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VOLUME XVI.
THIS, THAT, &
THE OTHER
MRS. THRO. & DAVIB
Nearly thirty years ago Ben
Royal was the only man in More
head City who did not wear a hat.
He said hats choked him and went
bareheaded the year around.
When he became a physician and
rushed over town with his hair
blown by the sea wind it made the
uninitiated think he was hurrying
to a desperate case. We smiled at
him among ourselves and explain
ed him to visitors as one of the
town’s eccentrics, at the same
time feeling some pride in his
independence of style.
Buying caps for my oldest son
made fairly regular drains on the
family budget, and the second
one also had some headgear
bought for him. The third son
had something to put on his head
when small, but the youngest has
never owned a hat, except the
panama donated by his oldest
brother and put away to save—
for what, I don’t know. He does
have a woolen helmet sent him by
Lucille Umstead Long when he
was six and our house burned. He
has worn that helmet to school in
very cold weather through ten
grades, going bareheaded the rest
of the time. Anabel Bunn says
Wakelon wouldn’t look natural in
cold spells without Barrie and his
helmet. As he and it have grown
older both have stretched out and
they are now closer together than
ever before, so I guess it will last
him through this final year of
public school.
All the above is a preface to an
item that surprised and amused
me. The Hat Style Council of
America is putting on an essay
contest for high school boys on
“The Meaning of the Word, Hat.”
I suppose prizes will be hats. It
seems my boys are not the only
ones going hatless and factory
production has felt the difference
keenly.
Not only boys leave their hats
off. Didn’t my husband go to Ken
ly last Sunday, his head covered
only with white hair caressed by
the breezes! And Staley Denton
wears a hat only when it snows.
I don’t know whether Roy Harris,
our foreman has a hat; I’ve never
seen it. These are merely the
ones in our shop.
It may be that in another gen
eration everyone will need to
learn “the meaning of the word,
hat” by studying about it in
books, so far as men are concern
ed.
(The above was written a day
before I saw this month’s Ladies’
Home Journal with Ann Batcbel
der’s “Hat-Check Girl.”)
They call it new—this fashion of
putting food on the table in the
container which held it while
cooking; but it is old. Don’t I
remember seeing the Negro ten
ants taking peas right from the
pot into their plates when I was
a small child? And didn’t they set
the frying-pan smack down in the
middle of the table, and sop it out
after no more gravy could be
spooned ?
To be sure those cooking uten
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THE FOUR COUNTY NEWSPAPER—WAKE. JOHNSTON, NASH AND FRANKLIN
ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA,
CHURCH NEWS
METHODIST CHURCH
We had an increased attendance
in all services last Sunday. 145
were present in the church school.
Forty one young people attended
the Young People’s service at
6:45. There was a large number
present for the church worship
service. It is hoped that this
fine spirit of loyalty and interest
will continue. Please plan to be
present Sunday.
Services for Sunday, Oct. 15:
Church school 10:00.
Young people—6:4s P. M.
Church service—7:3o
Pastor’s subject: “Faithful
ness.”
Ben F. Boone, Pastor
ZEBULON BAPTIST CHURCH
You are invited to worship with
us Sunday. Services to be held in
the Baptist Church October 15
are as follows:
9:4s—Sunday School
11:00—Morning Worship. Ser
mon subject: “The Church Speaks
Against War”
7:oo—Young People’s Meet
ings
7:3o—Evening Worship. Ser
mon subject “Delayed Disciple
ship.”
G. J. Griffin, Pastor
The Ida Fisher Missionary So
ciety met Monday with Mrs. F. D.
Finch, Mrs. E. H. Moser and Mrs.
F. H. McGuire assistant hostesses.
Mrs. Chas. Flowers, President had
the business first. Mrs. Percy
White reported some very good
■work done in her circle of which
Mrs. M. J. Sexton is chairman.
Mrs. A. R. House made plans for
the Mission Study Class which is
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Cotton Farmers
To Have Vote
On December 9
Cotton farmers of North Car
olina will join with others in the
South in voting on December 9 as
to whether marketing quotas sim
ilar to those in effect for the last
two seasons shall be applied to
the 1940 crop.
Most cotton farmers are thor
oughly familiar with marketing
quotas, as they have used them
for the last two years to avoid
adding to our already large cot
ton supply and to protect the
markets of farmers who pl*nt
within their acreage allotments.
Without quotas, producers who
overplant might defeat the efforts
of those trying to adjust the
market supply to demand and
normal carryover.
The national cotton quqta pro
claimed by Secretary of Agricul
ture Wallace for 1940 is the same
as for 1939. This will make possi
ble, with normal yields, the mark
eting within the quota of approxi
mately 12 million bales during the
year beginning August 1, 1940.
Approval by two-thirds of the
Nation’s eligible cotton growers
who vote in the December 9 refer
endum is required 'to continue
quotas in effect for 1940. The 1939
quota was approved by 84.1 per
cent of the growers voting.
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Tommy Steele conductor of the
Jimmie Johnson Daily Devotional
Program of W. P. T. F. will
preach at The Beulah Christian
Church Sunday, Oct. 15, 3 o’clock
P. M.
The public cordially invited.
Tobacco Markets
Are Reopened
Millions of pounds of tobacco
covered the floors of warehouses
in North Carolina’s thirty-cix
warehouses as markets reopened
on Tuesday of this week. Thous
ands of dollars went into pockets
of farmers and from there will go
to pay debts and for the purchase
of necessities, of comforts and
luxuries.
