THE DANBURY REPORTER.
Established 1872. Volume 64.
AT THE COURT
HOUSE MONDAY
COUNTY INVITED TO JOIN
IN 1 STATE-WIDE CEREMONY
OF INSTALLATION OF OF
' FICIALS HOEY AND
OTHERS TO SPEAK OVER
RADIO NEW COUNTY
COMMISSIONER TAKES
OATH, WHILE RE-ELEOTED
OFFICERS WILL RENEW
BONDS AND BEGIN NEW
TERMS LARGE CROWD
EXPECTED TO ATTEND
FUNCTIONS.
Harvey Johnson, new county
commissioner, will take the oath
of office, while the re-elected
official», Sheriff J. J. Taylor and
Register of Deeds R. L. Smith,
will renew their bonds and begin
new terms.
This county has been invited
to join with the other 99 in a
public installation of its newly
elected officers next Monday
morning. The local ceremonies
win be preceded by a State
wide radio program featured by
messages from representatives of
the newly-elected Federal, State
and County officers, headed by
the leader •of the incoming
I (administration, Governor-Elect
Oyde Hoey.
jmbUc jW&I "and
being arranged by The Institute
of Government in co-operation
with the State and County
election boards and local offi
cials. Eighty counties participated
in the program as inaugurated by
The Institute four years ago and
although the ceremonies were
held at night, they drew a heavy
attendance and met with such
approval that The Institute wa3
, asked to repeat them. .
The Chairman of the County
Board of Elections of Stokes, |
Cary L. Carroll, has been asked
by Major L. P. McLendon,
Chairman of the State Board of
Elections, to confer with J. A.
Joyce, the Chairman of the
Board of County Commissioners
and other local officials in work
ing out the arrangements for the
local ceremonies.
The State-wide program will
begin promptly at 9:45 A. M.
and will be broadcast to the
court house 3 in the 100 counties
over three stations, WPTF in
Charlotte, and WWNC in Ashc
ville, covering the eastern,
central, and western sections of
the State respectively.
The local ceremonies and for
mal installation of the new
County officials will follow the
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conclusion of the 30-minut2
State program at 10:15.
The civics and government
classes in the 800 high schools
of the State are also being in
vited to listen in to the pro
gram, which will be educational
as well as govenmenta! In nature.
"Public installation ceremonies
undoubtedly serve to impress all
W. F. CRAIG
SHOOTS HIS WIFE
SAURATOWN TOWNSHIP
FARMER IN JAIL CHARGED
WITH SERIOUS CRIME
HIS MIND MAY BE UN-1
BALANCED MBS. CRAIG
NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED
OFFENDER IS AGED, AND
HAD BEEN DRINKING.
W. F. Craig, aged about 75, of
Belew'a Creek, near Walnut
Cove, Stokes county, is in jail
here charged with shooting his
wife.
Mrs. Craig, who is also aged,
was not seriously injured, the
ball taking effect in a leg. But
for the efforts of a son, Dick
Craig, the old man would have
shot his wife the second time.
He was disarmed, while Mrs.
Craig was quickly taken to
Walnut Cove physicians, who
dressed her wounds.
W. F. Craig has been a good
citizen and highly respected in
his community and throughout'
the county where he is known.
He is a farmer, owns a good
farm, and has a family of chil
dren, all good citizens. No motive
is assigned for his rash act ex
cept on the theory that his mind
is possibly unbalanced. He sus
tained ® stroke of parafyaia
several years ago. Recently, it is
reported, he had been drinking
heavily.
Mr. Craig was arrested and
placed in Danbury jail, where he
awaits a hearing before a magis
trate.
How You Get
Your Reporter Free
With every dollar paid on sub
scription to the Reporter we
give 20 green subscription
tickets. You can use these
tickets same as cash in buying
from the following Stokes county
concerns:
Stokes Lumber Co., Walnut
Cove, N. C.
T. G. New, King.
Hauser & Bailey, Walnut Cove.
Jones Brothers, Walnut Cove.
Tuttle Motor Co., Walnut Cove.
J. M. Woods, Danbury.
Ray Brothers, Meadows.
E. M. Taylor, Walnut Cove.
Lawsonville Motor Co., Law
! sonville.
J. W. Linville Filling Station,
Walnut Cove.
individual responsibility and to
impress the public with the im
:portance of the various officials
!to which they elect candidates,"
Major McLendon of the State
Board wrote County Chairman
Carroll in his request to make
necessary arrangements locally.
"They also serve to stimulate in
terest among younger people,
and especially tfto school abfl
|drea wto© art aHjws sf U-
Danbury, N. C., Thursday, Dec. 3, 1936
IjUDSON F. ASHBY IDEATH OF MISS
: DIES BY OWN HAND MATTIE C. TAYLOR
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EDITOR OF MOUNT AIRY ]
TIMES FOUND DEAD IN HIS
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OFFICE, PISTOL BY HIS
SIDE FINANCIAL WOR-J
RIES GIVEN AS POSSIBLE
' REASON FOR DISTRESSING
ACT. , .(^
Judson F. Ashby, 30, editor
and publisher of the Mount Airy
Times since 1928, was found shot 1
to death in his office late Wed- 1
nesday afternoon. Employes t
forking in another part of 1
the building heard the report of
a pistol and found Ashby lying 
by his desk with a bullet wound ]
in the head. The pistol lay near- 1
by.
