THE DANBURY REPORTER.
Established 1872
NELSON TO GET 1
LIFE TERM
ALLEGED SLAYER OF WATT
SMITH WILL GET COMMU
TATION, FOLLOWING GOV- j
ERNOR'S REVIEW AL Ol
NEW EVIDENCE DALLAS I
KIRBY RECEIVES TELE- j
GRAM FROM COMMISSION- '
ER OF PAROLES TODAY—
I
Russell Nelson, convic.-.i at
Stoke s court April 7 of the first
degree killing of Watt Smith, and 1
to death in the lethal
chamber at Raleigh, will get his I
sentence commuted to life irn- 1
prisonment.
This news is tacitly embraced'
in a telegram received today by !
Dallas C Kirby, attorney for Nel- j
son, from Edwin Gill, Commis- j
sioner ot Paroles at Raleigh, as
follows:
"Not necessary to prosecute ap
peal. Will write in a few days." '
This wire from the State com- j
missioner of paroles, is in re- j
sponse to new evidence furnished !
by the attorneys for Nelson,
touching the tragic affair near
Sandy Ridge last November in
which Watt Smith wa s shot and
killed.
The telegram above referred to
indicates, according to the inter - J
pretation of Nelson's lawyers, j
that Gov. Hoey has seen fit to 1
commute Nelson's sentence ol (
death to life imprisonment, after |
carefully reviewing the case, and
considering the new evidence fur-1
nished bv the defense.
Before the order of commuta
tion is made by the Commission
er of Paroles, the defense must
first withdraw fhe appeal to the
Supreme Court.
Premium Lists For
Winston-Salem And
Forsyth County Fair
July 17. —The
premium list for the 40th annual
Winston-Salem and Forsyth
County Fair, to be held October
8-4-5-6-7, is off the presses and
is being distributed throughout
this section of the State. It is I
expected more interest than ever,
will be taken in the agricultural.
and livestock contests this year'
as the fair management is leyim*
greater stree a on these impor
tant departments of the big fair.
Committees are now at work ar
ranging the free attractions and
other features of Fair Week and
within a short time complete
plans will be announced for
North Carolina's greatest annual
event. Growers of agricultural
products and livestock, as well
as those. interested in home eco- |
nomic displays, who have not re
ceived a premiHm list may secure ,
one without charge By dropping ,
a postcard to the, Winston-Safem ,
and Forsyth County Fair Asso- ]
«iati®n at Winston-Salem.
Mrs. Judge Pell ®f Raleigh, j
Misses Dora and Mattie DeShazo ,
of Spencer, Va., vieited the Tay- 1 ,
lor family on Saturday. They Will j
epend the next two weeks at I
Moore's Springs. I
Volume 66
'Death Of
Mrs* P, J. Bennett |
Mrs. Amanda Elizabeth Ben
nett, 63, wife of P. J. Bennett. |
j Germanton, Route 1, died early ,
Monday morning at her home ax- j
ter a long illness.
Surviving are the husband, two |
daughters, Mrs. Lily May Dug-1
gins of Danbury, and Mrs. Lelia
Campbell of King; five sons,
; ;
Charlie Bennett of Danbury; Ros
|
coe Bennett of Lawsonville; ,
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Frank Bennett of King; Everett
1
Bennett of Stuart, Va.; and Rog
er Bennett of Mayodan; thre»
sisters, Mrs. Ellen Smith of
jpfafftown; Mrs. Perry Head Df
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I Winston-Salem and Mrs. P. H.
I Wilson of King; and one brother,
Austin Roberts of King.
j The funeral was held Tuesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock at Trinity
j Methodist Church near King.
Rev. Herman Newsom of Kin;.:
conducted the services. Burial
| followed in the church graveyard.
Woman's Club of
King Meets'
On Thursday night, July 13 at
8 o'clock the Woman's Club of
IKing met at the club house for
the regular monthly meeting.
' Twenty members responded to;
1
i the roll call. During the busi
ness session, a motion was made
'-ud -carried that the club spon
sor an icecream supper at King
on Saturday night, July 22. Mrs.
