THE DANBURY REPORTER.
VOLUME XXXIII.
MOORE GETS FIFTEEN YEARS.
Verdict Of Murder In Second Degree Is
Submitted To and the Case Is Not Given
To the Jury=-Other Cases Disposed Of
During the Week.
Harden Moore, the negro who
ahot and killed William Christo
pher at Pine Hall last Christmas,
was today convicted of murder in
the second degree, and sentenced
by Judge Justice to a term of 15
- years iu the State prison. The
oase did not reach the jury, but
after hearing the testimony, the
defense tendered a verdict of mur
der in the second degree, which
was accepted by the State.
After three days of court, a large
□umber of cases have been dis
posed of, but many are yet on the
docket.
CASES DISPOSED OK
The following cases have been
disposed of :
State v. Numan Tuttle and
Oioero Voee, resisting officer. Nol
proa as to Tuttle. Capias sent for
Voaa.
State v. Cbas. Brown and Dave
Reid, disturbing religious congre
gation. Defendants pleaded guilty.
Fine, $lO and one-half oost each.
State v. Lam Mabe, assault with
deadly weapon. Defendant pleaded
guilty. Judgment suspended up
on payment of cost.
State f. Andy Brown, assault
with deadly weapon. Defendant
pleaded guilty. Judgment S2O and
ooet.
State t. G. L. Simmons, seizing
crop. Not guilty.
State v. Willie Joyce, retailing.
Defendant pleaded guilty. Judg
ement S2O and oost. (There were
three other cases on the same
charge against Joyce. In two of
these, judgment was suspended on
payment of oost. In one, prayer
for judgment was continued on
payment of cost and bond of SIOO
given for appearance at the next
term.)
State v. Frank Martin, retailing,
guilty, defendant pleaded guilty.
Judgment 8 months on roads, or
fine of $75, and bond of SIOO to
next term.
State v. Riley Lawson and Dick
Joyce, affray. Defendant pleaded
guilty. Judgment $5 and cost.
State v. Thomas Burrow, carry
ing concealed weapon, defendant
pleaded guilty, fine slJ> and cost.
In two other charges against de
fendant for the same offense,
judgment was suspended on pay
ment of cost.
State v. Garfield Haireton,
John Hairston and Ernest Gib
son, affray. Ernest Gibson plead
ed guilty. Fined $lO and one
third of cost. One-third of cost
as to the others.
State v. Garfield Hairston, car
rying concealed weapon, defend
ant pleaded guilty, judgment
suspeuded on paymeut of the
cost.
State v. Frank Martin, prest.,
defendant pleaded guilty, judg
ment suspended upon payment
tho wrtt-
State v. Robert Joyce, John
Joyce, Billy Rhodes, and Luther
Rhodes, affray, all guilty. Robt.
J»yce and William Rhodes to pay
Hfie of $15.00 oaoh and one-fourth
of coat. As to the others, one
foorth of t'he cost each.
State r. Wyatt Lawson, keeping
bawdy houae, guilty. Fined S6O
and all coat, and to file bond in
tbs sum of $250 for appearance
for two terms,
k » Stats T. Robert Franoia, carry-
OT log concealed weapon. Defend
ant pleaded guilty. Judgment $lO
and cost.
State v. John Hairston, larceny.
Guilty, 10 months on tire road.
State v. Morgan Goin, Robert
Goin, Jeff Goin, Henry Wilson,
Will Pike, affray. Guilty as to
Morgan and Jeff Goin. judgment
pending.
State v. John Mabe, (son of
Bob), Nick Lankford, Willie Dil
lard, and Gid Mabe, affray. Nol
pros as to Dillard. Other defend
ants pleaded guilty. Fine $5
each and one-third of cost each.
State v. Ben Hairston, retailing,
guilty. Prayer for judgment con
tinued upon payment of cost and
bond to be filed in the sum of
SIOO for two terms.
State v. John Hill, retailing,
judgement suspended upon, pay
ment of cost,
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MOUNTAIN VIEW.
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Mtn. View, May 4. —Mrs Jas
per Slate is visiting relatives at
Pinnacle and Mt. Airy this week.
Mrs. W. A. Petree returned
Saturday from a week's visit to
her parent* near Pilot Mountain.
Mr. and Mr*. J. E. Slate spent
Saturday at Mr. Bill Baker's near
Germanton.
