THE DANBURY REPORTER.
Established 1872 Volume 66 Danbury, N. C., Thursc ay, May 4, 1939.
MATT SIMMONS
CALLS MEETING
VETERANS TO GATHER AT
COURT HOUSE MAY 13 TO
CONSIDER CLUB HOUSE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
TENDER THE LAND—REN
DEZVOUS OF EX-SERVICE
MEN TO BE CREDIT TO
COUNTY.
Matt Simmons, president of
the Stokes World War veterans,
has issued a cail to the ex-ser
vice men to n. ?et here May 13 to
organize and to take measures to
build a home for the soldier boys.
At their regular meeting Mon
day H. L. Gibson, chairman,
Henry Brown and Harvey John
son, County Commissioners of
Stoke s county, told a delegation
of veterans to go foward with
their plans for a club house and
that they could have all the land
necessary, even to extent of the
entire 10 acres, a part of the
county home tract and which
lieg on the south side of the
main highway leading to Walnut
Cove, and now being used a
prison camp by the State. It is
understood that the State forces
will soon be able to move into
their new camp which i 3 being
built at Meadows.
This act on the part of the
county commissioners ends the
search for a club bouse site and
will permit the veterans to finish
their plans started last Novem
ber when at a meeting an J
oyster supper they organized the
Stokes Soldiers & Sailors Club
and began a search for a place
to build. Plans have already
been drawn by Mr. Ormand, arch
itect with the C. C. Camp at
Hanging Rock. The only thing
that now remain g to be done to
perfect the deal will be for the
veterans to secure a charter and
incorporate the club so that it
may have the status of a legal
entity and be able to own prop
erty. This i s being attended to
by lawyer members of the club.
At the first meeting last No
vember Matt Simmons of Law
sonville was elected president ot
the club. Mr. Simmons, in view
of the action taken by the coun
ty Commissioners, has now called
a meeting of the veterans in the
«ourt house at 3:00 T. M., May
13th, at WMch time each and
every veteran residing in Stoke?
«ouaty is requested to be present
when arrangements will be made
to r&Sse the meaaey with which
to bidld the club house. Many
offers of help and financial as
sistance have already been re
ceived, and when the home 1s
completed the veterans of this
county will have a club house
and meeting place that will be
• credit to the county.
King Item
A star mail motor truck has
been put on between Greensboro
and Mount Airy, which is being
operated on approximately, the
mbm schedule as the A. & Y.
.train which ha* been die-
Danbury Wins Open
ing' League Game
Danbury defeated Stoneville at j
Riverside Park Sunday afternoon
by the score of 22 to 3 to open
the season in the newly organ-1
iz;d Tar Heel League.
Dunlap led the attack on the
Stoneville pitchers with 4 hits
for five trips to the plate, while
Tedder, White and Shelton were
collecting 3 for five trips, one of i
Tedder's being a home run over
the left field fence. Smith led;
the attack for the loser s with
two doubles. The fielding stars
of the game were Wall, third i
baseman for the winners, who |
made s&"'eral beautiful pick-up.; j
to throw men out at first base,
while Smith, manager of th:> j
losers, made several nice catchto j
in center field.
Eddie White, on the mound for j
I
Danbury, pitched in mid-season
form allowing only 7 hits in
eight innings, there being only
one earned run. Stephens pitch
ed the ninth retiring the side in
one, two, three order, striking |
out the first two men to face
him.
Stoneville Ab r h c
Coleman, 3b 5 0 0 0
Taylor, 2b , 5 0 0 0
McCraw, ss 5 0 0 2
Smith, cf 4 0 2 0
Clifton, rf 4 0 0 0
Lester, If 4 110
Knight, c i I 4 0 2 0
Comer, lb 2 10 1
Rhodenhlzer, p 0 0 0 0
Nelson, p ( 4 12 0
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Totals 37 3 7 3
Danbury Ab r ho
B. Wall, 3b 5 2 2 0 j
C. Barr, 2b 6 2 1 1 !
Tedder, c 5 2 3 0 ;
Shelton, cf 5 1 3 0 i
Cromer, rf , 5 12 0
J. Wall, If 4 2 2 1
Smith, s s 5 2 2 1
Dunlap, lb 51411
White, p 5 13 0
Stephens, p 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 14 22 3
Score by innings^
Stoneviile 000 021 000— 3
Danbuiy 070 100 51x—14
DANBURY At XING
Danbury plays King at King
•next Saturday afternoon at 3:30
TP. M. This will be « Tar Heel
League game.
