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VOLUME IX.
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By MRS. THEO. B. DAVIS
My youngest son and my young
est neighbor were busy with a small
microscope which was one of Santa
Claus’ gifts. After examining sev
eral things, they killed a fly and
put one of its legs on the slide.
With fascinated horror they gazed
at the magnified member,
ii’g how dreadful it is to have such
creatures touch human food.
Finally th e little girl said: “O,
well, they don’t look like that if
you don’t see ’em in a mikerscope.”
And both were comforted.
On the first Sunday of this year
as I was finishing cooking dinner
I set down a pan of fat on the stove
to make gravy to go with a baked
hen. Turning away. 1 caught my
finder in the handle of the roaster
and dragged it from the st .ve,
spilling the hot fat on the floor. \
few minutes later I poured some
cream out to be whipped and spill
ed a half cupful of it. Ewr since
then I’ve been wondering what I’d
have said to a child who committed
two such acts in the same length
of time. For it seems to me that
often we expect children to be mjf
oareful than we are.
In my simple way I have puzzled
for some time over why any hus
band should obpect s o his wife’s
keeping household accounts. Yet I
have been told that tber° are such
husband’s. The keepinc of account*
is not an easy job, but there’s lots
of satisfaction in knowing just
where the money has gone, even if
there were no other advantage.
Accounts and columns in account
books will have different headings
in different families, but since rhey
are not kept for public reading that
will not matter. And sometimes it
is hard to know just where to place,
the cost of an item. Since wehavi
no farm, but do have a cow and
some chickens, I had some troubh
deciding about my accounts, r inally
I put all cost for cow feed and
chicken feed in the column sos gro
ceries. From this at the end of
the month 1 subtracted the amount
received for any milk, butter or
eggs that had been sold. This seem
ed clear to me, but my daughter,
seeing my book, was much amused
to see hay, dairy feed and scratch
feed entered as groceries. Even
Mrs. Mclnness said she thought 1
had better do it another way.
And would you class bonks and
magazines as “Improvement ’ or
“Recreation?” They might be both,
and some of them should not be
either.
There is this, however, about
household accounts: T'ne wife must
certainly do a good deni of vhe
buying, or the husband must be
n, exact as regards mUing down
v hat he spends than most men are.
Unless a man is downright stingy
his attitud towards spending is far
more casual than a woman's. And
he resents being asked what he
paid for things. It may be that he
feels the wife is trying to check up
on him. 4
My trouble these days is that a
good part of our buying is in ex
change for advertising or subscrip
tions, and accounts fare not settled
as when cash is paid. And I’m get-
ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY SECOND, 1931
Engagement
Announced
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Eddins, of
j Zebulon, announce the engagement
j.'f their daughter, Daphne Pearl, to
William Herbert Fuller, of Louis
burg. The wedding will take plaeo
next month.
Mr. Fuller is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Fuller, of Louisburg.
Honor Birthday
Os President
On Tuesday night of this week
thousands of persons took part in
celebrating the fifty-second birth
day of President Roosevelt.
Hundreds of thousands of mes
sages were sent to Washington and
he chief executive received many
gifts.
But the most notable feature of
be celebration was the holding of
6,000 birthday balls, the proceeds
of which were donated to the Warm
Springs Foundation for the treat
ment of children crippled by infan
tile paralysis. These balls ranged
in attendance from thousands to
fourteen. Raleigh’s ball was sup
posed to have been attended by
1,000. President Roosevelt spfcike
>ver the radio on Tuesday night,
hanking all who helped in thus
honoring his anniversary, and say
ng it was his happiest birthday.
Wrightsville Fire
Fire at Wrightsville Beach on
’ast Sunday destroyed the large
Oceanic Hotel, more than a hundred
smaller cottages and summer
homes, and even burned the board
walks. The damage is estimated to
he at least a million dollars, being
he most destructive blaze the town
has known since it was practically
devastated by fife in 1853. The
strong southwest wind which was
blowing at the time did much to 1
render useless the efforts of fire- 1
men.
