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A Plague on Both Your Houses
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Race relations in North Carolina have seldom been bet
ter than they are right now. Whites and Negroes in Zebulon,
which we are justified in considering a representative Tar
Heel community, work together in harmony. Every man,
white or black, holds his position in our community by hard
work and strength of character —he cannot depend on prop
erty, legislation, or the color of his skin to maintain his sta
tion in life.
Our situation is not perfect, hut it is good enough
to serve as a challenge to both the frenzied reformers
who follow Henry Wallace and the reactionaries who
seek to reinstitute away of life that went out of exist
ence with the advent of the cotton gin and the cigarette
factory. (
We are not inclined, after considering actions and at
titudes of the past, to take a dim view of of our current ra
cial situation. Consequently we are exasperated by efforts
of racial extremists on both sides of this colored fence to
inject a point of prejudice into the presidential campaign.
By their actions they are gravely damaging our present so
cial structure, and promoting racial strife.
Henry Wallace stands convicted of shedding crocodile
tears the plight of the Negro. He professes to favor
the Russian way of handling minority groups, but shuts his
eyes to ;he millions of people of Europe oppressed by Soviet
officials on a scale rivalled only by the efforts of the Nazis.
Red Henry says he wants to help the southern Negro, but if
he helps them the way his philosophy indicates, he will lower
their standard of living 50 per cent. Check with any Russian
peasant. Check with the frugal and, industrious shopkeeper
of Red-occupied Austria and Hungary.
If Henry Wallace really wanted to help the Negro,
he would not have come to the South on his rabble
rousing, tradition-flaunting tour which he was pleased
to call a crusade. He has hurt the Negro’s cause more
than all the Ku Klux-ers since the Civil War. His every
action was calculated to promote racial strife; for it is
such strife that nurtures the growth of the Communist
Party.
On the other hand, the Dixiecrats are not helping main
tain the status quo by running a candidate for president.
Realistically speaking, they are simply insuring the election
of Thomas Dewey, whose views on the states rights and
civil rights questions are even more extreme than those of
President Truman. It follows that they are hurting the cause
they say they hold sacred.
As a practical issue, the question of civil rights
legislation does not exist at all. Senator Broughton and
Senator Hoey will filibuster the thing to death.
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The real issues then are whether agricultural and eco
nomic progress made under past Democratic administrations
is real or fleeting, and whether Harry Truman, Thomas
Dewey, Henry Wallace, or Strom Thurmond is better fitted
to administer the affairs of state in these days of inflation
and the cold war. Americans have a sacred right to vote for
wnom they please; but they have an equal responsibility to
vote-from honest conviction instead of prejudice, and should
render their decision on real issues.
The Zebulon Record
This, That and the Other
By Mrs. Theo. B. Davis
If you follow the custom of do
ing all your washing at one time,
you may as well make starch that
day, too. But, if you wash several
times a week, it will be a help to
have starch ready. Make it thick,
pour it into a jar and keep it cov
ered in the refrigerator. When
needed thin with warm water.
Do you sometimes feel that your
refrigerator needs defrosting too
often? I did until I marked on the
calendar the date of the job. W h en
it had to be done again I was
surprised to find how many days
had passed.
It’s the same way by sweeping
upstairs. Unless I check on myself,
I think the “dust kittens” have
taken on an extra spurt of activi
ty.
On a rack on the door of my
husband’s closet hang forty-two
neckties. A few are nice looking,
several more are wearable. The
rest make me wonder why he will
The central figure in next Sun
day’s scripture lesson is somewhat
of the same type as Ananias, the
fearful but resolute servant. Barn
abas, however, possessed more in
sight than did Ananias; for Anan
ias baptized Paul only because he
felt it was the right thing to do,
while Barnabas recognized the
ability and inborn zeal of Paul,
and was able to act with double
cbnviction in helping Paul to be
gin the greatest missionary effort
of all time.
Everyone of us faces the same
problem as did Barnabas—the
Do try the many different flav
orings, herbs and seasonings, that
are available in stores today. Why
not use caraway seeds in the cot
tage chese or a dash of clove in
the Harvard beet? You can buy
herb vinegars, too, or make them
from herbs from your own garden
or from those you buy. They’re a
convenient way to add herbs to
salad dressings and other dishes
using vinegar.
Food experts say try new taste
adventuers with flavors—mint in
cream dressing for a fruit salad;
drops of lime over your fruit cup
or in a cola beverages; pepper
mint in your chocolate sauce;
strawberry in custards. Put ade
lightful pungent touch into cookies
and cakes with anise and almond
flavorings, or in gingerbread with
an orange flavoring. Spice any of
your apple dishes with cinnamon.
