THE RECORD is I Y<ur Paper—Are Yuu its Friend? i 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. t 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. 7 ZEBULON, N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE I, 1926 WAKELON CONTRACT TO I LOCAL MAN _ 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. I 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. I 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 j 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. THE RECORD Will Print Yuur Community News VOCAL UNION AT ROCKY CROSS CHURCH • 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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