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THE DANBURY REPORTER. Volume 60. STOKES COURT JURORS DRAWN To Serve At Spring Term Of Superior Court Criminal and Civil Terms. At a meeting of the Stokes county Board of Commissioners this week the following named jurors wejqfe drawn to serve at the spring terms of criminal and civil courts: First Week—Criminal Court: Yadkin Township. W. O. Cromer. R. M. Covington. R. C. Hooker. N. E. Preston- A. R. Philips. R. R- Fulk. J. W- Griffin. S- A. Lane. W. E. Kiser J. R- Napier. Samuel T. Edwards- Beaver Island. Jesse James- Hunter Joyce- J. H. Roberts. Meadows- „ W- G. Kiser, v i. v. . J. P. Lewis, • ' C- G. Watts, F- S. Ross. i> Snew Creek. H- M. Beasley, -'-i I. J- Terrell, E. H. Hawkins- J- A- Shaffer. Lee Joyce- • i R. C- Hill. W- J- Hawkins- C. T- Carter. J- W- Nickelston- Quaker Gap. J- W. Fulk- , Jesse Joyce. Lee Essick- W- V- Moran- f • Peter's Creek- R. A- Robertson. '• , L C- Tucker. Sauratown- J. V- Lewellyn. S- F- Abbott- H- L. Gibson- J. W- Boles- Big Creek- N- F. Christian- It. E- Hunter- W- P- Bondurant- Danbury- Ed Priddy. N- D. Priddy- Second W*ek—Civil Court- Peter's Creek. R- M. Smith- F- L Tilley * Jesse W- Lawson. J- T. Tucker- Bob Mabe (son of Fez). Rtufus Lawson. E- S. Lawson- Yadkin- J- S. Robertson. G- S- Hall. B- P- Shelton. E- C- Barr. % P. H- Wilson. Beaver Island- J. F. Rothrock- J. E- Dalton- Jr- C. B- Martin. Meadows- M- P- Watts- Snow Cfeek -9 J- W- Oakley. J. G- Hall- W- L- Joyce- Established 1872. Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, March 9, 1932 FRANKLIN HALL RETURNS HOME Recovering From Severe Knife Wounds—Rabid Dog Killed —King Has New Oil Station King. March 9.—Creed Mead ows, of Roanoke, Va., is spend ing a few days with relatives here. P. T. Long and W. R. Kirbv, under the firm name of Long & Kirby, have opened up a retail oil station in the Shelton build ing on Main street. The Kng High school played a double header basket ball game with Old Richmond school Friday night in the King Gym nasium. First team score, King 37. Old Richmond 32. Second team. Old Richmond 14, King 12. Franklin Hall, who was se verely stabbed by Alley Ray Moser, at his filling station at Timmcns' Cross Roads a few weeks ago, and who has been the Baptist hospital at Wins ton-Salem, has sufficiently re covered to return to his home. A rabi:! dog was killed hen: Saturday. The canine which belonged to T. G. Slate, son cf Mrs. Clara Slate, went mad and left home Friday, returning Saturday morning. So far as known r.o damage was done by the dog. Mac Caudle of Greensboro formerly of King, is spending a few days here thie guest of his sister, Mrs. Debs Holder, on Depot street. Richard, the small son of Dv. and Mrs. Grady E. Stone, is right sick at their home here suffering from an attack of influenza. S. G.. Slate, of Winston-Sal em, spent the week-end with relatives and friends here- Miss Maefield Wall, who has been quite sick at her home two miles west of town for sev eral days, shows decided im provement- Thomas E. Smith made a business trip to Winston-Salem Monday. R. C. White, J. M. Alley and Thomas G. New went to Dan bury Monday to attend to some business matters- Prof. and Mrs. Munly Thomp son, of Stuart, Va-, spent Sun day with relatives here. Fayetteville Bank Reopened Monday ■ The Caledonian bank was re opened Monday at Fayetteville without restrictions as to with drawals. The bank closed or January 4. Kerosene Burns Fatal Kerosene, used to rekindle a fire, exploded and wrapped Mrs. Roy Smith, 0. of Burlington, in a fatal sheet of flames on March 3. Her small child was slightly burned at the same time. Dies In Auto Crash Clinton Leggett. 17, Fairmont, was fatally hurt in a crash be tween tw 0 autos on March 3. Four others were injured. $30,000 Charlotte Fire A Friday night fire caused $30,000 damages in the Mont gomery Ward store in Char lotte. A- J- Shelton. J. H- Throckmorton. Quaker Gap- C- R- Boles- Andrew Gunter- William Joyce. LOAN COMMITTEE , FOR STOKES ! Men Who Will Pass Upon Loans | of Farmers From Govern ment This Spring—Cash I.» Ready Now. ! J. Luther Mitchell, P. Oscai Fry and J. Banner Young have been designated as a committee to pass upon the loans to be made to Stokes county farmers this year under the seed, feed, food and fertilizer act of Con gress, making funds again available to farmers upor which to make