THE DANBURY REPORTER
Established 1872.
Three Killed By Cars In Stokes One Week
Deadly Toll Of Automobilesj
In State Is Brought
Home to Our People.
ROBERT JESSUP KILLED KV
CAR DRIVEN BY HENRY
PELL PELL IX JAIL
PENNSYLVANIA W O M A N
MEETS HER DEATH ON
HIGHWAY BETWEEN WAL
NUT COVE AND DAN RIVER
PARK—TAZ SHEPPARD WAS
DRIVER OF DEATH CAR
SHEPPARD IS INJURED
WRECK AT SANDY RIIMiE
SMASHES MISS LAURA EL
LINGTON'S CAR LEARY
NELSON AT THE WHEEL
Three people were killed by
automobiles in Stokes over a
period of a week preceding thw.
Several others were injured, more
or less seriously.
The first accident in which T.
P. Rothrock was instantly killed
in the suburbs of Walnut Cove,
was mentioned in last week's
Reporter.
The second fatal accident oc
curred betwen Walnut Cove and
* Dan River Park Friday, when
u Ellen Fawcett Scharpf, a
Pennsylvania layd, was killed,
in a crash in which Taz Shep
pard, of Sheppard's Mill, Sandy
Ridge, Route 1, was driving the
death car.
The third wreck when Robert
Jessup, of Westfield. was in.-.t int
ly killed by a car driven by
Henry Pell, occured Saturday
evening near Westfield. PcM is in
. : ail, and will be given a 1
on the charge of H-or
jnssib'v this week.
Particulars of the respective
accidents follow:
Mrs. Sharpt Killed
Mrs. Ellen Fawcett Scharpf.
79, of Coraopolis. Pa., near
Pittsburg, was fatally injured
Friday afternon about 5 o'clock
two miles north of Walnut Cove
when an automobile driven by
Taswell Sheppard, 25, of Saiu'y
Ridge, route 3, crashed into the
car in which she was riding with
her husband, C. G. Scharpf, re
tired lumber dealer.
Mrs. Scharpf was taken in an
ambulance to a Winston-Salem
hospital where she died at 7:45
o'clock. She sustained injuries
about the head. Mr. Scharpf sus
tained severe bruise? about the
knees and spent the night at the
hospital although he was not
badly injured.
Deputy Sheriff Carl Ray of
Walnut Cove investigated the ac
cident. He caid Mr. Scharpf was
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driving his car south on highway
77 en route to Winston-Salem.
Sheppard was operating hi.s cu.'
north behind a horse and wagon
driven by Rex Smith, of Stoker
county.
Sheppard attempted to pass
the horse and wagon, but did not
i have enough clearance and his
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car crashed into the Scharpf auto
mobile. Deputy Ray stated.
Neither Sheppard nor Mai
Myers, of 'Mayodan. who was
riding with him, were seriously
injured. However, Sheppard's cat
was badly damaged. The Scharpl
car was not badly damaged.
Mr. and Mrs. Scharpf were en
route to Clearwater, Fla., to
spend their twenty-ninth winter
there. For the past two years
they had driven south by Win.s
ton-Salem, spending the night
there each time.
Mrs. Scharpf was born at Cora
opolis. Pa., February 11, 1855. .
daughter of Fawcett and Mary
Jane Moore Watson. She spent
her entire life in Coraopolis.
Surviving are the husband; on:
daughter, Mrs. C. W. Campbell;
one grandchild; one sister, Mrs.
Cora Tredway, and one brother,
John Watson, all of Coraopolis.
The body was sent to Cora
opolis where the funeral was held.
Death of Robert Jessup,
Robert Jessup, 80, prominent
Stokes county farmer, was in
stantly killed Saturday afternoon
about 2 o'clock when struck by
an automobile while crossing the
toad near his home, three miles
east of Pilot Mountain.
The car was driven by Henry
Pell, according to reports of tho
accident, who lives in the sanir
community. In an effort to avoid
hitting Mr. Jessup. Mr. Pell turn
ed the car over and Mr. Pell and
the other occupant of the car, a
Mr. Sechrist, were badly hurt.
They were brought to Pilot Moun
tain for medical attention.
Mr. Jessup if survived by his
wife, two sons and two daugh
ters. He had been prominent!',
identified with farming in this
section for a number of years
and was well known in Stoker
and Surry counties.
At the undertaker's it w:i. 3
found that Mr. Jessup had
$2,250.00 in his pocket when kill
ed.
Another accident was reported
fiom Sandy Ridge where a car
driven by Leary Nelson crashed
into the automobile of Miss
Laura Ellington badly damaging
same, though no one was seriously
hurt.
Nelson is the same pa-cy
indicted for disturbance here on
e'ection night.
