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DANBURY REPORTER Volume 57. STOKES LOSES I TAX REFUND Secretary of Highway Board 1 Fails to Make Claim in Due Time, So County is Short Some SI,OOO to $1,500 —Ex- pensive Negligence On the t Part of Officials, Who Are I Requested to Make the Loss j Good to the County. t The Reporter is informed j that Stokes county has lost 1 r several hundred dollars—pos- j 1 aibly SI,OOO to $1,500— through i ] the negligence of the highway j board, its secretary or others, ] in failing to make claim in due | - tine for gas refund due the county from the State. It appears that under the law the county is entitled to be re- • ifeibursed by the State to the Amount of the five cents tax on motor fuels used by the coun ty other than in motor vehicles operated on the public high ways of the State. But then* is a proviso in the lr.v which j requires that '>« tore the Stat 31 may refund npp'ariion inuat be filled with the commissioner o? revenue at Raleigh within 90 daj 'f the cvte .? the in voic . Thr ug'i soieebot'; 's neglect the county failed to put in the necessary application, resulting in the State's refusal to reim burse. The law with reference to re funds by the State on motor fuels is as follows: Section 9. Any person, asso ciation, firm or corpora tion, who shall buy, in quanti ties of ten gallons or more at any one time, any motor fuels as defined in this Act for the | purpose of, and the same is ac- i tually used in any manner ex-! cept in motor vehicles designed for operation or intended to be operated in whole or in part upon any of the public high-1 ways, streets or alleys of this' State, or which motor fuels the tax or taxes imposed by this; Act shall have been paid, shall be reimbursed and repaid the amount ot' such tax or taxes paid upon presenting to the Commissioner of Revenue mi affidavit, accompanied by a ticket, invoice or other docu ment from the retail dealer or, distributor received at time of j such purchase, which ailUUivit shall set forth the total ariount of such fuel so purchased and used by such consumer, other than in motor vehicles designed for operation or intended to bo operated upon any of the public highways, sheets or alleys of this State, and how used: and the Commissioner of Revenue,' upon the presentation of such I affidavit and such ticket, in-j voice or other document, and j upon being satisfied as to t!v.> correctness thereof shall issue i to such consumer a wan-ant tip-! on the State Treasurer for tin 1 ' said taxes paid on fuels HOUI and delivered and used other • than for motor vehicles, usi aforesaid; Provided, that ap- 1 plication for refunds, as provid-; ed herein, must.bo filed with the said Commissioner of Re\e nue within ninety (90) days from the date sale of invoice, on forms prepared and furnish ed by said Commissioner of Revenue; and Provided, furth er, That no claim for rebate shall be assignable. Citizens of Walnut Cove and other sections have called the Reporter's attention to this matter, with request that we give the same publicity, and urge that those who are re sponsible for the loss should make the. same good to the v county. Established 1872. DanbUry- N. C., March 12,1930 BOMB EXPLODES IN ] CAR AT KING E. A. Moser Has Narrow Eh- cape—Other News Items of , King. King, March 10.— E. A. Mos- i er, foreman of convict camp ( No. 1, Forsyth county, and who ; resides here, had just arrived ] here from the the camp Tues- ( day night about 7:30. He park- i ed his automobile in front of \ the home of S. W. Pulliam and had gone in the home to see Mr.; i Pulliam when a teriffic explos-'i ion was heard. Upon in-j j vestigation Mr. Moser found ! • his car had been blown up. It 1 is believed that a time bomb j had been placed in the automo bile but fortunately Mr. Moser had just left the car when the explosion happened. Fred Walker has just return ed from an extended trip to lowa apd other western states. C. S. Newsum has just re turned from Philadelphia where he went on a business trip. The Burwell Overby farm ly ing one mile north of town was sold at public auction here last week. It was bid off