THE DANBURY REPORTER.
Volume 60.
Attempted to Kill j
Franklin D. Rooseveltj
ITALIAN CRANK MISSES;
PRESIDENT-ELECT, BUT
SERIOUSLY WOUNDS
MAYOR CERMAK AND
OTHERS. |
At Miama, Fla., Thursday night Giuseppa
Zangara, an Italian crank, fired point blank
at President-elect Roosevelt as the latter
was in his car, leaving from the parkj
where he had been speaking. The hand of
the assassin was knocked up by Miss Mar
garet Cruise, of Newark, N. J., which prob
ably saved Roosevelt's life. Miss Cruise
was herself shot in the struggle by Zanga
ra, as were also Mayor Cermak of Chica
go, Mrs. Gill of Miama, Russell Caldwell of
Cocoanut Grove, Fla., and Wm. Sinnott of
New York. Mayor Cermac and Mrs. Gill
are both seriously hurt. The others re
ceived slight wounds.
Zangara was tried Monday and sen
tenced to 80 years' itn )risonment. i
KING NEWS
King, Feb. 22. —Dr. R S _ Hel-sa
beck und Wilson. Brov/n
Friday from a business trip io
Raleigh.
W. Y. Gordon prominent planter
of the Neatman ejection was a bus.
ineere visitor here Saturday.
Virgil T. Hurigrove is •critically ill
at hia home at Mountain View hi*
many frenis will regret to learn.
Mrs. Ernest M.'Griffin and eon,
Ralton have returned to their home
•here after paying ia short visit to
relatives at Winston.Salem.
The boj'd team of the King High
lost to llural 11 ill In a b:'.s>ketba!l
game iplayed here Haturday evening
Final score 27 und 10.
Mrs. James R. Cjudle who has
been quite sick at her 'home in AVal-'
nut Hills for >tlve p"st several days'
is mucli improved.
Spencer Slite of Winaton.Saleni
spent the week-end here the .guest
hia parents. Mr. and Mrs. C. D_
Slate of Pilot View.
The following births were register
ed here last week, to Mr. and Mix.
Charlie Mikles a daughter, to Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond Gondiy a son inii
to Mr. and Mrs. Cicero Cromer a eon.
Ml*. Gilbert A. Love and child
ren of Winston-Salem iare spending
a few days with relatives .here.
Owen Carroll of Mountain Vle'V
was «mong the visitor® hero Sunday.
Rev. Romie Adams of East Bend
filled his regular appointment at tha
First Baptist Sunday morning,
• Mr. *nd Mrg. W. O. Tuttle of
Rural Hall vWited relatives here
Sunday.
MW WANTED—for Rawlclgb City
Hutfc of 800 OoM*m«i In Cities
111 ilMirllle. Mayodan, ,- Madison
MNI Walnut Cove. Reliable tastier
MB start earning IU weekly and
!■*■«■■■ rapidly. Wr|-« lipedl.
•Mty. Rawlelgh Co., Dept NO—M
—V, Richmond, Va. feM SS Iw
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Established 1872. Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, February 22,1933.
The World's Oldest
Problem
"King, Feb. 18.
"Editor Reporter:
"I see you publish Raleigh news,
what do you think of our legislature,
to say nohin£ of congress, trying to
i
repeal ithe prohibition amendment,
i'O we can have barrooms back on
every corner.
"What do you think of the rotten
isitKvtion of both political parties.
"I don't seip how they think it will
help these times to bring back liquor.
"READER FOR
THIRTY YEARS."
The Reporter's understanding of
the position of the dry solorui who
ara voting for repeal is that It is
, impossible to bring back ia thins
i
• which is already here, and that
I >iince it is present, why not put it
| under strict governmental regulation,
, and -then TAX IT. the enor- i
| mous profits now pocke'ed 'by boot-
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( ledgers and racketeers be diverted
' into the public treasury.
J
! We do not th'.nk you will ever sea
barixjoims back, but you may see the
( dispensary. We have thg dispensary
now, but you can't see it.
The situation of both parties on
. prohibition b largely the same. The
parties consist of the 'People. The
j people have voted in unmtatakablo
| and overwhelming strength tbsir
opinion and respect for a Jaw whfsh J
I *
.is a subterfuge and a». farce, and
1 ( which Is educating the nation, to
crime.
