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THE RECORD is i Y<ur Paper—Are Yi u its Friend? VOLUME 2, NUMBER 16 STATE TEACHERS MEET IN RALEIGH Big Meeting Will Be Held March 24th Next Raleigh was again selected as the convention city of the North Caorlina teachers and March 24 set as the opening date of the three-day session next spring, at a meeting of the ex ecutive committee of the North Caro lina Education Association here Sat urday. The executive committee met with Jule B. Warren, secretary of the association and mapped out plans for the convention during which at least two thousand teachers from every section of North Carolina are expected to throng this city. Two tentative plans are being map ped by the guiders of the association. One calls for a direct appeal to the voters of the State if the General Assembly calls for a vote on the pro posed eight months school term am endment. The other—to be adopted in case the General Assembly refuses to place the amendment before the people—calls for a continued fight along that line. A tour of every district of the association by Miss Lucy Gage, of Peabody Institute, even now is pre facing the gathering of the teachers here next spring. Speaking for the convention have rot yet been picked but according to Mr. Warren capable ones will be selected. According to the custome of suc cession in office which has been used by the association Wingate i tidrews, superintendent of the High Point schools, will be elected presi dent of the association at the spring convention to succeed Dr. Edgar Knight, of the University of . orth Carolina, the present president. A greatly increased membership will form the reservoir from which the convention will draw its visitors.. An increase of several thousand above the present membership of 19,283 is expected and a total membership of fifteen thousand by convention time would not be surprising to the secre tary of the association. A financial statement submitted to the executive committee by Mr. War ren showed a cash surplus for the fiscal year ending August 31, of more ! than one thousand dollars. The as sociations receipts were approximate ly $29,500 during the year and the expenditures were about one thousand dollars less. The magazine showed profit of four thousand dollars during the year. The j debts of the association were paid off. P. T. ASSOCIATION MEETS The Parent-Teacher Association of W’akelon School will hold the meeting for October on next Tuesday after-: noon, October fifth. A large attend ance is especially desired, as plans for the coming year are to be dis-! cussed. Remember that these meet ings are not only for parents and teachers, but for all who are interest ed in the possibilities of our school. The meetin gwill begin at 3:30. THE RECORD ADVERTISERS We have been in the habit of mak ing the rounds for ads for the Record each week, and for the last three weeks we are invariably told that “we are too busy to write an ad.” Some 1 put it off until time for us to go to press, then they come in and ask us J to put the ad in this week’s paper. | We have told, through these columns, j that we would not accept an ad after , 12 o’clock on Wednesday, of the same week the ad is to be inserted. We are going to make this rule apply to all. If your ad copy is not in bby 12 o’clock on Wednesday of each week, we will not print it until the next week. EVEN EXCHANGE ON MEAL FOR SEED Mr. S. Z. Gill of Zebulon, the well known cotton ginner, will exchange cotton seed meal even for seed. Mr. Gill has one of the most up-to-date ginners in the state, and is doing a 1 large business. You will be satisfied ' if you have your cotton ginned by Mr. Gill. 11 The Zebulon Record REPRESENTING FOUR COUNTIES —WAKE, JOHNSTON, NASH and FRANKIJN THE LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY SMALL TOWN COMMUNITY PAPER IN NORTH CAROLINA. Be On Hand At Big Show, Oct 11 k The billboards and dead walls about the city are announcing that the fam ous Gentry Bros. Shows are to visit Zebulon, Monday, October 11, Great interest attaches to the event particularly so because the big show’ > is one of the few tented exhibitions L offering an array of trained wild an , imals. The Gentry Bros. Shows for j I nearly half a century, to be exact, 46 . j years, have stood at the top among .' the high-class shows. Beginning as a smal lwagon show, each year has seen a steady growth