V olume VII.
I JUST ONE THING
AFTER ANOTHER
-BY
CARL GOURCH
It really was—to say the least
extremely embarrassing.
You see, it happened at about five
o’clock last Sunday afternoon. I was
sitting in the living room, twiddling
my thumbs. Ah a thumb-twiddler, I
really am an expert. Most folks go
in for plain twiddling, but I put a lot
of variations to my twiddling. For
instance, sometimes, I'll twiddle real
slowly, like this; lwid d1 e. Then,
all of a sudden. I’ll speed up and go
fast like this; -twiddle. Absolutely. I
can twiddle forwards like this—twid
dle, or 1 can do it backwards, like
this—elddiwt. You ought to see me
sometime.
However, twiddling wasn’t what I
intended to tell yob about. I was
sitting in the living room when all
of a sudden I had a notion that I’d
like some oysters. So I grabbed up
a galvanized bucket out on
the back porch, threw it into the car
and drove down to the docks, where
the oyster-boats were tied up.
I bought a quarter’s worth — put
the bucket out on the running board.
Then I'headed hack for home.
Driving along main street, I got
to thinking about something else
nd forgot all about the oysters. T
reckon maybe I was driving a lit
tle too rapidly. Anyway, I suddenly
heard an outrageous racket. Some
thing like this—brwumperash—bing
bang—clatter. I stopped the car and
tuck my head out of the window to
i c what had happened.
The bucket had fallen off the run
n'ng board. It and the oysters were
scattered along the street for half a
block. 1 drew the car up alongside
the curb, got out and retrieved the
bucket. Then I started gathering up
the oysters.
That’s where the embarrassment
came in.
Have you ever had a galvanized
bucket in your hand on a Sunday af
ti i neon and gone oystering on the
principal business street of your
town? I never had either. When T
started out. Main street was in the
midst of iD Sunday afternoon quiet.
Hefore I hod picked up a dozen v- -
ter T believe half the town was
watching proceedings^
People, riding by in automobiles,
looked out of their cars, saw me out
in the middle* of the street gathering
up oysters, and gasped. Some of them
more than gasped: they made a loti
of sarcastic and uncalled for com
n nts. Quite a crowd gathered on the
sidewalk and offered remarks which
were intended to be encouraging
but which were entirely out of place
\.nd then some smart alecks speeded
up their cars and headed straight for
me. blowing their horns to beat all
get-out. They kept me jumping from
me side of the street to the other,
{'d pick up an oyster and then T'd
ump a jump. Sometimes I d have
:o make two jumps to get one
»yster. One guy, in an old Model-T
ford, almost got me. T wish you
'.ould have seen that jump.. He almost
jint the oysters, too.
When T get my mind set on any
hing, though. I usually sr° through
»iih it. I made up my mind that Td
yet those oysters if it was the last
hing T did. so T kept right on pick
,ig them up. Anil I got them. too.
ill except those which were crushed
icneath the tires of passing automo
)iles. I got some of those too — I
lot the juice spattered all over niy
Kints.
I was never so glad to get a thing
jver with in all my life. Hereafter,
then I get an inspiration like that on
i Sunday afternoon I’m going to
tick to my twiddling. That, at least,
s a peeaeful occupation and one;
vhioh can he pursued without caus- 1
rg a lot of excitement and fuss.
CLUB HONOR ROLL
At the meeting of the Woman’s
Hub on Tuesday it was decided to
v pare and hang in the club room
P Honor Roll of all members whose
ties are paid to date. This will not
f prepared before Feb. Ist.
filhr Brimimt irit
Miss Palmer’s
Father Dies
Dr. R. W. Palmer, prominent phy
| sician and well known citizen of Gulf,
died at his home last Thursday of
heart disease.
lie was the father of Miss Mary
j Lacy Palmer, teacher of Home Eco
j nomics at \N akelon. Miss Palmer was
J called home Wednesday by the illness
of her father.
The sympathy of our community is
extended t<> our efficient and popular
teacher and to the other members ot
her family.
DEATH OF MRS. FI LI.EU
Sunday evening at seven o’clock,
Mrs. Lula Fuller died at the home
jof her brother, Kef. Bunn, about two
(miles south of Zebulon. Mrs. Fuller
j had been ill for six weeks, having
j pneumonia at first which went into
I other complications. The funeral ser
vice was conducted at Hales Chapel
j Baptist church Tuesday afternoon at
■ three o’clock by her pastor, Rev. Theo.
