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THE DANBURY REPORTER. Established 1872. MBS. SPRINKLE DIES AT KING CARRIAGE OF POPULAR COU W FLE—W. T. BOLES HAPPENS j TO ACCIDENT—OTHER KING NEWS. I King, Dec. 30. Mrs. Mary | Eaton Sprinkle, aged 87 years, widow of John Bennett Sprinkle, i died at her home Thursday. The 1 deceased is survived by several children and a number of grand children, also a host of friends. The funeral service which was i.: charge of Rev. John Flynn, of Donnaha and Rev. \V. R. Harris, of Rural Hall, was conducted at Mount Pleasant Church Satur day morning at eleven and inte> - i ment followed in the church cemetery. Miss Ida Watts, of Walnut Cove, underwent a tonsil opera tion in the Stone-Helsab' Clinic Friday. Frank Rains, who is in school at Mars Hill, is spending the Christmas holidays with his parents here. Bill Boles spent Christmas at Monroe, Virginia, where he was the guest of relatives. Miss Nell Thomas and Fount Voss were united in the holy (,">od> of maftriz&Sßy Sunday xnorning at eight o'clock. The (Ceremony took place at Trinity Methodist church. After a short honeymoon trip they will be at home to friends in King. Grover Pulliam has moved Into his new home on Broad street, which was recently com pleted. The following births were registered here last week: To Mr. and Mrs. George Lawson, a son and to Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Marshall, a son. W. T. Bolee, who resides at Jive Forks, just south of King, happened to a very painful acci dent Saturday night. Mr. Boles bad alcohol in the radiator of his automobile and he had lost sight of the fact when he struck a match to see if the water was low in the radiator, the fumes F from the anti-freeze ignited, burnnig his forehead severely. He would in all probability have lost hie eyesight had be not had on P spectatcles, which protected his eyes. The new home of Dr. G. E. Stone on west Main street is nearing completion, this home is modern throughout and when completed will be the best home In King. Dr. and Mrs. H. Grady Hard ing, of Lewisville, formerly of King, spent the Christmas holi days with relatives here. Misses Pearl and Naomi Sisk, who are attending college at Roanoke,/ „ Virginia, spent the holidays with their parents here. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Martin || spent the Christmas holidays if with relatives in Knoxville, Tenn. Volume 64. NEAL TRAGEDY SHOCKS COUNTY DISTRESSING AFFAIR O F CHRISTMAS MORNING, IN WHICH MRS. L. B. NEAL AND I YOUNG SON LOSE THEUI LIVES MR. NEAL AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY SERIOUSLY INJUR ! ED ACCIDENT OCCURRED ! NEAR STATES VILLI;—FUN EBAL AND BURIAL SATUR DAY AT WALNUT COVU AND BELEWS CREEK. In an automobile accident that occurred early Friday, near Siatesville, Mis. L. B Ncal ■ ' son, Charles, 13 years of a ,c. i were fatally injured. Mr. Neal and two other sons were seriously injured, and are new in the i Statesville hospital. I At the time Mrs. N-:al and oth „• members of the family were on their way to Greensboro for] the annual family gathering scheduled for Friday at the Paris .residence in Greensboro. Infor mation received is to the effect j that the Neal automobile was j struck by a car which was enter ing the Salisbury highway from a lateral road. Sheriff J. W. Moore, of Iredell county, jailed Jim Foote, ntgro, as the driver of ' V t' • the other machine. The Neal automobile is report ed to have been turned over sev eral times, throwing Mr. and Mrs. Neal and their four children out! and landing 50 yards beyond the point at which the Neal car was struck by the other machine. All of the injured persons were taken to the Davis hospital in States ville. Charles Neal died at 11:30 ' a. m., half an hour after the wreck occurred, and Mrs. Neal died at 5 p. m. Mr. Neal and Roger, a son, re main in a serious condition in the ' hospital, according to word re ceived at Greensboro by Mrs. ' Neal's sisters. Ralph, another 1 son, and Allene Hope, a daughter, are in the hospital, although they 1 appear to be suffering mainly 1 from b-u&en jk;«i i'i;eraluns. Mr. ' Neal, whose right leg was broken ' near the hip, will be confined tc : the hospital several weeks. Mrs. Neal's skull was fractured. 1 Charles' injures included a broken i right arm and a broken right leg. Roger is reported to have a skull • fracture and lacerations. ' Surviving Mrs. Neal are her ' husband; three sons, Briggs, 19; 1 Roger, 16, and Ralph, 16; a dau } ghter, Allene Hope, 7; her father, A. W. Preston, of Belews Creek, ' three brothers, T. R. Preston, of " | Belews Creek; L. W. Preston ,of ' Charleston, W. Va., and Thoma? Preston, of Pine Hall, and three . sisters, Mrs. W. M. Paris and O. t H. Paris, of Greensboro, and Paul 3 Fulton, of Walnut Cove. Mr. • j Neal's mother, Mrs. 