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VOLUME 2, NUMBER 24
MR. ANDERSON
AT WAKELON
HIGHSCHOOL
Will Speak on Mon
day, November 29,
at 7 P. M.
Community Speak
ings Have Been
Arranged
Mr. Anderson (Wake county agri
cultural agent) will be at Wakelon
High School Monday, November 29,
at 7:30 p. rn. He will discuss the
Model Farm Poultry House. All who
are interested in poultry should come
out to hear Mr. Anderson.
One farmer in Wake county last
y?ar made a net profit of more than
$1,500.00 from a block of 200 hens.
' This farmer used the type of house
which will be discussed by Mr. Ander
son. If we can get a few standard
poultry houses in our community and
a few large flocks of purebred poul
try, they would help to tide us over
the low price of cotton.
Every one should come out to hear
. Mr. Anderson. Remember, ladies, as
well as men, are urged to come.
This is the first of a series of les
sons on poultry production. There is
considerable interest in regard to es
tablishing a large hatchery in our
community. This enterprise would
greatly enocurage mor e and better
chickens.
Community Meetings
Community meetings for farmers
and business men have been arranged
as follows:
December 13th—Mr. Pate, on Fer
tiliser; Mr. Holeman, Pyrotal (farm
explosives).
We Hope to get a car load pyrotal
shipped to Zebulon.
January 3rd—Tobacco Diseases, by
a specialist from North Carolina State
College.
February 7th —Dairy Cows—Mr. I
Kinney, from Extension Department |
of North Carolina State College.
March 7th—lmportance of good
seed on the farm—Dr. Winters, from
North Carolina State College.
April 4th—Hogs, by Mr. Shay, from
North State College Extension De
partment.
All of these men are specialists in
their fields of work and can give us
valuable information.
We are very fortunate in having
these men visit our community to
help us. One for each month.
DEATH OF S. M. WHELESS
Early last Saturday morning oc
curred the death of one of our most
prominent farmers and original set
tlers in the Zebulon community, that
of Mr. S. M. Wheless. My, Wheless
r has not been well for a ye* ror more,
and his death though a great shock
was not wholly expected at this time.
The immediate cause of his death 1
seems to have been neuralgia of the j
liver, which doubtless affected his!
heart. «
He was buried in the Zebulon ceme
tery Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock.
Service was conducted by Rev. Mr.
Davis, of the Baptist church, followed
by the burial ritual of the Masonic
fraternity of which Mr. Wheless was a
member. A very large number of peo
ple attended in sympathy with the
family and to show their appreciation
of the life of a good man.
Mr. Wheless was 68 years old. He
was a member of the Baptist church,
and because of his long and faithful
service as a deacon, was made a dea
con for life a few years ago by the
church. He was a quiet, unassuming
man, a good citizen, a faithful Chris
tian and a loving father and husband.
He leaves a wife, two sisters, three
brothers and four sons, besides numer
ous friends to grieve his departure ;
from this life. These words from an
other expresses most simply and truly
his life: “He was a good man.”
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SPECIAL SALES AND LOW PRICES
Most of the merchants of Zebulon j
hewden special sales such, that to find
the best bargains, it is not necessary
to go to Raleigh, Rocky Mount or else
v where.
The Zebulon Record
REPRESENTING FOUR COUNTIES—WAKE, JOHNSTON, NASH and FRANKLIN
THE LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY SMALL TOWN COMMUNITY PAPER IN NORTH CAROLINA.
THANKSGIVING
UNION SERVICE
BAPTIST CHURCH
Held Thursday Even
ing at 7:30 O’clock
in Zebulon
Contributions for All
Orphanages Will
be Received
Two years ago it was decided by
the churches of Zebulon to have a
union Thanksgiving service instead of
services at each church. In accord
j once with this arrangement, the ser
vice this year will be held Thursday
evening at 7:30 o’clock in the Baptist
church. Rev. E. M. Hall, pastor of
the Methodist church, will preach the
sermon and the choirs of the churches
will lead the music.
