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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1939 THE FAIR What many believe to be the best Fair Zebulon has ever had is now on. The location is good. With the large warehouse avail able for the agricnUdral exhibits, the community has an exhibit hall that few towns can excel. Then there are ample grounds for all the attractions. The grounds could be made twice their size if necessary. The exhibits this year are good considering the lateness of the season and the ability of securing vegetables and produce after the best had matured too early to hold over. The exhibits of local busi ness concerns are very attractive and show appreciably the fine line of all kinds of merchandise that is carried the year round in stores, garages and other business places. The midway is the largest and best we have ever seen in a town as small as Zebulon. Bantly’s Great American Shows consist of a large number of rides of va rious kinds, side shows and games such as one usually sees at fairs and carnivals. Among the best is the dog and monkey show. Here one sees monkeys turn somer saults, roll barrels and balls across the floor and up a ladder, a dog walk a narrow elevated strip with a monkey riding, a race between two dogs ridden by monkeys. Then there is a python, large enough to strangle a man, which may be seen for a nickel. One show contains a variety o fhuman monstrocities—among them a frog-man, whose feet resemble those of a frog, and a man who treads and breaks glass without hurt. The most interesting thing is claimed to be the living body of a woman without head. A mo tor keeps pumping away to keep life. Her fingers constantly move, while her feet remain rigid and helpless. It is claimed that her head was cut off in a railway wreck and doctors did something that kept life going. It is a very interesting exhibit, to say the least. But as we walked aw T ay we remembered that old show r man, Barnum’s, words: “The people love to be humbugged.” Another exhibit, very similar to the claim of life, is the ‘‘shrine”, the headless woman, yet without in a little tent just as one leaves the main exhibit building. It is a cement or stone figure, weighing nearly fifty pounds. In its sides are holes with glass-covered aper tures. Within may be seen a va riety of things—glass or real dia monds, faces, a church, tomb, al tar, peacock feathers, coins, etc. It was found by a colored man in Davidson county, the same one who found a lot of gold bars which he sold for about $30,000 last year. There are Greek letters on one side which no one has been able to translate. This is also an unusual exhibit, but we do not be lieve it is as old as it looks! On the whole we believe this is the best Fair Messrs. Gill and Privette have put on. It has am ple entertainment features to sat isfy most people. It takes less money and trouble to see the Five County Fair than the State Fair, and this one is ’most as good. ENLISTMENT OF MARINES WANTED Captain John M. Greer, Officer in charge of the newly established Marine Corps Recruiting Head quarters for North Carolina, with offices in Raleigh, announces that due to the recent increase in the Corps from 19,000 to 25,000 a large number of vacancies for en listment are open to American young men between 18 and 31 years of age; single, of good moral character and sound physique. Any young man in this vicinity who may be interested should write or apply in p, rson to the U. S. Marine Corps Recruiting Station, Post Office Building, Raleigh, N. C. Those accepted will be trans ferred to the training base at Par ris Island, S. C., for brief training before assignment to some service school, naval ship, foreign station or Marine Barracks in the states for duty. Previous service men of the Navy and Army are being accept ed up to 35 years of age, who have no dependents and are physically qualified. Former Marines who have been separated from the Ma rine Corps not more than four years will be reappointed to the regular rank held at time of dis charge, upon reenlisting, it was stated by Captain Greer. BEANS American housewives have been assured by the U. S. Department of Agriculture that the supply of dry beans —one of the nation’s chief staples—is “more than am ple” to meet all demands. SHORTAGE The shortage of hay in some states is causing dairy farmers, their leaders, and college special producing cows and cows in poor BIGGER and BETTER in 1 BIGCER AND BETTER APPEARANCE!.. BIGCER AND BETTER SIZE!.. PRICED FOR EVERY- I IA W Mjt • I BIGGER AND BETTER BODIES BY FISHER!.. BIGCER AND BETTER BODY! Coup*. 9807.nd I JVO CMAttS TO m I “RHYTHMIC-RIDE” CHASSIS!.. 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