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THE FOUR COUNTY NEWSPAPER —WAKE, JOHNSTON, NASH AND FRANKLIN
VOLUME XIV.
This , That, and
The Other
MRS. THEO. B. DA VMS
The Wendell Garden Club put
on a flower show last week and I
was one of those who enjoyed it.
Their exhibit was fine, the arrange
ment unusual and effective, and
their welcome to visitors was cor
dial.
But what impressed me far more
than the flowers or their arrange
ment was the fact that grade after
grade of children from the school
marched in quietly, circled the im
mense room, carefully observing ev
erything, listened to explanations
that might add to appreciation, and
walked out with more knowledge
than when they entered. Some were
so small they had to tiptoe to see
over the taller tables; some were
taller than the teachers who ac
companied their grades; but all
were interested.
To my mind a flower show is
worth putting on, if only for the
sake of the school-children.
I’m getting all wrought up over
that poetry contest sponsored by
the Woman’s Club. Though it will
not be for “prose and poetry”, as
last week’s headlines stated. (I
think Ted believes blank verse is
prose. And he set those lines.) Al
ready in hand are several original
poems and I am wondering wheth
er the authors would like to have
those entered in the contest. If so,
please notify me. By the rules of
the contest I can’t compete, or I
should be going around poetizing at
every chance.
Os course the committee does not
expect to receive any poems that
will live through the ages; but they
do look for good verses to be sent
in.
Some time when you are making
apple pies, try instead of a top
crust the following:
One-third cupful flour,
One-third cupful brown sugar
Lump butter about size of walnut
Mix well together, add a dash of
cinnamon and sprinkle over the pie
before baking in a rather slow ov
en. It tastes butter-scotchy and is
a help in thickeneing, if your pie
is juicy.
Incidentally, why do they charge
us more for brown sugar now than
for Avhite? We used to find the
brown cheaper—but that was when
the merchants brought it up in bar
rels; and usually the sugar in the
bottom of the barrell hardened and
had to be cut out in chunks with an
axe. Maybe it is higher because it’s
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ZEBULON. NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER FIFTEENTH, 1937.
CLUB COLUMN
WOMAN S CLUB MEETS NEXT
TUES.
The regular October meeting of
the Woman’s Club w.ll be held on
next Tuesday afternoon in the club
house, beginning at 3:30. Mrs.
Raymond Pippin will direct the
program, based on the modern
novel.
P.-T. A.
The Parent-Teacher Association
of Wakelon school, meeting in reg
ular session on Tuesday night of
this week, heard reports of the
membership campaign among the
first items of business. Mrs. Wal
lace Chamblee announced that
there are now 153 paid members,
prizes going to Mrs. W. D. Spen
cers room in the primary grades,
and to Miss Anderson’s room in
grammar grades for securing most
of these.
Miss Cox, stressing goals for the
year, asked that a membership of
200 be the aim. She emphasized
visiting by teachers in homes of
pupils and asked that the associa
tion buy books for a vocational
guidance project in school. This,
put as a motion, was passed with
out discussion. Mr. Moser present
ed Thomas Bell, senior, and presi
dent of student government at
Wakelon, who read a recently
written paper in which he set forth
“The Aims of Our School.” This
elicited much praise because of its
comprehensive treatment of the
subject.
Mr. Hartley of the department of
English, pleased his hearers with
two classical numbers as piano so
los.
Mrs. J. C. Wilson introduced Dr.
E. H. Henderson, of Meredith Col
lege, speaker of the evening. She
said that Dr. Henderson had been
her teacher both in high school and
in college.
The speaker, who “teaches philo
sophy and lectures on psychology”,
made a short address on The Real
End of Education, declaring it to
be progress from animality to hu
manity; from helplessness to self
mastery; 'from slavery of the
mind to freedom of thought. He
lamented that so-called education
so often perpetuates its errors in
stead of casting them aside, and
urged that those who desire wis
dom seek confidently for it, since
“he that willeth the end willeth al
so the means.”
