vol. vra.-
THIS, THAT
ANDJ* OTHER!
Mrs. Theo. B. Davi3
I hope all of you who grow flowers
acted upon Mrs. Chamblee’s advice
last week—but I hope you did not act;
as vigorously as I did. Seeing whatj
she wrote before it was published
gave me the start of the others who
read the Record. And the Weather
was so pretty and the ground so moist
I felt that everything else could wait
better than the fall planting of flow
ers in our yard. Out I went to work.
I divided asters, dusty-miller, dwarf
ribbon grass and verbenas; reset a
whole row of garden pinks, planted j
my Dutch daffodil bulbs that had!
been taken up last spring and did the j
all the digging myself. It was 10:00
o’clock when I remembered dinner, [
and by that time I was almost too
stiff and sore to get into the houes. I
For several days I moved around
with the ponderous dignity of an aged J
cow and suffered acutely in the mov- ]
ing. And did the family sympathize? j
Did they praise my excessive' energy
and feel proud of such a wife and
mother? Most emphatically, NO. j
They implied by their manner that 1
am old enough and should have sense
enough not to wear myself out like
that; and that, if I did, the conse- J
quences are mine and should be kept
to myself. If there is anywhere a
family that would really appreciate
a self-made martyr, I'd like the ad
dress.
Weather like we are having now j
should make every North Carolinian
read and re-read John Charles Me- j
Neal’s poem to October, the “month
of memories.”
If you doubt Rev. R. H. Herring’s)
being a good cook, just try this re
cipe for friend apples. Here it is:
Fry Bacon and remove it from pan,
leaving the fat for the apples. Re
move a strip of peal from around the
middle of the apples leaving the rest
on. Slice them medium thin, put them
in the hot bacon fat with a generous
sprinkling of sugar and a very little
water, cover the pan, set it where i
heat is moderate, stir the apples
gently once or twice and let them fry j
till done. They are not all like those
are sliced right across and fried and
turned like pancakes—they are ten
times as good. The only thing left to
wish for when you have apples fried
by Mr. Herring's recipe, with hot bis
cuit, butter and hot coffee, is a big
ger frying-pan.
When the members of the Woman’s
club were seeing Raleigh merchants
about ads for the Club issue of our j
paper they found most of the busi-'
ness firms extremely courteous, even
it they did not advertise. However,
there were exceptions. The manager
of one department store asked sar
castically why he should advertise in
a small town paper. Across the
street in another store of the same
type was a manager who not only
gave the club members an ad, but
said he fully realized that but for
small town customers his doors
would have had to close long ago. j
Guess which place those women pre
fer now?
|
Read this quotation: “Do you know
what amazes me more than all else?
The importance of force to organize
anything. There are only two powers
in the world: the sword and the spirit.
In the long run, the sword will al
ways be conquered by the spirit.”
Sounds rather like a preacher, does
it not? Yet it is said to have been
spoken hy Napoleon Bonaporte, the
greatest military commander of his
day. at the height of his career.
Reading Kmil Ludwig’s Napoleon has
been an event of the month for me;
and realizing that my great grand
father, whom I clearly remember, was
living at the time of the Corsican
feneral’s conquests has made him
seem immeasurably nearer to our own
time. Since reading the biography I
like Napoleon a great deal more and
Josephine far less. H ’ may have
loved her: I do not.
Os the 18,000 bills that were intro
duced during the recent sessions of
the United States ( ongress, only 500
were enacted in law.
Because his wife accused him of
ri 'timr red pepper in her bed, Joseph i
Wierschowski paid a fine of $25 to
a Chicago magistrate.
ffiljr Zebulon tßernrb
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Seen And Heard
j Some of our most influential citizens
j playing with those little “Go from me
—Come to me” gadgets. From now
jon we’ll ail be “Rick-racketeers.”
Gypsies, in gaudy colors. . . Pardon
my asking, but why do those people
run around looking as tho they had
a brass factory about their necks ?
People moving out the remains of
the Citizen’s Drug Company. They
sho’ did leave a big mess behind, but
then, it’s a free country.
Sam, the old accordian man, play
ing the part of a minstrel about our
streets. This was the first time he
had been in our City in over four
I years. He usually keeps a little far
jther South.
Sounds of a quartet coming from
i somewhere near, or in, Dr. G. S. Bar
bee’s office. Can’t say for certain
! but we think that it must have been
j a chorus. . . . that was too much
• noise for four men.
