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THE RECORD is Y< ur Paper—Are Y<u its Friend? VOLUME 2, NUMBER 9 J. H. WILLIAMS DIES AT BEACH Taking Early Morn ing Plunge In The Surf Heart Failure Was Immediate Cause Os His Death Early Tuesday morning word came to Zebulon that “Buddy” Williams, the well known rural carrier, was drowned at Fort Fisher at an early hour, hour. However, another report stated that he with other parties, were just start ing in the surf, and Mr. Williams had not gone very far before his friends noticed him in a peculiar position floating on his face, and not even moving a muscle. The friends at once observed that something was wrong, and reaching Mr. Williams they saw he was unconscious. It is said that they pulled the body from the water and summoned help, and also secured a doctor, but it is said that he had died immediately after having heart attack, and the real cause of his death was heart failure. Another story was to the effect that he was standing on a pier and was seized by heart attack and fell over board. This story proved to be un true. It is stated that at an early hour on Tuesday morning Mr. Williams, accompanied by several other parties were in the surf, and while Mr. Wil liams seemed in the best spirits and enjoying the mornnig bath, was seized all at once by an attack of haart trouble, and without a word of com plaint fell face forward and began to float, being perfectfully unconscious and was dead before he was taken from the water. Mr. Williams was known as “Buddy” Williams by all his acquaintances. His initials were J. H. Williams, and he leaves five brothers, two of them liv ing in this city, and three sisters. The funeral services were held from the Baptist church Wednesday eve ning, and was attended by the lragest number of friends ever seen in Zeb ulon. It was said that there were three times more people present than could get in the church. The secret orders that took part in the ceremony were, Masons, Shrin ers, Juniors, and K. K. K’s.. The ser vices were very impressive. Those of the immediate family who survive Mr. Williams are five broth ers: Messrs Oscar, Sherwood Williams of Zebulon; Bennie Williams, of Sal isbury; Fred Williams of Raleigh; Jerome Williams, of near Pilot and three sisters: Mrs. Edward Moody, Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Wiley Perry. The entire town and community was shocked when the news was spread over the town that “Buddy” Williams was dead near Fort Fisher. Mr. Williams, with other friends left Zebulon Sunday morning to spend a few days on the Beach. He was in the best of health, and no one thought that he was suffering from anything that would cause his death to come so sudden. Mr. Williams has carried mail in this section for several years, and be fore he came here he was carrier out of Spring Hope. He was one of thq most popular rural men anywhere in the country, and was widely known and loved and respected by all who knew him. He was about 52 years of age, and was secretary of the Baptist Sunday school of Zebulon; also a member of the same church. The body reached ZebUlon early Wednesday morning, and was accom panied by several friends, who went to Rocky Mount Tuesday afternoon to meet the corpse there, and accom pany it to Zebulon. Among those who met the body at Rocky Mount were many Masons, which lodge Mr. Williams was a member. The funeral service of Mr. William* was held from the Baptist church Wednesday afternoon at three o’clock. REPRESENTING FOUR COUNTIES—WAKE, JOHNSTON, NASH and FRANK IAN THE LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY SMALL TOWN COMMUNITY PAPER IN NORTH CAROLINA. The largest congregation ever as sembled in Zebulon at a funeral was present. Probably not over half the people got into the house. The ser vices were conducted by the pastor, Rev. Theo. B. Davis, assisted by Rev. Mr. Hall, pastor of the Methodist church. The Masonic order took charge of the funeral service at the church and concluded at the grave with the very impressive burial rit ual of masonry. The Ku Klux Klan, after the benediction by Rev. S. W. Oldham, of Wendell, came with two floral designs and left them at the grave. Mr. Williams died in the surf at Fort Fisher near Wilmington early last Tuesday morning. We under stand that he and Mrs. Alonias Hin ton and her sister were in bathing when threre large waves came close together and the bathers were swept out beyond their depth. Miss Davis swam to the shore. Mrs. Hinton could not swim and Mr. Williams ei j ther pushed or told her to try to get ito land. He immediately turned on his back and seemed about to sink when Mrs. Hinton caught hold of his bath suit and clung to him until some one on shore came with a rope by which she got to land, still holding to Mr. Williams. It is supposed when he found that they were in deep water, ! and knowing Mrs. Hinton could not swim, that the excitement brought on , heart failure. A doctor arrived soon ' after his death, and pronounced it heart failure. Mr. Williams, who was popularly well known to most people as “Buddy” was 53 years old. He spent most of his life in Johnson, Franklin, Nash and Wake counties, having lived in both Selma and Spring Hope for some time. For several years he has made Zebulon his home, being the popular and efficient rural mair car rier on route 8. He was a very ac tive member of the Baptist church, being a deacon and general secretary of the Sunday school. He was also an active member of several fraterni ties, among them are the Junior