BU R y
Volume LI.
DAMAGE WROUGHT
BY HAIL STORM
Thirty-Six Tobacco Crops Dam
aged One-Halt" To Two-Thirds
—Only One Farmer Had In
st! ranee.
A hail and wind storm Thursday
afternoon that began at Lawsonville
and extended to a point live miles
South-east of there did terrific
damage to tobacco and other crops
in its path. The storm reached over
a territory only about one mile wide
and five miles in length. Parties from
A_thal section >tate that .'ili tobacco
were damaged from one-half
two-thirds. Only one farmer
#ohn W. Sheltoti had insurance on
his tobacco. Shelton carried sl,-
200.00. Very few of the farmers had
primed any tobacco.
• A partial list of the fanners whose
crops were damaged by the hail and
-wind:
Jack Alley.
Percy Morefiebi.
Judge I'ollins.
Jiiifus Shelton.
Pick Joyce,
Joe Martin.
Walter Robertson.
Prank Robertson.
CSeorgie Sisk.
"Will Abe shelton.
John Shelton. »
Shores Hall.
• 'leve I.aw.-"i;.
Mody llulliii.
\\ ill Stephen-.
.Icssi llil! l.aWsoil.
•lesse Joyce,
litn Joyce.
..Mrs. I' I). Ncl-on.
lim Throckmorton.
I tile I'riddy.
Arthur I'riddy.
Klein I'riddy.
John I'riddy.
* Rao i'riddy.
Alfred Mabe.
Hub Moore.
/ KEII)SVILLE~MAN
V* KILLS BURGLAR
Was First Shot By Burglar But
Reached Shot C.un Before
He Got Away. |
Reidsville, Aug. 22.—Ed Carter
white, was killed here shortly before
11 o'clock Friday night when caught
burglarizing the hontc of K. li.
Franklin. Carter had removed val
uables belonging to Mr. Franklin
from under his pillow when he hap
pened to touch Mrs. Franklin's foot,
causing her to awaken. Mr. Frank
lin was immediately aroused and
then Carter is alleged to have begun
~ f "shooting, two bullets striking Frank
lin, one i" the breast and one in the
leg, while Mrs.. Franklin was wound
t'd in the thigh.
Despite his wounds Franklin grap
pled with the burglar and finally
half pushed and dragged hini to an
other part of the house where a
shotgun was kept. Three times this j
gun was fired. Carter striking the
barrel and causing the shots to go
Jhv '.ld, but on the fourth he turned
run and as he did so, the contents |
- *>f the barrel caught him in the!
treast causing instant death. Neither
of the Franklins were seriously
grounded.
;■& Another white man accompanying
sft'arter fled when the shooting start- j
,/cd and had not been apprehended at
jßioon today. Carter had quite a no- j
Alice record here and was just re-
Jcontly involved in a serious affray. l
i Franklin is a well known local bar
, A.' her.
" An investigation revealed that
Carter had re moved his shoes which]
i were found outside the house he was
attempting to enter and rob.
4 Stokes Man Is
Bitten By Dog
King, Aug. 23.—Romie Ta'Avi.rds
: of the Stoney Uidge section was
$1 bitten by a dog which was acting
strangely last Friday. The canine
UK was killed and his head sent to
IB Raleigh. The report came back to
«day that the dog had rabies. Mr.
Kdwards will start taking the pas-
H teur treatment tomorrow which will
jjm be administered by Dr. (5. K. Stone
|Vf,f this place.
Franklin James, of was
sin town yesterday.
(THE SITUATION
AS TO SCHOOLS
j.J. 1.. Christian. Of the County
Hoard Of Kducation. (lives
Sonii' Knlightenment On the
Subject.
Kditor Danhury I!c|>ort
am lint capable of writing front
page articles, hut will appreciate it
if you will allow me sonic snare in
your paper for expressing try views
on thr school situation in Stokes
county.
