WAKELON SCHOOL OPENS SEPT. 7TH
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VOLUME I. NO 11
NASH COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
STAND BY ACTION AS TO ROAD 91
Large Gathering at Court 1
House By Delegations
From Sections Interested
Last Friday a large representaive
crowd of citizens from Wake
ar.d Johnston counties, as well as
Nash, met at the court house in Nash
ville to take up the matter of road
91 with the Nash County Commis
sioners.
The commissioners had at a former
meeting taken a stand in the "latter
of the road running on the south side
of the Norfolk-Southern Railroad,
and the meeting was held for the
purpose of ascertaining the desire of
those living along the route.
The court house was well filled at
the hour for the opening of the meet
ing.
Mr. F. P. Spruill, chairman of Nash
county board of commissioners, pre
sided.
It was agreed that each side be
given one hour to present its case to
the commissioners.
Those representing the northern
side of the railroad, and the new route
for road 91, leading out of Zebulon
on to Middlesex and Bailey, were
given a hearing first.
Witnesses, as well as resolutions
and petitions, were presented in the I
interest of the road running on the
north side.
Laww r Spruill, of Rocky Mount,
was attorney lor the northern route ;
side, while Mr. F. D. Finch, of Zebu- :
lon, was spokesman.
Petitions and resolutions were pre- j
seated by Mr. F.nch, showing the ad
vantages of the route on the north
side signed by numbers of people who
wanted this route chosen by the High
way <Commissioners.
The south side route (or the old
road) had its ending when Lawyers
Vaughan and Cooley called ior all
those in favor of the south side route
to stand up. About two-thirds of the
crowd stood up.
Many of the witnessed nv the south
ride proposition had very il msy ex
cuse-. Some stated that when the
route for the north side was firs:
spoken of, that uiey thought the
road would not reach the town of
Middlesex, but would miss is about
a mile and one-half; others thought
tha ; the swamp this side of Middle
sex could not be invaded by the road
builders; others thought that the old
route (south sale) was already popu
lated and therefore would be better.
None of the witnesses did not take
into consideration that the new route
would invade new territory and make
a larger population that would be to
the advantage of the towns which
the road would pass through. They
seemed to be contented with the
population on the old route —not look
ing for anything better in the future.
As the matter looked to the Zebu
lon delegation, it would open up new
territory, thereby giving that section
•. large population that would he a
help to build up that territory of
the country, and, too, it would save
a large sum of money by not having
to build a bridge across Little River,
ASKS 2 WEAPONS,
BIBLE & GALLOWS
They Are Only Methods Os
Checking Crime, Says
Chicago Prosecutor
With his broad Irish back to the
wall, grim visaged and determined,
Robert E. Crowe, State’s Attorney of
Cooke county, Illinois, faced Chicago’s
underworld Monday with a challenge
that rang through the Middle West.
He saked for but two weapons—
the Bible and the gallows!
Swift punishment for the guilty and
religious training for their young.
And by “their young,” Crowe
meant that great host of unfortunates
which, by heredity or environment,
came into contact with the seeds of
criminal instinct.
“I care not what religion it may
be," the crusader said. “All religion
is good; but no religion is bad. There
> too much crime if there is crime
at all. I believe this ondiv n ' :ds
The Zebulon Record
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Testimony Given For and
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Against the Road on the
North and South Side
also a few miles of road 90, which
is already being completed.
Zebulon had a large delegation on ;
hand, but they soon sow the way the
tide was going, and as a result of
the meeting the Nash county commis- j
sioners stand by the their former ac- j
tion which was taken some ago. at
a regular meeting.
As the matter now stands, the
meeting was merely a stand taken by
some of the people, but the matter
will go before the Highway Com
missioners and they will determine!
the route for road 91.
The following news story appeared ]
in the News and Observer last Sat- j
urday, dated Nashville, August 21:
Nash county board of commission- j
ers entertained delegations from all
sections of the county and other
counties interested concerning the
location of Route No. 91 of the State
highway, today. A delegation from
Middlesex and vicinity appe: red be
fore the- commissioners on July 13ih
asking them to support the route as ,
it is surveyed by the State Highway
Commission. This was done and the ;
I following resolut.on was passed:
“After hearing a large delegation
iof citizens from Middlesex and Dry
Wells Township and a petition sign
j ed by a large number of citizens from [
j town and township, in reference j
|to the proposed highway, No. 91,
j 1.-ading from the W.lson county line
| byway of Bailey and Middlesex, on
■:> the Johnston county line as set out]
! m the map of the State Highway 1
Commission and after a discussion of
. H i moti n o* Milliard
;*’. Morgan ;nd seconded by < . \Y.
