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THE FOUR COUNTY NEWSPAPER— WAKE, JOHNSTON, NASH AND FRANKLIN
VOLUME XIII
THIS, THAT AND
THE OTHER
BY MBS. THEO. B. DAVIS
When others bewail the loss of
things and customs that belonged
to the dear dead days beyond re
call 1 always want to put in at
least one small private and person
al lament for the good, well fit
ting, mercerized lisle hose we used
to be able to buy and which if
asked for now cause the salesmer
or saleswoman to look un
easily to see whether an attendant
is near in case one becomes violent.
Nothing I do seems to me quite
so foolish, not to say foolhardy, as
patting on heavier clothing be
cause of bitter cold weather, wrap
ping myself in a warm coat with
a muffler about my throat, and
then leaving exposed inches and
inches of lower limbs (I was
brought up not to say legs unless
it was absolutely necessary) with
only thin silk hose to protect them
from the icy air. But what can I
do?
I went in Kemp’s Store last
week and asked for the heaviest
serivce weight hose they had. And
I asked why I couldn’t find some
like I had bought there years ago
at 50 cents a pair lisle ones.
Mr. Watson showed me the best
thing they can get now in that
line and they’re no kin in the
world to what I want. They’d fit
about like overalls and would ruin
the looks of any outfit thst in
cluded them. And they get fuzzy
after being washed a few times.
The chickens and the cow don’t,
mind how one’s ankles look, so
that’s where I wear the “neat, dur
able cotton hose” we are now of
fered. But even my years and ex
perience are not enough to per
suade me to go forth on Sunday’s
clad in them. If I freeze, let it be
fashionably.
Pm thinking of writing Mr.
Sears Roebuck to knit me some
lisle stockings that will fit.
If there's a woman in this sec.
tkm who has had no trouble with
the family laundry recently she
must be either mighty rich or
mighty careless about her house
keeping. We ordinary mortals have
had our trials. No use trying to
hang wet clothes in a basement;
they'd hang there all week wet and
cold. Ho use leaving them on the
line; they’d get wet again before
drying enough to iron. No use try
it* to iron them dry; they’d make
such a steam you couldn’t see
what you were doing.
The only possible solution was
to hang garments on chairs all
around the stoves and fireplaces
wherever a fire was going, and
spend ae much time as could be
spared turning them so that the
wettest spots might have the bene
tlme was spent trying to keep the
fit of the heat. The rest of the
other members of the family from
upsetting the laden chairs this
happened frequently inspite of an
you could do so that some of the
"clean* dothee looked euriduly
spotty when put on again.
And most prebnMy the family in
•ohm vague, unaccountable way.
ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY SEVENTEENTH, 1936
Club News
The general meeting of the wo
man’s Club will be held on next
Tuesday p.m. beginning at 3:30.
The program will be on Welfare
and will be directed by Mrs. R. H.
Herring, chairman of this depart
ment Members are asked to arrive
on time.
P-T-A
The January meeting of the Pa
rent-Teacher Association was held
on Tuesday night with Atty. Irby
Gill v. p., presiding. The attend
ance was unusually good.
It was stated that more than
$20.00 worth of Christmas Seals
had been sold by pupils, 75 per
cent of this amount being kept
for local use. Oother committees
made encouraging reports.
In stressing the goals set for
the year it was stated that one is
every member to take some part in
the study course as outlined for the
year. So far only about one-sixth
of the members have done this.
Also of interest was the an
nouncement that all pupils are be
ing taught the importance of obey
ing traffic rules and of their re
sponsibility for highway safety.
After the business session the
faculty staged a performance that
won enthusiastic applause. With
Mrs. Wallace Temple as teacher
and all others as pupils a school
scene, realistic, if not ideal, was
presented. Various numbers were
given by individuals and groups,
climaxing in a debate on the query;
Resolved: ‘T were better to have
loved and lost than never to have
loved at all. In this Supt. Moser,
Prof. Gerow and Mrs. Wallace
Chamblee upheld the affirmative;
Misses Alston and Webb and Mrs.
Page supporting the negative.
Gauged by audience applause the
negative seemed to have won by
a few hands.
