DAN BURY REPORTFH
Volume 58.
DRY AGENT
KILLED BY
LIQUOR RUNNERS
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Posev 1,. Flinchum, of Dan
bury. Shot While Chasing
Liquor Car At Goldsboro —
Men Make Escape When Of
ficers' Car Wrecks —Funeral
and Interment He'd Today
With Large Attendance.
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« Prohibition Agent Posev L.I
linchum, of Danbury,% was
shot and almost instantly killed
about 3 o'clock Tuesday morn-,
ing in Goldsboro, X. C, while j
pursuing a car supposed to be
loaded with liquor.
News of the tragedy was firs;
received here about 6 o'clock
Tuesday morning when Mr.!
Flinchum's brother, S- A. Flin i
claim, received a long distance
telephone message. He left
immediately for ("ioldsboro and
the body was brought here by
the Nelson funeral undertak
ers, »f Danbury, late Tuesday
night-
Mr. Flint-hum's mst un
timely death came as a very
great shock to his relatives
and friends. He was here on a
visit t> relatives only a few
days since, and it is learned
that he was contemplating re
»
signing his commission soon
"Jul returning here to five, this;
V»eing the wish of his 1 relatives. :
Mr. Flinchum, who previously
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served in this county-aa deittifcys
sheriff, had bweit* b>kiy^ > "|pie
position ot Prdbit>iii|Sr3l
for about 7 yfari had JL*"
located- flit, en
at New" Bern,.Wilson, ami other,
points. At the time of -his
death he had headliifarlleitfWht 1
the Wilson office. He Was one
among the finest and- ~ most
efficient oflicials in tligwervice
and was greatly adfflnw and
respected bv his associates, 'is
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well as by his superiors - lV
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Surviving the deceased - be
sides his wife and two small
children, aged 10 and 13, were
his mother, Mrs. W- II Flinch
um, of Danbury, and two sist
ers and one brother, Mrs. Z. T.
Sherrill, of Greensboro; Mrs.
R. I) Trent, of Ridgeway, Va-,
i Snd Sidney A. Flinchum, of
\ Danbury. There were also
eight half brothers and sisters
as follows: J. T. Flinchum, of
Danbury; J. M- Mabe, of Leaks•
ville; J H- Flinchum, of Mead
ows; Mrs. Thomas Flinchum,
of Danbury; Mrs. D. 1). Ben
nett, of Cornatzer; Mrs- A.- A-
Nelson, -of Reidsville; Mrs T.
L. Smith, of Pilot Mountain,
and Mrs. Ephriant Simmons, of
Walnut Cove. *
Funeral services and inter
ment was at Clear Spring Bap
tist church at Meadows, and
the attendance was estimated
at from two to three thousand
people. Taking part in the
services were Elders J A.
Fagg, Watt Tuttle and W- J.
Brown. Attorneys N- O. Pe
tree and J. W. Hall paid splen
did tribute to the life of the
(Continued on page 5.)
Established 1872. Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, June 18, 1930.
BAILEY'S MAJORITY
JUMPS TO 70,367
i
Clerical Error Gave Burke '
County to Simmons. Whereas
Bailey Was Winner
Raleigh. June 18.—Josiah i
William Bailey defeated his
master. Senator F. M- Simmons,'
by 7>,:}67 votes, the state board
of elections discovered today. ; 1
The error was clerical purely (
and involves no tricks in com- 1
i
putation- It had been heard in
Raleigh throughout the sum-!
mer that Burke county would
go heavily for Mr. Bailey, but'
the returns as sent to Raleigh'
showed 1.966 for Mr. Simmons]
and 566 for Mr. Bailey. The
figures were exactly reversed
and when Mr- Bailey got his
big lift his vote jumped to 200,-;
2-12. the biggest popular polling 1
ever given a partisian in the
state. Senator Simmons sin
tering a new attrition dropped
to 120.875. That took back to
the Bailey column another mm-•
ty and gave him 86 of tho 100.
The majority gt.es considerably
above that polled by Governor
A. W. McLean against Mr.
Bailey in 1924. It is well above
the Hoover majoritv in 1928- 1
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1 The Coming Fourth !
