THE ZEBULON RECORD
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Zebales. North Carotins
TIIEO. B. DAVIS, Editor
BBS. THKO. B. DAVIS. A»»oelato Editor
Entered as second class mail matter Juno 26, 1925, at the
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A VALUABLE BOOK
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One of the most interesting and helpful
books we have examined lately is a copy of the
new North Carolina Industrial and Reference
Book, issued under the direction of Mr. R. Bruce
Etheridge, director of Conservation and Devel
opment. It is well bound with cream canvas and
printed on a good grade enamel book paper so
as to stand hard usage. •
The contents are arranged so that any desired
information in the book may be easily found.
In Part I the book gives geography, climate,
natural resources and a summary of manufac
tures. Latest maps of the state’s highway system
and other things of interest are given. Part II
gives a state-wide classification of industries;
Part 111 gives County Classification of Indus
tries; Part IV gives City and Town Classification
of Manufacturers and Commercial Houses. It
appears every business concern in the state is
listed in the directory.
On the whole this is the most complete and
conveniently arranged book publication of its
kind we have ever seen. It ought to be very use
ful to everyone, especially to those interested in
business and other public matters. To help cover
a part of the cost of getting this book out the de
partment is asking $7.50 from those ordering it.
A great number of copies have been sold and
many others no doubt will be bought by people
in every walk of life. From time to time the De
partment of Conservation and Development
plans to get out other editions that will be fully
revised and up-to-date. The books may be order
ed direct from Mr. R. Bruce Etheridge, Raleigh
for $7.50
o THE OTHER HALF LIVES
Some one has said that half the world does not
know how the other half lives. A minister was
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telling us not long ago of visiting homes in the town
where he serves. He said he was surprised to find
people living as he found them. Wc have been told
that here in Zebulon there are both white and cob
oied people who live miserably. They lack fuel and
food. 'They seldom if ever attend church. They
visit only among themselves. On the whole the situ
ation and their conditions are deplorable. Yet, what
are we, their neighbors, doing about it? The pas
tors are paid to visit, we say, and do as much of it as
pissiblc, but what about the rest of us? How many
church leaders in Zebulon have made a Christian
visit to those homes? No doubt these people feel
that the church does not care for them. And, we
might ask, do we? Do they not have good reason for
so believing?
And this leads us to say another word. We
beard the other day of a member of one of the
churches in our community who used to attend Sun
day School and church regularly. For some reason
the habit was broken and she has not been to ser
vices now for some time. In fact, she feels neglect
ed and probably hurt because some ore from the
church does not come to give her an inviration to re
turn to the fold.
Our opinion is, if she is a member and is really
concerned about her spiritual welfare and that of
others, she would not wait for an invitation. She
does not need one. It is her church and her duty to
attend its services through a sense of duty without
expecting some one to take the time and trouble of
soothing her sensitiveness with a special invitation
to do what she already knows is her Christian duty.
The social side of the church is incidental. Chris
tians are not here to nurse each other and play so
ciety, but to go after the lost —the men, women and
children who are lost to the church and to God.
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THE WRONG REASON
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We have from a prominent news reporter that
the reason the General Assembly is not willing to
give the University and other institutions all they
want, is because they are radical, or too conservative,
or extravagant, or something of the sort. We do not
believe any of these reasons have anything to do
with it. The reason is that the people have all the
taxes they can carry. They believe in more and bet
ter education for their children, but not to the ex
tent of making slaves of themselves to provide it.
Every year almost every department of state calls
for more money. Taxes have mounted unreason
ably beyond the increase of wealth in this decade.
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FOR THE PEOPLE’S SAKE, DON’T
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We know government must go on. We know
our educational institutions must have no setback
But we believe what the people of this state want
above all else is that no advance be made anywhere
that will increase taxes and that cuts in expenditures
be made everywhere it is possible without serious ef
fects on the state's future welfare. The sky may be
the limit in appropriating, but the people's ability to
pay is the limit back home.
