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THE DANBURY REPORTER Established 1872 Volume 71 Of People and Things THE UNBEATABLE ROOSEVELT It leaks out now that the North African coup de main which has caught Hitler in the solar, plexus was not a product of the British high command, nor was it engineered by the Ameri can general staff. It was first thought of and planned by the com mander-in-chief of the American forces —Frank- lin D. Roosevelt. The President is an ex-navy man. He was as sistant secretary of the navy under Woodrow Wilson. He is a sea-dog, has a passion for the wide oceans, loves the smell of salt water. The 1 rush of great ships through the waves is music in his ears. j It is believed that Roosevelt is looking strictly i to the sea fights in the Pacific, every one of which has been a success for the American fleets. And so, what manner of man is this that is al ways a winner in politics, statesmanship, war ? Does he carry the germ of victory in his cos-! mos ? But they say (who are "they?") he is fast los ing out. Ham Fish carried the President's own district overwhelmingly. Jim Farley won in the New York gubernatorial primary over the Presi dent's choice for 'Democratic governor. * There are curious paradoxes in politics that are rarely explained. Senator Tom Conally said the other day: "The Democrats who opposed Roosevelt got re elected. And the Republicans who supported Roosevelt got re-elected. i In the last presidential contest nearly all the great controlled newspapers fought Roosevelt bitterly. Many of the big politicians, the big bracketeers, the super-wealthy combinations of power and privilege were his enemies. But the common man was his friend. And the good Lord must love the common man else he wouldn't have made so many of them (us). And so, dear friends, if in the inscrutable course of human events it should so transpire that this man should again be put up by the com mon people for a fourth term as President of these United States, all hell couldn't beat him. CORN SHUCKING TIME On a hundred plantations great piles of corn occupy the center of circles of men from whose hands a cascade of beautiful ears are falling. One of the best yields of corn for many years is being cribbed. "Old Dan Tucker has corn to pell." Corn is the mud sill of our prosperity on the farm. It is good food for man and beast. It makes the porkers in the pen, and its grain convert ed into "backbone and sparerib" and the "ham !vhat am"—oh, child, hush your mouth. How happy it would be if we could send ship load after shipload of corn to the starving slaves of Hitler. After the corn pile is shucked the men wash their hands, and go in to sit down to a splendid meal prepared by the good women. And if there is a handsome young guy in the * crowd of shuckers who found the first red ear, he is privileged to kiss the fair daughter of "old Dan Tucker" —provided of course he has the nerve, the perspicacity and the consent of the young lady. , Danbury, N. C., Thursday, November 19, 1942 Published Thursdays JAUNTY SPORTS ARE THE TREES Before Cleopatra applied the asp to her bosom j she first decked herself in an ensemble of the east's most gorgeous apparel—rich gold bro cades surmounting priceless laces whose deli-1 cate tints were borrowed from the fall shades of the Nile deltas. The Egyptian hills in their vo- j luptuous coloring contributed to the regal attire !of the enchantress. It was the dress that Caesar | loved. And Mary Queen of Scots —when she was led to the block. A gown of pure crimson, suggest-, ing the blood soon to flow. A cross of gold in her I hand. A cluster of pearls, worth a king's ran som, clasping her marble throat. A tiara of diamonds flashing defiance to the mob, flashing defiance to the watching circe of the Medici — Katherine her Nemesis. And then Joan of Arc—ah, there ' queens of ipower and caprice—how consumingly proud ithey were, how gloating as destiny closed in on |them. The sorceress, how she laughingly gleam-, led in her daring dazzling impotence of dress., .The iris blends shimmered around her. Thus do our lovely Stokes autumn trees eel-; ebrate their passing—the glamorous Madam- Giselle Maple in carmine and gold; the oomph Senorita Ash, dressed in the delicate shades of the November coppice; the demure Miss Sweetgum, charming denizen of the dell —all blushing from the kiss of death. Soon their nude forms whipped by the pitiless wind, bitten by the enexorable frosts, will quiver, in the embrace of fate. Then solitude and desolation, moaning through the winter woods. HAIL, VICTORY ...Triumphant over the yellow seas waves the star-spangled banner —emblem of civilization. jChristianity and the inalienable rights of man. Food for the fishes, thirty thousand yellow rats float through the swirling waters of the Solomon j ocean. Scrap for Davy Jones' locker, lie on the bottom of the deep 23 Jap ships of the line, part of the great yellow armada sent out to recapture the Solomons. Many other Jap vessels were badly I damaged, some of them no doubt sunk. It was a great battle —greatest since Scapa Flow when the British and Germans shot it out in the north sea in 1916. The victory of the Americans, taken in connec tion with the African victories of the allies, is proclaimed as the turning point in the terrible war. God grant this may be so. i While 200,000 American and British soldier;- jare marching on Tunisia, and Rommel the Hun !general breaking all speed records to get out !of their way, the Russians are holding still at Stalingrad and waiting for the inevitable weak ening of the German front to drive forward. Thus on all fronts are the forces of righteous ness driving back the beasts who would enslave free men. This newspaper has said the war will be won by Easter, 1943. We see no reason at this time to revise our prognostication. EDITORIALS PATRICK COUNTY JAILS THE JAPS ! Leon Powells of Stuart, Ya., came through Danbury last week driving- a huge truck loaded with steel for the Jap junk pile at Winston-Salem. ! It was one of a number of other trucks tha'; hauled the old Patrick county jail now scrapped, j The old structure, now replaced by a modern prison, was built 50 years ago. I Patrick county, though belonging to another ;State, is a sister of Stokes —made up of the same type of 100 per cent, pure Americans, ready to nddle or fight. Take your choice, j It was from Patrick that gallant J. E. B. Stuart the great Confederate cavalry leader, came, and in Jackson's division was as brave and .picturesque as any knight of medieval days, or back when the English farmers twisted the mag |na charter out of King John's reluctant fingers, j I used to delight in listening to Capt. Taylor :and Dr. Abe Jones as they told of the deathless I deeds of these great soldiers in Northern Vir ginia. | Patrick is the home of swell folk, of uncontam jinated patriotism, buckwheat and other swell jthings. | May that old Patrick jail be the undoing of ;swarms of the yellow rats as they feel the stings ,of the righteous fury of civilized people. BUYING BONDS It is a pleasure to know that the sale of war bonds in Stokes goes on with increasing momen tum. | Farmers have money and they are buying, bading up on the finest and safest investment in jihe world. The bonds are of the same safeness as the money in your wallet. Neither one of these would be worth the paper they are printed on if we lost the war. Our loss of the war is unthinkable. To better insure it, buy bonds and you will in the days to come be ; happy over your good judgment. In case you should need money you can borrow !on them as collateral at any bank, or you may icash them in. Buy bonds and help in the fight for victory. | Attorney J. M. Sharp, here today from Reids ville, says Rockingham people bought $600,000 of bonds in Octobei and expect November to beat that. . D. V. CARROLL k. ■ i Many years ago Mr. Carroll lived in Danbury with his good family. He wa3 Register of Deeds for several terms. He was universally loved by our people. His memory lives yet warm in our hearts. He wa» public spirited, always at the front of move ments for the people's betterment, was a leader in church and Sunday school work and always interested in the social activities. In his death Stokes county has lost one of it; best beloved and most useful citizens. PLEASE MAKE UP SOME PINS • • , Many people would be glad if the government would melt a car load or two of that Kentucky gold into pins. Manv folks, both male and female, need pins to hold things up. Number S,GTS
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