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THE DANBURY REPORJP ■ v Volume 60. JAMES P. SMITH DIES AT HANDS ERNEST SNYDER i Passing of Well Known Smithtown Character Who Has Figured in Many Gun Affairs— Snyder Delivers Himself to Sheriff, Claiming Self Defense. ( About one. o'clock P. M., Monday in the yard at the home of Widow Rhodes. Smith,town, two pistols began to crack. When the affair was over Jim Smith lay dying .Von the gras3, while Ernest Snider, his flayer, walked away and dlsap. i peared- The eyewitness to the affair was Sam Riggs, who had come up with Smith. Ae the two approached the house, Smith who was drinking, fired his automatic occasionally— Just as a sort of habit, always going armed. Finding Snider at the Rhodes place talking to the widow, Smith became incenced find beajt Mrs. Rhodes. Neighbors say there his been criminal intimacy for years' between Smith and Mrs. Rhodes. i There are two or three children i that neighbors lay to Smith. It 's i reported that Smith became infur iated if attention of others was given the widow. This morning Mrs. Rhodes plead. I ed with Snider to protect her from Smith. Snider responded, and engaged in fight with Smith. Smith was down once and upon arising I i ft charged Snider with taking his gun, and walking away declared: "I will see you later for this." j He had gone but a short distance before he felt his guu on his hip. Snider had not taken it. Smith now turned and leveled the weapon :>t Snider, who took refuge behind a cherry tree in the yard. Smith flred but missed. Chasing Snider I around the tree he snapped the gun at close range at Snider's head, (n the meantime Snider had drawn I his gun and fired once, but missed. Snider now lired with deadly aim, and Smith crumpled up on the ground, a bullet having punctured his head, and death came immedi ately. Smith had only one cartridge in his gun, having forgotten to reload before reaching the Rhodes home. Sheriff J. J. Taylor and deputies soon arrived. The body of Smit'i lay where he had fallen, a puddle of blood around his head- Neigh bors had gathered in. Snider was gone, the Virginia line being near by. j Next day Snider gave himself up to the authorities hctre and is now in jail, claiming self defend. The death of Jim Smith marks the passing of one of the noted figures of the Smithtown section.' He was a man l of at least CO years, ■ and the head of a family of wife and some ten phildren. Jim Smith had 'the seputation of truth and honesty in- his dealings. It was a part of his religion to .pay his debt#. He was kind and hospitable at his home. He owned a farm of some 260 acres, and was a good •liver. But all his dlf« he had be. Ueved it to traffic 4n liquor, Established 1872. and he brooked little interference i around lite premises. , J He was a man of violent temper will en drinking, and had engaged l i in many serious affairs in- his day.' having the marks of gun and knife' on his body in, they say, eleven j places. ' In the late fall of 1907 a posse of i revenue officers raided the Smith. ! town section. Not far from Smith's' house one of the officers, Hendrix, was killed. The general .opinion has | always been that Jim Smith killed | Hendrix. He was tried, but escaped: on a manslaughter tihargie, ferved : i a year or two at Atlanta, and came back home. The funeral was at Smith's Chapel Tuesday, attended by a large crowd. ' Mr. Smith is survived by his wife,' a most excellent christian character,! i > who Is a sifter of Deputy Sheriff j Cleve Lawstjn, and by eleven child. I ' ren, four sisters and three brothers, as follows: j Children—Mrs. Mack Blair, Mrs. Jas. Moore and Miss Smith, i I of High Point: Miss Roxie Smith, of AVinston-Jflalem; J. M. Smith, of Walnut Cove Route 3; Harry and Williford Smith, Misses Maude.' Cindy, 3E»l>in, Wilma Smith, iwho reside at the home at LawsonvilK*. j Brothers: Frank, of High Point,' and Fletcher, of Eawsonville: 0.