VOL. VIII.—
THIS, THAT
AND IDE OTHER
By MRS. rmo. B. DAVIS
A five -yenr old overheard his elder
-ay sympai lift ieally that some friend
had been so unfortunate a- to lost
their home. He asked in surprise
"Didn’t they know where they left it?'
Be sure t i make your plan to at
tend the flower show in the Woman
Clubhouse i.o May 10. Don't feel that
it is meant for the town only; it i.
for all who are interested in flowers
Kntor some of your plant.- or lit (low
ers. if you will; it not, come and -o
tin -e that others bring. It is all free
and I really believe you will enjoy
it.
On Wednesday of last week om
daughter took her older son to Raleigh
for a tonsil operation. I kef/ the y' un
per. now fourteen months old. At 8:30
ve watched the others leave. 1 >elt
entirely equal to any situation tha!
might arise. Haven’t I raised five of
my own ? Up to now. at any rate, a-
Alfred Smith would -ay.
Thinking to amuse the baby ane
keep him outdoors, I let him run a
round in the yard. He struck <>ut
the cow lot. 11 is grandfathet had driv
en the cow a pile of vetch to eat am.
she was standing close to the tence
The babv walked right up to the wire
braced his tummy against it and re
marked to the cow: “Mon! Moo.
When she did not reply he reached
through the fence and tried to catci
her by the horn. Being pulled away
from the fence, he made strenuous ef
forts to open the gate or climb over
It seemed best to lead him away. We
passed the woodshed and he tried to
climb over the doorsill, and landed on
his head. On we went, by the chicken
vard and he ran to that gate and did
all he could to get it open, tailing
down'as he tried.
1 carried him across the yard am
put him down so that I mijrht hunt
a cutworm that had destroyed a plant
Having found the worm and laid n
aside to he carried to the goldfish, I
filled the hole that had been scraper
in looking for it. Turning around I
saw that the baby had the worm be
tween his fingers and was examining
it with great interest. 1 persuaded
Him to let me have it and threw it
into the pool. He did his best to follow
it. Again I carried him off.
He found an old fire poker, stuck
it into the ground anil leaned on it
falling before 1 could get to him.
The phone bell rang, and a neighbol
held fast to the baby while I went in
to answer the call. On my return I
found they were admiring some flow
ers and 1 tried to see that the little
fellow did not Suioh larki-pur noi
euphorbia—“snow on the mountain
as these contain poison. He began t<
pick up holly berries, one at a time
and to carry each one and poke it
through a hole in the underpinning o.
the house. Tiring of this after numer
ous trips, he started to climb the steps
to the house. Upon reaching the seconc
one, he turned to look at me and sat
off the end of the step, hitting the
ground hard. 1 picked him up. soothed
him and took him in for a drink o1
milk and a nap. He wanted to drink
the milk from the pint jar that heir
it, and bracing himself against th.
wall, opened his mouth wide. One oi
us blundered and be got strangled,
was rather painful for both but no
serious. I took him to his bed and be
tried to tell me that all was not right
but 1 couldn’t undersand. I learned
later that I should have given him
something to hold in his hand.
Not knowing the trouble. I decided
to rock him to sleep—which his mo
ther never does, and which I can’t dc
without trying to sing. He was delight
ed wih the procedure, but went to
sleep before the song was finished
After putting him to bed 1 looked a
the clock. It was pust 10:45.
Honestly, doesn’t it seem a wondei
that children live to grow up? Oi
that mothers can do anything else
besides caring for them? And then
are thousands of mothers looking af
ter them and doing housework and
sewing—some even helping in the crops
There must be a special providence
for babies. And for mothers, too.
Wakelon School -
Commencement
i
We have received the following in- :
vitation from Misses Effie Ailene and,
Lois Esther Hagwood: “The Senioi j
Class, Wakelon High School, Com-j
mencement Exercises, Friday morning (
May twelfth, ten-thirty o’clock. High'
School Auditorium.” I
The invitation shows that the grad-,
uating class is composed of 15 boys j
and 25 girls. We wish to congratulate
the young men anel women on the com- :
pletion of their high school course and
hope they may continue their educa
tional course till they have acquired aj
college diploma.
