Volume 57.
TO DISTRIBUTE
SCHOOL FUND
Third Installment of Equal
ization Fund to lie Sent Out
To Counties.
Raleigh, I)t»c. 9.—The third
installment of the School Equal
ization Fund amounting to sl.-
270.800 will be sent out to the
various participating counties
on either Monday or Tuesday,
December 9 or 10, it was a:i
iT Announced by A. T. Allen. State
superintendent of Public In
struction today.
This third instailment will
make a total of $.">,611.900 that
has been distributed to the
participating counties so far
this year, which is more than
the entire fund amounting to
last year and the year before,
it was pointed out by Dr. Allen.
The first installment of sl,-
lSti.oOO was sent out to the
counties on September 5. in
order to help them meet their
September bills, since taxes did
not fall due until after this.
The second installment was
*ent out October 15, an!
J
amounted to $1.2]5.8(H). This
was also to help out the coun
ties >n meeting current bills be
fore the tax collections should
beome sufficient to meet ail
the expenses.
Since the law provides that
. Akhe fund shall be distributed t
I the counties in four install
ments, it is not likely that any
more of the fund will be sent
out until sometime in Febru
| ary. and perhaps not until tin
j completion of the six month
term. It was intimated by I);-
Allen that payment of the last
i installment of the $5,000,001
fund will not be pui uitil i 1
has been ascertained that a!
of the counties have complies
with the new schooi law in al
its various phases.
After the completion of tin
six months term, the $1,250,
000 fund set aside to helj
equalize the cost of the extend
ed or eight month's terms i'
those counties and district:
which have the longer terms
will be distributed and in l!„
same proportion as the niair
equalization fund. So by th
cf the school y;»:u tin
1 ilh.iols in the participating
counties will have received SG,
250,000 in school aid from tJi;
''State.
Deputy Marshall
Cooley Is Deac
Deputy Marshall J. \V. Cool
e.v, who often made arrests ii
Stokes and was well knowi
here, died in a Greensboro hos
pital Friday, following an at
tack of pneumonia.
, Mr. Cooley was in charge o
the nine officers who participat
ed in killing Eb Nicholson
Stokes county man, a fev
• weeks since.
Mr. Cooley is survived by hi
iwife, and the funeral was liel
in Yadkin county, hi.* nativ
louuty.
Established 1872.
I CRIMINAL COURT
HERE THIS WEEK,
i Several Defendants Given Road j
|
Sentences Heavy Docket j
i May Keep Court In Session
All This Week.
A sp. cial term of criminal
'; court for Stokes county opened
' j here M jnday morning with
m Judge McElroy presiding and
• Solicitor Spruill prosecuting for
■! the State.
' j The docket is a heavy one
• | and v.-ill likely require all the
j week to clear it up.
i! Cases tried up to Wednesday
•i
- j were as follows:
'j S. C. Flinn. forcible trespass.
judgment suspended upon pav
'•' nient of cost.
I
>| Caleb Matthews, sale of liqu
. | or, fined SSO and cost.
I
.; Jno. \V. Sams, possession of
-! I'quor, $25 and cost.
Harry J. Biggs, bigamous
i cohabitation, not less than 2 or
i
i", more ban years in State
I prison.
.' Alex Worth, larceny and re*
s ceiving, judgment continued
! upon payment of cost,
s Arthur Sartin, operating car
- while intoxicated. lined ssu and
- cost.
i! Abe l.easuve. carrying con
l! cealed weapon, lined SSO and
cost.
t Chester Hughes, assault on
i (.Hicer, not less than 18 months
|. or more than years in Stale
y prison.
I Hunter Manuel, selling liqu
i- or. not guilty.
e (la re nee France, resisting
s officer, prayer for judgment
•. continued upon payment of
;t cost.
0 Mahlon King, forcible tres
it pass, not guilty.
!l Ceo. Fulton, col., affray.
,| lined $lO and cost.
IP William Ha.irston. sn&> of
Ii«luor. -1 months on road.
\\ m. Murray, sale of liquor,
. to be hired out by county com-
P missioners for a term of three
j. months.
M! Wood Henton, operating car
while intoxicated, called and
s failed.
