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If you like damson preserves,
and if you dislike preserving seed
with the fruit, you will find the
dimsons fairly easy to seed, if
you pick them before they are ful
ly ripe. They also make a better
product when firm at the time of
using.
But remember when seeding
damsons that the seed is put in
differently from peaches, having
the pointed, sharp end towards the
stem instead of the bloom end of
the fruit. By pressing the tip of
your thumb on the stem end you
can avoid many of the jabs from
s' edpoints which often make the
fingers really sore.
Like other plums, damsons may
be made with measure for measure
of sugar and fruit pulp.
The son who is in Hawaii wrote
us about atending a Japanese en
tertainment. Many of the pei form
ers were children and, though he
could not understand the language,
Eric recognized some of the play
lets. One, he was sure, was the
Japanese version of Little Black
Sambo. He said that but for the
difference in nationality it might
have been a Wakelon program.
He was specially impressed with
the way they had of acknowledg
ing admission offerings. It was a
benefit affair and contributions
were whatever the giver chose to
donate. Each name was printed on
a strip of paper with the amount
given and the strip w’as then hung
above the stage where all
see it. Later it was suspended with
others, in 0 sort of clothesline ef
fect from cords that crossed the
room. The play was to go on until
2:00 a. m., but when Eric left at
about 10:00 p. m. there were three
long cords filled with names.
Japanese psychology sems to be
pretty much like that we have seen
used by some preachers in some
churches.
For years I wondered why fresh
men at various colleges were com
pelled to wear those little caps. It
seemed entirely unreasonable to
me and no amount of argument as
to the caps being a means of dis
cipline, a necessary distinguishing
badge, or anything else made me
feel they were aught but a nui
sance, a needless expense, and al
most an affront.
I even went so far as to say that
if the college faculty paid sufficient
atu ntion to what went into my
son’s head they might not need to
decide as to what w’ent on it All
of which was merely my personal
opinion and of no weight what
ever
At last I have learned that there
is a grave and important reason
f< r the use of the caps— a * one
cc’lege, at least. It has been sol
emnly stated that the Student
Government Council must have
funds for the amelioration of ex
penses incurred in the process of
student governing and that said
governing body shall have sole
charge of sale of freshman caps
the profits from sales going into
THE FOUR-COUNTY NEWSPAPER—WAKE, JOHNSTON, N ASH AND FRANKLIN.
ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST TWENTY-FOURTH, 1934
Tragic Death
Miss Macon Denton, young
daughter and only child of Mr.
and Mrs. Aleck Denton, was
tragically and almost instantly
killed Tuesday afternoon at
5:00 o'clock, when lightning
struck and shattered a tree
near the barn where she was
helping Mr. Clyde Pearce barn
tobacco in the Pilot commun
ity.
When it started raining that
afternoon she went into the
barn with a group of other
children. The bolt of lightning
cone striking the tree outside
and at the same time shocking
her.
1 hey rushed her to the doc
tor but she died a few minutes
after they started.
There was no one else se
riou ty hurt. —Pilot Correspon
dent.
Money Ready To
Repair Your Home
You may borrow money now
from almost any loan agency to
repair or rebuild your home, oi
even build a new home.
Today any property owner in
the nation can go to an approved
financial institution and ask for
credit from SIOO to $2,000 for lious
ing improvements. If the credit is
pproved the financial institution
will provide him w r ith the money
for modernizing, by the terms of
Ihe Modernization Credit Plan un
der the National Housing Act.
Many national banks, state
banks, trust companies, industria 1
banks, finance companies and
building and loan associations in all
sections of the nation have been
approved as agencies for extending
credit. These institutions are now
ready to have property owners
come to them for credit. Likewise
manufacturers, distributors and
retailers are desirous of attracting
attention to their products and
services.
The better Housing Program is
| in no sense a temporary project
It was drafted with the intention
of bringing about the reconstruc
tion of American property, and in
volves a program to last over a pe
riod of years.
MRS. GRAHAM MAY DIES
Just as the Record goes to press
news comes that Mrs. Graham May
1 died early this morning (Thurs
day) in a hospital in Raleigh of
blood poisoning. Before marriage
she was a Miss Pearce. She leaves
besides her husband, two children
. Funeral arrangements have not
been announced.
