collect many of the old-time trunks,
candle molds, dishes, guns, laces, and
many other things of this kind, and
along with them show the modern
things of this sort. The contrast
would be very interesting and help
ful to an appreciation of modern con
veniences.
The next fair comes to Zebulon.
Let us now begin to get busy collect
ing and saving for it. Then we shall
' have the best fair yet held when the
j time comes and our people will not
| only feel proud of themselves, but
will advertise our section in a prac
tical and successful way.
WIDER ROADS A NECESSITY
Paved roads used to be our chief
concern in a good roads program. It
is estimated that this year we will
have in excess of 500,000 miles of
hard-surfaced roads in the United
States. These improved roads have
brought an increase in traffic which
no’onc even dreamed of 10 years ago.
The problems we now face is not
only “paved” roads, but “wider”
roads. Wider roads are access ry
for two reason: to enabl.- traffic tt
speed up, and to | revent accidents.
On many of our crowded narrow roads
a slow moving truck or other vehicle
jvill block traffic, due to the fact that
there is little opportunity to pass
such obstructions from the rear.
Many states have already started
to remedy this situation, and on the
Pacific Coast 2-feet shoulders arc be
ing built on each side of the road and
a few inches higher than the old sur
face. Thcs shoulders are made of
either asphaltic concrete or cement
and the space between them is re
surfaced with asphaltic concrete.
By this method, narrow pavements
are satisfactorily widened and thick
ened at a minimum expense. From
now on, road widening will be as im
portant as road paving. The tendency
is to make all the new roads with less
crown.
CREATIVE SPIRIT IN AMERICA
„The United States has been "ac
jused” of being the richest nation
In earth. Some foreign comment has
Been to the effect that money is all
ftre care for* This is a mistaken view
point. The reason this nation is not
Pnly rich, but great, is simple—we
Hill work over lute. Not only do we
Ivork, but we make everything else
Ivork for us. We enjoy producing
Something useful.
■ Here in the United States we use
Borty times a. much mechanical pow-
Hr as human power. In China, Russia
Hnd India they use front two to four
Hmics as much human power as ine-
Htanicai. That is the reason Anter-
Ha is rich and that is the reason wages
Hre high and opportunity great in this
Hition. . High production per man
Hfllr the story of our high wages,
Hiert hours and modern conveniences
H every home. If the rest of the
Horld would try to follow our ex-
Hnple there would be more happiness
cause for wars and discord.
H LIGHTNING AND RADIO
has no special affinity
|Hr radio antennae, and radio op.r
|H>rs need have no special fear dur-
H thunderstorms, says engineers of
Underwriters' Laboratories, who
conducted an amazing series of
IHts in radio safety.
■■‘Lightning is hard to cheek," says
of the engineers. But more men
lightning-struck out under trees
SMIr in any other way. according to
JHtfiicial statistics. One might in-
Hd be a target at th<» end of a
HHperly insulated radio set: but no
so than at the keyboard of a
Ho, or with knife and fork in
SHd at the dinner table, or patting the
|Bb of a typewriter.
BHavid SarnoiY, vice-president of the
H'o Corporate'’! of America, pre
j|Hs that moving-talking pictures
soon he shown in every home by
H. He says the only problem is
KHding up transmission of still pic-
Hs. and that research engineers
at work perfecting the speed
HHIONOK OF MRS. E. M. MAI,I.
■jH number of parties have been
in honor of .Mrs. E. .’ll Hall,
HHbulon. who was the guest of Mrs
Martin for ten days.
HHb A. M. Peacock g-'ve a hin-
HB Saturday for Mrs. Hall. Mrs.
jggggß. Martin gave a dinner party
HHlay of last week and a n’cep
■|Hruesda.v evening fc.m 8 to Hi
Mrs. C. C. Cannady gave
HHer party in her honor Tuesday.
MHHas the guest of honor at a
HH Friday evening given by the
BHH Woman’s Club.
