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VOLUME 2, NUMBER 17
t JOHN HENRY
j GAS CONTEST
1 John Cockrell Gets 54
Miles On Gallon
Os Gasoline
Ye Editor’s Car Gets
Booby Prize With
24 Miles
Throughout the United States and
Canada, the Ford dealers have been
putting on gas tests, demonstrating
how far a Ford car, 1926 model, will
run with a small amount of gas.
Much interest was manifested iij
the mileage tests last Saturday, here
Mn Zebulon, sponsored by the Mizelle
' Motor Company, the Ford dealers.
There were at least 25 people who
entered the contest, and the race was
a spirited one. With the tanks drained
and replenished with one gal on of
gas, and the gas tank sealed the con
testants started off just as through
they had a full tank of gas.
The winner in the contest was John
Cockrell, who made 54 miles on one
gallon of gas with his John Henry.
Ye Editor’s car, after having an
accident a few days ago, was entered
without any repairs. The car not
being used very much on the speed
way, done fairly well, making 24 miles
on one gallon of gas. So we are
* entitled to the boobe prize.
Our life work running a newspaper
often times at a loss, has forced us
to take long chances when any prop
osition bobs up, but in this race as in
many other instances, we are in at
i the close if it is at the rear and have
frequently been entitled to the
“boobe.”
The contestants started from Mizelle
Motor Company's place, and the route
was on Road 90 toward Rocky Mount.
The winner after going to Rocky
Mount, went from there to Wilson.
WAKE FOREST STUDENT
The first issue of the Wake Forest
Student for tehe year will shoitly
come out. It promises to be an in
teresting number. For some time this
interesting college has been supper.ded
for some time owing to financial back
ing, but it has now been put ir. tne
college budget, and its financial sup
port is assured.
Eric F. Davis, a Junior, is business
manager and Vester Brantley, a Sen
ior, is Editor in Chief. Our town is
to be congratulated on furnishing two
members of the publication of a cc 1-
lege magazine.
THE BAPTIST CHURCH SUNDAY
Prof. G. E. Lineberry, President of
the State School for the Blind, Ral
eigh will speak on Missions at the
Baptist church Sunday morning. Prof.
Lineberry is a very attractive speaker
i and those who have the privilege of
* hearing him will greatly enjoy it. Rev.
A. A. Pippin will preach at the even
ing service.
Pastor Davis will supply the pu’pit
of the First Baptist church, Newten,
N C., next Sunday. Just twenty years
ago he resigned the pastorate of this
church to return to the Seminary to
finish his course of studies.
A GOOD PLAY
The play given at the high school
auditorium last Friday evening was
enjoyed by a large crowd, and from
the start to the finish, it was one of
the best laughable plays given in a
long time by home talent. Such plays
are a great help to the pupils of the
school as well as those who attend
in person. The entire cast was well
rendered and every one who partici
pated deserve to be commended.
WAKELON FOOTBALL TEAM
Oh, where is the interested football
people in and around Zebulon ? We
have the making in our high school
of one of the best “elevens” in the
State. All of the boys are eager to
do their part—but what about those
who like the sport? Has Zebulon’s
folk lost interest in the pig-skin sport?
We understand that several teams are
ready for dates with our boys. We
should get behind them and let them
know “we are with them, tooth and
toe-nail."
The Zebulon Record
REPRESENTING FOUR COUNTIES—WAKE, JOHNSTON, NASH and FRANKIAN
THE LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY SMALL TOWN COMMUNITY PAPER IN NORTH CAROLINA.
YVAKELON HIGH
SCHOOL NEWS
Athletic Association
Organized And
Sports Begin
Meeting Os Teachers
To Boost East
Wake Fair
The following teachers spent the
week-end at their respective homes:
Misses Stole, Elliott, Simpson, Dur
ham; Miss Whitley, Wendell; Misses
Gracette and Louise Frazier, Guilford
College; Miss Emma Lucas Ward,
Selma.
