And That’s Cy.
American Legion Weekly.
With all due pomposity and the pro
per legal flubdub, the sheriff started
to empanel the jury, but Zeke Jones,
though new in courtroom work, had
his own ideas. He arose from his
seat and declared vociferously that;
under no circumstances would he con- j
sent to serve. . , Al . . '
“Mr. Jones,” inquired the sheriff
with some petulance, “why is it that:
you object so strongly to being em- j
paneled on this jury?”
“Well,” explained Zeke, “I may not
have much eddication, but I got an
inkling what this here word empanel
means, an’ I’m here to tell you right
now that I ain’t goin’ to serve on no
iury that's going to be framed in any
way, shape nor manenr.'’
WITHIN SPACE OF FIVE HOURS.
Within the space of five hours
around midnight of last Thursday,
the telegraph wires flashed through
from west t& east and from east to,
west, the news of the passing of Pres- 1
ident Harding and the succession of j
President Coolidge. . I
The President died in San Francis- j
co at 7:30 p. m., Pacific time. Fourj
hours and seventeen minutes later j
Vice President Coolidge, at Plymouth, 1
Vermont, took the oath of office as
President.
build Thome now!
[August 1
Opportunity
MR. BERMAN HAS RETURNED FROM THE NORTH
ERN MARKETS WHERE HE HAS BEEN MAKING
PURCHASES FOR THE FALL TRADE AND IN OR
DER TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE GOODS WHEN
THEY BEGIN TO ARRIVE, WE ARE MAKING SPE
CIAL PRICES ON EVERYTHING IN OUR STORE
DURING AUGUST. REMEMBER THIS IS NO SALE,
BUT WE WANT TO REDUCE OUR STOCK AND WE
ARE GIVING EXCEPTIONAL PAR GAINS. SPECIAL
ATTENTION GIVEN‘TO CHATHAM CUSTOMERS.
COME IN AND MAKE YOURSELF KNOWN AND WE
WILL SERVE YOU RIGHT.
S. Berman
Square Deal Merchant
Chapel Hill, - N. C.
11—IT’S CANNING TIME —I
\ And unless you come here and order the many things you
I need, you will be almost certain to find your Fruit ready
I to can and discover that you are short some needed arti- [
cle. ■ **
Phone your order today and w T e will deliver promptly.
I Remember we sell Ice and we have anything that you [
need in the Hardware line. For the home, the yard or
h the farm. Prices are low as you could expect.
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UNDERTAKERS and FUNERAL DIRECTORS. j
I Court House Square Pittsboro, N. C. | ,
1
Month of August is passing away and the harvest is
coming—the fields present a prospect of an abundant [jpjj
yield and everybody is happy. During the whole month
this old reliable firm has offered every inducement for a [mj
harvest in prices on staple merchandise. We have almost M
anything that you need and there is no need to “shop” (Ml
around to get it. We have what you want in quality and
have certainly made the price right. While the farmers TiJJ
|flj product has been coming down, our prices have come with M
them and we are the losers and our customers make the [MJ
gain.
Call around and let us show you what you want, get our |u
prices and save your money for other purposes. Yours ||
for business, |||
WRENN BROS. CO., I
SILER CITY, N. C. jg
WE SELL ALMOST EVERYTHING p
Our Prices are the Lowest consistent with good business
methods.
Figure Seven is Mystical.
Newark News.
On the seventh day God ended His
i work. , , .
On the seventh day Noah s ark
touched the ground.
In seven days a dove was sent.
Abraham pleaded for Sodom seven
days. , , T
i Jacob mourned seven days for Jo
- Iseph. . , .
j Jacob pursued a seven days jour
; ney by Laban.
| A plenty of seven yeajs and a fam
, ine of seven years were foretold in
, Pharaoh’s dreams by seven fat and
seven lean beasts, and seven ears of
i full and seven ears of blasted com.
! On the seventh day of the seventh
month the children of Israel fasted
seven days, and remained seven days
j in their tents.
Every seventh day the law (Was read
to the people.
I Solomon was seven years building
the temple.
( In the tabernacle there were seven
| lamps. . .
i Naaman washed seven times in the
I River Jordan.
Our Savior spoke seven times from
! the cross, on which he hung seven
! hours, and after his resurrection He
! appeared seven times,
j In the Apocaclypse we read of seven
churches, seven candlesticks, seven
t stars, seven trumpets, seven plagues,
seven thunders, seven virgins, seven
angels and a seven-headed monster.
THE BREEDING OF HUMANS.
