IWIUI
Mesdarrie?- j'. M. Whitley ar*d H.
G. Flowers, spent last Thursday in
Raleigh with their relatives.
M’-s. Nannie Culpepper is quite
feeble. Her condition <h>e? not im
prove as her friends had hoped for.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Winstead, of
Greensboro, are spending: this week
with Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Winstead.
Rev. R. H. Herring and M. B.
Chamblee went last Sunday p. m.
to hear Hon. Clyde Hoey sneak in
Raleigh.
I*
Miss Biddy Campen is recovering
from an illness caused by an im
pacted wisdom tooth and the oper
ation for its removal.
Mrs. C. G. Weathersbv had as
guests for the week-end her moth
er and sister, Mrs. Williams and
Miss Williams, of Clover, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Utley, of
Henderson, and Mr. Utley’s father,
of Raleigh, were guests ol' Mr. and
Mrs, W. H. Winstead Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Whitley went
A) Fuquay Springs last Friday to
t sit Mr. and Mrs. Allan Aiken,
who lived in Zebulon at one time.
I
■"
Paul Cashwell, who had lived
here for some time, working with
Carolina Power and Light Co.,
moved last week with his family to
Cfheraw, S. C.
Miss Myrcelle Bunn, who is a
student at Duke University, spent
the week-end with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Bunn.
The Zebulon Supply Go., sold
three farm wagons on one day of
last week, which is as many as
have ever been sold by that firm
for the same length of time.
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Bird and
daughter, Miss Lillie Belle, and
Mrs. Vetter, all of Mt. Olive, were
guests in the home of Rev. and
Mrs. Herring for a while Sunday.
john R. Rankin. Jr., and child
' ten, Jno. 0., Margaret and Tom
mie of Gastonia spent last Send ay
with Mrs. A. R. House. Mr. Ran
kin reports that the NR A is do
ing wonders in Gastonia
. vriends of Dr. and Mrs. Clar
ice Corbitt, of Dunn, wiD regret
*to learn that their infant son, bom
on Wednesday of last week, died
on Friday. Mrs. Corbett was form
erly Miss Mildred Broughton.
J. H. Padgett, of Cleveland conn
spent a few days with friends
in Zebulon last week before going
to take a position near Youngs
ville. Mr. Padgett formerly lived
here, and was a welcome visitor.
Mrs. L. M. Gould and sons, John
Thomas and Mickey, have come here
from Sanford and are with Mrs.
Goulds father. J. M. Whitley, for
some time while Mr. Gould is in
South Carolina. The boys are at
tending school at Wakelon.
Middlesex News
Miss Sue Murray was the week
end guest of her sister. .Mrs. C harlie
Carr, of Dunn.
Mrs. Kenneth Barnes is still vis
iting in Rocky Mount.
Miss Mary Manning is spending
this week in Raleigh with Mrs. H.
L. Arnold.
Mr. Hunter Carr and Ed Wal
lace and Mrs. Charlie Carr spent
some time in Middlesex Friday
night.
Friends of Mr. Johnnie Alford
were very sorry to learn that he
b 7 lost his home. by fire Saturday
night.
i Mr. and Mrs. Dutch Holland
t; spent the week-end in town with
relatives.
Several people of Middlesex
„ were Raleigh visitors Saturday to
i attend the circus.
;v Mr, Ernest Thompson and friend,
Mr. Pritchard, of Buffalo, N. Y.,
have been visiting in Middlesex for
J.he past week. They are planning
4-ettiming soon.
Mrs. Paul Chamblee, Mrs. Pat
Moore, and Mrs. W. ( W, Morgan
went around town collecting some
of the necessary things for Johnnie
Alford’s family whose home has re
cently been burned.
M. J. SEXTON
kl 4
‘(INSURANCE
ZEBU LON. N. C.
THE ZEBULON RECORD. ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 27, 1933
‘I Don’t Pay Taxes’
—Oh, Yes. You Do!
It is estimated that 7o per cent
of the national income is not sub
ject to direct taxation—income
which c"tne« from government
bonds, or is exempt from taxation
because its owners' total receipts
are below the levels touched by the
income tax law.
That provides a pretty sound
reason fbr public laxness about ;
taxation. A majority feel that it is |
no trouble of theirs—that it is a 1
problem belonging strictly to that
minority which must pay direct
taxes.
We all pay taxes, if we earn a
thousand or a hundred thousand—
and the bulk of governmental in
come comes from those whose in
comes are in the lower brackets.