Grasshoppers are pulverized and
used for flour by natives of Arabia.
the treasury of the organization. It
is also stated that the Council had
"io other method of obtaining
nonoy for this purpose.
Tan it be that only freshmen
”ced the oversight and counsel of
‘he Council? If not, why should
Hiey have to bear the whole bur
den of its cost? If student govern
ment is all that is claimed for it,
why could its fees not be included
'S are those for other activities?
Great are the mysteries of col
lege education 1
News of State
And the World
Briefly Stated
Some Oppose Hitler
A national plebiscite in Germany
showed more opposition to Hitler's
leadership than was expressed last
.ear. All voters had for days been
urged to go to the polls and ninety
per cent of them voted 'in favor of
Hitler.
Long Dictator in Louisiana
Huey Long, now invested with
tictatorial powers in V uisiand\ is
eeking to remove from office the
nayor of New Orleans and threat
ms to keep the city under martial
1 <w until after the September con
gressional primary.
Revertnd Ayscue Back Home
His wife wired sls 00 to Rev. R.
H. Ayescue at Nashville. Tenn..
md he is back home in Golds
boro. He is in bed and the doctor
says he is not able to stand the
.rilling Department of Justice
(gents have ready for him. Several
iscrepancies have been found in
bis tale of kidnaping and a board
ng house keeper has identified him
is a man spending the night before
iis appearance early in the morn
ng at the police station. It is also
aid that the threat notes were
vritten on a typewriter belonging
to Rev. W. H. Ayescue.
Later: Ayescue has confessed his
upposed kidnaping was a hoax.
Robbers Get $427,000
Brooklyn, N. Y.—One of the
nost soectacular holdups ever per
petrated, occurred here Wednesday
A dozen machine gun bandits loot
ed an armored truck in Brooklyn
ind escaped with cash collections
otalling $427,000. When the truck
toppjyl for a collection of $25,000
it Rubel Ice Plant at Bay and 19th
treet, two men dressed as laborers
uncovered a machine gun and
rained it on the driver and guard
oiling them if they said a word
‘it spits.” Other men appeared
from nowhere in cars and soon all
sped away. One bag with $27,000
vas too heavy for the two men
loading and they left it. They also
failed to get the $25,000 from the
Ice company.
A Five Million Spurt In Liquor
A five million spurt in liquor
tax collections in July carries rev
nues from this source to a new
post-repeal record of $38,823,580
five million increase over the June
record.
Loans On Cotton 12 Cts.
President Roosevelt has raised
loans on cotton to 12 cents a
pound. He says loan privileges
will insure orderly marketing of
crop. The government also an
nounces the continuation of its
program for com loans.
Arrested In New York
Mrs. Sarah Crane and her broth
er, Clinton Beasley, have been ar
rested in New York charged with
violating the Mann Act. They arr
said to have lured young’girls from
Johnston County and taken them
to the northern city for immora l
purposes, piromising them positions
with good pay. The father of the
woman has been made to post
bond, as he is thought to have
been connected with the project.
Tobacco Market
The prices paid for tobacco
on the opening sales at Wen
dell yesterday justified ail the
optimistic predictions as to the
returns for this crop. . About
300.000 pounds of the golden
leaf was offered at the three
warehouses, and the price rang
ed from around ten cents for
the lowest grades up to sixty
five cents. The average for all
piles was between 25c and 30c
a pound.
Every farmer in the milling
throng which crowded the ware
h uses and the streets wore a
happy smile—in marked con
trast to the scowls and despair
so evident last year.
Many of the better farmers
and warehouse attaches, asked
tln ir opinion of prospects, pre
dicted even better prices later
in the season.
Wakelon Opens
September lOtl
By Prof E. H. Moser
Wakelon School will open or
Monday September the 10th. Here
is a list of the teachers: higl
chool. Mrs. Lottie C. Wilson, Miss
Velma Preslar, Miss Irene Pitts
Mr. J. A. Gerow, Miss Mary Lacy
Palmer, Mrs. W. G. Temple Mr
’. H. Massey; grammar school.
