The zebulon record, zebulon, north Carolina, Friday, august twenty-fourth, 1934
THE ZEBULON RECORD
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North Carolina Press Association
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THE RECOKI) PUBLISHING COMPANY
Zebulon, N. C.
THEO. B. DAVIS . Editor
Entered as secondclass mail matter June 20, l‘J2o,
at the Postoffice at Zebulon, North Carolina, under
the Act of March 3, 1878.
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“NO WORK—NO EAT”
When the city manager of Portland. Maine, ob
served able-bodied men sitting idly while receiving
$2 a day relief money, and with the city needing
work done, he took his courage in both hands anil
demanded that the civic boarders should do some
thing in return for their doles.
At once a howl of protest arose from the “Port
land Relief Workers’ Protective Association.” From
the Midwest echoed a growing opinion that “it s
time this country is waking up” to the fact that
“loafers are bragging they get more out of relief
than they would out of a couple days’ work a week.
In other parts of the country, it was'reported, much
graft and patronage have been sheared from relief
rolls. Just the other day a Brooklyn man who had
received $1359 in relief was arrested when author
ities found he had a fifty-acre farm and a stable of
horses!
Tw'o systems of eliminating relief graft are in
use. Methods of tracking down offenders are being
tiied, with some salutary effects. The alternative
is to revive a realization that the public purse is
not a bottomless “horn of plenty,” open to all able
to get a hand in. Relief is the benevolent hand of
100 (*OO neighbors giving a lift. Recipients of aid
must learn that relief is not a heritage to be ex
ploited to the last degree. If the act of getting off
the relief roll is made a deed of patriotism and
self-respect, there will be no “Relief Workers’ Pro
tective Association” to protest when work is asked
in return for aid. Such protests are not to be tol
erated. —Christian Science Monitor.
MORE ABOUT TAXES
The Pink Rag, a little pink paper published at
Topeka, Kan., says: “And now the increase in Fed
eral Taxes. The New Deal will have to be paid for
and borrowed money paid back.
There are plenty of signs that higher taxes are
yet to come. One or two exponents of the New Deal
have hinted that when it comes to high taxes the
American public “don’t know nothin’ yet.’ The
newspapers tell us that a commission is going to
Great Britain to study the British system of in
come taxes. If we ;§'t within shooting distance of
Great Britain in the matter of tax rates the Ameri
can taxpayer may as well take up another notch
in his belt. Taxation is becoming one of the big
issues in the campaign. Un to now state and local
taxes have fallen heaviest. Signs are not lacking
that the average man is going to help foot the
mounting costs of the federal government, too. And
he is beginning to sit up and take notice. Well he
may.”
Liquor Raids
Wake county and federal officers
conducted half a dozen raids last
Saturday, resulting in the capture
of two negroes, the confiscation of
132 gallons of liquor and 1000 gal-^
lons of beer, and the destruction of j 1
a 50-gallon still. t ]
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State Juniors Meet
The State Council Jr. O. U. A. M.
lis in session this week at Lexing-
IS CAUTION COWARDLY
Near Raleigh last Sunday a young woman of 20
was drowned and her body stayed under the water
forty-five minutes before being recovered. An- ac
count of the accident says she was in a boat and
could not swim; that four young men swimmers
playfully hung onto the sides of the boat, which
overturned. • <
One of the things which many people never learn
is that it is not cowardly to be cautious nor foolish
to be fearful of the actions of those who are
thoughtless. The use of only a little good judgment
would have prevented the death of the young moth
er, whose small child has sustained one. of life’s
greatest losses.
But it is probably too much to hope that others
equally fool hardy may take warning from this ac
cident. The list of deaths from such causes will
continue to grow.
OUR SCHOOL
Perhaps every citizen of this community has a
peculiar interest in Wakelon High School or they
should have. Even those citizens who do not have
children are affected greatly by the school; for the
school shapes and moulds to a great extent the
character of those who are their neighbors. We
are sure each reader of this paper will read with
interest the announcement of Prof. Moser.
Wakelon has an unusually strong faculty of men
and women. Most of them are teachers we know and
whose work has been tested in our school. A num
ber of them are parents who have a deep interest
in the school outside the fact of their employment.
