VOL. VIII.—
THIS, THAT
AND THE OTHER
By MBS. THEO. B. DAVIS
A certain reader spoke of this
column recently as TNT. Perhaps it
v as accidental —but I’m wondering.
Not long ago one of my friends
v.iote to her niece asking for sugges
tions as to what to serve at a meeting
( f a Mothers’ Circle, and explaining
that she wanted it to be not too ex
pensive, but unusual. The niece filled
both requirements by suggesting milk
pinach and carrots, followed by cod
liver oil and neo-bovinine. She further
advised letting the mothers’ children
serve the refreshments, saying they
would get so much pleasure from do
ing - so. And wouldn’t you love tc
watch the mothers being served?
No matter how long we live, we
shall have a memory of one date from
which we can reckon time in either
direction. We can always say so many
years before or aftei- the year the
banks all closed.
It must be a wonderful comfort to
have that “simple, soul-reposing, glad
belief” that everything is going to
< ome around all right, everywhere, all
it once, because our man has gone in
ti officii Here’s all the hope neces
sary, and the faith that he will do his
best. As for the rest, one cannot say
This country is heavy and hard tc
swing, even with the best of “hand
holts.”
If you like scabiosa or mourning
bride, as it is commonly called, step
in at the Record office and help your
self to a pinch of seed. No charge, no
advertising, no premium, no anything
except a whole lot of seed that out
daughter and small grandson saved
when they wore here on a visit last
summer. I’d rather some one profited
bv their work. The flowers are easily
grown and are very pretty. There arc
four colors in the lot, orchid, pink
white and crimson.
Back in the days when 1 was a little
girl in the piedmont section ot Vir
ginia, 1 was always fascinated by
horses, though afraid of most of them
One of the most exciting happenings
on the farm was to see a team trying
to pull a heavy load up a steep hill
With a good team this never meani
whipping nor abuse by the driver, bi
work being that of guidance and en
couragement. There was danger tha'
a spirited team might get excited an
overdo, and on a long hill there woub
be pauses for the horses to vest a few
minutes and get so they could breathe
without panting. Then the wagot
wheels had to be locked or scotched
to prevent slipping back and losing
some of the hard-won distance. It was
all thrilling to me, and I shall nevei
forget the voices of the drivers—my
grandfather, my father, my uncles, a
the case might be —as they called t<
the teams.
Over and over they would say, calm
ly, soothingly, almost tenderly
“Steady, now. Steady. Take it easy
Ste-e-a-a-dy.”
During the past months, and esj eei
ally during' the past week these words
have been almost constantly in my
mind. Steady now. Frantic scrambling
will only wear us out and do no good
Steady, though the load is heavy, thi
top of the hill is a long, long way off
the grade is steep and the road i
rough. Steady.
P. S. The above is written with tin
full knowledge that advice is much
easier to give than to take.
Activities Os
Other Clubs
The 14 Home Demonstration Clubs
of Nash County are making a collec
tion of bod linen and sleeping gar
ments for community emergencies. A
keeper will be appointed to look aftei
the collection and to loan it. All pieces
will be marked, and after each time
of lending all will be laundered and
retui ned.
Announcement
The Garden Department of the Wo
man’s Club will meet next Tuesday at
10:00 a. tn. with Mrs. C. H. Chamblee
Mrs. Mclnness and Mrs. Evans, both
of Raleigh, will be at the meeting
with information and advice about thu
Flower Show which is being planned
for. All members are urged to attend
Farmers’ Exchange
An exchange for farmers is to be
opened in Dunn at an early date. No
produce will be handled by the agency
but lists will be made and kept of all
articles or produce farmers may want
to exchange with other interested par
ties. A nominal fee will be charged
for this service. It is said that any
thing from eggs to real estate may be
listed.
This is another development of thi
idea which the RFC ORD offered las
week to subscribers—a free listing one
time of articles for exchange or bar- (
ter, and publication in its columns.
<she Zrlmlun fßerorit
Four Day
Bank Holiday
Washington, D. C., Mar. <>.— A foui
day modified bank holiday was declar
ed by President Roosevelt in a procla
im ation effective at midnight Sunday
•It will last through Thursday. All
[banks and other financial institutions
were ordered to suspend payments ot
[gold and other forms of currency now
ion deposit.
