VOL. VIII.— IS, THAT AND THE OTHER —o Mrs. Theo. B. Davis Once upon a time a neighbor of ours had a strange plant growing in her back yard. She thought it had come from a seed in a sack of chicken [ feed. The plant was attractive, low- 1 growing, with a spread of more than three feet, and with numbers of star shaped blooms of pale yellow. But it also bore hundreds of thorns that were tough and sharp. My neighbor >aid that since she admired the plant and had no children to get hurt on it, she had the right to let it grow—a most reasonable point of view. That winter she moved away, but left the nettle. The next year that back yard was full of those thorny plants. And we had a new neighbor—and she had small children. And those children wept sorely and often because of the ■ thorns in their feet. Is there a moral, to this story? A few miles out of Zebulon lives a cat whose owners thought of naming) him “Midnight” because he is so black. But they found a tiny white spot un der his neck, so they named him “11.40’’. There’s nothing like being exact. * Those who have eaten Mrs. J. G. Kemp’s cakes know how delicious they a>e. I’ve found one reason for their unusual texture. Mrs, Kemp doesn’t use baking powder nor sweet milk in her cakes. Instead she uses about one-third teaspoonfud of soda in a cupful of buttermilk. Try it. Os course you must use plain flour. The resiht is far mole pleasing than j any sweet milk-baking-powder cake j we ever ate. But it should be said | that Mrs. Kemp can take the same j materials others use and beat mostj folks at cake-making. —o — Walnut Hull stain for floors omit- j ted last week. Boil walnut hulls in wa- j ter. Strain it and apply warm to the floor. Try it on a piece of wood so ; as not to get it too dark. Floor polish: 1-4 lb. beeswax, 1-2 i lb. parowax, 1 qt. each boiled linseed oil and painter’s turpentine. Melt the wax and parowax, warm the oil and turpentine and mix all together. Ap ply with cloth, let it dry, then rub hard to polish. —o — Is there any building that makes j you feel as sorry for it as does a house that has been lived in and is ( empty? 1 I don’t mind passing barns or ware-j houses; and passing a church rests ; me. But 1 always have the queerest j sensations when going by vacant dwelling-houses, if they’ve ever been occupied. Ghosts ares urely there, if , anywhere. When a child I used to stay part, of every summer with my grandpa -! ents. There would be errands to run, j guinea and turkey nests to hunt, and ■ messages to cany Grandpa. One year one of the tenant houses was empty and it seemed that it had to be pass ed no matter where I started. My im agination bad it occupied by strange beings, somewhat like gorillas. They did not talk, but made horrible' noises. Whenever I passed the house thfey were always upstairs, potting on long, tight corsets. And yet they wore fur instead of clothes. I knew that if once they got those corsets hooked up before I could run out of their sight, they’d come charging downstairs and out into the yard, then into the road, and catch me, and that would be my end. No one was ever told of these fears and I suffered and ran all summer. That may be the reaaon vacant houses look pathetic to me new. I’m not real ly afraid of them—but how I wish some nice neighbor would rent the one across the road from us! ANNOinft. 10, about 8 o’clock by Coleman Duke. Ervin was only 20 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Perry. He leaves behind to mourn their loss, father, mother, three brothers, three sisters, auntst uncles and a host of friends. His remains were to Hopkins Chapel Baptist church. His funeral was conducted by Rev. Parrish of Zebulon. Erwin was a member of Beulah Sunday school. The family has the sympathy of the com munity. How sad it is to mourn No one will ever know. Until they see their loved one dying, jAnd know they must forever go. 1 In our hearts your memory shall al ways dwell, But some day our troubles will be ended; For Jesus doeth all things well, bless ed be the Lord that giveth. Farewell, dear Erwin a long farewell. R. B. R. 'chemical CONTROLS PEACH TREE BORERS — o— Effective control of peach tree bor ers can be secured by growers in North Carolina by the use and proper applications of paradichlorobenzene. “This chemical has been thorough ly tested and peach growers can ex pected from 95 to 100 per cent control if used properly,” say* C. H. Bran non, extension entomologist at State College. “The age of the tree, how ever, has a great deal to do with the amount used as well as the time and method of application.” Where two and three year old trees i are badly infested the chemical may Ibe used at the rate of one-half ounce Ito the tree but if the tree is not bad ly infested the use is not recommend jed says Mr. Brannon. For trees that are four and five [years old three-quarters of an ounce I is sufficient and for those trees that ! are six years old and older one full ounce should be applied. For very old trees with large trunks the dose should be one and one-quarter ounce to the tree. Very little preparation of the soil is necessary other than breaking the crust with a hoe and smoothing it off. The dirt, however, mugt be placed around the tree if the borer hole is above the surface of the soil. The gas formed by paradichlorbenzene is