by Will iam Hartgrove for a consider ation of $4,300.00. The new Ford automobile be longing to Cleet Kiser, who re sides here, which was stolen , from his father's garage at their home here a week ago last Tuesday night, was found last Friday morning at Winston- Salem. The car was parked on 13 1-2 street. A bunch of keys were found in the car and Mr. Kiser informs your correspond ent that the keys have been identified here in King. So far no arrest has been made. Two interesting and exciting games of basket ball were play ed here Friday night in the new gymnasium. The contestants in the first game was the boys teams of Droughn's Business College of Winston-Salem, and the King High. The final score stood Droughon's 16, King 15. The second game was between the girls' teams of Pilot Mt. and Droughn's and resulted in ; a score of 14 and 13 in favor of i Pilot Mountain girls. Ernest Hendrix, of High, j Point, formerly of King, was I here Sunday shaking hands ' with old friends. ' Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Caudle, of Winston-Salem, spent the week end here the guests of relatives. ! Mr. and Mrs. S. O. Schaub, of High Point, were among the 1 , visitors here Sunday. Bud Truelove, of Pilot Mt., 1 was here Sunday the guest of his son, Preston Truelove. L. CI. Lawton, barber of this place, has accepted a position at Boone and will enter on his ; new duties Tuesday. Mr. Law-1 i ton will move his family to Boone. ! I There is no improvement in i the condition of Mr. Sandy F. Slate, who has been seriously l sick at his home two miles east of town for several weeks. Jacob Mickey, of Winston- 1 Salem, was here Monday look ing after some business mat-i ters. I On last Shrove Tuesday,! | March 4th. the Moravian l adies Aid had their friends with them jat a friendly meeting at the 1 King Moravian church. About ! fifty were present. Fine Donations j From Duke Fund Durham, March 9.—Making 1 400 different donations during ! the past year to rural M'.thod ist churches of North Carolina' and to superannuated ministers, the rural church division of the, Duke endowment gave $159,067 , from the fund set up in 19241 by the late James B. Duke. The i donations were dhided into I! j groups, those to new building funds, those to church main tenance funds, and those to the superannuates' Christmas fund. LIONS WANT COUNTY FAIR Committee Named To Work Out Plans—lnteresting Meet ing Held Here Monday Night. The Lions Club of Stokes county met in regular session j at th* Colo'tial Food Shoppie in Danbury Monday evening and enjoyed a good .neal and an in teresting discussion of timely topics. Two new members were voted into the club. Superin tendent of Schools J. C. Carson, made the address of the even ing and stirred the interest of the Lions in matters pertaining to the progress of the school system of Stokes county. In the past this club has been holding meetings only once per month, but on vote of the club meetings will be held each sec ond and fourth Monday even ing during the next two months or longer. At the suggestion of County Agent, J. E. Trevathan, there was some discussion regarding the holding of a county fair in Stokes county during 1930. A committee was appointed to work out a plan of action for the Lions Club in connection with the promotion of a Coun ty Fair. This committee is to report to the Lions Club at the next regular meeting. County Agent J. E. Trevathan, Sheriff J. J. Taylor, and Wm. Marshall were appointed on the commit . tee. It was suggested that the 4-H Cub work be given special consideration in this connec tion. AUTO SALES OFF AGAIN Only 2,949 Cars Sold In Feb ruary As Compared With 6,629 Same Month Last Year. Raleigh, March B.—Sales of new automobiles in North Car olina in February were less than half the total of February, j 1929, Sprague Silver, director of the motor vehicle bureau of the state department of reve i nue, announced today, j In February this year new motor vehicles, automobiles and trucks, numbering 2,949 , were sold. In February, 1929, 1 the sales totaled 6,329. , The sales of new motor ve hicles again fell to a new monthly low mark since the I title act was effective in 1923. January, with sales of 3,441, '■ had set a new low mark since 1923. January 1929 sales were 6,820. I l Missionary Meeting At Mountain View Mizpah. March 10.