Volume 55.
TOBACCO PLANTS (
BEING DESTROYED
Saw Mill Burns—A Marriage I
Births Recorded —An
Automobile Wreck King
News Items-
King, April B—A force of
carpenters went to work Mon- '
day morning on a new home for ,
R. B- Delp on Pine street. The
•work will be pushed through to '
completion at an early date. ]
A saw mill belonging to (
Claude Jones and E- A- Walker j
and located about four miles ;
west of town was destroyed by -
fire Friday morning about three .
£]iock- The loss is estimated
at $750.00 with no insurance- '
J- C. Fulk has moved into his (
new home in west King which
has recently been completed-
The following births were
registered here last week: To
Mr- ar.d Mrs- Bernice Johnson,
a daughter; to Mr- and Mrs-
Zona Covington, a son: to M'*-
and Mrs- David Pike, a daugh
ter; to Mr. and Mrs. Otis
Boyles, a son, and to Mr- and
Mrs- Addison Hooker, a daugh
ter-
Mr- and Ivlrs- O- ()• Grabs
have just returned from an ex
tended trip to Florida-
Israel A- Hauser, a retired
farmer residing three milos
south of town, has driven his
Che"rolec car twenty-three
thousand miles and had never
liad a '• "eck until last week
wh' .i ne bumped into a ca:- b» -
: ig driven by a mail from S.
Carolina on Main street here-
J-Jorh wen slightly damaged-
Mr- Hauser states that h • does
not carj for the damage lo his
automobile but he is worrying
over his good i vord being
broken-
The King l!igh School base
ball team t ok one away from
Reynolds High School Friday
The final score was eleven and
one- The game was played on
the King diamond-
A force of men are busy at
work moving the Delp building
on Fast Main street to clear the
site for the new modern garage
and service station whici. will
be elected by O O. Grabs.
Actual work on the new budd
ing will be commenced just a>
soon as th? site can be cleared-
Hie Negro Minst.cl given
by the High School here Friday
night was well attended and
was a success financially •
J a wis Bowen, of Winston-
Salem, is spending a few days
with relatives near here--
Die King Tigers played the
Germanton nine on the Ger
manton diamond Saturday af
ternoon, resulting in a score of
thirteen to two in favor of the
Tigers.
Jtiev- Paul Ilernvui Newsum
silent Sunday with friends in
High Point-
M and Mrs. Murry Thomp
son, of St 'iiii, Va-, were week
end visitors here to relatives
and friends-
Farmers in L.is section are
wry busy preparing land
i'o>' another crop- A short crop
will be planted here duj to the
f!o i; igs having destroyed so
many of the farriers plants-
So .)>• j:'. inters have no 'ilants
at a!!, their beds having been
completely destroyed. .. .
Mr or d Mrs- Bud True love
Pilot Mountain a - tie among
ihe visitors here Sunday-
Fred Hauser, of High Point,
was » week-end visitor to rela
tives and friends here-
Misses Ethel and Percy Kir
by, of Wincton-Salem, spent
Sunday with relatives here.
Paul White, ot Winston-Sal
cm, was a week-end visit* ••
here, the guest of his mother,
Mrs-. C- F- \Vhite-
Mr. and Mrs- H- I- Kirby, of
Winst-m-Salen*, were visitors
to relatives h re Sunday.
Kermit Wall and Miss Lucile
Kirby were united in the holy
bonds of matrimony here Sat-
GUN PLAY AT L
STILL IN STOKES j
Man At Plant Opens Fire On r
Officers As They Approach—l
Three Men Taken and Still j
and Whiskey Destroyed-
As deputies Cleve Lawson i
and Corbett Priddy and Con-:
stable Icufus Mabe were ap-1 ,
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proachir.g a still near the Vir-
ginia line Sunday afternoon, j
one of the men at the still open- .
ed fire on the officers. Mr. Law- .
son, who was in front, stated j,
that just as he came in sight (
of the still he saw a man take' (
dead aim at him and shoot |
twice- The man then fled }
through a pine thicket, shoot
ing several other times as he j
left The three officers emp- 1
tied their revolvers at him as ,
he ran through the pines, but j
didn't know whether the man ,
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w:>. ; , hit or not, as he made his
escape. None of the officers j
were hit- ]
i Rural Reid. who was leaving .