A colored gent and a lady (also of
color) joy-riding on a two-hoss wag
! gin. . . Oh boy. . Oh for the good old
j days and a bycicle built for one and
a half (the better half.)
I
Some depression flowers made from
I coal, salt, acid and powder. Looked
ilike coral . . real pretty. . . But the I
j smell. . Well. . we prefer d&ndy
i liruns.
Eugene Privette and Dabney Gill
i all dyked out for a big duck hunt.
If they look as hot to the ducks, as
they did to us. . they oughta have
) pretty good luck.
A young fellow in an inebrated
state hiccoughing madly toward, we
j say toward, it was in the general dir
ection of Mr. Patterson’s bon-fire.
Maybe it was his house, we don’t
konw, it was out long before we ar
rived .... As we were saying, our
friend fell by the way-side ere he had
reached the blooming bloody blaze.
Po’ boy, let’s have another fire, may
be he’ll do better next time.
Ten little negroes dashing hastily
between Mr. Chamblee’s bales of eot-
I ton reminded us of a bunch of flies I
when they are shoo’d from next Sun
day’s pie.
Oh, yes, girls, “Goodtime Charlie’s”
back wdth a whole batch of new par
lor tricks. Will everyone rise while
Charlie chants “The Ode To A Sody
Jerker.”
We’re using those long strings of
fly-paper in the office now. They’re
[pretty good. To date we’ve caught
[twenty fl.vs and four people.
To anyone who di.'‘:\ kno . or
bank might look like a speak-easy, j
Almost anytime after banking hour
ou can see people go to a window anq
say something, then to the back door
which opens for them. Now if you
didn’t know, what would you think?
Yep, right the first time, I did too.
NEW LOCAL BUSINESS
ENTERPRISE
L.L. Massey is building a potato
house in a part of the building for
|merly occupied by Massey Bros. Lum
ber Co. next to the Little River Ice
Co. storage plant. This provision for
the care of potatoes by Mr. Massey is
a fine thing for the community as
well as a good business venture for
him. He is building a storage house
of sufficient capacity to take care of
several hundred bushels of potatoes.
Sush an enterprise at this is good
for our town, for it does not divide
trade already cared for by others,
and yet makes provisions fop saving
hundreds of bushels of potatoes that
usually rot in the late fall or early
pring. Those who store their potatoes
in a house will be able to have po
tatoes of .the very best almost till
another crop is growm. You will find
Mr. Massey’s term for storing pota
| toes in his ad. which you will find
on another page of this paper; also
when he will begin receiving pota
toes.
ANOTHER NEW ENTERPRISE
The Record understands that a now
corn mill is to locate in the Massey
Bros, old Lumber plant. Preparations:
are under way for installing the mill!
right away. Mr. Morgan, a miller!
,of long experience and a very good [
j
one, will have charge of the mill.
Seen And Heard
Zebulon, Wake County, N. C., Friday, October 28, 1932
Mrs. 0. Murray
Passes On
Mrs. Oscar Murray died October 19
at her home near Knightdale. She
had been in poor health for several
years, but had not thought her con
dition serious until four weeks before
the end came.
Mrs. Murray was raised near Lees
Chapel and had spent most of her life
near there. She was the daughter of 1
the late Charlie Stallings. Those wha
survive are her husband, three, sons,
one daughter, her mother, Mrs. Gensy
Stallings, one sister, Mrs. S„ W. Lig
gins, three brothers, Jonah, Noah, and
Leeman Stallings, besides a number
of other relatives and friends.
She was buried at Lee’s Chapel
church cemetery. The family have
the sympathy of the community.—
(Lee’s Chapel Correspondent.)
Interesting Shorts
From Our
Correspondents
Mrs. E. D. Brantley picked cotton
all last Saturday afternoon, went
home and prepared supper. After sup
per, she made a shirt for one of her
sons. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Brantley
came to call and during their visit,!
Mrs. C. A. made an apron. All work
was finished before bedtime. People
Ilike these can’t be downed by a litle
thing like a depression. It’s a pity
there aren’t more of these around*
Guess that most of the women, who
really do things that are worthwhile
are already married.(Rocky Cross
Correspondent).
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A pullet that was hatched last
spring, owned by Mr. E. D. Brant
ley, hatched fifteen chicks last week.
