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f " ,< | V* INDEPENDENT IN POLITICS. Established in 1878 by A. London. Entered at Pittsboro, N.C., as Second Class mail matter by act of Congress. | SUBSCRIPTION: [ One Year, $1.50. I Six Months, Colin G. Shaw, Owner and Editor. Chas • A. Brown, Associate Editor. Advertising, display, 25c. Inch Net. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1923. OUR BONDED DEBT. The University News Letter pub lished at the University of North Car olina, has a lengthy article the past issue in regard to our bonded indebt edness, from which we take the fol lowing paragraph: “The state bonds issued by North Carolina up to January 1 are sixty nine million dollars all told ,or nearly twenty-seven dollars per inhabitant. The state bonded debt is right around half of what we have invested privatelv in automobiles alone. And the per capita burden of bonded debt is just a little more than half the cost of a set of Ford tires. The interest on the bonded debt of the state is $2,800,000 a year, which is about a dollar per inhabitant, and a dollar is just about the cost gallons of gasoline. We buy cars and tires and gaso line and never think about bankrptcy but when we talk about .state bonds we think about nothing else but bank ruptcy. The state is far likelier to be bank rupted by private automobiles than by public bonds.” Well, brother, we have slightly a different view than that you have ex- j pressed. In the outset let us state. that we are not opposed to bonds for' public improvement. We want them 1 we need them, and we must have j more of them, but your figures are confined solely to the automobile owning class —the richer folks. There are numbers of folks in the state of North Carolina that do no: own automobiles, some of them are not favored so much as to own an ox. There are people in every coun ty that do not buy gasoline; many of them, in season, stamp the breast of old mother earth with bare feet, are le c s fortunate in many respects, but they are included in this per capita announcement to which you re fer. Generally they are the class that first pay their tax, and we agree with you that the state is for more likeh to become bankrupt from the owner ship of automobiles, because those possessing them usually pay the pen alty on al ltax collections; not all of course ,but some. „ •• The editor of this paper i»i'o£poied to the issuance of bonds in whole sale lots without a voice from the folks back home. Let’s vote on thesr things. Inform the people what the' are for—the folks who pay, and if they seal an approval well and goor 1 but railroading them will brirg us t a cut at a dangerous crossing and the collision will be told ojj box cp" ’etrers by the press of 'North Car olina. WATTS PLAYED THE MAN. If w r e mistake not the good Book has something to say like “quit you like men.” Taking it for granted that it does, we highly commend revenue commissioner A. D. Watts for hi? act in sending in his resignaton tc the governor and taking the blame full upon himself for the sins he had cqmmitted against government, him self and society. ♦ There has been too much shielding and “passing the buck” in North Catr olina for the good of the democrat! Phrty or organized government. I Gan be found in the cities, in the re motest villages and the smallest Han; let in the state, and if Watt’s should revolutionize matters, thenlvßr will have a forgiving spirit foj^ft&fcg, indecency, provided, of course, he sir: no more. v Os course A. D. Watts will be fined a small sum on a charge of aidiV and abetting in prostitution, wherea he was caught red handed in his ov apartment with a negro woman, th' woman being in a nude state, as we' as himself. Our idea of his crime i much greater than that for which hr is charged. All goes to show that down at th' capital of North Carolina the weak fcre the strong are strong. I* we mistake riot £ man jfrpm Chatham county some few months ago, w< taught in a much le c s comnromisr attitude, than was Watts. The young man is a member of a mighty goo? family at that. But what was the re sult? He was locked up, allowed V plead guilty and pay a fine. If there is a law for fornication an adultery, prostitution, and immora. conduct, then Mr. Watts is just a r guilty and more so in the eyes of the general public because he heVi a state office, enjoyed the privilege? of a state officer and should have set the pace for those who look to lead ers for example. Some cases the Ku Klux can handl pretty well anyway. WHAT IS THE EXCUSE NOW? There is not a business or organi zation in North Carolina that