THE DANBURY REPORTER.
Established 1872.
NEW STORE OPENS
AT KING TOWN
IT IS A FURNITURE STORE,
AND WILL SELL FOR THE
CASH MORE BUILDING
AT KING DEATH OF
ERNEST GORDON ELLIS
HOOKER UNDERGOES
MAJOR OPERATION.
King, Oct. 14. The Cut Rate
Furniture Company have opened
up a new furniture store in the
new two story brick building
recently completed on north
Depot street for O. L. Rains.
This new concern will be person
ally managed by Frank E. Shore
of Tobaccoville. He will have as
his associate, W. Cleatus Allen, a
Stokes county man, who has
. been' associated with the Moffit
Furniture Company, of High
Point, for some time. This new
concern will handle a full line
and will sell strictly for cash.
Grover Pulliam has purchased
from Mrs. C. F. White a lot on
Broad street on which he will
erect a new home.
Coy Preston, who cured to
bacco in Canada this season, has
returned to his home here. Mr
Preston states that about half
the crop in Canada was killed by
frost this season.
Ernest age 59, died at
li}s home near Tobaccoville Mon
day night. The deceased spent
about thirty years in Washington
where he held a governmen
position about two years ago
Surviving are his mother and two
sisters. The funeral service war
conducted at Mount Pleasant
Church Wednesday at 2:30 anc
burial followed in the Church
cemetery.
Dr. and Mrs. Belmont Helsa
beck are spending a two weeks
vacation in New York City and
Bermuda Islands.
Shelby U. Atwood is placing
material on the sate on South
Depot street preparatory to erect
ing n new store building.
The following births were
recorded here last week: To Mr.
and Mrs. Guy Cox, a daughter;
to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Boles, a
daughter; to Mr. and Mrs. Roger
* Calloway, a son and to Mr. and
Q Mrs. Ellis Smith, a daughter.
Mrs. William I. Rumley, who is
suffering from an attack of in
fluenza at her home on Dan
River street, is quite sick.
Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Caudle and
Edwin Caudle, of Winston-Salem,
were visitors here Saturday.
X- S. W. Pul?iam is quite sick ::t
his home here, hie friends will
be sorry to learn.
Thomas Jessup, Eler Jessun
and Ross Fulk were given a
hearing in Justice J. Stedman
Gamer's court Saturday on a
simple assault charge. Tom and
Ross were let off with one third
the cost but Eler did not get
out quite so lucky, he was tax
ed with a one dollar fine and
one third the cost ,
\ L. S. Grabs is confined to his
RpiMM by Illness. Grabs has
Volume 64.
808 REYNOLDS
COMING MONDAY
WILL SPEAK AT THE DAN
BURY COURT HOUSE AT
THE NOON HOUR, FIRST
DAY OF COURT BIG
CROWD COMING.
A big crowd will doubtless
greet Bob Reynolds at Stokes
court, next Monday, October 19,
the first day of court, at 1:30 in
the afterncon.
Senator Reynolds, popularly
called "Our Bob," is a speaker of
attractive parts. He will tell the
people of Stokes county his ex
perience in Washington and his
reactions to the New Deal of
President Roosevelt and the
Democratic administration.
This being the first day of
court, naturally a large crowd
will be here. Hundreds of others
will gravitate to Danbury to
listen to a campaign speech that
will be entertaining, educational
and patriotic.
Everybody is cordially invited,
and grandstand seats will be
reserved for the ladies.
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How You Get
Your Reporter Free
With every dollar paid on sub-
Reporter we
~ive .. 20 green subscription
tickets. You can use these
ickets same as cash in buying
r rom the following Stokes county
'oncerns: |
Stokes Lumber Co., Walnut '
Cove, N. C.
T. G. N.ew, King.
Hauser & Bailey, Walnut Cove.
Jones Brothers, Walnut Cove. j
Tuttle Motor Co., Walnut Cove. |
J. M. Woods, Danbury.
Ray Brothers, Meadows.
