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rCTA HLISHKD SEPTEMBER 19, 1878. Siler City News. o- • ritv Sept. 13.—With a rec s attendance for opening day Siler l0i : d .n school began work . this 'City . ' ' .; t 9 o’clock, w. G. Coltrane, morn 1 ; -‘‘ d ent presided at the open, snipe l1 ’ ; • w hi c h were held in the ing m with approximately 600 iUUI! d H i -cores of patrons present. p r lipli r "u-ane, who is beginning his * lr - work, made a most fav firsJv- impression. He spoke on cur °P U ‘ character and co-operation rlcU , i ."if of the town mayor J. S, ]n - ' 1 xtended greeting and welcome Vtl - u nity and new students and i‘o’th prolonged applause by, lm .Co- that the street extension* rsir -"-ill embrace the two streets 1 P IV C . 0 the school building. Other leiU; Cte speeches were made by, V l ! ! -nkins, Junis Wrenn, county ' ■ .indent Thompson and p. F. a high school principal and 1 director. The devotional ex-' - .-e conducted by Revs. W. < ? IV C an( j r. S. Fountain. J"; ;ng -re the members of the Vv. G. Coltrana, superinten- | ' F Chapman, principal and (k '.C oach; 0 ach; Mrs. W. G. Coltrane,' L Ki ■' ■' Airs. C. O. Small, Latin; ' ‘ ,v : ‘“ .r cm ret Giles, history; Miss *\V C.ur, French and science*^ C: ne Lee Ficannon, 7th grade; h Bonner, 6th; Miss Willie C and Mrs. Helen Whitley, i ,/•/. J. E. Fox, 4th; Mrs. E. T. i C V. rd; Miss Alma Worthington, 1 ;..CC v.ifsges Helene Congleton and p l - ' Tilley, Ist; Mrs. F. G. Brooks, : . n ; ‘Miss Dafford, domestic C] various schools and colleges Cut the country have claimed CV .usual number of Siler City’s v>unV people this fall the Majority of thebe' having already ente!*ed the in stitution of their choice. s b o ro college are Jenny Lind Fox, Louise Marley, Line. anJ Peggy Wrenn: Meredith College Joybelle Clark, Mary Louise Edwards, Na thalia Eray* and Frances Dorsett; Lion College, Williard Clark, Hale Duncan, Ethel Maulden and Emma Dark; U. N. C. Billie Wrenn, Wel foid Hea'de, Lynn Brooks, Hoyt Hackney and Speight Allred; Wake Forest. Lynn Paschal; State College, Herman Vestal, Cad Straughan, George Hackney and Clair Edwards; Duke university, Baxter Reitzel; Tu lane university, Milton Smalt; River side academy, William Headen, Fred Thomas and Marvin Boling. Vann Ferguson and Russell Williams left this morning for Blackburg, Virginia, to enter V. P. I. Announcement is made today by t L. L. Wrenn that he will erect a new brick building adjoining the wholesale groceiy to be used as a home for the postoffice. On accpunt of the increase in business the office has outgrown its present quarters making necessary additional floor space, which Mr. Wrenn proposes to increase to 11,000 square feet. Postal receipts for the first half of this year show an in crease of 28 percent. In addition to the building to be occupied by the postoffice force Mr. Wrenn will erect another building to be rented for mer chantile purposes. Siler City, Sept. 14.—The funeral of Mrs. Sarah Lou Craton, age 78 years, was held Sunday at 11 o’clock at Brown’s Chapel and was conducted by Rev. C. M. Lance of Pittsboro. Mrs. Craton was before her first marriage Miss Justice, a sister of the late N. B. Justice of this place. Her mar riage to Manley Durham of Orange bccurred fifty years ago and to the union were born ten children three of whom survive, these being Mrs. H V. Cheek, Si'ler City route 4, Mrs B ; D. Woody and Mrs. V/. A. Pugh, 1 ittsboro route 2. It was at the home of Mrs. Pugh that Mrs. Craton lived at rhe time of her death which oc curred following a stroke of paralysis, n addition to the three daughters -'lrs. Oaton is survived by one broth ‘Lr second marriage was to J. W. ’ aton who died three years ago. i. f ", Sept. 7.—An unusually family gathering was that of '' e porsett family and its wide eon- last Sunday at the home of (. d a: \- i LX. G. Dorsett two miles -n L i - u y : " ;is P iace * Included among l L’ Mnioiks were the Marshes and I 01 .LI a met t county, Evans F p. aKO » •Junes, Hargroves and ' °f, Alamance, Stephens and ro - r '.f'e 01 ee ’ Whites and Moores ';; cLinford, Buckners of Randolph ■ ro‘ r ‘ and . Mrs - Carey E. Dorsett a iVki ?’ Virginia. At one o’clock l ,n.r !OUI wide and 70 feet ditir.r V as i ?P rea d with the finest of h-!