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V This, That & The Other By Mrs. Theo. B. Davis \ f A letter from our son in the Philippines said: “You needn’t worry about the rain keeping you from attending church for Charles Horton’s first sermon. I dreamed that 1 went to hear Charles preach, so the family was repre sented.” . . . .But nobody here knew Ferd was dreaming. It gave me a queer reeling to do a little figuring and realize that I have lived through three of the six wars our country has fought. Though not on hand for the Rev olution, the War of 1812, nor the Civil War, I was a young girl when the Spanish-American War began and lasted barely long enough for us to begin learning a new vocabulary. Less than four months, but long enough for many to know the sorrow wars bring. And it brought us the Philippines. When World War I began and my husband tried to enlist as a chaplain I strove to balance his sense of duty with mine of relief when he was declared too old for the service. And when “the elev enth hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month” of 191-3 brought the Armistice I was a mong those who thought there were grounds for hope that the war to end war had been finished. My mother saw three wars and the beginning- of a fourth. Her father, her husband, her son and her grandsons were or hod been soldiers. No wonder her tiled heart gave out. Those who rode back and forth celebrating lust night have either exhausted their gasoline or then energies. Those who used explod ing firecrackers as a means of let ting off steam may have shot the last one, for there is quiet today. Stores in town are closed. The union service held at the Baptist church has just ended. The War is over. / Now we who made war are to turn to the making of peace. And when we consider world peace, it may be well to begin with it in our own hearts. Already I am looking back ; nd seeing where I might have lone more to help, wondering whether I might not have made a ; reater sacrifice of time or energy; whether I was the real patriot should have been. Others will have like thoughts. And we shall have to live with ourselves all thi days of our lives. Our peace must be largely a com promise. We must ; tudy community peace with all it implies of read justment. co-operation, tolerance and sympathy. We must, insofar as is possible, U <e care of otir own as they return io civilian life. We must unceasingly strive to keep ourselves irom the pride that goeth before destruction, the haughty spirit fiat precedes a fall. We dare not so get our own faults and failings, the injustices our na tion in years past inflicted upon those unable to resist. Over and over we need t < voice the prayer: “America, America, God mend thine every flaw; confirm thy soul in self-control, thy liberty in law.” We must be continually on guard lest “drunk with the sight of power we loose wild tongues that have not God in awe” and descend to the level of lesser breeds. Belonging to a great nation brings heavy responsibilities along with great privileges. Not be cause of our own merits are we Americans: but we may seek to merit that blessing. Shotwell Notes Grady Douglas, who has been at the Naval Training Station, Bainbridge, Md., is visiting his parents, the Hubert Doiffelases. Mr. G. W. Miles had the mis fortune of losing a tobacco barn last week. Mrs. Lythrell Holloman and (daughters, Clarice and Lillian, of Portsmouth, Va., were last Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. G. M. John son. Mrs. May and Mrs. Alice Shepich of Wendell were also there. Miss Marjorie Gay of Durham spent last Friday night with her sister, Mrs. Johnnie Jones. Little Peggy Joyce Johnson re turned to he rhome last Friday af ter spending a week with her BHH§ BHB hK| HhH 988 kmS JjtfJJ •jjß imnm - Volume 21. No. 51 CHURCH NEWS PREACHING AT PEARCES There will be church services at Pearces Baptist church next Sunday morning. Rev. Theo. B. Davis of Zebulon will preach. Ser mon subject: “A Religious Man.” The public is very cordially invit ed to come and worship with the congregation. I BAPTIST CHURCH Services for Sunday: 10:00 Sunday School 11:00 Morning Worship. Ser mon topic: “What Now?” 7:15 Training Union 8:00 Evening Worship. Sermon topic: “Choosing Companions.” CENTENNIAL PARTY Sunbeams of the Baptist church under the leadership of Mrs. K. P. Leonard are giving a Centennial party Saturday afternoon at the church. Guests will be those who have reached their 75th birthday, with Die exception of wives or husbands who may be younger, but who are invited to attend with their companion who is 75. Mrs. Leonard extends through this pa -1 't an invitation to any eligible whom she may not- have a chance to see personally. A program by the children will be given in the Baraca room after which refreshments will be serv ed. Red Cross Sewing Mrs. Wallace Temple, chairman, announces a new project at the Red Cross sewing room here. An urgent need for layettes has caus ed other work to be put aside un til the needed baby clothing can be made. Zebulon’s quota has been set at 225 sleping garments to be made of outing. The work is not diffi cult, but will take some time to complete. Help is much needed and it is hoped the response to this appeal may be adequate. Those who cannot sew on ma chines may do handwork, which is an important part of the sewing on hand. After the completion of this pro ject all work done will be for United States patients in hospitals. Mrs. Temple insists that accu rate accounts of hours worked for the Red Cross be kept, since plans at headquqarters are for pins to be presented all who have worked the required time to earn them. The pin is in recognition of time given. V-Day Celebrated Nearly all (f Zebulon’s business house- were dosed Wednesday in celebration of war’s end, news of which cano over the radio Tues day about 7:00 p.m. On Tuesday night a number of citizens rode back and forth with horns blar ing, set of I Jnev.