Volume 58.
BIG CROP WHEAT
IN KING SECTION
Stokes Citizens To Attend Re
|
utyon Of Spanish - American
War Veterans—Other JCiti
/ens Off On Fishing Trip.
King, May 28.—Sam I'. Dear
mi ti and his popular young
daughter. Miss Gwendolin,
V)f West Held, were here last
week working in the interest
of Miss Dearmin's candidacy in
the Reporter's popular voting
Miss Dearmin was
jjKjFeil in the lead at last reports.
V The King Tigers put another
one over on the Mt. Airy team
on the hitter's diamond Wed
nesday. The score was 11 to 6.
* From present indications
there will be a bumper wheat
crop in this section.
J as. R. Caudle, I). C. Taylor
and Elmer i\ Newsum, Spanisn
American war veterans are
planning to attend the State
re-union, which wiil be held in
Greensboro this year.
Work on Dr. R. S. HLolsa becks
new home which is being erec
ted on the site of the old Fair
ground, is being rushed now.
The contractors hope to com
plete it by Sept. It will be de
cidedly the best home in King.
Mack Kirby and llobt. Sham
ell left Thursday for Oklahoma
where they expect to secure
werk in the wheat lields. 'lhey
\\ ili follow the harvest into
Canada provided they get work
The King Tiger- lost one to
Thomason Chair Co. id' High
Point en the hitter's diamond
Saturday* the score being two
and nine.
Mr. and. Mrs. Raymond Ed
wards are the glad parents of a
new baby boy. The youngster
arrived Saturday,
i Dr. 11. S Ilelsafoeck. C A.
wU'hite, O. O. Grabs and little
* Billy Helsabeck left here Sat
urday for Washington, N. C.,
where they will spend several
on a fishing trip.
Farmers in this section have
planted about 60 per cent of
their tobacco crop. Present in
dications are that an average
crop will be planted.
Jas. R. Caudle, who has been
quite ill for several days, is
able to be out again.
Grover Stone, who resides
just south of town, had the
misfortune to lose a fine cow
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Brown,
Mr. and Mrs. V. T. Grabs and
Mr. H. W. Pulliam visited Mrs.
S. W. I'ulliam, who is recover
ing from an operation in a
Charlotte hospital, on Sunday..
Elmer Rutledge went to
Greensboro Monday to attend
to some business matters.
To Our Advertisers.
The circulation of the Dan
bury Reporter is largely in
creased by the Subscription
Drive closing this week. Ad
vertisers who wish to reach
%.ie people of Stokes county as
well as those of surrounding
counties should take note of
this paper as a medium.
William Nelson Is
Serious'y 111
Mr. William Nelson, of Wal
nut Cove Route is seriously
ill at his home. Mr. Nelson i
sufl'ering with a heart affec
tion.
STANDING OF THE CAN.DIDATES.
Mrs. D. M. Pyrtle, 3,900,000
Miss Gwendolin Dearmin, 3,645,000
Rev. D. W. Allen, 3,140,000
Miss Connie Burwell, 1,982,000
Miss Mozelle Newsum, 1,200,000
Miss Ernestine Hawkins, 1,340,000
Miss Myrtle Ferguson, 650,000
Anna Hudspeth, 475,000
Established 1872.
VIRGINIA ROAD
IN BAD CONDITION
Crushed Rock Covers the Turn
pike, and Cars Can Rarely
Navigate It—Will Be Sev
eral .Months Before Reme
died.
The Patrick county road be
ginning at tile State line near
, Anderson Mclione's garage, is
almost umiavigable to cars or
.other vehicles. It has been
covered for miles in a width of
some 15 feet and a foot deep
I with crushed rock preparatory
to being further treated. It
is difficult to get over the road
■ in its present condition, which
,we are informed will not be
j remedied for several months.
'l'h Virginia authorities are
| preparing to build a splendid
'load. The grade is straight
i wide. When completed by
the po tring oi tar or other
preparation, and when smooth
ed out. ti)N road will be a great
cmeiM -iae to oar citizen. - , vis-j
itintr toe !.i spitable little citv ;
 ■ Stuart. J's wii as to them ]
Wiieii tlu-y desire to visit us.
i . 1
Tile best advice we can give!
i our V irginia friends is to
1 "ilurrv up."
I
i Last Call For Help.
II you mean to help out some
; favorite among the candidates J
. in The Reporter's Popular Vo- j
j (ing Contest, don't put it off!
too long. After sundown Sat- J
; urday evening of this week the;
day of grace will be past, and j
> that graceful creature you in-|
tended to help go over the top!
