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Our Own Destiny?
Out in California an archeologist, digging in the Mo
jave desert, has discovered the remains of a building 8,000
years old, not a lean-to or primitive teepee, but a large
wooden Structure. According to historians, this house
dates back to the period in which the Mojave desert existed
as a fertile valley.
There is a blood-chilling discovery', when one con
siders what the Mojave Valley once was, and what it is
today. Erosion has dealt even more harshly with that
area than with Palestine and the Near East. What can
we expect for North Carolina and the South?
Our green hills and valleys may some day be as bare
as the Rockies themselves. Our streams may be permanent
ly dry, and the drought of last month may be the harbinger
of one lasting for centuries. Our fate is in our hands;
sound soil-saving practices will save us and our descendants,
but if we turn our backs upon soil conservation, our chil
dren will have to leave their homes.
Farmers' Day Promising
Zebulon’s Farmers’ Day, now scheduled for Thursday,
October 7, should be one of the greatest days in the history
of the community. If plans are successfully carried to com
pletion, attendance should be numbered in the thousands
rather than hundreds.
The two main features announced thus far the
appearance of Governor-nominate Kerr Scott and a
concert by the Wake Forest College Band—will draw
a good crowd. Scott is immensely popular in the four
counties served by Zebulon, and he has not made a pub
lic appearance in this vicinity this year.
The success of the undertaking now rests on the in
dividual merchants, who may pay its expenses with their
ticket purchases. Participation in the program has been
retsricted to members of the Chamber of Commerce, but
membership in the Chamber has not been restricted hence
all may participate in making the day a success.
Supply and Demand
Regardless of what Messrs. Wallace, Taylor, et al had
to say about the economic situation up in Philadelphia last
week, the old law of supply and demand still works. On
the same day the Department of Agriculture announced an
increase in the 1948 sugar quota because of heavy June
consumption, the price of New York raw sugar advanced
again, being one fourth of a cent per pound higher than
one month ago.
Zebulon housewives know how the law works, too.
Some have bought sugar heavily because of canning,
and others have made purchases because it seems to be
the thing to do when war is threatened. But all have
paid more for their sugar, or soon will.
Zebulon farmers will admit the effect of the law on
cotton this year; cotton futures have consistently registered
losses during the past several weeks. On July 23 the
Department of Agriculture announced 1,947,000 bales had
been exported during 1948; by the same date in 1947 3,352,-
009 bales had been exported. A large 1948 crop prediction
further adds to the cotton future losses.
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The obvious lesson is that if you want to make
money, choose a field in which there is no overproduc
tion, but a consistent demand. By the mechanics of
the quota system, tobacco has been held to this point;
but with the cut in acreage local farmers must seek
other fields of farm income.
Just now the two best bets locally are the proposed
alfalfa dehydration system and the beef feeder project
undertaken by the Chamber of Commerce last year. The
alfalfa program is reasonably sure of fulfillment next year,
and the feeder plan has already met with moderate success.
Another carload or two of feeders this fall will put the
law of supply and demand to work for local farmers.
The Zebulon Record
Ferd Davis Editor
Barrie Davis Publisher
Entered as second class matter June 26, 1925, at the post office
at Zebulon, North Carolina, under the act of March 3, 1879.
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The Zebulon Record
By Mrs. Theo. B. Davis
Efficiency experts are saying
that if you will use a wide ironing
board you can save more motions
than I can remember. And, though
no expert, I can tell you that if
you have a table the right height,
ironing on it will save both time
and motions for most pieces. You
can do better with a board for
dresses, but all flatwork and even
men’s shirts as they are made now,
are done more easily on a table.
At least by me.
If your sheets are wearing thin,
don’t hang them on the line with
the fold in the middle and hems
down. Instead, put the hems to
gether and lay the ends of the
sheet about six inches across the
line, letting the middle part hang
like a hammock. This puts the
strain On the strongest part of an
old sheet and adds a little to its
weeks of service.
I was a guest at the Young Ma
trons Circle last week. After the
program our pastor’s wife directed
some games and I took part with
the young women. When Mrs.
Mitchell went around and whis
pered to each of us the title of a
song, explaining that at a given
signal we were to begin singing
and were also to find all others
\vho had the same music, I felt a
Jaurden of doubt and responsibility.
It was going to be hard for me to
By Carl E. Bjork
Solicitor Jack Hooks, as a por
tion of his argument before the
jury in Harnett court when Lon
nie V. Davis was being tried for
sundry causes, based much of his
appeal on the fact that individuals
employed in the capacity as
guardians of children should have
suitable moral characters. To that
end he drew out the school teach
er as an example, and inferred
that the teacher in the public
schools, as the molder of charac
ter, ought to have a character
himself or herself fit to mold
others. f
No one doubts the solicitor’s
principle; school teachers ought
not be allowed to teach unless
undergirded by a mature under
standing of the rules of living be
fore and among others in regards
to the moral laws of God.
Neither does anyone argue the
point that many North Carolina
school teachers “live like the dev
il” from day to day. We know that
the teachers are subject to like
passions such as all men are, but
in the main they are zealous in
their works toward the church and
the community.
