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Cl)c iaccotb j INDEPENDENT IN POLITICS. \ i — | Established in 1878 by H. A. London, j Enteied at Pittsboro, N.C., as Second Class mail matter by act of Congress. SUBSCRIPTION: One Year, sl.oo. Six Months, *75 j Colin G. Shaw, Owner and Editor. | Char. A. Br own, Associate Editor. Advertising: 25c. 30c. and 35c. net. : Thursday, April 26, 1923. I ARE FOOLS TO TRY. The editor of this paper received during the week a a pamphlet called “The Bulletin,” coming from a new ly organized Association Against the Prohibition Amendment. It is full of rotten statements from the beginning to end, claiming that there are more women and children to- j ( day that are confirmed drinkers and ' making drunkards than ever before, having increased since prohibition be gan. To bear out their statements : they have taken newspaper clippings 1 from various newspapers giving ac- j counts of tragedies among the classes named and where liquor was at the bottom of it. Here and there may be found some evidence of liquor drinking, it may be found in Chatham county and in ad- j # j • joining counties but anyone with or-• dinary, common sense knows that there isn't half the drunkeness and de- j viltry now as when bar rooms were in existence. No one individual nor any organization will ever defeat the plans of the prohibition we have and they are foools to try it. The chartiable folks in mailing us the folders were kind enough to tell us that they would be glad to send us literature from time to time and we answered them as follows: I Gentlemen: —We are in receipt of, copy No. 1 of The Bulletin of the As- i sociation Against the Prohibition Amendment. We trust that you will find it convenient to discontinue the sending of same to this office. One may take the daily papers of the United States or any section , thereof and find cases where illicit, liquor has played havoc with some good prson. This is because newspa- 1 pens as a rule publish more “bad” I news than “good” these days. I have passed through both stages j of the game with and without prohibi tion and it has been my misfortune to see hundreds of children and women afflicted with the damnable liqour traffic, and I fully realize that the present day presents a much safer and improved condition than dur ing bar room days. It might be that in the larger cities and business centers of the U. S. where it is a matter of grave concern to battle with these law vio lators, that the liquor has not dimin ished as it should, but I do know that it has been the salvation of North Ca rolina. Yours truly, COLIN G. SHAW. Prohibition is here to stav and as the days go by many more people are becoming determined to make an ef fort to assist the officers in enforc- j ing the laws. The present generation coming on will know a great deal less . about liquor and as they come it will eventually be blotted from the States entirely. The fact that liquor will never be j legalized again in the United States | is best illustrated in a parody on Poe’s j “Raven,” written by a co-worker, liv- J ing in Statesville, N. C., by the name of Frederick Berger, as follows: Once upon a midnight dreary, while I lingered, worn and weary, Oil the corner of a side street that dis- I played an empty store — } As I listened to the beating footsteps of a slow retreating Watchman, w r ho had passed me, greet ing, I sat down there at the door, Just to rest a wiiile and ponder, I sat down there at the door, Only this and nothing more. As I gazed into the caven darkness I espied a raven, Who, it seemed, had found a haven in the lobby of the door. As I at it in wonder, I began to think and ponder— “ Surely, that raven yonder—l have seen that bird before.” Merely this and nothing more. I looked close and nearly fainted, for I saw the bird was naintcd, And the script beneath acquainted _ readers with this cheering lore: - gv??? a craven for ll guoawmskey, drink Red Raven, It’s dispensed within this haven” — This was painted on the door; And I gazed with loving mem’ries at the painting on the door, Sat and gazed and nothing more. “It was sure some good old liquor;” as I spoke my soul grew sicker, For I though of prohibition that was passed some years before. And it seemed as I sat thinking of the j well-filled glasses, clinking, After stretching, yawning, blinking, that I soon began to snore; I was worn and fell asleep there on the door-step of that store, Dreaming of the days of yore. And dreamed of lards abounding with the staff of life we rounding Sens of Gambrinus are hounding— Store was wine and beer galore. Scientists and men of learning claim that our dreams are turning Towards things our hearts are yearn ing. It is nothing strange there- fore, That I dreamed of that red raven, painted there upon that door, Only this and nothing more. “Tell me,” said I, “Bird . symbolic, w r hen will something alcoholic Crown again our feast and frolic as it did in days of yore? When will cabarets and places whose menu your trademark graces Cheer again our downcast faces— throw wide open the closed door? When will cheerful signs of Pilsner lure again