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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1939
Page
2
A columnist praises a new cotton slogan Pick Cotton and urges Roanoke Rapids and surrounding textile regions to embrace it. The piece argues nation wide adoption could lift cotton farming and manufacturing, increase demand for cotton goods, and create more jobs for textile workers locally.
The Herald notes eleven highway deaths since the start of the year and captions a cartoon showing Sudden Death as a weary beneficiary of careless drivers. The piece remarks that printing or sending a Card of Thanks is common to show appreciation for kindness received, while warning speeders of their fate.
The letter notes the risk of spreading false information from read material and asserts caution about believing all printed matter or statements heard. It emphasizes that some printed content is wrong due to lack of proper information, while others are intentionally misleading.
A letter writer challenges claims with demand for absolute proof before print. The piece condemns a traveling purveyor of printed material that spreads hatred against a religious group, noting the canvasser’s house to house and store to store methods and declaring the newspaper will avoid such material.
The piece contrasts a streamlined modern life with still slow courts. It argues trials lag behind business, social, and religious life, deeming court procedures outdated and impractical for busy people. The author criticizes persistent rules and dilatory methods.
A speaker cautions that those safeguarding the current system are paving the way for a loss of public respect and a coming trauma. The text warns of a rising convulsion as revulsion grows and urges action to preserve what remains of justice.
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