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DANBURY REPORTER Volume 55. PARENT-TEACHER MEETING HELD Nice Program Carried Out By Danbury School Associa tion Monday Night Com mittees Are Named. The Parent-Teacher Association of the Danbury school held a splen did meeting in the school auditorium Monday night at 7:30 o'clock. A good crowd was present and much purest was shown by both parents and teachers. It is hoped to have meetings at different places in the community in the near future. Mesdames A. J. Fagg, W. E. Joyce j and Miss Viola Stanley were app ointed a committee to arrange th.i' time and place of the first meeting. The teachers made plans to serve ' hot lunches to the school children every day at noon. This plan has al ready been carried out successfully by | sonic of the teachers in their schools last year. In order for the children to do some reading the member.* of the' associat.uii 'arc to co-operate wiUi I th.' t achers by taking turns in stav ing ii; the library evi ry afternoon it is possible. An t.y.'ter supper will be given on i.ext Tuesday evening.. The Pro- J cecds will go to the school for work that needs tu be done. i A I ihe program committee Mesdames t\. J. Fagg and W. E. Joyce arran ged the following very enter- I nig program: Subject—"Simpler Things." 1. Song—"Old Folks At Home." 2. Bible reading, Psalm 121, Mrs. W. G. Petree. 3. Prayer, Rev. Hudspeth. 4. Poem—"Beauty In Common Things," Mrs. J. W. Hall. % •5. Roll call and Secretary's re port. *». Influence of the Teacher Upon the Child," Mr. Brown. 7. Influence of the Parent Upon the Child," Mr. Hudspeth. 8. Influence of the Community Upon the Child," Mr. Humphreys. Vocal Solo—"Four Leaf Clover," Mrs. N. E. Pepper. Miss Elizabeth Russell and Mrs. W. G. Petree were appointed pro c| ; committee for thv next meet- Vug. I'lease remember the date and time of meeting, which is the sec ond Monday night in each month at 7::i0 o'clock. Come a>"' bring some one with you. TWO MEN AND CAR ARE TAKEN Surry County Men Had Five Gallons of Whiskey in Chev rolet—.Men Placed in Jail It. i). Adkitia and R. M. Norman, citizens of Surry County, were ar rested near Campbell the northern part of Stokes. Monday night, by Deput) Sheriff H. E. Billings. On the car in which the men were rid ing the officer found .five gallons if V/hiskey. This was seized with the car and the men. were, placed . in jail in default of $31)0 bond to ov.ait the fall term of Superior court which convenes next Monday. ..The car will be sold, as soon, as it can be advertised, it was learned ....The men were given a hearing Mon day. night, before. Justice .lanies Joyce. The evidence was that the men threw the whiskey from the car as they were being chased. LIONS TO FORM NEW CLUB I A special meeting of the Stokes County Lion's Club ha.« been called for Monday, Oct. JT>. at 8 o'clock P. M., for the pur pose of formulating plan- for tional Club at Walnut Cove, the establishment of a recrea tional Club at Walnu" Cove. t COURT HERE NEXT WEEK Judge Shaw, or Greensboro. Will Preside Over the Term— Names of Jurors Who Will Serve At Criminal Term. The regular fall term of Stokes criminal court will convene in Dan bury on next Monday, Oct. 15th. The docket for the tenn, it is said, is about the average, with violations Jof the prohibition law predomina ting as usual. Judge Thos. J. Shaw, Greensboro, will preside over the court. j One week from next Monday, the civil term of court will convene and 'Judge Shaw will also preside over this term. J Jurors who have been summoned to serve at the criminal term of the court are as follows: W. T. Oakley, Gaston Meadows, J. A. Shelton, M. A. Sheppard, Alex ' Nelson, D. G. Richardson, George ' Tuttle, W. Carl White, Doss Hay. 'S. K. Willard, W. A. Smith, W, E ' Collins, J. W. I.ankford. J. M. Tatum. '•. T. Lasley, E. .SI. Hawkins, K. B. Taylor, W. J. Hawkins, A. J. j Wall, E. I>. Smith, Sam B. Priddy, I.cn Alley, J. R. Leake. E/.ra Jessup, 1 Cii'o. W. Neal, Joe lsom, 1.. B. Ma be, I W. (i. Fergus.in, Frank Goin, M. K. j Wall, Wirt McC'ollum, 11. K. Mc pherson, E. S. Zimmerman, It. i'. Hunter, W. R, Brown. JAS. F. HOGE WILL SPEAK TUESDAY Secretary of North Carolina Game and Fish Commission | Wili Address Stokes Citizens I At Noon Recess Of Court. I James F. Hoge, secretary of the North Carolina Game and Fish Com | mission, who was scheduled to speak here or. the first day of Stokes 1 court, Oct. 15th, will not be here on i that date, but will