In his article last week Mr. Mc
(iee in an open aml frank way ex
pressed himself as opposing the pro- |
gram as laiil out by the Hoard of
Kducation. I have known Mr. Me
(iee personally for a nunihrr of years
and know lie is a fearless and hold
opponent of schools. 1 can readily
understand why a selfish, uneducated
miserly mail opposes schools, hut
why a man if intelligence (who lives
in a conimuiiity where one of Stokes I
••'.lunty'ji most modern schools is lo- j
rated and paid for out of the general I
m hool building funds of the county,!
not costing tile people of the colli
-111 iinity a penny more than it does
tli.' tax-payer who lives on the other]
side of the county) would oppose j
si hools, leads nie to helieve that |
th- re ran In- hut two platisihle rea- 1
Oils. One is, lie does not helieve in'
education. ami the othei reason he!
not willing for his fellow onntry
-11:i n to have the privilege of cdti-at
:ng their children.
A ■ has In ell often told, the school i
buildings belong to the county. I'
makes 110 deference whele located, it
j re>t  e i-ry tax-pay« r the .-a me .-.nil I
i.- it fair for one community to have i
a w II e.|;dpped, lip-to-itat ■ school
and let another coiiununity'- ihildrotii
shiver in an obi dilapidated otle
loom school building'.'
Mr. M-.-tice in iiis article said tiiei
IJoaid of Kducation asked for Slnn,-
0110 for buildings. He missed it by
tin small margin id' s2ii,(lim), not a
big mistake for a man of affairs, lie
iias the county's indt btedness uli.iost
$.'!l)tl,l)()t> too high. Not a bad mis
take for a man to make when he
nei'ds the differcnre to drive home his
point.
Getting hack to the subject of edu
cation. We propose to build at Sandy
Ridge, Lawsonville, Francisco and
build additional rooms at Pinnacle
and King. These buildings will cost
around SBO,OOII which we can borrow
from the State at 4 1-2 per cent in
terest and repay in twenty yearly
installments. By complying with the
State requirements, to which end we
have been working for the past six
years, the State Board of Kducation
has increased our Equalization Fund
from SIB,OOO to $21),000. This extra
amount is to he used for paying
teachers' salaries. We had to raise
this by taxation last year to meet the
salary expense of Iteachers which
made our rate 81 cents. By letting
the rate remain 81 cents we will have
the same amount to pay teachers and j
provide interest and sinking fund on i
the amount of cost of building pro-'
gram. Anyone can see by working!
under this plan, the State actually,
furnishes the money to build. There j
are a good many people who oppose !
this building program and I am sure j
they have been misled by unreliable j
men who are spreading false propa- j
ganda all over the county.
As I see it, my first duty is to the j
children of Stokes county regardless i
of where they live and who their pa-1
rents are. A girl or boy who grows
up these days without education is i
soon crowded out to the ragged edge >
of a bare existence. Kducation is;
something that you cannot compare'
with your tax receipt. Scientists tell j
us that the chemicals composing the;
human body are worth only '.'Sc at
current market quotations. An in
dividual's body contains fat enough
to make seven bars of soap, iron j
enough for a medium sized nail |
sugar enough to fill a small shaker, |
lime enough to whitewash a chicken !
coop and enough sulphur to make a j
match. (Of course the gas some have |
is not counted.) But when an indi
vidual is ydueated and developed to
his possibilities, just what is he
worth to himself or society? One
decision of the trained brain of an
expert may be worth more to human
ity than a whole lifetime of exhaus
tive muscular labor by an uneducated
man. There art' 8,000 different em
ployments listed in a publication of
Danbury, N. C, Wednesday,
'AMOS HEGE
IX TROUBLE
I'ornier Prohibition OHieer i
('aught . With Whiskey On
His Car Other Charges
Against Him.