Prices are said to be somewhat
higher than before the closing.
Last week’s referendum on crop
control went so overwhelmingly
in its favor that there is prospect
of a much smaller poundage next
year. Foreign buyers are back on
the markets and Imperial’s readry
ing plant at Fairmont is expected
to run for the remainder of the
season.
The Poet and Peasant
By DOCK
“Understand that there has been
considerable criticism about what
we said about the cost of the op
eration of the county government
recently,” said the Peasant.
“Yes,” said the Poet. “But they
have not said it to us.”
“There is also a number of peo
ple,” said the Peasant, “who state
that a certain person writes this
column,” said the Peasant, “and
that that person does not know
what he is talking about when he
gave those figures.”
“Well,” said the Poet, “does he
know what he is talking about?”
“Certainly he does,” said the
Peasant. “He also knows that it
is against the law for a member
of a town council to call a meet
ing, a special one and not in the
regular meeting place, to handle
finances and not notfiy ea«h mem
ber of said board that the meeting
will be held before hand and
the notice must be written also.
He also knows that it is against
the laws of the State of North
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1939
3,000 PEOPLE IN ZEBULON
WEDNESDAY; CAR GIVEN
TO MRS. H. W. PERRY
CLUBCOLUMN
JUNIOR CLUB BOARD MEETS
The executive board of the Ju
nior Woman’s Club met on
Thursday night of last week in
; the home of the president, Mrs.
Eugene Privette.
The entire club is grateful for
the cooperation and generosity of
merchants and business men of
the town in preparation for the
wedding at the Fair. Gifts not
already publicly acknowledged
are:
Page Supply Co.—plates.
Peoples Bank and Trust Co.—
Savings account.
Baer’s Store—dress for bride.
Greenburg’s Store—luncheon
cloth.
WOMAN’S CLUB TO MEET
The October meeting of the
Woman’s Club is to be held on
next Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 17,
at 3:30.
The topic for the day is Inter
national Relations and an ad
dress Will be made by Lawrence
Decker, teacher of History at
Wakelon high school. All mem
bers are urged to attend.
GARDEN CLUB
The Garden Club met on Tues
day p. m. in the home of Mrs. W.
D. Spencer with Mesdames R. H.
Herring and Irby Gill assistant
hostesses. Mrs. C. V. Whitley re
ported that the Clara Paschal
club, organization for colored
women sponsored by the Zebulon
Garden Club, has for its major
project “Beautifying the Kitchen,”
and showed various articles made
for this purpose by the colored
club. It was decided to save scraps
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Carolina for any person to hold
both an elective and appointive
public office.” (See section 2845
in the Consolidated Statutes of the
State of North Carolina.)
'You don’t mean to say,” said
the Poet, “that that has happened
in Zebulon.”
“I don’t say it has or hasn’t,
said the Peasant, “but I have been
told that it has.”
“There are some who will say
that it is none of your business
what happens in town,” said the
Poet, “since you are merely a
country hick.”
“Granting that I am a country
hick,” said the Peasant, “I still
have a right to think construc
tively and also have a right to
express myself and give my opin
ions just like you or anyone else
has. Furthermore if there is any
one who wants to take issue with
any statement made at any time
by me, they are perfectly welcome,
the editor says, to this paper in
which to do »o.”
CAMPAIGN TO CONTINUE
Wednesday was a red-letter
day in Zebulon. Probably 3,000
people were in town that day. And
about four o’clock most of them
were at the Five County Fair
where the Junior Chamber of Com
merce gave away an $850.00 Chev
rolet car. Mr. E. H. Moser intro
duced Representative Arch T. Al
len of Raleigh who awarded the
car to Mrs. Herbert Perry. Mrs.
Perry lives about one mile south
of Zebulon. She had traded ex
actly SIOO since the campaign be
gan.
This business boosting campaign
was originated by the Junior
Chamber of Commerce in the early
fall. More than $77,000 have been
spent in Zebulon since the cam
paign started. The average week
ly business done was over $6,200
Nearly every business in the town
enlisted in the campaign and the
whole community felt the stimu
lation of this method of helping
the business interests of Zebulon.
This young men’s organization has
done a very fine thing for the town
by this campaign.
It has been decided to continue
the campaign till Christmas week
when approximately S2OO will be
given away. Each week till that
time $35.00 or more will be given
away at 4:00 P.M. each Saturday.
It is expected that the business
between now and the end of the
year will be at least 50 per cent
more than it has been thus far this
fall. Our country friends are
asked to join with the Junior
Chamber of Commerce and the
business men of Zebulon and let’s
make the next few months the
best our community has ever ex
perienced in a business way.
Baptist Hospital
Campaign Starts
The large gift of the Bowman
family to Wake Forest College to
establish its medical department
in Winston-Salem necessitates the
enlargment of the present Baptist
hospital in that city. A program
has been arranged and Oct. 29 set
apart for the raising of $200,000
to double the present capacity of
the hospital. Each pastor is ask
ed to preach on the care of the
sick on that day and take an of
fering from his members. Special
appeals will be made to individu
als to contribute to this fund.
This campaign to raise $200,000
along with the gift to the college
is the greatest thing that has tak
en place among Baptist folks in
years. It will enable the Baptist
denomination to have the best
medical department probably in
the state and at the same time
will enable thousands more peo
ple to be treated in the hospital.
If the Baptists of the state will
respond in any sort of a generous
way, this can be accomplished
easily and quiekly.
The more prejudice a man has
the louder he talks about his indi
vidualism.
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