DANBURY REPORTER
Volume 58.
HOMICIDE AT
SANDY RIDGI
Pete Knight Shot and Killet
By Luther YVilkins, Lasi
Night Wilkins Surrenders
To Sheriff and Claims Self
Defense.
Pete Knight, 21 years old
was shot and instantly* killed
last night by Luther Wilkins
Both men reside in the Sandj
Ridge community and the
shooting occurred near A. M.
Shelton's store. Wilkins sur
rendered to officers immedia
tely after the shooting, and
stated that he shot in self-de
fense. He is being held in jail
here pending a preliminary
hearing.
According to information
received here today Wilkins
was sleeping in a tobacco barn,
and about 10 o'clock last night
Knight went to the door of the
barn and forced it open, at the
same time drawing a pistol and
telling Wilkins that if he
could shoot faster than he could
to go to it. Wilkins states
that he then picked up his shot
gun and fired, the load taking
effect in the abdomen of Knight
and killing him almost instant
ly. There were no eye witness
es to the shooting.
Relief In Sight
For Stokes Farmers
Stokes county has been
deesignated as a drought
Stricken county for participa
tion in the Federal appropria
tion for drought relief. Coun
ty Agent Trevathan is in touch
with State and National auth
orities and is busy selecting
county and community com
mittees to pass upon applica
tions for these loans. The ex
act amount of money available
for Stokes county has not yet
been learned. Applications for
loans should be made to the
local committees. Announce- j
raents of committees will be
made later. The money will
not be available for several
weeks yet, and it will take
some time to work out all the
Retails involved in securin? j
these loans. As the amount of!
money that will be available
for Stokes county will neces-'
sarily be small, those farmers,
who are able to borrow money j
from private sources for fin
ancing their farm operations
are requested to do so, thus (
making this money available
to those who need it most. I
The uses to which this money j
can be put will be quite limited
and security will be required.
Leading farmers, business men,
bankers, and others interested
are requested to meet in the
court house in Danbury at 11
o'clock A. M. Monday, January
6th, to assist in the selection
of local loan committeemen.
J. E. TREVATHAN,
County Ajrent.
Established 1872.
FARMERS ARE NOT
E I SO BAD OFF
"Scribbler" Says Most Of Them
id Have Three Meals A Day,
st Shelter, Decent Clothes and
rs A Car.
f.
King, Dec. 26.
Dear Farm Folks:
There is so much talk now
days about hard times that it
I would be really discouraging
if we listened and believed all
le
we hear. Are we as bad off as
p we like to make believe? Why
don't most of us have throe
meals a day, shelter, decent
clothing and cari
Certainly we don't have as
much as we would like to have
and we don't make the money
n we did while the war was go-
ing on, but after every war
i there is a period of unrest,
t lower prices, and less buying, j
It costs money, much money,
c
c as well as lives, to win a war, j
I and the people have to pay in
. taxes to make this up. Most of
d us know (little abdut really
hard times such as the people!
i i
European countries are hav
| ing, or even those of our own
I I cities. They are much worse
Joff than we are. So let's not
_! go around with faces,
talking of "hard times." Let's
keepkeep a stiff upper lip, make
over our old cloth it. g for the
children, save where we may,
3 without sacrificing the health
jof the family, and help friend
husband all we can. Let's
n
do the best possible with what
we have, and see what a happy
home we can make.
" j SCRIBBLER.
I
V Three Millionaires
For North Carolina
? l
- Washington, Dec. 28.—Sta
tistics of income for 1928, is
- sued today, show that North
3 Carolina had one person who
t paid on an income of $5,000,-
r 000 and l over, and two on sl,-
» 000,000 to $1,500,000 that
-. year. The identities of the
) heavy income tax payers are
1 concealed.
1 The total returns that year
i were 30,997, running from $2,-
? 000 to $5,000,000.
:| A total of 2,112 paid on in- 1
' ■ comes from $2,000 to, $3,000;
; 4,799 from $3,000 to $4,000,
[and so on.
i! Sixteen paid on incomes
' j from $90,000 to SIOO,OOO and
32 from SIOO,OOO to $150,000;
i 19 from $150,000 to $200,000,
i ( and six from $200,000 to $250,-
> 1 000.
; Stokes Prisoner
Re-Captured
Jas. Thore, who escaped from
the Stokes jail here the past!
summer with three other pris- 1
oners, was re-captured in High
Point yesterday by Stokes
county officers and was brought
back here and placed in jail.
Thore was charged with driv
ing a car while intoxicated and
possession of liquor.
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, Dec. 31,1930.
