DANBURY REPORT-iSR
Volume L.
PENSION CHECKS
FOR EX-SOLDIERS
Being Sent Out To Old Confed
erates of Stokes This Week—
Number Grows Less Each
Year.
The pension checks for the old
Confederate soldiers were sent
out last week by the State to the
clerks of the Superior court in
the hundred counties of the
State.
The checks for the Stokes
confederates were received by
Clerk of the Court Fagg last
week and arj being mailed out
this week.
The old soldiers now receive
checks twice each year. There
are fifty-eight in the fourth-class
in Stokes and none in the :*rd,
'2nd or Ist classes. The fourth
class receive $5-.50 semi-annual
ly.
In the county there are 72
widows in the fourth-class and
one in the first-class.
The total amount paid to
soldier? and widows in Stokes i?
about s'>,'■'oo. Ml for each six
months.
Each year the number of
soldiers and widows in the State
grows less, as'the old veterans
are rapidly answering the final
roll-call.
•
Stokes Commissioners
May Buy Mules
It is learned that the count}
commissioners are considering
the purchase of a number of
teams with which to do road
work in the county. The work
now being carried on is all being
done by contractors who are
furnishing their own teams. The
proposed plan of buying team?
would probably not interfere with
the contract work being done,
but the new equipment would be
put on other roads to be built.
Death of Mrs. Mcßride.
Mrs. Cleve Mcßride. who
resided four miles north of Wal
nut Cove, died Saturday after an
illness of a short time with in
fluenza. She was aged about 24
years and is survived bv her
husband and several children, as
well as a number of other rel
tives.
County Commissioners
In Special Session
The Board of County Commis
sioners were in special session at
the court Saturday, settling with
ex-Sheriff H. D. Turpin.
Former Stokes Lady
Dies In High Point
Mrs. Thelma Hylton, wife of
Mr. Tom Hylton, died Friday
morning at her home in High
Point, following an operation for
apnendicitis.
Mr. and Mrs. Hylton are
natives of Stokes, having re
moved to High Point a few years
since.
The remains were brought to
Stokes and interment made at
the family burying ground near
Campbell on Saturday.
STUART MAYOR
IS VINDICATED
Former Stokes Man Made Mem
ber Virginia Board Of Health
—Other News Of Our Neigh
bor County Of Patrick.
Stuart Enterprise.
The theft of 50 gallons of
brandy from the office of Mayor
F. P. Burton sometime ago was
aired and completely investiga
ted at this term of the circuit
court.
Judge Clements announced
from the bench that from what
he had seen in the newspapers
and had heard since coming here
concerning this matter, that in
justice to both the officers on
whom suspicion had been cast
and the commonwealth as well,
it should be thoroughly investi
gated, and he delivered a special
charge to the grand jury to
make such investigation arid re
port their findings to the court.
On Wednesday afternoon and
Thursday the Brand jury heard
a number of witnesses on the
matter and returned an indict
ment against Mayor F. P. Bur
ton for storing and transporting
ardent spirits ana against Con
stable B. P. Phillips for aiding
and abetting in the thel't of the
liquor, and against Hunter Eanes
for the theft of the liquor in
question. It should be stated
at this point thnt there was not
a syllable of evidence introduced
before the grand jury charging
either of the officers with parti
cipation in the crime but the
indictments were returned pure
ly upon hearsay, largely as a re
sult of skilfully conducted pro
paganda against the officers and
by a divided vote of the grand
jury.
Mayor Burton and Constable
Phillips immediately appeared in
court and demanded trial at once
of the charges brought against
them, and this was granted by
the court. However, the at
torney for the commonwealth
asked that the cases be laid over
until Monday, Dec. 11th, to give
him time to summon witnesses,
which was granted.
On Monday the defendants ap
peared again, delayed on motion
of the prosecution on the grounds
that Hunter Eanes, a witness
against the officers, had not been
found. He was brought into
court Tuesday afternoon, and the
cases were put on trial. No
jury was called, but the cases
were presented directlv to Judge
Clement himself. The common
wealth introduced two witnesses
against Phillips, namely T. C.
Barksdale and W. S. Gilbert, and
one witness against Burton,
namely Hunter Eanes. At this
point the Judge announced that
the commonwealth had failed
absolutely to make any case
against the defendants, that it
was not necessary for the de
fendants introduce any testimony
and that the charges against
them were dismissed.
The friends of these officers, I
who have been very active in en
forcing the prohibition law in
this county, will be glad to learn
that they have been thus com-
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, Dec. 20, 1922
STOKES MEN GET
. INTO TROUBLE
John A. Young and Ross Gann
Reported To Have Been' Ar
rested By Federal Prohibi
tion Officers Last Week.
