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THE RECORD is Your Paper—Are You its Friend? VOLUME I. NO. 7. OUR CITIZENS GO TO MEETING IN WiLSON ON ROAD MATTER Meet With Chamber of Commerce of that Town Regarding Road No. 91 Raleigh is Neutral In Road Controversy, It is Said A delegation of prominent citizens of Zebulon attended a meeting in the chamber of commerce rooms at Wil son, July 24, and earnestly requested the highway to Raleigh through the town of Zebulon, presenting maps to show that the road could be built to Zebulon at a saving of $200,000 in the cost of construction and at the same time would tie up the towns of Bailey, Middlesex, as well as Zebulon and Wendell and make the route to Raleigh only a half mile farther than ht present. Engineer Gladiing, of Wilson, had been engaged by the Zebulon people to make a tentative survey of the route and he reported that while he had not covered the route in detail he was satisfied that there would be a saving of two railroad crossings and a bridge over one of the creeks en route. Quite a number of Wilsonians made talks, and at the conclusion of the matter the general consensus of opin ion was that the State Highway Com mission should have all the informa tion necessary about both routes and therefore favored a survey of both routes in order to give it the informa tion. A resolution to this effect was passed. A vote of thanks was given the people of Zebulon for having come to Wilson and presented the matter to the -hamber of commerce. RALEIGH IS NEUTRAL IN ROAI) CONTROVERSITY The Raleigh Chamber of Commerce is taking no sides in the efforts of Wendell and Zebulon to have the link between Routes 90 and 91 which is provided for in the proposed $1,300,- 000 bond issue run through one or the other towns. J. W. Bailey, chairman of the roads committee of the cham ber of commerce, stated Monday night that this question is not likely to be settled until after the bond is sue is voted and that then it will have to be settled by the engineers of the State Highway Commission. A delegation of Zebulon citizens last week attended a meeting of the Chamber of Commrc in Wilson and urgd the Wilson organization to favor the road through Zebulon. We under stand that Wilson people endorsed the proposed route, as set out by the Zebu’on delegation. Mr. J. W. Bailey so vs that the chamber of commerce at Wilson did not commit itself. We think that Mr. Bailey is wrong in his statement, as we are informed by re liable sources that the chamber at Wilson did endorse the route by Zebu lon. The link between the two routes will provide a hard surfaced road from Raleigh to Wilson. Meeting Wednesday in the Sir Wal ter Hotel, the Roads Loan Committee of the Raleigh ChamUer om Com merce, decided to present the question of a loan from Wake county to the Highway Commission before the County Commissioners Tuesday morn ing, August 4. A large delegations of citizens of Zebulon went to Nashville 1 hursday afternoon in the interest highway 91. We go to press on Thursday evening, and it will be impossible for us carry a story of this meeting. Hear of no rush for the vacant lead ership of the third party. REPRESENTING FOUR COUNTIES—WAKE, JOHNSTON, NASH and FRANKLIN TOBACCO CROP IS 85 PER CENT GONE Estimate of Red Cross of Damage in Storm Area Damage by the hail to crops in Wake, Franklin and Nash counties as a result of a severe storm about a week ago, will average 85 per cent of the tobacco crop of farmers in the sec tion vissited by the storm, according to P. L. Hutchins, Nation <t i t accountant, who returned to Wash ington Tuesday night after visiting the territory. The Red Cross has given SSOO for relief in the section which has i + s center around Zebulon. Already 234 kknown cases of suffering as a result of damage done by the storm have been reported to the Red Cross, Mr. Hutchins said. Miss Allie McNeill, of the National Red Cross, will remain in charge at the scene. Mr. Hutchison has com pleted the financial survey of the situation. Miss Florence Jones, local execu tive of the Red Cross, made another trip to Zebulon last Wednesday to render what assistance she can in the relief in this section. She expressed disappointment at the failure of the i public to respond more liberally to the need of the stricken farmers. She said if the people could see the ruined farms and realize what it meant to have the labor and investment of a year wiped out they would feel more like giving. The fact that there were on lives lost and that theer was noth ing dramatic or spectacular about the visitation of providence accounted Miss Jones thought, for the failure of ■ the public to fully comprehend the seriousness of the situation. “But ! while the spectacular features were J lacking,” said Miss Jones, “there is no doubt at all about the need. It is very great indeed.” Contributions should be sent direct to S. G. Bunn, Treasurer, Zebulon, N. C., and Mr. Bunn will see that it is placed in the proper place where good will result. Donations to Storm Sufferers as Given to us by Red Cross The following donation have been received for the storm sufferers: American Nat. Red Cross, Washington, D. C. $500.00 R. 1.. Davis, Farmville 100.00 J. K. Barrow, Zebulon 25.00 Mrs. Ashby Lambert, Raleigh 10.00 Mr. R. H. Lewis, Raleigh 10.00 Mrs. J. 1). Davis, Zebulon 10.00 Mr. S. P. Johnson, Rosemary 5.00 Mr. E. B. Crow, Raleigh 5.00 Mr. H. T. Hicks, Raleigh 5.00 Mr. and Mrs. Todd, Wendell 5.00 Mr. T. B. Harmon, Buie’s Creek 5.00 j Gray P. King, Castqlia . 