ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878.
your last chance to win,
CAMPAIGN NOW ALMOST OVER
Pandidates Must Do Their Best During Second
Period, Which Ends Saturday, 9 P. M., if They
Would Bide in the Essex Coach
EFFORT NEXT 48 "HOURS TO > *
* DETERMINE THE WINNER
Which Will It Be, Victory or Defeat? Consider Carefjully the
Value of the 1926 Essex Coach and Compare, With a Handful
of Subscriptions !
LIST OF CANDIDATES
Mrs. M. E. Mann New Hill Rt. 2 * 651,000
Mrs Fannie Bland Bynum 1,005,000
Mrs R F. Hilliard Apex, Rt. 1 656,000
Miss Alma Dixon 4 * * Goldston 1,005>000
Miss Emma Barber Goldston 1,006,000
Mrs Leola Fitts Brooks Bear Creek 1,004,000
B D. Thrailkill Seaforth 1,006,000
Mrs. Clara Harrison Corinth ~ 1,005,000
Mrs. P. H. Elkins ->• Siler City 1,006,000
Miss Catherine Palmer Gulf 1,007,000
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Saturday night at § o’clock the j
finish flag will fall on the “S6dobd j
Period” vote offer in The Record’s j
great $2,500 subscription campaign, j
The candidates are running
and neck, straining every nerve to
forge ahead at the finish. Excitement
is running at hign pi ecu aim liiwi CUO - J
ing every hour.
Every sectioh has candidates who
are strong, resourceful, enthusiastic,
active and full of determination.
Candidates in many places have j
enlisted the support of their entire!
community in their entire community,
in their efforts to go ahead and cap-;
ture the big prize.
The race promises to be so close
that the cash collections secured by
candidates between now and the close
of the campaign will no doubt decide
the winners. - '
Indications are that 3 matter of
one or two clubs, or probably less, :
will separate the winners, when the
campaign closes.
RACE GETTING EXCITING
As the last few days of “the Big
Crculatioii campaign comd dh Tsight,
.l-didates are struggling with might
.and mam for the highest honors. Not
only is there a brand new 865 Essex
Coach to be awarded to the best
hustler, but the fortunate winner of
this dandy prize will also receive the
praise and congratulations of every
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Former Chathamite Dead
YA L. Carter Died at Home in Lowell
—Buried at Old Home Church
Mr. W. L. Carter, aged fifty lacking
a week, fell dead at his home in Lo
well, Gaston county, Wednesday night
of last week. The body was brought
to his old home in Chatham and wa§,
buried at Pleasant Methodist
church Friday afternoon, the funeral
services being conducted by Pastor
Watson of the Bynum circuit.
The body was accompanied by Mrs.
Carter, widow of the deceased, Mrs.
A. B. Carter, Mr. and Mrs. H T.. Car
ter, and Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Carter, of
Gastonia.
The three brothers, W. L., A. 8.,
and H. T., were reared in this county
but have been gone for years. Mrs.
W. L. Carter is a sister of Mr. Roy
Riggsbee of Bynum. no chil
dren.
A Chathamite in Florida
Orlando, Fla., Jan’y. 30th, 1926.
Chatham Record, Pittsboro, N. C.
Dear Mr. Peterson:
Will you please permit these few
lines space in your valuable paper.
This write-up is on Florida as I see
it. I have been here time and
have seen the country pretty well and
have formed acquaintance with a lot
01 people and find them very courte
ous and kind.
There is a great move on here in
real estate, called sub-divisions, which
is handled by men with means, and J
find those sales are handled with the
utmost care and skill, free bus trips,
free dinners, free lot, and good
music. All you have to do is look
it over and make the highest bid and
the lot is yours after paying the
price. This is all very good provided
the party buying knows his invest
ment is good, but lots of people are
so easy to lose their best judgment.
I think some of them are investing
thousands of dollars in those proper
ties where they will not ever see in a
Jong time their money again. Every
where I have been I find land very
high, especially on the Highways. A
man took me over his tract of 200
acres. 15 acres of this was in orange
grove, and he told me his best price •
was S6OO per acre for the whole tract.
