DANBURY REPORTED
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Volume L.
STOKES POLITICS
TALKED OF
J. F. Spruill, Candidate For So
licitor, Expects Full Strength
Democratic Party and Some
Help From Republicans.
The following article in regard to
the race for the office of Sheriff in
Stokes is copied from the Lexington
Dispatch :
Davidson county voters are some
what interested in the race for
Sheriff in Stokes county, because of
the fact that Stokes is in this judi
cial district a;td the situation there
may have some effect on the race for
Solicitor, for which office J. F.
Spruill, of this city, is the Demo
cratic candidate.
Party issues have more or less
been forgoten in Stokes and "wet"
and 'dry'" are largely the watch
words of the campaign. Hamp Tur
pin, the present Sheriff, is running
as an independent and has strong
Democratic and Republican support.
J. F. Dunlap has been nominated by
the Republican convention, and Mr.
Fry by the Democrats. Mr. Fry is
said also to be a "dry," while the in
fluence of the "wets" in the Repub
lican convention is alleged to be re
sponsible for the nomination of
Dunlap over Turpin.
Sheriff Turpin was given office
when the Sheriff of Stokes county,
Mr. Shelton, was deposed from office
by the county commissioners after he
had gotten into considerable trouble
at Winston-Salem. Since taking of
fice Sheriff Turpin has sailed into the
blockaders in the hills of Stokes and
has captured outfits by the score,
with large quantities of whiskey and
supplies. He is continuing his war
fare against illicit liquor traffic
while conducting his campaign.
When the Republicans refused to
renominate him there sprang up a
strong movement to have the Demo
crats nominate him as their candi
date. After a hard fight in the Dem
ocratic convention this proposal was
voted down and Mr. Fry got the call.
Turpin then announced as an inde
pendent candidate and is appealing
to both Republicans and Democrats
on his record for enforcement of the
prohibition laws.
Mr. Spruill, who demonstrated his
popularity in Stokes county in the
Democratic primary, is keeping his
hands off of the county fight but is
keeping in close touch with the situ
ation, and it is believed he will poll
the full Democratic strength and
probably also draw some strength
from the Republican ranks because
of the split-up in party solidarity.
Successful Revival
At Davis Chapel
1 have just closed a very gracious
meeting at Davis' Chapel church, the
best country church on the charge.
Twenty-four persons were received
on profession of faith. It was the
liest meeting that has been in that
church on this charge in many days,
if not many years. Brother P. E.
Parker did all the preaching. Many
of those converts seem like new per
sons. They give every evidence of
conversion. Nearly all of these are
regular attendants upon Sunday
school. Under the hand of God the
Sunday school has had very much to
* do with their salvation. Many of my
neighboring churchmen say many
things against the Sunday school.
But I am sure that the Holy Spirit
has never lead or moved any one to
say anything against the Sunday
school. Brother Parker is appointed
as missionary evangelist. He wish
es to have the same relation next
year. I trust the Bishop will see
proper to re-appoint him to this work
and I heartily commend him to the
pastors serving mission charges.
That is the kind of work the Board
expects him to do. And he does it
well.
Fraternally,
\ J. J. EADS,
Pastor Circuit.
Duribucy, N. C., Oct. C, 1922.
Schools Opened Monday
The public school here opened
Monday morning with fair attend
ance. Misses Grace McCollum, .of
Rockingham county, and Essie More
field, of Walnut Cove, are the teach
ers in charge of the school.
FORMER STOKES
MAN DIES IN VA.
Seaton Houser Passes Away At
Dewitt, Va.—Rufus Slate Is
Seriously 111—Other News Of
King.
King. Oct. 9.—Mr. Seaton A. Haus
or, aged 55 years, of Dewitt, Va.,
passed away Saturday. Mr. Hauser
was a native of this community,
moving: to Virginia several years ago,
where he went into the mercantile
business. He dropped a revolver on
the lloor and the weapon was dis
charged, the ball striking- hint an 1
breaking the bones in his leg. He was
j carried to a hospital where he devel
oped pneumonia. The remains will
be brought here and interment con
ducted from Mt. Pleasant church, of
which Mr. Hauser was a member
from early boyhood until he re
moved to Virginia.
