The
ROANOKE RAPIDS HERALD
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina
HALIFAX COUNTY’S LARGEST NEWSPAPER
North Carolina's Only TABloid NEWSpaper
CARROLL WILSON, Owner and Editor
Entered as Second Class matter April 3rd, 1914, at the post office
at Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, under Act of March 3rd, 1879.
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IT WILL FAIL, UNLESS
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A brave legislator will soon present a bill
to the present General Assembly which would
provide for the legal sale of whiskey in North
Carolina.
The salient features of the Virginia system
are incorporated in this bill. The State would
operate the stores, get the profits and tax. No
store would be put in any town or city unless
so desired by the citizens. The stores would
be operated by a State board similar to Vir
ginia’s ABC. Goods would be sold in pack
ages only for consumption off the premises.
The bill is so written and can be so en -
forced that dry communities can remain dry
while those communities desiring the sale of
legal whiskey could have it. Operated by the
State, the graft and politics of the old license
system is eliminated. There would be no sa
loons or drinking places for the public with
the ever-present temptation of the old corner
saloon.
We have watched the operation of the Vir
ginia system with much interest and, with a
few minor changes, that system seems the
most sensible and business-like that could be
adopted.
It’s success is best typified by the conduct
or on one of the crack C&O trains who told us
the other day that there were more people
drinking on his train, due to the fact liquor
could be bought on the train, but there was
less drunkeness than before repeal. People are
now drinking moderately because they know
it is legal and they can get it whenver they
want it, was the observation of the conductor.
We know the fireworks will start when
this bill drops in the legislative hopper at Ra
leigh. This is the calm before the storm. The
drys are militant and well organized. They
proved that in the repeal election when they
surprised the nation and even themselves. The
most powerful lobby of the present session
will probably descend upon the. luckless legis
lators, pointing with pride to North Carolina’s
record of aridity and demanding that the es
cutcheon remain unblotted.
It is our opinion, at present, that the bill
will be defeated. We are sorry.to say this but,
as usual, we are looking the facts in the face.
It is unfortunate that North Carolina should
continue ridden with moonshiners and bootleg
gers, while every surrounding State has or will
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soon have some form of legal sale for liquors.
We predict the bill will suffer defeat be -
cause of the strength of those who will op
pose and the weakness of those who will fa
vor it. Altho we believe that the majority of
the State is in the latter class, they lack unity
and proper leadership.
Only a militant and aggressive movement
on the part of those favoring legalizing liquor
will save that bill. As yet we fail to see any
indication of any such movement on a large
scale.
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OUTLAWING CHILD LABOR
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The General Assembly of North Carolina should rat
ify the Child Labor Amendment to the Constitution of the
United States.
Outlawed temporarily by NKA, child labor might
come back if NRA is changed or dispensed with. It should
never return to a country which prides itself on freedom
and advancement.
All children are entitled to full, free education in
our public schools and every child should be permitted to
at least finish. High School before going to workj. And as
many who desire and have any inclination should be per
mitted to continue their studies and specialize in the vo
cation of their own choosing.
They cannot do this with no child labor laws to pro
tect them, for it is easy for both children and their parents
to overlook the advantages of an education when there is
a chance tq yank the children from school and put theni
to work.
There is also the angle of unemployment, which has
always been with us but to a greater extent today than
ever before.
Let child labor return and many adults would be dis
placed by children, increasing unemployment among those
who are heads of families and who deserve to work.
There is not one single argument in favor of child la
bor that should appeal to a civilized country.
More than twenty States have already ratified the
amendment and North Carolina can hasten the day by a
ratification vote in favor the amendment by the present
General Assembly.
1936 should see the amendment adopted and made a
part of the uniform laws of thp land. North Carolina has an
opportunity to set the pace for the Southland.
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