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THE RECORD is Your Paper—Are You its Friend? IVOLUME I. NO. 17 INJURIES PROVE FATAL FROM AUTO ACCIDENT jj Child’s Skull Fractur ed When Auto Turns Over; Sever! Oth- I erslnjured I Lest Sunday morning Mr. and Mrs. G. A Gallagher, and three children, R: die and a smaM boy, and IfEMr.s. Gallagher, mother of Mr. Gal k, jagher, left Durham early in the mor | aing to visit relatives in Nash county. ” {A bout 10 o’clock, when the part'. 9 was between Wakefield and Pearce’s 1 nfnrd. in some wav the car was . ver «turned, pinning the entire par y un • Ih. Mr. Gallagher wa. caught HtfAhe steering whe 1 as the car wi lover hnd t’;p wheel lodged on his Abreast with the weight of the car on "him. The baby boy was caught near (where the father was, and its skull I crushed. Just about the lime the I c'dent occured the bus from Rocky (Mount came along. Passengers and ’driver, on the bus rendered all aid poswb’u for those in the accident. I All members of the party, except Mr. Galla.ghar were brought to Zeb ulcn rnd given first aid theatment by Dr. Barbee of Zehulon, and all as- Isistr.nce rendered that could he done. 5 Dr. Flowers hurried to the scene sos the accident, where he did all he * could for Mr. Gallagher. I. Later in the day all parties in the f ace dent were carried to Rex hospital in Raleigh. rs- Mr. Ga’lagher was reported some better whe iihe arrived at Raleigh, but when removed from under the I every one thought he was about >hert, the year-and-half old baby, his skull crushed and was in a g condition when in Zebulon, and • reports say he died at the hos rr. G. A. Gallagher sustained a tured knee. Mrs. Gallagher, moth s Mr. Gallagher, received an in to one wrist. ’Saddle, 8-year-old suffered a fracture of her left r bone. te 10-year-old boy was less hurt any of the party, was a sad affair and the entire inunity sympathizes with them onday’s News and Observer car the following stroy: »bert, the twenty-one-months-old of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Gallagher, lurham, was fatally injured and and Mrs. Gallagher and other, bers of the family were injured ' i their automobile over-turned i Sunday morning at 10 o’clock j een Wakefield and Pearce’s iroads. ie injured members of the party given first aid treatment at the e of Drs. Barbee and Flowers at lon and then were brought to Hospital. The child died there !:25 p. m. Sunday. His skull was ured, right arm broken and he sustained internal injuries, ddie Gallagher, 8 years old, suf- I a fracture of the left collar . Mr. Gallagher had a fractured cap and severe bruises. Mrs. tgher’s mother sustained an in to one of her wrists, either a in or a fracture, it had not been ’mined which when the family the hospital. \ Gallagher was rendered un ;ious and it was at first thought he was seriously injured. How he rallied rapidly and was found to have sustained any injuries ipertanee. Two of the fonrchil in the car were uninjured. The r had started to Nash county to; relatives. Rowing the death of the child 1 >ody was taken to Durham, ac-1 anted by th« other members of amily. DEATH OF B. O. CONE i .. i ■ Tuesday evening our fellow sman, B. 0. Cone, died at his >, of paralysis after a long ill- He had not had the use of one of his body for simetime, not r able to walk except with great :ulty. He was stricken on the and remained unconscious till leath. He was burled at hie iome in Nash county near Sa » Baptist church Wednesday af >on. TTie service was conducted is pastor, Rev. Theo. B. Davis, ;he Junior Order of which he wasj imber. ’. Cone joined the Samaria Bap hurch in early life, and later ne an active church worker. He a progressive farmer for many i and a promoter of commun.ty ?dueational affairs. Through re ig his disadvantage of being un ited, he determined to educate hildren and moved to Zebulon for purpose. He made many sacra to this end. i is survived by one sister, Miss • Cone, of Zebulon, three daugh- Alma, Bettie Belle, and Ruth; i hree eons, Paul. Wilton end Her- i A good, quiet men, a faith ether has passed to b‘s reward, THE ZEBULON RECORD Walter Main’s Shows Here October 19th The b llboards and dead walls ! about the city are announcing that I the famous Walter L. Main Shows are to visit Zebulon, Monday October 19. Great interest attaches to the event, particularly so because the big show is one of the few tented ex hibitions offering an array of trained wild animals. The Walter L. Main Shows for nearly half a century, to be exact, 46 years, have stood at the top among the high-class shows. | Beginning as a small wagon show', each year has seen a steady growth i Until today the mere announcement of the appearance of the Walter L. Main Shows is synonymous with the fact that the patrons will see a clean, high-class entertainment, free from objectional features, embodying ail a'l that is great and entertaining in the realm of the “white tops.” A special tra n of double length 1 lilroad cars will