DANBURY REPORTER
Volume 55.
TO ASK FOR FARM
DEMONSTRATOR
Stokes Lions Club Passes Res
olutions In Regard To Mat
ter County Would Pay
only Part of Expense—Road
Committee Reports.
At the regular meeting of;
the Lions Club of Stokes Coun
ty at Walnut Cove Monday j
night a larger number than
usual was in attendance on ac
count of the importance of ac
tion to be taken.
The first matter of import
ance was the report of the road
committee, who read the re
sponse from the highway com
missioners and civic bodies rel
ative to the Greensboro-Wal
nut Cove-Mt. Airy highway.
The Greensboro Chamber of
Commerce took immediate ac
tion by resolution of its board
of directors to the State high
way commission and recom
mended that the Stokes Lions
Club immediately secure the
endorsement of our county
commissioners and county road
board, which will be done at
once. It was reported that the
Mt. Airy Chamber of Com
merce, Retail Merchants Asso
ciation and the Surry county
officials would immediately en
dorse the proposal for this
county seat to county seat
highway.
The Committee appointed to
suggest and report on a pri
mary object and aim for the
Stokes county Lions' Club to
concentrate its efforts upon,
suggested in the form of a res
olution that the club undertak >
to establish and promote di
versified farming in the county
and that they immediately un
dertake to secure a farm dem
onstrator for this purpose.
This resolution was adopted as
read and mesages were read
from Hon. J. W. Graham. Prof.
I. 0. Schaub, of State College,
and others, giving information
which shows that the county
bears only part of the expense,
It was shown that the State
and the Federal Government
each bear a part of the ex
penses of a farm demonstrator,
and the committee was intruct
ed to accompany Mr. E. S. Mil
saps, U. S. District Agricultur
al Agent, before the Stokes
county Board of Commission
ers on Monday, Oct. 3rd, in a
formal request for an appro
priation covering a part of the
■expenses for a farm demons
trator for Stokes county.
TOBACCO MARKET
OPENS TUESDAY
Eight Tobacco Warehouses
Will Be Ready At Winston-
Salem—Fanners . Urged To
Market Slowly.
The Winston-Salem tobacco
mraket opens Tuesday next,
Oct. 4th, with eight ware
houses and plenty of buyers
ready to handle the big fine
crop of tobacco.
Farmers are urged by the
warehousemen to market the
weed orderly and not glut the
market.
Schools Open
Next Monday
The short term schools of
the county open next Monday.
Supt. Carson has promised the
Reporter a complete list of the
names of all teachers of the
-county with their addresses.
STOKES JURY
CONVICTS MASLIN
Former President of Merchants i
Bank & Trust Co. Given
Sentence of Five To Eight!
Years By Judge Stack. i
Winston-Salem, Sept. 24.
Sentence of five to eight years ;
in the state prison was impos- :
ed on Thomas Maslin, former i
president of the defunct Mer
chants Bank and Trust com
pany, soon after he was found
guilty in superior court here
today of embezzling trust '
funds held by the bank.
Sentence was pronounced by
Judge A. M. Stack, of Monroe,
following the verdict of a jury
chosen from Stokes county, in 1
which it was found that the
former had embezzled
and misappropriated funds be-;
long to E. K. Polites, of this
; city.
! Just before sentence was im
posed Col. F. B. Hobgood, of
Greensboro, counsel for the de
i fendant, moved for arrest of
judgment and the granting of
a new trial based on the sama
grounds made by counsel for
quashing the bill of indictment
and also alleged errors com
mitted by the court during the
trial. J |
All of these motions were
overruled, and Col. Hobgood
: gave notice of appeal to the
supreme court. j
Appeal bond was fixed at
$1,500, while the appearance
bond was continued at $5,000,
it being explained to the court
that the defendant was already
under $5,000 bond in each of
the other indictments.
