NORTH CAROLINA’S
GREAT PROGRESS
Department Records Give an
Interesting Insight Into
the Ktsis For This State
ment.
He:b?rt 1' > v r recoraiy r:«r«rted
th 1 1: "North Carolina ha : made a
printer economic advance in every 1
phr cos !if•» in the !a ;t fifteen years
than ary other State in the Union.” I
Dvp rtmer.t r-cords give us an in
ter e.'ljnp insight into the basin for
this statement. In 1900 the value of
North < aroli a property was f>B2 mil
li in 192’ i* va 4 billions 500 mil
lion'. Jn i >•) th e value of manufac
ture: was 85 millions; in 1923 it was
950 ni iiions. lii 1900 the crop values
r.< >.) millions, in 1923 they were 436
millions. In 1900 hank resources were
less than 15 millions; now the;/ are
over 500 millions. In 1900 the State
was spending less than a million a
year on public schools. For 1924-5
this was increased to 33 millions. ,
North Carolina is making wonder
ful rirides in every direction and with
out the 'aid of real estate boomers.
ANDREWS WANTS
MORE LAWS
The Problem is One Which
Will Engage the Attention
of the Country For a Long
Yime to Come—Many Ob
stacles in the Way and the
Task Gigantic.
... • 1 t
r > cures concerning prohibition en- ,
forcement progress were made public
by the Department of Justice a few
day ago, showing that,durih£ the fis
cal year endfng June 30 of' this year
44,022 persons were*sentenced-by fed- 1
eral courts alone for violations of the
Volstead ret.
Fines totalled $7,336,505, while jail
•lentenees imposed aggregated 5,666
years. A trend toward more sen- i
tenet's-of imprisonment was noted, and
the number so punished was greater
than in any previous year since the
prohibition law has been in effect. |
If figures were available showing
'iie penalties inflicted by state and I
Ideal authorities for violation of the
law-, the grand total wou’d no doubt be
surprising. i
Just Avhat this increase number of '
convictions reilly means as an indica- i
tion of the progress of enforcement is I
difficulty to say. It will doubt he
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ROCKY MOUNT, N. C.
“THE DEPENDABLE MARKET”
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| the FARMERS OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA HAVE REALIZED THE TRUTH |
| OF THIS SLOGAN FOR THEY HAVE SOLD MORE TOBACCO ON THE ROCKY X
| MOUNT MARKET THAN EVER BEFORE IN IT’S HISTORY AND ARE SATISFIED. I
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BRING YOUR NEXT LOAD TO “THE DEPENDABLE MARKET ”
ROCKY MOUNT, - - - N. C.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
jconstrued by those favorable to the'
law as showing the success of enforce
| ment. Those opposed may contend
1 that it is evidence of more numerous
• -datums than ever, and proof that
> real headway is being made.
GenenJ Andrews, in charge of en
rcement, while admitting that re
19' have not been satisfactory in the
i t, declares that with the enactment
• additional laws proposed to Con
s : his camp-ogn will be «greatly
:•!. (I.
On? point upon v.h eh all must agree
i ii l til? probl. .i Is one which will
• ’gage th • attention of th" country
•'or a long time th come. In view of
he many obstacles in the way of en
'i'orccr.K nt, and ihe magnitude of th
• ; si;, it is not surprising that *ji: ? i.;
so.
LIVING FAST AND FURIOUS
(By Iviary Vaughan)
In reading a receent issue of Char
ity lnd Children, which is so ably
edited by Mr. Archibald Johnson, of
Thomasville, I saw a shbrt article he
reproduced from The Uplift. It cer
tainly is apropos of the times in which
we live which are fast and furious.
Some claim that the young people are
headed straight for the demnition bow
wowh. 1 don’t know. The fact in I
■m on a subject now I don’t know a
'bing on earth about. A mother told
ftie not long ago that the boys and
girls are not really half as bad as they
pretend to be, and I am inclined to be
lieve that about a great many. On
! the other hand, why pretend? It’S all
I a. muddle to me and somebody else can
' unravel it.
| A friend of mine invited her niece
ito visit her. Being wise in her day
and generation she hid a plain talk
with her upon her arrival, and this is !
what she said: “I am delighted to have :
you, and want you to make a long
visit, but there are four things I must'
insist that you do not do—You must 1
j not take a drink with a man; you must |
not drive all over the country at night
with a man; you must under no cir- '
! cumstqnces be out of this house at
night after 11 o’clock; and you must
not walk up and down the streets in a i
bathing suit.”
There you are. Is it their raising?
I don’t know. I never raised one. But j
here is the article: i
. Solicitous
Standing on the roadside Sunday j
afternoon, an observer was impressed i'
with the thoughtfulness of young folks I
as they went leisurely and some sw-ift- |;
ly by their machines.
