DANBURY REPORTER
Volume 55.
SCHOOL CLOSING
HERE MARCH 29
Juniors Will Take Part and
Present Bible and Flag To
Sdiooj —Prominent Speakers
To Be Present.
At the closing of the school
here on Friday, March 29th,
programs will be given by each
of the grades in the school
auditorium.
In the afternoon at 4 o'clock
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JB|t preceding the exercises by
tW school, the Danbury Junior
order will conduct exercises at
which a bible and flag will be
presented to the school. Rev.
de Gafferly, pastor of the
fourth street church of Chris'",
at Winston-Salem, who is also
past State Councellor of Virgin
ia, will be the principal speak
er on this occasion. C. W.
Snider, past State Councellor
of North Carolina*, and Sam F" :
Vance, State Secretary, of Win
ston-Salem, will also be present,
and address the meeting.
After the exercises by the
Juniors a musical program and
a picnic will be given to which
everyone, whether a Junior or
not, is cordially invited.
The exercises by the school
will begin soon after the picnic
at about 7:30 o'clock.
MAN WANTED
iJIERE IS CAPTURED
'3. C. Hudson Found In Rich
mond—Had Enlisted In U.
S. Army Hut Is Released. .
Deputy Sheriffs A. G. Sisk
and Berkley Smith went to
Richmond, Va., Tuesday after
J. C. Hudson, who is wanted
here on a charge of larceny, it
being alleged that he was an
accomplice of the man Tolbert
who is now being held in the
Stokes jail charged with steal
ing household and kitchin fur
niture, cows, tobacco, anil al
most everything else.
Sheriff John Taylor has been
tracing Hudson's movements
and '-ecently located him in
Richmond, Va., where he had
enlisted in the army under an
assumed name. The army of
ficials agreed to release the man
on condition that he would be
returned to the army in case ho
/fc not convicted here of the
~ Charges against him.
A telegram from Was:.in*,
ton today stated that the two
Stokes officers were
a few hairs there and would
bring the prisoner here 011
Thursday.
Westing-house Trebles
Use of Newspaper Cuts
It is na'cl l.iat the Westing
house Electric ind Manufactur
ing Company w»U use three
times as much newspaper space
this year as it used la.st year,
as i 11..' result r>f the demand of
that company's sales staff, and
a two-year study of advertis
ing media, conducted under the
supervision of the advertising
manager, J C. McQuiston.
! RESORT HOTEL
FOR PILOT MT.
Spoon and Stafford Announce
That Building Will lie Erect
ed To Cost Around Half Mil- J
i lion Dollars.
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( Pinnacle March 17.—Pilot
Mountain is on the threshold of
becoming one of the finest i
summer resorts in the south, in
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;the opinion of residents of th'S
community. Spoon and Staff
ord, joint owners and develop
ers of the mountain, have al
ready begun construction of a
hard surface road to the base
of the knoll and a modern stone
hotel will be built at the foot
of the mountain when the road
is completed, they announce, i
The hotel, to cost in the
neighborhood of $500,000 is to
be constructed from natural
surrounding stone. From its
location a graded road will lead
to the peak of the mountain.
Northern capital is thought
to be behind the project.
R. A. DOUGHTON
MADE CHAIRMAN
Succeeds Frank Page As Head
Of State Highway Commis
sion—A. J. Maxwell Succeeds
Mr. Doughton.
| Raleigh, March 16.—Gover
nor O. Max Gardner today ap
pointed R. A. Doughton, state
revenue commissioner, as chair
man of the state highway
commission, and A. J. Maxwell,
corporation commissioner, to
succeed Mr. Doughton.
names will be sent to the senate
at its next sitting, for confirm
ation.
Governor Gardner also said
he would offer the corporation
commissioner's position to I.
M. Bailey, attorney for the com
mission. Should Mr. Bailey
accept, his position will be fill
ed by the corporation commis
sion.
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Mr. Doughton was lieuten
ant governor during the admin
istration of Governor Elias
Carr. He has held the post of
revenue commissioner for six
years. He succeeds Frank
Page, who resigned the first
, part of the year to accept i
, banking position. A S. Hanes,
. of Winston-Salem, highway
c n*missioner from that dis
trict has been serving tempo
, rarily until a permanent com
missioner was appointed.
Stekss School Board
Named By Legislaure
| On Saturday last the Legis
lature passed on the appoint
. ment of all county school
boards in the State. The per
sonnel of the Stokes board is as
follows:
I Stokes—J. R. Forrest, R. B.
Hutchison, H. 11. Leake, H Mo-
Gee, J. W. Priddy, each for the
term of two years.
j A farmer of Stanly county
( found that he was stepping his
cattle down instead of up by
J using an inferior bull.
Danbury, N. C., March 20, 1929.
NEW GYMNASIUM I
FOR KING SCHOOL
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Man of SO Years Is Threatened
i Tobacco Factory Opens
Soon—Other Items.
