LISTEN! IT IS NOT
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TOO LATE
VOLUME XVII.
This, That, <S*
the Other
By MRS. THEO. B- DAVIS
For some time now I have felt
what Longfellow might have call
ed a “restless, dissatisfied long
ing.” It is not vague, for I know
exactly what it is I’m wanting.
Poetry. I want a whole evening of
it, all by myself Not to read it a
loud, not to read new verse, but to
steep myself and my emotions in
poetry already known and loved
but not to be enjoyed while busy
at other things.
V The poetry I hunger for has both
and thythm, and each is
* practically flawless. Sometimes I
) prefer blank ver#e with its sweep
and power, but not always. Now I
want to read Saia Teasdale’s lines
beginning
“When I am dead and over me
bright April
Shakes out her rain-drenched
hair”;
and that one of Robert Service's
which says
“There will be a singing in your
heart,
There will be a rapture in your
, eyes”.
* I want tn find a poem clipped
years ago from The Literary Di
gest with these lines:
“Far summer noon-; shall bum
your days to gold;
But when comes twilight and her
pale stars rise,
You shall hear footsteps curious
ly old,
You shall look into unforgotten
i eyes”.
B I shall go once more over Allen
jf Seegar’s prophecy,
“I have a rendezvous with death
At some disputed barricade”.
And that will probably be follow
ed by Tennyson’s statement that
“The tender of a day that
y* is gone
jr Will never come back to me.”
For some reason not to be un
derstood I shall not want t ; read
any poetry except that which is
sad, nor shall I want even one that
gives a remedy P r sorrow I want |
only sadness, preferably nostalgic, I
f and that has been put into verse:
Like this:
“They’ll never have done with the
fightin'; lover and lass must
part; |
But what is a star of glory to a
woman’s broken heart?”
I want to find that one telling of
going to Innisfree and building a
house of wattles whatever they
may be and of having some bean
vines in the “bee-loud glade”. I
don’t care for the house or the
vines, but there is a lovely line a
bout having “peace there, for
peace corner dropping slow”.
After g'oing over a ll these and
•pore I want to conclude with the
C* ' na l verses of Lizette Reese’s son
net on “Tears”, for to me nothing
is more beautiful, though they do
suggest action yf a kind:
“Ye old, old dead, and ye of
yesternight,
Chieftain and bard and keeper of
the sheep,
By every cup of sorrow that ye
had
Loose me from tears and make
me see aright*
How each hath back that which
he stayed to weep—
Homer his sight, David his little
lad.”
Then, my senses drunk with the
swing of poetry, my brain soothed
with the music of words rightly
chosen and my spirit steeped in a
melancholy joy I shall stagger to
•bed on fi et far less sun than t %•
of the poems.
One evening of that sort is e
nough for a long time but ljpw
I do want.that one evening!
Fine Roses
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Nothing lovelier has been seen
in Zebulon than the two climbing
Tali-man roses set in the yard
of the Z. N. Culpepper home. Lad-;
en with buds and blossoms, the
shades of red and gold fairly glow
in the sunlight- Mrs. Culpepper
set out the plants two years ago,
and they are in their early vigor.
SJtr Irbuimt Strntrd
Wakelon Boys Win
In Judging Contest
At the district livestock judg
, ing contest held at the North
Carolina State College livestock
farms on Saturday, May 3, the
two judges from the Wakelon
High School Vocational Agricul
ture Department won first and
second places in the judging of
dairy cows-
The representatives from
Wakelon were Allan Denton and
Wilbur Hales. Out of a possible
score of two hundred points, Al
lan scored 164.5 points and Wilbur
scored 154.1 points, to take both
first and second places in the
contest.
The winning of this contest
permits these judges to enter the
state livestock judging contest to
be held in Raleigh sometime dur
ing the summer, probably in Ju
ly' The contest will be held at
the time of the State FFA Con
vention. The winners of the
state livestock judging contest
will be given a free trip to Kan
sas City, Missouri, to compete in
the national contest.
Both Allan and Wilbur are to
be congratulated on their splendid
judgment that they exhibited in
this contest.