bring the big show here. The hi," show represents an dll are of more than There :re upwards . f 700 men, wo men and horses with the show; al ums’; ten acres of tents; a herd of < ■; hi nts; a carcan of camels; one oi the most interesting travi ling mena geiies; jive bunds of music, scores of curiosities and odd tier, from the : four corners c-f the world. There will be two performances at 2 and 8 p. in., the doors opening at 1 and 7 p. m. A concert of popular and operatic music will be given by Prof. John Griffin’s military hand an hour preceding each performance. An immense street parade will he seen on the down-town streets at noon on show day. ROAD LOAN BOOKS CLOSE SATURDAY Saturday is the last day for regis tration for the county good roads j election which will be held October 20. A'though the law states that the I registration books shall be open five i Saturdays previous to the elect on, | the last Saturday is challenge day, i and no for registration, hence the I books v ill close for registration Sat | urday, October 10, and will be open i only for challenge Saturday, October 17, preceding the election. Making Good Roiids for State of « North Carolina . Rapidly increasing traffic on the State Highway System of North Carolina has made the maintenance of soil roads a problem on which con siderable study has been given by engineers of the Highway Commis sion. A partial solution has been found by giving an oil or tar treat ment to these roads. So far between two and three hundred miles of soil road have been treated and are giving very satisfactory results. The present program plans for the treat ment of six hundred miles of soil roads in various sections of the State and under widely varying conditions. The present system of treatment is the outgrowth of experiments which have been carried out on Long Island for the past eight or ten years, the only difference being that has been found necessary in North Caro lina, due to soil conditions to use tar and special asphalt mixtures in stead of the oil. The treatment is being applied at very low cost and results in a sur face which is smooth, dustless and which is skid proff in wet weather. Examples of the treatment may be seem between Sanford arid Carthage, Raleigh and Lillington, and between Fayetteville and Elizabethtown. SEVENTY-FIVE MILES OF PAVE MENT LAID IN SEPTEMBER Figures complies in the Construc tion Department of the State High way Commission show that 75.85 miles of paving were laid during Sep tember. This does not quite equal the mileage laid in August when 54.28 miles were laid. The pavement laid laat month was divided as fol lows: Concrete paving 40.21 miles; eoncrete base course 15.82 miles; as phaltic concrete surfacing 12.48 miles; sand asphaltip 7.04 miles. In Sep tember, 1924, 43.66 miles were laid as follows; concrete paving 19 miles; concrete base course 7.0 miles; as phaltic concrete surfacing 3.45 miles; sand asphalt 14.21 miles. OVER 200 MILES TO BE LET OCTOBER 13, 1925 Bids will be opened on 207.65 miles of road work on next Tuesday at the offices of the State Highway Com-y mission in Ralegh. Proposals for'; paving 118.21 miles end for grading; 89.44 miles will be opened on that da to. Bids aro asked on • number of important links of the State High- REPRESENTING FOUR COUNTIES—WAKE, JOHNSTON, NASH and FRANKLIN ZEBULON, N. C„ FRIDAY, OCT. 9, 1925 BEST MEETING EVER HELD Parent-Teacher As sedation Met Last luesday I The regular meeting of the Parent | Teacher Association was held on Tuesday afternoon in the school au ; ditorium at 3:30 o’clock. The meet ; Ing wr s called to order by the Pres ident, Mrs. J. J. Whitlock, and the following program was enjoyed: So.ng . America, i Prayer. Rev. T. B. Davis. Vocal Solo, Mrs. Dennis Arnold.! Drama! cation of the “Three Bears.” First Grade Children. “Things T Wish Te: chers Would Not Do.” Mrs. T. B. Da via. * “Th ngs I Wish Parents Would Not Do,” Miss Annie Futrell. “Whet We Have Accomplished.” Prof. B. H. Johnson. Thi s very enthusing program was decidedly the best we haw had in a ! ;tii s, rhe talks by M rs. I a p.rd M' - Futrel 1 were followed by i di:-en ion of both siije:; of the ques tion. V e feel now that both parents i and teachers know more clearly wluvt j is expected of each by the other. T< achers know that they are ox necied at all times to look as well as possible; that more frlndlincss { i would be appreciated; that they i would comment the good instead of | the bad in town, and i hove all that i they are not always being criticized I by parents. On the other hahd, the parents know that the teachers would like for them to co-operate in seeing that their children have proper conditions for home study; that the teachers do not like adverse crit.cism; that ter ch ers cannot be expected to promote children on work done by parents— a child must complete the work in one grade before he can expect to be promoted to the next higher grade. Following the program was the business meeting. New