DANBURY REPORTER
Volume 55.
NEW BORN BABE
FOUND IN CREEK
Jti-Year-Oid I'nniarried Mother
\dniits l( Was Her Child—
 oroner's Jury Says Infant
Died From Exposure Or Eos>
' Blood.
•ne of the worst crimes that
lut- occurred in this sec. of the
st;.;e in u number of years was
uncovered yesterday by Sheriff
J. J. Taylor, following a full in
vestigation of the discovery of
a r.-. wlv born infant in a creek
™ in *he Beaver Island section of
th.-, county. When discovered
th child was dead but an au
top>y performed later by physi
cians revealed that it had
breathed the breath of life.
When called to the scene of
th- discovery yesterday. Shi-r
--iff Taylor summoned the Stok
e- county coroner. Dr. E. J.
I! sabeck. and a coroner's jurv
at: , started a full investigation
thi.t has resulted in the suspec
ti•of a sixteen year >l] >^irl.
' Mii»* Manuel of Beaver Island
1 o vnship and several other per
sons. who it is alleged are sus
pe> :ed in ■ connection with the
alleged crime.
Sheriff Taylor, this morning
in making known his findings,
said, that the child, which was
 ' ?eover 1 in the creek by Em
nu-*t Clark and Alex Brim, of
lh- Beaver Isalnd section. h;ul
In-n born several hours and as
a r-sult of an autopsy held later
at Walnut Cove, the fact that
th. child came to its death as
th» result of exposure or blead-
M injr was revealed.
The Oirl's Story,
• 'llie Manuel, the sixteen
year-old girl, who was confined
to bed in her home told a ghast
ly ,-tory to Sheriff Taylor, fol
lowing It he investigation that
revealed her as the supposedly
mother of the child. The Man
ia! girl, it is claimed, went
from her home to the bank of
th - creek, more than .*{oo yards
from her home, where is claim
ed she gave birth to the
child. She is the daughter of
John Manuel of the I'ine Hall
section.
The girl said, during the stiff
gri.iing that was made as she
lay on her bed. that she had
gore to the creek bank to givj
bir h to the child, and had left
it there on the bank wrapped
up in a blanket. This part of
the story was doubted by the
olfi'-ers making the investiga
tion, as no evidence of this na
tur was disclosed. The babv
wa- found in the center of the
branch, where it is said, ii
f couid not have gotten under its
own movements. Other sus
peeed persons maintained sil
ence regarding the incident, and
waited for further develop
m- ts.
Ihe Coroner's Findings.
Acting Coroner, E. J .Young,
who took Coroner E. J. Hel.su
llOCA'S place, due to his absence
from the county, with his jurv
cor'.posed of A. (I. Sisk, li. \.
Br wder, T. E. Booth, Harry
Mao* 1 . Euz James and W. M.
Wi'.ii in making the coroner's
report said in brief: "The child
cane to its death either from
bleeding or exposure, over
which it had no control." Yes
terday was a cold bitter day,
and rain fell in torrents all day.
Evidence was on hand to show
that the child had bled, and tin
col' weather had brought on
(Continued on page 8.)
WOULD RAISE
PRICE ON STILLS
W. R. Stephens, Former Stokes
Man, Commends Sheriff Tav
" i
lor and The "Spider (Jang." j
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Eeaksville, Jan. 1 I.
Editor Danbury Reporter:
1 notice where the new offic
ers in Stokes county are doing
some wonderful good work
capturing blockade distilleries.
1 think the good people of
Stokes county should encourage
the officers all they possibly can
in this good work.
I notice that some bootleg
gers or sympathizers are in fav
or of repealing the law to pay
for capturing stills. They
ought to raise the pruv instea I
of repealing it. That is the
trouble now with so many peo
ple that are supposed to be
good people are in favor of th"
boot-legger.
Whiskey is the. direct cause
of ST 1-li per cent of all the
crime committed in tla* I'nited
States.
The court records show that
per cent, of the car recks
are on account of whiskey
directly or indirectly. Tile
people who are kicking about
the cost of capturing distiller
ies are straining at a gnat and
swallowing a camel. They must
remembt.r tha'j one murder
case committed by some drunk
en person would cost the tax
payers of Stokes county more
than paying for all the distill
eries that all tlu officers could
capture in two or three years,
to say nothing about the deaths
and broken hearted fathers and
mothers caused by the block
ader and bootlegger.
