DANBURY REPORTER
Volume 57.
JOSHUA SMITH
PASSES AT KINGj
Working On New Gymnasium i
For High School—A Mar
riage—Two Births—Person
al and News Items of King.
King, Jan. 6.—Joshua Smith,!
aged 92 years, died early Sat-*|
urday morning at the home of j
his grand-daughter, Mrs. Ves- j
ter Kiser, 2 miles west of King j
following a heart attack. The |
funeral and interment, was at
Francisco Sunday afternoon at
2 o'clock. The deceased is sur-!
vived by one son, three daugh
ters and several grandchildren, i
Jas. Rufus Wall and Miss Ida j
Newsum were married here on I
"Thursday. They will make i
their home in King.
Misses Shirley Ilicks and j
Dorothy Stone have returned j
to their hom.» at Pinnacle, a-;
ter spending a few days here as i
the guests of Misses Naomi j
and Ruth Sisk.
The following births were
registered here last week: To,
Mr. and Mrs. Cletus Coon, a,
son; and to Mr. and Mrs. Wal-j
ter Spainhour, a son.
Work on the new gymnasium
which is being erected on the;
high school campus, is well un- (
der way. It will be a frame
structure and will be rushed'
I I
to completion as early as pos
ble. I
i
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Hutchins,:
I
of Winston-Salem, spent Sun- j
day here the guests of friends, j
Jas. C. Burge left last week
for Wilmington, Del., where
he went to accept a position
Mrs. Lorena Hicks, of Pinn
acle is spending a few days in
King with her daughter, Mrs.
O. W. Sisk.
Ralph McGee, of Toledo, 0.,
is spending a few days here
with relativs and friends.
E. M. Hauser, manager ot'
the Piedmont Hardware C 0. ,:
went t» Winston-Salem Satur
day to look after some busi
ness matters.
 >. M. Kirby and family have
returned to their heme hi Win
ston-Salem. after :; .ii.ig a
few days with relative-, here, j
1 Doiibury Has 'lea:
"Peck's Bad Boy'
Kester Sutphin, nine-year
olri adopted son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jeiry Baker, of Meadows R. 1,
is 1 eing held in custody here at
the county jail, charged with
various and sundry midemean
ors, and will be sent to Jackson
training school at Concord on
January 15. Kester has been
attending the Danbury school,
but teachers found it necessary
to expel him. He was later
sent to the Meadows school and
expelled from that school. The
"Peck's Bad Boy" described in
the book is an imaginary char
acter—Kester is the genuine
article, so his teachers say.
S. P. Christian and R. A.'
Smith went to Greensboro uo
Monday.
Established 1872.
NO POOL ROOM
FOR KING NOW
Citizens Of Stokes Town Peti
tion County Commissioners
Against Issuing License For
This Amusement.
Recently notice was given
that application would be made
to the county commissioners
for license to operate a pool
room in the town of King. At
Monday's meeting o f the coun
ty commissioners that body
was presented with petitions
signed by a large per cent, of
the citizens o f King asking
that no license be issued for a
pool room there.
In deference to the request of
the petitioners the board re
fused to grant the license.
Martin-Wall.
Rov Alartin, former post
master and merchant at Law
sonville. and Miss Annie Wall,
daughter of C. A. Wall, Metho
dist minister of the Sandy j
Ridge community, were mar- j
ried in Roanoke, Va., last Fri- j
day, giving their friends quite i
a little surprise. They have re
turned and are making their
home on one of Mr. Martin's
plantations.
It will be recalled that Mrs.
Martin was the winner of the
first prize in the Danbury Re
porter's voting contest con
ducted nearly two years since,
when she won a Chrysler au
tomobile for securing most sub
scriptions. Miss Wall is attr
active and popular among a
large circle of friends in the
county. Mr. Martin is one of
the county's most prosperous
young business men and far
mers. For some time he has
been operating a handle fac
tory at Lawsonville, as well as
being engaged ,in farming.
The young couple have a host
of friends throughout the coun
ty who will wish them much
happiness.
Services At Baptist
Church Here
Services were conducted at
the Baptist church line Sun
day night by Rev. Fred N. Day
and RHV. Marvin Lindley, of
Winston-Salem, a large con
gregation being in attendance.
A number of Winston-Salem
paople were also in attendance
at the services,among these be
ing Mr. and Mrs. Fred Day, Jr.,
Mrs. Marvin Lindley and
others. It was announced that
services would be held in that
church again on Sunday, Jan.
19th at 11 o'clock.
The many friends of Elder
Paul Priddy will regret to know
that he is seriously ill at his
home near North View church.
Abe Mabe and family re
moved Friday • from Danburv
Route 1 to Bel-ew Crofk wherj
ilr. Mabe ha* leased a farm.