But some communities are
wrapped in a persisting idea
By Barrie Davis
Since last week we’ve had a bit
of help in /driving the single males
from their hiding places and out
into the open where the gals may
look them over. With the aid of
our able assistants, we’ve listed a
few names as a starter. Anyone
who knows others are invited to
send ’em in.
Os course, all we can do is pub
lish this information. We down
right refuse to hog-tie any of
these guys, since nuYnerous of them
are bigger, stronger, and a dum
sight braver than we claim to be.
This, That and the Other
Line Up the Bachelors
find four others singing “I’ve Been
Working on the Railroad” while
fifteen more sang three different
songs. But, wanting to be a good
sport, I meant to try.
What I hadn’t realized was that
the looking and listening was not
all my job. I had hardly turned
ground before Rachel Privette
caught my arm saying “Let’s find
the rest.” And in a minute or two
we were lined up nice as you
please, with Sadie Braswell lead
ing Red Holmes, Rebecca Hinton,
Rachel and me in swinging the
railroad.
That was an example of one of
my major faults: feeling the
weight of things as if I were the
only one concerned, when others
are equally interested and much
more capable.
My editor son said last week
the fund for providing lights for
the local ball park is “growing by
leaps and bounds.” That is an
appropriate way for such a fund
to grow.
On my way to the garden on
Monday I congratulated myself
and the world in general because
I hadn’t seen a snake all summer.
On Tuesday after supper I de
cided to pick butterbeans for next
day’s dinner, took my basket and
went to the vines. About half
way down one row I saw an un
usual looking piece of vine about
Bjork "s Tips
brought about by an isolated re
ligious background, or a wave of
sudden righteouness through the
medium of a quasi-factual evan
gelist until they suppose that all
men must either do as they do or
else be classified as indecent and
evil.
There are communities in North
Carolina where teachers are hired
on their word that they will retire
at ten o’clock, attend Sunday
School every Sunday, never smoke
or dance, and refrain from excess
in attire or dress. The moral prin
ciples of such communities are cut
to the pattern to suit that com
munity, and you either confirm,
or else—.
The weightier and less weighty
questions of moral conduct are
left unasked and unanswered. In
other words, you can lie like a
trouper as long as you don’t wear
your skirts above the ankle; you
can be as selfish as an ape as long
as you don’t puff on a cigar; you
can be as coveteous as Scrooge as
long as you get in bed at ten each
night.
There may be some teachers
that fit into such a situation in a
town of that type, but I partly be
lieve that they are almost as rare
as dodo birds. Advanced education
With the wiles, intuition, sec
ond sight, hindsight, and numer
ous other assets the ladies car
ry around with them, they
shouldn’t have much trouble.
As promised, the deputy sheriff’s
name heads the list:
G. C. Massey
Fred Corbett
G. C. Brannon
Wade Privette
Warren Liles
Braxton Eddins
Philip Bunn (by request)
Friday, July 30,1948
six inches in front of my face—
and it was a little green snake.
We stared in each other’s eyes
for an instant, then I was the one
who jumped back. The snake did
not move. I believe he wouldn’t
have blinked an eyelid, if -he had
owned one. He was a perfect
picture of calm, green composure.
I kept telling myself that sci
ence and my grandson Robert de
clare that green snakes can’t hurt
you; and I tried to keep on pick
ing beans. But every vine tendril
that touched me gave me the
shivers; and when a pear fell
from the tree and plopped on the
ground behind me, I gave up and
left.
For a mayonnaise that will keep
well try this recipe, sent me by
my sister, Mrs. Giles Thomas.
Beat one egg slightly and add
a cupful of salad oil. Set it aside
and cook together one-fourth cup
vinegar, three-fourths cup water
and four level tablespoons of corn
starch. Better use a double boil
er for this. When the mixture
has cooked until thick and trans
parent, pour it over the oil and
egg, beating thoroughly. If it has
cooled in handling, it may be put
back in the double boiler and
cooked a little more. Use any
seasoning preferred. We like salt,
mustard, and paprika.
This will not separate and may
be kept in refrigerator as long as
wanted if you like mayonnaise.
has the tendency to advance the
mentality of its disciples and does
pretend to lift its adherents above
the boundaries of thought in
which human freedom of action is
sorely suppressed. One must have
some measure of advanced educa
tion to be a school teacher in
North Carolina.
Communities of that type tend
to place the school teacher in the
category of job seekers having
first become thoroughly disap
pointed in the profession to which
they turned as worthwhile and
wholesome.
On the other side of the ledger
are the school teachers who know
no restraint and advertise to all
or any that they are not to be
fenced in. Without any feeling to
ward God, or moral conduct be
cause of this feeling, they are
prone to announce their intentions
of doing everything possible to
ruffle the social pond and create
waves of public scandal.
We should be thankful that this
order of instruction is not of great
number, but constant weakening
living toward man as one should
of home or community bonds of
live toward God, may cause this
tribe to increase. A departure from
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Dave Finch
Dabney Gill
Billy Greene
Fred Page
Craven Parrish
Worth Kemp
Joe Tonkel.
Harold Ferebee
Whisker Medlin
are other happy guys
around or over 21 years of age,
and we’ve got over 1,000 sub
scribers to this paper. Some of
them ought to be able to lengthen
this list.
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