VOL. VIII.—
THIS, THAT
AND 1 OTHER
By MRS. THKO. B. DAVIS
I
The chief drawback to the dew |
berry and blrek berry season is that
the berry juice makes all the dish ;
cloths look as if they belong to th* I
sorriest housekeeper in captivity.
Nothing that doesn’t cost more than j
the cloths are wofth will ever make,
them look decent again.
Pome folks don't know the differ
ence between dewberries and black
berries, but call both alike briar
berries.
Dewberries cree,, along the grounc’
unless fastened to stakes or a trellis
while blackberries have longer thorns
and stiffer canes, need little support
ripen later and have a different flavoi
The color, however, is about the same
Mrs. Mclnness had quite a good dea
to tell us about closets at the last
Home Demonstration Club meeting
She said the simplest form of closet
where no other can be had. is a broad
shelf made of one or more board*
with a curtain attached to it. be suit
to have the curtain full enough. You
can lay the goods in pleats and tael
each one to the shelf. Then take r
pair of brackets costing about ter
cents each and fasten them to the wail
next fastening the curtained si felt
above the brackets. (Tor a small
closet you might make one bracket do)
You might put two shelves instead 01
one and have a place to keep hats. Al
this can be taken down in afew min
utes, if you live in a rented house and
don't want to leave the improvement
you have put in.
We were advised not to ut closets
across a corner, if a place could be
found elsewhere. Corner closets don
hold enough.
Built-in closets should have shelve*
on one side and rods for clothes-hang
ers on the other. All space above the
heigth you can easily reach should bt
shelved for bedquilts, etc. And don t
put the shelves too far apart, if you
want to use them for hats or boxes, 01
you will waste space.
It was noticeable that of 21 women
who were asked if they had all the
closet space they wanted, only one
said she had. And she has a big, modem
house—and not a big family.
One house keeper said she had twe
closets that are so narrow that he!
shoes have to be turned sidewise whei
put in—and she doesn’t have larg*
feet.
But Mrs. Mclnness never did tell u*
the best kind of closet to keep the fam
.kdeton in. And I’m sure that ir
all her going up and down and through
this country she must see a good many
of them.
It's queer about family skeletons
Some don’t even try to keep theirs in
a closet —as all reticent folks are sup-
I used to do—but persist in dragging
it around with them and pointing out
its horrors to all who can he persuaded
to listen. Others use it as a jack-in
che-box and laugh with unholy mirtl
at those whom it frightens. Still others
are morbidly silent and feel bitterly
hurt if any one should seem to know
of the family's possessing even on*
bone. A great many profess uttei
indifference, and they probably suffei
lea*l.
Goldfinches have come again. At
first I wondered what seed they were
finding; then discovered they were eat
ing those from cornflowers. And. if
anyone can show me a prettier sight
than couple of th*»-e tiny yellow an<
black birds swaying on a tall plant
that has deep blue flowers as well
as seeds. I’ll stop washing dishes to
come and look.
The man who came hedging last
Friday was long and lank and walked
with a limp that wa~ almost grotesqu*
His face was long, long stringy hair
spread away from a bald -pot on hi*
head, and long yellow teeth shower
P"' minently when he spoke. With him
v.as a very fat dog of the water span
iel type, wearing a handsome brass
collar. While his owner made his plea
to the man of the house the dog rat
busily over the premises with the ex
cessive curiosity and familiarity of
his kind.
TV were asked to give what was lef
from our dinner; but it was not noor
and our dinner was not aii cooked. He
was given cracker and t eanut buttei
(She Zrhulntt fßrrori)
Y. W. A. Meeting
The Y. W. A. of the Zebulon Bap- ]
ti.-t Church held its regular monthly J
meeting, Tuesday evening, June fi ;
at the home of Mrs. J. B. Outlaw.
After the conclusion of the business
the following program, with Misses
Edith Outlaw and Guarica Ferebee in
charge, was rendered:
Song“ Have Thine Own Way” Y. W. A
Devotional Erdine Gil
Song Old Rugged Cross Y. W. A
What Y. VV. A. Means To Me
Dorothy Barrow
College Y. W. A. Marian Whitlock
Y. W. A. In Other Lands Ruby Dawson
Poem Today’s Youth Ernestine Prfvett
Youth Reinstates Foreign Enterprise
In America Beulah Conn
Song Jesus Calls Us Y. W. A
We had about eighteen member:
present, some of whom are the girl*
who have been in school all winter and
we hope they will be at all of our meet
ings this summer.
