THE DANBURY REPORTER.
" Established 1872 Volume 66 Danbury, N. C., Thuisd ay, February 16, 1939
STOKES FARMERS
GET SIOO,OOO
COUNTY AGKNT BROWN'S OF
FICK TO PAY THOSE WHO
COMPI IHD WITH CROP PRO
ORAIVI IN 1938—OONSERVA
TION PROGRAM TO CON
TINUE IN 1939. '
I
Stokes county farmers who
complied with the 1938 Agricul
tural Conservation Program will
receive more than SIOO.OOO in
payments, it has been announced
by J. F. Brown, County Agent. (
Of the ?600 land owners in the ,
county, it is estimated that ap
priximately 2,000 will earn full or
partial payment. Payments un-'
der the 1938 program, Mr. Brown
explained, are made to farmers j
y who have complied with the to
bacco acreage allotment estab
liahed for their farm and car
ried out approved soil building
practices as stresses under the
program. The county office 13
working full speed to complete
the preparation of application.-;
for payments as rapidly as possi
ble for all farms in the county, j
As soon as the applications arc
signed by the landowners and in
terested tenants, they are bring
forwarded to tire State office in |
Raleigh. Most ,of the payment;. 1
sfcbuld be received*thisng. "|
The Agricultural Conservation
I
Program, a voluntary program,
will continue in operation in 1939 '
and farmers who comply with
their acreage allotment and car-1
ry out approved soil buildingj
practices, may expect a payment;
again in 1939. There are a very i
few changes tn the program for j
1539 as compared with 1938. The i
"basic principles of operation arc 1
about the same. Of course, there
would be no T»mpulsory control
k.
on poundage as a result of the !
referenda on December 10. All j
reduction in tobacco acreage Is j
•voluntary with payments beuvj,
made to those who comply.
Zack Isom Dies
Zack Isom, aged 52, died at hi?' ,
borne al Walnut Cove last week,
after a long illness.
Survivors include: the widow, i
who was Miss Isa Abbott prior to
marriage; six (laughters, Mrs.
Carrie Marshall and Mrs. Grace
Brown, of Walnut Cove; Mrs.
Emma Glenn, of Greensboro;
Mrs. Ola Dunlap, of Mount
, Gilead; Mre. Geneva Mjddleton,
of Germanton; and Miss Claries
Isom, of the hove; four sons,
Henry Isom, of Liberty; Wilson,
1 Jerry and light Isom, of the
borne; one brother, Light Isom,
of Walnut Cove; and two sisters.
Jfrg, gallic Uijhn and Mrs. Per
tfe Farmer, Walnut Cove,
The funera; vai helu ' ->tu» iay
afternoon. .. 2:30 o'clc. "t the
First Bap; •». Chuj ch • ainvt
Cove. Rev,. X A. Britt J... ev.
C. B. Hutcherson constat. I
servicea. Burinl v•• ui c'ja V- ( ,
Oovc Cemetery.
J«nes W Lrgley of WnJjut
Covs was iu town WVlncviay.
K.
Death Qt Rufus
P. Ma be At Ether,
Montgomery County
RufUs P. Mabe, TO, formerly o' -
Stokes county and former Stoker,
coroner, died Monday afternoon
at his home at Ether. He lia-i
, been ill from a stroke of paraly
sis sustained three days before.
Surviving arc the widow, the
former Minnie Vaden of Stoke:,
county; four daughters, Mrs. J.
I R. Bennett of Seagrove; Mrs. C.
A. Fagg of Asheboro: Mrs. J. E.
' Nelson of Danbury; and Miss Eu
-1 na Mabe of Ether; and n,ne sous,
R. G. Mabe of Candor, R. H.
Mabe of Morrisville, Glenn Mabe
of Fort Bragg, Jazan Mabe Oi'
High Point, and S. T., Harvay
| Vaughn, and Jarvis Mabe of
Ether.
The funeral was held Tuesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock at White
• Oak Springs Baptist Church. El
ders D. P. Broadway and J. A.
i Fagg conducted the services.
Burial was in the church grave
yard.
! LIN SMITH
ON RAMPAGE
i
KICKS UP FURORE IN
> BOOTH'S CAFE, AND WHEN
i ARRESTED RESISTS OFFI
-4 CKRS WHO~PI/*THK BLACK
JACK TO HIM—OUT ON
SSOO BOND.