This would be only $120,000 for the
200 acres. This land is 10 miles from
Orlando on the Dixie Highway. I
also vis'ted some of the vegetable
farms. This land is irrigated and up
to a high state of cultivation and I
am told that this land is valued as
as $6,000 per acre, while you
merry oaks news
Mr. W. H. Mims of Durham was in
Merry Oaks one day last week.
Miss Lillian Jordan of Moncure
spent the week-end with her father
here at home.
Mr. Lloyd Cate of South Carolina,
spent a few days with his . brother
last week. * t
Mrs. j. M. Craven spent last Wed
nesday in Sanford.
The Chatham Record
. body on having achieved such a nota
ble victory. _ . ■
SATURDAY NIGHT AT NINE
BIG DAY
1 The FINAL HOURS of the Big
“SECOND PERIOD” in The
Record’s Big Circulation Cam
paign. Promptly at nine o’clock
Saturday night, the present big
vote schedule will end and after
that time the third and last vote
i offer in the campaign will be in
! effect.
Saturday is going to be a mighty
important day for those candidates
who are in the race and are in to
! win. The only , way to get the prize
of your choice in this campaign is to
go out and gather the votes necessary
to win it. RIGHT NOW is the easi
est time to get the big votes —right
now when every subscription counts
the greatest number of votes.
! Get the |<sur, five and ten year
get the FIRST PERIOD
1 EXTENSIONS—they count the
greatest in vote value. But 4QJYt
pass by the. one and two year sub
scriptions either. They all count in
the present big offer which ends at
9 o’clock Saturday night. x
Make a thorough canvass of your
friends and acquaintances all over
the county for a BIG FINISH-i-A
WINNING FINISH for votes needed
to win.
t
could go to the back country six to
ten miles from the highway and buy
land just as good, but not in cultiva
tion, for around $75 per acre.
The orange industry is greater than
the average person would think. I
have seen groves ranging from a few
acres to 500 acres and lots of the
groves are just bent with fruit. I
think they are the most beautiful of
all things in Florida, though the state
is dotted with its beautiful lakes which
they tell me contain fish in abundance.
There are some Springs here that
are beautiful. Some of them are free
water and some sulphur water which
comes up from the ground and forms
a small river and this water is very
warm and does not vary one degree
in temperature winter or summer.
The climate here is fine but still there
are cold snaps that are nob so pleasant
and it is not always sunshine. You
see car numbers here in Orlando from
all parts of the U. S. A. Sometimes
you have to buy parking space ~or
drive almost out of town to park your
car. I see neyr buildings goihg up
in every direction oil the highways.
Hoping my many Chatham friends
will be interested some in reading
this roughly composed letter* I beg to >
remain, ..
Very respectfully,
W. M. BARBER, of Goldston.
- P. sB.: I truly hope Emma Bar
ber will win one of the valuable prizes
offered in the Chatham Record contest
which will come to a dose February
6th, 1926. , ' / y ' ••
GOT STILLS
Deputy Desern has picked up two
, stills lately. On Saturday night a
week ago he and. several comrades
watched long in Hadley township for
some one to come to a still with sev
eral hundred gallons of beer ready
for business, but no one came and the
party had' to satisfy themselves with
taking the still without a prisoner.
Last Friday he fed a party in the
search of the premises of Off Gunter
in Oakland township. In the smoke
house he found a still and all the pari
phernalia for making booze. Here the
beer had been prepared and evidently
been carried to the stilling place just
a short distance away. Gunter was (
arrested, waived preliminary hearing
’ and was bound aver to court under a
SSOO bond.
Allen to Speak Saturday
State Superintendent Allen will
speak at | the Pittsboro school audi
torium next Saturday, Feb 6, at
eleven o’clock. This address siiouin
be of value to all interested ip school
work. Remember the time and come.
~ Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Horner spent
Sunday evening in Moncure.
