THE DANBURY REPORTER
Established 187? Volume 66
SERIAL NUMBERS OF
JULY Ist REGISTRANTS
Completion of list of Stokes coun
ty boys who registered for selec
tive service July Ist:
S-1630—William Ralph Steel'?,
Sandy Ridge.
S-906 —John Chester Neal, Jr.
Walnut Cove.
S-1009 —Ruden Clarendon, Ab
bot, Walnut Cove.
S-2019 —William Charles Rowan
Pinnacle.
S-1306—James William Hicks,
Walnut Cove,
cisco.
S-1876—Ralph Harvel Frye, Fran-
S-2240—Ralph Allen Neal, Pine
Hall.
S-2162 —Moir McHone, Lawson -
ville.
S-1280—Norman Forter Brown
Walnut Cove.
S-1980 —E. P. Hylton, Lawsonville
S-1838 —Andrew Eaton, Pin
nacle.
S-2279—Joseph Bryant Martin,
Danbury.
S-1254 —Dennis William Martin,
Germanton.
S-1734—Carl Eugene Nunn, Pilot
Mountain.
S-1799—Clifton Elden Wilkins.
Sandy Ridge.
S-1577 —Clarence Vaughn Shel
ton, Lawsonville.
S-2045—Otis Ray Nane, Stone
ville.
S-2058 —Leonard Wood Martin,
Pinnacle.
S-1202 —Otis Carter, Sandy
Ridge.
S-2305—John Thomas Scott,
Germanton.
S-1526—Hilory Sanford Horton,
Walnut Cove.
S-ISS9 —Elwood James Flin
chum, Danbury.
S-1551 —James Paul Scales,
Belews Creek.
S-918 —Wendell Vest Deiger,
Tobaccoville.
S-1993—Claude WUmoth, Dan
bury.
S-2357 —Thomas William Jes
sup,
S-1409 —Earl Wilson Joyce,
Madison.
S-1098 —Fred Lawson, Rural
Hall.
S-2512 —James Eugene Tuttle,
Rural Hall.
S-1708—Rupert Wallace Web
ster, Germanton.
S-21 8 B—Charlie Deccaster
Jackson, Vade Mecum.
S-2318 —Joel Henry Fulton,
Walnut Cove.
S-^l21 —Holt Elam Flynt, Dan
bury.
S-1241 —Aubrey Na th an e
Sheppard, Lawsonville.
S-1643-A—Moir Lawerence
Bennett, Walnut Cove.
S-2097-A—Harvey Wilson Hall,
King.
S-1708-A Aubrey Scales, Sandy
Ridge.
S-1773-A—John Lyman Hall,
Danbury. " ~
S-2162-A—Allen Loyd WMte,
King.
Stokes Civilian
Defense Council
Holds Meeting
Vocational training for defense
j purposes, and participation in
! the country's aircraft warning
j service were discussed by mem
bers of the Stokes county civilian
defense council at the courthouse
here Monday. Lawerence Macßae
of Walnut Cove, chairman of the
council presided.
Miss Laura Ellington, St
Ridge, was elected vice-chairman,
and Miss Luna Taylor, of Dan
bury, was elected secretary
treasurer.
A committee to follow up voca
tional taining as carried on under
WPA projects in the county was
named. The committee it com
posed of J. C. Carson, chairman,
B. B. Gentry, ind G. R. Alforri.
The council's chairman was in
structed to confer with the the
Amebian Leyion comi:» t;ce on
its project for establuYi.j five
aircraft wa.Min-j look out pc«-3
in the coa.i •».
A proposed [ 'eject lor sale of
baby bonis w.\3 rclemo U. a com
mittee composed of Mrs. Saline
Pepper, chairman; B. G. Gentry
and John J. Taylor.
1942 Tobacco Program
Is Discussed Monday
At Farm Meeting
H. L. of the district
AAA fie!d office, presided over
a meeting here Monday in the
courthouse where the 1942 tobae
:o program was discussed.
Ways and means of getting
producers to earn 100 per cent,
soil-building practice were also
discussed and how to apply it best
to individual farmers of the
county.
The following county and com
munity committeemen were pres
ent at the meeting.
Jacob Pulton, Moir Hawkins,
T. M. Smith, N. F. Christian, V .
H. Overby, Guy I. Eggleston, Mac
Wall, Whitt MsCallem, H. P. Lof
tis, H. G. Alley, s. A. Flinchum,
J. Ed Mitchell, J. Will Moorefield,
W. C. Amos, Richard Mabe, G.
D. Watkins, F. C. Smith, Tom
Covington, S. D. Joyce, Lindo
Pell, Hilary G. Tuttle, J. C. Amo3,
Lee Joyce, Sam Vernon, Sid F.