Winston-Salem, Aug. u:,. Amos
Keg,-, f.rm i I'niv-d State- prohibi
tion officer, was arrested last night
about 100 lock in tile Youngsjown
section of tile city by I'offeeltien ( .
1.. Anderson. R.(i. Simpson and 1.. IJ.
St eel man and loged in the city lock
up under four ditferent charges as
j.i result of the alleged drawing of
| a revolver oil the officers. He is
charged with assault with a deadly
weapon, carrying concealed weapons,
violating tin- prohibition law and
drunkenness.
Policemen Anderson, Ste; 1 nan and
Simpson were in the Youngstown
•crtion of the city to serve a warrant,
land a car driven by Hege stopped in
!f. •on' of them. Hege hailed the of
j ficers asking them who they were.
I The officers replied that they were
policemen. 1; is said that Hege
drew his pistol saying that lie was
an officer of the law and for them
to put up their hands. This remark
i was addressed to Officer Anderson
| who immediately put his hands
'above bis head.
Officer Steelmatl slipped up behind
lb-go, it was said, and over-powered
jirin. His ear was searched and
: boui a half gallon of whiskey wa
' found. It was stated that he was
i drunk.
Tile ollii el's bro'.ighl Hege to police
le adqtlarters >vli i c ti:e charges
j wore preferred against him. 110 was
placed ill tile city lockup to wait until
ii' was sober enough to be allow.-d I
his liberty under si.-'iiin loud, lie'
will be tried ibis morning in niunici-]
p:d court.
While an officer and through a !
long and checkered career many'
charges of violence and atrocious!
conduct have been niadi again t
liege. After nil affair in Stokes;
county in June, 1'.'23, he was accus-1
el by the county superintendent of j
roads of tiring upon him in ati auto
mobile. I-ast year two men from j
(ircctishoro said that Hege held them
tip in Yadkin county by puncturing I
their tires with a spiked plant, fired
several times in their direction and
abused them verbally.
Many other charges of violence
have been made against Hege, and
while a prohibition officer he was
the center of constant criticism from
a large number of citizens.
Zack Campbell Is
Given Hearing
Zack Campbell, the young man j
who had been held in the county jail
here for the past several weeks on j
the charge of shooting Hugh Stovall, |
kas given a hearing Friday before j
Justice N. A. Martin and released I
on a bond of $.">,000 for his ap|K>ar- j
ance at Superior court in October.
It was thought that Stovall would)
die for some time after the shooting,
but he was able to attend the hear- j
ing Friday and Campbell was allow
ed to give bond. Only a few wit- 1
liesses were examined.
Mr. and Mrs. J. I). Fliiichum, of
Danbury Route 1. spent a short while
here yesterday.
i
the L'nited States Government l)e-j
partmcnt of Labor. After overs
occupation that our ambitious young,
people would want to follow, the fol- j
lowing words are printed: "A high;
school education is a valuable prep- i
aration." 1 saw a calf tied by a rope:
to a stake. It had eaten all the grass j
in the circle as far as tin- rope would
reach. Just outside the circle the
grass waved mockingly and tempting
ly. Our young people who are un
educated are tethered by a rope. It
is up to you to say how long the rope 1
shall be. Will you let the enemies j
of your children shorten the rope, or j
will you make it longer by aiding us •
in putting over the program and pro-!
vide for educating your children? j
Mr. Mcliee referred to the article j
bv W. W. Sanderford as being a i
burlesque. I am convinced now that
it was since seeing his three ring
performance of straddling the State
legislature. Board of Kducation and
Democratic party.
J. L. CHRISTIAN.
"BROWN MTX.
i BILL" WRITES
Submits Some Comments On
i Article B\ Mr. H. MeC.ce,
j
; Appiarir.g Last Week.
! Kilitor Jo-porter:
j I notice an article in your pupe;
.from r. Mefj-. on county finances.
