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VOLUME IX.
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By MBS. THRO. B. DAVIS
It's rather odd that a housekeep
er who is almost too sick to go at
ill will creep around doing- every
thing possible before going to bed,
■ven a few minor tasks that might
"ye left off. She feels that maybe
the neighbors will be coming in be
fore she is able to get out again,
end the. house will look a little less
fisorderly—it only she can keep on
» few minutes longer.
From a rather high class maga
ine I quote statistics which may or
nay not be exact. 1 have no means
>f knowing. It was stated that dur
ng the past six months the sale
•f playing cards has decreased fifty
er cent. This was not caused by
ny religious scruples, but by style,
t is now much more fashionable,
to the article from which
quote, to play other games than
• continue with auction, contract
•and such, whatever they may be. 11
ve want to be uptodate. we must
•lan parties that are largely origi
nal.
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From another magazine I learn
ed that rouge and lipstick are out
of style, except for that which is
used so discreetly as not to be no
ticeable. Perhaps it is being left off
faces to be put on finger-nails.
I have always felt that cosmetics
-hould be inconspicuously used,
though for a time I belonged to a
hopeless and somewhat scandalized
minority in thinking that way. ! j
never objected to a girl’s using!
• nough rouge to make her look j
prettier; but did -and do- hate to,
-ee a nice looking girl change her- 1
elf into a freak. Mv staid and set-j
I tied opinion is that real youth is
no re beautiful than any artificial
ly and that there’s little one can
|ido about old age except to make
|j j riends with it.
Do you ever stop to think how;
f any of the words we use daily are
j ew? Even in the memory of com
oaratively young persons there was
I* a tirm when words common now
f veie unknown. For instance: the
phrase; “on the air;” as applied to
% broadcasting has been in use only
I .- ; nce 1927. ‘Talkie’, with reference
| to moving pictures, is only five
I years old. ‘Fan,’ abbreviated from
I fanatic, with reference to sports,
has just become a really accepted,
word in dictionaries. Science, poli
s ties, inventions and spoils are all
contributing to the coining of new
words and to giving new meanings
|L to those that may be old.
If you should be interested in the
r growth and change of out lan
guage. read an article in the Atlan
tic Monthly for Match, from which
the above examples were selected.
Are you prejudiced against cer
tain words? Many people are. My
husband cannot bear to hear me
<ay ‘littlest.’ A young woman told
me she would go hungry before she
would*eat food that wa called ‘vic
tuals.’ Another woman detests ‘of
ten-times,’ while yet another hates
to hear the South called the ‘South
land.’ And one of my friends say
‘methinks’ annoys her.
One of my own aversions is hear
ing the word ‘companion’ used when
speaking of a husband or wife. A
companion might be just anybody,
THE FOUR-COUNTY NEWSPAPER—WAKE. JOHNSTON, N ASH AND FRANKLIN.
ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH SECOND, 1934.
Big Distribution Os Cash
Prizes Offered By Record
$500.00 In Cash Heads Prize
List In Circulation Contest.
Other Prizes Os SIOO, SSO
And $25 With 20 Per Cent
To]Non-Prize Winners J
C \N DIDATES SHOULD START
NOW IN ORDER TO CAPTURE
BEST PRIZES WHILE VOTES
COUNT MORE THAN AT
A LATER DATE
Presenting a dazzling array <>t
awards. The Zebulon Record else
where in this issue announces the
inauguration of an “Everybody
Wins Campaign” in which SSOO
SIOO, SSO, and $25 in cash will be
distributed to men, women, and
children.
All these will be distributed to
enterprising people of Zebulon and
surrounding territory. All these
prizes will be given absolutely Free
to ambitious men. women, boys and
gills of this section within the next
few weeks by the Record. It is pTe
dVted that this distribution of priz
• •5. which is a part of a big circula
ion building program for the Re
cord, will be successful.
The publishers of this newspaper
believe in the people in this territory
in which the Record circulates.
They believe the people appreciate
their efforts, in endeavoring to pub
lish a newspaper that is unbiased
and one that all the people will find
helpful.
