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Page Two THE I) A N B UR Y IiEPO RTE R. X. E. PEPPER, Editor and Publish* Issued Wednesdays ;it : >.r.bu;v. N". C.. and entered at the Danbtny post . ffice as second class mil :oi\ tinder act of Congress. Wednesday, July 25,1934. Interesting Movie Subjects. The Catholic church deserves a lot of credit for starting* a nation-wide boycott against the immorality and indecency of the mo\ie rilms. Some of the Protestant churches, slightly be lated. have shown their willingness to have their golf and bridge long enough to join in the crusade. Hollywood, where the rilms are made, is re ported to be alarmed with the fear that the American public will not patronize clean pictures.. But Hollywood is unduly frightened—the public will liberally patronize pictures with the crime and the filth left cut, provided the film* are interesting. The trouble with nv-t pictures is not that the*/ are so rottten. but that they are dull. The Western scenes a>'e all alike. The Tom Mix stuff ha ; been dune to death. The comedies are mostly sad things, and nr;k-« you wish you had gone to the other theatre. You arc ovten bored with monoi my. Why 'ioi give us more hi.-1 -ric ;\1 themes. ar rang- our fin-. a'r ; .i:s Adolph Menjou, WaIl;-«. • ,B 11;• and Will Rogers and the }> i rr y m > res. a n d G a rbo a n d Joan Oi awfo'-xl and Janet Gaynor i». medieval roles inlaying seme of the interesting tscap; '!• -o> the '"»* n K eunn Catholic church when a burnt men and w« m- n at the strike ho caus; t'"i ' d'dn't !■ li-'V 1 t'y pa'oal doctrine; depict -mie of th« ingenious mechanisms of the Spani. h inoulsitr n uad 1»y the Catholic monk.- to the bodies of people on the wheel are pull V tongues out, when they refused to acknov:! Kre Boniface the Third as the supreme head i" av*on and earth; when the common people 1 ' England were kept in ignorance so they c" a'dn't read the Bible, but were compelled to list n to Italian priests eh an*- the Scriptures in La'- : n, which they couldn't understand; when you had to pay good money to get your sins praye d off. and were routed for a scorching hell if you didn't have the price. The Catholic priests themselves would doubt less mrke tine aetoi > in this sordid stuff, as they, being familiar with their church's history, could the better interpret it for the American audiences. It certainly wouldn't be dull, would it ? The Baby Hospital. Those who have visited the infant hospital at Piedmont Springs are delighted with it. One visitor remarked that of all the projects established in the county by federal relief, this is the most worthy, the most humane and the happiest. The quarters are ideal, the medical attention is adequate, the nursing very effective. Quite a number of tots who otherwise must have suffered or died, are being successfully treated. The most praise for this commendable and benevolent enterprise must be accorded the Stok's county administrator, Mrs. Doyle, who has tirelessly and enthusiastically worked for its materialization. and through whose efforts the funds from th • FEI-.A for its maintenance are forthcoming. j Fhes Adve:tlshif; Pay? ■ No, ar -"yr v.; ton coritry in ••Tenant, who ho;; nevT tried it, and who having kept his goods unc 1 .;- the counter or on dusty shelves behind dirt'v window-—.goes out of business Advcitiscrs who 'ncearul their total news-' pap:? expenditures 50 per cent, in 19;' J, as ccm pai d with 19'12. also increased their total net earnings about 200 per cent., during that period, ; according to a report submitted by the Bureau! of /'.♦vertisiog of the American Newspaper Publishers' Association, New York. THE DAJNULIiV REPOIITEK Memsntces of a Departed People. i When we listen to the soft voice of the river as it murmurs down the valley through the syca mores. we think of Dannaha, the chief of that last tribe of Indians who infested this section; and when we look on the beautiful mountain • hat lifts its head over the Dan. we recall the .-'aura tribe, over which Dannaha reigned. The saddest incident of American history ; s the story of the simple children of the hills who once occupied this land we call ours, and from whom we unblushingly stele it, swapping- them in return leaden pellets shot out of flint-and steel rifles. Xo more the war whoop of the painted brave i- heard echoing: through the enchanted woods of the Suarries, and never again in the star 'it night will be seen the blazing of the wigwam lires. Over the western hills, fading away in a pa thetic silhouette, the last squaw with her pap pose strapped to her back, disappeared forever. But this proud, stoical race left behind memen toes cf the day when they hunted through the leafv forests and fished in the limpid ••Warns which now we OCCUPY with the same 'color of title that the Jap holds in Manchukuo-- a title bv right of might. All (, f this being a p>'elu 1? to what we sot out : te say about Tom P-tree and bis Indian relics, s Tom owns without doubt the finest collection > t these curios in ta. 1 S'rate, gathered over a : cried o ? years f; on many sections of the eoun »consisting of tomahawks and war clubs. 1 in' I '/ -ens. arrow pine- and bowls, ad n?