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THE 1) ANBURY REPORTER
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DANBI'RY. N. C.. WEDNESDAY. U iil'ST li'Jj
The Principle Of The Square Deal
In iht last issue of the Reporter appeared .111 article from
■Mr. H. McGee. our former representative in the legislature. with
reference to Siokes county finances, schools, road*, etc. Mr.
Miliee's article, which «;i> carefully and abl> written, makes
seme good points and carries out many of the ideas of 'he con
servative hut progressive tax-payers of the county. We quote
from Mr. Mc'iee's article, as follows:
"In the expenditure of money for roads, schools
bridges and all other internal improvements, due con
sideration should he liiven to a fair and equitable d ; .—
tribution of the «ame. Ml sections of Stokes county
«hou!d have a square deaJ. Favoritism should not be
know n."
t his is the correct sentiment, and is exactly the policy now
being carr : ed out—or attempted to he carried out —by our board
of education, when by their budget of SMU'IMI i*. Mcliee
erroneously says Sloo.tH't > they provide that the northern town
ships of the county -hall have the same educational advantages
!hat are now being enjoyed i>y (iermanton. Walnut ( ove. king,
etc.. but which at the same time will NOT rai-e the tax rate in
stokes county. At the present time there i« gross favoritism
ting shown. The upper townships of Danhury. Hitr Creek.
Peter's Creek and Snow Creek are not getting a square
•:ieal. The tax-payers of those townships are helping
for the advantages which are i•e; n u enjoyed at
(iermanton. Walnut (ove. King. etc.. without sharing
ii the same. It' the tax-payers of the northern townships
must be taxei! to help hear the expense of the tine educational
advantages :'or the children of the southern townships.
:hey are er.ti:k-d share ir. the same advantages, even if thereby
:he taxes county should become m« re Imrdensome and
Ma her than they >« idy are. lint when we arc .--tired by our
' of eii'..' ' a these superior optua ' unii ie- shall al.-o !•••
di om i! by i>; I w«onvilk\ San?!; !" ' a :i:vi f'raiu i-co.
WTHIOIT t (>s | j\, \\ ADDITION \L !>(iI.F.MI TO "1 11Ii
!'A\-''\YKHs si 1 >KKS t OLNTY. would not we be poor
' i;siress men. and an, aiePii fathers indeed, if we tailed to accept
•.he ';ii~s : iii's offered 11-. i 1 w can this be clone.' s!y the wis t . pro
•• jsions of the edtn itit»l -:.■ laws of our State, whereby under th •
workings of the S ate equalization fund, we receive back more
h..n •> e Live—what we receive from the State takes care of the
.'merest on the investment, at the same time it provides a sink
■'afurd that w ill pa; toe principal when it becomes due.
y.-. M .(ice makes the point that there should be a flat State
rate t* 1 maintain the schools. \t the present 15r*t• • ihe State
making Stokes county a. present yearly of >'a.o.pii.' to assist i's
schools, i nner his suggestion. the rich counties of the State
should help the poorer counties nice! their burdens of education.,
If this principle is correct as to the State, we see no reason why
•' should not also tie applied to the counties, and by the same
rtt.'e (iermanton. Wain t Cove. J\ing. etc.. should help trie
aorthern townships bear the expense of their schools, when the
■orthern townships are helping (iermanton. Walnut t ove. King,
etc.. bear the expense of Their superior educational advantages,
this advantage is being witheid from the northern townships nov\
—unjustly, inequitably and unfairly. Let the principle of the
-quare deal rule. I.et justice be done though tl.e heavens fall,
especially if it will not rai-e the tax rate in Stokes county, and
we are assured bv our board of education that it WILL NOT—
and they are honest, intelligent and truthful men. is there any
evidence to the contrary? How much stronger becomes the:
position of our hoard of education in asking for an S-O.OfK' budget. 11
■hen by its provisions the principle enunciated for the State by
Mr. MctJee may he put in force in the county without costing!
'he tax-payers of Stokes county an additional dollar.
The Reporter exceedingly regrets that our excellent board 1
v: county commissioners should not see wherein this arrange
ment would inure to the rich profit of the people and the
lax-payers, as carrying out the wise and equitable spirit of our
state educational laws, which are trying to place equal school
•ae'lities within the reach of every child in North Carolina.