The commencement sermon will be I
preached next Sunday morning by l
Rev. M. D. L. lTessrer of Wingate in
the school auditorium. We are not able
to Ret information of other details of :
Wakelon commencement but are sure
the occasion will be full of the usual
interest and happy fellowship among
patrons and friends of the school.
Zrlutlmt TRrrorh
10-Year-Old
Ciirl Kidnaped
Harwichport. Mas.-., May 3. -Twe ,
white men in a car driven by a negro
enticed 10-year-old Margaret McMati
from -chool here- yesterday and cal
! >ed he-r away. Posing as the- child':
father, one of the men called the
J school authorities saying he was send
j irig his chauffeur for his daughter. A
! blue sedan soon arrived at the school
and the little girl was driven away
The grandfather- of “Peggy’ as tin
girl is called by her parents, are both
! wealthy and it is believed the kidnap
ling was for the purpose of collecting
ransom. The search Do her ha- beer
! hindeed by heavy fog o tin '.’ev
! England coasts.
Productive Work
Is Sound Test
Any relief piogram that is sound
must be based upon PRODUCTIVE
work. We can, for example, build un
necessary postoffices, federal buildi' ,
and statehouse until the taxpayers
are blue in the face. A certain amount
r/f (listless will be eliminated, a cer
tain amount of temporary employ
irent nrovided, and that is all. 1 ides
the money spent gives us somethin-'
actual!', needed it has been wasted.
Individuals and industries must
eventually previde tin PRODI ( 11\ i
work. This docs not mean we should
refuse worthy charities give to them
by all means. Charit\ in itself is a
productive venture oi a sort. But i<
is better if the same amount of money
jean provide normal jobs, add to th<
I nation’s purchasing power, and give
j the spender himself something he
needs and can use.
Property improvement is PROD! <
TIVE work. Prices for materials and
supplies of all kinds arc at unprece
i dented low levels. Mills, factories am
mianies are inactive, waiting tor or
ders. There are millions of people ir
I this country who can afford to spem
ten or a hundred or a thousand dollars
to repair a furnace, renew or replace a
• roof, buy and install some labor-sav
ing appliance, overhaul an automobile
paint a home or do a multitude of
similar tasks. The property-owner wh<
does this will get his improvements at
much less than their real value—and
he will he putting dollars into PRO
DUCTIVE relief work.
Remember that while honest chari-
I tv is good, jobs are better and cheape
or.
P.T.A. Jig-Saw Party
The P. T. A. of Wakelon, had a jig-
I saw party in Prof. Massey’s clas:
J room last Thursday evening for tin
I benefit of the P. T. Association. Then
j were 40 present.
After a very interesting time as
sembling jig-saw puzzles, the guest
were served refreshments. Mrs. 0. K
Corbett, chairman of the P. T. A. so
cial committee, had charge of the serv
ing. She desires to thank all the Indie
who contributed and helped to serve
the refreshments. The admissioi :
charges amounted to $10.05. This was j
the first public jig-saw' party, am
those attending found it a very enjoy-1
able way to spend an evening. j
j
Zebulon Rotary Club
Had Profitable Year
i
Under the able leadership of Albert
jV. Medlin as president, the Rotary
j Club has had a very profitable year .
I Many new ideas have been discussed j
ie\en though they have not been talked j
on the streets, the members feel thal j
much good will come from them in tin i
future. The Rotary Club is the only 1
organization of its kind tor men in
j town, and should be supported by
! everybody. Every man that is inter
! ested in the betterment of Zebulor
I should be a member. The Club is not
selfish and wants to see the town
grow. Any man in town can become a
member, and he will he helped by be
coming a member of the club, and ir
turn the Club can repder better serv
ice to our town and community.
Our motto, “Service Above Self—
He Profits Most Who Serves Rest.”
The following men were elected ti
carry on the work for the new year |
C. Vaiden Whitley, president; M. Mc-
Rae "Mack” Faison, vice-president -
H. Pdison Mann, secretary and_ treas
urer; Sam Lee and lrbv 1). Gill and
i new members of the board.
