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Established 1872
WILL DEWEY
CARRY STOKES ?
THE REPUBLICANS OF THIS
COUNTY HAVE A FAVORITE
FOB PRESIDENT —THE DAN
BUBY REPORTER'S "PUBLIC
OPINION INSTITUTE" WILL
TRY TO ASCERTAIN THE
LEADS G MAN THE RE
PORTER REQUESTS A FAIR
BALLOT FOB THE ONE WHO
IS IN FRONT.
The Danbury Reporter's "Pub
lic Opinion Institute" will try to
learn the name of the man whom
the Republicans of Stokes best
demand as a candidate for Presi
dent of the United States.
The result of the ballot, soon
to be put on, will be watched for
with much interest by members
of all parties of the county, and
by the public in general.
For this reason, the Danbury
Reporter, through its "Institute
of Stokes Public Opinion," this
week will mail 100 ballots to 100
leading representative Stokes
county Republicans, requesting
them to send in at once, marking
their choice for President of the
United States.
The "Institute" has recently
closed a straw vote showing that
Roosevelt is the 95-per cent, fav
orite of Stokes county Democrats
tbf the nation's efitwr- -executive.
Now it is the "Institute's" pur
pose to let the public know whom
among the array of distinguished
national Republican celebrities is
the favorite of this newspapers'
Republican friends for President.
No one is asked to sign his or
her name. The ballots will be
mailed to a carefully selected list
of 100, and the opinion of this
100 will unquestionably indicate
how Stokes Republicans stand ill
their best opinion and judgment
for a Republican candidate for
President.
Those who receive a postal card
ballot are respectfully requested
to mark their preference plainly,
and need not sign their name,
and their choice will be honestly
and fairly counted, and published
in the Danbury Reporter's first
issue after the ballots are all in.
The foremost candidates for
Republican President appear to
be at this time as follows:
Dewey
Vandenburg
Ta*t
Gannett
Hoover.
Local Business Change
Burke Smith has the
filling station recently conducted
here by Matt Simmons of Law
sonville. Mr. Smith is now op
erating the business, while Mr.
Simmons returns to his home at
LtWKmville. *
It has only been-a few monthr
elnce Simmons bought the place
and business from Smith.
Idas Lou Cardwell, who has
been ill for aereral months, is
yet eoofihed to ber room, but to
improved.
Volume 66
NEW CITIZENS
MOVE TO KING
WYATT CAUDLE OF NORTH
WILKESBORO BUYS DWELL-;
ING—PAINFUL ACCIDENT j
TO ELTON NEWSUM—OTHER
KING ITEMS.
King, Feb. 22. Wyatt Caudle j
has purchased from Omnie O.
Crabs a dwelling in Pilot View and i
has moved his family here from'
North Wilkcsborc. Mr. Caudle'
holds a position with the Duke j
Power Company.
Mr. and Mrs. Nat Boles of
Germanton spent the week-end
here the geusts of relatives.
Ham Kiger of Donnaha is
spending a few days here the
guest of his daughter, Mrs. Her
man Newsum, on Broad street.
Work has been completed on a
new addition to a tenement for
Banks Turner on Ohio street.
This dwelling will be occupied by
' Moir Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Kirby of
j High Point were week-end guests
of Mr. Kirby's mother, Mrs. Anne
Kirby, in Walnut Hills.
Elton, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Landis Newsum, happened to -i
j very painful accident last week
while sawing wood with a cross
i cut saw. An ugly laceration was
made in the knee and a portion of
I the fluid from the knee caja es
caped. It is feared he will have
a still leg.
Ernest Wright of Winston-Sal
em is spending a few days her;
jthe guest of Mr. and Mrs. Earlie
Moser in Walnut Hills.
This section was visited by a
severe wind storm last Wednes
,day. Trees were blown down,
blocking traffic on some roads.
The roof from the home of Kirt
Boyles was blown off, a feed
barn of Nume Tuttle was unroof
ed, the Co-Op was partially un
roofed and the roofs of many
other buildings were damaged. It
was estimated that we had a
thirty or forty mile wind.
Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Caudle and
daughter, Miss Flossie Caudle,
and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ballard of
Winston-Salem visited relatives
and friends here Thursday eve
ning.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur G. Weav
er are the glad parents of a new
baby gir;. The young lady ar
rived Saturday.
Dewey Gunter, son of Stump
Gunter, was carried to the Duko
Hospital at Durham last week
for treatment.
