PAGE EIGHT •*+ ■■ i ■ ■■■■— ■ '■■■ I 1 DEEP RIVER SECTION TO BE A GREAT INDUSTRIAL CENTER. Bion Butler Writes on the Possibilities of the Clay and Coal Deposits of Lee and Chatham —Carolina Coal Company Increasing Capacity Mr. Bion H. Butler, well-known writer and business man, in severing •his connection with the Carolina Ban ner of Sanford, writes in article re viewing the possibilities of industrial development in Chatham, Lee, and Moore counties, Which we feel worthy of- re-publication and are giving be- Mr Butler is one of the officials of the Carolina Coal Company and has done much to foster the coal mining business in Chatham. He and his col leagues have had a hard pull to bring the Carolina coihpany through since the explosion last spring, but they seem to have come through glorious ly. All claims against the company on account of the deaths caused by the explosion have been settled. Ine receiver has been dismissed, work has been resumed for months, and an im mense engine has been purchased which will double the capacity for drawing coal from the mine. . Mr Butler sees possibilities in the coal field, but also its limitations and the difficulty and cost of discovering other workable areas if they exist. But read what he has to say. Mr. Butler’s Article While my association with the Banner comes to an end with this issue of the paper my interest m the community does not, * for long ac ouaintenance with the town has established a friendship with the peo ple that I do not expect will termi nate until I have been translated to a social contact that is far into the future, and one which I am not in a hurry to cultivate, and of which the preachers sometimes tell us there is doubt. But as a closing utterance I am taking it on myself to tell of some of the things the immediate future has ahead. What I have to say is not official, but is rather that drift of information that comes from my connection' with business affairs that enables me to know something of what is going on. The industrial future ox this sec tion is extremely bright. Lee, Chat ham and Moore counties are at the beginning of a big mineral develop ment, which is already so firmly on its feet that it is established. But v/hat it is now is no more to compare w‘th what i i will be than the infant is comparable to the grown man. I would like to say an- encouraging word regarding the oil prospect if I could, but my long acquaintance with oil development all over this con tinent and in Europe and Asia as well, leaves no doubt in my mind that to search for oil in North -Caro lina away from the coastal counties is absolutely boneless. Kncw.ng the petroleum world fmrly well- and knowing the geology of our territory here is the bas's for my views. But we have in the Deep river basin three primary possibilities" that we may pin our faith to for great development. These are the coal, the shales and the pyropkyllite, or talc, and on these three minerals I look for Middle North Carolina to build great indus tries and create groat wealth. The coal field is not as big as some have hched, nor so extended as some im agine, but it includes a reasonably large quantity of coal that is of a grade to : compare with any that is j mined any where on the globe. The j value of this coal bed is in the fact j that v/e are among the few communi- i ties of the South that have coal with- j in their industrial field. It is valuable j solely as a source of energy for the j communities close by, but will never j enter into competition with the coal r-f other fields to be marketed in dis tant regions. It will be needed here, and then it can not profitably enter ompetitive markets where high > freight rates must be paid, as the size of the field does not permit operations on the big scale practiced elsewhere which favor lower costs of production. But operations here will provide a most excellent coal at a price that is attractive to the buyer in this field, and the coal deposits are ;£ tremendous value on this account. The Deep river coal field is not a continuous unbroken body of coal from , one end Mb the other,' Much , pros porting and.'