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VOLUME XVI.
Give Report At
Production Credit
Association Meet
Reports submitted by officers
of the Raleigh Production Credit
Association at the annual meeting
of stockholders on January 6th,
revealed that this farmers’ coop
erative organization, whu h sup
plies its members with short-term
credit for agricultural purposes,
is operating most successfully.
The meeting was well attend
ed. Complete reports were given
to the stockholders showing vol
ume of business done, costs oi
operation, distribution of expense,
net profits and other data of vital
interest.
Reports were made by George
D. Richardson, president, and E.
F. Farmer, secretary-treasurer.
Loans totaling $530,000.00 were
made during the last fiscal year.
The association serves Wake Coun
ty-
George D. Richardson of Ral
eigh was reelected a member of
the Board of Directors for three
years, J. T. Shearon of Wake For
est was elected a director for
three years. Members of the board
whose terms did not expire this
year are J. H. Akins, C. S.
Chamblee, and Obe Tingen.
Mr. A. T. Levie, of the Pro
duction Credit Corporation of
Columbia, discussed the coopera
tive feature of the association.
He listed service principles prac
ticed by the association as fol
lows: For service—not profit;
Responsible farmers eligible; Ev
ery member shares in owner
ship; Active members control:
Members kept informed; Reason
able but adequate charges; Pound
credit adapted to needs; and Mem
bers’ business strictly confiden
tial.
YOUR’RE INVITED
The Zebulon Baptist Baraca
Class is having special entertain
ment for its members and visitors
Sunday morning at 9:45. Please
come and bring some one.
Bob Sawyer
Patronize Our Advertisers
THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER
Bv MRS. THEO. B. DAVIS
What type of reading do you
like best when you want to relax
and be merely entertained for a
while? It has been interesting to
note the preferences of a number
whom I have questioned about
this.
Our foreman. L. R. Harris,
states that when he goes home
late at night, almost too tired to
sleep, he wants a western story
magazine to read. He does not
care for a new one, and can read
the same one over and over till it
wears out. The very fact that he
knows how the stories end adds to
their soothing power, and in a few
minutes he drops the magazine—
asleep.
Mrs. Ida Hall declares she has
not the slightest desire to live on
a farm or even to plant a garden;
but she finds farm journals the
most fascinating literature to be
had when she wants to rest, and
THE FOUR COUHTT NEWSPAPER— WARE, JOHHSTOH, HASH AHD FRANKLIN
ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1940
AT CHURCHES
THE METHODIST CHURCH
Next Sunday at 11:00 o’clock
will be our first morning service
in 1940. All members and friends
of the church are urged to be
present. Let’s resolve to take a
larger interest in the religious
life of our community.
Schedule of services for Sunday,
Jan. 14:
Church School—10:00.
Church Service —11:00
Young People’s Service —6:45.
BEN F. BOONE, Minister.
BAPTIST CHURCH
On Sunday, Jan. 14, the follow
ing services will be conducted in
the Zebulon Baptist Church:
9:4s—Sunday School
11:00—Morning Worship. Ser
mon subject: “Jesus Serves.” Fol
lowing this service the ordinance
of the Lord’s Supper will be ob
served.
7:oo—Meeting of the young
people.
7:3o—Evening Worship. Ser.
mon topic: “Lead Us Not Into
Temptation.”
G. J. Griffin, Pastor
FI DELIS MATRONS MEET
The Fidelis Matrons Class of
the Baptist S. S. met on Monday
night in the home of the teacher,
Mrs. Theo B. Davis, with Mrs.
Donald Stallings associate hos
tess. Despite the extremely rough
weather there were 15 present to
hear Mrs. Griffin present the first
chapter of the new book selected
for study this year.
CLASS MEETING
The Young Married Ladies class
of the Wakefield Church met on
Friday night, with Mrs. Tom Kim
ball hostess. The meeting was pre
sided over by Mrs. Edison Wood.
