The Zebulon Record
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June 26, 1925, at the Postoffice at
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M L SET READY TO GO
A United States Government report i
reveals that Kentucky- warehouse- .
•ontain more than 6,300,000 gallon- of!,
whiskey, none of which is less than 151
j ears old.
And yet they -ay it will only be <
beer.
Lav,, Lav* Me!
In the Senate vote approving the j
•lan to incorporate the lawyers of'
the State into a State agency, w< ,
vender if the 22 for the bill were all ]
avvyers. and the 16 again-t it rep- ;
•esented the rest of us. i
Taxes, and Death
Someone has facetiously said that
nothing is certain but taxes and death.
But the time of dying depends very j,
much on one’s health. As to taxes']
the amout the people must pay de
fends on how it is spent. When one!;
ties, he is all dead. When one pays his ;
taxes under present conditions he is
well-night dead financially.
Taxing
Now speaking of taxes (just now j;
a more important subject than th<>]
weather). Will Rogers makes this oh- ’
servation: “Our financial ills wall nev-j'
er be settled till you fix so every man
pay an income on what he earns, be;
it on a farm, a grocery store, or muni- j
cipal or government bonds.”
As usual, again Will is right.
Fast Eating
Will Rogers in commenting on Or
lando, Fla., suspending six civic(eat-j
ing) clubs says, “If they will all go,
home and eat with their own families j
they will not only get the first good ,
lunch in years, hut will be surprized |<
how much more intelligently their i
own wife can talk than the “Speaker i
of the day””.
Will is usually right.
“Rich Man, Poor Man"
With few exceptions the rich favor
beer. And do they want it for them
selves ? Never! Their great sympathy
(?) for the poor laborer, moves them
to this generous inclination.
And why? Capitalists and many
senators and Congressmen still have a
good supplv of “old vintage” in theii
cellars. If not, there will be little
trouble in getting the imported stuff
from some ambassador, or his hire
ling. No. we don’t believe rich people
want beer for themselves.
Then what? In all manufactured
goods the tax is passed on to the con
sumer. The man who drinks the beei
will pay the tax. And the more tax he
pays, the less the rich man will have
to plank down to support the gov
ernment. In the game, the poor man
will always lose.
Grange Badly Needed
The present effort on the part of |
farmers in this community to make]
plans to cooperatively buy tobacco j;
fertilizer shows the need of a perma
nent organization among them to work
for their interests at all times. We
hope every farmer will he present at
the school building next Monday night
and join with his neighbors in pooling
his fertilizer needs with his neighbors
We believe this movement is the best
concerted effort yet undertaken foi
the farmers’ interest.
But, as we started to say, this shows
the need of reviving the Grange which
once functioned here. Not only m the
piesent effort to lie benefited togeth
er, but very frequently there are op
portunities in which the farmers might
be greatlv helped bv going thing
together. We hope plans will he begun !
at the meeting next week to revivej
the Grange right away. Here s hop
ing and helping!
The RECORD offers its columns t<
the farmers for everything that wil'
help them.
Our Representatives
Considerable criticism has been
heard lately concerning the way Rep
resentatives Womble and Ayeock vot
ed on a number of bills before the
Legislature. On the other hand wf
have heard a great many commenda
tions of the stand taken by Repre
sentative Douglass on nearly every
vote he cast of importance to the peo
nlf)
A short time ago Mr. Douglass
wrote the editor a personal letter, say
ing he was there to serve the people
of Wake county, and whatever they
wanted done for the good of the ( oun
ty, just to write him their wishes and
he would do his best to see that it was
done. We published this letter in the
RECORD. .
Now if our representatives are not
discharging their duty as the people 1
see it then let those interested write
them If we are too indifferent to let
them know what we want, then it is
no wonder they go right ahead and
vote their convictions or preferences
independently of what we think they
should do. . . J
If you want something done, it it
is vour opinion that they should vote
a certain way on any bill, tell j
them so. They are our representatives |
and if they fail to act for the best j
interests of Iheir conatitrtney now, j
it will be remembered when anothei
election comes around.
Let’s tell ’em!
IS THIS ECONOMIZING?
