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Carolina’s Only TABloid NEWSpaper The Roanoke Rapids Herald VOLUME NINETEEN ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C„ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28th, 1933 NUMBER THIRTY-SEVEN 1933 exciting;™ —■ ... ■■ -- ■ -—-... ... I UP AND DOWN ‘GKe Avenue WITH THE EDIYOR Firemen answered a call to the residence of H. L. Bril on the Bel mont Road about five o’clock late this afternoon, Thursday. About $300 in damage, was done to the residence, a brick structure, most of the damage being done to the furniture and walls of the home. Fire started from a bedroom, possibly from a cigarette that had been dropped on a mattress per haps hours before, it is thought. There was no one at home at the tim-j of the outbreak. We received two interesting contributions from Herald read ers this week, on on the sub ject of the housing problem in Roanoke Rapids and the other concerning the wholesale shoot ing of fireworks at Christmas time. The matter of sufficient housing will find everyone agreeing tha' Roanoke Rapids needs more homes and particularly more homes own ed by the. occupants. The present acute situation was brought about by the NRA which made it neces sary to employ more people in the local mills and also by the code which frowns on the building of any more mill village houses by the mills. If the textile business con tinues good, our suggestion would be that we get busy on a plan of building houses with the aid of the Federal govern ment; small houses such as sug gested by our correspondent which could be sold to textile workers at so much per week. Back in 1929, the local mills had such a plan, drew up plans and specifications, and were ready to start such a project here when the Depression hit the country. The other subject, that of Christinas fireworks, will find two sides lined up: those who shoot them and those who don’t, with the former, from the noise, very much in the majority. It is only in por tions of the South that fireworks are shot at Christmas. Evidently Roanoke Rapids was not the only place that cele brated. The day after Christ mas, Dr. Douglas Freeman, edi tor of the Richmond News Leader, had an editorial about the promiscuous shooting of fire works an Richmond. His ideas were similar to those of our cor respondent; he was very much against Christmas shooting. (Continued on back page) NEED FOR HOMES IN THIS CITY Herald Reader Says Commun ity’s Greatest Need Is For More Homes The following article, under th head ng of “Our CommunityV Greatest Need”, was written by r Herald reader this week and show' much thought and careful prepara tion. “Amid pleasures and palaces tho’ we may roam “Be it over so humble, there’r no place like home.” Endeared to our hearts is this old, old song by John Howard Payne. Not so much because of its melody, but mainly because it ex presses the secret hope and am bition of the average person. To this we. might add: “Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than a house full of sacrifices with strife,” by that wise old man, ■King Solomon. Others of equal prominence, and importance advocate ideal homes as a paramount necessity for the general welfare of any community. Consider the statement made by Owen D. Young: “Thsre are only three rooms in a houss. No big house has more than three, no mat ter what the numerical count may be. No small house has less than throe—a kitchen, a settin’ room and a bedroom. These are the heart of the house. Less we cannot have and more wo cannot use.” Unfortunately, tliere are hun dreds of people in Roanoke Rapids who are not living, but merely ex isting, so far as the comforts of a home is concerned. This cannot be attributed to the lack of work, (Continued on back page) CITY BLDG. PROJECTS PUSH D Tn order to speed up action on the, proposed municipal building for Roanoke Rapids, the Merch ants Association and the public affairs committee of the Kiwanis Club today sent resolutions tc Washington, endorsing the project and asking for immediate action. The need for such a building was emphasized in a city of this siz" and it was pointed out th" project would be self liquidating thru of fice rents from city and sanitary district. It was announced thru the CWA office in Raleigh that a definite decision would be reached Monday on the sidewalks project for Roa noke Rapids. THE PRESIDENT Congress meets next month, and it is predicted there will be spasmodic efforts made by different