EDITOR.
The aviation, instructor, having
, delivered ia (lecture on parachute
i work, concluded:
f "And if it doesn't open weil
| gentlemen, that's what is known is
■ 'jumping jo * conclusion." —Boston
t
, Transcript.
i TAKING CARE OF
THE PEOPLE'S CASH
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1 A STOKES COUNTY FINANCIAL,
i INSTITUTION WHICH IS A
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MODEL OF CAUTION—RACK.
ETEERS STEER CLEAR.
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I Tom Byerly. president of the State
Plan-era Bfcnk of Walnut Cov e means
to run a bank that the People will •
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consider safe-
Mr. Byerly has about succeeded i"
i his iambition.
II
In the statement of his institution
published in this issue of the Rf.
* porter. Mr. Byerly shows that while
he owes his depositors >163,000 and
•the R. F. C. $2 2,000 that iie Hias
on hand PPaotWallj' enough cash and
bonds, which the State has approved,
to pay off hid debts, if they had to
be paid, at once, "without 'having to
collect but few of his Ki!: -edged
notes.
The Reporter doubts if another
bank in the State can show such u
liquid condition.
Byerly has thrown around his tn.'
stitutjon every possible 9 ifeguard-
He -is injured against day.light Itokl.
u i>s a.nd nigWt burglaries, so that if
the racketeers rtide a raid on his
►etsorves and took everything in
sight, nothing would be lost.
| But Tom Byerly has been accuse 1
of loving money with that love,
, i
i which passeth understanding, and
i he would naturally dislike t)o see a
robber get away wi.h any caish, evenj
i If the insurance company did ■'have'
to pay for It, and .to avoid this tan.
talizing sipht, 'he keeps a scientific i
arrangement of heavy artillery in |
the bank that would render a -burg. '
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lar's chu-noes nil. Dewey Johnson, |
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the assistant cahier. like Buck Jones,!
1 ca.n shoot from the hip with two
|auton»,tlcH simultaneously. Other as.
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i siwtants in t'he Bank are no less
proficient.
I On the outside, it is said 'that Mr.
. Byerly his armed quite a number of
| citizens up and down the street with
sawed_off shotguns, and orders to
spray ind'*crimlroately and sav|igelv
i when the bank's secret code goes off.
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Services At Methodist i
: Church )
There will be preaching services :
. i
at ihe Methcdist Church Sunday at!
11 A. M. and 7:30 P. M.
Service at Vade Mecum «t 3 P. M.
The subject for the morning service.
"The Mission of the Church." In
> . I
the evenjn« the pastor will give a
'talk on George Washington.
Beginning next Tuesday night
'.there will be a school of Missions.
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j This will run for six' weeks, one
night a week. It will be open to all
who wish to attend- The book to be
used Is "Christ and the Coming
Kingdom" by Dr. Quilllan.
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> The PMt County Farmers' Ex.
change handled $41,007.04 worth of
•arm product* last year and has
$1,191.08 on hand 4n cash and equip.
m«»t. A Jtock dividend of $ per
cent was paid to membera.
s ____
Mrs. PMoebe Edmonds and dough.
1 'ter, Mies Willie and Miss NeU Joyce,
i of WlMtoiwßalem, visited Mr. anil'
i Mn. H. M. Joyce *«d family Sun. |
day. I ■ .~rr
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FOR POSTOFFICE
AT PINNACLE
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A SHARP CONTEST FOR THK
JOB VACATED BY MR. BOYLES
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—DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE ;
. COMMITTEE DECLINES TO EN.
DORSE.
Recently, /he present incumbent
of the Pinnacle posto-ffice has decid
ed to resign, and this position will j
be \li?a«t.
It pays a little over SBOO.OO a year,
i It is learned there are quite a
number of qindidates lor this posi.
tion, and so the civil service will
hold an examination at Mount Airy
to select the moat eligible-
The Democratic executive com.
mittee was -recently urged to endorse
i
(i candidate for the Pinnacle job,
but the committee declined, and h;«3
consistently declined to endorse any
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candidates for postofflces.
