VOLUME IS
I THIS, THAT
AND THE OTHER
By MRS. THFO. B. DAVIS
A man looking for a certain
house in a town which was entirely
strange to him was given by a boy
the following directions:
“You go to that corner yonder
and turn to your left. Then you go
on and turn to your right and keep
a goin’. Then you turn to your left
and keep a goin’. You can’t miss
t.”
, There’s a point on 12th Street in
A Richmond where the traffic is un
• jelievably heavy. That is, if my
I lusband is absolutely 100 per cent
I xuthful. He stopped the car and
I est me in it saying: “I’m going in
I lere. You wait, I'll be back in a
ninute!’’ And while he was gone
counted eighty-three cars that
assed by.
»
When we went to Richmond re
i »ntly my brother took us around
i ) see the sites of Civil War bat
i es, which have been carefully
,| arked, the signs giving dates,
l,j mies of generals and much other
V lormation. Mechanicsville. Cold
■ iarbor, Gaines Mill, Chiekahominy
■ vamp, Seven Pines, Fair Oaks,
1 avage’s Station, Allan’s Farm and
1 thers have a new significance
\ ,-hen actually seen: and when one
ias, as my husband did, gone some
istance down the old curving
renches in the woods. In tact, he
eminded me of the lady who said
f something else that she was so
I interested and excited that she be
| ame almost historical.
■
A young man said to me not
J ong ago that he is glad he is.not
Virginian. His reason, as he gave
t. was that one cannot go any
-vhere in Virginia without running
Into great chunks of history, and
hat every true Virginian is expect
ed to be able to give it in detail as
easily as the average person could
say the alphabet or the fifth multi
plication table.
Not long ago some one asked me
whether water lett from washing
clothes would injure flowers. I
told her I have used it tor years
with only good results. We have i
saved to he poured around plants
I [.hat need it, and find it enriches
I the soil as well as wetting it. One
I spring I forgot to tell the washer-
K 'woman to save the suds for iert.l
--| izer and before l remembered she
I had poured enough around a scup-
I pernong vine that shades the wash
bench to ruin the grapes for that
year. But you never saw such
leaves as that vine had.
j ust one caution about using the
wash-water: If you don’t mix it
before pouring it around plants,
he careful not to let too much soap
, sud s get on the foliage; it might
■> cause injury.
' The following questions were
i asked me by a stranger to our
.own “What kind of town is >our* .
; lB its standard set by the church
> people, the school folks, or the so
ciety set? Is the standard based
upon morality, money, or birth . Or
I does your town really have a s a
dat'd?" , o
What would you have answered .
A few weeks ago this pap* l cal
vied a recipe for beriv - •
| ingredient being tartaric acid. I
|p,v surprise I found some people
Rad confused this with salicylic
U acid, which I would never dare use
I except on a doctor’s prescription.
I Tartaric acid is made from grapes
| an d is something like cream of ta>
i tar please do not call for nor use
| salicylic acid, thinking 1 advised it.
I Grain Crop Short
■ The Federal Board predicts that
V this year** crop of grain will be
■ the smallest since 18D7. Excessive
■ losses from heat, drought and
■ storms are reported. The wheat
Bcrop is estimated at more than
B 100.000,000 bushels below normal,
■ while the outlook is even poorer for
Icon!* oats, rye, barley and flaxseed.
Shr Zrhttlnn Sterurb
Report Os Local
Welfare Chairman
"
The following report includes all
funds that passed through the
hands of the local Chairman of
Welfare for the time noted by her.
It is not meant to tally with fig
ures sent to federal headquarters,
but records special donations and
local work not embraced in the
general report.
Mrs. Pippin has for sometime
been chairman of federal ralief in
this community, as well as chair
man of welfare in the Zebulon
Woman’s Club.
