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VOLUME 2, NUMBER 20
BEAUTIFUL HIGH
SCHOOL BUILDING
READY
Some Classes Using Part
of Building Now, and
Plumbers Making Others
Ready for Occupancy.
SOON TO BE OCCUPIED
Contractors Have Met All
the Requirements Up to
Present of the Architect.
Adds Much to Beautiful
School Grounds.
The new High School building at
kA Wakelon is rapidly nearing completion
% and this fact is a source of consider
able pleasure not only to Superin-
X tendent Johnson and his corps of
teachers but to pupils and patrons of
thjf school as well.
For several years the buildings at
Wajcelon have been badly crowded. It
ha«t. been necessary to teach sections
I I of «*me of the lower grades in rooms
in the dormitory which were not well
sented for the work and two rooms
have been used which were formed by
cutting off a part of the auditorium.
Even after using these extra quarters
the enrollment this session has been
such that-It has been necessary to
handle some grades in shifts—that is,
one section has occupied a room in the <
morning and another in the afternoon.
But this week three rooms in the
8 >High School building have become
available, making afternoon shifts un
necessary. Two sections of the'
seventh grade and one of the fourth
are temporarily occupying the new
1 rooms.
\ Steam fitters are hard at work in
f tailing the heating systeem, carpen- j
ters are busy finishing up their work !
8 .and it is confidently expected now that
jp&he building will b ready for the high
School department after another week.
The new building adds much to the
appearance of the school campus and
‘ will entirely relieve the congested
condition which have existed for some
& time. It contains a large number of i
commdious and well lighted class
rooms thoroughly suited to the work
for which they will be used. It con
tains also a superintendent’s office,
library room, and an auditorium with
a seating capacity of 850. The seats ,
in tße auditorium will be elevated and
the stage js large and roomy with en
trances from dressing rooms on either
side.
Strickland Brothers, Zebulon con-
I tractors, have had the construction of
the building in charge and to their
credit be it said that every bit of the
i construction work has met the full
| approval of the architect from the
■.first.
|3L* Occupancy of the building by the
f high school department will mark a
| new era in the life of Wakelon when
8 bigger and better work will be done
E and in greater comfort.
I WHY MANY VOTERS
I REFRAIN FROM VOTING
1 To the Editor Zebulon Record:
Why so many voters refrain from
| voting, is a question often asked, but I
1 easily answered. Voters like to know
I who they are voting for, we want to
. see the candidates and judge of their
* fitness for the office they aspire to.
Campaigning, it seems, has had its
day, and we ar e in the dark as to the
| personality, competency and fitness of
1 aspirants.
No candidate has make a speech in
I Little River Township, before or since
the Primary, and yet the election is !
iear at hand.
We hope the old custom may revive, |
that every county aspirant will be seen j
and heard in every township in the'
county. Acting in the dark, does not
appeal to any one. Come out like i
men, ye candidates, let us see you and j
know how you stand on present issues. l
A VOTER. ]
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CARD OF THANKS FROM
THE FAIR MANAGEMENT 11
| ,
The management of the East Wake j <
Fair wishes to thank the people of
j Zebulon, Wendell and the surrounding. 1
k immunities for the loyal support I 1
| and faithful co-operation given in | <
lijpaking the fair the success that it j i
f « was. 1 1
The Zebulon Record
REPRESENTING FOUR COUNTIES—WAKE. JOHNSTON. NASH and FRANKLIN
THE LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY SMALL TOWN COMMUNITY PAPER IN NORTH CAROLINA.
Wake Tax Book Problem
What the Wake county commission
• ers will do toward settling the matter
of whether Sheriff D. Bryant Harrison
will be allowed to collect part of the
1926 taxes, or whether the county
I commissioners will hold the books up
until the new sheriff, Numan F. Turn
i er. assumes office on December, next,
will be settled when the commissioners
meet and not before, according to
> county officials who were approached
and questioned on the matter yester
day.
These officials, while admitting
that the county commissioners have
■ never before been faced with a like
problem (that of the outgoing sheriff
I taking over the new tax books a
! month before his term of office ex
spire), are of the opinion that the
' commissioners will find away to
| settle everything in away that will be
satisfactory t> ai! parties concermd.
