DANBURY REPORTER
Volume LI
CHECKS MAILED
TO PRIZE WINNERS
Names of Those Who Won the
Prizes In Danbury Reporter $
Missing Word Contest—To
Start Another Soon.
For ten week 9 past the Re
porter has been carrying a page
of ads for Walnut Cove and
King business houses from which
one or more words were left out
of certain ads each week. A prize
of iSIO.'H) was offered to the
person finding most of the missing
words, $5.00 to the next nearest
andsl.oo each to the ten persons
whose answers were next nearest
correct.
Checks were mailed this week
to the following persons whose
answers were nearest correct:
i. R. Meadows, Germanton
Route 1. first prize
Carl Rav Fiinchum, Danbury
Route 1. second prize,
W. S Crews, Oermanton.
J. W. Moser, Rural Hall.
Mrs T. J. Gann, Madison.
Mrs. C. V. Kiser, Tobaccoville
Mrs. W. M. Pringle, Greens
boro.
Zilla Nelson, Greensboro.
E. P. Newsum. King.
Curtis Southern, Meadows.
W. H. Throckmorton, Danbury
Route 1.
Rex Tilley, Walnut Cove Route
3.
The Reporter expects to start
another ad contest in which
prizes will again be offered in the
near future.
A Chicken Stew;
Ladies' Society Meets
King. Aug. 25.—Mrs. S. H.
Brown and the MissesGoff were
hostesses to the Ladies' Aid so
ciety of the M. E church Thrusday.
A short program was rendered
and some business matters dis
cussed. A pleasint social hour
was spent durirg which the
hostess served ic.i cream, cake
and ice tea.
A chicken stew will be given
on Tuesday evening by the Jr.
and Sr. classes of Trinity Sunday
school in honor of Paul Meadows.,
Kennis Pulliam and Raymond
Thomas who will laave Sept. 15
for college. Paul and Kennis go
to Chapel Hill and Raymond to
Guilford.
Railroad Stop Law
Was Not Changed
Raleigh, Aug. 26.—The Sec
retary of State during the last
few days has received a number
of inquiries over the State
from those interested in the
North Carolina Stop Law who
have written for copies of the
amendment adopted at he spec
ial session of he Legislature.
The fact is that no amend
ment was passed and the Stop
Law remains as it was.
Sheriff J. F. Dun lap anil Dep
uty J. R. Xunn carried j
George Cofor, of Stokes, to the '
State hospital at Moiyanton J
( the past week.
| CO-OP HOUSE TO
OPEN AT KING OCT. 2
Death of Little Girl—A. S
Francis To Build Home—
Play By High School—Per
sonal Items.
King, Aug. 2.1. —A. S. Francis
i has purchased from E. W.
I Rumley a nice residence lot on
Academy street on which he will
i erect a new home later on.
Mr. and Mrs. Reed Tuttle, of
' Lynchburg, Va.. are spending a
j few days with relatives near
; here.
The co-operative tobacco mar-1
ket here will open October 2nd.
Mrs. H. L. Kirby, of Winston-
Salem, spent the week-end with
relatives in Walnut Hills.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred E. Shore
have returned from their trip
North where they went to
purchase fall goods.
A play will be given at the
King high school building on
Saturday evening. August 30th,
at 8:00 p. m., by the Pnilathea,
Class of Burkehead M. E church |
of Winston-Salem. Admission 15 •
and 25 cents. Proceeds will go|
to the school and church.
Mr. and Mrs, B. F. Pulliam and
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Hall spent!
the week-end with Mr. and Mrs j
T. F. Baker at Glenola.
Will Eaton, of Winston Salem, j
is among the business visitors
here today.
Misses. Edith N'eal of Oreens
born, and Margurite Spainhower
of Win9ton-Salem. are spending i
a few day 9 with Miss Ola Slate j
on Ea9t Main street.
