Volume 54.
SUPERIOR COURT
IS IN PROGRESS
Trial of Salem Hairston On
Murder Charge lieing Heard
Toe la y—Me ve ra 1 Defends/its
(liven Road Sentences and
Judgment In Several Others.
Judge Thos. J. Shaw, of Greens
boro, is presiding over the criminal
term of Stokes Superior court which
convened here Monday morning,
while Solicitor J. F. Spruill is prose
cuting the docket with his usual
-zeal.
This morning the trial of Salem
Hairston, col., charged with murder,
was taken up and will likely con
sume all of today.
Cases tried up to this tifrte are as
follows:
H. O. Mitchell and Otto Taylor,
transporting liquor, fined $40.00 each
and half cost each.
Dixie Williams, possession of
liquor prayer for judgment continu
ed on payment of cost.
Bob Golding, operating car while
intoxicated, three months on road.
Norman Hawkins and Bob Gold
ing, a. d. w. Hawkns fined $40.00
and half cost. Prayer for judgment
continued on payment "of half cost
as to Golding.
Harry Troekmorton, assault on fe
male, judgment pending.
Sanders Mahe. a. d. w., prayer for
judgment continued on- payment of
co.-1.
Dora Mitchell, injury to property,
judgment ptiding.
C. 1,. N'eal, d. m. p.. mistrial.
Allen Burton, manufacturing liq
our called and failed.
Clarence Jones, cruelty to animals,
not guilty.
Kb Nicholson, retailing, called and
failed.
Willie Manring anil Flinchuni
Stovall, lareency and receiving,
judgment pending.
Walter Merritt, assault with in
tent to kill, judgment pendnig.
Nishel Ziglar, a. d. w., two months
on road.
Clavis Carter, transporting, fined
$20.00 and tost.
James Bailey, possession of liquor,
judgment pending.
John Mabe, a. d. w., judgment
pending.
Claud Cromer operating car while
intoxicated, judgment pending.
Claud Cromer, c. c. w., judgment
pending.
Fletcher Smith, retailing, judgmnt
pending.
Jesse Joyce, retailing, judgment
pending.
Wn». Cole, a. d. w., not guilty.
Ed Hawkins, operating car while
intoxicatd, six months on road.
Roy Wilson, seduction, judgment
suspended on payment of cost.
Ed Hawkins, possession of liquor,
judgment continued for 3 years on
payment of cost.
Marshall Walker, larcncy, to pay
prosecuting witness and to pay cost.
W. C. Carter, tresspass, to pay
into Clerk's office $lO for use of
prosecuting witness and pay cost.
Men Don't Want
. Neat Brides, Is
Taught Students
Boston, Oct. 11.—Brides should be
orderly and not neat—men dislike
the "neat" women. That was one of
the first injunctions given students
at the opening of Boston university's
new course for prospective brides
last night.
"Neatnes- has broken up many a
home.'' Mrs. Elizabeth Mat-Donald,
authoriity on home making, told her
hearers. She advised girls to allow
their husbands to enjoy their home
even to the extent of dropping ashes
on the rugs.
TOBACCO IS
AVERAGING $23.00 j
Winston-Salem Market Expects
To Sell More Than 70,000
I
rounds This Season—Prices
Some Better Than Last Year.
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Winston-Salem, Oct. 10.—For
every dollar paid out on this mar
ket last season up to this date, $2.30
has been paid out to the farmers
this season. A big assertion, but
nevertheless a fact, for last season's
sales to date were $020,895.49 and
j this season's sales to date $1,400,-
738.39. This season the market
'opened on October 1. The sales i-i
I pounds last season to date were
13,528,143; the sales this season in
pounds to date are 0,375,878. The
| average last season to date was
$17.59; the average this season t.>
date is $23.04.
Using these figures as a basis of
valuation, the market this season
will sell 70,000,000 pounds of the
golden weed, and why shouldn't it,
for one great manufacturing con
cern alone of the "Camel City,"
manufactures every working day in
the whole year 1,000,000 pounds of
I tobacco, and besides the one referred
' to there are several other large to
; baceo manufacturing concerns here
turning out their eagerly sought for
j products in figures that are startling
to the uninformed.
The week just closed has been a
big week in sales and prices, 3,002,-
71 1 pounds having been sold at the
six splendid warehouses; an average
of 732,000 pounds dailv and everv
i
thing moved along in the orderly
way in which things are done by
the Winston-Salem warehouses.
Everybody was in a good humor.
