DANBURY REPORTER
Volume LI.
SURRY MEN FOR
STOKES JURORS
Summoned To Hear Case h\
Which Administiator >f Wal-
ter Martin Is Suing F.x-
Sheriff E. O. Shell on
Thirty Surry count/ citizens
have been summoned as jurors
to serve in Stokes in the case in
which the administrator of
Walter Martin, deceased, is suing
ex-Sheriff E. 0. s helton, of
«> Stokes, for $5.0"" damage. The
case will be tried here at the
I summer term of Stokes court.
' being set lor -I uly 9th. At the I
former trial of the case the jury
failed to agree.
This case originated over the
killing of Martin near Walnut
Cove about three years ago while
Shelton was sheriff of Stokes
county. The officers had informa-
I tion that a certain car loaded
with liquor would pass by Wal
nut Cove and thev were in wait
ing when the supposed car camej
in view. When the officers held
it up it is claimed the olficers and
the parties in the car engaged in [
a pistol battle. Martin was killed 1
as was one of Sheriff Shelter's
' deputies. The sherilf was never:
indicted in the criminal courts,
for the death of Martin but his |
relatives have brought a civil
action against him for damages. I
The Surry men were drawn as
j jurors at Dobson on the first
Monday of this month and
have been summoned by Sheriff
H. Haynes to appear at Stokes
court July '-'th. Their names
follow:
T.(i. Snow, Rryan: IIE. Short,
Mt. Airy: Err.est Flynn, Shoals:
B. K, Atkins. Eldora; G. F.
Simpson, Eldora; C E, Williams,
Bryan: Tice Brinkley. Hock ford;
Cabell Collins, Pilot; H. F. Holi
field, Rockford; S. M. Arnold,
Elkin; W. L. Nixon, Franklin;
Ransom Key. Dobson: F.
Mosley, Elkin; C. W. Taylor, Mt.
Airy; F. E. Hodges, Stewarts
Creek; A. .1, Snow, Rockford;
Jacob Mitchell, Dobson; J. M.
Smith, Pilot: J. A. Sparger, Mt.
Airy: J. H. Stanley, Marsh; .1. F.
Yokley, Mt Airy; J. S. Hiatt,
.. Westfield: J. P. Owens, Shoals;
J. H. Sprinkle. Pilot: S. D. Wall.
Shoals; A. J. Badgett. Mt. Airy;
G. T. Jones, Eldora; C.A. Smith,
Bryan; J. A. Lowe, Long Hill;
jf - T. M. Stanley, Marsh.
Bad Auto Wreck
Near Westfield
Parties here from the western
part of the county report that a
Dodge automobile occupied by a
men and woman whose names
were not learned went over a fill,
near Westfield Sunday, breaking
the man's leg and injuring the
woman badly.
Let Road Contracts
Latter Part July
The Bulletin, printed by the
North Carolina Highway Com
mission, states that the datj
for the next letting of road con- j
tracts by the highway board
has been tentatively set for the
latter part of July or the early
part of August.
A
i CHILD KILLED
BY LIGHTNING:
Six-Year-Old Son of Mr. an.!;
Mr.-. Abe BoiiMing, of West-'
field—A net her Child Stunned j
i By Same Stroke.
I
The little six-year-old son of j
Mr. and Mrs. Abe Boulding, who:
resides just this side of Westfield, j
was killed by lightning during a;
thunderstorm Friday afternoon i
, |
and the three-year*old brother of i
the dead boy was knocked un-:
conscious by the same stroke of |
lightning.
I When the storm came up Mr. '
and Mrs Boulding were away i
! from home in the field at work,
i Lightning struck the house and
! came through the open door. The
. > I
j eight year-old daughter, who.
I was with the children, waded a;
' swollen creek during the storm;
on her way to the field to tell her:
: parents of the death of her iittle j
brother.
] LADIES' AID
SOCIETY MEETS!
('•)-( iperalive Tobacco (.rowers J
To lb-Id Meeting June 11—■
i
Other News and Personals of I
j King.
I I
King, June — Mr. and Mrs.!
