THE DANBURY REPORTER.
Volume 60.
TRIMMING DOWN ,
STOKES TAX RATE (
COMMISSIONERS MEET AND FIX
THE SCHEDULES FOR l»3it—
WHILE VALUATION IS OFF
I'PWARDS OF MILLION, OLD
RATE OF $1.25 STANDS—SI»E.
CIAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS CVT
DOWN.
Taxea will be ellrhtly lower In
Stokes for the year of 1932, con.
slderlng the shrinkage In valuations. 1
The board of county commission,
era were in session here Tuesday,
affixing the tax schedules for the
ensuing year. The old county tax
rate of $1.25 was left unchangel,
while the rates In the special school
districts were in moat cases lower,
ed, as follows:
,
rate was 23.
Germanton '18; last year It wan
80.
Meadows, King, Pinnacle, Pine
Hall, Westfield, each placed at 18.
Last yeair these carried rates of 25.
Volunteer was fixed at 5; Anbury
nothing.
Since last year there has been a
shrinkage In county property volu- j
atlon of between 500 thousand and
one 4nllMon dollars. Yet the ant'hor. |
ities w>ere able to leave the old
county valuation at $1.25.
Plant Gardens For
Health's Sake^
Dr. Roy Hege, health officer for
Btokie«, Forßyth and Yadkin counties,
together with Misses Lillian Fowler
and Lucy Leary, Stokea coun'y
health nurses, as well aia the nurses
In FY>rsyth and Yadkin, are Jolnlm 1 !;
the State Board of Health in urging
the people to provide a diet, in tho
fl»h,t against pellagra, that contains
c e r tain food element*
contained principally In leafy vege. 1
tabl— auch aa turnip greens, coll-'
ardJ. -oabbaga, kale, mustard, lean
meat, Ash, poultry, eggs, sweet mdlk
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and buttermilk. It la stated that
the dlaeaaa.. la caused by eating foods
deficient In the element# contained
In the abova named and
meats. Dr. J. M. Parrott, State
Health Officer, at Raleigh, sends out
a statement this week with alarming
tools in regard to the tawreaee of
the disease In the Btaite. For In.
more joases wreje reported
during the first eighteen days of
August, t'hle'year, Bhan for the whole'
w cf the month last year. People are
urged to •plant late gardens and pro.
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duce *as much of the leafy foods
referred to above as possible. The
disease ia curable, 4t la stated. but
It cannot be accomplished by drug).
The proper diet is absolutely esaen.
Ilal.
Westfield Church . i
Has Fine Revival
Rev. H. A. Hauser, pastor of
Westfield Baptist church, and Dr.
J. T. Smith, physician and minister
also of Westfield. have just ok>9ed
a series of revival metiass at the
Westfield church In which there
were seventy-two accession* to the
I church, sixty of these being baptls.
Ed by the ministers. It Is believed
by the Westfield people that this
was one of the ' greatest revivals
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Established 1872.
WALL AT DANBURY
SATURDAY NIGHT
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REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR
CONGRESS OPENS CAMPAIGN
—ATTACKS EXTRAVAGANCE OF
STATE GOVERNMENT BE
LIEVES KIRBY PREFERABLE
TO HANCOCK.
Republican candidate for congress
in the fifth district, L. L. Wall, of
Wlru»ton.i?alliem, opened , his cam.-
ipaign here- Saturday night When hi;
spoke In the court house to a fair
sized audience.
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Attorney J. W. Hall, of Danbury,
Republican candidate for the Hen.
ute in Stokes, Introduced the speak.
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er In a few complimentary remark?,
predlcitlnir that he would he our
next representative In congress. (
After telling a joke at the expense
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of his red hair, Mr. Wall took up
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the discussion of several of the ten
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points of the platform on wfolch
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he he was running and as laid
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down in a pamphlet which he Is
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distributing:. The larger part of his
address was devo'.ed to taxation,'
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and a good part of this was a com
pa.i i.'tou of taxes as between those
paid to the State and those to the
Fede-ral government. It was pointed
out by the speaker that since ID It!
