Volume 55.
STOKES WILL
GET $52,234.80 j
Ninety Counties |To (Jet Aid
Fro ni State Equalization
School Fund—l'nion County
Gets Largest Slice.
Raleigh, June 16.—Union
vountv gets the largest slice,
from the State's $3,250,000
public school equalizing fund
J while Pasquotank gets the,j
least under the apportionments
completed today by the State
in the operation of their
schools for the next term.
Union will receive $97,720.12
and Pasquotank $1,083.51. The
apportionments were announc
ed tonight following a two-day
session of the equalization
board, of which Lieut. Gover
nor J. Elmer Long is chairman
and Leroy Martin executive
secretary.
Among the counties partici
pating and the amounts they
will receive from the State
during the next school year,
are the following:
Alexander, $36,349.11; Alle
ghany. $16,575.07; Ashe, $57,-
141.29; Burke, $22,289.71;
Caldwell. $37,145.02; Caswell.
$24,409.22; Catawba, $43,847.-
. 98; Davidson, $61,185.69;
* Davie. $21,664.93; Iredell, $37.-
139.31; Rowan, $13,184.76;
Stokes; $52,234.80; Surry,
$55.732.96; Wilkes. $96,171.-
73; Yadkin. $48,677.72; Yan
cey, $35.224; Watauga, $36.-
366.18.
Little Elsie Flinchum
Died Thursday Night
Little Elsie May Flinchum.
the 9-vear-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William Flinchum, of
Danbury Route 1. died in a
Winston-Salem hospital Thurs
day night after an illness of
only a few days with appendi
citis.
Elsie May was a student in
the school here ami had a host
of little friends in and near
Danbury who aiv saddened to
-A hear of her death. She was
among the brightest pupils of
the school and the past session
won a nice prize offered by the
teacher of her class.
The funeral and burial was
held Friday attended by a
large number of relatives and
friends.
Play By Local Talent
At Walnut Cove
The play, "In The Ferry
House," which will be present
ed soon at the Walnut Covt
school auditorium by some ot
city's best local talent, under
the direction of J. Irving Bolt
for the benefit of the Baptist
church building fund, is i
characteristic entertainment ol
merit. scene is located ir
y the waiting room of a Ferry
I passengers arriving and de
parting, some of them beint
typical and eccentric character
in droll and perfectly natura
combinations. There are als(
plenty of specialties. Rehear
sals are now progressing nicely
Watch for date which will lx
announced later.
Members Urged To
Attend Service Sundaj
Pastor O. E. Ward wil
preach in the Baptist churcl
at Walnut Cove Sunday, Jum
26th, at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m
Every member is urged to b
present.
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...... H A
H.H.REYNOLDS h
DIEI) TUESDAY |
Was Pioneer In Tobacco In
dustry In Winston-Salem—
Funeral At Stuart.
: ' !
I Hardin Harbour Reynolds,
73, pioneer tobacco manufac-1
turcr, of Winston-Salem, and
well known thoughout many
; states, passed away at 9 o'clock
! Tuesday morning in Johns-
I Hopkins hospital, Baltimore.
| Mr. Reynolds sustained a fall
( recently, an illness developed
and he was accompanied to
; Baltimore by his brother, W.
I N. Reynolds. A sudden change
, for the worse developed a few j
days ago.
Mr. Reynolds was born at
. Rock Springs Farm, the Rey
, nolds home place "in Patrick
i county, Va., and was the son
jof the late Captain Hardin W.
. and Nancy Cox Reynolds. He
* was educated at Virginia Mili
. tary Academy at Blacksburg,'
Va., and as a young man en
gaged in the tobacco manufac-1
. turing business with his fath
. jer, in a factory on the home
; | piace, and in which all of the
| Reynolds men learned the busi
. j ness.
; j Shortly after his brother,
~ the late R. J. Reynolds, went
; j to Winston-Salem, Mr. Rey
nolds also went there and for
. a number of years was in the
.! tobacco manufacturing busi
., ness, being associated for a
j short time with his brother.
Twenty years ago he returned
to the old Reynolds home place
j; and married Miss Annie Dob
bins.
Mr. Reynolds is survived by
'• his wife and three children,
f Hardin W. Reynolds, a student
i at Duke University; William R.
