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ihc Zeltulmt Hrrorii THE FOUR COUNTY NEWSPAPER—WAKE, JOHNSTON. NASH AND FRAN^IJN VOLUME XV. THIS, THAT, & THE OTHER MRS. THEO. B. DAVIS There are various kinds of em barrassment common to most housekeepers. The way you feel when callers come and the house is not cleaned up. The acute situ ation when visitors arrive just as you sit down to a meal that is practically scraps and which the family would consume with the knowledge that the next time they come to the table every dish would be making its first appear ance, but which ce . pany might think was the usual menu. The flushed confusion that overwhelms one when a personage appears unexpectedly and one’s clothing is entirely unsuitable for her who would pose as a gracious hostess. You know at least some of these. Another source of very painful embarrassment is being asked by a real gardener to show her your flowers, when you know they are not fit to be seen because of grass, weeds, the dust that has long since grown into hardness and the clods that cleave fast together in fulfillment of the scripture. You try to make explanation and apology, but even to your own ears they sound unconvincing, and you make dozens of mental reso lutions which are pretty sure to be broken. Mrs. A. G. Rickman is one of these flower-growers you read about in magazines, and she came last week, wanting to look over our premises, where flowers used to be. She was as sympathetic and understanding as is possible for one whose beds, borders and boxes are always in perfect con dition; and she finally seid, as probably the only praise she could offer: “Well, your vege table garden looks clean, anyway.” That’s because Ernest High knows vegetables fairly well, but we dare not turn him loose alone with the flowers and shrubs. Everything in our yard needs attention and the pool is fairly lousy. No slang and no exag geration. The lilies have lice of some sort all along their stems — blossoms and leaves —and I have no idea what to do about it. Seems like those goldfish might get busy —but then, they’d have to climb out of the Water to reach the things. I’m afraid that whatever we might put on to kill the in sects would kill the fish first. The bamboo my husband begged from C. H. Chamblee years ago has apparently decided to take the place. (Mrs. Chammee told me it was given to such behavior). It has come up, great, tall, naked spears, pushing through the top of the big forsythia, almost uproot ing an old pink rose bush, tower ing over a crepe myrtle, and inch ing—no footing—into the straw berry patch. My oldest son says they eat the tender shoots out in Hawaii, and I’m going to try it some day. I understand that you slice it like okra and fry it; and that it tastes a. bit like squash. E*ut there’s no doubt you have to catch it young. Does anybody know how to keep (Please turn to back page.) ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1939. CHURCH NEWS ZEBULON BAPTIST CHURCH G. J. GRIFFIN, Pastor The following services will be conducted in our church Sunday, June 18: 9:4s—Sunday School. 11:00—Morning Worship. Ser mon: “Superior Living.” 7:30 —Young Peoples’ Meetings. B:oo—Evening Service. Vacation Bible School The Vacation Bible School will be conducted at the Baptist Church for two weeks, beginning Monday, June 19th. Registration for this School will be held on Saturday morning, June 17th, at nine-thirty o’clock. Every person who intends to enroll will please come at this time in order to be assigned to your respective de partments. All the young people in our community are invited to participate in the school. There will be four departments and these will include all within the ages of three and sixteen. Sunday School Study Course During the week of June 18 through June 23 there will be taught a special study course at the Baptist Church. We are to have a field worker from the State department to lead the class work. This course is not only intended for the officers and teachers but for all the members of the school as well. Classes will begin each night at eight o’clock. We are deeply desirous of having as many take this study course as will. METHODIST CHURCH If there are those who wish to join the church on profession of faith, by certificate, or otherwise, please let the pastor have your name. Parents should be happy in directing their children to follow the way of God and to join His church. Teachers should count it a happy privilege to win our boys and girls for Christ and His Church. Services for Sunday, June 18th: Church School —10:00. Revival Service —8:00 P. M. Young People—7:oo P. M. B. F. BOONE, Pastor. WAKEFIELD W. M. S. The Wakefield W. M. S. met on Monday in the home of Mrs. E. H. Green. Mrs. Oris Horton of Hephzibah church had prepared the program as a questionnaire with answers given by ‘lnforma tion”, or friends called over tele phone. All present took part and found the novel change interest ing. Ten members and two visit ors attended. Refreshments were served by the hostess. BAPTIZING SUNDAY The ordinance of baptism will be administered at Wakefield church next Sunday night. Candidates are requested to be prepared. METHODIST W. M. S. The Ida Fisher Missionary So ciety of the M. E. Church met at the regular time with Mrs. E. H. Moser, Mrs. B. F. Boone assistant hostess. Mrs. Fred Page had charge of the program, “Widening Our Na i tional Outlook.” Mrs. Guy Mas sey read the Scripture, Mrs. M. J. (Please turn to back page.) Rotarians Have Poor Attendance Due to other meetings Friday night only about 50 or 60 per cent of the Rotarians Were present. Robert Daniel Massey had the program. He gave a reading of an experience of an old slave dur ing and after the Civil War. This slave went to the war with his mrster, who was a general. Whenever they ran out of any thing to eat he sent this Negro to get something and asked no ques tions as to where it came from. After the Civil War he kept this up and kept his master busy keep ing him away from the law. Fi nally when he stole one of his neighbor’s pigs, his master, who had been appointed a judge after the war, let the law take its course. The jury convicted him, and because his master did not get him out of trouble as he had done before, it broke the old slave’s (Please turn to back page.) Auto Accident Tuesday evening C. B. Eddins was the near-victim of an acci dent that ripped the fenders from the cars of Claud Pippin and an investigator for the FBI. Four cars, the second Mr. Eddins’, were following a transfer truck up the grade this side of Batchelor’s Barn going toward Raleigh when a drunk came down the hill toward Crabtree Creek. The drunken driver missed the