THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXX. Number 70. Zebulon, N. C., Thursday, August 15, 1957 Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
"DEY IS SEARCHIN'"
And So They Were
When the seven law enforcement
officers walked into the Downbeat
about 11:30 Friday night, August
9, one wino asked, “What is dey
here for?”
Over in the corner came the an
swer from another wino slightly
tipsier, “Dey is searchin’.”
And that is exactly why Con
stables James Richardson of Zeb
ulon, Raymond Harris of Wendell,
Jesse Barbour of Knightdale and
Patrolmen F. R. Wicker, D. B.
Wagstaff, John Rowe and Charles
Smith were there. . #
Constable Richardson said when
they walked into the colored juke
joint located approximately three
and one-half miles north of Zebu
Ion on Highway 96, four 7-Up bot
tles filled with white whiskey were
found on the counter. Six more
empty 7-Up bottles were on the
counter, and upon being smelled
the odor of liquor was in them.
Two empty bottles had been
knocked to the floor.
In a trash barrel behind the
building the officers discovered 10
or 12 fruit jars with the odor pf
white liquor in them.
Partially filled and filled pop
bottles — two in the refrigerator,
one in the drink box and one in the
bedroom — were also found in the
raid.
Lashie Mangum, operator of the
bistro, .was taken into custody and
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Takon Is Named
To Speakers Club
Ralph Talton, district manager
of Carolina Power & Light Co. of
Rockingham, was recently named
to the exclusive Speakers’ Bureau
of Governor Hodges’ Traffic Safe
ty Council. This Council is com
posed of a group of North Caro
linians who are prominent in the
civic life of their communities.
The speakers are issued special
identification cards signed by Mo
tor Vt hides Commissioner Ed
Scheidt and by Governor Hodges.
The major purpose of the group
is to serve as speakers at club
meeting:;, banquets, and other
functions where they might be
invited. They serve without fee and
will speak on the various aspects
of safety.
New Club to Be
Formed By Lions
Another club is soon to be or
ganized ip Zebulon. This time it
will be the Lioness Club.
President of the Zebulon Lions
Club Hardin Hinton recently an
nounced that the local club’s
Board of Directors approved the
organization of a Lioness Club 100
per cent at the August 5 meeting.
Mrs. George Tucker and Mrs.
M. L. Hagwood presented plans
for such a club to the Board of Di
rectors at their last meeting. The
Lioness Club will serve as an aux
iliary to the Lions Club.
Lions Club President Hardin
Hinton reminds' local Lions that
tonight is the date of-the second
meeting of the month. The meet
ing will be held in Wakelon School
Cafeteria and will begin promptly
at 7 p.m.
The program tonight will be
given by the Zebulon Boy Scouts
and Explorer Scouts. The Lions
sponsor the Explorer Scout Troop.
Pregnant Wife
Killer Indicted
By Grand Jury
Edward Alvin Barham, 27, of
Route 3, Zebulon, was arraigned
before Wake Superior Court Tues
day on a charge of murder.
He waived preliminary hearing
before Judge I. D. Gill in Zebulon
Recorder’s Court last Friday night.
Barham, who is charged with
firing a 410 gauge shotgun blast
into the breast of his seven-months
pregnant wife on August 5, had a
formal charge of murder lodged
against him Monday by the Wake
County Grand Jury.
Barham first admitted to Deputy
Sheriff Earl Duke and Wake
County Officer Graham Bunn that
he fired the fatal shot, but later
contended that his wife pulled the
trigger in a tussle on the bed.
Barham^s four-year- old son,
who was said to be lying on the
bed with his mother when the
shot was fired, told investigating
officers his father shot his mother.
The boy had said his father was
standing beside the bed and fired
the shot, Deputy Duke said.
Wendell Tobaeco Mkt.
Been Operating 50 Yrs.
Wendell Tobacco Market is cel
ebrating its Golden Anniversary of
operation this year.
For fifty consecutive years
through good times and bad the
Wendell Tobacco Market has built
steadily good will among farmers,
business men, buyers, Tobacco
Companies, and warehousemen.
“Some of us recall the Ware
housemen of former years who es
tablished and kept faith in the
Wendell Tobacco Market” stated
E. H. Moser, Sales supervisor of
the Wendell Tobacco Market.
Some of us recall the warehouse
men of former years who kept
faith and believed in the Wendell
Tobacco Market which has grown
into one of the most reputable two
sale auction markets in this coun
try. Those staunch warehousemen
have thrown the mantle of re
sponsibility on the shoulders of the
warehousemen of today.
Today’s warehouse operators of
Town Bookkeeper Resigns;
Now Working with Cult Oil
Kenneth Hopkins, bookkeeper
for the Town of Zebulon for the
past eight years, has submitted his
resignation. The resignation be
comes effective Saturday, August
17.
Hopkins, whose duties include
those of assistant town clerk and
assistant clerk of Recorder’s Court,
will take a position as junior clerk
with Gulf Oil Corporation in Ra
leigh.
His salary as bookkeeper for the
town was $3,312.50. He received
no pay for duties performed as as
sistant town clerk and assistant
clerk of Recorder’s Court.
He said he is leaving his pres
ent position because “there is more
advancement and future with the
Gulf Oil firm.”
He has reached the top in the
salary scale and promotions here.
“I have been very happy with
my work here,” Hopkins said. “It
has been very pleasant and offers
a lot of variety. A job such as this
is not monotonous.”
