THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVI. Number 13
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Softball Loop Tightens
Up as Games Improve
Ed Hales’ Square Dealers moved
within a half game of the idle
Scribes this week by winning over
the Carolina Power & Light Reddy
Kilowatts Monday. Gordon Tem
ple’s WOW Woodchoppers continu
ed a fast pace, moving into fourth
by taking a victory from a short
handed Rocky Nine team.
The Scribes and Wildcats were
unable to play their scheduled
game Thursday because of work
being done on the lighting system
for the field.
With the first half of play near
ly three-quarters over, play in the
league is rapidly becoming more
even. The powerful bats of the
Woodchoppers have won three of
their last four games, and Pat
Farmer has strengthened his Wild
cats by new additions to the roster
in an effort to lift them from the
bottom of the heap.
Harold Greene and Carlton Mit
Local Methodist Plans Intensified
For Work with Younger Members
Beginning next Monday night at
8:00 o’clock Youth Week services
will be held at the Zebulon Meth
odist Church for the young people
of the Methodist churches of Zeb
ulon and Wendell. The Youth
week will be under the direction
of J. H. Miller, Jr., and David
Charlton, students of The Dvinity
School of Duke University. Mr.
Miller assisted in the Youth Week
which was held last summer and
many of the young people have
looked forward with great antici
pation to his return. Both of these
ministers are exceptionally quali
fied for this work and an enjoy
able and profitable week is antici
pated. The program each night
will consist of study, worship and
recreation.
On Friday evening at 8:00
BE CAREFUL! HOT DRY WEATHER INCREASES FOREST FIRE HAZARDS!
| chell are top hurlers in the league
| with three victories each.
The schedule for next week is
| still tentative. All games will be
i played under the lights, but start
! ing time for the first game has not
been decided. If the lights are
I ready for use Monday night, twin
| bills will be played Monday, Tues
day, and Thursday nights. If they
are not ready until Tuesday, only
| two doubleheaders will be staged.
Standings
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Scribes 5 1 .833
Square Dealers 5 2 .714
Rocky Nine 4 3 .571
Woodchoppers 3 4 .429
Reddy Kilowatts .... 2 5 .285
Wildcats 1 5 .167
o’clock Mr. John Meares, North
Carolina Conference director of
adult work will meet with the
young adults of The Methodist
Church to organize a Young Adult
Fellowship.
The young adult group consists of
those between the ages of 24 and
35. However, these ages are not
restrictive but are given to indi
cate those who have reached the
adult age but are still thought of
as being young people. All young
adults of the church are invited to
attend.
Home from Europe
Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Whitley and
Nancy, and Mr. and Mrs. E. C.
Daniel have returned from their
tour of Europe and England.
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, April 29, 1919
Mayor and Board
Make Final Plea
For Bond Support
A final pica for approval of the
$70,000 bond issue by the Mayor
and Board of Commissioners of
the Town of Zebulon marked the
final notes in the campaign for
street paving this week, as voters
in Zebulon prepared to go to the
polls and express themselves in
the election Tuesday, August 2.
After some disagreemc t over
the interpretation of the wording
of the bond ordinance, Mayor R.
H. Bridgers joined with all five
I commissioners in urging approval
for the ordinance.
Some organized opposition to the
i proposal has b >en expressed, but
: little open campaigning has been
! done.
The Town Board promised that
no increase in taxes will be made
if the bond issue is made. They
| emphasized that the present tax
| rate will provide sufficient funds
to pay both the interest and
principle on the bodns.
Chief argument used against the
I bonds is an expressed reluctance
! of loading additional debt on the
j Town of Zebulon.
In answer to the critics of the
| issue, the commissioners stated that
when the town water and sewer
I system was constructed, about
| $200,000 in bonds were sold. At
i that time the assessed valuation !
! °I Zebulon was only a half million
dollars. If the proposed street
| bonds are approved and sold, th j
| f otal debt for the town will be
| about $185,000, with the assessed
| valuation totaling about $1,500,000,
or three times what it was when
the original bond issue was made.
Cite Interest Rate
The commissioners added thati
! the water and sewer bonds paid 6
■percent interest when sold, while
the proposed street bonds will pay
less than half that.
All five commissioners and May
or Bridgers live on streets already
paved. They stated that they be
lieve other citizens in Zebulon who
are fortunate in having paved
streets by their houses will join in
this campaign to help their neigh
bors.
In answer to opponents who pre- !
fer to adopt a pay-as-you-go!
method of paving streets, the Board
members stated that little choice
can be made as to which street
should be paved with money
available for the work now. “We
could pave possibly a block per
year,” Commissioner Barrie Davis
said, “and it would be impossible
to choose which block in town to
pave first. It is better to pave them
all at once and do away with hard
feelings over somebody else’s
street being paved first.”
Norman Screws and Wesley
Liles expressed themselves as
confident that the issue will be
approved. Vance Brown and Ral
eigh Alford also expressed satis
faction with the way the campaign
is going, saying that they are sure
Visits Cuban Port
William N. Williamson, fireman
apprentice, USN, son of Needham
E. Williamson of Route 1, Zebulon,
N. C., is scheduled to arrive at
Annapolis, Md., July 25, from
Portsmouth, England, after a 15-
day stop at Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba, as a crew member aboard
the destroyer USS Rich.