truck and swerved toward the car immedi ately in rear, swung outward from the next, Mr. Eddins’, and swung inward just in time to shear the sides of the two last cars. The G man, stung to tho quick by such disrespect for the law and for his automobile, secured the license number of the offender and vowed prosecution to the full extent of the laws, local, state, and federal. The Poet and Peasant By DOCK ‘‘l certainly am glad to see I you,” said the Poet to the Peasant !as they met the other day. “It has been a long time since I have seen you.” “Yep,” said the Peasant. “It has been nine years since we last met, but the boss told me right confi dential like that we would be meeting regularly now for a while, at least.” | 9 “I am glad of that,” said the I Poet. “I have been living in Zeb i ulon for five years now and I feel that I have the privilege of say ing some of the things that I have been thinking for a long time.” “Say what you think, so long as you are constructive in your criticism of my friends, as I have learned to like these folks in and around Zebulon; but I will have to agree with you that there are some things I do not like to see,” remarked the Peasant. “Just what would be your first criticism of our main street?” the Poet asked the Peasant. “Up to your old tricks are you?” asked the peasant. ‘‘All right. I will tell you something that I al ways have disliked and reckon I , always will. That is seeing a ; merchant try to put all of his merchandise on the sidewalk. I think that we have as good a set Chamber of Commerce Applies For National Charter; Elect Officers Near Serious Auto Accident About eight o’clock Wednesday morning a near fatal accident took place at the crossing at the Standard filling station in Zebu lon. Henry Hill of Vanceboro, Craven county, was taking his wife to a Durham hospital. His cousin, Paul Hill, was driving the car. Going beyond the crossing they found they had missed the road intended, that going byway of Wake Forest to Durham. They turned across in front of the sta tion and came into the road lead ing to Wakefield, driving slowly. W. R. MaSsey of Zebulon, R. 3, was coming west on the Rocky Mount highway. With him were N. L. Bullock and wife and also S. V. Brantley. Hill thought Massey was running fifty miles an hour. Massey’s passengers thought he was going thirty. He thought his speed was around twenty miles. Anyway, his car struck the back of Hill’s with a heavy blow. Both cars were damaged considerably and not able to move away on their own power. Mrs. Hill received a bad cut over her left eye and an abrasion on one of her arms. She was car ried to Dr. Flowers’ office in an unconscious condition, but after a short time regained consciousness. The doctor said he thought her injuries not serious. Officers Massey and Shannon investigated the accident and seemed to think that both parties were in a mea sure responsible. of merchants in Zebulon as there is in any small town in the state, but they persist in seeing just how much stuff they can put on the sidewalk in front of their places of business. I never have liked to see that. It not only takes away from the looks of the front of their buddings but it ain’t sanitary. F«p a number of years we have taught things about sanita tion dpd then we come along and allow such as this to happen. It ain’t right.” “I am inclined to agree with you,” said the Poet. “But be more specific. What makes it so unsanitary ?” “Well, I ain’t no chemist,” said the Peasant, “but just you look out there. There is a stack of flour, some fruit and vegetables in front of that store. You see them dogs. Well, just watch Ihem acting as though they think it is shrubbery or a telephone pole. I don’t want any of that flour either. It is absorbing the mois ture out of the air and along with it the unsanitary things that are floating around in the air.” “You are absolutely right,” said the poet. “The merchants should voluntarily put a stop to this or else the town council should.” Friday night, June 9, about 25 young men met in the Masonic Hall and perfected the organiza tion of the Zebulon Junior Cham ber of Commerce. Robert Daniel Massey was elected president with Wallace Temple as first vice president and Clarence Hocutt as . second vice-president. J. W. Nar ron was elected aS secretary treasurer and Raleigh Alford, Le on Thompson and Leo Roy Harris were elected as the board of di rectors. A number of committees were appointed and the meeting adjourned after designating the second and fourth Tuesday nights in each month as regular meeting nights. . i On Tuesday night, June 13, the group met in the Woman’s Club with about the same number pres ent. Clarence Hocutt was in the chair, as both the president and the viee-president were absent. It was decided to extend the time for charter members until the fourth Tuesday night in June, at which time tin* charter will be closed. William Cheeves was appointed as chairman of the membership com mittee to see every young man in Zebulon wishing to become a mem ber of the organization. Wisner Chamblee, president of the state organization, with two ‘ members of the Raleigh organiza tion, was present and assisted in the discussion of various phases of the work that would come be fore the local group. He present ed an application for a national charter which was filled in with 19 men signing. Every young man in Zebulon is urged to see Mr. Cheeves and make application for membership right away and attend the next meeting which will be held Tues day night, June 27, at 8:45, in the Woman’s Club. IMMENSE HOUSING PROJECT; LOCAL FIRM SUPPLIES LUMBER The largest housing develop ment in the United States is a project of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. in the Bronx, New York. On a tract of 129 acres more than 35 acres will be used for buildings, of which there will be 171, all fireproof. More than half the area will be landscaped for gardens and recreational centers. There will be 12,312 apartments, averaging more than three rooms each. The rent will probably be about $12.90 per month per room. Work was begun last August and it has been estimated that three years will be required for comple tion of the plans. Zebulon’s link with this gigan tic enterprise lies in the fact that W'hitlcy and E’arrow Lumber Co. has furnished much of the timbers used in construction. This adds Interest for many in this section and is a. matter of community _______ The U. S. Department of Agri culture’s revised estimate of the 1938 cotton crop shows a produc tion of 11,943,000 bales of 500 * pounds gross weight, as compared with 18,946,000 bales in 1937. NUMBER 50
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