Mr. and Mrs. Kelley Anderson
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
V. T. Hartgrove.
Mr. S. F. Gordon visited rel
atives here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Gaston W. Mea
dows spent Sunday at Mountain
View.
Mrs. Zephrey Johnson and
Miss Hessie Carroll spent Mon
day and Tuesday at Pilot Mt.
ahopping and visiting friends and
relatives; they report a delightful
visit.
The many friends of Miss
Clemmie Kiser are glad to knoq
that she is imßoving, after being
quite ill of appendicitis.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ferguson
visited Mrs. Ferguson's father,
Mr. Abram Lewis, Sunday.
Mr. A. S. Voss returned Sun
day p. ru., from Rose Bud, where
he has a singing class.
Several of our people are ex
pecting to attend the commence
ment at Germanton Thursday and
Friday
FAITH.
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Apron Party at the Home of Mr.
and Mrs. J. Walter Tuttle.
King Route 1, May 6.—The
young people of this section were
entertained at an Apron Party at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Wal
ter Tuttle Saturday night. Mr.
Jno. Wade Johnson was awarded
the prize for the most efficient
work, which was a handsome tie.
Among the ladies present were
Missto Claudia Johnson, Ula
Rutledge, Dera Tuttle, Maggie
i Boyles, Mallie Johnson, *Effie
Gentry, Effie Tuttle, Mary Gib
son, Pearl Tuttle, Hattie Gibson.
Some of the gentlemen were
Messrs Bluford Tuttle, John
Smith, J. W. Johnson, William
Gibson, Walter Bennett, Simeon
Pulliam, Will Tuttle, De Cook
and othere.
Mr. Sam Stuart, who bolda a
position with Messrs. Rogera &
McDowell, at Winston, is spend
iug a few days at his home here.
Mr. Wada Carroll paid the Re
porter a pleasant visit yesterday.
DANBURY, N. C. f MAY 7, 1908.
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Elsie Sheppard. Georgia Sheppard
There are no prettier and brighter children in the ,
counts ' IIHQ Elsie and Georgia, the two little girls of Mr.
and Mis. E. C. Sheppard, of Lawsoaville, shown in the
above picture. Elsie and Georgia are both fond readers
of the Reporter, especially of the Children's Department,
and are among the paper's most valued little friends.
A Few Of those Who Arc Attend
ing Court this Week.
Among those who are attending
court this week Are the following
good citizens of the county:
G. W. Siminoos, J. W. Lackey,
C. H. Sheppard, R. P. Joyce, J.
B. Woodruff, J. Wilson Mitchell,
J. G. H. Mitohell, Walter Flyut,
Ed Mitchell, J. T. Tuttle, James,
Wall, J. H. Campbell, James
Rierson, J. G. Shelton, Powell
Mabe, H. C. Lawrence, C. C.
Campbell, Robert Johnson, C. M.
Bowman, Goo. Jojce, Alex Mer
ritt, S. F. Slate, Wallace Webster,
R. W. Slate, R. A. Covington, J.
G. Morefield, J. M. Vernon, W. H.
Kiser, J. W. Baker, D. A. Sim
mons, Robert Colemam, Z. R.
Sheppard, J. W. Shelton, L. B.
Boles, Asa Lewis, Wade Hicks,
Pleas Moretield, A. J. White, j
Joseph Coleman, J. W. Morefield,
J. S. D. Pulliam, J. W. Hutcber
son, R. W. Hill, W. M. Mabe,
John Mabe, A. J. Tilley, Wesley
Mabe, J. H. Fagg, R. E. Gibson,
H. C. Southern, J. W. Beasley,
B. A. Overby, J. E. Hutchens,
M. 1). Sizemore, and a great many
i others.
Work To Begin On Walnut Cove's
Cotton Mill—Coal Mining Opera-
I tions To Be Resumed.
Mr. Cabell Hairston, of Walnut
Cove, is here this week attending,
court. Mr. Hairston informs the j
. Reporter that tho work of survey- j
ing the sites for Walnut Cove's:
, cotton mill and other buildings to j
) be erected by the mill people will
, begin within the next few days,
the company having decided to |
erect the mill right away. Mr.
Hairston also stated that opera
tions in the coal mine at Walnut
Cove would be resumed right
away, and that the company would
1 make a thorough investigation
| this time before stopping the
work.
