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THE DANBURY REPORTER. Established 1872 $16,000 ANNEX TO BE BUILT WPA PROJECT FOR COURT HOUSE WILL SUPPLY MORE ROOMS AND OTHER CON VENIENCES—WORK TO BE GIN IN A FEW DAYS. Work will start in a few days on the new $16,000 annex to the court house, which will supply several additional rooms, a 3 well a s other conveniences for the use of the public. These addition a are badly need eu for the use of various officials, as well as for the public's com fort and convenience. It is a WPA project and will cost the tax-payers of the county between three and four thousand dollars, the balance being paid by th>„' federal government. The improvements have been recommended by several judges. Stokes Farmers Odering Phosphate A car load of triple superphos phate was ordered last week by several leading Stoke a county farmers. This material is being secured under the Grant of Aid provision of the 1939 Agricultu ral Conservation Program and will be applied to legume crop.-; and permanent pastures. Farm ers ordering phosphate are T. J. •Taylor, John M. Taylor, n7"R. Mills, B. B. Walker, Jacob Ful ton, W. C. White, N. S. Mullican, R. C. White, G. F. Stone, A. R. Phillips, Miss Laura Ellington, Mrs. J. H. Ellington, Paul Tay lor, W. 0. Dobson, J. L. Mitchell, W. W. Smith, J. L. Dalton, O. O. Grabbs, A. M. Caudle, and E. L. Conrad. This material is known as triple superphosphate analysing 48 per cent, and is being re quisitioned through the Agricul tural Adjustment Administration. Farmers applying phosphate will receive one unit credit on their soil building goal for each 100 pounds used. Other farmer s may secure phosphate by placing their order with the county office or one of the committeemen. Orders have also been received for approximately 175 ton 8 of ground limestone which i a to be purchased through the grant of aid provision of the farm pro gram. Some of the farmers who are ordering lime in this way are: R. CL White, A. R. Phillip K L. Conrad, W. W, Smith, W. O. D*b»on, John M. Taylor, Moir Fl'ppin, W. M. Jessup, R. L. Jc »es, C. JL Martin, C. R. Priddy, A. C. Payne, L. F. Martin, Undo P. Pell, D. R. Stewart, James Chilton, Mrs. R. E. Boles, L. O. Spainhower, and I. G. Gentry. Lime can be delivered to the farm anywhere in Stokes ooanty at a price of $2.50 to $3.25 per ton which Includes cost of the lim6. Under the grant of aid provision of the farm program, farmers may secure an advance ment on their .1939 payments of $2.40 on each tot. of lime used up to 90 per cent, of their soil building allowance. A credit of Volume 66 HONOR ROLL RECENT PAID-IN - ADVANCE SUBSCRIPTIONS TO DAN BURY REPORTER. C. C. Cox to May 27, 1940. Joe Hart to Sept. 1, 1939. Kennis Pulliam to Sept 15, '4O. Joe Alley to May 12, 1940. J. G. Durham to June 5, 1940. R. R. Collins to Nov. 5, 1939. P. O. Fry to June 15, 1940. Rev. L. F. Cowan to June 6, '4O. I Mrs. Ella Simmons to Sept. 15, 1939. Mrs. Joe D. Anderson to June 7, 1940. Fort Bragg C. M. T. Camp To Open On June 14th Preparations are rapidly being J completed for the reception on June 14th of approximately 650 young men at Fort Bragg, N. C., for a month's training with the Citizen's Military Training Camp. A great deal of interest has been shown thi s year by the return of a large number of men who have attended the camp at Fort Bragg in previous years. Extensive plans are being made to mske this year's camp i both beneficial and pleasant for | - the trainees. The camp will be 1 organized as a regiment of light ' artillery consisting of two bat- I of -three* - bsftrrfcrg—tjfCrf: The batteries will be equipped with the "French 75," gun, one , of the finest weapons in use dur ing the World War. Supervise J ' athletics will be held for all men ;in camp and numerous competi | tions