THE DANBURY REPORTER.
Volume 61.
THREE PRISONERS
ESCAPE FROM CAMP,
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MISUNDERSTANDING OVER
RESPONSIBILITY LEADS TO
TEMPORARY SUSPENSION j
OF A. G. SISK, NIGHT
WATCHMAN STATE TO
MAKE INVESTIGATION THIS
WEEK.
TWO RECAPTURED.
Sunday night or rather early
Monday A. M., probably about
3:00 o'clock, three negro prison
ers at the State convict camp,
two miles east of Danbury, escap
ed from their confinement by
prizing loose boards in the roof
of their cell. I
Those who made the get-a-way
are as follows:
Robert Fisher of High Point,
under 6-year sentence for burg-,
lary. He had served more than
5 years of his imprisonment.
Odell Jones of Winston-Salem,
sentenced for 30 months for lar
ceny and receiving. Had served 5
months.
James Norris, of Winston-Sal
em, under 90-day sentence for lar
ceny.
At the time of the escape the
prisoners were under charge of A.
G. Sisk, night watchman.
Without waiting for an investi
gation by State prison authorities,
which is expected this week,
Superintendent of the Camp P. H.
Hanes requested Mr. Sisk to ac
cept a suspension from his duties
for a few days, pending develop
ments, which the latter promptly
agreed to.
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A representative of the Repor
ter visited the camp headquar
ters Tuesday with the view of
ascertaining facts as to the
escape.
The prisoners are kept confined
at r o ht in wooden quarters built
like a box-car, with a double deck
of tiers or bunks on either side.
The size of the room is 10x30
feet. It is constructed of pine
boards, and of a flimsy pattern
for the confinement of desperate
criminals. i
There are bunks for the ac
commodation of 16 prisoners per
:
room. Three of these rooms or
cells, set at right angles, con
verge upon the front chamber in
which the guard or night watch
man sleeps.
On Sunday night Mr. Sisk was
on duty as usual, and did not at
any time sleep, as he says, but
he sat and read some 25 feet
away from the place of escape.
He admits that he nodded oc
casionally.
A couple of prisoners lying on
the top bunk may easily reach
the ceiling or the roof of the cage
with their feet. It is conceivable
that two pairs of stout heels
could soon kick a hole through
the roof which is constituted of
short pieces of pine boardr, six
inches wide nailed at each end
with one 8-penny spike, covered
over with paper roofing.
A theory freely expressed is
that the caged negroes wero
dancing and singing till lata,
keeping up a lively racket, wliUr
one or two inmates worked to
make an opening at the corner
of the roof farthest away from
the guard.
Established 1872.
MRS S. G. SPARGER
ENTERTAINS CLUB
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FINE ARTS ORGANIZATION
OF DANBURY HOLDS JULY
MEETING HISTORICAL |
PROGRAM RENDERED
SOCIAL HOUR, WITH RE-'
FRESHMENTS, FOLLOWS. |
The Danbury Fine Arts Club
held its regular July meeting
with Mrs. S. G. Sparger on Thurs
day afternoon.
The president, Mrs. H. M.
Joyce, presided over the meeting,
which opened with the club col
lect, followed by the club woman's
hymn.
As July is the historical
month, in answering the roll call
each member gave a historical
event.
Following a short business
session, in which a report was
given from the year book commit
tee, a historical program was
rendered.
Reading "Historical Hali
fax," Mrs. G. T. Pettay.
Reading, "Newbern First to
Observe July 4th"—Mrs. Har- (
Allison.
Poem, "Recessional," Mrs. W.
R. Givens. ,
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Song—"America."
A historical contest was then
given with Miss Nell Joyce win
ning the prize.
The meeting concluded with a
short social hour'ln which ■' fly
licious refreshments were served
by the hostess.