Dr. L. M. Massey
to Conduct SDA
Clinic
I)r. and Mrs. L. M. Massey leave
next Monday for Pinehurst to at
tend the meetings of the State
Dental Association. On Tuesday
morning IV Ma-sey will conduct a
clinic as a feature of the meeting.
This is by no means the first
lime Dr. Massey ha- appeared be
fore thi< body.
Week’s News
hi Brief
First American Victims
In the torpedoing of a trans
port on its way to England from
Canada, twelve American young
men were lost. They were on
their way to England as ferry
pilots and to fly British war
planes.
Eden Pleads For Help
Anthony Eden, Foreign Secre
tary of England, says the crying
need of that country is more
c hips and munitions to reach the
battlefields of Asia, Africa and
Europe. Other leaders are ask
ing for quick all-out help. In
America many leaders are calling
not only for convoys, but actual
fighting units for battle lines.
Warren Resigns
Jule B. Warren, who has been
head of the N. C. Teachers or
ganization for about 12 years,
has resigned under pressure. In
directly the controversy over
Warren’s textbook on N. C. His
tory no doubt had something to
do with the pressure brought to
force his resignation.
School Ends At Wakelon As
Senior? Receive Diplomas
Wakelon’s commencement day on
last Friday followed the usual pat
tern with some variations. There
was the imprws-ive processional
while the congregation stood, af
ter which all sang “Americt”. The
i invocation was spoken by the Rev.
;B. F. Boone- Ira Joyner, senior
class president, welcomed those
present after which • Cleo Glover
pave a piano solo.
Special awards were presented,
and the glee club sang “To Thee,
O Country.”
The address was delivered by the
Hon. H. E. Stacy of Lumberton,
one of the state’s leaders in mat-
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Suit to Be Tried
C
; By order of the State Supreme
i Court the case of E. H. Peitzman,
. trading as the U. S- Elevated Tank
] Maintenance Company, against the
f Town of Zebulon is to be tried.
This case concerns the amount
! alleged to be due the company for
] work on the water tank. Conflict
j ing claims have been made as to
. the contract entered into.
r The work was stopped before its
T completion and the suit is to force
, payment of a larger amount than
has been paid.
t
> Scholarships
at N. C. State
; College
t
Twenty scholarships worth SIOO
! each are available at State College
to aid worthy and needy farm
’ youths of North Carolina to enter
i the college’s School of Agriculture.
1 The scholarships are provided by
Soars, Roebuck and Company- The
firm has given 20 such scholar
ships to the school annually for
two years. Its only requirement is
that the money should go to needy
youths “who have made the most
of their opportunities in high
school and on the farm”.
In addition, the firm is providing
a S2OO scholarship to the freshman
; making the best record among the
. group receiving help during the
» currant school year. The winner
- will be selected soon,
i Dr. Z. P. Metcalf will select the
. youths to receive the scholarships
for next year, and application
. blanks may be secured from him-
Red Cross Supplies Lost
Out of a total of 814,000,000
Red Cross supplies consigned to
Great Rritain 51,056,000 has been
lost at sea. The cargoes were
aboard 11 British and Allied ship
that were sunk. A substantial
part of the loss was insured
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Folger Succeeds Folger
J. H. Folger, 60-year-old Mt.
Airy atomey, has been selected to
succeed his brother, who died a
week ago. as Congressman from
the Fifth N. C. District.
Big Mail Order House
Sears, Roebuck and Co. have
taken an option on 40 acres of
land at Greensboro, where they
will build a $2,500,000 warehouse
distribution plant. The company
will employ from 800 to 1,000
people.
PEACH GROWERS
NOW OPTIMISTIC
Present prospects for North
Carolina’s 1941 peach crop are
87 per cent of normal, 14 per
cent above the past 10-year av
erage and 11 per cent better than
indications on the same date last
year-
ters educational, who spoke on the
present trends in high school work-
Mr. Stacey believes in greater em
phasis on vocational training in
schools and has done much to se
cure enlarged appropriations ffom
the state treasury to supplement
federal funds for this purpose. As
head of the North Carolina School
Boards Association he spoke with
understanding of problems en
countered and plans for the future.
He was heard with deep interest.