—The Wo man's Missionary Society met Wednesday afternoon witli Mrs. J. F. Meadows, which wa. pre-ided over by the president i Mis. J. F. Meadows, with si\ number.* present and two visi tors. One number was addet to the membership. [ Opening hymn, "bringing ii the Sheaves." I Prayer by Mrs. W. O. Baker after which the Bible lessoi , was read. Each one presem read a part in "Royal Service.' A closing song, "To the ! Work." j A dosing prayer by th president The next meeting will b held with Mrs. V. T. Hartgrovi 1 April 2, 1930. BODY FOUND \. IN DAN RIVER Identified By Son As That of Luther Hicks, Who Disap peared From Home In Saura town Township About Four Months Since. ! While fishing in Dan river at | a point near the Stokes-Rock ingham line two boys yester day discovered the dead body of a man lying on a drift in the bend of the river. The matter was reported to the authorities ' i and the body was removed to i' Madison by an undertaker. t t inspecting that the body was j ■ that of Luther Hicks, who dis-j i J appeared from his home in ' . j Sauratown township about 4 . { months since, the 12-year-old i son of the missing man was carried to Madison and he at r once identified the body as that } of his father. The son recog r nized the Bhoes of the dead i man, as well as a knife and L some old coins found in his ) pockets. A coroner's inquest failed to i throw any light on the question . as to how Hicks came to his t death. ) ■ r Solicitor John R. Jones [ For Danbury Man ~ By L. J. Hampton. 11 Wilkesboro, March 11. With little or no hopes of elec ting a Republican judge in the Twelfth Judicial District, com j- posed of Davidson, Guilford and Stokes, Solicitor John R. - Jones, himself a Republican and It the only elective State official in North Carolina, spoke highly today of Hon. John D. Hunt f ' phreys, of Stokes, and express ed the hope that his old neigh s bor from Danbury would be * successful in his fight to land r I the judgeship nomination to f succeed Judge Thomas J. Shaw. " j Solicitor Jones was born and ! reared in Stokes and as a bov .. i and a young man iii his teens s and early twenties lie knew Lawyer Humphreys well. • "There is no liner lawyer or higher type Christian gentle '* man in the country," said So- N licitor Jones, addii.g, "He would ( ' make an able, conservative , 1 »• judge." Mr. Humphreys is '.opposed in the primary by e former Emergency Judge A. i l> Wayland Cooke and Thomas C. Ifoyle, of Greensboro, both ! also known as able lawyers and •courageous high type men. However, Mr Humphrey's ad vantage is sen in the fact that ' Guilford also has two and, in cidentally, th > only candidates 11 , for the Tv.v i'th District solici t"iship, whi. ii is being vohin '• taii'y relinquished this year x by Solicitoi J. Frank Spruill. Th«- candidates are George 10. (! ( You nee and T. Bernard Wright, Moth junior members of the 11 .Guilford h>,r. Interest in Mr. Humphreys ''candidacy and additional en -11 courageme.tit were noted today 11 when Stat-,* daily papers carried j the announcement that the 0 , Davidson County bar had en ! dorsed for the Danbury attorn e ey. With Davidson and Stokes I sewed up and a division in Guil 'e ford, Mr. Humphreys' stock '* took a decided jump, it is de j clared. N REPUBLICANS TO MEET IN APRIL Precinct Primaries April sth and County Convention On | 12th Delegates To Be Named. A call has just been issued i for holding precinct primaries by the Republicans in Stokes on April sth, when delegates to' the county convention will b„> named. The date for the county con vention has been fixed for April 12th, at which time delegates j will be elected to the State con j vention and other business at tended to. The county conven tion will be held in Danbury at the court house, beginning at 1 o'clock. The precinct primar ies will be held in the various precincts at 2 o'clock. The! number of delegates to be nam- j ed by each precinct appears in the formal call