The Record clipped the following
•from this week’ s Biblical Recorder,
the organ of the Baptist State Con
vention of North Carolina. It needs
no explanation or comment. We hope
; our readers will read it carefully, and
j then they will see one reason why tax
|es are not reduced:
“We have heard much during the
p- -*jnt legislature ; J out economy
and the cutting of expenses, and we
la-, c heard much more about balancing
'the budget. It occurs to us that the
I expense of the State Government is
more today than when the Legisla
ture convened. The Governor has ad
ded two or three high-priced men a
'advisors. Tin salary of appointive of
ficers. which is much higher on an
av< i age than that of elective officers
has not been reduced. For instance
take the eleven appointive office! s
and their average salary after the cut
if one year ago is §5,687.27. The
I average salary of the eleven elective
j officers is 84,211.36. |
"1 nt.il recently our elective officer- 1
’>! the woi'k to which they were call I
id In 1931 Governor Gardner, follow-]
• r the creation bv the Legislator* j
of power to appoint men to certain
p ~,'tions, v.i"it on a campaign of wild]
i xpenditures, appointing a number of |
I i ipie to positions and making the i
1 salaries larger than the salaries oi
elective officers. Several oi tlv Legis
lators creating the i ositions were ap
pointed to them. At that time the to
tal salary of the eleven appointive of
•' c.r.- -va 877,850?
“We have heard much of the demo
er,- cy a a government of the people
by the people and for the people. Our
• piesent Legislature has cut the sala
iies nf the elective officers fifteen per
cent. But has anybody heard of a cut
being made for the appointive officers
i whose salaries are on the average ot
! 8732.73 more than those of the elec
] tive officers ?
“The tendency to give more and
mine power to the Governor, and the
• temptation of the Governor to appoint
I friends and fix salaries, is taking the
j government out of the hands of the
i peonle. Is not the time at hand for
] the Legislature, as representatives of
the people to assert itself, and if there
must be appointive officers lix the sal
i ary of each man lower than the sal
! a ries of the officers whom the people
have elected to transact the business
of the State? This Legislature has
: the opportunity to render a distinct
' service to the people of the State by
j reducing the tax burden. Will they
} do it by reducing the expense of the
i government? They should read I
j Kings 12:16 and remember that there
is a point beyond which patience ceas
[es to be a virtue.”
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OPERETTA NEXT WEEK
] “Spring Glow,” an operetta appro
mi ate to the season, will be presented
by the fourth grade of Wakelon in the
school auditorium next Wednesday
night, March 29. The cast has three
main characters —Jack Frost, repre
sented by Barrie Davis; Spring, by
Elizabeth Sexton; Bluebird, by Rebec
ca C ockrell —and a number of choruses
in which other pupils of the grade
will appear as elves, butterflies, bees
raindrops, sunshine fairies and flowei
maidens.
Proceeds from the play will be used
for the elementary library.
The Legislature
The Cherry-Bowie block against
sales tax was broken Tuesday. 84.000
000 was added to general fund bill
which made it an absolute necessity
that some sort of sales tax be made to
balance the budget. This makes the bill
j only about 88,000.000 less than the
I committee bill as originally offered
and it is likely the Assembly will make
' other additions which will reach, if
not go beyond the committee’s recom
mendations.
A bill requiring all students in State
colleges to pay tuition also passed
the Senate. This will force 4,000
students to pay and will add about
8200,000 to the State's revenue.
Senator Hinsdale of Wake intro
duced a Resolution inquiring into why
there is more than 87,000,000 in the
State Treasury and yet school teach
ers have not been paid their salary
for the six months term.
The Bank Situation
The latest information of the bank
ting situation in North Carolina is that
the remaining industrial and eommer
cial banks will form mergers. There
, art 31 industrial banks in the state.
These will probably merge into a
great state industrial bank. 1 heir com
bined capital at present is 83.500,000
The remaining commercial banks will
j likely effect a merger within the next
, few days. They held a conference irt
Raleigh Thursday night to this *nd
The Page Trust Co. is one of the lead
ing banks involved in the proposed
merger. If it is effected, the Recon
stitution Finance Corporation will
furnish one-half of the $6,000,000 cap
ital, and Zebulon people will have bet
ter and safer banking facilities than
ever before.
