THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVI. Number 63.
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if you apply the new furniture polish available at local furniture and
hardware stores. This polish contains silicone, which leaves a pro
tective coating on the woodwork. Hot coffee, tea or milk as well
as the children’s sticky fingerprints, can easily be removed after this
amazing polish, available in Zebulon, has been applied.
REPORTER
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The abrupt eleventh-hour dis
missal of Gurney P. Hood as state
commissioner of banks and the ap
pointment* of Woodrow W. Jones
as his successor has caused almost
as much yammering on a state
level, of course as the MacAr
thur wrangle.
Hood, who has done a good job
for 20 years, says he heard about
his replacement via radio as he
was driving to see a sick friend.
“The first I knew about it,” he
said, “was when I heard the radio
announcer say that the Senate had
just confirmed W. W. Jones as
commissioner of banks, replacing
me.”
Hood said he had received no
word from Governor Scott or his
office that he was to be put out
to pasture.
That aroused a storm of criti
cism from foe and friend of the
governor.
There was almost unanimous
opinion that Hood should have
been given the common courtesy
of notification that he was
through.
And it brought out two ques
tions both of which have not been
and are not likely to be ans
wered officially. These questions
are:
1. Why was Gurney Hood left
out?
2. Why wasn’t he at least told
goodbye?
Bloodshed Boxscore
on North Carolina Highways
Killed April 3 through April 5 - 4
Injured April 3 through April 5 97
Killed through April 5, this year - - 234
Killed through April 5, 1950 - 234
Injured through April 5 this year 3,029
Injured through April 5, 1950 2,779
The answer to question number
one is rather involved. Hood
backers claim tha Kerr Scott still
has not forgotti n that the ex
banks commissioner supported
Charlie Johnson f( r governor and
that that is the reason for his dis
missal. They claim that since
Scott’s election Hood has gone
down the line for the governor,
backing the schools roads bond is
sues, backing Frank Graham for
senator, and generally backing his
boss all the way— even incurring
the enmity of his old conservative
friends by so doing
Scott supporter;, who were
pleased with Hood's campaigning
on behalf of Better Schools and
Roads, infer that Hood’s apparent
up-to-the-hilt support of Scott
has not been all tnat it seemed.
They claim that Hood has been
giving lip-service to the Scott ad
ministration, but hat his heart
(Continued on Page 4)
Smith Is Promoted
Lonnie R. Smith, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lonnie H. Smith of Route
No. 4, Zebulcn, has been promoted
to the grade of Corporal. Corporal
Zebulon is currently assigned as a
Cadreman training troops of Com
pany “A” 13th Infantry Regiment
of the Bth Infantry (Golden Ar
row) Division at Fort Jackson,
South Carolina.
Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, April 24, 1951
Recreation Group
Hires Appenzeller
For Summer Term
Herbert Appenzeller, popular
coach at Wakelon School, was
named Director of the summer
recreation program for Zebulon by
the Zebulon Recreation Commis
sion at a call meeting held in the
Carolina Power and Light Com
pany office Friday night.
Miss Elizabeth Salmon was
named part-time director to as
sistant Appenzeller. Miss Salmon
'will serve for eight weeks and Mr.
Appenzeller for ten weeks.
Last year Lee Rhodes became
the first recreation director for the
community and the program un
der his direction was an outstand
ing success.
The Recreation Commission vot
ed to hire Miss Salmon and Ap
penzeller after it approved a re
port made by Mrs. Eva Page, the
Rev. Carlton Mitchell, and Ralph
Bunn recommending the two
names. The vote was unanimous.
The recreation director will be
paid S4O per week, and Miss Sal
mon, as part-time assistant, will
receive $17.50 per week.
Appenzeller will serve as com
missioner of the softball leagues
and will decide questions aris
ing during play which cannot be
resolved by the umpires. He will
draw up schedules for all leagues
and plan the tournament.
The program will provide rec
reation for every age, and plans
call for full use to be made of
the Wakelon gymnasium for
square dances and other activities.
The Recreation Commission
plans to purchase additional light
ing equipment so that the Wake
lon playground may be enlarged
to include horseshoes, badminton
and other games at night.
The members of the Commission
agreed to discuss plans for a Com
munity Building at the next meet
ing, including problems of financ
ing such a building and possible
sites 'in this community for the
structure.
Parents Invited to See
Teen-Agers at Parties
The Woman’s Club cordially in
vites parents of “teen-agers” to
visit the group this Saturday or
any Saturday evening. The Club
solicits the help of the parents in
making this program a success.
Chaperones are needed every
week and parents may volunteer
and be given a place in the sched
ule by calling Mrs. A. S. Hinton
or Mrs. Joe Wood, presidents of
the Senior and Junior Clubs re
spectively. New equipment also
would be gratefully received and
would add to the variety of the
program.
The Club wishes to call atten
tion to the plan of registering.
Each “teen-ager” is asked to reg
ister when he or she enters the
building. Everybody is invited to
stay as long as the party lasts or
until he or she must leave. On
leaving the building, the boy or
girl must sign out and is asked
not to return at any time later that
evening. Thus the Club feels it
can best discharge 4ts responsibil
ity of chaperoning the group.
