VOL. VIII.—
this, mill
AND THE OTHER
By MRS. THEO. B. DAVIS
It may be that some time I shall not
mind seeing it spelled Muscle Shoals;
hut for years it has offended my eyes.
I could see the sense in calling it Mus
sel Shoals as was done at first, but no
explanation makes the other spelling
look right.
For- rpore than two weeks now I
have been trying to get a good chance
to kill a “black widow” on our place.
But every time I make an effort to
slip \ip quietly and* surprise h<er out
side her door she sees me or hears
me, or both, and like a flash is gone
back under the weatherboarding just
where it joins the underpinning of
our house. I have cut down ever sc
much of the deutzia bush in front of
her hiding-place hoping the light may
make her uncomfortable. We are a
fraid of each other, the black “widow
and I. She must know that I shall kill
hpr. if possible; I know that if she
bites anyone, horrible suffering will
follow, with even the danger of death
For she is one of the few really pois
onous spiders in this section. Her body
is as large and round as a crowdei
pea and shiny black, with a bright red
spot on her back. Her web is strong
and thick and no matter how often
I tear if down she mends it or spins
another.
She has escaped in every skirmish
so far: but the war is still on
Last week at the District Meeting of
Home Demonstration Clubs Mis. Mc-
Kimmon told us about the jars that
are being given away to be filled foi
welfare work this winter. I don’t know
what part of the hundreds of thou
sands of cans bought by the state will
be allotted to Wake County; but dc
know that this community will do im
part in filling its quota.
Mrs. McKimmtm stressed tomatoes
and soup mixture in her talk on can
ning. Both of these products can be
successfully put up without a pressure
cooker. But she said that in canning
soup mixture one should be sure tc
have five parts of cooked tomato tc
four parts of all other vegetables com
bined. For instance: To each quart
of soup mixture allow two and one
fourth cupfuls of cooked tomato. Then
combine your corn, butterbeans and
okra, and allow one and three-fourths
cupfuls of it to each quart. This gives
enough acid to insure its keeping, i
properly prepared and well sealed and
processed, even without pressure.
Mrs. McKimmon also advised the
use of glass jars for all products that
are to be kept at home, since glass is
cheaper in the long run than tin, and
the sealers for tin cans are expensive.
c\, marketing however, tin should bt
used, as glass breaks so easily in ship
ping.
T l ’** man who came last h riday tc
a ,k for food looked to be about sixty
He walked up to the side door and
a<kcd whether I had ar.v food for an
o’.d mar going along the road. I tolc
him th -e va# only fish and cornbread
left from dinner, and he politely as
sured me that would help, if 1 would
wra" it up in paper and hand it out
to him. This was done, and as he took
it, 1 noted the curly gray hair that
swept from under his cap almost tc
his shoulders, and the brown arm that
showed where his shirt was torn. And
as he walked away 1 was forced tr
admire the grace with which he moved
I never saw a man less awkward
though he was old and just going a
-1 »r:g the road.
To me there is something of gla
mour and romance about the stai r\
Looms of the white jessamine. Not
,ape jessamine, but the shrubby vme
that is more rare around here. Mrs
/ hn Broughton Save me mine—l re
member Mr. Broughton's bringing it
~n d saying when I thanked him that
, arrie had said so much about want
ing me to have it that he decided he d
rather come and brine it than to lis
ten any longer. And now mine is big
nough for me to begin to divide, and
ts wonderful fragance is reminding
me daily of mv grandmother’s garden
mother’s and my older sister’s, as
wdl as of the friend* who passed on
is sweetne-s to me.
I td you see those two rainbows in
he southeast last Saturday after the
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Commencement Os
Wake Forest College
The commencement exercises at ■
Wake Forest College began Sunday |
morning with the baccalaureate ser |
mon preached by Dr. Zeno Wall od
Shelby. In the afternoon a concert was
given in the church by the college
glee club.
Wednesday morning the Trustee
met. At 4:80 in the afternoon the Sen
ior class exercises were held on -the
campus. At 5:30 one of the most in
teresting features of the whole com
' mencement occasion was the dedica
tion of a tablet to “Dr. Tom” Jeffries
I
i who was for over 40 years an cm
| plovee of the College. He set most ol
i the hundreds of beautiful magnolia
| and other trees on the campus and
I built most of the stone wall that sur
rounds he campus. He was both an
institution and a character.