Carroll, the president, appointed
a committee, composed of Mes
dames Reid Jones, chairman, G.
E. Stone, C. O. Boyles, Jr., O. L.
Rains, Hubert Barr and J. Worth
Gentry, to plan the supper. |
The program was in charge ot
the International Relations De-'
partment, Mrs. Edward Flynt,
chairman. The topic of the pro
gram wa s "The Attitude of the
United States in the Present
World Situation." I
At the conclusion of the pro
gram, an oral quiz on current
events was given, which waa en
joyed by all the members.
Mrs. C. S. Newßom was hostess
jto the club. She served water
melon which was thoroughly en
joyed.
Ice Cream Supper
There will be an ice cream sup
per at King Saturday night, July
22, beginning at 5:30. The piib-
Jic is cordially invited. The sup
per is being sponsored by the
King Woman's Club.
Most Of 1938
•Soil Conservation
Checks Received
According to am announeenteßt
by T. H. Sears, Assistant County
Agent, pgyment s totaling $0.25,-
229.08 have been received in •
Stokes county to date. For the
payments already received, $64/45
has been the average payment
per farm.
i
There are still 87 applications
for whioh no payments have been i
received, but t*ep are expected
any day.
Mrs. Julia Hatrston of Walnut
Cove wag a visitor here Monday. |
Danbury, N. C., Thursday, July 20, 1939.
I LAUGH AT STOKES
HILL BILLIES
THE STORY OF THE GREAi'
| TRIP TO CHICAGO FAIR IS
NOW PRINTED, AND SOON
TO BK DELIVERED EDI
TION IS LIMITED—BE SURE
TO GKT A COPY, WHICHJ IS
GIVEN AWAY WITH THE
DANBURY REPORTER.
"Visit to the Great World's,
Fair."
This is the title of the funniest
tale ever written about Stoke.*'
County citizens, and the book is 1
i
now ready to be delivered to Re-,
porter subscribers.
I Besides the story of the World'--
Fair trip, the book contains some
historical data about our county
which every citizen should know.!
Also an official directory of the !
county, and a schedule of all the I
ccurt terms of the year, with j
dates when convened, etc. Other
valuable information about the
resource 3 of the county j s con
tained in the book.
I The imaginative account of the
laughable episodes of nine prom
inent citizens who started out a
fine morning to go to Chicago
should have a place in every
home of the county,
j Nearly a hundred characters
have a place on the stage of ac
tion, nearly all of them you know,
and can appreciate their absurd
predicaments before they finally
reach Chicago. And then the
great celebration at Danbury
when the party returned home
i
all of these incidents make up
narrative which is well worth the
money.
I Woven into the story are many
( characters of national celebrity
which our crowd came in contact 1
with, including President an I
Mrs. Roosevelt, Frank Hancock.
Bob Reynolds, Jim Farley, Ickes.
Swanson, Bishop Cannon and
others.
High lights include the dinner
given by the President to the
party, a hig dance in Washington
by Frank Hancock, and many
other rich incidents.
The edition of the "Visit to the
Great World's Fair" is limited,
and yon should not fail to obtain
a copy before the issue is ex
hausted.
See the advertisement else
where i n this paper, and cut out
and qend in coupon at once.
.. I
Extension Landscape
Specialist In Stokes
I
Ellen Jenkins, Home Denu Agt. Demonstration Agent an d J- F.
John Harris, Extension Land- Browni County Agefit
sfcape Architect, visited the coun
„ „ . _ . , The th ree fundamentals of i
ty oa Monday, July IT. Since he
•wa ß employed by Hie Extension j h ° me heautification - according t o|
Service, bi s schedule has been so Mr - Harris ' are setting sl*de 1
filled that this wag the ifr-st tim£ trees, planting a lawn and un-;
S>okas county has been for.tu- dinning the house. He stress
' nate enough to secure hig ser- ed the importantance of having a
vices. -He made suggestions and 6 rass y lawn free from shrubs
drew plans at the homes of J. H. and flower beda wfth a few sfcadc
Robertson, Piiie Hall, Fred Chris- trees.
