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ROANOKE RAPIDS, NORTH CAROLINA
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CARROLL WILSON, Owner and Editor
Entered as Second Class matter April 3rd, 1914, at the post of tic.
At Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, under Act of March 8rd, 1879.
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SAD SENATOR
(Washington, D. C., Tuesday)
• • The North Carolina press, whose star report
ers in Washington, D. C., have been so eager to re
port the various vagaries of Senator Bob Reynolds
in lurid style to the voters of North Carolina, has
been strangely silent concerning his present ab
sence from Washington.
For Bob is not on an exciting world tour; nor
is he in Hollywood where paid press agents paint
perfect press portraits of their customers.
So the big shots on the big city dailies of
North Carolina give Bob the silent cold shoulder . .
when, if they would want to give the guy a break
.. they have a real story.
For Senator Bob Reynolds has left Washing
ton again . . and at a very important time in this
nation’s history.
Why don’t they give him the usual raspberry ?
Why don’t they pan him for his playboy proclivi
ties ? .... And —
Why don’t they tell the people of North Caro
lina that Bob, like you or I, has left his job to stay
with his 82 year old mother who is at death’s door?
Left it, if he never gets it back again . . Left it, for
one who is nearer and dearer to him than all the
jobs that humans have to offer. Left it, for one
who bore him, raised him, nurtured and loved him
thru all life’s worries; who forgave him all his
transgressions and loved him just the same; who
many times never understood why he did the
things he did, but loving him took him back close
to her heart; who is today so happy and so proud
of her boy who has made good in the eyes of us
plain people who love him too . . good enough to be
chosen United States Senator for two six year
terms and good enough to go back again next time.
To Hell with the big dailies of North Carolina,
Bob,.. you won twice with them against you .. you
can keep on doing it to them. . .
Stay on with your mother . . be happy in the
thought that she could so long give for you and
guide you . . The mothers and sons of North Caro
lina will understand . . even those unfortunate
ones like this writer who never remembers his
mother . . who has envied the other boys who had
that tender care and God-given love that only a
mother seems to possess . . .
Know this, our friend, that down in the East,
our ears are listening for some encouraging word
from the mountains of Asheville . . and should it
be the time for a wise Master to send for a good
Mother, our hearts, too, will be unhappy, because
we will know that our happy, smiling, friendly Bob
is so sad.
WHY LEAVE?
• • Latest dope in Washington is that Congress
will adjourn within the next two weeks. With the
closing of this session comes the matter of un
HOW MUCH LONG£R CAN HE HOLD IT?
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finished business of the nation.
Things are not right with the world and things
are not right at home . . So we ask, why should
Congress adjourn and call it a day with so many
matters unsettled and so many problems unsolved?
After all, we elect men to the Congress as bus
iness men elect directors: to handle their business
and direct the destiny of those businesses in the
right and proper course, that some good might ac
crue therefrom . . to employee, employer and
investor.
With war threatening in Europe and the Ori
ent .. with us (U. S.) liable to be mixed up one way
or another in another world war which is brewing
.. Congress should not adjourn until every eventu
ality is taken care of and every provision made to
keep us from making the mistakes of the past . . .
mistakes when in 1917 and 1918 we not only
financed the world war but also sent thousands of
our young men to certain death because we were
totally unprepared . . . Green recruits died by the
thousands, w^ien a little military training would
have taught them to properly protect themselves
. . A smart Congress would never leave until the
youth of this generation gets better consideration,
protection and instruction than those of us of that
lost generation of the ’teens and twenties . . .
And in Washington those who know the news
behind the news say the Congress is quitting main
ly because Congressmen, who have an election
coming up next year, are anxious to get back home
to shake hands, kiss babies and tell the voters how
much they have done for each and every voter thru
all the ABC agencies ... by the sweat of Congres
sional brows ... in air-conditioned offices.
While the world teeters and totters in inter
national complications which will certainly involve
us, our Congress stops so each and every one of
them can look after his tiny, individual, selfish
interest.
God, give us men!
HUMAN RELATIONS
• • Automobiles, airplanes, railroads, motion
pictures, electrical refrigerators, radios, and tele
vision may spell progress in some sense of the
word. But real progress comes with improved
human relations—better relations between you
and your neighbor; between your town and the ad
joining one.
The latter relation will end the list. For it is
about the relation between Roanoke Rapids and
Weldon that brings up the subject. Old timers
will tell you of the days
when the two towns hat
ed each other with a pas
sion ; when the two
towns would be at each
other’s throats when any
kind of contest was play
ed between them.
Those same old timers
must be amazed to wit
ness what they have
been seeing this summer.
Far from being at each
other’s throats, Weldon
and Roanoke Rapids
have combined to give
the two communities
one of the best Junior
Legion baseball teams
ever seen around here.
And the success of the
team came from the
splendid cooperation a
mong the boys on the
teams.
They played against
each other on their re
spective high school
earns and fought each
r to the end in order
/in. But when the
legxon club was organiz
ed, these same boys for
got that they lived in dif
ferent towns and weld
ed themselves together
into a smoothly working
unit. The coach who
handled the club says
that there was never the
least little hint of fric
tion among any of the
boys.
We’re getting some
where.
Miss Estelle Hamlet was the
week-end guest of Mrs. Ivey Mo
horn.
Mrs. Nolie Fulghum, Miss Clyde
Fulghum and Mr. and Mrs. Wylie
Reaves spent Sunday at Sanato
rium.
Miss Ann Dawson Mohorn is
spending the week in Greensboro.
Mrs. Mildred Fulghum is spend
ing the week in Warrenton with
Mrs. Walter Kidd.
Clifton Hasty is visiting relatives
at Norfolk this week.
Mrs. Ira Edmonds and children
spent the week-end with her par
ents at Charlie Hope.
Reginald Edmonds is visiting his
aunt, Mrs. Lucille Moore, at Jar
rett, Va., this week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hasty and
children visited relatives at Sea
board Sunday.
Mrs. G. T. Sullivan and Miss
Louise Sullivan are spending the
week in Rockinghapi.
Mrs. Pat Crowell af Concord was
th ■ week-end guest if Miss Evelyn
Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Barrett and
Milton Humphreys have returned
from a three weeks visit to Prince
ton, West Va., and Atlanta, Ga.
Miss Mae West of Asheville is
the guest of Mrs. Walter Kee and
Miss Naomi Powell.
Mrs. H. B. Garner of La Crosse,
Va. is the guest of her sister, Mrs.
Cunningham.
Mrs. Raleigh Warren and Miss
Mae West spent Monday in Ra
leigh.
Miss Pauline Brewer is visiting
her father in Virginia this week.
Mrs. J. T. Garner returned last
Tuesday after a visit to friends in
Courtland, Va.
Mrs. W. H. Newton, Charles and
Billy Newton spent last week in
Newsome, Va. with friends.
R. S. Newton spent last Saturday
in Raleigh.