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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXVI. Number 50. Bloodshed Boxscore on North Carolina Highways Killed March 2 through March 5 25 Injured March 2 through March 5 207 Killed through March 5 this year 1?0 Killed through March 5, 1950 151 Injured through March 5 this year 1,962 Injured through March 5, 1950 1,863 REPORTER One of the most interesting ques tions before the,Legislature is one that now is in the hands o£ the Joint Finance Committee. And that is: Is farm machinery manu facturing equipment? Farm machinery now comes un der the three percent sales tax. Manufacturing equipment, such as textile machinery, does not, but is charged the wholesale tax of one twentieth of one percent. Rep. B. I. Satterfield of Person and Rep. John Umstead of Orange last week sponsored amendments raising the wholesale tax. Satter field’s would boost it to one-tenth of one percent, while Umstead’s would raise it to one-fifth of one percent. But both would classify farm machinery as “manufactur ing equipment,’’ and shift it from the three percent tax bracket to the lesser wholesale tax charge. If the General Assembly fol lows its general attitude of “no new taxes” the proposed raises in the wholesale tax will be defeated. But there is a strong possibility that the agricultural counties’ rep resentatives will rally behind the proposal to shift farm machinery Baptist Youth Choirs To Sing at Services The youth choirs of the Zebulon Baptist Church will present a ser vice of worship through music at the regular evening services Sun day at seven-thirty. The Girls Choir and the Junior Choir will present a study of five great hymns of the church. The sermon theme for the morn ing worship service at eleven o’- clock wil be “Jesus the Redeemer.” Miss Elizabeth Salmon will sing “He Was Alone” by Paxson and Miss Anne Allman wil sing “O Divine Redeemer” by Gounod. The Junior Board of Deacons will meet after the evening ser vice. Lions Clulr to Sponsor Paper Drive; Collection to Be Made Every Week Scrap paper, magazines, and cardboard boxes will be collect ed every week by members of the Zebulon Lions Club, Lion Frank Wall said yesterday, and the proceeds realized from the sale of the scrap will be used to help in projects for community betterment. Trucks will canvass the entire community surrounding Zebulon on Monday nights. The Zebulon Woman’s Club, which earlier this week announced plans for a similar paper collec tion in Zebulon, yesterday cancell ed these plans to avoid any con flict with the Lions scrap collec tion. into the lower tax bracket. Rep. Satterfield claims that farm machinery is used “in the manufacture of food” and is just as much manufacturing equipment as textile machinery. “Textile ma chinery manufactures what goes on the outside of a person,” he says, “while farm machinery is used to manufacture the food that goes on the inside of that same person. And this is just as important, if not more so, than the manufac ture of textiles.” He has a good arguing point, but you can bet that he will find op position .from the textile industry and the urban centers, who more than likely will label the proposed amendments as “just another grab by the farmers.” If this reclassification of farm machinery can be effected, with it being placed in the lower tax bracket, the action would have a direct effect on another proposed revenue act amendment. This is the one—sponsored by Umstead, Rep. Tom Allen of Granville and Rep. Alonzo Edwards of Greene— to raise the sales tax limit on sale of a single article from sls to S3O. Much of the opposition to such a boost comes from the farmers, who don’t relish paying higher tax es on their farm machinery and equipment. If this change to manufacturing equipment and the lower wholesale tax goes through, however, it would automatically eliminate that opposition. Thus, by passage of either the Satterfield or Umstead amend ment, the Joint Finance Commit tee would wipe out a big part of the opposition to raising the sales tax limit. 333,000 Chicks Some 333,000 chicks were plac ed with broiler producers in the Chatham-Wilkes area during the week ending January 6. Members of the Lions Club will meet at 7 o’clock every Monday night at Little River Ice Company, where zones will be assigned. The trucks will work Zebulon, Pilot, Middlesex, Wakefield, Hopkins, and Pearces. A public address system mount ed on an automobile will be used late Monday to remind residents of the paper collection. Those with scrap paper, maga zines, or boxes which can be giv en to the Lions are asked ,to stack it on their front porches. In case any paper is missed on Monday night, a member of the Lions Club should be notified so that the pa per can be picked up. Zebulon, N. C., Friday, March 9, 1951 Cotton Problems to Be Discussed at Meeting Os Zebulon Farm Bureau The Zebulon Farm Bureau will discuss the problems facing the cotton farmers at the meeting to be held Monday night in the Wakelon auditorium, with two prominent guest speakers to ad dress the assembly. In addition to the cotton situation, a report will be made on the State Farm Bureau Convention held at Ashe ville. County agent Grady Miller and a cotton specialist from N. C. State College will talk on cotton farming, said Robert Ed Horton, president of the Zebulon Bureau. J. Raleigh Alford will bring a report of the State Convention at Asheville. A special program on interior decorating will be conducted for the ladies in Miss Palmer’s Home Economics building. The local Farm Bureau sent a delegation to attend the Negro State Farm Bureau Convention being held at Greensboro A. & T. College today. Included in the delegation are Philmore Dunn, "ecen Jones, Grant Jones, and three others. e- retary of Agriculture L. Y. Ba ’er.tine, R. Flake Shaw, and State Farm Bureau President P. N. Taylor will address the conven tion. Wolfpack Supporters Plan New York Trip Ardent Wolfpack boosters Ed Ellington and Robt. Ed Horton are following their favorites to New York City for the National Invi tational Tournament. If State wins its Tuesday night contest, the pair will remain in New York to see the remainder of the