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We need sympathy or knowledge
at our house.
We have a volunteer watermelon
vine and on it grew a big melon
that the family went out singly
and in groups to admire. It was
twenty three inches long when we
began to think it might be ripe.
The youngest son declared that
when the stem curl dies melons
are ready to be pulled. The head
of the house believes in pressing
them. I belong to the school of
thumpers. But none of us was
willing to take the responsibility
of pulling that nice melon and
finding it unripe when cut.
So on a day last week we found
our melon had grown too ripe and
had burst and fermented. And not
even the chickens would eat it.
There was another smaller mel
on on the vine. We pulled it the
day after the big one burst and it
was green.
A writer asserts that with re
gard to relief Harold Hopkins has
gotten hold of the widow’s cruse.
Which may be fine for those re
lieved, but is liable to make if
mighty hard on the widow later on.
I)o not write my name as one
opposed to the churches giving
pastors vacations. It is a noble
gesture and should be made more
often. Nor do I desire to be num
bered with those who claim that
the members need a vacation as
much as lh*e pastor does—that
they have to listen while he
preaches. Listening is much easier,
even when you are really paying
close attention; and there is hardly
a person going to church services
who can’t fix an interested expres
sion on his face and let his mind
slip off behind it in any preferred
direction, while the preacher dare
not let his wander for a second.
Then, too, members can be absent
a few at a time without disorgan
izing the work.
What I’m getting at is that four
Sundays in succession with no
preaching services at either church
in our town makes one of»themost
unsatisfactory experiences I’ve
known. I am reminded of a re
mark made years ago by my oldest
son. He said that Sunday school
with no worship service to follow
made him feel like he had eaten
nothing but his cereal at breakfast
and needed something to come af
ter it.
If I didn’t believe in Sunday
School work I’d never make the
effort required to try to teach a
class; but I honestly believe the
preaching more important. Added
to that is the fact that it’s embar
rassing to explain to visitors on
Sunday that because both church
es were barely generous enough
to grant vacations there’s nowhere
to hear a sermon unless one leaves
town.
Let’s offer our pastors leave
of absence next summer; but in.
addition to making that gesture j
let’s make another and secure sup-
THE FOUR COUNTY NEWSPAPER—WAKE, JOHNSTON, NASH AND FRANKLIN
ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, AUGUST TWENTY-EIGHT, 1936
NEWS BRIEFS
On Tuesday night 200 prisoners
in the Georgia state prison at Mil
ledgevilie tried to smash their way
out with iron beds as battering
rams. One was killed and 15 sprin
kled with bird shot. The rioters
were subdued.
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Counties Ask $56,000,000
A number of counties in N. C.
are asking the state to refund mo
neys spent on county roads. Carl
L. Bailey was given the job to see
what could be done about it. Re
quests and claims have come in to
the amount of $56,000,000 and in
all probability more will follow.
The figures fall only $30,000,000
short of the total state road debt,
and the requests equal, we are
told, the entire county road debt.
If Uncle Sam can, the counties
| seem to say, why can’t the state ?
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The New Deal seems to be get
ting the approval of the voters! if
the victory of Senators Pat Har
rison of Miss, and J. F. Byrnes of
S. C., over their opponents is any
sign of the way the vote will be
cast in November.
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No Text Book Rental System
There wall be no text book rent
al system in Wilson County this
year due to lack of sentiment fav
oring the system in that county,
it was announced at Wilson Mon
day. The County Board of Educa
tion said that to date not a single
request for the plan had been re
ceived and described the plan also
as still in the experimental stage.
In five counties including Wake
17,000 school boks are now avail
able for rental.
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Roosevelt Leads in Straw Vote
According to a nationwide pre
election poll now being conducted
if the election were held now Pres
ident Roosevelt would win by a
vote of 274 electoral votes to Lan
don’s 257. The popular vote would
also be carried by Roosevelt, as he
would receive 52.5 per cent of this.
Earlier in the year Landon was
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leading Roosevelt by about the
same margin. The reason for this
change is supposedly that Frank
IvTurphy has returned from the
Phillippines to campaign Michigan,
his home state, for Roosevelt. At
present the country is watching
the trend in the borderline states;
namely, Pennsylvania, New York,
Ohio, Michigan and Illinois. These
states hold the balance of power in
the national election, having 157
of the 531 electoral votes.
