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Volume XV.
This, That and
The Other .
By MRS. THEO. B. DAVIS
How often do we stop to con
sider whether we really under
stand the terms we use frequently
or seldom? Are we certain that
our usage has the approval of
meaning and custom? I find my
self making mistakes at a dis
couraging rate.
One of the terms misunderstood
over and over is “freedom of the
press.” Many of us take such
freedom to mean that any person
desiring to do so has the right to
take an article to the editor of a
newspaper and have it published.
And a goodly number think there
is no need to sign the article.
Now, generally speaking, freedom
of the press means that a person
has the right to have printed at his
own expense and on his own re
sponsibility, whatever he may de
sire to have thus circulated, unless
it should be something forbidden
by government rulings. Such rul
ings are concerned mainly with
obscene, libelous, seditious or
fraudulent matter.
It is, however, a mistake to as
sume that the editor of a paper
is under special obligation to pub
lish anything brought to him. To
edit means to direct the selection,
correction and revision of matter'
for publication; an editor is one
who does this. Since no paper
could possibly print all collected
or brought in, the editor’s task is
to select, for revision if he thinks
best, or for publishing “as is”
enough to fill his paper with what j
he believes of most importance or
of widest interest in his communi
ty. Os course he may not know
every times, but he tries.
You may not feel the same way
about it, but to me the Negro
prize-fighter, Joe Louis, has be
haved wonderfully since our war
began. Not only did he enlist
without delay as a private, but he
gave to relief agencies every cent
of the thousands of dollars he
made on a fight after enlisting. ;
He is quoted as saying, “Look like
to me in times like these every
man got to do his best.” Amen
to that, be it said by white, black
or red man, or by our brown sol
diers in the Philippines.
Joe Louis must be quite a char
acter anyway. Not long ago I
read of his taking care of a whole
raft of kinsfolk in Alabama, and
nobody has accused him of being
dishonest, “biggity,” or dissipated, j
He never went beyond fourth
grade in school and his mother, a;
widow with a number of children, j
had time for little aside from her
labors to support them till large
enough to look after themselves, i
She declares she tried to teach Joe j
the difference between right and
wrong, and he evidently learned
it well.
Am I wrong about the gasoline
situation, or are the holders of
cards allowing them to buy more
gas than others, permitted also to j
use more for pleasure? Several
have asked me about it. I had
thought not more than three gal
Charles Lewis
Is Promoted
Charles A. Lewis, son of Mr.
Arthur G. Lewis of RFD No. 1,
Zebulon, was recently advanced to
Aviation Machinist’s Mate second
class at the Naval Air Station at
Pensacola, Fla., according to an
announcement from the public re
lations office of that station.
Lewis enlisted in the Navy at
the Raleigh recruiting office in
November, 1939, and was sent to
the Naval Training Station at
Norfolk, Va., for elementary train
ing.
He was transferred to Pensacola
in April of 1940 and was assigned
to duty with the ground crews of
one of the flying squadrons sta
tioned at the “Annapolis of the
Air.”
Lewis has taken advantage of
the opportunity offered by the
Navy and is building his future in
a profitable, established trade,
while serving in the country’s
fighting forces. Radio, electricity
and aerography are among the 45
courses open to enlisted men en
tering Navy service schools to be
come specialists by working under
qualified instructors.
Farmers Must
Help To Save
According to all indications, the
shortage of automobile tires, gas
oline and repair parts of all kinds j
may become more serious before J
the end of this year. Our national
leaders report that they believe
that the total mileage for all farm
cars and trucks can be reduced
cue half by proper cooperation
and the pooling of all farm pro
ducts and supplies to be transport
ed.