! B. Davis. A very large number of peo
I pie gathered at the church to pay their
j respect for Mrs. Fuller and express
■ their sympathy to the relatives.
She leaves four brothers, one sister,
and four daughters to grieve her de
parture; Messrs. Ivan. Will, Ed. and
Alva Bunn, brothers; Mrs. Henly Hin
ton. sister; Mrs. Bennett and Mrs.
Perriott, of Ga., Ms. Chamblee and
Miss Elmorine Fuller, sisters,
of Zebulon. Mrs. Fuller was raised
i in this section, but a number of years
ago, with her family moved to Way
cross, Ga., where she lived till about
a year ago. Since that time she has
made her home with her relatives in
: Johnston county. She was a good
| Christian woman and will be missed
bv those who knew heV. Our sym
pathy goes >ut to the bereaved ones.
Union Hope News
Mi's. B. T. Batchelor and Miss
( rama Strickland are visiting Mrs.
P. M. White of Roxboro, N. C., this
week
Mrs. G. B. Strickland and children
were visitors at Mr. Bob Stallings
iSunday.
Mr. L. A. Ilagwood is improving
after having a serious operation. We
hope he will soon be able to come
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Williams
were visitors at Lloyd Brantley’s
i Sunday night.
Mr. M. T. Bachelor and Mr. Barlie
Brantley have lost nearly all their
meat. It was killed during the warm
spell.
Mr. tY. B. Murray is still going to:
see the widow, Mrs. W. A. Brantley.
Mrsi G W Atknson was a visitor at
Mr W. B. Brantley’s Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Murray motored
to Raleigh Tuesday evening.
To our surprise Air. L. C. Strickland
is building a tobacco barn. We hope j
he will not add to his crops, but re
duce to one-half.
A large crowd attended Sunday
school last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lemmie Massey of
Pilot were visitors at Mrs. L. J. Mas
sey’s Sunday.
Whose prosperity has brought me to
this;
Having to chew old field twist .’
It's bitter, it's bad.
And it makes me mad;
But it isn t any use,
It gets in my tooth.
T spit, hut can’t see any juice.
It makes me blue, sure I am hack
ed;
But it don't keep me from wanting a
chew of manufaet.
W. B. Murray.
SHRUBBERY CONTRIBUTED
The Continental Plant Co., of Kit
troll has given the Wakefield Home
Demonstration Club 11 handsome
- hrubs for foundation planting around
the club house. They have been set
ut and are greatly appreciated. The
* •'lection includes nandinas., ligus
trum, junipers, and other .-.hrubs, Mrs.
C. M. Rhodes brought them from
KiDrell.
OLDEST W. F. C. ALUMNI S
Pres. Kitchin of Wake Forest Col
lege has announced that the oldest liv
ing alumnus of the college is Henry
D. Fowler, a native of Wake Co., now
living in Paducah, California. Col.!
Fowler was a member of the class of
1857, and will be 100 years old in,
February. j
Zebulon, Wake County, N. C„ Friday, JAM x,n 22< 19,2
Local Store
Catches Fire
About 1:45 Sunday morning the lo
cal fire siren sounded and those awak
ered. rushed to the business section
of the town, the location of the lire.
C. E. Pippin, who roomed in the Rob
ertson building, awoke from sleep,
“smelling fire.” He rushed out of
doors, yelling fire. Mr. Tharrington,
the watchman, not far away heard the
cry, and sent in the alarm. He then
raced to the fire house, and speeded
the fire truck to main street, and when
the volunteer fire fighting force ar
rived, he had everything in readiness
to attack the fire.
The building is of brick, with metal
ceiling, and the fire was confined to
the first floor who operated the store
as the American Salvage Company,
i The fire originated near the center of
the building and spread towards both
ends, burning counters, shelves and
merchandise. Water and fire virtually
ruined the whole stock. Outside the
loss of counters and shelves the build
ing was little damaged other than by
what smoke and water did. Both Mr.
Robertson, the owner, and the mer
chant, were understood to have had
'sufficient insurance to cover their
losses. The origin of the fire is un
known.
Hopkins Chapel
•
Among the many visitors at church
Sunday was Mr. Garland Hendricks,
| a minister from Wake Forest.
Air. Raymond Perry of Raleigh
■pent the week-end with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Perry.
Mrs. Jim Minga and family have
moved into the house with Air. P. J.
Harris to stay this year.
Miss Loren a Harris has recently
snent some time with her uncle, W. J.
Horton of Raleigh.
Air. Colonel Bunn of Durham spent
Mondav afternoon with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. Howard Bunn. Aliss
Florence Dasriter, Airs. Gady, Messrs.
