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VOLUME IX.
THIS, THAI
.AND THE OTHER
By MRS. THEO. B. DAVIS
The lady who said she had read
this column every week for months
and had never yet found it worth
unything must have felt more than
ever justified in the remark after
last week’s offering had been seen.
But all the fault was not mine that
time. The printers left out one par
agraph which was to have given the
setting for the] last one of all, and
the omission made the rest sound
crazier than usual.
Please don’t feel that I resent
the lady’s opinion. This column
makes no claims to erudition, cul
ture nor broad experiences. It is
frequently about our own communi
ty only. It is in the main concerned
with “ the short and simple annaL
of the poor.” Very short, very sim
ple, very poor. However, I do here
by promise that when one-tenth of
our subscribers have sent in com
p’aints about my wasting space I’ll
quit without waiting for a majority.
Hotter English Week is being ob
served by a great many organiza
tions in this state and in others.
We may be glad it lasts just six
days, for it is a strain to furbish up
our speech for that long. I have
tried to fall in line by leaving off
seme of my pet mistakes. I have
also begged the younger children
to refrain from saying. “She told he
and I.” I have not once said “frecz
ed” for froze, nor “have drank” for
have drunk. I even learned two
words that were new to me and
would have used them, if the chance
had been given. But they are rather
hard to bring into a conversation
casually, and one must not show
off, even during Better English
Week. My new words are ‘glabrous”
and “veridical”. One means without
hair and the other means truthful.
I’m still hoping to use them some
day.
Seriously, though, there are few
things more fascinating than look
ing through a dictionary for words,
meanings and pronunciations. Not
one of us is too old to learn, and
few of us are users of speech that
might not be improved. Since words ,
are the only means by which we I
may convey our ideas to others, we (
should not grudge the time and es- i
fort necessary in choosing those
that are best for the purpose. They
need not be long words, nor unusu
al; but they should make our mean
ing clear and definite.
When I was married a corre
spondent reported it to a paper. He J
stated that I had not lived long in !
the community, but was “rapidly
becoming notorious” because of my
activities. I have always hoped that
he meant generally known.
Tt "*as a good while before that
marriage notice was as funny to
me as it was to my friends.
Queer Weather
While North Carolina shivers in
unusually cold, reports from Alaska
say the weather in that territory
was 57 degrees above zero on Feb
ruary 19, trhat youngsters went
swimming and that bushes were'
budding.
ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA, FEBRUARY TWENTY-THIRD, 1934
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, Gangsters Caught
Melvin Archer, W. R. Proctor and
Eugene Gut.ter have been arrested
on a number of charges, and are in
jail. They are thought to be mem
bers of a gang responsible for nu
merous robberies in easter Caroli
na. They were arrested in Rocky
Mount in a residence rented in the
name of “Mrs. Archer.” Three wo
' men were in the house when the
arrests were made. Officers found
a quantity of stolen goods and also
some high explosives secreted on
I the premises. Members of the Ra
leigh police force have been at work
on the case for some time.
CWA Pay Rolls Cut
i
| Twenty thousand persons in
. North Carolina are to be dropped
from the pay rolls of CWA jobs
today. This is part of a movement
to discontinue the entire movement
by the first of May. Because of
milder climate as one reason work
ers in the South will be dismissed
! ahead of those in the North. No
I more projects are to be approved
at present by Mrs. O’Berry but ef
forts will be made to keep at work
those most needy. Pay is to be re
duced to 30 cents an hour for un
skilled labor, the hours of w'ork re
maining 15 per week in rural sec
tions.
Announcement
Mrs. M. M. Faison will have
charge of the program at the gen
eral meeting of the Woman’s Club
on next Tuesday, February 27. The
subject for the day is based on
American Homes.
District Missionary
Meeting Sunday
On next Sunday at 7:30 o’clock
in the local Baptist church the dis
trict missionary meeting will be
held. Mrs. J. T. Allen, of Wendell,
chairman of the district, will pre
side and a carefully arranged pro
gram on Stewardship will be pre
sented, of which the Royal Ambas
sadors of Wendell have a special
part.
All members of th<> church are
urged to attend, and the general
public is invited. Delegates are ex
pected from Bethlehem, Central,
Hephzibah, Knightdale and Wen
dell churches.
