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VOLUME 1. NO. 31.
ZEBULON HAS
OPPORTUNITY
Will She Avail Her
self And Get
Busy
To The Editor:
The writer has just spent a week
in a North Carolina town where the
very air seems to be charged with the
spirit of growth and prosperity. The
cit.zens appear genuinely and intel
ligently interested in the good-will,
harmony and development that should
obtain their city.
Worthy leadership is carrying on
plans to keep the citizens awake to
their opportunities. 1 hey are'states
men-like in their efforts to arouse
practical appreciation for vast oppor
tunities and rare possibilities, and to
lay bare the dangers that lurk in
discord and strife.
Thriving towns are not bu’lt upon
selfishness a ms, nor carried forward
by reckless haphazard methods. Most
towns marked as “dead ’ have at
sometime been filled with promising
development sacrificed to the ill-will
resources, and short-sighted actions
of their own people..
Zebulon has opened the door of a
New Year, and stands at the thresh
old of a vast storehouse of possibili
ties. Shall we have growth and pros
perity, shall radiant prospects move
us to unselfish farsighted activity in
united efforts? Our own people
must answer. We have citizens —
capable in ability, means and respon
sibility—to take the leadersh'p in re
storing confidence sufficient to revive
our hopes of becoming a growing
community; to fill us again with the
friendly spirit of co-operation that
will move us forward. Civic pride
can be aroused. Bickering and con
troversy can be conquered. The sign
of the imes indicate a year of prog
ress. What is Zebulon goint to do
with her opportunities? Our own
people 1 rust answer. Radiant pros
pects quicken the pulse of Carolina!
What will Zebulon do?
E. H. Moser.
HEART DISEASE AGAIN
TAKES HEAVIEST TOLL
During the month of December, the
Grim Res per took a toll of 75 lives
in Raleigh.
Heart disease again led the list
with a total of twelve while pneu
monia came second with six. Still
borns and premature births account
ed for si:: each. Nine deaths were
from physical causes. Os these, two
were murdered; two kiled in auto
mobile accidents, one by suicide: one
accidentally fell down an elevator
shaft; one was poisoned; one was ac
cidentally burned; and one died from
suffocation.
The death rate was highest with
male whites, with 25; while female
whites came second with 23. Four
teen negro males and thirteen fe
males died durin gthe month.
The oldest person to be claimed by
death was a negro woman 90 years
of age, who died of sensility. A pre
maturely born negro male, who lived
five minutes, had the shortest so
journ.
THE ZEBULON CAFE
The place of the old Zebulon Case
which was operated by Mr. Dizor has
been thorughly renovated and an
up-to-date case is being run by Bray
Bros, of Winston-Salem. They have
new counter, tables and chairs. The
walls have been given a fresh coat
of paint, and the place is clean and
attractive in appearance. A first
class case is very important in any
’ town and especially so in Zebulon
where so many of our clerks and
others “drop in” for meals. We hope
these gentlemen will find the busi
ness good, and that they may remain
to help our town become on of the
best small towns in the state.*
WENDELL WINS
OVER WAKELON
Friday night the Wakelon basket
ball team fought a hard game with
the Wendell boys. They were de
feated by a few points, the score be
ing 11 and 14 in favor of Wendell.
The boys played hard for both teams.
The snow prevented a large crowd
to root for the boys, which is always
1 much encouragement.
THE ZEBULON RECORD
REPRESENTING FOUR COUNTIES—WAKE, JOHNSTON, NASH and FRANKLIN
THE LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY SMALL TOWN COMMUNITY PAPER IN NORTH CAROLINA.
SHORT COURSES
STATE COLLEGE
To Be Held Latter
Part January And
First February j
(By (’. B. William*)
Head, Department of Agronomy,
State College of Agriculture
At the North Carolina S ate Col
lege during the la*.til' part of Jan
uary and early per- of ]• eb'".i::ry.
there will be given throe 3-d y prac
tical short courses for North Carolina
farmers and others who may bo in
terested in more efficient farming, as
follows:
(1) Hay Grading Course -January
19, 20 and 21.
