©he Zebulon ißecnrb VOLUME XIII ZEBULON. NORTH CA ROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL NINTH, 1937. This, That, and The Other MRS. THEO. B. DA Vie It is, altyaethA- enduuible to hawfo w^iit fokjme morning: paper unfa sopV' over the nrxd\*mt to wait whily tße V comk: are being read ana chuckled o^r. Scientists have discovered fish t with jbuykered mouths thpi swim up to Mach otl/L jftin Iwfkan ) Iciss for fish colq - blooded. That kind Vllgnt to go in the mov ies. ' If your white, or should-be-white, garments, bed linens, (ours are bed cottons), towels, etc., have become dingy - looking because of not get ting enough sunshine during the winter, Javelle water will help to bleach them until you won’t be a shamed to look at them. Make it by mixing a solution- of chlorinated lime with one of s il soda, both of which you caiv bi y at the drug store and on tmN an of lime you may find printed < auctions for the mixture and for ts use. Or you may just remember that about half a box of lime and a pound of sal soda will make a gallon of Javelle water and that you use a cupful to a boiler full of wh.te clothes. Liz zie High says of our wash: “Yes’m, I think it helps right smart.” But be careful how you use it around colored clothes. THE FOUR COUNTY NEWSPAPER—WAKE, JOHNSTON, NASH AND FRANKLIN CEMETERY IMPROVEMENT With the Garden Cfub leading in the work, an organized effort will be made at an early date to clean up and beautify file cemetery at the edge of town. Since there will be much to do, » all are requested to contribute work or cash. Those living here who have plots in the cemetery are asked to look after these. Those living at a d’sfance are asked to forward contributions! to Mrs. F. D. Finch for paying for the work done on their plots. It is hoped that none interested will wait for a committee to solicit donations, but that all will commu nicate with Mrs. Finch at once. It should not be "necessary to em phasize the importance of this work, sirice there is every reason for it to be done and there could be no argument against it. The columns of the Record are open for publishing a full account of all donations made, work or money. Further an nouncement as to definite plans will be made later. CLUB COLUMN The Parent-Teaches Association of Wakelon will hold the final meeting for the present school year at eight o’clock on next Tues day night. Every member is asked to attend. Mrs. Gill, president of the P.-T. A., announces that on Monday ’*• in the auditorium Clarence , professional entertainer, resent a program sponsored P.-T. A. Attendance at this > appreciated. bers of the Garden Club minded of their meeting on Tuesday afternoon in the of Mrs. J. K. Barrow. Mrs. Brodie, director of the coast ns division, will be the guest r and a fulll attendance is for. The hour of meeting is :ONDITf?)N OF THE TREASURY (Last Fiscal Week) ts $79,955,757 litures $158,590,494 !s $1,819,965,242 Fiscal Year $1,844,844,013 Debt _.. $34,772,671,269 P.-T. A- YL MEETING OF CLASS Study Class of the P.-T A. r the final session of the 1 Tuesday afternoon with thodist church as hostess ation. Mrs. F. L. Page ed the study of the con chapters of the textbook— lay Problems of the Every ild,” abTy presenting the is and offering suggestions r solution. study course has proved al to all who have attended s the second to be held un- sponsoring of various or ions of the community, lave expressed ai desire for le plan to be pursued again. RDEN CLUB MEETING Town Officers To Be FORUM HERE FRIDAY NIGHT There wil be a Forum on Fiidav night of bhisi week at Wakelon, beginning at eight o’clock. It will be conducted by Monah Leide-Te desco, European composer of note. He will discuss Jazz, Folk Music, and other phases of his subject. These meetings are proving both interest ng and helpful The public is invited. Admission is free. COURT PROCEEDINGS Judire Rhodes had a lighter day s work than usual when he held court here on Wednesday, on- whether ly five cases being d sposed of. No. 543—StaTe vs Richard Pret ty, colored, who was charged with non-support, and plead guilty. He was sentenced to 6 months on the roads, sentence to be suspended if he pays three dollars to the sup port of the child on the 7th day of each mouth and also pays the cost of the case, which was retained for further orders. No. 545—Lester Tucker charged that H. C. Foreman had embezzled money paid for a washing ma chine, but probable cause was not found and the defendant was dis charged, the prosecuting witness being ordered to pay the costs. 572 —Ada Gooclson, colored, was charged with being drunk and dis orderly and with assault. She was found guilty and sentenced to 30 days in Wake County’s jail, but may not have to serve this, if she paysi one-half the costs of the case now and the other half by the May term of court. 