The Alumini supper was given in
the gymnasium where hundreds of a
lumni and friends of the college met
Rev. J. A. McMillan was Master ol
Ceremonies. J. C. Smith, a prominent
\ attorney from Greensboro deliveret
I the Alumni address.
Thursday morning a band concert
was given by the college band, eon
i sisting of 30 instruments. Dr. Isbel
j is director. This was followed by the
annual address by Dr. Douglas Free
j man of Richmond, Va. President Kit
i chen conferred degrees on over 10<
i young men, and delivered the bacca
laureate address.
The Trustees made arrangement#
for the rebuilding of Waite Hall thal
! was burned a short time ago. The past
! year has been a very successful one
The summer school of the college
opens June 12 and the outlook is very
encouraging for a large attendance.
*
Wake Forest High
School Bldg Burns
The Wake Forest High School build
ing was burned Wednesday night a-
J bout midnight. When the fire was dis
covered, it was beyond control. Th<
j building was a two story brick struc
j lure built about four years ago. The
loss was about s<’>o,ooo partly covered
: by insurance.
j -
Pou Or Jeffreys
Though claiming they are making
no active campaign for themselves
the friends of Geo. R. Pou and F. B
Jeffress are busy endorsing and other
wise doing their best to land their man
as Chairman of the consolidated pri
! son and highway departments. Both
have loyal friends, some oif them
shrewd politicians, and a lively row
is said to be in the brewing if Gov.
Khiinghaus does not end the contest
qu’ckly by appointing one or the other
or possibly a “dark horse”. The lattei
course would probably be better foi
the people.
A Few State
License Taxes
———
The new and the revised state li
cense taxes will be due and payable
>r. Thursday, Jure i. On next Sunday
there will be presented through the
, press a digest of the new sales tax
on retail sales which becomes effective
Lilly 1.
Among the new license tax, base
.ball, football, boxing, etc., will pay
$5.00 on each game and 8 per cent of
the gross gate receipts. Auto dealers
$25 to S2OO with 3 per cents sales tax.
Barber shops raised from $2.00 tc
$2.50 per chair. Hotels raised approxi
mately 20 per cent over present rate.
Pressing clubs, in addition to flat tax.
i cent stamp must be added to each
dollar or fraction on delivery. Sand
wiches raised from $5.00 to $7.50. Slot
machines raised from $2.50 to SBO
Soda fountains, old rate $5.00 to SSO.
■ per cent on gross sales. Moving pic
ture shows from SSO. to SBSO on old
tax reduced from $25 to $4.25, with
additional gross sales tax of 8 per cent
Bottled drinks $5. for each stand, same
as old rate, but 8 per cent on gross
sales.
rain? And did you ever see so threat
ening a cloud change its mind and send
down so gentle a rain ?
I
A Wilson paper states that at Stan
tonsburg there was a severe storm
Saturday evening which uprooted
trees, unroofed a house and did othei
damage. It must have passed us by
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ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA Friday, .June 2. 1933
330,000 A Day Is
World’s Fair Record
On last Saturday. A Century ot'
Progress, the biggest exposition evei i
held in the history of the world open
ed at Chicago. Over a half million
people entered this fairyland of mod
ern creation that day. It is estimated
that 50,000,000 will view it before its
cdose in September.
At 0:15 p. m., Post-Master General
Jas. A. Farley, the presidents special
representative dedicated the Fair 6y
illuminating it with a ray of light
from a star millions of miles away
so far away that it took an average
lifetime for it to reach the earth. The
light was a magnified beam that
switched on the millions of electric
lights over the immense city of won
ders.
The fair is too vast and too color
ful for a brief description. It is too
fantastic for comparison with any
other event ot its kind in history. It
would take five months to see it all
Its theme is celebration of 100 years
of unprecedented world progress since
Chicago was incorporated as a village
These 100 years have seen more ad
vancement in science, agriculture, tra
vel and transportation than all the
other centuries combined. The world’s
fair seeks to tell the whole story in
a series of moving exhibits so com
pact they cover only 424.32 acres ot
land and water.
! Following are fact- of interest:
I The fair costs approximately $30,-
j 1)00,000. not including borrowed ex
| Dibits . . . there are 500 building#
... the extent, exclusive of water
i is 388 acres . . . the length is thret
! miles.
The exposition idea originated at
! a busines men’s luncheon in 1923.
|. . . It almost died out in 1927, was re
i vived. and progressed amazingly at
i ter President Rufus C. Dawes am
Managing Director Lenox R. Lohr took
charge in December, 1927.
