DANBURY REPORTER
Volume 55.
BIG COMPANIES ABSENT AT WINSTON
GATHERING OF TOBACCO PRODUCERS
Three Thousand Farmers Hear No Explanation of Low Price
—Gov. McLean .Not 'lf!ore—Tain lsov.it> and Frank l.in
ney Principal Speakers—Talk of Price Fixing—One I ninvit
ed Speech—W. 15. Tav'or Independent Tobacco .Manufacturer,
Leads OH—Tarn Howie is Suggested As Governor—Linncy
Talks Well.
Winston-Salem, Oct. 15. j
Out of the several outlying
hill counties about friends d«-;
scended upon Winston-Salem
today with hopes of hearingj
representatives of the leading
tobacco companies explain why j
their buyers were getting this
year's crop at such low prices.
Such hopes died quickly, al
though a bit reluctantly, as re-,
quest after request for their
appearance thundered out into
the crowd on the Liberty ware
house floor to gain no inkling
of response.
The tobacco companies' rep
resentatives along with the
specially invited governor and
candidiate for governor were
all conspicuous by their ab
sence.
In their stead were Tam C .
Bowie, former Jefferson jtidge,
and Frank Linney, who both
spoke at length to the farmers
with honeyed words, the lat
ter warming up right enthusi
astically in his discussion n
tixing prices. i
And also in their place, one
might say. was \\. !». Taylor,
president of the Taylor Broth
ers Tobacco Manufac t'.ring Co.
who climbed aboard the stand
«n tile rear of the tobacvo
truck for an uninvited, al
though much applauded,
•perch.
His ta'k. comi--,* several
miuiiic- 4 1 clove the meeting hau
lien railed to order, was cram
med full of political, economic
and spiritual advice, the core
lof which was co-operation
the farmers in decreas
ing iheir iobacco acreage.
M'\ Taylor was interrupted
! y the appearance of the men
who were running the meeting
along, with their chairman, M.
0. Jones, who was calling for a
minister to sound the invoca
tion.
Following a few preliminar
ies, in which H. McGee, of Ger
manton, was elected permanent
chairman with N. E. Pepper,
of Danbury, secretary, the
meeting got underway.
Telegrams were read from
two of the five tobacco com
panies invited to send repre- 1
.sentatives, the American To- i
baeeo company wiring that the \
matter would be referred to
•heir officers, while R. J. Rey
i litis company informed the
gl farmers that they would be
gJad to have a representative i
meet with a "farmers commit
tee." The Imperial, Export
and Liggett-Myers companies
made no. reply to the invita-
I
tions. i
Tam Bowie was then intro
duced by O. E. Snow, Pilot
Mountain attorney, and speedi
ly began sympathizing with
the farmers. Mr. Bowie ad
mitted that he knew little
about tobacco farming or its
problems, but went on to say
that, in general, all farmers
were touched with the sanvj
problems.
He assured them that they
were not getting a proper re
turn from investment, calling
.attention to his own personal
7 perplexities in the same di
rection on his farms in Ash.?
county.
His principal advice was the
selection of more capable rep
resentatives in their govern
ment, both county, state and
nation, holding up to them
deeply studied legislation for
the farmers as a final solution
of their problems.
His address was well receiv-'
ed, hearty applause being
brought forth on more than 1
one occasion, but it was not
listened to with near the rapt'
attention as that which met the,
subsequent talk of Frank Lin-1
ney, who in his first few sen- 1
tences explained that he was
speaking as an individual and
not as a federal officeholder. \
Following a few remarks
about the law against price
fixing, and an explanation of
the legal steps to be taken in
action under the provisions of
tin l Sherman Anti-trust law,
Mr. 1 .in ney strode straight
away into the question of the
guilt of the tobacco interests
along that line.
While never for a moment
openly accusing the tobacco in
terests of such practices, his
illustrations and intimations
were of such character :is i>
cloud the farmers', minds with
no doubt to his own * m
about such matters.
lit roundly rapped the iri«
of « verprodmtioii by the ti
bacco interests, saying thai
mi re sins had been committed
in the name of over-production
than any other word he knew." j
Mr. Linney suggested reor
ganization of agriculture so as
to detect price-fixing and find ,
markets for goods as well as
increase production.
