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VOLUME XVI
THIS, THAT, &
THE OTHER
MRS. THEO. B. DAVIS
Nell Battle Lewis through her
column in the News and Observer
is repeatedly asking that those who
know positively of incidents that
seem to show’ clairvoyance, pre
science, presentiment, or anything
that appears supernatural, write
her giving the facts. She is much
interested in the study of new
frontiers of the mind. I suppose
most of us are, though few know
how to go about real study of the
subject.
For my part it is hard to decide
what is mental and what is physi
cal when I wake up feeling that
some unusual or untoward event is
about to occur, though I have had
that experience.
One time I remarked on arising
that I was sure my father would
come that day. He had never been
to Zebulon and had not mentioned
a visit to us; but I hurried around
making ready for his coming. When
the afternoon train reached town
I was nervous as a cat until I saw
my father walking up the street to
ward our house. No one had met
the train, since no one else shared
my belief that he would be on it;
and he himself had decided all at
once to make the trip.
When we were children our
mother said one day that she would
send two of my sisters to Grand
mother’s the next afternoon. When
my older sister came downstairs
in the morning she asked Mother
not to send them, that she had such
a bad dream about it she was afraid
to go. Os course that was no reas
on, so Annie and Louise started as
planned. On the way Louise climb
ed on a log as they were going
through the woods, slipped off, and
sprained her leg so badly she was
in bed for some time as a result.
My father used to state gloomily
at times that he dreamed of muddy
water the night before; and that
was a sure sign of trouble. It did
not worry him to dream of clear
water, and he was probably already
anxious over something when he
dreamed of the muddy stream; but
it was one that he dreaded.
Occasionally a dream or a pre
rentiment stays in my mind and
makes me uneasy; but only a few
times in my life have they really
seemed to be fulfilled.
About two weeks before the birth
of my third child I dreamed that
three old women dressed in black
came to my door and knocked; but
when I opened it and invited them
in, one said: ‘‘NO, we will not come
in here. We are Pain, Sorrow, and
Death; and one of us will come soon
and stay with you for a while; the
other two will not be with you
then. Now t we must all go to the
house cf one of your friends near
by.”
Early next day I received word
of the death of Mrs. Klein, a special
friend, whos house was in the next
block. She had been as well as
usual the day before, had entertain
ed her book club at night, and had
sent me a tray of the refreshments
served. During the night a sudden
heart attack proved fatal. At once
I remembered my dream and felt
that. Pain only was to be my guest.
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THE FOUR COUNTY NEWSPAPER—WAKE, JOHNSTON. NASH AND FRANKLIN
ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. JULY 28, 1939
General News
BANANA TREE
R. G. Gower of near Smithfield
has a banana stalk three years old
that has a leaf-like flower cluster
that will later be fruit. The plant
came from the tropics.
MORE MONEY
The bill before Congress to lend
$2,490„000„000, it is claimed, will
provide jobs for 500,000 people. It
now appears that the measure will
be either defeated or the amount
reduced considerably. It is pro
posed to loan the money to rail
roads, toll roads, states and cities,
farm tenancy and rural rehabilita
tion, rural electricification, banks
and reclamation.
EUROPEON LIE
It has been reported that Great
E'ritain has offered to loan Ger
many five billion dollars in return
for a measure of disarmament and
a general European appeasement.
Minister Chamberlain
brands the statement as false.
HE JUST FORGOT
Last Friday a Mr. Philips from
Anson county left his car in charge
of a colored man who drove it to
Raleigh. He forgot where he left
the car, reported it stolen, and went
home. Sunday afternoon the police
found the colored man sitting in
the car. He told the police: “Mr.
Phillips, he done tole me to stay
here till he come back, so dat’s what
I done.” Fifty cents which the ne
gro had provided food for him aft
er Saturday when he decided some
thing must have happened to his
boss.
TOBACCO SELLS LOW
Tuesday the bright leaf tobacco
market in Ga. and Fla. opened in 17
cities and towns. Upwards of 35,-
000 farmers will sell their tobacco
on these markets. The forecast is
an increased production and an in
ferior grade. The national forecast
is 1,022, 995,000 this year against
785„731,000 last year, or a gain of
237,364,000. Reports are that the
Georgia market opened from 7 to
9 cents lower than last year.
BAPTIST WORLD ALLIANCE
Baptists from 50 nations are
meeting in Atlanta this week in
the Baptist World Alliance. Dr.
