REMEMBER TELEPHONE
DAY HERE
VOLUME XVII.
Telephone Day to Be Held in Zebulon Next Tuesday
This, That, €r
the Other
By MRS. THEO. B* DAVIS
Last week when they were mak j
ing up the paper for printing my
son told me the tax lists crowded
out some other matter. “But," he j
said, “everyone had rather read
delinquent tax lists than any story'
we could put in."
Ferd was half way joking, hut
there was much truth* in his re
mark We do like to read the I
names and see who have failed to
pay up. It either makes us tcel
slightly superior or gives us the
company misery is said to love.
And woe betide the one who gets
thi ise lists wrong by one jot or one
title, one cent or one initial.
Nobody these days regards the
tax lists with the awe they com
manded years ago. It is easy to
understand how some may prefer
to wait, finding it more profitable
to invest money and wait for in- !
terest to mature. Or it may be
that property is found to be worth
so little that the simplest thing is
to let taxes "cat it up” and thus be
rid of it. Forgetfulness is a fre
quent cause of delay. All very dif
ferent from the day when tax
money, which had to be cash,' was
carefully put away in the clock
t.r th so cial little drawer in the
father's desk, against the hour of
. o..ect.on. It was as nearly sacred
as rendering unto Caesar that
which was Caesar's could be.
One of the deepest impressions
of my chi'dhood is of a time when
by mistake my father's farm was
L, sted as among those on which
taxes had not been paid. I had
never before seen my mother so
vindictively angry. Only the fact
that the sheriff to whom the tax
money had been paid had died
k pt her from telling him what she
thought of such carelessness. Usu
ally charitable and kind, she was
utterly furious and seemed to feel
almost disgraced. I remember
creeping around wondering if the
neighbors felt we were fit to go
with.
Memory of the about incident
made me laugh when Mr. Vance
Brown came in the office last
Thursday filled with regret be
cause he had wrongly put Mrs.
Sam Horton's name with the de
linquents. Hi said she had paid
her taxes last fall and took a dis
count, and here he had failed to
m. ke the proper notation.
Both of them arc too old and
too wise to feel like I did years
ago, and Mrs Horton will not feel
like Mother did. Mistakes will
i pp n, but one is seldom the
first victim of any. And it is an
ui sp.akable comfort to persons
i ke me to find cut that we are not
the only ones who fall below per
fect efficiency.
< f ail the sayings quoted to me
in my childhood n me vv s heard
(fuii«.r than of the precepts
(i “Crandma ILtsy" Power, real
y n r it on of ou s but n i
and dear neighbor. She said it was
"a sin and a shame to waste a piece
of food big enough to fill a bird's
craw"
In tb.c main she may have been
right; but often as I have stepped
clear across the kitchen to put into
the chicken-scrap bucket a scrap
that might have been burned, I
have wished Grandma Betsy had
never said that in my mother’s
hearing. As it is I feel a twinge
of conscience on failing to wrest
its utmost good from every par
ticle of food. And it is the same
way with clothing and other com
modities. I can never let a sheet
die a natural death, but after
changing edges by sewing the selv
edges together and hemming what
has been the middle I feel impelled
to make an occasional pillow-case
or two of the corners that are
strong enough for use when the j
made-over sheet has reached an end
©ltr Brlutlmt Sternri*
COTTON GOODS GAIN FAVOR
Pictured is an exhibit of wearing apparel, every stitch
of which is cotton. Cotton cloth, cotton thread and cotton lin
ing were used in these inexpensive clothes.
U. S. 0. Group Is
Announced
In an effort to raise $6,250 for
the United Service Organizations
campaign, committees have been
appointed and volunteer workers
called for. Zebulon's committee is
E. C. Daniel, C. V. Whitley, R
Vance Brown.
The agencies belonging to the
USO are the Y. M C. A., Sal
vation *■Army, National Catholic
Community Service, Jewish Wel
fare Board, and Travelers' Aid
Association. This is considered an
important phase of defense work.
Colored Church
The Z.bulon Baptist church
wishes to thank Mr. and Mrs
Theo. B. Davis for the settee given
the church.
Anyone else having books,
chairs or anything that can be used
in the church is asked to let us
| know. We will be glad to get
them. •
Rev. Odis Dunn will preach at
church Sunday night. Program by
B. T. U. and S. S. begins at 7:30.
Mrs. J. A. Gresham
Work on 39
Work on Highway 31 has made
good progress. At this time top
soiling has been nnished from the
Wilson Highway to Bunn. The
surface coat of tar and gravel is
i >w being applied. Gravel comes
from the Raieigh Granite Com
p.-ny's p.ant near Rolesville. The
road when comp etc will be simi
.a.' to the one leading from here
to Wake Forest.
