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THE DANBURY REPORTER. Established 1872 RUSSELL NELSON TIME EXTENDED CONDEMNED SLAYER OF WATT SMITH GETS STAY I OF EXECUTION TO SEPTEM- j BERr—ATTORNEYS PREPAR- j ING DATA TO SUBMIT TO j GOVERNOR —NO NEW j TRIAL LIKELY, BUT COM-1 MUTATION POSSIBLE. Russell Neison, who was con-! victed of the first-degree murder , - of Watt Smith at the lecint term of Stokcg criminal court and sen tenced to die by gas May 5, wi'l not be executed by the State be fore September, if then. Immediately after Nelson was convicted his attorneys P. W. ; Glidewell and Dall3s Kirby ap pealed the case to the Supreme Court. This procedure automa tically stayed the execution of Judge Alley's sentence until the Supreme Court acted. The Su preme Court will not hear ap peals from this district until Au gust, and from three to six weeks is usually required for the court to render its decisions. As no exceptions were made to the charge of Judge Alley in the Nelson case, no new trial is expected. In this situation the decision of Judge Alley will pro bably be affirmed. Then it will be up to the attorneys of Nelson to furnish the Governor with such mitigating circumstances relating to the evidence in Nel son's case as might influence Mr. Hoey to change the death sen tence to one of life imprison ment. In any event, Nelson will live, as far as the State is concerned, until up in September, as the At torney General of the State has already notified the warden of the State prison the status of the case. March 30th Meeting Of Fine Arts Club (Reported) Mi's. J. Fred Gerner and Mrs. R. R. King were joint hostesses to the Fine Arts Club Thursday night, March 30th. Mrs. R. L. Smith, president, cklied the meeting to order with the reading of the Club Collect, after which the usual reports were read and approved. There were 12 members present. Following the short business session, Mrs. W, E. Joyce read a paper on "The Rolling Years" by Agnes Siigh Turnbull, which was prepared by Mrs. Itf. E. Pepper. Mrs. J> J- Taylor gave a very in teresting rep or t on Lotte Lehmann's autobiography "Mid way in My Song." During the social hour Mn. Win. McCaniess won high score award in a true and false eon test, and Mrs. Charlie Martin was swarded consolation prize. Miss Ellen Prather Hall assisted the hostesses in serving s salad course, nuts and mints. Stste Highway Patrolmen Ivey sad Lennen were in town Tues- Volume 66 THE NEW ELECTION LAW STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS I WILL ORDER MARKERS TO PRESERVE LIST OF Al L VOTERS THEY ASSIST. Quite a change was made by ! the late legislature in the elec- j i tion law, and the news comes, ! from Greensboro that the Stale I loard of elections is intending to j order primary and election pre cinct of:icia!s who aid voters in marking their ballots to make a strictly correct list of all voters so aided and submit said lists to the county boards of election and the state board, it was revealed here by Joseph T. Carru l thers, Jr., who in the last assem bly was chairman of the house sub-committee on elections. Carruthers declared that ed of the state board's intention by Chairman W. A. Lucas, of Wil son. He was greatly pleased by the decision, for it was Carru ther's sub-committee which re ' ported out the strict house bill on control of markers, a bill which was weakened by the Fol ger amendment in the senate and was finally adopted under a compromise plan approved by i Governor Hoey. The Carruthers sub-group approved the house bill by vote of four to three, the breaking the »♦.!«. «. Carruthers declared tody that the procedure as outlined by State Chairman Lucas will re move the last chcnce of any un due activity on the part cf reg istrars and judges in marking | ballots since the entire list of I I those aided by the officials, will be available for an immediate ' check on the part of county and state election boards. "This procedure, put into ef fect by the state board, will make marker control practically as ef fective ag we designed it in the house bill", said Mr. Carruthers. He recalled that the three mem bers of his sub-committee who voted for the house bill were M. Mull, of Cleveland, Lacy Mac- Bride, of Cumberland, and J. B. Volger, of Mecklenburg. The three sub-committee members op posing the marker bill were John ( Kerr, of Warren, William Mar shall, of Stokes, and Frank Tay lor, .of Wayne, said Carruthers. Young- John Christian Of Pinnacle Hurt In Car Crash John Christian, young son of Mr. and Mrs. John I* Christian of Pinnacle, was taken to a Win ston-Salem hospital Monday night unconscious from s car smash which occurred on the highway leading into Winston- Salem. As learned today young Chris tian is not seriously hurt. The report of the' accident stated that he ran into a parked truck on the side of the highway. He was hurled against the dash and windshield and badly bruised. Mrs. Julia Hairston of Walnnt Cove was here Tuesday, . Danbury, N. C., Thursday, April 27, 1939 OLLIE MOSER DIES NEAR KING JIM JONES, FORMER DEPUTY SHERIFF, IS ROBBED fiY NEGRO WHO CATER IS CAUGHT —PASSENGER AND M A I L SERVICE DISCON TINUED ON A. & V.