■BH F. I). Perkins e: tortained W.-l-
BHH morning from 10:150 to 11
Bhhl'' Mrs. Paul Johnson gave a
THE ZEBULON RECORD FRIDAY, JUNE 25,1926
WAGES AND PROFITS
i
Even a child can understand that
there must be profits made in any
businetw or it will be abandoned. If
Uncle Sam could not make enough
money in the government business,
he would have to retire and turn his
shop over to a king or a soviet.
This thought was emphasized in a
recent address by Owen D. Young,
who he'ped Europe get on th e finan
cial basis of a going concern. In
his opinion, a highly profitable busi
ness is not necessarily one opposed
to public interest, and it is not neces
sary to apoligize for concerns that
make profits, if they are honest and
render good service.
He asked why an unprofitable con
cern should be permitted to use our
labor or our capital, neither of which
is so abundant that we can afford to
waste them.
This brings up the general Amer
ican idea, that we are a successful
people, that success is normal and
failure is abnormal. “Success is
health; failure is disease.”
A paralyzing government investi
gation into the operation of a busi
i< .-s rendering a public service merely
because it makes good profits, is not
logical. Why not invoV.'g.'it the
business that fails to make profits
and thereby wastes capital and labor?
Mr. Young said development of our
American industrial system to the
point where what is known as a “cul
tural wage,” could be paid—that is,
wages above mere necessities of life
—• is being considered by many em
ployers
How far American captains of in
dustry can go on this line is not known
but our country has discovered that
a period of general good wages is the
period of highest prosperity. Con
tinually we are coming to understand
that not brief periods," but a steady
and general policy should dominate
the rate of wages.
75 PER CENT OF SCHOOL
CHILDREN ARE DEFECTIVE
Authorities state that over 75 per
cent of the school children in Ameri
ca are suffering from defective
vision, impaired hearing and other
physical defects serious enough to re
tard their growth and development.
With the closing of school this
month over 800 American Red Cross
public health nurses will begin con
certed efforts to induce parents to
have theeir children’s physical defects
corrected before the opening of
school next September.
It is impossible, authorities de
clare, for children with serious phy
sical defects to do the school work
of normal, healthy pupils. Educa
tors and health authorities agree
that a large majority of all failures at
school are due to defects in the health
of the child.
The Red Cross nurses who are
working in communities throughout
the country will make special ef
forts this summer to convince pa--
rents of the importance of correct
ing the defects in their children dur
ing the next three months when it
can be done without loss of time from
school.
AMERICAN PLAN OF OWNERSHIP
A new spirit of understanding, con
fidence and co-operation has touched
our economic fabric, and instead of
“big business,” so-called, controlled
by a few tremendously rich individuals
or corporations, we have today mil-!
lions of men and women who have j
invested their savings and own stock
in the country’s great economic orga
nizations. We are, in short, curing the
evils of capitalism by making more
capitalists.
Before the World War less than
2,000,000 people owned securities in
A. G. Kemp
SEED SEED
Soy Beans, Millet, Sudan Grass, Peas, Peanuts
lee Cream Freezers
Insect Powders, Fly Tox, Potato Bug Killer, Fly
Chaser and Disinfectant
Muzzles, Fertilizer Horns
All Oxfords at Reduced Prices *
tl e ioccrcor ted busines sos the coun
ti 7. Tc.i.v, he number is estimate®
at cVisr, . 5,000,000. In many pub
lic utilities, 100 per cent of employes
own stock in the companies for which
they work. Customer and employe
ownership have taken the place of
absentee banker ownership. The own
ership of class A American railroads
with a yearly operating income of
$1,000,000,000, is scattered among
more than 800,000 persons. The Amer
ican Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany has no less than .‘14.'5,000 stock
holders. The largest single block of
ownership in the General Electric
Company is held by employes.
It has been said, and truly, that
a radical is only a radical when he
hasn't a “red” in his pocket; the
minute he has a bank account he
becomes.a conservative, jealous of the
very developments and industries he
formerly sought to tear doWrtV
Government regulation has played
its part in this significant change,
and the idea of business as organized
social service, which has taken fi/*m
hold of the dominant leaders in ifi
dustry and finance, has developed a
new spirit of understanding and co
operation between employer and em
ploye. Peace has superseded was as
the accepted relationship between em
ployer and employe. Production has
increased enormously in quantity and
improved in quality. Wastage has
been reduced to an amazing degree,
and a new spirit of understanding,
confidence and co-operation has per
vaded our economic fabric.
