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THURSDAY, MAT 4, lMf. OUR POINT OF VIEW EDITORIALS STOKES "FIRSTS" No State in the Union is more justly celebrated for its "firsts" than North Carolina. Thus we have our Mecklenburg dec- laration, giving our State the honor of being the first to throw off the yoke of a foreign king. We were first at Bethel when the war- drums of 1861 began to throb. We were first in the number of our sons who fought and died for the South, as pro- portioned with our population. Today we are probably first in the van of progressive Southern States after reconstruction. And now we are first in the amount of our water powers and our undevelop- ed natural resources. We are first in towels, first in cigarettes, first in tobac- co production and manufacture; first in many lines of industry and agriculture, and first among forty-five states in the amount of taxes paid to the federal gov- ernment. And we are first in the purity of blood of our citizenship. But while you are talking about firsts, remember the firsts of our county of Stokes which? Is the only county in North Carolina that can claim a mountain range of its own. The Sauratown mountain rises in Stokes and disappears in Stokes. Stokes is the only county in the State which has had only one first-degree mur- der conviction in 71 years, though we have had many revolting murders in the county. Stokes is the only county in North Carolina that is without a bank at its county-seat. Stokes is the only county in the State without a high school at its county seat. From 4to 8 children only will attend school at the local institution next year, of the home town, all the others migra- ting. Stokes has the only county-seat in the State without a hotel. Many workers have to commute daily to ad- joining towns where they eat and sleep. Stokes is the only county in the State that can boast of a half million dollar highway that only 2 per cent, of its citi- zens use. However, the State highway commission concedes us the honor of owning this fine highway that serves other counties and States, and charges us with the expense of it. Stokes is the only county in the State that is willing to let others superimpose it, being without a single federal or State appointive position of note among its native sons and daughters, and is satisfied for nearly all political and educational positions of honor and emolument to be held by non-residents. Stokes is the only county in the State without a club or association of intelli- gent and determined citizens who feel justified in claiming a fair place "in the sun'" and who through organization de- mand and GET their rights. Our citi- zens are meek and unobtrusive, submis- sive and unresisting, content to let others eat the meat if we may have only a little gravy. And for these reasons may fairly .be said to be the only county in the State without GUTS. Danbury Reporter Published Thursdays at Danbury, N. C., county seat of Stokes county, having been entered as second class matter at the Postoffice at Danbury, N. C.. under act of Congress. ESTABLISHED 1872 N. E. PEPPER, Publisher Danbury, N. C., May 4, 1939; PAGAN LOVE Who loves to fight? Listen to this from Stalin?dictator of Russia: "Whoever dares to step across the threshold of our home will be destroyed. We not only know how to fight?we love to fight." It is a terrible thing in the soul of man- kind that loves to fight. Fight?in the sense of modern war?- means to smash uncounted thousands of men into unspeakable agony?lacer- ation, blindness, death. It means to massacre old men, sick and helpless per- sons, defenseless women and children. It means the destruction of civilizations that centuries were required to build. The Russian chant reminds us we are not yet removed far from the dark ages when Atilla and his hordes swept across to annihilate the Roman empire with fire and blood; and later when Vik- ings with knives in their teeth swam across ice-bound seas to overrun Eng- land, slaying all in their path, laughing and eating raw fat for refreshment. Russia with all her boasted military power, and who England tries so fran- tically to enlist in the stop-Hitler en- circlement, must stand as the world's No. 1 traitor. This is the Russia that signed up with the allies to never agree to a separate peace till the Kaiser was conquered?then laid down and let Eng - land and France fight and bleed white, till a hundred thousand American boys filled the "Russian gap" with their precious lives. If Russia loves to fight let her fight the man with the slanting eye who in- sults her at her eastern door with im- punity, who has taken her valuable ports, and who conquered her in 1905. KIND KOUNTY KOMMISSIONERS ?? i . j , We think our board of county commis- sioners are due the cordial thanks of the public for offering to donate the old convict camp site to the World War kids for a place to build their club and home. Some 400 of our boys from every walk of life went into that hateful thing that fell on us in 1917-18. Some of them paid the supreme price and are sleeping today amid the poppies of northern France. To their sweet offer- ing and to the everlasting honor of those who came back, may we of Stokes today dedicate this ground which should hallow memories that will live as long- as human devotion and self-sacrifice shall survive. , The power of the press is invincible. The only thing about it is that it fo- cuses the light on you, and you know everybody is looking. Beware' of the calcium ray. s BUCOLIC RESTFULNESS J On the southern slant of a beautiful landscape where the sun shines all