DANBURY REPORTER
Volume 57.
CAFE FRONT
IS DEMOLISHED
Driver Loses Control of Car
With Disastrous Result:-
—News and Personals Of
King.
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King, Dee. 2.—On Tuesday!
evening Mrs. I!. E. Wall de
lightfully entertained Mis*
Edna Wall on her fifteenth
birthday. During the evening
many games were enjoyed and
tw () contests were given, Misses
Sallie Kiger and Leathia Law
son winning the prizes for high
est scores. After the games
were finished the guests were
invited into the dining room
which was beautifully decorat
ed. carrying out the fall colors
of gri'en and yellc-w am. lovely
fall flowers. The center of tin
table bore a lovely cake with,
fifteen candles glowing. The
honone blew out the candles
and distributed the cake to the
guests. Refreshments were
served by the hostess. Those
being present and enjoying the
evening were: Misses Edna
Wall, Salli«' Kiger, Mae and
Sallie Kiger and Lethia Law
son, Wihehelanienia Vogler,
Mesdames Julius Kierson, Ev-'
erette and Robia Sprinkle, Ar
thur George, Mr. and Mrs. J.
R. Wall. Mr. and Mrs. Bright
Howen and Mr. and Mrs. B. E.
Wall. |
('lade Mi ore, a painter who
resides twi miles East of town,
drove his automob.l" into the
plate glass front of Happy's
Cafe on Mail) Street which is
owned by "I". Fount Smith and
Cov Preston. The glass front
was broken to pieces and tin*
whole front of tlv building de
molished. • Some of the fixtures
on the inside were damaged
also. Mr. Preston who was
standing near the front of til
interior was knocked almost to
the back of the building by the)
impact. Mr. Moore, who is on.*!
among our bf st cit'zens and ■
who regretted the a.cident w > c '
much, stated that the accelera
tor of his car hung and render
ed him absolutely helpless to j
control his car. Mr. Moore was j
not hurt, neither was his wife,
who was in the automobile with
him ;il the time of the accident,!
but her spectacles were broken'
to piec s. Mr. Moore is having j
lhe building i\ paired. The ac
c d*:it happened on Thanksgiv
ing evening.
I>r. Oscar Sehaub, of Wins-1
If.:, Salem, and who was reared
in this section, spent '1 hanks-1
giving here.
A " hanfcsgivipg s rvice
which was well attended was
held both it the King Moravian
chinch and at the First liaptist
church Thursday night.
Miss Oneita Caudle, of!
Ciieensboro, spent Thanksgiv
ing with Miss Vivian Burge l
here. '
The following births were
registered here last week: To
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Boyles, a
son: to Mr. and Mrs. William
Fowler, a son; to Mr. and Mrs.
Marshall James, a son, and to
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Johnson, a'
son.
Mrs. S. L. Pulliam and chil
dren, of Guilford county, form
erly of King, are spend.ng a
few days with relatives and
friends here. i
A itice collection of canned
goods was received at the
Thanksgiving service at the
Moravian church for the Mora
vian Old Ladies Home.
F. Grabs, who has been
confined to his home with flu,
is able to be out again.
Rev. Walter Grabs, of Beth- 1
ania, filled his regular appoint- j
rni-nt at the Kng Moravian'
church Sunday evening.
The King girls won a hard
earned game of basket ball I
played at Rural Hall, when they |
deteated Pilot Mountain girls
this evening with a score of 15,
to 10. Never were King's for-!
wards able to lose the close and ,
ever following guards of Pilot, i
A pipe organ heard in a cer
tain radio program is said to
have 500 stops. But none of
Jhem seem to work. i
Established 1872.
LIQUOR LADEN CAR
TAKEN SUNDAY
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Captured In Walnut Cove As
It Was Passing Through
Tow n One Man Taken.
While Two Escaped.
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I Ollicer George Martin, of
Madison, chased a Ford car
with 50 gallons of whiskey on
board from his town to Walnut
Cove Sunday afternoon, cap
turing the outfit when the Ford
left the road and hit a tele
phone pole inside the corporate
limits of Walnut Cove. When
, the collision occurred it. was
found that three negroes and'
10 five gallon cans of whiskey!
constituted the load. Two of the i
negroes jumped and escaped, ■
while the other was arrested j
and carried back to jail at j
Wentworth. The whiskey was i
poured out on the spot and the'
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car taken into custody.
