THE DANBURY REPORTER.
Volume 61.
COUNTY DRY I
ORGANIZATION
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mi'KCTK.I) AT MEETING HKill'.
' "WEDNESDAY. ATTEN DED BY
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CKOWU (>r PROMINENT I'KO.
v PLb' TO HAVE OIMiAXIZA.
' TION IN EVERY PRECINCT.
Mrs. Nellie M. Ta.vlou - is chairman (
an organization for the retention ,
the 1 amendment- Mrs. Je*-
«le P. Christian is Secretary and
Mrs. H. H. Davis, Treasurer.
A meeting was held in the
courthouse and was called to order,
"Sbjr George I*. Burnett, of Greens- !
tK>ro. of the executive committee of
the United Dry Forces of North Car
olina- Mr. Burnett delivered an nd
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dres-t to the meeting in which lie
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outlined the plans of the State or-
Sanlzation-
H. R. Mcl'liereon. of Walnut
Cove. Rev. Mr. Hood of Sandy |
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Ridge and c, M. McKinney were |
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elected vice chairmen of the county. [
The *ix officers of the county orua".
ization will also constitu'e the ex-'
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ecutive committee. It i* purposed to
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have a chairman in every precinct
■ in the county.
Among tiie prominent dry forces
of the county the following were
3)re»ent:
J. T. Welch, W. T. Jones. Mrs.
M. H. Davis. Mrs. W. A. Neal. lte".'
anil Mrs. J. B. Fitzgerald. Mrs-
B. 8. Zimmerman, Mrs. Dr. C. .1.
Helnabeek, B. T", .Aohnson, Mil's.
J. B. N'eedham. Miss Claudia Bier- j
aon. Mrs. C. M. Burton, Mrs. C. M. j
Jones.
Mrs. Nellie M. Taylor. Mrs. Jessie j
P. Christian, Mrs. Mary J. Pepp.r.
Mrs. Christine stultz. Mr. and Mrs.!
H, M. Joyce.
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Unemployed Urged
To Register
Lucile Mart ! n. who represent* the'
federal agency for the "elief of un
employment in the county, will have
an office open in the N. A. Martin
former store building on Thursday.!
and Fridays.
Hero Miss Martin will receive ap
plications from unemployed person*,
all of whom are urged to register
at once.
New Lawyers.
Chjsman Haneu and Joe Ri't
Neal have each recently been licens
ed to practice law by the Supreme
Court, having passed the exai inn.
tion with honors. These are two
young stoke« boys. Hanes the son
of Dr. and Mrs. J. Louis Danes of
Pine Hall: Neal the son of Dr. I.
W. Neal of Walnut Cove.
Their friends predict for them
much success, which they deserve.
Baptising.
Tiie ceremony of baptism was ad.
mini«te-8d by the Rev. Mr. Bong,
the pastor, to two candidates at
the Baptist church Sunday night.
This was followed by a sermon hy
the minister- 1
Three new trench si.'o* have been
dug in Caldwell county this num.
mer, Haywood Powell has recently
completed one of 20 ton capacity in
hts barn-
Established 1872. Danbury, N. C., Wednesday September 6 1933
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cash prizes amounting to many
thousands of dollars will be offer
ed next Sunday in The American
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the Atlanta Sunday American and
other Hearst Sunday newspapers-
The amount of the hrst prize is
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be paid at the rate of sl,oou a yea-'
each year the winner lives after th_»j
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should live that long. The sei v J
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! large sums of t'unh to be paid unnu.
ally.
These big gift-' of money are to
. I>e made simply for an idea, a few
i words will be suitable for a slogan
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| ican Weekly, the magazine uh'oh
g"es inio more than 5,000.000 Am. r.
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No subscription* will be required in
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i for life, with all the Possibilities of
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t just see next Sunday's Atlanta Anior
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A Sunday Arrest.
Brother Smith. Irvin Sheiton and
a young man by the name of King
(son of Chester Kingt were ar
rested Sunday evening near Pied
mont Springs by Sheriff J. J. Tay
lor. Deputies A. G. Sisk and Be"t
i Smith and Constable W. R. Young.
Brother Smith was charged wj.a
resisting the officers, and on fail
ure to provide a $201) bond was
committed to jail, being bound over
to eourt. King was bound over to
court on th# Charge of driving under
the influence. He gave S2OO bond
and was released- Sheiton was re
leased on payment of cost. The hear,
ing was before Justice N. K. Wall-
The officers had been on a visit
to the Yarbro plantation when the.v
accidentally met the trio who ap.
iH-ared to be drinking heavily, while
the car was being driven reckle*»Jy.