Supt. E. H. Moser awarded di
plomas to graduates, after which
the annual picnic dinner was en
joyed in the grove on the campus.
ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 9. 1911
Final Notice Is
Given about
Flower Show
Final notice is hereby given with
regard to the flower show at the
woman’s club .on next Tuesday.
Entries must be in Tuesday mor
ning as early as possible. It will be
well to gather flowers for exhibi
tion Monday night or before sun
rise on Tuesday- But the stems in
deep water for some time before
arranging them for the show.
It is not possible at this date to
give a complete list of judges, of
whom there will be four. One is
Mrs. E. W. Gaither of Raleigh, an
other an .interior decorator con
nected with Norris.Nccse, Greens
boro. In addition to those already
listed on committees, Mrs. R H.
Herring will assist Mrs. Jones in
the bulb department.
Remember that all flower lovers
are cordially invited.
Quiet Election
Held Here
Voting for town officials was
slow and infrequent Tuesday, ma
ny forgetting even to go to the
polls. At 2:30 p.m- it was announc
ed that 31 ballots had been cast. '
Pollholders Culpepper, Pippin,
and Wade had an easy day un
less the strain of waiting wore
them down. Nevertheless the can- I
didates as nominated last month
were duly elected.
Mayor Privette was reelected
j to office by a majority of 38 over
all opposition. His opponents, if
there were any got nothing.
Then the five gentlemen run
ning for commissioners were ah
elected without active opposi
tion. Philip Massey led the field
in the primary, but in the final
runoff Norman Screws led with a
total of 61- Philip Massey came
second with a half hundred votes.
Bob Sawyer and Worth Hinton
tied with 47 votes each. A. V-
Medlin received four votes less.
Total votes cast during the day,
51-
Senior Play
Final comment cment event was
the presentation by seniors on Fri
day night of “Lena Rivers”, from
the popular novel by Mary J. Hol
mes. This was declared by many to
be outstanding among plays given
on such occasions at Wakelon. The
fine training by Miss Brake was
evident combined with natural tal
ent possessed by the young actors.
Taking part wery Virginia Bridg
ets as Lena Rivers; Courtney Allen
as Granny Nichols; J W. Carroll,
John Livingston; Sara Bunn, Mrs.
Livingston; Inez Bobbitt, Caroline
Livingston; Dorothy Horton, Anna
Livingston; Jack Gregory, John
Livingston, Jr , S.' T. Johnson,
Frank Graham; Eloise Tippett,
Mrs. Graham; Billy Green, Dur
ward Belmont; R. H. Brantley, Jr.,
Malcolm Everett; Rebecca Horton,
Aunt Milly; Wade David, Old Cae
sar.
Seniors Picnic
Wakelon seniors enjoyed a bar
becue supper at Tipplon on Wed-
nesday night of last week, given
by Mr. and Mrs. Raleigh Alford,
and Mr- and Mrs. J. V. Cox, par
ents of the dasg mascots, David
Alford and Mary Alice Cox. Oth-1
er guests were Mr. and Mrs. E. H I
Moser, Misses Mary Lacy Palmer
and Mamie Beam of Wakelon’s fac
ulty. After supper*dancing was en-
by the young folk.
Seventh Grade
Seventh graders at Wakelon
had their commencement exer
cises on Thursday morning last
week. Al» ays a large gathering
is present for this occasion and
the program holds much of in
terest for patrons and friends of
the school. This year an unusu
al number of poems featured the
exercises.
Zebulon Rotary Club
Gets Silver Trophy
*
Zebulon Rotarians held the 66th
consecutive 100 per cent meeting
Friday, May 2. Robert Massey pre
sented the club with a silver
mounted trophy won for good at
tendance over other Rotary Clubs
in the district.
Professor Stuart Black had the
program As he is the agriculture
teacher at Wakelon, he spoke on
the Future Farmers of America,
and what he is trying to teach the
boys at Wakelon. As evidence he
had two of the Future Farmers of
Wakelon make speeches.
Wilbur Hales stated that he had
i been working op different projects
on his father’s farm for four years
and hail kept accurate accounts.
