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Established in 1878 by H. A. London.
Entered at Pittsboro, N.C...as Second
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('bar. A. Brown, Associate Bailor.
Advertising: 25c. 30c. ana 3ac. net.
THURSDAY, MAY S, 1923.
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IT I SEASY TO WIN.
A few days ago we were reading
in ail exchange about man over in
Kinston .who in his young days ap
plied to a merchant for position, theie
being a vacancy in the store. The
young man had just finished school
and felt that he was ready to begin
his life’s work. The merchant told
him that another had applied for the
position and .that he felt his copeti
tor was better qualified for the place
inasmuch as he had already become
experienced in the work.
The voung man was downcast j he
knew that he had amply qualified him
self in jschool, he was ambitious .and
not afraid of work of any character,
he was willing and anxious, and he
said that his greatest disappointment
came with the announcement from the
merchant that “he felt his competi
tor was better qualified ’ for the place
He determined then and there to nev
er ask another man for a “job ’ but
he would himself be an employer of
men. Today he has thousands on his
payroll and is estimated to be worth
near three million dollars, having car
ried out his intention to enter busi
ness for himself.
This is only one of thousands of
successes. There is another that is
just as forcible that occurred in Chat
ham county .and with a man known by
all and loved by many. Just a few
days ago he passed to his reward,
leaving an estate that sustained him
in his old age and a legacy for the
three splendid children that survive
him.
This man was none other than the
late J. B. Beal, of Pittsboro, route 3.
We knew him and had conversation
with him not longer than three weeks
preceding his death, which occurred at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. G.
Fields, in Pittsboro. Mr. Beal, in our
last conversation with him, told the
editor that he was living on “inter
est.” When a young man he decided
that unless he made his way in the
world without “paying’i’ tnerest that
he would lack a great deal in being
successful. He had witnessed many
hardships experienced by many peo
ple in continually paying interest to
other folks for “unfavorable” returns,
and this put spirit in his determina
tion to avoid the “calamity.”
Mr. Beal went to work and by close
application to duties, never miserly
though saving, so arranging his bu
siness that there was always a sur
plus, and before he was ready to pass
beyond, he was comfortably fixed, had
a nice home and “interest” coming in
that sustained him during his last
days. He was a farmer and made his
“gains” on the farm, which explodes
the old theory that a farmer never ac
cumulates to any degree.
Mr. Beal was a good farmer, he was
a splendid man, contributed to worthy
copses and his home was a happy
place, plenty to eat and everything
•Comfortable and Mrs. W. G. Field, Mrs
J. F. Green and Ira C. Beal, his three
children, are examples of the Chris
tian training and honesty that he in
spired into them.
These instances and many others
that we could cite are only indicative
es the fact that it is easy to win. It
takes grit in the craw and hard work.
There is always obstacles if a man
undertakes his earning by scheming,
trading or profiteering, but there is no
obstacle or agency that will “down a
real working man.”
AT LAST IT IS KNOWN.
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Last week Dr. W. B. Chapin came <
into our Pittsboro office and said, “I !
want to give the devil his dues, and
I want to tell you that the advertis- j
ing you are doing for us has done the l
work.”
Dr. Chapin a short time ago estab
lished the Square Filling Station on
OQUIt house square n Pittsboro, and it
$8 ©gtally true that he is giving real
service, there is courtesy, facility, lo
estlaft and other contributing causes
for hist phenomenal success, yet he is
tirtgad minded enough to realize that
tHe advertising we are doing for him
ha& netted results.
Chur Sanford advertisers tell us that
they experience a profitable business
from the patronage they give us and
wp hav been ordered several times to
an ad after it had been instruct
jgjg for geveral insertions, because the
Intuits were so great that the adver-
User -dispensed of his wares before the ;
ad completed itself. p
The papers have so enlarged in cir
culation 'that they have become valu
able as advertising mediums and the
real, business men have come to a full
realization of the fact, and are profit
ing by the use of the advertising col
umns.
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SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE.
The heartlessness and brutality of
some men toward dumb, helpless ani
mals is almost unbelievable but never
theless true.
It is a common outrage to see hors
es. and mules worked with great sores
on their shoulders and necks where
the collar has rubbed them, the sides
and back galled and great expanses!
of raw flesh exposed from continual
rubbing of rough harness, the wounds
and sores never getting any cleansing
or protection from germs.
