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THE DANBURY REPORTER. Volume 61. SERICIA EXPOSED BY PHILLIPS STOKES* REPRESENTATIVE IN THE I.EGINI.ATEKE WHO IS lIIMSEI.E A FARM 1:11 TEI.I.S \HO IT Tills FAKE I.A XII IM. I*ll4 IV Kit. Editor Reporter: To some >f the relilers of the He. porter it may lie of i-ivterewt to nh'e some first-hand knowledge about the legume which has heen adver -1 so widely in recent months, and known as "sericia." Last year a friend of mine order, ed out of Charlotte some need of the sericia plant, and it had high rec ommendations as a soil improver and hay plant. (What better com. hi nation do we citizens of Stokes need than these two characteristics in a plant?) The seed wore sown and treated Just as instructions were given. but sad to say never a plant ilias heen seen t» this day on th-» proposed pasture, and the hi Hi price paid for sericiu seed has pone its way to line the pockets of a highly "lVcessful d 1 le>--man. This year one of our successful farm p iperv has column after col. limn oi ads giving prices on serjc? i. and 1 am sure that when the seed have heen sa.ritied (this fterni in. tns th it the seed have so heen tr.a'ed as to make them easy to perminato>, and a few s alks h»w matured, that the seed make up the greater par; of th? value of he |il Hit —especially when there arc enou-ft buyer* of hiuh.priced seed wh° .1 ' not know the hahits of this plant, li is surprising .that a dependable farm paper would carry an ad even if paid for sm-h service, when the./ are in position to tind out the facts about the seed. It is the same "11 at cry of gaining a dollar even whi'n this small grain me ins taking ten do-liars out of tlie farmer's |iooke:. While 'trying to serve Stokes conn ty in the General Assembly, I took the occasion, to pet direct and re.' liable information concerning seri cia, and these facta are parsed o»i to those interested in land improve.' ment, and h.re arc the facts: 1. That it is a worthless plant for h«y, having a woody stalk, but with lots of ~ced. 2. That the seed will not germ I. nate unlet* scarified. (In other words, if the seed are blown tbroupii a sandpaper pipe till the hull Is .practically worn through, ithen the seed niipht have a chance to sprout.) , 3. That all the excitement about sericia beinp a plant of untold |K>S_ slbjlities referred mainly to the p>. nihilities of bivlnp buyers of seed at fabuloun prices. Just beciuse le*>-pedeza (common. Korean, Kobe and others) are fine and will do wonders for land ini. provfinvent at a next to nothing cost, 'this *?ricja hag been listed in th-? same family, and advertised a« be. ing superior to all other clashes of 'e^Pedeaa. A mm. hiph in the Hel l I of plant knowledge, claims that he would n>t have sericia on his farm if you would pive him th? seed; and if we Stokes citizens are looking for richer lands and better homes, thcr. let s have mere of *the Korean and other types of le«pedeia mentioned above, and let the seed-'elßng caitu Established 1872. CHECKING UP I ON STILL BILLS (OINTV ('(). M MISSION EllS HE. s t)t IKI: PROOF or BONA riot: CAPTURE HEI'OKE PAYINGJ A4CO! NTS MEETING 4»M J NO.\M> I.\IU;I:LY O\RI\I:I> TO ROCTI.NE MA'ITMItS. | The county Ini ird of commission. ers in session here Monday made an order that all hills turned in ho. fore the board for the capture of etills should have apiicnded a re ceipt from Jailor El inch um or Sher iff John Taylor that the still had been duly received by them, or eith. of them, its size, kind, etc. Other, wise, no bills for still cliinig would be honored by the board. The commissioners were present' in their repular monthly session, J. A. Joyce, chairman: F. I*. Stone, and 11. 