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Japan’s Manchurian army head
quarters announced Monday that
nine Russians were tried and exe
cuted last Friday at Hailar. Other
Russians were given long prison
terms. They were tried for espion
age.
plies for the pulpits at least for
mornings on the Sundays (fb|it
might otherwise be sermonless. It
will not cost much; ministerial
students would come for little more
than expenses* glad of a chance to
practice on us; and we shall look
much better to ourselves anil to
others, though we might not feel
better nor do better. Yet there’s a
chance we might.
Public Character
Not so well known here as
he will be when more years
Have passed is the subject of
this week’s sketch. One of the
town’s younger business men,
he helps supply the wants of
those who buy food. He is in
terested in the progress of the
town and community. He grad
uated at Bunn High School
and attended Campbell College.
Name—Rondal Lee Phillips.
Native of—Pilot, Franklin Co.
Domestic Status —Married to
Miss Sadie Corbett of Spring
Hope, Sept. 1U35.
Church Attiliation —Baptist.
Business—Grocer and Market.
Has been in this Business 2 12
years. Before coming to Zeb
ulon to establish own busi
ness worked in Pilot and in
Wilson.
Wiley Broughton
Hurt By Spray
Wiley Broughton, son of John
Broughton was very painfully in -
jured last week when a spray so
lution he was using on tobacco got
into his eyes. He was carried to
Rex Hospital and it was feared at
first that his sight was ruined.
Later reports, however, state that
his eyes are not permanently in
jured. Unfortunately the arsenate
of lead in the spray has poisoned
Broughton’s system and this adds
to his suffering. He is at home
now.
Harvest Festival
To Be Bigger Than
Planned At First
A wire to the secretary of the
Merchant’s Harvest Festival to
be staged in Zebulon Oct. 5-10,
received early this week stated
that in addition to the regular
equipment, there would be more
than twelve big shows and at
least ten rides including a dou
ble ferris wheel, whip, merry-go
round, etc.
Mr. Smith, manager, of. the
Greater Atlantic Shows sent his
special agent, Mr. Small, down
from Lawrenceville, Va. to make
sure adequate space could be
had before signing for the Fes
tival.
The fair, which up to this year,
has been held in the edge of
town, will be staged as a Har
vest Festival on the streets in
the heart of the business sec
tion. There will he no main gate
admission as there will he no
main gate.
Zebulon merchants, as a body,
feel that by furnishing enter
tainment of the better kind free
to the people of Wake county
they can better the community
by giving better merchandise at
better prices and that when the
people come to the Festival, they
will also come to shop.
SEEN & HEARD
HENS FLYING HIGH
“Bob” Sawyer was .showing us
the quotation on poultry and eggs
on the northern market the other
day. Strange as it may sound, old
hens were selling for more than
fryers, and eggs were as cheap
there as on the local market. The
explanaTion probably is that most
people last spring sold all their
hens exCfept what they needed for
home use. Great numbers of fry
ers were raised, so there is a lack
of hens and a superabundance of
young chickens. As to the eggs
those on the northern market were
bought Jast spring and put in cold
storage and lately put on the mar
ket. Eggs sold locally are fresh.
That’s the difference. If you have
no choice, then there is no differ
ence, maybe.
GOING AFTER THEM!
Sometime ago the Wakefield Bap
tist church put a truck on to carry
folks who had no way to get to
church. They are still hauling them
—35 or 40 each Sunday. Deacon
T. C. Pippin makes the round ev
ery Sunday morning bringing the
children to S. S. and then carrying
them home again.
TOBACCO CURING OVER SOON
Going over the road from Zebu..
lon to Nashville Tuesday we notic
ed that some fields were cleaned
of tobacco, others had from two
to four leaves to a stalk. Owing to
government work and other public
works some farmers have been
short handed this season and their
families have had to work double
time occasionally. We have heard
of a number of farmers who say
their tobacco has cured well but
that it is under weight.
DO MEN ENJOY TALKING?