Miss Corinne Tucker was called to
her home in Greenville Saturday night
on account of the death of her cousin.
She returned to the dormitory late
Monday even'ng
Miss Pearl Wiggins and Miss Ra
chel Whitley were guests of Miss
Eloise Whitley at the dormitory Fri
day evening.
ATHLETICS
From an athletic point of view, this
year promises to be a successful one.
The high school boys and girls as
sembled in the chapel one morning of
last week to organize an athletice as
sociation. The following officers were
elected to serve for the year:
Douglas Pearce, President; David
Humphrey, Sec. and Treas.; Miss El
liott and Mr. Shull, Faculty advisors.
One boy was heard to say, “Mr.
Shull and Mr. Tilley are strictly busi
ness. They say, ‘if you want to play
on our team, boys, you must work.’ ”
Be on the look out for a football
game and be present to help Wakelon
school go over the top.
PLAY A SUCCESS
The boys, girls and teachers of
Zebulon displayed their dramatic abil
ities Friday evening when “Cupid up
to-Date” was preeanted in the school
auditorium, under the auspices of the
Parent-Teacher Association.
The play was directed by Miss Fran
ces Dunaway who won many friends
by her wit, charm, and grace display
ed throughout the acts.
Everyone declared Cupid up-to-Date
the best play ever shown in Zebulon,
and we hope Miss Dunaway will call
again.
CALL MEETING
Mr. Johnson had a short call meet
ing of the teachers one afternoon to
talk over with them the Zebulon Fair
which takes place 21 and 22 of Octo
ber. It was decided that Wakelon
school should have a part in it, and
a number of committees were appoint
ed to help make the Fair a success.
Exhibits—Mrs. Page and Mrs. Phil
lips.
Tag—Mr. Tilley and Miss Icard.
Float—Miss Gracette Frazier.
Refreshments—Miss Stone, Miss
Elliott and Mr. Shull.
PARENT-TEACHER MEETING
The regular meeting of the Parent-
Teacher’s Association was held in the
school auditorium, Tuesday afternoon
at three thirty.
Miss Dairs the vice-president, had
charge of th~ program that was en
joyed by all. One feature of the
program was a solo rendered by Miss
Louise Frazier.
The Association is launching a cam
paign for membership and is expect
ing good results.
The grades winning pictures for the
best attendance at this meeting were
elementary school, Miss Whitley’s
second grade. High school, Miss Ele
anor Simpson’s eighth A grade.
After the meeting light refresh
ments were served and a social hour
was enjoyed.
North Carolina Day Program
Ihe senior class of the high school
will gfve a North Carolina Day pro
gram at the devotional period Mon
day at 9:15. The public is cordially
invited.
DEATH OF MRS. WHITAKER
Mrs. Lelia Creech W'hitaker died i
last Friday at 6 o’clock and was bur- j
ried at Watkin’s Chapel on Saturday, j
The fun era’ was attended by a large I
concourse of rorrowing relatives and i
friends.
ZEBULON, N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 102(5
HIGH PRICES PREVAIL ON
ZEBULON TOBACCO MARKET
High Prices Prevail On Zebulon Tobacco Market. The
Three Warehouse Managers Are Making Good, And
The Buyers Are The Best Ever On The Market.
Each day of this week has seen our
warehouses well laden with the golden
weed, and the prices have been good,
and the chances are that the coming
week will be better in every way for
the farmer who brings his tobacco to
, the Zebulon market.
The Center Brick warehouse has
i enjoyed the best sales this week of
any week since the market opened!
on the 7th of September. Every morn
: ing at an early hour wagons and auto
j trucks are seen going to this ware
house. Before the hour for the sales
to commence the floors are covered
! with the weed, and the type of to
| bacco that has been offered at the
| Center Brick has been of a fair to
I good quality and the prices have rang- 1
ged to the very highest. R. M. San- 1
ford, the manager, labors hard to
get the best prices for the farmer.
