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ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878. jyir. Dave Womble Kills Himself . an j Highly Esteemed Citizen ** et n f Pittsboro Shoots Top of 0 Head Off WAS A GREAT SHOCK Pittsboro people rose yesterday to a shock of surprise and ?*° • The body of Mr. J. David was found lying in his work ° with the top of the :head .prac 'Sly blown ott by a ioad of shot 1 , ‘ a gun held in his own hand. The bodv was cold and the indica , 5 was that he had been dead sev hours. Neighbors, too, are re to have heard a gunshot be f.®een three and four o’clock. The dead man was in his night , thes, indicating that he had risen from his bed to commit the rash act, 1 driven from bed by the intense w had decided upon self-descruc tion'while seeking relief. He was in his usual good spirits, apparently, Tuesday evening. His >soii Ralph, a traveling man, finding himself in a nearby town, had run down for the night, and .had been ? greeted in the usual manner. The writer passed the home after six o’clock and was invited in by the .genial gentleman. It happened, that three of his chil dren, Mrs. Meyers, of Brooklyn, N. Y, Ralph, and Miss Margaret were at home instead of as usually when Miss Margaret was the only compan ion of her father. Hurried calls Wednesday morning started the rest of the numerous chil dren and sons and daughters-in-law to the stricken home. The burial is planned for today, Thursday, and will take place at the old home church, Mt. Pleasant, in which Mr. Womble still held his mem bership, though he had been living in Pittsboro several years. Mrs. Womble, who was Miss Addie May, died three years ago last win ter. Since that time Mr. Womble and his youngest daughter have been keeping house alone. Mr. Womble had reared a most in teresting and estimable family of children. The oldest, Mr. Gus Wom ble, died two years ago in Sanford. The ethers are Mrs. C. T. Wrenn, of Siler City, Mrs. R. L. Goldston of Goldst'-o, Cleveland Womble of Dunn, Mrs. W. J. Meyers of Brooklyn, N. Y., Mrs. G. W. Blair of Pittsboro, Miss Margaret, Ralph, of Raleigh, and Will Rose Womble of Richmond. Regret at the rash act is general and much sympathy is expressed for the grief stricken family. SUNDAY, HOME-COMING DAY AT HAYWOOD CHURCH Brief History of Haywood Presbyter ian Church—Organization The Presbytery of Orange in ses sion at Clarksville, October 28th, 1859, ordered Rev. C. K. Caldwell to organize a church, if the way be open, in the village of Haywood, Chatham County, N. C. Accordingly, a church was organ ized on the second Sabbath of Novem ber 1859, consisting of one Elder and ITG members: viz: Richardson Fau cette, Elder, William C. Faucette, Ken neth Alexder McDonald, John W. Scott John L. Walden, Roderie Mclntosh, P. C. Shaw, Catherine Bryan, Rebec ca Shaw, Rebecca I. Mclntosh, Anna C. Bryan, Sallie A. Faucette, Martha Faucette, Sophie Martin- Mclntosh, Jennette Chisolm, Mary Jane Mcm tosh, and John B. Massamore. Immediately after the organization, a sermon was preached and the sac rament of the Lord’s Supper was ad ministered for the first time in Hay mood by any evangelical denomina tion of Christians. May the Lord water this young and tenaer vine ano cause it to grow and grow and bring forth fruit, that God may he glw lfied and souls saved. September 18G0. This day a Pres b.vterial house of worship in Hay -I,v°oci was dedicated: Rev. J. M. Sher v;ood preached the sermon, assisted l b " Rev. Messrs. A. G. Hughes and ( • R. Caldwell. ’ ou are invited to come and bring a basket and help us make this a great day in the history of this old church and meet of your old treinds. COMMITTEE—Kate Thomas Hicks E. E. Walden E. C. Churchil Fred Thomas P. V. Budd. ENTERTAINS FOR MISS WRIGHT Mrs. J. \y Hunt entertained Mon "ay a fternoon from four to six in mmor of her niece, Miss Eleanor w right. Cards were played at two tables and delicious refreshments were served. \y Th< L Se presenb were Misses Eleanor - Rl n . ” Annie Bynum, Elizabeth T an*, Mary George Blair, Pearl K o fu lS^ n ’ Margaret Brooks and Eliza beth Womble. J 1 : BPRe Chapin was a special gUest for the afternoon. r . MANN-FIELDS l en d s congratulate Mr. Am ]yr e fields and Miss Nellie David ..n upon their marriage Saturday Dn,,! 