1
tian of R»ancisco, Pearson Kiner To make the outside of the
of King and the Mt. View Com- home beautiful, the simpler and
munity house. He was assisted plainer the planting, the better
by Miss Ellen Jenkins, Home j and more attractive the outcome.
NEW BUILDING
GOING UP AT KING
IT WILL BE TWO STORIES OF
CEMENT BLOCKS FARM
ERS AROUND KING HAVE
FINE CROP OF TOBACCO— 1
TONSIL OPERATIONS.
King, July 20.—Mrs. R. H. Pul- ,
liam celebrated her 80th birthday
at her home near Mount Olive
Church Sunday. About 200 re!-!
Ejtives and friends were present ,
to help enjoy the occasion.
Ozzie Rut'cdge underwent an'
operation for appendicitis in th->
! City hospital at Winston-Salem
iast week. j
James Sisk, who underwent an
operation in the Duke hosnital at,
i_ ,
Durham a tew weeks since, is
[ sufficiently improved to be re
i turned to his home here.
! Miss Sadie Wilson and Mes
j dame s H. H. Brown, Paul Kiser j
and Mrs. Riser's mother, Mrs. i
I .
Smith, are on a visit to relatives'
i.n Santiago, California. They will
I . .
' visit the S;:n Francisco fair on
the trip.
Robert White, son of Fred
White, has „bout fully recovered
from an attack of typhoid fever.
I
J. A. Gordy and Son are mak
ing cement blocks in preparation
for the election of a two-story
building on south Depot street
to house their woodworking
plant.
Bryan White has about fully
recovered from a recent illness
at his home on Meadowview
Diive. I
D. D. Hall and Robert Carroll
have returned from a visit to the
New York World's Fair.
The stork had easy sailing las'. 1
. week, only two births being re
corded. They were, to Mr. an-;
I Mrs. Carl Holland, a daughter:
and to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kapr.!
a son.
1 Miss Daherty Hall of Pfafftown
was a week-enj visitor with rel
■ ative s here.
Planter?: in this section have i
fine crop of tobacco this year.
The following patients under
went tonsil removal operations in
the Stone-Helsabeck Clinic Jast
week: Mis s Ida Mae Plunkett of
Rural Hall, Miss Elaine Nance of
Draper, and Mis s Lucille Kapp ?
Walnut Hills.
Charlie Hooper of Winston-Sa
;lem was among the business visi
tors here Friday.
Death of Mrs.
Nancy Neal In
Her 95th Year
Mrs. Nancy R. Neal, one oi
Stoke s county's oldest residents
jdied Wednesday at her home on
| Walnut Cove, Route 1, following
a long period of declining health.
She had recently observed hei ,
94th birthday anniversary.
! She is survived by two step- '
sons, J. A. Neal, oi Walnut Cove, 1
.and J. V. Neal, of High Point. I
| The funeral was held today ot '
4 o'clock at the Wilson Baptist I
Church in Stokes county. Eldoi !
J. Watt Tuttle officiated ar.d
burial was in the church ceme
tery.
!
FARM TOUR I
WAS BIG SUCCESS
MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED !
MEN AND WOMEN ATTEND
ED, IN FORTY At TOMO-;
j BILES THE DINNER AT,
| KING.
—_
j Gathering early ti t Walnut (
Cove, about 9:GO A. M., a large,
crowd of men and women left on
the lauk& oi King at their club j
tour, visiting many farms, and.
at 12:30 o'clock P. M. enjoyoj a (
splendid picnic lunch spread by
the leaders of King at their club
house. |
| O. F. McCrary, district agent,
and R. W. Grabber, extension
forester, specialists of the N. C
State College extension service,
i assisted Stokes County Agent J.
F. Blown, Assistant Agent T. H.
Sears ar.d Home Demonstration
! Agent Ellen Ji nkins in conduct
ing the tour.
The gioup assembled at Walnut
Cove and visited the following
3 and demonstrations before
joining in the picnic lunch at
King Woman's Club building
shortly after noon:
Beef cattle as another form of
income, permanent pastures and
corn demonstrations at B. B.
