»King Beauty Show Saturday Night April 2
• THE DANBURY REPORTER.
Volume 66
Miss Inez Jessup Elected At Francisco
CONTEST SUCCESS
MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL OF
BIG CREEK TOWNSHIP
TAKES LEAD AND WINls—
RECEIVES HANDSOME BOX
OF CANDY AND THE HONOR
OF CONTESTING FOR MISS
STOKES COUNTY.
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When Miss Inez Jessup
yn« elected as '"Miss FVan
ciflco" at Francisco high school
beauty contest Saturday night,
4 phe was at once presented with
a Mandsotme box of aandy and
proclaimed the most beautiful
young lady of Big Creek town-
Bhip, or Fnancisco high school
district.
Automatically she came in line
for the honor of later being chos
en as "Miss Stokes County" when
the grand contest is put on at
the ctose of the series of beauty
•hows being conducted at the
high schools of the county.
When the voting began the
v auditorium was packed, every
•eat being filled and many stand
ee in the aisles. Miss
Jemxp at once took the lead in
T lb* voting and held it.
I*ny of her friends were pres
«ML la the audience sat Miss
Madeline Martin, of Sandy Ridge
Ugh school, who has been elect
ed as "Miss Sandy Ridge." This
- racy attractive Sandy Ridge lady
Interested in the race of her
efr-contesthnt.
•Before the beauty contest an
interesting program was carried
1 eat, and enjoyed by everybody.
Miss Evelyn Page, superintend-
ent of public welfare, was prcs-
out and delivered a tMlk on "Some
Problems of Social Security."
Miss Ruth Patterson, also con-
aected with the welflare agencies
fe the county, sang several num
bara, being accompanied on the
piano by Mias Mary Taylor, who
Ji music teacher at the German-
ten high school, and who is one
of'the most accomplished pianists
In the State-
Harold and Wfclter Jessup made
Mts with several aongs. i
There were other interesting
4 numbers on the program, includ
r tog the presentation of Miss Saflidy
Ridge.
KING NEXT.
The next beauty contest will be
gtven at King high school: the
. night of April 2- Full particulars
'* program will appear in the
next issue at the Reporter.
King is the largest school in
the county, with more than 700
students. And Yadkin township
Is noted for its beautiful young
women. It is expected thfct this
contest will be a great success.
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W? T. Oakley was here Wed
nesday from North View section.
Established 1872. Danbury, N. C., Thursday, March 17, 1938.
FARM PROGRAM GOES OVER IN STOKES
MEET MISS FRANCISCO.
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Mia Inez Jfawup was elected the most beautiful girl
of Francisco high school district Saturday night.
L. W. SISK PROVED
WRONG MAN
PREACHER BROUGHT FROM
OKLAHOMA NOT LEFF SISK
WHO SIJOT SAM LAWSON TO
DEATH THIRTY YEARS AGO
—HEARING AT DANBURY
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
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The man Sisk, brought to Dan
bury jail last week from Okla
homa by Sheriff John Taylor and
Deputy Sheriff Cleve Lawson,
proved to be the wrong man.
After a hearing here Sunday
afternoon before Esquire J. L.
Moore of Lawsonville, Rev. L. W.
Sisk, changed with being the
slayer of Sam lawson 34 years
ago at Kelly Siak'a place near
Lawuonville, was exonerated by
the proof of many witnesses, an j
discharged.
P. C. Campbell. R. M. Clamp
bell, Richard Joyce. Rufus Mabe,
T F. Lawßon, Georgia Sisk. Mrs.
Rufus Shelton land others who
knew Left Sisk wihen he lived Ja
Stokes, testified that Rev. Lu W
Sisk was not the man.
Soon after the hearing began,
Mrs. Sisk, the wife of the prison
er, arrived, and was happily
brought into the presence of her
husband.
At the hearing Bob Lawson and
Jim Tom Lawson, brothers of
Sam Lawson who was killed,
stated after studying the accuse
man from Oklahoma, that in their
judgment, he wjas not Leff Sisk.
L. W. Sisk was brought here
Saturday night from Shawnee,
Okla-, by Sheriff Tkplor and
Deputy Lawson on representation::
made t» the Sheriff that the slay
er of Sam Lawson had been
daught.
Other friends of the cccu'id
man, coming from Lexington, Ga.,
did mot arrive in Danbury, b'l.
reached Winston-Salem where
they were interviewed. They in
cluded a brother, W J. N. Sisk;
a nephew, E. A. Sisk; Colonel E.
P. Shull, so'icitor of city court at
Lexington, Ga-; and Colon-'!
Hamilton McWhorter, former
senator. They were in readiness
to present proof Sisk was not in
rjarth Carolina at the time the
Lawson murder was committed,
Messrs. Monroe Fagg and E. R>
Nelson went to Charlotte Tuesday
to aittend the State Republican
convention as delegates from
Stakes county.
STOKES VOTES
' TOR CONTROL
HUGE MAJORITY , CAST IN
SATURDAY'S REFERENDUM
—BIG CREEK TOWNSHIP
LEADS IN MAJORITY.
The returns from 10 polling
places in Stokes county gfeye 3.-
805 votes for control and 595
Big Creek township—ss3 for control, 17 tagainst.
Beaver Island twnship—4ll for control, 11 against.
