VOL. VIII.—
YE FLAPDOODLE
F,;. The
*«\\ \Mt 111 l h 1.1 t:
l nave just completed a reminiscent
tour ot' the many wonderul things I
saw while in the IT.l T . S. first line of de
fense. One of these particularly inter
esting occurrences in my life Jiappened
while we were some two thousand
miles otl the coast of ( olumbo. It was
one of thus* hot sultry afternoons ,
that are so plentiful around the equa
toi and we were cruising along at 2n ,
knots more or less. A cry front th<
crow’s nest notified u> that we were i
in sighi of a whale. N >w a whale i-,
not novelty to sailors, but this <>n<
proved to be so enormous that all j
hands crowded the rail to look-see
As we rapidly overtook him, we no
ticed that he seemed to be greatly
agitated by something. Drawing along
side, we found that a great sea this
tle haul somehow been forced through
hist ail and that he could not tnanue
ver without great pain. Os course wr
couldn’t afford to see a fellow -!■>!
in distress, so we lav to while twenty
nun manned the crash boat and with
drew the thi-tie. After the giant barb
had been removed, he gave a graceful
i flip of his tail and swam off. Tin
matter entirely slipped otu' minds
until nearly two years later when wt
were cruising in the South Seas, Late
one afteij or. our Manometer had
talien nearly six inches and the aero
graphers predicted tiU heaviest ot
storms, consequently, all hands weit
called on deck to make tast all loose
gear. After securing all matter, the
dew dogged down all water tight
hatches and doors. Within a few min
utes alter this preparation, the storm
broke. So long as 1 live. 1 shall nevet
forget that storm. Water seeped thru
the glass of the ports and passed thru
the steel bulkheads. All the fo-cas-le
was carried away, not to mention the
bridge and after must. Both port anc
starbo’rd tunning lights were washed
away. Our masthead light had gone
with the masts. \V e took so much
water down our stacks that the boil
er.- were flooded and the doors hm
to be soldered shut to prevent the
flooding of the fire rooms. Oh it'was
aufiil. When the sun broke through
the clouds next morning we found
that only the hull was left, all bin
supplies had been washed over, ami
.there we were. 150 brawny seamen
no water, no food, even our clothes
had been washed from our backs, and
as luck would have it, not a man wa
lost. We drifted helplessly for thre.
days without sighting smoke or sail
On into the night of the third we
drifted and all hands were giving up
hope. As the ship’s bell, which hac
been caught in a cargo hatch, struck
eight bells, a cry from the for ward
look-out reached us. “Light Ho!
“Where away?”, bellowed the Cap
tain. “Two points aft of th’ starbo'rij
beam sir!” “Can you make it out?”
shouted the Skippei. “She looks like
a low lying schooner sir!” “Very well,
acme back the captain. “Try to signa'
her to come alongside!” “Aye Ayt
sir.” came the voices of ten lookouts
fore and aft. Within an hour we could
make out her running lights and shn
lay so low in the water we could hard
lv make out her lines. More like the
lines of a sub. As time slowly passed
we saw her swing her prow in our
direction and with incredible speed
she bore down upon our lee . surely
to run us down. As we all gave upi
hope, and began to turn our prayer
ful eyes Heavenward, we heard het
blow, and as the stream <>t water shot 1
some fifty feet into the air, we reali- |
zed that it was the whale we had
rescued over a year before. He had i
followed us and picked up all our gear]
as it washed over. Overjoyed, we all
jumped down upon his back and hasti
ly *ret, tie veil our long given up for lost
articles. Within the forty-eight, wi
had our tub re-rigged and in ship
shape condition. The whale escorted
us safely into port and as the last
of our crew hit the dock, we could
see, disappearing into tjie setting sun
a tdack, 200 foot bulk and an occasional ]
geyser as he playfully sucked in tons
of water and spewed it through hi- '
blow-hole. We. the crew of the L". S.