! j
i The Fourth of July will soonj
be here And. according to the,,
precedent set in other years? it.
'will leave behind a toll of d&?
stroyed lives and property dale
to carelessness with fireworks. j
Fireworks, except when used
under proper conditions by ex- j
perts, are a great fire bazar I.
Blindness, lockjaw*,: mangled,
limbs, .i-at+tl; vk>thdmg". buwss.i
property damage and crippled
bodies have always followed
Fourth celebrations-
Many cities, ar.d' a-few states, 1
have prohibited the use-of fire-1
works except in supervised
public displays under permit
from the proper authorities. It
is unfortunate that our time
honored manner of enjoying!
the Fourth must be restricted!
—but conditions in our modern I
crowded cities are such that to j
promiscuously allow the use I
of fireworks is to court injury, I
death and destruction of prop-j
erty.
Children, especially, are en
dangered. Not a single Fourth '
has passed without a tragic j
waste of young lives through- 1
out the country.
Make the Fourth "safe and
sane'' And -when fireworks
are used every possible precau
tion should be taken to guard
against misadventure.
Reunion Wood Family
At Sandy Ridge
I Relatives and friends of the
( Wood family are invited to at
tend a reunion of the family
j Sunday, June 22, at Sandy
Ridge church- Dinner will be
served on the grounds at 12:.'10
o'clock.
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GOING TO i'
SOUTH CAROLINA I
Walnut Cove Men Getting ]
Ready For Tobacco .Market ,
Opening Crop Conditions
Improving-
Walnut Cove, June 16. J. F. j
Dunlap, J- C. Hutchersun and 1
R. L. Young expect to leave to
day for Johnsonville. C.,
they will engage in the tobacco',
where they will engage in the ,
tobacco warehouse business-: j
Market will open there the lat- J
ter part of July. Weather con-j
ditions in South Carolina have:
been unfavorable for tobacco j
for some weeks, on account of j
the lack of rain, but the crop
now is looking better, say those
who have been in South Caro
lina recently.
The Vote On
State Senator
The otiicial vote as cast for
State Senator, for Stokes and
Surry counties, in the recent
primary, has just been given
out as follows;
The Vote In Surry.
Hiatt 359
Hall .">l2
Jackson,, 29
| Joyce 24
The Vote In Stokes:
I Hiatt, 592
1
Joyce, ;)•!.>
Hall, . ..1 •••• - v ; #8
f? Jackson, £. , 44.j
The totals-.for the four candi
dates follow:
Hiatt, 951
' Hall, l'. V. 710
Joyce. 569
.
1, Jackson 74
4 While*.us, .will be seen, M-.
' Hiatt does not have a majority,
it is stated that Mr- Hall, sec ,
ond highest, will not ask f r
1 another vote, thus giving Mr.
, Uiutt the nomination.
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14 MILLION IN STATE
TREASURY M&Y 31
|
Of This Amount 11 Million Be-
I longed to Highway and Spe
i cial Funds.
——
Raleigh, June 18. North
| Carolina, on May 31, had in
| its treasury a total of $14,-
j 249,332-55, the combined state
ment of the state auditor and
treasurer, issued .today, dis
-1 closed. V
j Of this total $2,951,189.65
■ was reserved to the account of
the general fund; $11,079,911,-
86 to highway and other special
funds and $218,231.04 to out
standing warrants. .
• The cash balance of highwav
|and other special funds on May
was given as $4,472,169-29;
receipts for the month $12,-
558,167.06. This left the cash
balance of $11,079,911-89 which
compared with $11,259,442.43
! July 1, 1929.
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Mrs. Anna Patchen of New
' York, totally blind, sets type in
I Braille characters for a widely
circulated magazine for blind
j children.
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TWO AUTOMOBILE
THIEVES CAUGHT
Found Near Meadows Asleep
In Car They Admit Stealing
—Sheriff Taylor and Deputies
Made Arrest Last Night.
