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DANBURY REPORTER Volume 57. SOCIAL AFFAIRS AT KING Mrs. Leake and Miss Wilson Entertain —lndies Aid r>o ciety Meets With Mrs. Grif tin—Personals. Kin jr. Nov. 11.—Mrs. E. M. Griffin delightfully entertained the Ladies Aid Society of the Kinp Moravian dumb Thurs day evening at her home in west K • njr. The home was boaut fully decorated with * lovely chrysanthemums and potted plants of autumn shades. y The meeting opened with the song, "My Faith Looks l"p to Thee." Response scripture reading by all. Poem by Mrs. S. M. Brown, also Mrs. G. E. Stone. She asked some very interesting questions on the Bible. At the close of the meeting Mrs. E. M. llauser played softly "Take the Name of Jesus With You," as the lad ies bowed in prayer. During the social hour the hostess, as sisted by Mrs. 1. A. Sisk. serv ed a del icious chichi *i course. The next meeting will be with Mrs. G. E. Stone. Daniel (Happy Dan) White, of Roanoke. Va.. spent the week-end here the guest of his mother. Mrs. (.'. F. White. D. C. Taylor, a prominent merchant and planter of Gap. was here Saturday looking af ter some business matters. Mr. and Mrs. S. (). Schaub. of High Point, spent Sunday here with relatives. Grover F. Stone is quite sick with tonsilitis at his home one mile south of town. Miss Dorothy Creveling, who is teaching in the high school here spent Sunday in Mount Airy the guest of her parents. A Farmers in this section aro very vusy preparing wheat land. Present indications are that the acreage will be in creased this year. Spencer Hutchins, of Wins ton-Salem, spent Saturday and Sunday with his mother here. ; John Love, of Salisbury, j spent Sunday here with rela tives and friends. The girls team of the King high school defeated Draughon Business College in a game of basket ball played at Rural Hali Friday night. The final score stood twenty-seven to fourteen. Lester O. Puliiam, of Greens boro, was among the visitors here Sunday. Mrs. Patsy Kiser is very sick at her home two miles east of town, we are sorry to note. Messrs. C. S. Newsum, S. R. Fulp, S. W. Puliiam and G. Ross Newsum went to High Point Sunday to visit Charlie M. Fulp who is very sick in the Guilford General hospital. Miss Oneid Caudle, of Greensboro, spent the week end here the guest of her pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. James R. Caudle, in Walnut Hills. « The following births were i registered here last week: To Mr. and Mrs. Hatten Patter ♦ son, a son; to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Covington, a daughter; to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Tuttle, a son, and to Mr. and Mrs. Barnie Reed, a daughter. On Saturday evening. Nov. 2. from seven o'clock to ten, Miss Sadie Wilson and Mrs. H. H. Leak entertained at the lat ters lovely home in King, hon oring Mrs. C. C. Carroll, one of the seasons most recent brides. The home was beautiful in its decorations of gaily colored autumn leaves and Jack O' Lanterns suggesting the Hallo we'en season. Many interest ing games and contests were enjoyed, and Miss Dorothy Creveling, of Mt. Airy, was presented with a lovely silver bud vase as a prize for winning the highest score. M' Leake then presented Mrs. 'arroll with the end of a string which led upstairs and from room to room, where, hidden in many nooks and corners, she found Established 1872. !OUR CAPITAL SETS A BAD EXAMPLE The Consumption of Hard Liquor In Washington Is .">2,- 000 Gallons A Week and Our Law Makers Are Drinking i Their Proportional Part. Washington, Nov. 9.