. may be left in the lurch. Come
on NOW—makes no difference
, if you are already paid up;
makes no difference if you do
expire before your subscription
i expires—do the gallant thing
• by the fair lady. Can you look
( her in the face and receive her
. frown when you might get a
. dazzling smile ?
: OI sill sit (I words of fondue or pen,
flu- saddot are these : I failed
n in."
Reception To
I Contest Candidates
i The Danbury Reporter ten
i deied the candidates in the!
: Popular Voting Contest an in- 1
formal reception and supper j
Tuesday evening at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. N. E Pepper,
Guests present were as foi-
II lows ;
' i
• J Miss Foiest liolbrock, of
: I Winston-Salem, is visiting her
. | sister, Mrs. 1). M. Pyi'tle. this
j week.
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, May 28, 1930.
NATIVE STOKES
MINISTER PASSES j
Elder J. W. Flinch urn Drops
Dead In Pulpit of Macedonia
Church In Rockingham
County—Has Relatives Here
Elder J. W. Flinchum, aged
70 years, and known to his host
of friends in Stokes as "Billie,"
dropped dead in the pulpit
l'ronv which he was preaching
at Macedonia church, in Rock
ingham county, on Sunday af
ternoon. This church, which
Mr. Flinchum had been serving
for about 20 years, was located
about 8 miles west of ReuLs*
ville.
At the time of his death the
minister had been preaching 'Jo
minutes and was proceeding us
usual willi hi> sermon when he
sudden!;. raised his hand to his
hi art a:ui su.tl "Good-bye, I'm
r.oik. ' and sank to the flour
dead.
M*. Flinchum had resided acl
j Spray .since leaving Stokes • I
j good many years since. li ;
| was at one time jailor here un-j
; d-'r ihe administration of J. II.!
I Fulton, who was Sheriff at lhaii
| time.
I Besides the widow the fol-
I'v.iig relatives survive: Two
brothers, Sam and Alex Flin
chum, three sisters, Mrs. J. M.
j Fagg Mrs. Jack Heath, and
Mrs. William Nelson, also one
i hall-sister, Mrs. Fora Mounce.
Funeral services were held at
j Macedonia church Tuesday af
j ternoon by Elders G. M. Trent
I and J. (). Pruitt, assisted by
| several other ministers.
I
Stokes People In
Stuart Hospital
Stuart, Va„ May 26. Miss
Annie Bohamion underwent a
tonsil operation at the Stuart
hospital last week. 
Bora on May Bth. to Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Pooro. of Law
son\ ille, a girl. ihe mother
and child are doing nicely at
: the Stuart Ilospita.
i
Stokes Girl Wedded
To Virginia Boy
| Dr. S. A. Moir, of Franci-sca,
; announces the marriage of his
daughter, Emma Lillian, to
i
I Frank Ward Bartlett, Satur
day, May 17th, Newport News,
j Va. Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett will
J make their home in Newport
News.
Morefield-Mitchell.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Wm. More
field. of Meadows, anncuncj
the engagement of their daugh
ter, Mattie Elizabeth, to Roy
Eugene Mitchell, of Newport
News, Virginia. The wedding
will take place in June.
Miss Virginia Nunn, daugh
ter of Mr. J. li. Nunn, of Qua
ker Gap township, is ill in the
Martin hospital at Mount Airy.
Miss Nunn only a few days
since graduated as a nurse at
the Martin hospital. I
MRS. PYRTLE IS
LEADING AS THE
GREAT CONTEST
NEARS THE CLOSE
Sundown Saturday Is the Limit
CANDIDATES ARE WORKING AT HIGH PRESSURE THIS WEEK,
ROLLING IN MILLIONS OF VOTES—NO ONE CAN SAY WHO
WILL WIN THE LEADING PRIZES "MANY A SLIP TWIXT THE
CUP AND THE LIP" IS REALIZED BY ALL —GREAT WORK IN
THE LAST HOURS WILL COUNT.
Mrs. I). M. pyrtie, of Dan.
bury, is slivluly leading all the
• other candidates as the lasi
j week of the great popular \Y.
ting Contest and Subscription
; Drive draws to it- close.
The cant:.' e.te.- are working
I heroically now. t nil are cover, i
i,
j ing every nook and corner ol'j
) the territory, realizing that;
Saturday evening at seven
o'clock the ballot boxes will
close, and no more votes can
be received by the contest man
ager.
