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THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1023.
THEY COULD NOT KNOW.
Back in 1318 the greatest newspa
per of "the day declared that the
world had reached the limit of hu
man expansion. It even went further
saying that there wernt enough s.ap
plies in the world to support further
growth of population.
The mind of ISIS could not con
ceive of the miracles that human in
genuity would perform dhrirg the
twentieth ce .turv. It couldn’t imag
ine the wonders that would be
wrought by new agricultural ntethods
and modern manufacturing genius.
It w£te ignorant of transportation as
we know it, or the progressive sales
methods of today. It could not seethe
vital part that would be played by
Advertising.
Even today there are some who
fail to realize what an important fac
tor advertising has become. Advertis
ing is as much a part of today’s life
as electricity, antiseptic surgery or
automobiles. It keeps us up-to-date
on the many things we need in order
to live profitable, happy and useful
lives. It presents for our approval
articles of all kinds and for all pur
poses. The requirements of each
member of the family are met by ad- j
vertised offers of good merchandise
of proved value.
The advertisements save time, mon
ey and effort for those who read
them and follow their guidance. They
are practical guarantees of satisfac
tion.
All real up-to-date merchants do
advertise and you can trust them, too.
Don’t lay aside this paper without
reading the advertisements. There is
news value in them that you will ap
preciate.
LOVE GOD AND FEAR THE DEVIL
•
Coursing down through the centur
ies has been the warning from every
source to “love God and fear the
devil” and this admonition has been
made ceasingly to the youth of the
land.
With all the zeal put in the effort
to cause boys and girls to grow up
in the fear and love of God, there
are agencies which continue to de
stroy, and urge to an opposite course.
Right here in North Carolina,
where with the churches, schools, pro
hibition, Christian Associations, and
all the agencies for good, the records
give the state more homicides per
capita, than any state in the Union.
There is but one real and lasting
remedy—a stricter enforcement of the
fundamental rules of righteous liv
ing. More attention to the home and
fireside and the training of the chil
dren.
On Sunday Wght, seated in our
home, we listed to a short and spicey
speech, dlivered in Chicago, by Jeff
Davis, known over the world as “the
king of hoboes.”
The message came over the radio
phone, and it was interesting. Davis
has circled the globe five times and
begun to tramp when but ten years
of age. He was thrown to the cruel
mercies necessity. He had no
home, and his warning to the thous
and of young folks who were fortu
nate to hear him, was to cling to the
old fire-side, loved ones and “love
God and fear the devil.”
Davis urged that those wjio hajl a
home to love it, stand by it and take
the godly training received, and for
those who were unfortunate enough
to be without a home, to adopt one,
establish one, find one in some manner
and stick to it. It was a masterful
talk and I would to God every boy
and girl in Chatham county could
have heard it.
Let’s love the home, obey those in
authority, depend less upon human
justice and rely on divine power.
The legislature adjourns next Mon
day, or rather their pay stops on that
day. And how we do hate to miss a
good thing, such as the present legis
lature has (not) been.
More chickens are being shipped
out of Chatham county than was ev
er known before. It shows that our
people, especially tlje women, are
raising something on their farms be
sides cotton and tobacco.
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The question has been asked, “how i
wTI Chatham county pay her bonds
when they fall due?” The county has
no sinking fund. Probably they will
have- to. sell more bonds. ‘ V e only
answer y e can give to too question.
When the boll weevils begin to
crawl upon the lappel of a farmer’s
coat, especially a ter the hard freez
e's that we have had this winter, then
the farmer had better get busy and
go to work and destroy the pesky crit
ters. This actually happened a few
1 days ago in Chatham.
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MRS. JENNIE LASATER DEAD.
Interesting Loral Paragraphs From
Cape Fear. v.
’ i Rt. 2, Feb. £6.—Mrs.
Jennie LasAter died at her home in
Broadway Monday, February 19. She’
was seventy-eight years old. Mrs Las
lat or was the mother oi ten chiklre i,
all of whom are living—seven sons
ad/ three daughtrs. The daughters
; are Miss Margaret Lasater, Mrs.
