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Page 2 THE DANBURY REPORTER. N. E. PEPPER, Editor and Publisher issued Wednesdays at Danbury, N. C., and entered at the Danbury postotfacp as second cluss matter, under act of Congress. Danbury, N. C., Thursday, January 14, 1937 San ford Ring -The Last Round-Up We hear again the boom of the massed can non on Cemetery Ridge ; the rattle of the blazing musketry at ChanccHorsville, where Jackson died; we listen once mere to the strains of "Dixie" played by the Southern bands in the Wilderness; and the rebel yells of defiance as Richmond and Fredericksburg were defended to the last ditch yielding only to vastly over whelming resources of men and money. As the ragged legions tramped back across the hills to Appomattox, there arose an element al cry from the unconquered spirit which burn ed in the breast of the slowly retreating army and which still burns in the hearts of the des cendants of those who died for the lost cause. Soon after Capt. Rufus K. Pepper led the first company of volunteers from Stokes county in 1861, he was promoted to the lieutenant colonelcy of the 21st N. C. Regiment. W. W. Kirkland was colonel. At the second battle of Manassas in June, 1862, Col. Kirkland was borne off the field covered with wounds Pepper therefore succeeded to the colonelcy only to be himself mortally wounded, dying two days later with a minnie ball through his groin, and was buried in the Confederate cemetery at Winchester. And then there was Capt. Spottswood B. Taylor, who organized the Danbury company, fought through the war, was at the great battles of Gettysburg. Cold Harbor and Point Lookout, and returned after the surrender with distinguished honors to himself and his boys. And Capt. Westmoreland and Capt. Fulton, other Stokes officers in the Confederacy, each leading their companies through notable battles of the war, and acquitting themselves with imperishable renown. Many of the boys who went from Stokes never returned, but their ashes sleep on the battlefields of Northern Virginia, awaiting the bugle call that shall awake them in the day of the final reveille. I These incidents are brought vividly to the consciousness of the descendants of the im mortal Stokes dead, by the passing of Sanfordj Ring, the last Confederate soldier of Stokes. He was a faithful follower in that illustrious J campaign, whose deeds truly go sounding downj the ages in the glorious history of one of the. bravest and most loyal armies that ever I shouldered their guns in the service of their I beloved country. Not within the memory of any of our citizens livintr are the exploits of this gallant band of deathless dead, but enshrined in the hearts of their countrymen their deeds will live as long as faith and fidelity and chivalry and bravery are honored and revered. - Peace and glory to their ashes. Old Christmas This is a festival yet observed by many people. Not a few families in Stokes county believe that January 6 is the true anniversary of the birth of the Messiah, and that December S> is an error of the chronologists. There are a good many antedated beliefs, customs and superstitions connected with Old Christmas. At the still, lugubrious hour of midnight the cattle go down on their knees and moan, the bees in the gum that have long lain dormant, become active and hum and buzz while at certain lonely places sheeted ha'nts stalk about, squeaking and gibbering. Jerry Baker and Fk Southern and many other good citizens believe that Old Christmas is the correct timo to look on the white lightning as it soarkles and beads in the fruit can, and that the at this noeuliar time emits a much greater kick than in December. TILE DAN BUR V REPORTER Eradicate A Dangerous Doctrine Do you know what the war in Spain is all about—one of the bitterest, ciuelest wars in listory? i Nobody else does. If there is any practical difference between Fascism and Communism, it is so little that the, people of this free peaceful country can't under stand it. Each is a system of government by force, fraud and fear, pillage, oppression and murder. The destruction of religion and all other nobler impulses of the people is its cardinal principle. ! The philosophies of Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini' and the Turk dictator (forget his name), are the same as those of Genghis Khan, Alexander, Caesar and Napoleon—the four greatest butchers of history. We need none of this stuff in America. The teaching of communism in certain colleges of the United States ought to be strangled, being against the safety of our free institutions. If the government can't put a stop to it, there a>*e Anglo-Saxon instincts left over from 1865-1868 in the Southern States to stop it. A terrible weapon was once used in a terrible time. Th-> KKK can oust the Third Internationale root ard branch from its hatchery here, and would take a delight in doing it. Eradicate this froth flicked from the mad dogs of Europe. Modernize The Constitution There is said to be a growing sentiment in congress which will no doubt be "alarming" to many people: It is a sentiment to "modernize" the con stitution. In other words to amend it so that the supreme court cannot dehorn a great con structive measure like AAA, which everybody knows was the grpatest salvation to agriculture in the history of