VOLUME IX.
THIS, THAT
AND THE OTHER
B* MRS. THF.O. B. DAVIS
Early Monday morning 1 dream
ed that T had to out this issue
of The Record all by mvself. and
with no equipment whatever except
an orange-juicer. I was frantically
working over news sent in by cor
respondents when the cat woke me
by jumping on the bed and putting
a paw on my shoulder. <
N. B.—No matter how this!
week’s paper looks, it was NOT ,
printed by me in my sleep.
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Is there any one willing to give!
a home to a cactus plant? It is |
more than two years old and is of j
the tree variety; is strong and
healthy, needing only the plainest
fare; is tough and thorny and near
ly three feet tall. It has lived in a
pot until last spring, when it was
set in the outdoor border, and is
now too large to be brought back
into a house as small as ours —un-
less we could move out.
I have offered it to several
friends who expressed deep apple- j
ciation of my generosity and deep
er regret at not being able to ac
cept the cactus. I wouldn’t blame
them to refuse, even if they offer
ed excuses instead of reasons. For
my cactus is not a lovable plant. It
pierces with its thorns all and sun
dry who come within its reach; it
is not even kind to children; it has |
no fragrance, and has not yet had j
a bloom. It is really more of a
warning than an example.
There is, however, one good
thing I can say about it: It does
not jump at you out <>f a dark cor
ner and say 800.
If you will let me give it to you,
please come before cold weather.
I have been making a kind of di
gest of those favorite company
menus which the Home Demonstra
tion Club gave me—and I did not
mean that for a pun.
I foun ( | that only three women
preferred having company at
breakfast to any other meal. The
ones who preferred guests at din
ner were about the same in number
as those who chose to have them
for supper.
• And I learned that in this club
chicken is the favorite meat for
company meals. It is most often
fried. Two hostesses would bar
becue it, one would make chicken
pie, one would bake it and one
would broil.
Beef appeared oftener than pork
and nobody even mentioned mut
ton. We are certainly not a sheep
ish set! But it may be that one
consideration was using what we
could easily obtain.
Swiss steak, broiled steak and
roast beef figured as first choices.
In vegetables potatoes lead in '
popularity. Tomatoes rank highest
for salat), corn is frequently chosen,
while garden peas and butterbeans
run about pod for pod in the lists.,
Only one person spoke of giving
her guests parsnips, while several
menus contained asparagus. Snap
beans v t / less popular than I had
expected.
For dessert honors are pretty
evenly divided among peaches, jel
lo and ice cream, though a number
off delectable pies would be offered.!
Coffee is the favorite drink.
The greater number expressed i
their belief that even company
meals should be simple enough to
allow a hostess to enjoy her guests.
I couldn't help thinking, as we
discussed company meals, how our j
grandmother-, if not our mothers,
would have felt embarrassed at
having on their tables no more :
than we proposed to serve. They ‘
wanted at least two meats and all |
the vegetables the garden and pan- |
try afforded.
Why, I remember hearing a
great-aunt say that she had many
times cooked food which she was
sure nobody wanted because it
made the table look so much bet
ter. And I myself have, times with
out number, served desserts of both j
cake and pie with two kinds of pre-j
serves. This, however, was in the
home of my parents.
II lam glad now that it is the pre
ferred plan. t<> make a choice of
food for meals instead of cooking
everything one in find. It is easier
on the cook .veil a.- the purse.
Zrbttlmt Wtßtttrh
P. T. A. Program |
For This Yearj
The regular monthly meeting of
Wakelon P. T. A. will be held next
Tuesday afternoon, at 11:15. in the
■chool auditorium, with Mrs. Ray
mond Pippin, president, presiding.
After the business a most interest
ing program will be presented by
Mrs. C. V. Whitley, chairman of
the program committee. Miss Vel
ma Preslar. Mrs. F. H. Bunn and
Mrs. Nelms will discuss “The
-chool and Its Cardinal Principles.’’
Miss Buffaloe will arrange a ten
minutes program by some of the
■hildren. It is hoped that each mem
ber can arrange to be present and
-an bring a new member or a guest.
With the membership campaign in
:ull swing a large attendance should
be at this meeting. At the present
writing Mrs. Gregory’s and Mrs.
Nelms’ rooms are leading in the
contest.