Danbury, N. C., Jan. 8, 1930.
PENALTY ON ALL
TAXES FEB. 1
Better Pay This Month and
Save Yourself Some Money—
Penalties Will Increase Each
Month After This.
Sheriff John Taylor announ
ces this week that begining 011
February Ist, a penalty will be
added to all taxes paid after
that time. And under the new
law this penalty will be increa
sed each month, after Feb. Ist.
The tobacco crop will be
practically sold by Feb. Ist and
while the farmers have money
is a mighty good time for them
to pay their taxes, it has been
suggeted.
A Birthday Party.
Written for The Reporter.
Miss Clara Priddy entertain
ed at her home Thursday even
ing a host of friends at a de
lightful birthday party. Many
games were played and there
was a guessing contest. Guy
Sheppard won the prize—a pic
ture. Then there was a draw
ing game. Lucy Merritt was
the successful one in this, re
ceiving a box of handkerchiefs.
Refreshments of cake, pickle,
candy, etc. was served. Those
present were Misses Wilma
Moore, Pearl, Irene, and Elsie
Sands, Lillie Bullin, Mary, Lu
cy, Ethel Merritt, Nell Ola
Rhodes, Emma Corns, Carlo
Flinchum,Gilly Coleman, Shep
pard Moore, Blair, P. D. Wat
kins, Claud Bullin, Jim Sands,
Fred Merritt, Paul and Guy
Sheppard, Egbert Rhodes. A
good time was reported by all
present.
COTTAGES ROBBED
AT PIEDMONT
Summer Homes At Stokes Re
sort Are Entered and Arti
cles Stolen—One Loses Vic
troia—Working On Case.
Unknown thieves a few
nv.'hts since broke into several
of the summer homes at Pied
mont Springs and took away
numerous household articles.
Am>ng the homes entered, 't
is learned, were those of W. L.
Trotter, of Greensboro; Mrs.
Hazel Saunders, of Win.ston-
Sakm, and A. W. Mc A lister, of
Greensboro.
It was learned that from one
of the homes a very fine Vic
trola was carried away.
So far no clue has been dis
covered, but Stokes officers
are working on the case.
Thos. W. Tilley, prominent
citizen of Lawsonville, was am
ong the visitors here Friday.
Mr. Tilley finds that hunters
in his community are taking
unwarranted privileges on the
property of land owners around
him and while here he secured
posters to place on his land
j \rarning tresspassers to stay
off.
FORMER STOKES
MAN HAS RECORD
Posey L. Flinchum, Prohibition
Agent At Newbern, Has \
Very Successful Outing Af
ter Bootleggers.
Down in eastern Carolina,
where Posey L. Flinchum, of
Danbury, has been located for
a year or more, the stillers
and bootleggers do business on
a much larger scale than they
do in this section of the coun
try. On last Thursday and Fri
day, just two days, Mr. Flin
chum and his assistants made
the following described cap
tures:
Two new Ford touring cars
one with 42 gallons of li
quor, and the other with 102
gallons on board were taken.
Nine stills captured, and 300
gallons of whiskey with them.
Thirty-two thousand gallons of
beer was poured out, and six
men arrested on charges of vio
lating the prohibition laws.
STATE PRISON
RUNNING OVER
More People Confined There
New Than Ever Before—
Prison Population Is Now
2,2so—Farms Are Taxed.
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Raleigh. Jan. 7.—There are
more people in the North Caro
lina State prison now than
ever before, according to the
statement of Warden Honey
cutt.
The prison population is now
2,250) the Warden declared on
yesterday, and he stated that
the facilities of the central
prison and the prison farms
were taxed to capacity.
The Warden said admissions
had been increasing steadily
since 1927. In September of
that year there were only 1502
inmates. Admissions last year
(totaled 1189, the largest in his
i torv.
Dr. Spottswood Taylor, resi
dent physician at John Hop
kins hospital, Baltimore, re
turned to his duties Frida*. af
ter spending the C'iir!..tiuas v,-
cation here with house folk.*.
Prof. R. G. Brittain, accom
panied by Mrs. Anne Carter,
teachers in Walnut Cove high
school, were among the visitors
in Danbury Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. R. H. Morefield, chair
man of the Red Cross seal com
mittee reports that excellent
results have been realized from
the sale of the seals. If there
are any who have not already
mailed a check for the seals
sent them during the campaign
they are requested t 0 do so at
once or return the seals.
Sanders Smith, who recently
removed from Danbury Route
1 to the Rosebud community,
just west of Walnut Cove, is
reported seriously ill with
pneumonia.
BUSINESS CHANGES
AT WALNUT COVE
Davis-Fulton Co. Is Incorpora
ted With SIO,OOO Paid In
Capital Wesley Linville
Buys Filling Station.
