DANBURY REPORTER
Volume 55.
SCHOOL BUILDING
FOR WESTFIELD
Almost Assured In Time For
Opening Of Fall Term
Stokes Authorities Approve
Plan For Joint Stokes-Surry
School Building.
Stokes and Surry counties
will more than likely begin the
erection of a $25,000 school
building at Westfield in May or
%une of this year, so that it
can be completed in time for
the opening of the fall term of
school.
The West field school is locat
ed within a very short distanc;
of the Stokes-Surry line and
serves pupils from both coun
ties- For some time the two
counties have had a movement
on foot to erect a building
jointly at Westfield, and on
Monday the Board of Education
and the County Commissioners
of Stokes gave formal approval
of the project, so that now it
only remains for the Surry
county officials to formally ap
prove their verbal offer to put
up their part of the funds, and
constructoin of the building
will most ikely be started in
May or June, as the Surry of
ficials have already signified
their willingness to do their
part at any time.
,• At present the YVestfield
school has a wooden structure
which is entirely inadequate to
the needs of the community.
The new building will be of
brick with ten class rooms,
auditorium, offices- etc., and
will have a modern heating
plant, electric lights, plumbing,
and other modern conveniences.
The buildi.ig will cost, accord
ing to plans already drawn, ap
proximately $25,000. Of this
amount Stokes is asked for
something less than $9,000,
and Surry has verbally agreed
to pay the remainder. Formal
approval of the project will no
doubt be given by Surry offic
ials at once-
A large delegation of citi
zens from the Lawsonville com
munity appeared before the
school board Mont'ay asning
for a school bnilding at Law
sonville- No action was taken
W,y the board in this matter.
I
Tax-Listers Named
For Townships
Ta;.-listers for the several
townships of the county were
appointed by the board of coun
ty commissioners at their meet
ing here Mond .v. They are as
follows-
Meadows township L- J.
Fowler.
Sauratown—H. G. Tuttle.
Beaver Island—J- M. Fagg- j
Snow Creek—Myrtle Priddy
Wilson
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Peter's Creek—J. R. Bennett.
Big Creek—J. W. Simmons-
Quaker Gap—J. I). Hill.
Danbury—Snider Priddy.
Yadkin—To be named later-
! 5-CENT GAS TAX
j PUT ON MONDAY
One Cent On Each Gallon Goes
For lip-Keep Of County
! Roads—Will Bring In Three
t | •
| Million Dollars.
J Raleigh, March 31. The
state of North Carolina, already
i famous for its highway devel
, opment of the last eight years,
■ i
I tomorrow enters upon an ambi
tious expansion of its original
program.
The 5c tax on the gallon
of gasoline, an increase of 25
per cent over the present rate,
which was voted by the last
Legislature, goes into effect
at midnight tonight, and the
revenue from this source, sup
plemented by $1,000,000 from
other highway funds, will be
devoted to taking over roads
from the county systems, and
incorporating them in the state
system for maintenance.
On the basis of receipts for
the last year. Commissioner A.
J. Maxwell, of the department
of revenue, estimated that re
ceipts from the added tax
should be in excess of $2,500 -
000, without allowing for any
increase in the cons Jinpiion of
gasoline. This will gvie
500,000 a year for expanding
the system, $500,000 being al
located to the state highway
commission for use as a high
i ,
way equalizing fund without
regard to county or district
lines.
How Allocation Is Made.
The $3,000,000 county aid
fund, according to the highway
act of 1929, will be allocated
among the state's 100 counties
on a basis taking into consider
ation population and area. Each
county is required to reduce its
advalorem property levy for
road purposes by an amount
equal to its quota of the state
fund.
Counties have an option of
applying their share of the
funds to the retirement of road
bonds already issued, subject
to the approval of the state
highway commission.
At their last meeting, mem
bers of the state commission
agreed that the representative
of each district should confer
with the county officials in his
territory, and it is expected
that the next meeting of the
i board, April 11, will see the
launching of definite plans for
.carrying out provisions of the
measure. Lndcr a schedule
worked cut by the commission,
the $3,000,000 would be appor
tioned counties in
amounts ranging from $9,150
for Clay, which would receive
the smallest sum, to $69,420
for Wake, the heavies partici
pant.
j A great many counties, it is
said, will receive more undev
( this allocation than they hav-»
been appropriating for roads in
the past.
No Difficulty In Collection.
Commissioner Maxwell said
the imposition of the added tax
Danbury, N. C., April 3, 1929.
SPECIAL TERM
COURT MAY 13
s Authorized By the Governor
P For the Trial of Criminal
i! Cases In Stokes—Judge Mc-
Rae May Preside.
2 Arrangement has now been
? completed whereby Stokes
-j is to have a special term of
• lone week of criminal court be
- ginning on Monday, May 13th
-1 It is very probable that Judge
Cameron Mcßae, of Asheville,
i will preside over the term, in
' i the opinion of members of the
, i Danbury bar. Judge Mcßae is
t one of the State's special
t 'judges.
