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Carolina’s Only TABloid NEWSpaper The Roanoke Rapids Herald VOLUME TWENTY ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20th., 1934_NUMBER TWENTY THREE County Board Appeals To Governor In Strike UP AND DOWN t?he Avenue WITH THE EDITOR A special service for the teachers of Roanoke Rapids will be held Sunday night at 7:30 at the . First Methodist Church. There will be spec ial music and the pastor, Rev erend S. J. Starnes, will preach. All teachers are especially in vited to attend. The Young Mens Civic Club is having a dance at the Chockoyot te Country Club this Friday night from ten ’til 2. Music will be furnished by Bill Allsbrook nad his orchestra, just completing a successful summer engagement at Virginia Beach. The dance to morrow night is for the benefit of the High School Athletic As sociation, raising funds to equip this year’s football team. it II Five Boy Scouts will receive special awards for outstanding work at the Court of Honor which will be held in the Scout Hall in the Patterson Store building, this Friday night. Parents and friends of the Boy Scouts are invited to attend this particular meeting to show their interest in the boys and in the Boy Scout work. There will be services Sunday at 11:00 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. at the Presbyterian Church. Rev - erend James A. Jones of Rich - mond will preach. Associated Press tabulations this morning in the textile strike for North Carolina show 171 mills closed, 321 open; 65 720 idle, 92,250 working. The High School Traffic Squad today elected Wilson Byrd as captain. He made the following appointments: 11th Street and the Avenue, George Nethercutt, Eu gene Shell, Rexall Williams; 9th Street, Jack Smith, Wilson Mul len, Edward Dickens; 8th Street, Kermit Mason, Milton Bennett; 6th Street, Horace Williams, Gar land Holliday; 5th Street, Ralph Bounds, John Myrick, Ernest Eu bank. Parents of school children and auto drivers are asked to co operate with these young men in protecting the school children as they cross the streets. They are doing a good work and should re ceive all possible aid from the public. Smouldering Remains of Ill-Fated Morro Castle After Great Death Toll J NEW YORK . . . The intense interest in the Federal investigation of the burning of the S. S. Morro Castle with great loss of life was reflected by the manner in which all evidence was eagerly scanned by persons in all walks of life. . . . Acting Captain Wm. F. Warms (insert) testified .that he believed the fire that swept the ill-fated ship “was set by someone.’’ Photo above is close-up of the death ship as it went aground off Asbury Park, N. J. The list of dead and missing was between 172 to 186. Hospital Closed THEATRE CLOSES The Peoples Theatre here will close dOwn until further notice after the Saturday night show. Continued drop in business, coupled with heavy operating ex penses which cannot be reduced, made the action necessary until business picks up. With 1,100 seats, the Peoples Theatre is one of the largest movie houses in the State. Heat ing it is one of the greatest problems which face the mana gement as well as the most ex - pensive. The Imperial Theatre in the South end will continue to oper ate as usual. Dies Today While Visitine Here Persons E. Morgan, 41, of Richmond, Va., died at the Roa noke Rapids Hospital this morn ing of acute grippe with acute hepatitis, after a weeks illness. He was viisting friends here Monday when stricken. Funeral services will be held in Rich - mond tomorrow. Lack of Funds Causes Closing; To Reopen When Mills Start Again. The Roanoke Rapids Hos pital was closed last night after a meeting of the Board of Trustees yesterday after - noon had decided no funds were available for any furth er operating expenses due to the strike situation in the city. No new cases are being taken today and the forty patients now in the hospital will be cared for until properly discharged by the hospital staff. At that time the building will be closed. A com mittee was appointed to look af ter the property and to make arrangements for reopening when the strike is over. The local hospital gets 75 per cent of its revenue from the 25 cents per week from each em ployee of tile local cotton mills. This entitles the employee and his immediate family to complete hospitilazation. Last cut for the hospital was on Sept. 7th. On the (Continued on back page) PARADE TODAY 500 members of the United Tex tile Workers in Roanoke Rapids paraded this morning in a driz zling rain. Observers from Rose mary Mfg. Company say a dozen were from their mill, the balance from mills in another part of the city. The paraders carried about 20 banners with various inscrip - tions. Miss Janie Wells Dies At Home Of Nephew, J. C. Wells Miss Janie Wells, 71 years old, died Monday morning at the home of her nephew, J. C. Wells, on Jackson Street after a two weeks illness. Funeral services were held at Williams Funeral Home Tuesday afternoon with Reverend J. H. Bynum officiating with inter - ment in Cedarwood Cemetery. She was survived by one sister Mrs. Hattie Wells of this city, and three brothers, George T. Wells, Clinton, D. T. Wells, Farmville, Horton Wells, Miami, CALL OFF SPECIAL DEPUTIES Ask Governor To Send Investigator To Decide On Send ing Troops. A special meeting of the Halifax County Board of Commissioners was called yesterday in Halifax to take some action in regard to the strike situation in Roanoke Rapids, when reports showed the situation getting tense. Sheriff Johnson, admitting his inability to handle the situation here with his pre sent force, on Tuesday night had summoned for duty 150 ■citizens of the county out - side of Roanoke Rapids- He had planned to swear this group in as special deputies after demands from both employers and employees of the Rosemary Mfg. Co., non striking local mill closed by outside pickets, and upon the advice of the Solicitor, W. H. S. Burgwyn. This plan was over-ruled by the County Board of Commission ers on the grounds that it might provoke trouble with which they would be unable to cope. The Board did agree the sit - uation was so grave that troops might be needed and requested the Governor to make an imme diate investigation as to the ad visability of sending troops to Roanoke Rapids. A motion to make an immediate demand for troops was voted down by the Board. The following resolutions of the Commissioners was drawn by County Attorney George C. Green at the request of the Board. Mi nor changes were made and the resolutions adopted by unanimous vote. RESOLUTIONS Whereas, at a special meeting of the Board of County Commis - sioners held at request of the Sheriff at Halifax today, Sept ember 19, 1934, it was made to appear to said Board that the Sheriff of Halifax County had deputized approximately one hun dred and fifty deputies to be used in connection with the strike at Rosemary Manufacturing Com - (Continued on back page)
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