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VOLUME 2, NUMBER 15
SCHOOL STARTS
AT WAKELON
With Largest Enroll
ment In History
The Wakelon school opened the fall
session Monday with the largest en
rollment of its history, 537 register
ing, of which number 154 are high
school students, a largqy enrollment
than was made all of last session.
New students are arriving daily and
a total of 900 is expected before
Christmas.
The opening exercises on Monday
were interesting and a large number
of the parents and friends of the
school were present. Interesting and
instructive talks were made by the
following people: Rev. Fred N. Day,
Winston-Salem; Rev. A. A. Pippin,
Wakefield; Rev. E. M. Hall, Zebulon;
Mr. E. C. Daniel, Chairman of Board;
Mr. J. K. Barrow, Zebulon; and Prof.
B. H. Johnson.
The new ar.nex is fast nearing com
pletion and when this is turned over
to the School Board a number of new
students can k> provided for, many
of whom are ready to enter but for
lack of room are detained.
Wakelon school has one of the best
faculties in its history and the friends
of the school look for a greater fu
ture than was possible with the want
of room until the new annex was pro
vided.
SAFE FROM THE STORM
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Chamblee were
greatly relieved Monday morning when
they received a message from their
son, J. W. Chamblee, who is a drug
gist at Hollywood, Fla., stating he
came through the storm without a
scratch, although the drugstore was
completely demolished; also the home
in which he lived. He states no one
can tell the “half of it.’’
PILOT CHI'RCII VISITED
BY KU KLUX KLAN
Sunday night about eight o’clock,
thirteen members of the Knights of
The Ku Klux Klan entered the church
in single file, presenting Rev. Fred
N. Day with a letter which contained
a donation and thanks for the won
derful service he had rendered the
community. The letter also thanked
the school board for securing such
good Christian teachers that are now
teaching at Pilot school. After read
ing their letter, Rev. Day thanked
the Unknown visitors for their token
and wished them much success as
he believed in all organizations that
protected Protoetatit churches. Af
ter his words of appreciation the
Kiansmen departed for parts un
known.
Y OUNG ‘ J ACK”
MITCHELL HURT
News was received in Zebulon early
Friday morning that a young man by
the name of Mitchell was in Park View
Hospital at Rocky Mount, and was
not expected to live. He had told be
fore he became unconscious that he
had a sister living near Zebulon. We
received the message and began to
spread the news and try to locate the
sister of the unfortunate young man.
It happened that the young man’s
brother-in-law, Mr. J. T. Pearce was
in Zebulon, and he was soon informed
of the accident that had befell young
Mitchell, whom some call “Jack.” He
was a young man of about 19 years
of age, and was employed by a con
struction company. Mitchell along
with two other young men, were on
their way to a construction camp be
low Rocky Mount, and on Thursday
the young man stopped over at Mr.
Pearce’s on the trip to the camp.
It is said that before the trucks ar
rived in Rocky Mount the front truck
hit a doctor's car, threw it to one side
and the truck that young Mitchell
was driving could not be stopped in
time and this truck hit the doctor’s
car on the other side, and this is
when young Mitchell received his fat
al injuries.
It is said that the third car was
stopped in time to avoid doing any
damage. It is said that the doctor’s
car (we were told it was a colored j
doctor) which was coming from Rocky !
Mount, was completely demolished,
but the occupant of the car escaped
serious injury. <
The Zebulon Record
REPRESENTING FOUR COUNTIES—WAKE, JOHNSTON, NASH and FRANKLIN
THE LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY SMALL TOWN COMMUNITY PAPER IN NORTH CAROLINA.
RED CROSS
CONFERENCE
Will Be Held At Fay
i etteville Sept. 28
Washington, I). C., Sept. 17.—The
Mayor of Fayetteville, and Col. Conrad
H. Lanza, Acting Commanding Os
; ficer, Fort Bragg, will welcome Red
i Cross leaders from every part of
j the State, and national representatives
from the organization’s headquarters
in Washington, D. C., who will gather
at Fayetteville September 28th for a
! one day Regional Conference.
Thirty-two chapters in central North
I Carolina have been invited to send
delegates, many of whom have al
ready accepted. The conference is ex
pected to bring together a large and
representative gathiring of Red Cross
workers and many important ques
tions affecting the organziation’s work
in this state will be discussed.
