DANBURY REPORTER
Volume LI.
CRIMINAL COURT
ENDED SATURDAY j
Judge Brock Helped Stokes j
School Fund By Many Fines |
Imposed—Cases Disposed of j
Latter Half of Week.
If lat week's criminal court docket j
had contained many more cases they j
would not have been tried because i
the court was in session from Mon-'
day morning until Saturday evening'
at dark in disposing of the heavy j
docket. Judge Brock and Solicitor,
Spruill as well as a number of visit-1
ing attorneys left for their res pec-1
tive homes after dark on Saturday j
night.
The grand jury was in session,
until about noon Saturday.
Cases disposed of and not reported i
in paper last week were as fol
lows :
Reece Mabe, manufacturing liquor, j
given six months road sentence with ■
18 months suspended sentence.
.-John W. Hall, manslaughter, sen
tenced to three years in penitentiary. |
Notice of appeal to Supreme court
given and bond fixed at $-1,500.
D. V. Bottoms, abandonment, or
dered to pay $25.00 per month for.
term of two years for use of wife j
and children.
B. F. King, assault on female, to
pay $150.00 year for use of wife and
child, and sentenced to 1 months in
jail.
Dick Joyce, possession of liquor,
prayer for judgment continued unon
payment of cost.
Marvin Nelson, a. d. w. and c. c.
\\\, fined s.">o anil cost.- Prayer for
judgment continued for term of three
years.
Joel I.awson. a. d. w., prayer foe,
judgment continued upon payment
of cost.
Gilbert Montgomery, minufactur
ing liquor, •> months on road.
Zack Campbell, assault with in
tent to kill, three years on county
road.
Luni Booth, assault, fined Jl OO
and cost. Prayer for judgment con
tinued for term of three years.
I W. 11. Young, possession of liquor,
! prayer for judgment continued until
nex't term of court upon payment of
I '
Noah Mabe, driving car while in
toxicated, prayer for judgment con
tinued for term of three years upon
payment of cost.
(Jarfield Gilliam, house-breaking,
six months on road.
Willie Corn and Joe Bob Smith,
forcible trespass, not guilty.
W. K. Doss, a. d. w„ prayer for
judgment continued for :> years upon
payment of cost.
Walter Collins and Dewey Yen
able, larceny and receiving, prayer
for judgment continued upon pay
ment of cost.
Gilmer Hawkins, operating car
■while intoxicated, titled $lO and cost.
Matt Jones, manufacturing liquor,
filmed $lOO and cost. Given suspend-
Sod sentence of one year.
if. Will Golding, affray, judgment
Jpuspended upon payment of cost.
lA. and 11. W. Spann and J. M.
'aul, possession of liquor, prayer
'or judgment continued upon filing
lond for $5OO each for appearance
it next term of court.
Harvey Williams, prostitution, or
idcirf'. to pay $lOO for use of Minnie
iDuftgi.! is and child.
*Horse Sticks Wagon
ft Shaft Into Body
While hauling wood early today
from the side of the mountain just
west of Danbuiy a horse and wagon
with the driver, Ed Hawkins, color
ed, fell from a precipice twenty feet
hiirh onto a rock cliff. In the fall a
shaft of the one-horse wagon was
broken off and stuck into the side of
the horse a distance of near three
feet, the shaft entering the horse's
body just in front of its hip and ex
tending almost to its shoulder. To
remove the timber it required the
services of five men pulling with all
their might. The horse, which was
a fine animal, i s the property of Mr.
N. A. Martin. It will probably not
recover as the shaft is thought to
have pierced the lung.
Scientists have about come to the
conclusion that the mounds in the
Middle West were built by the mound
builders.— Florida Times-Union.
I WORK BEGINS
ON BRIDGE
I
I Large Concrete Structure To
Span Creek Just South of
I Danbury On Walnut Cove
Road.
A force of men have started work!
on the large concrete bridge to span
i the creek just south of Danbury on
'the Walnut Cove road. The struc
| ture will IK- of considerable length'
'in order to span the deep hollow as
well as the creek and will be about
| thirty feet high. The bridge will
; cost around $30,000. J. M. Kestler
& Son have the contract for this
! bridge as well as the one to be erect
ed across the creek two miles south
jof Danbury.
