THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVI. Number 44.
Bloodshed Boxscore
on North Carolina Highways
Killed February 6 through February 8 6
Injured February 6 through February 8 48
Killed through February 8 this year 104
Killed through February 8, 1950 83
Injured through February 8 this year 1,068
Injured through February 8, 1950 1,010
&& CAPITAL REPORTER
You can expect a conserted ef
fort and considerable pressure to
get Governor Scott to name Bruce
Etheridge of Manteo to the Board
of Conservation and Development
to succeed the late Roy Hampton
of Plymouth.
The conservative forces already
are pushing the “Duke of Dare”,
who resigned as director of the De
partment of Conservation and De
velopment because he and Kerr
Scott didn’t exactly see eye to eye.
Should be right interesting to
watch the parade!.
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Senator Junius Powell of Co
lumbus has been introducing all
kinds of measures aimed at put
ting more stringent restrictions on
the highway laws. They range
from outlawing stock car racing to
putting more severe penalties on
speeding, drunken driving, and the
like to lowering certain speed
limits.
But just because he introduces
them doesn’t mean that he is for
them. You see, he’s chairman of
the Senate Roads Committee. Cus
tom has it that the chairman of
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go palpitation, but not heart disease. II { heart disease, overweight will put an extra
goo already here heart disease, worry can * strain on the heart and blood vessels and
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No special rise in Mood pressure ocean S A few types of heart disease can now tie
with age. It is normal, however, for yonr a cured by drugs ana surgery. Other types
blood pressure to mry with y -e can be controlled by r:-hieing the strain
and emotioi ■ a on the heart.
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this committee introduces Motor
Vehicle Department - sponsored
bills, whether he personally backs
them or not.
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Legislators dodge questions on
senatorial redistricting much in the
same way they would evade such
queries as “have you beaten your
mother-in-law lately.” They feel
like they can’t win, no matter how
they answer.
Most of the districts would lose
by redistricting, and no lawmaker
wants to go on record as favoring
something that would hurt his sec
tion of the State.
Charlotte, Greensboro, et al, will
yell, but it wouldn’t be at all sur
prising if the constitutional re
quirement for redistricting every
10 years is ignored by this ses
sion of the General Assembly.
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The first bill really doing any
thing about reorganization of thd
various state agencies was tossed
in by Senator Tom Sawyer of
Durham, who happens to be the
brother of' Dr. Roma S. Cheek.
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Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, February 13, 1951
First Afternoon Drill
Proves Success; Five
Scheduled Next Month
The first four-hour drill for Bat
tery A, Zebulon National Guard
unit, went off without a hitch
on Saturday afternoon, even
though training was handicapped
by the cold and the change of
scene. Originally scheduled for the
Zebulon Airport, the training was
conducted on Liberty and Syca
more Streets in Zebulon when it
was found that the snow had made
the airport too muddy to use.
Every officer and thirty-six
men were present for the drill,
which was the first of twelve
extra drills authorized for the fis
cal year ending June 30.
Following the drill, the mess
section served chicken barbecue
and coffee. Although the arrival
of the food was delayed, it prov
ed delicious after the afternoon’s
hard work.
Lt Col. Arthur Ball, Regular
Army instructor for the 113th Field
Artillery Battalion, and Lt. Wil
liam Griffin, chief of the Air Sec
tion for the Battalion observed the
drill and aided in the instruction.
During March, five of the after
noon drills are scheduled. These
will prepare the unit for the week
end to be spent at Ft. Gragg in
April, the date finally set for
the service practice.
The promotions announced last
week have had to be rescinded,
Capt. Barrie Davis announced Sat
urday, because the Table of Organ
ization under which the promotions
were made is not yet in effect for
the local battery. The list of pro
motions included men from every
section in the battery.
Regular training was resumed
at the drill last night and will be
continued through this month.
CONSERVATION
NEWS
Roy Walker, member of the vet
erans’ agriculture training class at
Garner High School, has done an
unusually good job in the conser
vation of his cropland by the use
of cover crops, meadows, terrac
ing, contour cultivation, and soil
conserving rotations. He has made
progress in his pasture program
through the use of grasses and
legumes. On some deep sandy land
where orchard grass and Ladino
would not survive, lespedeza ser
icea did the job in growing and
furnishing good grazing during the
hot summer months. His white-fac
ed Herefords seemed to relish it
after they had been grazing it for
a few days.
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F. G. Heath of Raleigh is seed
ing about ten acres for grazing
on a farm north of Raleigh. This
upland is being limed and disced
now. It will be fertilized with 600
to 800 lbs. of 2-12-12 fertilizer.
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Lonnie R. Smith Is
Promoted to Corporal
Lonnie R. Smith, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lennie H. Smith of Route 4,
Zebulon, has recently been pro
moted to Corporal.
