THE DANBURY REPORTER.
Established 1872.
LIGHTNING KILLS
STOKES MEN
• BOBKRT WELCH, WHITE
. AND HENRY DAVIS, COL.,
BOTH OF PINE HALL, DIE
WITH PAUL RUSSELL OF
SUMTER, S. C. TRAGEDY
AT WHITE PLAINS, SURRY
COUNTY.
Three men, one white and
two colored, were killed by light
ning as they sought shelter at
the side of the old RockforJ
road ten miles south of Mount
Airy at 1 P. M. last Thursday.
Six other men, sitting in the
truck from which the trio had
alighted and standing near them
iu the road, were unhann«.\i.
One negro was knocked down by
the bolt and slightly stunned but
not injured seriously.
Robert Weich, 30, of Tine HalL
lived about ten minutes after
being hit. The two negroes,
Henry Davis, 23, of Pine Hall,
and Paul Russell, 40, of Sumt it.
S. C., died instantly.
The spect- lb t.sh of liglr
ning which killed the three
at the side of the road was plain
ly visible but never felt by those
in the truck, says Ihe Mt. Air.*
Tim?». Balls of fire played act t
(. r* T'. ti
ing in front of the vehjd'e,
knocked one to the ground an
made the other dance* at if try
ing to dodge the bolt. The coin
ed man who fell down jumped
his feet again and f!e-i from t>-.
scene, unhurt.
The crew was moving a saw
mill which had been in operation
at the Coley Hodge place abo
five miles out on the road that
leaves the Dobson highway be
yond the Hutchens place a she
distance from White Plains. a'-
cording tp the accounts relate*
by A: J. Little an j L. D. Hiack
well, of Pjne Ha!!, owners «,f
the mill.
The Second load of machinery
had just been made ready ifor ¥•
/trip back to the Walnut Ccrve
\
section when the storm starte - '
Hail was followed by the heavy
rain and the workers hurried to
find shelter.
The two negroes were erotic'
Ing under some bushes at one
j aide of the road and Welch ha.'
come out from under the truck
on that side and was about eight
i feet from the vehicle when the
bolt killed all three.
The lightning blackened
Welch's face slightly but,
strangely , left no other marks
on any of the victims. One
negro's shirt wae ripped from
his back but the clothing of the
others was intact. Buttons,
changs and other small articles
in the men's pockets were not
i melted and a watch, worn by
Welch, was still running when
ftp owner died.
Robert Welch, the white man
f who was killed, was the son of
. John Welch, p{,.Pin* Hall. He was
m unmarried. The p»via negfo was
abo Little was known
by, ita about RwpttU,
I." "9iLzim. * - jak,
Volume 64.
'STOKES BUSINESS
[, WILL BE GOOD
. | TRADE-AT-HOME CAMPAIGN
, TO START SEPTEMBER 3
S DANBURY REPORTER TO
' SPONSOR SALVAGE OF BIG,
FUNDS SOON TO BE IN j
' CIRCULATION —MERCHANTS j
TO CO-OPERATE, SUBSCRI- j
BERS TO GET THEIR PAPER
1 FREE.
Begsnr:?g September 1, green
J j s'.ibscrption coupons will be is
t j sired by the Danbury Reporter
'which wi!l sponsor a trade-at-
I
e home campaign, which will mean
i home circulation for many thou
i sands of good Stokes county
I. dollars.
1 The subscription coupons, each
t worth 5 cents, will be accepted
as cash by co-operating mcr
' chants and business men of the
r county.
The arrangement is expect":!
I.'to largely increase the circuln
tion of the Danbury Reporter
j while at the same time those
-! merchants and business men
3 who co-operate with the public
ity scheme will increase the
e volume of their sales "by many
y- 4 hc- c ands >f dollars,
t With tl opening of the to
i i..vi and tilt; fall har-
J, vesting seasonr, funds will be
released practically as follows:
Tobacco Crop .... 52,500,000
Bones Payments.. . 225,000
Other Crop Incomes 350," )
i
53,075,010
Those nierchar.tr r,J business
■: men who rec.ive iheir just shir;'
•J of thhhen = 'e ,-um will be oniy
r ! th".-;e who by usin? modem
- -c:«ntific methods are able to
•command it. This is by keeping
- the things the people want an'.!