S. Nevet-ail, shall never forget Toby
the good Smaritan whale. And now
atter this most interesting, and truth
ful tale of a thistle in a whale’s tail,
we’ll return to Zebulon and her tale, j
ft appeals that the scandal monger-;
are again at work! and not to be left I
out in the cold, cruel world. Swashie
pauses to ask—“ Who was the girl]
-een sitting back in an auto at the j
Wnkelon picnic while some nine oi
ten ardent admirers brought her choice
morsels from the spread. And
the young lady who was supposed to]
be attending the senior class play i
and went instead, with her “out-of- |
town” boy-friend to Wendell and var- j
cus by-paths And the young lady ,
upon whose satin covered toe tjie
Swashbuckler trod- The marshal
ette who graciously condescended to j
i-scort the Swashie to a seat The
tittle girl, daughter of one of the High
may engineers, who Rave vent to the
most amusing giggle heard in ages
—-And the couples lying out on the
-ampus’ of Wakelon Friday afternoon
Especially the so’jer and the las- undei
line of the umbrella trees -And the
parties (two bovs—two girls) who
wanted to go bathing Saturday night
-t Strickland’s bridge only to be frus
trated hv the lights of a car appearing
over a hill —On with the dance—The
led wheeled Ford parked between
Zebulon and Dave Hrivette’s mill
S' me i all it love—l call it hefty neck
ing The young fellow who, while
calling on a Wendell lass, graciously
Zrbttlmt ißttorb
Parrott Speaks
At School Finals
On Thursday night. May 11. the
senior class of Wakelon held theii
last meeting. Tiny Janet Horton
class mascot, shared honors with Bet
vie Hales, class president. The saluta
tory was given by Ruby Stallings
The Magic Carpet, playlet in tw
scenes, embraced the class history, by
Willard Denton; Statistics, by Harold
Green; poem, Bet tie Corbett; Prophecy
Leona Pearce; will, Estelle Pearce:
songs and fairy dances being inter
i spersed. After the valedictory, deliv
ered by Bettie Hales, the farewell
i song was sung.
On Friday at 10:30 a. m. were .eld
i the graduating exerises. Ptof. E H
i Moser introduced the speaker, Dr. J
Parrott of Kinston, secretary- •>!
I the State Board of Health. By hi?
i humor, his logic and his vision Di
Pnrrott captivated hi- audience. Ik
j traced the history of education it
i North Carolina, its progress and oc
easional retrogression. He likened th<
1 present situation to that of a man i.
a storm at sea, when certain thing
j must be cast away an 1 others preser
ved, if life be saved. The prime essen
tials of our state, as defined by Dr
Parrott, are: churches, with all that
they signify in state and national 1.1
and thought; amity, in the broad mean
ing of the word; schools, that are pro
stress!ve and adequate; health which
i- in a great measure the foundation
I for all else worthwhile.
In concluding the speaker called at
Mention to the fact that the initial let -
I tors of these keywords spell cash.
Diplomas were presented to forty
graduates by Prof. Moser, who gave
a brief farewell address to the class
Medals and prizes were awardei
h v the P. T. A. to Margaret Bunn
and Cornelia Herring for winning
'fiist and second places in the state
v ide music memory contest; by Mrs
1 G. S. Barbee to Dorothy Horton foi
! improvement in piano and to .joeelyn
House for memory work in piano; b\
j the school societies to Erdis Hopkins
Willard Denton. Ruby Stallings am
Clara David. triagylav debaters
to George William Honeycutt for de
clamation; Alberta Johnson for reci
, tation; Bobby Horton for society de-
I bate.
* After dismission a picnic dinnei
was se’ved from a table in the cam
(Continued on Page l’wo i
j offered to fix the lights, only to blow
I out the fuses and plunge the whole
| house in darkness The gent who
! borrowd his father’s car and had a
I terrible puncture—Sobad in fact, tha'
he was some two hours late getting
j home Well, lest something slip by
! whilst 1 scribble these hieroglyphics
1 I’ll be on my way. And as all great
; writers say at the most exciting part
■of the story—Continued next week!
Number Os Important Measures
Passed By The General Assembly
North Carolina’s 1933 general as
| sembly, “the most turbulent and bus
iest” in history, has adjourned sine
1 die—and what history it has written.
