HUGE 1951 TOBACCO CROP BEGINS MOVEMENT TO EASTERN MARKETS ON TUESDAY
THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVI. Number 95.
SEEN & HEARD:
TALES ABOUT
PREACHERS
For real enjoyment, listen to
the stories related by Army or
Marine Chaplains who have serv
ed in hell and high water mud and
bloody death with the men they
love. The Chaplains see the bru
tal side of man as he kills other
men; and the Chaplains see the
tender side of man as he comforts
the homeless orphans who always
are left in the wake of war.
Needed in Alabama
Speaking of chaplains, the Rev.
Kermit Combs, popular pastor of
the Wakefield Baptist Church,
stopped at Wakelon School to
watch the National Guard Battery
train on Monday night. Preacher
combs, a Reserve Major in the
Corps of Chaplains, said he would
certainly- enjoy going with the
National Guard for its two-week
encampment this month In turn
the Guardsmen wished that
Preacher Combs could accompany
them, for they felt there would
be need for an understanding
chaplain in the Alabama hills.
Do You Like Com?
It was not original with him,
but Preacher Combs told us a
story we liked. There was a
young Baptist preacher up in the
hill country who was invited to
preach a trial sermon at a promi
nent church. For two weeks he
worked, writing and re-writing,
making his patient wife sit and
listen and criticize until every
word and every gesture was per
fect. Then came the fateful Sun
day and off he went, leaving his
wife to wait hopefully at home.
Came sundown, and the young
preacher returned, his face long
and his heart broken. “What is
the matter,” his wife cried,
“Didn’t the sermon go off all
right?”
“It went off fine,” said the
preacher.
“Didn’t the folks like it?” con
tinued the wife.
“They liked it fine.”
“Well, what happened?” ques
tioned the wife, close on the verge
of tears.
“I was invited out to dinner,”
replied the crestfallen preacher.
“Did you use the wrong fork,
or tuck your napkin under your
chin,” asked his wife.
“Worse than that,” replied the
mountaineer preacher. “When the
hostess asked me if. I wanted some
corn, I passed my glass instead of
my plate!”
Who Will Win?
The way that worms and insects
have increased in spite of new and
more powerful poisons prompted
Mr. Ivey Narron to wonder which
would win out in the end—man
or insects.
Printing Equipment
The new metal saw has arriv
ed and we’ve been using it for
a week now. Every time we pur
chase a new piece of equipment,
we wonder how we managed to
get along without it.
When finally our automatic
Baum folder arrives, we’re going
to extend a special invitation to
our friends to have a look around
the shop. We always enjoy the
look of amazement that covers the
face of everyone who pays us a
visit. “I didn’t know you had all
this,” is the usual comment. Then
they stop to watch with open
mouthed astonishment at Bobby
McGee or Hilliard Greene running
the presses, or Mrs. Mullin at the
Linotype keyboard.
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WENDELL AND WILSON OPEN AUGUST 21
Crab Grass Said Not So
Tough as Bermuda Sort
By Robert Schmidt
With our humid, hot, and show
ery weather conditions this is the
season of the year for grass and
weeds, and woe unto you if you
let them get ahead of you.
What do you know about the
weeds and grasses that give you
so much trouble? I recently talked
with a man who has gardened for
several years but did not know
the difference between “crab
grass” and “Bermuda grass.” Just
in case some of the readers of this
column are also confused, crab
grass is an annual plant, catching
root at all the joints. It is a seri
ous pest at this time of year but
is killed out by cold weather. In
the garden it must be controlled
by frequent cultivation and hand
pulling. In the lawn it may be
killed by special chemical sprays.
On the other hand, Bermuda
grass—sometimes called wire grass
—is a perennial plant, catching
root at the joints and also sending
This, That and the Other
Mrs. Theo. B. Davis
,irs. Kermit Combs told me thai
some of her friends have found
clorox, a well-known laundry
bleach, to be a goody remedy for
poison oak. I am glad to pass on
the information.
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If you have soft peaches to
can, disregard the directions
which tell you to make a sirup
of sugar and water and cook the
fruit in that. Instead, as you peel
and slice the peaches sprinkle su
gar over them. In just a little
while after you have prepared a
kettleful there will be plenty of
juice for the cooking, which should
be rather slow. If kept covered
as much as possible during prepa
ration, the peaches will not dark
en noticeably, and flavor is bet
ter when no water is used.
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If only peaches and cantaloupes
ripened at different times, both
Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, August 14, 1951
out many underground stems by
which it spreads rapidly and lives
over from year to year. Freezing
may kill the above ground stem
but not the underground stems.
Clean cultivation, and smothering
it with heavy crop growth are
about the only controls. I have
killed it in the garden by covering
with mulching paper.
Many Other Pests
There are many other grasses
and weeds that give us trouble in
the garden and there are no easy
methods of control. Also, in the
fall of the year we are prone to
let the weeds go in the portions of
the garden where we have no
crops. These weeds will mature
millions of seeds for future genera
tions. Many weed seeds remain
alive for years in garden soils be
cause they have been buried too
deeply. As soon as cultivation
brings them closer to the surface
and conditions are favorable, they
immediately germinate.
might be enjoyed even more. It
is hard to choose between them
for breakfast, and eating both is
often too much. Nor is the flavor
of melon or fruit enhanced by
combining them.
My grandson’s wife pours gin
ger ale over cantaloupe and likes
the result.