'P. J. Cauule, of Wjnston-Saiem.
spent Sunday with relatives near
here.
i
Born unto Mr. and Mrs. -I. E.
j Newsum, a daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Haryev Soiin
hower spent Sunday with Mrs. j
Spainhower's father. Mr. John
C arroll, near Mountain View.
Attorney Dallas C. Kirbv, of :
Winston-Salem, was here Satur
day looking after some legal
matters.
The Ladies Aid Society of
Trinity M. E. church gave an ice
cream supper here Saturday af
ternoon. Proceeds will go toward;
paying for a piano for the church.,
Mr and Mrs. Julius Johnson, j
of Raleigh, are spending a few i
days with relatives here
Mr. and Mrs. William Caudle, 1
Jr., spent Sunday with relatives
here.
The new home of Mr. Walter j
Sprinkle on East Main street isj
nearing completion.
The Cooperative Tobacco Orow- i
ers Association will hold a meet
ing in the offices of the ware
house here next Saturday night,
June 14. All members of the King •
local and neighboring locals as
well are invited to be present as '
some important matters are to
come before the meeting. There '
will he some good speakers who|
will deliver addresses.
This section was visited hv a I
uht hail storm tociay, Only slight
damage was done to crops.
The Ladies Aid Society of
Trinity M. E. church was delight-1
lully intertained in the home of i
Mrs. Robert Meadows Saturday!
afternoon from three to five,
o'clock.There were twelve memb- j
ers present and one visitor, Mrs. j
Hooker's guest, Mrs. Frank Shell i
!of Wilmington. Quite a number
|of visits to the sick were report- 1
ed. also trays of fruit and cream
were carried "Music in the
church" was the subject of the
program. Mrs. Meadows conduct
! Ed the devotionals. Several papers
and poems were read. The
Society decided to sell ice
cream, cake, fried chicken and
sandwiches in the tea room on
Depot street each Saturday after-1
noon in June to raise monev to
finish pax inir for e piano.During
the social hour Mrs. Meadows as
sisted by Miss Lois served cake,
home-made candy, sherries and
lemonade. The next meeting
will be held at the home of A. L.
Hail.
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, June 11, 1924
j LICENSE TAGS
( READY NEXT WEEK |
Nine Car Loads of these,
Have Just Peen Received By j
the State—Must Have Title j
To Car Before Buying Tag. :
Automobile license tags for
1921 2j will be placed on bale
| Monday, June Hi, it is announc- i
ed,
j
The tags this yeir will be blue
' with white lettering and will be
perhaps more attractive and more:
j easily readable than the present,
! tags. Nine carloads have been
' received by the Secretary of
i State.
It will be no use to apply ft r
license tag without certificate of
ownership and those who have
| not procured these had better se
! cure the forms and send them to
! the Secretary of State at Raleigh,
j along with the fifty ants regi-
I stration fee.
It is indicated that this year]
j officers w ill be inclined to be a
; little less lenient with those who
; delay about securing license, and
"license applied for" tags will
In it be recognized at all any
| more. _ _
i Former Stokes Man
Die At Favetteville
js Julius W. Young, who was
iborn in Stokes county in 1870,
died at FayettevilD, Jane He
is survived by his wife, who was
Miss Louise Kidd.by a daughter,
Louise; two sons, Mason and 5
. Paul, all of whom live at Detroit;!
j four brothers, W. A. Young, of;
1 Stokesdale, Thomas Young, of
; Madison, Edwin B. Young, of'
Kerni nv I e, and J.N. Young, of
1
; \\ instson Salem. Funeral services 1
were conducted in Forsyth coun
ty at Salem Chapel, followed by j
burial in the church graveyard.
|
| The Superannuated
Endowment Fund
!
Amounts requested for the j
1 superannuated endowment fund
; from North Carolina and West-
I
jern North Carolina Conferences
of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, total $^75,133, to
jbe paid in five yearly install
. ments, it was announced by lead
ers in the fund work.
, Mr. Doutrhton
Issues Statement
R. A. Doughton, commissioner
iof revenue, has issued a state
j ment in which he explains that
his office has been unable to mail
j license to all applicants who had
! applied for such licenses to begin
i June 1, 1924, because of the great
: number cf such applicants. The
statement also says that no
penalty will be attached to appli
cations received prior to May 31,
1 1924.
