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' THE DANBURY REPORTER.
Established 1872
f ' DR. TOM SMITH
DIES IN HOSPITAL
HAD BEEN ILL FOB SIX
I
MONTHS FUNERAL AT
WESTFIELD TODAY. v
Dr. J. Thomas Smith died at
the age of 61 at a Mount Airy
jt. hospital Tuesday at 3:13 p. m.
He had been ill with anemia
and complications for more than
6 months, and spent nearly all
* this time in the hospital. He had
taken 44 blood transfusions.
He had hoped to regain a part
of his strength and a little over
three weeks ago said in an inter
view that he didn't expect to be
i
able to resume his practice, but
"I hope to get on my feet and
mingle with my friends of the
years." I
' A native of Surry county, Dr. |
Smith was born at Westfield No
f vember 25, 1877, a son of Cap- i
s tain John L. and Anne Cobb
J
Smith. He spent his entire life j
in that section with the excep- j
tion of the time he was obtaining i
his medical education. He was
graduated from Davidson College j
and Jefferson Medical College at
Philadelphia, Pa.
Returnrd to Home
After obtaining his license, Dr.
returned to bis home com
munity m * 1896'. He remained :
there throughout the remainder
'of his life. He was married to
Miss Betty George, of Westfield,
in 1899.
While a young man, Dr. Smith
entered the ministry of the Bap
tist Church and served pastorates
of the Missionary Baptist Church
for many years. During the past
few years his practice had grown
so large he was forced to give up
» bis pastorates, but he did not i
stop preaching.
Serving for years on the Surry
county board of commissioner.!,
he was ardent advocate and pro
moter of the good roads move
ment. He wielded a powerful
influence for the cause of public
education and was a leader in the
movement for standardized
schools.
Gave Aid to All
For "his children —the almost
three thousand he ushered into
the world and gave a start m
life I—he 1 —he performed many services.
He instructed parents along im
portant "health tines he gave pub
ic talks in the interests of health
In the schoolrooms. From the
pulpit anj privately lie pointed
to them the paths of righteous
firing. He officiated at their
, weddings and hurried to their
/. bedsides In time of illness and if «
the malady proved incurable he !
vu the one called upon to per
form the last rites.
Dr. Smith —hq was ' "Doctor 
Tom", 'Tom Smith" or just plain 1
"Doc Smith" to thousands in »
Surry—was one of the .best- t
known men in Surry county. He t
«tas«nlways cheerful and ready 8
- with a Joke.
£ Surviving are one son, A nolle t
' V Smith, OH daughter, Ilia La- c
vWa Neil Saig; one sbter, Mrs. c
Volume 66
CRIMINAL COURT
BEGINS APRIL 3
i
JUDGE FELIX ALLEY AND
SOLICITOR RALPH SCOTT
WILL BE IN CHARGE
SCOTTS FIBST TERM AS
SOLICITOR HERE BIG
CRIMINAL DOCKET AWAIT
ING —NINETY FIVE PER
CENT LIQUOR CASES.
Judge Felix Alley will be on
the bench when the April 3 crim
j inal term of Stokes Superior
Court convenes here 2 weeks
from next Monday.
Solicitor Ralph J. Scott will
prosecute for the State in his
' first term of Stokes court.
There are about 110 cases on
the docket, at least 95 per cent.
' of them for liquor violations.
There are two murder cases
listed for trial, to-wit: State vs.
i Russell Nelson and Reuben Til
ley, white, charged with killing
j Watt Smith, and State vs. Mar
shall Mitchell, indicted for the
| murder of Albert Mitchell, both
colored.
The term will doubtless last a
' full week or longer.
The second week of court, be
ginning April 10, will be devoted
to civil actions. This also is a
large docket, and will probably
cdnsum? a week.
Mr. Davenport
W. Y. Davenport, of Young's
school, attended the teachers'
meeting here Saturday. Mr. Dav
enport has been teacher at
Young's for 7 years, and when
asked by the Reporter, why, he
said he reckon he had them fool
ed.
