D ANBUPY EPO^r^E
Volume LI.
SUPERIOR COURT
IN SESSION HERE |
Trial of Samet Case Probably |
Consume Latter Halt' >t" the J
Term List of Cases I)is-|
posed of So Far.
Superior court opened here Mon
ilay morning with Judge T. J. Shaw,
of • irifiishoii-, i»ri*si«litifjr. Judge
T. B. Finlt'.v was assigned to hold
thi.- court, hut went to .Mitchell
county. exchanging places with
Judge Shaw.
Many favorable comments have
t>ce!f hoard on .(mine Shaw's able
chart. to the jury Monday morn
ing. A large number of Stokes
fitheard and enjoyed il thoro
ughly.
Solicitor Spruill is here prosecu
ting the docket with his usual ardor
and making it hard for offenders t.>
get by without paying the price.
Quite a few minor cases wore
heard Monday fail Tuesday, two de
fendants being sent to the roads
and a number of tines imposed,
while in other cases judgment is
pending.
On Wednesday the trial of Max
Snivel and his two sons Morris and
Jake, charged with the burning of
a st.'ire building in King last sum
nh r, was taken up by the court. It
is the opinion of court officials that
this- tase will require the time of the
cour. for the remainder of the
term for its completion. The cxani
inat.on of the State's witnesses is
not ontpleted as this is written,
while the defendants have a great
many witnesses to be heard. The
case is attracting considerable in
ter'*.. The jury which is hearing
the case is composed of Forsyth
county citizens, as follows : \V. Z.
Weft. S. T. Long, (.'has. \V. Cook,
W. P. Williams, Howard Fulton, W.
C. lonian, K. A. McCuiston, T. G.
Trivett, 1.. C. Deal, C. F. Hlair, C.
T. Mi-.kles, ('has. 1.. Crews. The
defendants are represented by 1..
' M. Swink. of Winston-Salem; Al
good A: Alderman, of Greensboro;
.1. H. Folger of Mt. Airy; Williams,
of High Point; J. 11. Jarvis, of Wal
nut '"ove; J. I). Humiihreys, of the
local bar. Solicitor Spruill is be
ing assisted in the prosecution in
former Solicitor Bower, of Lexing
ton t.rul N. 0. I'etre, of the Danburv
bar.
C«u-es passed upon bv the court
up the time the Same! case was
taken up are as follows:
Robert Cardwell, a. d. w., prayer
for judgment continued until next
term of court on condition that
Cardwell pay prosecutor $15.00.
John Fry, retailing, six months on
county roads.
Scott Sizemore. manufacturing
liquor, six months on county roads.
J. T. Mabe, possession of whiskey,
fined $50.00 and costs.
Jesse Joyce, retailing called and
failed. Capias to issue."
Hub Nicholson, manufacturing
liquor, called and failed. Capias to
issue.
Howard Golden, assault, not
guilty.
Oscar Mounce, assault fined one
penny and the cost.
Jeff Smith, c. c. w., fined $50.00
and cost.
Jeff Smith, assault. prayer for
judgment continued upon payment
cost.
• F. Robertson and A. L. Ziglar,
possession of liquor, not guilty.
Ed Forest, fraud, not guilty.
1). V. Bottoms, tried at last term
of court on charge of abandonment,
failed to pay cost and was delivered
to Sheriff by his bondsmen. Judg
ment pending.
L. A. Berry, failed to report as
guardian of three children anil
using $525.00 in funil t s belonging to
the children, found guilty. Judgment
pending. The court ordered that
suit be brought against Berry's
bondsmen for the recovery of the
money.
Dallas Creakman, affray, fined
$l.OO and the cost. *
Will Bull in, retailing, nol pros.
Mrs. Will Bullin retailing, fined
SIOO.OO and the cost.
Good behavior was shown in the
following cases which were tried at
term of court: Luthor Shel
ton, "affray; Willie Smith, violation
prohibition law; Jeff Sheppard, af
fray; Andy Martin, operating car
intoxicated; Richard Owens, operat-
iFOUR STILLS AND
TWO MEN TAKEN
I Some Whiskey Also Captured
! Hy Officers hi Stokes—Men
Are Hound Over To Federal
Court In Greensboro.
