i.TIIE DANBURY REPORTER
Established 1872 Volume 66
' KILLS SELF
WITH 22-RIPLE
SUICIDE OF MRS. WALTER
BUTLEDOE KING POST
. MASTER RESIGNS MRS.
• CLAUDIA JOHNSON
' SERIOUSLY INJURED
' OTHER KING NEWS.
Kiner, —the biggest little town
in North Carolina, Feb. 6. —Depu-
ty Sheriff R. W. Stewart captur
ed a V-8 Ford roadster and fifty
gallons of v/hiskcy on the Lakes
to-Florida highway just east ot
town Friday night. The driver
joined the bird gang and made
good his escape.
Mrs. Walter Rutledge shot her
self in the forehead with a 22-
rifle at their home on German ton,
Route 1, Saturday morning while
her husband was in the field at
work. She was rushed to a Win
ston-Salem hospital where little
y hopes are entertained for her re
covery. Mrs. Rutledge is the
mother of several children and
the daughter of John Hamm, de
ceased. She had been in failing
health for some time. (Mrs. Rut
ledge has since died.)
Will Wright of Mount Airy, re
* tired telegraph opera to r, is
spending a few days with his sis
ter, Mrs. Anne Kirby in Walnut
_ Hill*. Mr. Wright has been mar-
ried six times.
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Tuttle of
Rural Hall spent the week-end
'with relatives here.
Jonah Spease is recovering
from a severe attack of pneu
monia at his home near Donnaha.
Hie stork had easy sailing last
week, only one report, to Mr.
and Mrs. Lester Newsum, a
daughter.
Dr. and Mrs. G. F. Petree an
nounce the marriage of theit
daughter, Sarah Elizabeth, to
William Troy Denny, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Sidney Denny of King
on January 25th.
Mrs. Trilby Tuttle has resigned
her position as postmaster to
take effect March 31. The pa-
trons are sorry to see her go as
she has made one of the best
postmasters King has ever had.
The high school has been closed
M
on account of the epidemic of
flu which is raging in this sec
tion. Most cases are of a mild
y nature.
Lin Southern has accepted a
position at Fort Bragg and ha 9
already entered on his new du
ties.
Dr. R. S. ITelsabeck, who has
been suffering from an attack of
flu at his home on Dan River
street, is sufficiently improved to
resume his practice.
Lloyd White, who holds a posi
tion n' oanoke, Va., is spending
a feu "/Ith his family here.
Mrs. •' " Jo nson, formerly
of King, fell 'ier home in Win
aton-Salem last week and incur
red a broken leg. It has been
necessary to amputate the broken
member and Mrs. Johnson is re
ported to be in a serious condi
tion.
Infantile Paralysis
Quota Raised
At Lawsonville
Through tht efforts of the pre-
cinct chairman, Mrs. H. D. Lassi-
ter, and people throughout the
community, the quota set for
Lawsonville in the fight on Infan
tile paralysis was made and a full
report sent to the County Chair
man, Mrs. Tom Preston, of Pine
Hall.
About one-half of the quota of
$20.00 was raised by members or
the school faculty giving set-back
parties with tickets selling at
twenty-five cents.
Those entertaining were Mrs.
Kallam and Mrs. Sam Lawson,
with Clyde Priddy high scorer;
Mrs. Owens and Miss Smith, with
John Neal Tucker, high scorer;
Mrs. J. N. Tucker and Mrs. Las
-Biter, with R. E. Moore, hign
scorer; Mrs. Donaldson and Mrs.
Thomas, with Ralph Thomas,
high scorer; and Miss Kathleen
Sheppard and Blanche Robertson,
with Ralph Sheppard high scorer.
On Friday night, Mra. Lassiter
was hostess to all those who had
given parties and high scorers of
each party. The grand prize, r
pair of boudoir lamp», donated by
Belk-Stevcns, was presented to
Ralph Sheppard, high scorer of
the evening and the second prize,
a copy of "Gone With the Wind",
donated by Watkins' Book Store,
was presented to Mrs. A. H. Kal
lam.
The coin cards sent out through
the community brought in $5.20.
The remainder, $4.88, was dona
ted through small banks by the
school children, the Banks re
maining In each room one day
Itemized, the proceeds were as
follows:
Set-back parties $ 10.00
Coin cards 5.20
School children 4.83
Total $20.83
Mrs. Candace Smith.
Of Lawsonville, Dies
Mrs. Candace Smith, 79, of
Lawsonville, Route 1, widow ->f
D. F. Smith, died recently at a
Stuart, Va., hospital after a se
rious illness of one week. She
had been in ill health for some
time.
Surviving are the daughters,
Mrs. Z. R. Sheppard of Lawson
ville; Mrs. Weldon Smith and
Mrs. G. J. Moore of Lawsonville,
Route 1; four sons, V. F., W. S.,
H. R. nr-* " F "mith of Law
sonville f ■ " .ne brother, A.
