THE DANBURY REPORTER.
Established 1872.
KING SPECIAL
DISTRICT FUME
ABE FINES AND COSTS
LEVIED UNDER THE OLD
BOUNDARY ANTI-LIQUOR
, ACT, LEGAL NOW? DOES
A RACKET EXIST BE
TWEEN MAGISTRATES AND
DEPUTIES OF KING AND
DANBURY? QUESTION
MAY BE TESTED IN THE
COURTS OPINION OF 4
DANBURY ATTORNEY.
Are the fines and costs col
lected from King bootleggers and j
drunks, by King and Danbury |
magistrates and deputies, legal j
now?
Is the King special school
district law against intoxica
tion, valid yet, since the con
solidation of 1933 effaced all
school district lines, and since
the present King school zone is
entirely under the control of the
State?
Does a magistrate at King
have power to refuse bail from
an intoxicated person and send
him to jail causing humiliation j
and disgrace, and then allow,
$5.00 transportation fee to the \
officer who makes the Jail,
delivery, and then be paid wit-;
ness fees whether he pojv- ra at
tbe trial or ni.»?
The above questions are very
pertinent now in the minds of
many people, and are causing
encouragement to a number of;
indicted persons to make a test
of the matter in the courts.
Saturday night Clarence Cox,
of King, was brought here by
officers Stewart, Hooker and a
State patrolman. Cox was placed
in jail where he spent the
night. Next morning he was in
consultation with a Danbury at
torney, who stated that in his
* opinion the King special anti
intoxication act, passed under
the sponsorship of Representative
A. R. Phillips, of Dalton, was
and costs levied under this law
now inoperative and that fines
were now illegal, inasmuch as
since 1933 the old special school
district lines tfor the town and
community of King, had been
blurred out. The lawyer further
observed that the schools were
at this time entirely under
State supervision, whereas
I formerly they were under the
control of the town of King and
the county of Stokes.
Cox claims further that he
1 was refused opportunity to get
bail, but was confined in the
common jail' of the county, oc
casioning him deep humiliation
and disgrace, and that he had
committed no crime, his offense
b£ing only the drinking of two
or three bottles of beer. He
declares he had drunk no liquor.
Cox further avers 'that he was
) compelled to pay the officer $5
for transportation to the jail,
when the law only allows $1.50
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Volume 64.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
MEETS TODAY
SENATOR SPARGER AND
REPRESENTATIVE SCOTT
LEAVE FOR RALEIGH IN
RESPONSE TO GOVERNOR'S
CALL FOR EXTRA SESSION
SOCIAL SECURITY ACT
TO BE FRAMED TO MEET
FEDERAL PROVISIONS
Governor Ehringhaus calls an
extra session of the legislature
to take action on social security.
In response to His Excellency's
summons, Senator Gilmer
Sparger, representing Stokes and
i Surry in the upper house, and
I Ralph J. Scott, representing this
'county in the lower house, left
yesterday for Raleigh 'to be on
hand when «the General Assembly
meets today at 11 o'clock A. M.
The object of the special
session of the legislature is to
pass an act acceptable to the
federal government in the matter
of unemployment and old age in
surance, in order that North
! Carolina may share in the bene
fits of the social security act
■ passed by congress. Those
! States who do not make this
J provision before the deadline of
■Dec. 31 is reached, will be Wit of
i"""' *■•, *
wiuer the provisions of the
federal act, §ls per month will
be released to persons over 65
years of age who comply with
;the requirements of the act. The
State is expected to appropriate
a like amount. Unemployment in
surance and benefits to helpless
and crippled children, etc., are
also features of the conressional
bill which is now law.
It is not known how long the
special session of North Carolina
legislature may be in session,
i though it is believed the body
will finish its work before
■ Christmas.
II The special session ' will in
i several ways be beneficial and
'expeditious to the regular sess
i
i ion of the assembly which meets
i in January in that a speaker may
i! be elected, the committee ap
. pointments may be made, the
skeleton of the revenue bill be
• framed, etc., all of which will
■ greatly lessen the work of the
■ regular session. These things
i usually consume a good portion
; 1 of the 60 days time of the re
-1 gular session.
All members of the special
> session will receive $8 per day
: until their work is finished. But
. the work must be completed be
. fore the regular session begins,
l otherwise the pay of the law-
I makers for the extra work will
. not pass the new year.
>|
• Mrs., Campbell
Sustains Operation
1 Mrs. P. C. Campbell was car
• ried to the Baptist hospital, a
. I week ago, and has sustained an
• operation. Mrs. Campbell's
I friends will be glad to know that
Danbury, N. C., Thursday, Dec. 10, 1936
LAST BUT ONE !
VETERAN DIES
j
• PASSING OF SAML J. WALL
! AT WALNUT COVE WED-j
NESDAY LEAVES SANFORDj
i RING OF WESTFIELD LONE!
r SURVIVOR OF CONFEDER
' ATE SOLDIERS IN STOKES.
Samuel J. Wall, 89, Confederate
veteran, died at the home of
i his daughter, Mrs. C. M. Jones
!at Walnut Cove Wednesday.