After talking with another man
for an hour a few days ago, I
said to the stenographer in the
front office as I went out: “Now
we are through and perhaps you
may be able to work.” Her remark
was, “I think men enjoy talking
just as much as women do.” I hard
Iy think so. Perhaps they talk as
much, but I doubt seriously if they
enjoy it so thoroughly.
PRACTICAL ARRANGEMENT
Have you seen the Nash County
court house? It sits in the center
of the square and instead of a big
bar e space running around the
four sides, the grounds are laid off
in Beautiful curved walks and set
with beautiful shrubbery. Off near
the sides are two or three office
buildings and are owned by the
county| These are rented to law
yers and a few other business men.
The jail is to the rear of the court
house on the upper floors. An en
closed walkway runs from tKe
court room to the jail. It is the
most convenient and practically ar
ranged courthouse and offices we
know of in the state. And we
would believe Nash County derives
a nice revenue from rentals.
NUMBER 8
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Sister Janet up to Carolina
Power and Light’s main office gave
me a few definitions the other day
from a drunk’s dictionary. Mr. Ja
net states that these are quite
correct. Maybe he should know.
Absinthe —Mskes the heart grow
fonder.
Argument A conversation be
tween drunks.
Bigot—Anyone who disagrees with
you.
Burp—Explosion of the iarynx,
caused by drinking champagne
or beer.
Casa—A drink on the house. (See
Miracle).
Friend —What the girl you tele
phone to brings.
Gentleman—Any one who drinks.
Plural: Washroom.
Gutter —Meeting place for acquain
tances.
Here’s —Looking at you.
Jitters. Shake, Pal!
Joint Place where the elbow
bends.
Knock-Knock —Nuts to you.
Nightcap—The last ten drinks.
Pal—The guy next to you.
Quartette —Four drunks.
Refuse—What a drunk never does.
Soap—Material used for writing
on mirrors.
Supper—One who sips.
Tooth —An article of jewelry.
Them —Anybody else.
Water—Liquid of which ice is
made.
BEDTIME STORY NO. 666,321,211
AV<■ 11, I have been through Central
American Jungles many times an<l been
scared stiff when I heard wild animals
voice their dissatisfaction at the world
in general. And I have faced sniiters
*n \icaraugua. I.ut the other night
when prowlers were walking on mv
roof I was scared haid to death. I had
a stiletto with which to defend myself.
When I first heard them, 1 put a pan
•n front of the bath-room door so that
if they came through the sky-light in
that particular cubby hole I would have
a good start on them (or him).
Around twelve o’clock my sister-in
law, who is staying with tts while the
wife is sick, woke me up with "There’s
someone one the roof again.’’ Os course
I grabbed my knife and in order to put
up a good front before her and the wife.
I staggered forth to do murder if need
be. My in-law says. "Listen, they must
have a machine gun. Hear them shoot
ing?” "That ain’t no machine gun," I
replied, "that’s my teeth chattering.”
Margie had in same way set some bot
tles out in the hall and as we passed, I
knocked them over with my foot. With
out a moment’s hesitation, I knew what
to do and d|rl it. As Margie passed me
at the Drug Store she said, "Here are
your pajamas you ran so fast they were
unable to keep up”. Py the time we got
to Wakefield we were over her fright
and feeling badly about leaving the wife
to fight it out alone, walked back to
face the music. Luckily the battle-axe
hadn’t waked and after putting the
front door back together, we d» cided to
look again about the burglars. This time
we turned on a three-hundred watt bulb
and were careful not to find anyone.
Kverythig went well until about two
a m. when I awoke with a start that
would have put me in Raleigh but the
better-half had tied me in bed. Seeing
a big tough looking bird peering over
she foot of my bed in the gloom. I drew
my trusty dagger and threw it with all
my might at the exact/ center of his
hoad. That’s about aJI except that I cut
off thr<-e toes and split the mirror in
the vanity.
Relieve me, the next time anyone
want's to burgle my house,, if they will
only notify me, i’ll he glad to vacate the
premises until they have burgled to
their heart’s content.
P. S. I’ve nailed the sky-light down—
P. S. Number ‘i —I would have printed
this in larger type but I didn’t like to
boast about my experiences
Prevaricatingly yours,
'THE SWASHBUCKLER.