THE DANBURY REPORTED.
Volume 61.
CALLING ON THE
AAA FOR RELIEF
SURRY AND STOKES FARM-'
ERS ' HARD HIT BY HAIL,
SIGN 1 PETITION ASKING THE
GOVERNMENT FOR AID
GREAT DAMAGE TO TOBAC
CO CROPS FROM THE
STORM.
A hail storm in the western
section of the county, particularly
from Reynolds school through'
Quaker Gap township and on 10
Pilot Mt., and through a large
part of Surry, last week caused
great damage to growing crops
of tobacco and corn.
A dispatch by the Associated
Press from Pilot Mountain says
that tobacco growers in Surry
and Stokes counties are holding
organization meetings to petition
the AAA for aid to growers
whose crops were destroyed by
recent hailstorms.
A meeting was held at Ararat
school house Saturday at which
about 250 farmers signed a paper
which will be forwarded to the
AAA. Other meetings will be
held August 3 at Pilot Mountain
and at Reynolds school in Stokes
county. Officials in Surry stated
that from 10 to 15 per cent, of
the tobacco crop had been de
stroyed besides other losses.
Many prominent farmers in
Quaker Gap suffered serious, if
• not total losses.
Among these are J. R. Nunn,
J. O. Pyrtle, J. A. Nunn, Jesoe
George, Will Nelson, and many
others. ■
I
Stokes Boy In Navy.
Walter G. Francis, son of Mrs.
Dovie Francis, of Francisco, who
entered the U. S. Marine Corps
in July, 1933, at the district of
fice in Savannah, is serving at
present with the Marine guard
on board the Cruiser Richmond
at Havana, Cuba. He is a grad
uate of Westfield High School.
Francis completed the prelimi
nary course of training in Sep
tember, 1933, and was selected,
from among those most proficient
in training,' for assignment to
sea duty. He graduated from the
sea school at Norfolk, Va., in
October, and boarded the destroy
er Babbitt bound for Cuban wat
ers. Upon arrival at Havana, he
L boarded the Richmond, flagship
of the Special Service Squadron.
The duty of Marines of this
Squadron is to protect American
( Jives and property when condi
" threaten in foreign lands.
Applicants for the Marine
Corps must be high school grad
uates or have equivalent or su
perior education, and they must
be at least 18 years of age and
not under 66 inches tall. Evi
dence of educational and physical
I
qualifications and of good char
acter must be submitted by mail
before the applicants are admit
ted to the examining offices,
which are located in the post of-'
fice building. Savannah.
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lfiss Janie Martin is spending
ft while in Washlngtor D. C.
Established 1872.
Surprise Birthday Din
ner J. W. Shelton
i Goes to Church —Oth-
er News of Lawson
ville.
Lawsonville, Aug. I.—People
of this section are beginning to
prime tobacco, and crops are
looking very well.
| The revival meeting began at
Snow Hill church Sunday n!ght
with a large attendance.
I
Friends of Mrs. Hurd Hawkins,
of Sandy Ridge, gave her a sur
prise birthday dinner Sunday.
Everyone seemed t 0 enjoy the
dinner It was her 44th birthday.
She received lots of gifts.
; Clyde Corns called to see Miss
Gladys Wood Sunday afternoon.
Curtis Stephens visited Miss
Grace Priddy Sunday.
Miss Louvenia Fry, of Liberty,
N. C., is here to spend several
weeks with friends and relatives.
1 Cecil Shelton called to see Miss
Stella Shelton Sunday night.
Those who visited Misses Car
rie and Hallie Shelton Sunday
were Miss Louvenia Fry, of Lib
erty; Miss Bernice Shelton, Gen
try Smith, Coy Smith, Dick Nel
son, of Lawsonville; Vance Dillon,
Edd Newman, of Sandy Ridge;
Bill Oakley, Mr. Vaughn, Mr.
Wood, of Danbury.