-var, of Stuart, Virginia.' Si;i:eiv»—Mrs. John ]i. Murtin and Mrs. 11. T. Corn, of T-awtsonville; Mrs. James Taylor, of Stonevllk', and Mrs. Charlie Dawson, of Mon.' i tana. j Jim Manuel Gets Off For The Cost Jim Manuel, world war veteran, and notorious locally for his maay, ' escapades, was again In the clutches I of the law last week. This time.' they had Jim for being drunk and disorderly and as his crime wcttj not so terrible Justice N. A.' Martin let him oft on the payment of the cost, only $3.06. Jim got around $50(1, for his war service but it Jg about gone, his friends say, and they predict that he will get down to earth and, be a gcod citizen aga'u unions they decide to pay the tol,]. iera' bonus. I Charged With Assaultl On His Wife i N. D. Oakley, good farmer of the' I | [ Jfar'.man community just east of Danbury, was arrested last night by! Sheriff John Taylor and deputy : Berkley Sm!lth, on a warrant sworn' i out by his wife, charging him with' | assaulting her and running her . away from home. Oakley gave i bond for 1200 and returned home i while his wife and children went to [ the home of her parents In the Flat I Shea! community. A hearing will . likely be had In the matter this , week Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, Aug. 10, 1932. CAUGHT WITH "THE GOODS" pUSTKK AXJ) HIXTKK MARTIN liODGKD IN STORKS JAIIi ON WHISKEY CHARGE W H K N l'OlM) NIC All STII/li. Caught in the act as they were dividing up the whiskey which th.\v had just "run." Buster and Hunter Martin, negroes, were taken yester day in the Dodwetown section, near Pine Hall, by Prohibition Agent VV T. Kennedy and his assistant, L. M. Stuart. The men were brought to Danbury where IT. S. Commissioner N. A. Martin fixed their bonds at SSOO each on the charge of manu facturing and possession. They were unable to give bond and were lodged in the Stokes jail. How. ever, they stated that the still did not belong to them and that they would be able to furnish bond right soon. When the officers came upon the still it had just been taken from the furnace and all the beer had been run out of the containers nearby. They heard talking down the branch and quietly stole up on the men, taking them by complete surprise. Only about 7 or 8 gallons , of whiskey was poured out. Creed Hairston, Col., Shot in Head and Arm Walnut Cove, Aug. 9.—Creed | Hairston had a load of shot in his head and arm this morwing as a result of a dispute with Ed Ingram, I his near neighbor, over their chick. I ens, ■which had been running at large in the gardens of the two negroes over in the London section i of Walnut Cove. When Ingram shot. Hairston threw up his arm and caught the larger part of the load from the gun in that limb, allowing a few shots to enter his head. While Hairston's condition is considered serious he will likely I j recover, it is stated. Sheriff Tayl ir j was called 10 Walnut Covo early ! this morning and with several depu. 'ties has been seeking Ingram. ; Troy Shaffer Is , Held For Court ' Deputy |Mar.shall It. C'. Brown and officer (!. D. Uatledge. of Win- 1 . ton-Salem, wore in northern Stokes yesterday and arrested Troy Shaffer, charged with violating the prohibi tion laws. Shaffer was brought hrro •before U. S. Commissioner N. A. Martin and posted bond for SSOO for his appearance at the next term 'of Federal court In Winston-Salem. L. E. Kirven. D E. Kirven, attorney of Wins ton.Salem, was at the court house j here on professional business today. Mr. Kirven Is one of the younger suc-ofiisful lawyers of (character of | the Twin City bar. who is widening his usefulness by practice In Stoke.i and other adjoining counties. Kirven is a .self-made young fellow, has a I square jaw like a bulldog, and often works all night. He'll do. Miss "Becky" Holton. of Wlnau ton_Salem, who is spending! some Dime with her mother at Piedmont Springs, will leave today for a visit to friends in Pittsburg , Pa. MRS. BRADSHAW DIES AT ELON \V A S OWNDIt OF MOOBFS SI'RIXGS IX STOKKS COI'MV AM) HAl> BKKX IX DIRIIAM I NOWWOIXG XKI:A'I Ml:\'J FOB . lIKAKT AFIFI'ITOX. Airs. Jesse G. Moore's Springs. died sudA'ly Mon day morning at 7:45 at tlTe home of hur mother, Mr.'