SUNDAY BASEBALL
Danbury will play Hanes base
ball team at Riveraide Park in
Danbuiy next Sunday afternoon
at 3:30 P. M., May 7th.
Dr. W. E. Braswell of Sandy
Ridfe was a pleasant visitor to
day. The Reporter is very much
pleased to know that the report
that Dr. Braswell was leaving
Sandy Ridge, is not substantiated
by facts. The Dr., who is a suc
cessful practitioner of medicine
as well as one of our Primitive
Baptist preachers, is not leaving.
It is with regret., that-we note
hip health has been delicate re-
NEXT COURT TERM
COMES JUNE 26
JUDGE FKLJX ALLEY WILL
BE BACK AGAIN FOII CRIM
INAL SESSION OF ONE
WE IK JURORS DRAWN
HERE MONDAY".
Judge Felix Alley will bo hack
to lie!-) a week's session of Stokes
Superior Court beginning June
,26.
At the meeting of the Board
of County Commissioners here
Monday jurors to serve at this
term of criminal court were
i
I drawn as follows:
JURORS
I YADKIN TOWNSHIP —W. B.
| Ncwsum, L. E. Calloway, S. C.
Covington. J. S. Robertson, H.
iR. Baker, E. C. Barr, Alton
I Slawter, Robert Carroll, E. A.
I Jones, T. F. Calloway.
MEADOWS TOWNSHIP—WiIey
G. Tuttle, Homer Carroll, L. J.
Fowler, J. Will Morefield, M. J.
Young.
QUAKER GAP TOWNSHIP—
J. W. Burrell, J. R. Tilley, C. A.
Lewis.
DANBURY TOWNSHIP—B. B.
Oakley, Foil Oakley, Sam Woods.
BIG CREEK TOWNSHIP—H.
F. Wright, J. L. Francis, F. A.
Christian, Woodrow Owens.
SAURATOWN TOWNSHIP --
Sanders Smith, C. W. Tuttle.
BEAVER ISLAND TOWN
SHIP—Coy Martin, Hunter S.
Joyce, W. M. Flynt, J. D. Mabe.
Jesse Jarces, J. T. Oakley, J. F
Duncan.
PETER'S cR!3EK TOWN
ship—W. S. Hart, W. W. Smith,
Frank Lawson, R. L. Sheppard.
SNOW CREEK TOWNSHIP—
JS. L. Hill, J. C. Handy, Fred
! Mitchell..
No other business excepting
i routine payment of claims, etc.,
was transacted by the Board of
County Commissioners in ses
| sion here Monday. A full board
I was present as follows: H. L.
| Gibson, chairman; Harvey John
son and H. H. Brown.
Death of
Jas. H. Kington
James H. Kington, 54, died at
12:45 o'clock Monday afternoon
at hl s home near Sandy Ridge af
ter a long illness.
Surviving are one daughter,
Miss Annie Ruth Kington, of
ThomasvTlle; one son, Ernest
Kington, of the home; his father,
Joe W. Kington; one brother, R.
W. Kington, of Sandy Ridge; and
two sisters, Mrs. Lou Woods and
Miss Lillian Kington, of Sandy
Ridge.
The funeral was held Wednes
day afternoon at 1 o'clock at Wil
son Baptist Church. Elders J.
Watt Tuttle, Watt Priddy and
Dr. W. E. Braswell conducted the
services. Burial was in the
church graveyard.
Miss Annie Mae and Virginia
Lawson, Miss Ruth Stephens,
Betty Joe Lawson, Mrs. Gertrude
Lawson spent Sunday afternoon
In Btnart r Vi.
HUGHES-GENTRY
WEDDING FOR JUNE
ANNOUNCEMENT IS MADE
OF APPROACHING NUP
TIALS MILIARY CROMER
ILL WITH HEART AFFEC
TION— HOLTON GENTRY TO
BUILD—STAR MAIL MOTOR
T R U C K TO OPERATE—
OTHER NEWS OF KING.
