THE DANBURY REPORTER.
Volume 61.
ELMER HADEN
NOW IN JAIL
HAD BEEN TRIED ON CHARGE
OF SHOOTING ANI) ROB
BERY, BEING DISCHARGED
BY MAGISTRATE SOLICI
TOR KOONTZ TAKES A
HAND, AND NEW HEARING
WILL BE GIVEN.
Elmer Haden was re-arrested
last week and placed in jail on
failure to give bond.
Only a few days ago he was
tried here before Justice P. C.
Campbell on the charge of enter
ing the house of Elmer Bennett
near Gap on the night of April
15, shooting Bennett in the leg
and robbing him of $74.00. On
account of insufficient evidence
produced at the trial to satisfy
the magistrate of Haden's guilt,
he was discharged.
Later, Bennett and others, it ! s
reported, went to see Solicitor
Koontz at Greensboro and tolcl
him certain facts, which led th«*
Solicitor to cause a re-opening of
the case.
It appears that there was a
"party" at the home of Bennetl.
on the night of the 15th, his wife
being absent. The report goes
that liquor flowed freely, and
that sometime in the night Ben
nett was shot and robbed.
No definite date has yet been
arranged for the re-hearing.
Meroney-Binkley.
Cards have been received here
reading as follows:
Mr 3. John D. Humphreys
announces the marriage of her
niece
Nell Binkly
to
Mr. John Meroney
on Saturday, the fifth of May
nineteen hundred and thirty-four
Raleigh, North Carolina.
At Home
1341 Knollwood Street
Winston-Salem. North Carolina.
This affair was a delightful sur
prise to the friends of both par
ties here, who hasten to offer
their congratulations and well
•wishes.
Bink'ey was quite a fav
orite among Danbury's social set.
She had held a responsible posi
tion here in the county auditing
department, and was well known
and popular among a wide circle
of friends.
Mr. Meroney is a prosperous
young business man of Winston-
Salem, and enjoyed a host ot
friends here. .
Big Carp Caught.
W. E. Joyce caught an 8-pound
carp from the Dan river Saturday
with hook and line.
Host of the farmers in Craven
county plan to do a little truck
ing this year to sell in northern
maikets.
All farmers who signed AAA
contracts are being given books
in which to keep accurate record* j
of their production and expenses, j
This ia art important step forward (
in better farming.
Established 1872.
Robert Lee Martin.
The following account is taken j
from the Stuart Enterprise:
Robert Lee Martin, aged 73!
years and 20 days passed away |
I
at his home on Lawsonville Route j
2, N. C., Saturday morning, j
March 31, 1931. With him at his ;
death were his children and sonic :
friends.
He had been ill at his honiej
several years with rheumatism.:
The last two years he was almost
an invalid but bore his afflictions
patiently.
Robert Lee Martin was a son
of the late Robert Lee and De
lilah Llewyllyn Martin. Was mar
ried to Eflie Lillian Shelton, who
preceded him to the grave seven
teen months ago. The follo'ving
children survive : Abe R., of
Stuart Route 3; Larry Lee. of
Lawsonville: Willie M., of
Point, N. C.; Mrs. Jesse Ray, of
Lawsonville; Mrs. Eugene "Ray. oi
Lawsonville; Mrs. Edward Lack
ey, Mrs. Aubrey Lawson. of Law
ronville.
The following br n 1 • i :.nd sis '
ters su:vivo: John H., of Lawson
ville: Jack Martin, Stuart. Va.,
Route 3; Mrs. C. C. Creasey, Law
sonville; Mrs. Wm. Sheppard.
Mr. Martin had always been i
farmer and loved this work and
of this he was very successful.
He was a member of no church
but professed religion long ago
at Peter's Creek Baptist church
and lived in hope.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the home Sunday evening
by Rev. Joe Hall and J. A. Joyce.
On a little knoll just above the
home where he spent his boy
hood and youth, and just below
the home where he spent the re
mainder of his life as a loving
husband and a kind father, and
good neighbor. We left him be
neath the trees he loved, there to
await the resurrection day.
I On his grave may the snow of
winter be light;
Over his grave may the winds
blow.
Over his grave may the birds
throughout the summer days
come always to sing their sweet
est songs.
Visited in Florida.
Silver Springs. Fla., May 2.
Among the crowds of Florida
tourists who spent a day recently
seeing the historic remains and
unparalled beauty of Silver
Springs, the nation's sffb-aquatic
fairlyland of flowers and fish and
dinosaur bones, were the follow
ing residents of Danbury, N. C.:
Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Needham.
Weather.
Monday was hot as July almost,
but Tuesday it turned back sud
denly cooler. This was caused by
people taking down stoves, re
moving covering from the bed, 1
and putting on lighter under
wear. People ought to be more
careful.
Producers can make more on
hogs they do not grow than on
, hogs they do, if they sign corn.-.
hog reduction contracts.
MORE ABOUT THE
CABIN CLUB MESS
'ADDITIONAL DETAILS OF THE
; FIGHT BETWEEN TII E
CAMP VISITORS AND BURR
BOOTH. IN WHICH THE
VADE MMIM MAN WAS
BADLY BEATEN TRIAL
SET FOR THE 10TII INST.