Dfcnbury township—l4s for control, 82 against-
Meadows township—2s7 for coitrol, 158 against
Peter's Creek township—32o for control, 78 agafost.
Quaker Gap township—3B6 for control, 20 against.
Sauratown township—42o for control, 30 against.
Snow Creek township—46l for control, 36 against
(Lower Yadkin township—ss4 (or control. 116 against.
Upper Yadkin township—3oß fcr control, 49
SANDY RIDGE BEAUTY QUEEN
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MJua Madeline Martin, elected as Sandy Ridge beauty
queen. She attended the Francisco contest Saturday night.
Hydraulic Ram
Demonstration On |
Farm of Alex Rogers:
A very interesting hydraulic
demonstration meeting was held |
on the farm of Alex Rogers of
Lawsonville on Friday, March li
with 35 farmers and farm women
attending.
L;ist r/pnth Mr. Rogers came
in tin; office one day and asked
some information about hydraulic
rams. I visited Mr. Roger's farm
a few days later and made a sur
vey of the availble location- a
spring located 600 feet from
the house was flowing three gal
lons of water per mimite. By
going 140 feet below the spring
eight feet ftxll could be obtained.
The elevation to the house was 85
feet. I drew up specifications for
votes against. Four challenged
votes remained in the envelopes
and were not counted. Four
other votes were not counted due
to the fact they were mutilated.
86.47 per cent of the votes cast
were in favor of control a n d 13.53
per cent were against.
The following is a tabulation
of the votes cast by townships:
pipe and installing a 'am. The
location was ideal-
The ram was installed under
supervision of the county agen: |
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The total cost including jjico, ce
ment and the ram was 9109.05.
The pipe and cement amounted
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to S7O of the total cost. Mr
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Ro'jc'S and his boys fitted the
I pipe and dug the ditches in their
spare time. They made a com
plete installation using concrete
around the spring and making a
concrete pit for the ram. A con
crete storage tank was also built
l at the house. This ram is dcliver
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;ing to the house 17 gallons of
. water per hour, or 408 gallons per
day which is more tha n enough
water to supply the house, live
stock and poultry on the farm
Upon investigation I found that
Mr. Rogers a n d his wife had been
'carrying water from this spring
lup the hill for 40 yeaj-s. They
• have made an average of three
Strips daily to the spring for
househould purposes only. We
found that this farmer and his
wife had in 40 years Walked a
total of 24,000 miles and spent
365 ten hou r days carrying water
for household purposes alone. Be
fore Mr. Rogers installed the ram
he spent considerable money in
trying to drill a well but was un
successful.
This fa r mer and his wife are
highly elated that they have
running water at the house and
say they wouldn't be without it
for many times the coat. .
J. P. BROWN,
County Agent.
Number 3,341
MURDER ON
DRY HOLLOW ROAD
DETROIT. MICHIGAN, MAN
FOUND DKAD IN! IJIS CAR
IX LOWER STOKES, HEAD
CRUSHED AND CHOKED—
SUSPECTS ARRESTED, NOW
IN JAIL—MVSTERY SUR
ROUNDS GRUESOME AF
FAIR.
Geo. W. Taylor, 44, was found
dcta/J in the rear seat of his a,uto
mobile parked on Dry Hollow
ioad early Wednesday moiling.
His head was crushed in at the
hack, and his throat bore evidence
of choking.
Wednesday, on evidence pre
sented by Sheriff John Taylo>\ of
Stokes, Forsyth officers ar
rested Clyde Byrd of Winston-
Salem. charging him with the
c>'ime. Later a negro named Mc-
Donald, also of Winston-Salem,
was apprehended and both of the
accused men were brought here
to jail charged with the murder.
Dry Hollow ie a few miles
jno'th-east of Walnut Cove. Tfu>
automobile in which the do_ad
body of Taylor Was found, was
1032 Ford. Tote Dalton, a
I nop, TO, discovered the tragedy,
'notifying Deputy Sheriff Carl
Ray of Walnut Cove. Sheriff Tay
' lor also was quickly summoned.
I An inquest held by the coroner
j rendered a verdict that Taylor
j'Vinne to his ddnth at the hands
lof unknown persons."
| Sarii! T;,ylor is in p O3 .
scsiibn of evidence implicati:; •
oiK-ther negro in the crime- Tlu
loffceraI offcera ai e looking for Tout Da!-
I ton. who found the body slumped
in the car.
A hearing will be hold later,
while the grand jury at April i
court will investigate.
TWO MORE MEN ARRESTED.
Since the above was wrjtt ;n
Deputy Sheriffs Bert Smith and
, Everett Wagner }»ve a'ested
Teat Dalton, who found the body
and Dave Dalton, both negroes.
Who are being held for complicity
in the murder.
It now develops that Clyde Byrd
is a, paroled convict,
Announcement.
Subject to the will G f the Demo
crat.c voters in the primary June
• I announce myself ■>
? r the of « ce «>f
2«L r. SUPen ° r Court, of
Stokes County. My Pas t re
cord is well known to most of
sh!n mem -° f the P art y and I
e^L aPPreCmte t0 the full »t
"ated . s " pport- If nomi
nated and elected I shall dU
charge the duties of the office in
■">« acceptable
Respectfully,
15m4w ,AMES " BAKER '