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FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1925
Til \NKS.
v ' •■] R rd made it’s first
call on June 19. r l he Record is pub
lished by Mr. G. W. Mitchell, formerly j
of South Carolina. Mr. Mitchell is a
newspaper man of long experience
; nd his first issue shows that he is
f; ing to give Zebulon a good paper.
T lie paper is an eight page, six column
paper and w/fil supported by the Zebu
l )ii merchants. —The Gold Leaf Farm
er.
Operated by connection with a light
socket, a new electric incubator per
forms the functions of a hatcher, hov
er and egg tester.
Two well defined strata of platinum
In avc been discovered in the Trans
vaal extending over an area from 60
to 100 miles in length.
The lower part of a recently patent
ed crutch can be spread so that it can
be used as a chair, a piece of canvas
forming the seat.
A mail box with two compartments
separated by a trap door that pre
vents theft of its contents has been in
vented by an Englishman.
An electric device that condenses
the moisture into drops of water that
fall ha been designed ill England to
rid London of fogs.
The dial of new indicating calipers
is s<> mounted that its readings can be
obtained no matter at what angle the
tool may be used.
The government owns all important
telephone systems in Holland and y is
planning to install automatic equip
ment in the larger cities.
A water proof paper umbrella that
has been invented folds flat and when
examded is supported by a paper cone
instead of metal ribs.
Paper money has been printed in
Europe with certain colored inks that
will not reproduce if photographed
to baffle counterfeiters.
A fi n at the top of a new portable
electric room heater draws air in at
the top and expels it through the
sides after it has been warmed.
It has been demonstrated by French
engineers that a ship can be driven
against the wind by a wind operated
turbine geared to a propeller.
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For use on flat top desks a frame’
to hold a typewriter, hinged so that a
machine can be turned forward out of
the way, has been invented.
Indicati ons near Bilboa warranting
boring test wells have been found by!
American and British experts pros
pecting for petroleum in Spain.
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1 An inventor has patented a water
proof pocket to be attached to bath
ing suits for carrying eye glasses,
cigarettes or other small articles.
To aid opticians to diagnose defects
in vision an English scientist has in
vented apparatus that photographs
the enteriors of human eyes.
To lift sunken logs a floating ma
chine has been invented that enables
two men to do the work requiring
from 15 to 20 with hand implements.
An international exposition of inte
rior navigation and hydraulic forces
will be held at Basle, Switzerland,
from July 1 to September 15.
A chain that can be pulled by a per
son seated in an automobile switches!
the current to a new electrically op-j
crated opener for garage doors.
THE RULE OF REASON
There is a decided reaction in this country against
restrbtive government policies which attempt to prevent
collection and distribution of statistical information by
trade associations, which seek to give their members re
ports that will enable them to perfect their production,
distribution, marketing, selling or otiier methods of
trengthening their industrial structure, with resulting
bene!its to the public.
Two recent decisions of the United States Supreme
Court on the Maple Flooring Association and the Cement
Association —where chief issue was the legality under our
aiti-trust laws of co-operative collection and dissenmina
vion of statistical information regarding production, sales,
deliveries and prices—reversed adverse judgments of dis
trict courts.
The sole question presented in the Maple Flooring
case was:
“Whether the combination of the defendants in their
existing association as actually conducted by them as a
necessary tendency to cause direct and undue restraint of
competition.” Analyzing separately the activities com
plained of, the Court reached the conclusion that no such
necessary tendency was present. The Court denied that
the character of the information gathered by the defend
ants, or the use which is being made of it, leads to any
necessary inference that the defendants either have made
or will make any different or other use of it than would
normally be made if like statistics were published in a
trade journal or were published by the Department of
Commerce, to which all the gathered statistics are made
available.”
In the cement case there was no evidence of price fix
ing agreements, but the government contended that uni
formity of price and limitation of production resulted
from activity and information by the Cement Association.
The Supreme Court found no evidence of restraint of
trade, for each member was left free to pursue his own
course of action.
These decisions based on a “rule of reason” permit an
organization of competitors, no matter how comprehen
sive, to interchange data, even of an intimate character,
regarding their respective business operations without
violating the Sherman Act. The Maple Flooring and Ce
ment cases mark a distinct advance in our national atti
tude toward sound and constructive business and indus
trial policies.
