COURAGE I saw some blossoms in a tin can growing, Outside a shack where level plains stretch wide Beneath a burnished sky; the hot winds blowing Across a barren waste. Yet one had tried To bring some thought of beauty to their dwelling Some sweet remembrance of a fairer place; And as I passed it seemed the flowers were telling They were but emblems of an in ner grace; Assurance that some heart is ever trying To find the promise in the love lier things, That even desolation stays its cry ing Within the desert when such courage sings. —Gwen Castle. Miss Mozelle Pace of Sandy Plains, Zebulon, Rt. 2, is leaving this week for Richmond, Va., to take a post-graduate course in public health nursing at William and Mary College. Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Beam of Ra leigh visited the Graham Conns here Sunday. Mrs. Beam is Mrs. Conn’s sister. Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Harris spent the week end in Plymouth. Mrs. G. K. Harris, Mr. Harris’ mother, came back with them to visit for some time. The condition of E. H. Bunn of Wakefield shows no improvement. He has been sick for some time. Mr. and Mrs. Ava Honeycutt are living in Zebulon now, having rooms in the Bowling home. Mr. Honeycutt is employed at W. B. Bunn’s Wholesale Grocery. Miss Mary Leigh Denton, of Washington, D. C., arrived last Friday to spend a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Denton. Mrs. Pearl Jones and daughter, Miss Dorothy Jones now live in Zebulon, having moved from Wakefield to an apartment above The City Market. • Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Brantley have announced the engagement of their daughter, Millie Eureta, to H. Mack Hudson, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Hudson of Washington, D. C. The wedding will take place at an early date. Mrs. Ernest Choplin of Raleigh came down on Friday of last week and stayed until Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Lee. On Sunday Misses Annie and Mild red Lee also came to visit their parents and the three returned to gether. Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Barrow, C. V. Whitley and AvQn Privette left last Sunday for a stay at Hot Springs, Ark. The two last named plan a shorter abseace than do the Barrows. A. V. Medlin, who found much benefit from a previous stay at Hot Springs, Ark., has gone back for another course of baths and treatments, leaving last week. Mrs. J. G. Terry and son, Jack, Mrs. W. B.| Farmer of Gladys, Va., here visiting her daughter, Mrs. Theo. Davis, spent Tuesday with Mrs. J. A. Kemp at Wakefield but all other members of the fami- THE ZEBULON RECORD, ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11,1938. SOCIE T Y MRS. THEO. & DAVIS, Editor —Gwen Castle. Mr. and Mrs. Link Cox and son have moved into the front rooms of the apartment above the post office. Andersons Leaving Wendell E. R. Anderson and family of Wendell are leaving that town at an early date to make their home in High Point where Mr. Anderson has bought a drug store which he will operate. The Andersons have been a decided addition to the church and civic life of Wendell and will be greatly missed. Mrs. Anderson is at present the presi dent of the eighth district federa tion of women’s clubs. As a token of their friendship for the family members of the Wendell Baptist church gave a re ception this week in their honor. The Ralph Bentons have moved into the house on Sycamore St. which was bought and recently re modeled by W. N. Pitts. Mr. and Mrs. Burlie May and Mr. and Mrs. Vermont Johnson now occupy the lower floor of the house vacated by the Bentons. Mrs. R. H. Jenkins has been sick from an infected finger, suffering in addition to the pain from the finger an eruption caused by the poison it threw into her system. Mrs. A. R. House returned last week from a trip to McKenney, Va., where she visited her sister, Mrs. J. C. Killebrew, who has been very sick, but is now somewhat better. While away Mrs. House went also to Petersburg to visit a brother, W. T. Dunford. Her friends here will be glad to know that Mrs. Magaret Dunford, who has for weeks been ill in the home of her daughter in Pitts burg, Pa., is now improving. Mrs. Dunford