This, That &
1 he Other
BY
Mrs. Theo. B. Davis
Now that summer is past and
its gardens gone, it might be well
to review the new vegetables
tried out, if any. First, I shall
mention the Gypsy Queen water
melon. It is fine indeed for the
home garden and has but one
Haw. Like the Kleckley Sweet,
if really ripe, there is no rind for
pickling or preserving. The red
goes right down to the green. If
Lyndelle Doyle Denton hadn’t
brought me some melons that
had rinds, I'd never have made
the preserves I wanted.
The Golden Jubilee tomato is
delicious, thrifty and well worth
growing. It is less acid than red
tomatoes. Put a lettuce leaf on a
blue plate, on the leaf place two
quarters of red tomato and two
of Golden Jubilee, alternating the
colors, and you have about the
gaudiest food combination ever
seen. When my son Ted first saw
it he said reproachfully, “Motn
er! At your age!” At this date our
climbing tomatoes are still
climbing with green tomatoes
hanging on, but only one ripe yet.
Ido hope the neighbors to
whom my husband gave tampala
plants last spring don’t hold it
against him. He meant well, even
if the stuff did turn out to be so
much like lamb’s quarter, but hot
as good. One gardening expert
who writes for the big magazines
says tampala is better than spin
ach, but that is faint praise. It
may be a big discovery or inven
tion for localities that can't
grow as many vegetables as we
can; but it is not likely to become
popular here.
My husband sowed some sugar
beet sded later than the regular
crop. The first sugar beet was
cooked last week. It was white,
firm but tender, and very sweet.
I think it would be gqod chopped
raw in salad. We thought the rab
bits would enioy these beets, bu 1 .
they don't seem to like them as
much as I do.
Next, take Swiss chard. I hope
you do-all of it. Mine was the
error that put it' again in our gar
den and faithfully I tried to use
it. We had it with the green part
of the leaves cut off and the
white stalks cooked and season
ed like asparagus, and it tasted
like nothing. We had it cut up
raw, sprinkled with celery salt
and mixed with lettuce, and it
made a blank spot in every
mouthful. I cooked it with onions
and it wouldn’t even soak un
enough of that flavor to taste
like anything. I mixed it with
mustard greens and it flattened
the' taste till the flavor was
*Next year not even enthusiastic
grammar graders trying to earn
prizes for their rooms shall tempt
me to buy chard seed. 11l give
the nickel, but I won't take the
seed Nor shall I let northern
magazine writers tempt me with
accounts of how good it is.
We tried endive again after
having had none for sevei a.
vears The hot. dry weather hurt
it and it never would curl up and
bleach but went to seed or
parched before cool days came.
But this was not the endives
fault. It tastes like lettuce with
a dash of mustard. Some volun
teer plants have come up andll
mean to try them as winter salad.
The chief gardener said he was
cnine to plant seeds of the sug
. r trough” gourds. They are the
*nd our grandmothers used to
hold soft soap or lined with c •
ton’ to keep eggs warm
to " L fre eze in bitter weather.
Pm {he gourds we grew were so
1 11 t thought till I found out
were for 'and not
»<: too sm f]ornaments’.
ffUrffron to be credited
to experience.
. r- t•fskV h-K*
who" ir !i o veterans’ hospital for
a serious operation.
Miss Letha 1m Simpson,
daughter f^^tme'Satu^
Iiv P She his been employed at
Koppers in Baltimore for the past
two years.
THE ZEBULON RECORD
V olume 21. No. (i
Church News
BAPTIST CHURCH
10:00 Sunday School
11:00 Morning Worship. Ser
mon topic: ‘‘Are Weßeady?” At
this service the New Pulpit Bible
will be dedicated.
7:15 Training Union
8:00 Evening Worship. Sermon:
“Loving An Unseen Freind”
METHODIST CHURCH
The W. C. S. met in the home
of Mrs. M. J. Sexton. Mrs. Mark
Bunn was in charge of the Spirit
ual Life program with Mrs. A.
R. House assisting.
Mrs. W. D. Finch led the devo
tional and Mrs. C. E. Flowers had
the program on India, ending her
talk with Tennyson’s “Farewell.”