The 50-cent general admission en
titles one to pass through 82 miles ot
halls lined with exhibits .... Foi
Dr. McGlothlin Dies $30,000 Ransom Paid
l)r. \\. J. McGlothlin, president ol
i Furman University, Greenville, S. C.
1 who was hurt in an automobile ac
cident two weeks age. died last Sun
j day. His funeral was held at Green
ville Monday afternoon. He was ar
I outstanding minister and educator ol
the Baptist Denomination.
Woman’s Club
i
The Civics and Literature Depart
ments of the Woman’s Club met on
Tuesday p. m. with Mrs. I.ela Horton
presiding.
The afternoon’s topic Choosing
Our Officers—was well presented by
Elmo Bunn, Bobby Horton. Sprite Bar
-1 lu-e and Ralph House, who discussed
the various steps from the national
,conventions to the final balloting, re
ceiving in token of appreciation o<
their talks a vote of thanks from those
piesent
In a short business session the res
ignation of Mis. M. M. Faison from
’ the presidentey of the club was read
and was received with genuine re
gret.
The program of the Literature D*-
partment consisted of the reading ol j
three short poems by Stanton, Bur i
■dette and Markham, after which Mrs !
Horton, assisted bv Mesdames Me j
Guire ami Finch, served iced tea and |
cookies
Mesdames Cook, Dunford, Hou«l
--and Oren Massey were welcomed a j
visitors
Lobbyists Get ‘Them’
In the recent legislature the Amer-j
ican Tobacco Co. paid a Gteensbor< :
law firm $6,400 for lobbying in it# ;
’ interests.
F >ime: I.ieut. Gov. J. Elmer I»ng ,
of Durham, received a fee of $4,500
, from the N. C. Bottler’s Associationj
| for lobbying in it- interests.
J. M. Bioughton, Raleigh Attorney >
was paid $525 and is still doe sl7s'
fiom the N. C. Laundry Association
The Duke Power Company paid oul ,
$1,126.80 for “influence” with the Gen-.
era! Assembly..
! $27.50 you can see every amusement
|on the Midway.
One exhibit contains replicas of al
crowns worn by leading monarchs
and took 18 years to assemble . . .
It is rumored that Brutus and Queen
lions which will ride motorcycles at
Lion . Motordrome, > are expecting a
happy event, their fifth,-this summer
One tnwn. described the fair coloring
> as resembling a cyclone blowing out
! of a paint factory. .... There are
i 118 loud speakers to broadcast an
j nouncements and help find lost chil
idren..
i The sky-ride, tallest structure west
! of New York, is a combination of tht
ideas of the Eiffel Tower of the Paris
exposition and the ferris wheel on the
1893 Chicago exposition.
The Mexican village, costing $75,
> | 000. was erected in lo days. . . . The
■ Irish exhibit was one of the first com
: | pleted .... Two of the world’s most
I famous trains, the Mexican Presiden
i j tial train and the Royal Scot, are in
j the travel-transport building.
Among the exhibits is a log cabin
! from North Carolina and the world’s
• i smallest moving picture theatre, seat
ing 22 persons. . . . There will be a
• | tournament for bridge players, a horse
i show, and an egg-laying contest, with
• 1 2000 chickens entered.
i! More than 1.125,000 persons paid ti
■ see the fair before it was opened and
500,000 school children saw it free. .
■ At Fair City, a new town of 8000 per
- sons, that has sprung up just outside
rithe city, one may park his car and live
for less than $1 a day, traveling t<
and from the fair by electric train.
A complete army camp, with 80C
l soldiers, is within the grounds. . .
More than 250 Indians are encamped
near by There are 60 midget#
in a minature village. . . . The guides
1100 of them, are all college men.
: Besides 300 special police. 150 city
police will be on duty and officers
from all large cities will be present
looking for wandering criminals from
their own neighborhoods.
I On Saturday Miss Mary McElroy
of Kansas City, Mo., was kidnaped by,
• 1 two men. who entered her home and
- at the point of a pistol forced her to
go with them. She was released on
■ Sunday after her father paid a $50,-
I 000 ransom. She said the two men who
kidnaped her treated her well and kept
her in a basement having a radio and
chairs.
Seen And Heard
’ (BEER AND SLOTS)
i <
I heard a young man sav the othei
! day that Zebulon beei dealers havt
sold 80 cases of beer since the first
.j of the month when beer legally went
I ion the market.
