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* Zrbulmt Sterorii THE FOUR COUNTY NEWSPAPER—WAKE. JOHNSTON. NASH AND FRANKLIN VOLUME XL THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER BY MRS. THEO. B. DAVIS The sight n1 » woman with her mouth held carefully just so in or der not to disturb the lipstick she ha & more or less artistically ap plied always makes me feel so un comfortable I have to twist my lips into all sorts of shapes before feeling right again. o o Is anybody else as careless as 1 ■ about staking dahlias? I know good and well that the stakes should be put into the ground bv the tubers as they are planted; but, always hoping not to be quite so rushed for time a little later I plant and don’t stake. Then, when the first shoots come they look stiff and strong enough to stand up for themselves. Tt usually goes i like that until they grow' tall and a storm comes and blows them ev ery way, breaking some of the best ones. Right afterwards I hur ry out to salvage the remains. Which explains why I was out j so early last Thursday morning.! like the graves of the Blue and the Gray, “wet with the rain and the dew”, but hard at work driving stakes and tying up dahlias. Be sure to stake yours before they get tall. But you probably do anyway. I just can’t help giving advice. o c We were out under the holly tree eating watermelon when some thing dropped into my lap. then .lumped quickly to my neck. I screeched until one of the boys picked off the thing that had star tled me—and also them. Tt was a praying mantis nearly 4 inches lone and a queerer insect is bard to find in these parts. They look as if holding up their hands in an agony of supplication while the head moves slowly from side to side. One really doesn’t feel much ! like laughing at them unless it is remembered that they are actually j waiting for some other insect to j come along and serve as food. The female is one of those over-affec tionate wives who devour their husbands. Seems she ought to be praying for forgivene—. O 0 Without boasting unduly I’d like to go on record as having done one good deed last week—or part of one. The youngest son heJped. We were distressed because insects bothered the cows and realized the lack of bushes in the little pasture made it much harder for the ani mals to rid themselves of their torturers. We got some burlap sacks, rip f»ed them open and fastened them on a bar which extended from the top of a post to a corner of the bam at a height of about six feet. We nailed the sacks to the bar by one edge, letting the entire length hang down and using four. And we had hardly driven (he last small nail when both our cow and the little Weathers one began walking through that place, one right after the other. They kept it up for some time almost like a merry-go-round. They’d even stop and wrap their faces op in those sw-ks. We’re **#i*ined of not hav ing thought of it before. ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. SIXTEENTH OF AUGUST, 1935. Church Column - Since the regular meeting of the' Baptist W. M. S. was held in con junction with the neighboring so cieties on Monday of last week, and since the program from Royal Ser vice for this month has not been studied. Mrs. Herring, pesident of the general organization, suggests that the mission study lessons be 1 replaced at the circle meetings by j the division of study as outlined' for August in Royal Service. Announcement has been made the the Children’s Department of the Methodist Sunday School will be re-opened on next Sunday morn ing. All former pupils are request ed to return and new ones are in vited to join. Pastor Read announced last Sun day plane for for a union revival meeting in which the Methodist Church of Zebulon and the Baptist churches of Wakefield and Zebulon will co-operate. Definite arange ments for the services had not been made nor had an exact date been decided upon. Notice of these will be given in later issues of this paper. The Methodist W. M. S. of Zeb ulon and the Baptist Societies of both W T endell and Zebulon. the Christian Church at Wendell and Hephzibah Baptist Church were in vited to be guests of the Methodist Society of Wendell on last Monday afternoon to hear Rev. Doan Stott, Returned (missionary and former citizen of Wendell. Mr. Stott spoke on his work in Japan and added in terest was given to the program by Mrs. Stott. w r ho spoke on the manners and customs of the coun try, illustrating 'her talk with min iature models of houses etc, and with curios. Seoul Jamboree Called Off by Pres. President Roosevelt, after dis cussion with public health officers and many scout leaders issued Fri day their combined decision that while the prevalence of infaptile paralysis is not unduly alarming, it has been decided to be for the best interest of the scouts and all concerned to cancel the Jamboree. Some 30 000 boys will be greatly disappointed and partly to assuage their regrets plane are being made i in Eastern Carolina for some sort of supplementary program of scout entertainment. Only one scout was to have attended from Spring Hope. Monkey Freezing , Said to be Faked Dr. Ralph Willard. Russian-born chemist, startled the world last week by announcing that be bad cured a monkey of tuberculosis by freezing it to death and then bring ing it back to life. He said he could do the same thing for a human be ing. However, Dr. Fishbein. editor of the Journal of the American Med- - ical Society says the whole thing was a fake and that no new method was used on the monkey. Club News ..V.V N OUNCE Jf ENT M rs. S. H. Hoyle president of the Home Demonstration Club, states that the pressure cooker for use by club members is at her house now and can be obtained by those desiring it. When first called for it was in the Raleigh office and Mrs. Hoyle fears that members do not know it is available. WPA Announces Its State Officers The Works Progress Administra tion has established headquarters for North Carolina in Raleigh with eight district offices, directors and assistant drectors for them. Nash. Wilson, Franklin and several other counties are listed in District No. 8 with home office at Raleigh. Dis trict Director is Phillip R. Whitley of Wendell, Assistant District Di rector is A. E. Perry of Raleigh. All projects are done by 90 per cent relief roll wokers and must origi