DANBURY REPORTER
Volume 55.
21 STILLS PAID I 1
FOR MONDAY
County Com miss : oners Settle I
For Coppers Recently Taken
fn ('ount> —Price Is Each
Regardless of Size.
.-.t Monday's meeting of th
l>i ;yd til County Commissioners
twenty-one stills which hail r>'- (
eeiitlv been captured by countv '
iJii ials were paid for at the 1
!trke of $2O each, the total a- '
mount bJng $420. The price '
was the same regardless of th"
of the still. This fee is fix- *
ed bv the State. '
-everal citizens were heard to ;
comment on the matter and ]
some favored a repeal of the 1
lav requiring the county to pay «
- the stills, fear Ining expres
sed that it would lie necessary*
to incivr-e the tax rate to meet
th* heavy exjH'iise in case the
"S rider (Jang" should continue 1
it.- activit? s.
Late Moixlay ;«ftenn>on
ar.. thr still wa.- taken and by
th* first Monday in F'bmar.>
no doubt another heavy Mil wi l
ha* • to In' i let.
Pretty Wedriinjr
At West field
e-tli«!d, N. t . January * -
A .-doing of unusual interest
any people in Stoke.; count*
, i !*', i X\ \\ \ ears I >ay when
M • Waiv* Hall becam> ih*
in- " • !' .Mr. Jack Martin.
'.( wedding took place in
th iiom of Mr. Bcrnie Smith.
\\%-tlield. N. C. The ceremony
m being jw*rformel hy Rev. llaus
pastor of ill*' W'estlield Bap
lis Church.
*. ue cerenl niv was simple
jl igh impressive. The hride
v «, ; .-a dres« of tan with ac
ces Ties to match. The groom
w;.* bcominglv attird i:i a suit
oi ' :y.
){ 11**.ii : i. .:c accompli -hen
da i L'iv«i' of Mr. C. D. Bail of
.1- ill**. Va. Shi* holds a |w
:. . - teafili ;• ill the lley
j " rial High Scliool.
v •s!'e has laugh; for th
pa* two years, winning for
he til many friends.
Tin* groom is the son ol Mr.
IJo* Martin. W'estlield. N. C.
11 !. and is a progressive young
farmer.
Their many friend., wish fo»-
tilt ni a life of jov anil success.
Honoring M'\ and Mrs. Jack
Martin a sumptous dinner was
pre]tared hy the grooms parents
Jar.. 2. A number of friends
and neighbors were invited in
cluding members of the faculty
of 'he Rey:iolls Memorial High
School a poem, to Waive, was
r read and given to the bride.
Everyone ••ep.'rted a lovely
tim«.
The King High School Bas
ket Ball team met the Reynolds
High on tlu- latter court Friday
night, Jan. -1. and defeatetl them
The game was very close until
th.- last quarter when the King
team took the lead. Ilu* score
wa.- 26-34 in favor of King.
Box Supper
At Meadows
Mn Wednesday evening. Jan.
16, there will bj a box supper
at Meadows High School. Be
fore sale of boxes a short pro- 1
gram will be given by the
gcbool. Proceeds will go for
school library. Public cordially
invited. Come! Remember
the date, Wednesday evening,
January 16th. at 7:30 o'clock.
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WORKING ON
FLU EPIDEMIC
Physicians Meet In Washington
To Discuss Ways and Means
For Control Of The Epidemic.
Washington. Jan. 10.—l*hy
. icians and health oliicers gath
ered here today for a national
conference whose aim was to
devise methods of definite con
trol for influenza. It met at a
time when an outbreak of th-
disease has extended practically ;
all over the United States, this
oubreak l»eing a factor in the j
calling of the conference by Sur-1
geon General Cumming. Ap- 1
proximately 6i were in atten
dance when the call to order
came.
The address over, there follo
wed a round table discussion,
which included the detailing of
prat 1 ical phases of the experien
ce.- of the doctors in dealing
with this and other outbreak
and clinical information about '
the type of the inflnenra now
prevailing.
