DANBURY REPORTER
Volume 57.
4 BUYING ALTO
LICENSES EARLY
The 16 Hranch Bureaus and the
Raleigh Office Sold 10.00(t
First Day—Only 3.000 Sold
Same Day Year.
Raleigh, Dec. 18.—Automo
bile owners are buying their
license plates earlier than ever
lief fire. and are responding
yplendidly to the appeal of the*
license bureau to get their
licenses early, according 4 j
Sprague Silver, chief of th?
liters division of the Depart
ment of Revenue.
"(>f course we do not know
how long this is going to last,
but indications are that we are
going to get along better this
year than ever before and with
out a mad rush at the end of
the selling period," said Mr.
Silver. "V\'e have just gotten
in our reports for the lirst
day's sale from the 10 brancn
bureaus, and the number sold
in these branches, together
with the licenses sold by mail
and direct to car owners her.;
in Raleigh, brings the total to
almost 10.000 for the first day
as compared with less than
3.000 for the first day last yeas-.
"So if people only continue
to buy them as well as they
have started out, we will have
no difficulty in getting the new
licenses to all the car owners
before the first of the year.
And we are hoping and believe
that it will. For with the law
prohibiting any extension of
tircv, and with the highway
patrolmen on the roads to check
up on the cars, it will be impos
sible for anyone to drive a car
without a new license after
January 1."
Numerous cars are already
to be seen on the streets audi
highways with the new maroon
license plates with white num
erals, and with a plate front
and rear. This is the first year
that the law has required
North Carolina cars to display
tw u license plates, one in front
and the other in the rear.
Stokes Prisoners
Taken Away Thursday
k Deputies Cleve Lawson an.l
| Berkley Smith on Thursday;
went to Raleigh where they j
carried two men sentenced to,
tht State prison. They also'
tan iod to Durham the five men
I sentenced to terms on the roads
| m Durham county. The officers
■ were assisted by James F!in-'
ichum, I
8 i
| Good Tobacco Seed
For The Asking,
W inston-Salem tobacco peo
|ple are offering farmers free
Jjtobacco seed. They can be had
• i for the asking from any of
?the proprietors of the ware-'
houses there. See announce-'
mer.t elsewhere in this paper. \
YVe agree with President
Hoovers idea of freedom for
lootL Also free food.
Established 1872. Danbury, N. C., Dec. 25,1529.
REAL ROAD
SYSTEM PROPOSED
Congressman Holaday Offer*
j Rill For Spending Five Million
Dollars On Express Hign-
I ways.
| Washington. Dec. 10.—The
, creation of a gigantic Federal
, system of express highways,
i costing five billions of dollars
and spanning the nation, has
, been proposed to Congress t,y
Representative William I'. Hol
aday.
; The plan is no mere dream,
j Holaday declares. It merely
represents the ultimate in the
nation's remarkable develop
ment pf motor transportation,
he says.
t "The proposed system was
devised by Arthur Hall, the
father of Illinois great system
ol hardsurfaced highways,"
said Holaday. "The Federal
aid highway system already
has develo|>ed beyond all
dreams. A co-ordination an;!
extension of this system on a
truly national, instead of Stat"
>, basis, is now necessary.
.Many members of Congress
i who have examined the plan
have expressed the conviction
: j that either it or a similar plan
must supplement the present
i system."
■j A large part of the 54.000-
mile system proposed by Hol
! adav already is paved through
I* ederal aid. His plan contem
j plates reimbursement to the
State of money expended on the
| system, and its continuation as
a purely Federal system with
| out State aid.
Such a development, he de
clares, is especially necessary
I in providing the transcontinen
| tal highways necessary to more
j closely bind the great territory
of the far west with the rest of
the nation. Just as railroads
united the country, so high
ways must bring the people and
business of different sections
into closer contact, he says.
"These roads are to range i:i
! width from twenty feet to for
ty feet for at least twenty-five
miles from any city over 200,-
000 population," explained Hol
' aday. "Provided, also, that
! wherever practicable, for at
j least ten miles out from the
: corporate limits of any city of
1 over 800,000 population, the
' width of the roads shall be six
ty feet. The system will afford
direct communication between
I the national capital, the various
[ State capitals and all the prin
j cipal cities in the United j
| States. Belt roads around largo!
cities may be constructed to
j divert through traffic from the I
congested areas.
"The Secretaries of Agricul
ture, War, Commerce and Post
master General shall prescribe
plans and specifications for the
construction of the post roads.