{Everybody was smiling—the warc
! housemen, the buvers and the sell
lers.
| The World To Know
North Carolina
North Carolina will soon have the
opportunity to tell the world, in her
own language, the story of her
wonderful resources, her history,
progress in culture, art, literature
and education. She will tell some
thing about her industries, her com
mercial advantages and emphasize
rich field -o be found here for safe
and profitable investments. The
ptory of North Carolina is to be set
forth in a special supplement which
will be issued by the Christian
Science Monitor on November 6th.
The circulation of this paper reaches
to all parts of the United States
and goes to every civilized country
on the globe. The average daily
circulation is about is about 105,000,
(but so much interest has been mani
fested and so many copies have
been ordered in advance—it is esti
mated that 400,000 copies of this
supplement will be distributed.
This is a rare opportunity indeed
for our state to spread before the
world such a vivid picture of its ad
vantages for most of the news arti
cles will be written by the most
prominent men and women in North
i Carolina. They realize that this is
not a proposition of The Christian
Science Monitor, but it is a North
Carolina project in which every
Chamber of Commerce, every civic
body and every loyal citizen should
take active interest and to which he
should lend his support.
! This is a rare opportunity for us
all to take a part in this work to
help the world know North Carolina.
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Tobacco Prices
Some Better
During the past week prices "f
tobatco have been some b.tt;r tha i
the \\e"k bVfi.re on 1-oth the Win
sion-Sale'H and Ml. Airy marlu -.
The Wv-ed an rag"d ;■■oine'.hir.g ovi ,-
$24.00 yesterday, while one day th -
week it bl'or.f,h'. &20. 'O.
Danbury, N. C, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 1926
JUNIORS WANT
UNIFORM TAX RATE:
Want Every Child In State To
Have Equal School Ativan'-1
ages—Will Appeal To Cener-1
al Assembly.
Durham, Oct. IS.—Equal valua- !
tion of all property and a uniform'
state tax rate for the operation of j
the public schools six months in
every year throughout the state J
will be sought by the state council
of the Junior Order when the next
session of the general assembly is
held. Prompted by the desire to
give every child of school age in
North Carolna equal school advant
ages, the state council has gone on
record as approving a uniform tax
rate for the operation of schools
and the equal valuation of all prop
erty in the state. I
The Junior Order, while a frater- (
nal order, has for one of its chief
objectives the promotion of educa-'
tion in the state. In many ways it
has shown its interest in the past in
schools. Countless bibles and flags'
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have been presented throughout the 1
state and over many schools today
the flag of the nation flies and the
word of Ood is being read in them,
due to the interest of the order in
the cause of education.
Prompted in their action through
what they term unequal and unfair
valuation of property in the coun
ties of the state, giving the children
in the rich counties six months'
schooling at small cost wh.le the
cost nf educating the children in the
poor counties for six months is very'
high, the action was taken. When
the general assembly meets in
Ualeigh in January representatives
nf the order will be there to me
morialize that augtist body to enact
a law or laws establishing means of
equal valuation of all property and
a uniform state tax to run the public
schools for six months, thereby
placing equal burdens on each hund- 1
red dollars valuaton of property in
every county. This, it is contended,'
will give each child the same op
portunity of citizenship in the state,'
whereas the present situation cre
ates a tax rate in some counties for
maintaining the public schools of 2!)
cents on the hundred dollar valua
tion and in others from 75 cents to
one dollar, thereby "creating an
inequality for the education of the
children, and places a greater burd
en on some counties than on others."
Women's Missionary
Society Holds Meeting
The Women's Union Missionary
Society held its regular monthly
meeting at the home of Mrs. N. E.
Pepper, Thursday, Oct. 14th, with
the vice president, Mrs. J. S. Tay
lor, presiding.
A very interesting program was
carried out. A book, "Prayer and
Missions," is now being studied and [
Mrs. John Taylor, Mrs. W. G, Pe- J
tree and Mrs. W. E. Joyce gave]
readings on the fourth chapter. |
i Mesdames W. G. Petree and N. E. I
|Pepper sang a duet, "Sometime
We'll Understand."
At the conclusion of the program
a social hour was enjoyed during
which the hostess and Mrs. \\. E.
Joyce served a delightful course of
refreshments. The next meeting
will be held Mrs. J. S. Taylor in
November. Mesdamcs -J. W Hall j
and J. S. Taylor wen 1 appointed to i
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i arrange a program for this meeting.
; W. F. Bowles, proprietor of the j
Walnut Cove Hardware  was
im.»ii.e-> vi. itor here Monday.
A number »f truck I >a.!- of line
pigs from Virginia eounties were
noticed n the street- bore Monday.
Ml. Olive Baptist chur.h has just
installed a handsome new piano.
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i WORK TO START
NEXT WEDNESDAY,
Contractor Will Begin Pouring
Concrete On Walnut Cove-i
Danhury Road Four Miles
North of Walnut Cove.