Two young men giving
their names as Geo. Wood and
Dan Gray were arrested near
Meadows last night in S'leriff
John Taylor and deputies on a
charge of stealing a Chevrolet
automobile from a man by the
name of McGee at Lenoir.'
Officers were here early this
week looking for the car.
The men were found asleep
in the car on a side road con
siderable distance from the.
highway and when awakened
they resisted arrest and fought
the officers for some time lie
fore being subdued After i>e
-1 i njr handcuffed they admitted
stealing the car- A suit case
containing considerable new
clothing was found m the car,
-but the men did r."t have anv:
weapons.
The men are in jail he: e and
will be turned over to the
Lenoir authorities as soon a
they arrive here.
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EIGHTY KILLED
ON HIGHWAYS
Report For Month of May i
Shows Increase In Death Rate
Over April and For 1929.
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I Raleigh, .Jupe 18— Eighty
were killed on North
Carolina highways during lust
month, bringing the total for
the first five Vnoiiths of the year
to 281, it was shown today in
the May automobile accident
report, issued by W. C. Spruill,
assistant supervisor of the
! state motor vehicle division
j The May total was approxi
mately 50 per'ceiit greater than
' tlii' figure for April when ,4*
pers- ns were killed. The toll of
i the first live months of the
| year was 35 greater J,hnn the
1 total for the corresponding per
iod last year.
| A total of 252 accidents oc
j eurreil during last month, and
7-1 of these were fatal to one or
more persons.
■ Thirty-one pedestrians were
killed, 15 were killed in collis
ions, and 22 were killed in non
collided accidents.
Six fatal accidents were caus
| ed by children playing in the
streets.
Francisco Wins
From Walnut Cove
•
On Saturday afternoon the
Francisco ball team defeated
, the Walnut Cove team in an in
teivsting game, the score being
[ 11 and 7
Just preceding the ball game
; J. W. Lawrence and R. 1). Hill
; won a championship game of
| pitching horse shoe-? with Dr.
; R. H. Morefield and A G. Sisk,
J j this score being 10 to 3.
j Think twice before you speak,
j but don't speak twice as much
[because of the delay.
MORE ROBBERIES ]
AT WALNUT COVIiI
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One House Loses Meat*. Sugar. 1
Etc.—Jewelry Store ' 'pens—
Personal and Other Item-..
Walnut Cove. June 17—li !>
beries continue to occur hero
quite frequently in one busi-lj
ness house or another. On J
Monday night the Walnut Cove ;
market was entered and meats j i
of all kinds were stolen, also
SSOO in cash besides about
thirty bags of sugar, candy and 1
bananas. A sum of money of
about $50.00 was overlooked. I
An occurrence of this kind is
reported every few days. A
number of clues are being work
ed on and an arrest is expected
to lie made soon.
John Woodruff, wh > holds il
I
position with the Wachovia j,
Bank & Trust Co-. Winston-Sal-!
em, is at home on his vacati >n. I
Bill Bl ame,-of North Wilkes |
boro. is his guest
• Mrs. Roberts n. of
Columbia, S. ('., and Miss Win
ona Robertson, ot Greensboro,
who have been visiting • Mrs.
Paul Davis have gone to Sum
merfield for a visit-
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. White, of j
' Elizabethton, Tenn., are visiting |
- relatives here.
t ' " \
j Misses Hazel Creakman and
Mary Zimmerman have gone to
Roaiioke, Va., to enter a hos-j
pitaLjfor training as nurses.
Wy'Jl,. Vaughn is recovering i
front an attack of influenza
i Mr. and Mrs. Julian Vaughn, j
.of Winston-Salem, are visiting j
relatives here.
J. W- Manuel has this "week
opened up a jewelry store in
the building adjoining the Fui
-1 ton Motor ('».
Mr. and Mrs. Roland Nelson,
of Chicago, are here on a visit
1 with Mrs. Nelson's father. Dr.!
; J. W. Neal.
\ Mr. and Mrs. Allan Hollins
' head, of Decatur, Ga., returned
' to their home yesterday after
- a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Arch
McNeil.