* and Miss Lucy Reynolds, and
* one brother, W. N. Reynolds,
■, and a sister, Mrs. Lucy Critz,
'of Winston-Salem.
II The funeral and interment
1 took place Wednesday after
l" noon at the Reynolds burying
l) ground, near Stuart, Patrick
s county, Va.
f
1 MARKET MAY
OPEN EARLIER
i
s Suggested By Tobacco Men
u That Winston-Salem Ware
houses Open This Year On
Sept. 13th.
The United States Tobacco
£ Association is holding its an
nual convention at Morehead
* City, N. C., this week. They
will fix the date for the open
(J
ing of the warehouses through
out this section before ad
t journing. The matter has al-
ready been discussed by the
asociation and it appears to be
the general opinion arrtong
them that the warehouses in
the Winston-Salem section
should open - about Sept. 13,
and certainly not later than
* Sept. 20.
•s
11 . Lions Club Banquet
At Piedmont Monday
y More than a hundred plates
>e have already been reserved for
the banquet of the Lions
C!ub to be held at Piedmont
Springs Monday night. Sev
y eral prominent Lions of the
State are expected and the oc
ill casion promises to be an in
to teresting one.
Ie
n "Cart before the horse" used
)e to signify the height of folly.
Modern version is "quart be
fore the hearse."—Wall Street
. Journal.
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, June 22, 1927
START PAVING
HERE NEXT WEEK
Hard-Surface To Be Opened
Between Walnut Cove and
Meadows Saturday—Citizens :
Delighted.
Citizens who have been
traveling the detour between !
Meadows and Walnut Cove for
months are delighted to know
that the hard-surfaced direct
route between these two points
will be opened for traffice Sat
urday. While the detour is a
very good road it made the
distance between the places'
about five miles farther,
j Preparation is being made
1 now to begin pouring the 1
concrete between Danbury and
Meadows and this work will
start at this end of the road
early next week. The distance
from Danbury to Meadows is
very little morethan three
miles and only a few weeks
will be required to pave this
,stretch.
HOME-COMING
NEXT SUNDAY
Residents and Former Resi
dents of Flat Shoal and Be
thany Sections To Assemble
Sundav. June 26th.
A "get-to-get her" meeting
for the residents, former resi
dents and friends of the Flat
Shoal and Bethany sections of
Stokes county has been plan
ned for Sunday, June 26th.
Dinner will be spread in the
grove at the home of James R.
Mendenhall, formerly the home
of B. F. Pulliam.
The purpose of the gather
ing is to give old friends a
chance to get together an.l
shake hands. No formal pro
gram has been prepared, but
one of the best made quartettes
in Winston-Salem will be pres
ent with varied and enjoyable
numbers.
Everybody is invited to go
• and carry a full basket.
SALE OFLIC ENSES
IS PAST 50,000
Doughton Is Stiil Kicking
i About l T se of New Plates
Prior To July 1.
! Raleigh, June 20.—Sale of
automobile licenses for the six
, months period beginning July
. 1, has reached the fifty-thou.;-
I and mark, according to esti
. mates by officials of the Auto
. mobile Bureau of the State
. Department of Revenue.
. 1 R. A. Doughton, Commission
er of Revenue, following re
, ports that many owners are
> already discarding old licenses
r and replacing them, with the
j new. again warned today that
it is illegal to use the new
plates until July 1.
1 Enforcement of the ruling
that new plates must be hell
until July 1. suffered a set
! back in Wake county when
f Magistrate J. E. Owens ruled
in a test case that issuance of
* the license was practically pri
t ma facie evidence of permls
s sion to use it in the absence of
t : specific instructions to be con
-|trary.
e i
. I And no elephant bones have
.' yet been found in South Dako
ta's vast sepulcher of fossils.—
Boston Herald.
i
This, declares a trade journ
al. is a wireless age. Except,
t of course, in politics.—Wall St.
Journal.
THREE ACCIDENTS
OCCUR AT KING
Two Citizens Undergo Opera
lions—A Marriage and A
! Birth—Nat Green Moves
Back To Stokes From Moore
I County.
I . '
King. June 20.—M. T. Spain
hower. who resides here and
works for the Allright Manu
facturing Co., at Rural Hall,
happ. Mied to a very painful ac
cident last week. While at
I
work in the factory a piece of
timber was caught in a nia
■ chine and thrown against Mr.
