VOLUME n
THIS, THAI
AND THE OTHER
By MRS. THEO. B. DAVIS
A colored woman was speaking
of a man who wounded an officer
and was in turn shot. “It he hadn’t
existed,” she said, “he wouldn't
been hurt. Ain’t no use existing
law.”
About that special poetry edition
of The Record that I have mention
ed before. At first no one of the of
ficce force but me was in favor of :
it. The editor was doubtful, if not ,
positive it wouldn’t do. The junior
member of the firm, when he was |
approached about it, looked exactly
like he does when he smells mari
golds—which are NOT his favorite!
flower. The linotype man said;
nothing--to me. But he is very
quiet anyway. The two youngest i
Davises confess to a great deal of
curiosity as to what that issue of
the paper will contain.
But. give me time, and I can
usually make some impression upon
my family. (You may remember the
Biblical story of the judge who de- j
tided in favor of a certain woman
“because of her importunity.”) And
I think that at about the time of;
year when “a young man’s fancy I
lightly turns to thoughts of love” ,
we shall publish some poetry; or, at !
least, some rhymes.
Now, if you are interested, get
your poetic license, mount Pegasus i
and soar above the clouds, or har
ness him to your chosen vehicle and
drive down rhythmic roads.
There are to be no judges, no
contest, no prizes. It will all be for
our own entertainment.
Have you ever seen so many dry,
dusty spots where turnip patches!
were suppose*! to be? And have you
ever seen fewer flowers at this
season ? We might manage to wa
ter the flowers and kep them alive,
but it makes us feel all wrong to be
putting so much water on tilings to
look at and letting things to eat
die. The flowers are a sort of burnt i
offering on the altar of appropri
,
‘fcven some water lilies and water
hyacinths look droopy and sun
burned, though their roots are deep
in pools.
Last Thursday’s Greensboro
News made mention of Danville as,
one of the two cities in Virginia j
which voted drv in the referendum
_ i
of October .‘l.
As I read it my heart gave a sud
den throb and my mind rushed back
through the years that are gone to !
a day when I. as a warm, tired lit
tle girl, sat on a long, hard bench |
in a country church, listening to the
proceedings at an all-dav temper
ance meeting. One of the speakers!
was J. R. Moffett, the young pas- 1
tor of a church in Danville, and one
of the most ardent temperance!
workers of his day. Danville was
wet then, and Mr. Moffett was
warned that it would be dangerous
for him to continue exposing con- i
•litions and pleading for saloons to I
go; but he was not deterred from j
what he felt was his duty.
One day as he walked down a!
street in Danville he was shot and j
killed by a saloon-keeper. I can still
recall the horror and burning re- 1
sentment that I felt when we had
the news of his death; I remember:
the tears shed by my parents and
the condemnation of the murderer
by many who drank as well as by |
those who abstained.
There were those who felt even |
then that Moffett’s death had done:
what his life might not have ac- j
complished; for from that time the:
temperance movement grew apace
in Danville. And the evidence goes |
to prove that the city still remem-1
bers.
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Barbee And Perry
Star For Wakelon
Sprite Barbee and Austin Perry
were the outstanding players last
Friday for Wakelon when the locals
journeyed down to Fremont and
carried away a 21-0 victory. Young
Barbee made two of tlie tltree
touchdowns. In the first quarter
he traveled thirty yards off tackle
for the first score and again in the
third quarter he went 20 yards for
the score. In the last quarter, Aus
tin Perry, fleet-footed half-back,
broke loose for the real thrill of
the day. Taking the ball on his own
fifteen yard line, he ran the length
of the field for a touchdown, a run
of eighty-five yards. “Grip” Daugh
i try, fullback, returned to the game
i after a week’s layoff, and added
J two extra points while Bobby Hor
| ton, quarter-back, counted the other
j score.
This win was the second for
! Coach Gerow an,| Br>> >kbank’s lo
j cals. They defeated Wendell in the
I opener by a score of (5-0 and last
week they held the strong Fuquay
eleven to a R-f> tie. I vies. ( arter
and Richardson looked unusually
well on the line. The lineup was as
follows: Backs: Horton, Barbee,
Cockrell, Daughtry. Line: Lyles and
Wiggs. Ends: Carter and Lloyd.
Tackles: Richardson and Ferebee.
Guards: Green, center. Substitutes
were: Perry, Horrell, Flowers and
Harper. Backs: Morris, Privett,
i Cockrell and May.
