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Shall We Try Again?
I am asking that our read
ers let us know what they
think of this edition. Shall we try
again next year to have a poetry
number? Do you like this issue
well enough to want another of
the same kind? We shall be glad
for you to tell us.
Understand, please, that we
make no claims to special merit.
Our Miltons know they are in
glorious, though they are not mute.
And if we who wrote the verses in
these columns have not succeeded
in expressing what we felt
we have at least experienced
what Emily Dickinson called “the
transport of the aim.”
The signature of the writer of
every unsigned poem is in my
keeping; and to the best of my
knowledge and belief this is the
first time each of them in this pa
per has been published.
The Boiling Pot
When I hear men protesting a
gainst women’s having anything to
do with government on the ground
that we know little or nothing a
bout politics I feel like telling them
that even a man who couldn’t cook
a good pot of soup to save his life
might still have the privilege of
objecting if he saw the cook put
ting filth or poison into the broth
We may not know the exact re
cipe, brethren; but in this present
political pot-boiling keep the in
gredients clean.
All Birds Do Not Agree
For several years waxwings or
cedar birds, as they are called a
round here, have tarried on their
way north in the spring to feast
on the holly berries from our big
tree. Two years ago they devoured
every berry but two. This year they
are having a trying time with the
mocking birds, which do not mi
grate, and have headquarters in
the holly tree. The waxwings cir
cle overhead in flocks, decide they
may venture to alight, begin to
feed —and the mockers charge
them furiously and put them to
flight. A temporary victory won,
the mockers frequently post them
selves for a while as guards, sit
ting on the electric wires, flirting
their tails and making ugly and in
sulting remarks; after which they
retire to the holly tree and sing
hyms of hate. The waxwings as
semble in the trees between us and
the Whitley home and are silent
except for a few querulous com
plaints. They may go hide in the
pine grove back of the Whitley’s,
to sally forth again when they
t 1 ink that the coast is clear. Bui |
the mockers are right on the job
and the waxwings have little
chance to eat. It reminds me of
what the Bible says: Five shall j
chase a hundred; and a hundred;
shall put ten thousand to flight, j
It is worrying me. There are i
more berries than the mocking
birds can possibly consume and the
waxwings are merely visitors who 1
will shortly be on their way. Be
sides, the mockers hold only squat*
THE FOUR-COUNTY NEWSPAPER—WAKE, JOHNSTON, NASH AND FRANKLIN.
ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL TWENTIETH, ’34
Rotary Club Elects
Officers For Year
The Zebulon Rotary Club, elect
ed the following officers for the
ensuing year at their regular meet
ing Friday evening, April 13th.
Dr. Luthur M. Massey, Pres.
Percy Lewis, Vice-Pres.
11. Edison Mann, Sec.
M. Mcßae Faison and W. Ber
nice Bunn, Directors.
Please Read And
Understand
I am sorry that a few of the
poems sent in had been printed be
fore, which kept them out of these
columns. When we asked that all
contributions be written by the
sender we meant also that they
must not be copied from anywhere.
A few verses came in too late for
publication.—Mrs. T. B. Davis.
Notice
Applications for crop loans can
be had at the Zebulon bank build
ing, Zebulon, N. C., any day until
the first of May, from 9:00 a. m.
to 5:00 p. m.
W. C. White, Field Supervisor
Emergency Crop Loans.
Dept. Meeting
The Department of Literature of
the Woman’s Club met on Tuesday
p. m. with Mrs. C. V. Whitley in
charge of the program.
Mrs. Whitley gave the story of
the life of Mary Roberts Rhinehart.
Mrs. E. C. Daniel read a sketch
of Gertrude Atherton’s life. Mrs. C.
E. Flowers reviewed one of Mrs.
Atherton’s recent stories, The Fog
morn, which has attracted wide
comment.
Mesdames A. A. Pippin and C. L.
Read, hostesses for the day, served
refreshments during the social
hour.
Kannan’s Case
Rates Second
Kannan’s Case was judged by
Wake county’ health officials as
second, ,to tie with three other
cases, in cleanliness. Kannan was
beaten only by the Carolina Pines
Hotel. This can indeed be counted
as another honor for our town.
The London, Eng., Zoo animal
j coroner who must hold an inquest
on every creature which dies at the
institution to determine the cause
of death, performed 964 post mor
tems during the past year.
Sixty different kinds of taxes are
collected in the city of Peiping,
China.
, ter sovereignty over that tree
j Some day I may decide that I pre
fer peaceable transients to quar
relsome permanent boarders.
Speech Is Silver
That Raleigh man who wrote to
| Dr. Cadman saying: “My wife is
! a splendid woman, but a great
talker,” and who went on to say he
had warned her that silence is
golden, needs to be reminded that
this country is off the gold stand
ard.
Special Services
Last Sunday
On last Sunday at the Baptist
Church the seniors of the Young
People’s Department had charge of
the opening exercises of Sunday
School. Directed by Miss l'reslar,
the Bible reading was by Miss Ma
rie Watson, George Henry Temple
sang a solo, Henry Hoyle gave the
story of the father of the prodigal
after which Russell Temple
told of the older brother’s jealousy.
At the preaching hour Pastor
Herring introduced J. Floyd Wood
ard, Supt. of Knightdale School,
who was one of hiany laymen to
speak that day as a result of a
movement put on by the Baptist
Brotherhood. Mr. Woodard pleased
and inspired his hearers with his
discussion of God’s challenge to
men.
Club Meeting
The general meeting of the Wo
man’s Club will be held on next
Tuesday p. m., (April 24) in the
clubhouse. Mrs. Thoo. B. Davis
will speak of Wild Flowers. Host
esses for the day, Mesdames W. P.
