DANBURY REPORTER
Volume 55.
DEMOCRATS HELD
CONVENTION HERE
Fleeted 11 Delegates For
Hull and 4 For Smith—
Meeting Was Harmoriious
One—New Chairman Elect
ed—Vote of Thanks Given
Retiring Chairman.
Stokes Democrats met in
the court house here Saturday
at 11 o'clock in regular county
convention and elected dele
gates to the State Democratic
convention which met in Ra
leigh yesterday.
The delegates elected were
as follows:
J. K. Smith, J. L. Christian,
Dr. G. E. Stone, J. C. Frans,
John Hutcherson, C. E. Davis,
S. W. Pulliam, J. C. Hutcher
son, E. W. Carroll, N. S. Mulli
can, Rev. H. W. Hudspeth, H.
H. Williamson, E. 0. Creak
man, Thomas Dalton, N. E.
Pepper.
The delegates were elected
after a test of the strength of
the two candidates for presi
dent—Smith and Hull—was
taken. This revealed the fact
that the Hull delegates were
entitled to and
fraction votes and the Smith
delegates to nineteen and a
fraction votes. It was then
agreed upon to allow the Smith
supporters four delegates and
those for Hull eleven dele
gates.
The meeting was a harmoni
ous one and everyone went
away feeling that fair plav
had prevailed throughout the
meeting.
Immediately after the con
vention a meeting of the coun
ty Democratic Executive Com
mittee was held and N. E. Pep
per was elected chairman oi
the committee to succeed \Y.
S. Hart, resigned.
A vote of thanks for his un
tiring efforts was given M\
Hart at the conclusion of th." 1
meeting.
Smith Doesn't Think
Hoover Will Be
"So Hard" To Beat
Rochester, N. Y„ June 12.
—The Rochester Democrat anil
Chronicle tomorrow will print
the following:
"Well, he ought not to be so
hard to beat," Governor Smith
commented to Representative
Myer Jacobstein here when the
congressman showed him even
ing papers announcing Herbert
Hoover as probable presidenti
al nominee of the Republicans.
Jacobstein is a Democrat.
The governor changed trains
here on the way from Buffalo
to Albany.
Automobile Wreck
Here Saturday Night
A Ford car driven by Harry
H'ube and occupied by several
other men ran into a fence just
at the west end of the river
bridge here Saturday night.
Turner P.ulli i was cut sew :'v
about the head, Lem Mabe had
his arm dislocated and the
others were bruised consider
ably.
f
Forty - five demonstrations
with tobacco farmers in 20
counties are being conducted
under the direction of the to
bacco specialist at State Col
lege this season to find the
best fertilizer mixtures, varie
ties and cultivation methods
to use for highest profits per
acre.
GIVE STOKES FARM
DEMONSTRATOR
County Commissioners Now
Have This Question Under
Consideration State Will
Bear Half the Expense.
At the last meeting of the
Board of Commissioners of
Stokes the question of employ
ing a farm demonstrator was
considered by the board, but
the matter was deferred until
a future meeting, probably thi
first Monday in July. It is
stated that the State will pay
half the salary of a demons
trator, and the commissioners
are looking with favor on the
proposition.
During the past few years
farmers have to a great extent
lost interest in their farms,
apparently, and very little, if
any, intensive farming is being
done in this county. It is the
opinon of many people that
automobiles have caused this
loss of interest, and there is
nodoubt but that we need the
assistance of a live, wide-awake
demonstrator to help bring
back the interest in farming.
It is the county's chief in
dustry and anything that can
be done by our officials to help
stimulate interest in it will pay
big dividends, in the long run.
It would be a poor farm
demonstrator, indeed, who
would not be worth half his
salary to the county. The state
is ready to pay the other halt
and will let the county select
the man. They have seen th'>
results of the work of demon
strators in practically all the
progressive counties of the
State.
By all means give us a first
class energetic farm demon
strator and let's get the folks
interested in farming one
more.
Native Stokes Man
Dies At Pilot Mt.
