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THE DANBURY REPORTER. Established 1872 I. M. GORDON SAYS VOTE FOR CONTROL Pilot Mt. Banker, Farm er and Progressive Cit izen Thinks Farmers Should Cast Their Bal lots In Their Own In terest Next Saturday, * Which Means To Re tain Control of Produc tion. i Editor Reporter: In my humble opinion the elec tion to be held Dec. 10th on the tobacco control question is. and will prove to be, the most im portant election for our people that has been or will be held in North Carolina in a long time. The result may, and I believe will, determine whether we, as tobacco growers, are to operate on a de i pendable plan that will give us fi nancial assurance and enable ur. to make our plans accordingly, or else set Us adrift on an un known sea without either chart or * compass —everyone struggling for existance —and the Devil for the hindmost. On the morning of the 10th we | stand at the parting of the ways, and the iesult ß of the election will! determine which road we travel. We lived long years under the old way—no system. No knowledge where we were headed —and the results pauperized nearly every body. A few were able to keep afloat for people did not spend much then. Like the Children of Israel „ when they were slaves and served long years under the cruel lash trailing yoke of Egyptian K JSCrs. the cry of the tobac co growers went up to Heaven, * for some sort of system under which they could keep "soul and body together". In our despera ation and "catching at straws ' different plans were tried out, and all failed, for the simple reason that there was no provision that could be enforced to CONTROL PRODUCTION. We came to realize that unless ft law applying to all growers, and enforced under Federal Statutes, could be had it was useless to ex pect any relief. A few members of Congress heard our appeal and became interested, and due to their untiring efforts with the other members of congress we have a splendid law, and it has brought us up out of "Egypt, so to Bpeak, and placed our feet upon solid land. Shall we now fail to show apDreciation, and for some little dislike for the way some one in charge has handled it, junk the law? If we do it ;s pretty sure that Congress will "have no more to do with it; for the tobacco territory is compara tively small and only about 20 members of that body of more thafi 500 were concerned enough to take active "interest When the bill was passed. Then, too, if we throw open production one year only, and • then repent and undertake to ■vote control again, all in other States that grow tobacco wiil come in and vote With us, a 9 to y,,bacco growers. The six states Involved in th"is election are: Vir ginia, North Carolina, South Car olina, Georgia, Alabama and ■Florida. At this time 66 per *teent. of all the acres and 71 per cent, of £.ll the pounds allotted to the six states comes to North Carolina.- Only the remaining 34 per cent, and 29 per cent, respec tively, goes to the other five states. If we vote off control it Ig predicted that at the end of an other year the five will have the, 71 per cent, and we the 29. Due to the low price of cotton which is on'v about 8 cents per pound, or 1-3 received for tobacco, the cotton growers want to turn to tobacco, and they are "all set and ready to go" the day it Is an ' jounced control is voted down. *his will likely destroy them and • 1u too, as we all go down togeth er. It is estimated by those high er up, that the tobacco crop will kf Volume 66 Danbury, N. C., Thursday, December, 8,1938. then amount to 50 per cent, move) than can be consumed the first I year control is lost and produc tion is wide open. We need to kee P * n m > n d some certain facts in arriving at our decision on this matter; one of i which ig that in North Carolina, particularly this part of North Carolina, tobacco is our "money crop", and as we are lined up at this time, without tobacco, or even with tobacco at starvation prices, we could find it difficult indeed to pay our taxes, to say nothing of other obligations. 