THE DANBURY REPORTER. Established 1872 F. D. R. LEAD IS OVERWHELMING DANBURY REPORTER'S STRAW VOTE SHOWS UNQUESTION ED SUPREMACY OF THE PRESIDENT IN STOHES— PRACTICALLY ALL BAL LOTS IN—NEXT POLL WILL BE FOR REPUBLICAN PRES IDENT. With practically all ballots in, the figures in the poll of a cross section of Stokes Democratic voters shows Roosevelt is the fav orite in the county by 95 per cent. There were five ballots for other candidates as follows: Hull J Garner 2 All other tickets read Roose yelt. Hull received one vote in Beav er Island, one in Peter's Creek and one in Big Creek. Garner received one in Beavei Island and one in Yadkin. The Reporter's "Institute ol Stokes Opinion" will next take a vote of ? cross-section of Stokes Republicans for their choice fo: Republican President.. It is hoped to get the ballot: out within a few days, and it i: hoped those Republicans to whon tickets are mailed will returr f them promptly in didder that tli> public may know who is the fav orite among Stokes Republican! for President. Mrs. J. A. Mabe Called By Deatli Danbury, Feb. 9.—Mrs. Azil Mabe, 64, wife of J. A. Mabe, ol Danbury, RouL" 1, one of Stokes county's best known women, die Friday at her home after allotn t illness. Surviving are the hus band, five daughters, Mrs. Drev Smith of Trinity; Mrs. Earl Fagg Danbury; Mrs. Harry Shelton, oi Thomasville; Mrs. Fred Gunter Stuart, Va; Mrs. C. B. Brown o! Sandy Ridge; five sons, Calvin Hasßell, Emmitt and Weldor Mabe, of Lawsonville; Creec Mabe, Danbury; two brothers Cap and Arthur Gunter, Stuart Va.; one sister, Mrs. Sam Handy of Stuart, Va. The lunetal was at Fme.s Grove Church Sunday. Elders J A. Fagg Watt Priddy, J. W Brown, EJdd Priddy anil Watt Tuttle conducted the service, am; burial was in the family grave' yard near the home. She will be greatly missed bj all who knew her. ON THE TREASURE • TRAIL OF PIRATES A series of exciting stories rela ting the adventures of famoun bucaneers who sailed the Spanish Main. One of many illustrated features In llie American Weekly the big magazine distributed every Sunday with the BALTIMORE AMERICAN Oa sale at an newsstands Volume 66 The Governor Is Dis posed to Argue STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR S OFFICE RALEIGH. Feb. 8, 1940. \Jr. N. E. Pepper, Danbury, N. C. My dear Pepper: I read with interest your edi torial in which you contrast our several likenesses. I was greatly pleased with it except that I would be disposed to argue this question of personal beauty witli you. Anywav. I am glad to be in your company and it is very in teresting to note the similarity cl our newspaper experience. With sentiments c f esteem and regard always, I am, Yours very truly, CLYDE R. HOEY. Seven Island Road To Be Refurbished A WPA project for the nev. construction, repair and re-aci justment of the Seven Island roa-j will be begun next Monday morn ing. This road leads from ok Piedmont street in Danbury at the Loftis Old Inn, across thv Seven Island bridge, emerging ir Peter's Creek township near th site of the old W. R. Bennci: store where it intersects with thv Danbury-Stuart hardsurfacc. It will shorten the distance be tween Danbury and Lawsonvills nearly two miles and will serve a number of families living in thi neglected section of the Seven and Buck Island hills. THE LAW SON VILLE H. D. CLUB MEET, 4 ; IT WAS THE "REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING—MRS. PEARCE, HOME AGENT GAVE INTERESTING TALK ON ELECTRICITY FOR THE FARM HOME. Lawsonville, Feb- 14. —Law- sonville Home Demonstration Oub held its regular monthly meeting at the schooJ house Feb. 7 *rilh Mrs. O. E. Smith. Nine members present. Special busi ness came up for the. coining year. Mrs. Pearce, home agent, gave an interesting talk on "Electricity For. Farm Homes." A contest was presented by Mrs. B. O. Sheppard, Mrs. J. N. Tucker be ing the lucky " winner, the prize being two hot dish mats. Those present were: Mrs. R. A. Robertson, Mrs. B; O. Sheppard, Mrs. E. G. Lawson, Mi's. J. N. Thicker, Mrs. Walter Lackey, Mrs. Sadie Kallam, Trudie Lawson, Mrs. Meeter Harrell, Mrs. R. W. Hunley. lie cream was served. All reported an enjoyable after noon. The March meeting will be held with Mrs. H. D. Lassiter at the school building. Mrs. Thurman Martin left Tuesday for a visit with relatives in Alta Vista, Va. She will be away a week or ten days. Danbury, N. C., Thursday, Feb. 