THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVI. Number 16
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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.
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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
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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<T
receiving his key.
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VETERANS ADMINISTRATION offic*
Local Men on Active
Duty with AH Branches
Os U. S. Armed Forces
Harry H. Partridge, seaman,
USN. of Zebulon, N. C., is schedul
ed to be graduated November 3
from the U. S. Naval Journalist
School, Naval Training Center,
Great Lakes, 111.
Qualified as a Naval corre
spondent capable of duty in the
public relations field, he is a
member of the 10th class to be
graduated from the school. The
school’s curriculum includes such
subjects as newspaper journalism,
photography, news layout and
makeup, radio and wire recording,
and Naval history.
Pfc. Lonnie Poole. Jr., is now
stationed with the Marines in Ar
lington, Va., after spending a 10-
day furlough with his parents in
Wakefield. Before his visit home,
he was stationed at the Paris Is
and Marine Base in South Caro
lina.
His address is: Pfc. Lonnie
Poole, Jr., Co. HNS, Headquarters
Platoon, HQN Henderson Hall, Ar
lington, Virginia.
Elmo Finch ind Sprite Parrish
were members of the group of
men who left Raleigh last Tues
day for Ft. Jackson, S. C.. where
they w ill undergo basic training
with the army
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Wakelon Bulldogs Lose
To Garner Friday, 12-0;
Meet Apex This Week
The Wakelon Bulldogs suffered
their second defeat of the season
Friday night when a hard-run
ning and hard-charging Garner
eleven took a 12-0 victory under
the lights of the Wakelon ath
letic field. Coach Herb Appen
zeller’s team was unable to get
its passing attack in working or
der, and, except for a prolonged
second - quarter drive, the Garner
line stopped the Wakelon running.
A pair of fierce-running backs
sparked Garner to victory. Hunt
broke through tackle in the sec
ond period, ran through the line
backers, and outran the secondary
the remaining 40 yards to the goal
giving Garner a 6-0 lead.
In the third period Poole cli
maxed a long Garner drive with
a 4-yard run around end for the
touchdown. Reuben McSwain
blocked the kick for extra point,
and Garner led 12-0.
The play of tackle Pete Combs
for Wakelon was excellent. Forc
ed to leave the field twice because
of injuries, Pete promptly returned
each time to help stem the Garner
attack. George Massey proved a
demon on offense and defense.
His blocking was good and his
defensive work in backing the
sagging Wakelon line was super
ior.
Both the Wakelon line and
backfield were outweighed by the
visitors. The Bulldog attack suf
fered from lack of a line-bucking
runner, and the ends were unable
to break into the open.
On Friday night, November 3,
Apex will play on the Wakelon
gridiron in the last home game for
the Bulldogs. Kickoff will be at
8:00.
Frank Coiner Speaks
To Zebulon Rotary
On International Law
Frank Coiner, who graduates
from the Wake Forest College
school of law at the end of this
school year, gave an interesting
discussion on international law at
the regular meeting of the Zebu
lon Rotary Club held in the Wo
man’s Club building last Friday
night.
The speaker demonstrated a
comprehensive knowledge and
strong beliefs on the problems that
face the peoples of the world in
their search for collective secur
ity.
Frank said that the countries of
the world are building into “su
per-states” lined up under two op
nosite philosophies. He said that
the present struggle between com
munism and the free world will
never end in compromise but only
in defeat for one or the other.
In his talk, he gave the back
ground for international law,
omparing it with the law and the
courts which govern the people of
this country.
Phil Whitley of the Wendell
Rotary Club was a guest for the
program. . . .
Halloween Carnival
for Tonight
The annual Wakelon School
Halloween Carnival will be held
tonight beginning at 7:30 when a
show will be given in the school
auditorium.
Following the auditorium show,
the remainder of the program will
be held in the school gymnasium.
The feature of the carnival will be
the crowning of Ihe Wakelon beau
ty queen.