THE DANBURY REPORTER.
Established 1872 Volume 66 Danbury* N. C., Thursday, Dec. 7, 1939.
, PIG TALES FROM
7 PATRICK - STOKES
YOUNG SWINE TIC&T SLKEPh
WITH THE HOUNDS AND
RUNS BABBITS—INTEREST
:
fNG OBSEBVATIONS OF LON
SISK OVEB THE MOUNTAINS
It is learned that a son-in-law
yjto
• of John Spencer, near Sandy
Ridge, ovm a sprightly pig which j
sleeps every night with the j
hounds, and joins in the race I
when a rabbit is jumped. This
young h»g has been known to
■top drinking its swill to get in a
rabbit race, and several times
lM» caught the cotton-tail ahead
the dogs. It has developed a
keen noire instead of a grunt
V
when the chase gets hot, and
r bartw like old Tige. The owuer
"* has refused a good price for the
pig several times.
Mr. Lon Sisk, who informed
the Reporter of tbe above inter
esting Hem, say* wveral yean
ago Je and a brother took a trip
over the mountains ia Patrick to
purchase some supplies for which
the good old county of Patrick in
noted, and were driving two
young mules hitched to a wagon.
At a pUoe in the road they came
Into vief of a man pointing some
thing into the air toward • tree
.as if alftnt to shoot. , »
* Mr. Sf-tk and his brother quick
ly halted their team and askec.
the mountaineer to please not
Are until they got by, a a they
Mrere driving a young scary team.
"Oh," xaid the man, "I'm just
poling Ay pig. lam not fixing
to shoot"
Driving nearer, they found iv-
pig fastened to the end oi
a long pole, and was holding the
young swine up in the tree so it
could eat chestnuts.
H Anyone wishing to page Mr.
| Ripley will please consult Mr.
Sisk first.
Two Electrical Equip
ment Demonstrations
; In Stokes County
Two demonstration;) on the ad
vantage and use of electrical
equipment have been scheduled in
the county on Wednesday, Do
oember 13, it Jbas been announced
by X F. Brown, county agent.
The first of the demonstrations
? will be given at 10 a. m„ on the
farm of JL H. Robertson neat
Pine Halt The other one will be
held at 2 p. m„ at King Woman*'
Club in King. The meetings hav*
been arranged through tbe ooop-
oration of JX EL Jones, Rural
BlcctriQratioa Special ist of StaU
College Extension Service and L.
It. Ray, Agricultural Engineer of
v the Duke Power Company. Farm
ers and lam women will be gives
an opportunity to observe many
types ef electrical appliances and
equipment which will be demon
strated including all kinds of
equipment for the farm and home.
The Duke Power Company will
have on head a huge equipment
truck In which has been Installed
b emny Afferent appliances and
JUDGE NETTLES
WILL PRESIDE
CRIMINAL TERM OF COURT
COMING FIRST WEEK IN
JANUtRY SCOTT WIIJ
PROSECUTE FOR THE STAT*
—JURORS DRAWN TO
SERVE FOR TERM.
The county commissioners at
Monday's meeting ordered th»
Sheriff to summon jurors to
serve at the one week's term ol
Stokes criminal court which con
vencs Mondsy, January 1, 1940.
Judge Z. V. Nettles will preside
while Solicitor Ralph Scott will
prosecute for the State.
The list of juror B drawn i r a*
follows:
SNOW CREEK TOWNSHIP
A. J. Amos, James A. Wall.
BEAVER ISLAND TOWNSHIP
T. H. Sheppard, C. S. Martin,
T. D. Preston, Lewis W. Black'
well, Grover Morton, Garland
Black we! I, E. M. Adkhis, W. H
Lawrence, Walter Z. Hall, J. J.
Moore, E. E. Morton.
MEADOWS TOWNSHIP
W. A. Joyce, John Brooks, S
L. Holland, R. T. Beck, Henry
Ashby, J. Wilson Young.
SAURATOWN TOWNSHIP
Clarence Richardson, A, F,
Marshall L. JL Warner, C W.
