VOL. VIIL—
THIS, THAT
AND IHE OTHER
By MRS. THKO. B. DAVIS
W ith all this talk about economiz
ing in (government affairs, and with
>o many departments beseeching' large
appropriations, l am reminded of an
old negro man whom 1 once knew.
He had a brother-in-law who was
said to be the biggest eater in all
ihat section; and this brother-in-l;rv
frequently came visiting Uncle Henry.
Moved by interest or curiousty a white
friend one day asked Uncle Henry
how, with his limited means, he was
able to give Jake enough to fill him
up. “Law”, he said, “I don’t both")
'bout fillin’ Jake. I .it s takes out what
I can ’ford to spare ’im, and lets him
eat flat an’ quit.”
It has occured to me that it might
be wise for our legislators to ap
propriate to variou- departments what
the State can afford to spare them,
and let it go at that.
One more instance of fauUy argu
iaeni about teachers’ salaries, and
I think I’m through. Over and over
and over again we hear about how
much it has cost a teacher to go to
college and prepare for teaching. If
does cost But those argufiers would
leave tin' impression that no one has
to pay for an education except teach
ers, and that no one else goes to col
lege. Do they feel that our teachers
have no desire for learning and cul
ture save as it may be translated
into dollars and cents? Surely they
love knowledge for it.- own sake.
It may be that these things are
stressed because in no other profession
are salaries so arbitrarily fixed b>
the state. But there are so many
strong arguments in favor of good
teachers and fair salaries that it seems
a pity to harp more continuously on
the weaker points. And there is no
profession that does not require con
tinued study, if one would keep a
hreast of the times. Nor are there
many instances v. here this progress
is not costly to the learner.
Last Sunday’s mail brought me a
letter from Beidon Bell -Judge Bell,
it you please, though my tongue finds
it much easier to say Berdon. as when
he was a schoolboy. He spoke ot the
days at Wakel-m and of what Mrs.
Bunn, then Miss N -wton. did for him
n seventh grade, and of how much
more he appreciates this now than
he did then.
That’s one of the great extras in
teaching. You wo-- v aUm..-, doing your
host with a group of careless, for
getful, restless, lovable children, t';•
ing to impress upon them the most
important thing- in lit" and that to
come, hv turns elated and terribly
di'i-ouraged. And aft* " years many
of them rise up and call you blessed.
A remark made to me by one of
the most brilliant women of my ac
quaintance has stayed in my mind.
She said that if one does not know the
Bible and mythology he misses a very j
great portion of thi pleasure afforded
by reading, because of the failure to
understand so many reference and
allusions to these sources.
If the earth is not wet clear to
the middle, it is deeper than many of
us realize. The groundhog has cer
tainly vindicated himself this year
And now the talk is of how best to
sow tomato seed tor early plants.
Farmers have the advantage of town
folks there; for around the edge of
a plant-bed is the best place eves foi
early sowing of tomatoes, lettuce, beets
mustard, etc.
And 1 wish someone would tell me
whether tobacdo plant-beds always
glow up in raspberry vines the year
after being used, and after that the
blackberry vines take possession. Oi
do they act that way down here.’
When i was a child in anoher state
we always went to old plant-bed
places to look for the finest berries.
THK RIGHT \TTHT HE
row VUI> ( OOPER V FIVES
The farmer who joins a cooperative
with the idea that mere joining will
immediately broaden his market, raise
his prices and bring him prosperity,
is doomed to disappointment.
When enough farmers join with the
intention of working with and for the
cooperative, loyally supporting it and
seeking new members, in order to
build for the future, they will get what J
they are looking for.
The cooperative movement is grad- j
ually bringing agriculture out of
chaos. It is laying a foundation on !
which permanently profitable prices
and good markets can be built. That
must be done before any progress at
all can be made, precisely as years
ago it was done in major industries.
Cooperation, then, is simply enlight
ened self interest. It isn’t a quack pa
nacea for all the farmers’ ills. It is
akin to the treatment of a first-class
surgeon who knows that whenever,
possible, he must get his patient in
good general condition before attack
ing precise troubles. And the cooper
ative movemnt holds, perhaps to a
greater degree than we realize, the
future of American Farming.—ln
dustrial News Review.