E. M. Taylor, Walnut Cove.
Lawsonville Motor Co., Law
sonville.
j J. W. Linville Filling Station,
Walnut Cove.
Prosperity On
Snow Creek
T. H. Sheppard, one of the|
proprietors of Sheppard'a mill
on Snow creek, Sandy Ridge, was
here Saturday. Mr. Sheppard
says his mill is putting in a new
milling equipment called a Pay-
Tax Hammer Mill. It grinds
corn, cobs, shucks, stalk, etc.,
making a fine feed.
been i n declining health for
some time.
Junior Stone, who is attend-'
ing college at Chapel Hill, spent
the week-end with his parents.
Dr. and Mrs. G. E. Stone.
Ollje Pulliam, of Winston-'
Salem, spent Sunday with his
mother, Mrs?. Nelia Pulliam on
Main street.
Ellis Hooker, who resides near
here underwent a major opera-'
tion in the Baptist hospital,
Winston-Sa'm Saturday.
Rober Wad, at Pinnacte, was 1
•wag v fca, tare BWd*y.
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Danbury, N. C., Thursday, Oct. 15- 1936
TOBACCO MARKETS
ARE ERRATIC
FARMERS WHO DO NOT 1
KNOW THEIR TOBACCO,
OFTEN AT THE MERCY OFj
MARKET SHARKS CALLED
PIN-HOOKERS AND SPECU-j
LATORS OPINION OF R.
C. WHITE ANJD OTHERS.
The prices paid for tobacco on
the open markets are curious, un
certain, erratic and unfair.
At least this is the opinion of 
R. C. White and other farmers
who have recently marketed to- ]
bacco. Mr. White, who is one of i
the largest tobacco growers of i
the county, was here Tuesday. 
He gives an instance of the |
market's eccentricity as follows* :
Last Thursday he sold a load
of tobacco which did not realize j
a satisfactory average. Con-'
sequently he "called it in." That :
is, he stopped the sale of the of
fering, and held for re-sale on
[the day following.
' Mr. White declares that three
'grades of his tobacco which at
ithe first sale brought 5%, 8 and
1 22, went for 25, 17 and 30 at|
the second day's sale with the
same buyers.
i He then decided to make a
third aale of the pile which on
the first sale brought 514 and
on the second sale sold for 25. j
On the third sale, this pile com-,
manded 11 cents. Disgusted, then,
be offered the original 5Va pile
Ithe fourth time, when it brought
'
27.
Mr. White further says thai
he saw a pile of tobacco "passed",
by the buyers, who refused to
! bid on it. The farmer had it
i moved up in the rows, and the
\ •
pile of tobacco sold for 5 cents, |
Another witness testified to!
the Reporter this instance: A
pile o ftobacco sold for 5 cents,
and later the owner through a |
spirit of fun, added a "2" on the!
I
sale card in front of the 5, mak-j
ing a showing of 25 cents. An
"inspector" coming along, ex
amined the pile of tobacco and
summoned the buyer who had
. apparently bought it at 25, bwt
I (really only at 5.
1 "What about this pile of to-'
ftacoo?" the inspector asked.
The buyer examined it closely
then said:
"Well, I will give one more'
. cent, making it 26, and that is
| all I will do."
Mr. White and others did not
say that the situation shows one
|of two things: |
1. That the buyers either are
too careless or too ignorant to
ascertain the real value of to
i bacco;
2. -They are parties to a con
spiracy to take the farmer's to-j
bacco frequently at starvation 1
prices.