Southern. \ , *
YADKIN TOWNSHIP
S. P. Covington, S. I. Boyle?
Thurmond Calloway, C. O.
Boyles, Jr., Ray Ingram, R. A.
Turner, Palma Covington, Robert
Burnett, J. M. Covington.
Blfc CREEK TOWNSHIP
J. W. Lawrence, L. A. Norman.
L. L. Lowe, Sam A. Moir.
PETER S CREEK TOWNSHIP
Harry L. Martin, Thornton
Tuttle, S W. Tucker.
QUAKER GAP TOWNSHIP
R. A. Hunter, J. T. Vaden.
Jim Smith and Lem
Factf Released, Jim
mie Smith and Ed
Booth Bound to
AjV Court
At a hearing here before Jus
tice of the Peace P. C. Campbell
last Saturday, Jimmie Smith and
Ed Booth were bound to court in
bonds of $600.00 each, charged
with the recent larceny of the to
bacco of Buriey Ma be. Jim Smith,!
the father .of Jimmy Smith, anJ
Lem Fagg, who were also co-de
fendants in the bill of indictment,
were discharged for lack of suf
ficient evidence against them.
Burley Mabe's pack house, sit
uateg on tbe farm of Paul Tay
lor e mile west of Danbury, was
robbed of about 800 pounds of to
bacco one night several weeks
ago. later Jim Smith, Jimmy
Smith, Ed Booth end Lem Fagg
were indicted charged with the
crime.
The defendants Jimmy Smith
and Ed Booth were bonded oy
Jim Smith In tbe amounts of SBOO
each. The case will come up
for trial at the approaching Jan
uary term of Stokea Superior
court for tbe trial of criminal ao
ttoua.
ELMO ELLIS
KILLS HIMSELF
SUICIDE SATURDAY OF
YOUNG FARMER OF UPPER
STOKES LIVED SEVERAL
HOUR* AFTER FIRING FA
TAL SHOT INTO HIS RREAST.
Refusirg to give a reason for
his act. Elmo Ellis, who lived
near Lawsonville, in Peter's Cre:-k
township, Stokes county, died
late Satrrday afternoon at hip
home just inside tbe i
state line from gunshots wounds
he said were self-inflicted.
Ellis was found lying near his
home, about 50 yards over the
Virginia line by relatives'
with a geping wound in his chest
near the heart. He was con
scious and talked with his fam
ily during tbe two and one-half
hours he survived his wounds.
Tbe two physicians who were
summoned to attend Ellis, said
an inquest would be unnecessary
since Ellis admitted inflict
ing the fatal wound.
Relatives said Ellis gave no in
dication of his intention to take
his life. He left the home about
3 o'clock, taking his shotgun.
Within a few moments, the blast
of the gun was heard and Ellis
was found lying in the field with
the gun neat- his sidei -
Ellis' father, Freddy Ellis, com
mitted suicide several years ago
Elli s w:;s a farmer and made
his home with his mother.
Surviving are the widow, the
former Ada Martin; the mother.
Mrs. Freddy Ellis; four sisters.
Mrs. Troy Hutchens of Stuart,
Va., Route 5; Mrs. Kcimit Shep
pard of hidgeway, Va.; Mrs. Mar
vin Corns of High Point and Mrs.
Thomas Hall of Draper; and one
brother, Clinton Ellis of Stuarl,
Route 5.
The funeral was held at Pleas
ant Grove Baptist Church Mon
day afternoon at 1 o'clock. Rev.
J. A. Joyce of Sandy Ridge anl
i Elder Noel Gilbert of Winston
| Salem conducted the services.
Burial was in the Ellis family
I graveyard.
Anniversary of
Dr. and Mrs.
C. J. Helsabeck
Dr. and Mrs - c - J - Helsabeck
-Willi celebrate their 20th wedding
- anniversary Sunday, December
10th, by holding open house at
their home in Walnut Cove.
Frienfe »re invited to call be
tween Che hours of 3:00 and 5:00
o'ckxfc to the afternoon and 7:00
and 9:00 .o'clock in the evening.
