THE DANBURY REPORTER.
Established 1872 Volume 66 Danbury, N. C., Thursday, November 10, 1938.
The Democratic Party Is In Power Asain
ALL DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES ELECTED
BY INCREASED MAJORITIES—CHARGES
OF IRREGULARITIES DISMISSED BY
BOARD OF ELECTIONS.
The Democrats swept Stokes
again Tuesday with majorities
larger than ever before. Sheriff
John Taylor wo n over T. G. New
by 878 majority, while J. Walt
Tuttle defeated P. G. Smith for
Clerk of the Court with 882 ma
jority. AH the other Democratic
candidates were elected by vary
ing majorities as shown by a tab
ulated statement elsewhere in
this paper.
On Thursday whe n the Board
of Elections met at the Court
house it was confronted with
charges of irregularities present
ed by Hobart Bennett of Walnut
Cove, T. S. Petree of Danbury,
Monroe Fagg of Lawsonville, A.
C. Simmons of Francisco, Jack
Tuttle of ML Olive, and J. W.
Kurfees, of Winston-Salem.
The board heard the complaint*
and charges and set Friday at 10
o'clock for a hearing. At the
meeting on Friday Attorney
Dallas Klrby read hiS - "-tWetiorf
law in regard to allegations of
illegal voting, which states that
unless the specific instances al
leged would affect the result of
the election, the board may not
take cognisance of the charges.
The law also requires each al
leged irregularity to be support
ed by an affidavit, whereas only
3 affidavits were presented. The
board dismissed the petitions on
the ground that even if the irreg
ularities charged by Bennett and
others were found to be true
that would not materially affect
the result of the election.
Wiley Southern
Seriously Hurt
Saturday night Wiley Southern
accidentally /ell down a flight of
steps at the Booth Cafe here and
was seriously hurt. It was fear
ed at first that his hack was
broken, but later it was found
thfe was not true, Mr. &>uthern
is at this time recovering from
his injuries.
Rufus Mabe Wins
For Constable In
Peter's Creek
Rufu* Ma be waa elected con-
■table In Peter's Creek tewaahip,
running against Corbett Priddy.
The unofficial figures showed:
Mabe 340, Priddy 30. \
A treatment with the new
chemical, Ethylene, Di-chloride
Emulsion, for the control of peach
tree borers waa demonstrated on
the farm of M. 0. Fletcher of
Beaufort county by J. O. Roweil
of the State College Extension
Service. Fifteen trees were used
to test the new material and rec
o*da will be kept-on the results.
State Figures
Show Business
Is On Upgrade
Raleigh, Nov. 7.—Better busi
ness conditions in North Carolina
jwere indicated in reports released
I simultaneously today by two
state officials.
Commissioner of Banks Gumey
P. Hood announced that commer
cial state banks set a new record
I for total resources, with $341-
807,503.67 listed as of September
1 28. A survey of all banks in North
| Carolina, he added, "indicates a
greater activity in business and a
continued tendency toward the li
quidation of bond investments for
the purpose of meeting future de
mands of business."
I Record Tax Collections
Insurance Commissioner Dan C.
jßoney made public a report show
ing-that his department set a rec
ord for tax collections, with re
eeijxa 'Oft- $2,05C,8M.» ta.ithe
1037-38 fiscal year.
Better business conditions also
were indicated in a report last
week by Secretary of State Thad
'Eure. The report stated that fees
from corporations set a new rec
ord.
Hood's statement showed that
resources of the 159 commercial
state bankg and their 107
branches were $34,887,396.45
above ihe June 30 figure, and
$700,000 above resources on Oc
tober 4, 1929.
Resources of all banks in the
state, including 43 national and
33 industrial institutions were ap
proximately $4G5,000,000 on Sep
tember 28.
| Boney's biennial report showed
that 1936-37 receipts were $1,883,-
631.49, nearly $200,000 under
1937-38 collections.
Boney praised insurance com
panies, fraternal orderß &nd asso
ciations for their "fine spirit of
co-operation 'Muring the bien
ninm. He also "thanked the press,
"«toich has given generously of
editorial and news space for the
department's lire prevention pro
gram,* and firemen, "who have
labored incessantly to increase
the efficiency of their depart
ments."
With large supplies and relative
ly low prices in prospect for 1938-
39, the outlook is for continued
liberal feeding of livestock, says
John Arey, extension dairyman
at State College,
MAN WANTED— Good nearby
Rawleigh Route now *pen. If wil
ling to conduct Home Service
business while earning good liv
ing, write immediately. Raleigh's
Dept. NC-55r45. Richmond, Va. j
J. J. Booth Is /
Improving After v
Serious Accident
J. J. Booth is recovering from
the effects of injuries received in
a car accident Saturday evening
when he was rather seriously
hurt.