Several from here attended the
Winston-Salem fair last week.
W. T. Bowles, a hustling young
farmer, who resides just south of
town, harvested 555 shocks of soja
beans from a 5-acre field and therj
were 45 large two horse loads of the
beans.
Work on S. W. Pulliam's new dwel
ling on West avenue is nearing com
pletion.
E. P. Newsom returned yesterday
from a business trip to Winston.
Quite a number of farmers car
ried tobacco to Winston and to the
receiving station at Pilot Mt. today,
i W. Everett Hartman made a busi
'ness trip to Elkin today,
j Miss Claudie Stone, of High Point,
;is at the bedside of her mother, Mrs.
B. J. Stone, near here, who is very
'sick.
| J. S. D. Pulliam made a business
;trip to Winston today.
I Everything is in readiness for the
big Stokes County Fair, which
! comes off next week. Wednesday of
|next week will be Winston-Salem
i day and a large attendance from that
I city is assured on that day as there
'are so many Stokes people in Wins
ton-Salem. This will give them an
opportunity to meet old friends,
j S. Rufus Slate is very sick at this
I writing at his home here.
Mrs. P. J. Gunter, who has been
very sick, is slightly improved, we
are glad to note.
NOTED CRIMINALS
ARE PARDONED
Sidna Edwards and Friel Allen,
Members of the Allen Gang
Who Shot Up the Hillsville
Court, Turned Loose.
Richmond, Va., Oct. i>. —Sidna E.I
wards and Friel Allen, two of siv
men convicted of shooting up" .he
courthouse at Hillsville in 1912, were
given conditional pardons today by
Governor Tinkle, of Virginia.
At the same time the Governor .e
--fused pardons to Sidna and Wesley
Edwards, sentenced to 35 and 27
years' imprisonment, respectively,
for the affair in which the presiding
judge, T. L Massie, Commonwealth
Attorney, W M. Foster, Sheriff 1,. F
Webb, and a young woman were kil
led, and Dexter Goad, the clerk, and
several jurymen were wounded.
Sidna Edwards was under sentence
of 15 years and Friel Allen was serv
ing 18 years, both being convicted of
murder in the second degree.
Governor Tinkle, in announcing
the pardons to Sidna Edwards and
Friel Allen, declared that their pris
on record was without a mark during
the entire period of their confine
ment, that both are reformed young
men and will in the future lead law
abiding lives, and in addition, he was
lead to believe Sidna Edwards to be
of a rather weak mentality. He said
he believed the purpose of the law to
have been accomplished by the length
of the time they had served, and for
"these and other reasons was grant
ing them a new trial in life."
No Teachers Here
For Examination
Sunt, of Schools J. C. Carson was
here Tueiday for the purpose of con
ducting an examination of public
school teachers but there were no
teachers here and the examination
I was not held.
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, Oct. 11, 1922
M. E. CONFERENCE :VOTE ON PAY OF
CONVENES OCT. 18; THE LEGISLATORS
Monroe Is Preparing To Enter- People Asked To Say Whether
tain Hundreds Of Methodists j Or Not They Will Raise Pay
—Bishop Denny Will Preside! Of the North Carolina Law-
Over Conference. ! Makers.
Monroe, Oct. 9. Citizens of this j
city are bending every energy in
preparation for the meeting of the
Western North Carolina Methodist'
Conference, which convenes on
Wednesday, Oct. IS, and continues ,
until the following Monday. This
conference is not coining to Monroe ,
as a body of denominationalists, but,
as a great religious assembly in its .
annual meeting. It is the biggest,
assembly in State Methodism, and
usually convenes in the larger cities '
of the state, hut it has been invited
to Monroe this year, and the peo- .
pie of all denominations are co-oper- j
ating splendidly in their prepara- !
tions for its entertainment,
j Mayor Vann and Sanitary Com-1
missioner Trull are calling upon the I
people to clean up the city and have!
it spick and span before the 500 dele I
gates from all over Western North
Carolina arrive, since the impression
Monroe makes upon this body of
ministers and lay delegates will be
heralded among 125,000 people rep
resented by this conference.