Walker's farm; forestry thinning
at farm of W. D. Browder;
draperies nad curtains, room im
provement at E. W. Carroll's;
poultry at Sam Robertson's; an.i
kitchen improvement, rufinishing
furniture, water system and poul
try at Joe E. Johnson's
An exhibit of hand-made ar
ticles wa s inspected at the King
club building.
During the afternoon, visits
, were made to the fsrm of Roger
Calloway where terracing, per
manent pasture, meadow Btrip,
and comtour furrows demonstra
tiong were held, and the G. F.
I (Jack) Stone farm for tobacco,
legumes and corn variety tests,
j There were practically 140 far
mer folk—men and women—and ,
I
a number of business men in the '
teur, malting an increase of near- j
ly 100 per cent, over previous
high mark attendance.
Kathleen Marshall of Walnut ;
Cove and who holds a position in
the Triple A office here, has re
turned from a trip to New YorW'
and Canada, taking in the worKi'i '
fair.
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Number 3,510
FINE OPPORTUNITY
FuR SToKfcS FOLK
EDUCATIONAL V ACATION AT
STATU COLLEGE—ANNUAL
FARM AND HOME WEEK—
SOME OF THE ATTRAC
TIONS.
How Would you like to take an
Educational Vacation?
I On July 31-August 4, the .'iGtli
Annual Farm ;.nd Home Week
will bt held at State College, Ra
-1 lejgh. Farm nun and women
; fiom cill over the State will at
! tend. It i 3 a great opportunity
'for the people of the state and
it is hoped that Stokes count \
1
will have a large delegation. Las'.
year thcie were only two repre
j sentatives from Stokes—there
should be five times that numben
thi s year.
Seme of the attractions foi
the ladies will be classes and lec
tuies on House Furnishings,
Foods and Nutrition, Food Con
'servaiion and Marketing, Health.
: etc. These are only a few of the
'r.juny helpful lessons which will
he given. For the men there will
!be lessons on Forestiy, Hortkul
!tuie, lectin. s on AAA Progr.un,
I
' Crop Improvement. Beekeeping,
Dairying and many other helpful
subjects. Some of those appear
ing on the program will be E. Y.
|Fioyd, State Executive Clliccr, T.
B. Huteherson, R. \V. Hoffner. As
sistant District Agent, Dean i.
O. Schaub, John M. H.nis, Land-
I
iscape Specialist, H. R. Niswond
er, Extension Horticulturist, Miss
Rose Ellwood Bryan, Mrs. Lydii
Ann Extension Specialist
in Parent Education, l". S. Dc
■ I
I j.aitr.u.T. of Agriculture', Wi.sh
. lington, D. C-, Miss I-auiine Gor
don, Extension Specialist ia
House i a:..is.ii;igs, Mrs. Estellu
jT. 6. mill, Southeastern District
r 'Agent, and many more too num
erous to mention. v
] There will be contests, games,
! group singings—led by J. F. Cris
jwell, and other forms of recrea-
I tion for those in attendance.
There will be addresses by Gov
ernor and Mrs. Clyde R. Hoey,
If you are interested in attend*
! ing this conference, further in
. j formation can be secured from
Miss Ellen Jenkins, Home Agent,
J. F. Brown, County Agent and
T. H. Stars, Assistant County
Agent. The registration fee is
or.ly SI.OO per person.
Come on, Stokes, let's have a
large- number attend!
R C. White Crops r-
And Others Hit By
Hail In Storm At
King Wednesday
Ne\v s ig received here that a
| destructive hailstorm seriously
, damaged tobacco and .corn crops
lat King yesterday. thosj
j whose crops were hit was R. C.
White, big tobacco growe«.
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Ellen Prat her Hall returned
Saturday from a week's visit in
Sbtfth Carolina with Mrs. Larry
Pearson in Spartanburg, and Mr.
and Mrs. J. Fred Gerner in C.aff
i
, ney. She also visited Katheriaa
Nicholson in Grier.
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