The subjects for discussion at the
year’s meetings are:
October—“ The School and Its
Cardinal Principles.
November—“ Gift Books For
(’hildren.”
December —“Living Together In
The Family.”
January—‘The State and Its
Functions.”
February—“ Founder's Day.”
March—“ The Church and Its
Moral Challenge.”
April—-“ The Wise Use Os Lei
sure."
The following grade mothers
have been appointed; the list to be
c<>nv leted later:
Seventh, Mrs. Bunn: Mrs. R. H.
Herring, Mrs. R. H. Bridgets.
Seventh, Miss S utheriand: Mrs.
Lela B. Horton, Mrs. Andrew Jones.
Sixth and Fifth, Miss Horton:
Mrs. E. V. Massey, Mrs. Eddie
Robertson, Mr. Eddie Robertson.
Fifth, Miss Alston: Mrs. H. H.
Hood. Mrs. Hubert Eddings.
Fourth. Miss Campen: Mrs. C. M.
Watson, Mr. Leroy Massey.
Fourth, Miss Dunlap: Mrs. A. D.
Antone.
Third, Mrs. Nelms: Mrs. Percy
Pace, Mrs. R. E. Brantley.
Third, Mrs. Mizelle: Mrs. A. A.
Pippin, Mrs. T. C. Pippin.
Third, Miss Bunn: Mrs. Ralph
Mitchell.
Second, Miss Stell: Mrs. P. H.
M ssey, Mrs. Joe Knott.
Second, Miss Carraway: Mrs. J.
A. Pulley, Mrs. A. A. Pippin.
First, Miss Winstead: Mrs. Cor
bett, Mrs. Gr en.
A meeting of the grade mothers
a ill take place at 2:45. All grade
mothers are urged t > attend as
matters of importance will he dis
cussed.
More Than Fifty
Die In Flames
Unemplowment lelief workers in
Los Angeles, Cal., were put to work
on park roads. A fire broke out in
a canyon and the men were ordered
to help fight the flames. They be
came trapped by the spread of the
fire across the ravine whose walls
were too high and steep to be climb
ed by many of the men. More than
fifty died and their charred bodies
are being brought out of the burn
ed area as fast as they can be lo
cated.
An investigation has been order
ed by the mayor of the city in an
attempt to fix the blame. The may
or has also stated that the city will
care for the families made desti
tute by the deaths.
Philatheas Meet
The Philathea class of the Zebu
lon Baptist S. S. held its regular
monthly meeting at the home of
Vlts. T. M. Conn, Monday night,
with a good attendance.
Mrs. C. M. Watson was in charge
of the program. After singing
“God Will Take Care Os You," the
"ighth chapter of Romans was read
by Mrs. G. K. Corbett, followed by
prayer led by Miss Southerland. A
reading was given by Mesdames
Lewis and Horton, followed by a
-tory told by Miss Carraway, en
titled “Pippa Passes.”
The usual business session was
field after which refreshments were
served.
1
Read the advertisement of our
u! icriptic/n campaig” i this issue.
0
STAINS
The three ghosts on the lonesome road
Spake each to one another,
‘‘Whence came that stain about your mouth
No lifted hand may cover?”
“From eating of forbidden fruit,
Brother, my brother.”
The three ghosts on the sunless road
Spake each to one another,
“Whence came that red burn on your foot
No dust nor ash may cover?”
“I stamped a neighbor’s hearth-flame out,
Brother, my brother.”
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The three ghosts on the windless road
Spake each to one another,
“Whence came that blood upon your hand
No other hand may cover?”
“From breaking of a woman’s heart,
Brother, my brother.”
“Yet on the earth clean men we walked,
Glutton and Thief and Lover;
White flesh and fair it hid our stains
That no man might discover.”
“Naked the soul goes up to God,
Brother, my brother.”
• —Theodosia Garrison.
Department Meets
The Garden Department of the
Woman’s Club met on Tuesday p.
m. in the home of Mrs. H. C. Wade.
The chairman, Mrs. F. D. Finch,
distributed attractive booklets con
taining: this year’s programs.
Mrs. C. H. Chamblee was elected
-ecretary of this department. Mrs.
