THE DANBURY REPORTER.
Volume 61.
Otis Campbell Is Captured
CAUGHT BY STOKES OFFICERS SUNDAY
AFTER LONG SEARCH-WANTED BY
STATE PRISON AUTHORITIES - WAS
CONSIDERED DESPERATE CHARACTER
Otis Campbell, who escaped
from the State prison more than
a year ago, was captured Sunday
by Stokes officers near the Vir
ginia line, in this county.
Participating in the arrest were
Deputy Sheriffs Cleve Lawson, of
Lawsonville; Bert Smith, of Dan
bury; Carl Ray, of Walnut Cove; I
Wagoner of Germanton; Consta
ble Rufus Mabe, of Peter's Creek
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township; special officer Henry
Dunlap, of Walnut Cove; with
two guards from a Forsyth coun
ty convict camp.
Nineteen shots were fired by
the officers at Campbell who ran
when he was met in the road by
the officers near Mack Jessup's
place in Peter's Creek township,
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not more than a half mile from
the Virginia line. The escapee was
headed off in a field, and sur- J
rounded by the officers. He drop- j
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ped his pistol and stuck up his
hands when covered by shotguns
and revolvers in the hands of
the chasers. He was not hit by
any flying bullets. |
The prisoner was brought to
Danbury Sunday afternoon and
from here transferred the same
day to the Forsyth camp, from
whence he was carried back to
the penitentiary at Raleigh on
Monday.
Campbell was convicted at May
term, 1928, wibh young Rhodes
and Sheppard, accomplices, for
'for the murder of.'. ;.
Their sentences rang
ed around 25 years each. Prob
ably 2 years afterward* Camp
bell made his escape from the
prison and has since been in hid
Dan bury Colored !
Man Is Robbed
Charley Golding, colored, of
Danbury, is short S6O, and Walter'
Gray and wife and Ol Lash, all
colored, of Walnut Cove, are
charged with robbing Charley. In
default of bail, Lash is in jail,
while Gray and his wife are out
on bond. All awaiting April.
court.
The affair happened at Lon
don, Walnut Cove's suburban col
ored community.
The arrests were made by Dep
uuties Smith and Ray.
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Established 1872. Danbury, N. C., Wednesday, March 21, 1934.
ing. Much of his time has been
spent in the neighborhood of the
home of his father, R. M. Camp-j
bell, near where he was re-cap-
I tured. Stokes officers have been'
on the lookout for him for quite
a while, but he played back and
forth across the State line.
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i Last week officers got a tip
which led to the young man's
capture. He is about 30 years of f
age. and is considered a desper
ate character, and dangerous, 1
especially when liquored up.
Young Rhodes, one of the ac- i
complices of Campbell in the
crime, has also for a good while
been on the dodge, as he also
escaped from State prison. Young
Sheppard is still doing time.
Death of
! Walnut Cove Citizen
' J. E. Cookus, a prominent and
highly respected citizen of Walnut'
Cove, died last week. ;
I He had been ill for some time,
and recently was in a hospital.
M E. Church
Appointments
Rev. J. B. Needham will preach
next Sunday as follows;
Danbury M. E. Church, 11 A.
M. and 7:30 P. M.
Vade Mecum, 3 P. M.
All cordially invited to attend
these services. ,
Over SBO,OOO wa3 delivered t"
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Edgecombe cotton growers !astj
week on their option contMr s
secured when they plowrd up
cotton last summer.
At Germanton
High School
Germanton, March 20. The
"Red Masquers" club of Winston- •,
Salem presented Oscar Wild' 3
play, The Importance of Being
Earnest, in the auditorium of the
Germanton school on Saturday
even'ng", March 17. ' j
This English play, presented
by the talented Winston-Salem (
cast, was acclaimed by many |
local citizens here as the finest
type of drama ever seen present- j
ed in a high school in recent
years.
The school percentage of pro
ceeds from plawill !«c applied to
the Germanton Society Pay Con
te». Medals Fund.
Reid Forrest, Jr., was in town j i
today.
' DAIRY SPECIALIST i
; HERE NEXT WEEK
WILL DISCUSS DAIRYING AT
j FARM OF J. H. ROBERTSON, j
j AND AT SANDY RIDGH
SCHOOL HORTICULTURAL
SPECIALIST COMING I N
APRIL—OTHER FARM NEWS
I BY COUNTY AGENT. ,
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(By S. J. Kirby.)