Road To Winston
Open For Traffic
The Walkertown road, lead
ing from Winston-Salem to
j Walkertown and through to the ,
Stokes county line, was opened!
to traffic yesterday. This road j
is slightly more than twelve:
miies in length. It provides a ;
large section of the country a good !
road to the metropolis of the;
state.
! ONLY ONE-FOURTH \
DEMOCRATS VOTED
Less Than 500 Votes Ca-t In
j Saturday's Primary In this i
County—About l'V'ij Demo- 1
I crats In Stoke-.
Only about twenty-five per]
cent of the Democrats of Stokes
1 voted in the primary Saturday. !
i the total vote cast for candidates \
for governor being only 474, j
while the average Democratic!
.candidate in the last election j
| received around 1900 \otes.
While interest in the primary
w: s hot strong th? vets would
nodoubt have been much larger
but for the fact that farmers
were exceedingly busy in their
crops and felt like they could not
spare the time to attend the
primary.
ICSBTH CONGRESS
ENDS SESSION
Controvi-r-;. v.nd Tcrn ./il Char
aterized• the El'ti'v Session
—Manv Me:siuv- For Vari
ous Purpose'l Failed To Pass.
Washington, June 7 —Congress
ended its six months session to
night in an atmosphere of con
troversy and turmoil character
istic of the bitter dissention which
has marked its proceedings from
the start.
Western senat irs and rep
! resentatives in the final hours of
the session fought and lost a.
: desperate fight for legislation to 1
relieve the farmer and to reform
i
jth Q reclamation policy of the.
government.
Many other measures, includ
! in 4 the bill authorizing construe
i tion of eight new cri'sers End
modernization of battleships and
deficiency appropriation bill,
carrying funds to beyin operation
of the bonus law and for many
other purposes, failed in the
! final crush of legislation when
the session ended automatically
at 7 p. m.
Not only did the deficiency bill
go down in defeat in the race
against time, but a special resolu
tion passed in the last five
minutes by the house to make
the bonus appropriation available
regardless, was lost in the senate.
Republican leaders declared
that only a special session of
Congress could provide the neces
sary funds for the initial costs of
the compensation measure.
Rev. John D. Smith
Is Ordained
Rev. .John D. Smith, who
recently removed from Stokes to
Pilot Mountain, was recently
ordained by the Presbytery as a
minister of the Presbyterian
church, and he has been assigned
as minister to the following
named churches:
Dan River, Asbury andCollins
! town churches in Stokes, and
] Pine Ridge and Hill's churches
! in Surry county.
: W. R. Young, of Danbury, was
taken to a Greensboro hospital
' Saturday for treatment.
! GETTING DOWN
TO BUSINESS
Walnut Cove Awards C ntravt !
i
i J- '>r Installation >f V.at>?r:
Who Is and Generators I'D.-'
I i
! I'owt r and Light Plant.
j Mayor P. H. Linville, of Wal-j
: nut C ue, who was a Danbuiy.
! visitor Monday, states that con- 1
i
] tract was let Friday for the in-1
: stallation of turbine water whet- Is .
| and generators for Walnut Cove's !
j electric pqwer and light piant or.
i Dan river. The construction ■{!
the dam across the river I as beer,
under way for some months new.
The construction of a water
and sewer system for Walnut
Cove will also rushed as
rapidlv as possible. At a meet
. ing of the town commissioner?
recently a resolution was passed
authorizing a bond issue of fifty
thousand dollars for the c nstruc
tion of the wafer and sewer
system. The sewer t-sr-e is now
being put down.
Ma;.or Lir.viiie stated that it
had not yet Leer. d>-i'.ni"T[v decid
ed from what source the tjwn
; would secure water. I' ftate.i
, that by bringing the water from :
| Covingtor.'s creek and installing
a filtering uant a gravity system
can he put in. The question oi
digging a number of large wells
from which to get water is also
: being discussed.