as heretofore?” Quoth the raven: “Nevermore.” HANGING IS STRETCHING. E. E. Dudding is president of the Prisoners’ Relief Society, with head- j quarters in Washington, D. C. He has recently gotten hold of a batch of information in regard to brutal treat ment of prisoners in the State prison over at Raleigh. He called attention to the matter of those in authority to have it investigated and those respon sible for it to be shown up. The North Carolina Prison Board met in Raleigh one day last week and decided that inasmuch as Dudding w r as j an ex-convict that no attention would be paid to his charges fit all, although it has been stated that as many as seven convicts had been whipped and one of them a woman. Many things can be behind this re- j fusal to invsetigate these charges. We trust that politics has nothing to do! with it, but we do know that the char- j ges should be looked into. There is no reason to believe that George Ross Pou would willfully allow cruelty in the State prison, he being the super intendent, but it has been suggested that there has been cruel, brutal i treatment and it should be proven one way or the other. No man that takes advantage of a helpless convict should be allowed to draw a salary from the State of North , Carolina and there are evidently a few of them in the State and not all j of them have charge of prisoners in ■ the State and not all of them have j charge of prisoners in the peniten tiary, either. The State of Florida is now under going a reaction as a result of the! beating to death of a young man of' good family from North Dakota, who had been caught, beating his way on! the train. It has been shown up that I numerous other cruelties had been ; been inflicted on prisoner at the j camps in Florida, and it is nauseous to; read of the heartlessness of the men j in charge of the convicts there. The j question is whether it is any better in North Carolina? It can be known only by a thorough investigation of the charges that have been made. Surely Mr. Pou would not want to retain men in his employ who cruelly and brutally treat prisoners. How is he to know if the matter is not taken into consideration? Dudding claims to have absolute evidence, together with affidavits. Then those in posi tion to order it should demand that the investigation be made without de lay. Is it any wonder that a man is worse on returning from a prison tha before he wast sent Is it any wonder: that they lose confidence in human- j ity? Incarceration is punishment with- j . in itself and if political influence were taken from the officialdom of prisons and camps, from the superintendent i down to the guard, including the doc- j tors and any with authority, then the ' unfortunte folks who are sent to the prisons would become better citizens instead of being more degenerate up on leaving. No man with a heart as small as a mustard seed could be guilty of the i crimes that have been laid at the door of some of these wardens and over seers. They are both degenerate ar.d scoundrels to take helpless*, human be ings and inflict death wounds upon the body and drive them with the help of a “black maria” to a death bed, left bleeding and crying for mercy, which they obtain only when life pass es out and they enter into that better land, and enjoy the pleasures of a just and living God. Florida has voted to abolish the lash upon its convicts. Wonder if it won’t make better prisoners and better men and women when they are released. Over in Darkest Africa an electric light plant has been established, and when the lights were turned on the natives were greatly surprised. If the ignorant Africans are surprised, what about some people living in this section who are afraid to have lights put in their houses fearing lightning will burn up their homes. Africa has nothing on Chatham. There must have been more smoke than fire in the legislative committee report that there was something “rot ten in Denmark,” about the affairs at Sanatorium and Dr. Mcßrayer. At the thirteenth annual session of the State medicaf convention, in session at New Bern last week, Dr. Mcßrayer sent in his resignation as secretary treasurer but the committee on nom inations sent in, his name again and I the society by a unanimous vote re j fused to accept the resignation and j applauded his re-election, Somebody | will have to start something else to worry people. I Fred M. Hans, Indian fighter, scout and a quick trigger expert, always wanted to die with his boots on and he did. He was crushed to death in an elevator shaft in Omaha a few days ago. Everything and everybody are try- I ing to get into the limelight by mak new records. Two men in an airplane have been continuously in the air for over 36 hours. Then men and women are making dancing records. O e man danced 73 hours on a stretch. Then a woman came along and beat the man’s record by dancing 90 hours and kept going. “What fools we mortals be.” OBSERVATIONS. By Rambler. “Cooler than yesterday,” remarked an old timer Tuesday morning. ‘ Hail must have fallen somewhere yester day.” “You are wrong,” said young America, standing nearby. “The weather man