THE DANBURY REPORTER.
Established 1872 Volume 66
April Criminal I
Court This Week
Many Cases Have Been Dis
posed Of—Trial Of Nelson
and Tiliey Charged With
Murder Of Watt Smith,
Now Pending—Other Homi
cide Cases Waiting.
The April term of criminal
court with Judge Felix Alley pre
siding and Solicitor Ralph Scott
prosecuting for the State, is no>v
in session for the fourth day,
with many minor cases having
been disposed of.
Wednesday began the trial of
Nelson and Tilley charged with ;
murdering Watt Smith. Nearly
all Wednesday was consumed
with finding a jury. Attorneys j
engaged in this case are Scott,
Johnson and Ellington prosecu -
ting. The defendants are repre
sented by P. W. Glidewell and
son, P. W., Jr., Dallas Kirby and
John H. Folger.
Cases disposed Qf are as fol
lows : * • ~ * *** "
STATE AGAINST:
(Appearance Docket)
Augmon Nelson, D. M. P., cost
paid.
Wm. Moore, abandonment, con
tinued.
Fletcher Hughes and Andrew
Carter, assault. Carter paid his
cost. Continued as to I^ughes.
S. E. Spach, possession. Called
and failed. Capias.
Luther Shelton, A. D. W., con
tinued.
Virgil White, 0. C. 1., called
and failed. Capias.
Moir Clark, possession, called
and failed. Capias.
I/ester McGee, O. C. I„ cost
paid.
TRIAL DOCKET:
Ronald Cook, O. C• 1., capias to
Forsyth.
Fred Lowery, reckless driving,
called and failed. Capias.
Luther Hickß, W. R. Hbrsley,
Rob Ray, possession, c&lled and
failed, capias.
Harold Boyleg and Wm. Sowers,
larceny, continued as to Sowers.
Boyles tried and found not guilty.
Troy Wilkins, A. D. W., called
and failed, capias.
Howell Freeman, A. D. W., nol
pros.
Emmet Hooker, possession,
called and failed, capias.
J. B. Chapman, O. C. L, plead
ed guilty, SSO and cost.
James Roscoe Langley, O. C. I,
called and failed, capias.
Claude Flynn, O. C. 1., pleaded
guilty, 2 months on roads and
surrender drivers license.
Cleo France, possession, called
and /ailed, capias.
Walter Farmer, V. P. L., plead
ed guilty, suspended sentence and
4Mb
Winfred Edwards, O. C. 1.,
pleaded guilty. Judgment pend
ing.
James Henry Seals, reckless
driving, pleaded guilty, $25 and
cost.
j Bimmcr Sutphin, larceny, found
guilty. Judgment pending.
| Charley Ham, O. C. I. pleaded'
guilty, SSO and cost and stop
| driving.
Willie Wilkins, A. D. W„ plead-
I ed guilty, cost.
Oliver East, O. C. 1., pleaded
guilty, SSO and cost and give
up driver's license.
Andrew Jackson, O. C. 1.,
pleaded guilty, SSO and cost and
get from under the steering
wheel.
John Galloway, O. C. 1., plead
! Ed guilty, 3 months on roads.
Nome Hickman, O. C. 1., plead
ed guilty. Judgment pending.
Wm. Early Flynt, Jr., reckless
driving, pleaded guilty, $25 and
' cost.
I j Louis Hicks, assault on female,
pleaded guilty, cost and suspend
' ed sentence.
Ted Gerry, possession, pleaded
1 guilty, $25 and cost and suspc.nd-
I ed sentence.
Li
Ralph Hampton, O. C. 1., and
II without license, 3 months on
roads.
Healon Riggs and Carltou
Flynn, manufacturing, Flynn
found not guilty, non-suit as to
, Riggs.
Emmett Hooker, possession,
, pleaded not guilty, found guilty,
M. B. Grabbs, possession plead
ed guilty, cost.
Clarence Westmoreland, manu
| factoring, pleaded guilty, 6
i
' months on roads.
George Hayden, Lloyd Hayden
and Lilborn Hendricks, posses
sion. Pleaded not guilty. Found
guilty, put on good behavior.
Tom Willard, O. C. L, pleaded
guilty. Open for judgment.
Russell Nelson and Reuben Hl
ley, murder. Trial pending.
B. c. Bowles, V. P. L., nol
pros.
Henry Yates, V. P. L., posses
sion, pleaded guilty, cost and sus
pended sentence.
Anderson, O. C. 1., and trans
porting, pleaded not guilty. Pend
ing.
Raymond Inman, O. C. 1.,
pleaded guilty, SSO and cost.
(Continued on 4th page.)
Danbury, N. C., Thursd ay, April 6,1939.