Rough, rocky, unsightly hill-
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sides which are scared with
gaulds and gullies may be made
jto appear as rolling green ter
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, races with the gaulds and gullies
; healed. Seeding lespedeza on such'
,1
i areas will work wonders. Now
is the time to p!ant this legume, i
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Men who wait until future years
to introduce lespedeza on their
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farms likely will live to regret
that they waited so long to avail;
themselves of its benefits.
j Progressive farmers are hold-'
ing choppings to cut barn wood
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i and are seeding tobacco beds at
I this season of the year. How,
! about pruning the dead broken
! and interfering branches from
', the fruit trees and giving the
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trees a dormant spray before the'
'foliage comes out? If the prun
ing and spraying is not done in
time the loss sustained cannot
be repaired. Heavy pruning is
not required. Best results are
secured where only the least'
valuable branches are removed, j
leaving the body of the tree low, i
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stronger, and symetrical or well
shaped. Of all the sprays to be
given in making high quality ■
fruit the dormant spray is the
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most important. Formulas for
making spray solutions can be'
had by writing the County Agent.
Specialists To Be Here.
' F. R. Farnham, State College
Dairy Specialist, is to be here
| Monday and Tuesday, March 26
and 27. The tentative schedule
j for his work while here is to visit
I the farm of J. H. Robertson, Pine
Hall, Monday afternoon, where
he will discuss plans for con
structing a milk-house and for
j remodeling the dairy barn. On
i Monday night he will discuss
dairy problems with interested
farmers at Sandy Ridge School, j
H. R. Nishwonger, Horticultur- j
al Specialist, is to be here on
April 3 and 4 and will hold orch-!
ard meetings to give demonstra-J
tions in prunning and spraying'
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fruit trees and shrubs. Four,
meetings will be arranged in the'
different sections of the county. 1
Calls for these meetings should,
be sent to the County Agent. j
The County Agent will not be
in his office, Saturday, March 24.'
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Announcement.
I hereby announce myself as a
candidate for the House of Rep-j
resentatives subject to the Dem-1
, ocratic Primary in June.
S. GILMER SPARGER.
MKS. JACK KISEK ;
DIES AT KING I
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AGED 64, AND A SPLENDID
LADY KING DRUG COM
PANY'S SAFE IS BURGLAR-!
IZED, BUT THIEVES GET NO
MONEY—OHER KING NEWS.
King, March 21.—Mrs. Jack
Kiser, aged 64, died at her home,
here Thursday. The deceased is
survived by the husband, one son, j
Cleet Kiser, of King, and two |
daughters, Mrs. Paul Slate and 1
Mrs. Clara Slate, both of King.!
Mrs. Kiser had a very wide ac- 1
quaintance and was liked by all
who knew her. She will be greatly
missed in the home and commun
ity. The funeral service whicli
was in charge of Rev. Romie
Adams, of King, and Rev. Tem
pleton, of Winston-Salem, was
conducted at the first Baptist
Church Saturday afternoon at
two o'clock and burial followed
in the church cemetery.
Dr. Lee Kiser, of Stateville,
formerly cl' King, was among thy
visitors hero Sunday.
Fred Kapp and William Garn
j er, who left on a flying trip to
! Florida last week, met themselves
| coming back in Charlotte and
have arrived back home safe and
: sound.
I Mr. and Mrs. Aldne Hutchins,
.of Winston-Salem, spent Sunday
i with relatives here. Mr. Hutch
, ins holds a position with the
Greyhound Bus Co.
Mr. and Mrs. Alton Brown, of
; Pinnacle, spent Sunday here the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hermon
Newsum.
Troy Spainhower, James New
ton and Julius Alridge left last
week for Idaho where they go
to seek employment. The trip is
being made by automobile.
Mr. and Mrs. Rondo Gregory,
of Winston-Salem, were week-end
visitors to Dr. and Mrs. Ernest
M. Grffin in west King.
Paul Kiser had the misfortune
to cut off two fingers while spik
ing stovewood at his home Tues
day.
Unknown thieve 3 entered the
King Drug Company store Thurs
day night and removed from the
building the eight hundred pound
safe carrying it about two miles
out on a country road. Indica
tions were that the robbers made
an unsuccessful attempt to blow
the safe. Failing in this they
beat off the combination and
opened up the safe but to their
sad disappointment there was no
money in the safe but a lot of
valuable papers, none of which
were mutilated or destroyed.
These have all been recovered.
Two dimes were found on the
scene. These are believed to
have been lost by the highway
men. Entrance to the building
was gained by prizing open the
front door.