! need, and by adopting an inte'H
• '•• nt and logr'cal s(f erne of
f publicity.
!
Th« Danbury Reporter will be
7 glad to eend its representative
to explain th';s plan to those
- who lire interested.
.'i Col. J. C. Goodman, of Wins
v ton-Salem, dropped in today to
~>ay us a pleasant visit. He isi
spending a while at Moored j
Springs. Col. Goodman is wellj
' known and popular in Stokes j
• especially to the fertilizer dealers
t to whom in days past he sold^
■ thousands of cars of guano. He
has been out of the game for
• several years.
' Mrs. J. J. Taylor and children,
- Angela and Nellie Louiße, and'
' Mrs. A. G. Sisk and daughter,
i Catherine, visited Wineton-Salem
■ Wednesday. '
i __
t r:ho, they said, had just moved
r to their section from South Caro
i lina.
The me|n on the truck, who
i were miraculously uninjured,
J were Glenn Beale, Charles Neale
i and L- D. B'.ackwell, all of Pine
i Hall section, and Beale's bhother
i In-law from Charlotte whose
, name was not JwwrtL
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Danbury, N. C., Thursday, Aug 13, 1936
ASBURY IS GLAD 1
OVER THE RAIN
CORN CROP IS SERIOUSLY ;
INJURED LATE TOBACCO
HAS A BETTER CHANCE
i WILLIE RAY IMPROVING
j WILBUR CHILTON TAKES A
FALL.
Asbury.
This ra ; n is as manna fro:.:
heaven to the drouth stricken
fai mers.
Everything will beg;;n to Jive
ail over again. Some corn look
like it's too far gone to be revive
but much of it that's just begun
to form the ear will be helpeJ
very much.
Just lots of women are cook- j
ing pintoes for want of green
things to eat. Now gardens will
!ive again and the !ate ones can
; grow. Everybody should plan'
everything they could for la'e
I cats. A big kiln of turnips wiil
• ro a long way towards replacing
• the Irish potatoes we didn't grow, j
Chicken stews will be the'
i the fashion for a while now, as
■ the tobacco barns are inhabited:
■jmort nights. Corn, apples ani
' was were never a? good as when
j cooked over a tobacco barn fur
• r,ace.
I
• 1 The surveyors begin their work 1
! , |
I I of surveying the tobacco farms
August 10. The work jSj
r~";:e complicated this year t
j it seems the entire farm must b
| .trveyed instead of just the to
j bacco patches as formerly. Fo:
j - his reason more mc-n are woiv.-
i ing
| i
! La'e tobacco has a better (
■ chance to make itself than the
, I
i early crop.
i Mrs. A. N. Chilton is right j
I sick. She has h,;en bothered wi'iij
1 high blood pressure and diabut '
for some time.
Miss Glennie Stone Is spem!-
! ing a few days in Rex Hospital.
Raleigh, with her back in a
plaster cast as a result of an
automobile actfident sever t!
weeks ago.
Wjllje Ray, who was hurt by
a falling imi'e several weeks ago.
'is reported to be getting alone,j
, fairly well now.
Wilbur Chilton, son of Floyd
Chilton, climbed up a 30 foot
; pine last week and sawed the
top almost off which contained
I
a possum.) He suddenly lost his
balance and grabbed top of pins,
'it came loose and down he came
top and all. The part he brought
down acted as a kind of a para
chute to break the fall. He was
i hurt pretty bad but no bones
broken and seems to be O. K.
now, just core.
Wesley Collins, son of W. E.
Collins got hit on side of his i
head with a horse, shoe Sunday
evisi while {itching quoits with '
a neighbor boy.
Seventeen candidates were 1
baptised near Johnstown this af
ternoon (Sunday) having united '
themselves with the Baptist I
.church during the two crocks i
meeting recently held there.
M JL & (
KING CITIZENS
BACK FROM BEACH
NEGRO KNOCKED UNCON
SCIOUS BV FALL FROM |
TRUCK NEW HOME FOR
J. E. STONE DLAiH Oi I
ALBERT SIDES.
King, Aug. 12. R v v. CI yd
James, oi' Wii.stoL-Salem, preach
ed at the Bap'Jst Mi&s.on on
..•est M.-ia stieet Suii^ay.