The work of grading the road be
tween here and Walnut Cove is ex
| pected to begin in a few days. W. C.
j Carter has the contract for the grad
i ing. It is learned that C. S. Austin
j will have charge of the engineering
'on the road and bridges.
! SEED WHEAT"
HARD TO FIND
; Some Stokes Farmers Not Able
j To "ut In As Much Acreage
As Intended On This Ac
count.
j
I Quite a few farmers in Stokes
county will be unable to seed as
much wheat land as they intended
on account of the scarcity of seed,
it is stated by those who have given
the matter some thought. Those
farmers of the county who had seed
wheat for sale disposed of their
' supplies radily at good prices. Seed
houses ask high prices for good
seed and many farmers refuse to buy
from them.
The recent rains have done much
to pet the land in order for sowing
and the work is proceeding nicely
now. Some years, on account *>f
high prices of tobacco, farmers have
neglected their wheat crops to some
| extent, hut with present prospects
for money from a tobacco crop it is
likely that more attention will be
paid to grain.
WILL NOT ABANDON
P. & N. PROJECT
Morrison Does Not Reveal
Plans Made Since Death of
Duke.
| Raleigh, Oct. 22.—The movement
j t«> extend the Piedmont and North
ern electric lines from Charlotte to
! Winston-Salem will not be ahan
| doned because of the death of James
I I>. Duke, former Governor Morrison
1 saiii here today.
! "Of course M. Duke's death has
1 materially affected the plans of the
project but I am hopeful that the
line can be built anyway." he said.
The | iwer magnate ha I able as
sociates in considering the extension
|of the line, Governor Morrison ad
ded, and an effort will be made to
secure their co-operation in the con
summation of the projevU'd enter
' prise.
' Beyond assuring that the move
ment would not be abandoned and
expressing hope that it will be con
summated, yet Governor Morrison
'could reveal no plans prompted by
the death of Mr. Duke,
j The projected extension of the line
would carry the electric railroad
from Charlotte to Winston-Salem
via Concord, Salisbury, Lexington
and High Point. Mr. Morrison has
been actively engaged in promoting
the interest of business and indus
trial people of the cities and com
munities along the proposal route,
and assurance (if co-ifperution and
support have been given. These are
expected to aid materially in furn
l ishing the movement, and the former
. governor seemed quite hopeful that
it would be consummated.
Quite a Stranger
, i "To-morrow afternoon," said a
j minister to his {congregation, "the
| funeral of Mr. So-and-So will be held
■ 1 in this church. I shall make a funeral
> 1 address on the occasion, and the man
I himself will be here, the first time in
[twenty years."—Diocesan Record.
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, Oct. 28, 1925
! HANGING ROCK
IS REVIVED
I _ i
Reported Here That Florida
People Have Purchased Prop-,
erty and Will Develop It At
| Once.
The Hanging Rock . property in
'Stokes county, composing :
acres of land, recently purchased by
' Mrs. Cicero Tise, of Winston-Salem, '
'at a commissioner's sale, is report
ed to have been sold lecently by
Mrs. Tise to Florida people who
have plenty of capital and who pro- \
pose t> develop the property as a
summer resort on a huge scale,
i During the past ten days Greens
, boro and Winston-Salem attorneys
' have spent considerable time here'
' searching records at the court house
in connection with this deal, and
while no deeds have been recorded
at this writing it is stated that the
transfer of the property to the
: Florida people has already been
I made and the money paid over,
j Humor has it that the company
will erect a three-hundred room
i hotel, a lake, golf course, etc., and
I that a modern road will be built to
, the property.
I A more beautiful spot for a resort
than the Hanging Rock property is
• not to be found this side of western
'North Carolina.
I
I
JURORS FOR
FEDERAL COURT
.'>s7 Cases To He Tried At
Greensboro Beginning Dec.
Ist—Majority Are Liquor
1 Cases.
I
Three hundred and fifty-one cases
are now on the Federal court docket
1 at Greensboro to Ive tried at the
coming term of Federal court, which
will convene on the first Monday in
December.
This is the largest docket the court
has ever had. Most of them are
violations of the prohibition laws.
