THE DANBURY REPORTER.
Volume 60.
BUILD HIGHWAY
TO MOORE'S KNOB
RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE ( OH.
PORATION TO BE I'HGED TO
FI'RNISH FI NDS TO FINANCE
LABOR—MOVEMENT LiOOKIMi
TO REIJEVE I'NEMPIX>YMENT
SITI'ATION IN STOKES C«CX.
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An agitation ks on foot, in tlio
interest of unemployment In Stokts
county, to build a highway to the
top of Moore's Knob. from an inter.
«iectv>!i with the IJa nh u ry-Moore' *
Sprin/« road near Oarfaile.
It is belieied the Itecon.-'trucitioii
Finance Corporation may be Induced
to finance the labor end of tile pro.
Ject. which is estimated would be i.i
the neighborhood of s4o,ot>(V.
The a-cute sCtuaition in regard to
unemployment in stokes. resulting
from crop di-i'-'tiv, etc., will be
brought forcibly to the attention of
the federal agency, which ha.*- been
established by enngreys to reliet e
similar conditions in all .sections of
the country.
A road to the top of Moore'n Knob
would open up a zone of striking
scenic beauty to the public, un.i
would afford a permanent attraction
for thl» section far summer visitors.
A toll gate could be erected,
which would turn in many hundreds
of d'ailars in fees from tho*e who
viwlted this, one of the mo-st at.trac.'
five points of the mountain.
Wallowing l>*tter £nom a prominent
The Reporter is in receipt of the
"busine-v man and capitalist, who
fins; suggested the idea:
Olfj ROAD TO TOP OF MOORE'S
fcNOB.
Editor Reporter:
At a time w-hen labor In Stokes
county la only In email piart em.
ployed and is In need and even de
manding work ut wage.- which are a
mere pittance, even in this period
of low cost to live, it opens an op
portunity to present the case of a j
frelf-Hquidatinef project in .Stokes'
county to the Reconstruction Finance
Cou-poiation. This project lies in
the construction of an oil roadway
up to the top of Moore's Knob,
3JOO feet above the sea level.
There the traveler, looking to the
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north, can enjoy the beauty and the
grandeur of the Blue Ridge Moun
tains of Virginia, twenty . miles
away; to th e west the stately Pil.il
Mountain and the Shoal Range of
Saura Mountain*: to the southward
the broken and rolling Piedmont
country with Us landmarks of In.
dustry and civilization, and to the
eastward Cook's Wall, rock crested
and rugged and the leaser eminences
known as the Three Slsterv.
The short -trip from the thickly
settled counties nearby and the
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beauty of the scenery combined
with the pleasure afforded by the 1
many mineral spring* enroute. will
no doubt attract many visitors, who
would willingly paiy a *-mall toll for
the upkeep, and the liauldation of
the co«t to build the road.
Let the peopie of Stokes county
combine in a great r*nj determined
,rffcnt to r«all*e 'his lon* time droau
v ' of theirs.
LAWRENCE MacHAE,
Walnut Cove. Dec. 1, 1932.
Established 1872.
Get Farm Power
From Small Streams
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the .small dream* >n
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the farm to produce electrical power
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for the farm is becoming more
common In North Carolina and fur. j
ni-hes the means of lighting many
farm jobs.
"The slopes >f western North
Carolina furni.-h e x- ellent conditio?-'
lor the est.ibliyhing of small power
laliwts for home use." >tys David
S. W'eavei. agricultural engineer at
State College. "North Carolina hi'
a large area where sticam- flow
tapidly and where the water may
be liarnes. Ed by water wheels. Some
farmer* are using overshot whee'".
under.-hot wheels, turbines and im.
pulse whetds but for average eon.
ditions the oveiwhot wheel in the
niil-it desirable- In some 'instances,
(lie results have been unsatisfactory
because of variation in the stream
flow and a poor estimate of obtain
ing heads."