will be held in such sports 33 swimming, boxing, tennis, vol ley-ball and track. The Camp Area is under the command of Brigadier General Blrdon who is in command of Fort Bragg. Lieutenant Colonel James A. Lester, 17th Field Ar tillery, will be Camp Executive and, under his direction, a small group of regular army officers and enlisted men will carry on the administrative functions of the camp, while instructions in military subjects will be given chiefly by officers of the 334 th, 335 th, and 336 th Field Artillery. W. R. Stovall Constable Will R. Stovall of Sandy Ridge section was here Wednesday. He was telling the Reporter .about the wonderful pig pen which J. E. Nelson ha a late ly built. It i 8 constructed of flint rock and is ,7-feet high, cemented in the bottom and is modern and sanitary. Mr. Stovall thinks everybody ought to go to see it. Mr. Stovall i* considering the Advisability of opening an office in Danbury, where he can meet his customers and friends to at tend to business. He says it looks like all other lawyers, mag istrates and officials here are do ing well. Why can't he? $2.00 per ton is allowed under the program for jthe use of lira? as a soil building practice. J. F. BROWN, County Agent. .4 » .j O" . Danbury, N. C., Thursday, Jun eB, 1939. JESSE SHAMEL DIES NEAR KING | DEBS HOLDER MOVES INTO NEW HOME—NEGRO WO j MAN GIVES BIRTH TO 28- | OUNCE BABY OTHER NEWS OF KING. | King, N. C., June .8 —"In the J Heart of the Piedmont Tobacco I Belt". Last rites were said for Jessie j Shamel, aged 62, at Mount Pleas- \ ant "Church Saturday at 3:00 P.l M. The deceased, who was a son I of the late Mr. and Mrs. Wiley ! Shamel, is survived by the widow' and several children. Debs Holder has moved into I hi 3 new home on north Depot j j street. Mrs. Lawrence Reeves and I children of Sparta are spending ' ! some time with relatives here. | i The s tork had light sailing last 1 j week, only two calls made. They j | were to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Beu ! nctt, a son, and to Mr. and Mrs. j Walter Buigess, a son. Mr. and Mrs. Cladie Newsum 1 I have returned from a several dayg vacation at Carolina Beach.: Miss Irene Edwards is spend- j , ing some time in Richmond, V?... . where she is the guest of rein- J , tivts an t i friends. B. \V. Puliiarn of Winston-Sal -1 em was a business visitor here ; Friday. *' I I !; Mesdames P. H. Newsum an.i i : Annie Walker shopped in Wins • ton-Salem Friday. ' | The following patient 3 under went tonsil removal operations ', here last week: Carlton Burrow ! | of Germanton, Edward Tate oi! ' I Rural Hall and Claxton Lewis of j Vade Mecum Springs. ; P. H. Newsum and Herbert ' Petree have returned from an ex ! tended business trip to Virginia ' and Tennessee. | Theodore Newsum went to I Winston-Salem Friday to attend to some business matters. i ( Everette Spainhower of King, f and Miss Almeta Merritt of Rural ) Hall motored to Hillsville, Va., 4 Saturday where they were united in marriage. Homer Newsum of Charlotte wa 9 a week-end visitor to rela tives here and at Tobaccoville. The wife of Lonnie Scales, colored, is the mother of a 28- ounce baby born last week. The attending physician states that he thinks with the proper care the infant will survive. i I Austin Garner has moved into j his new home recently completed on Dan River street.. Mr. Gar i ner is engaged in school work. James Burge of High Point spent Sunday here the guest of hi s sister, Mrs. Alvin White on . Meadowview Drive, t Mr. and Mrs. Worth Vest of . Denton, Md., and Mr. and Mrs. . Kelly Vest of New York City, are visiting relatives in this sec tion. The King Tigers split a double header baseball game with Stone ville in the King ball park Sat urday. *■ * u i HANGING ROCK NEEDS MORE LAND I STATE DEPARTMENT OF CON- 1 