King, May 4. "The Royil
U
Town With a Royal Name'. An
nouncement is made of the en
gagemuv of Miss Mary Ett3
Hughes of Winston-Salem, mem
ber of the King high school fac
ulty, to Raleigh Holton Gentry,
young business man of King.
The wedding will take place in
June.
Mrs. C. A. White and son,
Charle s have returned from A
trip to Washington and Durham
where they visited relatives.
The following patients under
went tonsil removal operation-;
here last week: Miss Allie Briggs
of Tobaceoville and Miss Lucille
Stone of Pinnacle.
Hilary Cromer, who is suffer
ing from a heart ailment, is re
ported to be very sick at his
home in the Antioch section.
Mrs. Fannie J. White is spend
ing some time in Washington, D.
C., where she i a the guest of her
son, Walter J. White.
Dr. Floyd Strupe of Tobaceo
ville was a professional visitor
here Saturday.
Work on the new service sta
tion of Thomas E. Smith at the
j intersection of Main and School
i streets is nearing completion,
j Ashby White, who hold s a po
j sition at Kinston, ppent the
j week-end with his family in '
Woodland Heights.
I Alaterial i s being placed on the!
site on West Main street prepara- i
tory to rtarting work on a new
t home for Holton Gentry.
The stork had another busy
| week, six births being recorded.;
. They were: To Mr. and Mrs. j
! Jamie AlrGee, a daughter; to Mr. j
and Mrs. Robert Lec Scott, a
son; Mr. and Mrs. Charles E.
1 Bodcnhamer, a daughter; to Mr.
and Mrs. Levanson Alley, a son;
to Mr. and Mrs. John Ayers, a
daughter, and to Mr. and Mrs. i
Lanier Daub, a son.
Improvement i s noted in the
condition of Theodore Newsum,
who has been confined to his
home by illness for the past sev
eral days.
Edwin Caudle, Spanish-Ameri
can War veteran of Winston-Sal
em, was here Saturday shaking
hands with old friends. D. C.
Taylor, another veteran of the
Spanish War, was a business
visitor here Saturday. Mr. Tay
lor resides at Gap.
The first Baptist Sunday school
went on a picnic trip to Hanging
Rock park Thursday. They re
port a fine trip.
Work is going along at a rapid
pace on the new home of Austin
Garner on Dan River Btreet Mr.
Garner is a member of the Sandy
Ridge high school faculty.
HONOR ROLL
RECENT PAID-IN - ADVANCE •
SUBSCRIPTION'S TO DAN
BURY REPORTER.
John 11. Snioycr \o April 15,
1010. j
W. J. Hawkins to April 1, 1940. j
Dun &.• Eradstreet to June 21,
1930.
C. T. lioyles to June 15, 19'0. j
W AV. Eoylos to May 24, 1910.
Miss Laura Ellington to Jar., j
25, 1941.
J. A. Francis to May 15, 1939. \
J. M. Hill to Dec. 1, 1942. j
A. J. Amos to Ju:i3 15, 1939. !
Noel Martin to March 1, 1941.
W. Y. Davenport to July 15,
1G39.
Otis Morefield to Nov. 1, 1939.
J. C. Fran s to April 2S, 1939.
J. H. Keaton to Nov. 24, 1939.
J. M. Clark to Nov. 15, 1939.
Sam Lawson to Mar. 25, 1941.
S. V. Burge to May 2, 1939.
W. M. Fulk to Oct. 10, 1939.
Dr. E. W. Owens to June 5,
1939.
Dr. W. C. Slate to Sept. 1, 1939.
Dr. D. D. Carroll to Oct. 12.
1940.
Miss Ruth W. Hairston to
Sept. 23, 1939.
Dr. J. Spot Taylor to May 15,
1939.
Lindsay Hawkins to Jan. 10,
1940.
Mrs. Edward Riggs to Jan. 1,
1940.
Ernest Martin to Feb. 1, 1940.
J. R. Alley to Sept 15, 1939.
Lawsonville School
Finals—Supper to the I
Senior Class Heme j
Demonstration Club
Meets !