The coroner deemed an inquest 1
unnecessary. Members of Ashby's 1
family were quoted as saying f
that he had been worrying about 1
financial matters. No note was '
I
found. « |1
Mr. Ashby was a native of i
Mount Airy, son of the late Mr. ]
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and Mrs. Edward B. Ashby. Af- '
, ter attending the Mount Airy
[schools he was graduated from .
i the University of North Carolina !
. where he served as editor of the '
[.Tar Heel, student newspaper. :
.1 |He i 8 .survived by his wife, :
ijformerly Miss Bertha Adams, of!'
[ Stuart, Va.; two sisters, Mrs.
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• | Hugh B. Holcomb, of Elkin, and |
| Mrs. W. S. Wolfe, Mount Airy,
I and two brothers, Robert E.
,j Ashby, Mount Airy, and William
. H. Ashby, Ashland, Ky.
New Residents
In Town
Mrs. Evelyn McNairy has j
returned to her work here as
superintendent of social service
and welfare work in the county.
She hag been ill at the home of
relatives in Greensboro. She is
now greatly improved.
Misg Evelyn Page, of Chapel
Hill, is in charge of child wel
fare interests in the county.
Miss Katherine Nicholson is
nurse in charge of school chil
dren's health over at least half
of the county.
This trio of very capable young
women is boarding at the Mc-
Canlesa hotel, which is in charge
of Mrs. J. H. Woodruff, recently
of Walnut Cove. They have es
tablished temporary residence st
Danbury.
Winter Pays Us
First Visit
A heavy sleet began here
Tuesday night and Wednesday
the ground, trees and all exposed
objects were coated with ice.
Traffic almost stopped on the
highways for awhile. School
buae* were delayed or faled ta
eame in. Parents ta many oasea
kept thefa ebOdraa at Borne.
It was die tkwt real winter of
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EXPIRED I N WINSTON-1
SALEM AT RIPE OLD AGE— 1
WAS A DAUGHTER OF LATE
CAPT. AND MRS. S. B. TAY
LOR WAS A SISTER OF
JOHN M. TAYLOR AND AN
AUNT OF SHERIFF J. JOHN
TAYLOR.
About 12 o'clock Friday night,
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November 27, Miss Mattie C.
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Taylor, aged 89, pas&ad away at
the home of her brother, John
M. Taylor, in Winston-Salem. '
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Miss Mattie had been in
declining health for several
years. Recently she had taken a
turn for the worse.
She was a daughter of the
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late Capt. and Mrs. S. B. Tay
lor. Many years of her life
spent in Danbury, where she
lived with her parents at the
Taylor old hotel. She had been
, living in Winston-Salem for
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more than 30 years, making her
home with her brother, John M.
1
Taylor, on Spring street. (
One brother survives her,
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John M. Taylor, of Winston-
Salem. She was an aunt of P. T.
Taylor, of Winston-Salem; Mrs.!
I Rex Stuart, Miss Mary Taylor,
Miss Luna Taylor, Edwin M.
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Taylor, of Danbury; Mrs. Dr.
Wilkerson, of Durham; Dr.
|Spottswood Taylor, of New York.
All these the sons and daughters
of the late J. Spott Taylor.
Miss Mattie was during the
greater part of her long life a
consecrated Christian, and a
consistent member of the M. E.
Church, South.
The funeral service was con
ducted from the John M. Taylor
home in Winston-Salem, the Rev.
| Mr. Lambeth, of Winston-Salem,
i and Rev. J. T. Ratledge, of Madi-
j son officiating. For many years
1 Mr. Ratledge wa3 Miss Taylor's
{ pastor in Danbury, prior to her
! removing from Danbury to Wins-!
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! ton-Salem.
Following the funeral services,
interment was at the Danbury
cemetery, the rites being conduct-'
ed hv Rev. M r . Houek, of the
Danbury M. E. Church.
New Game Protector
W. R. Stova'l and R. A. Smith,
Snow Creek citizens, visited Dan
bury today. Mr. Stovall has just
received his commission from
. the State as deputy game and
' fish protector, and is now pre
pared to sell license to hunters
fishermen.
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Mrs. Hart Has
Slight Accident
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'! A car driven by Mrs. Joseph
Hart, of Lawsonville, turned over'
!
near Piedmont Springs Tuesday
evening. Mrs. Hart lost control
• at tfia machine owtng to the ley
*mmL We ww ntrart
HELEN M. HAUSER
DIED SATURDAY
NOVEMBER 21 j
BEEN ILL FOR SEVERAL !
