"THE DANBURY REPORTER.
Established 1872
DEATH CLAIMS
DR. J. L. HANES
PASSED IN A WINSTON HOS
PITAL TUESDAY WAS
PROMINENT PHYSICIAN,
CIVIC LEADER AND
LEADING CITIZEN Or
STOKES FUNERAL WED
' NESDAY AT HOME AT PINE
HALL •/
Dr. John Lewis Hanes, 60,
prominent physician of Pine Hall
and a former practitioner m Win
ston-Salem, passed away at a
Winston hcnspltal at 1 o'clock Tues
day morning. He had been se
riously ill for one week.
Dr. Hanes was the son of John
H. and Lou douse Hanes, and
was born in Fulton, Davie county.
He attended Davis Military Acad
emy iin Winston-Salem, grad
uated from old Trinity College
and the University of Maryland
Medical College in Baltimore. He
served his internship in the Uni
versity of Maryland Hospital and
■was resident physician at Colum
bia Hospital, Washington, D. C.
He practiced in WinsbonrSalem
for some time with the late Dr.
'Charles L. Summers. He went to
Pine Hall about 30 years ago and
Tiad been practicing there since.
' He was married to Miss ESiza
Feacud Chisman, of Pine 'Hall,
Jpne 30. 1908. 1
.1 Survivors include the wife;
"Washington, D. C.; -three daugb
*iers, Mrs. Kenneth Byerly, of Ra
cine, Wis.; Mrs. Max Janet and
Kiss Pescud Hanes, of Pine Hall,
and two grandchildren. >
• Funeral services for TDr. Hanes
were held from the home it
3:30 o'clock Wednesday after
noon. Rev. R. M. Laugfclin, of
Madison, Dr. W. A. Lanibeth, of
Winston-Salem, and Rev. T. H.
Houck, of Danbury, conducted the
aarvices. Interment was ia the
Chisman family cemetery.
From Pilot Mt.
Capt. Jack Thore and Dr. S. F.
Ttllotfon Danfcury today
from Pilot Mt These are both
fittikee ' boys, successful business
And professional men of the fine
fiurry county town now in a
healthy and fast -grovtth. Pilot
lis made wp largely of .Stakes
boys, and this fact means much
In the development of its business
and industries,
Capt Thore reports his father
in-law Rex Smith as critically ill,
having been confined for several
weeks.
Stokes Youths Enlist
In Marines
Edgar Lee Barr, 21, of King;
and Frank Scales Smith, 18, ot
Walnut Cove, eaiisted in the U. 3.
Marine Corps recruiting station
at Winston-Salem this week.
They will be given transportation
to Raleigh and after examination
will go to Parria Island, 8. C.. for
recruit training.
Oifrforn* far RWOrter.
|LH ptr ywr,
Volume 66
Lon Sisk Nabs
A Bootlegger
Walter Hughes, headed for
High Point, was caught with 35
gallons of sugarhead on board.
A. G. Sisk, deputy sheriff m
Danbury, made the arrest at Mat;
Simmons' filling station when
Hughes flopped his car and went
inside to telephone High Poini,
1 saying he "was out of money an i
gas."
He was also very drunk, and
j the officer took him to jail.
While the officer and his pris
j oner were gone to the jail, it was
j discovered that the car was load
|ed with cans of liquor.
The .man and the automobile
are in the custody of the officers.
J. Z. Williams Dies
James Z. Williams, 61, one of
Stokes county's most prominent
citizens, died Wednesday at his
| home at Walnut Cove following a
; long illness.
Mr. Williams was the father of
Miss Carrie Williams, popular
employee of the Home. Depart
ment Store at Walnut Cove.
Other survivors are: two
daughters, Mrs. Lester Gray, of
Beckley, W. Va.; three sisters,
Mrs. H. L. Gibson, of Pine Hall;
Mrs. Claude Allen and Mrs.