Amie B. McLeod and Mrs. Mildred
McKay. The sons are Messrs Edd'e,
Charlie, David, Everett, Gilbert, Wil
! lie and Eugene. She was one of the
best women the writer ever knew;
, cheerful, kind to all, always keeping
her old friends and making new ones
wherever she went. She was reared in
Chatham county, being the only
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Porter
Steadman and, a s: r ster of Messrs Da
vid and Nathan Steadman. Mrs,. Las
ater was a consistent member of
New Elam church until she went to
Lee county to live soonmfter the death
of her husband. There she joined the
Presbyterian church, the funeral be
ing held at Broadway, the church of
her membership and the funeral ser
vices held there on Tuesday and many
friends gathered to pay tribute of re
spect to this noble Christian mother.
Later in the afternoon her body was
laid to rest in Shallowell’s cemetery
!by the side of her husband. The
floral offerings were many and beau
tiful. Mrs. Lasater was a cousin of
Mr. R. F. Sturdivant who attended
the funeral, accompanied by Miss
Bettife and Lassig Sturdivant.
Misses Velera and Bettie Sturdivant
were dinner guests of Misses Alice
and Rennie Webster Sunday.
Misses Nina Sturdivant, Mary Web
ster and Lilia Ellis were week-end
guests of Miss Nell Goodwin near
Apex. They also attended a party at
the home of Mr. D. <rOo‘dwin. The pi
ano selectiohs by Miss Nell Goodwin
j were especially fine.
Claude Bland of Durham, is spend
ing sometime with his parents.
Messrs J. L. Goodwin and Robert
Beckwith motored to Raleigh Wed
nesday.
Mr, Henry Webster spent the week
end* with his aunt, Mrs. D. G. Hat
ley near Bynum.
Messrs R. F. Sturdivant and Char
ley Thomas made a business trip to
Sanford last week.
Jim Sturdivant of Pittsboro, spent
the week-end with his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Thomas and
Fred, and Miss Marguerite Thomas,
of Siler City, were week-end guests
of Mr. and Mrs. T. L .Mann.
Mrs* Mann has raised a turnip in
her garden that measures 26 inches
in .circumference.
Mr. D. L. Thomas caught a blue
heron in a trap that measured 6 feet
from tip to tip.
Mr. T. N. Thomas, of Raleigh, spent
Tuesday night with his rriother, Mrs.
Thomas ~
Mr and Mrs. Johnson Seagroves
and daughters, Ruby and Ethel, were
guests of relatives Sunday.
Ask Your Soldier Boy How “Cooties”
Got Such a Hold.
He’ll tell you that the battlefronts
of Europe were swarming with rats,
which carried the dangerous vermin
and caused our men misery. Don’t
let rats bring disease into your home.
When you see the first one get RAT
SNAP. That will finish ‘them quick.
Three sizes, 35c, 65c, $1.25. Sold and
guaranteed by Siler City Drug Store,
The Harware Store, Siler City, and W
L. London & Son, Pilkington Pharm
acy and The Chatham Hardware Co.,
Pittsboro. * .
NOTICE OF SALE OF PERSONAL
PROPERTY.
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By virtue of a laborer’s lien on
personal property, to-wit:
One wagon wheel repaired for Lon
lon Richardson, and default having
>een made in payment of the same,
I will on i
Saturday, March 17th, 1923, •,
at the shop of the undersigned in
Pittsboro, sell for cash to the high
est bidder one two horse wagon
wheel. *
Time of sale 2 o’clock p. m.
This the 28th day of Feb. 1923.
J. M. HAMMOCK, Claimant.
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND.
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North Carolina, Chatham county.
