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THE DANBURY REPORTER. Volume 61. An Editorial. Fooling the Foolish. Last week's newspapers ail over the Fifth district carried huge spreads entitled "The Actual Truth," in which Congressman Frank Hancock attempted to set his record right before his constituents by quoting some heavy endorsements from his Iriends. Although the congressman is a poor man. receiving only $13,500 per year, salary ami e\|»enses. these advertisements cost somebody a considerable sum of money, evidently, at so much per inch. Well, these "endorsements" were perfunctory letters from Henry T. Kainey, Joseph W. Byrns, Henry i>. Stegall and Marvin Jones, col leagues of Congressman Hancock. To the unthinking and those who are unfamiliar with the smootli wiles of politics, this "Truth" spread was a knock-out. But there are a few significant and crude facts which may be dug i up out of the garden of roses, of some interest to the general public, , i-.nd one of these facts is that every one of these "endorsements" is ( dated May 19—except one, and that bears date of May 18—quite recent dates, it is noted. Then wherefore and why? Why this juxtaposition of such delightfully corroborating evi dences? Could such coincidences indicate that the letters were all written or dictated by the same man—by our Granville county friend now under fire—and that he prepared the dotted line lor his Iriends to sign on, and that in all probability nqithe;' one of these triends knew or cared what he was signing? Tlie grammatical earmarks, the breezy optiinist.c sentiment, • tc., look alike in each letter. How prone are we all to lend our signatures to oar friends. Haven't you put your name to petitions without even reading them ? I ha\e, I am sure—quite a loose and careless habit, we all admit in our generous guilt. Could it possibly be—we wonder —that the lovable doctrine ot *'\ou tickle me and I tickle you" obtains in the dignified chamber ucross the hall from the U. S. Senate? There Is no question that some beautiful and splendidly co-oper tive friendships exist among congressmen as well as other people, and the fact that all of these signatories to Congressman Frank's ponderous "Truth" advertisement are like himself members of Con gress and would-be beneficiaries in a salary raise, could not with reason be denied. And when Congressman Frank voted to bring about an increase In his own salary from $3,.">()() to $9,500 per year, with $5,000 expense money, he was voting to award the same luscious hand-out to Messrs. Rainey, Byrns, & Co., and they would be ungrateful indeed if and when the opportunity presented itself they were not willing to "testify" in the brother's behalf who had befriended them so lavishly —even to signing on a dotted line. But the mo>t unfair and ungallant thing about Frank's big "Truth" spread is his effort to use the influence of Mrs. Mebane, his lady competitor, to bolster up his tottering record, and to take an unfair advantage of a political sentiment now become —and which he knows is now become—obsolete. In the last parting shot of his broadside, Frank says the following: "Mrs. Mebane herself has commended the work of Frank Hancock to him on several occasions and in one of her letters she says 'Thank ing you in advance for your unfailing courtesy and consideration, and with a very real pride in the able and brilliant way our District is being represented at Washington, believe me, with best wishes, and sincere admiration, etc." 1 Now when Mr. Hancock printed this in his advertisement, he KNEW that that letter from Mrs. Mebane had been written many months before he opposed President Roosevelt and his administra tion in their efforts to aid the tobacco farmers, and that Mrs. Mebane had long since CHANGED HER OPINION, for caus»\ And it has only been about three weeks ago that Mrs. Mebane published an answer in the Greensboro News to Mr. Hancock's letter, in which she very clearly told Mr. Hancock that since lie had made his record in the tobacco crisis, and since he had voted for the increase in his own salary, that she did not endorse his course in congress further. But Mr. Hancock—KNOWlNG THESE FACTS— resurrects the old letter from Mrs. Mebane and uses it in Stokes and Surry in an a {'tempt to fool the foolish, distort the facts and juggle the evidence. Some of Mr. Hancock's friends seek to dispose tightly of the con gressman's record on the tobacco situation, claiming that what Frank was after was to get a higher price than the President was working for and arguing virtually that he should be rewarded with re-elec tion because he was so much a better friend of the farmer than the President was, and had mere sense than the administration. They conclude by saying that Frank will be elected by a larger majority than ever. " j While this logic is equivalent to saying that the tobacco farmers of the Fifth district don't giv e a d n whether Frank stood with them or not, they are FER him—it must also presuppose that there are enough persons t© whom Frank lias promised postmastershlps, to put him over safely, regardless, as It Is conceded that