There are always showers for the
mide. hut the groom catches thunder.
Slrrorit
lTax Relief
Mass Meeting
! A mass meeting of farmers, busi
ness and professional men of Little
River Township, Wake County, was
held at Wakelon high school, Tuesday
! evening, Feb. 21, and discussed the
issues now- before the Legislature and
- problems confronting the County and
i State. There were more than a hun
dred tax payers present.
; There was strong sentiment force
fully expressed against the present
I penalties charged on delinquent taxes
land the County proceeding with the
(foreclosure for delinquent taxes. They
I strongly favored postponing all fore
closures until after the present Legis
lature has passed what laws they are
going to pass giving such relief as
they will.
A eommitee of five men was ap
pointed, consisting of K. E. Pippin, C.
il Chamblee, C. V. Whitley, Ivey Nat -
ion and W. A. Joyner to confer with
the Wake County Tax Payers Asso
ciation with a view to a county-wide
rneu.ag co be held in Raleigh in the
near future.
The peope of this section feel that
unless there is relief provided in some
way, probably half the people, espec
ially the farmers, will lose their
homes. Already a great number have
j had their homes sold. They are not
I interested so much in new sources of j
’revenue as in finding ways and means!
nl cutting the cost of government.
IW. 0. Glover
Loses Hand
Tuesday morning Mr. W. 0. Glover
shop foreman at Merritt Massey’s
lumber plant, was adjusting the big
I planer and in some way his right hand
| got caught in the gears. Mr. Massey
was standing near by and jumped and
pulled him away from the machine
or he wouldshave lost his arm if not
his life. He was carried to the hospi
tal in Raleigh, where Dr. Glasscock
operated on his hand. It is thought
that if no complications follow, at
least two, if not three,, fingers may be
saved.
When told about the- accident one
citizen said “Glover is the best car
penter 1 ever saw. Ihe other
“And one of the best men f ever saw. j
We sympathize with him in his mis-j
fortune.
VINCENT-MEDIAN
On last Sunday morning, February
]<t at 9:00 o’clock, Miss Revie Medlin
was married at her home to Geo. D.
Vincent, of Greenville. Ihe eeremone
was performed by Rev. R. H Herring.
Those present were the members of
the immediate family. Mr. and Mrs
Vincent left for a bridal trip to Wash
ington, D. C., after which they will be
at home in Greenville.
Mrs. Vincent is the daughter of J.
N, Medlin, of Zebulon, and has been
active in the church and social life oi
the town.
( LI B MEETING
The Civics and Music Departments |
ot the Woman's ( lull held their regu-1
lar monthly meeting on Tuesday of
this week. Miss Buffaloe, of the Wake-1
on fa o' , a. a,it 1 a group of
her pupils Margaret Bunn. Ka>
Kemp. Gertrude Carter, Nona Maj
Alford, Mary Gray Pippin, Charlet
Winstead and Paul Venable—as they
sang several numbers. All the selec
tions were ot a patriotic nature, in
honor of the birthday of Washington
and were: Hail Columbia; America
the Beautiful; The Old North State.
Charles Winstead sang a solo: Father
of The Land We Love.
Mrs. C V. Whitley, in charge of the
civics program, presented F. D. Finch ■
local attorney, who spoke on The Ex-1
ecutive Department of Our State Gov
eminent. His discussion was interest
ing. informative and timely.
The singing by club members of
The Star Spangled Bannei and Battle
Hymn of the Republic, with Mrs. J.
G. Kemp at the piano, brought to a
close a meeting of unusual interest.
BIRTH DAT SUPPER
On last Wednesday afternoon, V\.
If. Patterson celebrated his 84th birth
day. A bountiful supper of barbecue,
beef, cakes and pies and many other
good things to eat was served. After
supper string music was enjoyed.
Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. A.
M. Brantley, Misses C arolyn and \ ir
ginia Johnson, Marie Brantley, Mrs.
Ella Cockrell, Mr. and Mrs J. A.
Brantley. All left wishing Mr. Pat
terson many more birthda\>.
Candor will lose you some friends,
but not as many as deceit.
The greater your troubles, the
greater your opportunity to show
yourself a man.
