THE DANBURY REPORTER.
Established 1872.
XMAS PRESENTS
FOR COUNTY COMRS.
MRS. DOVLE IIEQI'EATIW
EIGHT V-SKVEN FAMILIES
OF RELIEF FOLIi BACK TO
COUNTY SUPPORT UIIAT
THIS CROWD HAS BEEN
EATING
Mrs. Minnie G, Doyle is this
week turning back to the county
for support, 87 families who
have for months been on federal
relief here.
The report that the Board of
Commissioners have evinced
real enthusiasm for this Christ
mas or New Year's gift, is not
yet substantiated.
This change is a result of the
new set-up of relief machinery
coming from the county-con
solidation plan which Mrs.
O'Berry is installing in the
Mate. It is also a symptom of
that subdued zeal now in evidence
at Washington for paying all
bills, the ndministiMti'ia did I 'as;
tn let the States do their part • >-
ward feeding and clothing
unemployed ami poor.
Mrs. Doyle, the SUikcs fide: :
relief administrator, whose of
fice here will be discontinued in
a few days so that Stoker* relief
may be directed from Winston-
Salem, gives the Reporter a few
statistics which are interesting,
as follows: That about 37
families in Stokes are to be
, turned over to Stokes county sup-
I port by order of Mrs. O'Berry,
I these being "uneni! loyables,"
| and that the average federal as
i Hstanee given these people has
' been $19,51 cash per family per
month, and that title e.llowa.r.v
I i- not counting the beef, butter'.
| rice, cheese, syrup and other
I commodities which Mrs, po.'lc'i
I office has dispen.s 1 t.> them.
I' As Winston-Salem and Foray'h
have their own relief lists, it • •
r.ot presumed that they will
f shoulder our troubles,
i
Honoring' Miss
Nee dim ir,
I ..
The Salmagundi Sewing Clre'-*
■ met with Mis, N. Ear! Wall on
Tuesday night, Dee, 21, hor"i
--■ ing Miss Marian Need ham, whoe
M rrarrlage is npproa l.i;i ;.
The occasion was a shower iVr
® the bi'Je-to-bc in which many
beautiful or useful Rifts were
presented Miss Needham, with
the compliments and best wishes
of the circle. The presents were |
nttfasj-lvely arranged either un- ;
deivor on a Christmas tree, which
was brilliantly lighted with
eloetric bulbs. 1
The affair was thoroughly en
joyed by all present.
Old Christmas
i
Nc-xt Sunday is "Oil Chi'lfl'-
nras," which quite a number o!
our Stokes county people believe'
N is the true and proper- date
n celebration of the birth of the:
icasiah.
On Old Christmas night It l/»
raid thnt the bees which Ion?
have slept In a co-vra, stir in thei.'
gums and hum; that eattlo go
down on their knees and mom »V
if in travail, and that gravea
open while spirits walk about.
Volume 62.
KERR-SMITH ACT
SWEEPS STATE
MURK THAN MXKTYMXK
PKR CENT. OF FARMERS
VOTED FOR CONTINUING
TOBACCO CONTROL.
I North Carolina farmers voted
more than 99 per cent, to con
tinue tobacco acreage control un
der the Kerr-Smith Act.
Joining in the anvil chorus of
"ycs-es," was Stokes with about
98 per cent.
The following dispatch is fron
Raleigh:
Dec. 31. —Almost complete of
ficial returns from the Kerr
i Smith referendum in this state
show that North Carolina farm
ers voted more than 99 per cent.!
for retention of the tobacco con- 1
trol act in 1935.
With only three small counties
missing, North Carolina returns
gave 453,9 C >7 acres for the act
and t.rvtfi acres against >'• Titer'
were K'n.sOO voters frivovhi
compulsory control and I.'.VV! • ;-
posing ii.
T'. V. Floyd, of S;:!?o coll;-ire,
"•ho sii'iorvised J1 "■ referendum,
explained thnt the weight of o-c'i
voter's ballot was determined by
th° number of acres grown in
1934. !
The figures above are from the'
flue-cured tobacco growers, Floy I
explained. Returns from the
referendum in t lie burley tobacco
growing counties in the western
part of the state have been
received from only six of the 13
counties.
Early returns, however, in
dicated that t!■»r* burley !• baeeo
groweia f.rwr control an reach
their neighbor grower".! in the
central and ea«''rn sections «>'"
tho slate,
Hca\ } '' T,o;v!
for Slate Is Seen!
t'ons t'vu I'.'orth Carolina v.'i'l
have " he ivy relief burden dur
ing the winter Months arc roen
m ju'U compiled by the
federal emergency relief n-1-
niinirtralion which reveal th."
the nuuber of fimiUe.i in th >
11: it "■ who 1 imct'.illrri-n.
:cli;f in N-wernhcr increased 9.•
per cent, over October, while oh
'ir,ati f ns ineurre.l for relief in
creased 33.*] per cent.
Preliminary reports just r;-
eeived by the administration dis
close that the number of North
i Carolina families receiving relief
i increved from 51,481 in October
to 59,  t3tl last month, while ob
l'«ations increased from $1,212,-
Sl9 to 51.f153.092.
