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THE DANBURY REPORTER. Volume 61. ON THE ROAD TO HANGING ROCK I i IDENTIFYING FAMILIAR I'l-AC'FS ON THE: THAU; C HKSTMT WOVE, LICK HOLLOW AND GRASSY GAP ARE THE: NAMES i OF THE DEPRESSIONS 111 • TWEEN THE THREE PEAKS. Mr. L. J. Young. who is one -*•' the oldest citixens of the count.v an J who is probably better acquainted with the mountain than any other person of this section, sires the R> • porter some information relative t" tlie identity of certain points of ir n>re*t on the road now being con* *tructed to Hanging Rock. Front Danbury westward, there jjru three prominent peaks on tic ridge. whMi hare It. go called l«y j some person-' the "Three Sisters." Dejond the t'ir.-t Peak, the nap >r depression is v\ell known as ('it' s • nut Cove, anil named others a orchard o«u>. I toyon'l tit. second peak, the -UP is known as Lick lloliow. t!>is 11 .n« i the place tt acre deer often came I > lick sal! or cat moss front the many rocks in that vicinity. Behind the third or la-'t peak, is a Hat mcad'iv'ike area which has always been designated a« "Grassy Clap." 'lt i.- reported here that through mjnunderstanding signs have beet •erected in the gap beyond the sc orn) peak indicating that place t" die "Grassy Gap." which is an err*"'. Grassy c.ai> is iteyond the third leak. After passing Grassy Gap. or the third peak, the route takes a slight incline on to the cliffs at the end of, the ridge, and the precipice is > known as Hanging Hock. Weiner Roast At Chestnut Cove At Chestnut Cove, a lovely gap j in the mountain on the way to Hanging Hock, was the scene of a] weiner roast Saturday n.ght. Thj party was composed of M.- an: 1 Mrs. Carl sink ami sou. Mr. an I j Mrs. Tate. Mr- and M|v>. Smith. Mr. and -Mrs. Lewellyu and son. and Mis* Peggie Skinner, of Winston- Saletn and Air. and Mrs. N. H I'et'per of Danbury. The occasion was highly enjoyed by all. Chestnut Cove is a little more than half the distance to Hanging Hock from Danbury, and is as far as t he new road is yet open i Marriage. l.ast Saturday Ed Bottoms and Nina Smith were united tn marriage. Miss Smith is a daughter of Mr. and Alt's. W. 11. Smith of Sandy Uidge. she has recently been visiting her brothers *?eb and Berk ley Smith here- Mr. Bottoms is formerly of Forsyth, but 'has bee t living here at the home of Mr- (loins for a number of years. County Agent 11. K. sunders says nitrate of soda and a threo year crop rotation caused an additional yield of 33 bushels of corn Per ace for a grower conducting » demon? utration with the soda this season. Established 1872. j NEXT TUESDAY IS THE ELECTION ' NORTH CAROLINA, PENNSYLVA NIA, OHIO, I'TAII AND KOl'Ttl CAROLINA TO VOTE: ON QFE>* TION OF RE:PE:AL OF F.igi - TEE7NTH (AMENDMENT RE> " SI'l.T IN DOI'BT IN STATE AND COFNTY. The question of the repeal of bite amendment will lie voted " t ne*t Tuesday in five States, t«-"wit.J Xort.h C'trolina, Pennsylvania. Ohio I'tah and South Carolina- Four of the above states will a • most certainly go wet. Pcnnsylvuiii.t, i Ohio, I'tah, and probably Sout.li t'a - olina will vote for repeal- The result in North Carolina i* in ; dotilit. with both sjdes claiming the victory. Only throe more wet State.? nr.' necessary t" nullify the amend* nient. :i:I having Voted ill favor j IT Peal. In Stokes county the result i" us ! doubtful as tlie State. The balloting I may go cither way, wet or dry, ami nobody will be greatly surprised- X. o. I'ttree Is the candidate af the di'.vs in Stokes, while .ln*..ph W. Ncal represents the wets. Francisco Team Issues Challenge To County Francisco High School busketbg'i t.am wlkh Clyde Forrest, coach, is sues a challenge t> other teams for the championship of the eounty. Francisco was a strong contend.!' for ti'e championship last year. TV school is reported to have an excel* , tionally efficient team this year. | Resurfacing Road. Statu highway forces iire engaged in resurfacing No. so from Duck Island bridge south toward 'Dar.