W. G. HeuJrix, Lee Butner,
Joim Hause: ani Hot joe H.iuser
.iavc lc.utn J iror.i a ;-;jjht seeing
«.rip to Canada. They visiter
.\i-gaia Fails, New York Ciij
and Vkasii.ngion, D. C. on then
I tr 'P-
R. H. Gentry, of the Mount
Olive s etion, was among the
I -is-i.e. _;nday.
The following births were reg
istered here la:.; wtc-k: To Mi
Mrs. Watt WiiFon, a son and
to Mr. and Mrs. Alva Smith, a
son.
Mr. r. i'J Mrs. O. L. Rains, Prof.
•J. M. Felts'-, McsJames C. O.
: ioyl: c , Jr., C. S. Newsum and
I Johnny McGee a.-vj Nev.el New
um, Rady Bennett, T. G. Slate,
.iiily Hclsr.beck and Beekit*
.clsabeck, /.value Bolco ana
Reekie Rain." have returned from
1 C'ar.iV'-a wh-ro they spent
| a w ek's vacation.
I A negro man whose name wa.
T, o: learned and who was riding
rr the »'-»« end of a truck was
ji rred off when the true!:
crossed the Atl.ntk: aid Yadkin
Ft :!way tracks on east Main
js" -et. Saturday morning. TI
i
h". led on his face on the hard
p: >ment, two te:th were knock
| out and a piece of his lip cut
1 otit. He was knocked unconscious
I for a short while. He was
br ught to the King Drug Com
pany, where doctors dressed hi>
v.i inds and he continued on his
trij.
Walter B. Sprinkle left last
week for the South Carolina to
br.reo markets. Mr. Sprinkle has
bought tobacco on the South
Carolina tobacco markets for the
past several years,
j A force of m:n ore at work
cxava'.'ing for the foundation of
a new home for J. E. Sforee or.
Main Si reet.
Mrs. Edwin Kiser is quite sick
at her hme two miles east of
town, her friends will regret to
learn.
The following (patients under
wont tonsil operations here last
week: Bert and Bettie, children
of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Meadows, of
King, and Mrs. Kermon Tuttle, of
Germanton.
Relatives here have been noti- 
fied of the death of Albert Sides
at Cherryville, .Virginia, near
Washington. The deceased who!
was a Spanish-Anerican war
veteran was reared near Tobae
covill* and * 8 survived by the
widow, one sister, Mrs. Emory
Reed, of Thoraasville and one
brother, James Sides, of Cheater
town, Maryland. The remains
were Wd to rest ip Arlington
oemrtery.
.sJM. "" J
THIRTY-TWO MEN j
CHECKING FARMS
AGENT KIRBY SAYS THK i
WORK SHOULD BE FINISH
ED IN SEPTEMBER
SEVERAL STOKES FARM
ERS PLANTING ALFALFA.
BI T LET THE RATS iO
BY.
The work of chee'.ii:.;.' t •
,»• . .)p£rators in th%» 
Agri.'ultu: al Consei •. at iwii A.>
.iation was start (1 on T..\-
Some thirty-two men are ciu'a. .
in this work and present i; r:i i
to complete the main part of :•:
job by early in September. Th' -
in charge of the program hsiv.
done much to simplify the
as a means of holding down.
expense and to enable i j
.relators to receive the highe~- -
; osfible rate for their part
ion in the plan.
i
Full cooperation on the ;:v
•f 'he farmers is expected j.i
:his work and this will rv
-.itch in expediting its com; : :i
--tan ee: !y date. Far .i OV.T. •
id operators have been recurs?-1
'd to prepare a rough Fk?tch
, zh i of their farms sh.owii.g 'he
I "fel !s, t!i? approximate a
. »n-j crops in each, the locsti. n 
the loafs, and buildings. Ni
everyone .will be in pos'tio/i t> '
prepare this sketch or map b'.r
r where  :'.e can, it will prove •
. mu?h value in hastening th
. '.vo:k afir:::. As was tri;: !•
• i
, sir v::-.)rs are not perrii -
I I
. ed to «::!:••»■ su:-v» y or certify a
' .» • 'lhout the as-
I s.'star.iv of lithei the farm c.wv
or of S""! v » ot!vr ; rson in churg
.resigned by tin* owner o:
operatot r this purpose.
