DANBURY REPORTER
Volume 55.
SUPERIOR COURT !
HELD FULL WEEK
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Three Capital Cases Are Dis
posed Of—Rufe King and
John Hairston Found Guilty
—AHU® Moser and Jim Stu- 1
art Are Acquitted. '
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Coming to a close at 2-l't
o'clock Sunday morning the
special term of Stokes Super
ior court, held last week, dis
posed of thre e capital cases, in
to a number of minor
ones.
In the case of Rufe King,
charged with rape, the jury
brought in a verdict on Friday
charging t;h e defendant with
"assault and attempt to com
mit rape" and Judge Cameron
Mcßae sentenced King to the
State prison for a term of not
le*s than four or more than
.six years. King's counsel gave
notice of appeal but later aban
doned this and he will be taken
to Raleigh tomorrow by Sheriff
Taylor.
John Hairston, colored, char
ged with murder, was senten
ced to a term of not less than
ten or more than fifteen year.;,!
after counsel on both sides
had agreed upon a verdict of
murder in the second degree-
Hairston was taken to the
State prison by Sheriff John
Taylor on Tuesday-
Alli e Moser, white, and Jim
colored, charged
/jointly with i*n attempt to
burn the residence of Will
Briggs, near King, were found
not guilty by the jury, after
.being tried for their lives. I
Will Chapman, tried and
found guilty on a charg e ot'
larcency, was sent to Durham
county roads for four months-
Sheriff Taylor carried him to
Durham Tuesday-
John Privett, aged 59 amf
charged with fornication and
adultery, was found guilty and
given six month s in the county
jail, the county commissioners
being given authority to hire
him out-
Although the court held a
full week it is stated that the
docket was far from being fini
shed-
Claud Tucker, assaulting
Shores Hall, paid the cost in
the case-
Wealth of State
Decreased In 1927-28
Raleigh, May 19—Corporate
wealth in North Carolina de
creased alnjjst ten millions of
dollars in valuaion from 1927
to 1928, decreases having been
shown in 72 of the 100 coun
ties, of which only 28 showed
gains, according to figures
compiled in the officg of Leroy
Martin, executive secretary of
th e State Board of Equiliza
tion, from figures in tlie office
of the Department of Revenue.
Walnut Cove Won
Over Danbury Saturday
Walnut Cove defeated Dan
bury 13 to 11 in a gam e of bali
Saturday afternoon
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PROSPECT GOOD
FOR FARM AGENT j
Stokes Commissioners Said To
Look Favorably On Proposi
tion—State Will Pay Half;
1 Of Salary. j
; A large number of the citi
zens have been heard to ex
press themselves as favoring
the employment of a farm de
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monstrator since the matter
came up at a recent meeting
of the board, and it is s aid
that the members of the
board look favorably on the
proportion, since
the State will pay haif the
salary of such a man if the
application is received before
the Sfcate'ti funds for this
purpose are exhausted-
A good number of the coun
ties of the State are taking
advantage of this offer and it
is proving a great hefc to
farnling in those counties.
It has been estimated, as
mentioned previously in this
paper, that half the salary of
a good man would not cost
more than an average of 10c
-1 per man, and no special tax
would be necessary, as the
haif salary could be paid out
of the general funds of the
county.
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The benefits that would j
come from the employment of
»
a good demonstrator would bo
considerable, and without r»
doubt would result in more
diversification of crops, larger
yields per acr e and many other
improvements in agricxiltuils ■
I Already, since the question,
of employing a demonstrator
has come up, one prominent
citizen 'Stated here last week
that if the commissioners
would employ a man he would
' take it on himself to solicit
' funds from business men and
offer prizes to those farmers,
making the best yields, etc-
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Madison Man Is
Claimed By Death
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! Madison, May 22.—Nat M-
Pickett, one of the most promi
nent business men of this town
and section, died suddenly today
at 12:30 o'clock, being stricken
with a heart attack on the
street, and death followed in a
few minutes.
' Mr- Pickett had been in his
usual health, apparently, and
had just started home when
stricken.
Mr- Pickett held large real
estate holdings in Rockingham
county and also Winston-Salem-
Man Found Dead
Not Bufort Rhodes
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, W. E- Rhodes, of Stokes had
a message last week from
Charleston, \V- Va-, stating that
a young man had been found
dead there which filled the de
scription of his son Bufort, who
had been gone from some
time- After conferring with
the officials at Charleston i«
was found that the body wo*
not that of young Rhodeb.
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Danbury, N C., May 22, 1929
CARS KILLED 73
DURING APRIL I
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Only 44 Were Killed In April
1928 In State—Accidents
Are Increasing.
Automobile accidents caused ;
73 deaths in N- Carolina last
month in comparison with 44
during April 1928, according to
a report just issued by the
motor vehicle bureau of the
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State Department of Revenue.
