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VOLUME 2, NUMBER 7
FIVE LOSE LIFE
BY DROWNING
I
Last Week’s Death
Toll By Accident
Over A Score
Six Homicides In The
State Have Been
Noted
Homicides and drownings caused
more than half of the twenty violent
deaths in North Carolina last week as
shown by pres dispatches.
Five people lost their lives by drown
ing while another death was attribu
ted to a broken neck as a result of
diving to the bottom of a pond. None
of the drownings were reported from
the seashore where life guards are
employed to care for the bathers.
The fatalities during the week were
led by homicides as six people met
their deaths as victims of killings.
Automobile accidents took a toll
of five lives and the remaining
three violent deaths were caused by
two workmen falling from a pole and
building respectively and one man be
ing killed by lightning which struck
a church.
The past week's deaths showed a
slight increase over the previous
two weeks.
The fatalities are as follows:
Henderson—John Kingsbury a ne
gro, was slain while at work in a
field after a quarrel over some farm
work. George Sneed, a negro, is
wanted for the killing.
Greensboro —Charles C. Davis, 43,
shot himself through the right tem
ple at his home in this city. 11l
health is supposed to have brought
on the act.
Granite Falls —David Hallman, a
farmer, was instantly killed when
lightning struck St. Matthews Luther
an church near here.
Goldsboro—Dennis Singleton, 12,
was fatally injured when he dived
and violently struck the bottom in
Sasser’s Pond near Fremont.
Murphy—Cecil McClure, 17, was
shot and killed by Josh Crisp, Fed
eral prohibition officer, as he stood
in the doorway of his home.
Canton—Charles Haroldson, 27,
was instantly killed when he fell
from a pole after being accidentally
electrocuted.
Lincolnton —Miss Brunie Larmon
died in a local hospital of injuries re
ceived in an automobile wreck. Her
death was the second as a result of
the accident.
Rocky Mount —Joe Knight, a negro,
was killed when a car in which he and
five other negroes were riding turned
over on the highway near Spring
Hope.
Whiteville —Johnnie Gore, 18, ne
gro, was shot to death at a boarding
house near this town. Three negroes
are held in connection with the kill
ing.
Raleigh—Henry May, a negro, waj
shot and killed near Wendell by Lee
Alman, a road contractor. The cor
oner’s jury exonerate dAlman and
rendered a verdict of “justifiable
homicide.”
Charlotte —Lee Bumgardner, 14,
and Allen Campbell, 16, companions,
were drowned in the Catawba River
near here while they were on a fish
ing expedition with their fathers.
Gastonia—Fred Skidmore, 26, was
drowned while swimming in the Ca
tawba River near this city.
Rocky Mount—Jessies Maore, truck
driver, was instantly killed at abrade
crossing near Palmyra when his truck
was wrecked by an Atlantic Caast
Line train.
High Point—Robert Logan, 10, was
killed near Jamestown when he fell
off a truck and was run over by an
other machine passing at the time.
Rutherfordton—John Trammell, of
Greenville, S. C., was drowned in a
deep pool of the Rocky Broad River
while bathing.
Durham—A. C. Blanchard died here
in a hospital as the result of a blow
on the head which knocked him un
conscious.
Raleigh—L. D. McNabb, Jr., 28, of
Charlotte, was fatally injured when his
car was wrecked near Cary. He was
thrown against the windshield and his
windpipe was severed.
Greensboro —Willie Johnson, 25, n»-
The Zebulon Record i
REPRESENTING FOUR COUNTIES—WAKE, JOHNSTON, NASH and FRANKIJN
THE LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY SMALL TOWN COMMUNITY PAPER IN NORTH CAROLINA.
SELL YOUR TOBACCO
IN ZEBULON
Zebulon has made preparation to
handle and sell more tobacco this year
than any time in the history of the
market; with three brick warehouses
in operation and redrying plant, the
warehousemen will have ample space
to take care of this year’s crop. Ali
of the old line companies will be re
presented here and all of the leading
independent companies, which will
give Zebulon equal representation with
all markets in the state, and two of
these representatives have China and
Japan business.