Present were Mesdames Mark
Bunn, S. G. and C. E. Flowers,
W. D. and J. D. Finch, Mahlon
Temple, Pearl Massey, A. A. Pip
pin. J. L. Stell, M. J. Sexton, May
White, C. E. Vale. J. G. Terry, I
A. R. House, R. E. Kitching; and
Miss Doza Blackley.
Mrs. A. R. House attended the
Educational Seminar at the W. S.
C. S. at Hayes Barton Methodise
Church last Thursday.
The annual series of revival
meetings were held with the
Pearce Baptist Church last week,
Dr. Paul A. Bagby of Louisburg
doing the preaching. Special em
phasis was given to congregation
al singing under the direction of
the pastor, Rev. Mark R. Osborne,
Jr. Mrs. Osborne assisted, also, in
bringing special messages in song,
and Charles Horton of Zebulon
served as pianist throughout the
week. There were eleven addi
tions to the church membership,
five by letter and six coming upon
prefession of faith. The baptismal
service will be conducted next
Sunday afternoon.
PERSONALS
Guests in the W. O. Glover
home for Sunday night supper
were Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Perry
and son. Chief Petty Officer Wade
Perry, USN, who has been in ser
vice nineteen years and is now
home on leave; Mr. and Mrs.
Horace Perry.
Miss Vivian Parker has come
from Baltimore for a visit with
her mother, Mrs. C. E. Parker,
and other relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Williams an
nounce the marriage of their
daughter, Mary Frances, to Pfe.
Bert C. West of Santa Cruz, Ca
lif., on Oct. 2 in Rockville, Md.
The bride is employed by the
Signal Corps in Washington, D.
C. The groom is stationed with the
Army Air Corps in Washington.
Mrs. Earl L. Hardison, who is
teaching in the Grifton High
School, spent the weekend with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. P.
Williams. Also visiting in the
Williams home were Pfc. and
Mrs. W. D. Archer en route from
Baltimore to Savannah, Ga,
where Pfc. Archer will be gun
nery instructor at Chatham Field.
Mrs. Robert Edd Horton is vis
iting her mother, Mrs. T. B.
Burke, and other relatives in
Goldston. A brother in service is
home on furlough.
Big Potato I
O. N. Phillips brought into the
office Tuesday a Porto Rico sweet
potato weighing more than five
pounds. He has many nearly that
large and says they grow ttoo big.
The feeding value of ground
wheat for fattening hogs compar
es well with that of yellow shell
ed corn, results from an experi- :
ment at the Mountain Branch
station show.
Pumpkin pie should be rich
with eggs and top milk. Cider,
too, may be added. Egg whites or
gelatin may be used to make it
a pumpkin chiffon pie.
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, October fi, 1914 $1.50 Per Year, Payable In Advance
Orphanage Appeai
The Oxlord Orpnanage at Ox
ford, North Carolina, has a rec- 1
ord of seventy-one years of ser
vice to the children of North Car
olina. Over five thousand, have
been cared for and trained. Its
graduates former pupils are
in all walks of life and there is
no record of a former pupil hav
ing been convicted and sentenced
for committing a major crime in
North Carolina. It is the oldest
Orphanage in the State.
At the present time less than
forty per cent of the population of
the Orphanage is of Masonic pa
rentage.
The annual budget of the Or
phanage calls for an expenditure
of $170,000.00. This provides shel
ter, clothing, and food, recreation,
heat, light, books, school supplies,
health program, staff of trained
workers, vocational training in
several departments, laundry, re
pairs and upkeep to grounds,
buildings and equipment, and ex
perienced case work for a family
of 308 children.
Liberal gifts are needed this
year for operating expenses in or
der to maintain the Home.
The O?, ford Orphanage is an in
vestment in the lives of North
Carolina boys and girls who
would not otherwise have a
chance. It pays to the State and
its citizenship high dividends in
character and trained young peo
ple.
The orphanages of the State use
the Thanksgiving season as an
occasion to appeal to the citizens
of the State for so much needed
assistance. The home is open for
visitors each day, and hundreds
of North Carolina citizens visit
here every year.