Mr. and Mrs. James Oakley
and little daughter Hazel, visited
Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Shelton Sun
day evening.
Willis Shelton called on Miss
Winfred Shelton Sunday after
noon.
; Miss Louvenia Fry, of Liberty,
spent Monday night with Mr. and
Mrs. Dewey Shelton.
■ Wallace Moore called to see
Miss Bernice Shelton Saturday
night.
Miss Louvenia Fry, of Liberty,
was the dinner guest of Mrs.
P. M. Moorefield Tuesday.
J. W. Shelton put on his neck
tie, toniced up his hair Sunday
morning, and went to church for
the first time in ten years. We
are glad to note our community
is getting better fast.
(SIGNED BUBBLES.)
Meeting At
Reynolds School
Next Saturday
Special t 0 the Danbury Reporter:
Destructive hail storms have
visited several sections of Stokes
county during the past week.
Several farmers report that their
crop of tobacco and corn is al
most a total loss.
For the purpose of ascertaining
the amount of damage and the
of country that has been
damaged, J. L. Christian has call
ed a meeting to be held at Rey
nolds school Saturday, Aug. 4th,
at 2P. M. Some steps will be
taken to get the facts before the
proper authorities in Washington,
if any aid can be secured for the
D. C., for the purpose of seeing
stricken sections 0 f the county.
i
Estelle Humphreys, of Dan
f
bury, spent a few days in Wash
ington, D. - C., but has BOW re
' turned. 
JUDGE ALLEY
WILL LECTURE,
PROMISES TO SPEAK AT THE
OCTOBER TERM AT NIGHT
IN THE COURT HOUSE UN-j
DER THE AUSPICES OF THE
, CHURCHES.
Waynesville, N. C.,
July 23, 1934.
Mr. N. E. Pepper, Editor,
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Danbury, North Carolina.
My dear Mr. Pepper:
Before leaving Danbury I tri?d
on several occasions to see you
so that I might thank you in per
son for the several kind things
you had to say about me in your
paper, but my time was com
pletely taken up with other mat
ters. I write this letter now for
the purpose of expressing to you
my sincere thanks for your kind
ness.
When I return to the October
Term I will either give you my
lecture on "Religion—A Compar
ison," or "Jesus of Nazareth, the
Son of Man and the Son of God."
My present idea would be to
speak in the court house at night
under the auspices of as many
of the churches as would be will
ing to have charge of the meet
ing.
j Thanking you for your kind
ness, I am
Yours very truly,
I FELIX E. ALLEY.
Don't Pick Up i
Wild Babies; May j
Die In Captivity
Editor Reporter:
Reports are that vacationists
I and occasionally our country folks
are picking up fawns, baby squir
' rels, birds and other babies of
' the wild and taking them home
with them. This is not only de-'
. structive practice and detrimental
to the conservation program of
North Carolina, but is strictly
against the law and one can be
' prosecuted for having wild life in
' possession without license.
i Most of the people who capture
' these helpless babies believe they
are doing a kindness; for they
find them apparently abandoned.
They are not. They have been
left in hiding by parents out
foraging for food for them, and,
like human babies, disobey and
begin wandering about. The pa
rents will find them upon return
! to the hiding places and take care
i of them far better than any
human can, no matter how kind
■ hearted. Many of these babies
■ die because they cannot stand
i
captivity or for the want of ele
' ments contained in wild foods.
! So, if one would really be kind
1 to the babies, leave them alone.
The same applies to fish. Put
the little fish back and let them
' gtow into big ones. Wet hands
before handling fish and release
the little fellow under water, so
as not to disturb the protected
fil m of his body. If it is broken
'
i the fish may die.
W. C. LISK,
Assistant State Warden,
! Richfield, N. C.
Martha Powell, of Walnut Cove,
visited Winstea-Salem Saturday, j
Wednesday, August 1, 1934.
