THE DANBURY REPORTER.
Volume 61.
MULLICAN SAYS
TIME HERE TO ACT
'IUII.XKS COtNTV SAI.AItIKS
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THAT (OIM'V COMMISSION Kits
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Editor Danbury Reporter:
The one- question uppermost ill 1)19
in.rid-- 'if tile tilxpayers of S.ol«v Co.
a; thV l time is "Will Stoke" County
yet any relief 011 taxes this year?"
The great mass of propnly owning
taxpayers of the county iiast hoped
againi«t Mope that some relief would
lie forth coming ami there would he
Mime chance tto carry lll and pre
serve their property until times were
liefer so they could at least make
a fair xail. As yet nothing hag come
in sight- The Legislature ha* been
in nession for about three months
anil very little has lw>en accomplish,
ed. Many of us had hoped for a re
duction in the cost of county gov.
ernment for Stokes Coumt.v and
thereby tvelping In rome meimure ')
relieve the tax burden. Many coun
ties liave taken thin action. In fact
I to not know of any county under
Democratic control but what has
maA some reduction In courvty so-.
emniMit cost except Stoker. Are
we of Stoke* going to
permit our county to remain on
high salarfes and mounting expen.
>»ei» while our brother counties make
irantic out#? The Democratic pre»-
Ident putting hi* at.imp on economy
on ail I national affaliw. The State M
having to go on drastic economy
bu*!*. It there a. difference in our
Democracy from that of these oth
ers? If Democracy moans the name
thlh* every where then It is time
for so-me one to ace In Stoke* county.
The Democratic parly of Stoke*
county Bhould not permit this leg.
Mature to pa»s without lowering all
«ala/rie« to 1920 banc i e v e l. The
Democrat* *hould see that the peo.
pie of Stoke.' county should have a
new deal In the revaluation of real
estate. \v> have laboring tor
several year., under a value far 111
excess of the limit specified In the
constitution. other counties all
around ti.■ are now having the real
estate re.vatued and rtill w e are
waiting. What I,* the reason for
this? Surely no one will advocate
Permiuin-,' the property to rem an
on the book.-, ut Its present figures.
If this should he done I believe th*
'people will rise up and refuse to
pay taxes ba.",>d on false valuation.
One county official recently advis
ed me that the revaluation wouM
'o j t so much that the county could
not afford t> pay for same. He then
Miigg'e*ted that the commissioner*
make a horizontal put of fifteen or
twenty per cent. I must *ay this did
not sound very good coming from
one on the county*,, monthly payroll.
If the county can pay his salary
"urely It can do the honer't and Just
thfn« by ithe man who Is carrying
the load. I would "uggent that the
county commlsslonem request the
of every township to meet
1n mans meeting and «ele* of their
number* three men to eerve with,
out pay to revalue all the real estate
in their township. I believe ' thn
Established 1872.
NOT QUITE SO
MANY FARM LOANS
CO IMA t(»MMini:K. WITH IICI).
UHAI. iiixd ixsi»i:c roit. 1:."
KKSSION SATIRDAV I*\SSIM.
ON AI'I'I.K' \TIOXS M MItKK
OF AI'I'MC AVIS s.MAIJ.KIt TO
IIATK AS COMI'AHKD WITH
i.ast vi;ah
The county loan committee and
tile Inderal field innpector were »i'
session here Saturday passing 011 ap
plications by farmers for federal aid
in making their crops.
The county committee is composed
of Jlensrs. I'. o. Fry. of Quaker Cap
township: l>uther Mitchell, of Sauri
town township, and It. I«. Hutehe".
son. of Snow ("reek townsiiiip. The
Fedteral field inspector in 11. S. An.
derson. who is making his head'iuar.
tern in the county now for the ex
pediting of quick loan* to the larm.
era.
It is learned that applications for
federal crop aivistance in the coun
ty are not quite so numerous as last
year, and considerably fewer than
( for the year 1931.
The difference Is attributed large
ly to the fact that many farmer*,
who received more for their 1932
crop than they 'have bgen paid for
the last two crops, consider that
they will be able to get along with
out outride help in cultivating' the
1933 crop.
The Reporterr learns that the
Stokes county farmer*, despite the
extremely adverxe conditions .under
•which they have Iftb&elk for several'
yeans, have yet been able to repay
the government about 95 per cent,
of former loans, a record whldh is
much more favorable than the ,how.
Ing made by the average county
which has been ex:tended federal
aid.