Conference members made 1
o'ear that they lii not exjtect
to find at this time a spe -ifi.
i tire for influenza. but thev
i,o..ed that before the nil ei ill.-'
ei!:i■(l Sa'urda; pr >■/.'. s.s wo;|b|
1«» ma.le iouard tii- i: mv; ry »,
t'le cause and err of the di
sease. Oue r *sult ill
11• iin 1 r i -ojK-ratioii by pj.ys -
cieiis .;i::i Si« :iilh oiii-.-eiv in sii: -
planiat! by the Jllbi;.-
heallh .--ervic« on the manifest;'
tio«i> of tiie nialativ. it- rate of
s)tread and the forms in which
ii aj pears.
MAY INCREASE
GASOLINE TAX
Said That Many l.aw Makers
Want Counties To Have I'se
Of One Cent Tax.
Word comes from Raleigh
that many of the law maker-;
tin re favor increasing the gaso
line tax (loin Ito .'tee its and
allowing the countie.- t> use tin
one extia tax i->i* main
taining the.r ••oun». roti.ls. This
would allow the counties to re
duce their tax rate.
It is estimated that one cent
tax on gasoline would produce
S2.SMI.MHI annually. The four
cent tax brought the St at e
$lO, 2>0,000 in H»2S.
Real Estate Transfers
In Stokes Recently
'1 he following transfers of
real estate have n'*.v:itly been
made in Stokes:
I'aul i'riddy to Jesse 1!. I'riil
t'y. S acres. SodO.oo.
J. R. Lackey to Klizabeth B.
Voss. 1 lot. .s 2oit (.11.
W'illium Morton t» T. I), and T.
!i. I'rcston. 2 I■-t - .
A:in.-tead Bn.iley to Abe Scal
es. 2 lots. I.
lames R. Nunn to (). M. Need
ham. 2-1 acres. £2OO. CO.
A. (). Boles to J. W". Kiger, 1 i
acres, $7156.50.
('. K. Davis and J. R. Vos.;,
Ex's., to Margaret Davis, 1 lot.
$405.00.
j C. E. llavis Comm. to J.
R. Voss, 1 lot. $8500.00.
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Tobacco Averages
$16.69 Wednesday
Tobacco averaged $16.68 on
the Winston-Salem market
Wednesday, according to .the
otticial figures of R. W. McFar
land, supervisor of sales. ..Thi*
eight warehouses sold 4QU&H
pound tor $67,307.52. t i
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Danbury, N. C., Wednesday Jan. 9, 1929
(iOV. GARDNER
;OES IN FRIDAY
Memlters Of (Jein-rjl \-simbly
Will See llim Take Oath—
Military I nits Will Partici
pate.
Raleigh, Jan. lO.—With th'
arrival of CJovernor O. Max (iar
;dner here this afternoon. e\ery
thing was in readiness for his
inauguration which will take
place tomorrow, Jan. 11. at noon
1 "
at the city auditorium here.
(Jovernor Gardner went to the
Executive Mansion this after
jnoon. where he is the guest of
! (I»vern»r McLean, instead of t»
the Sir Walter Hotel, as origi
nally planned. The entire inau
gural party will assemble at the
Mansion on Friday morning,
where they will be met by I h*
escort of honor from State Col
lege. Governor Gardner's alma
mater, and escorted to the «it/
auditorium, wlu.re the General
'Assembly will have already as
sembled to witness tile ilia iTl
ral ex: ivises.
According I> the j lans >in
-3.1t t i this morning. Go\«-:*no;-
M, Lean and his I'atnii; will
i« ;*■* ■ for t he: i- lio:n in Luns
bertoj; i!U!,ieii: leiy .- re
\i«*w:i:g thf i:i;-ttv;-.lad'-,
••viii.-'h w : il i.ich !■• I-'.O i L th-"
ri!:• itary >:ni* - . the St.r,.-.
Ladies Missionary
Sotivfy Meeting
'll • Woman".* (,'nion Missioi,-
ary S- »s it ia Wed. afte -
noo i with Mr.-. li. W". lluds|M>th
and was presided over by tlv
vice president. Mrs. W. G. I'e
tive. The book of Luke is now
being studied and the second
chapter with a part of the third
war taken up.
Olficers for the coming year
were elected as follows: Presi
dent. Mrs. X. E. IVpper: vice
president. Mrs. R. R. King:
Mis. li. i". Pepper wa- re-elected
se-ret ary and Mrs. H. M. Joy-. •
was re-elected treasurer.