the con pressman Is shrewd timgb to appoint nobody until after the primary. Established 1872. Wednesday, May 30, 1934. DEMOCRATS MEET MONDAY, JUNE 11 COUNTY CONVENTION CALL ED BY CHAIRMAN S. P. CHRISTIAN—PRECINCT PRI- ! MARIES TO BE HELD ON j PRECEDING SATURDAY TO ELECT DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION, NAME! A COUNTY CH AIRM AN, AND j TKAINJS.ALI Ul'HtK MAT-! TERS. ' S. P. Christian, chairman of the Stokes county Democratic executive committee, issues his call this week for a Democratic convention at the court house in Danbury on Monday, June 11. The call also directs attention to the precinct primaries which, according to the State Democra tic plan of organization, must be held on the preceding Satur day, to-wit, June 9, 1934, at one o'clock P. M. At these precinct primaries five Democrats must be elected who will constitute the precinct com mittee. One of the five shall bo chairman of the precinct com mittee, and this chairman be comes automatically a member of the county executive commit tee. It will be his duty to at tend the county convention and help elect a county chairman o 1 the executive committee. One of the five prec'nct commit :rj shall also be named as secretary of the precinct committee. Chairman Christian urges in his call that a full attendance of Democrats is desired both at the precinct primaries, and at the county convention. The conven tion will name delegates to the State Democratic convention on June 21, and will also elect n permanent county chairman of the executive committee. Birthday Fete Given H. A. Fulp Flatshoal, May 28. The farmers around here are very busy setting out tobacco these days. Seems like a bum per crop will be raised this yea? - . There was a gala time at M.\ and Mrs. H. A. Fulp's Sunday. Their friends gave Mr. Fulp ;■ birthday dinner of all sorts o good things to eat, and every body seemed to enjoy themselves. The out-of-the-county visitors were Mr. and Mrs. Limmic Corns and family of High Point: Mr. and Mrs. Ramon Fulp of Martins ville, \*a.; Mr. and Mrs. Boles of Basr-Mt, Va.; Mr. and Mrs. John Southern of Winston-Salem: M". and Mrs. Ross Southern and fam ily of Walkertown, and lots oth ers from all parts of the county. There were at least 200 in all and some children. All had a fine time. Mrs. H. A. Fulp is very sick. She has been very bad, but seems to be a little better today. Hope she will soon be 0. K. again, i Ther e W >N be preaching at Flat Shoal church Saturday and Sun day. Everybody come. A FRIEND. Supt. of Schools J. C. Carson, of Germanton, was in Danbury Tuesday. BALLOT BATTLE NEXT SATURDAY EVERYTHING NOW READY FOR PRIMARY—STRONG IX i TEREST SHOWN IN SEVER | AL OF THE CONTESTS—RE PUBLICANS HAVE ONLY ' ONE CONTEST IN PRIMARY, | TO-WIT, THE LEGISLA TURE. j Th e tickets have been printed and delivered to the election of ficials. and everything is set for the primary next Saturday. The primary is overwhelmingly a Democratic primary, as 21 Dem ocrats are on the Democratic ticket, while the Republican bal lot shows only two, to-wit, New and Joyce, respectively, for the legislature. Interest is at a white heat on some of the contests, notably, that of members of the board of education, and for congress. 1 Below is reproduced the tickets , which each party will use in Saturday's primary: !: 'KING NEWS ! King. May 25.-On June l(Uh the Baker reunion will be held at the home of C. O. Baker one mile I 'north, of Dalton. Everybody is cordially invited to t.itoi.d bring well filled baskets. Din ' I '•* picnic s'.yle. r ' '"fcng, May 30.—Mr. and Mis. John Smith and Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Newsum went on a sight soe i . ing trip to Stuart and Hillsvillo. Va. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Kiser, of Winston-Salem, visited relatives here Sunday. Kennis Pulliam has returned i to Knoxville, Tenn., after spend . ing a few days with relatives here. Dr. O. R. Kiger, of Winston- Salem, formerly of King, was a I visitor here Sunday. Miss DorQthy Newsum has re turned to her home here after spending several davs at Rural ) Hall, where she was the guest of Mrs. Wilburn Shouse. Miss Lucy Lcary is s'ie;idir.c some time with relatives and friends at Portsmouth, Va. Little Misss Virginia New, w'.o underwent a tonsil operation the City Hospital at Wins'.on Salem a few days since, is getting along nice! v. Prof, ar.d Mrs. King Brown, of Burgaw, are spending a few days P with Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Brown on Main street. i W. C. Newsum, of Mount Airy was here Saturday. Mr. New sum was reared near here. ! Worth Kirby has accented 1 , position vith the •!. J. Reynold" Tobacco Co. at Winston-Salon. He entered on liir new duties Monday. J The King Tigers defeated Pilot Mountain in a game played at Pilot Mountain Saturday to the t tune of 4 and 3. C 1 Mrs. Gilbert Love and children !of Winston-Salem, have returns 1 l ! to their home after spending sov ! oral days with relatives here. , ■ Mr. and Mrs. George Yelverton, f of Greensboro, were week-end visitors here. » County Attorney R. J. Scott Explains Tax Bill Referred to By Capt J. E. Thore. Editor Danbury Reporter, Danbury, N. C. I Dear Sir: There is an article in this issue of the Danbury Reporter in wine!