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Mrs. Elizabeth Gordon
Passes
Boyce Elizabeth Cordon. m-iiden .
nam** Lawrence, died at the home of .
her daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Dee
i
Owen, Pilot Mountain, Feb. 18, 1933,
' at the age of 93 years, 8 months and
■ 7 days.
I She was si»ter to the late Plncknev
Dawrcnce who lived to be 97 years
i and 3 days old. She had also four
slaters; Mrs. F. M. Venable, Mrs.
11. Veciable, Mrs. James Wicker and
Iflrs. John* Jones, all of whom lived
long worthy lives -and preceded her'
in death. •
On April 3, 1867 she was married
i I
Ito Henry Wilkerson Gordon who
' died Dec. 2, 1918 at the ajge of 83
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{years, 5 months a.nd 13 days.
| She Is survived by two daughters.'
Mrs. Henry Gordon Owen and Mrs. i
• Nannie Gordon Owen, 12 grand.
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children and It great-grandchildren? :
While yet a young woman she
•profe?»ed a christian hope and Join,
ed the Primitive Baptist Church, and
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lived a consistent Chrte'.ifcn. life to
the day of her departure to be with j
Him in whose caro she entrusted the
issues of her eternity.
Verily a good woman, a nymp.i_
thctic helpful neighbor and precious
I
, mother has passed from us in the
J death of "Aunt lizzie."
Nephew,
I. M. GORDON I
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The people of Stokes county are
given a warm invitation to attend
the Founders Sale, which opens at
Eflrds Department Store. Wiiwton.
Salem, on Friday morning, Feb 24th !
This mammoth organization, open. !
Ed its first store just 32 years ago, I
and today the Eflrd stores are known '
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throughout North Carolina and
border 'states Hundreds of Stokes
People do their shopping at Eflrds. I
where bargains are always to be
had See their, ad In today's Re.
pjUftor.
Vocalist—" I'm going away to
study singing."
Friend —"Qood! How far away."
—Answers.
"Care to buy a-nie* letter
■irT"
"Don't need one. I'm married."—
! •
Hummel (Hamburg.)
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TWO DEATHS IN
BIG CREEK'
MRS. AUGUSTA MARTIN DIED ON '
JANUARY 27—MISS PEARL N.!
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MARTIN PASSED AWAY FEB. j
7—OTHER NEWS OF FRANCIS.'
CO.
Francisco, Feb. 14.—Mr. and Mrs-
Jesse Beasley, who have been sic'.c
. with influenza, are improving some:
i
j Guy Collins and Mrs. Keitd Shel'.on,
who have been right sick, are mue'.i
•
better. |
Miss Annfe Francis, of Peters
Creek, spent the week end with her
sister, Mrs. Herman Joyce.
Mrs. Pearl N. Martin, age 3 years,
passed away February 7, 1933; she
was the wife of Curtin Martin. Born
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to this union were five children, 3
girls and 2 boys, the young©--* a baliy
of two months old- Funeral service
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| was held at Albion Baptist church
I Thursday afternoon by Elder J. D.
| . '
• Cockerham and J. H. Hall. Inter.
ment was in the church burying
j ground. Mrs. Martin had been ill
with T. B. for some time.
lOwJng to s>o -much rainfall, the
roads in this section ate ..getting in
an awful bad shape-
Frank R. Stone, who haw been eic-k
with influenza, is improving some-
He hopes to be in his office part of
the time this week.
Joel A. Simmons. Francisco rural
carrier, has been sick for a few
I
days. We aHe glad to "hear that he
is improving.
1 Gadtlier, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
j F. E. Collins, has been sick for the
past week.
I Mr. and Mrs, L. N. Byrd visited
relatives near Dobson Saturday and
■ Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Georgie have
moved on the old J. C. Fllppin home
' place
! Mrs. Augusta Durham Martin pas«_
ed awtiy January 27, 1933. She was
the wife of W. M. Martin. Born to
this union were 13 children. Three
1 sons preceded her to the grave,
! Raleigh. Richard and an unnamed
i
infant. The living are Mrs. S. K.