Mt. Airy Star.
Dr. J. B. Smith, prominent
physician of Pilot Mtn., died
in a hospital in Winston-Salem
Thursday afternoon at 2
o'clock. Death followed an
illness of several weeks with
Bright's disease and complica
tions. He had been a hospital
patient for the past ten days.
Dr. Smith was 67 years ot
age, having been born in
Stokes county, Oct. 15, 1860.
He was educated at V. P. I.
Blacksburg, Va., and at College
of Physicians and Seurgeons,
Baltimore. Since 1885 he had
been practicing medicine,
spending the greater part of
the time at Pilot Mountain. Ho
was widely known throughout
that section.
Surviving, besides the wid
ow, are three daughters, Mrs.
R. O. Bagbv, of Buena Vista,
Va.: Mrs. George W. Hiatt, of
Miami, Fla., and Mrs. Ben F.
Hoggard, of Aulander, N. C.,
and one son, James R. Smith,
of Pilot Mtn.
Funeral services were
conducted at the Baptist
church at Pilot Mountain Sat
urday afternoon at 2 o'clock
and interment followed in tho
cemetery there.
Eight business organizations
of Oxford in Granville county
have donated st>oo to be use 1
in prizes by County Agent J.
11. Black well for club projects.
Cutworms are damaging
much tobacco this season.
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, June 13, 1928
HOOVER WILL
BE CHOSEN
Has More Than Enough Votes
In Kansas City Convention
To Give Him the Nominat
ion.
Kansas City, Mo., June 12.
—Herbert Hoover's fast mov
ing cohorts stampeded the Re
publican national convention
even before its opening session
began today and made it vir
tually a gathering to ratify his
nomination for President of
the United States.
Unless there is a political
earthquake, which no seer will
predict, the secretary of com
merce will be declared the
choice of his party Thursday
on the first ballot. Then a
vice presidential selection will
be made and the big show will
be over.
The Hoover hordes marched
on convention hall exuberant
with confidence and even as
njany of them were seating
themselves in the flagbedecked
auditorium the news was
flashed among them that Mel
lon had led 79 Pennsylvanians
into their camp; that the
Idaho delegation of' 11. headed
by Borah, had capitulated;
that William Butler and his
Bay-Staters were ready to give
up any hope that Coolidge
would run, and that New Jer
sey had definitely place I her
foi tunes with t'.i; loaer.
These votes wetv Tore than
enough to give Hoover a ma
jority. Even Jirn Watson gave
,up the ghost aid urged his
allies to organise for a wte
of protest."
' Lowden headquarters said
they would carry on, but with
out much hope and the others
of the coalition forces looked
upon the convention with
smileless faces.
Much of the spirit of contest
and expectancy was taken
away from the opening session
of the convention by the final
sudden slide to Hoover. There
was the usual music; the
opening prayer; the "Star
Spangled Banner" sung by
Mme. Schumann-Heink; the
flaring of countless flashlight
photographers; the roving mes
sengers; the hand-shaking; the
back-slapping; the laughter,
and everything that should be
expected of a crowd of 15,000
persons at a national political
convention.
COOLIDGE WILL
POSTPONE TRIP
Illness of Mrs. Coolidge
Forces Plans For Western
Trip Held Off.
Washington, June 11.—'t
was announced at the White
House tonight that owing to
the illiness of Mrs. Coolidgo
the departure of the President
and his party for Brule, Wis.,
has been temporarily post
poned.
Mrs. Coolidge's physicians
announced that while her con
dition is not considered seri
ous it was thought best not to
undertake the trip at this par
ticular time on acount of the
wear and tear of the journey.
The postponement would be
merely temporary, the White
House announcement said.
A railroad appoints a florist
to beautify with flowers. No.v
let it appoint an official burg
lar to jimmy open rhe car
windows.
20 OR MORE
STILLS CUT UP
Had Been Stored In Stokes
Jail—Sold As Junk At S
Cents Per Pound County
Loses Money.
