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DANBURY REPORTER Volume L. WINSTON-SALEM MAN FOR TURPIN Former Resident Of Stokes Gives His Views On the Po litical Situation Here. Editors Danbury Reporter : I was born and raised a citizen of Stokes county, but for many years [ have been among the absent, having resided here since leaving my native county. I am a regular reader of the Reporter, and am always inter t'sted in the happenings of my native county and feel the wannest interest in its welfare. I have especially been interested in Stokes county for the last year or two, since the old county has attained some unpleasant notoriety in the outside world. 1 have lately read the communications in the Reporter with reference to po litics, and am frank to say that my sympathies are strongly on the side of your present Sheriff in his fight for his political life in the coming election. There are many former Stokes county people, not only in Winston-Salem, but in other towns and cities outside of Stokes county, who are watching the effort made by the better element of Stokes county, of both political parties, to vindicate the good name of the county. I have always voted the Democratic ticket, but I can frankly say that if I lived in Stokes county now I would cer tainly cast my vote for Turpin for Sheriff, under the peculiar circum stances. I cannot see why any Dem ocrat cannot justify voting for Tur pin, even on political grounds, since he was suppored by such a large pro portion of the intelligent and law-re specting Democrats in the county /.onvention. And 1 cannot see why any Republican cannot justify voting for Turpin on political grounds, as he proved to be by far the strongest man before the Republican conven tion, ar.d it was only by an unfair combination against him by the poli ticians that he was not the nominee. But the real reason that all per sons regardless of political party, both male and female, should vo'» for Turpin is that he picked up the good name of Stokes county when it was trailing in the diri and has held it high enough to comii airl the re spect and admiration of the State, and has made a record for law-en forcement which the State prohibi tion enforcement head says is not ex celled in the State. I hear it said that the Republi cans would not have Turpin. But why wouldn't they have him ? What lias he done to be cast down ? I have never heard but one charge against the man yet, and that is that he has enforced the law. Then if the Republicans would not have him because he has carried out the law anil upheld the good name of the county, then it is high time for every good citizen, regardless of party, to come to the rescue of Stokes county's good name, and keep in office a servant who has done well. If he is defeated at the polls, with no charges against him except that lie enforced the law, no matter who is elected, the news will go out to the world that Stokes county is really and truly at heart with law lessness and crime, and the stain upon the good name of the county will be hard to wash out. FORMER RESIDENT. P. S. : —I dislike, publicity and do not care to have my name published, but if any person is interested you are at liberty to disclose the author of this article. Winston-Salem, N. C., Oct. 12, 1922. Former Stokes Woman Dies In Guilford County Mrs. Mittie Mabe, wife of James Mabe, died at her home in Guilford county, Kernersville, last Fri day after a very short illness, leaving an infant less than a day old. Mr. and Mrs. Mabe removed to Guilford from Stokes only a few years since. Mrs. Mabe was an excellent chris « tian woman. She is survived by her husband and eleven* children, besides a great many other relatives in the county. The funeral and interment » was held at the burying ground near the I home on Saturday. ICAR IS WRECKED AT GERMANTON Driver Blinded By Lights Of Another Machine Runs Into Pitch But Nobody Hurt— News Of Germanton. Germanton, Oct. lfi.