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! King, March 18.—Robert
Love, of Mount Airy, spent Sun
day here the guest of relatives.
A force of men are at work
wrecking the old school build
ing. The lumber from this old
building will be used in erect
ing a new gymnasium for the
i school. This work is being
done by people who are giving
their time, and it is requested
that any one in the district who
.wishes to give some work to
this good cause will come in and
lend a helping hand.
! Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Caudle,
of Winston-Salem, were week
end visitors to relativs here,
i The Blue Ridge Tobacco Co.
are moving their new machin
ery into their factory on East
Main Street. Just as soon as
this machinery can be installed
the work of manufacturing will
begin. Quite a number of
hands will be employed. Three
brands of granulated smoking
tobacco will be made, viz: Blue
Ridge Mixture, Queen Carolina
and Yadkin Valley Mixture.
Mr. Otis Wade, president and
general manager, states that
he already has a number of or
ders on file.
John Sapp. who resides on
Pine Street and whose tobacco
barn was mysteriously burned
on the night of Sunday, March
10th, found in his yard last
Thursday morning a note which
had been placed in a split stick
and stuck in the ground. The
note which had been left there
some time during the night
read in part as follows: "We
burned it, better look out. Bet
ter leave." The note was sign
ed, "We Seven." Mr. Sapp,
who is a good citizen, and so far
as is known, has no enemies,
seems to be worried over the
affair. The whole matter seent
to be a mystery. Surely none
of the Chicago gangsters have
wandered off down here in
God's country. Mr. Sapp's age
is about eighty years.
Gilmer Newsum. of Winston-
Salem, spent the week-end here
as the guest of relatives and
friends.
William Love, of North
Wilkesboro, is spending a few
days with his son, Sidney Love,
on South Depot Street.
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Kirb.v
and Mrs. Sally Spease, of Wins
ton-Salem, spent Sunday at the
home of T. F. Newsum here.
. William Holder, Jr., owner
and manager of the The King
Cabinet Co., organized this
business here over a year ago.
They make a line of made-to
order furniture and certainly
are turning out some nice fur
niture. Mr. Holder has built
this business up to where they
are receiving more orders than
they can take care of.
i William McGee, ol' Pinnacle,
way among the visitors here
Sunday.
Misses Percie Kirby and
Alma Hendrix, of Winston-
ISnlem, spent the week-end here
as the guests of relativs.
I O. O. Grabs hrs purchased
from O. L. Raines two lots on
J East Main Street, also one lot
from S. W. Pulliam and one
■ from R. B. Delp. These, lots a!'
. join anu Mr. Grabs will eivet a
large garage and service sta.ion
' on this property. Work will be
" commenced in the roar future
i on the building which will be
modern in every way.
James Love, aged about
seventy-five years, is very sit i;
. at hi;; home here. His «fOi
ery is regarded as doubtful.
i Banks Turner will leave
Tuesday for Akron, Ohio, where
he goes to accept a position.
i Don't be a quitter. Keep
• trying. Fate never beat a figh
ter yet.
'NEW ROAD BOARD
IS APPOINTED!
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James W. Young and J. W.
Kiger, of Meadows Township
j and \V. S. Hart, of Peter's
Creek Are the Members. ' j
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A bill introduced by Repre-'
sentative C. C. McGee and pass- j
ed by the Legislature the past
week reduces the mmbership
of the Stokes county road boar.l
from five to three members,
and the following named citi
zens are appointed as members
of the board:
J. W. Kiger, of Germanton;
Jas. W. Young, of Germanton
Route 1, and VV r . S. Hart, of
Lawsonville. The first two
named are in Meadows town- j
ship and the latter in Peter's
Creek township.
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Under the new act one mem
ber of the board is required to,
act as secretary, while the
meetings of the board are limit- J
ed to twelve days in f!io year. 1
The new board will enter on
their duties tne first Monday
in April.
It is not known whether or
not the present superintendent
of roads, B. P. Bailey, will con
tinue in his present position or
not, as the superintendent is
elected by the road board.
CAR ALMOST
WRECKS STORE
Constable Rufus Mabe Drives
His Ford Against Side Of
Building With Frightful
Results. !
Constable Rufus Mabe, of
| Peter's Creek township, had a
narrow escape Sunday night
' when he drove his new Ford
I car into the side of the store
building of Roy Martin at Law
sonville.
Mr. Martin, who was stand
ing on the porch of his home
nearby, stated that he saw a
car coming up the road at a
rate of 30 or 35 miles an hour
and just before it reached his
store the car left the road and
i headed into the side of his
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store.
J The result of the wreck was
that the studding in the wall of
the store as well as the weather
j boarding was broken, while all
of the shoes, patent medicines,
etc., in the shelves on that side
1 of the store were spilled on the
]. floor and something like S3O
lor $lO worth of medicines and
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patent preparations were de
stroyed when the bottles werj
broken.