While the action of our county commissioners in its reactionary
attitude on this vastly important question may be applauded in
some quarters, we believe that their position will not be endorsed
by a majority of the intelligent and progressive sentiment of the
county, and that it is not the will of the people that the town
ships of !)an!>ury. Peter's Creek. Rig Creek and Snow Creek
shall have "taxation without representation." Hut that they will
stand for the principle of the square deal, so that the children
of the northern townships of the county may have the same ad
vantages for an education that their cousins to the south are en-1
joying—especially if it will NOT raise the tax rate in Stokes
county.
We are authoritatively told that the failure of our county to
take this advanced step in the great educational procession that
goes forward in the State will be expensive to those communities
that have adopted high schools. In other words. Walnut Cove
will lose practically $50,000; Germanton. $35,000; I'innacle.
$15,000; King, $35,000 or $40,000. How? By having their
building funds thrown back upon them by the State. There
will, moreover, not be an accredited high school in the county.
THE DANBURY REPORTER
j with the State support withdrawn. Some of the citizens of
I Walnut l ove and other communities, who are justly proud of
their high schools. and who are now so assiduously working to
j prevent other communities of the county having the same ad
vantages—even in the face of the assurance that thereby the
tax rate in Stokes county will remain the SAME—may well put
tluse facts in their pipes ;rul smoke them. Let repudiate
the advantages which the State offers us. let Mr. MclJee go to
Haleigh and repeal the law which now presents us with $.*1(1.(10(1
a year, and let the State continue to neglect giving us a flat
, rate for all of the counties—our predicament will he ridiculous
hut -Niiti. We will he rather in the position of the fellow who cut
(.IT his nose to spite his face.
Mr. Mc(Jee collaborates at length 1:5x1:1 the mass meeting of
the "citizens and tax-payers.** Wo fear Mr. McGee is taking it
quite (00 seriously. We fear he has been misinformed as to
its size and importance. We are informed that several of
the citizens and tax-payers of the county were not present, even
some of the big ones, real tax-payers. Mig old tax-pavers like R.
\\. (ieorge. w I;o pays more taxes than 50 average men. who is
,in favor of the countv budget. Mr. George is a business man. of
experience, vears and sense. If he scented danger in educating
the children of Stokes countv—our greatest asset—you may bet
vour bottom dollar he would be lighting it. Hut when Mr.
(.eorge sees that to provide the tax-payers of the upper half of
the county with the same advantages that they are paying for
in the lower half of the countv—and the arrangement not costing
the tax-payers of the countv a single dollar mote than they are
alreadv paving—it is a good investment. It is pathetic to see
icitizens of (he very sections the law is trying to help, ignorantly
opposing it. The same old situation that has been in evidence
down through the centuries prevails in some cases—when the
Master came to save them, they crucified Him. One of the main
arguments advanced in the early days of our county against the
law that kept the hogs and the cattle in the pasture instead of i
depredating upon the neighbors, was that the snakes vvouid bite
everybody to death.
Mr. Mc(iee says that the present financial condition of our
countv demands our best thought and judgment. and ventures
the assertion that few people know our real condition. This i
again true, and i:' we mistake not. is not ;• recent discover;.. If
anvbodv in the last twenty-live years has known heads or tails of
v takes countv finances, lit him raise his hand. The pit sent
hoard of countv commissioners is living to find oat. and is hav
ing the books audited, and we are glad to know that thanks to
their business acumen, we shall soon know. Mr. Mc(«ee s;i\s
it i«. a Democratic parade—and right here we wonder if Mr.
Mc(ice i-» as -olicitious for I he interests of the tax-payers as he is
to bring the situation into politics. Which brings to mind the
report which is now general that a new party is being formed, and
v ill be dub announced, as soon as the mass meeting of citizens
and tax-pavers can get over its agony and give hirth to it.
shrewd observers h.ive even before this been guessing that the
outcome vvouid be a new part}. One of those hvbrid animals
born of disappointed contracts, shattered peanut political
ambit mis, and unrequited grudges. We art wondering if it wi!!
have a tail, and if ii will wail. Time will tell.
We believe that the most important question before the
people today is taxes, but we decline to be with those who are
alarmed over the embargoes laid on us by our roads and schools..
These are the greatest blessings of the age. they cost money, the
people voted for them, thev wanted them, they needed them, and
they are going to have them. We are quite willing to be taxed
for our part of them, provided we get the same advantages that !
other sections are getting. Hut like Mr. Mc(Jee. we believe in
the square deal. (Jive the lower part of the county its splendid
schools, we are proud of them, but if we are taxed to help keep
them going then let us have them. too. for our children.