-many .operations 1 av&r, Seen in the last hundred years, but many grave dis appointments have followed the at tempts to produce coal from various .ections. I expect more disappoint ments will be met, for the field is much broken by great disturbances, and it seems so far that the chief iromise must be in the section around lumnock at least until much further s known of the territory. The two operations there, the Ramsay Coal ompany and the Carolina company re the only two that have been suc cessful enough to carry on for any cength of time, and these two mines ire so far down now- in good coal, ind with the working conditions in such shape that they look to me like ennanent producers for a long time, j 'hese concerns are in better physical md producing shape new than they ver were, both are putting out their oal at a little margin at the present ime. The Carrhra -jo ..pan/ is set ing much heav. _ mad: Mery and in wo or three ma/hc will be in posi ion to increase its outputs to a much agger tonnage than lias ever yet >een reached by either mine. * The Camsay company is also getting its workings in more expanded form, •iid as the two ccmpanys are work rig in close harmony it is to be cx ected that the output of coal will be increased by a considerable tonnage »>y 4he time spring opens. The brick works are now becoming a s.' ahHshed industry, and the pro 's : o good that it goes all over / u.:e and into other states/ and - ,cike£ will take everything v thru it sail be produced!’ ’ . V merit of the brick and tile ,v- is a foregone' assurance. / >' L.ft* LyVC-ip l*iv'o± . 'ic best on earth, a Bang y'D aware cf for a dozen years, for I recognized the merits of , these shales the first time I ever saw • them, and since that time have been .ailing attention to them with the mltaence that in time we would im [ development for them. That has l scale, and it will continue. r started now and on a wholesorm The pyrophyllite reaches in abund . mce from the country beyond Gull ; o far over toward the west side of 1 Moore county, and the deposits are ’ arge and of varying character. These ; ore the only deposits of this material ; T commercial importance in the ' Tnited States. lam not po familiar :ith these products as with oil, -*oa nd shale, but men who are affirmed. , ncluding the state and federal _geolo , ;ists, say these beds of pyrophyuitx ’re of broad use in the world s maus ries, and of high type. And no mat | er how much is said in criticism of ; he educated geologist, he knows -oro about these subjects than it is , Possible for any ether man to know or he has given his years to study . tnd investigation. Another thing that is cf imp or -rce in taking stock of the possibili les of this area is the power sffua , ion. The Carolina Power company ; rts the field in hand, and while it has | zen the practice to damn the com any occasionally, and if you want t<- ;ay’so, possibly with justice, tmr. much must be kept in mind. The Carolina Power company has made ,ee and adjoining counties a big fac tor in productive industry and in •ommunity and domestic comfort. The Columbian Literarv Society met, fanuarv 29 and gave the following j or o cram: j Song by “AmerVa the I Beautiful; Recitation, Nannie Hor- I ;on; Essay. Esther Goodwin; Local I —-nts. F-\th°' r *ine Womble: Duet.. Sn j lie and Mae Horton: Jokes. Nell Good- I win; Piano Solo. Helen Horton; Ques tion s, John Goodwin; Answers; Grace 7-7 “What Out Should i Re,” Robert Mills; Debate: Resolved, That a girl is worth more to a home • than a boy. Affirmative. Tennie Ma son and Ruby Lee Markham; Nega i tive, Robert Goodwin and Hugh , Blackwood. The judges, Mr. I. F. , Trigg, Miss Bertha Overton and Mrs. ' I, Farmon decided in favor of | j the negative. Trio, Mr. Grigg. ! die and Mae Horton; Song }>y the Society, Juanita. The Society was very glad to have as visitors Mrs S. C. Caster, Misses "cssie Horton. Leta Goodwin, Bertha B vert on. and Messrs, Edgar Stone e.r.d Gurney Barbee. Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Thra*! 1^11 a salesman for the Nationvi Biscuit Co., of Raleigh. st'V* Su~da„ vifh liis mother. M r s. "W. J. Thraiilt lk Mrs. W. L. Beckwith, who under vent, an operation for at Watts’ Hospital in Durham 1 Tuesday night, is recovering rapidly. Mr. G. F. Seymour of Goldsboro, and two of his friends from Raleigh Misses Thelma Goodw’n and Ethel ! Herndon, spent Sunday with Mrs. I. j B. Seymour. i Miss Lila Horton of Seaforth visit- I -»d Miss Pattic Stone Wednesday. | Mt.s Stone has been very ill for sev- J vral days, but was reported better to j lav. " I Mrs. E. H. Goodin h 0 "*' °1 for ! he past few days. We wish her a mcedy recovery. * Misses .Tone Verette Seymour and Minnie Belle Goodvdn snent Satur ia' ST night w ; th Miss Ruth Bry*" i Miss Ruth Bryan and Mr. William o’e-rar, former students of Bell’s School. "*~re married at the home of the bride’s * Mr- l T - Monday, Jan. 25, 1030. The’r school mates and many friends wish them a long and hapnv union. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Wilson and ’amily were visitors in Durham Sun-/ lav. , Mr. L. R. Thrailkdl spent Monday n Durham on business. Rev. J. F. Johnson filled his regular appointment at Martha’s Chapel Sun lav. A large crowd was present. Mr. A. H. Overton is visit : ng rela 'ivps in Creedmore this week. Mr. Carlos Morgan, an agent for Chevrolet cars in Siler City, spent las' week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs, J. B. Morgan. V Mr. Fustis Morgan, a stud-mt n< King’s Business College* of Raleigh -pen + last week-end with home-folks Miss Margaret Johnson the nr mary teacher, spent last week-end a heme. Mrs. J. L. Harmon, another of our teachers, is expecting to spend this weHc-end in Durham. The high school '■•'udents of Bell’ School are because the mid - term examination have ended i/ PUT STOMACH IN / I ORDER AT ONCE ; ‘‘Pape’s Diapepsin” for | Gas, Ifidigestion or j . Sour Stomach iiiscantlyl Stomtich corrected dou never feel the slightest distr ■ " fom indigestion or a 3our, arrsy stomach after-you eat a tr‘ .)f * PapesSi he mo: * guarantee each package to k' , trouble for a few cents. digestion at once. End, your stomae Tibetan Ckureh Music Charmed Sven Hed^ Dr. Sven Hedln, the Swedish es plorer, who was the first white mar t# penetrate into the Interior of Tibet has excited the curiosity of musician by h!s extravagant praise of the church music of that mysterious ceun try. He claims that he has visited no fewer than SI temples in the lund of the Grand Lama, and that he found the music of the “temple service” to be so beautiful that he was spiritual ly transported by It t# regions super nal. He writes: “All through Tibet the life of these monks has appealed to me and filled me with delight be yond anything I can say. The most delightful thing in all Tibet Is the church music. Fresh young voices, softened by thick, dark draperies along the front of an open gallery, pour forth their wonderful hymns, full of peace and love and longing. Between whiles you hear the tumble of thunder of the bassoons and the rhythmical clash of the cymbals; then the flutes with their shrill mel odies and the rolling drums, which echo through the high halls of the temples. But the singing Is by far the most beautiful; it carries one up and away from the troubles of this earth.” —Pierre Van Paassen, in the Atlanta Constitution. Long List of Injuries Result of Accidents Examples of disease resulting from particular accidental conditions most frequently found in the experiences of the compensation commission are accidents to the head or spine result ing in epilepsy, nervous or mental disease, or insanity; serious fracture or shock resulting in traumatic pneu monia ; severe trauma or severe burns or extreme exposure to cold and wet, resulting in nephritis; injuries to the eye resulting in cataract, detachment of the retina, optic atrophy, and nu merous other diseases of eye; sprain or fracture or dislocation or blow resulting in arthritis, bursitis, cellulitis, synovitis, periostitis, osteo myelitis, or tuberculosis efthe bones; serious injury to the <’ -t, with trot* matic pneumonia; injury with tuber culosis of a hone or joint: injury with severe infection, or seve'* injury from inhalation of gas resulting in tuber culosis of the lungs. The Man Who Builds No man ever builds anything who doesn’t first rear a castle in the ain-r --which is old stuff, of course, but no one ever builds a castle in the air save the optimists—which Is a sapient amendment. Just th’nk that over. No man ever gets anywhere, whether it be selling strawberries or building em pires or peddling ice cream, unless he possesses that unconquerable mastery of his own moods, that buoyant, san guine assurance which makes him * keen on believing that better things lie ahead. A famous New England merchant once said: “Almost every man knows the things that must be done to get along in the world. Those who don’t get along are the ones who refuse to do the things they know so well.”— William E. Telling, in the American Magazine. History of Locks The history of civilization could be written from a study of its locks and keys, for since the barred gate of Eden problems of inclusion and exclusion have concerned mankind. Egyptians and Greeks were adepts at lock-mak ing; the Spartans wrought an Improve merit of which the description is lost it is a historic fact that the downfall of the Roman empire gave a marked impetus to the manufacture of-ward* and bolts, for Home had policed the world and thieves were encouraged by the disappearance of strong-armed au thority which they had feared. It is singular, in view of the prevalence of padlocks in official employment today, that the derivation of the first syllable of the name is uncertain. Webster says that it may have meant a basket or pannier. Legion of Horthr Origin The Legion or Honor, the famous French order, was instituted by Na poleon Bonaparte when he was first consul, May 19, 1802. Although this order confers honors upon distin guished civil servants of the state and eminent benefactors of humanity, it is provided that three-fifths of all the medals awarded must go to the offi