DANBURY REPORTER
Volume 57.
MAN AND WIFE !
. BURNED IN HOME
.Mr. and .Mrs- Raleigh Lawson
Lose Their Lives VHun Kesl-j
dence Burned Down On 'I hein
Sunday Niftht —Were Evi
dently Overcome By Smoke
and triable To Get Old O!
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Room-
One of the most horrible at-'
fairs that has occurred in
Stokes county for a long while |
was that of Sunday night last (
Mr. and Mrs- Raleigh)
Lawson. aged '2O and 17 re-!
spectively, were burned to a
crisp in their home in Quaker (
Gap township. 10 or 12 miles
north-west of Danbury.
According to the statement
of relatives residing near by |
the young couple left their
home at 6::50 Sunday evening
and stated that they expected
to retire early- At about 8:00,
hour and a half later, the rela
tives noticed that the roof of
the Lawson home, a 1-story log
house, was in flames, and that
parts of it were falling in- Upon
reaching the scene the ,door
was broken open by Sam Rier
son and thu flames gushing
out burned Mr. Rierson severe
ly- After a few moments Mr.
Lawson could be seen lyintj
on the floor just inside
one door of the room
and Mrs- Lawson at the
other- The doors were on op
posite sides of the room. They
had undoubtedly been over
come by the smoke and fire be
fore being able to reach the
doors and were dead already-
On account of the intense heat
it was impossible to get to their
bodies.
Mr- and Mrs. Lawson had
dinner Sunday afternoon at 4
o'clock, the meal being cooked
in the kitchen which stood just
behind and connected with the
main residence, and it is the
opinion that the kitchen was
already on fire, probably from
a defective stove flue, when
the couple retired- ,
A report was circulated jus;
after the fir? to the effect that
it was of incendiary origin,
but there was never any found
ation for this rumor, it is stat
* ed- Sheriff John Taylor and
deputies, and Coroner Helsa
beck- were at the scene on the
night of the fire before the
building was completely de
stroyed and made as thorough
investigation as possible- The
evidence all indicated that the
fire originated from the kitchen
flue after supper had been
cocked on the stove a few hour*
before the conflagration, and
that the couple, upon return
ing home after a short visit te
a homi near by, entered th.
front door of their resident",
and retired for the night with
out knowing fire had already
started burning on the insid'
of the kitchin which was locat
ed just behind the main build
ing.
Established 1872.
INSURED IN
AUTO WRECK
Miss (i lad y s Morefield in
Oreenshoio Hospital Pre
paring Halt Fur Masons and
juniors—Social News Stems-
Walnut Cove, Feu. I!) The
second i'ioor ol' A- T- liothrock'si
store is being remodeled and ; 1
painted to be used for the ]
meetings of the Masonic Order,
Jr- ()• U- A- M- and the Eastern
Star. i
The Woman's' Auxiliary of ]
the Episcopal church met Tues- 1
day evening at the home of
Mrs. Leake Lovin with Miss j
Julia Hairston, the newly elect- I
ed president, presiding- Mrs- ]
Lovin. secretary-treasurer read
the minutes of the last meet
ing and gave the treasurer's i
report- Rev- 1)- W- Alien, leu
the discussion on the eleventh
chapter of St- Luke.
The Woman's Missionary So-ii
ciety of the Baptist church j
will meet in Danbury next j
Thursday in the Baptist church-1
Mesdames J- J- Roddick, and J-1
S- Slate, of Winston-Salem will j
be present
!
Miss Gladys Morefield was in
an automobile accident Sunday.
i
afternoon in Greensboro. The j
car in which she was riding was
struck by a street car- Miss
Morefield is in a Greensboro j
hospital very painfully but not
seriously hurt-
Mesdames William Jones, i
George Fulton. Paul Davis and
Leake Lovin went to Charlotte j
on Friday shopping
Miss Helen Fulton spent the i
week-end in Greensboro at N-!
C- C- W- I
Mr. and Mrs- II- J- White, of
Elizabethton. Tenn-, who have
been visiting relatives here
have gone to High I'oint to
make their home-
Mrs- S- C- Rierson and Miss
Claude Rierson spent the day
Monday in Winston-Salem with
| relatives.
, Mrs- A. T- Roth rock, Mrs- j
; Annie Carter, Mr- and Mrs.)
! Jacob Fulton, Mr- and Mrs. Wil
liam Jones attended the Colon
ial party given by Miss Luna
Taylor in Madison Friday even
ing-
Dr. Highsmith Will \
1 Visit Stokes Schools j
I
I Dr. J. Henry Hiyhsnrith, di-j
lector of the department ol* j
high schoul inspection. State,
1 Department of Education, is,
i i
making hit periodical visits to
the schools of this portion of
the State-
Dr- Uighsmith will visit the
i high schools of Stokes the lat
■ tor part of this week-
He declares that Governor
'Gardner's "Live-aL-Home" pro-j
! gram has thoroughly aroused
j the people of the State and that
school children have been ii*-1
tensely interested- lie predifui
much good will emye f »i the
1 i ' i
1 plan. '
Danbury, N. C., Feb. 19, 1930.
