Volume 58.
JURY ACQUITS
PAIR OF MURDER
J. M. Langston and James Al
dride, Tried For Murder Of
Posey L- Flinchum, Found
• Not Guilty.
Goldsboro, Aug. 23 J. M.
Langston and Jas. Aldridge, La
Grange men, charged with first
degree murder of Posey L- Flin
chum, Federal Prohibition Of
ficer, were acquitted by a jury
in Wayne county Superior
court tonight; . «
The verdict was returned af
ter an hour's deliberation % by
the jury. Members of that
body said an agreement was
reached on the first ballot-
Mr. Flinchum was shot June
17th while chasing an automo
b.le which he and fellow officers
believed to be carrying whis
ky. The fatal shot was fired
from the fleeing car by un
known person
s' A. Dail, dry agent who
was riding with Flinchum at
the time he shot, testified
in the trial that he recognized
Langston as the man who fired
the shot-
Although the State present
ed an array of witnesses, the
fense did not call any of the
large number of witnesses it
+ fcad summoned for the case-
The defense, by waiving in
troduction of witnesses, wa3 al
lowed to deliver the opening as
well as the final argumnt.
FOREST FIRE
ON FLAT SHOAL
Almost Entire Mountain Burn
ed Over and Much Timber
Destroyed—Farmer Burning
Off Turnip Patch Allows Fire
To Get Started.
Forest fire which destroyed
a vast amount of young timber
burned over almost the entire
area of Flat Shoal Mountain
this week- The mountain is
located about four miles South
of Danbury and is covered with
a heavy growth of timber- The
heavy growth of underbrush
and vines made it almost im
possible to get into the terri
tory to fight the fire and it has
raged since Monday afternoon.
At thi3 time the fire has about
subsided.
The origin of the fire was 3aid
to have been from a farm just
west of Meadows where a farm-
er was , burning off a turnip
patch and allowed it to get into
the forest-
Youthful Suicide
Clarence Northcott, 19-year
old youth, employed by the
State highway commission,
'committed suicide at Mount
AW, Tuesday, by shooting
himself through the head with
a pu-tol- He left a farewell
( note \ to his father who resides
at I enoir but jjave no reason
for doing aur.y with himself.
Try an ad in the Reporter.
DANBURY REPORTER
Established 1872. Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, Aug-. 27, 1930.
REV. J. J. EADS
PASSES AWAY
Former Pastor of M. E. Church
Here and Other Churches In
County —Was 111 Only Short
Time—Resided In Alt. Airy.
Mt- Airy, Aug. 26.—Rev- J.
J- Ends, retired Methodist min
ister, died at his home here at
2 o'clock this morning. He at
tended Sunday school and the
morning worship Sunday and
was taken sick about neon but
his passing was unexpected. He
was superannuated in 1926 and
was 71 years His wife and
three children survive, Joe
Eads, of Richmond, Va-; Miss
Ruth Eads, of this city, and
Mrs- Harold Click, of Elkin.
The funeral will be conducted
from Central Methodist church '
Tuesday at 2 o'clock by Rev. C-!
S- Kirkpatrick, assisted by
other ministers, and interment
will be at Midway Methodist
Cemetery, between Winston-
Salem and Lexington.
Mr. Eads wa3 for several
years pastor of the Methcdist
church in Danbury as well as
several other churches of this
circuit in the county. He had
many warm friends in the coun
ty who will be pained to learn
of his death-
Citizens Carry Water
Eight Miles In Jugs
Washington, Aug. 25—Drink
ing water is being carried eight
lhiles in jugs from Washington
to Fall's Church, Va-, by the
residents of that Virginia com
munity, which is facing the
worst drought in its history.
More For a Dollar
Various surveys, conducted in
different parts of the nation,
show that the purchasing pow
er of the dollar is steadily in
creasing.
Last year commodity prices
ranged from 15 per cent higher
than today's level. As a conse
quence, the average income,
the standpoint of what it
will buy, is appreciably greater
than it was a year ago, but if
the trend toward rising taxes
of all kinds continues, the tax
collector, not the public, will be
the principal beneficiary of de
clining price levels-
Held For Court On
Whiskey Charge
Will Nance, of the Lawson
ville community, was arraigned
before Justice N- A. Martin
here yesterday in two liquor
cases and one assault case be
ing charged with simple as
sault- In the charges of hav
ing liquor he was put under
$350-00 bend in each case which
he gave. He was fined sls-0!)
and cost for assault.
When his party b°gan to
dvp(>- Wilbur Scheldt cf Chiea'ro
turned in a fire alarm to revive
the waning spirit of hi* gnos'r,
bv letting them; "hear the bells
ring." The judge gave him six
months.