Fried and stewed fish supper was
enjoyed by Albert's friends and the
C lub, as a whole, April 28, at Taylor’s
Pond. We wish to express our appre
ciation to Albert for the outing.
New Market
Opened Here
Hocutt and Baker have added a line
of fresh meats to the general store
and are now open for trade. They have
added a large frigidaire to their equip
ment, and will carry all staple meats
stich as chops. steakF, toasts and
sausage. We call our readers’ atten
tion to their announcement in this pa
per.
This firm located in Zebulon last
year and opened up a general store
majoring on groceries. They have done
a good business. Clarence Hocutt, man
ager. is one of the best salesmen in
Zebulon, and we congratulate his firm
in adding the meat market to theii
already successful business.
ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA May 5,1933
The Challenge Goes
Out
B> Roper W. Babson
. ~
“Ihe need oi the hour is not more factories or
materials, not more railroads or steamships, not
more armies or more navies, but rather more edu
cation based on the teaching of Jesus. The prosper
ity of our country depends on the motives and pur
poses of the people. These motives and purposes are
directed only in the right course through religion.
In spite of their imperfections, this is why 1 believe
in our churches, and why I am a great optimist on
their future.
“We stand at the cross-roads. We must choose
between God and Mammon. Materialism is under
mining our civilization as it has undermined other
civilizations. Unless we heed the warning in time
and get back to the real fundamentals, we must fall
even as the civilizations of Egypt, Greece and Rome
fell—and for the same reason.
“Statistics of very nation indicate that true reli
gion is the power necessary for the development of
its resources, and for its successful continuation,
j The challenge goes out to every man to support his
I church, to take an active part in the religious life
i
of his community, to live according to the simple
principles upon which this, the greatest country in
the world, was founded three hundred years ago.”
Jobs Are Given To
More Than 1,200
About May 15, 1,244 men from Waki
and adjoining counties will be sent
to Fort Bragg to undergo a two weeks
j ourse of physical training preparatory
!to work on national forest projects
in North ( arolina. This preparation
| i- for the $1 a day jobs. The assign
ment of men is as follows: Chatham
142; Durham, 108; Granville, 72; Vance
40; Warren, 45; Nash, 7(5; Halifax
8(5; Northampton, 40; Franklin, 50;
Johnston, 14.!; Wfcke, 201, Wayne,
143; Wilson, 82; Edgecombe, 104.
A total of 250.000 will be benefitted
by the government’s program. 0,500
of these will be from North Carolina.
It Is said that each man will be paid
$1 a day for a period of 30 days.
SIFTINGS
A locust tree with its trunk so
crooked that it is growing in 0 differ
i nt directions —up, down, north, south j
east and west, is located on the side
ot a highway, near Hagerstown, Md.
Salt Like City (Utah) police who
for weeks had sought Thomas Figgins
on charges of beating his wife, found:
him serving as a member of a jury-j
ir a district court, near the city’s cen- j
tral police station.
The League of Nations reports that i
a* least 5.000,000 men. women and
children are held as slaves in various ;
parts of the world and that China j
Arabia, Liberia and Abyssinia are the
worst offenders.
When Marlowe T. Sudduth, of Chi
cago, 111., entered his darkened room
and stumbled over a suitcase which
contained a revolver, the weapon dis
charged and the man fell dead from a
bullet wound in the neck.
“Lemuria,” another lost continent
which is believed by some geologists,
to have existed in what is now the In-
d*an Ocean and like the fabled conti-!
nent "Atlantis” is believed to have!
disappeared under the sea many cen- 1
turies ago, will be the object of a i
search to' be conducted this year by I
the Indian Museum, of Calcutta. In—,
dia. . I
A tablet, recently unearthed in i
Mesopotamia, reveals that the story of
the expulsion of Adam and Eve from
the Garden of Eden was known 6,000
years ago.