W. H. CLARK
PASSES AWAY
Confederate Veteran and Pio-:
nccr Merchant At Winston-1
Salem Father-In-Law Of,
i;r- >V. V- McCanless, Of
Danbury.
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William H- Clark, father-in-j
i
law of Dr- W- V. McCanless of I
|
Danbury, passed away at a :
i
Winston-Salem hospital Mon-1
day at 3:50 p- m.. following an j
illness of only 4 days, though |
he had been in declining health
for several months-
The deceased often visited in
Danbury and his many friends
here were pained to hear of hi->
passing-
Born in Goochland County,
Virginia, November 6, 1842,
Mr- Clarke served in Company
H. 46th Virginia Regiment
during the Civil War. His wife,
who was Miss Susan Duval,
passed away .'SO years ago.
Mr- Clarke was one of Wins
ton-Salem's pioneer business
men. He was a member of the
firm of Clarke and Ford which
started in business in that city
in 187.'5, doing a general merch
antlise business at the corner
of Fourth and Liberty streets
for many years. He had person
al supervision of his property
and business affairs until about
[one year ago when he retired
j from active work- He was a
j member of Winston Lodg.j
; 167. A- F and A M.
Surviving are two sisters,
j Mrs. Mary E- Ford, of Winston
with whom he has made his
! home for many years, and Mr».
! Minnie Goodman, of Richmond,
I.
! Va-; one son-in-law, Dr- W. V-
McCanless, of Danbury; one
granddaughter, Miss Mary
Clarke McCanless; one grand
son, William Clarke McCanless,
all of Danbury. and a number
;f nieces and nephews-
The funeral was held at Vog
lor's Funeral Chapel Wednes
day morning at 10 o'clock- The
services were in charge of the
Masons- Interment was in
Salem Cemetery vith full Ma
sonic honors.
Biggest Plant Bed
Yet Heard Of
William Wolff, representing
a guano company, was here
yesterday and had just return
ed from a trip through sonu
of the counties in the southern
and eastern part of the State-
He found farmers in the tobac
co-growing counties preparing
for another large crop tobacco
anil incidentally told of one to
bacco plant bed he saw a farm
er preparing in Gran*, ille which
covered two and a half acres
and waa being plowed and pre
pared for so>virg with a trac
tor. The owner had 1500 acres
in tobacco last year and will
have even more this season-
i Many a spirited young fallow
i declare* ho will never take or
jtier.- from anybody. And then
gets married-
BEAUTIFUL
STOKES HOMES
The Attractive Place of Mrs-
W. L- Hairston at Walnut
Cove Many Pretty New
Hemes Appearing on the
Highways.
One of the most attractive
homesteads in the county is
Mrs- W- L- Hairston's place |
just out of Walnut Cove, on I
the Madison highway. Recent- j
lv Mrs. Hairston is making
some noticeable improvements
to the house and grounds- This
estate, which is set well back
from the road, shows up very j
invitingly to the pas.sersby, the
home being surrounded with
wide acres, and the background
of mountains in the distance-
There is a colonial or ante
bellum atmosphere here, which
is very pleasing-
Indeed in many sections of
the county lovely new home*
are appearing, especially on
the State highways. In many
cases owners v.ho find their
old homesteads sidetracked or
isolated from new road loca
tions build modern residences
up near the road, feeling that
the site is prominent-
Nothing so much pleases the
passing tourist or visitor as
1 the beautiful homes seen along
the route- And nothing adds
more greatly to the solid worth
of a community or county
as substantial and attractive
residences- It indicates a pros
perous, satisfied and cultured
population-
Carroll Schools To
Close Soon
Hillsville. Feb- Jl-—At the
monthly meeting of the Carroll
county school board here Sat
urday it was decided to cut the
schools of the county one
month shorf, which will close
them about February 24-
The schools were contracted
for seven months, but on ac
count of lack of available funds
the board thought it best to
close them at a six months'
term- This is the first time in
several years that they have
been closed on account of
funds-
There are something like 100
teachers in the county, and
and most of them in one and
two-room schools
John Dalton Arrested !
On Whiskey Charge
:
John Dalton, colored, of the j
Dry Hollow section, who has
been wanted here for some time l
on a charge of manufacturing!
liquors, was arrested by Sheriff j
Tavlur in Boa\er Island town-,
I
ship Tuesday. Dalton gave £SOO :
bond for his appearance at [
court here, after being given!
a hearing before Justice Elkinj
[
Smith at Walnut Cove-
S- I,- Holland, of Germanton,!
I
was in town tortt.y. ,
NO PRIMARY
FOR STOKES
This County Is Exempted From
Law and Candidates For
County Offices of Both Par
ties Will Be Nominated In
Convention.