u,ntil today the mere announcement i of the appearance of the Gentry Bros. Show’s is synonoymous w’ith the fact that the patrons will see a clean, high class entertainment, free from objec tionable features, embodying all that } is great and entertaining in the realm* of the ‘‘white tops.” A special train of double length railroad cars will bring the big show here. The big show represents an expenditure of more than $750,000. ! I There are upwards of 700 men, women 1 and horses with the show; almost ten acres of tents; a herd of elephants ja caravan of camels; one of the most interesting traveling menageries; five i bands of music, scores of curiosities and oddities from the four corners of j the world. There will be two performances at 2 and 8 p. m., the doors opening at 1 and 7p. m. A concert of popular and operatic music will be given by Prof. John Griffin’s military band an | hour preceding each performance. An immense street parade will be seen 1 on the downtown streets at noon on show day. • OLD TIME FIDDLERS CONTEST FAIR FEATURE An old time fiddlers’ contest for j the championship of the South-eastern Exposition, Atlanta. October 2-9, will be staged by the Sears-Roebuck Agri ! cultural Foundation and broadcast by Atlanta Journal Station WSB, Thurs day, October 7, at 8 p. m., direct from the fair grounds. This will be the first time that an old time fiddlers’ 1 contest has been broadcast in the | southeast. Each of the contestants will play two numbers and radio list eners w’ill be requested to act as judges of the competition, their post card ! and letter votes deciding the champ | ion and other prize winners. “Radio has revived an interest in ' old time dance music the country over,” said George C. Biggar, secre tary of the foundation at Atlanta in announcing the contest. “There is al ways lots of argument as to the merits ! of the many old time fiddlers in the ! southeast and this radio contest, with ' j the vote of radio fans to decide, should • ! settle for 1926 the king of old fiddlers. To receive the coveted first award in J this contest will be no small honor.” Four prizes totaling SIOO will be i offered the winners. First prize is SSO; second $25; third sls and fourth ! sls. Fiddlers must reside in the I states of North and South Carolina, 1 Georgia, Florida, Alabama, or Tenn i essee, to be eligible. Entries must all i be in the hands of the foundation Oc tober 2. Complete rules of the con test may be secured from the Sears- I Roebuck Agricultural Foundation, At lanta, Ga. PRIZES FOR HIGHEST MILEAGE Owners of 1926 model Fords will be interested in the mileage contest that is t.. be put on throughout Cen tral North Carolina in the near fu ll le, in which there is :i chance to vin $l2O in gol i. The local F* rd dealers, the Mizeile Motor Company, announce in an ad elsewhere in this issue that on Satur day, October 2nd, a contest will be staged here to see how far a 1926 model Ford will go on a gallon of gas. : The contestants will start from the Ford place in this city, and the pro prietor will give to any one interest ed the rules and regulations. Winners in the local contest may : enter the competition in Raleigh for the $300.00 which will be given away ( on Thursday, October 7th. The local contest will start at non, < October 2nd, and it is expected to be 1 an interesting time when the returns 1 begin to come in as to how’ many miles ; have been traveled on one gallon of ; i gas. ] 1 ZEBULON, N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1926 HIGHWAY HAS BIG SURPLUS IN SIGHT Next General Assem bly Expected To Pass Big Issue A surplus of five million dollars is in sight in the highway fund of North Carolina and an increasing surplus year by year as more automobiles burn more gasoline over more roads, according to Frank Page, chairman of the State Highway Commission. Last year the highway fund’s sur plus was three and one-half million dollars. By surplus Mr. Page means the annual amount over and above the amount required to pay interest on past road bonds and to build up a sinking fund to retire these bonds j when thejt fall due. These bonds sur pluses year by year will be increased i by a lessening of the interest on the interest on the bonds. Which brings up the question: Is North Carolina w’ith the founda tion of its great highway system al ready laid ready to adopt a pay-as you-go system for further construc tion ? Not