Mr. Jackie Holt of Bonsai, while
visiting in Varina, was stricken with
paralysis Wednesday morning and
died Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Alice Munn spent Inst, lnurs~
day night in Va~na visiting her
1 brother, Mr. Jackie Holt.
Mr. A. E. Gotten maue a business
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PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM Thursday, February 4,1926
Great Fire Loss
R. J. Johnson Suffers Loss of Mach
Cotton, Feed, and All Tools, a
Car and Truck—Estimated
V $8,500
Fire damaged Commissioner R. J.
Johnson to the extent of near ten
thousand dollars Saturday. He had
68 bales of cotton stored in a shed,
together with a lot of sacked feed
s tuff, his farm tools, a truck and two
Ford cars. It was about noon when
the blaze was discovered and in less
time than it takes to write it the
blaze swept the whole line of cotton
bales and set the truck and one of the
cars a-fire before they could be re
moved. Mr. Johnson got his own
:ar but the truck and other car, be
longing to some one else, were burn
ed.
The fire got so strongly entrenched
n the cotton while the shed was burn
ng that there seemed little if any
likelihood of saving any of it. But
the arrival of the cnemtcal fire truv v
from Pittsboro two or three hours af
ter the fire was discovered and its
effective working enabled the workers
to get the cotton scattered and suf
ficiently quenched to be taken to the
Haw, where it was thrown in and is
still lying at this writing Monday.
Mr. Johnson hopes to recover the
pqyiv?.!?nt Qf /ten .to fifteen bales
from the partially burned 68 bales,
The household goods were taker,
from the home and the stock from
the store, but fortunately neither the
iwelling nor the store was burned.
Mr. Johnson had not estimated the
damage by the removal of these
things, but does not think it very
considerable. *
Mr. Johnson is one of ths biggest
farmers in the county and runs a
store in addition. He lives about a
mile beyond Bynum, on the Chapel
Hill road.
There was ho insurance.
Mr, Johnson' is very appreciative of
the help rendered him by his neigh
bors and by the Pittsboro fire com
pany and other Pittsborians, &hd
wishes the Record to express- his 1 ap
preciation of their kindness.
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County Agent’s Letter
Explosive Delivered—JJairy Campaign
Discussed—Specialist to Come
A 20,000 pound car of Government'
explosive was delivered farmed of
Chatham, Randolph and Lee counties
this -week. Os this car, Chatham
cunty’s share Whs 8,000 pounds. The
County Agent has received a number
of inquiries for this material from
farmers who were unable to get the'r
orders in this car load. For this rea
son, it is hoped that we will be able
to order another car soon. It is also
planned to order two more cars of
soy beans, one delivered at Pittsboro,
and'One delivered at Siler City. The
prices on these beans will be approxi
mately $1.85 per bushel, delivered.
The Agent would like to hear from
any farmers interested in this explo
sive or beans.
In a recent meeting of the County
Agents of Randolph, Lee, Alamance
and Chatham counties, plans for a
dairy campaign were discussed.
l Dairy work has been going on in Ran
, dolph and Alamance for some time,
and in the opinion of many, this coun
! ty is better suited for the production
of dairy cows than either of the a
bove counties. Agricultural prosper
• ity follows the dairy cow, and dairy
ing shows a steady income the year
around. Not only this, but livestock
are the best builders of poor, worn
out land, through the use of the ma
nure returned to the land, and also
through the growing of the clovers,
alfalfa and other legumes, which are
soil improvers. It will not take very
long to convince a man that is milk
ing a few cows that he is losing
money unless he grows most of his
own feed (Alfalfa, clover and soy bean
hay) can be grown in Chatham county,
- where conditions are just as ideal, or
more so than in states like Ohio, In
diana, Wisconsin, etc. This program
-cannot be pushed to any great ex
tent until we are able to get our
farmers to have more and better pas
tures, and to grow more legumes,
but we believe that it can be done.