The King High defeated the
Rural Hall school in a double
header basketball game here Sat
urday night. The game was
played in the high school gym
nasium and resulted in a score of
18 to 6, boys; 14 to 9, girls.
King, Feb. 22. The G. A.
Class of King Baptist Church
met at the home of Argie Sisk
last night.
An interesting program was
diseased, "Our Next Door Neigh
bors", In which all members took
part. The Bible was read by Ar
gh Ski" ptiftr r by'itiC a: L.
jHrocwt* mjmw
Danbury, N. C., Thursday, Feb. 22,1940
NEW, BOARD
OF ELECTIONS
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE BE
PLACES C. L. CARROLL AND |
S. P. CHRISTIAN WITH A. J.
ELLINGTON AND WILBUR
LANK BILL FULTON RE
TAINED.
The Stokes county board of
{elections is now composed of A. J.
' Ellington of Danbury, Wilbur
: Lane of Pinnacle and Bill Fulton
! of Walnut Cove.
Cary L. Carroll, chairman, o!
Mizpah and S. P. Christian of
Danbury, the former Democratic
j members of the board, will serv
| no longer, but Bill Fulton, the Re
publican member, is retained.
, The new officers were named
Iby the Democratic excutivo,
I committee which met here last
Saturday on the call of B. P.
; Bailey, chairman of the county |
executive committee.
! The new board will begin its |
service with the opening of the
1940 campaign which will be
marked by the filing of candidates
j for the county and legislative
officers in March.
• FINN RELIEF
FUND NEARLY UP
ONLY SNOW CREEK TOWN
SHIP UNREPORTED ALL
OTHER TOWNSHIPS SEND L\
i QUOTAS, SEVERAL GOING
OVER THE TOP.
The Stokes county fund for re
lief of the Finnish people is near
ly complete, and the cash will be
mailed to ex-Gov. Ehringhaus at
Raleigh by the Clerk of the Court
J. \V. Tuttle this week. Mr.
Ehringhaus will immediately for
ward the funds to ex-Presiden f
Herbert Hoover, national chair
man for Finn relief.
America's quota is $6,C00,C00.
North Carolina's assessment
$50,000.
Eight of Stokes county's town
ships have sent in their fuii
quotas, some of them going over
the top, as follows:
Yadkin—Assessed §9.00, raised
$21.97.
Danbury Assessed $6.00.
raised SII.CO.
Peter's Creek —Assessed $6.50.
raised $7.40.
Big Creek Assessed SO.OZ
raised $6.10.
Meadows Assessed $6.00.
raised S(J.CO.
Beaver Island —Assessed $6.00,
raised $/.00.
Sauratown Assessed $7.75,
raised $12.82.
Snow Creek —Not reported.
Francis. Then new officers were
elected. Mrs. A. L. Francis, re
elected for president; Carolyn
Turner, secretary and treasurer:
program oemmittee, Rachel LAW
SOU; Doris Turner, Ruth Turner
and Virginia New, reporters.
After the meeting games were
played, then the hostess served
delicious refreshments.
The G. A.'s will meet at the
herns' of Rachel Hartgrove next
n*«t&r
Mountain View March 6 and 7
SECOND ANNUAL .SHORT
COURSE FOR STOKES FARM
ERS AND FARM WOMEN
INTERESTING PROGRAM
HAS BEEN PREPARED.
The second annual Short
Course lor Stokes county farm
ers and farm women will be held
at Mountain View Club house 011
Wednesday and Thuraday, March
6 and 7, beginning at 10 A. M.
!
The Short Course will feature
a program dealing with various
phases of farming and home mak
ing. For the program a number
of outstanding men and women
from out of the county have been
secured, it has been announced
|
!by J. F. Brown, County Agent.
An interesting program has been
e, Y
; Editorial in the
Greensboro Record
! ———
A Woman's College department
head writes a letter to the editor
! of the Greensboro DF.ily News re
marking: "Among the North
Carolina municipalities which
have published their organization
i for Finnish relief, I lind the l'ol-
I
lowing: Beaver Island, Quakei '
| Gap, 815 Creek, Peter's Creek,
Sandy Ridge, Pine Hall," and,
j "May I ask for some information
as to what Greensboro is doing in
regard, ?o that those who are in
terested may get in touch with
I
a properly designated relief com*
1
mittee."
The places mentioned in the
communication to our contempo
rary are not "municipalities" but.
township communities in nearby
Stokes, a rather sparsely settled j
county whose people, mostly to-
bacco farmers, have relatively j
few of this world's goods. It is
greatly to the credit of these |
good people that they are bestir
ring themselves in response to
appeals from the Finns who are
fighting with their backs to the
wall in defense of their freedom,
homes and firesides.