Maude Satterfield, of .Stokesdale;
his mother, Mra. Susan Winfrey,
of Pine Hall; fend one brother.
-of yUttbn-skiem.
A short funeral service was
held at the home at 2 o'clock
Thursday afternoon with the final
rites at Eden's Methodist Church
.near Madison at 3 o'clock. Elder
J. A. Fagg and Rev. R. JS. Hunt
were in charge.
Mrs. Pulliam Dies
J&ena Agnes Bennett .Pulliam
died Wednesday morning a.t the
home of a son, W. A. Pulliam,
King, Route 1. .She haj been in
declining health for several years.
Mrs. Pulliam was the widow of
J. W. Pulliam.
Surviving are two sons, $• L.
and W. A. Pulliam. of JfOwg,
jßoute 1; J 2 grandchildren ami
six great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at Mt. O&ve Baptist Churcj
I Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock
by" the Rev. H. P. Nejvsome.
Burial was in the church grave
yard.
"» •
Richardson Child Dies
Page June Richardson, two
year-old daughter of Ernest
Richardson,' of Walnut Cov»,
Route 1, died at the home Wed
nesday. She is survived by thi
father, one sister, Erlee; the pa
ternal grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. D. G. Richardson, Sr.; and
the maternal grandfather, O. M.
Southern.
The funeral was held at the
home at noon Thursday with the
Rev. R. A. Pratt and the Rev. R.
E. Hunt officiating. Burial was
in Rosebud cemetery.
Bob Francis was here today*
from Frtndaco. *
i-l ..» • »i \V . . ~
Danbury* N. C., Thursday, Jan. 18,1940
SUDDEN DEATH OF
ED. W. CARROLL
PROMINENT STOKES CITIZEN
ANSWERS SUMMONS EARLY
TODAY—HAD BEEN IN DE
CLINING HEALTH—BURIAI.
SATURDAY.
Edwin Wallace Carroll of Ger
manton, Koute 1, Meadows town
ship, wiU be buried at Quaker
Gap Church cemetery Saturday
at 2 nVlock.
Mr. Carroll, who was one of
Stokes county's most prominent
| citizens, a leading farmer and
| business man, aged 70, died sud
denly at his home today early i>i
[the morning. He had been in de
clining health for several years,
hating had an attack of angina
pectoris from which he never
completely recovered.
The body will remain at Nelson
Funeral Home, Danbury, until 1
o'clock Friday afternoon.
Rev. E. T. Sims will be in
charge of the funeral. Burial
will be in the church graveyard.
Members of Walnut Cove Mason
ic Lodge will be active pallbear
ers and members of the Men's
Bible Class at Quaker Gap Bap
tist Church, of which Mr. Car
roll was a member, will be hon
orary pallbearers.
Mr Carroll was the son of the
late Hady Carroll and Minnie
Gibson Carrol and was a grand
son of Major Hardy Carroll of
Revolutionary War fame.
Survivors include the widow,
Who before marriage was Mists
Nina Sheppard; two daughters;
Miss Isabel Carroll, of Winston-
Salem, and Miss Beulah Carroll,
of the home; three sons, Wallace
and Spencer Carroll, of the home,
and Roland Caroll, formerly of
Winstoii-Salem, now of Denver,
CoL; and two brothers, D. V. Car
roll, King, Route 2, and W. T.
Carrol], Texarkana, Ark.
Mentioned For
Legislature
J. Beid Forrest, Sr., of Fran
cisco, was here today. Mr. For
rest is prominently mentioned as
good timber for the next legisla
ture.
ANSWER TO THE ANTI-LYNCHERS
The anti-lvnch bill is up in congress,
passed by the House. It will eneount. \
rougher sailing- in t ] ie Senate where,
Southern, senators are waiting for it
with a filibuster which will take it to
ride-
There is no excuse for an anti-lynch
tng law It is a needless slap and a
studied humiliation for the South by
northern or western politicians bidding
for the negro vote in Chicago, Philadel
phia, Harlem, etc.