■ The Reporter is informed of
additional detail:- of the affair at
the cabin club in the mountain
near Vade Mecum on Sunday
night of April 29.
It will be recalled, as published
in the last issue of the Reporter,
that W. J. Booth, commonly
known as "Burr" Booth. wa3
badly beaten up by camp visitors
consisting of four men and three
women. His jaw bones were each
broken, both wrists were pulled
out of place by his being held
around a tree, and other bodily
injuries were such that he had
to be carried to a Winston-Salem
hospital, where he spent several
days under treatment.
I The visitors who are charged
with the terrific assault on Mr.
Booth were residents of Winston-
Salem. Later they were arrested
by Winston-Salem officers on a
warrant issued by N. A. Martin,
justice of the peace of Danbury,
and the men were each placed
under a bond of SI,OOO, while the
women were placed under bonds
of SSOO each. The hearing is
set before Justice Martin here on
the 19th of May.
Now it is charged by the ac
cused parties that Booth visited
the camp drunk, using abusive
and indecent language to the
ladies, which precipitated the
fight. It is alleged by Booth that
while the men held him fast
around the tree, that the women
pelted him with pop bottles.
The visitors put Booth in their
car—so their version goes—and
attempted to bring him down the
mountain to his home, which is
near Vade Mecum at the Leander
Bennett old place, and that when
near Reed Fulk's place, Fulk
came to Booth's rescue with a
shotgun.
Later in the night the Winston
bunch walked to Danbury. and
secured transportation to the
Twin City, leaving their car near
Vade Mecum, it being out of com
mission.
It is quite sure that the hearing
in the affair will be attended with
much interest on the part of
many people.
1 The 4-H club achievement day
was held recently in Hertford
county at the Winton school. The
program commemorated the 2!">!h
anniversary of the establishing of
4-H clubs in North Carolina by
Dean I. O. Schaub, of State Col
lege, at the initial meeting in
Hertford county.
|
: Chased Runaway Train Ten
Miles to Avert Disaster. Story of
, heroic action of a railroad crew
! told in a thrilling article Ameri
can Weekly, the magazine which
comes with the BALTIMORE
SUNDAY AMERICAN, issue of
j Slay 13. |
Wednesday, May 9, 1934.
AT DANBURY,
THURSDAY, MAY 10
STUDENTS O F SEVENTH
GRADE TO RECEIVE CER
TIFICATES OF PROMOTION
—ADDRESS BY DEAN LIND
LEY OF HIGH POINT.
! Seventh grade stvdenls of
county to receive certificates of
promotion at Danbury, Thursday.
May 10.
Dean Lindley, of High Point
College, to deliver address.
Jesse Trevathan, of Walnut
Cove, valedictorian.
One of the greatest school days
of the year will be that one to
be held at Danbury school build
ing on Thursday, May 10, when
the students of the seventh
grades in the county receive their
certificates of promotion to the
high school.
The program will begin at
10:00 o'clock on Thursday, May
10, with a procession into the
auditorium of all the student,
who are eligible for promotion.
The address to these students
will be made by Dean Lindley, of
High Point College, who is well
known throughout the State fot
his ability as a public speaker,
appealing particularly to the
young people.
Jesse Trevathan, of Walnut
1 Cove, who made the highest score
1 of any student of the county on
the State examination for seventh
'grade students, will deliver the
valedictory to the seventh grade
students. •
1 t The program for the day is as
follows:
' Processional Seventh grade
students who are eligible for pro
motion march by schools into the
auditorium.
Song, "Carolina"—
Devotional —Rev. Needham.
( Recitation and Declamation
contest.
Address—Dean Lindley of High
Point College.
Presentation of certificates and
awards —Supt. J. C. Carson.
Valedictory By student of
county making highest score on
1
State test.
i
Song, "America" Audience.
P.eressional —Audience remains
seated while students march from
the auditorium.
I
' In Wayne county the chamber
of commerce has started a move
ment stressing better quality
crops. Large attendances have
been recorded at meetings held t'>
stimulate interest in better crop ••
All the tobacco reduction con
tracts have been revised. More
than a million dollars have been
paid already to growers whose
contracts have been accepted.
i
The Man Whom Nature Pro
tected From Pain. Heat, cold and
wounds do not affect him. Real
about this unusual case in the
American Weekly, the big maga
zine which comes with the BAL
TIMORE SUNDAY AMERICAN,
issue of May 13. On sale by your
favorite newsdealer or newsboy.
1 V .•
Calendar For Com
mencement Exercises
Walnut Cove, N. C.
Wednesday, May 9, 8 o'clock—
H. S. Recitation and Declamation
contest at Germanton.
Thursday, May 10, 10 o'clo~'c
—Seventh grade Day at Danbury
school.
Friday, May 11, 8:0f> o'clock
Senior play. "Mama's Baby Boy."
