Prevent disease; drain
STAGNANT WATER
VOLUME XVIII.
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the Other
By MRS. THEO. B- DAVIS
Ever since the beginning of the
melon season 1 have saved seed
to put on top a post at the side of
our redbud tree. The cardinals
have had a great time with the
watermelon seed, cracking each,
. eating the kernel and throwing
’ away the hull. But one dav last
week a bird found the post-top
k empty. And how he fussed! In
stead of being grateful for having
been given so much, he was mad
as all get-out because he had to
work for his breakfast that day.
He cha-a-a-ed in a hoarse, rasp
ing tone until I went out and
scolded him away.
Sometimes birds remind one of
human beings.
My brother told me a strange
tale last Sunday of army worms
and their enemies. He said he sat
for more than an hour in the
woods and watched a horde of the
worms as they devoured leaves,
leaving bare boughs and destruc
tion behind them. They were fol
lowed by thousands of large, long
green bugs or beetles that seemed
I in the biggest hurry of anything
my brother had ever seen. These
dashed at the army worms, attack -
V ing them fiercely. They stayed
only long enough to mangle the
head, leaving that worm to die
while a mad rush was made to
another. Manly is not quite sure
whether man’s effort's accomplish
much to help nature maintain a
balance.
And my sister also told me a
strange tale. It was about a wom
an who lost her mind and it was
said the cause was worrying over
having cheated her neighbors in
|| weight on butter and honey sold.
™ Not that the neighbors complain
ed; the woman just carried the
secret on her mind until she be
came unbalanced.
And here’s a butter tale that is
not tragic but funny. A certain
. housewife had been selling her
surplus butter as churned, to ten
’ ants and sawmill hands at twenty
five cents a pound. On one oc
casion a number of her city
friends came out for a visit. They
praised her butter highly and ask
ed if she would sell them some,
she agreed to do so and, knowing
prices in the city—knowing also
the extra cost of molding, wrap
ping and packing butter for trans
portation i — she charged them
thirty cents a pound. This, I
think, was all right. But her hus
band did not know about it and
when he saw the visitors depart
ing with their butter he exclaim
ed that his wife was an expert
with dairy products, adding em
phatically, “If that butter is not
worthy twenty-five cents a pound,
it’s not worth having.” Doubtless
bis loving wife felt for a moment
that she’d enjoy choking him.
I
Fall garden catalogues are mak
ing their appearance, and. as
usual, I want to stop everything
else and look them over. There’s
not going to be much to spare
for new plants at our house, but
I do want a hardy fuchsia and a
tree hydrangea. The latter we
may be able to root from cuttings,
but the fuchsia will have to be
bought and paid for. Until last
year I did not know there were
hardy ones on the market.
Does any one around here grow
flavor of its own. but it goes to
seed very slowly and is fine for
toning down collards that have
more strength than discretion or
turnip greens that are embittered
with life. Mix it about half-and
half. Some families raise rape for
greens, too, but eating it makes
me feel like a pig or a hen because
' I first knew it as grazing for stock.
Lettuce sowed with turnip seed
is another idea that impressed me.
' The lettuce may be either eaten
when young and green or trans
planted and given some protection
to make firm heads, which it will
not do in hot weather.
clir Zebulott Srrorh
Chas. Flowers
Makes Talk
To Rotary Club
The Rotary Club held its 81st
consecutive 100 per cent meeting
August 22nd. G. K. Corbett had
the program, his subject being
“Building Community Morale”.
He had for his speaker, Charles
Flowers, Jr. Charles understood
h,s subject well. He gave us some
beautiful thoughts. He stated that
often an uninspired person could
be interested in something that
would raise his morale to make
something of himself. For in
stance, if the merchants and clerks
in stores, offices and shops had a
sluggish way of going about their
daily toil that didn’t impress the
public to be interested in their
business. Whenever clerks have a
cheerful word for all who come
in contact with them you w'ill find
useful citizens. Charles said that
even the appearance of homes had
a moral effect; that owners were
were proud of their homes, when
grass and weeds were kept cut and
beautiful flowers growing. He
gave the advice that if the back
lots in and around Zebulon were
cleaned up and also the streets
and sidewalks it would help the
spirit of the citizens, and help
business here. No one likes an
unsightly town or business estab
lishment. When one loses his
morale he has lost his self respect.
He stated that if officers and
leaders lose respect for their per
son and business, their followei’S
lose respect for the leaders. The
club appreciated the talk that
Charles made, especially because
he was our own town boy.
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Bethany News
We are sorry to report Mr. L. R.
Mason is seriously ill alter an
operation at Rex Hospital and is
unable to receive visitors.
Mr. and Mrs. Juris Bell, Jr., an
nounce the birth of a daughter,
August 22.
