THE DANBURY REPORTER.
Volume 59.
DRIVER OF DEATH
I CAR UNDER BOND
By lor Davis, of Galax. Va..
■ Charged With Homicide In
■ Connection With the Death
■of Dan Hooker. Who Was Hit
■By Car On Danbury-West
■ field Road Recently.
■ Taylor Davis, 22, of Galax,
la., son of 0. L Davis, of Wins
■n-Salem, is being held under
I $3,500 bond in connection
lith the killing of Dan Hooker,
■ the Danbury-Westfield road
■May a week ago.
■ Davis drove a bread truck
■r ±he American Bakeries, of
■inwon-Salem. b"t resided at
■alax. Sheriff Jo-in Tayior re-j
■ived a tip that Davis was the,
■an he wanted and on Sunday
I* went over and brought Davis
| Danbury. Davis denied be-1
■g the driver of the truck, but
Bstice J. W. Shelton, of Fran
nco, fixed his bond at $l,OOO.
Be bond was given and Davis
■ent home. On Monday Sheriff j
Bylor went to Roanoke to see
■ A- Foster, who was in the
■r with Davis at the time of j
■e accident- Foster said that'
■
■avis was driving and that
Ben they hit Hooker he tried
I get Davis to go back but he
■fused to do so- Foster said
■ and Davis, as well as the
■ with! them, were
■inking.
hearing Foster's story
IfpHf Taylor went back to j
Blax- and increased Davis'
■nd from $l,OOO to $3,500.
Be bond was arranged by the
■ her of Davis
■\ preliminary hearing will be
■id within a few days, it was
■ted.
■ j
■eeting of Pascal
I Physics Club
■
■
■King, Feb. 24.—The Pascal
■ysics Club met at the home"
■ Mr. E. W, Carroll on Febi'u-
By 18th with good atendance
K) an interesting meeting.
■>se present were Misses'
Buise Helsabeck.Dorothy Boy-
Is. Agnes Slate, Inez Venable.
■innie Burge, Grace Burge.
■essrs. Hubert Barr, Ellis
■nith, George Barr, Tink Shore
Bland Carroll and Miss Blow,
■■e following program was
■JKding, Dorothy Boyles.
■Reading, Minnie Burge.
■Debate—Resolved, That Phy-
B.s is a Better Subject Than
■Affirmative —Roland Carsoll,
■orge Barr
■negative— Inez Venable, Tink
■ore.
■lusical number, Grace Burge.
Kong, Ellis Smith.
■potin# Affair
At Reynolds School
■t is leariied here that Wes- (
K Cox, 21, was shot in the
H;er limbs at Reynolds school
■day night by Ray Beorge,
■ who is janitor at the school..
Hrticulars of the shooting fur-
JKr than given above fould not
[earned. \
su!mer in lowa says he
H plenty of money in the,
Kpumd but he can't dig it upi
■til the ground thaws.
■
Established 1872.
MANY SCHOOLS
MUST CLOSE
State Aid Funds Are Exhaus
ted and Many Districts Will
Be Unable To Carry On Any
Longer.
Raleigh, Feb. 24.—With the
six months State-supported
school term about tc end throu
ghout North Carolina, many lo
cal districts an- expected to ex
perience trouble soon in meet
ing expenses, school authorities
here predicted today.
Already about 150.000 pupils
have completed the six months
term and are out of school until
next fall. Dr. A. T. Allen, state
j superintendent of schools said
today. Eight and nine moi-.h
schools, which enroll about 87
per cent of the white children
attending schools, are prepar
ing to continue their regular
terms.
Though the local districts are
generaly preparing to keep the
schools open. Dr. Allen said
many were doing so with more
hope than money
The state extended term aid
fund of $1,500,000 will be given
districts this year '•nly when
they have actually produced
their part of the extended term
cost. If a distrist is able only
to raise a part of the extended
term cost the Board of Equali
sation will make the allotment
on a percentage basis.
The budget bureau is antici
pating that not more than $1- |
000,000 of the extended term
fund will be called for by the
counties, meaning that many
districts will curtail their
terms. >
Under th e state support plan
the schools have already spent
more than $12,000,000 this year
and school authorities are now
admitting that in many instan
ces the institutions would not
have operated six months with
out state responsibility. This
was a much debated question
during the 1931 General Assem
bly, but now it is generally ac
cepted that without full state
support the schools would have
had to close early
Program By
School Children
A program commemorating
the two hundredth anniversary
of the birth of George Wash
ington, was given by children of
the primary grades at the regu
lar meeting of the Paretnt-
Teacher Association in the
(school auditorium here Mon
day afternoon. The president,
Mds- J. Frank Martin, presided
over the business session of the
meeting and Rev. F- E- Harts
. field, pastor of the Methodist
church, conducted devotional
exercise after which the splen
did program by the children
was given.
