DANBURY REPORTER
Volume L.
MOST IMPORTANT ROAD
FOR STOKES AND FORSYTH
John D. Waddell Thinks It Is Time For Stokes To
Take Some Action In Regard To Meeting
Forsyth At County Line With Hard-Surface
Road.
Editor of the Danbury Reporter:
We frequently hear the question asked whether or not the county
of Stokes would meet Forsyth at the county line at Fulp with
a hard-finished road.
It seems that no one has been able to answer the question,
Forsyth's part of that road will be let to contract the first of Feb
ruary and it has alwaj 8 been the understanding of the people of
Forsyth that if the county built a hardfinished road to the county
line at Fulp that Stokes county would meet them there with the
same type of road.
Now in our opinion it is time something should be done bv Stokes
county in regard to this road. I have heard there is something
like $200,000 00 due Stokes county from the State for roads, and I
guess the present Legislature will issue road bonds to the amount
of fifteen million dollars. Stokes will be entitled to her portion of
the amount. Now with proper effort on the part of the leading
citizens of Stokes county the road can be built from Fulp to Dan
bury and probably to the county line of Patrick and Stokes. If this
is done, wo are sure that Patrick county will carry it to Stuart.
The people of Winston-Salem, the largest city in the State, are
anxious for this road, and Forsyth county will do all in her power
to have the road built. There is not a road that could be built in
either Stokes or Forsyth that would do either county the good that
this road will do. lam sure if the state knew the advantages that
wouid be derived they would favor the building of this road, and I
am told it would be connecting the county seats of three counties.
It' the leading citizens of Stokes county would only present these
facts to Hon. R. A. Doughton, we are sure the road will be built at
an early date.
Respectfully,
J. I). WADDELL.
County Commissioner of Forsyth County.
C. O. BOYLES
IS ILL AT KING
William Holder Kicked By Auto
and Injured—Co-Ops Turn
Loose Much Cash—Meeting)
()1 Telephone ('ompany.
King, Jan. 29.—The co-opera-;
tive farmers are receiving their;
second payment and it is turning
lots of money loose in this sec- j
tion. Most of the member# hero
are well pleased.
Mr. and Mrs. William Spain- j
hower spent the week end with j
relatives in Winston-Salem.
Mr. James Rumley, of Winston
Salem, spent Sunday with his
parents here.
Mr. William Holder, Jr., who
holdß a position with the Motor
Co. at Winston-Salem, is at his
home here on Depot street with
a oouple broken fingers, the re
sult of being kicked by an auto
mobile.
Mr. Fred E. Shore went to
Winston-Salem on business to
day,
Mr. A. L. W r hite has moved
into his new home in west end.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Tuttle, of
Rural Hall, spent Sunday with
relatives here.
The epidemic of flue in this
section is abating.
We are having the best school
here that we have had for several
years.
Mr- C. 0. Boyles, postmaster
here, is sick at his home, we are
sorry to note.
Mr. John Slate, of Winston-
Salem. is preparing to build a
new home here.
Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Caudle, of
Winston-Salem, spent Sunday
with relatives here.
Mr. Ed Boles, of Elkin, un
loaded a carload of nice mules
here Saturday. He is spending
the week here selling and trad
ing.
At a meeting of the directors
of the Farmers Quickstep
Telephone Company held here
last week, Mr. Harvey Spain
hower was awarded the contract
to keep the central office for 1923.
Practically all the tobacco in
this section has been marketed.
PATRICK OFFICERS
TAKE MEN AND CAR
John Andy Martin and His Son
and Tom Bullin Arrested—
John Rhiui'hart and His Out
lit Also Taken.
Stuart Enterprise.
Local officers went out on a
raiding expedition .Vonday with!
the following results:
On the Liberty road near the
home of Mr. Joseph Burgartthe>
came upon a Ford truck broken
down, the Bame in possession of
and being repaired by John Andy
Martin together with his son
Andy Martin and another young
fellow by the name of Tom Bul
lin, The outfit looked suspicious
and so the officers made an in
vestigation. They followed fresh
tracks which lead from the truck
into the bushes about a hundred
feet where they found 15 gallons
liquor concealed under the leaves.
These parties were taken in
charge by the officers.
Farther on, near Liberty, the
officers came upon and seized one
new Ford car. 60 gallons of
liquor and the driver. John Rine
hart. The outfit was brought to
town and a wire sent to G. B.
Flynn, Rinehart's employer, who
cajpe from Winston-Salem that
night and bonded him out of jail
in the sum of SSOO, for his ap
pearance here Thursday.
WALTER LACKEY'S
FEED BARN BURNS
Walter Lackey, of Campbell,
recently had the misfortune to
lose his large feed barn, a cow,
one or more vhicles and a lot of
one or more vehicles and a lot of
feed stuff by fire.
Danbury* N. C., Wednesday, Jan. 31, 1923
OUR NEW HIGHWAY
COMMISSIONER
Alexander S. Hanes, of Wins
ton-Salem, Named By Gover
nor To Succeed R. A. Dough
ton In This District.