But the most fiendish punishment
inflicted upon creatures that are un
able to remonstrate is the criminal :
neglect of some owners. To let an
animal stand tied in the hot sun all
day without water or to neglect the
feeding* of some poor brute that can t
provide food for itself is enough to
arouse the indignation of any just per
son.
Just the other day a man came j
walking down the street and seeing
an inoffensive dog standing beside it
wagging its tail in a most friendly
manner, walked up to it and with a
foot the size of a pile driver kicked
the dog about ten feet. Nothing more i
or less than common brutality and an
ingrained meanness of nature can mo
tivate anyone in such action. Merely
because the dog wanted to be friends
and couldn’t retaliate in kind for the
pain inflicted upon it and the man
knew it he took this opportunity to I
exercise the meanness that is forever
coming to the top in the nature of
some weak-minded mistakes of crea
tion.
A man who has the least semblance
of real manhood in his character will
show consideration for helpless crea
tures. It takes some weak-kneed,
yellow, mean unprinicapled bully who
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COATS, CAPES AND WRAPS
Consisting of the season's newest styles
and Materials. Sale Price.
$ 9.95 Coats and Wraps $
12.75 Coats and Wraps 8.45
15.00 Coats and Wrap* 9.95
16.95 Coats and Wraps 9.9;>
19.75 Coats and Wraps 14.9>
25.00 Coats and Wraps 17.95
COATS SUITS AT BIG REDUCTION
Only two prices in these. . However these
two prices represent a good assortment of
styles to select from «
$15.00 Suits, sale price $ 9,95
25.00 Suits, Sale price, 16.95
These prices are exceptionally low for the
quality of merchandise. Quick action is
necessary.
SHIRTWAISTS, 98 CENTS.
of Egyptian Printed Voiles, plain and fan
cy combinations, in Dimities; $1.25 values
now on sale for
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WILLIAMS-BELK COMPANY
SANFORD, N. C. l|
jßri’t enough of a man to deserve the
mame, to impose on the defenseelss
condition of dumb animals. To such,
in reference to animals, at least, very
aptly applies the words of Kipling,
“You’re a better man than I am, Gun-;
,ga Din.”
In the rural section, as a general
thing, folks own good stock, cows,
1 horses, mules and hogs, and they feed
them, groom them and give them con
stant care. Now and then you will
find a degenerate that will under-feed
and care little for the poor, dumb j
brutes, but in the towns, cities and
j villages fouks do not posses the same
degree of sentiment toward the ani
mals that they should, and there is no
exception in Chatham county,
j Only last week there was a cow tied
at the cotton platform, opposite the
Record office, in Pittsboro, near 12 o’-
clock in the day time, and this dumb
brute was left there all day, all night
1 and until ten the next morning when
the paper office notified the mayor and j
he had her released. Without food
and without water, she did all she
could, bellowing and pleading for at
tention. It is cruel, it is heartless and
©nly a diseased principle will toler- j
ate it. j
There may or may not be an agent
I in Chatham to look after these things.!
i It may be the duty of regularly auth-!
orized officers, but we do know that
there is attention neede in these mat
ters.
Look at the plow animals in some
sections, milch cows and beasts of i
burden as they draw their heavy loads
through the streets, and anyone with
common knowledge of every day af
fairs will know that these animals are
underfed and lack for attention.
Let’s one and all resolve today to
give our attention to relieve suffering*
to any dumb brute if the law is nec
-1 essary to compel attetnion to them.
Something new in the co-opration
between banks and farmers has been
launched by the proposal of five Ga.
banks to underwrite or guarantee one
half the extra cost of cultivating cot
ton by the more approved methods,
provided the additional expense does
not result in the production of at least
one-half bale to the acre.
SILK DRESSES gfc
I Consisting of Cantons, Flat Crepes, Ciepe
! de Chines, Novelty Combinaitons, etc., in ||
! the season’s best shades and styles. $§
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| $ 9.95 Dresses, sale price $ 7.45 ||
12.75 Dresses, sale price 8.95 ||
15.00 Dresses, sale price 10.9«>
18.00 Dosses ( sale price 12.95 |
19.50 Dresses, sale priee, 14 - 95
25.00 Dresses, sale price, 18.45 «
55.00 Dresses, sale price, 27.50 i
SALE OF SPRING HATS
One group of $5.00 and $6.00 Spring Hats, ||
consisting of small anct medium shapes, in x*j
straw braid combination, on sale foiv
$2.98 i
One group of Flower Trimmed Hemp Hats, ||
in large and medium shapes; $1.50 and W
$2.00 values now on sale M
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OBSERVATIONS.
