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VOLUME 1, NUMBER 51
OFFICERS FIND
STILL UNDER
TIIE GROUND
When it comes to making 1 corn liq
uor nowadays, they are not par
ticular whether the still is on the
ground or under it. Some time ago
the writer read an article that stated
that a still was found out in,the mid
dle of a river. A house was built
out on the water and thd operators
distilled without being interrupted for \
a long time.
However, Wake county scores one
better and claims that a still was op
erated out in the woods, and down
under the ground. This fact was
proven last Saturday when two of
ficers from Smithfield and two of
ficers from Zebulon, learned that a
still was in operation, or had been,
about 2 1-2 miles south of Zebulon.
Upon investigation by Deputy
Sheriffs Hocutt and Price, of Smith
field, and Deputy Sheriffs B. H. Rich- 1
ardson ami G. C. Massey, of Zebulon, j
they found a place where they thought
a still had been in operation. The of-!
ficers investigated thoroughly the sur
roundings at this point, which was
about 100 yards over the Johnston
county line in Wake. They found
two cart wheels about 20 feet apart,
and the hubs of these wheels pointed
in diamond shape to a certain point
about 20 feet from them. The officers |
knew that the positions of these I
wheels had a meaning, and they be- j
gan to stir the bushes and leaves j
about. Soon they found the coveted
prize—a 40-gallon still—down deep |
in the ground, covered with plank and
then the leaves and brush made the
finishing touches over the top. There
was no sign Os the still having been
run of late, but two other places near
by showed signs where a still had
been in operation.
About 300 yards from the still over
in the Johnston county line Tom Pace
lives. The officers not contented
with finding the still, decided they
would give Tom a call, and see if
they could find more evidence about
the still. At the home they found
Tom sitting around; but Tom gave
a “nod” to his wjfe, and told her to |
get to the barn and destroy some
whiskey that was in the feed house; |
but the officers were on their job,l
and beat Tom’s wife to the barn.
There they found about one quart of
John Barleycorn. Tom Pace was ar
rested and taken to Smithfield by
the Johnston county officers, Sheriffs j
Richardson and Massey carried the [
still to Zebulon, where it was on ex- j
hibition Saturday evening.
Another “Haul” Made Sunday
Word was passed around Sunday
afternoon that there was some drink- j
ing of old “Korn Licker” around the
colored church in Zebulon, and. when
the Sleuths of our quiet little town
heard the news, they promineded j
around in the section of the colored j
church. j>
The officers assigned to this ‘beat ’
and for the purpose of “nabbing” Die
aforesaid law-breaker or breakers,
were Deputy Sheriffs Richardson
Denton and Massey. They hud not
been on the scene very long before
one “Nick” Spivey was caught witn
the goods on him. He was arrested
and locked up in the city “Calaboose.”
Democratic
Committee Meets
Raleigh June 9
The first meeting of the State De
mocratic Executive Committee, which j
was elected at ,the convention on!
April 29, will be held in the hall of
the House of Representatives, at Ral
eigh, Wednesday, June 9, at 8 p. m.
It is anticipated that the present
officers of the committee, John G. i
Dawson, of Kinston, chairman; Miss j
Mary Henderson, of Salisbury, vice
chairman. and W. C. Coughenour,
of Salisbury, secretary, will al’ be un T
animously re-elected. It is not ex
pected that any other matters will
com e be'ore the committee except
purely routine business.
The call issued by Chairman Daw
son set? forth the election of ofli-j
cers and “any other business which ‘
m?y properly come before said meet
ing” as the purposes.
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The Zebulon Record
REPRESENTING FOUR COUNTIES—WAKE, JOHNSTON, NASH and FRANKLIN
THE LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY SMALL TOWN COMMUNITY PAPER IN NORTH CAROLINA.
Closing Exercises
Meredith College
The Meredith College commence-
I ment exert I ..ses were from Friday,
May 28, to Tuesday, June 1. The
senior play was given on Friday night.
It was a musical play, written by
students of the college. The audi
torium was filled though a charge
of fifty cents was made. Following,
came the art exhibit and society ex
ercises on Saturday. On Sunday both
the baccalaureate and missionary ser
mons were preached by Dr. W. M.
Vines, Greenwood, S. C.