yet but soon, in the opinion of an increasing number of state officials and legislators, who ex pect a bond issue of between twenty five millions for roads by the next • General Assembly to be the last in years. However, that does not mean that North Carolina highway construction will cease. In fact, it is doubtful if it ever will cease for the network of roads already down will not only pay for themselves, but through gasoline and automobile license taxes, will pay for further construction, which will, in turn, pay for still more. Such a good start has been made that the highway system is fast becoming self-, perpetuating. Therefore, say those who favor the change, North Carolina will soon be getting from ten to fifteen millions a year with which to build more roads and the amount will increase each year. If necessary the gasoline and license taxes can be increased a little arid thus increase the annual surpluses. | The majority of legislators, ac- ! cording to information reaching Ral- I eigh, are expected to favor another: bond issue next January. By the time the Legislature meets,' the State Highway Commission will be about $20,000,000 in debt to the various counties that have loaned it the money in order to expedite their •own road construction. Legislators; from these counties will certainly want the state to make at least a partial' payment on this debt. And those who represent counties: that have not loaned the State money and have consequently dropped behind in the race for roads, are expected to favor a bond issue which will be large enough to put them on a parity w’ith the more avid counties.! Those state officials who keep in touch with state-wide legislative sen-j timent are predicting a bond issue of about twenty or twenty-five millions, i at least ten millions of which will be used toward paying the debt to coun- j ties. Only about $56,000,000 separates the state bonded indebtedness fro*: ! the constitutional limit. It is evi dent that the issuing of road bonds cannot continue indefinitely.—Raleigh Times. j ; WENDELL COMMUNITY OCTOBER 4TH TO 11TH The biggest event of the season is t in process ar.*l nearing c'.nij ietion. ; It wall be the crowning event o r the ; season and will portray our achieve- . ments for the past year in a very vivid and realistic manner. The ones in charge deserving of much credit , for their accomplishments in putting . it across successfully. The exhibits will be educational, the ] crowds will be fascinating and there ; will be a carnival to furnish a variety ; of amusements to suit all. Come, bring your families and let this be the most enjoyable occasion sponsored and conducted by us and the targets < meeting of our colored farmers and i friends in the history of our fair. 1 “Cupid Up-To-Date” V At Wakelon School I Don t miss the chance of seeing | chickens,, monkeys, moons, stars, ■ clocks, cats and cupids this Friday evening at the Wakelon High school. Brought to Zebulon by the P. T. A. j “Cupid Lp-To-Date” is the celerest, newest and funniest musical comedy ever presented here and is good for a laugh a minute. The cast is as follows: Cast Dan ( upid Melba Chamblee ’ Dolly Extreme Mary F. Dunway i lather Time Ivy Brown J ommon Sense Sophia Campen Domestica Annie MeGoogan I Bully Hubert C. Shull Will Steady Aubrey Tilley Dora Dumb Doris Chamblee Cora Dumb Biddy Campen ; j Eddie Freevase Jack Harris Freddie Freevase Willard Winstead John Scientist Joe Richardson ] Senator Joshua Bing Crystal Davis | I No one should miss seeing these and the many choruses perform at 8:00 o clock Friday evening. Chorus Edna Earle Sexton, Frankie Hall, Mary Frances Cockrell, Janie Caw i thorne. Fairies Margaret Bunn, Eunice Outlaw, Gladys Godwin, Clara L. May. Charleston Rabies Caroline Jacobs, Jack Temples, Fred Davis, Richard Hoyle, Ralph House, Frank Massey, Chas. Flowers, Moore- I field Aiken. Stars j Addie E. Winstead, Olive Lewis, j Delilah Cahoon, Margaret Brown, Anne Kemp, Mary Robertson. Chorus Girls Lucia Flowers, Fannie Lou Wiggs, Hazel Weathersby, Marion Whitlock, Emma Lucas Ward, Mattie I. Card, Corinne Tucker, Evelyn Speight, Lou ise Frazier. GINNED QUICK Mr. S. Z. Gill has overhauled his gin equipment and can take care of all cotton brought to his gin. This gin outfit consists f six gins with 125 bales capacity per day. This is great convenience to the grower for he gets his cotton ginned I and packed