THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXV. Number 48.
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Harvey Forbes of Wakefield
Farm, Wake Forest, and his pure
bred Guernsey calf which he ex
hibited at the Eastern District
Drunken Negro Shoots
Three Here Wednesday
Two men were seriously injured
and one required a doctor’s care
as the result of a wild shooting
spree staged by John Earl Whitley,
colored, of Rosenburg, on Wednes
day night about 12:30. In a fit of
drunken anger caused, he said,
when two Riley Hill boys drew
pistols on him after an argument
on Barbee Street.
According to Whitley’s story he
went home following the episode
with the unidentified Riley Hill
boys and got a shotgun, returning
to Katie May Baker’s place on
Barbee Street.
Robert Lee Spivey, colored, was
hit in the face when Whitley fired
in the window of the “piccolo
joint,” and was treated for his
Missing in Action
Private First Class William El
vis Davis, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. E. Davis of Wake Forest has
been reported missing in action
in Korea since July 25. He serv
ed in the armed forces for 26
months during World War 11, and
reenlisted in January, 1949. He
reached Korea June 22, and serv
ed with the 24th Division.
MRS. THEO. B. DAVIS:
This, That, & the Other
By Mrs. Theo. B. Davis
Mrs. Cora Kemp, who runs the
landerette down town, called me
to say she was glau this column
had carried the item about rub
bing turpentine on stains caused by
machine grease; that her patrons
had tried it and found it works
well. She wants to give the best
service possible, and likes to learn
everything that may help. Our
thanks again to Mrs. Joe Tippett,
■who contributed this information.
•
Several women have told me
how much they like knowing that
tennis shoes may be washed in
machines, as Mrs. Robert Phillips
suggested. One mothers aid her
children’s shoes had smelled do
Guernsey Breeder’s show at Wake
field Farm on Thursday, August
10th. His class placed fifth win
ning a yellow ribbon.
wounds in Zebulon. Another
burst through the door struck Wil
bur Dunn of Riley Hill in the leg.
He was taken to St. Agnes Hospit
al in Raleigh.
Whitley fired into a panel body
truck on the street seriously
wounding Ebenezer Holding in the
side. Holding was also taken to
|St. Agnes Hospital.
Made His Escape
He made his escape before night
policeman M. G. Crowder and Po
lice Chief Willie B. Hopkins could
[ catch him. He made his way up
Wakefield Street, where it is be
lieved he used the butt of his shot
gun to break a window in Norman
Screws’ car in an attempt to steal
1 it. The approach of the officers
j caused him to continue on foot,
i Policeman Ray Gainey arrested
Whitley at Dave Whitley’s place
early Thursday morning. He made
no efiort to resist arrest and was
taken to the Wake County jail in
Raleigh.
Whitley had been away from
Zebulon for about a year and had
just returned a short time ago. He
claimed he was so drunk he had
|no knowledge of what he was
! doing during the shooting.
bad she had them left outdoors,
at night, but that a trip through
warm soapsuds in the washc-r
made them all right. I shall be
glad of every hint that makes it
easier to look after housework and
families.
•
It cheered me considerably to
learn that some other women find
it impossible to iron long, straight
curtains so that they hang just
right. Especially since these wo
men are very competent house
keepers. It seems stretchers are
the only answer to the problem.
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Every year birds help them
selves to berries and cherries fr6m
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Zebulon, N. C., Friday, August 18, 1950
Zebulon National
Guard Battery
Plan Field Trip
Double preparations are going
on in the National Guard armory
as Battery A of the 113 Field Ar
tillery Battalion makes ready for
two big events: the unit’s first
Federal inspection of September
25, and the weekend firing at Ft.
Bragg in early October.
During the Federal inspection,
everything in the battery, from
the records and equipment to the
state of training for the men, will
be closely checked by members of
the Regular Army.
An additional supply of canned
rations was received Wednesday
afternoon, wllich will be used on
the trip to Ft. Bragg. The bat
tery is having to provide its own
food for this trip, and SFC Percy
Parrish and his mess section are
at work figuring out nutrious
but inexpensive meals.
New Executive
NCNG orders this week assigned
Lt. James M. Potter as assistant
executive officer of Battery A. Lt.
Potter is an honor ROTC graduate
of State College and served with
the infantry in the army during
World War 11.
A special drill was held last
night, making two this week.
Hereafter all drills will be held
on Monday night.
WO Clifford Gilliam stated that
he has vacancies for two more
men in Battery A. He uftll be at
the armory five days a week to
talk with applicants.
Local Girl Graduates
From Greenville School
East Carolina Teachers College
conferred degrees last Friday af
ternoon upon 154 graduates of the
1950 summer school. Ceremonies
were held in Austin Auditorium
where the new $30,000 pipe or
gan recently installed at the col
lege was used for the first grad
uation.
Candidates for degrees includ
ed 69 for master of arts; 25 for
bachelor of arts; and 60 for bache
lor of science, which at East Car
olina is the professional degree
for those taking courses preparing
them to teach.
Dr. Robert Lee Humber, perma
nent international attorney and
promoter of world federalism, of
Greenville, was the principal
speaker of the afternoon cere
mony. The invocation was pro
nounced by the Rev. Leonard W.
