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THE DANBURY REPORTER. Established 1872 Volume 66 TWO SUICIDES * IN SAURATOWN CECIL MOUNCE DIED BY HIS OWN HAND SUNDAY WHILE DAVIS TUTTLE KILLED HIM SELF T U E S D A Y—BOTH BURIED AT CLEAR SPRING PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CEME w TERY About 4 o'clock Tuesday eve ning Davis Tuttle, living at his home 4 miles north of Walnut Cove, went into the back porch oi his home and literally blew off bis head with an automatic shot fiends and neighbors believed iut the man had been of unsound mfcad for a year or two, and that the dreadful act of self-destruc tion was committed during a mo ment of mental aberration. Tuttle had been hunting during the afternoon. He returned to his home and sat in the living room with his family for a while. They had been Invited out to a supper by friends, and the family insisted that Dave go with them. Kc re fused, saying he would go out and "em* it all." About 5 o'clock, Tuttle picked up Us shotgun and went on the bash porch at tha homo. His fun is Uj heard the dischaigs of the shotgun. They found hn tiead. The full discharge of the gun had struck him in the head. Surviving are the widow and .three children. - *mm WM. C. MOUNCE ,4r KILLS SELF NEAR WALNUT COVE William Cecil Mounce, 24, killed himself with a pistol bullet in the heart Sunday afternoon at 1:30 at his father's farm on Route 2. y- Sherif John Taylor said there wiH be no coroner's inquest. He said it was a clear case of suicide. > Mounce's family said he had seemed in good spirits on this Christmas Day he picked to end his life. He gave no indication, they said, of any such contempla tion, but a sister said she saw him take down his pistol, put cartridges in his pocket, and stroll out into «. field near the house. The young man's body wss found about 100 yards from the * house, where he lived and worked with his father. Mounce was unmarried. He is ** survived by his father, J. Will Mounce; three sisters, Mrs. Carrie SUemore. Misses Ruby and Doro f thy Mounce, of Route 2; thrse brothers, Ed, Wesley and Walter Mounce, all of Walnut Cove. Funeral services were conducted "f Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock at Clear Springs Baptist Church by Elder J t w. Tuttle, of Danbury, and Elder W. J. Brown, of Rural Ball. Rufus Hooker of Fort Bragg is hare on a SO-day furlough from Wirt Bragg visiting his brother W. It Hooker. He hM bent tn . Mttfct at ftaurt. yaat». BELLED BUZZARD KILLED AT KING ALVA SMITH SLEW THE BIRD, WHIOH HAD LIGHTED NEAR HIS HONE—ADDITION TO SCHOOL BUILDING N E A R S COMPLETION—OTHER NEWS OF KING. vKing, Dec. 28—Alva Smith, a planter, residing just west of town, while plowing in a field | near his home last week, kept I hearing a bell ringing. Finally he I located a buzzard in the top of a tall tree near the field. He went to the house, got his shotgun and killed the buzeard which had a small bell fastened to its neck by means of a leather band. The clapper of the bell was almost worn out by continuous ringing. There was no date on the bell. Mr. and Mrs. James Gross of with Mrs. Gross' parents, Mr. and Mkin are spending the holidays Mrs. Garfield Doss in Five Forks, just west of town. Mr. and Mrs. Felix Spainhower are spending a few days in Raleigh where they are the guests of Mrs. Nannie Johnson, who, be fore her marriage was Miss Nan nie Love, daughter of Mr. and the high school building is well Mm. James Love, Sr., deceased. Work ©■ the new addition t& underway and will be pushed through to completion on an early date. Mr. Mrs. Kennis Pulliam of Knoxville, Tenn., are here for the holidays. They are guests of Mr. Pulliam's mother, Mrs. Jennie Pulliam, of Broad street. The following college students are at home for Christmas: Miss Doris New and Virginia Francis of Greensboro; Miss Rebecca Hel sabeck of Meredith College, Ra leigh; Worth Kirby of Chapel Hill; Miss Naomi and Pearl Sisk, of Roanoke, Va.; Billy Hel sabeck of Wake Forest and David Mitchell of Mars Hill. The following patients under went tonsil operations here last week: Wayne Smith, of Pinnacle; Miss Josephine Merritt, of Rural Hall and Kenneth Boles of Wal nut Cove. Bill Boles Is spending the Christ mas holidays in Monroe, Va„ where he is the guest of relatives. Oscar Snider of Fieldale, Va., is the guest of his father, Charlie Snider, over the holidays. The following births were reg istered here last week: To Mr. and Mrs. Wesley McKnight, a son; to Mr. and Mrs. Dewcldon Briggs, a daughter; to Mr. and Mrs. Neal Marshall, a son; and to Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Joyner, a daughter. Growers in this section are about through soiling tobacoo. Only a small remnant remains un fold. Theure has been a sharp do o.'ine in prices recently. Mn. Lum Booth of Walnut Cove, Route 3. ft hi the WvfA '-od ! with har dau# . Mrs.