REPRINT
STRIKE
LETTERS
Readers of The Herald were
much interested in two letters
written to the News & Observer
by Halifax County people. Both
letters have been brought to this
office with requests that we re
print them. They have to do with
the textile strike. Here they are.
CANT UNDERSTAND IT
To the Editor: I cannot under
stand how it is that we, as a
nation, can allow a law to the
effect that a man who does not
want a job at the price being
paid for it, can, by paying a
certain sum of money, join a
Union and thereby gain the right
to leave his job and say that
some other person in need of em
ployment may not do the work.
Of course if any man is not sat
isfied with his pay and leaves
the work it is his own affair:
but when it comes to having
these textile strikers gather in
numbers around the mill entranc
es and force other workers to
stay away, thereby bringing un
told hardships on them, the sit
uation takes on an angle that
seems most unfair.
I hen there is always the pos
sibility of bloodshed and that
certainly makes one feel that the
price is far too great for the
gain. It is true, as we all realize
that living expenses have advan
ced during the past few months
and no one blames an underpaid
employee for demanding higher
wages at any time; but the con
scientious citizen of the State
shudders at the thought of hu
man lives being taken in such
a way as they have during the
last few days. Of course it must
have been very hard for a great
many of the textile workers, as
well as employees in other bran
ches of labor, to meet their liv
ing expenses at times, but cer
tainly the situation could not have
reached the point where death
would be preferred to living.
Too, one wonders if the strik
ers were as anxious to see the
strike come as were the heads
of the labor unions, and if they
would have been so determined
to order the strike if they had
been in a position requiring that
they go into the thick of the
fights themselves. It is quite rea
sonable to suppose that these
leaders would have been very re
luctant to put themselves in a
position to lose their lives
and leave their families in the
same positions that the families
of these men who have lost their
lives in the strike are in.
There should be a soultion to
this problem of bloodshed. Is
there one?
MRS. R. C. SPEIGHT
Scotland Neck, N. C.
ONE OF THE TROUBLES
To the Editor: Most of the
cotton mills in North Carolina
are closed today because of the
textile strike. I think the main
reason so many people joined
the union and walked out when
the strike was called was be
cause of the way the mills are
managed. The mill superintendents
allow the overseers to employ
three and four out of one family
while there are families with no
one in them working. In some
cases the superintendent’s wife
and some of his children are al
lowed to work for the mill com
panies. There are overseers with
four or five of their children
working in the mills, more of
their children would be working
if they were old enough.
This selfish greed on the part
of the mill superintendents and
overseers is responsible for the
workers’ uprising against the
mill owners, I think. I believe
that if the mill owners would
stop the superintendents and over
seers from doing this there would
be harmony between the workers
and the mills. I know it would
help some families if this prac
tice were stopped. It would let
families that need help have a
chance for some member of their
family to be employed in the
mill.
I believe if the mill owners
could stop this selfish greed that
it would be one of the greatest
things toward the betterment of
the textile industry.
John C. SIMMONS.
Roanoke Rapids, N. C.
New History Texts
Elementary Grades
The State Department of Ed
ucation has changed the histor
ies in the fifth and sixth grades.
The old books which have been
in use for more than ten years
are: First Book in United States
History - Thompson. Our An
cestors in Europe - Hall.
These books will not be used
and cannot be exchanged. The
new books are: Story of our Na
tion - Fifth Grade 65cents. Our
Beginnings in Europe and Am
erica - Sixth Grade 60 cents.
Helps Win Band Title
NEW YORK ... The Mil
waukee American Legion band
has {jut one woman member in
jts world championship organiza-r
tion. She js Miss Evelyn Pennak
(above), solo saxophonist, pic
tured aboard ship as the band re
turned from Geneva, Switzerland,
where they won the world title.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to take this oppor
tunity in thanking everybody for
the presents we have received
since the loss of our home by
fire, July l'8th. We assure you
everything has been greatly ap
preciated. Many thanks.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Camp, Jr.
Mohorn-Lewis
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Lewis ann
ounces the marriage of their dau
ghter, Ethel Louis, to Wilbur
Grey Mohorn, son of Mr and Mrs.
W. J. Mohorn of the Brinkleyville
section, Sunday, August 12th, in
Emporia, Va. at home, Weldon.
Teele - Lewis
Miss Gazelle Lewis and Leroy
Teele were quietly married at the
Roanoke Rapids First Baptist Ch
urch Wednesday Sept., 5th. The
Ceremony was performed by Rev.
Gordan Price in the presence of
a few friends and relatives of the
young couple. Immediately after
the ceremony they left for a tour
thru the Western part of the
State.
When claim-alls boast that this or that
is done in almost nothing flat,
The wise old owl says with a nudge:
Try Essolenel You be the judge "
Judge Our Service by the Test!
JACKSON’S
SERVICE STATION
jRoanoke Av. at 11th Roanoke Rapids, N. C.
r I CLAIM
THE MOST,
L SPEED /
I CLAIM '
THE MOST/
POWER /
I CLAIM '
THE MOST#
MILEAGE/j
“I can’t help thinking,” says the owl,
“ When l hear claim-alls yap and yowl,
fancy;
that/.
That it would certainly behoove ’em
Not to make claims ’til they can prove ’em!”
We could make sweeping claims for Essolene without stretching
the truth in the least. However, we prefer to let Essolene, itself,
testify to its merits. And it will, if you'll just give it the chance.
Test it out in your car. Let it demonstrate exactly what we mean
when we say that Essolene guarantees smoother performance.
[Essolube Motor Oil in the crankcase enables Essolene to do its best]
Smoother Performance
/
BUY AT THIS SIGN
This sign identifies the 80,000 Esso Stations
and Dealers from Maine to Louisiana who
represent the services and products of the
world's leading oil organization.
Esso,
Sfe'TiA' N D A RD OIL COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY