COTTON GROWERS, GET
YOUR EQUITIES
VOLUME XVII.
This, That, 6*
the Other
By MRS. THEO. B- DAVIS
My husband, who is chief poul
try man at our place in addition to
everything else he does, has had
rather a bad time with biddies this
year. First, the cat killed and ate
a number before being caught in
the act. Then another cat helped
itself to a tew- before-that lot got
frying size. The next batch did a
little better, but something caught
some of them.
The last lot had not even a step
mother, hen after hen refusing a
maternity for which she had no in
P clination; and more fruitless labor
F than trying to persuade a hen to
cluck I have never seen. Finally
Theo gave up the effort and has
raised those biddies by hand. That
means going out before dark to put
them to bed—we don't have a
brooder —going early to let them
out, feeding, watering, everything
but hovering over them. The two
week he was in meetings a part of
that work fell to my share.
Last Friday night I fed the sur
vivors of various raids—by rats,
' we thought. As many as ten had
disappeared one night when they
were tiny; and 1 counted only
nineteen left of about fifty. 1 cut
fine for them a lot of green corn
that was harder than we like it
for cooking. Chicks love that so
much that once you start giving
it to them they refuse all other
food as long as there seems a
chance to get the corn. Not long
after they were fed I went back
to see if they had gone to bed so
p that the opening to their shelter
might be closed; but two were still
out eating and I knew if I
went in the enclosure others
might rush out for more corn. So
left them for about twenty min
The chicks are kept in a space
about twelve feet square, enclosed
by wire fencing and walled up
with metal roofing for about three
feet on every side but the one
against the barn. They stay at
night in half an iron barrel, laid
on its side, cut across its middle
r and one end against the wall of
the Pen, the other open except
when closed at night.
When 1 went back for the third
time Friday it was growing dusky.
But the biddies, instead of being
inside the half-barrel, were hud
dled together on the far side of
the enclosure. 1 went to them and
tried to guide them toward the us
ual sleeping quarters, but they re
fused to move, cheeping plaintive
ly. Well, 1 thought, if you're bent
and bound on sleeping here,
there's no real reason why you
shouldn't. I’ll bring the shelter to
you, if you won't go to it.
I picked up the half-barrel, one
hand in each end at the top, and
started toward the chicks. It seem
ed even more unwieldy than I had
expected, so I leaned one-sided
and peeped in. There was a dark
mass of something inside and then
I saw hanging outside a long black
tail. I was carrying a snake! For
some unexplained reason 1 walked
back and put snake and container
•down exactly where I had picked
them up. Then 1 got out of that
pen in a hurry, but stoped to peer
back, making sure there was not
■only a snake, but a chicken with
it.
My husband had gone to Kcnly,
Ferd and his wife had gone to see
her people, my grandson had gone
to Wake Forest. I was entirely
alone, as regards humans.* Help
was needed. I went to the C. V.
Whitleys. Mr. Whitley, 1 knew,
was at the Rotary supper; but
Merritt Massey was not well
enough to cope with that snake;
the Antone house was all dark;
Uncle Percy Hopkins, our colored
neighbor, was sick in bed And I
thought Mr. Bridgers was also Ro
tating.
Mrs. Whitley lent me a flash
light and she with Nancy came
along for comfort and encourage
ment. Mrs. Whitley thought 1
might be able to kill the snake
with a hoe or shovel; but I
couldn't bring myself to share her
belief; and after we three took an
other shuddenng look into the bar
- .1 . l , ■komikl: I ,rpt it
ffibe Zebttltm tKerori*
Wakelon Future
Farmers Win Ist
Place In Contest
Seventeen Members Are
in Attendance at
Meet
ROLESVILLE SECOND
Local FFA Past President
Presides Over
Event
Svcntccn members from the
Wakelon chapter of the Future
Farmers of America, including
three visitors, attended the Tom
Browne Mountain Camp the week
which began June3o, and won first
place in the competitive activities
for the week at Mountain Camp
in W N. C.
The Wakelon chapter was pre
sented a banner to be placed in
the F. F. A room of the agricul
ture department. The banner is
national blue with gold letters,
which is the official color, and is
inscribed as follows:
"Tom Browne Camp, weekly
winner, 1941.” Also the official
seal of vocational agriculture is on
the banner.
Wakelon scored a total of
307J/2 points for the week, and
the Rolesville chapter scored sec
ond place.
Competitive activities included
softball, baseball, volleyball, bad
minton, horseshoes, shuffleboard,
table tennis, and checkers. The
boys were also scored on spirit and
industry during work hour, at
tendance at devotionals and exer
cise each morning, and general
conduct.
The boys attending from Wake
lon were Joe Thomas Knott,
Roscoe Arnold, Wilton Bunn,
Wyatt Horton, Fred Corbitt. H.