11. Brown. No matter except of a routine na ture c ime up r«ir consideration, exJ "Pt that the board extended a least l to the Stat;- Highway Colli. mission of the lan.l on which is ; o _' '•tiled the Sfite I Huh way convict camp, ncir the county home. This' tract conipri-- -s 111 acres, and th-'i iftat? wan given another 2.year p.. s . s'-sion. with privilege at that tints of renewal. Quite a number 0 f petitions for relief from indigent Persons were' considered, and some claims paid i Altogether it was a rather per. i...... me«ing. witn nettling im.j portant l>;jn.g considered. Harry Saunders Killed in Virginia i News is received here of the fatal shooting of Harry Saunders near Martinsville, Va., where he conducted a filling station. The slayer was a woman. Mr. Saun ders formerly lived at Walnut Cove. Meets Death While Bathing 1 Morehead City. July 3. James F. Fowler Jr., 22. son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Fowler, of Greensboro, met his death from a heart attack. | while in bathing near Moreheul Villa at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon. Young Fowler came hure with «i party of friends from Greensboro , on a week end fishing trip to Have, took and planned to spend the Fourth at Moreheid Villa. ' The party decided to go into swimming today in Bogue Soun I. near Morehead Villa- while ming back to tlie shore. Fowler wa3 i taken with a heart attack and sud. I denly went under. j Work on the surfacing of the ' Buck Island-Virginia line road he.! gins 'this week. Messrs. Feastev.' | superintendent: Quiiltlebam. fore'! tnian; Hammond and Palen, who nr.? ' encaged in this work, have arrived ' and are at the King hotel here. , paign be conducted by 'those who ' I are out t> dupe the unsuspecting, 'jTh.it type of man is in bet tar po*. j ition to laugh when some child goes I without shoes in- order thn t he may become rich. A. R. PHILLIPS. Danbury, N. C M Wednesday July 5 1933 SALES TAX NOW IS FUNCTIONING i I'KACTII A1.1.V EVERYTHING NOW Sl'll.l EFT To 1)1 "I'V TO THE STATE. Kalejgh. duly 1 The throe per cent, general sales tax wmt in'.o ! effect at the stroke of 12 o'clock tonight as North 4*a.rolimi entered another hiennium of its history. I \ irtually every article sold at re. tail in the state must now carry its share of the tjx. which Will ru n higher than three Per cent, in some cases due to the impracticability of levying exactly three per cent, on cerain small sales. I j Exempted from the tax are a few commodities: meats. sugar, lard. meal, flour, molasses, milk, I ■ coffee, sa't. machinery sold to in dustries for manufacturing pur- I Poses, and cotton and tobacco sold j l y other than the producer to a third party for manufacturing c>' | processing. | Over the protests of thousands of 1 of merchants, the salts tax was ini. t posed l.y the 11133 Gcner.il Assembly in their task of finding a new j source of revenue which would bal. a nee ihe state budget without in. I volving drastic curtailments m j state expenditures. 1 I j fi0cc........ • has no love for the tax, but did re I quest tiie assemblymen to enact it in order to "preserve" tha time. tions of government and provide I . j the state with a "decent school." | j Due to the eleventh hour passage of the biennial revenue bill in t'>.• legislature, rules for collecting the sales tax were left to A. J. Max. well, commissioner of revenue. Provision was made that what.! ever rules he should promulgate would be gjven the status of law. After conferring with the numer. ous merchants a nd studying the matter extensively. Maxwell aban doned the plan of collecting the tax by affixing stamps to each article of merchandise. To meet the exigencies of differ, ent mercantile conditions, Maxwell prepared four schedules whereby different classes of merchants could collect the tax most expediently. In the schedules, merchandise is Placed into brackets according to price and the tax levied alike on ill articles in each bracket. tor example: in schedule two, no tax will be levied on sales under 16 cents. Sales of from 17 to 33 bejrs a fcax of one cent: from 34 tj - *6 cants. two cents tax: from 67 j to $l, three cents tax. On sales run. I ning over »l. the rate is straight three per cent.. with fractions „f cents being determined in favor cf the major fraction. The merchants must pjs 8 the sale* tax on to the consumer, but they are given their choice as to whether they shall include it in the I ,(>t ' nl r>rlp e of the article, or show j tlx a 3 an extra charge. , 1 Authorities on taxattlon have egti. , mated that the three per cent, levy jon wiles should yield $9,000,000 a year to the state. i "WILD GINGER' ! AT LAWSONVILLE •! AN ENTERTAINMENT I4IR NEXT | XXTIRIIAY NIGIIT BY 'Mil:' j V4IENG I'EOPI.E 4)E SANDY | I RIDGE I'I.AY WEI.I. SI'OKE.N; OF. i I ' ] "Wild Ginger." n ccmedy-d.rama it ' I three acts, will l>e presented at Liw. eonvJllc School Saturday night, July K , "t k:oo o'clock by .the young People of Sandy Ridge community. The play was previously given at i S?,ndy Ridge June 17, wi'th much I success. People who saw- the play j spoke of it as. "A play pf much j worth." ''well balanced -with comedy and drama." "an interesting and gripping plot." "well pratsented." • A list of the ehar a eters follow: | .hike Tollman, A miserly old pinchpinnv, Glenn Dodson. Geoffrey Freeman. Young mm «f hero type. Ixuis Joyce. | fa-nford l-akey. Man of extmva gant ha hue:. 4'runford Priddy. Mafwood Et key. San ford l.xkevV son, Paul Bl:>ir. Wuzzy Walker, A would.he Chiro practor. Clarence .Martin. Mr. Peterson. Th? village grocer man. lip-hard Drown. Virginia Tall-nan. Jake Tallm.-in' datuliter, Nicknamed "Wild Ginger. ' Nannie Hello Dotison. Miss Rachel I.ec. Ginger's best friend. Vivian Mays. I Mjss Stanley. A hoot.u .. nestine Hawkins. ; Mix Walker, Wuzy's mother. An. nie Ruth Thornton. Bonita I.ake.v, Mar wood's sister. Virginia Hall. j The price of admission will he 1•> cents. String nuisie is to he an ad ded feature of tits program. You are eordially invited to ejtne for an , evening of fellowship and wholesom? i recreation. t I I On The Death Of 1 A Valuable Cow i i Mr. l.on SHk is the recipient of • many expressions of sympathy over the lOSM of a very valu it»le cow. The Reporter was in error in s*ta'. ing the loss of this cow bust week at $lOO,OOO. The death of the ani. mal being wery sudden. Mr- Bi.sk was fluatrited at the time, and was not capable o-f placing a true valui_ tion on his loss, which now aft -r . careful consideration he estimates at $500.00 to $1,000.00. j This, it appears, was a very un. usual and Precocious quadruped. It did not need a pasture fence, as . Mr- Sisk says he could blaze a way i j through the woods and turn the ) cow in and it would nevier cross the , tnail, or he eould plow a furrow around the field and the animal , would not go over the furrow under ' any circumstances. f t This, cow gave between 10 and 11 I gallons of milk etch milking, and s i. was very rich milk, and intmedi. ately after milking it would back 1 | , up to the b a rn and by a novel con. trivance which Mr. Bisk h«d ar. v ' ranged In connecting his churn witn a pulley at the barn the cow would churn the milk with the switches v «f its tail. From thre? to four ' Pounds of butter was realized from | each gallon of the milk. SANDY RIDGE MARRIAGE JULY I •Miss 1,41 it \ Aill.Dßl.il ( \KTEK BE4 4IMES HRIDE 4)E .1 41 II \ I \\ E.NI.EY NEI.SDN II \\\ KINS I AMII.V REI \II)N ARGENT li— DEI IlillTl I I. ENTERTAINMENT Mr. arid Mrs. K. ('. I'arfr, o l ' Santiv Ridge, announi'-c the mar. riage of their daughter. Lola Mildred bo John We«!ey Nelson of Madison, Route 3. The wedding was solemnlzo] jn Martinsville. Vs.. .Saturday, July 1. 1933 at 4 o'clock. The bride is the attractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. cv 4'arter of .Samdv Ridge. Shu is a popular member of th? young., er social set of her community and lias a host of fri- nds who wish her much happinc-K. The bridegroom i s the son of Mr and Mrs Jim N.-!.-on >t Madison. Route 3. He holds a position Taylor's Warehouse in Winston. Salem during the winter inon:h while he farms during the summer. The friends of thi? young coup!? extend their wishes to th.m for a long and happy life. The fourth annua 1 , reunion of the Hawkins family wilt i„. held tit 0.-.k Rlds-e RaptK .-hur-li near San.:l> Ridge August .