- rks or otherwise displayed enthusiasm. In larger towns and in cities pectacular program* of celebra tion weer staged and some church services were held on Tuesday night. A union service here was held in the Baptist church at 9:80 Wed nesday morning with pastors Vale and Griffin in charge, assisted by former pastors R. H. Herring and T. B. Davis. Attendance was good, considering that announcement was made by telephone. cousin, Luna Rose Johnson, and grandmother, Mrs. Bettie Johnson, Mrs. Arthur Johnson and baby, Dorothy Anne. and Carolyn Strickland of Knightdale spent a while Saturday at the E. V. John sons. Margaret Johnson spent the lat ter part of the week in Wendell with her grandparents, the L. B. Mays. Clara Johnson visited Miss Kathleen Whitley Sunday after noon. Miss Rosa Nowell of Durham visited her sister, Mr*. Bettie Johnson, recently. Zebulon. N. C., Friday, Ainrcst 17, 1945 AN EDITORIAL Our Next Germany is vanquished; Japan is conquered, yet a more danger j ous foe than either is not only at our door, but in our homes. North Carolina must gird herself with all her moral and religious forces if this foe is routed. Since our late President gave his personal endorsement to the use of strong drink and our prohibition laws were repealed, this awful enemy to society has been strengthening its stranglehold on our country. Starting with our community, I have been told by those who have lived under both prohibition and the ABC setup that Wake county and Oder parts of our Slate have been steadily growing worse. I have never known conditions among social drinkers and drunk ards quite so bad as they are to day. I have seen some of our leading citizens and church mem bers visit the ABC store unasham ed —both men and women. For a quarter c f a century I have lived in this community. I have never before seen so much drinking and drunkenness as today. I have asked a number of citizens about the use of intoxicating drink and they say they have never seen conditions so bad as now. One said, “There is five times more drinking today than under prohi bition.” Nationally it is no better. Pres ident Harciing was condemned for social drinking, yet we have fre quently seen undenied statements of our late President and ourj present one taking a “social drink.” It was reported by the press that Mr. Truman was "mix ing a Bourbon” when news came to him of Mr. Roosevelt’s death. TIME states that there Was plenty to drink for everybody at the "Big Three" at Pottsdam. Now a Dr. Miller, connected with a Federal Hospital in Wash ington, makes the public s ate ment: “Alcohol is a major factor iu Congress and exercises a most damaging effect on legislation.” He says not only Congress but also the State Department and U. S. j Diplomatic Corps are “stuffed with drunks." One Congressman an swers the accusation by saying that 50 per cent of Congressmen are teetotalers, only about 10 per cent of the members drink as a \ habit, and 40 per cent drink for | HHHj In Service ■■ ■ mm m mm ..«—»»• m—r,*.-... Mb mu—■■ .mtmmmmmmm-m Ivar W. Pearce, 22, Radioman, third class, USNR, of Zebulon, has returned to an East Coast port after serving 14 months aboard a LCI(L) (landing craft infantry, large) in the European Theatre, where he participated in the am phibious assault at Southern France. He wears ribbons for the American and European Theatres of Operation with one combat star in the latter. Before entering the Navy in February, 1943, he was employed by the Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Virginia. He attended Stonewall High School, Stonewall, N. C. Radioman Pearce is the son of Mrs, 1. A. Pearce who resides at Zebulon. WAR PRODUCTION CUTBACK War production will be automat ically cut almost 75 per cent the day VJ-Day arrives (and it’s al ready here). This will be pos sible through a cutback provision, whioh WPB soon will include in all oontracts. Pathfinder Maga zine. Water used in Seaboard Railway locomotives is chemically treated to prevent corrosion and rust on the boilers. War Near | "social purposes”, whatever that may mean. The doctor's intima tion is that our government at Washington is largely composed of drinkers and drunkards. On a late Sunday afternoon we , saw three men together who had been drinking for “social purpos es." It is probable that half the liquor consumed by men and wo | men is for so-called “social pur ! poses.” There are few pleasures, | right or wrong, that are not shared 4 by two or more, and drink is no exception. One Congressman ex plains or justifies statesmen’s | drinking thus: “Our physicians advise us to have a cocktail or two to relieve the strain and stress of the tremendous burden we carry.” In 90 days our governor will call a referendum on the liquor ques | tion in North Carolina. It will be a battle that is more significant to the people of our state than World War If. Liquor is en trenched m the high places of church and state. It will be hard cd to uproot than ever. The church must lead in the campaign. Unless it has a house cleaning first of its own, its efforts will largely be futile. In our last gen eral election it was stated fre quently that leading candidates were drinkers or drunkards. Yet prominent prohibition and church , workers were accused of voting for these men in loyalty to the party in preference to temperance