April fatalities- brought the
total number for the year to
. 196- The toll for the first three
months, an average of 1.3 per
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soils killed per day, was con- (
siderablv below the April record ;
which shows 2-3 persons killed ;
in the state each day through
| automobile accidents.
In addition to those killed,
there were 369 injured. Nine
teen pedestrians were killed,
and 41 injured; 20 deaths re-!
suited from automobile collis-j
ions with a horse-drawn ve- j
hide, and 10 from collisions;
with trains- There were 19'
deaths resulting from non-col- J
lisions with fixed objects, and
on e from a collision with a bi
cycle.
Tallest Building
In The World j
Plans are underway for the'
construction of the world's'
tallest building, a 75-story
AructuHe |o be eifccted in
Chicago to house the general
offices of the Illinois Central
railroad and the Cran e Manu
facturing con f.>any- I
! The building, to be known as
the Crane Tower, will rise
1,022 feet, tihirty-ejght, feet
higher than the top of Eiffel
Tower in Paris- The date for
the start of construction has
not yet been announced-
In addition to being the tal
lest structure ever erected by
man, it will be the world's
• largest office building, contain
ing 3,500,000 feet of space-
Among the outstanding fea
tures of the edifice as announ
ced is a 1,000 automobile gar
age for tenants; a lirst floor
bank, a convention hall, sev
eral smaller conference halls,
a 104,000 feet exhibition col
iseum, tenants' club, grills,
restaurants, turkish baths and
a gymnasium-
The building i s to be con
structed of stone, with the ex
ception of the crownng stories
which will be of gold terra
cotta-
Financing will involve issu
ance of $26,000,000 in lease
hold bonds and stock-
120 Gallons Beer
Poured Out Yesterday
Sheriff John Taylor anil
Deputy Berkley poured
out 120 gallons of beer near
Meadows yesterday. The still
was not found-
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A tennis court is being con
structed in the rear of th ( .
Danbury Methodist Church
hero this week for th e benefit
Jof th* young people-
I PROGRAM FOR
LIBRARY BENEFIT,
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To Be Presented In Danbury
School Auditorium Friday
Night Of This Week-
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The library committee of
the Fine Arts Club will pre
sent a miscellaneous program
in the school auditorium for
the benefit of the Danbury
Public Library on Friday eve
ning, May 24th at 7:30 o'clock
A small admission price of 10
and 20 cents will be charged-
An added attraction of the
event will be a seven-peice or
chestra from Winston-Salem
to furnish music for the occa
j sion-
The program for the event
follows: ,
jMusfc-
Welcome.
I Ctyorus—'"Floating With the
I Tide " |
| Song- i
j Hawaiian Moonlight-
Music
• Drill—"Daring Maids"
! Solo.
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Mr- Clock.
Music-
Chorus—" Ole Man River"
jMclver Is Not i
I Stokes County Youth
I The following item in regard
to the trial this week of
John: Henry Mclver states that
he is a Stokes county boy-
This is an error, according to
the belief of citizens here,
who state that Mclver is not
a former citizen of this county,
i Yadkinville, May 20—The
trial of John Henry Mclver,
Stokes county youth, formerly
of Win.4ton-Salem, on a charge
of murder in connection with
the death of Claude Jones,
, Iveaksvi|',e -Spray automobile
dealer on October 4, last, will
get under way tomorrow
morning, State's Solfcitoi
John R- Jones announced to
day. A special venire of 75
is being summoned today by
Sheriff C- E- Moxley, and from
this number will be selected a
jury to sit upon the case-
I The Fjtate's prosecution an
nounced that a first degree
verdict will be sought- Mclver
has been in jail here since he
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. was arrested in a Mississippi
town some weeks after the
killing of Jones-
Since the article above was
printed Mclver ha 9 been found
guilty of murder in the second
degree and sentenced to thirty
years in the State prison.
John Southern's
Mind Is Affected
John Southern, of the Mead
ows community, Was arrested
on a warrant by Sheriff John
Taylor yesterday at his home
and brought here to jail.
Southern has apparently lost
his mind and had been making
numerous threats of violence-
He will be held in jail here and
unless his condition improves
will be sent to the State hos
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{ pited'
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FOUR BL TO
DEATH IN HOME
Explosion Of Oil Stove Almost
Wipes Out Family Near Bas-
| sett.