There is no red tape connected
<v : .ii this campaign. The prizes and
oiniiiissions are to be given free
n those wh<> do the best work dur
ing the eight-week campaign. Any
nan, woman, boy or girl, married
or single residing in this territory
of which Zebulon is the hub. is eli
gibl" to enter the campaign and to
.-ecure one of these valuable prize .
It is not even necessary that the
oarticipant be a subscriber to the
Record, and every participant is
‘V ,
u ii'irajiteed one ot the Grand Prizes
or a cash commssion of 20 per rent
: cording to the rules contained in
:• large announcement elsewhere in
, hi- i ue. The only stipulation the
1' cord makes in connection vcith
ntrant- i> that no employee in it
• ■ffic.e or any member of his imme
diate family can enter.
We are offering you an oppor
tunity to profit to an almost unbe
ii< cable extent for every minute
you devote to this campaign and
not even the remotest chance of
1 'i..-ing, for there will be no losers
tb< only way you can lose it to not
join the campaign.
The liberality of thi- oiler, the
fact that everybody wins,something
and the ease with which even the
biggest of the prizes may be won
just a little earnest application
and effort in vote getting during
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or even a dog, cat. or some stick
animal. I hope that the preacher
at my funeral does not refer to me
as my hu band's companion -or, if
he dog-, I’m glad IH not bear it.
spare moments will do it—is ex
pected to create genuine interest
among our people and there should
be a goodly number of entrants.
The All-Cash prizes and the very
fact that everyone who participates
is sure to earn something is expect
ed to attract candidates from ev
ery section of the territory.
Anyone would be proud to win
SSOO or any of the prizes which the
Record is giving you the opportuni
ty to obtain FREE. And anybody
can certainly use the cash which
this newspaper will distribute on a
20 per cent basis of all subscription
money turned in, according to the
campaign rules, to those who do
not win a cash prize.
To become a candidate in the
“Everybody Wins Campaign” is an
easy matter. To win even the big
gest of the prizes is just as easy if
you will apply yourself during
spare time. Elsewhere in this issue
there appears an entry or “nomina
tion” blank which properly filled
out and mailed or brought to the
campaign department of the Re
cord will start you in the campaign
with 5,000 votes.
Turn now to the double page ad
vertisement and read the big an
nouiieement. See for yourself the
opportunity the Record is placing
before you. And get an early start
for the $500.00 or one of the other
prizes by sending your nomination
blank or that of a friend today.
All the rules governing the cam
paign are stated in this issue and
they will not be deviated from start
lo finish it will be absolutely fair
•
and above board. The person who
works the hardest and most intel
ligently should win first prize and
remember there will- be no loser.
The Record desires to perform as
useful a part and function in th<-
development arid progress of this
section as possible, and to be able
to aid in this work, its news, fea
tures and other departments might
be perfect but if it did not go into
tire hands of the readers it would
accomplish little or nothing.
Realizing this we have made ar-;
range merit- with the Piedmont Cir
culation Service to conduct this
campaign. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Har-j
vey will be in direct charge of this|
campaign. They have conducted:
campaigns of thi- nature in all sec
tions of the country and come •high
ly recommended for their fair deal
ings.
The reason things go in one ear
and out the other in that there is
nothing between to stop them.
Sufficient contracts have been
signed in Craven county to innure
the operation of a tomato canning
factory in the county.
Last Chance For
Poetry Edition
The response to our proposal to
1 1 print a special poetry edition of
| The Record has met with a grati
fying response in that quite a num
i ber of original poems have been
sent to us for publication. The date
will be decided upon soon, and this
is the last request for poetry. Re
member there are no judges, no
'i prizes, no conditions, except that
the poems must be original and
. must never have been printed be
fore.
After our special number we can
not promise to print any more local
poetry for another year; but we do
i hope to make an annual feature of
it.
S. S. Revival
At Bethany
: j
Beginning next Sunday evening,
M arch 4, and extending through
•Sunday, March 11. there will be a
iunday School Revival conducted at
the Bethany Baptist church, located
between Roles vi lie and Wendell.