E. C. Daniel gave an interesting
talk on the preparation of soil for
chrysanthemum plants, the choice
of varieties and their care. She
was followed by Mrs. F. H. Mc-
Guire who likewise held the inter
est of her hearers with advice on
disbudding the plants after decid
ing whether many flowers or a few
large ones are desired.
At the conclusion of the program
the hostess served dainty refresh
ments.
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Celebrates
Birthday
On Friday evening Mr. and Mrs.
Alvin Bridges had as their supper
guests Mrs. Mittie Duke, of Rock
ingham; Mrs. Martha Hoyle, Mrs.
.1. A. Kemp. Mrs. L. H. Jones, and
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Harris, hon
oring Mrs. Duke and Mrs. Hoyle,
whose birthdays fell close together,
Mrs. Duke being 71 and Mrs. Hoyle
to reach the age of 79 in a few
days.
After supper the neighbors came
in for a birthday “sing” to show
their affection for these two friends
who have through the years, kept
up a warm friendship between
them. It is a coincidence that both
left on Sunday to visit in and near
Henderson. Mrs. Duke bad spent
some days at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Bridges.
Jack Glover’s
Home Burns
Last Sunday night a week ago
the home of Jack Glover, near the
ice plant was burned. The family
was asleep and did not know any
thing about it till the whole part
of the back room was burned up. j
The family escaped without injury,
but most all the contents of the
home were burned. It is not known
just how the fire originated.
NOTE OF TH ANKS
We wish to thank the people of
Zebulon, Wakefield arid the com
munity generally for their kindness
and generosity to us in the loss of
our home a short time ago. We
fully appreciate everything the peo
ple h:r.e I >r» f us.
:lr. \ d Mr-. lack Glover.
ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA, OCTOBER 6, 1933.
Recorder's Court
i >
Fal Richardson was charged withj
;;n assault with a deadly weapon
; and foun,| guilty. He was sent to
I the roads for 60 days, where he
; can continue assaulting but this
time with a pick and shovel against
. Mother Earth. *
Silas Purcell was found guilty
j the same offence against the law
land went to keep Fal company dur- ,
I ing his stay with the state road
i forces.
Odis Smith also did some assault
ing, but got off lightly—sl.oo and
costs.
Mann Mitchell was tried for as
’ s;uilt on a female, but the evidence
I was the wrong sort to convict; so
i the prosecuting witness was taxec 1
| with the costs.
; Herbert Howell tried his skill in
I manufacturing some home brew \
: and was so successful that the
! court thought the experience was .
worth $5.00 and the costs, and so
fined him to that amount.
‘ Jas. Brantley seems to have de
ice* led to chastise or otherwise as
sault his wife’s daughter and was
so charged, but the case went over
| till the next court.
Oliver Brock was charged with
assault on a female and was taxed
with the costs of having it proven
! on him in court.
Marvin Corbett was charged with
carnal knowledge of a girl under
16 years, but the trial was contin
ued till the next term of court.
B. B. Richards had been indicted
by a Mr. Barnett for assault with a
I deadly weapon, but owing to the
court's failure to get the prosecut- 1
'ing witness into court, the case was !
: continued.
Florence and Mary Gurkin went
a-visiting, it appears, and prolong
ed their stay till their welcome ex
pired. George Taylor became in
j volved and the sisters attacked him
with a profusion of profanity and
a forked fork. Mr. Taylor took the
matter to the couit and the women ;
were fined $5.00 each and costs for j
the assault. One paid and the other;
is serving her time out in the Wake
county jail.
-Merritt L. Massey was accused of
assaulting Dave Privett. He is said
I to have claimed to have just slap-i
ped Dave, but being a little bit ov
ersize, the slap floored Dave. The
court said Merritt ought not to
j have done it and taxed him $5.00
I and th£ costs.
Fredie Pearce and Adrian Mur
ray were charged with breaking
into a dwelling house. Probable
cause was found and they were
bound over to the Superior Court,
bonds as $:;no for each being fixed. 1
Fredie Pearce was also accused
<rf carrying a shooting iron and the
■ ■:* y! it to its jvvi s.ttisTa --!
! i.. ~ y. ;■ unwed hint to U’-'
Birthday Party
I Saturday afternoon Mrs. Clifton
Horton entertained at her home in
j celebration of the tenth birthday
! of her daughter, Mazie Alice.
