THE DANBURY REPORTER.
Established 1872 Volume 66
HAIL HITS STOKES
SEVERE BLOW
t BUCK ISLAND HILLS SUSTAIN
DAMAGE DODGETOWN
ALSO SUFFERER KING
Tj FARMERS TAKE THOU
SANDS OF DOLLARS LOSS—
TOBACCO INJURY HEAVY.
Thi s has been hail week in
Stokes county.
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Monday evening, from two or
three different storms, several
sections were visited by severe
hailstorm", accompanied by down
pour s of rain and strong winds.
Farmers of the Buck Island
hills where the tobacco crop has
never been better, sustained right
considerable damage; Dodge
town, eight miles below Danbury
to the east, was visited by hail
and wind which injured crops
on a number of farms.
♦ Last week's storm did heavy
damage in the King section.
The Buck Island hills, wrapped
in the maturing gold leaf, mourn
the loss of a number of beautiful
fields of tobacco. The crop s of
Paul Bennett, son of Jim, and
Floyd Cook, tenant on the samt
farm, were well nigh destroyed
Lefford Mabe's farm i g severely
damaged, his own crop and those
of Troy Mabe and Homie Mabe.
' sustained severe losses,, also
Harvel Cook. J, L. Bennett's in
dividual crop was r.ot materially.
8 injured. Frank Collins on Monroe
Fagg's place had considerable
loss. Claytie Bennett and Sam
Bennett were badly hurt. These
are sons of Jim. Carlo Flinchum'3
crop wa a damaged, while the
crop of his brother Alex, on the
opposite side of the road, was
not injured. E. R. Nelson and
McKinley Nelson sustained losses,
Claud Calhoun on Jack Gentry's
farm was severely hit. Hooker,
a tenant on S. A. Flrnchum's
farm, got it heavy. Ralph Law-
son and Cary Hole were sufferers.
Gaston Shelton and his son Reid
had their crop 3 almost destroyed.
Tenants on the Boh Mabe farm
owned by Monroe Fagg suffered
serious injury to their corn crops.
The storm in the Buck Island
area occurred about 2 o'clock P.
Monday, and followed the riv
er basin, tearing up mnnbers of
r I crops in that section.
At The Beach
i Chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs.'
Thurman Martin a party of Dan-'
bury young people visited the'
beach at Wrightsville the week
end. The following attended:
Hazel and Margie Petree, Kath-
erint Sisk, Prather Hall, Lois
Wall, Ellen Kate Pepper, Paul
and Francis Martin, George
Petree, Beverly Christian, H. M.
4 Joyce, Jr., Martin Luther Mit
chell, and Mr. and Mrs. Martin. |
While at Wrightsville the party
was entertained at the cottage
of Mrs. "Red Johnson," who is
the mother of Mrs. Thurman
Martin.
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Sheriff J. J. Taylor motored to
ICL Airy Monday.
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WPA Shake-Up
Raleigh, July 22.—An unex
: pected situation directly affect
ing nearly a quarter of a million '
i
; North Carolinians has develojKi.i I
as a result of the WPA order to j
drop all who have been on WPA !
work 18 months.
This situation ha s arisen in the
surplus commodity distribution
system, which is supervised by 13
t !
1 persons on the state pay roli but
operated by some 375 men and
women paid by the WPA.
Of the 375, more than 200 will
be dropped right away, today es
timated A. E. Langston, the tall,
big and broad-shouldered direc
tor of surplus commodity distri
bution in the state board of char
itieg and public welfare. Many of
those left in the first sweep of
the WPA scythe will be dropped
within the next month or so, be
cause most of those in the work
I have been on the project for a
'year and a half.
I So now Langston and hi 3 four
: supervisors, including Charles
Wilson at Winston-Salem, face -i
tough problem in quickly getting
clerical workers sufficiently skill
ed to pick up where those who
are laid off leave the book a and
lists. That is a tough problem,
said Langston today, a s he con
ferred with his supervisors.
{ Not so tough, in fact not tough
'enough to worry about, is th 3
problem of getting unskilled
workers to do packing and wrap
ping and other manuel tasks.