II And I heard another, yes .two ot
.'them say that an average of over S3OO
went into the eight slot machine.-]
, operating in Zebulon.
I saw some chu —I mean some veryj
fine fellows spend about $4.00 in one
one night not so long ago. and they didj
not get even gum for their money.
Speaking of beer I was told that one
prominent citizen in town said it
just would not do it. It is reported
i that he drank nine bottles and neith-|
er his family nor friends knew the'
i difference.
I have seen some fellows trying
j their luck on slot machines and 1 have
ja!-<> been told that they could not
I ay some small bills they owed about
< town.
IO well, guess I’ve seen and heard
enough for this time.
Chevrolet Stolen
From Under Nose
i
Last Tuesday night a thiel oi
I thieves, broke into the showroom ot
j the «f. and M. Chevrolet place her<
arid took a nw sedan which had just
j been unloaded last Saturday. They
! prized a side door open, breaking the
I lock and backed the car out.
The car taken was a black sedan I
1935 model, motor number 8645519 I
. serial number 9 C A O 5—20856. N< j
clue has been found a- to the idenitv'
of the one taking the car.
Antone Moves To
New Location
After having the store, which was
formerly occupied by P. Satisky
worked over and repainted, A. D
Antone has moved his large stock ol
dry goods into the building. Mr. An
tone has. the stock arranged attrac
tively and his prices are in keeping
with the present low market quota
tions. His is the largest stock of dry
and furnishings noir on sale in
Zebulon.
Revival To Be Held
At Wakefield Church
Commencing next Sunday morning
a revival meeting lasting 10 days will
be held at -the.. Wakefield Baptist
Church. Dr. J*. T. Riddick of Durham
will do the preaching. The service#
will be held at 3:00 and 8:00 each af
i ternoon.
Dr. Riddick is one of the most suc
cessful pastor-evangelists in the Stati
The singing during the meeting will bt
directed by S. H. Hoyle. Those whe
find it possible to attend will hear both
good preaching and good misie. Th(
public is very cordially invited to all
the services ,
Birthday Party
1 On Monday afternoon, May 15, Lit
tle Miss Mary Gordon Massey enter
tained 80 of her little friends at a
party in celebration of her fifth
birthday.
After a number ot games.were play
ed on the lawn,|Under the supervision
of Miss Geraldine Massey, the hostess
lead her guests into the dining room
where a pink and white color scheme
wa. beautifully carried out. Quantities
of sweet peas were used.
The birthday cake was the eentei
piece. Silver candle holders with pink
tapers added to the loveliness ot the
tabl. Micky Mouse lee cream ind cake#
were served. The little guests wen
given lolly pops with jig saw puzzles
on leaving the dining room.
Home Demonstration
Club
The Wakefield Home Demonstration
Club met on Wednesday p. m. with
20 members and two visitors present
Mrs. S. H. Hoyle presided over the
business meeting, after which Mrs. J
S. Mclnness gave an illustrated talk
on Making the Most of Closet Space
She showed how, by the use of shelves
racks and rods for hangers, one may
get double the benefit from a given
space.
Mrs. Louis Liles conducted a con
test on Garden Pests in which Mrs
Mclnness was the winner of first
prize, a blooming begonia. Mrs. 1). S
Joyner was awarded the consolation
prize, a clump of garden pinks.
A plant exchange was both plea
sant and profitable, ami concluded tht
program.
The local program for June will be
directed by Mrs. Elmer Finch.
Avon G. Kemp
Heap Much Seeds
i Avon Kemp has stocked up his store
i with all kinds of seeds till it looks
j 'most like a regular seed store. Be
side# carrying a full line of all kinds
| <>l farm and garden seeds, he alsc
carries the -tuff that kills out pota
toe bug- and l>ean beetles—called Bari
cide. Read his ad!
Ballard’s Jug Band
To Be Here Soon
The people of Zebulon have a treat
in More f>>; June 5, at 11:15. At that
time Ballard and Ballard’s Jug Band
of Louisville, Ky.. will give a perfor
mance in front of Baker and Hocutt’#
store.
This band has a national reputation
hi ving been heard over the radio a
gieat many times. Blending the note
produced on jugs with guitar, man
dolin, vjplin and banjo, they product
such music as one seldom hears.
They are employed by Ballard and
Ballard on a publicity tour in adver
tising Obelisk and other brands oi
flour manufactured by these milling
people. See Baker and Hocutt’s a<
c .vhc'o in this paper. 9ml then b<
sure to hear this jug band next Mon
Iday, June 5. at 11:15 in the morning.
