IHE ZEBULON RECORD
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WHY REYNOLDS WON
o
Os course the wag would say because, he
got the most votes. But behind that there were
reasons that under other conditions and with an
opponent from the west, the result would have
been different. We are frank to say since this
paper learned of certain conditions of his family
life and others of his social life even during his
first campaign, we have never felt he was the
type of man needed to represent the people of
North Carolina at Washington.
When he rode down from the mountains to
the sea in his old dilapidated Ford, shaking
hands, telling jokes at every crossroads, the peo
ple had a good illustration of what would natur
ally follow when he put on the toga in Wash
ington. He is shrewd. He is the best showman
in the state. His smile and handshake grip
you. The fact that he is from the West carried
thousands of votes. Congressman Hancock was
both too free and open in his personal attack on
his opponent. On the other hand, not being
able to meet this attack successfully, Senator
Reynolds assumed the role of a high-class states
man, one far above mud-slinging personalities,
a dignified attitude gathered votes while
the opposition lost them.
' w e believe Mr. Reynolds has seen the light
and that for the next six years he will be a
much better representative than during the first
six. He will doubtless leave off his kissing bees
and may even be absent when the liquor inter
ests get together, though we doubt it. At any
rate he has six years to build a record and a
reputation that will be hard to overcome even
by the best man in Western Carolina. He has
abiity and astuteness. Here’s hoping he will
grow from a mere politician into a sure-enough
statesman.
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RUB off the markers
o
There are doubtless a number of things
that ought to be done about our Primary and
other elections, but one in particular would re
move a lot of suspicion and irregularity. Dur
ing the Primary election in Zebulon last Satur
day and also in the school election a short time
before certain citizens voluntarily or otherwise,
brought people to the voting place. If that had
been the end, no criticism could justly be made.
But they escorted those brought into the voting
place, went with them into the booth and as
sisted in marking the ballots. Many of these
were intelligent people, people who undoubted
ly are well-enough educated to read and mark
the ticket for themselves. We recall one in
stance in particular. One of the most intelli
gent young business women in town was es
corted into the polling place and required (?) a
helper to prepare her ballot for voting.
There should be a law against assistance of
any sort within the place of voting from any
one. If a citizen cannot read the ballot and fol
low directions for voting the same, then that
citizen, man or woman, in our opinion, is not
fitted to take the responsibility of suffrage.
Voting is a matter of intelligence and without
it the individual becomes the tool of the politi
cal henchman. An officer* of the law should be
placed at the door of every voting place, and any
solicitation or unasked assistance should be
dealt with by arrest and incarceration till after
the voting is over.
THE ZEBULON RECORD. "'’M LON. NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE 17,1938
CHURCHES COUNTRY CLUBS
o
Roger Babson, that wizard at gathering
facts and figures and forming conclusions there
from, has made a study of Protestant churches
and his conclusion is stated briefly; they are
little more than country clubs. And his conclu
sion has so much truth in it that it riles some
reigious leaders and regales the wicked world.
While denying particulars, we admit that in
many respects there is entirely too much like
ness between the divine and man-made institu
tions. Clubs are social. They solicit member
ship on a financial basis and good standing is
retained by the regular payment of dues. The
members assemble on occasion to engage in so
cial and sporting events for which the club was
organized. A member may be expelled for suf
ficient violations of the rules governing the
club, or he may voluntarily retire if he so de
sires. Under certain conditions members may
invite others to share temporarily the benefits.
All of the above features enter into the or
ganization and operation of a church. A group
of individuals organize and establish a place of
meeting. In theory, at least, certain financial
and other obligations are expected if not re
quired of its members. In a great many re
spects the good features of both the church and
club are alike. They are established for the
purpose of adding to the enjoyment of life.
We do not know much about clubs but from
reports coming occasionally from their conduct,
the members may and frequently engage in
golf and other sports on Sunday, keep intoxi
cating drinks in their lockers, play poker for
money considerations, and engage in immoral
ity and punctuate all with abundant profanity.
In most clubs, we understand, there are no
rules regulating personal conduct of this sort.
Not belonging to a club, we may be wrong in
our information, but in the main we believe
these statements are correct.
But we do know a great deal about church
es in general. Members are supposed to assume
certain financial obligations, conform to moral
standards and render certain spiritual services.
We know of numbers of members in churches
all around us who do exactly the things on the
Sabbath that club members do. They not only
play poker but engage in gambling of other
sorts. They pay no dues and seldom make a
worthy contribution to the support of the
church. They buy and keep their intoxicating
drink. They are guilty of the grossest immor
ality and sprinkle conversation in private and
public (excepting in the church itself) with pro
fanity. Members of clubs expect to pay their
dues or get out. With church members, they
consider the matter of pay or no pay, their own
business. If any urgent call comes for finan
cial help, they begin to howl that all the church
is after is their money. Its organizations, if not
the church itself, put on socials, suppers, radio
revellers and various other entertainments to
“carry on” when funds are not available through
free-will offerings. Many clubs would not even
stoop to the money raising methods of some
church organizations; their self-respect would
not permit it.
