THE DANBURY REPORTER.
Volume 66
CURTIS STEVENS !
IS ACQUITTED
pus GAB KILLED ELMER
JOYCE SATURDAY NIGHT
MAGISTRATES' • HEARING
FREES HIM OF CHARGE OF
MANSLAUGHTER ACCI
DENT OCCURRED NEAR
RHODES DANCE HALL.
Saturday night about 11
o'clock in the road near the W-
W. Rhodes dandi hail. Elmer
Joyce aged 23, w»s hit and almost
instantly killed by an automobile
driven by Curtis Stevens, aged
20.
Stevens was arrested and g'ven
a tearing here Wednesday be
fore Justices Martin and Camp
bell, who decided there w(as in
sufliicient evidence to bind him
over to court on a charge of
manslaughter.
It appeared from the evidence
disclosed at the hearing the Joyca
was walking down the highway
from tho direction of Lawson
ville when struck by the car-
Stevens testified that he did not ;
sre Joyce until within 3 fest yi'
him, b:ing blinded ky another;
car app; caching. He says h'S
brakes were ;J)od, living been ,
adjusted the same day by Frank
Lawson, mechanic at Danbury. a nd |
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that a s soon a# saw the pedes
train ha applied his brakes, but
was unable to stop, and that the
car skidded Inbout 30 feet after
the impact occurred. HS swore
he was making cfn'.y 25 or 30
miles. He tlim rushed to the
dance hall and informed officers
Cleve Lawson, Berk Smith and
others.
The dying man was found first
®y Shores Hall and Mr. Sheppard,
who removed him to the side of
the road, where he breathed his 1
last.
Witnesses found that Joyce
w»s barefooted, and that his
shoes were lying 1 at separte places
ahead in the road, one 69 feet
distrait, the other 54 fe*et- How
tMe shoes came there, no one
- could explain.
Undertaker J. E Nelson testi
fied that at the funeral station,
both leg B of the dead mat wtere
broken between the feet and the
knees, and that the back of his
head was possibly crushed. No
other injuries were on the body.
On cross-examination the de
fendant declared he had not been
drinking. This statement was
corroborated by his girl friend'
M2sb Spencer, who had been rid '
Ing with him a short while before'
the accident
, Young Joyce wa® a son Mr. 1 '
. «ad Mr» JyftS Joyce of Law- !
' sonville i
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The lefendant Stewena is a son!'
of Mr. a»d Mrs. Watt Stevws of )
IXanbury Route 1, • i '• !|
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Mrs. Lambe |
ln Hospit*-'
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Mrs. Annie K, JJambe of Wfci-'
tout OOvie is Mported in a V / '
hoipitw for u, •
tor WM *«*>,
Established 1872.
Stokes Welfare
Officials Attend
District Conference
At Boone
Miss Evelyn Page, Stokes.
county superintendent of welfare,
and soci->l security, accompanied
!
by her staff. Mrs. Mary Pepper, I
Misa Ruth Patterson tfrd Miss
Grace Woodruff attended the
district welfare conference at
Boone Wednesday.
Th£ ladies report a very inter
esting and pleasurable trip over
the mountains, going by Wi kes
boro and other points up in the
beautiful hill country. The moun
t"ni were wrapped in a blanket
of snow and sleet, and it was in
tensely cold, but the roads were
clear and fine-
At Boone many high officials
of the State welfare Service were
present, including Mrs. Bost, Mr.
Yelton, and othisrs.
A fine program had been ar
riuiged, and there was an elegant
luncheon.
AH in "11, it was a de'fghtfu'
trip for the visitrs..
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i Other Stokes personages pres
nvt at th 3 conference were
Harvey Johnson, of the county
commissioners; Roy Ridding, of
i the cownty welfare hoard, Um,l
! Mr. Lawrence Mcßae, pub'io
! spirited citizen.
TM:r>e were representatives
present from quite a number of
the counties of the Northwestern
: dUtrict.
J. P. Slawter ]
Dies At Capella
J. Pinkley Slawter, aged 79.
died at his home at Capella, King
Route 1, Sunday.
Mr. SlawtSer was a prominent
citizen of his section and one of
: the finest tobacco growers in the
county.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Tuesday afternoon at Boyle's
Chapel Primitive Baptist church
of which he was a charter mem
ber. Officiating were Elders J.
A. Fagg and F, H. Reid, Inter-1
merit was in Rock House Primi
tive Baptist cemetery. Th? de-'
ceased was a son of the lAtie Mr. j
and Mrs, Jerry Slawter. .He was
twice married, and of the first
UnJon the four surviving children'
are John D. Slawter. A. A. Slaw-J
Ue r and Mrs. W. S, Tflley, of Win
ston-Safem, and Charts L. Slaw-'
ter, of Pinnacle, route. His see-J
ond wife survives with the follow-1
ing children of the union: Wood-
I row Slawter, Leaksvilla and At- j
ton. fcaul, Carolyn 4nd Oliver
Slawter, of the home. Also »ur- ■
are a sister, Miss Mint
Slawter, Jacksonville, Fla.; a
brother, Jim Slawter, "Jackson- 1
vjlle, two half-brothers, * (
Lum Slawter, -««
gr&ndchil'' -**y 25
■ "*** l and six great
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i ® r - W. 'Owens of
I Vfe-> %as her 6 this Week
(Tlsiei*® frisndS. Dr. Owetis form-
Wty practiced medicine here. He
"WfiS accompanied by* Ralph Munn
Danbury, N. C, Thursday, November 18, 1937
Page Mr. Ripley !