110011, The ceremony was at Win., where the bride was visit & Natives. The young couple arc 2.i with the groom’s parents, Mr. Chapel rS ’ ayb)r ann > near Hanks - he Record 'extends best wishes. The Chatham Record Moncure News Letter f IMr. and Mrs. Lee Farrell and son, Lester, of Pittsboro are visiting today Mrs. W. O. Farrell and daughter, Miss Elizabeth. Miss Elizabeth Farrell clerked for Maddox Bros, last Saturday. * Mrs. Daisy Lambeth and little daughter Mary Helen, spent a few days last week with Mrs. Chas. N. Johnson at Fuqual Springs, N. C. Mrs. C. A. Watson’s father of Lilesville spent last week with her. Mrs. B. G. Womble and little daugh ter, Hetty, and Messrs. D. J. Hackney and C. D. Thomas returned last Mon day frem New York City where they spent several weeks visiting friends. Mrs. C. C. Thomas and daughter, Miss Elizabeth, spent today in Ra leigh. ■» Captain J. H. Wissler, accompanied by his friends of Virginia and Mr. R. A. Moore, motored today to the peach country where they will purchase some good fruit. Miss Minnie Bell of Pittsboro is spending sometime with her sisters, Mrs. E. E. Utley and Mrs. T. R. Wilkie. Mr. John Bell, Jr., after taking two weeks’ vacation at home, is now travelling for Quaker Oats Company. Miss Lucile Maynar<T the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Maynard is spending this week with friends at Monroe. We are sorry to state that Mrs. C. M. Whilden was taken very sick last Saturday and was rushed to the hos pital at Raleigh. She was resting very well today (Monday). We hope , she will not have to undergo an oper ation, but will soon be better. Miss Virginia Cathell, who has a position at the Methodist Orphanage, i Raleigh, spent last week-end with her parents. Several from Moncure attended Children’s Day at Asbury Methodist church last Sunday. The program by the children and the singing by the choir was fine. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Womble of Hay l vrood spent yesterday (Sunday) with ! Mrs. Mary Barringer and Mrs. Lois Womble. Mr. C. W. Goldston spent a few days with them last week. Mrs. Lois Womble has been very feeble for some time. She loves to see her chil dren come back home, j The Epworth Leaguers held an in teresting meeting at the Methodist ! church last Sunday evening. ' The “Devere” Show is in town. They will be here all the week and show each night. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Womble went to t Sanford last Sunday to hear Evange list Little, who is holding a revival there. Mr. and Mrs. W. Clay Far rell also attended. 31RS. MINERVA BLAKE DEAD , Again one of the highly esteemed women of Chatham has gone to her reward. Mrs. Minerva Blake died Monday afternoon at the home of her sen, John D. Blake in Durham. Death was the result of high blood pressure. The burial took place at Lystra Baptist church Tuesday afternoon. From Tuesday’s Durham Herald we clip the following facts about the ex -1 cellent woman who has gone to her final reward: Mrs. Blake was born February 18, 1853 in Chatham County. She was married to Joel C. Blake, who passed her in the love of life 12 years ago. 3lrs. Blake now leaves behind her nine children, six boys and three girls; twenty-five grandchildren, and six great grandchildren. The children are by age as follows: W. S. Blake, Lake -svccd avenue, Durham; A. L. Blake, i Chatham County; Mrs. B. S. Williams, i Chapel Hill; J. C. Blake, Chatham ; county; Mrs. L. W. Partin, Orange ‘ county; Mrs. A. M. Riddle, Pittsboro; L. N. Blake, Durham; C. T. Blake, Lakewood avenue, Durham; John D. Blake, Chapel Hill boulevard, Durham. She leaves behind one brother, E. J. Rigsbee, of Chatham county. Mrs. Blake professed faith in Christ and joined Lystra Baptist church when a girl. She has been a ; oyal and consistent member of this church for more than 50 years. When /ounger she was active in the church ife and was especially interested in te work of the W. M. S. of her church. She was loyal to the faith ~nd an earnest Christian. We feel ;ure that she is now at home over here, where pain and troubles, sick icss and death, come no more. Tharfc she was a good mother and faithful :o all her children may be seen by Tieir devotion and love to her while she lived, and also in her illness and leath. Interment will be made in the ceme -sry at Lystra Baptist church this afternoon at 3 o’clock. Funeral ser /ices will be conducted by Rev. S. 2. Lambb, pastor of Lystra church, Assisted by Rev. Hoyt Blackwell, and 2ev. L. W. Teague, of Durham. Pall bearers will be: Fred Cole, .lalph Rigsbee,. Alf Norwood, Watson Durham, Albert Rigsbee, Fred -Hutch inson. Floral bearers: Flora - Belle Rigsbee, Leo Blake, Eleanor Williams, Louise Riddle, Mabel Blake, Jessie Hutchinson. Mr. C. D. MacDonald and wife of High Point, Mr. R. H. Burns Whiteville, and Mr.' H. L. Burns of Mebane, were in town to attend the funeral of ’Squire R. M. Burns. PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, Thursday, July 