tournament (and other in teresting sights). They plan to leave by train early Tuesday morn ing. Evangelistic Crusade Sponsored by Baptists Special services will be held each evening at the Baptist Church during the week of March 25 in cooperation with* the Southern Baptist Simultaneous Evangelistic Crusade. Preachers for the week include Dr. J. Allen Easley, head of the Department of Religion at Wake Forest College; Dr. Carlyle Camp bell, President of Meredith Col lege; Dr. Frederick West, pastor of Hillyn Memorial Christian Church and professor at Atlantic Christian College, Dr. A. C. Reid, professor of philosophy at Wake Forest College; Dr. E. McNeill Po teat, pastor of Pullen Memorial Baptist Church at Raleigh; and Dr. George J. Griffin, professor of re ligion at Wake Forest College. Services will be held at eight o’clock each evening. NOTE TO LIONS The Zebulon Lions Club will be guests for the morn ing worship service at the Zebulon Methodist Church Sunday. All Lions are asked to sit in a body. The Lion esses also plan to attend. Community Safety Meeting to Be Held Tonight in School Auditorium Shocked by the heart-breaking collision last Thursday night which took the lives of seven people, five of them students at the Wendell High School, citizens of the Wakelon School community will gather together this evening at 8 o’clock in the Wakelon audi torium to discuss safety with teenagers and seek some answer to the POSTPONED The meeting of the Zebu lon American Legion sched uled for tonight has been postponed to Friday night, March 16, to avoid conflict with the safety meeting at Wakelon School, Command er Ralph Bunn said yester day. He urged all Legion naires to attend the assembly at Wakelon at 8 o’clock this evening. Demonstration Group Meets at Wakefield The Wakefield Home Demon stration Club held its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday of last week. After a business session presid ed over by the president, Mrs. Vera Rhodes, Mrs. Harold Greene gave a book report. Miss Hurst from the State office led an interesting dis cussion on nutrition and diets. It was of special interest to those who wish to gain or lost weight without injury to health. Local Woman's Club Cancels Paper Drive The Woman’s Club is canceling its paper drive announced for March 24 in favor of the Lions Club. The Woman’s Club wishes to cooperate in any project whereby the community will benefit. With the understanding that the money derived from a paper drive is to be used for playground equipment, we willingly concede and offer our help and cooperation. Gladys Hinton, President Zebulon Woman’s Club In Hospital Richard Scarboro is a patient in the Veterans’ Hospital, Fay etteville, suffering with kidney trouble. He was admitted at the hospital March 2. His address is: Veterans’ Hospital, Ward 1-A, Room 142, Fayetteville. Anniversary of Edison's Invention Os First Telephone to Be Saturday Saturday, March 10 will be the 75th birthday of one of the great est inventions of all time the telephone. Alexander Graham Bell ob tained a patent on his telephone while it was carrying only scatter ed words and not quite intelligi ble speech. One evening a week after the patent was issued, he made ready to try a new trans mitter. As he completed the con nection, he upset a jar of battery acid. “Mr. Watson!” he exclaim ed. “Come here, I want you!” In a moment, Thomas A. Wat son burst into the room on the third floor of a boarding house at 5 Exeter Place, Boston shout ing, “Mr. Bell, I heard every word you said, distinctly!” Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers problems brought to a head by the tragic wreck. Meetings of the American Legion and other clubs have been cancelled to make way for tonight’s special event. The Rev. Carlton Mitchell, pas tor of the Zebulon Baptist Church and chairman of the Community Council, will supervise the meet ing, introducing the speakers and leading the forum discussion. Ministers, high school students, and townspeople all are scheduled to speak, according to Ed Elling ton, Wakelon agriculture teacher who is assisting with plans for the gathering. Others on the plan ning committee include Worth Hinton, president of the Lions Club; Wilbur Debnam, the Rev. Kermit Combs, pastor of the Wakefield Baptist Church; Gilbert Beck; and Mrs. Gladys Hinton, representing the Woman’s Club. Ralph Bunn, commander of the Zebulon American Legion Post, immediately called off the sched uled meeting of the Legionnaires when he learned of the assembly this evening. He urge‘d all Legion naires to be present at the school, stating that the safety meeting is more important than anything which might be brought up in the Legion meeting. Publicity has been given the meeting through students, who have been urged to make sure their parents are present. A full auditorium is expected. During the evening, heads of community organizations will be given an opportunity to speak; and with Carlton Mitchell as mode rator, a forum discussion will fol low. In addition to the problems of highway safety, the parallel prob lem of recreation will be consider (Continued on Page 8) Zebulon Girl Listed On W. C. Honor Roll The Dean’s List, naming 335 students who made superior aca demic records during the past se mester, has been released by the registrar’s office of Woman’s Col lege of U. N. C. at Greensboro. Included in the list is Nancy Whitley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Whitley of Zebulon. The incident took place March 10, 1876, over the only telephone line in the world. But when March 10, 1851, rolls around, more than 35 million Bell telephones will be carrying an average of 140 million two-way conversations a day, with calls being made not only from homes and offices, but from auto mobiles, railroad cars, locomotives, yachts, harbor craft, ships at sea and airplanes. Telephones operat ed by independent companies in crease the total in America to 43,000,000 and build the calling rate up to about 170,000,000 con versations a day. C. L. Gentry, manager for the Company said there is a total of 645 telephones in service in Zebu (Continued on Page 8)
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