Raleigh, Jan. 30.—Governor
Morrison today appointed Alex
ander Hanes, of Winston-Salem,
member for the Seventh dis
trict on the State Highway-
Commission, succeeding R. A.
Doughton. of Allegfiany county,
resigned.
Mr. Doughton resigned from
the Highway Commission when
he entered the general assem
bly, and his re-appointment was
expected to have been made
after the adjournment of that
body. His appointment yester
day to be Commissioner of Rev
enue. succeeding A. 1). Watts,
left the office of State Highway
Commissioner for this district
vacant.
Winston-Salem, Jan. ."o.
Mr. Hanes is one of Winston ;
Salem's young business men {
and is founder and president of I
the Hanes Rubber Co.. makers!
of automobile tires. He is son i
of the late John W. Hants, who
came to Winston from Davie!
county, and who wilh hi* broth-1
er. P. 11. Hanes. Sr.. were our
pioneer teba'-co manufacturers.!
Commissioner Hanes is a iv\-i
five of this city and takes an ac-,
tive interest in everything that j
pertains to the advancement of i
this section of the State.
.John E. Slate Will
Return -To Stokes!
King, Jan. 25.—Grady South- j
em had his side and arm bruised
up considerably by one of the
machines in the King Manufac* J
turing company's plant here|
yesterday.
•John Slate, of Winston-Salem, j
is preparing to build a nice new
home here and will move his
family here.
Farmers who are members of
the co-operative marketing as
sociation are getting their sec- i
ond advance and it is turning
lots of money loose in this sec
tion, as a large per cent of the
farmers here are members. All
seem to be well pleased with the
association.
Born unto Mr. and Mrs. Luther
Smith, a daughter.
A. L. White's nice home is
nearing completion.
The epidemic of flu in this
section is abating.
Still Taken In
Eastern Stokes
Federal prohibition enforce
ment agents captured a large
still and about three hundred
gallons of mash last Tuesday
night near Dicktown, about
three and one-half miles east of
Walnut Cove. When the officers
came upon the still they found
it running full blast, and the
haul was complete. But for
the fact that a signal shot was
fired just before they came upon
! the still they are of the opinion
that the operators would have
been caught in the act; how
ever, the men escaped. The
mash was destroyed, and the
still taken tfo Winston-Salem.
Misses Willie Mae Cates, Sadie
Fulton and Annie Rierson, of Walnut
Cove, spent the week end here as the
guests of Miss Mary Dunltp.
WILLIE THORE
KILLS HIMSELF
Was Former Citizen Of Stokes
and On Visit To His Mother
In this County When Rash
Act Was Committed.
According to information reach
ing here Monday, Willie Thore
shot and killed himself Friday
morning while on a visit to his
mother. Mrs. Mollie Thore, near
Rock House, in the north-wes
tern part of Stokes.
The deceased was a native of
this county, but had been resid
ing in Virginia for a number of
yearn. He was on a visit to his
mother at the time df his death.
The deceased left a letter say
ing that he realized his mind
was 'affected, or had been, and
that he objected to being sent to
a hospital and had rather die
than go.
Mr. Thore was aged about 44
years, and was a brother of T. 1
J. Thore. of Amelia. Va., who
is well known here.
The burial and funeral was
held at the burying ground at
Rock House church OR Saturday
last.
INQUEST IS HELD.
Germanton, Jan. 30.—Dr. ('. j
J. Helsabcck, coroner for Stokes j
county, was called to the Rock i
House section of the countvi
recei.tly to hold inquest over
the body of Willie Thore, who
committed suicide Friday morn
ing by shooting himself in
the head with a small rifle.
The coroner's jury was com
posed of the following named
citizens : John J. Styers, A. M.
Cox. hum Fulp. .J. 11. Sams, ('. i
1.. Slaughter and Presley Pal
mer. The jury's verdict was!
lluit the deceased came to his;
loath by his own hand.
Isaac Davis Dal ton
Passes Away
Winston-Salem. Jan. -9.- Isaac
Davis Dalton, aged sixty-four,
prominent farmer and retired
merchant of the Salem Chapel
neighborhood, died at his home
Friday at o'clock. He had been
in poor health for several years,
but had only been confined to
| his bed for three weeks.
I The deceased was highly re
spected by all who knew him.
jHe was considered a leader in
| community matters. He was
lalso an active member of the
! Junior Order Council at Walnut
I Cove.
The surviving members of the
family include Mrs. MaryCaffey,
a twin sister, and Mrs. Susan F.
Catl'ey, another sister.
The body was brought to Vog-
I ler's funeral parlor where it re
imained until taken to Salem
Chapel church for the funeral Sat
urday at one o'clock, which was
conducted by Rev J. W. Patton.
The body was interred in the
church graveyard.
The deceased was a son of the
late I. D. Dalton, who was a
well known citizen of this coun
ty.
Misses Mattic Sue Taylor nnd
Edith Fagpg, students at Liberty-
Piedmont Institute, spent the week
tnd at their respective homes hero.
Each were accompanied by girl
frkr.ds from school.
I
EI) SISK AND
TWO SONS TRIED
Father Comes Clear While Two
Sons Are Found Guilty Of
Murder In Second Degree--
Trial In Rockingham County.