Stokes Represented
At Appalachian
State Teachers' College
Stokes county is represented
here by: Lela Brown, King;
Eleanor Carson, Germanton;
Pearl Johnson, Stokes; Christine
King, Dilmon Lawson, Pinnacle,
Rebecca Mabe, Walnut Cove;
Dennis G. Spencer, Hallie Spen
cer, Harford Spencer, Lawsoi.-
ville.
"Lend me five dollars, old man.
I promise you, on the word of a
gentlemen, to pay It back tomor
row."
"Bring the gentleman around
and let me see him." —Montreal
Star.
Young- Smith I
Comes Home,
Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Smith and
family returned Thursday from
Morganton bringing home their 1
young son, who has been staying'
at the hospital suffering with a
nervous breakdown. The young'
man is much improved now, and
the friends of Mr. Weldon and
family rejoice with them at his
return home.
TWO CAUGHT.
Since the above was written
news comes of the re-capture of
two of the prisoners, Odell Jones
and James Norris. Jones was
or res to. 1 near Wilson's Store. The
arrest was made by Paul Lewh
Iteid Forrest, Tom Christian and
Travis Tuttle.
Norris was caught going down
a road a-foot near Germanton.
He had broken in the home of
Press Tatum and had secured
a shotgun. The arrest was made
by Reid George and Deputy Sher
iff Wagoner.
EXPORTS TOBACCO
SHOW INCREASE
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GAIN OF 65 PER CENT. OVER
FIRST HALF OF 193S RE-j
PORTED FOR THIS YEAR
ALL TYPES ADVANCING.
I Washington, Aug. 3.—A
able improvement in United
States tobacco export trade dur-j
ing the first half of the current
year is reported by the tobacco
division, department of com
merce.
' Preliminary data show that
sales abroad during the six
months were valued at $45,336,-
350, an increase of 65 per cent,
and 46 per cent., respectively,
over the corresponding periods
of 1933 and 1932. The 1934 ex
ports, it is pointed out, were
within 29 per cent, of the total
tobacco exports of the first half
of 1929.
Exports of all types of leaf to
bacco during the first six months
of 1934 were in advance of those
for the first six months of 1933
in volume by over 23 per cent.'
| those of the corresponding period
of 1932 by nearly 15.5 per cent,
and were only 8.3 per cent, un
der those of the first six months
of 1929. The volume of leaf to
bacco exported during the 1934
six months was 207.271.92S
pounds, the 1933 period 168,411,-
377 pounds, the 1932 period 179,-
-ft94yM6 pounds, and that of the
1929 period 226,095,946 pounds.
Exports of manufactured to
bacco products during the first
six months of 1934 increased in
volume and value, over those of
the corresponding period of 1932.!
Cigarettes increased nearly 55.5
per cent., chewing tobacco over 6
per cent., smoking tobacco ap
proximately 35 per cent., and
other products 17 per cent. Total
shipments during the 1934 period
amounted to 1,652,631,000 cigar
ettes; 845,700 pounds of chewing
tobacco; 531,343 pounds of smok
ing tobacco ; and 79,451 pounds
of other products. The total
value of manufactured tobacco
products exported during the 1934
period was $4,016,786 as against
the 1933 period value of $3,117,-
949, an increase of approximate
ly 28.8 per cent.
The return to American leaf
, tobacco shippers during th . "it
six months of 1934 amounted to
I $41,319,564, an increase of 70
i per cent, in income over the in
come from leaf business during
. the first six months of 1933, ap
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proximately 51 per cent, over the
corresponding period of 1932 and
approximately 22 per cent, under
the value of leaf shipments dur
ing the first six months of 1929.
j Bright flue-cured tobacco rep- ;
resented 66 per cent, in volume
of all types of tobacco exported
and accounted largely for the in
creased tobacco exports in tJv
Hist i'ix months of 1934.
Ball Game Restores Sun Lost
30 Years. Dramatic True Story
of Child Kidnaped at Last Re
stored to Parents, in The Ameri
can Weekly, the Magazine which
comes on August 12 with the
BALTIMORE AMERICAN. Buy
Your copy from your favorite
newsboy or newsdealer.
