Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume], May 03, 1934, Image 9

About Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1931-1948

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H ALIF AX-N ORTH AMPTON
OIL MEN IN CODE MEET
TOLD THEY HAVE 5
DAYS TO GET THEIR
HOUSES IN ORDER
Major Newsome Is Chairman
Of Two-County Compliance
Board Oil Code
BROWN SPEAKER
A comparative “hand-full” of
Halifax and Northampton County
oil men gathered at the court
house at Halifax last Friday night,
April 27th, for the purpose of
straightening out matters pertain
ing to the oil code which has been
in effect since September 2nd. C.
A. Brown, of Charlotte, executive
secretary of the North Carolina
State Pe.traleum Code, was present
at the meeting to authentically an
swer all questions. The small at
tendance at this meeting was un
accounted for, as it had been well
advertised that Mr. Brown would
make a personal appearance at
the meeting.
Calling the meeting to order,
M. C. Newsome, Roanoke Rapids
oil man, who is chairman of the
local NRA Oil Code Compliance
Board, embracing the counties of
Halifax and Northampton, intro
duced Mr. Brown to his audience.
After a stirring 45-minute talk,
in which Brown stressed the ser
iousness -of living up to code re
quirements, he told his listeners
that the government was inclined
to give them “only five-days to
get your houses in order.” Altho
conditions in North Carolina have
been lax, Mr. Brown said, these
lax conditions are a thing of the.
past, and men in the oil business,
wholesale and retail, may look for
action in enforcement of the code.
Particularly in the matter of wag
es and hours paid to employees,
and to the posting of prices for
each commodity sold in the sta
tion, will enforcement officials give
strict attention.
Mr. Brown further pointed out
that the most flagrant violators of
code agreements coming to their
attention at this time was those
stations who had not posted their
prices, and who were not up to
the minimum wage agreement.
Brown, a tall, handsome man was
an impressive, forceful speaker,
and after his talk there was an
impromptu discussion in which he
answered all questions, and, as he
reminded his audience more than
once, answered them “authenti
cally.”
The local committee, headed by
Newsom, is composed of R. P.
Allen, secretary, Roanoke Rap
ids, E. F. Bounds of Weldon, N.
C., G. S. May of Littleton, H. G.
Bland of Kelford. This committee
Has Telephone Battle
NEW YORK . . . Dr. Alton A.
Small (above), carried on a 7 year
fight against the telephone company
here claiming an overcharge He
won a verdiet for $5.40 . . . but
spent in all about $3,000 in winning.
He padlocked his phone to keep
count of calls.
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will be augmented by several oth
er new members, composed of ser
vice station men and dealers.
Brown, in closing the meeting,
stressed the fact that the petro
leum code was an iron-clad agree
ment, to which all operators must
live up. “Its a federal law, gen
tlemen, with plenty of teeth. There
will be government inspectors a
round at a later date, and it is our
eai’nest advise to you to have your
houses in order,” he said, in con
clusion.
JEME-JAMC^ (
u)as a manicurist1
Jesse would never have been a
bandit if he had a place like this
one in his town. It would not have
been necessary because a little
money goes a long way here, fca—
When you get any lubrica
tion work done here, you
SAVE MONEY because no
detail is missed.
You can depend on the
THOROUGHNESS of our me
chanics.
We know that grease and
oil are cheaper than new
parts, and we act accordingly.
Obtain Information
From Postoffice On
Civil Service Work
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced open
competitive examinations as fol
lows:
Chief Topographic Draftsman,
$2,600 a year, Principal Topo
graphic Draftsman, $2,300 a year,
Senior Topographic Draftsman,
$2000 a year, Topographic Drafts
man, $1,800 a year, Assistant Top
ographic Draftsman, $1,620 a year,
various services.
Senior Scientific Aide (Taxon
omic Entomology), $2,000 a year,
Bureau of Entomology, Depart
ment of Agriculture.
All salaries given above are sub
ject to a deduction of not to ex
ceed 10 percent until June 30,
1934, and of not to exceed 5 per
cent during the fiscal year ending
June, 30, 1935, as a measure of
economy, and also to a deduction
of 3 1-2 percent toward a retire
ment annuity.
ATI States except Iowa, Mary
land, Vermont, Virginia and the
District of Columbia have receiv
ed less than their share of ap
Painting Rejected j
NEW YOBK . . . Paul Cadmus
(above), CWA artist whose painting
The Fleet *s In, ’ * showing drunken
sailors on shore leave, was rejected
by Secretary of the Navy Swanson
as “not being true t.p the nary."
pointments in the apportioned de
partmental service at Washing
ton.
Full information may be obtain
ed from Carl Churchill, Secretary
of the United States Civil Service,
Board of Examiners, at the post
office.
MISSIONARY SOCIETY
The Woman’s Missionary So
ciety of the Rosemary Baptist
Church held a mission study class
last Wednesday. There was a
morning and afternoon session.
Lunch was served in the Junior
Dept, at noon. There was a good
attendance and Mrs. Kent of
Enfield, was instructor. The book
studied was “The Keys of The
Kingdom.”
Because her husband would not
wash his hands before breakfast,
Mrs. Annitonette Mazolewski, of
Hammond, Ind., shot him.
Audits Investigations
Systems
E. C. Morrissette
Certified Public
Accountant
Green Bldg.
j Weldon, North Carolina
Federal and State Income
Tax Service
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