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THE ZEBULONRECORD MKM BISK NORTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION Published Every Friday By THE UKCORII PUBLISHING COMPANY Reunion, North Carolina THEO. B. BAVIS. Editor Entered as second class mail matter June 26, 1925, at th» Postoffice at Zebulon, ”na. Subscription Rates: 1 Year SI.OO 6 Months 60c, 3 Months 40c. All subscriptions due and payable In advance Advertising Rates On Request ___ Death notices as news. First publication free. Obituaries tributes, cards of thanks, published at a minimum charge of 13c per column inch. BE YE THANKFUL o “O give thanks unto the Lortl, for he is good for His mercy endureth forever.” Thus did the Psalmist plead for the express ion of gratitude for one of the most precious at tributes of God, His mercy. At this season when from every side come exhortations to thanksgiv ing, we should feel most deeply the love that prompts the enduring mercy. For mercy needed by all. No matter wheth er we creep fearfully along life’s pathway or walk with head up, bold and unafraid; whether we cower in humility or step forth with the pride that goeth before destruction and the haughty spirit that precedes a fall; whether we shiver with cold and hunger or have an abundance; whether sorrow has encompassed us or for us the lines have fallen in pleasant places; no mat ter who we are or where we are, we need mercy. Without it our case would be indeed hopeless; with it, we may look up in confidence. However, we who receive mercy must in turn extend it to others. It cannot be held as a personal possession. Only as we pray “The mercy 1 to others show, that mercy show to me” can we have the right to ask favors from God. Only as we share with those worthy ones in need may we truly pray for abundant harvests and pros perity. Let us then gladly divide with those less fortunate or in distress, giving thanks unto the Lord, for He is good; forHis mercy endureth forever. SEEN AND HEARD STEPPING OUT Nominated for chief of last week’s absent-minded is that N. C. teacher who drove up to a ser vice station and ordered a wash ing and greasing job. He sat in his car reading while it was elevat ed some six feet above ground. Af ter a while, forgetting that he was in an unusual position, he opened the door of his car and stepped out, falling and breaking his arm in ad dition to being badly bruised. THE GOOD EARTH The editor of this paper is so fond of the good earth that he al ways prefers driving over dirt roads to paved ones when the former are at all passable. Going to Kenly to preach last Sunday he decided to save time by traveling the new unpaved road. Before go ing very far his car skidded in the mud and came to a damaged rest in the ditch on his left. He was forced to ask a lift from a passing driver, reaching his appointment later than if he had kept to the paved way. In the afternoon the. car was pulled back on the road and the owner drove home with crumpled fenders scraping tires. WAIT A WHILE Some Zebulon merchants are al ready getting out their Christmas decorations and are sprucing up their places of business for the holiday trade. It’s certainly all right to be uptodate, but some old timers prefer a closer allegiance to the calendar. Why not wait until after Thanksgiving at least, before dressing up in the green and red always associated with Christmas ? TABLE TALK If you want to hear some inter ; esting table talk go over to the : chair factory and ask A. S. Hinton about the antique that has been such a source of emotions for him. It is an interesting tale and the table is as interesting, being an antique drop-leaf affair of walnut. The associate editor, having eaten many a meal off one exactly like it, felt homesick for childhood days as she looked at this piece of fur niture. PARTLY EMPLOYED Letter carrier Clarence Pearce claims that letter-carrier Morris took one of the unemployment cen sus cards to Mrs. Morris saying though she had on that morning kindled the fires, cooked breakfast, and milked the cow, she was only partly employed. THE PEDESTRIAN i 1 gaze across the street so wide; I start, I dart, I squirm, I glide; I take my chances, oh, so slim— I trust to eye and nerve and limb. I scoot to right, I gallop through; I’m here and there, I’m lost to view. My life, I know, hangs in the toss another plunge lam across! Oh, give me pity, if you can— I’m just a poor pedestrian.