No Air Mail
For Raleigh
With the taking over of the car
rying of mail by the Army, Raleigh
has been dropped from the list of
cities having this service. Bad
weather delayed the first flights
of the army pilots, a number of ac
cidents and a few deaths being re
ported.
Fire At Smithfield
The Sanders Building, at Smith
field, was burned early on Tuesday
morning of this week. In it were
housed the post office and Western
Union office, and the theatre. Hard
work kept other nearby buildings
from serious injury. All mail was
taken from the post office, none be
ing lost.
Endeavor to be what you desire
to appear—Socrates.
Dentists Examine
Students’ Teeth
Drs. J. F. Coltrane and L. M.
Massey have this week examined
the teeth of Wakelon pupils withou*
cost. This service by those eapabh
dentists was a part of the health
program of the state. Seven hun
dred interested dentists gave thei’
services during the week. This un
| dertaking was said to be uniqu<
and has attracted national atten
tion,
I
Department Meets
Mrs. J. K. Barrow and Mrs. E.
C. Daniel were hostesses for the
meeting of the Department of Lit
erature at the Woman’s Club on
Tuesday p. m. Mrs. A. S. Hinton
program leader, presented Mrs.
Raymond Pippin, who spoke on th<
life of Lydia Pirkham, and Mrs. E.
H. Moser, w r ho told of Carrie Na
tion’s life and work. Both speakers
were heard with deep interest, their
talks showing careful preparation
and appreciation of the personali
ties studied.
After the regular program Mrs
Flowers, president of the club, re
minded the members that this is
Bettor English Week, and a short
discussion of this subject followed.
A social hour was enjoyed and re
freshments were served by the
hostesses.
Announcement
The Home Demonstration Club
of Wakefield, meets next Wednes
day p. m. A full attendance is de
sired as chairmen of the various
department* will be named.
YE FLAPDOODLE
By Th«
Swashbuckler
The biggest question of the pres
ent moment (so far as the Record
force is concerned) is: Who’s dog
is that that roamed into the office
on Tuesday of this week? It iooks
as though it might be a German
police, but its actions make of it
a “Sooner” pup. Iffen he youm,
come and git ’im.
Believe you me, the young lady
who told said Sawyer person that
when he sat, he spread like molas
;es, certainly knew her molasses.
Try this on your tickelish mid
•iff:
Once there was a young-man-a
icut-town who was returning from
i late date one night when he be
anie aware of the fact that he was
being followed by a gentleman in
an iebriated state. For several min
utes he tried to lose his shadow by
ducking into stores through one
door and out another. It availed
him nothing. Next he tried running
hrough revolving doors coming out
‘he same way he went in. No soap.
Taking a taxi, he drove to the tall
est builing in the city. Securing a
parachute, he proceeded to the top.
His trailer followed. Reaching the
" >of, he went to the edge and pro
ceeded to jump, releasing his chute
is he did so. The drunk jumped too.
Os course the parachute checked the
decent of the sober gentleman to
such an extent that the gentlman
>f wobbly walk was bound to pass.
\s he passed, he thumbed his red
dish beak at the party of the first
part and belched, “Sissy!”
P. S. Laugh now.
Monday’s News and 0. carried a
piece concerning the pneumonia
deaths in the state for January. As
often happens, a typographical er
ror changed the whole meaning of
the text. The eye-catching sentence
read: “the State had a morality
' rate of 10.4 per thousand of popu
lation a decrease of one-tenth etc.”
We knew that with the repeal
of the 18th Amendment that the
morals of the people would lower,
but we didn’t know that they would
lower that low!
Bernice Eddins, that ambidex
terous shoe repairman who owns
end operates the Weathers’ Shoe
Shop, came smiling into the office
Wednesday. He had found a mis
*ake in the Record office bill, and
the Publishers owed him a dollar!
“On this”, commented Bro. Eddins.
“I can eat another day. Heh, Heh”.
The Raleigh Times brings to
mind the “I ain’t got no body” song
with this headline: “Moose Head
Visits City”.
The wise-crack of the season'
comes from the columnist who says,
“Using a holder to smoke a good ci
gar is like kissing a lovely woman*
through a megaphone!
NUMBER 35.