(2) Cotton Classing Course —Jan-
uary 20, 27 and 28.
(3) Soils and Fertilizers Course —
February 9, 10, and 11.
The short course in Hay Grading
consists of grading alfalfa, clover,,
timothy, clover and timothy hay mix
tures. This course is intended for j
producers, consumers, brokers, mer
chants and dealers. Much inferior!
hay is being shipped into North Caro
lina annually. The purpose of this
course is to make know n the United !
States official grades of hay so that
purchasers may know what they are j
buying.
The short course in Cotton Classing
is intended promarily for busy farm
ers. It will consist of actual grading
and stapling 100 bales of North Caro
lina cotton each day. The central
idea will be to familiarize those who I
attend with the factors which deter
mine grade and with the best meth
ods of handling from the field to the
gin. Cotton grades cannot be im
proved, it must be done before th%
therefore, if grades are to be im
proved, t must be done before the
coton is baled.
The grade of cotton helps to de
termne the price. A knowledge of
grade factors, courses and methods
of eliminating unfavorable factors
result in better grades. Better prices
to the farmer.
The short course in Soils and Fer
tilizers has been arranged especially
for busy farmers. In it matters of
direct practical value will be con
sidered with reference to the main
soil needs of the State and how most
economically to supply them my the
use of fertilizers and in other ways. |
Since North Carolina farmers are'
spending something like thirty-five
million dollars annually for commer- j
cial fertilizers, it will appear to be
important that users of these would \
find it to their advantage to avail j
themselves of every opportunity to
secure accurate knowledge with ref
erence to the most economical pur
chasing and use of these. To do th;s
they should know the strong and i
weak features of their different solis
and how best to handle them. It has
been planned in this course to give
information from the results of long
continued field experiments conduct
ed with different crops on various ]
soils in d fferent parts of the State, j
All of these courses will be con-1
ducted by specialists of the Depart
ment of Agronomy of the college in
their various lines. There wll be no
fees charged by the college, and there!
is no limit as to the age or experi- |
ence of those who may come to the j
college for the courses.
AT THE BAPTIST
CHURCH SUNDAY
Commencing Sunday morning, the
pastor of the Zebulon Baptist church
will preach a special sermon of not,
more than five minutes to the child
ren. So many of the children remain
over for the hour of church worship
pastor Davis believes that some part
of the service ought to give special
lecogniticn to the children. This ser
mon to the children will be immedi
ately following the first hymn and
prayer. The subject next Sunday
morning will be “the cat that had no
tail.” A picture of this cat will be
shown to the children. The lesson is
for the old as well as young.
The subect of the regular sermon
will be “All the World in all the
Word.” The public is invited to this
and all other services of the church, i
I
London may have a municipal
theatre.
ZEBULON, N. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1926
ELEMENTS OF A HEALTHY
STATE OF POLITICAL LIFE
In politics it is almost a commonplace that a
party of order or stability, and a party of progress
or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy
state of political life; until the one or the other
shall have so enlarged its mental grasp as to he a
party equally oi order anti of progress, knowing and
distinguishing what is fit to be preserved from
what ought to be swept away. Each of these modes
of thinking derives its utility from the deficiences
of the other; but u- is in a great measure the oppo
sition of the oth'w that keeps each within the limits
of reason and sanity.
—John Stuart Mill.
ANNUAL MEET
AT N. C. COLLEGE
Will Be Held April 23
to 301 h. Interest
Manifested
Greensboro, Jan. 11. The school of
! music at North Carolina college is
j just now getting ready for the big
seventh annual music meet for the
high schools of the state, which will
| take place in the aud.torium of the
college April, 23 and 24. Dr. Wad ■
R. Brown, dean of the school, has re
cently sent out announcements which
give information about the details of
i the gathering.