Toby Cook Stops
In Raleigh
Small Toby Cook, oi Georgia, seven
years old. ha- covered naif the dis
tance from his home to Washington,
where he is going to attend the inaug
uration on March 4. He spent Tuesday
night in Rahdgh after having ridden
45 miles that day, and was stud to be
so tired that he fell asleep while wait
ing to speak to Governor Erhinghaus.
He has been on the road 9 days, ac-’
companied b\- his father and two neg
ro servants, a« well as tv two extra
ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA February 2L 1933.
|Quotations From Writings And Addresses
j Os George Washington, 1732-1799
To persevere in one’s duty and be silent is the best
answer to calumnv.
* !
Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of!
celestial lire, called conscience,
i
Os all the dispositions and habits that lead to political,
prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable sup-1
ports.
Nothing is greater sacrilege than to prostitute thJ
great name of God to the petulance of an idle tongue. The
foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swear-j
ing is a vice so mean and low, that every person of sense
!
jand character detests and despises it. I
Cotton Co-Ops To
Meet In Raleigh
Raeigh, Feb. 21.—Wake county
members of the North Carolina Cot
ton Growers Cooperative Association
will hold their annual primary con
vention in the court house here, Mon
day, February 27, at 2:30 to elect del
egates to th*' sixth dis'dtet convention'
which will lie hold at Louisburg at a
later date.
Eithei 1 . Benton Blalock, general
manager, or M. C. Mann, secretary
treasure, of the cooperative will ad
dress the meeting, discussing with
members such topics as production
credit for 1933, improved seeds, fertil
izers, and farm legislation now pend
ing in Congress.
j Delegate elected at the meeting
Jheie will meet in Louisburg with dele
j gates from Franklin, Warren, Gran
ville, Orange, Vance, Durham and Al
amance, six otht r counties in the dis
ti ict, to select nominees tor director
of the district. Dr. B. W. Kilgore, of
Raleigh, is present director. Ho is al
s( president of the Cotton Coopeative
AN NOl M'EM ENT
Mrs. Henry W. Peabody of Wash-1
ington, D. C, will speak to a mass]
meeting of women at United Church
Raleigh, on Feb. 28. at 11:00 o’clock, i
Mrs. Edna R. Harris, Corresponding]
Secretary of the Baptist W. M. U. of!
North Carolina, urges that a large]
delegation from this section attend;
this meeting and hear a discussion i
of vital interest to women at thi
time.
I
“Gentleman Jim”
Corbett Dead
The death of James J. Corbett a
few days ago was the second prize
fighters in less than a week, Corbett’s
death from illness closely following
that of Ernie Sohaaf, who died as a
result of a fight.
Corbett, known as “Gentleman Jim". (
in private life lived up to the title.
Becoming champion of his art when j
he defeated Fitzsimmons, he retired;
(from the ring years ago, dying at the j
jage of 66. He was twice married, butj
had no children.
DEATH OF W. R. HO KINS (
The death of W. R. Hopkins occurr
ed at his home about one mile west
of Union Chapel last Saturday aitei
noon. He had been ill for a number
oi years, but not confined to his bed
till al out one month ago. He was bur
ied in the family cemetery near his
home Sunday afternoon. Rev. A. D.
Parrish, his pastor, conducted the bur
ial service. Members of the \\ akefieh
Junior Order of which he was a mem-j
’her acted as pall bearers.
He left a wife and ten children, all]
of whom lived at home except a son.
Joe, who lives in Raleigh, lie was a
leading man in the community and a
leader in the Union Chapel church of
which he was a deacon. He was 50
years old. He left many friends and
relatives who will greatly miss him
ami who sympathize with his loved
ones in his death.
i
PRE ACHING AT
HOPKINS <ll \PEL
Owing to the death of W. R. Hop
kins, Rev. A. I). Parrish, the pastor
at Hopkins ( hapel, could not he at i
the reguar service- there last Sunday f
So he will preach at the church next ]
Sunday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock.
('here an two freedoms —the false
where a man is free to do what he)
iih.es; the t: ue, where a man is free
t<• do what ne ought.
Whc n the State is most corrupt
tin n th<- laws are most multiplied.—
Tacitus.
Visitor: “Why are you here?”