Under and by virtue of the pow
er of sale conferred upon the under
signed by mortgage deed executed by
Joe Alston on the 22nd day of March,
1921, to W. M. Perry and W. R. Per
ry, and duly transferred by W. M.,
and W. R. Perry to the Chatham Oil
& Fertilizer Company (on May the
Ist, 1921,) which said mortgage is
duly registered in the'office of th'e
Register of Deeds of Chatham coun
ty, in book “FS” at page 413, to se
cure the payment of a certain bond
therein described and default having
been made in the payment of said
bond, the undersigned will offer for
sale at public auction for cash to the
highest bidder at the court house door
in Pittsboro, North Carolina, on the
31st-day of March, 1923, at 12 o’clock
• ' noon,
the following described tract of land
lying 'and being in Center township,
Chatham county. North Carolina, and
described as follows:
On the east by J. D. Womble; on
the north by Ike Straughan; on the
south by Gattis Djxon and on the
west,' by Ike Straughan;
iby estimation eight (8) acres more
or less; or all the right, title and in- ,
' erest which I have to and in the said :
eight (8) acre tiact . |
This the'23rd day of February, 1923 ;
CHATHAM OIL & FERTILIZER Co. j
iW.-P. HORTON, . Assignee, j
Attorney. . j
John W. Davis, preside t of the
; American Bar Asso JLt oil said at the
■ association banquet in Si. Louis, “Ifi
t liberty is beaig beaten down,
[ and'the sight o man xo govern him
• self is be, g defeated by, the threaten
’ mg* on tlie oo.;otii«uw on
o. a code oi statutes to control the
t iic.oj.es a .cl iiiorais Ame^icaiiS.
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MAGGIE AND JiIGGS AT THE
(Published by iceq..est.)
, j \ ,
St. Peter stood at tne Golden Gate,
1 With a solemn nnen and an an- senate,
Wneu up to tne to ■-> oi uie Goiden sour
I Maggie ami Jigc'*, ascending mere—
-1 rippiied for actiUxssiOii — y
Yuey came ami stood
Bexore St. Peter, so great and good,
In tne tmpe the city, oi peace to*win,
; /-xiicl asketl St. Pe„er to let tpem in.
! Maggie was tall ami daik ami thin,.
| Vvitn a scraggiy beardiet on her chin,
Jiggs was snort, tmek and stout,
; Ai.d his stomach was built so it round
ed out,
His face was pleasant and all the while
He wore a kmdiy smile.
, The choir in the distance the echoes
j woke
j And Jiggs kept still while Maggie
spoke.
“0 thou who guardest the gate,
“We two come thither beseeching thee
To let us enter the Heavenly Land,
And play our harps with the Angel
band, _
Os me, St. Peter, there is no doubt,
I’ve been to meeting three times a
week,
And almost always I’d rise and speak.
“I’ve told the sinners about the day,
When they’d repent of their evil
I’ve told my neighbors—l’ve told ’em
' all \ j
’Bout Adam and Eve and the Primal
Fall. |
I’ve shown them what they’d have to
do j
If they’d pass in with this chosen {
few,
I’ve marked their path of duty clear—
Laid out the plan of their whole
career.
“I’ve talked and talked to ’em ,loud
and long, * j
For my lungs are good and my voice;
is tsrong. *
So St. Peter, you’ll clearly see I
The gate of Heaven is open for me.
But Jiggs, here, I regret to say,
Hasn’t walked in exactly the narrow
way;
He smokes and he swears and grave
faults he’s got,
So I don’t know whether he’ll pass or
not.
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“He never would pray with an earnest
vim, '
Or go to revival, or join in a hymn.
While I the sins of my neighbors bore,
He gadded about with Dinty Moore. |
He made a practice of staying out {
late, j
Which is a sin all women hate.
But at last when he did come home '
The rolling pin went straight for his
dome.
“I know him, St. Peter, know him
well;
To escape from me, he’d go to hell;
But St. Peter I need him here,
And hope you can see your way clear.
On earth I bore a heavy cross,
Give me in Heaven still, Jiggs to boss.
I've brought my rolling pin, plates
and jars,
To keep him dodging among the stars.
“But say, St. Peter, it seems to me 1
This gate isn’t kept as it ought .to be,
You ought to stand right by the open
ing there,
And never sit down in that easy chair.!
And say, St. Peter, my sight is dimm- j
ed,
But I don’t like the way your whis
kers are trimmed.
They’re cut too wide, with an out
ward toss;
They’d look better narrow and
straight across.”
St. Peter sat quiet and stroked his
staff,
In spite of his high office he had«to
laugh.
“Who’s tending this gate* Maggie,
you or I?” #
Then he arose in his stature tall,
And pressed a button upon the wall,
And said to the imp who answered
the bell, . . ,
“Escort this female around* to hell.”
Slowly, Jiggs turned, by habit bent,
To follow the way Maggie went.
St. Peter standing on duty there,
Saw that the top of his head was bare
He called the old boy back and said:
‘Jiggs, how long hast thou been wed?’