officers were elected as follows: President, Mrs. W. K. Phillips. Vice Pres. Mrs. P. H. Massey. Sec. Treasury, Miss. Isla B. Davis. Health Chairman, Mrs. G. S. Barbee. Welfare, Mrs. J. G. Kemp, j C vics, Mrs. E. C. Daniel j Education, Mrs. B. H. Johnson. After a short talk by the new president, it was voted that the dues I be 50 cents per year for regular mem-1 bers and 10 cents for associate mem- i bers. Directly after adjournment refresh ments were served in the Domestic Science department. If you were absent you missed a good meeting, so be sure to remember that the next one will be held at the same place on November 3rd. PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION The Parent-Teacher Association held its monthly meeting at the school building Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. A large number of mothers were present and a few fathers. A fine child’s program was given by Miss Turnage’s primary grade. Mrs. Arnold sang a very entertaining song. The chief feature of the meeting proper was a discussion of “Some Things Mothers Would Like for Tea chers Not to Do,” led by Mrs. Theo. B. Davis, and “Some Things Teach ers Would Like for Mothers Not to Do,” led by Miss Futrell. This was followed by a round table discussion so interesting that the President had to close it for the business part of the meeting. • Prof. Johnson said this was the best meeting of the Association yet held. While this organiation is for •11 parents, At seems the fathers have not yet found out they are eligible. A membership fee of 10 cents for Associated members and B 0 cents for Active members was agreed upon. It is the most important tie between the school and the home, and should be made a great factor in bringing the teachers and parents closer to each other in their mutual interests and thus make our school a more effi cient and successful factor in the ed ucation of our children. Let’s see if the three or four fathers present at this meeting may not multiply ten fold by the next meeting wh:ch will be in November. A FATHER WHO HAPPENED TO BE PRESENT. CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY Little Miss Edna Earle Sexton cel ebrated her seventh birthday Monday afternoon from 4 to G. About thirty-five of her friends and class mates were there. The living room was decorated with beautiful flowers. After an hour of games the guests were invited into the dining room where ice cream and cake was served. The dining room was decorated in a color scheme of pink and blue. The center piece was a birthday cake decorated with seven pink candles in holders. Edna Earle received many beauti- j ful gifta. At 6:00 the guest bade , TO AWARD MOST USEFUL CITIZEN New Feature to be For Armistice Day in Raleigh In connection with the Armistic I Day program being put on this ye:.r by the Raleigh Post of the American Legion, plans are being made to name each year and present with a suitable award, the man voted to have | done the most useful service to R 1- : o’gh during that year. The practice j will’ be instituted this year. Henry L. Stevens of Warsaw, new 1 State commander of the Legion, has j J b secured for the speaker of the; I occasion, according to Captain A. L I Fleichc r, chairman’ of the general ' committee, of the R; leigh Post. The usual barbecue for ex-service 1 men of the country w 11 be held th; | tear at the fair grounds. A much ; larger crowd is expected than has | ever at:ench-d before. Mr. Fl-fvh-r | stated that each year about four hun- I dred new men attend >d the barbecue | and th< e should not he Ic'-s than ; two thousand there this year. Th ! VVuko county board of commissioners ; j has v Ted S’!00 for the barbecue and it ; | is understood that the city will ap- l proprinte a similar sum. The parade this year will include! ’the State College band, the 120th; infantry hand and the Raleigh h gh ! school hand. Both the junior and | | : enior high schools will take part in . ! the march. It is not expected that [ •he State College military unit can be secured as Armistice Day is a general holiday at that institution. —News and Obsorver. Proposes Continuing of Wyatt Case A proposal to change the term of i court beginning October 26 to a mixed term in order that the Wyatt case may be tried then is expected to be made at a meet ng of the Wake coun i ty Bar Association which will be held i this morning to rearrange the calen ! dar for this week’s civil term. No ! court will be held Monday on account of the call of this district ir. the Su preme Court. Solicitor Evans stated Monday that defense attorneys have proposed a further continuance of the Wyatt case wh ch is now set for Tuesday, Octo ber 13 but that he will vigorously oppose any further continuance of the case, which has already gone over three times. “I like to attend the Fair as much as anybody but the case has been continued often enough and ought to be tried” declared the solicitor. The Wyatt case was continued in June and July because of highly