doe r not emolov the most efficient help tr carrv on its affairs; no other kind can fill the bill. Yet there is a move on foot to create new judicia rlJQtriots cut the solicitors to a sal f not in keeping with the wor fw (to in some districts, and force the courts to use incompetent law vers to fill these offices. ■ y Tn some districts it is true the so !. n a <?mall income from hi? He gets all he worics for ’Why r0 T | P et -u r ,a°set a foAl l to nay a solic ..Th!,seo to ?4.000 dollars a year $5 office in our judicial district would noc oe taxen by any lawyer in the district. They are too capable, they could make more elsewhere in , the ordinary pursuit of their pro-, session. Let well enough alone, folks, we are doing mighty well . BENNETT ON A BIG BOOM. } j Local and Personal Items From Our Neighbors at Bennett. I Bennett, Jan. 29.—Bennett is on a 1 boom again—the two planing mills are running in full blast; everybody is busy; merchants seem to be in good heart; the B. & W. Ry., reports they hauled more freight out of Ben nett this month than they have any month in over two years. Not but very little sickness in town j to report at this writing. Mr. C. R. Scotten and wife, Mr. Frank Brain, Mr. M. C. Yow, have been confined to their homes with bad colds. Mrs. Ella Brady, three miles west of Bennett, died Saturday night. The burial at Pleasant Grove Ciiristian church will be conducted today. Mr. J. H. Scott, who holds a posi tion with Pennsylvania Lumber Co., Greensboro, was a visitor to home folks for the week-end. Rev. J. C. Kidd filled his pulpit at the Baptist church Sunday night, preaching an excellent sermon. Rev. Kidd is supply pastor of this church. The Baptist church has extended a call to Rev. Victor L. Andrews, who now holds churches at Louisville, Ky., where he accepted after complet ing his studies at the Baptist school at that place. Rev. Andrews’ father and mother died recently and his in tentions’ is to return here. The county and the Association will be fortunate to get him back, and it is hoped that a sufficient number of churches will secure his services in order to insure his remaining in the county. Mr .Hampton Bray has been con fined to his bed for two weeks with col dand pneumonia, and it is now re ported that he has meningitis. Mr. Bray lives one and a half miles from Bennett. The people in this end of the J county agrees with the recent grand • jury recommendation, that some steps »be taken to put our roads in bettef * shape. j It is bad that after we spend so much money to build these roads to let them go to the bad. Just about as well left them like they were be fore they were improved. Our opin ion is that if we had an extra man or two on the road, so that one man who has it all won’t have too much to keep up, even if it cost more, it would be money spent wisely. This correspondent thinks the edit or is right. The people of Chatham should support the home paper, for many times it boosts the town and business for its interest. In behalf i of our little village, we thank the papers for what they have printed for us, and we should feel proud that our county has two papers to keep us posted of the county news. The majority of our people seem to be pleased with our county officers and county papers, and let us uphold and support the good work they are doing, to make our county and people as good and a little better than oth ers. The little blind girl of Mr. Guy Brewer, who has been sick over a month with pneumonia and other ail ments, is reported better- * Mr. J. R. Peace has just completed his new home. It is a 16 room bunga low. He has also had it painted. Our new postmaster, Mr. Bean, recently installed some lock boxes at the postoffice, which is very conve nient. Hurrah for Bennett. It is rumored again by one df the B. & W. Ry., officials that the Com pany expects to extend the road out ’rom Bennett in the near future. BEN—NET. DR. FARTHING SEES US MOVE. I We regret that we have no space to publish ,an entire letter from Dr. L E. Farthing, of Wilmington, so pleasantly remembered here. Next eek it will be too late. He says he is very much interest id in Pittsboro and her people and ■?f the marked progress we are mak ing, and in reference to the issuing of onds for tfte «riewK sechool, hq says t is the only way. Even.Jn a city like /ilmingtbri/Avhert there is much acc umulated wealth, they use the same leans to get money for similiar pur poses. He Wants us to have the very ist school building possible and urges ..he necessity for it. Profit by reading the ads in this >aper. 1 AUCTION SALE ! 