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DANBURY REPORTER Volume 55. PLAN FOR HOME |] AT VADE MECUMj Will Be Launched At Banquet To He Held In New York Ear- J iy Next Month—Winston Men To Attend. Winston-Salem Nov. 2.—Sue-' lnl culmination of the prop- ion for the development on ( w yigantic scale of approximate- ' ly i.OOO acres known as the ( \ ade Mecum Springs propertv, 11 now looms as a certainty, Win- j ■ ston-Salem citizens prominently i 1 stated Monday. . , ( A. H. Eller, representing the i' Wachovia Bank and Trust Com- i ■ pany, trustee for the Winston- ] Salem Foundation; Arthur Port, i' president of the Chamber ofj Commerce, and others wil, at- ■ tend a banquet of 1,500 people j from all parts of the United i* States in New York early in 1 December. At that meeting John Lowe, a former traveling man ( and at present a retired weal thy citizen interested in philan- ; thropic umiertakings for the benefit to traveling men and their families, will, with the as sistance of the interested agenc ies. launch a Nation-wile cam paign for the purpose of rais ing three million dollars for the; lit velopment. "Home by Christ mas" is the slogan of the work ers in the drive for funds. The movement has alreadv reached such proportions that its success seems assured. Rich ard G. Stockton, of the institu tion acting as trustee, has found. Held in Trust Under the Winston-Salem Foundation SIOO,OOO and 931 acres of land in Stokes county, are held in trust under the terms of the will of the late, •T. C. Tise. It was long his am bition to have the Sauratown Mountain area, which abounds in scenic splendor, developed in to a great community gathering place. With this in mind, the Foun dation Committee studied care fully the various plans by a number of organizations look ing to the development of the Lr .Ascertaining that Mr. tove had become interested in ,ne development as a national home for traveling men and following the endorsement ot the proposition by a number of, thi traveling men's organiza tions over the country, a nation al organization, the Travelers Home, Inc., was granted an op tion on the lands. The Foundation is, therefore, ready to turn over to the Trav elers' Home, the SIOO,OOO en downment by Mr. Tise and the large tract when the funds suf ficient for the development upon an approved scale have been raided. Under the plan being prose cute.l bv Mr. Lowe and assoc iates. the travelers' organizat ion- well known and influential travelers will conduct the cam paign through the United Stat es it will be necessary to re .f.i-e verv small per capita do \Jh2>'iT.\4 and on account oi the interest already disnlayed and Hie fenuinenesf* ot the plan its comp'etion is being optimis tir-dlv anticipated in the near future. Acting for ihe trustee of the Winston-Salem Foundation. Mr. Sli"'kton hiis lumrd over to the clerk of Superior Court a detai. Ed annual report, ehowing tn itemized accounts of all receipts pud fM?b'>rsements throughout the fiscal vear. The nublic is invited to in spect this report, Mr. Stockton said, and thp Foundation Com mission as well as the trusty;, is anxious that all civic-minded citizens familiarize themselves with the Foundation and its vahie to this community. Nine years ago it was starter! upon a small scale, the growth has been rapid, almos* * ri NEW BAPTIST CHURCH COMPLETE j Opening Services In Handsome New Edifice At Walnut Cove j Will Be Held Sunday After noon. The handsome new Baptist Church which has just been completed in Walnut Cove will have its opening service on Sun day afternoon at 2 :30 o'clock. Rev. S. F. Naff, pastor of the North Winston Baptist Church, will preach the sermon at the opening. Mr. Sanford Martin will also speak in the afternoon. Rev. S. F. Conrad of Charlotte, will preach in the evening at 7:30 p. m. The new church building is said to be one of the best in North Western Carolina and cost around $25,000. It is fully equipped for service. The Baptist work at Walnut Cove dates back to a'j»i.v 1888. Rev. S. F. Conrad, as a mission ary. did some eitective work in Walnut Core about th i yea • 1890. He organ i> -d a chuivh and built the structure which was torn away for *he present \ w building, thi* old bv.do.g being considered unsafe for the pub-' lie. The new building was started last spring and completed in about four months. Rev. O. E. Ward, the present pastor, under whose leadership the present building was erected, has been with the church 6 years, and it was the confidence the church people had in him that caused them to follow him. | W. F. Bowles, J. L. Mitchell, and B. F. Johnson were the building committee, and J. I). Johnson was treasurer. These men have labored willingly and faithfully and the church work ! has gone forward under their leadership. The Ladies Aid Society, com posed of the women of the church, has been of great ben efit in the work in a financial way, having paid into the trea sury around SISOO. Many gifts from outsiders have also helped greatly. Thanksgiving services will be held in the church Thursday evening, at 7:30 p. m., and an offering for the orphans will be taken. Sky-Scraper Nearly Finished i The large, Reynolds bund ing, the tallest structure in the , State, nears completion. This i building would look good in any city of the United States. •'o'). 