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D ANBURY lEPORTER me 55. EN TAKEN STILL FRIDAY hase Six Men Found Whiskey But Were » Catch Only Two Of long hard race, J. R. federal prohibition id constables Rufus Jule Stephens, captu- William Tilley and 1 when they were dis rida.v afternoon at a with four other men r the Southern Power s plant on Dan River, north of Walnut Cove, rs went back after the ook the still and pour ; beer, and Bullin were 0 Danbury by the offi- U. S. Commissioner N. 1 bound them over to !ourt under bonds Oi h. The bonds were William Nelson and vere released. nd Personals Of Walnut Cove Cove, Dec. 19th.—A if interest occurred on 12th. when Miss Ten aylass, of Johnston i. and Mr. Joe Zim f this place were mar eensboro at the Grace Church. Rev. S. W. usin of the groom of- Miss Baylass has been n the school here the pears and has made nds here. They left ey for an automobile ashington and other interest. Misses Nell arine Hutcheraon and parger attended the The young couple will ir home in Walnut Mrs. C. J. Helsabeck, 2 Carter, Misses Nell arine Hutcherson at e wedding of Ralph Miss Katharine Fos nestown Saturday. Mr. former resident of ove. 1 Mrs. Donnell Van >f ■ Mebane announce 1 of a son on Dec. 12tn i)tist hospital Winston rs. Van Noppen was Miss Dolly Fulton, of ove. G. Jones and Miss mes, Mrs. H. H. Davis, b Fulton Jr. and Miss ton were among those in Winston-Saleri McNeil, of the Bur- Co. is confined with Tuttle died at his e Sunday morning af t illness with pneumo- ral services were con jnday afternoon. M.\ Id a position with A. ck a number of years, 'hilip Woodward, of News, Va. has arriv ;o spend the holidays mother, Mrs. J. B. f Joyce d Over To Court Joyce, of Peter* •nship, was bound over >r Court here Monday i N. A. Martin on the possession of liquor, was fixed at S2OO. He >ond and was released. IS THERE A I SANTA CLAUS? New York Sun Once Answered The Question For Little Eight-Year-Old Girl. Many readers probably will recall having read in 1897 the reply of the editor of the New York Sun to a little girl who wanted to know the truth about Santa Claus. | The little girl's letter to the editor and his reply are reprin ted below: IS THERE A SANTA CLAUS ? I We take pleasure in answer ing at once and thus prominent ly the communication below, ex pressing at the same time our gratification that it's faithful author is numbered among the friends of The Sun. "Dear Editor:— ! lam 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says 'lf you see it in the "Sun" it's so.' Please tell me the truth; is | there a Santa Claus? Virginia O'Hanlon." 'lls West Ninety-Fifth Street.' THE'ANSWER | Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been af fected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not be lieve except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia whether they be men's or chil dren's are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect , an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge. Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as cer tainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, you knw that they abound and give to your life it's highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias, there would be no childlike faitn then, no poetry, no romance, to make tolerable this existence. We would have no enjoyment except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which child hood fills Ina world woula be ex tinguished. Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies. You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can imagine or conceive all the wonders that are unseen and unseable in the world. You may tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the un seen world which not the stron gest man, ior even the united strength of all Ihe strongest men that ever 'i.«a could tear | apart. Only uiitK fancy, poetry, love, romance, can pudh aside that curtain and view and pic ture the supernal beauty and ; glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Danbury, N. C., Wedn I DISTILLERY j COVERED HALF ACRE OF LAND Cost of Equipment Seized By | Federal Agent's Estimated At | $10,000—25,000 Gallons Of j Beer. New Bern, Dec. 10.—One of ! the largest and most modern j illicit distilling plants ever cap tured in the state was located and confiscated about six miles jfrom New Bern this morning by O. A. McCaskill, federal pro hibition agqnt, L. M. Davies, ; assistant agent, and Tom Hol ton, of Bridgeton. No arrests ! were made as the outfit was not ;in operation at the time of the I capture. ' t The plant consisted of twoj hose power gasoline engine, 60 horse power steam boiler, - a 10- j horse £wer gasoline, engine, 601 I vats containing about 350 gal lons of beer each. Equipment seized included one ton of sugar, a ton of coal, 30 dozen fruit jars, 1,400 of meal, 25,- 000 gallons of beer, a number of tools, utensils, cooking ap paratus, blankets and clothing. 