1 it THIRTY HEAD HORSES f| 1 JPW i| AND MULES • W -J Monday. Fell. sth || PITTSEOR O I 11:00 A. M. M I will sell at public auction thirty Virginia mules and |jh| horses. These mules and horses are direct from the Valley |ml of Virginia, are all well broke and ready for work, from M Sto 8 years old, weight 850 to 1200 pounds. This is a |Kj; fine lot of mules and horses and if you expect to need any M stock for your Spring work, be sure and attend this sale fnj| as you can buy them at your own price. All Stock war- Ip & ranted as represented. |u| FORGET THE DATE AND PLACE/^jJ 1 R. E. Dillard. 1 H __ .sdjH l DEATH OF MRS. CAMPBELL. Flu on The Route—Visitors in and Around The Community. Bear Creek, Rt. 2, Jan. 29. —Mrs. Sarah Campbell, wife of the late Thomas Campbell, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. H. Watkins, last week. Mrs. Campbell had been 1 in failing health for sometime. She is survived by one son and three daughters—E. T. (“Feller”) Campbell, Mrs. J. H. Watkins, of Bear Creek, Rt. 2, Mrs. W. H. Stone, of Siler City, Rt. 4, and Mrs. H. A. Brooks,: of Bonlee. A good many have the flu on the route, among them being W. H. Mur ray, A. F. Willett, J. W. Fields, J. I W. Griswold, J. E. Rives and others, i The following went to Winston- Salem recently to take treatment from Dr. Capps: W< F. Norwood, J. J. Cheek, T. B. Wilkerson, Mrs. J. H. Snipes and T. H. Harris. Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Holt, of Salis bury were visitors in the home of T. B. Beal during the week-end. A. J. Barker, J. A. Moody, of Rt. 2, were visitors in Sanford Saturday. Mr. James W. Cheek, of Bear Creek, and Miss Ella Brafford, daughter of I J. E. Brafford, of Goldston, Rt. 1, were married Sunday. We wish for them a pleasant sail thru life. Mrs. Mary L. Dowdy went to Dan* ville, Va., to visit her sons. BATTLE SCHOOL NEWS. Pittsboro, Rt. 2, Jan. 29.—The fol lowing are the names of those that were present every day during the second and third months of Battle school: First grade—Geneva Clark. Second grade—Charm Clark and Cleveland Campbell. Fourth grade—Edward B. Perry, ( Elmer Cooper, Ruth and Myrtle Wom ble and Lynn Johnson. Fifth grade—Edna Cooper, Farth ing Clark and Colene Campbell. Seventh grade—J. Voliner Clark. For the third month the honor grades were: First grade—Geneva Clark. Second grade—Charm Clark. Third grade—Howard Johnson. Fourth grade—Elmer Cooper, At las Cooper and Edward B. Perry. Fifth grade—Edna Cooper. The average attendance for the first, second and third months is as follows: First month—s 6.3. Second month—sl.3. Third month —49. OLD CHATHAM CITIZEN DEAD. New Hill, Rt .2, Jan. 29.—Mr. Jim Jones, one of the oldest citizens of Chatham county, passed away Sun day evening, January 21, at the age 1 of 84 years. Death had been expected for several weeks. Mr. Jones leaves to mourn his loss, four sons and one daughter. His wife preceded him to the great be yond several years ago. He ,was laid to rest at Ebenezer on Monday, January 22. The all unmarried and i lived with their father afcrthe time of his death. Thev are Dallas, Joe, Dan and Calvin and Tilitha.. Our father has gone to the land of . bright dawn, And is dwelling with the angels pure and fair; ’Twill be rapture untold when his face we behold, Free from every trace of grief and care. A. T. W. • NEW HILL PERSONAL NOTES. New Hill. Rt. 2, Jan. 29.—Miss Frizell Copeland spent last week in Apex with her sister, Mrs. Charlie Bryan. Mr. J. L. Goodwin killed the larg est hog that has been killed in this community this season, weighing 685 pounds. « ■Misses Velera and Bland Sturdivant were week-end guests of Miss Swan nie Drake. Mrs. J. C. Lassiter was called to Durham Saturday to the bedside of her cousin who is very sick. REGISTRATION BOOKS CLOSED. The registration bzooks closed last Saturdav for the registering the neo ple in Pittsboro for the vote on Feb ruary 10th, on the issuing of bonds for the erection of a new school build ing. There are 166 names, in the 1 school district, on the books and it is hoped that all of them will take the oTmnrtnmt-.v to vote their approv al of the bonds. > v y - V y __j ” THIRD MONTH HANKS SCHOOL. '' J ' Pittsboro, Rt. 1, Jan. 29.