about by the time it is unloaded. Mr. Gill has an ad in another col umn. Read it. THE COTTON MARKET Zebulon is selling her share of the cotton marketed, but prices are on the decline, not due to any fault of the local buyers fo’ - they are paying a little more than the irarket will jus tify but they want to lead in this as j they do in other market matters. GOOD TOBACCO SALES The warehouse floors present a very pleasing spectacle these days when sales start. The different types of tobacco are improving in quality and 1 volumn and prices are advancing pro portionately. Never have we seen a better satisfied crowd than are the growers of the weed when sales are made on the Zebulon market. Quite a number of local people who started with the larger markets find that the local market is paying higher prices and they are coming back home. FAMILY REUNION On the 27th of September there was a reunion at Joshua Jones’ V being the father of 16 children and all were present but two and the grand father of 45 and 43 were present. Dinner consisting of chicken barbe cue, cake and pie was served about 2 o’clock and all enjoyed the dinner and had plenty to eat. 1 SATURDAYS SPECIALS The advertisement elsewhere of the 1 Zebulon Supply Co., - should appeal 1 strongly to the ladies at this time while fall changes are being made in 1 household furnishings. They have a : beautiful display of curtains, bed spreads and window draperies. j Mrs. Louisa C. Hunter of Highland Mills, N Y., who was a pass>eng°f i on the first train run on the Erie railroad, is still living at the age of < 107. I I GENTRY BROS. BIG CIRCUS IS COMING Will Exhibit At Zeb ulon On Monday, October 11th Every day when the members of the famous Gentry Bros. Shows fin- ! sh breakfast they begin active pre oarations for the parade. Well fed ponies and horses in shining harness before glittering parade chariot-; the sound of music is heard from bands perched hazardously high; clowns, charioteers, jockeys, Roman Hippo drome riders, camels from the great j desert with native riders and ponder ! ous elephants, some bearing a weight of feminine beauty in Oriental cos- I tume, make appearance in a pictures-! que kaleidoscopic pageant more than | a mile long. A man on horseback in a deep voice cries the oft-repeated warning: j “Look out for your horses; the ele phants are coming.” Behind him a | bevy of pretty women, buglers trump et their clarion-voiced instruments, and then Jeanne d’Arc, in polished armor with clanking curtains of chain mail; the flush of tan has tinted her ears and cheeks. She is a young woman, adopted by a wealthy aunt in New! Haven, Ct., who sent her to Europe to keep her from entering circus life. Her sudden return and her -omantic marriage with a clown caused daily papers all over the country to de vote considerable space to the in cident. Through densely crowded street the pageant measures its gaudy passage. Cage afteY cage and wagon after wagon filled with rare and cost ly animals pass in a fantastic pano rama. The calliope shrieks madly, and behind it half a hundred boys, playing “hookey” from school, train tirelessly. The Gentry Bros. Shows will come to Zebulon, Monday, October 11, for per formances at 2 and 8 j>. m., the door opening an hour earlier. The parade is at noon. CARDINALS NOW GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH YANKS’ STADIUM FOR FEAN DAYS New York, Sept. 28.—T1:; New York Yankees, monarchs of the Amer- j iean league for 1926 and the St Louis Cardinal.', standard bearers in the Na- ' tionrl circuit tor the first time in ' baseball history, were grooming themselves today for the first world series conflict in the Yankee stad-! iun Saturday. The Triumphant Yankees returned ' to New York last night from the | final swing through the west that j saw them clinch the pennant with a double victory over the St. Louis Browns last Saturday. Most of the Cardinals regulars have been resting here since the ( games with the Giants and Brooklyn the latter part of last week. “We’ll beat ’em,” Babe Ruth an- j nounced as he elbowed his way at j the head of the exuberant Yankee gang through the small crowd that i surrounded the players’ special, i ‘‘There’ll be nothing to it’.’ Absolute confidence in their abil- ! ’ ity to turn back the Cardinal bid j • for the baseball championship of ; the world, along with mingled relief : ( and satisfaction that the season was ended successfully after the nerve •, wracking slump in the final days , erf the campaign, showed in the t Yankees high spirits and playful man- * ner. I t OLD TOBACCO SALE 1 Mr. T. G. Gupton showed us a state c ment of a tobacco sale made for him ; t by the Capitol Alliance Warehouse at, c Raleigh, January 31st, 1893. The $ sa'es figures are interesting and are b as follows: t 200 lbs. at 5 cents, $10; 69 lbs at r 6.75 cents, $1.65; 100 lbs at, 8.75 cents, $8.75; 42 lbs at 15.50 cents, $6.51 ; f r ’5 lbs at 12.50 cents, $1.87; 84 lbs. 1 at 7.50 cents, $6.30. No. pounds 510, 1 bringing $38.08. Warehouse charges 45 cents. 1 Auction fees 68 cents. f Commission 2 1-2 per cent, 95 ; cents; $2.08; net $36.00. | \ A net average of $7.46 per hundred, r PRICE: One Year, $1.50; Single Copies, sc. TII E RECORD Will Print Your Community News ! Interesting Idea [| On Evolution About the best thing we have seen lately on the much discussed subject ‘ i of evolution is taken from an Arkan sas paper. It is contained in a peti tion to be submitted to the general assembly of that state by a number of ministers asking that a law be passed prohibiting the teaching of evolution in the public schools. It says • in part: “We believe in evolution just as far as it goes; we believe in evolu tion in the mineral, vegetable and an imal kingdoms. We believe evolu ; lion has produced changes in the earth. Its influence is realized in the development of machinery and the form: tion of languages and gov ernments. It produces many varie ties of beautiful and useful things. It has no doubt produced varieties of men and of monkeys. But we do not j believe that any process of evolution can produce an apple tree from a ! mustard seed, a milk cow from a bulldog, oi a man from a monkey. | f’r.ch disputes reason and sei- I ence and the detree of the Most High las record’d by H:s servant Moses in Gen. 1:11. 1:24 and 1:26. “AUNT” SARAH SENT SEVEN SONS TO WORLD WAR Kinston, Sept. 27. —Sarah Mason, * living in an outskirt of this city, might have hung out a flag with seven stars on it during the un pleasantness with Germany some years ago. She failed to do it, and it is only now that white per sons have discovered the champion war mother of the negro race. “Aunt” Sarah sent seven sons to the army. She doesn’t know what regiments they served in. She is un familiar with any of the details of their service. They didn’t “rush off to ’list.” They just hung around and 1 the draft got them all. One was wounded. The other six escaped from the fighting unhurt and sins medals of wealth. “They was just hearty evters and middlin’ good chilluns,” said Aunt Sarah last evening in tolling about them, but she was none the less proud when the bands h; d ceased play’ng and the flags had beet furled and her boys came ! prowling in to ascertain what ‘‘mam my” had to eat. NEW STORE N. B. Finch & Co., are removing | their stock of goods to the o!d Cbam ! bice store where they will be until I they can rebuild on the corner of Ar lendill Avenue and Vance Streets. ' They will build a new store about | double the size of the old store so as i co take care of the trade and have ; better display. NEW LUNCH ROOM The old Post Office building is be ing remodeled and fitted up for a case or lunch room by Messrs Gill and Brantley. They have repainted and refurnished the room and will have an attractive place which was badly needed in cur town. GENE SAYS JACK A GOOD SPORT Philadelphia, Pa., Sept 25.—Gene Tunney thinks Jack Dempsey is a “good sport.” Tunney spent an hour as Dempsey’s guest today in the form er champion’s hotel suite. • Greeting his foe of the ring with an outstretched hand, which he said was “a bit tender,” Tunney expressed the hope that Dempsey was “coming along all right.” Dempsey thrust out his hand and told the new champion he was glad he had come. ‘‘l always thought you were a great champion,” said Tunney, “and I want to say now that you are a fine, clean opponent and fought as clean and game a fight as any man who has been in a ring. Any man can be proud to have met you in the fight you made.” Dempsey talked with a smile that made it difficult to believe that he had been in desperate battle with his guest. Dempsey assured his visitor that he would be over the effects of the fight in a few days. Dempsey ex pressed concern about his closed eye which he said was net healing a3 rapidly as he though it should.