Before going to the expense of
establishing ti plant of this kin.l,
Mr. Weaver suggests that the site
be studied in careful detail and ths
pci'ible hoii-e power available be
estimated- For large Installations,
an engineer should be secured but
for smaller streams, the preliminary
estimates -may b e made by the land
owner himself.
1 Mr. Weaver has recently prepared
a circular dealing with thU-» subject
and he offers to send It to any
citizen of the State who may have
the power and the funds for Install,
in.g a home power plant. The cir.
cular describe- a. method of d->.
terming whether the stream will
develop sufficient power for gene: - .
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at'-ng electrical current for either
lights or power.
This Is one of the motn valuable
additions to the conveniences of any
farm home. Weaver says, in that It
may permit of running water as ,
well as power and lights.
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KING NEWS
King, Dec. 7.—Mr. and Mrs. John j
Love, of Salisbury, e?pent Sunday
with relatives here-
Kev. F. \V. Grabs, of Bethania.
I delivered a very interesting sermon
at the Moravian church Sunday af.
i iternoon.
Clyde IJoy'es, who was arrested
here 'Kiur-day night by deputy
"hei'iff 11. 11. Broun charged with
| Intoxication, wa>- given a hearing
Friday ijefore Justice J- Stedman
Uarner. A tine of $2.00 and co,-'t
of the action was imposed. He was
also given 10 days in Jail suspended
for ninety days.
The following births wcu'e regis
tered hi'rc last week: To Mr. and
Mri'. Manuel Stewart, a daughter,
and to Mr. and Mrs. Royal Spain,
bower, a daughter.
The King high schiMil lost a
double header basketball game to
Pinnacle blgh school Friday. Boys
game. Pinnacle 19; girls, Pinnacle
, 13, King 12.
Ray Thomas ban .returned from
I Wilmington, where he spent a few
days on a i.'ightseeing trip.
Mlsh Kate P. Stone, of Charlotte.
»l>ent Sunday hew ,'the guest of
relatives.
| Dr. Grady E. Stone celebrated h:« j
42nd birthday Sunday. A number
of near relatives were present for
' the occasion.
, P. H. Newsum and Joel V. South,
ern made a bucineus trip to Winn-
Salem Monday.
I Virgil Spease. of Old Richmond,
was among the visitors here Sunday.
The consolidated r?hooi will c'.ose
for Christmas Friday, DecemlK-r 23,
and reopen again Ja.nua.ry 2nd.
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, December 7, 1932.
NEW COMMISSIONER
TO BE NAMED
F. I*. STONE REPORTED TO BE
1 NOW LIVING IN SI'RRY AM>
1 THEREFORE INCAPACITATED
I TO ACT AS STOKES OFFICIAL, j
It is understood that !'. I'. Stone.
who has served as a member of tne
Board of Stoke-' County Commis
sioners for two years, and who was
re-clectcti to this pi.-itiun in Novem.
Per, ii-> new a citiz.-n of Surry com:,
ty and will resign his Stokes olllre
at once. In that event Mi. Stone's
sti'.'cossor wouUI be appointed hv the
Clerk of the Superior Court. J. Wa't
Tattle-
The information whie,h the Re
porter get» in the matter is that
Mr. Stone, who was recently married
to a Surry county 'ladv who owns
a farm in Surry, has lately made
iiiit residence in Surry, and will
continue to reside in that county 0:1
th" plantation of his wife. Mr.
Stone has rented his farm in thi
county, and will not reside on it in
the fit'ii!e. As this situation i* said
to incapacitate the commissioner for
further official duties in this county,
his resignation is expected without
delay.
Just whom Mr. Stone's successor
will be has not been determined.,
However, it is generally believed
that the Olerk. acting in co.ope''.
ation with the Stokes County l>eni-'
ocratle Executive Committee, will
name a new commissioner to replace
Mi - . Stong within a few days.