The jury was given the case
following a 45 minute charge'
by Judge Stack. He instructed
this body that it could find the
former bank president guilty
of all three counts in the bill,
embezzlement, abstraction, and
misappropriation, the last two,
the last, or on no count. He
carefully reviewed the evidence
as presented during the trial
which has lasted for five days.
The defendant took 1 oth the
verdict and the judgment
calmly.
There are still other indict- !
ments against the defendant,
charging receiving funds in a
bank knowing it to be Insol
vent, abstracting records from
the bank and embezzlement
from funds of the Frank
Snipes estate.
WORK STARTS AT
VADE MECUM
Concrete Is Being Piaced
Around Spring As First
Move Toward Development
of Property.
It is learned here that the
development of the Vade Me
cum Springs property will now
go forward as rapidly as pos
sible. Just what the plans of
those in charge are could not
be learned today, but a large
force of workmen are there
this week building forms and
pouring concrete adjacent to
the mineral spring. Contractor
R. R. King, of Danbury, is in
i charge of this work,
i Stokes people, as well as a
host of admirers of this beau
tiful property throughout the
whole State, will learn wilh
pleasure that the Vade Mecuir.
property is to be developed and
beautified.
D. C. Wood, of Route 1, was
here today.
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, Sept. 28, 1927
KING POPULATION
KEEPS GROWING
Six New Comers Arrived Past I
Week—Death of Mrs. Gray I
Vogler—Other News Items.
' -
King. Sept. 26.—Mrs. Gray j
Vogler, aged about twenty-two i
years, died at her home in Win- j
ston-Salem early Sunday morn-'
ing from ptomaine poisoning. 1
Mrs. Vogler is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. Right Wall,
who reside three miles west of
here. The deceased is surviv
ed by her husband, her mother
and father and several broth
ers and sisters. The interment
was made at Mount Pleasant
church near here Monday.
1 Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Pi lliani,
of Greensboro, spent Sui day
with relatives here.
! The following births were
recorded here last week: Mr.
and Mrs. O. O. Rutledge, a
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Wiley
Smith, a daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Gatewood, a son,
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Nance, a
son, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Smith,
a son, and Mr. and Miv. .Ua
leigh Hall, a daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Stone, of
High Point, were among t e
visitors here Sunday.
| Mr. and Mrs. John Love, Jr.
of Salisbury, were the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. James Love
Sunday.
j Will Hauser, who has been
very sick at his home here for
several days, shows some in l
piovement today.
Miss Kate Perry St no, of
Charlotte, is spending a feu
days with her mother. Mrs. t>.
| J. Stone, who resides just
south of town.
Prof. J. C. Carson, of Ger
man ton, was here Monday look
ing after some business mat
ters.
O. T. Fowler, of Pilot Mtn.,
was among the business visit
ors here Monday.
HENRY FORD'S
BROTHER DEAD
Dies of Heart Disease While
Inspecting An Old Cottage—
I Was Real Estate Dealer.
Detroit, Sept. 28.—Victim of
heart failure that had troubled
him for weeks, John Ford,
wealthy real estate operator
and brother of Henry Ford,
died alone in an unoccupied
cottage in Fordson last night,
the body, lying on a bed left
in the cottage by its last ten
ant, was found shortly before
6 o'clock this morning by
Fordson police and Robert VV.
Ford, a son, who began search
when Mr. Ford failed to return
,to his home from a meeting of
{he Fordson City Council, of
which he was president.
The cottage, recently purch
ased by Mr. Ford, is but a few
squares from the Ford home
stead, and it is believed Mr.
Ford went to the place to in
spect it when he was stricken.
Pending the formality of a
postniorten examination, the
body was held today in a mor
tuary establishment in Dear
born. It later will be removed
to the Ford home where funer
al services are to be held Fri
day, with burial in Grand
Lawn cerrtery, not far from
the spot where William and
Mary Litegot Ford settled
when they came to the United
States from Ireland, and whero
Henry a n diWoadiFrmlmfwy
i Henry and William Ford were
born.
