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DANBURY REPORTER -V Volume 55. WESTFIELD BOY IS DEAD Young Son of Dr. and Mrs. J. Thos. Smith Passes Away In Greensboro Hospital Was Student At Oak Ridge. Greensboro, Sept. s.—Walter Smith, 18, a cadet at Oak Ridge Military Institute, near Jdthis city, was in a critical eon viition in a local hospital to night with a long gash in his throat, said to have been self inflicted in his room at the in stitute about 10 o'clock this morning. The attending phy sician said his condition was extremely serious, but thought there was a possible chance of recovery. Young Smith is a son of Dr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Smith, of Westfield, near Mt. Airy, who arrived late today to be at his bedside. The youth was un conscious when brought hfere but regained consciousness late in the afternoon. A razor found near him in his room, according to authorities, gave mute evidence to his attempt kat self-destruction. He was a first year student at school, and officials of the school expressed the belief that he cut his throat while suffering from homesickness. The gash was four and a half inches long, doctors said. LATER REPORT. Walter B. Smith died at Wesley Long hospital in Greensboro last night from loss of blood and shock, ac cording to physicians attend ing the young man. —— Postmasters Testify They Paid For Jobs Washington, Sept. 6.—The Postoffice Department has ob tained scores of affidavits \from postmasters in four /Southern states who said they ' have paid money to Republi can politicians to obtain or to keep their jobs, Senator Smith W. Brookhart, (R.) of lowa, chairman of a special sub-com mittee investigating patronage conditions in the South re vealed today. The affidavits were obtained by Postmaster General New, j Former Stokes Boy 111 In Alabama Charlie W. Estes, son of the late Sheriff W. A. Estes, of Stokes, some months since suffered a stroke of paralysis, at his home in Birmingham, v Ala., it is learned here. How f£ver, his condition is improv ing. his friends in the county will be glad to know. , Mickey Reunion To Be Held Sunday I The annual reunion of the Mickey family will be held Sunday, September 0, at Pin-, nacle schoolhouse. An inter- j esting program is being ar-, ranged and all relatives and, friends of the family are in- J vited to attend and bring well filled baskets. Al's promise is to consult the best minds about farm problems. Nobody consults the hardest hands. —Davenport Times. CHANGES IN GAME LAW Done By Board of Conserva tion and Development Un der Authority of the Legis lative Game Act. Raleigh, Sept. 7.—Attention was directed by leaders to the ; changes in the State game i laws at the State conference of I county game wardens which 1 recently was held here. The 1 changes were made by the ( Board of Conservation and De - velopment under the authority given it by the 1927 General Assembly. Among the points noted were that the open season for ; squirrels does not begin until | October 1 this year in the Eas | tern District instead of Sep i tember 15 as last year and the open season on wild turkey has moved from November 1 up i ' to December 1 in the East and 1 I closed altogether in the West. ! The complete changes under resolutions passed by the board: ! 1. That the season on doe . (deer) be colsed throughout State of North Carolina for a period of five years and that in cases of violations of this law the burden of proof shall be on the hunter to show that he killed a buck, j 2. That the State of North I Carolina be divided into two l districts known as the Western District and the Eastern Dis triet.The Western district shall be as follows: Caswell, Orange, Chatham, Moore, Hoke and Scotland and all counties west of these and that the Eastern District shall contain all coun ties to the east and not in clude in the Western District. 3. That the open season on bucks (deer) in the Western District shall be from Novem ber 1 to December 1 of each year. 4. That the open season on bucks (deer) in the Eastern District shall be from October 1 to January 1 of each year. 5. That the open season on squirrels in the Eastern Dis trict shall be from October 1 to January 15, 5. That in the Western Dis trict the season shall be closed on wild turkeys for a period of one year, except the county of Chathum, which, as to turkeys, j shall have the same open sea son as the Eastern District, ' 7. In the Eastern District the season for will turkeys shall he from December 1 to February 1. 