Prohibition Agent I'. L. Flinchum
and Deputy Sheriff Norman Dun
lap last week captured four stills,
a quantity of whi.-ke/ and two
i men. The men arreste I were Tandy
Ilicks, of the Snow Creek section,
j and David Tilley, of Walnut Cove
I Route They wen- given prelemi
. nary hearings here before C. S.
Oommissioner N'. A. Martin and
; bound over to Federal court, which
| convenes in Greensboro in Jun.
j Bonds were fixed at $5OO each an 1
were given and the men released.
. REV ENU E ST AM P
ACT SUSPENDED
It Is No Longer Required That
l Documentary Stamps He
Placed on Real Estate Deeds
J When Recorded.
At 12 o'clock Sunday nigh', the
act of Congress of I'.tlM requiring
stamps on all documentary papers,
including deeds, was repealed wher
eby the last Congress in the act
providing reduction in" tax
The act was ratified by the sig
nature of President Co.ilidge on
Feb. 2S, and provided that its pro
visions should be effectiv • t i.i'y
days later. Thus it wis that at 12
o'clock Sunday night ih.- require
ment that all documentary papers
be stamped was suspended.
This will affect quite a saving ;•>
business, especially in real estate,
as under the former law a $1 fede
ral revenue stamp was required at
tached to each deed for $l,OOO in
volved in the transaction recorded.
With the exception of proxies, the
stamps on deeds is about the only
difference that will be made in this
section in this phase of the general
tax reduction bill.
Prohibition Atfent To
Face Murder Charge
• Mount Airy, March 27.— W. H.
Ashburn. federal prohibition agent,
whose home is at Siloam, this coun
ty, was here today on his way to
, Trenton, .Jones county, to be in at
. tendance at the term of criminal
court which starts there M inda.v of
next week. Mr. Ashburn is under
bond for his appearance there to
await the action of the grand jury
in connection with the killing of
Will Bryant, a negro of the Pol
locksville section of Jones county on
December 22 last, while officer Ash
bum, in company with Mayor Beary,
of Polocksville, the chief fo police
of the town of Pollocksville and K.
E. Potter a deputy sheriff of Greene
county, were making a raid upon
a large rum plant in the edge of
Jones county.
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,Geo. Simmons Loses
Home By Fire
George Siirfmons, of Quaker Gap
township, had the misfortune to
lose his five room residence by fire
early this morning. The fire caught
from the flui in the kitchin. Only
a very few household articles were
saved. It is learnd that Mr. Sim
mons did not have any insurance.
ing car intoxicated.
Johnny Jones, carrying concealed
weapon, fined $75.00 and cost.
A. C. Spann, 11. W. Spann and J.
11. Paul, tried at last term for trans
porting and released on condition
that they appear at this term as
witnesses against Kb Nicholson, were
called and failed to answer. loiter
the men appeared and prayer for
judgment was continued on condi
tion that they give $5OO bond each
for their appearance at next term.
Will Golden, tried at last term on
assault charge, failed to show good
behavior and capias was issued for
his arrest.
Frank King, ordered at last term
to pay his wife $12.50 per month
Tailed to comply v'Jth the courti's
orders and capias is issued for his
arrest.
Danbury, N. C, Wednesday, March 31, 1926
EVERETT MAKE
SERIOUSLY HURT
Ft-11 Twenty-Five Feet From
ilridge, Where He Was AI
Work, This Morning Car
ried To Hospital.
I'veivtt Mabe, a young ma i em
; ployed l>y the Kesler trufti >n
i Co., fell from tin' bridge which that
company is erecting hoi';', early this
I morning anil was seriously and
pmbably fatally injured. Young
Mabe was preparing to begin work
and hail just reached the top of the
ladder and started to step over on
the floor of the hrige when he lost
his balance and fell a distance of
about 2a feet to the ground below.
After striking the ground at the
edge of a T-foot hole his body fell
into it.