The interest in the meet this year
is expected to be even greater than
that of last year; howver, there was
no lagging during that last gathering
in Apr 1 of 1925. But the new music
building, now open to the visitation
of the persons who will come to the
city this April, will no doubt be a
source of attratcion to some of the
students. Then, too, knowledge of
the meet has by this time become so
widespread that it is thought the
crowd next April will be the largest
which has ever gathered for the event.
In the fifth contest staged at the
college there were 564 entries. Last
year the number jumped to 964, a
number not far from double that of
the preceding year.
The general purpose of the contest,
according to Dr. Brown, is the en
couragement of musical activity «in
I the high schools of the state by giv
j ing students and teachers the oppor
tunity to compare work and thus es
j tablish higher standards in music.
Two new features this year should
| catch the attention of those inter
i ested in the meet. One of these is
the different classification of high
schools. Hgh schools with an en
rollment of more than 500 have been
put into class “A”; those with an
| enrollment of 500 or less have been
placed into class “B”. Lust year the
number used as a basis of classifica
tion was 150. The number was
changed to bring about as much
fairness as possible in the judging of
j the work of the many groups which
j will compete. The second feature of
i the coming meet is the introduction
of an entirely new event, the com
petition- of high school bands.
Dr. Brown has the following to
say of this event in his announce
ment: “School bands in North Caro
j lina being so young and so few, it
has been decided that in the first
state band contest there will be no
division into classes; and that, when
it is deemed necessary or advisable,
grammar grades may be drawn from
to round out the high school band,
thus encouraging smaller communi
ties to exploit every possible resource
for the organization and maintenance
i of a school band.”
POSTOFITCE RFCEI RTS
SHOW INCREASE
*
Selma, Jan. B.—. According to Post
master Johnson, the receipts at the
lot*. 1 postoffice for the last quarter
of 1925 were seven hundred dollars
more than they were for the same
period in 1924. The postoffice has
recently been moved from Raeford St.
I to a new and more spacious buildding
on Anderson Street. New fixtures
have been installed in the new build
i ing and more boxes been added.
An attempt is being made to raise
grouse in New Zealand, the birds be-
I ing imported.
YEAR TO EE
YEAR BUILDING
State Making Won
derful Progress,
On Increase
Atlant, Ga., Jan.9.—Building and
construction in sixteen Southern
States for the year 1925 far eclipsed
any other year in the history of the
section. An estimated total of $910,-
603,75 is forecast for the 140 prin
cipal c ties of those States by the
survey department of (!. L. Miller
and Co., Southern investment house
dea’ing in building securities. The
gain over 1924, when the total was
$632,008,980, is given as 45.5 per cent.
This estimate for the principal
c ties indicates a South-wide building
program of at least one and a quar
ter billion for the year, which is
more than a quarter of a billion in
excess of 1924 figures.
The feature of the survey is the
marvelous leap made by the Florida
figures. Forty of the municipalities
of that State, where statistes are
obtainable, registered $302,507,538, to
$87,624,417 for the previous year.
While Florida’s gain contributed larg
!y to that of the entire South, it is
noted that other States gained more
than fifteen per cent during the year.
The closing month of the year
showed construction going forward
at the same record-breaking pace,
which indicates that the huge sched
ules for 1925 will be carried into
1926. The month of December not
only gained forty per cent over the
same month in 1924, hut bettered the
November record of 1925 by 25 per
cent.
Miami and Houston were again
battling for honors at the top of the
list for the month, duplicating their
-feat of October, when both made
high records for the year. Their ex
ceptional month’s record was suf
ficient to place them in first and
second position for the year among
cities of the farther South.
REV. S. W. OLDHAM
SPEAKS TO JUNIORS
Last Sunday was a big day with
the Junior Order at Wendell. Coun
cil No. 200 had a special treat at the
Baptist church at Wendell where they
assembled to hear Rev. S. W. Oldham
preach a sermon to the members of
the order.
Notwithstanding the inclement
weather somethng like 40 members
were present.
