VOL. VIII.—
[HIS, THAI
AND IDE AIDER
By MRS. THEO. B. DAVIS
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A dictionary- maker has compiled
a list of the most beautiful words in
the English language. So far as his
list is concerned, I have no comments;
but to me the most beautiful words
vary with the seasons. Right now
they are these: “I’ll start the fires.
You stay in hed till the room is
warm.”
For various and sundry reasons I
did not go to church last Sunday; so
when the telephoiTe bell rang shortly
before noon, I answered at once.
Long distance was calling, and to me
it sounded like, “Jonesboro calling
.Mrs. Davis.” Then ensued one of those
conversations between the long dis
tance operator and some one—l never
did know who —that one can’t help
overhearing. Upon being told that I
was on the line, the person feared I
would not do. The operator said in
a tone of carefully restrained impa
tience: “But you told me to get her.
You told me to get others, and I found
but the Wakefield pastor is six or
seven miles out in the country, and
that Mr. A. A. Pippin is down towards
Middlesex and will not be home till
nearly night. Then you said the pas
tor’s wife would do. and I’ve got her
and now you won’t talk to her.” 1 hen
the answer, sweetly, patiently ex
planatory: “But I told you I wanted
either the pastor, one of the deacons
or a leading member of Wakefield
church; and you have never gotten me
one of those.” It was quite true. Long
distance said to Bennie Horton, “That
will be all, thank you.” And I hung
up the receiver and went back to the
kitchen.
Never a Christmas comes around
that I do not remember the one of til
teen years ago when we were getting
up a pageant for the Zebulon Bap
tist church. Mrs. Gabriel, Mrs. Isaacs
and I were in charge. They did the
music and I had the direction of the
action an ( | speaking parts—and the
costumes. What a cast we had!
Philip Massey, Jarvis Brantley and
Carl Pearce were eminently wise men.
Holmes Bunn, Latta Marshburn and
Curtis Land were shepherds—and
their own folks didn’t recognize them.
Clyde Moody was the innkeeper. An
nie Dizor, Doretha and Maggie Land
Willa Wiggs, Elizabeth Griffin, Lois
Pearce and Moudie Brantley were
Bethlehem girls. Maudie knew every
word of every part and could fill in
either to sing or to speak as neces
sary. Norman Humphrey, Earl Brant
ley, Irby Gill, and several others
were attendants or Bethlehem boys.
But the most important character, by
far, was Mr. A. J. Hunt, who came on
as prophet, and gave such a setting
of sacred solemnity to what was to
come that , the performace was re
ceived by the entire audience as 1
have never seen one before nor since.
Mrs. Hunt had sent the costume—all
white—to the church, and 1 arranged
it on Mr. Hunt. And when he was all
ready, in long trailing robes, a head
dress that came down over his should
ers, his own long white beard com
pleting the picture, I had the strang
est feeling of awe a- I looked,him
And when he walked slowly down the
aisle to the front of the church, stop
ped, gazed at the .picture background
>f the city of Be f hlehem, stretched out
one arm toward it and began: “But
thou, Bethllehem, Ephratah, though
thou be little among the thousands of
Judah, yet out of thee shall he come
forth—” Well, 1 was not the only
one that felt the spell. It went all
over the house. No wonder that
John Barrow, Jr. then four years old
went home an,| told his mother that
“Mr. Hunt was at church, and he had
on Jesus’ suit.” It was a wonderful
performance that the young folks
gave.
Not once did they have to be promp-'
ted —which was fortunate, because no
>ody up front had a book, and I was
back in the Philathea room. But I
shall always feel that Mr. Hunt in
some mystic way entered fully into
the .joy and sorrow and glory of the !
orophecy he pronounced.
Though 1 have seen the some pa
geant several times since then, I have
never felt that an\- one else should
attempt the prophet’s part.
It is bad enough to be behindhand
• with getting ready for Christmas, and
»'■> be rushed and worried and tired
and nervous about it; but the linish
ing touch is to hear some one else say
* Why, I have all my Christmas pres- '
ents ready, all wrapped and labelled.”
