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Sttfp Zebitlon IRmirii VOLUME XI. THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER BY MRS. THEO. B. DAVIS My grandson, aged three and one half, was, out in the tiny pasture helping to pull up weeds which made the cow give bitter milk. He tackled one whicji he later describ ed as follows: “It was such a strong weed that when I did pull it up it knocked me backwards.” o o Durwood Lewis was passing our house and stopped to speak to me. I asked him when they will begin saving tobacco. He looked puzzled and inquired: “Do you mean bam ing it?” That was just what I did mean, but I put the question as we used to say it where I grew up. And up there we always spoke of stripping or sorting the cured to bacco instead of grading it, and of tying the leaves instead of bund ling them. o o At about this time of year the farm woman usually begins to won der how she ever thought herself really busy at any other season. What fruit and vegetables that are to be saved for winter are either on hand or need attention in the gar den; the daily preparation of them for the table takes hours of work gathering, shelling, peeling and cooking; grass is trying to choke every flower in the yard; frying size chickens have to be denuded of so many feathers before they are eatable; the weather is seemingly hotter than we ever remember; and the flies keep on coming into the house in spite of all we can do. But spare us your pity! We are a self-reliant set and know a great, deal more about a great many things than do some of those who sit in rocking-chairs on cool porches arrd feel sorry for us. o o What is your mental picture of an extremely hot day ? It may be a hangover from some experience of childhood, but this is what I see when I think of torrid weather: A stretch of country road with pirtes growing along one side; dust that rises when a foot touches it; the sun blazing from a sky that has a few deceitful clouds; a one-horse wagon slowly drawn by a tired horse, the hubs of the wheels creak on the axles; while through the heat waves that shimmer in the glare scores of locusts grate their dha-a-a chiddle-um. cha-a. Your visualization of hot days may not be the same as the above. If you will write it down and send j it to me I shall be glad to put it with your name in this column, o o Mv mother says her most acute memory of heat is of the time when my grandmother, who was only about five feet tall and weighed three hundred and sixty pounds, suffered so much that they would sprinkle heT with cold water for fear the fat around her heart would melt and kill her. Keep yoar temper, the beet re venge is Love. —Anonymous. The secret of success is constan cy of purpose—Disraeli. THE FOUR COUNTY NEWSPAPER—WAKE, JOHNSTON, NASH AND FRANKLIN ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, JULY NINETEENTH. 1935 Rains Damage State Highways Heavy rainfall during the week j just past has caused considerable ] damage to state highways, all in | eastern counties. Reports of wash ! ed out roads come from Brunswick. ! Columbus, Bladen, Duplin. New I Hanover, Cumberland and Harnett. | It is thought that bridges are not 1 damaged. i Goldsboro had the hardest rain for a year on Tuesday when a total of 4.58 inches had fallen during the 24 hours ending that morning. Wa ter was standing several feet deep in some streets of the city. Two roads in Brunswick county have been closed to travel. In this section the rains have done little more than revive the crops and hasten their growth along with the grass which is spreading at an astonishing rate. More rains seem to have fallen at points both east and west than directly in and around Zefculon, although showers have come frequently for more than a week. $150,000 for School Buildings in Wake The Wake county commissioners Wednesday approved the plan of the board of education to ask for a federal loan and grant of $150,000 for builing and repairing school houses in the county. Supt. Lock hart originally asked for $260,000, but the board bucked on that. The county will issue bonds for $82,500, the federal governing do nating the other $68,500. Brief News Items Philip Whitley of Wendell has been named assistant district ad ministrator of ERA work for the countes of Wake, Harnett, John ston, Wilson, Edgecombe, Nash, Person Franklin, Warren, Vance, Durham. Orange and Granville. Mr. Whitley will have headquar ters in Raleigh. LITTLE MONEY Treasury tofficials are said to be considering the coinage of one-mill pieces of money. This may be in order that sales taxes may be paid on purchases which call for only small sums in payment. However, only Congress has authority to is sue an order for the coinage of mo ney and an act to this effect would be necessary. ECLIPSE ON 15th The total eclipse of the moon on the night of July 16 passed practi cally unseen in this part of the country. Cloudy or stormy weather made even expensive telescopes useless at times as scientists strove J to observe the phenomenon and ! make records. This was the first total eclipse of the moon since 1927. A. M.McLaughlin, of Des Moines, la., is the owner of a grandfather dock, made in London, Eng., in 1783, that continues to keep ac curate time. Patronize ou r advert were. Church Column The joint meeting of the Baptist and Methodist Missionary Societies j was held Monday afternoon in the Baptist church. Mrs. R. H. Herring presided. Devotional service was led by Mrs. John Broughton, who read the 15th Psalm. Mrs. C. L. Read made a deeply interesting and inspirational talk on Christian So j cial Relations, stressing the mpor tance of the more abundant lfe in its relation to social security, world peace, sobriety and cultural devel opment. Mrs. W. D. Finch expressed the pleasure of the guest society in the occasion. Light refreshments were served by members of the Northside Cir cle of the Baptist Society. On Thursday of next week the W. M. S. of the Methodist Church will hold an all day study course with Mrs. C. L. Read directing. This organization has invited the Baptst W. M. S. to meet with them and desires to know by