Cld Abe Lincoln said: "You
j can fool part of the people all
the time, and all of the people
part of the time, but you can't
fool all the people all the time.'*
Mr. Davenport must be pretty
smooth to fool all the people all
llhe time.
He has not fooled the people
of Young's school, they know
him to be a real, sincere and hon
est and capable teacher, and
that's the reason they keep him.
Register of Deeds R. L.
Smith Gets His Ton
sils Out
Register of Deeds R. L. Smith
has returned from the Stone-Hel
sabeck Cliaic a t King where he
und«rwent a tonsil removal op
eration. He is getting along fine.
R. K. Simmons, and two grand
children, Louise and Gcraldine
Smith, all of Westfield.
The funeral will be held at
Westfield Baptist Church Thurs
day afternoon at 3 o'clock. Bev.
R. W. Hovis, the pastor, and Rev.
James B. Ffcklin 3rd will conduct
the services. Burial will be in
the church graveyard with Ma
sonic rites.
The body will lie in state at
the chureh from 1 until 3 o'-
clock. The casket win not be
opeoed after the servfce. a
.
Danbury, N. C., Thursday, March 16,1939
SOUND OF THE
SAW AND HAMMER j
' MERRY MUSIC FOR THi.; CIT
IZENS OF KING— SID'JIEY
L. PULLIAM ILL AT ASHE-
I
BORO SHELL SERVICE,
1 STATION ROBBED.
■
I
King, March 16—A force of ,
men are at work excavating for i
I
the foundation of a new home to
i •
j be erected on North Depot street
for Debs Holder.
! The ring of the saw and ham- •
i
| mer is heard from all sides in I
! King. Work on the new addi- 1
tion to the high school building l
I
iis about fifty per cent, com
pleted.
Work on the new home of
Austin Garner on Dan River i
I
street is well underway and will
i
be pushed through to completion
at an early date. j
Relatives here have been noti
fied of the severe illness of Sid- :
ney L. Pulliam at his home in
Asheboro.
i
Dr. Isaac A. Booe and family j
are on a vacation trip to Atlanta,
l :
Ga., and Tampa and Miami, Fla. j
Howard an d James Wolff of 1
thej Neatman section, formerly j
of King, were visitors here Sat
urday.
Esker Pulliam has returned to
his home in High Point after a!
short visit to relatives here.
Mr. Ellis Conrad's friends will
' be pleased to learn that he has !
recuperated from a severely in- J
jured hand the result of an acci- j
dent, and is now able to resume i
, his farm work. Mr. re
sides in Walnut Hills.
The following patients under-,
went tonsil removal operations in ;
the Stone-Holsabeclc Clinic last
i
week: Mrs. Riley Boles of
i Mountain View, Miss Eunice
I Shamel and Harvey Shambel of j
j Tobaccoville.
The work of remodeling the
| four-room bungalow of Mr. and '
i Mrs. E. L. Conrad in Walnut
' Hills has been completed and is
! now being occupied by Mr. and
j Mrs. P. G. Binkley of Winston
! Salem.
The following births were reg
istered heri last week: To Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Mounee, a daugh
ter, and t° Mr. and Mrs. Esker
Smith, a daughter.
The continued rains m this sec
tion are putting farmers behind
with their work.
Jassie Shamel, who resides in
the Payne's Mill section, is re
ported to be quite sick.
The Shell Service Station on
East Main street was broken into
Thursday night and about $20.00
taken from the cash register.
Entrance was gained through a
back window. There is no clue
to the guilty party.
Sam Jessup j
Is In Hospital (
Deputy Sheriff Sam Jessup of
Francisco is in a Tennesse gov- '
eminent hospital receiving treat- «
meat for a leg injured while in 1
France in World W*r sendee. *
I SANDY RIDGE
P. T. A. MEETS
INTERESTING PROGRAM IS
RENDERED DEATH OF
PEGGY ANN HAWKINS
PERSONALS.