. Funeral was held at Pinnacle, his
i former home, Friday.
• i Survivors include:
I Two daughters, Mrs. J. E.
I' Boles, of Jonesville, and Mrs. C.
i M. Boles, Walnut Cove; one son,
tjR. A. Wall, of Pinnacle; a sister,
i Mrs. A. A. Fulp and a brother, j
r Luther Wall, of Winston-Salem;
!26 grandchildren and 29 great-
I! grandchildren.
> | Grandsons served as pall
; bearers:
• Sam Jones, Wilson Boles, Ed
j
. ward Boles, Spencer Jones,
i; Sandel Wall and Roy Boles.
. I Mr. Wall was a splendid old
: j Christian gentleman. His death
: i marks the passing of the last
II but one of that superb host of \
I Confederate soldiers who went
i from Stokes county.
| T ie is survived alone by San
? ford Ring, of Westfield, now ill,
1 and aged about 90.
jj
' SLOT MACHINES
-I BACK ON JOB
"i "
- COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
3 PASS FAVORABLY ON !
ij PETITION OF USERS
I CONSIDERABLE REVENUE
DERIVED FROM TAX ON
i THE MACHINES.
1
,! Slot machines, which were out-!
i I
f larked in Stokes some months
i
2 ago, may now be operated again
in the county.
I I At the meeting of the board
1 of commissioners here Monday,'
| |
-on petition of Dick Craig, of
s Walnut Cove, and of Styers,
I I
I, general slot machine promoter of j
- Forsyth, it was decided to per-|
2 Jmit the operation of the f
2 machines again, but with certain
1 I
1 ( restrictions. No minors are al
-2 lowed to play them.
|
s The tax on slot machines is
I
i S2O each and their use results in
-1 considerable revenue to the
'county. Already Sheriff Taylor
1 has collected several hundred
v I dollars tax by merchants who
t have already installed their
- machines.
j Slaughtering- Porkers
Noble Yarbrough, of Cascade,
kills two weighing 618 and 814,
respectively.
1 George Lankford kills one
- weighing 582.
i Fonsy Lankford butchers
i three weighing a total of 1350.
s In the Moore's Springs com
t munity 6,600 ponnde of meat has
been ftla«ght«re4.
'COVE FACULTY
TO GIVE PLAY
"AARON SLICK FROM
PUNKIN CRICK" COMING TO
TOWN PROCEEDS O F
THE SHOW GO TO THE
SCHOOL.
Walnut Cove, Dec. 10.
"Aaron Slick from Punkin
Crick" is comin' to town. Get
ready for hale, hearty laughs,
for the comedy, by Lieut. Bea'.e
Cormack is said never to have
disappointed an audience. Aaron
Slick knocks 'em cold with his
|
rural wit and common sense Yes,
he's what the name implies—a
diamond in the rough—played
by Mr. Recce.
Aaron is undoubtedly in love
with Widow Berry, but getting
up the courage to "pop" is a very
tough proposition with Aaron.
Doubtless Widow Berry will en
courage Aaron, knowing that the
old adage says, "Every woman
knows that a man only needs a
i
little encouragement to propose."
Widow Berry will be played by
Miss Claudia Neal.
Mr. Singletary of 'the faculty
Iwill take the part of Mr. Wilbur
Merridew, a croked speculator.
Mr. Furehcs will take the
character of Clarence Green a
mysterious young man who is
i
not necessarily green. Miss Fox
will play the part of Gladys May
Merridew, a sweet young thi
who gets horribly frightened at
an awful, frightful monster
roaming about the farm.
! Marie Grubbs. from the senior
class, will take the character of
the "Girl in Red," who under
takes to outwit Aaron when the
jold swain goes "for to see the
I sights" of the city.
Little Sis Riggs, a regular
I
tomboy, will be played by Miss
Allison. Little Six has a habit
of upsetting plans of both mice
and men and having a very good
Itime anon.
Certain members of the senior
. class will assist with a hotel
j scene. The play is two hours
.long and gives a world of clean
J entertainment. The faculty are
! practicing daily and hope to
play with a professional touch.
Proceeds from the play will be
used to pay school obligations,
finance athletics, buy equipment,
etc. The play will begin at 7:30.
This being the first faculty play
for several years, the school re
quests and urges the cooperation
of the entire school community.
The play is coached by &gjss
Mary Neal, and she is being as
sisted by other members of the
faculty who are looking after
advertising and properties.
Francisco All-Stars
Beat White Plains
The Francisco boys all-star
basket ball team defeated White
Plains at White Plains on Monday
night, December 7.
The score was: Francisco 30;
WWts PMm, 21.
DEATH OF *
REV. S. S. OLIVER
[ PASSED AT ROANOKE TUES
>| DAY WAS FORMER
' PASTOR OF STOKES PRES
: BYTERIAN CHURCHES
HAD BEEN IN DECLINING
HEALTH FOR SEVERAL
YEARS.
i
t Rev. Samuel S. Oliver, aged,
, 70, died at his home in Roanoke,'
; Va., Tuesday at 10:30 A. M., af-
I I
;,ter undergoing an operation in
I ;
i the Roanoke hospital.