National Red Cross leaders who
will attend the conference are James
K. McClintock, Assistant to the Chair
man, A. L. Schafer of the Junior Red
Cross Service, and F. A. Winfrey, As
sistant to the Vice-Chairman.
Mr. McClintock, who has been with
the organization since 1919, will speak
on “The National and International
Work of Our Organization.”
Mr. Schafer will talk on “The Junior
Red Cross” and will present a color
ful picture of Junior work in the
United States and in the fifty foreign
countries which now have Junior Red
Cross organizations. Over five mil
lion American school boys and girls,
he states, are now enrolled in the
Junior Red Cross and are carrying on
programs which are local, national,
and international in character. Su
perintendent Howell of the Fayette
ville schools has called a meeting of
all Fayetteville J .e ich >s for the after
noon of the conference day when Mr.
Schafer will discuss the Junior Red
Cross program in the schools.
Mr. Winfrey will discuss some im
j portant phases of the forthcoming an
nual membership campaign which will
take place in November. He has
played an important part in many of
the large disaster relief operations of
the Red Cross and in his present po
sition assists with the supervision of
ali Red Cross work in eight states in-
I eluding North Carolina. His Red
i Cross service dates back to It* 18 when
he was appointed a member of the
Red Cross Commission to Siberia.
Delegates to the conference will be
taken on an inspection tour of the
baby clinic and preventorium support
|ed by the Fayetteville Red Cross
j Chapter. They wil also have a chance
. to see at first hand the Chapter’s pub
j lie health nursing program; its work
in Home Hygiene and Care of the
Sick and other activities, including
Life Saving, Junior Red Cross, Home
Service and Volunteer Service.
Another interesting feature of the
conference will be the report by Cap
tain Dale M. Hoagland, of Fort Bragg,
! on the American Red Cross First Aid
and Life Saving Institute recently held
at Brevard. Captain Hoagland has
charge of Red Cross Life Saving work
at the Fort. Others expected to at
tend the conference from Fort Bragg
are Major Henry C. Coburn, Jr., Capt.
Gilbert S. Woolworth; Chaplain Wal
ter Zimmerman, and Charles J. Smith,
Red Cross Field Director.
NO. 90 W ILL BE OPENED
FROM ZEBULON TO RALEIGH
We are reliably informed that Road
No. 90 from Zebulon to Raleigh will
be opened by next Saturday.
This gives hard surface road all
the way from Raleigh to Rocky Mount
and this news will be received gladly
by the people of this section who
travel from Zebulon to Raleigh.
For a long time the old Poole Road
has been used as a detour from Wen
dell to Raleigh. Now that Highway
No. 90 is paved all the way, is a great
advantage to the traveling public.
SUBSCRIPTIONS EXPIRE
Quite a number of subscriptions to
the Record have expired and as our
lulc-s are to cut them off when the
time is out, we have this week taken
a number from our list. Each label
on the paper has the date when it
expires. If you did not get the paper
this week come to see os.
ZEUULON, N. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21. I»2K
COME TO THE
EAST WAKE FAIR
Thursday and Friday
Oct. 21st And 22nd
Governor M’Lean
Speaker Os Day
For him that hath tears to shed—
let him get them out of his system
for on Thursday and Friday, October
21st and 22nd there will be laughter
and fun making.
The first and biggest cause for re
joicing will be the splendid co-opera
tion given by everyone in making the
exhibits for this fair the biggest and
best we have ever had and the most
representative of what our “Garden
Spot of the World” produces. The
chairmen of the various committees
and their co-workers Ere busy and
splendid reports of the results they
are getting are already coming in.
We have plenty of room for large ex
hibits in every line including livestock
and poultry and we are prepared to
take care of them overnight.
The third cause for rejoicing will
be the class of entertainment at your
disposal. After a hard season of
work, we need a little vacation in en
tertainment. There will be ' many
things for you to enjoy. Parade of
beautiful floats, an address by our
most highly esteemed Governor. Music
by the State College Band. Foot ball
game between the hoys of the Wake
lon high school and the Wendell high
school. There will be a carnival on
the grounds with a vanity of rides,
shows and Bally Hoo Games. On
Friday the 22nd there will be a dog
show open to all elases. Come, bring
your dog and see your neighbors dog
for they are all interesting.