SERVATION AND DEVELOP MENT MAKES REQUEST OF STOKES COMMISSIONERS ! i WHO TAKE THE MATTER UNDER ADVISEMENT. | j . Bruce Etheridge, chairman of; ; the State Department of Conser j vation and Development, was be fore the board of county commis- j ' sioners in session here Monday, j ' with til? request that the com-. | I j missioner s assist in getting 2,000 i more acres of land to be addc-J Ito Hanging Rock park develop- j ment. Mr. Etheridge was accom- I panied by Thos. F. Morse, park J engineer and a committee from j the Winston-Salem chamber of ' commerce as follows: W. T. Rit-, ! ter, E. S. Heffner, Jr., Ray John-, son, Ira Kline and Chas. F. Ben-; ! bow. The J?le- j gallon represented the Winston-, Salem chamber of commerce, the i junior chamber of commerce, the ' Winston-Falem foundation, the l I I Ki'.vani3 an j Civitan clubs. A plea wa s made by Chairman | Etheridge to the commissioners I to provide the needed land '.o ! round out the park project. Some I 2,000 additional acres will be ; necessary, and it wa s urged that steps be taken at cnce to secure j jtfar tand needed #or the entrance' road to the park. If this land l i s obtained in the near future 1 plans will be made for opening the park to the public this sum- I ! mer. 1 I I The Hanging Rock Park, Eth -1 eridge told the commissioners, | ha s the greatest possibilities of j any park in the Southeast area. "The Hanging Rock Park," he ' ! said, "from a scenic standpoint ( leaves nothing to be desired. "It' s j accesibility should make it the I playground for Piedmont North >; I! Carolina." Commenting on park projects ' in neighboring states, he called J attention to the fact that Vir ginia has made it possible to de j velop six or more state and na tional parks. These parks are regarded as among the chief as sets of that state, attracting thousands and thousands of vis itors each year. The thought • was expressed that the Hanging Rock Park will bring Stokes : county back into it a own a s a i vacation spot, the area at one ' time being regarded as one of j the ocuntry's outstanding resorts. ' The point wa a made that so fa ' mous had the area become that " all railroads throughout the country sold low-rate excursion • tickets, of a fare and a third, to : travelers to Piedmont Springs, i Moores Springs and Vade Mecum, three resorts within a few miles : of Hanging Rock Park. It wa g stated at the conference , that more than $500,000 has al ■ ready been spent by the govern ment and the state on the pro ■ ject. This amount was paid out • for CCC labor and materials and • supervision. When completed the park will represent an expendi- FARMERS RECEIVE ! 2000 CHECKS PAYMENTS TOTALING s«>,- 425.12 BEING HANDED OIT j BY COUNTY AGENT—MORE COMING. Payments totaling $60,425.12 ' I under the Agricultural Conser vation Program have been re ceived and are being distributed to cooperating farmers through : out the county, according to an announcement by J. F. Brown. County Agent. Approximately 2,000 checks I for 1,020 farms have been re [ ceived, which, according to Mr. Brown, represents about one-ha'.f j of the applications to be paid. It is requested that those farmers who have not received a notice i please not call at the office until . he is notified his check has been , t 1 | received a s all the checks havi . I | j not been received and just as . soon as they are, notices are, ' mailed to the producers. Mrs. Woodrow Taylor and ! young son, John, of Batesburg, 1 j 5?. C.. ar? vipitin? Mrs. J. Fred Gerner this week. They arrived, in Danbury last week and will re main here through Sunday. Mrs. Taylor plan s to visit relatives in Winston-Salem and Reielsviile be fore returning to S. C. ' Rev. T. H. Houck made a bus iness trip to D ike University to day. I ture of more than $1,000,000 not including