tlie still with live gallons of |
whiskey as the officers came up,
was arrested. A young son of (
Hiram Hazelwood came up (
from the woods just at that ,
time and he was also taken-
Jess Amos was found asleep in
the woods nearby and he also
was arrested, though it was not (
thought that he was connected
with the still, as he lived 5 or
6 miles away-
The man who did the shoot
ing was recognized by the of
ficers and it is reported here-
The three men arrested, Rur
al Reid, Jess Amos and young
Hazelwood. were brought here
before Justice N. A. Martin
and their bonds were fixed at
£I,OOO euch- Hazelwood was
triable to give bond and was
placed in jail-
The still destroyed by the
officers was of the "submarine"
type- About seven gallons of
whisk'.'v was poured out- At
the time the officers arrived the
operators had just put tne last
of the '»ee- they had in the still
and v.e-e preparing to boil it.
LATER—At a hearing before
Justice N- A. Martin Tuesday.
Jesse Amos and Haze'wo d
were released, the evidence be
ing that they had no connection
with the still- Rural Reid gave
§I,OOO bo - cl l'c his appearance
at Superioi cc .
1 Leipzig is the Paradise ot
( the booi -wurm- It bus been
• selling books for twe c; .uuries,
and the streets might have
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been paved with the total sales
; urday night. Only a few of the
near relatives and friends were
. present at the ceremony which
\. is performed by Rev- Paul
Herman Newsum- The br'de is
- the attractive young daughter
1 of Mr- and Mrs- Arthur Kirby,
of Forsyth county, v. hile the
- groom is the promis ing young
• son of Mr- and Mrs- S- W- Wall,
' who reside just west of King
. After a short honeymoon they
will make their home near
1 King.
i Miss Alma Hendrix, of Win
? ston-Salem, spent Sunday here
7 the guest of her parents, Mr
- a::d Mrs. Thomas Hendrix
Danbury, N. C., April 10, 1929.
ABANDON PLANS
AT VADE MECUM
The Proposal To Establish A
Traveling Salesmen's Home
There Has Fallen Through-
Winston-Salem, April 7.—The j
campaign waged by the Na- !
tional Traveling Salesmen's '
Foundation for a fund of $4,- ,
00U,000 to be used in the estab
lishment of a home for aged
and indigent traveling men at
Vade Mecum Springs, near
Winston-Salem, has been aban
doned, according to a letter re
ceived here yesterday from
John H- Love, of New York,
general chairman of the drive- I
Lack of co-operative interest
in the program of the Founda
tion, on the part of traveling
salesmen generally, was given
by Mr- Love as the reason for
giving up the project- The let
ter i'.sks that committemen be
informed of this action and be
requested to cease solicitation
and return all assigned mileage
books to the New York office. !
Contributions will be return
ed in full to contributors and
checks and letters of explana
tion will be mailed as soon as
practical, says Mr. Love-
The campaign was formally
launched for the construction
of the proposed home for aged
traveling salesmen at Vade
Mecum Springs at a dinner giv
en several months ago in New
York which was attended by a
number of Winston-Salem busi
ness men. At that time Mr-
Love announced that approxi
mately $1,000,000 was in sight.
H- V- Cobb, of Greensboro, was
in charge of the drive in North
Carolina.
The proposal had its incep
tion in the will of the late -T-
C. Tise, who left valuable prop
erty at Vade Mecum Springs
and SIOO,OOO in cash to be used
in the erection of a home for
traveling salesmen- John H-
Love, who is treasurer of the
Merchants Association of New-
York, and a retired traveling
salesm tn, became interested in
the proposition and begun to
create sentiment for sucr. a
home- He aligned in the prop
osition a large number of prom
inent business men throughout
the countiy and it appeared at
one time that the home was a
certainty.