GOVERNOR M’LEAN TO
SPEAK EAST WAKE FAIR
The management of the East Wake
Fair have a big surprise for you in |
the announcement that the Honorable,
Angus Wilton McLean, our esteemed
Governor, is expected to be the speak
er of the day at the opening of our
fair, Thursday, October 21st, 1926,
at 11:00 a. m.
It is a great treat and a rave priv
ilege to have the honor of listening
to the words of Wisdom that he will
have in his address for us.
It will be unfortunate for anyone
to have to forfeit the pleasure c f hear
ing him. He is considered one of
our broadest men and a most brilliant
speaker.
It will be interesting to kn nv that
he is quite an extensive farmer and
thoroughly acquainted with the trials
and tribulations confronting the farm
er of today.
He will have a message for us that
wil be laden with wisdom based on
actual experience that nu.y be the
means of helping us to overcome tho
problems that confront us.
Your co-operation and attendance
is desired for this is your fair and
we want you to use it.
BUILD UP THE HOME TOWN
Daily we find tobacco growers com
ing to Zebulon and selling tobacco on
account of the high prices prevailing.
Yet a few of our neighbors persist
in making long hauls and selling at
distant markets. This is a mistake I
on the part of our neigrbor.s and they ;
do themselves an injustice at the same
time. They own their own home, they
trade in Zebulon, they borrow money
from our bank to tide over tight times
they get credit from home town mer
chants when in a pinch, they send for '
home doctors when sickness comes and
yet they carry their tobacco to other
market s to help build up other towns.
Seil your tobacco with home people j
and let us pull together and make the
Zebulon market all it should be. You
ow e it to yourself and your home:
folks.
FINAL NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
This is the last notice that delin-.
quent city taxpayers will receive be
fore their property is advertised for
sale. The list will be advertised the
Ist of October and will be sold the
Ist of November. See me before Oc
tober Ist and settle up. It will save
you much embarressinent.
S. M. DICKENS,
Chief of Police.
WOMAN’S CLUB
HOLDS MEETING
Held At Home Os
Mrs. Chamblee
Is First Meeting Os
The Fall
The first fall meeting of The Wo
man’s Club was held at the home of
Mrs. C. 11. Chamblee on last Thursday
afternoon, September 16.
Most of the members were present
and some definite plans were made
for the year. Mrs. C. H. Chamblee
president of the club, presided in her
usual graceful manner. She called
for reports from the several com
mittees appointed at the last summer
meeting.
The first report was given from
the Club House Committee which
showed that plans are on foot for
raising money to build a home for
the club. A report from Wake County
Detention Home Committee was next
given. This committee will soon have
a box of clothing ready to send to the
Detention Home.
A report from the Membership Com
mittee followed, showing an increase
of about twelve members.
A very interesting talk on citizen
ship was made by Mrs. J. D. Davis.
The sum of twenty-five dollars was
raised at the meeting to go toward
helping pay tuition at college of a
very worthy and promising young
woman, a recent graduate of Wakelon
high school.
The president expressed an earnest
desire to establish in the club an ed
ucational fund to be loaned to de
serving boys and girls striving for
an education.
Mrs. E. M. Hall presented to Mrs.
Campcnt five dollar check, won as
first prize in the recent contest given
to the one showing the greatest im
provement in the yard. The second
prize a check for §2.50 was presented
to Mrs. E. C. Daniel.
Mrs. B. M. Horton gave a short
talk on our duty in politics, showing
to the club members their great
privilege and responsibility in helping
put in the right officers.
After the discussion of several other
important subjects it was decided to
invite the next District meeting to
Zebulon whicti will be in October of
1927. Miss Mazelle Chamblee de
lighted the club at e'ese of meeting
by a very beautiful vocal selection —
“Sunrise and You.” The hostess ser
ved delicious refreshments, assisted by
Mrs. D. D. Chamblee and Mrs. A. A.
I’ippin. This was a most interesting
and enthusiastic meeting and all the
club members went away in an op
tomistic mood and with a determina
tion t° work and accomplish great
things.
