THE DANBURY REPORTER.
Established 1872.
REAL ESTATE
MOVING AT KING
TWENTY ACRES SELL FOB
|2,650 DEATH OF MRS.
PTTTT.T.TP WALKER DUKE
POWER 00. EXTENDING
LINES OTHER NEWS.
King, April 14.—Mrs. Emma
Sparks Conrad has purchased
from E. P. Newsum et al, heirs of
T. F. Newsum, a. twenty-eight
acre farm one mile south of town
on the Bethania road. Consider
ation $2,650.00.
Robert Lee Slate has accepted
a position as timekeeper with the
Peabody Construction Company
of Charlotte. Mr. Slate has al
ready entered on his new duties.
Mrs. Phillip Walker, aged about
56, died at her home three miles
north of King Monday. The de
ceased is survived by the husband
and several childrn. Funeral
service was conducted at Mount
Olive church Wednesday after
noon at 2 o'clock and burial fol
lowed in the church cemetery.
Prof. J. T. Smith, of Francisco,
formerly principal of the King
high school, was here last week
shaking hands with old friends.
The Duke Power Company has
just completed a new power line
near the First Baptist church on
Broad street and extending into
branching off from cue main lint
Woodland Heights. The new line
will serve a number of homes in)
this development.
A force of carpenters are at
work remodeling the home of Mrs.
Jennie Pulliam in west King.
The following patients under-,
went tonsil operations in the
Stone-Helsabeck Clinic here last
week: Miss Lucy Taylor of Wal-|
nut Cove, Mrs. Carl White of Ger-'
manton and Mrs. Ray Thomas
and Miss Nina Newsum of Tobac
coville.
There i 9 some improvement in
the condition of Miss Agnes Pul-j
liam who has been quite sick at;
her home here for the past sev
eral days.
The stork got by with about
an average week last week. The
following births were recorded: 1
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Edwards, a
i
son; Mr. and Mrs. Fount King, a
daughter; Mr . and Mrs. Guy
Mabe, a son; and Mr. and Mrs.
Sol lie Grubs, a daughter.
The B3ng Lumber Company is
having extensive repairs made on
their factory buldng on Railroad
•brut.
t *
J. EL Stone celebrated his 53rd
birthday at his home here Sun
day. A number of near relatives
were present to enjoy the occas
ion.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Pulliam
of Winston-Salem, spent Sunday (
here the guests of Mr. Pulliam's
mother, Mrs. Pernelia Pulliam.
Junior Stone, who is attending j
college at Chapel Hill, spent the
(reek-end with his parents, Dr. 1
and Mis. G. E. Stone, on west 1
Main street i
Volume 66
IN. C. TO Fully
I Participate In Federal
Social Security Act
The 1937 General Assembly in I
the enactment of bills providing
public assistance to the needy,
aged and dependent children, andi
aid to the blind, in addition to
Unemployment Compensation Act
passed at the special session in
jDecember, enables North Caro
lina to fully participate in all the
benefits under each title of the
Federal Social Security Ast.
With Federal, State and County
partnership in the Assistance
program, the General Assembly
.
appropriated $1,770,000 a year
insluding $1,000,000 for the
needy aged, $500,000 for aid to
dependent children, $85,000 for
the blind and a contingent fund
of $185,000 to supplement the
taxes of poorer counties. With
the counties required to match
the state appropriations for the
needy aged, dependent children
Federal contributions the total
and the aid to the blind, and the
amount will be around $6,000,000
per year during the next bien
nium, not including administra
tive costs.
Estlmathd by the experience
of the other states on a popula
tion basis 22,700 needy aged and
21,709 dependent children will be
Death Of
Mrs. Minnie
Flynn Williams
. j Mrs. Minnie Flynn Williams,
j died suddenly at her home at
. Walnut Cove Saturday morning
. at 5:20 o'clock. Death was at
tributed to a heart attack.
.j Surviving are the husband; two
.' (laughters, Mrs. Lester Gray, of
[' Stuart, Va., and Miss Carrie Wil
, liams, of Walnut Cove; five sis
i
| ters, Mrs. D. C. Wooten, of Wins
ton-Salem; Mrs. Ike Southern,
jMrs. Walter Southern, Mrs. Mag
gie Southern, and Miss Emma
Flynn, all of Belews Creek, and
two brothers, McKinley Flynn, of
Madison, and William Flynn, of
Belews Creek.
! The funeral was held at the
home Sunday 'afternoon at 2
o'clock and at Eden Methodist
church near Pine Hall at three
o'clock. Elder J. A. Fagg, of
Winston-Salem; Rev. E. O. Ward,
of Mount Airy, and Renf. J. O.
Banks, of Walnut Cove, conduct
ed the services. Burial followed
In the church graveyard.
The Young Man -j
Was Not Drunk
In reporting the proceeding of
court in our issue of April 1, it
was stated that Rial ton Griffin
was fined $25 and cost for "oper
ating car while Intoxicated."
This was error, as the charge
against the young man was only i
for reckless driving.