Or der, Odd Fellows, blue lodge masons | of which he was past master in the local lodge, Knights Templcr, Royal • Arch and Lhrir.er. “Buddy” Williams w r ill be greatly missed in the community life of Zeb ulon and the surrounding country. He | took a great interest in the social, l fraternal and church life of the com ! munity, and will be missed by both ; old and young. He leaves several brothers and sisters to miss his love and joval spirit, besides a host of friends from miles around Zebulon. The sympathy of the community goes out to his family in his unexpected death. A useful life has ended here, MEMORIAL SERVICE AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH In the bulletin of the Baptist church last Sunday morning were these very prophetic words: “As we must all face the end and meet God in judge ment, should we not make ready to surrender up our spirits to him un afraid and joyfully? May we this morning prayerfully worship ‘that I may know mine end’ and be ready when He shall call us to go perhaps without a good bye.” On Tuesday morning following, Mr. Williams, faithful member of the church, was taken without a good bye to any one —friend or loved one. At the twilight service at 7 o’clock Sunday evening on the steps of the church, the congregation will hold a short memorial service for Mr. Wil liams. The subject will be ‘“The Christian’s Good bye and Good night.” Dr. L. M. Massey is asked to speak of him as a citizen and Mr. M. B. Humphrey to spoak of him as a Christian. Pastor Davis wll! speak at the morning worship on The Choice of Moses. Since the Sunday school les son studies for sometime have beep very vitally related to the life and work of Moses, tt is well that christ# ians consider his reasons for choosirffe Israel and God log time and eternity. *■" There was an Increase of more than 12 per cent in Qpi number of local and long disuittc* tails last year in the state of Lonttlara. ZEBULON, N. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 192« ATTEND MEET FARM LABOR ASSOCIATION Local Men Attend Meeting Columbia South Carolina ! Farmers Are Saving By Borrowing Thru. Assn. L. C. Liles, Vice-President and D. D. Chamblee, Secretary-treasurer of j the Zebulon National Farm Loan As ! sociation attended the meetings of the 515 local associations of the Car olinas, Georgia and Florida last week held at the Columbia Federal Land Bank for the purpose of discussing the business of making long-term farm loans. Howard C. Arnold, pres ident of the bank, told the delegates that farmers in these four states have borrowed more than $77,000,000 from these associations since the bank was established nine years ago. “This means that more than 33,000 farmers have bee nservod with first mortgages running in most instances for 33 years, at the lowest rate of interest prevailing in the southeast. Most borrowers have gotten their mon ey at 5 1-2 per cent, the rate pre vailing at present. Further, the fees for inspection, searching of title and other work incident to making a loan are the lowest charged anywhere in these four states. “It has been conservatively esti mated that borrowers are saving at least 2 per cent, annually which means a total of more than $1,500,000 each year. “I am glad to say that farm land in these states is again beginning to sell. We have sold about 100 farms Rnd still have some for sale on very easy terms —20 per cent down, 60 per cent carried on a long-term federal land bank loan at 5 1-2 per cent, and a second mortgage at the same low rate of interest. A tenant or other farmer can buy these farms on these terms, operate them and pay for them more cheaply than he can rent. The farms are almost all located in Geor gia and South Carolina, but vve have a few in Florida and North Carolina.” RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY NORTH CAROLINIANS, INC. The following resolution North Car olinians, Inc., passed in the interest of North Carolina’s progress, F. M. Tate is president, with headquarters at Greensboro. Resolutions follow: Whereas, —North Carolina through the vision and energy of her own citizens has made phenominal prog ress during the past few years, and “Whereas, —The State of North Car olina has spent millions of dollars to perfect a system of good roads and unexcelled schools in accelerating its program of progress and is attracting serious attention of other states, and j “Whereas, —This investment of North Carolina capital in the develop ment of North Carolina has created attractions of interest to worth-while people and should he capitalized by making Nationally known the advan tages and opportunities to be found in this State, to investors, manufac turers and scientific farmers, and “Whereas, —The plans and purposes of North Carolinians, Incorporated,! are to publicize North Carolina j through a well directed National ad- j vertising campaigns to sell North: Carolina to the world, and “Whereas, —North Carolinians, In corporated, is essentially a North Car olina Forward Movement, projected by North Carolinians from the border of Tennessee to the Atlantic Ocean, w ithout regard to locality or sectional | favor, therefore “Be It Resolved—that, North Caro lina’s representative business men be invited to lend their endorsement to | the movement inaugurated by North Carolinians, Incorporated, to the end that our State’s combined resources j may, through National advertising, be brought to the favorable attention of interested home-seekers, producers and investors.” J. H. SANDERS DIED SUNDAY