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Wide Open to Criticism
The Wake County Board of Commissioners laid them
selves wide open for criticism by their appointment of War
ren L. Bowman to be electrical inspector for the county.
Even though Bowman may be a qualified electrician, he
could have been disapproved for either of these two rea
sons: 1) he is not a resident of Wake County; and 2) he
has been found guilty of a charge of malicious burning of
property.
We commend Commissioners Cary Robertson and Bill
Holding for the support they gave a Wake County electric
clan for the post, but we cannot agree they they should have
joined in making the action of the Board unanimous “for
the sake of the Board.”
Surely in all of Wake County a man can be found who
can serve the people as electrical inspector. It makes us
wonder if sufficient publicity has been given to the post.
Beauty in Years to Come
Those little pine seedlings that are being planted over
Zebulon give promise of a more beautiful town in years to
come. Those who have visited Southern Pines and other
towns where the long leaf pines line the streets know of
the tremendous beauty which the trees add. The Zebulon
Garden Club and the municipal government are to be con
gratulated on the project.
It will be years before the tiny trees are large enough to
take care of themselves. Until that time they must be given
all the protection possible.
A wise precaution for homeowners to exercise is the
placing of stakes on each side of the little pines to remind
those walking by that the trees are planted and should be
protected. Even without any other care, the hardy little
pines will grow if they are protected.
We look forward to the time when Zebulon’s streets
will be lined with pines. We urge those who do not have
the pines planted now to call the town office immediately.
—B S. D.
A Place to Meet
For a long, long, time it has been difficult to get to
gether citizens of the town for a meeting, even though the
reason for the meeting were a matter of vital concern to
the whole community. Chief cause of this seemingly lack
of interest has been the inadequate places of meeting here
tofore provided in Zebulon. Other than the auditorium at
Wakelon, the Woman’s Club building, or the cold, drafty,
old Recorder’s Court room, there was not a place large
enough to have a real gathering.
The completion of the Zebulon Municipal Building and
the arrival of the furniture for the second-floor court room
have changed this. Now there is an assembly hall plenty
large and steam heated for any community meeting. The
possibilities for its use are unlimited.
—B. S. D.
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The Zebulon Record
We are looking forward to pub
lishing an article by Dr. C. E. Flow
ers on the common cold.
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Good food always makes good
conversation.
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Some two months ago Hilliard
Greene brought a story about a
cat who drank a quantity of gaso
line, leaped into the air, ran mad
ly around the house three times,
and then fell at his feet.
“Dead?” I asked.
“Nope, out of gas,” Hilliard re
plied.
That same story turned up on the
Jack Benny show Sunday night.
As usual, Zebulon is two months
ahead of the nation.
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One small item which adds to
luxurious living around the house
is a pencil trimmer. We recent
ly bought one ($1.19) and no long
er do I have to search through all
the drawers for my pocketknife
when my pencil lean breaks The
trimmer is fastened out of sight
on the inside of a closet door.
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Many thanks to those who have
called thanking us for the editorial
on the number of hounds roaming
over Zebulon.
Today, as any school child can
and will tell you, is the 143rd an
niversary of the birth of Abraham
Lincoln, lawyer, politician and
president. He was cussed in his
day as Truman is now maligned.
All agree today that Lincoln was
a great man; Mr. Truman’s true
stature remains to be determined.
Other birthdays today include
two Johns: Johnny Pace and John
L. Lewis. Smilin’ Johnny is belov
ed by all, but Eyebrow Johnny is
not so popular. But John L. has
Wake Breeders Cooperative, Inc.,
was represented at the Southeast
ern Artificial Breeding Associa
tion’s State Policy Meeting, held
last Friday at the City Hall in
Statesville by G. W. Miller, Com
rhitteemen, W. G. Franks and D. C.
Worth.
Henry Vanstory of Statesville,
presided as chairman of the meet
ing. He introduced Professor John
A. Arey of North Carolina State
College, as the first speaker on the
program. Professor Arey opened
his remarks by saying that this
was the largest meeting ever held
in the State of North Carolina deal
ing with one subject, artificial
At least it cannot be said we
are not living in a world of words.
Every subject and proposition is
surrounded with a haze of mean
ing and meaningless words, with
descriptive and undescriptive
words, with affirmative and con
tradictory words. We are wonder
ing if words are stopped or even
checked when they hit the super
sonic wall. We are living in a cris
is of words.