0 ! Rob Covington, assault on
n female, to pay wife $25.00 per
i U nioiitli alimony.
C. A. Warren, manslaughter,
j, ordered to pay Mrs. liufus
Covington $25.00 per month
i., until SOOO has been paid.
j
Snider Priddy
Injured By Tree
d
Snider Priddy, of the Hart-
I- man community, was painfully
II injured Tuesday of this week
» when a tree which was cut
»- down at his saw mill struck Mr.
t- Priddy on the shoulder, frac
i turing some of the bones of
>' the shoulder. He was taken
t-j to a Winston-Salem hospital
'i, and an X-ray was made yester
vv day. .Mr. Priddy is now at his
home and is apparently getting
is along verv well.
kl '
~| It is said that all i-adia an
. iwncers must be college grad
| nates. We had feared as much.
Danbury, N. C., Dec. 11, 1929.
DEPUTY RESIGNS;
SUCCESSOR NAMED
Lonnie Roles He id On Whisky i
Charge—.Matt James Injured i
—Other King News.
K.inc. IVc. !•.—Lonnie Holes was i
arrested at his tilling station two J
mil 's west of town Saturday after |
noon on a warrant from Davie
county charging him with manufac-!
Turing whiskey. He was carried to
Danbury anl placed in jail to await
the Davie officers. Doles came to j
this section from Davie county. The !
arrest was made by officers .1. M.
Alley and Hill Kirkman.
1 Mr. and Mrs. J. Allan Cook have
returned 'to their homo softer a j
several day's stay with their son.'
DeWitt Cook, near High l'oint.
Will Katoii, of Winston-Sale m,
was heiv Saturday looking after
some business matters.
Mat James, who resides in the
Beth«'l conimuiiity was stabbed with
a knife during a tight near Gravitt's
tilling station two miles east of
town on the Lakes to Florida High
way Sunday afctrr.oon. He was
rushed here where Doctors Stone
uid Hclsabt ck sewed up the wound,
it taking seven stitches. The par
tics who brought ihe wounded man
here stated that they did not know
who cut him and Ja'.sies would not
: talk, so it seemed impossible to find
..•.it who tiie guilty paity was.
| position a.= deputy sheriff and will
, r-isiii a i'" dc;;uty ■•heric and will
devft' !:;■ who!.' time 'c. hi: farm.
Vr,l! :'.ii> K'i'kniuii ha.- l>- i>i *>pp.>int
|ed to li'! tlie vacancy caused by the
r 'sigiiation of ituliorn.
Some nice I'l'il i ;- ale being killed
i'i and ar >u>id King these i iy-.
Mr. n.l Mrs. t;. 11. W'ils >i
(ierinant'!i. were among the visit
ors here Sum:..,v.
'lhe f Mowing births were rigis
i."vd here last week: To Mr. and
Mrs. It. ('. White, ;• daughter. and
to Mr. and Mrs. Nat l'ratt, a son.
W illiaill Love, ag.i! about seven
ty-two v".".rs. died Sunday morning
at the hot.ie of his daughter, Mrs.
Kva Kogcr, at Winston-Salem, fol.
lowing a stroke of paralysis. The
deceased is survived by four sons
and one daughter. Also several
grandchildren survive. The remains
will be brought back here and laid
to rest at Antioch church Monday
afternoon at two o'clock.
Russell Lovt and James Love and
their families, of Winston-Salem,
spent Sunday here the guests of
I relatives.
I An oyster supper was given here
Saturday night by the King Council
iof the Modem Woodman of Amer
-1 ica for their member. and their
families. It was an enjoyable oc
! rasion for all who were present.
Mr. and Mrs. tj. A. Love, of \\'ip-
j ton Salem, spent Sunday with rela
i lives and friends here.
'I. (i. Ibdes has ix'lurned to his
'; home here after a several weeks
| stay in the Shenandoah Valley of
I Virginia, where he was the guest of
his .-on. J. M. Boles.
! School Girls May
Smoke In Public
I Baltimore, Dec. s).—Smokinj;
by girls has become s> common
. | that (loucher College has lifted
,! the ban against students smok
ing in public places.
' An announcement from the
i college explained the reason for
I
, the move initiated by the stud
ent council and approved by thj
college authorities. Smoking
will be permitted in tea rooms.