• Congress was called to meet in
! special session Thursday. President
| Roosevelt hopes emergency banking
! legislation can be rushed through at
once.
Below is the substance of the Presi
dent’s proclamation:
Now therefore, I, Franklin D. Roose
velt, President of the United States ot
America, in view ot such national
emergency and by virtue of the au
thority vested in me by said act and
in order to prevent the export, hoard
ing, or earmarking of gold or silvei
coin or bullion or currency, do hereby
proclaim, order, direct and declare tha
from Monday, the sixth day of March
to Thursday, the ninth day of March
Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-Three
both dates inclusive, there shall bf
maintained and observed by all bank
ing institutions and all branches there
■i of located in the United States oi
I America, including the territories and
| insular possessions, a bank holiday
, ■ and that during said period all bank
ing transactions shall be suspended
, During the holiday, excepting as here
inafter provided, no such banking in
stitution or branch shall pay out, ex
port, earmark, or permit the with
: drawal or transfer in any manner oi
! by any device whatsoever, of any gold
! oi* silver coin or bullion or currency
I or take any other action which might
j facilitate the hoarding thereof; nor
j shall any branch pay out deposits
i make loan- or discounts, deal in for
rieign exchange, transfer credits from
| the United States to any place abroad
! or transact any other banking hu.'fines?
| whatsoever.
I During such holiday, the Secretary
1 1 of the Treasury, with the approva’
|of tiie President under such regnla
-11 tions as he may prescribe, is nuthor
! ized and empowered (A) to permit
j any or all of such banking institu
j tions to perform any or all of the us-
Inal banking functions; (B) to direct
! require or permit the/ issuance of
j clearing house certificates or othei
evidences of claims against assets ot
banking institutions; and (C) to au
thorize and direct the creation in such
banking institutions of special trust
accounts for the receipt ot new de
posits which shall be subpect to with
[ drawal on demand without any re
| strictii/n or limitation., and shall bi
j kept separately in cash or on deposit
in Federal Reserve Ranks m investee
I in obligations of the United States.
As used in this order, the tern
“banking institutions” shall ineludi
all Federal Reserve banks, nationa'
i banking associations, banks, trust
I companies, savings banks, building and
loan associations, credit unions, en
gaged in the business of receiving de
[ posits, making loans, discounting busi
i'.e.-s paper, or transacting any othei
| form of banking business.
I (.'oinine To \ Good *V*un!r.v(?)
“Oil. Boy! Its a girl born to Mr
[and Mrs. Sterling Mitchell, Feb. 1(>
1 *K!3. Nim and one-half pounds, -fan
in Winifred
TURNER ALFORD DEAD
Turner Alford, who lived in Zebulon
several years ago. hut of late years
made his home in Durham, was buried
in the Zebulon cemetery Wednesday
1 afternoon. He had been very ill t’oi
sometime and his death was not unex
pected. Rev. A. A. Pippin, assisted by
Rev. Theo. B. Davis, e inducted the fu
j reral service.
Turner was a younger brother ot
j Jimmie Alford, of Pilot, and an uncle
[of Millard, who lives in Zebulon. Hi?
; family is well known, being one of th<
i oldest and most prominent of southern
! Franklin county.
BIG MASONIC BARBECUE
On Tuesday evening of this week
| five young men of Zebulon gave a big
! barbecue and brunswick stew suppei
jin the Zebulon Masonic hall. Nearly 8(
: j Masons and other invited guest en
i joyed the hospitality of the young
11 men.
| Thosu giving the supper were Aaron
i Satisky, Eugene Privett, Wade Pri
vett, Bernice Bunn and Graham Conn.
P. S. The boys say that Tommy
I Williams deserves most of the cred
lit for the success of the suppei - , be-
I cause he prepared tho brunswick stew
Strickland-Lewis
Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Lewis an
j nounce the marriage of their daugh
ter, Virginia, to Jasper Woodrow
Strickland, March the fourth, nine
I teen hundred and thirty-three.
Mr. and Mrs. Strickland will maki
| theij- home with the former’s pa
| rents, near Middlesex.
|
Eagle Rock News
I Mr. B. A. Weathers continues ill
j Mrs. R. L. Searboro is improving.