heavier than air and will not pene trate holes above the point of appli cation. In applying the chemical all gum [should be scraped from the trunk of the tree and the dirt levelled. The crystals should then beput in a <*on jtinuous ring around the tree about 1 one Inch wide and one inch from the trunk. Be careful in putting down the crystal so that none will oom« in contact with the tree. Loose dirt should then be placed over the crys tals and peked in a mound close to the tree, he states. I There’s something good, even noble,j about anyone who does his job well. Peculiar Accident As two young men of near Four Oaks were returning from working | • on the tobacco market at Moultrie, i Ga., they had their suitcases, contain i ing clothes, in a trailer back of their car in which they were riding. In some way, perhaps from cigar ette stubs tossed back by the autoists, , the contents of the trailer were ruin ed by fire, all the clothing being a to > tal loss. FINDS MONEY CONCEALED BY HIS FATHER; NEGRO GRABS IT AND RUNS Louisburg, Sept. B.—Howell Wester farmer living 11 miles east of Louis burg in Franklin county, after hav ing searched for months for the more than $5,000 which he knew that his father had received for the sale of timber, found it a few days ago a large roll of greenbacks, only to lose it again instantly in the hands cf a fleeing Negro. Mr. Wester’s father became para-1 lyzed shortly after sale of the tim ber. It was known that he had re-; ceived the money. He tried to tell his son where he put it but never could make himself understood. Mr. Wester, Sr., died and a continued search for the money had proved of no avail. Recently, Howell Wester and a Negro tenant. Gray Davis, were tear- ! ing down an old barn on the Wester , farm,( where the Negro found the [ large roll of bills that had been se- , creted in the walls. j, “You can have my crop, if you , want it, but what I find is aline,” exclaimed the Negro, a* he dashed : out of the barn with the money and > disappeared into the bushes, Mr. , Wester gave chase bat the Negro ] outdistanced him and no trace of ( him has yet been founds—News t , Observer. j 1 DROUGHT NOT HURTING \ Regardless of the drought preva- i lent in some sections of the state j during the growing season, cotton j deliveries to the North Carolina Cot- , ton Growers’ Cooperative Association < are showing up “very good in grade , and staple,” Benburry Haywood, head j cotton classer, said Tuesday. , As an example Mr. Haywood cited ] eleven bales delivered by a member , from the Southern part of the State, j which all classed strict middling 1 , 1-16. | Grade and staple premiums paid this member by the cooperative were , more than one per cent per pound and | amountd to more than SSO on the , 11 bale*. , Eight receiving agents and a warehouse have been appointed in Wake county to receive cotton for | the association. They are: Wade H. Upchurch, Apex; Mr. J. Carlton, Cary; oohn M. Jones, Gamer; Miss Vannie Norris, Holly Springs; J. E. Brown, , Varina; C. S. Barnes, Wake Forest; Oscar Griswold, Wendell; Mrs. H. E. Mann. Zebulon; and Raleigh Bonded I Warehouse, Raleigh. Some rules seem to consist only of ■ exception*. I Man Kills Whole Family Sam Me Pherson of near Burling ' t n on Sept. 9 killed his wife and daughter and himself after fatally wounding a young man who was a neighbor. He is said to have left a note saying the daughter had brought shame and disgrace on the family and he preferred death to facing it. He is thought to have held the young man, Clarence Loyd, responsible for the trouble. Loyd died on Saturday night. EXPLOSION KILLS MANY The labor ferry-boat, Observation, was wrecked last Friday by an ex plosion as it was carrying workmen across East River, New York. The cause of the tragedy has not been de termined. Already 42 are known to have been killed with more than 60 injured. A.NN'OUNCEM ENT Mrs. A. A. Pippin asks the Record to announce that plans for giving out the Red Cross flour have been chang ed. From now on it will be kept in the building formerly occupied by Massey Bros, and next door to the Record , office. Mrs. Pippin and Mrs. R. H. Herring will be in this building every Friday afternoon and all applying for the flour are asked to be on hand at that time as the doors will be closed | on other days. HOOVER CART PARADE A crowd estimated at more than 15,000 persons attended the Hoover cart rodeo in Goldsboro on Saturday. Over 300 of the depression chariots were in the parade which was a mile and a half long. The homemade carts in this celebration came not only from Wayne county but from Johnston, Du plin, Lenoir, Sampson, Greene, and Wilson counties. After the grand pa- j rade stunts were put on by the Hoover cart drivers, and prizes were present- I ed by Goldsboro merchants. MAINE (JOES DEMOCRATIC The Democrats were successful in the Maine election, which is always considered by politicians as most sig- j : nificant in forecasting the November | [results. Both parties are aroused; j Democrats claiming the Maine vie- 1 tory denotes a landslide in the presi-1 dential election, and Republicans re lying that there will be greater efforts to insure carrying other states and render defeat impossible. The Demo crats have carried Maine in a national I election only once before this timej since 