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Mrs. Davis Makes
First Contribution
The civic department of the
Fine Arts Chi') is meeting wiMi
fine success in tiie plan f>l' im
proving the route to the ceme
tery here. A number of people
have shown their interest in
the project and expect to send
a contribution sometime noon-
However a. S5-00 contribution,
jhe first, comes from Mrs. Laura
Davis, of Walnut Cove, a form
er and much loved resident of
Danbury.
MRS- J- S TAYLOR,
MRS. E. P. PEPPER
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13 MEN SENT
UP FROM STOKES
Campbell, Sheppard and Rhodes
Get 25 to 30 Years Each—j
R. ad Sentences At Last
Week's Term of Court Range
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] From Two Years Down- I
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! At last week's term of crim-'
inal court Judge J. H- Clement
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sentenced four men to the State
prison and nine to the roads- j
These were taken to Raleigh
and Durham Tuesday of this
week by Deputies Luther Wil
liams, Cleve Lawson, Berkley ,
Smith and Mack Wall- h
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| In the case of Otis Camp- 1
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bell, Louis Sheppard and Glenn'
Rhodes, charged with murder, ;
the jury brought in a verict of
murder in the second degree as ;
to all three of the boys, and '
Judge Clement sentenced each '
of them to the State prison for
a term of not more than 30 1
years and not less than 25
years. (
! W. M Tolbert, the fourtn
man sent to the State prison,
was given a sentence of not
less than 4 years and three
months, the charge being lar
ceny and receiving- j
Sentenced to the roads of
Durham county were the fol
lowing;
Roy Williard, 2 years; J- C-
Hudson, s ix months; Lester
Boles, 6 months; Sanders Mabe,
4 months; Clarence France, 4
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nioiitfis, Ben Booth, 6 months;
Everett Smith, 16 months; Sam
Manring, G months; Raleigh
Manuel, 2 months-
The Campbell - Sheppard-'
Rhodes case was not completed
until late Saturday afternoon
. and court adjourned soon there
, after without being able to
, take up several jail cases which
. it hoped to reach.
[ Olis Curry, on a charge of
. larceny and receiving, was al-1
. lowed to pay cost and given a ;
, suspended sentence of six
- months
r W. F- Loftis and Adam Scott,;
. house-breaking and receiving, I
, to pay cost and given suspend-|
t ed sentences of o. _> year
. j Hair.s'ton, iranu/ac- i
. turing lujiior, to pay cost aim
I given suspended sentence of :>
t ya:-
ROBBERY AT
| WALNUT COVE
Thioves linter Stokes Grocery
v'o- Building and CaTy Away
I C'iparet>s and Other Arti
; civ a.
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Sometime iac' night thieves
entered building of the
FtokOfj Grocery Cj, whole «.'e
house, at V f «ln..l L'cve, and
carried *;wa\ from SIOO to $l5O
worth of cigarelies as veil as
other articles.
Early this moni'jg no due
had been found whereby the
guilty parties might be appre
hended.
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T» v a Want Ad in the Reporter
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JOHN W. DODSON
PASSES AWAY!
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Was On Visit To Son When End
I Came—Deceased Is Survived
! By Nine Sons and Daughters-1
j John Wesley Dodson, one of '
I the county's well known and 1
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aged citizens, passed away at i
the home of his son, Dillard, t
Dodson, in Walnut Cove, Satur- j t
jday night- Mr. Dodson, who o
resided just east of Danbury,'a
was on a visit to his son when »
taken ill- He had reached the f
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ripe old age of 78 years- The J
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deceased was a good citizen e
land had many friends through- b
out this county. si
i Surviving him are nine sons s
and daughters, as follows: G
Sam, Robert, Arch and Dill- s;
f
ard Dodson, of Walnut Cove; tl
Frank Dodson, of Meadows; h
James Dodson, of Danbury; (,
Mrs- Pearl Harger, of Walnut d
Cove; Mrs. Zilla Tilley, of Pilot t
Mt.; Mrs. Katj Bennett, of $
Meadows- The wife of the de- T
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cea.'.ed passed away about 8 t
years since- 11
The funeral and burial ser- ?,
vice was held at Clear Spring
Baptist church on Sunday af- h
; ternoon, conducted by Elders '1
J- A- Fagg, Watt Tuttle and t
Watt Priddy, a large number s
of friends and relatives being d
present to pay their last re
spect to the deceased. o
FISH FRY AND
DANCE FOR LIONS i,
To Be Given Members end Their
Friends At Dan Ri\e; Park
Next Tuesday Night-
A big fish fry and dance will
be given at the Dan River Par
Tuesday night. April lGth, by
the Stokes County Lions Cub.
