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TVA Cows and Cash Registers Comptroller-General J. R. Mc- Garl. who is often and justly ic* m eti the “Watchdog of the Treasury"’ has. sent a report on the Tennessee Valley Authority to the President. According to the Chicago Tri bune News Bureau, the report showrfe TVA has spent moie than f 2,000,000 is an outright illegal or questionable way. incurring deficits m everything from power plants cafeterias and tossing thousands of dollars around in offhand man ner. It enumerates among other TORMENTED FEET! ZEETA BRINGS RELIEF in 3 Minutes or Money Bock Arbing, perspired, tired feet, cracked and Itching toe*, water blisters—pat an end to theae miseries In just S minutes Get a can of Zeeta, the antiseptic deodorant powder. Rub It on your feet and shake It in year shoes. Then take oat yonr wateb. If at the end of S minutes you do not shout for Jdy at the soothing, cooling, healing comfort, go to your druggist and be will gladly glee you back yonr money. >£eeta is recommended and sold by good druggists and department stores every where for 8 minute relief from aching feet, excessive offensive perspiration, also for chafing and sunburn. THE MOST FINELY BALANCED LOW-PRICED CAR EVER BUILT KIMII | io» j pticEs i ECONOMY UEITY lOA| KPHB- muTT [ rh«n you ride in it and experience it comfort and Blue-Flame valve rrformance . . . when you buy it i up what you get for what you the world* s lowest-priced car with • three finest features ... luxurious Fisher . .. Turret-Top cons true - d the famous gliding Knee-Action r this car—ride in it— today! OIT, MICHIGAN Onus. A (ienmral Melon Value ITY AT LOW COST r>CALa«o aovEwtiscmdut :: J. M. CHEVROLET CO. :: ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA THE ZEBULON RECORD. ZEBULON, NORTH CA ROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE TWENTY-FIRST, 1935. things: That TVA purchased cattle it had been previously offered for S2OO per head for as much as $960 per head .and later sold them for less than $200; That each of TVA’S director' ov erdrew- his salary more than $1,000; That, in defiance of the law, TV A set up its main offices in a rent ed building costing $36,000 a year in Knoxville, after reconditioning the administration building at Mus cle Shoals, and then hired and bought a fleet of airplanes ar.d cars to carry employes back and forth between the two towns; That the TVA passed off short ages of hundreds of dollars occur ing in its commissaries by saying that children had played with the cash registers; That, while TVA is designed as a rate yardstick for private- utili ties and should lay aside $1,000,000 SPECIALS Ice Cream Freezers Tea Glasses and Pitchers Lawn Mowers Grain Cradles Binder Twine Mail Boxes Paints Varnishes For Any Job Liquid Asphalt Roof Cement 60c gal. In Barrels Guaranteed DEBNAM HARDWARE CO. a year for depreciation, it has ac tually lad aside less than $83,00(1. The report is in the President’s hands. He will doubtless order a full -investigation. Then the tax payers will have an interesting in sight into the efficiency of govern ment business, and learn where i their money goes when public offi cials are given complete and un qualified control of hundreds of mil lions of public dollars. Nobody But You and Me! In these days of unfortunate un employment we hear so much about the number of persons out of jobs, the population of the nation, old age pensions, child labor etc., that it is interesting to know just how many persons in this country real ly w’ork. If you are willing to ac- cept the astonishing statistiial statement published in the Baugor (MeT) Daily New-s you’re Ft. And here are the statistics: Populationof the United Sstates reported at 124.000.00 i) Those eligible for Townsend old age pension 50.000,000 Leaving 74.000.000 Number of those prohibited from working under the child labor laws 60.000,000 Leaving just 14,000,000 lO'/gihriq, "Iron, Man of Bwbair SO MUD .'...YOU CAN SMOKE ALL YOU WANT! wmiu'... MJ|y£| 0» COSTLIER PHI nS TOBACCOS ! Number of persons claimed j on unemployed lists 13,999,998 Leaving number working to produce nation’s goods 2 These unfortunate two are just you and me and you’re lazy and I’m all worn out. A Berlin (Germany) violin man ufacturer is the maker and owner of a violin which is only 1 inch in length and weighs less than 1 ounce. It is said to be the world’s smallest playable violin.
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