The type of tobacco that will be
raised in this community this year
will be the type that will sell well,
and Zebulon is prepared to handle
five million pounds or more.
The Farmers and merchants are de
termined to co-operate and see that
tobacco sells for the highest market
price in Zebulon this year.
MOVE TO WIDEN
PAVED ROADS
Must Be Made Wider
On Account Os
Traffic
3G-Foot Highway In
adequate To Han
dle Travel
The move to widen paved highways
is well underway in many stite*. Con
tracts h*ve been ;et fc* widening por
tions of tiie paved toaj on the famous
Pacific Highway, to 30 fe :t. This
will give ample room for three lines
of moving vehicles. f
Ten years ago no one would have
dreamed of the traffic that goes over
the roads today. It is impossible to
predict what it will be 10 year shence.
If the railroads go into the motor
truck and bus business on an exten
sive scale as now seems entirely prob
able, 30-food highways will be en
tirely inadequate to handle the traf
fic. One-way roads will then be a
necessity.
Oregon has an unexcelled road sys
tem in addition to its paved trunk
highways, it is building wonderful
crushed rock macadam roads into all
sections of the state.
These roads are established on a
permanent grade. As rock is added
and packed down, it produces a base
which is almost equal to solid stone.
As traffic requirements demand it,
inis base which carries the load, can
be covered with a waterproof, shock
absorbing surface of a bituminous
character, at a minimum of expense,
thereby utilizing every dollar taxpay
ers have expended for road purposes.
LETS GO TO B. Y, 1\ U.
The Senior B. Y. P. U. mot Wednes
day night at the regular hour, but be
fore going into the prog 7ram the
Senior and Junior unions met togeth
er for prayer service and a short talk
was rendered by Rev. T. B. Davis,
pastor.
There was a larger number present
than usual, despite the rainy weather
but—when we say a larger number
than usual, we have not said very
much, for the usual number lately
has been small, considering the large
number of boys and girls in Zebulon
who ought to come out and take part
in the work of training young people
for service.
So next Wednesday night lets every
one who was there last Wednesday
night, go again, and carry someone
with us. Can’t we do this?
ELK’S NEW CHIEF
Charles H. Brakelow of Philadelphia
has just been chosen without opposi
tion, to be the new Grand Exalted
! Ruler of the Elks. This is his seventh
term as head of his local order and
he has served 3 terms as Grand Ex
alted Esquire.
gro, was fatally injured here when
I he fell from the 11th story of a new
hotel in process of construction.
Washington—William Droste, Jr.,
5, was drowned in the Pamlico River
while playing in the water with a
toy boat.
ZEBULON, N. C., FRIDAY, JULY 30,1026
GOOD CORPS OF TEACHERS
FOR WAKELON SCHOOL
OTHER SCHOOL NEWS FROM
PROFESSOR B. H. JOHNSON
Following is n list of the teachers
of the Wakelon Elementary and high
for the coming session:
Elementary School
First Grade—Miss Lucy Tnrnafv,
Wilson’s Mills, N. C.; Miss Evelyn
Speight, Charleston, S. C.
Second Grade —Miss Eloise Whit
ley, Wendell, N. C.; Mrs. F. L. Page,
Zebulon, N. C.
Third Grade—Miss Mabel Ripley,
Durham, N. C.; Miss Mattie Icard,
Hickory, N. C.
Fourth Grade—Miss Jessie Reeves,
Albemarle, N. C.; Miss Annie Mc-
Googan, Quitman, Ga.; Miss Annie
Lou Alston, Henderson, N. C.
Fifth Grade—Miss Alta Stone, Dur
bin.;, >’. C.; Miss Corinne Tucker,
Chieod, N. C.
Sixth Grade—Mrs. Nettie Harris
Bullock, Zebulon, N. C. Miss Maude
Bundy, Mt. Airy, N. C.
Seventh Grade—Mrs F. E. Bunn,
Zebulon, N. C.