After being given first aid here
by Dr. K. 11. Moreiield the wounded
man was rushed to a Winston-Sa
lem hospital. The extent of his in
juries could not be ascertained, but
it was thought probable that his
skull was fractured, as he was rcn-
I dered unconscious, and was bleeding
I profusely from a bad wound on the
j head.
| Mr. Mabe is a son of Jchn Mab»,
of Snow Creek township, and was
a valued employee of the bridge
i company, having been with them for
smne time. Only recently he had
the mi. fotiune to los • a thumb
while operating a rip-saw for the
bridge company.
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TOBACCO SOLD
LOW THIS YEAR
Average Price of the Weed In
North Carolina During Feb
| ruary Was § I.'3.sl—January
Was Not Much Higher.
• Producers' sales of 13,438,838
) pounds of leaf tobacco on the Vir
ginia auction markets during Feb
ruary averaged 11.111 cents per
pound. Suncured tobacco is the only
j variety which reported a higher
i average for February than for the
I same month last year. The excel
lent quality of this type is said to
|be responsible for the higher prices
received. The average price of bright
tobacco was SlO.'.Ml per 100 pounds,
anil this is the lowest average re
ported since 1020. Dark-tired tobac
co, which had been bringing a fairly
good price during the previous
months, dropped to the low figure of
$11.71 per 100 pounds, while the
January, 1026, price was $ I ii.OD and
the February price last year was
$l7. HI.
So much for Virginia prices.
Here in North Carolina not many
markets are open in February, but
an investigation shows that the av
erage price in the North Carolina
warehouses during January, 1.>26,
was the lowest for any Jan. sinie
1020, these figures being as follows:
1981 $20.28
1022 $91.41
i-1983 $26.52
1024 SIO.SO
1025 . . *21.13
' 1026 . . $18.57
Not only will it be seen from the
figures that January, 1026, brought
tobacco farmers the lowest average
of any January sine 1020, but pri
ces on those North Carolina mar
kets that were op-'t iri February,
1026, dropped to against
$21.13 a year ago.
Native Stokes Lady
Dies In Winston
Winston-Salem, March 30.—Mrs.
J antes Moore, 18 years of age, died
in a local hospital here yesterday
afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Mrs. Moore is survived by her
father, William Scott, of King,
Stokes county; by four brothers,
Hufort Sijott of Winston-Salem;
Frank Scott, of Virginia; and Tom
and Ollie Scott, of Stokes county;
and by two sisters, Mrs. Wesley H.
Reid and Miss Lillie M. Scott.
Peaches Hit By
Frost Last Week
Rural Hall, March 30. During
the recent cold snap many of the
peach blooms in this section were
killed. However, there seems to be
a good per cent of then} unharmed
yet.
110 MILES OF
KOAD CONTRACTS
Among Iloads On Which IJids
W i'iv Received Is One From
I
-Mayodan To Virginia Line—
Nearly Two .Million In IJids.
Raleigh, March ."0. Twelve new
i con- I . nil-lion projects let to contrac
tor.- I y the Stale Highway Coin
mi>- "ii today comprise lilt miles of
hard urfaceil and giaded roads
and will cost $1 ,K 10,11H.20.
I The only contract awarded for
this section was the road from
Mayodan to the Virginia line, going
toward Roanoke, (i. F. Cornntzcr
was the lowest bidder at the price
of $"("1,726.00. The distance is a
little more than eleven miles. The
bridge- on this road will go to Dra
; per & Wood at the price of $16,-
862.00. The road is to be graded
only, at present.
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L. J. Hampton Writes
; On Politics In Stokes
Editor Reporter:
I enclose a short article on poli
tics in Stokes written by L. ,1.
Hampton, of the Winston-Salem
Journal, It might be of some in
terest to readers of your paper who
do not read the Journal. The arti
cle follows:
I'anbury, March 20. Reactionary
Republicans in this county who see
another chance to "kill off" the old
guard are packing all the sins in
the calendar on Hardin McGee and
C. M. Jones, who were two of the
five nun in the State Legisla
ture to vote against North Caro
lina's good roads program. From
indications the campaign this year is
slated to become the hottest scrap
ever staged in this county of pecu
liar and surprising political condi
tions.
Charlie Jones is now holding a
Federal income tax job under Col
lei tor Grissom. Mr. McGee was de
feated two years ago for the State
Senate from the district composed
of Stokes and Surry by Walter W.