B. Rowland, Leamon Pearce, El-
Jred King, Oliver Horton, Fred
Bobbit, Allen Denton, Wilbur
Hales, Levere Pearce, Harold Pip
pin, J. K. Watkins, Jack Hinton,
md Earl Pearce.
Very few of the boys had been
to the mountains before and it
was a real treat for everyone to
spend a week there.
Wilbur Hales, past President of
the local chapter, was called upon
to conduct the regular business
meeting of the entire camp on
Friday night.
The group made visits from
ramp to the Craggy Gardens, fa
mous for beautiful rhododendron,
ind to the million dollar Ashe
ville playground.
Citizens of Wake
to See New Plane
People of Wake county will be
given an opportunity on Wednes
day and Thursday, July 23 and
24, to contribute to the fund be
ing raised by North Carolina to
buy a fully equipped airplane am
bulance to be given to England,
S. P Vecker of Raleigh, Wake
county chairman of the Old North
State Fund, said today.
Governor J. M Broughton, who
is honorary state chairman of the
Old North State Fund, has called
upon the people of North Caro
lina to contribute as liberally as
they can.
Wake's quota in the campaign
is $4,12 5.00 and the quota for
the state as a whole is $75,000.
The drive in Wake county will
be given a “rousing send-off” next
Tuesday night at a “Dutch treat'
dinner to be held in the Sir
Walter Hotel in Raleigh at 6:30
o’clock.
“All contributions, however
large or small, will be greatly
appreciated,” said Chairman Veck
er. “It is a cause in which we
want all to feel they can play a
part to aid our friends in war
torn England. Our quota is not
a large one and we hope we can
more than exceed it.”
Contributions may be sent to
Wm. P. Little at the First Citizens
Bank and Trust Company in Ra
leigh. Mr. Little is county treas
urer of the fund. State Auditor
flrnrvp Ross Pou is state treasurer
FOUR MELODIERS
w
Singers with Glenn .Miller, who plans a tour ot this state.
Plenty of Power
Seen In Carolina
Heavy Rains Relieve Rad
Situation in the
Southeast
Recent heavy rains which seem
ed to have been general throughout
the Southeastern states have served
to improve greatly the hydro elec
tric power supply.
Manager L. V. Sutton of Caro
lina Power (£ Light Co. said he
had been informed that many res
ervoirs at other hydro-electric gen
erating stations in the Southeast
ern state had been filled.
“There is a general improvement
in the water supply at our hydro
elctric gnerating stations actually
we have been spilling water over
the dams at two of them, and
within the last few days have shut
down completely one of our steam
electric generating plants,” Mr.
Sutton said. “This steam plant can
be placed back into service upon
short notice in the event that pres
cut relief is of a temporary na
ture.”
Mayor, Board
Have Difference
Sometime ago Mayor Privette
proposed to build a wash room on
the east side of his place at the
junction of the highways in Zeb
ulon. To do so, it would be nee
essay for him to use several feet
of the sidewalk and street space,
probably 20 feet. There was some
objection to this by members of
the town board. They claimed
that the street should be kept
open, though not used. A ditch
took up some of the space, cars
and gravel the balance.
Members of the board protested.
Mr., Privette advertised in the
Record his proposal, inviting any
who objected to do so. He claims
no one made objection, so this
week work began on the addition
to his garage. Immediately three
members of the town board made
abjection. They claimed that citi
zens objected to the project. It
now appears that either Mr, Priv
ate will go ahead with his plans,
>r the commissioners will order
the street obstructions removed
An appeal to the citizens or re
sort to the courts seems the only
permanent solution of the differ
ence .
BUGS —J. L Horn, negro cot
ton farmer of Route 1, Marsh
ville, is fighting an insect similar
to the army worm which is at
tacking his cotton.
Local Board Selectees Listed for July
i
List of select'd men to be in
ducted into .he United States
army July 21» 1941:
V-2797 Ntitc Reynolds, Route
1, Wake Forest, N C.; V-3285
Walter Fleetwood Foreman,
Route 3, Wake Forest, N. C ;
803 Cellon Macon Keith, Route 1,
Wake Forest, N. C.; 822 Archie
Lee Daniel, 'Route 1, Knightdale,
ZEBU LON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY JULY 18,1941
Seen and
Heard
Nearly the whole of the town
of Kcnly was covered with water
Sunday afternoon. It ran across
streets, was more than a foot deep
in yards, drove one family from
the first floor of their home . . .
On the highway from Selma early
Monday w'ere seen a dead dog,
cat and opossum, all lying in the
road, the victims of automobiles
... A man with a load of tobacco
already cured on his way to the
packhouse at 6:00 o’clock in the
morning . . . Five Wake Forest
girls in town Monday, all good
looking and happy as appearances
l old us . . . a near farmer in town
hiring a young colored man to
weed his strawberry, patch. The
hireling running away just as
soon as left alone—and he sho’
did run . . . The hole in the street
near the Baptist church filled, but
not quite full enough . . . two
citizens of Zebulon about 6:30
a. m. hurrying to beat each other
to M T. Debnam’s store to read
his News and Observer . . .