Mrs. Brantley will probably be sat
ing fried chicken by Christmas, while
the rest of us are wondering how a
turkey could get so tough in one
year. (Rocky Cross Correspondent).
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Little Raymond Brantley, of Union
Hope, fell from the back of a mule he
was riding Sunday, and was slightly
injured. The boy is recovering rap
idly and will soon be ready for an
other round with the mule. (Union j
, Hope Correspondent).
I
Rogers Cross Roads
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Mr. Josh Allen and family of Kin
ston visited relatives in the com
munity Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Hathaway j
of Samaria, spent Sunday with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Kemp.
Irving Lewis spent the week-end!
with Richard Strickland, of Zebulon. 1
Miss Nellie Pearl Bryant of Union:
[Hope spent Thursday night with Miss;
j Ruth Medlin.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Hale - attend-1
Jed services* at Friendship Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bernice Lewis left
Thursday for their home in Dalhi,
Ont., after spending two weeks with
Mrs. M. B. Lewis.
K. W. Ballentine of Middlesex,
spent a short while Sunday, p. m.
with J. J. Kemp.
A Chevrolet truck, number 38122 j
wa sfound by Chester Raybon. Bring !
a reward of SI.OO to him and receive |
your number.
CHURCH POI NDS PASTOR
Last Sunday night the people of the
community and members of Union j
Chapel church gave the pastor, Rev. i
A. D. Parrish, a pounding of the ap-!
predated sort. After the services,)
when he went to his car, he found
it literally filled with good things to
eat. These people have shown a
great interest in Mr. Parrish since he!
became their pastor and have cooper
ated with him in a fine way, for which
he is very thankful—Contributed.
Peas Grow After 3,000 Years
Peas that are claimed to have been
grown from seed taken from the tomb
of Tutankhamen in Egypt are grow-]
in Sweden. The seeds were taken home
by a professor who was helping with
explorations, and are said to have)
been buried for 3,000.
By opening their mouths and mak
ing no utterance during their per-!
formance the chorus girls of the
Jugoslavian State Opera forced pay
ment of their long overdue salaries.
J. Fenimore Cooper’s decision to
v.: ite came after he had read a very
I poorly written novel.
War Debt Payments
Now Due U. S.
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(lncluding Principal and Interest)
Country Amous*.
Belgium $2,125,000
1 Czechoslovakia 1,500,000
, Estonia 250,370
j Finland 186,235
France 19,261,235
Great Britian .... .... 95,550,000
j Hungary 40,729
Italy 1,245,437
Latvia 148,962
Lithuania 92,386
Poland 4,427,980
Total $126,934,421
Greens Have
Family Reunion
The family of Mrs Lula Green
and late Willie Green of Wakefield
held a reunion last Sunday in honor
of the 74th birthday of Mrs. Green,
j This annual custom of the immediate
• family is enjoyed and shared by other
relatives and friends. This year the
weather was ideal. Dinner, abundant
and delicious, was spread in picnic
style on a long table in the yard of
j the Green home.
Those present were: Mrs. Lula
| Green: her children, Mrs. J. E. Priv-,
1 ette of Spring Hope; Mrs. G. ( . Col
! lins, Nashville; Mrs. Percy Pace,
Wakefield; Miss Minda Green, Raleigh
Mrs. S. V. T. Chamblee, Red Oak;
Early Green, Wakefield; Mrs. Martha
Hoyle; Mr. and Airs. S. H. Hoyle and
j osns, Henry, Fredrick, William and
Richard; P. P. Pace and daughter,
Emma Jean; Mr. and Mrs. John
Broughton and daughter, Elizabeth,
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Green and son
Billy; S. V. T. Chamblee, Eleanor
and Mary Chamblee; F. A. Mangum,
Mr .and Mrs. Fred Allen Mangum
and Fred Allen J'r.; C. I). Pace and
i Miss Matoka Pace; Mrs. Early Green,
Harold, Ruth, Allan an,| Albert Green;
Ronald Green; G. W. Marshburn and
Helen Marshburn; Mr. anti Mrs. Carl
C. Cooper, Grover C. Cooper; Mr. and
Mrs. Alvin Bridges, Edith and John
Bridges; Wiley Broughton, Douglas
Pace, C. E. Pippin, J. A. Baker, Jack
Hill Collins, Eugene Privette, Rev. and
i Mrs. Theo. B. Davis; Mr. and Mrs.