Folks like that had better watch out
or they’ll be like a friend of mine who 1
was always so far ahead of the rest
with her work that she actually seem
ed behind. Her fall sewing was fin
ished by the last of August and the
children began school in new clothes
while their classmates were extending
in several directions from faded sum
mer apparel. Then her spring sew
ing began in January, and her chil
dren again appeared in new clothes
while all the rest were still in theii■:
practically new fall garments. It was
the some way with house-cleaning.
She did it so early that it looked like J
-he was merely unusually late. Please
take the hint, and don’t come telling
me how well up you are with your
work. You might be misjudged.
Over the greatest beauty hangs
the greatest ruin.
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Rotarians Have
Good Meeting
J'. 1. White, Reporter
The Rotary Club was indeed lucky
at its meeting last Friday night to
have as their speakers two men who
are vitally interested in the welfare
of this community and other com
| munities.
Th ; objects of Rotary are now very
! well known but to those who may
! novel’ have known, or have forgotten
1 the following will be both enlighten
j ing and informing:
The ideal of service as the basis of
i all worthy enterprise,
j High ethical standards in business
! and professions.
The application of the ideal of Ser
vice by every Rotarian to his personal,
business and community life.
The development of acquaintance
i as an opportunity for Service.
The recognition of the worthiness
i of all useful occupations and th'* dig
jnifying by each Rotarian of his oc
-1 cupation as an opp- 'tv
! society.
The advancement o u dels' ndin ■;
good-will and intc n onal pe; ■
i through a world fellowship of busi
ness and professional men united in
the ideal of service,
j Prof. E. ('. Blair, of State College
was speaker at the weekly luncheon
of the Rotary Club Friday, Dec. 16.
He was introduced by Dr. C. E.
; Flowers acting in place of Mr. M. M.
i Faison who was unavoidably ab
sent.
Prof. Blair’s subject was Diversi
fied Farming and every minute of
! his hour’s talk was thoroughly en
joyed by all present,
i He said diversification is the most
j important thing in farming. To be :
a good farmer you must have good
; soil. The old way of farming was i
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1 W \K KFIKLI) PHILATHEA
CLASS MEETS
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The Philathea Class of Wakefield
Baptist Church held its regular Mon
day meeting on Wednesday night of!
i last week, at the home of Mrs. R. P.
Tones.
Mrs. A. S. Bridges opened the meet-:
j ing with prayer,*Mrs. L. D. Bunn read
the Scripture lesson, Luke second
chapter. Mrs. Bridges read two
Christmas poems.
Mrs. T. C. Pippin, Mrs. P. P. Pact
and Mrs. C. 11. Massey sang Silent
Night.
The meeting was closed with praycu
by Mrs. Pippin, Mrs. Bridges and
Mrs. Green. The following officers
were elected for the new year:
Teachers, Mrs. Wilson; Ist Assistant,
Mrs. E. H. Green; 2nd Assistant, Mrs.,
Theo. B. Davis.
President, Mrs. Ed Bunn; Ist Vice-
President. Mrs. T. C. Pippin; 2nd
Vice-President, Carol Joyner; 3rd
Vive-President, Fred Mangum.
Secretary. Mrs. H. C. Mitchell;
Assistant Sec., Mrs. E. A. Rhodes;
Treasurer, Mrs. R. P. Jones; Reporter,
Mrs. W. J. Perry.
The social hour was enjoyed by all.
The Zebulon Record, Zebulon, N. (\, Dec. 23, 1932
Woman’s Club
WOM \N’S CLUB MEETS
The Woman's Club held the regu
lar December meeting on Tuesday af
ternoon of this week, with Mrs. C. E
Flowers, president, in the chair. After
i the business session members w'ere
• j asked to give son e Christmas thought
!or quotation. M s. F. I). Finch, in
J charge of the music, presented Mrs.
I Haywood Scarboiough, soloist, and
i Mrs. W. G. Smitl. accompanist, both
,of Wendell, who delighted the club
i with selections of music appropriate
to the season. It was not the first
time these ladies have honored the
Zebulon Club by taking part on the
; program, and thii fact added to the
pleasure of the li iteners.