Sunday, May 13, 3:o'cloek
Baccalaureate Sermon, Rev. John
Church. I
Monday, May 14. 2:30 o'clock t
Senior class Day exercises.
Tuesday, May 15, 8:00 o'ch'.v
—Graduating exercises Bac
calaureate address nv SanttVi l '
Martin.
Wednesday, May Ifi, I ist diy
of school. Students report at
10:30 to receive report cards.
"Mama's Baby Boy," a delight
ful three act comedy, will be pre
sented by the Senior class. Fri
day evening, April 11.
The play selected by the Senior
class as their class play, promises
to be one of the most delightful
plays to be presented for several
years.
This play is being given this
year by several high schools as
their Senior play, one of which is
Danville. So the Seniors feel
that they have chosen wisely.
The play, "Mamma's Baby
Boy," is a most amusing comedy
built around the situation of a
young widow and a young wid
ower, who are anxious to marry
each other, but are trying to con-,
i
ceal the fact that each is much
i I
older than the other realizes, that
each one has a grown child, and
that neither is wealthy as the
other thinks. .
The part of the widow is very
i
ably played by Sarah Fox Doyle,
and Stedman Mitchell plays op
posite Miss Doyle in the part of
the widower, Luther Long. They
will be assisted by a well chosen
I
cast of characters.
The Seniors will present the
play on Friday evening. May 11.
The price of admission will be
15 cents for all school children
and 25 cents for all adults.
The entire cast of characters is
i
as follows:
Mrs. Shepherd McLean. a
young widow, Sarah Fox Doyle.
Shepherd McLean, her young
son, Eoyles Gibson.
Luther Long, a widower. Sted
man Mitchell.
Juliet Long, his daughter.
Blanche Joyce.
Mrs. Matilda Blackburn. Mrs.
McLean's mother, Rebecca Mabe.
Wilbur Warren, Shepherd' 0
young pal. Russ?ll Brown.
Sylvia Kline. Wilbur's girl
friend, Marie Sprinkle.
Mrs. Carlotta Anglin, a friend
of Mrs. McLean's, Lourene Mabc.
Cynthnia Anglin, her youn\
daughter, Virginia Smith.
Max Moore, a real estate agent,
Sam Jones.
Minnie, a young colored maid,
Ruth Smith.
Craven county farmers are hav
ing to fight the blue mold which
ha 3 been attacking their tobacco
beds extensively.
Number 3,017
NOW READY FOR
BATTLE OF JUNE 2
COMPLETE LIST OF CANDI
DATES FILED FOR THE
fKIMAKV—TM O tUNitSI
ANTS FOR LEGISLATURE
BRING THE REPUBLICANS
IN LARGEST LAV-OUT
HERETOFORE SEEN IN PRI
MARY.
Not for years, it' ever, have
there been so many candidates
for ppublic office in Stokes coun
ty. The Democrats lead with 26
contestants. Until a day or two
ago, it looked like the Republi
cans would not enter the primary,
as they had held a convention
and selected one contestant only
for each office, thus not needing
a primary. But since there are
now two Republican candidates
filed for the legislature, this
brings them into the modern way
of selecting candidates in this
State, which is through a legal
ized primary an affair just
about as extensive, expensive and
troublesome as ,*> regular fall
election.
Time for filing closed Saturday
night, and the Board of Elections
found the final line-up as follows:
DEMOCRATIC.
For Sheriff —J. John Taylor,
Moir Hawkins, John Brim.
For Clerk Superior Court—J
Watt Tuttle, Frank R. Stone.
For Register of Deeds— B. P.
Bailey, Rober L. Smith, Harvey
L. Johnson.
1 For Legislature —S. Gilmer
Sparger, A. R. Phillips. J. E.
Thore, Lawrence Mcßae, J. Sted
man Garner. :
t For County Commissioners
—J. A. Joyce, H. H. Brown, How
ard L. Gibson, J. Wilson Mitchell.
For Constable, Snow Creek
township--A1 Wall; Quaker Gap
township, Cecil Fry; Big CreeK
township, Frank Christian; Pet
er's Creek township, Alfred Rob
ertson; Beaver Island township,
D. H. Carter; Sauratown town
ship, W. F. Craig; Meadows town
ship. Drexall Flynt.
For Board of Education —R. B.
Hutcherson, J. Reid Forrest, El
bert Rhodes. H. C. Burnett, R. E.
L. Francis. F. T. Tilley, Dr. G. E.
Stone.
For County Surveyor—R. R.
King.
For Coroner—Dr. R. H. Haek
ler.
REPUBLICAN.
Sheriff S. A. Flinchurn.
Clerk Superior Court John
Lewellyn.
Register ol' Deeds- Orville R.
Nunn.
For Legislature T. G. New.
Hobart Joyce.
County Commissioners C. W.
Priddy, John H. Neal, H. C.
Gordon.
For Board of Education—J. W.
Priddy.
For Coroner—Dr. C. J. Hetea
beck.
| For Surveyor— W. E. Tuttle.
For Constable—Yadkin town
ship. James Rumley; Peter's
Creek township, Alex Flinchurn;
Danbury township, W. R. Young.