THE DANBURY REPORTER
Established 1872.
STOKES TOBACCO
GROWERS MOP-UP
HAVE RECEIVED NEARLY
TWO MILLION DOLLARS
FOR SIX MILLION POUNDS I
SOLD TO DATE OTHER
INTERESTING INFORMA
TION BY THE COUNTY
AGENT. ,
TO THE FARMERS:
Stokes tobacco growers are ap
proaching the end of the market
ing season with a continued high
average price, are cooperating
with each other in carrying our
the tobacco production control
plan and judging from repbrts
from all sections are well pleased
with the results achieved under
the plan Just what part of the
crop which still remains to b?
marketed is not known, but
through November Ist, more than
six million pounds of Stokes wee.i
had gone to market at an average
of above 30c per pound or a total
of more than one million eiglu
hundred forty eight thousand
dollars. According to official fig
ures, this is approximately a
million dollars more than that
received for 'either 1931 or 193?
crops to say nothing of the acre
age rentals and equalizing pay
ments which growers will receive
in addition to what the 1934 crop
brings. ■
An interesting item from a
reliable source is that in one wee''
recently on a nearby market
Stokes county growers received
over eight thousand dollars moiv
for ten thousand pounds less of
tobacco than the growers from
one of the adjoining countio.i.
' .This tends to bear out the claim
often asserted here that local
growers usually receive above the
average for their crops.
Very few men have turned in
Iheir allotment cards and sisin>'
their sales card sheets to date.
Yet tne number who with their
\ "te.iants have this has in
' creased ea>. week. Where a
producer r>nd his tenants havo
I finished marketing their crops
| > ey should call by the office of
(he County Agent at their earliest
convenience to sign the request
lor equalizing payments Let it ba
understood that these payment:-
will not be made until at least
three-fourths of the growers in
the county have completed then
sales and signed these forms, but
it is well to do this as rapidly as
marketing to completed.
Some producers in attempting
to aid their neighbors are allowing
the use of their cards for the
?ale of tobacco other than that
f' produced under contracts without
the proper authorization. For in
stance: Jones allows Brown to
sell tobacco in Jones' name on
Jone3' card. Such friendly acts
nrc likely to involve trouble later.
A few simple rules should be
observed for the protection of
hotli parties. Cards should be
secured from the owner.
These cards should be brought
by the offce for a new card to
he issued for the pounds sold to
the new producer, and the follow
ing statement should be written
' on the back of the card before it
is used; "John Doe - Contract
Volume 62.
ceive tax exemption warrants un
der this allotment card —signed:
County Agent."
No land-lord should sell an al
lotment to anyone except to a
contract signing producer, and
no one should purchase a pro
ducer's card from anyone except
from the producer in whose name
it is used
Tenants share in the return 3
Kirby No. 2
for the sale of cards and in the
cost of new cards, but have no
right to sell the use of cards to
anyone. If a producer sells the
use of his card to someone not
authorized to use it his whole
contract will be queered.
4-II CLUB REPOBTS
This is the time for making re
ports on all regular demonstra
tion work. County Agent work
has been different this year from
that of the past. Nearly all the
time having given over t c , crop
production control programs.
There is little else to report. Let
ters have gone out this week to
1-H Club mmbers urging then
to report on their projects. The
cooperation of parents and club
leaders in getting as full ami
complete reports as practical if.
solicited in this work.
SOIL CONSERVATION PLAN
PROPOSED
At a meeting held in Greens
boro on November 17th attended
by delegations from each of the
surrounding counties plans were
outlined for county wide terracing
programs.
John W Goodman and O. F.
McCrary, District Farm Demon
stration Agents, outlined the
programs which are proposed by
the Federal Government for
checking the losses due to ero
sion on the farms in the counties
of the Piedmont Region of th?
State. The proposal is for th?
use of Federal rehabilitation
funds to be used in purchasing
terracing machinery, consisting of
a tractor, scrap*;, c-'o., which
will be used in building terraces
on farms where the farm owneis
will take care of the cost of this
equipment and its use. The
government proposed to advance
all the funds necessary to set tip
at least one terracing unit 'n
each county where the commiss
i
ioners will underwrite the loan.
The equipment is to be move 1
from farm to farm in the countv,
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and its use is to be under the
direction of a local board, the
members of which are to serve
without pay. The county does not
make any investment whatever in
this work. The farmer who uses
this terracing equipment on his
farm is required to pay a small
assessment. This assessment is
estimated to cost between $1.50
to $2 50 per acre for the land ac
tually terraced. This money will
be used to repay the Federal
Government and to keep up the
machinery as well as furnish fuel
and oil.
The plan proposes the use of
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relief labor in the conservation
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of soils in the county in so far
as practicable.
How soon such a plan can be
worked out for Stokes is not
known but that the cultivated
Danbury, N. C., Thursday, November 15, 1934
HOW TO SAVE TAX
PAYERS MONEY
CORRESPONDENT DOES NOT 1
, FAVOR A ONE-PARTY TICK
ET, AND GIVES SOME OF
HIS REASONS
Walnut Cove, Nov. 10.
