DANBURY REPORTER
Volume 55.
ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE
AFFECTING STOKES COUNTY
Three Terms of Criminal Court Yearly—Board
of Education Cut to Three Members After
Present Members Terms Expire—Road Board
Also Cut to Three Members Effective Now —
Price Paid For Capturing Stills Reduced To
$lO and Same Price For Capture of Each Oper
ator —Justices of Peace Are Appointed.
3 ——
Representative C. 0- McGee
4ias this week kindly furnished .
4nis paper with copies of the
acts passed by the recent Gen-1
eral Assembly which affect
Stokes county, and a synopsis
of each follows:
Three Criminal Terms of Su
perior Court Yearly.
Effective now an act was
passed giving Stokes county a
third term of Superior court
for the trial of criminal cases.
The date for the extra term is,
fixed in the law for the same
day on which the summer civil
court has been held and the
date for the civil term has been
moved up one week, making j
the criminal term begin on the
ninth Monday before the first J
Monday in September, which
falls on the first Monday in
July. This necessitates the
summer civil term to begin on ;
the second Monday in July.
Board of Education Cut To |
Three Members After First
Monday iA April, 1931.
The county Board of Educa
tion, which is at present com-
I
posed of five members, is cut
down to three members after
the terms of the present mem
bers expire, which is on the
first Monday in April, 1931.
County Highway Commission
To Have Only Three Memb
ers. Effective Next Monday.
Effective at the next meeti
ing of the county Highway
Commission that body, will
have only three members in
stead of five, as at present.
The personnel of the com
mission will be as follows:
W. Sanders Hart, James W-
Y'oung and J. \V. One
of the members of the commis
sion must act as secretary with
out extra compensation and the
Sheriff shall act as treasurer
without additional compensa
tion. The commission shall not
meet more than 12 times each
year, and vacancies occurring
in the commission shall be fill
ed by the executive committees
of either the Democratic or Re
publican party, according lo
the party affiliation of tlio per
son vacating the ol:ice.
Fee For Stills Reduced To si>)
and Same I'ri'c For Jper
aters.
For "every compiete copper
still, including cap and worm,''
seized by officers oi the county
the sum of ten dollars shall bo
paid by the county conlmbsion
ers; provided, "that it shall be
in the discretion of said com
missioners as to how and wh""i
the provisions of this act have
been complied with as to
whether or not said fee shall be
1
paid."
; The same act also authorizes,
but does not require, that the!
i county commissioners may in |
their discretion pay ten dollars
to Stokes officials for the arrest'
and conviction of each person'
engaged in the manufacturing
lof intoxicating liquors in the
county, provided, that when
such fees are paid they shall
be included in the bill of cost
against the defendant.
The above act is effective
at once.
Calendar For Criminal Terms
Of Court Shall Be Printed
and Distributed.
j The solicitor of this district
is required to prepare and have
! printed and distributed a cal
endar for all criminal courts of
Stokes, after the manner thai
civil calendars are prepared,
| setting cases for certain days
| of the term, and all defendants
| and witnesses shall be sub
poenoed to appear on said days,
jand witnesses shall not be al
lowed any fees for appearance
prior to the day on which said
I
cases are set.
Solicitor May Be Paid For
Extra Terms Of Court.
' The county commissioners
are empowered in their discre
tion to pay the solicitor for
prosecuting criminal dockets of
court when extra terms are
held, the compensation not to
exceed $l5O per week, or the
board may designate some oth
|er competent attorney to pros
ecute at such terms on behalf
of the State and pay him a like
sum.
Justices of the Peace Appoint
ed For Term of Two Years.
. j James W. Talley, Quaker Gap
. township.
i, L. L. Lowe, Big Creek town
■ ship.
. i C. C. Campbell, Peter's Creek
township.
W. A. Sullivan, Yadkin town
• ship.
. j Elkin Smith, Sauratown
. township.
. j J. R. Caudle, Yadkin town
> ship.
Jas. B. Joy-jo, Danbury town
i ship.
I N. J. Hov.e, Peter's Crock
. township.
' G. C. Shelton, Peter's Creek
. j township.
I I Gilmer Mabe, Peter's Creek
-1 township.
! Gaston Meadows, Y'adkin
I
. township.
i J. M. Farg, Beaver Island
. township.
i J. R. Hartgrove, Meadows
j township
j| Tom Spencer, Peter's Creek
j township
I
Danbury, N. C., March 27, 1929.
NEW HIGHWAY
PATROL LAW
Best It May Hope to Do Is Pave
Way For More Effective
Legislation —Force Is Too
Small.
Raleigh, March 24. —North
Carolina's highway patrol act
which soon is to become effec
tive with 37 officers on the
highways, 36 of whom work j
J under a captain, is to be more!
educational than political, in
'view of persons connected with
I the state higinvav commission.
