THE DANBURY REPORTER
Established 1872 Volume 71
EDITORIALS
Of People and Things
Stokes Board Of Elections
Charged With Fraud By
Defeated Republican Poli
ticians, Who Desire The
Ousting Of Ellington And
Mitchell
A committee of Stokes Repub
lican politicians, incensed at the
late Democratic victory, visited
Raioigh fhi» week and before the
State Board of Elections made
charges of fraud and irregulari
ties against the two Democratic
members of the Stokes Gounty
Board of Elections, in their con
duct of the late election.
The Stokes County Board of
Elections is composed of A. J. El
lington, Chairman; J. G. H. Mit
chell, and J. W. Hall. Mr. Hall is
the Republican member of the
Board.
The politicians alleged in their
complaint that the absentee ballot
had been misused, and asked the
State Board to oust chairman El
lington of the Board, and mem
ber Gid Mitchell.
Specifically: That Ellington ab-'
sented himself from his office and j
"denied ballots to people seeking'
them, and that to many electors I
who did not ask for those absen
tee ballots he gave only a partial
ticket." And that when Jerry j
Mabe made application for an ab
sentee ballot to be cast by his
■on, he was denied the ticket.
Worth D. Henderson, prominent
Republican lawyer- politician of ;
Greensboro, appeared for the
Stokes petitioners.
The Reporter interviewed Demo- j
cratic members of the Stokes
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County Board of Elections who
denied in toto the allegations of
the petitioners, declaring that
they had conducted the election
in a fair and lawful manner and
in several instances made rulings
which were in favor of the Repub
licans, when they could very easi
ly have discriminated legally
against them.
In the' case of the specific al
legation in regard to Jerry H.
Mabe, Chairman Ellington stated
that mabe came to his home at 1
10 o'clock in the night for an ab
sentee for his son, in the armed |
services, when Ellington was not j
in possession of the necessary
tickets and blanks, and that thii 1
was two weeks after the books 1
were open and two weeks before
the election and when the boy
came himself he was given ticket.)
all except a township ticket which
was not yet printed.
1 On thie incident was ■ probably
based the charge that incomplete
ballots were given out.
Ellington and Mitchell are both
men of the highest character and
competency.
The Democratic members say
they have in their possession evi
dence of serious various irregu
larities of the petitioning Repub
licans themselves.
Francisco Students
Buying War Bonds
Joe Francis was here today
bringing $500,00 for students of
the Francisco school to be invest
ed in war bonds.
The schools of Stokes county,
particularly Sanay Ridge, Fran
cisco and others, are making won
derful records of patriotism in j
the purchase of the bonds that
jmean money to-Whip the enemies
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of America.
J Mr. Francis, who was accom
panied by Dennis Rogers, has two
sons in the service as follows:
j Dillard at Fort "SSi, Okla., late
ly promoted to technician corp
oral.
j Willis at Fort Jackson, S. C.
Death Of Mrs.
Harriet Hirtcherson
Mrs. Harriet Poore Hutcherson,
aged 86, of Sandy Ridge, died at
4 o'clock Saturday morning at
the home of a grandson, J. N.
Hutcherson, after a two-week ill
ness.
j Funeral services were conduct
ed at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon
at the home of the grandson, with
Rev. J. A. Joyce and Elder Watt
Priddy officiating. Interment was
in the Poore family fe.netery. I
Survivors include one sister,
Mrs. Mat tie Martin, of Patrick
Springs, Va.; three grandsons, J.
N. Hutcherson, of Sandy Ridge,
I and Orin and Lowell Hutcherson, 1
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i both of Winston-Salem; one
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granddaughter, Mrs. J. D, John-.
son of Asheville, and 17 great-]
grandchildren.
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J. R. Rhodes of Madison called
r.n the Reporter last week. Mr.
Rhodes says his health is not at
all good lie la now pwt BQ.
Danbury, N. C., Thursday, November 25, 1942 Published Thursdays
MAKE WAY FOR THE NORTH WIND
Woe betide him who dares to fight the 'Russian
in his native element, which is a temperature oi
40 below and a wind that cuts through the heart
of invading armies.
It was woe for Napoleon, who in such a fool
hardy enterprise lost his army of 500,000 —plus
his unholy empire.
In four days of fighting this week more than
150,000 Germans have been killed, woundea and
captured. Hitler's loss will be millions before he
conquers vast unconquerable Russia.
On the frozen steppes of Stalin's domain cer
tain death rides ceaselessly for those who are
not immunized.
The Russian fights best when the German is
paralyzed in the grip of the inexorable frosts.
The Russian can eat the hide of polar bears and
suck icicles for dessert while he shoots the ene
my.
Two main factors are involved in the begin
ning of the end for Hitler. One is the Russian
winter; the other, the second front where Brit
ish and Americans and Fighting French are driv
ing the foe into the Mediterranean.
The news coming in today is fine, but it is no
| time for hasty conclusions or undue elation. The
way is long yet and bitter. But the ruin which
awaits the master scoundrel of the world is cer
tain and irretrievable.