“Thirty years” (with a weary sigh)—
And then he thoughtfully added,
“Why?”
St. Peter w r as silent with head bent
down. ;
He raised his head and scratched his
crown;
Then, seeming a different thought to
, take,
Slowly, half to himself, he spake. *
“Thirty yeai;s with that wornan there,
No wonder the man hasn’t any hair.
Swearing is wicked; smoking’s not
good; '
He smoked and swore —I should think
he would!
“Thirty years with that tiongue so
sharp, %
Ho! Angel Gabriel! Give him a harp; |
A jeweled harp with a golden string; 1
Good sir, pass in where the Angels
o,i (T,
And Gabriel .gave him a seat alone, j
One with a cushion up near the throne :
Call up some Angels to play their
best;
“See that on finest Ambrosia he feeds.
He’s had about all the hell he needs.
It isn’t hardly the thing to do—
To roast him on ehrth and the future
, too.”
| rhey. him a harp with golden ,
j . strings, j
\A guttering robe a pair of wings; «
j-Rid looking down'from his I
■ high level, i
1 V ' Magnrie and felt sorvv for*
the devil. .
: DuiNGS OVER AT MERRY OAKS.
Merry. Oaks, Feb. 26.—ILev.Piland
filled ills regular here
Sunday.
ii. Cotton and family spent Sun
day axternoon w-ni ms momer, A.
M. Cotton. '
ivu. iv.ad Mrs. Bo s QDa iiel now
occupy i/i.e idiiii e Oj. n. n. Cot
ton o.i Bdckhorn road.
Mr. If J. Mann i.ves at Merry
Oaks now .
ii. ii. Colton had his good old
Shepherd dog killed on amount of
old age. She had been a faithful old
dog in t-hq home.
Oi.e Ox the novelties of the day is
’ the farming w.tn an ox. This in done
; by oid man .John Williams, colored,
who livs at the Dennis Stuart place.
NOTICE OF SALE OF, VALUABLE
KiiAL likjx'iiTE.
| Under a.M by virtue of the power
conferred an Oi.aer of tne super
ior court (Os Chatham county m~de
! a..d entered in uie opeciai rroceedmg
therein pending, enutted “Willis A.
BuHiS, adnmnotrator > or 00 nil B.
Burns, deceased, vs. noia Burns, wid
ow aud others,' the undersigned Com
missioner will on
Saturday, march 24th, 1923,
at i- o ciuCK noon,
at the court house door or Chatham
county, in Pittsboro, North Carolina,
sell at public auction to tile highest
bidder, for CASH the loliowing de
scribed tract of laud located in Haw
River township, Chatham county,
North Carolina, which is boupded as
follows:
Bounded on the north by the lands
of Walker Thomas and John De
sern; on the east by the lands of Nan
cy Thomas, Billy Marks, J. N. Holt
and Walker Thomas; on the south by
the Gorgas lands; and on the west by
the lands of Charlie Clifton; contain
i ing 110 acres, more or less; and be
ing the land on which John B. Burns
| resided at the time of his death; sav
ing and excepting from the same,
j however, that portion of the said land
j alloted to Nora Burns, widow, as her
dower, and that portion allotted to
the heirs at law ol John B. Burns as
a homestead during the minority of
Max Burns.
This the 23rd day of February, 1923
DANIEL L. BELL, Commissioner.
I March 22-4-c.R. 1
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I WANTS 1
HIGHEST CASH price paid for eggs,
Chickens, hams and all country
produce. Bland & Connell, Pittsboro.
ONE Riding cultivator; one section
harrow; one cut-away harrow; one
four year old mule for sale by Joe
Womble, Moncure Rt. 2. ltb-p
I CAN FILL ORDERS for tobacco
Flues or canvas on short notice;
j just give of barns and we’ll do
• the rest. Prices are right and service
! prompt; have plenty of‘canvas alf
only sc. 'C. B. Fitts, Bear Creek. 3-ltfc
NEW GRIST MILL—We are now
prepared to grind com in the old
fashioned way on old fashioned rocks,
and you get the best meal. Located
1 at the James O. Brown Sales stables,
on Fayetteville street. Beard Broth- 1
ers, Pitsboro. . 3-1-ts-c
GEORGE BRAND FERTILIZER now
in stock. High grade for plant beds.
