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BARACA CLASS
GIVES PICNIC
Barbecued Chicken,
Brunswick Stew
In Abundance
Outing At Doctors’
Lake, Thursday
August 19th
When the Baracas of the Zebulon
Baptist Sunday school want to have
a picnic (or supper), they go about
it in away that spells success.
The members of this class are com
posed of men who believe in doing
things right; they believe in giving
its members and friends a good time
and also in giving them something
good to eat, and plenty of it.
The feast and outing was held at
Lake Myra, Thursday August 19 and
if one had just come along and no
ticed the large table laden down with
the best of eats and had not known
for what purpose it was there, they
might have thought that at least 500
people could be fed from the tabel
However, the Baracas of Zebulon
know how to serve a feast. Many of
the Baraca boys and their wives and
sweethearts were on hand and lending
a helping hand in getting the table
prepared for the feast.
It was one of the biggest chicken
barbecue and Brunswick stew dinner
ever given by the class and when all
had eaten to the fullest, and par
taken of the delicious lemonade, every
one agreed that it was the largest and
best picnic dinner ever given by the
class and by far the most successful
outing the class and friends had ever
enjoyed.
Mr. J. K. Barrow is president of
the class, and the class numbers about
45; and every one is a believer in
making a success in whatever they
undertake. Mr. Barrow in his pre
leminary remarks said that he wanted
every member to come to Sunday
school next Sunday and bring a friend
with him to become a member.
The president of the class called
on Mr. J. W. Bunn, a Raleigh lawyer,
and a former citizen of this commu
nity, to ask a blessing. Mr. Bunn,
in a few well-spoken words gave
thanks to the Lord for what each one
was about to partake of.
Every one thoroughly enjoyed the
feast, and when it was over, Mr. Bar
row called on Mr. J. M. Broughton, Jr.,
of Raliegh to tell something about how
to make a Sunday school a success.
Mr. Broughton then told the au
dience how glad he was to be pres
ent on such an occasion and said that
one of the best ways to make a suc
cess of a Sunday school, was for the
father and mother to make ready
early Sunday morning for Sunday
school and when they were ready,
take the children along and when the
entire family was present at Sunday
school, it was bound to be a success.
He also stated that when fathers
were up early Sunday morning get
ting the auto cleaned up and greased
and as soon as this was done, the en
tire family was off on a pleasure trip
for the day, and none of the family
attended the Sunday school, it did not
show proper respect for the Sunday
school.
He emphasized the fact that the
parents go to church and Sunday
school and to see that the children
were on hand. When this is done our
Sunday schools will be a success.
Mr. Broughton has been superin
teandent of the Baptist Tabernacle
Sunday school of Raleigh, for thirteen
years, and succeeded his uncle, the
late N. B. Broughton who was super
intendent of the Tabernacle Sunday
school for over thirty odd years.
About the time the feast and talks
were over a roaring black cloud came
up from the the south, and the thun
der began to roar and lightning began
to flash, and soon there was on every
hand one of the best refreshing show
ers seen in these parts for some time,
and too, it was badly needed, and
while the Baracas enjoyed the eve
ning, the surrounding country en
joyed one of the beet rains this sum
mer.
It was estimated that over 200 were
present.
When in Rome do as Mussolir . -/s.
E ZEBULON’S TOBACCO MARKET WI LL OPEN ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH.
REPRESENTING FOUR COUNTIES—WAKE, JOHNSTON, NASH and FRANKLIN
THE LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY SMALL TOWN COMMUNITY PAPER IN NORTH CAROLINA.
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS .
If any person or firm desires
an ad in the Tobacco Edition of
The Zebulon Record on September
3rd, they are requested to furnish
the copy to us not later than Mon
day at 6p. m. No ad copy for this
edition will be taken after this
hour.