Brother Smith became quite abu
sive of the 'officers, and struck Con.
stable Young tVice. so Young al
lege *.
Timber Wolf
KiLed Near Cove
A timber wolf wa* shot ami kill
ed by a farmer near Walnut Cov,.
week. This animal which had
, been causing some little excitement
in the neighborhood, is thought to
have escaped from a show.
Wilkes county dairymen are dig.
glng trench silos and remodeling old
barns as a part of the new program
of dairy farming In that county.
KING SIGNS
N. R. A. 100 P Cj
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YADKIN TOWNSHIP CO-OPEIt. j
ATKS IN KKOOVKRY PROGRAM
—t'HIIJ) RUN OVKK BY CAR—
WALKER M'GEE REUNION
TANDY WHITE FA I, liS DOWN
STEPS MANY BIRTHS KK.
1 CORDED.
1 King. Sept. 6 The business
■ houses here have signed up the N
R. A. one hundred per cent.
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Kdwtn Caudle, of Winoton-Sab'm
was among the visitors here Sunday.
Theadore Newsum has received
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| hi* commission as field deputy of
i the Modern Woodmen of America
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Mr. Newsum will devote most of his
I time lo thjs work.
I The King Tigers took one away
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from Walnut Cove's crack nine on
I the King diamond Saturday. Final
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•core 13 and 5.
! Miss Mope Jones ha- returned to
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her home here after spending a few
| days with Dr. .and Mrs. Floyd J •
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St'iipe near Rural Hall.
Our old friend. John Al>e New*u:n
v .deran tobacco auctioneer of Win.
] ston.Salem. was here last week
f i
1 shaking hands with relatives and
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i friends. Mr. Newsum has been with
j Browns and Piedmont warehouses
a ■
! for the past $7 years. He is a«socl_
I ated with Taylor's Warehouse this
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year.
| Mls*e* Irene and Laura Boyles
and Mrs. C. R. Newsum entertain.
f I
ed a large number of friends at i
| chicken stew on Tuesday night- A
• string band made music for the or.
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■ cusion. The band was composed of
j the following: Grady and Co*tor Col
| lins, Reynard Griffin and Grady
I Newsum.
The three year old *on of Mr. and
Mrs. Wjlliam Holder, Jr.. was run
i| ever hy an automotive In front of
g their home Friday evening. Whjle
. the child wag bruised and lacerated.
. fortunately he was not seriously
. hurt.
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t The Fideliis class of the Baptist
:. Sunday school gave a chicken stew
a at the home of Mr. Wjlliam Hart-
I. grove Friday night. About forty
s were present to enjoy the occasion
r Th? Home Cafe, which has been
o closed for some time, opened for
r business again Friday morning.
J Mi-s Treva Ashburn has returned
. from an extended tr{p to Washing
. ton. D. C., where she was the
|. gue*t of her sister,
t Wilson Brown, member of the C.
v C. C. Camp at Pisgah Forest i*
. spending a few days wjth his par.
L - eni« here.
The Walker-McGee annual reun
. ion will be held at the home of W.
. K. McGee on the old Geriiianton
. i road the fourth Sunday in Septem
ber- All relative's and friends are
Invited io attend with well filled
baskets.
J S. J. Kifliy, of the Government
Agricultural department, will speak
j to wheat and tobacco growers here
j next Friday night at 7:30.
( The King Junior League team
lost lo Jefferson at Jefferson Sat
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urda.v by a seore of 8 and 7.
Thomas Hauser. of Siloam. was
. here on businesw Saturday.
) Tandy White, aged 82 years, fell
, down a flight of cement steps at
Ihe home of his son, R. C. White-
NO CIVIL COURT
FOR OCTOBER
! BUT CRIMINAL TERN BEGINS
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OCTOBER 16 tll'KY LIST
DRAWN LAND WILL NOT
BE SOLD FOR TAXES TILL DE
CEMBER I.
At the regular meeting of thy
Board of County Commissioners in
i! stusion here Monday, it was decided
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to have no fall term of civil court
but the regular criminal term will
begin Monday. October 16. The
docket is large, and a week will by
I required to try the eases.
