THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVII. Number 51.
H OW TO GROW MORE 1952 COTTON
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BETTER STANDS, HEALTHIER PLANTS
In the flat on the left above are cotton seedlings from treated seed. Seed
from the same source was planted in the same type soil without treat
ment in the flat on the right. Results such as this are frequently en
countered in the numerous experiments on cottonseed treatment con
ducted by the Experiment Station.
Similar results are found to occur under practical farm conditions as is
shown by a 4-year summary of cottonseed treatment demonstrations
conducted by the Extension Service. Results from a total of 251 demon
strations conducted over the 4-year period showed that an average of
431 plants per 100 feet of row emerged from treated seed while untreated
seed only produced an average of 305 seedlings per 100 feet of row. This
means that treated seed produced over 41 per cent more seedlings than
did untreated seed. Three times as many plants were killed by sore shin
in untreated as in treated rows and 76% more of the living seedlings had
disease in untreated rows than in treated rows. At picking time there was
an average of 134 plants per ICO feet of row from treated seed and only
101 per 100 feet of row in untreated rows. Better stands mean higher yields.
Later work by the Experiment Station shows that where cotton seed of
good germination is properly treated farmers may safely reduce their
seeding rate and even avoid thinning.
Consult your County Agent for seed treatment recommendations.
Tobacco Being Attacked
By Anthracnose Disease
There’s an extra reason way
Tar Heel tobacco growers should
spray or dust their beds this spring,
for blue mold control
Garriss says a disease known
as anthracnose was found attack
ing plant beds in few counties last
spring. It appears that the recom
mended dust and spray treatments
for blue mold control will also
control the new disease.
Anthracnose was first discovered
in North Carolina in the spring of
1951. During the season it was
found at seven locations in the
counties of Carteret, Columbus,
Craven, Johnston, Wake, and Da
vidson.
“Presumably, with these wide
ly scattered sources of infection,
the disease could spread rather
rapidly.’’ says Garriss. “On the
other hand, no one can predict
whether the disease will become
a serious problem. I has been
National Guard Makes Preparation
For Visit by Battalion Commander
Final preparations were made
last night for the. inspection of
Battery A by the commanding of
ficer of the 113th Field Artillery
Battalion, which will take place
next week at the local armory. Col
onel Edward Yarborough, Battal
ion commander, will visit the lo
cal National Guard unit to observe
the training methods used by Zeb
ulon’s field artillery battery.
Full use will be made of mov
ing pictures and film strips for the
classes next week, continuing a
program of utilizing visual aids as
much as possible for the classes.
Instructors who are in charge of
the classes include Sfc. Percy Par
rish, mess; Sfc. J. P. Arnold, me
quite a problem in some other to
bacco-growing areas, especially
Maryland.”
Infected plants may be dwarfed
with puckered leaves. Circular,
tannish leaf spots with reddish
brown borders develop. The lower
surface of the midvein and main
lateral veins have reddish-brown,
elongated, sunken areas.
The disease is capable of killing
plants in the plant bed outright.
Damage in the field could occur if
wet weather prevails after plants
from “diseased” plant beds are
set out.
“We don’t want anyone to be
come alarmed about this disease
popping up,” says Garriss. “How
ever, in the event it has the possi
bility of becoming a serious prob
lem, let’s be sure to take proper
precautions which at present
seem to be a good dusting or
spraying job for controlling blue
mold.”
chanics; Lt. George Hinds, drivers;
Sgt. Kenneth Chamblee, commun
ications; Lt. Jack Potter, canno
neers; Sgt. Kenneth Hopkins,
headquarters; Sfc. Bob Sawyer,
supply;
During the first hour Lt. Davfe
Finch will instruct the second year
men in care of clothing and equip
ment; Cpl. Robert Lee PriVette
will instruct the recruits in ba
sic training; and Lt. Jack Potter
will conduct a class in leadership
for the non-commissioned officers.