a ciop. Word comes from Washing ton that the money is new ready and application blanks have been sent to the counties from Washington. Representa tive Frank Hancock request that these blanks be distributed s 0 that farmers will have no trouble in getting them. Ht has been informed that last year some farmers had to go two miles to get a blank. It is stated that the loans | will be limited to one farmer to S4OO. while the limit to all tenants on any one farm is SI6OO. i PLANTING WEED j IN GEORGIA Some Farnjers Whose Plants | Are In Advanced Condition Transplanting In Moderate Way Black Mold Hits Plants. Valdosta, Ga.. March 7. Farmers whose tobacco plants are in an advanced condition are already transplanting in a moderate way. Light showers falling occasionally furnish an ideal season for placing the plants in the fields. Experienc ed growers believe that under ordinary growing conditions the Icrop planted out early will re sult in better yield and finer quality. Hahira, Ga., March 7.—The ! largest number of tobacco plant [beds in history has been set jout in this section. However, the disease knlown as black mold has struck the plant beds and in some cases whole beds that contained thousands of plants ready for transplanting have been wholly destroyed and other beds have been badly injured. School Child Killed By Bus Willie May Griffin. 11, Madi ison county, died Saturday from j injuries received February 23. I when she was hit by a school :bus. Authorities absolved the driver, Herman Bradburn. of blame in the tragedy. Rocky Mount Suicide The suicide, Saturday night, of F. C. Ferguson, Rocky Mt. realtor, is attributed to finan cial troubles. He locked him jself in a toilet and turned on the gas jets. LAKE STEDMAN TO ! BE OPENED JUNE 11 i However Only Members of the 1 j Isaac Walton League Will Be Allowed To Fish—Meeting Of League Tuesday Night. At a meeting of the local : chapter of the Isaac Walton ' League held in the court house 'at Winston-Salem Tuesday ! night, it was decided to open , the lake to the members of the ■ League and their families on i June 11 when fishing will be ' allowed. Rules and regulations as to a fee schedule, the size - and number of fish to be taken, ' etc., was adopted and each ■ member will be supplied with ii * copy of these rules and regula tions. 5 The question cf securing 1 more game for the Stokes t county refuge was discussed. - A letter was read from Col. J. t W. Harrelson. of the depart > ment of conservation, in which .he stated that the Sauratown s preserve had received more !' favc-s in this connection than I any other refuge, but that the s main difficulty now is a lack of . money. However, the game | committee was instructed to keep up the fight for more game i fcr the Sauratown refuge. ! 3 I I Who Is Spitale ? i ' (News and Observer.) The law enforcement agen cies engaged in the hunt for the kidnapers of Baby Lindbergh insist that their's is not re ' sponsibility for Colonel Lind ' bergh's appeal to the Super Gangster Spitale. : They have not surrendered to gangland, they say, and 'they probably feel that they have not. Yet every implication of I the desperate turn of the fath- I er and thte mother! to the under world when their own personal resources have failed, and the , law has failed, is an indictment . of the integrity of the law. . Who is Spitale? Whence his power that in this emergency : ,he is the final resort? 5 Spitale isn't the ruler of an 5 empire of crooks because the f law failed t 0 trap the kidnap l ers of the Lindbergh baby j The law had failed before and r so consistently that such, men jas Capone anl Spitale emerged ias successful challengers of its I ; ultimate authority. The Lindberghs, in the des s peration of their grief, may _ yield to Spitale, but society j cannot. J s Rain Ends Forest Fires £ j A blanket of rain the latter jpart of the week ended wide : spread forest fires in McDowell and other western counties. One death was reported, that | of Elizabeth Boston, eight, who .'was trapped in a sedge field . near Franklin. Her sister. Mel n 1 via, was severely burned trying [to aid her. S. G. SPARGER FOR SENATE I John H. Folger Will Not Be ! Candidate Again In Twenty third District. S. Gilmer Sparger, of Dan bury, will be a candidate in the prtnary for the Democratic nomination for the Senate in the 23rd district, composed of the