Monday was a busy day at the
college. The Alumnae Associat.on
met at 10:30. in the morning. They j
had luncheon at the Woman’s Club
at 1:30 p. m. Class Day exercises
| were at 5 o’clock, and the annual con
cert was given at 8:30 that evening.
Commencing at 10:30 Tuesday, the
climax and what was to the graduat
ing class commencement proper, was
held. The exercises opened with the
1 singing of “Onward Christian Sol
' diers,” followed by the invocation.
I “Hark, Hark, My Soul” was beauti- [
fully rendered by the college choir.
The commencement address was de
livered by Harry Henderson Clarke,
j LLE., of Furman University, Green
ville, S. C. His subject was “Seeing
Pictures in the Fire.” He sa : d tnis
world belongs to those who see vis
ions and dream dreams. He men- j
| tioned among others, Joseph and Mo-J
j ses. The great see pictures in the
I fire that are more than ashes. Jane
j Adams and the Hull House, Margaret
| Fuller were such. Idealists are al-
I ways greater than the realist. Do
not let your fires crumble into ashes.
The things on which we feed our
hearts determine what our life is to
be. He described the little servant
girl who looked the beautiful
Greek statue until she herself be
came transformed. Each success, Dr.
Clarke said, is not a harbor of entry,
but a new one for embarkation. The
dreams without action may make of
us the most miserable failures.
COMMUNITY LIBRARY
WILL OPEN NEXT WEEK
Plans are being made to open a
community library under the auspices
lof the Woman's Club next week.
I Definite hours will be announced
later. Place: Zebulon Drug Co.,
Building: up stairs.
To Give Prize
Os SIOO To Most
Active Club
Asheville, May —One hundred
dollars in cash will be offered an
nually by the Asheville chamber of
j commerce to the most active woman’s
\ club in North Carolina. Formal an
j. nouncement of the plans by which the
prize will be awarded was made by
chamber of commerce officials here
recently. The money will be given
to a club which is a member of the
North Carolina Federation of Women’s
Clubs, and which during the year
performs the greatest service to its
respective community. The Ashe
ville chamber hopes by this method
to stimulate activities of women’s or
ganizations in all parts of the state
of North Carolina.
GOVERNOR WILL ASK
SPECIAL STATUTE TO
PENSION AGED NEGRO
Governor A. W. McLean announced
I last week that it is his present inten- j
| tion to ask the next General Assembly
|to pass a biD giving a pension t Rev.
W. R. Carson, 84-year-old negro j
methodist Minister of Dallas, Texas,
i who is barred in this State from a
; pension because of his non-residence
I and is barred in Texas because of the
I fact that his service in the Confeder- !
: ate Army was with North Carolina
troops.
Frank P. Tate, of Morganton, has
verified the story of the negro as
having been a slave of the late Cap
tain J. C. Mills, of Burke county, and
of having rends red faithful service to
i the Confederate cause. Captain Mill’
daughter informed Mr. Tate that:
II Bill Carson” insisted upon remaining i
her father's flaw a/ter the war, but .
that offer was refused.
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ZEBULON, N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE I, 1926
WAKELON
CONTRACT TO
I LOCAL MAN
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Mr. Clarence Strickland, local con
tractor, has been awarded the con
tract for the new Wakelon high
school building at a cost of $50,300.
Bids were opened Monday in the of
fice, of County Superintendent J. C.
Lockhart, Raleigh. Mr. Strickland was
low bidder. He expects to begin as
sembling materjal, and making exca
vation for the foundation in a few
I days and to have the building com-
I pleted and ready for use by October
i the Ist.
Wakelon’s new building is the result
of the school election which carried
so handsomely April 20. It will re
lieve the crowded conditions which
existed last year and afford without
expense a high school education to
every boy and girl in the enlarged
Wakelon high school district, which
includes Pleasant Hill, and Union
Level.
Wakelon is alreay the largest and
| most important institution in the
community and it is very gratifying to j
our citizens to see the plant enlarged
and better equipped for greater use
fulness. It is also gratifying to
know the building will be erected by
a local man.
I ANGLER LOSES FINE
! STRING OP CHUB
Kinston, May 21. —A fine string of
chub was lost to a local angler in
an Onslow 1 county stream when a
game warden interfered with his
fishing, according to a story that came
here Thursday from Onslow. The
chub were strung as they werj caught
and then lowered into the water to
keep them alive until the fisherman
should depart.