5.00 . W. B. Young, Wilson 5.00 A. D. Finch, Bailey 5.00 , E. S. Horton, Zebulon 5.00 ' W. M. Royster, Raleigh 5.00 Mrs. E. R. Carroll, Raleigh 5.00 Cash from News and Observer 2.10 Miss May Lawrence Hinton, Raleigh 2.00 Mr. J. P. Price, Zebulon 1.00 Miss Katie Wells, Kenansville 1.00 LEAVES ZEBULON FOR WADESBORO, N. C. Mr. J. C. Richert, who has been 1 connected with the Carolina Light and Power Co., in Zebulon far some time past, lias been transferred to Wados boro, N. C. The transfer, we beliavej j is in line of promotion for Mr. Rich- 1 ! crt. While the town of Zebulon re i grets to lc e Mr. and Mrs. Itichert I | vve congratulate Wades boro on secur ing the services of Mr. Richcrt in i {hat town. We wish them the best in i ‘heir future home. Mr. Daniel E. Stewart, of Coats, i N. C., will have charge of Carolina . Power and Light Company’s business here in Zebulon. He succeeds Mr. Richert. Mr. Stewart comes well recommended. We welcome Mr. Stew i art to our town. 1 ZEBULON, N. C., FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1925 DEATH CLAIMED 1 W. J. BRYAN LAST SUNDAY EVENING End Came While Tak ing His Afternoon Sleep He Had Planned a Crusade Against “Modernism” William Jennings Bryan, known the world over for his eloquence, died at Dayton, Tenn., Sunday afternoon, July 26th. The end came while the great i Commoner was asleep and was at tributed by physicians to apoplexy. He had retired to his room shortly af ter eating a large dinner to take a ! khort rest Mrs. Bryan sent the fam ily chauffeur, Jim McCartney, to wake Mr. Bryan about 4:30, and it was - learned then that he was dead. Dr. W T . F. Thomason and Dr. A. C. J Sroyles, who examined the body, ex pressed the opinion Mr. Bryan had |been dead between 30 and 45 minutes j before they arrived. The death oc ! curred in the residence of Richard I Rogers, which had been assigned to the Bryans during their stay at Day ton. Mr. Bryan’s death came on the eve of another crusade he had planned to carry before the American people—a battle against Modernism. He return ed to Dayton on Sunday morning as- I ter having made addresses Saturday ; at Jasper and Winchester, Tenn., and having completed arrangements for the early publication of the speech he was to have made in closing the trial of John T. Scopes, who recently was found guilty of violating Tennessee’s anti-evolution law. Despite the strenuous program Mr. 3ryan had been following as a mem ber of the prosecution staff in the i copes case and as leader of the fun damentalists, he appeared in excellent health. Shortly before Mr. Bryan entered his room to rest he told his wife he never felt better in his life and was ready to go before the country to wage his fight in behalf of funda m'-ntalism. About 4:30 o’clock Mrs. Bryan said 1 she felt her husband had slept long enough, so she sent the chauffeur, who also was his personal attendant, to awake him. McCartney shook Mr. Bryan twice before he noticed the latter was not breathing. The physi cians and A. B. Andrews, a neighbor, •J en were summoned hurriedly. Mrs. Bryan accepted the shock calmly and remained calm “I am happy that my husband died v ithout suffering and in peace,” she said. “You know he was a colonel in the | Spanish-American war, and since it ! was his wish to rest in Arlington, i we probably will place him there, Mrs. j Bryan continued. Near a crest of a swelling slope, where sleeps a great company of the dead of many wars, the American gov ernment has marked out in Arlington National cemetery a final resting j place for William Jennings Bryan. I His burial there late todav (this Friday afternoon), with simple cere ! monies, was fulfilled his own oft-re peated wish. In life a crusader for peace, he chose in death to lie where 'the tombs of military men look down | upon the capital, amid the beauties of ; I the Virginia hills but yet near by the towering memorials reared to Wash- 1 : ington and Lincoln. : SPENDING VACATION IN FRANKLIN, PENN. Rev. F. M. Hall, pa.dor of Metho dist church h«re in Zebulon, is off on | his vacation. Mr. Hall and family left last Tuesday morning for Franklin, i : Pa., where they will spend the month ; of August. We wish them all a pleasant trip, and