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THE FOUR COUNTT NEWSPAPER— WAKE, JOHNSTON, NASH AND FRANKLIN
VOLUME XVI.
THIS, THAT, &
THE OTHER
MRS. THEO. B. DAVIS
Os all that I read and heard
last week concerning Europe and
Asia the two things that afforded
a laugh were Japan’s plaintive
plea via radio for other nations
to help stop the war in China,
and an item found in an article
by Carl Crow. He is now travel
ing in China and wrote from
Manish, one of the Shan states on
the western border, so far away
from the war zone that its people
have only recently learned of
conditions on the coast. Crow
says a Buddhist priest in Man
shih told him the natives there
are so very peaceable that “even
husbands and wives do not quar
rel.’’
Truly, peace could go no fur
ther.
There are times when, especial
ly optimistic, I dream that the
day—or night—may come when I
shall go down a receiving line
and be able to remember it with
out a blush for my behavior. I do
not aspire to saying anything
wise, witty, or profound as I
speak to one after another; just
so it is a remark that a moron
need not be ashamed of, I shall
recdl it wnth extreme pride.
Last Monday night members of
the Baptist church at Wendell
gave a reception honoring their
pastor, the Rev. Albert Simms,
who has resigned for further
study. We were among those in
vited. There was no reason on
earth for me to have been sillier
than the Lord made me; yet
again I went through the inescap
able spell of idiocy that attacks
me at such functions. Not one
appropriate sentence could my
mind produce; and to make mat
ters worse my glasses fogged ov
er when I went from the damp
chill outside to the warmth inside.
When sight failed so that I was
reaching forward blindly and
shaking whatever my hand
chanced to touch, I simply stop
ped and held up traffic until
those spectacles were dried off
carefully with my handkerchief.
Right in front of me was W. C.
Nowell, smiling with what I hope
was sympathy in addition to wel
come.
At any rate I did one wholly
natural thing while going down
that line. When a voice said with
definite heartiness, “How do you
do, Mrs. Davis?”, I laughed right
out. For it was Tom Bunn, and
when we went across the front
yard of that clubhouse on arrival
Tom was standing by the walk
and we all spoke to him. I asked
how he got in position again and
he said he ran around and ducked
in the back door. After that I
felt much nearer normal and w r as
able to enjoy the refreshments.
Everything looked pretty and it
was a lovely reception. Wendell
Wosien know how to do those'
things nicely. Os course the men
may help some; but I’ve an idea
they work under feminine direc
tion at such times.
ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1939
Local Citizens
Are Deceased
MRS. SUSAN RAYNOR
Mrs. Susan Raynor of Durham
died on Friday night of last week
and was buried on Sunday from
the Primitive Baptist Church of
wmcH she was a member. Eighty
six years old, she was the mother
of Mrs. A. C. Dawson of Zebulon.
She had been feeble for some
time and her death was not unex
pected. Mrs. Raynor visited in
Zebulon at fairly frequent inter
vals before her health forbade
traveling.
MRS. DOC MEDLIN
Wilson. —Mrs. Jennie Medlin, 65,
died suddenly of a stroke of paral
ysis Friday morning at her
1 home, Zebulon, Route 2. She is
survived by her husband, Doc
Medlin; three sons, Clarence of
’ Cpring Hope and F. P. and El
bert Medlin of Zebulon; five
daughters, Mrs. Robert Lee Den
ton, Mrs. Graham Brantley, and
■ Mrs. George Pippin of Zebulon,
. Mrs. J. C. Bunn and Miss Zollie
j' Medlin of Louisburg; two broth
ers, John Medlin of Louisburg and
! Buck Medlin of Wendell; three
• sisters, Mrs. Furnie Perry, Mrs.
» Ella Pearce and Mrs. Lucy Med
, lin of Zebulon; and 36 grand
j children.
Funeral services were held at
' the Pearce Missionary Baptist
1 Church Saturday afternoon at
2:30 o’clock, conducted by the
Rev. Theo. Bv Davis. Interment
was made in the church cemetery.
RELATIVES HERE
The deaths of four men last
week in an airplane crash was of
special interest here, as one of the
dead, Walter Tharrington of
Rocky Mount, was a brother of
Mrs. J. W. Bowling here, and of
Geovge Tharrington, formerly
member of Zebulon’s police force.
H. H. Hicks married Miss Irma
Fountain, wro at one time taught
music at Wakelon. Dr. W. O.
