Volume 54.
KING HAS
MANY VISITORS
V. T. Grabs Hurt By Fall-
Kiser Reunion Next Sunday
—Death of Grady Newsum.
King. Aug- 23.—G00d headway i
being made on the construction
work of the new brick store building
being ereeted 0:1 east Main street
by Wilson Bros., contractors of
. Rural Hall, for Hauser & Hendrix.
This new building will be modern
in every way, size 20 by 70 feet.
Contract cails for completion !>>'
October Ist.
The high school here opens Sept.
20th, with Wof. 11. A, Carroll as
principal and a strong force of as
f sistant teachers.
Grady S. Newsum, aged 25 years,
died early Tuesday morning in the
government hospital at Johnson
City, Tenn. Mr. Newsum, who was
a World War veteran, had been in
failing health for son*' time and
had recently entered the hospital
for treatment. The remains wetv
brought here and the funeral ser
v! e was conducted from the Bap
tist church on east Main street
Thur.--.ady afternoon at 2 o lod-,
The burial took place in the Baptis;
cemetery. He is survived by his
mother. Mrs. .1. F. Newsum. twi
brothers, Wilhurn. Newsum, of Win
ston-Salem, and Robert Newsum, of
King. Two sifters, Jliss f- .Nellie
a-1 Mae Newsum, both of King, an
-i Iso left to mourn their loss. Thi
father, J. 1". Newsum. an I ont!
brother. Gorge Newsum. and oni
sister, Rathael Newsum, having pr>-
ceeded him several years to tin
great beyond. Grady was one ol
our brighest young men and the
I whole community is lamenting
his untimely death.
William Boyles, of l>eming. New
Mexico, is spending several weeks
with latives and friends here.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Petree. of
Cincinnati, Ohio, are spending ti
few weeks with relatives and friends
hero. Mr. Pet roe holds a position
as locomotive engineer with the N
& W. Railway Company.
R. A. Spainhour and family, ol
Winston-Salem, are spending a feu
days with relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. Murray Thompson
of Stuart, Ya., were here Saturdaj
visiting relatives.
Peyton Hutchins, of Winston-Sa
lem, spenjt Sunday here ufith his
parents.
John Collins and family, of Mt
Airy, spent Sunday with Mr. Col
lins' brother, A. F. Collins, here.
Mrs. Luther Kallam, of Telodo, O.
is a visitor at the home of Mr. am:
Mrs. S. H. Brown here.
J I. and family, of Pryo-
Okla, are spending some time wit!
relatives here. Mr. Lawson was
raised in Stokes county, leavinc
here about 35 years ago, and thi.-
is the first trip to his old home.
f V. T. Grabs, a prominent plantci
of this place, fell from a wagon loa(
of hay on his farm last Friday
breaking one rib and sustaining
several painful bruises. It was
thought at first he was hurt intern
ally, but he is reported to be rest
ing fairly well today.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom G. New, wh
reside west Main street, are th>
glad recipients of a fine baby boy.
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Kirby, o
Winston-Salem, spent Sunday witl
relatives and friends here.
Mr. and Mrs. James Love, Jr., o
Winston-Salem, spent Sunday witl
relatives and friends here.
The Kiser -reunion will be held a
Poplar Springs church of Christ, :
miles east of King, on next Sunday
August 29th, at 10:00 o'clock. A 1
kindred and friends are invited t
attend. Dinner will be served o
MANY GROWERS |'J
WILL BE LOSERS 'i
Will Get Loss Than Banks *
Loaned Them, Receiver
Thinks.
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Raleigh, Aug. 24.—1n an inter- f
1 view with Morton L. Corey, New g
' jYork, acting as spokesman for the j,
" | three receivers of the Tri-State To- (
baceo Growers Association, the j
' News and Observer today quoted ,
I him as saying that: ' a
"Many grower-members will un- .
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' ( doubtedl.v get less than was loan-:
ed them by banks on their ceititi- \
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| cates. |
, | The articles continue: "But while;
J • I,
| not willing to venture any estimatjj
of the amount beyond the general j*
".statement that there would not be s
L | enough in many instances to pay |
II j the bankers, Mr. Corey was conti- i
* j dent that there will be a substan- t
"jtial payment for the farmers." jl
' The statement was made relative '
,1 . . i,
to "participation certificates, given .
1 by the Co-operation Association to)
growers for 50 per cent of the !
"bankers' valuation" of the crop
1 after advances for the first half of '
the value had been given. This :
' was the financing system used by i
".the association during its first three
>' i
j years. ji
' I It was stated that many banks i
, r! I
' ; made loans to growers up to halt
1 | the vajue of Ithese f'particjp&ition |
|c -rtiti' P.te'" taking the growers'|
0 . notes at the same time. In the,!
