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VOLUME XVI
THIS, THAT, &
THE OTHER
MRS. THEO. B. DAVIS
For some time I have known of
grafting a twig of one kind of ap
ple on a tree of another kind;
but this is the first year I
have noted in catalogues the
offer of trees arranged to
bear five varieties of apples.
They are specially recommended for
dwellers in cities or towns who have
little space for fruit trees yet would
like to grow their own. Beginning
with Red June apples the owner of
one of these trees would be suppos
ed to have the fruit until fall, as
the other four branches are grafted
to produce in succession.
The same firm offers a peach tree
bearing early, mid-season, and late
peaches.
According to the description the
above two trees ought to be plenty
for a small family. Even allowing
for the unlimited enthusiasm of
catalogue writers, it seems a sensi
ble innovation. I’d love to have
them for other reasons than lack of
space; but they come high. And
think what a quintuple tdagedy it
would be if one of them got broken
down!
On Monday, off on a trip with my
husband, I kept seeing ir the towns
we passed through, bushels and
bushels of apples offered for sale
in stalls along the streets or from
trucks. For some time I wonder
ed why no trucks had been to Zeb
ulon, finally asking my better half
about it. The explanation was
simple: As yet there is not enough
demand here for imported apples
to pay truckers for coming. Farther
east fewer apples are grown. But
I couldn’t think of all that by my
self. rs
I’ve had too many birthdays for
them to be news, but there was one
entirely new thing about the one
of last Saturday. For the first time
in his life my husband made me a
gift of perfume. It thrilled me, de
spite the fact that he admitted be
ing advised by our daughter, and
even though I seemed to detect a
hopeful note in his voice as he said,
“It’ll last you the rest of your life,
won’t it?”
Baking a layer cake in a hurry
the other day, I wondered about
the easiest and quickest filling, and
decided to experiment. I took one
of those boxes of pudding mixture
that costs five cents and has di
rections about combining it with
two cupfuls of milk. The one I used
was vanilla flavored. I used about
one and one-third cups of milk, ad
ded a little more vanilla, cooked it
till quite thick and put it between
the cake layers. It was very satis
factory, being firm enough to hold
its shape, but not tough. It is much
like a regular cream filling, but
not half the trouble.
The educational note that most
impressed me this fall was an an-
nouncement that State College is
to have a department of English
. Grammar. Not rhetoric, not litera
ture, but a study of nouns, pro
nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs,
and the other parts of speech. The
statement was made that many of
State’s students are deficient in
. THE FOUR COUNTY NEWSPAPER—
ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1039
CHURCH NEWS
METHODIST CHURCH
Ben F. Boone, Pastor
Services for Sunday, Sept. 17;
Church School —10:00.
Young People—6:4s.
Worship Service —7:30.
The Methodist Orphanage Sing
ing Class will give a sacred con
cert at this hour.
Please jnake every effort to be
present for the Sunday evening
service at 7:30. The sacred concert
given by the Orphanage Singing
Class will be impressive and help
ful. Invite your friends and neigh
bors to this service. The offering
will be for our orphan children.
ZEBULON BAPTIST CHURCH
We invite all who will to wor
ship with us next Sunday, Sept.
17, at any of the following ser
vices:
9:4s—Sunday School.
11:00—Morning Worship. Ser
mon subject: ‘‘The Breakdown of
Sacred and Secular.”
7:oo—Meeting of the young
people’s groups.
7:3o—Evening Worship. Ser
mon subject: “Contact With
Christ.”
G. J. GRIFFIN, Pastor.
METHODIST CHURCH
The Ida Fisher Missionary So
ciety met v r ith Mrs. Fred Page
Monday P. M., with 22 members
present. Mrs. H. C. Wade, in
charge of the program, assisted
by Mrs. Irby Gill and Mrs. Vance
Brown. The topic, “New Horizons
of Home Mission Service.”
Mrs. B. F. Boone gave a most
interesting talk on her work at
Lake Junaluska this summer.
Mrs. W. D. Finch was appoint
ed to represent our Christian
Board of Education. The Mission
ary Society voted to entertain the
teachers of Wakelon School at a
picnic supper in the yard of Rev.
and Mrs. A. A. Pippin on Tuesday
evening, Sept. 19th.
