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THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1937. LOCALS I Noah Priddy was here Monday from Hartman. Mr. Priddy re-, cently spent 4 days in a hospital with illness a"d the doctors evi- 1 dently did him good, as he was looking fine, though a little bit thin. P. H. Young, of Sandy Ridge, was among the crowd here at court Monday. ••• • • John T. Tucker, of Lawsonville, was in town Monday. *••••' Powell Mabe, of the Jewell sec tion—Peter's Creek township was fl mnn g Monday's court citi i sen* ••• • • " H. H. Brown, of King, was here Monday. Mr. ifcrown la an ex fcounty commissioner, and one of Stokes county's sterling citizens. '* * * * i Taw Sheppard, manager, of Che SheppariJ roller mill on SnoW Creek, spent Monday in town at l°adi n g court and mixing witf: the crowd. Osa Pyrtle, of Weetfield, was "here Tuesday. •*« » • S. A. Flincbum, Burley Mabe and E. R. Nelson, of the Piedmont Springs community, were visit ors here this week. •»» * * J. L. Bennett was here Monday from Peter's Creek township. Jj r . Bennett is a fine tobacco grower of the Buck Island hills. *•• • • Osa Smith, of Walnut Cove, formerly of this community, »pent a while here Monday. •*• » • D. S. Priddy, of North View, is "Here on the jury. Mr. Priddy say 3 he had much rather be fixing his f 'land, for tobacco. He is abi farmer of the Hartman section of Danbury township. *«• * * ./ount Smith, of King, was here is the only son of 1 t\ e late Geo. W. Smith: a fine Tjoy and the child of a fine father. * * * « * Jim Tom Lawson, of Lawson ville, visited the county seat this week. • * * * » Z. O. Johnson, of King, was in town Monday. •** * * Bringing in the pigs: H. P. Loftis has returned from over| the mountain with a fine load of j them. They are round-bodied, j and can squeal loudly and lustily. ••» » » J. M. Fagg and Wallace Flynn. n Dfllard citizens, visiting court. • • • • • Rufus L. Bay, of Walnut Cove Toad, in town this week. ••» # • J. A. Nunn, J. R. Nunn, J. O. Pyfrtle f**m Westfield Route 1— the Reynolds school section — ioingtod here with the court throng Tuesday. E>• • * * * W. EX ColHns and Joe France, M Westfield, in town Monday. I • • «*,' • » « Gilbert Alley was bare Monday. fcnwA Hattmsa , | J. R. Forrest, of Francisco, ac-l compannied by his young son Wilbur, was in Danbury Monday. Mr. Forrest is chairman of the I board of education. •*« * * | Dock Carter, of Walnut Cove, was here Tuesday. **« * * I I Alex Southern was here this week from Flatshoal. ••* » » Dr. J. L. Hanes, county physi cian, accompanied by his nurse, Miss Taylor, was a Danbury visi-| tor this week. ..* . • Matt Simmons, popular R. F. D.' carrier of Lawsonvftlle, visited Danbury Monday. ••• • • Leffbrd Mabe, Peter's Creek, was a visitor in town Monday. ». .• *. • » Eider W. J. Brown, of Capella section, Rural Hail route, wasj here Monday. Mr. Brown was an' unsuccessful candidate for Sheriff on the,% Republican ticket in, the' late election, but he made a good clean, run, and he has many friends in this section. •** • * Reid Martin and Powell East, of the Moore' 9 Springs section, were court visitors this week. ***** A party taking in the shows at Winston-Salem Easter Monday was Hazel Petree, Eraorie and Marjorie Pepper, Sarah King, Beverly Christian and Vance Pep per. * *' * * * Accompanied by his friend Miss| Moser of Winston-Salem, Fred j Carter, of Mocksville, visited Dan bury Monday. Mr. Carter recent ly was connected with the Repor ter, but now holds a position on the Mocksville Enterprise, a fine newspaper of Davie county. * * * * * i Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Fagg, of Winston-Salem, former Danbury residents, spent a while here' j Easter Monday with relatives and | friends. ** * * } W. W. Smith, of Lawso"ville, was among the crowd here this week. e * «• * » Mrs. Pauline and Miss Janie : Martin have returned from a pleasant visit at Norfolk, Va., with relatives and friends. •*« * * Gaston Meadows, prominent merchant and farmer of Capella, looked in on Danbury a few hours i I Tuesday. *•« * • James Lasley was in town from Walnut Cove Routfe 1 Monday. •• • » • • R. L. Lawson, Sr., and R. L, Lawson, Jr., were among Mon- 1 day's company in town—father' and