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THE D A iN JL> L it V it EPOIt TE R.
Danbury, N. G. Thursday, Mr.y 27, 1937
N. E. PEPPER, Editor and Publisher
Issued Wednesdays at Danbury, N. C., and entered at the Danbury
postofiice as second class matter, under act of Congress.
Waiting: On Mr. Wood.
"The national debt is now 35 billions of dol
lars, and at least 50 per cent, of this money was
unnecessary and absolutely wasted."
T, ->e above remarkable statement was made
by Word H. Wood, a Charlotte banker, in an ad
r'l-psa t 0 the Junior Chamber of Commerce at
Winers -Salem Monday night.
T f the words of Mr. Woods were not applaud
rr). nossihly it was because the people of Wins
f like the people of other sections of
the country, yet remember 1929-30-31-32.
If the words of Mr. Wood are true, the con
giess ot the L nited states is made up of a
■' unconscionable exploiters without either"
° r n i V' a:rc> ' . tho President of the United
«s ;»n,j llls niiiiisters of government are un
tli-''*rnnl. ii V .. ar e d ,f lesl f nin ? public officials, and
c !r - 1 /n A . mei#lcan People are imbe
aui mollycoddles incapable of exercising the'
privileges of citizenship.
lo say that the Washington administration
has looted % federal treasury of 17 1-2 billions!
ol dollars is to make a charge so grave and far-i
reaching m its implications as to stagger the
imagination of the world.
The distinguished Charlotte financier is un
doubtedly jm possession of information which
has escaped the public. He will place the Amer
can peopie under very lasting obligations to him
S . ret } d f? them a bill of particulars sup
porting his indictment, and while awaiting his
uminat'ng one would impatiently
c • +• y Rurally wonder and speculate and in
quire for himself just when and where and how
ihis national hold-up happened.
For instance, we are sure it could not have
i i e -, Mr ' Wood with thousands of
tiier bankers, railway magnates, coal kings
mill presidents, insurance executives, etc., were
on their knees begging and praying to Roosevelt:
e us or we perish," and imploring the Presi
dent to obtain from congress those plenary pow
ers and discretions necessary to use the i'e
sources of the government to stem the on-rush
ny tide of revolution and ruin rampant in
March, 1933. . I
It could not have transpired when the income!
, the nation had declined fifty per cent., andi
J v hen in every city of America factory whistles'
had iL-jmic silent, the furnaces in the great;
mills l.ud bjcome cold, when bonds were bein"-|
repudiated, when ten thousand banks had closed
IJU'ir U JOIS, when credit reeled and rocked, and'
tne y>'i y Loundations of the social and business!
and structure were crumbling.
Nor, Mr. Wood, could it have been when agri
culture had reached the lowest ebb of the cen
tury, when our foreign trade was destroyed,
when tobacco was 4 cents and cotton 6, and when
you could buy a bushel of wheat for 17 cents,
when millions of American homes and farms
were under the Sheriff's hammer because the
owners could not pay their taxes or interest, and
could not borrow a dollar from any bank or in
dividual or insurance company, and when the
embattled farmers of the west stood on the high
ways with Winchester rifles and defied the
courts to make further foreclosures.
Surely, neither, was it, Mr. Wood, when from
i 7 to 20 million American men and women walk
ed the streets and highways, and uncounted
thousands of people were starving and freezing,
when want and despair brooded on the door
steps of millions of homesteads, and when there
were tears and hoplessness and suicide wide
spread.
These notable and well remembered occasions
in the short history of three years back—Mr.
Wood—was it during any of these heartbreak
ing periods that the colossal steal you mention
occurred? ... 1
j Mr. Wood is one of the most successful busi
ness men of the State. He is the highest paid
banker in the State. He is one of the highest
salaried rvn in the? State.
THE DANCLEY REPORTER
He belongs to that brilliant but heartless
coterie whose ideals and examples are those o±'
duPont, Morgan and Van Swerengin, who are
impatient with the needs of the common man
and who feel no sympathy with his sufferings.
Thanks to the wise and firm hand of the Presi
dent whom he is pleased to dishonor, the deposits
in his bank are large, being insured by the Roose
velt deposit insurance.
Mr. Wood was once a poor boy in North Caro
lina, but his slant has become shrivilled in the
glare of super-privilege. Like Senator Bailey,
who has forgotten his friends, he no longer un
derstands the viewpoint of those who made him
what he is today, but is catching the concept of
Mcßeynolds of the Supreme Court who says he
doubts the right of congress to provide any re
lief at all for the helpless.
The black clouds of 1933 have been dissipated
by the sun of the greatest President in the his
tory of the American people. But many there are
whose cars still echo the ominous rumbling of
tnose black days. And now when the disciples of
won 11 say: "Save the constitu
tion—damn the forgotten man," the Forgotten
Man may still cry through his tears: "Save mv
stitution lh my homo ~ to hell wi th your con-
Too Conspicious With
His Gun, Causes Vir
| grniia Youth and His
.Friends Some Incon
venience.