The special term is badly
" needed in order to clear up the
1 congested criminal docket in
? county, as the court this week
• will not be able to dispose of
' half the cases, it is stated.
As was stated last week,
I
Stokes will now have three reg
ular terms of criminal and
• three terms of civil court, un
: der an act of the last Legisla
■ ture- The first criminal term
: under this act begins here on
■ the first Monday in July next,
the civil term beginning one
week later.
It is hoped that with three
■ criminal terms each year the
■ docket can be kept fairly clean,
and prisoners will not have to
■ be held in jail so long before
: getting a trial-
I School Committeemen
! .... Appointed Monday
The Stokes Board of Educa
j tion appointed new school com
i mitteemen in the several
. school districts of the county
Monday. In Danbury district
the committee is now compos
• ed of Rev- H. W. Hudspeth, J.
D- Humphreys and -J. W. Hall.
Card of Thanks.
We wish to thank our many
friends and neighbors for their
kindness shown us during the
sickness and death of our dear
little son Cleatu.s Carlyle.
i Mr. and Mrs. Reid Martin.
would not throw any burden
upon the collection machinery
of his department, and no dif
ficulty was anticipated in mak
ing the change in this respect.
By raising its tax to five
cents, North Carolina took its
place among a small group of
states imposing that rate,
which was the highest gas tax
levied in any state until the
South Carolina legislature re
eently made the tax in the Pal
metto state six cents a gallon.
The $1,000,000 to be added to
the income from this fifth cent
is to com" fi jm the highway
department's revenues from
motor vehicles licenses and the
gasoline tax. For the last sev
eral months, the income from
these sources has been in ex
cess of the department's needs
for bonded indebtedness, for
maintenance of the present
system, and for contemplated
extensions.
SCHOOL BOARD
i IS RE-ORGANIZED
r J- C. Carson Is Again Named
j ; County Superintendent
. i Board .Meets In School Build
| ing Here-
I
1 . The Stokes Board of Educa
"" tion met here Monday and re-
organized bv electing H. H.
Leake chairman and J. R- For
' est chairman pro tem. Supt. of
' schools J. Carson was re
• elected Supt- of Schools for an
-1 other term- The school board
! is now composed of Messrs.
4 H- H- Leake, J. H. Forest
1 John W- Priddy, H- McGee
| and Bruce Hutcherson, th.'
latter being the new member
' of the board. Mr. Hutcherson
i qualified for his office Monday.
- j The session of the school
board on Monday was bent at
the Danbury school building on
. account of congested conditions
■ at the court house, the attend-
I ance on court being unusually
large.
The approving of the West
-1 field school building project and
1 the hearing of citizens of the
■ Lawsonville section, who want
' a new school building, compos
ed the principal business of the
1 board at the session.
Ladies Of Eastern
1 Star Elect Officers
Wahiut Cove Chapter 157,
Order of the Eastern Star, met
Wednesday night, March 27th,
at 8:00 o'clock P. M., for the
installation of officers. Mrs. P.
T- Harrington, of Winston-Sal
em, past worthy Matron of Wal-
I nut Cove Chapter, and Past
District Deputy of the Grand
: Chapter of North Carolina, was
invited to preside over the
ceremonies, assisted by the
. Marshall, Mrs. Rebecca Shaw,
Past Worthy Matron of Wal
nut Cove Chapter, and Grand
Representative of the Grand
Chapter of Wisconsin.
The officers elected were in
stalled as follows:
Mrs. Floy Wheeler, Worthy
Matron; H. R. McPherson,
Worthy Patron; Miss Kathleen
Marshall, Associate Matron;
Miss Lillie Fulton, Secretary;
Mrs. Annie Davis, Treasurer;
Mrs. Gladys McPherson, Con
ductress; Mrs. Myrtle Bailey,
Associate Conductress; Mrs-
Flora Jones, Chaplain; Mrs.
Miittie Lewellyn, Adah; Mrs.
Viola Rothrock, Ruth; Mrs.
I.o.i'se Jones, Esther; Mrs. Hil
da Hutchison, Martha; Mrs.
Cora Davis, Electa; Miss Sallie
Matt Marshall, Warda; Mr. 11.
P. Bailey, Sentinel.
After the installation, a beau
tiful jewel was awarded to the
retiring Worthy Matron, Mrs.
Hilda Hutchison, in token of
the appreciation of her servi
ces. A beautiful set of vases
to the Secretary. Mrs- Myrtle
Bailey, and a lovely cigarette
case to the Worthy Patron, H
II. McPherson. was presented
by Mrs- Hilda Hutchison. A
gii't of lovely cut-glass bowl
HARVEY JOHNSON
> IS ROAD SUPT.
New Highway Commission O r .*
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gamzed Monday—W. S. 1^
" , Made Chairman and J- W.
Kiger Secretary.