000 and many valuable tracts of land, mineral rights, etc., being administered by it i". th epresent time. The commission is composed of H. G. Chatham,( chairman; George S. Norfleet, secretary; Mrs. il. T. Bahnson, R. E. Lasa ter and John C. Whitaker. Un der the plan of organization the board must not have mors than two of any one dene,miration on it and remain at all times apart from denominational creed or prejudiced influence.;, administering the fund for the general good tlv.it the most el ective public charity may l>e maintained. Wishes of the ori ginal donars are always observ ed. Members of the commission are appointed by the trustee, Judge of the Fe/leral Court for the district: clerk of the Super ior Court, and by the Mayor of Winston-Salem, one member being appointed by each of those enumerated except in the , case of the trustee, who names two. Tenure of office has bee a set at five vears. At present the Foundation repvese'i+s sivteei: organizat ions and loan funds, and its in fluence over the philanthropies ,of the section is being extended rapidly, since, it is in position to handle propositions of such tre mendous por port ions as the Tiuvelers' Home, Inc. Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, Nov. 21, 1928. BIG BARBECUE HERE SATURDAY Occasion Will Be The Dedica tion Of Stedman Lake Near Danbury—Jas. F. Hoge Will Be Principal Speaker. Lake Stedman, named in hon or of Capt. R. T. S1 oilman, who was chiefly responsible for the organization oi' ihe I/;iak W al ton League, 18 months ago, situated one mile north of Dan bury on the main highway, will be dedicated on Saturday Nov.! 24th, with a number of addres ses followed by a big barbecue and brunswick stew dinner, the exercises beginning at eleven o'clock. Plans are being made to take care of at least 300 people. James F. Hoge, of Greens boro, who engineered the game law through the North Caro lina Legislature, will make the| principal address, and Major Wade H. Philips, director of the Department of Conservation and Development, has accepted an invitation to be present and speak. Captain Stedman and other members of the local chapter of the Izaak Walton League will also likely speak. , The lake was named for Cap itain Stedman because of his : outstanding work in behalf of the league and its principles. Since the, organization of the chapter lie has greatly desired something worthwhile i:i the form of a lake somewhere. Paul Taylor, of Danbury, a son of the late J. Spot Taylor, presen ted the league, 50 acres of land lying just to the right of the main highway going north, a mile north of Danbury, a spot made ideal by nature for the building of a lake. When Mr. Taylor gave this 50-acre tract to the league Captain Stedman was author ized by the league to solicit funds sufficient to put the lake in order. He has collected $4,200 toward the building of the big dam and clearing away the underbrush. This has now been done, and the big lake is fast filling up. A large quantity of top min nows regarded by health ol ficials as necessary for the health of those living about the hike, have been secured to be placed in the basin. The.se top minnows always remain along the top of the water and eat up the larva of mosquitoes and m tins manner prevent typhoid and malaria. A quantity of black bass, blue brim and crap ple has been secured for stock ing the lake. Entertainment At Schooi Here On Tuesday evening Nov. 27 !an entertainment will bo given Iby the school children in the 'auditorium '-'t 7:30 o'clock The program will consist of sogs re 'j citations and Uiaiognes peiiain ' ing to Thanksgiving. I Immediately following the , | program a carnival will be held ( ; with side shows, fishing ponds, ,' lunch counter, etc. I The entertainment is free and everybody is cordially in vited to atendt. However a small admission will be charged to enter the side shows, etc. Plays To Be Given By West field School I 1 The ladies of the Westfield • Baptist Church will gi\e two plays in the school auditorium ; next Saturday night at 7:30 o'clock. The plays are entitled "A Manless Wedding" and "Doctor ; Cure-All." Both are shirt, requiring only 1 about one hour and thirty min | utes for the two. A small admis -1 sion fee will be charged the pro " coeds to go to the Baptist * Church. 