come to Danbury on the following day, and will speak at the noon recess of the court on Tuesday, Oct. lith. Mr. Hoge will talk about the new State game law and the advantages it is to thjse sections which have a ganie preserve. He will explain the law on hunting and the neces sity of educating the people to obey these laws in order to have plenty of game for those who like to hunt. His address will nodoubt be inter esting to thjse who are fond of hunt ing, and all such are invited to com. 1 | out and hear him. The laws in regard to hunting will be vigorously enforced this season, and already several citizens have i been fined. ! State Game Warden Visits Danbury State Game Warden Charles H. England, of Raleigh, paid Danbury a visit yesterday. Mr. "ng'.and was just previous to his appoiivntent as j game warden, secretary to Gover nor McLean. He has acted ill this, i capacity for Senator Simmons, Maj. Stedman, Claud Kitchin and the lata ! Gov. Wm. Kitchin. Mr. England has many friends in -his s. ti.a : the State who are always ,:ie:'.s..i )■> see him. Hickman To Die October 19th San Quentin Prison, Californio. B.—Failure of an appeal t > th United States Supreme Court a.i behalf of William Edward Hickniun, Los Angeles murderer of little ftjar ian Parker, will not be communica ted to Hiekman until oll'kial notifi cation of the denial is received, Wai den James B. Holohan, said today. Preparations for the slayer's execu tion for October 19, will be mad.' at once. Invitations ta tHe execu tion have not been issued but hun draus of requests for perrrflssion to attend have b.'en requested. Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, Oct. 10, 1928. SECRETARY DAVIS VISITS MT. AIRY * Inspects Site For Proposed I Moose Home At White Sul phur Springs. Near Mount Airy. Mount Airy, Oct. 8. —James I. 1 ! Davis, secretary of labor and dicta tor general of the Loyal order of Moose, will visit this city Tuesday. The purpose of Mr. Davis' eonting is 1 to inspect sites offered as possible ilocations for a Moose home. Mr. | Davis wiil be accompanied by C. A. Helig, of Winston-Salem, an out standing leader in the Order of Moose in this State, and other prom inent officials of the order* and the visitors will be met in Winston \ Salem, by leading members of the | Moose order and prominent citizens 'of this city. Since the announcement early in the summer that the order of Moo. .' had selected North Carolina as the I state to be honored with a hi me in .which would be carried on work such as is now being done in Moose heart or Moosehaven. Mount Ai'v • has entertained hopes that a loca- Jtion in this vicinity would b chosen and in inviting the officials here Mount Airy is proud to offer i her splendid climate and natural ad vantages together with the utmost [co-operation and hospitality should they see fit to locate a home in this i vicinity. J The White Sulpher springs, three' miles north of this city, has been 1 prominently mentioned by local Moose and other interested citizens 1 j but the inspection tour as planned I will include a trip up the Fancy Goo highway. Mr. Davis will speak to the empoyes of the North Caroina Gran | ite corporation at the noon hour A , luncheon will be served at the Blue Ridge Hotel. ! NIGHT SCHOOL HERE CLOSES Lawsonvilie Hcliool Continues.' While New School Will Be Opened At Hartman For ! Monday and Thursday. Written for the reporter ! The Community Night School, I which has been conducted at Dan- bury for twelve nights, closecf Mon day, October Bth. Eighteen pupils ' were enrolled in the school, and tho*e attending regularly made , splenlid progress. ; The pupils voted to have the next ' term of the school at Hartman ' school house, as so many of thei.i come from that section. The classes will be held there on Monday and 1 Thursday nights, Mrs. M. O. Jones, president of the ( Fine Arts Club, who was a teacher ■ for twelve nights, gave her time gratis. j I The pupils and teachers wisn to thank the Junior Order for the use i of their hall and Jesse Booth for lights. T!:e school at Law.-onvillc is held Tuesday and Friday nights. Tues day night the sch >ol was divided into two groups to see whir, side c. u! -1 l-rirg the most new pupil? to night schcc!. Chesley Tayl r is the cap tain of the Reds and Dedi Builin is cr.; tain of the Blues. \DAY SCHOOL INSTITUTE SUNDAY | To Be Held At Church At !0;30 O'clock With Pic nic Dinner On the Church Grounds. A township Sunday School Institute will be held at Beth esda church, in Beaver Island y I township. Stokes county, on the i third Saturday in this month at 10:30 o'clock A. M. I'ic-nic dinner will be served on the church grounds. VOTER HAS RIGHT TO ALL BALLOTS I Chas. A. Hines, Chairman State Board of Elections, Express es This Opinion—Voter Can Choose For Himself. Raleigh, Oct. B.