Volume 57.
TWO DEATHS
OCCUR AT KING;
Robert L. Hendrix and Miss
Ruby Vi ginia Bo> ks Pass j
Away—Other Items of News j
and Personals
King, Jan. 14—Robert Rum- j
ley, of the United States Army, j
has returned to his post at I"'t. j
Bragg after spending a ten j
days furlough with his pa- j
rents, Mr- and Mrs. E. W- Rum
ley, here-
Ernest Newsum, of Nova
Scotia, is spending some time
with his mother, Mrs- J. S. |
Newsum here- Mr. Newsum
j
left here 15 years ago and this
is his first trip back to his old
home- * . |
Ruby Virginia Boyles, aged
16 years, daughter of Colum
bus Boyles, died at their home
near Capella last Monday- The
interment was conducted from
Mount Olive church Tuesday
afternoon
-1 "Preston Troulove, of Pilot
Mountain, will move his family
"here and engage in the live
stock business. He will be as
sociated with Mr. S. U. At
wcod-
•Jim Grabs, aged 76 years,
wealthy old colored man of
Kansas, is spending some time
| near here- His father was a
slave and belonged to John
Godford Grabs, who resided
near here- The old negro has
amassed quite a fortune in the
west. He owns in addition to
his other property 650 acres of
valuable land.
The following births were
registered here last week: To
Mr. and Mrs. Gilmer Long, a
daughter; to Mr- and Mrs- John
Moser, a son, and to Mr- and
Mrs. Walter McKinney, a
daughter.
E. M. Hauser and J- E- Haus
er have returned from New-
Bern where they went on a
brsinnss trip-
Miss Greta Tillotson, of Le
noir, is spending a few days
here the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas E- Smith on East Main
street-
Robert Lee Hendrix, aged
home near Tobaccoville Friday
morning. Heart failure was
assigned as the cause of his
death. lie had been been af
flicted with heart 'trouble for
a number years- The deceas
ed is survived by one son, A. B.
Hendrix, Postmaster at Tobac
coville, and one daughter, Mrs-
Conrad Samuels, of Pilot Mt;
six grand children also survive-
In addition to the above one
brother, S. L. Hendrix, of To
baccoville. R- F. D. No- 1, is left
to mourn his loss. The wife
had preceeded him to the great
beyond by a number of years.
Mr. Hendrix had resided in this
section all his life and had a
very wide acquaintance and
was liked by all who knew him-
He will be greatly missed both
in the home and community.
Established 1872.
LIONS CLUB
HOLDS SESSION
Entertained At Course Dinner
By Mrs. J. H- Woodruff At
Walnut Cove Monday Even* •
ins;.
Walnut Cove, Jan. 14—The
Stokes County Lions Club, the
outstanding civic organization
of the county, held the regular j
monthly meeting at the home j
of J- H. Woodruff with Mrs-!
Woodruff serving a delicious |
course dinner on Monday even
ing.
The business session was.
presided over by the president, j
Atty- S. G. Sparger, of Walnut 1
Cove- Lion Floyd reported that (
the high school boy living more
nearly up to the code of ethics
l
outlined by the Lions Clubj
would be announced w*thin a
f?w days and would be properly
entertained by a member of the
Club.
Short talks were made by
Lions D. W. Allen, cf Walnut
Cove, and M. (). Jones, of Dan
bury, in which some fine and
helpful thoughts were brought
out- Two new members were
welcomed at this meeting, Prof.
L. H. Floyd and Joe Zimmer
man-
The program committee for
next month is composed of
Paul Fulton, Chm., L. H- Floyd
and W F. Marshall.
The Club will be entertained
at the next meeting by the
Woman's Auxiliary of the
Episcopal church of Walnut
Cove.
Charging Admission
Fee To Lawson Home
Walnut Cove, Jan. 14.—Due
to people coming in such larg-j
numbers to view for themsel
ves the place where the tragic
death of the Lawson family oc
curred near here, relatives of
the family have erected a fence
around the place and are charg
ing admission for people tr
satisfy their morbid curiosity-
Cars from almost everywhere
are reported seen there every
day and on« day recently a Wal
nut Cove citizen in passing
there counted ninety-one cars
parked in front of the place-
The state of the brain of Char
lie Lawson now being examined
at John's Hopkins Hospital,
when completed will be given
out to the North Carolina
doctors of John's Hopkins who
will report their findings to the
public.
Miss Annie Newsum spent
Sunday on King R. F- D- No. 2,
the guest of Mr. and Mrs-
Grover Pulliam.
Rev. John Spainhower deliv
ered a sermon at the Baptist
Mission last Sunday morn
ing at eleven o'clock-
Rev- Herman News uni
preached at th*> Baptist Miss
ion Sunday sight.