. L. JIV Clendenltt, at Klon College, where she had ju»t • gone after undergoing treatment ' for a heart affection at Duke hos. pital in Durham for a period of two weeks. She had been ill for some • months an J friends had feared for her recovery but the end was no: ? expected so soon. The deceased - v.as a lovable christian character I j and was well known throughout j the Stale. being the owner of t Moore's Spring* and operating tiif i place since the death of her hus i band, three years ago. 1 The deceased is survived by her • mother and by one sifter and one i brother, as follows: Mrs. J. B. Ford, i of Washington, D. C., and Mack -' Clendenin. of Klon College. s Funeral aervioea were held tills morning in Whitley Memorial Audi.' torium at Klon College, and inter.' ment wa» in Greenhill cemetery, 1 Greensboro, besidt her husband. 1 1 Man and Woman Bound To Court i t'nder counter warrants, in whicn 1-eni Alabe was charged with a.-. saulting Mrs, Ham Sh'elton and with trespass, Mrs. Shclton was charged with assaulting Mabe. linth defendants were given hearings, simultaneously before Justice J. Ji. 1 Joyce today. At the hearing it was shou n li.v witnesses uha-t Mrs. SlieL ton ran Main- with a gun and wit'i ruok and that Mailt? then got 11 j• • gun and turned ij[ on Mrs. Shclton. There was no d^tago done, it a;i. I * pears that Jlabe had ren;ed tin | i farm where Mrs. ISh'lton revid d I iin l he went there and proceed"! • t-> Irrgln plowing, whereu|Hin Mrs. i Bhelton ordered him away on the ground that her leas- had no; is. pirnl. Quite a number of witnesses , ' were examined and the trial drew quite a crowd to the auditorium if s'the court building where it was I •, heard. Both sides were represented _ by attorneys. The defendant.* were ti'adjudged guilty of using dead'y ,' wea |ions and were hound over to i ( the next term of Superior court i under bonds of §JI) 0 cauh, which , they gave. i Ed Ingram, Colored, Placed in Stokes Jail -—— j £ Walnut Cove. Aug. 10. —Ed Ins ' ram, negro, charged with seriously I r shooting Creed Hairston, negro, t f yesterday morning, was arrested 3 last night at Pine Hall brick yard I | •t by Deputy Sheriff Carl Bay and j i placed In Stokes Jail at Danliury. ! it i where he will be held pending tho n outcome of Halrston'a Injuries. It is thought that Hairston will recover. a Mrs. Leake Lovln and Mrs. 8.1 l ■i Fulton, of Walnut Cove, a pent t yesterday hero as the guests of Mr*. 8. Gilmer Sparger. « Preliminary Trial Of Ernest Snyder Preliminary hearing in the case I in which Krne.-it Snider is alleged to have idiot to death Jim Smith on Monday, has been svt for n x: Tuesday. August 10. at Danbury. :.i 2 o'clock. Snider is b'-ing held in jail here without bund. The trial will no doubt bring out a large a: -j li ndane. Funeral s rviees fi.r t"• i• ■ j dead man wer held yesterday "t'-j ternoon at Smith's Chapel. being I conducted by Beys. C. A. Wal.. J Bussel Ward and F. K. Ilart.otle'd. 1 The attendane.- at the funeral audi burial was said to have been the j largest ever seen at mj.i occasion I in that section. Jail Key In Bottom Of Well * 1 A rather unusual occurrence ha>>_ j f-ened at the county jail hero Si'-J urd-iy about 8 o'clock, just. at nightfall, when Bill Davis, colored, the handyman around the premise-!, 1 dropped the key to the main door of the jail in the well, while drawing some fooi water for til" prisoner-. This left no access whatever to any part of the jail where the prisoners ! were kept. Jailor it -rkley Smitn immediately got busy to recover the I ! key and his first effort was to u * !a. magnet, the well being a very deep one and entailing a lot i f work to got the water out and send a man down, but the magnet failed after bringing the key to the top of the Water several times. So h • removed the well Iwix from the top of the opening, and ,-eeuring a large windlass with a huge bucket the water was bail d frol!) the well 'oy several men hy about la o'clock and one nf the fellow.