Tlv.re will be no primary f'>r
Stokes county this year so far
as county candidates are con
cerned- This county has been
exempted under an act of the
general assembly, as will be
seen from the section of the
law in regard to primaries
printed below. So that all
county candidates of both part
ies will be nominated in conven
tions as was done some years
since- However, there will be
a primary held in the county
in June for the selection oi'
State, Congressional and Ju
dicial candidates.
The section of law which ex
empts Stokes follows:
See. HI. Consolidated Statutes 6051.
Certain counties excepted.
This article shall not apply to
nominations for candidates for
county offices and members oi
the House of Representatives
in the following counties pro-
viding for a primary with re
spect to said county officers
and members of the House ol'
Representatives to-wit:
Alexander. Burke. Cabarrurt.
Caldwell, Catawba, Cherokee,
Clay, Dare. Davidson. Davie.
Duplin, Gaston, Graham, Ma
con. Mitchell. Randolph. Samp
son. Stanly, Surry, Stokes, Un
ion, Watauga. Wilkes. Yancy:
Provided, that in any county
whose county (.filters are here
by exempted, if voters in num
bers as great as one-fourth of
the total vote cast for Govern
or in such county at the pro
ceeding gubernatorial election
shall petition the board of
county commissioners of such
; county for an election thereon,
it shall be the duty of the said i
board to order an election at
the next succeeding general
general election upon the meth
od of nominating county orti
cers and member or members
of the House of Representa
tives. At such election* thos;
favoring the nomination ot
county and legislative officers
by primary shall cast ballots on
which is written or printed,
"For County Primary;" those
opposed shall cast ballots bear
ing the words. "Against Coun
ty Primary." If a majority of
the votes cast ill such election
shall be "For Primary.'* then
1 1e previsions of this act shall
thereafter apply to such coun
ty. and it shall be no longer ex
empted. Otherwise such ex
ception shall remain in force-
John L- Christian, of Pinna
cle, was here today. Mr- Chri J -
Itian represents a guano eom
! panv and he finds fanners ev
i
' erywhere he has been over the
j State preparing for huge to
i ba*c-» civj-s.
No. 3,014
THE MASQUERADE
TO BE BIG AFFAIR
Large Number of Contestants
to Enter the Lists—Francis
co and Other Schools Cominer
—Large Audience Anticipat
ed—Tentative Frogram Ar
ranged—A Fanfare of Frolic
and Fun, Sense and Nonsense.
The indications point to A
packed house Saturday night
at the Masquerade and Wash
ington's birthday celebration
at the Danbury school house,
which is being pulled off by the
Parent-Teacher Association*
As the admission prices of 15
and 10 cents is popular, the
proceeds going to the library#
piano and other funds of the
school, it is expected a bi«r
crowd will attend to wit
ness the program >f fun and
frolic, sense and nonsense, in
terspersed with vocal and in
strumental music.
From Francisco. Reynolds
Walnut Cove, Germanton and
other schools contingents of
young people are coming to
take part in the masked page
ant. in which a prize of $5-00
is offered for the best make-up-
The contest is not limited to
school people, but the public in
general is invited to take pare.
All contestants will of course
pay admission the same ; as
spectators-
Some of the best talent in th-»
county is enlisted for the event
and the sponsors feel sure they
will l>e able to provide an even
ing of entertainment wwtii
the price-
The tentative program fal
lows :
PROGRAM.
1 1. Sonar 'America."
j 2. Tht* Minuet. I*l by the Katlv'T
of his Country and Lady
WASHING* MI.
! u. Address by Prof. J. C.
Superintend, nt of Schools,
j i. Son;? -"Long, Long A« J."
Janus B. Joy v.
| •!. I'ian.) solo —"Butterfly KtuJf,*'
by Chopin- Miss Mary Taylor,
j 7. The G«.S)M'I :US Pleached in th»
Ch>-tniit KiHfivs" —J. A. N.tnr>.
s. Guitar n lo .Matt Sitnir.Jtu.
!). Clojr Stutr lon Sisk and J..s«
Bennett.
10. Rarmint by I nolo Jasper Tuft
Bowman.
11. S .n»r - "Yankee Hindi '"
Snarjrvr.
IS. "Star Spangled Bamn>r."
14. CONTEST OF THF. MA3-
QL'KRAJ>F.KS.
| l">. Award of the Prize.
I
POLITICAL PIFFLE.
j.Snappy Stunts by th" Stanilpatis*) .♦
j -(Not Over lit) Minutes Ku !».(
"Why I Come Back From F.l b.i.
Chilto.'i.
I
"1 Fear Xunn Of .My Many Op
ponents" Taylor,
i "Why I Will Have to Have a NV.z
j Car" Humphrey*.
lirowdcr
j"A Stud.v in I'ori; Barrell.-"-
' "Why I Think the Most InurMlirj
■ | ARV IS Sweet Sixteen " F;»gis.
' "My Zephyrs Fin n X'fT .• 1.-slaau"
■j Paul Fulton.
"Ta nr.iany Il vsn't Got Anything •»»
"J Walnut Cow"—Cnukman.
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