They did not make this state
ment, but strongly intimated- it,
I but they declared that the farm- 
er who dapa apt know his - to* 1
baoooie at Jtjtemarcy of pin-f'
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LOOKS LIKE A \
FIGHT COMING
POSSIBILITY OF A STIFF 1
BATTLE ELECTION NIGHT
| BETWEEN CORBETT PRIDDV
AND ODELL SMITH
SMITH CLAIMS HE CAN;
KMOCK I'KIDDV INTO A J
COCKKD HAT WITHOUT ,
TAKING A LONG BREATH—
c
PBIDDY HOLDING TO HIS r
CHAMPION BELT DESPITE 1
| 808 MOREFIELD.
i i;
Appearances at this writing
point to a pugilistic encounter s
the night of November 3 between 1
Corbett Priddy, Stokes heavy- '
weight champion, and Odell
Smith, the Buck Island bulldog. j
recently demanding a trial for a }
bout to decide who is the best '
r
man in the county. 
Odell Smith has lately come;
into the spotlight as a contender ]
for the belt He is the son of |
Ji m Smith, of Hardbank, and he |
■ has muscles like twisted bunches:
I !
of barbed wire. His breath come? t
like the wind from a Norfolk & j
Western tunnel. He does not r
I
drink too much liquor to make (
i
his sinews flabby. He is 29 years j
jold, quick as a gouged panthei. t
and moves like a bear-cat on' i
parade. He says he can go all
ov£V Corb as easy as a spider!'
j handles a candle-fly. He would ' i
, not want over 1 rounds to i
make the North View hurricane i
simmer down to a gentle zephyr ii
,s> ghing around the curves of
Hanging Rock on a summer af
ternoon.
But Corbett, who knows fc«:
i stuff, ain't saying nothing. He is
ready to go. His gnarled b.'cepr
: swell gently, as the boys talk
1 about putting anything over on
I
ilhim. In spite of Bob Morefield,
he holds the championship belt
, ! and is determined to wear it
i
II until some galoot beats it off
. j him.
1
■ j Curb says he will fight Odell
i Smi'h and when he gets through
. with him, he 9ays the welfare
I people can have him.
I Tuere you are. Let the pro
t .motcrs step forward and arrange
I the details.
J All things are ready.
Maddogs
•! A maddog was on a rampage
1 here last week and after biting
; Bevei al other dogs was killed, its
heaj sent to the chemists and
found with rabies,
j Some of those whose dogs have
been bitten have put up or tied
thejr canines, willing to run
risk- one of the most horrible!
j known to human annals.
' The fact that your dog bites ai
j person and you are sued for al! I
[you are worth, is one of the I
least dangers about preserving
an infected beast. |

tuafciro Md speculators who of- •
ftaa seep tfce profit which belongs 
to ite fmaaer. Jj
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WALNUT COVE
GOODWILL TOI R
BOOSTERS TO VISIT POINTS*
OF STOKES TODAY WITH
AN IMPOSING CAVALCADE,
ENLIVENED BY Ml >I(,
SPEECHES, DANCING \ND
SOIVENIRS.
Clear the track, the Walnut
Cove boosters are coming. Cii
culars are out announcing tint
15 automobiles and truck-. '
ed with Walnut Cove br>-s«
men looking for business. .•:»_• on
the way and will visit 14 i  :n*s
in the county tomorrow,
good cheer, music, speeches . n !
dancing, and distributing n:-
venirs.
The object of the trip is to
advertise Walnut Cove's biy '
booster campaign in which big
ger and better prizes than last
year will be given.
The itenerary of the boosters .
is scheduled as follows: Pino
Hall, Dillard, Sandy Ridge, Mc-
Hone garage, Lawsonville. Dan
bury, Francisco, Westfield, Rey
nolds, King, Mt. View, Ross
Store, Germanton.
Lester Alley :
Visits Skyland
i
Mr. Lester Alley made a trip
to the western part of the state
last week-end. He was accom
panied by V. C. Ramey anJ
Claude. They vjsjted Franklin.
Mr. Ramey's home and many of
the most interesting places o!
Western North Carolina.
Lester reports that he had i
"the time of his life" visiting,,
eating apples, chestnuts, and !
other good things. He says that
the mountain scenery and south
ern hospitality of those people
are unsurpassed. His most in
teresting trip was the one to the
far famed Whiteside mountain,
rrirfch tcv/cia straight on'
mi?e on c.ne ride but has a
gradual ascent from the other.