day long-, and the sedate Flatshoal keeps eternal guard, you may run upon a gar- den of sweet-scented things?irises, peonies and gladioluses, quietly bloom- ing and dreaming there in their inno- cence and beauty. Somebody said flowers are frozen music. Then here corralled away from the scattering winds you may hear in the silences of the great hills an anthem that carries you back to childhood with its soothing lullaby, its restfulness, its forgetfulness of trouble and strife that rack the world today. John M. Taylor has built a lodge- place at his estate a mile or two south of Danbury. There is a lodge, a great square room filled with reclining chairs and settees, table and lamps, though you may have electric light with the turn of a switch. There are cosy cor- nel's, easy seats, and a great fireplace to gather round on a cool night to crack jokes and hickory nuts. A long narrow window on the east side looks down on the pretty lake below. Rooms for guests fitted snugly into the spaces, a tiny kit- chen, a commodious pantry always well filled. Outside, garages, and other buildings of convenience and utility, and a large cooking place for special occasions. Just a retreat for a business man who delights to escape from worries of the day and come to sleep and rest with a whipporwill chanting on the window sill, and the soft murmur of the creek in his ears all night long. LET'S NOT ENCOURAGE RACE SUICIDE There is a question in the minds of many people whether the marriage re- striction fixed by the late N. C. legisla- ture was wise. From many counties comes the news of the lessening num- ber of marital contracts. Couples used to avoid embarassment by hieing to Stuart and Martinsville to get tied. Now they must submit to the State's rules when they come back, just the same. The already declining birth rate of America needs digitalis. Can't the medico-scientists devise some less embarassing tests? If the change that has taken place in family-building during the last 20 years continues in the same ratio, the next century will consider a baby no less cui iously than we now view television. TO CONVERSATIONALISTS It takes great powers of magnetism to be able to impose on your hearer with details of inconsequential incident. If your audience looks off or gapes, you may be sure he is not listening. ' Then quit, but ask him what he thinks the weather is going to do. When a mean creditor gets you caught in a tight pinch he says: "Now pay me." America is not mean, but ain't this a - good time to send a red-headed dun to England, France, Italy, etc.? r? ? THE DANBURY REPORTER
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THURSDAY, MAT 4, lMf.
OUR POINT OF VIEWEDITORIALS
STOKES "FIRSTS"
No State in the Union is more justlycelebrated for its "firsts" than NorthCarolina.
Thus we have our Mecklenburg dec-laration, giving our State the honor ofbeing the first to throw off the yoke ofa foreign king.
We were first at Bethel when the war-drums of 1861 began to throb. We werefirst in the number of our sons whofought and died for the South, as pro-portioned with our population.
Today we are probably first in thevan of progressive Southern States afterreconstruction.
And now we are first in the amountof our water powers and our undevelop-ed natural resources. We are first intowels, first in cigarettes, first in tobac-co production and manufacture; first inmany lines of industry and agriculture,and first among forty-five states in theamount of taxes paid to the federal gov-ernment. And we are first in the purityof blood of our citizenship.
But while you are talking about firsts,remember the firsts of our county ofStokes which?
Is the only county in North Carolinathat can claim a mountain range of itsown. The Sauratown mountain rises inStokes and disappears in Stokes.
Stokes is the only county in the Statewhich has had only one first-degree mur-der conviction in 71 years, though wehave had many revolting murders inthe county.
Stokes is the only county in NorthCarolina that is without a bank at itscounty-seat.
Stokes is the only county in the Statewithout a high school at its county seat.From 4to 8 children only will attendschool at the local institution next year,of the home town, all the others migra-ting.
Stokes has the only county-seatin the State without a hotel. Manyworkers have to commute daily to ad-joining towns where they eat and sleep.
Stokes is the only county in the Statethat can boast of a half million dollarhighway that only 2 per cent, of its citi-zens use. However, the State highwaycommission concedes us the honor ofowning this fine highway that servesother counties and States, and chargesus with the expense of it.
Stokes is the only county in the Statethat is willing to let others superimposeit, being without a single federalor State appointive position of noteamong its native sons and daughters,and is satisfied for nearly all politicaland educational positions of honor andemolument to be held by non-residents.
Stokes is the only county in the Statewithout a club or association of intelli-gent and determined citizens who feeljustified in claiming a fair place "in thesun'" and who through organization de-mand and GET their rights. Our citi-zens are meek and unobtrusive, submis-sive and unresisting, content to letothers eat the meat if we may have onlya little gravy.
And for these reasons may fairly .besaid to be the only county in the Statewithout GUTS.
Danbury ReporterPublished Thursdays at Danbury, N. C., county seat
of Stokes county, having been entered as second
class matter at the Postoffice at Danbury, N. C..
under act of Congress.