G. W. MITCHELL.
COUNTY TAX
IS RAISED
IN WAKE
Will Yield” $1,033,300
For County
Purposes
The county tax rate was increased
26 cents on the SI 00 by the Wake
Board of County Commissioners, who
met in the court house Monday at
Raleigh for the purpose of making
the 1926 tax levy. The additional 26
cents now makes the tax rate in the
county SI.II, the increase voted being
more than 30 per cent of the old rate
of 85 cents on the SI-00. The county
rate was increased two years ago, but
there was no increase last year.
To take care of the school system
for this year, the commissioners
voted an increase of 12 cents in the
school tax rate in the county. There
was also added an increase of 10
cents in the general county tax rate
and an increase of 15 cents in the
road tax. In order to take care of the
recent road bond issue of 81,300,000
there is added six cents on the bond
tax, making the bond tax in the
county 10 cents. The proceeds of this
bond issue have been loaned to the
State Highway Commission which
will repay the principal but all of the
interest must be borne by the county.
The value of all taxable property
in the county i splaced at 893,000.000
The tax levied will yield 8100,032,300.
The operating expenses for the roads
this year are expected to total $185,-
000, while the general operating ex
penses are placed at $150,000.
Os the 2,900 miles of road in Wake
county, the county has to maintain
2,700 miles of it. Last year it took
approximately $200,000 for the up
keep of the roads. A considerable
quantity of machinery, however was
purchased by the county last year.
The school budget, approved a
short time ago, calls for $686,948.23
to operate the schools in the county
this year. Os this amount $580,009,58
is to be raised by a county ad
valorem tax, while the balance is
raised otherwise.
VOCAL UNION
The Eastern Wake county vocal
union will meet Sunday at Union
Chapel church about two miles north
of Zebulon. It will be an all day
meeting, and a large number of sing
ing classes will be present and take
part in the singing. Prof. B. H. John
son, or some one else, will make an
address at the afternoon meeting on
the Sunday school lesson for the day.
Each family will carry its own dinner,
spreading it by families or commu
nities.
DR. JNO. B. WRIGHT PER
FORMS DIFFICULT OPERATION
Possibly no man South of the Ma
son Dixon line has ever performed
such a difficult operation with more
ease and speed as did Dr. John B.
Wright last Sunday night at Rex
Hospital when he removed a water
melon seed from the lung of Dr. C.
B. Wilkerson’s (county physician) baby
boy, Louis Reams Wilkerson, 7 years
old. Louis while playing on August
10th became strangled and suffered
very much until Sunday night, when
it was decided best to operate. Al
though repeated X-Rays did not show
any thing, Dr. Wilkerson, the father,
never doubted his first diagnosis but
the child had a foreign body in its
lung, and the removal of the big seed
proved bis diagnosis correct. Louis
was taken home Monday an dpersist
ed in getting out oh the grass and
playing with his little playmates once
again, after a lapse of 12 days, when
it was often though* b* would not
play any more.
ZEHULON, N. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1026
CONTRACT FOR
NO. 91 LET LAST
TUESDAY
W. C. Carter Will Do
Grading Work
J. S. Bowers To Have
Bridge Work
At a meeting of the Highway Com
missioners, held in Raleigh Tuesday,
23 projects of road building was let
to the lowest bidders. Among the
23 projects over the State, was No.
91 Highway from Zebulon to the Wil
son county line, a distance of 14 miles,
the cost of construction aggregating
something over $127,000, and the low
est bid on the grading work on
this route was handed in by W. C.
Carter, of Mebane, N. C.
The lowest bidder on the bridge
construction work, was J. S. Bowers,
of Wlutevil’.e, N. C. Mr. Bowers was
the successful bidder on project 103,
in Bladen county, on bridge construc
tion work.
At the letting of contracts on last
Tuesday for the various projects over
the State, the total amount in value
was something like $2,700,535, and
includes the hard-surfacing of about
72 miles, and about 83 miles of gravel
or other type of roads.
The letting of the contracts was
one of the largest in the history of
the State.