He is currently assigned to Com
pany A, 13th Infantry Regiment,
of the famed Bth Infantry Divis
ion, Fort Jackson, South Carolina,
with duty as a cadreman.
Prior to entering the service on
August 25, 1949, at Raleigh, Cor
poral Smith was a farmer.
AF&AM NOTICE
An emergency communi
cation of Zebulon AF&AM
Lodge 609 will be held for
work in the First Degree on
Tuesday night, February 13,
at 7:30. All Masons are in
vited to attend.
Combat Movies Shown
At Legion Meeting Here
Combat films of action of Iwo
Jima, and in the Philippines
brought back grim memories to
members of the Zebulon American
Legion Post at the meeting held
Friday night in the Woman’s Club
building. Commander Ralph Bunn
was in charge of the meeting.
Shown by Sgt. J. P. Arnold, the
films were actions shots taken by
Army and Marine photographers.
The Philippine pictures were cen
tered around the tank-infantry
teams which recaptured the city
from the Japanese.
Frank Massey and Carl Kemp
reported 33 members had paid
their 1951 dues. Plans for a can
vass by Charlie Hawkins, Charles
Creech, Hardin Hinton, and Bar
rie Davis among the veterans in
the community were made.
The Post voted to continue hold
ing the meetings in the Club
House, with a collection being tak
en monthly to defray the rental fee
of $4 per meeting.
Wakelon GrcAip Sings
At Rotary Meeting
Miss Elizabeth Salmon, music
teacher at Wakelon School and
sweetheart of the Zebulon Rotary
Club, presented the girls chorus of
Wakelon to the Rotarians at the
regular meeting of the club last
Friday night.
Under the direction of Miss Sal
mon and accompanied by Miss Ann
Allman, the group sang six num
bers which were roundly applaud
ed by the Rotarians.
Will You Let Us Down?
To the People of Zebulon:
Lately there has been some talk about the conduct of us
teenagers. We are well aware that the places where recreation
is provided do not have a wholesome atmosphere. If more of
the well meaning, though critical, townspeople would visit these
places of recreation they would have a more sympathetic atti
tude toward our predicament. Most of us would welcome a
more suitable place of entertainment. We feel that there are
buildings here in Zebulon in which at least a room could be
provided and equipped for our benefit. Some of the buildings
we have wondered about are the Woman’s Club House, the Ma
sonic Lodge, the old post office, or the large room over the
Wakelon Food Market.
Right now our only r. aans of recreation are these places:
pool rooms, roadhouses, theaters, drive-ins, and parked cars.
The future of Zebulon and our whole nation depends on
the teenagers of today. Do you think we will be well-equipped
citizens and leaders of tomorrow if we are forced to recreate
in such places.
Can you civic organizations think of any more worthy or
essential project than providing a more wholesome place to
spend their leisure time? Gladly will we paint, redecorate, and
co-operate in keeping in order any place we may succeed in ob
taining.
Our future rests in your hands. Will you let us down?
Yours sincerely,
Senior Class
Wakelon High School
Wayne Bobbitt, Pres.
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Cotton Farmers Urged
To Grow 16,000,000
Bales during Next Year
In an effort to minimize ex
pected shortages of cotton and cot
ton goods in coming months, the
Federal government has called
upon farmers to meet an unprece
dented quota of 16,000,000 bales
for The year 1951, according to R.
Vance Brown, cashier for the Zeb
ulon branch of Peoples Bank and
Trust Company. This production
is necessary to meet the demands
of domestic and defense consump
tion, and the Zebulon banker said
that it is important that every ef
fort be made to comply with this
request.
F. D. Finch, proprietor or Wake
lon Gin, stated that the quota set
for Wake County farmers has
been raised to 13,000 acres. Thi«
compares with 30,100 acres given
to Nash County and 28,000 acres
to Edgecombe County.
In order that the quota may be
met, it is necessary that farmers
put into effect an adequate pro
gram for prevention of damage to
cotton by disease and insects. Peo
ples Bank and Trust Company has
pointed out that such a program is
economically sound on the basis of
the current price that cotton is
bringing.
A sound four-point program has
been suggested for cotton farmers
to follow. Listed as important
points are:
1) That farmers select disease
and insect resistant seeds;
2) That soil best suited for the
production of cotton be used;
3) That the use of soil conser
vation methods and insect con
trols recommended by agricul
tural authorities will naturally in
crease the per acre yield; and 4)
That plans be made to take im
mediate delivery on at least a por
tion of the poison and insecticides
to be used during the year.
Both the Wakelon Gin and the
Zebulon Gin have installed mod
ern equipment designed to give
cotton farmers the best sample so
that their cotton crop will bring
the highest price.