• THE ZEBULON RECORD, ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST THE THIRD, 1934
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TEXTILE COURSE
(A VALUABLE PRACTICAL DEPT. AT STATE)
Xtie'textile course at State Gallege is proving its
worth. 'Dean Nelson never has any difficulty in
placing graduates and their work speaks for itself.
Samples of. designing and weaving sent to the RE
CORD show variety in material, color and weaving,
but *all are attractive. Included in the samples are pi
que; 'seergtyy'ker, Waffle weave, rayon drapery cloth,
and an odd, double-weave fabric showing
a baie.pjftPPtton lettered “North Carolina School of
Textiles.”
In the Opinion of this writer a young man who
decides to study textiles makes a wise choice. There
is wide opportunity in the South for the development
of weaving and’its.allied industries. Durability, style,
colorj hartnony and many other details must be well
studied,*if. these students make much progress after
leaschool; but all may be learned in Dean Nel
son’s course, and all may in addition to proving of
fin&ncipl benefit'help to bring beauty into being.
WAITING FOR THE REPEALISTS’
'•> ANSWER
We tears the following head lines in the Greens
boTo News.
“GcrveiTrtfrent is packing prisons with violators of
nation’s liqour Jaw. More bootleggers and evaders of
law *ln bthef ways being sent to prison than 15
months prior to repeal. Nine hundred-thirty-eight
incarcerated in the last three months. Figures do
not include those now awaiting trial.”
■ .Now these are cold facts. We wait for some of the
repealisfs to explain just why we have more drunks,
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[•"State Theatre*”]
“Mystery of Mr. X,” showing at
the> State, Raleigh, today and Sat
urday, is packed with more excite
ment and hair-raising elements j
than has been seen for a long time
on'tile screen.
Adapted from Philip McDonald’s
sensational Crime Club novel,
“Mystery of the Dead Police,”
'and directed by Edgar Selwyn the
pictiity Reaches new high in this
ever popular type of entertainment
Robert Montgomery stars as Re
veT,' suave gentleman thief who
sets the pace at the outset by steal
ing' tile famous Drayton diamond.
But the honors enter with the in
troduction of “X”—or rather his
you don’t see him in
the flesh until the last sequence.
But you see his sword cane and his
nine'’ victims, ’ and that’s enough.
Elizabeth Allan brings charm
and beauty to the exciting picture.
That she is Scotland Yard’s Chief
Commissioner's daughter doesn’t
keep Montgomery from making
ardent love to her.
The unanimously popular Lewis
Stone is the super-sleuth who pits
bis cunning against that of Revel |
g&d of *%” Henry Stephenson,
Ralph Forbes, Forrester Harvey,
Ivan Simpson, Leonard Mudie, Alec
B. Francis and Charles Irwin are
Jail happily cast and excellent in
their parts.
A Mickey Mouse cartoon “Klon
dike Kid,” a musical act with “Ish
am Jones and his Orchestra,” and
a news completes this program.
“Shoot the Works,” will be shown
at the State, Raleigh, on Monday,
Tcusday and Wednesday, with a
gala comedy cast headed by Jack
Oakie, Arline Judge, Alison Skip
worth, Roscoe Kams, and music by
Ben Bernie and his “lads" who
make their film debut in this pic
ture.
Few recent screen comedies have
excelled this lively, pace-setting
film for speed action and fun. With
a medley of six brand new tune
hits, the plot revolves about the
joint and individual efforts of a
group of colorful show people in
search of fame and fortune.
Adapted from Ben Hecht’s and
Gene Fowler's Broadway play, “The
, Great Magoo,” the film features
| Jack Oakie as the head of the
Nicky Nelson Enterprises, s side*
more men filling prisons and more evidence of the
lapse after the repeal than at any time within the 15
months preceding repeal. But, we expect to keep
right on waiting. If an answer is forthcoming at
all, no doubt they will explain it all by the activities
of fanatical drys.
SEEN AND HEARD
ONE DOESN’T ALWAYS MEAN WHAT
ONE SAYS
Our friend L. M. King, brought us a nice melon
Wednesday, and when we thanked him for it, he
said: “Now if it is not any good, let me know and I
will bring you another one just like it.”
BEER AND BAYWINDOWS
We were guying one of our good friends a few
days ago about getting so fat on drinking beer. He
said he would admit that he did drink some beer.
