Volume VII.
5 Million Pounds Tobacco,
Tobacco Market to
Open Here Tuesday
first of September
HOPE FC-t
RIG SALES
Local Warehousemen Expect To Sell
Five Million Founds
A FULL ( OKI’S LIVE
TOBACCO WORKERS HERE
Farmers and Center Brick Warehouses
In Readiness For Reception Os To
bacco With Full Complement Os
Zealous, Experienced Warehouse
Operatives; Full Facilities Offered
At Zebulon With Hope Os Materially-
Increasing Sales his ear.
Assured by high officials of several
big tobacco buying companies that
they will have their buyers on the
Zebulon market next Tuesday for the
opening of the tobacco marketing
season, and with warehousemen and
citizens of the town organized and
actively at work acquainting the grow
er.., with the advantages of selling
on this market, the campaign inaugu
rated in earnest to make Zebulon a
Five Million Pound Market is gaining
by leaps and bounds.
Both big warehouses, The Farmers
and The Center Brick, are in readiness
for the reception of tobacco, and the
trek of conveyances, mostly gasoline
propelled in these days of fast traffic
and excellent roads,, will begin next
Monday in order to get the weed on
the floors for the opening sale Tues
day morning. Managers of both ware
houses announce that theii full corps
of warehouse workers are in readiness
for the raising of the curtain.
Reports from the border markets
indicate that the medium and bettter
grades of tobacco are maintaining a
higher price ti.an earlier in the sea
son. especially the better grades that
jire now selling from 10 to 20 per cent
better than last years. Common grades
are still bringing low prices. The crop
in this area is reputed to be of good
quality, and sanguine hopes are en
tertained for favorable prices in this
belt. Diseases have caught recent cur
ings in several fields due to excessive
rains of the last week or so. Most
growers who are affected by the di
seases are leaving their top leaves in
the field. Otherwise, this year’s crop
is better in yield and quality, although
the weight is not expected to be as
heavy last year.
Tells Os Visit
To Native Land
Zebulon Rotary luncheons are now
characterized, under the able leader- 1
ship of Foster Finch, by a friendly,
comradely atmosphere. The club came
neor disbanding some time ago, but
revived stronger than ever, and now
there is a desire and willingness on
the part of all members to do their
best to make the club really worth
while.
After the luncheon Thursday night,
Trbv Gill took charge of the half-hour
program. He introduced his guests,
Mr. Isaac Kannon and son, Faris Kan- f
nan and wife returned two weeks ago
from a visit to his old home in Syria
which he left 26 years ago. He and
his son interestingly told of his visit
and something of conditions and cus
toms and history of his native land.
Judging by the questions asked, some
of the hoys are going to try render
ing butter, which is practiced by Syri
ans. The butter is worked well, then
nut on the stove and allowed to sim
mer until all moisture is out. It may
then be poured in buckets and handl
ed the same as lard, and will keep
fresh indefinitely. This is used for
cooking purposes.
Vaiden Whitley ha= charge of next
week’s program. Members from other
clubs are always given a hearty wel
come.
2[lt£ li'imlon JIUM
SEEN AND HEARD
Gazing in the crystal ball, what do
we see? Miss Dorothy Jones riding on
a red truck, headed for Nashville She
was all smiles, which is proof that she
was not being kidnapped.
Bill Watts, the redoubtable what
you-will, already so acclimated to Zeb
ulon that he stands on the street cor
ner and shouts “Welcome to our fair
city” to a friend.
Dr. Barbee and Dr. Massey had a
fishing trip to Vandemere planned for
last week-end. The wives were invited
and had the handkies, shirts, ties and
other week-end necessities all packed
to go. Thinking it all over—wives,
white shirts, neckties, etc, on a fishing
trip the M. D. and D. I). decided the
weather was too chilly and too un
certain to leave hqme. Don’t tell the
wives, but confidentially they had
other excuses ’sides the weather for
not going on that fishing trip!