The pleasures of a Virginia
party wir e disturbed on e day last
week, when the loader was haled j
before a Danbury Magistrate for!
carrying a gun and displaying i
too conspiciously.
Mr. and Mrs. Mci r E. Dehart
of Buffalo Ridge, accompanied J
by Mrs. C. W. Nolen, mother of
Mrs. DeHart, stopped over at a
cafe here for refreshments •
Mr. DeHart, who may or may
not have been drinking beer,
displayed a gun whifch he was
carrying. After they had left,
going toward Winston-Salem,
some one reported to Sheriff John
Taylor who quickly jumped in his
car and caught the party at
Meadows.
Much chagrined, they came
back and told the Magistrate!
Thurman Martin that it was not
i
STIART
Theater
Stuart, Virginia
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY,
MAY 28 and 29
"Unknown Ranger"
1 808 ALLEN
Kann's Orchestra short and
serial
SUNDAY and MONDAY,
MAY 30 and 31.
"Head Over Heels In
Love"
JESSIE MATTHEWS
2 reel Fox short.
TUESDAY JUNE 1
"The Woman Alone"
Sylvia Sidney
2 reel Fox short
WEDNESDAY AND THURS
DAY, JUNE 2 AND 3
"Maid Of Salem"
Claudette Colbert & Fred Mac-
Murray.
Paramount short and news
k "°wn carrying an unloaded gun
conspiciously wa s a crime. The
gun was unloaded. The case was
considered by the justice, and
left in abeyance.
LAWSONVILLE
HIGH SCHOOL
Following is the program of
Lawsonville high school for Fri
day night, May 29, at 8 P. M.:
1 PART 1
Daisy chain — school
Welcome address— Virginia
Ray.
Class Siistory— Pauline Less.
Class poem— Cleo Ray
Presentation of gift— Limley
Rierson.
PART 2
Class prophecy.
PART 3
Giftorian — Matelene Corn.
Last will and testament —Troy
Leake.
Valedictory— Louise Priddy
PART 5
Presentation of certificates,
medals and diplomas—H. D. Las
siter.
OElOt—.rt»
(special
i Low Price j
j SALE AT j
! J. R. LEAKE'S
j ON EVERYTHING 1 HAVE. £?
I SHOES from 75c to $3.00 ,
For men, wom en and Children.
Guaranteed Flour :: $3.30
Sugar, per pound j 5 1-2
Pinto Beans, per pound 8 cents
Men's Work Shirts .....35c to 85c
Men's N. & W. Overalls $1.20
1 8 pound Bucket Lard I $1.20 -
i Good Coffee per pound, '"*-30 J
And many other bargains going at a real saving. O
O HIGHEST PRICES PAID FOR PRODUCE. O
J CASH SALE Q
J. R. LEAKE, Danbury, N. C. |
SAVE! SAVE!
It i» not what you make that counts in life, it ig WHAT
YOU SAVE.
State Planters Bank
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
offers you a wonderful opportunity to save. We will
pay you a liberal amount of interest, compounded twice
a year. We issue
TIME CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT
paying you a liberal interest. See us. Your money is
insured against loss of any kind. Don't carry your
funds in your pocket, or hide them where fire, moth or
rust may corrupt, or where thieves may break through
and steal.
STATE PLANTERS BANK
Walnut Cove, N. C.
Member of federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
United States Depository.
Send your Job Work
to the Reporter Office
Severe Storm Does Dam
age In Upper Stokes
County. 7
Calvin Mabe and other Law
sonville citizens in town report
a severe wind storm in the north
ern part of the countty today.
One roof from a house was lifted
and blown for a fe'ood distance,
while several trees were blown
across the highway. The storm
wa?. accompanied by rain.
New Lawyer
For Danbury
A. J. Ellington of Madison has
located here for the practice of
law. He is a son of Druggist
and Mrs. R. A. Ellington, and
procured his license last August
after studying at the State uni
versity at Chapel Hill.
Mr. Ellington is 26 years of
age, unmarried, and occupies an
offce in the Martin building, up
sstairs.
THITSD \Y, MAY 21, 1937
| STOKES LEAGUE
Results of Saturday's games:
Meadows 15; Walnut Cove 8
Danbury 17; Rosebud 4
Sandy Ridge 16; Francisco 6
Germanton 9; King 0
(Forfeit)
Standings: Won Lost Pet.
Meadowo 3 0 1000
Rosebud 2 1 667
Sandy Ridge 2 1 667
j Germanton 2 1 667
J Danbury 1 1 500
King 1 2 333
Francisco 0 2 000
Walnut Cove 0 3 000
NEXT SATURDAY'S GAMES
l
Walnut Cove at Francisco.
Sandy Ridge at Danbury.
Rosebud at Germanton.
Hartman at Meadows
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