\i: relatives and friends are cot'ditily linited to at. tend. Everyone brin-t a well filhsl luisket t" help make the day more i ''('deli" "Vernon' del'l-htf,,,,,. entertiin 'd a number of heir friends at a birthday party given in honor of her brother. Theodore. Saturday night. July I. Interesting games were enJoVid throughout the even ing after which delirious refresh ments were served. Everyone en. joyed the ore ision. An ice cream supper will i>e given J l.y Durward Jo.vv at the home .if ( his parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. • Joyce of Madison. Rente 3 Saturdav \ night. July S. Everyone is x»rdi 111 \- invited to attend j Only Half As ! Many Drunks I'olice Department statistics of arrests provide stiubbora fails, even if they do not alw-aj* convince men against -their will. The post hoc, propter hoc argu ment is often treated with contempt when It fails to support preconceived convictions, but nevertheless, it lias a good deal of weight -with persons of a judical frame of mind. According to the Baltimore police the number of arrests in the Central Police District for drunkenness prior 'to April 7 last averaged between ■: and eight a day during a consider able period. On the date mentioned, beer of 3.2 per cent alcoholic content made its debut in the city. It was wcl. conieil with enthusiasm and was I 'consumed with avidity. J Since that date arrests for drunk i enn«sg have average*! enly three* a I day. Whatever others may think. Mag. Jistrate James R. C idd n of the j' Central Police District sa.vs: "There i>* no doubt that the return of beer has heen responsible for the t falling off In arrests for drunken, nes?" Baltimore N'ew-s I'SE OF SCHOOL iUJSLS RESTRICTED \i\n \or i;i' i i:i» iok ant oiiiris iMicrosi: THAN n\n,. i\(. IIM.I»ICI:N TO S lIOOK II\» IiITIIM.I, \\|» OTUtll i HI:I: I* \KTII:S n r OIT. School hi;.c'S 11. I\ not h(> TIM-D for an.v other punioMe than th.it of ' !*'' nsport'i 11 n't children to scho*>i ani that during the prescribed 3'hr> >! day. " itlii-i; to orders from the state whwi! o>m mission, 'n other words, the ?x'hool hunen may not he P-.*d hy rhi'dren to Ko to basketball games in the otter. nof.iia, or to yoinnieimeiiiem rxer. ciees in town. Neitl.ei can they by u*ed for the transi or. ulon of tJw» 4.11 hoys and girl." to the Italeigh '•dr.rt eour «• a:; bn.-. been the heretofore in Xc-rtli Carolina. Another rnil'ia tint comes from the school machinery act j s that bus; s are not required to trans port the children more tltian one mile anll 't half from a liool. That if it is inconvenient for a hits to travel nine ti: in the mile aal a half, i: di. . not have to go. The I'M'" nuts: l»p present it the near pet mile and n half point on the route of the Mis, The law from the machinery a t governing t'lj-t pro vision it ail- as follows; In all districts where transpor tation is provided, provision shaft he made for tr inrporting all child, ti-e si V ins.. m^. r ,t} Vrt «W.f'Tir'"(Yltft nearest traveled rou' and unless road conditio::, or other reason» make it inadvisable hnso.s shall he routed so as to no- within one and one half miles of mil children en. titled t" transportation jn said din , triots. I I Baptist Sunday School Services Sundav I ! Tlie children of the "Little Help. I crs" an ' Junior classes of the Dan. , bury Daptist Sunday School were I I entertained at a Jig Saw Puzzle contest by their teachers, Mrs. A. J. , Kaint and Miss Kdith Fagff. Friday i June 30th. at 5 o'clock, i Tables and chairs suiting 24 of the older children were arranged an. j the basement of the church, whirl* . was attractively dacorv.ed with par. t den flowers. The beginners were I i seated at a small table and simple s puzzles and sanies arranged tor i them. Prize winners in the Jiff Saw con ; te»t were Jean Priddf. ITizabett* I I I Booth. David Alley and Junior A). r ley. Those win nine in other cori. I ii tests were Sura and Jean Flinchunt* .'and The'tna Flinchum. | Following the games, ice creanrv f and lemonade were served by th® e hoste-Ts assisted by Mrs. S. A. . Flinchum. s Those present were: Lena anit : Jean Priddy. S.ara and Julia Flinch. . uni. Frances AtUy. Nina Smith, a Mlizal'eth tlooth. Luvenia and Ethef j 'loins. Maizie Duggins, Leni-e Net _ sol. Theima Flinchum, Nellie Mab? t I o M trie fioins. Jean Flinchum, Alios j Uuth Priddy. Davis and Junior Al ii | ley. Hlwood Priddy. Jack Duggins. e ' Clarence and Vance Alley. Harvey i. j Fagg, H. O. Alley, Max and John 1 Alley. I
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