This will be the 33rd ssssion of the
conference, and will be presided over
by Bishop Collins Denny, of Rich
mond, Va., who is one of the most
able preachers and also one of the
scholarly men in southern Methodism j
Bishop Denny was elected bishop at
Asheville in 1910 and this is his sec- j
ond time to preside over the Western i
North Carolina Conference. Prior to
his election to the bishopric he was
professor of philosophy in Vander
bilt University. He is a native of
[Richmond and his home is in that
city.
Mr. Kurfees Replies
To Mr. Bernard
Editor of the Reporter :
I see in your issue of Sept. 27th
that Mr. Bernard, (or "Claudius M.
Bernardie," as they call him down
east where he came from), still sur
vives, but shows signs of an early
demise.
I had hoped that his passing would
be painless, but he seems to be strug
gling rather hard.
Now, Claude, you fellows are not
troubled near so much over who
wrote the Flippin article as you are
over what it contained.
Mr. Flippin seems to have been
pretty well posted. He has a nice
line up on you hoys and knows how
to draw it to the queen's taste. But
right here 1 wish to repeat that I
do not deserve any credit, nor am 1
in any way responsible for Mr. Flip
pin's information. Neither do 1
have a monopoly on quotations from
Mr. Roosevelt. You should give
"honor to whom honor is due."
The readers of the Reporter will
nodoubt learn with regret that you
have decided not to write again, be
cause, if reports are true, every time
you write you- make votes for Tur
pin.
But perhaps Mr Turpin and his
friends can prevail upon you to write
a few more times and make it unani
mous for him by November 7th.
But listen, Claude, you say I am a '
"one idea man." Well, I shotUd I
think one idea on any subject is
a plenty, if it is the right idea. So
don't trouble yourself about the num
ber of ideas I have, but face the is
sue squarely and show that 1 am j
wrong, if you really think I am.
You talk as though this Turpin
idea is altogether .nine. You were |
never more mistaken in all your life, j
I am not leading in this fight, but'
am just a follower—following the !
good men and women of the county j
who are pleased with Mr. Turpin's
reputation as officer.
My work keeps me out of the
county most of the time; hence I
cannot take an active part ir county i
affairs, but I am not at all afraid to
follow the host of good men and wo
men—both Democrats and Republi- ;
tans, who are determined to uphold ,
Sheriff Turpin's record of law en- j
forcement.
JOHN W. KURFEES.
j Asheville, Oct. 10.-The Bun
combe county Board of Elections to
day notified all elections officials
!of the provisions made by the last
session of the general assembly for
an election to be held this fall in con
nection with the general election and
in which the people will decide wheth
er the representatives of the various
' counties in the legislature serve for
four dollars per diem or their pay be
'increased tQ $lO per diem,
j Since the present rate of pay is
not sufficient for ordinary living ex
penses incurred by the representa
tives while they are serving their
]constituencies it is believed by poli
jtieal leaders here that the public will
[vote for an increase for the legisla
jtors.
J. D. FULK LEGATEE
OF WIDOW McBRIDE
Will Of Old Lady Bequeaths
Property To Grandson.
Mrs. Mcßride, an elderly lady
about 75 years of age, widow of the
late William Nelson, and who was a
few years since married to Mr. Mc-
Bride, died at her home in Peter's
j Creek township last Thursday, after
i a lingering illness with complications
! incident to old age.
| It is learned that Mrs. Mcßride
left a will bequeathing her property
to her srandson, J. I). Fulk, with
whom she had recently lived. The
estate consists of about forty acres
of land, SI,OOO in cash, and consid
erable personalty.
Little Interest Shown
In Politics Here
The Republican county and legis
lative candidates are out this week
touting the county on a speaking
tour. It is stated that at most of
the appointments their audiences
are very small.
Hon. \Y. I). Siler, of Pittsboro, had
an appointment to address the Dem
ocratic voters here Tuesday night of
this week, but was forced to cancel
the appointment for lack of a suf
licent audience.
It is probable that as little inter
est is being shown in politics here
as has been the case in many years.
