DANBURY REPORTER
Volume 57.
WALNUT COVE
SCHOOL DISTRICT;
Lvmeas Request County Com
ausstoners To Call Election
Tn Vote On Extension—
Matter Deferred Until Next
Meeting Board To Meet \
Again Feb- 11 To Issue Short'
Term Notes In Anticipation
Of Taxes
Citizens of the Walnut Cove :
social school district appeared
btlbre the board of countv j
co:snussicners here Monday j
requesting the board to call an!
election to decide upon the I
question of extending the lim- 1
»t c of the present school dis- ■
trkt Petitions were presented
and considered by the beard
tt was decided to take no ac-i
tkifl in the matter until the
next meeting of the board a 1
The commissioners will meet'
again next Tuesday, Feb. lltli,
lo issue $50,000 short term
i»oties to raise funds necessary
to meet expenses of the count ■ .
in anticipation of taxes
-
Beyond the payment of reg
ular claims and other routine
matter- there was no other
business' rf interest transwv-t-'
ed by the board
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Visit To Virginia. I
e '
j Jerry Baker, of Meadows. 1
was here today. Mr. Baker has
# . (
just returned from a visit to
(.Carroll county, Va-. to see .i
relative. Mrs. Ellen Sizemore.!
woo is very ill with dropsy.
The weather in Carroll, Mr-
Baker reports, is much rougher
than here, snow being on the
prc-und when he left measuring
15 inches in depth*-
>lr. Baker is increasing his
tobacco acreage considerably
this year. Last year he burned
12t» yard beds, this year he is
burning 220 yard beds-
LICENSE PLATE
RECORD BROKEN
112 More License Plates For
Cars Have Been Sold This
Year Than Were Sold Last
Year-
Raleigh, Feb- 3.—Through
Saturday North Carolina
hje? sold more new automobile
license plates than it had one
year ago on the same date,
i' so announced Commissioner o!'
4 lit, enue A. J- Maxwell today #
He reported a check which
di. not include today's sales,
revealed that 550,9:52 plates
had been sold, compared to
55'',811 by Feb- 3 1929-
Slightly over 500.000 license.:
\w_-e sold in 1929- The com
missioner indicated that num
ber might not be reached this
year. In that event it would
be the first year that the saiv
of the plates has not exceeded
that of the previous year, h"
said-
Mrs- W- J- Sands, of Lawson
ville. is seriously ill with blood
poisoning-
Established 1872.
STOKES COUNTY j
TIMBER VALUES
Annual Growth of Lunriber Is
Over Seventy-Six Million
Board Feet—Citizens Called
On To Co-operate .Against •
Fire Damage.
The total land area of Stoke?.
| county is approximately 307.-
! 200 acres- Of this area. 160 - j
j 483 acres, or 59 per cent, are
l forested- According to a sur- j
• vey made by the North Caro
j lina Department of Conse-va- j
1 tion and Development one year
j ago, the merchantable tinier
j remaining in the county is 80
. million board feet- The value
.of this merchantable timber
4
alone at an average stunrqiage
j price of $3.00 per thousand is
$240,000 to say nothing cf the
'young growth which has not
 yet reached merchantable ago-
The lumber value of 80-000.000
, board feet at a conservative
. value of $25-00 per thousand
j board feet would be $2,000,000-
! Authorities claim conservati
j
vely that the average acre of
forest land in the countv will
4
grow 250 beard feet per acre,
per year- This means that the
'annual growth in the county
•is 76-000.000 beard feet- Hbw
'ever, this growth cannot con
, tinue unless the forests are
protected from fire.
• To protect the forests of this
• county from fire, the co-opera
|tion of every citizen cf the
county is necessary. Such co
j operation consists of extin
, • guishing camp fires and cigar
ettes along with taking suitab'e
. precaution when burning brusn
,-or tobacco beds. Co-operation
'of this kind costs nothing and
, | yet produces surprising re-
I turns
! Three Hurt In
Automobile Wreck
• ' •
Information received hers Is
■to the ffnt that three men
were hurt yesterday on the Ru
' ral Hall road in auto wreck- cue
of these being Norman Slate,
of King Route 1. whose car
turned over about four times
when it hit the fender of anoth
er car operated bv Elbert Hun
ter. of Rural Hall.
The other man hurt was Har
vev Bowles and the three wera
I*
carried to a Wir.ston-Saleni hus
t
pita 1
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Oyster Supper Feb. Bth.
J The Woman's Missionary So
jciety cf the Baptist church
•'» will give an oyster supper in
- the Bank building Saturday
- Feb- Bth, from sto 8 o'clock
s' All kinds of good eats will br
1 on sale- Don't fcrget.the time
v and place
" Noah Priddy, of Ilartman
was here today.
—,
i-' D- S. Priddy, of North View
!-; was among the business visi
tws In ttywi today.