1 Debs Hatch, 86, of Fond Du ) Las, Wis., tends a garden by - day and embroders by nght. He i has done more than 400 pieces jin colors. J. G. BRADSHAW DIED TUESDAY Prominent Stokes Citizen And Owner Of Moore's Springs! Passes Away In Winston- Sa lem Hospital. Jesse G. Bradshaw, well known citizen and owner of Moore's Springs summer resort, passed away early Tuesday piorning in a Winston-Salem hospital, where he was taken on Saturday, j when he suffered a stroke of paralysis at his home at Moore's Springs. Mr. Bradshaw's con dition was critical from the time he was stricken. He ap peared to be in the best of health up to the moment of the stroke, and was in his store at the time waiting on customers. The. deceased, who was a nat ive of Alamance county, enjoy ed a large acquaintance and had a host of friends throughout this section of the State. He iiad owned and operated Moore's Springs resort for the past V years. His untimely death was a great shojk to his relatives and friends. He was only 12 years of age. For a number 01' years he had been a member of the Salem Methodist Protestant Church in Alamance county and was also a Mason. Mr. Bradshaw is survived by his widow, who prior to her marriage was Miss Pattie Clen denin: two sisters. Mrs V. R. Holt, of Burlington, and Mr J- W. J. Jennings, of Gibsonvillc and a brother, C. W. Bradshaw, of Greensboro. Funeral services were con ducted today from Vogler's funeral parlor in Winston-Salem and from the home of Mr. Bradshaw's brother in Greens boro, and interment was made .in Green Hill cemetery at Greensboro. Rev. R. Murphy , Williams, of Greensboro, and i Rev. Ellsworth Hartsfield. of ■ Danbury, conducted the serv , ices. , Pallbearers at the funeral were: Harry Davis, J. R. Nunn Arch Glenn, J. C. Graham, E. . P. Pepper, Walter Petree, M. O. . Jones and Lather Shelton. TOBACCO~CROP » HALF SOLD ; Monday's Sale Was Best For :. Season. Average Price Being [ $23.71 Per Hundred Pounds. Tobacco prices reached the . lighost point of this season Monday on the Winston-Saiem market when the average price for nearly one million pounds was $23.17. i Warehousemen said that s»nr of the best tobacco seen this ' year was offered Tuesday and it i brought good prices. The poorer * grades, however, were still low, > as usual. According to the opinion of - Warehousemen and tobacco men the crop is half sold at least. * The Winston-Salem market has I handled nearly thirty million , pounds so far, and the sales are not expected to exceed (50 mil ! lion on that market. I Francess Ilurdette, G3 years ) old, of Wayne, N. J., totally blind for 15 years, has built an i.uit room house for himself. Robert Berkey of Wichita, 1 Kail., after pleading guilt v to stealing a car was freed because 1 he had perfect Sunday school > attendance for 10 years ) Six white girls of London were married to Chinese in a single week. I* ' j Since agricultural extension work began in North Carolina the value of all crops, livestock and livestock products produced by farmers has doubled in face t oi' a te/uly decrease in farm population. j ' u. Cotton planted after turning y! under a crop of vetch and rye. e j yielded 1,113 pounds of seed s| cotton per acre, reports Jo: | Cowan of Bertie county. WALNUT COVE NEWS LETTER Will Rierson Improves After 1 Operation—P. W. Davis and John Bailey 111 Society Events. Walnut Cove, Nov. 21.—Mr. Will Rierson, who submitted to ' a very serious operation at a 1 Winston-Salem hospital recent- - 1 ly returned to his home here j Tuesday very much improved, i The woman's auxiliary of the Episcopal Church met Monday 1 evening at the home of Mrs. J Paul Fulton with the president > Mrs. Anne Carter presiding. A 1 report of the tri-ennial com en- 'J tion held at Washington recent ly was given. Plans were made » for a bazaar in 2 weeks. Mem- 1 bere will meet once each week i in a "sewing bee" so that a large t variety of things will he en sale. * A social half hour fallowed the business and a congeal jd >•: lad course with coffee was -ered t by the hostess. I The Ladies Missionary Socie- 1 tv of the M. E. church met with • Mrs. 11. H. Davis Tuesday after noon. Mrs. J. C. Campbell con- '> ducted the devotional exercise ' and several very interesting pa- •* pers were read. At the conclusion of the busi - i ness hour the hostess served :> > chicken salad course with cake and coffee. The next meeting ' will be at the home of Mrs. A. ' G. Jones. John Bailey Sr. has been very i ill at his home here, but is now . showing some improvement. j Miss Elizabeth Bailey, trained i nurse is here with her father. P. W. Davis is confined to his home with illness. His fath- ' er and mother. Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Davis, of Summerfield are visiting him. i The opening service will be held in the, new Baptist Church here Sunday afternoon at twj o'clock. Mesdames A. T. Roth rock and J. It. Voss spent Tuesday in Winston-Salem. Mrs. W. L. Vaughn, who has; been a patient at Lawrence hos pital has been removed to thi home of her daughter Mrs. Eve-i. rett Mathews. 