Until February 23, 1933:
Streets of Wakefield $ 275.00
Church of Wakefield 89.00
Wakelon School 62.00
Sidewalk to Wakefield 35.00
Sidewalk, Zebulon to May’s
Store 700.00
Colored School 550.00
Colored Christian Ch. 42.00
Colored Baptist Ch 74.00
Streets of Zebulon 157.00
Total $1954.00
February to June:
Wakefield Church $ 62.00
M. E. Church, Parsonage
and Park 210.00
Streets of Zebulon 295.00
Sidewalk from Zebulon to
Wakefield 57.00
Highway Work , 220.00
Garden Seed, Peas, Pigs
and fertilizer 529.00
Flour, 283 barrels at $4.00
per barrel 932.00 !
Relief at SI.OO each 480.00 \
Relief, at $2.00 each 100.00 |
Nursing 46.00
For Coffins 35.00 j
Work on Water Meter 7.50
Frv Collard and Tomato
Seed 12.00 j
For cabbage and potato
plants. (51,000) 25.00
For Collard and Cane
Seed 10.0©
For Patients in Hos
pitals 288.00
Doctor and Dental work 21.00
Rummage 60.00
Red Cross Material 500.00
Total $3444.00
Mrs. A. A. Pippin. Chairman
Welfare Department.
Good Orchestra
To Play Here
On Thursday evening. July 20,
the younger set of Zebulon and
nearby towns will have the oppor
tunity ot dancing to the “Sweetest
Band in Dixie.” Jimmy Gerow and
Jimmy Poyner with their 11-piece
Carolina Pines Orchestra will ap
pear for 4 hours of real entertain
ment. This band, under the person
al direction of Carroll Oldham, well
known radio singer, will no doubt
be the best band ever to appear in
Zebulon.
This orchestra is now appearing
on the beautiful new roof-garden of
the Carolina Fines Club House in
Raleigh for the dinner dances held
there on Wednesday, Friday and
Saturday evenings from 7:30 to
12:00. The orchestra broadcasts
from Station W. P. T. F. directly
from the new roof-garden on Wed
nesday and Saturday evenings.
Members of the young social set
of Zebulon are sponsoring this
dance and a large number of young
people from nearby towns are plan
ning to attend. Several prominent
citizens ot the town will act as
chaperones. Admission is by bids
’vh'ch may be secured at the door.
Dry Forces Lay
Campaign Plans
I he united Dry Forces are com
pleting plans for an intensive cam
paign against the repeal of the 18th
Amendment. The state will be di
vided into two districts with States
ville as the Western headquarters
trr.d Raleigh as the Eastern. There
will bo meetings in every county in
the state on September 3. Reports
are that Bishop Cannon will come
to-the state during the campaign,
i hut sot far no plans have been per
fected for outside speakers to par
ieipate in the pre-election drive.
ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, JULY 11, 19.%°,.
Baptist Revival
Closed Sunday
The revival services at the Bap
tist church were brought to a close
on Sunday night. There were tour
teen additions for baptism and
three by letter. All services were
unusually well attended, refuting
the claim that the pastor can not
draw large crowds after having
been at a place for years. The
singing, led by Furman Betts, of
Raleigh, was good, the children’s
choir being specially featured at
each service.
Honor Mrs. Temple
Mrs. Irby Gill was hostess at a
miscellaneous shower at her home
on Gannon Ave., Tuesday evening,
honoring Mrs. Wallace G. Temple,
a bride of this month.
The living and dining roomes of
:he home were thrown en suite
and were decorated with cut flow
ers.
Bridge was enjoyed throughout
the evening. At 10 o’clock. Miss
Mary Barrow interrupted the game.
was introduced to the guests
as Miss Cellaneous Shower, of the
Welfare Department and afforded
•pe gue-ts quite a bit ot fun show
ing them the contents of her bags
containing rummage which she pro
posed to give to Mrs. Temple, who
had been reported in very needy
circumstances. Later she presented
Mis. Temple with a Gladstone bag
filled with novelty gifts from each
of the guests.
An ice course was served at sev
•n tables, by the hostess, assisted
by Mi-s Gatrina Gill and Mrs. Wil
lard Gill. High score prize was
awarded Mrs. G. S. Barbee, while
the h>w score went to Miss Ruby
I lawson.