At the conclusion ol the program, the
hostess served delicious refreshments
Boulder Crashes
Through Dwelling
Pikeville, K.v., —Several members of
the family of John Vanover, residing
across the river from Pikeville, nar-
I rowly escaped death early Sunday as
! ternoon when a gigantic boulder tore
; itself loose from the top of the cliff
■ behind the house and dropped several
feet through the root of the dwelling.
The Vanover home sits almost a
gainst the cliff and when the bouldei
! came loose it was in direct line with
one end of the house. The rock went
through the root, ceiling and imbedded
itself in the floor, it was reported. Ihe
rock weighed several hundred pounds
No members of the family were in
the room which was completely wreck
j ed by the stone.
The ( "ash of breaking timbers could
lie heard for a great distance and a
large crowd was attracted to the homf
—Pike County (Ky. > News.
Mr. and Mr. L. R. Temples, \V alacc
and Joyce attended the graduation
exercises of their daughter and sis
ter. Miss Ruby Temples, at N. ( . C
W. on last Monday.
Piquant Pastor Is
Plentifully Pounded
On last Thursday, June 1, we moved
down in the Bethany community from
Durham where the writer did gradu
ate work during the past year at Duke
University. On Friday night following
•cores of our Bethany people came to
>ur house, each apparently surprised
to see the other present. We began ti
wonder why so many happend to come
all at one time when our chairs began
to run short. Still we did not “smel 1
the rat." After a social hour together
Brother Sam Davis, Superintendent ol
'.he Bethany Sunday School, called th*
iastor and his wife to the dining room
Our hearts began to beat faster a
we wondered what it was all about
When we got in the dining room there
was dead silence. Everybody was look
ing to see what was going to happen
The silence was broken when Brothei
Davis, in his characteristic way. walk
<-d out ;:i the middle of the floor and
■ ‘corned us to the community. Then
~fter he had made the best speech hf
ver made in his life, he presented u*
with a big pounding on behalf of the
hurch. The table was completely load
°d down with more good tilings to eat
P took me nearly five minutes to get
the control of my emotion enough t(
speak. The fellowship wa* sweet. We
feft like old Peter of old when he said
"Lord, it is good to be here. It was
a complete -urprise.— L. R. Evans, pa
tor,
-andwiches, one sandwich made with
D utter and . ..m, and two hot boile*
potatoes. Only as he left did I see f
habby car parked on the highway
and my husband said the man’s v.ifi
was in the car—that he said she. to<
was crippled and that they were bourn
f'-r a town in another state.
My donation must have been in
adequate for he went to the house just
acres- the street. After he came hack
they foi m>m« liiiitr iii Cai , ii*
•!'-, ti-:-'wing away the paper bag I
had given him. Then he got out, the fat
dog got in. the man cranked the cat
for a good while, then climbed aboare
: gain and they wobbled off down th»
highway.
It all perplexing and depressing
and 1 never do know just what should
’ ■ ■ -bm.it it.
ZEBULON. NORTH CAROLINA Friday, June 9, 1933
What Is Your Newspaper?
There are a number of businesses and departments of
a city or county the operation of which resemble the func
tions of a newspaper.
Standing guard over individuals and property, your
newspaper is the silent partner of police and sheriff in
showing the ultimate folly of crime.
As a lighthouse on the darkness, the power and light
of your press give truth where otherwise there might be
doubt.
As motion picture reels unfold views of current events
so your newspaper first presents a word picture of the
news, and social and community happenings.
Next to the school system, your newspaper is the lead
ing educational factor for the people.
Your newspaper is the lawyer and judge to represent
you in the open forum of public opinion.
Your newspaper follows the doctor at your birth and
through sickness; follows the minister through your mar
, riage and death.