(n. nne Patient: "For no reason at
Big Bankrupt Sale
Starts Fridayi
w I
Commencing Friday morning. Fob. I
24, one of tho biggest bankrupt sales ,
ever held in or around Zebulon, will
be put on by the Southern Mercantile
Adjusters of Norfolk, Va. This con
cern purchased the stock of P. Satis
ky at tho U. S. Court bankrupt sale
a short time ago and they propose
to put it on the market for the next,
fourteen days at bargains which will
make folks go down into socks, walls,
pitchers, mattresses and every other
place where dimes and dollars have
been kept for just such bargains as
these people are offering,
j In order to save the expense oi
packing and shipping this big stock
of all kinds of dry goods to their Nor-1
folk headquarters, they are putting j
this sale on for Zebulon and every I
section of Wake, Johnston, Nash and
Franklin counties. This concern bought
the stock at such a price that thevi
can afford to sell at prices unheard
of in this section for the quality of
goods which the public knows Mr
Satiskv sold. The sale will begin at
9:00 o'clock. Friday morning.
ANNOI'NTKMENT
I The general meeting of the Zebu
j ion Woman's Club for tins month will
jbe held next Tuesday afternoon at
All members are specially re- ]
j quested to attend, as officers for Ih<‘j
(coming year will be elected at this
meeting. The program will be in
'charge of the Garden Department.
Guiseppe Zangara
( Gets Eighty Yearsl
In Miami. Florida, Guiseppe Zan j
I vara, who attempted to murder Pro.- -1
j ident-Elect Roosevelt, and wounded]
foui other persons, was sentenced on
Monda> to 80 years imprisonment tor
bis crime. He pleaded guilty to each
(count and told the court he did not
' care whether he lived or not, berating
las fools those who would not let him
■bill Roosevelt. When sentenced he}
(asked the judge v\,.. be stingy and
j not give him a sentem ■ of 100 years
l! n ide •’ : m to nsanity as a
ic.ui e of his action, bu declared hej
hated all capitalists and that pains in]
j hi s stomach had a part in his having]
■ decided on the attempted assassins
I tion.
52.-,o losj: did vor find it? 1
Listen, neighbors, wl ite and bl; •!
Do you know Aunt Ophelia Whitley? 1
Well, -die is 7? years « id and washes
! for the white folks, for a living. She (
! had saved up $2.50 to del)) pay he
| taxe s Past Friday she went into A.i
I Kemp & Son's store and Imm there
j down to Graham May's. Somewhere
on the- way she lost all the money sh
had $2.50. There were two one dollar}
hills, a quarter atnd other smallerj
change. She says she is well nigh
ciazy about that money, and would]
hie glad to get even a quarter hack |
Now did you find it? If so hurry with}
it to Aunt Ophelia and give it all hack
j and then you will have an easy con j
| science that the rightful owner has
her own and Aunt Ophelia will be hap
py Thank you, we are sure you will do
this if you found the two and a half.
j
1
If you would n"t be forgotten a- :
i -dun as you are dead, either write
(things worth reading or do thing
[ worth writing.—B. Franklin, }
{
When anv duty is to be done, it is'
fortunate foi you if you feel like do *
ling it; but, if you d not ffe! like it.j
'that is no reason for not doingit.—W.
Gladden.
1 i iv often had occasion to observe
that a warm blundering man does
more for the world than a frigid wise
man Richard Cecil
The more government we have thr
1< - we care for it.— Will Payne.
i
Mission Workers
Meet At Wendell
Wendell, Feb. 20.—A large audi
ence nearly filled the Wendell Baptist
Church Sunday afternoon when the
regular meeting of" the W. M. U. Fifth
District of the Raleigh Baptist Asso
ciation was held.
The meeting on this occasion was
| turned into a young people’s rally
j featuring the work done by young
| people in the churches, which is fos
jtered by the women’s organizations.
Pastor S. W. Oldham of the local
church, welcomed the audience, an<’
I Mrs. T. T. Allen, district chairman
I then took charge of the meeting, and
also gave the delegates and visitors
i a short welcome
j The devotional part of the program
I was in charge of Miss Alva Lawrence,
'State field worker for the VV. M. U.