« bury. As the surface of this higl- I way is getting rather thin witih tlm heavy traffic, another layer of | crushed granite is being applied. , This when put down is intermixed with tar. At Sandy Ridge Several airplanes used Sanlv j Uidge us a base Saturday and Sup* j d i.v, and were "engaged a'l day Su>- ' day giving rules at 31 each, it ! s I reported tH>e aviators cleared ui • wards of stino oo of good stoke.* County money. Good Prices For Tobacco l | Jesse Bill Lawron, here today. 1 says he soUl 1 200 pounds in Win* I stor.-Sulem for $300.00. His wife , m ule r.n average of 30 cents. Sam Lawson sold 700 pounds fo.' ' SIXX.SB. Tickled farmers. II l Jonas At Walnut Cove. ; ! Hon Chas. A. Jona« will speas at Walnut Cove Baptist Church next Sunday at 11 A. M. Everybody i> * i vited. i In Jackson County, farmers of ' the Hamburg Suction Went In for ' rutabaga turnips this season as a cash crop. I Danbury, N. C., Wednesday November 1 1933 AIRPLANE HITS I GROUND AT ) MEADOWS NOBODY SEKIOFSLY III'RT, HFT i MACHINE IS DAM AGED AIM H I' i ENROL' I'E FROM ItLI'EFIELD TO WINSTON"? ' • i " LEM. ■ - An airplane that Passed over | Danbury late Sunday afternoon, I '. , I flying very low, was wrecked in a 1 | forced lunding at .Meadows four; I miles south of here. The machine which wng pllotel^i 1 by Iloger Eallcn of Keystone, West j Va-. accompanied by Dunne Coon I ami Aianm l Gium, of Northfork,! J West Va., was damaged t> tlie •>.» tent of about $2110.011. None of the i occupants was seriously injured. j tiioiigli oqc suftuincd a fi'uetur.-I I rili or two, and the oth.i'S sl.'n'nt ( bruises. The plane was owned by llarvev I ■ A 111 Is. of ItliicfleUl. Wc.-'t Va. Oil I lieiiig apprised of the accident. M". J Amos arrived early -Monday from 1 Hint ijeld in iijs automobile, making j i I the run here in 2 hours anil 3'» ' minutes, the di-tance being t:tr, miles. I | It was staled that something i ! went wrong with the machine, innl * i | ing a forced landing advisable. Tho i ( landing was made in the Gold a i j short distance -from the heme nf> IJ. Will .Morcfjclii at .Meadows. jl j The djeaM.d piano was loaded on 1 i a truck and carried l*a«'k to B'.uyj' field .Monday. I I i | ! • School Masters' Club Dinnerj | Oermanton. The Sclio.il Ma;" .ters' Club of Stokes county was re*! I j cipient to a formal dinn. r and ei.* , tertalament by the (ierniant".' I I , I school on Friday evening, October j i ' Following the dinner of five 868, with musical entertainment h.-' ! tween each course, the club met in' , business session. Supt. J. C. Carson opened the lr.* I 1 I itjal business meeting of the School I Masters' Club with an address re* i lative to problems in public school I administration. I I The following officer-? were ele>* , ted: : , H. O. Guthrie, principal. Rev* nolds .Memorial High School, pres.* , dent: T. L. Tolar. principal. Ge:* i manton High School, vice president: and Airs. Anne Carter, principal. ( j Walnut Cove High School, secretary > and treasurer. j ;• Astonishing after Effect? of j "Sleeping Sickness" Sometimes . Changes an an Upright, Respectable i , Person Into an Immoral Voluptuary, j See the Article in The American Weekly, the Magazine Distributed | Witih NVxt Sunday s BALTIMORE 1 I | AMERICAN. Buy it from your fat" ! o'ite n-.wsho.v or newsdealer. "j A completely equipped smad : farm of -Hi acres, bought and paid ' ; for, and with a nice 5«oom farm : , home, free of debt, is what le-p - j deza poultry a'ul dairy cows have I done for one Stanly county couple t' ■ | A'Lghany county cattlemen r.