Jurors for the criminal term were
drawn as follows:
' Yadkin town-hip \V. E. Kis-r
W. L. Shainhour. P. E. Slate- W.
' O. Spainhour. R. S. Cromer. S. 11.
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i Kieer. J. H. Cromer. R. C. Lam*.
1 S. P. Bennett, T. c. Baker. E. F.
Stone. M. L. Jones. Roy Ingram,
i J. 10. Spainhour, W. E. Hoggin*.
,• Sandell Wall. S. F. Edwards.
Snow Creek township Linzi.*
Make, Joe Woolwine. G. T. Sheiton,
i Willie Mitchell. W. H. Joyce, J'vl
- W. Priddy. S. A. Amos. 11. T.
i Vernon.
I Big Creek township j. H. Hill.
» G. W. Durham. L. A. Xe!*on. F.
* A. Christian, Sam Lawson. W. 11.
_ Overby.
s Quaker Gap town-ship W. A.
Bennett, Sam Wlson. G. R. Hunter,
s Meadows township S. O.
. Watts
i Bed-vei Island township John
\jA. Williams, J. 10. Dalton.
.j Suuratown township—D. A. R.»_
r.minger, I'. G. Allen.
-I Danbury township T'. ('.
y Campbell. Osa Smi'h. *
The advertising of land for taxes
li was postponed by the Board until
a ' November. *ales to be made Decern,
f ber 1.
el
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I ' Saturday evening breaking lour rjb.s.
y Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Furches, ~t'
Seward, visited relatives here Sat
t urday.
~ Raleigh Southern js seriously sick
at the home of his brother, Joel V.
v Southern here.
Grover Stone, while doing some
~ carpenter work at his home Satur.
j. day, «tepped on a nail which pene
trated the bottom of his foot- In
I trying to catch he fell and stuck
another nail in t.Js h ird. Antitox
in for lockjaw was administered.
The followjng births were record
ed here last week: To Mr. and Mrs
j, Ray Hauser. a daughter; to Mr.
and Mrs. Julius Cook, a daughter:
to Mr. and Mrs. William Tuttie. a
son: to Mr. and Mrs. John Woodlil',
a daughter; to Mr. and Mrs. Gil.
mer Robertson, a son; to Mr. and
Mrs. Nat Pratt, a daughter: to My.
and Mrs. Otis Watt-, a son, and to
j Mr. and Mrs. Landis Newsum.
daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Newsum
. "Pent Sunday with Mrs. Newsum'!
B parents. Mr. and Mrs. Hani K'ger
near Donnalia.
y Keever Newsum, of the C. ('. t\
t'amp at Mount Sterling. N. is
spending a few days with relatives
s here '
James Well and family, of Bry.
1 a nt Station, Tenn.. are spending i
t few days with relative* and friends
here.
JOYCE WRITES
CHMN. JEFFRESS
DANBURY CITIZEN CALLS AT. I
TENTH>N TO HISTORICAL IN.
TEKEST OF PROPOSED ROAD
IN WESTERN STOKES.
Danbury, N. C.
Augu-t 30th. 1933
Mr. E. B. Jeffries:
My Dear Sir: '
Just a little of your time ideas.'. '
Since there is a pro*pevt of a 1
highway from here to Pilot Maun. '
tain and from here to Madison U '
connect with the highway from '
there to Wentworth. it makes u- '
the more anxious to see the letting 1
of .thin contract. Danbury. midway
between the two extreni>, point
ha* been my home for years, ami
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knowing the advantages it would 1
• ivc the public, and the develop
ment of the country intervening. I 1
have no hesitancy in saying that it '
would be a great boon and in. '
centive to thy people of ibis north. '
western ayetlon of North Carolina.
The linking together of Surrv.
S'oke-. and Rockingham county
site* is what was contemplated a
few years back, uinl from past ex
perience* and observation it is not
the best, business to abandon a
bright project.
We are on Highway No. 89 going
north west to Mt. Airy from Win.
ston-Sulem. The hard surface end
in front of my home. The road we
want, would start east to Madison at
east end of our town going nearly
a sira'ght course hy way of Shep-
Paid's Mill is mile* to Madison to
connect with road from Wentworth
just «'onip!»»'ed. The we*t end would
start at Piedmont Springs on No;
89 itwo miles from here) would g"
18 miles to Pilot Jit. Then running
paraded with Sa urn town mountain
to connect with No. 26s from Dob
son. Saura-town mountain start
hero at Danbury. 10 mile* to Qua
ker (lap is our game Preserve, stock
ed with deer, turkey, pheasant and
quail.