At th" •onclu-io'i of busine.--
a ocial half hour was enjoyed
(ii.-aig v.'hii . refreshii!"i;ts
w« ser\ed.
Homer Adams.
Funeral of Homer Lester
Adams who died Wednesday at
Sparta, 111., will be conducted
from Primitive Baptist Church.
Walnut Cove. X. C. at 2:.">' i
o'clock Friday afternoon by El
• ders J. A. Fagg and Reid. In
. tennent will be in Walnut Cove
Cemetery
Mr. Adams, a former resident
of Walnut Cove, had been living
at Si>arta for sometime. He is
survived by his wife, two chil
dren. and several brothers and
sistt *t*s.
Appointments For
Methodist Church
j KI.I.SWOUTII HAKTSKIKI.iI. I':;*t r
i Ist Sunday.- Belhesda. 11 a.
ni.: Pi lie Hall. p. m.
2nd Sunday.—Davis Chape!,
ill a. m.; Vade Mecuni, p. m.;
Danbury, 7-:»0 p. m.
«*>rd Sunday.—Pine Hall. 11 a.
ni.; Forest Chapel, p. m.
! 4th Sunday.—Danbury, 11 a
r m.: Vade Mecum. .'J p. m.; Davis
i Chapel, 7 p. m.
sth Sunday.—Danbury, 11 a.
> m.; Bethesda, 3 p. m.
A Christian confession of
• broad scope is a tonic which
I. builds up the will power of tho
Jl soul
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FLORIDA EXPECTS
2,000,000 (iTESTS
Hosts Are Fleeing lhe R.i*>r-
Of a Northern Winter—Re
suits Of Storm Disappear.
Jaek.-o-jvil!e. Fla.—Along tin
moih-rn at list • Florida—high
ways, ra.iromfs, airways and tin
sea- nin.e 2.000.0.10 fleeing til*'
rigors of a Not hern wintr.
Chambers of Commerce in
resot cities rival one another
in reporting arrivals. They are
hopeful at Miami. Palm Beach
and all along the east coast of a
brilliant season, sparkling with
social and sports events for
those who like their winters
that way. At St. Petersburg,
where the more sedate gather,
they look forward to long |uh't
days with the semi tropic sun
beating down.
The hurricane jjs past —fiw
vestiges f its terror and de
struction remain. The palms
along th.- as j coa I have bee.i
righted. I'racticaily the only r--
inaininjj ar- are memories of
the tra, r iy and a few new
g:ave ; ,.
It is gay. • ' v.r -i iving
F1 riiia : .er ag..i .
I > e ' >'i n :i! sI; 5 s r Sandy
Uidsre Route One
All o. ! i;i* •I:t - ■ • t *.t-
Sandy 11 g« School ar> *
. very bus studying these days
since they enjoyed the Christ
ma* h ..day.- so very mm !:.
Mr. . .'id Mrs. 11. !i. Carter
i had a their >, r ii« *.f. r dianer
Suntla Mr. and Mrs. 1 .ii. beige:
. of M-e.ison, Miss Nettie Shellou
- of the Zeblon s. h«ol faculty
I jiiui Professor Bi it tain, of San
| dy Ridge high s -h«»ol.
M -s F.la Duncan had as In :
• guess Sunday Misses Lola. Car
. tei'. \*ell Wall. Bertiia (iro/an.
. E. t! t Dodsoii. Bertha Veiier
; able and Leila Venerable,
i Me* rs (Ilady.- Joyce. Robert
. Dun an. S.ini Vv'i.!!, Bay Dodso::.
W « Irow D«H»SOII. Tlieodtire
lieid and Curtis Lawson.
i Miss Bertha (Irogan. of Ma«i
. ison. visited the home of Mr.
Albert Dodson Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hawkins
and family sju'iit Sunday with
relatives in Walnut Cove.
Mr. Marion Nelson, of Nettle
[ Ridge, Va.. visited Miss I.tila
j Heiinis Saturday night and
Sunday.
i Messrs. Aubrey Lawson.
Leonard Lawson and Ernest
Stephens visited Miss Ruby
. Carter Saturday.
Misses Lola t:nd Vera Carter
; were tile guests of Miss Ernes
r tiin Hawkins Tin-day night.
Miss Irene Joyce, of Madison.
