THE DANBURY REPORTER
Established 1872 Volume 66
. John H. Folger of Mt.
Airy Is Nominated By
District Committee To
Succeed His Brother,
' A. 0. Folger, Fatally
'lnjured In Car Wreck
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BEIDSVILLE, May 6.—John
H. Folger, Sorry county politi
cal leader and former member '
of the legislature, will fill the |
nexpired term in Congress of j
• Ik* brother, A. D. (Lon) Fol- :
ger, fatally kijared in an auto
mobile accident last week in Mt.
a Ahy.
What was tantamount to his j
election took place at a meeting'
of the seven-man executive com- 1
mittee of the fifth congressional
district, sitting privately for IJ,
minutes in a room on the second
floor of a local hotel. This com
mittee rejected all idea of holding
* a primary as had been suggested >
by Gov. J. M. Broughton and the,
delegate from Forsyth and by,
unanimous action selected John
H. Folger as the Democratic nom
inee. He will come before the
people in a general election, con
sidered more of a formality than
anything else by the powers that
engineered this afternoon's ses
m sion, to be called by the Governor
of North Carolina probably with
in the next month. So far it in
not certain whether the Republi
* can party will offer opposition.
Thompson Reports
Chairman E. 5. Thompson, of
Roxboro, telling reporters after
ward what happened at the bob
tailed executive session of his
committee, said that Gilbert
Shermer, the member from For
syth, made a motion to ask the
Governor to call a primary that
the people might have their choice
% »
m matter of a representative in
Congress. But the .committee
didn't take to the Shermer mo
y tisn at all. It died for want of a
second, as everybody in the lobby
of the hotel predicted it would
prior to the time the committee
went into locked quarters.
After the Shermer motion had
failed, W. Bank* Horton, of Cas
well, proposed that the commit
tee itself ihould make the selec-
tion of the nominee which was (
carried by everybody's vote ex- 1
eept Mr. Shenner's.
Immediately, Karl R. Massey, J
9 at Leaksville, made the motion '
that John H. Folger be the choice '
of the committee. This was sec- '
ended by everybody and voted for !
by everybody. Even Mr. She-a- '
er, defeated aa to the primary, 1
joined in tflfc chorus for Mr. Fol- 1
ger. *
informal resolutions of sym- 1
pethy for the lata A. O. (Loo) 1
JRrfger com pitted the work of the j
v " .-»•
committee, which was in session
practically the whole of 10 min
utes.
The Surry county organization
behind Mr. Folger shut off not
only the Governor's wishes to,
hold a primary but the considers- j
tion of any other candidates at
this afternoon's meeting.
M'Donald Dillasioncd
Dr. Ralph W. McDonald, for- '
mer candidate for governor, who
went to Mt. Airy last Sunday j
thinking he was running lika
Jesse Owens, pulled up in Reids
ville this afternoon a disillusion- !
Ed man. But he was going to I
make one last stab. In the hopes
of laying his foundations for run
ning for the regular term at the i
expiration of this unexpired term ,
he had the agreement of most of
those who at one time or another'
thought they were potential can-1
didates to yield to him to make a
statement for the committee. His
plan was to yield gracious'ly to;
Mr. Folger, who he knew was al
ready predestined to be congress
man, and then 'sit back and watch :
fever rise as to his candidacy for
next time. But this wasn't how
it worked. The committee enter
tained no statements from any
body but fonowtd its own bent.
The congressman-to-be, Mr.
Folger, was not even put to the
trouble to come to Reidsville as
some of his might-have-been com
petitors did. AH the insiders in
Surry knew'last Sunday bow the
meeting was to turn out. They
had been doing some visiting and
telephoning which put them in
the wise.
Sorry Delegation
As a matter of courtesy ft. O.
Freeman, chairman of the Surry
board of elections, who headed up
the campaign for Mr. Folg.er,
brought down a delegation from
Surry to see things went as they
were confident they would. In
this delegation were French
Graham, of Elkin, Avery -Neavoa,
of Elkin, J. G. Llewellyn, Harry | J
Llewellyn, troth o r Dobson, I
Marion Allen, H. O. WolU, Wil- i
son Barber, aU of Mt. Airy. ]
Sheriff John Taylor and Solicitor .
Ralph Scott came over from 1
Stokes. Mayor 8. M. Smith was 1
down from Pilot Mountain and
Mayor John D. Thompson from .
