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\ Cl )t Chatham Record INDEPENDENT IN POLITICS. Established in 1878 by H. A. London. Entered' at Pittsboro, N.C., as Second Class mail matter by act of Congress. SUBSCRIPTION: One Year, $1.50. Six Months, Colin G. Shaw, Owner and Editor. Chas. A. Brown, Associate Editor. Advertising: 25c. 30c. and 35c. net. THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1924. l n^T—FOR TODAY—I i Bible Thoughts memorized, will prove a | priceless heritage in after years, God Created All. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. —John 1:3. RESTED AND VERY THANKFUL. With this issue we begin the New Year in a spirit of thankfulness and deep appreciation of the many bless ings that have been bestowed upon us during the past three years • in Chatham County. We feel under ob ligation to hundreds of iriends that we have and those who have been so loyal to us. In another column you will find dozens and dozens of names of good folks who have subscribed for The Record during the Christmas holi days. It is one of the largest lists that we have ever published. Then, too, we have rested a week. We feel more cheerful and more able to perform the year’s work that is before us. We have taken seven full days at a mutual expense, both to ourselves and to our friends. It has done us good and eyeryone connected with the paper is rested and full of pep for the battle. During Christmas we had conversa tion with a good man of this county who has just recovered from a very serious illness. For days he lay at his home in a precarious condition and at times his illness was desper ate. During those days numbers of people called at his home and made anxious inquiries as to his condition, appreciating the fact that he was a good man, a man filling a responsible sphere in the life of Chatham and they were concerned about him. All classes and kinds of humanity were concerned about‘him, both the rich and the poor, the old and the young, the white and the black, and all religious and political parties and affiliations manifested a desire for his recovery. There was no barrier and all were anxious. It brought to this man’s mind a thought that there may at many times be a wrong conception as to who might be one’s friend. There were personages calling at his home that he had reason to believe were not of the friendliest sort, tout distress, dis ease, and the welfare of loved ones, the children, the wife, and his own usefulness were at stake, and for the time at least, all animosity or un friendliness were cast in the discard and friendship was the predominating influence in that home. Misery or misfortune will relate conditions when all else fails and top many of us are prone to take too much for granted. Many elements enter into the enmity between indivi duals, a community, a party, an or ganization or a family. The greatest of these is gossip. Many an idle Word spoken, a harsh word uttered or an innocent lie told will magnify a hun dred fold and return to its author be whiskered with many agonies and heartaches. Let us advance upon this good year 1924 with a pure motive, a righteous spirit and a determination that will accrue to the only necessary labor that is required of us and that is in I the vineyard of the God that loves | us, charity and good will toward our fellow man. ! THEY NEED PROTECTION. In The Record every week will be ! found a long list of reliable adver- ! tisers, telling of almost every conceiv- j able merchandise or product that our \ readers need from time to time. They < are reliable men and firms. If they ' were not they would not advertise and ! they can be counted on for any em- ! ergency. Not only are the merchants and business men of Chatham repres ented in our columns but progressive men in adjoining counties are regu lar advertisers in The Record. These advertisers pay a tax in their respective localities, they rent estab lishments in many instances and pay a. high rental in addition to the pri vilege tax. On some commcdit'es they pay a Federal tax, and they support the churches, the schools and every progressive movement for the com munities in which they do business . In addition to this they have thous ands of dollars invested upon which they pay interest, they patronize loc al banks in this particular, they sus tain losses in keeping merchandise that deteriorates or that becames shelf-worn, simply to be in position to accomodate the general public. Yet very frequently we are infest ed with stocking salesmen and other peddlers who have no investment, they do not support the local insti tutions, they live cheaply as possible, not spending very much during a vis it, and they are accorded equal pri vileges with the local merchant. They compete with him in price and take away orders that rightfully belong to the man in your midst. Is it right? We question as well the many sup pers, bazaars and other get-together