On Monday of this week,
acting under instructions from
the county authorities. Sheriff
J. Frank Dunlap cut to pieces
twenty or more copper stills
that have been stored in the
county jail for some months.
Immediately after being cut
the stills were sold as junk to
a Winston-Salem dealer at
eight cents per pound. The
stills weighed 1100 pounds and
brought $BB.OO.
This transaction reveals the
fact that the county is losing
money on the proposition.
Under the law the county is
required to pay $2O each for
stills, and this lot of twenty
coppers cost us $400.00, while
we receive less than one-fourth
this amount when they are
sold.
Quite a few old galvanized
tanks and other contraptions,
that had been used as stills,
were also destroyed Monday,
but the junk dealer would not
even make the county an offer
on these.
News Items of
Germanton Route 1
Germanton, June 11.—Lit
tle Miss Helen Boles, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. W. Boles, who
has been very sick at her
home, is much improved.
The many friends of C. B.
Rutledge gave him a surprise
birthday dinner Sunday.
Misses Cleone and Iris Bnles
and Charlie Rutledge and
Roscoe Vaughn enjoy ed a
pleasure trip to High Rock
Sunday.
Miss Ethel Boles, a student
at Guilford College, has re
turned home to spend the
summer with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. \V. A. Boles,
i Miss Iris Boles and Mr.
Charlie Rutledge attended the
commencement exercises at
Guilford College last Monday
night.
Mrs. J. R. Rutledge. who
has been ill at her home, is
; somewhat improved.
Miss Beaulah Boles visited
Miss Sallie Fowler Sunday.
Among those who visited
Mr. and Mrs. VV. A. Boles Sun
da- were: Mrs. Tom Shore.
: Mr. and Mrs. \V. M. Tut tie,
: Mrs. \V. E. Rutledge, Charlie
liinledge and others.
i Piedmont Hotel
Opens For Guests
' The hotel at Piedmont
i Springs opened for guests Sat
-1 uvtiay. The first dance of the
' season, given Saturday night,
was attended by hundreds,
piuhably the largest gathering
ev« r seen at .the resort. Man
ager Harry Dalton report.-;
quite a number of regular
guests at the hotel with quit.'
a large number of reservations
l\>r the next few days.
Tobacco Planting
Finished This Week
i
j The tobacco crop is planted
|in Stokes. At least, it is too
[late to plant the weed from
'this time on, as the plants will
not make tobacco worth mar
keting. according to the opin
! ions of our best farmers. A
| full crop has Y>een put out ami
j the plants are looking well.
BYRON RUTLEDGE
FATALLY SHOT
Killed By Wiley Edwards Near
King—Edwards' Mind Has
Been Affected. It Is Stated.
By ron Rutledge. about 25
years of age, was shot and
instantly killed today about
noon, by*, Wiley Edwards, the
shooting occurring in the yard
at Edwards' home.
The only statement made by
Edwards, after the shooting,
was that Rutledge had not
treated him right.
According to information
brought here shortly after the
crime was committed, the tw>
men had l>een out in the field
at work; that they came up to
the well at Edwards' place and
that as a result of a quarrel,
Edwards went in the house,
got his shotgun and fired upon
Rutledge, the load of shot tear
ing off nearly the entire back
part of Rutledge's head.
Edwards, who is about 40
years of age, belongs to one of
the best families in Yadkin
township and is well known
here, having attended school
in Danbury a number of years
since. His friends say that
his mind has been affected for
some time. He made no at
tempt to escape and was
brought t> Danbury and placed
in jail. Neither Rutledge or
Edwards were married men.
It is learned that a hearing
will be given Edwards in the
next few days.
| Recent Real Estate
, Deals In Stokes
During the past week the
following real estate deals,
have been recorded at the
court house:
L. J. Riser, Yadkin town
ship, to Board of Education
2.1*5 acres, consideration $6Ol.
E. P. Edwards, Yadkin town
| ship, to Board of Education
i lot, consideraiton Silo.
