THE DANBURY REPORTER.
Established 1872.
CLYDE R. HOEY
COMING MARCH 30
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR
GOVERNOR OF NORTH
CAROLINA TO ADDRESS
STOKES CITIZENS HERE
FIRST MONDAY OF COURT
WEEK ONE OF THE
STATE'S FINEST ORATORS
AND A MOST GIFTED
I
SPEAKER.
Hon. Clyde R. Hocy, Demo
cratic candidate for Governor of !
North Carolina, will address? the
people of SLokes county at Dan
bury on Monday, March "0, at
one o'clock P. M., at the noon re
cess of court.
Mr. Hoey is famed as one of'
)
the State's most gifted orators,
and commands the interest and
attention of the people as few
men are able to do. He bn s boon
l
here befo-p. Ms la'.t appearance'
being in October, 19fS. He b:v
been leading the bntt'.3 for th^
principles of the Democrat; -
party in North Carolina fcr
more than 30 years, havh?
visited po??ibly every county ii
ths S'o.te.
Ia as'ing for the nomination
for Governor, Mr. Hoey state:
that he is standing sonar-'y
as always on the >it!oci , a , 'c
*
platform, St strongly »^f , ; , ora') m
to educatici!, and believes
that the .sales tax, which
was adopted by the State
in the financial crisis of several
years ago, should now be gradu
ally eliminated. H? advocates
strongly the AAA principles for
the tobacco farmers, and is in
favor of old age pensions. He is
100 per cent, for Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
Mr. Hoey invites all citizens of
every political faith to come out
on next Monday and hear him,
with a special invitation to the
ladies.
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Reaction To Too Much
Patrolling
|
There is sharp reaction in some
of Stokes county to the
activities of State highway'
patrolmen on the Stokes county
roads. It i 3 conceded that the
I highways are under the control
Jmd supervision of the State, but
"o be held up and arrested on
such slight provocation as having
tak?n a drink of whiskey or beer,
ftrhich many persons claim they
are able to do and be entirely
safe, smacks too much, it is
claimed, of foreign interference
i
: with personal rights, etc. Those
who complain say that the
Stokes county officers are plenty
vigilant, that very few accidents'
'wr violations of law occur that
i«o not taken care of by home
t "icers.
Child of dryland
WSeriously 111
The F year-old little girl of j
Maryland Wood, >r new
filling station oj>crator, is serious- j
V ill with pneur.'onia and other j
BompUcations. Their home is near
llAWßonviUe,
I The young child. of Lundy
■rood, of Lawvooyillei ia alaa ill.
Volume 64.
HIDE OUT
SLOT MACHINES
THE JUDGE AND SOLICITOR
AND THE GRANID JURY TO
HOLD FORTH HERE NEXT
WEEK AND THE MONEY
TRAPS ARE EXPECTED TO
BE TEMPORARILY RE
MOVED BY THEIR OWNER
Tins WEEK.
It is reported that slot
machines, several of which are
regularly operated in the store* ■
of Danbury, will be temporarily
removed by their non-resident
owner this wee k.
It is undoi stood that these
1
machines, which are used in
violation of State laws, will be
returned to their stands no
quicker thin the judge, solicitor
and grand jury leave town. I
Criminal court begins Monday a
an ' will possibly continue a j
week, the docket being heavy. I
The nirlclc r.r 1 pen ay slot n:i- I
chines a r e money-making a
rcheirtof! for thrir ovners, an 1 ]
in the riiii's? of a week gather j
rl! t'v loose change 3
of tin r.ci 'bborhoo 1. I! is rati- 1
mated t' at from •"0 n HI OO rv I
rli'-.pe' into He here e "cry §
week. I.o's or th'n cash is ' r'o~i S
cl.i'dren, bv ma!:*'" from u '
. of vv A ioril can i!l af
ford to spare it, but they say
that when once the gamblin r
mania takes hold of a fello.v
it is hard to turn loose.
D°afh Of
Mrs. Nannie F. Smith
Mrs. Nannie F. Smith, 74, died
at her home in Ether, Montgo
mery county, early Wednesday
morning after a long illness. The
body was carried to the home of
a son, P. G. Smith, of Walnut
Cove, where it will remain until
j the funeral which will be held at
Palmyra Methodist church, Stokes
county, at 2 o'clock this after
j noon. The officiating ministers
! will be Revs. R. E. Heath, of As
bury, and O. E. Ward, of Wins
ton-Salem. .
' Mrs. Smith, daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Greene
( is survived by her husband, J. T.
Smith; four daughters, Mrs.
Hanry Williamson, of Steeds;
Mrs. Kemper Freeman, of Mont
i
gomery county; Mrs. S. G. PriJ
dy, of Danbury, and Miss Lena
Smith, of Greensboro, and two
sons, P. G. Smith, Walnut Cove,
and T. S. Smith, of Montgomery
county.