W. A. Liles Dead
W. A. Liles, prominent farmer
bving near Zebulon, died in his
deep last Sunday night. His son:
poke to him about eleven o’clock j
and was answered, but the father \
was found dead next morning. Mr. i
Liles had been suffering from cold, i
but had not been confined to his ,
bed, and was not thought to be!
•■.eriously ill.
Burial was on Tuesday afternoon
in the family cemetery near the
house after funeral services con
flicted at Hephzibah church by the
pastor, Rev. L. R. Evans, assisted
by Revs. A. A. Pippin and Theo. B.
Davis. Pall bearers were grandsons .
of the deceased.
Mr. Liles was married three i
times, his children all being by the:
first marriage. Surviving are the :
third wife; three daughters, Mrs.:
I. H. Alphin, Mrs. A. R. Talton,’
Mrs. M. T. Liles; three sons, Luth
er, Louis and Walter Liles.
The deceased had for many years
been a leading member of Hephzi- .
bah church and took an active part I
in community life.
ting quite familiar with the reply:
“O, I don’t know just what it cost.
I didn’t even ask. We’ll settle when
I give him my bill.” Meanwhile
what price housekeeping accounts?
My husband approves, but does
not co-operate.
j Near Zero
The coldest weather of the season
! struck this section the first of the
week. Following the warmth of
i Sunday, the wind and freezing tem
| perature of Monday brought count -
1 less shivers. In the western part of
' the state the mercury in thermom
j eters went below zero. Farther east
it was not so cold, but temperatures
! were unusually low. Raleigh offici
ally reported eight degrees above
zero.
It would be hard to estimate the
■ number of frozen pipes in town. In
many homes the water froze during
the day. Some pipes without regard
to the convenience of owners or to
grammar not merely burst, but
“busted.” Local thermometers va
j ried as to records, one reading 6
! degrees above zero at 5:00 a. m.
.
New Store To
Open Here Soon
Mr. Stanley Shorr has just re
urned from the northern markets
where he purchased a full line of
goods for his new department store
which will open sometime between
February 15 and March 1. He, will
carry a full line of men and women
furnishings of all kinds in the lat
est styles and lowest prices. Watch
for his advertisement in an early
issue of The Record.
Child Hurt
Milton Jones, little son of Mr.
and Mrs. R. T. Jones, on Route 2,
had the misfortune to fall last
Saturday night, spraining his arm.
Auto Wreck
On Sunday evening in Middlesex,
on highway 90, there was a collision
, between a car driven by Glenn Joy
ner, of Wakefield, and another car
which attempted to cross the high
way. In the car with Mr. Joyner
were Misses Aline Turner, Mary
Kemp Bunn, Bertha Barber, Thais
Pearl Medlin and Mrs. Revie Medlin
Vincent. Fortunately no one was
critically injured, Miss Medlin prob
ably being the worst hurt. A bone
in her ankle was broken and will
compel her to use crutches for
; some time. Other members of the
party were shaken and bniised and
the car was badly damaged.
Master Teacher.
For Year Os 1933
EL C. Jemigan, vocational agri
culture teacher at Spring Hope, has
been chosen as master teacher in
his line in the state fob 1933. Mr.
Jemigan will compete with master
teachers from other states for the
title in the South. The work done
includes activities with growers of
gardens, cotton, corn, oats and to
bacco; with raisers <>l poultry, hogs,
bees and caitle; with a community
fair, field meetings and work with
individua.s as well as classes.
Hitler Supreme
The German Reich, the national
law making body, in a unanimous
vote abolished state rights on Wed
nesday. The German government
is now under the full dictatorial
power of Hitler.
Russian Balloon
Goes Highest
Three Russians, according to
their records, went the highest any
human beings have ever been in
stratosphere Wednesday. The bal
loon wrenched the gondola from its
huge bag and the men fell to earth
and were killed instantly. They
claim to have risen 67,585 feet high.
B.Y.P.U. Week At
Campbell College
Buie’s Creek, Jan. 29.—This week
is. B. Y. P. U. week at Campbell
College, with Miss Mabel Starnes,
state B. Y. I*. U. field worker
teaching a class in senior admin
istration; Rev. Scott Turner, one in
“Investments in Christian Living”;
Dr. M. L. Skaggs, one in “Training
in Church Membership;” one in
“Pilgrim’s Progress,” by Professor
R. L. Poj lin, and one in “The Inter
mediate Manual”, by Miss Eloise
Miller.
