7HE ZEBULON RECORD
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• Published Kvery Frldav By
THE RECORD PUBLISHING COMPANY
Zebulon. North Carolina
THEO. B. DAVIS, Editor
MRS. THEO. B. DAVIS, Associate Editor
Entered as second class mail matter June 26. 1925, at the
Postoffice at Zebulon. North Carolina.
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THE FUTURE OF THE SMALL NEWSPAPER
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In an address made at the celebration of
the 90th anniversary of THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS, Kent Cooper, general manager since
1925, included some statements worth reading.
Os course the AP is concerned primarily with
daily papers and big events; but the following
may be applied to weeklies.
“The basis of the newspaper’s success
is the reporting of local news. It has to
get back to that. It began by reporting
that ‘Henry Smith painted his barn red
yesterday’, but nowadays most papers fill
their front pages with national and world
news, and local news is crowded out of
sight. The radio also can provide a quick
report of national and world news, but no
radio can compete with a newspaper in re
porting its own local news, and that’s what
the newspaper will have to do better and
more thoroughly than ever before.
“National and foreign news will be
there, but it will not displace local happen
ings as has been the tendency sometimes.
The AP will continue to supply national,
world, and region ll news, but the papers
will have to cover their own locals and print
them prominently.
“Columnists are getting much of the
attention that formerly belonged to the edi
torial page; but many of them are losing
ground because they are not local enough.
Chain newspapers suffer from the same
lack, since no chain i ewspaper can produce
in a central office what will be of special
interest to any locality.
‘‘There is a part cular need for news
papers presenting a picture of world affairs,
with a world-wide perspective. But the av
erage paper can’t do t lat. It has to empha
size local affairs and will do so in the fu-
SEEN AND HEARD
WAKELON. NOTES
PUZZLING
A small boy in the first grade
saw the twins, Doris and Dorothy,
daughters of the Joe Knotts, and
was vastly puzzled. “Mrs. Daw
son,” he asked, “what’s the mat
ter with them? They look exact
ly alike.’’
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‘No Wonder Discipline Is Difficult
A youngster in first grade walk
ed across the room and struck a'
little girl. When asked by the
teacher why he had acted that i
way, he replic 1 with dignity that
God told him to do it. For some
reason the teacher was skeptical
of such direct revelation from
above.
Just Return
Two of Zebulon’s collegians were
in a car on the campus at Wakelon
last Tuesday night as patrons and
teachers of the school lingered af
ter adjournment of the P. T. A.
“Why are you here?” some one
asked. “You are certainly not pa
rents nor do you teach. Are you
chauffeurs?”
They explained that since Wake
lon instructors h?d spent eleven
years working with them they felt
THE ZEBULON RECORD, ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER
it only fair to return a portion of
the interest manifested in the past.
And they were in no wise deterred
when it was pointed out that the
teachers to whom they felt
under obligations are by no means
the ones upon whom they were be
stowing interest.
Oh, well, one soweth and an
other reapeth.
Weather Poetry
j We read the other day this little
verse from somewhere:
‘The South wind brings hot
weather,
! The North wind wet and cold
together,
I The West wind always brings
us rain.
The East wind blows it back
again.”
Come to think «*f it, that is just
about as it is, according to our
best recollection. Anyway, if it
!is not always just like the poet
says, it is sometimes!
Old Times
; Did you ever read this one: “He
j resigned to acctpt a more lucra
| tive position” ? But, you see that
was before the depression.
Now You Tell One
A city housekeeper asked a gro
cer for fresh eggs, inquiring if
| they were fresh. The grocer replied
! they were fresh from the farm
;! that very morning. “That’s the
ture.”
That sounds as if it might have been spoken j
with The Zebulon Record in mind. We had al-1
ready realized the truth of much that we quote
above, and accept the other with appreciation.
Last week’s Record had only local matters on
the front page. The only regular columnist is
certainly local; most of the editorials have a
local application. And the paper was in the
mails before we read of Mr. Cooper’s views.
We had decided to try harder than ever to
make our paper reflect the life of the communi
ty. Reinforced by the opinion of an expert, we
go forward with renewed courage and enthusi
asm.
Now if our subscribers and other citizens
will come forward with the dollars to pay for a
year’s subscription, we will be able to give
them a better newspaper according to the paid
circulation to the Zebulon Record.
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OUR FAIR
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One year ago two young men put on a
representative local fair. With only a short j
time in which to prepare for it and farm pro
ducts available only from ' in t farmers had left
over, we feel that the fair was very credit
able, indeed. This year, at this early hour when
we have to go to press, we note further progress
in making the Five County Fair one of the best
small fairs in the state. It has a fine farming
section from which to draw produce and people.