And that reminded us that we have noted a number
of men about Zebulon who have taken on flesh and
grown bay-windows since beer came back. Just why
all this bigness? We are inclined to believe it’s not
all from prosperity and good wholesome food.
One man explained it this way: “You know when
a dog lies around and does nothing he natrually gets
fat.” And we have also noticed that he usually hangs
around where the kitchen slops are kept. No offense
meant, neighbor. Some men just naturally get fat.
COURT SHORT AND SNAPPY
Recorder’s Court this week adjourned almost be
fore it opened, and Judge Rhodes got home for din
ner. People must be geting better or else it has been
too hot to exert oneself in any sort of active mean
ness. Nobody was sent to jail or the roads and all
went home happy, more or less.
UNCLE SAM’S ARMY
Yesterday morning my son called, “Daddy, look
at the parade.” I looked and saw thirty two men
with spades, shovels and hoes marching by on the
street. And I thought it may appear amusing to
the man who has a job or an income, but to the
fellow whose only hope of the bare necessities of
life is to be fonud in the few hours’ work afforded
him by the ERA each week, it is no laughing mat
ter. While there is little doubt that a great deal
of money has been unwisely spent and a great many
people have been helped unworthily, yet we must all
admit that something had to be done and the gov
ernment has probably done the best it could under
the circumstances.
It reminds us that we have heard know-it-alls
freqeuntly criticise Providence and, while not open
ly saying so, they have indicated that if they had
been doing it, things would have turned out much
better. And so, while we may criticise the govern
ment and its agents we should remember that if we
had been managing the matter it probably would
have been much worse. And then, too, we should
not forget that as perhaps many of us do, our de
structive criticism may be a contributing cause to
such mistakes and failures as follow the administra
tion of a difficult task.
sl ow troupe, whose two principal
assets are a moth-eaten stuffed
whale and aslight ly dazed flagpole
sitter.
When fortune frowns on their
fife rts, the troupe disintegrates and
B p n Bemie, as Joe Davis, hies him
self and his orchestra to a Chinese
case, while Oakie prepares to
launch a vaudeville act with a lis
some blues singer, whom he loves.
Orkie’s penchant for the ladies
and imsfortune with the galloping
cub»s destroy all chances for his
a'-t, and almost write finish to his
remance. But, with Ben Bemie’s
aid, everything turns out all right
in the end.
Although Oakie furnishes most
of the comic interludes in his own
j peculiarly ingratiating tsyle, there
are guffaws aplenty in Ben Bemie’s
feud with a “famous columnist,”
as played by Wiliam Frawley, and
several highly diverting scenes in
which Arline Judge, the flagpole
sitter’s two-timing sweetie, is fea
tured.
The film features five brand-new
song hits, including “With My Eyes
Wide Open, I’m Dreaming,” “Do
I I/»ve You?”
Completing this program is a
Charlie Chase comedy, “It Happen
ed On« Day,” a Sportlight “Good
Shape,” and a News.
Fifty years ago America's an
nual divorce rate was 20,00 couples.
MANJHUNT
Tuesday was a sort of holiday
of an unusual kind to the men
round Middlesex. A Mr. Manning
lost some wheat, other neighbors
lost more. The wheat was located
i?ar Moccasin creek just across
he Wake county line. Officers
ir.d others hid and soon a man
:ame along in a car and signaled
ethers. Two came, but ran when
they saw the officers. The man in
he car was nabbed. About fifty
bushels of wheat was in the cache.
The thieves were supposed to
come from towards Bailey, so the
officers went in that direction. C.
H. Chamblee with a big gun kept
his eyes on the immediate neigh
borhood and soon saw the men
come out of the woods and start
down the highway. He followed,
passed them, turned into a side
road and hid. The two men came
along, Mr. Chamblee pulled his big
gur. on them and ordered them to
slop. One started to obey, but
when his partner put on extra
speed he also put on full steam
ahead. Mr. Chamblee pursued them,
ran into a barbed wire fence, lost
his glasses and was left far be
hind.
And here is where the real man
hunt began. The woods are dense
m that section of Nash and the
men had a good start. But Jonah
Murray has a fox hound that is
also a good man trailer. This dog
was secured and put on the track
of the Hten about 8:00 o’clock. All
u;;j long he trailed the two men.
Other men and boys joined the
hunting party until it became a
drive. Finally, the men separated.
A Manning boy had a happy idea.