GRAND JURY
MAKbS REPORT
FINDS FIFTY-THREE TRUE i
BILLS—COMMITTEES PASS
ON CONDITION OF COUNTY
INSTITUTION— RECOM
MENDS OVERNIGHT AC
COMMODATION'S FOR EN
GAGED JURORS.
The grandjury today, before
adjourning, submitted the fol
lowing report to the judge:
1
To His Honor, Felix Alley,
Judge Presiding:
The grand jury for the April
term of the Superior Court of l
Stokes county most respectfully
submits the following report:
We acted on 53 true bills of
indictment, 10 not true bills, and
10 continued for lack of wit
nesses.
Presentments of all [criminal i
nature known to our body were |
made and acted on.
|
A committee visited the coun-1
ty jail and found things in good I
I conditions, clean and inmates well •
and cared for.
All offices of the court house ;
I were visited and found to be in |
good shape, and as far as we !
j could determine, the records well j
kept, and the offices run in a
very efficient manner.
A committee visited the county
home and found 33 inmates well
cared for, beds and rooms clean.
Three inmates sick being looked
( after by county doctors. One in
] valid child that we believe needs
a little more attention; also
, found plenty of milk and butter
| for all inmates.
A committee visited the State
convict camp and found every-1
thing in number one shape, ami!
: no f-ickr.fr.s in the camp.
Wo recommend that the coun
i
ty commissioners have one room
in the addition that they arc j
plnnning to build to the court
house pn as to room any jury
that has to be kept together ov
ernight.
F. L. TILLEY,
Foreman of the Grand Jury.
Plenty of Law
The following deputy sheriffs
and constables are in attendance
at court:
Raymond Stewart of Yadkin
township.
Everette Wagoner and M. O.
Carroll of Meadows township.
Carl Ray of Sauratown town
ship.
Mack Wall of Beaver Island
township.
Bud Tilley of Quaker Gap
township.
Cleve Lawson and Alex Flin
chum of Peter's Creek township.
Will George, Sam Jessap and
Elmer Shelton of Big Creek
township.
Burke Smith, Jim Flinchum
and A. G. Sisk of Danbury town
ship.
CONSTABLES
W. R. Stovall of Snow Crsek
township.
• Rufus Mabe of Peter's Creek
township.
NEW SCHOOL I
BOARD MEETS!
COMMITTEE NAMED—TO AR ' i
RANGE BUDGET AT NEXT |
MEETING TEACHERS IV
BE SELECTED DURING;
NEXT FEW WEEKS NEW
MEMBER SWORN IN, REV.
J. A. JOYCE.
The first meeting of the new
1 Board of Education was held in
the office of Superintendent if
i Schools J. C. Carson Monday.
The board as now reorganized
consists of Dr. Grady Stone ol'
i King, chairman; P. O. Fry of
Pinnacle; Rev. J. A. Joyce of
i Sandy Ridge. Mr. Joyce was
named by the present legislature
to take the place of John W.
Priddy, resigned.
The Board named the following
school committeemen to serve'
| during the next school year:
! District No. 1 —Danbury—Mea-'
i j
dows—Walnut Cove—
I
I C. E. Davis
J. H. Neal
H. G. Alley.
I District No. 2 —Reynolds—
j T. M. Smith
J. T. Vaden
| J. R. Tilley
District No. 3 —Francisco —
W. S. George
W. «. Collins
Fletcher Smith
District No. 4—Lawsonville —
R. E. Moore
W. T. Oakley
J. T. Tucker
District No. st Sandy Ridge—
J. M. Hawkins
J. J. Spencer
H. T. Brown
. District No. o—Pine0 —Pine Hall —
J. Van Tuttle
John Flinchum
Melvin Parish
I
District No. 7 —Gernianton- -
. Dr. W. H. Bynum
M. P. Watts
I O. P. Green
District No. B—Kin8 —King—
C. S. Newsum
C. D. Slate.
Roy Redding
District No. 9—Pinnacle —
S. F. Fulk
W. B. Lane
C. K. Boyles.
The Board will meet again the
first Monday in May to arrange
the budget for the incoming year.
Prof. Carson stated that teach
ers for the new school year will
be selected during the next few
weeks.
Rev. J. A. Joyce, the new mem
ber of the school board, who was
formerly chairman of the board
of county commissioners, was
given a cordial welcome by vis
itors Monday in his new capac
ity. It will be remembered that
he did not run for his re-election
in last fall's campaign as a mem
ber of the board of commission
ers.
Bill Jones of Walnut Cove —a
jolly good fellow and always a
perfect gentleman. Ho was here
this week, looking in on the
court. 1
L. E; FRANCIS
IS IN TOWN
SECRETARY-TREASURER OF
THE WINSTON-SALEM PRO- j
DUCTION CREDIT ASSOCI
ATION ASSISTING FARM
ERS IN BORROWING IN
TEREST ON LOANS HAS
BEEN REDUCED—L OA N S
HAVE INCREASED FOR 198!)
