Watchdog Fails in Job At Thimi Hit Store Waterbury Conn. (AP) ? The owner of a coffee (hop arrived in the morning ud found hit German Shepherd watchdog locked in an automobile parked in the rear of the restaurant Police laid intruders m a 4 e friends with the dog during the night, and then made off with some cigar*, amall change, chewipg gum and IS pounds of coffee. Southern Louisiana is a major fur producing area. Showy Crot?l?ria Presents Danger to Local Livestock Beware of crotalarla poisoning! Dr. J. Clark Osborne, profesjpr <* Ptant pathology at St?te College, report! that Showy crotal?ria ha? been the cause of livestock poison ing in recent weeks. Cattle, sheep, goats, horses, mules, hogs, chick em, and turkeys are sometime af fected. "Showy cratalaria is widely dis Ow Mwmedi* k ? ma* nM MmM foil* k* . . . h* Nkd tha Him and t en to chack aatf ? (hack Mxh laatrucMaa . . . ha pw ^arflto uliiml car*. PnWimt it ? part af ?ha pananal rtipantibillty ha N*a? to Irtnira tW yaw prawripMan k Sllad ? fKCKtly at your Dactar af 4arad YOU CAN AIWATS KIT ON OUt PHARMACIST Guthrie-Jones Drug Co. Phone PA I- MM Merrill Bld(. Beaufort, N. C. We Will Be Open Dec. 26 HOURS: 9 A.M. TO 6 P.M. PRE-INVENTORY SALE ROSE'S 5-10-25* STORE Morchead City, N. C. tributed on (arm> in Eastern North Carolina. The plant if ? rofctiat mii)l ttwpe M six faet tall witk an er?et, somewhat ribbed stem bearing several short, branching stems. The leaf bladea are {our to seven inches long and dark green on top. The plant blooms are yellow, and the teed pods that form are nearly two inches long. The seed pods are nearly black when ripe. Crotalaria is planted ai a cover crop. It also grows as ? roadside plant, in fence rows, and abandon ed fields, and as a volunteer in row crop*. It grows well on light, sandy soils but is seldom found on very wet soils. "The seed and entire plant of crotaiaria are toxic when consum ed by livestock," Dr. Osborne says. "The concentration o ( the toxin is highest in the seed." Nine pounds of the dried plant will kill a 800-pound steer in ap proximately four days. Two grams of ground seed fed daily wifl pro duce acu'e poisoning in 50-pound bogs in about seven days. Chick ens have been killed in 30 to 60 days by consuming 80 mature seeds. The frosted, green or dry plant is toxic to all classes of live stock if eaten in sufficient quantity. Small amounts of this plant or its seed consumed over a long pe riod produce chronic poisoning, Dr. Osborne continued. Death may come four or five months after the plant is consumed. Signs of acute poisoning in cat tle are depression, loss of appetite, bloody feces, drooling saliva, nasal discharge, and yellowish discolora tion of the visible mucous mem brances. Death occurs within five to ten days. Chronic poisoning is ] more common, with death occur ring two to six months after eating the plant. Hogs often die suddenly of gas tric hemorrhage in acute cases of poisoning. Chronic cases may de velop two to four months after the animals have bad access to the plant. The animals suffer a loss of appetite, general unthriftiness, weakness, and sometimes anemia. Hogs on feed fail to gain weight. Other livestock and poultry are similarly affected. "Poisoning may occur at any time during the year but is most frequent in the fall when the plant is green and succulent and other forage is dry and unattractive," Dr. Osborne concluded. "It should be considered extremely hazard ous to permit livestock of any Unrf to consume Showy crotalaria or its seed." Privileges Reinstated Lester Lee Jones of Swansboro has had his driving privileges re instated by the North Carolina De partment of Motor Vehicles. Theljgfte qfCfuristmad - ClirfilfMi lights w To Urn tha woM again! Hal aad oant&m' jififn flams ? Al iwfj ttWowpanc^ Lamplight itmunlng chattily From lot/oomfrj doof$ flung i? * Fto? light toft am ItttU htadi That dream tf Sante't ridt*~ Stanhlnt drifting from llm lly? I Jghtt that hah am i g law At dancing Imlwiii iwi lb way The marry wwlw f?~ O lowly Chritt mar light, that mght TJ? woAd % mndnm ghat. Show ua th . uwy until ux Tht glory of Hi* fact I Carolina Pow*r and Light Company Choose Costume Jewelry Wisely ? fM"lt planning to buy that giH a gift at jewalry lor Christmas, better beware <4 btwpkin U*t* !^t seems tfcere ire m?ny ways to be fooled in buying costume Jewelry. Here ?re some pointers offered by jewelry designer. Van Dell, who hopes to safeguard nov ice purchasers. U goad Jewelry ?" h,nd set in prongs, usually. Cheap jew elry has stones pasted in. Good costume jewelry is made ol 14 kar at gold or sterling silver or gold filled. Look for the hall marks which indicate the metal The better jewelry is made usu ally with imported rhinestones or crystals or from semi-precious stones such as jade, moss agate, rhodonite as in the now popular scarab bracelets. It 1s always wise to choose the simpler design when in doubt, he says. The male purchaser may ask too if the piece carrics a guar antee. ? . Responsible jewelers usually of fer unconditional guarantee. Then, if something goes wrong, the item may be replaced or repaired with out cost. Family Records Help Prove Age, Get Benefits Many persons treasure old family j records such as Bibles, marriage certificates, baptismal certificates, and military service records. Some I individuals are even reluctant to j dispose of old records such as 1 life insurance policies and driver s j license which are no longer in el- 1 feet. , . . A great many people do not real ! ize that these old records are of; ; great value in establishing a per ! son's correct date of birth at the time he becomes eligible for Social Security benefits. Many Individuals mistakenly be lieve that they must have a birth certificate to establish their date of birth for the Social Security Ad ministration. Since births were not recorded in North Carolina until I Oct. 1, 1913. this means that in dividuals born prior to that date | will have to furnish certain docu ments aad affidavits and pay a certain fee to the State Board of Health. Raleigh. N. C.. in order to have their birth recorded and de layed birth certificate issued. The same documents which must be submitted for a delayed birth certificate can be taken to the ^ | Social Security District Office at i the time an application for benefits is filed, thus eliminating the need for a delayed birth certificate obtained soley to establish one's eligibility to Social Security Bene fits. In some Instances the documents upon which the delayed birth cer tificate is based may have to be examined by a Social Security re presentative when the delayed birth , certificate is used as the only proof ?< ?*e. Miss Betty Perkinson, Field Representative of the New Bern Social Security District Office, ad vised those persons who are con cerned about establishing their cor rect date of birth for Social Sec urity Purpose to contact the office it aoe New St., New Bern, to learn exactly what type of evid ence is required. A list of the various types of documents which may be used by the Social Security Administration in establishing a person's age is available through that office. A social security representative also has office hours at the court house annex, Beaufort, every Mon day morning. Trne Van Basin. Wyo