Mr. ,7. R. Hood is visiting his aunt
Mrs. S. P. Anderson.
Mr. Lester Cozart, of Fahrigh. v! ■
ited Mr. F. 11. Searboro. Sundae aft
! ernoon.
I Messrs. Thomas Searboro, W. .1
I Martin, Theodore Martin and
Johnston attended the inauguratin':
of President Franklin Delano Roose
• velt
ZEBUI.ON, NORTH CAROLINA March 10,1933
\KW TYPE BUSSES TOUR GROUNDS
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Modernistic busses "ill carry million* of visiiora through Chi
UK*,:: World's Fair this summer, the Greyhound corporation's
.rsl busses of the Heel of sixty already have tarried thousands ot
•■re-Fair tourist* throtijjli I lit* grounds. I arh tin* seats fifty-two pas
-•‘tigers. The two lengthwise seats face outward so all can view the
passing wonders The picture shows one of tin* blue and silver sen,,
trailer busses, wild a load of pre Fair guests. In the great emet
ard of thi - Hall of Se em e.
Holloway’s Hits
By James 11. Holloway
“Lord God of Host, bet with us yet
Lest we forget. Lest we forget.” God
is in his Heaven, President Roosevelt
is in the White House and all is well
His first act aftei' President Roosevelt
was inaugurated was to give old man
depression a swift kick in tlie lowei
portion of his anatomy and now
the old scoundrel is hightailing it foi
the tall timbers.
A new day has dawned and a new
deal is on in this great nation. Twelve
months from now the sun ot peace
happiness and prosperity will be shin
ing brightly over this fair land. Quick
action by the new President and Con
gress will soon dispel the gloom \vi
have lived under for the four years oi
Hoover.
The Bank Holiday declared by Mr
Roosevelt is going to result in bring
ing the people* closer together and
give them time to readjust themselvo?
to the new dispensation. Wo are again
on the main highway to a sane and
honorable economical system of gov
ernment and immediate improvement
will soon manifest itself.
The sudden death of Senator Walsh
last week was nothing short of a na
tional calamity and his place in the
new Cabinet will be hard to fill, lit
was a great man in every sense of the
word and his wise counsel will he ter
ribly missid. The death of Mayor Cer
mak of Chicago is also an almost ir
t partible loss to tho city and the Dem
ocratic party. The assassin who sho!
rim down should adorn a hangman's
i:oose without delay.
Many mighty problems will engagi
tire attention ot the new Congress foi
the next few months and out of tha
si ssion will come some of the most re
volutionary legislation the country ha?
ever known. The ideals of Jefferson
Bryan and Wilson will become reali
ti is and the people will he benefited a?
a result. If Mr. Roosevelt succeeds i’
his efforts to make this nation a better
place to live in his name will go ring
ing down the ages as the greater fig
ure in all history. He is facing the big
gust job of any man since the dawt
of civilization and the people are be
hind him all ovqr the world. His op
■ oitunity to become the modern More?
i a ITU-st wonderful one and with th<
Divine guidance he has invoked, fail
ure is out of the question.
The SWASHBUCKLER in last
week’s issue of the Zebulon Record;
has si/.t-d up the present General As
st mbly of North Carolina more intel
ligently than any other writer in the
state. That guy certainly knows hi
onions-—and with all his ridiculou
writings about local people and things
he displays a fine strain of sound phil
osophy that is both refreshing anti
wise.
The General Assembly has at las'
worked themselves into a mystic tnazt
from which they seem unable to ex
tricate themselves. The constitutional
limit of the present session has now
been reached and nothing of a con
structive nature has been done. Manx ]
badly conceived and losely drawn bill ;
will be passed in the next two weeks
Moreover, our tax burdens instead of
being reduced will be heavily increas
ed. If the Democratic voters of Waki
(ountv continue to make the sami
mistakes in future they made thi;
time in the selection of their repre
.-dilative? they deserve no sympathy
no matter how heavy their burden?