Fulk, Will E. Tuttle.
Returns Marriage
License—Excuse
Kingstree, S. C., Aug. 7—A
man returned a marriage license
to Proate Judge Flora K. Snow
den with this notation:
"I got the license to have it
ready whenever my girl said 'yes.'
But when I get drunk she refuses
to marry me and when I'm sober
I wouldn't have her."
S-1526-AJames William Hall,
Weetfield.
Danbury, N. C., Thursday, August 21, 1941 *
LIST OF STOKES'
SCHOOL TEACHERS
Fall Session of Stakes Schools
Hi'Hins September 10—Consid
erable DiSiiculty In Filling Va
cancies
The fall 1941-'42 session if
Stokes county schools begins Sep
tember 10.
On account of an unusual scar
city of teachers, several vacan
cies are yet to be filled.
The list as appointed to data
by the Board of Education is as
follows:
WALNUT COVE SCHOOL
R. M. Green, Principal
Roland Longest
Albert V. Cable
W. H. Johnson
Mary M. Neal
Claire Eastman
fe..* . L.-
Jessie S. Ainsley
Ruth Woodward
Elizabeth M. Neal
James W. Gantt
Alexander M. McNeil ■"*
Winnie H. Easter
Mrs. Roland Longest
Jessie V. Carson
Nell Hutcherson
Lillian S. Southern
Mildred C. Cromer
Margaret Palmer
Jean R. Ray
DANBURY
M. J. Smith, Principal
Grace Taylor
Luna Taylor
Elanche P. Hall
Martha P. Morris
Janie M. Cofer
MEADOWS
j John H. Thomason, Principal
Iris S. Bowles
Edna C. Forrest
Annie B. Smith
Henrietta S. Southern
REYNOLDS
Toler Haynes, Principal
(Continued on page two)
Tobacco Highest
Since World War
Leaf Averaging Thirty Cents In Border Belt-
Stokes Farmers Expect Big Prices For Light
Crop
Stokes tobacco growers, now
finishing curing a good but
light crop, are expecting big
prices when markets open Sept.
16.
Sales on the Carolinas Border
Belt tobacco markets continued
yesterday with prices around 30
cents a pound—highes since
Markets reporting less than a
World War days.
30-cent average said a large quant
ity of inferior quality tobacco was
on hand, and this poor tobacco
might cause the general average
to drop although prices would
hold firm.
Reports from Border markets:
Fairmont, N. C. : 1,069,954
BIG LIQUOR CATCH
MONDAY NIGHT
ARKKM' MADi: OF \\ll.Kl>
COINTY MAX RKLKASi:!,
INDKIt BOM) OF S7>o AFT
ER HKARIMi
Monday night, on r.ighv ay N
52, near Kiny, State
Patrolman Bristol Dellinger a n '!
Deputy Sheriff Raymond Stewar.
ran down and arrested Robert
Dowell, Roaring River, Wilk„s
county, and also captured his car
and 90 gallon of whi'o whisky.
Dowell was driving a '34 Ford
V-8 coach.
A hearing was held before Fed
eral authorities i n Wflnston-
Salem at which time Dowell waß
released under bond of $750, to
appear at the October 3rd term
of Forsyth Federal Court.
Miss Woodruff Resigns
As Secretary To
Welfare Department
Miss Grace Woodruff has re
signed as secretary to the county
superindendent of public welfare
to accept the position of case
worker for the Episcopal Orphan
age at Charlotte, N. C. effective
September 1.
So far there have been no an
nouncements made from authori
ties as to who will succeed Miss
Woodruff.
Everette Wagoner
Accepts Position
In Memphis, Tenn.
Everette Wagoner, of German
ton, formerly one of Stokes
county's deputy sheriffs, has ac
cepted a position with Wilson-
Walter-Prater Company of Mem
phis. The company is constructing
the 15-million-dollar Memphis
General Depot for the war De
partment.
Mr. Wagoner says he likes the
country fine.
pounds fo an official average of
30.78.
Whiteville, N. C 1,206,424
pounds for aa . official average of
32.11.
Lumberton, N. C.: 831,904
pounds for an official average of
30.41.
Fairbluff, N. C.: 206,420 pounds
for an official average of 32.22.