Revival Closes
The revival meeting at Social
Plains Baptist church closed Sun
day night. J'uly9 with 24 additions
to the church ;23 by baptism and
one by letter.
Rev. A. I). Parrish assisted the
I tor. Rev. .J. W. Nobles in the
tinting. The church seemed great
ly evived as there were many re
c rt derations. The spirit of the old-
Lm< I'-vival was manifested there
with old-fashioned shouting which
is u tsual now. Every one seemed
to evioy the services and large
crow - attended the services.
The Look Ahead
I am clone with the years that were; I am quits;
I am done with the dead and old.
They are mines worked out; I delved in their pits;
I saved their grain of gold.
Now I turn to the future for wine and bread;
I have bidden the past adieu;
I laugh and lift hands to the years ahead;
“Come on; I am ready for you!”
—Written by Edwin Markham, on reaching
his eightieth year.
! Ham And Egg
1 Wreck
Tuesday afternoon. Rev. R. H.
Herring and his son, “Doctor,” with
their families, started to Raleigh,
i They both had on nice, clean, well
pressed white linen suits. When
■ they reached Dave Piivett’s mill,
the rain was coming down in tor
■ rents —almost. A large car passed
■ them going about 60 miles an hour.
Just as the Herrings reached the
i top of the hill at the sharp curve
beyond they saw a mighty dust
ahead, which at first they thought
was caused by the rain.
, As they made the curve they saw
some distance off the road to the
left a large car and a woman sig
i naling excitedly to them. The doc
■ tor hopped out into the rain and
, hurried to her relief. And that nice
, suit—did it sag and flop?
Now here’s the balance of the
story with the prelude. Mrs. A. S.
i Root, the wife of that noted baby
specialist in Raleigh, and her small
ion, ha ( j been to Virginia Beach
and other parts of Virginia on a
: vacation. Virginia hams and eggs
■ oeing both good and fresh, caused
Mrs. Root to load her car with
■ some 6 dozen fresh eggs and a
1 number of hams. In making the
curve, the ground being wet, Mrs.
Root put on brakes, the car skid
ded, left the road and turned over
twice, landing right side up.
Dr. Herring made an examina
tion and found Mrs. Root without
injury. Her son had a small scratch
on one of his legs. But those hams
and eggs 1 The hams were not
quite sliced bu*f the eggs were
scrambled to a finish. And the boy
was plastered from head to feet
\\ :th eggs—most of 6 dozen of
1 them!
The Root car was not badly dam
aged, having one wheel disabled
while there were minor dents here
and there on the body. Dr. Herring
cai ried the Roots on to Raleigh.
And what came very near being a
serious w reck to the occupants con
fined itself largely to the eggs.
i
Want Repeal
■ Young Democrats of North Car
olina. in session at Wrightsville
Beach last Saturday placed on re
cord their vote as an organization
1 favoring repeal of the 18th Amend
i ment. Mrs. May Thompson Evans,
i daughter of a Baptist minister, was
‘jelected president of the body for
♦he coming year.
Relief Workers
Go On Strike
At Greensboro on Tuesday 200
relief workers went on strike for
higher wages, demanding $12.00
weekly for not more than forty
hours work.
They have been working three
days a week at one dollar a day,
this being supplemented where
really necessary. The city reports
the largest number of persons aid
ed during June, as compared with
other months, while Federal funds
have been cut deeply.
Birthday Honored
On last Saturday Mesdames C.
H. ( hamblee and M. B. Chamblee
were hostesses at a picnic supper,
served in the grove in front of the
C. H. Chamblee home.
The guest of honor was Miss
Eliza Brown, and the gathering
was to celebrate her eightieth birth
day, which occurred on Sunday.
Miss Brown is an aunt of C. H.
Chamblee and M. B. Chamblee, who
ably seconded their wives’ efforts
to make the occasion pleasant for
all. Other guests were: Mr. and
Mis. R. H. Brown, Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Brown, Betty Jean and Scott
Brown, of Earpsboro; Mr. and Mrs.
