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(Ehc ZxTwlmt 2U>rnri» VOLUME XII This, That And I The Other _ f Perhaps among all the complica tions of human living none is more frequently nor more forcibly em phasized than that of “in-laws” — with the possible exception of step parents, especially step-mothers. An oft-repeated couplet declares that — “A son is a son until he gets him a wife; A daughter’s a daughter all the days of her life”. Dr- Sledd honored and beloved poet-professor at Wake Forest Col lege,numbers as on e of his most popular productions a mournful poem in which a melancholy moth er deplores her son’s marriage and declares that she could rejoice in a daughter had she not lost a son She laments the fact that “the wife will claim her own” and goes on to relate sadly that when her son greeted her that night he called her “ simply mother”. The concluding wail is that this bitter loss “is what all mothers have known”, and asks if she may not weep. It seems that she did. I am not denying that in many instances there is too much truth in the picture Dr. Sledd used words to paint; but in justice to another side of the matter I desire to offer a few lines of plain prose. Not all wives of sons cause them to care less for their mothers Not every gain of a daughter costs the loss of a son. Ther e are brides whose entrance into the husband’s family draws firmer the ties be tween him and his mother; whose sweet courtesy and affectionate con sideration set for him an even higher standard of behavior than had been his before; who as the months and years pass make for themselves such fixed places in the hearts of mothers-in-law that it becomes mother-in-love. Why need one weep for ‘‘the old sweet names of endearment.” which the son in the poem trans fers to the bride? What rational mother of a grown man wouldn’t feel at least a little foolish at be ing called the names he calls his new wife? One wonders if a shade of jealousy does not color the sen timents of the tearful lady. In any normal situation it would seem preferable for the mother to remember that “for this cause shall a man leave father and mother and cleave unto his wife; and they twain shall be one flesh”—which the mother and son cannot be. Let her rejoice that he has become a man and has put away the childish thing of dependence upon her for his progress and his happiness. In this way she can enjoy the love of two instead of one; can feel a glow of pride as she watches her son take on added responsibil ities and measure up to them; can know the joy of a fuller under standing of this being who owes his life to her, yet never was hers alone, as he is interpreted by her daily reading of his lif e with the woman he has chosen. Behold, I show you a mystery: A THE FOUR COUNTY NEWSPAPER— WAKE, JOHNSTON, NASH AND FRANKLIN ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL TWENTY-FOURTH, 1936 Hen Contest Closes Hav 1 CIV WHY NOT WIN $25 00? 0 I A more days yet before the contest closes. Some one will win the Record’s big prize for largest hens. Why not let it be you? You still hare a chance to win, for the largest hen enter ed weighed two and a half pounds less than hens sold on the local market. In fact one man had a hen that weighed more than any brought which died the night before he planned to bring her. By w aiting a day he probably lost $25.00 or at least SIO.OO. Don’t wait! Bring your hen to one of the stores near you which is receiving and weighing the hens for the Record. You will get a receipt for your hen and a full year’s subscription to this newspaper. We are sending 2,500 copies of the RECORD to as many families this week through the schools. Some boy or girl may win one of the big prizes $25.00, SIO.OO or $5.00. Boys and girls, bring a hen right away. Don’t wait. You may win $25.00 but you will certainly get more than value in an eight-page weekly newspaper with a 12-page monthly photographic supplement that is worth the price of the ZEBULON RECORD. You can pay old or new subscriptions with any sort or size hen. After May 1 the price of the RECORD will be SI.OO a year, cash in advance. Bring your hen to one of the following stores right away and win one of our cash prizes. You will get the RECORD FREE till May if you act at once. Catch that old hen and bring her on now. Here are the stores to which you may carry your hen: Bailey—Baker Harris School—Hagwood’s Bethany Community-Robertson Fowlers Bridge Perry’s Broadway Community—Allen Pearces—Perry Bunn—Weathers Pilot—Stallings Corinth-Holder—O’Neal Pine Ridge—Mullins Eagle Rock—Martin Rileys—Johnsons Hopkins X Roads—Bunn Riley Hill—Weathers Knightdale—Doub Rolesville—H. E. Perry Middlesex—Bunn & Co. Samaria—Morgan & Frazier Mitchells Mill—Perry & Son Union Hope—W. E. Brantley Mt. Pleasant—Brannon & Son Wake X Roads—Jones Murraytown—Murray’s Wendell—Marshbourn’s New Hope—Stallings Wilder’s Grove—Wilder Rocky Cross —R. C. Supply Co. Wakefield—Joyner’s —-r-nTT. CLUB COLUMN MEETING POSTPONED Because of .the illness of Miss Campen, director of the program, there was no meetaing of the Woman’s -Club this week The regular business will b e transacted at the meeting of the Department of Literature next week, when all members are asked to attend. DISTRICT MEETING Federated Home Demonstration Clubs of the Bth district will hold their annual meeting in Durham in the Home Demonstration Room at the Farmers Mutual Exchange Building. The program begins at 10:00 A. M. and will close by 1:00 P. M. Those attending are asked to take lunch with them to be served during the social hour fol lowing adjournment. . Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.—Bible, Beauty is its own excuse for be ing. ?irl may "come between” a son and his mother and bold them nore closely together than if she were not there. And this thing 1 know to be true. PUBLIC CHARACTER I The subject of this week’s | sketch is another of the “native sons” who feel there’s no place like home for living or for business. He served in the U. S- Army during a part of 1918 and 1959. Operated a dairy from 1919 till 1924. Name—Merritt L. Massey. Native of—Wakefield, Wake County. Domestic Status— Married John Thomas O’Dear Aug. 22, j < 1925. Has two daughters. j i Church Affiliation—Baptist. Business—Building Material. Has been in this business— i 12 years. i . .Came to Zebulon in—l9l6 as ] postoffice Clerk. 1 < Farm Wages ! The Bureau of Agricultural Economics at Washington reports that on April 1 farm wages were higher than at any time for that dat e since 1931, The average wage i for the country as a whole is $30.87 1 per month without board, or sl. 43 ( per day without board, which makes i a difference of about 30c a day t when included in the wage. Wages a are the highest in the Pacific a states and lowest in the South 1 Central States of the east. g [Farmers in Raleigh i ~ Farmers in numbers estimated at 6,000 went to Raleigh on Tues day to ask that Gov. Ehringhaus call a special session of the State Legislation to enact laws for to bacco control. Headed by J. E. Winslow of Greenville, president of the State Farm Bureau Federation, the farmers met in State College Stadium, from which place speech es were broadcast. The governor spoke at length, making it plain that he distrusts such legislation as enacted by neighboring states and that he will not call such a session in N. C- without great pressure being brought to bear. Several members of the Council of State expressed themselves as being ready to vote for the special session at any minute. Suicide Rate Statistics show that there are fewer suicides according to popu lation in Ireland than anywhere else. That country has a suicide rate of only 28 per million annu ally- Austria has the highest rate,' sine© there every year 3445 per sons to the million kill themselves. The United States occupies middle ground as to rate of suicides. I NUMBER SEEN & HEARD NEW HOES Talk about styles in clothes! This year’s style in farming tods and equipment put changes in gar ments to shame. At some of Zebu lon’s stores you may find the very | newest in hoes —a sort of safety razor type to be used in scraping yards or rows of vegetables, and too light to be a burden to the wo men of th e family. We are wonder, ing if the man who invented them is not trying to make hoeing at tractive to the female of the spe cies. If you are among the number who have been somewhat puzzled as to the classification of the dog recently seen with Mr. L. T. Far mer of the Record force, you may like to know that it is a Chow Chow, being of the kind bred for centuries in China for food They I ar e heavy set, with coats that re -1 semble wool. And this wool grows toward the head instead of back as with other breeds. They also i have black tongues and the inner membrane of the mouth is black. They make an admirable appear j ance, but don’t make the mistake of trying to pat one, unless he is very well acquainted with you. Walking down to the shop on Tuesday morning we were surpris ed to see such an immense amount of traffic on the highway. And all cars seemed headed toward Raleigh. Regretting that we had not noticed whether a hearse led the procession, and also noting that the cars bore only state li censes, we paused to ask Mr Price, at the chair shop on the corner, what it all meant. Os course it was a part of the rush to Raleigh to demand that the governor call an extra session of the legislature which so many feel will insure prosperity for the farmers. Our preoccupation with other things had made us forget th e date. “Well,” we remarked. “Mr. Eh ringhaus will probably not have | to very loudly, as from ap pearances the whole state will be there ” 1 “Pshaw,” said Mr. Price. “There won’t be more’n a half a dozen or ’ so of that crowd at the meetin’. The rest will be roaming ‘round takin’ in the city.” Traps Have you seen those new-fash ioned mouse and rat traps in Deb | narn’s? You can bait them with no ( danger of catching your fingers 1 and they are such new styles the | rodents will not recognize them as the traps all mother mice teach [ their children to dread. I Weiner Roast i Mrs. J. G. Bunn’s Sunday school class of Hopkins Chapel church i will h »ve a weiner roast at the H. ! K. Baker’s pond on next Saturday 1 afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. Every member is invited to be there. FROST HURTS FRUIT Frost on last Sunday did further damage to the fruit crop, though it is hoped that leaves were large enough to afford protection. Both dewberries and strawberries were I also hurt.
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