1 The plant covered half acre of land on Brice creek so that the whiskey could be transport- \ ed by either road or water. The machinery was in good condi tion. It is thought that around 10 men would be required to operate such a huge plant and that about SIO,OOO would be necessary to set up the equip-' ment. Apparently the plant was in;! operation yesterday. Mash had been set last night for another I run. A capacity of 1,000 gal-' lons of whiskey a day at the plant was estimated by the of pumped to the plant by the , gasoline etagine. The officers state that it is one, of the most modern and up-to-date plants, ' as well as the largest they have ever seen. Alvin McHone Gives Bond and Is Released lvin McHene, of Peters Creek township, was arraigned here Monday before Justice N. A. Martin on the charge of lar cency, it being alleged that he "misplaced" an automobile tire. The defendant was bound over to court under bond of S3OO, which was furnished and Mc- Hone was released. Poore-Stovall Marriage Sunday Mr. Clarence Poore and Miss Grade Stovall, a popular young couple, of the Sandy Ridge sec tion, were married Sunday by Elder Biggs at the home of the minister in Patrick county. The bride is the attractive young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Stovall while the groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Will Poore. Still Is Found; No One There Deputy Sheriff A. G. Sisk, of Danbury, is not strong on hunt ing anything, but he did find a j copper still that had been taken from the furnace and hid in a brush pile down near Meadows jone day this week. At the still site Mr. Sisk found a few bar rels of beer, which he poured out. i i Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding. ' No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives, and he lies forever. A thousand years from now, Vir ginia, nay, ten times ten thous and years from now, he will con tinue to make glad the heart of childhood. | 19, 1928 IfflßcffALS CLUB ®gp. ' Otmßoa Of County Hsa Some Nice ThSßpa&pals had a group the first county wide •jßfchers Meeting hejd at N. C., last fall and a PrincMb'.Club was organized. pal of Jmilnut Cove high school was chairman of the club, fijW professor W. C. Dut ton, pSkcipal of Pinnacle high vSchoo|WM elected secretary, i decided to have montkM^eetings, and the first r.ieetiflK*a& at Wainut Cove in PnaßK>r D. W. Kanoy enter tt iredabe club Some school F were discussed by the tod then' professor KaityAHfcecvfed refreshments. WheajUp great appetite of Mr. FeltgfgVbeen satisfied, profes sor iftvited his guests to see *^(jßVirghuan." TfifeX|ett3akms were inspira- ne refreshments good, andtpttpcture furnished ad-, ditrbyjlfentertaiiinicnt to make the-.Bjpng enjoyable and sue-1 Thl^p v embe r meeting was N. C., and ProjwSQE. Felts entertained -Catson was pres- pome im delcious refreshments. He also played some new victrola rec ords which were appropriate for the occasion. . The meeting was very enjoy able and helpful to those, who attended. The club decided to meet with Prof. Carroll at King in December. On Thursday night, Decem ber 6, 1928, Supt. J. C. Carson and his high school principals were the guests of Supt. T. H. Cash and his principals at the Robert E. Lee Hotel, Winston- Salem, N. C. Professor J. Hugh White, principal of Mineral Springs high school and professor C. M. Felts were the speakers for the evening. They made many good suggestions relative to school attendance. Supt. Carson and his princi pals are very grateful to Supt. Cash and his principals for the , kindness of the Forsyth County Club to the Stokes County Club. ! The December meeting of the ! Stokes County Club was held at King, N. C., Tuesday night, December 11, 1928. Prof. C. C. Carroll, principal of King high school was for tunate to have some of his lady teachers and the Home Econo mics Class prepare refresh ments for the club, j Miss Mary Council, Domestic Science Teacher at King, had charge of the cooking Two other King teachers were very effi cient waitresses. They were Miss Dean Christy, History Teacher, and Miss Dorothy Greveling, English Teacher. ,They served chicken, creamed potatoes, asparagus, cranber ries, butter, hot rolls and cof fee. When the fruit salad was served, the principals present were no longer, hungry, but they were to have desert which consisted of delicious ice cream, cake and home-rtuvde candy, j After the refreshments were 1929 AUTO PLATES MAY NOW BE USED Effective Yesterday—State Bu j reau's License Department j Having Little To I'o. Raleigh, Dec. 15.