VOL. VIII.— Reynolds Suicide ! >mith Rev: dd.-, younger son of R. Reynolds, died in the Baptist hos :il, Winston-Salem Wednesday] rning. after being shot .It is i ought he killed himself. He had in twice married, his first wife, r.ne Cannon, being divorced. He was only 22 years old. His fa ,or left him $25,000,000 and he had ,-er SIOO,OOO spending money a year. 'ostal Rate ! Is Increased Washington, .tul" s.—An increase j f 50 ppr cent in first class postage. I ne of the !:tst of a long series of tax j urciens imposed on the American i eople by the new revenue bill, be-j omes effective at midnight tonight, j t 'T'he Treasury hopes to obtain, 1*0,000.000 from increased charges n letters, parcel post, air mail and! ollections and insurance. These re ( eipts are greater than those ex- j ected from any other item in the j : ,118,500.000 bill. letters mailed tomorrow will costj r ree cents instead of two. These) ates are expected to bring $130,000- j 00 to the Treasury during the next I 2 months. Air mail letters will require an ight cent stamp instead of a five ent one, and a charge of 13 cents j or each additional ounce or any raction thereof over the initial | once, instead of 10 cents will be iad«. , The air mail rates to Canada and lexico will be the same as domestic harges. At present they are six ents for the first ounce. Five minor increases, covermg egistrations, insurance and collec ions became effective on July 1. New ates on parcel post shipments begin Jctober 1. The changes call for m reased rates on short hauls and lower ees on long hauls. A ten pound pack ge sent parcel post from New York 3 California now costs $1.21 but under he new rates the charge will be SU4. Higher postal rates are expected o reduce the large postal deficiency jrhich amounted to $202,876340 dur-i ng the past 12 months as against 1 45,642,613 for the previous year. SOUTHERN CHURCHES RETURN TO TITHING New York. —A return to the Lord s mre plan of tithing by which rural mtiquity and later in rural England tms taken place in three sections of j t P s outh, the Presbyterian board of r itional missions disclosed today. Hundreds of churches of eight de-, r .ruinations are involved and hope was , that the project might be i xtended to include educational facil i ies in regions hard hit by economic t >nditions. The Rev. Dr. A J. Montgomery, a director of the national board’s de partment of town and country, de , bribed the plan after a tour through the South. I was heartily endorsed by The three areas, Dr. Montgomery said, center about Asheville, N. C. Sparta, Tenn., and Meridian, Miss. Farmers there are pledging the prod ucts of an acre of ground a brood of chickens, or a pig. instead of money to .he church. The Rev. Dumont Clarke, director of the religious department of the farm rs federation at Asheville explains ‘.he plan in a folder just published as "ollwos: “The Lord’s acre plan is that each member of the church and Sunday school shall set apart and dedicate to he Lord a part of the farm land or aise some crop, or rear the animals, nd at the harvest season sell the pro .uce or the animals and give the cash yield to the church. “The project may be an acre or a juarter of an acre of corn or potatoes, or a pig, a brood of chickens, a calf or Sunday eggs—just what each mem ber yesolves to undertake and so pledges on the covenant card. Cash may be pledged by members who are on a salary basis.” H. H. Weir, Presbyterian layman of . Meridian, Miss., is working out a com > modity marketing group to further the plan that area. BRIEF FARM NEWS Mendenhall Brothers of High Point harvested 8,250 pounds of alfalfa hay at the first cutting from a field of only 2 1-2 acres. They have 30 acre* to alfalfa whioh averaged better thap a ton of hay per acre throughout at I the first cutting, they report. allir Zvhnixm jßgrard REV. R. H. HI RKING ILL We are sorry to !e rn of the illness of Mr. Herring, pastor of the locals Baptist church. Hi has had a very I strenuous time lately, having just I closed a meeting. A vacation would, !we feel sure, give him the needed i rest, and the Baptist folks—well, that’s their business. _ Recorders Court Paul Brantley who was charged with drunkeness and shooting a man failed to appear and his bond was I called for. I I Oscar Todd, guilty of possessing { liquor, payment of cost and contum j ed until Oct. court. | John Nihozinoki charged with sell ling liquor had left for Philadelphia, j Case non-suited. Ennis Puryear, charged with haul ! ing liquor on school bus. was penaliz jed with two years imprisonment, but j same suspended on good behavior. Helen Chalk charged with assault jon C. B. Eddins, nol prossed for lack jof evidence. J. M. Cockingham charged with: (disorderly conduct and possession ofl j liquor failed to appear in court. His j bond was forfeited, j May Floyd Pearce gave bond forj I abandonment and non-support ofi I wife. Claude Pearce had several charges of giving worthless checks. On the I first he was sentenced to the state J j roads for 60 days; on a second he | was sent to jail for 30 days. He ap pealed the last, and not being able to give bond, was sent to the county jail. , Wade Barnett was accuse* of pos sessing liquor; judgment was sus pended on payment of cost and prom ise of good behavior. Waller Yancey was found fcuflty of stealing chickens and sent to the roads for sixty days. Cicero Winston was found guilty of illegal possession of whiskey and given a sixty day sentence on the roads. “Jim Slim”, who has another name which seems to be forgotten, was found guilty of disturbing