The following named jurors for
the term were drawn from Stokes:
j J. R. N'unn, of Westfield, and C. A.
' Mickey, of Gap.
I
News and Personals
From King-, N. C.
King, Oct. 20. Mr. S. F. Slate is
very sick at his home two miles east
of town.
i Dr. L. E. Riser, of Statesville, :
spent Sunday with his parents near
here.
Mr. Roy Snider is preparing to
erect a new home on his farm just;
west of town.
Mr. B. F. Pulliam, one of our old
est and best citizens, suffered a
stroke of paralysis at his home on
west Main street last Thursday
night. While he is very sick he
j shows slight improvement at this
' writing.
Mr. S. A. Hennis. president of The
'Blue Ridge Furniture Manufactur
ing Company, spent Sunday with his
family in Mount Airy,
i Born to Mr. and Mrs. !.. li. New
sum, a son. The young fellow ar
rived yesterday.
Mr. W. E. Ilendrix made a busi
ness trip to Winston-Salem today.
Mr. C. J. Kirby and family ac
compai >y Judge\Caudle, spent
Sunday with relatives and friends at
Siloam.
Messrs. O. 1.. Pulliam and Bryan
Pulliam, of Winston-Salem, spent
the day Sunday with relatives here. •
Several people from this place are
attending court at Danbury this
week. i
Mr. C. S. Newsum and family
1 spent Sunday with Mr. Newsum's
' parents in Walnut llills.
Dr. H. G. Harding spent Sunday
with the Doctor's parents at Farni
ington.
Mr. Ollie Newsum went to Wins
ton-Salem on business today.
|
i Not the Usual Shingle
(' A burning shingle from the barn
1 fell on Mrs. Anna Noonan's neck
1 and inflicted a severe burn. The
I loss is only partly covered by insur
l ance.—Extract from a news item in
the Worcester (N. Y.) Times.
; CIVIL COURT
OPENED MONDAY
•Judge A. M. Stack Is Presiding
. —W. E. and Mcßae Hart
man Sec ure Judgments'
j Against Hugh Heath.
i j
The civil term of Stokes Superior
! court opened here Monday with
Judge A. M, Stack presiding,
i The case of W. E. and Mcßa?
Hurl man against Hugh Heath has
consumed most of the time of the
■ court up to today. W. E. Hartman
; was awarded judgment in the sum of
$3*15.00 and Mcßae Hartman was
| allowed $500.00. This suit grew out
of an automobile accident in which
I Mcßae Hartman, son of W. E. Hart
i man, was injured in a collision be
j tween the cars of the plaintiff and
; defendant.
Judgment against Robert A.
Hedgecock was given the Commer
cial Investment Trust Co.
In the case of J. E. Pyrtle against
W. D. Smith judgment for the de
fendant was granted.
Judgment for plaintiff was given
in the case of J. O. Gordon against
Joanna Bowman.
The above cases consumed the
time of the court for the first three
days of this week. There are many
others yet to be heard and the prob
ability is that it will be impossible
to clean up the large docket at this
term.
Winston-Salem Has
Destructive Fire
Winston-Salem, Oct. 25.—The
Woolworth store on Liberty street
is a total mass of ruins and Kinney's
Shoe store, O'Hanlon's Drug store
and several other business houses
located on Liberty and Fourth streets
suffered losses that will amount to
approximately $70,000 as the result
of a stubborn fire that originated
in the Woolworth store festerday
morning about 2:15 Sunday.
The main loss is being borne by
the Woolworth company whose en-
tire stock was consumed by the
flames of the fire that raged for
nearly se.en hours before being
controlled by the (massed compan
ies of Winston-Salem's department.
Plans t'nknown.
As to whether the Woolworth com
pany will rebuild in the location that
it held prior to the fire could not be
learned. W. X. Hunter, manager of
the store stated that he did not know
and would only say that he thought
the losss would be covered by .$50,000
which includes a stock whose value
is $.'SO,OOO and fixtures totaling about
$20,000. He also said that the lons
was covered by insurance.
Tile other losses are divided
among the firms located in the
proximity of the Woolworth store.