- i iS ’ W h lc h more than fed the three ( ,*, c 1 . Present. Following the ; on impromptu program was en- L cif, U 1 , ves Creek church, which i. a <( across the highway from * usctt home. A history of the uni W 7 ?u as read by R * C. ‘ Dorsett J .T t i- r s P eec hes were made by j[ H 4. Dan Dorsett and S. tior ‘ Kner * A permanent organiza- G r»n, aS 4. e^ected at which time M. j’ r> SQlz was made president, S. sett secret ary and R. C. Dor held li ; t f orian * Tbe reuni on will be first <, Xt ] yea ?’ at same place the st Sunday m August. Y/; ynWON SPRINGS NOTES three Mrs - v - C. Edwards and -sev rpf hldl j n of Montclair, New Jer after to t * leir home Thursday Par©7it c Pe Sr dlng some time visiting his a , n , d Mrs - Jas - Robt Ed- X s S f Mt - Veraon Springs, _ iiur Vii " ermi t Phillips has been visit- PhiiiT parents , M r- and--Mrs. L. P. ps ’ recently. \ snem S L v - ds of Greensboro I VVrnon Springs 81 :r h ° me at 1 Je?se*v an « MrS ‘ V- C - r irrl< of New DHen 7, S ues ts w Mis. T -ugh 1 day n and rs ‘ Piston Brooks Tues* ; The Chatham Record Moncure News Letter * Personal and Other Items from Our Moncure Correspondent The singing class of the Methodist Orphanage of Raleigh, will give a program at the School* auditorium next Friday evening, Sept. 17, 1926... It is free and everybody is cordially* invited. Mr. J. K. Baynes made a business trip to Philadelphia last week-end. Mr. S. D. Johnson of Pittsboro and his friend Mr. Meekins were in town one day last week. Miss Elizabeth Thomas, the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Thomas, 1 left today, Monday, for Greensboro, I where she will enter North Carolina for Women. We hope Miss Elizabeth a successful school year, i Mis§ Mary Womble, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Womble, also left Monday, to resume, her studies at iN. C. C. W. She attended there last year and likes her work fine. Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Taft of Caror lina Light Power Co. left last l Friday forTlcala, Fla. Mr. Taft was : an electrician and has been trans -ferred to another place. • Mr. H. D. Gunter of Pittsboro, has, bought out the store and filling sta tion of Mr. J. R. Ray at Lockville. i Mr. John Bell is spending a few days at Pittsboro with his sister, Mrs. ‘ R. P. Johnson. ■ On account of a funeral of a Mrs. j Woody at Brown’s Chapel yesterday, Sunday, at 11 o’clock, ' Rev. C. M. Lance could not fill his appointment at the Methodist church here, but I Prof. W. R. Thompson made an in i teresting talk on “God and Creation.” Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock Rev. Mr. Lance nreached an interesting sermon on “The Christian Church.” He will preach there again next sec ond Sunday afternoon. , The Epworth League met in the I evening at 7:15 o’clock and held a i very interesting meeting. I At 8 o’clock Rev. Mr. Lance preach ;ed another interesting sermon on j “God’s Care and Protction.’ It is just two months until Con ! ference and the last Quarterly meet ! ing cf 1926 will be held at Brown’s ' | Chapel Sept. 26th and 27th. ! j Rev. C. M. Lance took supoer and ’ j spent Sunday with Capt. J. H. Wiss - ]er. i Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Creswell and ’ children of Albemarle are visiting her j parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Utley. I I THE AVENT FERRY BRIDGE ;i , , • j v\ hat It s Erection Should Mean—The Only Bridge Across the Cape r Fear above Lillington i j Corinth, Sept 13.—This Monday ; morning, September 13, work on the i J new two-way reinforced concrete r bridge across Cape Fear river at A . vent’s Ferry was begun in earnest, i with about fifty men on the mb. s The building of this bridge will ■ supply a long hoped for necessity for » this section of Lee and Chatham ; counties, which are jointly interested ; ( in the building of same. ■ J The building of this bridge will shorten the distance to Sanford, Jones | boro, and Broadway ten to fifteen ; miles for all the people of this sec -1 tion. It will also be a very great convenience to the traveling public, as this will be the only bridge between Lockville and Lillington, a distance of 1 about forty miles. Messrs Kiker and Yount, the con tractors, of Reidsville, hope to haVe us driving over this bridge, on or before 1 June 1, 1927. Os course we cannot tell what may be up the sleeves of the State High way Commission, but we all do know that Frank Page does not sleep on his job. It is,-therefore, the general belief of all this section, and of the people a long the line of the old Raleigh and Pee Dee-road, from