22, 1926 ** ' ' * PATRIARCH PASSES Veteran R. M. Burns, at Age of 91, Dead—J. P. for 45 Years—Aged Wife and Four Children Survive Him Pittsboro has lost its most aged and one of its most highly respect ed citizens in the death of Mr. R. M. Burns Saturday night. Mr. Burns, who was in his 91st year, has been in critical health for several years. His wonderful vital ity had brought him through several crises, but the grim reaper at last got in his sickle. The funeral service was conducted by Rev. R. R. Cordon, pastor of the Pittsboro Baptist church, and the burial was in the cemetery of that church at 3:00 p. m. Monday. Present were his aged and devoted consort and the two stalwart sons and cultured daughters Messrs. A. M. Burns of Roxboro, R. H. Burns of Whiteville, Mrs. Herbert E. Norris of Raleigh, and Mrs. E. C. Winchester of Monroe. Mr. Burns was one of the oldest Confederate veterans in the county, if not the oldest. He served in Com pany D, Third N. C. Cavalry. Shortly after returning from the army, Rebruary 19, 1866, he was mar ried to Miss Martha Johnson, who has been his faithful and devoted com panion for more than 60 years. For 45 years Mr. Burns served the county as justice of the peace, and in that capacity probably married more couples than any other man who has ever lived in the county. He leaves behind him a record of civic service that is an honor to his name and a rich heritage to his chil dren, and in these children he and Mrs. Burns have made a contribution to the state that is of inestimable value. Besides his wife and four children there are several grand-children and ! one brother, Mr. H. L. Burns, of Mebane. I “Squire” Burns, as he was generally known, will be long remembered in the town and county in which he ! I served so long and faithfully and | where his fine personality made him friends among old and young. THE BURNS FUNERAL i Friends and relatives gathered ’ from far and near Monday afternoon for the burial of Veteran R. M. Burns. The funeral services were conducted at the home by Pastor Gor don of the Pittsboro Baptist church, assisted by Rev. C. L. Greaves, pas ' tor of the Tabernacle Baptist church, Raleigh, who was once pastor here : i and lived in the Burns home and mar ried a sister of Mrs. A. M. Burns. Mr. Greaves paid a worthy tribute 1 to the high character of the de ceased. He stated that Mr. Burns had never joined a church, but had made a profession of religion, and would gladly have joined the past few months if his breath would have per- The body was laid to rest in the Baptist jhr.rch yard. Many beautiful ! | floral were heaped upon the ■ j mound, attesting anew the high re ! gai’d in which the deceased was held. Present from a distance for the oc casion were Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Mc , Donald, of Concord; W. H. Harris and , A. B. Stalvy of Roxboro, Mr. Harris Mr. A. M. Burns’ partner, and Mr. i Stalvy a former teacher here and now ■ superintendent of the Roxboro • schools; J. A. Long, Roxboro; Mrs. R. K. Black of Concord; C. H. Smith, , Sanford; Herbert Norris, a grandson, i - from Raleigh; Messrs. A. M. Burns, i Jr., and Robert Burns, grandsons, . from Roxboro; William Moore from * Winston-Salem; also all the children ; of the deceased. ‘ ! BRIDGES FOR HAW AND DEEP ’ Sanford Express Reports Plans for ’ Shortening No. 50 and Bridging Haw and Deep The following interesting facts and ’ rumors appear in last week’s Sanford Express: “A force of civil engineers, who are “ making Sanford their headquarters, have been busy for the past week or ‘ two making surveys with a view to ' making changes in the location of ■ Federal Route No. 1 from the point ; where it haa been hard surfaced on 1 toward the Wake county line. The sharp curve on the hill this side of 1 Deep River will be eliminated by straightening the road and crossing the river below the electric power plant which was built at Lockville a few years ago. The Express is in formed that a concrete bridge will be built across the river just below the power house. It is also reported that plans have been perfected for build ing a concrete bridge across Haw river near the present wooden bridge. It is believed that this road will be hard surfaced from the Wake County line to connect with the hard surfaced road in Lee. county. The Wake link of the road from Cary to Apex is now being hard surfaced.” ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT Mayor and Mrs. A. C. Ray have recently announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Lillian Mar guerite to Mr. Roscoe Joseph Saville of Grant City, Missouri. The mar riage will take place September 8. Messrs. C. C. Poe, Lee Farrell, Sam Griffin, Lester Farrell, and Charles Poe, Jr., returned late Saturday night from a four days’ trip through the mountain country, and report a de lightful outing. PLANNING CREAM ROUTES FOR CHATHAM FARMERS Dairy Expert Visits County—Farm ers to Be Interested in Develop ing Dairy Business Chatham County has a great possi bility for Dairy Development accord ing to Mr. J. A. Arey, of State Col lege Dairy Extension Division, who •spent two days last week with the County Agent for the purpose of es tablishing one or more milk routes in this county. The milk collected would be sold in Greensboro or Ra leigh. Mr. Arey states that the Greens boro Market will take as much as 3,000 gallons of milk daily, and that it is entirely possible to ship or truck it. from the western part of the coun ty into Greensboro. Mrl Arey stated further that the farmers of Union ccunty where the natural advantages for keeping cows are no better if as good as those in Chatham, are receiv ing around SIOO,OOO annually for milk that is sold in Charlotte. This milk is collected by truck, and hauled, in some cases as much as 50 miles to market. While in this county, Mr. Arey found much interest among the farm ers in the keeping of more cows for milk production. The County Agent expects to keep in close touch with this movement, with the hope of es tablishing one or more milk routes in this county by early fall. On Tuesday night, July 15th, a very enthusiastic Dairy meeting of the farmers of Hickory Mountain was held at the Battle school house. At this meeting, Mr. Arey outlined a plan for establishing a milk route in that section, and showed the farmers that it is very possible to make a real dairy sen ion of thac co.-nmuivcy. A FARM WITH A RECCED The first item writer, for week’s Record in some way failed to make its appearance. It was about the fine yield of small grain on the Thomas Daffron farm, in Albright township, now under charge of Mr. A. C. Thomas. In the lost item we had the exact yield of wheat and oats this season, but now only recall that the wheat crop yielded more than seven hundred bushels and the oat crop enough to run the total well over 2,000 bushels. The oats are of the Fulghum vari ety, and you will probably see an ad vertisement later offering seed oats for sale. Thisjfarm has a splendid record. In 1893 MtVThomas Daffron was award ed a bronze medal by the World’s Fair at Chicago for the superiority of his corn. It is clearly holding its pre eminence under the management of Mr. Thomas, who married the daugh ter of Mr. Daffron, This good couple are raising not only fine grain crops, but a fine crop of girls. Mr. Thomas had a photo graph cf the three little beauties when he and Mr. W. T. Daffron called on us. Mr. W. T. Daffron showed us the World’s Fair medal, in the same box in which it reached the old farm in 1893. Regrettably as it is, Mr. W. T. Daffron is an old bach elor and the Record can have little to say of him till he reforms. MRS. THRAILKILL PASSES Chatham county has lost one of its most highly esteemed women in the death of Mrs. Adelaide Thrailkiil, which occurred at her home in New Hope township early Thursday morn ing of last week. For a month or more Mrs. Thrail kiil had been ill of a complication of diseases and little hope had been held out by the physician for her recovery. VII the children had been constantly at home watching the event of the, course of the disease and were pres ent when her gentle soul was wafted home . The burial occurred at Ebenezer , Lurch Friday. Mrs. Thrailkiil before marriage was Miss Adelaide Council. Her hus band, Mr. William Thrailkiil, has been dead several years. But surviving both are several fine sons and daugh ters, to whom have been left a legacy of great value in the character and example of their devoted mother. They are Banyan D. Thrailkiil, who conducts a successful mercantile busi ness at Seaforth; Mrs. M. L. Harris, of Allendale, S. C.; Mrs. Robert Sey mour, of this county; Miss Alpha, who has for years been the stay of her mother in the home; Norman Thrail kiil; Frank Thrailkiil; Dr. Thrailkiil, of Royston, Ga., and Mr. Trubie, of Raleigh. One daughter, Mrs. Holleman, died a number of years ago, leaving sev eral children. j The esteem in which the deceased was held by the neighbors was abun dantly testified by their anxiety to render assistance during her trying illness. MRS. BONNIE BURKE DEAD It was with sadness that her friends learned of the death of Mrs. Vonnie Burke, formerly Miss Rosa Brown, j which occurred