I
Sandy Ridge, March 12. —The
I
l Parcnt-Teac'hers Association mot
in the Sandy school audi
torum, Thursday night, March 9.
; The meeting was cailed to order
, by the president, Miss Laura El
| lington. The program was read
jby the secretary, Mrs. Lowell
I
| Poorc. The following program
was given by Miss Rebecca Tay
j lor's first graders: Miss Pearl
| Johnson and Mrs. Edith P. Hill's
second graders, and Mrs. A. E.
Garner's third graiers:
I Song—"Work Far The Night
Is Coming." Devotional —Mrs.
' Ernest Steele. Pantomime—Pol
' ly, Put the Kettle On. Duet—A
Paper of Pins—Angela Vernon
and Winfred Corns. Song—The
Jolly Huntsman. Guitar Solo—
|
Mrs. Charlie Eaton. Dolly's Ba
; zaar—Betty Jean Hutcherson.
; Rhythm Drill—A Minuet.
I The minutes of the last meet-
I ing were read and stood approv
ed.
During the business session a
committee composed of Mrs. Ro-
Isa Hutcherson, Mrs. Lee Joyce,
j and Miss Rebecca Taylor was ap
j pointed to elect a new president
| for the P. T. A. Everyone pres
! cnt was asked to suggest some
person that they wanted to be
| president by writing their name
j on a piece of paper and present-
I ing it to a member of this com
mittee. Since the next P. T. A.
| meeting will be the last one for
' this season. A committee com
posed of Miss Mae Hunt, Miss
j Kathleen Mclvc-r, Miss Bessie
j Joyce and Mrs. Hilary Chapman
j was appointed to assist the pro
! gram committee in whatever
| they might do. Mrs. A. E. Gar
j ner's third grade won both ban-
I ners. Mr. C. R. Darr closed the
meeting with a prayer.
DEATH
Peggy Ann Hawkins, 3-year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E.
M. Hawkins of this community,
died at a Stuart, Va., i spital
early Saturday morning March
11, of burns suffered late Friday
afternoon.
The little girl was playing in
a field which her father was
burning off. Mr. Hawkins said
he did not know the child was n
the path of the flames until he
heard her screams.
Mr. Hawkins ran to the aid of
his daughter and found her cloth
ing in a mass of flames. She was
taken to the Stuart Hospital
where she died eight hours later.
Surviving are the parents,
three brothers, James, Oren and
Jackie Lee Hawkins, and two sis
ters, Lois and Polly Hawkins, all
of the home.
The funeral was conducted at
Oak Ridge Baptist Church Sun
day afternoon at 2 o'clock by
Rev. J. A. Joyce. Burial follow
ed in the church graveyard.
; COUNTY HOME
PER CAPITA COST
STOKES HOME HAS POPLLA- j 3
TION OF 32, EACH COSTS
| $13.08 PER MONTH-FIGI RK«, j
FROM STATE WELFARE DE
PARTMENT.
Out of the total of $713,221
spent by 85 North Carolina coun
ties in fiscal year 1938 for care
'i of indigigent and aged in alms- s
I houses, Stokes county had a c
I monthly per capita cost of $13.0$ v
I in taking care of an average o
II daily population of 32, according 5
to figures of a survey by the di- j c
I J vision of institutions and correc- o
II tions of the State Beard, of Char- e
. ities and Public Welfare. j £
Expenditures for permanent I
: improvements to 23 county home 3 I
ranged from slightly more than 1
• $2OO to $lOO,OOO spent by Edge- a
combe county on its new home t
i and sanatorium. Statewide ex- F
: penditures for permanent im- J
provements during the fiscal per-, a
■ iod cost the counties $170,210.33, n
. the survey showed.