,e , event that the final payments t.> i
1 . the farmers from the receivership i
' , .1
" 1 are less than the advances, the in
l dividual farmer can be sued on his
note by the bank, Mr. Corey stated, i
I Mr. Corey stated that the receiv- .
crs now held 57.000,000 pounds of 1
! tobacco, on which loans amount to :
,v about §5,500,000, or around 10 ceils I
a pound, lie said that receivership 1
expenses would not carry this above I
*
11 or 12 cents a pound, leaving any i
,l excess for the growers.
'* ( He stated that so far the experi-'
n ence of the receivership had been
*' satisfactory and that "we have ef- :
■fected extended economies in opera
tion, reducing the payroll to one
kV seventh of what it was six months
'ago. showing that the old manage
"• nient was extremely extravagant
* and that the tobacco can be sold
j more economically by receivers."
l " I Mr. Corey, however, admitted
8 that "it is very hard to estimate
j what the outcome will he."
t. l
'-Tall Building*
For Charlotte
d Charlotte, Aug. 10.—The new First
' National bank building here, for
which steel work has just been com
h pleted, is the tallest skyscraper he
is tween Philadelphia and Birmingham,
g a building survey announced today
is shows.
| The structure here is 21 stories
•r high. Birmingham has a 25-story'
,d building and Philadelphia one of the
f, 'same height. Baltimore, Atlanta J
X nor Washington have a structure
IS more than 20 stories up.
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t- the ground. Come and biing well
tilled baskets and enjoy the day to-,
io gether with your relatives and
le friends. j
. | J. R. Hauser went to Winston
if Salem today to attend to some busi-1
;h ness matters. j
! Rev, Paul Herman Newsum filled
of his regular appointment at Brown
:h Mountain Sunday.
! Good headway is being made on
i
at the new residence being constructed
2 for C. T. McGee in Pilot View. '
y, I The home of Mr. and Mrs, Tom
ill Loggins, who reside near King, was j
to made happy today by the arrival of
)n a baby girl.
Danbury, N. C, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 1926
TICKET NAMED BY
SURRY DEMOCRATSi
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County Convention Held At
Dobson Attended By Great
Throng of Party Followers.
Mount Airy, Aug. 2:>.—Democrats ]
from all parts of Surry County :>s- j
semblcd in .he court 1 - us" at Dobson
Saturday afternoon in respire e to j
Chairman A. D. Folger's call to thej
party to meet in mass convention
to name the county ti k.'t. It was'
a representative crowd, upstanding. |
intelligent men and women and j
and fine spirit was manifest thruout
the proceedings. The court house
was packed, early in the afternoon
every seat being taken and still
they came till standing room was
also occupied. j
The names were presented as can
didates for the House of Represen
tatives—H. H. Barker, Klkin; R. C.
Freeman. Dobson and J. H. Folger,!
Mount Airy. After the first ballot
i
Mr. Barker withdrew and Mr. Fol-j
ger was nominated. The office ef
sheriff also drew three aspirants— j
('. H. Haynes, the present incum
bent, his deputy, Jess Monday, and
a Mr. Gardner, Mr. Haynes was
nominated. F. T. Lewellyn for the
clerk of the court and W. F. I-aw
rence, for register of deeds, present
incumbents, were nominated with- j
out any opposition. Dr. S. T. Flip- .
pin, of Siloant, was nominated for
coroner and Curtis Harbour, >t
Rockford, for surveyor. For com
missioners W. J. Svfanson. a promi
nent merchant "f Pilot Mountain.
Alex Chatham, tried and true of
Klkin. and Oscar Yoklcy, successful
furniture manufacturer, of Mount
Airy, were chosen. Mr. Chatham
has served on the board two terms
and W. J. Byerly, of this place, who
has also served two terms, refuse i
on account of the press of his large
banking business to allow bis name
to be considered.
It was a great convention, sur
passing in attendance, spirit and
1 personnel any convention held in
I the county in the past thirty years.
The ticket named should carry the
party to victory.
At the close of the nomination"
Solicitor S. P. Graves was called on
for a speech and thrilled his hearers
as he recounted the progress of the
State under Democratic administra
tion.
Prof, Smith Coming
Back To Stokes
I A letter received here today from
Prof. J. T. Smith, of Lemoor, Cali
fornia, states that he expects to be
back in Stokes within a few days.
It is not known just w'la: Prof.
Smith's plans are but it is hoped he
will remain here permanently. He
is former superintendent of schools
;in Stokes and has a host of friends
in the county.
Sunday School
Had Picnic Friday
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| The Union Sunday School here
held its annual picnic last Friday
afternoon. The attendance was
large with plenty of good things to
eat. It was intended to have the
. picnic at White Sulphur Springs
but on account of rain the party
left White Sulphul' Springs "after
! remaining there only a few minutes
'and came back to Westfield to eat
supper.