Wanted —a name for the new traffic
street bumpers which have been placed
in the city at the drug stores corner
and the post. office corner. When a
lady looks like she is going to drive
! right on as per usual and ignores said
1 bumper, Mr. Jessie Kilpatrick, acting
I night policeman yells out “Here, here
.look out for that thing” or“ Here Mis
jsus, drive around that thintf.”
! Hats off to Mayor" Massey! He’s got
■the highways and byways of our fai'-
I city looking l ight pert. Weeds have
| been slain and raked up, trash is be
ing cleared from unoccupied lots. Yes,
Sir, when all these tobacco people,
farmers and school teachers start com
ing in next week they won’t see any
dirt behind Zebulon’s ears.
Business Men
Ready For Fall
A spirit of optimism this year in
augurates the opening of Zebulon's
tobacco market, which is something
like old times in these parts. Last year
no one expected anything. Tobacco
I was low, unexpectedly so. The farm
|er was “down in the mouth” and so
was the merchant.
This year’s crop was raised cheap
er than any for several years. With
jthe same prices as last year, tljere
i will be more money in ericulation. But
there is every promise of somewhat
better prices, judging by the gains
made on the border markets the past
two weeks. The farmers has recon
ciled himself to conditions common |
D a period of depression and has!
changed his way of living according- j
| ly. The merchant too, has cut down j
| expenses and by close buying will be |
| able to give more and better merchan.!
dise for less money.
Zebulon merchants are better pre- 1
pared to offer real bargains in quali
ty merchandise as this fall season
opens than for some years. They are j
not expecting a landslide business, |
like the 1919 days, but a solid, sane
type of trade that appreciates friend-!
liness, service, and right prices. The
day of salesmanship has come back.
Our business men will not just keep
store this year; they will go after
business that is rightfully theirs. They
know there is no valid excuse for the
people of this section running helter
skelter everywhere to do their shop-1
ping, when it can be done more eco- j
nomically right here, and they are
going to do their best to prove this
80.
Looking ahead from this poi*t, Zeb- j
ulon has prospects for a brisk fall
business.
What writers need is a brand of
cigarettes guaranteed to produce at
least one new idea to the carton.
London is still the largest city but
probably most of its people wish it
weren’t.
Zebulon, Wake ('utility, N. ( ~ Friday,
Says Record Is
Town's Best Asset
Minister Issues Call That Local Paper
Be Given Hearty Cooperation, And
That Non-Subscribers Join The Rec-,
ord Heading Circle
BY REV. THEO. B. DAVIS
What is it? Think it over. What one j
thing means most to our town hold. ,
ing it together, building sentiment, ■
advertising its worth ? Thegoodopinion
we have of ourselves, the pride we j
i have in the town as a whole, our so
j cial, business and religious life, are I
all assets of merit. Without them the
town would soon go on “the rocks.”
The fine farming community around
Zebulon is vital to the town’s life. The,
railroad, numerous highways and
splendid high school are all essentia!
factors in its progress and welfare.
But what is the one outstanding en
terprise, or institution, in our com.
niunity life that touches and helps
|every phase of its varied interests? It
is “the home-town paper,” the Zebulon
Record. It is doubtful that there is
on individual, or business that fully
apprdttitq£ the place the local paper
fills in the community life. Many of
us read it before more important mat
ters. Even the “Old Reliable” is neg.
lected while we scan its pages.
The local paper tells us of those
“coming to a good country” as well
as of those “going to their long home.”
|lt tells us of persons and parties,
; what is going on in the church
! business life. It tells us who is visit^
! ing in or out of town. It gives the
news about everything and everybody,
jlt tells us when to go to church, or
I lodge, where to find the doctor oY den
tist. where to buy groceries or get
,the best bargains.
Then, too, the local paper tells us
j what is going on at the capital and
gives other interesting news from over
the state. Tt tells us what our country
neighbors are doing and the crop out.
look. It has articles on the home and
farm and other interesting and helpful
matters. Through its columns every
lphr.se of life is touched and every
side of life is helped. By giving far!*
1v ut happenings in the community
life, gossip is kept down or dissipated.