It is the shadow of a chamber of commerce in its ef
forts for growth and upbuilding, the friend of county
agent in the imparting of agricultural information, the aid
lof sanitation and health in warning against carelessness
|and contagion.
It is the telegram or letter to the friend or relative
away from home.
As an insurance agent publication of complete records
)f public expenses protect taxpayers. Legal notices prevent
foreclosures without due notice.
Your newspaper is the regular, looked-for represen
tative of merchants and others having services or products
to sell. As such, it is a faithful and reliable agent. News
paper advertising helps vastly in keeping active the chan
nels of trade. It is the best friend of the energetic and
progressive business.
Think how much all these other valuable services
cost you, particularly when added together. Consider
how little you paid for your newspaper to receive so much
value, and behind which there is so much sincere pains
taking effort for so little return.
Although some people may not have thought of it
your newspaper’s every thought is pointed towards the
satisfaction of the average greater number of its readers.
Perhaps now you can understand how a newspaper natur
ally likes to be favored by you in return—through your
monetary and moral support, and personal commendation,
friendly encouragement and constructive criticism.—Live
|Oak (Fla.) Suwannee Democrat.
Mother Is Charged
W ith Manslaughter
i
Out in California a mother slapped
her four months old L>aby for crying
|in the night. Awakening later shi
1 found the baby dead. Physicians sail
the- death was from cerebral hemor
rhage and the mother has been ar
rested on a charge of manslaugter.
Old Olds Still Rolls
With tires pumped up, a tank full
of gas (foui gallons), and Spring ii
its heart. “Old Scout,” the famous
curved-dash, single-cylinder Oldsmo
bile, left Lansing, Mich., enroute t<
Chicago a few day ago bearing a con
gratulatory message from Cover no) '
William Comstock to Alfred P. Sloan
•Jr., president of General Motors. Th<
occasion was the formal dedication ol
the General Motors Exhibit Building
largest privately-built structure at th*
Century of Progress Exposition.
The old car was piloted to ( hicag* (
by Dwight B. Hu.--, who in 11*05 drov*
it to victory in th*- first transeonti
nontal automobile race ever held ii
America. That race started from New
York 2S years ago thi- month, and
finished 41 days later at the Ivwis and]
Clark Exposition in Portland, Oregon I
Two year- ago Hu.-.-, again drivinc I
“Old Scout," retraced hi- route of foj ;
mer year- between New York an* I
Portland.
Before leaving on his lastest I,an
sing-O'hicago drive, Huss estimated ■
that he and “Old Scout" had traveled 1
togethei about 15.000 miles. He mad
the 21k miles from I.ari-ing to Chi I
cago in two days flat with one over j
night stop, hitting up to 2K miles pel !
hour on the straightaway.-.
Mr. Hu.-s resents somewhat the fact ;
that R. M. W. Shaw, sales manager]
for Oldsmobile, insisted upon sending j
with him a new Oldsmobile Straight]
o* a- a coiivon car.
“We don’t need one of your new
tangled Straight Eight- tagging along .
after us. ” hi- protested. “We’ve beer ,
j-leces together and we can take car* !
of ourselves.”
Union County farmer- have estab
lished a milk receiving station at Mon
roe for trucking to the cheese factor)
at Alb■*;na>‘!‘*. Stanley ( o'dntyt
Raleigh To Be Only
Recruiting Station
! 1* com now until further announce
: merit Raleigh will be the only navy
recruiting station in North and South
Carolina. Cut- in appropriations have
made this necessary and few enlist
ments are expected for the next few
months.
Internationals Plan
i
Not only are we to have nationa
planning as an aid to agriculture, hut
international planning too. As we g‘
ft* loess, Henry Morgynthau. Sr., Geo
c. Haas, wheat expert for the Federa
jFa m Board, anil F. K. Murphy. Minn
j publisher and agricultural leader, hav*
just gone to Geneva, Switzerland, t<
th*- United States at the In
ternationl Wheat Conference there
, Efforts will he made to stabilize th*
price of wheat through the combine*
efforts of Canada, Australia. Argen
tina. an*l the Untied Sat*--.
Some efforts may be made later t<
get the nations to work together t<
regulate the production and marketing
of cotton to fit world consumption.
I Progressive Farmer.
