THE DANBURY REPORTER.
VOLUME XXXIII.
N. & W. RAILWAY SUED FOR $20,000
R. F. Overby, of Stokes County, Asks Dam
ages For Injury Received In Year 1905-=
Complaint Filed In Forsyth County Sat
urday, But Later Removed to Greensboro.
Winston-Salem, N. C., Fab. 17. j
—R. F. Overby, of Stokes county, j p
through his counsel, Benbow &
Hall, has instituted a $20,000 j
damage suit Against the Norfolk
and Western railroad. The com
plaint was filed in the Surperior
Court Saturday, and upon motion
of Watson, Buxton & Watson,
counsel for the defendant com-
pany, the case was removed to the
Circuit Court at Greensboro.
The plaintiff alleges that on or j
some time prior to the sth day g
of February, 1905, he wnsjemploy- f
ed by the Pinnacle Coke and Coal
Company, and had been working
for said company at good wages (
in their mines near McComas,
W. Va.,; that on the sth day of (
February, 1905, while returning j
to his boarding-house by the nsu- (
al road or way of travel, to and i
from Norfolk and Western depot
at Mora, a freight car strnok by
another was pushed off the track*,
that the oar hit a croastie lying on .
the ground with terrible foroe,
throwing the tie a distance of
about twenty feet in a whirling
manner, striking the plaintiff
with great force and violence on ,
the left side of his head, render- J
ing him unoonsoious and knock
ing him down an embankment
and upon the edge of the said ex
tension railroad bed, when he was
caught under a grease box of a
can and dragged several feet,
fracturing bis left foot and injur
ing his spine, destroying the nerve
and paralyzing the left hip, and
breaking and brusing the bones
of the said hip, bursting his knee
oap, injuring the leaders, shorten
ing and rendering almost useless
the said left leg besides injuring
his right shoulder and ami and
otherwise injuring him, causing
inteuse pain and suffering and i
permanently injuring him.
That by reason of the aforesaid
injuries the plaintiff was confined j
in a hospital at Welch, W. Va , |
for several months, and suffered
intense pain and agony: that as n
result of said injuries he has
been disabled for his work as a
miner and unfitted for any kind
of manual labor.
Plaintiff asks for a judgment of
$20,000.
Niss Mary Joyce Entertains.
Miss Mary Joyce delightfully
entertained the young ladies of
Danbury at a six o'clock dinner
St. Valentine's evening. The menu
oarda, in keeping with the evening,
ware heart-shaped, outlined with
red, with a tiny red heart sketched
in the upper left hand corner and
bore the appropriate inscription,
"Good cheer and welcome make a
merry feast."
After dinner Beveral of the
young men came in and the even
ing was pleasantly spent in musio,
conversation and story-telling.
Deliciomt fruita —oranges, bananas
and apples—were Berved.
• Pine LoJ School To Close With En
tertainment.
A The public Bohool at Pine Lug,
' taught by Mr. O. L. Pulliam, is
making preparation to give an
entertainment at the close of the
school. The entertainment will
be given on Saturday, Maroh 7th.
If the weather on that day should
be very bed % the entertainment
will be postponed until the Sat
urday following. Everybody in
ritod to oome out.
NEWS FROM SANDY RIDGE.
Pneumonia Almost Epidemic On the
Ridge And Also At Prestonvillc
—A Tacky Party At Mr. M.
L. Hutcherson's.
Sandy Ridge, Feb. 17. —Mr J. J.
Joyce, a well known Primitive
Baptist preacher, died on Sunday
morning the lttth of pneumo
nia, after an illness of two weeks.
He had been preaching at Buffalo
several years. He was a kind
father and a good neighbor, and
will be greatly missed in the
neighborhood. He leaves a wid
ow, four sons, and five daughters, ,
who have the sympathy of the i
entire community in their be
reavement. Mr. Joyce's little
daughter Grace who has also been
very sick with pneumonia is im
proving.
Lillie May, little daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. George Martin, of
Madison, who died of pneumonia
was buried at the Alley grave
yard on Saturday.
Mrs. Joseph Robertson died on
the Bth, after a lingering illness.
She left a husband and six sons
to mourn their losa.
