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Page Four AN OPEN LETER FROM J. E, THORE CALLS THL ATTENTION OF TIIK PKOPLK TO THK I'N FAIKNKSS OF THK ATTACK .MAI>K FPON HIM TV.O DAYS bf.fokj: thk pp.im \i:y M'OLOm MISLLAOINO AM) I NSAIISIACTORV To the fit;::enship of Stokes CVu.. ty: Or. May 3i>. 1934. the fi'll. vv;:- - article affidavit was j übl'.l in tho PiaVuvy P.t -i.i'u 5 -' a: i Stoke* ile .id: Is Captain J. E. Thoiv A Citizen of Stokes County State of North Carolina, C n:r.;\- oi Stokes. AFFIDAVIT. I. Nell Kink! y Meroney. As sist an" Supervisor '4' the County o p St State of Nor:'.: Carolir.a. .i:st beir.g duly sw>!n says: That she is Assistant Trc Siipervisi.tr of said County an I State aforesaid and that she has access to the tax books and rec ords of said county. Deponent further states that she has examined the tax books of the County of Stokes. State of North Carolina, with reference to the listing and payments OL poll tax and personal proper*;/ tax by Capt J. E. Thore and the original tax records disclose the following facts: 1928 no poll tax or personal property tax paid or listed for taxation by Capt. J. E. Thore. 1929 No poll tax or personal property tax paid or listed for taxation by Capt. J. E. Thore. 1930 — No poll tax or personal property tax paid or listed frr taxation by Capt. J. E. Thore. 1931—N0 poll tax or personal property tax paid or listed r or taxation by Capt. J. E. Thore. 1932 —No P'»ll tax cr person -.1 property tax paid or listed re laxation by Capt. J. E. Thore. Deponent further states that the original tax records of the County aad State aforesaid dis close that Capt. J. E. Thore list ed his 1933 taxes in person be fore F. R. Stone, Auditor of Stokes County on the 10th day of May, 1933, and gave his ad dress at Twin City Club, Wins ton-Salem, N. C., and over the words "Age and Poll Tax" the letters N. R. were written. Deponent further states that the original tax records of the aforesaid County and State dis close that the 1933 taxes of J. E. Thore were paid on Nov. 29th. 1933, at which time, no poll tax was listed or paid, however, the records do disclose that the 1933 poll tax of J. E. Thore was paid on May lltth, 1934. NELL BINKLEY MERONEY, Asst. Tax Supervisor of Stoke® County. Sworn to and subscribed be fore me this 17th day of May, 1934. MALLARD ALLEY, Notary Public. My commission expires April 5, 1936. I was a candidate before the primary of June 2 for the nomi nation for the legislature, and above affidavit appeared just tv/o days before the primary, not al lowing me time to see the people of the county to auswer and de nounce the false and damaging statement published against me. I I have been a life-long and true i* Democrat and citizen of Stokes -i county, and therefore feel that I am due my friends and the citiz enship of the county this explan -1 atior.. and t , bring to their atten -4 .\ .i th? ua-Democrat:e r.nd un ..crhanie' methods which were ' used to defea; ny nor.rnati in on *"> !: v .11 be ivv.kwl that the af fidavit a". *■'(• quoted was dated May 17. '.-at was not published until Xl:y 30. showing that some body carried the in.strurr.or.t in t .vro.'ltet. or elscwkrre, Ibe rat v. holding the sirr.c ■' f \r.t i-uhlirtty until such tiro.e as its i'i..'i t c >uld n ' bo neutral "... 1 L.t *... Mrs. M\ • ney, who signed tlie affidavit -r.J who at tite time i; was fruir.ed. v.is err.v'oye lin the county tax • >ffiee. ha 1 meanwhile quit her job and removed to Winston-Salem. As s on as possible I went to Winston-Salem and in the pres ence of her husband requested to know of Mrs. Meroney her authority for the charges em braced in the affidavit. Mrs. Meroney informed me that she did not write the affidavit herself, that she had n.'hing to do with preparing it. that she acted upon the presumption that the same was true. In this interview with Mrs. Meroney, she gave me the names of those who, she said, did pre pare the affidavit. She offered to get up an explanation and . apology. On June 27. there appeared in the Dan'oury Reporter and the Stokes Record the following i statement: Card From Mrs. Meroney June 13, 1934. Capt. J. E. Thore, Hotel Elkin, • Elkin. N. C. Dear Capt. Thore: Complying to your request of recent date. I arn making a state ment with reference to the affi davit made by me as assistant tax