Junior-Senior
Banquet Given
One of the most enjoyable events
i of the season was the unusual Junior
Senior Banquet given Friday night at
the Middlesex High School Building
The banquet hall was beautifully
decorated with the color scheme of
green and white for St. Patrick’s Day
and the table decorations carried out
jthis idea also.
The program was as follows:
Toast to the School Bill Powell
Toast to the Faculty Ruth Medlin
Response, by principal M. T. Lamm
Toast to the Seniors Cleta Lewis (
Response by pres. Senior Clas*
Sadie Barbel
Toast to the Past Allen High
Toast to the Future Millie Bryant
THE ZEBULON RECORD, Zebulon, N. March 24,1933
Holloway’s Hits
By James H. Holloway
President Roosevelt is demonstrat
ing qualities of leadership of such
mperlative character, he has already
captured the admiration and imagina
tion of the entire world. Never before
has a President displayed such cour
age in the face ot an emergency as he
is now showing. He is proving himself
to be the man of action and that is
what the j eople have been demanding.
A fine spirit of hope and optimism i.-
rapidly spreading over the country
which will bring new courage and con
fidence to the people. An early revival
of business activity is indicated, which
if realized will solve many of our most
vexing problems.
The end of the bank holiday is near
after which the banks which are al
lowed to open will be in better posi
tion to supply the needs of business
throughout the nation. The sick am
insolvent banks will be liquidated 01
reorganized and this much desired r
form will bring back a laige measure
of the lost confidence in our banking
Institutions. Hoarding will be so se
verely penalized that it will no longer
be a popular thing to do.
North Carolina is greatly pleased
with the appointment of its most
distinguished citizen. Josephus Dan
iels. as the- new ambassador to .Mexi
co. He will distinguish himself in that
position and he instrumental in build
ing up good will between this country
and our southern neighbor.
Various other appointments w ill soon
be made of North Carolinians here
It is reported that the selection has
already been made of all thu majoi
appointments in this state and if the
slate agreed upon by the two Senators
proves to lie correct most of the faith
ful party workers will be ignored and
a lot of unknown and inefficient men
and women will be given the honors
It was ever thus, however; so all the
disappointed aspirants can do will be
to grin and bear it and when the next
election rolls around go ahead like a
lot of plain fools and again support
the ingrates they havei w orked so hard
to elect again. The politicians know
this is what their supporters will dc
and consequently they make no effort
to reward them for their services t<
the party and themselves.
Governor Ehringhaus appeared be
fore a joint session of the North Car
olina General Assembly Monday night
and advocated a General Sales Tax as
the only possible method of raising
sufficient revenue to carry on the af
fairs of the state. He made a very
find presentation of the matter and
left the Sales Tax Baby on the Legis
lative doorstep. It is too soon to judge
just what the reaction of the Legisla
ture and the people, will be to the Gov
• emor’s recommendations. Good many
! people believe the Governor waited
too long to go before the General As
sembly with his suggestions a§ it is
believed the House is unalterably op
posed to any form of Sales Tax. The
Senate might be induced to support
some form of Luxury Tax but the
House is obviously hostile to any turm
of Sales Tax. It the Governor suc
ceeds in convincing them it will be a
great tribute to his leadership and el
oquence. He did not mince words m
his address and predicated Ins recom
mendations on the existence of a rca
emergency. If the General Assembly
had followed the plan they first out
lined at the beginning of the session
with a real economy program instead
of the milling and tiling they have en
gaged in during the past sixty days
they would have been able to avoid
any sales tax and they also woulc
have been able to adjourn and gone
home at the end of the sixty days. As
it is now, they have wasted their time
and substance in riotous living and
loafing and nothing has yet been dory
that reflects any promise of tax relief
The people have again been shame
lessly betrayed by their representa
tives and we are now facing additional
tax burdens instead of the reliet so
loudly promised during the, campaign
If this Legislature gets by with the
rotten deal they have given the peo
ple unrebuked, the voters had just
•,s well allow further elections to g<
hy default to the liars and crooks
without protest.