The concensus of opinion was
that this was one of the most amus
ing programs eve? given at a P.
T. A. meeting.
A.&N.C. Railroad
Is Losing Money
Mr. Crowell, executive vice pres
ident and manager of the A. & N.
C. railroad, in his first monthly re
port, shows that the road lost over
$6,000 in operating expenses. The
deficit under the new management
g actually about SII,OOO, but $5,000
of that was incurred in getting the
new set-up installed
held you responsible for the weath
er. There was mild reproach in
their tones as they asked about
a change of wearing apparel. It
was: “Don’t I have a SINGLE
clean shirt? H or: “Mother, I have
looked and looked and I can’t find
a clean pair of my part-wool
socks”, or: “Good gracious! Where
ARE the towels?”
And if ever you lost patience,
they’d say in injured tones: “Wall,
I just ASKED you. No uaa snap
ping at ms.”
Hsaven may temper the wind to
the shorn lamb, but it hasn’t done
much lately tor the country house,
keeper. *
PUBLIC CHARACTER
Many and varied walks of
life are represented in these
sketches; but, so far as we know
the subject for this week is the
only one of his pkjsfcaaion
among us. There are few of our
readers to whom he seeds any
introduction. We are glad to pre
sent.
Name Pittman StelL
Native of— Wake County
Born ten miles west of Zebu
lon.
Domestic Status Married
Miss Florence Pippin in Dec.
1891. Has one son, four daugh
ters.
Church Affiliation Baptist.
Has served as deacon and
taught S. S. Classes for years.
Profession Surveyor.
Has Been in this Profession—
Forty years. Also taught school
in Wake County 11 years.
Came to Zebulon from Wake
field in 1918.
Corner Stone Laid
At Wakelon Gym
At 10:30 Monday morning the
corner stone of Wakelon gymna
sium was laid. The pupils of the
entire school assembled to the mu
sic of the high school band, and an
interesting program was given.
The school, led by the band, sang
“America,” and a number of
speeches followed.
Eunice Outlaw spoke of the Val
ue of the Gymnasium to the Wake
lon Girls. She pointed out that the
gym will mean a desirable place to
play basketball and indoor sports;
and that at last they will have a
place to practice and to combat
other schools. A speech entitled
The Benefits the Boys Will Receive
was made by Richard Hoyle. That
the building will furnish a place
for boxing, wrestling, indoor base
ball, volleyball, and football work
outs were the main points brought
out by him. James Alford next
spoke on the Value of a Gymnasi
um to a Community, and he sug
gested such benefits as a place
for banquets, as an exhibit hall
in case of a real community fair
and for such public gatherings as
club meetings and dances. Mr. Mo
ser then expressed his appreciation
of the interest of the community in
making possible this building from
which will be derived cultural and
physical benefits.
Innie Perry, president of the
Senior class, concluded the cere
monies by placing the brick which
will be marked. She dedicated the
building in the name of the Sen
ior Class of 1986 to the pupils
now in school and to those who
will follow in generations to corns
She expressed appreciation to Mr.
Phillip Whitley and Mr. Hugh
Richardson the WPA authorities
who used their influence in making
possible the gymnasium, and to
the County Board of Education for
their willingness and cooperation,
to the local board for their untir
ing efforts, to the people in gen
eral for their interest and to Mr.
Moser, the faithful friend of the
school, she expressed heartiest con
gratulations and thanks.
On the same day earthquake
■hocks were felt in Montana, but
» damage was reported.
FEELINGS NOT FIGURES
General News
Briefly Told
Taxed $26
Figures made public by the Bu
reau of Internal Revenue show that
during 1936 taxes paid into the
Treasury amounted to an average
of $26 for every man, woman and
child in the country. This was an
increase of six dollars apiece over
the year before. The collection of
this enormous sum more than
$3,000 000,000 cost the govern
ment $1.54 on the hundred dollars.
Os commodities taxed tobacco
paid the largest amount, and of
the total paid on tobacco that on
cigarettes was 84 cents of every
tax dollar.
Ford Gains
The Ford Motor Co. has an
nounced that for 1935 its world
production made a gain of 56 per
cent
entire output. In the United States
and Canada the per cent of gain
for last year over 1934 was 77 per
cent and mesnt that 1,272,885 au
tomobiles and trucks were manu
factured.