Asheville Citizen. j
The scientific breeding of brutes in
this country is a highly specialized
and important industry. The annual
revenue from it amounts to many mil
lions of dollars. The amount ox mon
ey spent in improving the breed of
horses, hogs, chickens and cattle
amounts into millions more. Has any
body ever heard of even a few hun
dreds of dollars being spent to im
prove the breed of humans? Yet it
would seem that the improvement of
the manship of men is, at least, equal
ly as important as improving the
swineship of hogs. Better men and
women, physically, mentally and mor
ally ought to be as valuable an asset
to a nation as better brutes, whether
the brutes ambulate on two or four
legs.
An illustration of the scientific care
employed in improving one breed of
brutes will serve as an illustration
of the scientific care used in improv
ing all breeds. Take the thorougnbred
race horse. Not a thing is left to
chance in the breeding of that glori
ous animal To blood lines, disposi
tion, conformation and the family re
cord for speed and stamina are given
the most critical and careful study be
fore a single mating occurs. The re
sult is that the thoroughbred race
horse of the United States and the
world has improved decade after de
cade. We need go no further back
in this country than the dynasty of
the great Domino, black son of Him
yar and Mannie Gray, progenitor of
the great line of race-horses produc
ed at the Castleton farm in Kentucky
of the late James R. Keene.
Domina was a great race-horse and
for many years held the record as
a winnar of stakes and purses on the
American turf. But Domina had no
liking for a distance further tdan a
mile and a quarter and he preferred
to maintain his whirlwind speed not
farther than a mile. Yet Domino
under the masterful direction of the
late Major Foxhall Daingerfield, pro
duced a line of thoroughbreds that
could run and win at almost any dis
tance and carry whatever weight the
handicapper saw fit to impose. In the
last century the improvement in the
breed of al lkinds. of domestic ani
mals which have a market value has
improved quite as strikingly as the
breed of horses.
But in the breeding of humans, no
thing is left to the skill of science
everything is left to the haphazaid
of chance. We have not the slightest
intention of advocating the wisdom
of establishing human stockfarrm-.
But in lieu of them there is a duty
for every father and mother in the
land to perform which every father
and mother in the land outrageously
neglects. Propinquinty is largely re
sponsible for the world’s love-making
and love-making is responsible for
most of the world’s madriages. A
youngJwoman meets a young man, ra
ther likes the cut of his jib and al
lows hi mto call. The young man finds
it convenient and agreeable to accept
the opportunity. Then there is more
calling and incipient spooning and
more calling, and finally the young
couple become engaged and maternal
and paternal parents are as pleased as
punch or as disgusted as possible, but
the fat then is in the fire. Early par
ental ire subsides, the music of Lo
hengrin and Mendlessohn and the rice
shower follow and another bride and
bridegroom are started on their way. j
Not a move was made by either I
parent during the courtship to find out!
whether the physical, mental and mor- j
al make-up of the young man and
the young woman and the lines from
which they sprang would improve the
human race and raise the type of citi
zenship. The age-old notion that a
girl should be married and “be quick
about it” has outlived its age and its
usefulness. No one would wish to'
eliminate the voluntary choice of a
man for a maid, but the quicker that
choice is advised and directed by fa
thers and mothers with the high pur
pose of reproducing human species to
produce a stronger and a better and a ;
nobler human race, the better it will
be for the home, nation and the
world. Mothers and fathers, think it
over.
JULY MARRIAGE LICENSES.
During the month of July, regis
ter of deeds Poe issued five marriage
licenses to white couples and four
to colored couples. The first five are
the white ones:
Eulas Johnson 22 to Lillie Elmore
18.
Bernice Holt 21, to Lilia Goodwin
.18.
J. Avery Buckner 24 to Lula S Pick
ett 24.
George Arthur Helseth 26 to Mari
Clav Knight 23.
Clvde M. Darnell 23 to Mabel Clara |
Ellis 18.
Colored.
J. S. Spruill and Mattie Goldston.
Isaac Watson and Bertha Wilson.
Henry Boone and Gertie Hunter.
Eddie Clinton and Viola Anderson.
ATTENDING BAPTIST ASSEMBLY.
Mrs. C. O. Small, Mrs. L. P. Dixon
and Miss Pauline Jordan, of Siler City,
are at Mars Hill College, Mars Hill,
N. C., this week attending the Baptist
Mountain Assembly which opened
Tuesday night of last week and will
continue through August 9th.
Reports from the meeting are to
* the effect that the largest number in
i i years are in attendance —the college
dormitories are filled and the over
flow is being cared for in the village
homes. Visitors to the Assembly hail
; from six states outside of North Caro
lina and from as far east as Elizabeth
: City and as far west as Bryson City
| in North Carolina.