Walnut Cove, Jan. 7. One
of the important business
changes among firms here the
first of the year was that of
Fulton & Davis, the oldest mer
cantile establishment in Wal
nut Cove. ..The company has
been incorporated with H. 11.
Davis, president, and Jacoo
Fulton, secretary - treasurer.
The authorized capital of the
company is SIOO,OOO, with ten
j thousand dollars being paid in.
The new firm will be known as
the Davis-Fulton Co., Inc. The
Fulton-Davis Co. was successor
to the late Jacob Fulton, one
of the pioneer citizens and buil
ders of Walnut Cove.,
Wesley Linville has purch
ased the Standard Filling Sta- (
j tion here. Mr. Linville ha~!
| been manager of this place fori
; some time.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Tuttle,,
of Walkertown. spent the week I
, end with their parents, Mr. and i
I Mrs. H. G. Tuttle.
Mrs. Donnell Van Noppen,;
| and small son, of Mebane, are I
visiting here while Mr. Van)
Noppen is attending the furni-!
ture exhibition at Grand Rap-!
ids.
Mr. A C. Smith and family I
have moved into the home of j
Mrs. O. J. Cates. Mr. Smith is'
taking the place of W. P.
Wheeler at the N. & W. rail
way station.
Mrs. C. C. Fordham and two
i small sons, of Greensboro.
j
j'spent the day here yesterday
•with Mrs. Paul Fulton,
j John Woodruff spent t lie
1 week end at North Wilkesboro.
Mrs. B. D. Gentry and son,
Jackie, who have been here
with her parents. Mr. and Mrs.
J. F. Dunlap, have gone to Car
j tliage. where they will make
] their home.
Mr. and Mrs. Bo White, of
i Elizabethton, Tenn.. have gone
homo alter a visit to her moth
er, Mrs. J. 15. WoodrutT.
Mrs. J. W. Jones and small
{daughter, Mary Hunter, have
i returned from Martinsville, Va.
i
j where they spent two weeks.
Dr. R. H. Hackler made a
j business trip to Elkin the first
of the week.
L v R. Gravitt, of the King
community, was here Monday.
Mr. Gravitt is recovering from
a long spell of pneumonia and
asthma, with which he has
been suffering the past fall.
Mr. and Mrs. Easley Pace
and son, of Goldsboro; Mrs. Ed
Barnes, of Wilson; Mrs. John C.
Cox, of Kinston; Mrs. E. C.
Edmunds and daughter, Miss
Willie, of Winston-Salem were
here Friday visiting Mr. and
Mrsy H, M. Joyce.
No. 3,008
J. R. NUNN
IS CANDIDATE
Asks the Support of Republi
can Voters In June Primary
As Candidate For Sheriff of
Stokes County.
J. R. Nunn, of Quaker Gap
township, announces that he
will again be a candidate for
Sheriff in the June primary.
Mr. Nunn, who was the oppo
nent of Sheriff John Taylor,
in the last campaign, is well
known in the county, having
run in the primary against
ex-Sheriff J. Frank Dunlap on
three occasions. In the last
primary Mr. N'unn was success
ful but was defeated in the
election by Sheriff Taylor.
During the past winter and
fall Mr. Nunn has been with A
Winston-Salem tobacc!o ware
house. but it is understood that
he will soon begin the making
of his campaign for Sheriff.
Two Arrested On
Whiskey Charge
William Flynt and Jesse
Hairston, colored, were arrest
ed in southern Stokes last week
on a charge of violating the
prohibition laws.
The arrest of the men was
was made by Federal Prohibi
tion agents and the case was
heard before U. S. Commission
er N. A. Martin, who held the
men in bonds until the next
term of Federal court-
According to the evidence,
the men were removing a still
from one point to another at
the time the officers cr,me upon
them. It was also in evidence
that the still had been operated
at the point from which it was
being removed.
TOBACCO MARKET
OPENED TUESDAY
Prices Are Said To lie Some
Belter Than Before the Holi
days— Probably S To 15
.Million Pounds Is Yet To lie
Sold By Farmers.
Warehouseman and other to
bacco men are c- the (-pinion
that tobacco price.: Tuesday
wore some better than before
the holidays. This was proba
bly on account of the fact that
the market was not so crowded
with the weed, it was thought.
On Tuesday approximately
375,000 pounds were sold at a
slightly higher price than be
fore Christmas.
It was estimated by tobacco
men last week that between
to 15 million pounds of to
bacco yet remains in the hands
of farmers in this section, and
that it will probably all be sold
by February 1, or practically
so.
Mrs. James Flinchum, of the
Buck Island section, is reported
seriously ill with pneumonia
She is the widow of the lata
James Flir.chum. who died a
t'ev months since.