blocs to hinder or change the President’s program for national recovery. It is also said that some of his political foes will seek to embarass him with opposition, pre paring for the. Congressional elections next year. Now is the time for the friends of the President to do their bit to help him. As a New Year’s greeting, send him a card or letter showing your support. Then write your Congressmen and Senators telling them you expect them to support the President. The President is working day and night to help us. Now let us help him. DEPLORES FIREWORKS SHOOTING AT XMAS The Herald is in receipt of th< following letter from a reader concerning the wholesale shootine of fireworks in Roanoke. Rapids which lasted for three days and nights. Editor of The Herald: Will you please give me some information re the following: Who invented fireworks? What is the significance, if any, :f the use of such in the Christ mas season? I know they are used very much at fairs, circus weddings, Fourth of July celebrations, and by ships at sea for distress flares: but why, in the name of reason •hould citizens of this community give vent to their pent up emo tions. in celebrating the. Birth cf the Christ Child by the extraordi nary use of these atrocious noise makers, and for forty-night hours continuous this hideous bombing and exploding to the annoyance of peace loving citizens? Surely something can and should be. done to stop this unnecessary (Continued on back page) DEATH OF PIONEER IS SHOCK J. H. Williams, well-known and respected citizen of this city, died at his home early last Thursday morning, December 21st. Mr. Wil liams was stricken with a heart attack, and suffered only a brief while, his death coming as a great shock to his many friends and relatives. He had beon a resident of Roanoke Rapids for over twen ty-years. Funeral services wore conducted from the home by Rev. Gordon Price, of the First Baptist Church, and Rev. Mr. Fountain, of Weldon. Interment was in Roanoke Rapids Cemetery Friday afternoon. Mr. Williams is survived by his widow and seven children, Mrs. J. O. DeVane and Miss Inez Wil 'iams, daughters, and by five sons, Frank, who lives in Weldon, and C. D., Joe, Claude and Hayward, all of this city. HISTORY OF CITY IN 1933 Brief Gl'm^se Backward Shows Interesting And Excif»'n<? Events 1933 from the files of The Roa noke Rapids Herald. A fe.w of the important incidents of the year in Roanoke Rapids history. The dates used are those of the issues of The Herald. Jan. 5.—President Coolidge dies. W. R. Curtis dies. Mother of Mooney Greenburg buried in Bal timore. County Board petitions leg islature to make changes in county government. 283 unemployed reg ister at Harald office. Philip New ton makes all-State High School fcotball team. Ehringhaus inaug urated. Jan. 12—Work starts on Roa noke Rapids Sanitary District by Fiske-Carter Construction Co. Miss Ruth Rainey dies. Henry Fitts writes Senator Long asking him to work for repeal of the State dry law, the Turlington Act. Jan. 19.—Triple R. Grocery Co. robbed. Pneumonia fatal to Rachel May Starnes, Mrs. Minnie Garner and Dale Martin, infant. Jan. 26—160 put to work by Fiske-Carter Construction Co. Two more pneumonia victims: Mrs. Mollie Boseman and Thomas But ler. One thousand at PTA mass meeting to protest further cuts in school expenditures. Kiwanis Club Bi-County basketball tournament. Feb. 2—Additional city postal delivery obtained. 360 men work ing on sewer and water system. Mrs. Mattie Cooley buried. John Timothy Allen funeral. 4,000 at Raleigh mass meeting favor maintenance school standards even to extent of sales tax. Feb. 9—Grand jury cites delin quent guardians. Lanier Davis shot in foot. City plumbing code to be adopted. Feb. 16—C. B. King, Gasburg, Va., merchant, suicide. Earl Mullis and Wayland Overby killed when train hits car at Weldon, four others in car injured. Gene Austin show here. Feb. 23. Senate Bill 242 passes Senate. Roanoke Rapids Merch ants Association oppose 242 and sales tax. Town Board of Com missioners oppose 242. 90 local 'chool children fed at school each noon. March 2—Simmons Co. wires Senator Long asking for referen lum on 242. Representative R. Hunter Pope declares he was mis informed by proponents of the bill ind leads fight for referendum. 66 out for spring baseball practice at High School. March 9—Hundreds from here attend House Committee hearing on 242. Bank holiday called by (Continued on back page)
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