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THE DANBURY REPORTER. Volume 61. MOUNTAIN PARK, LAKE, PI.4YGROLND 7 j OTHER ACTIVITIES AND PRO JECTS SPONSORED P.V C. W. A. UNDER THE ENERGETIC MRS. DOYLE DEVELOP-' MENT OF SCENIC BEAUTIES AN INCIDENT OF PRO GRAM MODERN INDEX TO B E INSTALLED A T COURT HOUSE RECRE ATIONAL AND BEAUTIFiCA TION PROGRAMS, ETC. j The activities of the C. W. A. in Stokes county, directed by Mrs. Minnie Glidewell Doyle, loom large in the public interest and expectation and some of Ihese more important projects are al ready approved by the State di-: rector of relief at Raleigh and are I in line for practical and earlv, realization. First of these is the mountain park anu playground at Hanging, Rock or Orchard Gap, which may involve an expenditure of $75,000 to SIOO,OOO. and which includes an assembly hall, a club | kitchin, basket ball court, bowl- ing alley, croquet and tennis, courts, and a lake showing a spread of a mile or two square of water. I Today District Engineer Z. V. 1 Stewart of the State Highway department, Kenneth R. Byerly, landscape artist and park and playground builder of Milwaukee, Wis., Jacob Fulton and Lawrence Macßae, local public spirited citizens, 11. R. King and -• vbited the mountain mak ing 1 surveys and esti- Fioni-:. T'icsc officials and citizens weiv h'g'ily :il ased with the tea.-.of the pro fee' :>n' rc rori:d their findings to M"j. v.'ho is making up the plana and specifications to be si'br.iiiijd to the State C. W. A. authorities. It is believed that Lite same will meet with the .ap proval of the Federal authorities. Mrs. Doyle is enthusiastic over the program, and will unqualified ly endorse the same in making up hsr report to the State heads. Either Hanging Rock proper, or Orchard Gap, which is in the center of the ridge near to and leading direct to Hanging Rock, will be chosen as the site of the recreational center. The proposed lake will be con structed in the valley just to the south of the Hanging Rock ridge. It is proposed to erect a dam 40 or 50 feet high at a point a few hundred yards above the dam which serves the Danbury light ing and power plant. This, it is estlnated, will hack the Camping Island creek a mile or more west ward, riid afford a beautiful ex panse ci water. Other Pro'eels. H. 4. Dc-yla, relic" director, ha» secured approval for the Following new proj.cts for the county: A denar trie til. of Farm Ta>: Delinqencics, Farm Values and Foreclosures. In charge will be J. R. Voss, C. M. Jones and Joseph William Neal. A department to secure data on "What Farmers Pay," with Cary R. Carroll as enumerator. Established 1872. Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, January 17, 1934 RUFUS GOIN DIES ! AT HOSPITAL HAD SUBMITTED TO OPER- ATION ON HIS LEG—A MAR RIAGE AT FRANCISCO DEATH OF HENRY SAMS WHO LIVES ON THE MOUN TAIN—NEWS OF QUAKER GAP TOWNSHIP Rufus Goin, of Mt. Airy, bro. , to Mrs. Geo. Hudson, of Frisco, , I died in Duke hospital about a , week ago while undergoing an . operation on his leg. Mr. Goin had . been a crippled for a number ot . years, he was in hopes of being , made whole again, in fact he was . assured by the hospital of com-;, plete use of his legs it is reported. |, Millard Jessup, State mechanic, is ill with pneumonia at his home near Asbury. Robt. Goins has recently sui- i fered an attack of pneumonia. Rastus Goin, Son of Levi and Savannah Goin, was united in mar l liage to Miss Elsie Willard, dau ghter of Jim and Sally Willard, during ihe holidays. Old Uncle Henry Sams died last I week in his cave on top of "Old Sauratown" mountain. His wife died a short time ago and was j buried among the rocks. A grave ] could hardly be dug in such a rough place. But her request was that she be buried up there and an adopted daughter should sing a solo, which 3he did on the day of her funeral. The