Blythe Bros., of Charlotte, who did
some road work here on No. 90 and
also who paved some of Zebulon’s
streets, were low bidders on project
6641, Richmond county, for 4.96 miles
at the price of $86,927. This work
is on No. 50, and is for hard-surface
road.
The highway commission let the
contract on the 26th for the grading,
and bridge work of No. 91 from Zeb
ulon to the Wilson county line. We
understand that the hardsurfacing
will be done soon after the grading
is completed. Wilson county is now
building that part of 91 that runs
through it, and it is only a matter of
months until there will be hard sur
faced roads from Zebulon to Wilson,
Rocky Mount and Raleigh. The Ral
eigh section will be completed in a
few days, we understand.
MR. MOSER MOVED AWAY
Mr. E. H. Moser has sold his home
on “million dollar avenue” and moved
to Raleigh. We are sorry to lose Mr.
Moser and his fine family from our
town and community. Mr. M. E.
Shamburger has bought the property
from Mr. Moser and is now a resi
dent of the popular street along which
No. 90 runs.
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AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH
SUNDAY
Dr. Jno. B. Wright who was to speak
at the Baptist church last Sunday
and was prevented coming, will speak
next Sunday morning at 11 o’clock.
Dr. Wright is an interesting speaker
and a wide-a-wake Sunday school
worker. The public is very cordially
invited to hear him.
JUNIOR B. Y. P. U.’s ATTENTION
All the members of the Jr. B. Y. P.
U. of the Baptist church are request
ed to meet at the church this eve
ning at 8 o’clock to rehearse the
pageant that will be given Sunday
night. Every member is asked to be
present.
PAGEANT TO BE GIVEN
AT BAPTIST CHURCH
NEXT SUNDAY NIGHT
On next Sunday evening a pageant
will be given at the Zebulon Baptist
church. This will take the place of
the sermon at eight o’clock, and all
are invited, Tne characters are tak
en by young piop! * of the church, and
the produetbn is sponsored by tic
Woman’s Missionary Society. The
pageant is entitled, “Our State, Our
Church, and Ourselves.” If you be
long to the church or to any of ins
organizations dr if you should belong
to any of them, do not fail to be
present on Sunday night.
PAUL YOUNTS
HEADS THE
LEGINARIANS
Elected Commander
At Convention
Will Meet” Next At
Washington, N. C,
At the 1926 convention of the Amer
ican Legion, Department of North
Carolina, held at Hickory, this week,
Mr. Paul R. Younts of Charlotte, was
elected State Commander for the en
suing term.
Washington, N. C., was chosen as
the next Convention City for 1927.
The year just closed concluded one
of the most successful years of the
State Legion under the commander
ship of Mr. Henry L. Stephens, of
Warsaw, N. C.
The meeting held at Hickory was
o::e of tb •• largest attended since the
organization by the World War Vet
erans.
At the meeting of the American
Legion Auxiliary Mrs. John T. Lowe,
of Lexington, who was a first vice
president, was elected to the presi
dency. She succeeds Miss Annie Lee.
WOMEN’S CLUB NOTES
“Prize Winners”
Last spring the Woman’s Club put
on a campaign lor yard improvement
Several of our ladies entered, and as
a result Zebulon’s appearance was
greatly improved. The judges ex
amined the yards last week and had
a hard task to determine the winners.
However, after considering every de
tail the votes for first prize ($5) were
unanimously cast in favor or Mrs. W.
C. Campen. Mr 3. E. C. Daniel ran
a close second and is the winner of
second prize ($2.50). The prizes will
be awarded at the first business meet
ing of the club on September 16.
The yard improvement committee
wishes to take this method to pub
licly thank every one who took a
part in the contest. Your splendid
co-operation is very much appreciated.
MRS. F. L. PAGE,
Chairman.
NOTICE TO CLUB MEMBERS!
