THE DANBURY REPORTER
Established 1872
FIRE DESTROYS
$7,000 IN TOBACCO
PERCY WALL'S PRACTICALLY
ENTIRE CROP, ALSO THAT
OF IRVJN WALL, TOGETHER
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WITH BUILDING, FARM
TOOLS AND CANNED FRUIT
AND VEGETABLES, BURN -
LITTLE INSURANCE
Practically the entire tobacco
crops of Percy and Irvin Wall a' j
MeadOVs were destroyed whe.i'
the packhouse was burned Wen-j
nesday of last week. Many valu-!
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able farm tools and a large quant-1
ity of canned fruit and vegetables'
were plso consumed in the blaze. !
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Percy Wall estimates his toba.-i
co loss alone at $7,000. He car
ried SIOO.OO insurance on the
building. |
The fire resulted from a defeet
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ive flue connection from a stove
in the building.
KING NEWS
By £. P. NEWSUM
King, Oct. 26. Prof. George
Bowman of Elk Park, formerly of
King, was here on business Mor.
day. Prof. Bowman had charge
of the High School here in 1941.
has many warm friends here,
ome White of Norfolk, Va., is
opending a few days with rela
tives and friends here.
Sgt. Rupert Garner, stationed at
Berdeno, Calif., is here on fur
lough.
Landis Newsum has purchased
from Ellis Coon a dwelling and
lot on West Main St.
Miss Lillie Mae Sands of Moun
tain View underwent an appen
dectomy in the clinic here Friday.
Sgt. Mallard Alley has returned
to his post in Mississippi after
spending a short furlough with
his family here.
Norman Baker has purchased a
dwelling and lot at the intersec
tion of South Depot St. and Mea
dow View Drive from Bryan
White.
Thomas William McGee, who i:>
attending college at Oak Ridge, is
at home for a few days.
Homer Newsum of Charlotte
spent the week-end with rela
tives and friends here.
The stork has nothing to say
this week.
Pvt. Paul Petree has been trans
ferrcd from Fort Bragg to Camp
Wheeler, On.
Lin Southern, Ed White, FreJ
and Bryan White. Roger West,
Dewey Alridge, Eford Sprinkle
Alvin Butner, Preston Knight and
Jimmy Newsum have returned
from the Carolina coast where
> *y spent several days on a fish
' , trip.
Ray Fulk of the U. S. Navv.|
stationed at Camp Peary, Va., is
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home on a short furlough.
John Beasley is building an ad- |
cßtion to his home on East Main
St.
Volume 72
Joe Hill Loses Purse j
' Containing $968.00 — '
Sheriff Restores Cash
Joe Hill of Francisco, whiL'
making adjustments to his
car at Wallace "mith's filling sta-1
,'tion, dtopped his pocketbook con-'
taining SfI().S.CO.
Not knowing of his loss, Mr. |
Hill got into his car and went
home where soon he discovers,
his money was gone.
He hurried back but found no
trace of the missing cash.
| Sheriff John Taylor was notificJ!
land in company with Special Dep-|
!ut y Carl Ray, he drove straight j
jto Bub Dodson's who lived nor.-i
| the scene of the loss.
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1 It appears that Dodson was th
, onty person who was present irj
front of the filling station whc.
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Mr. Hill had dropped his money.
Acting on his intuition the
Sheriff approached Dodson ami
demanded the purse. Dodson de-
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nied it at first, then gave in ana
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handtd over the cash to th'.
Sheriff.
When the Sheriff restored hi;
lost money to Joe, was Joe hap-
f py!
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Memorial Service To
Pvt. Paul R. Fulk
At Shiloh Church
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Memorial services will be heki|
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at Shiloh Methodist Church, onj
' the Box Mountain Road near Wal
uut Cove. Sunday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock for Pvt. Paul Richard
' Fulk, who died in a hospital i*i
I France September 16 as a result
of wounds received in action of
Sept. 9.
Pvt. Fulk, aged 23, was born in
Forsyth county Sept. 7, 1921, a
son of Squire W. and Annie Ram
sey Fulk. He entered the army
! in September, 1943.
i Pvt. Fulk, who had received
j the Purple Heart, was a brother
. of Charlie FuTk" of Germanton.
Rev. Ralph Reed, pastor of Shi
, loh Church, "will conduct the serv
ice which will be in charge o!
, John T. Ring Post of the Ameri
, can Legion of Kernersville, and
the Auxiliary.