Bon. Mrs. Hessie Barr and little daughter, Frances, visited Dan bury Monday. Mrs. Barr is a daughter of D. V. Carroll of ML View fine folks, if there are any in our county. She was born in Danbury while her father was register of deeds, not so many years ago, U you prove it by us. ••• • • Tlnzy Mabe, of Hartmap M»- ( tion, was here Wednesday. *\ THE OANBLRi BiPOHTEB ' W. R. Stovall, of Lawsonville, was here Tuesday on business. Mr. Stovall was summoned on the grandjury while here. He JS \ i j generally put to work whereever | he goes, as he is known as a good and true citizen. ***** John Martin, of Westfield, spent I a day or two in town, mixing with the throng. ••• • • Thompson Rogers, of Asbury, who is one of Stokes county's de luxe tobacco growers, was here | Wednesday. Mr. Rogers has {made many thousands of dollars i cultivating the fine wrappers that mature beautifully on the slopes that slant between Stokes and Patrick. • • • * • Not one of the least of these this week is Carlos Davis sf Wal nut Cove. t I t Francisco people hers this jweek: Will George, Sam Jessup, ; Elmer Sbelton, Reid Til ley, Loyd , Tillfcy, Chas. Jessup, Joe Clark —i ■ Big Creek crackers. They sit lon their own land, live at home | and tell the rest of the world to go to —grass. • # • » • The coal days are leaving with the cold days—and for this let >ll good citizens be thankful. •«* * * John Lawrence, Fnancisco citi- I zen, spent a while in Danbury. Wednesday. | ••• # • Claxton Lewis is superiatend , ent, boss or something at Vade I Mecum, in charge of the 'Pisco paleans, who begin about June I and contin-n till the fall. There! lare many pro rims of interest' I ! dated at this popular resort this season. «- v •» * * P. Hanes Linville, superintend ent of the State convict camp, is I here among the crowd that mills , ceaselessly about the court house.' •» •* )' i Percy Wall is here from Mead ows. He is a son of his father, the late Sheriff J. C. Wall of . Stokes. * * * * * Ernest Dorner and George Fisher, young men of Pittsburg, Pa., are here visiting their friend Francis Martin. I * « * * * Ed Smith, of Pinnacle, was here Wednesday. • « • » # Sam Dodson and John Brim, j Sauratown citizens, attended the sessions of court this week. » # # * # Judge Humphreys, of Reids ville; Dock Tuttle, of King road jnaar Capella; Will Dunlap 0 f Red , Shoals; Joe Isom of Walnut Cove; —such as these you might; see at the court house square J this week, for one cause or an other being here to attend the sessions of the court Jesse James came to town and people did not stick hands-up, because they knew this was not] i | the famed bandit of Missouri, but' a quiet, good citlfcsen of Beaver | Island township, who makes good . tobacco and keep* good usefuli cattts. At least Lot* Sfek faysj ;*• ' "*i ,' Tom Finchum, of Buck Island bridge, and one of Stokes coun ty's best armers, spent a short while in Danbury Saturday. * * * * *• * Frank Dunlap, of Walnut | Cove, ex-Sheriff and a good spu-.t | if ever there was one, was a v ' B '- tor —you know, here among the great mob that circulated in and around the temple of —justice' ••• • * Among the crowd this week was Frank Dodson, a good farm er and an honest man. Frank is not a preacher, but he is relig iously inclined, and sometimes exhausts. Frank can certainly sing, I'll say. Once attending a great gathering where there was not room to ait, I stood on the fringed edge of the packed audi ence. Behind me, suddenly arose one of the sweetest harmonies I ever beard. The congregation was already singing, and it evi dently occurred to Frank to join in, and did he join! He began i I softly, like the wfcd as it plays j through the weeping willows, making a soughing sound. Then his hymn arose without any pre liminaries to a crescendo, deafen ipg but tremendously electrify ing. I know that Frank was not drunk, and would gladly testify to my best judgment that he hadn't had over three. ***** R. P. White, young man of the CCC camp, leaves today for his f jhome at Rocky Mount. His time .is out and he will not reenlist. • • • • • | T. J. Callahan, of the CCC camp, has been visiting his moth er at his Henderson homt. He (returned Wednesday night. i ***** I. A. Sizemore, of King, was a I visitor with us