11 wish to say we all as citizens and j
tax-payers feel very much benefitted
by the f ;!l explanation of liovv tilings
are going on i;j the county and how
things should g.» to nn-et with his 1
approval, and he makes it very plain
■ just how his "SyI'ARK DKAI.
SLOlit'M" would come in at this
particular time, and help out things
so much. We have been looking and j
waiting for this "K'KBKRti" to
come to the surface for some time, j
Mr. Mcliee spoke of how well he ;
enjoyed good roads and good schools,
yes. we all enjoy the same thing, but i
we all do not have the pleasure of i
living 'ii a beautiful quaint old town I
surrounded by:> 7 miles of top-soil
roads in his township with good I
bridges across every little stream,
and first-class high school and other!
things that go to make life happy, j
while the north side of our county
is short on both road.- and schools.
If Stol-as county should have de
pended on Mr. Mctiee's Vote while
he represented this county in the
legislature we would still lie in tile
.liini. We l -arn that I. vot -d against
the Stilti r> ui bill wln ala had every
reason to kn w ai d l.- ln-ve it was
going to pass, th r Ikilling the
prospect., that Stokes • . my had to!
get good roads paid for by the state
without raising our faxes one cent.'
How is this for a man who stands !
| for ii "Square Deal," economy and
for his people V
We further learn that only I'IVK
votes were c«i-t against this road j
I bill in the entire legislature, and
I TWO of these votes again.-t it were,
I the Stokes county representatives, j
Doesn't that seem like a man who
: loves his ncopic and who is progress-I
I ive.
;
What has been the results of such
{actions sis these. It is plain to every
j body, this county has been denied
| hard surface roads that we are en- ;
I titled to by the State Highway Com- 1
mission on the grounds that Stokes
county said by their representatives
we don't fvvant them. Everybody
knows this is true.
Citizens of Stokes county can't
y«u read between the. lines of Mr.
McCJee's article and his purpose of
shooting his gun at this time? H>
says that favoritism should not •> >
known. I wonder when he learned
this valuable sentence. Hut I suppose
he learned this while in his political
j career, since in Stokes count}, no fell
victim trying to get his ideas before
'the toilsome masses of the people.
| His last defeat was handed him by a
school boy of Mt. Airy, Surry coun
j ty, the home county of Mr. Mcliee,
but now he is trying to do good for ;
j evil.
1 notice in his article he took it
mild dive at the Democratic party. |
| very precautious as to what he said,
just sufiicient to let those who are
jsutfering with political carbuncle.'
I know where he stood, but they know
| and the people know who fired the
fatal shot that assasinated the Re
publican party in Stokes county, and
iii turn the people put him on cold
[storage and now we are fifty fifty i
I with the flag at halftnast.
I I don't believe in over taxing the |
I "pie, neither do I believe in going 1
I beyond what we can't safely pay. i!
j don't believe in wasting money, I be-|
j lieve we should economize our public!
j moii y in every way possible, anil I
• be exceedingly careful in every par
ji- ular, but the people know that
;it takes money to build good roads
at I keep them up money to build J
bridges and keep them up. money to
build schools and keep them up.
1 don't believe the people of Stokes
I county realize what has been done
; for them along these lines. I know
the tax-payers of Stokes county
; don't want to go back to the old mud
' roads and hills, with no schools for j
j their children for nothing in the;
[world, so don't get alarmed at these j
i kickers, they tire in every progress- j
ive county and will be as long as time
lasts. Thev are out of a job and!
% *
they must have employment.
1'- is a funny thing how a few old
sore backs will get together and |
•:son the minds of a few people over,
ROBT. COLEMAN
DIED YESTERDAY I
i
Had Been 111 Only Feu Days
With Biootl Poisoning—Pass-j
ei Away At Winsio* ilospi-1
i; A.
j Robl. ( ,i|. •mi , i v. !| kr.ov and :
j respected citizen and, farmer of
Xaurat'.wn ;-hip, die i y.-.-terday
!:n i \\ .■ >: M-Salein hospital after
ja slior illne-.- with 1.1 1 p dsoiiitig.