"Thunderbolt Tom," the evan-|
gelist of this place, is holding a!
two-week's meeting in his big I
tent at Walkertown.
S S. Boles, of Miama. Fla ,is
spending a few davs with his;
parents near here. "f
Marie Josphine, daughter ofj
Mr. and Mrs Columbus A. Moore. |
aged nine years, died Saturday
after a short illness with dyph-|
theria. The interment was con- j
i ducted from Antioch church
I Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock
Josephine was a good, 9weet
child, loved bv all who knew her,
dutiful to her parents, and had a
lovable and friendly disposition.
She will be greatly missed in the
community. The family wish to,
extend their sincere thanks to j
relatives and friends for their as-1
si*tance. devotion, love and :
sympathy during the illness and
death of little Josephine.
Mount Airy Boys
Are Fined
Joe Patterson and Jack Fulton,
of Mi. Airy, were arrested by
Deputies Posey Fiinchum and ■
Monroe Fagg at Piedmont
Springs recently and a hearing
was held here Saturday before
ju9ticeN. A. Martin on the
charge of drinking and disorder
ly conduct. Patterson was fined
$15.00 and half the cost and Ful
ton $20.00 and half the coat.
To Hard Surface
Mt. Airy Road
N. Earl Wall, of Greensboro,
was a visitor here today. Mr.
Wall had just returned from a
trip up the Mount Airy road,
and stated that he saw engi
neers engaged in surveying the
Winston-Salem-Pilot Mt. road
for hard-surface construction.
Reid Tuttle Is
Seriously Hurt
Reid Tuttle, brother of Dr.
Reuben G. Tuttle formerly of
Stokes, was seriously injured a
few days since when he fell
from the top of a dam at Wilii
raoro I.ake. He is being treat- i
etl at the Lawrence hospital at'
Winston-Salem.
I
Danbury, N. C, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 1924
TURBULENT TIMES
AT SNOW CREEK
Large (fathering At Primitive
Baptist Church—Great Deal
Of Drinking and Much Law
lessness Reported.
A large crowd visited Snow
Creek church at Lawsonville last
Sunday, the occasion being the
monthly meeting of the Primitive
Baptists. Those who attended re
port more drinking and lawless
| ness than has been witnessed at
Jat any similiar gathering in the
county for years. There were
several automobile accidents
principally by persons driving
cars while under the infiuence of
liquor. Fortunately there were
no fatalities. The leaders of the
church greatly regret the dis
orders present.
! LEAK AND HALE
TO DIE OCT. 9
■ Found Guilty of Murder O[
Charles Garwood, Jitney Op
erator At Lexington—Dink
ins Gets 10 Years In Pen.
Lexington, Aug. 23.—John
Leak and Kenneth Hale, negroer,
i were found guilty of murder in
the first degree for the slaying
of Charles Oarwood, taxi driver
of this city, on the Mocksville
road, the night of August 7. by a
jury in Davidson county superior
court, which returned a verdict
3:40 o'clock this afternoon,
after deliberating for 27 minutes.
Judge T. D. Bryson sentenced
both men to die in the electric
chair at the state prison between
the hours of 6a. m. and 4 p. m.
on the ninth of October, next.
The prisoners showed no emo
tion as they stood up to receive
the sentence of the court.
According to members of the,
jury it required only one ballot as
to the guilt of each in the first
degree
While the court stenographer
was making copies of the formal
sentence, and Leak and Hale
were in the prisoner's room wait
ing to hear their fate pronounced
from the bench. Ernest Dinkins,
Greensboro negro taxi-driver,
was brought into court and per
mitted to enter a plea of guilty
to being an accessory after the
fact of highway robbery. Judge
Bryson sentenced him to 10 years
in the penitentiary, an extreme
penalty for such offense.
The grand jury had also re
turned an indictment charging
Dinkins with being accessory
after the fact of first degree
murder, but the court permitted
a plea to the lesser crime.