public worship. Sentence of sixty days on 'roads suspended on payment of cost. w. P. Lewis’ Mother Dies Mrs. W. N. I.ewis died on last Satur day night at the home of her daugh ter. Mrs. Mullen, in Ralegih and was I buried on Monday afternoon from the J home of her son, Mr. W. P. Lewis of ; Zebulon. The funeral service was con ducted by Rev. R. H. Herring and in terment was in the Zebulon cemetery. Mrs. Lewis bad been sick for some .time, and her death was not a surprise. ' She was a member of the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Raleigh. Surviving are her daughter, Mrs. R G. Mullen, and four sons., W -P., Ralph G., Early and Cecil Lewis, all of the sons living in or near Zebulon. The funeral was attended by a large number of relatives ad friends. EHRINGHAUS AND REYNOLDS j'. C. B. F.hringhaus is the Demo- j cratie candidate for governor of N. C. by the smallest majority recorded in a primary. Robert R. Reynolds is the candidate for U. S. Senate tty the largest majority ever recorded. NATIONAL CANDIDATE Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York and John Nance Garner of Texas are the Democratic candidates for presi dent and vice-president. Roosevelt flew from his home to the convention at Chicago to be officially notified of bis nomination, instead of waiting as has been the cu*.om, for weeks, her fore being formally notified. His going to Chicago saved sime money for the party, and changed a custom that was obsolete. The National Democratic Conven tion was the most harmonious held for some time, and political prophets are foretelling victory next fall. The wet plank m the platform is though* to be a vote —drawing piece of ma terial. From mw on the eoices of many politicians and some statesmen will be heard in the land. Reports from county agents in the grpin growing section of Piedmont Carolina indicate that the crop this seasq is, not up to standard. Excel- ( lent yields of clover hay are being harvested, however. Zebuion, Wake County, N. C.. Friday, duly 8, 1932 Convicts Caught I On last Friday, deputy sheriff G. C. Ma is, from 4:00 to 5:00 instead of on Fridays as was previously announced. 1 The books are here and may be had ' on. next Saturday p. m. 1 Mrs. Denton Passes Away i l ’ Mrs. J. >nah Denton, who has been ; seriously ill for two or three weeks, - died in Duke hospital Wednesday af ternoon. She was carried there last : week for an operation. The opera ! tion apparently was successful and j it was believed that she would fully recover. Up to a few nrnutes before her death no danger was feared, but i it seems her heart, which was involved ’ in her trouble, unexpectedly failed. The funeral service was conducted * at the Zebulon Baptist ehurch yes t! terday afternoon at two o'clock by t Rev. Theo. B. Davis and burial was in - the Zebulon cemetery. Mrs. Denton was a very estimable , woman, well loved by her friends and t neighbors. She was the daughter of Mrs. Frank Brantley and a sister to ! Mrs. J. E. Gill. She leaves a husband i and six children. The sympathy of i the community goes out to the hus f band and children in this, their great r est loss. 3 - i DAIRY FARMING BUILDS * MORE FERTILE SOILS Dairy farming improves soils in stead of depleting them. On every well handled dairy farm large quan . I tities of legume hays, wheat bran, I cottonseed meal and other such feeds are converted into milk through cows yet there id a considerable residue I left in the form of manure which will i help to build up the soil. On a basis of ten gents a pound of . j nitrogen irid five cents a pound each 1 1 for phosphoric acid and potash, alfal :, fa hay has a plant food value of $6 a ton: soybean hay, $7.85; clover hay, - $6.69; wheat bran, $9.69; corn meal, V $4.69 and cottonseed meal, $15.92. e ' Only aboat 20 percent of this plant ] food value is lost in the feeding '.' process which means that there is a ; ‘ gradual accumulation of plant food . on every well managed dairy farm. , Further evidence is shown, by the i, good crops usually produced on such a farm. Not only does dairy farming help -j to build up the soil but the cropping j system followed prevents much wash t ing. - j “On account of the organic matter )|and countless bacteria in cow manure, ji* has a greater farm value than a chemical analysis would show. “The organic matter improves the physical j condition of the land and increases 1 1 its water-holding capacity. This im | proved condition also makes a favor able situation for the bacteria to lib '! erate plant food in the soil particles.” No system of farming can be per ! manently profitable unless soil fer tility is maintained. It makes no dis ! ferenee, what the cash return may | be from a crop because if the wealth is secured at the expense of the soil, j the farmer will lose in the end. —jno. | V A’ey. Mike Chamblee Dies Mr. M. P. Chamblee of Oxford died 1 1 ist Friday night in Duke hospital and v. as buried on Sunday. He was the brother of Mr. W. M. Chamblee and Mrs. Pattie Harris of Zebulon. He had lived for 30 years in Oxford, where he occupied a prominent place in the civic and social life of the town and community. OLDEST MOTHER A London newspaper has offered a I prize- to the oldest mother giving birth to a child in the last 20 years. To date the leading candidate for the prize is Mrs. Mary Higgins of Ireland, who was 55 years and 69 days old when she gave birth to her first child. ANNOUNCEMENT The Wakefield and Hephzibah Phi lathea classes and Missionary Socie ties will meet with Mrs. Theo. B. Davis at the Woman’s Clbbhouse in Zebu'