11 ask, to what other crop can we turn for money? Such blunder l would very probably result In j many abandoned houses with; weed a growing in the yards. One will remind that it was not that j serious when we operated or, drug along under the old system. That may be so. But at that time the other states named were i not interested in turning to to- 1 bacco as they now are. The tobac co and cotton were both about the same in prices. But now when cotton growers are in distress, i and they look over into the tobac- j co territory and see tobacco grower a receiving an average of 25 cents, and the roads so full of shiny automobiles that there is not enough room in the towns to park them, they are ready (o swing to tobacco. If they do not know how to grow and handle to-; bacco, it will be an easy matter | to employ a few trained men to supervise for them. lam to 1 d 1 that inquiries have already come | from Alabama for men to assist; them. The states named have! unlisted. lands, suited for the! growth of the types of tobacco now in demand. i ml. I As we stand at this time, l| think it safe to say that North! Carolina is the most prosperous j and favored agricultural section in the U. S. We are vastly ahead of the cotton and grain and live stock growers. Shall we kill the goose that i a laying the "golden eggs" for us? It may be well to let well enough alone. If we tamper with our position, and place our financial structure in doubt, we will all suffer. How will bankers, merchants, dealers in livestock, fertilizers, automo biles, and in all other line 3, know how to estimate the safety of such deals and the matter of mak ing proper collections? And on the other side —how will the man desiring credit and pledging his property and his good name know how to calculate on paying and saving his land, hi s personal property and hi a good name. Another thing to remember— tobacco production will be con trolled either by our control pro gram, or by the buyers of tobac co, that is the manufacturers and the exporters. "Which shall it be? Shall we control the acres and pounds, or shall the buyers? They don't want the job, and it is un fair to them to call them ugly names when they are unable to permit Ug to dump unlimited quanitities on them at high price 3 and force them to pay interest, in surances, storage and other ex penses on tobacco that they can not use for a long time. We can not change the immutable law of supply and demand, and we will pay for our folly if we try to. If the four big companies were to pledge to pay 25 cents average for tobacco for the next five years, at the end of that time, after sell ing all they could, they would have on hand stock enough to last them 10 years, and we would be bogged down properly. We have this better control plan in our hands and can carry it along indefinitely unless we foolishly act as did Esau who sold his birthright to his brother Jacob for a mess of pottage. Only a limited amount of tobac co is and can be consumed. The manufacturers advertise over ra dios, in magazines, and in every other way possible. They try to put a chew, a pipe, a cigar or a cigarette In every mouth, and this GOOD TIMES ]] AT SANDY RIDGE | EVEN HIE CHICKENS AND THE COWS ARE ENJOYING LIFE—PLENTY OF HOG AND HOMINY AN(D CHRISTMAS I AROUND THE CORNER. I Will R. Stovall, newly elected constable in the Sandy Ridge com munity, was in town Monday to •g'ive his bond and be sworn in as' an officer of Stokes county. Mr. Stovall feels very thankful to his many friends for giving; him such a nice vote. He says \ he will not be stuck up at all, and will serve the people to the best of his ability. He promises to speak to common people when he j meets them in the road, and wiil be good. Mr. Stovall say s times are good: at Sandy Ridge. There is more i meat to be killed by the farmers than ever before, and most of the j people have raised plenty of hog and hominy and feed for their I stock. There i 3 a general feeling, of good times. Farmer s have sold their tobacco for good prices, i and while some few of them are I dissatisfied over their marketing' allotments, Mr. Stovall believes that "control" will carry again, j a 8 he says it will not do to say to the government: "We don't want you to help us," and go back to the old ways again when every body raised all he could plant and) nobody got anything much for, his tobacco. 1 - | Mr. Stovall says that the, chickens and the cow a feel the | good times, and he has an old, rooster that can't wait for day to! come, but crows all night, while I the old cow switches her ta.il. | chews her cud contentedly and is anxious for the flies to come back i so she can fight. Rev. J. A. Joyce While extending the cordial I hand of fellowship to H. H. Brown of King, new county commission- J ' er, the absence of Rev. J. A. Joyce j I from the board is noted with re-| ! gret. Mi. Joyc? is a fro.tlcinan of splendid integrity, and his sci i jvice to the county's interests is ! appreciated by the cKizer.ship. 11. declined to be a candidate for re election in the late primary. Hu; I nuccessor, Henry Brov.n,, is well : known for his fine qualities of pa (triotism, judgment and sincere I purpose in the management of j the county's business. j 1 is all they can do to consume. I The beauty of our plan i s that | the men at its head know how many pounds are helfj in stock, and how many pounds to grow i to supply the demand, and they set the quotas accordingly. The I