60 Counties Seek Aid For Schools Raleigh, Nov. 17—Badly in ' neejd of money to keep their schools running, they said, re ' preventatives of about sixty I 1 counties in the State appealed 1 in person or by letter to thej ' State Board of Equalization, iiii ' session here today, for finan-l icial aid. The board, which during the | 1 past June distributed over three j million dollars of the $3,250,000 school equalizing fund set aside | • by the 1927 General Assembly i . for the support of schools, met j to consider the slices of the i 1 SIOO,OOO "stimulating" fundi • kept to help any county or coun- | ; ties that got into dire financial i 1 straits because of poor collet -| tion of taxes or other reasons, j Tobacco Buyers To ; Go Back To Work i , Jack Thore will leave this week for Java, alter spending the summer in Stokes and Win f ston-Salem. Mr. Thore. who i , a native Stokes county boy, is j > with the British-American To-' 1 bacco Co. and has been in Afri ca and China for some years, representing that company as '■ buyer of and instructor in grow i ing tobacco. W. P. Fulton, of Critz, Va., who is also with the same cam-, i pany, and has been in Buenos j i Aires for several years, has al-j so been spending the sunvu er at j 1 home. Mr. Fulton was a visitor, e her»' yesterday and stated that; 1 he expected to return to his J work Dec. 15th. I r Stock beets are yielding well '. and are relished by dairy cows I in Surry county, find those far : mors who grow th* 1 boots as a jde.mon.- tration this reason. No. 2, 945. AUTO WRECK NEAR KING Lee ttadgett Has JJoth Leys and One Arm liroken and May Not Recover Other King News. King. Nov, l'.tThe Methodist |uar ti*rly class of Trinity was en. tertained by Misses Aia Caudle and Ma.vfield Wt.ll at Miss Wall's home just west of King Friday night Nov, Kith. Program as follows: Opening sjng. Revive us aain, by class, Devotional. Mr. S A. Winslow. The value of a Sunday School, by Mr. R. G. Thomas, hunierous selections by Wiiuslow and rhomas, Dexulogy. Adjournment. After the business was all trans, acted, a contest was given, Odessa Ho.vles and Inez Smith winning the prize, a box ol chocolates. Following the contest Misses Wall and Caudle served cake, pickle', plinth. Number ol class present seventeen, eight visitors including, Miss Nancy Ad kin* of Asheboro, S. A. Winslow and Miss Kiizsibeth Wilson, of Old Rich mond High School Faculty, Miss Odes-a lioyles of King, Frank and Miss Lillian Bennett of Dalton and I'aul and Ralph Kiser of King. James Burge of \\ inston-Salem was a week-end visitor to relatives here. ' Minnie the sixteen year old daugh ter ot Mr. and Mis. William New sum who reside just south of town died Thursday following a short ill. ness. The funeral service was conduc ted at Mount Pleasant Church Fri day afternoon at two thirty and bur ial followed in the church cemetary. Minnie was a good girl and liked by all who knew her, she will be greatly missed in the community. Mr. J. P. Caudle and family of Winston-Salem spent the week-end with relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. H. I). Pulliam of High Point spent Sunday here as tne guests of relatives. Dr. Grady E, Stone is confined to his home with influenza this week. He is reported to be very sick. Mr. and Mrs. Grady Collins of rhomasville spent Sunday with Mr. Collins' parents. Mr. and Mrs, A. F, Collins 011 Depot street. John Ijove Jr. and family of Salis bury spent Sunday here as the guests of Mr. Love's parents, Mr. and Mrs. ' James Live. Farmers in this section are very i husy preparing and marketing their | tobacco crop. It is estimated that about two-thirds of the crop has been sold. Miss Alma Hendrix of Winston- Salem was a week-end visitor here with relatives. J. It, ( ook who holds a position • with the Southern Railway Co. spent I Sunday wth his familv in Walnut Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Lofe of C«>n | cord spent Sunday with relatives | here. S. L*. Atwood of Alleghany county I has moved his family here. Mr. At i w.iod conducts a sale stable here. Lee Had,liftt aged about 22, of ;N\ hite Plains who was driving Bui*?k J seven pa: senger automobile divvo j hi 1 ; car lilt * ih" he ivy wire feace at I the end of "Death Bridge" two j miles east of here on the Great , | Lakes to Florida highway last night I a'lout one o'clock. Three spans cf I the fence was kno:kcd down and his ! car almost cimnlctely demolished. All', liadgett :-uslaillcd the folli win," 'injuries: Lilt leg broken at two pla os. right leg broken and left arm broken. IK' was also badly lacerated anil hrmshed about the body. 11l- was removed to the Mar i tin Memorial 110.-pital at Mount j Airy, He i* not expected to live. Nr. Hadgett was alone at the time. Four people have list their lives at this bridge and if Mr. Hadgett does noi recover this will make the fifth faUil ity. ; Mr. Ragland Kills Big'ffest Hog: Yet j C. R. Ragland, of the Ker •,nersville community, wa* a visi : tor here today. Mr. Ragland ex- ; 1 pects to have the reputation of killing the bijrtfivst hog in Stok es or Forsyth counties thi«* 1 year. He has just slaughtered one that tipped the beam at six - hundred and two pounds and is 1 still fee«ii:iu one that he will reach 70U or more.
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