He said that he had been planting
corn, soya beans, tomatoes and
other crops and had made a gross
income of over SBOO. The manner
in which he spoke showed his in
terest. in Tanning as a vocation,
and he will make farming pay
there is pay in it because he uses
his figures and watches the crops
that pay best.
Oliver Horton was the next
speaker. He is just starting out on
hi' projects and told what lie was
doing and expects to do. We pre
j diet that he will make good in
l farming as a vocation-
Mr. Black is having his students
! keep records of some project on
I the farm to get them away from
j the old hit and miss system of
farming to a scientific way.
Pleasant Hill
Little Bobby Earl Oakley had
• measles last week. The other
children are improving slowly:
some are still in bed that had it
week before last. Little Carl Hood
Puryear went to see the doctor
Monday faith his head rising-
Mrs. W. I’. Robertson doesn’t
improve any, but takes her illness
patiently.
Rev. Carl Lewis, pastor of
Hephzibah, preached a sermon to
the graduates of Wakelon and
Wendell School last Sunday a.m.
at Hephzibah- Misses Rebecca
Ruth Horton and Dorcas Liles and
Messrs. Maynard Puryear and I
W allace Underhill were those i
present from Wakelon and a few |
from Wendell.
Mr. Frank Dickey of Durham
spent Monday of last week with
Mr. Jaspar Oakley.
Mr. and MYs. A O. Puryear of
Wake Forest, Route 1 and Mr.
and Mrs. T. E. Puryear of Mitch
ell Mill section, C D. Puryear and
the families of these were visitors
at T. Y. Puryear’s Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Mitchell
called td see Mrs. W P. Robert
son Sunday.
Mesdames E. W. Hood, F. V.
Hood, and Mr- and Mrs. Donrfie
Gay spent Sunday with Mr. H. G.
Hood of Wake Forest, R. F. D.
NSRR Sold
Norfolk, Va., April *3o.—The
properties of the Norfolk South
ern Railroad Company, in receiv
ership since 1932, were sold to
day to Carroll M. Shanks, reor
ganization manager .of the new
company which will operate the
line, for $2,000,100- |
Work On Boy Scout Hut
Progresses; Help Wanted
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Have you seen the Boy Scout
hut near the town hall in Zebulon ?
It has gone up surprisingly fast,
by day and by night. Passersby on
Monda night saw workers on top
of the hut busy on the roof.
There will be two rooms, one I
much smaller than the other and
to be used for storing equipment
and accouterments. A chimney and
fireplace are planed for the large
room Both will have double floors.
Logs for the walls were donated
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Walter R. Bunn
Walter Riley Bunn, 67, died at
his home near Hopkns Chapel
Monday. He had not been well
for months.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Roxie Watkins Bunn; the fol
lowing children: Bertis Bunn of
New Hope; James, Pennia, Stel
la, Walter B , Rudolph and Edwin
Bunn; and two stepsons, Troy
and Johnny Mayes, all of this
section.
Funeral services were held at
the home on Tuesday afternoon
at 3 o’clock., with the Rev. A- D.
Parrish in charge.
Why the Feed
and Food
Campaign?
By JNO. C, ANDERSON,
County Agent
According to the 1940 census
there are 278,276 farms in North
Carolina. 79 per cent of these
farms grew' no wheat. 98,204
were without milk cows, 33,154
farms were without chickens,
and 86,604 farms grew no hogs
| This means a large percentage of
' our farmers are not producing
the food and feed needed on
their farms, and during periods of
low income many of these families
will not have a properly balanced
_ | diet.
In a recent survey on Farm
Produced Feed Supply conducted
I : by our North Carolina Extension
Service in cooperation with the
Agricultural Adjustment Admini
stration, covering 1942 sample
farms in 21 counties, it was found
that “About 99 per cent of our
farmers planted a garden, hut
only 77 per cent planted enough
to provide an adequate supply of
fresh and canned vegetables for
home use. Less than 90 per cent
planted .enough potatoes for home
| use. Approximately 53 per cent
planted cowpeas and soy beans
hut only 51 per cent planted suf
ficient acreage. Loss than 3 per
cent grew sorghum or cane for
syrup enough for family need *
“In livestock, 78 per cent of the
farms reporting owned at least
one milk cow, but only 30 per
cent owned enough cows to sup
ply sufficient milk for the fam
ily all year around. Only 75 per
cent of the farms grew enough
hogs for an adequate supply of
pork, and only 32 per cent of
these farmers produced enough
poultry and eggs to supply the
family needs on a year-round ba-
I sis.