Walnut Cove Bridge
i Foreman Drops Dead
A. L. Cline, who was sun
erinteuding tho new bridge con
. strnetion at Walnut Cove, drop'
, pod do t I Wednesday while en
| o,a ,r ed in h'n work.
Mis. Cllne was employed by th>
S, A. TtipMt l>rid r e Company.
His home was in Pennsylvania,
where the body will bo shipped!
from the Funeral Home, j
Robert Covington, of Yadkin I
township, was among the visit-j
j ors here this week.
Danburv, N. C M Thursday, January 3, 1935
I (An Editorial.)
IS THE COST OF THE AUTOMOBILE TOO
HIGH?—NO, WE ARE WILLING TO PAY
THE BILL.
On the beautiful North Carolina highways
| more than 450 thousand automobiles race day
and night, and the cost of operating: them for
i one year is double the amount of our vast bond
i issues for building the roads which they use.
Had you ever looked at it in that way?'
These automobiles were bought at an average
of S6OO each, to be very conservative. That
means the people of the State paid $270,000,000
for their cars.
This sounds like a super-appropriation by
congress for war.
Then after buying our cars what do we pay
to operate them? What is the expense bill for
upkeep and tires, for parts and breaks and ac
cidents, for license plates and taxes, and oil and
gas, and for time spent in going places and
the expense incident thereto?
We don't know, but expert analysts in the
treasury department at Washington say t>.e
Rvf-r'.M.T t"Vj ef k 't'piiVfr a car is £7OO per year,
li' this is s.\ it.fii our bill for the iuxur*- o
>err -v.!>*►>•, is S?7.~,oo\Mo a year.
Nov , doii'l '-ii jir >ou?
And ii' our erv-v; cost S27o.Cf;j,Ci(o r.nd I.Uci.
'Utm'al e.vpens? is 5275,000,0C0, vhy have
,-ojnefiircs wondered where z \ ou«' money has
gone? As vtuj look i,i the face this more than
hair a billion dollars in one year's set up on the
books charged to "Automobiles," please don't
ever be so simple again as to inquire of the
whereabouts of our money.
P>ut is that all the cars cost us?
"No, no, a thousand times no," as they sing
on the radio.
Thcj cost i»s at least three North Carolina
lives everv Jav, and many million dollars hosni
taJ bills.
Never a 'lay rasscs but that th? vail of
:-r?i;rlance s»rm is lifaH in many Noith Cam*
iv: r communities.
TJ. ; , r- •IJ.-_.FR.] E'l nre active, an f l
r. vr.v/n C"" + ltose who mvst pay
vn ilt.v of the e'reavesi Irxnry and the >•.
c.'rse of the M'Tcs.
reality of it, the hoprtbveai-ihv);
itragedy of it staggers the imagination, an«i
makes statesmen ponder over the sickening
:) ob!?m confronting them, and which they are
powerless relieve.
are we willing to pay the bill?
We are. There is nothing of any material
improvement tV+ can be done.
The automobile is heve in all its beauty and
nfiJitv, its luxurv and covenience, its pleasure
imti its danger, its blessine- and its tragedy.
Tt is here to stay, and the people are pleased
to stand the cost.
T. L. Booth !
Has Bad Hand
A badly Inflamed and swollen
condition of his hand, almost ap
proaching septicaemia, haf been
troubling County Game Warden
T, L. Booth for several days.
The trouble came from a slight
scratch on the back of the right
hand.
I-le is now better.
Business Change
Elmer Campbell, late of
Martinsville, Va„ has purchased
tlie filling station and grocery of,
Millnrd Ooins here and will
operate the same. Mr. Coins hasj
rot announced his plans, but will
possibly engage in farming.
Corbett Priddy, of North
View, was here Tuesday.
j The Modern Debtor
, The following is an up to the
minute will left by a deceased
customer:
i "Make my will so my overdraft
at the bank goes to my wife—she
can explain it.
"My equity in my car to my
f>on, he will have to go to work
to keep up the payments.
"Give my good will to the
upply houscn they took awful
chances on me and nre entitled
o something.
"My equipment you can give to
the jun'j man —he has had his j
, ye on it for several years.
• "I want six of my creditors for]
I >allbearers they have carried
ne FO long they might as well
in'sh the job."
County Home Keeper Loftls
was in town Wednesday.
CHRISTMAS CHEER
FOR COUNTY POOR
HOME VISITED BY DANBL'RL
AND GERMANTON CITI
ZENS, WHO GIVE TREAT TO
TIIE INMATES—GRATITUDE
EXPRESSED BY RECIP
IENTS—THE HOME IS WELL
KKPT BY NEW MANAGE
MENT.
There are 33 inmates, white
and colored, in the County Horn?,
and these were made happy last
Sunday by a Christmas visit
from Danbury ladies and gentle- I
men, who brought good things i
to eat in the way of fruits,
candies, nuts, etc.
