THE DANBURY REPORTER.
Established 1872.
STOKES SEED ]
AND FEED LOANS
O. H. ALFORD, FIELD SUPER- ]
VISOR, HERE ASSISTING
! MARTIN AND STONE WITH
v APPLICATIONS COUNTY
COMMITTEE MEETS EACH
SATURDAY.
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G. H. Alford, Field Supervisor!
for Stokes county, who has
charge of the seed and feed loans
for this county, this week receiv
ed around 100 seed and feed loan
checks for various farmers who,
placed their applications early.;
He advisee that checks are being
received daily at his office here,
and that it will be necensary for
farmers who place applications
to come to Da.jbury tp gc: their i
checks, and that they wi\ not be
mailed out as has beM done j
heretofore.
Applications for seed and feed
loans are still being made out
here by T. D. Martin and Frank
Stone, in the Martin Store build
ing and will continue there until
the close of the period for plac
ing applications.
The county committee meets in
Danbury each Saturday with the
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Field Supervisor to pass upon ap-;
week, and applications received
plications received during the
tfeFdre Saturday will be in each
week's batch.
Applicants for seed loans who
attend court next week will find
Martin and Stone on the job just
across the street from the court,
house, and they are prepared to
handle applications rapidly and
efficiently. They will find the
new field supervisor, Mr. Alford
ready and willing to aid them in
any manner possible.
O. V. Neal Dies
Near Archdale
Thomasville, March 20. —Eddie i
V. Neal, 52, died at his home
near Archdale this morning after
about one week's illness with
pneumonia. He was a native of
Stoke* county and was the SOD
of Rod die and Malissa Barker
Neat
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Bwma Caudle Neal, 3 sons, Ed
ward, Everett and Nathaniel Neal
of be home; two daughters, Miss
Aaafe Meal, of the home, and
Ruby Richardson, of High
Vaitt', two brothers, R. C. Nfeal.j
of High Point, and B. D. Neal, of j
Wtjrinat Cove; two sisters, Mr*.,
W. G. Walters, of Thomasville,
and Mrs. W. H. Koontz, Spenoer.
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J. W. Jones
In Hospital
*ll Jones, of Walnut Cove, is
F* atient the Winston-Salem
hospital. j
Miss Hlnton of Reidsvttle, dis
|griet NYA supervisor, was here
r* weelL i
Volume 66
PARTICULARS OF
G. W. SMITH DEATH
MR. SMITH WAS AGED 75, AND
HAD WIDE ACQUAINTANCE
—WAS BURIED AT MOUNT
OLIVE—OTHER NEWS OF
KING.
King, March 24. —George W.
Smith, aged 75, died at his home
six miles north of here Wednes
day, following an ilness of two
weeks. The deceased is survived
iby the widow, Mrs. Mary Smith,
| one son, Fount Smith, of King
| Route 2, and one daughter, Mrs.
i Fannie Ruth Ashburn, of Iling
I Route 1. He is also survivea by
two half-brothers, John Dorsett,
! of Virginia; Joe Dorsett, of Mich-
I
igan, and one half-sister, Mrs.
1 Maggie Flippin, of Thomasiville.
Mr. Smith was born and had
spent his entire life in Stokes. He
was a substantial farmer and
had a very wide acquaint
ance. Fu n eral service which was
in charge of Rev. E. T. Sims and
Rev. W. F. Swanson, was con
ducted at Mount Olive church
Friday afternoon at two o'clock,
and burial followed in the church
! graveyard. Pallbearers were: G.
A. Jones, Scales Cromer, William
Fowler, W. A. Palmer, D. C. Rut
>®dge and William Denny.
Harvey D. Pulliam, of Kerners
ville, is spending a few days here
as the guest of his parents, Rev.
and Mrs. L. K. Pulliam.
T. G. New, Jr., has accepted ;i
position with Dick Hartman of
Charlotte. Mr. New will be a
member of the 'Tennessee Ram
blers" of radio fame. He will en
ter on his new duties the early
part of April
Mr. and Mrs. Wilburn Shouse,
of Rural Hall, were among the
i visitors here Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Newsurn
spent the week-end with relatives
near Donnaha.
The following patients under
went tonsil operations in the
Stone-Helsabeck Clinic here last
week: William Sally, of Tobacco
ville, Rex and Marie McKinney,
of West!eld, Miss Maud Gentry,
of King Route 2, and Preston
Hampton, of German ton.
Dr. R. S. Helssbeck has let the
contract to E. C. Slate Lumber
Co. for the remodeling of a resi
dence on Main street, which is
. occupied by C. S. Newsum.
W. E. Butner, of Winston-
Salem, formerly of King, was
here Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Darnell, of
Greensboro, were the week-end
guests of relatives here.
The stork put in about an av
erage week here last week, the
following births being recorded:
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Roberts, a
son, Mr. and Mrs. Frank SheUoa
a daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse
Browder a son, Mr. and Mrs. R.