\V. B. Sprinkle, Yadkin
township, to Board of Educa
tion lot, consideration $llO.
C. F. White, Yadkin town
ship, to Board of Education
3.48 acres, consideration
$1.113.60.
C. J. Helsabeck, Meadows
township, to W. M. Plummer]
lot. consideration $lO.
G. H. Lawson, Quaker Gap
township, to J. C«. Lawson 1
acres, consideration Sl'iO.
G. H. Lawson, Quaker Gap
township, to James G. Lawson
45.25 acres.
G. H. Lawson, Quaker Gap
town>l,ip. to Je =«o F. Lawson
40 acres.
J. A. Dillon, Sauratown
township, to J. 1). l ewis 2
j lots, consideration $1"0.
J. A. N'ewsum, Sauratown
' township, to Elmer I'uttlo 10
j acres, consideration $l?oo.
I ——————
Ernest Beasley Hurt
By Motorcycle
; Ernest Beasley, of Francis
co, was thrown from his mo
torcycle last Sunday and suff
ered a broken leg and other
injuries.
The announcement that
Eamon de Valera desires l«-
start a newspaper seems to
signify also a desire on hi.-
part to take on a batch of new
and as yet undreamed of
; roubles.
Elmo Petree, of Danbury.
and Carl Joyce, of Walniu
Cove, returned today from a
| visit to relatives in Oklahoma.
No. 2.926
SMITH GETS
ONE-THIRD VOTES
HuH Gets Two-Thirds But
Delegates Are Not Instruct
ed—Probable That Smith
Will (let Nine Votes From
North Carolina.
The State Democratic Con
vention at Raleigh came to a
close Tuesday night about 3
o'clock. Nearly 2.000 delegates
were in attendance.
A vote on delegates to the
convention gave
Judge Hull sixteen delegates
and Gov. Smith eight. The
associated press says it looks
like Smith will get nine votes
out of the lot.
: Some extracts from the As-
I sociated Press reports of the
j convention follow:
A delegation to Houston id
not instructed conventionally.
It is not identified politically.
That the Smith men got eight
of the 24 is virtually certain,
but nine is a safer figure.
The Smith men got so much
more than they had been con
ceded, gave so much more
trouble and fought so much
harder than the saints had ex
pect ed that the "smashing
victory" dwindled to dwarf
size. Indeed, "our great lead
er" must pass around such
glory as has been won. Tho
Smith men have "smashed"
the solid south some more.
There has come about a terri
ble Simmons defection. And
with anything but religious
rancor, to which there has
been such unspeakable pander
, ing .there would have been an
i other smashing. It may be
written in truth that Hull
headquarters at last have
heard that there is something
a little wrong.
All delegates will go t)
Houston uninstructed. Thj
claims of lx>th Smith and Hull
leaders as to strength are
based on their understanding
'of the personal preference of
the delegates, since the failure
of the convention to instruct
leaves the delegates free t*
vote as expediency directs at
Houston.
The outcome of today's con
vention was regarded as mak
• ing certain the re-election of
Senator Simmons as National
Executive Committeeman by
the delegation from this State,
and it said Josephus Daniels
would in all likelihood be North
Carolina's representative on
the Platform Committee.
Reidsville Gets
New Warehouse
Reidsville, June 11. —Ar-
rangements were entered into
here this morning whereby
Reidsville will have another
splendid warehouse for the
sale of leaf tobacco. Thi.-t
house will probably be kiv w:i
as the "Now Clark Ware
house" and will be located or.
the Wrav property, on Wil
liams street.
The now warVhousi- will
contain 30.000 square feet of
floor space and will be buiu
I with particular attention : >
lighting and other conven
iences. Its frontage on Wil
liams Street will be 150 fee,
and it will have a depth of 2*'
feet with ample entrance. exi\
loading and handling l'acili
, ties.
1 Construction of the new
warehouse will begin as soon
jas plans can be completod and
; will lie ready for use by Sep
tember 1.