. vis ted at the home of her pa
} rei ts, Mr. and Mrs. Dock Joyce.
Suiday.
Jr. John I)o.Json ha l»e -n
vr> ill from a boil oa his hand.
II ;ie he will soon be well again.
Mr. Bob Heitnis. td Dutiaio,
!■ .a'led on Miss Noia Ward, ol
Walnut Cove Route •">. Sunday.
North Carolina need.; a state
' wide seed improvement associa
tion to promote the use of bet
ter farms seeds says tiovemor
(Gardner's agricultural advisory
boaixl.
I
Xot only does piedmont X.
C. follow the best balanced sys
f tem of farming in the State but
• now it has taken honors in cot
ri ton growing from the toast a I
plain.
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li. N. DI KE
PASS^.WAY
Native North Carolinian Wa-
Esliniated To Have A l or
lune Of .(io.olin.Hlir or More.
New Jan. ••.— Benjamii
N. Duke who. r-'s.- fr.>m a b«»y •
jHildler >'l toluteco t> help piatt-
his family among the pioneers
of big business, died t«Mlay in *
his upjH-r Fifth Avenue man- •
sion after a long illness. He i
was in his 74th year. I
Behind him left a fortune es
timated at upward of 560.000, 1
(K.O. founded on the profits of a 1
Southern country tobacco shop
and expanded by years of effort 1
in railroads, banking, cotton,
real estate and other high scale
enterprises.
Out of this fortune came huge
j philanthropies which he never
permitted to be publicly listed,
but of which io.l'm w;*
said to have been given to Trini
ty- College, now Duki Universi
ty at Dui bam. X. .. and
t >rd 'lilege. fr>: : whi ii i
we- graduate*!.
Fine \rts Cli'h
Holds .Meoii:.:;
I ■ Art- , d. i . • ;
• In. .• i 1 irs. N. 1.. i'>-p»
Friday afternoon Jan. 1 h. ti; :
ta kt ng the place ol ! i - - Decern -
' r me- ' • wbie: \\: - u
! »?»• 1 " a. i oui't flu. "i'i..
!- id« t. Mr- .\i. '>. J - piv
- »!•* n ::d a ve/y en j. vab! •
meeting wa- held. The club c-il
lt-ft j receded tin* program.
A study of Shakespeare'
play Ma b.-th was continued.
' A Characier Study of ljalv
Macbeth" was given by Mrs. W.
(I. Petree: "M'.isie oi Shake--
peare's Time" was the sub jet'
of the paper by Mrs. J. W. Hall
and read in h i absence by Mrs.
Frank Martin. "A Critical Ap
pneiatioii of the Play" wa
gi\>n by Mr*. E. P. I'epj-er.
The chairman «>f t. e librar •
committee. Mrs. A. -I. Fa;. r
poite«i the addition ol .-.'\en
books to tli school l.brary.
Attention was called to th.-
sciap books wha h. are to be
made by the club for the library
Also to iii ietl ration dues.
At the conclusion of the busi
ness refreshments were served
by the hostess assisted by Mrs.
| W. E. Joyce
The dub will meet with Mrs.
J. S. Taylor the fourth Tuestla;
i:i this month.
100,000 Auto License
! Plates Sold
Raleigh, Jan. >.—Spragtie Sil
ver. director of the Autoinobi'e
License Bureau of the State De
partment id' Revenue estimated
at tile close ol business
■pio.oou 1!»2!» license plates hail
' been sold, leaving, he said, about
' another 100.000 to i„. issii-ii.
Commissioner of Revenue 11. A.
; Doughton again declared a -
rests of automobile «»wiie'*s
without the new tags would be
gin Monday.
By recleaning and treating
tobacco seed before planting the
beds, stronger plants, free from
disease are secured.
The annual two-day shor.
course for beekeepers of North
Carolina will be held at State
' College, January 24 and 25.
L ! Alamance county has begun a
- campaign for 3,000 acres of pas-
I ture to be planted in the i-ountv
thru yeur.
No. 2,951
FARMER GETS
GOOD PRICE
Kd White Sells One Stick Of
Tobacco FOK s 1 —Other
New- and l'er*.on;:ls Of King.
Kinir. Jai T. Tt Newvun.