Carter of Mt. Airy, whom a writer
in the columns of The Datibury lie
porter calls "a school boy who was
never heard of before." Four years
ago Mr. McGee was dcfeald for the
Lower House by C. M. Mauser.
It's a case when the party
"bosses" are in for a spell of bad
weather, the Turpinites declare, and
what they are going to suffer is go
ing to put them in a bad humor.
The Jones-McGee combined which
"steam-rollered" the Republican con
vention a week ago, is now coming I
in for wholesale criticism. Mrs. J. I
Spot Taylor, who is a candidate for'
congress in the Fifth district,frank- j
iy told the convention, it is said, j
that .-he will vote the Democratic
county ticket herself if the RRcpuh
licans fail to nominate good men,
men who believe in law enforcement,
on the county ticket.
Mrs. Taylor thought she was
misquoted on this, but convention
attendants say that is what she i
said, although she may have had
something else in mind. Rut the
party supporters are not worrying
fibout Mrs. Taylor. 'She is a
Republican who has always put in
good licks for her party and she is
one of those who has continually
stood for its growth and aggrandiz
ement along progressive anil high
plane lines.
Democrats Say Nothing
1 The Democrats in Stokes county
are sawing wood and saying noth
ing. It is hard to find whom they
have in mind for the nomination for
county offices, the legislature or
anything else. They do not hesitate
to say they are opposed to the abol
ishment of the county highway com
mission. which the Republican con
vention a week ago declared it
wanted to do.
Former Sheriff Damp Turpin, who
is said to have made a fine record
in office here, is the leader of the
reactionary element in the Republi
can party who claim they have a
balance of power and will swing the
vote away from the "old guard" who
have "steam rollered" the opposi
tion every chance they got and still
do it. it is averred. The Turpinites,
so it is said, didn't have a chance
in the convention which the Jones-
McGce crowd engineered Not a
'CO-OPS TO MEET
APRIL TENTH
Members Will Assemble At
Each County Seat To Name
Electors Of Hoard For Tri-.
State Association.
The first step in the election of
directors to conduct the affairs of
the I'obacco Grower.
Association for the coining year
will lake place on Saturday. April '
10th, at the county seats of tobaii ij
growing counties in the Carolina* j
and Virginia. Members of the mar
keting association have been call'. 1
to meet at their re.-pective county
court houses on that date and se
lect the names of those to whom
they will entrust the election ..f the
directors for the '-oming year.
The importance i f electing strong
directors to meet the problems of
the tri-state association in its fifth
'and last year of operation has been
urged upon the members of the as
sociation ill letters mailed last week
to the local and county units of the
tobacco co-ops in three state.;. A.-
the present association h oils large
stocks of tobacco, valued at million
of dollars, and the present member
ship have considerable financial in
vestment. both in the ware House
properties and the reserve funds of
the present association, they have
been urged to take a very active
part this year in cho -ing and nam
ing the men who will direct their
business at a time when their or
ganization is undergoing the most
severe attacks in its history.
Following the meetings of tobac
co-growing members of the associ
ation, which are called for April in,
the names silected by the growers
in open meetings will be placed
upon ballots and mailed to every
member of the association in the
three states with instructions to
scratch such name.- as the member
may desire from the ballot, choos
ing one half of the nominees from
his county for the task of elector of
the new director, or scratching all
names if desired and adding new
names as his choice in their place.
These ballots to be effective must
be cast in person or by mail at the
county seats on or before May 8.
l'.y this means the member- will
be given the opportunity of care
fully choosig the electors of the
new board, which will this year lar
gely determine the fate of the pres
ent association.
The delegates who are elected at
this meeting will nit et in each of
the 22 electoral districts on May l.">
to nominate the directors for the
j coining year from each district.
I The final step in this year's olec
j tion of directors for the Tobacco
j Growers' Co-operative Association
; will be the big annual meeting in
Raleigh. N. C„ which is scheduled
I for May 18. Cnited State- Secre
tary of Agriculture William Jardine
has been invited to attend the meet
ing of members of the association
at Raleigh and has signified his de
sire to be present.