The briggest day of the Zebulon
Woman’s Club is yet to come, and in
the near future its dawning can be
seen.
AT M. E. CHURCH SUNDAY
Preaching services Sunday morning
and evening, at the Zebulon M. E.
church. At 11 o’clock the pastor will
speak on “The Golden Age.” special
music at this service.
The evening services from now on
will be at 7:30 o’clock.
Teachers and visitors in town are
cordially invited to attend.
TRIMMING OUT THE WEEDS
The Chief of Police is l v busy
with his force cutting out the weeds
and shrubbery from the sidewalks
of the town. It makes quite an im
provement to our already beautiful
city.
OUR TOBACCO BUYERS
No market in all North Carolina
can boast of a better set of buyers
than Zebulon has this season.
Mr. Crensraw with the Imperial;
Mr. Cheatham with the Export; Mr.
White with the American; Mr. Jesse
Love with R. J. Reynolds Co.; Mr.
Jno. W. Lee with Ligget & Myers
and also with J. P. Taylor, Co.; Mr.
Smith with Rocky Mount Tobacco Co.;
Mr. W. H. Paullette, Jr., with Boyd
Tobacco Co., and several independent
buyers give Zebulon first class place
among all the markets.
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PROCLAMATION
BY GOVERNOR
October 3rd To 9th
Fire Prevention
Wjeek
The State of North Carolina has for
years led in efforts to reduce fire
waste and its attendant loss of life
and property. October 3rd to 9th, in
clusive, has been designated as Fire
Prevention Week throughout the U.
S., and I appeal to our citizenry to
become actively interested in this
great problem of conservation.
Carefully gathered statistics show
that in 1925, §6,914,014.00 worth of
property was destroyed by fire; that
293 human beings were burned to
loath in North Carolina, caused large
ly through carelessness. Compared
with our National fire loss of 570 mil
lion dollars and 20,000 lives destroyed
this is low, but entirely too great for
an intelligent citizenship such as ours.
It is well known that carelessness and
ignorance go hand in hand as the
chief causes of our great National
Fire Waste.
I, therefore, urge that the week
of October 3rd to 9th be set aside as
Fire Prevention Week, in accordance
with Section 6080 of the Consolidated
Statutes, which provides that the Gov.
ernor of North Carolina shall, each
year in October, issue a proclamation
urging the people to proper observ
ance.
During this week I also urge that
fire drills he held in schools, State
institutions, factories and stores, and
that they be continued at regular in
tervals;
That schools, theatres, churches,
public and private hospitals and in
stitutions, factories, stores and hotels
be inspected to see that every safe
guard against fire is provided, and also
that exit facilities are sufficient in
the event of fire;
That local municipal authorities ex
amine their fire ordinances and make
them sufficient if they are lacking in
any particular.
To this end I urge our citizens to
thoroughly co-operate with our In
surance Department, and that every
Mayor issue a Proclamation. I earn
estly reques tthe co-operation of cit
izens, Chambers of Commerce, Rotary
Lions, Kiwanis and Women’s Clubs,
and all other civiv bodies and the
press.
And now, therefore, I do issue this
my Proclamation and do set aside and
designate October 3rd to 9th, 1926,
as Fire Prevention Week, and do urge
all our people to a proper observance
of this week in obedience of the law
of North Carolina.
Done at our City of Raleigh, thin
11th day of September, in the year
of our Lord, one thousand nine hun
dred and twenty-six. and in the one
hundred and fifty-first year of our
American Independence.
ANGUS W. McLEAN,
Governor.
IT WAS GOOD
One afternoon last week Roy Mit
chell and Perry Bros., who are loyal
Zebulon folks, and partners of Center
Brick warehouse gave a chicken oa»-
becue at their Ulaeco bar-1 to the
friends of the Center Brick warehouse
and the tobacco buyers of the Zebulon
market. The occasion was greatly
enjoyed by the big crowd in attend
ance, and a jolly good time was had
by all present.
The barbecue was well prepared and
with the “fixings” accompanying it
none present will forget the occasion
hut all join in wishing these gentle
men long life, great prosperity and
another barbecue.