Mrs. N. E- Wall and Mrs. R.
,R. King were appointed to ar
i range 1 the 1 program for the
March meeting.
Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, Feb. 24,1932.
FRANKLIN HALL
SERIOUSLY CUT
Alley Ray Moser Charged With
Going To Hall's Filling Sta
tion, Near King, and Starting
A Row, Which Resulted Seri
ously.
Franklin Hall, who operates
a filling station at Timmons'
Cross Reads, two miles north
of King, is in the Baptist hos
pital at Winston-Salem as a re
sult of severe cuts on the abdo
men, which he received when
Alley Ray Moser. of King, went
to his filling station Sunday
night and started a row with
the nesult that Moser cut Hall j
severely.
Deputy Sheriff H. H. Brown
arrested Moser and carried him '
to jail at Danbury where he is j
being held pending the result of!
Hall's wounds.
It is stated that before going i
to Hall's filling station Moser j
had raised a "rough house" at
another place near by. and that
he was drunk.
P. T. Association
Holds Meeting
The Parent-Teacher Associa
tion held its regular monthly
meeting in the school auditor
ium on Monday afternoon at
which time a splendid program
commemorating the birth of
George Washington was render
ed by children of the primary
grades-
The president, Mrs. J- Frank
Martin, presided over the busi
ness session and Rev. F. E.
Hartsfield conducted the devo
tional exercises after which the
George Washington program
was enjoyed.
During a social period a con
test, "The War Game," was
engaged in with Mrs. J- W. Hall
and Mrs- W. G. Petree tying for
the prize-
Program for the March meet
ing will be arranged by Mrs. N.
E. Wall and Mrs. R. R. King-
COL. G. E. WEBB
DIES SUDDENLY
Well Known Tobacconist Had
Been With Winston-Salem
Market Thirty-Eight Years-
Col. G. E. Webb, well known
to the people of all adjoining
counties as well as those of
Forsyth county, was suddenly
stricken last night while visit
ing his son Mangum Webb in
Charlotte. Mr. Webb was at
the supper table in the home of
I his son in Charlotte when
stricken. He died immediately.
Col. Webb, long an auctioneer
in Winston-Salem tobacco
| warehouses, was last summer
elected secretary of the Wins
ton Tobacco Board of Trbde-
He was one of the best
known men in this section of
the State and had a host of
friends who are pained to
know of his passing.
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Mabe,
of Lawsonville, visited Winston-
Salem today.
TOM THUMB
WEDDING GIVEN j
By Walnut Cove School Pupils j
—Personal and News ltems
Of Interest.
Walnut Cove. Feb- 24.—Chil
dren of the first and third
grades presented a Torn Thumb '
wedding in the school auditor
ium Thursday evening- The
children were well trained by
Mrs- Vernon Casbatt and Miss
Nell Hutcherson. The play
proved to be one of the most 1
enjoyable events presented at
the school this year.
Misses Alice and Frances Ful
ton spent the week-end at N.
C. C. \\\. at Greensboro with
friends. They are former stud
ents of the college.
Misses Thelma Ruthrock and
Gail Yoss, N. C- C- \V- students I
spent the week-end at their j
respective homes here-
Ethelbedt Mallet, of Chattan-\
nooga. was iii town today see
ing old friends.
Master Dick Joyce. Winston
ton-Salem, was the guest over '
the week-ond of Master Dick
Fulton.
John Woodruff, of the Wa
chovia Bank and Trust Com
pany, Winston-Salem- was at 1
his home here for Washington's
birthday.
Mr. and Mrs. M. O- Jones
spent yesterday in Greensboro I
with Mr- and Mrs- Frances '
Blackwood, Jr.
Mrs- W. M. Parish and daugh- '
ters. Pearl Preston and Kathar- '
ine, of Greensboro, were guests '
yesterday of Mrs. Paul Fulton.
Miss Sallie Matt Marshall,
who teaches in the Kernersville
schools, was at her home here
for the week-end.
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Young Boy Robs
Greensboro Theatre
Last night a young boy, only (
21, walked up to the ticket
window of the Carolina Theatre
in Greensboro and after pre
senting a gun ordered the lady
ticket-seller to hand over the
money- She gave him part of
it, $34-00, before he ran. Then
police officials caught him only
two blocks away within 10
minutes and got all the money
back. He confessed and is be
ing held in Greensboro jail.