Raleigh to San ford, that before this bridge is com pleted, there will have been a com plete survey made, along the line of this road, from Raleigh to Sanford. A road along this line, via Holly Springs, Corinth, and the new bridge into Sanford, -we understand, would forever shorten the distance from Ra leigh to Sanford ten or twelve miles. ! This road would also open up one of j the best sections of country that we know of, for an average width of from ten to twelve miles, to a worthy peo ple, that now have no access to any direct railroad to Raleigh or Sanford. With these facts before us, we feel that we have reasbn to expect this road built within the nearest possible future. There. are many good things that might be said in connection with the building, and of the new hard sur faced road from Raleigh to Sanford. We realize that we have been shut out from the world. The bankers and merchants no doubt, know of us; but the doctors and lawyers have hardly, heard of us. This section of country is so healthful and peaceful, doctors and lawyers cannot exist here. We never saw but one lawyer in this sec tion, and he was looking for votes. We never knew of but two doctors trying to live in this section. One of them perished to death, (at any rate he is dead); the other moved away to save himself. But he is still on line with the above mentioned road, and some day may be known to the balance of the world. Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter. Three cheers for the new bridge, and the direct hardsur faced road from Raleigh to Sanford. Yours for better * better roads, and better days. Lime the land for' legumes* say ■ cover crop experts in North Carolina. ■' A field of cowpfeas on a Durham County farm still shows the bene- i ficial effects of little applied five-*}] years ag& PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, SEPT. 16, 1926 v Goldston News Miss Grace Burke, who has been on a visit to White Lake, has return ed home to be with her lather, Mr. W. li. Burl^e. Mrs. Eugene Ramsey and little daughter, Eugenia are also here on a f visit, to her father, W. H. Burke. Miss Louise Womble spent Sunday afternoon visiting friends at G. C. W. Prof. J. H. Moore spent a part of the week-end in Raleign. Mr. and Mrs. Bail Womble, of Con cord, are visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Womble. Mis. Hugh Womble sang at the Baptist church last Sunday and was Liiorcughly enjoyed. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Goldston who have spent the summer at White Lake are visiting relatives here. Mr. and Mrs.. Golaston have always made Goldston their home, but they expect co live at Elizabethtown where Mr. Holes con will run a care. Yve will them, but they have our best wishes in their new home. Mrs. Rex Shepherd, of Madison, and her little daughter, spent the w.eek T end with her lather, Mr. W. H. Burke. Miss Margaret Goldston has entered Louisburg College. Those who are leaving this week for various colleges are: Mr. Alton Gold-1 ston and Milton Garner, State Uni-j versity*; and Misses Esther Elkins and Louise Ellis, N. C. C. Wi Last Friday afternoon the different! societies met for the purpose of re organizations. There will be four so cieties in the school this year. The officers for the various societies are the following: first, the high school boys society: President, Eugene Burke; vice-pres. Wiley Beal; secretary- treasurer, Wil liam Ellis; critic, Prof. Moore. Second, the high school girls’ so ciety. President, Kriebel Tyson; vice-pres., . Mary Womble Elkins; secretary, Lin . da. Womble; treasurer, Nannie Mae Burke; critic, Isabel Palmer; chaplin, ■ Lucy Kirkman. 7th grade society officers are: ; President, Vernon Cheek; vice-pres., Edward Burke; secretary, Margaret I Watson; critic, Miss Johnson. sth and 6th grade society officers are: l President, J. C. Elkins, Jr., vice - pres., Irene Hilliard, secretary, Mar jorie Dixon; treasurer Labon Hough; chaplin, Aline Hester. ] Appropriate names for the societies will be decided upon in the near fu ? ture. Each society will give programs every two weeks. Visitors are wel come at all times. r | Her friends will be glad to learn of ; the marriage of Miss Minnie Hester ; and Mr. Jack Goldston, which took place in Raleigh today (Tuesday). Miss Hester is a charming young ’ woman who has many friends here. She lived here for several years, but . for the last few years has been work ! ing in Raleigh. Mr. Jack Goldston is a fine young man of Goldston, though he has re- I sided in Oklahoma sor v the last few years, where he holds a responsible ! posit.on. We wish them many years of happi ness in their married life. SUIT COMPROMISED Trial of Rev. W. T. Hurst for Slander of Reid Glosson Ends Abruptly » A case of considerable interest to . many people in this and Alamance county came to an end Tuesday after-. | noon by compromise after several < hours had been spent in the Ala- k mance court at Graham in selecting a , jury. It was the case of Mr. Reid Giosson of Alamance county against Rev. W. T. Hurst, teacher of Eng lish in the Eli Whitney High School, for slander. The indictment alleged that Hurst had charged Glosson with fraudently receiving pay from the government for injuries received in the govern ment service when he was fully re covered from the injuries; also that he had sold a piano belonging to the school and appropriated the funds, and other things of a derogatory charac ter! Prof. Hurst was represented by At torney W. P. Horton, of Pittsboro. Mr. Glosson had an array of five at torneys, including Elmer Long. The case was compromised on the basis of a division of the cost, each paying his own witnesses. Attending the court from Pittsboro, besides Mr. {Horton, were Sheriff Blair, Messrs. : ! C. C. Hamlet, C. C. Poe, and Supt. ( Reid S. Thompson. - A SURPRISE PARTY There was a surprise birthday party given last Saturday night the 11th, in honor of Miss Annie Hough. From 7:30 until 10:30* o’clock, games and singing were enjoyed very much. Those present were Misses Alma Snipes, Molly Stinson, Lillie, Lucile, and Mary Lee Burke, Estelle Oldham Ella and Gladys Hough and Messrs. Jehu Burke, Robert Snipes, Ruben, Vemie, and Raymond Phillips, Bur nice Handcock, Manly Oldham, Her man Hilliard, Quentin Burke, Robert Stinson, Carl Oldham, Clarence Hoyle Labon, Max, and Lester Hough. We all enjoyed very much, and we wish Miss Annie many more happy birthdays. Will Give Mrs. Cheek Big Birthday Dinner The many friends and neighbors of Mrs. Mary Cheek, Pittsboro Route 2, ;with well filled baskets will meet at her home next Sunday and give her a birthday dinner. Rev. C. M. Lance, pastor at Brown’s Chapel, will make a talk. The editor of the Record is invited to be present. G. G. LUTTERLOH. J MOFFITT FAMILY REUNION Attended by 246 Members of the Clan, Friends and Neighbors—Dinner Served in the Grove at the Moffitt Old Home in Chatham County From the Sanford Express j The third annual reunion of the Moffitt family or clan, was held at. ; the Moffitt old home, one mile north of Go dston, in Chatham county, on . last Sunday. 246 members of the. Moffitt clan, neighbors and friends ] were present to take part in the re- ; union. By noon the beautiful old | 1 grove at the Moffitt old homestead j was pretty well crowded with people. I and cars, many of whom came from! distant parts of this and other states to once more see and exchange greet ings with their kith and kin. It was a happy meeting, some of those pres- 1 ent greeting each other for tha first time in many years. The program j was opened with a song led by Mrs. W. L. Seawell, and prayer by Mr. J. C. Gregson. Mr. E. G. Moffitt, of t this place, a member of the original j Moffitt family, was master of cere- j monies. Talks were made by Messrs. | J. R. Rives, Carl Davis, W. L. Sea- i well and P. H. St. Clair, all of this j place, | I In welcoming the members of the clan and their friends Mr. Moffitt ! gave a brief history of the Moffitt | family. He stated that his father, i j Milo Moffitt, and mother, who was ; Miss Martha Jane Dorsett, before her. marriage, moved down from Ran-. dolph county, built a home, and set tled near Goldston in 1861. The i Mcffitt side of the family originally ] came from Bethlehem, Pa., and set-! tied in North Carolina. Mrs. Mos- j fitt’s mother was a Marsh,-daughter of Capt. Wm. Marsh, of Rocky Riv er, who served in the Revolutionary War. His ancestors were of Eng ■ish stock and were related Wil liam the Conqueror. Mr. Moffitt died in 1 SCI md Mrs. Moffitt-followed in 190 I. Messrs. M. M. Moffitt, and W. B. Moffitt, sons of Milo and Martha Jane Moffitt, moved to Sanford a little more than 40 years ago, built a foundry and machine shop. They have from time to time enlarged their business and are new running one of the largest manufacturing plants in Sanford. Mr. Sam Moffitt, who-was