—OTHER ! KING NEWS. King, N. C., April 27.—"Wher j j th 2 mountains begin. A goo J i place to be at or from.' , j Oiiie Moscr, 72, died at his conductor evangelist of Roanoke, | nesday, following a lingering ill-! ness of several months. The de ! ceased is survived by the widow j and several children and a num- I ber of grandchildren. Funeral and interment was at Poplar ,! Springs Church Thursday after | r.oon at two o'clock. Oliver Mauser, prominent plant- L ! er of the Siloam section, was a . business visitor here Saturday. Work on the new home of Debs Holder on north Depot street is nearing completion. I J Jim Jones, a former deputy I sheriff, who resides two miles east of King, recently employed „ a negro, Leo Jones, of South i Carolina to work on his farm. r Last Thursday afternoon Mr. i Jones left the negro to weed a I plant bed while he and his fam ily attended a funeral. During the absence of the family the negro went to the home procur ing Mr. Jones' revolver and hand cuffs, when Jones' returned to the plantbed the negro drew the i gun and ordered Mr. Jones to I put up his hands. At first he ! tried to reason with the colored L | I nidi t'Jt saw that he really meant I business, so there vas nothing jj to do but obey his orders. He ; tossed the handcuffs to Mr. Jones and ordered him to put them on himself and lock them which he i did. Then the negro searched him taking what money he had and his watch and automobile and left, The negro and car were captured in Anderson, S. C., Friday and is in jail there. Dep ties Everett Wagoner and R. W. Stewart have gone to bring him back to Stokes county for trial. Jasper N. Nrswsum, railroad home two miles east of town Wed- Va., visited relatives here Satur day. Leo Ingram, who resides one mile south of town, cut an ugly gash in his foot while chopping wood at his home last week. Several stitches were required to r sew up the wound. L Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Boyles of . Roanoke, Va., are spending a few , days here the guests of Mr. and . Mrs. C. V. Riser. The following births were rec . orded here last week: to Mr. and Mrs. Hbraoe Butner, a son; to Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Hall, a son; to Mr. and Mrs. John Ayers, a daughter, and to Mr. and Mrs. Motto Benson, a son. O. L. Rains, station agent for the Atlantic and Yadkin Rail way here, has been notified that passenger and express servioe be tween Mount Airy and Greens boro will be discontinued etffec- SALES TAX HITS MULE TRADERS STATE MAN CHECKING LP ON STOKES STOCK DEAL ERS AUDIT GOES BACK SEVERAL YEARS FOR REV- j EN UK —THREE PER CENT. ! ON *IOO S A L E S IS AP- j I PLIED. Jim Tom Law son of Lawson- 1 viile was here Saturday and saiu ■ i i the State sales tax man li-iJ , charged him up with about j SIIO.OO for sales tax on mule ! sales. Mr. Lawson is quite a consid erable trader in mules and horses j j ' at Lawsonville. Mr. Lawson said the Raleigh [ auditor had checked up C. W. Ray of Francisco for about $135.00 r.nd T. W. Tilley of Law sonville for around SBOO.OO. It is reported that the tax man dug up s account for several years back. The rate is $3.00 for every SIOO.OO sales. Jim Tom Lawson, Walter Ray and Tom Tilley are among the county's best and most reliable stock dealers. They do a straight and honorable business, and ex act but small profit on their con tracts. The sales tax levied on these good citizens is quite bur densome. •flSto. Death of Chas. A: Mickey C. A. Mickey, 65, well-known Stokes county man, died last week at his home near Vade Me j cum after a long illness. The funeral was held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Stony Ridge Baptist Church. Rev. J. F. Manuel, of Geruianton conduct ing the services. Burial was in i ! the church graveyard. Surviving arc the widow, Mrs. i Lizzie Wall Mickey; two sons. Sam W. and James E. Mickey, of ; Rural Hall; two daughters, Mrs. Lespie Joyce, of Rural Hall, ana Mis. Sam Shelton, of Vad-i Mecum; and three sisters, Mrs. Robert Bennett, of Pinnacle; Mrs. Jim Fisk, of King; and Mrs. Tommy Thore, of Amelia Court house, Va. I Solicitor R. J. Scott is prosecu ting in the criminal term of court in Dobson this week. He ! was accompanied to Dobson the first of the week by S. P. Chris ' tian. ' Mesdames J. W. Hall, S. P. Christian, N. E. Wall, N. E. Pep per, H. M. Joyce and Beverly Christian spent Friday and Sat- I urday with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sanders in Monroe. tive May Ist. The express com pany will put on a motor express which will handle express be tween the two points. It is rumored that the Post Office De partment will also put on a motor mail line which will be op erated approximately on the same schedule as the train. Mr. and Mrs. Mallard Alley of Hillsville, Va., spent' Sunday here the guests of relatives. GET BEHIND MOIR HAWKINS GO TO COUNTY AGENT BROWN'S OFFICE AND CAST A VOTE FOR A GOOD STOKES CITIZEN FOR SI - PERYiSOR ON SOIL CON SERVATION—ROCKINGHAM. | CASWELL A N D PERSON WILL HAVE THEIR CANDI DATES. i Pli.ns aio underway for setthi up tlv_ Dan River Soil Conserv • tion District which embraces !of Stokes, Rockingham, Caswcii ! and Perron counties at an early I date, according io information j received from W. D. Lee, Extcn- I sion Soil Conservationist of State College. The law under which the Soil Conservation Dis , tnct is organized provides for a | five-man Eoard of Supervisors composed of leading farmers ' from the four counties. This ' board, along with the techni j cians with the Soil Conservation I Service, county agents and others j , will map out the program to be ; carried on in the district. Th . law provides that two member.