Mrs. George Hutchens and
family of Bluefield oame in on
Saturday to visit relatives.
The school at the Sandy Ridge
Academy is doing finely. We
have two most excellent up-to
date teachers who give general
sstisfaction, and the pupils both
large and small, are improving
rapidly.
A black bear was seen by Pink
Plaster on Saturday night near.
| here. Several men were out on '
Sunday tracking it. It seemed
to be going towards the woods on
the land of Mrs. Fergason.
A "tacky" party was given on i
! the night of the Bth at Mr. M. L. i
; Hutcherson's. Among those pres-1
i ent were Misses Berta and
nie Hodgin, Mabel and Florence
i Amos, Nellie and Nealy Ziglar,!
i Laura Ellington, Minnie and Le-1
lia Joyce, Pencie Vernon, Lily
Rutcherson, Mabel and Ethel
Pringle, and Clyde Hutcherson,
. Messrs. Jim
| Curfis Hutcherson, Sam and
Matt Brown, Tom Spencer, Roy
Martin, Wallace, andj others.
The prizes were awarded to Mr.
Matt Brown* and Miss Linnie
Hodgin.
Pneumonia is almost epidemic
r in the Sandy Ridge neighbor
-1 hood and there are several cases
' of measles in the Prestonville
1 community.
OCILLA.
Oik Grove School To Close.
•
King Route 2, Feb. 17.—A
heavy rain and wind storm passed
through this seotion last Friday
night, causing the creeks to be
swollen the highest they have been
in a long time.
The Oak Grove school, taught
by Mr. 0. K. Boyles, will close
February 20th. The school lias
besn very quiet this (ime. We
think Mr. Boyles is an excellent
teaoher.
Mr. Frank Hamro, who has been
spending the winter with his pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. Hamm, is go
ing to start back North again
February 2oth.
Mist Ella Smith spent Sunday
night at Mr. G. W. Smith's.
Mrs. John Boylee is right siok
with lagrippe.
SCRIBBLER.
DANBURY, N. C., FEB. 20, 1908.
ii" \
EUNICE DELDEE MOREFIELD
The exceedingly pretty and winsome child of Mr. and Mrs. J. Wesley
Morefield of Sandy Ridge Route 1. Eunice Deldee is only 4 months old.
FOR SNOW CREEK BRIDGE. I
J. G. H. Mitchell Calls For Donations, (
And Also Wants New Road From
Red Shoals To Furnace, Up Dan
Rirer.
Editor Reporter: 1
I have beon requested to »ay a s
word in behalf of the project of I
having our county commissioners I
to order n bridge built across t
Snow Creek at its mouth or at
Davis's mill—site to be selected |
by a disinter*sted commissioner l
appointed by them and have the t
county pay for the steel span or
spans about SSOO and the citizens i
of Danbury and Beaver Island j
township to pay by private sub-! i
scription for the approaches pay
four hundred dollars. I would j I
give from $lO to $25 while I |
have no doubt tlist 40 or 50 other
| citizens would contribute a like i
j amount and the owners of the t s
land would give right of way and
furnish stone for pillars and also!
contribute some as well as right (
jof way for new road direct from
the old river mill above Red i
1 Shoal to the fu'nace. • distance'*
of about 2 miles—what do you!
siiy Messis. Tavlor Brothers, Mr. j
Hart, Drs. McCanless Bns and i
| all other good citizens of Dan- !
bury including ye editors and
the merchants and lawyers and
county officia's - send out your
petitions and subscription blanks.
Mr. Editor, to each store and
postoffice and let us see what
can be done by Ist Monday in
March. I guess our petition pre
sented in I*.KX» is on file with the
Clerk.
Very Respectfully,
J. G. H MITCHELL
i
Mrs. John Morefield Given Surprise
Birthday Dinner.
Campbell, Feb. 17,—Timvs are
kindly dull in this section, as tho
weather is so rough.
There was a surprise birthday j
dinner given Mrs. John Morefield
Saturday the Bth. Quite a number
of friends were there, and all of
their children except three. All
seemed to enjoy themselves fin>\
especially the R. P. D. carrier of
' Campbell Route 1, as he liked to
| took Mr. Jesse's girl away
( I from him.