Nor do these officials, who arc
: prominently connected in affairs of
j the county, expect the commission
ers to refuse Harrison the new books.
They point out that the taxes collect
ed in November are used for the oper
. ation of county schools, and that it
behooves the county to collect all
j moneys that it can during that
i month.
They do not think the commission
! ers will appoint a special tax collec
tor to collect 1926 taxes and all back
taxes that remain uncollected and
which are charged to the accounts of
i the present sheriff. They thought the
county commissioners are without au
thority to appoint a special collector,
even if they wanted to do so.
William Henry Penney, clerk to
the board of commissioners, declared
yesterday that no call has been is-
I sued by Chairman Millard Mial for
| a special meeting of the commission
ers to accept the settlement of Sheriff
J Harrison.
Sheriff Harrison strted that he is
1 unable as yet to say when he would
Ibe ready to settle with the county.
He stated headshe.rNUNU E shrduu
He stated he had his force of assis
tants busy on the books, and that
J they are “working night and day” in
• an effort to finish the job as quickly
:as possible. He declared that it would
take at least three or four days to
check his books after the job is com
pleted.
He stated that he didn’t think the
settlement would be ready by Mon-
I day.—New's and Observer.
The Chiefs Will Meet
Through their organization, the
North Carolina Association of Chiefs
of Police, police chiefs throughout the
State of North Carolina will ask the
next General Assembly to pass laws j
; making it a felony to drive a car,
! equipped with a “smoke screen,” and
| to require every driver of an auto
mobile to pass a physical as well as
a mental test before he is permitted
to operate a car.
These and other measures, designed
j to help police to enforce laws
better according to Chief of Police !
J. Winder Bryan, of Raleigh, who is j
president of the N. C. Association of
Chiefs of Police, will be asked of the
next legislature.
Chief Bryan Thursday announced
that the members of the association
will meet in Wilmington on October
28, 29 and probably the 30th, to dis
cuss and perfect plans whereby they
would be better enabled to enforce
the laws of the State.
Letters are being mailed now to
chiefs of police throughout the State
urging them to attend the forthcom
ing meeting, said Chief Bryan, who
added that the association is hoping
to add materially to its present mem
bership, which is composed in the
main of chiefs of police from eastern
North Carolina, He stated that chiefs
of police in western North Carolina
would be especially urged to join
the association.
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ARMISTICE DAY IN RALEIGH ,
November 11th will be a great day
in Raleigh, when the World War boys 1
gather to celebrate the signing of
armistice between this country and
Germany. j i
An interesting program, as well as , 1
big parade, speaking and an “old- j 1
fashioned dinner” will mark the oc
casion of ending of hostilities between i
all the countries who took part in the j i
great war with Kaiser Bill’s forces 1 <
ZEBULON, N. C„ FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1926
EAST WAKE
GREAT SUCCESS
' Thousands of People From
■ This Section and Many
► From a Distance Present
at Opening.
BEST EVER HELD HERE
»
Exhibits Fine and Everyone
Pleased With the Fair—
Floats Attracted Much
Attention and Were Fine
1
The fourth annual East Wake Coun
-1 j ty Fair, which opened at Zebulon last
’ Thursday, put on through the com
' hined efforts of Zebulon, Wendell and
’ the various communities, assisted from
; the adjoining counties of Franklin,
Johnston and Nash showed a spirit of
«
co-operation and community interest
that promises much for this section.
An elaborate parade with marshals,
bands and dercorated floats, that mov
' ed from Wendell over the four miles
’ j of hardsurfaced road to Zebulon; the
t formal opening of the fair at noon on
Thursday with an address by Frank
H. Jeter, farm extension news editor
of the State Department of Agricul
ture, of Raleigh, who substituted for
Governor McLean who was prevented
from filling his appointment to speak;
a varied line of exhibits that complete
ly filled one of the big tobacco ware
houses, and a carnival company in an
adjacent lot with sideshows and rides
of various sorts in full swing, marked
the opening of one of the best fairs
ever held in Zebulon.
Thousands of people from Eastern
Wake county, Nash, Franklin and
Johnston, gathered here for the fair
1 and crowded the streets for the pas
( sage of the big parade.