Middlesex, August 9. —Several hun j dred relatives and friends gathered at j the cemetery near Middlesex to pay their last respects to Mr. John Her bert Sanders, who died in Richmond Sunday afternoon. The funeral being one of the largest ever held in Middlesex and all respect paid to Mr. Sanders possible. The funeral being conducted by the Ma sonic Older which our beloved Bro ther was master and one of its most beloved. Just as the burial was al most over twelve members of The Knights of The Ku Klux Klan paid their respects to their brother Klans man by visiting the grave, leaving an American flag which the emblem of the order was beautifully placed. A beautiful wreath was left on the left side of the grave by the visiting Klansmen in which there last words placed in their token was “Only a Klansman Heart Possesses a Klans man Soul.” The entire community has their greatest sympathy for the family and are willing to help carry the burden of sorrow. Active pall bearers were Shriners of which the deceased was an active member. EXPECTING MILLION BALES OF COTTON While less than a month and a half ago North Carolina’s cotton crop appeared to fall nothing short of com plete failure, indications now are that with a 70 per cent condition report for August, the State will produce more than a million bales. This pre diction is based on a study of the fields of 1,000 of the state’s farmers made by the Crop Reporting Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. Despite a ragged stand, the rains of lattor July came just as the crop was beginning to bloom, points out the Crop Reporting Service, and since that time the plants have done more growing and blooming. In the main the cultivation has been good and the plants themselves have been able to utalize a maximum of the artificial plant food supplied them in the form of fertilizer. This year’s crop will be apprecia tively later than those of other sea sons, points out the service. Despite the good rains of the past :t() days the crop had already suffered such a setback that it has been impossible j for the crop to register a complete | recovery. It was estimated that the | first grown boll would be made on an | average date yesterday, while the | first boil will not open before Septem j her 1. The best stands are found in i the northeastern areas of the State, while the poorest conditions exist along the South Carolina border, extending up into Cumberland County. The stands here are ver ypoor and the development of the plant is weak and small, says the report of the Crop Reporting Service. Although John ston county usually has one of the best conditions in the State, continues the report, this year it is not nearly up to par, and the crop from Wake county northward is very poor. Rather than the boll weevil, it is expected tliat the weather is the controlling factor in the cotton crop this year. The boll weevil does not ap pear now to offer sufficient signs for undue alarm. The effects ( f 'he cot ton hopper, or flea is very limited, and will probably not menace appreciable areas of the State. Continued rains, says the report, will reduce the pro duction, while dry weather for a lim ited time will mean a crop of more than a million bales. North Carolina has 2,057,000 in cotton this year, it is estimated by the United States Department of Ag riculture. American girls who marry titles are sometimes disappointed to find that they got less than they bargained for. But Bebe Daniels, film star, became engaged to Charlie Paddock, famed American sprinter, only to learn la- j ter that he is a real knight, the order J of knighthood having been conferred upon him by the kir.g of Montenegro in Paris in 1919. PRICE: One Year, $1.50; Single Copies, sr. ZEBULON TO HAVE BEST TOBACCO MARKET ■ | ATTENDED TOBACCO SALES OPENING IN SOUTH CAROLINA Mr. R. M. Sanford has just returned 1 from some of the opening tobacco | sales in South Carolina. Mr. San ford is proprietor of the Center Brick j warehouse in Zebulon and every year he makes visits to the markets in I South Carolina on the opening days, i Mr. Sanford, in speaking of his visit | to the markets in South Carolina said | in part: ‘“I visited Mullins, Florence, Tom- ! monsville and Lama on the opening ] day of the tobacco market in South j Carolina. I was well pleased with the prices paid for the tobacco on | all the markets, which was approxi mately 20 cents per pound average. Some of the tobacco was of a very poor grade, but it sold well. I see no reason why the smokers should | not sell well this season. “While in Florence I met with rep resentatives of all the old line com panies, and was assured that Zebulon would have a good set of buyers this season.” He said that all the buy ers for the Zebulon market this sea son were new men, except one, and this particular one is well known and is liked here by all the farmers. Mr. Sanford was well pleased with the South Carolina opening, and said that this State would open with high prices, and that Zebulon would give good prices this season. BARACA’S OF BAPTIST CHURCH The Zebulon Baptist Baraca Class has doubled its attendance. Mr. Bar row, our new president is very en thusiastic about the growth and de velopment of the class and is work ing hard to reach every young man who should be in the class. Last Sunday our attendance was 34. Let every one work hard to try to get at least forty next Sunday. We are going to have a picnic some time next week. Be sure to come next Sunday and learn more about what we are doing. Mr. Albert Medlin, vice-president, is