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THE HERALD Of The Twin Cities ROANOKE RAPIDS—ROSEMARY CARROLL WILSON, Publisher and Editor Catered aa Second Claaa matter April 3rd, 1914, at the Poatottlce at Roanoke Rapida, North Carolina, under Act af March 3rd, 1879. PRINTERS, LITHOGRAPHERS, ENGRAVERS OUT OF THE LOW PLACES We are constantly improving. Almost like 1 the fellow who tried to do the impossible feat ■ of pulling himself up by his own bootstraps, this i oclmmunity seeks higher levels, gradually at- 1 tains them. ! Down near the river our highway was in the t lowlands. It curved for a couple of miles in low I places constantly besieged by angry high waters, i Today it stands upon the high places, securely dry. No more need to worry when the flood sea sons come. _ 1 x- _ • _ v,.,i.; tt.nu necuiiig -- larger than the Weldon bridge, if not as pretty, and just as substantial. Nine huge spans from bank to bank, one of the longest bridges in the State, it is also higher than the old bridge and in less danger of future troubles. That high road and that high bridge represent this commu nity life. Those two projects came only after fretful work, worry, nagging, failures, dismay, unfilled promises. But the old “verlasting grit finally won out. Just so will it be with every forward step, every improvement, every grasp at the better things of life. There will be those who object, who throw barriers in the way, who seek to dis courage, who prefer to let things rest as they are. But with the will, the desire, the unliekable determination, again and again we will contin ue to lift our community out of the low places to the firmer ground of comfort, growth and progress. A COTTON FESTIVAL Gastonia ant! Anderson, S. C., cotton manu facturing centers, recently staged Cotton Festi vals wherein nothing was shown but cotton goods. The idea was to bring cotton back to its former seat of prestige. These movements were not fostered, altho aided later, by cotton manufacturers. They were the brain-childs of business men and women and individual citizens who are realizing more every day how much the prosperity of their respective communities depend upon the industries which have built up in and around those communities. The terrible condition of the textile industry, one of the basic industries of the country, especi ally of the new South, is admitted by all. Use of other materials is at the bottom of all textile ills. The old law of supply and demand has been working with the demand side dropping lower and lower. Now conies this movement to raise that de mand.. By advertising to the world the economy of cotton goods, new uses, new patterns and de signs, novelties, it is hoped that once more the call for cotton will respond throughout the land. While we personally would not care for the return of the cotton stocking, especially for the fair sex, we can honestly say that a return to the cotton and gingham dress for summer wear would be most welcome There is no fairer picture than a beautiful young thing daintily garbed in a frilly, starched cotton print, topped with one of those floppy straws tied with a cotton bow. They look so clean and cool. Here in Roanoke Rapids, where our chief in dustry is the manufacture of cotton goods; here in Halifax County, where our chief crop is cot ton, we can .veil afford to enter whole-heartedly in any plan which might raise the demand for our product. We trust the local women who are sponsor ing the Festival will receive the hearty coopera ton from every citizen. And that the local de mand for cotton products will increase, for lest we practice what we preach, our preachments will fall on doubting and cynical ears. Be cotton-minded. Think before buying: Can 1 use cotton goods for this? And on this subject of cotton, we had about forgotten to mention the friendly gesture of Wil liam Wrigley. who plans on using all the money he makes in the South in buying cotton. Of course, we give him advertising in this column. That’s what he did it for. But every thing helps, and a few more Wrigleys would work wonders with the surplus. There are two things to keep in mind in re gard to his plan. If Southern farmers think they can raise more cotton just because of this offer, they are off their nuts. His idea was to buy iurplus. not new cotton. He realizes the South is n a bad way because the farmers have been •aising too much cotton. His is just a little tem porary relief plan. Another point, for future re nembrance, is that Mr. Wrigley cannot make rum out of cotton. Therefore, some day, he must inload on the market. THE SIAMESE TWINS There is so much talk about the tax situa tion that very few people really understand what it is all about. We admit our confusion. After the Senate voted against both forms of sales tax (one of which is necessary to the success of the MacLean Act), The Elizabeth City Daily Advance (which with us, has no high re gard for Ex-Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels—we have heard it rumored that he still signs his name that way) said: “Hats off, \oteis of North Carolina, to the Senate who refused to be stampeded by Josephus Daniels into a vote that would have relieved wealth of millions of dollars in taxes at the expense of the working people of the State.” What—is it possible that the Moses of the Press has led the farmers of Eastern North Carolina astray? They have been following him blindly with his trumpet blasts of tax reductions, no tax on land, St.ate-owned schools, and his ceaseless tirades against the industries of the State. (Always popular with the masses). M ell —lets see just how much relief Messrs Mad. .in and Daniels woum give rar. - 1 The average property owner in tl :s S' i , pays on $2,500 assessed propertv vx'.uaL n. The MacLean Act would save him *11 5' ptv " on property taxes. The average city dweller receive.; §1.800 and spends it all to live. Urn' r the MacLi an A ■ general sales tax he would pay L' 1 ’ i year ■ xe as against his savings ol -i !■:->. Mr. Farmer, spending w.