—-Paul C. West | manager of eastern Republican head quarters here, today made public a letter from Charles A. Hines chair man of the state board of elections who expressed the opinion that a ! voter has the right to be furnished with one each of every ballot to be voted in his precinct. The letter was given out as fol ows; 1 "I have your favor of October o asking for construction of section j 5063 of consolidated statutes, par- ' ticularly the phrase. One only jf each form of ballot applied for to be voted in such election." "It is my opinion that a voter has the right under this statute to ap ply for one form of ballot of each and every kind that will be voteJ in his precinct, including one Re- j publican ballot ol' each kind, one l Democratic ballot of each kind, and one ballot of each kind of ever • ! other party or Independent ticket, also tickets for and against consti tutional amendments. "if a voter only asks for Republi can ballots, or Democratic ballots, or sociaist ballots the chairman of the I county board should send him only | the ballots he asks for. The aw en courages a secret ballot in North Carolina and the voter has the right l to ask for ballots of all parties and , ,then choose from among them. I Meadows News ! Many farmers through this section are getting tobacco ready for market, i Mr. and Mrs. Fo.v Young and chil-I dren spent Wednesday with Mr. and ; Mrs. Z. R. Mo ran. j Mr. and Mrs. Hobert Tuttle and I ; Little son junior spent the week-end j with their parents Mr. and Mrs. J. | W. Williams. Misses Etta and Virginia Young were the guest of Nina and Julia ■ i Williams Sunday. Miss Myrtle Snider of Tobaceoville ! spent a few days the past week with j y'riends at Meadows, j Elbert Wagoner and Oak Heart grove were the guest of Misses Ola and Gertrude Moran Sunday, j Miss Bessie and Agnes Joyce, are I visiting friends near Quaker Gap this week. Miss Nina Williams spent the past week with her sister Mr. and Mrs. iKelley Bowen of Tobaceoville. Joe Mourice made his usual trip to Sprang Valley Sunday. Mr. and Mrs, J. R. of Dan bury spent Sunday with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Z. li. M>ran. Worth Bowen of Tobaceoville was a visitor at King Saturday. Mr. Charlie Joyce and Harry Young spent Saturday with friends t.t Helen's Creek. Mrs. C. M. Williams wh> has been ill tor some time i> not sh win;; nu; h improvement. FORD PRODUCTION HITS FAST PACE More Than 5,000 Cars and Trucks I'er Day—Working For Goal of H. 500. Dfir.it, Mich., o*t. S.—The F)r 1 Mcti i' CompuT' n.iw i. rrodi • it.- new motor cars at a rate of alnut 5.500 per day, and experts to be turning- out mire than 8,500 nuuhi- nes a day within a few months, said a company announcement here a few tlays since, F.very Ford assembling plant in the world was in operation on Oft. Ist, and indications are that the next few months will see all previous records broken. MISS HUNTER DIES FROM INJURIES Was in Automobile Wreck Near Pilot Mt. Sunday—was Daughter of Pinnacie minis ter Miss Blanche Hunter, daughter of ! Rev. and Mrs. A. L. Hunter of Pin | nacle.died in Martin hospital at Mt. jAiry Tuesday from injuries received in an automobile wreck on Sunday afternoon near Pilot Mt. The young lady was riding with a Mr. Tuttle, of the Walnut Cove com munity when his car collided with another driver by a Mr. Gillespie. The deceased was thrown from the car and fell on the cement. Miss Hunter was a teacher in the Rose Bud school near Walnut Cjv. T he funeral services were held this morning at 11 o'clock at | the Methodist Proestant Church at Pinnacle. Kev. S. W. Tavln\ Pre"-' . idont of the North Carolina Con -I'eren.e of the Metiudist Pr te..- tant Church conducting the serv ices. assisted by Rev. R. H. An drews, D. L>. pnsiden. of High Point College; Prof. P. E. I.iiui ley of High Point College and Ri-v. J. h. Pritchard of Ashebcro. Huria. will follow in the church graveyard. Pallbearers were Jones New some, Edgar Watts, Tom Coving ton, Ralph Hall, John Easter, Wes ley Watts, Albert Stone, Raymond Thomas, Bill Tuttle, Pug Thomas Sefton Lewellyn and Kermit Wall. Nieces and Nephews acted is flower bearers. Surving are Miss Hunter's par ents, Rev. and Mrs. A. L. Hunter two brothers, Rev. R. A. Huntei and Prof. T. H. Hunter of Hender son; five sisters, Mrs. J. A. Short of Greensboro; Mrs. M. G. Hunt of Winston-Salem; Mrs. W. M. Glenn of Lincolnton; Mrs. W. L. Edwards of High Point and Miss Nina Hunter of Pinnacle. TO STOCK LAKE HERE WITH FISH Isaac Walton League To Re ceive Donations of Fully Grown Bass—Dam Is Com pleted. Winston-Salem Oct. s.