The Southern people and the negro
are living together amicably, each help
ing the other. Only three lynchings in
a year, while New York alone had 240
murders. Gangsterism, other appalling
lawlessness thrives in the populous dis
tricts, where anti-lynching legislation
was born.
Let these crime-infested communities
that would reform the South, first
swjeep before their own doors.
R. M. LOFTIS
COMMITS SUICIDE
BROTHER OF STOKES SUPER
INTENDENT OF COUNTY
110 ML TAKES OWN LIFE—
RESIDED IN WINSTON-SAL
EM.
(Winston Journal.)
Robert M. Loftis, employee oi'
a local bottling plant, was loun-i
dead in the basement of his home,
2300 Greenway avenue, late yes
terday afternoon by a servant
who entered the basement to re
plenish the fire in the heating
unit of the home. Officers de
clared the death suicide.
The dead man lay flat on hu
back with a bullet wound in his
chest which penetrated the heart.
A ,22-calibre rifle lay about three
| feet away, near his feet. His
clothing was all intact, even tj
his cap which remained in posi
j tion as the man crumpled to the
floor.
| The servant, Bertha Rone, 10'J
Spencer L venue, said all of the
family was out for a part of the
afternoon. Mr. Loftis, she sa'.d
told her he was going to take his
!gun out ,or a little tramp. She
did not see him again, she said,
until sometime later when she
started to descend the basement
stairs to replenish the fire. It was
then she saw his lifeless body
and caller neighbors to the scene.
| Dr. W. N. Dalton was called
and surveyed the premises before
the body was moved. Later police
officers checked the circum
stances. All were agreed it was
a case of suicide.
i
Mr. Loftis was born at Mount
Airy, the son of Rev. O. M. and
Mary Inman Loftis. He spent th.
most °f l s ' B life in V.'inston-Si. lem,
having been in the employ of
Coca-Cola Bottling Company for
the past 15 years. He was a
member of Southside Baptist
Church. He was twice married,
the last time to Miss Lillian G.
Frith on December 20, 1922.
Survivors include the widow;
the stepmother, Mrs. Susie Loftis,
of Madison; one daughter, Jayne
Nalda; one son, Raymond M.
Loftis, of the United States
Manager for Maxwell
: Asheville, Jan. 15. Burgin
Pennall, attorney, civic and re
iligious leader, and past corrunanJ
jder of the American Legion, to
■day announced that he would
j manage the campaign for Gover
jnor of A. J. Maxwell. Confirming
i recent rumors, Mr. Pcnnell said.
*'i have a&reeJ t j .
j Maxwell's campaign l'or Governor.
1 1 have accepted the gracious
| pleasure an,j privilege, withou*.
! tender of this responsibility as a
promise or request for political
preferment, because of my con
j fidence in his sterling character,
j his knowledge of the State and
jits govr.rmental problems, his
i eminent qualifications and record
!as a public official, his ability to
secure a dollar of value for each
> dollar expended in governmental
I
affairs, his life long support an i
j activity in behalf of the Demo
cratic party, and his balanced
I
program as outlined in the state
ment announcing his candidacy.
I believe he wil make an efficient
and trust-worthy governor of out
State'.
"After a survey of the Stat.\
based upen the enthusiastic co.n
--| mendaticn of Mr. Maxwell's an
! nounced policies from citizens oi
| all classes throughout the State,
I there is every indication that Mr.
I Maxwell will receive the nomina
-1 tion in the first primary."
Slate headquarters for the
campagn will be opened in Ral
eigh early in March.
Burgin Pennall, born in Ashi?-
ville, April 1, 1895. Graduate
Asheville high school anj Wake
Forest College (1917.) Life lon-
Democrat. Secretary Democratic
Executive Committc Buncombe
county 1924-1928. Buncombo
county attorney 1924-1928. Mem
ber Asheville law firm of Sab
Pennall pnd Pennell. Past De
partment Commander American
Legion. Member Board of Dea
cons First Baptsit Church Ashe
ville. Member Board of Directors
Salvation Army of Asheville.