Former President Herbert
Hoover is chairman of the Fin
nish Relief Fund in the United
States, and the address of the or
ganization is Finnish Relief Fund.
Inc.,' 420 Lexington Avenue, New
York, N. Y. The organization is
gladly receiving contributions.
for the Reporter.
f *■* ' ■
planned which should be of equal
interest to both men and women.
The various parts of the program
will consist of discussions and
demonstrations on home beauti
fication, handicraft, farm man
agement, tobacco production,
livestock, nutritions, poultry and
feed production.
1 Some of the people who will ap
pear on the program are 0. F.
McCrary, Northwestern Distric:
Agent; E. Y. Floyd, Extension
Tobacco Specialist; Miss Willie
Hunter, Clothing Specialist; Miss
Mary Thomas, Extension Nutri
tionist; Miss Pauline Gordon
KJome Management and House
Furnishings Specialist; R. Flake
Shaw, Guilford County Commit
sioner; C. F. Parrish, Extension
I
"PftULMe. ysA3ov''V
L. J. Lackey
Killed By Car 1
Levi J. Lackey, aged 71, was
killed by an automobile near
Stanleyville Saturday night. Th.'
.
car was driven oy Miss Alice Tas
of Rural Hall. Miss Tate is uu
i
der SSOO bond.
Mr. Lackey was born in Stokes |
county July 27, 1569, the son o; j
the late H. F. and Mary Sherpparu j
Lackey. He spent his early lif •
at Lawsonville where he operate 1 j
a store and later moved to VVa'-l
nut Cove where he was engaged | *
in the mercantile business there. 1
for seve.al years. He then mov
ed to High Point and then to Win- 1
ston-Sakm. He was a member of |
the North Winston Baptist
Church. !
Survivors include the widow,
| wh Q before marriage, was Mis.*
iVinie HPII; four sons, L. W., M. 1
!J., C. E. and H. F. Lackey, all )f '
I Winston-Saiem; three daughters, '
Miss Alma Lackey, Mrs. J. P.!
Tatum and Mrs. Robert Clark, all
of Winston-Salem; three brothers,
J. R. ard W. H. Lackey, High ,
Point an} W. E. Lackey of Law- (
sonville: three sisters, Mrs. Tom '
Tilley, of Lawsonville; Mrs. Mit •
tie Hylton of High Point and
Mrs. Lizzie Barnard, Stuart, Va . 1
and several grandchildren.
Funeral service * were conduct
ed Monday at 2 o'clock by R?v.
S. L. Naff and Dr. Ralph Herring.
I
Mrs. N. A. Martin continues ill
but is much improved at her
home here.
Number 3,541
Poultry Specialist; J. A. Arey,
Dairy Specialist; and R. W.
Shoffner, Assistant District
Agent, T. V. A. »
It is hi ped that a large number
of people throughout the county
will make it convenient to attend
both days of the Short Course.
Last year the meetings were well
attended by a large number of
people from ail sections of the
county and a much larger attend
ance is anticipated this year. A
picnic dinner will be served at
noon earh day and every one at
tending JS expected to bring a
well filled basket. A more detail
ed outline of the entire program
will appear in the paper next week.
LET'S P- AX NOW TO ATTEND.
9 ~
Winston-Salem P. C. A.
Loan Agency Now Com
plete for Stokes
The Winston-Salem Production
Credit Association now has its oi
fice and personnel set-up com
plete /or Stokes county. Misa
Hazel Purree is the application
taker and Fllis F. Stone is the
representative. Applications arc
ft*
now being written in the Petree
building in Danbury. Fanners
who can use Production Credit
loans profitably are encouraged to
avoid the rush season oy placing
their application early.
The Association has 1054 mem
bers who borrowed in 1909, $l5O
ISS. The members own $11,095 m
s,toek. The reserves to protect
members' investment are $11,958.
During the 6 years of operation
the Association has not as y«t
experienced a loss. The outlook
for increased membership this
year is favorable.
The Association serves Stokes.
Alleghany, Ashe, Davidson, For
syth, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes,
Yadkin and CaldweH counties.
S. P. Christian
Not a Candidate
S. P. Christian says the report
that he is a candidate for the leg
islature is a mistake, and that he
has authorized no one to an
nounce that he is a candidate.
He adds that he is not a candi
date for any public office.
J. T. Vaden ©f Franetoeo was
visitor in Daabnry today.