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j "On the seared walls of his black soul are print
ed in baleful letters these words of doom:
" Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin."
IMPROVED POSITION OF THE FARM
"It looks like about everything is leaving the
farm nowadays but mortgages and tax re
ceipts."—From the Winston-Salem Journal.
The Journal paragrapher is rather screwy. He
has his facts messed up, at least.
Tax receipts have not for many years been so
plentiful on the farm, nor mortgages so scarce.
j A well known Stokes county banker was com
plaining of feeling very blue the other day be
cause he saw no fine prospects aheads for loans.
1 Taking Stokes as a fair example, the list of
sales of real estate for taxes annually advertised
at this time of the year, is the smallest for many
years. This shows that there is evidently a much
enlarged bunch of tax receipts on the farm.
' As for mortgages, more deeds of trust on
Stokes land have been liquidated this fall than
for probably 25 years.
| High farm produce has enabled the farmers to
pay off their mortgages and increase their can
celled tax tickets.
i The farmer now holds the world by the tail in
a down-hill drag,
WHAT IS EATING JAPAN
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In every clash between American and Japan
ese naval forces, the Jap loses in overwhelming
j proportion. And he cannot afford this. The Ameri
jean fleet is much the largest. Equal losses -ould
ibe bad for the Jap. But American ship building
(and replacements are tremendously greater.
Thp mutual attrition means sure defeat for the
yellow rats.
Donald M. Nelson Addresses
Plea To Stokes Farmers
To Turn In Scrap For The
War—Badly Needed
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Death Of
Mrs. Lizzie Howard r
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W. B. Howard, manager of the c
Duke Power interests of Rocking- £
ham, Stokes and other counties, c
headquarters at Madison, was
here Monday. Mr. Howard ha £ j
the sympathy of friends in the , 1
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death of his mother, Mrs. Lizzie ( '
Howard, which occurred at her 1
home at Cycle. She sustained 3 1
f
stroke 24 hours before her death.
She was aged 73.
Lieutenant Cliff King: ji
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Clifford Hensley King, formerly
corporal, has been promoted tu.d '
' commissioned second lieutenant
' at the Antiaircraft School at
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Camp Davis, N. C.
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| Clifford is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. R. King of Danbury, who
' now have three sons in the arm
ed services of the United States.
The Community Sing
Big Success
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The community sing and
Thanksgiving service held in the
; court house Sunday afternoon j
was attended by a large crowd in
j spite of the inclement weather
The singing was led by Miss'
Lowry of Oak Ridge. Various
groups of singers were present
and afforded much enjoyment to
the crowd. Sid Johnson of Ger
- manton was the chief sponsorer
[ of the occasion.
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t Promoted
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( Corporal Allen White, son of
I Mr. and Mrs. A. fc. White, of
King, has recently been promoted
to his present rating. He enter
ed the army January 16, 1941',
and received Sis basic training at
the Jackson Air Base, Jackson,
Miss.
Stokes Boy Wounded
In The Solomons
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Corporal Chns. L. Wolff has
, been wounded in the left side in
battle of the Solomons,
j Corporal Wolff is a f on of Mr.
and Mrs. T. W. Wolff of Walnut
( C>.ve. Ho has bee-. In the marines
2vears. Was a student at Ger-1
Wgh school.
* * * * Number 5,679
The Daubury Reporter today
received a telegram from Don.ilvi
M. Nelson, chief of the war pro
duction at Washington, D. C., ad
dressed to the farmers of Stoke 3
county:
Mr. Nil* -n in hip wire says:
"The government is asking the
American furirer to dedicitc the
remaining few weeks of 1942 to
an intensified scrap hunt. Steel
mills n- -nore have scrap ana the
farms are one of the bes'. source#
of this metal. We need yout
further help in this fa.m drive
and in aiding our salvage, com
mittees to continue this effort
throughout the next few weeks.
The Nation is looking to the
Amv"c«n farmer. X am qtini
With your help we will come
through.
"DONALD M. NELSON,
Chairman." '•
Buying Bonds Is Now
The Pasttime of
Stokes County Pat
riots —Quota Doubled
First Two Weeks
Miss Grace Taylor, clurman of
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the Stokes county wa; L jad com
mittee, is happy.
! Why—because the count y*8
quota was doubled the lust two
weeks of the Novemcjr campaign.
I The hardheaded businesfl men,
the farmers, the prof 'uMonr.l pec
pie—everybody is buyin.j the be3t
buy in the world, and at the same
time helping in the battle for vic
tory. - •»"
j One of the pleasantest angles is
that the schools are now on the
job—the fine students of all the
schools are bringing in from their
respective families the cash to
buy war bonds.
The Reporter expects to print
just what the schools are doing—
it will amaze you. n
In the meantime, turn in every
scrap of iron ami steel and rub
ber, and then buy bonds.
1 Splendid investment, and tho
nfest buy in the world today.
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i Mnropfer Long of the Ringing
Rock State Park was in town
this week.
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