Such specifications shall catl
for hard-surfaced roads that
will remain in good condition
with low reasonable mainten
TOBACCO SALES
SINCE OPENING
Winston Market H;:s Sold 19
.Million Founds At Average
Price Of $17.55. Forty Cents
I'nder Last Year's Price.
The Winston-Salem tobacco
market closed for the holidays
Wednesday and will reopen o:i
Tuesday. January 7th.
The Supervisor of sales there
has prepared the following re
port on the sales since the open
ing of the market at Winston-
Salem on October Ist:
Sales of tobacco since open
ing and up to closing Wednes
dav aggregated 49,053.145
ixjunds. which brought $8,607.-
455, an average price of $17.55
I>er hundred pounds.
In the same period last year
the market sold 43.377,496
pounds for $7,796,632.77. an
average of $17.95.
McLean Is Not
Candidate For Senate
Greensboro. Dec. 19.—Form
er Governor Angus W. McLean
said here today that he will not
be a candidate for the United
States Senate next year in op
position to Senator F. M. Sim
mons.
Air. McLean, who has been
silent on the subject for somj
time, answered a direct ques
tion put to him by newspaper
nien.
"Will you be a candidate ip
the Democratic primary next
June against Senator Sim
mons ?"
"No. I will not," replied M«\
McLean.
"Do you care to enlarge upon
that statement?"
"No, I have nothing further
to say at this time," was the
reply.
Christmas Is Time
Of Accidents
Raleigh, Dec. 20.—8e careful
at Christmas time, for there are
probably more health and life
hazards then than at any other
time, according to the State
Board oi Health, in a holiday
warning to the people of the
State.
Perhaps the greatest hazard
is the automobile hazard. Then
along with it are the dangers
trom fireworks, firearms in
hunting, the fire hazard of the
Christmas tree, especially if
lighted with candles.
ance cost until after all of the
bonds issued for them shall
have matured. s
"Provision is made for the
construction of airplane fields
along the side the roads, for
the exchange of air mail, or
for military, commercial or
other national purpose."
While five billion dollars is a
huge sum, Holaday pointed out
that there Ls now being spent
in the country through Federal.
State and local governments,
more than a billion and a liaif
dollars a year to: liighways.
FRED E. SHORE
IS ILL AT KING
Three New Citizens Arrive In
Town—Citizens Killing Some
Fine l'«;rkers—Personals.
Iving, Dec. 23.—Some very
rice porkers are being killed in
ar.d around king these days.
C.lover F. Stone butchered two
W -dnesday weighing 5.16 and
514 pounds respectively. J. K.
NYwsum killed one Thursday
weighing 6M2 pounds.
T. G. New, manager of the
Bennett Mercantile Co., went
to Winston-Salem Thursday i.,
kx;k after some business mat
ters.
The following births were
registered here last week: T>
Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Pridd.v, •«
son: to Mr. and Mrs. William
Darnell, a son, and to Mr. and
Mrs. John Spainhower, a son.
Fred E. Shore, manager of
the Shore Mercantile Co.. is
confined to his home on west
Main street by illness.
Mrs. C. T. SlcC.ee spent Wed
nesday with friends in Wins
ton-Salem.
John Burge has returned t »
his home near High Point after
spending a few days with rela
tives and friends here.
Taylor White, of Roanoke.
Va.. is spending a short while
with his mother. Mrs. C. F.
White, on Main Street.
Make Sensible Gifts
i The idea of a few years ago
1 that a fellow had to spend a
i lot of money to make Christ
| ma-; as merry as it ought to be
j seems to have disappeared.
I Today the tendency is toward
the giving of sensible gifts
the kind that afford service
and comfort. It doesn't neces
sarily have to cost a lot for it
to do this.
So far as we are able to de
termine, people are going to get
as much happiness out of this
Christmas as they did in other
years, but they are not going
to waste ;t lot of money doing
it. Our merchants tell us the
tendency of the buying public
is to confine its purchases to
useful things.: While they j
still offer gimcracks for child-!
ren, of course, they are center- j
ing attention on sensible gifts!
for older members of the fam-!
ily. Today articles of clothing J
and things for the home are j
considered the best Christmas!
presents.
Making a spending orgie out
of Christmas was wrong in the
first place, because it was nev
er intended for it to be cele
brated in that way. Make up
your mind to give something
serviceable this time, and re
member the price tag doesn't
really count—it's the spirit
that prompted the gift. Do
that and you will make your
self and the community happy,
and you will feel better later on
when you realize that you had
a joyous holiday without hav
ing squandered any money
procuring it.—Reidsville Re
view.
Appearances are often de
ceiving. A stick of dynamite
looks harmless enough.
, Not having trouble enough
alroady, Comrade Trotsky ha.
tackled the Turkish language.