The majority of farmers in this
community will finish barning to
bacco this week.
Mrs. Julian Williford and chil
dren spent the week-end at
Corinth-Holder with her sister,
Mrs. D. Ellis.
The M. W. Perrys and the Ben
nie Ray Osbourns of Durham
spent Sunday P. M. in this com
munity.
Mr. and Mrs. George Cox, of
Greensboro, and Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Williams of Rolesville
spent a while Sunday at the G.
H. Cox’s.
Mr. and Mrs. Dorsey Williford
spent a short while Sunday at the
P. P. Perrys.
Mr. and Mrs. Harlow Hicks of
the western part of the state are
spending some time in the Ronnie
Watson home.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Vaughn, of
Raleigh, spent Sunday with Mrs.
Vaughn’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Watson.
The revival meeting at Bethany
will be held during the first week
in September with the Rev.
Lucius R. Evans, a former pastor,
preaching. Everybody is cordial
ly invited to attend.
Appraisal of Effect of War on Daily Life
Uppermost in many million
American minds right now is this
question: “What effect will de
fense priorities have on the sup
ply of goods for civilian use?” At
this time, it is impossible to give
an exact answer to that question.
But, judging by information from
Washington and the industrial
centers, it looks like we’re going
to have enough of all the necessi
ties and many of the luxuries of
life to keep us going in comfort
able style. There .will be short
ages in some lines, but there will 1
be no grave disruption oi' the
American standard of living, un
less some unlooked-for cataclysm '
| occurs. A lack of some important
Important Meeting
An important meeting of all the business men in Zebulon
has been called for tonight (Thursday) at nine o’clock Daylight
Saving Time (eight o’clock Eastern Standard Time) by the Ro
tary Club and the Junior Chamber of Commerce.
The meeting will be for the purpose of discussing the
best method of attracting business to Zebulon this fall- Some mer
chants wish to follow the same plan used last year, while others
want to give a larger grand prize, possibly an automobile.
Every business who attends the meeting will be given an
opportunity to express himself concerning the best plan for busi
ness attraction.
Economic
Highlights
National and International Prob
lems Inseparable from Local
Welfare
President Roosevelt’s recent ap- !
pointment of an Economic Defense
Board is generally regarded as;
proof of the Administration’s in- j
tention to wage economic war j
against the Axis on a big scale.j
The Board is headed by Vice- j
President Wallace, and its other
members are the Secretaries ol j
State, War, Navy, Treasury, Com-:
merce, and Agriculture, and the i
Attorney General. The important
position of executive secretary has
been given to W. W. Riefler, a pro
fessor of economics at Princeton,!
and a former economist for the j
Federal Reserve Board.
Economic warfare will mean the
use of all this country’s vast re
sources to advance the cause of
the democracies, ‘and to oppose,
the purposes of the dictatorships. |
A start has been made in the case
of Japan. The Administration is |
obviously prepared to squeeze the *
little island empire to the limit, j
Our present Far Eastern policy |
says, in effect, that if Japan will j
call off her current program of
conquest, we will continue to buy
her silk and sell her the raw ma
terials she so sorely needs —while
if Japan insists on going ahead in
the East, she need expect nothing j
else from us than ruthless econo
mic sanctions and possibly a naval j
war.
When it comes to Germany, our
technique must of (course be dif
ferent. We have had almost no
trade with the Reich since the war j
began. Battleground of the trade j
warfare in this case will be Latin j
America. Despite all our past es- j
forts, Germany is still a big sac- j
tors in many countries south of j
the Rio Grande. Job ahead is to !
destroy Germany’s Latin Ameri
can influence, and disrupt her
plans for bartering her manufac- ;
tured goods for South America’s
raw materials.
At the moment, it looks as if
most of South America is ready to
play along with this government.
Uncle Sam isn’t loved without
reservations down South, but
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materials will make the use of
substitution necessary, bur, ac
cording to the experts, these sub
stitutes will be generally adequate
in quality and reasonable in p. ice.
Here is how the outlook shapes up
at present:
Clothing: No serious shortage
in sight, though there is none too
much leather on hand, in the light
of military needs. Prices will
probably go considerably higher
for shoes and suits. In the case
of lower price goods, quality may
have to be lowered. Within a few
months, silk stockings are expect
ed to entirely disappear liom the
market, and there is not enough
nylon and rayon to supply the de
mand. However, new types of
cotton stockings are being develop
ed, and are §aid to be excellent.
ZEBULON, N. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1941.
Rocky Mount
Warehouses
All Have Sales
Every warehouse firm in Rocky
Mount' will receive a sale each
and every sale day. So regardless
of with whom you wish to sell
lyou are assured your friendly
warehouse will get either three or
six hours a day.