Geo. W. Truett of Texas is presi
dent. At the opening meeting 50,-
000 people assembled. It seems that
much time is being given to the con
sideration of religious persecution
in European countries and the Al
liance proposes to do all in its pow
er to assist the cause of religious
liberty throughout the world.
LOSING JOBS
Dismissal notices have been mail
ed to 4,100 WPA workers in North
Carolina. In all there will be 8,500
employees affected by the 18-month
proviso of the 1939 relief act. All
will be laid off by August 5. Each
has five-days grace after notifi
cation.
PEACH CROP OFF
North Carolina’s peach crop is
the smallest in years. It was on
July 1 estimated to be 42 per cent
norrmal. Monday two-indh fruit
sold for $1.90 to $2.00 against $1.50
to $1.20 last year. All the Georgia
crop has about been marketed and
the South Carolina crop will finish
being marketed this week.
MASS MARRYING
One hundrede and five couples
were married in a mass ceremony
in Montreal, Canada, last Monday.
There were 20,000 people present
and 300 of them were prostrated by
the heat and excitement. No one
died and it is hoped all went away
happy, including the newly weds.
CHURCH NEWS
ZEBULON BAPTIST CHI RCH
(G. J. Griffin, Pastor)
At the Baptist Church the fol
lowing services will be held Sunday,
July 30:
9:4s—Sunday School.
11:00 —Morning W’orship. Sermon
subject: “A Dismembered Gospel”
7:3o—Meeting for Young People.
B:oo—Evening Worship. Sermon
subject: “The Prophet of Justice.”
THE METHODIST CHURCH
Ben F. Boone, Pastor
We began our revival services
the first Sunday in May which were
held at the regular worship hours
during the months of May and
June. July has been decision
month. I.ast Sunday, six fine young
people were received into the
church. There will be another one
to join later, and, it is hoped that
several others will decide to unite
with the church.
Schedule of services for sth Sun
day:
Church School 10:00
Worship Service 11:00
Pastor’s subject: “Repair Work”
Young People 7:00 P.M.
The Poet and Peasant
By DOCK
“Did you notice that the side
walk in front of the City Market,
Walls ce Temple’s and Clarence Ho
cutt’s stores were absolutely clear
of any merchandise last week and
the first part of this week?” asked
the Poet of the Peasant.
“I certainly did and I think that!
is just fine. Now there is three
fine young men. They are about
the youngest business men in Zebu
lon and I believe that I can safely
say that they are also about the
most progessive in Zebulon. They
cooperate in every forward
movement for the town as a whole,
and are active in making things
move along. They are all three
members of the board of directors
of the Chamber of Commerce and
are to be congratulated. I tell you
right now,” said the Peasant, “It
is a hard thing for me to decide
which one of them to trade with,
so I trade with all three of them.”
“Hope that you’re satisfied now,”
said the Poet.
“No I ain’t,” said the Peasant. ‘‘l
won’t be satisfied until every mer
chant in Zebulon falls in line. Last
Saturday there was a coop of chick
ens, about a dozen bags of hog
feed, fence wire, lawn mowers, to
bacco trucks, straw hats and a big
sign blocking the sidewalks. Now
I ain’t after making nobody mad,
but why can’t these fellows fall in
line with the grocery stores and
take their stuff off the sidewalk?”
“Maybe they will,” said the Poet,
“and again maybe they won’t.”
“Well,” said the Peasant, “I have
said all that I am going to about
it. It is now up to the city fathers.
They are the only ones that can
force the merchants to protect
their merchandise, and I hope that
they will do it.”
"Say,” said the Poet, “did you
read that letter last week that the
Countrywoman wrote the editor of
the Record?”
“I certainly did,’ said the Peas
and, “and I agree with her. I ain’t
no lady, but I do hate to have to
walk down the street and feel like
Playground Closes
The local playground provided
by WPA funds closed Wednesday.
Mrs. Hunter Bell has been director
of the playground since its begin
ning three years ago. This move is
in keeping with the present WPA
policy of reducing the number as
sisted by the government. A total
of 850 will be laid off in N. C. by
August 5. Some employees will be
re-employed after thirty days if
they fail to find other work, but
the present trend of the govern
ment is not to renew such assist
ance unless it is absolutely neces
sary. For three years the local
playground has been carried on un
der the supervision of Mrs. Bell to
the relief and gratification of moth
ers and the pleasure of children.
VACATION OVER
The half-holiday on W’ednes
day of each week that has been
observed by the merchants of
Zebulon through June and July
ends this week. Hereafter all
stores will be open each day in
the week till the usual closing
hour.
, I should have practiced walking in
'a cheese box before leaving home.