Mrs. F. E. Bunn, Miss Velme
Webb, Miss Bertha Barber, Miss
Doris Horton, Mrs. Helen Gregory
Miss Annie Lou Alston, Mrs. E. H
Moser, Miss Cabel Campen, Mis:
Tosephine Dunlap. Mrs. Jessie Mi
>.elle, Miss Mary Kemp Bunn, Mis:
Elizabeth Kemp, Miss Ruby Stell
Mrs. Phillip Massey, Miss Myrtle
Price, Miss Mildred Winstead, Mrs
Fred Page, Miss Elizabeth Buffa
oe, Mrs. G. S. Barbee, and E. H
Moser, principal.
There are very few changes in
he faculty this year. Miss Velma
•Vebb of Mt. Airy takes Miss
Southerland’s place in the seventh
grade; Miss Elizabeth Kemp takes
Mrs. Nelms’ place in the third
4 rade and Mrs. Fred Page goes in
he first grade instead of Mrs. Jot
White.
On account of so much sicknes:
iast year our attendance was not
what it otherwise would have been
hence we lost two teachers, one in
he high school and one in the
grammar school. If we get all the
hildren in school for the first two
weeks we stand a chance to get
hese teachers back. The state sets
he standard for the number oi
eachers. It does not matter how
crowded we may be in the middle
>f the winter we cannot get these
teachers back unless shown by the
first two weeks attendance that we
deserve them.
Some of our people seem tr
'hink that w r e get ‘lachers on the
enrollment. But this is not the way
ve are allotted teachers on the ba
is of the average attendance so?
the entire eight months of school
With the tobacco housed and cot
ton not quite ready to pick yet, I
am sure our,people will do all the?
an to get the children in schoo’
he first day. Schools are run pri
marily for the children, let’s start
them the very first day if we can
possibly do so.
Despite its name, the Jerusalem
'artichoke is a native American veg
etable. i
NUMBER 8
YEFLARDOODLE
BY THE
SWISHBUSKER
Every time I sit down to a ma
chine to put in print this food for
fools, then is always a perfect
vacuum where there should be wise
cracks by the ton. Quite naturally
it reminds me of that old, old j<»ke
about the man who returned from
his vacation to he greeted by his
negro servant who promptly said,
‘Ain’t no news’.
Hating to begin anything I can’t
finish I’ll continue: —
The man had been sent away
or a complete rest. He was to see
o news papers and when anyone
.rote him from home they were
o make no mention of anything
hat might worry him in the least.
Hence, when he reached home, he
knew absolutely nothing concerning
he happenings of the household.
In order to reach the house, he
lad to drive several miles in a
mck-board and the following con
ersation took place:
“So there isn’t any news, eh Ras
us?”
“Naw suh, ain’t no news ’cept
le dawg done died.”
“The dog died. Rastus? From
hat?”
“Frum eatin’ burnt meat ”
“Eating burned meat? Where on
arth did he get burned meat?”
“Oh he et some of de hoss.”
“The horse, how did he get burn
d?”
“De bam done burned, ’sah. Ain’t
o news do.”
“How’d the barn catch fire?”
“It done caught frum de crib.”
“Caught from the crib! Howl’d
he crib catch?”
“Caught frum de house. But dere
un’t no news.”
“The house is burned! How did
t catch? When did it burn?”
“Done caught de day y’all left.”
“The day I left? What from?”
“You done left de gas on in yo
oom and de curt’ins caught. But
lere ain’t no news”.
“Were any of the family hurt?”
“Yas suh. De baby’s done in de
ospital.”
“Is that all?”
“Yas suh. Da’s all. Ain’t no
news.”
“Did they save any furniture?”
“Naw suh. Nothin’ ’cept de mat
ress an’ de firemen done tore dat
ip gitin’ it out.”
“Well, thank God I at least had
nsurance.”
“Dat’s whut I said, but de Miss
is done said de policies lapsed a
veek fo’ you left. An’ I sho is glad
lere ain’t no news, ’cause de miss
is done tole me dat effen yo’all
heerd any, yo’ll’d be terribul wor
ried-like.”
Can’t say for sure but thpre
eems to be a slight pick-up in the
parkin*? on the school grounds these
00l nights. At any rate, more ca r s
•an be seen than earlier in the sea
son.
What’s the gentleman’s namp (of
Wendell) who’s parents use this
olumn for a check?
I understand that another W»n
--!ell mother has said that she h p-
I wouldn’t get w’ind of a certain,
oarty that took place th’ other
night. Which, I take it, speaks well
of the “ill wind”. •