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THE ZEBULON RECORD Member North Carolina Press Association Published Every Friday By THE RECORD PUBLISHING COMPANY Zebu lon, N. C. THEO. B. DAVIS Editor Entered as second-class mail matter June 26, 1925, at the Postoffice at Zebulon, North Carolina, under the Act of March 3, 1878, SUBSCRIPTION PRICE One Year $1.50 Six Months .. . 80 Three Months .50 ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS MUST BE PAID IN ADVANCE PLUS AND MINUS Citizens of North Carolina, who are interested in the adequate education of their children, will be in terested in the finding of Dr. R. W. McDonald, head of the Department of Education at Salem Colege, who recently cited four positive and nine negative factors in connection with the status of education in North Carlina. Dr. McDonald’s 13 points, good and bad, positive and negative, follows: Positive 1— North Carolina has adopted a State minimum educational program for a n eight-month term. 2 North Carolina has paid teachers’ salaries (such as they are) on time and in negotiable form. 3 North Carolina has consistently elected to pub lic office only those persons who have avowed treir interest in public education. 4 North Carolina, has simplified the school dis trict organization of the State. Negative North Carolina is the only State in the union which—. 1— Has deliberately lowered its educational stand ards by act of its Legislature. 2 Has levied a new tax purposely for schools and at the same time has aproximated less State money for schools. 3 Has adopted a policy of discouraging local interets in schools. 4 Has a city as large as Winston-Salem with only eight months of school. 6—Pays no teacher a living wage ($720 per year is the maximum). 6 Has two State boards of education, with con fusion as to their powers. 7 Provides no supervisors of instruction. 8 — Has wiped out by a single act of its Legisla ture all of the constructive actions taken by popular vote in every school district in the State. CORRECTION The handsome picture on the last page with “Floyd Adams” under it 'a htat of Wilbur H. Royster, candi iate for the house of representa ives. CROP ACREAGES TO BE RE PORTED TO TAX LISTERS Few town people appreciate that every farm owner in North Caro lina has been paying heavy taxes on land investments that were un profitable since 1920. Thousands of these non-specula tive farming enterprises represent ed generations of strict economies and savings. Farming has been unprofitable for real reasons. The production was too much leaving a surplus at the end of the season. There was no effective farm production and marketing organizations. Farmers kept no cost and farm records to really show them where the leaks were/ They have been too eager to put their meager savings into un scrupulous hands. They have given little heed to the wise ad\jce and suggestions of agricultural Offi cials. This spring all land owners are expected to report to their tax list ers the acres of each crop that they expect to harvest this year. THE ZEBULON RECORD, ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY FOURTH, 1934 Chevrolet Sales A total of 62,388 units were de livered by Chevrolet dealers during the first twenty four days of April, according to W. E. Holler, general sales manager of Chevrolet Motor Company. Sales for the year through this period total 235,332 units as compared to 154,526 units in the same period of 1933, making the period 152 per cent of the cor responding period in 1933. Sales reported for the twenty days of April are more than 180 per cent of the corresponding 1933 April figure of 34,354 units. Retail deliveries of commercial cars and trucks continue to gain; 16,224 trucks w r ere delivered dur ing the April period, which triples the 1933 figure of 5,304 units for the same period. Sales in the com mercial field have shown steady increases, Mr. Holler pointed out, and at the close of this April peri od had reached a record figure of 73,619 units for 1934. FIGHT POTATO BUGS WITH CALCIUM ARSENATE Ordinary calcium arsenate, such as has been used for years in dust ing cotton to control the boll wee vil, makes an effective and econom ical poison for control of the Colo- 9 Spends this year less than sl9 per child en rolled as a State average for operating its public schools. In recent months these in authority in North Car olina have heavily stressed the four positive factors in the State education system. But friends