GARDEN CLUB
The Garden Club met on Tues-1
day afternoon with Mesdames J. [
K. Barrow and C. G. Weathersb.v j
joint hostesses, in the home of the
main feature of the program
address by Mrs. C. S. Hob
s Wendell, who spoke on
r Bulbs and Perennials. In
to her informative talk,
>bgood brought bulbs which
e to members present, her
■ being much’ appreciated,
mvitation to attend the
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Mrs. M. Mcßae
Faison Named
Contest Winner
AWARDED PRIZE IN ELECTRI
CAL DEALERS’ MISSING
WORD EVENT
With thousands of entries re
ceived from all sections of the
Carolinas, judges of the first
week’s entries in the Electrical
Dealers’ Missing Word Contest
faced a stupendous task in select
ing the winners of the prizes. The
first prize of the initial contest,
which was based on the subject of
Electric Refrigeration, was award
ed to Mrs. Hattie Belle McCormick
of Asheville, N. C., while the sec
ond prize was given to Mrs. J. W.
Earney, of Hartsville, S. C. The
prize for this district was award
ed to Mrs. M. Mcßae Faison, of
Zebulon. The Electrical Dealers’
Missing Word Contest continues
for six consecutive weeks with a
new T contest each week with new r
weekly prizes. The first prize con
sists of the choice of an Hi-Speed
Electric Range, Electric Refriger
ator, Automatic Electric Water
Heater or an Electrical Appliance
Ensemble. The second prize for
each week's contest is the choice of
an Electric Washing Machine, Elec
tric Ironer, Electric Radio, or a
Better Light Ensemble. Twenty
-1 seven district prizes of an attrac
tive nature are also given weekly.
Local Electrical Dealers report
considerable interest in the weekly
contests which are said to be ex
tremely easy and fascinating. En
j tries must be submitted on entry
blanks which are available without
cost at any Electrical Dealer’s
store.
Constance Matthews Wins In
Second Contest.
The judges in the Electrical Deal
ers’ Missing Word Contest an
nounced the second w’eek’s winner
yesterday. Constance Matthews,
Box 177, Spring Hope, N. C., was
awarded the prize for this district
I over hundreds of local entries.
First grand prize for this week’s
event went to William A. Hart,
Weaverville, North Carolina; the
second prize was awarded to Agnes
M. Evans, Rowland, North Caroli
na.
The Soldiers Home in Washing
ton has a herd of cows that ans
wers to a fire bell. They run out in
orderly fashion whenever the bell
rings.
Unusual Car Offers
Made By Raleigh
Used Car Dealer
Many persons know’ tne thrill
that comes from buying a brand
new’, shining car, and it is not to
be minimized.
But there is another thrill that
can come to many more—that of
buying for far less than a new one
would cost, a used car, clean and
in good repair, with thousands of
miles of service ahead of it.
■"his paper may be found a half
d telling of bargains offer
he Used Car Company of
If you need a car, investi
t they have in stock. Even
rve one car, you might
her for general use, sav
etter one for special oc-
Recorder’s Court
Less than a dozen cases were
passed on by the local Recorder’s
Court last week. Os nine cases
tried the net proceeds outside costs
to the public treasury w’as slls,
and the roads of North Carolina
will be benefited to the extent of
about eight months labor from vi
olators of the law.
J. A. Haynes was up before
Judge Rhodes for “possession for
the purpose of sale.” That might
mean most anything, but usually it
means something Wake county
may sell to its citizens to keep or
drink, but no citizen may possess
or drink otherwise. “Monk” got
the charge “nol pros with leave,”
which means the court failed to
find evidence enough to convict
But a second time “at the bat” in
the same game, the state had bet
ter luck and “Monk” went to the
roads for six months.
Clarence Farrell w r as charged
with a similar offence to “Monk’s”,
except the court could not prove
his intention of selling w’hat he
possessed. He got—no, he lost $25
and paid the cost of the action.
Henry Ferrell was also charged
with the illegal possession of the
same thing, but got the benefit of
a nol pros and went out a free
man.
W. Z. Moore was accused of re
moving some lumber from another
man’s land but won out w’hen it was
found he w r as being prosecuted in a
criminal action to get pay in a civ
il matter.