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THE BIRTH OF A BABY
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By invitation we saw a preview of “The Birth
of a Baby.’’ Our opinion is that it is just another
movie made to get the money. So far as the sex
problem is concerned, most any ten year old kid
could tell you more in a minute than the picture did
in an hour. The doctor gave some good advice for
expectant mothers. We were neither amused nor
disgusted. We have seen just as bad pictures and
much better ones. Our opinion is that requiring
children to be accompanied by their parents, having
an officer present to keep order, the actual show of
a baby being bom, are all to attract a crowd. Sum
ming it all up, it is just another picture whose pri
mary purpose is to get your quarter.
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EDITORIAL ERUPTIONS
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MORE MONET
Some legislator who probably hopes to go back
two years hence has introduced a bill in the Legisla
ture to increase the pay of members fifty per cent.
If those fellows would get rid of the surplus help
around the chambers, then stay on the job over week
ends, they would be abl® to save several thousand
dollars. We would be delighted to have them split
up the savings at the end of the show.
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A BABT AND BABIES
If one baby is born it is hardly news. If there
are twins, well, that’s different. If triplets, that is
news. If quadruplets, that makes the headlines.
Quints —that is news for a lifetime. Should one of
the quintuplets die, much of the interest the world
has in them would end. Numbers Count!
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DOIHG AND UKDOIHG
North Carolina had a good law regulating mar
riage and repealed it. Now another bill very similar
has been introduced in the General Assembly. Wc
sincerely hope it will pass. Much suffering and un
happiness will be avoided thereby, not to mention
thousands of dollars saved to the state.
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EGGS IN RIGHT BASKET
While Wake Forest made a respectable show
ing in both baseball and football, she is going places
in basketball. When that college has a goal above
her head in spirt or culture, she knows how to win
victoriously and lead gloriously.
SEEN and HEARD
PRIZE WINNER APPLE JACK
EATER
Tommy Williams like most folks
likes to eat. Last week Mrs. Wil
liams prepared the usual good
wholesome dinner, but added some
extras in the way of apple jacks.
After finishing dinner Tommy was
asked to have an apple jack. No,
he thought not. Changing his mind
he decided to try one. When he
had finished or filled up, there were
3 1-2 less apple jacks and just that
much more of Tommy!
Tommy is just like the rest of
us in more ways than one.
AT CHURCH SUNDAY
Four young men sitting together
and all having on checked suits
very much alike. ... A little girl
amusing herself, or just killing
time, by seeing how high she could
get her feet on the back of a seat,
not noticing that she was scouring
and scratching the wood very bad
ly. .. . More than half dozen good
looking girls and one young man
coming in a little late and sitting
together on next to the front seat.
The sash of the windows so glued
to the frames from too much paint
so that the windows could not be
lifted to get sufficient ventilation.
Some people always stopping to
close the door while others came
straight down the aisle. . . No one
observed to be sleeping while the
preacher discoursed. . Some young
fellows coming to Sunday School
and not entering the church but
going to their class in the base
ment and out the back way.
SEND HIM TO SPAIN
Our genial carrier of Route 3,
Mr. Morris, has the fightenest
rooster we ever heard of. All the
neighbors steer around that chick
en when visiting with the Morris
es. Mr. Morris himself has had
some fun laughing at them for be
ing afraid of a rooster, saying he
would not fight real grown folks.