—The Uplift. THREE OUNCES OF WHISKEY MAKES A DRUNKEN DRIVER o How much whiskey makes an unsafe driver? Two jiggers! Dr. Kollo N. Harger, professor of biochemistry and toxicology at Indiana Uni versity, gave that estimate to highway traffic experts at the National Safety Congress. Based on studies made with a new type “chemical breath smeller’’ with which he seeks to replace the “policeman’s nose test,” Dr. Har ger said that three ounces of whiskey was suf ficient to fog the brain and render an automobile driver unsafe. This moderate amount of liquor increases an individual’s reaction time —the time required before muscles obey the orders of the brain. Thus it appears that we need a new defi nition of intoxication in its relation to the opera tionof an automobile. To a person accustomed to alcohol, two or three drinks may produce no visible effect. The driver may seem sober in speech, actions and appearance. That same driv er, turned loose on the highway with a car. is a menace to life and property. Police reports from various representative states indicate that liquor is a definitely proven factor in ten to twenty per cent of automobile accidents involving fatalities and serious injur ies. It is certain that liquor is an unseen factor in a much higher proportion of cases—cases where it is impossible to obtain legal proof of drinking. One basic rule of safe driving must be, "Never operate your car after you have taken any liquor whatever, even though it be but a glass or two of beer.’ Alcohol and gasoline must be kept far apart. The citizen who drives his car after a few cocktails, in the belief that he is per fectly sober, is basically as serious a public me nace as the roaring drunk who goes careening down the streets and highways. Dr. Harger describes successful experi ments that have been made in developing chem icaltests for intoxication. Every police depart ment should keep up with the march of the times and take advantage of the new tests and ma chines that eliminate the human elements and make the determination of intoxication a scien tific fact. Eliminate the drinking driver and we have taken a long step toward highway safety. —lndustrial News Review. FOR GARDEN PLOTS For best results manure should be applied to garden plots during the fall and winter and either turn ed under at the fall plowing or disc ed in during early spring. If ap plied at all during the spring or summer it should be in a well rotted condition. On average soils the rate of application should be ten two-horse wagon loads to the acre. When applied at this rate one wagon load will cover a space ap proximately 50 by 100 feet and this should be the rule of applica tion on home gardens. Some crops require a supplement to the ma nure and a combination of manure and superphosphate is good for most soils. Apply this mixture in the proportion of ten loads of ma nure to two or three bags of super phosphate. Many Accidents On The Farm According to statistics from the Accident Prevention Conference held under the direction of the De partment of Commerce of the U. S. the farm is far from being a wholly safe place to live. Almost 4 1-2 per cent of the annual acci dental deaths in this country oc cur on farms. The total monetary loss by deaths and accidents on farms is estimated at one billion dollars a year. Night driving in rural sections is more dangerous than in cities because of the darkness. Not only are curves and hills thus more liable to cause accidents, but the danger to pedestrians is increased, since the car may be almost upon one before the driver sees him. Falls are responsible for thous- j ands of accidents yearly; on the j farm falls fiom haymows, ladders, roofs and stairways cause many deaths or permanent disabiity. 1 he farm home is no more dangerous than those in cities, but there is always danger from slipping on floors, in bathtubs, falling from chairs into which one climbs to look on a high shelf, or going down stai<s in the dark. Leaving farm implements lying around is a cause of many serious accidents. A fall on a pitchfork; stepping on the handle of a hoe or shovel that flies up and gives one a knock-out blow; standing in a wagon when the team starts sud denly; carelessness with sharp edged tools; these with many other daily habits of farmers add to perils of farm life. Farm animals are a continual | source of potential danger. No one knows when gentle old Dobbin may bolt and run, throwing his rider. Even the family cow may sudden ly take a notion to use her horns for the ancient purpose, and a bull