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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXIX. Number 67. Franklin R. Jones Named Director Os Rec Program Franklin Ross Jones, principal of Wakelon School, has been named director of the summer recreation program for the Zebulon commun ity, it was announced yesterday by George H. Temple, chairman of the Zebulon Recreation Commission. The program will begin Monday, June 20, and close on Friday, July 29. Miss Martha Temple will be as sistant for Mr. Jones, and a sec ond assistant to work with the Ne gro groups will be chosen from recommendations of Garland Crews and Harold Taylor. ' The morning program will con sist of playground activities, a constructive play program to be carried out with the help of the mothers. Mothers willing to help supervise should contact Mrs. James Creech. Swimming Sessions In the afternoon for two after noons each week the children par ticipating in the program will be provided free transportation to one of the nearby lakes for a super vised swimming program. Other plans include a midget team to play baseball one after noon each week. At night the program includes softball, tennis, horseshoes, bad minton, ping pong, and checkers. The director is now organizing a sofeball league. Teams desiring to enter should contact Frank Jones. Family night will be observed on several Friday nights during the summer. More definite plans about this and other summer high lights will be announced later. Man Fined SIOO In Zebulon Court Arcaford Williams of Raleigh paid over SIOO in fines and costs in Zebulon’s Recorder’s Court last week when he was found guilty on two counts. For careless and reckless driving, Williams was sentenced to 90 days suspended on payment of $75 fine and costs. For speeding he was fined $25 and costs. For driving with no operator’s license, Graham David Miller, Jr., of Wendell, and James Dorcus Al ford of Route 1, Youngsville, were each fined $25 and costs. Romas Horton of Zebulon was fined the costs for giving a worth less check. Failed to Heed Sign Houston Emeral Vaughon of Route 3, was fined $5 and costs for failing to stop at a stop sign. For assault, Millard Pruitt of Wendell, Route 2, was fined $25 and costs. Jones Marshall Marrett of Rolesville was fined the costs for possession of non-taxpaid whis key. James Willard Lewis of Route 1, Louisburg, was fined $lO and costs for using and displaying a dealer’s license plate. Lonnie Earl Baine of Route 1, Middlesex, was sentenced to four months for drunken driving. The sentence was suspended on pay ment of $125 fine and costs. Dewey W. Massey was found not guilty of failing to yield the right of way. STATIONED IN GERMANY M/Sgt. Woodrow W. Grimes (left) of Rocky Mount, checks a training schedule with a fellow soldier in Germany, where he is assigned as first sergeant in Headquarters and Service Company of the Ist Infantry Division’s 63rd Tank Battalion. Sergeant Grimes, overseas since June 1953, has been in the Army since 1938 and wears the Asiatic-Pacific Theater Ribbon and the Good Conduct Medal. His wife, Gertrude, lives in Zebulon, and his mother, Mrs. Ann Grimes, lives in Rocky Mount. Memorial Service The principles taught by Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace, must be followed before world peace can be achieved, Cale K. Burgess told those attending a Memorial Day service at the Zebulon ceme tery Sunday afternoon. Paying tribute to the war dead, he said they had not lost their lives but had given their lives for the cause of peace. Others taking part on the pro gram, the first outdoor Memorial Day Service to be conducted here, were the Rev. Bev. A. Asbury, E. H. Moser, and Barrie Davis. Quartet Leads Singing A quartet, composed of Mrs. Helen Massey, Miss Ann Allman, Alger Batts, and Wallace Temple, led the group in singing two songs. UNCLE FERD'S ALMANAC Money Victorious over Morals American gangsters all too often hold one or two persons for ran som, but they cannot compete with oldtime British soldiers, who from time to time would hold an entire city for ransom. The English would not always require cash to be paid for a city’s ransom; sometimes they would let the place go for a piddling consid eration, like the opium concession, which would bring in only 50 or 60 million dollars a year. Double-Barrelled Our English friends brought off a double-barrelled transaction 114 years ago today, when they col lected a ransom of $6,000,000 for the city of Canton from the Chi nese government, and also got the opium concession. That is, they got the right to have the Chinese au thorities close their eyes whenever the British brought in a load of narcotics; officially it was still against the law to sell opium, sort of like the liquor business in Ok lahoma (and some North Carolina counties.) That eminent moralist, the Hon. Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, May 31, 1955 Members of Battery A, Zebu lon’s National Guard unit, under M/Sgt. Carl Kemp and Sfc. Ralph Creech, served as the color guard and honor guard for the Gold Star Mothers present. Wakelon Buglers Play Four members of the Wakelon band played taps to end the pro gram. Preparations for the service were under the direction of Mrs. Dab ney Gill and were sponsored by the Zebulon unit of the American Legion Auxiliary. Mrs. Sidney Holmes, president of the Zebulon Auxiliary, present ed Gold Star membership pins to Mrs. W. H. Moss and Mrs. Joe Pearce. Warren Hastings, set the standard for the English opium traffic 172 years ago when he said that opium is a pennicious article of luxury which ought not to be permitted except for the purpose of making money off foreigners. The English hate opium; they just love the money they make from it. Opium can be smoked or eaten. Either way it