This is the only time during the
year when all Christian people come
together for worship in our commun
ity, and it is hoped every one who
can will be present to give thanks
to God for his many blessings. An
offering will be taken for the benefit
of the orphan children in our orphan
ages. Envelopes will be used and
each giver may indicate the orphan
age to which he prefers his gift to go.
The loose collection will be equally
divided among the churches partici
pating.
It is hoped the offering will be lib
eral. Our people usually respond
generously to the appeal for charity.
One fine man, we understand, offers
to give $25.00 if another less able will
give $5.00. Let each of us follow
these commendable examples and
give a worthy offering and make an
acceptable expression of our thanks
to God on this Thanksgiving Day,
Thursday evening, at the union ser
vice in the Zebulon Baptist church.
FARMERS’ UNION MEETS
JANUARY 11-13, 1926.
The General Assembly should be
carefully watched, in the opinion of
R. W. H. Stone, of Guilford County, .
presdent of the North Carolina Farm
ers’ Union, who Saturday issued the
call for the annual convention of the
Union. It will be held in Raleigh,
January 11, 12 and 13.
The Legislature will be in session,
Mr. Stone points out, and he wants
the farmers who attend the conven
tion to go around and talk to the mem
bers of the Legislature from their
county.
Next year is going to be revalua
tion year, Mr. Stone said, and he wants ;
“the burden of taxation equalized.”
Also, the Legislature will be busy j
making appropriations, and that will j
need the careful eye of the farmer, he
thinks.
While his call was being issued,
the farmers’ locals were meeting and ,
electing delegates, in all the counties
of the state wehere there are locals. |
These delegates will attend the con
vention.
Mr. Stone would like to see some
| thing done to help the price of cot- j
i ton without “pushing the farmer far- 1
ther in debt." Interest on borrowed (
money has been a terrible drain ofi
farming operations, he says in the<
-call, gnd has been the chief thing that
has made farming unprofitable.
And do not for a minute think that
people are going to rush out and help
the farmer just for pure charity and
brotherly love, the Farmers’ Union
' president says. The other fellow has
his own load to pull and can’t pull
his own and the farmers’. Whatever
! is done for the farmers’ benefit, the
'farmer will have to do it, Mr. Stone
j thinks.
The other fellow has sense enough
to organize and keep all other classes j
out of his organization, Mr. Stone
! said. The farmer should have sense
enough to do the same, he thinks.
Fellows watching the girls go by
frequently engage in a joint discus
sion,
The amount of life insurance some
1 persons carry stamps them as rank
' egotists. *
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Yes, Ben Bolt, the modern Sweet
Alice, doesn’t “tremble,4rith fear at
i your frown." } / f
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ZEBULON, N. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1926
ADS
NEW STAR ROUTE
WILL BF. ESTABLISHED
A star mail route will be establish
ed between Rocky Mount and Frank
linton on December 13, it was an
nounced last week by Postmaster G. T.
Matthews, of Rocky Mount.
The new ro*t» wil| lie ,
Louisburg, Castalia' arid Franklinton
with mail coming in on the Atlantic
Coast Line to Rocky Mount and all
mail coming to points on the route
from the Seaboard will go to Frank
linton and be sent by the new route to
Rocky Mount and other points.
The schedule proposed for the route
follows:
Leaves Franklinton for Rocky
Mount at 7 a. m. and 3:15 p. m.
Arrives at Rocky Mount at 9 a. m.
and 5:15 p. m.
Leaves Rocky Mount at 9:15 a. m. i
and 5:30 p. m.
Arrives at Franklinton at ll:l5 a.
in. and 7:30 p. m.
SERVE SUMMONS IN CO-OP.
SU»T ON F. B. WEBSTER
Summons in Colonel Willie M. Per- \
son’s suit against the North Carolina
Cotton Growers’ Co-operative Asso
ciation was served last week on F. B.
Webster, assistant secretary of the or
ganization. Mr. Webster accepted ser
vice in the absence of U. B. Blalock,
general manager of the association.
Col. Person, attorney for P. L. Par
ham, of Nash county, has started suit
with the avowed purpose of bringing
about the dissolution of the cotton as
sociation. No complaint has been filed
yet, it is said.