Walter Page's turkeys about 35
of them—sunning themselves in
front of his brooder house. . .
ilotarians Have
Perfect Meeting
I
Zebulon Rotarians held their
75th consecutive hundred per
cent meeting last Friday night
Vance Brown was away on vaca
tion and Luther Long failed to
show up, but these boys will make
up attendance or be afraid to
show their facc>. Hoyle Bridgers
had the program, but had noth
ing special as it was time for in
stallation of officers and this took
most of the hour.
The following officers will
head the club for the next term:
Prcsdent, Robert D Massey; Vice
president; Charles Allen; Secre
tary-treasurer, Bob Sawyer; Sgt.
at arms, Stuart Black
Local Men Have
Good Gardens
Gardens in this section have
been unusually good this year, de
snitr th>• late spring. While vege
tables may not have been quite so
arlv as in other years, the quality
has been fine.
Ripe tomato - were found last
'• ek in the garden of Mrs Ruth
Chamblee near town.
1, Wake Forest, N. C.; 885 Wal
ter Robert Powell, Route 1, Wake
Fort, N. C .-.96 O. B. Denton,
Route 3, Wake Forest, N. C.
918 Carl Lee S irhoro. Route 3,
Zebulon, N. C : 924 Paul Cicero
Burke, Route 4, Raleigh, N C.;
9.38 Willard Massey Denton,
Route !, Zebulon, N. C.; 942 j
Charles Amos Beddingfield, Mill
brook, N. C.; 946 Rufus Benja-
July Crop Situation Seen
As Improved throughout
Eastern North Carolina
CHURCH NOTES
Baptists Make
Announcements
Announcements for Sunday,
July 20;
9:45 Sunday school.
11 :00 Morning worship. Ser
mon topic: “Jesus Looks at The
World.”
6:30 Young People meet.
VesPer Service
7:00 This will be an outdoor
service held on the church lawn.
In case of rain we will meet in
side at the same hour, 7 p. in.
The topic of the message will be
“Restoration.”
Two Baptisms
Graham Fowler and Francis
Wall were baptized into the fel
lowship of the Zebulon Baptist
church on Tuesday night of last
week.
Class Meets
The Wakefield Philathia class
met at church Wednesday, July 9
“Youth” was the topic. There were
thirty present. A group of mem
bers were hostesses. Delicious icy
drinks, sandwiches and cup cakes
were served.
Savings Program
Gets Underway
R. O. Heater of the Heater
Well Co., and chairman of the
sub committee delegated to organ
ize the Cary and Morrisville com
munities for National Defense
Saving Plan justifies the faith
placed in him by his first report,
stated L. Bruce Gunter, secretary
of the Wake County Defense
Saving Plan committee.
Mr. Heater has appeared before
two gatherings in the Baptist
church at Cary, has contacted the
operator of a saw mill plant and
secured cooperation in getting em
ployees to invest in savings stamps
and bonds; has got the Raleigh
Hatchery people to include the
Defense Savings Plan in their
radio broadcasts. First of all, Mr
Heater himself has adopted this
policy, and his company offers
special inducement to employees to
invest in Defense Savings Stamps
each pay day, by paying part of
the cost of the stamps for the em
ployees.
With Mr. Heater in the work
at Cary and Morrisville is Mr E.
N Meckins of Cary.
Mr. R E. Prince of Fuquay
brings is county chairman, and he
is hoping to get the whole county
of Wake as active in this matter
as the Cary and Morrisville sec
tions are.
Dr L M Massey and E C.
Daniel are committeemen for Zeb
ulon and vicinity.
959 Johnnie Cray Frazier, Route
2, Wake Forest, N C.; 961 Hen
ry Russell Griffin, Route 5, Ra
leigh, N. C.; 969 Roger Bunney
Williams, Route 2, Wake Forest,
N. O.; 974 Brant Hodnett Barbee,
Wake Forest, N C ; 1003 Wil
iam Howard Mangum, Route 1,
Wake Forest, N C ; 1006 Ber
nard Masen Hux, Route 1, Neuse,
N. C.; 1037 William Percival
r:-.., i \l r
Church Items
of Methodists
Services for Sunday:
Church school —10:00.
Young people—7:oo.
Church service—B:oo.
Make your plans so as to in
clude the church services this
coming Sunday.
W. M. S. Meets
The Woman’s Society of Chris
tian Service of the Methodist
church met on Monday afternoon
with Mrs. Wesley Saunders hos
tess. Twenty-two were present
Mrs. B. F. Boone conducted the
worship service and Mrs. Fred
Page led the program.