Danbury, N. C, Feb. 5, 1930.
ROGER CALLOWAY
, BUILDS NEW HOME
Justice Garner's Court Busy!
With A Live Docket—Other)
King News Of Interest.
King. Feb- 3—Daniel White
has returned to his home in ; -
Roanoke, after visiting his
mother. Mrs- C- F. White-
Roger Calloway is having ma
terial placed on the site cn his
farm two miles west of town
preparatory to erecting a new
i home. The building will be
constructed of brick and mod- 1
ern throughout
James Love and daughter.
Miss liazel Love, of Winston-
Salem. spent Sunday here with!
relatives- '
The following births were
registered here last week: To
Mr- and Mrs. Dave Horton. a'
son; tc Mr- and Mrs- Shirley'
Lawson. a daughter.
I>- V- Carroll, prominent plan
ter of Mizpah. was here Satur- j
day on business.
The following cases were
tried here Monday before Jus
tice cf the Peace J- S- Garner:
( Luther Newsum, being under
: the influence of liquor and af
fray. flned $l2-50; John McGee.
intoxicated, lined $10.40: Norn •
White, partaking too freely of
joy juice, fined $7-50: Bryan
( White, affray, $3-50; Thomas
WclflV charged with being in
j toxicated* acquitted; X-E-Pres
! ton. contempt of court, thirty
| days in ja.il
j The infant of Mr. and Mrs
j Clarence Cox died at the home
of its parents Sunday- Funern I
| services, in charge of Rev. Her
' man Newsum, was held at Mb
Olive church Monday afternoon
1
and burial followed in the eem
, etery there
i Miss Clara Pulliam of Greens
; shoro. spent the week end here
the guest of relatives
i Miss Onita Caudle, of Greens
shoro. spent Sunday here with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs Jas-
R- Caudle.
Stokesburg Personal
And News Items
Stokesburg. Feb. 4—Born
unto Mr. and Mrs. E- F- Mich
ael. a son, Jack Anderson-
Mrs # Tom Jones, of Walker
town. spent last Sunday with
I her mother. Mrs- Dock Carter
i O- L- Gerry spent the week
1 end with his family.
'! Miss Grace Isom- of High
• Point, spent the week end with
[ ' her parents, Mr- and Mrs. Zack
t laom.
Wade 11. Davis, owner of the
I Davis Machine Co , has reeen
, itly been ill at his home here
i j !>ut is recovering nicely-
Mrs- 0- L- Gerry visited Miss
j Willie Sanders recently-
Mr. Tom Glenn turned hi:
j'car over near the veneerinr
: plant recently, but w&.> not so
, i riou.il>' hurt.
-, Mr- I*et6 Davis called on Mis
Fhetit Gerry krat StuvJuy
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KING MAN GETS
OFF ON FINE
Justice J S- Garner Sentences
i •
1 Citizen To Prison For Thirty
Days Bat Changes It To $25
Fine For Contempt of Court.
■
At a trial held in the court of -
Justice J- S- Garner at King on
Monday his honor found it al
most impossible to keep order
in the court room, and on the
charge of contempt of court he
sentenced N- E. Preston, well
known citizen of King, to jail'
for a term of 30 days- But!
I the sentence was later changed;
to a line of $25-00, which Mr.
. Preston promptly |»aid-
King citizens here this week
' stated that no offense to court,
was intended bv Mr Preston,'
I . !
but that Justice Garner never
I j
stood for any foolishness in his
court-
I
Thought AI Smith
Was President
Senator Wheeler recently re
lated a story in the course of a
t
Senate debate of a young man
in Montana under examination
for citizenship paiMirs, who an
swered most of the questions
asked him correctly until the
judge asked: "Who is Presi
dent of the United States?"
i "Al Smith." was the prompt
re"ply
"What makes you think Mr.
Smith is President?"
| "Well," replied the applicant,
"all I know aliout it is that the
Republican orators told us thai
if Al Smith was elected we
would have a general panic in
the country; that prices in
Wall street would drop; thai
1 many would be out of employ-!
ment; that farmers would go
broke and banks would fail- All'
of these things have happened, i
so 1 think Al Smith must hoi
President"
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73 COUNTIES
REDUCE TAXES
Reductions Range From 73 To
i 2 Cents—Clay County Has
Highest Rate
■ ■
t Raleigh. Feb- 3—Seventy
. Nhree north Carolina counties
reduced their tax rate in 1929,
reports to the State tax com-
P, mission reveal-
In eleven counties the rate
!{ was the same as in 1928 and it
was increased in 16 counties.