, 1 Congressional Convention Will Be
, Held June 10.
The Democratic executive com
i mittee of the fifth Congressional
. district met in Durham last week
and it was decided to hold the
Congressional Convention in
i Greensboro at 3 o'clock on the
'i 10th day of June.
Mr. J. E. Moore, of Patrick
i. Spring*, V*., spent Tueedajr night
here.
A Letter From Gann's. i
Ganns, May 5. Rev. W. A. (
Ward preached at the Dalton (
school honse today. Text 19th ,
chapter 2nd Chronicles 2:3; com- ,
bined with acts 16th cbapt., 16th {
verse. Preached an interesting and
instruction sermon. The latter
part of his talk was a strong ap
peal to the voters to vote for pro
hibition; thereby save the yonng
men.
Could not see how any Chris
tian could consistently and con
cientiously vote in favor of the
fmnufacture and ssle of intoxica
ting liquor. Ask the nice young
girls to turn their backs on young
men who would drink intoxi
cants to drunkenness. And we add
that it would be better for the
girls to live old maids than to be-
Icome the wives of drunken men.
The Bible speaks against
drunkness more than eighty times,
and not onto time in its favor.
Some of the anti-prohibitionists
say that "God put the liquor
here," but we say that be did not,
that when he created grain and
fruits, He put strength in them
Ito the end that they were useful
to mankind aud beast, and the
devil put it iuto mankind to dis
till them, and they have caused
the evils of liquor drinking and
not God.
We saw an advertisement a few
: days ago of a saloon proprietor 1
i wanting a bar tender, and he re- j
! quired the applicant to be a teto
toller. Wasn't that a good one
! against the sale and use of intoxi
' cants.
A short while ago there was an
election held in a town on the
liquor question, and when the
wets btepped out on the one
side the dries on the other, the
owner of the bar stepped out on
tho dry side, and when his custo
i mors of course were surprised, and
asked hiin if ho was not going to
vote with them, his customers, he
said when I see tho lino off on
, that side it is enough for me, no,
I can't vote with that crowd, and
he voted dry and went into a de
cent business.
Look back and you will find
that taws have beon made whon
the peoples conduct showod it to
be necessary for the protection of
society to pass the law, and the
time is here to pass a prohibition
law, and nearly all of the thinking
i people both male and female are
t tat the prohibition law to be voted
on the 26th of May.
THE SNOW CREEK BRIDGE.
MucfibTalked=Of Matter Finally Settled By
the County Commissioners===To Be Built
At Once—Other Matters Transacted By
the Board.
The Board of Commissioners
rere in regular monthly session at
he court house Monday, Messrs.
t. W. Shelton, W. M. Mabe
ml J P. Smith being present.
At this meeting it was definitely
lecided to construct the rnuch
alked-of bridge across Snow
)reek, five miles east )f Danbury,
he land holders on each side of!
he stream having offered to give
, right of way across their lands,
he road necessarily having to be ;
hanged. Tho commissioners at
>resent are undecided as to
vhether it would be best to build ;
i steel or wooden bridge. The
natter will be investigated and j
:ontract let for the erection of the
jridge as early as possible. The
shange in the road leading to the
iridge will be as follows :
Beginning at a point on the
public road between Mrs.
Nanojj, Pitzer's and ths ford at the
rutfulh of Snow Creek, about 100 j
yards up the river from said ford, j
an the lands of A. J. Smith, J. F.
Smith and J. D. Smith, thence
turning to the left in a northerly
direction, over the lands of A. J.
Smith, J. F. Smith and J. D.
Smith to Snow Creek, so as to
strike the said creek about 75
yards above the present ford at
the mouth of Snow Creek, thence
running a proper grade in an east
erly direction over lands of Mrs.
Emily Adkins, a distance of about
150 yards, intersecting the present
public road leading up the bill
from the mouth of Snow Creek by
way of Davis' ChUpd to Dillard.
A petition signed by H. H.
Reid, W. J. Adkins and others
was presented to the board asking
that a change be made in the pub
lic road leading from Red Shoal
ford on Dan River to Meadows, as
follows : "Beginning on the west
side of the river on the lands of
John Rierson and turning to tho
left of the present road, running a
proper grade around the hill on
the lands of John Rierson about
300 yurds to the lands of Joe Las
ley, and thence a proper grade
across the lands of Lasley to the
present road in a swag in said
road ou top of the hill, betweeu a
quarter nml a half mile from Red
Shoal ford." Tho petition was
granted and the road ordered to
be laid out aud constructed.