MR. DOUGHTON
EXPLAINS LOAN
Federal Road Funds To Amount
Of $1,926,775 To Be Forth
coming Soon—Engineers To
lie Put To Work At Once...
Raleigh, Dec. 20. R. A.
Doughton, State highway
commissioner, reached over
long distance telephone at
Sparta, tonight said the sl,-
926,775 placed at the disposal
of North Carolina for flederal
aid highway! construction by an
emergency relief bill signed
by President Hoover today,
would be of "considerable serv
ice to the State."
Mr. Doughton said cne-ha!f
of the money would be in the
nature of a loan, without in
terest, to be repaid, beginning
in 1933, in fifth parts. The oth
er half, he said would be the
regular government appropria
tion to North Carolina for fed
eral aid highway systems.
"Tlhe measure," he said,
"will enable us to get much
earlier federal aid for the con
struction for the highway
systems."
In the construction of fed
eral aid highway system by
states, he explained, the. state
puts up one half the money.
The emergency measure does!
I
not require the state to put up
any money but advances to
state its share as a loan until
1933, he said.
Mr. Doughton said he had
received a letter from the
federal bureau of roads ex
plaining the proposition. He
said he had written the bureau
saying North Carolina could
use all the money or a sub
stantial portion of it on the
terms stated.
Construction plans, he said,
have to be approved by the
federal government. State
highway engineers will be put.
to work at once to lay plans.
Stokes Farmers May
Grow Sweet Potatoes
H. R. Niswonger, Extension
Horticulturist of State College,
will be in Walnut Cove Wed
nesday, Jan. 7th, to speak to
Stokes farmers on the subject
of growing sweet potatoes. The
meeting will be held at 10:00
o'clock A. M. in the sweet po
tatoe storage belonging to
Lawrence Mcßae. All farm
ers interested in growing sweet
potatoes in 1931 are invited
to attend this meeting. Mr.
Niswonger will (give instruc
structions as to selection and
treatment of seed, beat varie
ties to grow for market, grad
ing, curing, bedding, fertiliz
ing, planting, etc. This is a
very important meeting and I
farmers should attend from all
parts of the county.
J. E. TREVATHAN,
County Agent.
STOKES ON
DROUGHT LIST
County Agent Trevathan Re
ceives Letter From I. O.
Schaub, Director.
The following letter was
written in answer to a letter
written by County Agent J. E.
Trevathan, asking that Stokes
county be made eligible for
Federal aid for drouth relief.
J. E. TREVATHAN.
"Mr. J. E. TreVathan,
"County Agent,
Walnut Cove, N. C.
"Dear Mr. Trevathan:
"I have your inquiry of De
cember 17. Stokes county has
already been designated as one
of the drouth stricken coun
ties, and accordingly will be
eligible for aid through the
government seed and fertilizer
loan.
"I notice that the conferrees
have reached an agrement re
garding this bill, and that it
will probably be passed and
sent to the President.
However, the actual appropria
tion will have to be carried in
a separate bill, which will no
doubt get through early in Jan
uary. It will then take some
two or three weeks to get the
various policies ap
proved and allocations made
to the various counties. I think
you can rest assured, however,
that Stokes county will get its
proportionate part of these
funds.
"It will be necessary in case
these funds are administered
along the same line as previous
loans, to set up certain com
mittees to pass upon applica
tions. It is quite li'kely that
you will need a county com
mittee to be composed of a
banker, a farmer, and another
business man, and correspond
ing committees in the various
communities. I shall advise
you just as soon as we get de
finite instructions along this
line. The aid will probably be
limited; to the purchase of seed,
feed and fertilizr. We shall
keep you informed regarding
this matter.
"Very truly yours,
"I. O. SCHAUB,
"Director."
Wm. Nelson Dies
After Long Illness
William Nelson, of Sauratown :
township, passed away at his
home Friday after an illness
of several days with a compli- ;
cation of diseases. The de- 1
ceased, who was a successful
farmer of his commuuity, was \
aged aibout 62 years. He is ]
survived! by hia wife and sev-
era! sons and daughters. In- (
terment was at Clear Sprang
Baptist church cemetery on ]
Sunday afternoon, services be- ]
ing conducted by Elder Watt' j
Tuttle. A large numbeer of
relatives and friends were in ;
attendance. ]
THE DROUGHT
RELIEF FOR STOKES
How the Money Will Be ..Dis
tributed Among the Far
mers Committees Pass Oi
Loans.
