Our BUSINESS BOOSTER EDITION
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VOLUME XIII
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MRS. THEO. B. DAVIS 1
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At this* time of the year house
keepers who go to church on Sun
day’s are divided into two classes:
Those who fry the chiclfwr <Tin
ner before they go in order to get
everything as nearly ready as pos
sible; and those who prefer to
wait and do the frying after the
sermon so that the chicken may
be hot when eaten.
Why is it that we feel so little
appreciation when a member of
the family remarks in the tone of
the sacrificial gWPr: “I took a
bony piece of the chicken for my
self so that the rest of you might
enjoy Hie good piecesi”?
Do we prefer the frank selfish
ness of grabbing for tne best to
self-heralded unselfishness?
Why do people keep diaries?
My father had an account book,
or day book, in which he wrote
down many and varied items be
sides busines transactions. Unus
ual happenings in the family or
the neighborhood were jotted down
little if any comment being made.
With the birth, marriage and death
registrations in the big family Bi
ble, the history of the family
could easily be traced.
To me it seems that every fam
ily would do well to keep such a
record. The writing need not be
scholarly and should not be flow
ery, but emphasis should be placed
upon its truthfulness. And there
need be no attempt to write some
thing every day. But important
events should all be noted, the date
being given in each case.
It will amaze you to find how
much enjoyment may be found in
reading those pages, years later. A
few facts are a great stimulant to
memory and at the same time
serve as an aid to keeping recol
lections inside the proper boun
daries. (Many of us are prone to
take in too much territory when
roaming through memory land.)
A personal diary instead of a
family history seems TtrTPad some
persons info thv heights—or
depths—of foolishness. I began one
when in the first of the teens and
it got so silly that I could see for
myself that it was worse than
nothing. The trouble was that I
wanted to write myself down in
there as I would have liked to be
and not as I was; and I longed to
moralize, philosophize, sentimen
talize, adore, exult and despair all
on the same page. And there was
not enough of me and what hap
pened to make any showing, even
if I’d any real philosophy.
Os late I have felt it might be a
good thing if every diary kept by
a movie-actress or other widely
publicized person w r ere collected by
law and destroyed. They are
thought to contain such inflam
mable material that the very know
ledge that they exist spreads
dread and fear, and they are said
to be unfit for publication. Their
owners used them in writing down
what never should have happened, I
and certainly should not have been
recorded.
However, it is almost impossible
THE FOUR COUNTY NEWSFAFER—WA KE, JOHNSTON, NASH AND FRANKLIN
ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA; FRIDAY, AUGUST TWENTY-FIRST; 1936
Greetings to our friends:
We wish to express to the readers of the Record and the
people generally our appreciation of their business support during
the past and solicit it for the future. We have tried to sell mer
chandise and render a service that satisfied each of you.
We are all truly grateful that God has brought a fair
harvest out of what we felt was a failure a few months ago. Soon
tobacco marketing will begin and many needs will be filled. Our
stores, pressing clubs, garages, shops, bank* and each of the other
seventy business concerns in Zebulon are prepared to render the
service and sell ai>y article that the average person needs.
We invite you to visit Zebulon and our place of business.
Look over our stocks. Compare our goods and our prices with
those of other stores and shops.
Here’s to you, our friends and patrons, wishing you the
best of prices for your tobacco all during the season.
Yours to serve
A. G. KEMP ZEBULON DRUG CO. J. A. KEMP & SON
A. S. HINTON C. M. HOCUTT A. A. WELLS
ZEBULON SUPPLY CO. PAGE SUPPLY CO. WORTH HINTON
M. T. DEBNAM J. W. GILL MASSEY LUMBER CO.
JOHN E. COCKRELL J&M CHEVROLET CO. A. D. ANTONE
CHAS. H. RHODES H. C. WADE W. B. BUNN
J. L. STELL R. L. PHILLIPS STANLEY SHORR
HOME CHEMICAL & FERTILIZ ER CO. PEOPLES BANK & TRUST CO.
NEWS BRIEFS
In the convention of the Nation
al Union of Social Justice Sunday
the Catholic pfTesT, Fhfner C*Duglin,
while speaking, was taken sudden
ly ill and had to retire to his hotel.
The illness was caused by over
work and hot weather. The Con
vention came to a quick end. He
has been going the paces lately in
his campaign against the Presi
dent.
In the soap box races at Akron,
0., a St. Louis boy, 14-year-old
Herbert Muench, won first place.
Another boy, named Muench, from
South Africa, won third place.
Harold Henson of New York won
second place. He wunner of first
prize gets a 4-year scholarship to
any University he may choose. He
sped down the course at 37 miles
per hour.
John B. Webb of near Benson
was killed Saturday night by Brant
ley Thornton. WeBB called Thorn
ton ill names and *Joß?fecl on his
going with him to start his auto
moile. He drew a knife on Thorn
ton and cornered him when Thorn
ton drew a pistol, shot him twice
killing him almost instantly.
In the building of the San Fran
cisco bridge, the most spectacular
dent has occurred. Men have work
of its kind in history, not an acci
ed hundreds of feet in the earth
with the water racing high above
their heads, other have worked 700
feet in the air on catwalks with
the wind whistling by, but not a
single life has Been sacrificed or
serious injury taken place. Every
caution has been observed to make
life more prtet-Tous )than wealth
in the work.
CfTTlon Eafman, f? : yedT-old
Simms boy, committed suicide by
shooting himself through the heart
early this week. Despondency ov
er ill health is said to have been
the cause.
to realize that we can possibly
look as bad to othersi as they look
to us.