I
i Saturday night Lindsay Smith,
| son of Buck Island Jim Smith,
sat in Booth's cafe drinking hi:
| beer. He became involved in an
; altercation with Justice P. C.
; Camp'oell, who was also present..
! The cafe people called the law.
i and Burke Smith and Lon Sisl:
came and arrested Smith, carried
j him to jail. At the jail when
, Lindsay was being led upstairs
in the narrow passageway, he be
j came unruly and knocked down
'or up againzt the wail, both of
j the officers. Burke Smith and Lon
Sisk. Burke then drew his black
jack and beat Lindsay down, do
I that a physician had to be called.
] Lindsay was put in a cell, and
; next aa.v his father, Jim Smith,
; came and went on hia bond for
j 5500.00 Jill court,.
In the meantime Judge P. C.
Campbell issued four separate
and disti&ct warrants against
Lindsay.
In Hospital
John Redmtwi and Elmore
Beaaley, well, known Mt. Airy
men, were seriotrfly injured in a
car wreck near Fancy Gap Fri
day. The two men are in Mt. I
Airy hospital.
Curtis Stevens
Seriously Hurt
Curtis, young son of Mr. end
Mia. Watt Steven?, was aerioua
ly hurt when his car turned over
near the Jewel old place. He is
in a Winaton-Saleru hospital. |
Wilbur Forrest of Francisco'
was here touay on business.
NEW BEAUTY SHOl*
Oi'ENS AT KIN(*
MISS ESTHER KKV OF ARA
RAT IS PROPRIETRESS—
HERMAN NEWSI'M is 11.!.
SAM. OF A FARM—BIRTHS
! —OTIIJER KING NEWS.
King, Feb. id. Miss Esi hoi
Key of Aiarat lias opened up .1
! new beauty parlor in the Stone
building. She has all modem
| equipment.
There is so.iie imi l ovi.ient in
I the cokliuoi; of lis. Latney
Uutledge, v.iio lias been quite ill
|at her home in North Side for
j the past several days.
Miss Ethel Kirby of Winston
! Salem was a week-end visitor »o'
,
' relatives and friends here.
The basketball team of the'
King high school won a double-'
; header from Germanton at Ger
manton Friday night.
! Herman Newsum is confined to
f his home on Broad street by ill
i
ness his friends will regret to
learn.
Woodrow Eawson of Danbury j
l was among the visitors here Fri
! day.
|
I L. E. Galloway has purchased'
from Rev. and Mrs. David H. Wil- '•
| cox an eighteen acre farm two,
miles west of town. Considera- 1
tion, 5900.00.
i
Miss Amie Moore is recupera-1
ting from an attack of influenza
at her home on West Main '
street.
j I.lr. and Mrs. Woodrow Shorj
,of East Bend spent Saturday
I here the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
• Otis Sills.
) i
T. G. New, Sr.. has returned j
) from Richmond, Va., where h -
i * ;
; went on a business trip.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hauser of j
j Winston-Salem, formerly of King, i
J were visitors here Friday.
James C. Burge of High Point, j
; spent the week-end here the I
; guest of sister, Mrs. Alvin
| VVhite, on Meadow.view Drive. |
: Five births were recorded here !
] .last week. They were: To Mr. and
Mrs. Claxton Lewis, a son; to j
Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Mabe, a
daughter; to Mr. and Mrs. Ive 1
Southern, a son; .to Mr. and Mrs.
James Mickey, a daughter*, and 1
to Mr. and Mrs. Richard For-!
rest, a daughter.
Arthur Kirby narrowly es-;
caped with his life Thursday. He
was starting a fire i n the stove
in his pool room when through
mistake he poured gasoline on
the fire thinking it was kewsene.
He was severely burned about
| bis face and bands. Coster Col
lins and Charles White mother
ed out the flames with a bed
quilt.
