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Local Electrical
Rates Compare
Very Favorably
Users of electricity in this sec
tion paid considerably less in 19.39
for electric services than was the
average cost for such services in
the nation as a whole, according
to a report just issued by the Fed
eral Power Commission on “Aver
age Electric Bills for 1939.”
The average monthly bill thru
out the United States was found
to be $1.53 for 25 kilowatt hours of
residential service, while the aver
age rate in North Carolina is sl-50
and in South Carolina $1.42.
A study of the report shows that
the Carolina Power and Light
Company, which serves this sec
tion, charged only $1 for 25 kwh
against a charge of $1.07 for 25
kwh in Tennessee, where privately
owned electric utilities have been
taken over by the Tennessee Val
ley Authority with an estimated
loss in tax revenues of more than
three million dollars to Tennessee
and its sub-divisions.
The average bill for 100 kwh of
residential service in the nation
last year was $4.22, while the rate
in North Carolina was $4.06, and
in South Carolina $3.92.
Comparison of Costs
The average rate paid through
out the nation for commercial light
service last year for 50 kwh was
$2.86, while in South Carolina it
was $2.67 and in North Carolina
$2.73.
Given below is a comparison of
national average costs last year,
together with average costs in the
Carolinas and a table showing cor
responding bills of the Carolina
Power and Light Company at its
present rates:
Residential Service
KWH US NC SC CPL
25 $1.53 $1.50 $1.42 SI.OO
100 4.22 4.06 3.92 3.40
250 7.60 7.53 7.02 6.75
Commercial Service
50 2.86 2.73 2.67 1.95
375 17.18 16.97 17.07 14.63
750 33.09 29.81 31.24 25..80
MISSOURI MAN ACCEPTS
DURHAM CHURCH CALL
Durham—The Rev. J. Winston
Pearce of Nevada, Mo., has accept
ed a call to become pastor of the
First Baptist Church of this city.
He will begin his new duties April
7.
The new pastor is a native of
Franklin county and is well known
here. He is a graduate of Camp
bell College and Wake Forest Col
lege. He received the Th.M. de
gree from the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary in Louisville,
Ky and did graduate work at the
University of Chicago.
Mrs. Peorce is equally well
known among Baptist of the State.
She is the former Winnie Rickett,
and for a number of years was con
nected with the training activities
of the Baptist State Convention.
Mr. Pearce is a native of Frank
lin County.
BITS O’ BUSINESS
U. S. cigaret production hit a
new' all-time January peak last
month —1416 billions of the little
cylinders but more notable w'as
increase in output of higher-priced
cigars, two classes of these show
ing larger gainst than the nickel
or “twofer” varieties. . . Packard
and Nash are rushing engineering
and production plans for new lines
in the low-price auto field, en
couraged by success of Studebak
er’s “invasion” —may be ready by
late summer, almost surely before
the general showing of 1941 models
in the fa 11... American youth, said
by some to be going to the dogs,
bought 20 per cent more Bibles dur
ing the last Christmas season than j
ever before —that’s the Good Word
. . . Consumption of domestic wines
is expected to top 90,000,000 gal
lons this year, bettering the 1939
record by 15 per cent and that
year was 13 per cent over the pre
vious one. . . Private engineering
construction awards for the first
week of 1939, totaling $114,630,000,
are up 21 per cent over the figure
for the same period last year.
BIRTHDAY PARTY
Luther Junior Ixmg was honored
on Saturday evening, March 2 1940
at a birthday party, celebrating his
3rd birthday. The Easter motif was
emphasized in the invitations and
the refreshments. Games were
played after which members of the
birthday party gave recitations and
sang songs. Each child was given
a fishing pole with which they fish
ed from the adjoining room. Each
caught gum and candy. Then they
were asked out doors for pictures
to be made of the entire group. Af
ter this they were served ice cream
and cake, using Easter Eggs as
favors. Mrs. Glen Hinton assisted
in serving. Those present were:
Carolyn Jane Hinton, Janet Mae
ond Shirley Ann Upchurch, Leon
and Jr. Lewis, Earnest Jr. Price,
Artelia Bailey, Louise and Mary
Alice Hood, Bill and Malcolm Jr.
Martin, Ruth Temple and Joe Ann
Debnam. Goodbyes w'ere said by
Luther, Jr., Long, as an apprecia
tion of his gifts.
CLAY COUNTY BOY
CLUB CHAMPION
Roe J. Deal, a member of the
Brasstown 4-H club in Clay Coun
ty, has been selected as the State
champion in 4-H club work for
the year 1939.