THIS SOUNDS REASONABLE
In discussing the subject of Compulsory Automobile
Liability insurance, Frederick H. Stlncfield, of the Min
neapolis bar, say's:
“Carelessness is a universal, unending and constant
quantity with every human being. Some people are more
frequently negligent than others, but, negligence is, never
theless, a characteristic of and a certainty, at some time
or other for everybody. When, therefore, by carelessness
you are hurt, or your autimobile is injured, and another
person guilty of that carelessness becomes indebted to you
for the damage done, you have against him a cause of ac
tion and only that. He is your debtor. If, by law, he is
compelled to carry insurance, you are receiving from the
government direct statutory aid in the collection of your
debt. Is that your theory of government? In compara
tively few of the other affairs of your life do you ask or
suffer governmental aid.
“I have never yet heard it suggested that every citi
zen who might contract smallpox or influenza or a cold,
diphtheria or scarlet fever, or the thousand and one other
ailments which are infectious, should give a bond or in
sure himself so that if he communicates that disease to
>thers he will pay the damages. I.find no difference in
principle. The communication of any disease is the result
of carelessness.
“Why should not parents be required to give bonds or
an insurance policy to the children who shall be born,
guaranteeing to them a reasonable opportunity for educa
tion, health, recreation, comfort and preparation for life?
'The children are not even consulted with reference to their
being brought into the world. They are wholly innocent
parties. The driver cn the highway at least goes there
voluntarily and is injured by the negligence of others. If
you, the driver of an automobile, are protected from the
damage done you by the carelessness of others, Heaven
knows that children, who have no choice in the matter, are
entitled to protection against unhappiness and lack of op
oortunity.
“You, unfortunately, are obliged to consult physi
cians and attorneys frequently during the year. They
have been known to be careless. Why not say that every
ohysician and attorney should give insurance against neg
ligence in the conduct of the business of their patients and
clients?
“It seems to me that the subject needs no further con
sideration. It is hard for me to understand how there
could have been even any suggestion that such statute be
placed on the books. To me it is the utmost absurdity; to
me the proposers show a woeful lack of knowledge of the
ordinary affairs of life and the ordinary ways in which
government works, and the ordinary rules of conduct of
men in their relationship with each other.”
Under improved methods in these furnace depart
ments, which include in summer time huge ventilators car
rying pure, washed and cooled air down beside each fur
nace, working conditions have lost their former hardships
for the man.
THE ZEBULON RECORD. FRIDAY, JULY 3,1925
»r -tiimwihi mmui m\ i r t r.-rrmr.
The Cause of the
Mine Disaster in j
Mine in Chatham
“A blow-out shot in the fourth right j
heading,” of the Carolina Coal Com
pany mine is believed to have caused
the terrible disaster in May which 1
snuffed out the lives of fifty-three
miners, according to a letter of W. G.
Hill, of Gulf, which is filed with the j
report of Frank I). Grist, Commis- i
sioner of Labor and Printing, which 1
was delivered to Governor McLean a |
Tw days ago. j
Mr. Grist himself offers no sugges- j
ion as to the cause of the disaster.
He did not go into the mine him: elf '
but sent in Hill as his representa
tive.
“From all the evidence obtainable,
after a thorough examination of the !
mine,” states Mr. Hill, “it is my be
lief that the explosion resulted from
a blow out shot in the fourth right
heading. The evidence tends to show
1 hat there was a small accumulation J
of gas in this heading when the shot
blew out. The shot blowing out ig- j
nitod the gas and coal dust resulting
in a general explosion throughout the 1
mine, which wrecked the underground !
ventilating system.”
Thirty-two Hanged
on Public Square
From far-away Constantinople
comes a report of “small” hanging
which recently took place in that
country. The report says: Sheik SaiiL
and thirty-one other Kurds
convicted of participating the
ish insurrection, were hanged ii-fthe
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nublic square at Diarbekir. Sai<q /as j
the principal leader of the ins u ac
tion. . I
Advices reaching here from Diar
bekir say that a large crowd ap
plauded while the executions were
taking place and that numerous vol
unteers aided in adjusting and pulling
the gallows ropes.
The men executed were tried by
court-martial. Fifteen other Kurds
were acquitted.
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F. E. Bunn, Zebulon, N. C.
1 Geo. W. Duke, Zebulon, N. C., Route 3.
jfl Geo. E. Robertson, Wendell, N. C., Route 2. g
E. Clifton Daniel, Zebulon, N. C. 4
1 Foster D. Finch, Zebulon, N. C.. |
0 Johnnie G. Kemp, Zebulon, N. C. 8
R. R. Creech, Zebulon, N. C. |
BLeßoy L. Massey, Zebulon, N. C. a
C. Vaiden Whitley, Zebulon, N. C. |
i Millard B. Chamblee, Zebulon, N. C. I
3 John K. Barrow, Zebulon, N.C. j
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