House and Philip Koonce were the
others whose lives were lost in
the wreck. Tharrington was pilot
of the plane.
LESPEDEZA FOR
WINTER URGED
Farm lands around Zebulon
which formerly were covered with
weeds during the summer, as well j
as winter months, are now grow
ing lespedeza. Many farmers, es- j
pecially in the Riley section, are
now sowing lespedeza seed for
winter hay.
Outside of the mountains, best
results are usually secured by ear
ly fall seeding, and even in the
mountains, especially at elevations
less than 2,500 feet, better lawns
are secured through the early fall
plantings. This early seeding will 1
allow the grass to become well es
tablished before the winter and
will give it a good start in the
spring on the weeds and undesir
able grasses. Use the best seed
obtainable and do not stint on the
i use of this seed. About three
pounds for each 1,000 square feet
should be used for best results and
' a good stand.
The Golden Gate bridge is the
longest suspension bridge in the
world. It is located in San Fran
cisco.
CHURCHNEWS
Methodist Church
Ben F. Boone, Pastor
Services for Sunday, Sept. 3:
Church School 10:00.
Young People 7:00 P. M.
Worship Service 8:00 P. M.
Dr. J. H. Barnhardt will preach
at the 8:00 o’clock hour and hold
our 3rd Quarterly Conference.
Zebulon Baptist Church
G. J. Griffin, Pastor
The following are the services
to be held in our church Sunday,
September 3.
9:45 Sunday School
11:00 Morning Worship. Ser
mon subject: “The Art of Substi
tution.”
7:00 Young People’s Meetings
7:30 Evening Worship. Ser
mon subject: Doing All for
Christ.”
Please note the change of time
for the evening services.
Hunting Season
Several persons living in Zebulon
have asked that the hunting season
dates recently published in The
Record be reprinted. The dates
follow with exceptions omitted:
Squirrel, October I—January 15;
quail, Thanksgiving Day, Novem
lber 30—February 15; deer and
bear, October I—January 1; rab
bit, November 30—February 15,
no limit; opossum and raccoon,
October I—Februaryl—February 1; wild tur
key and grouse, November 30
February 15.
CURING POTATOES
Zebulon farmers who will be
curing sweet potatoes soon, may
benefit from the suggestions giv
en below.
Proper curing usually requires
about two weeks but the individual
barns may vary from one to two
days from this figure. The tem
perature for curing should range
from 80 to 85 degrees and the
sweets should be watched for
sprouts as when these appear, the
potatoes arc cured. After curing
the temperature should be main
tained at 50 degrees and should
never go below 40 degrees during
the storage period.
7he Poet and Peasant
By DOCK
“I notice by the papers,” said
the Peasant, ‘‘that they are still
having a war of words in Europe.”
“Yes,” said the Poet. “Nearly
every radio bulletin says that the
zero hour has been reached—that
it is merely a matter of time be
fore the ultimatum is sent to Po
land.”
“Well,” said the Peasant,
“there is this much to it —sooner
or Is ter Europe is going to have
a war. That is almost certain.
Never before, as far as I can re
member, has the entire world
been so heavily armed. The mili
tary men of every nation say that
it is necessary to be heavily armed
to insure peace. That you must
have your neighbor so afraid to
attack you that he will stay in his
own back yard.”
“There is a lot of truth in that,
Tree Seedlings
Sold To Farmers
Erosion of farm lands in the
Zebulon community has been cut
greatly by use of lespedeza clover
and seedlings obtained from the
state nurseries.
Tree seedlings for reforestation
and erosion control will again be
available this year to farmers and
other landowners at a nominal cost,
announces R. W. Graeber, forester
of the State College Extension Ser
vice. Nearly four million seedlings
are being produced at the State
Forest Nurseries at Clayton, near
Raleigh, and in Henderson County.
Graeber said that his office at
State College, Raleigh, is ready to
begin taking orders, and that ap
plication blanks may be obtained
from county farm agents.
The prices are $2 per thousand,
delivered, or SI.BO per thousand, F.
O. B. the nurseries, for loblolly,
longleaf, shortleaf, and slash pines,
black locust, cypress, yellow poplar,
white ash, or red cedar. White pines
are available this year for planting
in the Upper Piedmont and moun
tain areas at $3 per thousand de
livered, or $2.75 per thousand, F.
O. B. Black walnut seedlings Will
cost $lO per thousand delivered, or
$8.50, F. O. R.