is notoriously liable to turn at any moment upon his handler. Hogs are frequently vicious and there are numerous instances of their killing children who climbed or fell into the pens. Occasionally a long-spur red rooster puts out an eye for a member of the farm family. The dog, so good a playfellow and guard by day, may be a neighbor hood nuisance at night. The fact that a gun is usually kept in every farm home adds to its dangers. Hunting is great sport and farmers are more than en titled to their share of it; but ex treme care should be taken to see that no loaded weapon is on the place, especially if children are in the home. THING I NEVER NOODLE NOW When a cow loses her “cud” she is a sick “Critter” or more likely there is a big shortage of feed. The “cud” is not a part of the cows anatomy, but in reality, is any wad of food regurgitated or “belched” up for further mastication and in salivation. A cow has over 41,000 jaw movements. Enough cigarettes were produc ed in September, Treasury statis tics show, to gird the earth twenty six times at the equator; 14,854,- 000,000 cigarettes; taxes f44,564,- 664. ‘‘Chicken raising” besides being a ‘‘backyard business' is the second largest industry in the world. An “antimacassar” is a “tidy” or any embroidered piece to put on the back or arms of a chair. Property taxes are by far the greatest single tax paid by Amer ican citizens. These are followed by! Income tax, Miscellaneous tax, Liquor tax, Gasoline tax, Tobacco tax, Sales tax, Pay-roll tax, Death tax, Customs, Motor vehicle tax and Gift tax. A pound of oleomargarine con tains 7.500 units of Vitamin A. Some Like It Hot That great big sausage mill in Temple Market is worth making a trip to see, even though you may not have meat to be ground. It is unlike the mills of the gods, which are said to grind slowly; but, like them, it does grind excedingly small. And it will grind 2,000 pounds an hour, which is more than 33 pounds a minute, so you need not plan to stand around and wait while Wallace grinds your sausage meat. Unless you are a fast speak er, he will probably have it done by the time you finish telling him what you want. ‘ RESOLUTIONS Whereas, God, in His infinite wis dom, has seen fit to remove from our midst our beloved brother, Ralph W. Mitchell, who suddenly on Sunday, Nov. 14th, 1937, at 12 o’clock, laid down the shackles of mortality and crossed over the dark river of death into that undiscover ed country from whose bourne no traveller returns, there to await the bidding of that Supreme Coun cilor who reigns on high. Therefore be it Resolved: 1. By Wakefield Council No. 197, Jr. O. U. A. M., that while we bow in humble submission to His holy wili, believing that He knoweth best, and doeth all things well, yet we deeply regret and most sincerely mourn the loss of so dear a friend and so loyal a brother, in the inter- I est of our council. 2. That we extend to the loved ones and especially to the bereaved family our heart felt sympathy, and earnestly invoke God’s bless ings and comforts upon them in this dark hour of sore distress. Wakefield Council No. 197, Jr. O. U. A. M., W. S. Cheaves, Councilor. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Blackmon of Campbell College, passing through Zebulon on Thursday, stopped for a few minutes to speak to the Rec ord office force. THE LITTLE BUTCHER BOY ARRIVES IN ZEBULON Whenever a new person comes to town THE RECORD is glad to give publicity to the fact in these columns. Especially is it desirable to note the arrival of one who will be a Public Character in Zebulon. for some time to come. Among late arrivals here is THE LITTLE BUTCHER BOY, whose headquarters will be some- ♦ where in the vicinity of THE CITY MARKET. We are not wholly in formed as to his personality nor as to his duties, but feel safe in announcing that his influence will be felt by many of the community folk. Judging from his name, he must be some kind of authority on meats; though it is possible he may be a helper—in several senses of the word. Anyway, watch these columns for more about him, and together we shall learn numerous things that will be to our advantage. *1!! CAROLINA COACHES Modern Troppic Aire Heating Systems keep Carolina Coaches as warm and cozy as a fireside cor nar. And special individ- nal window ventilation allows no draft. For real travel comfort in wrinter •. ride Carolina Coaches. ZEBULON DRUG COMPANY PHONE 2111 ZEBULON, N. C.
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