I German ton News
Mrs. Charlie Baker and son,
Buddy Ross, of King, are spend
ing some time with Mr. and Mrs.
G. Ross Meadows and family.
Miss Josephine Eaton, of Flat
Rock, is visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Dock Eaton on Germanton, route
one.
j Mr. and Mrs. Moser Carroll
( and family, Jr. and Mrs. Aubry 1
j Southern, Mr. and Mrs. Paul
j Southern visited Lover's Leap
and other places Sunday.
Mrs. J. M. Southern visited the
Meadows family over the week
end.
Danbury, N. C., Thursday, March 26, 1936
(AN EDITORIAL.)
Give The Devil His Dues, And Be As Fair
To The Sales Tax
Lolling- ground the gilded lobbies of ex
clusive clubs, and reclining in othr
pleasant lounging places of many a North
Carolina city, in former days men and
women cf affluence were often found en
joying life without bearing a fair portion
of its burdens.
These people paid little or no taxes to
ward the support of government.
How did this leisurely class—you ask
escape taxation, which was known to rest
heavily on the fanner's land and to exact
pinching tribute frcrn the tangible sub
stance ol the small home-owner and the
little business man '
They escaped because their wealth was
invisible, existing ; n fluctuating bank ac
counts and tuvhtfy-loeked
boxes, where beautiful lithographed stocks j
and bonds wr: disturbed only when th I
t'me ci-in r> clip c -jiipoiu and e Sleet div- I
id end \
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Wlifl. \ -> C.l 5 S'} I*. * p
policv of the Stat —-this evasion  f taxa- I
t'on by th* v a! ■ tho I'• • : • affluent, I
whose oniv «'on w : i ' ,'h :
tick-i-S ii'- 1 I'd : 'ie I '■ '.v.-. JV • };m
The off et was that  : State's lax
gathers 1 ?.fl to resort mainh/ to the vistbl
j p*c j i c c • ■:! •'! e-=t •: •• • '• th* >-m vi
I businessman aul the/zivmei with his de
pleted an s in tv N ncea cv e The ta
gatherer; had or.ly a.-scis on wli : eh
to levy for the exnen- e cf .government.
TAJniVR RT'LTEVTCD
How d'd tho Ncrth Carolina leg'.'laturo
relieve the real r - c 'vner, the sroa'l busi- f
ness man and the farmer, and at the same l
time meet the demands of more pay for
school teachers, longer terms for the pub- ,
lie schools, pay the interest on tho State's
outstanding bonds, and preserve and pro
tect the languishing honor and credit o?
the commonwealth?
By enacting the SALES TAX which took
the place of the advalorem taxes on land,
which were repealed.
OTHER DODGERS
There was yet another class who dodged
the tax-collectors before the sales tax was
enacted—a class who evaded the responsi
bilities of citizenship, and who went scot
free from the burdens that other honest
men and women had to shoulder. We
refer to that shiftless, idle, non-la,oring
group who frequent the cafes and t fill
ing stations, who own no property nor have
the ambition to own any, who refuse to
work at fair wages, and who today are
among the bitterest critics cf the sales tax.
It is this class who are loudest in their
denunciation of State government, and who
repeat and reecho the bull and the poppy
cock put out by ambitious demagogues who
are trying to capitalize on ignorance and
prejudice and irresponsibility.
These fellows under the sales tax are j
paying tribute to the government on the
cigarettes they smoke and the beer they
drink. Naturally they are the loudest
denouncers of taxes and government.
But—you ask—is not the sales tax a
burden that rests most heavily on the poor
while the rich escape, and when the legisla
ture repealed the tax on the farmer's land
did it not also repeal the tax on the rich
man's real estate, the law thus inuring to
the benefit of the rich mai at last?
HITS ALL / XE
No. The sales tax ; J on all alike,
both rich and poor, and ry person must
(CONTINUED ON BACK PAGE)
Poor Print
JERRY BAKER
GETS RAW DEAL?
FLATSIIOAL CITIZEN ON A
| VISIT TO KING, ENCOUNT
ERS A VERY SOBERING
EXPERIENCE CONSIDER-!
I
IXG A SUIT AGAINST
TOWN AND ITS COMMUNITY
OFFICER FOR ALLEGED
i DAMAGE TO CHARACTER
AND DEPRIVATION; OF'
PRC PKRTY.
Jerry P. :kev, uT Flatrbo?l, \ •
here to.lay considering the c: s
ployment of counsel in a en".
template!) suit against the t.
of Kin ;. p*okes county, an! :
u'y Sheriff Stewart, Kins ••
conmi'r.i'v officer, in the i
$lO 0 0 for uHr "ed damn"" to
! , ' i
eha> i..T. p vnonal hv.-'' '
! i" • i.:-: T on of ;;onr' ' .-i
. ,
ii h!-\ i
T ' ■• ■ ::i3 that Mr Br.k r v- j
• . f , . . •• •
V - v-.
