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THE F' COUNTY NEWSPAPER—WAKE, JOHNSTON, NASH AND FRANKLIN
.iBULON/
CHURCH NOTES
I h-^| Northside Circle of the Bap
! Ames S. met with Mrs. John |
I lomiruin* on M° n( iay afternoon.
I »-• t««i. Jones led the program,
plans for the new year,
assisted by Mrs. C. V.
who led the devotional;
lilip Massey and Mrs. R.
n of the Central Circle, who
3d the days topic,
s decided to change the time
;ting to Monday after the
Sunday. Members are re
-1 to note the date.
James Victoria Gill, R. R.
t and Pittman Stell were ap
d as nominating committee
«ort at the next meeting.
under’s Day At
Campbell College
ie’s Creek, Jan. 26—A1l Bap
pastors of this county, partic
y those who are pastors of
3nts now at Campbell College,
invited to Campbell College
ay, February 11, for a special
ration of Founder’s Day, an
ces President Leslie Campbell,
linent men from Baptist cir
representing churches and col
., will appear on the program,
ling and afternoon on the
rch College.”
he purpose of this conference,”
ins President Campbell,’ ’is to
together the leaders of our
;e and church groups for a
- undersanding of their in
oendonce, t o " encourage
3r co-operation in a common
, and to discuss plans for
•r achievement in the future.”
resentatives from all Dap
>lleges will be asked to par
e in the discussions. Pres-
Charles E. Brewer, of Mere
’ollege, and President Thur
>. iKtchin, Wake Forest, have
nvited to preside over the
ssions.
J. Clyde Turner, First Bap
)astor in Greensboro, will
on “The Place of the Chris
ollege in our Denomination
ogram.” Secretary M. A.
is, of the Baptist State Con
1, Raleigh, will discuss “My
tion of a Christian Educa
rogram for North Carolina
s.” Dr. Charles H. Dur
irst Baptist pastor in Lum
will lead the open forum on
Our Baptist Colleges May
Meet the Religious Needs
iety.’ ’ Dean D. B. Bryan,
’orest, will present the case
college under the topic,
)emands of the Christian
upon the Churches and
aders.”
conference will begin at
the morning and close at
t the luncheon, at which
ors will be guests of the
Dr. Herman T. Stevens,
Newport News, Va., pas
deliver a brief address on
ropriate Founder’s Day
Two or three leading
orkers are invited to join
ors here that day.
enin£ the Dramatic Arts
it will present A. A.
ree-act comedy, “The Ro
£e,” under the direction
Evelyn Snider, head of
ment. Helen Andrews,
i, and Tom Reid, Rocky
e been cast in the lead
j our advertisers.
; NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JAN. 28, 1938
OUR PRESIDENT
Over 12,000 celebrations have
been planned over the U. S. in
celebration of the birthday of Pres
ident Roosevelt, January 29th.
DEATHS
O. E. JEFFREYS
Osmund E. Jeffreys died at Mary
Elizabeth Hospital on Friday morn
ing, January 21, after a long ill
ness. He had been confined to bed
since last August. E*arial was con
ducted on Saturday afternoon from
the home inJohnston County with
burial in the family cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, formerly
Miss Virginia Jeffreys; four child
ren, Jennie Lee, Warren, Ed, and
Harold; the father, N. E. Jeffreys;
two sisters, Mrs. S. A. Horton and
Mrs. Earl Horton, both of Zebulon.
ASHLEY HAG WOOD
Funeral services were held Sun
day afternoon at 2:30 o’clock in
Pilot Baptist Church for Ashley
(Buddie) Hagwood, who died at
Mary Elizabeth Hospital on Jan. 20
following a few days illness.
Rev. A. A. Pippin of Wakefield
and Rev. Ford A. Burns, officiated.
Surviving Mr. Hagwood are his
wife, who was Miss Mildred Jack
scon; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G.
A. Hagwood of Route 2, Zegulon;
three brothers, Lennon Hagwood of
Chicago, 111., Jerry Hagwood of
Zebulon and M. L. Hagwood of
Raleigh; and two sisters, Mrs. Ivan
Pearce of Zebulon and Mrs. Thur
man Strickland of Middlesex.
Active pallbearers were: George
Patrick, Charles Liles, D. D. Raines
Kenneth Haskins, C. C. Allen, and
Lawrence Hurst.
BERT H. CHADWICK
Funeral services for F/crt H
Chadwick, 34, formerly of Zebulon
were held at Martin-Yelvertor
Funeral Home Thursday afternoon
at 2:00 o’clock and interment fol
lowed in the Zebulon Cemetery.
The Rev. R. E. Griffin of Stone
Temple Church, and Rev. Frank
Blue of North Vanguard Presby
terian Church were in charge.