The physical difficulties cf
patrolling the immerse mileage
of the state with only 37 men
lends to the view that the best j
the patrol may hope to do is to
diminish accidents and deaths
and incidentally to "sell" the
patrol idea well enough to win
the next general assembly, most
likely the present one, and in
the "selling" to get a forcj
somewhat after the fashion ol
Pennsylvania's, the crack traffic
organization of the world.
The general assembly had
difficulty getting any sort of a
patrol act and for once the sen
ate took orders from the house.
The legislature was slow to go
into the patrol business at all.
The danger of creating another
huge political machine was
ever present and this consider
ation more than all others stood
the bill back. It had . o char>:e
whatsoever '.u thj 1927 general
assembly. The feai there of N
vast political power balked
everybody. The same timer
ousness was here at the open
ing of the session and neither
the legislature nor the govern
or was very keen to put such a
force on the roads.
Long before the legislation
was enacted Governor Gardner
was besieged by friends of the
older day, sheriffs and other of
ficers who were with his excell
ency in his great contest
11920. Many of these officers
have lost out. They have been
i #
beaten i" primaries or defeated
i at the regular elctions. But al
| ways they have been officers
and they find it hard to let go.
i Governor Gardner was very
; uncertain about the highway
j patrol. Of one thing he was
■: very sure; it ought not to be
I composed of discredited office
i holders and broken down politi
cians.
There is yet no official decla
ration from the highway com
- mission, however fragments
dropped from its environs in
; dkate that this patrol is going
to be composed of young men
c who know how to ride a motor
cycle a".i therefore how to
i
c patrol. There are th 'oe very
| well known Raleigh men who
i are in tk»> mind of the commis
sion for captiiin and one in
i I Wilmingtcr. There are many
i applicants for positions. The
s commission is hearing all that
eaa. It is listening to sug
v gestions from without that the
jbest' patrolman 'is 'one wh)
SUPERIOR COURT jl
BEGINS MONDAY |
All Defendants In Jail Will Be j
Tried and As Many Others
Asi Possible —Special Term
May Not Be Held.
The regular one-week term
of Stokes criminal court begins
here Monday morning with i
Judge Clement, of Winston- i
j Salem, presiding.
I It is the intention of the court i
officials to try all defendants
confined in the jail and as many
others as time will permit, but
it will probably not be possible
to try half of those who are
under bond.
Since a recent act of the Leg-
J islature provides for an extra (
term of criminal court in Stokes
on the first Monday in July it
is probable that a special term
will not be held.
Jurors for the criminal term
beginning next Monday are as .
follows:
Sam Joyce, S. S. Hill, E. O.
Simmons, G- E. Nelson, R. D.
Cox, J. T. Dunman, W. C. Holt,
James Gibson, W- P- Wright, |
Chesley Taylor, John Williard,
J- Harry Corn, Lee Stewart, E-'
D. Slate, John Martin, L. L. 1
Lowe, J. H- Fowler, Rufus
Mabe, E- G- Watson, Jett Oak
ley, Sj. G. Wall, W. C. Boles, W-
C. Nelson, M. C- Collins, M C.
Mosec, H. S. Foy, Jr, E P. Pep
per, J. V. Lewell.vn, Henry
Wright, Wyatt Hunter, T- O.
Watson, N. A- Stephens, M. B.
Joyce, Len Wilkins, J- L- Moore,
J. I Zimmerman.
Reynolds High School
Commencement April 8
Invitations have been receiv
ed here for the commencement
exercises of the Nancy Jane
Cox Reynolds Memorial High
School for the night of April
Bth. The graduating class is
Ihe largest in the history of the
school
rides with the traffic, makes
i drivers stay on the side of the
I road, stops one eyed cars at
■ night, demands that all drivers
i keep the number plates clean
. and legible, help women drivers
' when their machines go dead.
' get rasoline when the travelers
i engine goes dead for fuel, and
• keeps the traffic moving. It is
• sa : 1 here ir Ri.loigh that even
• tually the speed limit will be
lifted and that patrol will not
- be chasing th man who makes
- 4(> or even 7r>. but the fellow
who may be killing up the peo
- p!e by being drunk or driving
r oil the wrong side of the road.
1 The highway commissior has
- ln.t uidic ited its plans yet, but
> it is thinking well of a patrol
■ which (instructs the public. It
) is said to be less interested in
- raising revenues by running
1 down violators than it is in
r preventing accidents. There arc
2 many applicants for the cap
t taincy. The chances very
- greatly favor the election of r.
i* world war soldier who saw ac
> tual service in the world war.