W inston-Saleni, Oct. 19. Pouring
of concrete mi tht* Walnut ( ove-Dan- j
j bury Highway will begin next Wed-j
i nesday, according to a statement
f
I made yesterday by S. Currier, i
Chief F.ngineer of the Seventh High-1
way District. The work will start!
about four miles out of Walnut Cove
ami will be carried toward that
city. This is all that can be done
before the bad weather begins and
the spring. The new road will be:
nine and one-tenth miles in length. |
This highway has been in demand
for some time as the traffic is too'
i heavy for the sand clay road that j
has been in use for a number of
years.
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The St. Cecelia
Music Club Meets
! Danbury, Oct. 15.—The St. Cecelia j
Music Club met with Misses Miriam !
1 and F.llen Prather Hall Thursday
' evening with an unusually large at
tendance. The composer studied at
i this meeting was "Haydn" with the
following program:
Club Song—Music Club.
Reading, "Haydn's Ancestry and
Birthplace,"— Mrs. 15. D. Gentry. I
1 Trio, "Little Dairy Maids,"—Mar-J
jorie Pepper, Kstelle Humphreys'
and Ellen Prather Hall. c |
1 Reading. "Haydn's Early Life,"—!
Elizabeth Martin.
Vocal Solo, "In the (ilooming,
Mrs. N. E. Pepper.
Piano Solo, '"Allegretto by Heet
hoiiven,"—M is. I!. 1). Gentry.
Musical Dialogue—Elizabeth Mar
tin. Frances Humphreys ami Miriam
Hall.
Reading—Clifford King.
' Piano Solo. "Song of The Pines"
—Miriam Hall.
1 Selection from Haydn's Sanata- - j
Nancy Lee Dur.lap.
' Piano Solo, "Gypsy Rondo," —Mrs.
J. W. Hall.
Numerous poems were read by
Miriam Hall and N'ancy Lee Dun
lap.
Miss Myrtle Priddy was cordially'
welcomed as a new member..
During the social hour a singing
contest was enjoyed, the winning j
side receiving' a basket of delicious j
home made candy. The refreshment
committee served chocolate and.
sandwiches.
The meeting adjourned to meet j
with Miss Nancy Lee Dunlap on
October 28th.
Fined and Turned Over
To Stokes Authorities
Madison Messenger.
Dewey Goolsby, the colored man
j who is charged with having enter
| ed the home of John Price near Pine
j Hall and taking therefrom some
j thing over two hundred dollars, was
, given a hearing w in Rockingham
county court Monday and lined for
having and possessng liquor. He
was taxed with the costs in the case
of carrying concealed weapons. Af
ter he had settled with Rockingham
county he was taken by Chief Geo.]
T. Martin to Stokes county and turn
ed over to the authorities, where
Ihe will be tried for entering the,
• home of Price and purlonging his
! cash. *
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Hail Storm Visits
Northern Stokes
ins he: e ?r.y fr ni I.e
Smith and CumpKll sections report
t'mt a most si-Wi ha ! l si or in visited
those sections Tuesday nigh!. No
dan:.-.ge was done bj the storm. ,
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! GREENVILLE IS i
BEATING THEM ALL '
Tobacco Averaged Over Thirty .
Cents For Entire Week—Sold
More Pounds Than Any Mar
ket In State Except Wilson.
Greenville, Oct. 1«5.~ What is con
ceded as the largest sale ever mad ■
•in this particular bright belt to-1
I bacco market by four sets of buyers
■ was that of yesterday on the local
! market when 1,11 3,330 pounds of the
j golden weed was sold for $.'556, •
629.87, making an average of $32.03,
which average and total dollars ex
ceed that of any previously since
1919.
i For the week the market sold 3,-
1764,150 pounds for an average of
( $.'50.78, which is the highest of any
, previous like period of the season,
i The market has sold for the season
21,752,384 pounds, making an aver
age of $26.86. This is six million
pounds more than what was sold
| during the same time of any pre
vious year. The average of yester
! day, according to reports of other
j markets made public, was from three
! to five cents higher per pound than
any of the sales made by any of the
bright belt.
\\ hile some of the inferior tobac
cos are still showing up, much of the
| better grades are being offered now,
and good prices prevail on all grades.
Several growers selling here during
I the week averaged around To cent
( a pound, and many sales were made
j beyond '.'ii cents a pound.
Wilson, Oct. 16. Tobacco sales on!
1 ;
the Wilson tobacco market shattered
a third world's record yesterday
when 1,123,6.56 pound- of the golden
leaf was sold on the flours of the
seven local warehouses for
or>7.o!'. The two records broken prior
to the mark battered y 'c"day
were the world's record for pounds
sold in both the official market week
and the calendar. These two recoids
I were established last week.