Local Boy Editor
Os Daily Paper
The Daily Bulletin of Dunn, pub
lished with a Dunn and Erwin date
line, made its initial appearance
July 25. GraCville Tilghman of
Dunn, and E. C. Daniel of Zebulon i
are the editors. Mr. Tilghman was
a student of journalism at the Uni
versity of North Carolina a few
years ago, and Mr. Daniel was
graduated from that institution this
year.—Linotype News.
A Call To Prayer
Raleigh, Oct'. 9.—Hundreds of
1 church people here yesterday sign
ed an appeal to Governor Ehring
haus to proclaim a state-wide day
!of prayer. Heading the petition
were some f the outstanding min
isters and laymen of the city, and a
; prominent editor. The appeal is
; stated to be “in view of the deep j
and growing confusion facing our I
iofficers of the state and nation, our,
distressed farmers, our milions of
unemployed, ami our people of state
and nation in genera!,” it asks that
the Governor “proclaim a state
wide day of prayer in whieh Divine
guidance may be asked for our gov
ernor and president and all other
officers of state and nation, and
that the people at large may follow
their lead in the ways of righteous- ]
ness and peace.”
It is trankly recognized that it
| would seem hardly fitting for the
j Governor to issue such a proclama
tion except on the appeal of an im
pressive minority of the church po
ple, and a public statement is is
sued with an invitation to church
to report to the Governor their re
action to the proposition. A num
ber of leading pastors spoke Sun
day in favor of the movement.
Lucy, M. Cobb, Y. W. C. A.,
Raleigh, N. C. j
State Fair
Doing Well
The State Fair had a good open
ing and it is said that gate receipts
are running far ahead of last year
to the same date.
A determined effort is being
made to see that gambling joints
are kept out of the fair grounds
and county officers have been ap
pointed to special duty during the
fair.
Officials declare they are going
to make this the biggest and best
fair in the history of North Caro
lina, and from present indications
they are going a long way towards
making good their promise.
Bresh up on your n»'ghbor’s do-
ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA, OCTOBER 13, 1933.
A VERY PERSONAL WORD TO OUR
Subscribers and Readers
For three weeks we have been reminding you that
a subscription campaign is on for The Zebulon Re
cord, Many of you have been reading it regularly;
other have read enough to know what value there
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of Wake, Johnston, Franklin and Nash counties ad
jacent to Zebulon to have The Record. And to do our
part to make this possible, we are offering you the
paper for a whole year for f 1.00.
Here's what you get:
52 issues of The Zebulon Record.
News from a score of communities.
The gist of the general news.
Many items of general interest.
Comic and other interesting pictures.
A fine serial story, “Queen Anne’s Lace,” which
is worth much more than the cost of the paper
alone. Read the first installment in this paper,
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We have been sending The Record to many of you
now for narly two years, for which you owe us. We
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Graham Wanted
President Graham, of the Uni
versity of N. ( ~ has been requested
by Gen. Johnson, of the NRA to
.pome to Washington to work out an
economic educational plan for the
consuming public. Gen. Johnson has
.wired Governor Ehringhaus, asking
j that, Dr. Graham he released that
I he may accept the new position,
j The governor says he has no pow
• er to grant the request, but will lay
the matter before the executive
committee of the board of trustees
when they meet next Saturday.
Miscellaneous
Shower For Bride
i
Thursday evening. October sth,
Mrs. Harvey Hocutt, a recent bride,
was honored with a miscellaneous
shower, at the home of Mrs. Wade
Richardson.
The color scheme, pink and white,
combined with English ivy was
beautifully carried out in the living
room.
After all the guests had register
ed, a short musical program was
given by the community string I
1 band.
j The bride was then presented |
(with a large basket filled with*
useful and lovely gifts.
Following the display of gifts,
fruit punch was served to one hun-1
died and fifty guests.
The bride formerly was Miss,
Mary Hocutt, popular daughter of j
Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Hocutt, of near
Wendell.
Cost Os Fire
In 1931 fires in the United States
caused a total loss of a little more
than $40,000.(K)0. Add to that the
bill for fire insurance and the cost
of supporting innumerable fire de- 1
pertinents, and you begin to see
how expensive th" fire menace real
1, i .
The rv>rol. ir> r .rmertion with
B. H. Rhodes Dead
B. H. Rhodes, of the Union Chap
' el section, died on Tuesday after ar.
I illness of some weeks’. The funeral
i was held at Hephzibah church on
Wednesday p. m. and burial was
in the church cemetery. The service
j was conducted by Rev. L. R. Evans,
j who was assisted by Revs. A. I),
i Parrish, S. W. Oldham and R. H.
Herring.
Mr. Rhodes leaves his wife and a
j number of children besides other
| relatives Elbert Rhodes, **f Wake
field and Mrs. W. O. Glover, of Zeb
[ ulon, are a brother and sister of
j the deceased.
