DANBURY REPORTER
Volume LI.
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§: OFFICERS TAKE
I; SECOND STILL
fT A Complete Copper Outfit, Some
Whiskey, Sugar, Fruit Jars,
A Hat and Other Items Are
Seized.
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'• 1 Federal prohibition agents Fletch
er, Shelton, Flinchum and others
liave been making it hard for the
zfellows engaged in making whiskey
in this section during the past few
-days. Yesterday they captured a
' -complete copper still, cap and worm
I; r in the Hartman section, four miles
north-east of Danbury. The still
i was found about 5 o'clock in the
morning running at full blast with
four men in attendance, but all
escaped in spite of the best efforts
jkj of the officers. One of the men ran,,
'' out from under his hat which was
. A,brought along to Danbury with six
'jj jhundred pounds of sugar, a bag of
j "> ibran, some yeast, 2or dozen fruit
i, tfcars, and other items. The sugar,
J and fruit jars were sold here
* *t auction, while the still and
whiskey were destroyed.
The officers stated that the men at
the still were recognized and it is
presumed that warrants have been
jasued for them.
•j It is learned that the officers later
jfound 21 gallons of whiskey near the
gltill site.
34 CARS STOLEN
DURING MONTH
fcut Thirty-One of These Were
Returned By the Theft
, Bureau.
i,
Raleigh, Dec. 7. Thirty-four
| automobile* were stolen and thirty
one cars recovered during the month
of November, it is announced by the ;
Automobile Thrft Bureau of the 1
atatc department.
' The report shows that touring
Cfci - 1 appealed to the tastes of the
tkieves more than other models,
tfceio being 20 touring cars stolen
•duiinu' tin' month. The report also
•(lows that detectives of the theft
bur Mil recovered more touring cars
►th't" any other design. Of the :tl
' recovered, li' were touring
Vi t.
** JJai-i.
* In addition to the 20 touring cars,
t" 'fce thieves stole seven coupes, six
yroudstcrs, and one coach, and de
, tfcitiv.'s recovered l'.i touring cars,
ilvi 1 roadsters, live coupes and two
jediins. Some of the cars were
ifltoVn before November 1.
1 ' .'A
600.000 BUSHELS
' OF GRAIN BURNED
Big Elevator and Heavy Laden
Barge At Port Huron (.Jo Up
In Flames.
f-
Tort Huron, Mich., Dec. o.—The
Orand Trunk elevator here, contain
ing >00,(100 bushels of grain, was de
stroyed and the barge Alexander
Maitlaiul, with a cargo of barley,
Hps burned almost to the Water's
«dgc by lire of undetermined origin
this morning. Early estimates of
the loss placed it at more than s">oo,-
... y4OO, including SIOO,OOO to the barge
■ JUld its cargo.
"} LThe lire started in the elevator
fcnd fanned by a high west wind soon
flr fipveloped that structure and spread
'fc) the bavge moored at the elevator
wha if.
. Story Building- For
Manhattan 'lsland
-
; > New York, •Dee. o.—New
A Jp to have an 88-story building, out
\''jjjlflking in height the Woolworth
lljlililing, which has 51 stories, ac
•Mflrding to information obtainable in
, ml estate circles. A test to de
termine whether the Woolworth
towers sway in winds of high veloci
ty is said to have been planned in
fonteanplation of the new skyscrap
ci nst ruction.
'At the offices of Cass Gilbert,
architect, it was admitted that the
jwoject was "under consideration,
ikho ugh details are being withheld
J .~Mfcau.se negotiations for the site
JtMrc not been closed.
new mammoth structure will
' kWU|iy an entire city block in down
\to*n Broadway, it is said.
We see where our friends, the
are plotting another revolution
ia this country.
MAKE CONNECTION I
AT WALNUT COVE
To Secure Railway Line East
and West Movement Is
Started By Governor and
Others.
Raleigh, Dec. s.—Planning for
the state's next move in its tight
to restore the Cape Fear and Yad
kin Valley railroad as a through
line, Governor Morrison and mem
bers of the corporation commission
at a conference this afternoon agreed
to present a new appeal to the inter
state commerce commission for the
grouping of the road with the Nor
folk and Western.