It is now suggested that neigh
bors pool their truck loads and
travel. In other words, no truck
should be permitted to go empty,
if it is possible to haul something
for someone in the neighborhood. ,
“Double up” whenever possible >
and plan your buying so as to
save as many trips to town as pos
sible. Those in position to know
tell us that no new rubber is in
sight to replace the tires we are
now using and that we may soon
reach the point where no truck
will be any better than it’s weak
est tire. Community leaders should
begin making arrangements with
some reliable truck driver to take
care of the transportation needs
in the community. About 150,-
000 new trucks will be available
for all civilian uses during the
war. In the year 1941 alone, 650,-
000 trucks of all kinds were pur
chased for civilian uses. These j
facts make it very obvious thatj
there is going to be a very big
shortage of trucks for civilian use
in the near future. New trucks j
and automobiles are now rationed i
and farmers who do not agree to
use their trucks for the transpor- *
tation of fqpd and materials con
nected directly with the war ef
fort and hauling farm products
for their neighbors as well as
themselves are going to find it
impossible to obtain any trucks.
As stated above, farmers should
cooperate in every way possible
to pool their transportation and
discontinue all unecessary trips.
It is true that present regula-
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, June 5, 1942
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Last Rites Held
For Local Girl
Miss Annie May Hagwood,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leon A.
Hagwood of Rocky Cross com
munity, was drowned at Wrights
-1 ville Beach on Monday afternoon.
With others she went in swim
i ming and the undertow swept her
beyond her depth. She graduated
last week from Mary Elizabeth
Hospital, Raleigh, and was twenty
years old. She had gone to Wil
mington to continue her training
in Dr. Sidbury’s Baby Hospital.
The body was brought to Zeb
ulon on Tuesday and funeral ser
i vices were held at Rocky Cross
Church on Wednesday afternoon.
| Suiviving besides the parents
| are a sister, Miss Mary Hagwood
■ registered nurse and second Lt.
in the hospital at Camp Davis and
! two brothers, Spurgeon and
George of Middlesex.
Use Cotton Seed
Meal for Corn
With the shortage of nitrate of
soda and other quick acting ni
trates, farmers are asking about
the advisability of using cotton
seed meal as a top dresser for cot
ton and corn.
Corn will probably respond to
the use of cotton seed meal better
than cotton and according to ex
perimental evidence, we can ex
pect about three and one-half
bushels of corn from the applica
tion of 100 pounds of cotton seed
meal used as a top dresser.
When used as a top dresser and
to substitute nitrate of soda, the
cotton seed meal should be ap
plied about ten days earlier than
nitrate of soda. Hence, if cotton
seed meal is used as a top dresser
for cotton it should be used early
in the season when the plants are
quite small.
Cotton seed meal shoidd be cov
ered with soil after top dressing
as it does not become soluble and
available until it has been acted
upon by soil organisms.
Many of our successful farmers
have found cotton seed meal very
effective in increasing their corn
yields when applied as a top dress
er early in the season. Nitrate of
soda and other quick acting ni
trates are preferable, however, if
they can be obtained.
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POPULAR
The opening of the second j
quarter of 1942 finds U. S. canned
foods enjoying wide popularity
among British consumers, with
JAPS BOMB BUTCH HARBOR
IN FIRST RAID ON ALASKA
Baptist School
Closes Sunday
The vacation Bible School at
the Baptist church closed Sunday
night with a pageant depicting the
ties that may and should exist be
tweent the home and church. Pre
ceding the pageant was the pro
cessional, the call to worship, and
j salutes to flags and Bible.
Mrs. Irby Gill was reader and
leading parts were taken by Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Dawson and
baby daughter, Mildred; Zelma
Green, Beth Massey, Joyce Tem
ple, Anne Massey .Margaret Bunn,
Mary Gordon Massey, Dorothy
Glover, Joellen Gill and Mary Sue
Long, assisted by groups from the
children’s departments of the
school.
The final feature was showing
moving pictures made by Pastor
Griffin of the children at work
and play during the past two
weeks.
This was adjudged the best
program yet presented here at
such an occasion.