—A110w us 1 space for third month report of Hanks Chapel school. ' The month ended on Jan. 26th with an enrollment of twenty-two, and an average attendance of twenty. i | The following made perfect attend ance for the month: I Mae ■ White,* Lemmie Holland, Mof fit Bland, Floyd White, Catherine i Farrell, Clayton Farrell, Johnnie j Burke, Roland White and Talmadge Farrell. j The school Khs been lucky so far to escape the flu epidemic. j *”^^^^^^^™^minfflniiiiininnnninnnininmng VIRGUSMA 1 r BURLEY I N AMERICAN TOBACCO ca XTl^l ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE. Having qualified as administrator of the estate/ of F. H. Broadwell, de ceased, late of Chatham county, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons holding claims against said decedent to present them to the undersigned, duly verified, on or before the Ist day of January, 1924, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All ; persons indebted to said estate will please make prompt settlement. This Ist day of January, 1923. Feb 9 R. C. BROADWELL, Apex, Rt. 1, N C. Administrator. MORTGAGE SALE OF LAND. Pursuant to the provisions of a mortgage deed executed by Genna La nier and Hinton Gunter to A. N. Johnson Co., on the 19th day of July, 1921, and registered in the office of the register of deeds of Chatham county, inßook FZ at Page 92 default having been made in the payment of the note therein set forth, the under signed mortgagee will sell at public auction, for cash, in the town of Pitts boro, North Carolina, at the court house door on the 27th day of February, 1923, at 12 o’clock noon, the following property: The home place of Genna Lanier and Hinton Gunter in Cape Fear township, Chatham county, North Carolina, and known as the G. F. Drake Home Place and containing 10 acres more or less, and bounded as follows: On the east by B. M. Mclver, on the north by W. A. Lawrence and on the west and south by the lands of the Carolina Power and Light Com pany—conveyed by the said Genna Lanier and Hinton Gunter to satisfy the debt and interest provided for in said mortgage. This January 18th, 1923. A. N. JOHNSON CO., B.RAY OLIVE, Mortgagee. Attorney, Fuquay Springs, N. C. Feb. 15-p. ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE. Having qualified as administrator of the estate of C. T. Goodwin, de ceased, late of Chatham county, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons holding claims against said decedent to present them to the undersigned, duly verified, on or before the 30th day of Dec., 1923, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. Al 1 persons indebted to said estate will please make prompt settlement. Feb. 9 G. D. GOODWIN, Apex, Rt. 3, N, C. Administrator. NOTICE OF LAND SALE. 1 Under and by virtue of the powes of sale conferred upon the under signed by decree of the superior court of Chatham county, in an action there in pending, entitled “M.M.Fox, admin istrator vs Sallie Headen and others, the undersigned commissioner will on Saturday, the 24th day of February, 1923, at 2 o’clock p. m., offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash the following described lot* or parcel of land lying and being within the corporate limits of th6 town of Siler City, and being more fully described and defined as follows: to-wit: , , * . Beginning at the northwest corned of lot number eleven on the east side of main street and running about north with said street forty feet to a stake, thence nearly east seventy : five feet to a stake, thence nearly south forty feet to a line of lot num ber eleven, thence nearly w'est with line of lot number eleven seventy five feet to the beginning, and being the southwest part of lot num ber ten of the plat of the town of Siler City, North Carolina. Same be ing the property known as the olu “Grit Office.” The sale will be held on the prem ises. This the 22nd day of Jan. 1923. ’ WADE BARBER, Siler & Barber, * Commissioner: ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE. Having qualified as administrator of the estate of D. H. Stanley, deceased, i late of Chatham county, North Caro- j ina, this is to notify all persons holding j claims against said decedent to pre sent them to the undersigned, duly { verified, on or before the 29th day of January, 1924, or this notice will be I pleaded in' bar of their recovery. All; persons indebted to the estate will ! please make prompt settlement. This 29th day of January, 1923. * M M. FOX, Mch 8-6tH-c. • Administrator. EARLY PEA BLOSSOMS. Mrs. J. J.'* Womble, of Haywood is a gardener from your heart. She always has fresh vegetables on her table when others are just making ready to plant. She has sent to our office this week a bloom from her garden pea patch. English peas, as they are usually Called. All the vines are in full bloom and over a foot high. i So many folks l sick that we can’t find room to name them all. We will report them as they recover. y ' :r- , , 1 , * • y Nation Wide Approval f l . 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