So far this year our missionary
society has had a 90 per cent at
tendance. Delightful refresh
ments were served by the hostess
es, Mrs. Fred Page and Mrs. Her
man Carter.
MRS. G. C. MASSEY, Sec.-Treas.
MRS. CHAS. E. FLOWERS, Pres.
PRESBYTERIAN
Rev. C. F. Allen is conducting
revival services at Mizpah Church
at Moore’s Schoolhouse in John
ston County during this week,
with large congregations present.
A Bible reading contest is being
carried on with increasing inter
est. Services are at 7:30 P. M.
each night.
DEATH OF INFANT
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
Gattis Bailey of the Hales Chapel
section died on Sunday in a Ral
eigh hospital at the age of three
days. Surviving are the parents
and two sisters, Catrina and Adijo.
Mrs. Bailey was formerly Miss Inez
Lewis.
in church and civic organizations had a teacher once who said that
. and yet I think that they are lazy if he caused us to think, whether
grammar and that henceforth an mentally.” we agreed with him or not, he
effort will be made to supply their “I don’t quite get the connec- would feel that the year’s work
need of knowledge along this line, tion,” said the Poet. had not been wasted. People just
Good for State and State’s men!| ‘‘Well,” said the Peasant, “these! don’t seem to be capable of think-
Studying gramar may not be quite j two people are capable of making ing things through for themselves,
collegiate, but it will prove useful. 1 a living, they are active citizens, | They are mentally lazy.”
WAKE, JOHNSTON, NASH AND FRANKLIN
CORRECTION
By a regrettable error it was
stated in last week’s paper that
the burial of Roscar Pitts was
Monday afternoon. It should have
been said that the rites were held
on Tuesday afternoon.
Remodeling
Postoffice
The work of remodelling Zebu
lon’s postoffice has been started.
Partitions have been torn out,
shelves taken down, the show
window feature which was a pe
culiarity of the office removed, and
carpenters are busily hammering
on the interior. New—or different
—fixtures will be put in, making
marked improvement as to conven
ience and appearance. While not all
the fixtures to be put in are wholly
new, they are much better than
what Zebulon has had heretofore.
It is not known just when the work
will be finished. Meanwhile Post
master Sexton and assistants Miss
es Ruby Dawson and Marie Watson
are holding their breaths against
the puffs of dust, closing their ears
to the noise, and hoping for the
best. The mail carriers don’t have
to stay in the office very long, and
ride miles enough to get the dust
blown from throats and nostrils.
When everything is installed
and revarnished Zebulon will have
probably the most elaborate and
convenient post office in any
town of its size in this section, if
not the whole state. And all this
is to the credit of Postmaster
Sexton.
MARKETS CLOSED FOR SEPT.
Latest reports indicate that
tobacco markets, closed on
Wednesday of this week, will
not re-open this month. A ref
erendum among growers is ex
pected by Oct. 7, the exact date
to be announced later. Because
of its bearing on the matter the
markets may remain closed un
til after the date set for the
referendum.
The Poet and Peasant
“Our conversation last week,”
said the Poet, “has caused me to
do some thinking.”
“That’s more than I can say for
the average American,” said the
Peasant.
“What do you mean?” asked the
Poet.
“Well,” said the Peasant. “Not
long ago I talked to what the av
erage person would say was an av
erage American woman and she
seemed to think that sooner or
later, and not so much later, the
government in the United States
would own and control everything.
Then I talked to an average man
and he seemed to have the same
opinion. Both of the people are
smart physically. They are active
CLUB COLUMN
WOMAN’S CLUB MEETS TUES.
The Woman’s Cluh will hold the
first meeting for the present club
year on next Tuesday afternoon at
3:30. The topic for study is Safety,
and a speaker from Raleigh is ex
pected to lead the discussion. Mem
bers are urged to be present and
all women interested are invited to
attend.