A Fine Place To
Bank Your Money
———
I We wish to call your attention to
I the statement of the Branch Bank-
I ing and Trust Company in this is
! sue cf Th.' Record. In a’! the many
i changes and even failures of many
j of our most important banking in
stitutions, this bank has “stood I
firm and solid as th • rock of Gi-1
| bralter.” And today it is probably j
! one of two of the strongest banks *
: in the state. Its history invites the
j public to place its confidence in its
i directors and its money in its
i vaults.
j Now that Zebulon has no bank,
|we would, commend the Branch
; Banking arid Trust Company to
| them as the very best depository in
which to place their money for de
posit or business. Banking by mail
I is both convenient and safe. Read
I the statement of business from this
| bank and be convinced of its safety
jand reliability, then bank your mon
ey with them.
STORY BEGINS IN THIS ISSUE
Queer. Anne’s Lace, an A number
one serial story begins inthis week’s
Record. Read the first instalment
an you’ll not let yourself miss the
other installments. This is one Fri
day 13th that is your lucky day.
T 'ke advantage of this chance to
r ’ •„ . ■*! ,vi i •. S ’>-,
cril- - to tl ■ Ileco.'i u'li;
Unusual Burial
Benjamin Freeze, of near Salis
bury, same time ago had a vault
built in the cemetery of Woodleaf
Presbyterian church. When he died
last week his burial proceeded ac
! cording to his requests. His body,
clad in underwear, and covered by
a sheet, was carried to the church
• n a cot. After the service a mat
ties: and springs were placed in
the vault, the body was laid on
them and covered with a quilt.
Space was left on the mattress for
the body of Mrs. Freeze when she
dies.
Holds Annual
Family Reunion
The children of Mr. Gilliam Lew
is celebrated an annual family re
union around the old family tree at
the home of Mr. Guilford Lewis.
Dinner was served around the tree
which was enjoyed by those pres
i ent.
Leon T. Vaughan, Nashville, N.
* .. made a short talk regarding the
family reunion of the past years
and his acquaintance with the chil
dren.
Following this. Mr. Honeycutt,
principal of Middlesex high school,
was introduced to the people of the
community.
Grace was said by Dr. Barbee,
Zebulon, N. C.
Those present were: Mr. and Mrs.
M. B. Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. C, G.
Lewis, of Zebulon; Mr. and Mrs. P.
I>. Chamblee, Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Lewis, Mr.
and Mrs. A. T. Kulghum, and Mr.
Guilford Isewis, of Middlesex.
There were 49 grand children and
48 great-grandehilden, and a host
</f friends.
Middle Belt
Markets Open
T bicco markets in the middle
’’ of the state opened on Tuesday
|! *<••!:. Prices received * -
; bout in line witji received <*n
Addie Horton
Kills Himself
Wednesday morning just before
noon Addie Horton killed him-* If in
a house on the corner near where
the old hosiery mill stood. H. room
ed in the house alone. About a half
hour before his death, (’hi* f of Po
lice Baker was talkim. v. it! h
and heard the shot that k'lletl him.
Mr. Baker had cr* ssed th< st • *>••
to Carter’s store at tk tint-.. Hi
was making plans to carry H rt *>i
to the State Hospital for tr* atment.
Horton sold some tobacco *n th*
day the markets reopened and for
nearly two weeks had been drink
ing heavily.
He used a shot gu in killins
himself, placing the l.a* >el in hi
mouth. The charge came >w a! the
back of his head, scatter mg hi
brains over the bed on \vhvl-. he
lay or sat. The wall, t >. was -pat
tered.
Horton was about 57 ; ai- old.
He has a number of re c v * su -
viving him, among them thre* or
four sons and a numboi of : -ter-.
* He and his wife, it is understood,
separated several vea a. and
she remarried and is I V <_r i> Dir
ham at this time.
Coroner Waring held an nquest
and his verdict was that Horton
came to his death by his own ban i.
N. C. Leading In
Negro H. Schools
North Carolina now has a total
of 108 accredited high schools for
Negro children. This is a larger
nun her than any other -?:>:e in the
union has at present. Thirteen of
these schools have very recently
been accredited, among them th**
j Zebulon-Wakefield school.
North Carolina now has (59(5 ac
credited high schools for white chil
* dren.
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P. T. A. Meeting
The October meeting of Wakelon
P. T. A. was held Tuesdaj after
! noon with Mrs. Raymond Pippin,
president, presiding. A group ot
I songs by Mis. F. E. Bunn’s seventh
I graders was ei joyed, after which
I .eports were given by chairmen of
j the standing committees. Mrs. D.