He is the son of our good
friends Dr. end Mrs. Griffin of
King. The correction Is made
with pleasure.
Danbury, N. C., Danbury, N. C., April 15, 1937
STOKES BANDITRY
56 YEARS AGO
POSSE THAT WENT AFTER
i JESS SMITH, ALL DEAD BUT
; ONE—l>. V. CARROLL RK>I
, INISCES OF THE LONG
I AGO—THE FATAL WOUND
> ING OF FRANK BAKER, j
■ S '
1 Frank Baker, the father of
' James H. and Wiley Baker, was
! shot and killed by Jess Smith in
! June 1881.
D. V. Carroll, one of the posse
' that went to arrest Smitth, re
-5 calls the incident when he wi'h
' eleven others were deputized to
r go and arrest Jes a Smith, a des
; perado.
The rest of the posse is dead,
r as follows: F. J. Baker, H.
' Wade Carroll, Chas. H. Meadows,
I J. Spot Taylor, Thos. R. Pepper,
1 1 W. V. McCanless, John F. Estes,
I I John Bennett, James Young, Jack
1 1 Lackey.
*j D. V. Carroll is the sole surviv
-1 or.
} | Jess Smith was at the time a
' desperado at large in the Smith
* | town section of Snow Creek town
' ship. William A. Estes was
| Sheriff.
A posse of citizens as above
" listed were summoned by Sheriff
' Estes to bring Smith in.
5 Leaving Danbury in the early
Ypart of the night, the special of
ficers arrived at the home of John
P. Smith, father of Jess, by mid
i night, and secretly stationing
themselves around the house,
they waited.
About daylight Jess Smith,
who had been apprised of the
watch, and was determined not
|to be taken alive, rushed from
1 the house. As he passed a gar-
I den where Frank Baker wai
' j stationed, he fired his revolver,
I the bullet imparting a mortal
wound to Frank Baker.
Smith escaped. Baker died. A 1
few years later Smith surrender
ed and was tried and acquitted!
of murder at Stokes court. Later:
while on a drunken rampage he
was shot and killed by Frank
Stipe at Winston-Salem. Stipe
was tried and acquitted on a self
defense plea.
Delegation to Raleigh
A delegation of Stokes citizens
went to Raleigh today to present
the claims of Stokes for repre
sention on the State highway
commission. It is understood the
Governor will appoint a chairman
and ten members of the commis
sion within the next few days-
Those who went to Raleigh
were Senator S. G. Sparger, Rep- 1
resentative R. J. Scott, Sheriff J. 1
J. Taylor, Superintendent of 1
Schools J.C. Carson, County Audi- 1
tor B. P. Bailey, Dr. J. L. Hanes, 1
Tom Preston, Dr. R. G. Stone, C. 1
E. Davis, W. F. Marshall, H. P.
Loftis and S. P. Christian. '
1
The Danbury Reporter sent to 1
any address SI.OO the year. |l
BIG TOBACCO
COMPANY FIGURES
R. J. REYNOLDS COMPANY
LEADS INI SALES SUITS
WITHDRAWN.
Washington, April 13. —Secur-
ities commission reports disclosed
tonight that each of the big three
tobacco companies sold slightly
more than $200,000,000 worth of
products in both 1934 and 1935.
Chairman James M. Landis,
terming the figures one 0 f the
deepest trade secrets in American
business, made public the reports
of five major tobacco companies
after four of them agreed to
withdraw suits to prevent publi
cation of the figures. The data
had been included in statements
filed in connection with their se
curities.
The reports also disclosed for
I the first time the cost of produc
tion in the tobacco manufactur
ing industry and in three cases
also the overhead cost of selling,
advrtfeing arid administration.
The former practice of the com
panies was to disclose only net
profits.
The 1935 figures include:
American Tobacco company—
Sales $217,224,080.85, cost of
I production $165,026,274.42, sell
ing, and advertising and adminis
trative cost sl9,o4s,6oß.B9—oper
ating profit, $33,152,197.54.
\ Liggett and Myers Tobacco
I company—Sales $221,736,295.53,
cost of production $180,791,561.-
112, selling, advertising and ad
ministrative expenses $21,221.-
• 218.3. —operating profit $19,723,-
, 486.07.
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco com
pany—Sales* $250,635,902.01, cost
of production $202,279,882.26 --
! (selling and other overhead costs
not shown.)
j P. Lorillard company— Sales!
I sji), 155,156.39, cost of production
] $44,392,399.71, selling, advertis
| ing and administrative expense
j $10,787,208.22 operating profit
$3,975,548.46.
United States Tobacco company
—Sales $16,495,527.07, cost of
production $9,990,714.24 (other
costs not shown.)
Landis termed tobacco's capitu
lation as "the beginning of the
end of a two-year campaign to
force companies selling securities
to the public to publish their
sales and cost data.''