-; of the Board of Supervisors shall be appointed by a state commit ] tee with three to be elected by 1 the legal voters in the four coun ties. From April 24-29 Stokes county citizens will have an op portunity to cast a vote for on of the following men: J. Moir 1 Hawkins, Sandy Ridge, N. C., ' Henry E. McCollum, Reidsville, I N". C. Route 4, and David W. ' Wright, Ruffin, N. C. Route 1. J. Moir Hawkins of Sandy? Ridge was nominated for this | position from Stokes county with 1 Mr. Wright anj idr. McCollum ' I nominated from Caswell and II | Rockingham counties respective - j ly. A balioi. box with ballots, j will be placed in the county ! agent's office in Danbury from I April 21 to 29 inclusive and any I person who is a legally register i! i eel voter in the county, regarel | less of whether or not he or she is a landowner, may cast a ballot for one of the above supervisors. It is hoped that a large number of voters will get behind the Stokes county nominee, Mr. Haw kins, and give him as large a f vote as possible. Stokes county > farmers will recall that an oppor , tunity was given them in Jan uary to express their desire con cerning the inclusion of this county in the proposed district. _ A large majority voting in the . referendum favored the establish r ment of the district and 't has . already been set up with a . charter. , ; As soon as election of the five supervisors is held the organiza tion of the district should be i completed at an early date. The other two men who have already i been appointed by the State Soil Conservation Committee as su pervisors are Guy W. Phelp s of Hurdle Mills and W. Herbt-t White of Ruffin. J. P. BROWN, County Agent. W. S. Hart wag in town from Lawsonville Tuesday. 1 : Number 3,498 TERRACING IN EASTERN STOKES IAKMEKS OF BKAYKK ISLAND AND SNOW CKIJK TOWN- Sllil'S IMPROVING 'III UK LANDS TKKYtING MA i i.'l-NK TO M O V !•; INTO h.ii iiA'iW,.\ MJXT. The .'am: r. in fcvau-r Island ;,.iJ tin K' i :Ji't of Snow Ci tk townshipare very much Ui'-crt-su-d in Unaciag. Within ti;is i«-ul:ory :::: ,».i;er 100 acres have been jirotectcd from eros ion by properly constructed ter races. To give sonic idea as to the progress of the work, the following farmers have had work done this spring. Terracing: J. M. Vernon, J. A. Wall, E. C. Carter, S. R. Ward, J. H. E. F. Rhodes, H. C. Dodson, R. C. Gann, Manley Dunlap, P~il Dun lap, L. F. Bowlin, Yancey Yates, Rector Tilley, G. T. Eggleston, W. J. Flynn, J. J. Moore, T. M. Hawkins, J. C- Brown, and the machine is at present working on the farm of Mrs. J. L. Hanes. The following have had road work done with the terracing machine: J. M. Vernon, J. A. Wall, E F. Rhodes, H. C- Vernori and Rector Tilley. In addition to the terracing and road work a number of other small jobs, such as working on yards, cut ting diversion ditches and build ing meadow strips have been done. Through Saturday, April 22, 102 J acres have been terraced at an average cost of $1.79 per acre ■ which is unusually low for this ! section of the State. Forty-two ! thousand, five hundred and seven ty-five feet of terraces were cou ( rtructcd on 102 acres which gives a:: nvc:a£e of -117 feet per acre. The average cost for 100 feet of terrace is 43c. Under the Soil Conservation Program one unit is allowed for each 200 feet of terraces and many farmers arc using terracing to meet their sod building requrements. Isy terracing, they are able to earn I more than their terracing would i cost them because each unit car ries a payment of $1.50 for each 100 feet of terrace, j From the number of requests for terracing with the terracing equipment, it is evident that thes farmers of Stokes county are becoming more convinced each year that terracing is not only practicable, but profitable and that it does not ruin their tobac co land as they once claimej it would do. I We have a number of requests for work in Sauratown township and we hope to be abfe to get in to that township within a few days. T. H. SEARS, Asst. Co. Agent. Mrs. Charlie Martin and Mrs. J. Frank Martin visited Alber marle last week at the home of Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Charlie Mar tin's mother. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Taylor and daughter of Winston-Salem visit* ed Mrs. J. Spot Taylor Sunday.
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