During the business session the
main item for discussion was the
new cook book recently compiled
by the organisation and which
will soon come off the press and
be put on sale.
Mrs. Saunders, assisted by her
daughters, Miss Mary Saunders
and Mrs. R. L. Corbett of Maccles
field, served delightful refresh
ments
Library Is Open
2 Days Weekly
The library at the Woman's
club will be open on both Wednes
day and Friday of each week until
September. Hours are 9 to 12 and
2 to 5.
Mrs. A N. Jones
Families Asked
for Aluminum
The nation’s gigantic aluminum
gathering campaign, scheduled for
the week of July 21, will give
every family an opportunity to
contribute directly to the National
Defense Program, says Dr I O.
Schaub, director of the N. C.
State College extension service.
During that week voluntary
workers will call at the homes of
American families in every state
asking for any old aluminum not
in use. Purpose of the campaign
is to supplement the vast supplies
of the metal needed for the pro
duction of defense equipment, es
pcially fighting planes.
Among the items which may be
contributed are: pots and pans,
radio parts, toys, shakers, screen
ing, old washing-machine parts,
picture frames, . Ixx>k ends, ice
trays, measuring cups, camera
equipment, kettles and double
boilers, bottle and jar caps, re
frigerator plates, and dozens of
others.
“Anything that’s made of alum
inum will do,” Dr Schaub said
"That old kettle with the hole in
it that’s been lying around for
years will help in making a plane.
A careful search of pantries, base
ments, back porches, and out
buildings will probably reveal sev
eral items no longer usable that
will go to increase our present
aluminum supplies.”
In rural areas, it has been pro
posed that 4 H Club members and
home demonstration club women
call on homes in their comm uni
ties to collect the aluminum scrap
Dr. Schaub said farm and home
agents have been asked to lend
a helping hand in this important
defense campaign.
MOSAIC—A large amount of
mosaic is showing up in flue
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COTTON GROWERS, GET
YOU R EQUITIES
NUMBER r>2
Tobacco Crop Is
Under Last Year
1941 Weed Yield About
4 Per Cent Under
1940
OTHER YIELDS HIGH
Drought and Extra Rain
Fails to Ruin
Most Crops
Heavy rains around Zebu
lon have rendered plowing
impossible recently, but the
long dry spell before the wet
weather began gave farmers
a chance to get rid of all
their grass.
About hall the farmers
have begun harning tobacco.
North Cai ilina now has pros
pects tor a favorable crop year in
spite of adverse weather condi
tions earlier in the season. The
May drought, which seriously
threatened crops, was broken in
practically all counties by June 15
except tor local areas. Good rains
were general the last week of
June and in • certain localities
reached the excessive stage by
July 6. Little damage from heavy
rains, however, has been reported.
Small grains have yielded especial
ly good, with wheat breaking last
/ear s record. Early hay crops
were cut short by dry weather
but otherwise, present indications
ire for a good yield of all crops.
TOBACCO: A production 4
percent under last year is indi
cated by conditions as of July 1.
The acreage was increased ap
proximately 1 percent, but the
yield per acre is down 5 percent
from last season. Dry weather the
first of the season delayed trans
planting and retarded early
growth. Although most growers
reset two to three times, stands
are considerably below average
Plants are irregular in size but
growth is now evening up at a
satisfactory rate. Owing to very
recent rains tobacco has been dam
aged considerably in some sections.
Wet weather wilt is affecting
considerable sections.
CORN: Corn production for
1941 is indicated at 3 percent
above 1940 despite a 2 percent
decrease in acreage planted. July 1
conditions point to a yield per
acre of 19.5 bushels, 5 percent
higher than last season. The crop
is reported in excellent condition
except in certain central counties
where stands are below average
as a result of dry weather during
and after planting time. Recent
rains have spoilt many nubbins,
and the prospect is for a bumper
corn crop in Eastern Carolina.
SMALL GRAINS: Per acre
yields of all small grains turned
out considerably better than were
earlier expected Wheat has set
new records in both total produc
tion and yield per acre although
the acreage harvested is 41 per- _
cent under the record. Oats pro
duction is up 3 percent from 1940,
barley increased 43 percent, and
rye production declined 7 percent
as a result of less acreage har
vested.
ANNUAL LEGUMES: The
acreage planted o peanuts in 1941
decreased 5 percent from last
year but is 3 percent above the
0-ycar average (1930-39) plant
ings. Reported condition on July
1 of 76 percent is the same as
the 10-year average but 5 points
under a year ago. The 1941 acre
age of soybeans and cowpeas
grown alone for all purposes was
increased 3 and 12 percent respec
tively from 1940.
IRISH POTATOES: The com
mercial early potato crop, which
was cut short by the drought,
rapidly responded to the June
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