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MBit THOUGHT FOR TODAY.
Reasoning.
. re ason together, said the
l«* though y° ur sil,s be aS SCar r‘'
as white as snow.—ls.
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pittsboro and siler City wiU S °°
baseball teams.
The P^Apif?’^ 01 6ndS Ui
. . ripvt is Easter Monday and
Parties are talked of.
nTnrrellus Perry has been visit-
Ml \h Aes in Carthage and else
ing lCItl
where
rr T Frank Burns, of Pittsboro,
T - l : ij-eud guests in the home of
were ' NC p
Andrew Bum-.
... To \ Ve l Hatch has returned to
r!v vn after visiting her mother,
ivi- been Quite sick.
who i |tU
, r . m „ pollard, telegrapher at Col-
J ort while with his aunt,
JjV C A. Brown, last Sunday.
p Farrell and his Sunday
J v \ j/ / Av ill picnic at Buckhom
\ good time is expected.
rr from the South are pass
. A ?i‘ 'Uidi Pittsboro daily. Probably
V;, ' Teen here Saturday and Stm
day.
,r w. A. Cox, of Laurinburg, is
.; A e( i here on a visit to her father,
|, ‘t yi. Bland, the latter part of the
week.
Tr prnn Hearn, the famous Chap
, pin twirier, is living at Wilson,
working insurance, and manager of
the Wilson league team.
Tp rs w. P. Horton has returned
fro n High Point where she went to
Vh her sister who has returned
from the Colorado University.
Mr. Ben Harper has associated him
celt with Mr. Joe Hammock in the
bhrksmith and woodworking business.
Their shop is in the eastern part of
town.
Dr. J. H. Ihrie, of Wendell, former
ly of Pittsboro, has gone to Nashville,
Term., to take a course in the latest
and most approved practice in den
tistry.
judge Lloyd Horton is holding court
in Lee county this week. This is his
first appearance there. Lawbreakers
will have a hard road to travel when
they come before this young judge.
Ron A. C. Ray, chairman of the
Laymens Association, accompanied
by a party of ladies, held religious
sendees at the prison camp in Al
bright township last Sunday after
noon.
Supposed mad dogs are on the
rampage in Chatham. It is said sev
eral have been killed already. Mr.
W. T. Johnson shot his bird dog last
week. It is thought it had the ra
bies.
One of the finest sermons heard in
the Baptist church for some time was
delivered there last Sunday morning
bv the pa*ror. Rev. R. R. Gordon.
Those who heard it say it was a mas
terpiece.
One day last week Prof. W. R.
Thompson accidentally stuck some
thin in one of his ears. Later the
ear began to pain him and Monday
he wert to Durham to be treated by
an ear specialist.
Pittsboro high school boys went to
Bynum last Thursday and played the
Bynum school hoys, the score result
ing in favor of Pittsboro, 11 to 5.
This is the first baseball game of the
season.
It is said that work on the new
road from Pittsboro to Sanford "will
rot begin before the first of June.
Several surveys have been made on
this route, but the one that will be
selected has not been hp@ n .-
Mrs. Matilda Ford, widow of tli£
{# R«brrt J. Ford, died in Raleigh
last Thursday, aged 83’ ysaM. Re
sides three brothers, she leaves a sis-
M ‘* ?ne Nolt, New Hill.
- Hi i brd was a woman of high char
acter find was much esteemed by her
acquaintances.
i
Os course no one want* to die and
be buried, but when the time comes
v.hen you have td shake off this mor
tal coil you wish to be taken to your
lasting resting place in something de-
The Chatham Hardware Co. has
recently purchased a modem hearse,
and it is a thing of beauty, some
thing Pittsboro long has needed.
A meeting of the teachers of Chat
ham county were held in the school
auditorium of the Pittsboro school last
Saturday. It was a big meeting and
was well worth telling the folks about
! n advance of the meeting, but those
ln Position to know failed to tell the
Paper men anything about it. We trust
oat those in authority will remember
yoat these things should be publish
-6(1 m advance.
