DANBURY REPORTER
Volume LI
TWO MEN TAKEN
AT DISTILLERY
Jim Mabe and Fliiichum Steph
ens Give Bond In Case Charg
ing Them With Violating!
Prohibition Law.
Jim Mabe and Flinchum
Stephens were arrested Satur
day by Sheriff Dunlap and
deputies while engaged in man
ufacturing whiskey near their
homes in Beaver Island town
ship. The still and a small
quantity of whiskey were taken
with the men, when they were
found at the plant while it was
being operated at full capacity.
The men were given hearings
before Justice Dock Carter,
near Pine Hall, and their bonds
fixed at SSOO each, which they
promptly gave.
SCHOOL OPENS
AT FRANCISCO
Twenty-seven Students Enter
High School Department—
Prof. () H. Hauser Is Princi
pal—Session Will Continue
Eight Months.
The high school department
of the Francisco school opened
Monday with Prof. O. H. Haus
er acting principal and with
twenty-seven pupil.- enrolled.
The other department- of the
Fran "i.->?o school will not epeo
until October 6th, the openinr
of the high school being made
possible bv private subscrip
tions. The term will continue
for a period of eight months.
The Francisco citizens are
enthusiastic over their school
and this year promises to be the
best in the history ot the school,
THE STOKES
CROP NOT HURT
Too Much Rain In Some Sec
tions of St;.te Diil Much
Damage To Tobacco.
The state crop reporting ser
vice predicts that this year the
tobacco crop in North Carolina
will be approximately 119,000,000
pounds less than last year. Too
much rain in the eastern part of
| the state has caused much dam
age to tobacco and other crops
and a recent drouth in the Old
Belt has cut short the prospective
yield. Rockingham, Stokes Sur
ry and other counties in this sec
tion, however, had already begun
priming before dry weather be
gan.
Children Bitten
By Maddog
Walnut Cove. Sept. 15. — Miss
Bertie Mae Neal has just return
ed from a week's stay at Pied
mont Springs.
Several children through this
section had the misfortune of
being bitten by a mad-dog last
week and are under treatment.
The bridge across Town Fork
is about completed, we are glad to
note.
BOY KILLS
HIS BROTHER;
Deplorable Accident Occurred,
At Francisco Wednesday
Afternoon When I'aul Shel
t*>ll Shot Wilbur Shelton.
On Wednesday afternoon j
Paul Shelton, twelve-year-old j
sou of Mr. and Mrs. Frank;
Shelton, shot and almost inst
antly killed his nine-year-old
brother, Wilbur Shelton. the ac
cident occttring near the Shel
ton home, a short distance
from Francisco in the north
western part of Stokes. The
shot was tired from a 22-
caliber rifle and the bullet
entered the back of the head,
death resulting in about two
hours.
The particulars of the dis
tressing accident as given the
Reporter are that the two
Shelton boys had been sent to
the pasture near by to briny, lip
the cow for milking. Paul took
a!>ng his ritle to kill birds and
he states that he Vi's in the -icl
of shooting at a bird when the
gun fired prematurely, the ball
hitting Wilbur in the back of
the head. The shot wis liied
at close range, the ''oy s nair
being burned by the po.viler.
There was no eye witness to 'he
shooting but citizens of the
community have nodoubt but
that it was purely accidental.
808 BRYANT
WILL SERVE TIME
Sentenced At Last Term of
Stokes Court and Appealed
To Supreme Court—To Give
Trusty's Bond.
Bob Bryant, of Winston-
Salem, who was tried at tl e
la-t term of Stokes court on thy
charge of violating the prohibi
bition law r.nd given a sentence
of eighteen months on the
roads, will return to Stokes at
once and begin serving his
sentence. He took an appeal to
Supreme court but will not
await the decision of the court.
The county highway commis
sion passed a resolution Mon-
I day allowing Bryant to give a
| trusty's bond of SI,OOO.
It will be recalled that Bryant
| and another man by the name
of Ball were captured last fall
near Germanton by Stokes of
ficers as they were passing
✓through with a Ford load of
whiskey.
Most of the tobacco remain
ing in the fields will be housed
this week, and by the end of
next week there will be very
! little of 1024 crop left standing.
| The recent favorable weather
I has had a wholesome effect
j upon the season's yield, and has
i tended to give the weed mor»*
| weight.
I
Miss Lucile Martin left thi.>
j week to attend school at Madi
: son.
Danbury, N. C, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 1924
W. N. REYNOLDS
VISITS STOKES |
Spent Short White At Nancy
Cox Memorial School—Was
I p-. pressed With Need Of
Road To County Seat.