I
j Lawsonville, May 2.—Gradua
j tion sermon was iiclj at Lawson
,
ville high school Sunday April
! 30, Processional choir, God oi
!
Cur Fathers. Ilymn, "Holy,
Holy, Holy," by congregation.
Quartette, "It Fays to Servj
i Jesus", by Mrs. Hunley, Miss
| Mabe, Mr. Martin, and Mr.
i Frazier. Sermon, Dr. P. E.
Lindley of High Point. A picnic
dinner was spread on the school
grounds which everyone enjoyed, j
A high school play will be
presented at Lawsonville Friday
[ night, which will be a good one.
Mr. and Mrs. Orvis Smith and |
family, and Mrs - E - G- Lawson
spent Saturday at Leaksville N.
C.
Mrs. Minnie Lawson visited
Mrs. Gertrude Lawson Saturday
night.
The senior class of Lawson
ville high school was given a sup
per Saturday night at the school
house.
Ray Owens of Stuart, Va., was
in Lawsonville Monday. Mr.
Owens is a Maytag dealer.
Mr. and Mrs. Robe Moore gave
a supper Wednesday night in
honor of the Lawsonville teach
ers. f
The Home Demonstration Club
met with Mlsg Rebecca Mabe and
Miss Dorothy Boyleg at Mrs. P.
H. Robertson's Gome May 31 with
a large Attendance.
Number 3,499
LEE SMITH MEETS
DEATH BY CAR
CL.'.l Di; SOI TIitCKN WAS
| DBIYP.'tt TIIK OKATH CAR
j —AGLI) M\N\\\S ON HIS
way ikr.Ji; from holi
i
I NIiSS till HCH—SOI TiIKKN*
I is .iA3h..!i, i;i r ki:ij-:asei>
on .si,o«o HO:,D ion coi kt
i a
| R. L. Smith, agt i ~b, was in
-1 slantiy killed Sunday by a car
I diivin by Claude Southern.
The accident h.'i-pencd on the
I road near Wilson s store, Walnut
| Cove Route 1, as Mr. Smith was
. walking toward his home from
the Holiness church.
Young Southern wa s arrested
and placed in jail, but was later
released on a SI,OOO bonj fur
nished by his lather, J. Y. South
ern. He will be tried for man
i .
Slaughter at the June term of
Stoke s Superior court. Southern
claims he was only driving about
20 miles per hour. The body of
the doaj man was carried 50 to
65 feet by the impact of the col
lision. The victim suffered a
fracture of the skull while both
legs were broken below the knee*.
S. A. Smith, 77, who was also
walking close by escaped without
injury. The automobile wag own
ed by Sherman Rogers. He was
in the car at the time of the ac
cideu*^F
Sheriff John Taylor investigated
the accident and took Southern
to jail in Danbury. Southern will
be charged with manslaughter.
Funeral services were held at
Palmyra Methodist church, aftir
i
; wards burial in the cemetery.
| Survivors include one daugh
| ter, Mrs. J. E. Smith, anj two
' brothers, Watt Smith, German
ton, Route 1, and Charlie Smith,
Walnut Cove, Route 1.
Sam WilKins Gets 18
Months, His Sons Are
Acquitted
I At Federal court in Winstoa-
Salem.thls week Sam Wilkins,
who admitted he had operated a
still in Stokes county for eight
years and had averaged pro
| ducing 100 gallons a year, was
given 18 month s in the federal
i reformatory at Petersburg, Va.
; His five sons, Dolphus, Clifton,
Troy, William and Lee, were
found n °t guilty.
They were all charged with
possession of apparatus for mak
ing whisky and carrying on a
business of distilling. The fath
er testified he sold some of the
whisky he manufactured, gave
some away and drank some him
self. ;-i
W. S. Steele of Sandy Ridge
spent a short while at the Re
porter office Monday, being in
Danbury on business. He has
been a regular subscriber to the
Reporter for more than 30 years.
Mr. Steele tells the Reporter that
his brother Hugh Steele has re
cently been in delicate health,
suffering with rheumatism. The
many friends of Mr. Hugh hope
that he may soon be well agaio.
He ig now about 72.
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