Oscar P. Greene, Jr.
Promoted to S. Sgt. In
Eighth Air Force
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An Eighth Air Force Bomb"; |
i Station, England.- Promotion ol i
Oscar P. Green, Jr., agsd 23, of I
I l'lnj.. "from nvfocnt to stafT set-j
, veant has been annourced at ti;»:;
Eighth Air Fo'ce B-17 Fly.r.gj
I Fortress station. Staff Sergeant'
1 Greene ii a gu r .ner on a Fort ivj-s
> that has been bombing Nazi war
• industries and military targets in
support of Allied ground fores,
j He is fne son of M«\ and Mrs.
i O. P. Green, Sr., and his wife is
.Mrs. Frances H. Green, all of
. King. Before entering the AAF
i in October, 1942, he was an elec
trician.
Danbury, N. C., Thursday, Oct. 26, 1944.
(An Editorial)
Flash In the Pan
What appears to be a cheap conspiracy
on the part of the Union Republican, A.
I. Ferree and John J. Ingle to slander
the Democratic leaders of Stokes county
and at the same time provide themselves
with some lying material with which to
stimulate their anemic campaign in the
State—has dismally failed.
In the Union Republican this week ap
pears a 4-col. wide broadside headed
like this:"PLAN TO STEAL ELECTION
IN STOKES COUNTY IS FOILED BY
FERREE AND INGLE AT DANBURY."
The Union Republican says that "when
these two Republican candidates arriv
ed in the capital city of Stokes they
were informed that the registration
hooks in the Hartman and Lawsonville
precincts had been held open only about
an hour at the polling places, that all
Democrats had been registered but few
Republicans were given the opportunity
to do so."
The Republican says therefore that
Ferree proceeded to go on a rampage,
visited Solicitor Scott, Chairman Elling
ton of the Board of Elections, and others
and that Ferree was very severe in his
condemnations, raising hell in general,
etc.
The Reporter on reading the Union
Republican's article, went at once and
made a thorough investigation of the
facts, finding that the Union Republi
can's statements were not only basely
untrue, but that it appears Ferree (if
not Ingle) after collusion with one
or two Hartman Republicans was try
ing to incense voters and stir up trouble
in the approaching election in Stokes,
by a false misrepresentation of facte,
and thus provide Ferree with false m:-
terial which he hoped to use in his cam
paign for U. S. Senator in other counties.
The Reporter learned that Ferree and
Ingle were here on this occasion to
speak in the courthouse at the rally ad
vertised for them; that at the meeting
there were only 22 Republicans present,
including the two candidates Ferree and
Ingle. That thereby Ferrell was greatly
incensed and after talking with one
irate Hartman Republican whose boy
had not yet owing to the circumstances
(hereinafter stated) been permitted to
register, seized on the situation as an
opportunity to give" vent to some very
incendiary remarks and to make the
"Stokes incident" his opportunity to get
some votes in the State by hollering
"fraud and stealing," etc.
Those who heard Mr. Ferree were not
particularly impressed with his dignity
or ability as a candidate for U. S. Sena
tor and even one Republican remarked
that "he made an ass of himself."
Below will be found a true statement
of the Hartman and Lawsonville "sterl
ing" incidents, as furnished to the Re
porter by A. J. Ellington, chairman of
the Board of Elections:
"On Oc 13 the regularly appointed registrars at Law
sonville anu Hartman precincts advised me that they
would not be able to serve as registrars during the reg
istration period and general election to be held Nov. 7.
I was unable to get anyone in Hartman precinct to take
the book?! at that time and prevailed upon the registrars
(Continued on page four)
PUBLISHED THURSDAYS
BIG DEMOCRATIC
RALLY NOV. 1
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THAD U'KE AND JOHN FOL
i GER TO SPEAK BRUNSWICK
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I STEW, BRASS BAND, STRING
MUSIC, SINGING EVERY
| BODY INVITED
The Democrats of Stokes arc
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making preparations for the big
gest rally ever pulled off in t his j
section of the State.
It will be held at the courthouse ,
here on Saturday afternoon, Nov.
14, beginning at 2P. M.
Speakers will include Hon. I
|ThaJ E. Eure, Secretary of State
of North Carolina; Hon. John H.
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' Folg-T, Congressman of the Fifth
! District. >
All the county candidates will
be present with their friends.