Harold Tudor, Roy Williams, all of
Durham, were guests at Mr. Bunn’s
Alpndav rnoon.
Mrs. Lena Bunn Mrs. Annie Perry
• a jd Mrs. I!. H. Rhodes a short visit
thm week-end. Airs. Rhodes was sick
but is improving now.
Mr. Bogui Bunn is living at Mrs.
"arm Perry’s place now.
Mr. Charlie Hodge ha recently
~ , reed to the old Rolling place.
Prayer meeting will he at the church
Friday evening at 7:0(1 o’clock.
POT \ f\ MEETING
'! Rotary club members were en
tertained on AT on day night by the fol
lowing program arranged by Aliss
Buffalo of the V.'al Hon faculty;
Dutch Dance —from Hansel and;
Hretel. Barrie Davis, T. K. Watson.;
Shelton Lewis. .Lack Gregory, Kirby
Pearce. R. H. Brantley, Jean Flowers
Dorothy Horton. Mary Alice Conn
Virginia Bridges, Lizzie Lee Wheeler,
|and Jackie Green.
Tap Dance —Elizabeth Antone,Olive
Lewis at the piano.
Alusical Reading—Sister’s Best Fel
low. Richard Hoyle.
Rallet Dance. Virginia Rridges,
Jocelyn House at the piano.
FREAK OF WINTER
Tell it to your grand children! Jan.
15. 1032. will go down in history as
the greatest weather hoax ever perpe
trated in history. Los Angeles had a
snow storm, the first in 54 years.
Lake Placid. N. Y., had a rain squall
which swept clear the famous bob
sled course of snow; a levee broke
under the impact of “spring rains” in
The south Mississippi; a coast guard
destroyer and a freighter collided off
the Connecticut coast in a “November
fog” so thick that you could not see
the bow from the bridge, and not a
! : fe was lost; and. to complete this
wonder of the age. grass is green and
dandelions sprouting all along the At-j
lantic seaboard, in a spring like tem
perature.
BIRDS STARVE
Ocraeoke, N. C. The assistant state
game warden reported that many
birds on Ocraeoke island are starving
and too weak to fly. Scarcity of wa- 1
ter grasses, the bird’s principal food,
was blamed for the situation.
The general meeting of the Wo
mans club will he held on next Tues
day. All members are urged to at
tend.
Among Our Readers
In last week’s issue we may have
■ eemed to give undue space to the
early report of a certain tobacco
■ ompany. We did riot reali .< this till
:e saw it in print. Our excuse is that
.1 made such an impression on our
minds in comparison with what our
farmers made.
I
And we really don’t think Gannon
Avenue the only st' eet in town, de
spite last week’s evidence to the con
trary.
And Mr. Fred Mangum positively
was not ill in the interests of any
I subscription contest. He has had
pneumonia and pleurisy.
| The following notice heads the edi
torial page of a certain North Caro
lina weekly;
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resolutions, notices, Obituaries, etc.,
and will not accept any thing less
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, with us.
We do not mean to be hard on any
\ one, hut small items of this nature
force us to demand the cash with
copy. All such received by us in the
future without the cash, or stamps
j will not be published.
Most newspapers make a charge for
such service; even religious papers
usually do. The Record has never
| made any charge for obituaries, even
though the space used by some, at
rocular advertising rates, would cost
| several dollars. Wo shall try to con
tinue giving this free service to the
pub’ic. However, we suggest that you
! S( .nd in your subscription and thqn
' use our columns freely to express
your thoughts of appreciation and
i sympathy to the general public.
You know when a fellow is trying
a new and diffii ’oh a nat on his
back does a lot of good. So. we are
sure our readers will pardon us, foi
giving the following “pats” from let
ters received:
i “Your paper has been a great ser
vice to me in the sale of my chickens
and I enjoy reading it very much.
Mrs. J. TL Alullins.
“Think 1 read every item in it (of
course from a critic’s viewpoint) and
I must say it was good from beginning
to end” L. L. Deary, Alorehead City.
“An exile from Zebulon wishes to
extend greetings, good will, and hopes
for well deserved success to the new
editor and “The Old Home Town Pa
per" Mrs. Helen P. Whitley. Siler
Cit.v.
“We have just seen in the papers
that you have bought out your local
paper and will continue same along
with your church work. We feel sure
that you and Mrs. Davis will put your
lives and souls into this enterprise
and that your publication will he a
little different and of a higher tone
than most of our local papers.