Attending the sessions are five mis
' sionaries returned from China and
'! Africa.
! * THE woman v whose work is never *
* done, doesn’t have the right kind *
* of a husband. Think that over, bus *
j ; * bands! *
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I To prevent starch from souring
when boiled, add a little sulphate of
copper.
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| NORTH CAROLINA EVENTS.
News in Concise Form For The
Busy Reader.
Charlotte —Contrasted with 67 deaths
there were 175 births in Charlotte dur
ing July.
Salisbury—Making a bed out of old
sacks in the barn at his home at Lan
dis, Rufus Beaver 80, and a Confeder
ate veteran, shot himself through the
heart with a pistol.
Raleigh—Flags lowered and offices
[ closed were the capital’s tribute to -
, President Harding and these symbols
Ivvill be worn until the dead President
. is brought across the country and bur
. led at his home.
Charlotte— Chickens with craws
j stulfed full of fine birdshot to give
| them additional weight, are being sold
from wagons and from farms in the
I vicinity of Charlotte to city house
keepers, so it is reported.
Greensboro—Found guilty of steal
ing an automobile, Verdie Williams,
17-year old white boy, of High Point,
was sentenced to serve not less than
two years in the state prison by Judge
T. J. Shaw.
Greensboro—F. Clyde Tuttle, who
shot his father-in-law C. A Jones, here
at the home of the latter, gave bond of
$5,000 and given freedom from Guil
ford county jail, where he has been
since the shooting. He is charged with
assault with a deadly weapon.
Raleigh—Negotiations for the ac
quirement by the state department of
education of the national training
school for negroes in Durham are
under way and will likely result in
the department’s operation of the
school, beginning with the fall term.
Dr. J. E. Shepherd, of Durham, is the
president of the training school.
Lillington—Plans are being perfect
ed for the holding here on September
10th of the annual Harnett county
sing, which each year brings to Lil
lington the best singing talent in the
county to join in the competition by
classes for a silver loving cup and
cash prizes.
Raleigh—Evidence of the material- >
ization of policies of President E. C.
Brooks is seen in the action of State
college board of trustees. The trus- ,
tees voted to consolidate the five test
farms with the college test farm, (
placing them under the administration ,
of that institution and to convert the
summer school into a teaching agency
for farmers only. j
IS CHATHAM FULL OF COAL? f
If what we have been told is true
the Carolina Power and Light Co.,
have struck it rich. In digging the ! ,
foundation at the Phoenix Plant coal '
was found in small uantities. Later
coal prospectors have found a sure j
enough vein of coal between the pow- <
er plant and the main line of the Sea- j ‘
board Air Line, and it is said that it
is a fine grade of hard coal, some of i
which has been shown on the streets
of Pittsboro. j ' r
This coal seam was found on the ’ r
property of the late Mr. Kimball, !
which adjoins the old Boylan Ranch,
now the property of the Carolina Pow- 1
er and Light Company. j ‘
Who knows but what oil will yet j
I be found in Chatham, and this county j
he turned into one of the richest 1
counties in the state ? If we are not 1
| mistaken .where coal abounds oil, also,
must be around. i *
Prospectors are digging for coal
now on the Kimball property and we ’
are expecting every day to hear that
Chatham has her third coal mine. 1
iK “INVESTIGATE
BEFORE INVESTING.”
‘’M WRITE FOR FREE BOOKLET
|| “BONDS”
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CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $300,000.
W. E. SHARPE, Manager. C. G. SOMERS, Field Representative.
BURLINGTON. N. C. |
SOMEBODY’S DARLING.
(By Maria B. Lacoste, 1842, Savan
nah, Ga.)
Into a ward of white-washed walls,
walls,
Where the dea dand the dying lay,
Wounded by bayonets, shells and balls,
Somebody’s darling was borne one
day.
Somebody’s darling, so young and so
brave,
Wearing still on his pale, sweet face,
Soon to be hid by the dust of the
grave
The lingering light of his boyhood’s
grace.
Matted and damp are the curls of gold
Kissing the snow of that fair young
brow,
Pale are the lips, of a delicate mould,
Somebody’s darling is dying now.
Black from the beautiful blue-veined
brow,
Brush every wandering wave of gold;
Cross his hands on his bosom now—
Somebody’s darling is still and cold.
Kiss him once for somebody’s sake,
Murmur a prayer, soft and low;
One bright curl from the cluster take,
For they were somebody’s pride, you
know.
Somebody’s hand has rested there —
Was it a mother’s, soft and white?
And have the lips of a sister fair
Been baptized in those waves of
light ?