The negro who was arrested j
refused to give either his own i
name or the names of the two
men with him.
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V irg-inia Expects Us
To Build To Line
From Stuart Enterprise.
The Highway Dept. of N. C.'
has agreed to meet Va. with
a hard surfaced road, leading
from the line to Winston-Sa-,
km. N. ('., via of Danbury and
Walnut Cove, we are informed
by Hon. T. ,J. George. Now
' that Virginia has made a ten-
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jtative allocation to surface the
j already graded highway from
I Cruise's Store through Stuart.'
•to the N .('. line, during th",
com ng year, we shall naturally j
expect to have this link from
I the lint- to Danbury surfaced,'
as our sister State has neverj
'failed to meet us fifty-fifty l:i i
; connecting our roads. j
Mr. George states that lie is
.well pleased with the Untativ •
allocation, as made, and that t
is especially gratifying to him
that Patrick County reco.vcd
i so many allocations during his
1 term as Represent alive of the
county. Die ing this time, or
'since Jan. 1, 102(5. Patrick
county has been allocated for,
road work ?012,878.:i7, whii
before this time it was very
small.
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Frank Duggins was given a!
hearing here Tuesday night on
a charge of removing and tak- j
, *"g awav parts from an auto
mobile belonging to Jesse
Booth. Justice Jas. 15. Joyce 1
heard the evidence and after
1 the hearing a compromise was
affected whereby Duggins is j
to pay S;»0 and cost. . |
Coia Hawkins, one of Dan-!
bury's oldest colored vKonien, j
died Sunday night at the home i
of her daughter at Ronda. i
where she had been visiting for |
some time. Interment wasj'
made in the colored cemetery '
hero Tuesdav..
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We must, have prosperity if '
we have to spend our last cent
to get it. i
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Danbury, N. C., Dec. 4, 1929.
WANT LICENSES
FOR POOL ROOMS
i Two Applications Before Coun-j
ty Commissioners Monday—j
To Be Acted I'pon At Next ,
Meeting of Board.
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Two applications lor 'license j
to operate pool rooms in the |
county were before the board
of County Commissioners at
their regular meeting here
Monday. One of the applica
tions came from King and the!
other from Wilson's Store, and I
it is learned that other applica-j
tions will be made soon, as the
business is said to be very
| profitable.
The law fixes the price of
: license to operate pools rooms
l at SSO per table, and re
| quires that notice be given in j
I two issues of a newspaper be
i fore application for license is
! made.
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News and Personals
Of Walnut Cove
Walnut Cove. Dec. —Quite'
a number from here attended
i the Carolina-Virginia football!
game at Chapel Hill on Thanks-,
giving day. Am .ng those were:
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Davis, Mr.!
ami Mrs. P. W. Davis. Mr. and'
Mrs. Jacob Fulton, Mr. and 1
: Mrs. George Fulton, Mr. ami
Mrs. Leake Lovin. Mr. and Mrs.;
Arch .McNeil. Mr. and Mrs. j
Howard Woodruff, Mrs. J. W.'
Jones. Mrs. E. P. Pepper. Mr*.
Anne Carter, Misses Helen Ful
ton, Nell and Margaret Hutch
erson. Gladys Moretield, Mary
Lane Brewer, Evelyn Whfte,
; Grace Woodruff, of St. Mary's.
Rale gh, Thelma Rothrock and
guest, Mary McCanless. of
! Danbury. M. ssrs. Gilmer Spar-
Igor. Mill Fulton. R. H. Hackle;-,
i Paul Davis. Jr.. Bill Campbell,
( Tlit.ma> Hardy Rothrock. Maii
Allen, J. V. Lewellyn. William
Marshall. Paul Fulton, Orin
Manuel. John Woodruff. Harvey
Rothrock. It is claimed this j;
the record attendance at th •
game from a town comparing in
size to Walnut Cove and also
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based on the mileage.
Mrs. .J. F. Spraker. of Ivan
hoe, Va., is spending some time
with her sister, Mrs. Wm. Mar
shall, at her home in North
Walnut Cove.