Mt Airy. Hampton Price, state
senator from Rockingham, who j
had been mentioned for Congress ]
but who tyul withdrawn, was also
(Continued on p*fc five)
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Danbury, N. C., Thursd ay, May 8, 1941 * * * Published Thursdays
(Editorial)
HITLER'S SOLILOQUY
While listening- to the radio at midnight one
night recently, suddenly the short-wave switch
ed to the capital of Germany and I could hear the j
voice of someone talking—a snappy, vicious,
rasping voice.
There was no mistaking the tones.
It was Hitler.
He was walking in his palace garden at Berlin, j
This is what I heard:
'"A horse, a horse! My kingdom for a horse.'
"Richard would gladly have made the swap ;
but it was too late. Destiny had overtaken him.
"Old Churchill would give half his kingdom for (
I more destroyers and a few thousand bombing j
iplanes. But before he gets "them, I will blast
I down his ramshackle empire and take his ships.
| "Then look, you, across the waters —you who
1 dare to meddle with my affairs.
! "Of all sad words of tongue or pen for your
fool democracies, the saddest are these: 'lt might
j have been.'
| "Ha, ha, ha! While you feted and feasted, Ger- j
many worked. While you slept, I planned While
you reclined, I crouched.
| "The United States war mongers would part,
with their gold in Kentucky for their 2d ocean |
navy, which is beautiful on paper nut which can't
shoot.
"Japan will entertain America in the Pacific.
Then with the English fleet in my possession I
will establish a bridgehead in Brazil.
! "Can you prevent it? Can you prevent my pan
zers from landing? We will lock your Panama j
; Canal with cannon as my legions march.
; "Then you will pay, America.
"The war is moving now. My Gestapo has
thousands of spies, saboteurs and fifth column
ists steadily boring in all American cities, and
with the help of the defeatists, isolationists, and l
appeasers like lindbergh, Wheeler, Nye, Van-'
denburgh, Tobey, and many others, the will to!
fight is weak and the will to stall production is'
strong.
"My factories will produce 20 planes to every
one that America can furnish Britain before we
iake her.
"Aha, oho! America. 3 need your food, your
oil, your steel and your coal, and I will take it in
my own good time.
"And you shall pay the expense of this demo
cratic trouble you have given Germany.
"Europe is naane, I spurn Asia, but America shall
be mine. Then it will be truly and in deed:
"Deutschland über alles."
Just then I awoke to find it was all a dream, and
the radio was playing: "She'll Be Coming Around
the Mountain."
And "She" is Miss America.
Help National Defense
Through Observance of
National Cotton Week
AM hnmematera are urged to'
.aasist with national defense pro-I ;
gram. One way that we may as- (
aist is hy using mare cotton goods.
| Cotton, more than any other '
American crop, is dependent upon
foreign buyers for its markets. 1
War abroad has sharply curtailed '
our exports of American cotton. 1
Ac a remit, the large carry-over l
of 10 1-2 million bales of cotton
in this country last August will ]
be substantially increased by the i
end of this season. 1
Daring the we«k «f May 16 to t
-t.
25 North Carolina will be observ
ing National Cotton Week, an
nounced Mrs. Lila T. Pearce,
Stokes county home agent. She
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suggests that homemakera will,
find wide uses for cotton ma- J
terials in the home due to the j
great progress made in the devel-,
opment of new cotton fabrics.
Practical use ranges from towels
and tab!i cloths to rugs, bath
mats, curtains, draperies and
the family clothing supply.
By using more cotton the sur
plus wfl be reduced. Industry
will be aided, reemployment will
increase along with greater ma-'
tional security.
Wesley Mabe, ;]
Dies Suddenly •
Near Rural Hall ]
Wesley Mabe, aged 55, well j
; known farmer of Rural Hall star
i
route, was found dead in a field
near his home Monday after
his team of mules returned to 11
the barn alone at the noon hour. 1
Sheriff J. John Taylcr r.r. l Pr.
j Rupert Helsabcck, of King, act- l
ing Sfokes county coroner, con- .
ducted an investigation ar.d said
Mabe had apparently died of .i
i h
heart attack shortly after going
to the fields early yesterday
morning.
From the position of the body, c
! which had been dragged about
five feet by the mules, Sheriff '
Taylor said apparently Mabe had j'
ploughed a few furrows and J
stopped to remove a stone from,
his shoe when he was stricken, i
Surviving are the widow, the '
former Miss Emma Hall; three t
• daughters, Mrs. Homer Mabe,
of Danbury, Route 1; and Misses «■
j Fannie and Lorene Mabe of the t
home; five sons. Melvin, We!don,'*
i
I Watson, Boss and Wess Mabe, ill
of Rural Hall, star route, ar.'i
three brothers, Rufus and Sand- i
ers Mabe, of Danbury, Route 1 t
I
and Charlie Mabe, of Eilerbe. s
Route 1.
| The funeral was held Wednes
day afternoon at 2 oMock at 1
; Boyles Chapel Baptist Church. '
Elders W. J. Brown and J. Watt '
Tuttle conducted the services. ]
Burial was in the church grave- '
yard.