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Picture of 0.i2, ; ni'.l Danbury I!e;-o.t:;- \~>vczrj, iiab i-Jod
1 ti the body of a t:vc. which sjrew around it curing 53
years.
King News
King, Nov. 17—A force of
i state highway men have just
■ ( completed the ,i 3 o. it Lic.it.a.;
: ( Mam street with stone c
J Thk improvement begins at the
; into & ction of I M and E tid
streets in sast King and extends
! .through Westvicw and on old
, l.l_jhway Nr.. GJ '.a the Dalton
bridge.
i There is slight improvement in
i the condition of Tin; y Calloway
who is suffering f.om an attack
of pneumonia and who has b;en
i very utick at his !|pme for the
past several days.
Funeral services for Alec Mar
gin Westmoreland, aged 82, who
( died suddenly was h*ld «t Pop-
I tor Springs Church Monday and
I lnt cnnent wag jn the church'
| graveyard. The deceased is sur-j
( vJved by several children and a'
number of grandchildren, - - 1
. AJvin and Bryan White sold
[truck Joad ot tolncco oil thoj
Mount Aify market last we«k
,for $1,197.00-
Miss Kate Stone, trained nurs3
Charlotte has a posi-i
with the StlDn€-He')Safc|:ck 1
Clinic h- ;
r Una will enter on her I
dutkg Dec«mW Ist. Missi
fetone Who "Wis reared near here
i h&fc been employed by tho Knoll
Clinic at Charlotte for the past
twenty five years,
ilfa. O. W. Crandell of Win
, «ton-Salem, H. C'fy Martin of
t Walnut Oft, Miss Gene Hunter
• of Pilot Mountain and Mr.*
i Galespie of Pinnacle,
i Little Patsy Jene Moore of
Winston-Salem is spending a few
t'nys with Dr and Mrs. E. M-
Grirrin in west King
Mrs. Lo a liuichcrjon of Amelia
Courthcv# . Vp.i. fo mer-y of
Kins >i spcn-.li.ig so.nc time
jio!* -Uvcs and f ( .l.ls here.
The following patients under-
I v.ent t0.,:.-! opeiationn in the
Stonc-ll:l:abeck Clinic lji-'t week:
The following births were reg
] istired h(::c last week: to Mr.
| and i'.s. James Apparson a son,
,to Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Key a
daughter and to Mr. and Mrs.
James Farnur a son.
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New Dainbury I '
Road Soughfj
Pilot Mountain, Nov. 12—A
group of Pilot Mountain citizens!
, recent'y inferred with the'
I Stokes county at'
; Danbury a nd requested the board J
to pass a resolution recommend
•ing a hard-surface road
'pilot Mountain tp Danbury.
' The Stokes commissioners pais*
| fed the requested rMokitian. A
j similar resfelutlflfl Was passed re
cefltiy by the Surry commission'
16rs. The road would pass thrOUgH,
■ State Park, Piedmont
1 Mbore's Springs) and Vade tMQiI
lum. _.-,• ; ** i
The Wlbt Mountain 'delegation |
vfc# Wffi'posed of 0. E. Snow, Dft
O. F, Tillotson, J, E, Thor@ I, 111
Gordon and W R Bgdgsti
County Commissioner IL L
* ! G'bson V>f Be'irw's Crt»k was
here Tuesday qualifying as ad
. ministl'ator of ths estate of his
, father, the late A J. Gibson.
A SIGHT OF
| DAYS GONE BY i
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ORIGINAL DANBURY RE
i PORTER WASHINGTON
HAND PRESS. BURNED L\' :
' 1874, IS EMBEDDED IN
1 TREE TRUNK AT DANBURY
, —COME BY AND SEE IT- 1
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The first issue of thfc D-'nbury
Reporter was published Jan. 25,
1872, nearly 66 ye«rs ago.
In the year 1874, the news- t
pap?r office which stood on the l
rito now occupied by the oiigin&l '
Bank of Stokes County buildilig
here, was burned. Years aft r i
the fire some iiarties lifted the f
old Washington press that
had been usv.d, out of the debri3,
,'and set it against a small locust •
'sapling on the other side of the'i
| j street. j
It is st:il there, and Mr. Cai'i .
|, Georch, editor of the Raleigh •
i S'.;ite Magazine, came up recently
! :i!id photographed it.