I he Garden Department will hold no
meeting this month, and announce
ment as to the date of the January
i meeting ■ ill be nade later.
News Briefs
Farm i : eotton groi n under
I demonstration methods in Cabarrus
I County s' orn to he well adapted to
j the countiy . d will likely be adapted
iby most of the growers.
Ruby Travis of the Taylorsville sec-
I lion of Catawba County raised 102
I turkeys as a 4-H club project this
j year from which she secured a gross
return of $205.84. The pullits were
raised front four hens,
i Alfalfa planted in Lincoln County
during the first week in September
j has come up to a good stand and is
| growing nicely, reports Graham Mor
rison. farm agent.
The Reed’s strain of Danish cab
bage grown in Alleghany County has
i produced from one to three tons more
an acre than the ordinary varieties
! returning the growers from $5 to SBO
more an acre.
Five tobacco curing barns were con
verted into sweet potato storage!
(house- in Durham County at a cost of
I sls t > S2O each and are filled with
the new crop of potatoes.
Surry County poultrymen report
that they produced eggs at a cost of.
10 cent- a dozen this year and sold
them for an average of 27 cents p'
dozen. These poultrymen are keeping
\ careful records.
Twenty-five Alamance County far ,
mers iiought IV2 tons of fresh meai
coopei atively as poultry feed at aj
saving of $112.50. j
Johnston ( ounty farmers report the j
largest acreage to small grain ever)
planted in this cotton and tobacco,
growing county. The increase in bar
ley planting to help out the short
corn crop is especially noticeable, says
the farm agent.
Because he called his father a
"fool”, John Marian of Shirley, Eng
lost a heritage <>f $40,000 when his
father died.
Three marriages with thre differ- 1
ent men find Mrs. Rosa Moorehead
of ElDara, 111., still with the same
name as she married three brothers.
Tarheelia
Hickory, Dec. 2 tariff may be
an intricate problem for statesmen but
. Longview seventh grade pupils ex
. plain the subject with ease.
Hiram Balch, teaching at the school
spent long hours explaining the tariff
> then questioned the pupils and re-
L ceived results that included such an
-1 swers as:
“Tariff is something like tar that
I they put on foreign goods.”
l “Tariff is something that you make
> cement roads with, and used to make
? the cars run easier.”
[ “Tariff is a kind of gun powder
• used to fight with, used in guns.”
• “Tariff is something they make
• 1 clothes out of.”
■ Hinnant Killed
Resisting Robbers
Zebulon, N. C., Dec. 21, 1982.
Ezekiel Hinnant, who lived about five
. miles south of Wendell near Lake
(Wendell, was killed Tuesday night at
his home about 8:00 o’clock. Some
by name one came to bis house, and
calling him by name, asked him to go
I to his store which was just across the,
road. A short time afterwards, his
! wife heard a pistol shot. She started
; to the stole and saw two men running
; down the road. Her husband came
• out of the store with his shot gun in
his hand, saying he was shot .He)
fell in the edge of the yard and was ;
carried into the house. He expired
without ever speaking again.
It is believed the motive of the i
crime was robbery, and that when the!
men demanded his money, he reached
under the counter for his gun, and
they shot him as he rose up. He
leaves a wife and one child. He was
buried it Salem Primitive Baptist
j church Wednesday afternoon.
!Demonstration Chib
The Wakefield Home Demonstration!
Club will hold the December meeting 1
|on next Wednesday, the 28th. In-I
| stead of being held at the m ial nourl
this meeting will be at night, begin-:
ning at 7:30. Mrs. Mclnness will no*'
be present, hut a program is being
(planned. Each member is asked to
, bring her husban,! as guest for the
I evening.
1 After being hurt three times in
auto smashups, George Kedize of Pa! j
atine, 111., sold his motor car and
now walks two mile- to the railroad!
station.