-u.i he does today, would pay in general sales tax ,.u a- , rage of ' i > per year as against the prison, c-li.75 I hats an increase of 27 per cent over h s savings un- | der the MacLean Act. Now lets take the luxury tax part of the .Mac Lean Act.. Mr. Average Citizen smokes 5 packs of cigar ets a week, buys his family a soft drink or ice cream cone once a week, takes them to the pic ture show once a week and thereby pays, under the Hinsdale Luxury Bill of the MacLean Act $13.40, which is more than his savings on reai estate under this MacLean Act. and that don’t say anything about the tax on cosmetics, radios and other things, w rich the Hins dale Bill would tax and raise Mr. Average Citi zen’s tax to $20 or perhaps $25. And we have mentioned nothing of the bur den placed on the thousands of North Carolina merchants who would become tax collectors for the State and face insurmountab'e odds in their fight against tax free mail order business. How any sensible person can be For the MacLean Act is beyond us, unless they have simply been completely blinded by the maunder ings of the News and Observer in its fanatical fight against certain industries, when as a mat ter of fact, those industries will pay more taxes under an increased equalizing fund than under the MacLean Act’s revenue bill. We know this much of the tax muddle. Con tinue the MacLean Act and we don’t care how much you tax power and tobacco, you must still THINGS THAT NEVER HAPPEN By GENE BYRNES _ / WHAT CHA \ ' 60T IN THAT 1 BO* FRANKIE.? J ^ _ y y \ KEEP MY TOPS AND 1 MARBLES AN® JACK KNIVES AND THIN6S I IN THERE BECAUSE/ I DONT WANT y MY POCKETS Toy . BUC6E OUT1 J make up the deficit by a nuisance tax —general or luxury. And we also know this: you can’t estimate what the general or luxury tax will net; because they will de stroy enough business to drop your estimates at least 25 per cent. Make up your mind to this: if you are for the MacLean Act you are al so for a sales tax, for they go hand in hand, as inseparable as the Siamese twins. ******** STRAIGHT SHOOTING By OLD TIMER ******** Somewhere among his many words f wisdom, Shakespeare has caution ed us to beware of the man or wo man who has no music in his or her soul. Jazz music was not know in Shakespeare’s day and time, so he surely referred to a more classical •ombination of sounds than is to be '.card on ninety per cent of the disc ihonograph records, and ninety-two 'er cent, or more, of the radio sta ions. Beware of the man who has nc msic in his soul; or, in other words he man or woman who does not like ood music might commit murder, 01 some lesser or greater crime. Yoi who are reading this like and ap preciate good music—the words like and appreciate are weak terms, bui let them go. • The few who attended the concert given by the Music department of the Roanoke Rapids High School last Friday night heard some mighty fine music. The many who did not attend this concert missed a musical treat. The High School Orchestra, the mixed chorus, and the Girl's Glee Club were in fine form, and Direct ors—Miss Virginia Smith and Mr. .Martin—deserve the highest kind of praise for their careful and note worthy training work. Let me change from the subject of ■music to that of baseball, f r I wa.f. to have all the emphasis possible placed on the last paragraph. If I were not afraid of stirring up the wrath of Bill Alligood, I’d venture to remark that I think this season’s High School Baseball Team is the best ever turned out by the local school. See them in action the very next time they play, and draw your own conclusions. The baseball game between a local team an the Hollywood Girls Base ball Team from Masscahusetts re calls another fake game that helped to relieve the Roanoke Rapids fans of a part of their pocket change. Real Indians came to town for two games —an afternoon game and .a night game, and this was long before night baseball games had been seriously considered. Six carbon-red electric l'ghts were installed, the night ball was the size of a full-grown, tree ripened grapefruit, and it was paint ed white. The game went for six in nings. The score was 54 to 1 in fa vor of the Indians—the local team could neither hit nor catch the ball. The Indians departed with some $500 in cash. Here is where I want to make a suggestion. First, I want to find out if anyone reads “Old Timer," and second, I want to find out if certain people have or have not music in their souls. The following is for the at tention of the editor, the ministers who serve us, the Music Department of the High School, and all citizens. Won’t you all get together, set aside a Sunday night early in May and have a Union evening service at the High School, and have the Music De partment repeat their concert of last Friday night? Two more suggest ions, Mr. editor, print tickets so that each school boy and girl will be giv en three, (charge this to my ac count), and take up the tickets at the door—everyone likes to get a free ticket—and then count the tick ets. If a collection is taken, have it taken for the benefit of the Associ ated Charities. The people of Rosemary and Roa r.oke Rapids have music in their souls and each and everyone should hear the concert by the Music Depart ment of the High School regardless of cost, or effort, or anything else. I.et’s give them this opportunity. ORCHESTRA TO WARRENTON Fourteen selected members of the local High School orchestra go to Warrenton next Tuesday to play at the Warrenton High School Com mencement exercises. The orchestra will be under the direction of Mr. R. L. Martin. LOUIS B. MEYER Attorney-At-Law —Office— Rosemary Theatre Bldg. Rosemary, N. C. business CARDS i W. Lunsford Long J. Winfield Crew, Jr. LONG & CREW Attorneys-at-Law ROANOKE RAPIDS, North Caroline Dr. E. P. Brenner CHIROPRACTOR Rosemary, N. C. Backache Leg Pains If Getting Up Nights. BaektclM, frequent day calls, Leg Patna, *1?™* ousness, or Burning, due to function al Bladder Irritation, In acid condi tions, makes you feel tired, depressed and ilscouraged. try the Cyetex Teat. Works fast, starts circulating thru the eystern In 16 njlnutea. Praised by thousands for rapid and positive ac tion. Don’t give up. Tty Cyetex (Pro nounced SI es-tex) today, under th» Iron-Clad Guarantee. 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