H. Shelton of Princeton, W. Va.:
and one sister, Mrs. Vick Dillon
of Lawsrt r 1.
The fun. ' held at the
home of a F. Smith, Elder
Noel Gilbert " l ing the serv
ices. Burial in the family
graveyard near the l-cme.
A government mattress manu
factory has been opened in the
old bank building, under the man
agement of Mrs. Pearce, home
demonstration agent.
Danbury, N. C., Thursday, Feb. 6,1941 * * *
(An Editorial.)
GET BEHIND CLEMMONS FORD
Every citizen of Stokes county should immed
iately wire or write Senators Simmons and
iieynolds and Congressman A. D. Folger to use
their influence to procure a government defense
plant at Clemmons Ford, Stokes county.
This power site six miles above Danbury would
make an ideal location for one of the powder
plants or munition factories now being estab
iished at many points in the United States.
Clemmons Ford is where Dan river cuts
through immense hills, affording an ideal power
site, and is isolated in a rural and mountainuous
t ection in a way so much desired by the govern
ment's policies at this time.
Clemmons Ford site was surveyed by the pro
moters of the H\gh Point municipal power sys
tem, and was found to afford tremendous possi
bilities. On account of the nearer location of
the Yadkin river co High Point, the project here
was temporarly superseded.
The establishment at Clemmons Ford of a 5 or
10 million dollar government munitions plant
would mean undreamed of possibilities in the
development of the resources of Stokes county
either for war or for normal requirements.
Other counties are pulling for this patronage,
many of them being able to furnish far less de
sirable locations than Clemmons Ford.
Write your senator and congressman now.
MORE MEN CALLED
FOR CAMP JACKSON
NEWS OF WORLD WAR NO. 1,
PUBLISHED OCTOBER, 1917
—OTHER ITEMS OF NEWS
PRINTED TWENTY - THREE
YEARS AGO.
The following items appeare-l
in the Danbury Reporter of Oc
tober 3, 1817:
Fifty-eight more Stokes county
men will leave for Camp Jackson,
S. C., next Saturday, Oct. 6.
Anothej 100 men were called
today.
Tobacco Fair and Chautauqua
at Walnut Cove Oct. 11-12.
Tobacco on Walnut Cove mark
et is averaging 32 to 34. Every
farmer is pleased.
John R Smith of Walnut cove
offers big lot of empty barrels
for sale.
United States building ocean
going merchant fleet of 1,600
ships.
W. P. Nelson, Hardbank mer
chant, receives big lot of dry
goods from Baltimore.
O. O. Grabs comes home to
King on furlough to visit parents.
MrtJ. S. L. Pulliam undergoes
operation for gall stones.
Mrs. Ella, wife of J. R. Tjlley,
dies at Westfield.
Mrs. Annie Weston of Moores
ville visits parents, Mr. and M-
R. 11. R. Blair at Danbury.
0 ;iesa passes bills aggrega
ting r J 1,000,000,000 for war.
County Commissioners John
Neal and Rufus P. Mabe Morn'
authorized R. R. King to In
brH«e reinforcings between Da.
bu nnd Walnut Cove and bridge
ae Dan at Danbury.
.luge license issued: Frai'
Mo.-. . and M .ggie Wilkes; V
Tuttle and . Susie Tatum; R. P.
Mabe and Rosa Taylor; C. T. Las
ley and Bettie V. Johnson; John
F. Tuttle and Sadie Tuttle;
Eugene Forrest and Bessie Smith.
Roy Martin, Willie Manuel,
Grover Lawrence, back from
camp, discharged on account of
physical disabilities.
Some sales of tobacco on Wal
nut Cove market:
Bob Stephens, 105 at 42; 12 at
52; 125 at 37; 340 at 39; 364 at
32, the load bringing $345.67, an
average of $37.10. Alpha Sten
hbns, 26 at 33; 12 at 45, 50 it
39. Rufus Lawson, 88 at 42; 22
at 41; 28 at 55; 66 at 39; 35 at
38, the load bringing $100.42, an
[average ol $38.24. James Las
l*y. 36 at 33; 80 at 38; 168 at 35;
1266 at 38. Kate Flinchum, 80 at
41; 65 at 39. Daisy Lawson, 15
at 40; 58 at 39; 68 at 40. Lawso.i
and Smith, 30 at 40; 34 at 42; 92
at 40; 28 at 41. Joel Lawson, 50
at 32, 256 at 33; 36 at 33. Tom
Smith, 26 at 43, 70 at 40. W. T.
Brown, 10 at 39; 20 at 41; 16 at
38*, 76 at 35. J. P. Lewis sold
474 pounds for $183.49.
On Tuesday's sales more than
12,000 pounds were sold at an av
erage of $34.00. Big sales are
looked for throughout this weex
and next. It is being sold rapid
ly and every farmer selling now
says look for me again as soon
as I can get it ready.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. A. J.
Fagg, a fine boy.
Miss Marie Moore spent the
'■*" '*-end visiting in Greensboro.
" incubators for sale at
•uve by B. P. Bailey.