573—Garland Privette, colored, was said to have been driving a car without benefit of license and was found guilty. The judge said 60 days on the roads, but sus>- pended sentence on payment of $5.00 fine, costs, and a promise of good behavior for one year. 574 —Kenny Van Watson, color ed youth, waa'dfiarged with assault with a deadly weapon. His sen tence of 60 days was suspended on payment of SIOOO as fine, the costa of the case, and # promise of good behavior for one .year. Mr. Perry, for whom Kenny Van works, assumed the responsibility for the cash. FORREST ALFORD HURT Forrest Alford, employe of Page Supply Co., moved Wednesday from the apartment in the Duke build ing, which he and family have oc cupied for some time, to the Davis house, recently bought by W. N. Pitts. While placing the furniture in the new home, Alford fell from a buffet across a rocking-chair and sustained very painful injuries. The accident occurred in early af ternoon. About three o’clock Thurs day morning it was thought best to send him to a hospital and he is now in Re*. Raleigh. Nominated April 29th In another space in this paper will be found a notice of the town primary to be held on April 29th. At that time nominations for Ma* yor and five Commissioners will be made Candidates for these offices are asked to file their names with R. Vance Brown by the 24th of the month. Residents of Zebulon who have not yet registered as voters are no tified that C. E. Pippin, registrar, will be at Peoples Bank and Trust Co. for two weeks beginning next Saturday for the purpose of en rolling their names, and are urged to show their interest in the pro gress of the town by exercising the privilege of help rig to elect offi cials. No Zebulon man or woman who fails to cast a vote in the govern mental affairs Tias a right to criti cise, if matters are not conducted exactly according to his ideas. Only ignorance and indifference keep from the polls the majority of non-voters. The first is lament able—the secoriu should be thought shameful. Keep in mind the date, April 29, and record with your ballot your choice for Zebulcn’s off cers. CHURCH NEWS The Ida Fisher Circle of the Methodist Church met on Monday p. m., in the home of Mrs. M J. Sexton Mrs. W. N. Pitta was the speaker for the afternoon, giving a most interesting interpretation of the third chapter of the gospel of John. BAPTIST CHURCH The W. M. U. of the Raleigh As sociation will meet in annual ses<- s on at Fuquay Springs on Thurs day, April 15. The society here is urged to send delegates! to this meeting. Those who can go are asked to report to Mrs. R. H. Her ring, president of the Zebulon or ganization, that arrangements may be made. A helpful program is planned and reports from the societies promise to be of special interest. Mrs. L. L Morgan is Supt. and will preside. The Baptist pulpit was filled on last Sunday morning at the morn ing hour by Rev. R. F. Terrell of Raleigh. Mr Terrell is the field representative of the Biblical Re corder. However, he did not men tion the paper in his sermon. Pastor Herring of the local Baptist Church announced as the tentative date for revival services at the church the second Sunday in June. Rev. Carl Townsend, pastor of Hayes-Barton Church, Raleigh, will assist. Haywood County Farmers coop erated to purhase 90 tons of ground limestone in one order re cently. In Cherokee County, poultry growers are replenishing their flocks throughj the purchase of pedigreed baby chicks. NUMBER 41 NEWS of the WEEK Washington, D ,C.—By Presiden tial proclamation, the nation ob served Tuesday as Army Day, to mark this country’s entrance into the World War twenty years ago. . Major General Edward M. Mark ham, Chief of Army Engineers, rec ommended to Congress the com pletion of the Florida Atlantic- Gulf ship canal, abandoned last year after considerable preliminary work . . .Simultaneously another report filed by the Board of Army Engineers for Rivers and Harbors declared the canal economically un justified and a possible threat to Florida’s fresh water supply . . . The Civil Service Commission re ported a February decline of 3,461 employes in the executive branch of the government, chiefly in emer gency agencies . . . The Senate passed the Wheat Crop Insurance Bill creating a fund of $100,000,900 to insure wheat farmers against drought and other calamities.. THE LABOR FRONT Discussions at Lansing, Mich., between Governor Murphy, Walter P. Chrysler and John L. Lewis, labor leader, are expected to end the strike in the Chrysler plants, which the Detroit Chamber of Com merce estimates has caused a loss of $6,000,000 to local retail stores.. . Work has been resumed at the Ford Motor plant in Kansas City wi th a warning from labor leaders that union members must not abuse the weapon of the sit-down un authorized str.ke . . The Committee for Industrial Organization launch es a movement to unionize the workers in the Texas oil fields* STRIKES SPREAD TO FARMS P ttsburg, Pa—Two multimill ionaires faced farmers’ strikes on their vast estates near here. At Charles M. Schwab’s country place, tne farm-hands “sat down” in the potato cellar while the Bethlehem Steel chairman considered a de mand for an increase pay of 10 cents per hour. At nearby Richard K. Mellon’s 12,000-acre Rolling Rock Farms a similar demand brought an immediate threat on the part of the rich nephew of An drew W. Mellon to close the estate and thus take $120,000 annually out of the Ligonier Valley. An amicable settlement, on the sports mans terms, was arrived at. WOMEN AWARDS The annual awards of excellence to the Women’s National Radio Commitee, allegedly representing the radio preferences of 10,000,000 women, give first place for a musi cal program to the Ford Sunday Symphonies. Rudy Vallee i& ac corded first place for a variety show; the 'Chicago University Round Table for educational value; Boake Carter for news-broadcast ing; the Children’s Corner for the youngsters, and the Radio The atre for dramatic values. Early to bed, Early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

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