NEW CANDIDATE
IN THIS DISTRICT
Emery E. Raper Asking Far
Judge Shaw's Place—Two
Other Candidates For Judge
and Two For Solicitor.
Judge Thos. J. Shaw and
Solicitor J. F. Spruill, both of
this district, announced scm.
time since that they would
retire when their present terms
expired next fall. Since their
announcements candidates for
their positions have continued
to come forward until now
there are 3 gentlemen in tb
field for judge and two for
solicitor, as follows:
For Judge. T. C. Hoyle and
A. Way land Cook, of Greens
boro. and Emery E. Ruper, of
Lexington.
For Solicitor: 11. L. Koont. 7 .
and George Younce. both of
Greensboro.
There will likely be other
candidates. The Stokes Coun
ty Democratic Executive Com
mittee recently endorsed At
torney J. D. Humphreys, of
Danbury, for judge, though
Mr. Humphreys has not made
it known so far whether he ex
pects t 0 be a candidate or not.
This judicial district is com
posed of Stokes, Guilford and
Davidson counties.
The Lexington Dispatch
says "a campaign organization
has been set up in Davidson
county with John C. Bower,
tormer Solicitor, as chairman
of the central committee, an.)
the campaign will shortly bo
pushed into Stokes and Guil
ford counties."
Number of SlOO
Counterfeit Bills
Are in Circulation
New York, Dec. 16.—Look
carefully at your change folks.
There's a lot of counterfeit
$lOO bills about.
Allen G. Straight, head of
the Secret Service in New York,
revealed that a number of
spurious notes of new Federal
Reserve §lOO denomination are
being circulated throughout the
country, especially in cities
along the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts.
The bills are nearly perfect
in engraving, Straight said,
and experts can detect them
only with the aid of a powerful
magnifying glass. The green
ink is too dark in spots and the
picture of Benjamin Franklin
on the face is made from two
fine a screen among other flaws.
Banks are receiving from one
to four bills a day.
This is the time of the year
to deckle what you will plant
in your spring garden.
In several countries bachelors
must pay a special tax. Mar
ried men pay heavily, also, but
it is called something else.
Billy Grey, 5, of Levy, Ark.,
dragged his 2-year-old sister
from their burning home which
he had accident)}* set on tire.
No. 3,004)
GIVES STOKES
POOR SHOWING
Rakish Office Listing Many
Car and Truck Owners In
Stokes As Citizens Of For-
syth County.
It is evident that Stokes
county car and truck owners
who bought their license plates
at the Winston-Salem bureau
last year are being listed in
Raleigh as citizens of Forsyth
county, and consequently the
next official report showin
the number of cars and trucks
in each county will show that
Stokes has about fifty per cent
less cars and trucks than we
really have.
Notices which have been re
ceived here from Raleigh by
car owners in regard to buying
new license tags are stamped
Forsyth county in many cases.
In fact, it is believed that ail
citizens who bought licenses
last year from the Winston-
Salem bureau are so listed.
While the error is probably
traceable, as one citizen sug
gests, to thoughtlessness on
the part of clerks in the Wins
ton-Salem bureau, at the same
time it gives Stokes a poor
showing in the matter of own
ership of cars and trucks, and
will doubtless have its effect
in the distribution of State
highway tunds, unless correct
ed.
Candidate For
Governor Of N. C.
Raleigh, Dec. 18.— Judg.»
Thomas L. Johnson, of Lum
berton, here today on business,
said that he was not ready to
make any formal announce
ment as to his candidacy for
Governor in 1932 but that he
did expect to run.
"I do not propose to make
formal announcement until lat
er on." Judge Johnson said,
"but you can say that I expect
to be a candidate for the nomi
nation in the Democratic prim
ary in 1932. I will, however,
for some time continue my
work on the bench."
Four other men are
prominently mentioned as Dem
ocratic Gubernatorial candi
dates: Dennis G. Brummitt, of
Oxford, now Attorney General;
Albert L. Cox, of Raleigh:
Richard T. Fountain, of Rocky
Mount. Lieutenant Governor,
and J. ('. R. Ehringhaus, of
Elizabeth City.
Walnut Cove Couple
To Virginia To Wed
Martinsville. Va., Dec. 20.
Among the number of mar
riages taking place here this
week was that of Mary Hjurd
Horton and James A. Cox, both
of Walnut Cove, N. C., the wed
ding taking place Thursday at
the clerk's office. Dr. J. P. Mc-
Cabe performed the ceremonv.
Chicago will celebrate a "cen
tury of progress." From toma
hawk to machine gun.