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South of the Border
""harloy Martin and William
'e left FrlJay for New York
wiiere they took ship for "down
Panama way." They have been
awarded positions there helping
the government to take precau
-18 pgainst the Luftwaffe.
Wages are said to be very tempt
ing. and several Stokes
men have
among thi
.Walnut Co. v.
Published Thursdays
Death of
Mrs. Carrie J. Galloway
Mrs. Carrie Joyce Galloway,
aged 53, well known Mount Airy
woman, was found dead in her
room at a Mount Airy hotel about
2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The
cause of her death was unknown,
but it is believed she died from i
heart attacK.
Mrs. Joyce was a descendant
of prominent Surry and Stokes
county families and had spent
most of her life in this vicinity.
She was born in Mount Airy De
cember 24, 1887, the daughter of
the late Robert T. and Alice Gil
mer Joyce.
She lived with her parents at
Westfield for many years, but
since their deaths within the past
five years, she had been making
her home in Mount Airy. She
was said to have been at lunch
at her upual hour, returning to
her hotel room in apparently her
usual health. A friend found her
body a short time later on the
bed in her home.
There are no other survivors
in her immediate family, although
she lias an aunt and a number of
counsins living in Mount Airy
and at Danbury.
Gilmer Joyce of Monroe is a
brother of the deceased.
Mrs. N. E. Pepper and Mrs.
Jessie P. Christian attended the
rites Wednesday night. The de
ceased was a cousin of Mrs. Pep
per.
Dagoes Still On the Run
The British in Africa and the
Greeks and British in Africa are
still pursuing the fleeing Italians,
capturing many prisoners and
taking vast quantities of war ma
terial.
Bill Against
Fifth Columnists
| At Raleigh the House Wednes
day night passed a bill to provide
punishment for fifth column or
' subversive acts within the State.
The bill was sent to the Senate.
| Willkie In the Air
Wendell Willkie is now aboard
a clipper from Lisbon on his way
back from Europe where he
studied war conditions in Eng
land. He will testify before a
congressional committee. Expect
ed to reach America tonight.
O. E. Snow Die :
Oscar E. Snow, Pil«.f. Mountain
attorney, died at the age of 66
Saturday night. The funeral was
held at Pilot Methodist Church
Sunday afternoon. -ial w.ts in
the church cemf "'• rvivors
include the WHTV * )VEI \!
childr en and gn nd k
Carl Ray Flinchum, of Route 1,
I' l town Saturday, Is reported as
fOi- ihe game warden's .iob
">f Chas. H. Martin, re-
Number 3,576.
BROWN MOUNTAIN
MINING COMPANY
BIG INDUSTRY STARTS UP IN
QUAKER GAP—SITE NEAR
RE V N OLDS SCHOOL—A
ROAD IIAS BEEN BUILT,
MILL SOON TO BE CON
STRUCTED.
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) John Martin of Westfield, who
was here Monday, tolls the Re-
I porter ibout a new and impor
tant industry now being started
near the Reynolds school in
Quaker Gap township.
A new mining company, in
; corporated with a capital stock
of $100,900, which has been
Darned "The Brown Mountain
Mining Company, Inc.," has been
! organized by a group of business
; men in Mount Airy.
I The company is sponsoring the
development of an apparently
rich mineral vein which lies south
of Brown Mountain, an offshoot
of the Sauratown range in Stokes
county.
The officers of the comany,
Lindsey Holcomb, president; Joe
Rosen, of New York, vice-presi
dent; and John Springthorpe, of
Mount Airy, secretary-treasurer,
with Philip Warsaw, of Mount
Airy, as superintendent, have al
ready begun active work on tha
"rrining. sit*. '
Workmen are uncovering de
posits of mien, feldspar, quartz,
tourmaline and other minerals.
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| The deposit was opened about
six months ago by Philip War
saw, who interested tfts other
business men in the project.
The operations are lo«ated ort
the lands of Gus M'irtin, well
known Stokes citizen, from whom
the mining company has leased
the entire Brown Mountain.
I A road has been bail* to the
site after six weeks' work. Sev
eral small buildings have been
! constructed and everything is in
1 rendinesr for more construction
|and the lurther operation of th>»
mine.
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The site lies about a mile north
of North Carolina highway (56
near the Nancy Reynolds school.
A mil' will 3oon be construct -
oi at tho foot of the mountain
where minerals will be prepared
for shipment. The company has
a consulting engineer already em
ployed and a chemist will tako
lup active mining duties soo. it
w-as reported this week.
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i Walnut Cove To jv?
New School ~
i _ u
The Strtr board 1,1 education
Monday approved loans from ho
literary fund for the -u -r
of a $25,000 school ~t
Cove.
BOOK CLUB TO MI CV
The "Wednesday Even'ng Book
Club" will meet Wednesday night,
March 12, at the home of Mrs. N,
E. Pepper at 7:30 o'clock. Mrs.
J. John Taylor will be the speak
er of the evening, >