We pay taxes when we go to a
movie, buy food, turn on an electric
light, take a spin in the car, go
fishing, or do anything else. We
pay them when we are asleep— the
maker of the bed, mattress and
blankets paid taxes, which he pass
ed on to those who bought his
product. The more he paid, the
more we pay to sleep!
Tax-freedom, whether for an in
dividual or a busines-s, is a beauti
ful illusion, and it will never be i
anything else. If your income falls !
within the 70 per cent mentioned,!
don’t be pleased about it. You’re ■
paying your share of excessive tax
ation. And you’ll continue to pay
until you do something about it.
All Businesses
Should Pay Tax
1 i
Whatever one may think of pub- '
lie owrership of service utilities.!
there is no reason why these utili
ties should not pay their fair share
of taxes to the support of the state
government.
Advocates of publicly owned utili
ties claim certain basic advantages
over privately owned utilities; mon
ey on the credit of a city can for
could) be obtained at a lower rate
and the matter of private return j
sufficient advantage. And yet cities
is eliminated. That ought to be a
maintaining their own service utili
ties have always reneged on paying
their taxes, thereby sponging on
other cities and counties of the
state for the support of their state
government. As a bludgeon to force
cities to go in for public ownership,
it is a form of blackmail. Or does
the political management of pub
licly owned utilities demand for
their operation not only cheaper
money and elimination of private
profit, but also a runout on taxes ? !
It looks as if public ownership ad
vocates are suffering from an in
feriority complex—or they know
the extravagance of political man
agement.
It is obvious that when a govern
ment goes into business it is en
! gaging in business and not in gov
ernment. The users of municipal
service should be ashamed to place
themselves in the tax evasion class.
—Stockton, Calif., Independent.
NRA Code For
Safe Drivers
There is one badly needed code
which will not have to await an
| official signature. It affects every
person in the country, and its adop
tion should be unanimous. It is
“The Safe Drivers’ Code.”
Accident statistics reported to
June 30, 1933, according to the
(National Bureau of Casualty and
j Surety Underwriters, showed that
j 12,020 persons had been killed by
! automobiles this year. The indica
j tions, judging from unofficial re
, ports in July and August, are that
final results may show a decided
increase in deaths and accidents for
1933. This is jioubly significant, be
! cause there are nearly 10 per cent
fewer automobiles registered in the
United States this year than in
1931.
To motorists, therefore, and to]
pedestrians and all u>-ers of our
streets and highways, the following
code is directed:
1. Regulate your speed to fit
(traffic conditions; keep your car
under control at all times.
2. Slow down for intersections,:
and obey traffic signals.
3. Use better judgment in pass-1
mg, waiting until there is ai least
500 feet of clear distance ahead.
4. Pedestrians: Cross at cross-!
walks; walk on the left side facing
traffic; obey traffic signals.
5. Remember that automobile ■
accidents constitute an economic 1
w aste totaling billions, through j
property damage, high insurance,
costs, increased taxes, etc.
Every motorist should feel that it
is his duty and privilege to pledge i
himself to this code.
,
SON, I WOl/LDNT
jpt PUT THAT BAD
mur> ONE IN. IT'LL ROT
nas the WHOLE
S|BAB.t,FUL
Economic
Highlights
!
Happenings Chat \ffect Fhe Din- j
ner Pails. Dividend Checks And!
Tax Bills Every Individual.
National and International Prob
lems Inseparable From Local
Welfare.
j
With the coming of fall, the NRA
enters its most critical phase. It g> :
off to a fipe start with public sen
timent massed behind it. That sen
timent is still there—but the novel-1
ty is beginning to wear out, the
first thrill of excitement i« dying
down, and people are wanting to
be shown. Millions of workers are
confronted by the unpleasant spee
! tacle of rising prices unaccompa
nied by comparable increases in
their earning capacity. Business
generally believes in the NRA.
wants to support it, but many do
not know where to get the mone>.
President Roosevelt points out to
the people that success or failure
of the recovery program now rests
to the greatest extent in their
hands.
In line with this, the most im
portant recent step was the NRA
customer mobilization. The pledge
| —which found millions of signers—
involves boycott of non-NRA busi
nesses and pajronage for those
which display the blue eagle. There
is no legal means of enforcing the
pledge on a signer who breaks it
that part of the campaign really
is voluntary and, as General John
son declared, depends entirely or
the public’s conscience.
“What will happen to Ford?” for
his failure to sign the NRA code,
is being asked on every street cor
ner. His wage and work standard?
are entirely in line with the code.