LIGHTNING RUINS
, HOME AT KING
,
BENNY JONES RESIDENCE
DESTROYED BY THE FIRE
| WHICH FOLLOWED —NONE
OF FAMILY SERIOUSLY IN
JURED—OTHER KING NEWS
OF INTEREST. ;
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King, Aug. 1. —Mr. and Mra.
, Herman Newsum, who have re
| cently gone to housekeeping, were
surprised Tuesday evening when
a number of friends rushed in
wishing them much happiness in
their new home. They soon re
covered from their shock and all
enjoyed conversation and song.
Then another surprise happened.
Several small children came up
the street pulling small wagons.
laden with a miscellaneous show
er which they unloaded at tltc |
home of Mr. and Mrs. Newsum J
Lemonade and cake was served to
!
forty guests by Mesdames Elmer
Hauser and Annie Walker. Out-'
of-town guests present for the
occasion were: Mesdames S. 1,.'
Pulliam, of Asheboro; George
King, of Stoneville; Carl Mickey,
of Winston-Salem; and Alton
Brown, of Perch, and Misses
I Linda King, of Stoneville, and
Tilda Lewis, of Meadows.
A chopping contest will be held
here Wednesday, August Bth. A
SSO will be awarded to the
, winner. A large crowd is expect
jed.
! Charlie Gibson has returned to
his home at Sparta after
ing a few days with relatives
here.
The home of Benny Jones, who
resided at the old Wade Boylea
J
place four miles north of King i
was struck by lightning during
an electrical cloud last Thursday,
and burned to the ground. All
the household effects of the fa"i
--i
ily were burned also. All of the
family were in the house at the
I time and all were shocked by th-j
stroke, but there were no f&ta'i
i
ties.
i
Junior, the small son of Dr.
and Mrs. Grady E. Stone, is qui*e
sick from an attack of influenza
at their home here.
! Funeral service for Mrs. Susan
Love, widow of James Love, Sr.,
aged 81, was held here Friday af
ternoon at the First Baptist
church and burial followed in the
church cemetery. The service was
in charge of Rev. Robert Helsa
beck, of Tobaccoville. The de
ceased, who was a good woman
and liked by all who knew her, is
survived by several children and
a number of grandchildren. She
had been in failing health for
some time and the end came a*
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Samuel Tosh, at Winston-Salem
last Thursday morning. !
i A party of 25 people left here
I
Saturday morning at 2 o'clock for,
Carolina Beach where they will
spend a week on the coast.
Dr. H. G. Harding, who
been in the Baptist hospital at
Winston-Salem suffering from |
hemorrhage following a tonsil (
operation, is sufficiently improved
I to return to his Jiome here.
Our Sorry Husbands,
and Whither Are We
Drifting.
Dear Mr. Pepper:
I certainly like your editorials
for the past few weeks. Give ud
some more like them. I for one
understand what you mean and I
am not all the one. Please make
the old men and their sons see
themselves at the slot machines,
while their wives and mothers
are slaving away over the hoi
stove or in the garden trying to
please them while they try to get
the Jack Pot, and if they don't
get it they come in and take
their spite out on their wive-?.
They say dinner is not what it
should be, and of course it is not,
because he bought beer with the
money that should have boughr
1 milk.
Mr. Pepper, is there nothing
i
that can be done about those slot
machines? The homes for th->
' insane will never hold thos«
{
mothers if such public places is
' run. It is just more than n;i
honest woman can stand, and if
there is not a few good men left
to help , how can we all meet our
Judge face to face and know wo
never done a thing to prevent
such?
Please excuse this writing, I
am so nervous I can not hold my
pen steady. I am not writing this
to be printed, I am only asking
you to give us a write up that
will make all Stokes county s>it
up and take notice. Make then
understandthat there is not any
| money in the Jack Pot, but plen
ty around home if only they will
shovel it out. A dollar saved f s
; a dollar made. I don't mean to
not spend but spend right. When
I look around and count the
blessings God give us and see
how little the most of us value
them, I do not wonder at the
shape the world has got into. We
bring it all about by disobedience
to nature's laws.