Rotary Club
ROTARY CLUB SPONSORS
NEXT WAR BOND DRIVE
Irby Gill had the program but
gave way for John C. Anderson
Agent and Gurney P. Hood,
State Banking Commissioner, to
outline and organize the next wa"
bond drive. There will be much
work for those earnest workers
who wish to put it over. The al
lotment for Wake County is $19,-
300.00. Raleigh expects to take
care of $125,000. The rural sec
tion is to taake care of the bal
ance. Mr. Anderson is organizing
committees all over the rural
section and is meeting with great
success. These men and all who
help are doing it without pay and
expect no honor. The drive will
start on October 20th. Volunteers
will be announced later.
Prof. Moser instructed Prof.
Lowry and Ralph Talton in the
obligations of Rotary. They botli
joined some time ago.
Robert E. Horton was our lat
est member. He rejoined the club.
His farming during the summer
months took up too much of his
time to attend regularly.
Harry Whitefield, state Ichthy
ologist, was a welcome visitor.
He often visits with us.
Nimrod
When on his way to town last
Saturday morning S. Turner who
lives down on the Bunn road,
was toying with a little rouhd
flint rock he had picked up at
the roadside. Unexpectedly a doz
en quail came walking across the
road almost under his feet. What
would you have done? Well, that's
what he did. He brought the bird
to Zebulon and gave it to Bailey
Stallings who carried it to Mar
tin’s case and had it cooked for
his dinner. The question is, Did
Turner violate the law? He had
no license, no dog, no guh, and
was not hunting. Take the case.
Sweet potatoes and apples may
be cooked together. The sweet
potatoes are boiled until tender,
then are cooled and peeled. Al
ternate layers of cooked sliced
sweet potato and raw sliced ap- j
dledare built up. Each layer is
sprinkled with sugar and salt and
dotted with butter or margarine.
Water is then added and the
whole is baked 30 to 45 minutes
—until apples are soft and the
top layer is brown.
*
Farm Bureau
i A very enthusiastic meeting of
the Litle River Farm Bureau was
held at the Wakelon school audi
torium on Monday evening. There
were about three hundred farm
ers present.
President E. H. Moser opened
the meeting in a talk on the need
of the farmers of this section to
support the Bureau. The town
ship has over 1,200 farmers, while
the Bureau had less than 200 mem
bers last year. His objective is to
enroll at least 500 this year if not
more.
County Farm Agent W. T. Weeks
introduced Will Rogers, State or
ganizer of the Farm Bureau. Mr.
Rogers discussed the present to
bacco situation. He said if the
farmers did not grow up to the
amount required by law, then
without legislative act, the whole
present setup could be annulled,
and probably would be. Dr. L. M.
Massey also discussed the matter
lof growing tobacco and the im
portance of every farmer in this
section joining the Farm Bureau.
He introduced Mr. Alonza Ed
wards. prominent farmer of Pitt
county, and also a member .of the
State Legislature. He emphasized
the fact that every class of labor
ing people have long had their or
ganizations and were thereby able
t-> deal with the government in
getting legislative action in mat
ters relative to the farmers’ inter
ests. He said the farmers, to save
themselves, have been forced to
organize and fight for their rights.
North Carolina grows more than
half the tobacco in the United
States, so one readily understands
why our farmers must organize
and work together.
Fifty-six new members were
added at the meeting, making the
j nembership 170. President Moser
appointed in addition to the sever
al vice-presidents a number of
men in each community to solicit
members. It is hoped that the
majority of the farmers of this
section will come in and help as
sure all the advantages farmers
have, and gain others that will in
crease their incomes from the
money crops from their farms.
All business men are invited to
join and help our farmers.
Seen & Heard
Wanted, A Name
Monday morning I went int)
the postoffice to mail some letters.
A large young man was writing
at the side table. Puzzled, he lift
ed his head, turned and looked
around the walls, then out the
window glancing at the buildings.
