[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3734]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA

  (Mr. MILLER of North Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. MILLER of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, tonight I rise to pay 
tribute to ``The Town of Friendly People,'' Zebulon, North Carolina, 
which celebrates its 100th birthday this year.
  Zebulon was founded on February 16, 1907, and was named to honor 
Zebulon Baird Vance, North Carolina's Governor during the Civil War. 
Governor Vance insisted, even in the midst of confusion and destruction 
of the Civil War, on maintaining the rule of law. North Carolina courts 
continued to function throughout the war, and North Carolina was the 
only State that never suspended the writ of habeas corpus.
  Some of the early businesses in the town of Zebulon belonged to 
African American residents, like Surratt Dillard, who owned the town's 
first restaurant. The Wakelon School Building was built in 1909, 
telephones came to the town in 1911, and the first electric light 
system was installed in 1916. Today, some of the Nation's leading 
companies have chosen Zebulon as the place to do business.
  In the past 100 years, the town size has grown by nearly 10 times, 
and nearly 5,000 folks now call Zebulon home.
  I join the residents of Zebulon in their centennial celebration and I 
continue to work on the town's behalf.

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