has spent a good part of her time here in recent years with her daughter, Mrs. A. R. House. Mrs. J. B. O’Neal is here to spend some time with her daugh ter, Mrs. Willard Gill, who is con fined to bed, though improving. Mrs. Irby Gill was hostess to her bridge club on Wednesday ev ening of this week. Sam Croom was taken to the Baptist Hosp tal at Winston-Salem on Thursday. Making the trip with him were his brother, Jim Croom and Rev. R. H. Herring. Bob Sawyer, who has been for some time at his home in Whit akers, is now back at his work as manager of the local Stedman Store, and says he is glad to be back in Zebulon. He was greatly missed during his illness and ab sence from this town. The W. L. Simpsons spent Sun day with the J. P. Penneys of Samarcand Manor, Eagle Springs. Mrs. Terry and daughter, Ivey, accompanied them as far as State Sanatorium, spending the day with Mr. M. D. Terry. Mr. Terry is hold ing his own and is able to be taking Pneumotharax. Hunter Bell’s friends will be glad to know that he has improved suf ficiently to be able to sit up two hours each day. Miss Cleo Denton spent last week . in Buffalo, New York, visiting her fathei, Jonah Denton, and her brothers and sisters there. Mr. Denton is still in very poor health, ly are well. On her return from the visit Miss Denton subscribed to the RECORD for her father, since he is anxious to keep in touch with friends in Zebulon and the com munity. of Raleigh are spending this week with Mrs. Terry’s mother, Mrs. W. H. Chamblee, who is still sick. Hurt In Accident Z. J. Robertson of the J. M. Chev rolet Company here, was painfully hurt on Thursday night of last week when he was driving on the highway just outside Selma. Blind ed by the fog, he ran into a moving van parked at the side of the road. Swerving as rapidly as possible, he avoided striking the van head on, but struck it with the rear end of his car and was thrown clear, striking the pavement and being rendered unconscious. Owners of the van were on the spot and Mr. Robertson was found not to have been seriously injured, though bad ly bruised. By a peculiar coinci dence the car involved was the Olds mobile driven by Ted Davis on Jan uary 1, when he ran from an em bankment and the car overturned, demolishing the front part. Now that the rear has also been wrecked it has been about decided that the car is a Jonah or hoo-dooed, though some one may yet be able to drive it with safety. Dorothy Rich, eleven years old of Wakefield, was painfully hurt last Saturday when she was struck on the head by a stick thrown by a playmate, the end of the stick cutting a deep gash that required stitches to close it. Miss Grace Southall of the Elite Beauty Salon spent the weekend at her home near Louisburg. T. E. Blount of Spring Hope was in Zebulon on Monday evening on business matters. Mrs. Blount came with him and spent the time with Mrs. C. V. Whitley. Mrs. Bennett Pearce who recent ly came home from the hospital, is now able to be up most of the time. Mr. and Mrs. William Lee of Wilson were in Zebulon to see Mr. Lees parents on Sunday evening. Mrs. G. K. Harris of Plymouth is visiting her son, Lee Roy Harris. BIRTHDAY PARTY Miss Margaret Bunn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bunn, was honored Thursday at a party in celebration of her 11th birthday, when her parents entertained at their home. Several games of Bingo and a contest were enjoyed during the afternoon and refreshments of ice cream, cake and candy were served. The dining room table was cen tered with a large birthday cake bearing lighted candles. Red tap ers burned at either end of the ta ble. The Valentine motif was car ried out in refreshments and deco rations. . Mrs. William Bunn assisted the hostess in entertaining. The guests attending included the honoree, and Miss Anderson, her teacher, Betsy Jane Glover, Dorothy Mizelle, Dorothy Anne Glover, Mary Alice Conn, Beth Massey, Mary Gordon Massey, Melba Parker, Anne Massey, Faye Carter, Joyce Temple, Emma Vic Gill, Margaret Marshbum, Doretha Parrish, Harold Pippin, Harmon Mclntyre, Allen Pippin, Fred Pip pin, R. H. Brantley, Billy Bunn and Elwood Parker. CITIES CHISEL ON RELIEF Minnesota’s three metropolitan counties