Classes will be conducted each eve
' ninß next week from 7:00 to 9:00.
Mr. 1.. L. Morgan of the Sunday-
School Department will assist the
pastor. Rev. R. Evans, with
these classes. The entire Sunday
School will study “Building A
Standard Sunday School.”
A community-wide religious cen
sus will be taken next Sunday af
ternoon. The people in this com
munity me urged to cooperate with
those vh<» will take the census, and
are invited to attend every class
possible next week.
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Farmers’ Meeting
The evening class oi Fanners
met at Wakolon School on Febru
-1 ary 20 with 50 or more farmer
in attendance.
'I he topic discussed at this meet
ing was the change of law- affect
ing manufactuiing and sale of fer-1
tilizers in North Carolina.
Mr. E. V. Floyd of Raleigh was
expected to be here for the meet
ing. but due to other engagements
he was kept away.
Mr. Reeves was sent in his place
to explain the Fertilizei code and
answer any questions that the far
mers wanted answered in regard to
fertilizers.
Mr. Massey used charts to show j
Production. American Consumption
I arid exjKirts of F lue Cured Tobacco
also, North Carolina’s deficiencies
in production of food and feed
crops. These charts indicated what
crops should be planted on acreage
taken out of cotton and tobacco.
The next meeting will lie Mon
day night March 12th at 7:.*0 p. m.
Please remember the date and
invite your neighbor to come with
you to the meeting.
i The last round-up of tobacco
farmers in Caswell county shows
■ that 9*5.5 per cent of the growers
have signed reduction contracts.
FLAPDOODLE
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By Th«
Swashbuckler
Are You Narron Minded?
Shorty Narron, the most effi
cient of efficient book-keepers and
one of the best (self acclamation)
office men in the employ of (.’ P &
L gives a reason hitherto unheard
of for not paying more social calls
upon his lady love. More specif ical
i ly—She just doesn’t relax when he
! pulls her to his heaving hope chest.
And About That Fellow G-oerch,
Ihear Lord—
I am wondering how many of
the victims of Carl prac
tical jokes pray each night, a pray
er like this—“ Please, Dear Lord,
let Carl Goerch throw his cigraette
in a man hole and step on it—” I
know that if all the lies he tells
were time and had been pulled on
me. I’d certainly not forget him in
my prayers. (Not to mention his
truths!l
Please Mr. Barbee, May He Wm;
A Blush???
Sprite Barbee informed me. over
the top of a Ballyhoo, that he in
tended giving a fan dance party.
F ans would be. used a* the sole ap
parel for covering the guests’ bodies
and as tickets. Anyone without a
ticket, or with more than a ticket
would not be admitted. And to top’
the whole matter all tickets would
be taken up at the dOor!
P. S. The editors join with me in
hoping that the weather will warm
up a bit before Sprite throws his
party. RSV'P.
Lib Evidently Doesn’t Know Ihe
Country's Off The Gold Standard
Lib Cook, that ‘pleasingly plump’
gal with the ‘looks’ (?) informed
‘l’ and a couple of other palookas
that when she had gotten a certain
young man's ring, watch, frat pin,
automobile, wrist watch, scarf pin,
gold te<lh and a tew other trifles
he possessed, she was going to let
him go. M-ni-rn-m, that’s nice of
you Lib, I thought maybe you want
ed his monogarmmed handker
chiefs too!
(7 he above ma\ be exaggerated
slightly.)
Can't Take It Corner
Bili (Tinkint F'letcher, Ben <Be>-
nie) Horton and (Molasses.) Saw
yer purchased corn-cob pipes Mon
day of this week. Casualties to
date number one. Bill ju*t simpiy
couldn't take it.
The F ight By Rounds
The first round was on the pipe.
Bill had it getting hot and bothepr-d
until the second round which wa >
on the house. The third round was
on Bill and Bill was on the floor.
Latest reports say that Fletcher
will call for a return bout 'vh/-n
his normal complexion returns.
NUMBER 36,