* i port selling their beef animals a' | the low price of 3 1«2 cents a pound TROY YOUNG GETS S4O AVERAGE! FN!'OXE'IHMED REPORT THAT ' PRESIDENT IIAS A HAND IN j WINSTON" (A LEM MARKET AV ERAGES—FARMERS SM lid NG. The current report that President Roosevelt's private secretary wired the chairman of the Winstor."Sale»i Board of Trade to "put the hell lit*' hind tlie Win.?ton"Salem average" j has nut yet been confirmed. However. Troy Young, of Meadow' township, who received an average of 4u cent? for 1.000 pound* of f burco, is willing to believe. Some good - exceptionally good- j average*, ut'c being brought home, now by farmers, who are smiling. The smile is said t» b ; . that kin.-lj that wont coine off. ■ I Webaters Making* Old Times At Madison i \\ el'st' l' * Wat', house's average in Friday .G'tnlier 27, w«* $> Ir»«i. ! This is the hlgh.ct average of ant warehouse in North Carolina n>- cording to report,, received. This record indicates that Hub and Frank Webster are on the Jon, and that they are getting the farm ers q lore money than they can gei on any other market. Don't take your tobacco whore the warehousemen are too buoy *u give rim individual attention. it don't help you for the warehouse" to yell out once in a while "Help .Ijui Jons-." or "John Brown." Huh and Tom Frank Webster give you t'telf special individual atten tion. They get you all your tobacco i can Possibly bring on the market. ' Give them one load, and you will he convinced. I ■... i . i To Raleigh To Hear James A. Farley Several local Hcniocirits uro ex* i petting to g> to Raleigh Friday. j The occasion is the visit of Nr.* tional Chairman and Pontmustei General J. A. Farley to the capita' oitv, who will make an address at the Raleigh city auditorium, Nov. j 3, at 11 A. Al, | 1 A large delegation is expected t" | go from Stokes to honor the exeer* tive of the great campaign of 193 i, j the Prc- 'onvention leader of the: Roosevelt campaign and the offi* eial representative of the Democr..* tic administration. Squire Campbell's Court Records I Tried Monday: State va Tom Penn. drunk an l disorderly at Sandy Ridge Sunday- j $3.00 and cot-t- Arrested by Berkley Smith and J. Wagoner, deputy sheriffs. John Henry Carter, arrested at' still by Deputies Carl Ray and R. Smith. Twenty barren* of beer ik* stroyed- Carter now in jail, others | are imi.licated i I C. L. Reynolds of Cumnock. T.??I | County, reports harvustlns j pounds of lint cott«»n per acre fro.n | 25 actrea of land this fall. The co - ton wras an improved Cleveland strain. GLIDEWELL AT WALNUT COVE | I WILL SPEI.AK IN SCHOOL Al'll * TORI I'M THFRSDAY NIGHT, NOV. 2 ON THE REPEAL QFK-* TION EVERY HBODY C'OI - DIALLY INVITED. Hon Powell W. Glidewell, of j Rcidsville, will speak at Walnut , Cove in the school auditorium. i I Thursday night, Nov. 2. at * o'clock. .Mr. Glidewell is one of the most , forceful orators in the Stat", and : his address on the question of the I repeal of the 1 »tl> amendment will | doubtless be attended by a full : house. I | The public is cordially invited t-- this meeting. 1 Lawsonville News. I " 'I ha liiriiit-rs in Ui?; o ninon it . ' are all very bu-»y s I!inig their t 1 - i bip'o. AM nr.* sati» j.ed witiii the' present price?. I , There wus n llal'.nvc'i n par'.-' and basketball game tit l.qwsonvill -! High School Saturday night under the supervision of Prof. Ijissjt.'r and .Mr. I'ai'ker. There was a large crowd and a nice time, having sev eral contests and side-shows Tic cake was won by Mj.* s Thelnta Pri»> dy in the cake walk. Mr, and Mr. Ernest Stevens «>f High Point spent the week end with their parents. .Mr. uml .Mrs Will Stevens. • Mr. and .Mrs. X. A. Steven* an I family spent Sunday with their daughters. Mr. and Mr*. l!ai>e' Moore and Mr- and Mrs. Charles Moore * ! Calvin Mabo ami Corey l , arU«»r i made a business trip to Winstar.