Suicide Epidemic
W. R. Stovall of Lawsonvllle,
accompanied by his son Robert,
visited Winston-Salem and Dan
bury Monday. Speaking of the
Ellis suicide, which happened «n
Mr. Stovall's neighborhood, Mr.
Stovall siys this is the fourth
suicide In that community, *ll
within a half mile of each other,
all octun'ng in the last 8 years.
PETER'S CREEK
| UNION MILL SOLD
REID SMITH HERE MONDAY
MAKING DEED TO SAM Til.
LEY—TILLEY TO CONTINUE
OPERATING MUX. /
_____
Peter's Creek Union Rollc*
Mill was sold Monday by Retd
1 Smith to Sam Tilley. The partis
were here executing the deed o.
transfer.
This well known milling prop
erty was established by co-opera
tive farmers some 30 years ago,
and had a large number of stock
holders. AH the stock was later
acquired oy Smith, who now di -
j poses of the entire interest to
Tilley.
Mt. Olive Intermediate
S.S. Class Meets With
Maureen Smith
The Intermediate Sunday School
class of Mt. Olive Baptist church
met recently with Miss Maureeu
Smith.
The following program was giv
en:
Bible reading—Maureen Smith.
Lord's Prayer—class.
Song— class.
Bible questions—Herman Smith.
Talk —Madelyn Butner.
Solo—Olene Rutledfce.
Contest—Ona Ruth Boyles.
Questions —Melba Covington.
Songs- by the class.
After the program, cake,
pickles and lemonade were served.
The next meeting to be held
Dec. 29th.
i
Those present were:
Maureen Smith, Pete Carroll,
1 Olene Ruttedge, Mozellc Moore,
Maureen Moore, Jack Carroll,
| Robert Carroll, Madelyn Butner.
• George Badgett, Hazel Hall, An
: 'nie Mae Walker, Delbert Hall,
•, Hettie Covington, Melba Coving
jton, Lor«.ne Hooker, Ona Rutb
■ Boyles, Moir Watts, Herman
.' Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Bacil Boyles.
i Jackson Day Campaign
Gets Under Way
' j The North Carolina Jackson
I Day Campaign of 1940 began this
week with the opening of head
quarters offices in the Sir Walter
Hotel, Raleigh. The campaign
will culminate in a mammoth din
' aer at Kaleigh on January Bth,
anniversary of Jackson's great
j -victory over the British at New
Orleans.
State Senator John D. Larkina,
Jr., of Jones county, who so suc
cessfully headed the 1939 cam
! paign, is again in charge as
| State Director. Appointment of
county chairmen and announce
ment of county quotas will bi
made within a ftw days.
Mrs. Weldon Smith
, Returns From Hospital
W. W. Smith of LawsonvlUe
, brought Mrs. Smith back from
i hospital Saturday. She spent.
several days in hospital and un
i derwent slight operations.
1 Subscribe for the Danbury Re
porter. On* dollar per year in
advance.
THE KING
i P. T. ASSOCIATION
UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OK
i CHAS. CARROLL IT GOES;
FORWARD REGULAR SES- 1
SIGN HELD MONDAY NIGH 1
—BOX SUPPER SPONSORED
FOR NEXT SATURDAY EVE
NING.
I The King Patent-Teachc-i ,
I ciatipn held the regular session j
i th« first Monday night in Decern-;
;ber with President Carroll in the
chair. The meeting was devoted
entirely to business. Seventy
members were reported enrolled
this year.
The Ways and Means Commit
tee discussed plans for a box sup
per to be held Saturday evening,
December 9, in the school gym
nasium.
A motion was carried to hire j
a competent person to supervise |
the moving of shrubbery around I
the school building.
The King Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation, under the leadership of
Charles R. Carroll, is one of thr-!
i most active and progressive or- j
| ganizations in the State, workinp j
j each year in the interest of tho;
| school.
The King Parent-Teacher A-.w- j
ciation h as been very active in j
j the past in sponsoring entertain- :
|ments to make money for sup
plies needed by tfie school.