C. H. Young.
Roosevelt Speaks
In Raleigh
| Roosevelt Passes Through
On Tuesday morning a crowd esti
mated at 10,000 greeted the Demo
cratic candidate for the presidency
as he stopped for 15 minutes at the
J State Fair grounds on his way from
: Atlanta to Baltimore. Mr. Roosevelt
J made a short speech which was en
thusiasically received. He was pre
-1 sented by Gov. Gardner. Brief stops
were made at other points along the
line of travel.
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| Smith Speaks
In Newark, N. J’.. one man was kil
ed and 60 were injured when a crowd!
iof perhaps 60,000 persons engaged
jin a political demonstration express- :
ing their welcome to Alfred .Smith,
|who made there on Oct. 24, his first
major speech in the present cam- 1
paign. The man who died had heart
i failure.
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The Textbook Question
The matter of free textbooks for
the children of the state is receiving
I a great deal of attention now. Os
j course nothing definite can be done
about it before the next meeting of
the legislature; but there seems to be
a strong and growing sentiment in
[its favor. It is asserted that it is in
consistent to compel parents to send
a child to school if they are not able
[to furnisj) him books. Along with dis-j
Cussion of free textbooks the chang-!
ling of textbooks comes in for the
frequent criticism, since every change•
means that thousand of dollars must
!be spent for the new books.
Dr. Ashby Head Hospital
Dr. Julian W. Ashby has been e
[ lected to succeed Dr. Albert Ander- 1
| son as supedintendent of the State
Hospital, Raleigh. Dr. Ashby has been
ton the hispital staff since 1921, and
it is thought that his Ibn" asso
eiotion with the institution coupled:
with his qualifications as a physician
fitted him for the position he now oc
cupies. His salary is to be $4,500 a
ear. ,
Hallowe’en Party
’ A very “spooky” Hallowe’en Party
was given at the home of Miss Matoka
Pace last Thursday night. The guests
* were greeted upon arrival by Jack
* i O’Lanterns, Black Cats and ghosts.
’ A very unique spelling match was en
[ joyed first of all and prom ply at
* twelve o’clock the clock having been
’ run up for the occasion, everyone was
* j told to grab a flashlight for protec
tion and follow the ghost to the
* i
j witch’s den. After being led out the
j front door, and around the house, hav
’ ing to pass by ghostly figures and
* curious noises en route, we finally
arrived at the witch’s den. There the
old witch was busy stirring “poison
pills” in her black pot and served
each one with them, which by the way
were only salted nuts. Miss Matoka
Pace was the witch and no one could
' deny she played the part well as her
her costume was most “bewitching.”
I After being served a dose of “poison”
' the guests were invited to have their
palms read by Madame “Varena” a
’ gypsy fortune teller who had been
engaged for the occasion. Then we
were led back to the living room
where a contest was enjoyed. Follow
ing this the hostess served Devil’s
. I Broth with white cap. and sandwiches
: the flavors on the plate being black
| cats, owls, bats and pumpkins. Prom-
I I ply at ten o’clock the guests depart
'led, declaring themselves glad to be
on their way home from this haunted
1 1 house.
Mrs. Roosevelt In Greensboro
I Mrs. Franklin I). Roosevelt was in
I j Greensboro last Sunday for about
35 minutes and made a brief talk to
2.000 people who had assembled at
1
the city airport to greet her. She at
) tended a luncheon given in her honor
before leaving for New York.
: Ice Pick Murder
I Lackie Mae Little, negro woman of
Greensboro is in jail charged with
having murdered Tom Williams, a
I: middle-aged negro with an ice pick.
I! She is said to have stabbed him in
I I the side during a brawl.
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. Socialist Caudate Heard
Norman Thomas, Socalist cand-
I idate for President, spoke in Raleigh
[last Saturday night and was heard
Iby an audience to number
i about 3,000. The speaker declared
that present conditions are due not to
any one man, but to a system. Mr.
Thomas’ mother once taught in Pence
j Institute, Raleigh.
Invalid Sentenced
I Bland Williford, an invalid of 50,j
I partially deaf, paralyzed on one side'
of his face, and unable to walk a step]
has been sentenced to three years in ]
■ the penitentiary at Atlanta for vio
lating the phrobition laws. Williford
, lives in Onslow County. Judge Meek
ins, who pronounced sentence, said he
thought the time spent in a govern
ment infirmary would be good for the
* j man.