Public sentiment is developed and
moulded along lines of moral and in
tellectual progress. It disseminates
that which will help and dissipates;
that which will hurt. It gathers to
gether and scatters abroad the seed of
better social, and financial harvests.
We do not i ..pro ite the Record’s
; true worth to our >' .1 ar.d Com muni,
ty. We are SUPPOSED to pay $1.50 |
i for this paper, coming 52 times a year .
into our homes at a cost of less than
three cents a copy—provided we pay j
for it at all! So far as the paper it
self is concerned, it is a liability to!
the publisher. Were all the subscrip- j
tions paid, it would yet operate at a
i big loss. The job work has to carry
!the paper as a dead.head.
Let me say again, Zebulon’s best j
asset is the Record. It puts more life j
i into the town and community than any 1
I other factor. Quietly each week it goes
into the homes in and around Zebuoln ;
| keeping the town and all its interests j
j ever before the public. A subscription
to the local paper is the best invest-.
ment for the least money you can
: make for yourself and town. If you
j are not a subscriber, then become
| one as quickly as possible. If you are
; one, and owe your subscription, pay,
!up and keep the home paper coming
and the home town going.
Child Kicked In
Face By Mule
The five year old son of Mr. and j
Mrs. A. R. Perry was kicked in the!'
face Wednesday evening by a mule, j •
The cheek bone on one side was badly, ]
crushed. The little fellow was rushed j
to Rex hospital and it is hoped there i
will be no serious or disfiguring re- j t
suits from the accident.
i
A tuberculosis clinic will be held in <
Dr. Chas. E. Flowers’ office on Tues- (
day, September Bth. Everyone inter
ested is urged to attend. His office is
located at the rear of the Citizens i
Drug Store. 1
August 28, 1931.
WE THANK YOU
The Record \isils approximately
five thousand homes in this section
this week with sixteen pages of
widely diversified matter, all tend
ing to be of interest to tobacco and
cotton planters as well as others
iterested in the development of ag
ricultural endeavor. Considerable
time, expense and effort have been
employed to make this edition one
of value as well as general interest
to those who will receive it.
The publisher of The Record and
those associated with him in the
development of this edition, wish
to express sincere gratitude to
those patient people who have ren
dered invaluable aid by preparing
special articles, furnishing needed
information and otherwise assist
ing us. To the advertisers who have
made this edition possible by gen
erous use of our advertising col
umns we are indeed grateful, and
trust that the resultant benefits
will more than compensate them in
this particular.
Dragged To Death
Under Automobile
Spring Hope, Aug. 24. —.lames Per
ry, aged about 40, was fatally in
jured early Sunday morning when
' struck by a car driven by Covey
Bunn, colored, and dragged a dis
' tance of over four miles. Several
pother Negroes were in the car with
r Bunn. The accident happened on
' No. 90 but signs on the road indi
cated that the road over which the
: unfortunate man was dragged was a
!country road leading out from No.
DO at Cox’s, filling station. Perry
was taken to Park View hospital at
Rocky Mount where he died Sunday
morning at 7 o’clock. He was ter
ribly lacerated and bruised. The Ne
gi s denied that they knew that
they were dragging the man with
their car. He was caught under
neath the machine in some fashion.
Those arrested and locked up in
Nashville were Covey Bunn. James
Dunstan, Norman Arp, Raeford < a
born and N. P. Dunn.
Funeral services were held for
perry this afternoon at 2 o’clock at
his home by Rev. L. ( . Brothers,
pastor of the Methodist church of
Spring Hope Burial service was in
charge of Legionnaires, Mr. Perry
having been a member of the Ix-gion.
He is survived by his wffe and four
children, the youngest two months
i old and the oldest eight years old.
His father and several brothers and
| sisters also survive.
Comma: To a Good Country!
PIPPIN.— Mr. and Mrs. Allan Pip
! pin announce the arrival of a 7 lb. son,
August 20. He has been named William
| Dalton.
MASSEY. —Mr. and Mrs. Dewey W.
; Massey are the proud parents of a fine
little 7 1-2 lb. daughter. Linda Webb,
l born August 22.