—A very pe culiar accident occurred here late (Saturday evening when the new [Ford car which William Duggins, of [Ogburn station, was driving, turned turtle. Mr. and Mrs. Duggins trd j four children were on their way to | visit Mrs. Duggins' parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Hauser, when nearing the village at the railroad crossing the lights of an approaching car so blinded Mr. Duggins that he turned too far to the right into a ditch, which overturned the car, complete ly demolishing the top, breaking the windshield, and otherwise damaging the machine. Fortunately not one of the occupants of the car received a scratch. Mrs Frank Petree and children, Frances and Phil, spent a part of last week visiting in Walnut Cove. Dr. and Mrs. C. J. Helsabcck at tended the funeral of their uncle, Rufus Slate, at King, last Thursday. Quite an epidemic of mumps, scarlet fever and diphtheria is re ported from different sections of the county. The schools at some points in the county are reported to be closed temporarily on account of the prev alence of these diseases. Harvey Boles, of Germanton Route 1. had his tonsils removed at a Wins ton-Salem hospital a few days ago. He is reported to be doing nicely. Hobert McGee and Miss Trudie Ashhy were unied in marriage heiv Sunday evening. Miss Irma Kurfees, a teacher at | Mineral Springs school, spent the week end with her mother, Mrs. J. IW. Kurfees. I Mr. and Mrs. Joe Merritt and 'daughter, Frances, of Winston-Sa llem, spent Sunday here with rela tives. I Mrs. S. M. James, who has been j quite ill for the past ten days, is able .to be out again. Miss Mary Taylor spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Spot Taylor, in Danbury. """————— r, Why We Should Consolidate Schools l The following from the Progres j sive Farmer may be of interest to I those of us who look forward to be j ter things for ourselves aid our | children: Men and women as a rule are ac customed to limit their active inter ests to the area of the school and the church district in which they live. This to them is "the neighborhood." Now in a little school district which j employs only one or two teachers, the neighborhood is not large enough to support many of the agencies of community life. There are not enough people living in the district [to support farmers' and farm wo [men's organizations, young people's clubs, musical features, library, lec tures, recreation, etc. Even if a teacher in a rule or two teacher school is persuadea to teach high school subjects to three or four boys and girls, the class is so small that there is little interest in the work. The teaching seems "dead" to the pupils as compared with the more inspiring instruction given in a consolidated school where there is a larger group of eager boys and girls in each class and where teacher and pupils feel the influence of this situ aion. Stokes Men Going To Montgomery County Watt Mabe, of Peter's Creek town ship, was a visitor here today. He is making preparation to leave some time during the coming month for Montgomery county, where he re cently purchased a good farm. Mr. Mabe has a 200-aere farm in Peter's Creek which he has not sold yet and which he will probably retain as he may not like Montgomery. He will be accompanied to Montgomery by John and Banner Mabe, who have also bought farms there. They will be located right near the little town of Star. Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, Oct. 18, 1922 CHAIRMAN PAGE IS ROAD BUILDER Two Miles of Hard Surface and Three Miles of Soil Road Per Day Is Going Some—Will Bring Big Returns To State. In Chairman Frank Page's little •chat Monday night to 30,000 people over the radiophone, he told them that the State's road building re sults daily in two miles of hard sur face and three of other construction, I and that the building from first to last requires 1(5,000 men. From the expenditures it can be seen, too, that this construction re quires about SIOO,OOO every week day, figures which we have veri- I tied. The State is therefore spend ing about $25,000,000 a year on I roads and is completing each day f> miles, or more than 1,200 every year, at the present rate. No wonder that people no longer are unintelligent enough to at tack the road construction program. .There are 160,000 automobiles in jthe State, not counting the 18,000 trucks. These all belong to North .Carolina, but it is safe to