'Florence i Neal, and two sisters live in High i Point Funeral services #cre conduct- Danbury, N. C., Thursday, Dec. 31, 193G LEGISLATURE MEETS NEXT WEEK GOVERNOR HOEY TO BE SWORN IN JANUARY' G— ST ATE KEFRL .NI ATI \ TO LEAVE FOR RALEIGH ( TUESDAY BIG LEGISLA TION AHEAD FOR THE 1 SOLON'S. The regular session of the legislature meets early next wee'.: Governor-elect Clyde R. Hocv an ! other State officers elected at the late election, will be sworn in !anur>y 0. Senator Sparger nnd Represen tative Scott will leave for Raleigh °ting of the county cornmis | (>|n , The Stokes repres ntatives will in on - --ideration of very i.npo.• . t b-Y'-'otion dui*ing the I ; next •• •'•eeks. For instance 1 the Sc-I.j roc:r.l lecurity, an i ' I liquor. ■ It is believed that the question ' of what to do about liquor will be paramount in this general assem-, bly. An effort will be made early j ' to secure an act allowing local option elections to those counties 1 that have not already passed ' liquor bills.. This move will be ' strongly opposed by the dry., who demand a State-wide referen dum. Fine Porkers A. J. Brown, of Danbury Route ' , one, recently killed 3 hogs weigh- j ( ing 525, 485 and 476 respectively, I a total of I*lß6 lbs. The same day t tv/o other porkers were killed in j the vicinity, the two weighing ( 900. Five slaughters in all, for a , total of 2386 pounds of fine pork. ' ed Sunday afternoon at Walnut I j Cove Baptist church, interment '; following at Belews Creek. The ; 1 former home of Mrs. Neal. Assist " ing in the service for the double • j funeral were Rev. O. E. Ward, " ■ pastor of the Walnut Cove Bap • tist church, Rev. J. R. Cantrell of Newton and Dr. W. C. Wicker of ' Elon college. j The distressing affair cast a gloom over Walnut Cove and jthroughout the county. The Neals were former resi dents of Walnut Cove but lived at Newton for a year or so. J 1 L. B. NEAL IS STILL IN CRITICAL CONDITION " The condition of L. B. Neal of I Newton, continues critical in - Davis hospital, Statesville, where .he has been a patient since . Christmas day when he was in t'jjured in an automobile wreck that C cost the lives of his wife and s their 13 year old son, Charles. : i Three other children, Ralph arid . | Roger Neal, 17-year old twins, 1 and Allene Hope Ncal, age seven • were also injured and are patients i at Davis hospital. However, Ralph i and Allene Hope were expected |to be able to leave the hospital • Tuesday. IF YOU WANT PAY, SIGN APPLICATION ADVICE TO TOBACCO FARM ERS BV COL'NTV AGENT SEARS—GET YOUR TOBAC CO SEED CLEANED FREE OF CHARGE. 1 The applications for the pay -1 mcnts that have been earned •,:nder the l'.Cj Soil Conservation Program ::iv JU-W being siunei by the !.unci's who have com plied v. "; ■ M-quirerncnts of the pro i ; i>. 'vT'ry farmer wh: has qu:K.:.'i lot the whole pay ment, o: any part of it. has been notified as to the place and da'oj for signing in his township. If th farmers will act prompt ly in signing these applications | it will make it possible for us to ' ' rret the applications into the Raleigh office at an early date and this will mean that they will receive their payments earlier 'han if they delay in signing. Cleaa Your Tobacco Seed j The success of any crop de- j pends to a large degree upon ( the quality of the seed that is planted. Since tobacco is a crop^ that has a high money value ■ per acre, it is more important j that we be careful and sow only. I the best seed available. For the first time the farmers ,of Stokes County have the op-, nortunity of having their tobacco seed cleaned by the most modern cleaning equipment that is avail , able in the state. This machine not only removes the trash, but r | also removes the light and im ' mature seed which, if sown, L | j would produce weak plants. The [seed that are left after cleaning, are the heavier and more ma - ture seed which will produce ! healthier and more uniform ■ plants. ! We will be glad to clean to . bacco seed for any farmer who • will bring or send them to the County Agent's office. This is f practically a free service to the tobacco growers of this county, t A small charge of 10 cents pro l bably will be made to help pay for the machine for each lot o" - seed cleaned. Do not wait until t you are ready to sow your plant beds before having your s"(.d.' cleaned. Do it at once. T. H. SEAR.;. I r Death Of 1 Mrs. Ernest Fulk : King, Dec. 30. Mrs. Ernest - Fulk, aged about 55, died at her ; home in North Side Saturday I following a several days illness. . :Thc deceased is survived by the i II husband, several cliildn n and a ,'number of grandchildren. Several I brothers and sisters also sur vive. Funeral service was con inducted at the First Baptist II church Monday afternoon at 1 two o'clock ,'and burial followed in the Church cemetery. GEORGE NEAL'S PLACE RAIDED STOKES OFFICERS FIND CACHE CONTAIN! \ (.