This treat was particularly
sponsored by the Danbury Ladies i
Fine Arts Club, co-operating with
the missionary society here,
though there were several present
among the visitors possibly who
do not belong to cither of tires.'
organizations, while the con
tributions to the treat wee
general.
The inmate - , v.vre vcrv "r."» •• ■
f'll for the Ch;-i ;••.■■■■ re.-,era- ■
rv- ~.,1 .••(,,•,] r,~ (),(, , f,,
c.-.we:- • U their appreciation. A.-' :
who were able to do FO were :»s- (
rem bled In the dining room and
given the presents. Several of the 
men and women are incapacitated i
with blindness or paralysis, 
and these were visited in the'r i
respective rooms. 1
The visitors were imprefted 1
with tlie clean and generally well i
kept condition of the Home un- 
dor the care of its new keepers, '
Mr. and Mrs. T.oftis, who lent ;
their eo-.dial ca-operatlon in the
diaper. 'atio'i of the treats, el- i
Ir, | lir> lii ">'l St'.t'C a>ld Comfo>'l 1
»:f the inna'es, ,
The T ) ' nh'IIV ; v ■
vdcase '. to hurry it the fJermi'"-
tm pro, le !v ! intercs:e I -
thernscl'Ts ii the Christmas ,
lMea.itii'e of tlie indigents a i
that tlie", ton, had remembered
then with a bounteous set-up.
Tom Bullin Tried
Ton r.iiTn was tried here lam 1
hy Justice P. C. Campbell
ori th'" 1 charge of tressearsiug, .
end "druak and disorderly" co'\-
iluet. He was bound over to
court under a S3OO bond. Fnilin; ,
to give it. he is in jail.
i
Bullin was already bonded un
i
der a suspended sentence.
Death Of
Mrs. J. E. Fowler;
*
N. E. Wall went to Yadkin
township today to attend the!
burial of his aunt, Mrs. J. E. '
i
Fowler, who died at High Point!
Tuesday. Mrs. Fowler was a sis-!
ter of J. A. Boles, of Pinnacle. 1
She was aged 79 and passed away '
at the home of Monte Culler at '
High Point. 1
The interment was at Trinit"
M. E. church near King.
Will Frrlp, Stokes representative
of the Security Life & Trust Co.,j'
was in Danbury today.
\
Miss Nell Joyce left yesterday I
for Winston-Salem to resume her|
work as teacher in the city 1
schools after spending the hoi:-1
'ay-j with relatives here.
Number 3,052
AGRICULTURAL
CENSUS TO START"
SUPERVISORS AM) ASSIST
( ANT SUPERVISORS AP
, POINTED STOKES IS IN
THE THIRD DISTRICT.
II E A D H U ARTERS A T~
GREENSBORO.
I
Supervisors and assistant
supervisors of the agricultural
census in seven of the eight dis
tricts in North Carolia have been
appointed by William L. Austin,
of Washington, director of the
bureau of the census, department
of commerce.
District No. 3 —Comprises tire
fifth and sixth congressional dis
tricts, composed of counties of
Caswell. Forsyth, Granville, Pe~
son, Rockingham, Stokes ani
Surry. John R. Hall, of Oxford,
supervisor, and A. Kennett Mo-
Adams, of Mebane, assistant
supervisor: headquar -rs in
( I reon sbr.ro.
The a?'P )intrr.ent3 of district
supervisors ard aasL-:r.r.t super
visors were mads by Mr. Austin
upon recompiendrtion of the
members of the intionai house of
representatives in the variou.t
congressional dist rictr-.
Because of delay in connection
with some of the appointmentu
it will be possible to begin the
work of enumeration January %
as originally scheduled, in only
two districts, district 5 and dis
trict 7, but the enumeration in
the others will be started in th-i
early future. Enumerators i;i
North Carolina will number
1.010.
Area Supervisor Harri.-ion, in
f hurge of ihe a.micitliu: •:! consul
hi North Carolina, census
* hieh i.- - . I'tljen re?iili'.!iy j't ir.-
tervf 1.; o, five years throughout
'I" 1 cntir>"> country, ye.'lprdiiy
voiced confidence lint ti;e fam:-
ri's iv. the various sections of the
state v.*'ll co-operate very
thoroughly with ihe enumerators.
Tr i:> hoped that it w'!l possible
to the work of eumer.i
t'on in HO days fron the tine it
!■ started.
Ring Out The Old
Ring In The New
The bells of Danbury rang out
Monday night at 12 o'clock,
ushering in the new year. The
court house bell and the three
church bells made merry music
fit midnight for some minutes.
Methodist Church
Services next Sunday as fol
lows :
> Bethesda, 11 o'clock.
Pine Hall, 7 p. m.
The beginning of the new year
is a good time to turn over a new
leaf and "come to church." The
public is cordially invited.
The New V-S
The new Ford V-S has appear
ed.
| It glides like a swallow on the
wing, swift as an arrow in its
flight, comfortable as a Pullmau
; observation car, matchlecs in its
beauty and strength.
| See it at Ralph Tuttle'rt
Walnut Cove.