; He is popular with all the farmers I
! and they have beer. —as a rule—satis
! fied this season with prices at the
| Center Brick.
Just across the railroad near the
| Norfolk Southern station is the Wiggs
| warehouse. This warehouse is owned
| and managed by Stephens Brothers.
These popular young men came here
this season comparatively strangers
in this section, and they have made
friends by the scores due to the way
they have conducted their sales. They
get every dollar the tobacco is worth
Special Masonic
Meeting
At the regular meeting of Zebulon
Masonic Lodge Tuesday night, was ap
pointed a committee of one to serve
Es head of the publicity department
of the lodge.
Brother A. V. Medlin enthusiastical
ly recommended that wc set apart at
least one night in each week to be
designated as “Masonic Service” night,
at which time all enter-apprentices,
fellow crafts and Master Masons are
not only invited, but especially re
quested to attend every meeting pos
sible, which will be held every Thurs
day, 7:30 p. in. in Masonic hall.
Bros. G. S. Barbee, C. T. Williams
and A. V. Medlin were appointed a
special corr.milteJ to give instructions
at these meetings.
Every one who is interested in Ma
sonry and the further development of
Masonic service in the community,
make a special effort to be present at
first meeting, Thursday night, Octo- j
her 7, at 7:30.
C. T. WILLIAMS,
Committee.
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CARRIED TO HOSPITAL
Mr. Frank Powers, who was taken
suddenly ill here last Friday, was car
ried to Raleigh, to Mary Elizabeth
, Hospital, for treatment. Mr. Powers
is a traveling man.
GOOD SALES AT WAREHOUSES
Up to Tuesday evening the ware
houses of Zebulon had sold 600,000
pounds of tobacco. On Tuesday the
amount was 51,000 pounds, which av
j eraged a good price. Some of the to- !
tacco on Tuesday brought as high (
j as 60 cents a pound.
WILSON’S BOOSTER COMMITTEE
Yesterday Zebulon had a surprise in
| the person of Wilson booster com
mittee, going over the eastern section
of the State advertising the fair that
is to be held at Wilson.
In the party were many prominent
J business men, and all of them enjoyed
a barbecue dinner at Wiggs warehouse.
It is said that there was sixty men
, and twenty women, in the party.
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WAKEFIELD MISSIONARY
SOCIETY WILL MEET
I The Woman’s Missionary Society, of
i Wakefield church will meet October
19, at 3 p. m. at the church.
for the farmers. The Stephens Bros,
are men who know what a pile of ■
tobacco is worth, and before the sales l
starts they have gone over their en- [
tire floor and when each pile is
reached the auctioneer begins, and be
fore the pile is given the last “warn
ing” the price is set that pleases the
farmer.
At the Farmers Warehouse one sees !
the broad smile of the farmer as his
1 tobacco is being sold. Fred Cheat-'
ham, the manager of this warehouse, I
| is very popular throughout this sec
tion. He is a man who can tell by a
glance at a pile of tobacco, what it
is worth, and he causes the buyers to
give the right price before they pass
!on to another pile. Mr. Cheatham is
| an old tobacco man (not old in years,) j
| and he never lets a farmer go away
dissatisfied.
The buyers on the Zebulon tobacco
market this year are one of the clev
erest set of buyers that has ever been
sent to any town to buy tobacco. They
are all ready to give the price the to
bacco is worth, and all of them have
made friends with the farmers this
season that will make the year 1926
go down in history as having the best
set of buyers of any year since Zeb
ulon was a tobacco market.
Bring your tobacco to Zebulon and
we will assure you that you will re
ceive every dollar it is worth.
Big Circus To Be
Here On The 11th
The billboards and dead walls about
the city are announcing that the fam
-1! ous Gentry Bros. Shows are to visit
Zebulon, Monday, October 11.