Reports reaching here this
week are to the effect that John
A. Young and Ross Gann, promi
nent citizens of Beaver Island
township, Stokes county, were
arrested near Sandy Ridge one
day the past week bv Federal
prohibition agents when ten gal
lons of whiskey was found in
the car they were driving. It
is also learned that the men were
given a hearing at Madison and
placed under bonds of SSOO each.
The car was also seized, it was
reported.
John A. Young is a former
deputy sheriff of Beaver Island
township, having served under
both Sheriff Shelton and Sheriff j
Turpin, while Ross Gann is a
prominent merchant and farmer
of the same community.
Work Started On
Road To Campbell
One of the county's road forces
was last week placed on the road
leading from Lawsonville to
Campbell and on to the Virginia
line. One of the county's big
tractors and several of the coun
ty prisoners are at work on the
road.
pletely vindicated and the
charges against them found to
be utterly without foundation.
The case against Hunter Eanes
was continued until the next
term of court upon motion of the
defense.
Com'th vs. Roy Tatum, in
dicted for murder of Ernest
Gray, tried by jury and sent to
the penitentiary for 15 years.
Cutler Hvlton indicted in con
nection with the same crime,
was sent to the penitentiary for
five years by agreement and
George Hill given six months in
jail also by agreement.
In this connection it might be
stated that there are now eight
prisoners in Jail here awaiting
transportation to the peniten
tiary.
An injunction was granted
against L. P. Grogan restraining
him from selling any more of
his tobacco outside of the Organ
ization.
Our townsman, Mr. T. J.
| George, received a communica-
I tion from Governor Trinkle last
i week advising him of his ap
j pointment as a member of the
State Board of Health for the
j fifth Congressional District. It
is learned that this- honor came
very unexpectedly to Mr. George.
The State Board of Health has
charge of all the health and sani
tary work carried on in this
State under the chairmanship of
Dr Ennon G. Williams.
The friends of Mr. George
have been urging him for mem
ber of the State Highway com
mission for which he is well
qualified and this section of the
State is clearly entitled to rep
resentation-
KOHLOSS WANTS
MORE OFFICERS
With An Officer For Each
County He Thinks There Can
Be Real Enforcement of th ;
Prohibition Laws.
Salisbury, Dec. 16—"If the
federal prohibition force in North
Carolina were doubled and state
and county officials doubled their
resolution to co-operate with us,
it would be possible to have a
real enforcement of the Volstead
act," R. A. Kohloss. federal pro
hibition director for North Caro
lina, declared today.
Instead of approximately 50
men operating in different sec
tions of the state, the enforce
ment brigade should be large
enough to place a man in each
county, the director said.
"Making raids is one of our
easiest duties when compared
| with others,"he continued. "The
j difficult job is obtaining cor
! rect information a s to the loca
tion of stills, bootlepcers and
-liquor runners. With 01:r men
:on the jump most of the time,
iwe are handicapped in this
respect.
I "At present we are centering
our operations in the western
part of the state, and in many
counties are receiving excellent
co-operation from county and
state officials."
, K t ports from Washington of
ficials at'e to the effect that pro
hibition enforcement in North
Carolina leads a number of other
j states and that the year's opera
j tions will establish a record here.
| "With our force doubled,"
| said the director, "and with
! j every county and state official
i cooperating with us, we could
1 better our present record and
show other states a real, far
' reaching enforcement of the dry
laws."
11l In Hospital
At Winston-Salem
Manie Stephens, the young
son of Mr. and Mrs. Jas.
Stephens, of Route 1, who re
cently shot himself in the arm
accidentally and was carried to
Lawrence hospital in Winston-
Salem, is reported to be des
perately ill with pneumonia.
Announcement
Owing to rain, The Old Maid's
Club will be given again at Flat
Shoal school house Wednesday
night, Dec.27, at 7 o'clock.
If it is raining Wednesday night it
will be given the first clear night.
Hot chocolate, coffee, cake, pies
and sandwiches served after play.
Everybody is invited.
MRS. MILDRED ALLEY,
Teacher,
The Danbury school closgd
December 20th for the holidays
and will open Jan. 2, 1 ( .'2->. Miss
McCollum will spend the holidays
at her home near Reidsville, and
Miss Morefield will spend the
Christmas at Walnut Cove and
Greensboro.
H. H. Leak, cashier of the Rank nf
Stokes County at King, was a busi
ness visitor here today.
ASK LEGISLATURE
FOR $15,000,000
To Recommend Three Cent Tax
On Gasolene Legislative
Committee Of Highway Com
mission Holds Meeting.