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Attended The Game
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Among those who attended the
Duke-Carolina game at Chapel
Hill Saturday were Mr. and
Mrs. S. G. Sparger. Mr. and
Mrs. E. M. Taylor, Mrs. E. P.
Pepper, Mrs. Wm. Joyce, Misses
Wilma Simmons, Luna Tay'or,
Estelle and Frances Humphreyj
and J. J. Taylor.
Danburv, X. C M Thursday, November 22, 1934
BASKET BALL
TOURNAMENT
AN EVENT OF COUNTY WIDE
INTEREST COMING AT
FRANCISCO IN DECEMBER
SIXTEEN TEAMS TO
PARTICIPATE.
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An event of county-wide thrill
is anticipated when a basket ball
tournament wil be given at the
Francisco high school grounds
December 6, 7, 8 and 10.
All basket ball teams in the
county are invited to participate
in this tournament in which the
trophies offered are unusually at
tractive.
The best basket ball of the
.season will be witnessed when
two leading teams, evenly
matched, will vie for the cham
pionship.
Sixteen teams will participate
and first and second trophies
will be presented to the winning
teams.
Ralph Brimley, of Reynolds
school will be referee.
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Mrs. Amanda Fulp
Claimed By Death
Ms. Amanda Newsom Fulp, 69,
widow of C. M. Fulp, died at her
home at Trinty, Randolph county,
at 3:03 o'clock Thursday morn
nig. She had ben ill for two
weeks.
The deceased was born in
Stokes county where she lived un
til a few years ago when she
moved to Randolph county. She
was well known both in Randolph
r.nd Stokos counties.
Surviving are two daughters.
Hazel and Avis Fulp, and two
step-children, Ora and Roy Fulp,
all of the home place; five sisters,
Mrs. W. E. Butner. of Winston-
Salem; Mrs. Martha Ellen Browi
Mrs. E. W. Wall, Mrs. Carrie
Lee Ingram and Mrs. Arthur
Hendrix, lal of Tobaccoville, an !
one broter, Ernest Newsom. o'
Tobaccoville.
Funeral was from Trinity M.
C. Church, Stokes county, at 2:30
o'clock. Rev. George W. Wiliam
conducted the services and inter
ment was in the church graveyard
in Stokes.
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Thanks Of Mrs.
Doyle, Relief
Administrator
Recently a number of shopping
bags were furnished to people in
different sections of the county,
to contain offerings of uss.l
clothing, shoes, etc., to be U33d
in the relief work,
| Mrs. Doyle requests the Report
er to thank those who have fill
ed the bags with many useful
articles, and to as3ure them th:V
she sincerely appreciates their
cordial and whole-hearted co
operation in this valuable ser
vice.
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John A. Leake, of Lawsonville.
, visited Danbury and Walnut
| Cove Tuesday.
LOVED MINISTER I
OF PINNACI.F
REV. A. I* HtNTER PLACED
ON SUPERANNUATE LIST
AFTER GOSPEL SERVICE OK
FORTY-TWO YEARS.
Some men are old at 40. others
never get old. Included in th*
last group is that genial soul.
Rev. A. L. Hunter, of Pinnacle, I
who Wednesday of last week was
granted a superannuate relationj
by the North Carolina annual con
ference of the Methodist Pro- j
testant church, which met at |
Grace church in Greensboro.
Mr. Hunter entered the con
ference at the session held !
Mount Zion church, Stoker
county, in 1889. During his mem
bership in the conference, he ha:
missed only three years from ihe
active pastoral work. When he
entered the conference, during
the presidency of the late Rev.
W. A. Bunch, he was fir9t as
signed to what was then Yadkin
mission, with a number of
churches situated around East
Bend.
From East Bend Mr Hunter
moved to the old Uwharrie circuit
which has since become divide.!
betwen two other charges
Here he stayed two years. Fo!
lowing this he was appointed t-
Pinnacle for eight years, Fin
Rock four years. Pinnacle si
years, Vance circuit, near Hen
derson, three years: Welch
Memorial. High Point. thre
years: Falston four years, and ro
turned tfo Pinnacle for 11 years.
During those 42 years ol ser
vice Mr. Hunter has served Pin
nacle, the place of entrance into
the conference, a total of 24
years, and it is quite a co-inriden:
that the place of entry wa: the
place of retirement, and the poin:
of longest and most
service.
Mr. Hunter stated the other
day that he has received mmv
than 1,000 members into the
churches on his present charge,
and the greater number in Mount
Zion church, the cradle of his
ministry.
When speaking of those long
years of service. Mr. Hunter said
that when he started to preach
ing his first salary was $l9O a
year, and it was necessary to
support himself, Mrs. Hunter and
four children on that small
salary.. When asked relative to
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his average salary, he said that
while an accurate statement was
not easy to give, as best he could
recall the yearly salary for those
42 years was approximately S9OO.