Next Saturday evening pront
| ises unique entertainment when
i the P. T. A. sponsors a box sup
'per in the school gymnasium.
I
The Ways and Means commit
| tee composed of Messrs. Roy
Green, E. C. Slate, C. D. Slate.
Sr., and O. P. Green, stated thai
their goal is the sale oC at least
I
! 100 boxes. Young people espe
cially are requested to come and
| bring a box.
String music for the occasion
will be f.unished by the Kin:;
Band.
Young Carl Ray
To Pitch for Deacons
Next Season
Chapel Hill, Nov. 9. Carl Ray,
Jr., son of a former major league
hurling star for the Philadelphia
Athletic.* is in school at Wake
Forest thi g fall, and will get his
chance to "strut his stuff" on th •
mound tor the Deacons next
spring. He i s a transfer student
from Mai* Hill Junior College,
where ha compiled a brilliant rec
ord for two years. ... A right
hander with plenty of speed, a
good curve, and a fine change of
pace, he won 12 games and lost
four wit!, the Irwin Red Bird s in
the Tobacco State League this
past summer.
Youn«r carl is the son of Dep
uty She: iff and Mrs. Carl Ray of
Walnut Cove.
S. R. Fulp Dead
Sanders R. Fulp. aged 67, died
at hig home at King this week.
Sam Tuttle of Meadows wag in
town today.
Number 3,530
MORE INDUSTRY
FOR TOWN OF KING
I. W. FI'VJ* TO STAR! BOWI,-
IN« ALLEY—BANKS TURN
ER TO BUILD ADDITION TO
DWELLING OTIIKR NEWS
OF KINO.
King, Dec. 7. J. W. Fulp o!
Winston-Salem has purchased
..o:.: 'i'l.Oir.Hsj G. New a lot on
cast Mai,i street, also an adjoin
ing lot from L. J. Riser. He is
having material placed on this
property and work will be com
menced at once on a new build
ing in which he will, when com
pleted, install a bowling alley.
Ralton Griffin has returned
from Jarksonvile, Fla., whera he
was usher at a very brilliant and
elaborate wedding. The groom
was Bufcrd Night and Miss Doro
thy Dardi.
Mrs. Xt'lia Pulliam has about
fully recovered from a recent ill
ness at her home here.
Banks Turner is preparing to
erect an addition to one of hi 3
dwellings on Ohio street.
Arnold Newaum, son of Mr.
Mrs. Claud Newsum has en
listed in the United States Army
[ for service in the Hawaiian Is
lands.
Some very nice porker* are be
ing butchered around King.
John Wade Johnson, planter of
' the Mizpnh section, was a busi
ness visitor here Saturday,
j The stork got almost a whole
I week's rest this week, only one
birth being recorded. This wis
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver East, a son.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Love
i
have returned to their home in
Winston-Salem after a shoot
visit to relatives here.
Junior Stone and Frank Rains,
who arc attending college sit
Chaj el Hill, spent the week-en.l
with their parents here,
j Mrs. Paul Williams is confined
to her home on west Main street
'
jby illness, her friends will regret
to learn. ,
Mrs. P. W. Gunter is spending
a few days in Raleigh where she
is the guest of her daughter,
Mrs. Robert I. Lee.
Renard Griffin of Winston-Sa
lem visited his parents, Dr. and
Mrs. E. M. Griffin, on west Broai
street over the week-end.
Mrs. Byrd of Winston-
Salem was a recent visitor to rel
jatives here Mrs. Byrd, who was
a daughter of the late Mr. and
i
Mrs. John Wright, was reared
near here and has a number of
relatives in this section.
The following patients under
went tonsil operations here Sat
urday: Mrs. Boyd Blackburn of
Kernersville, Miss Ruby Merritt
of Rural Hall and Kenneth Davij
of Walkertown. *
V. W. Ham Dies
V. W. Ham, well known bar be'
of Walnut Cove, died Monday.
»
J. D. Lawson of Pilot Mt., was
here today.
Fatroabe Exporter's advertten.