THE DANBURY REPORTER
Established 1872 Volume 71
Of People and Things
ATTORNEY GEM.
V MAKES RULING
Arrested Person Should Be Al
lowed To Communicate With
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Counsel And Friends—Drunks
May Not Be Jailed.
Raleigh.—Attorney General
Harry McMullan ruled yesterday
that when a person is arrested he
should immediately be informed
of the charge against him and, ex
cept in capital cases, should be al
lowed to give bail.
The attorney general, handing
down a digest of opinions, said
the arrested person should be
allowed to immediately communi
cate with counsel and friends but
that if the individual is drunk, he
should not be released until he is
in possession of his mental facul
ties, but (fid not Bay he could be
subjected to disgrace of jail.
MacMullan also ruled:
A sheriff is not required to act
In matters Which require the pfty
i ment of fees until such fees are
paid. Therefore, when an execu
tion is placed in the hands of a
** sheriff to be satisfied out of real
property, the fee of the sheriff
for alloting the homestead must
be paid before the sheriff is re
quired to act. If it be satisfied out
of personal property, the fee does
not have to be advanced unless
the judgment debtor demands
that his personal property ex
emption be alloted.
If a nonresident soldier's car is
properly licensed in .his home
state, no North Carolina license
is required.
A married woman having a sep
arate and independent income is
entitled to a personal exemption
of only $li)00. If, however, she
can qualify as the head of the
family, she would be entitled to a
personal exemption of $2,000.
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Danbury Naval Boy
Home For Christmas
Bob King, or Robert Lee, is I
home for Christmas liore to the
delight of h s parents Mr. and
Mrs. R. R. King, and many
friends. Bob is in the navy, hav
ing enlisted Feb. 26, 1941, arid
has seen service over a UT part,
of the world. He came hers from
1 New York City. Recently return
ed from various points in Soul'i
America, and Australia. " * * *
He is on a 30-day -leave. ' j
Notice
I am in Dr. Near* office c eiy
Saturdav to co'lect accounts duo
him. Will appreciate if all
will call and settle accounts'. ' j
MRS. J. W. NEAL, Jr. [
Walnut Cove, N, C. • I
Ellington To
Retain Post
Raleigh.—The State Board of
Elections wrote a belated "finis"
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on its books today after ending j
the last of its hearings on dis-j
putes arising out of the November j
general election by voting to re-;
tain A. J. Ellington as chairman
i of the Stokes County B'iaid of
I Elections
1 W. A. Lucas, chairman n the
state board, said, "There has be»*n
some laxness by Mr. Ellington
; which this board dess not co:i
--[ done, but the evidence we hive
i heard here is lacking in strength
• to justify this board in removing
: him from office."
: | Worth D. Henderson, Grcens-
and S. E. Hall, Wicstou-aa
lem, attorneys for Stokes County
at the hearings, had
I charged Ellington made illegal'
| deliveries of ballots during the
: Nov. 3 general election. I
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Beautiful Christmas
Service At 'I he
Presbyterian Cliurch
:!
Sunday night at the Presbyter
■ ian Church a beautiful Christmas
service was held. The vested choir
sang appropriate songs. The pas- 1
; tor, Rev. Ralph Buchanan told
t an interesting story and read a
poem written "by Mrs. Frances
Marshall, of Danbury, which was
very much enjoyed by the con
gregation. The candle-light fea
ture of the service was very im
pressive.
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Young Kirbv
Heard From
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D. C. Kirby is in receipt of a j
letter from his nephew O. M. Kir
by, Jr., who is on Tulagi island
in the Solomons. Young Kirby
writes: "I am fine, still have two
.good eyes, arms, legs and the |
same spirit I had when you last'
saw me. There is not much that j
I car. tell you about my activities." j
| When he started to tell about
a show that the natives put oil
for the boys, the censor est it out.'
I It seems the spirits of the boy 3
are good and they are expecting ]
to be in Tokyo soon. j
His address is Pfc. O. Mi Kirby.
Jr., U., S. M. C., Unit 290-A, .care j
P. M. Sin Francisco, . Cnl.,. for (
in?r>nr«iJio n of t'ic.-;'» v.'ho want,
to write him.
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| • Mrs. Mina Booth visited Win-
s'on-S:lem Tuesday.
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Alex Southern, Sam Southern,
Dadiiv Ves Fulo. Granny Hayden,
, rood farmers of the Flatshoal,
| were in town today. \
Danbury, N. C., Thursday, December 24, 1.942 Published Thursdays
ELLINGTON AND MITCHELL
EXONERATED
A. J. Ellington and J. G. H. Mitchell, Demo
cratic members of the Stokes County Board of
|Election, were duly tried in Raleigh last Friday
jfor "high crimes and misdemeanors" "commit
ted" in the late election in Stokes county, and
were duly acquitted.
The hearing was before the State Board of Elec
tion, and the charge against the Stokes officials
was that they had misused the absentee ballot.
Whereupon the complainants asked for the dis
missal of Ellington and Mitchell as members of
the county Board of Elections.
After a sitting of some 6 or 7 hours, during
which the State board heard the reading of a
great array of affidavits, the Board retired for
about 10 minutes, then returned with a verdict of
complete acquittal and exoneration of the two
Democratic members of the Stokes board.
• The vote was unanimous on the part of the
State board for acquittal, and both of the Re
| publican members shook the, hands of Ellington
;and Mitchell, declaring ther£ was no evidence of
■ any serious infraction of the election law, but
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only carelessness and laxity, which was not con
sidered sufficient cause to oust the two members
from their responsible position.