MONTHS FUNERAL SUN
DAY FLOWERS LOVELY.
Mrs. Helen McKenzie Hauser,
age 32, wife of R. W. Hauser'
died at her home in Germanton
at 2:40 o'clock Saturday morning,
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November 21. She had been in
declining health for several
months and her condition had
been serious for the past twa
weeks.
She was born in Germanton'
July 22, 1904, the daughter of
L. M. and Carolyn Leak Mc
jKenzie. She spent her early life
in Germanton and attended the
public schools there. She also at
tended Salem Academy in Wins
ton-Salem. She was married Jan.'
3, 1922, and resided in Winston-
Salem for twelve years moving
back to Germanton in March j
of this year. She was a member
of the Germanton M. E. Church.
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Mrs. Hauser had a host of
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friends. She was public spirited
and kind; always thinking of
the welfare of others.
Surviving are: the husband
three daughters, Betty Jans,
Mary Lou and Sara Ann, two
i
sons, Jack Leak and Robert
Windfield; her father and mo- j
ther, Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Mc- I
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Kenzie, one sister, Mrs. J. M. t
Hill, two brothers, L. M. Mc-'c
Kenzie Jr. and James Leak, all t
of Germanton. ' j
Funeral services were con-!
ducted at the Germanton M. E.
church Sunday afternoon at 2:30 t
o'clock. Rev. B. A. Culp and the i
Rev. Mr. Harris officiated. In- ]
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, terment was in the church ceme- •
tery. ',
Pallbearers were R. A. Beck, :
, Kemp Savage, R. N. Browder,
i Jack Lancaster, L. H. Powers
• and J. C. Carson, Jr.
. | The flowers were beautiful
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and bore fine tribute to the high
esteem in which the deceased
, was held.
Second Child Guidance
Clinic Dec. 7 Dr.
Bice To Speak .V'
Walnut Cove Hiprh
School
Stokes county's second Chi' I
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Guidance Clinic will be lull
1 December 7 continuing throw;.',!)
the week. Children may be iv
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ferred to the clinic by paren!;-, |
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teachers or other interested
persons. It will be of interest to'
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the public to know that twenty- (
five children attended the clinic
' i which was called during the
summer.
On Tuesday night at 7:30 in
r I
the Walnut Cov© High School,
' Dr. Harry V. Bice will talk on^
' "Child Problems That Face
' Stoke* CbunCy."
I*B iNfcKc '• oordiaMf hilts*.
Number 3,371
JASPER BOWMAN
AND THE WEATHER
A METEOROLOGICAL EXPERT
FROM PATRICK COUNTY
WHO KNOWS HIS STIFF
MR. BOWMAN RELATES IN
TERESTING REMINISCENCES
OF STOKES ANI) PATRICK.
When Jasper Bowman tells you
it's going to snow, you may aa
;
well pile in the firewood and
the coal. He doesn't mean ma\be.
Monday evening Mr. Bowman
cast an eye to the windward and
said: "It's going to snow."
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Tuesday morning the sno'V
came.
Mr. Bowman, although he haa
lived in Stokis for a number of
years, comes originally from
Patrick, up in the hills where
buckwheat is legal tender and
'where apple butter and corn
licker are manafactured without
any frills on them.
| Mr. Bowman's perspicacity on
weather conditions is 30 uncannily
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accurate that local capitalists are
considering the publication of
an almanac with this whiskered
Virginians as chief forecaster.
|He is almost as plumb on his
prognostications as Blum'*
calendar which predicts snow
every month except July and Au
gust, and often hits it.
Besides his weather lore, Mr.
Bowman is quite a historian and
can relate endless reminis
cences which engage the most in
tense interest of the present
generation.
Years ago, Mr. Bowman says
that his first wii'e's daddy was
approached by a well known
minister of the gospel with a
proposition that he (his firat
wife's daddy), assist the preach
'er in cleaning up a certain cor«
ner of upper Stokes who were
notoriously wicked. He (his
first wife's daddy) was rather
'a wicked man. and informed the
preacher that:
"If the Lord wanted him to
help in such i j"!; as that, ho
coul.l do the ji !i hiiusulf, or get
i
somebody el:."
.\ lew ye . !a:rr when this
preacher w n. . ,i I n court
foi too muv.'i i..'i ,t v.'jth hi.*
i. • >, f. t 111' V. i I 1., * ■ Oil
the H MI- i v. N ;!' •( ■; i tho
lawyi r:
' "Ilow 1.. :i . . yuU
known 7"
"Si>;," w.-.s I • n • ly.
"Do you i: ...i J-!.-: lxsidi • this
preacher?"
"Hix, with ili t - i achei," KIIO
said.
Mr. Bowman, in his reminis
cence!-; from Patrick, relates how
L
he was engaged with 2,\ others
in a light at Stuart.
That was when Stuart had
grogshops on every corner. Mr.
Bowman says seven of the par
| ticipants got shot in this melee,
and that when be stopped run
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