It is the closed season en chub.
The warden wandered up and re
marked, “Hello, you’ve got chub
there, haven’t you?”
“Yes, I strung them up to keep
them from biting my hook. I’m after
other fish,” the angler explained, re
leasing the catch.
Georgia Masons
Give $12,500.00
For Hospital
Macon, Ga. —The Georgia Grand
Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, in the
closing session of their annual con
vention here, voted 812,500 toward
the establishment in connection with
| the state sanitarium at Alto, of a
special sanitarium section to accom
modate forty bed patients, which is
to be built at a cost of around $50,-
! I*oo hy the Georgia Grand Lodge of
j Masons. This fund will be used in
I furnishing and equipping the new ad
dition to the Alto institution, which
will be open to children suffering
from the dread disease of tubercu
losis. The money will be held intact
in the treasury until called for .by the
Grand Lodge, which will begin the
1 work in the near future.
Another new appropriation which
amounts to $5,000 was voted to be
used in the establishment of a wood
working plant at the Masonic Home
for Orphans near North Highlands.
Trustees of the Home will make
plans for the plant, which is to be
known as the Royal Arch Craft Shop.
COURT HOLDS PASTOR
MAY SUE FOR SALARY
Lexington, May 29.—A pastor has
a legal right to s«e a church for
salary, Judge T. J. Shaw ruled in
Superior Court of the Methodist
Protestant church, of Shelby, to the
suit for over S3OO in unpaid salary
claimed by Rev. C. B. Way, of this j
city.
Judge 'Shaw, however, upheld thej
demurer as it applied to the trus- 1
tees and stewards as individuals.
The case came up on appeal from I
Recorder’s court, where the demurrer
was overruled entirely. Notice of ap
peal to the Supreme Court was given
hy B. T. Falls, of Shelby, council for |
the church.
AT THE FREE WILL BAPTIST
CHURCH
The choir from Floods Chapel, and
the choir from Sandy Hill, will -dng
with the Free Will Baptist church
in Zebulon, on ti>e first Sund-y in
June, at the hour cf two o’clock in
the afternoon. You are invited.
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EXPECTS LARGE
| TOBACCO SALES
] THIS SEASON
For numerous reasons, the local
warehousemen were handicapped to
an extent last season in getting to
. bacco to our market. Our buyers
■ j were good and the co-opertion be
. tween buyer and warehousemen was
1 1 fine. But on account of the hard
! surfacing of highways hoih East and
1 West of Zebulon for several miles,
■ , and the hardusrfaring of our streets,
j the tremendous hail storm in one of
1 our best tobacco sections and the
trucks placed in our immediate section
. j and operated by our local citizens, by
; warehousemen from some of our larg
|er markets. These matters made it
| hard to gut tobacco to our market.
However, this season with all the
j principal roads and highways com-
I pleted and in good condition, and the
i placing of trucks in our community,
to be operated hy our citizens, at an
end, we hope to sell several million
pounds. All the old line companies
hava assured us of good buyers and
j a few independents too. Prospects are
bright for our tobacco markets fu
ture, and if the tobacco is made Zeb
ulon we will sell it.
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YOUNG BLIND MAN ENTERS
RACE FOR SENATORIAL SEAT
The next North Carolina Senate
may have a blind member.
In the thirty-thjrd senatorial dis
trict a young blind man, James Pen
land, of Hayesville, has announced his
candidacy, for the Republican nomina
tion, and his name appears in the
list of those filed with the State
Board of Elections. He opposes Henry
G. Robertson, Franklin attorney, the
incumbent, for the Republican nomi
nation. R. J. Roane, of Bryson City,
is the only candidate for the Demo
cratic < nomination from this most
westerly district in the State.
Mr. Pcnland is the telephone oper
ator in the town of Hayesville. He
is likewise, so far as the local tele
phone exchange is concerned, general
man of all work. He not only goes
about the town with ease, but ordi
nary telephone trouble is attended to
by him. Hayesville people say that
he can take a telephone apart and
put it back together with almost as I
much ease as if he had his sight. His j
blindness, they say, would not be i
preceptible to the casual observer,!
were it not for his indispensable walk
ink cane.
