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DANBURY REPORTER Volume 58. AS THE ELECTION DRAWS NEARER Local Politics Centers About the Contests Between Tav-| * lor anti Nunn. and Tuttle and! C Miitcn—Speculation As To Results of Australian Ballot | > I As the summer >wings iniij 1 the latter half f the year, ami the election though yet more than twelve weeks distant, ap proaches apace, much and interest appears in pol- especially local politics. TTA great deal of speculation is heard regarding the possible results fr>m the operations of the new Australian ballot which was tried in the primary, but which was not rigidly in action as it will be when the j\ two old enemies, the Democrat ic ii and Republican parties, come 1o 1 iif bat ill November. T; ■ public is largely guess - i:! I.i tile result s. N .body can * • it ii certainty what will liapp"*! when the voter nuisi con.* itj> ip am: be hi> or lev •■i\v:i i:-{fe. and not be ding donged or cajoled - r persuade:! r intimidati das to how to \ote. The law strictly says no one can handle any tickets • x cept the officers of the election, j No one can approach the polls 1 within 2» feet except to east a ballot. No one can electioneer voter within prescribed limits j.nd there will be no leading up to the polls as has been the rule these long years- The contest between Taylor and Nunn for the office of Sheriff will be extremely spiri ted, as the contest over the Sheriff's office has always been. But this contest will be approached in interest this time by the battle for the Clerk's office between the friends of Tuttle and Chilton. Can Taylor defeat Nunn as he defeated him before, or will the c effects of the great split-up of two years ago still be felt, and will this enure to the advan tage of Nunn? The friends of Nunn point out that there is a strong reaction in favor of their candidate, which has never ap peared before, and that he will defeat Taylor this time. On I lie other hand the Taylor sup porters declare that a man who could be elected by a good ma jority when all other Demo crats went down in crushing defeat by large majorities, will «• be elected again by an in creased majority,'. Will Chilton come back with his old-time strength, and win over Tuttle hands down. Chil ton is known to be the hardest i. worker, and he visits all gath erings and shakes hands with everybody. What effect will the episode at Walnut Cove, when many people believe Fagg was handed an unfair deal, have on the election of Chilton. Fagg had many strong sup porters in the county who think that he should have been Established 1872. SAW OTTO DAY BEFORE ESCAPE Stokes Officers In Raleigh Talked With Noted Charac ter At State Prison. Who Has Effected His Fourth | Escape. A. (J. Sisk am! Berkley Smith.! ol' Danbitry, visited the Ral-j eigh penitentiary last week,! ami talked with Otto Wood,! ar.d bought cococola from him Next day the notorious prison er effected his fourth escape. Mr. Sisk had accompanied Deputy Sheriff Smith to Ral leigh with a number of prison ers sentenced at our last term cf court. The Stokes' officers were shown about the grounds the penitentiary by the of ' iieiais. One place of interest visited was the prison store orj ' commissary. which was kept j by Otto Wi nil. Here they talk i (••! with Wimd and purchased a liottle l" cococola from him.! Wood hal been put >; i 1 1 is li«•!»«*.!■ j by Oov. (ianiner and entrusted' with the management of the supply store, an;i it was whib ii. was suj)p s«'d to be attend ing to this business that he made hi> get-a-way. It is be > lieved that a woman on the out side assisted Wood ill his es cape. He has not since been heard from, though officers everywhere are looking for him. j Oil Companies Find A New Process New York, July 14.—0il companies representing 80 per cent of the refining capacities of the United States have been brought into association in one company by the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey for the purpose of controlling a new process capable of yielding two barrells of gasoline where only one was produced before, the Standard Oil Co. announced to day. I The new company, the an nouncement says, has beei: named the Hvdro-Patents Co., organized under the laws of Dele ware. It is to control i'i the United States the process which has been developed by Standard Oil research engi neers. I I % Miss Elizabeth Martin is spending some time in Beth ania with relatives. i allowed to finish out his fourth term, which Chilton has already had. Will the fact that I Tuttle is a Primitive Baptist preacher, hurt him or help him |at the polls? These are ques ; tions The Reporter hears on I every side, and the people are I weighing them for their own edification. No other contests arouse any particular interest except the Sheriff's and the Clerk's. , Around these two offices the t greater interest will revolve. Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, July 16, 1930. NEWS ITEMS FROM KING Death of A Child—Several Births Recorded — Preparing To Re-surface King-Pilot Ml. Road—Two Rail Games. ; King, J ill v 15.—Clyde. th • I 1 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. I ('.rover Hall, who resided near i Capella, died in the Martin lios ' pital in Ml. Airy Saturday, fol lowing an attack of appendici tis. The funeral service was conducted from Mt. Olive Bap tist church Sunday afternoon. Interment was in the church cemetery with Rev. (). E. Ward and Rev- Mr. Adams in charge. The following birth* wer • registered here last week: To Mr. and Mrs. William Sally. a sin: 1 > Mr. and Mrs. Kdwin Mitchell, a >o:i: to Mr. and Mrs. ■ Austin llowman. a daughter: ho .Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Kniirh'. | j'. soil ami 'o Mr. and Mrs. j Claud Nemsum, a daughter. ! ('apt. Lamm. f the State Highway 'ommis-ion h«-: I with a force of in•:l putting "': jn i oat of oil ar! .-lone on t!' |l iifhw-iv between here aiivl [Pilot M unlaw,. i A revival meet:! 1 / will h-.-gi;i at the Raptist Mi-sion here on Sunday night. This section was visited I»y refreshing rain Sunday, which ' has revived crops wondertullly. The King Tigers put one owr on Mt- Airy Thursday, with a score of four and seven. The King Tigers played a double header on the King dia -1 mond Saturday. The first game i was played with Francisco and . resulted in a score of 10 and ~i | in favor of the home team. Thv j Tigers were not quite so lucky in the second game with Wal j kertown. this score being 11 to 4 in favor of the visiting team. > Little Miss Pearl Rliss Wal ! ker of Winston-Salem, is spend- I ing her vacation here, being a guest of Misses Geneva, Thel ma and Ozella Fulk ;! Mr. and Mrs. Emmet White, of Hamlet, formerly of King 1 are spending a few days hert J as the guests of Mrs. White'.- I mother, Mrs. J- R. Hutchins. I W. A. Petree. prominent plan • ter of the Mizpah section, wa.- • hei«e Saturday on business Forest Fire On 'i Mountain Last Week i Forest fires raged for sev i eral hours on the Sauratowr . mountain Saturday afternoon . damaging timber to some ex I I tent. Game warden R. R. Kinjj f | summoned help and the blaz» i j was soon extinguished. Uncli I , J Leander Bennett, who reside ■ j near the scene of the fire, wa? . reported to have had his bear singed by the blaze. I Hawkins Reunion On August 3rd I There will he a reunion of th( . J Hawkins family at Moore's i Springs, near Panbury, on Sun day, August .">. Dinner will b t served at 1 o'clock. All rela tives are requested to attend i' (Vme, everyone, and bring i - well-filled basket aV.d enjoy th i i day together. » I ! j Mr. and Mrs. Bob Nat West i moreland, Mat tie McGee am ' Paul Moser, of Germanton, en e joyed a delightful trip to Blow L ing Rock and other places Sat e urday of last week, returninj on Sunday. I MUCH MONEY HELD FOR CO-OPS $500,000 To Re Distributed To i) 0.000 Members As Soon As Attorneys Fees Can Re Ad j justed. •J Raleigh, July 11.—Only a de • jcision in th«* appeal of three at 'jtDrneys seeking $75,000 in a.l - (litional fees stands in the way - j of a distribution of about $500,- ■ j 000 to some fio.ooo members of ( the defunct Tri-State Tobacco -j Growers Co-Operative Associa •; tion. i The appeal of the attorneys. 1 Powell W. C.lidewell, of Reids -1 v : -He; P». W- Ruford, Lawrence ' vile, Va.: and the late Willie M. person, of Raleiirh, is now be -1 ! ijfnre the I i ited States Circuit eourt of appeals at Richmond. The petition for the $75,000 in ■ aiditi nal IV. was denied bv .'Judge 1. M. Meekins in Federal •;court here. The receiv' -. .las. 11- i'on. o; ! 1 ■ •igh. '!. Ward. of Wash i' j.-ton, N. C - an, 1 M- L. Care. 11 •• .of Richmond have duposect o: (practically a: the tobacco held 2 l»v the a.-soeiuti-n v. hell it wa . placed in rec-i ivership. in Juiu ' ! 102fi. and exvint for a few verv :i! i small bills are ready to mak • l j a disposition when the $75,001 'petition is finally disposed of. i State Fa em Grew Big v Wheat Crop This Yeai I' Raleigh, July 14.—The Ni.rtl I- Carolina penitentiary farm, ii ~ addition to raising Otto Wood 1- has harvested and threshei sixteen thousand and five bun dred bushels of wheat on th' e Caledonia farm. The crop was I ! grown from pure seed and th* i- State authorities will sell : | large portion of it to the far ! mers of the State for seed. I The State's farm averaget k about 20 bushels to the acre. I is fair to guess that this is nen 1100 per cent better than th average in he State. ; The State farm also has ii cultivation enough corn to pro g! „ duce 75,000 bushels of grain L ' provided seasons are fair. The wheat and corn produce on the farm at Caledonia wil iS feed the entire population o i the State prison, including nun land beast, it is said, j The State has also been sel r| ling bogs oil the Richmom [0 market from which consider > s erable revenue was derived. w Don't Criticise Your i- Newspaper's Error; ri. a in an ordinary newspape iq column there are 10,000 piece of type: there are seven wron; positions that a letter may b t- put in; there are 7c,000 cnan id ces to make an error, an.l nn! l- lion.s of chances for transposi v- tions. In the short sentenc t- "to be or not to be,'' by trail? ig positions alone, it is possible t make 2,759,002 errors.