W’hile Dabney Gill and Wade Privette naturally
put these fairs on as a business proposition,
they have this year been quite liberal in the
amount set apart for prizes, giving cash prizes
in most instances.
When one considers the cost of grounds and
building, advertising and other necessary ex
penses, not taking into consideration the loss i
through a rainy week as this one began, the
young men are to be commended for their suc
cess under difficulty. This fair is an asset to
the town and community. The merchants profit
by its coming, for when people come to town
for business or pleasure, they naturally are go
ing to spend money.
The social side of the fair is a worthwhile
matter. This is the one time of the year when
all the people from the surrounding country
meet together in a social way. Friends come to
gether and have a big time seeing the sights and
taking in the shows and spending their dimes
on rides and other novel entertainments.
Hats off to Gill and Privette! And now
let’s “take the fair in” all the way from the ex
hibit hall to the black face comedians. Let the
promoters have our support in making this fair
a success.
trouble with these farmers,” she
answered. “They’re so anxious to
get their eggs sold that they take
them off the nest too soon.”
MEMORIES OF CIRCUS
In early autumn my mind goes
back to the first circus I ever at
tended.
It was Sells Bros.,
Wilson late in November,
was sixteen at the tin™ *!
me' her said .-lie would 1
her i i ildren one go(B
with it - animal-, downs, HHHBj
etr., i we planned to g'HBHB
live! la mile- from WilsnHHH||
t; tim'd to .'art the day
e i 'ei:.- and spend the
fre 1 d-. who joined us on H
next day. The roads were ■
had condition, due to heavjH
hut we reached Wilson in HHHj
see the parade, which was,™
glamorous indeed, with ■
piano, painted girls, and anßjdjg
We ate the lunch taken ■
home before entering the cHH
tent that p.m. When we
five tickets we did not undersHH
what the seller said, he talke<™H
fast. My brother thought
seats were five cents extra
handed over a quarter to pay
ours. The man yelled at us that™
would be a dollar and a twentß
five cents, and my brother said ■
would take back his money and
j would sit in free seats. The circu.->
man angrily said we could go si l
| with colored people. My brothet
replied that we could; they were
reared among us. We had comfoii.-
able seats, but went as near the
top as possible that we might not
miss seeing everything. Before
night the weather had turned frig
id and we had to ride for rnoi e
than three hours in an open buggy.
The cold, added to my straining
my neck to look at so much, gave
me a terrible crick in neck and
shoulder. My mother and grand
mother spent most of the night
applying remedies to me, and I
recovered in time to begin teach
ing at Bunn high
son county early in
MRS. E. V. RICHARD®'
General New*
Next month, a week will ®I
en to informing the public
hazards of one of man’s m®
structive enemies uneo®H
1 fire. Fire Prevention Week® J
has been an annual evcHH
siive it was proclaimed hfl
dent Wilson more than t®®
ados ago, will begin Oet<®®|
and run through the 1 othHH
A few vivid figures MHH
the importance of the WcHHH
year fire destroys ahoi®nH
(Min.nun worth of pmpertvflßH
and the indirect loss ht®HH
total to the hillion-dollnHSH
Worse yet. it kills 1(),Ho8|9
horribly an average of H®B
day. This is what carelessßHffl
iterance and incompetence H|
| There isn’t a hamlet in tHljj
try which won’t be
some extent through Fire HH
tion Week activities.
isn't a citizen in the count®B
can provide a sound alibi®!
fails to ahosorb some of the
facts and information that H|
that is needed to prevent anHj
trol most fires. Governors of®
and other public officials wil®
part. Insurance organization®
issue pamphlets, run adviß
ments in newspapers and pt®
cals, and prepare window dis®
Fire marshals and chiefs®
speak. Every media of conun®
tion involving the spoken®
printed word will be brough®
play in a concentrated na®
effort to make the Week a sufl
Believe it or not, fire prev®
is fun—even as instruction ii®
prevention is nowadays mad<®
mafic and enteretaining. It d®
take much in either tin®
money. It does pay treme®
dividends. Mark down the dfl
Fire Prevention Week on yoHj
endar and get into the sw®§
GEORGE FOR GEORG®
Senator Walter F.
been renominated
which is held to bcj®
national prominence when he di
rected the capture of John Dilling
er, outlaw, is again in the public
e\e. He was married in Charlotte
last week to Mrs. Rosanne Taylor
of Florence, S. C. It is understood
1 t h a t they will live in Timmonsville,
•s. C.
freak accident
At Miami, Fla., a colored wom
an, fishing along a causeway,
caught a fish which she jerked
' from the water and slung in front
of an approaching car. The sur
prised driver had a collision with
another autoist as a result and the
woman was arre