Interest in the parade centered in
i the judging of the floats, the first
• prize being awarded to the float of the
Mothers Circle of Wendell, the second
I to the Horn of Plenty of the depart
j ment of Vocational Agriculture of
Wakelon High School, and third prize
i to the Wakelon Girls’ Home Demon
i stration Club.
The winning float of the Mothers’
Circle was attractive in white and
lavendar. Mrs. W. E. Pell in lavendar
being surrounded by a group of chil
dren in white and lavendar. “As the
Twig is Bent” were the words over
the float, a demonstration of the pro
per training of the future citizens of
Eastern Wake county.
The Horn of Plenty of the Wake
lon Department of Vocational Agri
culture was spilling out a variety of
Eastern North Carolina products, and
i the home demonstration girls had an
attractive log cabin.
“Thp Farmer’s Liability” was the
subject of the address by Mr. Jeter.
, The speaking was held on a platform
i just outside of the warehouse where
the fair was held.
On the platform with Mr. Jeter were
1 W. A. Brame, mayor of Wendell; E.
| C. Daniel, mayor of Zebulon; and Le-
Rov Massey, one of the prominent citi
|
i zens of Zebulon.
The fair continued through Friday
and thousands of people came from
every direction and every one enjoy
ed themselves at the fair and at the
, carnival. It was indeed the biggest
thing pulled off in Zebulon in many
| years, and will be remembered by all
as the best fair ever held in Zebulon.
RALEIGH BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
IN SESSION AT CARY
The Raleigh Baptist Association
convened with Cary Baptist church
Wednesday and Thursday of this
week in its 121st annual session. The
Raleigh Association embraces about
one-half of the Baptist churches in
Wake county.
The session opened at 10 o’clock
Wednesday morning. The election of
officers and organization of the asso
ciation took place soon after the meet
ing was called to order.
The annual sermon was preached at
11:30 by Rev. J. P. Harris, pastor of
the Baptist church at Fuquay Springs.
Dr. Chas. E. Maddry, corresponding ]
secretary of the Baptist State conven
tion, delivered an address on the gen
eral work of the denomination.
Rev. Theo. Davis, pastor of the
Baptist church at Zebulon, and many
others from Zebulon attended the
convention.
UNCLE SAM’S
ARMY IN PEACE
An Organization Capable of
Creating a War-Time
Army Around Peace-Time
Force.
NINE CORPS AREAS
The Commanders of These
Would in Time of War
Have Charge of the Mo
bilization of All Troops
Raised Within Their Re
spective Districts.
In the reorganization of the United
States Army after the World War
many new ideas were adopted in the
light of experience gained during that
struggle. The most important of
these was the planning of an organi
zation capable of creating a war-time
Army built around the skeleton of the
peace-time force.
Details of this war-time organiza
tion are studied continually by the
War Plans Divisi-n, which has pro
vided for the handling of large bodies
of men without the delays and con
fusion heretofore experienced when
national emergencies have arisen.
The country is divided into nine
corps areas, the commanders of
which would in time of war have
charge of the mobilization of all
troops raised within their respective
districts.
In the War Department, besides
the Secretary of War and two assist
ant secretaries, are the chief of staff
and chiefs of seven combatant branch
es and nine staff corps. The peace
time strength is thus capable of being
rapidly expanded into an Army of
millions with little change in the
present plan of organization.
After the Revolution the Army was
cut to 700 men, after the War of 1812
to 8,000, after the Civil War to 25,-
000. After the Spanish American
War the authorized strength was
100,000, but this figure was never
reached except during the Mexican
border trouble. Since 1920 the au
thorized strength has been 280,000
but it has been limited by lack of ap
propriations to approximately 118,000
men, or about one for each 1,000 of
population.
While it is the sincere hope of al l
right thinking persons that its em
ployment in warfare may not again i
be necessary, it is gratifying to know j
that our Army is now organized along j
the most modern and effective liffbs,
and trained to an efficiency unequalled
by any body of fighting men in the j
world.