Langston believes that the WPA
can furnish plenty of workers to
do these tasks.
Langston expects solution of
this problem to take so much time
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that it probably will not be poss
ible to make the first distribu
tion of surplus commodities in
August. Ordinarily, there are
two distributions each month.
One ha s just been completed, but
' Langston see s very little possi
bility of another distribution bt
' fore the latter part of August, in,
most counties where experienced
i clerks must be replaced. In
countie s where the WPA order I
[ doe s not affect the present clerk 3, 1
| the distribution will he made as
usual. ;
| The director doe s not look for
,any great hardships to result
from this delay because of the
j distribution just completed. Al
so, he hope ß to hurry up the sec-1
ond August distribution as much
'as possible
A real meaning has this delay
for nearly a quarter oI a million
North Carolinians, as previously
mentioned. In North Carolina
47,p87 families or 223,448 per
sons have been certified by wel
fare departments as eligible to |
receive surplu s commodities.
In plain English that means i
that 323,448 persons need to get i
food to eat. What the econo- j
mistfi and other high brows term
"surplus commodities" means |
plain "vittles" —flour and meal ,
and bean s and other food —to
these 223,448 persons. (
That's no theoretical figure,'
(Continued on 4th page.)
Danbury, N. C., Thursday, July 27,1939
PAUL LINVILLE
DIES IN HOSPITAL
HE HAD BEEN UNDER TREAT
J MKNT FOR SEVERAL
MONTHS SNAKE SW'AL
j LOWS DOORKNOB FOR AN
EGG OTHER NEWS OF
j KING.
King, July 27.—"Watch King
grow."—James Rumiey has moved
; into his new home recently corn
!
plettd on Dan River street.
Work is well underway on i
new two-story factory building
being constructed of cement
' i
blocks for J. A. Gordy and Son
on south Depot street.
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The large new home of Pierce
son Kiscr near the old fair
ground is just about completed.
Mr. Kiscr expects to move in
within the next few days.
Gilmer Newsum is preparing «o
open a new store and service sta
tion at Five Forks just south of
t^wn.
' Robert Meadows, planter, kill
ed a large black snake at his
home just west of town las - ,
week. Mr. Meadows was attract
ed by a large knot in the body oi
the snake. He cut the reptiL
open anj found a white door
knob which Mrs. Meadows h.a!
put in a hen's nest for a nest egg.
| Bill Boyles has about fully re
covered from a recent illness at
his home.
This section wa s visited by a
severe wind and hail storm last
Wednesday which damaged the to
bacco crop thousands of dollars.
The hail covered an area of about
one mile wide and three miles
long. William Kapp, who resides
at Five Forks, estimated his
1 crop damaged seventy-five per
cent. and he had a fine crop.
Lightning struck a feed barn be
longing to Wiley Fulk in North
Side during the storm which was
burned to the ground. The build
ing was filled with hay and also
housed a quantity of farm tool.;
which were burned. A new bind
er which was stored in the build
ing was saved.
| Paul Linville, 42, died at a
! Winston-Salem hospital Friday
night where he had been under
treatment since March 2nd for
burns incurred at his home here.
Mr. linville was manager of the
electrical department of the Duke
Power Company.
| There js decided improvement
m the condition of S. S. Boles,
iwho suffered a light stroke nf
paralysis at hi a home, Lone Oa.c
Farm, one mile south of town.
For a • while his condition looked |
serious ana hi 8 many friends j
will be pleased to learn of his j
improvement.
I
j Oscar Eaton and family have*
j returned to their home in Buffa-1
i 10, New York after spending a
I few day s with relatives here.
| Mr. and Mrs. Walter Davis are
the glad parents of a new baby
boy. The youngster arrtoed Fri
day.
Mrs. Martha Cook is convales
jcing from a recent severe illness
,at her home on Meadowview
Drive. ,
lOPAL KINGTON
WINS HIGH HON Ull
SANDY RIDGE GIRL ACCOKII
ED FIRST PLACE IX Si Mi.