yesterday said cooler, falling temperature,” Then the old timer loked around at Young Ameri ca with a sneer on his face, as much as to say’, “You young people know too much.” “I was hoping Pittsboro would get out of her old habits,” spoke an old lady Monday afternoon. “It used to be an everyday occurrence to see dogs run rabbits through our streets and I thought we had gotten so citified we’d never see anything like it again. But listen at the folks hollering. They 7 ’vo got a rabbit going now. Pittsboro will never be anything but a village, where rabbits and birds come to feed,” and the old lady went trudging down the street, packing a bundle she had just bought from a store. “One, two, three, four, five, six, sev en dog’s, no account dogs, right here on the business street,” said a citizen yesterdays. “This is the doggonedest town I have ever seen. Near about as many dogs as there are people on the streets, ard they not fit fov anything except to suck eggs. Just look yonder” and he pointed at a lit tle white, shaggy dog, about as big, a a two-weeks old pig, “Now what is that thing fit for?” he asked. “If they would make the owners pay tax es on them, and I mean make—there wouldn’t be so many 7 loose, worthless dogs on the streets, barking at every vehicle that passes or going into peo ple’s back yards looking for hen’s 1 nests.” | ] “Who’s going to the new jailer?” |is the question of the hour. Probably jno one wall know until a few suns ! pass over our heads. “Wouldn’t it be nice if Pittsboro had j a picture show one or two nights a ; week.” asked a pretty T young lady 7 . “It i is so lonesome there at night, nowhere to go and nothing to do but sit around | and talk until bedtime. No wonder | the young boys and girls have the place and go off to the cities. There is nothing here to amuse them.” “The question of the hour before the farmer today’,” remarked one of our bankers the other day 7 , “is how’s your cron?” And it is so. Farmers get to gether and they talk mostly about farming. Railroad men talk nothing but railroading when y 7 our are in their company 7 . And so it is in ev ery trade or vocation. Onkahid News. Moncure. P f 2. —Mr. ami Mrs. C. E Bland and children and Mr. T. L. ! Burns, of Pittsboro spent Sunday in the home of W. M. Burns. Mrs. Jno. Woodleaf and baby, of Kit,- i troll, spent last week with Mrs. Wood i lo nf’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. D. j Burns. I Mi«s Lelia Johnson spent the week end with her sister, Mrs. T. B. C’egg. M v ‘'nd P. P. l<'"i<-rVf Pa"- i ford. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Knight and j son, Miss Ste’la Womble and Eu j rie Womb lo of Lo-kvPJe. visited in th n home o * C. J Kmchf Sumlav. Born to Mw a d Mrs. W. D. Burns last Wednesday 7 , a son. Owing to prevalence of measles in t,h° coni mum tv. memorial scwiccs which wm-e to be held at P-n^ o " Oro*m church th° third Sunday in May 7 , are i oost’-oiind mdefinvM’- M-*~ G’h'cn. o" vpffovP!,c is sne'di" o, the w<~ek vdth her -’ster, Mr- J. T M". a™! M c , T ’m Gunter visited in Durham 1:: t week. LOOK AT YOTR LABEL ICAR f OAD 1 of genuine 1 and Asphalt Shingles just received. Cover your roof with I the most Durable Fireproof roofing* that can be bought. § I ASPHALT ROOFING lowers your insurance rates. It car- | % ries the same insurance as tin and does not have to be x I painted. Unexcelled for bams and out-houses. | | ASPHALT SHINGLES make a beautiful roof for a I $ dwelling house and are absolutely fireproof. -An ideal i | roof! Let us show you. ' | IMPLEMENTS | ■|<> RIDING CULTIVATORS, PLANTERS, DISC HAR- § '|| ROWS, PLOWS. I ' | < k <S> o—o —OO —O O —O —o—A —o O o' o WISE AND OTHERWISE o O Some Our’n —Some Their’n o O 0 0 —0 —0 —O —O O —O —0 —O —C Mr. John B. Little is as large as the average man. , O A retentive memory can become a blamed nuisance. O The chaste young woman has no thing to run from. —o — . Not a good idea to rejoice too much or to mourn toe long. O It is easy to struggle along without, the things you want. Idolize a woman if you will, but do not try to understand her. o Have faith in your friends if you would keep them faithful. O The girl who is ready in a minute is worth waiting a life time for. O Not much trouble to stab the man in the back that is ahead of you. O 1 People wish a newly married couple happiness as though they meant it. j Some folks go to church to save their faces —nevre think of their souls. O Sometimes when you think you em brace an opportunity, you are only hugging a delusion. If the hot air some folks give oIY could be utilized it would heat an or dinary blast furnace. Farmer down on route 5 from Siler City wants to buy 100 hens that want to set. He needs them, he says, to keep his com warm so that it can come up. Aviators fly high so that should any thing go wrong with their machine they can right it before reaching the earth. They usually write it on a j tombstone. “I Never Knew You Could Keep Rats Out of a Butcher Shop.” What Ralph Watkins says: “Fig ured rats around store had enough to feed on; wouldn't touch anything sus picious. Heard about RAT-SNAP, gave it a trial. Results were wonder ful. Cleaned all rats out in ten days. Dogs about store night and day never touch RAT-SNAP.” Three sizes, 25c. 50c., SI.OO. Sold and guaranteed by Siler City Drug Store and The Hard ware, Siler City; W. L. London and Son, Pilkington Pharmacy and The Chatham Hardware Co., Pittsboro, N. C. I—, ... 