joined by them later, has moved back to Goldston where he is now making his home. M. M. and W. B. Moffitt have been dead a number of years. Mrs. J. R. Rives and Mrs. J. C. Greg oon, daughters of Milo and Martha Jane Moffitt, are also making their home in Sanford. Another daughter Mve. Ncah Cheek, is making her home at Goldston. The Moffitts who are among Sanford’s best citizens, have done much ail through the years to make this a bigger and better tov/n. A most sumptuous dinner was served on a long table in the shade of the trees near the old home by the ladies. That dinner demonstrated the fact that there are some good cooks in Chatham, Lee and many other counties in the state. When Milo Moffitt built his home he brought from Randolph County the roots or twigs of what is known as the Lan theus tree and put them out. The lantheus tree originally came from South America. They make a beau tiful grove. ITEMS FROM ROUTE 3 Mrs. Sidney Griffin of Durham 1 spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. John Griffin. .. Messrs. Clyde and Orin Hobby of Chapel Hid spent the week-end with Tim and Harold Griffin. !. Mr. Beltron J. Griffin arrived at their home in West Palm Beach in their Ford without car trouble at all, they report. Mt. J. K. Crisman is back in the neighborhood, trying to sell his farm on route 3. FERTILIZE COVER CROPS TO IMPROVE SOIL Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 15.—Cover crops are grown in winter to be used in improving the soil not enough vegetable matter will produced on a poor soil unless some fertilizer is added to secure good growth of the crop. “Some of our farmers, who believe in cover crops, make the serious mis- j take of planting them on such poor I land that a good growth is not se cured/’ says E. C. Blair, extension agronomist at State College. “It is true that the purpose of cover crops is to improve the land but they must have enough available food to produce a good growth before they can do so. Rye and oats are depen dent on the soil for their supply of nitrogen, phosphoric acid and pot ash. Legumes, which get their nitrogen from the air, must take all of their phosphoric acid and potash from the soil. Legumes also require enough nitrogen from the soil to be gin growth.” Mr. Blair has found that many of the disappointments in growing win ter cover crops could be eliminated by the use of moderate amounts of fer tilizer at planting time. In the long run, he states, this fertilizing will not add greatly to the expense of grow ing the crop. Part of the amount ap plied in the fall may be deducted from the application next spring, espe cially if the cover crop itself makes a good growth and is turned under for soil improvement. The following fertilizers are rec ommended by Mr. Blair for cover crops this fall: In the coastal plain, for oats and rye, use 300 to 400 pounds of an 8-5-3 and for legumes, use 300 to 400 lbs. , of a 10-2-4. In tKe piedmont and mountain • sctions, for oats, rye, wheat or bar- ; J} se to 400 pounds of a < iz-4-0 and for legumes, use 300 .to 1 400 pounds of a 12-0-4 fertilizer. < A LETTER FROM BONLEE - Good Little West Chatham Town * Thriving—-‘Getting Better Every Way Every Day” (Written for last week's Record) Bonlee will again be on the map. Rufus Brooks has hpiight the Towr Case- an 4 has moved his grocery am * meat market into the new brick store room adjoining. Dr. J. D. Gregg has his office in the building vacated bj Mr. Brooks. This building is bein°, remodeled and Doctor Gregg now has a. mice cosy office for Ms dental woik on his days in. Bonlee. Dr. Wysong is moving his furniture and office fixtures in and will in a very few days be ready to practice his profession here among the healthiest and best people in- America. For a fact, Bonlee is a good town in a gooi county. Every family, every business firm and 'every home bids- you wel come to Bonlee. We all “live by the side of the road” and love to be a “friend to man.” Webster and Brooks are getting ginning macMnery ready for the gin ning season. D. C. Phillips is putting | in a steam pipe line from his lumbar i plant to his gin. , Protracted meeting in progress here this week and next. Preaching every night. Bonlee high, school opens next week. In fact, it seems Bonlee “gets ! better and better every day in every : way.” Colne*' she. Last, but not least, Dr. Langdon will have a registered druggist take I charge of his lovely