PACE. —Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Pace,
|of Wakefield, announce the arrival of
a 11 1-2 llv daughter Friday, August
21
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('ROp MELONS
Feggin Jones, a colored farmer of
Zebulon Rt. 3, is proud to say that
he was successful in raising water-,
melons this year. He has a large num
ber weighing from thirty-five to sixty- j
five pounds, with the exception of one
weighing sixty-seven pounds.
INCREASE IN POSTAL RATES
Effective September Ist, 1932 post
age on letters to Canada and New- j
foundland will be 3c Post cards 2c. j
To Great Britain, Northern Ireland
and Irish Free state 5c for letters and
post cards 3c.
This would not seem to effect Zebu-i
lon so much,, but surprising as it may j
seem, there is not a day passes but
what at least one letter is mailed to
some foreign country, and very fre
quently as many as 10 letters to Cana,
da.
Possibly it was unemployment that,
impelled the serpent to sell Eve on J
that apple proposition.
WAKELON WH
WITH RECOIWI
September Seventh Is Day Set For O
Os Teachers Named—Plan To I
Work More Efficient.
Service Is Ideal Os
Rotary Organization
Does Not Try To Lift Community, But '
Does Try To Raise Ethical Stand- |
ards Os Business And Professional
Men.
By FOSTER FINCH
President Zebulon Rotary Club,
i Rotary to the ordinary layman has
no doubt seemed more or less, a social
organization, tending to mind its own!
| affairs and the development of fellow- j
I ship among its own members. This, I
J to some extent, is true; however, Ro-1
■ tary, through its members, strives to
render a distinct and positive service
to the community. It attempts to
develop the ideal of service as is ex
| pressed in its motto, “Service Above
I Self, He Profits Most Who Serves
Best.”
I Translated literally,- that motW
seems idealistic or theoretical rather
than practical. But it is probably
! more practical than your first thought
will indicate. For instance, take the
number of merchants who handle the
same line of merchandise. What else
have they to sell except service if their
merchandise is the same? They art
only competitors in the matter of ser
vice. The same is true as to physicians
jr lawyers, ov the like_
Rotary does not set out to take the
; community bodily and lift it to a high
;Or plane of living or commercial acti
vities. It does try to develop a citizen
into a person with higher vision, high
er ethical standards in business and
the professions. It seeks to better the j
individual and through him, his busi
ness. Or probably better expressed in
the words of its third object, “the ap-1
plication of the ideal of service by
every Rotarian in his personal, busi- j
ness and community life.”
The membership of Rotary is, of!
necessity,, circumscribed by certain j
limited boundaries, one member from j
i,, , .
each business or vocation, so as to j
give a complete cross section of the
entire community. This brings together j
’
those whose daily activities lie in va-1
ried directions, and an opportunity to j 1
j discuss and understand the problems 1
of each other, which are the mutual I 1
j problems of the community. It wants)'
Ito develop fellowship and friendship s
\ among the citizens of the community. *
! Through its proper functions it en- '
. visions, first, a better understanding 1
among the citizens of a town and its c
, surrounding territory, then among the f
citizens of different communities and
states, and finally, good will, peace 1
. and understanding among the nations l:
of the world.
There are approximately 157,000 Ro-; 1
tarians in 67 different nations of the v
*
■ world, al! striving for the same ob
jective—service to our fellowman.
The Zebulon Rotary Club welcomes '
you to Zebulon always, and will work £
with you in any way for the con- *
structive benefit of Zebuion and its
surrounding community.
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Mr. B Kannan, the genial hot dog p
dispenser, came near having a serious v
accident Wednesday. He was raising a ],
window at his home when the upper j,
pane fell out and hit him on the j,
head, right where his heir is scarcest.
It took several stitches to repair the
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! damage and Mr. Kannon is weamig a ■
j sizeable bandage.
Mr. Merritt Massey has been suf
fering the last several days and nights *
with an infected thumb, the trouble n
starting from a small cut. Wednesday, nr
Dr Flowers sent him to Raleigh to G
have an operation performed on the o
! thumb. It is improving slowly and |- a
painfully. j*J
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