However, though the application*
.here are below the notch -made at
the same date last year, they are
coming In quite 'lively, and X. K.
Wall, Robert Slsk and Thumian
Martin, who are filling out the
blanks for the applying farmern. are
kept quite busy nt their quartern in
the grandjury room at the court
hou«*e.
From Hospital
Improved
Mrs. Clyde Coin was taken eeri
ously ill lai't week, and carried to a
Winston-Salem hospital for treat,
ment. She has now returned hom.',
and le> much Improved. Mrs. Coin
is a daughter of Clerk of the Super
ior Court and Mrs. J. Watt Tuttle-
School Closes
The Danbury school will close for
the r'.'Hsion Thursday, April 6. An
entertainment will be rendered the
public.
the people would be glad ito do thin
to help Bet a revaluation and still
not put the county to any expense
for same. I am «übmittlng this
plan to ithe county commlsffloner*
and to the people of t)he county u»
I belteve the county commiwiloners
will gladly welcome any plan by
which they can serve the county and
•ave the expense.
Respectfully,
N. 8. MULLICAN
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, March 29, 1933
PROPOSED ROAD
TO HANGING ROCK
CIIIKr STATi: MMATING KM.
I
BROWNING or HAI..
I:I«.II «O\SIIH:I:S MOST IT: A.
MUI.I-: Itoi'li;— IMUMFXT A-.
I
SI MKS ASPI-XT or ItKAIJ/A.
TION.
I
chiiof Stat'* lo-atitig Kngjne*r
I drowning of Raleigh w.i> iu*ic llun.
(inV traversing tcniitiv ro-;u*s i'
{he l"'o|'o-ed road t> b'lj't li> till"
top o' Hanging l!iik.
M Browning w-.->s accompanied b
Kngii.e.r It. D. Gentry. •! the
liigh>v.iy departmen!. and bv Lr.v
--| rence .\lacßae of (irccniilwrn and
Walnut f'ove. and N. S. Muilicai jt
i
| Wilson's Store.
There are two respective roioes
proposed, to.wit., oil-' by Banbury;
cemetery. and around the mountai'i, |
reaching the cr.-st of ,the ridge ■' '
mile south.we*t of Banbury. then:-e|
I practically following rhe ridge to the'
j destination. The other route pro.!
Itosed is starting from a ,point near
i
Fla'nhoal church on the south aide
of the mountain.
It wa* not definitely 'learned wttiich
route Browning favored as the most
j practicable, but it U iirite certain
! h e viewed either location as entirely
; feasible. '
Among: the advance* inflated;
i I
| upon by those who favor the Dan.'
bury route i« that a ihardsuface'
road will be available to tourists
and patron* of the road quite to thei
leave a distance variously estimated
at J to 5 mile* to be built to Hang. 1
I ing Rock.
Lawrence Macßae. to whose un.
ceasing activities the progress of the
Project .alius far may l>e attributed,
and in whose head wax born the in
:
ception of the enterprise, believes
that the Hanging Flock proposition
In entirely practicable, and that the
road will cancel its own exip.-nses
within a very few years. Mr. Mac.
Ra e 's idea is to establish a toll ga'e
at the intersection of the proponed
mountain road with the State high.
wi».v. It is generally believed tint
patronage 0 f the road would be most
liberal from limurjreds of visitors
and tourMx. An incident of Mr.
Macßac's Mea is ithat a park shouM
be developed at the terminus of the
road in the f!:it lands right near the
Rock, in which modern Attractions
and conveniences would lie arranged
and which would doubtl?** W ,| f ar
toward defraying the c o .it of the
project.
As quickly an the mow; practical)'©
route Li chosen, the next step In the
enterprise will b e to induce the
State to make the survey. Follow.
Ing thin will be the procurement of
the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration's aid In financing it.
hveryliody in Stokert county, and '
especially those citizen.* living con. '
tipuously to either of the pro.
i>osod routes, earnestly devire that
Mr. Macßae may be successful In
ihis efforts to put over the project. I
which will mean a great deal not
only to Stokes county, but to the
State. It will mean the employment
of hundreds of hands at fair renum.
erat lon. and the turning loose of
thousand* of needed dollars through,
out this section.
SCHOOLS TO RUN
EIGHT MONTHS
Tin-: SITIATION ll\\l>M:l> SAT.
ISFAITOKII.Y AM. Altor.Nl> IN
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ITUIXS l\ NT!'ART .1 A I 1.
\WAITING ItCMOVU. TO RK'H.
