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THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVIII. Number 17.
PARITY AN ISSUE:
Cotton Farmers to Vote
On Quotas Detember 15
The Cotton Referendum for
North Carolina will be held on
Tuesday, December 15, 1953, ac
cording to C. M. Hester, Wake
County A. S. C. office manager.
All eligible cotton producers will
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Colon V. Whitley
First local Rotarian to be hon
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ior Active, Mr. Whitley is a Ro
tarian of 24 years’ service.
Fowler, Brantley, Lewis Funerals
Held in Area During Past Week
Funeral services for Ed C. Fowl
er, 74, prominent farmer of the
northwestern section of Little
River Township, were held Wed
nesday afternoon at 3 o’clock from
the Rolesville Baptist Church, con
ducted by the Rev. John U. Garner,
pastor, assisted by the Rev L. J.
Morriss.
Mr. Fowler, who had been des
pondent over the recent death of
his wife, was found dead of self
inflicted shotgun wounds in a to
bacco barn near the home of his
son-in-law, Robert R. Brantley, of
Wendell, Route 2, early Tuesday
morning. Coroner M. W. Bennett
ruled the death suicide.
Burial at Hephzibah
Burial was in the Hephzibah
Cemetery, where Mr. Fowler’s wife
was recently buried.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Brantley and Mrs. M. L. Hag- i
wood; two brothers, J. R. Fowler
and J. T. Fowler; and four grand
children.
Joseph Milton Lewis
Joseph Milton Lewis, 69, died
Monday at the home of his daugh
ter, Mrs. Lonnie Boykin, of Mid
dlesex, Route 1. Funeral services
were held from Stancil Chapel Free
Will Baptist Church Tuesday at
2:30 p.m. The pastor, Rev. Willie
Renfro, was in charge and was as
sisted by the Rev. Richard Sasser.
Burial was in the church ceme
tery, and the body was taken to
the church an hour before the
service.
Surviving are five daughters,
at this time have an opportunity
to vote on the question as to
whether Cotton Marketing Quotas
will be in effect on the 1954 Cot
ton Crop.
Any person who had a share in
the production of cotton in 1953
as landlord, operator, tenant or
share-cropper will be eligible to
vote.
If two-thirds of the voters favor
marketing quotas, marketing quot
as will then be in effect on the
1954 Cotton Crop.
If marketing quotas are voted in,
the price of cotton will be sup
ported on the basis of 90% of
parity for producers who plant
within their acreage allotment.
Lower Support Figure
If marketing qqotas are voted
down the price of cotton will be
supported at 50% of parity for
producers who plant within their
acreage allotments.
Acreage allotment notices will
be mailed to all producers before
December 15, in order that he will
have knowledge of his alloted
acres when voting in the referen
dum on December 15.
If marketing quotas are not in
for 1954, acreage allotments
established for each cotton farm
will be used for determining a
farmers eligibility for price sup
port which will be only 50% of
parity if marketing quotas are
not carried.
Mrs. Sam Parrish, Kenly, Mrs. Al
ston Cockrell, Clayton, Mrs. Har
old Raybon, Wendell, Mrs. Carroll
Whitley, Norfolk, Va., Mrs. Lonnie
Boykin, Middlesex; three sons, O
dell Lawis, Middlesex, Marvin and
Johnny Lewis, Kenly; one sister,
Mrs. Mollie Creech, Middlesex, 29
grandchildren, three great-grand
children.
Bernice M. Brantley
Funeral services for Bernice M.
Brantley, 61, of Middlesex, Route
2, who died at his home early
Tuesday afternoon, were held from
the home at 2:30 Thursday after
noon by the Rev. James A. Evans
of Wilson and the Rev. Allen Bryan
of Elm City. Burial was in the
Middlesex Cemetery.
Survivors Are Listed
Surviving are his wife, Lona
Murray Brantley; two sons, John
and William E. Brantley of Mid
dlesex; three daughters, Mrs. Ed
ward Kemp of Ulm, Germany,
Mrs. Betty Sykes of Spring Hope,
and Geraldine Brantley of the
home; one brother, R. H. Brantley
of Zebulon; and two grandchildren.
Masonic Election
Zebulon Lodge No. 609, AF&AM,
wil hold a stated communication
on Tuesday night, December 1, for
the purpose of electing officers
for the next year, according to
Clarence M. Hocutt, master of the
local lodge. All Masons are invited
to attend the meeting.
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, Nov. 27, 1953
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Some folks have the idea that
the job of town manager for Zeb
ulon is just a dull grind, but tjiey
reckon not with-the various duties
that befall Willie B. Hopkins.
One which he is willing to delegate
to somebody else is substituting
for the Water Commissioner and
inspecting the Zebulon water tank.
RELIGION IN AMERICAN LIFE:
Capital Suggests American Heritage
This is the fourth of a series
of articles written on Religion
in American Life by ministers
serving this community. Fr.
Koch is pastor of the Wendell
and Wake Forest Catholic par
ishes and editor of the North
Carolina Catholic.
A visit to the famous monu
ments in our national capitol at
Washington, D. C., dedicated to
Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln
and other great Americans, al
ways leaves a serious religious
thought with the tourist.
Inscribed on these marble walls
are noted passages taken from
their writings or speeches. De
pendence upon God, the Author
of liberty and respect for His
moral law, is a continual throught
running throughout these treasures
of American principles. They are
inscribed forever not only upon
the marble walls of these monu
ments, which the American peo
ple have erected to their memory, j
but also in the hearts and minds
of every grateful citizen. These
writings serve as an eternal re
minder that no matter how power
ful, how wealthy, how industrial
ly great we have become among
the family of nations of the world,
HERE IS WILLIE B. EARNING HIS PAY
Jimmy Cline, foreman of the
crew which cleaned and repaired
the tank, captured the likenesses
above with his faithful baby
Brownie flash camera as George
Robinson, field representative for
the Universal Construction Com
pany, showed the town manager
and the editor of the Zebulon
Record around.
all that we have rests upon the
foundation of faith and Christian
morality.
In our great prosperity and ad
vances in education and other pro
fessions, it is easy for all of us
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Fr. Frederick A. Koch
to forget the fundamental cause of
what we now have and enjoy.
Are we looked up to by humanity
because we can product more ma
chinery, educate more people, live
on a higher standard of economy
Thco. Davis Sons, Publishers
Standing on the catwalk that
circles the water tank are Robin
son, Editor Barrie Davis, and Town
Manager Hopkins. Seated in front
are Richard Read of Milwaukee,
Wise., and Mark Jennings of Mem
phis, Tenn. The minstrel-appear
ance of their faces is the result of
working inside the rusty, muddy
tank.
than any other nation in the
world? No. While these things are
wonderful, yet the cause of them
is of primary importance. Religion
is out most vital national asset.
The history of nations teaches us
that it is spiritual losses rather
than economic depressiont tha
leads to moral bankruptcy and
national ruin. While civic author
ity may have its voice from the
vote of the people, this authority
must be recognized as coming from
Him upon Whom all men depend.
Unless religion with its binding
force in charity and justice sup
plies the foundation of law and
authority there remains only hum
an interests as the unifying ele
ment of society.
As the great Americans has de
clared, there is no group of free
men without the sustaining force
of religion. Our government re
ceives its most effective support
from our Lord Jesus Christ, Who
taught us to render the Caesar the
things that are Caesars’ and to
God the things that are God’s.
Our American traditions are
abundant evidence of this religious
influence. Eight times during the
term of his presidency, Abraham
(See RELIGION, Page 8)