A sales tax, beer, a new constitu
j tion, a convention to consider repeal
’of the 18th amendment, an eight
' months school, horse racing and pari*
j mutuei betting in three counties, dras
tically changed hanking legislation
ratification of the “lame duck” amend
ment to the federal constitution—all
these came from the 1933 session and
earned for it the “busiest legislature”
title.
Adjournment sine die came only
j after 132 days—witljin nine days of
] the record breaking 141-day session
lof the 1931 session. Alter the 1931
j session, legislators felt it would be a
long time before another legislature
even approached that record. Only
two years intervened but 1933’s ses
sion came near smashing that mark
Lnder Constant Fire
From the very first day. the legis
lators were bombarded from all sides
School teachers, state departments
and state employes pleaded for high
■er appropriations than those recom
mended by the budget commission
Merchant.- contended a sales tax would
wreck them. Corporations declared
] higher franchise taxes would place
i them in bankruptcy. Drys fought hard
against changes in the liquor law?
jand wets fought just as hard for chan
ges. Delegation after delegation visit
ed Raleigh,conferred with legislation
A mass meeting was held here in in
terest of securing higher appropria
tions for schools. In short, legislator
were faced with the greatest pressuri
ever brought to bear on law maker?
ot the state.
It wa- only after a bitter fight
that the sales tax was enacted mt'
law. That battle started with the ap
propriations bill, long before the rev
enue measure was introduced.
Anti-sales taxers fought hard a
gainst appropriations recommended
hv the joint appropriations commit
tee. If those Supply filfures went
thiough, a sales tax would be neces
• cry to balance the budget.
For two days the anti-sales taxer.?
neld the upper hand. Then the tidr
turned and committee figures were
ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA Mav If). 1933
An Announcement
Os Importance
To Women and Merchants:
The Record will sponsor a Cooking School on
or about the 21st of June.
This will be important to the ladies because
they will have the opportunity on that occasion to
see and learn the very latest and most satisfactory
methods of cooking.
We expect to make the Record of the preced
ing week a special number of eight full pages. It
will give a great many of the best tested cooking
recipes. This will give our merchant friends an op
portunity to tell the ladies where they can get the
best groceries.
The Record invites any house keeper who has
a favorite recipe to send it in for publication in our
special cooking number.
Remember the date, and wait for our further
announcement next week.
Roy House Dies
On the night of May 12, Roy, aged
-even, youngest child of Mr. and Mrs
A. R. House, of Zebulon, died afte>
having been an invalid for years. Be
sides the parents a sister. Jocelyn, and
a brother, Ralph, survive.
The funeral service was held at the
Methodist church on Sunday at 3 p. m
conducted by the pastor, Rev. N. B
Johnson, assisted by Rev. R. H. Her
ring. Burial was in the local cemetery
A quartet sang Sometime We’ll Under
stand; small Mary Alice Conn and
Dave Finch sung Jesus Loves Me; Mrs
J. F. Coltrane sang as a solo. Mighty
Lak a Rose.
Hall bearers were: Bobby Horton, El
mo Bunn, Sprite Barbee and Chas
Flowers. o*r.
Read the RECORD regularly.
I finally inserted into the bill. A salt-.'
I tax was necessary to balance the bud
| get.
Only the type of such a tax— gen
{ eral or selected commodity—t'emainei
' to be chosen. The house at first re
j jected each type, and sent the bill to
j« special sub-committee of seven men
Adopted .'1 I’er Cent Tax
i That committee brought in a 2 pe:
lent general sales tax levy and that
' was adopted and sent to the senate
In the senate the figure was changed
, to 2 per cent general levy with certain
exemption and that figure finally went
through.
All franchise taxes were increased
hut corporations should receive an ag
gregate tax reduction due to the state
operation of the eight months school
This plan removes all special taxes
now levied for local support of schools
but new administrative units set up in
the biennial school machinery bill may
levy supplemental taxes subject to a
vote of the people.
Highlights of the session follow:—-
1 — Athree per cent general sales tax
with certain exemptions of food, was
enacted into law. This is the firs*
general sales levy ever made law ir
North Carolina.