High School
English—Miss Eleanor Simpson,
Durham, N. C.
Latin and French and Lady Prin
cipal—Mrs. W. K. Phillips, Zebulon,
N. C.
Science—Miss Laiin Elliott, Durham
N. C.
History—Mr. Aubrey Tilley, Bates
burg, S. C.
Mathematics—Mr. H. E. Shull, Har
risoTiburg, Va
Home Economics—Miss Louise Fra
zier, Guilford College, N. C.
Music—Miss Gracett Frazier, Guil
ford, N. C.
Music—Mrs. G. S. Barbee, Zebulon,
N. C.
Agriculture—P. H. Massey, Zebu
lon, N. C.
We shall probably need two addi
tional teachers—one for first grade,
and one for seventh grade.
We have made an earnest effort to
secure the very best teachers pos
sible. Only those with A-l recom
mendations were employed, anil we
feel that we have secured an unus
ually strong faculty for the earning
year. An earnest appeal is nude to
all patrons and pupils to help the
teachers to make the coming ye r the
best in the history of the school. It
is possible to have the very best corps
of teachers in North Carolina, and the
school not attain a high degree of
success because of a lac kof co-opera
tion on the part of all concerned. I
believe with all my heart that if all
of us—teachers, pupils, and pa-’nts—
wil make up our minds to pull togeth
er and work hard for the success of
the school, we can have one of the
THIEVES ENTER
STEDMAN STORES CO..
HERE IN ZEBULON
Wednesday night some time after
12 o’clock, thieves entered the Sted
man Store here and ransacked the
cash register which contained about
five or six dollars, they also carried
off about sl2 worth of cigarettes, as
well as a quantity of sugar.
The thieves entered one of the
south windows, by removing one pane
of glass, which is a small size, and
it is thought that the party who en
tered the window was a small boy.
The thieves left byway of the rear
door, which was opened after remov
ing the bar from the inside.
Up to this time (Thursday morn
ing) Mr. Cockrell, the manager, says
that he could not tell whether any
thing else was missing or not.
The thieves left the pane of glass
that was removed from the window
laying on a sack of feed, not having
broken it when it was removed.
The police are making investigations
and no doubt the perpetrators will be
captured.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Harper, of
Zebulon, announce the birth of a
daughter, Betty Brook at the Mary
Elizabeth Hospital.
I very best eight-months schools in the
' State.
The work on the new high school
building is moving along very satis
factorily. I have been informed that
the work on our building is progress
ing more rapidly than that of any of
the other school buildings being built
in the county. Strickland Brothers,
the contractors, have promised it to
| us by October 1, unless something un
forseen happens to delay the work.
Quite a number of pupils are tak
ing advantage of the opportunities
I that are being offered in the summer
school to receive instruction in studies
|in which they are deficient. It is
[ very commendable of them to make
| this effort to remove their conditions. |
'Stick to it, girls and boys, with the]
| determination that nothing shall pro
ven your passing this work off be-1
| fore the opening of school if you cm |
! possibly do it. If you will do this j
1 am sure that you will feel abun- j
i dantly repaid for the effort you are]
making. Other pupils who have con
ditions, if they can possibly remove
j them before the opening of school,
, will make a big mistake, I feel, if
they do not do so. Don’t forget that
j no pupil w ill be promoted with more
than one condition, and that a pupil
promoted with one condition inu.it re
move it by the end of the first quar-
I ter or go back to the grade he was
in last year in the subject on which
he was conditioned. Will it not be
a great deal easier to remove the con
dition this summer? Is it not very
probable that the studies in the grade
to which you are promoted will give
you all the work you ran do after
school opens? Pupils with net more
than two conditions or failures will
be given an opportunity s o take tests
on these subjects during the week
prior to the opening of school. These
tests wil Ibe conducted by some of
the regular teachers. No other op
portunity than these tests and the
summer school will be given condi
tioned pupils to remove their condi
tions before the opening of school. If
j it is so you can not attend the sum
mer school I suggest that you make
arrangements, at once with some com
petent teacher to give you the as
sistance that you will need in making
up your work. If you can prepare
for the tests without the aid of a
teacher will it not he a wise thing
for you to get busy at once and make
thorough preparation for the tests?'