Two Arrests Made
By Sheriff Turpin
Sheriff Turpin arrested Bob Pratt,
of Sandy Ridge, Saturday on tin
charge of manufacturing whiskey.
Pratt gave a $250.00 bond for hi.-
a j pearance this week before Justice
•I. \V. A. Dodson, of Sandy Ridge.
Herman Bennett was arrested at
Walnut Cove Saturday by Sheriff
Turpin and taken to Winston-Salem,
where he is wanted on the charge of
giving a worthless check.
I Death of Little Girl.
| The little six-year-old daughter of
I Mr. and Mrs. Henderson Morefield,
lof the Walnut Cove section, died last
I Tuesday afternoon after a short ill
ness with something like cholera
morbus. The interment was held at
Clear Spring Baptist church Thursday
afternoon, a large number of sorrow
i ing relatives and friends being in at
tendance. Mr. and Mrs. Morefield
| have the sincere sympathy of their
: many friends in their bereavement.
New Garage For Cove.
! Walnut Cove is to have another
[automobile garage soon. Mr. John
Bailey, Jr., who has for some months
been operating one of the county's
big road tractors, will resign his po
sition on the 15th of the present
month to engage in the automobile
repair businsss on his lot in Walnut
iCove. For the present Mr. Bailey
i will use the building now on his lot,
;.nd in the spring will probably put
up a new building.
R. J. BUYS 54,000,000
POUNDS TOBACCO
Kentucky Co-Ops Make Huge
Sale Of Practically All Stocks
In Hand At Price Of Many
Million' Dollars.
It will be interesting news to
Stokes county friends of the Co-ope
rative Marketing Association, as well
as to all others, to learn that R. J.
Reynolds Tobacco Company this
week bought practically all of the
stocks of tobacco held by the Ken
tucky Burley Tobacco Growers' Co
operative Association, amounting to
54 million pounds. The price paid
by Reynolds is not known, though il
must have been close to 15 million
dollars. This was the biggest to
bacco deal ever pulled off.
Remarkable Progress
Of Education In N. C.
At a recent meeting, of the for
mer students of the North Carolina
College for Women at Greensboro,
President Foust reviewed the many
changes in North Carolina during
the past 25 or 30 years, especially
in the educational field. He de
clared that North Carolina was not
[the same State it was 25 years ago.
"A great State," he said, "is not
made up of soil, resources and cli
mate, but of an intelligent citizen
ship. North Carolina is a new and
different state because of the work
done by these pioneers thirty years
ago."
I Reviewing the tremendous strides
forward the state has made in agri
culture, manufacturing and various
lines of industry, Dr. Foust showed
how great were the changes . He
stated that in 1900 the elementary
and high schools of the state were
receiving a total of only $950,000,
whereas in 1922 about $20,000,000
would be spent on these schools. In
1900 only $47,000 was given in North
Carolina for the maintenance of its
[higher institutions of learning, and
only SB,OOO for enlargement of plants.
In 1921 the state gave $1,282,000 for
maintehance of these institutions
and $4,120,000 for enlargement.
This indicates, he said, that North
Carolina has at last realized her
power as a state, and that she can
do large things for her boys and
girls. She will do large things in
the future. There is a new social
consciousness, which places the in
terests of the community higher than
those of any single individual. North
Carolina is developing today a broad,
liberal democracy, and it has deter
mined that the boys and girls of the
state must be educated, he said.
President Foust expressed the be
lief that he would live to see three
things realized in North Carolina: a
school term for every boy and girl
of 8 or 9 months, a standard high
school in the reach of every child,
and adequate provision for higher ed
ucation so that every one who wished
might be able to get college training.
Preparing For
Hard-Surface Road
It is learned that work has been
started on the underpasses on the
road between Walnut Cove and Wins
ton-Salem, preparatory to hard
surfacing this road at an early date.
There are two of these undcrpasst
one just this side of Walkertown
and one just beyond the town. They
will eliminate the two railroad cros
sings at these points. It has been
stated that each of the underpasses
will cost between twenty and thirty
thousand dollars, the work being
equivalent to building a railroad
bridge thirty feet long in addition
to the cost of the excavation, etc.