Danbury Girls Win
In Basket Ball
t
A basket ball game was play
ed here at the high school 1
gymnasium the first of the
week, which proved to be quite
entertaining. The players were '
ex-school girls of Danbury j
against the ex-school girls of
Walnut Cove. The game re
sulted in a score of 8 to 6 in
favor of Danbury. Goals were
made for Danbury by Misses ]
Mattie Sue Taylor and Eliza- 1
beth Martin, and for Walnut
Cove by Mrs. Leake Lovin,
Another game '.wiß be psayed
soon by these popular teams.
'E. W. CARROLL
FOR THE HOUSE
I Makes Known His Intention Of
Entering th e June Primary
On the Democratic Ticket—
Well Kown Citizen.
Edward W. Carroll, of Mead
ows township. Stokes county,
makes formal announcement
this week of his intention to
run in the Democratic primary
for the lower house of the Leg
islature to represent Stokes
county.
Mr. Carroll is one of the b—d
known Democrats of the coun
ty. having been active in poli
tics foi' a good many years.
While here Mr. Carroll gave
it as his opinion that ninety
per cent- of the people of Stokes !
county favor consolidation with !
; Forsyth county.
This is the first announce-1
! ment made for the House. N.
| S. Mullican last week announced
that he would be a candidate
in the Democratic primary to
represent Stokes and Surry in i
the Senate
A. & Y. MUST
MAINTAIN TRAINS
Corporation Commission Rec
ommends That Mt. Airy-San
ford Road Use Gas Cars.
j Greensboro, Feb. 19—Cost of
new equipment necessary for!
substitutiin of gasoline rtoil
cars for steam passenger trains
on the Atlantic and Yadkin
Railway Company's lines would
be more than the road can
stand. Snyder Deßutts. general
manager of the company, stat
ed today,
I In denying the railroad's ap
plication for pei-mission to dis- j
continue passenger service on
its line from Sanford to Mt.
Airy, 130 miles, the State Cor
poration Commission Wednes
day recommended substituti
tion of less expensive equip-'
mont and operation, inferential
ly gasoline-propelled coaches.
I Operation of the gasoline
cars would result in very little,
if any, saving to the road, in
Mr. Deßutts' opinion- He point
ed out that purchase of three
or four expensive new gasoline
coaches would be necessary and
repair shops and terminals
suitable t 0 the new type of
vehicle would have to be pro
vided. "There are many rami
fications to the proposed oper
ation of motor cars on the A. &
!Y. that are not apparent at
fiiist sight," said Mr. Deßutts.
I
Surry Gets 73
I State Prisoners
I Surry county has just had a
State prison camp completed
in that county and this week
seventy-thep long-term convicts
were sent there from the Ral
j eigb State prison to do road
, work- The camp is located near
Dobson- The terms of the
men sent to Surry, all of whom
( are colored, range from 3to 30
| years-
Number 3,714
VALLEY HALL DIES
FROM WOUNDS
Willie Dick Sisk Is Held In
Stokes Jail On Charge Of
Murder—Sisk Cut Hall Last
Week.
Valley Hall, who had been
lingering in a Stuart hospital
for several days as 'a result of
knife cuts he received at the
hands of Willie Dick Sisk. died
Thursday.
Sisk is being held in the
Stokes county jai! on a charge
of murder.
Both men resided near the
Stokes-Pat rick county line and
were visiting at a -tore when
they engaged in a light one
j night last week, resulting in
| Hall being fatally cut by Sisk-
A date for a preliminary
I hearing has not been iixed at
| this time.
The deceased, who was -*»2
years of age. is survived by his
wife and several children.
Hall was buried at the home
graveyard rear Lawsonville
yesterday. Elder W. J. Brown
conducting the services-
STOKES SCHOOLS
HAD GOOD YEAR
Supt. Carson Is Enthusiastic
Over the Progress Made So
Far—No School Closed I'p
To This Time-
Stokes county schools have
probably had the best year in
their listory so far. Supt.
of Schools J- C. Carson stated
today that no school in the
county had Been forced to close
on account of contagious dis
eases 01' for any other reason.
The short term schools will
close about April Ist, while the
long term schools will continue
, until around May 10th- Mr.
Carson thinks that the schools
have had the best attendance
j
in their history.
Speaking of the whole time
nurses in Stokes, Miss Leary
and Miss Fowler, Mr. Carson
thinks they have done good
work. They have not only kept
in touch with the schools, vac
cinating the children against
dyphtheria, small pox and ty
phoid, but they are attending
scores of cases in the county
where the people are unable to
go to a hospital or get prope*
medical attention.
Stedman Lake
For Members Only
An item appearing in the
papers recently stated that it
was probable Stedman lake,
located near Danbury, would
be opened to the public, as well
as members of the Isaac Wal
ton League; some time in June.
Dr. B. J. Lindley, publicity
chairman of the League at
Winston-Salem, announces that
this was an error. Only mem
bers of the League will be eligi
ble to use the lake when it is
opened for fishing.