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Just across the street from our
house are three low-prunded
crepemyrtle bushes laden with
huge clusters of watermelon-red
bloom. They belong to Mrs. Merritt
Massey; but there are many who,
perhaps, enjoy them more than
she does, since the shrubs are
growing in the strip of soil be
tween the sidewalk and the high
way, and Mrs. Massey is not out
there often. For me they are in
plain sight and add pleasure
whenever I sit down at the win
dow to rest a while.
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Carolina County to Get
Thousand Dollar Rural
Prize for Most Progress
September 1 is the kickoff date
for the Rural Progress Drive spon
sored by the North Carolina Board
of Farm Organizations and Agen
cies. The board is composed of 12
groups with Dr. J. H. Hilton, dean
of the School of Agriculture at
State College, as chairman.
Counties served by the Record
which may participate in the con
test are Wake, Johnston, Nash,
Franklin, and Wilson.
The county making the most
progress during the year will be
Zebulon Farmers May
Get New Information
On Breeding of Swine
The State College Extension Ser
vice’s popular circular on “Raising
Hogs in North Carolina” has just
been revised and brought up to
date, and single copies of the new
publication are available to Zeb
ulon farmers on request.
Authors of the circular, which
is 17 pages in length and is illus
trated with photographs and draw
ings, are Jack Kelley, specialist
in charge of extension animal hus
bandry, and H. A. Stewart.
Kelley and Stewart point out
that the swine industry furnishes
a part of the food supply for most
North Carolina farm families and
the moorne from cash sales is of
considerable importance. Hogs,
they add, are grown in every Tar
Heel community, and in 1950 the
State ranked second in the South
and 15th in the nation in number
of hogs produced.
The circular covers such points
as selection of stock, sow testing,
management of the breeding herd,
care at farrdwing time, feed re
quirements, shade, sanitation, and
preventing losses at marketing
time.
Pastures Needed
Good pasture, say Kelley and
Stewart, is the cheapest single
source of feed for hogs. On the
basis of experience an experimen
tal results, Ladino clover is the
best single grazing plant for swine.
Single copies bf “Raising Hogs
in North Carolina,” issued as Ex
tension Circular No. 238 (Re
vised), may*be obtained from the
local county agent or by writing
the Agricultural Editor, State Col
lege Station, Raleigh.
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Three Receive Degrees
At Wake Forest Finals
Herbert Appenzeller, Mary Alice
Jones, and Junius Monroe Teeter
were three of the 88 students re
ceiving degrees at graduation ex
ercises at Wake Forest College last
week. President Harold W. Trib
ble was the principal speaker at
the commencement service.
Bachelor of Arts degrees were
awarded to Miss Jones and Teeter,
while Appenzeller was awarded
his Master of Arts degree.
Boykin Child Hurt
Warren Boykin, twelve years
old, was kicked by a mule on
Thursday of last week and is a
patient in Rex Hospital. The ex
tent of his injuries is not yet fully
known. The Boykin family live
on the Medlin farm near Wakelon
School.
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
named “County of the Year in
Rural Progress” and will be award
ed a prize of SI,OOO by The Pro
gressive Farmer. The money must
be used to further a project which
will be of latsing benefit to the
rural people of that county.
In selecting the “County of the
Year,” consideration will be given
to desirable adjustments made in
agriculture, improvements in
uomemaking and family living,
advances on a community level,
provision of opportunities for rural
youth, and the cooperation of all
agencies, groups, and individuals.
David S. Weaver, director of the
State College Extension Service,
believes the project offers possi
bilities of becoming one of the
most far-reaching movements ever
started in the State. He urges
every county to participate.
Sponsors Listed
The North Carolina Press Asso
ciation has endorsed the project
and is actively supporting it. The
sponsoring agencies and groups
are the Extension Service, Experi
ment Station, Vocational Agricul
ture and Home Economics, Pro
duction and Marketing Adminis
tration, North Carolina Farm Bu
reau, State Grange, North Caro
lina Department of Agriculture,
Soil Conservation Service, Far
mers Home Administration, De
partment of Conservation and De
velopment, Rural Electrification
Administration, and the farm
press.
G. C. Massey Delivers
Interesting Rotary Talk
Blame for most juvenile delin
quency was placed on the parents
by G. C. Massey, popular member
of the Wake County Sheriff’s De
partment in a talk before the Zeb
ulon Rotary Club Friday night. He
cited cases of youthful lawbreakers
where nearly every person involv
ed was the product of a broken
home.
G. C., wh6 is a veteran Deputy
Sheriff, proved an extremely in
teresting speaker as he related
some of the cases on which he has
worked.
A law-enforcement, or peace
officer, is only as good as he is
required to be, the speaker said.
The best officers cannot do a good
job unless they have the complete
backing of the people who want
good government.
Following his talk, the Deputy
Sheriff entertained questions from
the Rotarians and led a discussion
on the problems of law enforce
ment.
BALL FUNDS
Over $.300 has been real
ized in profits from the op
eration of the softball pro
stand during the period
from July 6 to August 6,
according to Recreation
Director Jim Fish.
Receipts from the soft
ball league have amounted
to $409.83 and expendi
tures to $280.53, leaving a
profit of $129.30.
The drink stand has re
ported receipts of $520.45
and expenditures of $333.-
38, for a profit of $187.07
during the month.