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THE ZEBULON RECORD
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BOOSTING THE BARACAS
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Probably the most enthusiastic campaign
for members ever carried on in this community
faas just closed at the Baptist Church. Some
time ago a membership contest campaign was
begun in the Baraca Sunday School class. The
attendance leaped up to almost four-score.
Men—old and young—who had not attended
Sunday. School or church in years, have been
present at both services for several weeks. The
climax came Wednesday night in a fish fry in
the Masonic hall.
Now all this was fine. No doubt the cam
paign was a success from more than just num
bers. Many who have not attended religious
services in years will continue this good begin
ning. Others will probably be missing next
Sunday.
We hope, however., that this fine class has
at hand means to hold these men. The test of
the value of the work done is not just getting
them, but holding them. This Baraca class has
done a great service to their church and com
munity if the campaign results in winning
these men to the church and Christ.
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HYPOCRITE VS. COUNTERFEIT
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Almost from the beginning among man
kind we have had people who were deceptive
and insincere. They are dangerous. Society
has to be forever on its guard against their dis
turbing and destructive conduct.
What hypocrites are to society, counterfeit
money is to business. Cashier Brown showed
us a quarter that was counterfeit. He also had
a S2O bill not genuine. The bogus coin was
lighter than a good one, and the die from
which it had been cast was imperfect. But the
counterfeit bill looked to us like real money.
Only the well-informed will notice the differ
ence. We had to be “shown”.
With all the paper money being printed by
the government it seems the counterfeiters
would be discouraged, but it seems the more
plentiful money is, the better chance he believes
he has of “getting by” with his spurious money.
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Warning: Beware of hypocrites and coun
terfeit money! Both seem to be plentiful these
days.
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CIVILIZATION’S BARBARIC METHODS
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At least three instances lately call to our at
tention the modern way of revealing (?) crime
by the direct method. In Alabama a man was
given a new trial because of the barbarous
methods used to force a confession from him.
In Georgia an officer was himself sent to prison
for using a hot iron to get an admission of guilt.
In Raleigh a man ac used of murder was grilled
and no one knows what other means were used
to get a confession from him. As soon as re
lieved from the pressure he denied all responsi
bility for the crime.
The guilty should be punished, but when
they are by cruel means forced to testify
against themselves, the very foundation of the
law is broken down. We little doubt that many
a confession has been made to escape the imme
diate inhuman methods used to force it. Our
own opinion is that no one accused of crime
should be examined by any one until he is
brought before the court that will pass on the
full evidence. There should be a law against
such private trials.
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SOLICITOR S CRITICISM POOR TASTE
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A criticism of Wake County’s solicitor,
hurled at its Recorders’ Courts, seems to us to
come with poor grace. We have abundant op
portunity to observe at first hand the procedure
of actions in both the Recorder’s Court and the
Superior Court. There is always some delay
that appears to us to be unnecessary in trials in
any court. However, our observation is, just
about the biggest tax eater and waster of time
we know outside government agencies, are our
Superior Courts. Delays while attorneys cavil
and argue over insignificant matters, waste of
time trying to tangle witnesses and pervert the
facts and manage to delay trial from court
to court for their clients' benefit. These are a
few of the things that make a Superior Court
a nuisance and added expense, and actually re
tard the clear flow of justice. Our observation
from time to time forces us to conclude that
from 30 to 50 per cent of the cost of operating
our courts might be saved if the judge and so
licitor would shut down on these “necessary
evils” and speed up the court’s machinery.
Our opinion is that our solicitor showed
poor judgment in his criticism of our Recorders’
Courts in the light of what the people know
about his criticism as it might apply to his
courts. Perhaps good may come to both courts
from his statement, for no doubt improvement
may be made in all our courts in the particulars
mentioned.
BUSINESS BOOM
Has the European war done
much to American prices? It’s
pretty hard for John Q. Public to
tell, just by examining the price
tags on shirts or socks, or hefting
a 10-cent loaf of bread, or seeing
how big a cauliflower he can g:t
for 15 cents. But we do find that
wholesale commodity prices zoomed
27.2 per cent between late August
and September 22 when the war
was 19 days old. By now, about 40
per cent of that increase has set
tled down as has the war
though the general level of such
prices is still 16.5 per cent higher
than August.
The natural expectation is that,
sooner or later, this will be reflect-,
ed in retail prices, too. But actual
ly it’s almost impossible for the
layman to spot these results, be
cause the retail price levels of al
most all staple merchandise remain
the same except in very drastic
situations and the differential is
made up by putting a little less ma
terial in the shirt-tail, or fewer
buttons, or shorter thread-count. As
one merchandising expert puts it:
“There’ll always be a dollar shirt
and a two-fifty shirt always a
dollar sock and a three-for-a-dollar
sock.”