Surviving are his parents, Mr
and Mrs. N. B. Chadwick of Zebu
Ion; three brothers, Dennie, Elwofv'
and Billy, all of Raleigh; and four
sisters: Miss Jeanette Chadwick of
Zebulon; Mrs. H. M. Perrv, Raleig v
Mrs. Eugene Pridgen, Rocky Mt
»nd Mrs. Louis Kametches, Tampa,
Fl*.
CLUB NOTES
Mrs. C. E. Flowers Helps Colored
Women Organize Garden Club
In line with the Garden Club’s
purpose to beautify the town as a
whole, and with the added desire to
assist all who are willing to share
in the project, Mrs. C. E. Flowers,
president of the Garden Club of
Zebulon, spoke last Monday to a
gathering of colored women at the
Wakefield-Zebulon school.
Mrs. Flowers discussed the work
of garden clubs and an organiza
tion was effected with Mrs. Mar
gery Ellis, president; Mrs. Perry,
secretary-treasurer.
Mrs. H. C. Wade, who accom
panied Mrs. Flowers, consented to
act as chairman of distribution of
all plants which may be donat
ed from gardens to be given mem
bers of the colored women’s club.
All who have surpluses are asked
to contribute to this collection from
time to time.
In line with Mrs. Flowers’ sug
gestion the club decided to take
the beautification of their school
grounds as the chief objective for
this year. They also plan to bring
from the woods young trees and
shrubs for shade and ornament; to
grow sunflowers for the birds; and
to endeavor to have potted plants
more bundantly for the home.
There are at present 23 members
as a result of the beginning on
Monday, and the enthusiasm of
these will add more names to the
roll. From time to time news of
their work will appear in this pa
per.
The Week In
Business
Reports of large expansion pro
grams continue to help the indus
trial upswing. The 1938 new con
struction schedule of the U. S. Steel
I Corporation calls for an expendi
jture of $80,000,000. The Sun Oil
Company will spend $11,000,000
“based on its faith in the soundness
of American industry.” Other cor
porations are expected to announce
further investment in new plants
and equipment .... From London
comes a report that world produc
tion of gold reached an all-time
peak of 35,400,000 ounces in 1937,
representing at the U. S. pegged
price of $35 per ounce, an increase
in the world’s wealth of a billion
and a quarter dollars ... Steel pro
duction leached 30 per cent, eleven
points above the low at the end of
the year. ..... At the end of 11
months of 1937 the nations’ relief
outlay was $251,821,00 below that
of a year ago. . . . Government
bonds, notes and discount bills to
the value of $4,070,985,500 will ma
ture during the current year ....
Class 1 lailroads added 75,000 new
or rebuilt freight cars last year,
the largest addition to rolling stock
in seven years.
PAROLE TRAVESTIES JUSTICE
New York City—A striking e*-
Y~ple of the breakdown of the
nrison parole svstem is revealed in
he case of Michael A’ex, foreign
Sidn £ran~ster, twice releaced
from the Sing Sing death house fo
wo murders, and arrested within
i few weeks for b°il jumning and
in still another mur
’er. His criminal record started at
h’s eleventh vear and has continu-
ed unbrokenly for sixteen years.
NUMBER 30
NEWS
OY THE
WEEK
WARS ABROAD
Spain—lntensive bombing from
squadrons of airplanes caused
heavy loss of life on both the Insur
gent and Loyalists fronts. Intensive
drives are in p. ogress on the part
of both armies, directed heavily to
wards cities and concentration of
population where the slaughter of
non-combatants has been terrific
among women and children.
China—Sporadic resistance is re
ported throughout China to Jap
anese invasion , and trouble is now
expected from an unsuspected
quarter in North China along the
Manchurian border, where strong
bodies of Chinese Communists are
threatening not only the Japanese
advance but the defensive organi
zation set up by the Nanking Gov
ernment of Chiang Kai-Sheck .
J
MENACE OF EDUCATION |
Boston, Mass.—According to hilt;
annual report to the Overseers o*
Harvard University, President
James B. Conant, believes
there is “evident danger” in the
c: easing unemployment of unive ■**
sity graduates. He proposes a stri*
limitation in the number of adirH .
sions to American institutions of
higher education, with a view to
ward financing college courses for
the more brilliant students ordi
narily unable to afford a college
education.
FASTING MINISTER FED
Memphis, Tenn. —After 22 days
of fasting, the Rev. Israel Harding
Noe, dean of St. Mary’s Episcopal
Cathedral, was not only relieved of
his charge by his Bishop, but was
taken to a hospital for forcible
feeding. In reducing his weight by
half, the divine declared that it was
his intention to prove that spiriitu
al man could live without food.
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PORTO RICO PROTESTS
San Juan, P. R.— Characterizing
the C. I. O. waterfront strike as a
blockade that has paralyzed local
commerce as effectively as a war
time embargo, the business inter
ests of the island have asked Presi
dent Roosevelt to intervene in
ending a labor fight ifi which the
islanders are not even remotely
concerned. While rival
are fighting for control of ship
ping unions, export crops are per
mitted to rot on the docks, caus
ing huge losses to innocent ship
pers.
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