No Chance to Annul Sale
With the state admittedly stand
ing no chance of annuling the "dis
memberment sale" by legal action,
as Wednesday's decision of the su
premo court demonstrated, the most
promising procedure is seen in an
appeal to the interstate commerce
commission. That body has worked
out a proposed railway re-grouping
plan which it is expected will even
tually be put into effect.
Following the conference this af
ternoon, the governor announced
that a meeting will be called soon
of the commission named by the
special session of the legislature to
direct the fight for the restoration
of the C. F. and Y. V. as a continu
ous line. It will probably join with
the governor and the corporation
commission in presenting the state's
case to the commerce commission.
Confer With Governor.
All three members of the corpor
ation commission, Lee, Maxwell
nnd Pell, were in conference with
the governor. The plan agreed upon
called for the submission of sup
plementary petition to the interstate
body, elaborating on a recommenda
tion presented several months ago
suggesting the grouping of the C.
F and Y. . with the Norfolk and
Western.
The supplementary petition, it is
undi'i'-tood, will suggest the N. and
W. but will register agreement with
proposed re-grouping with any other
railway that will insure east-west
connections for North Carolina.
The state will also ask to be heard
in or.il argument in behalf of the
suggested plan of re-grouping.
The Norfolk and Western, an
east-west trunk line connecting with
Cincinati, the Ohio gateway point in
the west and Virginia cities in the
east crosses the C. F. and Y. V. at
Walnut Cove, north of Winston-Sa
lem, on its Roanoke-Winston-Salem
division. Restoration of ( the C. F.
and Y. V. as a conitnuous line under
the management front Mt. Airy to
Wilmington and connection with the
Norfolk and Western would insure
the state a through east-west trunk
line, it was pointed out.
The Interstate Commerce com
mission's program for re-grouping
the railroads is some distance away
I from consummation, but railway
authorities believe it will eventually
I come, and in that possibility is he-
I lievrd to lie the state's heat Vhance
|to get its desired through east-west
I line.
JUDGE J. E. BOYD
RESUMES ERMINE
'Aged Jurist Comes Back After
j Long Illness Apparently Li
Full Vigor—ls 79 Years Old.
t Greensboro, .Dw. 3.—Judge Jaiues
jE. Royd of western North Carolina
federal district court, sat on the
J bench Tuesday for the first time
i since over a • year ago. In fact, the
last time he was in his office until
the convening of a term of court
i here this week, was November 22,
! r.'2:i. He is greatly improved in
j health end seems in tine spirits. In
the past year he underwent an op
eration in a hospital here. Judge
Royd is 79 years of age.
His recovery is a matter of grati
fication to his friends in all parts of
the state. Roth before and after his
elevation to the federal bench he
was widely known by reason of prac
tice in the courts, and in all places
where court is hi«Dd in the western
North Carolina district he is known
by hundreds of people, Asheville,
Greensboro, Charlotte, Statesville,
Salisbury, Wilkesboro.
He appears to have before him
! many years of hearty life.
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, Dec. 10, 1924
J. I. DUKE (IVES $40,000,000
FOB EDUCATION, CHURCH AND CNADITY
Provides For $6,000,000 University In North Carolina, For the
Erection and Maintenance of Methodist Churches, For Main
taining Orphan Asylums, For Caring For Retired Preachers,
Etc.
I Charlotte, Dec. 9.—James B. Duke,
multi-millionaire power magnate, to
day complete preparations for
turning back to the people of North
Carolina and South Carolina in an
educational and charitble trust,
most of the money he has made |
through development of the Southern j
! ;>ower system.
Announcement was made last ,
night that Mr. Duke was creating
a trust fund aggregating §40,000,-j
000, in which he was placing about
thrve-fourths of his holdings in the
1 Southern power system, of which he .
has been thV prime developer. The (
i system centers around the Catawba j
I river in North and South Carolina.
Under the trust a university, to i
,be located in North Carolina and to
• be known as Duke university, is to |
:be created. Out of the trust fund the
I trustees, a self-perpetuating body of
fourteen men and one woman, Mrs.
. James B. Duke, are directed iJo !
spend $0,000,000 in establishing this
university. If, however, Trinity col
lege, Durham, N. C., which has re
ceived millions of dollars from Mr. |
i Duke and members of his family, de- (
I cities to change its name to Duke
university it will receive this sum for'
Requiring property and buildings.