By Rambler.
“Here’s an article in this paper,” j
said a Pittsboro citizen the other day,
“telling about someone suing a rail
road company for thousands of doll a, -
because some fool driver tried to
cross the track ahead of the tram and
was struck by the locomotive and kill
ed. Now such stuff as that gives me
a pain. You hardly ever head of a
man driving a team of horses getting
killed at a railroad crossing. lhe
fools that get killed these days are j
the ones that think they can beat the
train to the crossing. They never
stop to think that something might
happen to the car the Tool was dur
ing, which is generally the case. This
case I just real about is a man who
wanted to cross the track. _ He knew .
the train was due at that time. There
were cars standing below and above
him which obstructed the view of the
main line, but he was so anxious to be |
riding in his Ford tha the we-t for- j
ward and was struck by the locomo
tive and killed. Why didn’t the fool
get out of his car and see if there*
was any danger in crossing? Now!
his friends are suing the railroad com
pany for $50,000 because the fool driv- j
er ran his head in a hole and could ;
not get it out. No, I’ll never be will- |
ing to give any man a cent if I air
ever on a railroad jury.
“All hail Pittsboro’s new street
sprinkler,” shouted a young lady here |
when she heard that the commission- j
ers had ordered a sprinkler. “I am j
certainly proud of our town commis
sioners,” she continued, “they have j
fit, bled, been cussed and discussed j
but thev are doing nobly for our little j
city. May their good works follow
them.”
“Baseball is all the go now.” re
marked a ball fan Monday. “I hope
we will have some good games here
this summer. Pittsboro will have
good grounds and all is needed now is
a good team.
“Pittsboro needs an up-to-date shoe
maker,” remarked a citizen. “It is a
grat pity that ther is no place to op
en up a shoe-fixery here. A young
man was in tow na few days ago
trying to locate a bulding for a shoe
shop but could find none. This man
has all the machinery needed for re
pairing shoes and it is worked by elec
tricity.”
If it is true that more boys are
born a f ter a war, it would seem to
prove that they use very good judg
ment. —Edmonton (Alta.) Journal.
NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PUBLI- j
CATION.
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State of North Carolina, Chatham
County.
IN SUPERIOR COURT BEFORE
THE CLERK.
Carolina Power Co, Plaintiff,
vs.
Marhta H. Haywood, Elsie B. Hay- j
wood, Katherine H. Baker and hus*
band, B. W. Baker, Wm. M. Boy-
Inn, and wife, Mary H. Boylan,
Rufus H. Boyla i, Mary
Kincey Boylan Thorm
son and husband, O. S. Thomp
son, Margaret Boylan Carr, and
husband, Claiborne McD. Carr,
Catherine Boylan Caperton and
husband, Gaston Caperton, Mary
S. Baskerville, Adelaide S. Boyls
i ton, Wm. Boylan Snow and wife,
1 Alice K. Snow, Judge Boylan
Green, Rev. Berryman Green,
H. M. Green, Mrs. J. G. Friend,
| Mrs. Kate B. Page, E. H. Green,
; J. H. Overby, Clara M. Green,
J. G. Friend, M. K. Green S. C.
Green, Mary Harrison a d hus
* band, Hames Harrison, if living,
j if dead his heirs at law.
! Defendants.
i The Defendants, Clara M. Green,
j Judge Boylan Green, Rev. Berryman •
I Green, H. M. Green, Mrs. J. G. Friend
1 and husbar.cf, J. G. Friend. Mrs. Kate i
! B. Page, E. H. Green, J. H. Overby,
! M. K. Green, S. C. Green, Mary Harri
! son and her husband, James Harrison
1 and W. B. Green or his heirs at law,
| defendants in the above entitled ac
j tion will take notice that summons
was issued to the Sheriff of Chatham
! county, against said defendants on the
| 26th day of April, 1923, by J. Dewey
I Dorsett, clerk of the Superior court,
Chatham county, requiring said defen
dants to answer or demur to the peti
tion of the condemnation of certain
land filed in the said cause, which
summons was returned by the sheriff
of Chatham county with endorsement.
A-fter diligent search and inquiry de
fendants not to be found in Chatham
county.
