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®hr Zrbulmt Stmirft VOLUME XVII. THIS, THAT, & THE OTHER By MRS. THEO. B. DAVIS Did you ever hear of so many family reunions as are being held this summer? If you are part Scotch, you speak of your reun ion as the gathering of the clan; if you lean toward the Indians, you call them the tribes; if you are conservative or more proud of your ancestors, you designate the coming together as an assembling of the various branches of the family, and you speak with a stud ied casualness of the family tree and of the years it has been kept and handed down from generation to generation. Which is quite all right. The main thing is the reunion. It has different meanings for the old ond the young; but both need it. There is a peculiar joy in reminiscing with older relatives, in meeting younger ones, born or married into the family. And there is much that is strengthening for young persons in the realization that so many are interested in their achieve ments and progress or concerned with their problems. Ambition is spurred by the pride of measuring up to or surpassing those who have gone before; maybe a weak will be stiffened by the knowledge that the whole family suffers from the wrong-doing of one member. Or, at least, that’s the way I was brought up. Kinsfolk were kinsfolk, and that was all there was to it. You might like some much better than others - in fact, you might hardly like some at all; bat that did not alter the fact of relationship nor lessen its obligations. It was like big feet or a tendency to freckle; something you just couldn’t get away from. It matters little about aris tocracy, wealth, or prominence. You are likely to find that the prosperous of one generation may be the hard-up of another; the col lege graduates may have children and grandchildren who care little for schooling; the cousin who was the prettiest girl in the neighbor hood may have an ugly daughter. None of which is really important. What does matter is The Family and what it stands for. I think God must be pleased with reunions, even when, as at times, they mean missing a church service. If not, why should it be mentioned in the Bible as a bles sing that “He setteth the soli tary in families”? One reason for this topic this week is that it was impressed up on me when my husband’s brother visited us recently. He and Theo sat one night and talked for sever al hours while I listened. There was no reason for me to inter rupt, since I knew so few of those mentioned. They began about the time that George lived up on Slav bacon and wandered around con versationally from there. They re membered how Aunt Jane Davjs needed only to hear of sickness in the neighborhood before mounting her horse and going with her own remedies to help out in nursing (Continued on back page) Vaiden Whitley Speaks to Rotary Friday evening, August 9th, made the 28th consecutive 100 per cent" meeting. Not only do all members make a special effort to attend but they are trying to do things. Vaden Whitley had the program and spoke on the sub ject of opportunity of Zebulon, its assets and liabilities, with its five hard surfaced roads entering here and one of the best farming sections in the State. Vaden men tioned that Zebulon was an ideal place for a bonded warehouse. During a discussion on the sub ject it was brought out that steps had been taken to have someone interested in building one here sooner or later. Some day we may have a bonded warehouse. Vaden also stated that Zebulon should have a community potato curing house large enough to take care of all the sw*eet potatoes grown in the vicinity. This cer tainly is a worthwhile project. We can grow sweet potatoes here that cannot be beaten. The cli mate and soil suits this crop. The potatoes further south, I have been told, are stringy, and fur ther north are not so sweet. The north would like to have our po tatoes but shipping has been the main problem. They can freeze so easily if exposed to cold weather. Sooner or later the shipping problem will be taken care of and possibly Zebulon in the future will be a big sweet po tato shipping town. Farmers are trying to make other crops to sell besides cotton and tobacco. South of Zebulon several farmers are planting pea nuts. One farmer has twenty-five acres of peanuts in one field. Vaden showed in his talk that he had given much thought to his subject ana made the other mem bers sit up and think of the op portunities possible in Zebulon if we would try to put them across. Jaycees Ask For Speedier Action The Zebulon Junior Chamber of Commerce held its regular meet ing at 8:00 P. M. Monday at the Woman’s Club. After disposing of a few minor business matters, president Leon Thompson called a special to be held immediately after the pro gram of entertainment and ad journment of the regular session. Raleigh Alford had charge of and presented a very pleasant pro gram. The program consisted of several vocal numbers by a local colored male quartet and speeches by three prominent local citizens. Messrs. C. V. Whitley and E. H. Moser omitted large portions of their speeches and Dr. L. M. Mas sey completely omitted his speech in order to allow the Chamber more time to devote to the called meeting. Mr. Whitley spoke of the success of projects attempted by the chamber in the past and suggested a number of nrojects for future action. Mr. Moser spoke of the leadership of young men. He gave Patrick Henry, Alexander Hamilton and Jesus Christ as glowing examples of young men who have made an indelible mark in the history of the world, some of whom have ZEBULON, N. C., FRIDAY. AUGUST 16, 1940 Let’s Be Safe and Sane Because of the present war scare in our country and our wil lingness and determination to spend billions in armaments we offer the following for our readers’ consideration. Our willing ness to spend must be met by the necessity to pay. If we spend, each of us, whether we are willing to do so or not, must pay and pay till the full demands of the government —principal and in terest —are paid. Read “Who’s Going To Sacrifice What ” and then in your calm, sober moments, think it over. It may in no-wise prevent our spending of billions, but it may in the end make it easier to help pay the price of what many believe to be safety. Who’s Going To Sacrifice What? The American people, driven by