To the Editor:
The 18 victorious wine and beer
referendums for the drys in North
Carolina this year have been aptly
termed by one editor (Henderson
Daily Dispatch) as “ a straw in
the wind.” Another noted dry edi
tor of Tomorrow says “the skies
are already growing brighter and
soon we will see the dawn of a
new day,” and truly the heavy dry
not permit me to dispose of them
in some painless way. But each
one is dear to his heart, though he
may not have worn it for years,
dear in spite of wrinkles, faded
places and grease spots, and keep
them he will.
After all, it makes a pretty good
comeback when he teases me
about hoarding different kinds of
stuff he considers useless. I point
an accusing finger at his collec
tion of old neckware and they be
come the ties that bind his tongue.
In these days of high-priced
eggs you might like to try this
recipe which does not call for any,
yet is plenty good.
Molasses Wafers: One-third cup
melted shortening. (This is five
tablespoons plus one teaspoonful.)
Two-thirds cup molasses. One
fourth cup sugar. Mix all these
and add two cups flour sifted with
one-half teaspoon soda, one-fourth
teaspoon salt, and one-half tea
spoon each of ginger, cloves, cin
namon and allspice. The dough
will be very stiff, but you can
Sunday School Lesson
problem of finding and develop
ing leadership. Every man who
runs a business, every farmer who
has a helper, and most of all every
parent should exhibit the Christ
ian traits possessed by Joses, sur
named Barnabas.
Just how much responsibility to
give a child and how to develop
his natural abilities constitute a
problem that each father and
mother should seek personal help
from God in solving. Many a child
has been ruined by receiving too
much leeway in deciding what his
own actions shall be—and count-
Farm Home Hints
Sparkling glassware, whether
clear or colored, highlights any
table setting. By observing a few
simple precautions in the care of
glassware, breakage and chipping
can be kept at a minimum.
When washing glassware, follow
the same general procedure as is
used in the care of dinnerware.
Glass, even more than china, is
sensitive to change of temperature,
so avoid water that is too hot both
in washing and rinsing,
Dry with a soft lintless towel
and be careful in handling not to
leave finger marks. Be careful not
to place ice cream or other frozen
foods in a glass container that is
above room temperature. Like
wise, when pouring a hot beverage
Into a glass, first place a silver
spoon in the glass and then pour
the liquid onto the spoon to ab
sorb the first shock of heat.
When storing glasses, avoid
Letter to the Editor
margins in all counties indicate
future victories in a ABC vote
against liquor.
For the first time in years, one
may feel that hope of a statewide
referendum is not futile. Mr. Scott
has pleaded his strength to loosen
the strangle griff of the Gag-rule
upon the General Assembly, and
this done, a referendum is assured.
These days of victory are ones
of rejoicing to all who pray for a
Friday, September 10, 1948
manage to roll it thin. Cut out and
bake at slow heat, 350 degrees, if,
your oven has a thermometer. If
not, just trust your cooking exper
ience! but be sure to take the
cookies from the pan as soon as
they are done. They harden
quickly, and stay that way.
The young men who are being
celled by the draft these days have
my sincere sympathy when they
must give up plans for work or
schooling. But the time spent in
service may be made profitable, if
this is desired. My oldest son told
me a story that is striking proof
of what may be done.
Eric was teaching in the Post
Schools at Schofield Barracks
some time before the second World
War. Frequently he came in con
tact with a soldier who was usu
ally partially intoxicated and gen
erally unhappy. One day Eric
remonstrated with this man, say
ing he would rather see a person
get dead drunk once in a while
and get over it than to see one
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less other children have been ruin
ed by never receiving any credit
for having minds of their own un
til they were free and twenty-one.
Let us approach these problems in
the same Christian spirit that
Barnabas showed in sponsoring
Paul.
The golden text for next Sunday
sums up the entire lesson: “he
was a good man, and full of the
Holy Ghost and of faith.” If we
can be good men, full of faith, we
need have small fear of not being
a good influence on both our fel
low workers and our children.
stacking as much as possible. If
two stacked glasses become stuck,
do not try to force them apart.
Pour cold water in the upper glass
and stand the lower glass in warm
water. Natural contraction and ex
pansion will separate the glasses
for you. When placing glassware
on shelves, do not let rims touch
as a precaution against chipping.
Worked buttonholes are easy to
keep straight and with stitches of
even length if a row of machine
stitching is made around them
marking the depth the buttonhole
stitches should be.
When joining bias and straight
edges, keep the bias part on top
when basting and stitching.
To rip machine stitches, cut the
lower thread every half-inch. This
leaves the upper thread free so
that it can be pulled out easily.
sober and happy land, but the
road to victory, in this cause, as
in others, is drenched with the
blood of butchered wives, murd
ered men, and highway slaugh
ters. North Carolina is the official
“brother’s keeper,” and may
someday hear, as did Cain, “What
host hou done? the voice of they
brother’s blood crieth unto me
from the ground.”
Mrs. Irene Averitt Mills