THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVI. Number 94.
ELECTRICAL TIPS FOR THE HOME
m If Your Toaster and Coffee Maker Toko Forever to Heat Up ... .
DON'T blame the appliance or
your dealer. Chances
are your wiring is overloaded.
Overloading can cause as much
as 10% voltage drop on a circuit.
When this happens, a toaster will
take 31.5% more time to heat up
and a coffee maker will take 22.5%
more time than when the wiring
is adequate.
gijkiCAPITAL REPORTER
Washington sources report, inci
dentally, that Mr. Cooley got
trapped in some of his fine ma
neuverings. Harold sounded off
at first in favor of beef price roll
backs. Western and midwestern
boys told him to change his tune
or “see what happens to peanuts,
cotton and tobacco.” Cooley sud
denly discovered that beef price
rollbacks were un-American and
evil, but apparently didn’t do as
good an about-face as the boys
Last Rites Are Held
For Mrs. R. Williams
Funeral services were conduct
ed yesterday afternoon at 3:0
from the Rocky Cross Baptist
Church for Mrs. Rose Cone Wil
liams, 75, widow of Oscar Wil
liams, who died at the home of a
daughter, Mrs. Cecil Murray, on
Middlesex, Route 2, Wednesday
after a long illness.
The Rev. A. D. Parrish and the
Rev. Samuel Harris were in
charge of the service. Burial was
in the church cemetery.
Surviving are three daughters,
Mrs. James Pulley, Zebulon; Mrs.
Ernest Whitley and Mrs. Murray,
Middlesex, Route 2; three sons,
Early of Raleigh, Livingston and
Jerome of Route 2, Middlesex; 29
grandchildren, and 14 great-grand
children.
Junior Order Plans State Term
Plans have virtually been com
pleted for the 61st annual session
of the State Council of the Junior
Order of United American Me
chanics which will be held at San
ford, N. C., August 21-23, it was
announced today by Forrest G.
Shearin, State Secretary at Scot
land Neck.
Shearin said that acceptances in
dicated that practically every lo
cal council in the State including
the Wakefield Council will be rep
resented at the meeting and there
should be attendance of 250-to 300
persons.
Preceding the opening of the an
nual session on Tuesday, August
21, at the Wilrik Hotely, the an
nual meeting of the State Board
of Officers will be held on Monday
night, August 20, at 8:30 p. m.
DO install at least two 20-am
pere appliance circuits to
serve cooking appliances in the
kitchen and in the dining room.
When there are enough circuits
of large enough wire, your elec
trical equipment will operate effi
ciently and economically. You will
also be assured of better cooking
results.
wanted. So, now we have the ma
chinery for price ceilings on tobac
co.
Short Rations
It costs Governor Scott some
$62 at Duke Hospital to find out
that he’s got to stand back a lit
tle from the table. He likes to
eat, but his present job keeps him
from getting much exercise, and
he’s getting too hefty to suit the
medicos.
As a result, the governor says,
“Miss Mary (Mrs. Scott) has me
on short rations.”
Special Session?
Governor Scott told a press con
ference the other day that he
might call a special session of the
General Assembly to settle the
question of segregation in our
schools.
Many legal eagles believe the
U. S. Supreme Court will hold
perhaps in a Fall or early Winter
decision that separate schools
may be kept for white and Negro
if the schools are equal.
Department of Education studies
indicate that seventy to eighty mil
lion dollars will have to be spent
on Negro schools in North Caroli
na to bring them up to par with
the white.
A court ruling to equalize or
eliminate segregation would pose a
problem of finding the money
a job only the Legislature could do.
Walter E. Crissman of High Point,
the State Councilor, will preside
over the meeting of the State
Board of Officers and will likewise
preside over the sessions of the
Order.
Highlight of the convention will
come at the banquet session in the
ballroom of the hotel at 7:30 p.
b., on Tuesday, August 21, when
the speaker will be Dr. Clyde A.
Erwin of Raleigh, State Super
intendent of Public Instruction.
The credentials committee will
check in the delegates between 9
that morning and two o’clock that
afternoon, and the officers again
will meet during the morning. An
important session of the Board of
Trustees of the Junior Order Chil
dren’s Home at Lexington will be
held at 10 o’clock Tuesday morn
ing.