Kinney's shoe which is next door
to the Woolworth store suffered a
loss of about $B,OOO in shoes that
were soaked by the water that seeped
through the walls of the building
into the basement of the store.
Nearly 10 feet of water stood, in the
basement of the store during the
whole of yesterday. Most of the
goods that were damaged were stored
on the side next to the burning build
ing.
Drug Store Damaged.
O'Hanlon's drug store was flooded
by water that had soaked # through
the walls of the building into tile
basement of the store. This damag
ed medicine and other articles that
were stored in the basement to the
extent of appioximately $5,000.
Refuse To Pay
For Killing Chickens
Recently W. 1!. Bryant, of Stokes,
filed claim against the county com
missioners for $30.00 for loss of
chickens alleged to have ln'en killed
!by a neighbor's dog. A jury was
'named to investigate the matter and
they report that there is no positive
evidence as to how the chickens were
killed, hence the commissioners re
| fuse to pay the bill. The jury was
| composed of H. A. llall, J. T. Tuck
er anil R. B. Hart.
j California gets the beauty prize,
but Florida's real-estate profits can
'also show a pretty figure.—Spring
| field Republican.
TOBACCO CO-OPS
IMPROVE RECORD
Members Deliver More Tobacco
And (let More Money Than
One Year Ago.
Raleigh, Ovt. 27.—The Tobacco
(j nnvers Co-operativ • Association
has received more than 32 million
pounds of tobacco from the pre-.-nt
crop, and according to the report
made at the meeting of its board of
directors last week, the association
was 4,500,000 pounds alu-ad of the
1024 season's receipts up to October
19.
i The organized tobacco farmers
have ilso benefited fhis year fr*>m
ti> ■ iiureased casi r.tlvanco for their
t'.ba-ro which has heen nw'n'.r'icd
in every belt at (15 re* cent -.if bank
er-,' valuation. YMs is shown by the
fact that $3,375,-102 25 hao b?-n re
cjiveit by the mombo's up to ('.t. 19,
a-' compared to $2,441,354.-12 for lust
season's deliveries up to the same
date. This shows a substantial gain
| in deliveries to the association and in
I payments to its numbers.
| Another cash payment on deliver
lies of the 1924 crop will be made to
'the organized tobacco farmers at the
i earliest possible date, according to
their directors who point to the fact
that of the 447 million pounds of to-
bacco received by the associati m
during its first three years of oj «•!
| ation only "4 million pounds of thi
j bright tobacco which has been re
j dried remain unsold and of the
dark-fired tobacco delivered to the
.association 20 million pounds of the
| redried product are now in hand.
The tobacco association this year
adopted a very liberal policy to
wards its members who failed to
make deliveries of tobacco the past
season. No penalty was taken from
the deliveries of the present crop to
pay for contract breaking in other
years. On the other hand, the as
sociation will take legal means to
protect its loyal members from eon
tract breakers who fail to deliver
this year's crop to the co-operative,
floors.
Permanent injunctions restrain-1
ing eight members of the tobacco as- j
sociation in Vance county from sell- ;
ing their tobacco outside the pool
were granted the association in
j Vance county Superior court. In in-
I stances where sales on the auction
market had actually been made,
j judgments were given representing
I five cents a pound on tobacco sold
I and in the costs granted were includ
ed in each case a twenty-five dollar
; fee for attorneys.
Similar cases in every county of
the old belt where action ap> iMr
necessary will he vigorously mn : 'i
on, according to Col. Willi. nr T
Joyner, resident attorney of the :i
-sociation at its Raleigh headquartei .
Fully S.'t per cent of all the ea-i
-brought by the tobacco association
in the courts have so far been i! li
ed in favor of the association.
No Change In
Pastor Church Here
P.y mutual arrangement Pastor V.
J. Rowling, of the Danbury M.
church circuit, will remain in Dan
bury for another year, instead of
going to Dobson, as was announced
at the close of the recent M. K.
church i onference.