undertakers offered to bury the wife free of charge if they would let her be brought down off the mountain. But no, her re quest was complied with and aj grave had to be blasted out of, i rock. Severn I Asbury folks motored to Mt. Airy Saturday night to see "Smokey." The picture was made I from the book "Smokey" by Will i James. Will James also played a I part in the picture. ! "Smokey" is a grand picture of the wide open spaces, i Joe Holt of the Asbury section, lost a barn full of rough feed I Monday night, by fire. It was 1 thought to have been set on fire • by some one with an extra large foot as there were tracks around the barn and leading into a field, j then back to the road. Mr. Holt' I was talking of getting blood | hounds to put on the track. There will be a speaking at the Frisco school house Wednesday | night, also a ball game between 1 Frisco and Lawsonville. Locke Riddle, of Johnstown, 1 has been operated on foi citis during the past week. He was very seriously ill for the first) few days. • W. E. Collins found his lost fox hound, wc are glad to note. An Industrial Business Census ! .. ! conducted by Miss Laura Elling ton, Ed Mitchell, H. C. Durnctt. Mrs. Doyle has just secure 1 approval for a Cody Family In dex for the county offices. This modern index, which cost Forsyth i county $15,000, will be set up, here at a cost to the county oL 5600.00. The C. W. A. pays for I I I the labor. STOKES SIGN-UP NEARLY FINISHED COMMITTEEMEN TRYING TO COMPLETE THE WORK THIS WEEK—THE STOKES PER CENTAGE RUNS HIGH, OVER 1540 PLEDGING T 11 E I It PART. By S. J. Kirby The Tobacco Campaign in Stokes is almost completed ami. i will close at mid-night on January 20th. The committeemen in every township will try to complete their work this week. In addition to giving every grower the oppor tunity to sign, the committeemen will list the names, addresses, acreage and production of non signers as requested by E. Y. Floyd, charge Tobacco Acreage | Reduction Campaign in North Carolina. , i The per centage sign-up in Stokes runs high. Over 1540 t growers signed the preliminary, agreement, and already more growers have signed contracts than signed agreements In some instances growers liav; reported, above the average for acre yie'd.* and did not show warebc-usa bills to substantiate their figures. Where production figures run above the average, and ab .'.it fifty per cent of the figures should run above the average, it is to! the interest of such growers to present either their warehouse bills or reliable farm records to substantiate their production fig ures. Warehouse bills, records etc., supporting production re cords should be brought to the ( office of the County Agent. ' Growers Crgetl To Sign Now ; Every grower who intends to I | sign a contract is urged to do so this week. In several counties in the State practically every land owner tobacco grower has signed ! the contract. Such a record for Stokes would be something in which each citizen would take pride. This is a cooperative inter ■ prise in which every signer con tributes his part for the good of all. The large sign-up already se cured there speaks well for the high type of citizenship in the county and is exactly what one acquainted with the people would | ! expect. Let us make it one hund ; red per cent. Just what the lot of a non ! signer will be is not gnown. There , are bills before the present Con- I gress ti license or to regulate | non-cooperating growers in both in production and the sales of all | basic commodities. What will be-. | come of these bills, no one knows.' This Acreage Reduction work is) ! a movement in which each man j plays his own part with the as surance that where the grower i ! signs a contract, and carries out its terms, lie will receive more than if he had not signed. The results obtained in tl-c campaign in this county liavo been accomplished through the splendid cooperation of the com mitteemen. growers have co operated with the committeemen. 