BOBBY GILL BETTER
Bobby Gill, son of the J. W.
Gills, who was critically ill all
last week,is thought to be consid
erably improved at present. He is
in Rex Hospital.
CANDIDATE
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J. C. Debnam, Zebulon business
man, who has announced his can
didacy for one of the five places
on the municipal Board of Com
missioners to be filled at the elec
tion on Tuesday, May 8.
Cotton Farmers Advised
Os Fertilizer Mixtures
For Various Type Soils
Fertilizing and sidedressing cot
ton properly will help North Caro
lina farmers increase their per
acre yields of lint, says J. A.
Shanklin, extension cotton special
ist at State College.
Shanklin says the amount and
kind of fertilizer applied at plant
ing should be determined by the
crop rotation and soil conditions.
If a soil test has not been made,
the following may be used as a
guide:
In rotation with non-legume
crops, cotton should receive 500-
700 pounds of 5-10-5 or 4-10-6 in
the Coastal Plain and 600-800
pounds of 4-"l2-4 in the Piedmont.
In rotation with legumes for hay,
peanuts, or on potash-deficient
soils, the recommended rate is 500-
700 pounds of 5-10-10 in the Coas
tal Plain and 600-800 pounds of
4-12-8 or 5-10-10 in the Piedmont.
In rotation with legumes for seed
or turned, or on soils of high or
ganic matter, 500-700 pounds of
3-9-9 will be needed in the Coas
tal Plain and 600-800 pounds of
3-12-6 in the Piedmont.
Fertilizer should be applied by
the side-placement method.
60 Pounds of Nitrogen
The fertilizer at planting plus
side dressing should supply about
60 pounds of actual nitrogen for
average soils. The most economi
cal combination of materials
should be selected. For example,
600 pounds of 4-10-6 gives 24
pounds of nitrogen, leaving a bal
ance of 36 pounds of nitrogen to be
supplied. This may be obtained
from 85 pounds uramon, 110
pounds ammonium nitrate, 180
pounds Cal-Nitro or ANL, or 225
pounds nitrate of soda.
Side dressing should be increas
ed on very sandy soils and reduc
ed or omitted on dark soils or
soils where the crop follows le
gumes.
MINSTREL
The “Lazy Moon Min
strel” will be presented
Thursday night, April 26,
at 8 o’clock in the Corinth-
Holder School Auditorium.
The minstrel, first present
ed for the benefit of the
Wakelon PTA, will be
sponsored by the Corinth
Baptist Church.
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Soli Conservation
Work Continued
In Wake County
G. L. Winchester
Dwight Bryan is constructing
meadows and terraces on the farm
of Dr. Buffaloe of Garner. The
land preparation required more
time than constructing meadow
and the terraces. The old terraces
were long some over 1-4 mile
over hill and through “draws.”
This farm was terraced but had
conserved very little soil. Ter
racing alone is not the answer to
our conservation problems. Ter
racing must be reinforced with
soil conserving rotations many
times, arranged in strips, contour
cultivation, and meadows, if we
are to expect good to high yields
over a long period of time.
Saves Soil and Water
M. W. Mitchell of Fuquay
Springs believes in the conserva
tion of soil and water. Following
the making of a soil conserva
tion district plan he has sown
seven acres of lespedeza sericea to
conserve and improve the land be
sides being able to harvest some
hay for work stock and the other
livestock on the farm. Topsoil has
been removed for surfacing the
road through his farm. Terrac
ing, constructing of meadows, con
tour cultivation, and the use of
crotalaria along with other le
gumes in a conservation rotation
should cause his farm land to pro
duce good to high yields over a
long period of time.
Constructing Terraces
Many farmers are constructing
terraces on sloping land this
spring. The majority of them will
practice contour cultivation. As
technicians of the Soil Conserva
tion Service we have come to the
conclusion that row arrangement
on our crop land, and especially
our tobacco, if of possibly more
importance than terracing itself.
Row arrangement is contour cul
tivation with some variation to
take care of irregularities in the
slope of the land so each row will
carry its own water the water
to flow off slowly so as to carry
a minimum of water and soil from
the field. Contour cultivation,
running the rows around or
across the slope, pays off in con
serving soil and water and in
many instances will give an in
crease of from 5 percent to 25 per
cent in crop yields.
Debnam Announces
Candidacy for Board
J. C. Debnam, Zebulon business
man who has been with Little
River Ice Company for 21 years,
announced his candidacy for the
local Board of Commissioners last
week, subject to the municipal
election on May 8.
Mr. Debnam, manager of the
local ice, coal and oil company
for the past 14 years, stated that
he would work a better town and
solicited the support of his many
friends here.
“If elected to serve as one of
Zebulon’s five commissioners,” he
said yesterday, “I promise to work
with the Mayor and other mem
bers of the Board for a better
town and community through
sound, progressive government. I
will support all measures which I
believe to be in the best interests
of the citizenry. I will appreciate
the active support of my friends
and neighbors in Zebulon.”