Wilson County farmers have pur
cLa.-od some !,o<-0 >und of i- pedeze
seed no far in 1933, reports Count;,
.V’ent W. L. Adams.
YE FLAPDOODLE
By Th,
Ml ISHRMKI.I It
After that slight prevarication last
week. I think I shall desist from that
line of thought lest people think me
careless with the absolute word <> f
truth It pains me greatly to learn
that certain young ladies of out fait
j city doth hold against me faults which
can be defined by Mr. Webster as
i grievances. Sad but true, several of
the younger set doth wax wroth.when
■ever my humble physique doth come
j Within range of their sagely vision
■ Duly penitent 1 may be quoted as
graving stated quite frankly that I am
sorry. Yea, I am sorry that what I sai l
; was true. 1 ran across the word
penult in an English Grammar the
I other day. Quite naturally my inqus:
tive nature(whieh is always asserting
1 itself) did show itself in the manne>
of a question, directed at no less ape:
sonage than Whitley (hamblee. “What
| my good friend,” 1 questioned, “doe - *
j penult mean?” —“Oh,” replied Whitley
sage-like, “That’s a little nut that doth
j gi ow beneath the surface of the groun 1
] Haven’t you ever heard of salted
* penults?” Incidentally, Whitley als>
! thinks a colonel is the meaty part of
i a nut. May 1 mention the young
< lady who, upon seeing her boy friend
, pass by the drug store, on a sunny attei
I noon last week did gush, “Oh he'#
!better! He’s almost ovr his poison oak.
j If he wasn’t, he wouldn’t be down th
street!” Monday of this week
what should hold up the freight of the
1 Norfolk Southern Railway but sou
i goats. Seeking shade, the goats found
it in abundance underneath the box
| ears of a train which was at that time
without means of locomotion. W hen
said cars were affixed to the engine
i said goats did still sleep in peace
Numerous pleas and anxious calls did
fail to induce the goats from the:i
i siesta. Fulling, tugging, sweating an
j yelling the brakemen, aided and abetted
Iby Mr. Bill Fletcher, the odoriferous
, animals were finally removed to r
I safe distance from the locomotive an 1
I its trailers. As the train pulled jerkily
1 from the yard several spectators were
left to ponder the question as to which
were the goats of the occasion; The
kids, or the men. Quite recently I
heard some | erson speaking ol
J another’s face. It seems that the per
son in question possessed a double
lip Personally, I’d rather be doubl
lipped than two faced! Still anoth
er gent asked why I took tilings so
seriously. “I don't know,” I replied, “I
always take things seriously.”— "S
I notice,” he came back, “Maybe that
the reason you haven’t returned thr
knife I loaned you two weeks ago’
Pardon me, but is my face RED?!—
I—Who, 1 —Who, oh who is the couple that goes
visiting and breaks down swings !
—Driving out to the Gar Hole on a
late evening last week, I was surprised
to see nude forms disappearing thru
ith - thickets. Upon closer scrutiny 1
| also noticed that the nudes were ot
the female sex. Dismounting Lancelot
I walked over to the edge of the woods
| and lo and behold there was more
feminine wearing apparel than 1 knev
women wore nowadays. Also noting
1 that there was no male attire around
1 discreetly w ithdrew. Mark my wore
! friends. Diana herself couldn’t have
possessed a more shapely figure than
did those diappearing ladies. Whoevei
you were, I apologize. Yes, sincerely
I j do. Well, now for another week
of living up to that motto so adeptly
applied by the Chinese to a perfect!',
good Contusiou-, or did Confusiou#
edit it himself? See no evil speak no—
etc. and etc
Satisky Moves
To Fayetteville
On Tuesday of this week P. Satisky
with his family, moved to Fayette
ville to live.
It i< safe to say that there are few
men in Zebulon who would be reall;
missed as will the man who for about
twenty years was the proprietor of
Satisky’s Department Store. He held
the friendship of customers and eni
plover alike, and no appeal for hel
for the needy or for the community
uplift went unheeded by him.
Mrs. Satisky will also be missed by
her neighbors, to whom she was a.
ways a friend; and the younger mem
bers of the family likewise hold place
of esteem in the town and community
With his sons, Harry and Aaron
Mr. Satisky will operate a loan busi
ness in Fayetteville. *
N I'M HER 5"