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Progress of the Home j
Nothing has done more toward
encouragement of home building
mid a fuller, happier, mor» leisure'.v
dome-tie life, than electricity. Th it
statcmen.; needs no argument—sta.
tistles back it up. For example,
one cent, with electricity costing five
• cents per kilowatt hour, will operate
» 50-watt light for four hours. It
I will operate a toaster long enough
I to make 20 slices of toast. It will
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| operate a percolator long enough
jto make six cups of coffee, or a
1 heating pad for from four to el-h;
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hours. It will operar.e a chafing
rl.'i>h for 24 minutes, and a thousand
other la.bor-savlng devices.
In ten years the number of home-*
receiving e'ectric service has dou'o.
led and the total In now above 20.'
000,000. The henettits ot abundant,
low priced power have been extend,
ed into farming districts and thinly
populated regions of till kinds thru
the development of great Intercon
nected systems.
Perhap3 It is by this achievement 1
—the progress of the -home—that
electricity will at last be Judged.
There It has broken bond>-' that
bound us for hundreds of years and
released time once Riven to labor,
loua (tasks, to other uses. Domestic
evolution and electric power are "in
most «ynonymous terms.
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Death of M. F. Brown
M. F. Brown, of Vode Mecun , >
died recently of tuberculosis. Mr. |
Brown wa s an e x-s*rvU e man, and |
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had been in falling heu-lth since his
discharge from the army. He was
a good citizen.
COUNTY OFFICERS
FILE THEIR BONDS
REPt'BLK'AN CH AIRM AN FI'I,. j
TON RETIRES. AND .1. V JOYCE
IS MADE CHAIRMAN OF RE.
j ORGANIZED HOARD OF  O.M.
| MISSION I.lts —HI 'SIN ESS ONLY
ROI'TINE.
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11 'hairn» »n Jacob
t«n. of the St«»k«v «*ounty board »f
 nmnii i•innei's, retired Monday. in
U' p! 1 e A. .Niycp \\a- «• It" ti»-1
oh tirrnan of the rr.nrua ni/.ed huni-d
all of whom are Democrat-*. ;i- fol
low-: .1, A. Joyce, |«\ I*. St'in«\ 11.
11. the l etter tli • n-*\v!y,
e'erte*l in e •!
Jlicol) Kllltnii.
Nearly all Inline-,
tlie
routine natun». >«n«-l' as the piym-i:
«f Krantinu «»i" tax relea
sto.
K'inils for their new te'iiM w»-:e
li'ed l».v the vainui- •»nii-«-r>. in lud
iiiK the Shi'rllT .1. J. Taylor. Me U
Sn|nrM»r Court J. Watt Tiitth*. an.l
Iwiyuister »f I>e«'*l- 18. I'. 15ailey.
Pastor M. E. Church ,
Rev. .1. li. Niedh iin. of Richmond.
California, with Mrs. Xeedliam.
arrived here lai-'t week. Mr. Xecd
hani is the new Methodb' Kpifcopu
pantor on this charge, supplying lh»
' (l"-ld vacated by Kev. Mr. Ilartsliebt.
who has .removed to Cu'lfornla. J
Mr. Need ham will have charge >'
j the churches of Danbury, Davis,
| Chapel, Pine llall, Bet he, -da and
j Vade Mecum.
j Mr. Naedham i' a native of Surry j
lonnty. but h:m been a ,re Ident "f
California for a number of years,,
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where h«* way iwirtor of Central
M-'thodist church South of lt-ien.'
niiond, Chl. lie is a nephew of the
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lut» Father Neeilhani. noted Meth- j
oilixt divine of Surry county, win;
reached the great age of 1'")'
y ars, and who filled a life of great |
in his day.
Wild Bill Migrates !
Will lain Mabe, familiarly known
as "Wild Bill," wa,- dividing up bis
crop of potatoes Monday prepai i-!
lory to removing back to the
mountain, near Vade Mecum. 'AVi'd 1
Bill" owns two valuable 'aits, refus.
j ing an offer of S3O for on,e of them. 1
i He --ays they are of the "Mawjhe"
variety, and very efficacious in the
destruction of rats. "Wild Bill" is
a great sprinter, lie r'ays he walked
to Wlnwton and back by non.i,
J>aving home at sunup. He walks!