I asked. “Do you want a calen
dar?” “No!,” said he “I want to
know the name of this town.” 1
, told him it was Zebulon. “Do you
spell it ‘lon,’ he asked. I told him
we do. So now I guess he knows
where he was!
Union Hope
Our church attendance was very
good today. We had visitors from
nearby churches and also the sons
of Mr. E. D. Brantley (Daniel, Al
vin and Earnie) to sing for us.
Everyone seemed to enjoy it very
much.
Pvt. Earl Brantley, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Brantley sent home
a German flag which he had cap
tured along with 188 Germans.
Not bad work for one soldier.
Pvt. J. T. Massey, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Tommy Massey, was home
for the week end. He is now go
ng to school in Sguth Carolina
before taking up his basic train
ing.
Pvt. Rudolph Brantley returned
to camp Saturday after a weeks
stay at home.
Cpl. William H. Brantley is at
home on a 10-day furlough.
Mr. J. C. Strickland of Varina
was a guest of Mr. L. C. Strickland
last week end.
Mrs. Bernice Brantley and chil
dren visited her mother, Mrs. Pat
tie Cone, of Rocky Cross section
last Sunday.
Sewing Room
The Red Cross sewing room will
be open oh Friday afternoon of this
week; but hereafter, because of
fuel scarcity, will be open on
Thursday afternoons only.
More workers are urgently need
ed. After one sewing room ses
sion materials may be taken home
for sewing, if preferred. Bandag
es are continually needed for the
wounded soldiers and on hand are
several hundred khaki kits which,
will be wanted for Christmas
packing, as well as for other pur
poses.
II you are in any way concerned
or interested, PLEASE HELP.
With The Men
In Service
COMMUNICATIONS
To Old Schoolmates and Friends:
I am in far away Italy in body,
but with you all in spirit. Would
love so much to see and be with
you. My work for the last few
weeks has given opportunity to
visit, and see some of the wonders
f f Europe. I saw the famed bal
cny where TTussolini spoke to
the people, the Colosseum, Pan
theon. buildings that the Romans
built in the very early ages. I
saw the Catacombs where the
Christians took refuge when they
were be ng persecuted. It is all
: underground and in stone. There
are seventeen miles of under
ground rooms, and two million
people buried in the walls. Then
I saw Vatican’s paintings of fa
mous articles, the work of great
sculptors and the Pope Pius. I
also have visited France. It cer
tainly shows the sign of the Na
i zis’ Oppression. There is very lit—
-1 tie food for the people and no
i luxuries at all. The people act
; like a little child at Christmas
! time when you give them some
| food, candy, etc. The little chil
| dren have the happiest look on
their face when they get a piece
of gum. I just can not under
stand how the people at home
can be so complacent, and so un
thankful when they have every
thing a person could ask for. I
guess the war has to be seen
personally before you really can
I comprehend the actual horrors.
I know myself lhat I can feel so
much more thankful for the
j smaller and better things of life
than I ever did before. One of
the most horrible sights I have
ever seen yet was a place in
France, where the Germans bur
ied 320 innocent French alive in
a bomb crater because on one of
the allied raids they killed 32
German officcers. I also saw the
digging them up out of that cra
ter, but never again.
Lt. J. Talmadge Harper
Edsel Outlaw Martin has 'ar
rived in Camp Croft, S. C. for ba
sic training. He is the son of Mr.
E. B. Martin of Zebulon, N. C.
Route 3. He was inducted into the
Army on Sept. 13 at Fort Bragg.
He attended Wakelon High School
Before induction he was employ
ed as a farmer.
Relatives are said to have been
notified that Sgt. Albert Wiggs,
earlier reported missing in action,
i is a prisoner of war.
New A Coupon
The present A Books expire on
November Bth. The new basic
coupons become valid on Novem
ber 9th.
Application f&rms for the new
basic ration may be obtained from
OPA Inspection Stations through
out the county, also at the office
of the War Price and Rationing
Board, Raleigh, N. C.
Applicants are urged to get one
of these forms and fill it out com
pletely and mail or send it to
the local War Price and Rationing
Board together with the back of
present A book so that basic ra
tions may be mailed before No
vember 8 th.