* Salem Wednesday. J G. F, Lawson and daughter. Viv i 1 inn. of King, spent Saturday In . Lawsonville with relatives. Among those from Lawsonville attending the Smith family reunion ! Sunday were: Hack Sheppard and 1 family, P. 11, Robertson and fani* j lly, Ralph Sheppard and family, Berkley Sheppard and family, Percy Parker. Mrs. Bill Tucker, of Lawsonville' | Route I. and her two sisters of ' Stuart. Va.. spent Thursday with I Mrs. r. M. Mab*. ! Some of the LawsonvPJe c't'xen*' I I circled Lawsonville in an airplane Sunday morning The plane taking off from Sandy Ridge- N. C. It I was at Sandy Ridge all dav taking , ! Passenger* a ride for SI.OO per pet son. Miss Declovjce Robertson had as' her guest* Sunday evening Misso..! , Opal Dcane, Mr. 'Clarence and Ed win Xeal all of Walkertown. N. C. There wore preaching service* I held in the high school building Sunday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock by ' Rev. Needham of Danbury. ! I _______ i>i«iial Association Growing Rapidly i Jones E. Nelson, of Danbury R. l j was here Tuesday. Mr- Nelson i* | head of the N'eVon Bm-ial Assoc! .* | ti"n. one of the largest funeral con- I ,-erns of the State, and which is ■ rapidly growing. 1 Joseph W. Neal of Walnut Co*: was here Tuesday. Number 3900 HON. C. A. JONAS NEXT SUNDAY tt'llJ; sl*i;\K AT THK COIITP IIOISK IN UANHI'ItV IN TKK INTKHKMT Or IMtOIIIUITIOM • Hon (.'has. A. Jonas, of wtill speak in tlie court house at ]>anl>ur>' next Sunday afternoon at 3 J*. M., in tl>e interest of the re tention of the ixth Amendment. Mr. Jonrg is an ex- 'ongressmatv, an J a very able sneaker. T!ie people are eordiaily invited to come out and hear him. King- News. Kjnu. Nov. I—-The iiwny i'ri*'n«l» : of .Mi's. I> .Slaty. Jr. met at hsr J ln»iiie mi Ma n '"trci't Wednesday I . . i ni-ln li »n >r|iig ||A|' witli a hoU«a j v.aim.11 -i. She was ilie I'-i'ipiont ] ll " Vtiil |.r, s nts. After an ""r ■«»!' jolly eniiver ati«m refresh* ( meats were s rvul by Airs. John |A. Smith ted l»y .Mis. \ i> Slat-. Sr. The o.wter supper aiv n here SaS nr«l iy niaht i»,v the w -man's Plub waf a Mir-e^s. Norman White and Witt White left Saturday lor Halt'inore. Md , where they no to enter the .•oust service. I l.ester Ncwguin li«- returned front Va.. where he visited his brother. Auburn X'ewstini. | l'reston Kerifuson. prominent j" "" I'oriii .M'tHIIK was a business visitor here Satur day. .Miss l'"ios*io t'audle. of H»n Air. i W;n)-toi.-"'alem. u a - a wei.U end visitor t> relatives here. | The folio wins births were record ed liere last week: To .Mr. and Mrs. Alford Itauser, a .-on; to Mr. anj Mr?. Uay Young. a son; and to Mr. and Mrs. lid (iibson a sm. Tin-re will be given in the KUer building on Main street Satuuday even:ng, November 4th. beginning at 3 I'. M. an oyster .-upper. I'n j oeeds so t» Kins Christian church. banners in this sect.on are very , busy preparing land and ho wins their wheat crop. Kut&ell Mitchell, of Winston-tJa— leni. was among the visitors here Sunday. A force of men is at work tins for a new home for Thomas K. , Smith on School street- The new building win he constructed of brick veneer and wjll oe a.odern in every Particular j * HalJlowe'en At Germanton High Oermanton. The tJemiantou school .ltd n.*t play the role as an academic institution when, on Sat urday evening. October this place of learning became the abode of witches, spooks, and gobljns on the occasion of Hallowe'en. The witches, owl*. c a N. an d walk, ins botanical life entertained the sophisit cat»r- of civil* "atlon the mode of living in spookyland. The visiting witches, ami other j creatures from parts unknown at beared unlearned in matters >C money. The carnival ballyhoo men saw few witches but many dollars The simoks were gone and left on'y a memory; the "ballyhoos" left MOJO. of which 120 l« profit.
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