!to Mount Airy frequently In a half
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day, a distance of 35 miles. (
Much Hog-Killing
This fa said to he an unusually
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line fall for saving pork. Many lln j
hog.s have slaughtered recently,
and the report* say there is a iiupe.'.
abundance of meat being killed.
Last fa.ll, it will lie. remembered, s.i
many farmors lost their pork from
Jn sudden warm spell following the'
! slaughter,
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| The reason a lot of men have had
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to pay inoo-me taxes Is because they
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refused to let their conscience be
j their guide-
Taking The Slack Out
Of American System
(Hiuh I'oint KnierprUiO
While « tieM man in tin- Statj;
e-tim it's that Nortii Carolin i will
n«M«d Millie nine million** t-» • ir: y
tlvroiu'h it- for th" y.-.u* ;n
iielp'f »f uiiemplMyniet'.t. i!>i» unt»m.
ploy men: >vrvi«*e «•' th" I'n.iei
reoortf' that the re* x 'I
hii in* • « is |.llliii*. m«nv n.-n «»»i
pay roll- idily a«.*\
i W- h »pe th.it thi> «*:i*Mtive «»pe -
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iitriofi will continue and tiiit .• w\
proi-fe I rapidly " t" t iU•• no
in l'.'HiJ :iie r ns e« »nt»ini«
i* k iti thi> i n imr\. .N'o one «
lonteinptaU' the * n-!iel P
mam nndi rtnken h; the led •>«
M»vrrnm*'!H thioimh the t■i , e> v\ 11*»-
out Im insff t'e«"fnl of what it • I d»
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t'» th * tit.re the pep *• «»n*i.'
•l« fire.
Tho ('> ir.try i- on .1 pair. il !-• ■ •
«y.:e-n riulit now an 1 tho-e l»eii« tit.
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p ivitr.: t!.c- !•!'!-. through li\.ition
do nut war? t ► se«* that sy-to'n
t
eNtmded picatly or prolonged V :
'''••e ' • arniiiniiii with urue't
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U( for foid, c 1 ■ »th:iik a-nd
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Th'.»e l>a*»ir needn «»f un.
«m ployed people niu-t '»e met. 't
would hi» foul to r*tarvc out one. :
fi-urth of th»» Atneriran peoplr th ?
w«hi.ter 'vvh.Me it 4 of
tl> nrreM'ities are nt in the f
land.
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lint the hand-out is a poor and •« ,
riih**tituto for a joh t •
( w hirh every worket* fe«ds lie j* |
entitled and the sooner the repuir s
jof the hiwine'f Mtrm tire jM-rniits
j th«» ro.oniployment of the idh* mil', h
ionu the lie tier. Looking to th «t ,j
, happy end. evc-ry r*tute. % m in }
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ed with a drc|>*ion re*pe* tin-- t!w» y
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| treatment of our war .-hon'd c
linve in m'nd «the building up of i
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| foreign trad»* for the I'nited State-, t
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i Collision Near Cove
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| A aicident o^en^red
I Walnut 'ove Sunday w hen •
••two rars. «in«» driven hy Dr. .1. I*. 1
Uane*. if I'ine Hal!, and the other
by a young man named I.aekev. |
' rol 1 idrd on tho ourw f.H'inu Dr. J. !
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AV. Xoal's residence. Neither party.
, wahurt beyond abrasionH. i
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I Dr. llano* ha.d a minor nit on h!> j
I face. Ih»th cars were badly smashed ,
up.
Bridge Work
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The bridge forces at work on the
j new .Mate •'tructure belnjr erect/'. 1
(•cross I)an river at Iluck Islunil
lord, are now pourlnfr cemenl. and
•lie work Is proceeding witistaetorily.
This is a large and ,ostl>- bridge, and
!t is estimated Unit even with favor.
I -hie weather during the winter, ft j
I will be upwards toward *prlnv be*,
fore the Job is completed. I
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There may be a few dumb iilr'sl
around here but all of them know!
tihat 'garter snnkrig are not used t >
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hold up the stocking**.