Mr. and Mrs. R. I. Dalton and
daughter, Miss Mae Dalton, of \\ in
ston-Salemv are spending some time
here with Dr. W. V. McCanless,
Two years ago everybody was
talking about MaJonf#. Now they
| are all talking about Ma Ferguson.
MOB TRYING TO ]
SEE DEAD ACTOR
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Men and Women Fought Hind 1
Kicked Each Other In New
York In Their Mad Efforts
To Soe Corpse of Valentino.
1 New York. Aug. 21.—Rudolph
Valentino today attracted to his bie. - |
| such crowds as gather to pay tribute (
■to a dead President or a king i
I Thousands of men, woni|n and j
I children throughout the day jammed (
| the streets outside the Broadway
/Funeral Parlors where the body of
the actor lay in state. | (
A rainfall that set in shortly af
ter noon did not deter the milling
crowd. Women wearing fashionable
clothes vied with poorly dressed wo-
I men of the tenement districts in the
struggle to gain an advantageous
position. j
By 1 o'clock, the time set for
'opening of the funeral parlor doors
[to the public, more than 12,000 per- |
j sons were gathered on the damp
streets outside.
Shortlv before the doors were to
I * I
be opened, a large plate glass win
dow of the funeral parlor was,
crashed by the on-, urging ranks.'
Three women were cut when they
were shoved through the gap of
jagged glass and another woma.i
j was injured under tin- hoofs of a
, policeman's horse and several faint
' I
ed in the scrambling mass of hum- 1
unity. Three policemen wire cut i.i
trying to prevent serious injuries
to the people who Were forced to-1
ward the broken plate glass.
Many other persons were injure 1
in the rush that marked the open
ing of the doors.
In the confusion men ami wome-i
tore at one another with their hand ,
kicked with their feet and even at
tempted to climb to the - boulder >
of others.
Valentino alive never drew such
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a crowd as did Valentino dead. Suite'
of the women wept as they waited
hours in the street. t
While the crowd stood outsidi,
I
. the actor's body was placed in a
1 simple silver bronzed casket in the
'ornate gold room of the funeral
parlors. The cotlin was surrounded
1 by yellow gladioli and surmounte I
• by a single red rose. The body wa
' dressed in formal evening attire.
• j The body was to lie in state until
midnight tonight. I
Thereafter the public was to he
allowed to view the body tomorrow
> and Thursday from a. ni. to mid
' night.
I Funeral services will be held at
: 10 o'clock Monday morning in St.
jMalachy's Church. Father F.dward
;F. Leonard, who heard Valentino's
| confession before he died, will of
> ; ficate.
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• Work May Begin
First Of Month
On Danbury Road
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j Winston-Salem, Aug. 25.—.George
R Martin, of Salisbury, was awarded
the contract on project No. 757 ft
it. 11 miles of hard-surfacing en
State Highway Route No. Si) yes-!
terday by the State Highwaj Com-1
i mission in Raleigh. The amount
[involved in the contract ! s $210,-
' : 515.10. This stretch is bt tween
' Danbury and Walnut Coco.
t The work on this project will
probably start about the first of the
month, according to information re-
I ceived at the Seventh District of
-; fices in this city,
i'
Secretary Mellon has gone to
Switzerland. He prefers a slip on a
3 snow clad glacier rather than on a
y misunderstood interview somewhere
else.
NEW TOBACCO 1
WAREHOUSE 1
Will Be Erected at Winston-
Salem At Once—John Hut- (
eherson, Stokes, One of
Promoters.
Contract was let at Winsi v. Sa
lem yesterday f>r the erection of a
new tobacco warehouse there, v.h'-'i 1
will be ready for the sale of totm ■-o 1
by October 5, 1 'J2'i, in time for the "
present crop.
The new warehouse will be known ' !
as ,- The People's", and will be lo- J 1
cated on the corner of Trade and '
Ninth streets.
j The stockholders of the ware-j'
house will apply for a charter soon,j
and The Peoples' Warehouse will be J'
incorporated in the near future. The ['
stockholders include .John C. Hutch-i l
lersan, of Walnut Cove, ar.d *.loe'"
Dobson, of Mt. Airy, who are ex- 1
perienced tobacco men, while th" ' 1
'others are Luther Wood. Mt. Airy.!
J. H. Clinard, P.. C. Click, Dr. W. G. j'
jcranford and N, L. Cranford. of j :
, Winston-Salem.
I John C. Hutcherson has been se-,'
• lecteu the man who will auction!
off the tobacco. Mr. Hutchiasor:-
knows all the "ins and outs" or th
tobacco game and is well .]ualitie I.'
, to serve the public in this capacity, j 1
This will be Wit^ston-Stdem's, I
I sixth large tobacco warehouse.