I
I) j Clay county had the highest
I, tax rate of any of the counties
|. for 1929, being $2-52- while
! Forsyth had the lowest with
f . only f>) cents on the $lOO valu
| at ion
i
o 1
j Will Hartman and II- G.
s! Alley, of Hartman. were visi-
J tors here Wednesday
is' Jake Jackson and Will Inman
g; of Westfield, visited Danbury
- on business Tuesday
Elder Watt Priddy was in
town Wednesday from North
View-
BANK OF STOKES , ]
ENTERS 25TH YEAR;
Annual Meeting of SKockhdd-' 2
era Shows Successful Year—|
AH OM Officers R& Elected
—To Celebrate Twenty-Fifth
Anniversary.
The annual meeting of the;
stockholders of the Bank 'f i
Stokes County was'held Thurs
day in the office of the bank at 1
Walnut Cove- Reports of the '
officers indicated that the insti-!'
tution had experienced a nor- '
mal year ami the officials look
to 1930 with a spirit of opti- ! 1
mism relative to general bus;- 1
ness conditions- ,'
The bank was established in
1905, and this year marks a 1
t,
quarter century of service to 1
its thousands of patrons in j 1
Stokes and surrounding cotiu- *
ties- It was the first bank ever : *
to open its d«x>rs for business J
in the county and from a mod- !
est beginning with $10,000.00. 1
it has grown to an institution 1
of more than two million do!- ( (
lars resources and ranks as one 1
of the largest banks in Pied- '
mont Carolina, operating offices '
at Walnut Cove. King. German-
ton and Danbury. During the '
fall months the officials of the ;
bank plan to commemorate the 1
twenty-fifth anniversary of the '
Institution's existence in a 1
most appropriate manner, the
details cf which are already in '
the making-
All of the old officers who
have served the bank for many
years were re-elected for the
ensuing year: Dr- J W. Neal.
president; C- E- Davis, cashier
at Walnut Cove; C- C. McGee.
cashier at Germanton; M- O
| Jones, cashier at Danbury; H.
H # Leake, cashier at King- No
. changes were made in the per
sonnel of the clerical force ;,t
■ any of the offices
i
j
1 Attorney Sparger
For House ?,
i
Attorney Gilmer Sparger, of
! Walnut Ccve- spent a short j
! while in Danbury this after-'
I
noon on business- Mr- Spar
ger's name has been menti: n
ed as a probable candid; to for
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the House of Represoiuatives
on the Democratic ticket. No
! expression, however, has been
heard from him as to whether
he would make the race or not-!
ROAD CONTRACTS j
TO BE LET SOON i
More Than 240 Miles Of Hard
j Surface To Put Down—Con
tracts Awarded On Feb- IS
j Raleigh. Feb- 3 —The State
Highway Commission will let
contracts Feb- 18th for the con
j struction of 275 miles of ix>ads
l and 240 miles of this will be
■ hard-surface, including con
crete, sand and asphalt
\ Some of the iTads lie in each
\ of the nine districts of the.
No. 3412
BIG CROWD
AT ROAD MEET
Many Candidates For PositiM
Of Svperintendeat H- H>
Brown—Reported That Com
missioner Kiger Will Resign
Next Month—Roads in Bad
Condition Owing To Severe
Weather-
A large crowd attended the
meeting Monday of the Stokes
County Highway Commission
here, many of them being can
didates for the position of H.
H % Brown, superintendent of
roads, whose year expires next
month. It is not known wheth
er or not Mr- Brown will asjc
for his position again- The
roads are in bad condition ia
many sections, owing to the se
vere weather of the winter, and
the impossibility of giving at
tention to them-
It is rejK>rted that Commis
sioner Kiger made the state
ment that he would tender his
resignation at the next meeting
of the board- In this case it
would leave only cue member
of the board, Mr J. W. Young-
Since the resignation of W- S-
Hart, several months ago. the
board has consisted of Young
and Kiger. The law prescribes
three members, but the Stokes
County Democratic executive
committee, whose business it is
to supply the vacancy created
by the resignation of Hart, has
taken no action in the matter-
Two. meetings have been hekl
by the committee >r this pur
pose- At the first meeting, the
matter was deferred. At the
last meeting a quorum failed
to be present^
TWO DIE IN
SAME HOME
Onlv Few Hours Between the
t
Deaths of Alex Flippin aad
j Daughter. .Miss Susie Flippin
At their Home Near Fran
cisco Sunday Night
i Alox Flippin. aged 70 years,
' died at his home at Francisco
! Monday morning at about six
o'clock. His daughter. Miss
Susie Flippin, aged about 35
years, died the night before in
the same house at about 1!
o'clock.
Mr- Flippin jind his daughter
had been ill only a few days
with pneumonia and their
: deaths were a great shock to
the community.
The wife and mother besides
a number of sons and daugh
ters and brothers and sisters
survive.
Funeral services and inter
ment was at the home on Tues
day. a largo number of relati
ves and friends being in jittend
anco
Charlie C- Johnson, a former
Stokes boy, who has been resi
, ding in Greensboro for a num
, ber of year*, was a visitor
U anbury li.atlay
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