IA f cay. ago Mr.  oli-man injured I
iiai.e siijjl.tly and it became in
fecied v.i-h fatal result. His death
a gc.-at shock to his relatives and
a I os' of friends.
| Only last Sunday Mr. Coletnan
! passed through Danbury enroute to
I Si.ow i r -.-k church to attend services.
:-MARRIED HERK
LAST MONTH
•John A. Kennedy Pleads (inilty 1
To Bigamy Charge—Mind
May Be Affected.
! Justice N. A. Martin and Register
of Deeds John Taylor went to l.- xing
tor Monday to appear as witnesses
in Dnvidsoii Superior court in the
case against John A. Kennedy, charg
ed with bigamy. Kentn-dj in. iried
Mrs. Kate Davis, of Stoke, i -nity,
last month, and left her after few
day.-. ili was arrested in High
Point a uk ago.
Kei.iie, .. who ir To years of ~ge
ami a /. -n of Davidson ouiitj.
j pleaded u .dty to the charge of big-j
lamy. Judge Oglesby, who is holding'
Davidson court, withheld judgmeiit
I until later in the week. There was
| son: • qtie-tion ;.s to Kennedy's
I sanity. M
i Prof, J, T. Smith
Returns To Stoke.-. •
Prof. J. T. Smith, who rciiovtd to'
j ( alifornia a few years since l.aj re
turned to Stokes with his family, ,
his many friends will be pleased to .
know. Mr. Smith will reside at |
Francisco and has accepted the posi- (
It ion of principal of the Francisco |
school, it is learned.
i
absolutely nothing, except some lit- '
tie deal in which they have an ax
to grind, like the sale of a truck or
something similar the ball starts to I
roll and hell gets in the wind, high •
taxes in the minds of the people, here 1
comes a tornado, like that which is '
billed for Danbury September 7th. '
I expect to hear some of the great
est speeches on that day that has 1
been heard in many days. I expect :
to see on that day a man who will 1
try to imitate Henry Clay when he
said, "Give me liberty or gi\e me
death." I expect to see and hear
Daniel Webster with Solomon's wis
i do in applied to a poor wooden headed
j people who don't know nothing but
truth and honesty.
While 1 ain no prophet, yet 1 pre
dict that in the near future a gather
ing will convene composed of these
'self-righteous fellows that never dill
a wrong, but would not hesitate to do
everything in their power to stop ail
progies. in our county in order that i
their whims may be satisfied.
N 'U suppose that our countv bad i
iii- and roai.tj officials that co ni -" >• i • ~
all boards was of the idea, of 1
|Mr McUiv on roads and s. h ■! . '
jwha". I. dof a road and school ■:!
{tern u d l we have in th:. coini'y j
I coin: e with our sister ioiinties,|'
and :c! :«!•-%• counties in North Car. ,•
il don"; th.::k Mr. Mcliee means any
thing sei -in his letter iHil i ill:ec[l
think lie wants to let the people.l
know that la- is still living with the |
jfaint hop tb.t he might go to;'
Raleigh soil a> and assi--' in nuik- '
ing some law for us that wi can ;• t
our money's worth.
Mr. McCiee'- it a- of the various j
county boards i n I ds me very mu h
of the Patent .\! ii> no man, who was
selling two pivnarat oils of medicine
i made from poplar bark, one was
i "Hypopopolodum" skinned from the
I bud down, and the ether was !
j "l.o|\>pohydum," skinned from the j
j roots up. One would cure one half
jof human ills, the other would cure
'•he other half of the human ills.
' !!i:t the specific has not been found j
j that would cure his complaint.
, DROWN MOUNTAIN BILL, j
No. 2.784
NEWSY LETTER
FROM KING
Meeting 1 (»!' Coops Aug. 29.—»
Hums—other Iteiiis.