nate through the District office. All relief cases desiring work on Works Progress Administ.raton pro jects must register with the State Employment in order that they may be classified and certification made. Relief Workers Strike in N. Y. Several hundred workers on re lief projects in New York City went on strike laist week, demand ing tihe union wage' 'scale. Howev er. non-union labor did not follow them; the government folks said that there would be no relief for those who did n< t work, and that plenty of workers were eager for the jobs. So tihe strikers went back to their work Huey Long Says He Will Be a Candidate Huey Ix>ng, the fire-eat.ing sena tor and hig boss of Louisiana, has tentatively announced his candida cy for president next year on a “share-the-wealt.h’ platform. He is one of the principal opponents of President Roosevelt’s New Deal program. Congress May Quit About September 1 !r,dilation, now art Uiat Con* gress may adjourn around the first of September. Much is yet to be done, but the members want to go home and will probably speed-up action. Several of the President’s “must” hills will not be reached. Death From Wager Thomas Oddie.. white man of Salisbury employed at Mt. Gilead, made a wager one day last wee k that he could drink a quart of li quor in thirty minutes. He won the wager by drinking the liquor in 27 minutes, but I<M his life,- dying from the effects a little more than six hours later. Tax Rate To Be Settled on Today The Wake County commissioners are scheduled to meet today to fix the tax rate for this year. Several of the members were expected to return li st night from the state convention at Wrightsville. Indications are that the county wide rate will be fixed at 75 cents, a reduction of ten cents under last year. The Raleigh Township spe cial tax may be reduced as mucih as 15 cents, bringing it down to 20. The city also promises some reduc tion in rate, probably making the new rate $1.40 —a cut of 10 cents. If those figures prevail there will be a noticeable cut in the tax bill this year. Raleigh citizens still will pay $2.35 total on every SIOO listed for taxes. Says Bailey Runs WPA Patronage Congressman Hancock of the 6th district has taken his grievance on WPA patronage to the newspapers. Mr. Hancock says that so far as North Carolina is concerned, WPA is run for the political benefit of Senator Bailey. Other members of the N. C. delegation are said to be of the same opinion. With all the jobs, there just aren’t enough to go round. Senator Bailey has pre | viously stated that there was no | politics in WPA in this state. King Selassie Is Ready to Fight Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethi opia says he is ready to fight for the protection of his kingdom if Italy invades it. He will personally lead his army. Mussolini has also indicated that he will be on the firing line in the event of war. Meantime a “battle” between Ne groes and Italians was fought in New Jersey last week. A dozen or more of tihe leaders were arrested. The trouble grew out of an • rgu ment about the fighting abilities of Joe LouF Negro heavyweight box er. ami the Italian boxer, famero. County Fathers At Wrightsville The stale association of County ! Commissioners is meeting this week at Wrightsville. Among the interesting questions discussed is the liquor situation and the proba bility of the State trying to take control and profits away form the counties. Labor Opposes All Sales Taxes The executive council of the American Federation of labor pro pose* a concerted war on all sorts of sales taxew by organized labor. President Green says the sales tax is a levy on the poor. Meantime sentiment in Washington for haJf cent coins tie make sales tax pay ment* easier gain* strength. Read the Record ads as well as the news. Patronize advertisers. NUMBER 6. ME W» ©/ the WEEK WESTOVER HEADS AIR CORPS Washington, D. C. - Last June, the House Military A fairs Com mittee demanded Major General Benjamin I). F< ulois’ instant remo val as Chief of the Army Air Corps. It claimed he bought air planes by special contract and not from the lowest bidder. This June a board cleared him. Now General Foulois at 55 permanently retires from active service. Secretary of War Dem replaces him with Act ive Chief Brigadier General Oscar Westover, 52. Though thoroughly trained, General WestoveT has had only 17 years in the air army. o LUSITANIA TO BE SALVAGED Kinsale, Ireland. — About 8 1-2 miles off Old Head of Kinsale, Capt. Henry* Dell of the Ophir marked a spot to be the center of a square 3-5 of a mile on each side, which he will comb thoroughly for the gold laden hulk of the Lusita nia, .sunk by German torpedoes in 1915. A sonic depth-finder gives a constant profile of the ocean’s floor in the chart room of the Ophir When and if the Lusitania is found Chief Diver Jim Jarrett will de scend in a 3.360 pound steel suit to start the hazardous business of cutting and blasting a path to the purser’s office. If he follows the custom of many divers, he will shake the hand of the first corpse he sees before starting work. o FOUR-BLOW KNOCKOUT (Chicago, Illinois.--Joe Ijouis, 21- vear old. straight-living, colored youth made his entire camp prom ise to go on the waiter wagon for six months if he knocked out King Levinsky in the first round. For the first minute of the fight Louis fol lowed Levinsk> steadily around the ring. Then the “Brown Bomb er” unleashed four blows which floored T,evinsky three times and awarded him a technical knockout in the first round For his 2-minute 21-second defeat. Tvevinsky received *31.972.20; Louis $47,688.91. o HOUSEWIVES REBEL Detroit, Michigan - For every 10 meat animals on farms and ranch es in 1934, there are only 8 this year. From June, 1933 to June in [1935 meat nrices jumped 54 per i cent. Detroit housewives grumbled long enough. Then 1,500 of them met. formed the Women’s League Against the High Cost of Living, and refused to buy meat. 400 of the town’s butchers had to shut up shop. Packers and dealers squawk ed. They blamed high prices on the drought of last summer and the AAA’s hog-killing program. The Women’s League, headed by Mrs. Mary Zuk, still refused to pay the prices “that: are unjustified.” o THE POT SIMMERS Rome, Itay—The fair sex enters MORE ON BACK PAOI2
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