L. Smith a daughter and Mr. and
Mrs. Claude Deseara, a son.
Danbury* N. C., Thursday, March 25, 1937
STOKES FARMERS '
RECEIVE CHECKS
$39,698.76 NOW HEADY FOB
! DELIYERi OTHER PAY
MENTS ARE COMING
SCHEDULE OF PAY-PLACES. |
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Stokes farmers who co-operat
ed with the soil conservation pro
gram in 1936 have earn 3d about
$115,000.00 of which $39,698.76 in
checks have been received in tiie
office of the county agsnt. This
is payment on only 409 applica- ■
tions out of a total of 1,384.
There are 731 checks in Ihe of
fice which av-erage about $54.30
each. The large number of the
checks are due to each tenant
receiving his individual check in-,
stead of the landlord having to
divide th: check as has been done
heretofore.
Th's is only about one-third of
the amount due the farmers. Th?'
remaindf r is expected at an early |
date. The checks are goihg to
fca delivered at local meetings
1 1 which will be held at different
. point? in the county. Some mem- j
i ber of the office force will be at!
the following places at the time l
, scheduled:
Thursday, March 25, 9 A. M.. j
i Sam Moir's Store; 1 P. M., Dick
.jSmith's Filling Station; 7:30 P.I
iM. office, Danbury; Friday March :
i 26, 9 A. M., Sam Mickey's Filling!
, Station; 1 P. M. Pinnacle; 7:30|
P. M. King; Saturday March 27,'
j 9 A. M. Lawsontfille; afternoo i j
' and night, Jacob Fulton's Store, j
. Walnut Cove; Monday, March 29,'
9:30 A. M. Pin e Hall; 1 P. M.
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Phil Dunlap's Store; 7:30 P. M.
Sandy Ridge; Tuesday, March 30,|
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9 A. M. Ross' Store. After that
date all checks will be in the ;
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county office.
| It is resuested that each per
son who receives a notice call at
the nearest place for his check.
I Those wh G do not receive notices
i i
are advised not to call for their
check but to wait until they re
ceive their notice.
. H. H. Riddle Dies
At Hospital in Winston
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, Capt. H. H. Riddle, of German
ton, died of pneumonia at a local
, hospital in Winston-Salem Satur
. day night about 10 o'clock. He
had been a patient at the hospital
( for several days.
For many years Mr. and Mm.
Riddle operated a boarding and
( rooming house in Winston, living
at one time in the 200 block of
North Main street, later living onj
North Spring street at Sixth St. j
About 12 years ago the family'
moved to a farm at Germanton. i
One son, Golden Riddle, resides
in Winston-Salem.
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Dr. R. D. Flippin !
Dies At Pilot Mt.
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Dr. R. D. nmiin, 66 diod sud-'
denly of heart trouble at his home
at Pilot Mt Wednesday.
TOBACCO GROWERS
GOT $98,000,000
FIGURES FOR 1936-1937 SEA- ]
SON—THIS WAS FOURTEEN |
MILLIONS LESS THAN YEAR
J BEFORE.
Raleigh, March 14. North
Carolina farmers exchanged 437,-
,422,310 pounds of tobacco for ap
proximately 898,000,000 during ■
the 1936-37 season.
The federal-state crop report
ing service released figures today
showing total sales (including
dealers' resales)during the season
were 489,247,104 at an average
price of §22.48 per hundred
weight.
I Last season. Tar Heel farmers
received about $112,000,000 for
their leaf crop, with producers
sales totaling 550,859,232 and the
average price for all sales listed
! at $20.34.
By far the highest price for to
bacco was paid on the Ashevills
market, in the buriey belt, where j
mcrs sold 2,760,648 pounds and i
jthe average price for all sales was
! $38.28, compared with only $21301
| there in 1935-36.
Wilson Trade Largest.
Wilson, in the new bright belt,
i had the largest volume of trade,
with producers' sales listed at 45.-
1 156,616 and total offerings at 52,-
j 120,506.
'j In tp'al 1936-37 offerings, Pitt
couny s record was next to Wil
j son as it had 47,517,591 pounds
j chalked up for its season; third
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■ came Kinston with 40,351,114 and
jbe'ow Kinston ranked Rocky
•'Mount with 39,905,905 pounds.
• I Meanwhile in the old blight
,bcit, Winston-Salem this past year
, managed to gain the number one
• insofar r.s total selling for
■ the year was concerned, getting
- roughly 13,000,000 pounds more
• than its nearest competitor in
i volume, Durham, which had 33,-
' 026,789.
Henderson Near Oxford.
Oxford, third with 23,458,158,
was followed closely by Hender
son with 21,083,008 pounds.
In high averages for all sales
in the old bright belt, Fuquay
Springs' $26.42 came first for
1936-37, with Durham's $25.33
second, Carthage's $24.94 third
and Henderson's $24.60 fourth,
marketts this past season was
The leaf tobacco sold on state
only 79 per cent of the previous
season's offerings, the warehouse
sales report released by the fed
eral-state crop reporting service
indicated.