Williford Perry’s case was
brought over from the last term of
court. The judge had in the
meantime decided what to do with
him. The verdict was: 60 da vs
on the roads, or pay $50.00 and
costs, don’t drive a car—any car —
for a year and be good in the
meantime.
Charlie Williams was charged
with operating a car while under
the influence of liquor. Charlie
lost SIO.OO and the expense of his
trial for mixing his gas and liquor.
Malcolm Lewis and Tom Leon
ard were charged with asault with
a deadly weapon. It seems they,
or one of them, fired a pistol and
Alvin Murray thought they shot at
him. but could not prove it to the
court's satisfaction.
Roscoe Chalmers was charged
with choking a female and it w’as
proved to the judge’s satisfaction
that he did; 60 days on the roads
was the verdict.
Alma Lyon w’ent on the warpath
concerning her love for a man or
her hate for a woman, or maybe
both, and slashed the arm of Mar
tha Taylor. It cost her $25.00 and
expenses of the court trying her.
Quick w’ork, but somewhat ex
pensive: Bodell Winstead, assault,
$5.00 and costs.
Willie Lee Short was before the
court for operating a car without a
driver’s license, and had to pay
SIO.OO plus, for taking such liber
ties with the law.
HANCOCK TO RUN
’ Representative Frank Hancock,
of Oxford, has announced his can
didacy for Democratic nomination
as United States senator. His op
ponent w’ill be Senator Robert Rey
nolds, who as “Our Bob” has tour
ed this country and traveled widely
abroad since his election. The race
before the primaries next June
will be watched with interest by
thousands.
Wreck Near
Zebulon Saturday
On last Saturday morning as
Mr. and Mrs. Garland Price, their
baby and Craven Carroll were on
their w’a.v to Raleigh from their
home near Zebulon, they approach
ed the crossing of the railway just
east of town, and, failing to see the
rail bus near, attempted to cross.
Their car w’as struck before being
entirely across the track and was
overturned. Price and Carroll were
seriously injured, but Mrs. Price
and the baby were not severely
hurt. The two men were rushed
to Rex Hospital, where they are
said to be making fair progress to
ward recovery.
Mrs. Price, said they saw the
rail bus, but too late to avoid the
accident. The schedule has re
cently been changed, the bus pass
ing for Raleigh about an hour lat
er than during the summer, and no
tice of this had been published.
The fact that the approach to the
crossing is uphill from the south
side adds to the danger for motor
ists at that point.
Mrs. Ava T. Rawls
Suffolk, Va.—-Mrs. Ava T. Raw
les, 63, wife of Vernon E. Rawles,
and a prominent resident of Nanse
mond County, died Thursday night,
Oct. 7, at 9 o’clock, at her home
near Liberty Springs, after a ling
ering illness. She was a member
of Liberty Springs Christian
Church.
In addition to her husband she
is survived by a daughter, Mrs. J.
H. Barnes, of the county; a son,
Vernon E. Rawles, Jr., of Zebulon,
N. C.; two grandchildren, Betty
and Odell Rawles; three brothers,
J. A., Z. T., and J. D. Turner, and
three sisters. Misses Louise, Susie,
and Betty Turner, all of Hender
son, N. C.
Funeral services were conducted
Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock
at Liberty Springs Church by Dr.
I. W. Johnson. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Change In Ruling
Notice is hereby called to the
i advertisement by the Town Board
appearing in this issue. Water
rents must hereafter be paid at the
clerk’s office and must be paid by
the fifteenth or water service will
be discontinued on the sixteenth,
when a charge of one dollar will be
made for re-connection of lines.
The town police have no time for
collection of such rents, being need
ed for other purposes and the ac
tion mentioned was taken by the
board of commissioners.
Another Wreck
Last Wednesday
A log truck failed to make the
curve at the eastern edge of Zebu
lon early Wednesday night and was
wrecked. Heavy logs swung for
ward into the cab, and the fact
that the driver is said to have walk
ed away from the scene is one of
the mysteries of this motor age.
The truck was tom to pieces.
The frequency of wrecks at this
point indicate that some changes in
the road are highly necessary.
Patronize our advertisers.
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