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Sunday—the second Sunday in
May—is Mother’s Day. If you can
do so, go to see your mother that
day; if you cannot go and mother
is alive, write her a real letter, and
wear a red rose in her honor. If
she isn’t alive, a white rose is the
proper symbol of love and respect
for her memory.
May Tenth! Confederate Memo
rial Day! In a thousand graveyards
in the Carolinas today women who
do not forget chivalry and faith
and courage and patriotism will
place flowers upon the graves of
Confederate dead. In every county,
almost in every school district, the
occasion will be recognized with
public exercises appropriate to the
day. And the scattering remnant
of the Gray Army will have this
day of homage—and then they will
be too nearly forgotten until an
other May revives the emotion of
their children.
This should be an important day
in the Carolinas. Let those who will
scoff at sentiment; let them prate
about not living in the past, but in
the present; let them scorn to do
honor to the memory of a “Lost
Cause” and the men who supported
that cause with their life blood. AM
the sneers and jibes of such folk
cannot detract from the beauty of
the sentiment that would keep alive
memories of a glorious era—glo
rious not because it saw success,
but because it saw disaster faced
with sublime courage; glorious be
cause it saw men and women de
vote their substance, their thought
their lives, to an ideal without ac
counting cost or chances of success.
The bitterness is gone. Even as
green grasses have softened the
harsh outlines and healed the scar
ed earth of old battlefields, so time
has healed over the old wounds of
the spirit. In perspective we can
see that probably the South was
unwise; but who would seek wis
dom when liberty is at stake ? The
old soldiers themselves have for
gotten most of the battle scenes.
The tales they tell around the dy
ing embers of their waning camp
fires are not stories of blood and
carnage. Rather they are anecdotes
of camp life, of the loyalty of some
friend or comrade, of fraternizing
across picket lines, of mischievous
escapades. The old fellows do not
let their thoughts dwell upon bat
tlefields and death. So let us not
emphasize these things. It is a ter
rible thing to kill, even in war. In
doing homage to the memory of
these old soldiers who followed Lee
and Jackson, Stuart and Hampton
and Johnston, let it be added glory
to their memory that they loved
their homeland and its ideals so
much that they were willing even
to kill, as they were willing to die,
in its defense.
All honor to the soldiers of the
Confederacy, living and dead, and
equal honor to the women of the
Old South whose courage exceeded
if possible that of the men.
War Maneuvers
The United States Navy’s war
games in the Pacific last week con
centrated the largest American
navy ever to take part in practice
maneuvers. Close to Far East wa
ters, hte games took on diplomatic
as well as strategical importance.
As the fleet steamed out to the
Far East a British naval writer
warned our country that our fleet
was insufficient to successfully
combat a Japanes fleet of the pres
ent size. This statement further
implements criticism of the ma
neuvers as diplomatically futile
and particularly aggravating to
Japan because of the location.
“The man who fails is the man j
who fails to keep on keeping on.’’
—Selected'
THE ZEBULON RECORD, ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY THE TENTH, 1935.
Sen. Cutting Killed
Senator Bronson Cutting of New
Mexico was killed in airplane acci
dent in Missouri Monday. He was
on his way back to Washington.
At the same time three others were
killed, including the two pilots. A
heavy fog was responsible for the
smash-up.
Just a day or two before Jackie
Coogan’s father was killed in an
airplane crash.
White Is Foreman
Os New Grand Jury
W. W. White of Raleigh was se
lected as foreman of the Wake
County grand jury to serve for the
next six months when the jury was
empanelled Monday.
A term of criminal court' is now
in session, chief interest centering
in the trial of Ray Blalock for his
life on a charge of murder. A spe
cial venire of 100 men was sum
moned for the jury.
Don’t Believe
Kidnap Story
David Levinson, attorney, and
Robert Minor, official of the Com
munist party, claim that they were
kidnapped and ill treated by a mob
of masked citizens in New Mexico
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ico defending some minors charg
ed with fomenting labor trouble.
Authorities doubt their story of the
kidnapping.
Levinson was one of the New
York lawyers who defended the
Negroes charged with rape in the
famous Scottsboro case.
Rain Falls In
Duststorm Region
In the dust storm ridden regions
on the west, rain came May 2, but
all to lightly for the needs of the
parched earth, some parts of which
have not known a good rain in
three years. Most of the wheat and
other crops have been destroyed,
but the plainsmen intend to go on
holding prayer services in their
churches for rain. A plan for ex
ploding bombs from balloons in the
air has also been tried.
British King and
People Observe
Silver Jubilee
The British Empire is this week
celebrating the Silver Jubilee of
King George’s reign. The beloved
monarch came to the throne upon
the death of King Edward in 1910.
By radio hook-up to all parts of
the empire, as well as to the rest
of the world, King George was able
to address all of his subjects at
one time. The martial music of the
state parade was also enjoyed all
over the world.
Although a king in name and in
mien, George V recognizes that the
people are the supreme authority
and his lasting popularity is due
to his ability to sense the will of
his subjects and govern his action
thereby.
Gardner Resigns
Job As Prober Os
Telephone Rates
Former Governor Max Gardner
has been relieved, at his own ur
gent request, of the assignment by
President Roosevelt to conduct the
prposed investigation of telephone
rates. Mr. Gardner will continue as
general counsel for the textile in
dustry. It is reported from Wash
ington that he may succeed Mr.
Sloan as the executive head of the
Textile Institute.
The Gardner appoinment as in
vestigator was all wrong anyway.
AT&T stock began to go up the
day after his appoinment was an
nounced and continued to rise for
several days. That would indicate
that the phone company did not
fear anything from his “investigat
ing.”
Put Off Tax Sales
Till August First
Advertising of property for tax
es, scheduled to begin this week,
has been deferred until August by
action of the Legislature. A bill
ratified on April 25th provides that,
this advertising shall be done in
August this year and next. This
delay will be to the advantage of
some taxpayers, although farmers
in this section will be little better
prepared in August than they are
now.
Sheriff Turner had already mail
ed out notices to many taxpayers
in Wake county warning them that
their property would be advertised
this week unless taxes were paid
immediately. The law was changed
after the letters were mailed.
“If you are going to build a sky
scraper, be sure to lay a good foun
dation:” —President Campbell.
“Know something about every
thing and everything about some
thing.” —Dr. Skaggs.
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