ESTABLISHED 1872
N. E. PEPPER, Publisher
Danbury, N. C., May 4, 1939;
PAGAN LOVE
Who loves to fight?
Listen to this from Stalin?dictator ofRussia:
"Whoever dares to step across thethreshold of our home will be destroyed.We not only know how to fight?welove to fight."
It is a terrible thing in the soul of man-kind that loves to fight.
Fight?in the sense of modern war?-means to smash uncounted thousandsof men into unspeakable agony?lacer-ation, blindness, death. It means tomassacre old men, sick and helpless per-sons, defenseless women and children.It means the destruction of civilizationsthat centuries were required to build.
The Russian chant reminds us we arenot yet removed far from the darkages when Atilla and his hordes sweptacross to annihilate the Roman empirewith fire and blood; and later when Vik-ings with knives in their teeth swamacross ice-bound seas to overrun Eng-land, slaying all in their path, laughingand eating raw fat for refreshment.
Russia with all her boasted militarypower, and who England tries so fran-tically to enlist in the stop-Hitler en-circlement, must stand as the world'sNo. 1 traitor. This is the Russia thatsigned up with the allies to never agreeto a separate peace till the Kaiser wasconquered?then laid down and let Eng -
land and France fight and bleed white,till a hundred thousand American boysfilled the "Russian gap" with theirprecious lives.
If Russia loves to fight let her fightthe man with the slanting eye who in-sults her at her eastern door with im-punity, who has taken her valuableports, and who conquered her in 1905.
KIND KOUNTY KOMMISSIONERS?? i .
j,
We think our board of county commis-sioners are due the cordial thanks ofthe public for offering to donate the oldconvict camp site to the World Warkids for a place to build their club andhome. Some 400 of our boys from everywalk of life went into that hateful thingthat fell on us in 1917-18. Some of thempaid the supreme price and aresleeping today amid the poppies ofnorthern France. To their sweet offer-ing and to the everlasting honor ofthose who came back, may we of Stokestoday dedicate this ground which shouldhallow memories that will live as long-as human devotion and self-sacrificeshall survive. ,
The power of the press is invincible.The only thing about it is that it fo-cuses the light on you, and you knoweverybody is looking. Beware' of thecalcium ray. s
BUCOLIC RESTFULNESS
J On the southern slant of a beautifullandscape where the sun shines all daylong-, and the sedate Flatshoal keepseternal guard, you may run upon a gar-den of sweet-scented things?irises,peonies and gladioluses, quietly bloom-ing and dreaming there in their inno-cence and beauty.
Somebody said flowers are frozenmusic. Then here corralled away fromthe scattering winds you may hear inthe silences of the great hills an anthemthat carries you back to childhood withits soothing lullaby, its restfulness, itsforgetfulness of trouble and strife thatrack the world today.
John M. Taylor has built a lodge-place at his estate a mile or two south ofDanbury. There is a lodge, a greatsquare room filled with reclining chairsand settees, table and lamps, thoughyou may have electric light with theturn of a switch. There are cosy cor-nel's, easy seats, and a great fireplaceto gather round on a cool night to crackjokes and hickory nuts. A long narrowwindow on the east side looks down onthe pretty lake below. Rooms for guestsfitted snugly into the spaces, a tiny kit-chen, a commodious pantry always wellfilled. Outside, garages, and otherbuildings of convenience and utility,and a large cooking place for specialoccasions.
Just a retreat for a business man whodelights to escape from worries of theday and come to sleep and rest with awhipporwill chanting on the windowsill, and the soft murmur of the creekin his ears all night long.
LET'S NOT ENCOURAGE RACESUICIDE
There is a question in the minds ofmany people whether the marriage re-striction fixed by the late N. C. legisla-ture was wise. From many countiescomes the news of the lessening num-ber of marital contracts.
Couples used to avoid embarassmentby hieing to Stuart and Martinsville toget tied. Now they must submit to theState's rules when they come back, justthe same. The already declining birthrate of America needs digitalis.
Can't the medico-scientists devisesome less embarassing tests?
If the change that has taken place infamily-building during the last 20 yearscontinues in the same ratio, the nextcentury will consider a baby no lesscui iously than we now view television.
TO CONVERSATIONALISTS
It takes great powers of magnetismto be able to impose on your hearer withdetails of inconsequential incident. Ifyour audience looks off or gapes, youmay be sure he is not listening.
'
Thenquit, but ask him what he thinks theweather is going to do.
When a mean creditor gets you caughtin a tight pinch he says: "Now pay me."America is not mean, but ain't this a -
good time to send a red-headed dun toEngland, France, Italy, etc.? r? ?
THE DANBURY REPORTER