I see so many young men
sent to the State prison and
county jail and county roads,
all on account of the blockades
and bootlegger.
I saw this morning at court sown
cases, some State prison cases, every
one of them on account of whiskey.
I do n it see how any person that is
in favor of g >d morals could he in
favor of whiskey. It aion • cames
more crime than all other things
combined together. I feel like some
of our former orticers fell far short
of doing their duty in regard t > the
whiskey traffic. I say hurrah for the
new sheriff of Stokes county and hi
"Spider Gang." I feel like Sheriff
Taylor and his deputies will in the
near future clean up all the bootleg
gers in Stokes county in six month
ore less time. I»y the way, we havt
a ID w sheriff in Kockinham count •
who is doing some god work, too.
Very truly yours,
\V. It. STKl'll KN'S.
Nuina Knight Taken
To State Hospital
Num.l Knight, of Walnut
Cove, who has recently had
some mental affection, was tak
en to tlu' State hospital at .Mor
ganton yet'ti jrday 'by BerUley
Smith. The many friends of
Mr. Knight hope that lie may
be soon restored to his usual
health.
Box Supper At
Meadows School
I A box slipper was given last
night at the Meadows school
when boxes of good things to
eat sold at auction. A nice
sum was realized which will be
used for the benefit of the
school.
! A normal adult has teeth.
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Danbury, N. ( ~ Wednesday Jan. 16, 1929
IMUCH SICKNESS
t AT WALNUT COVE
However. Nearly All Are Im
proving—Basket Bufl—En
i
| tertainments.
Walnut ( ove, Jan. 1.1. Mrs.
Anne Carter and Miss Helen
Fulton entertained the teachers
of the Walnut Cove High School
lat Wednesday evening. ISridge
was played after which a de
licious course of refreshments
were served.
Walter Woodruff, who has
been on a cruise as a member
of the Marines, in expected
home Sunday after an absence
of four years.
A. J. Fair continues .sil at
his home here friends will re
gret to know.
Mrs. Nannie Fulton has re
covered from an illness ot the
past week.
Miss Julia llairston ha- re
covered from an attack of flu.
Mrs. W. E. Vaughn continues
sick at her home here.
I'. W. Davis returned home
today front a (Ireensboro hospi
'al where In* underwent an op
eration.
Miss Kathleen Marshall, who
submitted to an operation at a
Winston-Salem hospital recent
ly, has returned home.
E. A. Roth rock, who under
went an operation for appendi
citis at a Winston-Salem hospi
tal, has returned to his home
lear town.
Mrs. J. (i. Fulton is visiting
her daughter. Mrs. Dounell
Van N'oppen in Mebane.
Dr. R. H. Morefield and At
torney J. I). Humphreys, of
Danbury, were business visitor;
here today.
Mrs. William Jones and small
daughter are spending the weett
in Martinsville with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. (Jeorge Fulton
have returned from a few day>
visit to New York City where
they attended the automobile
show.
Mesdames A. T. Rohrock and
11. H. Davis spent the day Tues
day in Winston-Salem.
Basket ball is now featuring
very prominently here. The
past week the town boys played
the high school boys ami the
teachers played the high school
girls. The score was not an
nounced.
Several from here attended
the funeral of Mrs. Martha
Fulton at Salem Chapel church
Monday afternoon.
Little Boy Injured
By Gun Shell
_____ .
The 8-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. A. Fulp. of Mi/.pah, was
seriously injured Sat unlay
when he set fire to a gun shel 1 '
which exploded and badly injur
ed his hand and leg. The little
fellow was rushed to a Winston
Salem hospital wheru lie is un
dergoing treatment.
Fiddler's Convention
Here Saturday, Jan 26
The Danbury Parent Teacher
Association announces that a
fiddler's convention will be held
in Danbury on Saturday night.
Jan. 2t>th, either in the school
building or the court house.
Further announcement wiJl be
made next week in regard to
prizes, etc.
Members of congress are per
mitted to send official mail .vith
out postage. This is known :is
j the "franking privilege."
POPULAR COI'PLE
WEDDED HERE
Kntert.lined In Homes Of Par
ents Of Both liride and
(; room—West field New s.