The trial of Ed Sisk and his
two sons. Hardy and Sandy Sisk,
charged with the killing of
Police Officer Hardy Ziglar, was
finished in Rockingham county
yesterday when the jury brought
in a vedict of not guilty as to
Ed Sisk and guilty of murder in
the second degree as to llardv
and Sandy Sisk. ,
Judge Shaw, who is holding
Rockingham Superior court at
Wentworth this week, has no 1 "
yet passed sentence on the two
men found guilty.
It will be recalled that in
April, 1922, Deputy Sheriff Zig- j
lar in company with Police Of-1
ficer Steele, of Madison, armed;
with a warrant for one of the:
Sisk bo>s, went to the home of
Ed Sisk to make the arrest. A
quarrel followed, two of the
Sisks and Officer Steele were
shot, and Deputy Ziglar was
killed.
The state was represented by ,
Solicitor Graves, of Mount Airy;:
J. R. Joyce, of Reidsville; and
O. L Sapp, of Greensboro. The
defendants were represented by j
Glidewell and Mayberry, of
Reidsville. and A. L. Brooks, of
Greensboro.
The Sisk's are natives ofj
Stokes county, having removed !
to Rockingham a few years
since.
SENTENCE IS PASSED ■
Reidsville, Jail. .">o.—Judge,
Shaw today pronounced an in
determinate .sentence on Sandy .
and Hardy Sisk, twin brother;-,'
of not less than 12 years nor
more than 2"> years in the Slate
penitentiary for their part in
the killing of Deputy Sheriff
10. ( Ziglar, near Mayodan, on
April 14, 1922. An appeal was ,
taken and Judge Shaw fixed j
bond at $25,000. The men are i
still in custody at this writing.;
NEW BUSINESS
FOR PINNACLE
Stock Company Formed To
Enter Mercantile Business
On Big Scale—Ex-Sheriff H.
1). Turpin Manager.
Ex-Sheriff H. D. Turpin was
here Monday from Pinnacle. He
stated that the new brick store
building being erected by 11. D.
Turpin & Co., at Pinnacle, is
nearing completion, and the
company will in a few days
begin putting in a large stock of
general merchandise.
The new company which has just
been organized is composed of
the following gentlemen: H. D.
Turpin, Ellis F. Stone, J. Wesley
Wall, T.O. Mickey, James King,
Dalt Mickels and Clarence Snider.
Mr. Turpin has been elected
general manager and buyer for
the company and he expects to
leave in a few days for Baltimore
and Richmond to buy goods for
the new store.
Mr. and-Mrs. N. Earl Wall have
just returned from an extended visi;
to relatives at Pinnacle.
No. 2,651
STOKES BOARD IS
AGAIN ENJOINED
This Time Complaint Comes
From Quaker Gap Township
In Connection With Road
Which It Is Alleged Is Being
Built For Benefit Of Commis
sioner Venable.
The Stokes county Board of
Commissioners are again enjoin
ed and restrained from building
a certain road in the county.
This time, however, the com
plaint comes from citizens of
Quaker Gap township, where the
road in question is being con
structed.
-I. O. Pyrtle, Levi M. Jessup,
L. P. Pell, R. R. Robertson, E.
Emmet Simmons and Cephus
Payne, represented by their at
torney W. Reid Johnson, yester
day appeared before Judge T. J.
Shaw, at Creensboro, and an
order was signed by the judge
temporarily restraining the Stokes
County 'Commissioners from
working on a certain road lying
batween the .Moore's Springs
road and the Reynolds school
road in Quaker Gap township.
The hearing in the matter is
set for Feb. 19th.
It will be recalled that last
week citizens of Peters Creek
township enjoined the Board
from constructing a certain road
in that township, and the hear
ing in that case is set for Feb
ruary 12.
The complaint as filed by the
Quaker Gap citizens is. in part,
as follows:
That at the regular meeting of
the Board of Commissioners for
Stokes county on the first Monday
of November, 1922, the board
as plaintiffs we are informed,
believe and allege, made an order
arid had the same spread upon
the minutes to grade and sand
clay the two following pieces of
road in Quaker iap township, to
wit:
One project on what is known
as the Lynchburg road to com
mence near the residence of
I Caleb Lynch and run east a dis
i tance of four miles, this being an
1 extension of the improved road
( from Pilot Mountain, North Caro
lina, toward the State Highway
road leading to Virginia. The
| second piece or project commenc
ing at a point on the Spanish
| Oak Road, near the residence of
l Klisha Wilson, where the town
ship work had ended and running
northeast four miles to the im
proved road, known as the Reyn
olds School House Road.
That at the regular meeting of
the present Board of Commis
sioners for January. 1'»23, a dele
gation of citizens and tax pavers
of Quaker Gap township in cor»
sequence of a rumor to the effect
that said order made at the No
vember meeting. 1922. would be
rescinded and that the Chairman.
S. P. Venable, would endeavor
to divert the funds set aside for
the two projects named above in
order that he might use said
funds to further his own private
ends in building a road that will
be hereinafter described; appear*
(Continued on page 8.)