“In reference to canning and
storing food for the family, 92
per cent of the farmers reported
that some vegetables were can
ned, but only 36 per cent canned
a sufficient quantity to take care
of the family requirements. On
ly 79 per cent stored enough po
tatoes; 46 per cent stored some
peas and beans, but only 43 per
cent stored a sufficiency.”
Meat, milk, butter, Eggs Vege
tables and fruits are just as ne
-1 (Continued on page four)
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by Avon Privette- C. V. Whitley
and A. V. Medlin gave the roof.
Other donations range from ten
dollars down, and more will be
needed before the end.
All who can help jn any way are
tasked to confer with the building
committee: R. D- Massey, R. H.
Bridgers, J. R. Sawyer, G. K. Cor
bett, F D. Finch, or Scoutmaster
Allen. Do not wait to be begged for
aid- Volunteer.
TO DONATE TO THE
BOY SCOUT HUT
Local Church
News
Methodist
Next Sunday is “Mother’s Day.”
Let’s pay a tribute to our moth
ers by attending church.
Present for last Sunday eve
ning service, 18 members of the
church and 10 friends and visitors.
Total 2B. Our aim is to get
all members to attend church dur
ing the month of May.
Services for next Sunday:
Church school 10:00
Church services 1 1 :00
Pastor’s subject: Are we hiding
f rom God ?
Young people’s service 7:00
I Baptist Church
Our services for. Sunday, May 11,
are as follows:
9:45 Sunday School
11:00 Morning Wot ship- Sermon
subject: “A Mother with ut a
Name”
7:30 Young People’s Service
8:00 Evening worship. For the
three remaining Sunday nights in
May messages will be brought a
round the theme: “Parables of the
Kingdom”.
Our Vacation Bible School this
year- will begin May 16, on which
day all will register. Classes prop
er will start % y 19 and continue
through May 30.
G. J. Griffin, Pastor
Senior Fidelis
The Senior Fidelis Class of the
Baptist Sunday School met on
Monday night in the home of Mrs.
r. B. Eddins with Mrs. C. B. Ed
jdins, Jr., associate hostess- Mrs.
i Rondall Phillips lead the devotion
, al.
j Fred Wells Pippin, medal-win
ner in Wakelon’s commencement
contest, gave a declamation learn
ed for the contests “Mother”.
Mrs. Willard Gill presided over a
business session after which the
hostesse- served a salad plate with
tea.
| The occasion was featured by a
shower for the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Eddins.
Philatheas Meet
The Baptist Philathea class met
with Mrs. John Horton on Mon
day night. Mrs- Dawson had
charge of the program which was
very interesting, with Mrs. John
Broughton teaching a chapter of
“Life Beautiful”. Business was in
charge of the President, Mrs. J.
M. Whitley. The hostess served
delicious refreshments after which
a social hour was enjoyed-
GADGETS FOR SALE
The Senior Fidelis Class of the
Baptist S- S. has for sale a num
ber of small articles not found in
stores here, such as rack#, hang
ers, etc. These may be found at
Pattie Lou’s Beauty Shoppe, the
Elite Beauty Salon, or for sale by
class members. Profits will go
to class projects, one of which at
present is buying new hymn
books * for the church services.
Aii patronage will be appreciated.
Wakefield
10 a.m., Sunday School, Mr. D. *
D. Chamblee, superintendent. A
special program has been prepared
in keeping with Mother’s Day
-11 am., Worship serviA. Sermon
topic, “That Which Endures.”
Thursday, 7:45 p.m., Prayer ser
vice and choir rehearsal.
Hephzibah
10 a.m., Sunday School, Mr. T-
P. Baker, superintendent.
8 p.m., Worship service- Sermon
Topic, “Why We Must Have
Christian Homes Today.”
Wednesday, 7:45 p.m., prayer
service and teachers’ meeting.
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