The income of the trust fund
j
. which will aggregate about $2,000,-
, 000 a year and which the donor es
timates will increase as the domes
tic development of the Carolinas'
continues, is to be divided among
various colleges of the Methodist
( Episcopal church in the state and
, hospitals. Twenty per cent of the in- ,
come is to be retained each year
until $10,000,000 is accumulated from
this source, making tile fund SSO,-
000.000. The remainder i f the in
lomc is to be divided as follow" 1 : j
' Duke university, 82 per cent:
maintenance ami securing h ••j.i t a I s
primarily in North and South I'aro
lint, "2 per cent; white and colored
orphans in the Carolinas, lo per
cent; building Methodist Kpiscopal
churches in rural districts, i! per
cent; maintaining rural Methodist,
churches, I per cent; pensioning su- j
pcrannuatcd Methodist preachers
who have served in North Carolina,
2 per cent; Davidson college, ."> per
cent; Furinan university, Greenville,
S. ('., "> per cent, and Johnston C.
Smith university, Charloto, a
1 school for negroes, 1 per cent,
j A trust indenture, which will be
i completed as soon as Mr. Duke re
i turns to his New Jersey residence,
is about 7,000 words long. A state
ment announcing the trust issue un
der Mr. Duke's .authority last night
contained a statement of his reasons
for selecting the objects named and
i is to be read each year to the trus
tees. "My ambition," said Mr. Duke
in the statement, "is that the reve
nues of such development (the wa
ter power developments in the Caro
linas) shall administer to the social
welfare, as the operation of
developments is administering to
the economic welfare of the com
-1 immities they serve."
In conclusion he said that he "had
endeavored to make provision in
some measure for the needs of man
kind along physical, mental and
'spiritual lines, largely confining the
benefactions to those sections served
by these water power develop
ments."
Money For Hospitals.
Hospitals giving treatment to the
I poor cot'ld secure upwards of SUO,-
1 000 from the fund from which ;t2
1 per cent of the income is to be di
verted to hospitals. Under Mr.
Duke's, plan this money would be
1 *
i spent for new buildings and equip
ment for the treatment of those un
able to pay for medical attention.
Broken down ministers of the
Methodist church and the widows
land orphans will get alxmt $40,000
annually. This applies only to North
I Carolina.
Feeling that North Carolina and
j South Carolina secure, and in the
future will continue to secure, a
I large part of their "bone and sinew"
from the rural districts Mr. Duke
j provides a total of 10 per cent of
the fund or about $200,000 annually
for building and maintenance of
Methodist Episcopal churches in
North and South Carolina.
Mr. Duke ordered that 20 per
cent of the income derived from the
I $40,000,000 estate be added to the
| total each year for a number of
| years, to maintain the total estate
iat a level of $10,000,000. This will
j cut down slightly the figures for the
' income of each of the institutions
but not materially as it was said
that the total income perhaps for
I the first few years will be over the
' $2,000,000 mark.
In his statement Mr. Duke points
out that in years to come the prop
erty will become more valuable and
| the income naturally will increase.
The trustees named by Mr. Duke
include Mrs. James B. Duke, Somer
! ville, N. J.; George C. Allen, William
R. Perkins, William B. Bell, An
! thony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr., Walter
C. Parker and Alexander 11. Sands,
Jr., all of New York; William S. Lee,
Charles 'l. Burkeholder, Norman
I Coke and Edward C. Marshall,
Charlotte, and Benjamin E. Greer,
Greenville, S. C.
The trust indenture, according to
! tonight's announcement, is now in
course of prenaration and will be
j executed by Mr. Duke on his return
to his home in New Jersey in a few
days.
Mr. Duke's Ambition.
Recalling that he has for years
been engaged in developing water
power resources in North Carolina
j and South Carolina, Mr. Duke in a
statement set out in the indenture
for the guidance of the trustees,
, says that "my ambition is that the
revenue of such developments shall
j administer to social welfare as tile
operation of stub developments is
ai'minlr.erlng to the economic wel
fare of the communities which they
serve," He ihell commends to the
trustees the securities of the South
ern Power system as the prime in
vestment for the funds of the trust
and advises the trustees not to
'change such investments unless ur
' gently necessary.