H est 1 ii'ltl. .Jan. 11.—('oniing
as a surprise to many frit-nils
and patrons of tips community
was tile I'yrtle-l Hirhatn wed
(!illii". I'lie wedding occurred oi>
Friday, Januaiv " 111 >. at Dau
bury. Justice of the IVace N. A.
Martin ollidiating. Thi> bride
was becomingly attired hi a
blue Georgette ensemble
with accessories t> match. The
groom wore a becoming suit of
blue.
The bride is the attractive
young daughter of Mr. ami
Mrs. J. ). I'vrtle, of this eom
.
m unity.
The groom is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Durham also of
this community.
lioth Mr. and Mrs. Durham,
were students ill the Reynolds
Memorial High School and it i
with a of sadness that
tlu-ir teachers and class-rmttc*
received news of the adven l ,
but everyone who know Marie
and Graham are wishing them a
long life of ha| •••iness ill their
uiul 'rtakings.
i Honoring the bride and
groom, Mr. and Mr*. lytic,
parents of the bride, entertain
ed members of their cits-,
teachers and friends at a dc-
I light fit! dinner party Friday
evening, Jan. 11. Every good
thing one could think of was
on the heavily laden table, and
everyone present enjoyed Mr.
and Mrs. Pyrtle's hospitality
to the utmost.
i The young couple seem to be
very popular, for Mr. and Mr.*.
Jim Durham gave a delightful
dinner on Sunday, Jan. l."», in
their honor.
Mr. Joe Martin, who has
been employed by the Wool
worth peophi and stationed in
Alexandria, Va., spent the past
week with hjs parents, Mr. and
Mrs. K. 1,. Martin, of th,>
place. Mr. Martin is being
transferred to Greensboro.
Misses Janie and Luc'le Mar
tin spent the past week-end
with their parents in Danbury.
Walnut Cove Man
Wins Distinction
W. M. fr alp, of Walnut Cove,
■was among the fifteen represen
tatives of the Security Life &
Trust Co., of Winston-Salem,
who sold more than $200.000 in
suMince in 1!)2S and won :ts
premium from the company ,i
trip to Havana, Cuba. Only sev
en men representing his cor
pany sold more insurance tluui
Mi'. Fulp. On account of hu
h .ilth Mr. Ful'» was u lable
, m..ke the trip offeii-d him, iii.l
tlw company awarded him a
ni e check representing the
i 'U of the trip. No man with
the Security I.il'e Trust Co.
i- more popular than Will Fulp.
(Officers Capture
10 Oallons Whiskey
In the open field near the
home of a negro ;it Dicktown, a
f« w miles east of Walnut Cove,
oilicers on Sunday found two
."> gallon cans of whiskey. De
puties Cleve l.awson and Cor
i hett I'riddy and Constable liu
fus Mabv made the find. They
i \pect io make some arrests in
connection with the incident.
I
i' A man must be :>•"> before he
is eligible to the presidency.
IN STOKES JAIL ON
SERIOUS CH ARGE
Alley Ray Moser Charged With
Attempt To Burn Dwelling—
Other News Of King.
Ki'g, J.hi. 1 Alt . Ji. | . I'ujli-iNi
ivu i. i. • i ,n • i. fit,.- Aid
the Ki ,ir A!--, ivi«n rh-.u- h
I Satin da> 111 i• I.i • i;. Tiler. were tell
iii"ii I • ■m .- it: ami three \ i it .r.-.
" ! •' ll -• • I ..II • li • J) 1y" was t lie
i niii-- 1.. i,Hi, Air-. S. W. PuJbaia
pl'i sjdellt. , , nilu-.-ted t lie oeVolinial
. i'•relink !Sl , , :y-f , l:i ;h p. f,,|.
I .w.-I |..v • y. ... I, At- I{. S. H.-lsa
beck. Th lii -'d y !•• >; ,j
I and tli.' i"»ntl aini.i>!ireil to $7.12.
?.li.-s A if I'ul.i on i-' iitlu i"l ;h •
' IJil'le ■ TU-'v. "iJl.st li- t»le lie tha>
I hind; wax Ut'i'd a.- ;• closing hymn.