The defendants, Clara M. Green,
Judge Boylan Green, Rev. Berryman
Green, Mrs. J. G. Friend and husband,
J. G. Friend, H. M. Green, Mrs. Kate
B. Page, E. H. Green, J. H. Overby,
M. K. Green, S. C. Green, Mary Har
: risen and her husband, James Har
rison and W. B. Green or his heirs
at law, defendants, will take notice
that they are required to appear and
answer or demur on or before the 28th
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\ I We have made arrangements for the farmers in Chat- jjj
I | ham County to secure their feed and heavy groceries at |
$ l a big saving in prices, and one that will be an advantage |
I! 11 to us. ! |
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v! I i We now have on hand several carloads of Oats, sweet \ |
1 | j Feed, Hay, Chops, Bran, Flour, Lard and Meat. In fact I
| | j about everything that the farmer needs and our purpose 11
|| | J in opening this store was to meet the demand for lower |
| I | prices and quick service. 11
Ij I | For several years we have served the general public in j I
| f i this business and we want all our old friends to realize J |
|j | j that we are the same old men in a new location. {|
|I I We are situated on the corner of Hillsboro and Salis- 1 1
|i j j bury streets, opposite the postoffice in Pittsboro, in the j |
vj Ij! old London store, and we have spacious, comfortable 11
J] f l quarters. It is convenient and.we have the facilities for j |
I | ? serving you quickly. j I
111 No trains or traffic to congest the corner or to fright* 11
J I { en your team and you save in teh price you pay. We in- 1 J
ii 11 vite everybody—old friends and the public generally to j
Ij | ! let us quote you on your requirements. j
| | | Yours for a big business, |
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||| THE BIG DEALERS PITTSBORO, N. C. j
xiwwntwr xi i WTir- ■lnw■ ■ii— imi iTr^'^**-^'
Farmers
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We know the farmers of Chatham county, we believe in
them and we know that in helping them we contribute to
the prosperity of the whole county—in which we share.
Therefore we are at your service and we want you to con
sult us when we can be of benefit to you in any way.
THE FARMERS’ BANK
31 1 T. M. BLAND, President. J. D. EDWARDS, Cashier.
Ij! A. C. RAY, Vice-Pres. ERNEST WILLIAMS,, Asst. Cash.
BROWN’S CHAPEL NffW<T~ «=
Pitttsboro, Rt. 2, Apr. 30.—Mi s * t I
la Mann returned to her homo i
Friday from Carrboro. a^
Among the visitors of J. J. mi
Saturday and Sunday were uas *
Mrs. C. J. Hargrove and famiH
and Mrs. Boyd Gargrove, of Burling
ton, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Straughan tl?’
and Mrs. Jas. Thomas. ’
Miss Annie Mann and Verdie Tho I
as returned to their home TupcJ?'
night from Pittsboro. a >
day of May, 1923, to the Petition of
the plaintiff filed in the above entitled
cause, for the condemnation of a ce»
tr.in part of that tract or parcel o*
land situate in Chatham county, X q 1
on the Cape Fear River, known as*the
“Boylan River Plantation,” and the
defendants above named will further
take notice that if they fail to appear I
and answer or demur to the petition
within the time herein specified”,* the
relief demanded will be granted.
This the 2nd day of May, 1923.
J. DEWEY DORSETT
Clk, Superior Ct., Chatham bn
Jas. H. Pou & y/. L. Currie, ‘
Attys. May 24-R-p. 1
SUMMONS BY |
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT.
North Carolina, Chatham County.
Josephine Neal Williams
vs.
L. P. Williams.
The defendant above named, L. p.
Williams, will take notice that an ac
tion entitled as above has been com
menced in the Superior Court of Chat
ham county, North Carolina, by the
Plaintiff, Josephine Neal Williams, to
have the marriage between the plain
tiff and the defendant annulled and
to obtain an absolute divorce from the
defendant, on the grounds that the
said marriage was procured by duress
and undue influence on the part of
the defendant. And the said defend
ant, L. P. Williams, will further take
notice that he is required to appear
before the Clerk of Superior Court of
Chatham County, North Carolina, at
his office in Pittsboro, N. C., on the
4th day of June, 1923, and answer or
demur to the complaint in the said ac
and Mrs. Boyd Hargrove, of Burling-
Court for the relief demanded in the
said complaint.
This the 30th dav of Apri1,1923.
J. DEWEY DORSETT,
Long & Bell, Clerk Superior Ct.
Attorneys. May. 24-R-c.