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3Lbc Zrbulmt Srrnrii THE FOUR COUNTY NEWSPAPER—WAKE, JOHNSTON, NASH AND FRANKLIN VOLUME XV. THIS, THAT, & THE OTHER MRS. THEO. B. DAVIS Anne Joyner, here on a visit from Boston, Mass., has one of the nicest plans I have known for be ing reminded of her family. She is having moving pictures made of her father and mother, the W. P. Joyners, as they go about their work, and will run these films when she wants to see just how things looked down home. She said she does not care much for posed pictures of them, dressed up in their best, as that is not nearly so natural as seeing them hurry ing around busy with the many du ties of farm life and housekeeping. When Mr. Moser was trying hard to read correctly the full name of each seventh grade graduate Mon day at Wakelon I appreciated the effort. For it is hard for us to condone the offense against us when our names are mispronounc ed, and it is hard to be exact in every case. Reading a name does not always show you its pronunciation. For months I read proof on copy that featured the name of Mr. Gier, teacher at Campbell College, and to myself I called it Geer. When at their commencement I was in troduced to a Mr. “Guy-er”, it was some time before I realized that name had been mispronounced mentally by me all the time. Years ago in my husband’s pas torate was a family named Trol linger. Some way he got it twist ed when hearing the name, and ev er after called the head of the house “Brother Strollinger”, being embarrassed by it over and over, but never stopping. Here in Zebulon nearly all per sons call the Debnams either Ded nam or Deadman. Many of us call the Cawthornes Cawthyns, nor do *we know whether another family are Temple or Temples. Because her husband’s name is Mac, some of us call Mrs. Mcßae Faison “Mrs. McFaison”, and of ten you can’t tell whether the per son to whom you are listening is speaking of Mrs. Hall or Mrs. Hoyle. Very few of us distinguish be tween the surname of the Bridges family and those who spell their name Bridgers, and I’d wager that half the pupils at Wakelon pro nounce Miss Alston’s name and Mr. Austin’s alike. For many of us the Scar boro families might as well leave off their final o. We call them Scar bers. Our former pastor is called Harrin instead of Herring until it worries me if not him. However it is hard to go wrong with plain easy names, and the ma jority of us don’t fare badly along that line. This week has been designated as Baby Week, which is probably all right, especially for the adver. tisers of infants’ supplies. But in the home, if every week in the year is not baby week, the chanc es are that none is. Taking care of a small child is certainly not among the tasks that may be attended to once a year, or month, or week, or day, and then let alone. But it is probably good for us to check up on ourselves once in a (Please Turn to Back Page) CHURCH NEWS BAPTIST CHURCH The following schedule of ser vices will be observed in the Zebulon Baptist Church, Sunday, May 7: 9:45. Sunday School. 11:00. Morning Worship. Ser mon: “Striving for Harmony.” 7:30. Young People’s Meetings. 8:00. Evening Worship. Ser mon: “We Testify.” G. J. GRIFFIN, Pastor. ZEBULON METHODIST B. F. BOONE, Pastor Revival Services for May and June For the next two months—May and June—our Sunday services will be conducted for the purpose of deepening our spiritual living and endeavoring to lead others to accept Christ as their Lord and Savior. One of our main objectives is to create a greater spirit of church loyalty. At preserit about twenty-five per cent of our ■members attend church regularly. Another twenty-five per cent at tend irregularly Fifty per cent of our members rarely if ever at tend. If a larger per cent of our j members can be persuaded to give more of their time and ser vices to the church, then our ef forts and prayer will not be fruit less. Every member of the church is , now being called upon to enlist in a spiritual awakening. In the first place, make an earnest ef fort to be present at every service for the next twr months. In the second place, do all that you can to influence others to attend ev ery service. Schedule of services for next Sunday, May 7th: Church School—10:00. Young People’s Service—7:3o. Worhip Service—B:oo P. M. Pastor’s subject: “A Revival.” Masonic Picnic Masons of Zebulon were joined by some from Wakefield at Tar pley’s Hill for supper on Wednes day evening. It was Ladies’ Night and the feminine contingent was evidence that invitations were appreciated. Other invited guests were also present. With W. S. Cheaves, lodge master, and Dr. G. S. Barbee official host, the notes of hospitality and abundance were firmly struck. Chicken barbecue with the “fixins”, cake and lemonade made up the ever popular picnic menu. Mrs. C. E. Flowers graciously ex pressed the sentiments of the la dies present for courtesies shown them. Speaker of the day was the Rev. E. H. Davis, of Louis burg, one of the most loved men to have lived in Zebulon. He brought an impressive message on The World Today. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT The Glee Club and band of the State Blind School of Raleigh, will give a musical concert in the Smithfield Court House on next Friday evening, May sth, at 8:00 o’clock. This concert is sponsored by the Lions Club of Smithfield for the purpose of creating a more sym pathetic feeling for the blind work in this county. Admission wjll be free. B. G. MATTOX, President, Smithfield Lions Club. ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1939 SPEAKERS PICKED FOR ANNUAL FARMERS MEETING HP" BSk 'fi' v.'* vM- 1 m .. rIMH Ilf llli iUffl IlfliPaj MS in h Hr ■ L. G. Foster Dr. Joseph G. Knapp Members of the North Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative Association and the Farmers Cooperative Exchange will hear L. G. Foster, President of the Bank for Cooperatives, Columbia, S. C., and Dr. Joseph G. Knapp, agricultural economist of the Farm Credit Ad ministration, Washington, when they gather in Raleigh on May 9 for their annual joint membership meeting. The meeting will be held in the Cotton Growers Building, and M. G. Mann, General Manager of the two North Carolina cooperatives, will report on the past year’s operation of both the Cotton Association and the FCX. Wakelon Commencement Closes With Graduations Another successful year in Wakelon High School closed with the Senior play Tuesday night. The day began with constant lightning, thunder, wind and rain, mixed with hail. The temperature was well down towards freezing, but that did not prevent patrons and friends from comfortably filling the auditorium at 10:30 when the commencement exercises proper began. As the processional was sung fifty-seven* graduates marched down the aisle to the front. There were 28 boys and 29 girls, the largest graduating class in the school’s history. The audience joined in singing “All Hail the Power of Jesus Name”, after which Rev. B. F. Boone led in prayer. Alma Doris Jones, presi dent of the class, made the wel come address. Supt. Moser, in introducing the speaker who delivered the com mencement address stated that he felt the students would prefer some one other than a literary man to speak. So he had secured a different type of commencement speaker from those usually se lected. He then introduced Secre tary of State Thad Eure. Mr. Eure gave a review of North Carolina along its varied lines and by comparison showed its further possibilities along many lines. He said that education was N. C.'s biggest business. The address was practical and well-received. A number of prizes and medals were awarded. Barry Davis, Hil ton Gay, Cleo Glover and Bettie Lee Winstead won debater's med als; Dave Finch, declamation; Doris Kimball, recitation; Bobby Alford, best speaker; Barry Da vis and Earl Williams, Society debate winners. The scholarship medal from the G. M. Bell Society, (Please Turn to Page Four) R. P. Jones Kills Self On Thursday morning R. P. Jones of Raleigh went into the Briggs Hardware store and get ting a rifle shot himself. He was carried to the hospital, but died be fore reaching it. No reason is known for the act. He was the son of Mrs. Paul Jones of Wake field and a half-brother of Mrs. G. C. Massey of Zebulon. He was about 24 years old. He married a Miss Allen of Wendell. Besides a wife and an infant daughter he leaves his mother and a number of brothers and sisters. The burial will be in the Wakefield cemetery some time Friday. ZEBULON ROTARY CLUB Zebulon Rotary Club, Raleigh, Clayton and Wendell were enter tained by the Wake Forest Rotary Club last Thursday evening. Wake Forest Glee Club furnished music and several vocal selections were rendered. There was a past master after dinner speaker. His subject was ‘‘What is the Matter With Bis cuits.” He seemer to know his bis cuits, good, bad and indifferent ones. Everyone greatly enjoyed the food and entertainment. PLAYGROUND ACTIVITIES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY Mrs. Hunter • Bell, playground supervisor, announces that be cause of staff meetings in Raleigh there will be no playground ac tivities on Thursday and Friday of this week. The regular sched ule will be resumed next week, unless further notice is given. Recorder’s Court Boot Tuck plead guilty to being drunk and disorderly and was sen tenced to 30 days on the roads in consequence thereof. But as he had been so considerate as to do his drinking in an alley near the jail, thus relieving the law of car rying him any great distance af ter his arrest, the judge suspend ed the sentence upon payment of $5.00 and the costs of the court. Defendants in the next case came in wholesale lots, but not a dime a dozen. Jack Frasier, Ar chie Handy, Early Jenkins, Curtis Harris, Joe Price, William Hat field, and Malachai Horton went down upon their knees one Sun day to pray to false gods—to-wit, several pairs of dice with which they were gambling, using money for stakes. They plead guilty and were sentenced to 60 days and charged with the costs, the 60 days being held in abeyance provided the seven worship in a more ottho dox fashion during the next year. Otha Jeffries was charged with public drunkenness. Witnesses testified that he is a hard-work ing boy who toils throughout the week and only drinks every Sat urday night. Otha plead guilty to the charges of drunkenness and only his payment of $5.00 and costs prevented him from doing his customary toil on the roads for the next month, instead of at the saw mill where he is habitually employed. Orion Ferrell, Cecil Strother, Matthew Dunn, Oscar Todd, Jr., Mac Amos Brock, and Albert Molton were arrested, tried, found guilty, and sentenced for gamb ling with dice. All plead guilty except the first two. Evidence was offered to show that these men had: (1) Gone to watch the game in the interests of science and idle curiosity; (2) paused at the site of the game while en route to gather poke-berry roots for the laudable purpose of eas ing the agony of ailing chickens; (3) laid money down, if not pick ed it up. To Judge Rhodes the last part of the testimony seem ed most credible and six men were found guilty in one fell swoop. During this case a witness testi fied that he had left his home with twenty cents in capital and, with in an hour, by judicious invest ments, increased it by 1100 per cent. Lest others with less finan cial acumen be tempted to enter the realm of high finance and fare less well than he, the court sen tenced all the investors to 60 days on the roads and permitted them to pay the coats of his financial investigation. In lieu of two months on the roads, the defend ants were permitted to offer twelve of them on good behavior as collateral. Duster Foster, accused of gamb ling, was not found wanting. He was merely wanted and not found. Joe Conyer plead guilty to a charge of simple assault and (Please Turn $o Back Page) NUMBER 44
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