I»• 11 iri tr tile social h >s. • All-. I'ulli- 111
.i sist.-i! liv .Vli- J. i' St ■ >ne
1 I' ''al. Ilelc -beck .••• t Irptiig
v'• Ir« -i itiffi •. .
| ; > i' I- 'ill* .i F. w. Fulk mi
tain. !:i 1 •i • i.-nn !;. !»«• 1 njr ki -!;•■,!
v.liil ri-a 'iiinir . F«> ■. ;.t i'i- limn"
i.'Te l ist ■(■!;.
•' allies lla-.i , f \\ ;n • in >■ '
u;, ani'iii".- the \i ■ i:i - Suidav.
i-. -I. Cunter. aged
> anv, of King; and Air.. Nancy
(hunter, au -I eighty-thr. •, of Five
'■ ! 'k • were in;.' it! \ irjrir.i..
lact week. They \(!ll make th ir
li"iii ;:i \i' triiii; 1 . Air. (;iii;i• -e i . .
lie,l tli,. wi«U»w of hi ii. -;':»..ed bro
ther.
Alt. \\. ti. Tntile and family, ~
Kl I--I ll'til. |ient Sumi;:y here as
t'l- gue-l of relative^.
Mr.-.  i iiielia Jn.se|:|-.ia ■, the wid
ow I Wade Ttittle, ill 'li at the !.• • i.s■ •
111 her -nil. Walter Tllttie, just v. - -
of t-iwn Friday in trninyr following a
hiijfi-rinu ilimv-s o|" . vi ral months.
The lie, eased i- survivi d l y two
- hi.-. \\ alt ■ i Tuttle. if Kinj;'. and
Adolphtis Tuttle, of Tolia -oville, Jl.
F. I>. two duuiflit r- ar' al- ■ left
to in urn their loss. They are All-.
Jessie Pratt, of Piiv>;a-lc. and Air-.
Thomas of Tobaci-oville li.
K. P. 2. There a;-e also several
Ifruiid ihildren survivinjf. The hus
liand | r levelled her t.i tile jfri-at he
yond several years ayfo. Airs. Tuttle
was a kind wife, an ••lfeetionat«' mo
ther and a good neighbor and will be
gr-atly missed both i'i the home and
i in the loinniunity.
Tile funeral serviee whieh was in
, chary , of Hev. L. K. Pulliam, wa
held at Chestnut Orove Methodist
Church Saturday moining at eh-ven
o't 10.-k ami bui'ial fell.iwed in the
hureh cemetery.
HMi.'i-t N'evl.um, of Wiieit in-Sa
lem, .•■•lient Sunday with his mother,
Alls. J. F. N'ewsttiii, on Pulliam St.
The remains of Airs. Otelia
Fergus in, daughter of Air. and Airs.
Walter Ferguson, who died at tln
state 11, : pit:d at Alorganton, were
lirouuht lu'i'i" end laid to rest at
.Mountain View church Sunday after
. mini at two o'clock. The de.-eas/.'d
is survived by the mother and fath
er «'~id several In* hers and sisteis.
She was a good girl and held in hig'i
e. teem by all who leii'W her.
I! "V. IJ. J. liarlier delivered a very
iitere.-ting sermon at the Hapti>l
Ali.-si n here Sunday.
| Theoil ire Newsum, liisiri-t l)cpui,\
for the Modern \\ oodne :i of Ameri
ca wa- notit'u-d Sat unlay that Forsyii
county had been added to his dis
trict whi li now embraces nine i-oun
tie-. With the appointment of l>. (!.
Si/., iik re. i hief F resti r, and Luth -
Smiili, lii- as-isiant the forester team
• th - local camp will begin a.ti\ •
training, and when the forestei
. • -mis f Noi;h ( aroliiia. X'irginia
I U.-st Virgilli; meet ;.t the stall
fair al Itichin aid. Va. in \t fall Al.,
NeWMi.il I , vjn lhe teams ■'
th. llvrd liistri -t to , a'-r.v off their
shari's .| the pi i.a .-.
Air. N'w -um i> i.l o organizing a
la vet ball and baseball team >a
I each camp i'i the district, when
the tw i champion teams of the dis
(>-i,-t in. t-; at the district pi, ni, next
fall you will see some real ball piay
-1 i'ig.