Lassiter and G. L. Jones, unanimously
recommended by the board of com
r.iiss'oners of Nash county to the
State Highway Commission,
“That the present location of high
way No. ‘9l from Sims to Bailey, new
in .a y crossing railroad in Nash
S . maty about l vo and one miles west
i Y, m B.iiey byway of Middlesex, in
. .-.'ash <• un y v the Johnston count\
litie at T-ylor's Mill as on map made
| by State 11 ghway Commissioners cn
.lire in their office be retained and
J constructed as near as practicable,
this the loth day of July, 1925. F.
P. Spruill, chair m: n of board of com
nl. i'-ne.-s of Nash county. Attested
: J. I>. Buddie, secretary.”
After the above resolution was
- i passed some little feeling was creat
ed when citizens from Zebuion and
viein ty appeared before the commis
j sioners of Nash county and asked
; ihem to rescind the action taken. In
- i order for ail sides to he represented
they were sent hack and told to come
before them again today. The num
ber that appeared today asking that
the resolution be rescinded was 48
while there were near five hundred
present that wanted it to stand. Full
two hours were given to the discus
sion and after due consideration the
board voted unanimously to stand on
, the ground they hud previously taken.
j a contributing factor in the lack of
I proper home surrounding and relig
ious training.”
I
J AtVr/AT LAST SUNDAY
rVENING CAME NEAR
BEING A FATAL ONE
What came near being a fatal ac
cident, occurred last Sunday evening
about 7 o’clock on one of our prin
’ cipal streets, when young Benny Hor
| ton was knocked down by Mr. A. N.
; Jones’ car. It seems that young Hor
- ton was trying to ride his bicyle and
j hold on to the car, but in some way he
missed his hold and was thrown
i against the car in such force as to
I knock a hole in his leg, and he was
I thrown to the ground. He was pain
- fully hurt, but not seriously.
He was out on the streets Wednes
, day, using a crutch.
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OPERATION ON THROAT
i Chf.rles Hinton, son of Mr. A. S.
: Hinton, has had a very serious oper
ation on his throat, but is getting
i along nicely.
REPRESENTING FOUR COUNTIES—WAKE, JOHNSTON, NASH and FRANKLIN
ZEBULON, N. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1925
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The Wakelon School Building
WAKELON SCHOOLS WILL OPEN
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 7TH
Everything in Readiness for
Opening of One of the
Best School in County
There has been a little confusion as
to the date of th? opening of Wake
lon School. At first it was thought
that the school would open on the 31st
of August, but it was changed to
September 7th. and it was published
a few weeks ago that the d ite for
opening would be on the 7th of Sep
tember.
I : st week the Record made a mis
tak- by stating that the opening
• .-aid he on th 2nd of September.
V-.'e a-e s. rry that a “figure 2” ap- ]
joe- ned where : “figure 7” should j
have been.
It i- definitely decided that SEP
TEMBER 7TH is the opening date,
| Mid net September 2nd.
Parents have your children reedy
j -'or MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TII,
! and see to it, that every one is on j
I time.
It is a big job for the school au- j
TAX REDUCTION
IS STILL A
MYSTERY
Origin and EHect o l
Amendment to It. it. Tax
Not Yet Determined
The origin and the effect of the
amendment passed by the lJ- > Gen
eral Assembly permitting railroads
ter the fust time to deduct rentals
I paid for leased lines from their in
come tax is still undermined.
No one has risen to stand sponsor
for the amendment and the records
are insufficient to fix its origin be-
I yond showing that the amendment
; was adopted by the committee on the
whole in the House of Representa- 1
lives. The original bill, on file in the
office of the Secretary of State bears
the amendment neatly type written,
a carbon copy having been used rath
er than the first sheet of the type
written copy. The amendment is
unsigned, which would raise the pre
sumption that the amendment orgi
nated with the committee on finance
rather than with some individual
representative. However, the sheet
is torn with a jagged tear, the part
on which the signature of the intro
ducer would naturally appear being
■ g«"m
The amendment was not in the bill
jas oirered by Commissioner of Rev
enue R A. Houghton and Mr. Dough-
I ton declared a few days ago he did
• not know the section was in the bill
until he read it in the newspapers.
Representative N. A. Townsend,
i chairman of the House finance
| committee also expressed surprise
when told of the amendment Friday
i night. Mr. Townsend was in the of
fice of the Secretary of State later
and examined the engrossed copy of
1 the bili but the original copy had not
been found at the time of his visit.
O. S. Thompson, assistant commis
j -inner of Revenue, who acted as ex
pert to the committee is the only-per
son so far found who has any recol- 1
i 'ection of the discussion and consid- j
{eration of the amendment. Accord
ing to Mr. Thompson the discussion
! centered around rents on buildings
! with no mention of rents on rail
| roads.
Was Error in Paper Last
Week as to Opening—Sept,
the 7th is Right Date
thor ties—Superintendent. principal, j
and teachers —to get everything in j
shape for the opening.