Stokes Young Man
Under SSOO Bond
Citizens here from Peter's Creek
township today stated that Del ma
Clark, of that section, was arrested
Saturday on the charge of cutting
and mutilating the automobile of
Ernest Rogers, of the same section,
Clark being given a hearing in the
case before Justice of the Peace VV.
P. Ray, who bound him over to Su
perior court in a bond of $500.00.
No. 2,636
DENTAL CLINIC
PROGRAM FIXED
Dr. Foster, Of State Board Of
Health, To Visit Many Of the
Public Schools Of the County
To Care For Children's Teeth.
Appointments for Dr. Foster, of
the State Board of Health, have been
arranged for a large number of the
schools of the county, for the pur
pose of examining and treating the
teeth of the school children in the
county. The places and dates for the
clinic are as follows :
LAWSONVILLE SCHOOL HOUSE,
OCT. 10 TO 18.
Monday, Oct. 10, Lawsonville and
Sands' schools.
Tuesday, Oct. 17, Jute and Camp
bell schools.
Wednesday, Oct. 18, Smith and Ore
Bank schools.
DANBURY, OCT. 1!) TO 21.
Thursday, Oct. 19, Danbury school.
Friday, Oct. 20, Hartman and
Young school.
Saturday, Oct. 21, Moore's Springs
and Bennett schools.
FRANCISCO SCHOOL HOUSE,
OCT. 23 TO 25.
Monday, Oct. 23, Francisco school.
Tuesday, Oct. 24, Asbury school.
Wednesday, Oct. 25, Leak's and
I Frans schools.
j FLINTY KNOLL SCHOOL HOUSE,
OCT. 26 TO 28.
| Thursday, Oct. 25, Flinty Knoll
school.
I Friday, Oct. 27, Gibson and Brim
schools.
| Saturday, Oct. 28, Brown Mt. and
Boaze or George schools.
| PINNACLE, OCT. 30 TO NOV. 4.
Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 30 and
31, Pinnacle school.
Wednesday, Nov. 1, Volunteer
; school.
j Thursday, Nov. 2, Kallam and
Perch and Flat Rock schools.
I Friday, Nov. 3, Dry Springs
I school.
j Saturday, Nov. 4, Chestnut Grove
j school.
AIT. VIEW SCHOOL HOUSE, NOV.
0 TO 9.
Monday, Nov. 0, Mountain View
school.
Tuesday. Nov. 7, Capella school.
Wednesday, Nov. 8, Creson and
Mount Olive schools.
Thursday, Nov. ), Haw Pond and
Oak Grove schools.
MEADOWS SCHOOL HOUSE,
NOV. 10 TO n.
Friday, Nov. 10, Meadows school.
Saturday, Nov. 11, Stuart school.
GERM ANTON, NOV. 13 TO 10.
Monday, Nov. 13, Germanton
school.
j Tuesday. Nov. 14, Chaflin and Pal
myra schools.
Wednesday, Nov. 15, IVtree and
Flat Shoal schools.
Wednesday, Nov. 10, Friendship
and Pine Log schools.
WALNUT COVE, NOV. 17 TO 18.
Friday, Nov. 17, Tuttle and Piney
| Mountain schools.
| Saturday. Nov. 18, Oak Hill and
Fulp schools.
Pinnacle Bank Cashier
Marries At Chester, S.C.
Chester, S. C., Oct. 7.—A pretty
wedding was solemnized on Wednes
day afternoon at the home of Mr.
and Mrs William H. Lipford, when
their daughter, Annie, became the
bride of Roley R. Houck, of Pinnacle,
Stokes county, N. C. The ceremony
was witnessed by the family and a
few relatives. Rev. J. H. Yarborough
performed the ceremony.
The bride was attractive in a suit
of navy blue poiret twill, with ac
cessories to match. She is an at
tractive and popular young woman,
and has scores of friends who will
be interested to learn of her marri
age, as she has taught in several
sections of the States of both South
and North Carolina.
Mr. Houck, who is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. G. Houck, of Granite
Falls, N. C., is now cashier of the
Bank of Pinnacle, N. C. He is a
young man possessing many fine
[traits of character.