this week. * * # * * Among the crowd was H. A. ; Fuip, of Flatshoal. * * * v* * I A pleasant visit this week from i 11. T. Pell, of Westfield -he was here attending court j * * * « * j "Ped" Lewis, of Wilson's Store, i Walnut Cove Route 1, was a vis 'itor Wednesday. ! « * »• i « G. A. Jones, of King, and Wal i ter Ray, of Fruicifro, are tiei on the jury. ***** Among the crowd this week was Masten Mabe, of Meadows. ***** W. A. Lewis, of Walnut Cova, paid the Reporter a visit Satur day. Mr. Lewis recently built a i new tobacco barn, and in his op erations around and up on the barn he fell, but it didn't hurt him. He is around 75 years of age, and is spry for his years. # # * * # 1 Joe Bill Bill Neal —Attorney J. I W. Neal—one of the coming law yers of N. W. N. C., is attending court. He is from Walnut Cove and is making good. ••• » • C. H. Frye, the Stokes rep resentative of tits Zinaendorf ! lqjttnr, here this week. This la |« foa 4! Oscar Fry of Quaker |G#> %M this is quite enough jaip.4§ his reliability, dejxvd- Miwictsbllity. > CtUp Us tfe « block. 1 OOWOWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK PALMETTO I ■I Theater f ||| _WALNUT COVE, N. C. £ 0 Friday and Saturday i X GENEAUTRY •• £ it in i "g 'THE BIG SHOW" X ix Sunday, Monday and Tuesday ? I? "SITTING ON THE MOON" S x Come and join the big crowds. Theatre 2 | enlarged and remodeled, lair condition- j> "j Tom Preston of Pine Hall, did B J not forget to -be -here. He is a r , witness in cases at court. Mr. Lester, manager of the .Pine Hall brick company, one of .Stokes county's mujor industries, was here today. W. A. Palmer of King, who is the father of Odell, of the Reset tlement office here, is on the jury. Mr. Palmer is a prominent Prim-| 4 itive Baptist layman of his sec f tion. I Rufus Throckmorton of Wai nut Cove, is here this week. g **«•#*• I s J. W. Shelton, of Lawsonville, e here today, says somebody shot I a fine hound on his plantation, I I two bullets going through the j 2 animal. Owner of dog, its slayer, - or motive of killing not known. g«« * * « ' I I John L. Christian of Pinnacle, 'was a Danbury visitor Toesday. #*•*»« 3 . Ellen Prather Hall is confined to her home with an attack of mumps. * * * * * i Mrs. Sallie F. Pepper of Wal nut Cove, visited Mra Grace i Stuart today. * * * ! C. P. Bailey, county tax super visor ar.d auditor, will remove his family to his farm near Walnut Cove, daily commuting to Dan bury to attend his duties. * -v & * * Mrs. Chas. 11. Martin and child are visiting her mother at Albe i j marie. * * * * * i j J. W. Jones of Walnut Cove, jis back from a 5-day stay at hospital, looking well. i, ; »«•#*«• "j Coman and other highway pa-' I trolmen are here this week at i ! ' | tending court as witnesses. i«« * « * I I See the attractive programs of the Palmetto Theater. The build-! 'ing has been repaired and re-1 ! I I modeled and air-conditioned. Good; ) [ •shows at popular prices. ; Mrs. Odell Palmer has return- j - ed from a visit to relatives at Elkin. A great deal of white oak tim f ber is being marketed at the 9 liquor barrel factory near Walnut r Cove. . i • .-».#»# The Taylor ' old mercantile 3 building will be remodeled into an apartment house. Page 3 MS MED TO FILL WELL PAYING POSITIONS AS BEAUTY OPERATORS Complete Course $75.00 For informatV>n write GIRI'S BEAUTY SCHOOL ; 229 S. El m St. Greensboro, N. (J. LOST —Oil Lawsonville and Stuart Highway 1 mattress. ! Finder notify Mrs. Myrtle Nek son, Walnut Cove, N. C., aad , j receive reward. I | LIMR SOLES o x 0 HALF soles on your alio*--- s> $ mean double the value ind $ q wear at just a. small fraction 0 of the cost of new shoes. $ 0 Bring in your comfortable, worn old shoes and let us fix Q 0 them up to look like new. 2 Q Rubber heels, leather lifts, v I toe caps and minor repairs A made in a jiffy. Spectal a rates for children's shoes. y C. H. Morefield's 1 WALNUT COVE, N. C. | / / / Cheeks 000 C V j Liquid - Tablets | Salve - Nose Flnt Drops Headache, SO iiiliiiilbi. Try u Kab-My-Tisn)"-WorM , s Bes* Liniment 50 ACRE FARM FOR SALE Gul(ford County ifc miles north of Oak Ridge. Good tobacco land with allotment. Good neighbors. • Prieed tight. i> D. WARREN, Greamboro, N. C.
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