Martinsville, May 22—Mrs-
Holman Spencer and her three
children, Hilda, age 12, May, 5*
and Juanita, 3 year s old, were
burned to death about 8 o'clock
this morning when a kerosine
cook stove in their hom e ex
ploded trapping them, the
home being completely destroy
ed- The"family with the father
resided on a tract of land ad
joining Bassett Golf course,
seven miles north of Martins
ville where they oj»e rated a
]>oultrv farm- Neighbors were
unable to rescue any one except
;the mother. Children's bodies
were mass of charred ruins
when extracted from ashes af
ter fire. Mrs. Spencer was taken
, from fire in midst of blaze, in
a critical condition and lived
but a few minutes- Mrs- Siwn-
I
]cer was getting breakfast while
her husband was out in the
| yard attending duties when the
I explosion occurred- The Spencer
family occupied a small four
room, two-story structure,
i The family came to this coun
try four years ago from West
Virginia- Remains of three
children will be placed in one
coftin while mother will occupy
another.
Guilford Battleground
Celebration.
wwi»igfU3gm» nw
Joseph M- Dixon, assistant
Secretary of the interior has
accepted the invitation to mfike
a patriotic address at the 4th
of July celebration at Guilford
battleground, near Greensboro.
The Loyal Order of Moose will
have charge of the program-
Mr- Dixon is a native of Ala
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mance county, a former gov
ernor and senator from his
adopted State, Montana-
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• First Car Load
i Of Georgia Peaches
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The first car load of Georgia
peaches passed through
j Greensboro, Thursday bein«
handled by the Southern Rail
way. They were from Fort Val
. ley Ga., the heart of the Geor
gia peach district- Thi s car is
Jhree weeks earlier than the
first car of peaches last year
j and i s considerably earlier than
j the average tim*. of the first
car of peache a shipped in the
proceeding eight yeails.
i The State Farmers' Con von- 1
tion will be held at State Col
lege during the week of July
. 22 to 26- Every county is in
-1 v'ited to send a delegation of
i its leading fanners and farm.
> wortfen.
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t O A Wright; of Forsyth
county says that vetch is one
of the cheapest fertilizers for
j com that he can He is
( plowing under a heavy growth !
this f>r such a pur
pow' ;m ..
No. 2,970
KING MAN WITH
ROAD PATROL
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Goes To Morehead City To
Take Training—Revival At
Christian Church—Personal
Items-
Kng, May 20.—Cleet Riser of
this plain- has accepted a position
with the state as road patrolman
and left Sunday for MoTehead City
where he will take a two weeks
training courf.-e.
Albert Petre? and daughter of
Cincinnati, Ohio are spending a few
days with relatives here. Mr. Petree
who holds a position with th.;
Norfolk and Western Railway as
locomotive engineer, has been in
Ohio for about 2. r > years. He wis
reared in this section.
The closing exercises of the King
high school were g »od :vni larg'.'
crowds attendel all through.
The following births were regis
tered here la»t week: to Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Tuttle, a daughter, to
Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Lane, a daugh
ter, to Mr. and Mrs. William Tuttle,
a son, to Mr. and Mrs. Grady Col
lins a daughter and to Mr. and Mrs.
Jessie Browder, a daughter.
Dr. and Ml*. Grady E. Stone
have returned from a trip to Ashe
ville and other places in the west
ern part of the state.
Herman N'ewsum left Friday for
Toledo, Ohio where he goes to ac
cept a position.
David Calloway of Mt Airy spent
the week-end with his father, T. F.
Calloway who resides near here.
The King high school baseball
team crossed bats with the Kerners
\ille highs on the King diamond
Saturday resulting in a score of a
to 3 in favor of the home. team.
Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Pulliam of
Randolph county spent Sunday here
■ the guests of relatives. Mr. Pulliam
formerly Tesided here.
; Mr. and Mrs. S. R Kiser of Win
ston-Salem spent Sunday with rela
tives here.
| Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Craven, of
Coal Ridge were among the visitor#
t here Sunday
• Revival services will begun at
King Christian Church Sunday MaJ*
27th. Rev. J. T. Saunders will con
j duct the meetings. Song service will
\ begin each evening at 7:45.
1 A Touching Appeal
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I note, sav s William Stokes,
_ l he following appeal for charity
in the current local bulletin of
the Business and Professional
Women's club.
1 Th t » kiss—of no use to one,
Yet absolute bliss for two-
The small boy gets it for
n nothing
i The young man has to steal it.
£ The old man has to buy it-
The lover's privilege
-1 The baby's right-
The hypocrite's mask
s The married nv»n's duty,
e To a married woman—Hope,
r To a young girl—Faith
i To an old maid—Charity
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Baker Reunion
There will bo a Baker re
union it Mr. Wilt?y 0« Bcikcr's
honje at Mtn- \ iew the second
Sunday in June. Want every
body to come and bring a full
basket.
A survey of Catawba county
shows 61 scrub bulls and 93
pure breds in the county. Be
ginning with the first week in
May, an interfsive campaign
.will be made to eliminate the
61 scrub aninjals and replace
k them with pure breds.
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