:
j Schools Save Money
Stanly County Schools operated
I last year at a saving of more than J
.SII,OOO of the amount budgeted them. I
The amount saved lias been returned
|to the state treasury as the law re
I quires. James F. Sifford, County sup
* erintndent, commended school offic
ials in the county for their cooper
iation in saving the money.
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Woman’s Club
Mrs. Lawrence To Speak To Women
On next Tuesday, Nov. 1, the Gar-i
den Department will have charge of
the program at the general meeting
of the Woman’s Club. Mrs. Ben Law
rence of Raleigh will speak on Laying
Out the Home Grounds. Since this is
the business meeting of the Club,
all members of the departments are
urged to attend. After the program
I there will be held a social hour in
honor of theguest speaker. The meet
ing will begin at 3:30 p. m.
.Club Meeting
The Civics and Literature Depart
ments of the Woman’s Club met last
Tuesday. The Civics Chairman, Mrs.
Lela B. Horton, presided. Prof. PL 11.
Moser spoke on the work the school
is doing to help make good citizens
of the pupils. Mrs. M. Mcßea Faison
gave a clear-cut analysis of a mag
azine which she recommended as being
worth while for the family reading
table. Mrs. H. C. Wade gave a cket.ch
f the life of Ethelbert Nevin and Miss
Jocelyn House played one of his com- j
Washington Current
Comment
.
I Hold-ups continue to be the most
popular form of outdoor crime. The
reason is that, internally, the great
, mass of lawabiding citizens from
what a writer deaiing with interna
i tional affairs, called “Defenceless
America.” The remedy lies in a re
. laxation of the laws against carry
, ing concealed weapons. The crimin
, al element goes well armed, law or
. no law. There would be less highway
I robbery if the robber were forced to
, view his victim’s car with the same
• suspicion as that with which a rat
( looks at a set and baited trap.
1 .
, The leading political parties in the
t present eompaign seem to be the Re-
I publican, the Democratic, and the
. Straw.
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. A Senator is quoted as saying that
. the nation would be just as well off
( if government expenses were cut fifty
! per cent. It is an appealing sug
, gestion, yet few would care to take
the responsibility of deciding wheth
ei the amputation of the hind legs or
. the fore legs would bring about the
best result.
A baltimore man has brought ac
tion in court to limit the use of vot
ing machines, the accent being on the
I first vyord of the phrase. If he had
.shifted the accent to the last word
I thereof, he might have been accused
[of an attempt of disfranchise a large
proportion of the voting population.
I I
A movement for Sctoch home rule
l is gaining headway. Taking togvj •
| the home rule problem in England,
land the home brew problem in the
I United States, the troubles of the
j English-speaking race appear to be
j many.
[j An organization advertises that
iit will “give” a party on a date
[specified, which is pleasantly reminis
' - cent of the days when it was custom
ary to give a party rather than
“throw” one.
In Telodo, Ohio, someone broke a
resturant window and stole a dummy
ham through it. The joke is that
the thief was disappointed. The real
point of the story is that if the eat
ing-house reeper had invested his
money in an ad in the local paper,
the advertising display would have
ben beyond the reach of a thief.
On an island in the Indian Ocean,
it is customary to give a baby girl a
[turtle when she is born, and us it for
| soup when she is married. So long
i as there is a place in the world where
people can make a merry banquet out
of a pet of twenty years standing,
the day has not arrived when, as
Longfellow said, “there is light every
where.”
Scientists are arguing whether tho
world is four billion or ten billion
years old. This, at least, is one
matter that is beyond the reach of
■ the hack seat driver.
j
General News
In Brief
#
I The Edenton Daily News founded in
(1922, and affiliated publication, The
Hertford News, also a daily, have
discontinued publication. The owners
of the paper are of New York. Lack
lof local advertising is said to have
caused the papers to lie published no
longer.
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Singer In Vaudeville
Madame Schumann-Heink, former
star in Wagnerian opera and world-*
famed contralto, is now singing in
vaudeville, and says she is not apol
ogizing or asking for sympathy. She
says she needs money and is glad of
a chance to work. The singer is 71
years old.
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Profitable Fair
The State Fair for this year is
shown to have made a profit of more
than $2,000. Attendance was greater
admission prices were lower, and the
expense of operating was reduced 35
per cent.
Mr. Frank Fristoe, fisherman,
hauled up his line from a stream at
Villa Grove, 111,and saw a snake on
the hook, he became so excited that
; he fell over backwards and broke a
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