1.. .m »1— HAVE YOUR EYES EXAMINED by AN EXPERT—COSTS NO \ | m I ) Dr. J. C. Mann, the well known j I eyesight Specialists and Optician! Swill be at Dr. Farrell’s office, Pitts-! (boro, N. C., every fourth Tuesday | jin each month. Headache relieved j ! when caused by eye strain. When? 7 lie fits you with glasses you have | j the satisfaction of kr.owng that# j they ore correct. Make a note of? [ the date and see him if your eyes 1 j are weak. j I oext visit will be Tuesday,? [ May 22. I "ADMINISTRATRIX’S NOTICE. The undersigned having this day qualified as administratrix of the es tate of D. R. McManus, deceased, late of Chatham county, this is to notify all persons holding claims against the said estate to present the same to the undersigned on or before the 11th day of April, 1924, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All ; persons owing the said estate will please come forward and make imme diate settlement. This 11th day of Anvil. 192?,. Mrs. ADA MM ANUS, Administratrix. Mav 1 7 -R- Pear Creek N C Wants Bridge Fixed. To the Honorable County Commis sioners: There is a beautiful little river that winds it way through the eastern! par tof our county. The tranches of the large oak and scaley bark trees j almost meet across this little stream, j forming a deep gorge of shade. Thru this gorge the water is ever moving. At a beautiful elbow curve on this little river is a monument erected in the form of a little steel bridge by the county. It is a wonderful struc ture. Looking northward from the old shaky and rotten structure it seems as if it might be a safe little bridge for traffic. But the people know nothing of its safety. Perhaps I | % We have a new sfore, and new goods which we are sell- | I ing as low as anyone can sell goods where the quality is I | first class. | i We do not handle shoddy goods for the simple reason I i that such goods after sold do not prove satisfactory. A | | satisfied customer is the greatest asset any merchant can | have, and that is our aim in the Commercial world. Be- u $ fore you buy your SPRING DRY GOODS, SHOES, HATS | I AND CLOTHING see us. | I Our Grocery line is also complete and fresh. | 1 J. j. Johnson & Son f X I I Service and Satisfaction Store. | | Cor. Hillsboro & Salisbury. Pittsboro, N. C. | - i—i i imr i mini i uni n urn nr m n tti n mnr n rirr n rrrT • in t~ -t rt —r rr ~i nr ir» y jj ss£ ■ I 11The Farmers! I Opportunity || f 1 We have made arrangements for the farmers in Chat- | I i ham County to secure their feed and heavy groceries at ! f f ( a big saving in prices, and one that will be an advantage I % I j to us - . j i We now have on hand several carloads of Oats, sweet ! | \ t Feed, Hay, Chops, Bran, Flour, and Meat. In fact j I \ I about everything that the farmer needs and our purpose \ t \ | in opening this store was to meet the demand for lower j f f | prices and quick service. j I | 6 For several years we have served the general public in \ t l j this business and we want all our old friends to realize \ | | | that we are the same old men in a new location. j 1 f j We are situated on the corner of Hillsboro and Salis- 11 J. j bury streets, opposite the postoffice in Pittsboro, in the j | \ j old London store, and we have spacious, comfortable j | | 1 quarters. It is convenient and we have the facilities for I | | serving you quickly. j | IS No trains or traffic to congest the corner or to fright- jif I ! en your team and you save in teh price you pay. We in- j | I L vite everybody—old friends and the public generally to j | | [ let us quote you on your requirements. | i I It I j Yours for a big business, j | {| Conneii & Farrell I THE big dealers pittsboro, n. c. I II Ift ifs ifs I ——Hg We Take ' ~ ,j Care of the HPwJ Farmers We know the farmers of Chatham county, we believe in them and we know that in helping them we contribute to » prosperity of the whole county—in which we share. ! therefore we are at your service and we want you to con , suit us when we can be of benefit to you in any way. THE FARMERS’ BANK LM. BLAND, President. J. D. EDWARDS, Cashier. #’ 1 A - c - RAY > Vice-Pres. ERNEST WILLIAMS,, Asst. Cash. —■ oi i the county is waiting for the !V bridge to fall in. If so may the ? 1(1 « speedily come when she will 1 down. We are afraid that tin* . * be the watery grave of some' Wl^ | mother or innocent child that kn °° r nothing of its dangers. Now rravn? ® i commissioners wake up and get ti • I ! steel bridge abuttments and fi|j s lhls I in before some one loses his lit 1 ! the old one. It has been ready 6 *? cross except grading the fills since about August 15, 1922. So * ! county commissioners, j these abuttments in order that get off the old dangerous struct®?* i ours truly, I Pittsboro, R-f, Apr. 21. TAX PAYEp BUILD A HOME NOW!
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