SOME BIG TOBACCO
Mr. I. B. Richardson, a farmer who
lives about three miles out, has seven
acres in tobacco which he is finishing
housing this week. This tobacco will
possibly average 1100 lbs to the acre
and some of it is of giant size mea
suring 6 1-2 and 7 feet high and con
taining as many as 25 leaves to the
sta'k.
This tobacco was set out the 27th
day of June and is of Virginia bright
leaf variety. He is preparing sam
ples for the fair and will exhibit a
few stalks and leaves at that time so
others may see what results intensive
eultivatoin and proper fertilization
will do for tobacco.
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ENDS AFTER
VARIED EVENTS
Merchants Ass’n.
IS Big Success
Proclaimed as the biggest and b«st.
and imot successful event in the tvs*
tory of the Raleigh Merchants Asso
ciation the Raleigh Fall Festival ca««
to a close last Friday night with ?h*
Merchants Employes Banquet at
First Presbyterian church and T Ji»
•Sphi ix i 1 dance which followed at
the Sir Walter Hotel for the deb sit
antes.
Ilarn C. Spillman, lecturer
public spe; kcr of the education dr
pa i taunt of the Remington Type
writer Company, who had been tke
speaker at the Civics Club luncheon
at 1 o’clock was the speaker at the
but quel, giving the merchants a*sl
employer some helpful suggestions
the value of personality in business,
suggest'ons that if put into effect
the everyday business dealing of tke
business houses of the city will d»
much to continue the success whiefc
hat, marked the Festival this Fstt
through the entire year.
The Festival has been successful
this year, not only in the varicij
aid hrillianc / (? *he events, v/itk
a number of r< w features added, bat
ai-i <! ding to the reports of the Fes
tival committee, the undertaking ha*
paid for itself for the first time th'»
year. Previously it has been und«>-
written by the Merchants Association.
N. H. McLeod, president of the
Merchants Association, presiding at
the banquet Friday night, gave foil
credit for the success of the events
\of the week to D. Iloloman, chair
man of- the Festival committee and
Mr. Holoman in turn to the chair
men and members of the other com
mittees to Secretary Bilde and the
general spirit of co-operation that
has counted largely for success.
NOTICE
We make a charge of §I.OO for .*o'
cards of thanks. We have received
many of such notices, and have iin
serted them. Hereafter the sl.ofr
charge will be made.
THE CIRCUS
IS COMING
Gentry Bros., Famous Shows now
on its 39th annual trans-continenlaJ
tour will exhibit in Zebulon, Monday,
October 11th. Hailed with delight bjr
the juvenile populace and the “older*
boys and girls, the coming of this
well known ; nd honorably conducted
circus is always looked upon as
annual festive holiday. The Gentry
Bros., instead of operating two dis
tinct shows as in other seasons have
combined their interests for 1926 inU
one big, mammoth tented institution.
Features, novelties, curiosities and
oddities gathered from all sections of
the world form this season’s nrogiara
for Gentry Bros. Foremost among
the stellar artists will be Cottreß-
Powell Troupe of English riders; the
Tresbores family of Mexican equilib
rists and aerialists; Cadieux, a French
somersaulting dancer on the tight
wire; the Zenaros, Belgian mid air
gymnasts; Mons. White who stand*
on his head in a lofty trapese; Clark-,
sonian, Europian foot juggler togeth
er with more than two scores of ar
tists famed in the annals of the white
tops.
Gentry Bros., great herd of p; re
forming elephants with Modoc, the
largest pachyderm in captivity with
his new Charleston dance novelty;
the society horse show; the balloct
ponies; scores of educated Shetlani
ponies, dogs and monkeys all are
again featured. It has been the his
tory of the Gentry Bros., never to re
peat its novelties and this year as
entire new program is offered.
A glimpse of Gentry Bros., constant
growth and improvement wil! be see*
in the immense and spectacular street
parade to he seen on the downtown
streets at noon. There will be truss.-
peting bands, tooting erlliopcs, cu»-
bersome elephants and humping cam
els. Rumbling wagons of red and
gold; allegorical f’oats and mognifi
cient tableau wagons will all be sees
in the spectacular lire of march. There
will be two performances at 2 and
H P. M. The doors opening an hour
earlier.