MOM) I'KNITKNTIAKV—IIKATII
KX.( OMKKDKItATK SOI.IJll.lt
HANK OF ( IUTZ, IS Ol'i:N.
Through the united effort.' ami co
operation of the* local S.-hool Boa!.
the loyal teachers of .the county, the
State Board of Kdtieation and ta-
Patrons of the county, what seemed
to lie an almost impossible situation
h;is been solved, and the school*
of Patrick county. Va.. will continue
lor eight months, thereby remaining
on th>- accredited li'-*t-
As was rtated in a previous ;..'-u,e
or i'-ie Stuart Enterprise, the funjo
were exhausted, so 'the teachers were
asked if they would continue to
teach, giving their services for the
remaining six weeks. This they
have consented to do. Not a single
teacher approached has hecltaited to
do this work. When it is realized
that ,the teachers have agreed to give
approximately 113,000 that this
year'* work may not .be lost for the
boys and girls, one cannot fail to
appreciate the splendid public spirit
Ah us majiifeored. The patrons were
to board the teachers who are
Aviag their time in this .manner,
i|ind in no instance have we heard of
*4tre respond. Another diffi
culty arose which (threatened the
continuance of the schools even af
ter the above provisions had been
made. I't Is unofficially learned that
local tax collections fell considerably
below budget estimates making _t
Impossible to pay the teachers the
county's part of their last month'*
salary, but this latter wan taken up
with the State Board of Kducaition
and satisfactorily arranged, so we
are unofficially informed t"*>t
t'chools will continue.
Commitment papers for eight fel
ons now in Stuart Jail have been
made out by the County Clerk to
the Superintendent of the State
lVnitcnfiiry and are awaiting re
moval to Richmond- Seven convic'.s
were also prepared for commitment
on the road. The felons are: Oral
Ruck, for life- Rill Waller.s alia
Rill Williams, total of 4:1 years;
Ilarvie Vernon. 40 yea r."; Sam AVal.
ler, alias Sam Williams. total of 3">
years: Foster Going. seven years:
Columbus Going, seven years; Wal
ter Trent, one year: Roy la-e, two
years. The seven -men sentenced
to the road are: Todd Martin. 1-M.
gar I.ight, Anderson Martin. Har
ry Going. W. 1.. Turner, Reggie
Jon.es and Tom Thomas.
Mr. Jehu Barnard. one of the few
remaining Confederate veterans,
passed away at his home near Stuart
Tuesday, March 14th. Mr. Barnard
was 92 years of age. He w*a« taken
ill mo»t one year ago and was con.
fined to his bed since that time. He
was one of Patrick county's best
citizens. •
Batik of Crltz Is open for it*
usual business. They report depow.
tta extra heavy and far exceeding
their expectations, and withdrawals
less than fifty dollars.
.FEDERAL AID FOR
STOKES DESTITUTE
IK.IRCS snow M.IISFI.OOO. SPKNT
IN IT-;|SRI Altv. OK S2lti.HU
MORI-; THAN JANt \HY —IN.
FORMATION l-IRNISIIKII «y
(•OVI-:itNO]{*S OI'ITCK _\T HAI..
KH.II SHOWING .MARK Rv
OTIIKR fOI NTIKs OF NOR J||
C'AROI.INA.
Rxpe.HHtur.-y rr 0111 |-. delal re iof
fI,!VN tl'vtitutjo.i Stokes C 0,,..
ty amounted to i„ r Ff'iru.
«r.v. ami S.l.i-ii.(in for Jatluarj .
These figures are sent to th.- R O .
Pol t I ti'oiai tin- Governor's Otfj, c «,|
! "elief at Raleigh.
The t 'tal . xpemiiiures i„ t h e
«tate during February showed a d,..
crease for the first time since Fed.
eral relief funds became available,
according t «. the information gi v .., ;
out ."in,i.lay by the Governor's
'ice of Relief.
The total amount spent for Feb.
ruary was 11.186.432 a . re(l
»ith f1,3«7.«ii in January, or a de
crease of approximately lo Per cunt
Or. Fred W. Morrison, director of
•teller, stated that th e decrease was
almost entirely accounted for ay
the fact that February contained
three fewer days than January. Tl:e
figures *how that th e dally expendi.
tures for the two month* J* appro.*.
Imately the same-
The fact that the requirements fc/
the last month wer e no greater than
in January, however, i« ln it , elf aj ,
encouraging sign. Dr. Morrison point.