•f ;!i,- ji. w y. t«-r :;«>* appoint
ed 1 »i-ti; • •• • t • .V. ni.v
W Anion ; tor tin' th:r :
di-triet embracing tin- ■ aunties
Stoke*, Surry. Wilfe. Ash". Alle
ghany. Awry Wutauna. Vaikin ui. i
possbly For.yth. a.- the Stan- IK-put\
is planning •) transferor Forsyth
to the third district. Mr.
last nij;ht appjinted Rev. I*. H
Xewsum as h:- a.-.-istant and for thi
tsnie 1» up no other changes will tie
mad-* In the It-Id f- 1" th ■ district
.Mr. Newsuni will make hi.- heat:•
quarters in king for th- time l>t*ing.
In 1.C2 Mr. N'» w.-um resigned fwm
".hi- fa> -.ill;. l the Pinnacle High
S ht>l tt. : l an aj»jt lintnient with
the ijjdem of America
ami Mr.nl in a t:w field w•»li. ri
• - ' • :• >:• iul |tt"»»
■; when ill health fcrued him to gi^--
; t • W'l l l. lit- rvtvx". !
t:■ ii ;i. J.. ;,! li ,
.
M
. ' . Mr. Wi.
11
Th- f 1-.■ i ... r.
■'• : ■
Ml. a: . Ml I; . t !. .as.
..
.-. s. iJ.ilfs an; Willi i':.
s. o! M. til \ . . r, ■
a few day- with ivial:'-■ ■ huv.
Ktlwin White. . :e of the best t ■-
bami glowers mi thi.- .si.-tiun. s.l i
• stik of ! 'a .• ■ the Winst' i-
Sait !■! liiai ia t !a-' 1'• ■*!;»> f r #1"
The >tj. k weighed ;• • ;.n.i - lit
i .r .">o (i nt- jtt I' !>olit;ii.
.Ittiiii I. n* and lam.ly. of S.tl - -
-!>r. Sunday w.tii Mr. Luve*»
■a i i - hi :■ .
\ For i 5 i!.' _ \ h was !• •-
•i: tirr. .a i.\ «' i.. i 11 !• -. •;
■ a (i..| . ; .. 11-.-vrolt t
truck with a y uiif; nun from Saii.»-
li!\. \\i. 11.1.1 a vva- : : K tl'lieti.
ollit'ftl iti I'ilt t Virt . :st i x-t •:
t >v.n Friday aftenw n. Neither
Mi. liolt st i the 'tin: mail v. as
fii u»ly hurl but tin- ears were al
most i t.mplt t- iy ii. niolirhed.
Tin hoy liaski tl-all team > l the
Kiiiu « 'ons iul it..is» }> ol to, k tine
away from tin- Reynolds y.'hool Kri
la\ eveni:i}r. The li'. tl > .r»- st. od
thirty-fiv. ta fii'u- ti.
A telegram ha- !»*•• n re eiveil I y
Mi-. I; \ l.eni r.>, who ifsnit - he: •
that h i hii.-h:;int hail 1' en found in
■ n i;il til i' us « . i:.:i: at Savan
nah. lia. The teli li mi tin! tit jr;\i'
s. :y | arti ulars.
W illiar.l Mia " \v . airet]
year . »lied Tue-day at the home t
lu-r son. tia-' n M-atl.w-. follow
a short illite.-- l h ih-i t-a-t d i- str -
\i\ttl hy .lie r oi. tiastou Meailt w .
il' » ait iia. a ! thi.t iiaiiuht« . .
Mr-. Di. Kill Slat •. .■ Iliuh IVin'.
Mr.-. (>. .hns i. ... Km-. U. I'. I'.
J. ami Mi-. William Slate, of Win.—
ton-Salem. Mi-. Mtadtiw- had i
wide aniuaintaiu'e and »a held ;
hich esteem hy all who knew her.
The funeral services was held at
Mountain View IJaptist t hureh We.
iit silitj ai'teini n at tw > e'l lotk aivl
hurial followed in the church ceme
tery.
Mi. ses Alma llt«idrix and Ktht!
Kirby, rf Winston-Salem, spent Suri
day h; iv as the jfuests of relatives.
i ——
i Pow«Vl H. Mabt\ formerly of
■ Dan bury R. 1, but who rerenrtly
removed neoir. Dennis, was u
i:i tou-y this vwek.
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