supervisor of Stokes county on May 17, 1934, and which ap ' peared in the isue of the Dan • bury Reporter and the Stokes Record on the 30th day of May, : 1934. j At the request of S. Gilmer Sparger, information was obtain ed from the tax records of Stokes county as lo the listing anj pay ment of poll and personal prop erty tax by you in said county from the year 1928 up to and including the year 1933. The tax records of Quaker Gap town ship, the township of your legal residence and the proper town ship for the listing of poll and personal property tax by you were examined and the records of said township disclosed that J you had not listed poll or person ill property tax for the year 1923, j 1929, 1930, 3931. and 1932, and, your poll tax for 1933 was not' listed nor paid until the 11th day of May, 1934. j I have made further exarnina ■ tion of the tax record since the ! publishing of this affidavit and I find that you have paid your poll i tax and personal property tax for the years 1931 and 1932 and that : same were paid in Sauratown | township and I am glad to cor !' rect the error and state that it' I was not intentional on the part THE OANBURY REPORTER ; of the office of the Tax Supervis- ' i or and was not made to mislead : ! I I anyone as to the true facts. Assuring you that it is a pleas-' - ure to correct this error and -.trusting that this will clear the ■ mr.tter up, I am > Yours truly, i NELL BINKLEY MERONEY, In her apology, Mrs. Me - roney refers to my taxes as hav -1 ing examined the books for ONE I township, when I pay in three different townships; namely in Qrakor Gap. Yadkin ar.d Suur.i tnvn. My legal residence having been e«"iMished by me m the yea: - 1S V >o in W.dnut Cove where - 1 h;>ve voted and given in taxes lOi'J an 1 personal. I wish to say here that whilo Mrs. Meroney's a; logy is evas ive, misleading and unsatist'a;:- > tory. tint I am attaching no par • ticulir blame to the young lady affiant, whom I believe to be in • ,• I nocent of any ir.tention or pur pose to damage me. yet I must censure her for allowing herself, to be used by those whose pur pose and intention was to dam-1 ayje me. to discredit me with the voters, and to injure my charac-; ter as a citizen of Stokes county.' I cail upon the loyal and true citizens of the county and the 1 honest Democrats to be the judges of the motives and the methods of those who used such underhand methods to defeat me J in the primary, and to give it their honest disapprobation and condemnation until justice may be accorded me and meted out to those who have so unkindly and unfairly attacked me. T. J. THOEE. Death of Mrs. D. A. Binkley Mrs. Laura Ann Jarvis Binkley, j daughter, Mrs. Bertha Binkley j Humphreys, here Friday, July 6. She had been in declining health for some weeks, and was' paralyzed a few days before her i death. * ?!! 4 ' Mrs. Binkley was the widow of the late Rev. D. A. Binkley, of j Lewisville. Forsyth county. ' She was a consecrated Chris- j tian character. Since her youth she had been a consistent mem j ber of the M. E. church. ' Surviving are the following! children: Mrs. Bertha Binkley! I Humphreys, of Danbury; Mrs. L.! A. Reynolds, of Lewisville; R. T.' and J. P. Binkley, of California; Mrs. X. B. Sprinkle, of Tupelo, j Miss.; W. J. and C. B. Binkley, of demons, N. C.; J. M. Binkley, of Winston-Salem. Tiie interment was at Concord church at Lewisville, N. C. ' Architctural Triumph. Two ladies were attending a j concert or something at the Civic i Auditorium. Seated in the par- 1 | quet, they looked about them. ! , ' Nice building," said one lady, j "What style of architecture is lit?" "I'm not quite sure," said the other lady, "but I think it's Rem iniscence." —Pasadena paper. It will be necessary to meas . ure 16,000 tobacco fields in Surry county to survey the acreage af-, ;' fected by the Adjustment con- ( ; tracts s gned by growers. PROFIT TAKES A VACATION ! CLEARANCE OF All White Shoes at Great Reductions 100 PAIRS OVER 90 Similar + o Uustration STYLES TO CHOOSE i Below. FROM. \ Most Every Size. ! - > , Other Prices: | $2.65 $3.35 $1.99 ■ $3.85 ; ANCHOR CO. SHOPPING CENTER j Winston-Salem, N. C. TWENTY MONTHS ! FOR ELMER HADEN i ! SENTENCED TO ROADS FOR BURGLARY OTHER CRI.M- \ INAL CASES DISPOSED OF—' | KIGER WILL CASE ONLY IMPORTANT CASE ON CIVIL DOCKET, NOW BEING