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HELP CRIPPLED CHILDREN BY BUYING EASTER SEALS THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXV. SCOTT TO SPEAK AT WAKE FOREST £ 1 Hf 9 'H j r/ «J f .W. V t/j&i W? JHBL^ Pictured buying the first 1949 Easter Seals for aid to crippled children in North Carolina is Governor W. Kerr Scott, who will de liver the main address at the membership meeting of the Wake REA group at Wake Forest Saturday morning. Local Residents Protest Raleigh's New ABC Bill Over 150 farmers and towns people of Little River Township went to Raleigh Wednesday morn ing to protest a bill sponsored by the City of Raleigh government, designed to give the municipalities of Wake County 27 per cent of the net profits of the County ABC stores. County Attorney Leon Brss field made the principal address against the bill before a joint hearing before the Senate and House Committees on Counties, Cities, and Towns. No report, fav orable or unfavorable, had been made by either committee last night. County Commissioner R. O. Heater also spoke against the bill. Other speakers scheduled to ap pear in opposition to the measure, which was introduecd by State Senator R. N. Simms, Jr., and Sing Scheduled For Lees Chapel There will be a Song Festival held at Lees Chapel Baptist Church Sunday afternoon, April 10, beginning at 1 p.m. An amply fying system will be installed so that those inside and outside the building may enjoy, the music. Participating in the festival will be the Friendly Four of Durham; the Melody Masters of Four Oaks; the Royall Quintet of Smithfield; the Woodall Quintet of Smithfield; the Young Sisters Trio of Dunn; and the Suvalin Sisters Trio of Selma. Thirty minutes of the program will be recorded for rebroadcast. —L. A. Hagwood Wakelon Principal Gives Inspiring Message to Zebulon Rotary Club Using as his text the eighth commandment, “Thou shalt not steal,” Principal Fred Smith of Wakelon School d&livered an in spiring message to the members of the Zebulon Rotary Club last Friday night. The popular teach er was not speaking of material things, but rather of a person’s reputation. “It is easy to steal a person’s good name,” he said, “simply by a casual word here or a shrug of Number 51. Representatives Little, Allen, and Hatch, were barred by lack of time. Tom Banks of Garner, mem ber of the Wake County Board of Education, acted as chairman of the delegation opposing the bill. Last night over Radio Station WNAO in Raleigh a discussion program, “The Official Answer,” carried talks by opponents and proponents of the ABC bill. Mayor Snipes and City Attorney Lassiter of Raleigh spoke on behalf of the measure, and John Alexander of Raleigh and Ferd Davis of Zebu lon spoke against the bill. Opposition to the bill is based chiefly on the fact that taxes of all property owners throughout the county would have to be raised if the measure is passed without corresponding increase in services provided by local governmental agencies. Although the bill would mater ially aid *he municipalities outside of Raleigh, Zebulon’s commis sioners and mayor unanimously opposed it with a resolution passed Monday night on the grounds of keeping faith with the rural peo ple. Brantley-C rowder Vows Spoken Here The marriage of Miss Mary Leigh Crowder, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Crowder of Zebu lon, to Mr. Bertie Brantley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Brantley of the Rock Ridge community, were spoken in the Zebulon Bap tist Church on Friday afternoon, April first, at six o’clock. Pastor (Continued on Page 5) the shoulder when a name is mentioned.” School girls are frequently in nocent victims of gossip, he stat ed, and anyone who aid sin spread ing rumors and false stories is guilty of breaking the eighth commandment. The excellent ta’k was round ly applauded by the Rotarians, who gathered round to offer con gratulations to Fred at the close of the program. Zebulon, N. C., Friday April 8, 1949 Duplication of CPL Lines by REA Hit By Local Manager “Tax-free federal power sold to particular localities at less than cost is an injustice to every per son living in Wendell. This is em phasized by former President Herbert Hoover in a statement ac companying the report on Reor ganization of Business Enterprises of the Government, which was re- April 1,” asserted R. W. Talton, Manager of Carolina Pow er & Light Company today. “While the Commission as a whole did not make recommen dations as to federal power, Mr. Hoover and four of the members of the Commission did. Some of the other seven members differed with Mr. Hoover in matters of federal power, while others con fined their remarks to phases of the report aside from power,” Mr. Talton explained. “Federal power operations should charge enough for their power so that they can pay a fair interest rate on funds they borrow from the government,” he de clared. “And they ought to be re quired to help support state and local governments through tax payments equal to those private power companies are required to pay.” Publish Facts “Mr. Hoover and four Com mission members criticized federal planning of water control pro jects, including power generation and distribution,” Mr. Talton said. “They pointed out that the cost of many such projects has repeatedly been greatly underestimated at the time of their original author ization. They also criticized ac counting methods of federal pow er projects which obscured the real financial situation.” “The amount of subsidies each federal project enjoys should be brought into the open so that the public might have a clearer pic ture of the situation,” Mr. Talton declared. “Mr. Hoover pointed out that the subsidies each federal project enjoys should be brought into the open so that the public might have a clearer picture of the