This has been a great week,
in which despite the hard!
times, millions of votes have
been rolled up. and candidate;
figures are rising rapidly as
the Reporter goes to press for
its last time before the end.
The Thrill of the East Lap.
I
|
The last lap is when the con.
'test takes on its most dramatic!
i !
features and it is when yet a
' few miles are to be run, but
! the goal is in sight, that the
j real thrills come.
More work will be done by
I some f the candidates from
Wednesday night until Satin*
day night than they have yet
achieved, and startling re.
suits will follow when the best
licks are put ill.
Determination is the greatest
factor in a voting contest, and
when the fair contestant,
thn wing aside all restraint,
goes right in with that never
yielding will to win, backed by
a graceful personalty, the re.
suit is bound to be success.
Few persons can resist the plea
of an earnest and sincere pur
pose.
Contest ( loses Saturday Eve.
At seven o'clock Saturdav
evening. May ."11, no more votes]
can be received by the contest |
manager, and all ballots recor.
tied or handed in up to that
hour will be counted by three
disinterested judges, who will
report their., findings, to the
contest manager. The priz?;
: will then be awarded to sue
! cessful candidates in the order
las scheduled in this paper.
Contest Judges.
The three citizens who ha\ - !
1
been asked to ;.ct as judges in!
'
j the cnnti st, and wh > ai\ disia !
tei'ested parlies, will be eskt ij
t> report pr nipiiv at "i o'clock
j and will be handed the votes of!
j each candidate with complete I
I records and figures. Tin v will
be asked to retire and e rant
the votes and make their re
turns.
Fair and Impartial Contest.
All of the candidates and con
testants in this great Subscript
jtion Drive and Popular Voting
Contest are valued friends and
patrons of the Reporter, and!
the only regret of the mana
gers of this contest is the in
ability of each and all the
candidates to win the major
prizes. This, of course, is im j
possible. But each candidate j
who fails to win a car will be i
rewarded with a beautiful pre-j
mium. though of lesser value. |
The contest has been conduc-1
ted from the start with abso- !
lute fairness and impartiality,!
and no special favors have been l
shown to ny candidate.
Always Hope.
To those who are not leading
today we offer the advice that
it is never too late to win, pro
vided the WILL to win is there
strong enough. During the hist
two or three days, aye. during
the last few hours, it is possi.
ble to do wonderful things, and
we hope that every candidate
is wide.awake to the oppor
tunities of the last hours of the
contest, when the public's in.
tcrest is aroused to a fever
hc-.it, ami when the situation
becomes thrilling* to spectators
as a great football or baseball
game.
J As this ; s the last i.sue oi'
the Reporter before the contest
is over, the management wish,
es to thank those who have
worked hard to make it a sue.
cess. Few contests were ever
conducted probably under more
adverse circumstances, as a
whole, one of which has been
sickness of candidates or their
relatives. No less than four
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No. 3,627
j'T tin- ! ading candidates haw
I
j hac! tn drop oui on account of
jserious illness or death of near
! latives. '] hough the list of
candidates has been cut down
largely simre the start, stiil as
| fine a Ininch of young people
i as ever competed for prizes are
yet hi the running, and will be
until the 1.-st, and through
their splendid efforts the
porter's subscription list will
be cleaned and revised and tre..
mendously enlarged. We thank
you, one and all, and may the
most deserving one's names lie
announced as winners in the
next issue of the Reporter.
Listen, Democrats!
If you care anything nbout
your own county having a
| Judge of the Superior court it
lis absolutely necessary that
jyou take a little time off on
| Saturday. June 7th. and go to
I the polls and vote for John 1).
j
I Humphreys for Judge.
| If you don't do it Stokes will
j have to stand back, as in the
p.isi, and let other counties
furnish the judges.
No one doubts that .Mr. Hum
phreys wif! get every ballot
cast in the county by the Dent,
ocrats in the primary, but un-
I less you go and put your ballot
in the box your vote cannot
be counted.
A solid full vote of the I)em_
ocrats of Stokes county will
undoubtedly give us the Judge
ship. so let every Democratic
voter, man and woman, go to
the polls on June 7th and vote
lor John I). Humphreys.
Cafe Needed.
| Since Mrs. A. Kagg closed
j her yplondidi ;.!a.-e, the "Colo
inial Food Shoppe," Danbury
has missed a cafe The need is
great, as many visitors stop
here through the week, whil■»
great crowds stop on Sunday.-.
There is no better opening any
i where for a good business than
i Danbury for a cafe. Peopla
• eat whether the times are good
• or bad.