We are a composite race, drawn
from the adventuring pioneer blood
of many nations. We have the will
to be free. We believe in and prac
tice individual initiative. We have a
country of almost limitless natural
resources. Our political institutions
foster self-reliance and self-control on
the part of the individual citizen, and
encourage private enterprise. Best of
all, while wo are intensely individ
ualistic, We know how to co-operate
for the good of all.—San Joe Mer
cury Herald.
PUBLIC OFFICIAL VOICES
CONSTRUCTIVE IDEAS
Discussing hampering effects of un
wise supervision and regulation of
insurance, *S. W. Wade, Insurance
Commissioner of North Carolina, in
a recent address, said:
“A system of supervision and reg
ulation of insurance exists in all of
our states, and it is generally agreed
that when properly administered this
is very beneficial. The function of
supervision and regulation should be
to encourage and assist private en
terprise. However, there have de
veloped some phases which may have
a retarding effect, and therefore, de
serve serious consideration.”
As evils, Commissioner Wade cited
rulings by commissioners in excess of
authority, lack of uniformity of prin
ciples of supervision and regulation
in the states, levying of special taxes
on insurance to raise general revenue
and unauthorized insurance and state
funds.
“From time to time,” he said, “pro
posals are made to put the state into
the insurance business. The Nation
al Convention of Insurance Commis
sioners has gone on record against
proposals of this kind. We realize
that the institution of insurance is
conducted on a sound and honest basis
with its activities safeguarded by com
petition as well as by the various reg
! ulatory laws.
“You may be sure that the compa
[ nies will strive to be successful, be
cause of the investments in them by
their stockholders and policyholders.
State funds, on the other hand, are
the creatures of politices, and because
of this the administrative heads have
not the same incentive to make good
financial showings.”
TRIBUTE TO AMERICAN SYSTEM
A highly gratifying occurrence of
recent date, which has been widely
commented on, is the statement of
Karl von Siemens, one of the leaders
in the electrical world, in addressing
the associated chambers of commerce
PORCH FURNITURE
Porch Rugs, Gliding Hammocks, Lawn Ham
mocks, Extra Rockers, and Swings
Nice Oak Rockers with Rattino seats (j*9 0C
for only „ J
Swings for only (j*9 CO
<s»?•> is\S
Gliding Hammocks $27 00
In Fact Everything At Bargains
“The House Os Better Values” -
Zebulon Supply Co.
HUDSON-BELK CO.
Sells It For Less Raleigh, N. C.
Big Values In Summer Footwear
One Counter of Children’s Slippers C|gc to gJ.JJg
Children’s Patent Straps and Sandals $125- sl-48* SH)B
Effect Slippers at r f
Child’s White Canvas Slippers sl/75
Size up to 2 for . «P f
Youths’ Tennis Shoes, white and brown with QQc and gl .1
leather trimmings *** *
Women’s White Tennis Shoes ()gc and 25
Women’s Brown and White Tennis Shoes with sl*2s
leather trimmings
One Counter of Straps and Oxfords, real values $l9B
One rack of odd sizes of Straps and Pumps $2 98
We have several styles of Patent Straps Slippers with £9.00
dull Calf trimmings, for
A real pretty plain Patent Pump with new heel and toe $3-98
at - :
—:
Several styles of Patent Straps with Lizzard trimmings
White Kid Straps, low and medium heel $3‘95 *° s4*9B
in Berlin, Germany. He stressed the
importance of the phrases now current
in Germany’s commercial circles,
“Observe America,” praising the in
dustrial activity of the United States,
and expressing particular admiration
for the speed and unwastefulness of
our manufacturing Is. The
commerce and nu*at}fiMtUß'3 of his
country were advise*! io fit tate the
standardized production methods of
the United States, as the only way
in which to stimulate Germany’s do
me-'tic and foreign commerce.