—The fishing aKe, which has just been completed about two miles north of Danbury. by the Winston-Salem charter • the Isaac Walton League, will be stocked with full grown breeding bass. The State will furnish a large num ber of young bass front its various J hatcheries, but a large number of full grown bass will be furnished b\ interested individuals, making it pos sible to start fishing in the lake im mediately after breeding time next year instead of having to wait about three years, as would be the case were only young tish used. The lake is now omy.leted. The t;a:v. is finished and it is exj t cte.l that the water wit be turned i:i by the last of the v..ek and that tc • lake will be ready to receive li-.: within a short time. It is expected to have the lake fully stocked tr.: - winter A large number of bass of breed ing age have been given tiie or g nidation by A. li. liorci. n. wh has a well stocked fishing lake ..i his own property. F. S. Boyc s and Frank Foster, wh > own a iake in the vicinity of Moore Springs will al.-o contribute some i'sh to the iake. GOV. SMITH HAD SOME RECEPTION A correspondent of the Green sboro News on Board Gov. Smith's special train says that four hundred thousand North CarpHv.ians were waiting along the route in the State to see him No. 2,938 MAN KILLED BY AUTOMOBILE Car Driven By l>r. A. S. Hard ing Hits Unidentified Man On W inston - Salem Rural Half Road. Winston-Salem, Oct. 9. An unidentified white man, about :4o years old, was fatally injur ed when struck by a small se dan operated by Dr. A. S. Hard ding of Pilot Mt., on the Rural Hall road, about 7 miles from this city last night. He died just after being brought to the Lawrence hospital, having a crushed skull and broken neck. Dr. Harding was charged i with manslaughter by Deputies Guy Scott and Jim Matthews, land was released under bond lor his appearance before Magis trate Shipiro this morning at 10 o'clock for a preliminary hear ing. The body was carried to Bo den heimer's Funeral Hume to be prepared for burial. At a late hour last night no relative hail claimed the body and iden tity had not b.-'-n established. Apparently between forty and fifty years of age, the n •;i was wearing blown dress cjat. blue shirt and overalls with undressed tan brogans. There weri no marks of : .de l tifiaction on the i d;* ar.l his personal effects i ;~. from the clothing j-a.e no clue to his identit". H > hud no letters or, his person and his .srn:vl UKket book contained one Linco'n p t n ny. In one pocket the morticans found a knife, small box of brown pills, a portion of twist of chewing tobacco and a pair of glasses of an out-of-date type. In appearance, the man has nothing about him to mak" him stand out. He is extremely slender, and five feet ten in ches tall and weighs about 13;) pounds. His hair is slightly grey. His face is long and thin and his eyes are hazel. One eye tooth is missing and two jaw teeth have been removed. He is smooth shaven and his hair is cropped close. Dr. Harding stayed with the injured man until the arrival of the ambulance. lie then started to Lawrence Hospital, following the ambulance, but was stop ped by Motorcycle Officer I } . E. Ledwell, who escorted him to the jail, wheie iie gave bond. I)r. Livers Spoke Here Thursday I s nf. \V. I; Liver*. of the Kxten- Ivp.irtmev.t of the North Carn l:r.a«- ill fir Women, (in i iis-bor>, was a promim-nt it r litre last Thum'-ty • ve::ing. He came under the i: the Fart nt-Teacher A. sin iatit it :u t) nude a ht.lt>lul and iir.i-restinK talk at a meeting of th.* : .tj-.ii ir. the K-h »1 aud'.ti rium at 7.lit' o'.'l >ck. Pr. i ivcrs rarent-Tea-'her v.- rk tkivughi-ut the State, and he gave poms pood points on thin worthy work. Several members from the Walnut (\>ve Association were pres ent. Mir.s Faith Fagg gave a piano solo, while Uenbow Merrimon, of Oak Ridge, gave a violin solo, accom panied by Miss Mis Fagg. Refreshments were served at th» 1:'j: of ihs meeting.
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