hope them a safe arrival back to Zebulon. i Those who wait also cuss —usually. JIM HICKS CALLS AT THE RECORD OFFICE Jim Has Kicks Which He Wants To Make Through The Paper Jim Says He’s Wrong And He Says lie Has Company Jim Hicks is well known by the j town of Zebulon and this community Jim did not have long to stay with ! us, as he always is in a hurry, but he stopped long enough to say th; i there were a few things in his mind that he wanted the Record to put in ] its columns for the benefit of the | community. Jim says that he judges a lot of people by himself; however, he says that he does not think he is quite as bad as some people in Zebulon, and he believes that they should know what some of the merchants in Zebu lon think of the way they are treated: During the summer months, Jim says that he is forced to trade on time and ask accommodations from some of the time people, and then some times he will slip off to Raleigh with his wife to get a new hat and pay cash for it, and while there she finds a pair of slippers she likes, and of course, that takes more cash. The other day she drove over there for some rompers for the kids and the following day I had to go to Zebulon and took one of the boys along with me and we went in a store for a spool of thread and the clerk asked me where we bought the boys rompers from, but I was ashamed to tell him they came from Raleigh, so I told him that I bought them from Flowers, and naturally he wanted to know what they costs, so I told him, and, old boy, I want to tell you—he had the very same stuff for less money. I felt pretty bad about it and went home j and told the ole woman but she tried j to argue with me. Some buys a lot of stuff from Sears-Roebuck, and Bellas and fellow Hess, and Mr. Butler and Brothers, and several times when we get the meiehandise home and wear it a littl* time then we have to blame the little fellows for being rough on their clothes, when as a matter of fact, we made our mistake by not trading in Zebulon. Some of my neighbors are all the time hollering about high prices an 1 hard times. Most of this is brought on by not trading at home with the folks that know you. You don’t have very many friends awaj from home, and when you take you: money away and spend it with folks who dont’ care nothing for you, I tel! I you, it ain’t right. The other day I | went to the Supply Co.’s and bought | a plough and some fe"d. Them pco ! |dc were sure nice to me and I had jthe stuff charged. The next day we 1 were going to Raleigh, so we saved | our cash to spend in Raleigh. Ms I neighbor needed a little money t< ! barn tobacco with and went to the j hank, but they told him they just i didn’t have the money to spare. You | then the thought came to me, if I would spend my cash at home so | that the merchants could deposit their 1 surplus in the Zebulon Banking & Trust Co., then they would have plenty of money on hand to lend every body that needs a little cash at this season of the year. Every time I go away from home to trade, 1 meet up with some body else doing the same thing. Why just the other day 1 was in Raleigh. I s.iv severai Zebulon ladies. (Can call the names). They had been shopping in that city. They all had packages of first one kind and another; some j even had a few groceries. One oi j Ahe-.e lad : cs that had the groceries, ! her husband runs a store in Zebulon, and a certain groct rnian there trades j a lot at his store, and I bet if had told all I know about this business, somebody’s feelings would be hurt, and business injured. JIM HICKS. I will see you again week. PRICE: One Year, $1.50; Single Copies, sc. TOBACCOSALES ON GEORGIA LEAF MARKET Primings Sold For Most Pari; 13 of 2! Markets Twenty-four tobacco markets open ed. up in Southern Georgia Tuesday, according to R. W. McFarland, of the Winston-Salem market. Fair sales made over the entire belt. The hulk of the sales were primings with an average of around fifteen cents per pound. Good primings sold for 24 cents, medium for 16 cents, and com mon around 6 cents. All of the tobacco sold in Georgia is sold ungraded which would mean, according to Mr. McFarland, that the same grades sold and graded as they are in North Carolina would bring from one to two dollars a hundred more. Th? British companies appeared a bit weak in their purchases but this is usually the case at the opening of the markets when inferior grades are being sold. TOBACCO MARKET OUTLOOK IN ZEBULON THIS SEASON Quite a deal of interest is being shown in the tobacco market outlook in Zebulon this season. The farmers have fine crops and are getting them housed in fine condition. We under stand it has been definitely decided to run only two houses. These will have ample space and help to care for the tobacco as it comes in. A full force of buyers will be on hand, there will be a minimum of expense, and this should