With 1,050,000 pounds of toba* co
J offered for sale yesterday the mar
ket was opened thirty minutes ear
lier and only a twenty minute lunch '
"hour" was taken. At one of the j
warehouses the owners served lunch
and the sale was held up for only a i
1 j. 'I
.few minutes.
REVIVAL SERVICES
AT MT. OLIVE
!
Quite A Number of Additions
i To Church Baptising In
Pool Near the Church—
I Meetings To Continue All
Week.
A series of revival meetings led'
' |
by the Pastor Rev. O. E. Ward are
j
I in progress at Mt. Olive Missionary
] Baptist church, near King this week.
Up to Monday of this week 19 pro
fessions had been made, 18 of which'
will be baptised in the pool near the'
church one dav this week.
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Mr. Ward is preaching most "f
--fective sermons and much good is
being accomplished. The services
will continue throughout this week
and everyone is extended a cordial
invitation to attend. Services begin
each night at 7 o'clock.
!
Mr. Graves Recovering* •
From Attack Influenza
Friends of Solicitor S. Porter
Graves will be glad to learn that he
iis steadily improving at hi.- home
in Mt. Ariy from a l-'cen! attack of
influenzal, lie expects t . be out in
i a few days.
Ti s i - railioad ionMijssion re
fusel to a upon a comWaint of ;■
vv.er.an who asked that men be pro
h:':ited fv ; removing their shi i • v.
i trait:' in thai sta >%
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No. 2,*41
GETTING HEADY
TO POUR CONCRETE
Advance Guard of Martin Con
struction Co. Arrive New
Enterprise For Walnut Cow;
—Luther Tuttle Unimprov
ed—Ladies Aid .Meeting.
Walnut  ove, Oct. I!>.—Represent
atives of the Martin Construction
1 '>., who will concrete the Danbury-
Walnut Cove highway, are here thfc;
week making preliminary arrange
ment for beginning the work of
pouring concrete. It is stated that,
the contractor hopes to complete
pbout half of the road before
freezing weather.
Walnut Cove will have a new en
terprise in the near future. Wil
liams Brothers of Rockingham coun
ty, are opening up a new garage in
the old broom factory on Main
Street, and will do a regular garage
business. They will move here in
the near future.
"The Family Album," the play
given by the Ladies Aid Society of
the Baptist church, at the high
school auditorium, Friday evening,
proved a success. Quite a neat sum
was realized for the building fund,
J. Irving Bolt, the director, selecte I
the characters and directed them.
The Ladies Aid of the Baptist
church met with Mrs. Nannie Fui
ton Saturday afternoon with a largo
attendance. Many encouraging re
!'"* ts were made. The principal
husine.** fot the session was making
plans for the land sale Wednesday,
at whi h time they will serve din
ner on the grounds for the crow 1.
After the business s.-ssion Mrs Ful
ton. assisted by Miss Virginia Ful
ton. served delicious refreshments.
Reports received from the hospital
in Richmond. Va., say that there
isn't any material change in the
condition of Luther Tuttle, who w is
ioperated on there for tumor of the
brain some time ago
Miss Mary Mitchell, who has been
in the hospital in Winston-Salem for
several days, was opera'.? I on for
appendicitis Monday and her many
friends will be glad to hear it was
very successful.
STATE~BUYS NEW
, AUTOMOBILE TAGS
Saves 10 Cents On Each Plati!
Over Last Year's Price—-
Color Will Be Red and Gray,
Raleigh, Oct. 19.—North Carolina,
today bargained for 514,000 automo
| bile tags, sharply more than 100,000
in excess of any contract yet offered.
I Red and Gray will be the l'J27
j color and the Western Display an.l
I Manufacturing Company, of St.
Paul, Minnesota, received the award
The cost to the State will be $4'.».12
a thousand. There is a saving of
10 cents a plate over the present,
contract which called for $59.02,
: thus the State traded the western
ers out of $5,100 and is very happy
over its saving.
The plates will be the same siv..-*
as that device now used and red
numerals on a gray piece of metal
will show off well. The State ini
tials will not be used and North
Carolina will not imitate the Uni
versity of North tjanjfina var f y
sweaters. The State was able to
strike this good trade today by
virtue of a break in steel.
All Members of House
And Two Thirds of
Senate To Be Named
Two weeks from tomorrow the
voter.-, of the I nked States v.ill s.-
I '.t all member* .f the House of
R> IT -t ntatives and on -third of the
member*, of the Senate. J'oliti al
control of Congress consequently
hing.'s in tl- result of t>. ne .r
balloting.
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