. Smith, of Francisco, Mrs. Minitel
Gsorge. Mr-", Leo Smith, Miw. VerJi
George, all of Westfleld: Mrs. Alice
trttwson, of Pinnacle, Messrs Reid,
of Atlanta, Ga„ Chas., of Winston.
Salem, John, Paul of Westfield. Jim,
j of Francisco. Funeral service* were
held at Brown Mountain- Baptist
ohurch on Sunday, Jan. 29, toy Elder
I
Crissman. of Slloum. Interment was
In the church .grave yard. Mrs.
Martin was stricken with -paralysis
about two years ago and was con.
, finied to her bed until death.
| Robbed Of $109.00
1 Two uknnown white men robbed
Douney Cox, who -resides in Possum.
| town. Just across the river from
'Mayodan, of >IOO.OO Tuesday nigh*
Cox had two -pocket books on hi*
person at the time of the robbery,
but succeeded in throwing awiay one
that oofttained 1100.00. Later he
found It. There is no clue to the
identity of the robbers.—Mfidtoon
Mty**en«er,
The county agent of Martin- Coun.
ty has and trotted enough
tobaoco seed to plant 1(4.000 square
•-v ..
: yards of plant bed for 47 farmers.
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Number 3,764
I ECONOMIC ILLS
! ARE VIEWED
HIGH SCHOOL STI'DENTS WRITK
THE REPORTER THEIR DC.
PRESS IONS OF LOCAD AND
GENERAL CONDITIONS.
. Germanton, N. C.
Feb. 16, 1933.
Mr. N. E. Pepper. Editor,
The Dam bury Reporter,
Danbury, X. C.
Dear Editor:
| Striving as you do to keep your
finger on the People's pulse—
pecially here In your oivn Stoke*
County bjiliwlck, you will doub.less.
ly be interested in these expression*
from three of my high school: geo„
graphy pupils.
We hiive been centering our at.
tern lon in this geography class upon
ihjnK» North Carolina for about a
week. Yesterday I the class to
raid the papers they had prepared
I
. on the subject "Economic Conditions
in North Carolina and the Outlook."
I This rather presumptuous title seem.
I ed to be the only subject that ear.
' rled the Idea which I intended: a
i summary of the practical liiipretnu,
lens ft lined from the recent study.
These expression* were Perhkps
the moot strikingly original and ia*
' tlm.ite papers among the collection*
j which was, as a whole, a most grwU.
I
I ifylng response.
If /you have the «,p)ice, and
i consider tihe material pertinent, t
should l>e pleased to see you .print
these papers In your "columns* witl*
i this letter or your own treatment In
explanation.
Sincerely your*.
I V. R. BRANT-LEY
Teacher, Science and Mathemp,tk%
i Germanton High School.
i Economic Condition
i Of North Carolina
And The Op£6ok
1 i BY MAMIE FERGUSON
'! North (Jirolina's economic condi„
■ t'on la very discouraging if one is t>
i
1 beleve all that it prlruted in >the local
■ papera.
1 The Journal of Feb. 13 stiites that
1 North Carolina's highway bondu
' amounting to $106,537,000, at the
■ beginning of this fiscal year require
■ annual payments in excess of sß_
I \ 000,000 at this time; a,nd, during the
! fiscal year of 1937.38, will demand
; $9,172,269. Thirty more yeara will
> !
"| be required to completely pay off
' the indebtedness, for highways alone,
j even if tihe state could 'make the
I I payments aa they come due- Daring
■ the present 5 yetins period, beginning
the -middle of 1930 and ending the
mllddle of 1935, the state will be
called upon to pay out s4l, 2&.7 M
In- debt service for highways alone,
I exclusive of the general fund and
■ other special fund payments.
i j The dounrtiea of Nonth Carolina
. | ialso appear to be harassed by th# •'
» Tack of funds.
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, According to reports from ne
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) Governor's office of relief In RaleJg^
> 27.7 per cent of the people in OotO*
I
s county are destitute. This mhoww
i that over \4 of our people are
celving aid from th« R«d Cross or
R. F. C. or from both. TW» Per—
* oentage tor the State a* a who la.
1 based on 125,000 SunilfM who ar*
' «» the pay roll. 4s io per o#*.
(Continued o« Fourth Bilge) MM