Lewis and C. M. Watson.
Announcement
STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETING
The regular annual meeting of
the Zebulon Building and Loan As
sociation will be held at the office
in the Zebulon Banking and Trust
Company building April 23, 1934,
at 8 o’clock, p. m.
C. C. C. Continues
A report has been made to Pres
dent Roosevelt of 225 million dol
lars having been spent on CCC
work during its first year. Employ
ment has been given to 600,000
young men, and it is estimated that
they have sent 60 million dollars
home to aid their families. Funds
have been appropriated to continue
this work for six months longer.
Home
Demonstration
) Club
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The Home Demonstration Club
meets at Wakefield in the club
house on Wednesday, p. m., April
25. Mesdames Mahlon Temple and
K. P. Leonard will give the demon
stration.
Thomasville Wins
The debating team from the
Thomasville high school won the
Ay cock cup in the contest at Chap
el Hill last week, the final debate
being with the team from Gastonia.
The Thomasville team, Katherine
Covington and A. C. Lovelace, Jr.,
were coached by Miss Lois Johnson,
a daughter of Archibald Johnson,
for years editor of Charity and
Children.
Twenty-four schools were repre
sented in the finals at Chapel Hill.
More than 2,000 students have tak
en part in the preliminary debates
all over the state.
Proctor Kemp
Is Improving
Proctor Kemp, who was badly
hurt when his car left the road
near Lamm’s Cross Roads and ov
erturned last Friday night, is im
proving as rapidly as could be ex
pected. He was found soon after
the accident and was taken to a
Wilson hospital where it was found
that his leg was broken and he was
considerably bruised. The car was
damaged, but the engine was run
ning when aid reached the scene.
Honors For
Wakelon School
Music
Wakelon School has become
somewhat accustomed to carrying
off honors in music contests, but
that does not prevent a special
pride in the results of the meeting
in Raleigh last week. In this dis
trict eliminaton contest Wakelon
won the following first places:
Mixed Chorus —Thirty boys and
girls.
Mixed Quartet Dorothy Win
stead, Margaret Lewis, Sprite Bar
bee, Sexton Johnson.
Girls’ Trio—Dorothy Winstead
Jocelyn House, Margaret Lewis.
Barytone Solo —George Henry
Temple.
Bass Solo—Sexton Johnson.
Piano Solo —Jocelyn House.
Unchanged Voice—Charles Win
stead. (This was the highest score
made).
Second places were won by the
Girls’ Glee Club and by Dorothy
Winstead, soprano soloist.
Reading and Declamation
In the preliminaries held by the
literary societies at Wakelon to
determine contestants for final
honors commencement week the
following were chosen by the
judges: Christine Perry, Eunice
Outlaw, Verman Starnes, Jack
Temple.
Concert Enjoyed
Many expressions of pleasure in
last Sunday’s concert at Wakelon
have been heard. The band came
in for special praise. The fact that
many of the numbers by the Glee
Club and Chorus were those which
won in the district contest added
interest. Not only the parents of
the children taking part, and the
patrons of Wakelon, but the entire
community’ is concerned over the
outcome of the state finals in
Greensboro, which will take place
this month. Whether or not more
honors will be brought home from
that meeting, enough laurels have
been garnered for some conspicu
ous adornment.
Zebulon First
In Meat Markets
Baker and Hocutt, Zebulon, won
the distinctive honor of being first
in cleanliness in Wake county out
side of Raleigh, with a score of
94.5.
Cary came second and Steadman
Stores and Temple Market of Zeb
ulon, came third with 91.5.
Her belief that longevity is the
result of exercise impels Mrs. Mar
tha Jones, 94-year-old Walnut
Ridge, Ark., resident, to walk a
mile a day to keep healthy.
NUMBER 43
YE FLAPDOODLE
By The
Swashbuckler
Jimmie Creech, versatile sales
man of GP&L, states that Tubby
Narron is a one man “brain trust”
for the Company.
They tell me that Lib and Elmo
practiced the senior play the other
night. Maybe Lib was helping El
mo go over his lines, don’yuhknow.
Lib says only a senior could play
he way Elmo does. Ha!
My greatest fault,
Is procrastination—
When listing my name,
For imposed taxation.
Frederick Chamblee seemed to
have a job last Sunday night get
ting dates for his gentlemen
friends on Sunday night last. Lib
may have Elmo in the palm of her
hand, but he sems to be spilling ov
er the sides.
Kids aren’t worse than they used
to be. They just aren’t as secretive.
After all, who likes a sneak?
It ain’t so bad
But what it could be worse
Those inside pages
Os awful verse.
With the spring weather cornea
nights of dates, and what are dates
and nights good for if not to park.
To park or not to park is certain
ly not the question. The question
of the moment seems to be, “Get
ting in withut being heard by pa
or ma”. At any rate, a certain lit
tle lady damaged her shins and
hose when passing through the liv
ing room at two one night last
week.
For a gal who’s just moved to
tow r n, Dr. Newell’s daughter cer
tainly has a ring in popularity’s
nose.
(That may be left-handed, but
it’s meant for a compliment never
theless.)
Johnny, always full of tricks,
Pounded papa with ten bricks.
Mama scolded in an awful way,
“Papa’s insurance lapsed today!”
Some unkind person states that
the continued story “Queen Anne’s
Lace” has been running so long in
this paper that the edges arc be
coming tattered.
One of our town’s younger ma
trons was breaking eggs last week
from one of the leading groceries
of the village when a very tender
chicken emerged from on" of the
shells. Get mad? Oh no. “Just sup
pose we had been buying chickens,”
she commented, “We would have
had to pay seventeen cents per
pound, as it is, we Rot a chicken
and eleven eggs for fifteen.” Hal