cers and men of the array and navy ißiring the World war thousands of the medals of the legion were award ed to soldiers and public servants' There are now five classes, the Grand cross being the highest. Many American and British citizens received the medal of the Legion qf Honor, and immediately after the v/affs it was also conferred upon the mili tary leaders of the allies of France. Builders * Device The principle of the entasis, which Is a swelling or outward curve of the profile of the shaft of a column or pillar, is utilized to avoid appearance of concavity in its middle portion. In the iinest examples of Greek Doric the . is a little below the middle point of the shaft, but so great as to interfere with the steady fiiminu tion of the shaft from Hit* base mp ward. The entasis is designed, partly to counteract the optical illusion which would cause the profiles of the shaft i to appear curved inward if they were bounded by straight lines. The entasis » almost invariably introduced in the spires of English churches. THE CHATHAM RECORD T) THE CHURCHES OF THE | iAJNDY CJU3F.K ASSOCIATION;-- The committee appointed au the ast session of the Association to em >loy a Sunday school and B. x. r. u. worker has selected me. As all or is know, one person cannot do very nuch in fifty-eight churches. It is ;oing to be necessary for all of us to vork together if we are to be suc essful in making our churches what ;hey should be. . This paper has agreed to publish a message from me occasionally, so lease read it carefully and look for iny announcements or news items I bight have in it. The messages will lot be long and I will not ask you to lo anything that will be unreasonable. All together now for greater Sun ay schools and B. Y. P. U.’s. Your astor and superintendent have re vived a letter from me containing an )ffer that should beba stimulus Sunday schools to get membersMn :hat ought to be in. Ask them about t and begin work at once. -An early start will be a great help you. Remember to watch for these mes sages. . benjamin s. Beach. lanuary 30, 1926. DEWITT TYSOR DEAD DeWitt Tysor, the eighteen-year >!d son of Mr. John Tysor of Hickory fountain township, died Tuesday of ;neumonia. The burial took place esterc’.ay at Pleasant Grove Metho* church. The taking of this r oung man is a grievous bl6w to his evoted parents. farmT for rent Having moved to Durham, I wish ;o rent my home place just south pf j 3 ittsboro. There is a good house, | barns, good water, also a store house. There are 22 acres of good tillable and. Will let on standing rent. In terested parties may see Mr. C. C. Hamlet, at the Chatham Hardware Co’s. Store. I. P. Straughan. NOTICE OF RE-SALE OF LAND Under and pursuant to an order of •he Clerk of the Superior court in Chatham County, North Carolina, in the special proceeding therein pend ing, entitled: “Margaret Justice and others vs. O. B. Mann, et a’s.” the undersigned Commissioner will on TUESDAY THE 16TH DAY OF FEBRUARY. 1926 -P~-- sffe. at public auct : on, to < oe highest bidder, for cash, the fol lowing described tract of land, to-wit: Beginning at an iren stake in Dob Petty’s l ; ne, and running North 32 degrees East to the Graham and Fay etteville road; thence North 45 de grees West 66 poles; /thence North 31 degrees West 26 poles; thence North 15 degrees East 24 poles: thence North 31 degrees East 58 poles; thence North 40 degrees West 20 poles; thence North 27 degrees West 8 poles; thence North 40 degrees West 30 poles to Dry Creek; thence up said Dry Creek as it meanders 95 poles to a stake and pointers. George Petty’s line; thence South 1-2 degrees West 70 poles to an iron stake; thence East to an Iron stake and pointers; thence South 3 3-4 degrees West 108 poles to the point of beginning, con taining 159 3-4 acres, more or less. Place of sale: Pittsboro, Court house. Time of sale: 12 o’clock, Noon. W. P. HORTON, Com. Feb. 4, 2tc. ‘ For Cash But For Less* I We Sell It For Cash And Sell It For Less! • Oats Per Bag. $3,251 Best Grade S>weet Feed. , $2,501 Good Grade Sweet Feed. ' $2,251 Corn Meal Per Cwt. $2,751 1 No 1 Timsthy Hay. $1.60| j Covingtons Fancy Molasses, Per Gal, . 85 ctsl | Full Cream Cheese Per Lb. 7 30 cts.l ®) Lard, 45 Pound Cans, Per Lb. 14 ctsl £! Sugar 25 Per Lb. 6 I*2| j | Maxwell House Coffee. ,50 ctsl Loose Arbuckle 33 ctsl Large Size Tomatoes Per Can. 15 ctsl Small. ” ” ' ” ” 10 cts. I Salmon. 15 cts J Good Heavy Overalls. sl. 50 $7.50 Rain Coats Reduced To. $5 00 I Flour The Best Per Barrel $10.25 \ We Sell It Cheap, Sell a Heap, And Keep Eternally at I It Visit our Stores at Pittsboro and Moncure ard be II - . || Convinced;- \' - - -Fa ..i - ••>{?«"; v--; ' j . i Connell &, Johnson. il ; 1 , % ; v> iji On account of the rain last Saturn I Berman’s Big S