Friday night. The ! burial was at the Pittsboro M. E. ■ church Saturday afternoon, Pastor Watson of Bynum, in the absence of Rev. C. M. Lance, conducting the fun-> eral services. The deceased was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Brown, now of Har nett county. She had not been well since the birth of an infant a few weeks ago. The deceased was highly esteemed by those who knew her and much sympathy is extended the sorrowing j husband and the bereaved parents and - brothers and sisters. CERAMIC EXPERTS REPORT FINDINGS Research Will Be Boon to Manufacturers. Urbana, 111. —Unaffected by world fame that has come to their university with the discovery of illinium, newest of chemical elements, students and professors engaged in research at the University of Ilinois are carrying on with the same painstaking spirit. Two of them, Prof. Cullen W. Par melee and Pierce W. Ketchum, gradu ate assistant, both of the department of ceramic engineering, have an nounced some interesting findings, fol lowing investigation into the trans lucency of porcelains, that are ex pected to prove of practical value to manufacturers of art and table ware. The object of their investigation, Professor Parmelee said, was to ac quire additional knowledge of the na ture of translucency together with a satisfactory means of control and measurement; this knowledge, h * said, would be of value in many kinds > of ceramic work. “While it is true,” he added, “that translucency in art and table ware is valuable to the purchaser only from an esthetic standpoint, to the manu facturer it determines the price which can be obtained for his product. “Translucency is a property of por celains which lends itself easily to visual measurement. A trained ob server can distinguish between two pieces with only small differences in translucency by holding the fingers between a piece and a lamp and not ing the clearness of the shadow pro duced. “The degree of translucency of any piece must be determined by the char acter, amount and distribution of the minerals which make up the body. Porcelains consist of quartz particles Imbedded in a fused matrix composed mainly of feldspar, together with granular and crystalline muliite. “Among others, the following con clusions were reached: Translucency Is not inversely proportional to the thickness of the specimen; in bodies composed of clay, feldspar and flint, those with the highest feldspar con tent have the highest translucency and those with the highest clay content the least; increase of burning tem peratures gives increase of translu cency, and the fine grinding of bodies gives a striking increase in trans lucency at the temperatures used,” BEST YOUNG ORATOR Herbert Wenig, seventeen-year-old high school student of Hollywood, Calif., who won first place in the third annual national oratorical contest in the Washington auditorium. Seven students, the pick of 2,000,000 all over the United States, took part in the finals, which were judged by Chief Justice William Howard -Taft and four of his associates on the Supreme Court bench. A cup was presented to Wenig by Vice President Dawes. Mrs C. C. Hall and Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Murdock spent Sunday in Cary. NEWS FROM ANTIOCH Cumnock, Rt 1.. —Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Oldham and children of High Point spent Sunday in the home of Mr. Old ham’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Oldham. Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Oldham and children of Bynum were Sunday vis itors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Oldham. f Mrs. Fannie Dawkins and baby are visiting relatives in this section. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Oldham spent I Sunday afternoon in the home of, Mr. j Bud Poe of Cumnock. Miss Bettie Johnson of Durham spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Poe and daugh ter (Mattie) attended the Children’s Day exercises at Asbury Sunday. Among the visitors in the home of Miss Gleanie Oldham Sunday after noon were Misses Sadie and Daisy Oldham, also Mr. L. D. Oldham of Bynum. Miss Violet Johnson of Siler City spent the week-end with home folks, j Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Oldham and I childien spent a while Sunday after-! noon with home folks. x ' VOL. 48. NCfc SEVERAL SENSATIONS . . . • i Interest of North Carolinians Caught by Sensational Trials and Squabbles The Cranford Case There has been no dearth of sensa tion in North Carolina the past week. The trial of convict boss Cranford at Albemarle for alleged killings of con victs has brought