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Fishing Law Expires
Next Saturday
i i
; County Game Frotector Car!
' Ray Flinchum announces that
j the seasonal law against fishing
will expire next Saturday.
Fishing licenses may be had
from the game protector, or from
the following agents:
Booth's Cafe, Danbury.
| Williamson's Service Station, j
Pine Hall.
Tuttle Hardware, Walnut Cow.
Claude Priddy's store, Fran
cisco.
King Hardware, King.
Death of Mrs.
Olae Mae Hall
Mrs. Olae Mae Hall died Men
day morning at 11:30 o'clock at
the home of a daughter, Mrs.
Otis Sells, at King, after an ill
ness of three weeks. She spent
her entire life in Stokes county.
Surviving are five daughters,
Mrs, Otis Sells of King; Mrs.
I Eugene Hill of King, Route 1;
:Mre. Moir Smith of King; Mrs. |
, Woodrow Shore of East Bend and!
Mrs. Odell Beroth of Devotion ;
' nine grandchildren; two sisters,
Miss Pearl Boyles of King, Route
1; Mrs. Jessie Falkenberry of
King, Route lj and two brothers,
J. A. Boyles of King, Route J;
and Mildred Boyles of King,
Routa 1.
The funeral was held Wednes
day afternoon at 2 o'clock at Ca
pella Church of Christ. Rev. R.
| A. HekabecE eaadocted the serv-
Number 3,584.
Kurfees to Run Inde
pendent Against John
Folger—Election Called
For June 14 —Republi-
cans to Name Candidate
Marshall C. Kurfees said last
night he would be a candidate for
the seat in Congress lift vacant
;• t':e ckath of Fifth District
Representative A. D. (Lun) Fi»l
ger.
Governor Broughton yesterday
set June 14 as the date for a spe
cial election to fill the vacancy.
The fifth dlstqlct Republican
committee will meet in the Rob
ert E. Lee Hotel in Winston-Sa-
Jem at 8 o'clock tonight and will
"almost certainly" select a G. O.
P. candidate. »
Kurfees' announcement that h«
intends to enter the race came in
face of the fact that the fifth dis
trict Democratic congressional
committee Tuesday nominated
John Folger, of Mount Airy, ti»
the congressional seat. Folger is a
brother of the late congressman,
Kurfees said he was taking
cognizance of this fact, but re
iterated that he intends to be in
the race nevertheless. It is pos
sible, he indicated, that he may
enter the field as an independent.
The Governor said yesterday
the attorney general had ruL-d
that the general election, whicu
is required whether both parties
put a man in the field, could not
be held within .'£> days since ade
quate time would be needed for
registration in the district. Dai'j
of June 1-1 was set'after confer
ences with the attorney general
and W. 'A. Lucas, chairman of tho
state board of elections.
E. M. Whitman, a fift;i district
Republican ••onimitteeman and
chairman of the party in Forsyth,
said last night he was virtually
sure the G. O. P. committee to
night v.ill name a candidate to
oppose the Democratic candidate
.o r candidates. |
I Names of Archie Elledge, John
J. Ingle and John T. Benbow
were mentioned in Winston yes
terday as potential candidates fo*
the job. Judge A. E. Tilley, of
Mount Airy, was mentioned also.
Members of the Republican
committee are Odell Sapp, chair
man; H. W. Masten, secretary;
E. M. Whitman, Forsyth; W. F.
Alberty, Surry; Tom Petree,
Stokes; T. L. Gardner, Rocking
ham; M. F. Law, Caswell; J. H.
Scarborough, Person; and W. L,
Peace, Granville. r
Attend Funeral
I Attending the A. D. Folgei
funeral at Mt. Airy Friday were
the following Danbury people:
Mr. and Mrs. DalTas C. Kirby, J;
J- Taylor and Misa Grace Taylor,
Houston P. Loftis, N. E. Pepper,
G. H. Aitord, A. J. Ellington, W.
G. Petree, Leonard van Noppen,
R. L. Smith, S. P. Christian, Ed
M. Taylor, R. J. Scott
Bnri * l was in tha chord)
gra*«yard.