"The best remedy, he continu-,
ed, "is to go in for a living!
price, and if you can't gain |
that by supplication, it is our
power to create by law a force |
that will give you what you I
need." I
The meeting was not without
political expressions, promin
ent Republican joining with 1
insurgent Democrats as Mr.
Linney closed his speech with
the words that brought the
most hearty round of cheers.
Regretful of Mr. Gardner's re
fu>al to attend the meeting. Mr
Linney had stated: "We would
like to know what he thinks
about tobacco, and tf he doesn't i
think that we might have
Tarn for our next governor." j
Following short talks by W.,
Reade Johnson. Winston-Salem
attorney, and John Folger, as-'
semblyman from Mt. Airy, i
five names were added to the j
executive committee, these be
ing John Folger, W. Read j
Johnson. Tam C. Bowie, Frank
E. Linney and R. W. H. Stone,
Greensboro. The original com
mittee was made up of N. E.
Pepper, J. L. Christian, J. C.
Frans, H. McGee and M. O.
Jones.
A call for contributions to
finance the work of the com
mitte was generously respond
ed to by scores of the farmers
present.
The meeting was then ad
journed until 2 o'clock in the
afternoon, when about two
tliirds of the crowd returned
(Continued on page 12.)
Danbury, N. C, Wednesday. Oct. 19, 1927
TO LET CONTRACT
FOR SCHOOL UOCKK
Hoard of Education •"•ills
. »:> liu'l/Ui!;.: !'»» S>«d>
ituiye—Award Contract Oct.
:11st.
I hi* St iikes Board of K»iMen
tion announces t S«-i' !.ids will
be i'i'ieived tin in o.t :51st for
the i nstrm l of a -chool
building at Sandy Kiiljru
Specifications for the build
ing are now on tile in the oili -e
of the county Supt. of S-bools.
News and Personals
Of Walnut Cove
Walnut Cove, Oct. 19.—Dr.
C. J. Helsabeck and small son,
Joe, spent the week end in
Richmond, and was accompani
ed home by his mother, who
has been visiting her son.
Misses Blanche Bo.vles and
Eunice Isom, students of the
Guilford hospital in High
Point, spent Sunday here with
their parents.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Fowler
and little son spent the week
end hero with Mr. and Mrs.
Jite Fowler.
Friends will be glad to learn
that Mr. Jim Voss, who has
been seriously ill, has returned
home from the hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Z. Williams
and daughters. Carrie and
Mary Sue. attended the funer
al Sunday of Mrs. Williams"
neire of Madison.
Mr. ;>:ul Mrs. John Redmon
gave a surprise birthday din
ner in honor of their son Troy.
Sunday. A large number of
relatives and friends attended
Miss-. s Claudia, Bertha, An
nie Ivit > .tiid Evelyn Neal spent
the week end here with their
parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Moore an !
daughter. Marie, of High
Point, spent Sunday here visit
ing Mr. and Mrs. 1.. B. Neal.
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Myers
recently moved to Winston-
Salem.
Friends will be glad to ltfarn
that Mr. C. M. Jones has re
turned home from the Baptist
hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Blum
and little daugter, Peggy Jane,
spent the week end here with
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Mitchell.
Mrs. Johnson, of Quaker
Cap, is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. C. J. Helsabeck, here.
Friends will be glad to learn
that Mis. Joe Isom has re
turned home from the city hos
pital after a serious operation.
Mrs. John Fulton, of Win
ston-Salem, was visiting rel
atives here Sunday.
The B. Y. P. U. will give a
social Friday night at the
school auditorium. All mem
bers are urged to attend.
Mr. John Bailey is seriously
ill with pneumonia at the
Burton hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Adams
spent the week end here with
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Morelield.
Funeral Services
For Mr. Petrea
Funeral services for Francis
E. Pet i ce, 78, who passed awav
Wednesday of last week at the
home on Gormanton Route 1,
were held Friday afternoon at
2 o'clock at the Corinth church
of Christ. Rev. W. L. Reeves
and Rev. R. A. Helsabeck con
ducted the services. Interment
was made in the church grave
yard. Grandsons of the de
cease:! acted as pailbenr^rs.
WILSON MARKET
AVERAGES $28.83
Greenville (Jets 527.22 For To
bacco, ioi'ky Mount .52.'5.2 ; i,
Gohisborn $22.01. Winston-
Salem JSJI .(IT—Wilson Hand
les Most I'nunds.