of edu cation in North Carolina must not permit the nine negative factors to be forgotten. Until they are re moved, there is plenty of time to wait before in dulging 'n unstinted praise of our educational sit uation. WAKELON SCHOOL CLOSING This week closes another successful year of our local high school. From every standpoint it has been a good year. Nothing serious has occurred to inter fere with the work of the school. While a mild epi demic of measles threw a scare last month, it did not seriously interfere with the work of the school. We had a good faculty, teachers who were pre pared for their work and took it seriously. The death of Miss Daphne Carraway threw sadness over the school and community, but Mrs. P. H. Massey has filled the position left vacant very acceptably. The commencement was of an unusually high ol der, and the patrons of the school attended as usual in great numbers. The debate, senior class exercises and address were all very enjoyable. On the whole, the commencement occasion measured up to the high standard of the years gone by. We are proud of our school, and rejoice in its progress and success, as one of the best high schools in the state. SEEN AND HEARD The mother of a seventh grade pupil was buying a dress for her daughter to wear for graduation or. Wednesday. She asked the opinion of another cus tomer in the store with regard to the dress under consideration. The one questioned replied that she thought it a good choice, as it could be worn on many occasions after school had closed. The mother said: “Well, that’s what her teacher told us to do. They want us to get things that can be used and not spend any more than we have to. They’ve got feeling for us.’’ Those who know Wakelon’s seventh grade teachers will agree with that comment. Read This! FOR FIFTY CENTS— We will send you the Zebulon Record till 1935—8 full months—Six to eight pages of local and general news, besides two feature columns and a great varie ty of other interesting matters every week. Get a neighbor to join you and send us SI.OO and we will send each of you The Record till January, 1935. Don’t wait; mail us 50 pennies, 10 nickels, 5 dimes, 2 quarters, or 1 fifty cent piece, and you will get the next issue and about forty other copies of the paper. The Record Publishing Co. rado potato beetle or potato bug. The calcium arsenate may be used as a dust or as a spray and in either case will give effective con trol. If the calcium arsenate is used, there is no need to apply any additional poison for the material is absolutely effective and is the cheapest material we would recom mend. When using it as a dust, cov er the plants well. The amount to use will, of course, depend o n the size of the plants. The dust may be applied Avith one of the hand dusters used in applying the calcium arsenate to cotton. There is little danger of burning the potato plants with the material but there is no reason for wasting the poiso n by using too much. W r hile the dust method of appli cation is probably the most eco nomical, a good spray mixture can be made by using two pounds of the arsenate in 50 gallons of water. For small areas, such as may be found about the average farm home, a spray may be made by mixing 10 tablespoonsful in three gallons of water. Whichever form is used, start the applications as soon as the po tato bugs appear in numbers and continue the applications just as often as the beetles continue to in fest the plants. Back Home With Eyes Full The above title was selected by Miss Muriel Bailey for an article sent to the Record too late for pub lication last week. Miss Bailey was one of a number of Johnston Coun ty club women and girls who re cently went on a trip to Charles ton. S. C., with Miss Rachel Ev erette as guide. Miss Bailey says: “One of the great attractions of this tour was the majestic pines, wide spreading, straight and true towering live oaks with festoons of Spanish moss, flowers in vivid hues and sunshine in a bracing, pine-laden air. Excusing the little two-room houses and stick-dirt chimneys the twenty, thirty and forty acre field.