ISpainhower, cutting a large
( piece of tlesh from his arm. 1
He was brought here where
Dr. G. E. Stone dressed his
wound.
' The home of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Edwards was made
happy last week by the arrival
| of a new baby boy.
j The wheat harvest is on in
this section and farmers say
! it is not filled out well and thai
| the crop is light.
I Rev. Paul H. Newsum and
James Rumiey have returned
from the Lawrence hospital at
Winston-Salem where thev both
I
' underwent tonsil operations
( last week. They are getting
on nicely.
Nat Green, of Moore coun
' ty, has purchased from Bur
' well Overby his 65-acre farm
■ just north of town, considerat
ion $6,500.00. Mr. Green will
" move his family here.
Miss Edith Moore, who r->-
! sides with her parents, Mr.
• and Mrs. C. B. Moore, on
' Spruce street, happened t
' what might have been a seri
■ ous accident Friday. She was
1 house-cleaning and had car
' ried some papers t'> the ba
' yard and was burning them.
While standing near the tire -.i
' cartridge which happened t.»
■ be among the papers discharg
' ed striking her lower limb.
The wound, while not serious.
' was a very painful one.
' Richard Newsum and Dewey
Love, of King, had a bad
wreck at the end of Patterson
avenue and Walker road on the
r outskirts of Winston-Salem last
night when their car failed to
take the curve and plunged in
to a tobacco shed. Love es
caped unhurt while Newsum
was not so fortunate. He sus
tained several cuts and bruises
about his head and limbs. He
was carried to the Lawrence
hospital where his wounds
were dresssed and he was al
lowed to return to his home
here. Their automobile was
almost completely demolished.
Rev. A. R. Phillips, of Nash
ville, N. C., is spending a few
days with relatives near here,
i" Ex-Sheriff Vester Christian,
of VVestfield, was here Satur
day attending to some busi
r ness matters.
I Miss Flossie Caudle, of Win
ston-Salem. is spending sever
al days with relatives here.
[ Mr! and Mrs. S. O. Schaul
j. and Miss Clodie Stone, of High
Point, spent Sunday with rel
atives here.
William Spainhower, of King
and Miss Evelyn Long, of To
baccoville, were quietly unitei
in the holy bonds of matrimony
s Saturday. Both young peoph
. are popular and their manj
- friends wish them a long anc
' happy married life.
\ Miss Kate Perry Stone, o:
• Charlotte, was among th«
• visitors here Sunday.
David Calloway, who holds i
position ;it Marion, spent Sun
P. L. FLINCHUM
SHOOTS NEGRO
(iun Was Accidentally Dis
charged While Officer Was
Making Arrest—Wound Ma.v
Prove Fatal.
j News reached here yesterday
that Prohibition Agent Posey
L. Flinchum, of Stokes, who
has been working at Newbern
for some months, shot a negro
Friday while making an arrest
at a distillery near Newbern.
The negro is Clarence Loft in
and he and a white man were
caught as they ran from a
blockade distillery.
I Officer Flinchum was accom
panied by Deputy Sheriffs C.
B. Sutton and Wright Saund
ers, who had discovered the
shanty and had requested the
officer to go with them. Deputy
Sutton circled around the
shanty and "flushed" the twe
men, stampeding them through
the darkness toward Officer?
Flinchum and Saunders. Tht
latter got the white man an
[ Officer Flinchum nabbed the
I negro. In the struggle to holi
his man, Flinchum is said t
i have transferred his flash
* light to his right hand, it
r which he was also holding hi:
i pistol. The negro, a large
•strong man, threw the diminu
. | tive officer down and as the;
j; fell the officer's pistol was dis
.] barged, the bullet striking th
I I negro just above the right hij
! and ranging upward. It cam
.iout just under the ribs on th:
right side,
j I The negro was rushed to th'
Kinston hospital and Dr. Par
.'rot discovered that the bowel
4 had been perforated, leavinj
the man a slim chance of re
. coverv. It is said that both o
the deputies with officer Flin
i hum also made the statemen
, that the shooting was a.ci
der.ta..
