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VOLUME XVI.
Harvest Day
At Friendship
Friendship Church, Johnston
County, near Emit, will hold a
Harvest Day sale Friday, Nov.
17, service lasting all day. The
members of the church are asked
to bring produce from the farm
and home to be sold at auction,
with the proceeds going to the
church treasury.
The members are asked to as
semble in the morning and bring
their produce for the sale. At
eleven a sermon will be deliver
ed by Rev. M. E. Tyson, Super
intendent of the Freewill Bap
tist Orphanage, Middlesex, N. C.
A picnic spread will be held on
the grounds at noon and every
family is asked to bring a basket
lunch. The auction will start
about eleven o’clock.
Let’s every one go and have a
good time.
Eclipse Seen Here
The eclipse of the moon on
last Friday night was plainly
visible here, though farther north
fog obscured it. Viewed from the
substratosphere, as it was by a
number of scientists, the eclipse
was said to have been brilliant
In at least one instance ob
servers went up more than 18-
000 feet into the air to secure
views and data. While it was not
a total eclipse, 99.2 per cent of
the moon was affected, the time
of greatest interest being about
1:36 A. M.
THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER
By MRS. THEO. B. DAVIS
Mr. Johnnie Kemp told me I
should not state that no hat-pins
were to be found in Zebulon; that
in the J. A. Kemp & Son store
there were plenty of them, and
had been for more than twenty
five years, having been bought
while their store was at Wake
field. In proof he showed me a
box of the pins, varying some
what as to length and heads. He
gave me four. The noblest of
them all is twelve inches long
with a head about the size of a
silver dollar, enameled in bronze,
green, and black. It made me
shudder to remember that in the
dear dead days beyond recall I
have gone forth wearing two of
those things. Any one would be
regarded as a sidewalk menace,
appearing with such spikes now.
Me. Kemp might ship those
hat-pins to whichever warring
nation he most sympathizes with;
for they’d make effective weap
ons. But they might be declared
contraband.
To the Rev. Oscar Creech I
remarked last week that one
of my ambitions is once more to
wash the dinner dishes, sweep
the kitchen floor, wash my face,
comb my hair, put on a clean
white apron with a hamburg i
ruffle, take my crocheting, and 1
go spend a whole afternoon i
with a neighbor; adding that it
is not probable time can ever be
found for such procedure. <
Mr. Creech replied com Singly,
THE FOUR COUNTY NEWSPAPER—WAKE, JOHNSTON. NASH AND FRANKLIN
ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1939
Wakelon Plays
Here Today
The Wakelon Bulldogs tackle
Smithfield today on the Wake
lon field. This game is substi
tuting for the Benson-Wakelon
game that was cancelled by Ben
son.
The Smithfield team were vic
torious over the Dulldogs last
year, 18-6, and the Wakelon boys
will be seeking revenge.
Wakelon sports a stronger elev
en than they had last year, and
will not be so handicapped with
injuries as they were last week J
when they played the Methodist J
Orphans to a 0-0 tie.
Wakelon has played four games'
this season and has lost only one.
Bethel Hill topped the locals with
a power attack. The Bethel Hil
lians held a 20 pound advantage
per man.
Today the Bulldogs plan to
present a defense as nearly in
vulnerable to power as a line
averaging 145 pounds can pos
sibly manage.
If you wish to see action on
the gridiron, be sure to go up to
Wakelon today and you will see
a game that will equal college
football in thrills and excitement,
but will cost only a fraction as
much to see.
tenderizer
Botanists and biochemists at
the University of California have
discovered in milkweed juice an
active substance that can be used
for tenderizing meats.
‘‘Well, if you did go, your neigh
bor might not be at home to greet
you. She’d most likely be gone
off somewhere.” After thinking
it over, I am not quite sure
whether he was consoling or de
ploring.
Mr. Roy Parker of the Hert
ford County Herald was also a
comforter last week. He was
looking over our place and dis
cussing printing, with newspaper
problems and worries. His com
pany publishes four big newspa
pers weekly and owns a splendid
building in Ahoskie.
The comfort was in his telling
me that big shops also have their
periods of stress and strain over
buying equipment—and paying
for it. I had sort of imagined
those anxieties belonged wholly
to little plants and owners of
them. One touch of nature is said
to make the whole world kin;
and a fellowship of installment
paying does much for comrade
ship among printers.
An article read last week told
of a new plan to kill boll weevils.
The idea is to make such loud
noises that the weevils crawl in
to the ground, and presumably
stop their ears. Seems it might
be hard on humans who should
chance to be near by .
Mr. Harold Schaly in his ad
dress at out church last Sunday
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AT CHURCHES
METHODIST CHURCH
Our last service in this Con
ference Year will be held Sun
day evening at 7:30. It is hoped
that every member and every
friend of the church will be pres
ent for this service.
Schedule of services for Sun
day, November 5:
Church school —10:00.
Young people’s service—6:4s
Church service—7:3o
Pastor’s subject: ‘‘Things Do
Not Happen By Chance”
CLASS TO MEET
i
( The Fidelis Matrons of the
Baptist S. S. will meet on next
Monday night in the home of
Mrs. Allan Pippin. Duties of class
officers will be discussed at this
time, and it is earnestly hoped
that a full attendance may be
had.
The Missionary Study Class of
the M. E. Church of Zebulon and
Wendell will meet with Knight
dale Wednesday. Mrs. L. M. Or
mand of Durham will be the
speaker for the day.