Mrs. Catherine O’Brien of Luluth 1
Minn., claimed that Thomas Kelley’s J
' dog bit her, but her claim was dissan
proved when it was established that
the dog had lost his teeth.
1 Fred Herron of Montclair, N. J.,'
was badly stung by a wasp that en
tered an open window and hid In his
hair brush. »
Death Os
Mrs. B. Cone
On last Thursday night Mrs. Bertie
I C. Cone died at her home in Zebulon.
I Mrs Cone has been a great sufferer
, for more than a year. She was a most
excellent woman and a faithful mem
ber of the Baptist Church. Lacking
only three days, she lived nine years
beyond her husband. The funeral ser
vice was conducted at the home Satin
day afternoon by her pastor, Rev. R.
H. Herring, assisted by Rev. Then B.
Davis, a former pastor. Burial was
' in the local cemetery.
. Surviving Her ark two brothers,
L. A. and J. E. Hagwood of .Middle
sex, two sisters. Mrs. G. 11. Bryant
of Spring Hope and Mrs. S. S. Bunn
■of Zebulon and four cvhildren: Mrs.
| Kader Dozier and Miss Minnie Belle
i Cone of Norfolk, Mrs W. T. Dowd
land Orniand Cone of Sanford. Mrs.
j Cone will be missed by her friends
and neighbors and the sympathy of
| the community goes out to the family.
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Service For
Mrs. J. M. Knott
Knightdale, X. Dee. 21 On last
Thursday a prayer meeting was held
at the home of Mrs. C. Y. Williams
for the benefit of her mother, Mrs
J. M. Knott, who is a shut in and is
making her home with her daughter
this winter.
Mrs. Knott is a devoted Christian
and loves any form of worship. She
v as highly pleased by the pastor, Rev
('. 11. Howard, and members of
Knightdale Church. Among a num
ber of other beautiful hymns, Mrs. I
Knott’s favorite hymn, “When The
Roll Is Called Up Yonder,” was sung 1
This was a real Christmas party and
all thoroughly enjoyed the service.
Mj's. Knott will be B*l years old on
KeTiruary 10, and is still “happy in
Him” today. Her many friends wish
her a Christmas and many
New Y< ars to come.
The true value of an egg like a
watch, isn’t in it- ease.
Tragedy (Almost)
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Last Sunday afternoon, while |
Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Hilliard
were at church, a party from Dur
ham came down to Hilliard's |
Lake and taking two boats went
up the pond. The Milliards came
home while the party was out on
Ihe pond. While Mrs. Hilliard
was milking the cow, she heard
cries for help. Mr. Hilliard got
into another boat and went to i
their rescue. They had turned over
both boats and were frozen so
stiff that they could not move.
He took them to his house and
thawed them out with warm *
blankets. After being given dry
clothing, they went home.
—Hales Chapel Corres.
HE FIAFD3GDLE
By Tie
si. \siini < Ki r it
H ,vo you -een the new Chevrolet?
.... It sho’ is a honey. . . It’s so
streamlined that ten miles looks like
fifty. . . . Twenty looks like seventy.
. . . Thirty looks like a hundred. . . . .
And when you’re riding at forty it
takes your breath fwav So’
fast that when you start to read the
welcome signs in Wendell, you’re four
miles past Zebulon before you have
a chance to stop. ... So streamlined
that you can run through a rain
storm and never get wet Thru
a snow storm and never get cold. . .
... If you have a bad cold you can
get into one of these aforementioned
cars and in ten seconds by the clock
you’ll have left your cold in another
county. . . Your shallow can’t even
keep up with you Had an attack
of appendecitis the first part of the
week. . . . Nothing serious but very
painful indeed. . . . Doc came up and
told me to wrap myself around an
, ice pack. . . . .Not bail to listen to, but
just try it. . . . You can do it if you’re
a contortionest. . . . Sent me some
oil m a bottle and the only way I
could get the oil down was to swal
low the bottle and all. . . Cork came
I out half way down and had to do it
all over again Doc must have
known his business. . . He didn’t
even ask me what was wrong. . . .