The parents have a part to take j
in this matter, as they can be of
great help to the school authorities
by having their children on hand in
time.
Wakelon school is looking forward
:,o one of the best school years of the
school's existence, and the faculty of
he school have been chosen with an
| eye ; ingle to th s end.
lk>ys and gills, gel ready now, a
- u-:.lion time is about over, a-d yoa ;
must get busy with your books.
I! is Imped that e eh boy and go ! I
v. ill start out with the full determi- 1
r: tion to do his or her p: *u in studies,
'hereby co-operating with tin r l each
■-,'s in every way, that their school j
| !•;, -vo i rs ad fcr tie- session
j is being tite b s! evei held.
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m -f A V'ITTH/i VC
Congressman Pou as Chic!
Speaker, Courtly Gives
Thanks For Blessings
With, every .-.ation of the county,
represented in an audenee that
crowded every available foot of its j
n>: ghiiicent court house, Johnston;
county gathered Sundry afternoon ii;
s demn thanksgiving servire forth - ,
bounteous measure of material pros
perity that has come this year with
record breaking crop yield , giving
promise of a harvest that w 11 eclipse
I any that have been garnered in past
, years.
Nor were material things uppermost
when the throng had assembled John
ston county is now in the midst of a
remarkable revival of religion that
had its beginnings three months ago
|in the Ham-Kamsey meeting. It has
spread to the remotest parts of the
I county, and even now seven revival
services are in progress in churches
jin various parts of the county. The
! service was made into a thanksgiving
; for both material and spiritual
things.
! Congressman E. W. Pou was one of
the speakers for the evening.
RETURNS TO THEIR HOME
Mr. John P. Hunt, wife and daugh
ter, departed for their home in Ar
kansas last Monday morning. They
will he on the road five days. Their
visit was greatly enjoyed by their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Hunt, as
well as by themselves.
Mr Hunt’s furlough expires with
the month, then he will resume his
work—selling the products of Ol.ver
Chill Plow Works.
SANG SPECIAL NUMBER
AT BAPTIST CHURCH
i
1 Miss Marguerite Harrison, of Wake
Forest, sang a special number at the
Baptist c-hureh Sunday morning. Miss
Harrison has a good voice and h r
singing w;.s greatly enjoyed b, the
congregation.
ZEBULON TOBACCO MARKET OPENS SEPT. 2ND
ZEBULON TOBACCO MARKET START
SALES ON SEPTEMBER THE 2ND
Large Crop in Sight and
Zebulon is Looking For
Her Share of Weed
It is always a big time in Zebulon
on the day that the tobacco market
opens.
Every one that intends to be on
hand from the country districts with a
load of tobacco are generally up '
early in morning making preparations
for their trip to town with their ini- j
tial load and each one tries to see
if he can’t beat the other man and ,
get in on the floor first.
The warehousemen are all ready;
now ;,nd have things arranged for |
the convenience of the farmers
and will do their part to see that the ;
farmer is treated right.
Wells and Sanford, proprietors of
the Center Brick, have worked hard
o let the people know what was in
-bore for them at Zebulon when they i
mine in with their tobacco. They |
have sp; red no time or expense to
■e - that the farmers' every need will j
)r looked : fter.
Wiggs and Robertson, proprietor;
>f Wiggs warehouse, have made |
.umy improvements at their ware- ,
house for the farmers’ convenience,'
Prayer and Praise Service.-.
To Be Held The Com
bi- Week
The pa " a- wi'l s iH-.ik -u the morn
i ng hour on “Revival Pr< nitration."
j There will be no service at night, j
| i’lic pastor wid prea h at 1 'ni< a
j 'li.iii.-I a* 3 o'clock in the afternoon; I
i v, in at 7:30 at night. '! hre m• v .
; i s v. ill continue through the we. k,:
j ><>ih in the afi.-rnoon au-l at *“ght.
• Prayer and praise servi.-r.: will he]
• -.-Id each evening commencing Mo"- 1
liv at 8 o’fl<-'k tin .ugh J the week.
H’erent ei-nreh organizations will'
. ve < liar. -of the sei vv.-s as fid-:
v-,: Monday evening, The B. V. P.
T vi-dev, die .Sundry School; ;
'Ye.ha ry, th • Laracr t'k-i a; Thur:-
| lay, he \\ o. Mi.irionury S -c-iety;
-’riday, the 1> r-J < f Deacons.
These sew ces are arranged as I
j tirci.aiv.loiy for the r -viva! emme.".*
j trig on Sunday f.dlowing. \
i many of tl. ehurc-h poop! as c..a
I Will {' i U-r.d tiuse ni-.'-..-tings. Espe::;;;!- j
EASIER TO MOVE
JURY THAN TRIAL
i
North Carolina Has Law!