Work was started this week
1 on an addition to the home of
■ J- 11. Fulton- The contract calls
j for a second story to his pre>-
' ent home, making an addition
- of four rooms.
I
Georg-e Hairston
Carves His Brother
: Geo- Hairston, col., residing
in the Dicktown section of
Sauratown township, Monday
i afternoon cut his brother, Teat
Hairston. just over the heart
with a knife or razor, inflicting
' a wound that may prove fatal-
Teat is in a hospital and Geo.
'• made his escape before Sheriff
i Taylor arrived at the scene.
Both men have bad reputations
' and Stokes officers poured
'.out thirty-five barrells of still
beer near their homes last
! week.
| Fortunately for the Prince of
:, Wales, he doesn't have to speak
i the Welsh language in order to
[hold his job.
No. 3,629
DEWEY LOVE
HELD FOR COURT
Former King- .Man Passes !n
Arkansas—Elmer Sands Dies
Suddenly Other News
Items.
King. June IS—The Ladies
Aid Society of King Moravian
church met with Mrs. R. S.
Helsabeck at her home on west
Main St. Thursday. There
were twelve members present,
three new members were added
at this meeting. Mrs. Robert
Meadows presided over the
meeting. The devotional exer
cises were conducted by the
hostess. The minutes of last
meeting were read by Mrs. C.
S. Xewsum, secretary- A short
business .session was. held after
which a very interesting social
hour' was spent during which
the-. hostess jverved delicious
punch.'.
Miss"'Odessa P'yles. trained
nurse of Winston-Salem. is
spending her vacation here.
She is the guest of her father-
C. (). BovJes.
Some few of the farmers in
this section have begun to har
vest their wheat crop- Wheat
is good in this section.
Dewey Love of this place, was
given a preliminary hearing
here Tuesday before Justice ox
the Peace. J. stedman Garner,
on a charge of being intoxicat
ed on the election grounds at
the primary here also on the
charge of driving his car while
under the influence of intoxi
cants and having intoxicants or.
the election grounds. Probable
I cause was found and the case
I Was sent up to the next term
of Stokes Superior court- His
bond was fixed at S2OO which
was arranged. He also gave
bond for his automobile which
had been seized.
William Boyles spent the
week-end at Pinnacle where he
was the guest of his brother.
The following births were
registered here last week: To
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lawson
a daughter; to Mr. and Mrs.
Harold C- Metts a daughter; to
Mr. and Mrs. Massey Blackburn
a son: to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
McGee a daughter; to Mr- and
Mrs. Fred Grogan a son: to Mr.
and Mrs. Monroe Gowen a
daughter: to Mr. and Mrs. John
Fssick a son: to Mr. and Mrs.
Hanpy Smith a daughter, and
to Mrr- and Mrs. Russell Ha us
er a son.
!'• \V. Gunter. > f this place,
received a telegram last Wed
nesday notifying him of the
death of his brother. Fate
(iunter. in the Riverside Hospi
tal at Fort Smith, Arkansas.
Mr. Gunter's age was 58 years,
lie had lived in the West for
twenty-live years. His people
here had not heard from him
for more than fifteen years and
did not know where he was
located until the telegram was
received. He has many rela
tives in this section. He mar
lied out West but his wife had
been dead several vears.
Several Spanish - American
War Veterans from this section
will attend the state reunion
which will be held in Greens
boro. Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday, July fi, 7 and 8-
Klmer Sands, farmer, who
resided near Capella. was ap
parently in his usual good
health and went cut to work in
his tobacco Held Friday morn
ing. After w. rking a short
while he complained to the
ones with him that he was nor
feeling well, lie walked to his
home a short distance away and
after sitting in a chair a fe»v
minutes law down across the
bed. Dr. R. S. Helsabeck of
this place, was called but the
man died before the doctor
reached his home. He leaves
a wife and two children- His
death was caused byangina
pectoris. His age was 37 years-
James R. W- Rierson, of
Winston-Salem, is spending a
few days with relatives here-
Rev. Adams, of East Bend,
filled his regular appointment
at the Fsrt Baptist church hc"i
Sunday at cloven.