Everybody invited
All Lions are expected to
bring as many guests as they
can and help make this event
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!the biggest social function that
!ras been sponsored by the club-
Fi; h fry and dance included,
'sloo- Time* 7:30-
H. E. BLAC KBURN,
Sec'y., Stokes Lions Club-
! District Game Warden
In Stokes Past Week
W- C- Lisk, of Ri'. hfield, dis
trict game warden, was a visi-
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, tor here the past week- i!"
slated that the prospect for a
fire game preserve here was
good. The residence for tin
county g.' i'.e keeper is now ai -
de;- coi'stnx'inn on the game
prestrvo about 2 miles west ot
Danbury
The soaks, or covered baz
'.ani's, of Tunis surpass all oth
' *r. in North Africa- Tie ba-
zaar |iiarter is u whole city
undor >ne roof with .1 labyrin
th of narrow, tortuous lanes,
alleys and passages. Each of
the trades has its own lane;
one devoted to perfumes, nn
:other ♦> jfvclry, a third t u
textiles, and so in; an airange
m I
ment which tends to make shop
ping and bargaining easy.
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No. 2,964
GERRY CASE TAKES
COURT S TIME
Mrs. O- i„. Gerry Wins In Suit
Against Her Husband At
This Week's Term Of Stokes
Civil Court-
The most important civil
action heard at this week's
term of Stokes civil court was
that in which Mrs- O- L- (Jerry
of Walnut Cove, was asking for
alimony, and Mr. Gerry had
set up a counter suit asking
for absolute divorce.
After hearing quite a numb
er of witnesses and arguments
by several attorneys on each
side the jury answered the is
sues by refusng to grant Mr-
Gerry a divorce and at the
same time awarding Mrs- Gerry
the home place and all house
hold furniture, SISOO-00 in rrton
ty to be paid her within 60
days, and requiring Mr. Gerry
to pay her attorneys fees of
and al! cost of the suit-
The custody of the two daugh
ters was given Ivlvx. Gerry and
that of tile two sons was given
Mr. Gerry.
Civil court was in session
here only two days, adjourning
Tuesday at 6:00 o'clock, an"
the case mentioned above con
sumed practically all of the twj
days.
Other minor cases disposed
cl were the following:
The Bank of Stokes County
vs- C- M- Shouse and vV. A- Sul
livan- Judgment in favor of
the bank was granted for
$336-00-
Dewey James vs- Lillian
James, divorce granted-
Phebe Shelton vs- Everett
Shelton. Judgment of non suit-
We!; 5 -.1 Tuttle vs. C- I# 110 -
Isird. Jii'lznit'iit of non suit-
SELECT COURT
JURORS FRIDAY
Special Meeting Of Commis
sioner: >ude Necessary For
Thai Purpose—Judge Mcßae
To Preside.
j A special meeting of the
i Board 01' County Commission
era has been ca'led for Friday
of this week for the purpose of
drawing a jury to -it at the
special term of Superior court
to be*, in at I/anbury on May
13th- Oily a traviji j t . ill bo
drawn, as there will be no
grandjtiry at this lenv
A letter to the commission
ers from (lov. (lardner sta L e>»
ti.at Judge Cameron Mchae, of
Asheviiie, has been assigned to
prcsi-lv. o.er the court- Juiljro
r.lclliie is one •;1" the State'.;
special .judges-
It i: probabh that the docket
will coi unit the entire week,
end may lie,'. .»e completed, as
( there were a number of jail
cases not disposed of last week,
two of which are capital cases.
] The special term falls on a
| very busy season with farmers
j«s the middle of May is about
'the time when they are busiest
1 putting (Hit their tobacco crop,
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