"In recognition that education,
when conducted along sane and
practical as opposed to dogmatic
and theoretical lines, is next to re
ligion, the greatest civilizing influ
ence, 1 ' says Mr. Huke'.-i statement,
in giving his reasons for creating
Duke university, lie asks that a
faculty us.>4ring the university "a
place of real leadership in the edu
cational world" be secured and that
courses be arranged primarily for
training'"teachers, lawyers, physi
cians and preachers. Hospitals have
been selected as another means of
distributing the income of the trust
because of the statement, they not
only minister to the comfort of
ruch but increase the "efficiency of
mankind" and "prolong human life."
For Guidance of Trustees.
The following statement is con
tained in the trust indenture, now
being prepared, for the guidance of
the trustees;
"For many years I have been en
gaged in the development of water
powers in certain sections of the
states of North Carolina and South
j Carolina. In my study of this sub-
Iject 1 have observed how such utili
zation of a natural resource which
otherwise would run in waste to tile
] sea and not remain and increase as
la forest, both gives impetus to in-
I dustrial life and provides a safe and
I enduring investment for capital. My
ambition is that the revenues of
such developments shall administer
to the social, welfare, as the opera
tion of such developments is admin
istering to the economic welfare, of
the communities which they serve.
With these views in mind 1 recom
| mend the securities of the Southern
| Power system (the Duke Power
j companies) as the prime invest
l ment for the funds of this trust;
and I request of the trustees to see
do not change any such investment
j except in response to the most ur
i* ; :
I (Continued on page 4.)
TWO DEATHS
OCCUR AT KING
Miss Myrtle Lawson and Infant
of Mr. and Mrs. Elsie Moser
Pass Away—Other News of
King.
King, Dec. B.—Rev. Paul Herman |
Newsuin filled his regular appoint-!
ment at Mount Airy yesterday.
Th'. Standard Oil Co., of New j
Jersey, has awarded the contract for |
the erection of the new service'
station which is to be built on the
F. P. Newsuin corner to Frank 1..
Blum & Co., of Winston-Salem and
work has already been started. The
contract calls for completion in five
weeks.
A spelling contest between the
New World speller and the old blue
| ba speller will be held here at the
high s hoid building Tuesday night,
December ldth. A large attendance
is expected as the older people seem
to be taking |uite an interest.
The one month old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Elsie Moser died at
their home on West Main Street last
Tuesday. The interment was con
ducted from Trinity church the fol
lowing day.
Miss Myrtle Lawson, aged eigh-
I teen years died at the home of her
| mother, Mrs. Berry Lawson, yester-
I day morning from heart failure. The
| interment was conducted from Mt.
1 Pleasant church today at 2 o'clock
! p. m. Myrtle was a good girl and
was liked by all who knew her. She
. will be greatly missed in the com
: munity.
| Mr. Bert E. Wilson is placing ma
terial on the site preparatory to
erecting a new dwelling on East
Main St.
Mr. J. S. Hix, of Greensboro, is
among the business visitors here.
| today.
| Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Tuttle, of
Rural Hall, spent Sunday with rela
tives in Walnut Hills.
Work on Mr. Preston Knight's
new home on West Main St. is Hear
ing completion.
There is quite a lot of building
going on here and a demand for
brick all the time and Mr. C. F.
White has a ildd of clay lying near
town that would make excellent
brick. Some good man experienced
in brick making would do well h re.
STATE GAS TAX
MAY BE RAISED
'Chairman Page, of Highway
Commission, Says This Ne
cessary It' More Bonds Sold--
Meeting Be Held Friday.
Raleigh, Dec. !•. An increase of
one cent per gallon in the state gas
oline tax and the maintaining of the
present autionohilc license rate is
: considered necessary by Chairman
Frank Page, of the state highway
\ commission, should the commission
request a $.'15,000,000 road bond is
sue. The commission will meet here
Friday to discuss the recommenda
tions that will be presented next
January to the general assembly.
Officials of the highway depart
ment expressed the belief that no
definite action would be taken at
the meeting on Friday, but that the
general business of highway con
struction and maintenance would be
I discussed. It is also expected that
a lomniittee will be appointed to
'investigate the matter of financing
i the department with a view to mak
ing recommendations regarding the
i boll 1 issue. This will include up
i keep ii.terest on bonds and sinking
! fund.