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taxes levied by tJhe federal govern.'
ment had Increased fromi one to
two dollars, whereas In North Cur_'
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olina during the same period the
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irfcrease haid been from two to
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seven dollars, and that the State
government had had extravagance !n
all departments. Discussing the
question of choosing a position as
between capital and labor, the'
speaker said he believed In fairness
to both, but Ma remarks left the'
Impre.-iiion that Tie believed hU op- !
ponent, Representative Hancock, has
chosen the former. He said ..that
ao far as he personally knew the
only speech Mr. Han)lock had made
since ha had been In congress was
•gainst the bill before s.e house >
which would guarantee depositors
In bank* against loss, and that Just
before thia afcne up Mr, Han cook
came to Wlnston.Salem and had a
lon# conference with the president
of that clty've largest bank. Mr. Wall
would have more stringent tmml.
eration laws for the protection of
thto country. He believes In rh*
abolition of the absentee ballot,
believing that It give* opportunity i
for fraud and corruption. Comlni:
down to the payment of the sold. I
lers' bonus, he said this was no I
now obligation and would eventually,
have to be paid and that therefore
he favored paying It now "if pos.
si Me," believing that It would re.
lleve a lot of disturbance now go-
over the matter. As to pro.
hiblMon, the speaker favors the re.
tentlon and enforcement of t'h-»
18 th amendment, arnd -will "not
stand for the legalized twle of whis
key." He did not mention heer and
light wines..*
Referring to his two opponents,
Representative Frank Hancock, the,
Democratic nominee, antd lAttorney
Dallas C. Klrby, running on the
independent ticket, the speaker!
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said that he "sincerely believed
that of the two men Mr. Klrby
would make the best representative
because he was nearer the common
people."
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, Aug. 31,1932
WALTER COLLINS
ARRESTED MONDAY
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CHARGED WITH MANUFACTUR
ING WHISKEY—ALLEGED TO
HAVE BEEN AT WILL WITH
CAZ2IE MABE—MEN ARREST.
ED NOW BEING FINGER-PRIN
TED.
Walnut Cove.—Waiter Collins,
residing 4 miles .east of here, was
arrested tpday by Deputy Marshall
It. C. Brown and officer 3. D. Rat.
ledge, of Winston-Salem, and car.
ried to Danbury before U. S. Com.
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missioner N. A. Martin. It wic
alleged that Collins was at the stll ;
taken near Walnut Cove last Friday
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when Cazzle Mabe was arrested. The
officers found Collins at his Tionie
today and after taking him before'
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the commissioner he gave bond i:i
the sum of SSOO for his appearance!
'at the next term of Federal court l't j
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Winston-Salem. It was noted that
' the officers took Collins' finger
' prints, and inquiry from them re.
' vealed the fact that they are now
'required to fingerprint all men
' arrented- This requirement has
•been In effect only about one month,
it was sated by the officers. A
regular little printer's roller Is car
ried along with Ink and a glass
' plate. The man puts his fingers
down on the glass, after It has been
I inked, one at a time, and then tho
' fingerw ore placed, one at a time, on
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a blank prepared for the purpose
and the transfer is made. The blank
also contains a description of the
man as to height, weight, age, color
of eyes, etc.
Danbury Men
1 Attend Road Letting
j 8." P. Christian and Berkley SPilth
last njjghit from Raleigh
where they attended t'he letting of
contracts for roads and bridges by
the State highway commission. Bids
were received on both the road and
bridge on the route between Dan.
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bury and Stuart, Va. The bridge
over Dan rlrer Just nortih of here
will be >OO feet. in length and of
concrete. At the north end the
''bridge will have a fork, one prong
of the 'bridge taking traffic from
Stuart and the other from Mount.
'Airy. The bridge will be unique in
thla, there being no other of the
kind In thla State, no far as Js
known.
I Want Stuart Road
Location Changed
j Petitions are being circulated hero,
asking the State "authorities »o
chaiuge the survey on the Danbury.
Stuart, Va., road so that the high,
way will pass through the village
of Lawsonvllle, instead of leaving
it entirely as the preeent survey
shows. Contract for the road is ad
vertised to be let on Sept. 1. It s
stated in the petitions that while
the present survey straighten* tho
| road to some extent it saves only
900 feet in distance. The matter H
brought to the attention of
Mr. Jeffreys and the members ol
the State highway commission.
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' Mrs. Charlie Joyce and daughter,
ML"! Evelyn Joyce, of Winston.
Salem, and Miss Mary McAdoo, of
Greensboro, were the guests of
friends here Sunday afternoon.
GROVER GRAVITT !
SHOO'TS HIMSELF
| HIS AIM WAS I*OOK, AND THE
BULLET LODGED IN HIS
SHOULDER CL.VDIE NEW. i
SUM AND PAUL SLATE LEASE!
ROLIJCH Ml My—OTHER KING
ITEMS.
King. Aug. 31.—Mr. and Mrs.
Em mitt White, of Laurln-burg. are!
spending a few day* with relative." .
here. j
Miss K,lna King, of Portsmouth.
Va.. is spending a few days here the
guest of her sister, Miss Lucy Leary.
Lester PuJliam and family, of
Durham, spent the week.end with
relatives here.