I
Wednesday, August 8, 1934
CHAIRMAN NEW
STARTS CAMPAIGN j
HEAD OF THE COUNTY RE
PUBLICAN COMMITEE
HERE WITH CLERICAL'
FORCE TO INSPECT REGIS-1
TRATION BOOKS AND 08- 1
TAIN LIST OF QUALIFIED!
VOTERS.
T. G. New of King, chairman
of the Republican county execu
tive committee ard candidate
for the legislature, appeared in
the office of the Clerk Superior
Court here Wednesday and rc-1
quested the use of the registra-;
tion books from which to make
a copy of the certified voters ofj
the county.
Mf. New was accompanied bv
seven or eight lady clerical work
ers.
Clerk of the Court Tuttle read
ily turned over the books to
Chairman New, who offered eith
er that his forces would do their
work in the Clerk's room or up-j
stairs in the court house.
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Later, there was some ques
tion in regard to the Clerk's re
sponsibility in allowing the books
removed from his office, so thai
Mr. Tuttle was advised to recall
his order allowing the privilege'
requested by Mr. New.
Mr. McLendon, chairman of the
State board of election., was call
ed up over*' the telephone at
Greenflborb, to decide the matter.
Mr. McLendon decided in favor
of Mr. New's request, so that Mr.
New was allowed to secure the
list of names. >
Walnut Cove Items. ,
Walnut Cove, Aug. B.—Delitha
Whitener, has returned home af
ter a visit to her grandmother's
in Greenville, S. C.
Miss Luna Taylor, of Danbury,
spent several days last week in
Walnut Cove.
Julia Pepper spent Friday in
Danbury.
Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Scott spent
the week-end in Durham.
Miss Catherine Nicholson spent
the week-end in Winston-Salem.
Misses Nell and Catherine
Whitener have gone to Greenville,
S. C. for a week's stay with their
grandmother. I
Miss Elizabeth Russell and her
mother, Mrs. E. W. Russell, spent
Friday here with Mrs. E. P. Pep-j
per.
Ellen Kate Pepper, of Danbury, |
spent Saturday here with Julia'
Pepper.
Hugh Pinnix spent the week- (
end at his home in Greensboro. |
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Whitener
spent the week-end visiting in
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Greenville, S. C. |
E. S. Zimmerman returned
home Saturday from the hospital,
and is recovering rapidly.
Marjorie Pepper, of Danbury.
spent the week-end here with
Emorie Pepper.
Mrs. Bill Fulton and daughter.
Barbara Ann, spent Friday 'n
Danbury with Mrs. S. G. Sparger.,
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Southern
visited Danbury Sunday.
George Fulton, Jr., returned to
his home in Roanoke, Va., Fridyn.
after a visit with friends here. i
H. N. Scott visited King Mon
day.
COUNTY HOME
TO LET AUG. 20.
PRESENT MANAGER JOHN
BRIM, HAS RESIGNED
COURT HOUSE SQUARE TO
BE CONSERVED OTHER
MATTERS BEFORE BOARD
OF COMMISSIONERS.
I John Brim, who has managed
the county home for some years, j
has resigned, and this county in
stitution will be re-let at a spe-'
cial meeting of the county com
missioners on August 20.
The matter of depredations
committed on the court house
square by children, loafers and
I other impedimenta was brought
| to the attention of the board by
Magistrate P. C. Campbell. The
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board of commissioners, which
was in session at the court house
Monday, instructed that noti-jts'
be posted forbidding further
depredations under penalty of 1
the law.
| There was no further business
transacted by the board with tl.e,
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exception of payment of routine
claims, tax releases, etc. I
Serious Affray
At Meadows j
Sunday Evening ■
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! A man by the name of Price
was seriously injured Sunday af
ternoon by J. L. Boyd, who struck
Price on the head with s stick,
knocking hi m unconscious. Price
was taken to the hospital.