Another petition was presented
asking that the public road be
ginning at the creek near Joe
Robertson's und through by the
W. V. Shelton place out to the
Red Shoal road near Mrs. A. J
Jewell's be discontinued. The
commissioners refused to grant
this petition.
Dr. J. W. Neal, of Meadows
was employed for auother year a(
county physician at a salary ol
SIOO.OO a year.
Promiscuous claims were paid
as follows :
li. J. Petree, expense in bring
ing Hardin Mooro from
Winston, $ 11.HI
L. L. Lowe, J. P., examining
lunatic, 2.(X
IR. J. Petree, jail account for
j April, 35.7(
I Edwards & liroughton, rec
ord book, 9.5
H. W. Gordon, conveying Ed
Hill to Asylum, 35.01
(). W. Hanner, jailor, for board
of Hardin Moore while
in Winston jail, 12.0
W. R. Stephens, keeping
oonnty home for April, 84.9
Dr. J. W. Neal, eervioee a*
i
No. 1886
county physician 1 year, 100.00
Demo Smith, dynamite for
blasting j)ublio mad, 1.05
Danbury Reporter, printing
court calendar, 5.00
W. D. Tbomas, serving
road orders, 60
The following allowances were
( made to ouside paupers
Mary Mabe, $ 3.00
Fanny Plummer, 3.00
! ""James Riggs, 3.00
Nora Rierson, 2.00
Henry Hawkins, 3.00
Elizabeth DeH&rt, 2.00
Pine Hall.
j Pine Hall, May 4. When the
famous Evangelist, Mr. Sunday,
was preaching to a large congre
gation in the west a few days ago,
one of hia temperance sermons,
and in the midst of bis sermon he
oalled a little boy to the platform
and put his arms around the boy
j and aaid, "This ia my boy, who will
| help me save him from the curse
of strong drink." That great con
gregation of aiz thousand people
arose as one man and aaid, "we
will help you." Ob, that the men
of Stokes would see it in this way
> and riae to help aave their neigh
i bors boys from a curse worae
: than death.
> I The temperance entertainment
- j here on Easter Sunday night waa
.' a big aucceas.
t j The Reporter's efforts along the
t j line of the moral uplift of our peo
-1 ] pie, are to be commended by every
f reader. It should be every
. man's highest Ambition in this
life to 'make the world better,
j What a power for good a good,
r clean county paper can be.
Revenue officers Carroll and
1 i others were here last week on busi
ij uess
t Mrs. D. H. Tillotson is right
f | sick.
j Mr. Mebane Pariah, who has
I been off at a business college for
i some time, is back at bis old post
t with Messrs. J. C. Flinn & Son.
The farmers aeem to be using
3 ; more fertilizer than ever before,
j, Rev. W. A. Ward pasaed
i; through town last Sunday on hia
4 1 way to fill his appointment on the
II south side of the river.
8 We have some friends who are
o! opposed to prohibition. We be
t lieve these friends have never
J given this question the proper
. consideration. We look at it in
e this way. We certainly have noth
-3 ipg to lose by voting for prohi
e bition. There is nor never has
[_ been any good in the whiskey
e business. Where is the manout
t side of the man that sells it who
can ssy it has ever done him any
} good? Is there a man in Stokes
j county that it has not done harm
» in some way ? Let us vote to put
tho evil out of the way of the
coming generations. This ia a
test of our faith. Choose you this
I day whom you will serve.
j IT REACHED THE SPOT.
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Mr. E. Hamphrey, who owns a
J large general slore at Omega, 0.,
and is preaident of the Adams
; County Telephone Co., as well as
0 of twe Home Telephone Co., of
Pike County, O, says of Dr.
King's New Discovery: "It saved
my life once. Tt least 1 think it
did It seemed to reach the apot
® ; —the very seat of roy cough,—
, when everything else failer." Dr.
, King's New Disoovery not only
jq roaches the cough apot; it hitli
the sore spots and the weak spots
in throat, lungs and ohsat. Bold
under guarantee at all druggists,
500. and 91.00. Trial bottUfree.