the cost of the land. Wherever a siniiiar park has beca built the land hag been furnished by the county in which it i s 10-1 1 cated. Winsion-r'alesn citizens and Stokes county provided some 3,500 acre s for the present i' of development. Chairman Ether idge asked the Stokes county commissioners to provide the ad ditional land needed to give the i Sauratown Mountain section n [ recreational facility which will be the most outstanding of the state park system. The Stokes county commission ers expressed keen interest in the project and gave assurance to Chairman Etheridge that the matter of furnishing the neces sary land would be taken under consideration and a decision ar i rived at as early as possible. l H. L. Gibson, chairman; H. H. ! Brown and H. S. Johnson were : the Stokes county commissioners . present. After the conference Chairman Etheridge and Engineer Morse ' took the Winston-Salem delega i tion on an inspection tour of the • park. Members of the Winston- Salem group were not only , amazed at the facilities that have i thus far been provided in the way of a> 15-acre lake, large bath . house built of rough hewn timb , era and native stone and a . sandy beach. Under construc . tion are trails and bridal paths ; and a road leading to the cot ! tages, of which there will be . fifty in number and which may be rented for weekly periods. Number 3, 504 BUCK WALL DAY NEXT SUNDAY FATS AND LEANS TO PLAYT SOIT BALL AT KIVKHSIDK PARK—PROCEEDS TO BE GIVEN FOR BUCK WALL'S OPERATION AT DI KE HOS PITAL. The. Fat s and Leans of Stoke** county will i)la.v a Soft Ea!l game next Sunday afternoon at Riverside Park in Danbury before the baseball game between Dan- I bury and Brown-Rogers-Dixon baseball team of Winston-Salem. Carl Flay, Connie Mack's old pitch ! er, will be on the mound for the i I Lean s while Big Bill Fulton, Acs pitcher in the City Soft Ball League of Walnut Cove, will ha on the mound for the Fats. This game will be more fun than the Donkey played at Riverside Piik last year. Buck Wall will J umpire for the Leans and Big | Jim Las!ey will umpire for the ' Fats. The Fats will be managed by Bill Bailey and Ed Taylor will I manage the Leans. FATS ROSTER Bill Fulton, Dennis Alley, I Jacob Fulton, Jim Lasley, Paul Fulton, William Marshall, John Taylor, Dallas Kirby, Dr. Moore field, Dr. Stone, Dr. Chester llol sabeck, Wesley Linville, To.n Preston. Sam Jessup, Joe Hook , er, Jess Nelson, Claud Boyles, l j Bailey Walker, Jim Voss, Oscar j Fallin, Leonard Crrv.s. Norman Dunlap. Ralph Mills, Boley Tu r t!e, Dill Dodson, Bill Bailey, ( I ' Mush Johnson, Martin L. Mit- I'ehcll. I LEANS ROSTER j bill Jones, Odell Jones, T. C. j Joe Sanus, Carl Ray, j Le3:ia:d van Nuppen, Ralph Scott, All Ellington, (Scrub) I J(>hn Levellyn, Clrve Lawson. r ; i Everett Wagoner. Finest Hutch ' eison. Jack Gentry, Maek Caudle, Jesse James, Jim Craig, Reid Forrest. Oid Mitchell, Ix-ak Lovin. B. P. Bailey, Ed Rankin, Fred Pepper, Rob Powell, N. E. Pep per, Ed Taylor, Ed Mitchell, Manley Dunlap. v Immediately after the soft ball ) game there will be a baseball game between Danbury baseball team and Brown-Rogers-Dixon r j | baseball team of Winston-Salem. The proceeds of both games will go to defray expense of re cent operation undergone by , Buck Wall at Duke Hospital. Buck is one of Danbury's most ! popular baseball players and star l of the Walnut Cove high school - i basketball team. Admission: Adult s 25; child ren 15. Come one, come all, join in the ' fun. 3 Farm Pgents of the State Col lege Extension Service in moun tain counties say pastures and 1 meadow s limed and phosphated in the past two years hold U P 3 better during dry periods than untreated land. ! / Tom Gray was in Danbury Wednesday from Lawsonville.
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