! Notice
f
j
Ladies, Please send
in your favorite reci
pes for our big cook
ing school issue next
week. Let’s put this
school over in a big
way. Mail them in or
send them in. Phone
them in or toss them
in. Any way to get ’em
in. Phone 85 or 27.
New Farm Loans
Interest on ail Federad Farm loan* j
will be reduced t > 4.5 per cent interest I
for the next five years. During this I
five year neriod. borrowers who pay I
inteiest. taxe-. insurance etc., will not]
be required to pay anything on prin-j
cipal.
New loans made by the Federal
Land Bank may not exceed 50 f>ei,
cent of the appraisal value of the land |
for agi icultural purposes plus 20 pei
cent of the insured improvements, j
This limitation also applies on mort-1
gages which the Federal Land Bank I
will take over in great numbers from
Joint Stock Land Banks and othei
mortgage holders. Large mortgage*
will have to be scaled down to this
amount before they will be taken over
The purpose is to give the farmer the
benefit of this reduction and the pres
second mortgage for the difference
secodn mortgage for the difference
Separate and apart from the Federal
Land Bank loans there is the Com
missioner loan that are made for the
following purposes; Refinance, any
indebtedness of the farmer, either
secured or insecured; provide working
capital for farm operation and enable
any farmer to redeem or repurchase
farm property foreclosed at any time
after July 1, 11*21.
If you live in any of the folowing
i counties, write—-I*. D. Chamblee
■ Zebulon, N. C. for further information.
I Wake, Johnson. Nash, Wilson and
| Franklin.
The Parable Os
The Milch Cow
I .he T< . v.,-tory entitled "The
| Pa: able of the Cow ,” has been going
1 the rounds of the state press;
Ten men who were financiers chip
| ped in ten dollars each and bought a
I fine cow that gave ten gallons of milk
every day. The milk was divided at
night and each man received one gal
lon as his share.
Soon the neighbors far arid neai
heard about the wonderful cow and
said one to another, “Think of getting
a whole gallon of milk every day
What a wonderful return rm a ten
dollar investment! 1 wish l had a
shale in her.”
When this talk was repeated to th*
ten men they held a meeting and one
of the msaid. “Let us give these peo
ple what they want. Our shares in the
[cow cost us ten dollars each and wt
can sell other shares at the sanu
price.”
! So they went to a printer and ob
itained one thousand sheets of papei
bearing the legend “One share in oui
Cow.” Then they sold five hundred
share s at ten dollars each, which
brought them five thousand dollars
and divided the other five hundred
among themselves at their reward foi
being smart.
Each man of the ten now had fifty
one shares, whereas in the beginning
each had but one.
But one of the ten began to worry
“Look here,” he -aid. "Every fellow
who bought a share in this cow will
expect a gallon of milk tonight, and
the cow gives only ten gallons When
the inilk is divided into one thousand
and ten parts these new shareholder*
won’t get a spoonful. Shares will drop
to nothing. We’d better unload while
we can.”
So the ten men went out on the
street to find investors, and each of
/hem sold the fifty shares that had
been awarded to them, and thus they
obtained a second five thousand dol- 1
lar to divide among them. But now
r.glit was drawing near, and agaii
one of the 'en began to worry. “There
will b a row at milking time,” he said
"Ha en abroad and persuade each
: th 1 si .-eholders to -ign a proxy
utho r i 7. i ll g you 'o lii-t a> you think
t> 'st the vote tu which his share en
tie him. Then return the proxies
and we hall do some voting.”
At twilight the men met at the barn
and in their hand- were one thou-am
- gtied proxie- to represent the absent
shareholders and ten were entitled
to vote ,;i their own right, for each
still held hi-: original share. “No,” said
the one who did the talking. “We must
1 1- organ \v This company i (t< ds a
president, a treasurer and eight vie*
, i i< . That give- each of us a
job. Ami since there are ten of us and
the cow gives ten gallons, it is moved
arm seconded that each of us receive a
salary of one gallon of milk per day
All in favor say ‘Aye.’” The motion
was carried without a dissenting vote >
A d - i • k.l th* covv. ,
Read the RECORD regularly.