A Marriage—Ham Tobacco
I
| Kins, AUK. -I- Mr. (.His Hampton,
jof High Point. .-pending a few days
with li:> parent.- nil PulLam St.
The high school here will open.
September I -Ph. Prof. H. A. ( ir
roll, of Mi:.pah. has been employed
us principal.
Mr. C. Meadows, of Roanoke,
Yii., is .-pending a few day.- with
relatives and friends here.
Mr. Thomas K. Smith inis j ur.has
e'i fron: K. I'. Newsum a f .. • bu-i
--lot on east .Mam stivt on which
hi- expects to erect a new building
n the near future
The meeting recently n Id at the
new Chri.-tiau . hutcli on west Main
street closed Wednesday night. There
were fourteen additions to the
church.
Rev. John Spainhower, "f King and
.diss Alva Howell, of Tohaccoviile,
were i|iiii-tly married here last Wed
-1 n. sday. K v. 1,. K. i'ulliam olliciating.
Hev. .Mrs. David H. Wilcox and
sons, ilavid, Jr.. and West brook, of
W'iiiston-Salein, are spending a few
dajs with relatives here.
A large attendance is expected at
th- ' i iterative Tobacco (irowers'
whi h will he held here Sat
ll' . Alig'.lst 2!Uh. Some good
i • will in' present and deliver
lad iie-M .-. A brass band will also
'! ; hand and mak for the
>. -. ..-In .
j Mi Marvin West, of Lakeland,
Hi.rda. is spending days with
1. i oii.-in, Mr. W. .VI. West, i.n west
Main street.
The Modern Woodman ball team
of this place defeated Seward in a
hard fought game played on the
Seward diamond Saturday. The tinal
score stood live and three.
Mr. A. 11. Ncwsuin, of i Icinmons,
was among the visitors here Sunday.
Mr. F.rnes.t Smith, who resides
just west of town had the misfoVtune
10 lose a barn of line tobacco by tire
Saturday. It is not known just how
the barn caught. Mr. Smith went to
dinner and when he returned he
found the barn on fire.
Mr. and Mrs. J. 1). White, of Roa
noke, \'a., are spending several days
with Mr.. White's parents on east
Main street.
The "Red Goose" ball team of this
place took one away from Dry
Springs here Saturday. They beat
them to the tune of twenty-one to
four. Not a single feather was
knocked out of the geese.
Mr. Banks Turner, who operates
a mercantile business in Winston-
Salem and resides here spent the
day Sunday with his family in Wood
land Heights.
Mr. (\ W. Hutchins and family, of
Winston-Salem, spent Sunday with
relatives here.
Mr. Hoy I demons, who holds a
position with the R. J. Reynolds To
; baccco company at Winston-Salem,
-pel t Sunday with his family here.
Mr. W. W. (iruhh ami family, of
Winston-Salem, spent Sunday with
tiie family of Mr. C. I>. Moore on
I'ulliam street.
Dr. I.ee Kiser. of Statesville,
spent Sunday with relatives and
friend.- here.
Mr. T. Ricrson and family have
just returned from Wilmington, N.
where they spent a few dny- at
ih' sea shore. They reoort a very
pleasant trip.
Rev. Paul Herman Xcwsum, of this
place, tilled hi.- regular appoint m-nt
at Drown Mountain Sunday.
Refreshments will be -oil at the
big picnic here next Saturday by
the ladies of The Christian chur. h.
Proceeds to go to the new chur.h
which has just been completed on
west Main street.
Reduction Made
In Price Of Ga>
Chicago. Aug. '".—The Standard
011 company of In !, ma t >ii"_ht an
nounced a cut of two cents a gallon
len gasoline and al! naptha p.whuts
i and a cut of one eeJ'i a gallon on
I kerosene tomorrow "Competitive
conditions" were given as the rea
sons for the price slash.
Miss Luna Taylor left today for
| Forest City where she will teach
iin the high school.