ZEBULON BAPTIST CHURCH
Services to be conducted in our
church, Sunday, November 5, are
as follows:
9:45 Sunday School
11:00 Morning Worship. Ser
mon Subject: ‘‘The Tests of a
Christian”
7:00 Young People’s Meetings
7:30 Evening Worship. Sermon
subject: ‘‘Religious Imagination”
G. J. Griffin, Pastor
Harold Schaly
At Baptist Church
The Rev. Harold Schaly, na
tive of Brazil, spoke on Sunday
night at the Baptist church here,
holding the close attention of
his hearers. He was introduced
by Pastor Griffin as a friend
and college mate, one who plans
to return to his own country with
the Gospel message. He spoke
of conditions educational and re
ligious in Brazil, contrasting
with opportunities here, con
cluding with the story of his
own conversion. Delegates from
Archer Lodge, Wakefield, and
other nearby churches were pre
ent.
Ford Agency Is
Reopened Here
The Henderson Motor Company
has reopened their agency here
with the Rev. R. H. Herring in
charge. Mr. Herring will be glad
to see his friends and all in
terested in Ford cars of all
types. He will make every effort
to assist buyers in securing just
what is best for their purpose.
Mr. Herring has lived here too
long to need any references or
recommendation as to his person
al worth, and the Henderson Mo
tor Co. is to be congratulat
ed that such a man is associated
with them in Zebulon.*
Montague Dies;
Coroner to Probe
James . Montague, 22-year-old
Negro of Wendell, Route 2, died
at St. Agnes Hospital at 6:12
Monday afternoon from a bullet
wound inflicted by Wake Coun
ty Deputy Sheriff G. C. Massey
during a liquor raid Saturday
night. Coroner Roy M. Banks said
that an investigation will be made
before an inquest date is set.
The shooting occurred at the
home of Genie B*rooks, Negro liv
ing about a mile north of Gran
ite Lake in Wake Forest Town
ship, when Massey, Deputy C. R.
Weathers, ABC Officer H. V. An
drews and Zebulon Police Chief
C. M. Shannan conducted a raid
on the tip that a load of bootleg
whiskey was being delivered for
consumption at a barbecue party.
Massey said Montague refused
to give up a partly emptied half
gallon jug of whiskey and threat
ened him with a knife. The offi
cer stated that he backed up 10
or 12 feet with the Negro follow
ing with bared blade and then
shot. The bullet entered Monta
gue’s left breast and an opera
tion Sunday which removed the
slug failed to save the Negroe’s
life.
WAGES
Farm wages, averaging $1.57
a day without board, were about
the same on October 1 as they
were three months earlier, re
ports the U. S. Department of
Agriculture.
THE POET AND THE PEASANT
By DOCK
“And now,” said the Peasant,
“another week has come around
and I find myself with nothing to
say.”
“You mean to tell me,” said the
Poet that you don’t have a single
thing to grumble about.”
“Nope,” said the Peasant, “not
a single thing. You are just like
a lot of other people I know. You
think that the only thing that I
can do is grumble. Well I like
to praise folks once in a while,
but there is so many confounded
things going on that is not like
they should be that I just can’t
help grumbling. You see I hear
these things and don’t believe
them but after investigating and
finding so very many of
them true, I just can’t seem to
keep my mouth shut. Why can’t
folks who are running public af
fairs keep their cards on the table
and be above criticism? I am like
all the rest of the fools, if I see
someone in public life that is not
keeping everything up to the let
ter of the law, I just have to crit
icise and that is all there is to it.”
“What you mean to say,” said
the Poet, “is that if there is any
praise due a public official that
you are ready and willing to give
it to him, but that if he is not
following out the letter and the
intent of the law that you are all
ready to rake him over the coals.”
“Right,” said the Peasant, “and
I will ‘promise you one thing, If
ever you hear me say anything,
either complimentary or otherwise
More Prizes
Are Awarded
With fifteen hundred persons
eagerly listening the weekly
awards offered by Zebulon’s Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce were
announced last Saturday after
noon. To Miss Fannie Chamblee
of near Zebulon went $25.00.
Mrs. R. H. Hales and W. E. Up
church of Route 1; Roland Gor
don and Obie Cone of Route 2;
and Lona Graham, coloredj, of
Route 3, received one dollar each.
The special prize of ten dol
lars was given to C. E. Stone of
Wakefield. Many have been heard
to express the opinion that J.
C. C. Saturdays in Zebulon are
doing much to help the progress
of the town. Merchants offer
special values, friends meet to
talk over matters of greater or
lesser import, and it is hoped that
the entire community may come to
feel more nearly one in aim and
purpose because of these gather
ings.
Mail Schedule
Is Changed
Beginning on Monday, Oct. 30,
the hour for the arrival of mail
from Raleigh in the afternoon
will be 2:15 instead of one o’clock
as heretofore. The morning mail
to Raleigh will still leave at
eleven.
you can bet your bottom dollar
that I am sure that I am right
and have ample information to
back up any statement I might
make. Furthermore, lam not in
tentionally trying to make any
one mad, but if they do get mad,
and are a citizen of Zebulon or the
surrounding community, I only
ask that they remember that all
is done in an effort to try and
make Zebulon and community a
better place in which to live and
rear our children in. It is just as
easy for a public official to con
duct the public business as it is
supposed to be conducted as it is
to ignore the laws as they are
laid down by both them and those
before them. Our town board has
a legal advisor and yet one of the
members of this board told me
that at one time when a certain
question came up this advisor told
this councilman that it was
against law and could not be, yet
not very many years after that,
that same legal advisor told that
same councilman that he did not
think that that same thing was
against the law and yet it printed
in the laws of our state. Why
did this lawyer change his mind?
Was it to try and please someone
or had he forgotten? What do
you think?”
“I think’,’ said the Poet, “that
there was an ax to be ground
somewhere.”
“Boy,” said the Peasant, “that
Junior Chamber of Comemrce is
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