William N. Reynolds, promin
ent citizen and big tobacco
manufacturer of Winston-Sal
em, paid the county seat of
Stokes and other sections of
the county a visit the past week,
and while here he spent a short
while at the Nancy Cox Me
morial school in Quaker (Jap
township. This handsome
school building was given to
the people of that section of the
county by Mr. Reynolds in
memory of his mother, who re
sided there before her marriage.
In coming to the county Mr.
Reynolds drove over the road
leading from the Forsyth line
to Danbury and he was strong
ly impressed with the need for
re-grading and hard-surfacing
this road, which is entirely too
narrow and crooked to be safe
to travel over. He expressed
himself as hoping to see the
State Highway Commission
hard-surface this important
road at an early date.
TEACHERS MEET
HERE OCT. 4
To Outline Work For County
During Coming Year—Or
ganize Local L'nit Of State
Teachers' Ass>ciation
A county-wide meeting of
I Stokes countv teachers will be
i
l held at tlie court house in Dan
j bury on Saturday, October Gth.
] at which time the work for the
j coming school year in the coun
!ty will be outlined and other
! important questions in regard
| to school work discussed,
j The local unit of the State
Teachers' Association will also
be organized at the meeting,
and blanks and school registers
distributed to the teachers.
As there seems to be slight
! misunderstanding among some
j as to the dates for the opening
J of the schools, Supt. of School
| J. C. Carson requeststhis paper
j to announce that schools will be
opened on the following dates:
j Reynolds' school, Oct. 6th.
Meadows school Sept. 29th.
| All short term schools, Oct.
i Gth.
!
Paul Taylor, who is operat
i ing a warehouse at Kingstree.
;S. C., writes that tobacco is
selling high there considering
the quality of the offerings.
———
Both of the candidates for
|(TOvemor are coming to Danbury
soon to address the Stokes county
voters. Mr Meekins comes on
Friday of this week. Sept. H»th.
and Mr. McLean will be lure
I
next Tuesday. Sept. :23rd. Both
i
candidates will nodoubt have
j large crowds out to hear them.
BRIDGE BIDS
WERE HELD UP;
Highway Commission Had Bid;
(tn Concrete Construct ion ,
Lower Than On Steel—To 1)
Re-Let On October G.
Bids on tin- building of seven
steel bridges in Stoke.- were re
ceived Monday by the countv
highway commission. Steel
I.ibby, of Knoxville, Ten,
submitted a bid in which they
offered to construct concrete
bridges for less than the other
bidders asked to build them of
steel. The board had not asked
for bids on concrete construc
tion but since it was found that
they could be built for less mon
ey. it was decided to alow all of
the bidders to have a chance at
the concrete construction on the
Ist Monday in October. In the
meantime the plans submitted
by Steel & Libby have been
forwarded to the State High
way Commissi >n at Raleigh for
their approval.
There were five l ids placen
on the seven bridges, but
the board declined to say which
of these were the lowest bid
ders on the steel work, since
none of the bids will be accep
ted if it is decided to use con
crete. Those bidding on the
bridges were Luten Bridge Co,
Steel & Libby, Foster Construc
tion Co., R. R. King. Brinkley
Bridge Co.
STOKES MAN
KILLED BV TREE
Frank Scott At Pinnacle Had
His Back Broken While Fell
ing Trees On His Farm Last
Week.
Pinnacle Sept. 12-Frank
i Scott, aged about 50 years, was
seriously injured about 0 o'clock
this morning when he was struck
by a falling limb from a tree.
Scott, was engaged in falling
trees on some land near Pinnacle,
suffered a broken back,
A telephone call was sent to
Winston-Salem and an ambulance
from the Vogler's funeral parlors
left immediately for Pinnacle.
Mr. Scott was taken to Martin
hospital. Mt. Airy, and at 2:30
this afternoon was under the
x-ray.
Mr. Scott, whose home is near
Shoals, had been employed to
clear some land near Pinnacle,
and was engaged in this task
when a large limb broke from a
tree and before he could escape
fell directly on on him.
LATER— A message from Mt.
Airy states that Mr. Scott died
soon atter reaching the hospital.
Mayor P. 11. Linville. of Wal
i nut Cme, was among the visi
tors here Monday, lb- stated
: that so far nothing definite had
: been learned in regard to when
! the State would start work on
' the road from Fulp into
j Stokes.
TOBACCO MARKET i
OPENS OC T. 1
T iba'". ) Board ot Trade Fixes
This As Definite Datt—The
in;. I (iood—Big Yeai
Promised.
