HUGE 1951 TOBACCO CROP BEGINS MOVEMENT TO EASTERN MARKETS ON TUESDAY
THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVI. Number 96.
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RALEIGH. Disinterested po
litical observers if there be any
must be having a fine time
watching the goings on in North
Carolina these days.
First of all, Capus Waynick came
back home and pulled some fancy
footwork. The ambassador to Co
lombia watched a story reach
print quoting a “reliable source”
to the effect that he would run
“if conditions didn’t change.” They
change every day. Then he told
Raleigh reporters he would an
nounce his decision either to run
or not to run come the first week
of September.
There are those who don’t be
lieve Waynick will run. if his fac
tion of the Democratic party
loosely defined as the liberal group
can pick a candidate with a
better than even chance of win
ning. If such a man is not found,
these friends say, Capus will car
ry the banner.
Whatever his decision, Capus
played his cards close to his vest
and the conservative faction still
doesn’t know who its main op
ponent will be.
These same conservatives seem
to be undecided among themselves.
Some are going along with avowed
candidate Bill Umstaed. Others
would like to see Brandon Hodges
in the race. Others still are look
1950 CENSUS FIGURES REVEAL
MANY TAR HEELS ON THE FARM
North Carolina may now have
the largest farm population of any
state, says C. H. Hamilton, head of
the Rural Sociology Department
at State College.
Hamilton bases his statement on
data gathered during the 1950 cen
sus. The preliminary figures, al
ready released by the U. S. Bu
reau of the Census, show the Tar
Heel State with a farm population
of 1,376,164. Although this is
down considerably from the 1,656,-
501 reported in 1940, Hamilton ex
plains that farm population has
declined rapidly in all regions
during the past decade and ap
parently other leading farm states
have declined even more than
North Carolina.
The 1940 census showed Texas
leading with a farm population of
2,149,817. But Texas took a whop
ping 40 per cent loss in farm pop
ulation during the past 10 years,
and shows a total of only 1,307,000
for 1950.
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ing for a candidate.
The real truth of the matter is
that they don’t care who their con
servative candidate is so long as
he wins. The conservative fac
tion was in power so long that the
boys figured they wouldn’t have
to do much to win. That proved
false, and rough and ready cam
paigner Kerr Scott was elected as
a result.
They woke up and the bitter
Graham-Smith fight resulted in
their winning by methods many of
them would like to forget. But
they feel that they must back the
winner in the upcoming guberna
torial campaign in order to hang
on to the control of the Legisla
ture, as well as senatorial seat in
the future campaigns.
Despite all the arguments over
political philosophy, the fight is
between the “ins” and the “outs”.
The “outs” were the “ins” for
many years, and were used to
living high on the pork barrel.
They find their present situation
distasteful, to say the least.
All of which may explain the
sudden “draft Preacher Casper
Warren” movement. Dr. Casper
Warren of Charlotte, ex-president
of the State Baptist Convention
and pastor of the First Baptist
Church of Charlotte, was ap
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Although totals for all other
states are not yet in, Hamilton
says none is likely to exceed North
Carolina, which was second in
1940. Missippi, Georgia, Alabama
and Tennessee followed in that or
der in 1940, and all have under
gone sizeable reductions in farm
population.
Hamilton cites another inter
esting fact about North Carolina’s
preliminary census returns. It
seems that state boosters who talk
about North Carolina’s balance of
industry and agriculture are not
far from the facts.
The 1950 census shows that
North Carolina’s population is di
vided almost equally among the
three main residence areas “ur
ban,” “rural nonfarm” and “rural
farm.” The 1950 urban popula
tion was 1,368,101 or 33.7 per cent
of the total; the rural nonfarm,
1,317,164 or 32.4 per cent; and the
rural farm, 1,376,664 or 33.9 per
cent. '
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, August 17, 1951
Birth of Virginia
Dare to Be Noted
At Manteo Show
MANTEO.—Virginia Dare, first
child of English parentage, was
born on Roanoke Island in the
New World on August 18 1587.
On Saturday, August 18, 1951, the
famous baby of 364 years ago will
be honored by Paul Green’s sym
phonic drama The Lost Colony,
which tells the tragic story of
England’s attempts, under the
leadership of Sir Walter Raliegh,
to found a new nation in the land
that was to become North Caro
lina.
The events scheduled for Sat
urday of this week at Fort Raleigh
and Waterside Theatre will be one
of the outstanding birthday par
ties celebrated for Virginia Dare.
But the date is always a signi
ficant one on Roanoke Island.
Back in 1937, premiere year for
The Lost Colony, the distinguished
guest of honor was the late Frank
lin Delano Roosevelt, president of
the United States. The spot from
which he witnessed the 23rd per
formance of the drama which has
lived longer than any other out
door production in America is to
day a hallowed spot in Waterside
Theatre.
Coming to the party honoring
Virginia Dare this year will be
members of the North Carolina
Federation of Women’s Clubs and
also represented by its outstand
ing members will be the Garden
Clubs of North Carolina. One of
the events of the day will be the
discussion of plans for an Eliza
bethan Garden which the North
Carolina Garden Club members
will create here at the birthplace
of English-speaking America. Both
groups have scheduled programs.