TRIED. Elmer Haden gets 20 months on roads, for burglary. Other cases on the criminal court docket disposed of since last week are as follows: i ! Dolphus Mabe, operating car : intoxicated, SSO and cost. Sus ! pended sentence in v. p. 1. case, j i Plato and Charlie Slate, poss ession of liquor, as to Plato s7'l! j and one-half cost; Charlie, $25 and one-half cost. I Harry Rogers, a. d. w„ $65 and cost; as to liquor in possession,! cost. Alex Rodgers, operating car under influence, not guilty. W. C. Hairston, a. d. w., SSO and cost. j Dave Goolsby, c. c. w., not guiity; as to a. d. w„ SSO fine and cost. i Odcll Reid, Fred Williams, Otis I I Mabe, Dolphus Mabe, a. d. w., as' |to Reid, Williams and Dolphus i Mabe SSO fine and one fourth 1 I cost each; as to Otis Mabe, one-1 ' fourth cost. Oscar Cook, sale of liquor, $251 , and cost. j John and Luther Yates, manu- I facturing and possession of liqu oi, SSO fine each and cost. Jim Thore, v. p. 1., SIOO and cost. I Edward Booth, Jr., a. d. w., $25 and cost. j C. L. Collins, assault on female, cost. CIVIL DOCKET. The civil docket this week is occupied largely with the trial of the will case of Laura A. Riser. This is an action to break the will of Mrs. Kiser. The suit is pending | and will consume most of the week. ! Other civil actions disposed of are as follows: j Venable vs. Biggs, divorce. Judgment for plaintiff, Mrs. Biggs. i Eowles vs. Bowles, divorce, Judgment for plaintiff, Mr. ; Bowles. Smith vs. Smith, divorce, judg i ment for plaintiff, Mrs. Smith, i Nunn vs. Nunn, divorce, judg ment for plaintiff, Mr. Nunn. i Proctor vs. Proctor, divorce, ' judgment for plaintiff, Mrs. Proctor. I 'SURVEYING STOKES I TOBACCO FIELDS | ( Continued from Ist Page.) to handle this crop and what i allotments should be assigned on j each card. Where a man wishes only one card, he will get this | without applying for it, but where ha wishes more than one ,he should file his application, ' stating the alloted pounds to be sold under each, with the County . Agent. The total pounds on all i the cards issued to a producer for , himself and his tenants should I equal eighty per cent, of his pro duction even though he may not i care to market over seventy per ! cent, of his base production. The I instructions say to have this ap plication back to the County Agent by the 15th of this month. Certainly this should be sent in just as early as is practicable to do so. I __ __ J >oooooooooooox>oooooooooooooooooooooi IS BOYS MAKE MONEY—WIN PRIZES \ ! o Selling > i ATLANTA SUNDAY AMERICAN | 1 7 Your friends and neighbors will be your customers. A 10 You get your papers on Thursday of each week. Write Y A at once for full information and our new prize catalogue. fl A Address: * X j BOY SALESMAN CLUB, ATLANTA $ $ SUNDAY AMERICAN, Atlanta, Ga. \ ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooxx> WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1984 !' It will be of interest to the i grower to have the card for ! himself and hi 3 tenant or ten ants at sometime prior to the • date on which the market opens. ' Where these allotments in acres ! and pounds are distributed among growers, no rental or other bene fit payments wiil be made ai : though the tobacco grown under such contracts may be sold tax free. j Forms for these contracts have | i not arrived but several names have already been filed to be con sidered for these allotments. Growers interested in securing small allotments should give ! their names to the committee to i gether with a brief statement of the facts as to why they wish to be considered for this provision. ' These allotments will of necessi !ty have to be small as to both 'I acreage and poundage, it is believ ! Ed, but definite information on i ' this phase of the work is not yet available. I More Rental Chocks Received. ! Two additional lots of rental and equalizing payments have I been received for local growers. This brings the total number of ' checks received for Stokes grow l ers up to 2099 and the amount | so far received in such payments to $92,735.01. About fifty checks remain in the office to be dis j tributed to growers. The notices ito the payees have already gone out. These are at least fifty more checks, due for Stokes. t > S. J. KIRBY, County Agent.
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