STUART-STOKES
ROAD COMPLETE
1 1 Work Finished 40 Days Ahead
Of Schedule Time—ls Hard
i
Surface Thoroughfare And
Opens Up Fine Country
! Stuart, Va., Aug. 26—State
Highway Route 23 from Stuart
I to the North Carolina line is
now completed and open to
• traffic- This road is hardsur
| faced with 8 inch bitummu.i
I macadam, has splendid grade
1 and alignment and a smooth
rid.ng surface.
i This route is one of the most
important of the North and
South Highways in the State of j
Virginia, funning from Blue
field, West Virginia, 129 miles
' across V.rginia through rich
! farming, fruit and grazing sec- j
' tions and through the rich j
bright tobacco section of Pat- 1
rick county, connecting with
North Carolina State Highway |
Route 891 on to Winston-Sal-j
lem.
We hope to see in the near
future the North Carolina
Highway Commission re-locate,
grade and hard-surface 891
from thq Virginia State line to
Danbury, the county seat of
Stckes, and construct a road
that will compare favorably
with Route 23-
This road w&s~ Kardsurface-f',
using local field stone, by the
Robert Martin Company, Sal
cm, Virginia, and completed
forty days ahead of schedule
time.
Meeting- of Ladies
Missionary Society
Walnut Cove, Aug- 20.—Miss
Lillie Wheeler delightfully en
tertained the Nancy Jones Mis
sionary Society of the Meth
odist church Tuesday afternoon
at her heme in Stokesburg.
Mrs. A- G- Jones presided
and conducted the devotionals.
"Reality in Worship," was the
subject, and readings were
Matt- 6:1-18, Luke 11:1-4; 12:-
30. Mrs- Frank Marshall gave
an interesting reading on "The
Kingdom cf God" movement in
Japan.
The members decided to givs
one dollar each to finish pay
ing the budget for the year-
The hostess, assisted by her
sister, Mrs- McPherson, served
a delicious ice course and fruit.
The society will meet witfe
Mrs- A- G- Jones in September.
$15.16 Average Paid
Paid at Lumberton
Lumberton, Aug- 26—The
highest average price of the
season on the local tobacco
market was reached yesterday
when 411,578 pounds of tho
leaf was sold for an average of
$15.10 a hundred- Total re
ceipts of the farmers cf the
day were $62,475-
Some grades were reported
r-diin.'ras high as 5f?57 a hund
red.
Try an ad in the Reporter.
HARRY MABE
DIED TUESDAY
Had Been 111 Ftor Ahout One
j Year—Funeral Services In
| Charge of Junior Order
Harry Mabe, young farmer
cf the Hartman community,
just South of Danbury, passed
, away at his home early Mon
day morning following an ill
ness of about one year.
The deceased, who was a good
citizen and neighbor, was 30
yfears of age, and is survived
by his wife and four children.
Rve brothers and three sisters
also survive.
j Funeral services were held
afternoon at the home,
Elders J- A- Fagg, J- W. Tuttle
and W. J- Brown taking part.
: At the grave at Hartman ceme
, tery the services were in
! charge of the Danbury Lodge |
1 cf the Junior Order of which
| the deceased had been a mem-
I ber since its organization.
Walnut Cove
Route 3 Items
Walnut Ccve, Aug- 25—Mis.s
Irene Carter gave a delightful
tap-rabbitt party Saturday
niaht- All seemed to have a
jolly time-
Mrs- Luther Wright and
family and Mrs. Lena Moody
cfcAsheboro, visited their pa
paren'ts, Mr. and M,Vs. W S-
Stultz, of this place-
Miss Margaret Duncan, who
has been visiting relatives in
High Point the past two weeks,
has returned home-
Miss Mildred Morton spent
the week end with Miss Ola
Hutchens, of near Hill-
She reports a delightful time-
She was accompanied home by
Miss Hutchens, Messrs- Jim
Paul Hutchens, also Mr. Ches
ter Collins.
Miss Shirjey Martin, who
works at High Point, spent the
week end_ with her father, Mr-
Bob Martin, of this place-
Mr- Nat Mabe called on on
Miss Margaret Duncan Sunday
aft^rnoon.
Mr- and Mrs 1 - Will Woods and
family, of near Hartman, visit
ed Mrs. Woods' parents, Mr.
and Mrs- G- W- Roberts, of this
place.
Mrs- Wright Flynn, who has
been i]l for some time, passed
away Sunday afternoon at the
home of her daughter, Mrs-
Albert Ward.
Play At King
Saturday, Aug. 30
The young people of Quaker
Gap Baptist Sunday School
will present the play, "An Old
Fashioned Mother," at the
King Auditorium on Saturday
night, Aug. 30, under the di
rection of J. Irving Bolt, cf
Bradenton, Florida, for the ben
efit of the Quaker Gap Baptist
church- There will be entt.'-
tnining specialties antf catchy
betv.-oen the acts, making
two hours of solid fun. Come
and enjoy yourself, and at tho
same time help a good cause-
TOBACCO IN EAST
AVERAGES $11.91
Fairmont Market Has Sold 5,-
152,000 Pounds Since Open
ing—Season's Average Only
$10.78 Per Hundred Pounds.
Not Guilty By Jury.
Fairmont, N. C-, Aug- 23.