will make you men tally, physically, and morally sick. It is habit forming, a result of the morphia in the seed or leaves. Some morphia is found in all poppies, but it is profitably ex tracted from only three or four varieties. The European strains de veloped in the last century give a high yield of morphia, but the Per sian and Indian varieties are gen erally grown in China where most illicit opium is now produced. Gas Chamber Stuff If you check tobacco against opium, you note that tobacco is much worse for you except for one little item morphine. There is eight times as much hydrocyanic Taxes of $1.50 per Pound On Tobacco Are Hurting North Carolina Farmers Farmers May Suffer Discrimination In Sale of 139 Tobacco Variety Using comparative figures to prove his point, Phil Hedrick, to bacco marketing expert with the Department of Agriculture, spoke strongly against any state tax on tobacco in a talk before the Zeb ulon Rotary Club Friday night. He traced the development of tobacco farming and told of many prob lems which face tobacco farmers. At present, the Federal tax on tobacco is $1.50 a pound, Mr. Hed rick said, and this heavy tax bur den is already limiting the use of tobacco. High Cost of Taxes Illustrating the cost of tobacco taxes to the farmer, Mr. Hedrick said that in North Carolina, with Federal taxes of $1.50 a pound, farmers will average just over 50tf per pound for the tobacco they sell. In Venezuela, where there is no tax on tobacco, the farmers receive over SI.BO per pound. The speaker, who is well known in this community, has spent his lifetime in toljacco work. In 1920, with Dick Atkinson and Dewey Massey of Zebulon, he went to China for the China-American To bacco Company to assi it in tobac co production there. In 17 Countries During his time overseas, he worked in 17 foreign countries. He said that American tobacco grow ers need not fear foreign competi tion, for “it is impossible to supply the world market by one country alone.” Sending Americans to teach oth er countries tobacco farming is not SOFTBALL Those wanting to play in the Softball League in the Zebulon Recreation Program should contact Frank Tones, director, as soon as pcssible. acid (that’s the deadly k:nd used in the gas chamber) in tobacco, 99% as much py ridine, and 92% as much ammonia. Tobacco has a a lot of carbin mo noxide and nicotine; opium has none of either. Fortunately for us tobacco addicts, there is no mor phine in tobacco. Brings Bankruptcy You will note that many of our present troubles in the Far East stem from western willingness to turn a dollar at the expense of eastern morals. It is hard for the Orient to believe that we have changed from our old view that China existed only for the west to exploit. Our moral bankruptcy in the 19th century has brought us close td material bankruptcy in the 20th century. I am reminded of the passage in the 34th chapter of Exodus where God promised Moses that the ini quities of the fathers wou 1 ! be visited on the children unto the third and fourth generation. It ap pears that God is keeping his promise. • Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers a one-way proposition, he said, for from other countries we receive a great deal of information and plants for breeding purposes. The 101 variety, which is resistant to Granville wilt and Black Shank, was developed from a South American tobacco. The progress in tobacco produc tion was emphasized. In 1920 30,- 000 acres were grown in Wake County, yielding 650 pounds per acre for a gross yield of 19 million pounds. In contrast, 27,000 acres were planted last year, but the yield was 1,300 pounds per acre for a gross yield of 35 million pounds. The new 139 variety developed by Coker has been on the market one year, and it has been tested by tobacco companies and found good. This variety is grown ex tensively in Venezuela, where 3,- 000 pounds per acre is harvested and 70 percent is graded first grade. Offset by Weight While some discrimination against the 139 variety may be shown by buyers this year, Mr. Hedrick said he believes the added weight will offset any cut in price. “There will be a different buy ing pattern in 1955 due to the switch in consumer preference to filter tipped and king-sized ciga rettes,” the speaker said. Manu facturers can make filter-tipped cigarettes from tobacco which is not top quality, and th farmer may pay the penalty in lower prices, he said. The solution to the high cost of tobacco production lies in mechanization, he said, but prog ress is slow in this field. Chemical ly treated plantbeds and mechani cal transplanters nave reduced the amount of labor needed. Some ad vance has been made in mechani cal cultivation, and chemicals have helped in controlling suckers. Mechanization Progress Topping tobacco must still be done by hand, but new mechanical harvesting has reduced the labor costs slightly. However, there has been no mechanization or improve ment in curing since the use of oil began. This can not be speeded, because it requires the correct amount of time to properly cure the weed. New chain belt grad ers are helping reduce the time required for this operation. Tobacco requires 450 hours per acre to raise, which is the highest time needed for in crop. In com parison, cotton needs only 125 hours an acre. The speaker was introduced by L. M. Massey, program chairman. Sunday Drill Held A full day of training was de voted to the M-l Garand rifle by the National Guards men in Zebu lon’s Battery A on Sunday. The citizen-soldiers are preparing for the weekend firing at Ft. Bragg on June 10-11. The work was under the super vision of Lt. Jack Potter, execu tive officer. Others instructing in cluded Lt. Glen Hensen and Lt. (See SUNDAY DRILL, Page 8)
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