II the girl was driving, the boy sat;
THE ZEBU! ON RECORD
near-by practically in the middle of
I the seat; if the boy or young man was
driving, the girl sat close up, in the
middle of the seat. In each instance
the driver had the comfort of an arm
around or about h:m, or her. The i.i-j
nocerit observer was impressed with
the solicitation about the safety ihrso
young people manifested for e;:cli
other. The observer thought it a spirit
of caution to keep the occupants from 1
falling out of the car should the door
of th<- car come open or the steering
g- ar become locked or a telephone pole
come in contact v i h the moving car.
Sixty per cent of the numerous joy;
riders a they pa ; sed were maintain
ing this attitude ar.d posture of great
caut’on.
.All these boys may have sisters—
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j what would they feel were their sis- ;
1 -i s manifesting such caution against l
'ailing from ihe car. \A!I these girls
have mothers what would they think,
if they knew how considerate their
daughters are of the safety of* the
young men with whom they are tiding, j
Has modesty become a discarded j
quality in the lives of many of the
young? The observer concluded as
much.—The Uplift.
BUSINESS HABITS PREVAIL
•
It seems impossible to swean Sec
rotary Mellon away from the business
habits of a lifetime. There has been !
a clamor to add what will apparently j
be a $200,000,000 surplus in income
tax receipts this year, to the $370,000,-
000 surplus of last year, and make a
further total cut of some 5500,000,000
a year in taxes.
This might be good politics for a !
temporary period. But Secretary Mel- '
; lon is running the Government Treas
ury the way he would the treasury of
| a private company.
Heavy cuts have already been made {
' in our federal income taxes, and Sec
retary Mellon says he is as anxious y
|as others to see taxes cut to the low- ]
est safe limit, “‘but we have to look 1
|to future years. We are enjoying tax i
returns now on unprecedented pros- {<
perity, and any change in this would 1
j wipe out the anticipated margin.” i
He points out that while the income
taxes are greater than expected, this i
increase will be partly offset by a l
drop of about $80,000,000 this quarter, i
in miscellaneous tax receipts under | 1
the new law, and that altogether the ' l
Treasury believes $200,000,000 less i
will be collected this year than last I
year, from miscellaneous taxes which i
were reduced or eliminated. c
Also, Secretary Mellon points out t
that the $370,000,000 surplus of 'ast;
year was used to pay off public debts,
and that, furthermore, as a good busi- i
ness proposition, it should not be ad
• ded to the 1926 surplus as a gauge for
! tax reduction. s ,
This all sounds like business advice
rather than political capital, and the
people of the United States can be
thankful their Treasury is run on a
business basis, instead of as a .political
machine. This practice should be ex
tended to sttte affairs.
j WIVES BIGGEST BUYERS OF
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
An Elkhart, Ind., dispatch says:
Sixty per cent of musical instrument ?
sold to women are purchased !<>
■ housewives, it is revealed in p. survey
1 made by the Conn Music Center h- re. j
Tlie survey was made through music,
instrument dealer; in twenty cities,
.r.d covered 320 actual transactions. ;
• One out of every ten instruments ;
! sold were purchased by women, and ,
j their preferences for instruments w’tre
, ver ymuch along the lines favored by j
the men, according to the survey. Os [
> the total number of transactions, 52 j
per cent involved the purchase of a |
saxophone, 16 per cent that of a turn- j
pet, and 9 per cent that as a trom
j bone. I
That youth will be served, especial-j
|ly in music, was well illustrated in
! the ages of the purchasers. Fully 34
i per cent of those purchasing instru
ments were between the ages of 21
! and 25, and 21 per cent between the
ages of 25 and 30. Only 26 per cent
of all transactions involved persons
jof 30 years and over.
NORTH CAROLINA AGAIN
HAS HIGH DEATH LIST
An increase of 15 in the number of
persons killed and a decrease of 37 in
the number of persons .injured in the
past seven days, compared with last
week, was shown in traffic accident re
ports to the Associated Press Sunday
from 11 Southern states. Seven deaths
resulted from grade crossing acci- j
dents. The total casualties for the
week were 53 persons killed and 204
injured.
. North Carolina topped the list of
states in the number of persons re- j
ported killed with 16. Louisiana was j
next with nine, while Georgia and i
Florida reported five each. Kentucky
reported no fatalities, while Arkansas
and Mississippi had only one each. |
Louisiana was high with 35 persons i
injured, with Florida and North Car- j
olina coming next in that column in j
the order named.
M. C. MEDLIN, CANDIDATE FOR TOWNSHIP
CONSTABLE
I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office
of Township Constable for Little River Township.
If elected I promise to perform the duties of the of
ficp to the best of my ability.
I desire to thank Mitchell’s Mill and the entire
Township voters for their support, in advance.
Yours traiv,
M. C. MEDLIN.
Zebulon, N. C.
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We have engaged “MR. STYLISHSS to work for us.
He will appear in this paper EVERY WEEK and
tell you about the goods we sell.
Each time you see him he will remind you that we
sell GOOD, HONEST MERCHANDISE at FAIR
and SQUARE PRICES.
We Invite YOUR Business
Zebulon Supply Co.