C. 1.. White. Geitner and Helen
Reid White, of Mebane; Mr. and
.Vrs. W. H. (hamblee, Mrs. Pattie
Fuller, Mrs. Pattie Harris, Dr. and
Mrs. E. H. Herring. Miss Doris
Chamblee anq Frederic Chamblee.
Home Os John
Strickland Burns
fin Monday morning, about nine
o’clock, the home of John Strick
land, at old Rosenburg, 3 miles east
of Zebulon, on highway 90, burned.
Mr. Strickland was away from
home at the time. When his son,
Tom. who lives nearby and other
neighbors discovered the fire, it
was beyond control and had spread
through the building to such an
extent that nothing was saved ex
cept a feather bed and a sewing
machine.
The house was an old store-house
| built of heart timber. The first
I - tory had been made into a six
! room dwelling. It is not known just
how the fire originated, hut is sup
pose,] to have been caused by an
oil rove or possibly lodents. Only
a very small part of the loss was
t o.. red by insurance.
| Activities Os The
j Woman’s Club
The final meeting of the Woman’s
Club of Zebulon, for the current
year was held on Tuesday, July 12.
at 4:00 p. m. Mrs. F. I). Finch,
Hostess for the day, had use,) sum
mer flowers and potted plants ef
fectively for beautifying the room.
Before the business session, Mrs.
H. C. Wade’s class in acrobatic
dancing gave a short program
which was enjoyed by all present.
Directed by Mrs. Wade, and with
Miss Margaret Lewis at the piano
the following children took part in
stunts and solo dances:
Ruby Rridges, Dot Horton, Jean
and Marguerite Brantley, Clara
Joyce Rhodes, Dave Finch and Shel
ton Lewis.
Reports of the year’s work were
given by the various chairmen of
departments, and some plans were
made for the coming year. It was
announced that Miss Mary Eliza
beth Kemp has Consented to take
charge of the club’s circulating li
i brary for the summer months.
The retiring president. Mrs.
Charles E. Flowers, gave a short
farewell address, in which she
thanked all members of the club
for their cooperation during her
term of office, and asked that it be
given her successor also.
At the conclusion of the meeting
a social hour was a pleasant fea
ture of the occasion, held in honor
of Mrs, Flowers. The chairmen of
departments served refreshments.
Mesdames Dan Berry, of Swan
quarter, W. P. Lewis, Cooke and
Bragg, of Zebulon, were visitors.
Farm Loans Again
Terms and Conditions change so
much and so often that it is hard
to let everyone know who has ask
ed me about the proposition. This
does not apply to town or city prop
erty. There are no loans so far as
1 can learn being made on town
property but as soon as it starts
you will be informed through your
local paper.
In regard to farm loans, and this
applies to all indebtedness against
farms including Joint Stock Land
Bank loans, they can be refinanced
either through the Federal Land
Bank or Commissioner Loan. 1
am not going into details to ex
plain them but am authorized by
the Faim Loan Bureau to take ap
plications for both and I place them
according to instructions. I be
lieve that all persons who have lost
their homes on the farm since 1931
can redeem them through the Com
missioner Loan. The cost of appli
cation and appraisal fees for a loan
through the Commisoisner Loan is
sll. One can borrow 75 per cent
the up; raisal value through this
If this does not take care of the
debt against property lost, the par
ty who holds the title possibly will
accept this as it is all that can be
borrowed.
When a party wishes to take up
a mortgage against his farm and
•He Federal Land Bank loan will
not make the loan to cover it. he
can with an additional feee of sl.
get a commissioner loan and with
both together can get 75 per cent
of the appraisal value. I am find
ing that the party who holds the
first mortgage is willing to <cale
down the balance, because that is
the limit and no second mortgage
can be made. Now understand that
the party holding the first mort
gage does not have to accept the
loan tuit they seem very anxious
to do so.
