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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. •*"
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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.