Jt bas been requested that religi
ous services he held at every prison
camp in Chatham county next Sunday
afternoon at 3 o’clock. All those who
are willing to go as singers, to make
yoort talks or carry. lunches, are re
jaested to confer with Mr. A. C. Ray,-
airman of the Laymen’s Associa
jon Chatham county before Sun-
Inasmuch as ye did it unto onei
least of these ye did it unto
County commissioners meet in
Pittsboro next Monday.
Mr. Harlowe Taylor is having his
home place repaired, a room being
added.
i
Material is being hauled out on
West street for the erection of two
.iew houses on that pretty boulevard.
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Wrenn and son,
.v liliam, of Siler City, spent the
week-end with relatives in Aberdeen.
Mrs. Mary Caudle, of Trinity, spent
l the first of the week in Siler City
with her daughter, Mrs. Kielfer Tea
gue.
There seems to be ,a slack in the
capturing of stills. The moonshiners
seem not to be making much moon
. shine these days.
Mrs. Roy Teague is substituting
in the central office in Siler City for
» Mrs. Beaman Buckner, who is suffer
, ing from an attack of measles.
There will be a box supper at Burke
■ school at Evans on Saturday night,
f March 31. Everybody is invited to be
present. The proceeds are for the
benefit of the school.
r
1 Wilkins-Ricks, of Sanford, the Mo
line Tractor by the Chatham Hard
ware Co., and the Merchants of Chap
■ el Hill are new’ ads in this paper.
r Read them.'
The Pittsboro Case has moved into
the old postoffice building on Hills
> boro street and will hold a banquet
> next Thursday night. See their ad
s vertisement in this paper.
The old Headen house on court
■ house square has been lowered from
; its foundation and is no\v T on its w r ay
to the new locatiion south of the court
house to the old Clark lot.
I A picnic will be held at Moses
> school house on Easter Monday, Ap
l ril 2nd. There will also be an egg
hunt and we are asked to tell every
body to be present.
Mr. T. B. Bray sends the editor an
; invitation to be prese.rt at an Easter
picnic to be held at Brayk Mill next
Saturday, March 31st. He wants ev
erybody to go and have a good time.
■ Let’s go and take a basket and spend
. the day with Mr. Bray.
Song service and Easter program
of music at the Methodist church Sun
day night at 7:30. The administra
; tion of the sacrament will be observ
ed. There will be no sermon at night,
; but the pastor will fill the pulpit on
i Sunday morning.
By reference to another column will
be found a proclamatioin by the may-.
! or calling on the citizens to observe
next week, from April 2 to April 7,
as clean-up week. It is hoped every
one will read the proclamation and
heed it.
Mrs. S. D. Johnson has moved in
to his new store on the corner of
Hillsboro and Salisbury street, the
site of the old Bynum building. He
will have his formal opening on Fri
day and Saturday, March 30 and 31,
at which time he is making some in
teresting dollar specials. His new
store is an attraction and a decided
addition to Pittsboro.
Mr. Herman Wade, who is repres
enting the Volume Library in Chat
ham county, donated to the Pittsboro
High school a copy of that book. The
school is gratified to him for the book.
The Volume Library is a one volume
book and is very useful to the busy
man. It is a ready reference and is
filled with useful information.
The citizens of lower Center town
ship are circulating a petition among
the residents on the road from Pitts
boro to Goldston, asking that the
county commissioners take over that
section of the road to Whites bridge
and grade it and top soil it. The ci
tizens signing it are agreeing to give
$25 each as well as work to have it
done. This is one of the most import
ant roads In the county and the com
missioners can well afford to heed the
petition. Already some fifteen men
have signed it agreeing to give the
twenty-fire dollars value.
MOUNT ZION NEWS.