Grover Gravitt, aged about 45.
j and married, operator of a servl.
station three mile* east of town,
shot himself through the shoulder'
jat his home Friday night. It seem-1
ed that 'his aim was poor and he was ,
not seriously hurt. He is recover. ]
| Ing in the Baptist hospital at Wins. I
j ton-Sale in. No reason is jtissigncl I
for his rash act except that he his
been in very poor health for some
time.
Daniel "Happy Dan" White, of!
Roanone, Va., is spending a f.-tv
days with his mother, Mrs. l.'. F.'
White. w'lki reside.* here,
Roscne Mediae i.s spending some
time with his brother, Ralph Mr. j
Gee, In Toledo, Ohio.
Itheu.ken Klrby, planter, who re. i
sides near here, was held up an I !
l'Obl>ed of ien dollars by two negroes I
( at Winston-Salem Saturday morn.
U»g. As Mr. Kirby emerged from
1 a building one nevro held a gun on
him while his confederate searched
him.
Mrs. Mactorla Williams, of West
End, Moore county. Is spending
, some time wltth relatives here.
K. P. Newsum and C. S. Newsuni
made a business trip to Winston.
Salem Saturday.
Preston Knight. planter, who
resides Just west of town, had tho
mh-'fortune to lose a good l>arn of
tobacco by tire Saturday afternooi.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse IjiLwson. of
High Point, were week end visitors
to relatives here.
"o«ter Collins eut an ugly gash i'l
his hand while cutting tops Mon.
day.
A. L. Dean, of Winston-Salem,
was here Monday looking after some
, busineiss matters.
Cladle Newsum and Paul Slate
have leased the King Roller Mills
and took charge of the
Monday. ,
The following births were regt*.
tered here last week: To Mr. and
Mrs. Ktrtls Watts, a son; to Mr. and
I Mrs. Ev*rette„ Spease a daughter;
to Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Wilson, a
son, and to Mr. and Mrs. Klrtls
Boyles. a daughter.
Ollveir ThorrrSs, tof Hlghi Point,
Is spending a few dayw here the
truest of relatives.
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Ed Ingram Held
Under SSOO Bond
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Ed Ingram, negro, who shot Creed
Halrston. .negro, at Walnut Cove.
some time ulnee, was given a pre-1
limlnary hearing In Justice T. H.
♦ierry's court yesterday. Probable
cause was found and Ingram was
held for Superior court in >SOO
bond, being returned to Jail when
he failed to pecure bond. Ingram '
and Halrston, who were near neigh. >
boTs. had some words over chickens;
in their gardens, when Ingram is
alleged to have gone in the hou-o
and got ht-i shot gun, shooting;
Halrston in tho face and arm. Hairs. J
ton had been unable to attend a
hearing until yesterday.
Attorney A, 1.. Brooks, of Green 4.!
boro, was a business visitor at the
Stokes court house today.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Stone, of,
' Wlnston.Salem, rpont Sunday after, j
\jioon Danbury with friend".
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SUGAR CHEAP IN
ZIFFY ISLAND
WALNUT COVE ItACKETEEHS
RETAILING IT AT s2.H> PER
HUNDRED STORES FARM.
ERS NOT PLEASED \V I T H
PRICES RECEIVED FOR TO.
BACCO ON SOUTHERN MAR.
KET.
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Walnut Cove, Aug. 27.—Charge'l
with breaking and entering the
wholesale store of the Meador
Grocery Co.. In Walnut Cove, Ge.i.
Welch. Geo. Fulton, Jule Halrston
and Joe Len llairston. negroes, were
last night lodged In the Stokes
county Jail to await a preliminary
J hearing on the charge of robbery
early next week. The robbery is
alleged to have been committed
Thursday night, when 1200 pounds
of white sugar was taken from t'he
I store in 100 pound bags. It was
j not possible to tell whether otli r
I articles were taken or not. The
robbers entered the storage room at
I the back of the Meador store by
taking off a sheet of the metal of
j which the walls were composed.
' Sheriff John Taylor and Deputies
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I Carl Ray and Berkley Smith soon
'got on flie trail of the robbers wh.'n
they searched the car of Geo. Welch
and found sugar spilled in the bot
tom of it. Geo. Fulton was th> n
taken and he gave the officers con.
stilerable Information, resulting in
the arrest of the two. One of the
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men then admiited that he had so d
400 pounds of the sugar to a man
residing near Walnut Cove at $2.00
per hundred pounds. This 4i"j
pounds was recovered. and it is
likely that the other 800 pounds
will he located soon. One of the
men arrested, tleo. Fulton, has a
lom? record In Stokes court, havlnrr
served several terms.
A very few Stokes farmers have
so far hauled tobacco to t'he eastern
North Carolina markets and sold it,
and and it Is stated that they were
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not very well pleased with th#
priced received. It Is believed by
tobacconists In this part of the Stale
■that it Is a (treat mistake for our
farmers to carry their tobacco Into
the Southern belt to sell It. The
quality of the weed grown In rhi«
tobacoo belt and that grown In the
Southern belt Is vastly different It
is stated by tobaoco men long ex
perienced on both markets, and our
type of tobacco should be sold only
in the old belt.