Lindbergh's old flivver i> In
ing trotted out into public gaz*
' An old flivver has something o
* the same relation to a man'
1 past as a log-cabin birthj lac
L ' formeriv did.—Wichita Eagle,
t
>
- day with his father, T. I
- Calloway, who resides nea
i here.
Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Gordor
s of Pilot Mountain, were visi!
e ors here Sunday,
e The new fourteen thousan
s dollar Stone building at th
1- corner of Main and Depc
e streets is nearing completior
s As soon as completed The Kin
Drug Co. will move into thi
i- new building. Several of th
v offices on the second floor whic
have already been rented wi
i, be occupied as soon as con
•- pleted.
i- Mr. and Mrs. Ross Fergi
son, of Parsons. Kansas, ai
i- spending a few days with re
•- atives here. They made th
[trip from Kansas in an aut
b mobile.
h Mr. and Mrs. William ("audi
1- of Winston-Salem, spqnt Hui
I day with relatives and friem
?. here.
>-1 Prof. J. C. Colley, of Run
d Hall, is here today looking a
y ter some business matters,
ie | The continued rains in th
y section is getting farmers b
d hind with their work.
I E. E. Shore, the banker
>f Rural Hall, is a business visi
ie or here today.
Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Smit
a are spending the day in Wii
i- ston-Salem.
No. ~,.577
OANBURY MAN TO
) HEAD NEW HOUSE
- Paul Taylor unci Associates To
s Award Contract For Tobacco
► Warehouse In Winston-Saleir
—Ready For Sales This Sea
son.
Contract will he awarded this
• week by the Taylor Warehouse
I Company for a modern tobac
" co warehouse at Winston-Sa
t lem, incorporation of the eom
'• pany having been effected
:1 Monday with F'aul Taylor, of
c Danbury, and E. D. Matthews
• and J. Howard Payne, of Win
-1 ston-Salem, as owners and
• operators, with an authorized
'• capital of $200,000.
-, It is learned that the new
' warehouse will be ready for
e 1 the sale of the leaf by thc»
V J opening of the market in the
e ; fall. >,
u | The house will be modern in
b every respect, and with these
s popular and experienced tobac
e co men in charge promises to
do its part in selling the tobac
e co of the surrounding counties.
'I The Taylor warehouse will
° be located at Patterson and
l - Liberty streets, will have a
II frontage of 175 feet on Patter
i- s son, 65 feet on Liberty and 6 r >
L '» feet on Tenth street. The
■'* building will be of brick and
>' steel and will have approxi
s* mately 43,000 square feet of
floor space,
ip i Messrs. Taylor, Matthews
i'* and Payne have been connected
with the Winston market for
several years. Mr. Taylor is
a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Spot
i - Tayl >r, of Danbury, and has
' s been with the market ten
! W years. Mr. Matthews is orig
inally from Rockingham coun
>t ty. He has also been connect
ed with the market for ten
years. Mr. Payne is a son of
! * J. H. ?uyne. of the WesttteM
section, of Surry county, and
has neen with the market
seven years. He has managed
warehouses in the South Caro
lir.a belt with considerable suc
u
, cess.
The addition of the Taylor
house, will give Winston-Salem
eight auction warehouses.
1 130 New Doctors
Applying For License
n. The State Board of Medical
•t- Examiners is in session at
Raleigh this week passing upon
Til the fitness of 1:50 men who are
he applying for license to practice
ot medicine. Dr. J. K. Pepper, a
n. native of Danbury, is a mem
ig her of the Board of Examiners.
he Meeting Of Ladies'
h Aid Society Held
ill
11 . Walnut Cove, June 18.—The
Ladies Aid Society of Walnut
u _ Cove Baptist church held their
r0 monthly meeting Thursday
t vj. afternoon at the home of Mrs.
l u , E. M. Myers with 18 members
() _ and 12 visitors present. Mrs.
IA. J. Fair, president. had
j e charge of the meeting and con-
I ducted the devotionals. After
! the regular routine of business
| a delightful social hour was
• a l held, during which a tempt
-1 ing salad course was served by
jthe hostess, assisted by her
neice Miss Lokeel Vidt.
>0 " | Tom Tarheel says his cow
J sent Tom, Junior, to college
, ot , last vear.
it- i
A minister preaches on the
th | "ten deadly virtues." There
in- used to be more of 'em.—New
York Evening World.