S. D. FRISSFLL.
Ira W. Moser Is
Foreman Grandjury
Ira W. Moser, of Yadkin town
ship, is foreman of the grandjury
serving at this week's term of
Stokes criminal court. Other mem
bers of the Unly are as follows :
J. L. Frances, G. A. Jones. M. F.
Edwards, D. F. Smith, J. R. Dun
man, S. P. Dcarmin, J. D. Flinchum,
J. E. Holt. M. I'. Watts, M. L. Hun
ter J. I'. Slawter, Presley Palmer,
J. J. Martin, Claud Moser. Burwell
Overby, W. T. Dunlap, Curtis Smith.
A Correction.
In last week's issue of this paper
in the report of the County High
way Commission the total reciepts
of the board for the year appeared
in the column where the overdraft
should have been. The overdiuft of
the board is only $24,150.07, while
the receipts Were $261.040.1 a. The
figures were revi rsed by tlie printer
and we are glad to make the correc
tion.
single Turpin man was named a
delegate to anything and it was
taken as a direct slap in the face.—
By L. J. Hampton.
No. 2,J5()7
[traffic heavy
ON STOKES ROAD
Men in Charge of Maintenance
On Danbury - Walnut Cove
Highway Are Anxious To
See It Hard-Surfaced.
i Maintenance men on the State
I highways counted traffic on their
! respective maris March I'.'th. Pa
; Iriilman \V. U. Sands counted six
| hundred anil seventy two cars and
j trucks eass over thi- Datibury-Wal
j nut Cove road in 1" hours he was
on duty, and he stated traffic was
not as heavy as usual on the day he
counted. Several counts recently
made liv the State have shown thvt
only two other roads in the seventh
district have more traffic than the
Danburv-Walnut Cove road.
Mr. Sands states that the men in
charge of highway maintenance in
this district are very anxious t.i see
the Danbury-Walnut Cove road hard
surfaced. They tinri that the traffic
on this road is so heavy that it is
next to impossible to maintain it.
A great many heavy trucks are pas
sing over the road constantly and
the wear from these is much more
than from passenger cars.
It is learned that District Engin
eer, C S. Currier is of the opinion
that it would he economical to paw
th ; road, and a recent report was
to the effect that Highway Com
mi"i"ner A. S. Ilanes some time
since stated that if the lie essary
money was available when the gra i
ing was completed he would hard
surface the road.
A curding to dispatches being sent
out from Kaleigh it is mote than
likely that the next Legislature will
authorize probably ten million more
road bonds. In that case our dis
trict would get something like .1
million dollars and Commissioner
Danes would then be in position t■>
give us a hard-surface road, if he
saw tit.
LARGE INCREASE
IN N. C. CARS
This State Now Ranks 17th In
Number Of Automobiles
Registered. According To
Data Front Washington.
Washington, March 3i).— North
Carolina showed a 12.•> per cent in
crase in the number of automobiles
registered in the State during the
1 year according to a report just
1 made public by the United States
Bureau of Public roads.
North Carolina ranked sixth in
1 the number of buss and public
owned cars registered.
This per cent of increase was less
I than other States, however, al
though the State ranked seventeenth
in the number of cars registered,
with 310,287 vehicles.
The North Carolina figures, how
ever, are based on only six months
July to December 31, as the fiscal
year ends .lune 30. Other States
adhere to the calendar year in mo
tor vehicle registration.
The various types (if motor ve
hicles in North Carolina during
1!>25 totalled as follows: Passen
ger cars. including taxis and
busses '■ 1' ."St; trucks and road
tractors, 25.903; taxis, etc., 2,102:
busses. 2.116: trailers, S00; motor
cycles, S>3; State and local cars.
-1,110; aril publicly-owned motor
cycles. 0.
i North Carolina ranked sixth in
number of State and other publicly
owned cars with only Cal'fornia,
New York, Pennsylvania New Jer
: scy and Pennsylvania havit.g
more.
Back To Stokes After
31 Years Absence
Walter Baker, son of the late
Franklin Baker, of Stokes county,
and half brother of Jas. 11. and
Wiley Baker, of Meadows township,
who left Stokes about 31 years
since, arrived here recently to visit
relatives, this being his first
\isit home since he left. Mr. Baker,
wh > is now about 50 years of age,
. has never been married. lie has
visited many sections of the United
States since leaving Stokes.