■ i SEVERAL HUNDRED PACK- ' i AGES OF BOTTLLD-IN BOND SEARCH FOLLOW ED COMPLAINT MADE !5\ JOE MOORE THAT HE LOST Ills MONEY AT THE IT'.T ING STATION N;;\: VM W\S ALREADY I XT' 'I SENTENCE, NOT M : HEMSED. D::y • ••''ore C' llstrn - !»: .'i T . lor and Deputy • . r V.rl Rtv and Bert S.-ni'li ' i the George Neal place, on I W'i.iston-Salem road a mi! j ' south of Walnut Cove. t Mure than 250 packt - • s ' bottled-in-bond liquor, in pint .. 'half-pints and quarts, wet found in Neal's home, which i. ; n!y a few yards from his fill ing station. Ncal, who was already untie. ; a suspended court sentace f>; violating the liquor laws, walk ed off during the search an ! ! was not apprehended. The raid was occasioned by ' a report to the Sheriff here by Joe Moore, of Sandy Ridge, tha; he lost his purse containing >5107.00 in the filling station, ac cusing the proprietor, George Neal, of retaining the money. II says he stopped at the station, made a purchase and laid his pocketbook on the showcase. While feeling in his pocket for smaller change he overlooked hi* purse and I«*ft it, not discovering its loss until lie had traversed several miles. He then returned hurriedly, but found no trace o the money. He accused Neal of having secured it, which Neal denied. Moore then drove to Danbury and reported the affair to the officers. Neal was questioned by Sheriff Taylor in regard to the missing purse but he denied ac knowledge of it. It is said there were one or two other persons in the room when Moore laid it on the showcase. Neal indicated that one of these might have taken it, but declared himself 1 innocent. A search of the filling station was then made by the officers, but no whiskey was found. The hunt was then extended to the residence, where in a basement I reached by a trap door the dis covery of a large quantity of whiskey was made. Arthur Brisbane ; Arthur Brisbane, the hk'hcY i paid editorial writer in the world. II died Christmas day at his npnrt - ment in New York. For writing ■ one column of news comment per t, day, Mr. Brisbane was paid t $260,000 per year. His writing I was syndicated and published in several hundred newspapers. Number 3,375 PNEUMONIA KILLS J. YV. MOKLFIELD J >IKI) IKIDAV \! TEKNOO.V I AT W.ILMT (ini; AITi;U lUAb.vS OI ONI A A I IAV l>AVs H Ni;i£Al. »l MiAV \T NOiMU \|J W PKIMIIIVE UAI'Ii- i (HI IX If. J. Weal y More-field, 80, - inly, i'j. • :... -a • • ' •n:. i I. i ... 1 , i hsu!i»!I 0 ' j The funeral was held at 1:30 ' •" !>;%• altei .100:1 at I Pi I.uiiive Baptist mile.--. not Ui oL Dunb. y. iitcrmei.t loll.wing in the church cemetery. Mi. M ivfic'.J V' .;■> beta jvars Jit.' liv \ \: {-andy IliJge, at since 1! il h,:J n.ade his home at Walnut Cove. Prior to his retirement about five years he was for many years a Stokes county mei chant; be cause of his business career iie was quite widely known. He was an active and devout mem ber of Northview Primitive Bup tist church. Mr. More-field was recognized as a very useful citizen. He was o:. oi the old est residents of S: county. Surviving Mr. M it-field are •ight daughters, Mrs. J. l>. Franks, of AJtamahaw; !!:.«. E. H. Cartel, cf \a,; Mrs. Joseph Chambe:.-. n Augusta, Cia.: Mis. Johnr.y K.ess, at Chicago; Mrs-. D. C. Taylrr. c»C King; Mrs. J. B. CJv/yn, Mrs. Charles A Adam Mr-;. Ilay E. Dilley, of G-.»i• >. and three sons, H. A. and L. B. Moorcfield, t>f l!i-ii Point, and L. E. Mooreficl!. of Stuneville. Twin Boys The population of D.inhury con -1 tinucs to grow by leaps ami i bounds. Born ' ■ I.i' ut. and Mrs. I Woodrow Taylor tins week at 4 Baptist hospital, Wins' n-Salem, twin boys. Th_> happy father and mother i are receiving the felidMtions or I j their f rinds. Mis. Taylor will ro- I turn home Sunday. jOscar Cook .JrUod For Stabbing At Capolla l Kii", IX c. ,ar Cook jst.-'bhi i i young :. i named Bei'r.i •in the >i v.; i • pockcc j km!e i.a . Capella S.ut:" ! ..y :»f' 11 ~i. t ' was . H •. i a few ii->u i I er by • I deputies Stewart and Hooker |" Jul placed in Di' ib'ii; j. ii with ■.out bail to await the outeome of !| Bennett's condition. Cook will ba - given a preliminary hearing aa i soon as Bennett is able to attend the hearing.
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