Rona Smith, of near High
Point, formerly of this section, '
w«a a business visitor here Fri
day. 1
]
Matt Simmons of Law lonvil'.c i
| was In town Monday. Mr. Sim- |
mens is a set-brck player of note i i
and delights to go up against th» 1
crooked Danbury player*. i
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P. T. A. MEETS
AT SANDY RIDGE
PROGRAM RENDERED WAS
VERY INTERESTING—MAR
RIAGE OF MISS DROWN |
AM) MR. HANDY—PERSON-1
!
i
San.ly Ridge, Fib. 13. The;
Parent Teacher's Association of
the Sandy Uidge High school nM j
in the auditorium Mc.idnv nighi.,
February 13, at 1:3) o'clock. An
unusually large crowd attended. ,
The meeting whs called to ordei
by the president, Miss Laura El
lington. The secretary, Mis;
Lowell Poore, read the program
which was as follows:
Song, "All Hail The Power ol
I Jesus' Name". Devotional Rev. I
J. A. Joyce. Quartet! —"Sleep I
Kentucky Babe". "Dear Father i
Hear the Thank?."—Third graJ- 1
] ers. Musical Reading—Wynken. 1
Blyuken and Nod—Marie Han !
cock. Dialogue—Little 80-pecu |
and Little Boy Blue —Verlk* |
Woolwine and Edward Dodson. !
Duet, "The Quarrell"—Estelle j
Mitchell and Hardie Reid Martin. I
Tom Thumb Wedding—Third j
i Graders.
; This play presented by Mrs.
Woodrow Lawson's third grades,
|
I was the bofst and most outstand
! ing play of this season, and was
i
| thoroughly enjoyed by everyone.
Reva Jane Poore became the
> bride of Sambo Joyce. The cere
mony was performed Rev. An
dy Bullin. The pianist Miss
Kathleen Mclver, played a pro
gram of bridal music and just
prior to the entrance of the wed-'
' ding party Francis Duncan and j
! Nellie Kate Martin sane "Let Me'
i i
j Call You Sweetheart" very soft
| ly, and Louise Talley sang "[
• Love You Truly." The usher*
| were Edward Dodson, Berkley j
' Smith and Henry Amos. Serving :
I
] as groomsmen were Gene Dodso-i 1
i
and Ha>die Reid Martin. Th.; j
, bridesmaids were Verfie Wool-1
wine, Shirley Oakley, Polly Haw- j
kin 3 and Estelle Mitchell. Tlu
were beautifully dressed in co,
tumes of pastel shade wit i 1
| matching hats and corsages [
Violet Ann Amos, maid of honor, j
i was beautifully dressed in a yel-1
j low costume with hat and cor-'
I sage to match. Little Jimmio'
I
Leake was ring bearer, wore a
white linen suit and carried the
ring on a tiny satin pillow. Sam
bo Joyce was attended by L. B.
Jr. Hawkins as best man. The
bride entered with her father..
Tom Moore, who gave her in
marriage. Her bridal gown waa
white satin with tulle, train
and carried by Joan Darr,
Barbara Lawson an ] Joel Shen
pard. Her flowers were gar
denias.
Aft?r the business session
b-inners were awarded. Mrs. c.
R. Dc r's eleventh grade won
for having , l he L ost ler.'nta!
pip&eriu Mrs. y o;. ■ '
son's third gr •>n tor bavi >; j
the moat peo, vjnt by »pt-!
dal Invitation. \J, j 0 y>*» j
Francisco Deputies
Make Liquor Haul
Charley and Saundeis Siai
were caught Friday evening, tie
' 10th ins'., near Dan River chui\!
| with 1(1 gallons of liquor.
The arrests were made b;
j Deputy Sheriffs Elmer Slultoii
land Sim Jessup of C.nk
township.
There were two ears, one tr.V
ing the o'her. Tie rear .i: v.i:h
Saun iers Slate driving, had t!i
liquor. Charley was in iron*,
and claimed both cars. He di;J
not have on any booze.
Pearson-Martin
At homo to their friends in
( Spartanburg, S. C., are Mr. an
Mrs. Larry Pearson, married re
| cently.
The bride is the former Mis.-
I
Lois Martin of Danbury, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Fran'.;
, Martin, and one of Danbury s
1 younger set, accomplished, popu
| lar and of the highest qualities
of heart and mind.
The giooi.i is a promising
l young business man of Spartan
burg, being connected in one of
| the leading automobile concerns
of that city.