With a few exceptions, as will be noted, the faculty
is the same fine one we had a year ago.
The editor wishes to emphasize especially one
thing said by Mr. Moser in this statement, namely,
send your children the very first day of school. Out
side the fact that if the attendance justifies, the
state will give us two more teachers, we owe it to
our children to put them in school the first day and
keep them there every day till the close of school.
A child that misses the first few days of school
loses in away that makes it hard to ever catch up.
So parents, plan today that home duties do not
prevent your children from entering school the first
day and be there every day through the school
year unless unavoidably detained at home. We
know there are some homes where it is absolutely
impossible for children to attend every day and our
sympathy is with such children and their parents.
Let each of us give our best cooperation to make
this the best of all the good years of Wakelon High
School.
CHARACTER EDUCATION
In the last few years educators have rightly in
creased the emphasis on character education.
Knowledge without character is as futile individ
ually as preaching world peace nationally and in-
But character cannot be taught from books. Char
acter cannot be built from the spoken word. Both
can help. If the youth of today is to mold its char
acter along the lines which mean a better world
tomorrow, adults must assume the responsibility of
setting a worthy example.
One educator has stated: “All the precepts of
the printed page and spoken word go for naught
if a child sees an adult commit an unworthy act.
Imitation is the strongest of all learning proced
ures. Children act as do their elders and uncon
sciously and irrevocably imbibe their philosophy.
If our schools are to prepare youth for good cit
izenship, adults must assume their share of respon
sibility by displaying qualities of character which
are worthy of perpetuation.—Christian Science
Monitor.
SPECIAL TO MINISTERS
We have heard much complaint from ministers
lately about the falling off in their congregations.
Naturally they would like to have big crowds when
they preach. We suggest two ways: Get kidnapped,
or just get snake bit.
THE LITTLENESS OF BIG MEN
From time to time it is noticed by the public that
outstanding men trip or fall. We heard a truthful
man telling the other day about a prominent man
connected with the state highway forces being so
drunk that he could scarcely drive his car. And
now that man is dead, the result of an automobile
accident. Naturally the people wonder.
ton. The orphanage home there is
practically complete and dedication
of several of the newer building?
will feature the state meeting.
Fifty persons, on an average, die
of appendicitis every 24 hours in
the United States.
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Well, folks, this department is
back on the job again after several
veeks of weather too hot to work.
You have doubtless missed Hollo
v ay’s Hits very much but, it is to
be hoped that none of you have
cancelled your subscription on that
account.
President Roosevelt is back home
from his thirteen thousand mile va
cation trip, the price of Tobacco
and Cotton is tangoing with the
stars again and all is well with old
North Carolina in spite of the crit
-1 the new deal. This country
will be wise to stick to Pilot Roose
velt and ignore his critics who of
'(•r nothing constructive to take the
p'ace of his program. No one but
a foe 1 can longer ignore the great
economic improvements which have
taken place under the present
Democratic administration. If the
Republican party, controlled as it
always has been by the predatory
interests, were powerless to pre
vent the terrible depression that
followed twelve long uninterrupt
<1 years of complete control of this
government, what reason has any
sane man or woman to believe they
have the will or capacity to bring
h" 1 country out of the financial
ruin into which they led the people
If the present prices for Cotton
md Tobacco are maintained
throughout the present season this
state will be out of the red. Crops
ire good and the present crop has
beer, produced at the lowest cost
f any in recent years. This fall
North Carolina will blossom as the
1 se if the expected high prices are
•ealized by the farmers. Governoi
•J. C. B. Ehringhaus is due the ma
jor share of the credit for the pres
ent high prices of both tobacco and
•otton. The promptness and cour
<>e with which he acted last~yeai
forced the hands of the nationa"
'dministration and the present ex
-client results followed. Unless the
farmers of North Carolina are ut
i.rly devoid of gratitude and ap
oreciation they will never forget
he governor. He has proved him
* elf to be the very best friend the
farmers ever had and the farmers
have now- and will have before the
c(. of the year millions of dollar?