! : Below is what the State says
I about it:
! I'iPy-tivv yens ago, i'!» i"
; Danbury, county .-.cat of L-.'-ik ~
ihtf bui'ii-n;,' in wl.iih tliv
"a!.';uvy P.cpj, tf." was loc-aled
caught fii'. a.id was pructieully
destroyed.
i
I When thi' fire was discoveri J,
| every effort was made to s ;, ve
as much of thie equipment as
: possible. Among the things tak
en out of the burning building
was part of an old-time Wash-1
• ington hand press. This was'
taken across- the street by some'
| ;
of the firefighters and w"s care-
I
lessly leaned up against a young
F i
sr.p i .-.'j, a'Jcut five o x c';: inches
1 in d r un:te.-.
! The sap!i"g continued to gro v
and the upright frame of the
press continued to remain ther-1
" Nobody apparently thought of
removing it. inasmuch as it was
' not anybody's way.
' As the tree continued t Q ex-!
1 pand. it found its pf>g:f.ss (
I J
' impeded by the press. However,
apparently takes more than
| a printing pj.ss to hamper the
works of Nature. There was no
I
;>way that the tree itself could r'd
itself of the press, so it decided
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. to make the best of a rather
I i
i j tibublespme situation... it pro- j
:jceeded to wrap itself around the^
i press ' ' " - • L
And, as you can see from the'"
accompanying photograph, it has]*
made * pretty good job of doing. •
exactly thia. The triia itsellf is j'
rtow about two and one-half toj
three feet in diameter. The press
has become part at tta tree and, 1
Is hoW so firmly embedded in its '
Bide, that it would be impossible ( 1
j W remove one from the other j
it Mr. Pepper, present O'lbHjher, 1
'and editor of the Danbutv Re-j
t'porifert Bhbwed us the tl'Oj 'h&t _
x j Wfcek. He said that it Wfts one
[! of the most interesting sights in |
and around Dawb'ury and that
hundreds of people came up there
. e\7*ry y6a? just to look at it. So
s far knows, there isn't an-j
other thing like it in the country
s going to send the accomp
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Number 3,323
"RAILROAD JIM"
IS IN THE TOILS
ARRESTED AT KIS STIIA, HE
OFFERS HIS CAPTORS SOME
GOOD LIKKER TO GO BACK
HOME AND SAY NOTHING—
A DANGEROUS CHARACTER
IN TIIE SEVEN ISLAND
HILLS IS ROUNDED I P AND
SCHEDULED FOR COURT.
Three deputy sheriffs invaded
the, fastnesses of the Seven Is
land toil's Monday and arrested
"Railroad Jim" ?.!übc a t his still.
The copper, of 10-gullon capac
ity, «!id a quantity of be. r rtudy
for the brew, were a so captured.
Old man Jim is 75 or 80 jv a »s
of age. with a white beard. Ik
slipj:d up 0 n him Jn the act. lie
was just firing up fop the "run."
W. ' • this, his wifj. prob
or hearing the ad
vance of the officers, went down
to die plant nn,| app: ised old
Jim. so that li" 1", !t i- ,TC(I
s «!' - r up the lii'l to\v:ud l.i, home
in i k'lovi; the was
f» ir.i a ;i • a.
'I .h' ci I v,':' !,.• ! i ii]
rir. • !'i:,i.!>. d yards !. c>i Jim'.*
l ouse. Alur Ji:.i !ia) 'fit v.i;h
his wife going i.'ji'.'lc toward iir.*
house, the deputies pit one of
thejr numb | at the still, and in
tercepted Jim.
He knew at once thrre was
i
trouble, and flew into a great
passion. - »• .
: "Go down yondc r anj starch in
that hollow, and then come back
here tomorrow," he exclaimed,
pointing t G the woods opposite to
i where the officers had already
l tiiy |3i>cil outfit, "i'li give
you all a qu«rt of the best that
ever w.nt down any man's guz
zle"
"No we are going to ook back
here first,'' repl d th,. law, in
dicating Hie real location,
i "Don't you go down thar, if
you do, you'll nev r come out
alive. I' l shoot the first man
tHut starts down that path."
Jim Mabe has the repuation of
being a iange:ous mia n when
anybody fools with his liquor
business. He is strong and active
for a man of his age. a nd of a
violent and evil temper.
The two officers immediately
seized him, knowing that he w*s
as good as his word. They had
to drag him more than a hundred
yards before he finally submitted
to arrest calamed down- (
Then tieftming to recover his
«€nssa, he told the officer* that
he did not blame them for having
to do their duty, but he begged
th(em to advise h'm who had be
trayed h'm. who had reported
him to the law. He declared that
he would ki'l the informer on
'sight if h's breechloader would
"bust a shell " I ** l
| Jim was brought to Danbury
and put under a $3OO bond for
his appearance at th* next Cerm
of court. , > i
j Seveitai yeAffc ago he aP .
raigned in court h'_ >re on ~
charge ot manuf~, cturing
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