The Bible and religion is being
Seen and Heard
Remember how parents used to
tell children that the bogeyman
would get them if they were not
good? Then during World War I
they used to show children pic
tures of the Kaiser and tell them
he would get them if they were
bad. Now parents use Stalin as
a substitute for the bogeyman.
Well, the gentleman pictured
above has been directed by the lo
cal town board to take care of the
stray dogs in Zebulon. So show this
picture to your dog, and tell same
Willie B. will get him if he’s bad.
Uncle Ferds Almanac
.done more for coal miners than
anybody I know of since his birth
out in lowa 72 years ago. He has
also done a lot for oil merchants.
Cotton Mather, the hellfire-and
brimstone preacher, was born 289
years ago today, and Sarah Gene
vieve Tippett was born 16 years
ago today. Sarah, whose name
means “princess” in Hebrew,
weighed exactly 9 pounds at birth.
Fifty years ago today the Brit
ish and Japanese signed a treaty
to preserve the integrity of Korea.
It looks as if they got the wrong
Breeders Meet
breeding. To over 200 dairymen as
sembled, Arey pointed out that the
average production of the dairy
cow in North Carolina was too low.
Arey paid tribute to the high cali
ber of sires and the service ren
dered by the American Breeders
Service of which Southeastern is
one of its three studs. He encour
aged this Policy group to do every
thing possible to promote the use
of these desirably proved sires ex
tensively. Carlton Blalock, Exten
sion Dairyman of North Carolina
State College discussed manage
ment and promotion problems af
fecting the operation of the small
er associations.
Uncle Sam’s Hayseed
smothered with comments and
words of explanation. Much truth
is being lost in religious verbosity.
The multiplication of laws and
ordinances settle like ten million
nightmares on the courts and law
yers with their debatable mean
ing of their unlimited number
of words.
From every platform and stump
politicians are uttering advisable
or unadvisable words. Issues are
being lost in torrents of words.
Tuesday, February 12, 1952
A news story this week said that
flies are developing a remarkable
immunity to DDT sprays. Seems
that only things which keep flies
out of the house are good screens
and old-fashioned swatters.
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We’re sorry that the King of
England died, just as we are sad
when any friend dies. But we think
that for England, on the brink of
financial disaster, to permit her
self the luxury of a useless, royal
family is like a family on relief
owning a Cadillac and a televis
ion set.
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Speaking of good food, and it’s
cheaper to speak of it than it is to
eat it, how many know the differ
ence between a Lord Baltimore
cake and a Lady Baltimore cake?
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A lady remarked this week that
Zebulon’s “white way” is pretty,
all right, but she understands the
prettiness costs about SIOO each
month. “And that $1,200 a year
would go a long way toward pav
ing some of the muddy streets
around town,” she said.
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You can satisfy some of the peo
ple all of the time and all of the
people some of the time but not all
of the people all of the time.
folks to sign on the dotted line;
but on the other hand, a treaty
with China or Russia would scarce
ly be worth the paper it was writ
ten on, especially at today’s prices.
Other events of February 12: In
1940 Mrs. Waylon Finch spoke to
the Methodist Missionary Society,
and in 1938 Elizabeth Estelle Wil
lis and Wiley Broughton, two fine
young folks got married. There
was a solar eclipse 121 years ago
today and all the slaves in Wake
County thought the world was
coming to an end. Maybe it will.
Action taken by the Policy Com
mitteemen was to have Southeast
ern Artificial Breeding Associa
tion drop its name and use the
name, “American Breeders Ser
vice.” Although ABS is privately
owned, the policies pertaining to
the operation of its studs are de
cided upon by vote of the Policy
Committeeman of each association
buying semen from the American
Breeders Service. Besides voting
on various matters of policy dis
cussed, the group elected David
Worth of Raleigh, Chairman for
the State Policy Committee for
1952; Joe Palmer of Clyde, Vice-
President; and Max A. Culp of
Caldwell County, Secretary.
Almost everybody is full of
words about almost every subject
mentioned.
Words are catapulting and som
ersaulting all around us. Words are
whizzing and buzzing in every di
rection.
If words were water the earth
would be forever helplessly sub
merged.
The atom bombs with all the
other implements of warfare in a
battle against words would make
a poor showing.