1
BOARDS MEET **
HERE MONDAY
Highway Commission and
School Board Will Be Re-or
ganized Elect Superintend
ent of Schools-
On next Monday the newly
appointed highway commis
sion and the new board of edu
cation will meet at the court
house and re-organize*- The
school board will elect a super
intendent of roads-
The school board is composed
of J. R Forest, H. H. Leake,
H- McGee, J- W. Priddy and
Bruce Hutcherson- Mr. Hutch
erson's addition to the board
is the only change in the per
sonnel, he succeeding Otis
Shelton. The other members
were re-appointed-
The highway commission is
now composed of YV. S. Hart,
James W- Young and J- W.
' Kiger- Mr. Hart has been a
! member of the board for some
I
time, Messrs. Young and Kiger
succeeding William Southern.
W. C. Craig and D. S- Priddy.
I
Palmyra School Closes
I Successful Term
1 The Palmyra school will
close Friday March 29, com
pleting a very successful term.
The school will enjoy an egg
hunt Friday morning, and a
very attractive little program
has been arranged for the af
ternoon- It is suggestive of
Easter as well as closing day,
and promises to be a real treat.
The patrons of the school have
a special invitation to be pres
ent.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Lewis
spent the past week-end in Win
ston-Salem guests of relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Travis Tuttle,
of Winston-Salem, spent Sun
day with Mrs- Tuttle's parents
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Greene,
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Young
spent the past week-end in Win
ston-Salem.
,
Lawsonville News.
Lawsonville, March 26.—The
farmers are preparing land for
another crop
llr- John Hawkins and dau
ghter Eunice, visited Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Robertson Sunday.
The Lawsonville school is
| busy having examinations now.
| The school will close Friday
and most of them v. ill be fclad.
Mis* Runerance Law son vi:-.-
. iited Mrs. Will Stephens a short
j
! while Sunday.
. | Mr. and Mrs. Frank Robe t
jstin , Isik-d Mi. and Mrs. W. W
liobrtson Sunday.
I Little Louise Martin, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mai
{tin. died on March 22, 1029.
( j with pneumonia
i Mr- Thornton Tuttle called
' I
on Miss Lois Smith Sunday.
I
? i More than 05 per cent of the
. passengers who cross Lhe At
•lantic to see Europe are wo
; | men, many of them elderly. 70
- per cent of the passengers on
cruises are married couples.
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No. 2,962
WORKING WITH
STOKES OFFICIALS
Prohibition Agents Funk and
Detter Here This Week—
Beer Destroyed At One Still
Site.
Prohibition Agents John S-
Funk and G. C. Detter, with
Winston-Salem as headquar
ters, have been working in
Stokes in co-operation with the
local officials here this week.
Yesterday a quantity of beer
was destroyed at a still site in
Peter's Creek township.
Little Marion Fulton
Has Birthday Party
Walnut Cove, March 27
Little Miss Marion Fulton,
small daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jacob Fulton, celebrated her
fourth birthday Tuesday after
noon with a party for a number
of her little friends. An Easter
egg hunt was engaged in- Julia
Pepper won the prize, an Eas
ter basket of candy- Mary
Vaughn Lewellyn and Jean
Fulton drew for the prize in
pinning the tail on the rabbit
with Mary Vaughn being th«?
the lucky winner of an Easter
rabbit. The little guests were
then invited into the dining
room- The table held as its
central decoration the lovely
white birthday cake with its
five lighted candles and placed
in a nest of Easter eggs- Tall
yellow tapers were placed on
either end. Ice cram and cake
were served and Easter bas
kets were given as favors. The
little hostess' mother was as
sisted in entertaining by Mes
dames J. W. Jones, J- J- Taylor,
E- P- Pepper and Miss Mattie
Sue Taylor. Those present at
the party were: Nancy Jane
Helsabeck, Anne Carter, Iris
and Jewel Voss, Sarah, Nancy
and Jean Fulton, Mary Vaughn
Lewellyn, Nancy Vaughn, Julia
Pepper, Angela and Nellie
Louise Taylor.
Corn-Moore.
Lawsonville, March 11.
Coming a a surprise to many
friends and ••elatives was tho
Moore-Corn wedding. The wed
ding occunvd on Wednesday,
February 27, near the Virginia
line, Mr. S. R. Biggs officiating.
The bride was becomingly at
tired in blue georgette with ac
cessories to match. The groom
wore a becoming suit of blue.
Ilie bride is the attractive
x-oung daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
. C. Mooiv. of Lawsonville.
and liie ;rro->-n a progressive
young farmer, is the son of Mr.
James 'I. Corn, of Nettle ilidge,
Vi.
Mi. and Mrs. Corn are going
to make their home at Nettle
Ridge Virginia.
Thoir many friends are wish
ing them a long ljfe of happi
ness in their undertakings.
When something has to be
done, we usually find a way to
do it.