During the afternoon a number
' of games were played an, l the chil
dren enjoyed listening to the birth
day party program in which the
little hostess’ letter was read. Later
, the boys and girls were invited into
the dining room. In the center of
I the table was a lovely pink and
white birthday cake bearing ten
i candles. The cake was cut and serv
j eri with ice cream.
The guests were: Kiva and Em
ma Horton, ■Needham Karl Horton,
Rebecca Horton, Jackie Gteen,
I Pauline Young, Miriam Strickland,
Eunice Phelps, Wyatt and Rochelle
; Horton.
Ihrie Represents
Stark Nursery
J. H. Ihrie, .i'r., has taken a po
sition with Stark Bros., one of the
largest nurseries in the country,
I aid will cover the territory around
Zebulon and Wendell. Any farmer
r'eding any kind of trees for the
orchard, shrubbery an<j flowers for
th'* lawn, should see him. He has a
I special offer for this week only on
fruit trees—buy one ami he will
; give you one.
Mr, Ihrie will he in Zebulon all
day Saturday. See him about thi
' special offer, or about your fruit
Iti <?.■> needs. Every farm ought to
| hrve a good orchard and every
I lawn should have an abundance of
roses and other flowers. There are
■ few things that cost so little mon
ey as these and yet give more prof
! it ; ml ; leasure.
Babe Carter Dies
Mr. Babe Carter, of Mitchell Mill,
I died at ab >ut 7 o'clock Monday
night.
He i- survived by two brothers,!
H. C. and T«>m Carter; one sister,
Mrs. Ola Norwood; and his mother,
i Mrs. Nancy f arter.
The fui eral wa- held at tjie
home of Mr. H. C. Carter Tuesday
afternoon at 3 o’clock, and was
conducted by Rev. C. E. Madrin arid
Rev. Henry Hilliard.
The people in this community
! wi>h to extend their sympathy to
! the family.
roads for 96 days. This was not
-atisfactory to Fredie, so he ap
pealed to the higher court. Bond
1 was f xed at SIOO.
S’nee u-saulCng seemed to be in
'a-hd n. riruee Perry tried his hand
• t Y ! - .i dno.-i,. aid r >r the effort
. it"i th- costs.
N. C. State Fair
Opens Monday
Raleigh. Oct. 6.—The 1'.*:;:; State
Fair opens here Monday morning
and from all indications, says Man
ager Norman Y. Chambless, the an
nual October event will be bigger
and better in every respect.
Gates of the fair will open at 8
; o’clock Monday morning and the
exposition will ru” at top soeed
until Saturday night. October 14.
1 Ten thousand dollars r. cash will
! be given away for prize exhibits of
products of the farm and home.
Hundred- of exhibits will be on
display throughout the week to af
ford Fair visitors the opportunity
of seeing just what can be and
what is being done in North Caro
lina.
Determined to give visitors more
than their money’s worth, the fair
management has expended an un
precedented amount of money
entertainment features a’ the l'.'.’S
State Fair.
A fast moving mu:- ; "'l “xtrav:-.-
g&nza, the Winter Garden Revme
with 85 entertainers, ball • dancers
and stage artists, heads the galaxv
of attractions. The revue will b ■
presented nightly. It will be aug
' mented by six featured vaudeville,
circus and hippodrome acts. The
World of Mirth Shows, reputedly
the cleanest on the national fair
| circuits, will hold forth on the Mid
' way.
Horse rngipg with purses in ex
; cess of $1.51)0. with many of the
. untry’s fleetest trotting and pac
i ing stars competing, is scheduled
Av Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday. Sanctioned, competitive
AAA auto races are carded for
j Friday and B. Ward Beam and hi-
Congress of Daredevils will hold
the 1' iielight Saturday .
Numerous contest innovations
marke the week’s program. A State
Fair baby parade, with indications
pointing toward 50 entrants, will be
| staged on the racetrack Tuesday
l afternoon. That evening sideshow
j announcers from the Midway will
clash on the free acts platform in
a “Battle of Barkers,” a contest in
midway oratory. On Friday night a
Queen of the Fair will be crowned,
on Saturday night some North Car-
I olina couple will be marrit 1 in a
legal public ceremony and other
features are scheduled for each day
of tlie fair.