8. That the season for tak ing raccoons by the use of traps shall open November 1 and close January 1 and that no raccoon shall be taken in I any manner before November 1 of each year. 9. It shall be unlawful to 1 set any steel traps later in any ( season than March 1, except' by special permit from the State Game Warden. 10. It shall be lawful to sell bear meat (legally taken) j 1 Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, Sept. 5, 1928 COUNTY FATHERS FIX TAX RATE ■ $1.79 On Hundred Dollars Valuation and $2.00 On Poll —Same Rate As Last Year. A considerable part of the i time of the county commis , sioners was consumed in fixing the tax rate at their meeting | here Monday, which was final ly made the same as last year I —§1.79 on the hundred dollars t valuation of property and $2.00 > on the poll. . I In ten special school districts the rate was also made the ! The .ate itemized is as fol same as last year, lows: II For general county purposes, ■' 15 cents on the hundred dol- I [ lars. For support of the poor 2 i cents. For schools, 79 cents, j For interest on bonds and ' other indebtedness, 50 cents. > 1 For roads and bridges 33 [ cents. I The special tax in addition i to the above to be paid in the 1 ten special school districts of ! the county will be same as last ! year and is as follows: t Meadows District, 30 cents on the hundred dollars; Ger- Imanton, 30 cents; King, 30c., Pinnacle, 30 cents; Volunteer, ',5 cents; Westfield, 30 cents; 1 ! Asbury, 10 cents; Pine Hall, 1 30 cents; Walnut Cove, 30 cents, Mt. Tabor, 10 cents. TOBACCO CROP ,j TWO-THIRDS IN . 1 Farmers Bay Continued Rains Have Injured the Weed In | the Field Making Good i Bright Cures. It is the opinion of a ma jority of the farmers who have been heard to express them selves this week that the to bacco crop in Stokes is about two-thirds cured or in process of curing, one-third yet re maining in the fields. We have yet to hear of a farmer who says he has not cured the leaf bright, though many feel ' that it will not weigh as heavy as it did last year Considerable complaint is heard among farmers the past few days about the tobacco In the field damaging from the continued wet weather. The lower leaves in some fields ap pear to be rotting on thes tak and farmers are making strong effort to get it housed as fast as possible. It is not thought that the damage will amount j to a great deal if the rains hold up. A new cow-testing associa ! tion has been organized by, farmers in Lenoir and Beau fort counties. This is the first association for that section ami the seventh in the State, - .. under permit and regulations to be issued by the State Game Warden and Director. 11. It shall be unlawful in the Western District to hunt i deer with dog. 12. That the open season on woodcock shall he from De [ comber 1 to December 31 of each year, 13. That the fee for a State ] ' hunting license shall be $3.25 instead of $5.25 as provided' i heretofore. HELP SMITH WITH HOOVER MONEY t Landlady Bays She Will Do- I nate Money To Campaign Which She Got For Rent of House. i Washington, Sept. 7.—Her | bert Hoover's landlady plans to give some, if not all of the rent he has paid for her Mas sachusetts Avenue house to i A 1 Smith's campaign fund, i The landlady is Mrs. Francis Bergei Moran, 83. But not even a heavy rain kept her j from attending a mass meet ing of 200 Democratic women , last night St which she made l clpar that being landlady to 1 Mr. Hoover has not changed her politics. j "I'm going to work for Gov ernor Smith," she said, "and i I'm going to vote for him in | Virginia. Had he made his j headquarters here he could have had my Massachusetts Avenue house gratis." i Mrs. Moran has long been J prominent socially here. She is a descendant of Colonel Thomas Blackburn, who was George Washington's aide. HIGH WAYSTCLOSED IN S. CAROLINA ! Railway Tracks Blocked At At I.east Two Points Because of Recent Heavy Rains. i Columbus, S. C., Sept. 7. 1 With four deaths and consid erable darriage to crops and property charged to heavy i rains and high water in South Carolina during the last few days, rail and highway traffic in the state was still crippled today as a result of flood con ditions. The state highway , deparment reported that ap proximately 35 highway routes in the state were still closed. Railway tracks were blocked at at least two points. | Washouts at Dentsville. 