Club members please take notice
that the first business meeting of the
Zebulon Woman’s Club will be held
at Mrs. C. 11. Chamblee’s on Sep
tember 16. instead of the first Thurs
day. Let every member be present,
ready to go to work to make this club
year bigger and better than the past
one.
WAKEFIELD SUNDAY SCHOOL
We are glad to report 198 present
at Sunday school last Sunday.
If our superintendent and wife had
been present we would have had 200
that we have been working for so
long.
We hope to have as many next Sun
day morning and be on the honor
roll if possible. Your class may get
the banner if you are. The Philathea
class has got it this week and will hold
it until some other class wins it. We
had a real good sermon by our pastor
Rev. Britt.
Our meeting begins the first Sun
day in September. One of the great
evangelist preachers, Rev. Hedgepeth
will assist Rev. Britt in c " : ucting
the meeting. Let us pray for a great
meeting that many lost souls may be
born into the Kingdom.
We are looking forward to a great
meeting, and hope the community will
co-operate with us in making it a
great success. We need the prayers
of every one in this great work.
PROF. ODUM VISITS
Prof Owen Odum and family, of
Stoneville, N. C., have been visiting
Mrs. W. K. Phillips and other friends
of community this week. Prof.
Odum’s friends will rejoice to hear
that he has this summer, completed
at Columbia University, all require
ments for his M. A. and Teacher’s
College Diploma. We congratulate
him.
PRICK: One Year, $1.50; Single Copies, se.
HENDERSON
TO-CLINTON
JHIGHWAY
J. K. Barrow Confers
With Dr. Fleming
To Make Booster
Trip Soon
It is said that a booster trip over
the Henderson-to-Clinton Highway
is being planned by the president of
the Henderson-to-Clinton Association.
Our informant said that the booster
trip that is being planned will start
from Henderson and will come by
Louisburg on to Zebulon, and from
Zebulon to Salma and Smithfield, and
then to Clinton. The trip is for the
purpose of getting the people along
the route to co-operate with the
officers of the association and for a
general get-to-gether all along the
route and to push the progress of
Litis highway to the nearer finishing'
touches, preparatory to having this j
route put into first-class condition, so |
that in the near future it will be pos- j
sib'e to have a hard-surface road j
throughout this entire line.
This road passes through one of J
the most prosperous farming section*
in North Carolina, and it will be un
told advantage to thousands of peo
ple along this line.
The president of this association,
Dr. Fleming, urges the people along
the route to eo-operate with him and !
the other officers and committees to
the end that the road may be made
one of the main thorougfares of this
section, and also of the entire section
it traverses.
Mr. J. K. Barrow, of Zebulon, was
in Louisburg last Tuesday, ar.d had
a very pleasant conference with Dr.
Fleming, and others who are interest
|ed in this road. They discussed the
! road. They discussed the proposed
booster plan and other matters anent
this important highway.
TOBACCO SELLING GOOD
Darlington, S. C., Aug. 19.—Tobacco
is selling real good, this house has
averaged about 23 cents since the |
market opened. The crop is late and |
the farmers have not put on much of
their good tobacco yet. In fact, they
are not much more than one half
through curing now. They say that
this market will stay open until about
October 15th, due to the crop being
so late. But all of the buyers are
predicting tobacco to sell good this
fall and winter, and it seems that the
small markets are doing just as good
nr a little bit better than the larger
markets of the South Carolina belt.
I am glad to say that every thing
looks like this crop will average good
and if you a'l will get the tobacco
to your town, the prices will be satis
factory to the farmer.
R. A. PEARCE.
Mr. Pearce will be connected with
the Center Brick warehouse of Zeb
ulon this season.
NOTICE
There are still some books out that
belong to our summer library. Please
■get these books to Mrs. W. K. Phillips
at once.
FIRE IN ZEBULON
LAST TUESDAY AFTERNOON
Tuesday afternoon about 6 o’clock
WTack smoke was seen to rise in great
volumes from the stable sheds of J.