1 given their services in this work. But the credit for the success 1 goes to the committeemen who j (Continued on Fourth Page.) HANGING ROCK PROJECT ASSURED j KENNETH R. BYERLY, OI MILWAUKEE, WIS., ENGI NEER IN CHARGE OF REC REATIONAL CENTER TO BE ESTABLISHED ON T II E MOUNTAIN STATE HIGH WAY DEPARTMENT T O MAINTAIN ROAD TO RE SORT. I Mrs. Doyle, relief chief in the county, has secured the services of Kenneth R. Byerly to take charge of the development of the recreational center to be estab lished oil Hanging Rock moun tain. Mr. Byerly, who is personal ly interested in the county's de- I vclopments, by reason of his 1 1 connection by marriage with one of the prominent families of Stokes, is late of Milwaukee, Wis., where he was employed by the city in playground and park con struction, and has otherwise had wide experience in this type o" recreational work. He comes wed recommended by the Wisconsin , authorities. Last year, it will be recalled, Mr. Byerly was united in marriage to the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Hanes of Pine Hall. Dr. Hanes has identified himself recently heartily with the C. W. A. activities, and has been to Raleigh j a number of times at his own expense in the interest of Stokes county projects, and it is largely through his efforts in co-oper ation with Mrs. Doyle, relief di rector for Stokes, that the count v has been able to share more liberally in the distribution of Federal funds in North Carolina as specially related to Stokes county. Recently, Mrs. Doyle has se cured the consent of the State Highway department to maintain the Hanging Rock highway, fol lowing up the constructive work of the C. W. A. It can now be definitely calculated that the Hanging Rock highway, already completed to Orchard Gap, will bo built. The grading now extends as far as far as Lick Hollow, within a mile of the destination. Married in Honolulu. _________ i Miss Nancy Pringle, formerly j of Lawsonville and daughter of | Dr. and Mrs. A. J. Pringle, was united in marriage recently to Mr. Jones, civil engineer of Wash ington, D. C. The affair took place in Honolulu. | Walnut Cove Deteats Mayodan I In basketball game between Walnut Ccve and Mavodan tenvr - Wednesday night at Walnut Coy* high sphc.nl the score stood: Girls, 10 to I.S in favor of Walnut Cove. Poyi, IS to 15 in favor of Wal nut Cove. Quality baby chicks from se lected blood tested flocks. Custom hatching 2c per egg. Early chicks pay best. Give us your order now. Trevathan Hatchery, Walnut Cove, N. C. 7 Jan. 4w CHURCH SCENE 1 OF ROBBERY REV. J. B. NEEDHAM OF DAN- . J BURY GRABBED THIEF MIIO STOLE HIS POCKETBOOK AND HELD HIM UNTIL POLICE CAME—TRIAL POST PONED UNTIL THURSDAY. J. M. Adams, aged 56, is held in Winston-Salem jail chaged with stealing the pocket book of I Rev. J. B. Needham of Danbury,' Thursday night of last week. ! i The robbery occurred in the 1 vestibule of the Centenary Meth- i odist church in Winston-Salem, where an evangelistic service was 1 being conducted, attended by a ' large crowd. As the Danbury minister was ! leaving the church he suddenly ; felt someone attempting to pic.: his pocket and turning suddenly 1 he saw Adams, a stranger. wit:i : his pocketbook. When the thief ' ran he dropped the wallet, which was recovered by Mr. Needham. ' But the preacher and others i followed the thief, caught him i and held on till the police arrived, i Adams, who is from Savannah, j Ga., was arraigned for trial Mon- day, Jan. 15, but the case was: postponed until Thursday of this week. 1 i ] i OBITUARY Miss Theo Hutchinson Shelton died at her home 2447 Sink St. I Winston-Salem. Jan. 3, 1934 about i 8 a. m. She had a heart attack. Nov. 12 from which she never cn- j tirely