Among the counter affidavits furnished by the
defense in the trial were two affidavits given re
spectively by two former chairmen of the Stokes
County Republican executive committee in
which the high character and integrity of El
lington and Mitchell were attested.. One of the
ex-chairmen, who for years was chairman of the
Stokes county board of county commissioners,
stated that a majority of the rank and file of
stokes Republicans did not endorse the fight
jmade by the small bunch of disappointed Repub
lican office-seekers tm the character of Elling
ton and Mitchell, and were taking no interest in
i the proceedings.,
I Worth Henderson of Greensboro and S. E. Hall
of Winston-Salem were attorneys for the peti
tioners, while Hampton Price of Leaksville and
P. W. Glidewell of Reidsville represented Elling
.ion and .Mitchfll. ,
I THE MAN OF FINE WORDS
Few .citizens of the world are such masters of
rhetoric as old Winston Churchill, the lion of the
British empire. '• • 1 ~
Not only is this Englishman a fereat statesman,
patriot, and soldier, but he can tell his thoughts
in language that galvanizes the imagination
and burns the heart..
Here is the message he lately: sent the emperor i
of Japan: ...: * *>*•....
"When' we have finished With Hitler, the entire j,
forces of' the. British Em pi j'Q by-land, sea and air!
wili jpin the great power of America in the Pacific
"The growing power of the United Nations wili
press steadfastly on until- you are stripped of 
your conquests, punished for your treachery and | i
deprived of your powers of evil. tl j
"Retribution was always sure; it is now -grow- |i
ing near." t «
EDITORIALS
Editorial '
IF PEOPLE HAD I
TAILS

When a fellow approaches you 1
with a condescension like this:
"Now, listen, I am your friend.
But I want to say" so and so..
You may generally know then ;
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he is not your friend.
Our friends don't have to tell
us they are our friends.
When a dog approaches you
wagging his tail, you may know
he is your friend. That switching |
of the caudal appendage is caus
ed by a reflex from the heart.
If you are my friend, wag you?-
tail. Don't show your teeth. And !
when you smile, smile with your
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eyes. ' H
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Death Of
Mrs. Betty Tillotsoni
Funeral services for Mrs. Bet
ty Tillotson, aged 78, of King,
Route 1, who died in a Twin City
hospital early Monday moming,
were held from the Mount Olive
Baptist Church near King. Rev.
E. T. Sims officiating. Burial in
the Tillotson family cemetery.
Mrs. Tillotson was born in
j Stokes county in 1864, the daugh
ter of the late Albert and Lucy
j Ann Tilley King. Her husband,
the late John Tillotson, passed
jaway some years ago. The onlv
I immediate survivor is a brother.
William King, of Hillsville, Va.
Paul Taylor Here
Paul Taylor was here
from Wißjtrv Salem visiting his '
Whitewater farm a mile west of
Danbury. Paul has juat closed a'
fine tobacco year, being connect
ed with an eastern North Carolina
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warehouse as well as Taylor's
warehouse i n Winston - Salem.
Taylor's is one of the most sue
cessful warehouses in Carolinas or |
Virginia. 1
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Few Fireworks " '
Very few fireworks have been i
bought throughout the county at
large. After the governor of ]
North Carolina had asked good (
citizens to refrain from encouras- ,
ing the boys to shoot fireworks ]
this Xmas, a very remarkable h'."
in the usual rocket is notice!
When so many homes have bo .
in the sendee far from home, i- ir«
not considered a proper time r r> -
celebration.
Enrlv Benton, col., work!'v.-!
vith Alex Southern, was hit by a
Falling limb while cutting; timbe'-
Wednesday and seriously hurt. A
ihvaician sewed him up with six
ititches. He is recovering.
* * * * Number 5,683
700 STOKES BOYS
OFF TO THE WAR
County Doe* Its Bit For Victory
As Ever-Increasing Hosts fcn
ter The Service.
j More than 700 Stokes county
young men are now in the service
|of their country. This number of
draftees does not include the vol*
unteers.
Splendid soldiers in the great
victory parade, the Stokes boys,
as their ranks are ever growing
and increasing, will give a gooJ
account of themselves on all bat
tle fronts.
i The people of Stokes county
doff their hats to the proud yeo-
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manry who will cast credit for
| their county. State and nation in
the turbulent days to come.
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Robert Hedgreeock
Is Commissioned
j Robert A. Hedgecock, 32, son o£
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Hedgecock,
Walnut Cove, Wednesday complet
ed training in 6th class of the
medical replacement training cen
ter officer candidate school at
Camp Barkeley, Texas, and receiv
his commission as a second Lieu
tenant in the medical administra
tion corps. i
I Lieutenant Hedgecock was a
staff sergeant in the army and a
social workers in civilian life. He
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attended the University of North
Carolina and Columbia University,
New York City.
Failed To Answer
I The following boys have faileJ
to answer questionnaires sent
them by the local draft board:
j Troy Wilson Carter, Lawson
ville; Harold Alton Tuttle, Dan
! bury; Jones Arthur Smith, West
field.
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I The Board requests that those
knowing the whereabouts of the
delinquents will please notify the
Board. • .
I Ed \\ ilson, one of Stokes coun
ty s finest tobacco growers, was
here today from Route 1. E.i lua
only one good eye, hut he can see
more good quality in growing to
bacco than many with two eves.
•T J in W Pi icj :.v v. - ! re to
day from Snow Creek t. vvuship.
U.S.WAB B9NOS 1