OUR DEADLIEST WEAPON
During 1939 of the 8,133 per
sons killed and injured on the
streets and highways of North
Carolina, 685 suffered fractured
skulls, 189 sustained fractured
spines, 3,258 suffered severe gen
eral shock with contusions and
lacerations, 301 had internal in
juries, and 264 suffered from con
cussion of the brain. Those are
violent deaths in the strictest
sense of the word; those are in
juries more painful in some in
stances than those of the medi
eval torture chambers.
The automobile is a deadly wea
pon, especially in the hands of an
incompetent, reckless or drunken
driver. It is, in fact, the deadli
est weapon now in common use.
Confirmation of this statement is
to be found in the fact that motor
vehicle deaths in North Carolina
last year were 50 per cent above
all the homicides and suicides
combined.
North Carolina started out in
January as though they mean this
year to top their 1939 traffic ac
cident record, which showed a toll
of 943 killed and 7,190 injured in
the state.
Figures released by the High
way Safety Division reveal that
62 persons, 51 males and 11 fe
males, met their death on North
Carolina streets and highways
last month, this figure represent
ing a 7 per cent increase over the
58 fatalities recorded in January,
1939.
An unusual item on the Janu
ary record is the severity of fatal
accidents. Seventeen people were
killed in six accidents during the
month; four being killed in one
accident, three being killed in each
of three accidents, and two being
killed in each of two accidents.
Forty-seven of the fatalities
last month were in rural areas,
and 15 were in cities. The 15
killed in cities included seven pe
destrians, one bicyclist and seven
occupants. Two children on sleds
| were in this number.
The January, 1940, fatality rec
ord was the fourth highest for
January in ten years. Sunday,
January 14, was the worst day in
| the month from a highway safety
standpoint; 10 fatalities occur
ring on that one day, or an av-
S erage of one fatality every two
S hours and twenty-four minutes.
j Charles Debnam, who lives on
| the Temple farm just west of Zeb
ulon, lost a hand saw from his
car between the farm and town on
Thursday. He will be very glad
J of its return if found.
FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1940.
I SEEN & HEARD
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No matter* what the weather
says, Spring is here. The clump
of orange crocus at the corner of
Mrs. Victoria Gill’3 yard is in
bloom. For years these brilliant
blossoms have served as official
, notice that winter is about over. ..
i Maples glowing with scarlet bloom
that is beautiful when inspected
at close range. ..Indecision on the
part of many feminine wearers of
hats as to whether to put on the
old winter felt and look in tune
with the weather or to sally forth
in the new spring hat, regardless
...Still occasional failures on the
part of the P. O. box holders to get
them open, and grumbling because
the combination is forgotten or
“just won’t work”...High school
seniors becoming more and more
excited as commencement with all
its implications is approaching at
a rate that seems faster and fast
er... Weekly washings flapping
wildly and wetly on lines that
sway and bend with weight and
the wind...About as many girls
as boys among the kite-fliers —
and numerous electric wires bear
ing kites or strings that got
tangled or broke. . .Dogs, small
and larger, earnestly sniffing at
garbage cans, some more enter
prising of their number making
the rounds of chicken yards ...
Cows licking themselves and each
other in the bovine spring clean
ing. . .Continued discussion of how
weak the victims of influenza find
themselves even after having been
up for some time... Seed potatoes
still coming into town and ferti
lizer going out. ...Ijoads of junk
lying around begging to be carried
off.
UNUSUAL RECORD
Mrs. Ollie Kirg, in the office
last week to give publication to
notice of administration on the es
tate of her mother, Mrs. Cynthia
Rodgers, stated that Mrs. Rodgers
was 83 years old when she died.
Mrs. King also said she is forty
years old and had never stayed
away from her mother more than
five years in spite of the fact that
she is married and has three child
ren. The five years immediately
after marriage Mrs. King was
away from her mother, moving
j back to the old home at the end of
that time. While away from her
mother she visited Mrs. Rodgers at
least once a week.
A BIG GOVERNMENT
Os course we know that our
I country is growing. In 1933 there
. were 563 thousand employees on
■ the Government payroll and now
, there are 933 thousand. There is
nothing in all the political disputes
that shows more clearly than the
[ above figures the extent to which
> the Government of the United
1 States is being centralized under
> Administration control at the Na
-1 tional Capital.
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INTERESTED
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, Martin County growers are more
j interested in securing lime under
the AAA program this year than
1 they were last year, with six cars
3 expected to be brought into the
county.
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