1! v. ,1. K. Hipp, of Dobson, who
was assigned to the Danbury charge
will !-> remain at his present 10.-a
-ti' • for tlit coming year,
i The t iii!" «.f this circuit wll 1
(plea-ed v hear that no change will
Ibe s;w: h re. as Mr. Bowling has
laeeonw i lie.l much good during hi**
two yi; • - on the circuit and is well
liked. I' ; learned that Mr. Hipp
is equally u 11 liked on his circuit
and that h . •ngregations protested
his leaving 1' on,
Ex-Sheriff 11. D. Turpin
111 At Hospital
Xews was received here Monday
of the illness of I s Sheriff 11. D.
Turpin, of Pinnacle, who is suffering
I with blood poison. 1 iwas carried
to a Winston-Salem hospital Sun
day and his condition was reported
serious. Mr. Turpin was in Danbury
Friday and Saturday anil was given
■ some medical attention while here.
No. 2,794
DANBURY NEEDS
TWO MAILS
Talk of Motor Mail Service
From Winston-Salem—lt Is
| General Opinion Thu? We Can
Have Better Service For Ask
ing-
Citizens from other points who
{chance to spend any time in Danbury
aro always forcibly struck with the
S fact that Danbury is badly in need
of better mail service.
Last week L. J. Hampton, the live
I correspondent of the Winston-Saleni
' Journal, who spent some days here,
j wrote his paper as follows:
! "Although only 28 miles from
I Winston-Salem, this important coun
| t.v seat town, the center of an histor
ic old county and center also of a
| newer and more progressive area by
year, Danbury only gets mail from
the outside once a day, in the morn
,' ing at 9:uo o'clock. Citizens of this
, town are anxious to get better mail
, ; facilities. There is talk of combin
ing in an effort to get a motor mail
. line from Winston-Salem to arrive
, here in the early morning, return to
. the state's metropolis and make &n
-, other round trip in the afternoon.
The distance is not too great to make
. such a schedule feasible, it is pointed
i out, and this town and community is
now large enough and important
'enough to warrant such facilities f«>r
the accommodation of local pop
,! ulation."
The only mail from the railroad
' reveived here each day leaves Walnut
| Cove in the early morning. This
schedule is good so far as it goes, en
abling patrons of the office here to
get a morning paper at 9:30, but we
, need an additional mail in the late
afternoon. Walnut Cove has ten
I passenger trains daily—3 from Wins*
i ton-Salem, 3 from Roanoke. 2 from
j Greensboro. 2 from Mt. Airy—and
only get mail in the morning from
I one of these trains, namely, the
eight o'clock train from Winston-
Salem. Mail arriving on all other
trains is held over at Walnut Cove
I until the next day. Nwspapers from
Charlotte and Raleigh and the even
: ing papers from Winston-Salem and
| Greensboro can't be had here on the
| same day they are print 1.
Mail leaves Danbury in the after-
I noon at 2 o'clock and the carrier, who
j always resides here, has to come back
Ito his home in Danbury in the late
I afternoon, and attention is called to
' the fact that it would be an easy
matter for the carrier to bring an
I afternoon mail with only a slight
additional cost.
The need for an afternoon mail
and the little trouble and cost it
would be is apparent to everyone who
has given it a thought.
Surry County Has
Farm Demonstrator
I Surry county has secured a farm
jagent "i demonstrator, says the Ml.
Airy He comes from Owens
l)oro. Kentucky, the state where the
I'.ni' Hue grass grows. Mr. White
the man employed has hail wide and
varied experience in all phases of
agricultural pursuits, lie was rear
ed on a farm and later received his
higher education in the University
of Wisconsin. His first activities in
the county will he along the lines of
permanent agriculture, the develop
ment of grazing and pasture lands,
and the extension of facilities for
more successful poultry raising.
Mr. White arrived last week in
time to assist state agent, K. S.
Millsaps in judging the agricultural
exhibits at the Mount Airy fair, at
the same time having the oppor
tunity to meet in person many sub
stantial farmers of the county.
For the present. Mr. White is
opening a temporary oflice at Doh
-1 son, but a definite decision as to
permanent headquarters has not
been made. For live years Surry
i county has been without a full-time
farm demonstrator, a factor so es
sential to the progress and develop
ment of any agricultural district, and
the institution and assistance of an
! agriculturist, thoroughly informed
in the most improved methods of
systematic farming is expected to
push Surry nearer the front as a
successful agricultural and stock
raising region.