Workers in the Bible School
were Mesdames Eugene Privette,
W. S. Hunt, Wallace Temple, Will
ard Gill, W. A. Allman, Irby Gill,
Allen Pippin, F. E. Bunn, R. H.
Herring, Wilson Braswell; Misses
Frankie Hall and Annie Pearl
Bowling.
Methodist Church
The church school attendance
last Sunday was the best that we
have had in months.
The Vacation church school was
a grand success.
Services for Sunday, June 7:
Church school—10:00.
Young people service—7:ls.
Worship Service —8:00.
Baptist Church
Services at the Baptist Church
for Sunday, June 7:
9:45, Sunday School
11:00, Morning Worship. -Ser
mon topic: “God Keeps Watch
Above His Own”
7:30, Young Peoples’ Services
8:00, Mission Night Program.
Little Grain
North Carolina’s prospects for
small gain crops this season have
been reported by the Federal-State
Crop Reporting Service as “fav
orable at this time.” The May 1
report indicates:
Wheat —Indicated yield, 14 bu
shels per acre; acreage for har
vest, 494,000; indicated produc
tion, 6,916,000 bushels.
Rye lndicated yield, 9.5 bu- I
shels; acreage, 49,000 or eight per
cent under last year; total produc
tion indicated, 428,000. A larg
er portion of the crop than usual j
is being used for soil building j
purposes.
Oats—47 per cent of the crop
was “spring sown” compared with
49 per cent last year. “Moderate
ly good” crop in prospect.
Barley—General condition re
ported “good” with fair yield ex-1
pected. Fifty per cent increase
in acreage compared with last,
Number 44
- No Bombs Dropped
In Second Raid,
Say Navy Man
Striking at dawn yesterday,
nineteen Jap warplanes attacked
Dutch Harbor, Alaska, damaging
: a few warehouses and causing a
few casualties, the Navy depart
ment announced yesterday after
noon.
A second wave of Jap planes
attacked six hours later at noon,
Alaska time. Details on this at
tack have not yet been released.
Dutch Harbor, scene of some of
1 the heaviest military preparation
I on the North American continent,
lies just 1,400 miles from the
nearest Japanese island, and with
the Aleutian Islands points like a
I I dagger at the main Japanese is
‘ lands and Tokyo.
>
Four bombers and fifteen fight
r er planes took part in the first at
’ tack yesterday, which the Navy
said was expected. They were
probably carrier based since the
known range of fighter planes
such as those used by the Japs is
only about 1,000 miles.
It is possible that the carrier or
carriers were able to approach
I
I within striking distance through
the dense fog which often sur
-1 rounds the Alaskan coast at this
1 ! time of the year.
The whole coast of North Amer
’ i ica, from the northern shores of
Alaska to the Panama canal is on
the alert today for new expected
raids. West coast radio stations
are silent, and Japanese fifth col
umnists are being sought in all
j areas.
Economic
Highlights
Last January, an official an
nouncement said that the United
States Army would reach a total
of 3,600,000 men by the end of
i 1942. Since then, the actual size
of the Army and precise plans
! for its expansion have not been
announced, inasmuch as they are
military secrets of the first order.
Some commentators have fore
cast that in time the Army might
total nine or ten million. The
best available information seems
to indicate that a total of at least
6,u00,000 will be attained.
That is obviously going to have
a revolutionary effect on the man
! power of this country. However,
j there is no factual evidence to
| support the scare rumors which
j say that every physically fit man
under 36 is certain to be placed
in uniform. Selective Service
heads are making a genuine effort
to create an Army of the size
needed with minimum dislocation
of American family life.
Here is how matters shape up at
this time, according to published
statements: «
First, practically all available
single men in the 20-35-year brac
ket have been called. Many who
were given temporary deferment
for occupational reasons are now
being summoned. In time, wo
men and older men will replace
thousands of young men in de
fense industries.
Second, the Selective Service
Boards are placing in the 1-A
classification all men who have no