—Automo bile tags for 1929 were sold to day with license to put them on for the whole year and for to night, to boot, but buyers who raised without difficulty the first payment price were astoun ded when they found that any use of the machines prior to this date, the half year period was in order and the tax man datory. The usual loafing was in evi dence today. The lice/ise de partment was running on short hours and no increase in clerk hire. But the buyers of tags will take their own time. The department expects the latter days of the year to be the abom ination of them all, for buyers perhaps have their hardest time this year raising the tax. The post holiday rush is a certainty. The state is expected to chase 500,000 machines this year. The grand total never has rea ched that figure, but Mr. Ford quit making a whole year and all the other factories could hardly make up the deficit. The ne,w Ford is again leading in the license sales and is about to re store the equilibrium in the lost machines. Ford Sedan Burns From Short Circuit A Ford sedan, the property of Will Eaton, of the Flat Shoals section, was burned Tuesday when the ignition system of the car developed a Flat Shoals on Monday after a visit to the county seat. The car developed a "skip" and when the driver stopped on the road-side to repair it hi noticed the car was on fire un der the floor. Car and Two Men Captured Saturday A ford roadster and two colo ed boys, Will Joyce and Harvey Hughes, were captured near the Stokes-Patrick Saturday night, by Deputy Cleve Lawson and Constable Rufus Mabe. The car will be sold while the two boys were placed in jail, but later gave bond in the sum of S3OO each. Sam Manring Is In Trouble Again Sam and John Manring, of ! Peters Creek township, were ar ! rested last week on a charge of violating the pi»hibition laws and assaulting Oliver Rogers. It turned out that Sam was al ready und?r a SI,OOO bond for some OTher of f en.se, and Justice N. A. Martin sent him to jail to await the next term of court. John Manring was allowed to pay a fine of $5.00 and the cost in the case against him. When we write ths truth it isn't so necessary to keep a car bon copy. served, the principals mot in Prof. Carroll's office to discuss school attendance. It was rather difficult for the principals pres ent to discuss attendance of the pupils because they realized the principals who had failed to at tend the meeting had missed many good thngs. The club adjourned to me£t with Prof. Brown at Danbury, N. C., on Tuesday evening, January 15, 1929. j D. W. KANOY, Pies., W. C. DUTTON, Sec. NO. 2,949 THREE DEATHS OCCUR AT KING School Closed On Account Of Flu Epidemic Families Move To King—Personals. | Kinpr. Dec. 17—James R. Hutchins, aped 58 years, died at his home hero I Saturday morning following a short |illno3s with influenza and pneumonia. The deceased is survived by the wid ow and seven sons, Charles W. and Albert Hutchins, of Winston-Salem, Aldine of Mount Airy, Peyton of Baltntore, Md. and Spencer, Maxie j and Buster of King. Three daughters are also left to mourn their loss. They are Mrs. O. L. Rains of King, Mrs. Marvin Moore of Rural Hall R- F- D. No. 2, and Mrs. Emmitt White, of King. Several grand child ren also survive. The funeral service which was in charge of Rev. E. W. Tumor and Rev. Joseph Hall was conducted at the first Baptist Church | here Sunday afternoon. The deceased, who had been a member of the Mis- I . sionary Baptist Church for a number of years, was widely known, having resided in this section practically all his life James M. Boles and family have returned to their home at Va., after spending a few days with relatives here. | Thomas Isley of McLeansville is spending a few days with relatives and friends here. ! Work is well under way on a new home for J. F. Sisk in west King. S. A. Westmoreland, a plante*\ who resides three miles west of town, butchered two nice porkers last week. The two weighed 1137 pounds. Friendship future.- I Andrew J. Doss, aged 81 years, died Wednesday with pneumonia at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Thomas Wolff here. The interment was conducted from Copeland Churcit near Siloam Friday. The deceased is survived by the widow, five daugh ters and three sons. The deceased had a wide acquaintance and was liked by all who knew him. i N. S. Jones of Rural Hall has pur chased from Bert Wilson a dwelling on east Main Street and will move his family here. Howard Wall of Bryant Station, Tenn., is spending some time here aa the guest of relatives. I Keever Newsum has returned from the state prison at Raleigh, his time having expired. ! The consolidated school here has been closed down on account of the flu epdemic. | James Albert Newsum of Nor wood is spending a few days with 'relatives and friends here. | Mrs. Kate Kapp, aged 68 years, died Monday morning at the home of her nephew, William Kapp, just south of town after a lingering ill ness of several months with a com plication of diseases. The interment will be conducted from Macedonia Church Tuesday. I John H. Marshall Passed Away Saturday John H. Marshall, prominent citizen of Dennis, died Satur day. Mr. Marshall, who was 66 years of aye, was well known to a great many of the people of Stokes county, and was an ex cellent citizen. Mrs. Louisa Job of Chicago, testified that her husband had bargained to sell her for SSO down and $25 on delivery, but that* she refused to be delivered. 1 Japanese "reformers" print ed "Get to Work," on th°, fnc Do . of women idlers and shoppers on the streets of Tokyo, using rubber stamps.
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