The Fairmont tobacco market
sold 723,000 pounds of tobacco
on its warehouse floors Thurs
day and with official figures not
available for Friday, R- W- Mc-
Farland, sales supervisor, to
day estimated the week's sales
to have been 2,842,490 pounds-
The weed this week brought
$11.91 per hundred pounds av
erage.
The season's sales total ap
proximated 5,152,000 pounds
here at an average of $10.78
per hundred pounds-
Tobacconists, Mr. McFarland
said, say this year's crop of to
bacco is the lightest weight per
acre probably ever grown in
Robescn, Columbus and Bladen
counties. Warehousemen said
that leaf in the 723,000 pounds
sold Thursday would easily
have weighed 900,000 pounds I
last year.
King News Items
King, Aug- 26—Owen Hen
drix was taxed with $5 fine and
the ccst in Magistrate Garner's
court here Wednesday on a
charge of speeding.
The Newsum reunion was
held at the homo/ of Ernest
Newsum Thursday. This was
also Mr. Newsijm's birthday,
and about 75 were present-
The following births were
registered here last week: To
Mr. and Mrs- Dewey Rierson, a
son; to Mr. and Mrs- Grady
Speas, a son; to Mr- and Mrs.
Ollie Newsum, a daughter, and
to Mr- and Mrs- Royal Butner,
a sen.
The King Tigers defeated Oak
Ridge at Stokesdale when they
played off the tie Saturday- The
score was 13 and 5.
Mrs. G- R. New has returned
to her home in Durham, after
spending a week here with her
son. T- G- New.
Silas L. Hendrix, aged 72,
died at his home near Tobacco
ville Saturday morning follow
ing a lingering illness of sever
al months- The deceased is sur
vived bv the widow, 3 sons,
Ernest Hendrix. of H'gh Point;
Shober and Dallas Hendrix, of
Tobacccville; also 2 daughters,
Mrs. Ernest Long, and Mrs. T
.T. Furches, of Tobaccoville-
Seventeen grandchildren also
survive-
Miss Eunice Lawson, trained
nurse at the Martin Memorial
Hospital at Mt- Airy, is spend
ing a few days with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs- Gabe Law
sen, on East Main street-
Robt. Rumley and Raymond
Kiser of the U. S- army have re
turned to their post a Fort
Bragg after spending their fur
lough here.
Dr- E- M- Griffin and family
spent Thursday in Lexington,
where they visited relatives.
Mr- and Mrs. Ray Johnson, of
Wihston-Salem, spent Friday
here as guests of Dr- and Mr 3.
R. S. Helsabeck-
Ernest Gordon and sister,
Miss Louisa Gordon, of Wash
ington, D. C., are spending
the> vacation with relatives
near here.
Mrs. J. H. Nail and Mra.
Fr rk W( din of Brewster coun
ty, Toxnn, will probably cover
mere territory than any other
census enumerators in the
country. Their county is about
the size of Rhode Island.
No. 3,639
STOKES OCCUPIES
LAST PLACE
Per Cent of Church Members
According To Population
Smallest of Any County In
State, According to Census
Of Religious Bodies-
According to a census taken
by the religious bodies of the
State the county of Stokes
shows a smaller per cent of
church members based on popu
lation than any county in the
State- Our figures are -only
28-5, while Hertford county,
standing at the top of the list,
shows 74.9 per cent- The total
church membership in Stokes
is 6,155 according to the cen-
Commenting on the census
the University News Letter
North Carolina ranks high
among the states in per cent of
the total population belonging
to churches. Yet in this state
slightly less than half the peo
ple belong to any one of the
six,ty-seven religious denomin
ations, or so in 1926.
It is surprising how widely
j the counties differ in the ratio
of the population belonging t >
churches- The range is from
74-9 per cent in Hertford coun
ty to 28-5 per cent in
county. In other
county four fifths, of thfl ;
population belong to chil
In another county only a
more than one-fourth of the
people are church members,
where 60 per cent or more of
whre sixty per cent or more of
the people are church members.
There are twenty-two counties
where less than forty per cent
of the people belong to church
es. How does one account for
the wide differences?
News Items Of
Lawsonville Route 1
Lawsonville Route 1, Aug 19.
—Mrs- Jim Hutcherson and
children, of Winston-Salem,
are spending this week end at
the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs- W. E- Rhodes-
Misses Grace and Frances
Pr?ddy and Eanna Corns spent
Sunday night and Sunday with
Miss Delia Priddy.
Mr. and Mrs- J- H- Spencer
and children spent Sunday af
ternoon with Mr- and Mrs. W.
J. Poore-
Miss Henreitta Knight and
Messrs- Raymond Ferguson,
Hari'y Hawkins, Jesse and
CJyde Corns, visited Misses
Blanche and Gladys Wood Sun
day afternoon.
M.sses Rcna Rhodes and Nina
Smith spent Friday afternoon
with Mrs- Otis Dillon-
Mrs. Russell Wilson and lit
tle daughter, Dixie Gray, spent-
Monday afternoon with Mrr
R- O- Wood.
Messrs- Reid Steele and Lind
say Hawkins called to see
Misse3 Lola and Quincy Rhodes-
Sunday-