L. E. Francis, Secretary-Treas
urer of the Winston-Salem Pro
duction Credit Association, ha*!
been at the Association's Branch
Office in Danbury since Monday, j
April 3, and he will be there the j
remainder of this week and all |
of next week; that is, through'
Friday, April 14th.
Stokes farmers who can use
borrowed money at a low rate of j
interest profitably and those who ,
would like to obtain detail infor- j
mation about the co-operative,'
dependable, permanent system o:
agricultural credit are encourag
ed to seo Mr. Francis this week
or next at Danbury.
The interest rate charged by j
the Wlnston-Salcui Production •
Credit Association has recently i
been reduced from 5 per cent to,
1 1-2 per cent. The borrowers'
pay interest only for the actual
number of days they use the
money, and interest is not de
ducted.
The amount of money any one
farmer may borrow depends up
on his needs and his ability to
pay back. That amount may be
$50.00 or it mny be 550.000.00.'
Several farmers have borrowed 1
moio than SIOOO.OO each. The
curity usually consists cC a C:yl
lien on crops and other person.il
property. The loans ere repaid
at such time :=s tha crops arc
marketed whether si:: months or
twelve months.
Loan:> arc :niub for general
agricultural i-urucscs, including
the purchase of fertilise!', nitrate
of soda, lime; the purchase of
tools and farm equipment; the
purchase of supplies and feed:
and under restricted conditions
the purchase of workstock and
the payment of debts already in
curred in the farming operations.
Even though the year of 1933
was generally a good crop year
and many farmers are borrowing
less in 1939 than they borrowed
in 1938, the indications are thai
the Association will have a nor
mal increase in both membership
and volume of loans. As of April
1, 1939, farmers had borrowed
$12,890.00 more than the/ had
April 1, 1938.
During the past four years the
Association has loaned to farm
ers more than one-half million
dollars, and has not yet experi
enced a loss. The granting of
loans to responsible farmers on
a conservative basis together
with the proper management of
the other affairs of the Associa
tion has resulted in the estab
lishment and maintenance of a
substantial reserve and guaranty
fund. The amount of the reserve
Number 3,405
MORE NEW HOMES
FOR KING
LIVELY TOWN OF YADKIN'
TOWNSHIP CONTINUES TO
EXPAND KING STRING
BAND WINS PRIZES—THE
STORK LAUGHS OCT LOUD
—SEVERE HAIL STORM.
King, April G.—J. Wilson, who
has been confined to his home on
West Broad street for the past
| several weeks from an attack of
! rheumatism, is sufficiently im
; proved to be out on the street
1 again.
I
Work on a new home for Debs
, Holder on North Depot street Is
going along at a rapid rate and
| will be pushed through to com
j plclion.
Mrs. Bill Law is confined to
! her home on Depot street by
, illness, her friends will regret to
! learn.
Enoch Middlemen is preparing
to erect a new home near Trini
ty Church just west of town.
Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Samuels
iof Pilot Mountain visited rela
! tives here Friday.
The King String Band is put
ting King on the map in the
! musical woild. They walked
away with the first prize again
Friday night at a fiddler's con
vention given at Mountain View.
Egbert Anderson of Winston-
Salem was a business visitor
here Friday. Mr. Anderson is a
son of Junius Anderson, who
.
was reared in the Jefferson sec
! tion near here.
i Work is well underway on the
' new dwelling being erected for
1 Dm': Middlelon, west of town. It
':s b in~ en the site oT
Mr. Mi'id'oton'n old rcsi leuce
which has been removed.
Thrre is noted impiovenuut in
the condition of Piorccson ICiser,
who is p uff:-rin3 from an attack
of influenza at his home two miles
, east of town.
,■ | The stork did not only smile
but laughed out loud list week
when he made five calls. They
, i were, to Mr. and Mrs. Gilmer
IJ Boles, a son; to Mr. and Mrs.
i Foy Smith, a daughter; to Mr.
and Mrs Paul Tuttle, a son, ani
■ to Mr. and Mrs. Lespie Joyce, a
, daughter.
The condition of Mrs. J. A.
I Gordy, who suffered a stroke of
paralysis at her home on Pul
liam street, continues to improve.
( One of the severest hail storms
i seen in this section for many
I moons passed over here last
I Saturday afternoon. It was ac
companied by a heavy rain.
Edwin Carroll, prominent
, planter of the Neatman section,
j was here Friday.
Jake Fulton, Walnut Cove bus
iness man, spent a short stay
here Wednesday.
' and guaranty fund is more tha-i
$9,000.00.
Further credit for the success
of the Association must be given
where credit i s due. Satisfied
borrowers made it possible.