assume that 50,000 automobiles from other states every year use North Caro lina roads. And what these tourists can do byway of saying a good word for North Carolina, everybody can see. From California to Maine and from Minnesota to Alabama, ,the chorus of praise for North Caro lina is without discord. ! Many a business has collapsed on the verge of a magnificent success just because it lacked a little ready capital. North Carolina came dan gerously near doing the same thing when a little adversity struck it two years ago. The $75,000,000 put into schools and roads will come back with a billion of compound in terest. Five miles of finished road daily, SIOO,OOO paid to 10,0000 men, that is certainly going some.— Greensboro Daily News. OFFICERS MAKE BIG HAUL IN STOKES 130 Gallons Of Whiskey, Still and One Man Taken—Boo Gallons Beer Destroyed At Two Still Sites. Assisted by a couple of federal prohibition agents Sheriff H. D. Tur pin last week visited a number of sections of the county where distil leries were reported to be in opera tion. Near Campbell postoftice they captured ISO gallons of whiskey that had been hidden in the woods, the whiskey having probably been sent over into Stokes from Patrick county, Va. Near Dalton, this county, they cap tured a still and destroyed some beer. At the bridge across Snow Creek, 5 miles east of here, they captured a small quantity of whiskey. During the raid they poured out about KOII gallons of beer and destroyed other whiskey-making equipment. Meeting Of the Bible Study Class Written for Reporter. Quite a number of Christian peo ple met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. 'A. J. Fagg on Saturday evening, .October 14th, for the purpose of or ganizing a Bible Study Class. The parlor of the home, where the guests .were received, was artistically dec orated and arranged for the occasion, ithe decorations being potted plants and huge bowls of cut flowers. The [meeting was opened with a beauti ful prayer by Mrs. J. Spot Taylor, after which some time was spent in a Bible question contest, Mrs. Will | Fagg being the winner of first prize, a beautiful sacred picture. Next was a Bible picture contest, Miss Mary Taylor receiving the prize, a lovely bowl of cut flowers. After .this a delicious course of cake, hot chocolate, etc., was served by Mrs. Fagg, assisted by Mesdames Will Fagg, Toby Booth and William Mounce. Mrs. N. O. Petree has been very sick at her home here for some days, but is improving at this writing. AUTO WRECK IN KING SECTION Zeb Mai >e and Len Holder Have Narrow Escape—Mrs. Wade Boyles Seriously 111—Revival Meetings Close. King Route 2, Oct. 18.—Messrs. Len Holder and Zeb Mabe had a nar ow escape from death or serious in jury the past week while enroute to [King one night when their car turned lover with them. They luckily es caped with only a few bruises Mrs. Wade H. Boyles is seriously ill with pneumonia, we are sorry to know. Sheriff 11. D. Turpin captured a still near the Dalton depot on last Thursday night and destroyed a lot of beer. Dr. S. F. Tillotson and a partv of young men went 'possum hunting a few nights since. Doctor says they bagged four good ones. A protracted meeting closed at Mt. Olive Baptist church last Sunday. The meetings were conducted by Revs. L. W. Burrus and Mr. farter and were very successful. There were 28 professions. The Oak Grove school opened on Oct. oth. Miss Martha Brett, of Lumberton, is principal, and Miss Sadie Nance is assistant. The pupils are highly pleased with their teach ers and the methods of teaching they use. The fanners of this section are getting very much behind in sowing their wheat. It was first too dry and now it is too wet. SCRIBBLER. S. RUFUS SLATE PASSES AWAY Was Prominent Citizen Of the County King Manufactur ing Co. To Re-open On Full Time—Other King News. King, Oct. 10. —J. B. Swain, why represents the co-operative market ing association, will deliver an ad dress at the high school building here Oct. 21st, at 7:.'50 p. in. Mr. A. L. White is placing ma terial on the site on West Main St. preparatory to erecting a nice new home. Hubert Tuttle, of Virginia, is here visiting relatives. Mr. Samuel Rufus Slate