He simply objects to signing. How
much will that cost him in lost busi
ness is an interesting and impor
tant speculation. If General John
son has his way, Ford cars are
going to be a drug on the market
from now until he signs. Tempora
rily the Ford imbroglio has been
sidetracked by controversy with the
stubborn soft coal industry.
As for the early influence of the
NRA on general business, it has
ports from all parts of the country
,)one wonders, according to a recent
review by Dun and Bradstreet. Re
»how enlarged spending power,
stimulated employment and the dis
! appearance of the feeling of dis
pense and apprehension which gr.p
ped the country for three year?.
Volume of business, in comparis* n
to a year ago, has substantially in
creased and the forward movement
is uninterrupted. New employment
is put at about three million.
“What is a sound loan and what
.isn’t?” is a query that is ]>erp!ex
' ing the bankers now. They’re n a
| tough spot. The government, thru
| its recovery machinery, wants the
hanks to ease up on loans, put more
money tp work. Another branch ■>'
government, which does bank su
pervising, can (*woop down nnd
make it very unpleasant for banks
ufiioh aren't as iiquid as they
sh<ruld be under the stringent bank
ing laws to protect depositors. The
banker is trying to steer a middle
course and dodge tip- pitfalls that
lurk on either side. The suggestion
of the head of the R. F. 0. that
banks should sell preferred stocks
and use the funds to extend credit,
met a respectful but coolish re
sponse. In most communities you
still have to put up about $1.50 in
A-l assets to get a dollar loan, and
t doesn’t look as if that policy will
be relaxed to a great degree in tht
near future.
Financiers are keeping the : r eye?
n the inflation clouds now, won
dering how soon they will gather.
Heavy pressure is being brought 1
hear on Mr. Roosevelt to rush in-
Mation; it is known that he ba?
' ten studying ways and means.
Senator Fletcher recently suggest
ed that the Reserve Bank be order
ed to buy at least $100,000,000 j
worth of government bonds a week
and the Treasury should issue a like
amount of new currency. Inflation
would create many new problems
while relieving existing ones such
as lack of credit for building, busi
ness expansion, etc.
Gold producers smiled, grew ju
bilant, when the Treasury, on Pres
idential instruction, began to pa\
the world price foT gold the other
day. Instead of a fixed price of
$20.07 per uuiiCt, they will receive I
whatever the market, says, ;nd
gold will rise and fall in value like ,
other commodities. Price is j
aroun<] $30.00.
The silver men weren’t slow to
ask that something be done to help
them. Senator Pittman, long the
break for silver, suggested that
most persistent advocate of a better
producers be allowed to take their
silver to the mine and receive th«'
coins made from it. This would
bring the price of silver to $1.19
per ounce, more than three time?
the present market price.
Strong ii.rrmatioiis that the Ad
ministration i? ready to fix oil
prices immediately unless the in
dustry can keep its house in order.
' have been made. Major oil compa
nies are divide,] over the proposal
jin Washington that the govern
ment step into the retail gasoline
and oil market and fix retail pricer
where controversies develop.
; The Onslow Mutual Exchange has
sold about 1,500 bushels of graj>e?
at a price of approximately SI for
a bushel of 60 pounds. Black
grapes are being sold at 75 cents
a bushel. The recent storm se
riously injured the crop.
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♦ U*'* Never Before Had Such An Excellent Assortment of Used C*ra, and In As G**>d Condition As Now It Is a Rent £
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ill COMMONWEALTH MOTOR CO. I
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SANDWICH SPREAD OF
PEARS AND RULIN'
If you need sandwich spread :
school lunches, try this. It was g
tn members of the Home Derri' v
stration Club by Mrs. Mclnness.
Ore peck of pears.
Two packages seedless raisins.
Three pounds brown sugar.
One pint vinegar.
Any preferred spices for flavor
ing.
Core the pears, but do not peel
them. Grind them in a foodchopper.
Grin,] the raisins also and mix
with the pears, adding brown ?ug
ar, vinegar and spiees. Boil until it
thickens, put into jars and sea). It
tastes considerably like mincemeat
and may be used for pies. The
above quantity makes about four
quarts.
A number of Jackson County
farmers are planning to harvest
black locust seed this fall because
of the healthy demand and the
excellent crop in the mountain
area.
Catawba County poultrymen are
eating eggs preserved in water
glass last spring when the pro
ducts were selling for ten cents a
dozen and are selling their fresh
eggs at 28 cents a dozen.