SHERIFF DUNLAP
"MOPS UP"
During Past Ten Days He Has
Taken Three Men. Five Stills;
and Thousands of Gallons of
Beer In Stokes—Calculated
To "Dry Up" county.
If Sheriff J. Frank Dunlap
keeps up the pace he has set
during the past ten days he
will certainly be awarded first
prize by the national Anti-Sa
loon League and besides there
won't be any egg noggs at
Christmas time.
For some reason the Federal
government has seen fit to
remove all the prohibition
agents from this territory, and
the work of looking after the
violators of the 18th amend
ment has been left up to the
Sheriff. The record shows that
he has not been failing to
I "carry on."
Near Belews Creek, in east
l ern Stokes, a few days since,
'he captured two men—Robert
, Smith and John Martin—along
.with a 75-gallon still and 13
, barrels of beer. The men were
tried and bound over to court.
Both gave bond.
Last Wednesday, at the Buck
Davis place, on Dan river, he
took a 40-gallon still and two
barrels of beer.
I On Thursday last, near the
water tank just east of Walnut
Cove, he seized a 75-gallon still
and 21 barrels of beer.
In Dry Hollow, a lonesome
spot, near the Walnut Cove-
Pine liall road, last Friday, a
50-gallon still and 10 barrels
of beer were confiscated.
The past Sunday morning,
ileal Oak Grove church, in
the Sandy Ridge section, 7
barrels of beer was found but
the still had been removed.
Near Walnut Cove, Sunday
afternoon, Geo. Fulton, color
ed, was taken, together with a
60-gallon still and 12 barrels
of beer. Fulton is in jail at
Danbury awaiting a hearing.
On all of the raids mention
ed above Sheriff Dunlap was
accompanied by his son.
Deputy Sheriff Henry Dunlap.
On the Dry Hollow trip Ralph
Chilton accompanied the offi
cers, and Carl Joyce was with
them when they brought in
■ Geo. Fulton, colored, and his
outfit.
WINSTON COPS
SEIZE OPIUM
• Twenty Bottles of Costly Balm |
: Found In Raid On Chinese
Laundry.
1 Winston-Salem, Sept. 28.->
1 Twenty bottles of opium, said
[ to have been smuggled into
t this country from China, were
seized today when police raid
■ ed a laundry operated here by
' Leong Wong, 26-year old Chi
■ nese.
•' Leong was placed in jail, in
• default of $1,500 bond, charged
• with violating the narcotic law.
1 A chemist here made an
? analysis of the opium and re
■ i ported that it is of the strong*
- est variety.
1
- To Be Tried For
Violating Game Law
l t
l, Ruffian Sheppard, of Law
-1 sonville, will be given a hear
-1 ing here Saturday before Jus
-1 tice N. A. Martin on the charge
„• of shooting squirrels out of
' season. Robert Lawson ami
e others are witnesses for the
. State.
FIRST MEETING OF
STOKES TEACHERS
Will Be Held At Danbury Sat-,
urday—lso Instructors Are ,
Expected—Jule B. Warren.,
of N. C. E. A.. Will Deliver
Address. »* * |
The first county-wide meeting
of Stokes teachers for this
school year will be held in the
school building at Danbury on
Saturday next, Oct. Ist, a.\.
one hundred and fifty instruct
ors of the public and high
schools of Stokes county are
due and expected to attend.
Probably the outstanding
event of this first meeting will
be the appearance of Prof.
Jule B. Warren, of Raleigh,
head of the North Carolina
Educational Association, who
will address the teachers at
some length and they are look
ing forward to hearing Mr.
Warren.
Each year the business of
teaching school is being made
more interesting as well as
more important to those en
gaged in the profession. Supt.
Carson expects to have some
thing special at each meeting
to interest the teachers, as well
as help them in their work.
Various other matters will
engage the attention of the
educators Saturday and the
meeting is expected to be one
of the best yet held.