Tuesday how many plan to be present. Lunch will be served in the church. The study course planned by the women of the Wakefield Church for last Friday was postponed until Wednesday of this week. Prison Guards at Charlotte Freed The camp guards on trial last week in Charlotte for mistreatment of Negro prisoners resulting in the loss of both feet of two of them, were freed on a directed verdict by Judge Harding. It is expected that the other defendants, including the camp superintendent and physician, will also be freed. Ten Thousand Die In Flood in China More than ten thousand persons dead and terrific property damage was the toll of floods in the Hang chow area of China this week. 76 Die in Motor Wrecks in June Seventy six persons 1 ost their lives in automobile accidents in North Carolina in June—one about every nine hours during the month. In June of last year the death toll was 63. The highways are much more dangerous than “polio” or any other disease. Fair Grounds Well Lighted Plans call for over 3,000 electric lights at the Fair Grounds during the week. The grounds w T ill be well lighted. Hundreds of multi-colored lights will be used changing the show grounds into a Fairyland The entrance to the grounds will be right on the main street, and the entire grounds will be fenced in and guards will be on duty at times day and night. Tickets will be honored only once each afternoon and night. {Poliomyelitis Cases Are Fewer Cases of poliomyelitis or infan tile paralysis are not increasing so rapidly in North Carolina as a few weeks ago. It is thought that the peak has been reached and that the number affected will continue t' decrease. There have been 381 cases to date and 24 deaths from this cause have been reported. Health authorities still urge that children be kept from gatherings, especially children under ten years of age. However, theer have been a good many adults who contracted paral ysis, although children are most susceptible. Greensboro is conducting exten sive experiments in vaccinating aganst infantile paralysis. Its or igin and spread are so little under stood that doctors await with deep interest, and concern the result of the campaign. To datethere has not been a case in Zebulon and those in Wake coun ty at the present are in the western part. The disease is spreading into Virginia where the rate of increase is now more rapid than in this state. South Carolina also has a number of cases. Snce so little is known about pol iomyelitis the wisest course is to follow the advice of physicians who are studyng it. At any cost of in convenience protect the children in every Way possible. County Tax Rate To Be Lowered? Indications are that the county commissioners will be able to re duce the tax rate this year. A rate of 80 cents county-wide is in pros pect. The rate last year was 88c. Further reduction is expected in the Raleigh township school rate, it being likely that 12 or 13 cents will be cut from that. Another Big Air Ship in Crash-up Fve persons were killed and a number of others injured when a large passenger airship crashed at Amsterdam, Holland, Monday. The air death toll, however, is still be hind the earthbound motor car. Governor Declines Luke Lea Pardon Governor Ehringhaus Saturday announced his refusal to grant a pardon or paorle to Col. Luke Lea. The governor says there was really nothing new in the “new evidence” submitted, but that it had all been before the court. Church Booths All churches over the county are asked to take part in the fair and the fair has cut the cost to less thar half for selling privileges to the churches. All booths used for sellng eats, etc., will only be charg ed sl(i each, if they are operated for a church or club. Two season tickets will go with each booth sold to the church**. YEFAPDOOLE VALLEY From all reports direct, indirect and otherwise, George Tharrington our mighty cheiftain de la surete police has taken unto himself a bride. Mind you now, I am not stating, merely gossiping. My in formation comes from the other policeman and the Little River Ice Campany force. But take it or leave it, it’s still a choice morsel. Why don’t the B. O. advertise ments read like Camel’s famous “Don’t getcha nerves” ads?. I think it would be just too cute for wuuurds if the Lifebuoy Com pany Would come out with some thing like this— Mrs. Simeon Dillingsworth Bilge water of Fourteen Hundred and Third Street, New York, says:— “Before using your soap, I often wondered why I was a wallflower. After a friend remarked about the lovely perfume I used, it dawned upon me that maybe I needed a bath. (Or ‘bawth’ as we would say in England). Since the first day I used Lifebuoy, I haven’t gotten on anyone’s nerves, at least, not much, and 1 just love to bathe, too. I take a bath not every week whe ther I need it or not, thanks to Lifebuoy. Mrs. S. D. B. P. S. You may mail me my check anytime.” Camel gets away with it, why can’t Lifebuoy ? George should be ready to sign the Declaration of Independence by now. By the way, did you ever notice how, when you’re on the beach, a well tanned man and one who is untanned compare? Next time you are around the old swimming hole just note the difference. A man who is tanned doesn’t look half so naked as his opposite. Men with big front porches and extremely thin men also do their part to make the bath ing beaches places of beauty (?) Bill Fletcher and Robert Massey just reported that they sighted George two points off the starboard bow. By the by. 1 understand that Sis ter Fannie Belle Bray is the ‘Sweet heart of the Rotary Club.’ Why don’t you women of the social realm get busy. I think that the new druggist at Zebulon Drug would be very cute as “The Sweet heart of the Woman’s Club.” And since several people took to heart the two clipped poems ol' last week, here’p another that might hit the spot also. “Ain’t it funny; some folks you don’t miss And some folks you miss just a pile— And the folks you can’t miss you see lots, And others just once in a while.” Tomorrow is with God alone; and man hath but today.—Whittier. NUMBER 2
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