•, approved by the college, and a
smoking room in a dormitory
•. will be fitted up.
' i Students had been allowed
;to smoke at the homes of
'friends, but smoking in dormi-
I 4
, tones or in tea rooms or othe:
I public places had been forbid
' j den.
r
A gr>pcl many Wall Stree'
opera singvr. And a contem
■ porary suggests that the mills
•' -h-cuk! reciprocate.
LICENSE PLATES
READY DEC. !6
[Tttj I'latcs Instead of One Will
lie I'sed—Only 15 Days In
j Which To Buy.
License plates for automo
| biles, trucks and other motor
j vehicles in North Carolina will
i go 011 sale on December IG, al
though heretofore they have
! gone on sale on December 1.
' It is explained that instruc
i tions have been received from
i the state department of reve
-1 nue by the various branches ol'
the Carolina Motor Club, thri
which the tags are soid, not to
place them on sale until that
date in order to avoid a frenzied
period of last minute buying
is requesting the people who
own cars or trucks to remembei
that they have only 15 days in
which to buy the necessary
' tags.
This year, it was also ex
1 plained, there will be t\v,
I plates, front and rear. Th
i revenue department has mad
the change from one plate t
. two in the hope that it wil
will make easier th.' task o
I
checkir.g up on those who at
■ tempt to avoid payment ;f th'
tax.
North Carolina plates wer
j made this year at the stat
prison, and some 4» hranche
' of the Carolina Motor Club wil
issue them.
News Items From
i Germanton Route
I Miss Mary Tlittle entertain
ed a number of her friends a
I a surprise birthday party Sat
i, urday night in honor of he
f sister. Miss KMie Tuttle. Afte
r> a number of games were pla.vei
1 the guests were invited int
the dining room where cake an
- pickk*s were served. Thos
present were Misses Clara Hut
- ledge, Sadie Bowman, Cle
Holes, Leamel Itutledge. Mai
. gaivt McC.ee, Blanche (Irubb.
Klfie and Mary Tuttle, Messrs
John Fowler. Euam Whit.
' Fred Herbert, Dennis an
Charlie Fansler, Johnie and Ir
[• Bowman, Otis Montgomery
Charlie Wade Hampton, Ah
Ifeath, Bill Stewart. Clabro
11 1 Itutledge and Flop Lawson.
'' j Evan White and Fred Fan;
"jler called on Misses Crubl
I
j and Margaret McCee Sunda
'' j afternoon.
1 | Miss Cleo Boles spent la.-
week with her aunt, Mrs. I). . J
White.
' Walter Boles called on Mi>
Emma Edwards Saturda
:i night.
> Miss Etta Yates and Lav
rence Gardner were the guest
'I of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Tuttl
j Sunday. They returned t
J their home late Sunday evei
" | ing at Oak Dale.
1 Kerman White called on Mit
Alice Bolevpack Sunday evei
I ing.
John Fowler called on Mis
l "' Clara Rutledge Sunday afte
, noon.
I
! SURRY WILL CUT
; TOBACCO CROP
i
i j Farmers In Session At Dobson
• |
j| Decide To Reduce Acreage i
One Fourth Want State
! Wide School Tax.
-!
r| Mt. Airy. Dec. 7.—Surry j
1 1 county farmers in session at j
- j the courthouse in Dobson thi -
"afternoon voted unanimously |
|to curtail their 19;>0 tobacco)
-1 crop by one-quarter acreage
I and took other steps looking to
-1 wards the Americanization of |
lithe agricultural situation bv I
II way of the ballot box. A good j
i)'sized gathering representing'
t practically every township in
il tin- county was in attendance
it: and considerable enthusiasm
i
o j was displayed over the pros- ;
!• pects of making the farmer
n vote be recognized in the 1,
y | elections. At the same time it j
] was proposed to carry tlu. l
:- movement to every county in
0 North Carolina.
The action taken today is the
Ij result of two previous meel
• ) ings held a week before when
!1 a definite program was present
• r ed the farmers by A. H. Wolfe,
t- county school teacher, and far-
H' mer. In audition to voting the
acreage curtailment in tobacco
v the farmers adopted a legisla
t ' live program. This program
•s which is double barrelled in it
ill purpose according to Mr. Wolfe,
looks to aid the general condi
tions by decreasing the expen
ses of the farmer and hopes
1 to increase the value of his
u_ products.
lt Want Living Costs Cut
j In cutting the costs of living
'the farmers passed resolutions
'' I , .
e ,.i calling for a State-wide uni
.,l j form school tax. reassessment
(■,, I of land values and for a State
u ! | commission to control co-oper
sol ative organization for produc
! tion and marketing purposes.