-' went down on tie huckc; wtth a II isii light and found the large key in the very bottom of tie- v/i 11. At any rate the u : sr.'t a good cleaning and ill-- drinking supply w II lip I,i tier now. I I Two Men Caught With Load Liquor C. It. Art'lnst"* and J. 11. I'rniti Surry cuunly men. taken with a Fird loa-d of lit gallons of whisk near the Stnkcs.Vlrginiu line Satur. day night, wore released from the Stokes county jail today after giving bonds of $1.1)0(1 and SBOO respective, ly. It wad stated today by i". s. Commissioner X. A. Martin that I'ruitt's bond was made less than .Arrington'* on account of the ex.. | donee at the preliminary lit aria: that I'ruitt was only riding with i Arrington as a companion and th it he had nothing to do w I tilt th • j transporting- of the whiskey. Th > case will be heard at the next term of Federal court in Winston-Sal-em. I At the time Arrington and I'ruitt were captured by Federal officers I they also got another Ford car with 107 gaIIJOM on It, hut bo.h of tha ! men with the car escaped. There | was also a third car loaded with whiskey which escaped wit!) two men driving it. The amount tf whiskey on that car was not known, of couraa. Tho two cars capture! Will he sold here toon to the highest bidder. They are stored in the Smith garage. 3, 737 11 "J A VISIT TO THE PEACH ORCHARDS I HI IT |Jl:l\G Mlll'l'i:i> AT ItAJta « \TI:—SKMX T I'l AdllX S»OU> TO I OII:K;\ M \KUI:TS—CON. ST.I.NT STKIIAM or TittCKS ON JJIOIIVYAYS. ' f>. X'. Christian uiul Ucrkley Smith j visiied the peach s i-uvn in the ' Sand 111!!* yesterday. bringing back j with them some Hive iinyies of tU* ! fruit being gather-d ".here now. ! j They found the trees f all a,n J .ship. j piiio' is at the Very p. ak nwv. 41 i tine (ilai'e 4 train cars were being ! U,ad,.l. at another 3. while numer. ! >us olied were loading one ottf, Tr i' k.s were >r—n ov/br y« here lo^sng pwh'*. watermelons. Norn, etc., utd almost a constant st:> itn of truck* was observed oa* U. read kfcwML ' with fruit or goinj; u' .- r it. About 150 per cent, of the tracks i*»r% j Virginia lieens s. The prices ! ;>— uch-'j# were found to run frona Use. per bu.-hel to $1.50. Tl»% , select poaches in most orchards bad Itnen sold under contract for ahip men; t>> northern cities. The "run of the trees" quality was selling U around ♦»'>«•. bushel in most o-rch. ards. An abundance -f veatermel. ons were found but v er>- very gruadJ* The la' k of rain was aligned t»y tho growers us a cause for Urlcf fact. i ■ ■■*) News Items From Walnut Cove Walnut Cove. An it. i.—Funeral * rvices were conducted here th't afternoon fur IMgar Nelson. 35.year old i-on of llr. and MIA W". JJ, Kelson. the service..- 1/cing held at - o'clock in lie Imitiv - IJapiist i-hup-li v.ilh int. riiit i.t being made in :1 in ceni' !i : )). ir Walnut fo\v. i,i, ill,' Win :'in h:;fl» way. i:u(. :• J. A. I i - of Winston. Salem, H.I- in a the SERVIENT* TL'e DT as, 1 V\ is fotin I DEAD in hi- ro :n v.- ill morning. Sir, •N'T '■! B d sall'. I I v. J: eplepsy f- a IUIIIIIM ret' J • ir- Surviving ti'e tin- lather and mother, Mr. and Mrs. W. I-N'tl.-on: two .-i.si, is, Mrs, .1. li. •)»)} ttsf •ii and Miss I,'thil Nelson: two brother.-.. Alex and Coy Nelson, all of Willnut Cove. Mrs. .lacob Fulton. Jr.. entertain ed a deli'ihtfiil dance at S.uira. 1.-idgo recently, having a.-, honor guests Misses Matlie Sue Taylor and JameM J5. Joyce, i f Onnhury, and Miss Lin.* Hucklcy and K-id IJ%ij"U\vell, of Wiigston.Sal i the occasion cel-i. bra.! In? the l>ii'thd'.V anniversary of these four. The hostess present, cd to eat h of h, r honor guests 4 gif.t a.-i a nietnento of the happy evening. Mhi* Iftleii fau.t'.in, of Jjickson. Ville, Flu., is here vi.iting hep grandparents, Mr. and Slr.-i. w. U Vaughn. The squirrel hunting seaman, Which ia being looked forward to by nvany of the local hunters, will be inaugurated on Sept. 1, Already game warden R. R. King has i ce-ived from llalelgh the necessary ' , tags for the use of those who oar* to hunt and he anticipates a heavy I sale within the ne*t few daya, txa. cause It la reported from every i erection that "the woods are full" g| squirrels.
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