We admit this is true only of possibly a
minority of church members, but the lead
ers, those who do not do these things, know
about what their fellow members are doing that
is in violation of the tenets of the church and
teaching of the Bible. And it is just as true that
the church is responsible and a party to such
worldly and wicked conduct on the part of some
of its members as the county or state is guilty
of robbing homes of happiness and bringing
moral degredation to the people by the sale of
drink in ABC stores. God will not hold the
church guiltless of the sin within its own life.
In some respects the club is actually su
perior to the church. It does not claim to min
ister to the spiritual needs of its members or
others. It lives up to its purpose. Just so long
as our churches permit members doing the
things and living the life of the world about
them, so long may they expect to be impotent in
an age when their ministry is little more to a
sick world than that of a physician to a patient
j who himself is full of cancerous
| sores. It is true our churches
| have a form of godliness but most
of their members deny the powers
thereof.
If Mr. Babson can say some
thing that will shake the church
out of its indifference to social,
moral and other conditions that ex
ist within its very heart life, he
will have rendered the best pos
sible service to the church and its
God. This is the need that should
be cried today. The church must
raise its standard of living and
giving or this charge will stand.
If it does not cleanse itself of
worse than money changers, the
shekinah of the Lord’s presence
will depart.
Mr. Babson in his charge against
the Protestant church may be
wrong but he is right!
Behind The Scenes
In
American Business
By JOHN CRADDOCK
New York, June 13 —Business. —
A better feeling prevailed last
week in business and agricultural
circles. Farmers, especially in the
, west, were cheered by the fact that
I the price of wheat which two weeks
ago dropped to 67 1-2 cents a
1 bushel, was back to the 75-cen'
level. With America’s wheat cro]
estimated at one billion bushels
this rise means $80,000,000 mor
for farmers. Cotton rose to<
more than $2 a bale, on reports o
heavy rains damaging the cro}
Great Britain ordered 400 airplane
from U. S. firms, practically assui
ing capacity operations in this ii
dustry for at least two year
Auto manufacturers said that
may not be necessary to close D
troit plants for two months th
summer, as previously expecte
Renewal of confidence is seen
the fact that railroads last mon
ordered 6,114 new freight cars.
April only three were ordered.
Washington—While retail bus
ness promises to be dull this sui
mer, there is good reason to lo
for a sharp expansion in the fa
President Roosevelt has asked t
PWA to prepare a list of projec
costing about $600,000,000 whi
can be begun by the end of tl
month. Once the governme
pump-priming ball gets rolling,
is believed that an average
$:!00,000,000 a month will be spe
for the balance of 1938. Opinioi
differ as to the ultimate value
such a program for achieving las
ing recovery, but there is litt
doubt that temporarily it wi
greatly stimulate mass buyin
power and therefore retail trade.
DRINK MlLK—Doctors say that
J milk is a vital health beverage,
but for American farmers it can
be a source of wrinkled brows and
business losses. The nation pro
duces approximately 49 billion
quarts of milk a year, equal to a
quart a day for each man, wo
man and child in the country.
This year, however, there is an ex
ceptionally heavy supply of milk
and so distributors and producers
are conducting a nation-wide drive
to boost the use of dairy products.
The “drink more milk” campaign
was launched last week. More
than 40,000 chain stores are co-op
erating ■with other retailers to
maintain the flow of dairy pro
ducts to consumers at price levels
which will boost sales and assure
dairymen a stabilized market. It
is estimated that 2,500,000 Ameri
can farm families, dependent on
milk and allied products for all or
part of their income, will be bene
fited.
THINGS TO WATCH FOR—A
new treatment of cloth which will
enable designs to retain their
sharpness and original luster on
fabrics even after repeated wash
ing .. . An apparatus which per
mits a patient to administer anes
thetic to himself while having a
tooth filled, a bona set or while un
dergoing a minor operation; as
long as he feels pain he squeezes
on a bulb similar to those used on
atomizers ... A vending machine
that sells flashlight batteries . . .
A rear view vanity mirror for wo
men interested in seeing what is
going on behind their backs without
being observed ... A method of
freezing bread so that it can be
kept in storage six to eight months
Bowl of Rice Party in your
community Friday night, June 17,
to aid 50,000,000 Chinese civilian
victims of aggression.
WHO PAYS? —A recent survey
reveals the rather astounding fact
that if everyone had to turn over
to the government all income in ex
cess of $5,000 a year, the sum c< 1-
lected would pay only about i-5
the annual cost of government, fed
eral, state and local. It points out
that the great bulk of the tax bill
must be paid by the small wage
earner. He pays it in the form of
Ellis, Gloria
lips, Bettie Jean Phillips, Lawrence
Liles, Lowell Liles, Larry Liles,
Ramona Pearce, Douglas Barber
Cooke, Thurston Arnold, Yvonne
Arnold, Bettsie Pope Simpson,
Mildred Doris Fowler, Reiha Dale
Pearce, Robert Earl Pearce, Melba
Perry, Alma Lou Pearce, Bobby
Pace, McKinley Phillips, Thelma
Phillips, Bobby Vance Brown, Ruth
Brown, Bobby Gill.
Marquee
That addition in front of Tem
ple Market will afford shade and
shelter where they will be wel
comed and appreciated. If it had
columns going up from the edge of
the sidewalk as supports, it would
be a colonnade. Being without
columns it is a marquee, and a big
one.
Give to the world the best you
have
And the best will come back to you.
Ball bearings on all moving
parts in machinery permit fifty
per-cent greater speed.