-- of cabbage, potatoes and rice prov ed very interesting. Chaaleston’s possession of tfco only first class navy yard between Hampton Roads and San Francis co was very beautiful, as this place claims 36 miles of water-front. Ft. Sumter scene is included with this spotted beauty. Some of t'he crowd went up in the tower of St. Michael church and there viewed the whole town of Charleston. From there they went out to Murray Boulevard, E. Battery through the old Simmons | Cotton 10 Fertilizer | Sykes Big B. OvcQO Soda | Soy Beans, Navy Beans, Peanuts, Lima Beans, | Snaps, Garden Peas, Potatoes i Peas, Sugar Crowder, Rice, Blue Hull, Cof/ee | HAY—CHOICE TIMOTHY—S2O.OO PER TON | WANTED—Stock Peas, Corn, In Trade + All Kind Seeds—Sudan Grass—Millet i A."G.KEMP ZEBULON, nTc j’**State Theatre*’* “Death Takes A Holiday” which will be shown at the State, Raleigh, Friday and Saturday is truly mag nificent production. Frederic March in the starring ole makes another bid for the best acting award of the Acade my of Motion Picture Aras arpl Sciences which he won for his role in “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” in 1932. Evelyn Venable, formerly lead ing lady to Walter Hampden, is serenely beautiful in the featured feminine role. Its frankly provocative theme concerns the problem of Death tak ing a three-day holiday that he may study life, learn why men love living and fear the eternal parting. He comes to earth as a gay. dashing, romantic lover, enthusias tically taking part in all of life’s pastimes and games. But nothing intrigues him. He saves love till the last, until almost the end of his holiday. He finds no difficulty in meeting wto men who offer him love, but finds no love that is unselfish, eternal, until his holiday is almost over. Then, in a series of dramatic cir cumstances, he finds an enduring love, and, in the arms of a beauti ful girl learns all that i# beautiful in life. But, he, like any mortal man, must depart—and dreads the thought of leaving behind the life he found so rapturous. Louise Norman Williams will present her annual revue of the Studio and Dance on the stage ma tinee and night today only. gateway, viewing innumerable in teresting scenes. The Ashley River claimed the prettiest banks; but a better view was witnessed on the Cooper river bridge as an unestimated distance could be seen, reaching far over the ocean. It is three miles from Charleston. The peak of interest was the Middleton garden, which is a uniquely beautiful spot. Fine growth of oaks, magnolias, azaleas, japonicas, and wild Cherokee roses are there. Azaleas grow 15 feet high with a diameter of 20 feet, masses of blossoms from palest pink to deepest crimson and from lilac blue to purple with now and then a pure white bush. This gar den covers 40 acres and has 6 dif ferent pools, a beautiful brick building and a small home and equipment of about 190 years back, and pole bridges of the same date. The garden has a giant oak 900 years old and 37 feet in circumfer ence, the branches of which cover 144 feet. Os all towns and floral glories seen on the trip, Charleston and the Middleton garden were the most beautiful.” Thirty-five tobrcco growers in Cumberland county who refused to accept revised contracts and 20 others who refused to sign the original contract have been given another opportunity to take part in the adjustment program. ■* *+*++*«*•+++++4*+♦+♦++♦+++ A musical comedy, a cartoon and News complete this program. The marked popularity of “It Happened One Night” at the State Theatre, Raleigh, all next week, at tests the favor in which Clark Ga ble and Claudette Colbert are held among local movie-goers. The ro mantic pair, teamed together on the screen for the first time in this delightful romantic comedy dra ma, enact the most colorful roles in their respective careers, Gable appearing as the knightly ex-news paper reporter, and Miss Colbert portraying the petulant, supercili ous “Ellie Andrews,” a runaway heiress making her way to New York. The two meet, rather inauspici ously, on a bus leaving Miami. Ga ble notes with growing concern the girl’s apparent helplessness and takes her under his wing. Missing the bus at a stop-over, they decide to hitch-hike the rest of the way. Their adventures from this point on provides a wealth of comedy, ro mance and drama, presented in the finest directorial tradition of Frank Capra, the man who also made “Lady For A Day” and “American Madness.” Robert Riskin adapted “It Hap pened One Night” from the Cos mopoiltan Magazine story by Sam uel Hopkins Adams, which was pub lished under the title of “Night Bus.” In the large supporting cast are Walter Connolly, as Mis? Col bert’s irate father, and Roscoe Karns, a traveling saelsman who puts Claudette “on the make,” rather unsuccessfully.. I
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