[EDITORIAL
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OCT. _'7. 1915.
THE WICKED WEALTHY.
It is noticed in the New York Herald that Mr. B.
Duke has acquired another mansion on Fifth
Avenue. The establishment, with its furnishings,
will cost many millions of dollars--possibly more
than our entire county, with all of our lands, solvent
credits, money and mules. This is only one of the
Tobacco King's castles--he owns stopping places in
the country, at the beach, in the mountains and
in the city, with their accoutrements of vast retinues,
yachts. automobiles and private cars--so remuner
ative is his business of manufacturing tobacco.
Near Winston-Salem the other day a representative
of the Reporter had the pleasure of driving through
Mrs. Reynolds' "Reynolda," her country place out
on the farm two miles north-west of the city. They
are building a bungalow out there, as they call it.
We call it a castle. Designed by high-salaried
architects, modern in every detail, lighted with
electricity from a plant owned by Mrs. Reynolds on
the premises, watered by her own watering plant,
and surrounded by seven hundred acres of beautiful
woodland, parks, drives, lakes, and all the other
things that go to make for the pleasure and the luxury
of therich--this estate will rank up close to Vander
bilt's establishment at Asheville when completed.
Scientific farming in all its branches w ill be carried
on. is carried on now . under expert direction. They
have a man there who is a wizard w hen it comes to
making things- grow , he furnishes the table of the
family with tomatoes and cantaloupes tor Christmas,
and things like that, horticulture, floriculture an.!
agriculture w ill flourish at "Rev noLIa" like an Italian
garden. It i* a place where money is going to make
the farm go--just like money makes the mare go.
An ice plant, a dairy, poultry yards. nurseries, and
all the incident*, of scientific farming, will make
Revnolda a place of utility as well as beauty. and
furnish conveniences and luxuries at first hand for
the Reynolds family. All the comforts and luxuries
incident to great wealth will he there.
Out on a Stokes county tobacco farm a man ami
his wife and children are stripping tobacco. Their
place is in a damp tobacco barn, the seats consisting
of rou .h chunks of wood on which to rest tired bodies
while cer.scivss toil goes on. No v isions of future
comforts brighten the dull eyes which sort the leaf,
n't even anticipations of warm and comfortable
clothing air., palatable viands to eat. The work goes
on steadi.y pvm eariy morn to night, with no break
in th g;' :m except when the wife leaves shorth be
fore twelve o'clock to cook the meal of hacon and
cabbage, or the cming on oi night when all hands
can turn in f-ir a few hour- oblivion to the sad world.
May be the wife has hope of a new calico dress for
Chri.-tma-, and the children of twenty cents' worth
Young Men Who Appreciate Style and Clothes That Fit
SHOULD SEE OUR LINE OF CLOTHES THIS FALL.
The prices are no higher than the poor- Compare the Goods tnis time.
All Wool Men's Suits $9.75, $12.50. $15.00, $18.09 and up.
ly made kind at other stores. gff; \S% 75 aml SUf
IT PAYS lliiTo Follow the Arrow.
SIOE COURT HOUSE
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C.
THE DANBURY REPORTER
.'of stick candy from Santa Claus. This is about the
sum and substance of the gay round of pleasures
booked ahead. Mayhap this layout must be put on
next year's expense bill. The first primings are hur-
ried off to meet the call of the fertilizer man, and to
get money for a few bushels of seed wheat. The old
man has worn his overalls for a year, perhaps they
will last through another season.
I
J The comparison is striking, but who will deny its
, truth. It is simply a picture of wealth on one hand,
and poverty on the other. It is a true picture of life.
i But must we curse the rich man because he has
l grown rich, and praise the poor man because he has
I
» not accumulated? Shall we charge the poor man's
i plight to Duke and Reynolds, why not lay the blame
pas well at the door of Rockefeller, Carnegie, Wool
worth and Vanderbilt.
What constitutes the vast difference in position!
I
in this land of the free and home of the brave, that;
; one must toil while the other recreates, one earn
i while the other spends, one suffer while the other
enjoys. What is it. environment, fate, chance,
circumstance, evil laws, or luck. ,
Last summer at Piedmont Springs we listened to
Dr. Booth of Oxford reminisce of ante-bellum times
dow nin Granville when old man Duke peddled to
bacco with a mule over eastern North Carolina. His J
boys came back from the war and went to work with
father, to rebuild their living which the war had
wasted. With little money, and little credit, but
with character and thrift and energy and brains they
built. If their methods were dishonest, or their prac-|
tices those of cheating and swindling and robbery,
we have not heard of it.