Rev. Oldham’s text was from Mat
:hew 22: 20-22; “Render unto Caesar
ihe things that are Caesar’s, and unto
God the things that are God’s.”
The Junior order lodge at Wendell
s a flourishing lodge, and it is said
to have about 200 members.
Many of the old Zebulon lodge of
Juniors have their membership in the
Wendell lodge. Those that attended
services from Zebulon enjoyed it im
mensely.
WEEK OF PRAYER
The Woman’s Missionary Society
'■f the Baptist church is holding a
“week of prayer,” through the pres
ent week. The services Wednesday
night was with the regular mid
week prayer meeting at the church.
Thursday night they met at the home
of Mrs. C. M. Bunn and tonight (Fri
day) they hold the last services at
the home of Mrs. R. M. Sanford. The
subject will be: Argentina, Brazil
and Mexico. Mrs. W. H. Strickland
will lead the services.
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LAST WEEK IN
SUPERIOR COURT
Sentences And Fines
Imposed on Those
Convicted
11 With life’s prospects wrecked and
1 1 ruined in the grand smash, Robert
, f owler appeared before Judge M. V.
Hunihill in Wake Superior Court Sat
; urday. Solicitor Evans prayed judge-
H merit on the former sentence and took
1 1 a nol pros to other charges.
,; Judge Barnhill imp: ■■ d a sentence
I, of from three ;o five years upon John
Pr Imer, negro, convicted of man
! | slaught• r for killing Tony Christmas
; and Pe.wve Mcßae, whose gun i said
; to have done the killing, was given
I j three months on the roads for c.irrv
| ing conceal ’d weapons.
Matthew Marconi, convicted of a
j charge of hav ng carnal knowledge
| of a child under 16 years of age, was
; given a term of from one to three
years in the State Prison.
Walter Williams, negro, charged
wtih murder, through his attorneys,
entered a plea of mental incapacity
and was allowed to have a formal plea
of not guilty entered also. The ease
was continued until another term.
The jury recommended mercy for
Maud Johnson, colored, charged with
running a disorderly house, and judg
ment was suspended upon payment of
the costs.
Or s Harris, negro, was found not
i guilty of a charge of putting two
I hogs in a neighbor’s barn. The jury
| acquitted the negro upon the theory
that he did not cause the hogs to
enter the barn.
Lot Yates, negro, convicted of hit
ting his,wife, was let off with the
costs.
The father of Percy Pendleton, a
negro youth, convicted of stealing an
automobile tire, appeared in court
Saturday and asked that the boy be
given a road sentence instead of a
fine of $25 and the costs; The fath
er said the boy was inclined to be
wayward and he wanted him taught
a lesson. Upon his request, Judge
Barnhill imposed a sentence of four
months on the roads.
SHORT COURSES IN AGRICUL
TURE AT WAKELON SCHOOL
JANUARY 18
(P. H. Massey, Teacher of Agricul
ture)
All who are interested in a short
course of agriculture please meet
with me at Wakelon School Monday,
I January 18, 7:30 p. m. Thu course
! will probi bly be on poultry or hogs.
Will he glad to have any one who is
interested.
Come out and let’s make the class j
| a success.
■ 1 11
NEW QUARTERS FOR
POST OFFICE SOON
The local Postmaster hopes to be j
jin new quarters by February 1, 1926. i
There has been an increase of over ,
80 per cent in the quarter ending, ;
December 31, 1925, over quarter end
ng, December 31, 1924. This office!
while still of the third class, is mak- j
ing rapid progress toward a higher j
class—and within the next two years,
the advancement is expected to come.
During the quarter ending Decem
ber 31, 1925 this office sold $17,-
178.00 worth of money orders. The
citizens of our town ought to strive
to keep so much of this money from
going out of our town.
LITERATURE AND MUSIC
DEPARTMENT W ILL MEET
Literature and Music Department
wi l meet with Mrs. F. E. Bunn the
last Tuesday of January. This will
be a most enteresting meet ng and
hope to have a good attendance. Mrs.!