C. L. Brower & Co. v H-ts-c
' JUST RECEIVED 300 bushels 90 day
1 Burt oatk, recleaned, tested seed.
SI.OO per bushel while they last Also
. nice lot of red clover seed; and Main
[grown Bliss and Cobbler*seed Irish
potatoes. Bland & Connell.
WANTED SAW MILL Men with out
fits complete to cut timber locations
in Moore and Chatham counties.
Wire or write Colon G. Spencer, Car
thage, N. C. • R-ts-c.
REEFE’S MORE EGG Tonic for sale
at 40 cents a box at Richardson
Richardson Bros., Fox & Co., and
The Siler City Grocery , in Siler City.
Only a limited quantity at this price.
Call early. B-ts-c
FROSTPROOF Vegetable Plants for
immediate shipment, extra fine
stocky plants, Early Jersey Charles
ton Wakefield, Succession, Flat Dutch
cabbage, Big Boston, Iceberg Lettuce.
Bermuda Onion p%nts, Early Beets,
White Plume Celery. All frost proof.
Prepaid mail, 20060 c.; 400 $100;
1000 $2.00. By express, 2000 $2.50;
5000 $5.00; 11,000 $lO. Parker Farms,
Atlanta, Ga. B-4t-ex
FLOUR now selling at $7.75 per bar
rel. Call before the rise in price.
Bl&nd & Connell.
OVERHAND SIX AUTO for sale for
cash( or terms, good as new. J. T.
Bland, Pttsboro. ts-c
STEAM PRESSING AND
ing—we are prepared tc*do your
work promptly and satisfactorily. Lo
cated on north Hillsboro street, Pitts
boro. Give us a trial. Bun Bynum, btf
FOR FEED stuff and flour see us be- ;
fore buying. We will save you mon- |
ey. Bland & Connell. . j
MONEY~rcTLEND””FARMERS; in- j
terest 5£ per cent. Chatham Realty
Co., Pittsboro, A. M. Riddle, Pres., V. ;
R. Johnson, Secretary, Oc 13 ts j
WANTED —Men or women to take
orders for genuine guaranteed h* s- \
iery for men. women, and children,
j. Eliminates darning. • $75.00 a week 1
:fr?l +i ie, $1.50 an hour spare time [
Experience unnecessary. Internation
al Stocking Mills, Norristown, Pa, !
Mch 30. 1923 !
LUMBER OF ALL KINDS and cm a l -1
ity. Florida kiln dried ceiling a;d
flooring; we buy cross ties
in woods or delivered to road. V/. F. ;
Bland. ‘ ' * rr
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1 ME.\L—-home ground. Bring . t.
1 ,vorn to Nooe’s mill and have
ground into meal, chicken feet! or
■< . Satisfaction assured,
i• • • ' ’ Jan . ~ .
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TD2ACTOR
IVemore
Time for
Fordson”
The Fordson Tractor is taking much of the
drudgery out of farm life; it is solving the labor
problem; it is reducing the ebst of preparing
land by almost one half of what it was with
horses; and it is saving one third to one half
of the farmer's time; and making farm life
more attractive. v
The Fordson will run your threshing machine |
—and at the most opportune time for you. It
will operate the milking machines, saw your
wood, fill your silo, pump the water, and take
care of every kind of belt work—
And don't forget—it will plow six to eight
acres in a ten hour day, handling two plows
with ease.
1 Thus the Fordson is the ideal year-round trac
tor. It will pay for its fall and winter keep in
many ways.
There's a big story to tell you about the Ford
son — and fit true one —come in and get the facts.
Or, if you prefer, telephone or drop us a card
and we will bring them to you.
CHATHAM MOTOR CO.
PITTSBORO, N. C. I
THE RECORD. $1.50 AYEAR
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| FLORSHEIM I
i j
k Low Shoes Now j
I 1 for immediate use and for. j f
! Spring.Takeyourpickofbur
! entire assortment, includ
|| ' ing all our Winter weight ||
|| • models, many suitable for
|| spring wear—live styles of .
finest FLORSHEIM quality
11 Specially Priced for ‘This Sale Only
I C.L.BROWER & CO., |>
Dealer in Quality Merchandise,
|| SILER CITY, N. C. IS
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