out testimony of a series of brutalities that the nearly inconceivable as happening in a civi lized land. Yet unimpeachable evi dence is to the effect that Crawford’s cruelties have extended over nearly a score of years and that men have been knocked, kicked, and stamped right on the streets of Albemarle bj the county convict boss. The indict ments are for the killing of two men, - but Judge Finley has allowed testi mony to be brought in many other cases in order to establish the char acter of the man’s rule. The case has already lasted a week and is not yet ended. “The Razor Girl” Over at Charlotte the young woman who cut her husband’s throat with a razor has been on trial. A mental expert declared that she was a child in mind, that she couldn’t name a, single man who has been mayor of her own city and does not know the meaning of the word “governor.” She herself says that she did not intend to kill her husband but to cut him only enough to make him stay with her. The jury at this writing has not agreed, but are reported \as in the majority for her acquittal. The Ashley Case « At Asheville quite a different kind of man was under investigation. Dr. Ashley Chappell, pastor of one of the leading Methodist churches of Asheville, was acquitted Tuesday of a charge of immorality in a church trial. Dr. Chappell had bee» caught in a most unfortunate situation. He was attending a conference in Mem phis. He suffers from hernia. That night after working on a sermon for the next day he went out to walk. While out his truss broke and he was suffering intense pain. He got into the first house he could to repair the truss and it happened to be a negro house of bad repute. Two or three minutes after he entered the police entered and arrested him. Dr. Chap pell was unanimously acquitted Tues day and will return to his work as pastor. The Woman’s Survey Squabble - Several months ago, all of a sud den there rose a great demand for a survey of the condition of women in industry in North Carolina. Finallj the governor authorized such a sur vey and put it under the direction of the state board of welfare, composed . of Supt. A. T. Allen, Dr. G. M. Cooper, acting supt. of health, and Mrs. John son, state welfare commissioner, E, 7 . Carter, executive secretary of the Lild welfare commission was ex acted to direct the survey. Mrs. J* ■i. Highsmith was appointed as in /.arg-e of the active survey. But Mrs. Johnson declined to approve the survey under the charge of Carter, claiming that he is inexperienced and inefficient. Allen and Cooper held out against her. Last Saturday all three of them asked the governor to relieve them, or at least Mrs. John son did, and the two men expressed the idea that the survey now would be ineffectual. The governor called off the survey, and now the sistern are raising cain. Dr. Delia Dixon Car roll claims that the Governor insult ed her when she as a committee of the woman’s clubs asked for the sur vey by asking her whom she was em ployed by, the talk having been that it was northern interests moving for the survey. Dr. Carroll says that she informed the Governor later that she would not report the insult to the State meeting of women’s clubs if he would grant the survey and that he did in two days. Governor Mc- Lean declines to enter into any dis cussion of the matter with Dr. Car roll. The affair is rather mixed. Mrs. Johnson has a battle upon her hands to retain her prestige as state com missioner of welfare. THAT BELL-BRICK HAVEN GAME Bell’s Team Rather Resent Implication of Brick Haven Correspondent The Brick Haven correspondent of the Record in her letter last week rather left the impression that Bell’s team did not play the game in a fair and square way when that team de feated the Brick Haven team by 7 to 6 in a 12-inning game July 10. Bell’s team and fans are inclined to resent the implication, and deny that they were unsportsmanlike in the game. “We simply outplayed them,” they say, and further aver that Mr. Harrington, the umpire, a resident of Brick Haven, declared that Passmore, Bell’s pitcher, was a better pitcher than the Brick Haven pitcher. Pass more struck out sixteen men. That may have been unsportsmanlike, but the Bell’s folk feel that it was pretty good playing. On the other hand, Duell, the Brick Haven pitcher, struck out only three or four. The Bell’s team denies emphatically any unfairness and cannot understand why the usually accurate and fair Brick Haven correspondent has im plied that the game was not fair and square on our part. ONE OF THE BELL’S FANS. I Mary George Blair of Raleigh is visiting Elizabeth Blair.