C. Pearce, membership chairman,
reported one hundred t venty-one
(121) members enrolled The mem
bership campaign will close Friday,
October 13th. Everyone who can
possibly do so, is urged to send in
dues by that time.
M*s. Mamie Kimball, treasurer,
i leported $19.1)0 dues turned in and
$2.80 proceeds from the children’s
j party.
i Miss Southerland reported the
j following donations to the Health
| Room:
Medicine an,j medicine case. Dr.
iChas. Flowers; 3 towels, Mrs. (’has.
Flowers; 12 towels, Mrs. G. K Cor
j bett; 1 pillow case, Mrs. Hinton;
1 pillow case, Mrs. P. L. White; 1
; pillow case, Mrs. Cook; 1 sheet,
* Mrs. S. M. Finch.
“The Cardinal Principles of Edu-
I cation,” were most ably discuessed
j by Mrs. Evelyn Nelms, Mrs. F. E.
i Bunn and Miss Velma Preslar.
Mrs. Nelms' 3rd grade. Mrs.
■ Gregory’s sth grade and Miss Pres-
Jar’s 10th grade won the attendance
| prizes.
New Department
Store To Open
Tomorrow morning Mr. S. G.
Flowers will open a new depart
ment store in the larger building of
the late S. G. Flowers and Com
pany’s business. The building has
been thoroughly ren* vated and
made one ot the most attractive
store rooms in town.
Mr. Flowers will carry a full
line of all kinds of dry goods, in
cluding shoes, hats, suits, cloaks,
dresses, bolt goods and notions. In
addition to the regular lie. he will
have a novelty departme * «f Kl
- go' fls.
S'ncc the S. G. F! "w -n,. Co
.'ore dosed It ba b d in
the business lif<. ■>' ’
NUMBER 17.
*I! IE FLAPDOODLE I
By The
Swashbuckler
Well, for the thirty pieces of sil
r more or less, I have departed
the company of My good
and faithful servant hath done her
job too well. (As though that were
possible.) -
1 have in her place an Austin in
the - sh, or in the tin, as you wish.
! Vi m !•:. no wise-cracks con
s' lag the Au>tin, after all, any
j can w ise-ackskiay about an
j \ustin.
By the by, who is that handsome
isiim* do think so) young fellow
ill Wakelon who so ably holds down
the outfield ot the baseball diamond
jv.i’h prone | osition and a couple
s* ccs? My, my. Mr. Jerow,
! what brawny brutes you have on
j y ur tea. rs.
I
.-'n*l th- little blonde who is get
ting the crush (?) on a Wakelon
hoarding pupil. Am l to believe
that a certain young college student
is being gently but firmly given the
air? 5
i
W hat’s this all dressed up in
false colors parading around as a
bit of scandal in the wee small
l hours of the night? From all evi
dence, I find that two very comely
, young “ladies-about-town were
parked by a haystack somewhere’*
Fas’ of Suez. In this case though,
; there was no thirst to be raised.
The thirst w is for petting, (am I
allowed to call it that in black and
white?). I may he wrong, hut they
may not have seen th dr boy-friend#
for some little time. At any rate,
there was plenty of the old hot-cha
cha brewing. Kind of simmering
down to a “T”. Who? Can’t tell,
I’m on the spot now.
Capital BUT, one of the young
ladies comes across with the bit
tha* another voung lady was park
ed behind the school house with a
young man and a quart of prohib
ited prohibit.
Two ot the Wakelon teachers
either think they are, or really are,
the Lobster’s eyelashes when it
conies to the right plu-perfect game
, know n to the generation as bridge.
Whatever they be, they challenge
anyone in Zebulon or here-abouts
to a tete-a-tete while teaing.
World’s Fair free the other day.
All I had to do was pay my trans
,-oitation and living expenses!
After all, what’s a World's Fair
90 miles away when there’s a State
Fair in our own back yard?
And That Chevrolet coach park
ed near the school dormitory for
several nights. Not a bad parking
place. At least it’s open at both
ends.
Who porked their carcasses un
der a beautiful bridge for a whole
afternoon (Sunday, if I am correct
ly informed). I understand that
there’s wonderful scenery to be
scanned, but then we can’t be both
ered with a little thing like scen
ery.
If you will excuse me. I’ll va
moose before the gang gets here.
<th, they’re already here? Then tell
them I’ve been gone an hour!
Circle Meeting
The circle meeting of the Id#
Fisher Missionary society of the
local Methodist church will meet
v. .th Mrs. A. R. House this w°ek on
Friday evening at 7:30. AH mem-