This was, of course, augumented
by more than SIOO each year for
work in teaching music and sing
ing among his own churches. Be
fore entering the ministry, he
was busily engaged in the capac
(ity of "singing school" teacher,
and for three years was kept busy
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leaching singing classes and lead
ing the music during the revival
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NATIVE STOKES LADY
INVOLVED IN FATAL
FORSYTH ACCIDENT
Beware Of Gypsies—
Kary Kiser Gets
Fleeced of His Kash
Seems like Stokes county farm
ers are especially subject to the
wiles of Gypsies;
Last week it was told how the
nomadic crooks relieved Pinx
Smith, of Meadows township, of
8125.00 in good Franklin D. Ft.
bills.
Now we gather in a dispatch
from Moore county how Cary '
Kiser was separated from his
substance. Cary is a son of '
Robert Kiser who left Stokes in 1
the year 1918 and took up resi- 1
dence in Moore county.
Listen:
"Sunday afternoon Cary and '
his brother and his wife and '
mother had been to Hoffman to
visit. On their way back to '
Moore county, they were hailed 1
near the Connecticut camp in 1
Richmond county by a band o;
Gypsies who asked help in re
pairing a flat tire. The Risen
stopped and gave aid.
"As they were preparing to
leave a Gypsy woman offered '•>
repay their kindness by telling
their fortunes. Mr. Kiser wis
asked to place a coin in hi.s hand
He did. And then the woman
tried to get his pocket-book from
his pocket. A scuffle ensued. an>>
when the activity cleared. Kisv
was minus five .SSO bills. T'-
woman protested she knew noth
ins of it, and agreed to be dis
robed and searched, which wps
done in the presence of the two
Mrs. Risers but no money was
found. Mr. Kiser left to get an of
ficer and in the meantime the
band departed."
Moral: To Stokes f irmers: lie
ware of Gypsies.
Election Nig-ht
Carver And Pals
Bound Over to Couvl
Leary Nelson, who seriousl"
stabbed Robert Smith in Danbun
on election night, November
. together with his pals. Peter an«l
Paul Nelson, were given a hear
ing here Friday before Justice P.
C. Campbell. All three were
bound over to court, Leary under
a bond of $500.00, which Arthur
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Shelton signed with him; Peter
and Paul respecctfully undet
bonds of $200.00. which they post
ed, giving sureties.
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Another Smash
Bill Smith, of the Meadow
| Grocery Co., was run into near
Pilot Mt. His car was damaged.
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Clyde Forrest, of Francisco
spent a short while here Tuesday
| afternoon.
Number 3,046
MISS NANNIE PEPPER IV
WRECK WITH VADKLV
COUNTY MAN WHO WA*
KILLED TUESDAY ACCI
DENT ON YADKINVILLK
HIGHWAY MISS PEPPE&
ON HER WAY FROM DAN
BURY TO HER BETHANIA
HOME.
Mis 3 Nannie Pepper, of-
Bethania, Forsyth county. visited
Danbury Tuesday, accompanied
by her sister, Mrs. Anna Dougla.'.
On hei way home to Bethania
late in the evening Miss Pepper' 1 *
car collided with a car driven by
George Hinshaw, of Yadkin
county. Hinshaw was killed.
The report of the accident as
published in the Winston-Sale,n
Journal, of Nov. 21, follows:
"The collision of his automobH-}
with one driven by a Bethania
woman at a Winston-Salem sub
urban cross roads brought death
late yesterday afternoon to
George Hinshaw, 29-year-aUI
member of a prominent Yadkhi
ville family,
"The dead man's companion.
Bob Carlton, also of YadkinviHe,
at first thought seriously injured-'
was released from Baptist Hos
pital last night after treatment
for a small contusion of the
scalp.
"Miss Nannie Pepper, driver nl
the other automobile involved in
the collision, and her companion
Mrs. Anna Douglas, of Bethania,
escaped uninjured from the ac
cident.
"Hinshaw. his chest badly
smashed, died on the way to tha
hospital.
The accident occurred around
7 a. m„ at the intersection of the
Polo Road and YadkinviHe high
way.
"Hinshaw, deputies sheriff re
ported, was proceeding west on
the highway toward YadkinviHe.
His car struck the bumper of Miss
Pepper's automobile, reportedly
entering the highway from Polo
Road.
"Hinshaw's car skidded 75 feet
after the collision, turned ovrr
several times and inflicted in
juries which resulted in death.
"No charges had been prefer
red against Miss Pepper last
night.
"Hinshaw was the son of Mr.
and Mrs. S. T. Hinshaw. of Yad
kinviHe. He was a member of tha
Harmony Grove Friends Church
and was connected at the time of
his death with a YadkinviHe
funeral firm.
I "He spent hia entire life iu
Yadkin county with the exception
of four years spent in Kansas ii»
the employ of the R. J. Reynold*
Tobacco Company.
"Surviving in addition to the
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