—With i approximately :!2,000 gallons Jof hard liquor consumed week ly, resulting in an annual ex penditure of more than $21,- 000,000 for intoxicants, Wash ington is wetter at the present time than it was before prohi bition, when :»00 saloons and re tail liquor stores were allowed to operate under the law. There are also at least twice as many places selling liquor in the national capital now as there were saloons before th? Sheppard law was foisted upon the district in 1917. j These alleged facts were pre sented by Walter W. Liggett, newspaper correspondent, in .the first of a series of articles in Plain Talk Magazine for De cember. Liggett says he has incontestible facts to prove his assertion. There are at least 4,000 per sons more or less constantly engaged in bootlegging in the District of Columbia, he says, of which number approximate ly 500 are women, many of whom are operators of "beer flats" in high class apartments in the residential sections. I Westfield-Mount Airy ; Road Re-Surfaced 1 The state highway between Westlield and Mount Airy was last week treated with a sec ond coat of tar and gravel. This road was surfaced only a few months ago with tar and grav el but dal not come up to the expectations of the State High way Commission and the sec ond coat was found necessary. It is stated that the foundation : for the road was not firm enough to hold up under the heavy traffic. The peanut crop of Scotland county is reported to be unus ually good with fair prices in prospect. ! Alleghany county farmers find that they could haul their cabbage to the lowland markets in their own trucks and make' more profit than by selling to hucksters. a. l.teral "shower" of daintv gifts of linen and cut glass. Delicious refreshments were served by Mrs. Leake, assisted by Miss Wilson and Miss Frances Sprinkle, after which the guests gathered around the piano and sang "Blest be the tie that Binds.' Tl.ose present at this delightful party were: Mr. and Mrs. C. C. "Carroll, Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Bro'.vn, Mrs. Herm e Moore, Mrs. Hubert Myers, and Misses Sadie Wil son, Dorothy Creveling, Jean Christy, Eloise Hutchens, Elizabeth Graham. Elizabeth Russell, Mamie Pfoff, Frances Sprink'j?, Ethel Ayi\rs, VRola Brown, Alma Ayers and Viola Tuttle. Danbury, N. C., Nov. 13, 1929. STOKES NOW HAS 1 EIGHT 4-H CLUBS I Others Will Be Organized As j Fast As Possible—Clubs Are Open To Both Boys and G'rls. ■, ! Boys and girls of Stokes 'county are showing consider ; able interest in the 1-11 Clubs J now being organized in the county. Clubs have been or gan zjd at the following schools with a total enrollment of more than 200: Haw Pond. Pine Hall, Sandy Ridge, Walnut jCove, King. Pinnacle, Reynolds and Danbury. Other clubs will ; probably be organized in the near future at Meadows, Ger manton, Francisco, and West . field. Dairy Calf Club work I is being specially stressed aid is proving quite popular. En | rollment is about equally divid |ed between boys and g lis ex cept at Danbury where all tlv '; members happen to be boys. 1 These clubs will contine to ao ieept new members until April . Ist. It is expected that several ' girls will join the club at Dan | bury before that time. Age i limits for enrollment in 4-H • Clubs are ten to nineteen in clusive. The clubs are open to j both boys and girls. Every club member must conduct a ; project of some kind, such as j caring for a calf, or a flock of ; poultry, or a pig. or ra sing a ; crop of some kind. All white t boys and girls of ihe county i within the age limits are eligi ble to join a dub and compete | for club prizes. Boys and girls lin schools not named above should write to the county agent if interested in join ng a club. Clubs will be organized in other schools where request ed. .