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The Roanoke Rapids I erald
VOLUME TWENTY ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 31st., 1935 NUMBER THIRTY-TWO
MILL TENANTS AIDED
BY ALLSBROOK BILL
KERR SAYS P. 0. BUILDING
HERE STARTS IN SPRING
UP AND DOWN
Xjhe Avenue
WITH THE EDITOR
The following merchants repre
sented the Roanoke Rapids Mer
chants Association at the sales tax
hearng before the joint Revenue
committee at Raleigh yesterday:
G. N. Taylor, G. N. Ranhorn, A.
N. Mart'n, President C. C. Shell,
W. F. Joyner, J. W. Taylor, F. M.
Coburn, H. S. Loy, J. J. Wade, J.
I. Starke and Henry Moore.
More than 25 Associations
from all sectons of the State
sent delegations to appear and
show reasons why the sales tax
should be defeated. W. F. Joy
ner was spokesman for the Roa
noke Rapids delegation. Willard
Dowell, secretary of the State
Association, had charge of the
hearing for the merchants, and
brought out such strong points
as the loss of hundred million
dollars in sales driven to other
States and a 63 per cent jump
in money orders after the sales
tax went into effect. !
Legalization of liquor was side
stepped by Mr. Dowell on the
grounds that he did not wish to
confuse that issue with the sales
tax issue). This question also pop
ped up in the merchants meeting
held before the hearing but did not
get far. However, there was much
sentiment among individual mer
chants to bring forward legaliza
tion as one of the main means of
raising revenue.
Joe Kolva, Montana cowboy,
was a visitor at Kiwanig Club
tonight and told the members
how he expected to ride wild
horses and st?ers here Satur
day afternoon when he appears
in his rodeo at the ball park.
Joe said he was not much of a
talker as all a cowboy had to
talk to on the range was a
bunch of horses and' nteers.
He wag told to go right ahead.
Pallbearers at the Edward Smoot
funeral Friday were Alvis George,
Howard Pruden, Hugh Hockaday,
(Continued on back page)
The plans for the new Post
office Building in Roanoke
Rapids are being completed,
according to alerter received
by the HERALD this week
from Congressman John H.
Kerr, and the contract will be
let right away.
The building should be in the
process of construction by the
early Spring, says Judge Kerr,
who this week investigated the
status of the Postoffice building
project for Roanoke Rapids and
said the matter is progressing
satisfactorily.
The building will be located on
the corner of Roanoke Avenue and
7th Street. Preliminary surveys of
the property are completed by the
Postoffice Department and the
plans are now nearing completion
in the Washington office.
YELLOW
SHADOW
COMING
Young Mens Club To Stage
Mystery Play Here
February 22
The main cast of characters for
the mystery drama, The Yellow
Shadow, which will be staged here
on the night of Feb. 22 by the
Young Mens Cvic Club, has been
chosen from the cream of local ta
lent.
Those chosen are Misses Helen
House* Phala Vick, Ethel Park
er, Esther Pridgen and Mrs. Louise
Lampley, Messrs Roland Johnson,
Stanley Garris, Edward Harrell,
Byron Gurley, Rufus Vick.
The caste has started practis
ing every night.
CROWDER
INJURED
Walter Crowder, former local
merchant, was severely burned
Monday morning at his home in
Lawrencevi'le when a heater, with
hot water coils in it, exploded in
his face as he started to fix the
fire early in the morning.
Mr. Crowder, burned about the
face and hands, was rushed to a
Petersburg hospital and was im
proved enough today to be brought
here to the home of his father-in
law, M. D. Collier.
INCREASES NOTICE TO QUIT TENANCY
STATE SENATOR JULIAN R. ALLSBROOK
who yesterday introduced a bill giving week to week tenants
one week’s notice in case of ejectment proceedings instead of
the two day’s notice they have been given in the past. Last
week he introduced a bill requiring proper notice and abol
ishing the tax collector’s fee in garnishment proceedings for
taxes. These measures are the .first labor legislation ever
introduced directly benefiting the textile workers of Roa
noke Rapids. The young Senator from Halifax is now looked
upon by* the members of the present legislature as one of
the most brilliant additions to the General Assembly in
many years. He is a busy member of twelve important Sen
ate committees and as one Senator said last week isi “one
man who studies every new bill dropped in the hopper”. He
will be one of the leaders in the Senate in the fight against
the sales tax when the revenue bill comes before the Sen
ate for action.
R. A. Shearin Dies j
“
R. A. Shearin, 64 years.old, died
Monday at his home in Butter
wood township after an illness of
three years. He is survived by his
wife and two children, Edward
and Emily. Funeral services were
held at the home by Rev. J. J.
Boone with interment in the fam
liy ' cemetery. He was a member
of Tabor Methodist Church.
J. H. Carroll .who was slugged
in the Littleton depot last Sat
urday night, is a mechanic in
the White Oak Mills at Green
boro. His folks there have been
notified. He says he was on his
way from Portsmouth to his
home and got a ride as far as
Litthton where has was wait
ing for the train when assault
ed.
INCREASES
TIME FOR
EJECTMENT
Bill Introduced Yesterday
Gives Tenants Week
Notice
WAS TWO DAYS
For the past ten years, ten
ants in mill houses were only
given forty eight hours to
move in case of ejectment
proceedings. Yesterday, Sen
ator Julian Allsbrook intro
iSut.ev Senate Bill 95 which
ihctfbases the time to one
week.
With the statement that forty
eight hours is not enough time
to make anybody move and is a
real hardship imposed upon ten
ants, Mr. Allsbrook expects to
see his bill passed without rtoub
le. The bill was refered to Judic
iary Committee No. 2 of the, Sen
ate of which the Halifax Senator
is a member.
This new bill will amend chap
ter 196 of the 1925 laws on notice
to quit tenancy which says that
a tenancy from week to week may
be terminated by notice to quit of
two days. A tenancy from year
to year requires a months notice,
while tenancy of month to month
requires one week’s notice, the
same length of time which will be
required for the week to week
tenancy undejr Mr. Allsbrook’s a
mendment.
This bill fulfills another cam
paign pledge made by Senator
Allsbrook during the) primary to
textile workers of Roanoke Rap
ids.
He had promised to introduce
the above amendment and also a
bolish extra fees on tax garnish
ment proceedings. The latter bill
be introduced last wepk. It was
reported out favorably by the Sen
ate committee and passed the Sen
ate last Friday and was sent to
the Housq where it was referred
to committee. The House com
mittee today reported the bill out
favorably.
He has also introduced a bill
which makes it illegal for the
county chairman of nay political
party to run for office in a pri
mary unless he resigns the potent
post of chairman prior to the se
lection of election officials for the
primary. Comment from other leg
islators points to immediate pas
sage of this State-wide measure
which has the approval of the
State Board of Elections.