What It Really Takes to be Mainstay of Rockingham, Feb. 3, 1921

A great many people fondly imagine that if they are honest, pay their debts, and do not speak disparagingly of other people that they are among the mainstays of the town. But such is not always the case. Honesty and a careful mouth are always to be commended, but this town needs more than that. It needs citizens who will go out of their way to do something for the town, who will labor to better local conditions, who will do their best to bring new people and new industries to our community. Such people as these are in reality the mainstay of a town.

From the editorial page of the Rockingham Post-Dispatch, Thursday afternoon, Feb. 3, 1921, Isaac S. London, editor and proprietor.