2 School legislation: The stati
supported, eight-month ,-ichool ‘plan
was enacted into law. All existinp
school districts were abolished and
new units set up. The new units may
supplement state funds, but may d<
so only after a vote of the people and
all such supplements must be approv
ed by the state school commission
created to take the place of the present
state board of equalization. Ix>cal unit
which are now in default may not sup-i
plement. This provision, representa-j
tives from Guilford and Buncomb* '
counties, say, will prevent supple- |
ments in High I’oint and Asheville and,
Buncombe county. Other units als<
will be affected.
3 A new constitution was passed:
by the legislature and will be sub
mitted to the people in the lf*34 gen- i
ei'al election. It makes many changes I
in the piesent organic law. including;
one to give the governor veto power :
subject to be overridden by a majority
of the membership of both houses
The proposed constitution is drafted i
b\ a constitutional commission ap
pointed bv tfie ltf.'!.°. legislature.
, Mrs. W. H. Chaniblee
Honored Last Sunday
•
i The home of Mr. anil Mrs. W. H
< hamblee was a scei e of much acti
vity and pleasure Mother’s Day; whet
i Mr. and Mi's. F. R. Conyers and chil
i dren of Rocky Mount, Dr. anil Mrs. H
I R. Chaniblee of Raleigh, Mr. and Mrs
Guy Lee and daughter of Smithtield
Mr. and Mrs. John Terry anil son of
Wendell and Mr. and Mrs. 1). I). Cham
hlee arrived for a picnic dinner, which
was placed on a ti ble under the
i spreading umbrella tree.
The children were greatly overjoyed
j because of celebrating their mother's
1 seventieth birthday as sell as honor
ing Mother’s Day.
—
; You can’t be in two places at one
; time it you are in one piece.
4 Liquor legislathn: Alcoholic
beverages containing not more that
.'1.2 per cent by weight of alcohol were
legalized in this state following pass
age of a similar federal law. Sub
-1 mitted to the people was the propo
sition of whether a convention to con
sider repeal of the 18th amendment
will be held. The election for this pur
pos will he held in November nd tin
convention if called, will be held ir
December. An attempt to repeal al’
state dry laws failed as did a hill t<
legalize medical whiskey.
5 -Appropriations: Allotments foi
all state purposes were slashed, th
total for the 1!K!.'!-1!K!.'> biennium be
ing $80,15!*,218. Spending for the cur
rent biennium will be slightlv undei
$100,000,000.
Ratified Amendment
o—The Norris “lame-duck" amend
ment to the federal constitution was
ratified on the first day of th* ses
sion.
7—Banking legislation: The nation
wide crisis brought about by banking
holidays resulted in drastic change
in state banking laws. The governoi
was given permision, with consent ol
the council or state to call a bank
holiday; the commissioner of banks
was given power to appoint consei
vators of banks operating under re
stfictions; the commissioner was em
powered to set up rules for operation
of banks under restrictions; the re
organization of banks operating un
dei restrictions was allowed, subject
to approval of the commissioner ol
banks; purchase and sale of deposits
in closed banks iri more than .70 coun
ties was allowed under a bill which
'started as a local measure; the power.-
| (Jolley two lekislature.
l of the commissioner of banks to ap
prove excessive loans was repealed;
and the powers of banking corpora
tions regarding investment in stock
and in xubsidarv compaies were cur
tailed.
8 Reorganization of state govern
ment: A special committee to propos*
economy measures by such ou’tion
«s» appointed in the early days ol
the session, il recommended man>
changes and major ones going inti
effect were: The highway and prisor
departments were consolidated; the
ocal government commission was mer- ■
ged with the office of state treasurer;
Local Young
People Honored
Bobby Horton was adjudged lies!
sneaker and awarded the debater’?
medal in the annual society deiiati
held last week in connection with thi
Wakelon commencement. This is the
second similar honm Bobby has at
Untied having been elected best
s; eakei and awarded a medal in tin
Declamation contest last commence
men*.
Mi Ann Kemp v. as one of twi
member. selected flora the Fresh
n,ar. class of the State Teacher- Col j
lore at Fredericksburg. \ a., to take :i
part in a Shakespearean piav to 1).
given at the coliege in the near ;i
--tu re.
Miss Kemp also represented het ;
das- in the May Day exercises held:
on the college campus last week.