When Peinity Sheriff J. Al. AIU-y
j and .foe Southern if thi- pla -e wmit
. to the home of All y I'-iy At isi-r
mil, ea.-t ot here ti ie rest him on a
U-harge of setting fire t-> the h nn- of
i William I riggv while the family w - r e
|in the house a: leen one night 1 :i-1
week, Al.iser resisted ailest ond |)ili
ie> a -' i'.' i*i ';t !i u. a ; '•« - knife ••
i oilier S iiitherii cutting him in -ev-
No. 2, 9:>2
STOKES COIPLES
: WEI) IN PATRICK
i This County Lusjn» Mont*\ H\
Disposition of Young Peop*
I o (id To \ iryinia I o (Jet
.Marria&e Licenses.
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Si(»!■; • county i- i--.-ii.jf c->n
: :!«Tir.;»' rnoiivy by . iti-posi lit»::
on ih- part » 1" ihe young p.->j>! ■
to go to Patrick county. Va. t •
se my license t> nii-.Ty. Tin
idea seems to In- 1)1 r >ming mor •
popular each month.
Only recently this pajwr prin
ted quite a list of coiiple> who
had sec ured marriage license
o\-er in the adjoining county,
and the issue of the Stuart
j.aper contains another list of
couples who have just secured
li'.enst s there, '["he names fol
low:
Walter .J. Sh- lion aid Sadie
A. Slielton oj' Lawsonviile. N. ( .
I lar.-iKe I'o-iiv ar.d (ira
Stovall of Lawsonviile. ".
I'. A. Sands a:;d Xeiiie Nelso::
of Lawvinville. N. '.
U. A. Bennett and Mary Sim
mon of .Moore's Springs, \. (
•las. (I. LoVc nf IJi'illl. N. t
;nd l>elcie ilateman "i Claud
ville. Va.
(Iradie Hall of La wsonvilk"-
and Lettie Sue Hall of Nettk
Uidge \'a.
N. (I. Hutchens of Nettk-
Ridge and Bertha Hawkins of
Sandy Ridge, N. « .
Hay Willanl and Lula King of
i I.rim, N. ('.
K. L. Wilson and Myrtle Prid
dy of Lawsonviile, N. •.
R. L. Lawson of Pinnacle. N.
('. and Hat tie l'riddy ol' West
-1 fieid, N. ( .
F. C. Lawson and Virginia
Sheppard of Lawsonviile, N. C.
H. P. Loftis and Mrs. Kmma
K. Kinjf of Pinnacle, N. C.
I Frank (loin and Delia Fast
of Lawsonviile, N ('.
i Coy Ma be and Lucy Rullens
- of Lawsonviile, N.
1 M. Ci. Lawless of Sandy Ridge
' N. C. and Rachel Shelton of
( ritz.
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What Are You Reading
' This is the season of the year
. when the long eveninjfs give the
farmer time to do some reading,
i With the jrreat amount of in
formation that is now publish
-1 ed and printed in magazine.;.
papers, bulletins, books, and
! other sources, there is no ex
cuse for a person not keeping
up with the times.
The most ignorant man in the
world is he who does not know
how liitle he knows. His con
, dition is described by the old.
old saying that "there are nop.--
so blind as those who will not
• see." It is equally true thai
i when we begin to study and
. learn we begin to realize how
littJe we really know. That en
-1 murages us to study more s
that we may know more. It i
etitirely natural, therefore, that
~ the farmer who reads much an-i
wisely is stimulated to seek ii'.-
i formation in every rti r
» from which it may be reliably
1 obtained.
' nil alutm the hswid-, ihu 1 fin
ite r W;|> (lit ti> tin- htillc. M -M'f WIS
finally iivi r-omi- l-y the > fli.-ers an.i
•' placed in ihi- county jail at
' with)nit bmd to awiit the next, tei n
' nf Si ik.-s Su|u-i'i >r court.
' I'aatain J. Kirl-y who holds a
t p isitiui- with the Suit hern Railway
'' C unpa iy spent Sivid.'.;.- with his lam
t i!y in Walnut Hill.-,
i Charles Patterson »f l'ilot Moun
" :.iit f . h. r.- I- day ! •> ft. r uonic
- l.u. ii: . - lu.itti'is.