; j At his death he was attended
. by his wife and several of the
i children. He had been in declin- (
1 ing health for several years. Tho
| immediate cause of death was a'
; heart affection.
; Mr. Oliver was graduated from
r Davidson, N. C., college and roc- 1
I
. eived his theological training at
- the Union Seminary of Rich
-2 mond, Va.
r He was for several years";
i pastor of the Danbury, Dan
' River and other Presbyterian
of this county. He
made his home at Danbury. In !
! 1896, or thereabout, he was
r united in marriage to Miss
. Mamie E. Pepper, daughter of
e the late Mr. and Mrs. N. M.
i Pepper.
s The following account is taken
s from the Roanoke Daily Herald:
YI Funeral services for the Rev.
S. S. Oliver, retired Presbyterian
t minister, and for many years
r pastor of the Vinton F resby
terian church, who died yester
r day morning at his home, 420
f Marshall avenue, S. W., will be
'* conducted at the residence at
e 3:30 this afternon. Interment
e ! will be in Evergreen.
Active pallbearers will be
r Presbyterian ministers of Roa
s | noke.
Honorary pallbearers will be:
e B. F. Ratliff, E. A. Cabiness, Dr.
T. D. Armistead, Dr. S. B.
Cary, S. T. Stanley, S. M. Penn,
r Dr. R. S. Owens, J. T. Hoffman,
I I Russell Gish, E. K. Davis, R. W.
3 : Daley, G. W. Wood, L. Watson,
11 j Arthur Wood and Steven Fous?.
6 i
I Surviving are his wdow and
o '
| the followng children: S. E.
'! Oliver, Knoxvjlle, Tenn.; N. 3.
e
I Oliver and E. H. Oliver, Waynes-
V
t jboro; W. W. Oliver, L. P. Oliver.
jjMiss Evelyn Oliver and Miss
y Lillian Oliver, of Roanoke.
!- Attending the funeral from
n . Danbury were Mrs. Jessie P.
Christian, Mrs. Mary J. Pepper
8 and Beverly Christian,
i
e
r Bingo Party By
Walnut Cove
Women's Club
® The Walnut Cove Women's
r club is having a Bingo partv
e next Monday night, Dec. 14 at
y' 7:30 o'clock, in the Junior
| Hall. All the Danbury citizens
,' { and everybody else are cordially
Iterite* to attend.
Number 3,372
FIDDLERS TO
FIDDLE AT KING
COXIEST TO BE SPONSORED
B V WOMAN'S CLIB
SEVERAL TONSIL OPERA
TIONS THE STORK HAS
AVERAGE WEEK NATH.
SPAINIIOIR ILL WITH
PNEUMONIA.
I
i King, Dec. 9. Arnold New-
I
. sum has returned i r J>II Colum
bia, S. C„ where lit' .spent several
days with relatives.
S. S. B.J! •». ui' Monroe, Vir
ginia, is s;> ending some time
, with relatives near here.
I An old time fiddlers conven
tion which is being sponsored by
, the King Womans Club will be
| held here next Saturday night,
Dec. 12th; some very nice prizes
await the best players. A largo
crowd is xpeeted.
, Dr. Claud Ashburn, of Lenoir,
' is spending a few days hero the
guest of Dr. and Mis. E.
Stone. Di. Ashburn was located
here several years ac-o and ha-*
many friends in this section.
' E. P. Xewsum. Theodore Xew-
SUtn and Charlie Ross Xewsum,
Jr. made a business trip
Winston-Snlom Friday.
Thi' l following patients under
went 'tonsil operations here Sat
urday: Roy Martin. of West field
and Dickie Bryon, of Winston-
Salem.
Isnnc D. Barr retired farmer
. of Mountain View. was here
. Saturday on busines.
I Mr. Pom Westmoreland, of
: Pinnacle, was the suest of Mrs.
I
Annie Walker on Main street
; Saturday.
W. M. West, of Martinsville,
Va., who is visiting R. C. White,
has developed a case of pneu-
j monia and is quite sick.
John Terry, planter of the
• Mizpah section, was here on
• business Saturdav.
I
'| Work on the new home of
' Spencer Tuttle on Broad street is
' I well underway and wiil fce puslt
' .e?. through to completion.
' j Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Shore,
1'
of East Bend, spent Sunday here
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Otis
Sills on Depot street.
} King P. T. A.
The King P. T. A. held its
l
, regular meeting Monday night at
'.the school. An interesting pro
gram was enjoyed by the As
sociation. Mrs. Binford, State P.
|T. A. Field Worker, gave an in
teresting discussion on the
many things a P. T. A. can do
in serving a community. Miss
) Broks' class gave a f;isliion show
in which the work of her high
• school girls was shown. A short
f business meeting followed in
which the standing committees
r | were appointed. The meeting was
s one of the outstanding of the
r year. The parents are to have
icbarge «f the Da.bwy meeting.