Kindergarten
Opens Monday’
Due to the mam requests of tin
parents of Zebulon, there will be a
kindergarten held in Zebuion for <> 1
weeks this summer. This work wi!' ,
re rendered under the iliretion of Mis
Mildred Winstead, first grade teach 1
cr in the W akelon school. Children ;
between the ages of •>': and *5 j
will be eligible to attend. Classes will;
he held in the primary loom of the j
Wakelon school from 9 a. m. unti j
12. The i l ice will be $3.00 per month ;
Mothers who are interested in thi.-
work, ai'e requested to take their chil- j
dren to the school building at !>. Mon- ;
day morning, May 22.
This community fortunate in
having Miss W'instead to teach kinder
garten for backward children or pa
rents who want their children to get
started for next year have a fine op
portunity now for this special training?
Deaths In Wrecks
Dr. John Grier Hibben. president ,
emeritus of Princeton Luniversity i
was fatally injured in an automobile ]
accident on May 15, near Washington '
X. .J. His wife was also hurt. The dri- i
ver of the heel truck which collided 1
with Dr. Hibben’s car was badly in
jured, but is expected to live.
Mrs. W. J. McGlothlin, wife of thi !
president of Furman University, wa- 1
killed in an auto collision near King |
Mountain on Tuesday p. m. Dr. Mc-
Glothlin was injured, blit not seriously
E. A. McCann, of Charlotte, said ti
have been the driver of one of the cars
was killed.
The McGothlins were on their wa\
to attend the Southern Baptist Conven
tion in Washington, D. C.
i.lio highway patrol, motor vetiiclo
bureau, theft bureau, inspection n!
gasoline and oil and the department
of weights and measures were place;!
under the revenue department; thi
office of executive counsel was abol
ished the corporation commission
composed of three men was abolished
| and the one-man job of utilities com
! missioner was set up; the office ot
i director of personnel was abolished
the tax commission was abolished.
9—The legislature failed to redis
trict senatorial districts or to reap
portion seats in the house ot repre
sentatives, even though this is re
quired by the constitution. The 193!
legislakUl e alto omitted that item.
The senate reilistricting bills died in
committee anil t.he house reapportion
ment bill died when eastern counties
voted to defer consideration of that bill
until the redistricting bill came ovei
from the senate. New Hanover, Rock
ingham and Nash woud have lost i
representative each anil Mecklenburg
Guilford and Buncombe each wouli
have gained one.
10 (Marriage laws were changed
to repeal the five-day notice clause
for minors and to change the physical
examination requirements. Where both
parties formerly had to submit t
physical examinations, the bride is
now relieved of that requisite and th
groom may either file an affida/i*
stating he has not had any contagious
d'sease for two years or may submit
to the examination. Any North Caro
lina couples marrying out of the stati
are required to register their mar
riage in the home county of the groom
11 The five yejfct separation lo
divorce on grounds of separation wa
amended to reduce the period to twe
years. Either party may sue for di
vorce ofter two years separation,
12 Regulation of lobbyists was pro
vided in a hill passed earl? in the ses
ioa. It ' quires lobbyists to rcgistei
with the secretary of state and to fib
at the dose of the session, a list of
expenditures during the session. An es
fort to amend the bill failed.
13—Horse racing and pari-mutuel i
betting in three counties—McDowell I
Hasquotank and Rowan subject to v ,
vote of the people in those countie?
~ le.'. i'iz d. A similar bill for Bun
combe and other counties in 1931 wa?
killed.