The date of the opening of school
has not yet been decided upon. An
! nouncement of the date will be pub
j lished in the first issue of the Record
; after the time is decided upon.
I
PERSONAL VS. PUBLIC INTEREST
“Whore do I come in?” “What am
I to get out of it?” and Jther kindred
question-, cne tflen hears from people
in all walks of life when asked to
share in the burdens and responsi
bilities of life. Not long since, a man
was asked to take a part in a matter
of general concern, but refused, say
ing, “there’s nothing in it for me.”
A bpy is asked to play a game, but
refuses because he does not like the
game, although there are a dozen
other boys who do. A business man
is asked to support a measure of pub
lic interest, but refuses on the ground
that he does not see the good or need
of it and that he does not care for it
any how. And so one hear? it on
every hand from every class and con
dition. If there is no profit or ad
vantage to be gained personally, then
we are not for it regardless of the
j public interest or benefit to accure to
others.
Now if this was all, it would not
be so bad, and yet we know it is bad
enough. If the hardware man puts on
a campaign for better and more up
to-date farming machinery, the only
reason he has for doing it is that he
may sell his farming equipment. If
the newspaper man advocates and in
sists that advertising pays, then all
he is after is the pay for his ads. If
the preacher comes out strong on cer
tain questions of religion and morals,
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RUNAWAY MULE
DAMAGES FORD UAH
Monday morning a mule that had
been ‘‘hitched” to a tree at the rear
of S. G. Flowers store became excited
and broke loose from the tree. The
excited mule dashed off at a break
neck speed, making a straight head
way for the alley between Flowers
store and Kilpatrick's Furniture store.
In the alley was a car belonging to
Mr. Kilpatrick. The mule disregarded
the car, thinking he could pass over
the top of the car without difficulty.
When he made an effort to go around
the car, the space was too narrow,
and the wagon landed on the hood of
the auto, breaking the fender and
twisting one light to about 45 degrees
south. The mule was no worse for
his adventure. The repair to the car
will be the only damage that amounts
to anything.
N. C. COTTON
CROP IMPROVED
Last Year This Time
Average Was 77
Per Cent
About Hail’ As Many
Weevils As Was
Last Year
Raleigh, N. C., July 26.—The North
Carolina cotton crop improved 5 per
cent during the two weeks prior to
July 16th, due to the almost ideal
cotton growing weather during that
time. The outstanding features most
important to th e crop just now are
the good weather, good cultivation,
and the fact that the present dry con
ditions and the lateness of the crop
are holding back the emergence of
the boll weevils.
Last year at this time North Caro
lina cotton averaged 77 per cent of
a normal condition as compared with
68 per cent at present. The ncreage
under cultivation is the state is slight
ly larger than last year.
While the stand of cotton is irreg
ular, it is not appreciably worse than
last year and much improvement is
yet probable. There has been no
leaching of plant food by surplus rain
fall, and though the crop is considered
to be fifteen days late, this fact, to
gether with the past few weeks of
hot, dr yweather, is holding the weevil
damage down to a minimum of that
expected.
According to reports from cotton
farmers, there are only about one-half
as many weevils present at this date
as there were a year ago, while last
year there were about twice as many
..» Tu..; r.i s th it t’; re
about the usual number of weevils in
North Carolina at the present time.
The majority of the cotton counties
report no evidence of any weevil dam
age. Some fanners in counties along
the southern edge of the state report
the presence of the cotton hopper, but
no appreciable damage has occurred
and it is quite probable that this in
sect has been present for several
years.
CHAMP WANTS ACTION
Now that Jack Delaney has grabbed
the title crown from Paul Berlenbach’s
brow, he is out to surpass the for
mer champ’s earning power—and an
nounces that after one month of rest
he will take on challengers as fast
as promoters can line them up.
all he does it for ig because it is the
popular thing or he is seeking notor
iety. And so it goes in every com
munity and among all classes of peo
ple.