Messrs. Noel Onkley and Sandy
Moore called on Misses Murphy
1 and Hester Morefield Sunday
evening.
Wishing the Reporter and its
' many readers a happy 1 ( ,K)8.
THAT'S WHO
1
i Mr. Jas. R. Morefield, of Camp
bell Route 1, spent a short while
in Danbnry Tuesday afternoon.
MR. JOHN RUMBLY NO BETTER
Quarterly Meeting At Trinity,
Preaching By Rev. Mr. Bagby--
Dalton Items.
Dalton, Feb. 17.—The (Quarterly j
Meeting was held at Trinity the j
second Saturday and Sunday. l
Rev. Bagby, Presiding Elder, j
preached a noble sermon on Sun-!
d iy, to a right large audience.
Several from this section ship
ped tobacco from hero last week,
the roads being too bad to haul it
to the market.
Miss Lela Boyles has been
right sick for the past two weeks
with t)phoid fever, but is improv
ing, we are glad to know.
Mr. John Rumbley don't seem
to get any better, but is gradually
getting worse.
. Miss Maud Coe went to King
aud back last Thursday, to see her
sick aunt, Mrs. Sally Campbell.
Miss Ruby Hamm's school
closes next Thursday, at Chestnut
Grove.
Next Sunday the 4th Sunday,
is the regular appointments for ]
Chestnut Grove at 11 a. in., and
Dalton Chapel at 3 p. m.
Mr. Ed Shultz spent Saturday
night with his parents, Mr. C. J.
Shultz, returning Sunday a. m.
Mr. Lonuie R. Coe and sister
Miss Maude spent Sunday at Mr.
M. D. Hamm'scn Dalton Route 1.
Mr. Frank Hamm expects to
leave the 24tli for New York. Mr.
Frank has paid his parents almost
a four months visit and sa>s he
likes New York the best. We all
wish him much succes in his
northern notions.
Mr. Marshal Hedgeoock used to
make Dalton his stopping point
on Sundays, but it seems that
something calk him farther on.
We wonder what Miss Lucy thiuks
of that.
Valentine must have passed by
some other way, we think, as it
• didn't seem like it passed through
; Dalton. Everything was dull, wet
and muddy and still raining.
Mr. Albert Phillips spent Sat
urday night at Pinnacle, accom
' panied home Sunday a. m. by
| Mr. Arthur Bernard.
■ j 1 think the woman's depart
-11 ment is a great help to all the
readers of the Rt-porter and is a
help t > the Reporter.
1 want to congratulate Miss
Hessie Carroll on her piece on
prohibition.
I think if the ladies in old
North Carolina were allowed to
vote that this great whiskey
traffic would sure be blotted out.
Which would be the best thing
. that ever happened in North Car
> olina.
"ME."
JIM SMITH CAPTURED AT MADISON
Released On $5,000 Bond For illicit Dis
tilling and Rearrested Immediately For
Complicity In Murder of Officer Hendrix
v Hearing Saturday.
Jim Smith, of Smithtown, this
county, for whoui there was
SI,OOO reward, was arrested a lit
tle after dark Friday evening on
the streets of Msdison. The ar
rest was made by Deputy Sheriff
H. T. Pratt. Smith was carried
to Greensboro Saturday morning,
where his bond for SO,OOO was
arranged and given, his bondsmen
being J. H. Moore and E. Jones,
both of Madison. As will be re
membered the charge against
Smith is illicit distilling and com
plicity in the murder of officer
Hendrix. As soon as the bond,
which was for illicit distilling,
was given and the prisoner was
freed he wa9 immediately rear
rested on the other charge, and
the authorities would not allow
him to give bond in this case.
It was not considered advisable
to place Smith in the Greensboro
jail with Oscar Sisk, who is held
on similar charges, and he was
brought to Winßton and placed
in jail there, where be will await
a hearing before U. S. Commis
sioner Wolfe in Greensboro
Saturday.
; A representative of the Win
ston Journal called on Smith Jat
the jail soon after his arrival £and
interviewed him. The following
is taken from that paper:
The Journal representative
| found Smith in a communicative
' mood and he talked freely about
the affair. In response to a ques
tion as to why he was brought
here instead of being left in
Greensboro, the prisoner said
that the authorities were afraid
for him to be in the same jail as
Sisk.