Mrs. Herman Eddins was in
charge of the program, a short
Christmas Pageant. After the pro
gram a social hour was enjoyed,
after which the hostess assisted by
Misses Doris and Louise Kimball
served delicious sandwiches and
coffee.
saves them up for these times.
My daughter and her husband
love to read a poultry journal,
though they live in a city and have
no space for even one biddy.
Years ago, when my husband
preached twice every Sunday, I
found that he had a tendency to
be nervous after the evening ser
vice and would begin worrying
over whether he had done his
best that day. I saved nice little
love stories during the week and
persuaded him to read at least
one every Sunday night after com
ing from church. It really helped
in calming his nerves, though at
first he felt sort of sinful, wasting
time on Sunday.
One of our presidents is said
to have been extremely fond of
relaxing by reading detective sto
ries. My youngest son never gets
too tired to prefer sports stories
(Continued on back page)
Rival All-Stars
To Play Here On
Saturday Night
The Wake Forest All-Stars and
Lynn’s Atlantic White Flash All-
Stars will tangle in a cage meet
in the Wakelon gymnasium Satur
day night of this week at 7:30.
These two teams are composed
of players who have attained col
lege fame in the past. They are
recognized as the fastest all-star
teams in the south.
The Wake Forest team is com
posed of Dave Fuller, former
Wake Forest basketball player
who played baseball for Zebulon;
Jim Waller, Southern Conference
scoring leader for last year;
Boyd Owens, one of Wake For
est College’s leaders last year;
and several other former Wake
Forest players.
The White Flash team consists
of P. G. Hill, Co-Captain of the
N. C. State ’39 basketball team;
Jim Renie, A. Honeycutt, and
Ray Payne, all of N. C. State Col
lege; Carlos Holman, star E. C.
T. C. center; Junius Page of
Georgia Tech, who has played
baseball for Zebulon; and Charles
Evans of the University of Ten
nessee.
These two teams have been riv
als since they were organized,
and this game has been scheduled
to decide who is the greater. A
neutral court was chosen so that
no favoritism could be affected.
This is the first time the peo
ple of Zebulon community have
had the chance to witness such
a game as this, and the admission
has been arranged so that all may
see it. School children will be ad
mitted for 10c and adults for 25c.
Chevrolet Turns
Out Six Million
Cars In Six Years
In The Last Six Years 6,000.000
New Have Been
Sold, Averaging A Million Cars
A Year
Chevrolet dealers’ sales of new
cars and trucks in the final 10
days of December continued at the
fast pace maintained ever since
the 1940 model announcement, re
sulting in a gain of 32.2 per cent,
for the month, as against Decem
ber 1938, W. E. Holler, general
sales manager, announced today.
Units sold totalled 27,432 for
the period and 88,801 for the
month, as compared with 22,697
and 66,832 respectively, in Decem
ber of last year. December thus
became Chevrolet’s third-highest
sales month since August 1937.
Used car sales increased dur
ing the final 10 days of the
month, totalling 45,049 as compar
ed with 43,104 in the previous 10
days and 40,156 in the corre
sponding period last year. Used
car sales for the entire month
were 126,215 units, a gain of 17
per cent over the 107,223 total in
December 1938.
Fewer hogs are being fed to
maturity this year than usual in
Bladen County, since farmers are
killing and salting their pork at
home because of the currently low
market prices for hogs.
SEEN and HEARD
JOY-RIDING
On Monday L. E. Long was out
in his car, driving along side
streets at a rate of speed that
would have seemed slow in or
dinary traffic, but that was al
most dizzying to the several sleds
of children who were being towed
by means of a rope fastened to
the car. Everyone concerned was
having a grand time and the on
ly way to have determined who
wore the biggest grin would have
been to find out who had the
largest mouth. All were extended
to the utmost.
STILL WEEPING
A weeping willow is a thing of
beauty in the summer when its
pliant branches and narrow leaves
sway in every breeze; but it is no
less beautiful when, as this week,
those branches are thickly coated
with sleet that gleams and glis
tens in the sunshine. Who said
trees are ugly without leaves ?