"These figures," he said, "are
the most important figures in an
income statement. They really
allow you to judge the earning
ability of a company. I think it
is important to note good invest
ment counsel will not permit their
clients to buy securities of com
panies which do not disclose sales
and cost data. I agree with 1
them." 1
He an id suits were withdrawn '
by the American Tobacco com- 1
pany, P. Lorillard company, R. J. 1
Reynolds Tobacco company and '
United States Tobacco company. 1
Sudden Death Of
Woodrow Hampton
Taylor, Infant
i The Danbury community was
shocked and saddened this week
by the sudden death of Woodrow
Hampton, Jr., one of the twin
[ infants of Lieutenant and Mrs.
! Woodrow H. Taylor.
The child, which was only a
i
■ few months of age, had been in
delicate health, but its condition
, was not regarded as serious.
.'Tuesday it was thought advisable
!to take it to a Winston-Salem
t hospital for examination. When
i' ndar Ogburn station the child was
,'seized with convulsions and died
■ in its mother's arms.
i J The funeral was conducted
( from the home today at for
. o'clock by Rev. Mr. Houck, pas''-"
of the M. E. church here.
A large crowd of friends was in
. attendenance.
3 Surprise Birthday Din
ner For Mrs. W. A.
Nelson Other Law -
sonville News.
t
Lawsonville, April 14. —Miss
Smith, teacher in Lawsonville
school, has returned to her work
j. after a few days sickness.
Miss Morefield and Mrs. Ruth
Tucker attended the ball game
at Winston-Salem Monday.
The painters from Stuart, Va.,
house this week.
P. H. Robertson and family,
Jack Sheppard, Ralph Sheppard
UnJ several others went to the
ball game at Winston-Salem Mon
day.
Mr 3. N. A. Stephens went to
Winston-Salem twice last week to
see the doctor.
Mrs. R. A. Robertson and Mrs.
| Calvin Mabe were in Wins ton -
I Sa'em the past week shopping.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mccone are
the glad parents of a new baby. J
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Laws on
have a new baby.
Mi\ Lee Shelton, from Leak -
ville, is at Lawsonville visiting
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Hiassell Tilley and
family, Annie and Betty Joe Law
son visited the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Josh Lawson Sunday.
The friends and reatives of
Mr. and W. A. Nelson gave Mrs.
Nelson a surprise birthday dinner
Sunday. A large crowd was pres
ent. Everyone said it was the
most beautiful table they ever
saw. It was laden with plenty »i
good eats. Everyone had a good
time.
Roy Vaughn Home
Burns At Cove
The home of Roy Vaughn at
Walnut Cove was destroyed by
fire about 5 o'clock Tuesday
morning. Some of the contents
were saved, but Mr. Vaughn's
loss is reported to be quite heavy.
Defective wiring is given as the
cause of the Ignition.
Number 3,392
DEATH OF
M. T. CHILTON
PROMINENT CITIZEN OF
COUNTY PASSED AWAY
WEDNESDAY NIGHT A I
DUKE HOSPITAL.
SlSEtir- —jr
M. T. Chilton, one of Stokes
county's outstanding citizens,
died at Duke's hospital Durham,
C., Wednesday night.
Mr. Chilton had been in declin-
I ing health for several months.
Recently he was t.aken to Duke's
; hospital for treatment, but his
| condition steadily grew worse.
He was clerk of the superior
court of Stokes county for 16
j years, and had held other posi
tions of trust and honor. He was
'"■cellcnt Christian gentleman,
and hundreds of friends will
' .is death with deepest
regret.
It is understood that interment
will be at West field on Friday at
, the Quaker church cemetery.
Predict Coan's Appoint
ment As Chairman
State Highway Com-
I mission.
: Raleigh, April 14.—Hotel bet
ting on highway and public works
i - appointees took queer odds today
I I as decision day approached along
. with the expiration of the present
' commission which becomes • Tunc*
' tus officio May 1.
As Governor Hoey delays his
,■ appointments, odds against the
! sla'us quo have shortened, but
• rorry'.h friends or George
W. Com director of WPA in
I North Carolina, offered 100 to l
against tlie incumbent. C.'i'us M.
Waynick, c' a ; r:nan of the c.mi
mission. \Vh;'t they knew tho.v
--' ' s l nr -' divulge and if Waynick
knows anything lie is equally un
| comr.umicotive. Supporters of
I
the chairman have increased
j their faith in his reappointment.
But if anybody has had a word
from his excellency or from
Chairman Waynick all confiden
ces have been respected.
One Man Wouldn't
Sell His Junk
Junk dealers have done a big
business recently. Many trucks
have been operating in this coun
ty hauling out every species of
old metal to be shipped, it is said,
to Japan.
One farmer approached by the
driver of a junk dealer who offer
ed to buy his old scrap iron, etc.,
refused, saying: "No, sir, I
don't want to sell mine. They
might shoot ft bade at ■a."
Many New Barns.
Traveling around the county
one i s struck with the number of
new tobacco barns The farmers
are making preparations to han
dle their tobacco properly this
fall, and possibly to increase the
acreage.
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