Topping of the First Presbyterian
Church in Greenville.
North Carolinians who were
graduated included Effie Mae
Hagwood, Zebulon, Bachelor of
Science degree.
Baptist Services
Rev. Durham Ipock will be the
guest minister for the morning
worship service at the Zebulon
Baptist Church Sunday. He is
from Asheville and is a graduate
of Wake Forest College and Cro
zier Seminary. The Junior Choir
and the Adult Choir will sing John
Dyke’s “I Heard the Voice of
Jesus Say.”
The Intermediate Department
will conduct the evening worship
service, presenting a meditation
with the use of visual aids and
brief talks. Mack Hocutt, student
at the School for Blind in Raleigh,
will be guest organist for this ser
vice.
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“Peace, it’s wonderful,” sighs
this pretty miss, who thinks the
Mexicans have a point in their
siesta time. She is completely re
laxed to enjoy the sun's tanning
rays in her play outfit of cotton
tickin’ by White Stag.
Wendell Market
Declared Ready
By E H. Moser
Warehousemen, merchants, civ
ic and church groups are prepar
ed to make Monday, August 21st,
a happy day for all sellers, buy
ers and visitors to the Wendell
Tobacco Market opening sales day.
Efficient and courteous person
nel have been secured by every
warehouse firm in Wendell to give
maximum services to patrons of
this market.
Preparations for the friendly!
welcoming of farmers and visi
tors to Wendell’s sound and pro
gressive Tobacco Market have
been completed for sometime.
Opening Tobacco Sales day is
here and the tobacco marketing
season is looked forward to each
year by every citizen of this com
munity as another opportunity to
make new friends and to more
closely bind friendship ties of long
standing especially with Zebulon
friends.
Farmers Welcome
Civic and church organizations
join hands with business enter
prises each year to aid tobacco
sellers, buyers and visitors to en
joy their stay in Wendell, a com
munity which established a rep
utation for friendliness and help
fulness long years ago.
If there is a service, product,
or favor which you do not know
where to find ask any one of
the staffs serving warehouses.
EXTENSION SERVICE
Urges Seeding Pastures
Nitrogen equal to 10000 pounds
of nitrate of soda is added to the
soil by one arce ladino clover,
according to W. W. Woodhouse,
Jr., soil fertility scientist with
the North Carolina Experiment
Station.
Woodhouse says the beneficial
effects that legumes have on suc
ceeding crops is just one more good
reason for seeding pasture.
One experiment with corn con
ducted at the Station showed that
where alfalfa had been turned un
der, the yield was 115 bushels per
acre. When lespedeza was turn
ed under, the resulting yield
was 48 bushels per acre. On an ad
jacent field with no legume turned
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Broiler Industry
Makes Progress
In North State
Broiler production has increas
ed about 1,000 per cent in North
Carolina in the last 10 years is
now a 10 million dollar industry,
says R. S. Derestyne, head of the
poultry department at State Col
lege.
“We raised only 1,700,000 broil
ers in 1940,” says Dearstyne. This
year’s crop is estimated at 17,811,-
000”
“Not only are we growing more
birds,” he adds, “but we’re grow
ing them more efficiently. The
average size of our flocks has in
creased from about 450 in 1940
to about 1,200 at present. Where
we were producing only about
three broods per year in 1940,
we’re now producing between
four and five.”
In addition, he points out, it took
four pounds of feed to produce a
pound of broiler flesh in 1940;
now it takes only about three
pounds.
The broiler industry has given
rise to a brand-new enterprise on
North Carolina farms that of
producing hatching eggs. The
hatching egg business has grown
most rapidly in the counties west
of Asheville, Dearstyne says. That
area will sell approximately three
million dollars worth of hatching
eggs this year. The market ex
tends as far south as Florida and
as far west as Texas.
The State College professor
foresees a continued good outlook
for the State’s broiler industry.
However, he advises new growers
to go into the business gradually.
Wakefield WMS Hears
Talk by Dr. Ellis Sunday
Circle No. 1 of the Woman’s
Missionary Society of Wakefield
Church held its regular August
meeting on Sunday night, August
13, in the home of Mrs. Vera
Rhodes. Sixteen members and
three visitors were present.
The meeting was opened with
the singing of “Break Thou the
Bread of Life,” followed by a
prayer by Mrs. Combs. The devo
tional was given by Mrs. W. J.
Perry and Mrs. Florence Pippin.
The guest speaker, Dr. Ellis, gave
a very interesting program. The
dismissal prayet - was led by Mrs.
Perry.
After a few business.matters
were discussed by committees, the
hostess served punch and cookies.
Mrs. Mozelle Massey and Mrs.
Emily Mitchell will be hostesses to
the circle in September.
under, the yield was only 25 bush
els per acre.
The increase in the corn yield
following alfalfa would more than
pay for the cost of seeding the al
falfa at present prices, Woodhouse
says. Any hay or grazing crops
that were taken between seeding
and turning would be free.
In addition to the nitrogen add
ed by legumes, improved pastures
make another contribution to the
soil. It becomes organic matter
in the upper six inches of soil at
the end of five years. Organic
matter improves the structure of
soils, increases their water hold
ing capacity and furnishes plant
nutrients.