Its elevation is 4930 feet above
sea level. A few miles below is
located the "Bridal Veil Falls,
where C:e national highway runs
under them. Also, Lester had the
prfviledge of walking under a
larger river than the Dan. The
Cullasaja river leaps out over :i
huge rock about twenty feet
high forming what is known as
"Dry Falls" or Cullasaja Falls.
On the way home, Lester saw
and played with one of the
largest black bears in captivity.
However, it didn't talk any but
the sign on the cage said, "The
bear's name is Molly. If you will
give her a pop, she will talk."
This was on the summit of the
Black Mountain which is
traversed by a road which is not
only picturesque, but also danger
ous.
"And I'm going again some
time," Lester said. I
REPORTED.
Big Carroll
Reunion Sunday
The Carroll family reunion will
be held next Sunday at the
home of E. W. Carroll, German
ton, Route 1.
N. O. Petree, of Danbury and
CoL W. A. • Blair, •of Winston-
Salem, will deliver addresses.
There will no doubt be a large
crowd.' Relatives and friends of
the fanjly bearing the - well-filf
«d backet are expected.
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Number 8,361
World's Mightiest
Circus Coming Sooti
Oreat Kingling Bros, ami Itanium
& I.ailev Cumliinrd, with
Pigmy Elephants and I'onguis
From Africa, Col. Tjm McCoy
Anj Hundreds of Now Foreign
Features, Offers K|MM lial Pro
gram. A
With the !;I«ISI impressive an'J
brilliant seven-ring-and-stage pro
gram in its history, the Uingling
Bros, and Barn urn & Bailey
Combined Circus, which will ex
hibit in WINSTON-SALEM.
TUESDAY, OCT. 27. offers this
season, as a sensational super
feature, a herd of African pigmy
elephants, the first eve r to set
foot on this continent. These tiny
tuskers are not babies, but full
grown, middle-aged midget ele
phants. the rarest animals on th?
face of the earth. Accompany
ing them is a herd of miniature
African pongurs, the world's
smallest beasts of burden. The
pigmy elephants have proven
the greatest attraction the Big
Show has ever placed before !*e
public, not even excepting its
presentations in the past of tha
disc-lipped Übangis, the giraffe
necked women from Burma, the
sacred white elephant of Siam,
Jumbo, Tom Thumb and Goliath,
the sea elephant.
Among the scores of new fea
tures, to Fay nothing of the new
importations from Europe and
Asia, including the incredible
tioupe, the Royal Bokara
the Imperial Viennese
ey-:si:ian tioupe, the great
F- '• ! or.::' r. free running
ncrse, pony and elephant liberty
act of sixty members, is Col. Tim
McCoy, the screen's most out
standing western star, at the
heaj of his congress of rough
riders of the world - Cossacks,
cowboys, cowgirls, vaquero.s,
Sioux anj E!ac!ifcet warriors and
i
Australian bus-h rangers. Col.
McCov, plainsman, cavalry officer
i
in the U. S. Army F'"orve .nd
friend of the Indian, is the idol
I
of American boys and girls, an-1
he will be seen in both the main
( performances and the wild west.
The Greatest Show on Earth
heads into this territory on four
long railroad trains of 100 cars,
with 1600 people. 7 herds of full
, sized elephant actors, 1009
menagerie animals and 700
horses. Its tented city covers It
'acres of ground. There are 31
large tents, including the world' 3
largest big top, seating 16,000
persons. _ v
! This is the peak season for
youth and beauty among the 800
world famous arenic artists with
the show. In the air, in the threa
rings, on the four stakes and in
the ouarter-mile hippodrome
tract will be seen hundreds of
pretty girls. In the 60-girl aerial
ballet, the most beautiful mid
air display ever produced, there
are beauties that evoke columns
of newspaper comment wherever
the Ringling Bros, and Barnum
* Bailey Combined Circus ex
hibit*.
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