The following letter has jus
been received by County Agen
J. E. Trevathan, and others i«
the affected counties of Nortl
Carolina, relative to droutl
relief funds:
Raleigh, Dec. 22.
Mr. J. E. Trevathan, Walnui
Cove, N. C.
Mr. V. C. Taylor, f)obson, N
C.
Mr. W. B. Collins, Sparta
N. C.
Mr. W. H. Worth, W. Jeffer
son, N. C.
Mr. A. G. Hendrix, N.
Wilkesboro, N. C.
Mr. L. F. Brumfield, Yadkin
ville, N. C.
Mr. G. P. Hagaman, Boone,
N. C.
Mr. H. L. Seagrove, Yancey
villee, N. C.
Mr. H. K. Sanders, Roxboro,
N. C.
I understand that the new
Farm Relief Bill is for the
purpose of covering drought,
hail and storm damage. It is
my impression that there was
seme hail diamage in Caswell
and Person counties. Since your
county is in the designated
drought area (except Caswell
and Person) I think it will be
well to be thinking about your
committees to pass on applica
tions for loans and other de
dails in connection with setting
up machinery for putting thi3
relief into effect.
The machinery for handling
the loan in the county will be
for the county agent to ap
pc.nt ai committee composed
a banker and probably two
farmers to act as a county
committee, and 1 the sub-com
mittees in each community to
pass upon applications. The
county agent will be the key
man on whom the responsibili
ty for setting up the machin
ery will fall. Unless there is
an agent in the county, the
difficulties in securing loans
will be very materially increas
ed.
I suggest that you get in
touch with your leading farm
ers and business men aind se
lect your county committee as
soon as possible and then ask
the different communities
where aid is needed to assist
you in selecting the communi
ty committees.
As a basis for making loans,
the Government will have t->
have some idea of how much
of the various crops was pro
duced per acre in your county
during 1930. We do not yet
have these figures, but Mr.
Frank Parker is working up
for us.
I have to be able to assist
you in getting a clear idea of
how* the application should
Number 3,656
TWO MARRIAGES
* OCCUR AT KING
Two Churches Give Christmas
Trees —Personal and Other
® Items.
King, Doc. 31. J. Robert Cook
t returned to his home here last week
j. from Sterling, Colorado. Mr. Cook
has been in the west for about nine
1 months. He states that there was
1 snow on the ground all the way
( from Colorado here with the ex
ception of a part of the state of
Kansas.
Fred Hauser, who is attending
medical college at Richmond, Va.,
' spent the Christmas holidays with
relatives here.
Worth Daub and Miss Avis New
sum motored to Hillsville, Va., last
week where they were united in
, marriage.
A Christmas tree with very ap
propriate program was rendered at
the Moravian church Thurs
day night.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel White, of
Roanoke, Va., have returned t»
their home after spending several
days with relatives here.
A Christmas entertainment and
tree was given at the First Baptist
church Wednesday night.
Herman Wolf and Miss Ruth
Rijtledge were quiolly united in
matrimony Thursday. Squire J. S.
Garner officiated. Both young peo
ple are of King.
N. E. Preston, prominent planter,
is confined to his home just west of
town by illness.
L. 0. Pulliam, of Gastonia, spent
Sunday here the guest of his moth
er, Mrs. J. S. D. Pulliam.
T. F Calloway and Miss Julia
Moaer were married Thursday at
the home of Rev. Robert Helsabeck
who officiated.
F. H. White, of Greensboro,
formerly of King, is spending a few
days with relatives and friends
here.
J. N. Blackburn, proprietor of
Blackburn's Department Store on
Depot Street, spent 'the w«ek-eni
with relatives in Ashe county.
SLOW SALE ON AUTO
LICENSE PLATES
' „ t
License Bureau At Winfcton-
Salem Is Not Selling; As
Many As Last Yesr.
Owners who wisn to use
their cars on New vear's day
will have to hurry tip to get
their license plates t.s the of
fice which is dispensing them
at Winston-S'.dem will be elr.s
ed on Thursday al' day.
The office .« far behind on
sales and it iw» like many
will not be able to operate on
the highways before Friday
at least, while still others will
nodoubt put it off even longer.
It is stated up to Saturday
the Winston-Salem office had
sold about 6,000 tags, leaving
6,000 more to sell.
be made out, as improperly fill
ed applications are the worst
things in the way of a farmer
getting a loan properly. Win
say here that, the Government
does not loan more money than
recommended by the count:/
committee. See farmers and
merchants and get from them
an estimate of the number
of farmers who cannot secure
credit locally in the spring of
1981.
Yours very truly,
O. F. MoCRARY,
District Agents