counties of Stokes and Surry. i This announcement was made by Mr. Sparger immedi ately upon receiving infoi ma tion this week that Hon. John H. Folger, of Surry. foimer( in- j i cumbent, would not be a c-an i didate in the primary. Mi'. Sparger is a '.veil known : attorney oi' Stokes. having 1 r been engaged in ihe practice of ; hi profession for more than four years in the county, start ing first at Walnut Cove, and . later removing to Danbury. ! He is a graduate of Guilford i College, and of Duke Univer . sity law school. He comes i from one of th? oldest families > of Surry county, and is a gen f tleman of the highest type and , a life-long Democrat. ! BROTHER OF GOV. GARDNER IS DEAD ! W. H. Gardner, Druggist, Pass ! es Awav at Home in Oregon. I ' j Medfcrd, Ore., Maif.-h B.—W. ;H. Gardner, a druggist, broth er of O. Max Gardner, Govern o]) cf North Carolina, died here 1 last night following a three days' illness- I Durham, March B.—Governor O. Max Gardner said tonight he would be unable to attend the funeral of his bijother, W. H. Gardner, who died last night in Medford, Ore. He said he he had been informtd the fun eral will be held in Medford but that the press of official duty would prevent his attendance. The Governor said his brother had gone to Oregon many years ago and had settled there. Only 997 New Cars j Sold In February j Ralegh, March 8. There . were only 997 new motor vehi | cles sold in North Carolina ir. , February. A decrease of 975 | under the 1.972 sold in the state j in February, 1931, L. S. Harris, .head of the motor vehicle bu.- . reau, reported today. There were 1,560 vehicles r sold in the state in January. ,1932, were divided as follows: Cars, 795; trucks, 202. I . Teachers Meeting I Held Saturday A county-wide meeting of the 1 teachers of Stokes county was held at Lawsonville Saturday, t' Several addresses were made by 31 teachers while attorney S. Gil -1 ( mer Sparger spoke on the "Re - j lation of the Parent to the I Teacher." The meeting had a full attendance of teachers- Number 3,716 STOKES MADE GOOD SHOWING In Spite of Poor Crops and Low Prices For Tobacco Farmers Paid Back 85 Per Cent, of $223,000 Borrowed Fi*om Government. In spite of the fact that Stokes county farmers had a pour crop of tobacco and pot i probably the lowest prices for it in thirty or forty years, thev paid the Federal government about 83 per cent, of the money borrowed to use in making 1 the i 1931 crop. Taking North Cav lir.a as a whole the farmers pai:l only 'about Co per cent., so that Stokes stands far above the average. The figures given he) e rre those har.dc." ut by ( has. W. Kirby. federal super visor for North Carolina, i In comparison, Surry county, fry instance, according to Mr- Kirby, paid only about fifty cert., thoi , r h that county suf fered severely fr>m hail storms last summer. North Carolina stands fourth from the top in collections of seed, feed and seed loans, it is stated, sixty four per cent, of the loans having br;-: collected at the end of Febrviry. Mr. Kirby has been infoimed that North Carolina will share in the millions to be loaned famters for the coming season, but the exact amount available and specific instructions as to how the money will be appor tioned out has not been determ ined. Farmers who are inter ested in obtaining loans should as soon as possible communi cate with the farm agent in their respective counties, since the agents are required to fill out blanks and furnish infor mation about the farmer seek ing the loan. ! i AGED CITIZEN DIED THURSDAY A. J. Tilley Passes At the Ripe Old Age Of 92 Year#—Old Veteran. In the passing of A. J. Tilley, l at Lawsonville, Thursday, Stokes county lost one of its oldest and best citizens and one of its few remaining old Con- I federate Veterans. Mr. Tilley was active in spite of his years until recently. He took a great interest in public affairs. It was interesting to hear him tell of his experiences in the civil war, having served throughout the war and been wounded. The deceased is survived by his widow, who is now 89 years 1 old; by one son, Thomas W. i Tilley, a prominent fanner of • | Lawsonville, and by one daugh ter, Mrs. W. C. Slate, of Spen cer. - Funeral services were held s| at the home and the remains a. were laid to itest in the family 1 burying ground near-by.
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