Officials of the cotton association at
Raleigh declared a few days ago that
they feared nothing from the suit and
welcomed an opportunity to lay the af
fairs of the association before the
public. P. L. Parham, the plaintiff,
they declared, is a mighty small mem
ber of the association as fa ras deliv
j erics of cotton go.
Co’ p<*rs'->. however, was the ori
ginator of the movement which finally
; overthrew the tobacco association af
ter several initial reverses. He is an
arch enemy of co-operative market, it
I said, although a member of both the
tobacco and cotton associations.
Experts in touch with the situation
I are of the opinion that the cotton as
j sociation was laid on a much more
solid basis than the tobacco associa
i tion.
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The late Duke of Orleans, French
pretender, bore a decided resemblance
to Buffalo Bill.
A Pensacola hotel advertises itself
; as the “Oasis of West Florida," if you
i know what that means.
TUBERCULOSIS SEAL SALE
t
As chairman of the National Tuber
. culosis Christmas Seal sale in this
- community, I take this opportunity of
■ announcing that for the first time
. 1 this year no seals are being sent out
i to individuals by the officers of the
, National Tuberculosis Association. If
f I *
any who have been accustomed to re
ceive these seals should be mistake
gat some again, they will p’eusc re
turn them to the sender with the ex
planation that they are going to buy
from the local committee in charge
of this sale.
Ten per cent of funds received from
I the sale of these seals will be kept
' in the community for local welfare
work. We expect to launch this sale
; Sunday, November 28th, and it will
! continue to December 25th.
See this paper next week for fur
ther information about this great
movement, and make up your mind
to buy only “Tuberculosis Christmas
Seals” for your letters and packages
at this Christmas season.
MRS. W. K. PHILLIPS,
Chairman.
VETERANS’ LOAN ACT
IS NOW A PROBLEM
Now that the World War Veterans’
Loan Act has passed by a majority
ranging from 30,000 to 40,000, what
is going to be done with it? Who is
going to get the job of commissioner, j
with the salary of $3,500 a year that J
goes with it, who will get the other in- !
cidental jobs attached to U, and will
the few hundred veterans entitled to
benefit by the act take advantage of
it, or will the $2,000,000 loan fund
created by the act go begging, and
combwebs gather on the swivel chair
of borrowers ? a Raleigh dispatch
asks these questions.
So as soon as the act has been cer
tified as having been enacted, the ma
chinery for the administration of the
act can immediately bet set ups, and
the $2,000,000 in bonds issued, since
the power to do this is vested in the
advisory board, named in the act, con :
sisting of the secretary of state, the
ex-officio chairman; the commissioner
of agriculture, the attorney-general,
the commissioner of labor and printing
and the treasurer of the State of
North Carolina.
WHITE-JONES
Mr. Eugene Jones and Miss Grace
White, of Bunn, were married Sat
urday afternoon.
A LITTLE GIRL
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. John May,
of Wakefield, a nine-pound baby girl,
on Sunday morning, November 21.
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SAYS 1927 TO BE PROSPEROUS
YEAR
1 “North Carolina will be in as good,
* if not better, condition next year than
' any state in the union, with four big
: projects alone going on in the State
* which will total around 50 million dol
lars,” Frank D. Grist, Commissioner of
■ Labor and Printing, state a few days
‘' ago. “I look for it to be an extremely
busy year, and one of the most ppros
' porous years we have ever known,” he
' j added.
Two of the four propocts to which
I Mr. Grist referred have already been
launched, and the other two are ex
pected to commence during the first
i part of the coming year. The Carolina
I Power and Light Company plans to
| erect a big plant on Pigeon River in
the extreme western part of the State,
on which they expect to begin work
soon after the first of the year, he
jstated.
The other projects which will be
launched next year is the extension of
j the Piedmont and Northern Railroad
j from Gastonia to Spartanburg, and
j north from Charlotte vit Winston- j
| Salem, High Point and Greensboro,
! which will involve a total expediture
of about 20 million dollars.
The Talßhasee Power Company at
Baden has already started construc
tion on a 10 million dollar project,
while the Carolina Power and Light
Company is building a big dam at
Norwood.