the nation. It is the province and the mission of the nine old men in their new 5-million dollar home, to interpret laws. Not to enact them. What is good for the farmer is good for the whole people, who thrive or languish on their prosperity or poverty. We have never been one of those who be lieve that our revered forefathers were possessed of more brains and patriotism than our congress of todav. They never intended to frame an instrument that with the ceaseless lapse of time must needs grow obsolete in many of its applications. The principles of our great constitution will stand. Its details must, forsooth, sometime be revised, if civilization does not atrophy. To whom shall this delicate operation be entrusted if not to the statesmen of today, and whose task must then be ratified by us—the people? Dispense With The Digitalis When a patient who has been living on medicine, begins to convalesce, the stimulants should be gradually withdrawn. Too much "financing" by the government sooner or later will injure the government's ability to finance. Senator Connally of Texas will this week in troduce a bill to appropriate a billion dollars with which to buy land, reselling it to tenant farmers on 60-year loans at 2 per cent. Some tenant farmers would also welcome stock and tools, plenteous rations and an auto mobile, and would not object to the land being well ploughed. Too much financing also tends to thrpttle incentive, without which on the part of farmers and everybody else, the sinews of our great country will become flabby and flaccid. March, 1933, and a year or two afterwards the crisis necessitated strong physics and big doses. Now that the emergency is rapidly pass | ; ng, an era of "brass tacks" will be more health- I ful to the nation. Checking Up On School Buses Since several serious accidents have occur red in the student transportation system of the public schools, the attention of the public is being- focused on the condition of the buses used in carrying the children to school. The terrible tragedy at Fayetteville recently served to alarm many patrons of the schools. In Forsyth county yesterday orders were given to suspend the schools temporarily until a grand jury investigation disclosed the real con dition of the buses, two-thirds of which were declared unsafe and dangerous. Nothing is more vital to the interests of the people than the safety of their children. Every school bus in the State should be subjected to a rigid examination by experts, while safe drivers should be demanded and certified to by the State highway patrol examiners. The Terrible Air Hazard Is the airliner yet far from mechanically correct, or have the pilots just failed to learn hew to fly? During the last month no less than four air tragedies have occurred, with large loss of life, and nobody seeming to know why. But the conquest of the ether must and will gc on. The pioneers are willing to sacrifice, just as they have always done in every field of endeavor or exploitation. And the music goes round and round. Ehringhaus' Head Level A dispatch from Raleigh says that Governor and Mrs. Ehringhaus observed their 25 f h wed ding anniversary with the governor at his of fice winding up his last official duties, and Mrs. Ehringhaus at the executive mansion supervising the moving of the furniture. We always thought Ehringhaus knew his fu- A A , m^ n who is wil y enough to have some thing to do at the office" while his wife gets the beds unjointed and the stovepipe taken •Iwu 1S sm s rt But we certainly sympathize with the madam. LmlsS-£D! Stuart Theatre I HPI iSaSiAH# atmrt > v * Bff /II a W- M ft * ■« *; WED - * thubs, ten. u-u "VALIANT IS THE WORD f}^?*'t> y ' FOR CAKBIE " Gladys George, Arline Judge FBL & SAT " ,an - 15 * 16 "BUSTLERS PARADISE" Harry Carey and Gertrude jSp' SUN ' MON & TUEBm "GIRLS DORMITORY" NOTICE Herbert Marshall, Simone Simon and Ruth Chattertoo Having qualified as adminis- L——— trator of C. A. Westmorland, deceased, notice is hereby given to all persons having claims / / / Checks against said estate to present /» /* £y Cf\J no same to me duly authenticated 11 II II for payment on or before Jan- Vr " " and uary 5, 1938, or this notice will FEVER be pleaded in bar of their liquid * Tablets pjpgj j^- recovery. And all persons indebt- Salve - Nose ed to said estate will please make Drops Headache, SO minute*, immediate payment to me. Try "Rub-My-Tisni"-World'B Bent This Jan. 2, 1937. Liniment C. L. WESTMORELAND, NOTICE Adm., Tobaccoville, N. C., Rt. 2 I 7 ®*P The undersigned having quali- CIVIL WAR STAMPS AND 38 administrator of the es tate of R. E. L. Francis. ENVELOPES WANTED deceased, this is to notify 111 persons owing said estate to Collector of stamps will pay high make immediate settlement and cash prices for old CON- all persons holding M.im. FEDERATE stamps and en- against said estate to preaent velopes as used in 1861 to 1865. them to the undersigned withia U. S. A. stamps and collections twelve months from this date or ilso wanted. Send what you find this notice wiU be pleaded \a for a cash offer. bar of recovery. (Large Lots by Express) This December 7, 1836. STAMP COLLECTOR MRS. R. E. L. FRANCIS, 224 S, MAIN Street Admrx. of R. E. L. Franci*. . Winston-Salem, N. C. Francisco, N. C. THURSDAY, JAN. 14, 1*37
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