Self-interest and self-righteousness
are two qualities of modern people
that probably will take more of the
power of God to rid the world of than
any thing else. When the people of
our community learn that “no man
liveth unto himself and no man dieth
unto himself” and that each is de
pendent on all and all are dependent
on each to a great extent, we shall
, then have a different community be
! cause those who compose it will be
different. It is an eternal truth that
we must necessarily be co-workers to
gether with each other and with God.
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JOHN HENRY
WINS THE RACE
Race For Life With
A Runaway
Horse
Children Saved From
Death By Heroic
Effort
Monday evening a horse belonging
to Mr. Bennett Pearce, of Wakefield,
became excited at something in Zeb
ulon. There were two children in the
buggy which the horse was hitched
to. The horse ran down Horton street
went to the street at the next corner.
Then the horse went out the street on
by the Methodist church, then straight
way he proceeded on by Mr. Millard
Chamblee's, thence out to the Wake
field road.
Mr. A. 11. Hodge, who is salesman
for Mizelle Motor Co., saw the horse
us he r..n d. v. > H- -• •< "tree* end
knew that th ■ children’s lives v ere at
stake. He jumped into his Ford car
aril made chase, following the horse
and buggy, :.s close as possible, but
at times the horse could only se m
going over the hills, be* Mr. llodge
put r.fi th“ gas to Ins “Flivver" and
pulled tlv throttle wide open, and the
John Henry backed hi • ears, and made
a dash determined t > win over the
horse or die. The Ford won the race,
Mr. Hodge captured the horse, near
Wakelon school, taking the children
out of the buggy and landing them
safe in the arms of their parents. Mr.
Hodge was called the best man in
the world and received a number of
hugs and kisses for bis heroism, and
for the rescue of the children.
Mr. Hodge, in speaking of the chase
after the runaway horse, said: “Well,
this is another case where the Ford
won.”
When Mr. Hodge hid overtaken the
runaway horse, he did not know what
to do. He said a thousand ideas came
into his mind. He knew if he ran in
front of the horse it was sudden death
for the children, so lie jumped from
his Ford and made a dash for the
horse and succeeded in stopping him.
Mr. Hodge had on rubber boots at the
time, and in his efforts to check the
horse the rubber boots became en
tangled in the buggy wheels and just
as the horse was stopped, Mr. Hodge
fell to the ground. He did not sus
tain any injuries. The children were
not hurt.
BRAMHAM ACCEPTS
RECEIVERSHIP OF
WAREHOUSING CO.
Durham, July 26—William G. Bran
ham, well known Durham attorney,
I , i the r*? A—rskip of the
Eastern Carolina Warehousing Cor
poration, affiliated with the North
Carolina Co-operative Tobacco Grow
ers’ Association, he stated here to
day.
The State Co-operative Tobacco
Growers Association was placed in
the hands of a receivership by a
Federal Court order of Federal Judge
Isaac M. Meekins of Elizabeth City.
During the holding of Federal Court
recently in Raleigh the court ordered
the concern to go into receivership.
Mr. Mramham was appointed as on*
of the receivers.
Receivers have been appointed
throughout tl>e State for the asso
ciation. Three of the receivership*
were concerned with the leaf sub
sidiary of the association, whereas
that of Mr. Bramhant is concerned
purely with the realty holdings.
It is estimated that about 75 to
bacco warehouses are included in the
receivership proceedings of the East
ern Carolina Warehousing Corpora
tion.
MURDER STIRS OHIO
The murder of D. R. Mellet, youth
ful Canton, (O) News publisher, is
thought to have been the result of
the strenuous vice crusade he carried
on in his city. Rewards of $30,000
are offered and search for the mur
derer is nation wide.
“I don’t care nothin’ about th’ up
stairs, you beat it down t’ th’ front
gate an’ close th’ car windows,” yelled
Mrs. Ike when it commenced
t’ pour.