Great interest attaches to the event
padticularly so because the big show
is one of the few tented exhibitions
offering an array of trained wild an
imals. The Gentry Bros. Shows for
nearly half a century, to be exact, 46
years, have stood at the top among
the high-class shows.
Beginning as a small wagon show,
each year has seen a steady growth |
until today the mere announcement !
of the appearance of the Gentry Bros. ,
Shows is synonoymous with the fact j
that the patrons will see a clean,
high-class entertainment, free from;
objectionable features, embodying all!
that is great and entertaining in the |
realm of the “white tops.”
A special train of double length
j railroad cars will bring the big show
: here. The big show represents an
j expenditure of more than $750,000.
j There are upwards of 700 men, women
I and horses with the show; almost ten i
i: cres of tents; a herd of
a caravan of camels; one of the most
interesting traveling menageries; five,
bands of music, scores of curiosities '
and oddities from the four corners of
the world.
There will be two performances at 1
2 and 8 p. m., the doors opening at
1 and 7 p. m. A concert of popular
and operatic music will be given by
I’rof. John Griffin’s military band an
hour preceding each performance. An
immense street parade will be seen
on the downtown streets at noon on
show day.
SIMMS BA RAC A CLASS
The Simms Baraca Class of the
Tabernacle Sunday school of Raleigh,
has just passed its 26th anniversary,
j and some reference will be made of
this event at the class meeting on
! Sunday morning. J. 1). Berry, presi
dent of the class has sent out an ap
, peal for every member of the class
to be present. R. N. Simms, teacher
of the class for these twenty-six years 1
will have a special message for men.
All former members and friends of
the class are urged to be present. A
mixed quartet will render a special
selection at the opening of the class
at 9:50.
I
Bombay now claims the largest
raw-cotton depot of the world, the
new plant covering 127 acres.
DISCUSSED THE
FAIR OUTLOOK
Enthusiastic Meeting
Os Officers And
Committees
Prospects For Best
East Wake Fair
Ever Held
On Monday night, October 4th at
7:30 p. m. the' officers and commit
teemen of the Fair met and discussed
the general outlook of the fair. Re
j ports indicate that we will have a
large number of exhibits and the big
j gest variety of exhibits we have ever
had. In addition to the large exhibits
of canned goods, pantry supplies, sew
ing, art and antiques, flowers, cook- 1
ing and poultry that we have been
having, we are expecting extra large
exhibits of farm and field crops, or
chard and garden products, live stock
and apiary products. The committee:;
are doing some excellent work and
are getting a hearty response from
the people.
The people are planning to put on
exhibit some of the best that they
have and see how it compares with
the best of his neighbors. If the nei
ghbors is best, find out how he did
it so that we may improve our crops.
If our exhibits are best we want to
tell our neighbors so that they may
improve their crops.
Be sure and get your name in as
early as possible with the items that
you intend to exhibit so that we may
allow enough space to take Care of
tme exhibits.
The premium list is printed and in
the hands of the committees, the lo
j cal merchants also have a supply, so
! if you do not have a copy be sure
l and get one. Remember the mer-
I chants who’s add you find in the
t premium list when you need mer
- j chandise for they are co-operating in
t helping to make your fair possible
I
A SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTY
, The Wakefield Home Demonstration
Club held its regular meeting in the
club room Wednesday afternoon, Sep
; tember 29th, with sixteen members
and two visitors present. Plans were
j discussed for the Community Fair and
j committees appointed to arrange for
j the Club’s exhibit.
At the conclusion of the business
session, the president made a short
talk, bringing out the fact that while
| none of us liked to be called ‘old”, ii
was sometimes very pleasant and
profitable to be old. That we had two
members who had already passed the
age of three score years t.nd ten, and
were still “young.” That it was the
birthday of one of these ladies and
| very close to the birthday of the other
one, and that the club members wish
ed to celebrate the happy occasion
with them. It was made known that,
Mrs. M. C. Chamblee and Mrs. Mar
tha Hoyle were the honorees of the
occasion. In one corner of the club
1 room was then disclosed a beautifu’ly
; appointed table, on which were two
hite birthday cakes, each surrounded J
i by wreaths of pink and white rose
buds, two bouquets of roses which
were later presented to the honor
guests, while in the center was a
1 large punch bowl of delicious iced j
grape-juice. A color scheme of pink
and white was carried out in the use !