INSTALLED PARLOR FURNACE
Shamburger-Pippin has installed a
jParlor furnace at his store. Evident
ly this firm intends to keep their cus
tomers warm when they come in to
trade. Mr. Brown says: “You may
be assumed that a warm we’, ame
awaits you at Shamburger-Pippin Co.
for he helped pdt up the beautiful
parlor furnace, and we have five tons
of coal on hand.”
WILL SING AT BAPTIST
CHURCH SUNDAY MORNING i
Mrs. E. M. Hall will sing at the 11
o’clock service Sunday morning at the '
Baptist church.
THE PLAY. “LISTEN LADY,”
ONE OF THE BEST
Many were heard to say c i Wed-'
nesday hnorning that the play, “Listen I
Lady,” given at Wakelon school Tues
day evening, was the best play given
at the school this season.
The play was given under the au
spices of the Woman’s Club of Zebu
lon, and was directed by Marjoyre
Rentz, of Savannah, Ga., assisted en
tirely by home talent. Every one who
took part in this play deserve special j
mention.
FREE-WILL BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. W .E. Anderson, of Ayden will 1
preach at the Free-Will Baptist church
the first Sunday in November. All are
invited to these services.
To increase the safety of railroad
workers metal signal fl; gs that clamp :
to rails and on which lanterns can be
hung at night have been designed.
THANKS TO THE OFFICERS OF
EAST WAKE FAIR
To the President, Mr. R. E. Pippin
and Officers of East W’ake Fair:
We, as friends of Zebulon,
and surrounding community, wish to
thank you for the honorable and ca
pable manner in which you have con
ducted the East Wake Fair in such a
degree of perfection that it is a credit
to the communities that it represents.
We feel that all officers connected
with the fair have performed their in
dividual duties with the uttermost effi
ciency. It is plainly shown that better
i personnel could not have been se
lected. We feel that this has shown
he community just what could be done
to bring before the public what East
Wake is doing. We hope to show by
I the work that has been done this year
| that each year hereafter may bring
, greater results to the surrounding
| communities.
May we again express our apprecia
tion to the president, Mr. Pippin, and
officers, who have so well performed
I their duties. A
(Signed)
Zebulon-Wendell Community,
By E. C. Daniel, Mayor of Zebulon.
WAKE COUNTY WELL
REPRESENTED AT MEET
Wake county was well represented
at a meeting of officials and civic club
committees on Tuesday at Smithfield
when a movement was formally
launched for the establishment of a
tri-county sanatorium for the tuber
cular.
The movement, however, was dis
cussed thoroughly and it is said that
wake representatives assured the pro
moters of the meeting that co-opera
tion from this county was assurred.
Among those who attended the
meeting were Dr. A. C. Bulla, county
health officer; the county hospital
committee and many others, as well
as at least two members of the board
of commissioners.
The establishing of a tri-cou tty
sanatorium for Wake, Johnston and
Wayne counties formed the keynote
ol‘ the meeting Tuesday. The novo
merit is being sponsored by the Ki
wams Club of Clayton and a <. unmit
tee that had invited all Kiwanis
I organizations in the three counties to
send representatives to the meeting.
Dr. P. P. McCain, superintendent
of the State Sanatorium was on the
program and Dr. W. S. Rankin, of the
Duke Foundation Fund, attended also.
MASS MEETING AT WAKELON
SCHOOL BUILDING
There will be a called meeting of
the merchants and farmers of this
section at the Wakelon school build
'ng next Monday evening at 7:30
o’clock.
Among the speakers for the occa
sion will be Dr. Withers and Mr.
Jeter, of State College, and County
Agent Anderson, of Raleigh, and pos
sibly others.
There should be a large crowd in
itterdance.
The object of the meeting iii to dis
cuss farm problems.
ZEBULON IN THE LIME LIGHT
The following article was sent to
us a few days ago, and proves that the
people in the country like Zebulon:
Some time ago the writer was com
ing from Selma to Zebulon, and on
leaving Selma became lost. Stopping
to ask the correct way he was quickly
informed of the right road and the
correct distance. This gave him an
an idea to see what the people along i
the road thought of Zebulon. So at
every house, and each person met he
asked the way to Zebulon, and what
kind of a town it was, and to his en
tire satisfaction each and every per
son said it was a prosperous, up-to
date, entergetic, clean thriving place.