15, 1940. FINE RESPONSE FOR FINN RELIEF THE TOWNSHIPS STEADILY SWING AROUND W ITII THEIR QUOTAS YADKIN'S CORDIAL REACTION, AN D OTHERS. Stokes county townships swin around steadily with their quotas for Finnish relief. Yadkin township, under the leadership of Mrs. J. F. Brow 1 of King, subscribes nearly 300 per cent, of its quota. Mrs. Brown requests the Reporter to i hank the schools of King ana Pinnacle and the merchants an u business men of King for then cordial response to the call. Thj King high school raised quickly $10.96, Pinnacle high school $2.11, i and the merchants and business men and organizations of Kin;, ;,avc $8.90. The total sent in from Yadkin is $21.97, whin Mrs. Brown's quota for Yadkin was $9.00. | Graham Francis of Francisco sends in more than Big Creek's quota of $6.00. ; P. O. Fry, Quaker Gap manag er, sends in $0.(70, Quaker Gap' i quota. ■ Mrs. E. G. Lawson, manager for Peter's Creek, sends in ai i ovcr-the-lop contribution for a quota of $6.50. | Louis Blackwell sends in Beav er Island's quota of SO.OO, follow ed by an additional SI.OO paij t>: J. W. Tuttle, Treasurer, making Benver Island's contribution ovci by SI.OO. Mrs. Travis Tutlle sends WOIJ that Meadows' quota will be here, | I while Miss Nell King has raised Dnnbury's assignment. It js expected that Snow Creel* and Sauratown will send in then ; quotas this week. I All checks should be made pay ! able to Finnish Relief Fund air mailed to J. Watt Tuttle, Treas urer, Danbury, N. C. j Hon. Herbert Hoover is na i tional chairman, and ex-Gov. Ehringhaus, State Manager. Stokes Boy In The Marines Gastcr Mr-adows and young son, Joe, viaiicd Danbury Tuesday !on business. Mr Meadows has another boy, Ralph L. Meadows, in the Marines at Parris Island, S. C. [ Mr. Meadows jtays the formers I of Yadkin are going ahead witn | preparations for the 1940 crop of | tobacco. Big Used Car Sale At Walnut Cove Saturday, Feb. 17—morning and night. Tuttle Motor Co. is putting on the sale which will embrace many kinds of cars, end at your price. To Theatre-Goers When the mollycoddles, mofftns nlt-wits end nincompoops say it's no-good—go. You will see a good show. MRS. ALRIDGE DiES AT KING MBS. NELIA PULLIAM IS QUITE SICK—BiUTHS AM) TONSIL OPERATIONS. King, Feb. 15.—A force oi" car penters arc at work remodeling the Emmitt Hall residence 011 east Main street which was rec ently pui chased by K. il. v_.eo« D o and William Fowler. Mrs. Nclia Pulliam is quite sick at the home of her daughter, Mrs. T. F. Baker, near High Point. Mrs. Pulliam, who resides here, wiis stricken while visiting her daughter. Mrs. Ralph Knott and Miss Vastie Gordon of Pinnacle under went tonsil removal operations i 1 the Stom-Helsabeck Clinic Fri day. Leon Stewart, young planter oi the Antioch section, was here ! Saturday on business. Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Wilson ol Rural Hull were among the visi tors hero Saturday. In spite of the inclcmen. weather a large crowd attended the Lincoln Day Dinner given by the Yadkin Township Republican Club hero Saturday evening. The following births were re corded here last week: t 0 Mr. and Mrs. Tommie Reid, a son; to Mi. and Mrs. K. D. Hall, a daughter and to Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Mar shall, a daughter. Baxter Love, who had his feet frozen during the severe cold weather here, is slowly improv -1 ing. Ho is able to wa'.k 011 crutches now. A. C. and Millard Daub oi Westlarn, Ontario, Canada arc spending some time with relative: here and at Tobacejville. Mrs. Edwin Alridge, aged 50, 'died at her home two miles south of town Thursday folowing a t lingering illness of several months. The deceased is survived 1 Iby the husband, three daughters, Mrs. Walter Moss, Mrs. Gray Moore and Mrs. Herbert Spain- Ihower, all of Rural Hall, Route 1. I Six sons survive. They are Dewoy (Alridge of Stoneville and Ernest, 1 • Julius, Charlie, Jessie and Roy 'Alridge of Rural Hal! route 1. Tw 0 sisters are also left to mourn thdir loss, Mrs. James Spainhowor and Mrs. Ellen Spainhower of Rural Hall, Route 1. Three brothers also survive. Green Mc- I Gee of Rural Hall, Henry McGeo ! of Thomasville and William Mc ' ;Gee of Greensboro. The funeral service, which was in charge of Reverands W. R. Harris, L. K. Pulliam and Har rison West, was conducted at Antioch Methodist Church Friday J afternoon at three o'clock and in j terment followed