Grand Past Royal Arcanum of the
Carolinas. and Past member Su
preme Council of Royal Arcanurr.
Died In Galax
Mrs. Rhoda La vara Bedsaul.
wife of David Crockett Bedsaul.
died Monday afternoon at her
home just east of Galax, Va. She
was a daughter of James Moore
and wife, Mis. Patience Mallory
Moore, of Stokes county, N. C.
Sam Simmons of Westfield was
here Monday. Sam conducts a
filling station, store and garaijo
near Reynolds school and has
made a success of his business.
Navy; one brother, Houston Lof
tis, of Danbury; two half broth
ers, Joe and Fred Loftis, Madi
son; anj three sisters, Mrs. R. E.
Wall, Winston-Salem; Mrs. Oscar
Pigg, Courthouse, Va., and Mrs.
W. J. House, Cross Hill, S. C.
The body will remain at Wall
Funeral Home pending comple
tion of funeral arrangements.
Number 3,536
BUILDING BOOM
DISTURBS KING
SAW AND HAMMER AWAKENS
SLCMKERER.S—MUCH £W
CONSTRICTION (LA DIM
NKWSI'.M GIVES BIRTHDAY
FARTV—THE STORK CON-
TrXI'F ITS V ISITS.
Ki'v\ .Jan. ! •>. Tin buildiug
Liuoiii ..tell n. «j»s iic:v is causing
a howl from King residents. Citi
zens are complaining that they
are bung Uistuibed from their
al'ternoon nap by the noise of th
saw anc? hammer in all directions.
A new home is under construc
tion for L. R. Ncwsum in west
King. W. R. Gentiy has just
completed a nice new home on
Cottage Grove avenue. Elwoocl
Hix has purchased from Mr.,.
Fannie .'. White a lot on easi.
Broad street on which he will
| erect a new home and VV. R.
erect a new home and
jW. R. Fowler anj R. A.
i George -."e preparing to erect a
; new service station, cafe and
' garage v. ith show rooms on eat,!
j Broad s reet near the old roller
! mill site. Work on the new build
[ ing for J. W. Fulk on Main street
is being 'lurried along at a r».piJ
rate.
Mr. and Mrs. Kennis Pulliam of
Knoxvillf, Trnn., are visiting rel
atives hire and at Mount Airy.
Mrs. Virginia Pulliam, who i*
suffering from an attack of pneu
[monia, and who ha* suffered
relapse, has been removed to the
City Hospital at Winston-Salem.
Everett Caudle has returned to
his home at Fries, Va., after a
several uay's stay with Mr. and
Mrs. R. E. Dolp on Pine street.
William Pulliam is spending
sorm time with relatives and
friends in Folkston, Ga.
, J Cladie S. Newsum celebrated
his 47th birthday at his home
( I Sunday. A number of near rela
tives were present to help enjoy
the occasion.
, J. M. Alley, Jr., has returned
to his post at Fort Bragg after
, spending a furlough with rela
, tives and friends here.
The stork got by with an aver
age week's work last week. The
, following births being recorded:
to Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Bennett, a
daughter; to Mr. and Mrs. Austin
Jones, a son; to Mr. and Mrs.
1 Rufus Leo Smith, a daughter and
to Mr. ar.d Mrs. coy Ashburn. .1
son.
I
Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Kiser. Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Kiser and Mrs.
I Walter Kiser have returned from
a sight-seeing trip to Florida,
j Theodore Newsum has recov
ered from a recent illness at his
home here. »• +
j The condition of E. Shore,
who has been on the sick list for
several days, is improved his
friends will be pleased to learn.
Richard, the small son of Dr.
and Mrs. G. E. Stone, has about
( fully recovered from an attack of
flu.
■ f\
Anderson Mabe and Ode!l
Duggfcs have recently enlisted at
4 the COC camp.