THE DANBURY REPORTER. Volume 66 STOKES FISTIC CHAMPION Corbett Priddy will defend his title at Walnut Cove Saturday night, November 6. BUILDING THE BRIDGES BACK HIGHWAY FORCES AT WORK REPAIRING THE DESTRUC TION WROUGHT RY LAST WEEK'S FLOODS —TWENTY • FIVE RRIDGES WASHED * OUT, DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT $5,000 TO SIO,OOO. Tuesday N. J. Cromer, district highway supervisor of Forsyth, Strokes )and 'other counties, was making a tour of the county ac companied by Reid Forrest, Jr., county superintendent of rfrads. These officials were inspecting the terrific damage done to Stokes highways and bridges by Jut week's floods. Mr. Forrest informed us that at least 25 bridges were either wash ed away completely or had their approaches and foundations aen ooaly damaged by the raging! waten. Already highway forces are at work Rebuilding or replacing the, structures, most of which were wooden. The timbers to be used in the replacements will be gen erally seasoned and creosoted, j out of the stocks which the high-| way department baa now on hand. In other cases local tlm-, bern will be used. Mr. Oomer holds the position' formerly held by Zeb V. Stewart,] who is now stationer in the WUkes6oro zone of the highway •jnrtem. Hallowe'en Dance Saturday Night A Hallowe'en dance will be given at the CCC camp next Sat urday night, October 30th. Mia* Grace Tkylor visited Ra'- «%h tM# week. sM?V, Established 1872. Danbury, N. C., Thursday, October 28, 1937. New State Law / Provides Way For Divorcee to Drop Name j Nbrth Carolina divorcer may now resume the use of their , maiden names through a simple process of law made possible by an net of the Noith Caro ina General Assembly- It costs just $1 to erase the ex-husband's name from the life t»f the divorcee. The procedure is simple. The Lady applies to the clerk of su perior court. She files notice of her intention to resume use of full nteiden name. She must furnish the date of her absolute divorce, the full name of her ex-husband, and her : own full maiden name. If she is a widtow who has re married and then divorced her husband, she may resume the ; name of her deceased husband in the same manner. This, may be due to the fact the new law f s little known. ! I When it becomes better known, 1 divorcees are expected to take' prompt advantage of it, it was j indicated. I I J Rev. Mr. Houck Conies Back The people of Danbury and I throughout this Methodist charge are pleased that the Cor flerence sends the Rev. Mr. Houck back here. He is a n able preach ed' young, energetic, conscientious and withal well qualified to fill the position to which he is com mitted. Welcome back, Mr. Houck and family. Robert Sisk, prominent farmer of Pinnacle, accompanied by his son-in-law Lono Nelson, was in Danbury today. H. H. BROWN LOSES HIS FOWLS CROOKS INVADE THE HEN NERY OF STOKES OFFICER AND OF OTHER KINO CITI ZENS —FARMERS PREPAR ING LAND FOR WHEAT OTHER NEWS OF KING. Kins, Oct. 27.—Chicken thieves paid a number of Kbig citizens a call Fiiday night. Crooks as a rue have dislike for officers ef the law and this case was no o-ptien to the rulv as Sheriff H. H. Brown's hennery was visited. Mr. Brown had a flock of 29 fine fowls, ail were taken except one old rooster. They re'icved C. O. Eoyles, Sr., of 12 nice hens At the home of Grover Pulliam they took 8 hens, leaving him three, j which had shed their feathers I and were not saleable. They also visjtod Rev. Herm; n Newsum on Bioa'i Street. The e is an old saying that there ii= some good about everybody and the thieves I must have known that Mr. New- sum was a minister and realizing that preachers are generally re garded being fond of chicken, they only took one hen from him. Farmers in this section are very busy preparing land and sowing wheat. About an average crop is being sown this year. firs. Martha Cook is spending some time with her son, Dewitt, jnear High Point, j Dr. R. S. Helsabeck is having I the interior of hiß home repaint ed. Mrs. Perm-lja Pulliam and her grand-daughter. Miss Leona Pul liam are both suffering from an attack of influenza at their home on Main Street. Bi ly Browder prominent plant er, of the Gi-rmanton section, was a business visitor here Saturday. A number of the King high school teachers attended the 15th annual session of the northwest ern district teachers association at Winston-Salem Friday- P. H. Nlewsum has about fully recovered from a recent illness at his home on Broad street. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Stone, of Trinity, were week-end visitors to relatives here. Herman Snider of the United j States Army, stationed at Fort I Bragg, is spending a short fur lough with relatives and friends here. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Campbell, are the glad parents of a new baby boy. The youngster arrived Friday. Mr. and Mrs. David Callowtay, of Courtney, are visiting relatives near he*e. County Boards Meet The boards of county commis sioners and education meet in regular monthly session next Monday, Nov. 1. Driving License Is Revoked The State authorities have re voked the driving license of Cor bet! Bennett of King. BIG FIGHT FOR NOV. 6 OX THIS NIGHT AT WALNUT COVE PRIDDY AND MORK FIELD WILL DO BATTLE— THE PRIZE IS THE CHAMP IONSHIP, WITH PLR.ihS TO BOTH—CROWD EXPECTED. Cn the njght of November 6 ?t lfas final'v be?n definitely sct t'ed —Co be t t Piid-Jy \vi 1 have to d fend his title as fistic champion of Stokes county. E«h Morefield will moot him at the Walnut Cove high school ryr.