OVER 500 GAME
LICENSES ISSUED
Stokes Hunters Preparing To
Get Busy—The County Offi
cials Expect To Sell As .Many
More.
Came Warden U. R. King and
Clerk of the Court A. J. Fajr#
haw sold between sOu and (100
hunting licenses to Stokes citi
zens since the hunting season
opined this fall. A majority
of these licenses were for
hunting in the county only, the
price of which is $1.25 each,
however, a number of them
were State licenses which are
$5.25 each.
In the opinion of the county
officials at least as many more
licenses will be sold. Farmers
have been so busy that they
have not had time to hunt so
far, and, moreover, at this sea
son of the year money is not
as plentiful as it is supposed to
be a little later.
The Reporter expects to give
the exact figures on hunting li
censes in the near future, as
it will be interesting to know
just how many citizens procure
licenses.
Business Done By
Buses In July
Raleigh, Sept. 29.—Buses in
North Carolina carried 210,-
493 passengers, collected $219,-
526.32 in gross revenue in
July, R. O. Self, State bus di
rector, announces. The report
was the first comprehensive
monthly survey of bus opera
tions i*i the State obtained since
the State took over regulations
of bus lines on March 2, 1925.
The report showed that in
July there were 87 exclusively
passenger bus lines and 16
combination passenger and ex
press or exclusively express
lines in operation in the State.
Every income earner in the
United States i»i;ys about one
dollar eaJi »h> for supnort of
government.
1
No. 2,891
TAX RATE SHOWS
AN INCREASE
Stokes Citizens Will Pay Only
Twelve Cents More On $lOO
Valuation This Year—Rate
Is $1.79.
•• * 
•The tax rate in Stokes coun
ty for the present year has
been fixed at $1.79 on the
hundred dollars valuation. Last
year's rate was $1.67.
In the face of the fact that
the general expenses of the
county increase each year and
the further fact that more
bonds for roads and schools are
being issued each year, it was
absolutely necessary to in
crease the rate slightly.
An interesting statement of
[the financial affairs of the
county, prepared by county
: auditor J. K. Voss, appears
elsewhere in this paper, show
ing the total valuation of prop
: erty in the county, the indebt
edness, etc.
TO SPEND HUGE
SUM FOR POWER
Duke Interests Will Put Out
$25,000,000 More On Elec
tric Current In North Caro
lina and South Carolina.
, Charlotte, Sept. 28.—An-
I nouncement that a program of
i construction involving the ex
j penditure of $25,000,000 wiil
I be undertaken by the Duke in
terests, was made at head
quarters of the organization
I here today.
Details of the projects to be
undertaken in developing elec
trical power in the two Caro
linas were not made known but
it was stated that the work is
a part of a $100,000.000-pro
gram of construction for which
W. S. Lee, head of the Duko
enterprises has plans on his
desk.
The announcement said that
the industrial development in
North Carolina and South Car
olina during the past year has
been more than double that
anticipated and that much ad
ditional construction will be
necessary in 1928 to meet the
growing demand for hydro
electric power.
Young Reynolds
Turns Up In A
St. Louis Cafe
St. Louis. Sepc. 28.—Richard
J. Reynolds, 21-year-old presi
dent of the Reynolds Airways,
Inc.. of New York, who was
missing for 11 days, was found
last night in a chop suey res
taurant on North Grand Boule-
Ivard, by operatives of the Har
! graves Detective Agency which
j had been retained by Reynolds'
j stepfather and the trustee of
the Reynolds tobacco fortune.
The young heir was with a
girl and another man. He at
first denied he was Reynolds
but later admitted it. He said
he knew nothing about the
furors created by his disap
pearance until he read an ac
count of the search for him
in a St. Louis morning news
paper.
He said he was merely on
vacation and used a name not
his own because he "did not
wish to be bothered." He had
been to Chicago, he said, and
had seen the Tunney-Dempsey
fight, and then come to St.
Louis.
E. C. Gray, of Lawsonville,
was among the visitors here
today.