men running in opposition. A tee- ! totaler makes no progress in erad icating the liquor evil in our Stale by voting to elect a drunk ard to represent him in the gov ernment. Had church members and temperance folks not elected ) epresentatives to our General | Assembly who were indifferent, "social drinkers”, or drunkaru. , our state would never have been in the mess it is today in refer ence to the drink evil. Church members rule our state and many of them are called Baptists. The example and vote of all temper ance people must consistently be used to drive this, America’s greatest foe and curse, from our homes and our country. We might truthfully say, considering it in all its ramifications and results, it is of more serious concern than the War itself. , Late Slumberers Short-Changed Raleigh, August 15. Late sleep ers who allow bottled milk on doorsteps to be exposed to direct sunshine get Less for their money, i according to a report released bv ! the State Agriculture Department. 1 Recent tests howed that bottled milk exposed to late morning sun for iin hour Jost 2(1 to pei cent of its riboflavin. two hours over hall the riboflavin content, was lost, “Since riboflavin i: r :ai ded as one of the essential B complex vi tamins, prolonged deficiency of this necessary food element may result in eye disorders and organic damage,” said the department, adding: “If you must sleep late, provide a covered box for your milk bottles and get better nutri tive value for your money." Lend-Lease Lend-lease will be choked off for both England and France in sofar as occupation purposes in the continent are concerned. It ' was just recently too that Con gressmen learned both England and Russia over-estimated their requirements during the war to build up stocks for the reconver sion period. Pathfinder Maga zine. Woodrack cars that carried fuel for old-time Seaboard Railway lo comotives fifty years ago are go ing back into service hauling short-cut logs to the pulpwood mills of the Southeast. •51.5() For Year, In Advance Wilson Market Planning Large Selling Program BY A’ G. BLACKMAN. JR. Supervisor of Sales Wilson Tobacco Market On Tuesday morning, August 21st at 9:30, Wilson, The World’s Largest Bright Leaf Tobacco Mar ket. will begin its 55th year of successful operation. All ware houses have been put in readiness and will welcome the thousands of tobacco growers who annually sell their tobacco in Wilson. '1 he \\ ilson Tobacco Market has built a name so, itself that stands out above all markets in the en tire flue cured area. This was achieved by the untiring efforts of the local warehousemen, buyers, and most of all by the tobacco grower himself. The many cus tomer l the Wilson market re alize the advantages the market oilers that no other market in the country cun offer. The grower has the confidence of the ware housemen and knows that he is frying at all times to get the high er! possible dollar for his .tobacco. The Wilson market has arranged an outstanding advertising pro gram for the 1945 season so as to let the tobacco growers all over the belt know the prices, trend, ■ nd condition of the market at all times. There will lie a radio pro gram each day at 1:15 to 1:30 ov er WGTM, Wilson, and WGBR, Goldsboro, with a very interest ing program with those well known comedians, Mustard and Gravy and latest official market reports. Jn addition to this, we have contracted with about twen ty-five daily and weekly news papers to keep you better posted ;, s to the happenings of the Wilson niarket. The Wilson market has 11 mod ern and up-to-date warehouses and 10 of the nn i modern tobac co plants found on any market. The market will sell a total of 17 1-2 hours per day, thus making it more convenient lor the farmer to '•11 his tobacco and return home to his many chores. The sales system will be the same as last year where every warehouse in town will sell some tobacco every day. With this system the cus tomer can tel! exactly what time his tobacco will be sold and can sell wilh the warehouse of his choice. This system was so ar ranged so that the farmer can conic and sell his tobacco arid re turn home with the mimimum time from his many jobs that he has at home to do, and no one to get to do these jobs for him. The Wilson warehousemen and facto rymen realize the shortage of la bor on the farm and wish to co operate in every way possible with the farmer iri helping him cope with this unfortunate situation. The following warehouses will operate on the VV’ils <n market this season: Banner Warehouse, A. W. Kloi ng, owner and operator; Big Shir Warehouse, with J. J. Gib bons and Geo. L. Wainwright; aroimn Waroho . with W. Boyd r ’l.ok and Col. Hart Shumaker; Centre Brick Warehouses Nos. 1 and 2, with .J. C. Eagles and U. H. Co/art; Farmer Warehouse, with J F. Deans and W. O. Harrison; New Planters Warehouses 1 and 2 with R. T. Smith and W. G. Carr, Jr.; Smith Warehouses A and B. with H. H. Harris, John R. Harris, A B. Baines and R. C. McElroy; and the Watson Ware house, with S. H. Anderson and ft. W. Anderson. These ware houses will operate under the same systasi as last year and will con tinue to give their many farmer friends the same courteous service as they have in the past.. We wish to thank the many cus tomers who have sold in the past, and welcome you back to Wilson for the 1945 season. Come and bring your neighbor and you will find your friends here from wher ever tobacco is grown. Well over one milliMi trees were planted in the Seaboard-served states of Virginia, the Carolinas, eGorgia, Alabama and Florida during 1944.
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