Dinkins was found with the
number of Garwood's car in his
possession the morning the mur
der was discovered, and told con
flietin r stories, according to offi
cers, and also according to his
own admission at a preliminary !
hearing here. He also admitted
that he had talked with the mur
derers after the\ tied to Greens
hro and hsd promised to com
municate with John Leak after
the latter fled from that oitv
within a few hours »fter the kill
ing and robbery of Garwood. i
TOBACCO IS POOR IN
SOUTH CAROLINA
Crop Is Also Disappointing In
Georgia—Sales Open In East -
ern North Carolina On Sep
tember 2nd.
Wilson Aug. 20. —Disappoint
ment over the quality of the to
bacco being offered on the South
Carolina and Georgia markets is
expressed by W. .J. King, of the
Wilson Tobacco company, who
states that the weed as shown in
South Carolina is very poor and
that in Georgia not much better.
In both 9tates salps are now
heavy on every market day.
The South Carolina crop is
estimated to total around "jj.ODU,-
000 pounds, the Oeorgia crop
fiom '22,000,0)0 to 2~\ 0)0,00) and
the crop in the middle belt of
North Carolina to run around TO
per .'ent of the 11)2:5 total
"South Carolina:—Sales have
been fairly heavy for the past
week with prices advancing each
day. The (| jality of the sale is
the commonest we have ever
seen offered in that state. The
yield will probably be about 55
million in this belt.
"Georgia:—They have had
heavy 9ales for the past week
with prices advancing. The
crop is very disappointing; in
fact it is not as good as it was
represented but much better
than the South Carolina crop.
They have now sold most of the
| primings and are selling the tips
|and leaf which are much heavier
\ than the South Carolina tobaccos.
The yield is now estimated from
22 to 25 million pounds,
j "Eastern North Carolina:—The
crop has practically been cured
and they will have a very colory j
but thin crop: much better in !
quality than the South Carolina
crop. The tips will have a fair j
amount of body and we think on
•
a whole the crop will be a very;
useful one to the manufacturers, i
"Middle Belt:—The farmers!
are now curing the crop in this 1
belt which is curing fairly well.j
The 9ame condition exists in the
Old Belt. They will probably |
have a yield of 70 per cent com- i
pared with last year. The!
quality will be better.
"Sales will open in Eastern {
Carolina on Sept. 2. We expect
full sales everywhere as the
farmers have had plenty of time
to grade their tobacco since most
of them have finished curing "
Captured Still Near
Near Piedmont Spings
Sheriff Dunlap and Deputies
Posey Flinchum and Monroe
Fagg captured a copper still
just north of Piedmont Springs
Saturday night. The still has
recently been in operation but
the whiskey had been removed.
The names of the owners have
not been ascertained at this
writing. The still was placed
in the county jail for safe keep
• • «
ing by the officers.
Miss Delia Stewart, of Winston-!
Salem, visited her sister, Mrs.
Tom Lawson, here this week.
WALNUT COVE
NEWS LETTER
I Miss Ruth Hairston Entertains
Womens' Society Mr. and
Mrs. Jacob Fulton Entertain
At Brunswick Stew.
Walnut Cove. Aug. 12 —The
, Woman's Auxilary of the Episco
pal church met Tuesday afternoon
i with Miss Ruth Hairston at her
j home near here. Miss Kate
• Cheshire of Tarboro in her usual
i delightful manner entertained
I the guests. Plans were discussed
for the distirift meeting to be
held here sometime in 'ctober.
Mr. and Mrs Jacob Fulton en
tertained the young people here
and a number of guests from
Piedmont Springs at a Bruns
wick Stew and watermelon feast
lat their farm near here last Fri
, day night,
Mrs. C. E. Davis and Miss
Gladys \\ heeler have returned
from an automobiie trip in West
! em Carolina.
Mr and Mrs. S. C, Rierson Sr.
jand Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Rierson,
| Jr., and Miss Claude Rierson
visited relatives in Charlotte and
Shelby last week.