Ate my first ice pack before I found
out what it was meant for. . . . Thot
it was some kind of medicine fixed
up like a cocktail Went to a
press meeting the other night . . . .
They gave away so many souviners
that I had to send a truck back after
those that I couldn’t carry. . . . Com
ing back it was snowing so hard that
you couldn’t see your hand in front
of you. The ice wjis so thick
or. the wind shield that the wind
couldn’t get to the wiper .... If the
wind wiper had been working we
could have made better time
Couldn’t average over 95 to ,-nve ••«•
life. But who wants to save my life ?. .
That’s one time I heat you lo the
drawer stronger. . . .1 read your thots
before they even came into your mind
Me an ( | Houdini but Houdini’s
dead so that only leaves me. . . . No,
No competition at all Outside
of V\ hitlev Chamblee, I’m the only
one in town that can read a fellow’s
mind. . . . of course you already
know that I can read your mind and
if you want proof that Sir Whitley
can read minds. . . (Jo in and throw
i down three cents and ask for a stamp
. . . Don't even ask for it, just lay
down ihe three cents, and presto
, Whitley slings out a three cent stamp
just like that. . . You say where are
you to get the three cents? . . . Don’t
t ask me. . . I figured out the first
part. . . You figure out the last. . . .
~ • • • Saw a tel low buyign a new car
the other day. . . . He decided on
everything that he vyanted about it
except the type wheels "Do you
like disk wheels?” inquired the dealer
“Well," pipes our hero, pointing
. to a wire wheel. ... “I like disk one
just as goo,t as 1 do dask one”
Bultaloe. (Soda Shop Variety), wants
;I to publi h a tight list. . . liu he found
(jout that it was going to cost him -ome
I I money, so he withdrew the suggestion
I Saw the city manager, Mr.
. I Sexton, out shoveling snow from front
j of his office. . . . And that colored boy
in Bp 1 1 aloes out Saturday morning
j r ankmg aw• ■ it omeb dy’s -ar. .
p . . . Ho was actual'y tor pale
win n h 1 t con. . . \\ lift!., r kicked
the car, or vice versa, we \ver< . 1 able
to find out. . . . And din you see that
one ho-- wogan, come into town last
| Saturday morning with the little stove
I in it. . . Why you'd a thought the
■'j fellow was right at home the way he
was wroped ’round that air piece of
Ctin with a hunk, o’ wood in it
) Gonna put one of them things in my
car soon as I get the car and when I
get the thing. ... Sent three Christ
;! mas cards in the mail and they cost
• ime so much that I just dropt ill the
j ft si of my friends post cards stating
! that I had mailed them a Christmas
.[card. . . But it got lost in the mail. .
[!. . . Forgot to turn the water out of
• the radio the other Friday night and
• the thing froze on me. . . . Had no
I idea it was so cold Took it two
hours to warm up enough for me to
find out that I had been using cooking
!electricity instead of lighting lec
• twisty. . . Front now on it’s lighting
only Just finished reading one
of Edgar Allan I’oe’s poems. . . You
know, that one about the raisin. . . I
kinda liked that part whore it says
.... “Quothe the raisin never more.”
j. . . Now 1 never knew that raisins
could talk, hut then poet: and poli
ticians are allowed to use words any
way they want provided them make
them rhyme, so I guess that it was
all right after all And that
voting lady we saw the latter part of
last week, guess its all right to kiss
yo’ fellow good night, hut my deah,
| not quite so neuh the street lights. .
■ . . We’ll refrain from mentioning the
, young lady', name. . . . But next time
| we happen on the scene of action . . .
'Take an old maestro’s advice and find
a more secluded spot to say your fond
adieus. . . . Better to run the risk of
a mother’s scolding than the risk of a
• neighbor’s tongue wagging In
j other words, niy deah child, “Look be
i fore you lip”, as the old adage goes.
.... And down in Johnston county
they run on a scedule kinda like our
Sunday Schools up here do. . You’ve
heard of the six point record system.
|. . . Well, down there they leave out
the o and make it the six pint system
... You know, a pint of cawn and w
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