Soon after the war, in those same hard days, Dick
Reynolds left his father's farm in Patrick county
twentv-tive miles of Danbnry, and started
out to try to make his liv ing in the world. Wend
ing his wa) south, he stayed all night at Piedmont
Springs, with a few hundreds of dollars in his pocket
which his lather had given him. Undecided just
what course to take, or what business to try, young
Re> nolds drifted to Winst m-Salem. then a strag
gling tow nof a hundred families. Here he cast his
lot . settled down to hr.rd work, and staved with his
business, l ime passed and he went through lean
; ears and fat vears. through panics and plenty, and
came out on top. Men today say he is a very rich
man. The black smoke of his factories darkens the
sk\ in many States. He is a multi-millionaire. Some
men have charged that he has succeeded at the ex
pense of the toiling thousands in the tobacco fields
of Stokes and adjoining counties. But why shall we
curse the rich man for his money? Can any man
sav that Reynolds has not reaped where we should!
have reaped? Men say that Rev nolds should pay us
v.ore for our tobacco. But do we not buy our
fertilizer, our cloth, sugar, bread and hardware where
we can get them at the lowest prices, regardless of the
interests of those who produced the commodities.
They tell us the sugar planters of Mississippi must
go 011 »! business because the price of their staple is
b-.'i nv the c )St if pr ..'.action "»it >we hasten t) nvv a little
VIEWS OF THE EDITOR ON MATTERS
OF CURRENT INTEREST.
; I extra which would keep them in business, and provide their
; | families with the necessaries of life? Does any evidence go to
( | show that Duke and Reynolds are rogues simply because they
1 are rich? Do either of the Tobacco Kings owe us anything? Does
common sense teach us that concerns which engage in trickery,
' 1 swindling and theft prosper in the end, rather does not retribution
though some times tardy--as in the case of Casper-wrap you in
' the toils sooner or later when you tread the path of dishonor.
Where in history have you read that Big Business built permanent
; ly unless founded upon the solid rocks of economy, thrift, never
tiring industry, and HONESTY.
This article is not written in defense of big business, as big
business needs no defense when it walks straight. It is merely a
' few thoughts along the line of the proposition that simply because
a thing is popular does not always mean that it is right.
,| In another place in this paper were are publishing an article
showing what B. Frank Mebane is doing in the way of farming in
Rockingham county, Our farmer readers will find it interesting
'and profitable.
Farmers Rush Tobacco
lo Market Too Fast;
The Southern Tobacco Journal
, believes that tobacco farmers are
in too big a hurry to sell their
i crops, Colonel Webb argues:
The seasons open in South Caro-
I lina in July or August, and in a
I month or six weeks the crop
down that way is sold. In fact
the South Carolina markets open
before tobacco firms are in Rood
|shape for buying. The ware-'
houses open up, and farmers rush
their tobacco to the markets with
out grading or decent handling.
' This may be best for the farmer,
but we can't see it that way.
The eastern Carolina markets
open about the time the South
Carolina markets close and it is
a big rush on the markets until
the crop is sold some markets
running triple sales. The Old
Belt markets are in full blast and
selling tobacco just as rapidly as
it is possible. Next month, or
by December 1, Western markets
will open with the same kind of
rapid selling, if not more so, that
is found on the Southern markets.
Too often tobacco is sold in bad
condition, because the farmer is
anxious to get it sold. Is there
any remedy for the too rapid sell
ing of t ibacco?
Walnut Cove Minister
Receives "Pounding."
On Friday night, October 15th,
the parsonage here was visited
by a crowd from Walnut Cove
and its environs, laden with pro
| visions such as Hour, sugar, rice,
potatoes, oatmeal, salt, soap, soda
and many other useful articles
too numerous to mention. Afttr
depositing their loads, we repaired
to the parlor, read a lesson from
! Psalm 103, and engaged in prayer,
then the crowd remained and v e
enjoyed a short time in social in
tercourse, after which they with
drew and left us grateful and
happy.
i Three of the circuits have also
recently contributed toward the
purchase of a tine new top-buggy.
The ones contributing are Walnut
Cove (Stokesburg), Palmyra and
Pine Hail. The other churches
will, perhaps, still contribute their
part to meet the unpaid balance
on it. We are indeed gratefi 1
for these kind tokens of appreci
ation. We have added about
forty members this year. It has
been a year of arduous labors, but
the Lord has been with us.
E. J. POE, P. C.
£harnberiain's Cujgh Rbiw
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