The affair occurred at Mead
ows where both of the men are
tenants on the land of Riley
, Turner. Boyd was drunk. There
had been a fight.
Deputy Sheriff Bert Smith, ac
companied by Justice P. C. Camp
bell, found Price lying down with
blood oozing from his mouth,
nose and ears, and in a semi-un
conscious condition. He was
quickly conveyed to a Winston-
Salem hospital. It is learned to
day that he has since improved
to such extent that he was
brought home.
| Boyd, who is a half brother of
Price, was arrested and placed
under bond for his appearance at
a hearing before Justice Campbell
at Danbury on the 13th.
Bethesda Meeting
I Closes With Nine
Accessions—Next
Sunday's M. E.
Church Services
I
The M. E. Church meeting at
Bethesda closed last Sunday with |
| nine accessions to the church. The
pastor, Rev. J. B. Needham, con
ducted these services. On Sun
! day the attendance was estimat
ed at 300.
Rev. Mr. Needham's appoint- j
ments for next Sunday are as
follows:
Davis Chapel, 11 A. M.
Danbury, 8 P. M.
He Qualified. ;
Motorist —"I want a chauffeur
who can think quickly in an «m-
I
ergency."
Applicant—"That's me, sir! I
never smashed a car yet that I
couldn't think up an A-l excuse
' !
in five seconds."—San Dief o U«-
ion. I
Number 3,030
HAIL-HIT FARMERS
ASK AAA HELP
JOHN L. CHRISTIAN, FOR
STOKES, AND JOHN H. FOL
GER IN BEHALF OF SURRY,
SURVEY DAMAGED CROPS
AND WILL REQUEST AID OF
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
MORE THAN FOUR HUND
RED CROPS IN TWO COUN
TIES INJURED AVERAGE
DAMAGE OVER FIFTY PER
CENT.
John L. Christian in behalf of
Stokes farmers, and John H. Fol
ger, acting for Surry tobacco
growers, are co-ordinating and
consolidating their efforts to the
end that the Federal government
may lend aid to the hail-hit farm
ers of the two counties.
At Reynolds' school last Satur
day Mr. Christian held a meeting
at which a large nunthet* of to
bacco growers wore pre3ont An
effort was made to make a gen
eral survey of the situation as a
result of the recent destructive
hail storms in practically all of
the western sections of the coun
ty. A list of 198 Stokos farmers
was compiled, showing an esti
mated damage of probably SIOO,
000. The average damage was
found to exceed 50 per cent.
Many crops were injured 85 to
95 per cent. The greatest de
struction occurred in that region
of Quaker Gap township extend
ing from Reynolds school to Pilot
Mountain.
It was learnd that in Surry the
number of damaged farmers was
listed at 235, with an estimated
loss around SIOO,OOO.
The federal government is
known to be coming to the rescue
of drouth-ridden western farmers.
Messrs. Christian and Folger
will at once begin negotiations
with the AAA or the federal relief
administration, looking to succor
for those who have had their to
bacco and corn crops either de
stroyed or damaged in a great
measure.
Duggins Family
Reunion Fourth
Sunday in August
The ninth annual reunion of
the Duggins families and friends
will be held on the lawn at the
home of Rufus Duggins on the
fourth Sunday in August two
miles north-west of Walnut Cove,
on the Piney Mountain road at
I which time all relatives and
friends are invited to bring a
basket and come out and take
part in the picnic dinner which
will be spread on the lawn at 12
o'clock and enjoy the fine program
that is being arranged for the
day, of string music, quartet
singing and speaking. All music
ians and quartets who wish to
take part in this program and
be guests at the picnic dinner
are invited to attend. The pro
gram will begin at 10 o'clock A.
M., and last until 3:30 P. M.
We want to make this a real day
of enjoyment and pleasure.
CHARLES R. DUGGINS .
—rding Secretary and Enter
, tafnment Corr.jrittccr.-.an.»