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I leave it to you to express ny
sentiments.
YOU KNOW WHO.
P. S. —Some time ago I had the
pleasure of boarding two men and
I happen to know something of
their standing, but I did not holcl
that against them. But Oh, suen
flatterers. It was my wife this
and my wife that, but when some
girls came in they forgot they had
a wife and tried to get every
premium on the punch boards for
the girls. And there was a lit tit
boy along that knew them and
he told me just as sad; and him
not but 6 years old—he says lady
you know I think tho.t man ought
to buy Mrs. a stove instead
of buying those girls presents. He
said you know Mrs. 's stove
i won't cook at all and she and her
children don't have much to ear.
Sometimes they get a weiner
sandwich once a day, but those
j girls told Mrs. 's man he
was awful nice and he believed it,
but could Mrs. tell him the
| same when he come home broke?
( and cursed her out for not hav
ing something nice cooked ?
Could she meet him with a smile
Number 3,02$
TOBACCO SALES
HIGHER IN GEORGIA
MARKET AVERAGES Rlf »
AROUND 24 CENTS —SQMB
SOLD FOR 50—AT MOIIUEW
PRICES 100 PER CKML.
ABOVE LAST YEAR.
Valdosta, Ga., Aug. I.—Geap*>
gia tobacco growers placed tbeir
flue-cured leaf on sale at ware
houses in 15 south Georgia, cities
today and unofficial estimatav*
showed a marked improvement,
in prices over last year.
The auctions in Georgia,
first to bo held for the 1931 era®,
were marked by a decided: intae*
est in the allotment plan by
growers who raise more' titan,
their allotments must pay 25 par
cent, of the tobacco's value, iae*.
taxes. Georgia was
41.000.000 pounds under
program.
Some Growers Exempts
Because of the fact that. Pig*,
dent Roosevelt did not sigpo tfe*.
allotment measure until Junfe 2%
however, those growers; wfeai
harvested their crop before*, that
date are exempt from the proyaa "
ions of the act.
More than 500,000 poundfe wana>
on sale when the market afcHßb
ton opened with first row; aabafc
running from 12 to 40 centm p*r
pound. An unofficial
that the price was running DB6
1 cents per pound better thath last
year was made by the
Gazette.
On the Valdosta market, prirtli
ranged from a few cents a pamaft.
to more than 30 cents for appnoao*
imately 400,000 pounds ojtr tiMfe.
floors.
On the Statesboro nmurJaall
prices ranged from 6 to 40: cec&»,
per pound for the more.
125,000 pounds on the floor?
42 Cents At Baxley.-
At Baxley the peak pricep. dm*
ing the morning hours vtam 4ft
cents per pound and the. lag* ft
cents. Baxley growers werr. oar
pected to sell approximafcei&
65,000 pounds during the day;
The Moultrie Observer repaxteA.
that prices on that market wrefc
running more than 100 per
higher than on the opening day>
last year and set an
average of about 22 cents a poujat
on the half million pounds oJtfefMfe
1 for sale there.
1 Good lugs at Vidalia sold from.
! 25 to 28 cents, better
brought 30 to 40 with a high;ctt
50 cents per pound. Off grade*,
' found buyers at 20 cents peer
• pound.
I The first 100 piles of tohacecr
i at the Douglas market sold: for
■ an average unofficial estimate- of
-24 cents per pound. From 500,009,
[ to 750,000 pounds were estimate
(Continued on 4th Page.)
and a welcome when thoaac
same little boys are paid too note
• tell on Daddy, but tell a Hee iff
■ questioned ? 1
! Please tell me what the
. generation will be. If some* ae»
asked me what shape the
' is in I would say a mesai aadL.
■ that is what you will say alMfc
' | this lettei 1 , but here is hopiaggjpag-.,
>, understand.
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