1856. DO YOUR PART —o — Beginning with the 1932 Fire pre vention week, let us determine to cut the American fire waste, which run* about $500,000,000 a year, in half. That is the sugestion in an article ir. Safeguarding America Against Fire. The American people could take upon themselves no finer project. In these day? of distress, a half-bilion doflar waste is unthinkable, arid even 1 that seems a small matter in the light of the fact that fire destroys 10,000 lives annually. This year Fire Prevention Week! will be observed from October 9 to 15. It will open with proclamations from the President of the United States and from governors of states, I mayors of cities and other officials Chamber of Commerce, fire depart ments, trade associations and state fire prevention groups will give every effort to instructing the public in firesj hazard* and their elimination. Each of us will have the chance to learn, pleasantly and painlessly! If we fail, ; we have shirked a duty to the com munity. Every fire reaches into every pock-j etbook—threatens every piece of property in the community—endang ers every life. It i* tragic, an un necessary waste. It is only made pos sible by thoughtlessness, laziness and ignorance. It can be stamped out by thought and care. Do your part! ; BABSON OPTIMISTIC Roger Babson who predicted the crash of 1929 declares the world is getting better. He asserts, however, that we must work our way out of the depression; not wait for it to pass. Babson quote dEdison as saying short ly before his death that we will never go much farther ahead materially! i unless we catch up spiritually. W MERE Oil) TIRES GO! • 1 'O' America exports about 50,000,000 i pounds of old tires yearly to Mexico, China. Spain and Portugal whose . people get ; ditional “mileage” out I iof them as tootgear. Spain is the best f market for these old tires, the New i York Evening Post tells us. There is i {■ type of shoe known as the “arbaca,” t with soles cut out from old tires has ! become very popular. China is the best ; market where the coolies, also, use f them for shoe soles. Such soles bring :• about 3 cents a pair. In Portugal, r shepherds use old inner tubes to make overshoes. Casings are used as sup plemental soles and heels on wooden , shoes. At the country road of Portu gal stands dealing in used American i tires and tubes are very common. GNATS SPREAD EYE DISEASE In the Moore County News of Sept. 1., Dr. J. Symington asserts that he believes th» little black gnats ao plentiful at this season, and especially numerous this year are the cause of numerous cases of ophthalmia, a di sease of the eyes. Ophthalmia is very troublesome as well as painful, and is also contagious. The gnats settle around the eyes of a sufferer and next attack a person who has healthy eyes, inoculating him with germs of the disease. Vaseline or castor oil rubbed on the eyelich; is recommend eu for sufferers. The eyes of school children should be carefully tended. HARD THROW BREAKS ARM , Q In a ball game at Carthage last week Melvin McCaskill, pitcher, threw a ball so hard that he broke ihs arm. His felow-players at first thought he had wrenched a muscle and jerked the arm to remedy the condition. The pitcher was rushed to a hospitabwhen the real nature of the accident was realized. CLOTH FOR NEEDY Announcement has been made that 7(1,000 yards of cloth will be distribut ed by the Red Cross to the needy in Wake County. None of the cloth would be given before Sept. 15. The Welfare work of this communi- I ty will assist in seeing that deserving 'eases are helped by the Red Cross in this way. —. ICHAPEL HILL FARMER LOSES SEVEN COWS DURING DRY SPELL —o — Chapel Hill, Sept.—Seaton Williams a farmer living near Chapel Hill, lost seven cows from thirst this past week when all the water in the pasture [evaporated. He said it was the first itime in his memory the pasture had ! gone completely dry. NEW PARTY PROPOSED —o — Socialists are seeking to organize for political work in North Carolina. In order to have the names of their candidates printed on the state ticket this fall they must have 10,000 sig natures to a petition to the State Board of Elections. If the 10,000 are not found, blank space win be left , where names of candidates may be written in. The Socialist party in this state held its convention in ' Greensboro last Saturday. OVER ONE HUNDRED ADDITIONS TO CHURCHES Rev. A. A. Pippin, pastor of a num ber of churches around Zebulon haa had unusual results in meetings held in them this fall. He has held meet ings in four of the five churches of which he is pastor and has received over 100 members. Most of these came upon profession of faith and baptism. Mr. Pippin will hold his laat meeting at Pilot next week, assisted by Rev. G. C Tunstall of Virginia | JURY SAYS SELF-DEFENSE A jury called together by Coroner L. M. Waring freed Coleman Duke, 17 of blame for killing Irvin Perry, 20 on Saturday night near Mitchell’s Mill. Duke told the jury that he fired I only wh*>n Perry attacked him and was choking him into unconsciousness. The coroner said he learned that Irvin Berry and two other young men with him were all under the influence of whiskey at the time of the shooting. News and Observer. It is better to follow one good ex -1 ample than it is to set a dozen bad i ones. Number 13