Avvi age uuauU per capita j a
cost in the 85 county homes j *
• came to $213.54 or $17.76 a £
month exclusive of expenditures
i for permanent improvements, t
while the average daily popula- t
tion for the 85. homes collective- a
ly was 35 inmates. ; c
The average daily population, J
total yearly maintenance ami | 
monthly per capita cost for alms-; a
houses in adjoining counties
was as follows:
"North Carolina's public as
sistance program lowered the j
cost of operating the county I
homes $05,000 in 193S over the 1
previous year hy reducing the, 1
1
total average population :JQO in-; 1
mates," VV. C- Ezell, director of '
i the division of institutions an.! 1
- corrections, and in commenting
r on the survey. I'
''County home care is still .i j
-! five million dollar enterprise with!
j the counties reporting an invest- j '
1 
ment of $3,691,532 with perm:'.- j
nent improvements and annual i
! Ij
- maintenance cost amounting to
. ; $383,434.
, j "Per capita costs of operation
I of the institutions are still climb
i ing, having jumped from $13.66
■ in 1954 10 an average of $17.76 (
during the last fiscal period, an.l {
the rise may be expected to con
tinue in view of the fact that the
h
able-bodied have to some extent
been removed from the home 3 t
through public assistance aid a
while the physically and mental
ly infirm have been left in the in- r
stitutions. p
"One-half the present alms- w
house population is bedridden or ti
needs considerable personal at- p
tention, while a third are blind m
or .have seriously defective vi- ir
sion. ti
"Small counties will find it at
much more economical to unite ei
with adjacent counties and form ui
district infirmary homes, follow- tl
ing the lead o{ Forsyth, Edge- hi
combe and Craven counties in pi
opening mw homes which at- ti
Number 3,492
THE STATE-WIDE
LITERACY DRIVE
MRS. DAY. STATE FIELD SU
PERVISOR, VISITS DAN
BURY—GOV. HOKY AND
STATE SITEKiNTEX DENT
PUBLIC EDUCATION AP
PROVE SCHOOL TEACH
ERS PLEDGE SERVICE.
Mrs. J. M. Day of Raleigh,
state field supervisor of aduit
education, and also connected
with WPA and State department
of public instruction, was hero
Monday instituting for Stokes
county the State-wide literacy
drive. This movement is approv
ed by Gov. Clyde R. Hoey and
State Superintendent of Public
Instruction c'yde A. Envin.
The 1930 census gives 2104 il
literates for Stokes, 1645 whit 3
and 459 negroes. This amounts
to 13.2 per cent, of the county's
population.
Public school teachers of Stokes
are pledging to give 8 hours per
month teaching school patrons.
Principals of each school are
acting as group leaders. Special
materials are furnished by the
State department of schools.
All groups are asked 10 par
ticipate in the drive, including
the churches, the parent teachers
associations, the women's and
civic clubs, etc.
Superintendent of Schools J.
C. Carson endorses the work and
asks his teachers to give service.
Protected Birds and
Unprotected Birds
It has come to our attention
iliai a lot of people are unknow
killing o'.vlo u.ij oilier wild
LIIUJ tl.ut " ,0 hurr.:le3S, ami are
protectcl by law. Let's try to
remember Ihe following list and
not kill tli se birds that are
harmless.
UnjjroJc. ic ; j Birds and Ouis
English Sparrows. Great Horn
ed Owls, Cooper Hawks, Sharp
skinned Hawks, Crows, Jay 3,
Starlings, and Buz
zards. j
CHARLIE MARTIN,
Stokes Game Protector. i
Jesse George of Westfield was
a visitor here Tuesday. Mr.
George is a progressive citizen.
He is one of the backers of the
fine Reynolds school near his
home. ..«* •
tempt to provide special medical
and nursing services.
"The proportion who are bed
ridden and incapacitated from
physical or mental infirmities
will gradually increase because
the able-bodied will granted
pubic assistance aid and will re
nain in private homes. This will
nake it necessary for the coun
ies to p-ovide adequate medical
attention which can be done mors
economically if jthe institutional
inits are sufficiently large as
hey are in the case of a district
lome with the cost of operation
>ro-rat*d among the partidp*-
ing courtics," Bcell pointed oW»