YOU CAN PROVE THIS YOURSELF
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CAMEL’S COSTLIER TOBACCOS
Mate* (jetyewTforvrt../tiller for ueurTaiti
, Flint cnc to tv.o tons * 1 . V
ay i,n acr»- are reported by Ca
1 , - - . * „ - ‘ - «
» C tC. -»• , » «-
F< :• /;•> • c-l. -tv 'ale a-.e
. vers co_i .. to fitll 12.
■ounds "f nicely grown heads at a
air i*,’* t : v« local rices.
Sft im sufferers jn PamFco Sun
:• :::< being rapidly rehabilitates
rder the direction of a relief c.iin
mitt re headed by C cit; Agent
V. Galphin.
J. A. Brown of Rich Square a: .1
Lee G’P.nt of Jackson sold 75 pig
th - Government :eceiving age t»
at Klw wond last week.
I
Wilkes County tanners have hr.
an interesting time getting their
trench silos filled. There is only
~n» -ilage cutter in the county and
the r.ew c r*■ p cf silos has caused
this cutter to be used constantly.
STATE
THEATRE
RALEIGH. N. C.
AGAIN TODAY A SAT.
Mae West
—In—
‘TM NO ANGEL”
—with—
GARY GRANT
—Also —
POPEYE THE SAILOR
CARTOON
RUBINOFF and HIS VIOLIN
ACT
4 DAYS BEGGINNING MON.
“Take a Chance’*
Musical Hit o the Sea?"!
—with—
JAMES DUNN, CLIFF ED
WARDS, LILLIAN ROTH.
BUDDY ROGERS
—Also—
Nick Lucas Musical Act
“STRANGE AS IT SEEMS”
Novelty
FRIDA Y andTsAT l Rl> A Y
On The Stage
Nick Lucas
“The Crooning Troubadour”
—With—
RAY TEAL and His Orchestra
And an Array of Stars on tin
Screen
“WALLS OF GOLO”
—with —
SALLY EILERS, NORMAN
FOSTER
• id fa? ii iad sweet gum ve
• t . gatl er is ; • called storax
■a inking perfume*
iii ale hoi, says R. W.
i.» r, extension forester at
’> Ci liege.
Experiment Sta. >-u Bulletin 210,
- Capon zing.” is an in
’■ 'sting now bulletin just prepar
'. the p ultry department at
'•.ate ( eileg'e and is available free
(barge :■■■ growers of
N •rth Carolina.
i tuning dev.berries so that cane
I'ght may lie controlled is ex
plained in a recent study made by
the North Carolina Ex] eriment
'■batb'ii and available to dewberry
gpowei ? 'ree <f charge as Bulle
tin 291.
Yester Brantley
Justice <»f the Peace
I WANT MY
TELEPHONE
PUT RACK IN”
.Ops Hy C. G. Cauthen,
niHTHIOT MANAGER
-
Southern Bell
Telephone and Telegraph Co
As gei.eral buntneßS continues to
■ Improve aod prices for agricultural
products and manufactured good*
continue to rise people who have
discontinued their
/service are asking
phones put back.
I /r These folks tell
*f - us that trying to
get along without
mighty difficult, and even ombar
! ri.'“inr et times, and that they were
1 d übt!Hl if the snmll amount they
, saved justified the annoyance and
, trouble they experienced when do
, leg without a telephone. 1
> Not having a telephone, they say,
. made it too difficult and Inconvenl
-1 rnt for their friends to keep la
tou' h with them. As a result, they
I found themselves and especially tho
* yojrger members of the family Ixj
| Ir; leJl «?r »_hiy - • J
Mi.ny of these people also men
tioned that not having a telephone
tl.ey found themselves using some
neighbor’s telephone and although
* tl:-e neighbor w»s willing, still It
! u. s cmbrrrnsslnj to be continual y
j boi rt wing something frojn § neigh
■ bor hat couldn’t be paid bark. j
Os .'-nurse, numbers of people have
l- t] forced hy circumstances be
| y< :.il their control, to give up their
'(.Vq.hones, but as soon as their
j ticaiicia] condition improves they
; :e ipuk to order them put back.’
As some have expressed It. “the
(<r.e i« such a convenience
•I pio'ei non in emergencies and
j : :M< uiid handy thing to have in
home that It just doesn't pay
' to get along without It.”
If von aie one of
who Is stlii fjiwll A N
. •to do without U' LA I
■ > •”» mmMl
I - -i I' v nee#*- s«rv m V
'lie i os) i« #,,,
' the ii.opbone office and find
: low inexpensive it is to hav*
si-rvoe ir. your home.