drug store in a 1 few days. Tye Boone Trail Service j Station is furnishing free to every -1 body pure drinking water from a well ! bored through 100 feet of solid rock. ’Just turn the spigot and quench your I thirst. Eat, drink and. be merry and ‘ Plug White will let you join his club. Watch Bear Creek township grow. PROGRESS Appreciates Road Improvements We are very thankf’ ll up tko Cum Springs road to Sup;. Ward, i o com missioners, and others for tiia im provement of our road in the way of widening and top-soiling. With good roads, eight months , I schools, and good teachers, the young I folk should be thankful and try to make the best of their opportunities. , When I was growing up some win • ters I went to school six \yeeks, some • winters twelve weeks, apd others none. There was little encouragement tp go . to school with the bad roads and short terms, —HENRY F. DURHAM • I Dr. Poteat Coming i Keep ifi mind the musical treat by Dr. Hubert Poteat, of Wake Forest who comes the evening of September 24 under the auspices of the Music Department of the Woman’s Club. The admission rates are 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children, in cluding all students of whatever age. _ Apex, N. C., Rt. 4 Sept. 7, 1926 Dear Editor, September 5, 1926, was a day long to be remembered. It was the oc casion of a surprise dinner given to Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Melton at their home in New Hope township, near Bell’s High School. 1 At eleven thirty the children all drove up in a company to show their love and esteem for their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Melton were taken completely by surprise. As the hour for lunch arrived, the daughters deemed it best to spread the dinner in the dining room, where so many pleasant meals had been taken, and everything that appetite could wish for was there in abundance. Those enjoying the repast were as follows: Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Melton, father and mother; Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Holle man and children, Virginia and B. J., Junior; Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Mel ton, of Smithfield; Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Stone, of Apex Route 4; Clelice, Vila Belle, Hugh, Oma Lewis, and Hazel Melton of Apex, Route .4; and their grandmother, Mrs. Minerva Anne Bryan of East Durham and T) —. T» in Tk i * _ Kav. R. E. Booker, Apex, pastor of Bell’s church. | Indeed it was a joyful group. But I the happiest were Mr. and Mrs. J. j M. Melton, to have all their chil-; dren together around their table once 1 more. Late in the afternoon they depart- ! ed for their respective homes, hoping to celebrate many more such occa sions. SUBSCRIBER. - WHAT ARE WE DOING? (Contributed) We go, we ride, we build, and doj ! anything else we please for our own ■ or comfort, which is prdfe- : ably all right. But when we are ap- • proached for a few jdollars of what • I we are justly due our preacher on j his salary or for missions, are we not ! too ready to complain and make ex- i fuses? But imagine yourself a min- \ ister and consider how you would feel l if neglected by those whom yoju are * serving. If we could, or would, take the * Bible at its word and give unto God’s 1 cause out of the first fruits and see 3 what great blessings, spiritual and * temporal, we would receive, it would J be better for us and God’s servants { too. I know a few who are paying f their debts to God first, and they are 5 too as God has promised. Let’s spur up and send our pastor’s 5 dues with a clean report. I myself { do , n T °t °we the church a cent of dues, i yet I feel that I have done very little a for what God has done for me. Par- i don me, please, for seeming to boast. 5 but one should not advise others tc 5 do what he himself will not do. £ VOL. 48. NO j ~~7 ; New Elam News New Hill Rt. 2, Sept. 13. 