, One of the first steps in the progress
of this campaign is the eradication of,
the “Scrub Bull,” and the replacing
of him with pure breds of known his
tory.
In connection with the above work,
the County Agent is planning a coun
ty wide series of meetings, and hopes
to have Professors Arey and Kimrey,
Dairy Specialists of State College,
and others to address these meetings,
and help get us started in the work.
N. C. SHIVER,
County Agent.
The editor had the pleasure of
meeting Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Carter of
octSLonia last Friday when they were
in Chatham to attend the funeral of
the former’s uncle, Mr. W. L. Carter
< The young man is a son of Mr. A. B.
T Carter, who left Chatham more than
thirty years ago. He is a likable
young man and Mrs. Carter a charm
ing voung woman. They were accom
' panied to Pittsboro by the bright
youngsters of Mr. Roy Riggsbee.
A. M. Burns, Jr., of Roxboro, was
among the number of successful appli
cants for law license last week. He
is a grandson of the aged Mr. and
Mrs. R. M. Burns of Pittsboro and is
a young man of, much promise.
Here’s hoping that the next two
weeks will be good weather despite
the ground hog’s prognostications
and that the contestants in the Rec
ord campaign will see the hundreds
of good Chatham citizens who have
not yet been approached by a single
;ontestant.
GOLDSTON NEWS
Mrs. Dark’s Funeral Largely Attended
—A Most Excellent Woman —A
Few Personal Notes
Mrs. Fred R. Dark died last Thurs
day morning in a hospital at Sanford
where she went for an operation a
few weeks ago.
The funeral service was conducted
at the Methodist church here on Fri
day afternoon at three o’clock by
Rev. R. R. Gordon of Pittsboro, after
which her body was placed in the
cemetery under a mound of beautiful
(lowers, in the presence of a large
crowd of friends and relatives.
Mrs. Dark’s death was a shock to
her family and friends. It -was
thought that she was getting on well.
Mrs. Dark was a most estimable
woman. She was charming in appear
ance and manner. She was a sincere
Christian. She was a member of
Sandy Pond Baptist church and was
a faithful member.
Her life was beautiful in the home.
She loved her home arid family and
she, with a devoted husband, raised
a family of four children, who are
noble in every respect. They are the
following: Miss Mollie Dark, Gold
ston, Miss Grace Dark, Pittsboro, Mr.
Marshall Dark, Raleigh and Mr. Joe
Dark, a student at Wake Forest Col
iege, There are four brothers: S. D.
Johnson, Will Johnson, Pittsboro, Joe
Johnson, Goldston, and John Johnson.
Mrs. Dark will certainly be missed
n the home and community. It is
hard to understand why our loved
ones are taken, but it is God’s works,
and some day we will understand
mere fully.
May God protect the bereaved ones
and keep them from any harm and
danger and may they be ready when
the summon comes.
Mr. William Golds-'-v ° rtudent at
Wake Forest College, spc:. . C i week
end with his parents, Mr. ami -irs. W.
L. Goldston.
The evangelistic club *, .JL hold the
mid-week prayer "-e.-ung service at
the Methodist church during the
month of February.
The prayer service last Wednesday
evening was a very interesting one.
Those on program were Mr. and Mrs.
1 Jacob Dixon and Mrs. J. J. Harris.
Rev. Biggs also made a talk.
Misses Cornelia Marley and Ollie
Dixon sang a very pretty song .which,
' all enjoyed.
Miss Narinie Cox, the music teifeher,
spent the week-end with friends at
Greensboro.
Miss Virginia Seagroves, 6ne of the
high school girls, is back in school
after being absent a week on account
of sickness.
Miss Lucy KTkman spent.the week
end with Miss Addle May Goldston. _
Mrs. W. L. Goldston spent last in
Greensboro with her daughter.
Miss Margaret Goldston taught
school for Miss Carter last week, who
has been out on account of sickness.
