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Volume VII. I JUST ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER —BY— CARLGOBI* M — - - ■* *•■*■*■■* - -•*♦ -—* There is one tiling that has puzzled me a long time. I can t figure out io save my life why the farmers are mad with the tonai-m buying com panies for prices oeir.g paid for to bacco, or with the cotton buying peo-; pie for prices being paid for cotton, or with the other-crop buying P eo " j pie for the prices being paid for other crops. When the tobacco companies sell their cigarettes to the wholesalers, do they go to the wholesalers and as!, them: “Now looka here, Mr. Wholesaler, we’d like to know how much you’ll pay us for our ciga rettes and cigars this yea' • Not by a long shot! When the firm that buys the farm ers’ cotton and makes cotton cloth out of it gets ready to sell that cloth does a representative of that firm go to the jobber or distributor and say: “Mr. Jobber, I’ve got some nice cotton cloth to sell this year. How much will you give me for it? No, indeed. Both the tobacco com panies and the cotton companies fix the prices paid for their goods. The ,ume thing applies to corn, potatoes and other crops. The farmer, however, don’t do hat. He goes to the tobacco com lanies and says: “I’m going to have >ome nice tobacco for you this fall. Please fix the price for me and make t just as good as you possibly can. And then Mr. Farmer gets mad k cause the price ain’t what he hinks it ought to be. If he doesn’t like the price, then Hiy doesn’t he do a little price-fix uß kb v>wn hook? UW tell you vhy. Because he isn’t organized. He ought to know dog-gone well hat the tobacco people are looking ut for their own interests before onsidering his interests; that the otato people are in business to make noney, regardless of whether the armer makes any or not, and that he same rule applies with every hing else he raises and sells. If Mr. Farmer were to exchange laces with those people, he’d do ex ctly as they arc doing. Probably e’d do a whole lot worse. It’s fool h to blame folks for doing what ou, yourself would do under the jrcumstanees. The olution of the roblem is to fix things so that the i ther fellow will have to do as you IV. And that means organization. onsumers Exchange Moves The Consumer’s Exchange which for me time has occupied the J. E. 11 building opposite the Zebulon rug Co’s place has moved to the •rry building. They occupy the role ground floor under the city 11. Mr. John I. White of Nashville is sociated with Mr. T. M. Conn in the eration of the business. The Record n-iders Zebulon fortunate in having r. White as a citizen. He was a iss-mate of the Editor’s years ago Wake Forest—we will not say hov. rny—and we welcome him to our ogressive community. For a number year- Mr. White taught school, but er entered the business world. On account of his children, he will t move to Zebulon till the schools ise in Nashville. Names On Quilt La.-t pring th ■ members of the iketield Horne Demonstration club ilized a nice sum from making a < quilt on which were embroidered 1 initials of those who paid ten its. for this honor. Mr. S. G. <wers gave a nice lining for the It, and in December it was tacked 1 /as then sent to The Mills Home ' '’Jfiomasville. The following is from (Hlje Zebulon 3Rrritrit Harris House In Wakefield Burns The Harris home place at Wakefield v.as burned last Sunday night about 8:00 o’clock. Mr. Ed. Bunn saw the flames and sent his son Ja ( mes to give: the alarm. The building contained about eight rooms and was a complete loss. Owing to the stillness of the air, near-by property escaped. The origin of the fire is not known. R. L. Harper occupied one room in i the dwelling a.nd had his household furniture stored in other rooms. This was a complete loss. Mr. Harper could not be found after the fire and great anxiety was manifested for his j : safety. Many believed he had perished 1 in the fire. It was with considerable relief to the community when he made his appearance about noon. It seems that he had gone a-visiting down Mur raytown way and did not know of the loss till he reached WaTcefield. Would-Be Robbers On last Sunday night as Zebulon’s Night Hawk policeman, Mr. i har rington, was on his rounds, when near Harvey Strickland’s pressing club, he saw a car go by. When near William’s tire shop, some one jumped' off the car, and started back towards the club