LM , | It was pointed out that in some
|of the counties the school tax
)S runs as high as 90 cents to a
• s dollar while in other wealthier
0 counties the same tax is less
~ljthan :',O cents. Dr. Fred Mor
,.aj'rison of the State Tax Com
y | mission was quoted to the ef
-1,.,, feet that a State-wide tax of
j cents would be sutlicient to
j operate all the county schools
~. 1 six months.
i
l>s | Seek Reassessment
iv j Touching on high taxes on
: land several speakers pointed
st! out the fact that only land
A. I values in regard to tax assess
ments have failed to he redne
ss ed in the past ten years. Conse
[iv quently it was stated the far
-1 mer is under a burden of
w- high taxes on over-assessed
its lands while his product has
tie been greatly affected by price
to! declines.
>n-l The other proposition look*
|to a more far reaching infill
iss i once cn the State (iovernment
'ii-! by establishing a commissior
I
|to supervise co-operative or
iss ] ganizations for farmers botl
?r-' in pvoi'vclion ar..i rn.rlwting
| With the oi-gani;:i.lioa perfect
No. 3,004
STOKES FARMERS
ARE INVITED
To Attend Mass Meeting Of
Tobacco Growers In Raleigh
i
December 17.
1 The date for the mass meet
ing of tobacco growers to be
| held in I'ullen Hall at State
College, Ilaleigh, N. has
' been changed from that prev
: iously announced. In order to
| suit the convenience of Mr.
1 Stone, representative of
i Federal Farm lioard, the meet
i ing will be held at 11 A. M,
| Tuesday morning, Dec. 17th.
I All tobacco growers of Stokes
county, who can arrange to go.
are requested to meet at Wal
nut Cove at 7:00 A. M.. or at
; Walkertown not later thau
7:15, Tuesday morning. Sever
i al cars of Stokes farmers will
meet at Walkertown and go t»
Ilaleigh in a group. This notice
is intended as an invitation to
every farmer in Stokes County
to attend this meeting if pos
sible. Let's go.
J. K. TRKVATHAN.
County Agent.
News of Sandy Ridge
,'
Sandy Ridge. Dec. 1*. — Ihj
i weather has boen very severe
. |
| here of kit*;.
'[ The people of this section
have been very busy at work
with their tobacco getting ;t
ready for market.
The i eople of this section
have been killing hogs very
rapidly here of late.
'I here was a large crowd
present at Mr. E. Vernon'*
1 Sunday evening.
Mr. Miller Wilkins and Mis*
Nettie Shelton took a trip to
[ Winston-Salem Saturday.
' ed the farmers would then ap
" peal to the State and National
Government for sufficient fund*
I to operate until the association
II could be made self financing.
1 ' All in attendance pledged them
-1 selves to vote for Legislature
s candidates who would try to
- .any the adopted program
- through the State Legislature.
State Farm Bloc
»
t' j Thi> action of the farmers to
day looks toward the establish*
s , ment of a State-wide farm bloc
'in North Carolina and prob
ably in other States where to
il bacco is produced. There was
il much discussion anent making
1 the proposition a State-wide
- affair and pledging funds to
- carry the movement into othor
- counties.
An executive committe waf
f appointed to consider the feasi
.)' bilit.v of carrying the program
s | into other counties and to for
e ward the movement in every
way possible. Members of this
s committee are A. M. Wolfe, of
i- Mountain Park; R. H- Lank
it ford, of Mountain Park; Vestal
n Taylor, of White Plains; J. H.
r- Hall, of Westfield; Frank L.
h Lewellyn. of Dobson; Robert
j-. Jones, cf Mount Airy ard Oliv
i- er Hausur of Pilot Mountain.
I