Mrs. G. B. Atkins and datigh- *
ter Ruth, of Martinsville, Va..
spent Friday in Walnut Cove.'
guests of Mrs. Wm. Marshall, i
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Mrs. Edwin Robertson, of
Clifton Forge, Va., is spending
the week with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. Wesley Morefield.
Misses Frances and Alice j
Fulton and Mary Frances j
Davis, N. C. C. W. students,)
spent Thursday here at thei•• •
respective homes.
Misses Dix.e Reeves and '
Beulah Ratley spent the week- •
end at their home in Red '
Springs.
Rev. I). W. Allen held a series
of meetings in the Episcopal'
church at Mayodan the past j
week.
! LIONS MEET HERE !
MONDAY NIGHT 1
i \\ ill Be Accompanied l{y Their
I Wives And Supper Will Be
Served At Colonial lood
Shoppe.
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j i'he Lions Club, which Is
I new recognized as Stokes coun-,
ty s strongest civic organiza-!
tion, will hold its regular meet
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mg in Danbury on Monday I
nC'ht. Dec.. oth. precei! g,
j which the Colonial Food;
Shoppe will serve supper to the
j Lines and their wives.
It is learned that a number
of important civic questions
wii! come up for discussion at
the Monday night meeting.
This Stale To Get
Much Road Monev;
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Washington, D. ('., Dec. —;
North Carolina was today ap
portioned 91,722.(57:! of the'
$73,125,000 authorized for road'
| construction work in the fiscal
year 10*51. Secretary of Agri
culture Arthur M. Hyde an
j notuiced. The apportionments
,bv Mr. Hyde were a n-pole e
t
to President Iloov; r's sugge.-
! tion that public building pro-j
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. grams ue speeded up and pre
' dently- expanded to promote!
ou- .in-s.s and pi\ vent unem-j
• ploynu nt.
| file secretary announced
'that the State highway depart
ments will be authorized to
proceed immediately with prep--
araij ons tor the expenditure
of the newly apportioned funds'
during the next construction'
season.
Fine Arts Club.
Written for the Reporter.
.Mrs. N. li. Pepper entertain '
ed the members ( >i the Fine
Arts Cluli at a delightful meet-!
iiig at her home on Friday
evening, No\. 21M ii.
The president Mrs. W. E.
Joyce, presided o*. v tin meet-'
ing which was opened by th
singing of the club women's,
hymn, followed by the collect
repeated in unison. The minu
tes of the last meeting were
read and approved and the dues
collected.
The subject for study at this 1
meeting being Modern Art. th ■
following papers were read: I
1. Bourdelle. The French
Seulpter, Mrs. M. O. Jones. |
2. Wealth as it Affects Kdu- i
cation, Miss Nell Jovce.
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*>. Ihe Attact on Modern:
Art, Miss Eflie East.
I his was followed by a piano,
solo. "Meditations" by Thais,
by Miss Mary Taylor.
After the completion 'i >,
program a Thanksgivii • tur
key contest was very nine 1 e:
joyed. The answers to Dl
questions being parts cf flu*!
turkey. Mrs. R. R. Kir won
the prize, a very dainty hand
kerchief.
Ihe hostess then ser/ed 4
delicious salad course. c
F
JOE FOWLER
| INJURED IN WRECK
Car Turned Over When It
Skidded On Ice Walnut
Cove News Items.
Walnut Cove, December I.
Joe Fowler received very
painful though not serious i;.-
i juries Monday when a truck
| in which he was riding skidded
j off the road and turned over
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j about 2 miles from Rural Hal!.
Dr. Tillotson. of Pilot Moun
tain. attended Mr. Fowler, ii
being necessary to take sever
|al stitches in his forehead.
Roy Southern was driving th
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truck and escaped unhurt.
They were enroute to Mt. Airy
! with a big truck load of tobae-
ICo which was damaged eonsid
i erably by the rain. The sleet
| »n the road was the cause of
; the accident. Mr. Fowler is able
to be out and entertained H. H.
I Davis and several others at a
delicious breakfast recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones Welch,
who recently married are now
keeping house in the home of
Miss Lucy Burton. Mrs. Welch
was Miss Eva Crews, of Mayo
can. and is a sister of Mr.
I Leonard ('rows, barber of thi--
j place. Mr. Welch i- connected
! with tile P. W. Da\ is Chevrolet
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! Company.