situation,” Mr. Talton declar ed. “Mr. Hoover po ited out that the subsidy given the federal pro jects appears in several forms. For instance, these federal enterprises pay a lower rate of interest on money advanced by the federal government than private business enterprises must pay on their bor- ( rowings. Also, the low rates fed eral projects pay are not available to other communities in construc tion of their projects. Another form of subsidy is in freedom from excise and corporate income taxes which federal electrical enterprises enjoy.” Should Not Compete “The federal government should not compete with private industry as it does in the power field when it distributes power,” Mr. Talton said. If the government has cause to generate power from its multi purpose water projects, he said, he believed the resulting power should be offered to private utili ties or to communities. “Some federal projects for flood control, navigation, irrigation and power generation has been hap hazard in their planning and wasteful of tax money,” Mr. Tal ton sand. “Mr. Hoover recom- WINNER Ups IB|| Miss Betty Sue Baker won the peace speaking contest held at the Wendell School Auditorium on Tuesday afternoon before an as sembly of high school students, faculty and townspeople. Hephzibah Church Plans Series of Talks There will be services every night at 8 o’clock. Speakers for each night are as follows: Claude Gaddy of Raleigh, Sun day April 10; Julian Motley of Wake Forest, Monday April 11; John Coley, of North St. Church, Raleigh, Tuesday April 12; Dr. J. W. Kincheloe of Rocky Mt. Ist Church, Thursday April 14; Dr. Orion Mixon of Tabernacle Church, Raleigh, Thursday, April 14; Isaac Ferrell Oxford, N. C., Friday April 15. The public is cordially invited to attend all these services. Junior Class Play Well Received “Take It Easy,” the hilarious play presented by the Junior Class of Wakelon school in the auditorium Friday night, April 1, was seen and applauded by a capacity au dience. The comedy starred Brooks Pearce in the lead role and was directed by Mrs. Eugene Privett. Sue Long sparkled as the at tractive daughter, who was loved by Tom Lawrence, portrayed by Willie M. Brannon, Jr. Others tak ing part in the production were Edward Ihrie, Howard Doyle, Jean Perry, Jack Terry, Cleo Baker, Joyce Tippett, and Ruric Gill, Jr- Dr. G. J. Griffin and Mrs. Grif fin of Wake Forest were in Zebu lon Friday of last week, paying brief calls on some friends. They were supper guests in the C. V. Whitley home. Dr. Griffin has not yet wholly recovered from his recent illness, but is able to meet some of his classes. Politics? It Ain't Caused a Ripple As Just One Candidate Tosses Hat Politics created scarcely a ripple in Zebulon this week, with less than a month remaining before the election May 3. Although Mayor Bridgers and four of his commissioners had stated their in tentions of seeking reelection to their posts, only one had filed for office last night. First to file last election and first again this year was Barrie Davis, incumbent commissioner, Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers Election Officials Named by Board; ABC Bill Scored In a long and busy meeting held Monday night, the Zebulon Board of Commissioners appointed a reg istrar and two judges for the elec tion to be held May 3, registered unanimous opposition to a Senate bill which threatens to cause an increase in county taxes, and act ed to enforce the zoning law. In addition, the commissioners voted to offer the unused part of the water plant to the National Guard for its use until an armery is constructed. Mrs. R. Vance Brown was named registrar for the coming election, and will supervise the i new registration of town voters which takes place this year. Mrs. Irby Gill and A. C. Dawson, Sr., , were named judges for the elec | tion. The Senate bill which drew fire from the commissioners called for changes in the present distribution of profits from the county oper ated ABC stores. At the present time the towns in which the 1 stores operate receive five percent of the profits. Under the proposed bill, 27 percent of the profits would be distributed to all of the incorporated municipalities in Wake County, with the amount to be paid to each municipality to determined according to the per centage ratio that the assessed property tax valuation within each municipality bears to the total assessed property tax valu ations within all the municipali ties. Resolutions Adopted Resolutions were adopted by the Mayor and Board of Com missioners to be presented to the House and Senate Committees of Counties, Cities, and Towns, ask ing that the committees return an unfavorable report on the bills. W. B. Hopkins, town clerk, and Barrie Davis were named as Zebu lon representatives to the hearing on the bill held in Raleigh Wed nesday morning. Telegrams were sent to the three Wake County representatives and to Senator Robert Simms registering the op position of the board to the bill. The board received a letter from the Zoning Commission which re ported that Fred Hood had violat ed the zoning orinance and his building permit when he had con structed a business building on his 1 lot on Arendell Avenue. The let ter stated that Mr. Hood admitted the violation of both the zoning law and the permit. Clerk Hopkins was directed to deliver a letter to Mr. Hood ad vising him that unless he complied (Continued on Page 5) who declared himself in the race Tuesday. Commissioners Bob Sawyer, Howard Beck, and Norman Screws all stated that they planned to run for reelection, and R. Vance Brown was noncommittal, declin ing to say yes or no. By last night, no other candi dates had presented themselves. Over three weeks remain before the filing deadline, which has been set for Tuesday, April 28.
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