become. Only one of the Wake deloga
ti"ii has so far displayed any inclina
lion to relieve the situation. Dr. S. E
Douglas has honestly tried to d<
something but the bitterest opposition
he has so far encountered has come
i'i m hi two little lawyer colleagues
in the house. Senator Hinsdale so fai
has nriadi a perfect* record of voting
wrong and he now proposes to foist j
an iniquitious Sales Tax on the state j
If the voters in the future eontinui i
their policy of sending little shystei |
! ; -y-j's to the General Assembly we
Week Os Prayer
Being Observed
The Missionary Society of Wake
j field Baptist church is this week ob-
I serving; the special season of prayei
for our country, with special empha
sis on Home Mission work. On Mon
day the meeting- was held with Mrs
Clarence Chamblee. Taking part 01
the program were Mrs. Clarence
Chamblee. Mrs. T. ( . Pippin and Mrs
Kimball. Tuesday’s meeting was in tin
home of Mrs. T. C. Pippin, and tin
discussion was led by Mrs. E. H
Greene. Mrs. K. H. Greene was hostess
■ for Wednesday, with Mrs. T. F>. l)avi-
I leading in speaking on the day’s topie
The attendance has been most grat
ifying. A further report will be made
next week.
i An Opportunity
| For A Zebulon Boy
For the first time since last fall
the acceptance of applicants, for orig
inal enlistment in the Marine < orps
has been resumed according to ai
| announcement made by Major E. M
; rtoo. Officer in Charge, Marine Corps
1 Reciuiting Station, Post Office Build
ing, Atlanta, Ga.
During the lull in recruiting a
I number of vacancies in the ( orp:
1 have occurred and the Savannah l)is-
I triet which comprises the states of
i Virginia, North and South Carolina
i Florida, and the eastern part of
i Georgia, has been assigned a limited
I number of these vacancies.
Young men in this vicinity be
tween thii ages of 18 and 30 who art
at least 68 inches in height and have
completed high school who desire
service in the Marine (orps should
yi pb- or write to the ahetve adelress
HOW TO MAKE SOAP
Killing fats anei other portions ot
ti e hog that are unfit for rendering
into lard may be cheap!." converted
1 into good laundry soap in the home
TV P. Mabel N ’ n, he tel of the
i eeeoa ! tinent of Foods and Nutrition
of lowa State College.
Se ven pints of water may be aelded
to three peeunels of the’ melted fat. The (
fat solidifies, leaving the impuritie-
To each seven pounds of the melted j
fat is aelded one pound of lye dissolved
in three pints of water. The lye solu ,
tion is cooked to about 80 ter 86 de |
grees anel the fat to 110 to 116 de;- 1
glees. |
Then adel to this solution a scant
i up of nmmounia or a scant eme-hall I
cup of borax. This is stirred to a I
honey-like consistency and poured in j
to wooden or cardboard containers. Oil
of laveneler or oil of ceelar may be
added to give it a pleasant odor. Al
low the soap to ripen at least a month
before using.—Pathfinder.
\\ ill. never get any relief.
Raleigh will soon be in the miejst of
a municipal campaign, and an unusu- ’
ally large number erf aspirants are |
bobbing up—some good, others fair
and the balance rotten. So far only twe
candidates have announced for Mayor
W. S. Murchison has entered the con
test against the present incumbent
George Iseley anel a real fight is in
dicated. Mr. Murchison is the bes' i
equipped man from the standpoint <d 1
executive experience and training that j
has ever before offered for one e>f tli> '
city committeeships and her will give I
the city a wise aelministration. Hi j
election is a foregone conclusion by '
competent political observers. He was I
re.-poiisible for the new five
bus service the Carolina Power and;
Light Company has recently inaugu-1
ratcil and this issue alone will bring I
him thousands of votes from grate
ful citizens. The Power Company com
pletely dominates the present Com
mission anei the people have become
indignant over the matter. An entirely
new set of Commissioners will be
!e teel in 'mil.
Crop Loans
Applications Ready
Terms of loan this year are very
nun h the same as those of last year.
Cotton and tobacco crops must be
reduced 30 per cent below 1932 acre
age. Loans cannot exceed 80.00 per
acre on general crops, 810.00 per
acre on tobacco.