- ay curious patterns of i>> tt ry. I The assortment is of great historical interest . a 1 shoal' surely be pre served for future gener al ions as well as the nrsont. ' W-» d-.nl ■ not Mr. Petr?2 would present hi as ra. ■ ro th- prblle if the county authorities would furnish adequate quarters for i f - dfsplav j And we would have a museum of the handi '\>>k of a people who will soon be extinct on the An;caicaa continent. Nemesis. I Many people in moralizing on the inevitable |fate of John Dillinorer, express surprise-—that a person with as much sense as the bandit showed i in escaping from numerous prisons, putting over 'various d alien It feats of robbery and racketeer ing, and then so long baffling the authorities— ■surprise that such a bright fellow would follow a career cf crime, knowing the certain results I of it. j But John's intelligence was the wrong kind. iHe had too cunning of the fox, and the blood khirst of the jaguar, but his moral susceptibili ties were dull. John might have reasoned that a woman who would co-operate with him in his war on society, would betray him when the government was making it worth SIO,OOO for her to squeal. And she did squeal. The red dress lured him on to his doom, while it was also the pre-arranged sig nal for the secret service men to close in. No person of normal intelligence will engage in crime, knowing from past histories of crooks that destruction, while not always swift, is certain. When Uncle Sam sets out to get his man, he gets him. The chase may be long and elusive, and the scent may at times be evasive and some times become lost for awhile, but the hounds of tbe secret service never leave the trail until the game is treed. More than a hundred super-trained sleuths wire on this gunman's track day and night, and they ware baekrd by the facilities and Ihe resources of the federal government. The 1 cordon of d'-ath was always aiound him, though 1 be did not know it. John was by no means a brilliant crook, but; was undoubted'v the boldest one that had shot: ijp banks since J w? James was betrayed by hi •! friend I»ob t'or:l for a large government reward J The cbi°f of the federal officers said John wasj onlv a yellow rat, checked his name off the list and said "Let's go after the next one." Supply & Demand will pay more fdr this crop, than/Parity Price. , u: * v Sympathy. ; The good Stokes county farmer rises at dawn and views the rose-light on the hills—listens to the fir.-t matin of the lark down in the deep words— hears the partridge whistle to his mate in the stubble field —smells the pungent odor of the new-mown hay—puts in a large quid of home-.-pun tobacco in his left-hand jaw— sum mons his old lady to get up and cook his ham and eggs—and then calculates that another good day is about to shine on the finest crdps of corn and tobacco grown in a decade. And just here if he bo a man of a heart, and with that fine and fair sense of being willing to live and let live—his mind reverts to the mid west. Thei*e where five great states are burning up w'th the pitiless drouth, the most destructive in , the history of our great country. In Nebraska alone, the damage to crops is estimated to be {£150,000.000. Desolation is wide spread. Ruin rides on the parching winds. The elements filled ; with fine sands, float a scourge over the country . sides for hundreds of miles. Farmers drive (50 miles to get water for themselves and stock, while the cattle is being shippd east as there is •■sniping on which to feed the animals. Governor?, of many States meet this week with ; enresentatives of the federal government at ' ■ a.•''■hingten to study how to cope with the dread : fa! situation. And the heart of the true Stokes farmer aches, :and he sincerely sympathizes with his stricken Western brother. ' The Family Reunion. ! In this day of good roads everywhere, making it easy to get together from the wide spaces, the • happy family reunion is all the go. And noih? n,v is more conducive to good fellow ship, good uvllng, the revival of sweet family ■ remembrances, and all that sort of thing, than the family reunion. ! And August is the ideal month for the festivi ty. Watermelons are rine, peaches are in evi dence, the red beet is in its glory, and frying-size fowls are in their hoy-dev. There is oratory, reminiscence, laughter again l ever tmie-trird jokes. Babies scream with hap piness as they sprawl o?i ilio cool green sward, jand grandpa shakes his sides and pulls his chin j whiskers us ho enjoys the occasion. The family reunion is healthy and makes for fine citizenship, but is a heavy tax on digestion, [and many a case of cramp colic may be traced to a too long stay around the long table. Is Another War Impending? The new Anglo-French rapprochement is a good sign that danger of a new war is recogniz ed in Europe. When you see France and England making fresh deals for mutual defense, you may know that they fear Germany. The average American who watched Ger many's armies about to cross the Marne in 1914, and again in 19LS, with so much trepidation, will net feel the same way when the same danger threatens again. France's bad faith with America and her re fusal to repay the money we loaned her to de fray expenses of the world war, has estranged our people, and cooled the warm friendship we once felt for the French nation. A Dangerous Habjt. i Reports tell of p killing wk .h occurred in a western town a few days ago. The coroner's .lury after examining .• im?sos to the homicide reported that the deceased came to his d ath on account of a peculiar habit. While conversing, lie always yawned, or gancd. The jury acquit ted the accused after doli'lv rating 1.0 minutes. So if you are afflicted with suoii habit, remem ber the law protects your slayer. If you are sleepy, go off and take a long nap, but* do not gape and yawn while talking. It is a very dang- j erous habit. Advertising is th.. life blood of JBusmes.s. With- J but this blood Business atrophies and dies. I WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1934
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