20 ■ miles east of line, put the tracks of the Seaboard Air Line out of commission at that I point. Busses from Columbus were used to meet trains at j washouts and passenger traffic • was not interrupted. Railroad officials expected to have the route open in a few days. I The Columbia, Newberry and I Laurens railway was still clos ed three miles from Columbia when three trainmen Wednes day night were killed when a I southern train being detoured over C. N. and L. tracks ran into a washout. The fourth death traced to flood condi tions was that of a Richland county farmer who was drown ed as he attempted to round lit) a herd of cattle. ■ The inventor of stainless steel should help out the politi cians with a system of stain-, less stealing. —Ashton Hood Svrulleate. I I Those Democrats bolting A 1 | I Smith are not complaining ! about the heat, but the humid ity.—Wichita Eagle. JURORS NAMED FOR STOKES COURT Judge T. J. Shaw, of Greens boro, Wifl Preside Ove* Court Which Convenes Here Oct. 15th. i The criminal term of Stokes Superior court will convene here on Monday, Oct. 15th. and Judge T. J. Shaw, of Greensboro, will be the presid ing judge. At last Monday's meeting of the County Commissioners jurors were drawn to serve at the term as follows: W. T. Oakley,, Gaston Meadows, Joseph A. Shelton, M. A. Sheppard, I Alex Nelson, D. G. Richardson, Geo. Tuttle, W. Carl White, Doss Ray, S. E. Willard, W. A. Smith, W. E. Collins, J. W. Lankford, J. M. Tatum, C. T. Laslev, E. M. Hawkins, E. B. Taylor, W. J. Hawkins, A. J. Wall, E. D. Smith, Sam B. Priddy, Len E. Alley, | J. R. Leake, | Ezra Jessup, Geo. W. Neal, \ Joe Isom, L. B. Mabe, W. G. Ferguson, Frank Coin, M. R. Wall, Whirt McCollum, H. R. McPherson, E. S. Zimmerman. R. E, Hunter, W. R. Brown, Robert Humphreys Has Arm Broken Reidsville, Sept. 7.—Robert Humphreys, aged 16, son of Judge and Mrs. I. R. Humph reys, was admitted to a hospi tal today at Danville, Va„ suff ering from a broken arm, su stained while playing football here. The left arm was badly fractured, and immediate at tention was given the youth by Dr. E. H. Miller. Today he was reported as resting easily. An interesting thing would be a picture of a prominent man who failed to pick the rlgh',t cigarette.—lndianapolis News. Perhaps the- easiest way to meet the best people of a com munity is to get st job as bill collector.—San Diego Union Tribune. A professor of dialects is trying u find somebody who speaks the original Cape Cod. He s cod'fylng it, we supple. —Dallas News. Coolidge dislikes to have photographs taken.—Head-line. And how plainly the photo graphs show it.!— Arkansas Gazette. No. 2,937 WALNUT COVE NEWS ITEMS Music Store To Be Opened— W. L. Vaughn Store Moved —Movements of Citizens. Walnut Cove, Sept. 5—W. L. I Vaughn, who has been con ducting a merchantile business jin the Junior building, has moved to the brick store ad joining the Burton Drug Co. Rev. O. E. Ward has rented the office building of the Stokes Grocery Co. and will open a music store there with in the next few days. Preston Smith, who ha* been holding a position with Fulton and Davis, has moved with his family to Oak Ridge, where he will attend school preparatory to being a minis ter. Mr. and Mrs. Sales Black burn and daughters, Misses Betty and Mildred, of Guilford College, and son, Ernest, of Chicago, were here this week visiting old friends. They are former residents of Walnut Cove. Misses Helen and Myrtle Tuttle, who have spent the summer at Craig Healing Springs have returned home. Misses Nellie Joyce and Evelyn White are taking a business course at Draughan'a business college in Winston. 8. C. Rierson, Jr., made a trip to Richmond, Vs., the past week. Migs Nellie Chilton left this week for Greensboro, where she will again teach in the school there. Nat Young, of Henderson ville is vigiting the family of Mr. John Hutcherson this week. Mrs. Will Hairston and daughter, Miss Julia, are in Richmond, Va„ where Mrs. Hairston is consulting a specialist. Robt. Hedgecock, who has spent the past six months at Lake Delaware, N. Y„ is spending a few days here with his parents, before going to Chapel Hill to enter school. Phillip Woodruff, of Hamp ton Roads, was a visitor here this week. Geo. H. Fulton made a busi ness trip to Charlotte yester day, Mesdames H. H. Davis and A. T. Rothrock went to Win ston today to attend the fun eral of Dr. D. N. Dalton. Mesdames Jacob Fulton and Paul Davis were in the Twin City today shopping. Ralph Chilton was a busii ness visitor to High Point today. Dr. J. L. Danes, of Pine Hall, was a visitor here today. The objection to saving for your old age is that you can't satisfy your appetite for old age..— Richmond News-Leader Smaller dollar bills are now being manufactured. They give about the same mileage.—New York Sun.
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