Other battallion staff officers ex
pected next Monday night include
Major Darrell Perry, executive;
Capt. Collin McKinne, S-3; and
CWO Willard Morton, personnel
officer.
Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, March 11, 1952
No More Shyster
Lawyers, Coiner
Tells Rotary Club
Norman Screws, retiring vice
president and long-time member,
was elected President of the Zeb
ulon Rotary Club last Friday night
when the new officers named by
the nominating committee were
elected by acclamation. Carlton
Mitchell, pastor of the Zebulon
Baptist Church, was named vice
president.
Other officers included Rodney
McNabb, secretary; R. Vance
Brown, treasurer; and Robert H.
Herring, sergeant at arms, all of
whom were reelected to their of
fices.
New members of the board of
directors are Ferd Davis and G. C.
Massey.
Attorney Frank Coiner was vis
iting speaker for the program.
Speaking on “A Citizen and His
Attorney,” Coiner traced the his
tory of law, saying that all great
nations have had strong systems of
law.
“The days of the shyster lawyer
are over,” he claimed, adding that
the North Carolina systei i of law
and courts is recognized as one of
the best in the United States.
Law schools, he said, are pro
ducing technicians who are ac
quainted with all the complexities
of modern law and ready to help
at any time they are needed.
Frank, a native of Norfolk. Va.,
opened his law office in Zebulon
following his graduation from the
Wake Forest Law School. He was
introduced by Dr. L. M. Massey,
who said that Zebulon is fortunate
to have a man of Coiner’s ability
come to Zebulon.
Next Friday night the Rotarians
will meet at the Corinth Holders
School,
Last Rites Held
For Mark T. Ray
Funeral services were held yes
terday at the Pilot Baptist Church
for Mark T. Ray, 63, who died at
his home early Sunday morning
following two years of declining
health. The services were con
ducted by the Rev. M. A. Pegram,
pastor, and burial was in the fam
ily cemetery at Pilot.
Surviving are his wife; four
children, Mrs. D. C. Whitley and
Mozelle Ray, both of Zebulon, M. T.
Ray and Waddell Ray, both of
Zebulon; three sisters, Mrs. Will
Perry, Mrs. Hubert Bunn, Mrs.
Claude Lewis, all of Zebulon;
three brothers, B. W., W. J., and
J. L. Ray of Zebulon.
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B. W. Brantley, 62,
Dies Early Sunday
Barley William Brantley, 62,
farmer of Middlesex, Route 2, died
at his home Sunday morning after
a brief illness. Surviving are his
wife, four sons, Alvin, Dallas, Ar
chie, all of Middlesex, Route 2,
Cpl. Casey Brantley with the U.
S. Army in Germany; three
daughters, Mrs. C. L. Griffin, Mrs.
B. F. Strickland, both of Middlesex,
Route 2; Marian Brantley of Dur
ham.
Three brothers, Lonnie of Mid
dlesex, Gurley of Bailey, and Early
of Middlesex, Route 2; five sisters,
Mrs. Annie Strickland of Zebulon,
Mrs. Walter Trevathan of Zebulon,
Mrs. Tommie Massey of Middlesex,
Mrs. Rella Johnson of Middlesex,
and Mrs. Lonnie Strickland of
Zebulon.
OTTON CLAD
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The young lady looks out of
season, but who cares when a
well-filled knit cotton bathing suit
by Cole of California is on display.
The new suit and its contents are
sure to make a hit at any beach,
according to the National Cotton
Council.
Red Cross Drive
Begins This Week
In Wake County
The Zebulon Rotary Club at its
meeting last week arranged to
sponsor the annual Red Cross Fund
Campaign for Zebulon. The local
campaign will be under the direc
tion of a committee composed of
Howard Beck, Chairman, W. B.
Hopkins, G. C. Massey, R. Vance
Brown, and Ed Hales.
This year’s campaign will begin
on March 18th and end on March
31st. Beck stated that the members
of the Committee and other work
ers in the campaign have been in
vited to attend a Kickoff Dinner
at the Woman’s Club in Raleigh
on the evening of March 18th. This
dinner is being given by a group of
Wake County businessmen in the
interest of the campaign.