Similar To That in Vir
ginia For Courts
Trial of Rudolph Disse in Richmond
before a jury brought in from an
other county last week has called at
tention to the fact that North Caro
lina has a similar law to that of Vir
ginia though it is not so broad in its
provisions.
Suggestion that W. B. Cole, slayer
of W. W. Ormond, who is now in ja i ;
in Rockingham, might ask for a
change of venue when arraigned for
the killing has also served to call at
tention to the North Carolina law.
which permits a judge instead of or
dering removal of a case to another
county to impanel a jury from an ad- ;
joining county or from any county ir !
.he same judicial district .
The Virginia statute provides that j
n a criminal case “if qualified jurors,'
not exempt from carving, cannot con-!
veniently he found in the county or
corporation in which the trial is to he, j
he court may cause as many of th,-
urors as may !><■ necessary to b»
summoned from any other county ci
-orporation.”
TOBACt O BARN BURNED
—r I
Last Friday evening, just east < r
he town, a large tobacco barn war
u .roved by fire on the Kemp farm.
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REV. THEO. DAVIS TO SPEAK CN
“REVIVAL PREPARATION” SUNDAY
TH E RECORD
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All Warehouses Are About
Ready For the Sales.
Co-ops Open on Ist
and will see that the farmers are
looked after properly in every way.
The Co-op. receiving station is now
ready for receiving tobacco from the
j members of the Co-operative Associa
i tion. It is said that the Co-op. re
i ceiving station at Wendell will be
| open thrwe days in the week for the
purpose of receiving tobacco and at
the warehouse in Zebulon two days
in the week will he set apart for re
j ceiving tobacco at this warehouse. We
j failed to find out what days will be
• set apart for Zebulon.
Already some of the buyers are on
the ground ready for the Zebulon
opening, which takes place on Sep
tember the 2nd.
'1 he Co-ops. ware’ll, use v 1! open
: on September Ist, it is said.
Some of the auctioneer force is al
ready here and ready for business.
Zebulon is looking for a good to
j bacco season this year.
'1 he merchants of the town are
j looking forward for a-b y trade from
. the tobacco farm< 1 and arc pre; anal
;o treat them with every courtesy.
. These Serv? -n A-v Held
For “RroparuU' in Re
viva! Thai E. >!!?/• s
i i■ . 1 • ' • X. i Ac Air!
.in the ohoi choir ili.-in-' the series
meetinj ' tch • ervice
next week ■ » . i ■ •• h.:ve a peed
•i• •Ir "i i. :•} •■.! i.l: .. . 1 .• ing bo-
Dr. .To 1 :i i ■■ n*. < ■) '.(> pre- "lit
i.i Send? • and ■ > ■ . h ,• ' a•: :> iv-
All ’>) ■ ... uni ! •<!!.'-
iI ry are if nod to V v.l and take
i r! in . ■ I'l every it ,
’ .;.•«> of . . •nun'.ty
■ r "'\ ./I
In th. c oi. ■ • (!’ 1 1 . ■■ ii w,
! vo a pi iv lege that :.hwi!d i" highly
appreei::Te;l by eur j : • >?*!»*. Ii is an
landing man in B..ptiA . .‘.drs in
our Stall . ::d hi:; me.-. :e:» a 1 of
! ii usual in v< r in cn/sl'• :iiid deliv
ery. Tb-.-y \V( ve d .ini din Knox
ville, Tern., vvi’.'ii’ iv.* carried on a
, < .paig. ‘l>. i: < if a whole
i autaucpi ■ h and, wo
• ;.iid, carry the h< art of the Gospel.
| OTTON FIGURES
j SHOW INCREASE
i Government Report Indi
eates Improved Condition
In Nearly All States
j An increase of 424,000 hales in this
year's prospective cotton crop was
announced Tuesday by the Depart
ment of Agriculture at Washington
in its semi-monthly report, which fore
cast production at 13,000,000, eijuiva
i lent 500-pound bales. Last year's crop
! total 13,627,030.
The condition of the cotton cron
improved in the half month in all
states except South Carolina, Ala
bama and Arkansas.
The condition of the crop on Au
gust 10 was estimated at 61.0 per
cent of a normal, indicat ng an acre
fare yield of 144.1 pounds, compared
(with 65.0 per cent and 130.8 pounds
1 on August J this year, and 04.9 per
j cent on August 10 last year, when the
final yield v.as 157.4 pounds.
Drought continues in South Caro
ina, Northern Geo gia and South
Central Texas, the crop reporting
ard stated, : w'■ -mt.’l sized bolls are
i reported from those sections.
Cotton of this year's growth ginned
j prior to August 10 totalled 577,021
j runn'ng bales, court! g round as half
ha!/;, the census bureau announced
in the joint report. Last 133,901 bales
- ere ginned prior vo A.;gu- 10.