Each evening Miss Starnes ad
dresses a different group of work
ers. Monday night she spoke to the
ministerial band, Tuesday, to the
volunteers, and she will speak to
still another group Thursday. Fri
day the certificates and seals show
ing the courses have been finished
will be given to those who have
taken the courses.
Millions Os Quarts
North Carolina farm women put
more than eleven and one-half mil
lion quarts of foodstuffs into jars
and saved it last year. This, says
Mrs. Jane McKimmon, is a new
high record. It was made possible
by steady work by home demon
stration agents, the cooperation of
clubs and special workers with the
state relief program, and the in
dustry of private individuals. Both
white and Negro leaders deserve
credit for the splendid work done.
Circle Meeting
The first meeting of one of the
recently arranged circles of the
Missionary Society of the Baptist
church was held on Monday p. m.,
in the home of Mrs. Howard Mas
sey. Eleven members were present.
Organization was completed by
lecting Mrs. M. T. Dednam, vice
chairman; Mrs. Julian Horton, sec
retary; Mrs. Pittman Stell, treas
urer; Mrs. A. N. Jones, chairman
personal service; Mrs. S. A. Lee,
piabist.
The hostess, Circle leader, was
in charge of the program. Others
who took part were Mesdames, Her
ring, Whitley, Lee and Dednam.
It was decided to call this the
Northside Circle. The next meeting
will be held on February 26, in the
honiP of Mrs. T. B. Davis.
Birthday Bails
Something new in this country
was the manner of celebration in
many cities of the birthday of Pres
ident Roosevelt on January 30.
Balls were given, the proceeds go
ing to endow the Warm Springs
Foundation in Georgia for the
treatment of sufferers from infan
tile paralysis. This form of tribute
’ vas decided upon because Qpe pres
ident himself has been a victim of
the disease.
¥E FLAPDOODLE
Fy The
Swashbuckler
Who is that little lady of our
town who was so profusely ex
plaining to Ray Whitley of Wen
dell, why she could not date him
last Wednesday night? Ray seems
to go for girls named Margaret or
Marjorie.
Some inquisitive person asked
me it 1 had ever heard of the state
of Oregon. Why everybody knows
that that is a kind of soap.!
And a silo, explained the lady of
my dreams, is a song sung by one
person.
When questioned as to the sobri
ety of a certain man of our city, a
youngster informed me that he had
never seen him drunk. He had, how
ever, seen him standing in the mid
dle of the floor vowing that he’d
catch the bed next time it came
’round. Heh! Heh!
Jack Temple seems to be stuck on
a certain little lady. Be that as it
may, he was helping her out with
an explanation at Wednesday
night’s basketball game.
Can’t you imagine the haste with
which a certain young lady in the
health department of Wake county
spoke, when a who had
an enlarged pimple (in the advanc
ed stage) on that unmentionable
part of his anatomy, began disrob
ing to show her its exact position.
“Oh dear no. I’m not the nurse. I’m
the stenographer.”
Dizzy Idles, that inimitable bit of
fun from “Deah ole Wakelon”, God
bless ’er, was slightly perturbed
when someone informed him that
he would be taken for a ride in the
next edition of the Gold Tip Farm
er. Never mind Dizzy, you’ll grow
up some day. Just don’t get impa
tient.
Helen Mullen, that dear, sweet
little bit of heaven, paid me the
compliment of the week. “Hello
ugly.” I had at least expected a
“horrid” or an even more poignant
oath upon meeting.
They tell me that old “Great Lov
er” Bunn has a Cook on his string
of recent “Affaires de la coeur.”
Wee, wee, Missouri.
Geraldine Pippin and Ted Jones
are getting that way about each
other.
Double-Header
In a double-header with Gamer
on Wednesday night, Wakelon girls
W p re defeated 23-16, while Wake
bin boys redeemed the situation by
playing a game that resulted in a
-victory over the Gamer team, with
a score of 12-8.
NUMBER 32.