! Following this, Pastor Oldham pre
sented Rev. Forrest C. Feezor, pastor
lof the Tabernacle Church of Raleigh,
I who made the feature address of the
(afternoon, using as his subject, “Life’s
I Extras,” and emphasizing “God’s Ex
it) as,” in his powerful talk.
The churches in this district are
j Bethlehem, Central, Hephzibah. Zeb-
I ulon anil Wendell. The regular March
i meeting of the district will be held
i with the Hephzibah Church at a time :
i to be .announced later.
Honorable Dates
In February
The birthdays ot Washington and
Lincoln, on the 12th and 22nd of (his
month mv probably remembered by
more persons than any other of ou>’
historical characters. Washington’s
birthday is a legal holiday in all the
states end territories of the nation
while that of Lincoln is so honored in
22 states.
It is both encouraging and depress
ing to kynw that during both their
lives them* men were subjected to ca
lumny and abuse of various kinds. De
pressing because one realizes that as
a nation we are not outgrowing suclU
tactics; encouraging because of the
manhood which withstood such oppo
sition.
It is probable that never again will
the United States produce a vnan who
will rank with Washington in univers
al fame
Y!riP*N OF TAXATION" |
l
j The following verse was sent to the j
Khicago Daily News by G. A. Hay-]
wood:
. Each day you may see me out working |
j on the farm.
I have a little forty, a chicken coop
and barn.
I love to work upon the faun and keep
it neat and clean, j
But when I’m in my bed at night, I
have such awful dreams.
I see taxes on the ceiling. I sec taxes
on the wall,
1 see taxes in the kitchen, I see taxes .
I in Hie hall,
I see taxes in the dining room. 1 see
j taxes on my plate,
II believe 1 can taste taxes in every-j
j thing I eat |
1 believe in paying taxes, I believe in
j being sane,
| I believe these unjust taxes are taxa-j
j tion of the brain. i
i see taxes on my children, 1 see taxes' 1
on my wife,
I see taxes on my income, 1 see taxes
on my life.
The next bum rap that we predict
(\ ith no other can compare;
It's a meter on our windpipe, then tax
us for the air.
t
)
The 4th of March draws near. Comes
Jthen a new President. Will the horde
{of job and favor hunters lay off? They .
'.ill not Will bis party back him unit- .
,eiily? I’ ill not. Will he have woes’. (
IHe will. Will 'c country be improv
1■ d ? Who kno .s? But everybody j
, hope . 'Most everybody, anyhow.— (
Union 11< ' aid.
j
ho ii ok- Its place below him
ai I) ■ ■ nlj h. below hi place.
, North < and- a General \ssembly (
Hoii- of Representatives
Raleigh
2-17-33 j
Editor Zebulon Record,
I Zebulon, N. C, (
(Dear Sir: (
I Please say to the people in your sec- \
tion of Wake County that lam here ,
as thcii --ervant willing and ready to |
render any service within my power ,
| for their welfare, if any of you good (
folks can make any suggestions that (
would be of benefit to the masses don’t
hfsitate to call on me. ,
Yours to serve, I,
Dr. S. E. Douglas. (
Prohibition Issue
Rack To States
i
| B\ a vote of 28!) to 121 the House \
of Representative-* on Monday decided ;
to send back to the states the prohi- <
Motion amendment which has been a r
bone of contention since it was passed. <
Now the struggle will begin anew in <
many state.-. If the drys can hold only \
1” states, they can prevent the repeal ]
of the prohibition amendment. r
This is the first time in history that j
such repeal has been sought after
once having become a law of the na
ition. t
! YE FLAPDOODLE
ISy The
SH \SIIRI ( h M il
Say, who said that Rudy V'allee
doesn’t have the old spunk? Why
v hen he was in Raleigh the other night
someone jeered him and he was a
bout to scratch their eyes out when
the police arrived upon the scene and
put a stop to such rashness— Chief
Barbour of Raleigh was there to pro
tect our national pain in the extreme
top of the spinal column so ho didn’t
do any hair pulling or biting, oi
eyescratching ai all And Whitley
Chamblee, the dashing P. (>. (push
over) clerk, when asked where he had
had a certain pain last week, replied
something like this—FIRST PAIN;
Beginning at a pimple under the left
eye, 32 degrees to a black head under
the lobe of the right ear; thence
dirtily 28 degrees twenty-two poles
to a mole from which sprout three
hail's; thence ten whiskers eighteen
razor scratches to the point of lie
ginning—Now if anyone can figure
out the exact location of Whitley’s
pain, please notify his family sur
geon—l feel sorry for these doctors
if they ever have to attend Whitley,
but they will offer their services to a
whole family for a month for two
dollars Did you see that com
bination of past-modern, and modern
conglomeration of man, beast and ve
hicle that was seen traversing one of
our prosperous thoroughfares on last
Tuesday, come Sunday, a Hoover cart
with balloon tires, but tlm means of
locomotion was not quite so modern,
an ox, yes sir, Undue Gus Weaver
has really gone back to olden times
in that respect And that young
lady who said I was dragging her
name through the mire last week has
threatened to make it hot for me—l
wish to know if that was a threat or
a promise—-And that fellow who
wanted to shoot the President-Elect
because his stomach was out of order.