This is to let you know that we are
thinking of you and trusting that
you are going to find a lot of joy in
doing this sort of work.’
F. B. Hamrick.
Bursar, Meredith College.
We thank these good friends, and
promise to use the paper for the best
interests of our readers and to strive
to make each issue better as experi
ence and knowledge and earnest effort
will make a newspaper having a per
sonality' and character all its own.
CONE’S ARMY!
Rev. Jas. R. Cox of Pittsburg led
10.000 unemployed men in an orderly
march to the national capital last
week. He presented a petition to the
president, and was received quite dif
ferently from that of the communists
who invaded Washington at the open
ing of Congress. 25.000 people gather
ed in Pittsburg to see them off.
WOOLWORTH bi a s TOWELS
The T. AV. Woolworth Co. has place,] '
an order for *500.000 in bath towels j
with the Cannon Mills. This was one
of the largest orders ever placed. At
Concord and Kannapolis are the larg
est towel mills in the world.
I GENEVA DELEGATES
The United States delegation to the
Geneva disarmament conference are
leaving our shores to begin their dif
ficult task. This group of 31 will
probably he abroad for 8 or 9 months.
Secretary Stimson is their leader..
$200,000 Damages
Asked of Railroad
Raleigh, Jan. 14. The fathers of j
John C. Caddell, Jr., and Robert H.
te irner, Jr., Wake Forest high school,
: 'tilths, today filed suits aggregating.
8200,000 against the receivers for the
Seaboard Airline railway for the
deaths of their sons.
The two boys were killed when
a Seaboard freight train struck a]
school bus in Wake Forest September;
8. 19:11. Robert Shearon, driver of the
bus, was badly injured but survived'
the accident. He and Caddell and Gar
ner were the only occupants at the
time of the accidents.
Two suits were filed in Wake Su
perior court each asking damages ot
SIOO,OOO. The Raleigh Times.
HEI’HZIBAH W. M. S.
tvn i>Tfit 'T'u.p MEETING
The Woman’s Missionary Society,
of Hephzibah Baptist church met on
Friday afternoon of last week with
, Mesdames H. A. Hinnant and J. P.
Buchanan, at the home of the latter.
There were about twenty members and
some visitors present. Airs. J. P.
Winston had charge of an unusueffy
good program. In addition to the rou
' tine business. Mrs. Hinnant was ap
1' pointed by the W. M. S. to lead thf*
*j G. A. during this year, while Mrs.
.Dewey Martin was appointed to lead
.the R. A.’s and Mrs. R. L. Scarbov^
1 ( was chosen as Counselor for the Y. W.
‘| A. .Miss Alma Young, already in
charge of the Sunbeam Band, was
| promised wider cooperation The hos
tesses served ice cream and cake dur
ing the social hour.
FORMER CONVICT TRLSTEE
Philadelphia -In 1923 Henry G.
' Brocl was sent to prison for 10 years.
I A careening auto killed three people,
and crashed into a pole at a danger
ous st root crossing. Though a woman
was at the wheel, Brock assumed all
i responsibility. After serving 3 years,
he was pardoned. He became interest
i 1
ed in pr on reform, and lately Gov
ernor Pinchot appointed him a mem
ber of the State prison trustees. He
is a wealthy banker.
10.175 D! KE PATIENTS
In the slightly more than 17 months;
■ . j nce it s op< niug, Duke hospital has 1
lj treated 10,175 patients. j
This hospital has been approved for j
the training of internes and residents;
ij by tlx Ameri> ail Medical Association i
land the American College of Sur
• j r.eons. The school of medicine has
also been da -died as Grade A by j
the authorities. The school of medi ,
| cine now has 1 18 students, 18 of whom j
are in the senior class. Duke wild
grant its first medical degrees next
June.
I
l NIVERSrn LI Bit ARLAN
TO RESIGN
Dr. Louis R. Wilson, librarian at
I State University, will on Sept. 1, take
the posit m '*f dean of the library j
school of the University of Chicago.
His salary will be $12,000 a year,
w ith leave for research work during a
part or all of the winter months. His
loss will be a severe blow to the Uni
versity, since he is considered one of
the nation’s foremost librarians.
SMOKING
New regulation- at N. C. C. W., the
State college for women, at Green--
i boro, permit the girls to smoke in
their rooms only. They may not virit
to smoke, noi may a girl smoke' ui
her room if her room-mate object
President Foust, personally is on
I posed to young women smoking.
KILLS OWN CHILD
Tames Stenhouse of Millcrsburg,
Ohio, ha- confessed to chloroforming
bis* two-year-old son two years ago.