Mine. Slavka Mitova. of Deschaserli
Bulgaria, who claims to be the oldest
woman in the world, attributes her 152
years to the unusual habit of placing
a common potato in the pocket of ben
nightgown when retiring each night
She is said to possess sufficient vitali
ty to do all the daily chores on her
small farm.
The Little River
Sundav School
A short time ago a S. S. was orga
nized in the community between Zebu
lon and the Maupas bridge on Little
River. Last Sunday there were 81
people present. The interest of tin
community in the S. S. is growing
rapidly. Every one not attending S
S. elsewhere is invited to come am'
join the school.
, The prayer meeeting met with Mr
Charlie Lewis on last Sunday night
I Seventy-five were present. The place
jof meeting has been c'hanged to the
| home of Mr. L. J. Glover.
HERE AND THERE
-
1 After a New York State farmei
and his prize-winning hog had been
killed by a locomotive while they were
crossing a railway track, the farmer’s
widow learned that her late husband
had no insurance on himself hut car
ried a SIO,OOO-policy on the hog.
Plennie Wingo, Fort Worth (Tex.)
man, recently completed the uniqui
feat of traveling around the world |
walking backward.
The largest 15-year-old boy in the.
United States is Robert P. Wadlow, of
’Alton, 111., who weighs 340 pounds and 1
(is 7 feet BVi inches tall.
In Chile. S. A., a church marriage;
ceremony is illegal unless it has been
preceded by the marriage ceremony of
the state.
Trough Creek, in Huntingdon coun
ty. Pa., covers a distance of only 2
miles, yet its course is so crooked that
it is approximately 70 miles long.
Thp University of California has a
rabbit born without ears but perfectly
normal in every other respect.
Although the temperature was be
low the freezing point during the pe
riod of incubation, a hen duck hatched
out 14 ducklings in a nest which was
located on the ground at the home of
Maurice Kennon. Red Oak, lowa.
C. W. Morrill, 90-year-old smoker
of Monson, Me., has used the same
briar pipe for the past 60 years.
Dying Dog Bites
Off Woman’s Finger
The Morganton News-Herald re
ported last week a most unusual ac
cident which ocured to Mrs.Wriston
Yandle of near Monroe. She was walk
ing on the highway with her dog, wh»n
a car ran over the animal. As it lay
dying in the road. Mrs. Yandle at
tempted to fondle it. The dog caught
iher finger and as it took Its last breath
t bit the finger off.
Union Level
Commencement
(ip Wciliv-ihiv (veiling, Mav 10th
iat 8:00 o'clock the commencement
exercise- I i on lavel chool wi 1 1
i take place. There will be an operetta
' "Mid-Summer Eve." followed by ;■
negro ioi' -liel.
Meclame- I’. !!. and P. F. Mas-ey
are th( teaehei in the Union la ve'
-chool. and the past year has been
very -atisfactnry to all concerned in
tie chool’.: >.v‘ rk and interests.
Flower Show Will
Be Held Wednesday
On Tuesday afternoon committee
in charge ol the work Du the hlovve
i Show met in Mi - < , P. Flower-' '
den to discuss and perfect plan.-. I
wo decided to have an earlier dat«
than vwe- first suggested, and Wed
nesday. May HI. was .-alerted. Ihi
place is th« Woman’s < lubhouse, Zeb
ulon. ,
Un tries are not confined to t'lii’
member-. All who are interested ar
i invited to bring flowers. Entries tot
prizes will he i reived on Wedne-da
j morning h\ thorn in charge; but none
will be taken in competition for prizc.-
I after 11:00 o’chtck. However, they
ma v he left for display, and such us<
v ill he appreciated by those in charge
The doors will he open to the gen
; eral public from 2:00 till 0:00 p. m.
and it is hoped that many will attend
j There are no fees attached, and lew
' rules, the show being given for tin
si !e purpose of encouraging garden
! ing in this community.
Do not forget: Flowers must hi
j grown by the one in whose name they
(are exhibited, and must he at the olub-
I house In tore 11 :00 a. m., on W ednes
I dav, Mav 10.