NUMBER 51
yE FLAPDOODLE
By Th
-1 k I.KK
The latest episode in the ancient and
, honorable order <•(' Schotchmanship
deals with a gentleman from Smythe
field. Walking up to the parcel post
window and handing a package across
he asked. "How much?" -Taking the
package and weighing it he was art
swered, “A little over five pounds, so
it will have to go as six pounds."—
“Not so good," grunted the stranger
“Let me have it.”—Retiring to a cor
ner, he was seen to tear off parts of
the wrapping paper. After some five
minutes he returned to the window and
growled, “Now weigh it.”—So doing
the clerk replied, “It weighs exactly
five now.” —A smile broke out upon
the Scotchman’s face, and as he pick
od lip his change, he could be heard
humming one of those bag-pipe pieces
that all Scotchmen are supposed to
know. “My my,” thought the clerk, a:
the principal actor in a near tragedy
disappeared around the corner.
It is with some form of surprise that
I note that Carl Goerch has started
a weekly magazine. Mr. Gush has ee*
tainly put his piquant personality into
this magazine. VMhy every line is
I Carl Gosh all over, however, this doe.
| not mar the interesting bits of news
Mr. Gulch certainly can be interesting
at times even though he does hob-nob
with politicians Did some one in
quire the why and wherefore of the
absence of every proprietor of all tin
ibusiness houses in town? '1 he answer 9
Easy! There was a jug hand at Bakm
land Hocutt’s Who i- the gent who
I while returning from Raleigh, o\.i
I slept ami traveled m to Middlesex?
I understand that it was late afternoon
i before he was able to catch anothei
j coming this way— (*h yes, the gen
It man out toward Pilot who, wire
, in bathing, a la nude, heard a car a >-
i preaching. Expecting the car to pas
| on, he swam up underneath the bridge
I n his amazement, the car ceased its
I means of locomotion directely mi the
bridge. Some eight young ladies, and
a dark complected gent were, it ap
pears, planning to take a swim. The
discussion finally ended in a decision
and the changing of uniforms at one
began. Being slightly embarrassed al
this process, Mr. swam out
i into deep water and apologized tor he
ing in so precarious a state, but if the
young ladies would kindly turn then
backs while he procured his clothes
they could have the pool to themselves
in short order The outcome, 1 know
not— —The most interesting of fairy
tales I’ve heard lately is also the
shortest. Quote; Once there was a:
nonest banker. Kndquotes. Cheebee
Gill has not been hopping from hab i
lately, he has been hopping because
upon his toe there is a cut. He goes
barefoot. Explanation: Uut on toe.
Leave shoe him off. Toe get well. 1 m
heap much likC Introducing th i
gent from Florida, who terms tin
weather as being “two blankets cold’
—Ami one of the city’s infants lu
ti 1 y singing “Two thinckets in Georg:
instead of the current ‘Two tickets t<
Georgia" I was informed by a lady
that it wasn’t a swing that broke. It
was a chair. I don’t know about tin
chair, but 1 saw the swing! Br >
James H. Hull owa.v knows politics
but evidently he doesn’t know people
East week he stated that when the
next bunch of nominations come up f>u
Senatorial and Representative pos*.
two years hence, that the people oj
the Old No’th State would bear ir
mind how little thi.- year’s crop ol
legislators had done, and not re-elect
th<-m again. Ihe people of No th C ar>
lina love to be tooled Mr. Holloway
and wil have forgotten all the mi
deeds performed by this year s asses
In two years you’ll see them out with
the bridle looking the same old truck
hosses in the eye. Would you like t<
make a wager on that, Gunnel?
Did you happen to ~ee Mr. Avon Ken*
chasing the goats off his lawn down
in front of his place of business. Oh
yes. he ha- a nice lawn there. 1
understand that if Mr. Massey doesn’t
tend hi- goals better, and keep them
out of city resident’s gardens, thai
the residents will be enjoying barbe
cued goat. At least that is the latest
throat I have heard on the herd
I think I hear the ice tea boiling over
and the biscuits have been told to rise
a- I search for four leaved clover arc!
the burning bacon fry- --My my
is that spring in the air, or have 1 been
exposed to the sun too long? loodle-
Oooo!