3! fc Yper\! nr>> M"l»e Work Sheets
When : i'f| nested, supervisors
will aid !'■!riners in making an i
s "fli:ig work she ts. This is th>
J flirt stop in qualifying for
t grriitfl or payments under the l
. j *oi! eon-ervat ion program. Farms
i in whit !i work sheets have al-'
i ' h-'en or are made in the
j; ne.?r future will be check?d for
! compliance. Anyone interested in
 signing a work sheet may call
fon anyone of the supervisors
sign a work sheet, and have hi
farm checked for compliant*
c while the supervisor is in his
f community. This plan is made to
) take care of cases in which the
work sheet either has been over
looked or neglected so far. I
t Emergency Hay Crops
(
i In view of the fact that the
r oat and other hay crops havo
' failed in some sections to pro
duce the required hay for tnc
livestock on the iarn. if r:ia> be'
advisable even at tills tim-j 4 o
seed either Sudan grass or Ge •-
!man Millet broadcast on fertile
land. Either of these crops pro
duce a heavy yield of hay before
the average date of the firs',
frost fn this section.
Stok«* Farmer* plant Alfalfa j
Several local farmers are pre- :
paring for and seeding one or
more acres each in alfalfa this'
month. On well drained fertile j
Number 3,355
STOKES TAX KATE
STAYS THE SAME
COMMISSION' KRS MKT MON
DAY IV SI'KCIAI. SKSSION—
SI.K.HT I'AI.L OFF IN PRO
PERTY VALI ATION ON AC
COt NT OF I.IVK SKKK
K\ KM FT ION COI'NTV
iioMK maitkf: m:im:kki>.
7!'* f 5- ikes county tax rate >f
>1.54 will the nx- ,i.»
Tins • -ion was r aln i oy
the board of county commission*
•i'S at the court house here Mon
day. The board was present in
full attendance as follow.*:
| Chairman Joyce. Blown and
' 'tibs* n.
There was shown a tall oft of
, between $50,000 and $10(1.(KM) in
' aunty valuat ons, owing to th,?
v-c-ent exemption of lj\\? stock
i,
f - om personal property taxation.
In f\:U> of this depreciation, the
' :: ! was r.b\- to hold the tax
, a-e at the ol | figure.
> ar:ti'n was taken in the
tting of *ho county home,
rra't-.r he lug defetred. It i*
;;ern!!y understood. however,
l.'it Superintendent Loftis will
retain* d, as he is r. ported to
• „..p >".rj !e a very efficient of.
' fKinl.
C :i.*.-: trier H. 11. Brown
nil ! ' .i-litor B. I'. !!ai!ey left
v.*. - : for Asl'i !!!•■ at*
an;:;.I n  t jn;i of count >»
! i:h!.s I 'ix account*
i;ay It : i !s alfalfa
;!1 : r w..! ! her".
" ' , pre*
• i. . • i liixi .! • ' i.tioii ».i*
'... .1 . , • . I.J fertiliz.t
a:: 1,-1: . ! >.
I ): 'a* • . .!: ■ shoii'.l
■ : o - . 'o 1..* ime i.I tho must.
| v..it! : >le cro; It liil: ?> tlvi
|. im ju.ility of hay and while
{ : l»:i tinß with the crop i. a hit
high, it slioulj be borne in. mind
that this crop 'will continue ( o
vie!; w II over a period of years.
Stokes should have a larger
•w. age of alfalfa.
Ual Ilait Moves Slowly
As recently stated in these
; columns, the annual loss caused
i by rats amounts to a large sum.
■ Yet there s:ems to be little in*
■ terest in doing away with these
pests. Red Squill has proved to
be the mot! effective and the
least dangerous material used in
killing rats. Several packages of
I
this have been secured by the
I County Agent for use in this
county. Each package costs fifty
cents. The quanj ty of thw
material delivered from the of
fice of the Agent is to be used
, merely in demonstrating the
.value of this material. Fifty
cents invested in a package may
1 save $50.00 or more worth of
[ grain or chickens. The rat pest
!is too serlout to be passed up
lirhtly. Rats can be killed.
S. J. KIRBY,
County A|eat
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