Wilson, Oct. IH.—Tobacco
prices here Monday made an
average of $28.8:5 per hundred
weight and 1,447,728 pounds
of the bright golden weed were
sold. Receipts for the day al
most reached the half million
dollar mark and swelled the
season's gross receipts to mor •,
than seven and a half million'
dollars. 'Many of the growers'
were paid averages ranging up-,
wards of S7O per hundred for
their offerings of the day.
Unofficial sales figures show
that thus far this season .'57,-
04:?, 192 pounds have been sold, 1
for wieh the growers received
$7,577,523.92 or an average
price of more than S2O per
hundred pounds.
AVERAGE AT
GREENVILLE §27.22
Greenville, Oct. 18.—The lo
cal tobacco market reached the
peak of the season on yester
day in price when 1.988.520
pounds sold for $29u.:52i.(i1, an
average of $27.22. wheih is
about two cents above the av
erage for any day since the
opening of the market. Ac
cording to statement of K, \V.
Cobb, secretary to the tobacc !
board of trade, today's aver
age may i xtved that of yester
day.
AVtfil.V-'E Ol $2.:.29
AT ROCKY MOI NT
iii . !>y Mount. k t. IS.—Th
highest average price of the
season was re.orded on tie-
Reeky Mount tobacco market
yesterday when offerings were
heavier than any other day ex
cept the opening sale early last
month.
A total of 707,960 pound.-
was sold here yesterday, ac
cording to official figures an
nounced today by J. L. Farm
er, secretary of the tobacco
board of trade.
The heavy offerings, which
resulted in a blocV. brought
$164,254.06, or a .roneral aver
age of $23.20.
822 WAS RECORDS!)
AT COI.DSIiOIU)
CJoldsboro, Oct. 18.—Sales on
the three tlo.trs f the Gc'ris
boro tobacco mn"l.e 4 on last
Wednesday averaged $22 '»1
per hundred. La.-t Fri!ay'
sales were 211,186 pounds,
said to be as large a sale as
ever recorded here except on
days of the opening wck The
total sales for last week was
576,398 pounds for whi"! was
paid $109,948.20.
Sales through last week
totaled 4.256,592 pounds for
which was paid $678,062.91
The big breaks here so fa"
this week indicate that thj
total might not be far short
of live million pounds by the
end of the week.
WINSTON-SALE.M
MARKET (JOT $21.07
Winston-Salem, Oct. 18.—
The highest average price for
tobacco for this season was
paid on the market yesterday,
(Monday.) when 962,148
pounds brought $209,319.38, an
average price of $21.07. The
most popular price for the bet
ter grades was 30 cents, few
i-iies running above that iiguro.
MOORE'S KNOB
HIGHEST POINT
t". S.  ieological Survcv Say -
I'ilot Mountain is ( nn.-i ler
crable Lower Than High
Peak !n Stokes.
The following iiii of informa
tion given out by the U. S.
Coast and Geological Survey to
the Stokes (V.unty Chamber of
Commerce will be of interest
to some people of thif» section.
Washington, I). ('.,
Sec. Chamber Commerce,
Stokes County.
Dear Sir:
In reply to your letter of
Oct. Ist, I take pleasure in in
forming you that the elevation
of our station on Moore's Knob
is 2572 feet above mean sea
level. The elevation of Pilot
Mountain is 2415 feet. Those
are the only two elevations in
your immediate section whasc
elevations have been determin
ed by this buerau.
This office will be glad to be
of further service to you at
any time.
Yours truly.
11. L. FAIRS,
Acting Director.
To Discuss Leaf Prices
With Reynolds Co.
Winston-Salem. (, et. 17.
The executive committee. chits
tn Ity tobacco growers al their
mass meeting held here Satur
day. Jif which -I. !.. Christian,
Ml" Stokes county. is chaii •
man, is scheduled lit me«-t her
this week, when a committee
I f>-in the execrt ive I. "aril is c\-
pect ■ ! tt confer wi*h one >■
!■>:• re ivpr -Si-r.t. -i i\, - i»f t
R. .1. ill y .olds Ti.bacc-. coir- -
par.y about leaf tobacco prir s
which the growers contend
below tiu» cost til production.
The Reynolds company has
consenteil to meet the com
mittee and discuss matters.