They liked it and liked the people and
merchants.
Let’s don’t fall but always bear this
ideal in mind when welcoming, trad
ing and visiting our friends of the
surrounding community.
A portable gas burning steam boiler
equipped with hose and spray nozzle
has been designed for neovating
clotming and upholstered furniture.
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MUSIC DEPT. OF
WOMAN’S CLUB
ENTERTAINED
,
Mrs. M. C. Chamblee, Hos
tess to the Club at Her
Lovely Home
#
DELIGHTFUL PROGRAM
Many Interesting Readings
by Members Featured the
Occasion —Refreshments
Served By Mrs. Chamblee
and Daughters
The attractive home of Mrs. M. C.
Chamblee was a scene of loveliness
on last Tuesday afternoon. October
19, when it was thrown open to the
Music and Literature Department of
the Woman’s Club, Mrs. Chamblee be
ing hostess on this occasion.
A most delightful program was
given under the direction of Mrs. C. E.
Folwers, chairman of the Literary
Department, and Mrs. E. M. Hull,
chairman of the Music Department.
The general topic for the meeting
being, “North Carolina Prune
Writers.”
Mrs. C. E. Flowers gave first a
biographical sketch of Isaac Erwin
Avery. She gave a reading, “New
Fnngtad Notions About Babies,” frowi
Avery's volume, “Idle Comments, and
next she gave a very read
ing, “Motherhood,” from Daskam.
Mrs. J. 1). Davis read a most inter
esting pi. per on “Christian Reid”
(Frances Christine Tiernan), giving
her biographical sketch ar.d touching
on some of her works.
“Edward Kidder Graham,” the third
writer for study at the meeting wire
taken up by Mrs. C. V. Whitley, pht?
giving a splendid paper on thi?
writer.
Mrs. E. M. Hall, of the Music De
partment, reed a well prepared pro
gram on American composers.
Mrs. G. S. Barbee gave a sketch of
“Ncvin ” after which Miss Gracelt
Frazier gave a lovely piano solo, “The
Rosary,” by Ncvin, most beautifully
rendered.
Mrs. E. M. Hall and Mrs. J. F.
Coltrane sang. “Oh, That We Two
Were Maying.”
Mrs. G. S. Barbee next gave a
sketch of Cadman. another American
composer, after which Miss Louise
Frazier sang, “From The Lund of tht
Sky Blue Waters,” by Cadman. Miss
Frazier charmed all in rendering this
beautiful selection, her voice luting
remarkably sweet and clear.
The vocal trio, “At Dawing,” by
Cadman, was given in conc'usion by
Mrs. Hall, Mrs. Coltrane and Mrs.
Finch, which was indeed, beautiful
and well rendered
The hostess served delightful re
freshments, hot tea, sandwiches and
jvafers, assisted : .'v her <- a ugh ters*
Misses Dorris and Melva Oh mbke.
FRANK PAGE ADVOCATES
CONSTABULARY ON HIGHWAYS
»
A uniformed state constabulary to
patrol North Carolina highways was
submitted as probable answer to
the state’s appalling list of fatal road
accidents by Frank Page, chairman
of the Highway Commission, »n a talk
to the traveling men entertained by
the Chamber of Commerce at the
Mansion Park hotel Friday night.
Mr. Page advocated the establish
ment of a constabulary for several
reasons hut chief of these was that.t
would cut the accident toll. “We art*
killing one man a day on the State
maintained highways of North Caro
lina,” he said. “The whole system of
transportation is wrong if it require:-;
that many lives to mtaintaln 6ur roads
for automobile traffic.”
Mr. Page explained that he was
not proposing a force of plain-clothes
deputies hiding behind bill-boards to
take your numbers,” but a uniformed
force to which arrest would be only
the last alternative and whose func
tion would be to facilitate traffic and
not to impede it.”
VISITING HIS PARENTS
/
Mr. P. v. Bunn, of Richmond \'<s. r
has been having trouble with his ton
sils for quite a w' it**. Since having
ing them removed, he has bo"»n spend
ing a few days with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. H Bunn.