BENNETT NEWS
Mr. Dossie Moore, a former resi
dent of Bennett, was operated upon
for appendicitis at Asheboro Friday,
but was said to be getting along well
Sunday. „ ,
Mr. J. L. Owen will move from Ben
nett to Ramseur. where he will work
with the Columbia Manufacturing Co.
Routh Roller Mill has received its
second carload of wheat from Cin
cinnati. The local supply is not suf
ficient to keep the mill busy. .
Mr. Ihrie Scott of Greensboro visit
ed his brothers Steven and J. M. Scott
last week.
Her neighbors will meet with Mrs.
Charlie Scott of the FaH Creek
church neighborhood Wednesday to
celebrate her 93rd birthday. Mrs.
Scott is the oldest person in this
section, but is able to walk about.
The next oldest person in the writ
er’s knowledge is Mrs. Haywood
Brooks, who lived at her home near
Brush Creek church for forty-six
years until last summer, when she
moved with her son near Siler City.
She will be eighty-five, February 27.
This lady says she has her first show
to see, never saw a Christmas tree,
never rode on a train, and has never
been any further from home than
• Greensboro and went in a two-horse
wagon at that time.
The next oldest person around here
is Mrs. Polly Kidd, widow of Mr. Neil
Kidd, who lives in one and one-hall
mile of Bennett. She is able to be
up, but has never viewed the village
of Bennett. She has seen only one
train and that was a freight at Bear
Creek several years ago. She is over
eighty years old. The next oldest
nerson who is over eighty years old
is Mrs. E. W. Kidd, who lives near
Bennett. She has ridden on a tram
only once in her life. . ,
The teachers of the Baptist Sunday
school surprised the superintendent
Friday evening with a delicious birth
day supper. They were in their week
ly meeting that evening at the home
of Mrs. P. C. Brady. It was an en
joyable occasion for the superintend-
Gilt
Mr M. M. Hammer, who returned
from his home in Florida with the
body of his wife’s mother, has de
cided to remain here and has accepted
a position as foreman with Mr. L. L.
Cheek.
CHATHAM PREMIUM WINNERS
The following Chathamites are re
ported by the State Fair authorities
as winning premiums:
A. E. Cole, Riggsbee, $15.00 in
Horse Department. •
W. 11. Dollar, Riggsbee, so.oo m
Horse Department. . AftA i
- John B. Little, Merry Oaks, 4>lo-00
in Cattle Department.
MONCURE NEWS
Miss Virginia Cathell, a member of
Moncure school faculty, spent last
week-end at Fredericksburg, Va. with
some Pf her old friends at the State
Normal College where she attended
last year.
Mr. J. J. Hackney spent several
days at Charlotte last week on busi
ness.
Mr. H. R. Benfield of Welaka, Fla.,
was in town Monday on businessr""
Mr. E. E. Walden and family motor
ed to Sanford last Sunday to see his
mother’s sister who is very sick.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Stearns motored
to Richmond, Va. last Friday and re
turned Monday. They reported an en
joyable trip.
The boys’ basket ball team of Mon
cure school played Broadway’s team
last Wednesday evening. The score
was 51 to 9 in favor of Moncure.
The girls’ basket ball team of Mon
cure played Broadway girls’ team last
Wednesday evening. The score was
18 to 6 in favor of Broadway.
Mr. R. H. Wicker has sold his black
smith shop to Messrs. E. E. Utley and
W. T. Utley, consequently, they will
not build a shop now as stated in last
week’s news, but will work at the old
shop that they have purchased from
Mr. Wicker.
Mesdames Aurelia Taylor and Mary
Barringer motored to; Sanford one day
last week on business.
Mrs. J. V. Davenport is visiting
her sister* Mrs. J. T. Canady, at
Goldsboro this week.
Mr. C. M. Brown, the barber, who
was badly burned at his shop from
the explosion of gasoline, has re
covered so that he has returned to
his work.
BEAR CREEK NEWS
Mr. G. M. Thomas is very ill at his
home here.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Norwood attend
ed the funeral of Jimmie Webster,
the little 15 old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Rowland Webster, near Meb
ane Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. London Rives have
moved into their new bungalow on
new route 60, between Bear Creek and
Goldston.