I of a pink and'white lunch cloth and
! numerous baskets of lovely roses, dah-1
1 lias and other fall flowers, with which 1
the room was decorated. Mrs. Cham- 1
blee was asked to cut one of the cakes,
which was served with the grape
juice to the club members and guests.
Mrs. Chamblee and Mrs. Hoyle ex
pressed their pleasure and apprecia
tion for being so happily remembered,
and th eparty ended by all present
wishing them many more birthdays
equally as happy as this on..
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(ARRAY FLOATS
1 FIRST DAY FAIR
; Parade And Amuse
ment For The
Two Days’ Fair
Carnival, Brass Band
And Plenty Os
Good Music
There will be a big array of floats,
depicting the various interest of the
two towns, in the parade to be hckl
Thursday morning October 21st, at
9:30 a. m. The parade will start in
Wendell, lead by a band and from
there will proceed to Zebulon via. the
highway and after a trip through
Zebulon will disband.
At 11:00 a. m. of the same morning
there will be an address by the Gov
ernor of our state, Hon. Angus W.
McLean. We cannot stress too much
the importance of being here for that
address. It is an honor and privi
lege that does not come very often
to have our Governor in our midst to
speak for us and mingle with us in
our entertainment. For fear your
neighbor does not know about the
Governor going to be here mention it
to him an dinsist that he be present.
Thursday evening there will be a
band concert by the State College
Band conducted by Major P. W. Price.
It is one of the largest and best bands
in the State and we were lucky to
be able to secure such high class en
tertainment.
Friday morning, October 22nd there
will be a dog show in charge of Prof.
11. C. Shull. A'l dogs contesting
must be entered by 9:00 a. m. on Fri
day morning. Groom your dog and
have it entered.
In the afternoon there will be a
. football game between Wakelon high
. school and Apex high school, our rival
in West Wake.
For the entire week of October 18
to 23 the Vinkcn Amusement Co., will
have a group of clean shows and
amusements and a variety of riders
located in Zebulon just across the
street from the exhibit hall making
a gay and a ill active midway.
Pack your troubles in the old kit
bag and meet us on the midway at
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MUST GET APPRECIATION
GIANT POWER IN FINANCE
The insurance companies of the
country “own and control more wealth
th; n all of the national and state banks
combined,” we are told.
There are only some 250 life in
surance companies—a handful num
erically, compared to the number of
banks.
Few realize the tremendous power
of insurance companies. They invest
their great wealth in securities. Mu ii
of it goes into real estate deels and
building operations where bank funds
do not generally go.
Whoso controls the money largely
contro’s—or may control—the policies
to be followed. That is why it is
j important to know the source and
, seat of financial power.
There are problems looming on La
bor’s horizon which dwarf into insig
nificance any that have yet come into
, the arena of discussion,
j The foolish and resentful “revolu-
I tionists” talk of destruction, prate
j idotically of “class consciousness,” of
a “dictatorship of the proletariat,” of
everything except that which will be
lof some use in finding solutions to
great problems.
The fundamental principles of th’
American Lbor movement will yield
an answer to Labor’s problems if they
are intelligently and corageously ap
plied. But first there must be a real
understanding of the problem—and
that requires something more than the
prattle of the “left-wingers” and the
rettle of loose screws.— Union Herald.
TO SING AT BAPTIST CHURCH
Miss Louise Frazier, of the Wakelcn
high school faculty, will sing at the
B; ptist church Sunday morning.
Dauber: I’d like to devote my last
picture to a charitable purpose.
Critic: Why not give it to an in
stitution for the blind?