There is of course the possibility
that the Legislature will authorize
some millions of dollars worth of roads
and a number of smaller projects are
slated for the coming year.
The demand already exceeds the
supply for day laborers, Mr. Grist
stated, and while there are a few day
laborers without jobs they are the
kind that don’t want jobs. There are
few enough “white jobs,” Mr. Grist
admitted, but recoalled a time in his
youth when he turned to digging
ditches when seeral thousand miles
from home and broke.
SNOWS IN ASHEVILLE
FOR SEVERAL HOURS
On November 21 snow visited the
mountain section, in and around Ashe
ville, falling for several hours. The
ground was blanketed with white but
a higgh wind cleared the streets of
the town of the fine driven flakes by
nightfall. Indications are that more
snow will put in appearance shortly.
FIDDLER’S CONVENTION
There will be a Fiddlers’ Convention
at Pine Ridge School on Friday even
ing November 26. Admission, 15 and
26 cents. Everybody invited to enter
j for contest playing.
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OTTO WOOD,
DESPERADO, IS
STILL AT LARGE
Escaped From Peni
tentiary Last Mon
day Morning
Was Serving 30 Years
For Murding A. W.
Kaplan
Otto Wood, who Monday made his
thin; escape from State Prison since
beginning a thirty-year sentence for
the murder of A. W. Kaplan, of
Greensboro, was still listed among
the missing in law enforcement cir
cles Tuesday night.
Although officials in every section
of the State had been notified of
Wood’s escape, and although press as
ciation wires carried to other sectkms
the story of his third escape, prison
officials at the penitentiary were
without information as to Wood’s do
ings since he made his get-away early
Monday morning. Incidentally .there
were no reports reaching Raleigh of
hold-ups or daring automobile thefts,
such as are usually staged by the in
trepid Wood in his days “on the out
side.”
From Winston-Salem came the only
advices as to even reports of Woods’
trail since leaving the walls of the
prison at Raleigh. The fact that Wood*
brother and former wife live in the
Twin City gave wide circulation to the
report.
To identify Wood is not difficult in
that his left hand has he> n amputated
at the wrist joint, but to keep up with
or even get a line on the man who has
] spent his past several years “doing
time,” escaping and writing the story
j of his life, is, as usual proving more
I than difficult.
Wood’s escape Monday resulted in
the discharging of two guaids, Joe and
! Starling Hux. The former was on
j guard at the backyard gate during the
j night and Starling at the time of the
bandit’s escape.
INTEREST GROWING
The revival meeting that is being
conducted by Mr. and Mrs. Sherman
Patterson, of Asheville, N C., at
! Union Tabernacle, continues to grow in
interest. Services are cond icted each
j evening at 7:30. Crowds a/e increas
ing each night. A speci il feature
|at each evening service is the duet
I singing by Mr. and Mrs. Patterson,
accompanied by the guitar.
There will be two services at the
Tabernacle on Sunday—3 p. m. and
7:30. No morning service will be
held. There will be special singing
at the 3 o’clock service. All are cor
dially invited to these services.
LITERARY AND MUSIC DEPART
MENT OF WOMAN’S CLUB
The Literary and Music Department
of the Woman’s Club will meet with
Mrs. Chas. E. Flowers, November 30,
at 3:30 p. m. Please bring club
books.
WILL SERVE SUPPER AT BAZAAR
The ladies of the Zebulon M. E.
Church will serve supper in connection
with a bazaar, Thursday, December 9.
They will apprecia r e your cc-operation
in helping to make this a success.
Further notices will appear in this
paper.
SONG SERVICE ON
STREET SATURDAY P. M.
Next Saturday afternoon about 3
o’clock, Rev. Sherman Patterson and
wife will hold a song service on the
street at the corner, of Arendell and
Vance, next to the Bank building.
Mr. and Mrs. Patterson are noted
singers and it will be a great treat
to hear them. They are now engaged
in series of services at Union Tab
ernacle, near Richardson’s store, south
of Wendell.
Mrs. Joseph Churchill, of Hollister,
Cal-, who bore 14 children before she
was 26, is still living and does her
own housework at the age of 107.