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f THE DANBURY REPORTER itablished 1872 • Volume 71 Of Pith And Moment r DON'T LET POLITICS JAM THE WAR .Which is of greater importance—the local po litical situation or the Germany and Japan ? Our news columns today tell of efforts of Stokes frenzied politicians to win the election by a program of misrepresentation, prejudice and fear. Ycu endanger the safety of the country when you foment division and misunderstanding among the people. iWhen you say this country could have stayed out of this war and that our boys could be quiet ly and peacefully at home today but for the ma neuvering of the President to get us into it, you betray an ignorance or a viciousness that Is both appalling and dangerous. When it comes down to the place that candi dates for office have no better issues to offer the people than an appeal to the sadness and the ter ror of war-shocked and disconcerted fathers and mothers, the patriotic and intelligent voters should look about them and examine into the mo tive of parties and principles. The stupendous tragedy awaiting America's failure to defeat the Axis should be sensed by those who mean the best for their country. Those who know no reason for winning the election except that "Roosevelt Maneuvered Us Into This War," "Roosevelt is a Greater Dictator than Hitler," "What Are We Fighting For, Any how?" and other false and absurd and disloyal propositions and queries, cannot be otherwise classified except as enemies to cur country. The quiet man at the White House, carrying on his shoulders the burden of the world, with Ifour of his own sons in battle— can he be envis ioned as an enemy of this nation ? With deep lines on his face indicating sympa thy and understanding of your troubles, of your sacrifice in the war, would you conclude that this man should take pleasure in "manoeuvering"' you into a condition of sorrow, sadness and burn - ing tears simply that he might be a Dictator ? No one loves his boys, or your boys, more than the President of the United States, the comman der-in-chief of all the fighting forces. He knows it were better—a thousand times bet ter —that his boy and your boy and my boy in their strength and vigor should go forth to de fend the safety of our country and the preserva tion of our democracy and freedom, than that the Axis brutes should conquer us and make us slaves. When you approach a dejected and forlorn mother or father with your undercover study to get their votes through motives of malice, preju dice and misrepresentation, you stultify your self. You become an object of contempt and ig nominy. and show yourself to be a dangerous and undesirable citizen. BREATHING HARD Latest news from the Russian front is'that Hit ler's divisions are still without Stalingrad and that their attacks grow weaker every day, while Stalin's Russians are retaking much lost ground. Just told you, the tide is beginning to turn against the beasts and by next spring's Easter you will see them on the run. , This of coufflhhgjust a guess, but one man's guess is good asPHrother. , iWaijt and see—praise pass the am- Danbury, N. C., Thursday, October 22, 1942 Published Thursdays * * * * Number 5,674 THESE ROCKINGHAM LAWYERS A judge is supposed to wake late in the morn ing, sipping his coffee in bed while he reads an early edition of the Danbury Reporter. After awhile he goes down, eats a grapefruit and chews fricaseed eggs and then smokes a few Camel cigarettes. But Allen Gwyn was seen going up the high way very early Wednesday morning, smoking only through his nostrils. "Hey, Jedge," accosted a passing citizen, "you seem to be out soon this morning." "Yes," quoth his Honor, "a complicated law point was bothering me and I'm going up to the Clerk's library to take a look in before court opens." The art of knowledge consists not so much in always remembering, as in knowing where to find it when you want it. POWELL GLIDEWELL One day in September about 1896, I reckon, a struggling young lawyer with a friend was in a buggy over near Piedmont Springs. He had just been defeated for the nomination for Democratic clerk superior court. The reac tion from the strenuous race was on him and he felt all shot up. A fellow came along with some line peaches and Powell bought and ate about a dozen. Then acute indigestion seized him. He thought he had an attack of coronary thrombo isis. His finger nails turned as blue as his politi cal spirits. The road was rough but we brought jhim in, and the doctor prescribed rest. i Powell lived to pocket a $25,000 fee a few years ! later at Reidsville, in one of the biggest cases in the state, and to become one of North Carolina's most able and brilliant attorneys. IN THE BEAUTIFUL BUCIFf ISLAND HILLS J. Arthur Mabe paid the Reporter a nice visit today and, bless your heart, paid up for his paper ahead. Ain't that a dainty dish ? Arthur lives in a bungalow, one of the prettiest homes "between Banbury and Stuart, Va., elec tric lights, radio and refrigerators and other modern things. He has the conveniences and the luxuries of the city without the city's inconven iences. One hundred and six productive acres lie around his house and this year he sold at 50 plus—don't stop at 50. His wallet is big and it belongs to Arthur. Here is an independent and honest man who owes nobody—who has built his home with hard work and has built his character with honesty and fair dealing and kindness to his fellow man. The sun shines bright in the Buck Island hills and at night the starshine gleams on no happier home than Arthur Mabe's A VIAND OF VIRTUE He who does not love turnip sallet is fit for trea son, stratagems and spoils. Without it the mo tions of his spirit are sure to become dull as a Presbyterian Sunday afternoon, inviting ennui. With extreme satisfaction we note that never before was this bitter but delectable diet more plentiful than this fall season. The patches and lots are dark green with it. Turnip salad has plenty of Vitamin P, that rare scientific ingredient that makes for pep and punch, promoting the red corpuscles, including food,health, sweet sleep and ' r LEGAL TENDER FROM THE BLUE RIDGES We see the apple trucks rolling through, load ed with beautiful and luscious fruit from the coves of old Patrick, Virginia, where once lived the fox hunter and fiddler who said: ''Give me liberty or give me death." The Virginia Limbertwigs, Winesaps and Pip pins, the Neverfails and the Sheepnoses—these not only regale many North Carolina firesides but they are a most valuable commercial asset for many families, and commerce and trade is what makes the world go round and round. If the juice of these fine apples doesn't make the terrestial orb revolve, then nothing won't. HONORS IN THE AIR FOR WALNUT COVE ' t It is a pleasure and pride to sf e in the papers a picture of handsome and gallant young Joe Hel sabeck, now in England, and iecently promoted to flight commander. This is a Walnut Cove, Stokes county, boy, son of Dr. and Mrs. C. J. Helsabeck. He brings fame and honor to his people and to the county. Fred Pepper, another Walnut Cove flyer, now in train ing in California, will also achieve laurels Vt p " on. * Good Luck to these fine birdmen, and may a kindly providence guide their wings. GUILTY OF MURDER speech at Washington : 'i would tit the national defense 2-~> per cent. [ think the '■grease of $460000,00(1 in national defense is unjustified." He voted no. *£he followiirPjyv. on March 12, 1940, Con gressman Haro~Wh (recently overwhelmingly renominated by xhe New York Republicans) -aid in a speech at Washington: "Just how we can use more than 2,000 airplanes in America, I do not understand." He voted no. Remembering Pearl Harbor, Bataan and the Solomons are not these two "statesmen" guilty )f murder ? a .. , v • LETTER FROM HOME - _ _ The Danbury Reporter is going to many Stokes boys in distant forts, camps, states, islands and oceans. The home newspaper is second only to a letter | from home. Send it to your boy, your brother, | sweetheart or friend. He will appreciate it, and so will we. WAY IT WAS BEFORE The news that 530 Axis submarines have been sunk by the allies shows somebody is on the sea job. In World War No. 1 the U-boat menace was frightful until the allies turned the tables, and then the Germans lost so many they couldn't get crews enough to man them. The pall of death set tled slowly over the waves. This was the begin ning of the end. It is looking like that again, my masters. Davy Jones' locker bulges with its content of the bloody pirates.
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