tech nical defects in two separate bills of indictment and a third continuance was necessary in September because of the fatal illness of Armstead Jones, of defense counsel. Rearrangement of the calender this week was made necessary be cause of the absence of Douglass and Douglas and Pou and Pou, who are engaged in the Cole trial at Rock ingham. Beth firms had a number of cases on the calendar for this week. ZEBULON A FINE COTTON MARKET This fall has been an ideal one for the farmers to gather their cot ton. The dry hot days pf September and the firot few days of October, has caused nearly all the cotton to open. Those that have been fortu nate enough to get cotton pickers have about picked all that is now open. The cotton market in Zebulon has been good, prices running about 22 to 23 cents for the season so far. Tha number of bales shipped this season up to iast Monday was some thing like 2,600. This does not in clude the Co-op. cotton, but it is said would run in the neighborhood of 78 bales or more. It is said that the Co-op. advance on cotton for 800 pound bales is approximately $75.00. *THE FLAPPER GRANDMOTHER” “The Flapper Grandmother” was presented at the Wakelon school au ditorium last Friday night to a crowded house. The play was under the auspices of the Zebulon Woman’s Club and com posed of home talent. Everyone enjoyed the show, and the large au dience showed their appreciation. The Woman’s Club deserves much credit for putting on a show like the “Flapper Grandmother." MOVED TO ROXBORO The family of Mr. B. T. Nobles, who has resided in Zebulon forth« last few caoatha. moved to Roxhnrn PRICE: O.ie Year, $1.50; Single Copies, 00. Two Negroes Killed Within 24 Honrs Apart in County Two homicides within twelve hours all those involved be ng negros, oc cured in Wake county Saturday. Andrew Christmas, 55, a negro liv j ing on the Clayton road half a mile • from the Johnston county line, was I shot and killed about four o'clock j Saturday morning by John Palmer, his neighbor. Saturday afternoon Josh Mitchell killed his brother, Troy Mitchell near Rolesville. Palmer is |in Wake county jail, held without \ bond. Mitchell was liberated by the ! coroner’s jury which found that he j shot in self defense. John Palmer, Percy McCoy, Char lie May, and Anther Griffin had been io Raleigh to see the evening per formance of c iyus and were re turning to Palmer's home where the killing took place. As the car in { ; which the four negros were riding i stopped m front of the house, Christ- ; mas was seen, bare-footed and in his i hirt ivves, pro • ling ah >ut the rear ! of premises. The men got out of the 1 nr a 1 started into the yard, and Christ nas, who none of the men re-' ! eogn beg in to walk away. Pal-1 :ner ... Fed to him to ;' ■ j>, but he did j (not herd the v.-ruing and started! jf am the yard into a cotton field ad joining. “If he don’t stop, I’ll make! make him s*o,’’ stated Palmer as he ! took a pistol from McCoy and fin d 'at the negro. Christmas fell, the i J bullet having struck him in the back, |of the herd. When the four approached the wounded negro they recognized him land immediately placed him in an automibile and carried him to Clay tion to get medical aid for him. There ; the police heard of the shooting and j placed Palmer under arrest. Th” ; •hree other negros then brought Christm; s back to Raleigh to ,St. Agnes’ Hospital, hut he died before i arriving. Palmer was brought to Raleigh and | placed in the county jail. McCoy and I May were a’so placed in jail, until j investigations can be made. It is not known what Christmas j was doing prowling about Palmer’s home. The two men were neighbors and knew each other intimately. Work of the Supreme Court. With Wake county sending up only six cases and Franklin county, which usually has that many, only one, the North Carolina Supreme court will this week have an usually light cal endar. Appeals from the seventh district will he called this morning and with the calendar containing only nine cases. Including two specially set, the call will probably be concluded tomorrow. The only two criminal appeals are prostitution cases brought up from Wake county. In one of the N. C. Richardson, a white man of St. Mary’s township, was given 20 months on the road by Judge Frank A. Daniels for prostitution with a negro woman. In the other case, Judge Albion Dunn increased from one month to four months the sentence imposed in the city court of Raleigh upon Laura Jackson, white woman living in East Raleigh, who was convicted upon a testimony to the effect that the house had a bad reputation. The calendar for the week follows: Seventh District Appeals State vs. Richardson. State vs. Jackson. Wood vs. Alcocke (Franklin). Fleming vs. Holleman. Gardener vs. Waring. Harris vs. S. A. L. Ry. Trust Co. vs. Trust Co. Specially Set. Turner vs. Grain Co., et als. Cotter Underwood Co., vs. Wise. REMARKABLE GAIN IN REVENUE ON TOBACCO Continued heavy receipts from the sale of tobaeco