Before his departure he was
host to a group of opera stars
from the La Scala Opera House.
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Congressman Harold D. Cooley
of Nashville, U. S. representati e
from the 4th District, has appeal
ed to farmers of this area to
oppose the Aiken Agricultural
Bill because of the hardship he
believes its passage will invoke
upon tobacco farmers in particu
lar and all agriculture, generally
speaking.
Green to Address
Local Rotarians
Armstrong Cannady’s Club Ser
vice Committee brought another
good program to the Zebulon Ro
tary Club last Friday night when
Ralph Tallin and Vester Brantley
spoke to the group. Ralph told a
number of interesting things about
Rotary he had found through re
search, and Vester spoke on "What
Rotary Means to Me.”
Next week Dr. Sylvester Green,
noted editor cf the Durham Herald,
will address the group.
During the business session, the
Rotarains unanimously voted to
address a letter of appreciation to
Willard Gil! for his unselfish and |
skillful assistance in the softball I
program underway for this com- \
munity. Willard has umpired every
game played in the league to date, !
and was the first to volunteer a
donation of $5.00 for the bleacher
seats which have been ordered for
the field.
J. D. Finch 111
The many friends of Mr. J. D.
Finch, one of the oldest and most
respected citizens of Zebulon, will
be sorry to learn that he continues j
to be seriously ill. His family
states that his condition has im
proved little if any since last week.
Advanced Water Safety Courses
To Be Given for Next Two Weeks
Junior and Senior Life-Saving
courses' will begin on Monday night
at Lake Mirl for all eastern Wake
County residents desirous of taking
the instructions, it was announced
on Monday by R. E. Emanuel, Wat
er Safety Director of the Wake
County Chapter. of the American
Red Cross.
There will be no charge for the
course. The only requisite is to
be 12 years of age or older and to
be able to swim. Each one entering
the course must furnish their own
bathing suit, towel, and transpor
tation. D. A. Richards, proprietor
of Lake Mirl, is again offering free
admission to those taking a water
safety course.
Instructions will be given by
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
U. S. Recognition
Os Guard Battery
Is Obtained Here
Federal recognition for Battery
A, 113 Field Artillery Battalion,
was achieved Wednesday when the
unit passed an inspection by Reg
ular Army personnel during the
i afternoon and evening. The initial
i roster includes 23 men and two
officers, Captain Barrie Davis,
i commanding officer, stated yester
i day.
Colonels Perry and Hardee in
spected the armory and battery
{records durirfe the afternoon and
the enlisted personnel Wednesday
night.
Assisting in the preparation for
the inspection were M-Sgt. Heath,
Captain Darrel Perry, and Lt. Clif
I Gilliam of Headquarters Battery,
Louisburg.
Sidney Holmes, veteran of over
16 years service with the army and
National Guard, is First Sergeant
: for the newly organized group. Lt.
j Philip Pearce is executive officer.
Drill will be held ever yMon-
Drill will be held every Mon
; day night. July 31. Three drills
will be held in August on the 1,8,
i and 29
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Vacancies exist in all sections of
the battery, Capt. Davis said. He
urged veterans to enlist now to be
in line for rapid promotjon.
Enlisted members of Battery A
include J. P. Arnold, William
Lunn, John Clark, Jr., Dave Finch,
Ray Gainey, Vonnie Gay, Jimmy
Greene, Hilliard Green, Jr., Ray
mond Harris, Edward^lhrie,
Carl Kemp, Vernon King, Frank
Massey, Clyde Morris Percy Par
rish, Burt Peoples, Jack Potter,
Robert Lee Privette, Jesse Pulley,
Jimmy Smvey, George Henry
Temple, and Gordon Temple.
Four New Members
Join Woodman Camp
Four candidates w r ere given the
obligation f.nd initiation and taken
into the Little River Camp of
Woodmen of the World Wednes
day night in ceremonies shortened
because of s he intense heat.
Fred Mangum, Jimmy Greene,
and George Massey were new sov
ereigns taking the obligation, and
Ferd Davis, one of the charter
members of the local camp, also
wen through the initiation.
Little River Camp No. 1065 has
nearly 90 members to date, and is
one of the fastest growing camps
in the state. North Carolina leads
all the states in the total number
of active Woodmen.
bonafide Water Safety Instructors
chosen by the Wake County Chap
ter of the American Red Cross.
Places of registration for this
course are at the Zebulon Record
office and at Lake Mirl, Registra
tions will be accepted at Lake
Mirl until the classes begin at 7
o’clock.
Junior Life Saving classes will
include students that are aged 12
through 15 years, old. The Senior
Life-Saving classes will be for
those who are 16 years of age and
up. Adults and others interested
are urged to take advantage of this
course.
A course for beginners was com
pleted at Lake Mirl last week with
14 Zebulon children participating.