John Moser, planter of the To
baccoville section, was a business
visitor here Saturday.
C. Ross Newsum cut an ugly
gash in his arm last week while
chopping wood. One of the lead
ers in his arm was partly sever
ed. Dr. G. E. Stone sewed up
and dressed the wound.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. John
Grabs was made happy last week
by the arrival of a new baby boy.
Squire J. Stedman Garner went
to Winaton-Snlcm Saturday to
attend to some legal matters.
S. W. Pulliam is confine.! to his
home by illness this week, his
friends will regret to learn.
John 11. Sprinkle, of Winston-
Snlem, was among the visitor;,
here Sunday.
Announcement.
I hereby announce myself as a (
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candidate for the Clerk of the
Superior Court, subject to the!
Democratic Primary to be held i
in June, 1934.
FRANK R. STONE.
The Political Pot
Merrily Sizzles
AS NEW CANDIDATES LEAP INTO THE
LIMELIGHT OVERNIGHT - NINETEEN
THIRTY-FOUR PROMISES TO BE ANY
THING BUT A DULL YEAR IN STOKES
The vernal equinox has passed,
with its flurry of snow, Easter is
in the offing, and a fine crop .if
county candidates spring up
overnight.
The good year of our Lord
Nineteen Hundred Thirty-four
promises to be anything but dull
in county politics.
With a snap and a bang the
campaign for nominations begins
with the Democrats. Already
announcements for Register of
of Deeds, Sheriff, Clerk of the
Superior Court and board jf
education have been made by
various and sundry citizens.
This week new hats are in the
ring, notably, S. Gilmer Sparger
of Danbury, offers himself for
the legislature. Two years ago
Mr. Sparger represented Stokes'
and Surry in the Senate, while
Albert R. Phillips was in the
lower house from Stokes.
This week also Frank R. Stone
announces that he will go before
the primary for the nomination:
for Clerk Superior Court. J. Watt
Tuttle has held this office for one
term and is a candidate for re
election. Mr. Stone has been,
employed in Tuttle's office for
eight months as assistant clerk
of the Court. !
In last week's Reporter Sheriff
John Taylor announced himself a
candidate for relection. In the
same issue Moir Hawkins of.
Sandy Ridge gave public notice :
CWA To Cease
Operations Apr. 1 ?
News is circulating that the
CWA will cease to function April j
1, while such relief as may still'
be contemplated by the govern- 1
ment will be dispensed under a
new heading and will be admin
istered with added restrictions.
The program is for farmers
who have been assisted by the
federal agency to engage in farm
ing, and get themselves in shape
to be independent of governmon.
aid.
It is believed that most of the
projects which have been in oper
ation in the county will be dis
continued.
And Then She Perspired
"My, how dough-faced Mabelle,
looks tonight."
"She ran out of powder and
had to use flour."
Number 1,010
that he would be a candidate for
the Sheriff's office subject to the
action of the coming primary of
Democrats.
Previously Pinnix Bailey prom
ulgated his intention to try for
re-election to the Register's office;
while Frank T. Tilley of Lawson
ville announced for member of
Board of Education.
Withal, politics has awakened
with a stiff biff. If reports
ports may be relied upon, there
are other interesting announce
ments coming soon.
While the Democrats are be
ginning to stir, the Republicans
are not asleep on their job, and
have already called their con
vention to elect delegates to their
( State convention, and to prepare
for the approaching battle.
After all, the election is only a
: few months distant, and it bida
fair to be one of the hottest omes
for years.
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R. A. Joyce
I In Hospital
Pwobert A. Joyce, of Winston-
Salem. son of Mr. and Mrs. H. M.
Joyce, of Dan bury, submitted to
an operation for mastoid trouble
Friday at the Baptist hospital,
Winston-Salem. Hie condition in
reported satisfactory, and im
proving.
I Fine Catch of Fish
| Reid Flinchum appears to be
the champion fisherman of these
parts. One day this week he
caught a car P > n the river weigh
ing 9 lbs.' another weighing 5 1-2
lbs.' and a red-horse that tipped
the beam a! 4 lbs. and 10
Mr. Flinchum says it was not a
good day for fish to bite, and lie
hopes to make a real catch soon.
A Si ate association of beef cat
tic producers was formed at i
(event meeting held in Ashevillj
with D. Reeves Noland as presi
dent.
At least 100 Duplin county
j farmers will sign the corn-hog
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reduction contract, believes tlie
i farm a^ent.
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