OUR POINT OF VIEW
Danbury Reporter
Published Thursdays at Danbury, N. C., county seat
of Stokes county, having been entered as socond
class matter at the Postoffice at Danbury, N. C.>
under act of Congress.
ESTABLISHED 1572
X. K. PEPPERt Publisher
Thursday, Feb. 23, 1939
FHA UNDER FIRE
The federal housing- administration
in North Carolina is under fire being
charged with not giving the home-seek
ers of this State a fair deal.
As compared with other States it is
claimed that applicants for loans in this
State of North Carolina have been ser
iously discriminated against.
From reports that have reached this
newspaper it has been extremely diffi
cult if not impossible for many people
of Stokes county to get financial help
from this agency. On account of the
multiplicity of red tape, discourtesy and
inattention from the chiefs of the loan
ing concern, of impossible conditions im
posed, etc., often would-be borrowers
have given up their efforts with dis
couragement and disgust, even when
they were able to give the security re
quired.
It was the purpose of President
Roosevelt that the federal housing cor
poration should function in all com
munities where people needed new or
repaired homes.
Instead it appears that hard-boiled
bankers without sympathy or under
standing are in charge of the funds and
arbitrarly fix locations where the cash
made available by the government, may
be placed.
Congressmen and Senators from
North Carolina will confer a favor on
the people by investigating the work
ings of the FHA in North Carolina, and
see that a broader spirit and a better
understanding is reached in this gov
ernmental function.
BEFORE AND AFTER SAVING
A prominent North Carolina banker
recently said at a meeting of high-brows
and high financiers, that this govern
ment spending must stop, or else the
country will be bankrupted.
And this same "fee-nancier," when the
President started the spending, in the
spring of 1933, was down on his uppers
praying: "Spend and save us."
And his bank, like hundreds of
other banks, being on the rocks, was
saved by the spending.
But it's different now when the credit
of the government—saves.
MEADOWS PUTS ON AIRS
Well it may, for this lively communi
ty is fast becoming a town. The new
highway camp is rapidly going up, and
its many pretty buildings present an at
tractive scene from the highway just a
short distance away. Then there is a
new store going up, and one or more
pretty residences close around.
Meadows is naturally a beautiful lo
cation.
THE DANBURY REPORTER
EDITORIALS
THE BERTIE TRAGEDY
As we listened today on the radio to
eye-witness reports of the distressing
affair near Windsor, Bertie county,
Tuesday night, we felt grateful indeed
for the bulwarking mountains which so
often break the force of hurricanes in
these parts.
The Bertie scene was one of flat
lands where a sinister black cloud swept
down, levelling homes, and bringing im
mense destruction and death.
It was a pleasure—but not unmixed
with tears—to hear how the country
from far and wide rushed to the help of
the stricken, the doctors, the nurses,
the Red Cross, the Sheriff and his depu
ties, the State highway patrol force,
and everybody whose heart was thrilled
by the suffering.
One of the most interesting things
about it was the statement of Capt. Far
mer of the State patrol force, who told
how fifteen of his gray-uniformed band
were there in 45 minutes from all sec
tions of eastern Carolina—manly, sym
pathetic, daring and eager to give re
lief. And Capt. Farmer said he could
send 15 patrolmen to any disaster
stricken community of the State in
three-quarters of an hour.
And this gives a feeling of pride and
assurance to the people of our loved
State.
DEATH OF A GOOD COW—GOOD
IDEA ABOUT TOBACCO
S. L. Golding, of Flatshoal, one of the
county's best tobacco growers, was here
Wednesday telling us about the death
of Dewey Calhoun's cow. He said when
they buried her the cold winds almost
swept the grave-diggers away. It was
a good cow, Mr. Golding said. She had
given birth to a calf and must of died
with calf-bed fever.
Mr. Golding advanced a good idea to
ward the bad tobacco outlook. He didn't
look for good prices next fall. He said
the farmers of Stokes should give their
best efforts to raising wrappers, as we
can't compete with eastern farmers on
smokers, and they can't produce wrap
pers like we can.
We believe Mr. Golding is right about
this, and if all farmers would raise
wrappers instead of sorry lugs, etc., we
would be in the boat
Dr. Cranford, a cow doctor who came
up from Winston-Salem to assist the
cow in her demise, said recently he re
turned from Florida and counted 100
new tobacco barns before he got back
to Winston. He said Florida landlords
were renting at SI.OO per acre to farm
ers who would come and show them how
to grow tobacco.
GET READY FOR WAR
Let America get ready for war and it
won't come. The plights of China,
Czechoslovakia, Absynnia and Spain
are pitiful mementoes of nations unpre
pared to defend themselves.
With the biggest navy in the world,
the finest fleet of battle planes and a
real army, America need not fear but
that her rights will be respected.
You say—"but whaj; about the cost?"
And we say—infinitely cheaper than
war.
RUSTLE IN THE SWARRIES
Like a beauteous maiden that momen
tarily brushes aside the curtain on a
dark stage and smiles to the audience,
kissing- her finger tips, was the charm
ing glimpse of springtime this week.
Lasted for only a day or two.
From over the mountain came the
soft south wind, freighted with the
breath of violets. Frogs sang in the
meadow. The bluebird flashed in the
sunlight Demented people came out in
their shirt sleeves. Girls pulled off chif
fon and pulled on socks.
But today you wauld never believe
that spring is rustling in the Swarries,
and that Senorita Rhododendron pre
pares for an early debut.
MARILOO IN TOWN
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Mary Lou Christian of Pinnacle was
in town today. Her friends call her
Mariloo. She is a very young daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Christian, and
is the Reporter's special correspondent
in the fine community of Pinnacle.
There is no more brilliant girl in the
county than Mariloo, and her attractive
personality wins for her everywhere,
friends, and news. The Reporter values
Miss Christian's services very much in
deed, and dares the promising young
men of Pinnacle or elsewhere to get
her—but this, we must confess, is a
constant danger.
AT THE PARK
Many favorable comments are heard
about the bath house now nearing com
pletion at the State park near the CCC
camp. Have j'ou seen it? It is worth a
visit up there, just to look at it. It is a
2-story structure maybe 125 feet long,
built entirely of native stone, and every
lick done by those CCC boys. It is beau
tiful in its architecture, resembling a low
lying medieval castle or French chateau.
It is a credit to the State and county, and
to the boys who carved and laid ench
piece. And to Bob Ormand, the archi
tect who designed it, here's hats off to
him.
It is truly a masterpiece.
LIQUOR SHIPMENTS BY MAIL
A bill is now before the legislature to
allow ABC stores in wet counties to ship
bonded liquor into dry counties. In this
way it is claimed a fund of 3 million dol
lars will be achieved to swell State rev
enues, and this money will come out of
the pockets of the bootleggers.
Back in the country the liquor-drink
ers say they would not be interested in
paying 60 or 75 cents for a pint of bond
ed liquor by mail—plus postage—when
they can buy much better booze at home
for $2.50 a gallon and save postage.
POWER
Power is a magnificent thing to have
in reserve. But like the wasp with his
stinger, you lose it when you use it.
Power sometimes becomes top-heavy and
falls of its own weight. Caesar had his
Brutus, Chas. I. his Cromwell, and Hit
ter—
Be careful.
THURSDAY. FEB. 28, 1959.