issued by Chair-' man M. O. Jones, which ap- j pears elsewhere in this paper. Highest Priced Leaf i Ever Heard Of J. I'. Slav, tor was here Mon- j | day from Capella, this county, I i and told thj Repoi about I the high • -ices he koi for a lot of U>b:. C" u ih? la. - i!e day of this season at Winston- Salem. He has always sold tobacco ' at high prices but now he has broken all records by far. For one 10 pound lot he re ceived $1.75 per pound, for an other lot of the same number , ! ,of pounds he got $1.30 peri i pound. A third lot brought '; SI.OO a pound while the large ' piles brought from 29 to 40 cents per pound. This price of ! $1.75 per pound was doubtless j , the highest priced tobacco tha' 1 ' was ever sold in the State, but j it was said to have been als-i the prettiest leaf ever aeon o ) ; the market. Mr. Slawter, who is one of ' Stokes countv's best eitiizens , i as well as our finest tobacco 1 grower, came near having a j serious automobile accident as I ', he drove his car to Danbury ' \ Monday morning. As he de- I scended a hill over on the Flat j Shoal road the car got into a ' ' route and when he steered ii *| out of the route he lost control !of it and went down a steep ' hank, out into a both in. over I I brush piles, wood, etc.. but fortunately the car uid not turn : ovor and he managed to hold 1 Oil to the wheel until he Steere 1 ', it back into tht road a hundred " yards from where he went '.down the bank. Mr. Slawt.-r J was unhurt. * One Patrick School To Continue The Hardin Reynolds school i at Critz, Va., which was closed n last month oil account of a lack . of funds, has been reopened . since receiving a gift of $3,400 * from Mr. W. N. Reynolds, of . Winaton-Salem. t This school was established u by the late Hardin Reynolds, a ' brother of W. N. ReynoWa. o, 017 FOR ME HUMPHREYS Ail Democratic Members Of Bar Endorse Danbury Ma« For Judge—Lexington Busi ness Men Pledge Their Sup port. Attorney John D. Humph reys, of Danbury, who is % candidate for judge in the 12t* district, was given what is considered a real boost last Saturday when all of the Dem ocratic members of the bar *£ Davidson county signed a form al resolution endorsing Mr. Humphreys for Judge. Til resolution with the «C the attorneys appeared in Moa day's issue of the LexjQjfW* Dispatch. It is known that Mr. Humphreys also was given as surance of their support by * large per cent, of the buaines# and professional men of Lex>-, ' ington and Thomasville, as .Wfll |as many throughout Davidso* ' county. It is believed by, tho9# \ who are familiar with condi -Iti in Davidson that Mr. , Humphreys will carry at least seventy-five per cent, of the Democratic votes in that coun ty in the June primary, : Stokes will of course go solidly for him. - In the only other county of the district—Guilford—there the two other candidates, Mr. I Cooke and Mr. Hoyle, but not j withstanding this fact it i* believed that the Stokes candi date will get a good vote from ,that county. ; EXERCISES AT SCHOOL HERE Play Thursday Night, March 20—Diplomas To Graduates j Friday Night Following I Several Addresses By Citi zens. 1 The Danbury Junior High School will close Friday, March 21st, with graduation exercises at night, when diplomas will be presented seven students, these being Miram Hall, Ma.'lie Sue Hole, Declovice Robertson, Riverna Lawson, Yancie Hail, Frances Humphreys and Easley Joyce. 'i On Thursday night, March 20th, a play entitled, "The ' Fruit of' His Fully." will ho pre ' sentcd by till' hi.. r h school nt.u.l »-nts. when a smal! admission ' lYe vx ill l>e charged. There will he no cha'yo v i the night of ' the graduate .i >■.: i\i>es. Severn! citizens have 1 tea ' a.'.ked to deliwi addresses on I Friday More definite ! plans will be given out next , week. Corbett Priddy A I * No Longer Deputy i J Sheriff John Taylor this week II confirmed the report that Gor ■l i bett Priddy, formerly deputy I sheriff in the county, no longer f holds that office. C j The proposed tariff law muss 1 be flexible, judging by the yc*v * the argument over it is "treteh | ing out.
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