Statement must be made as to the
amount of loans tor last yoar and
whether the loans have been paid
Tilt-* farmer who failed to pay
back any of his loan in 1932 will bi
unable to borrow this year. It is alsi
understood that no farmer may get :
loan of over S3OO.
So far as known now, all loan
blanks will be given out from Ra
leigh through Mr. McMurray and
farmers desiring loans will have tc
go to Raleigh to make their applica
tion.
Farmers living near Zebulon in ad
jacent counties will go to their coun
ty seats to make application for
loans.
Blanks for applications arc now
available in Raleigh. See Mr. Mc-
Murray, at the Cotton Cooperative
headquarters, on Fayetteville Street
Raleigh.
It is possible that a little later, ap
plications may be made through Mr
1). I). Chamblee, at the Zebulon Re
cord office. If so, announcement will
be made through the Record.
Guests Find It
Hard To Leave
Visitors to Washington for the in
auguration found it hard to leave. This
was because the bank holiday was de
clared so sottn after the conclusion ot
the ceremonies. Not enough cash could
be mustered t< buy tickets and pay ho
tel bills. Many sent home telegrams
collect, asking for funds.
Preacher-Officer
Makes Arrest
In Atlanta, last Sunday, Rev. C. A
Peacock was in thu midst of his ser
mon when he received word that a ne
gro known to be guilty of several mur
. dors and suspected of aiding in other,
was in a certain section of the city
Th< preacher, who is also a deputy
sheriff stopped the service, led a posse
in which were members of his con
gregation and captured the murderer
Cermak Dead
Anton J. Cermak, mayor of Chicago
wounded when an attempt was made
on the life of Franklin Roosevelt, Feb
15, died on Monday, in a hospital in
Miami, Fla.
Club Exchange
Home Demonstration Club women
in I’itt County are studying a system
of barter and exchange. Eggs have
been traded for cabbage plants, which
wire in turn traded for bulbs. Sewing
has been traded for music lessons
Eggs have even been exchanged tot
Fuller brushes.
Japan Takes Jehol
When thu League of Nations refus
ed to approve of Japan’s further slic
ing of Northern China, her delegates
walked out of the League. Then she
pi w eeded in short order with every
sort of modern weapon of warfare tc
take the Chinese province of Jehol
She is now paving the way for com
k,cial conquest. It is believed that
Japan w ill not stop with her present
success, but will continue her cam
paign into tin; Chinese territory south
of the Great Wall.
IN MKMOK I \ M
In the death of Mr. Bill Hopkins
who departed this life at f> o’clock
on the evening of February 17th, at
his home near Union Chapel, a good
man lias gone to his reward. He was
ever ready to minister to the suffer
ing, the sick in his community hac:
learned to look for him as their first
visitor. H« always had cheerful
words which brightened the sick one
In his ministrations none were toe
high and none too low for him tc
serve. As a deacon of Union Chapei
church and Sunday school worker
he was ever ready to give of hi?
time and means for these causes
which he loved so well. He had beer
a member of th<« Baptist church foi
over thirty years and a more loyal
and devoted member the church hai
probably never had. When he enter
ed the pearly gates, no doubt he was
greeted with: “Hungry, and you fed
me: Naked and, you clothed me: Sick
and in prison and you visited me. En
ter thou into the joys of the Lord.
A Friend.
OTHER QUEER ANSWERS
1. What are rabies and what would
you do for them ?
Answqr: They are Jewish priest
and I would do nothing for them.
2. Lancelot arrived at the castle
where he asked if he could be put up
with for the night.
3. The government of England is ;
limited mockery. * .
4. The letters M. 1). signify “men
•■ i. deficient.”
YE FLAPDOODLE
By Tie
MV VSH HI I KI LK
Last week, just before this hit o*
t iff-raf l was turned over to the lino
type operator, some young lady call
r<l up in reference to the Flapdoodle
and requested that I mention some
thing that she had seen in the neigh
borhood. The young lady, however
neglclctcd to mention her name, con
sequently, there was no remark mad
as to the choice bit of scandal that
she hal phoned in—-We stand for
ahem—tho truth, the whole truth
(where the editor <1 cm it necessary >
and nothing but the tnith (touche*!
up in spots to make it more palatable)
—Did you ever stop to think that
it’s a good thing that Carl Goerch i?
paid to tell what the legislature has
done anil not what they have not done?
