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THE ZEBULON RECORD MEMBER NORTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION Published Every Friday By THE RECORD PUBLISHING COMPANY Zeholoa, North Carolina THEO. B. DAVIS. Editor Entered as second class mail matter June 26, 19J6, at the Postoffice at Zebulon, s n» Subscription Rates: l Year SI.OO 6 Months 60c, 3 Months 40c. All subscriptions due and payable in advance Advertising Rates On Request Death notices as news, First publication free. Obituaries tributes, cards of thanks, published at a minimum charge of ISc per column inch. THE BAPTIST DANCE There seem to be ways and a way to have a thing that is denied. Many recall the furor stirred among the Baptist folk not so many moons ago over the Wake Forest Trustees’ act al lowing dancing in the college under certain re strictions. The denomination, or certain leaders, put the whole crowd “on the spot,” including some professors who had previously been consid ered very orthodox. In a late edition of the summer school pa er, The Wake Forest Herald, we are told that the students and certain members of the faculty assembled on a hot July night in the gymnasium and had a regular good time. The dance, so the paper stated, was that good old time dance, the Virginia Reel, and Dean D. B. Bryan was master of ceremonies. Well, there could be worse things at Wake Forest. But we are told that compari sons are odious and probably are unless com pared with better things. Any way, they’ve gone and done it! Had a dance within the college un. der direction, sponsorship, or something of the sort by faculty members. “KILL” AND “EXECUTE.” The Biblical Recorder takes exception to a reporter’s use of the word “kill” in connection with the execution of a criminal by the state of North Carolina. But the state does exactly what the executed man has done. He killed someone and the state in turn kills him. In both cases a life is taken, something neither man nor the state can restore. Now we are emphatically opposed to the killing of human beings by any one under any crcumstances. The state has a right to punish, but executing a man is not punishment. It is death. It is the end of sensation, of reason, of life, every thing goes with the physical man which the state destroys. The state does kill a man when it takes its life. It may sound awful to say it. It may look bad in print. But we approve of the use of the word, of every word, that will hdp to stop the state’s executing, or killing, if you please, its citizens. Let the great state of North Carolina punish in any way that will pro fit and protect society, but God speed the day when it stops killing people for any reason. Hu man lives should be as sacred to the state as to society. The Jews killed Christ legally by cruci fying him according to God’s foreordained pur pose, but no man will,argue that it was right. “Thou," man or state, “shalt not kill.” -W" ~ 1 “IF” WITH AN APOLOGY ALL HOUND •> ‘ • ■’ In the Record of July 2, there appeared an editorial relative to public officials, mentioning particularly Exective Sessions and guarded re cords from the public. We referred to a late meeting of the Wake County Board of Commis sioners. Our information came through a lead ing daily. There was no intention on our part to reflect on the character of any person on said Board or anyone in any way associated with it. We understand that the Register of Deeds of Wake County who is also clerk to the Com missioners resented a statement in the editorial. He believed it reflected on the integrity of his character. This gentleman is a friend to the edi- THE ZEBULON RECORD, ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA, FR| tor and is a good officer. In our statement wel did not even think of him in connection with thft matter. We are sorry that he felt personally agfl grieved as the statement was not intended aK all in criticism of his act or character. Our “if* made no mention of him nor called names of an* one. Perhaps we ought to apologize to all cost cerned and so do all ’round for any thing wB said that might be construed as an attack oft their character. ft —4 ft STATE COMPETITION WITH NEWSPAPEW In our mail lately came a bulletin fromft North Carolina state department. Only yest<B day two of these state published papers came B our desk. One was published by a farm ment and the other published by the same (fll partment and a department of the federal g<ftß| ernment jointly. And so all along through tl month come various leaflets, tabloids and miftfi eographed publications from both state and t'ftg eral departments. They give publicity to wftjj the health, insurance, labor, agriculture and oß| er departments are doing. Many of the ments have the most expensive mimeogrßH equipment and keep someone busy typewritl||| and drawing pictures to be reproduced and ftjjjj out over the state, mostly, we presume, to nft papers. In some instances an editor with a gft§jj fat salery (as editor’s pay goes) is givingHß time to the preparation of this publicity. BH Perhaps it is all rght to spend so mucl the people’s money in this way. We havft means of knowing, but we have good reasoft|||| believe that thousands of dollars are spent ftj|| year in giving out information that might bel tained through the press of the state wthoutH|||| cent of cost to anybody. With a score of dal-?;'->jijj and hundreds of weekly newspapers in Nll||| Carolina open to give free publicity to all BB ters of public concern, we see no reason ft ever for all this waste of the people’s moneyHßj do not believe there is a newspaper in the IBg that would not publish any matter of inti about the state's business without charge anfljl it gladly. So when there is already a competent medium of publicity, why s P en l|jjf| this money unecessarily in this way? Whftfllll so much money in a horn to blow the bift and importance of Mime department’s °pi n i<Sß| itself when the press of the state will even in Gath if it is important enough? B| For several years the government, or ftftj| of its alphabetical setups, has swamped the tl J papers with a type of news sent out to bcHBE their “much ado about nothing.” And iHB| small measure the state departments are fol ing suit. We believe advertising still paysljjjjj it pays best and saves most when establHl||| agencies are used. No successful businesl"£\v/j terprise has established its own independenflgß licity bureau instead of using the press. I v newspapers of North Carolina are open tol the praises or publish the facts of the gool|||jjl or greatness of its officials without cost, ft not believe the state should go into the pril"ff|| or publishing business, and there is no rl||||l why it should establish all these tabloid ft when there are hundreds of newspapers I ■ weekly and daily to every department of ß||S without money and without price. BH| THE RDW THE EDITOR HOBS I am confident that all newspaper el will go to heaven. No matter how eloquent* ‘ editor may boost for the developement community, no matter how diligently he ml bor to build up his home county, no mattel loyally he supports a friend in politics, the virtues of a famous native son, stretchl truth to praise a local prima-donna-to-be, cl tlv lavs a metaphorical wreath on the graft departed, he seldom hears a “Thank ly does anyone say, “Well done.” does he hear, “We appreciated that.” But ftllpll make a slip. W Earle Hye in the Rotarial azine.
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