he one of Zebulon’s best seasons. OPERATING IN FULL CAPACITY Both local ice plants are operating to full capacity, we are informed 1 . Con siderable ice is sold in Middlesex, Wendell, Raleigh and other immediate points. Series of Meetings To Begin at the Baptist Church You are invited to all services at the Baptist church Sunday. Sunday school is at 10 in the morning. At 11 o’clock the pastor will preach on the subject, “The King’s Garden.” At he service in the evening, a study will be made of the life of America’s great est Christian statesmen, William Jen nings Bryan. Dr. Walt N. Johnson of Gastonia, will begin a two week’s meeting on the first Sunday in September. He is one of the most eloquent and scholarly men of the Baptist denomination. For sometime he was pastor at Wake For est and later w'as Corresponding Sec retary of the Baptist State Conven tion. A wonder feast of spiritual things is in store for the town and community around Zebulon, in Dr. Johnson’s coming. NEW GARAGE \NI) BATTERY STATION OPENED IN ZEBULON The Zebulon Garage and Battery Company is the latest addition to ' bulon’s enterprises. The location of the garage and bat tery station is on Horton street just ' ast of the Record office, where the Mitchell gar. ge use to be. Mr. O. J. Underwood, of Raleigh, i. manager of the new concern. Associated with him is Mr. W. T. Blackwood and Mr. L. R. Bradley. Mr. Blackwood formerly was a reddent of Zebulon. This new concern will have an up to-date garage, carrying all accessor ies and doing all classes of repair work on automobiles. The battery department is equip ped to handle the battery work qnick ly tand in a first-class manner. Sinclair is also a good lawyer-pick er, as well as a horseshoe finder. TII E RECORD Will Print Your Community News THE YIELD OF CROPS IS FAR BELOW OTHER PAST AVERAGES Farmers’ Meeting at Raleigh Concluded Yesterday With Dusting Editor Cobb Gives Figures as to Loss and Average at $50,009,099 North Carolina farmers would have added $50,000,000 to their incomes last year if the average crop yield in North Carolina had been as large as the average yields for the same crops in the United States as a whole, ac cording to figures quoted to the North Carolina Farm Convention last Wed nesday night at Raleigh, by C. A. Cobb, editor of the Southern Ruralist, of Atlanta, Ga. “There isn’t a man here who would admit that he can’t raise as much on his farm as the average for the United States and yet your State fell for short of it last year,” Mr. Cobb told a gathering which filled Pullen Hall, at Raleigh, for the last joint session of farm men and farm women which has brought the greatest assemblage that the Farm Convention has known in the 23 years of its existence to Ral eigh. With 1,300 registered, of whom 520 are women, there hnve been even larger numbers in attendance upon | some of the meetings. Mr. Cobh, who was introduced by Dr. Clarence Poe, editor of the Pro gressive Farmer, repeated and re-em phasized his somewhat startling state ment, but did not go into detail with his figures except as to tobacco and oats, declaring that even in tobacco North Carolina falls lfiO pounds an acre below the average for the coun try while in oats the average for North Carolina is 18 bushels an acre, or just half the average for the entire country. “You have land capable of producing a bale of cotton or 50 bushels of corn an acre, but the figures I have quoted are nothing like that hut simply the average for the entire country,” stat ed Mr. Cobh. The editor declared that fertility of the soil must lx* improved and that the Southern farmer must learn to live on his farm. —. . • LIGHTNING STRIKES HOUSE Saturday evening while an electri cs 1 storm was in progress over the section Southeast of Zebulon, light ning struck the her e of K. M. Vann, near Hales school house, tearing off a good portion of the roof and damag ing the flooring of the house very badly. It is said that no one was in jured. The report states that the lightning struck the- roof and went down the stove flue, striking the fi >r. •*" 4» <*■' EMPLOYE OWNERSHIP A newspaper story tells about a car hop worker who for many years spent his money as fast as he earned it. fn course of time he got a little wife, built a little home and added a little family—which just about used up his increased earnings. '1 he telephone co nut ny for which lie then worked, talked him into saving through an easy payment stock invest ment in the corporation—he became an employe-owner. Today he is one of the thousands of smaller stockholders whose earning:-; from his investment will hell) give the children a better education. Thou- :.Js like him own stock in the telephone and other public util?, ties—f, jo r crs, clerks, housewives, business en, all becoming e.npio’.e and customer owners.
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