pounds. New Ford Seen By Hundreds l The new Ford car which was kept for a day at the Walnut ' Cove Motor Co., in Walnut : Cove, last Friday, was viewed iby hundreds. Everyone was ' well pleased with the many im ! provements and the handsome appearance of the car. Reindeer hair, shed in spring by the animals, is gathered and I sold by the Eskimos for stuff iiity for No. 2,903 STOKES HAS ONLY 26 OLI> SOLDIERS There Are 39 Widows of Soldiers On Pension List*- Soldiers (Jet s.'{6s A Yeiu"— Widow s Clans A (Jet S3OO, Class H SIOO. » The list of Confederate vet erans and their widows is rap idly falling off in Stokes coun ty. Pensions for these havu just been received by Clerk of the Court A. J. Fagg and by actual count there are on the lists only 26 soldiers and 3i> widows of soldiers who receive pensions from the State. The soldiers receive $182.50 each six months, or $365.00 a year, regardless of class. Wid ows of Class A receive $150.00 each six months or $300.00 a year, while those of Class B get SSO each six months or SIOO a year. In Stokes the o are only four widows in Class A, while 35 are listed in Class 15. The total amount paid to Stokes soldiers and widows for the six months was $7,095.00. The following are the names of the soldiers in Stokes who are receiving pensions: (J. (1. Boles, David Bennett, Joe W. Bowman, John Boyles, Moses P. Bullen, I). F. Carter, J. P. Dalton, A. T. Edwards, Yancey Garner, R, A. George, W. P. Hutchersoii, A. K. Jones, B. F. Kiger, Jas. L). Lawson, F. L. Moore, J. 11. Rhodes, Sandford Ring, J. M. Roth rock, W. T. Simpson, Joshua Smith, A. J. Tilley, J. R. Turner, A. G. Tuttle, G. Jeff Tuttle, S. J. Wall. C. M. Williams, The names of the willows who receive pensions follow: Nancy J. Bullin, Louisa E. Dwiggins, Elizabeth Hall, Juriah Hawkins, Mintory Alley, Eliza J. Amos, Mrs. S. G. Arrington, Elizabeth Bennett. Mary C. Boyles, M. P. Caudle, Nancy V. Cox, Martha 11. Dearmin, l.uzetta A. Edwards, C. N. Ferguson, Mary A. Flippin, Olivia Fowler, Martha Francis, Sallie Gibson, Elizabeth Glidowcll, C. J. Hampton, Nancy J. Hensdalo, Sarah A. Hicks, Sarah A. Hundley, Eliza E. Johnson, Martha C. Kiser, Eveline Lawson, Diner Manuel, F. E. Martin, J. Ann Martin Sarah Ann Mitchell, Mary Jane Oakley, Melissa Poore, M. F. Rhodes, Mary A. Smith, Sally Southern, Parthenia L. Taylor, * Charity Terry, ! Sallie Ann Tuttle,
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