died at his home here last week of heart failure. His age was sixty-nine years. He is survived by his wife [ and one daughter. Miss Ola Slate, who resides with the family, and one json, Nat Slate, who resides in Los : Angeles, Cal. The interment was j conducted from the Baptist church | here. Mr. Slate was one of our best citizens and will be greatly missed in the community. Mr. T. S. Petree, of Winston-Sa lem, spent Sunday here. The King Manufacturing Com pany, which has been closed down for some time, is preparing to re open on full time. This firm-makes a patented line of furniture. Tobacco Moving To Market Regularly Tobacco is moving to market now at a reasonable rate. The Winston market yesterday sold nearly half a million pounds. The figures vary only slightly each day. Prices are not unusually good but a majority of the farmers appear to be fairly well satisfied. While the average is very good there are not many farmers getting fancy prices. The highest is around 70c. per pound. J. B. Swain To Speak King Oct. 21st King, Oct. 15. J. B. Swaim, organ izer for the Farmers' Co-operative Marketing Association, is scheduled to deliver an address at the High School building in King on October 21st, at 7:30 o'clock, p. m. All far mers of the eommunty are cordially invited to come out ( hear Mr. Swaim. Frank L. Tilley, of Smith, was here today. Frank says he is rathrr unlucky, having purchased a Ford Saturday at the old price. SPEECH MAKING i AT STOKES FAIR rxi »JI viiUkj i niiv | : ,C. A. Reynolds, Mrs. Patterson . ! j and Others Address Voters— I Fair Is Good and Large At tendance Is Reported. . | A number of Danbury people are • attending the Stokes county fair at ■ King this week, and those who have » returned report that the fair is good I I in every respect with large attend-' • dance each day. | Yesterday was Winston-Salem day 'I at the fair, a large number of > prominent men and women of the Twin City being in attendance, i representing the chamber of com t merce and other organizations of'. • that city. I Also on yesterday there was pub f lie speaking inside the fair grounds, i Hon. C. A. Reynolds, national com - mitteeman of the Republican party; | Mrs. J. Lindsay Patterson, candidate ' . for Congress, and E. C. Jerome, can- | • didate for Solicitor, each delivered | i addresses on the political issues. 1 r Mrs. Patterson was introduced by > Mrs. J. Spot Taylor, of Danbury, who also make a short speech. j ; i ; SHOOTING AFFAIR ■ NEAR STOKES LINE 1 r ij One Negro Is Killed At Black ' r Jack Church—Three Others . Are Wounded—No Arrests Made So Far. * At a Baptist Association for col ored people held at Black Jack la>t Sunday, just over the Stokes line in ' Patrick county, a shooting affair oc- , curred at the close of the meeting in 4 which Raleigh Gray, colored, of Stokes county, was killed outright and three other colored men, whose 1 names wre not learned, were shot and dangerously wounded. It was re ported that two colored men, Hylton and Tatum, both fired at Gray, but ' it was not known which hit him, Both men made their escapo and have not been captured. Gru" re sided between Pine Hall and V. ti tut Cove. The Black Jack church is situated right near the Stokes and Patrick line and it is said that affrays are common at this church on the occas- L sion of the annual associations. I Madison Co-Ops Doing Good Business J Madison, Oct. 17.—Officials of the s co-operative warehouse at Madison s say that during the nine days their station has been open they have re t reived and graded more than live hun [] dred thousand pounds of tobacco. And the weed continues to come in . by automobile and wagon in a steady stream each day. The co-operative I . graders are about the busiest men n in town. The wrehouses are having | . sales also. s Madison is well represented on the : county Democratic ticket this year. ' Thomas R. Pratt, widely known mer- 1 chant and former county com mis- : sioner, may be one of the five who ' . will direct county affairs during the ' next two years. J. C. Brown, world | v | war veteran with a foreign service ii j record, and a leading attorney, may i become Rockingham's Senator in f j November. And Wade