The following is a list of flower
that may be entered: Roses (climbing
and tea, (link, red and white), iris
pansies, verbenas (one color and mix
led), snap dragons, poppies (Shirley
j and California), peonies, narcissus
j pinks, mixed flowers, blooming shrub
phlox, dish garden by child, greatest
! variety of flowers from one garden.
The Zebulon Record office force will
give a year's subscription to the best
exhibit of a flower or flowers grow
1 wholly by a man.
Rev. E. H. Davis At
Methodist Church
One of the largest congregations
j ever assembled at the local Metho
jdist church welcomed and eagerly lis
-1 tened to a wonderful message from
j Rev. E. H. Davis, former beloved pas-
I tor, on last Sunday morning, in the
local Methodist church.
A young people’s musical program
was rendered hv the young people’s
I choir under the able direction of Mrs
Elmer Finch, the choir director. Mrs
i Finch has given her time faithfully
!to directing the young people in
i training them in this choir, and those
' present enjoyed thoroughly the mu
sic. It was on the special invitation of
I Mrs. Finch and her choir that Rev
! Davis came.
There were many from Wendell and
j Wakefield present at the services toi
[hear Mr. Davis. He used "Despise not
thy youth” as a text. The sermon 1
! was full of apt illustrations and his-j
topical references, and one of the best
ever heard in Zebulon. The congrc-1
gation gave a nice offering to Mr. Dav
| is for his services.
1 Mr. Davis has retired from the ac
! tive ministry and lives at the old Da
| vis home on Green Hill, near Louis
j burg. He is well-known and beloved
by people of all denominations through
j out the State. He turned from the le
gal profession years ago and entered j
the ministry. Besides filling some of j
I the most important pastorates in th<
I state, he has also been presiding elder
Few politicians are better informed!
about political and public affairs than
he is and he takes keen interest in all
matters pertaining to state and church
: affairs. Mrs. J. J. W.
Fatally Injured
Sunday Night
L. L. Saunders, baggage mkst*-i
for the Southern Ry., missed his train
in Raleigh Sunday night and hired a
taxi to take him to Method, reaching
there ahead of the train. Leaving th(
taxi, he ran against the side of an
automobile, fracturing his skull. ID
died on the way to the hospital.
Storms Raging In
Mississippi Valley
I
Beginning the latter part of last
week severe storms have raged in
parts of the lower Mississippi valley
resulting in the deaths of nearly 100
and injuries to perhaps 1.000. Arkan
sas, Missouri, Mississippi and Louisi
ana have all suffered disaster. In some
eases fire added to the danger and
to the misery of the situation.
Many interesting relics and 14<
skeletons of a people who existed
3,000 years ago have been unearthed
near Wickliffe, Kentucky.
An official estimate places the num
ber nf rabbits killed each year by
speeding automobiles on Pennsylvan
ia’s highways at 100,000.
NUMBER Ifi
! YE FLAPDOODLE
15;.- Ti
Ml Vs I) 111 CKI.I I!
I I
i.iitl- Ml - Mufi-t!
Hot ; a tuffett
Eating her curd- and whev.
Thrue carnt a larce -md
Aml - it down be-id( '
And frightened .Mis .V iffett away.
Which, dear gentle reader--, only
jgoe.- to show that action: speak loud
ei than curd I? ha been a lon_
tin - ine - I nave mentioned the Legis
lature. I'll bet > u people have fin -
gotten that tin i - i one. Did yo
hear .'tin it Represent.i ive : 1 ullivan r- f
Buncombe taking the limbuiger chee- :
hoinn and b"ing immediately run off
in, i wife? Hi honld have store,'
ii ic one ot the various nooks of th
K-• i !ative hall-. No on* would has
noticed th'- odor because so far as t!v_
: •tions of our Legislature (when
com. to passing worthwhile bills)
i imburger compares favorably in
■ mcll. 1 notici that down in South
Carolina, Robert Quillen, the fellow
who :id hi- newspaper foi one do
lai a number of year- ago. had wri* ■
ten an article to the effect that th
S. C. Li cislature wn • doing nothing
The next day the matter was brought
ii| hi 'he l.egi latino. O' r.iucse Br
thor Quillen stirred up some ill favo
nevertheless he did wake up his Legis
lature into a certain degree of activity
W can’t even do that much with our-
Tlierc used to be a Mother (loos-*
'rhyme that someone unthinkingly let
mi In ur or something, anyway it car
something like this: Then- was a:
old woman lived under a Hi!!, and ir
1 she's not gone, she lives there sti!