The Commitlee has arrangv :
for a brass Band, a string ban
1.. g I
and singings.
Topping everything will be the
Brunswick stew, supervised fc\
the inimitable chefs Loftis an-1
George.
The feast will be ample, and all.
people without regard to party
are invited to come and eat, mert
their friends and enjoy the music
and speeches.
This rally is arranged hy th»;
Stokes County Democratic Exeoi;
five Committee, and each membei
of the Committee invites you t.*»
come.
The festivities will be held in
the streets around the square. In
case of rain, there will be plert /
of shelter in the courthouse, the
stores, offices, cafes, etc.
Death Of
James A. Lawson
James A. Lawson, aged 73, died
at his home at Lawsonville Fri
day, Oct. 20 after a short illness.
Hp is survived by one son,
Luther Lawson, of Walnut Cove-,
one daughter, Mrs. Deedie Bu -
lin; an adopted daughter, Miss
Lillie Mae Collins, and two broth
ers, Robert and Sam Liwson, all
of Lawsonville; one sister, Mrs
Martha Hayden of Rural Hall; :it
grandchildren, and eight great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held a;
2 o'clock Sunday afternoon a I
Snow Creek Primitive
Church with Elders J. W. Tutt!c
and W. J. Brown officiating. Bu
rial was in the Hylton fnnvly
cemetery.
HOSPITALIZED
Following Stokes patients are
reportei at Stuart, Va., hospital:
Mrs. Hampton Knight of Sandy
Ridge.
Mrs. G. O. Sisk and Chester
Wood of Lawsonville.
Audrey Lawson and James H
Corns of Stuart, RFD.
Born, Oct. 20, to Mr. and Mrs
Roy Lusk of Francisco, a daugh
ter..
Number 3,774.
CASUALTY ROLL
RISES TO Fit 1 ' TEEN
PFC. HOWARD I). TUTTLE
DIES OF WOUNDS RECEIV
ED IN ACTION; FOUGHT IN
FRANCE
I With tlie reported death of Pfe.
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Howard D. Tuttle the list of
'Stokes boys who have died in the
'service to date reaches fifteen.
Young i utile left Dnnbury for
camp on March 11, 1943. He died
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on July 21, 1944, of wounds re
ceived in action in France.
Pic. Tuttle was a son-in-law o£
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Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Terry of Ger
manton.
c; sui.Ry' list now stands as
U s:
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! Li ut. David R. Mitchell, Kin?,
kil'.'. J in action in china.
John W. Collins, Francisco
killed in action in Florida.
I Lieut. Jack Hutcherson, Walnut
Cove, killed iii plane crash while
training in Florida.
Pvt. Loyd Morefield, King, kill*
d in action at Bougainville.
Cpl. Robert Hall, Meadows, kill
ed in action in South Pacific.
Petty Officer Jimmy Wallace
Griffin, Sandy Ridge, killed in ac
ion in Italy.
Cpl. Drewry Glenn Hooker, of
Yadkin township, killed in action
in Sicily.
Pfc. Everette J. Fulk, Pinnacle,
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killed in nction in France, July 11,
1944.
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Lieut. Thos. A. Eggleston, DiJ-
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lard, killed in action in Italy, July
3, 1944.
I Sgt. Thomas H. Shelor, Fran
cisco, killed in action in France,
| une 20, 1944.
• Sgt. Richard T. Pell, Jr., West.
' field, killed in Fiance, July It,
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Sgt. O. W. Slawter, King, killed
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in action in France, August 21,
1944.
Philip Simmons, Francisco, kill*
ed in action in France, Sept,
1944.
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Pvt. Gilmer W. White, Route 2,
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Walnut Cove, killed in action in
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France September 22, 1944.
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Pfc. Howard D. Tuttle, German*
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ton, died on July 21, 1944.
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wouncls received while in action
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in Prance.
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u J. Wm, Moorefield
New Board Member
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I J. \\ m. Moorefield of Meadows
has been appointed a member of
the local Rationing Board and as
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sunied his duties last Monday.
| The Boa re! Ts now composed ■>?
Mr. Moorefield, S. A. Flinchum
,and C. E. Davis. One more mem
:ber is to be atlded Nov. 15.
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Ration Board Office
To Be Closed Oct. 31st
I The Ration Board offce at the
courthouse will be tl:3>»> « n Oct.
» |3l to allow clerks time to fllo
i* reports to the District
.Office.