Since the warehouses will re
ceive either six or three hours
daily the warehousemen or floor
manager will be able to tell you
immediately after your tobacco
has been weighed exactly when it
will be sold. All he will have to
do is to check the sales card,
check the row your tobacco is on
and tell you when you may ex
pect a set of buyers. This should
be of great value to the Farmer
because he then, will be relieved
of the anxiety, worry and trouble
here-to-fore experienced under a
different system.
Under this new sales system it
ivill be impossible for any ware
house to receive a sale a single
minute later than the sales card
shows. When you bring your to
bacco to the Rocky Mount Tobac
co Market all you need to do is to
look on a sales card, find out if
your warehouseman has a morn
ing or afternoon sale and knowing
that the morning sales begin at
nine o’clock and the afternoon
sales begin at one, you immedi
ately know the selling and start
ing period.
One of the finest things ever
offered a tobacco Planter, is the
new method of putting out tobac
co on the warehouse floors. There
are eleven warehouses in Rocky
Mount and every floor has been
marked so that one may walk
around each and every pile of to
bacco on those floors.
Money Saving Plan
This new plan provides safety for
your tobacco. Now it cannot be
jammed together. Now it will not
be doubled up or twisted around.
Now there should be no more
broken heads or tie-leaves. Now
your tobacco may be seen from
all sides and a better display is
offered for you. If you have ten
or twenty or a hundred baskets
on the floor you are given so
many squares and there is no way
Automobiles: It has not yet
been decided to what extent pro
duction will be cut. Best guess is
that 1942 output will be at least
25 per cent under the record level
established in 1941. It will be
necessary for dealers to make
larger profits per unit, so trade
in values will be lower. The ex
pected government excise tax will
up the price of new cars substan
tially. There will be little chro
mium trimming, and there will be
no aluminum for pistons, etc.,
after present stocks in car-makers’
hands are exhausted.
Oil: The industry’s capacity to
produce is far beyond any demand
that can yet be foreseen. But the
transfer of tankers to Britain has
created something of a transpor
tation problem in this field. Main
Two Clubs Plan
Scout Fish Fry
The Zebulon Rotary Club, the
| Zebulon Junior Chamber of Com-
I merce, and their guests will meet
at the local Scout Hut when it is
completed at a fish fry. Plates
will sell for 50 cents each, and
I will be served by a local caterer.
| Proceeds will be used to help de
fray the expense of building the
hut. At present the date for the
; support has not been set other
than tentatively.
Weed Workers
Need Cards
Marshall H. Barney, manager of
the district office of the Social
Security Board, today urged that
| all workers who expect to work
in connection with the tobacco
markets, secure an account num
ber card before going to work.
Many employers are refusing to
put any employee on the payroll
without his social security card in
his possession. The office issued
in the last two weeks more than
2.000 numbers to people who are
getting their cards now.
An employee who has had a
Social Security Card but who has
lost it, should make application
for a duplicate. Form SS-5, ap
plication for account number, is
used either for applying for a new
card with the old n imber, or for
obtaining a first number. Ap
plication blanks are available at
all post offices, and all North
.Carolina Employment Service Os
: fices.
j ~
for others to pull the row, push
or crowd your crop.
Sales Cards
Official sales cards for Rocky
Mount tobacco market have been
placed everywhere. Find one and
study it. See how simple and
how self-explanatory it is. De
termine for yourself where you
will sell in Rocky Mount and then
proceed" with your load in a happy
cheerful spirit knowing every
thing will be easy, smooth and
pleasant sailing and selling.
shortage is along the Atlantic Sea
board, where some think rationing
may be put into effect. In the
foreseeable future, there will be
no lack of petroleum in other parts
of the country.
Household Appliances: Heavy
cuts in production will be made
to conserve metal for military pur
poses. In the case of washers and
refrigerators, the cut may go as
high as 50 per cent. However,
the cut will be made, as in the
case of automobiles, on the basis
of 1941 record sales. It is report
ed that the substitutes being used
for aluminum and nickel are satis
factory. Higher prices are to be
expected.
Food: No shortage of food is
anticipated. If rationing of certain
.foods, such as in the last war, is
Junior Chamber
Os Commerce
Holds Meeting
The Zebulon Junior Chamber of
Commerce held its regular bi
weekly meet in Monday night, An
gst 25. Only routine business was
taken up, save for the issuance of
a challenge to the Zebulon Rotary
Club, which challenge has been
accepted. The clubs will meet in
a team golf match at the Tipplon
Golf Course next Sunday after
noon at 3 p. m., D. S. T. Presi
dent Bob Sawyers presided.
Ferd Davis was in charge of the
program, which consisted of a cur
rent events program in the form
of a contest with cash prizes offer
ed for correct answers. As each
; contestant answered a question
j correctly, he was given an oppor
tunity to double his money by
trying to answer another question.