An examination of the records
and accomplishments of leading
club members by L R. Harrill,
4-H club leader and his associates
of the State College Extension
Service, reveals that young Deal
has done the best all around club
work over a period of years and
therefore will be awarded a four
year scholarship to State College.
Funds for the scholarship were
provided by the Chilean Nitrate of
Soda Educational Bureau through
A. G. Floyd, in charge of this
work in North Carolina and him
self a graduate of the college.
“Roe Deal has completed records
on eight years of excellent club
work,” said L. R. Harrill in an
nouncing the scholarship winner.
He began as a club member when
he w'as only ten years old and has
carried one or more projects each
year since that time. How he
has progressed in his efforts is
shown by the fact that he produced
only 37 bushels of com an acre
when he started but pushed up his
yields to 104 bushels an acre. He
has carried projects all the way
from personal health to growing
turnip greens and w y as successful
in nearly all of them.”
Deal has carried a corn project
every year since beginning his
club work, but in addition he has
secured a calf of his owm, a poul
try flock, kept records on broilers,
has some pigs, and has grown
sweet and Irish potatoes, spinach,
tobacco, and almost every other
crop that can be produced in Clay
County. He summed up his activi
ties in a complete record book,
bound with an inlaid walnut cover
and showring that in addition to
project w’ork he had taken part in
all community activities; had
been an officer in his local club
and had attended the annua'
State College short course for
club members.
He won a trip to the National
Poultry Congress this past year.
SOLDIERS WANTED
As Uncle Sam began in earnest
this month to see that his military
bases in the vital Panama Canal
Zone were strengthened to the last
THE ZEBULON RECORD
degree a call went out to all re
cruiting posts in North Carolina,
including the main eastern one in
Wilson, for an “unlimited” quota
of recruits for the infantry an i
coast artillery for the Canal Zone
and the Infantry Division at Camp
Jackson, Columbia, S. C.
There are also single vacancies'
for men in the field artillery, the j
air corps, the engineering depart- ,
ment and the medical division in
the Canal Zone.
Recruiting of the men for the
Canal Zone and the 6th Infantry
Division will begin on March 1,
and orders have been received by
headquarters to recruit as many
men as possible.
To join the army a man must be
between 18 and 35 years old and
in sound health. He must be be
tween 64 and 78 inches tall and
weigh 120 to 190 pounds and must
be of good character and reputa
tion, an American citizen and sin
gle. The army offers training in
most major trades, travel, adven
ture, chance for advancement and
cash pay of from s2l to $157.50 a
month in addition to “board and
room”, clothing and medical atten
tion.
RUSSO-FINNISH WAR ENDED
Russia announced on Wednes
lay that a peace treaty with Fin
land had been signed. Hostilities
ceased at noon that day, and the
treaty was to be ratified in three
DEffIOCPRCY
Ownership of the Bell
System, of which the
Southern Bell Company
is a part, rests not with a
selected few but with
about 675,000 stockhold
ers, thrifty, independent
Americans living in
cities, towns, villages and
farms over the nation.
The Southern Bell
Company is managed and
operated by 20,000 skilled
workers, members of a
progressive, financially
stable organization
founded on the demo
cratic principle that as
sures to every worker the
recognition of initiative
and equal opportunity to
advance. These 20,000
people are your friends
and neighbors and are
substantial contributors
to the prosperity and
progress of the communi
ties in which they live.
The Southern Bell
Telephone Company, in
providing quick, depend
able service at low cost to
the millions of people in
the South, has made the
telephone truly an instru
ment for the people.
Soui herd BellTelephohe
EIRE TELEGRAPH COIDPRiTy
INCORPORATED
days. Terms are not yet fully
explained, but demands are made
for vast areas of Finland’s terri
tory and the holding of all points
captured during the war, the to
lal being more than was demand
ed by Russia before hostilities
began last fall.
England feels that the German
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N. C. REGULAR GAS 17 l-2c
KEROSENE 10c gal.
MOTOR OIL 10c qt.
MORE MILES LESS COST
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IRBY D. GILL
Attorney & Counselor at Law
Phone 2281
Zebulon, North Carolina
Dr. L. M. Massey
Dentist
Phone 2021
Hours 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.
Office in Zebulon Drug Bldg.
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Physician and Surgeon
Office Hours
8 .30 - 10 a.m.— 1 -3 p.m.
Phone Off. 2881—Res. 2961
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cause is strengthened by the Fin
nish peace. The statement ha 3
been made that both England and
France had waited only a formal
demand for help before sending
troops to Finland.
The geographical center ot North
Carolina is near Siler City.
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JEWELERS
Watch Makers Jewelry
Zebulon, N. C.
J. M. Chevrolet Co.
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