• , ■ .. • •
Pi '-.:Vq ho' ■' r■ ''
yl. , |..> V
!• ' ' v/it'i in ': u. tiov, t.» •
port for h vhig Wednesday '
■'rv Til! - r "'bi'll.
>f»*. r-i'-es ' " ien« :
I'o tvvl o 1 ■ i l ' unk on" 1
P"'l To;) b . . i-h ('••> '
~cr-'v.ti; to be rol l and Li'l i'
u ta"ted any \vM ':ey o" any o: ! . :•
jj sMmu'ant; l!;:u the officer w■ ■
f.stantlinct bv a*'l witnesrel H,-i
1 ■ i
''••ink the bo'i'e of ale, and im
nediately pinched him and!
i him to the Red Home on
the Hill.
Whereupon, f b« complainant
allepes that he received a raw
deal, that he was unnecessarily
humilated and damaged in his
character. This is the only time
in the history of the Baker
generations that the Baker
i family escutcheon has ever had
11 smudge on it.
Complainant further alleges
that he carried in his pocket :i
1 rood knife for which he paid
■ ?t.r;o at Brown Codgers stoiw
and thrt tkir tool or weapon, if
you choose to call it that, was
tokcin from him an,) that it has
not since been returned to him
although his property should
have been placed again in hi'
possesion when he was free'
from his incarccraiion.
It appears that t'le town o:
King, which is net ircoiporat: 1.
yet, is under the application of a
.'pedal act of the legislature
(which makes sls and cost tho
| minimum price for being caught
| the influence" within a
prescribe 1 ">rca embracing the
[town. M kor declares that he
| visited the ico fo- v ''■ purpose
lof seeing , \'co V • about
j some fertilizer, tbit is en
j lirely sob : id a i of no
harm to any man. Wu tc.vn
jhe bad his teeth 'ocked o\ by
th. c.iti."/ .vb . i? c* '»
get a mouth tad n ggo.,iea
beer s?s a mighty .rood va&h.
Follow; r. he "loot i dualist's"
advice, he walked across the
street to a joint where he tried
Red Top (one bottle only) to
Number 3,335 H
PRISONERS READY
FOR COURT
OCCI'PAXTS OF THE JAIL
WHO ARE EXPECTING
TRIAL NEXT WEEK
THERE ARK TWENTY-FIVE,
A:(D MAY BE MORE BY
MONDAY ONE MLRDEIt
CASE, OTIiFRS MOSTLY
MINOR CHANGES.
Twenty-five p;isona "uvait the
willing of the court boll next
M.'u'.iiy, being at 'present con
lined in tiio county j. il l'or
• offon.siThere i- one
:::m ae used murder. The
;I i-; a ,- o c'u •. ! for ;. : rally
i.i-ir.oj' Infract* is of tlr • law,
• >O,l of t! 1 j»:. ' il.ition
'l'/ ; I.' ; ;,!! lit! ' Of-
I
I-.: t Ro
j. ' jai t-.da;--.
; : : 1 • 1*• :  11. -t;
!
• .'''it'!
Willi
\vi* !t
v.iih
with
; \lo .; : . in: • '!. break
in' . :v\ m .
j I! iihv.i . . •' . ii!-;* «. 1 ill
toxic if ed.
j Viola Mvors, I*. •*. ! n.
Liii Chatham, l. - vA a.
COLORED
: Frank \V;thcrs»e:>n. I:r .cny.
George Barrett, assault with
deadly weapon.
| Henry Fulton, larceny, break
ing and entering.
j Aimer Lash, larceny, breaking
anj entering.
! Eugene Brown, offaisc.
i John Henry Brown, making
whiskey.
Curtis Carroll, malum; whiskey
i John Carroll, making whis
j key.
. Peet Gi'lnn, making whi.fkey.
1 J. D. Carroll, makin.: whiskey.
rl '
j O'cnr Brown, maki: l . whiskey.
; Walter Goolsby, lave •.
Garfii'.d Gillian, rrik' whis
i
; kr '- v
.! William Hill, larceny.
: In nil probaMHt" other
;
prisoners will be a Ui I» > tho
i
• above lift by the time court
opjns next Monday.
' j
Republicans Nominate
Grissom l or Governor
i'
:' North Carolina F puMican3
: Tuesday in t'leir state convention
:at Raleigh nominated Gilliam
c Grissom, of McLeansvillo, Guil
•' ford county, for governor, and
> endorsed Judge Meckins for
i President of U. S.
• his discomfiture as tbove set
i, forth.
• j Mr. Ba'.cer does not allege in
' his comnlaint that the tooth
J dentist was an agent for or silent
1 partner with the makers or dh