The cost is as follows: for a loan
of $llOO to $2900 application and
appraisal fees will be $22.50; S3OOO
to 6000 will be $25. and if you wish
a commissioner loan add $!. When
you come to see me for a loan
bring your deed anq plat of land,
the exact amount now owed on
farm including interest and taxes.
The Federal Land Bank i~ very
anxious to make loans and are urg
ing me to make them as fast as 1
can. I will be glad to answer all
your questions. Phone 27 or 2621.
F>. I). Chamblee, Zel ulon, N. C.
The State Capitol of Illinois wa
damaged by fire on !.>st Sunday
afternoon. The blaze is said to have
caused damage to the extent of
$75,000.
NUMBER 4.
Every Farm Needs
A Home Orchard
By L. A. HAWKINS
tgricultural Extension Department
International Harvester Company
I here are very few places in the
(country where the home fruit sup
ply cannot be grown on the farm.
rhe choicer varieties or kinds may
"ot stand the climate but there are
tnnfs of some sort adapted to ev
*‘i.v section. If the weather condi
fi<'n> "ill not permit the growing
of peaches or sweet cherries, for
instance, the hybrid plums and
j cherries will fill the place satis
| factorily. Varieties of apples to fit
i all sections are now available.
Pears will grow over a wide range
of country.
The main object of the home
orchard is t<> provide fruit for the
family. For this reason kinds and
varieties should be chosen that will
extend the season from early until
late and provide a storage supply
for winter. The home orchard
should not be too large. This is the
case may times and it results in
neglect. Make a wise choice of va
rieties according to the fruit and
family demands. It is always desir
able to have more varieties in the
home orchard than in commercial
orchards. With proper selection
seven to ten varieties of apples can
well be included in the home supply
collection. Choose from the earliest
varieties through to those having
best keeping qualities for winter
storage. Do not put in too many
t>o ( >s oj one variety of any fruit.
An acre orchard well cared for is
a valuable asset to any farm and
will provide much healthful and en
joyable food. Don’t make the com
mon mistake of setting the trees
too close together. Give them plen
ty of loom to grow and develop
large, healthy, fruiting tops. Close
planting forces the trees to grow
tall and slender with fruit produc
ed tar out toward the ends of
branches where it is subject to
blowing around in the wind and
where it is difficult to spray and
pick. Close planting cannot be rem
edied by pruning.
Many old home orchards could be
made much more profitable by thin
ning out. The trees must have plen
ty of light to make fruit buds and
produce good crops.
The care of the orchard is very
important, and good fruit can no
longer be produce,] where trees a e
left to shift for themselves with in ■
sects and diseases in full swing.
In the first place a suitable site
should be selected. Have plenty of
moisture, yet the drainage, both air
and water, must be considered. It
is always better to have the home
orchard convenient to the buildings.
Have the land fertile and in good
shape before planting to trees.
T rees won’t thrive well on worn
out soil. Line out the rows so they
will be straight and neat.
Trees may be planted either in
the fall or spring. Where winter
temperatures do not go much below
zero fall planting is a good prac
tice. The average farmer had bet
ter buy good, strong, healthy two
year-old trees to set out, as the
top frame work is already started,
provided they have been propagated
in a reliable nursery.
Vigorous growh of the vourg
trees is desired and cultivation with
attention being given to soil fertil
ity is important. Trees should be
I limed rather severely at setting
time and only enough to give de
sired form and structure after
wards.
Bearing orchards cart well be
manag(,| with the sod mulch sys
tem. and for the average farm or
chard this is probably the wise
method of handling, providing a
good mu'ch is maintained.
Cultivation with leguminous cov
er crops will prove very satisfac
tory it: maintaining an orchard.
Thorough spraying is the only
insuiance of clean fruit, and there
is no substitute for fungicides and
insecticides. A good barrel outfit
will do a very effective job in
spraying a small home orchard.
Fruit to keep for winter should be
hand picked an,] carefully handled
to prevent bruising. A bruised fruit
!or >ne with broken skin will not
j keep well in storage. Take care of
; vour orchard, it will pay you.
r the average farm or
is probably the wise