Karl Hudson, Jr., of Raleigh,
Chairman of the Wake County Red
Cross Fund Campaign, is current
ly organizing a staff of workers
throughout the Countl.
In commenting on the need for
public support Hudson said, “The
Red Cross needs our continued sup
port if it is to maintain its work
in meeting human needs every
where. Our answer to the cdll of
the Red Cross enables the Red
Cross to answer our neighbors’ call
for help.”
Crop Hail Insurance Rates Higher
For Tobacco, Commissioner States
Commissioner of Insurance Wal
do C. Cheek announced approval
today of a revision in crop hail in- I
surance rates on tobacco for 1952
growing season. Also approval was
given to changes in the rates and
forms for the Named Perils Sea
sonal Crop Insurance policy cover
ing tobacco.
The changes approved will mean
an increase in the rates in eighteen
counties and a decrease in the
rates in eleven counties. Based on
the premiums written in 1951,
these changes will result in an in-
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers.
Wakelon Glee Club
Sings Wednesday
In Raleigh Contest
The Wakelon Glee Club will
participate in the Raleigh District
Music Contest in Raleigh Wednes
day, according to Principal W. R.
Whittenton. The Raleigh District
includes schools from Northamp
ton, Halifax, Warren, Vance,
Granville, Person, Orange, Cha
tham, Moore, Lee, Harnett, John
ston, Wayne, Nash, P’ranklin, Dur
ham, and Wake Counties.
The Raleigh competition will be
under the supervision of Dr. Harry
E. Cooper of Meredith College.
This is the first time that Wake
lon has entered the State Music
Contests since Principal Whitten
ton came to Zebulon. He said he
has been working with Miss Eliz
abeth Salmon, director of the Glee
Club, to make the trip possible.
If the Wakeltrti group achieves
a rating of Superior, eight picked
voices will be sent to the State Mu
sic Festival in Greensboro for three
days of singing.
Members of the Glee Club in
clude Hazel Ihrie, Martha Poole,
Mena Moody, Sue Alford, Kaye
Baker, Faye Pearce, Bruce Wood,
Patsy Brantley, Rose Pace, Fan
Greene, Ehirley Oakley;
Betty Sue Williams, Betty Jean
Phillips, Melba Baker, Ann All
man, Geraldine Phillips, Bernice
Edwards, Betty Lou Bunn, Rena
Moody, Jean Corbett, Artelia Bai
ley, Carol Richardson;
Mary Spivey, Bobby Ruth Doyle,
Norma Pearce, Beck Brantley,
Shirley Faulkner;
Bobby McGee, Bobby Gill, Billy
Pippin, Billy Hugh Bunn, Charles
Brooks Finch, Alton Temple, Rich
ard Bullock, Elton Chamblee,
George Crowder and Lawrence
Liles.
Senior Minstrel
Planned for Tonight
“Showboat,” a mirth-provoking
minstrel staged by the Senior Class
of Wakelon School, will be given
tonight in the Wakelon auditorium
with the curtain parting prompt
ly at 7:30. Proceeds will be used
to help pay the expenses of the
Senior trip to Washington.
Included in the features of the
show will be Charles Finch giving
out with “Underneath the Harvest
Moon.”
A penny cake falk will be held
during the intermission.
OES Meeting
The Order of the Eastern Star
will meet Thursday night, March
13, at 8 o’clock. All members are
urged to attend.
crease in the cost of this type of
insurance of approximately $250,-
000 annually.
Commissioner Cheek also stated
that approval was given to de
creases in the hail rates for the
following crops: grain, grass, ce
real crops, hay, cover crops, pe
cans, peanuts, root crops, soybeans,
hybrid corn, sweet corn, and pop
con.
Inasmuch as there is only a small
amount of insurance written on
these crops in North Carolina the
effect of these changes is negligi
ble.