(His, not the Presidednt’s) Ho said
'that when his stomach began to burn
] he had to do something like that—how
that is perfectly o. k. with me, but 1
hope that none of niy associates get
the stomach ache while f am nearby,
dying is so definite, and after reading
about this Zangara, I'm so nervous
that when I hear someone’s somach
j begin to growl 1 involuntarily jump
some twenty Hot away before I can
suppress myself- And that national
I radio advertiser who says “See your
dentist at least twice a year”, has
jnothing on us, we see ours every da\
Who is this young lady from a
'cross the railroad tracks who went to
I school (Campbell) a blond, and re
lumed a red-head? Transformation?
nope, peroxide! By the way, I’ve
been watching p oplc buy shoes lately
and they don’t buy them to fit their
i feet at all, no sir, to fit their corns —-
And one of our most brilliant of bril
liant citizens was a ked the question,
“Captain Kidd certainly was a notor
iou character, wasn't tic?’ “*Vas
he?” questioned the influential citizen
“1 thought he was a pirate”. And
four fifths of 87 per cent of cow’s
milk is water, the rest ) made up ot
I milk, sugar and protien.-, says one of
lour leading farm journals, Now they
! always told me that cows made milk
! from grass and hay, and that the
.dairyman always put the water in
| (in well, Live and Yearn Brown
I is moving his old soda shop out in or
jder to move his new soda shop in. or
isomehing like that, no one seems to
know just what its all about just yet,
not even Brown And those two
men-about-town who went over past
Wendell to get a date They got it.
hut the amusing thing was, that they
were having to raise enough of the
“mazuma” to put gas in the car -not
only were they having to promote
fund' for ga-. but also for a tire lor
the noble steed they were to travel
upon Don’t wory l* rank. I won t
tell on you and John Galloon, by the
way. John called iri at the REt ORD
offici for his Romeo Medallion of
Honor, sorry we didn’t have it ready,
hut ’ere another year has passed, you
shall have your medal John Was
that < harles Creech I -uw with you
two pansies when you were enroute
to the humble domain of the fair
damosels? — J I find that my only
failing in writing this is, that 1 just
can’t bring myself to mention names
still, if people want to know who < id
so-an-so at such-an-such a time. 1 11
gladly let them know, that is, if the\
send a self addressed envelope and fif
ty cents to cover the undercover work
of our famous detective, Beltbuckler-
Well. the General Assembly (emphasis
on the first three letters) are doing
their best to pass more bills that are
over our heads, and under (mining)
om pocket-books——They should suc
ceed. they’ve been trying long enough
And now a- I wend my weary.
winding, winsome way to my padded
room of rest, I’ll lull you into the arms
of Morpheus with that ever popular
melody "f 1925, “When Banana Reels
Are Falling, I’ll Dime Slipping Back
To You.”
I*. T. A. MEETING
The I‘arent-Teacher meeting last
week was unusually well attended
and a good program had been arrang
ed. The special feature for the after
noon was the lighting of 36 candles
on a birthday cake by past and pres
ent officers and grade mothers of the
P. T. A. in celebration of Founder’s
Day. Reports from the various com
mittees were interesting and inform
ing.
Disarmanent ought to include load
ed dice.
NUMBER 36