4-11 HEALTH, CONTEST.
|
Opal Kington, lfi-ycar-old San
dy Ridge high school girl, was
today pronounced winner i:i *ue
r State 'l-H health contest at Stale
l College, R: ieigh. Mis s Kingtur.
, won over 'JO other contestants
from ail over the State.
t The news was received in a
, telegram s« :it by County Home
Demonstrator Mis s Ellen Jenkin.!,
, who is at Raleigh in charge of
six Stokes 4-H clufa students wh-j
. entered the contest, as follows:
• Opal Kington, Marie Webb, Ev
elyn Joyce, Walter Joyce, Wes
i ley Collins and Elli s Slate.
Miss Kington's selection a s the
, ! leader in health of nil the State
. 4-H bo>3 and girls, i s quite a
signal honor to herself and to the
fovnty, as her victory entitles
her to represent the State in a
national 4-H htfilth contest at
Chicago in the fall.
Tonight at a to be
held at State College she will b
crowned queen of health for her
State.
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Trial Postponed
The hearing in which Lemuel
iF.agg and wife and a negro named
I
| Preston are indicted, before Jus
-1 tice of the Peace S. A. Flinchum,
ha s been postpone-d until Septcm
ber. All the parties are in jail
here.
i Mrs. S. P. Christian, Mrs. N. E.
i Wall, Mrs. N. E. Pepper and Mrs.
i W. E. Joyce will spend the week
- end with Rev. and Mrs. T. H.
. Houck at Todd, Watauga county.
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i Iron Mines On
»! Dan River Will Prob
- ably Be Developed
> "
j I Messrs. Henry Hutchens and A.
- Moore of Roanoke, Va., this week
! visited the Rogers ore bank s on
i Dan river near Danbury with the
j prospect of opening these mine 3
, 1 and shipjiing this 85 per cent.
i
P magnetic ore to manufacturing
„ j pl.ants. It is also noticed that
the U. S. government is becom
, 'tag interested in reopening th *
y ■ old lime kiln plants to furnish
cheaper lime for the farmers in
thij and other counties.
To Fort Bragg Hospital
Clifford, young son of' Mr. and
'Mrs. R- R. King, who holds a po
sition at the Hanging Rock CCC
camp, was taken by the camp
| ambulance to Fort Bragg Satiir
[day. The young man was thought
to be suffering with an attack of
appendicitis, and goe s to the gov
ernment hospital for examination
and possibly operation.
George R. Martin, prominent
citizen of Stuart, is dead; j
also Samuel Taylor Newman, j
aged 89, of Patrick county.
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Walnut Cove Must
Collect Tax Money
(Greensboro News.)
; The town of Walnut Cove in
Stokc's county has had no to.v;i
j tax levy for the past six years
; but under an order just signed'
' by Judge Johnson J. Haves i'i
United states District eourt it
will have a rate ol' .>1.25 per SIOO
' valuation until it has paid into
' the oliice of the clerk of federal
court the sur.i of $40,440 to sat
-1 isfy a judgment for that amount
held by the J. S. Farlce and com-'
• pany, incorporated, of New York.
, Judge Hayes signed the order
1 instructing the town of Wjulnui
■ Cove; the mayor of the town oi
Walnut Cove, and M. N. Wheeler.
" M. O. Jones, R. R. Mill s anj J.
|G. H. Mitchell, commissioners of
the town of Walnut Cove, and
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'jtheir successors in oflice to levy
1 and collect the taxes to satisfy
the judgment which was render
' ed against the town, mayor and'
L commissioners in federal eourt
November is, 1938. I
The action came after a peti
tion wars filej by the plaintiff
corporation alleging that no ef
fort had been made by the town
ollicials to meet the judgment
and that no tax rate had been
i
fixed. The money, it wag shown,
, is due on bonds issued for water.
'
j lights, sewer and street improve
ments.
! Uncle Bib Priddy
i 1 Is Critically 111
News has been received here
that Uncle Bib Priddy, who lives
at Amelia, Va.. with his nephew
Ed Priddy, recently fell and hurt
himself and is s-TiTsly ;!!. Uncle
Bib is 93 year s of r.n j it ,
thi s great age of course a fall is
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serious.
