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THE ZEBULON RECORD Member * " . . ■ ■ North Carolina Press Association 1 - ■ " n i —T S Published Every Friday By 1 THE RECORD PUBLISHING COMPANY Zebulon, N. C. ' ~ 1 THIO. B. DAVIS Editor i MRS. THEO. B. DAVIS Associate Editor EnUred as second-class mail matter June 26, 1926, j at the Postoffice at Zebulon, North Carolina, under J the Act of March 3, 1878. . M - ' ■ J SUBSCRIPTION PRICE One Year I 1 60 5 i Si* Months - Three Months 50 ■■ i I SYMPATHIZE < i For the farmers, laborers and folks generally, I i desire to express condolence to the R. J. Reynolds i Tobacco Co., in their loss of $12,000,000 in profits I in 1933. CHEAPENING THE COURTS Head Line: Grady Rules Kernith Davis Must j Leave State or Serve Long Sentence. Just this sort of ruling by the courts not only < cheapens justice, but turns loose a convicted criminal i on some innocent community. And, such penalties are i no punishment to the'law breaker. I winder where ; any judge ever found in jurisprudence grounds for < such a decision. He must have pulled it out of a cocked hat or had it up his sleeve. i SERFS OF THE SOIL l A farmer was telling m e yesterday that the sign up campaign under government direction allows the landlord to sign reduction acreage in his own name. ( This seems to tie the tenant so he cannot sell a pound of his tobacco without the landlord's approval. Then, too, it appears that the landlord alone profits by the cut in acreage. Should the acreage of any i tenant be cut twenty-five per cent, he not only has this cut in a possible money crop, but gets no share in the allowance to th« landlord for this reduction under 1933. This farmer said he did not intend to make any agreement with his landlord unless he would agree to give him his proportionate share in the payment made by the govemmnet for acreage reduction. And, I agree fully with this troubled ten ant. Holloway’s Hits By Jaa« I. ■•■•way President Roosevelt has again electrified the nation with his far reaching recommendations to Con gress. There was no hint of hesi tancy in his demands on Congress. His courage and frankness again brought, him universal acclaim. He is more firmly entrenched in the hearts of his countrymen today than ever before. The Republicans were dumbfounded by his message but they do not know how to suc cessfully assail him. He is getting results all over the land and no matter what method he pursues in accomplishing his aims, results are what count with the people. 1934 will be a much happier year for the people of America because of the successful leadership of Frank lin D. Roosevelt. The Democratic clans all over North Carolina are busily girding themselves for the next Senatorial and Gubernatorial contest. The number oj aspirants are Legion and they are all playing for place and show. The leading contestants are yet to become known. Future devel opments may eliminate a number of potential candidates who now seem to be in the running. Senator Josiah William Bailey will meet the first THE ZEBULON RECORD, ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 12,193 L assault two years from now. Gov ernor Ehringhaus at the present time looms as, his most formidable opponent. His popularity today is unquestionably greater than that of any man who has been mentioned in connection with the senatorship. If the election was held today he would easily defeat the Senator. Both the Governor and Senator Bailey have two more years to go before the issue will be joined. Many things that cannot be fore seen may transpire in the mean time which may completely upset the present lineup. Senator Bailey is in a very strong position with the Washington administration. If he follows the President loyally and enthusiastically, it tvill add greatly to his prestige and give him a de cided advantage in the coming con test. On the other hand, should he decide to throw in with Glass and other reactionaries, as he did in the last session of Congress, Ehring haus will be the next United States Senator from North Carolina. The patronage question will not add to Senator Bailey’s strength. He has handled patronage much more wisely than has Senator Reynolds hut he has made many mistakes in his selections of the various ap pointees. Both he and Senator Rey nolds have made thousands of bit ter enemies by their disposition of Federal patronage. The appoint ments they have made, with few exceptions, have hurt more than they have helped them. It has seem- “WHAT DOTH IT PROFIT A MAN?” • I notice that the editor of an exchange is using the same argument for allowing people to break the automobile license law that he used against licensing liquor in the November election, namely, that the state is losing thousands of dollars in gasoline taxes by keeping people from running their cars Without licenses. I believe in the long run—the one that will ultimately win—that the state of North Carolina will gain far more by demanding that her citizens re-‘ spect the law. The few extra paltry dollars to be gained in revenue from letting down the law would be gobbled up through the courts in prosecuting law breakers who lost their* respect for the law by the State’s contempt for it. CARL GOERCH JUST LIKE HIMSELF I have never seen Carl Goerch in the flesh, but have frequently heard him over the radio and have almost seen him through the columns of The State. He is to be at the local school on a night before long and I already have the admission fee, which I under stand will go to the P. T. A. and Mr. Goerch will not get a thing but the pleasure of talking to a crowd of good listeners. I want to see if this versatile shuttle-cock newspaper man looks as well as he talks and writes. I have been reading The State from its first issue —almost every word of it—and if a child was ever like its! father, it surely must be like Carl. Goerch is unique. The State is unique and that makes a very effective combination which fills a unique place in newspaperdom, and public life that no other combi nation has ever done. Ilis paper, like the mytholog ical goddess from the head of the god, sprang full grown from the brain of Goerch. REACTIONS TO THE CWA In Carl Goerch’s The State for last week appeared an article b>{ P. I). McLean on Some