in the church cemetery. Attended Lincoln Day Dinner N. E. Wall, W. G. Petree, and Ernest Nelson attended the Lin coln Day Dinner at the King Cot ton Hotel in Greensboro Monday night at which time Senator Rob ert H. Taft was "principal speaker. Letter of Appreciation Stuart, Va., Feb. 14. Editor Reporter: Wish to express our apprecia tion 0 f fine patronage to oar theatre from Stokes, and espe cially the large Danbury and Lawsonville delegation that tain, over the other night and enjoyed our show. Stuart always welcomes it. North Carolina friends and visi tors, and with the true old Vir ginia hospitality keeps the latin string hinging on the outside. The Stuart Theatres produces', constantly some of the best and highest grade films. With kindest regards to the Re porter, :'.nd our Carolina patrons. Sincerely, E. E. BRANSCOME, Prop'r Stuart Theatre. Germany Warns It Will Sink American Vessels Berlin, Feb. 13.—Any neutral vessel consenting to detention and search by British authori ties at any English port will be sunk regardless of whether its cargo is destined for a neutral nation, it was oficially statej to day. Washington, Fob. 13. Tlv United State probably would hold Bri'win responsible for the loss of any American vessel 1 torpedo ed by a German submarine after the American vessel! was sent b; a British warship toward a con trol port within the combat area. London, Feb. 13. Great Britain is expanding her air and 11 V coast patrols suddenly and s-\i't !y to smash Gcjr.mny's minc-anJ bomb blockade of British ship ping. Th-? Admiralty announced il was recruiting 10,000 additional fishermen for naval patrol duty in the war against German mines. The air force, with a big British plane construction program al ready iii effect, was disclosed to be buying heavy planes from "a: i least one other air-skilled neutral" | besides the United States. Believed Italy j (This cautiously described na | tion was belivcd to be Italy.) j Indication of another British ■ naval success was given in an of | ficial announcement giving th • names of eight German sub marine ofliefcrs and men taken prisoners. Sol Woods Uncle Sol We>ods was in town today—frst time we've seen him for years. Don't come over oft en. Une'e Sol is 78 years old, is a strong Primitive Baptist, a dyed-in-the-wool Republican, and a good farmer. Don't owe any man as much as 5 cents. If there is a better citizen than Uncle Sol in the county we have got to see him yet. We value his long friendship. Dixie, his son, was along, too. Dixie is all right too, and if he lives to be 78 will be a man. Number 3,510 WEDNESDAY WIND WAS DESTRUCTIVE UNE or Tin: IN YEARS—TREES I PROOT- Kl>. HA HNS I XROOFKD, OTIILRS WRECKED. One o r the st fondest winds for many years raged .»'i u. y Wed nesday. & . w... uii gjwCiioiis oi the coun ty today came reports ot destruc tion. Three or four bams word unroofed on the Taylor planta tion near Danbury. A chimney was blown down hen. some roon loosed from their foundations, trees uprooted. On S. P. Chris tians place at WistfuKi, a store building, was wrecked, and two or three tobacco barns razed or unt mo fed. Purz Jossup's feed barn was demolished alter Mr. Jtssaj) had just removed his pair of mulis. Several heaj of cattlo escaped s«.rious injury after the building had practically fallen. At a number of places trees were uprooted and blown across the highways, hindering travel until tluy could be ron.oved. Peter's Creek Finn Relief List (Published by Request.) H. L. Martin S .50 P. 11. Robertson 25 Mrs. 0. 10 R. L. Lawson >0 H. D. Lassiter 30 A. J. Fraaior 25 (J. V. Martin .2 > Mir. S.iuii kr.llam 25 Mrs. It. M. 1 lunley 2"> Meet"!' llMi.il 25 Dorothy Hoylcs Ji M: s. n Donaldson 25 Lucy H'lii'.li 25 Ayle Kin- 2 » Mrs. Sam Lawson 25 Mrs. J. X. Tucker 25 Mrs. Frank Lawson 25 C. R. Lawson 25 R. A. Robertson 25 C. M. Mabe 25 Nick Stevens 25 W. R. Priddy 25 I * Richard Mabe . 25 Walter Lackey "3 Dedie Dullin 15 Mody Bullin 10 Wilbert Robertson 10 Charles Robertson 1:1 James A. Liwson 10 Roy Woods 10 John* Ed Mabe 10 Carvis Lawson ". 10 Leonard Lawson 10 $ 7.40 ADDING FLAVOR TO EVERYI)AV DISHES An informative article by a fa mous household authority, giving recipies anj hints to make dishes more tasty. Look for this feature in the February 25th issue of The American Weekly .the big magazine distributed with the— BALTIMORE AMERICAN T. D. Preston of Pine Hall was here Tuesday.