. B. Beaver and children of
Greensboro are visiting at M*- T* P ■
Beavers.
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Hilliard of
Durham were week-end visitors at Mr.
D. T. Brooks.
Mr. D. F. Andrews of Durham visit
ed his sister Mrs. Mary A. Ivey Fri
day.
Mr. J. J. Ivey has accepted a posi
tion with the Bennett Motor Co. and is
talking of moving his family to Ben
nett.
Mr. B. F. Miffitt was a visitor in
Greensboro Sunday.
The' roof of Sandy Branch School
building caught on fire last week.
Clanton Woody was on the roof help
ing to extinguish the fire and in some
way fell to the ground, breaking his
arm. Dr. Howard of Bonlee attended
him.
Mrs. Henry Fields of Siler City and
Mr. Lucian Johnson are at the home
of their mother, Mrs. Fannie Murry.
They are both sick.
Dr. Sullivan Here
Veterinarian Begins Attack upon Tu
berculosis Among Chatham
Cattle
Tuberculosis eradication work in
Chatham county began on Monday,
January 23, with the arrival of Dr. L.
R. Sullivan, formerly of Caswell coun
ty. Dr. Sullivan is connected with
the Vetinary Division of The United
States Department of Agriculture,
and has ‘ conducted this work in the
counties of Lee, Union and Johnson,
and hopes to finish the work in this
county in a year.
Dr. Sullivan is beginning the work
in the vicinity of Goldston, and in
tends to work towards the. eastern
part us the county until the work is
completed. The importance of this
work can be readily realized when
we stop to; think that milk is a car
rier of tuberculosis germs, and a tu
bercular cow is a menace to any com
munity; . Not only this, but most
packers allow a two to three cent
premium on hogs from a tubercular
free county. In addition to this, the
sale of cattle can be conducted without
the expense of having'them tested for
tuberculosis. If this county ever
becomes a producer of livestock, buy
ers of cattle will become attracted
through this work.
N. C. SHIVER,
s County Agent.
MORTGAGE SALE OF LAND
Under and by authority of a mort
gage deed executed to T. L. Dowd by
Horace Dowd and wife, Agnes Dowd,
dated January 7, 1924, the debt for
which said mortgage is security, not
having been paid at date due, I will
offer for at public auction at the
Court House Door in Pittsboro, on
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1926,
at 12 o’clock noon, the land described
as follows:
Lying and being in Gulf Township,
Chatham County, beginning in In
dian Creek at the mouth of Spruce
Hill branch and up said branch to an
ash stump, supposed to be the corner;
thence east 94 poles to a white stone
and pointers; thence north 108 poles
to an ash on the bank of the creek;
thence up the said creek to the begin
ning, containing 35 acres more or less.
Terms, cash.
This January 28, 1926.
T. L. DOWD,
k Mortgagee.
Feb. 4, 4tc.
VOL, 48* NO.
BRICK HAVEN NEWS
Mr. W. J. Hannon has returned
from his home near Carthage, where
he was called by the death of an
uncle.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Overby had as
dinner guests recently Messrs. J. C..
Seawell. W. J. Hannon, Grady True
love and Misses Cecil and Geneva Sea
well. The dinner was a feast in it
self and was served in Mrs. Overby’s
own gracious, hospitable manner.
Mr. and Mrs. Overby are real folk and
are always doing something that give 3
pleasure to others.
Ne&t Sunday evening at 6 o’clock
there will be a joint meeting of the
C, E. Societies in behalf of the Clark
Recognition Fund. The leaders are
Hilda Utley and Eileen Harrington.
Everyone is cordially invited to be
present. The program will be an in
teresting orie. r - * * -
Friday evening February 5, Mrs. J.