affairs that have their origin to the detriment of the local business man; — the one who pays the price. We do not believe it is fair or just and we hope that the time may come when the alert business man will be given more consideration. LOOK AT YOUR LABEL BETRAYAL OF PARENTAL LOVE The Record has a sincere friend liv ing in Chatham County, who has been associated with him for some seven teen or eighteen years. He has known the man all these days for his honesty industry and integrity. He is faith ful to an obligation and he is devot-' ed to his home. Coming back to his native heath some six or eight years ago, after a sojourn from Chatham County, he purchased a little home with good acreage around it and set tled down. He brought with him a wife that the editor has known from her infancy. She, too, is a most ex cellent woman, industrious and ever mindful for the welfare of her child ren. This man settled on his new estate and together with his boys has man aged to make annual payments upon it and is just at the crest of complet ing the ownership of that farm. Dur- , ing all these years of hardship he and his good wife have deprived themsel ves of many privileges and necessi- ‘ ties to give to their children, keep them in school and dress them in a : satisfactory manner to themselves and \ to the deligh tof the children. Only ; a parent can know the sacrifices it | takes to do this, while an ultimate < view of owning a home is in progress. < The eldest son of this most worthy 1 couple has just reached nineteen and \ he has decided to branch out on his jj own accord, but rather than divulge a his intent carelessly left home on a < recent Sunday afternoon and was not ; heard of for several weeks. No one . but an anxious mother and a devoted a father can realize the tedious moments I spent until he was located. Out of 5 the goodness of his heart that father f decided not to interfere with the son, t but to let him try out his effort, and * unless the boy has recently returned * he is yet away from his father’s roof x and the guiding hand of a splendid « mother in associations that are far * less elevating than at home, and the * boy htat undertakes a thing of this x kind is far less wise than he can real- * ize. * The main point at stake simply x stated is this: the man has reached * his major years. He is not as strong * as he once was. He needs the help J of this son that he has forstered with > the best he could afford and just at * the brink, when the climax of a long- * sought possibility was almost reach- < ed, the son withdrew his support so Sakl Father Time “ —through that glass of mine passes knowledge, all experi ences,all dreams, all realities. Mark you well the writing on rli .i y '' l Ollnono Bank nil I Truo Oi P ;i| j Siler City, North Carolina much needed. No wage or advantage can offset the help he could have giv en a devoted father and an earnest mother. He has lost his best oppor tunity to win a great battle that was within his grasp. BAILEY TO MAKE RACE. Hon. J. W. Bailey has announced his determination to make the race for governor of North Carolina. It will be received in Chatham by many admirers of Mr. Bailey with joy. It has been hoped that he would enter the race and it is believed that he will easily be nominated in the pri mary. CHANGE IN FIRM NAME. Connell and Johnson Occupy the Lon don Store This Year. Monday night, December 1, the doors of the W. L. Londo/i & Son store closed for the last time, dis continuing a business that has been years in progress in the town of Pitis boro and it will be missed by hundreds of people that have been constant pat rons of the establishment. Mr. Ar thur London will confine his efforts entirely to other business interests that demand his attention. The store reopened again after the first with a firm of a different char acter, that of Connell & Johnson. Mr. R. M. Connell, who has conducted a feed store during the past year in the old warehouse of the W. L. London Co., on Hillsboro Street, has associat ed with him Mr. Walter Johnson, who has been with L. M. Womble for sev eral years. Mr. Connell and Mr. John son will run their store in the London building, having purchased the hard ware groceries and remaining stock of dry goods carried by the London store. They will continue their feed business and in addition will handle i a full stock of groceries and hard ware at all times, but they will dis pose of the other merchandise at a i sacrifice sale. Connell & Johnson will have some thing to say to the public in an adver- < tisement in The Record next week. , H ********** * * IMPORTANT NOTICE! * * * i * Having purchased the inter- * ! ( * est of Mr. B. M. Poe in The * ; * Square Filling Station, in Pitts- * ] * boro, it is our desire to set- * * tie all old accounts due the * * firm./ We trust that all will * i * gladly respond to this request * * so that we may start the New * * Year under the present