Bob Sawyer, a tw’enty-cent win
ner, was top man. Raleigh Al
ford, Robert Ed HArton, and Book
Antone each got seven cents.
Others collected sums ranging
from three cents to nothing.
Rocky Mount
Fair October 6
The Rocky Mount Fair will
open this year on October 6 and
continue through the week. This
is one of the best fairs in the state
and Mr. Norman Y. Chambliss
proposes to make this the best yet.
Watch for further announcements
in The Record.
No Date Set
For Garden Club
No time has yet been set for the
first fall meeting of the Garden
Club. The executive committee
meets at an early date after which
, announcement as to the general
meeting will be made in this
paper.
Care Advised
With Stamps
Following the unfortunate
burning of a farm home in North
Carolina and the loss in the fire
of AAA cotton stamps worth SSO,
E. Y. Floyd, state AAA executive
assistant at State College, urged
farmers to observe every precau
tion against the possible loss,
i theft, or destruction of the stamps.
Stamps which are lost, stolen, or
defaced beyond identification will
not be replaced, Mr. Floyd said.
I Defaced stamps which can be
! identified as legal stickers, will be
replaced, however, it was added.
Recent statistics from the United
States Department of Agriculture
show that while corn is the most
lmporant crop in this country. It
may surprise some to learn that
hay is scconJ in important. Grass,
however, is essential in more than
one way, helping as it docs to
suuply meat and milk for human
consumption.
imposed, it will be very limited
in extent.
Housing: In certain areas, no
tably those which contain major
defense industries, there is a very
grave shortage, and rents are
soaring. This is one of the tough
est problems the country has on
its hands now.
Electric Power: Shortages
exist in a few areas, and utility,
experts say this is largely due to j
the government’s “anti-utility” j
policy which has prevented much
private expansion. The utilities,'
however, are now planning an am- j
bitious development program, and ■
are confident of their ability to J
meet the demand. In most of the
country there is plenty of juice for |
both industrial and household
PREVENT DISEASE; DRAIN
STAGNANT WATER
NUMBER 6
Local Church
News
Baptists
The following services are to be
held in our church, Sunday, Aug
| ust 31:
10:45 D. S. T.—Sunday school.
12:0U D. S. T. —Worship service.
Sermon topic: "Taking Religion
Seriously.”
8:00 D. S. T.—Evening worship.
Sermon topic: “Grieving God.”
Methodists
Revival services will begin next
I Sunday, August 31 at 7:30 p. m.
(E. S. T.) Rev. D. E. Earnhardtt
of Durham will assist in these
I services. There will be a service
each night next week at 7:30 p. m.
A cordial welcome is extended the
people ol the community.
Services for Sunday, August 31:
Church school—lo a. m., E. S. T.
Revival service—7:3o p. m., E.
S. T.
Sermon by Rev. D. E. Earn
hardt.
M. E. Revival
Next Week
You are invited to hear Rev. D.
E. Earnhardt in the evangelistic
meeting at the Zebulon Methodist
Church, Aug. 31 to Sept. 6. He
will discuss the following subjects
during the meeting:
Sunday night—“ Why I joined
the Church.”
Monday night—“ Divine Heal
ing.”
Tuesday night “Suffering
i Through.”
Wednesday night “Sow in
j Tears, Reap in Joy.”
Thursday night—“ How to Get
■ Religion.”
Friday night “Born from
Above.”
Saturday night—“ What do We
Know About Life After Death?”
Sunday night—“lf you Love
Me.”
Intermediates
Have Week
The Intermediates of Rolesville
Baptist Church gave their pastor,
Rev. H. O. Baker, a week of gifts,
or pastor’s week.
To his surprise upon the first
day he was given a necktie and
notes on his sermons. Two girls
took notes on his sermons the six
previous services, morning and
evening. The second gift was per
sonal cards or letters; Tuesday,
handkerchiefs; Wednesday, at
tendance at prayer meeting;
Thursday, grocery shower; Friday,
socks, Saturday, picnic supper;
Sunday, song book.
The Intermediates are happy to
have Mr. Baker to work with them
in God’s business and with his aid
want to love and serve Christ bet
, ter.
Revival Held
At Negro Church
Revival services begin Sunday
night at the Colored Baptist
Church of Zebulon, and will con
tinue through the week. Rev.
John Jones, of Raleigh, will
preach. Further announcement
j will be made at church.
Irby Gill Has
More Bad Luck
Disaster seems straight after
Irby Gill’s tobacco crop this year.
Not only did he lose a barn and
contents on his farm near Zebu
lon, but when a load of his crop
was being taken to market the
truck and tobacco were both
burned. The truck, however, did
not belong to Mr. Gill, but to the
Above