building. They passed on up the street. Policeman Tharrington j kept in the back ground as much as] possible, as the man approached the door with a heavy crow bar in his ; hand. He was ordered to halt, and submitted. The officer waited, thinking the car ! would round the block soon, which it did and stopped near the building. He arrested two more young men and carried all before the mayor, Mr. E. L. Massey. Our “guests” prov-; ed to be a young man from Selma and I two from Wendell. They seem to al ready have had a After reprimanding them, Mr, Massey turned them loose. NEW STORE Mr. John R. Baker of Spring Hope, has opened a general store in the Phillips building on main street. Mr. Baker has other stores at Spring j Hope, Bailey, Nashville and 1 aylor s j Cross Roads. Mr. Clarence M. Ilocutt, who for merly lived in Zebulon, is manager of j | the local store, and says they expect I to carry a full line of groceries and dry goods, and hope to serve the pub- j lie in away to please. A Live Church Organization One of the finest organizations in Zebulon is the B. Y. P. U. of the local Baptist church. They meet every j Sunday evening at 6:15, thirty min -1 utes before preaching service. Miss 1 Velma Pressler, of the Wakelon school faculty is director, and that popular! 'young map, J. W. Hill, is president.: i About thirty young people gather at the church every Sunday afternoon in these meetings. WOMAN’S CLUB The meeting of the American Home Department of the Woman’s club was not held on Tuesday as planned, but was postponed till a lajer date, which will be announced. Coach Emerson of Wake Forest College has introduced what is called the “Kokomo” system of playing bas ketball. Just what type of play this new style will exemplify is not known. The Deacon squad has been working behind dosed doors since the season opened. Their first game will be to night with Duke in the University g> rnnasium. county * farmers are in-j creasing their acreage to whtat this; season with the expectation of rais ing a home supply of bread. a letter to Mr-. T .B. Davis, from Miss Eulalia Turner, lady manager of the of phanage: “The quilt came all right. I want to thank you and the Home Demon stration club for remembering us in such a fine way. Please thank every one that ha/1 a pa’rt in this gift. I as sure them it was much appreciated.” Zebulon, Wake County, N. C„ Friday, January 8, 1932 MEETING PLACE CHANGED' The Wakefield Missionary Society] met at the church on Monday after noon. Mrs. I). I). Chamblee was in charge of the program. It was de cided to hold the regular meetings in the church during this year, instead of in the homes of members. Mrs. Wiley Perry will have charge iof the program for February Bth. A Dangerous Thing* Mr. S. A. Lee. manager of the local office of the Carolina Power and ] Light Company calls attention to the} dangerous practice of people, especial-j ly children, of throwing wire an<L j other objects across power lines. A ( 'man came in a few days and I reported a wire across, the line near Pilot. Had this not been reported, the wire would soon have burned in two, ! the power line have fallen to the high way and perhaps some one would be killed. i Parents should caution their chil dren against such practice. The power company may be able to stand the loss of a broken line, the people may be able to get along for a while in the dark, but if a child or other' person gets killed by coming into: contact with a live wire, nothing can restore life or compensate for its loss. Good Program At Colored School There will be a program given at the colored school building Jan. 12th. The program will be sponsored by the j colored welfare workers of this com munity. The program will consist of j music, reading and folk dances. There will also be special music featuring Mrs. James Higgs of Raleigh. Arrangements will be made for the i White people. Admission 10c. (We had the pleasure of attending i a program by our colored friends | sometime ago. We have paid several 1 times the admission charged at other ! times the admission charged at other jti.niߧ m»d found less ' ure. Let the white people patronize this entertainment, get a good eve ning’s recreation and help a worthy I object—Editor.) With this issue of the Rec ord I assume the editorial and news management of the paper. In the past, it has hik'd an important place in the life of the community, giving in its news columns the