Raleigh, Dec 15—The state
highway commission will ask the
general assembly to increase the
state highway bond issue from
fifty to sixty-five million dollars,
increase the tax on gasolene from
Ito -i cents on the gallon, place
all interest money from highway
funds to the exclusive credit of
the commission for its own use
and empower the commission
to compel the construction of
underpasses or overpasses at
dangerous grade crossings and
to force the railroads to pay one
half the cost of construction.
The legislative program was
agreed upon at a meeting today
of the commission's legislative
committee, composed of chair
man Frank Page, Guv. Rule A.
Doughton, W. A. McGiit, J.
Elwood Cox and W. C, Wilkin
son. Presentation of the pro-
gram to the general assembly
has been left by the committee
to Chairman Page, tiovernor 1
Doughton and the commission's
attorney, Walter Cahoon.
The committee took no action ;
on Governor Morrison's recently ;
announced proposal io ask the
general assembly to provide a
sinking fund to meet state bonds j
as they come due. It was ex
plained that a majority of the
commission favor the principal
of the sinking fund but look up
on it as purely a legislative mat
ter and not falling within their
realm of recommendations
The legislative committee met
especially to prepare its program
for the next legislator but while
|in session it authorized two
pieces of road work entirely as a
means of relieving the labor
problem at New Bern as the re
sult of the recent fire. Com
missioner Cameron procured
authority for a ten-mile hard
surfaced stretch from Ft. Barn
well to Jasper, east of New
Barn, to cost $300,000 while
Commissioner McGirt received
authorization for the construc
tion of a 15-mile stretch, sand
clay, between Jacksonville and
the Jones county line costing
approximately §150,000. Con
tracts for these stretches will
be let in January. The Fort
Barnwell-Jasper stretch nearly
completed the hard surface au
thorization from Raleigh through
to New Bern, while Commis
sioner McGirt's new road will
open construction on the entire
highway from Wilmington to
New Bern, the other stretches
being now under contract.
The increase in the bond issue
had previously been decided upon
by the commission in order to j
wind up odds and ends of the
highway program but today's
action brings it definitely into
the general assembly's program
of work. The tax increase on
gasolene is for the purpose, it
was announced of fully providing
, payment of expenses of the com-
No. 2,646
TOBACCO SALES
FOR THIS YEAR
Average Price In North Caro
lina So Far this Year Has
Been $27.6G Per Hundred
Pounds.
Raleigh, Dec. 16. —The inde
pendent tobacco markets operat
ing in North Carolina this year
have reported 1>6,600 559 pounds
of producers' tobacco sold to
December 1. Last season the
producers' sales, to the same
date, were 179,601.628 pounds,
when all the farmers' tobacco
was being disposed of at the
sales of warehouses.
The average price of all sales
for the season, to date, is $27.66
per hundred. Last season all
sales for the jear averaged
$-4.57 per hundred, or three
cents per pound less than this
season.
King- News Items.
King. Dec. I sl . —Fred E. Shore,
who has been very sick at his
home for several days is
able to be back on the job at his
store.
L. R. Newsum's new home
south of town is nearing com
pletion.
S. W. Pulliam has purchased
from J, E. Newsum ten acres of
farm land lying just west of
town, consideration $1509.
Personals From
Sandy Ridge
Sandy Ridge, Dec. 11—People
around here are very busy fixing
for Christmas.
Misses Nannie Ethel Mitchell
and Mr. Fred Mitchell, of Dil
lard, spent the week end with
Miss Georgianna Hawkins.
Those who visited Miss Nellie
Wall Sunday were Misses Vera
j Berry and Fannie Wall; Messrs
Joe Stultz, Tallie Martin and
Jim Ward.
Those who visited Miss Nan
nie Steele last Sunday were
Misses Alpha llutcherson, lunice
and Fannie Steele; Messrs. Car
less Martin, Otis and Harry
i Steele.
mission, interest on the bonds
and the maintenance of an ade
quate fund to keep up the con
structed roads without resorting
to an ad valorem tax.
The law the comnyssion wants
empowering it to force the con
struction of underpasses and
overpasses will provide that
'"when it becomes necessary to
avoid danger to life. property or
limbs of citizens" on state high
ways to construct overpasses or
underpasses the commission shall
have the power to compel the
railroads to construct it upon the
condition that the commission it
self agree to pay one-half the
cost.
The commission will also ask
additional powers to enforce reg
ulations of the commission, and
several minor changes in the
highway act as now constituted
will be asked to clarify the statute
and empower the commission to
more fully execute the demand®
of the law.