-Seen and Heard
"ROY S PLACE"
W. ! v - ' ii ph. vv down in
Jacksonville, F'a., who has provcq
himself a good business man. But
he learn_d a valuable lesson at the
start.
IT deeded to open a filling sta
tion and us.- his own name, calling
it "Roy's Place." Some time later
a man came along in a big car,
glanced up at the sign, and asked,
"Where's Roy?"
The young man in charge in
formed him that Roy was up
town, could he do something for
the gentleman. No, he just wanted
to see Roy again and get a little
gas. The attendant said he would
be glad to wait on him.
So five gallons of gas were |
poured into the tank, a $5.00
check was tendered in payment, [
$4.00 cash changed hands and
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Repairs Made
at Wakelon
Wakelon School is fortunate in
: being allotted funds for repairs
and improvements. In the elemen
tary building entrances have been
changed, new stairways built, the
building has been fire proofed and
a new roof put on. Toilets have
been moved from the basement to
the fir t floor, foundations have
been reinforced and strengthened.
In the basement the lunch room
has been remodeled and otherwise
! mproved. No schixil in Wake
County has had more spent on it
f.om the apportionment for such
purposes at this time.
The Wakefield Zebulon School
for Negroes is also being im
proved and will be better suited
to its purpose when the work is
completed.
j
Draftees Are
Listed
Following is a list of selected
men to be inducted into The
United States Army June 27,
1941:
Charles Clennon Creech, Zebu
lon; Leßoy Vick, Wendell; Nivy
Crudie Perry, Wake Forest; Ly
man Alvis Parker, Raleigh; Eddie
Leon Stallings, Jr., Zebulon;
Luther Dees Belangia, Wake F.or
est; Vasser Arendell Eddins, Zeb
u'on; Don Porter Johnston, Jr.,
Wake Forest; Robert Marshall
Stallings, Wendell; Cedric Eugene
.noit, Wendell.
There is * $5.00 check at Roy's
p ace—a sort of souvenir of how
somebody “cashed in” on a name.
QUEEN ANNE'S LACE
One wonders whether Queen \
Am no ever 'knew 'of the “lace
which bears her name, if a blossom
may be called by that‘name. For
few plants are of more prolific
and determined growth or have a
longer season than,the wild carrot,
the flowering heads of which bear
the poetic name of Queen Anne’s
Lace. Already the white flowers
are nodding and swaying in near*
ly every vacant lot or field. They
last well when cut and may be
colored pink or blue by immersion
;in tinted water. Aside from their
beauty they are worthless, the wild
carrot being classed as a noxious,
lor poisonous weed. Still, it has
helped out at many a wedding or
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ZEBULON, N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1941
CHURCH NOTES
Baptist Church
Announcement of services for
Sunday, June 22:
9:45 Sunday school
11:00 Morning Worship. Ser
mon subject; "Too Late.'
7:30 Young People s Groups.
8:00 Ev.ning Worship. Sermon
topic: "Jesus Chose Fishermen '
G J. Griffin
W. M. S. Meets
The Gouthside Circle of the
Baptist W M. 3. met on Monday
People Urged
to Use Hickory
Hickory, because of its great
strength, toughness, and elasticity,
s the world’s foremost wood for
farm tool handles such as the axe,
adz, pick, sledge, hammer, and
hovel. Hickory is a tree of wide
lange and although there are quite
a number of kinds of hickory only
a few are used commercially, says
the U. S. Forest Products Labora
tory, Madison, Wis.
Usually only a small portion of
a native tree is white wood; this
is made into tool handles, and the
balance, the red or heartwood, is
discarded. Many people think that
red hickory is not as trong or
tough as the white wood, and in
selecting wooden handles, will buy
only those without the red wood.
The Forest Products Laboratory
has found in over a half million
t:sts that weight for weight, sound
hickory has the same strength,
toughness and resistance to shock,
regardless of whether it is red,
white, or a mixture of red and
vhite wood, as the white sapwood
urns to reddish heartwood as the
tree grows older.
To the farmer who is buying
only one handle for a tool, a
fairly reliable guide to its strength
l would be the proportion of solid
i joking summerwood or less por
ous part of each growth ring ap
pearing on the end of the piece,
she summerwood is quite easy to
tell from the springwood portion
of the annual ring, which is full
of pores or small holes. Summer- j
wood has much greater strength
than the springwood, because it
ontains more wood substance per
'unit volume.