revenue tamps has given the office of Gilliam Grissom, collector of internal revenue for the district of North Carolina, at Raleigh, a record which the collector considers a remarkable one. For the first quarted of the fiscal year, or the period from July 1 to October 1, the office collected $41,- 581,33.91 in 1924, wh le for the same period in 1925 it collected $48,152,- 780.65, or a gain of $6,500,000. If this ratio is maintained for the rest of the year, it will mean an in crease of $25,000,000 for the year instead of an increase of $9,000,000 last year, which was considered re markable in view of the decreases in Federal taxes. Last year the of fice collected a total of $167,000,000. During September this year collet tions amounted to $18,152,700.65, as compared with $15,932,896.34 for the same month last year. WORLD S SERIES dMHHHltaiftiiMHft TH E RECOKD ! Will Print Your Community News THE EASTERN WAKE FAIR WAS SUCCESS Good Crowds an d I Splendid Showing of Exhibits The Eastern Wake County Fa!” was held in Wendell last Friday and Sautrday, the 2nd and 3rd u () c t. We did not have the opportt! ic\ of attending, but have been ini. ■* a! hy I who went fr >m our comm its that it was probably v • i i age, even better uian tha la t year. New features have hi -a ed iti ihe fine poultry ex ! ' 1 ; ! dos show. Our local high school, we understand, !. ti ; poultry shew. Tha agrrulru w ex hibit wi b good, better th that of last year, which i-'i'c.it;v-> o! the 1> : - tar crop till year, ihaa by ••;;:! ■ > f ,: i l to make ti .a p„ri <■' ip.* fur bf v er. A’, ong the r-j - ill <■••' . , > would mention a fine la! . < : J ."trained he,., y in <• n ai j i,.* put up by D. l). i niailde e ii-rn i ure display b, the V. • f,nn of Mattocks, ii] ■ v • exhibit than many of thos i Ral eigh firms at th St iti r.Fir. (in ( 1 v-hocl the Fair wr:, verv v.r•<• coo ng th< fa t tha o 1 ration was made by m ny b V . a 1 the comparatively small number who took part. We believe this fair is ;> e th ng 'J Eastern Wake and that every citizen and organiznti n should co operate rs far as possible in making it a success. We unde".;tanil that last year Wendell faded to co-npcrate as it might with Zebulon in . • d- ng the fair a success, and we regret to say that Zebulon <-v n failed to measure up to Wendell’s e, f. rt - Ir sh year. This should not be the case. A hearty co-operation between these two sister towns will help both towns, when a failure to do so will in the long run hurt both. Our interests are mutual, and though neith r ran hope to become a city, yet each may become a better progressive small town. So let our people beg n right now to plan for the best f; ir yet next year. Let us show the right spirit in every way towards Wendell and then whether it joins in with us and co-operates ful'y with us next year or not, let us try when their “turn” comes, to put on the very best exhibits possible, and also attend and patronize the fair in every way. In this connection we would like to say the way we believe our fair tould be made a success is to begin right now plannning for the 1925 fair. Save everything creditable you make or grow for the fair. Let farmers, school folki, home everybody, keep the fair in mind as we make and do and hake. One l&dy suggests that there be a garden exhibit next year showing what can be grown in variety and quality in home gardens, and that the fa r au thorities offer prizes for the best ex hibit. If our people only knew it, the garden is right along side poul try in keep down home expenses; in fact, we believe nothing else helps out quite so xiuch as a good garden. Years ag« we had a small garden of a fourth acre or less in a town in the Piedmont, and for three or more months our family sold enough veg tables to buy all the meat, milk and flour they needed. Let all our people begin now planning for the b ggest, best and most satisfactory fair we have ever had in Eastern Wake. SPLENDID RECORD FOR COTTON PICKING Miss Muriel Bailey, on Zebulon R. 2, is making a record this year for picking cotton. It is said that Miss Bailey picks from 207 to 250 pounds per day. The older cotton pickers have to take a back seat when Miss Bailey starts on the long rows where the fleecy staples is hanging snowy white, ready to be gathered by the small fingers of Miss Bailey. Her record is a good one and no doubt they may envy her because they can’t do quite so well. Miss Bailey is only 12 years of age. ANOTHER TOUNG COTTON PICK HR MAKING RECORD Miss Catherine Price, the 6-year-o'i daughter of B. M. Price, comes to the front and makes claim to ha a “real cotton picker.” Though yvung in tge, she goes ai her work as a veteran of th-* old cotton picking type. She has a record of 86 to 10$ pounds, and has been averaging fcUis amount for nearly all the season. This is a example for many of us who are much older, and shows what the smj.ll child can do on the farm, NOfE OF THANKS We wish to thank the people of Zebulon and community for thatr