- J Nineteen opplications for
i- superintendent of roads were
.. considered by the new county
'- highway commission Monday'
f when the first meeting of the
- board was held at the court
- house here
-11 '1 he new board, composed of
•IW •S. Hart, James W. Youn_ r
i i
t and J. W. Kiger, was organized (
i* by electing Mr. Hart chairman
- and Mr. Kiger secretary*. i.
! 11
rj Harvey Johnson, of Yadkin
l township, was elected superin- j
jtendent of roads to succeed 15.
I P. Bailey- Mr- Johnson will .
t enter on his duties at once. H«.
I ' 1
l.was selected from the follow- (
' i ing named list of applicants: ,
•jT. M- Smith, R. L. Lawson, / j
|R. Moran, C. M- Hauser, W. K. j
jStovall, J- C- Frans. J. T. Chris- v
- tian, W- M. Wall, S. M. Walker, \
I V. S- Smith, J- W. Fowler, B. t
HP. Bailey, Ed Tedder, Hobart.
t Browder, H. H. Brown, E- D. j
1 Smith, L- M. McKenzie, Charlie [
; Eaton and Harvey Johnson.
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! Other business transacted bv j
the highway commission con- s
sisted principally of passing t
5 upon claims against the coun
ty II
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, Appropriation Expected j
. For Stokes-Stuart Road ■
Thos- J. George, of Stuart,
Va., who has represented Pat
rick county in the last three
sessions of the Virginia Legis-
' lature at Richmond, spent sev- }
eral hours in Danbury Monday.
Mr. George is a son of Rev- R.
W- George, of Francisco, Stokes (
• county.
": Asked about the prospect for
' getting a surfaced road from
' Stuart to the Stokes line Mr- j
George stated that he believed
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the Virginia authorities would
make an appropriation for this
I road within a short while
t
| German ton Route 1 j f
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' Germanton R. 1, April 3 !i
Mr. Howard Bolejack and Missis
Pauline Wall, of Rural Hall„,\
Miss Stella Cook and Raymond'Y
Fulp, of Germanton, and .Air. 1
Gloma Burrow, of Walnut Cove, a
spent the Easter holidays with s
'Miss Ruby Rutledge.
1 Mr. Simpson Fowler. Misses i
Clai'e Ruttledge, Nellie M'>zell a
Edwards and Glonn Burrow
and Charlie Kiser spent Tues- \
day at Danbury. v
Mr. Jones Newsum has iv
j turned home after spending the •
i week-end at King. t
1 presented to Mrs. Harrington t
by the Chapter. I
! At the conclusion of the core-
, monies, refreshments wore ser-.
ved, consisting of ice cream, t
I j cake, mints and nuts, the color
I scheme being carried out in ! 1
['yellow and white.
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No. 2,963
COl T ' HAS FOUR
CAPITAL CASES
ier Wall Goes Free On Rape
Charge Campbell-Khodes
j Sheppard .Murder Case Taken
I l"p—John Hairston and Ru-
I fus Kin),' Trials To Follow—
Number Of Road Sentences-
Four capital cases appear o;t
the docket for this week's term
of Stokes criminal court, which
convened here Monday morning
I with Judge J- H. Clement pre
siding and Solicitor J- F Spru
ill representing the State- One
of these cases has been dispos
ed of—that of the State against
Porter Wall, charged with rape,
the jury returning a verdict of
not guilty within an hour after
taking the case.
In the Wall case the defend
ant was charged with having
carnal knowledge of a female
under the lawful age, the pros
ecuting witness being Rev;*
Browder, daughter of J. T-
Browder, of Yadkin township.
Since the disposition of the
charge ol rape, a charge of in
cest has been brought against
Wall, it being alleged that the
Browder girl is Wall's aunt by
blood relation, and he was
again remanded to jail, but will
be allowed to give bond, as the
second charge will likely not be
tried at this term of the court.
Immediately after finishing
the trial mentioned above the
court begun the selection of a
jury from a special venire of
75 men summoned yesterday.
The jury will try Otis
Campbell, Louis Sheppard
and Glenn Rhodes on a charge
of murder in connection with
the shooting of Nettice Burk
heart in northern Stokes a few
months since.
Next on the trial docket, af
ter the Campbell - Sheppard-
Rhodes case, it is stated, will
come that of John Hairston,
col-, charged with killing W- M-
Pyrtle, near Walnut Cove, re
cently.
The fourth capital case, will
be that of Rufus King, charg
ed with rape. The grandjury
this week found a true bill
against King and he was placed
in jii'l without bond pending
a healing. The prosecuting
witness against King is Mrs.
Will Murry, and the act is al
leged to have been committed
at her home in Yadkin town
ship several months since-
Up until the time of taking
up the capital case* mentioned
above the court had disposed
of quite a few minor cases, and
witnesses and spectators, as
well as members of the bar, are
complimenting Judge Clement
and Solicitor Spr»iill in their
quick dispatch of cases and the
business-like manner in which
they are disposing of this un
precedented heavy criminal
docket-
Other cases disposed of up
to this time are as follows:
Roy Williard, bigamous co
habitat ion, two years on road*.
(Continued on page 5.)