Open house will be held during
the social hour following the
meeting
It is hoped that every woman
who has ever belonged to the club
and can do so will attend this first
session of the year, with every
woman who will even consider
joining. Now that the debt on
the property is paid new plans
are being made and whole-hearted
cooperation is essential for carry
ing them out.
This year’s programs are based
on North Carolina and will prove
educational and inspirational to
all who hear the discussions.
It is fitting that the series
should begin with an address by
Mrs. Bill Pleasants Flythe of the
State Safety Division. Raleigh,
who will be present next Tuesday.
JUNIOR CLUB MEETS SEPT. 21
At a recent meeting of the Ex
ecutive Board of the Junior Wo
man’s Club in the home of the
president, Mrs. Eugene Privette,
plans were made for the year
just beginning. It Was decided to
have monthly meetings of the
board, in addition to the regular
monthly club meetings on the
third Thursday of each month.
The first date for this year is
Sept. 21 at 8:00 p. m., in the club
house. It is hoped that every
member and prospective member
will be present at this time. A
program of much interest is be
ing prepared and the club looks
forward to the best year’s work in
its history.
Air conditioning of the home is
fast growing in popularity.
By DOCK
they have a desire for liberty, for
freedom of thought and conduct,
and yet they are such lazy thinkers
that they are willing to come to
the easiest conclusion—that the
government will control every
thing. They are willing to sit
back and let others think for them
—they are lazy mentally.”
“I think you are carrying that
too far,” said the Poet. “I am
quite certain that the average
American is not only capable of
thinking, but that they do think.”
“There is where you are wrong,”
said the Peasant. “A lot of people
think that they think when in re
ality they don’t. They are merely
rehashing the ideas of others. I
Farmers Advised
To Hold Cotton
Pointing out that cotton prices
are bound to advance as the war in
Europe continues, L. Bruce Gunter
of Fuquay Springs, Vice-president
of the North Carolina Cotton Grow
ers Cooperative Association, urges
growers in this section to hold
their cotton and benefit by any ad-
vance.
Mr. Gunter has just returned
from the September meeting of di
rectors of the Cotton Association
in Raleigh where arrangements
were made to borrow millions of
dollars to advance to farmers at
four per cent interest to help them
hold their crop for higher prices.
Mr. Gunter declared that we
need not expect a spectacular rise
in cotton right away but that rath
er it might decline slightly and
that the real rise will come during
the spring or summer. He pointed
out that many economists are al
ready predicting 12-cent cotton
within a year.
The Cotton Association, Mr.
Gunter said, has arranged for of
ficial warehouses and receiving
agents to receive cotton in all the
cotton-growing counties of the
state. These warehouses and re
ceiving agents have on hand a sup
ply of tags and are in position to
make the Association’s advance
upon delivery of the cotton.
“Hold your cotton for higher
prices,” suggested Mr. Gunter,
“but hold it with the Cotton Asso
ciation in a bonded warehouse.
The safe and w T ise thing to do is to
deliver your cotton to the Associa
tion directly from the gin.”
BETTER WATER
For some time many have com
plained of the peculiar taste of the
water from the pipes of Zebulon’s
water system. Pressure was re
duced until in some of the homes
nc;.r the edge of town service was
highly unsatisfactory.
Since last week’s paper was
printed considerable w’ork has been
done on the filters. For a while,
until the muddy water had run off,
it seemed even worse than before;
but at present both the quality and
quantity of the water supplied to
Zebulon’s citizens show much im
provement.
North Johnson
Religious Census
Some interesting and challeng
ing figures of the religious condi
tion of a large part of Northern
Johnston County have been
brought to light by the recent re
ligious census of five communities
served by Rev. C. F. Allen. There
are 389 families in the radius of
two miles of the churches of this
field; 1850 persons. Only 540
members of all the denominations
represented in the work; leaving
1310 persons not connected with
any church at all. There are 748
children in the communities from
the cradle up; 183 persons own
their homes; 205 are renters;
"there are 186 automobiles owned
by persons in the territory. Pres
byterians have 158 members;
Free-Will Baptiste, 118; Mission
ary Baptists, 101; Methodists,
42; Primitive Baptists, 37; Holi
ness, 26. Other denominations
represented are Christian and
Adventist.
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