E. Gill, a few feet north of
his large stables on West Horton
st<get. When the firemen arrived the
fire had gained headway, but they
confined the blaze to the stall build
ing.
The building contained a lot of
feed stuff and some farming imple
ments, including a tractor. Near the |
burned building were the large stables j
where several mules were in their j
stalls. It was necessary to get them ■
out for safety, and they were turned j
out and had a good time running
around while the fire raged .
It is said that a few chickens were j
caught in the burned structure and
roasted alive. We did not ascertain
the damage or whether it was in
sured or not.
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EAST WAKE
FAIR TO BE
AT ZEBULON
During October Date
Named Later
Officers And Com
mittees Appointed
Last Tuesday evening representa
tives of Wendell, Zebulon and com
munities met in the City Hall for the
purpose of discussing the East Wake
Fair. The fair will be held in Zeb
ulon some time in October, the date
to be named later.
R. E. Pippin, of Zebulon, was elect
ed president; B. G. Mattox, of Wen
dell, first vice-president; Mrs. B. M.
Horton, secretary and treasurer; and
Dr. L. M Massey, assistant secretary
and treasurer.
The fair will be during October
this year, and his the pledged sup-
I port of C i ..v..3 . f r nrd Wcri
-1 dell and these communities. The fair
lis held alternately at Wendell and
! Zebulon, being held at Wendell last
i year. Much interest has been mnni
j Tested in the fair which is planned
, to be one of the largest ever held
this year.
Chairmen of committees were elect
ed as follows: E. C. Stallings, farm
and field crops; Avery Liles, orchard
and garden products; O. H. Massey,
livestock; P. H. Massey, poultry; D.
I). Chamblee, honey and bee supplies;
Mrs. W. A. Joyner, canning; Mrs. E.
C. Daniel, cooking; Mrs. W. H. Strick
land, sewing; Mrs. J. B. Outlaw, pan.
try supplies; Mrs. 1). D. Chamhlee,
flowers; and Mrs. F. C. McDowell,
art.
The chairmen of these committees
will appoint sub-committees to co
operate along the lines laid down for
the Association, and your co-operation
is needed and will be appreciated. The
premium list will be gotten in shape,
printed and distributed at an q;ir(y
date.
Every one in the community—Wen
dell, Zebulon and the entire territory
should begin to boost the fair and
make it the best ever held,
j Officers and committees are now
at work, and desire the co-operation
of every one to the end that this fair
will be the most representive and suc
cessful so far held in this community.
NOTICE TO DELINQUENT
TAXPAYERS
Delinquent taxes on city property
for the year, 1925, are past due> and
the property will be advertised the
first day of October. See Chief Dick
ens before the advertisement smarts
and save cost and worry.
NOTICE!—NOTICE!
The W. M. S. of the Zebulon Bap
tist church will serve barbecufc on'
September 7th, the opening dajf of
the Zebulon tobacco market. Vlacii
will be announced later.
NEUSE MAN ORDERED
HELD FOR TALIStoENT
T. C. Richards, white, of Neuse-
River township, who was bound over
to court on a charge of forgery bjf
Recorder P. 11. Wilson in Wake For
est Inst Saturday was carried to the
county jail in Raleigh to await trial.
He was unable to raise the fl,oott
bond required.
Richards is charged with forging;
the name of Wade Holden, of Wake-
Forest, to a check for $47. He was
given a hearing before Recorder
Wilson Saturday.
COUNTY CHAMPIONS
VICTORIOUS AGAIN
Pilot again won a star in their
crown when the locals handed the-
Fighting Wake Forest nine a com
j plete shut out by a score of 4 to
; nothing. In the contest played rvfc
j Pilot Saturday afternoon a large
crowd watched the great Giant pitch
|er feed the visitors their meal aj you
often see a child fed peanuts to it
circus monkey. The game lieing one
of the best ever played on Bilot's
ground. Dr. B. C. Johnson ani Mr.
J. M .Stallings umpired the gave and
all said the very best judgement wu»
rendered.