Mrs. Dewitt Fair and daughter,
of Dallas, Texas, leave this wtek
for their home after a visit to
relatives here.
Dr. and Mrs. Fansler and son
Edwin. Atty. and Mrs. Clio
Davis and daughter Virginia, of
[Oreensboro. spent Sunday with
Mr, and Mrs. P. W. Davis en
route to White Sulpher Springs
Mt. Airy.
John and Walter Woodruff, of
Greensboro, spent the week-end
with their parents here. Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Woodruff.
Mr. and Mrs Russell Smith
visited in High Point Saturday
and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Webster
and children, of Leesburg. Fla..
are visiting relatives here.
Mrs. T. J. Covington, of
Thomasville. is visiting Mrs. Jno.
Burton.
Mrs. Jno. T Ellis, of High
Point, was a visitot here Sunday.
Mrs. Edwin Carter has re
turned from an extended visit to
Mt. Airy.
Bids Wanted On
Yadkin Hard Surface
Bids are still wanted on the
proposed hard - surface road
between Yadkin river and Yad
kinville. The last bid received
on this road was $513,000.00
and it was considered too high
by the State Highway Commis
sion and rejected. The road
will be built, however, just as
soon as another bid can be had.
Be Careful Always.
A traveling salesman who
called on Danbury merchants
this week had a large printed
sheet on the windshield of his
car bearing the following in
scription :
BE CAREFUL '
BE VERY CAREFCL !
r.K EXTREMELY CAREFUL '
HE D-M CAREFUL !!
No. 2,733
BETTER SCHOOL
i FOR COUNTY SEAT
| .State Intends That It Should Be
Model For Other Sections Of
County Monev For New
Building Available Soon.
John J. Blair, of Raleigh, who
has charge of construction, plan
ning and location of school build
ing for the State, was in Dan
bury Monday looking over the
situation in reurard to school
facilities at the county seat of
Stokes.
Prof. Blair thinks that our
I school here is not what it should
be and that we have room for im
provement. He stated that it was
the intention and the policy of
j the State to make the school at
i the county seata model for other
; sections of the county and that he
! was sorry to note that this
i policy has not been carried out in
. Stokes.
State Sup*. of Schools Allen
will ask the legislature in .)anu
i ary to authorize SVOO.OOO ad
ditional bonds for a loan fund for
schools in the several counties of
the State, and if this request is
granted Prof. Blair stated that
he would assist Supt. of Schools
Carson in securing enough
money from this fund to erect
a modern school building here
adequate for our needs and
in keeping with other schools at
the county seats in the State.
County Supr. Carson states that
he has made application for
money from the fund mentioned to
erect school buildings here and
at Francisco, Lawsonville and
Sandy Ridge, and that if the
monev is made available work
will be started on the buildings
in the early Spring.
Charged With Having 1
Liquor On Car
Carl Hill. Ausby Smith and
Russel Stovall were held up bv
Prohibition Agent* Baker, Hege
and Bryant near Hartman Fri
day night and cited to appear
before l\ S. Commissioner N.
A. Martin here Monday on th>-
charge of having liquor on the
car in which they were riding.
At the trial the officers stated
that they did not find any whis
key on the car but that they
saw a fruit jar thrown from the
car just before it reached them,
which was picked up and found
to contain a small quantity of
liquor. Smith swore that he
did not know there was any
liquor on the car. Stovall and
Hill did not take the stand. All
three of the young men gave
bond for their appearance at
Federal court in December.
Hon. Isaac M. Meekins
To Speak Here Sept. 19
Hon. Isaac M. Meekins, Re
publican candidate for Gover
nor, will address the voters at
Danbury on Friday, Sept. l!)th,
at I o'clock, P. M.
Mis- Mildred Fasley, of Wins
ton-Salem. was the guest of Mr.
I and .Mrs. \Y. E. Joyce last week,