Taxes—taxes—(axe?—. We heard a fellow say (he other
day that he was figuring on leaving the county because taxes j
were so high. We asked him how much he paid, and he said
sso.oo—about three times as much as he paid (en years ago on
(he same property. We asked him if he could buy a hen and
chickens at the same price he paid ten years ago. He grudgingly
admitted—no. He fore he left, he admitted that he used to hire
a hand at .»(• cents a day. Now he paid $2.50 when he could gel
one at all. That he used to sell tobacco at (» cents, but he sold
it at 2» now. That he used to put 15-cent half soles on his
shoes when they became worn, but now he throws them away
and gets a new pair at SO.OO. That he used to go to choppings
singing down the road afoot with his axe on his shoulder. Hut
now he rides in an automobile. That he then carried his hoes and
his plows to the blacksmith shop to be repaired and sharpened.
Now he (osses (hem in the junk pile, and buys new ones at the
hardware store at seven times (he price he paid ten years ago.
That he used to ge( his Register of Deeds and Clerk of the Court
at SOOO.OO per year, but now he pays slsoo.oo. and his Sheriff
then cos( him a thousand a year, while now the price is upwards
of $4,000. That (he average cost of his automobile was SIOO.OO
per year to him. if he figured on depreciation, interest, tires,
license plates, gas and wasted time joy riding to town after pop.
and that figured on this basis, if there are .'5,000 cars in the
county, our luxury tax for cars alone is $1,200,000 per year, while
we are only paying less than $200,000 per year to get protection '
to our lives and property, with our good roads and schools at
our door. And that he was a darned fool to charge all the evils,
extravagance, waste, and ruin of this sinful age to the two great
est blessings of the times—good roads and schools.
SPECIAL NOTICES!
I If you have a threshing machine, a steam engine, a milch cow.
Ia mule or anything imaginable to sell let a little ad in the columns?,
below find you a buyer. On the other hand, if you want to buy
!anything or if you have lost anything iet an ad find it for you.
The Reporter wants this little department used freely and it will
be of great benefit to our patrons.
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IOH KENT—A good 2-horse
farm near Walnut Cove. See
me if interested. W. F.
BOWLES, Walnut Cove. X. C.
2(iaug2t'
TOBACCO FAB.M—For rent.
One and one-half miles from
i Ether. Address or see, J. BALD-
I\\ IX. Biseoe. X. C. 2tiaug2\v
WAXTKl>—White tenant for
j 2-horse farm, just east of
Walnut Cove. Address
.Mrs. Lettie Hairston lhinklee.
701 Clover Street,
l!>aug2w Vv inston-Salem.X'.C.
GAS PRICE WAR
OX IN WEST
(Motorists Are Happy With
Prices to 1" Cents Lower
Thau Before War Began.
| Chicago, Aug. 22. Motorist* are
| wearing broad grins ami their
I chariots are chugging merrily in four
(sections of the mid-west today as
| wars between rival dealers have
brought tobogganing gasoline
1 prices.
The hilarity highest in lUvatur.
HI., when- prices are the lowest.
: Three national concerns, attempting
It drive out independents, have
! trimmed from 2:! cents a gallon to
I"> ami 17 c nt.-'. Sever:.l of the
;-mailer stations have suc-unibd
'etlt'T* have suspended "I'til the War
- OUT ami oth.-rs contiv.." to lijiht.
!: \Vj. iii'a, Kan.-., wi. :• t• •ight
II •* r;..«i I«»r i)l• •!it:.>. :• • pi■•»*.::n*r.• iy
iiaif • f ti: a» • .-■••11:: / at
> i.nd !' • rt* i -iu- ".all \ of
•tu-> .••!.: a ' .i!"f Tc ■ !:. r
: : • ar • ! T.s, i s.s and
iis :it •. • :;je I " r t« :i:g
if tl ! ..'i •! 11 ! 1 • .11-
. 'f India'.- w'.vh ha- 1 ■ u :::• d
..i of.
!"> ■' 1 ."1!- i" W.ioitsock
•1d ; • 1 the It 1 :.!- V 1 •
I«>i 1. •ii : t.i f« 1!!■ \ -in:! for avvh !•
•ml ;! - i -'.i-petidi'il :> lit them tight
it "Ut. \fter -i\ days the Lakeside
garag. wa- down to !7 cents and the
Texacn representative to IS. The
tn-utrals -ay they will re- line wlteti
the "battlers" t'i broke or .-ivrn an
.irnistice.
Greensboro Man
Confers Wit h
Henry Ford
W. (I. Holman. head of th'* Smith-1
land (iuatM Co., was a Oan'oury vi*i-j
tor last week, lie had .ills; returned 1
from I'etroit, where he had a con
ference with Henry Ford. This tthe
second meeting that has taken place
betwei 11 these two me.- recently.