The shipping season begins about
November 25, at Clayton for the
Southern pines and will be Novem
ber 1-30 and March 1-April 15 from
the Henderson nursery.
The Extension specialist recom
mends that hardwood or deciduous
trees be planted anytime after No
vember 1 in the mountains, and
any time after November 15 in the
Piedmont and Coastal Plain sec
tions. Pines should be planted in
January and February in the Coast
al Plain, in February and March
in the Piedmont, and in March and
early April in the mountains.
Early orders will insure getting
a supply of the species wanted,
Graeber said. Last year his office
was forced to cancel applications
for nearly 100,000 trees because of
a shortage of supplies. The year
before applications for approxi
mately 200,000 seedlings had to be
cancelled.
Farmers’ mutual telephone tele
phone companies own a total so
678,000 miles of wire, according to
information compiled recently by
the U. S. Bureau of Census.
isn’t there?” asked the Poet.
‘‘l can’t see the truth in it,”
said the Peasant. “If you train a
large standing army, have large
battleships and men to man them,
have a large fleet of airplanes and
other things necessary to war, it
seems natural to me for a people
to want to get out and use them.
The people get overconfident.
There is something they want, so
they go and try to get it. No, I
do not think that heavy arma
ments is any peace insurance.
The only peace insurance that will
ever pay dividends is for all the
peoples in the world to learn
more about and believe more in
that brotherly love that was
taught by the Prince of Peace
during his sojourn here on earth.”
“You are quite right,” replied
the Poet.
GENERAL NEWS
Netherlands Mobilizes Army
and Navy
In view of the unsettled- condi
tion of Europe, the Netherlands
proclaimed a general mobiliza
tion of both its arm yand navy.
The Netherlands has a standing
army of 130,000. They will add
114,000 more by the first act of
mobilization. This will give them
an army of 244,000, or there
abouts. The Royal Dutch navy
has been ready for some time. In
it are 12 modern battleships. Re
servists will be used to fill out
the skeleton crews now manning
the second-line ships.
Squirrel Time Soon
Look out, there’s a “bang!”
Another squirrel gone pot. But
don’t do it till Sept. 15 or the
game warden will get you. The
open season for squirrels is from
Sept. 15 to Dec. 15.
Confederate Constitution Found
The original Confederate Con
stitution has been found in Sa
vannah, Qa. It was found in the
famous Deßene Library and has
been purchased by the University
of Ga. for $20,000. It is valued
at SIOO,OOO. It will be kept in
! the University library.
Erwin and Sanford Play Finals
In the Tobacco State League
i Erwin and Sanford were the win
ners. These two will play seven
games, the one winning four
games to be the pennant winner.
Zebulon and Angier were the oth
ler two members of the league.
Erwin won the first game Wed
nesday.
Worley Gets Thirty Years
Raymond Worley of Goldsboro
who murdered his wife in April,
was found guilty of murder and
sentenced to 30 years imprison
ment. He submitted to second
degree murder and thus escaped
a heavier penalty.
Dry Plebiscite Coming
In a fiery temperance speech at
the Falcon Camp meeting last
Sunday Cale K. Burgess, head of
the Dry Forces in North Carolina,
said that the state would return
to prohibition in 1941. Os the
hundred counties in the state only
25 are wet. The drys have not
lost a single election, he said, in
the last two years, and that the
next Legislature would give the
people a chance to vote liquor out,
which they will do. He appealed
to his hearers for total abstinence.
Latest War Scare
It is said that Japan is rushing
troops into Manchoukuo and its
frontiers. Japan believes since
the pact was signed with Germany
by Russia that she will now begin
her long deferred attack on Ja
pan. Russia claims she is not
sending more troops to the east,
but more to her western borders.
W T ell, Doggone!
That Raleigh policeman who
killed a stray dog on a public
street in Raleigh and was made
the “goat”, has been re-instated.
He will also get pay for the days
of suspension. Well, why not?
He was both obeying orders and
doing his duty.
Morris To Die
Arthur Morris, 24-year-old Ne
gro, will die Friday for the crime
of first-degree burglary. Gover
nor Hoey refused to interfere
with the death sentence. Morris
is said to have some 50 robberies
and burglaries to his credit, but
no murders. North Carolina still
has a law that a man shall die
who breaks and enters a house
where others are sleeping wheth
er he does any damage or not.
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