Weak Points About this CWA. This is one of the best discussions of the subject we have seen anywhere. Mr. McLean explains that, being of a charitable and emergency nature, perfection could not be expected of the CWA, and then proceeds to show how in some cases it seems actually headed the other way. He claims that there are now on the CWA pay rolls in North Carolina 70,000 persons, and that many of them are receiving higher wages than they have ever received prior to this time. Unskilled labor is being paid 45 cents an hour, while skilled labor may receive sl.lO hour. This is, of course, fine for the laborer, but is all out of proportion to what can be paid by private employment. The reaction, Mr. McLean contends, is unhealthy and. unwhole some. The man who has stuck by his job—any job and has held on, hoping for better times, now sees men far less capable than he making more maney in less time. He cannot be thus employed. CWA will not take men who already have jobs. Will his moral fiber be strong enough in every case to prevent re sentment ? A flexible wage rate is commended as the only satisfactory adjustment. In conclusion the article says: “These governmental relief measures are es sential at present, but they should not operate to make charity more profitable than labor. ed to those who failed to secure the appointments they were seeking, that the Senators have deliberately ignored the loyal Democrats when Subscribe to The Daily and Semi-Weekly Times PRICE $6.00 AND $1.50 PER YEAR. Covers the news of the country and the world, and keeps you abreast of economic conditions. You Will Find The TIMES Up To Date In Every Particular P. D. Gold Publishiug Company WILSON, NORTH CAROLINA hey came to make their selections. Phis feeling is state wide and will be a powerful factor in the ap proaching senatorial campaigns. Governor Ehringhaus almost ruined limself with his very unwise dis position of state patronage the first sii months of his administration. Svery appointment he made was /ery unpopular but his subsequent activities have enabled him to over come this handicap. The Senators have yet to meet the repercussions from their patronage mistakes how ever and they will both have to nake almost perfect records in the future to retain their Togas. At this writing Sandy Graham ;eems to have the edge on the Gub ernatorial aspirants. It is believed by many people he is to be the “Heir Apparent,” to the Ehring haus administration. If this idea be comes general over the state it may prove disastrous to the ambitions of the genial candidate from Hills boro. The people have about decided they are disgusted with the efforts of certain leaders to select all can didates in advance. It cannot be succesfully denied that most of our Governors in the past quarter of a century have been handpicked by a small corterie of men and the great mass of voters had absolutely no choice in the matter. All they were asked to do was to go to the polls and vote for the selections of the Bosses. A new deal will be demand ed by the voters the next time and any candidate who enters the race who seems to be tainted with Boss ism behind him will have a very hard road to travel. This principle will be applied to the minor as well as the major candidates. For many years! the people have been indifferent to the legislative candidates. Man after man has beer elected to the General Assembly who was not fit to referee a hound dog fight and the result has been that our statute books are clutter ed up with rotten legislation on every' question under the sun. Lit tle two by four lawyers with a Sears Roebuck law license have been elected to make the laws un der which we all must live. These little half starved fellows knew nothing about making laws and many of them have not been averse to taking bribes In one form or an other for their support of measures which were antagonistic to the pop ular interest. Wake County has been afflicted with more misrepre sentation than probably any other county in North Carolina. Just take a look at the Wake Delegation in the last General Assembly and the half dozen which preceded that no torious session. Only one member from Wake earned the salt he ate during the entire five months of the session. He being new to the game had about as much influence in that General Assembly-as a Chi nese would have had in the Japan-; ese Parliament. Already we :: aee signs indicating a desire of these misrepresentatives to again - enter the contest for the next General Assembly. Any Wake County Dem ocrat who votes for either of the three who betrayed them last year should be disfranchised for the bal ance of his natural life. All they have to do is look at their record, it stinks to high heaven and if they are again elected it will be consid ered by them a popular mandate to go as far as they like in their schemes and plans. There are at least a thousand good and available men and women in Wak e County who are capable of giving the coun ty the very best representation, then why not draft them for this very important service and keep these nonenties at home ? Four To Die Raleigh, Jan. 11.—Six men are under death sentences at the state prison in Raleigh. Four of them are to die January 26. The Supreme Court has just dismissed appeals made in their behalf and unless the governor intervenes, they will die on January 26. Never before have more than tw'o been electro cuted on the same day. Longest Flight Over Water Sx big seaplanes are somewhere over or in the Pacific Otean on their way to Hawaii. This is the longest non-stop mass fight ever undertaken over water. Thirty men are on the planes. Naval vessels are stationed every 300 miles to 'end aid to any plane in need. Foraker-Kemp Edward Kemp, formerly of this community, of Wakelon and Wake Forest, was married on Dec. 23, 1933, to Miss Elaine Kotherine For aker, of Pittsburg, Pa. The young couple are living now at Wooster University, Mass., where Mr. Kemp has a teaching fellowship, and where he will next June receive his degree as a doctor of philosophy Mrs. Kemp has been awarded the ; degrees of B. A. and M. A. and la • a writer for the public press. * Mr. Kemp is the aonof Mrs. Car rie Kemp, of near Zebulon.
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