Providing the handle or stick is
free from knots or other defects
at important points and is straight
grained, the number of growth
rings per inch on the end afford
another means of grading hickory.
Few growth rings per inch indi
cate a stronger and tougheer stick
than one with many rings. A
further guide in choosing a good
handle, whether it contains red
wcxxl or not, is that the best hick
ory shows an oily or glossy side
grain surface when smoothly fin
ished. When dropped on end on
a concrete or other hard surface,
a good piece of hickory will have
a clear, ringing tone, while a piece
f poor quality will produce a dull
sound.
Bob Chamblee
Bitten by Snake
B >b Chambiee of Wist Zebulon
was bitten on the hand by a cop
perhead moccasin on Monday of
this wetk. The snake was in the
corn crib and its kind was not
known until searching revealed it.
Chamblee's hand and arm swelled
badly, but it is thought no serious
results will follow.
The copperhead, cousin to the
water moccasin or cottonmouth,
is one of the few really poisonous
snakes in this locality, being re
■ iated to the rattlesnake, but not so
gentlemanly, in that it gives no
1 warning before striking. j
afternoon in the home of Mrs. W
N. Pitts. The program on condi
tions in European fields was di
rected by Mrs. S. A. Horton, as
isted by Mesdames Pitts and Rob
rt Phillips Following the business
! ession refreshments were served
by the hostess assisted by Miss Inez |
Pitts and Mrs. Currin.
Methodist Church
Services for Sunday, June 22:
Church School 10:00; Worship
Service 11:00; Young People
7:00.
801 l Weevil
Plague Heavy
Agricultural bulletins are being
sent to Zebulon farmers warning j
that this year will be one of high
infestation of Hill weevil in cotton.
The past winter was mild and the
greater part of the weevils seem to
have survived and already they
have appared in some sections.
Last year the N. C. cotton crop
xas valued at $44,000,000, yield
ing an average of 427 pounds per
acre. The use of 111 mixture in
part explains that value and yield.
Unless our farmers use this mix
ture again in abundance, thous
ands of dollars will be lost by wee
vil infestation. An investment of
75 cents and a few hours la
bor will save, most of this loss to
fanners. An investment of 75 cents
will save from 10 to 15 times as
much.
So, the advice of experts is: get
ready to fight the boll weevil with
1-1-1 mixture, the best and surest
poison known to rid cotton of this
expensive pest.
Rainfall Here |
A good rain here Sunday furth
er relieved the lack of moisture
and will do much toward growth
of crops. Farther east there was
rain the last part of last week, but
none on Sunday, that which fell
here extending only a little way
nto Johnston county. Here the
“moisture met," to quote an old
farm saying meaning that the wet
ness from above went deep enough
into the ground to meet that
which was below the surface of
the soil.
Isaacs Here
Friend and neighbor of long
standing, R. L. Isaacs of Raleigh
was in Zebulon last Monday
afternoon. As often, R L. was
chaperoned by some beautiful
young women, only they were
younger than the ones he usually
has with him. These were Knight
dale Misses, Bonnie Jean Wall,
Joyce Wall, and Rosa Marie Hall.
Rotory-Anns Entertain
Club Last Friday
Zebulon Rotary-Anns surprised
the Rotarians last Friday by serv
ing them a chicken Bar-B-Q on
the lawn at Wakelon School. This
was the 72nd consecutive hundred
per cent meeting. Stuart Black, on
ly member absent, had already
made up his attendance.
Since the ladies were entertain
ing, Mrs Irby Gill t<x>k over the
program that would have been her
husband's. She had the ladies, cap
tained by Mrs. C. V. Whitley,
face the men, led by Bob Sawyer,
and asked catch questions concern-1
ing advertising slogans. Naturally,
the ladies won.
After this their instinct told
Remarkable Exhibit To Be
In Room Near Drug Store
Opera Singer
iiji
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Pictured is I>awrence Tibbett,
who will sing in Raleigh this fall
with the Raleigh Civic Music asso
cation-
Rabies Dates
Are Given
An act passed by the North
Carolina legislature in 1935 and I
amended in 1941 provides that!
owners of dogs shall have them
vaccinated against rabies.
For this service there is a fee I
of 75c which will be returned if |.
the dog has been listed for taxes.
When the animal is vaccinated the
veterinarian wall give its owner a
tag and certificate. t
For this section vaccination
dates are as follows:
Wednesday, June 18th and 25th
Zebulon, Wendell, Wake For
| est, all—l p. m. to 3 p. m.