*l out Under
ces It was expected that the 'fihan
clal nef-ds would b e greater in F e b.
ruary than any month «*, far ,, e _
(Oause of the fact the rwou.ee* of
jless fortunate people hav e a ten.
| dency to become exhausted a s ,i„. e
continues. The fact that the ,o t .1
financial requirements w e r e no
greater was reg rded as an indlca.
tlon that some of the destitute have
found ways of becoming selfsuppor:.
ing.
The reason for the slight increase
over Jan.. in St. ke S ~ indicated by
the reiH.rt Uv: the month of p e ,,.
may i„. explained on the
hypothesis that a g.H. (I many tenant
farmer,, had exhausted by February
the ftna.ll surplus whltih the.v had l
received for their tobacco crop* in
the fall and were f„r,-ed to , a ll f«,
assistance when their re.-«urces had
"eon spent. However, the increa,.-
of February over January in Stokes
is small, being only $24«.0«.
In cumparison wltih the aid being
furnished to Stokes, it will b e in.
. teresting lo contemplate the amount
I "f help which a few other counties
have received for th e month of Feb.
ruary, uc* folio WH:
S,,nT $7.0,17
Rockingham 12 41 ft
F ° r9V,h r.C.047
OUllford 60,402
Va,lkln 3.871
M ° or ° 8. 54i1
Montgomery n gfto
Randolph 7U(!
Wllke " 6.245
Mecklenburg 91,07s
Wake 54.254
Seventy Stanly County farmero
plan to dig trench slloa thi» summer
as a result of the success had with
his by P. E. Miller of RiOhOeld.
Number 3,769
LOOKS LIKE EIGHT
MONTHS SCHOOL
A\l> .\ s \l,i:s TAX TO IMY THE
lill.l/* CAHSOX ItKTI'RXS
ritoM I:\MK.II— sioi'E OF
IVOHK IX STOKKS—
MAW Cill'KCII VAKI>S. C'KM-
I.Ttltll> AND S C II () O Ii
I;UUI MIS iMi*itovi:i> OVEIS
L>I:ILSO\S AT WOltK.
Prof. I. c. Carson, Superintendent
"•f Stolic* County School-, w;.» h«'re
Tiic.--J.iv. I'rof. Carson bar* lately
ri'lumcd Iron: lialcisb where hi** at
tended the s-tate.wide gathering of
superintendent*", teachers, and edu.
eati inisM held in t>»»- interest of the
K-months M-IK.II, .111.1 for other ed
ucation il interests.
I'rof. Paivon advit-vs the
that the atmosphere ciiculating in
and around the legislature looks
inor; and more favorahie for the
S.months term lor tlae school*. and
equal opportunities fur all the child
ren of the State, and that in all pro
bability the veneral sales tax sys
tem will be adopted to balance the
budget.
Sentiment among the law.niakers
has undergone quite a change re
cently in regard to the tales tax.
Prof. Carson, who Is head of th«
federal aid allotted to the destituto>
of Stokes county, as dispensed by
the (Jovernor's Office of
**>'» that more than 200 persono are
now being given employment in th«
county by this agency, and that
mpny church yards, school ground*
ftp.,. tp«v« h»en
IfUd and '
Besides the benefit* which the «*w
lief funds have afforded in the way
of relieving unemployment and
providing subsistence for many fam
iliea who otherwi.se must have suf
fered. the results of the work art*
"tonppily shown in the many &pot&
that have boen wonderfully improv.
Ed in looks and convenience In all
sections of t.he county.
Prof. Carson, in assuming the in>_
portant duties involved in th» re
lief work, ha* done so without
any compensation aside from hia
salary as county superintendent.
E. C. Mabe And
Len Tilley In
Law's Toils
F3. c. .Malie was arrested Twnyjuy
by Prohibition Officer* Kenniedy and
Ila t ledge at a still in Meadows town,
ship. Ma>'e was given a hearing by
N. .V. Martin. I'. S. commii-isioner,
and in default ot' Sr.no.no bond for
Federal court, wient t> jail.
'»en Tilley was caught at a «till
in Sauratown township, Uond fixed
at ssoii.o> by Commissioner N. A.
Martin Hound over to court
T. L. Booth
Game Warden
Gilbert Alley, who has been act
ing as County Game Warden for
several months, has resigned hi*
position for the time being, and T.
L. Booth, who has been Asdstar-t
Game Warden for several years, has
been appointed Warden.
This arrangement was effected
Monday by District Warden lA»!k,
who was here.
Gardening by those who faitod to
Ptaat during the winter la in or^Mb.