The scores of friends of Lois
here wish them all happiness an''
good luck, and predict for the
head of this family success.
closed the meeting with a prayer.
BROWN-HANDY
Miss Catherine Brown became
the bride of Mr. Raymond Hanuy
Saturday, February 4, at Went
] worth, N. C.
| Mrs. Handy is the second
• daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Tom Blown of Sandy Ridge. S'i.-
graduated from Sandy Ridge
I high school in the class of 15i3J.
| Mr. Ifrtndy is the son of Mr.
j and Mrs. Cutler Handy of Law
-1 sonville. He attended Sandy
j Ridge high school. He is no ;
] engaged * n farming,
j The young couple will reside
with the groom's parents. Thev
vere accompanied to Wentwortb
by Miss Ailcne Joyce and Mr. Ul
! ric Handy.
PERSONALS
Miss Louise Jessup visited Mr.
| Curtis St;,.-'icn.i. who is a pa'.ici t
|in City Memorial hospital in
Winston-Salem Sunday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Joyce visit
ed Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Joyce
Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Darr and
daughter, Joan, shopped in Win
ston-Salem Saturday.
Miss Ailcne Joyce, Ulric Han
dy, and Mr. and Mrs lames H-.v.v
kins were in S!.o. id Friday
night.
Misses Polly V ic;; a
Georgia Mays \' J Ailene a-
Flsie Brow a S>. nd».
Mr. and Mrs. Ehvi od Hicks o
King; Mr. and J'rs. Oscar C-ee ■
*>f Walnut C ve viefte .ic
here Sundry.
Mr. and Mrs. Mar'on St'
isitod r .latfvci ar Ws l tii
Core Sunday.
Number .'MBB
STOKES WELFARE
DEI'T. RECORD
IKISKIAKY llKlVi* HKIJ' FOR
A(iKl) AMI FOK l»K-
I'I:NIH;\T ( it I I. N U I: X—
(H (HAS r'lLl.lii*.
A tot-d ii .S.'i.L'T7..">o in check
'.i> needy :»»_,«•«.! an I i> l*
iiii.iien have !);•-n distributed f«>.•
''w Hi of February bv tin*
Stokes C.iUnty Welfai\ Depart
ment.
To H-7 residents of the county
; went .SLMl'i.no iii Old-Age As
sistance payments. while depen
dent childien received a total of
$361.00.
Quotas far both types of as
sistance have practically been
' filled. From time to time u
ease is terminated for one reason
j or another, such as death or a
recipient may move out of th - .-
county. In such cases the wel
fare department usually adds a
1 , new case.
' j Stokes County's average grant
1 . per Old-Age Assistance recipient
'is about 88.00, while that for
' Aid to Dependent Children in
■ about $5.50 per child.
Poultry Raisers To
Meet Feb. 20
>j
, Next Monday, February 20, the
' Poultry Specialists from the
• Poultry Department of S'.ate Col
lege will conduct a one day short
. course at Lexington, X. C. This
meeting is being held for the
i
. convenience and benefit of the
j
r farmers in the surrounding couii
. lies \v!:o are interested in pou!-
j try piodi etion. In this way,
i stale College is bringing to th-r
• fu»..:e. Uiiwvi ii.i'orination that
. 01,.e« would have to be se
. i cured at the college. The meet
., ing will b- held in the American
Legion Hir. and will be;;in at 10
a. m.
There > p number of farmer:;
in Stokes county who are mak
! _
ing poult i.v a prifitable sideline
.! along with the production of to
,•. bacco and other farm crops,
i j There arc many more who could
. do as well.
We want to urge that every
farmer who is interested in poul
j try attend the short course next
i j Monday, February 30. at 10 a. m.
. in Lexington.
T. H. SEARS,
Asst. County Agt.
First Grade Honor Roll
Danbury Graded School:
I
Frances Ashby,
Dean Lav/son,
Diane Nelson,
. Patricin Scott,
! Robert Kirby,
McLe.icc Ramey,
Junior Fulp,
.Itmmic I^ake,
1 Mrs. Theodore Twad-
Mr. nnd Mrs. Johnnie
** Wilmington, Del., and
•. a .d Mrs. Pichard Durlap of
ihurs f , Del., were week-end
"ta of Dr. and Mrs. R. H.
Moorefleld. • • ■