Sam Riggrs Had
: Ankle Broken Sunday j]
| Sar.i Riggs, a well known farmer '
of Piters Creek township, had the!'
misfortune to have his ankle broke". :
I
Sunday while attending the com-!'
nfunioti services at Snow ('ree\J
church. It was not learned just hov, .
the accident o curred.
Farmers Busy
Curing- Tobacco
I
farmers are just about as busy j
now as they could be taking care if I
their tobacco crops. Many of them!
have already cured several barn- j
and they generally report that the!
color is bright, though some think
i' is going to be light in weight.
Eb Nicholson Escapes
I From Atlanta Prison
( It is learned here that F.b Nichol
son. of Stokes county, who was
sentenced to Atlanta prison for 1 '
months at the last term of Federal
Court in Greensboro on a charge >f
violating the prohibiton laws, r- i
cent I.v escaped from the prison and j
has not been recaptured. He had [
been unable to work since being j
placed in prison, suffering from ap
pendicitis.
Maj. C. M. Stedman
Coming To Piedmont
!. i
Major 'has. M. Stedman, of
.Greensboro, is expected at Piedmont
• i
Springs hotel today to spend some
time. Mr. Stedman has many friends
in Stokes who will he glad to see
him. '
!
Mt. Airy Fair
Sept. 21 To 24 1
Bill posters were here this week
advertising the Carolina-Virginia
I Fair at Mt. Airy which will be he!.l
Sept. 21st to 2-lth. The Surry
I county fair was good last year, and
, promises to be even better this year,
j Rain during the fair last year kept
i the attendance from being a large
', as it would have been.
. ( I'r.cle Sam shouldn't let the relig
-1 ii-us fracas take his eye ofT the Mex
j i an oil can, and he probably won't,.
No. 2,532
LOW BID OX
PAVING DAXBURY
ROAD WAS .$216,515
Geo. R. Martin, of Salisbury,
(Jets the Work—Twenty-One
Other Contracts Let By the
State Yesterday At Ilaleigh.
The low hid for paving the Dan
bury-Walnut ove highway at thj
general road letting in Kaleigh yes
terday was s2l 15.40. George R.
Martin, contractor of Salisbury, who
recently built the Walnut Covc-Fulp
road, placed the low hid and will
doubtless be awarded the contra t us
soon as the road bids can be check*
eJ over by the highway i oiumission.
The highway commission yester
day received bids on 21 other road
projects in the State. the total
amount being $2,70'!,535. The
Stokes road was the only one in this
road district on which bids were re
ceived.
Dispatcher from Huleigh stated
that the h "hway commission con
sidered the bid* unusually low, >
that it is more than probable that
contracts will be awarded oti the
bids immediately. ..
The Danbury-Walnut Cove road is
1 miles i?i length, and the bi I
placed by Contractor Martin will
make its cost slightly above $21,000
per mile for th • pavinir. The grad
ing on this r >ad cost around SS,OOO
per mile.
I It is not known here just >'he:i or
where Contractor Martin will iiegin
work on the road. He was here :t
few days since and stated that he
would soot) complete a road contract
in I'itt county and it is presumed
that he will finish up there before
beginning work on the Stokes road.
Just how I >ng this will be is mere
conjecture.
Judge Stack On
Flogging* Prisoners
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Judge A. M. Sta k, of Monroe,
charged the Buncombe .• >unty grind
jury to indict any men who had
tlogged prisoners. He discussed the
i legality of the Buncombe statutes
! which provide that prisoners can be
whipped when they violate rules an. I
regulations and state that witnesses
must be present.
"These statutes are a blot on the
name of Buncombe County." said
the judge. "Judges of the courts
since Hits have not had the power
.to say that any man should h •
i beaten for his crimes. 1 cannot see
| why any camp superintendent shoul I
I be endowed with the prerogative of
j flogging helpless men who have not
j even the protection of a jury or
, lawyers."
The Raleigh Times recites th •
amendments and exceptions to the
law which was passed some years
ago. forbidding the flogging of pris
oners, and comments editorially.
| "Judge Stack has been telling a
Buncombe 'county grand jury that
( flogging in any circumstances is i
crime. If Judge Stack has in
muffed the law. the State never w 11
be right until it provides the sta-
J tutes to make effective the humani
ties he is (perhaps erroneously) a-
! suming it safeguards."
The Buncombe grand jury re
turned a true bill of indictment
against the convict foreman for flog
ging a prisoner. It is expected that
the case will be made a test tu ;e
before the Supreme Court, since
, Judge Stack and others hold that
, the county provision allowing the
flogging of prisoners is unconstitu
' tional.
Author Harold Bell Wright is now
■ the head of an extensive cattle
ranch, where he should find material
. for some bully new novels.