The Raleigh municipal election cam
paign is warming up and each day
one or more new candidates announce
for one of the Commissionerships. len
candidates are now in the race foi
Commissioner of 1 U I}J IC • afety if .! t i v
N rumored more will follow shoitly
Never before have throe thousand dol
lar jobs seemed so attractive as they
now are. Mr. Hal Worth is the new
candidate for Mayor, thus making this
-, three cornered fight between him
and the present Mayor and M • S. Nur
chinson, the man responsible foi out
prasent five cent bits fare. 1 lie- ign
will soon be fast and furious lor all
three ot the Commissionerships and it
j.. devoutly to be hoped the best man
\sil! win this time. Raleigh has been
afflicted with thirteen commissioner
up to the present, not one ot whom
was highly fitted for the honor.
DEATH CLAIMS MORRIS BAILEY
On Sunday afterno<*i the death
angel visited the home of Sullev Bai
ley and took away Morris. He was e
le'ven months of age and always lived
in good health up until about two
weeks ago. He bore his sutfeiings
patiently.
The doctor pronounced bis ailment
bronchitis. All was done for hint that
loving hands could do, but none could
stay the icy hands of death.
Morris was laid to rest in the fami
ly cemetery, and the funeral was con
ducted by Rev. Hermon Creech as
sisted by Rev. Heller Biinfi. Mrs.
( reech led the singing. The grave wa
decked with beautiful flowers.
He leaves to survive him, Sulley
and a host of friends and relatives.
The family wishes to thank all
those who did lend a helping hand
during Morris’ sickness and death.
Morris was a turkey gobbler.
A Friend.
Uncle Suds Is Back
Well, it has been some time since j
you heard from Pig River, but there
is something doing .just now. The
community is in fine spirits and have 1
big things in their minds.
We expect to meet at the home of.
Mi. -J. M. Corbetts Sunday, March!'
26. for the purpose of organizing a! 1
Sunday School if it meets the ap I
proval of the people of the community! l
J. M. Thorne has promised to preach.
foi the congregation. We are hoping j 1
the editor will be present and assist • j
in the work.
We are inviting everybody from 1
the four corners of Wake, Johnston
Fianklin and Nash counties to be pre- ,
sent and make the world brighter by ;
so doing. ::
Our community is doing just fine and
we hope to be a live wire sometime i
Though we live in the rural district t
we still remember there is One mighty
hand that guides us always. Looking ;
forward to the best interests ot pos- ;
ferity, we fro! like there should b<
something ir. a spiritual wav going •
on.
Uncle Suds.
Families Fitfully
Fleeing Flood
The worst flood in twenty years is t ■
raging in the Ohio valley. In New-,
port, Ky., thirty-five bloi k~- were un
der water on Sunday, with the Ohio
river, eight feet above flood stage
-till rising. Hundreds of families have
been driven from their homes and a
number of drownings have occurred. j
Point Pleasant, W. Va., reported!
water one foot deep in the town’s main
street. Louisville residents on the wa
ter front have been forced to abandon ;
their homes. The weather bureau ex
pected the rise of the river to continue
until Thursday.
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EARPSBORO EVENTS
The sick in our community are all
better except Mrs, Kate Tisdale, she
improves slowly.
Mr. and Mrs. Noah Crowder and
baby visited Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Mar
tin Saturday and Sunday of Pilot.
Miss Sarah Hart member of the
Corinth-11 old* r faculty spent Thursday
night with Mrs. Joe Tippette.
Mr. I>e n Chamblee was a visitoi
in Smithfieid Sunday.
Mess:.-. John Faucette. B. D. Den
ton,, M. G. Crowder and Arthur Lew
is went with Bio. A. D. Parrish to fill
his appointment Sunday night at Par
rish Memorial Church.
Am mg those who visited Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Lewis Sunday, were Mr
and Mi s. Danis Wilder and family of
Smithfieid.
Mr. and Mrs. Alva Denton and son
OHie. of Smithfieid, were the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Lewis Sunday.
Quite a large crowd of the people
■i our community attended church
at Hales Chapel Sunday.
Mr and Mrs. J. W. Strickland, Jr
i f Middlesex spent last week-end with
Per !■ rents, Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Lewis
Mrs. Will Tippette and daughter
Betty ;ean, -pent Sunday with f
sister, Mrs. Macon Richardson.
Mi's. J. W. Bailey spent part of last
week with friends near Middlesex.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bailey spent
Saturday night and Sunday with Mr
and Mrs. B. M. Barham near Roles-
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