He hurriedly drove the thieves’ car
ahead of the dogs (another had
been added to the hunt), stopped in
a sideroad, blew a signal, took out
the switch key and hid in the bush
es. Soon the fellow, thinking his
partner was signaling him, came
hurrying out of the thicket and
ian for the car. Manning popped
out of nowhere with a shotgun
pointing right at the man, and he
surrendered.
The dogs were carried back where
she other man was seen and took
up the trail. In about an hour he
vas seen crawling through a cot
ton patch and the pursuers picked
him up. This was about 6 o’clock
in the afternoon. The men were
seen a number of times during the
drive. They threw rocks and tried
to beat he dogs off but without
aveii. Neither of them had a fire
arm, or perhaps the story would
have been different.
The three men, whose names are
Williams, Tant and Denton, were!
carired to Nashville and jailed. All
are young men. It seems they
have been making a specialty of
stealing wheat and chickens, hav
ing been seen by a number of peo
ple early in the day by the road
side with coops of chickens. It is
thought that perhaps they are the
ones who have been robbing homes
in towns in this section lately. It
is said their homes are not far
from Bailey.
The hunt is over. It was a great
one while it lasted from 8 o’clock
in the morning till 6 in the after
noon. And Jonah Murray's fox
hound carried off the chief honors.
Hot Weather
Chicago—Drought, heat, bugs,
and forest fires combined last week
to make it the worst hot spell in
more than a quarter of a century.
There were 1,425 people who died
from the heat. # Many cattle and oth
er stock were killed to put them
out of their suffering. The little
rrin that fell soon evaporated and
did the parched crops little good.
Chicago had a temperature of 105;
.Cincinnati, 108; Kansas jCity and
Ist. Louis 110.
ROBBERS!
Much talk about robbers in town
and country last week. However,
many people are being robbed daily
by the biggest thief that ever ex
isted. Still they pay little or no
attention to being robbed by Old
Man “Procrastination.” He will
rob you of the opportunity of tak
ing INSURANCE if you continue
to listen to him, until it is TOO
LATE.
Do not delay such an important
matter, take advantage of the op
portunity NOW. Consult R. L.
Harper. Adv.
Georgia Markets
Open Some Higher
Valdosta, Ga., Aug. I.—The to
bacco market opened in South Ga.
today with sales in 15 places. More
than 500,000 pounds were on sale
when the market at Tipton opened.
First row' sales ran from 12 to 40
cents. It is estimated that prices
are about 10 cents a pound better
than last year. In other markefts
the prices varied from a few cents
to 40 cents a pound. On the whole
tobacco prices showed a marked
improvement over 1933, the aver
age being about 20 cents a pound.
22 Rabbits in 2 Days
Fellow-Fourth-Estater McDevitt
of Kinston should be around for
this story, but since he isn’t, we of
the RECORD will attempt to do it
justice.
Wess Medlin, of the local case
force, decided to go into the rabbit
business and borrowed a couple of
rabbits, does, to begin his rabbitry
with. After the proper treatment
had been gone through with, Wess
sat down to wait.
After the customary wait, Wess
went last Thursday to his rabbit
hutch to find eleven baby rabbits
and a worrying mother hovering
over them. This, to Wess, was just
fine and dandy. But the next day
when he went out to show his pets
to a neighbor, there were eleven
more than there were the day be
fore. Yes sir, twenty-two rabbits
from two does. “That’s what I call
a rabbit story to equal any fish
story,” comments he, to the gen
eral public.
Sneak Thief
Better keep your door locked ev
en if it is hot. One night lately on®
or more thieves visited a number
of homes in Zebulon. W. C. Cam
pen gave him a scare with a shot
gur report, Mrs. Pittman Stell
heard him and screamed and he
snapped off his flash light and
fled. He had better luck at S. G.
Flowers, getting a half-dozen dol
lars. He even got L. R. Temples
pants, but after taking the money
a dollar or two, he decided that the
pants would not fit, of got sorry
for Mr. Temples and left the pants
on the walk.
It is believed that the same
thieves visited Bailey and also
Middlesex a night or two before,
ant’ were working their way west
ward when they took the collection
in Zebulon. So set a steel trap,
latch your doors, put your valuables
under your pillow or you may losa
them some night.
Santa Barbara, Calif.—Marie
Pressler, one of the most popular
movie stars ever known, died her#
Sunday after a long illness. Miss
Dressier, the ugly duckling, as she
'•ailed herself, met success after
--he passed fifty. She was a favor
.te with movie fans and her part
always amused or inspired from
he best side of life. She was six
ty-two ytars old.