the need for military securi ty, must build a military establishment costly beyond all prece dents. An incredible proportion of the national income must be taken from the pockets of the people and diverted to govern ment. All of us will have fewer luxuries. All of us must con serve. All of us must sacrifice. That is clear enough and reasonable enough. But it has become tragically plain that a very substantial portion of the American people have the idea that the other fellow should make most, if not all of the sacrifices. It’s the other fellow’s standard of living which should suffer, not their own. It’s the other fel low who should pay the bill and do the work, while they go on much as they did before. Certairi influential segments of labor, for instance, demand still higher pay, shorter hours, excessive pay for overtime, and other special privileges and prerogatives for the workman, de spite the fact that pay is now the highest and the work-week the shortest in history. Their argument is that industry must sacri fice more of its profits in the interests of labor, while the work er grows fat off the national emergency. A certain segment of industry follows a similar course. Even as it makes profits of an unusual size, it works to reduce th share that goes to labor, and it works to get more bounty for it self out of government in one way or another. It, too, believes in sacrifice—so long as the other fellow does it. Those who have gone on government relief as a career favor sacrifice, too —so long as it doesn’t touch relief appropriations. The government, under the guise of “relief,” still pays out mil lions for leaf-raking, boondoggling and other completely non productive activities. Powerful influences demand that not one nickel of this waste be eliminated, no matter how much others sacrifice to pay it, or how dire the menace the country faces. The professional politicians talk much of sacrifice, in noble words. But it is a rare politician who is willing to sacrifice one thin dime of patronage that might cost a vote, to support a prin ciple. Money still goes out for farm relief schemes foredoomed to failure—for unnecessary tax-built and tax-subsidized govern ment electric plants, for government credit schemes of all kinds, and for a thousand and one purposes which are in no way a true function of government, but which are prolific sources of votes and power. The self-seeking hand of politics handicaps a real defense program which would get maximum results with a mini mum of waste of time and money. Who is going to sacrifice what? That is the question that America faces today, if national security is to be a reality, not a mirage. The answer is plain. All must sacrifice, all must con tribute their full share. The other fellow isn’t going to do it for us. Selfish interests now at play in America, whether they be in labor, industry, or government, are the real fifth-columnists within our gates. even died at the age of thirty three or younger. The purpose of the called meet ing was to draft and adopt a set of resolutions condemning war and approving compulsory mili tary training and to immediately notify the U. S. Legislature of this action and to ask for more and speedier action toward this ultimate goal. After some dis cussion these resolutions were read and passed almost unani mously. The chamber then received a suggestion to hold an extended celebration in the near future to be known as Hospitality Week. After this project was approved and turned over to the projects committee for final planning and preparations, the meeting was adjourned. Northern Firm Makes Big Offer A Northern dry-cleaning firm has offered to clean and press any United States flag if the own er will promise ,to display it at his home or place of business. And the dry-cleaner will not only clean the flag, but will call for and deliver it. DEATHS MRS. W. H. HESTER On Wednesday friends in Zeb ulon were saddened by a message telling of the death of Mrs. Wil liam Hester in Duke Hospital. Surviving are the husband and an infant son. Before marriage Mrs. Hester was Miss Ethel Farrior of Goldsboro and was frequently a visitor in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Screws. MRS. J. H. T. BAKER Friends here regretted to learn of the death of Mrs. J. H. T. Bak er of Nashville, who was known to many in Zebulon. She died at the home of her brother, Dan Earle, of Asheville. Among those attending the funeral were Mrs. Pattie Harris and Mrs. W. R. Harris of Fountain. Mrs. Baker was the aunt of Mrs. Jack Gary, formerly Miss Hazel Weathersby of Zebulon, and visited here fre quently some years ago. W. HAMPTON PEARCE W. Hampton Pearce died Sun day morning at his home in Nor folk, Va., after a long illness. The body was brought to the home of a brother, Anton Pearce, of Zeb ulon and funeral services were held from there on Tuesday after noon, conducted by the Revs. R. H. Herring and Theo. Davis. Bur ial was in the Zebulon cemetery. A large crowd was in attendance. Mr. Pearce is survived by his wife; three sons, Paul, Linwood and Roy Pearce; four daughters, Hazel, Thelma, Reba and Elsie Pearce; three brothers, H. Anton Pearce of Zebulon, Fred M. Pearce of Wendell, and F. Douglas Pearce of Wintersville, Va.; one sister, Mrs. J. E. David of Zebulon; one half-sister, Mrs. Corinna Pearce of Zebulon; and two half-broth ers, J. B. Pearce of Raleigh and J. W. Pearce of Zebulon. j CHURCH 1 Zebulon Baptist Church This coming Sunday we resume our Tegular schedule of services. All are invited to: Sunday School—9:4s. Morning worship—ll:oo. Ser mon subject: “God’s Challenge to Man.” Young People’s Groups—7:ls. Evening Service—B:oo. Topic: “Observations of Religion in New York.” G. J. Griffin, Pastor. Methodist Church Services for Sunday, Aug. 18: Church School—10:00. Young People—7:oo. Church Service—B:oo. The cooperation of every mem ber and friend of the church n appreciated. Make an effort to be present Sunday. Wakefield Baptist Church G. Carl Lewis, Pastor Services for Sunday, August 18. 10 A. M., Sunday School. 8 P. M., Worship. Three young ladies from the church, Misses Justine Harris, Dorothy Harris, and Louise Rowland, recently spent a week at Ridgecrest, N. C., Southern Baptist Assembly, en joying the Baptist Training (Continued on back page) NUMBER 5
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