-nasium gt 8 o'clock P. M. A la; go crowd is expected to attend this bout, a'id the {-ate retf.ipts wil' be distributed to the fighters, the winner receiving 60 or 75 per cent. Examination For • P. M. At Lawsonville The Unit-jj States Civil Service I Commission has announced an examination, as a ' -suit of which it is expected to make certifica tion to fill a cont 'mp'ated vacancy in th.- position of fourth class postmaster at Lawsonville, N. C. and other vacancies as they may (occur at that office, unless it shall be decided i n the interest of the service to fill any vacancy by reinstatement. The examina tion will be held at Madison, N. C. The compensation of the post master at this office was $716 for the last fiscal year. Appicants must have reached thea twenty-first birthday but net their sixty-fifth birthday on the date of the close of receipt ' app ications. Applicants must reside within the territory supplied by the post office for which the examination is announced. The examination is open to all citizens of the United States who can comply with the require ments. Application blanks, Form 9, and full information concerning the requirements of the examina tion can be secured from the postmastr at the place of vac ancy or from the Unified States Civil Service Commission, Wash ington, D. C. Applications must be properly executed and on file with the Commission a t Washington, D. C., prior tQ the hour of closing business on the date specified at the head of this announcement. Receipt of appications to close Nov. 5, 1037. Elmer P. Newsum and Chas. Ross Newsum, Jr., of King, paid the Reporter a pleasant visit Wednesday. Mr. E. P. Newsum, who is a prominent citizen and real estate dealer of King, has been the Reporter's representa tive at King for some 25 ye®rs. Chas. Ross, Jr., is his nephew- Huey Fiflp Stricken Huey A. Fulp or Flatshoal sustained a stroke of paralysis this week and is reported serious ly ill- AFTER THE CHAMPIONSHIP h &$&&[ liBZ&86 at' > J« WKmm '*- B** i "» *3| * Robert Morcfield will meet Corbi-tt Priddy in the ring Nov. 6. Death of Lonnie Bowman Lonnie Meirjtt Bowman, the young son of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Bowman, of nVr Walnut Cow, died at the Guilford County Tu berculosis Sanatorium at 9:00 o'c'ock Saturday morning. He had been ill only thro- mcn'hs. He had bee n working in Grecns- Lo:o for soir.. C, .-.J taker, with acute tuberculosis. The deceased was born Novem ber 28, 1913 near Walnut Cove. Funeral services were conduct ed at Rosebud Chiistian church Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The pastor, Rev. John L^ingsloa had chfirge G f the service and in terment followed in the chu'ch graveyard. Besides his parents five broth ers, W. A. Bown'i*:;, B. I'. 1'• x- man, Joe Malen Bowman, Settles O. Bowman and Gurnia Elbert Bowman, all of Walnut Cove sur vive; three sisters, Miss Vallie Bowman an d Miss Carrie Opal Bowman, of Walnut Cove and Mrs. A. W. Sawyers, of High Point. Ray John Smith Died Monday Night Ray John Smith, 3-year-old son of Mr. anj Mrs. Boley Smith of Danbury Route 1, died at a Winston-Salem hospital i night. Funeral services were conduct-, ed Tuesday afternoon at Piney Grove Baptist church. Elder W. I J. Brown conducted the service,! and interment followed in the church graveyard. Mr. an d Mrs. H. H. Taylor of liaweonville are visiting the; son, E. H Taylor of Germanton. B. H. Tay'or was in Danbury Tuesday- Number 3,320 SUNDAY NIGHT DECEMBER 19 I A CHRISTMAS CANTATA TO ! BE GIVEN AT WALNUT ! COVE BAPTIST CHURCH. | LED BV RUTH PAT -1 TERSONV-OTHER CHURCHES ' TO BE REPRESENTED— ! SINGERS ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE. ' Miss Ruth Patterson, of the Stokes county welfare organiza tion, arranging a Christmas Cantata to b.- given on the night of Dumber 19 r.t the Walnut jcove Bcptist church. A cantata is a story told in ( sonr; by a choir of mixed voices. |Thif> js entitled "The Adoration," iby George B. Nevin. It is the story of the visit of the shep herds to the manger on the night of the Birth. Miss Patterson, who&t voice has won the admiration of music lovers of Danbury and other communities, will lead the | choruses. This event will be a communi ty affair, and other churches are cordially invited to have repres entation in the Christmas cele bration. Mrs. C. H. Martin Entertains F. A. Club At the cosy and attractive mountain home of Mr and Mrs. C. H. Martin on the game reserve, Thursday night Mrs. Martin en tertained the Danbury Ladies Fine Arts Club. Tire members report a de'ightful evening. Miss Wood Sells High Miss Geneva Wood, daughter of Sam Wood, sel's her tobacco at the new Price Warehouse at Storwville 60c. , 28oct lw „• •

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