Editor Reporter:
Elections are very expensive
things and cost our county many
thousands of dollars every twr
years, but I am not in favor of 1
the plan as suggested for saving '
this cost to the ccunty.
Two or three days before the :
election a circular was secretly
handed around by the Republi
cans in which several charges
were made against Democratic
incumbents The secret circular
very earnestly declared that they
(the Republicans) stood for the
strictest economy in the county
government.
So it has been suggested thai
they show the people that thev
meant what they said about
economy, by putting out no ticket
at the next election, which
would be a big saving to the tax
payers.
But I think this idea is wrong,
as this country needs two parti?'
to fight each other and each
ijerve as a check on the other.
Besides that the Democrats
would grow rusty if they had no
body to run against them, and
Democrats, like everbody else,
need exercise.
Then another thing, we need
' the money the Republicans put
in the circulation.
VOTER.
- Three Prisoners Escape
From Convict Camo—
Several Escapes Re-i
, cently
Three prisoners escaped from
the convict camp at Meadows
1 Tuesday night Two or three
r
others gol away some two weeks
i' i
ago.
1 None of the fugitives have been
recaptured.
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Trial Friday
Friday at 10 o'clock A. M., has
b?en set for- the hearing in the
1 case against I.esry Nelson
charged with stabbing Robert
Smith in Danbury on the night
of the election.
lands in this county are washing
away at the rate of about one
inch per year is generally known. \
Terracing without equipment is
both expensive and frequently of
little value. At the cost per acre
of less than the amount required
to buy one extra bag of cheap,
i
fertilizer a great many farmers
in the county can well afford to
I terrace from five to twenty acres,
each between October and March ■
and maybe a few acres between
t
April and September. Such a
program would employ the use of
one unit of terracing equipment!
the year round and thirf would
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prove to be one of the most con-,
r
r.tructive pieces of work attempt-1
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S. J KIRBY.
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County Agent.
FATAL ACCIDENT
AT WALNUT COVE
EARLY TUESDAY MORNINii
CRASH IN WHICH T. P
ROTHKOCK. OF WINSTON
SALEM DIES, MISS MAK
CARET MARSHALL AM!
HER MOTHER ARE TER
RIBLY SHOCKED. AND TWO
CARS ARE DEMOLISHED
T. P. Rothrock, a*ed about 38
died instantly in a car crash that
occurred Tuesday morning about
9 o'clock in front of M. O. Jone.s'
filling station near Walnut Cove.
Miss Margaret Marshall and hei
mother, Mi». A F. Marshal',
were bruised and shocked. The
ladies were driving a Chevrole'
new sedan which collided with
the meat truck operated for the
Swift Co., of Winston-Salem by
Rothrock. Miss Marshall was a!
the wheel of the Chevrolet sedan
The first inkling of the dis
tressing accident that C. M.
Jones and other eyewitnesses ex
perienced was the crash The
meat truck was overturned. Roth
rock was hurled against t!v
steering wheel with such force a*s
to break it in two, while his head
smashed the winsheild. He was
dead when taken from the ca>'
His breast and head were crush
ed. His hat lay on the sausage
and weiners scattered around.
One side of the new Chevrole'
sedan was crushed in. Beyoni
bruises and shock the ladies were
unhurt.
Rothrock lived over the edge
of the Davidson county line,
where he had a wife and five
children He was a regular em
ploy of Swift & Co., and the day
before the accident was here sell
ing Danbury merchants meats,
j Rothrock was on the highway
when Miss Marshall and he:
mother drove into the hardsur
face front a sideroad which lead-;
down by the "Pig" rcadhouse to
the highway.
Danbury Bov
Making O»od \ +
Military School
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Chatham, Va., Nov 6 Cid:-'
William McCanless, junior at
Margrave Military Academy,
Chatham, Virginia, has been ap
pointed supply sergeant in the
corps of cadets. He wan assigned
to Company "B." Lieut. R. A
Zobel, the school's commandant,
made the appointment and it wa?
approved by the administrative
board.
This is the fourth year Sgt.
McCanless has been enrolled here,
and during that time he has made
1 rapid advancement in the military
1 department
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1 Snow On The
Blue Ridge
Farmers passing through tliid
week from Patrick county, Va.,
report the Blue Ridge mountains
. covered wit h snow. Evidence i
j corroborated by the cold wind?
whistling through Danbury to
day.
MAN WANTED for Rawleigh
route of SCO families Writs
immediately. Rawleigh, Dent
NCK-S6-SA, R'chmond, Va >
Newman - Forsyth En-p
g-agement Recep-;
tion and Dinner Bv|
Mrs M. G. Doyle
Mr. and Mrs. Forest Pike New- j
man, of Leaksville. have an-|
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nounced the engagement and ap-|
proaching marriage of their
daughter. Lois Glidewell, to Sergt !