Virginia Dare’s birthday will al
so mark the summer meeting of
Roanoke Island Historical Associ
ation with such speakers as Paul
Green, author of The Lost Colony,
Sam Selden, its director, and Bet
ty Smith, noted author of Ameri
ca’s best seller "A Tree Grows in
Brooklyn”, on the program to
speak briefly, along with short
talks of other outstanding person
alities. The general theme of
those making talks will hinge a
round the significance of Virginia
Dare Day, The Lost Colony and
its artistic and cultural signifi
cance.
At the 522nd showing of The
Lost Colony on Saturday night a
pre-performance feature will be
presented from the great stage of
Waterside Theatre by North Car
olina’s most famous group of
young musicians, Elizabeth City’s
outstanding high school band and
majorettes, it has been announced
by General Manager William Har
dy of The Lost Colony.
Last Rites to Be Held
For G. Cleveland Hicks
Grover Cleveland Hicks, age 68
died at Mary Elizabeth Hospital
Thursday morning at 9:20. He
suffered a short illness following
a stroke, Monday, August 6.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Flossie Brantley Hicks, of the
home and four children and five
grandchildren. The children are
Corbett Hicks, Willard Hicks, Mrs.
Douglas Perry, and Mrs. Hovan
Johnson, all of Zebulon.
Funeral services will be held at
3 o’clock Saturday afternoon from
the home, conducted by the Rev.
A. D. Parrish.
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Miss White Tells
Os Food Freezers
By Edith White
The food freezer enables you to
carry out an entirely new kitchen
program in your home, one which
is much more interesting and con
venient. You can now enjoy any
season of the year. Your Frigid
aire Food Freezer does for long
time storage of foods exactly the
same thing thing your Frigidaire
Refrigerator does for short time
storage. It keeps food in a fresh
state with the same original flavor,
appearance and form.
With a freezer in your home,
you will be al)le to keep on hand
a larger variety and a greater
quantity of foods. No longer will
it be necessary to make hurried
trips to the grocery when- unex
pected visitors drop in. All you
have to do now is open your own
convenient “store” and select the
food you want. Also, you can be
selective in your buying, by doing
your marketing when you have
the time, buying the foods your
family likes, when you see what
you want and can purchase it at
a real saving.
Imagine being able to prepare
lunch box meals a week in ad
vance and store them in your
Frigidaire Food Freezer. Packing
lunch box meals will be a plea
sure instead of a headache, now
that you can reach into the food
freezer and pull out ready packed
frozen sandwiches, fruits, and
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This, That and the Other
By Mrs. Theo. B. Davis
My husband and I had thought
it might be our age which made
this summer seem more than us
ually hard to endure. But many |
others, certainly not old enough 1
to be much weakened, declare this
has been the worst season they re
member. Not only for ourselves
do we suffer, but we are in a con
tinual state of being apologetic
for the weather to those who are
here from other sections of the
country.
Never have I seen so many blue
jays as call from the trees about
our place. All day long they chat
ter or quarrel with thrashers,
mockers and catbirds, not even
fulfilling their folk-tale duty of
carrying wood to the “bad man”
on Friday of each week. (Or is
Thursday their day for this work?)
Wrens are busy with their third
family for the year. Only robins
and bluebirds have left us, and
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Dr. Tribble Slaps
At Exam Cheating
In U. S. Colleges
“The current low level of moral
behavior in our country is in large
measure attributable to our
schools,” President Harold W.
Tribble declared in a commence
ment address in which 82 summer
school students received degrees
Friday night, August 10.
“And the main reason our schools
; have not functioned more effec
; tively in community morals and
service is that our graduates, our
educated people, have neglected
their stewardship that is inherent
in education,” he said. “Our re
cent crime investigations have
proved that the most fertile field
for the propagation of immorality
is youth. The battle for better
communities must be won in the
student group. The recent dis
closures of bribery, gambling,
cheating, and general immorality
in some of our colleges are symp
toms of the moral crisis of our
day. If our colleges cannot be
made morally strong and spiritual
ly vital, they do not deserve the
support of the community.”
“The most seious problem in the
world today is that of building
community,” he continued. “We
have learned to reduce space and
transcend geographical barriers,
but we have not yet learned to
live happily together. This is the
task of education. If the accepted
prejudices of your heritage are
barriers to your mind, your educa
tion has been in vain. Put your
mind to work on the problems of
the day. Think courageously.
Think constructively. Lift the
level of the community by your
continuing use of your education.
Inescapable Duty
“It is the inescapable duty of
our culture to provide the best
possible opportunities and facili
ties of education for all. And it
is the inescapable duty of the ed
ucated to bring the results of their
education to bear upon community
problems and needs. The results
or products, of education are at
least three: clear thinking, crea
tive skills, and civic service.”
President Tribble said the prin
ciple of stewardship works in the
process of education, in the pro
ducts of education, and in sharing
the privileges of education.
flycatchers have taken their place
or space.
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Readers’ Digest for August has
a condensation of a book on the
life of Florence Nightengale. All
who can should read this for its
information on early days of nurs
ing and training for the profession,
and to feel grateful for the im
mense progres that has been made
through the years.
•
When using your washing ma
chine it is better to put very small
articles in a thin bag than loose
with other garments. I heard last
week of a machine in which a
baby’s tiny sock had gone part
way down the drain and stopped
the machine, which had to be
taken apart before the sock could
be removed.
One friend, who has not owned
a washer very long, told me it
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