Well, a few mornings ago Morris
stepped out into the world feeling
fine and fit. He met the rooster
on the threshold of his home. The
rooster (we did not learn his name
but suppose it is Pancho or some
such name) courtesied to his mast
er with a drop of his wings and
a sidestep. We let Morris go on
with the story: “I looked around
for something and found a good
sized brush. I thought I would
break that rooster if I had to near
ly kill him. I gave him a big lick
knocking him down and under the
steps. I got another stick and
stooped down to give him another
lick, but he came at me. I didn’t
want him to strike me in the face,
so started to get back and get an
other stick. My foot slipped and
I fell. That rooster just kept on
coming.” Here Morris stopped talk
ing and began grinning, lifting his
hand to his right cheek which had
a long shallow gash running nearly
all the way from his eye to his
chin. We are sure Morris will unan
imously vote to send that rooster
to China, Spain or most anywhere
rather than meet him in combat
again.
An airplane at Texaco filling
station aroused curiosity and much
interest Sunday afternoon and
night. It was said to have been
towed in from Rocky Mount
Car after car hurrying toward
Wakelon School on Monday morn
ing. More even than the usual
number, because children who us
ually walked were being taken to
school to keep them from getting
in the rain that was falling hard
just about schooltirae
Large vases of breath of spring
and of yellow jessamine at church
Sunday Not a green leaf on any
twig or spray of blossoms....-Early
daffodils showing occasional gold
en trumpets in several yards Vi
olets, short-stemmed, but regally
purple, becoming more numerous
daily. . . Spirea Thunbergi looking
as if the shrubs had been caught is
a slight sprinkle of snow as the
tiny flowers appear Carfcful
gardeners pruning evergreens bo
-1 fore new growth is started by
spring flow of sap Flowering
quince buds showing red, promis
ing wide-open blossoms after a
few days of sunshine
Two colored men were looking
through the window of Hocutt’s
Grocery Store, discussing a large
cauliflower displayed therein.
Asked the first, “Do you sup
pose that thing growed like that?”
Replied the second, “Sure. Just
like that. See them leaves. Look
how close they fit around it.”
“Well,” said the first, “if my
cabbage patch looked like that, I’d
go out an’ take a hoe an’ chop ’em
down and feed ’em to the hawgs!”’
A LETTER TO CUSTOMERS
Raleigh, N. C.
February 4, 1938
Hear Customer:
On Wednesday, February Bth,
about 9:30 A. M., we will change
the Wendell exchange from a man
ually operated sysem to a dial sys
tem.
For your convenience we have
arranged with Mr. Robert Daniel
Massey at the Peoples Bank &
Trust Co. of Zebulon to accept
payment of your bills in the fu
ture.
For business transactions, appli
cations for service, moving your
telephone, and questions concern
ing items on yonr bill, dial ‘‘opera
tor” and ask for 9000. Our repre
sentative will be glad to take care
of your telephone requirements.
We would like to take this op
portunity to thank you for your
patronage and solicit your contin
ued cooperation.
Yours very truly, *
• S. H. Youngblood
District Manager
AND ALL ARE GOOD
AMERICANS
In reading the list of basket
ball players in Creek Pebbles, that
excellent Campbell College student
newspaper we note the following
names of players taking part in
games played by the college team:
Cobn, Peaki. Kurkin, Kristich,
Maksymyk, Marenonich, Yingling,
Joas, Gonsher, Strubeco, Veitch.
The names sound sort of foreign,
but our guess is that all of them
are good red-blooded patriotic
Americans.
To the Editor:
I have just read your editorial,
“Optimists Versus Pessimists”
with some degree of interest, but
not fully concurring with you. So
let me have a say on “Optimism
and Pessimism”.
Rightly divided, one is not vs.
the other. Both are true prophets.
One sees into the far future, as
did David; the other sees what is
at hand as did Jeremiah. You can’t
substitute one for the other. When
we fail to recognize the time ele
ment of things we shall find our
prophecy all askew, and we shall
be declared false prophets.
Let us watch our steps and our
prophecy.
J. E. Strickland, Union Hope
MORE JERSEYS
Three new 4-H Jersey calf club
members have signed up in Wake
county and have secured pure bred
heifers. This makes 14 boys and
girls with pure bred animals in the
| county club.
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Trade at home and save your
gas bill and taxes.