| J. E. TREVATHAN, County Agent. Thomas J. George Defeated In Patrick I Hon. Thos. J. George, of Stuart, Va., who has represent -1 ed Patrick county for the past several years in the Virginia Legislature, was defeated for I that office in the election on I November sth. C. L. Spangler j was elected to the Legislature i for Patrick, while Mr. Adkins j the third candidate, was also i defeated. The vote of the three | candidates was as follows: | George, 491; Adkins, 765; I Spangler, 882. Spangler was I the Republican candidate, and |it is understood that Adkins I was running on an independent ticket. After returns had come! i : in, Spangler made the follow- j ing announcement: "I have had i a hard fight, but I have won,! j and I am going to give all in, I I my power to the best of every j part of Old Patrick." It is not \ known here how Mr. Spangler; stands on the good roads propo sition, but it is hoped that he j will see to it that that section of road that lies between Stuart, Va., and the Stokes! County line near Campbell Postoffice is made a hard sur-; faced thoroughfare. In justice to Mr. George, the former rep resentative, it should be said that he used his best efforts to' accomplish this feat, but was never successful. Three hundred birds were culled from ten flocks contain ing 2,000 birds when the flocks were blood-tested for breeding purposes in Burke county. JURORS DRAWN i, FOR SPECIAL TERM I i Criminal Court Convenes Here Dec. s)—No Grandjury Judge Mac Kirov To Preside. Enough citizens t , form two' I petit juries have ueen selected I to serve at the special term »i' • j Stokes crim nal court. V ."in [ | ninjr Dec. Oth. '1 lie n art will ' • not have a grandjury i Jurors for the term begin- II ning Dec. iith, have been drawn '!as follows: . | J. H. Duncan. J. I'. Collin-. YV. 11. Eaton. It. K. Gordon. R. 1 I). Mill, J. E. Wagoner. J. 11. • ' Keiiton, L. F. Smith, (I. \V. ' 1 I Sizemore, Jno. G. Smith, Roy . Bolejack, W. I. Dalton, Alex' j Rogers, J. A. Stewart. C. W.; I Westmoreland. A. J. Amos. ! ■ John Martin, E. S. Bullin. E. W. l.awson, W. P. Wheeler. W. j ■ T. Roberts, J. R. Hartgrove, J. ' W. Ferguson, J. M. Fagg. J It is learned that ;V.« •c; ai -j : about 125 cases to be tried. t j which will nodoubt r.»»iuir» a • full week. There a» >no capital leases to be heard a ; this terni, • as the case against Terry Ila:'- JI elwood. charged with burglar ■ ly, will have to be passed upon | by the grandjury at next . spring term. Judge MacElroy has been as signed bv the Governor to pre side over the term, while Soli citor Spruill w.ll b«* present to represent the Stat.'. j I Two Bootleggers Get Statement of Taxes High Point, Nov. 3.— Two former bootleggers, now "re- 1 formed gentlemen," said today that they felt they were being imposed on by the United States government. They j have received a statement from the federal revenue depart-; ment for $2,382.36. This, say the statement, is a tax for sell- j ing whiskey. Both men adm.t j that they have sold whiskey. I and both have served terms i j J for violation of the prohibition j law. But, they contend, ''How ! can the government know how i much we have collected from our sales?" Judge Clayton Moore Suspends Surry Court Judge Clayton Moore, of Wil ! I amstjon, who presided over the spring term of Stokes Su perior Court, became ill at Dob -1 son last Wednesday and sus pended the Civil Term of Court ■ there, on account of his illness, j The court was for one week j term but had to be closed after I holding only three days. Judge Moore has many' friends in Stokes county who I 1 regret to learn of his illness, j ! and* hope for him a speedy re-| covery. L. R. Gravitt 111 L. R. Gravitt is seriously ill at his home near Capella. Mr. Gravitt is suffering with pneu monia. —— V 4 TOBACCO BROL $17.01 LAST WEEK I Winston-Salem Market Sold Almost Six Million Pounds —Big Sales This Week. Last week's sales on the ! , Winston-Salem market were. probably the heaviest of any , week s.nce the mark) i opene '. The total pounds disposed by the warehouses was 5,7 d.">.- 120 and the average price for the week was per hund ! red. This week the sales will no ' doubt be large again, ami espe cially today anil tomorrow a•; I the season has been ve y fav orable for getting the weed ready for market. Meeting of Parent i Teacher Association The regular meeting of the j ; P. T. A. was held at the school ! building in Danbury, 'Monday cven.'ng. November 11th. j The meeting was opened by singiU r "America, the lk.hu- ! lif til,** followed by the devotion-, al exercises which were con-' ducted by Mrs. 11. W. Hud -i peth. Mrs. N. E. Pepper rendered j a lovely solo, preceding an j Armistice Day talk by Mr. J.j I). Humphreys. 