Walter Rier-on and a party
, of Winston-Sali'in. >p nt Thurs
day with .J. ('. Redman enjoy
ing a diiin.T and a hunt during
the day. Mr. Kierson is a t>-
baceo buyer for R. .1. R ynohN
Tobacco Co.
( arl I Jay is out again alter
being confined several days
j with illness.
I A play entitled "Daddy's"
• will be given Friday night, Dec.
i loth, by tile faculty of th
!I;gh School and a number of
iI he young men of the town.
I'lle play promises to lie th« 1
. best ever giv. 11 here, is full i t'
tun and real entertainment.
I hose who have seen the re
hearsal say you cannot all'ord
to miss it.
Mr. and Mrs. George Fulton
spent yesterday hi Charlott •
on business.
Troy Shelton is confined t >
, his home with flu.
Lindsay Lewis has opened a
cafe in th* building formerly
known as Mary s Coffee Shop.
Miss Nellie Chilton, who -;
teaching in the City schools of
! (ireensboro. spent the Thanks
giving holidays here with her
father, M. T. Chiltoll.
Mr. ami Mrs. J. C. Hutcher
son spent the week-end at
Henderson with their daughter.
Mrs. Nat Young.
Miss Gladys Morelield has
returned from a delightful
•jiiit with Mrs. Charles Adams
fti Cj!T'onß'..,oro.
f s. Paul spent
,1 •lav i:, with
has retiuv.
,: .p nrovml
CRIMINAL COURT
OI'KNS MONDAY
' This Will lit* One Week Special
1 Criminal Term and Will Ite
Presided Over l»y Judge
Mr Kirov.
One week spei al term of
criminal court for Stok >s coun
ty will open here .Monday morn
ing, Dec. Sith, presided over by
Judge McKlrov. and Solicitor
Sprjil! il! represent the State.
Two petit juries were .sum
moned to heai* the cases during
the term. There will not be a
• grandjury in attendance, as
the term is called to try to
char the docket of cases in
wh.ch true bills have already
been found. While a number
; of defendants arc in jail here,
a majority 0 f those to be tried
| are out on bond-..
There is one capital case to
, bo tried, this being the one i.i
which Terry Hazelwood, of
■ Sandy R dge. is charged with
' bivaking into the home of H.
i T. Crittin, of the same section.
> Hazelwood is being held with
out bond.
Jurors drawn to serve at
! next week'- e»urt are as fol
lows:
J. 11. Duncan. .1. I\ C illins,
W. li. Katon, R. H. (iordon. R.
I). Hill. .1. K. Wagoner, J. 11.
Keaton. L. F. Smith. W.
Sizeniore. Jno. (i. Smith, Roy
Holejack. W. 1. Dalton. Alex
Rogers, J. A. Stewart. ('. W.
Westmoreland. A. J. Amos,
jjohn Martin. K. S. Rullin, E.
W. l.awson. W. P. Wheeler, W.
I'. Roberts. J. R. Hartgrove, J.
jW. Ferguson. J. M. Fagg. ~
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| V\ alnut Cove W. M. U.
Holds Meeting*
ihe Woman ■ Missionary
' Fiiion of Walnut Cove Uantist
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chuivh In Id it's regular mouth
. i.v at the hi me of Mrs.
i!. I!. IMackburn with eight
members present and one visi
ter.
Th ■ president 'Mrs. C. J.
Hel.-ab* ck. presided. Splendid
relKirts wrre heard from the
different committees showing
six visits made, three trays, a
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a letter and three baskets of
flowers were sent to the sick.
Routine business was transact
ed and plans were discussed
and agreed upon for the Christ
inas work. Four new member.*
were added to the* roll,
i After the business session
the hostess served a delicious
salad course.
A call meeting will be held
with Mrs. C. J. Helsabeck at
her home on Summit Street on
!>ec. 10th. at -1 p. m. All meni
• I)t.rs are urged to be present.
I \ tsitors are invited to attend
5 [this meeting held in connection
with the observance of the
t "Week of I'rayer."
>• . Miss Snllii? Matt Marshall,
' f 'he K'-ri ersville school fac
•t!tv -pent the week-end with
I h.r ,~>'erts. Mr. and Mrs. A.
v. Marshall.
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