Mr. II iiman declines to discuss what
toik place at these meetings, but
the fact that his business was of suf
ficient consequence to warrant a
second interview indicates its im
portance. it has long been known
that Mr. Holman has an intense de
-ire to aid the farmer, and make
the business of farming more pro- ■
titablc. Mr. Ford has likewise mani- ;
fested great interest in the welfare !
of the farmer, and shown that he j
wants to help him, and even now he j
is recovering ammonium sulphate in
large quantities as by-product from
coal, and selling this through his
agents at reasonable prices. It is j
therefore likely that developments!
may soon follow of immense impor
tance to the farmers of this and ad
joining states.
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o have been serving the people of Forsyth >
g and adjoining counties for 30 years. May >
0 we now have the pleasure of serving you. g
1 Let us give you the advantage of our years o
0 of experience and help you solve your £
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S WILSON BROTHERS, |
o All Kinds of Building Material. £
0 Contractors and Builders. >
1 Rural Hall, N. C. *
g In business since 1895. xf
WEDNESDAY. Al'G. 2(5. 1925
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MOORE COI'NTY FA KM FOR
SALE.
2(1(1 acres cood farm land 1 mild
north of Spit's. N. on the Rock
ingham road, located on Wolf creek,
25 acres of extra good bottom land,
and balance in upland. Land is sui
table for wheal, corn tobacco, cot
ton. oats and other farm crops. Near
by are churches, school and an ex
cellent highway runs through the
place. For further information ap
ply to DANIEL ( ACJLE. ilhill
POINT. N. C.. 102 Filbert St.
12augIw
I REPORT OF
S. S. CONVENTION
Total Enrollment In the SundadT
Schools Of Stokes Is Only
•">OSS .More Workers Art
Badly Xeeded.
Pinnacle, N. Aug. 2.">.
I 'anbury Reporter:
1 ant enclosing report of the Coun
ty Sufday School Convention that
! was held at Quaker (lap church on
j Augu-t II ami 12th. There were IS
' 1 Sunday Schools of the county rep
i resented at the convention. Reports
j were received from .'!2. There is
I probably .'> or I schools in the county
{that did not report.
The total enrollment of the county
is ::o**. of ; . uinber only I'TO are
■ \er year* old. The average at
ti i.iian. e \va- ls'.2 1•• a iittl • more
I hull op, 1" c, ! t of tie c 11!'«1 ij 1 ilcil'
Ti.e >1 hool '...vine she I.irg st
tendance v.a- i; lint', wh: h has
v. 11 ;i:-- pennant for two ;. • ar.* in
- on for bt 'living tie- i'i!"-t peo
: •••' y. ■ f age to tlv Kir:-
V\ i-av" ia S:• - 1 ••;! 'y ab nit
2".. 1" 1 :>-.•••] It a'ld alien; 7 •> 1 ci
"f them aie nielied in .> iiiil.i;,
schools, I thin!; we can uiul v.-tan.l
'nttir why thi.- is v.i.-n y..u '• I ;:n
following figure.-: W ■ have i: the
county I" ini:.;-t>l - ami of to'-.tse ,
Sunday S hool s iiu i out
of thi-- numbi r wi had .'{ niinisti rs
to at''ml tli" convintii.il 2 of t!.-
".ere mi the program and one ef
tl'.em left as soon hi* part wa- over.
Of ti:e :i2 supt rin'eiidents. 1; attended
the convention and 17 n-achei-.
Personally I do not think we will
tier build up out S. S. and accom
plish what we should accomplish in
. thi*- line of work unless we have be*-
'ter co-operation from our Ministers
'and leaders in Sunday School work.
I 1 am not writing this for the purpose
•of criticising but hoping that it will,
arouse us t" put forth more effort
in the future. We ought by all
means double our enrollment next
year. If we do that we will only
scratch the surface and still leave the
fields that are white for harvest un
touch:'!!. When we think of the great
work that can be done through the
Sunday Scholl and how little is be
; ing done we certainly will fail it:,
our duty if we do not give more time
and attention to this work.
Yours very truly.
J. L. CHRISTIAN.
Stokes County S. S. Con.
European Powers abitious to annex
the wealth of North Africa are fin A
ing too many Riffs in the loot.—
folk Virginian-Pilot.
An essayist writes that "the world
never realizes what a poet
until after he is dead," and then of
|course the fellow is safe.—Punch.