offering a valuable prize to the one who will suggest the best slogan for the class. Be present promptly next Sunday with the slogan you wish to offer and help to show the officers we appreciate the interest they are taking in the class. Mr. Wilbur Bunn in addressing the class last Sunday suggested that we were aiming too low in trying to reach 50, he said we ought to have 75. Mr. Bunn’s talk was very inspiring. He is coming back again in September. Let us show him when he comes back j that 50 was merely a temporary goal. As our president said a few Sun days ago, “We have one of the best teachers in Eastern North Carolina.” We owe it to ourselves and our Sun day school and church to he present j every Sunday morning if pc ;>ible. We are glad to see every committee and every officer working hard to build up the class. LIGHTNING WON’T HIT MAN WHEN HE’S DOWN “Lightening is a gentleman and observes the rules of the Marquis j of Queensbury—it won’t strike a man ! when he’s down,” according to elec- ’ trical engineers who have experimen- |' ted with man-made lightning. c The possibilities are that a man ' standing directly under a storm 1 cloud would be struck fifteen times in one hundred strokes, while a man 1 flat on the ground would be struck only once in a hundred strokes, they say. Two million volts of electricity ’ having characteristics of lightning I have been made by the engineers, for 1 experimental purposes. Lightning has a voltage of 100,000,000 or about ' one million times the voltage of a (house lighting circuit. A bolt of light- 1 n:zg represents enough energy to drive an automobile five miles or to j * operate a toaster for one day, the ex- i' periments have disclosed. There was an increase of more than j 6 per cent in the number of local and 1 long distance calls made last year in j ? the state of South Carolina. ' I THE RECORD! Will Print Your Community News f Zebulon To Make Ef fort To Surpass All Years t i Business Men Behind | The Market With Solid Front “Zebulon will have the best tobacco ! market the town has ever had,” was the remark of one of Zebulon’s busi ness men Tuesday. “The business men of the town are back of the warehousmen and they ' are going to see that the market is ' well advertised and that the townspeo ple will show the farmers that they will do everything they can to help get good prices on this market. “We have been promised the best buyers, and we have a good auctioneer —one that will stay with a pile of tobacco until it brings its full value. “Mr. F. A. Cheatham, one of the best tobacco men in North Carolina, he will have charge of the farm>- ers warehouse. Mr. Cheatham will do his part. Every person in the Yopngs ville tobacco district that grows to bacco knows Mr. Cheatham, and’ yotx will find the Franklin tobacco farm ers coming to Zebulon from the Youngsville section by the scores. For they know that Mr. Cheatham will see that they get the besfc prices obtain able.” “Then, again, every one in this sec tion knows R. M. Sanford. He is a man that works hard for his farmer friends. He knows every tobacco farmer wrthin fifty miles of Zebulon, and every one that has sold tobacco at a warehouse where Mr. Sanford is in charge, knows that he will do the BEST for them. Mr. Sanford never gets tired of working. He goes from early morning to late at night, and he believes in talking “tobacco.” He loves the work and he has his whole heart in the business. His past years in the business stands out as a monu ment to him. The Stephen Bros.—R. B. and M. D. Stephens, are men that can be de pended on. When they tell you they tell you they will do a thing, they will go the limit to fulfill their prom ise. They have promised to make the Wiggs warehouse one of the best sell j big houses in Eastern Carolina. These men are men of experience in the t<>- ; bacco business and they have a rop ui.ai.ioii that is env.eii t>> uoaeco men all over North Carolina. The farmer that carries his tobacco to the Wiggs warehouse this year will be pleased and will return home satisfied. The above was given out by one of Zebulon s best business men, and he knows all of these tobacco men. He knows the farmers also, end he be lieves that the farmer who sells on the Zebulon market this season will he better pleased than any year since Zebulon had a tobacco market. STRICK LAND REUNION At their home near Emit, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Strickland celebrated their birthday most happily with a hed of friends and relatives, who came ear ly and stayed late to enjoy the oc casion with them. The crowd ran well over the fortieth mark. A splen did dinner was served out in the grove in picnic style. The table was loaded with the best eatables to be found in the country. Ice cream and sherbit was served in the afternoon. The youngsters especially enjoyed the games that were selected. Those present with families at the happy gathering were as followers: Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Strickland, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Strickland, Mir. and Mrs. J. O. Hinton, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Hinton, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Jjinon, Mrs. D. E. Wilder, Mr. and ilj--- J. Penny, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Lewlfe, and Mrs. E. 11. Narron, Mrs. M. E. NJurnn, Miss Mary N. Bailey, Mr. and Mrs. Bennet Strickland, Miss Golia John son, Mrs. Sarah Bell and little Miss Rudeene Bell.
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