Moucure, Rt. 2, March 27.—Mr. W.
B. Thomas, of Raleigh, returned home ,
Wednesday of last week with chilis.
He returned to his work last Sunday
very much improved.
There will be preaching service at
Mt. Zion next Sunday afternoon. The
choir is planning to have Easter mus
ic.
Mrs. Fred Ray and little daughter,
Frances, of Sanford, spent one day
last week with her mother, Mrs. N.
B. Gunter.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Harmon, of
Pittsboro, spent Sunday with Mr, and
Mrs. W. B. Harper.
Mr: Charlie Brooks has returned
home from a visit to relatives in Dur
ham.
Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Gunter are ex
pecting Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Gunter
and children, of Lucama, to spend
Easter with them..
Mrs. Gunter is recovering nicely
from a broken arm.
Broke His Leg.
Last Saturday morning, while work
inv at a sawmill near Brown’s Chapel,
in the northwest part of the county,
Mr. Frank Durham had the misfor
tune to get his left leg broken when
he stepped upon the carriage while it
was in motion. A physician was call
ed in and set the broken limb and at
last accounts the young man was get
ting along as well as could bs ex
pected. • ■ ' •
j serve clean-up week next week from
i Monday, April 2 to Saturday, April
7th. '
NEWS FROM FALL CREEK.
Bear Creek, Rt. 3, March 27.—A
large crowd attended the Fall Creek
Sunday school Sunday.
Mr. Will BroWn is having lots of
cross ties made and hauled. He ex
pects to have a mill in this week and
will soon begin sawing.
Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Brewer, of
Greensboro, are visiting his mother,
Mrs. Ada Brewer.
Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Phillips were
visitors at Mr. B; F. Scott’s Sunday.
Mrs.. W. G.Powers spent the week
end with her father, Mr. Mack Phil
lips, Bear Creek, route 1.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Hill spent Sat
urday night and Sunday at Mr. C. R.
Jones’.
Misses Nellie and Essie Hill spent
Saturday night with Miss Leona Phil
lips.
Mrs. J. R. Powers and Miss Alma
Scott spent last Tuesday with Mrs.
W. G. Powers.
After, spending a week with home
; olks Miss Nannie Powers has return
ed to Greensboro.
Mrs. W. R. Jones snent Tuesday
with her sister, Mrs. Clattie Brewer.
Bear Creek Two.
Bear Creek, March 26.—Rev.J. W.
Broom, of Louisville, Ky., preached
at Sandy Branch Baptist church Sun
day morning.
W. S. Dowd, of Greensboro, was a
visitor in the home of Mrs. D. H.
Johnson last week..
Mr. J. W. Pierce is very sick, his
many friends will learn with regret.
Mr. S. W. Foster was a visitor in
Greensboro Sunday.
Messrs. I. P. and I. C. Coggins were
off selling guano last week.
Miss Mary George Blair, of Pitts
boro school, spent the week-end with
home folks.
Mrs. J. H. Covert was on the sick
list last week.
Mr. L. K. Smith is treating his
house to a coat of paint.
Miss Margie Blalock visited her
uncle, “Bob” Spring, on Moncure,
route 1, last week.
PHIL.
Surprise Marriage.
Her many friends in Chatham will
be surprised to learn of the marriage
of Miss Blanche Carter, which took
place in Roxboro last Friday, the
lucky young man being Mr. Theodore
Clayton, a son of the former register
of deeds of Person county. Mrs.
Clayton resided with her parents for
several years in Pittsboro and she
made many friends by her charming
manners. The Record wishes for both
of them many years of happiness.
FOUND DEAD.
Wednesday morning Mrs. Clara
Calvert went to awaken her sister,
Miss Velna Haithcock, for breakfast,
she found her dead in her room.