The estimated annual income of
1 $10,000,000, based by Secretary of
State Everett on gasoline tax and
I automobile license revenue for the
| months of July, August, September
| and October, is thought by highway
j officials to be somewhat high.
! NOTICE OF S.VI.K OF PERSONAL
I'ROO'ERTY.
I I will expose to public auction the
i following personal property in front
!of the court house in Danbury, N. C„
on
WEDNESDAY. DEC. 24. 1921,
'at the hour of 1:00 o'clock P. M.
i One Chevrolet automobile.
Ono Ford automobile.
Terms of sale cash.
This December 9th, 1924.
2w LUM BOOTH.
No. 2,748
SURRY SENDS
DEMOCRATS
Walter W. Carter to Take Seat
In Senate For District
Barker In House—Both Are
Surry County Attorneys.
Mt. Airy, Dec. s.—The first I)emo
! crat e\er elected to represent the
i senatorial district comprising the
j counties of Surry and Stokes. Sen
j ator Carter received a decisive ma
jority in both counties. He is asso
ciated with his father, W. F. Carter,
in the practice of law, at Mt. Airy.
He 25 years of age, a graduate of
Davidson college, and an alumnus of
the U. S. Naval Academy and of the
University of North Carolina law
school. Before being admitted to
the bar, he was in the insurance
business at Wilson N. C.
The county of Surry will be rep
resented in tile legislature that
convenes next month by a Demo
crat, Attornny Harry 11. Barker a
prominent lawyer of this county and
section. Mr. Barker, elected by a
majority of over SOO votes received
in his ho.iii' township a majority of
306, After tile completion of his
literary and professional education,
the latter being received at Wake
Forest and the State University, he
came here and located for the prac
tice of law. For fifteen years he
has been a busy, progressive and in
fluential citizen.
OFFICERS GET
STILL IN STOKES
Saw Three Men Operating Plant
But All Escaped Warrants
Issued For Men Yesterday.
Officers Fletcher, Shelton and
Flinchum captured a copper still and
a shot gun five miles northeast of
Wnlhut Cove yesterday. Some
whiskey and beer was destroyed at
the plant.
When the officers arrived at a
point near the still site three men
were recti engaged in operating the
plant, but when the officers rushed
upon them they all ran and made
good their escape, however, ill" men
wete recognized l«y the local ottkvr
and it is stated that warrants have
been issued for their arrest.
STATE'S BONDS
SELLING WELL
Reputation of North Carolina
I Is Standing Up Well In Fi
{ • nancial Centers.
Raleigh, Dec. t>. —The state of
| North Carolina will have no further
| sale of bonds of existing issues until
| next September, Treasurer Ben I.acy
said today in announcing that a
SI 5,000,000 issue taken by a New
j York syndicate and advertised for
sale recently, leaves only about
j 500,000 of bonds to be sold of the
i total authorizations of the ll»21 and
| legislatures.
.The §15,000,000 issue recently ad
| vertised for sale on the New York
market was taken by the New York
syndicate following the opening of
I bids several days ago. The state,
which had advertised twenty mil
lions, sold at that time onlv five
millions. Later, however, Mr. I.acy
said, the syndicijte purchased yix
millions more and secutcd an option
on four millions.
Mr. Lacy and Governor Morrison,
the state's bond sales managers, have
marketed about s:'t>,ooo,oot> worth
of bonds in financing the "Program
of Progress." The bonds have been
disposed of at what Mr. Lacy con
siders remarkably good terms.
There is salesmanship in putting
over a good bond deal, Mr. La.y
thinks, on every trip north he and
the governor have been "boosting
North Carolina," and bankers give
as much consideration to talk of
that kind as the merchant does to
| the salesman's argument for his
, wares.
"I am satisfied that the favorable
I publicity given North Carolina in the
northern papers and magazines has
been of tremendous value to the
state in disposing of its bonds," he
said. "It may be bragging, boosting
our state, but 1 have seen the return
in dollars and cents."
And after placing $90,000,000
worth of North Carolina bonds on
the market, Mr. Lacy ought to know.*