Thursday, June 19 Rolesville
I p. m. to 3 p. m.
If these dates do not suit the
I convenience of dog-owners, ar
rangements may be made for the
work to be done m Raleigh. Vet
! erinarians are Drs. L. F. Koonce,
W T. Scarborough, William |
Moore, Jr.
Tobacco Looks (
Very Good !
f
Although farmers were at great t
disadvantage in setting out their \
fields of tobacco, the crop at this
time looks promising. Naturally, it j
is “spotty" in appearance, some
plants being much ahead of the
rest, but all have benefitted from
recent rains and have a healthy j
color. And all who raise tobacco
know how quickly it can become
tall enough for topping. It may
also be stated that the crop in
this section compares most favor-,
ably with that seen in fields much
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farther east.
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j them the psychological moment
had come to go ask their husbands
for money to pay for the Bar B-Q
which the men had so much en
joyed With smiling faces the men
paid willingly, while wondering i
who was supposed to be entertain
ing. All had a gixid time but were
sorry for Bob Sawyer who had
j failed to find a girl friend to add
to his pleasure on the occasion. At
this date Bob is the only single I
member of the club.
Foster Finch asked for leave of
! absence as he expects to go to Hot j
Springs for his health. Fred A. {
Woodcock was also granted leave ji
of absence. ’
TELEPHONE DAY IS
NEXT TUESDAY
NUMBER 48
Southern Hell
Sponsors Day
of Information
The Southern Bell Telephone ii
Telegraph Company will hold a
“Telephone Day" in Zebulon
Tuesday June 24 in the building
| next to the Zebulon Drug Store,
|at which time the public is cor
, dially invited to visit and inspect
the many interesting things that
j will be on exhibition.
Experts will explain the various
mechanical and electrical phases of
the dial system and show many of
the interesting operations that go
on behind the scenes of your 'tele
phone service.
The public is invited to visit the
exhibit next Tuesday, June 24th
between the hours of 9 a. m. 12
noon, 3 p. m , 5 p. m. and 7 p. m.
to 9 p. m
There will be a dial demonstra
ion switchboard which shows in a
imple and compact way just how
iial calls are handled and just
what takes place on each step of
hese calls as you dial the number.
This unit can be put into “slow
motion” so that the normal speedy
operations can be easily seen and
jnderstood. These things are not
eadily seen and understood in the
arger dial switchboard which
erves this community due to its
peed of operation and the many
.nd varied routes the calls take
hrough this equipment. In the dial
lemonstration unit the equipment
s arranged to show and explain
he ingenious switches, relays, etc.,
as they pick out, test, ring, etc.,
>ne certain number from all the
ither telephone numbers. Also the
afferent actions the switches go
through depending upon the con
lition found upon the called num
ter such as “Busy Line,” “wrong
lumber dialed,” etc.
The automatic dial switchboard
chich is rendering local telephone
•ervice is really a marvelous ma
hine considering the many differ
ent things it must do in handling
he large number and varying
oads of local telephone calls.
>ome and see this clearly demon
trated and explained.
The “Voice Mirror” developed
by the Bell Telephone Laborator
es will be shown. This equipment
enables visitors to hear how their
own voices sound to other people
over the telephone. One’s voice
sounds a little‘different to others
than it does to the person speaking.
This is true in ordinary face to
face conversations as well as over
the telephone. Come and find out
why.
A “Voice Scrambler” will also
be shown and demonstrated. This
device is used to provide secrecy
on trans oceanic and ship to shore
elephone conversations. You may
hear speech “scrambled” and hear
t "unscrambled.”
Other special displays such as
eproductions of Alexander
Graham Bell's original telephone
and his second .telephone will be
on exhibition. One display board
shows a modern telephone dis
mantled to show all of its separate
parts. Various kinds of telephone
cable, parts, raw materials from
which telephones are made, for
lgn telephone directories, metal
that floats in th air, and many
other interesting things will be
shown and explained.
In making the announcement of
Telephone Day” Mr. S. H.
Youngblood, Raleigh, District
Manager of the Telephone Com
pany said that Mr. Norris Russell
of the Company's Charlotte office
and several other out-of-town tele
phone people will be on hand to
conduct the affair.
Beard Dead
Daniel Beard, pioneer of the
Boy Scout movement in America,
is dead. He was 91 years old,
known or known of by most of
the scouts in the country, and hon
ored by the organization. Beard
was also an author and illustrator.