recovered. She was born near Sandy Ridge, Stokes Co. .Feb. 28, 1803. A daughter of Richard R. and Docia Ward Hutchinson, j She was married to Walter Rai- ] eigh Shelton, Aug. the 4, 1577, to , this union ten thildren were born, , five girls and five boys; four which survive as follows, W. R. Shelton of adison, C. P. Shelton of Winston-Salem, A. C. Shelton of Hanes and Miss Lola Shelton of Winston-Salem. She is also sur vived by 17 grand children and 10 great grand children; two brothers, Rev. C. R. Hutchinson. Walnut Cove; G. W. Hutchinson, Mt. Airy; one sister, Mrs, Mrs. J. M. Shelton of Madison. She joined the M. E. Church South at Ml 1 Hermon, Stokes co. at the age of | eleven years; Was baptized by im , mersion by E. J. Eudaly and 1 : a quiet Christian life to the end which came Sunday. She was n dearly loved woman as the many beautiful flowers and the loving kindness will testify. Funeral scr- ! J vices were conducted from the home Jan. 4th !.t 10 a. m. and from Cantrsl Terrace M. church, Winston-Salem, at 10:30 by Rev. Prker IMnn, Rev. , r«v. T ' te and Rev. A. r. r::;.s of t'-? ? T t. Airy dirt "U t. She v-» Iv 'to rest, brsi-.le Iv ''T.l-V! 1 in th" Ward r.'-rr-c-aH in S'nke- county. I Gre.nd rrvn acted a? ra'l bearers: grand daughters as flower bear ers. Verily a mother in Israel has| 1 gone to her reward. Written by her bereaved sister.! ■ j MRS. J. M. SHELTON. j Number 4,001 DEATH OF DR. ABRAM G. JONES AFTER AN ILLNESS OF SEVEN W E E K S, DISTINGUISHED AND HONORED PHYSICIAN, AND ONE OF COUNTY'S OLDEST CITIZENS, PASSED AWAY AT HIS HOME IN WALNUT COVE INTER MENT TUESDAY AT STOKES -IJURG CEMETERY. Dr. Abram Gabriel Jones would have been 90 years of age had he lived until September 6, next. But this distinguished and honored citizen passed away early Monday at his home in Walnut Cove after an illness of several weeks. His age was 89 years and a few months. Dr. Jones was one of the last very few surviving Confederate soldiers. He served with great valor and faithfulness through out the great war of the 60's and was at the last stand at Appo mattox when Lee surrendered his army to the stupendously super ior resources of the North. Dr. Jones served with the Fifth cavalry of Stuart's division, one ot the most colorful commands of the army, whose record of battles and successes in the Cam paigns of 1861 to 1865 are among the most brilliant of the war. • • He began the practice of medi cine at Walnut Cove half a cen tury ago and became one of the outstanding members of the pro fession in Stokes county. A writer in the Winston-Salem Journal gives this account: He was the oldest son of Dr. Beverly and Julia Conrad Jones, born September 6, 1844, at Be thania, Forsyth county. A home was established a mile north of Bcthania near the old Bethania mill on the property of Abram Conrad, grandfather of Dr. A. G. Jones. There he spent his boy hood with his brothers and sis ters, growing up amid the activi ties of an ante-bellum planta tion. Dr. Jones and his brothers and sisters were tutored at the plan tation home and attended the village school. Boyhood days were spent roving over the plantation, at the grist mill, the sawmill, the blacksmith shop, the shoe shop, dyeing, spinning and weav ing cotton and woolens, hunting, fishing and horseback riding with his brothers ana sisters or with the slave boys. In 1859, Dr. Jones and his brother, James B. Jones, were sent to Nazareth Hall, a Mora vian school for boys at Nazar eth, Pa. After the Southern stales seceded from the Union in ISGI, their rather brought them r n.i several other Forsyth county toys home. Dr. A. G. Jones re r-.ainei at hcr.-.o for a year after ward, but was impatient to join the Confederate Army and two 1 days before his 13th birthday he enlisted. On a fly leaf of a volume, 1 "North Carolina Regiments 1861- | (Continued on Fourth Page.)