L. Griffin of Pittsboro will speak in
the school building here in behalf of
the Parent-Teacher’s Association of
Chatham county. Mrs. Griffin’s hus
band, J. L. Griffin, was for years the
efficient .and courteous clerk of the
Court of Chatham and was at one
time the most popular and best loved
man in the county.. While this will
be the first time Mrs. Griffin has
been with us, we are anticipating a
worth while message from her. The
public is urged to attend.
Wilbur Dickens who has suffered
an attack of pleurisy and double pneu
monia at the home of his brother here,
Mr. B. M. Dickens, is now able to/be
out again. Wilbur is a good quiet
industrious youth arid we are very
glad indeed that he is well and strong
again.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Wicker are also
able to be out again after an at
tack of grip.
Mr. Norton of Jackson county has
been spending a while here with his
grandchildren, Grace, Eileen, and
Charles Harrington. Mr. Norton is
an ardent, loyal member of the Ma
sonic Order, and while in this section
of the r state enjoyed the pleasure of
attending the meetings of the Grand
Lodge which were held at Raleigh
recently. c —-
Mr. J: C y Seawell and Misses Cecil
and Gepeva Seawell were the week
end guefets of their sister, Mrs. Frank
Calfee of Raleigh.
One hears a great deal these days
, about girls and boys in our public
schools smoking ai.d drinking. Os
1 course, nowadays, when girls are
. seen doirig these things, the answer
is invariably that tney have as much
• right to go so as the boys. It does
■ not seem a question of right in that
sense of the word, for it has been
• proved, beyond a doubt, that the
! cigarette has long been the curse of
- the American youth. The question is,
should either boys or girls of school
l age be allowed to do anything that
is detrimental to either mind or body.
L What is the troubld with the home
. and the school if such conditions ex
- ist? Will these pupils of today—
; sometime in the future when they find
3 health impaired, bodies and minds
l weakened —put the blame upon the
parents and teachers who allowed
l them to form habits that retarded
; this mental and physical growth?
. Who will be to blame for such condi
tions? And how about the moral
standard in some schools today?
What is to be done in the matter of
cheating ? Os course there have al
ways been a few pupils in whom the
' sense of honor seemed lacking, but it
does seem that cheating is more pre
valent among pupils as a whole than
1 formerly. These statements are not
r made to start an argument nor are
they made from a critical viewpoint.
The existing conditions come very
near to us, and we are wondering and
thinking just how to meet them.
NEW ELAM NEWS
New Hill, Rt. 2, Feb. I.—Mr. Wil
liam Farrar and Miss Ruth Bryan
were united in marriage last week.
Mr. Farrar is the son of Mr.. Rpffin
Farrar of this section. Miss Bryan
is the young and attractive daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Newton Bryan of
Apex Rt. 4. Their many friends wish
them a long, happy life.
Mr. Raymond Tysinger of Lexing
ton is visiting friends on this route.
Raymond spent last summer in Chat
ham and his friends were glad to see
him- x , . ,
Mr. W. M. Goodwin was ill last week
but we are glad to know he is improv
ed. v
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Starr of David
son county have moved to Chatham,
where they will make their home.
Mr. Starr is engaged, in the lumber
business.
Mrs. J. C. Lasater who was pain
fully injured by falling on the first
snow of the season is able to go to
the dining room for her meals.
Miss Bettie Sturdivant spent a few
days last week on Pittsboro Rt. 1
with her grandmother, Mrs. Bettie
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Trotter and chil
dren and Miss Hazel Trotter spent the
week-end in Randolph county with
relatives.
Carload of Poultry to Be Shipped
County Agent Shiver informs the
Record that a car is to be loaded with
poultry at Gulf February 12.
will be paid at the door for xowis.
The following-prices have been se^:
Turkeys, 30 cents a pound; colored
hens, 23 cents; Leghorns, 20 cents;
young chickens, 23 cents; roosters, 11
cents; geese, 14 cents; ducks, 20 cents.
Mr. W. F< Bland failed to get trans
portation on the former occasion when
we reported him as off for Florida,
but he went last week, on the Holly
wood trip, and reports a very pleas*
ant time. -*