Merchant Killed
On last Saturday night W. F.
Jones, elderly store-keeper of Eagle
Rock, was called to the door of his
store by a negro who made some
purchase and then attempted rob
bery, shooting Mr. Jones who died
from the wound.
Nathaniel Gooch has been
charged by the crime and two other
negroes Booker T. and Frank Good
son, have also been arrested. The
Goodsons claim to have good ali
bis and evidence points to Gooch
it has been stated.
The dead man at one time op
erated a store in Zebulon near the
!oil mill. He was unmarried and no
j one knows of relatives. He is said
'to have stated shortly before his
death that there was no one who
should be notified of his condi
tion. This same statement was
I made on another occasion when he
jwas hurt and was asked by a doc
tor whom to call. He told before
death where money could be found
to pay for his burial and directed
[that contents of his store should
Ibe sold and any amount left after
paying hig expenses should be giv
!en to the needy in Eagle Rock.
Fair Leased
Norman Chambliss of Rocky Mt.
and George Hamid of New York
have leased the State Fair for five
years. A shorter period of time
would not have justified their mak
ing the changes and improvements
which they are said to be planning
and which will make the Fair out
standing from various points of in
terest.
While some will contend that a
fair thus managed is not really a
State Fair, others hold that it la
much better to lease the project
and thus be assured of a certain
rental as well ss a carefully ar
ranged program.
Chevrolet sales for December In
used cars totalled 122,301, and the
sales for January ate already on
the way for a new high retort.
NUMBER 28
Roger W. Baboon before New York
Sales Executives Club.)
All statistics indicate that beei
ness is getting better and should
soon be back to normal . . . There
fore as we are emerging from the
business depression, it is vp te
us NOW to tackle this more funda
mental problem of raising tlie stan
dard of living. This m a spiritual,
rather than a political or economic
problem. . . . Gambling is mare
rampant in this country today than
ever before. . . . The liquor busi
ness and all forms of questionable
amusements have been booming as
never before. . . . This activity,
however, has done nothing to im
prove the standard of living, bet
rather, has tended to redoes the
standard of living.
Money which should have hosn
spent for food, clothing, education
and culture, has been used • fdr
gambling, liquor, night elebs and
the like. 1 am not preaching a ser
mon! I simply am emphasizing
that we can have apparent business
prosperity and at the same time
a declining standard of living. Tkis
standard is determined by the De
sires of people, which in turn are
determined by their spiritual at
titudes. ... Do people want edu
cation or do they want amusement?
Do they want to work or do they
prefer to gamble? Had they rather
buy clothing or buy beer? . . ,
questions of fundamental impor
tance to sales executives, yet the
answers lie wholly in spiritual eon
ditions. . . . Only a spiritual awak
ening on the part of both employers
and wage-earners will truly solve
the unemployment problem . . .
Tell me what people want and 1
wi! tell you where they are going.
Tell me whether employers pray,
and I will tell you what they will
accomplish. . . . Unemployment wiH
disappear when a new generation
comes along imbued with a spiritual
creative desire to accomplish things
and to be of service.
“Baby Bonds” To
Finance Bonos
Dispatches from Washington
say that the senate committee has
agreed upon a bonus bill to take
the place of the one passed by the
house of representatives last week.
The house bill made no provision
for raising the money to pay the
bonus. It is understood that the
senate bill proposes to issue bonds
in denominations of $26.00 and
multiples thereof which wiD be of
fered to the public in the Mar fa
tore.
Tobacco markets re opened after
the Christmas holidays on Monday.
Prices paid were perhaps sHghtly
above prevailing prices in Decem
ber—which averaged about 1? lU.
a pound. There is still a feed deal
of tobacco in the country.
The Fuquay Springs market set
ten million pounds as Hi goal hurt
fall. Monday's sales brought the
total dose to that Aflfbbe; M *9*
appears that the foR wife be ex
ceeded within the next week m tea
days. The Fuquay wk«t b* a lm
maintained its reputation for pay
ing the highest prices in thu bfelt