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j Uncle Bib formerly lived at
North View, a few niile s north
'
1 east of Danburv. His manv
i, . , .
j friends in the county wish for
him a speedy recovery from his
c accident. I
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! Stovall Buys i
J. R. Hill Lands
, Two tracts of land, including
t homestead of the late John R.
. HillJ lying on the Virginia line j
, above Lawsonville, were resold
, here Wednesday to W. M. Stovall
, for $1095.00. This wa s a resale j
lof this property, and it will be
; subject to increased ' bid before
| the clerk of court, after 20 days,
j The sale wa 8 made by Dallas
C. Kirby, commissioner.
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G. G. Shelton
Near Death's Door
Gaston G. Shelton of Danbury
Route 1 i s reported to be critic
ally ill. Mr. Shelton i g 70-odd
years olj and recently sustained |
a stroke of paralysis. He i s also 1
, practically blind.
Attorney Hall Recovers 1
I
Attorney John W. Hall has re
covered from his recent illness f
is now back in hi 8 office.
: This is pleasing news to Mr. Hall's
| friends. , ]
Number 3,511
I TONSIL CLINIC
AT WALNUT COVU
! so-::i AKJ: THE DATES
—CHANGE ,M \I)K FOK CON
VEXIEXCE OF LOCAL rm
siciANs.
j
i The courty tcnt-.l clinic. usual
ly conJuit'.ci ;t *lii county sen'
it centrally located .:i■ i
the (,i:-.i -st point oj «-c Ss t> pa. -
 lits having to |,c • i :
ted on, will be h.lj at Walnut
Cove tliis year.
! This change i s ordered by I V
J. Roy He:;e of Winston-Salem,
medical overlord of Stokes coin;
ly. Mrs. Hart, county nurse,
says the reason Walnut Cove is
c!'®sen for the ciinic instead 01
Da.nbury is at the "request ol
our locai physicians." The coun
ty nurse also resides at Walnut.
Cove.
The anr.funcemcnt by Mrs.
Hart is follows:
'The Stokes county tonsii
clinic will be h i J on August :}>
a.T.I 31. Dr. Belmont Hf lsabt
will be {he surgeon. The clinic
will bo hel'J in Wnlnut Cove
school building instead of Dan
bury. This change was made by
icquest of our local doctors.
"White and colored paren's
that have children who need their
tonsil s removed are requested !■>
see a Stokes county doctor for a
physical examination anj refer
ral to this clinic as early as pos
sible. No doctor outside of t ii-•
county can refer patients for op
erations.
"The clinic will be conducte I
just as it has always been, under
the direction of Di . J. Roy Hege
and his staff of doctors and
nurses."
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Lawsonville News
Lawsonville, July 20. Mr. ami
Mrs. P. H. Robertson, Mrs. C. M.
Mabe and Mrs. B. (). Sheppard
fiorn here, enjoyed the farm toer
Wednesday, July 1!). Picnic
lunch at King club house. They
j also visited several sections in
I the county.
j Several of the boys of the Law.
sonville baseball team enjoyed an
ice cream supper at Madison Sat
urday night.
I The farmer s are very busy
priming tobacco around here
which 100k s good at this time.
| Mr. ar.d Mrs. D. I. Clark and
famliy of High Point visited here
the week-end.
Mrs. C M. Mabe and son spent
Tuesday in Winston-Salem. Mrs.
Mabe's mother. Mrs. Bob Oakley,
of Walkertown, accompanied them
home to spend a few days.
Mrs. Gertrude Lawson and fam
jily spent Sunday with Mr. and
| Mrs. P. H. Young of Sandy
Ridge. K
Mr. anj Mrs. W. W. Smith and
son went to Stuart, Va., Tuesday.
Misses Gladys and Josie Law
son spent the week-end with
their sister, Mrs. Georgia Joyce,
of Stuart, Va. -
Ruth Stephen 8 visited Novella
and Angelia Stephen 8 Sunday.
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