Winston-Salem September 15
At a meeting of the executive
; committee of the Tobacco B jard |
of Trade this morning at the
Piedmont warehouse, it was de- j
cided to open the Winston-Salem
leaf tobacco markets on October
■ Ist.
The decision on the opening
'date was practically all the busi
-1 ness discusspd by the committee,
and it was unanimously decided
' that this would be the best date.
! With the opening on October
! Ist, the warehouse men of
Winston-Salem are looking for
! ward to one of the biggest years
in the history of the tobacco mar
i ket in W'inston-Salem.
The crop thruout this section of
; the country is rega r ded as excep
jtionally g>od this year, and it is
jonfidently expected that the ag
gregate pounds and the average
| price will be at an exceptionally
high figure.
Last year the poundage ran up
to around forty-three million, and
it is expected that even this high
figure will be eclipsed this year,
with the average per pound run
ning even higher.
A full complement of buyers
representing ali of the large to
bacco companies of this country
are expected to be on hand
for the first sales and will remain
in Winston-Salem thruout the
season. Everv company buving
for this and foreign countries
will be represented by buyers.
As last year, there will be a sec
ond sale for one warehouse each
day, as there will be but four
s?ts of buyers for the five ware
houses, Piedmont, Browns, Plan
ters and Peppers.
Tobacco farmers and the public
generally will be interested in
the information that the date of
the sale has been determined
Practically all of the tobacco
warehouse men who have been
on the early South Carolina mar
ket during the past few weeks
have returned to this city, and
are getting everything in read
ness for the big opening.
Visiting* At Lodgre Of
Commissioner Hanes
Mr. and Mrs. J. Porter Sted
man were week-end guests of
Highway Commissioner and
Mrs. A. S. Hanes at their lodge
near Elkin.—Winston Journal
R. E. L. Francis, of Francis
co, was among the visitors here
Monday. Mr. Francis is just
completing a new residence.
The infant of Mr. and Mrs.
Clady Mabe died at their home
at Meailmvs Sunday morning
following an illness with colitis
and spinal meninigitis. Th"
bereaved pare'nts have the sin
cere sympathy of their many
friends in their loss.
No. 2,7346
MORE COUNTY
ROADS ORDERED
Stoke.- Highway Commission
Had a Busy Da\ Here At Its
Special Meeting Monday
Good Number Of Citizens
Here, -*
A contract was awarded to
J. T. Ploit Construction Co. by
the Stokes Highway Commis
sion Monday for the construc
tion «f a soil rad which will
complete the direct highway
from Danbury to Madison,
Rockingham county. The road
from Danbury to Preston villa
lias already been completed by
| the Plot? V. and the county
t forces, while the road from the
Rockingham line to Madi.-on is
a fine soil road. This county will
when this road i- completed
have a tine soil road all the way
from Madison to Mt Airy
through Danbury and tlie heart
| of Stokes.
At Monday's meeting of the
highway board heiv tiie Big
Creek township commission
ers were instructed to build a
road from Flint Tilley's mail
box to Geo. \V. Hutcherson's,
the road to be built next in
order. They were also instruct
ed to build a road from Sam
Xunns' to Pinch Gut creek at
State highway bridge. These
roads are to be of standard
width and soiled.
The board ordered that a
road be constructed from Bob
Smith's to Geo Smith's in Yad
kin township. This is to be the
next road built in that town
ship.
Engineer Mullican was in
structed t-> survey the John
Mickey and J. Adkins road and
secure the proper location for
the road.
There were a number of citi
zens before the board asking
for roads, etc.. in several town
ships of the county
MR. M'LEAN COMING
SEPTEMBER 23
Will Address Stokes County
Voters In Court House At
Danbury, Tuesday, Sept. 2?.,
At 2 O'clock P. M.
Announcement was made Mon
day by Chairman E. W. Carroll
that Hon. A. W. McLean. Demo
cratic candidate for Governor,
would address the voters of
Stokes at Danbury on the political
issues on Tuesday, Sept. 2-Vd, at
2 o'clock P. M.
Mr. McLean is an able speaker
and his coming is looked forward
!to with much pleasure bv the
| Stokes Democrats. He is popular
here, having defeated Mr. Bailey
jin the primary in Stokes by a
large majority.
Chairman Carroll hopes to *fe
a large number of citizens out to
i hear Mr. McLean on the 23rd
| hst.
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Joyce aro
visiting Mr and Mrs. R. T.
Joyce at YVestfield this week.