Danbury, N. C., Jan. 15,1930
HOT SKIRMISH
FOR JUDGESHIP;
Hon. J. D. Humphreys Is Be
ing Urged To Enter Race,
Say Reports From Guilford
and Davidson Counties.
(I»y Abo I). Jones, in Greensboro I
Daily Itecord.)
Gossip going the rounds in
Guilford, Davidson and Stokes
counties, comprising the 12th
judicial district, presages hot 1
skirmishing within the ranks of j
the Democratic party over the j
judgeship and the post of soli- j
citor.
These contests, which will bo 1
decided with the counting of
ballots in the Democratic pri- 1
mary election next June 7, will.
be friendly, but most intensive j
political wiseacres are predict- j
ing.
Judge Thomas J. Shaw, of i
Greensboro, voterain jurist,
who has seen nearly 30 years' j
active service on the Superior
court bench, will go on the re
tired list at the close of his
present term this year. Solici
tor J, Frank Spruill, of Lex
ingtoil, has announced he will
quit his post as prosecutor at
the expiration of 1930, in order
to devote his time to the prac
tice of law.
Many Well Qualified
A factor which promises to
make the contests more inten
sive and more interesting is
the fact that there is such a
large number of capable law
yers listed within the Demo
cratic fold in the 12th district
that seem eminently qualified
for the bench and for the
prosecutor's post. In any OIK;
of the three counties forming
the district, political observers
declare it would be an easy
matter to pick a suitable man
for either of the offices.
Political talk within the last
few days seems to center large
ly around the judgship. In Guil
ford. the names most frequent
ly mentioned as prospective
jurists are those of A. Way
land Cooke, Thomas C. Hoyle
and Robert Moseley. All are
prominent attorneys with
splendid records at the bar and
in party circles.
Humphreys Boasted
J. D. Humphreys, prominent
attorney of Danbury and for
many years a loyal and active
worker in the Democratic par
ty, is being urged to enter the
contest for the judgship, ac
cording to reports reaching
here from Stokes county. Mr.
Humphreys, who is widely and
favorably known throughout
the district, is peculiarly fitted
for the judgeship, in the opin
ion of his friends. Like many
of the other prospective aspir
ants for the bench, Mr. Hum
phreys has not yet made a de
finite statement as to whether
he will enter the race.
Active Campaign.
Friends of Emory E. Rapev
w»H kacta'A Lexington attorney,
FORTY USED CARS
BRING S2IOO
Sold At Auction In Twin City 1
Recently Had Been Ap- j
praised At §19,000-
Recently at Winston-Salem
forty used cars of the Lindsay -
Fishel liuick Co. were sold at t
public auction and brought only 1
S2IOO- The cars, many of i
which were said to have been 1
in excellent condition, had been i
appraised at $19,000, it was
stated.
The cars were bought by Zeb :
jV. Grubbs. automobile dealer
!at Lexington, who makes a
( specialty of handling used cars.
Bank Needed 1
At Westfield;
Andy Nunn, of Westfield, is I
tha son of L- L. Nunn, and!
when it comes to thrift, persev-'
erance and resourcefulness he
is a model son-
Some time since Andy found'
his yuunger brothei A were ap-1
propitiating his spare tlu»ng*
as fast as he could accumulate
! it, so he conceived the idea of
keeping his funds beyond their
reach. So he put ass bill in a 1
tin snuff box, climbed a high •
oak tree in the yard and de;>os- ;
! ited the box in a knot hole. I
( What wa« his chagrin a day or |
, two later to see a pecker-wood '
pecking at the box, and to find
on examination that the bird
had pushed the tin box out of
reach down into the hole.
Andy was not to be outdone,
however, by any such small
■ obstacle as this, so he went to
1 work with his axe, cut the tree
i
down, and then with maul and
i
j wedge after a hard half day's
; work he split up the tree and
recovered his treasure-
Such a boy as this will get on
in the world. When the Alpn
gets in his way he crosses it,
like Hannibal.
W. M. Fulp Has
About Recovered
! Will M- Fulp, of Walnut Cove,
| who fell from the porch of his
! home last Sunday and was
I painfully injured, has about re
-1 covered and was in Danbury to
day, accompanied by Mrs.
Fulp.
is reported to be in the midst
of an active campaign to win
the nomination for judgeship
for the Davidson county man.
Friends of many of the pros
pective candidates, according to
reports, are making trips about
the district to see just how
I sentiment is and to get a line
: on the general situation.
I Meanwhile friends of 11. L.