hey would have been chiseled out
of by the Tobacco Manufacturers
nd the Textile people but for him
the beginning of his adminis
tration Governor Ehringhaus was
probably the most unpopular gov
ernor who was ever elected in this
state. He has demonstrated by his
wisdom, courage and fairness a
apacity for high class statesman
ship that has never been equaled
lli> former unpopularity has been
transformed in less than two year:
of his administration into a popu
larity that is statewide in its
scope and is growing daily. The
harsh and unjust criticism he was
subjected to when he first became
our governor is no longer heard
Tie is being overwhelmed with
praise from one end of the state to
the other. The size of the corpora
tion makes no difference to the
Governor, he calls the figures for
the Tobacco Trust, the Utility
Trust the Oil Trust and the Tele
phone Trust to dance by. The com
ing legislature will not oppose the
Governor’s legislative program.
The Sales Tax will be reenacted
for the next two years, the salaries
of the state employees and School
Teachers will be increased to take
cere of the increased cost of living
and taxes will be kept as low as it
is possible to keep them and main
tain a balanced budget. The nex*
session of the General Assembly
will complete its work in a much
shorter session than the last and
its work will result in legislation
more in harmony with the popular
demands than that of the 1933 ses
sion. A better and more friendly
feeling will prevail among the
members of the coming legislature
than heretofore.
The next General Assembly will
lay the groundwork for the 1936
Senatorial and GubernatoriaPcam
paigns, which promises to be a
warm and hectic affair. In spite of
eventy-five thousand dollars or
political slush fund which Hon.
Tom has credited Senator Josiah
William Bailey with having and
he sycophant praise of Red Buck
Bryant and Baskerville. Senator
Bailey is going to have a hard and
rocky road to travel for re-nomi
r.ption. His successful opponent
' ill not be compelled to spend
stventy-five thousand dollars or
any like sum to defeat him. Sena
tor Bailey will defeat himself in
the next two years if he continues
‘o perform as he has been doing.
There is considerable speculation
j\er the next candidate for the
vemorship. At this time Graham,
Hoey and Doughton seem to be oc
cupying the center of the stage but
the next legislature may develop
the winning candidate. Mrs.
O’Berry, the state relief commis
-ioner, is being mentioned quite
requently as a probable contender
or the honor. The novelty of hav
ing a woman governor may appeal
to North Carolina Democrats two
years from now. She has demon
trated her capacity for large exec
il.ivc ability in her present posi
iun and her experience in her
present position will be very val
uable to her in the governor’s
mansion. If all the women and the
housands on the relief rolls sup
port her she will win in a walk.
The old Atlantic and North Gar
ina Railroad now being operated
by the Norfolk and Southern under
1 Ninety Nine Year Lease has
oeen the subject of wide discussion
n the last few weeks. The build
ng of the Port Terminal at More
.ead City has stimulated a state-
T'ide interest in this hundred mile
tretch of state owned railroad.
Numerous plans have been offered
hv various and sundry people for
he future disposition of this very
aluable piece of property. The
Norfolk & Southern Railroad is
now in default in the rental pay
ments and it is the opinion of the
tale authorities that the present
ease can be cancelled by the state.
No definite proposition for the fu
ure operation of the road has been
nade up to the present but it is
rumored that several will be off
"'cd in the near future. If the Port
Terminal at Morehead City ma
‘eiializes and proves to be as suc
cessful as its promoters believe it
will be, it will be a great thing
for North Carolina. Under the cir
cumstances, naturally the Norfolk
& Southern Railroad will try to
retain their lease. The road has
been well maintained by the Les
see and its physical condition to
day is much better than it was
when the Lease was made. The
Governor is deeply interested in
the proposition and believes the
state has been discriminated
against in freight rates.
ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE
Having qualified as administra
’ rix of the estate of W. L. Wiggs,
deceased, late of Wake County,
North Carolina, this is to notify
!1 persons having calims against
he estate of said deceased to ex
hibit them to the undersigned at
Zebulon N. C.. on or before the
24th day of August, 1935, or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery. All persons indebt
ed to said estate will please make
immediate payment.
This 24th day of Augmst, 1934.
Mrs. Delanie W T . Wiggs,
Administratrix of W. L. Wiggs.
A. R. House, Atty.
307 Lawyers Bldg.,
Raleigh. N. C.