Returning from Walnut Cove
he met another car at the Smith
filling station intersection half a
mile north of the Cove. The cars
met head-on. Booth thrown
against the steering wheel, was
hurt in his breach He Was at
tended by a Walnut Cove physi
cian, afterwards being brought
to his home here.
j Mr. Teague of Pine Hall was
driving the other car. He was
not seriously injured.
| Both automobiles were damag
ed considerably.
P. W. Simmons
Dies At Francisco
P. W. Simmons, aged 83, died
at hig home at Francisco Sunday
night, of heart disease. The in
terment was at the Simmons old
graveyard o n Tuesday.
| Mr. Simmons was a member of
Dan River Presbyterian Church
He was a prominent farmer and
good citizen.
Surviving are hi 3 wife and" the
following children: Mrs. James
Vaden, Mrs. Jess Shelton, Mrs.
Elmer Shelton, Mrs. Willie Shel
ton, Mrs. James Simmons, of
Francisco; Mrs. Elmer Simmons,
of Greensboro; John, Sam, Roy,
Ed Simmons of Francisco.
i An application of limestone and
superphosphate applied in the fall
of 1935 was responsible for a 50
per cent, increase in com yield
o n land owned by F. D. Warlick
of Swain County. Lespedeza was
planted in the spring of 1936 on
this treated are a as well as on
adjoining land and the sod al
lowed to stand for two years but
the two acres treated with the
, limestone and phosphate out
yielded the area having only the
lespedeza sod plowed under.
Notice
As per order of the Superior
Court of Stokes county, North
Carolina, October Term 1938, I
will on November 12th, 1938, at
10:00 o'clock A. M., sell to the
highest bidder for cast the fol
lowing automobiles captured
transporting liquor:
1984 V-8 Ford Coupe, License
No. 809705, Motor No. 18-1040361.
1929 Ford Roadster, License
No. 449389. Motor No. A-2028683.
This October 12th, 1938.
i. J. TAYLOR.
Sheriff Stokes Connty.
20oct3w
Subscribe for the Danbnry Re
porter. 91,00 the year.
BUILDING HOUSE
FOR J. F. BROWN
NEW HOME AT KING OF
COUNTY AGENT, WHO IS
LEAVING DANBURY—NEW
ADDITION TO KING SCHOOL
BUILDING—OTHER ITEMS.
King, Nov. 9. —A prtron walk-
Ed into the King Post Office one
day last week, planked down two
Lincoln pennies and asked for 26
one cent stamps. The postmaster
informed him that the remittance
enough to cover the pur
chase. He said he had been told
that the department had o n a
special, selling 26 one cent stamps
for a cent and a quarter. The
postmaster told him he had been
correctly informed but that it
took a one cent piece and a
quarter of a dollar. The patron
went away disappointed but
wiser.
Work has been commenced on
a new home for county agent J.
F. Brown on West Main street.
The King Lumber Company are
the contractors.
j Tire town will put on a big
horse show here next Saturday
Nov. 12th.' There will be a num
Iber of contests and a parade. A
I number of prizes will be awarded.
A large attendance is expected as
this is the first show of the kind
to be pulled off he*e.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Cromer of
Mizpah were among the throng
of shopper here Saturday.
Attorney Charles R. Helsabeck
of Rural Hall wa s here Friday at
tending to legal matters.
A force of men are at work ex
! cavating for the foundation of
the new $8,000.00 addition to the
school building.
Miss Kate Stone and Mrs.
James Rumlcy visited in Pilot
Mountain Friday.
John McGee i a confined to his
home On Depot street by illness,
his friends will regret to learn.
The stork put in another very
busy week. Seven biith 3 being
recorded. They were: Mr. and
Mrs. Lucius Beasley, a son; to
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Warren, a
daughter; to Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
Bennett, a son; to Mr. and Mrs.
Russell Tuttle, a daughter; to
Mr. and Mrs. Roby Fulk, a daugh
ter; to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Croan,
a son, and to Mr. and Mrs. Garvie
Perdue, a daughter.
Grady Collins is having his
dwelling, which he recently pur
chased from W. G. Hendrix, re
modeled.
DWight Tuttle of Winston-Sal
em and Miss Thelma Newsum of
King were married here Saturday.
Rev. Edward Helmich officiating.
They left immediately on a
honeymoon trip after which they
will be at home in Winston-Salem.
The bride ia the daughter of Mr.
land Mrs Cladie Newsum of King
Norfolk Man
Fatally Burned
In Truck Cab
Norfolk, Va., Nov. B—James8 —James
C. Clarke, 29, Norfolk brewery
jtruck driver, burned to death
:tht cajj of his truck 15 miles from
Oxford, N. C., this afternoon while
he begged horrifed onlookers to
shoot him.