tobacco is fed to the manufactur i ers just like a self-feeding ma | chine feeds itself automatically. It is a worthy and workable plan. To be sure, the plan is not per fect, but will be improved as we carry it along. The first automo j biles put on the market were for I from perfection. But by correct j ing weak points, they are now a | wonderful piece of machinery. Things happen in our churches I and schools that irk us, but shall ; we destroy them and 'apse back into heathenism —not at all. I Let us rise up on the I.oth and , all vote to maintain our enviable . position, and safeguard our prop- I erty and our families an j oik high standards of living. We need a rousinsr vote to off-set the votes against it from other states. ! We must carry by 66 2-3 majori ty to win. Yours for csntrol by growers Dec. 5, 1938. I. M. CORDON. , Pilot Mountain, North Carolina. NEXT SATURDAY'S ] TOBACCO ELECTION COUNTY AGENT BROWN EX- 1 PLAINS RULES FOR VOTING —TEN POLLING PLACES— WHO IS ENTITLED TO VOTE Rules for determining eligibili ty of fanner s to vote in the tobac co crop control referendum next Saturday, December 10, have been outlined by County Farm Agent, J. F. Brown as follows: 1. Farmers who were engaged in the production of flu-cured to bacco in 1938 as owner-operator, cash tennnt, standing-rent or fix ed-rent tennant, or landlord of a 1 share tenant or as share tenant !or sharecropper, are eligible t.-> 1 j vote in the refefendum. 2. No flue-cured tobacco farm er (whether an individual, part-' nership, corporation, firm, associ- 1 | ation, or other legal entity) shall ; be entitled to more than one vote 'in the referendum, even though i he may have been engaged in 1938 in the production of flu-cured to bacco in two or more communi : ties, counties or states. 3. There'll be no voting by mail, 1 proxy, or agent, but a duly autho rized officer of a corporation, firm, j association or other legal entity or a duly authorized member of a partnership may cast its vote. 4. In case several persons, such as husband, wife and children, participated in the production of flue-cured tobacco in 1938 under the same rental or cropping agreement or lease, only the per- I son or persons who signed or entered into the rental or crop | pine agreement of lease shall be | eligible to vote. 5. In the event two or more persons engaged in producing flu cured tobacco in 1938 not as mem bers of a partnership but as ten j ants or as owners of community | property, each such person is en titled to vote. There will be ten polling places in the county, each open at 8 a. Im. and close at 5 p. m, Mr. Brown j said He said the three commit | teemen of each township would j serve as election officials at the polling places. The townships and polling places were announc ed as follows Big creek township, Sam Moir'. ; stor«. Franc'sco: Beaver Inland township. Dillard school; Danbury township, Court bonne, Danbury: Meadows township, Palmyra i school; Peter's Creek township.; lawfonville school; Ouakcr Gap ' township, Reynolds school; Saura town township, Fulton-Davis store, Walnut Cove: Snow Creek town ship. Sandy Ridge school; Upper j Yadkin township, Pinnacle school | j (Farmers living on the upper side of Little Yadkin River will vote at Pinnacle.); Lower Yadkin [township; Kins; school. (All oth €,r farmers in Yadkin township wiil 1 vote at King ) It is important that farmers in Yadkin township take note that 1 the Little Yadkin River is the i dividing line between the two vot | ing districts in the township. All j tobaeo in '3B are urged to go to the j polls on the question of tobacco Stokes county farmers who grew 1 marketing quotas for 1939. Both For Control A. H. Kallam of Lawsonville and G. W. Stevens of Francisco — prominent farmers of their re spective sections —dropped in the Reporter office today, renewing their subscriptions to the Report er. Both of these gentlemen were strong for tobacco control. Easley Jovce. who has been spending several Hoys here, will leave Sunday to re *u m e his duties with th naval academy at Annapolis, Maryland. KING HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING WORK ON NEW ADDITION IS j GOING ALONG RAPIDLY— ' MARRIAGES—B I R T II S—j OTHER NEWS. ! King, Dec. 7. —Work on the new! addition to the high school build ing i s going along at a rapid rate Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Vaughn and Mrs. J. H. Knight have re turned from Greensboro where they visited relatives and friends. Ode Cromer and Miss Marha jane Barr were united in the holy bonds of Matrimony Sunday. Mrs. Everette Stone was host at a miscellaneous shower given Mrs. Dwight Tuttle, a recent . bride, at the Women's Club house Saturday night. Mrs Tuttle was 1 , before her marriage Miss Thelma | Newsum, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. cladie Newsum, of King. She was the recipient of many j nice presents. Some nice porkers are being' slaughtered in and around King. I Johnny, the small son of Mr and Mrs. Rober Hooker, who has been very sicli from an attack of pneumonia, is recovering nicely. Ralph Jennings of Greensboro! here Saturday looking after j some business matters. Edwin Alridge and son, Julius, 1 have returned from a trip to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where J they visited Edwin's brother Wal- ! ter, who was reared here. Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Hauser of 1 Tobaccoville announce the mar-j riage of their daughter, Lillie Mae, to Mr. Nelson Goodwin, Novem-1 ber 19th, at Danville, Va., with the Rev. Carter officiating. Mr. ! Goodwin is the son of the late Thomas and Delia Hendrix Good win. The young couple will make their home in King where Mr- Goodwin holds a position. The following births were re-' corded here lest week: To Mr. and Mrs. Austin Wrll, a daughter; to Mr. and Mr 3. Grover Davis, a daughter; to Mr. and Mrs. Alford Smith, a son: to Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Hill, a daughter, and Mr and Mrs. Renegar Robertson, a daughter. j Walter Morefield, planter of the Bethel section, was here Saturday on business s M'sses Emma Spainhour ;> n 1 Rena Rennet t have returned from a visit to friends in High Point. | Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Ed wards eii i son. Billy, have return ed home to Winston-Salem after visiting Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Ed wards and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sprinkle. :j Death of Mrs. J. J. Stephens 11 j Mrs. J. J. Stephens, 62, died , last week at the home of her daughter, Mr 3. Will Boles at Pine ] Hall. She had been ill for some I time. Surviving are six daughters, r Mrs. Dewey Reid, Mrs. Noah Reid and Mrs. Will Boles, of Pine Hall; Mrs. John Stultz, of Walnut Cove; Mrs. Charlie Tuttle, of German ton; and Mrs. Clarence Neal, of Belcws Creek; and four sons, Tom and Arthur Stephens, of Pine Hall; Frank Stephens, of Walnut Cove; and Jonah Stephens, of I Madison. I The funeral was held pi Clea' Springs Baptist Church Tuesd?" afternoon at 2 o'clock Elders T Watt Tuttle, J. \. Fnrg and W J. Brown, conducted the services. Burial was in the church grave yard. ! • i Number 3,349 FLASH STOKES FARMERS WILL VOTE FOR TOBACCO CONTROL BIG REACTION LAST TWO WEEKS—WORK AMI WIN. The Reporter learns on good authority that every section ot the county is reacting for Tobac co Control. The election next Saturday will result in a large majority for Control. j Two weeks ago it was doubtful. Today there is no doubt. It takes two-thirds majority be fore the government will tako hold. Get out and work, sunrise to sunset. OFFICERS SWORN I IN MONDAY | SHERIFF, CLERK, CORONER AND CONSTABLES GIVE BONDS—COUNTY CITIZENS PRESENT—HOWARD GIBSON CHAIRMAN OF COUNT If j COMMISSIONERS. | Monday at the regular meeting of the county commissioners, offi cers chosen at the late Nov S election, both new and old, were sworn in for their respective terms. i John Taylor and Dr. W E. Braswell, electee 4-year terms as Sheriff and Coroner respectively, of Stokes county, were sworn in an! gave bonds. The Sheriff's w-as $57,000 CO. Watt Tuttle, elected on a 4- jcur term, was sworn in and gave his boiirj in the sum of s3ft.ofiO. H. H Brown as commissioner in place of ,1. A Joyce, was . sworn in for 2 '•••;>rs. In the re orrfai"!?*' o .*. tNo nr*v bonrd, I Howard Cilv-'on was elected chair i man. Mr .Tovce was not wesent. W. fT. Tl'imnton, if Meadows tov. - ; -Piifns M"1 •• of IVter'a C'TP'; townsMn and \Y R. F'uvall , of Pno'v Creek township F.«'oi - n in n p . f>"itnl)les, r . , r bonds of 5500.00 each. I Quite a crowd of citizens fror-i every section of tlv countv wit ! nessed the insinuation of the of i ficers. , 1 Clerk of the Court ,T. Watl Tut -1 tie administered the bond s of each of the incoming officers. Himself ' was sworn in bv a magistrate rl ; James Mahe Gets s Five Years For While Slavery I James Mabc was convicted in Federal court at Greensboro this week and sentenced to serve five years in Atlanta prison for en . ticing Xell Mahe, his 15-year-old sister-in-law across State bound arirs for immoi..l purposes, i The girl, who was the daugh , ter of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Mabe, j admitted she accompanied hi m | willingly Consequently James i wan not prosceu'ed for kidnaping, b'jt was tried under the Maun white slavery act. Will Geortre, Sam Jessup and . Elmer Shelton —all three denuty i sheriffs of Rii» Creek township—• ' visited Danbury Monday.
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