God knows best; he was somebody’s
love,
Somebody’s heart enshrined him here;
Somebody wafted his name above,
Night and mom on the wings of pray
er.
Somebody wept when he marched
away,
Looking so handsome, brave and
grand;
Somebody’s kiss on his forehead lay;
Somebody clung to his parting hand.
Somebody’s waiting and watching for
him,
Yearning to hold him again to their
hearts;
There he lies with the blue eyes dim,
And with smiling, child-like lips apart.
Tenderly bury the fair young dead,
Pausing to drop on his grave a tear;
Crave on the woodenslab at his head
“Somebody’s darling slumbers here.”
INCONSISTENT PRONUNCIATION.
The Arrow.
When the English tongue we speak
Why is “break” not rimed with
“freak” ?
Will you tell me why it’s true
We say “sew” but likewise “few”?
And the fashioner of verse
Cannot cap his “horse” with “worse”? !
“Bread” sounds not the same as
“heard”;
“Cord” is different from “word.”
“Cow” is cow, but “low” is lc/.v,
‘"Shoe” is never rimed with “foe.”
Think of “hose” and “does” and “lose” j
And of “goose” and also “choose.”
Think of “comb” and “tomb” and
“bomb;”
“Doll” and “roll” and “home” and i
“some.”
And since “pay” is rimed with “say”
Why not “paid” with “said” I pray?
We have “blood” and “food” and
“good”.
“Mould” is not pronounced like
“could.”
Wherefore “done” but “gone” and
“lone?”
Is there any reason know?
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DEATH OF WM^ Unca^l
William J. Lancartpv
ent of the. Elk Furnitoe cT“>i I
, his home in Lexington lip’Sl
day, July 28th, after a
; IWIfV Mr s \ L 4|
G. Lutterloh, Pittsboro Ri tSI
was favorably known in 7
HOW’S THIS?
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of Catarrh or DeafnTS? y ° Ur «y«H I
; Catarrh. neatness caused
HALLS CATARRH MEDldvri I
sists Os an Ointment whiS? N r E I
Relieves the catarrhal inflam™ 1
■ th f Internal Medicine, a ?S° n 5 I
• acts through the Blood on ?? c ’ I
Surfaces thus assisting to £Bi» Muo £l
mal conditions. restore nor ■
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F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, £“'»■
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Having qualified as admin;-,., I
;of G W. Stanley, deceased 5 I
Chatham county, North Carols J
is to notify all persons having ,i
against the estate of said dwt , *1
exhibit them to the undersi™!?' 11 I
before the 2nd day of i •« 1
or this notice will be pleaded Aj
of their recovery. All person*ten
ed to said estate will please maft
mediate payment. lni *
This August Ist, 1923.
Mrs. NANNIE ST\\ t tfv
R. F. Paschal Admb^
Attorney. Sept. £
ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTlcI"
Having qualified as administrator,
the estate of J. Rov Hal Pipkin 7
ceased, late of Chatham countv tlii'
is to notify all persons holding claim!
against the estate to present the saZ
to the undersigned on or before Z
2nd day of August, 1924, or this notice
will be plead m bar of their recover-
All persons owing the said estate will
please make prompt settlement.
This 2nd day of August, 1923.
A. J. PIPKpj
V. R. JOHNSON, Administrator
Attorney, Seph
CERTIFICATE OF DISSOLLIioji,
State of North Carolina, Department
of State.
To All to whom these presents may
come—Greeting:
Whereas, it appears to my satisfac
tion, by duly authenticated record of
the proceedings for the voluntary dis
solution thereof by the unanimous
consent of all the stockholders, de
; posited in my office that the Little
& Farrell Company, a corporation of
this State, whose principal office is sit
uated in the town of Pittsboro, coun
: ty of Chatham, State of North Caro
lina (E. A. Farrell, Secretary being
the agent therein and in charge there
of, upon whom process may be serv
ed,) has complied with the require
! ments of Chapter 22, Consolidated
Statutes entitled “Corporations,'’ pre- J
liminary to the issuing of this certifi- ‘
cate of dissolution:
Now, therefore, I, W. N. Everett,
Secretary of State of the State of
j North Carolina, do hereby certify that
j the said corporation did, on the 12th
day of July, 1923, file in my office a
j duly executed and attested consent in
; writing to the dissolution of said cor
poration, executed by all the stock
holders thereof, which said consent
and the record of the proceedings
aforesaid are now on file in my said
office as provided by law.
In testimony whereof, I have here
i to set my hand and affixed by official
1 seal at Raleigh, this 12th day of July,
A. D. 1923.
W. N. EVERETT,
Aug. 23 Secretary of State.