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, August 10, 1951
Increase of Rents
Method Now Set
For Public by OPS
Here’s what will happen under
the 20 per cent rent increase pro
vision of the new rent law.
Landlords who are eligible for
the rent increase must file a sworn
application with the rent office at
303 Capital Club Building, Ray
eigh, North Carolina.
Application forms may be ob
: tained at the rent office.
In any case where the present
maximum rent is less than 120 per
cent of the June 30, 1947 rent plus
I adjustments for improvements
and services, the landlord is eli
| gible for the rent increases, ac
cording to R. B. Lewis, Area Rent
Director. Here are some typical
cases showing landlords who are
eligible and those who are not:
1. The landlord’s rent on June
30, 1947 was $50.00 per month, and
he has received no increase since
that date. He may now obtain an
additional S2O per cent to $60.00.
2. The landlord’s rent on June
30, 1P47 was $50.00. Since that date
he has received an increase in rent
to $57.50 under a “voluntary
lease’’ which was authorized by
Congress in 1947 and 1948. In this
case the landlord may obtain a
rent increase to $60.00, which is
20 per cent more than the $50.00
rent in effect before the lease.
Increase Allowed
3. The landlord’s rent on June
30, 1947 was $50.00. Since that
date he has received an increase
in rent to $55.00 because of $5.00
increase was necessary to compen
sate him for increased costs. In
this case the landloard may obtain
a rent increase to $60.00, which is
20 per cent more than the $50.00
rent in effect before the increased
cost adjustment took place.
4. The landlord’s rent on June
30, 1947 was $50.00, and he has
since received a SIO.OO increase
such as a garage, modern bath
because of a major improvement
room, sleeping porch, etc., or an
increase in services such as utili
ties, heat, etc. He may now obtain’
an additional 20 per cent on his
present rent of $60.00, for a total
new rent of $72.00.
5. The landlord’s rent on June
30, 1947 was $50.00. Since that
date the rent has been increased
to $60.00 because the $50.00 rent
was less than that brought for
comparable dwelling units. Since
the SIO.OO increase was not for
an improvement or an increase in
services, the landlord cannot ob
-20 per cent provision because he
tain a further increase under the
is already receiving 120 per cent of
the original $50.00 rent.
Another Example
6. The landlord’s rent on Junej
30, 1947 was $50.00. Since that
date the landlord has been per
mitted to charge an additional
$5.00 whenever he rents to a
number of persons that is greater
than normally occupied this kind
of dwelling unit. In this case the
landlord is eligible for a rent of
$60.00 for normal occupancy (120
per cent of $50.00), and $65.00 for
additional occupancy.
In any case where the present
maximum rent is already more
than 120 per cent of the June 30,
1947 rent plus adjustments for im
provements and services, the pres
ent maximum rent continues with
out change.
In any case where there has
been a decrease in services or
equipment such as cutting off util
ities, such as decreases must be
shown in the application and are
offsets against the 20 per cent in
crease.
Vic Vet fays
r IFYOURE RETURNING-TO 1
ACTIVE SERVICE WITH G1
INSURANCE IN FORCE,YOUR
MILITARY INSURANCE OFFICER
OR V-A WILL BE GLAD TO
TELL YOU NOW TO KEEP
YOUR POLICY IN FORCE
ATA SAVING UNDER THE
Abernathy, Other
Rites Are Held
Clatie Hubert Abernathy, 42, son
of the late Susan Collins and Ju
lius Abernathy of Nashville, died
Tuesday night in a Rocky Mount
hospitay after a brief illness. He
was a member of the Nashville
Methodist Church, the Morning
Star Lodge, 85, a York Rite Ma
son, a Shriner and a member of
the Sudan Temple.
Surviving are his wife, the for
mer Pattie Rue Denton of Zebu
lon; two daughters, Susan and
Catherine of the home; stepmoth
er, Mrs. Julius Abernathq of Nash
ville; three sisters, Mrs. L. E.
Belch, Castalia, Mrs. Sidney
Boone, Rocky Mount, Sara Aber
nathy, Nashville; five brothers,
Edward, Julius, Alfred and John,
all of Nashville, Charles of Rocky
Mount.