The large truck, a cab and
| trailer type, caught fire after it
had turned over and stopped with
its right side jammed against an
embankment. Clarke, in the seat
of the cab, was pinned between
the dashboard and steering wheel,
in front, and his wrecked trailer
behind. The trailer had folded
over the cab i n a "VA" shape,
and the driver could not free him
Flames had enveloped the truck
when other persons first arrived
on the scene. They said the driv
er screamed for them to shoot
him, and not let him burn to
death. The top of the truck wa3
'in flames, they said, and they
could not get to him.
Clarke was a native of Florence,
S. C., and had resided in Norfolk
four years. It was learned that
he left last night about 8 o'clock
for Reidsville, N. C., with a loan
of beer, and presumably was «n
his way back to Norfolk when
I the accident occurred.
He i s survived by his widow.
Mrs. Francc a Elizabeth Clarke;
two young sons; three brother;-,.
Daniel, Howard and Thomas
Clarke, and a .sister, Mrs. Ami.iir
Harlee, r.U of Florence, s. C. The
body will be taken to Florence foi
funeral services and burial.
A steady decline in the mort
gage and other indebtedness of
farmers has been noted for the
20 years ending with 1937. The
reduction since 1920 was accom
panied by a decrease of almost
one-half in the number of banks
Quick frozen strawberries arc
'now being preserved by chilling
them in cold Bugar syrup. The
freezing agent i s sugar solution
kept cold by cooling coils in the
freezing container.
and the bridegroom is the B o n of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Coy Tuttle
of Rural Hall, Route 1.
The following tonsil operations
were performed in t he Stone-Hel
sabeck Clinic last week: Mrs. W.
V. Ead 3 of Winston-Salem, Miss
Audrey Gordon and Ardell Joyce
of Pinnacle, Mrs. N. E. Carroll,
and Mrs. Charlie Clark of Rural
Hall, Miss Ruth Moorefield o(
Walnut Cove and Mrs. Alonzo
Hix, Miss Geneva Jone 8 and El
wood Hix of King.
Number 3,346
RED CROSS
CAMPAIGN ON
)
MRS. S.YLLIK F. I'KI'I'KK IS
CHAIRMAN FOR STOKES—
s COMMI'XITV CHAIRMAN SK
LECTED.
1
i Mrs. Saliie Pepper of Walnut
.■J Cove has been appointed as Roll
j Call Chairman foi the Stokes
County Red Cross. This is the
i second year that Mrs. Pepper has
t led the Red Cr\s s drive for mem
j bership and last year under her
! leadership, the Red Cross enroll
t ed 141 members, an increase of
i more than 100 per cent, over the
previous year's membership of
„ 69 members.
j As has been the tradition in
years past, the campaign for
membership will be held from
Armistice Day through Thanks
giving, November 11 through No
vember 24.
It has been reported by Mrs.
Pepper that Ro]l Call Chairman
in the various communities
1 throughout the county have been
' selected and are organizing com
mittees to serve with them in so
liciting mfcil.bershipß. These chair
men are: Mis s Nell King, Dan
ebury; Miss Laur a V. Ellington,
I Sandy Ridge; Mrs. Jacob Fulton,
| Walnut Cove; Mr. C. M. Felt,
| King; Mr. J. C. Germar.-
iton and Mrs. S. R. Gibson, Pine
Hall.
Last yrar the memberships
I were distributed am ng the
I various communities as follows:
Danbury, 2'i members; Sandy
. I Ridge, i>; Walnut Cove. CI; King,
i
!21; G. rnianton, Id; Pine Hall, 5.
Th" S'okos County Rid Cro-s
is n b";i • f th, Wi i? ;oii-S:ilc';u
Chapter and was organized a 9
such during tho periu.l «>:' the
World War. The Winston-Salem
Chapter covers l counties, Stokes,
Yadkin, Davie and Forsyth. The
total membership for the Wins
ton-Salem Chapter last year was
752, an increase of 211 members
over the Roll Call held in the fall
of 1936. Membership throughout
the four counties last year was
distributed as follows: Stokes,
141 members; Yadkin, 183 mem
bers; Davie, 133 members and
Forsyth, 295 members. Roll Call
is not held within the city of
j Winston-Salem because of the
chapter's affiliotion with the Com
munity Chest.
I
Mrs. Robert McArtkur, Jr., is
general Roll Call Chairman over
the entire jurisdiction. This is
the fourth consecutive year that
.Mrs. McArthur has been in charge
: of the American Red Cross Roll
' Call for the chapter. Before Mrs.
McArthur accepted this work, the
membership for the entire chap*
ter stood at only 300. During
her three years of leadership, the
membership mounted to 752. ,* '