-, an accusation is made against S. Gilmer Sparger for introducing, a bill in the General Assembly • 1933. to increase the cost of fore closing delinquent tax payers nr.-' in order to keep the records straight, I desire to explain the bill to which reference is made. In the foreclosure of real es tate for taxes, it is necessary «. follow the statute strictly in or-1 der to convey a good title and to • statute provides that an act' shall be instituted in the St'.'.-, ior Court of the county m whic'i the land lies and that the pariic in whose name the land is list 1 and their wives shall be mad parties defendant and served wit'i civil summons by an officer as in all civil action?. It provides that notice of the action shall be pub lished in a local newspaper for four weeks. The actual cost o! the tax foreclosure proceedin amounts to about $7.65 and thi does not include any Attorney'* fee. The law passed by the 193" General Assembly as follows: "That the total cost TO THE TAXPAYER, including Attorn ey's fees, shall not exceed Ijio.O"' Neither the cost of taxes nor the Attorney's fee v:~ changed by the 1933 General A sembly, but the act was so writ -1 ten that the difference between the cost of the foreclosure and the 56.00 limit set under the law must be paid out of ill GENERAL COUNTY FUND, or by the tax payers at large. About -10 or 50 counties in the State were taken out from undei this bill by their Senators nn Representatives, and Mr. Spar;* : introduced a bill that would have . I taken Stokes county from undo the operation of this bill and i> was done in order that the do linquent taxpayer would be tax ' ed with the foreclosure cost ant. none of it appropriated by the General County Fan-'-. This bII wa» defeated in the house by Mr. Phillips. The County Commissioners o:' Stokes County in regular so3si.\-i posponed all tax foreclosures bo cause. under the present law, i! 1 would have been necessary t have appropriated funds from the General County Funds- to pay tlv difference in the actual cost •">' foreclosing and the amount ' $6.00 set by the General Asseii bly. In other words it v: n\'' ' necessitate the nil ;iag of I' o tav ! rate of those who ray thiir t"\ promptly in order to pay th c cop: 1 of foreclosing the real estate of 1 those who fail to pay their taxes. Yours very truly, R. J SCOTT. County Attorney. \\ -1 Dry weather this spring in Piedmont Carolina has been bene ficial to the extent that it has i permitted the harvesting of a high qualiy crop Qf hay. Number 3,020 CAPT. THORE NAILS PROPAGANDA CHARGES BY HIS OPPONENT THAT HE HAS FAILED TO PAY CERTAIN TAXES, DE NOCNCEI) AS FALSE AND MISLEADING HOLDS RE CEIPTS FOR ALL TAXES PRESENTED. To My Stokes County friends: I am informed at this late day —two days before the primary that an atiidavit has been issued from the Stokes tax authorities at the instance of my opponent that I have not paid certain tax assessments against m e in Stokes county. ! I wish to denounce this propo ganda as entirely false and mis leading. and intended at this late hour to damage me before the honest tax-paying citizens of the county. I hold tax receipts for every dollar assessed against me for taxes in Stokes county up to the year 1934, and for every dollar of taxes that has been presented to me. I am surprised that my op ponent should adopt such under hand methods to damage me in my candidacy for the legislature in Stokes county. I have fought a clean fight, asking no quarter from any source. I wish to say that I pay mora taxes in one year in Stokes county than my opponent has ever paid in the county. I have not taken advantage of the facts which I might have used against my opponent, one only of which I might mention, to-wit: That he introduced a bill in the Senate and passed it in th e Senate, which but for the fact that Representative Phillips killed it in the House, would have increased the cost of tax fore closures in the county from $2.50 to 512.50. and he is the COUNTY ATTORNEY. This would-be citizen of Stokes county in spreading his propo ganda against me, will not dare to face the voters of Stokes county on his own record. This false propoganda must, in the intelligent scrutiny of Stokes citizens, fall as flat as his attempt to spread that I was nit a citizen of Stokes county, which was dissipated by tlie legal opin i i«>n of the Attorney General of ! the State, beside;• a number of , the most prominent lawyers in the State, incorporated in the following opinion: May 12. 1934. 1 Oapt. J. E. Thore, llo'r] Flk'fl, Elkin. V. C. ' Dear Cant. Thore: In connection with your quali fications to vote and hold public : office in Stokes county. North f Carolina, we wish to advise you . as follows: It is our information that you were born and reared in Stoke» county and resided there until the year 1916. At that time you en -1 tered the service of the United States Army and remained there until 1919, at which time you re x - j (Continued on 3rd Page.) I
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