Tabor City N. C.: 219,558
pounds for an offcial average of
30.66.
Lake City, S. C.: 799.594 pounds
for an average of 28.48. Sales at
Lake City were the heaviest of
the season, with 2,000,000 pounds
on the floors. Total sales fo r the
season have been 3,257,556 pounds
for an average of 25.38.
Published Thursdays
100 - Gallon Steam Still
Outfit Is Captured Sat.
Near Aaron's Corner
APPAKATIS MOST IM M AI. EVER 10l .Ml IN (OINTV—
-1200 GALLONS BEER, 40 «'LONS WIIISKEV TAKEN—TWO
ESCAPE, TWO ARRESTS MAIM:—OI TON ISONOS
Last Saturday, 16th, on a raid
through the hills approximately j
a mile and a half from Aaron ?
Corner, near the North Carolina-
Virginia line, a 100-gallon steam
still affair was captured by the
alert deputies Cleve Lawson, Ruf
us Mabe. Burke Smith, and spec-
I
ial Deputy Carl Ray.
(
Two of the four men at the
i
still escaped, while officers caught
and arrested Herbert Campbell
and Wade Nester.
Officers took from the plant
1200 gallons of beer and 40 gal
m/Mews
ICXTCNSMN WOBR \jP|lSfV^^
We have just been informed
that we will be unable to furnish
either Austrian Winter Peas.
Vetch, or Italian Rye Grass, as
conservation materials this year
and producers who have not ;>u'.
in their full Soil Building prac
tices to earn their maximum pay-
Iment this year they may p!a:\
their orders before September 15
for Limestone and Superphos
phate to make the remainder oi
I
j their units and some few will hi
: able to obtain Winter Legume
Seed from local dealers if the"',
orders are placed immediately.
Marketing Cards will be ready
'for the producers about Septer.:-
! ber 1 and the County Committee
intends to bring these cards in* '
Communities for delivery and .it
the same time take orders
Limestone and Phosphate from
farmers who have not earn. .
their maximum payment for 19-1 1 .
also it is hoped that eahc farmer
will begin making plans for ti.-
coming crop year with Soil Build
ing Practices so that the commit
tee can assist them in executing
their Farm Plans for 1942 and
thereby holding down the expense
of another trip.
The farmers who have not made
all their units for 1941 are again
reminded that September 15 is
the last date on which we will be
able to accept orders for lime
stone and Superphosphate and
they are urged to place their
orders immediately.
County Agent Attends
Judging School
County Agent L. F. Brumfield
is attending a Guernsy judging
School this week at Clear Springs
Farm at Concord.
Xumber :5,59S
lons of whiskey. The still which
jwss brought in to the jail, was
said to be the only one of this
|
type ever to be found in Stokes
county.
A hearing was held Saturday;
before Justice of the Peace P. C.
Campbell where Nester pleaded
I guilty and Campbell, who claimed
he was only at the still, pleaded
not guilty. Both Nester and Camp
bell were released under bonds
I
lof SSOO and S3OO respectively,
for their appearance at the Oc
tober term of Crimnal Court.
James F. Overby, 62,
Dies At Lawsonville
The funeral service for
James Franklin Overby, aged 62,
who died Sunday at his homo,
Lawsonville. Route 2,was held
Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at
the State'.ine Baptist Church
graveyard.
Mr. Overby was born in Stoker?
county nn September 15, I.S7S.
Surviving are his widow. Mrs.
Alice Verda Hall Overby: one
daughter, Mrs. Canie Halstea.f,
Ocean View, Va.; three sons,
Walter and Claud Overby. OL
Lawsonville, Route 2, and Leo
nard Overby, of Jacksonville:
one sister, Mrs. Cleurcy Sin Hon,
Mount Airy: ••no brut her, R. T.
Overby. Si'.ler.i, V.\; nn«l six
grandchildren.
TO ,M WH O IOK WKI K
Miss Grace Whitst tt. Mrs. Mar
garet Ellington and Mrs. J. H.
Bray of Walnut Cove left Tuesday
a. ni. for Manteo where they will
spend several days. «
rfjf MFFLMDSFTAMPS
AMERICA ON GUARD/ 4
' Mhimi it a reprodoetion of th«
' iMMBiy Department's Defense
Savings Poster, ihotini an exact
oi the original "Minute
J®*® "J**®® by famed sculptor
DanW Charter Frsneh. • Defense
Beads and Stamps, on sale at your
bank or post office, are a vital part