When Miss Haithcock retired Tues
day night she was accompanied to her
room by Miss Bvnum, who placed a
lighted lamp in her room and left her
to retire, for some months Miss
Haithcock had been in feeble health
but Tuesday night she seemed to be in
her usual spirits. Wednesday morn
ing when her sister entered the room
the stricken woman was found lying
on the floor dead. She was still
dressed and the cover on the bed had
not been turned down and the lamp
was still burning.
Miss Haithcock was about 69 years
of age and had lived in Pittsboro all
her life, being bom and reared here.
She was a quiet, Christian lady, be
ing a member of the Methodist church
since childhood.
She leaves several sisters, Mrs.
Clara Calvert, with who she resided,
of Pittsboro, Mrs. Lenora Bryan, of
Washington, D. C., Mrs. Alice Hatch,
of Charlotte, and Mrs. * Eugene
Heame, of Bynum, a niece, Mrs.
Henry A. Bynum, of Pittsboro, and!
other relatives. j
Funeral services were held in the
Methodist church in Pittsboro Thurs
day afternoon, conducted by Rev. J.
J. Boone, and interment was in the
Methodist cemetery.
Banquet
j The Pittsboro Case will give a ban
quet to their friends in Pittsboro and
vicinity in their new rooms in the old
I postoffice building next Thursday j
I evening, April 5, at 8 o’clock. A I
j special invitation is extended to all. j
I There will no charge. j
FARRELL & FARRELL J
the residence of the late T. A. Beal,
I will offer for sale to the highest !
cash bidder the following: One Su
perior corn planter, one 2-horse Oliv
er No. 13 plow, four one-horse plows,
one one-horse wagon and harness, one
wheat cradle, one harrow and other
articles. Time of sale 10 a. m.
T. B. BEAL, Executor. lt-B-C.
GET WHITE’S ICECREAM from the
OLD RELIABLE. It’s pure. D. M.
SMITH. p lt-C.
FOR SALE—One 3 1-2 ton lumber
truck, chassis 16 feet, and one two
ton truck, chassis 12 feet. Both trucks
m fine condition. Good bargains.
Pennsylvania Lumber Co., Greens
boro, N. C. Apr. 12-B-C.
EXTRA FINE Gentle,. Jersey Milk
Cows fot* Sale. A. E. FOLK,- Kiggs
bee, N. : Mu' 29-ts.
GET OUR PRICES on repairing your
car and all other classes of machin
ery. We are prepared in every way
to give you the flat rate price on all
work. All work guaranteed. BONLEE
MOTOR & MACHINE WORKS, Bon
lee, N. C. ts-B-C.
TENANT WA.NTED for small farm.
Call at Record office, Pittsboro.
JITNEY BUS for Hire. Will carry 15. \
See D. M. Smith. It.
MIGHT as Well Place Your Orders;
with the old reliable D. M. Smith
for your fish and beef and especially j
for your Easter supplies. Don’t be dis-;
appointed. Ice cream, whole sale and
retail. 2t-B-C.
; EASTER SEASON is here and it has
found us well prepared to take care
of your needs. We have anything for j
a perfect gift or personal use, both '
'■ in novelties and useful articles. Also j
repair work on watches or jewelry by I
an expert. TOD R. EDWARDS, pion- j
eer jeweler, Siler City, N. C. ts-B-C. |
DON T BE FOOLED—The Old Re- 1
liable never fools you. You got |
i your fish from me last Saturday.
Place your orders now for fish, any
• quantity, for Easter. You’ll get ’em
, from D. M. SMITH. lt-C.
IF IT IS GALVENIZED SHINGLES
The Hardware Store, Inc., Siler
City, N. C., has the best. They weigh
about 100 lbs. per square. If it is High j
I Point Buggies, we have them too. Two ;
• j old second had buggies for sale.
|! YOU CAN’T be Happy and you can’t !