\\'e were satisfied with one thins
a long time before election and that 1
, was that the next president wouldn't .
have a mustache.
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Number 3,753
GREAT SALE OF
LAND FOR TAXES^
SHUUII' ItIDS IN BIXK. iM*"
IMtOl'lilM V IN Till! OI NTVS
NAMi: I»KOI»I:KTV . OWMJtS
>I.\Y IU:I>I:I:M.
Ari t» the |»:«• \ *>:«»rirfc of
!.i\\ ShorifY .1 ,l« hn Tiy »r •
Uiwv IM i'!' I'l njH- • here Monday
'•»• w h i ii \» • ' :11 v » loiint \.
T!u- 'i U . the li • i - w«- i, ,| off
in t»\ n »:» c ••• t: .t •• ?»\ I l i©
Slu* ft".
It ; .!» •" •«'! 'lir the tax.pa
«• \v 5 '« 1 «• t.. fc !•,-! :i • he»'f»
£• in t .♦•li* I • IV. ii:-1> ••• U*em
I " li'"» l: •. If ! • c I
••• :•!(•.I wt'i the • I «•! penal
ti- ami
Back To Work
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Tlii* t«i«IIII:• aii'l •! .-houting
l! lit 'l'll' spe« •« III*" 11 I N't* lil l>ee r i
It::««!•*. 'I i * VmSi*. !: i\ f !..•« |)
•(I.
The :111• • i:• i i: ;«•• > . and it\a
tli.io t»» In u IM w. k.
Tli- uM» i • iir>lilc*uii «•;' art
i!"t poi.tiriil p:ohleni *. They ari;
♦•'••Mioin Ir. linaii.ia'. ?o«*i. i!. They
are f«»tn|»lf.»«'Jy tlotipir. isail. All
any I'r«»s:il nt ran «1 • • t«» solve the».t
is t«» jrivi* h:» ver> he*'* i ffor>\ a*-,
rordinu to lij.• li:rht». t«• i.--*i- , t th*»
peopV wjth tlie |niwt'i* -»!* +
imnt. 1 .»»!•;>!.i' ion will !»i» px-ned*
>ilit■ i.i! mil--.nations v T It- offered—
but n» ma tier how v«»«»d the.v ar*»,
they will '»•• worth!'"** nnle-* th.®
people i-'tund rhoulile t«> slroulder
/iml work for their own salvation.
Almost all «»h.prv» iw aviree that
the bottom »f depletion has h«*ii
•touched* The work of ri'Moratluii
■ho*
arduous work, re'i'i i'.invj the utirwHt
e:i«'h of us \»n i»s»\ I'artisansvhip
must he tViraotten. Isabels must be
forgotten. Never in the history of
the country ha.-* nr>npolit ! ra! Icade'*-
rhip. ami nonpolitiral thought, hew*
ko ensentiil to tli»« future-
So—ha a k to work!
There Must Be
i Some Taxpayers
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I'nele Sum iii iy print cnvelwpe*
'in competition w'th lin-ril p.-int»rnk
' do dental work in competition with
j dentists, lie run loun money, run
: bunk!.. conduct commercial ship—.
I pinjj, handle ra H roads. I.tiy wheat.
j sell uml operate ntlltui
. but there i one tliinw: lie cannot do
|. . . .cannot pay any dividend* im
conducting all this- businosw.-—Th*
In d. Washington, header.
One hundred cash and merchan
di-e prise* were donated to Cata.wbi»
county 4.11 club members for
achievement thii se«n»n.
| The prize" were secured by tin
i Newton Kiwanis Club.
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I I'sins; a home-tnb:ed ferttUsel*
j aci'ordin-; to a formula deve.h>peJ by
|K. V Floyd, tobacco specialist at
j State t'olle-e. -I. K. Illce, of MailiMit
county, produced 1,6611 pounds a a
acre of Beti(| hurley tobae 'o.
| Ha.vwoi>d county farmern have
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j recently purchased three pure br»l
, beef IIUIIk for upgrradinK the herd**
'of the coun-ty.
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