Koontz and of George A. Youn
ce, both of Greensboro, are
working in behalf of these at
torneys in an effort to land the
. nomination for the solicitor's
• office.
The names of other Demo
cratic lawyers are being men
jtioned for the judgeship and
for the prosecutor's office.
PORTER GRAVES I]
WILL RETIRE
Has Served 28 Years As Soli
citor—Not Candidate Fo.*
Congress.
S- Porter Graves, of Mount
Airy, for twenty-eight "con- j
secutive years Solicitor cf then
Eleventh Judicial District, will;
not be a candidate for re-elec-
tion, he announced in a formal i
statement issued here Satur
day. He expects to relinquish
his office at the close of the
present term late this year and
return to the general practice
of law.
In making this announce
ment, Mr. Graves also took
occasion to say he was not a i
candidate for the Democratic '
nomination for Congress from'
the Fifth District. His name!
has been mentioned frequently |
for some time as one who woul.l
probably enter the race for the j
office now held by Congressmru.,
Charles M. Stedman, but Mj\ ■
Graves stated that while he ap-1
predated the confidence ami |
esteem of those Who hud urged ,
him to enter the race, he was
not a candidate for the position-'
395 Prosecuted For
Violations Fish Laws
i
Raleigh, Jan. 13.—A total of j
395 prosecutions on charges of
violations of ir.'and fishing •
regulations have been reported
by wardens in North Carolina
for the season of 1929, J- S
Hargett, assistant director of
the Department of Conserva
tion and Development, revealed
today.
Craven led in the number of
prosecutions with 42, but was
followed closely by Burke with
39. Harnett came third with
32. Other counties where more
than ten prosecutions were
conducted for fish law viola
tions include the following:
Macon, Robeson, Transylvania,
Henderson, Forsyth, Franklin,
Graham, Cumberland. Iredell.
Duplin, McDowell and Chatham-
Reports show, according to
Assistant Director Hargetf,
that convictions were obtained
in a great majority of the
prosecutions- Fishing without
license constitute the largest
number of infractions of the
law while seining, netting, and
trapping with baskets also
showed a considerable number.
A review of the reports
showed that dynamiting prov
ed the most costly violation, in
most cases a fine of 3100 being
assessed by the court, and in
a number of instances jail
sentences of thirty days were
given the offenders.
Assistant Director Hargett
declared that dynamiting is tho
most destructive of fish law
violations, but that this offense
is being steadily curbed be
cause of more rigid enforce
ment and of general public dis
approval 0 f this wholesale
method of destruction of fish
No. 3,009
STOKES COUPLES
WED IN PATRICK
Nine More Marriage Licensee
Issued At Stuart Recently
For Young People Of This
County.
Young couples of Stokes
continue to go to Patrick couu
ty to wed. Recently nine more
couples of this county have se
cured licenses there, according
to the Stuart Enterprise.
The names of the couples
follow:
Thomas H- Taylor and Ludie
H. Moore, of Sandy Rklge-
Joseph Mounce, of Meadows,
and Mozelle Carroll, of German
ton-
Zack O. Romerance and
Laura E. Oakley, of Sandy
Ridge.
Howard Martin, of Sandy
Ridge, and Helen A- Hill, o£
Madison.
Heed \V. and Pearl G-
Simmons, ol' Francisco. 7,
H. C. Lonunons, of Sandy
Ridge, and Emma Jones, of
Madison-
Carter Hall and Lilly Rogers
of Lawsonville-
Wm- A. Bennett and Ada
Stephens, of Vade Mecum.
Nute Amos and Reva Wilson,
of Sandy Ridge.
What Stokes County
Needs Very Much
In the "News Letter" sent
out from Chapel Hill there is
an article stating that Wiscon
sin and Minnesota have nearly
as many dairy cows as all the
Southern states combined. It
is pointed out that North Caro
lina has nearly a hundred days
longer growing and grazing
season than either of these two
States. These facts bear out
and should emphasize the pro
gram our county tarm demon
strator is recommending and
urging our people to raise move
I cattle as well as chickens, hogs
j and home supplies. This is
j what Stokes county badly need*
| and too much cannot be said
about it and attention should
be frequently called to these
facts.
Chief Justice Taft
To Go To Asheville
Washington, Jan. 14—Chief
Justice Tafltj is preparing to
leave Washington for Asheville
to recuperate from severe fa
tigue caused by his recent trip
! to Cincinnati-
The former President has
been suffering from insomnia
! and his nerves were impaired
Iby the death of his brother,
i Charles P. Taft, last week and
; the consequent strain placed
i upon him by the necessity of
going to Cincinnati for the fu
neral
' It was arranged today, be
fore the Supreme Court gath
ered, that he woaltf not attend
the session.