Hall, chairman of the music depart
! rnent has at each of our meetings j
i given us something that we have car- ;
I lied home with us and stored on our
1 memory shelves, a greater apprecia*
lion for composers and their wonder
: ful works.
Mrs. W. K. Phillips will have in
| charge the literautre program for
the month. Th e subject will be “The
1 Quare Women,” by Lucy Freeman.
Please bring all last year's club
' books to this meeting. Remember
the time 3:30.
C. F.
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STATE PRISON
MAKES RECORD
One Os The Best
Crops For Many
Past Seasons
Raleigh, J;.n. 9. Record-breaking
cotton crop and big: st population
in state prison history marked the
j annual report of ti c state prison
board today in a sit ing filled with
routine but dashew with interest
nevertheless.
The state is feeding 1,415 prisoners
ns of January I, 1926. Os these ire
' 262 able bodied men who are avail
able for any hard v rk. The cotton
•rop is 2,500 bales, .he cash deficit
is, approximately $240,000 for the
I year. Bta the cot ion has not been
in: rl i fed and when it i. sold it would
ecm that 2,500 hale- v 11 easily wipe
j out (he debt for the year.
The board was expected to do some
: thing in the case of Basil Hedge
cock, High Point Banker, who mixed
up his last week with booze and was
flung from high grade A to low
grade C.
Unless the directors intervene, the
financier of the Caledonia farm is
good for another two years or so.
Hedgecock, who is a f:ne accountant,
most too fine for his own good, has
been a very useful man at the Hali
fax farm, but he lias been returned
to Raleigh, and he is now a dis
franchised c tizen of the central in
stitution. Aforetime he was a sort
of out of doors ambassador, going
back and forth, mostly forth. Par
don Commissioner Rink won’t help
him to regain his lost paradise.
Jr. tr.es A. lieaK, ot Wadesboro, as
chairman of the board of directors
of the state’s prison, issued the fol
lowing statement:
“The board of directors of the
state’s prison held its regular month
ly meeting at thte prison at Raleigh.
“Besides routine matters the board
received a report on the population
j of the prison for the calendar year
1925. It showed an increase of 189
convicts for the year, the prison hav
ing a total population on January
1, 1926, of 1,415 prisoners. During
the year 59 convicts made escape
from the various points of confine
ment. Os these 46 were recaptured.
There were eight deaths from natur
al causes, which the board considers
a fine record. Three prisoners were
killed attempting to escape. In each
nstance the board made a person
al investigation and a coroner’s jury
exonerated the guards. One prisoner
! died of exposure after escape.
“The farm committees reported a
i yield of more than 2,500 bales of
! cotton, w hich is a record production
, for the prison, so far as available
records disclose.”
j “The board took up for final con-
I sideration the r placing of the prison
! cotton from the 1925 crop and the
; 1926 crop in the Cotton Growers as
\ sociation. The decision of the board
j was that they would not join the as
j sociation.
“The board advised of an average
monthly cash deficiency for the year
!of approximately $20,000. However,
the cotton has not yet been marketed.
“The board further advises the
public In general that there are now
202 able bodied convicts available for
construction of highways or other
public construction work, for which
!he superintendent and the board are
unable to obtain work. This large
number of die prisoners together with
the large number who are physically
unfit const.tute an enormous drain
! on the treasury of the prison.
Bids were awarded for ma
terials and supplies to be used in the
new convict dormitory at Caledonia
farm. The following were low bid
ders and will be awarded contracts
if approved by the budget bureau:
“Plumbing—Weldon Sheet Metal
works.
“Jail work Pauly Jail company.
• “Cement—E. T .Bulard.
“L me—E. Dillon Sons.
“Miscellaneous iron—Dewey Bros.
Roofing—Waters brothers.
“Brick—Nash Brick company.
“All members of the board were
present and expresesd satisfaction
with the prison affairs in general.”
I
An electrical wringer that can be
easily mpved to any part of the
! house has been invented.