One mile from here on No. 80 j*
the beautiful Isaac Walton lake
abounding in game flsh for the ant
ler. a place frequented by pleasure
seekers at a club house.
One mile from there (on No. 89 >
Is Piedmont Springs, the popular re
*ort for health and pleasure where
Parties tram Greensboro. Winston-
Saleni and Mt. Airy have cottages-
The above resort dates back to civil
war t'ines. when servant* came wit'i
their masters in livery.
We*t on our survey 3 miles i*
Loswinlts Cascade !r. d:> gorge of 1
the mountain. Toe scenor..' is hard
ly surpassed anywhere.
Two mile* on our survey, west is
Monies Springs, another popular re
sort f*r health and pleasure. The
water ;* shipped extensively on a-.
count «.f it- curative properties.
Iwo miles west on our route is
Vade Mccum. Mecca of the Episco
pal Church assembly from Nor h
Carolina and adjoining *tate*.
I was there a few days ago with
a party and it was delightful mix
ing with the elite of our state.
Near by i s the Tory Den. a beau,
tiful cave in the side of the moun
tain. That afforded much history
w-hen the Tories kidnaped a girl
Number 3892
TOBACCO GROWERS
MEET AT DANBURY
l*KOTi:sr SUNT TO WASHINGTON
AGAINST I.OW PRICKS FOR TO
BACCO HF.I.KGATKS KIJCCT-
Kl) TO HAI.KIGH TO ATTENU
STATE. WIDE MKKTING—COUN
TY ORGANIZATION lI'KKITBH,
Tobacco urnwert were in mas»
meeting at Dgnhury Saturday, prw.
toting against the low prices beine
paid for tobacco on the eastern mar.
kets, A resolution was pissed «r»-
dorsinir the Governor's cl._r.ing of the
warehouses, and urging him to keep
them closed until relief for the tu
baceo growers is effected- The res
olution set forth tiie desperate con
dition of to hit i "co growers, declar
ing thai even when the necessaries
of life were much cheaper farmers
were unal'le to pa.v their taxes, or ta
provide a decent living for their
families. But now when flour, meat,
el..thing, shoes, el''., are dally be
coming higher n the face of faltm#
priii* for tobacco, help l'or our Peo
ple I.protnes imperative »n t.he part
of the government.
The Governor ■ >f North Carolina.
I*. ft. Senators and Congressman-
Hancock were urged to take the
matter to President Roosevelt. Th»
federal government is requested to
grade the farmer's leaf, and fix tha
prices on the same-
John 1.. Christian, H. McGee ans
- it. Phillips were named as dele
gates to a State-wide meeting at
Raleigh Wednesday, which will dis
cuss measures of relief. Alternates
were elected as fellows." AV. R. Pe
treo- K. Alloy and K. C- Whit?.
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A county organisation to co-oper
ate with the State ami federal gov
ernment was elected as follows: J.
Io Christian, chairman: J. E .Tre
vathan. secretary.
from the Rock house near by.
The Rock House, a two story
structure built out of native flat
rock gathered on the surface of the
adjoining hills by John Martin twxitlx
er of the tirst Gov. of North Caro
l;na- This place has afforded mu*d»
history and is a resort for tourists
and picnics. Near by is a deposit of
Flexible Sandstone, only two places
found, here and in Souih America.
From all the points above mentioned
looking south, we have a beautiful
picture of Sauratown Mountain.
Hanging Rock is a drop of 150 feet
in comb or ridge which is solid rock
then a valley to the west half a
mila to the east to Moo res Knob, the
highest point east of the Blue Ridge.
Three miles nopth of Quaker Gap
on the highway from
!em to Stuart. Va.. is the fine Rey
nolds M jmorlal School building
Don t forget Dnnbtiry was the home
of two of our Governors, Glenn and
Picket.
For -t) miles west of here the
i contemplated road opt.ns up a pan
orama unequalled anywhere in our
beloved North Carolina.
We wan: to keep in the front
ranks or progress and nothing will
Set us there faster than go'>d roads.
l-lxctise length of this letter, hut
had to do It to present places of in_
terest along the route.
Kindly yours, etc. ,
' H. M. JOYCB