- Wait^c SouthMOu it 1 Mf«rt|r. Danbury, N. C., Thursday, December 29, 1938. FOUR HUNDRED VIOLENT DEATHS THIS REPORTED FOR CHRIST MAS WEEK-END—MANY AC CIDENTS OF ALL KINDS. The nation paid with more than 400 lives for iti holiday week-end. A prevailing "green" Christmas with its attendant restriction of icy roads and snow, was credited with a smaller death count than lapt Christmas, when more than 500 persons lost their lives. Metropolitan New York and other cities enjoyed almost spring like weather. Fire claimed 17 lives this year: gunshot wounds 13; suicides 13; train accidents 10; drowning 4; and miscellaneous causes, the rest. Bxcept for the death of Robert Johnson who was accidentally burned to death in his home near Walkertown, the day was reported free of serious mishap by both the sherifPs department and the Win ston-Salem police. Largest death tolls by states in cluded: California 25; Illinois 22; Michigan 25; Missouri 16; New Jersey 13; New York, including New York city, 35; Pennsylvania 36; Texas 2t. Six atates —Delaware, lowa, Ne braska, Nevada, Rhode Island and Vermont— and the District of Co lumbia, reported no violent deaths. Other fatalities included hunt ing accidents, suffocation, electro cution homicide. In Louisiana, a man was killed in a restaurant brawl when he objected to the use of obscene language in the presence of women. * -•. Legislature To Be Asked For Drastic Changes In Laws Raleigh. Dec. 28. —A thorough overhauling of North Carloina's criminal statutes and enactment of a strict anti-lynch bill may ne recommended to the legislature by the attorney-general's office, it was learned today. Attorney-General Harry McMul lan disclosed that his staff ha r ' drafted an 18-point program for legislative consideration. The pro gram has been mailed to all of the state's solicitors for additional recommendations and possible re visions. Sandy Ridge Items Mr. and Mrs. Louis Joyce spent Monday night with Mr. and Mrs. Troy Ferguson. Miss Margaret Vernon of Ruffin is spending the holidays with her parents, Mr. and M- Oye Ver non. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse 'obertson had as their dinner r>u .i .9 Sun day: Mr. and \L t. Troy Fergv son and family, Mr. and Mm I Levis Joyce, and Messrs. Georgia j \nd curtis Rob«rt-toa. Miss Thelma Joyce of V utn j llesaovial Hospital, Mount A'ry, j is spending the holidays vith .e\- j ,\ttYe# n*tr her*. STOKES DEMS. ASKED FOR SIOO B. P. BAILEY IS CHAIRMAN OF JACKSON DAY DINNER COM MITTEE LN COUNTY —EVENT AT RALEIGH ON NIGHT OF JANUARY 7. Raleigh, Dec. 27—The appoint ment of B. P. Bailey as Chairman of the annual Jackson Day Din ! ner Committee in Stokes county was announced here by State Senator John D. Larkins, Jr., of Jones county, State Chairman of the Jackson Day Committee plan ning for the annual Jackson Day Dinner to be held in Raleigh on the night of January 7th at eight o'clock at the Sir Walter Hotel. "As the Democratic Chairman in Stokes county, Mr. Bailey has been very helpful iu the past and 'we are counting on him and other good Democrats in the county to help us raise our part to help wipe out the deficit incurred by the National Democratic Execu tive Committee in the recent cam paign", said Chairman Larkins. Stokes county has been asked to raise SIOO as its part in the State-wide campaign that will cul minate with the annual Jackson Day Dinner in Raleigh, where a Democratic speaker of National reputation will deliver an address that will leave no doubt in the minds of those who hear him that there is a Democratic Administra tion in Washington as well as one .in Raleigh", Chairman Larkins said. Persons contributing $25.00 or more will be invited to attend the State-wide dinner in Raleigh and Chairman Larkins announced a three-way plan for those planning to attend the event. Plan one calls for the payment of $25.00 at i the thno of reservation; Plan Two calls for the payment of $12.50 at the time of reservation and the balance on March Ist; and Plan Three calls for the payment of $15.00 at the time of reservation, with $5.00 on March 15th and $5.00 on April 15th. One-fourth of the money raised in North Carolina, Chairman Lar kins pointed out, will be retained for use of the State Democratic Executive Committee. Names of those securing reservations at the dinner will be sent to James A. Farley, National Democratic Chairman, and each will receive a card of thanks from the National Chairman. State's Needy, Aged Rolls Gain Rapidly Raleigh, Dec. 21 —A jximate ly 12,000 more needy, aged North 'trolinians are on public astria ue rolls this month than hi De • >t, 1937. Nathhan H. Yel |t ■■ or of public assistance, satj »• 0. assistance payments for the last half st this .year tapped thov: of the oorrospoadimg ported by Mrs than fUOt&W ha afcfed. CUPID VISITS SANDY RIDGE MISS SYBIL JEANETTE MAR TIN AND ROY STEELE WED j —MISS ETTA MAE AMOS BE-1 COMES BRIDE OF WILBOIR WOODS—OTHER PERSONAL MENTION. yfeandy Ridge, Dec. 