M. Ilex Oass, of Winston .Salem,
a recent visitor here, and one of
the most experinced men in the
many Intricacies of the tobacco
business In North Carolina, is of the
opinion that farmers would make
a great mistake to sell any part of
their crops on the Southern mar.
kets, where the quality of the we ,1
is so different from ours, and this
action could only result in a loss U>
the farmers.
supt. of S'.okis Schools J, 0. I'll',
son stat'd today that everything
was being put In readiness for t!i •
early opening of the school*. Tho
first three cars of coal are bciiv?
placed at the buildings now. It \\:1!
require" four more car*. Teachers
' have been se ured for all the s;-ho >•
; and the opening ;>■ expected to m.ive
oft' smoothly.
Number 3,740
BIG GUNS TO SPEAK
I F O R DEMOCRATS
CAMPAIGN IX STOKKS WILL
IXt'MOK ADDKKSSKS lIV SKV.
EKAI, OF TIIK STATK'S (.ItFAT
liST ORATORS— HAIM:V, HKY.
»'OI,I>S. KIiIIIXGHAIS A S a
FOI'XTAI.V OX TIIK I'IKMiItAN.
T*he Stok*vi county Democratic or.
nanlzation in Stokes has secured a
large Hum lit' r «> t the K-itdinjy cant*
paiKiMM-* In the State, who will .speait
at various points in the county be.
(finning Sept. 24 at Walnut Cove anl
closing November 5 at Pinnacle.
Included in the list of speakers are
* number *»f the most eloquent and
forceful oratorn In the State, not*,
bly Senator Josiah William Bailey,
Hon. Robert It. Reynold*, candidate
for the Senate: Hon. J. C. Khring,.
ba.u.s, candidate for Governor; Hon.
R. T. Fountain, who waa a candU
date for the Democratic nomination
for Governor in the late primary;
and Hon. Clyde R. Hoey.
Hoev is billed for the first day ot
the first week of court. at Danbury,
Oct. 17, at one I'. M.. On Wednes.
day following, Oct. 19. at Danbury.
Hon, R. R. Reynolds will adlre44
the citizens in the court house a.:
one o'clock I'. >l. on Monday.
October 24, at Danbury, at 1 P. M..
the second week of court, Hon. J. C.
IS. Khritighaus will discuss the i»-»sudi
of the campaign.
, The full speikins whedule as. In
augurated by the Democrats, ia as
follows:
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DKMOCRATU' SPKAKIXG SOBE.
DI'LK FOK STOKKS ( OI'.VTY.
Sept. 24th, 8 o'clock P. M., Pet®
Murphy, Walnut Cove.
Sept. 28th. 8 o'clock P. M., Josiah
William Bailey, Hint?.
October Ist, 8 o'clock P. M., John-
H. Fols-er. Pine Hall.
Oct. sth, 8 o'clock P. M., Franlt
Hancock. Wetrtfleld.
Oct. Bth, 8 o'clock P. M. fc Tam C.
Bowie, Francisco.
October 13th, 8 o'clock P. Bf.,
Rufe A. Dauarhton, Reynolds*.
October 15th, 8 o'clock P. Bf.»
Frank Hancock, Lawsonvllle.
October 17th, 1 o'clock P. M.
Clyde R. Hoey. Danbury.
October 19 th. 1 o'clock P. M.,
Robert R. Reynold*. Danbury.
October 19th, 8 o'clock P. K.,
Frank iSpruMl, Meadows.
October 22nd, 1 o'clock P. M.,
Frank Sprulll, Sandy Ridse.
October 24th. 1 o'clock P. M., J.
C. B. Ehrlnshaus, Danbury.
October 2Sth, 8 o'clock P. M„
Major IJ. P. Mcßondon. Kln«.
October 2?th, 1 o'clock P. M., R.
T. (I>lck) Fountain, Germanton.
Xov. 2nd. >' o'clock I*. M., S. Por.
ter Graves. Walnut cove.
Xov. sth. "• o'cV>>k I', M.. Powell
W. Glidewell. Pinna' 10.
Alvis Carter Is
Brought Back
Sh riff Taylor loft this morning
for Martinsville.VVa t where be went
after AlvU Carter, youmr whlta
man wanted here on the charge of
larceny an 1 operating a car will la
Intoxic mod. e.irtfr was under bond,
hi* en-', havine been tailed at a
former term of Superior etmrt, whet
he fat!. il to appi nr. 11 n native
of th • » \ndy Ridge community.