things of public interest and concern. In its advertis ing columns, it has tried truthfully to tell the public where things they needed could be bought. For this service the Record received a reasonable compensation in subscription and ad charges and was thus enabl ed to continue serving the people. In the future we shall strive to make each number of the paper better than the preceding. We shall strive to get and give all the worth while news of the communi ty and surrounding terri tory. We are introducing a general news feature in which we shall try to give those who do not take a daily paper, the most impar tant general news. We stall stand for every social, moral and commercial inter est for the people’s welfare. The paper will not he politi cal, hut as far as possible it will stand for men and prin ciples regardless of political parties. Please look this copy of the Stedman Named i O’Berry’s Successor Governor Gardner has named J >hn P. Stedman, Raleigh banker, to till ut the unexpired term of State j Treasurer Nathan O’Bei'ry who died i ;rly Wednesday morning. Mr. Sted man is .”7 years old, a member of the American Legion, and vice-president] of the North Carolina Bank and Trust Co., being in charge of its Ral eigh unit. | j Rotary To Help At the regular meeting of the local Rotary club this week, plans were dis-! cussed for providing assistance for the needy. A special committee con- ] sisting of I)r. Chas. E. Flowers, C. j H. Chamblee, A. V. Mediln, Avon 1 Privett and W. P. Lewis, was appoint ed to devise ways and means of help ing the jobless. A number of suggestions were of fered. One was that people who burn coal substitute wood wherever pos- I sible. This would give the country [ people an opportunity to cut and sell more wood and perhaps also give some jobless man some work. The committee is working on others plans and will offer them to the public as they perfect them. This is a practical move on the part of the Rotarians. We hope others have good suggestions to relieve need and distress, and the Record will glad ly publish any suggestions along this line and cooperate in carrying them out. LOST. STRAYED, OR STOLEN One good-nice-gray house cat who went by the name of Tweedles. She was a dog-like cat, visiting neighbors with the family, and running to meet home-comers. She started to church Sumkjy night and failed to arrive. Findc - ! please deliver to the Davises and receive—Thanks! P. S. The cat has been found. N. B. It pays to advertise! TO OUR RKADFHS: A crowd of men gathered before a large window intently gazing inward for a moment, and then one after another, without a word, turning anti walking slowly away. Only one thing will make men look and leave like! that. If you have never seen that look! tiien at the next funeral you attend. 1 observe. Nothing else in all the world will bring that blank, helpless stare. It not only levels lives but looks as well. There is no answer to the un spoken plea. A look at death may not satisfy but it silences. i A crowd gathered around the smouldering embers of a burned house, talking in a low murmur. “I wonder, “Do you reckon?” “Is it pos- j sible?” “Isn't it terrible if—?” " I do , hope he is not—,” is heard. One stops to look under that emm-! pled grav metal. Another pokes into] a heap of ashes anil plaster. Others scan the ruins for anything that | would suggest a human bone. And all this time the one sought is miles away all unconscious of the in terest and concern of the searchers. And when he does arrive, the peo i pie stare, and then sigh. How easily may a burden be lifted —if it is lifted. BIG EGG CONTEST Here’s your chance. To stimulate interest in egg production and poul try raising, the Record will give a year’s subscription to the person bringing in the largest hen egg with in the next thirty days. A record will lie kept of the exact weight of each i egg brought, and at the end of the j contest the winner will be announced j through the columns of the Record. Feed your hens, folks, and make them lay Yes, lay big eggs! Your bantam may win. A ear load of mules was shipped from Zebulon on Wednesday to Bay hftto by W. ('. Cara pen. . . Herbert F. Alford has taken a po sition with the Citizen’s Drug Co. Record over. If you like it, it you believe we need it to hold and build our communi ty life, and believe it will help you to the extent of one dollar, then send us the dol lar and we will send you the