; Mr. Mabe, it is learned, de
nies the report that he wa
j drinking, and stated that the
accident occuired when he put
! liis toot on the accelerator in
[ | .;tcad of the brake.
" j Fortunately Mr. Mabe was
!in.hurt, though his car was
,' damaged, hiving the
j' transmission case broken and
! being badly battered in front,
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our employer probably puts
•in longer hours than you do.
GRAVEL AND OIL
, FOR MT. AIRY ROAD
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Crushed Stone Being Placed At
Danbury and Westfield
Stokes Citizens Delighted
i Over Prospect For Good
! Road.
' A number of State highway
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trucks are busy this week haul
ing crushed stone from the
railway to Danbury, prepara
tory to graveling and oiling the
highway from here toward Mt.;
Airy. A large quantity of the
crushed stone for the same
purpose was recently placed at
a point this side of Westfield.'
Is learned that fourteen car
loads will be placed here.
| It is not known here definite-1
ly just how far the road will be j
j graveled and oiled, but it is'
presumed that it will be ex-1
tended all the way from Dan
bury to Mt. Airy, as the stone
'is being placed here and at
i Westfield now.
Stokes people are delighted
to see this work started as this
j highway is a much used one,
furnishing an outlet for the
whole western and northern
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part of the county.
Fine Arts Club
j Soliciting Funds
! The Civic Committee of the
Fine Arts Club of Danbury is
always building air castles, j
thinking of how they may clean |
up and beautify their little but
most historic town.
! This spring they want to be
gin with the cemetery. The
road up to it has been impass
able and always is after incle
ment weather.
They have been wondering if
those who have loved ones in
tered there would not be de
lighted to assist them.
They have been looking for
,ward for years to fencing the
i cemetery but, as the crops have
• been short and money hard to
get they have decided to build
11 the road only at this time. Any
' assistance you wish to render
' j will not only be appreciated by
, the Civic Committee, but by all
'' in the community.
) As a receipt for your con-
11 tribution your name will appear
|in the Danbury Reporter each
' week.
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' i The ones appointed by the
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committee to receive donations
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are
'j MRS. E. P. PEPPER,
MRS. J. SPOT TAYLOR.
Hill In House For
. i E:;ti a Term Court
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'; Rpresentatke McGee inlro-
L duced a bib in the I r ou.>o Satur
•,day t» give Stokes com ty ;n
j extra term of court. The ex-
provisions of the bill could
i net be learned, but it is pre
i
i sumed that the bill was intend
• id to provide an additional
! criminal term of court each
jyear. It was not learned
whether or not the bill become
law before adjournment.
No. 2,961
VADE MECUM MAY
BE SELECTED
As Home and Health Resort
For Moose—Definite Decis
ion Looked For Soon.
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Greensboro, March IC.—En
couraging reports concerning
the prospect for selection of a
site in the vicinity of Vade Me
cum, Stokes county, for the
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home and health resort to be
established by the Loyal Order
of Moose were presented at the
meeting of the Greensboro lodge
last night.
j William Tricket Giles, of
Baltimore, supreme lecturer
| and former supreme secretary
lof the Loyal Order of Moose,
I was a distinguished guest of
;the local organization at th*
meeting in the Moose hall last
night. It is reported that he is
very favorably impressed with
, the advantages of the Vade
Mecum section for the home
and health resort of the nation
al order. Another prominent
, visitor was C. A. Helig, of Win
ston-Salem, deputy supreme
dictator for North Carolina,
and he, too, is understood to
have a high regard for the sec
tion indicated as a big home
and health resort of the Moose
order. James J. Davis, United
States secretary of labor and
dictator general of the Loyal
Order of Moose, and Albert
j Cassidy, past supreme dictator,
are reported to look with favor
; upon the idea of locating the
institution in the piedmont
section of North Carolina. Vade
Mecum is reasonably near
Greensboro.
i Definite developments in con
nection with location of the
home and health resort are ex
pected soon. It is said that .1
large investment will be made
in this enterprise bv the Loyal
Order of Moose.
WOMAN HELD ON
WHISKEY CHARGE
Ge.»rge Neal Was Also Arrest
ed At Home Of Mrs. Will
Westmoreland Whiskey
' Found In Rooms.
Mrs. Will Westmoreland, of
. the Pine Hall community, and
, George Neal, of Walnut Cove,
j were Tuesday night
, by ' J ln'»- : t John Taylor and de
, puties u-'ien they searched the
I home if Mrs. Westmoreland.
Seven gallons  f whiskey was
found in the r-.om occupied by
Neal a.id six gallons was found
in Mrs. Westmoreland's room,
j. About 15 pints of whiskey was
•ilso found in the home.
At hearing before Justice
I
- S. C. Rierson at Walnut Cove
i the defendants were held for
-1 court under bonds of SSOO each,
I which they gave.
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-; The many friends of Miss
,Kfiie East, who is undergoing
i' treatment at ihe City Hospital
in Winston-Salem, will be glad
e| to know that she is rapidly re
| covering from an illness.