Quoting from the service's
{Statement, "the high average of
$38.28 reported for the buriey
market at Asheville reflects the
j situation created by the short
I
, buriey crops produced last year
iin the Kentucky and Tennessee (
areas where spring drought con
ditions did considerable damage. !
1 "The situation relative to flue-
cured tobacco has shown some
improvement over that of a yearj
RALPH J. SCOTT
FOR SOLICITOR
DANBURY ATTORNEY PROM
INENTLY MENTIONED FOR
APPOINTMENT IN N{EW JU
DICIAL DISTRICT.
/
The legislature has created a
.
new judicial district composed of
Rockingham, Caswell, Stokes and
Surry, numbered the 21st. Thi:
takes effect July 1. Stokes form
erly belonged with Guilford an I
Davidson.
In the new district a solicitor
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and judge are to be appointed. 1
Ralph J. Scott, Danbury attorney.,
is prominently mentioned for
solicitor.
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Hanging Rock State
Park To Continue
Under National Park
Service Supervision
In April the CCC enters its
ninth enrollment term, marking
I
Jthe fourth anniversary of th.
I launching of the nation-wide
j Emergency Conservation Work
Program.
Working under joint supervi
sion of the National Park Service
and the North Carolina Depart
ment of Conservation and De
velopment, represented by J. S.
Holmes state forester of Raleigh,
reassigned camps will carry for
ward a program designed to pro
, vide recreational facilities for
I public use. Standard consc-rva-
I tion measures also will be applied
to safeguard against forest fire*,
soil erosion and stream pollution
and to favor development of
wildlife.
During the new CCC enroll
mont period seven No:th Caro
lina camps will continue their as
signments under National Park
Service supervision at the follow-
L
ing national and state areas:
Great Smoky Mountain Nation
al Park four units; Morrow
Mountain State Park, Albemarle;
(Hanging Rock State Park, Dan
ebury, and Cape Hatteras Sta.e
(Park, Buxton.
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New Residence
For Danbury
Mrs. Mary McCanless Gerner
will erect a new 8-room residence
l on upper Main Street near the
Baptist church.
William McCanless expects to
build a new home near the Mc-
Canless hotel.
ago. The increase in consumption
is mostly in flu-cured types. On
the other hand the stocks of flu
cured tobacco hand January
1 1, 1937, were reported at 971,859,
!000 pounds on hand January 1,
( 1035. The 1936 production of all
flu-cured tobacco was only 86 per
Icent of the 1935 crop, but it was
'a 2 per oent increase over the
average crop in the five-year
j period from 1928 to 1932 "
Number 3,389
THE LEGISLATURE
HAS ADJOURNED
STOKES OOINTV* MEMBERS,
SENATOR .SPAROER AND
REPRESENT \TIVE SCOTT,
RETURN TO TIIKIR LAW
PRACTICE AT UANBI R¥—
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WH XT THE SESSION AC-
C'O.M PLISH El).
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The 11*37 General As:- mljly ad
journed sine die la:« Tuesday
eve' ing.
j The Stokes memV-ers, Senator
S. Gilmer Sparger, and Ilepre
'tentative Ralph J. Scott, have
returned to their respective law
offices at Danbury.
This legislature balanced the
irrrcst budget in the history of
nit passed a liquor bill for
-rty that will vote it.
| ccmr lied with every phase of the
( social security program and furn
ished free school books for child
ren in elemeniary schools.
' A !a*.v to prohibit slot machines
in any form \va: passed.
Nothing was ]one about the
absentee ballot law, and the lethal
gas method of killing condemned
criminals was left In operation.
! Sales tax was removed from
ni"e necessities of life.
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The cost of automobile license
plates was reduced from 40 to
35 cents per hundredweight.
. i r
, Salaries of teachers and other
State employes were raised 10
per cent.
f
Tw 0 constitutional amendm ds
were approv;d for submis 4on to
the vr* "s as follows: To allow
Sheriffs 4-yoar t-.rr.is instead of
2-year irons, and ' • ':c i4 te a
State :• of justice.
Till I.:'" r!-..; ''f> Su
preni (' v ' i
live to seven Tin.-, u
amendment voted at :• • 
tion.
Nothing could be done about
tobacco compact legislation, al
though this law was enacted.
ir
But it was nullified by the action
of Georgia and South Carolina
refusing to ratify similar legfcla
": tion.
The highway commission was
'reorganized by the creation of 10
districts in the State, each to
r have a commissioner appointed
Iby the governor who will also ap
r point a chairman of the commis
i aoa.
; The school commission waa also
reorganised. It will be composed
> of a member from each Congres
sional district, the superintendent
of public instruction, teasurer and
. lieutenant governor.
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! Court Next Week.
A big docket is awaiting Judge
Armstrong and Solicitor Koontz
j at spring term of Stokes criminal
r court next week.
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s According to the almanac Mon-
P day, March 22, was the first day
of spriag.
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