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Carolina’s Only TABloid NEWSpaper The Roanoke Rapids Herald VOLUME TWENTY ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 24th., 1935_NUMBER FORTY-ONE UP AND DOWN 7she Avenue WITH THE EDITOR There is quite a debate going on up and down the Avenue. The question before the house is: How many seats in the Higa School auditorium? Debaters set their figures at anywhere bet ween 2,000 and 4,000, which, of course, is quite a difference of opinion. As a matter of comparison it might interest all to know that the Peoples Theatre seats (downstairs and balcony) 1,046 people while the Imperial Theatre seats 700 people. The point seems to be: Does the High School auditorium (downstairs and balcony) seat twice as many as the Imperial or is it more than four times as lar ge? Then the problem is put as follows: If there are 100 people in the balcony of the Auditorium and the downstairs is 80 per cent filled, how many people are there in the High School auditorium? The facts are: At one time, the High School auditorium seated 2,002 people.. Today, because the frist two rows have been taken out to make more room for Ihe orchestra pit, there are seats for 1,940 people. 1,242 of these seats are downstairs and 698 are in the balcony. This is by actual count. So answering the problem above: There were 993 people on the main floor and 100 in the balcony, mak ing a total crowd of 1,093. Which, of course, is only about one-four th of “nearly 4,000.” Dr. Bahnson Weathers and Wm. A’fred Thorne have return ed from a successful bird hunt a-ound Maxton. bagging their limit of ten each on three suc cessive days.—Miss Lillian Belle Jenkins has been attending the (Continued on back page) I, 200 AT SPEAKING SATURDAY National Strike Leader Threa tens Bigger Strike In Spring Francis J. Gorman, vice president of the United Tex tile Workers and leader of the textile strike last Fall, spoke here late Saturday afternoon to a crowd of 1,200 persons at the High School auditorium— Scheduled to speak at 3 p. m. he was more than two hours late. There were about 1,500 persons in the auditorium at 3:30 but many left during the waiting period J. Dooley, labor organizer and President of the Central Labor Union of Roanoke Rapids, intro duced J. Winfield Crewe, Jr., union attorney. Mr. Crewe introduced Dr. T. W. M. Long who in turn intro duced the main speaker, Mr. Gor man. Dr. Long said: “My friends, to day is a historic day in the lives of the American people, the birthday of a great man, Robert E. Lee. His birthday is being celebrated all over this country, not only as a great military leader, but great in spirit and character. His life is exemp'ified in his willingness to sacrifice all in order to serve his fellowmen. The gentleman who will speak to you this evening is, in my opinion, of the same fiber and method. A man who as a child started his life in the cotton mills of this country. His life has been given to the textile workers, a man of character, fairness and de cision, a leader of the textile wor kers in our textile industry, a man known all over the United States, nation-wide, Mr. Francis J. Gor man.” Others on the stage with the speakers were Mr. Peel, another ‘U. T. W. vice-president, and Dr. W. E. Murphey, local dentist. Mr. Gorman explained his lat eness by saying he was delayed in Washington waiting for the wage and employment report just com (Continued on back page) Long’s Attack Staggers Senate ■ nnnnnMrrinnrnnrnnnnrrfinnrnfnnnnmnninnnfiir innmnrn Criticizing the administration with charges that the “rich are getting richer, the poor poorer,” that there are 5.000,000 more on relief, and 1,000,000 more without jobs, than a year ago; and that patronage is being handled through New Orleans men who, through real estate transactions, are connected with vice operations, Huey Long, Louisiana’s fiery senator, delivered a caustic two-hour speech that left the Senate gasping, and at a loss for an answer. Senator Long is shown above just before he took the floor. NO. 1 MILL BACK ON TWO SHIFTS Orders Secured This Week Make It Possible; Officials Talk To Employees 1 KILLED WRECK AT EMPORIA H. G. Church, 25-year old Nor - folk truck driver met instant death about 3 o’clock this afternoon when a large, empty “convoy” truck in which he was riding over turned two-miles this side of Em poria. The driver of fKe truck was critically injured, it s said, and was rushed to a Norfolk hospital. The truck, returning to Norfolk' from a point in North Carolina where they had transported a load (Continued on back page) Employees of Roanoke Mills No. One listened care - fully to talks made to them Tuesday afternoon by S. T. Peace and F. C. Williams, pre sident and vice-president of Roanoke Mills Co., when the two officials explained the conditions of the textile in ■ dustry with emphasis on the flannel business which is the product of the No. 1 mill. About 800 employees were pres ent at the meeting which was helc in one of the larger rooms at the mill. The officials explained how thej had lost business which made i1 necessary to go on short time (Continued on back page) HALIFAX SENATOR AUTHOR _ I Senator Allsbrook Fulfills Campaign Promise To Textile Employees _ I Senate Bill Number 66, to abolish extra fees to tax col lectors in garnishment pro - ceedings, was written and in troduced in the State Senate this Tuesday night by Senator Julian R. Allsbrook. The bill also calls for special notices to be posted two weeks be fore payrolls are garnisheed for delinquent taxes and for a day to be advertised and place for the tax collector to be on that day to col lect said taxes. The bill was reierred to senate Judiciary Committee No. 2 of which Senator Allsbrook is a mem ber. The following letter from Mr. Allsbrook is self-explanatory. The bill is printed elsewhere in this issue. Mr. Carroll L. Wilson, Editor Roanoke Rapids Herald Roanoke Rajtids, North Carolina Dear Sir: Enclosed herewith you will find copy of Senate Bill No. 66, en titled an Act Requiring Sufficient Notice to be Given Taxpayers and Abolishing the Fees of Tax Col - lectors in Garnishment Proceedings for the Collection of Personal Pro perty and Poll Taxes in Halifax County.” under tne present iaw a tax col lector is authorized to collect by garnishment proceedings “if any poll tax or other tax shall not be paid within sixty days after the same shall be demandable.” Tremendous hardship has re - suited from this situation upon employees, due to the charge a - gainst the taxpayer of the fees in connection therewith, and the ad ditional hardship compelling the employer to deduct all taxes, even to the extent of taking the entire week’s wages from the employee, if the taxes amounted to as much as the weeks wages. It is my opinion that the vast majority of people will pay their taxes under this new bill, if possi ble, since it requires sufficient no tice to be given the employees by the tax collector prior to attempt ing to collect from the employer , for said taxes. You will observe that under this (Continued on back page)
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