I Folks drag chairs out of two or
| three different places in town and
just sit on the sidewalk, making
■ folks have to walk like these here
college football coaches make the
j players train by running and step
j ping in an automobile tire. They
' call it broken field running I be
lieve. That don’t only happen in
the day time it also happens at
night.”
“I don’t think that these men re
alize that they are embarrassing
the ladies and all that is necessary
is for a few wives to mention it to
their husbands. That will put a
stop to it right away,” said the
Poet.
“You know what,” said the Peas
ant, “us human beings are a funny
lot. If someone offers some con
structive criticism about some form
of conduct of others, we think that
it is just fine, but if that same con
structive criticism hits us we are
ready to hit back, and the worse
part of it all is, we are prone to
go to others and talk and not go
to the person who is responsible for
that criticism. In fact w r e realize
that the criticism is right, but
hate to admit it so we blow off our
steam to someone we feel will sym
pathize with us. If there is any
body that doesn’t like anything that
I have said or do say, I wish that
they would write me about it and
say it to me. I am going to say
samething about anything that I
see in Zebulon that I don’t like, that
is when the welfare of the entire
community is involved. If you take
it personally I am sorry, that is if
you fail to assist in correcting the
mistake that is being criticised.”
P.S. (A certain clerk in one of the
stores in Zebulon went to a certain
barber in Zebulon Wednesday night
and got him to cut his hair. It
was about nine o’clock and on Wed
nesday that clerk should be a
little more considerate of the barber
and the other clerks in Zebulon,
along with his boss, if he doesn’t
care about his own integrity.)
Whitley, Moser
Speak to Jr. C. of C.
C. V. Whitley and E. H. Moser
made short talks to twenty-two
members of the Junior Chamber of
Commerce at their regular meeting
in the Woman’s Club building last
Tuesday night. Both speakers at
tacked the subject “Pep” from a
slightly different angle, but in the
end their theme was the same
make Zebulon a bigger and better
place in which to live. Both speak
ers congratulated the young men
on the progress they had made so
far in working out a progressive
program and offered encouraging
words for their future.
During the business meeting, the
president reported the activities of
the board of directors during the
past two weeks which was that the
organization would sponsor and a
Big Business Booster Program this
fall and would give away a Chev
rolet automobile during fair week.
The publicity committee reported
that circulars advertising this pro
gram were being distributed daily
through various channels and all
possible efforts were being made to
thoroughly advertise Zebulon dur
ing the fall and winter months.
The following committees were
appointed by the chair:
City government: R. H. Jenkins,
C. M. Hocutt; City Beautification:
J. H. Bunn, Jr., Francis Wall; En
tertainment: Harman James, Frank
Massey, W. S. Cheeves; Parlia
mentary: Rom Moser, Elmo Bunn;
Public Health: Douglas Finch, Hay
wood Jones; Publicity: Lee Roy
Harris, W. M. Bunn, J. N. John
son; Membership: Ed Hales, C. B>.
Eddins, Jr., J. R. Sawyer; New In
dustries: J. R. Alford, G. M. Conn;
Christmas Activities: Rev. G. J.
Griffin, N. M. Screws, J. W. Nar
ron; Police traffic: W. B. Braswell,
Harmon James; Boys Work: J. R.
Sawyer, G. J. Griffin; Retail Co
operation: G. M. Conn, J. R. Al
ford, B .A. Antone, W. G. Temple;
Sports: L. C. Thompson, Ed Hales;
Program: C. M. Hocutt, R. D. Mas
sey.
SIDEW ALK AND STREET
IMPROVEMENT
Our town Board is to be congrat
ulated for their interest in cutting
the weeds and repairing the side
walks on a number of streets that
in the past have been given little
attention. Cannon Richardson may
be seen any day busilv cutting
w'eeds or building up and leveling
sidewalks. And what a difference
it makes to get rid of weeds and
ruts!
ROTARIANS MEET
The Rotary Club almost had a
100 per cent meeting last Friday
evening, Luther Massey being the
only member absent. It will be
reasonably certain that he will
make his attendance up somewhere.
Dr. Smith from Wendell was a wel
come visitor.
Vaden Whitley had the program.
His subject was “International
Standard of U. S. Currency.” It
was a deep subject to many of us,
as a majority of the members give
more thoughts to their monthly
statement they receive from the
bank than they do the Gold or
Silver Standard. Vaden was well
informed on the subject and made
an interesting talk that was well
enjoyed. The average Rotarian did
not know the Gold Standard involv
ed such a debating subject in the
unsettled affairs of the internation
al world.
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