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Zebulon Wakes Up About Its Dead
From time to time one hears remarks and
movements to do something about the local
cemetery. The result usually is that the drive
ways have some ruts filled, the lots get the
grass removed and perhaps a few shrubs or bush
es are set. Within a year all is to be done over
again. The location and drainage is such that
if terracing and other permanent work is not
done soon it will be only a question of time
when the graves themselves will be exposed if
not washed away.
The lots have been bought at a high price,
we are told, for the quality and location of land
with no assumption of either temporary or
perpetual upkeep on the part of the seller. Each
purchaser is responsible for the care of his lot.
When he dies or relatives disappear, no one is
responsible for the care of any lot in the ceme
tery. The situation is such that something def
inite ought to be done about the matter. But
whose business is it? The Woman’s Club is a
gain trying to interest the community in perfect
ing permanent plans for a city cemetery. Un
der present conditions it seems the town refuses
to assume any responsibility.
Some one has suggested that the town buy
several acres adjacent to the cemetery, but we
understand that the owner will not sell or at least
not at a reasonable price. A more practical sug
gestion is that a new location be secured by the
town and let it become responsible for the up
keep of the new cemetery. The town owns
property to the south of Zebulon that might be
used, or land there might be bought at a reason
able price. If this were done, many would re
move the bodies of their dead from the present
burial place and probably most permanent res
idents would purchase a family plot. Any way,
The Record agrees with the ladies that something
ought to be done. We are backing the women
whole-heartedly in this important move that
should have been made long ago.
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Filling A Country Woodbox
The message re-printed below came to us
on two pages of a pamphlet from the Mergen
thaler Linotype Company. It is so nearly what
we should like to say and so well said that we are
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THE ZEBULON RECORD, ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15th, 1937
glad to share it with our readers. We think it
will help us and it may help you.
In an old farmhouse a big woodbox was built
at the side of the huge fireplace chimney in which
to keep wood either for a fireplace or the wood
burning kitchen stove. Ten baskets of wood
are required to fill it.
During the past summer two different men
have had the job of keeping the kitchen supplied
with wood. The first man brought in wood only
when he was asked to do so by his wife, the
cook. Usually she had to call him from some oth
er task. He would bring in one armful, toss it
down, and say, “There, 1 guess that will hold you
until 1 get around to bringing in more.”
The kitchen workers would then have to
reach far down into the box to get what they
needed.
A more sensible system was used by the
second man. First of all he had the woodbox
thoroughly cleaned. The bark that had accumu
lated at the bottom was taken out and burned.
Then he brought in basketload after basketload
until the box was filled. Since then he has mere
ly kept it filled, bringing in no more than one
or two loads at a time.
Should the second man be busy at other
work, or absent for several days, the kitchen
workers do not have to worry about their sup
ply of stove wood. They always h°ve more than
they need. There’s reserve supply on hand.
The two men represent the people of the
world. There are those who are improvident,
who live from hand-to-mouth, who never think
ahead, who cannot even think in terms of build
ing up reserves, who make no savings, whose
work is always crowding them, who are hard
workers because the are bad planners.
Then there are the people with forethought.
They think ahead. They plan to make their
work easier. They work hard to buAd up re
serves so that they are prepared for emergencies.
They are like the wise farmers who work hard
during the growing season to provide food with
which to stock the cellars.
We are always a bit suspicious of people who
talk about being overworked. Overwork is us
ually the result of inefficiency and inefficiency
is the result of sloppy thinking. The first man
who never kept the woodbox filled, was always
rushing hither and yon. He was the busiest per
son. Anyone seeing him moving about would be
tempted to exclaim, “There’s a real worker.
Watch him hustle around.” The fact is he was no
good at all and had to be discharged for his
utter incompetence.
Great activity does not necessarily result in
great accomplishment.
Now that we are entering the twelve brand
new months of 1937, let us all clean out the
woodbox of our business and fill it to the top
With what we need. The time to do the hard
work is right now. Let us get our equipment in
shape, our supplies where they can be handled
efficiently, and then go to more important tasks
with minds that are free to be concentrated
on what is most profitable.
Let us start the year, no matter what our
jobs, with a full woodbox.
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Healthy and right size for plant
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order at Record Office.
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seed cooperative rating 1 1-16
to 1.3-32 staple 38 per cent
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Zebulon Drug Company, Zebulon