NUMBER 48
Hollowav's Hits
By Jame- 11. Holloway
President Roosevelt and Congre--
are now ready to ?,*t in motion all the
mighty resource- of this great natiu'
lo defeat the business depres-ion. Th
cooperation of practically all the larg
industries of the country is a gua. -
anti eof the success ..f this movement
If the Banks of the land can be i:
duced to throw ctV this panic and sea:
and join in the m .emeni, recover?
will come quickly. The banks have doi
moie to prolong the depression tha
any other influence. Cowardice ha
ruled the banking ' uternity forth
t as! two years completely. i’hey have
rushed from the extreme of wile
speculation t" the most unieasonab'c
miserliness. I util President Rooseve
and Congress took hand they alrno-*
destroyed tl bu-int -of the countr;
Thev locked up theii inotiev and ti:
people’s, in strong vaults and absi
lutly infused to help in bringing bus
ness back to a sane and normal b.
sis. Had they displayed a sympathet
attitude towards hard pressed busines
executives we would have tong since
rcovered from the depr.-sion. Not sat
isfied with denying the urgent need f
the country, they even went furthe.
and withdrew entirely the financial as
sistanee which thousand- of worth;,
people were entitled to, forcing then
into bankruptcy- by the toreclosui
of perfectly sound loan.-. No greatei
crime has ever been committed tha
the American bankers have committe »
in the past four years against the
people of this nation.
President Roosevelt has the powt 1
to break the strangle hold the ban?
mg world lias had on this country and
if he neglects to use this power to thi
limit, his administration will soon be
come a dismal failure. The people au
awake and they will no longer subm:i
to uch conditions as we have bee'
living under. The Reconstruction Fi
nance Corporation has been lending
billions to banks all over the countr.
but so far the business world and ir
dividuals ha>c received no benefit
from this generosity of the govern
ment. I'll banks have not passed o:
to the people tit* 1 aid which they ha\
been granted and some method ntu
be found to force them to do so or ou.
last state wil soon be worse than th*
first.
A long sigh of relief and a ferveni
prayer ofthanksgiving is going up all
over the -tat” at the apparent neat
ness of the final adjournment ot ti
General Assembly. It is highly pro >
able they will leave Raleigh early
in the coming week if no other merr
her has a belated brainstorm ajr!
throws a monkey wrench into the le
gislative machinery. The record
made by this general assembly wiJ
long lie remembered and when it at
last begins to dawn on the people just
v hat lias been done to them by this
Legislature, a howl will be raised thai
will be heard from Dan to Beersheba
No boy or girl now living will eve,
| brag about the fact that their dad
was a member of the North Curolir. •
i General Assembly of 10;!;"!. The men' ’
! hers of this Legislature who can g
back home and point with any deg re?
of pride to anything they have done oi
j attempted to do are very few in
j number, and even those who think they
| have accomplished anything will be ur
able to get a respectable hearing from
; their home folks. The Governor is th<
j only man in the state who has reaped
any benefit from the long session. H
wen before them with his proposal
i early in the session but it took the so
i lon* three months to grudgingly give
;him what he wanted. If his council
| had been accepted, the session could
i have been ended two months ago and
1 everybody would have been fairly well
pleased. As it is now, nobody is pleas -
:ed with the rotten record -made. Re
j percussions from this legislature wiil
rebound to plague the Democratic
party for the next fifty years and will
result in many new Republican t‘ai>;i
; in the next session of the General
Assembly.
i 11—All attacks on the state pr :
mary laws failed. A bill to abolish
1 primaries failed, another to abolisl
I the second primary failed, as did one
j to repeal the absentee ballot law for
! primaries.
15—An attempt to repeal the work
men’s compensation act tailed, thougn
both branches of the assembly did past
a bill exempting Mecklenburg county
'from its provisions. The senate found
out what it had done, however, recall
| ed and killed the Mecklenburg bill.
1(5—Bills affecting attorneys, phy
siciaus, nurses, barbers, and beauty
parlor operators were passed. The
organization of the state bar as a**
agency of the state government wa*
included in the bill passed upon thi
request of the state bar assocition.
17-An attempt to change thi
method of election of trustees of th
consolidated University of North C aro
lina was defeated. The bill would haw
increased the board from 100 to 120
the seats to be apportioned in the
same manner as those in the holise
of representatives.
18 The penalty for kidnapint? foi
ransom was fixed at life imprisonment
An attempt was made to make that r
capital crime with death as punishment
but the bill was reported unfavorubl;
by u committee since such a charge
would tie constitutional in nature.
19 Lastly, during the closing days
!t he assembly named the qhickade?
the official bird of North Carolina.
A few days later the same assembly
repealed the resolution and North Car
olina still has no official bird.—Greens
boro News.