29--Miss j Sybil Jeanette Martin became the ( ; bride of Mr. Roy Steele Saturday, ; December 3, at Danville, Va. Mrs. Steele in the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Van B. Martin, of jStoneville. Route 2. She attended , Stoncville high school. Mr. Steele is the son of Mr. and | Mrs. W. S. Steele of Sandy Ridge. iHe attended Sandy Ridge high school and is now connected with Globe Parlor Furniture Company of High Point, where the couple will make their home. AMOS - WOODS Miss Btta Mae Amos became the bride of Mr. Wilbour Woods Sunday, December 25, at Went worth. Mrs. Woods is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Amos of Sandy Ridge, Route 1. She attended Sandy Ridge high school. Mr. Woods is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Woods of Lawsonville. He attended Sandy Ridge high school and is now engaged in far ming. PERSONALS Mrs. T. M. Hawkins spent Sun day with her aunt, Mrs. J. V. Mar shall, of Walnut Cove. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Darr and daughter, Joan are spending the holidays with Mrs. Darr's mother in Murfrecjboro, North Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Joyce of Madison spent Saturday night with the former's parents, Mr. and Mra. J. W. Joyce. Mr. and Mrs. Hilary Chapman were the week-end guests of the former's parents near Walnut Cove. Miss Vera Carter is ill at her home her friends will regret to learn. Mr. and Mrs. John Nelson have moved into their home which has recently been remodeled on Mad ison, Route 1. Mr. and Mrs. Lovis Joyce spent the supper guests of Miss Bessie Joyce Monday night. Those visiting Mrs. G. W. Haw kins Sunday were: Mrs. G. T. Kallam, of Madison; Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Spencer, of Walnut Cove; Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Hawkins, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hawkins. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Ward and faimily of High Point are visiting the letter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Dodson for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Joyce spent Sunday night with Mr. and Mr*. Hilary Chapman. Mr. and Mra. CV» Vernon hav« into the house formerly oc **"• aad Mrs. Jeu.i Nei- Number 3,352 EROSION ON YOUR BAD LANDS 1 ______ HOW TO HANDLE THIS DE STRUCTIVE EVIL—ADVICE FROM OIL CONSERVATION EXPERT AT MADISON CCC CAMP. lIP y- ■ Grazing your cow on the front porch is one way of supplementing your pasture, but a better way is to take the kudzu vine from the j porch anj let it stop erosion on galled and gulliej areas while providing supplementary grazing during July and August, states Mr. H. H. Herring, Conservation i ist of the Soil Con'vatioa Service area near Madiflon, N. C. Many people think the only use for kud zu is a vine planted around the front porch to provide shade and a place to sit and rest. Farmers cooperating with the Soil Conser vation Service arc learning other values of kudzu and are planting | it out in fields for pasture, hay, on worn-out lands to restore fertility, fill up gullies and control | erosion. Kudzu fits well into ou t * system of farming and is a good supplement for pasture during the 'months of July and August whew pasture grasses are scarce. Kudzu is not a l>est as many people think and can be easily destroyed by grazing and plowing. Cows will 'stop grazing the best pastures to 'partake of the luxuriant growth of kudzu. Farmers that are going to plant kudzu should prepare tha land early this winter if they in tend getting good results with the j fast growing plant. In the local project areas this winter approximately 200 acres wIH be planted to ku?.zu to con trol erosion and furnish forage where needed to supplement th»i farm feed supply, Mr. Herring said. These plantings will ba I maue in perennial strips on criti cal areas in cultivated fields and on other marginal land. In preparing land for field plantings, Soil Conservation Ser vice workers recommend laying off rows 12 to 18 feet apart by break 'ing a strip approximately five feet wide. After plowing a deep fur row, apply two or three tons of manure per acre, if available, and the equivalent of 10 per cent acid (in the furrows. The n throw six furrows to the row to form a low, flat bed. After these beds arc well settled by rain, plants may be set in the beds. Proper land preparation, cars* planting, proper fertilization and first year cultivation are essential to obtaining a good stand and growth of kudzu, results in the project area have demonstrated. Early land preparation is especial* ly important at this time, since plants should bo set only in well set beds. Soil Conservation Service woalc ers wi'l be glart !o give farmers additional information regarding pLnUujt methods which hp- • rc •ultea la suoeaaaful kuds v»at ingi la tfce fee*! area, 1> Her* rbf aiftL
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