■ RAISING CATTLE
AND HOGS HERE
"
\*"i'tl'. Carolina I s Now Intoiv
| ted In Fa nr. Legislation of
the  an-..''* r Needed I " 'he
West
i
Washington, Miy.'.l. Senat r
Overman writes Charles C.Snoot.
; of North Wiixesboro in reply to a
letter from Mr. Smoot thanking,
1 him for his part in securing £l>,-
]' 'iii.i as an appropriation in the
j agricultural appropriation bill for
I chestnut tree investigation, that
Colonel Greely chief of the bureau
of forestry thinks the amount
will be quite sufficient to carry cn
ft
; the investigation,
j Senator Overman has received
i several letters from citizens of
" | Mt. Airy asking him to see that
"j Joseph B. Sparger be confirmed
' i as postmaster at that place, as he
: stands well with both Democrats
p
and Republicans in the com
, munity.
i Representative Hammer called
attention to the following facts
lin the federal census, which he
I
j says ought to show and does show
that North Carolina is interested
II in farm legislation of the charact
i er now needed by the west.
The fourteenth federal census
i shows that of the year l'.'l'.' 37.2
i 1 per cent of the farmers in the
I state of North Carolina raised
r 1 185,510 calves, 1,056,170 hogs
J and 41,8»9 lambs. It is also shown
, that the farmers of North Caro-
I lina sold in I!U'.' $11,500,000
worth of livestock and that they
' planted fi2O,G3S) acres of wheat
which produced 1,741,52 s bushels
Every census back to 'TO shows
I I that North Carolina averaged
1: around 4,000,000 bushels of wheat
| per year.
No. 2,722
i THE PRIMARY
IN STOKES
. McLwiii (County By
Good Majority While Bowie
am! IVII Gets Large Vote—•
'Jin- Vote By Precincts.
I A. W. McLean, Democratic
candidate fur governor, wad his
| opponment, J. W. B-iilev, in
! Stokes by more than two to one.
Out of the 471 votes east McLean
received -ITS. In the contest for
: Lieutenant Governor Tarn C.
Bjwiele;! Reynolds and Long,
it he former receivirn 3*7 votes
I out of a total of 4>. >eorge P.
j Pel 1. for Corporation Commission
: !e r , received a handsome vote.
The official count for the coun
ty. a? tabulated by the board of
; Canvassers here Monday, was as
; follows:
F»">r •'ovorr.or—McLean «18,
! Bailey i-
Lieutenant Governor Bowie
'■' A". 1/ rg Re\n« Ids
.villi". !' t.o^k
Attorney  leneral Brummit
1-2 Koss 1.'57. Nash >3
Commissioner >f Agriculture—
: Latham Lm! "raham 112. Parker
■til.
Commissioner of Labor and
Printing Shipman -'.12. Grist 42,
Nash Peterson 28-
Insurance Commissioner —
Wade oo I, Flowers »»0.
Corporation Commissioner—
Pell Carpenter
The vote as cast at the several
precincts in Stokes for the
candidates ft.-r Governor follows:
Precinct. McLean Bailev
I'anbury •') 1
Hartman 3 0
Wils >n's Store 11 1'
German ton 1;) 10
Kin.: 30 10
Buyles IS '•>
I Pinnacle -•) S
Mizpah 0
Lawsonville • 0
' Tilley 10 2
; E. Sandy Ridge 10 17
1 j W. Sandy llidure -0 5
' Mitchell 10 21
', Pine Hall Ifi H
E. Walnut Cove .'5!) 10
|J W. Walnut Cove 7 20
Freeman 0 2
|; Moir 27 15
iFrana 12 2
I Brown Mt. 2 0
■Flinty Knoll 13 0
i John Camper Fined
• S2O and the Cost
John Casper, of Winston
' Salem, was given a hearing
here Tuesday before Justice of
of the Peace N. A. Martin on
the charge of assault, the
, trouble growing out of a fight
with B. D. Gentry at Moore's
I Springs Saturday night. Cns
( per was lined $20.00 and the
( cost, which he paid.
1 J. R. Forrest, of Francico; J.
I L. Christian, of Pinnacle; and
. J. C. Carson, of Germanton,
' all of the Stokes county
* board of education, were in
town Monday.