If he were paid for the latter, the task
would be beyond his natural resource.-
and present fluency of speech, hie
would need more assistants than the
county attorney used to have —Mor<
words than Heinz has pickles, an<
more patience than a man with his
third consecutive case of seven yeai
itch—He would have* to have a ton
gue like that of Amie Semple—A voici
like the siren of a hattlewagon ami
lungs like two airships the size of
the Akron hooked up in parallel—ln
other words, he would have to equal
“Bugs” Baer’s “Wottaman”—Telling
what the legislature didn’t do this
year is like digging a hole to China
you’d never get through—We weri
told by an up and coming young poli
tit-ian that this year’s General assem
bly was bringing us assets There is
nothing personal in my statement, but
if you should go out of your way to
ask the old Swashbuckler about that
statement, he’d tell you it was a typo
graphical error and that the “t” should
be omitted, also the tense changec
st the sentence would read; The Gen
ei .1 asembly are— well, you get
the idea, of course there are exceptions
in all rules, even those of the Swash
but kler —1 note with undue interest
that one of the representatives from
the eastern part of the state when
confronted with statements that the
legislature has done nothing this yeai
comes back with, “If you can do bet
ter, come on up to Raleigh and do it’
—My humble comment is, that if we
had known that the present legislaturi
was going to do as little as it has done
we would have probably gone instead
of sending the poor representatives
we did! By the way—What cor
respondent of the RECORD was it
who was seqn jumping from a stall
ed hoovt'i - cart on last Thursday night
at about ten thirty, and to run with
hidden face into the shadows ot Vance
Street, a the Swashbuckler watch
i 1 from the dooiway of the RECORD
office- And friends, if you want
a lovely view of some of the cutest
clothes in all Zebulon, just drive out
tt the West end of Gannon Aver.*
and back As you near the first
street light on the way back, cast
your ever-watchful eye toward thi
side porch of the Talton house where
pieces of dainty feminine wearing ap
parel can bi seen hanging on a line
strung between two posts I can tel
you every (lav before ! leave home
just the color and what will he hang
ing out in the show place of the Car
olina*, man, some of the Wakelon
teacher, sho do wear pretty clothes
Wonder if they use Lux And that
dark-complected young man seer
phoning one ot his lady friend;; trom
the sanctity of the post-office- Wher
he had finished, noting the pained cx
pres-ion, and feeling sorr v for thi
poor boy, I sympathetically asked
“What’s tha matter old man?” “Oh
nothing, my girl just hung the re
ceiver up in my ear” and can you
imagine, he became very, very angry
when I offered to assist him in ex
tracting it Another of those seldom
heard of orofesioii- is that of cutting
the slots in screw heads One of
our good ci!izons when recently asked
what he thought about the .-hanks
having all the money locked up for
their own use replied. “What mon
ey?” Non we knew that the “long
gieen” hadn’t been within reach of
the people for some time, but we did
•not know that it had been that long—
And tlic new name for one of our
citizens, “The Walking Bromo-Selt
zer And the editor’s youngest
son, after using the word.mischiev
ous, in sj caking of a group ol mid
dle-aged ladies was asked to spel 1
this newly acquired word in his vo
cabulary, “Easy”, he warbled. “Its
spelled m-ifs-h-i-f-u-s-s!” Well,
I have a date to play bridge with
NapoleJrm, Kipling and Nero, so 1
must he on niy way—Georgie Shaw
was invited, but times are so hard
that he’s pushing his “Apple Cart’
twenty-four hours a day- —W er*
playing for a prize this week—thi
lpair of us that comes out in the lead
I gets a seat in the senate, that is
i £ the attendent k*tves the porta!
of the padded cell open long enough
when he begins airing it next week
Up In Smoke
Springfield, Mo., March 4. h curing
a bank holiday in Missouri, \V. W
Fitch, Frisco engineer, yesterday
[withdrew s ! ,(!00 he had in a local bank
and Trid it in some old newspapers in
his home but he forgot to tell his
wife.
It was chilly this morning and Mrs
Fitch, failing tt) find kindling, used
the papers and the ten SIOO hil's hid
den in to a fire. —News
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