Earl Nelson Forsyth, of Pontiac.'
Mich., and Fort Bragg. The wed-'
ding will be solemnized early ir. |
December in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Highfill in Roanoke,'
Va. Mrs. Highfill is an aunt of tho
bride-elect
Miss Newman is the second
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. New
man and is a young woman
rare charm and beauty. She re
ceived her education at Meredith
college, Raleigh. On the maternal
side she is a grand-daughter of
the late Rev. and Mrs. C. W
Glidewell, a family long promin
ent in this section of the stat?,
and is a niece of Hon. P. V/.
Glidewell, of Reidsville and of
Mrs, Minnie G. Doyle, relief ad
ministrator ol' Stokes county.
Sergeant Forsyth is the son •>!'
I Nelson A. Forsyth and the l.'i
Abagail Neete Forsyth, of Pon-1
tiac, Mich. He received his educa-j
lion at the University of Michigan!
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and is now stationed at Fort j
Bragg where the young couple |
will make their home.
( Recently a reception and a
four-course dinner was given by
Mrs. Minnie G. Doyle in honor of
Miss Newman at the Stokes hotel
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Walnut Cove. After dinner the
party played bridge. Lingerie wa
presented to the honoree by the
hostess.
Guests present were Miss Lois
Glidewell Newman, of Leaksville;
Miss Martha Powell ami Miss
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Kathryn Nicholson, of Walnut
Cove; Bill Jones, of Martinsville.
Va.; Sergeant J. Wilfred Turcotte
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and Sergeant Earl N. Forsyth, ol
Fort Bragg.
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Democratic Constable
. Elected In Peter's
Creek Township
Alfred Robertson, a Democrat,
was elected by quite a large
majority over Alex Flinehum, i
Republcan, at the late election in
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Peter's Creek township. Peter's
Creek is a Republican township,
but is seems many Republicans
' supported Robertson.
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Tobacco Stolen
, j About 900 pounds of excellent
e 1 tobacco were stolen by unknown
y thieves from the tobacco base
ment of Bule Jame?, who resides
on the plantation of Henry Bur
lap in Beaver Island township
p The robbery occurred on the
night of November 3. The tobacco
d was valued at about 5400.00. No
clew has been discovered as io
the guilty parties.
J. H. Fulton 111
1 Ex-Sheriff J. H. Fulton, of
Walnut Cove, is confined to his
home with serious illness. It i.
feared Mr. Fulton is suffering
with a form of paralysis.
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Number 3,045
CEPHUSPAYNE
LOSES HIS MONEY
!CARRIED SI 25 IX His POCKET,
NOW IT IS GONE—ANDY S.
VOSS IS VERY SICK—OTUhJC
KIXG NEWS.
I King. Nov. 12 Mrs Charity
Terry, aged 94. fell at her home
here last week and fractured her
hip. She is getting along as well
as could be expeced.
A large crowd attended the
community singing held here Sun
day afternoon.
Joseph R. Napier has pur
chased from E P. Newsum twa
residence lots on Main St. con
sideration $600.00.
Cephus Payne, planter, residing
near here, lost his pocketbooit
containing $152.00 Friday. Up to
this writing it has not been re
covered.
Andy S. Voss is very sick at bis
home near here, his friends wiil
regret to learn.
John Burwell, prominent plant
er of the Quaker (Jan faction, WM
a business visitor hore Saturday.
Mrs. Mamie King and daughter,
Miss I.inda Kin ,T . of S'oneville,
are spending a few days with
| relative." here.
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Clayton
; the glad parents of a new baby
i boy arriving Friday.
Miss Maud Southern and her
uncle, Henry Southern, of Dur
ham, were week-end visitors
,1
here.
i Walter W. Ferguson, of Moun
-1 tain View, was among the busi-
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- ness visitors here Saturday
Relatives here have been
- notified of the serious illness of
Mrs. Amanda Fulp at her home at
' Trinity. She is suffering from an
: attack of double pneumonia
s Mr. and Mr.". Pink Southern, of
: Flat Shoal, visited relatives hero
• Sunday.
Children's Home
Entertainment.
i A Tro'jp of children from the
Children's Home, of Winston-
Salem, delivered a program of
V music and recitations at the M. E.
church here Sunday nijiht. The
,-> entertainment, which was wit
i
t ncssed by a considerable crowd,
i was very creditable and was
thoroughly enjoyed by the audi
, ence. A voluntary contribution of
a'Sll.OO was raised,
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Boy Arrives
Mr. and Mrd. J. P. Tatum. .if
' Winston-Salem, are made happy
by the arrival of a bouncing boy
jin their home, after a childless
married life of 15 years.
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i Mr:'. Talum was formerly Miaa
i Vivian Lackey, of Lawsonvillc,
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Stokes County Mr. Tatum
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holds a responsible position wit.ii
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I the Belk-Stever. Co., of Winston
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Salem.
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