THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXVI. Number 16 i / / 7 / \ X V J Ilf ( / V'. <"■£/ «s.co*° °o\ / W4HICOMBC OOWES 4®, CAPITAL REPORTER Some of Governor Scott’s most ardent critics last week again were reminded of their predictions that his administration would bank rupt the State, run North Car olina so far in debt that she would never get out For last week the Governor and the Advisory Budget, Commission made it official that North Caro lina's 25.000 school teachers will get their contingency pay raise. That means that it now seems fairly certain that the State will have a surplus of more than $7,- 000,000 above the 5142,000.000 bud get for the current fiscal year. These same critics of the Gov ernor now are yelling that Scott is letting down his farm friends by suggesting that exemptions many of them favorable to the farmer might be removed from the sales tax. Limitations were put on farm machinery and various farm sup plies, needs and products to help the farmer, they claim. Now, the critics aver, here is the farmer’s professed best friend proposing elimination of these same exemp tions. They are the same critics who have charged the Governor with being more friendly to farm folks than city folks. They have been critical of everything he has done. They have been unhappy when ever his actions proved right. They have been happy only when they thought the Governor was slapped in the face, first with defeat of his senatorial candidate Frank Gra ham and second when the Demo cratic executive committee refus ed to name his appointee Murray PTA Minstrel to Be Repeated Next Week By Public Demand Because of the huge demand for a repeat performance, the PTA sponsored minstrel show, given last week before a full house, will again be presented in the Wakelon auditorium on Tuesday night, No vember 7, at 8:00, Mrs. Jack Mit chell announced yesterday. Proceeds from the minstrel are to be used to provide a public school teacher for the lower grades at Wakelon School. This Is the PTA project for this school year Jones a Democratic candidate for the supreme court. • With election time just around the corner, some of the so-called political experts in Raleigh are 1 predicting that Willis Smith senatorial nominee will be low man on the Democratic ticket. They don’t think he’ll be defeat ed by Republican E. L. Gavin of Sanford, but they do think he’s j receive less votes than any of the ; other Democrats on the State tick et. Meantime, nothing much has been said about the five proposed constitutional amendmqnts. All, of the mare favored by Governor Scott and other State officials, as well as members of the North Car olina congressional delegation. They have been mentioned—some of them briefly at district ral lies. Briefly, they are: 1. To raise pay of members and officers of the general assembly. Practically every member now serves at a loss getting S6OO for the session regardless of how long the session lasts. That won’t even pay their hotel bill for a three month session. Presiding officers of the house and senate get S7OO each. The new amendment would pay legislators sls a day for up to a 90-day regular session and the same amount for up to 25- day special session. It calls for S2O a day for presiding officers. Both Democratic and Republican party leaders favor the increased pay, because it would allow able men who now cannot afford to take the financial loss to serve in the legislature. As Governor Scott says, the pay raise will keep the legislature from becom ing a “rich man’s club.” 2. To allow a person facing a criminal charge to waive indict ment if he is represented by a law yer. Now a man must wait for indictment by a grand jury in a felony case. This would keep him from an extensive stay in jail while waiting for grand jury ac tion. It would not allow waiving of indictment in capital cases, but only in felony cases where the de ■ fendant is represented by a law •; yer. 3. To safeguard the funds of : the Teachers’ and State Employ ees’ Retirement System. This one (Continued on Page 4) N. C., Tuesday, October 31, 1950 Local National Guard Unit Achieves High Attendance Record Attendance was excellent for the local National Guard drill last night, when Battery A returned to sectional training after three weeks of study on the problems of atomic warfare defense. Dur ing the past year Battery A has achieved the best attendance rec ord of any battery in the 113th Field Artillery Battalion. The proposed weekend trip to Ft. Bragg is still tentative because of difficulties in obtaining ammuni tion for the firing. The trip was originally requested for this com ing weekend but has now been indefinitely postponed. WO Clifford Gilliam, adminis trative assistant for the battery, said that openings are still avail able for men who want to enlist in the National Guard. As soon as another six men are recruited, he added, another firing section will be formed opening up many new promotions for the men. The fence which encloses the motor park will be moved as soon as the work can be contracted, Sgt. J. P. Arnold said. The seven vehicles belonging to the battery overcrowd the space presently available. The Town of Zebulon has given permission to extend the fence to the front of the Re corder’s Court room. Capt. Barrie Davis, command ing officer of the unit, said that he is asking the Zebulon Cham ber of Commerce to aid in locat ing a site for a motor vehicles building. Although financed with Federal funds, the lot for the stor age building must be provided by the community and should be large enough to permit the con struction of an armory when funds for this purpose are available. Zebulon Lions Club To Meet Earlier The hour of meeting for the Zeb ulon Lions Club has been chang ed to 7:00 p. m., effective the meeting to be held Thursday night of this week, President Worth Hinton stated yesterday. The Lions meet in the recrea tion room of the Zebulon Metho dist Church. The President said that an interesting program will be presented following the dinner. LIONS AWARDED FOR SERVICE For outstanding work in the Zebulon Lions Club, membership keys were presented to two members of the local organization by the Gov ernor of District 31-E. Governor Wilber Pike of Pikeville is shown congratulating Lion Donald Stallings as he present him a key. Presi dent; Worth Hinton of the local group is stnnrbng at the left aft