Public Character
Living midway between Zeb
ulon and Wakefield, fhis week’s
Public Character is claimed by
both places. As one of the com
munity’s substantial citizens,
his interest in its progress is
proven by his actions.
Name—Oren Daniel Massey.
Native of— Wakefield. Wake
County.
Domestic Status —Married Miss
Lizzie Finch, Dec. 1914. Five
daughters: t.eraidine, iris,
Meryl, tiloria, Janet; two
sons: O. I). Jr., and Ben
Finch.
Church Affiliation —Baptist.
Business—Farming and Man
aging Zebulon Community
Hatchery. Has farmed since
a boy. Has managed Hatch
ery for four years.
Zebulon to Have
Harvest Festival
Oct. 5-6-7-8-9-10
In lieu of the annual agricultur
al fair staged in Zebulon for the
benefit and betterment of citizens
of the community, the Zebulon
merchants have banded together
to stage a gala week of shows,
rides and other attractions to be
known as The Fall Harvest Festi
val.
The shows and rides will be on
the main street of the town and
you will not have to go out to
the edge as has been the case in
previous yearn The idea behind
this is, to get the majority of peo
ple who attend the Festival in
the business district of the com
munity.
The Festival will be staged dur
the week of October 5-10th and the
merchants assure you that /the
acme in entertainment has been
secured for that week. Ten rides
and shows will be placed along the
midway and there will be no gam
bling or vulgar girl-shows to cor
rupt the festive spirit of the show.
Roadside watermelon sign: “Our
choice, 50c. Your choice 75c.”
GENERAL NEWS
THE WAR IN SPAIN
The civil war in Spain continues
unabated. B'oth the Royalists and
rebels are accused of the most fe
rocious atrocities, killing thousands
of prisoners and non-combatants.
Loyalists hrt> of usitng
poison gas and hundreds of pris
oners were burned to death when
the rebels set fire to a wharf. It is
ieported that the rebels are pre
paring to attack Madrid, the capi
tal.
Italy threatens to send airplanes
to the help of the Spanish fascists
if France does not stop giving open
aid to the Loyalists. It is a terribie
situation and will take only a very
little to draw all Europe into the
bloody conflict.
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JOE LOUIS WINS
Joe Louis, the black pugilist
whom Schmeling defeated not long
ago, knocked out
the third round in the Yankee sta
dium in New York Tuesday night.
The black man gave Sharkey a
terrible beating. When the fight
was over Sharkey was bleeding
from the mouth, nose and one eye,
while Louis apparently was un
hurt. This places Louis- in the
champion class again and he likely
will challenge Schmeling next. 35,-
000 people saw the fight.
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PLEADS NOT GUILTY
Martin Moore, self - confessed
slayer of Helen Clevenger in Ashe
ville, is on trial for his life. Al
though having made a full con
fession, he plead not guilty when
placed on trial. Sitting on the edge
of his bunk in jail he passed the
time in spreading an adventure and
mystery story.
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CHEATS THE CHAIR
Eighty-five year old John Henry
Hauser of Davie county, convicted
slayer of his son-in-law, FYed S-
St>res, died in a hospital in Win
ston-Salem Tuesday.
MW®
Shades of something!
I see in the latesit edition of Es
quire, that to be in the best of
style and good taste, men should
wear one of a half dozen “tummy
holder-uppers”, which, when got
ten to and looked at are nothing
more than girdles very much like
those advertised and supposedly
worn by the weaker sex.
The ads read to the effect that
every man has sagging stomach
muscles whether he wants to or
not. Therefore, he should have one
of their elastic gadgets to hold up
those muscles which he cannot con
trol.
Personally, I think that big bel
lies are the result of too little ex
ercise like pushing one’s self away
from an ice cream sundae or an
other helping of strawberry short
cake et cetera and et cetera. Too,
I notice that these gentlemen can
with a little puffing exertion, pull
in their bay wundows and hold
them at leash, until purple in the
face, they release a burst of air
and a gasp of pain.
I’m not throwing off, because for
one my age, I have a piazza that
would put to shame many of those
men twice my age.
The finest reducer for large
abdomens in the world consists
merely of being ‘tummy-conscious’
and holding it in all the time, ev
en when sleeping. It has been prov
en that men can reduce their mid
dles as much asi twenty inches in
six months by sucking ’em up
whenever they think of it.
These girdles for men are not
new they have been advertised for
many, many years as many of the
older gents will attest. But I still
contend that they all come under
the luxury class. Another instance
of eating your cake and keeping it
too-
Which in turn brings to mind
the stomach of Wimpy when he
ate an enormous number of ham
burgers. Doubtless, you remember
his hauling itrTfround on a wheel
barrow.
I remember, however, a fellow
aboard ship who also had an enor
mous bread-basket. I can hardly
afford to talk though, for he once
saved my life. As I said, his ab
domen was so large it practically
dragged the deck. He hadn’t seen
his knees in twelve years. One day
we needed some ballast in a balloon
and Porgy decided to go along for
the ride. When we finally got him
abord it was Tale in the evening
and dark by the time we took off.
After climbing to nearly twenty
thousand feet we descended and
found we had no life Belts in the
crate. Being over w’ater, we knew
the end was near. But, ‘Porgy’ sav
ea the day. We all clung to
him and floaterPsafely in to shore.
I don’t recall whether Congress ev
er got around to the Congressional
Medal for or not. He Tin
ally got so fat he couldn’t reach
his mouth and starved £o Heath.
Washington’s deciple,
The Swashbuckler.
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