’ I do good work unless you are com- i
| j sortable and you can’t be comfortable;
jif your shoes are in bad condition.!
i Mail your old shoes to us. Vass Elec- i
j trie Shoe Shop, Vass, N. C. Apr. 12-
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I AM PREPARED to fix your motor
car at a reasonable price, work
guaranteed. Your patronage solicited.
John R. Durham, Roscoe, N. C. ts-B.
C.
FLOWERS —For flowers for every oc
casion, see or phone your orders to
Mrs. P .H. Elkins, Siler City, N. C.,
county agent for J. Van Lindley, Flo
rists. ts.
PINE WOOD WANTED—Quote low
est price on cars and freight rate
to this place. Address P. O. Box 172,
! Ruloigh* N. C. Apr. 12. B-C.
WE NOW HAVE on hand supply of
ice. Deliveries made in 25 pound
lots in morning only. Phone vour or
ders early. The Chatham Hardware
Co. - Mch29.c
NEW GRIST MILL—We are now
prepared to grind corn in the old
fashioned way on old fashioned rocks,
and you get the best meal. Located
at the James O. Brown Sales stables,
j on Fayetteville street. Beard Broth
: ers, Pitsboro. 3-1-ts-c
| MONEY TO LEND FARMERS; in
terest 5i per cent. Chatham Realty
, Co., Pittsboro, A. M. Riddle, Pres., V.
i R. Johnson, Secretary, Oc 13 ts
! STEAM PRESSING AND CLEAN
| i n g — w e are prepared to do your
work promptly and satisfactorily. Lo
[ cated on north Hillsboro street, Pitts
boro. Give us a trial, Bun Bynuin» btf
MILL TIMBER FOR SALE—Oak,
pine, hickory and poplar. J. N.
Hackney. Pittsboro, N. 0. ts R-G.
N. C.
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LUMBER OF ALL KINDS and qual
ity. Florida kiln dried ceiling and
flooring; we buy cross ties standing
in woods or delivered to road. W. F.
Bland. - ti
LAND POSTED NOTICES can be had
at this office when you need them.
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k is now complete with latest styles in dress ||j
y notions, millinery, clothing, gents furnish- W
ioes. Give us an opportunity to show we can flu
Wand that our prices are right.
London & Son 1
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jeverybody]
I FEELING GOOD |
Since we began a cash basis on aMrch first our trade 1
i|| has increased at a wonderful rate. There are two reasons |4
9 h| The first and most important is that we are enabled to g
H sell goods at a Much Lower Price than heretofore and the g
||j other reason is that we have Increased Our Stock so that g
one can find just what they want at the Lowest Cost. j|
S 3 Join the Happy Feeling Band now and give us a Call, i
We want to surprise you with some Real Cash Values. |||
H; Specials this week are Sugar 11 cents and Flour $7.50. ji
I L. N. WOMBLE, 1
ti PITTSBORO,
That's what you want your horse or mule to do when you
hitch to the plow or wagon. A good mule wants only
one thing in order to pull when you tell him to. That is
good harness. We have it. Come to us for it and save
money on any kind of hardware you may need.
The Chatham Hardware Co.,
UNDERTAKERS and FUNERAL DIRECTORS.
’ Court House Square • Pittsboro, N. C.
Day By Day I
In Every Way f
BUSINESS IS GETTING |
BETTER AND BETTER g
People Are Finding at This Store Furniture to Fit Every $
i Need. I
Whether you want to purchase one of our pretty new jj
bed room, living room or dining room suits or nothing, we I
will endeavor to make your visit to this store a pleasure ®
to you as well as ourselves, g|
The Lee Furniture Company I
“Home Furnishers,” Sanford, N. C. *
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This is to certify that aiwippTics^
tic a will be made to the Governor of
North Carolina for pardon for W. S.
Burns-on or about the 7th day of Ap
ril; 1923. All persons having objection
to said Burns being pardoned will file
their objections with the Governor on
or before said date.
This the 20th da -of March, 1023.
Men. 29-R-P. s‘gred* W. S. BURNS.