1926—The Merry Oaks baseball team and Hank’s Chapel nine played a game at Merry Oaks Saturday, Merry Oaks winning. Dwight Webster, who was pitching for the home team, and accidentally hit Erwin Farrell on the forehead. He was not seriously hurt but pain fully, as it affected his eye. .We are sorry this happened and. hope Erwin will soon be all right. Miss EtheT Goodwin of Durham spent Saturday and Sunday at the home of Mesdames J. L. Goodwin and Addie Webster. Mrs. Daniel L. Webster of Phila delphia is the guest of her mother-in law Mrs. Addie Webster. Misses Lola and Lillian Jones and Newton Mann spent Sunday after noon at Jonesboro with friends. • It was decided at Sunday School that the Sunday School and Christian Endeavor go to Raleigh Saturday, . Sept. 25 on a picnic. We had a £ood attendance at Christian Endeavor Sunday night. Next Sunday we. will meet at 6:30 so we will have time to go to the Baptist church at Merry Oaks for prayer meeting. Mr. Norman Hearne spent the week-end with kinsfolk at Raleigh. Miss Lola Jones entertained quite ; a number of friends, Thursday njght in honor of Miss Norma Gardner Green Countj/t the attractive guest of Miss Janice Carr. i Caley Goodwin of Elon College ; spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. , W. M. Goodwin. BIRTHDAY DINNER. ~ ! On Sunday, September 12, a sur prise birthday dinner .was given Mr. C. D. Moore at his home near Pitts boro, it being his sixty-seventh birth day. It was quite a surprise indeed for him when he arrived from. Sun day School to find so many cars park ed in the grove from different parts of the' state. About noon Mr. and Mrs. Moore were invitd out on the lawn where dinner was served in picnic style. The dinner consisted of fried chicken boil ed ham, roast beef, mutton, sandwich es, pickles, pies, custards, cakes, ancj ice cream. The children and grand-ehildren were present as follows: Mr, and Mrs. W. R. Stone and daughter Ger trude of Fearington; Mr, and Mrs, !G. E. Moore of Raleigh: Mr. and- Mrs, R. L. Hatcher and children, Robert, Jr., and Wilbur, of Pittsboro; Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Copeland and children, Ila, Frances, and Clinton, of Apex; Mr. and Mrs. 0- B. Moore and chil dren, C. £., Jr., and Geraldine, of Raleigh; Mrs. R. E. Boone and little daughter Doris of Pittsboro; Mr. and Mrs. C. N* Moore of Pittsboro; and Miss Jennie L. Moors, who lives with her mother and father. His two sisters Mrs. Bettie Thom as and Mrs. Emma Hatley were pres ent. Also Mr. J. J. Hatley and daugh ter Vallie of Bynum. * Junius Durham Goes to Chapel Hill Junius Durham, who won the two hundred-dollar scholarship given by the United Daughters of the Confed eracy enters the University of North Carolina this week. This prize was offered to any high .school pupil in North Carolina for the best essay* on Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederacy. Many schools through- ' out the state had pupils participating in this contest. This state champion ship brings honor to young Durham, and shows .the high grade of work that is being .done in the Pittsboro school. On his entire work he made the highest average in school. He won the Scholarship medal his first year in the Pittsboro High School, which made him ineligible his last year. His school friends and the community wish him much success in the Uni versity. He will take a teachers' course and work in Swain Hall. . Tom Tarheel' says a saleiman wanted him to spend his first tobacco | check for a new set of lightning rods but the wife wanted water in the home and she won out. g Sepulcher on Cliff g Awaits Builder’s Body a" g Lexington, Ky.—On a jutting gj g cliff of the Floyd county hills g S stands a concrete sepulcher, £j g which for more than a decade v g has awaited the body of its £ g owner—an eccentric Kentucky g mountaineer, who hopes that his £ g body will be petrified by the ac- g' $ tlon of the limestone in the hill- g* g side. g g He Is S. P. “Pogue” Ratliff, g g sixty-eight years old, of Wil- g| g son Creek, Floyd county, who § g had the tomb erected twelve g< years ago on the crest of a knoll gj g back of his house, from which It g g Is visible every time the owner gj g steps into his back yard. g g “I’ll be laid In there on my g g right side,” he explains—his g g right eye is sightless —“and my g g right hand will be under my g g head. There’ll be no coffin— l’ll gj g just be laid In there as I am, g, g garbed white shroud that I g. g have figured will cost less than g g sl.. Under my head will be a gj g homespun coverlet. I expect my g g body to petrify, with lime taking a g action upon It. But when the x 5 resurrection morning comes 1 g, 5 hope to come forth just as you g g see me in this fife, only with g. s renewed vigor of youth.** g
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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Sept. 16, 1926, edition 1
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