The child had an incurable brain
trouble and was a hopeless idiot. The
grand jury has submitted the father
for a brain test, instead "f a*murder
indict inent.
TAX SUIT DEFERRED
The Wake Count;. Commissioners
have postponed the time for filing
uit for the collection oi 1929 de
linquent taxes from January 15th to
February 15th.
DEATH OF A. D. WARD
A. D. Ward, a prominent citizen and
attorney of New Bern, N. C., died last
Thursday night, from a .heart attack.,
M M BEK 32
Highway Robbery
; Attempted Wed
Early last Wednesday morning
■ about six o’clock Carroll Joyner who
( lives out about two miles east of
Zebulon on highway No. 90 went out
to make preparations for killing some
hogs. Just as he passed a tobacco
barn, a negro stepped around the cor
ner with a drawn revolver and or
cdored Mr. Joyner to raise his hands,
! which naturally he did as quickly as
possible. The fellow asked Mr. Joyner
i if he had any money. He replied that
lhe did not, but the negro thoroughly
| searched him to satisfy hi itself. He
ithen left in the direction of Raleigh.
The attempted robbery was report
ed sheriff Massey who gave pursuit,
overtaking the negro about half-way
between Zebulon and Wendell. When
»
’arrested, it was found that he had
'two ugly lookine revolvers on his per-
I son, one a Smith and Wesson and the
'other a Victor. He was riding on a
farm wagon. Mi. Alassev handcuffed
him and brought him to Zebulon and
lockr'd him up in the town jail.
When wg talked with the hoy, for
ho s iid lie was only nineteen years of
. age, he is aid his home was in Durham
and that he had boon over near the
Nash County line. According to his
, -story, he left Durham yesterday.
j Woman’s club meeting
y' The literary and music department
of the Zebulon Woman’s Club met at
i hte club house uesday afternoon.
- Members answered to the roll call
-iv. ith names of towns in North Caro
. lina. Minutes of the last meeting
were read by Airs. Irby Gill in the ab
sence- of the secretary, Airs. Avon
; Privett. The following program was
(enjoyed by all present:
I Contrast of the works of Corra Tiar
as and Joseph Hergcsheimer by Airs.
' J H. Fowler. Life and works of
Charles Wakefield Ceelman by Mrs.
'iS. G. Williams. Vocal >!o- “At Dawn
• intr” and “Innesfail” by Mrs. J. F.
Coltrane, accompanied at the piano by
Mrs. J. G. Kemp.
I*. I A. <ll AT AUQI V MON. NIGHT
The community Chatauqua which is
to he given by the ( ongress "f Par
j ents and Teachers will be presented
jor Monday, evening. Jan 25 at 7:30
! o’clock in the school auditorium.
This change has bepn macle for
j two reasons, first to avoid conflict
iwith another important meeting in
(the community. In the next place it
| gives the* program committee a little
| more time to prepare' for the enter
| tuinment.
j This community Chatauqua should
j bring together at our school nuditori
| uni a large congregation of interested
i citizens.
I'll AMBLER TO OPPOSE ANG» 1
J. Milton Mangurn, Wak ut y
treasurer, who is expected to be a
candidate to succeed himself, will
have opposition in the June primary.
D. D. Chamblee, of Zebulon, Monday
'announced bis candidacy for county
treasurer. For a number of years, Mr.
Chamblee, who is 45 has represented
the Federal Land Bank, and has also
been engaged in the insurance busi
ness. He is a son of W. 11. Chamblee
who was a member of the county
board of commissioners for several
years. Raleigh Times.
BIRTH DA A PARTY
Little Dorothy Herndon Horton de
lightfully entertained «s< me of her
friends at a three course dinner Sun
day in honor of her seventh birthday.
Valentine suggestions were used in
the menu. Games and contests were
jen joyed during the day. Those en
| loving Dorothy's dinner were: Bets-/
I Khamburger, Jean Flowers, Dorothy
Mizelle, Rebecca Horton, and Virginia
| Bridges.
TRUITT AUQUITED
Joseph Truitt has been acquitted
often- trial or a charge of murdering
Gilford “Kiel” Brown in Raleigh late
Dec. The murder L still a mystery.
The Wakelon basketball teams won
over the teams fre-m Wendell here
Tuesday night. The boys’ score
31-20. while that made by the girls
was 28-18.
Here’s hoping our teams kc'ep it up!
The Wakefield Home Demonstra
tion club will hold the regular month
ly meeting at the club house next
Wednesday, the 27th, beginning at
2:30.