—Ex. .x. —_ . ! LIONS PROMOTING ij STOKES FAIR ' j Joint Meeting of Clubs of Ker 'i nersville. Mt. Airy and: Stokes To Re Held At I'ied | mont Springs—Will Have I Music and Dancing. . ' The Stokes County Lions: - J held their regular meeting at j 'the Panbury Cafe Monday -jevening. County Agent Tre f vathan reported that SOOO had ) | been subscribed as capital -i stock for the Stokes County | Fair and that the directors! -.'had authorized SSOO as cash j | prizes including the $250 ot-i -1 fered by the Lions- Mr. ( . L., . j Davis and Mr. M. O. Jones then j -lagreed to raise SIOO from thel '. lour branches of the Rank oi ! . St ke- County, if the other n would raise the re v nu uiing $l5O. J. E. Trevathan i! then agreed t■ i raise $20. ,) " ;his amount from Trevatha-: Hatchery. It was then votev. lii.it ail oih r Lion- be asked y to secure Si" eaeil within tell days :nu report same t - \\. I d Marshall, secretary of the fair. •; The next meeting of th e Lions will probably be at Pied-, y mont Springs, and it i- expec t .- • •'etl that there will be a joint i) i meeting with the Lions of Ker liersville and Mt. Airy- Accor ding to the proposed plans the Lions will bring their wives and V an orchestra will Ik- engaged to furnish music for those who care to dance. " J. E. TREVATHAN, l. Reporter i i- 24 Carloids Peaches i» | Are Shipped lS ! Raleigh, July 14.—North Car " | olinas 1030 peach crop began to be shipped out of the sand : hill section in carload lots last ■ ( ' week and through Friday 24 I | cars had been moved to north ern markets- During the week-end 11. I'- Keller of the bureau of agricul turel economics, Washington, II and a staff of expert inspectors, established headquarters at Candor and began the work oi grading the fruit being ship ' ped. " Mr. Kellar reportwl Ilileys, '* ; medium to large size, selling ai '' | $2.75 to s.°> a crate. Based on conditions as of II ' July 1, the forecast for the 19:10 crop in the State is for ' I 1.428.1 >OO bushels. compared I with 1,400,000 bushels la*l j year s Pine Hall Farmer Puts In First P>arn Tobacco >C Madison. July 12—Marvin Flvnt, farmer of the Pine Hall |«f section, put in his first barn of tobacco Thursday. This is the first o f the weed to be pulled in il . this section. ii- County Agent J. E. Trevathan -•>- was here from Walnut Cove tc to day enroute to the northern part of the county. No. 3,633 POSEY RHODES IN SERIOUS TROUBLE j Charged With Seduction Of | Eva Stephens, Fourteen- Year-Old Daughter of J. H- Stephens—Arrested in High i l*»int Tuesday and Placed i I'nder SI,OOO Bond. Posey Rhodes. the 11-year old soil of \V. \V. Rhodes, of Danbury Route 1. was arrested in Fiigh Point Tuesday on a warrant sworn out by Eva i Stephens charging seduction i under promise of marriage, i The Stephens girl is the daugh ter of J. H. Stephens, a far- J ■ mer living 5 miles north of . Danbury. ! The arrest of Rh des was made by a High Point police man, acci mpanii d by Sheriff .!. .1. Taylor and Drputy Sheriff y Smith, of Stokes. Rhodes was brought to Dan bur/ and placed in jail. I»ut wa> immediately ni-ased under j -Sl m » bond. sign.-d by his fath | er. W. W. Kheii.-. i Tlu warrant charges that ' Rhodes has sedduced the girl who is only 1 ! years .■!' ago. and that he had |i ;.m:se;l to marry her. The age of con sent in this State is 10 years. A hearing has been set for July 26th at Danbtiry. It is reported that the young 1 lady in the case is now in an ' advanced state of pregnancy. ' i The warrant for the arrest ot i ! Rhodes was issued on the 4th i inst., and the defendant disap peared on the sth, before the 1 paper could be served- Since j that time he has been in hiding. He was arrested at the home of -1 an uncle, John K. Rhodes, in i High Point. Both families involved in the [ , affair are among the county's I best citizens, and the incident -j which has attracted wide in terest. is greatly regretted by friends of both families. Number of Teachers Is Cut Short f Raleigh, July 14.—The num -1 ber of teachers employed last " year was 8.11 less than there | was in 1928-1920, according to 'I the last issue of School Facts, ' the ollicial publication of the J department of public instruc ' lion. During 1929-19:50. that paper j points out. there were 2;?,550 ' teachers, principals and super -1 visors employed in the public schools, whereas in 1928-29 j there were 24.,">81. The 1929- i3O total or 382 less than the t the number of teachers in 1927- i 1928. ,1 f Hail Punctures Melons In Eastern Carolina Fayetteville. July 14.—A ter rific hailstorm that visited this section the past week did some n odd things. Hailstones as larg-j oas hen eggs fell and water n melons were punctured through by the stones.