Some of his duties with the
town include those of keeping wa
ter and tax records, making de
posits of all revenues for the town
of Zebulon and all court costs and
fines. He also does secretarial and
correspondence work.
Hopkins is the youngest child
of twelve children of the late W.
B. Hopkins, Sr. and Lucy Pearce
Hopkins. He is 27-years-old and
is married to the former Sue Ba
ker, and i^ the father of one child,
a daughter, Joan, three.
He is* an active member of Hop
kins Chapel Baptist Church, being
church clerk, choir member, Sun
day School teacher and prominent
layman.
Hopkins will continue to reside
at his home on Route 4, Zebulon.
Wendell Auction market have kept
this faith and are carrying on in
a commendable fashion.
What does the second half cen
tury have in store for the Wendell
Market?
Everything points to a larger and
more progressive market than ever
before existed.
The Wendell Market lies at the
cross roads of the finest tobacco
growing section in the world. This
marKei is on me western edge or
the Eastern Bright Leaf Belt and
on the Eastern edge of the Middle
Belt. Tobaccos are brought into the
Wendell Market from both ways.
Tobacco buying companies get a
cross section of the bright leaf
flue-cured crop.
To see that the farmer gets the
top price for tobacco sold here
is the primary aim of the experi
enced warehousemen operating
auction sales here for the sale of
the tobacco crop.
Call the roll of the capable ex
perienced men at the helm of
Wendell Worehouses. They are
Roy Clark and Roy Clark, Jr. at
Farmers, Graham Dean, and Bill
Sanders at Northside; Curtis
Walker, Moore and Claude SuUivan
are at the Star; Fred Harris and
Isaac Medlin are at Liberty; Wal
ter Walker and Raymond Smith are
at Planters, and the former Banner
Warehouse has now been renamed
to Bernard’s 1 and 2 operated by
Bernard and Associates.
The buying power for tobacco on
the Wendell market is tremendous.
All the major interests in the
buying field are represented which
include Reynolds, American Sup
pliers, Liggett and Myers, Export,
Imperial, P. Lorillard & Co., J. P.
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ON HONOR ROLL
The Honor Roll for the second
semester, just released by the Reg
istrar of Shaw University, lists
92 students. On the honor roll
are Margaret Taylor and Gloria
Dixon, both of Zebulon, and
George Stokes of Middlesex. 1
Otis Narron Spends 4
Hrs. with Desperado;
Lives to Tell the Tale
Otis Narron
Three Emit Persons
Wounded By
Escaped Convict
Three persons of the Emit com
munity were wounded Tuesday at
noon and another held hostage for
a wild ride toward the South Car
olina border by a pint-sized young
escapee from a prison camp at
Bunn.
The wounded were Rural Nar
ron, his niece, Mavis Boykin, and
Mrs. Willie Oscar Narron. All
three were wounded in an ex
change of gunfire between Narron
and 17-year-old James Edward
Woods.
Narron received pellets in his
left hand and right arm, Miss Boy
kin was wounded in the arm, and
Mrs. Narron in the hand and arm.
Narron and Miss Boykin were
admitted to Johnston Memorial
Hospital. Narron was treated and
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GIVES RUNNING
ACCOUNT OF RIDE
Otis Narron gave the following
interview after being held captive
by a pint-size, 17-year-old desper
ado, Tuesday, August 6. The es
caped convict from Bunn Prison
Camp held Narron at gun-point
for over 100 miles as they sped
toward the South Carolina border,
I went to carry home some barn
help, and I heard some shooting
at the Rural Narrons. I didn’t
know what it was and I asked
some of them what he was shoot
ing and some of them said he was
shooting a dog.
So I got the hands off the car
and went out there and when I
drove up there Mavis Boykin and
Blonnie Narron ran out there.
They were bloody and said they
were shot all to pieces, and I
stopped and they wanted to go
to a doctor somewhere.
About that time this fellow ex
changed shots with Rural. Rural
was in the door and near the car
and they shot one another with the
shotgun. Then he throwed the gun
on me and told me to drive, if I
wanted to live. He said he meant
for me to go right then. So I drove
and drove where he wanted to go.
I told him the gas was out and
so he handed me $2 and said put
some gas in, but not move away
from- that door and not give no
sign, and I wouldn’t get hurt.
So I put the gas in and he told
me to drive and drive fast. We got
the gas at Will Hinton’s store. And
so I drove. We went on down
Highway 39 to intersection 301 and
took that and went through Sel
ma, Smithfield, Fayetteville on to
Lumberton on 301.
I told him I was thirsty and I
would love to get a drink of some
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Gladys Baker Is Studying
At Nature Camp In Maine
For the next two weeks Miss,
Gladys Baker will be doing nature I
studies at the Audubon Camp of
Maine, Medomak, Me.
Miss Baker was recently award
ed a $100 scholarship for the study
by the Carolina Bird Club of
Wake County. The scholarship is
available to Wake County teach
ers only.
During her stay at the camp,
Miss Baker will be making studies
of birds, insects, aquatic life and
reptiles under the supervision of
noted naturalists.
“I am very thrilled to*be a win
ner,” she said. “I am a nature
lover — especially of birds. I love
bird watching. I feel this will
mean a great deal in helping me
be a better teacher.
She teaches eighth grade at
Knightddle School.
She said as far as she knows
she will be the only representative
rom North Carolina to participate
Gladys Baker
in studies at the Audubon Camp
Miss Baker left Tuesday for the
New England state.