paper for full nine months. Or, if you do not have the dollar, then send us your name and address on a postal and we will send you the pa per till October first and let you pay then. If you are already a sub scriber and are in arrears, we would appreciate such payment as possible. II you are “broke” like the rest of us, and don’t want to miss our weekly visits, tell us, and we will keep coming till a better day, or till all go un der together. (live us the news —every sort of news. Whatever is of interest to you, will be of interest to somebody else. Though a preacher, we will not preach at you. How ever, we shall try to give you a clean, moral uplifting pa per—one that every member of the family may read with out taint. Hive us your sup port and we pledge our best to make the Record the bgst smalltown paper in the ’ State. Yours to servo, Theo. P>. Davis, Editor./ SEEN AND HEARD CHANEY WHII LEY DIES TAKES OWN. LIFE Chaney \\. Whitley, popular young man of Zebulon committed suicide early Monday morning (Jan. 4,) by shooting himself through the head. \\ hitley fired the shot sometime be tween 5 a.in. and 7 a.rri. while alone in the Mizelle Motor Company. ( oroner L. M. Waring investigated the case and said no inquest would be necessary. Whitley, who was 27 years of age, left three sealed letters. One was addressed to his sister, one to his brother and the other to his sweet heart. Friends were at a loss to ex plain why he committed the act. Con tents of the three letters were not made public. j Lumus Carpenter, a Negro work ■ man, discovered Whitley’s body in it he showroom of the Mizelle Motor Company when he arrived for work around 7 o’clock. Whitley’s right hand was holding a .32 calibre re volver. Whitley was very popular here, where his family has prominent connections. His sister, Mrs. E. D. Massey and a half-brother, Dr. Hu bert Bailey of Fort Hancock, N. J. survive him. The young man had recently visit ed his brother in New Jersey and a good position was awaiting him there. He had returned to visit his sister in Zebulon during the holi days.— News and Observer. The funeral service of Mr. Whitley was held from the home of E. D. Mas sey, his brother-in-law, Tuesday af ternoon at 3:30 o’clock. Rev. R. 11. Herring, pastor of the Zebulon Bap tist church, had charge of the service and was assisted by Rev. E. H.Davis, former pastor of the local Methodist church. Interment was in the Zebulon cemetery. The Record extends sympathy to the bereaved relatives of this quiet, likable young man. A fa,rge number of people from the community and elsewhere were pres ent at the funeral. Among the out of town people were Baylus Whitley, Siler City, Dr. Erne Bell, Wilson, Atty. Burdon Hell, Raleigh, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Whitley, Rocky 1 Mount, .1. I*. Baker, Wendell, and Dr. and Mrs. K. H. Hailey, Fort Hancock, N. j. Recorder’s Court The local Recorder’s Court did a full day’s Ini mess Wednesday. Be low the Record gives a digest of cases passed on. Chester Rayburn, charge, larceny; found guilty; given four months on the roads. Calvin Nowell -charge: Operating a car while under the influence of liquor; not guilty. Clyde Harrum charge: Larceny; found guilty; given four months on the roads. Coster Rayburn -charge: Highway robbery; bound over to Superior court. Maggie Murphy—charge: Conceal ing stolen property; sent to jail for thirty days. P.-T. A. MEETING The f'.-T. A. will meet Tuesday eve ning, the 12th., at 7:30 o’clock. Mrs. Roy E. Wilder of Spring Hope, the IR.-T. A. district president will he the l>eaker of the evening The subject of her talk will be, “The Children’s ( barter,” which will he an interesting disco aion of the work that the P.- T, A. i trying to do for the children. It is aid that Mrs. Wilder has an un u ually charming personality, and it is hoped that, every one who possibly can. whether a member ■ f the P.-T. A. or not, will come to hear her. The finance committee is planning t, r-ive a community chautauqua in the near future, the proceeds from which will be u I*d for the welfare work of the P. -T. A. '('he grade mothers will meet at seven o'clock. The subject will he: ddgf (Children: The Clang Ago:.”’ All mothers interested are invited .to be present. ,*77 — " ~7 A gip.uo of Chatham county farm erti sold pounds of turkeys for 19. cent i a pound during December. Number 30
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