Now we cun change one or two letters
and a couple of words and we have:
There are some old women deliberat
I ing on a bill, and if they haven’t (te
ferred it. they deliberate still. Thai
is of course if they haven’t gone bar'
to some other bill that was voted
down several times, and suddenly de
ride to pass it. 1 think that the only
man who is deriving any pleasure from
the present session of the Legislatin',
is (arl Goerch. If you have a radr
time in and you 11 hear his not ur
pleasant voice each evening. If yo"
are minus a radio (you’re lucky il yo 1
are) just put your head out the wir
dow about sun down and you can gel
him just as well. Gail apparently
wraps the legislator- around his d’
gits. It’s a wonder to me they don 1
get tangled in his hair. —And to
a lighter vein—Who is the young
j black haired (slightly curly) book
keeper for the (’. P. & L. who is often
■ seen in Charlie Rhodes’ Barber shop,
attempting to win a shine, shave oi
shampoo on Charlie’s infernal nui
chine When the young fellow lose
he is heard to give vent to a mourr
ful wail, hut when he wins, an ino
herent blast breaks the still <>t the ai•
as the King of the Barber Shop Rac
ket realizes that he has been taken
in for another shave. And now
that you people have so generously
made me your mayor, 1 will give yon
my platform. I don’t need it any more
I’ve Sot a hoard to stand on now. I
, would have given it to you before
■ but every dark horse has to have a
! saddle after the stable is stolen, o
! something. As a matter of fact, yoi
[.supported me so well that I didn’t neer
la piafoi m. 1 am glad that you elected
| Mayor Bridgers as my worthy assis
, tant. Bridgers is a good man and *
(shall rely upon him for much advice
I (whether I take it or not) during the
next two years. So from now on when
anyone asks you whir the Mayor of
your fair city is, give him a “knowing’
look and say “Why Mr. Bridgers of
course!” (1 will give instructions on
‘knowing looks’ on Wednesdays, Tues
days and Mondays. A slight charge of
twenty dollars per lesson will be asked
to cover cost of mailing) Mr. Bridgers
| will be a figurehead so to speak, bu’
never forget, dear public, that 1 am the
[real power behind the thorn. (Befor®
j you read any more, go get your die
tionarv and look up ‘Flapdoodle’ a
gain) Remember now, in m> way must
my name be mixed un in politics. Tha*
is the reason Mr. Bridgers will attend
the monthly meetings of the board.
And anything that you wish to havi
brought before the board, go aheac
and give it to MV. Bridgers just a
though he were Albyor. 1 have offeree
my plug hat but he has refused, se
the only help I can offer him now wili
be what he ask- for. (Hope he
ask for a loan) Please keep the fact
that I am the real Mayor of Zebuloi
under your hat because it would create
a had impression on the “out-of-town’
people if they knew that Zebulon was
the proud (?) possessor of two mayors
Why think how jealous Wendell would
be if they thought that we had some
thing on them in the way of politics—
—l haven’t had time to try any of the
new beer .but I did drain the wale:
off the hog slops and the psychological
| effect was the same. I contracted that
I fed!ing in my lower abdomen that
one ha- after eating an enormous a
mount of soap, or green apples. If
that stuff satisfies the American t>eo
plp. the beer drinking class had better
come on out here to the institution
with the rest of us nuts! Any roses yoi
may throw my way, please mark yarn
name plainly, lf you feel like throwing
bricks, please stack them neatly ir
the bai k yard. Thank you too much.
M -. Florence Brown, the 42-year
old Toronto (Can.) woman, who is the
mother of 24 children, believes she ir
the winner of the $500.000-award
willed by C. V. Millar to the Toronto
woman, who, 10 years after his death
had given birth to the greatest num
I tier of children.