Mr. Penland is well known over
Clay county. And he knows the coun
ty. His friends say that in riding
'over the county, he almost invariably
can say in jhst what section he is.
lie has not announced whether or
not he anticipates making a speaking
campaign over the district.
Endeavorers
Will Meet
On June 18
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Greensboro, May 22.—N0 limita
tion will be placed upon delegates to
the State convention of the Chris
tian Endeavor, according to Endeav
orers here, which means that when
the annual convention opens in
High Point June 18 there Will be in
attendance probably the largest num
ber ever at an annual meeting of the
organization.
Sessions will continue through
June 20. Reports will be made, offi
j cers e'ected and inspirational mes
! sages he delivered. It is planned to
I secure speakers as Dr. Daniel A Pol-
J ing, Drs. Ira Landreth, E. P. Gates,
C. C. Hamilton and Charles S. Evans.
, Invitations have been sent them to
address the Endeavorers.
Rallies in each of the eight Chris- j
I tian Endeavor districts in the State
j will precede the meeting in High
| Point. r
It is planned to collect a fund for j
i Dr. Francis E. Clark, founder of the
kristian Endeavor Movement and
:li 1 wife. At their death the income
front the fund will tie used to carry
.n the work for which he has given his
i "orts for 40, years without salary.
* hi. fan a will be called the “Franc!
£. Clark recognition fund.'’
PRICE: One Year, $1.50; Single Tonies, .ml
Highway Meeting
Held At Bunn
,
A meeting of the Henderson-Clin
i ton Highway Association was held
lon May 2t>lh at Bunn, which was nt
l tended by N. B. Grantham. H L.
, Skinner, W. I>. Hood and T. C. Young
; of Smithfield, W. P. A.vcock and C.
P. Harper of Selma. J( is the purpose
of this association to have construct
ed and finally taken over by the State
ii ghway Commission the r ■»! from
Henderson, county seat of Vance to
Louisburg, county seat of Franklin
j county, to Clinton, county scat of
: Sampson, connecting there with route
! CO and forming a direct route from
Henderson to Wilmington, which will
greatly lessen the distance between
these two places and will serve a large
part of the population of Vance,
Franklin, Johnston and Sampson
! that are not now served hy any state
road.
At this meeting, which was very
largely attended by 250 interested
citizens from all Along the route,
unanimous resolutions were passed
requesting the Highway Department
to furnish an engineer to lay out the
route and an immediate effort will
he made to have the road-governing ;
bodies in each county affected to pass
similar resolutions, which will be pres
ented to the Highway Commission in
the near future.
It was also decided to put on a
Booster trip on some date to be
selected hy the President and Sec
retary of the Association and to
be advertised well in advance to
tour the proposed route from Hen
derson to Wilmington stopping a
few minutes in each community.
To meet the necessary expense of
clerical help, postage, etc., each town
along the route was asked to raise
$25 to cover expenses for the year.
The local directors of this asso
ciation are L. L. Massey and F. D.
Finch, of Zebulon, and those repre
senting Smithfield are J. D. Parker,
T. C. Young, those representing Selma
are W. P Aycock and C. P. Harper.
Why The Printer
Any More Than
The Farmer?
The printers and the publishers of ;
; the country have been patient and
[ long-suffering in their submission to
government competition in the print
ing bus no:;/.
If the Department of Agriculture:
should contract with an organization j
of poultry raisers, hog raisers or the
wheat raisers to furnish it certain
amounts of these products which it,
in turn, would sell at prices impos
sible for small farmers to meet, the
situation would be the same as that
faced by the small printers of the
country who cannot meet government
competition, in printing return ad
dresses on stamped envelopes.
SHALL WE PRAY FOR RAIN?
This question has been asked o f ten
; lately by every one and especially by
the faimers who feit the need of rain j
so much. Hearing prayer mentioned I
so frequently, in this connection has
led parlor T. B Davis, of the Baptist
church to preach a series of sermons
on Prayer at the morning worship
at the Zebulon Baptist church. This
will run through several Sundays,
and will discuss The Prayer Thanks
giving, The Prayer for Strength, The
Prayer for His Disciples, The Prayer
for Submission, the Prayer for His
Enenres and the Prayer Commend
ing J iis Spirit to God.