Smith is n shrewd looking man
of medium stature and rathei
stout. He does not look in the
least like a criminal. He is ap
parently about 40 years old. He
has grown a full beard since he
has been dodging the revenues
and he thought that this natural
disguise was sufficient to prevenl
recognition by his friends.
Smith said that he had not
been away from home more than
a day or two at the time since tin
shooting of Mr. Hendricks, ant
that he never had any idea oi
leaving his family, although h
thought that he could have lef
America all right without beinj
apprehended by the government
He laughed at the revenue officer
for their stupidity, as he callec
it, in thinking that he would gc
to DakotH where his brother
lived with a reward of SI,CXX
hanging over him.
After learning that the govern
ment had authorized District At
torney Holton to institute libe
proceedings against the owners ol
lands upon which illicit distiller
ies were found, Smith sent for i
surveyor and had. his land, abou
275 acres, surveyed to sec i
there were any distilleries on hii
place. He said that he did no
intend that the governmen
should confiscate his land.
He admitted that he visitec
Madison several times while dodg
ing the revenue officers. Askec
if he came to Winston-Salem af
1 ter the killing of Mr. Hendricks
the aaid that he did not, Aftei
I being told that an officer here
> claimed to have been within three
' minutes of him one eveuing,
. Smith said that it was absurd foi
; any one to think that he would
- como to thia city under suoh cir
oumsUnoes unless it was for the
purpose of surrendering.
Smith would evade answering
questions as to his whereabouts on
the day Mr. Hendrix was killed,
though bo ridiculed the statement
that he was standing in fifteen
yards of Hendricks with a shot
gun in his hand and instead of
using the gun shot Mr. Hendricks
with a pistol. He said that any
jury would laugh if any such tes
timony as tbis was brought up
against him.
"Did you intend for Deputy
Sheriff Pratt to arrest you ?" Smith
was asked.
"Not if I could prevent it. You
see, I have grown a full beard and
I didn't think that Pratt would
know me since I have passed him
several times recently and he did
not recognize me. I spent Thurs
day night near Madison. I was on
my way to Greensboro, where I
expected to give myself up to
Marshal Milliksn. I thought I
would walk into his office and ask
if any one by the name of Jim
Smith was wanted; then I would
tell him that I was the man.
"My wife reoeived a letter from
the authorities 'in which it was
stated that I could be released on
a $2,500 bond. I got the bond
signed up before I started to
Greensboro. But when they went
to go my bond in Greensboro to
day they made it $5,000, claiming
that the increase was made because
I did not surrender. I told the
district attorney that I was not
sure whether I could give the
SS,O(X) bond or not. But it was
easy. After he found that I could
give the bond he set about to hold
me anyhow, bringing this other
oharge against me.
"We wanted to have the case
tried immediately, but they would
not hear to this, so 1 will have to
remain here until next Saturday.
This is the first time I have ever
been behind the bars, but I guess
I can stand it for a few days."
Smith stated emphatically that
he did not have anything to do
with the killing of Hendricks. He
said further that lie had not han
dled whiskey in any shape for
the past five years.
He was severe in his condemna
tion of a man who would give
news to the revenue officers about
, the location of illicit stills. He
; said that puch a person was not at
, all rospected in the Smithtown
i section. "I had rather be here in
1 jail." said Smith, "than to be a re
i porter for the revenue officers."
; Smith said that there had not
) | been much blocking in the Smith
town section during the past two
or three years, because, he ex
plained, there are not msny peo
l pie left there to make the fire
f water. Most of the old blockers
arc either in Atlanta or gone to
a other States to live.
t From Smith's conversation it
I j was evident that he has kept up
s with the movements of the rev
t enue officers. He has been read
t ing the paper?, too, for he said a
great many hot air articles had
, been printed about Smithtown,
which, ho declared, was as good
I at.d law-abiding community as
there is in the country with the
, exception of u few illicit distilling
r plants.
o It is understood that the gov
-3 eminent will not pay the SI,OOO
' reward unless it is ordered by the
attorney general because it is be
lieved by the authorities that there
e was an agreement between Pratt
and Smith.
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