1 A song. "Star Spangled Ban ,ner," by the members ended the program. A contest on North Carolina opened the social hour. Miss Whitaker winning the prize, a ■ lovely jar of bath salts. Delici | ous refreshments were served to those present by Mrs. E. P. | Pepper, Mrs. J. S. Taylor and Mrs. W. E. Joyce. | Mrs. R. R King, Mrs. E. P. j ■ Pepper were appointed pro-, | gram committee for December, meeting. , > j Mesdames Ellsworth Harts- j j field, W. G. Petree and Miss , Janie Martin were appointed, ' entertainment committee. A report from the oyster, supper given by the P. T. A. j was given and a neat sum real ized for the school's benefit. j Madame Marie Curie. of j France, co-discoverer with her late husband of radium, is making her second visit to the] United States and will be pre-j sented with a second gram ofi the precious mineral by friends: in this country. Mrs. Virgil McClure, of Lex-' ington, Ky„ was elected presi- Ident of the American War Mo thers at the recent annual con j vention in Louisville. Miss Mary Gritff and Miss I Catherine Davis of Birming ; ham, Kng., have been offered I $1,000,000 for a foundry they I started six years ago. i I— ——_ Annie Underwood. 16, of ■ Raleigh, N. C., has 15 hours of, i Solo flying to her credit and hopes to become a licensed pilot soon. Marjorie Elaine Best of De troit, 25 months old, has mas tered several swimming strokes and her father declares; she will swim the English Chanel some day. ■ No. 3,000 CHARGED WITH CAPITAL CRIME I Terry Hazelwood Held Without Bond In Stokes Jail—Alleged That He Entered Home Of H. T. Griiiin At Night. Charged with breaking into the home of 11. T. Gritlin. near Sandy Ridge, Terry Hazelwood, of the same community, 19 years old and unmarried, is be ing held in Stokes jail without bond, pend.ng an investigation of the case by the grandjury. i According to the evidence brought out at the preliminary hearing here before Justice J. W. A. Dodson. of Sandy Ridge, Hazelwood entered the home of Clriflin late at night by raising ' the kitchin window. He then went up stairs to the room where Mr. GriHin's two young daughters were sleeping and i was standing by their bed when first seen or heard by the girls. They gave the alarm and as Hazelwood ran he fell down the steps wh'ch led into the room Mr. Gritlin was occupying. I The son of Mr. Gritlin secured his shot gun and endeavored to shoot at Hazelwood but he had already escaped through the window. i While Hazelwood is of only ; very ordinary intelligence, the j crime with which he is charg ed is a capital one and punish able by death. It will be neces sary for him to remain fti jail here until the spring term of court, as three will be no grandjury at the December term. j Stokes Woman Is Injured In Wreck i . Mrs. J. M. Venable, of Sandy Ridge, recently suffered seri ious injuries on a Greensboro i street when the automobile in which she was riding was struck by a truck driven by John Davis, negro. Her hus- I band, Milton Venable. and their ' eight-months old son also suf fered minor injuries. Benny Dodson. driver of the Venable | car and J. E. Dodson also of i Sandy Uidge, in the machine, i were uninjured. j Ex-Sheriff Dunlap With Reidsville Warehouse Ex-Sheriff J. Frank Dunlap, I of Walnut Cove, has accepted a i position with the Watts Ware in Reidsville and he and John Hutcherson, also of Walnut Cove, are great drawing cards for the Reidsville market. Mr. Hutcherson, who is oie of the proprietors of Watts Ware house, is also auctioneer and sells his own tobacco. They have recently been making some good sales for Stokes | citizens. Burton Nelson, 8-year-old school-boy of Nashville, Tenn., has made six grpdes in two | years, besides taking an active part in athletics and studying j violin.
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