The first of this series will be next
Sunday morning on the subject of
the Lord’s Prayer. Those who find
, it possible should avail themselves of
i the opportunity to study with pastor
i Davis this very vital matter of the
christ'an’s relation to his God.
MOVES TO ZEBULON
I Mr. P. N. Arrington, who has hern
in tie 1 employ of .nr? M. T. Debnc,:* ■
Djp the past few weeks, has moved j
! Lis family to town and is oecqp; ing ,
; the O’Neal house on North Wakoliekl;
..Street. Mr. Arrington comes to onr
city from Farmville. We ve!c<
them to our hope they w*i!
remain with us.
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Community News
VOCAL UNION
AT ROCKY
CROSS CHURCH
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Every fifth Sunday somewhere near
the “four county corners” is held a
vocal union. These gathering are
from about a dozen -bur h<*. mostly
Baptist churches. When one arrives
late, he F impressed with the nuni
| her of en 11 *: standing ov ’rywhrre. It
I reminds him of the big camp meet
ings we ud to hear our fathers talk
j about. Whole families g.». It is one
jday of the season in fair weather
, when all the mothers and babies can
ihtv • a surc-enougK outing.
The people gather about ten o’clock
and soon the singing commences.
There is a leader, or master of cere
monies, and a secretary who keeps a
I record of the classes present. The
I “cl; sses” are called in turn, and when
I all have sung around the round starts
; again. And the house usually is
packed and enough more outside to
make another good congregation.
On last Sunday, the vocal union
| met at Rocky Cross church, about
j three mile? below Pilot and seven
I miles from Zebulon. When we ar
j rived, they had adjourned for dinner.
The people had gathered in the grove*
around the church in families anti'
groups of families. And such gootf
things! There were sandwiches of
all sorts, salads, sausage, ham, beef,
pickles and cakes. The visitor found
many invitations to dinner. Real
country hospitality was dispensed
everywhere.
Jjpi two o’clock the people again as
sembled in the church to hear th*-*
classes sing. Those participating
were: Samaria, Rocky Cross, Pilot,
Pine Ridge, Lees Chapel, Union Hope.
A number of other churches were
represented, hut did not have enough
of their class present to compete. Two
Mr. Stricklands, Rev. T’neo. B. Davis
of Zebulon and Ralmgh Sherron, of
Wakefield made short addresses.
Always an offering is t: ken for
the orphanage. The colelction
j amounted to $12.50. After the classes
I had sung several times around, near
the close an opportunity was given*
for special music. A duet from Rocky
Cross and a quartette from Union
Chapel were very much enjoyed;
While there were a great many small
children and babies present, not one
J was heard to cry during the two
hours of th' 1 afternoon. Tt s»ems*.
these vocal unions are about all we
have left of the good old-time gefc-
I to-gether meetings, where friend
| ship and hospitality :nd good will
j equality mix in happy abandon. The
! next union will be held at Union
Chapel church two miles from Zeb
ulon on the fifth Sunday in August.
We have not heard such inspiring
singing in a long time. The classes
sang some very difficult mus’e hut
with a harmony that satisfied the
most critical. The city and town
churches and their choirs with the
solos and anthems, and choruses are
good, but we must confess we found
more real enjoyment in these classes
from the country. No one tried to
show off, hut each seemed to feel
himself just a part of the class and
I lost himself in the music. It was a
j fine example of team-work.
Endowment
Mails Out
More Cheeks
Charlotte, May 29. Additional
checks were mailed out today hy the
Duke Endowment to 52 hospitals and
39 orphaanges ir North and South
' Carolina, I ringing the total appoint
ment to these i::?' italic ns tin to
8267,712.95. The first appointment
:' funds hy the Duke Endowment tr
; hospitals and r.rphanncvs was mad
: ihe latter part >f ApriE
The *1 is rii.-u.on U> b s dials ha.-:
j been made on a free-bed days b sis,
nlv thus--- Carolina h -pitals partic
j'bating 1 wh h re “not -operated for
| private ; Every ornhararlv.
. vhit * and negro, ir the two C iro
iinias, b part’ei} ted in th's dis
• t> •uutj*.n (* -\y 5,(3»0 or
phan children being the bencfici
- • id, by a i rc .'..•'.ivc cf .the
i endowment.
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