School Ruling Has
Been Modified
After numerous protests from
all sections of the state had pour
ed in objecting to its ruling re
i garding the transporting ot
school children living within two
miles of school, the State School
Commission last week issued a
new regulation somewhat modify
ing its previous ruling.
The new regulation authorizes
each county board of education to
permit transportation for children
residing within two miles of school
1 under the following conditions:
First, that the truck is not load
ed to capacity by those children
who live more than two miles from
school: provided that the County
1 Board of Education in each coun
ty shall be charged with the duty
of ascertaining ,and determining
when a truck is loaded to capacity.
Second, That in permitting trans
portation for children living within ,
two miles of school preference shall !
be given to those undei ten years i
of age or declared physically un-!
able to walk to school.
Third, That in permitting trans-1
portation for children living within I
two miles of school the operating
costs to the state shal not be in
i reased by the addition of busses or
mileage.
Tobacco Prices
Little Better
Tobacco continues to sell for an
aveiage of less than fourteen cents
r| # ,
a pound despite efforts to obtain
a parity price. Governor Ehring
haus has written President Roose
velt urging immediate action, but
there is no definite promise of re
lief. Secretary Wallace is reported
to have said that he has marketing l
agreements for corn, hogs and to-:
be< on to look alter and can accept 1
’ •> mor - speaking engagements at
present.
NUMBER 1«
YE FLAPDOODLE
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By Tti*
Swashbuckler
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In case you should he asked what
’nstinct is, here’s the proper an
wer: Instinct is a little bug or bee.
Like a cockroach or a beetle. You
. can kill instincts with instincticide.
>
After all. it isn’t the age of the
i >kp that determines whether its
J funny r lousy, it’s whether it’s
been h e.ml before, or not.
\VI. ho. Who was that coming
from the little road behind the
school building about nine or nine
tliirtx last Friday night? In this
. case, I might remark as Baron
Munchausen does: “Sharlie, wuss
vou dele?” (Ex post facto).
'!'
Do 1 i do 1 don't know the gent
who was heard to remark in a very
matter of go-to-hell tone of voice
[ last Saturday night, “Me and
i - c 'in’ straifhfc
to hell just as fast as we can.”
Well, ho ought to know!
Holloway must have read what
Mrs. Davis had in mind for the
oetry edition next spring. At any
rate he gave birth to a brain child
of note. Note the mischief, it was
a whole column! Still—it must have
been worth publishing. It was sh
The Record.
Eyes right! What have we here?
Yassuh. a married man handing
over a dollar upon the request of a
very attractive young lady. Back
down, scandal mongers, he’s just
paying for an ad. For a minute I
. was on the alert, but upon the dis
appointir.g discovery. I returned to
my home state, that great state
that owes no debt. The per capita
is nil—Coma.
And here’s a little time and mon
|ey saver for you. No doubt yoru
i have at times a bottle of ink in
| youi home. And no doubt at one
| time or another you’velost the stop
per. Now everyone knows that a
bottle of ink without a stopper will
either be turned over or evaporated
| in a short while, constituting a
i great waste. Here's the secret of
1 conservative ink saving: Buy a new
j bottle of ink, pour out the contents
and pour the stopperless bottle of
irk into it. By so doing yoru have
saved your bottle that might have
been lost otherwise. Shake well be
fore using.
By the by, who is that well-dress
ed, well-greased young dark-com
plexioned fellow who drives a green
Chevrolet roadster? If you don’t
know whom I mean, just keep an
eye out for the gent who’s catering
to blondes now. Does that guy slay
them!
And Vester Brantley’s Blue Par
! rot is fast becoming the place for
! your rendezvous with your one and
j only. Popular? It must be, to gain
, such favor in so short a while.
Reduction Os
Relief Expenses
The Delray Beach News reporta
that since Julyl the State Director
’ of Emergency Relief has reduced
the cost of administration of Relief
i! Funds from fifteen per cent to
; eight per cent. Ai> effort is being
made to further reduce costs until
it will require only five cents of ev
ery dollar to operate. At the same
time tho administration faces ex
panding activities arid increasing
burdens.
It would be interesting to know
: v hat per cent of Wake County's
1 and North Carolina's relief fund*
r ‘ needi d to operate under the
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