Services Held Yesterday
Funeral rites were conducted
from the Nashville Methodist
Church Thursday at 4 p. m. by
the Rev. L. A. Watts. Burial was in
the Forest Hills Cemetery with
Masonic graveside rites.
Capt. Russell Mitchell
Funeral services were held
Wednesday in Henderson Wednes
day for Capt. Russell Y. Mitchell
who was killed last August 13, in
Korea. Burial was in Louisburg.
Capt. Mitchell was a nephew of
Mrs. Mallie Debnam and a bro
ther-in-law of Mrs. Sidney Holmes.
He attended school at Wakelon.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Nancy Mitchell and three daugh
ters, Darleen, 15, Karen, 5, and
Donna, 3.
Neuse Soil Conservation Notes
Eugene R. Wall of the Bethle
hem Church Community on the
Poole Road is planning to sow an
alfalfa and orchard grass meadow
this fall. Lime, fertilizer and seed
will be applied as recommended.
Mr. Wall has some plants of to
bacco affected with black shank.
He is now planning a rotation that
will have tobacco on the same land
one year out of three. The other
two years will be (1) small grain
(lespedeza) followed by (2) corn,
and then back to tobacco. He is
of the opinion that one cannot
take chances with planting tobac
co on diseased land. It seems that
rotation is the best answer to
black shank as the resistant va
rieties are not standing up as well
as expected.
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H. B. Womble, north of Raleigh
on 15A, says that corn is too ex-
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Recorder's Court
| Has Larceny Case,
Traffic Violations
Appeals were taken in two cases
1 resulting from the robberies re
i cently at Philip Olive’s Store in
Wakefield. Ronnie Richards and
Lloyd Creech both appealed the
sentences imposed by Judge Irby
D. Gill and were bound over to the
; Superior Court.
Non-suit was taken in breaking
and entering charges against them,
but both were given six months
i suspended upon payment of sls
fine and costs and a period of pro
bation when they were found guil
ty of receiving stolen goods know
-1 ing them to be stolen.
Richards was placed on proba
tion for 39 months and Creech for
21 months, the time remaining be
fore their 21st birthdays.
In cases against Wade Bolton,
Gerald Wayne Perry, and B. J.
Pully, all charged with being in
volved in the same series of rob
beries, judgment was held open
until August 27, 1951.
Ottis L. Davenport, 30-year-old
white man of Toledo, Ohio, was
found guilty of drunken driving
and sentences to six months sus
pended upon payment of S2OO fine
and costs. This was a second of
fence for Davenport. Previously
he had lost his North Carolina li
cense upon a DD conviction.
Edward Ray Vernon, 23, of Ral
eigh, was found guilty of drunken
driving and sentenced to three
months, suspended upon payment
of SIOO fine and costs.
Ernest Ragland, colored, of Ral
eigh was found guilty of being
publicly drunk on the North Caro
lina Highways and in the town of
Zebulon and sentenced to 30 days
suspended upon payment of SSO
fine and costs.
Bruce Wilder, 38-year-old col
ored man, charged with posses
sion of non-tax-paid liquor for the
purpose of sale, was found guilty
and sentenced to one year sus
pended upon payment of S2OO fine
and costs. Appeal was taken
Serving in Korea
Edward E. Stallings, storekeep
er, first class, USN, of Route 2,
Zebulon, is serving aboard the Mil
itary Sea Transportation Service
Ship USS Thomas Jefferson.
Stallings, a graduate of Wakelon
High School, entered the Naval
service in February, 1944.
The Thomas Jefferson is trans
porting combat troops from the
West Coast to Korea.
pensive to grow when one can sow
oats and wheat. The planting and
harvesting is done with machinery
thereby reducing the expensive la
bor in cultivating and harvesting
corn. The season during the win
ter and spring usually is not as
critical as the summer months so
one is surer of a good crop of small
grain than corn. In addition, one
can follow small grain with lespe
deza which reduces erosion and af
fords some good hay.
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W. B. Franks of the Swift
Creek Community has recently
constructed a dam for impounding
water with which to irrigate his
pastures on the south side of his
home.
H. M. Olive of New Hill is rais
ing two dams for impounding ad
ditional water in his pastures for
irrigation.