Robert Lawson
Held For Assault
Robert Lawson, of Lawson
ville. charged with assaulting
Joel Lawson, of the same com
munity, last Sunday, was giv
en a preliminary hearing hero
Monday before Justice N. A.
Martin and placed under a
$250 bond for his appearance
at the fall term of Superior
court.
I). H. Carter Resig-ns
As Member Road Board
1). H. Carter, of Pine Hall,
who has l»een serving as a
member of the Stokes County
Highway Commission tor a
year or more, has tendered his
resignation. Mr. Carter's suc
cessor has not been appointed
at this time.
Sees Political Uprising
If Coolidge Is Named
Madison, Wis., Oct. 11).—A
political uprising in the' mid
dle west, "which will assume
the proportions of a revolu
tion." should the Republican
party nominate a man whose
views on the McNary-Haugen
bill are the same as those of
President Coolidge. was pre
dicted by Senator Thomas .1.
Walsh. Montana, in an inter
view here today.
Tin? weed being offered now
has less of the poorer grades
than Wi re seen on th.» opening
days. These grades are s'ill
going at one. two aiu: thre.
cents per pound.
No. 2,s e :
HHAYY DOCKET
i OI? STOKES COCKT
dpi'. A i'c« Si at. nre llav»
*»jvn Imposed So ! ar—•
Schi!.!.- (iivcil lioo.-t Uv
Fine."—Term , !;;i Continue
To Salurdax—Homicide Case
Continued I nlil \e\t Term.
i
W'itli I'M cases on t}i«* docket
to begin with and more being
added by the grandjury each
day. Stokes Superior court,
with Judge T. J. Shaw and
Solicitor J. F. Spruill in charge,
is having a busy week. The
first three days of the court
have seen unusually large
crowds in attendance.
The grandjury is also a very
busy body and is finding a
great many true bills. The
following named gentlemen
compose that body: (I. F.
Stone, foreman; L. J. Fowler,
S. F. Hill, A. K. Southern, Foy
Hartgrove. J. C. Anvs, K. L.
Dillon. .J. T. Stephens, \V. E.
Lackey, J. U. Hennett. Judsou
Spainhour, T. ). Mickey. I). C.
Cromer, J. It. Rhodes, C. S.
Martin. K. L. Ilullin, J. M.
Vaden and S. J. Chapman.
Probably not more than halt*
the eases on thi docket have
been heard at this time and it
is likely that the court will
continue in session until Sat
urday sometime.
The homicide case against
Younger Owens. Dewey ik-
Daniel J.'.id John Join.sou,
i Ki l "il will, r-'s.inisitii'ity for
i : t : ; avh of Sue It. iwii
in an automobile aciiiiei;: neat"
King n!;ii months i 1 u«*. v.as
] V lilii'i l «»ii 111 i « li « i I !u?
:«cl I hat .MivS Ncl-;, .J. ■•; !1 *Oll,
who was injured in if• • • wreck,
is still confined iii a
and unable to attend court.
A coiisiderable number oi*
defendant.* who have b.-e'i
found guilty have not been
sentenced but are being held in
the county jail. The schools
have been given quite a boost
by the tines imposed.
l*p to Wednesday the follow
ing cases had been heard by
the court.
Burroll Ovorbv. breaking and
entering and larceny. guilt \ ,
.judgment pending.
Charlie Taylor, operating era*
while under influence of liquor,
sentenced to road for term of
three months.
Will Brim. assault with
deadly weapon, given suspend
ed sentence of two years on
road, and lined S2O and cost.
Gaston, Ham ami Roid Shel
ton and Frank Podson. affray,
lined SIOO each and cost.
Noah Mabe, affray and trans
porting, sentenced to live
months on road.
Percy Morris, col., manu
facturing liquor, guilty, .judg
ment pending.
Oscar Gerry, operating car
while under influence of liquor,
judgment pending.
Lux. and Hard James, afVrav,
guilty, judgment pending.
Roy and .Monroe Jackson,
affray, lined S2O each and cost.
Lester and Charlie Boies,
affray, Lester lined s;>o. ('has.
lined £>>o, and half cost each.
Bob Ziglar, retailing liquor,
not guilty.
Hard James, operating car
while intoxicated, guilty, .judg
ment pending.
Geo. Fulton, col., manufac
turing liquor, not guilty.
Nume Vaughn, col., maint
l'.-kturing liquor, two cases,
guilty, judgment pending.
(Continued on page 12.)