that include St. Paul, Min neapolis and Duluth pull down $3,- 352,971 public relief money. Eigh ty-four additional counties get $977,497 from the State’s direct re lief fund. With all their tremen dous taxable assets these Minneso ta cities are as greedy chiselers as New York City, Chicago, and a long line of metropolitan districts throughout the nation. I have a letter from the editor of the Prai rie News at Lester Prairie, Minne sota, which says: In addition to carrying a consid erable portion of the relief costs of the metropolitan centers of this State, the rural communities also pay considerable more in taxes in to the Federal Treasury than is re turned to them. I, of course, am speaking of the counties that are able to pay, such as the middle and southern counties of this State.” Nothing illustrates better the injustices that result from the Fed eral system of relief, conducted on the theory that the Government has such superior qualities in its brain-trusts than exists in the States —local communities of the country. Here in Washington we are al ways hearing about the poor farm ers. Poor indeed, when agricultur al counties of Minnesota and many other States are compelled to help support the chiseling administra tions ruled over by smart politi cians. Isn’t it time to change the existing system by which a central ized Government in the National Capital usurps the rights of the States and the local communities ? —J. E. Jones, in National Indus tries and News Service. LAMBETH RETIRES Representative Waltter A. Lam beth of Thomasville has surprised Washington and the country at large by announcing that he will not be a candidate for reelection to office, choosing to retire to private life. Coming so soon after a similar announcement by Congressman Umstead, this news causes wonder in political circles. Both representa tives were practically without op position, and both had pleased con stituents with their work in Con gress. There are too many people in the world who know something that everybody ought to know. WAKELON THEATRE ZEBULON, N.C. Thursday and Friday, Feb. 10 & 11 MYRNA LOY, FRANCHOT TONE ’ ROSALIND RUSSELL “MAN PROOF” A| so “OUR GANG FOLLIES OF 1938” Saturday, Feb. 12— THE THREE MESQUITEERS “THE PURPLE VIGILANTES” Chapter 1 ‘THE LONE RANGER” Sunday, Feb. 13 — GRETA GARBO, CHARLES BOYER “CONQUEST” Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 14 & 15—! HUMPHREY BOGART, LOUISE FAZENDA “SWING YOUR LADY” . Jackpot Monday Wednesday, Feb. 16— PATRICK KNOWLES, ANN SHERIDAN * “THE PATIENT IN ROOM 18” Thursday and Friday, Feb. 17 & 18 RONALD COLEMAN, JANE WYATT “LOST HORIZON” COMING— “THE KID COMES BACK” “LOVE AND HISSES” Jimmie Fiddler’s Personality Parade” U. S. Approved, Pullorem Tested BABY CHICKS Hatch each Wednesday, Barred . Rocks, Rhode Island Reds, English White Leghorns. ZEBULON HATCHERY Zebulon, N. C. SA '- VE UUO COLDS Liquid-Tablets price Salve-Nose Drops 10c & 25c The Elite Beauty Salon Opposite Wakelon Theatre Mrs. Nellie Pearl Bryant Kemp, Owner, Assisted by Miss Grace Southall, and Miss Anne Bunch Your Patronage Appreciated PIANO We have fine used upright piano of standard make, al most like new, which the purchaser is unable to keep. Will be sold for the small balance owing. Easy terms if desired. Answer quick for details. Credit Manager, Lee Piano Co., Lynchburg, Va. Beware Kidney Germs Jf Tired, Nervous, Aching Are you Run Down, Nervous, suffer Aching or BwoKen Joints? Do you Get Up Nights, or suffer from Burning Passages, Frequent Headaches, Leg Pains, Backache, Dizziness, Puffy Eyelids, Loss of Appetite and Energy? If so, the true cause often may be germs developed In the body during colds, or by bad teeth or tonsil 3 that need removing. These germs may attack delicate mem branes of your Kidneys or Bladder and often cause much trouble. C- ' nary medicines can t help much because tl'.cy don’t fight tho germs. The doctor’s formula Cystex, now stocked by all druggists, starts fighting Kid ney germs in 3 hours and must prove entirely satisfactory in 1 week and be exactly tho medicine you need or money back is guar anteed. Telephone your druggist for Cystex (Biss-tex) today. The guarantee protects you- Copr. 1937 The Knox Co.