SURE ENOUGH COLI)
A Wakelon pupil asserts that
one way he knows the weather has
been unusually bad this week is
that all the girls in high school
have worn stockings instead of—or
with—anklets.
MAN OF THIS FAMILY
Clarence Hocutt was expected
home today from a week’s trip to
Madison, Ind., where he went
w r ith his brother-in-law, D. E.
Wilder. Mrs. Hocutt says she
w'anted her husband to have this
visit and Is glad he went but that
“if anything happens to Clarence,
there will certainly be one gro
cery store for sale in Zebulon.”
She has been working in the store
all week.
ENTERTAINMENT AT
HARRIS’ SCHOOL
“The Tobacco Tags,” favorite
entertainers of WRVA, Richmond,
Va., are appearing in the Harris
School, Monday January 15 at
8:00 P. M.. Admission 15 and 25
cents.
THE POET AND THE PEASANT
By DOCK
“You know what,” said the Peas
ant, “that little speech you made
last week has made me do a lot
of thinking.”
“I am glad to bear that,” said
the Poet.” “After all, thinking is
what gets results in this world.”
“I have been thinking,” said the
Peasant, “How nice it would be if
the politicians would leave all of
their mud at home when they go
out to make a speech. Just look
how ugly the streets and roads are
when they are muddy. No one
likes them then and try to stay
off as much as possible. It seems
to me that the same thing would
hold good in politics.”
“To a certain extent it does,”
said the Poet, “but when the mud
is coming from both directions it
becomes necessary for the voter
to turn one way or the other.”
“The other night I heard a
man make a speech over the ra-
AAA Program
Is Announced
Announcement by E. Y. Floyd,
Triple-A executive officer of
State College, of the 1940 Agri
cultural Conservation Program
shows important changes in the
rates of performance and soil
building payments to farmers for
cooperation in the government’s
efforts to conserve soil resources
and stabilize farm commodity
prices.
The Revision of the rates of
soil-building payments have been
made for the following practices,
which in 1940 will be: Seeding
alfalfa, $1.50 per acre; seeding
timothy or redtop, 37 1-2
cents per acre; seeding other
specified types of legumes and
grasses, 75 cents per acre; and
turning under interplanted sum
mer legumes, such as soybeans
cowpeas, crotalaria, and velvet
beans, 37 1-2 cents per acre.
Floyd also announced that the
rate of credit for application of
ground agricultural limestone has
been made uniform throughout
the State, at $1.50 for each 1,500
pounds applied.
There was no change from the
1939 program in payments for
seeding lespedeza, seeding winter
legumes, turning under green
manure and cover crops, applica
tion of phosphate terracing, thin
ning and weeding timber s f mds,
and planting forest trees.
The rates of performance pay
ments for potatoes and vegetables
in designated commercial coun
ties likewise were unchanged.
Floyd urged farmers to con
sult with their county farm
agent, on their AAA committee
men and determine exactly how
the 1940 program can be applied
to their farms.
Enrolling
At the present rate of enro-11
ment, Duplin County 4-H Clubs
will boast at least 200 farm boys
before the first of the year, re
ports Assistant Farm Agent L. F.
Weeks.
Cotton
The U. S. Department of Agricul
ture has placed this year’s cot
ton crop at 11,792,000 bales of 500
pounds gross weight each, a
slight drop under the 11,943,000
bales produced last year .
dio,” said the Peasant, “and with
me was a person who will vote for
their first time in the coming elec,
tion, both national and local, and
that person asked me if it was cus
tomary for them to ridicule the
other party. ‘Why don’t they talk
about how good their party is and
not how bad the other was ? ask
ed the prospective voter.”
“It seems,” said the Poet, “that
the politicians’ minds are so con
structed as to feel that it is his
absolute duty to belittle the other
fellow. The type of language they
use is because their vocabulary is
so limited that they can not find
adequate words with which to ex
press themselves.”
“I was oncq told." said the
Peasant, “that the reason the aver
age person used profanity wag a
lack of another word with which to
express themselves. And I reckon
that’s about right."
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