man- * * agement. * I invite your continued liber- * al patronage and promise you * * the same courteous attention * * that we hace given in the past. * Wishing all a prosperous * * year, I am * JAMES MAY, Proprietor. * * SQUARE FILLING STATION * * ********** * I DEATH OF MRS. HARGROVE Mrs. Ruby Smith- Hargrove, wife ! of B. Ross Hargrove, aiea at her | home on Silw City, route onejues- | day morning, December 25. She had been in declining health for several weeks. She suffered with typhoid fever but bore her illness with that true, patient spirit s</emblematic o± the Christian. , The funeral was held at Plain Field Friends Church, conducted by her j pastor, Rev. T. F. Andrew, and the | interment was in the church ceme- ■ terv A large congregation overflow- | ing the church, gathered to honor her i memory. The large profusion of flow ers showed the esteem fn which the deceased was held. Mrs. Hargrove was m her twenty ninth year. Gentle, kind, corsiderate of others, devoted to her lamily and church. She will be sadly missed, not , only by her family, but *by many friends. A sweet, Christian woman \ has gone from among us. Surviving her are her husband and four small children, father and mo- < ther, Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Smith; six sisters, Mrs. C. M. Hudson, of Dur ham, Mesdames Robt. Fox, Frank < Hudson, Fletcher Teague, C. C. Poe, s and Miss Jewel Smith, all of Siler City; four brothers, Messrs. Rich- ■ ard, Edd, Charles, and Frank A. Smith. To the bereaved ones the < svmpathy of their friends is extend- ed. < j ‘ < STATISTICS OF CHATHAM 4 Mrs. R. H. Hays furnishes the fol- ; lowing statistics concerning the births j and deaths in the town of Pittsboro j and in Center Township for the year of 1923: j In Pittsboro there were twenty- | four births. Os these seven were 3 white males and nine were white fe~ | males, while there were four each j of male and female colored births. - During the same period in the same | territory there were only twelve | deaths—just half the number of | births. The death toll of the whites | was four males and five females, but | of the colored people only one male | and two females died. £ In Center Township both the death 4 rate and birth rate was much more, % for there occurred a total of thirty- \ eight deaths, of which seventeen were J of white people, eleven males and six | females, and twentv-one colored peo- «| pie passed away. Os these twenty-one | twelve were males and nine were fe- | males. 4 Center boasts of fiftv-four new | baby faces, including both white and \ black ones. The white births were •} thirteen of the masculine specie and . six of the feminine. Theere was also thirteen little pickinirnv bovs born ; and twenty-two girls. Thus it is seen I that, there was onlv sixteen more X births than deaths in Center, making \ the ratio in Pittsboro the greater of | the two in nroportion to the number 3 at each place. i SEE YOUR LABEL I THE GOOD WILL OF OUR PATRONS AND FRIENDS f§ IS ONE OP OUR MOST VALUABLE ASSETS. THE 1 SPIRIT OF THE SEASON BRINGS TO US RE- || NEWED APPRECIATION OF OLD ASSO- 1 CIATES AND OF THE VALUE OF || NEW FRIENDS. 1 May Your New Year Be a | Happy One | AND THAT SUCCESS MAY ATTEND YOU IS THE ft —CORDIAL WISH OF— M Marley Furniture Company I Funeral Directors and Embalmers. Siler City, N. C. [m Phone 21. Motor Hearse Service. j Strength j | IT TAKES a real man to heave a windlass and pull up an- | f chor after a storm —a STRONG man. | I IT TAKES a real Bank, a STRONG bank, to weather | i business storms and sail serenely on. | | x This Bank has weathered many storms. It is a STRONG | | sound Bank, carefully managed and constantly growing. S It is a good, safe place, where your money will grow and | I it's a pleasant place to do business. | Call and see for yourself. I Banking Loan and Trust Co., SANFORD, R. E. Carrington, W. W. Robards, J. W. Cunningham, | President Vice-Pres. Cashier. | JONESBORO: MONCURE: I I. P. Lasater, Cashier J. K. Barnes. 1 I^9 To Our Friends WE WISH TO THANK OUR MANY FRIENDS AND 1 f- CUSTOMERS FOR THE SPLENDID BUSINESS GIVEN I US DURING THE YEAR 1923 WHICH WAS THE I LARGEST IN OUR HISTORY. | WE SOLICIT YOUR BUSINESS FOR THE COMING YEAR, 1924, WITH THE FULL CONFIDENCE THAT | IN DOING SO WE WILL BE PREPARED TO GIVE | YOU BETTER SERVICE THAN EVER BEFORE. OUR I STORE AND GOODS ARE NEW AND PRICES RIGHT. I WE WISH YOU ONE AND ALL A HAPPY AND 1 PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR. ~ | | ■4? | J. J. JOHNSON & SON, I X * A I Square Deal Merchants PITTSBORO, N. C. I 1923 1 Has Faded Away But our appreciation of your gener ous patronage in the past remains ever fresh in our memory. >’ : There are some things a norpial person or a firm never forgets. Con tinued favors are in that class. We thank you. Wrenn Bros. Co., Phone 34. IN BUSINESS 45 YEARS, j We sell Most Everything. Siler City, N. C. I
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