Gentry, loved e and admired by Democrats and Re f publicans alike, is as sure to be Reg- I ister of Deeds for the next two years V as he has been for the past two. s s Stills Sold To Junk Dealer At sc. Pound h The sixty-six copper stills cut up by SherifT Turpin here on the first - Monday of this month were sold B this week to H. Gordon & Sons, junk i dealers of High Point, the price 1 being five cents per pound. r ; y Ernest Nelson of Piedmont Springs '• was here yesterday, returning from a ! trip to Winston-Salem. He was ac-1 s companied by Mr. John Flinchum, of r Surry county, who is visiting his J brother W. H. Flinchum, at Pied- 1 mont Springs. No. 2,637* STOKES COURT CONVENES MONDAY Judge Harding Will Preside Over Both Criminal and Civil Terms—Dockets Are About Average In Length—Names Jurors Who Will Serve. The criminal term of Stokes Su , perior court convenes here next Mon day with Judge W. F. Harding' pre siding. There is a heavy docket to be tried, a number of offenders being in jail and still more out under bonds. The criminal term, with about the usual docket in size, will convene the ! following week, and each term will 1 probably consume about a week. As farmers are getting pretty well up with the work of taking care of their crops, etc., it is very likely that the attendance of spectators will bo j large. The jurors drawn to serve at the . terms of court were drawn sonio | weeks since and are as follows : FIRST WEEK—CRIMINAL TERM. | R. I). Hill, W. S. Ray, A. A. Jef j erson, of Big Creek township; S. A. 'Love, J. A. Mabe, Jas. R. Caudle, E. N. Phillips, 0. W. Barker, Madison Sisk, Coy Bennett, of Yadkin town ship; J. Wesley Hall, E. T. Lawson, R. T. Spencer, W. B. Doss, W. W. Rhodes, J. D. Flinchum, of Peter's Creek township; J. W. Petree, Silas Raton, Tom Fowler, J. F. Carroll, A. E. Meadows, of Meadows; Henry Adkins, of Beaver Island township; N. R. Page. A. R. Bennett, Randall Martin, of Quaker Gap township; Z. D. Hawkins, J. W. Joyce, L. 11. Duncan, Russel Ward, J. A. Waif, Sam J. Sh"lton, J. C. Joyce, f Snow Creek township; G. B. Moore, E. 0. Creakman, J. E. Bowman of Saura town township; Jack Alley, of Dan bury township. SECOND WEEK—CIVIL TERM. •J. F. Nelson and W. L. Fagg, of Peter's Creek township; W. R. Joyce, R. I). Dodson, R. O. Joyce, of Snow Creek township; R. W. Boles, D. T. Kutlodge, G. M. Allen, Jasper Slate, G. A. Jones, of Yadkin township; J. M. Boles, of Quaker Gap township; (i. R. Nelson, of Big Creek township; Drew Mabe, M. B. Taylor, W. H. Ash burn, of Sauratown township; M. L. Joyce and W. R. Reid, of Beaver Island township; J. D. Smith, of Dan bury township. CAR RUNS INTO WAGON TEAM Isom Nunn of Westfield Section Has Leg Broken When Car Driven By Mr. Tillev Hits His Wagon In Dark. I Mr. K. I). Smith, of Francisco, who was here Friday, told of a serious automobile accident whicl. occurred near Westfield last week. Mr. Isom i Nunn and his son were returning (from Mount Airy in a wagon whoa | a car driven Mr. Tilley, of West.- j field, ran into the wagon, breaking | Mr. Nunn's leg and injuring his son | slightly. Mr. Nunn is in a Mt. Airy | hospital. The accident occurred on the State highway between Westfield 'and Mt. Airy. Mr. Smith stated |While here that he had just pooled a load of his tobacco with the co-op erative warehouse at Pilot Mountain and was well pleased with the sys tem. Walnut Cove Lady Weds Wilkes Man Walnut Cove, Oct. 14.—Miss Eliza beth WoodrufT, of Walnut Cove, and Sheriff W. D. WoodrufT, of Wilkes county, were quetly married at the 0. Henry Hotel in Greensboro Thurs day afternoon, the ceremony being witnessed by only a few relatives and i friends of the couple. After a short bridal tour they will be at home at Hays, Wilkes county. The brid-j is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Woodruff, of Walnut Cove, and the announcemnt of her marriage comes 'as a surprise to her many friends, j Rev. J. T. Ratledge preached it ithe Methodist church Thursday even ing, this being his last appointment for the conference year He will no doubt be returned to the work on thin circuit as this is his first year here.
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