North Carolina Newspapers

ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878, EDITORIAL. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO V'hile dating this week’s paper it occurred to the editor that it is the ■Joth anniversary of his first issue of the Lumberton Argus, and if that not enough to set one’s reminis cence wheels aturning nothing would 1 2. 1901 was a great year for begin nings. It was the beginning of the century:; it saw the beginning of serial navigation and a notable triumph in wireless telegraphy. But let us give you here a summary of the year’s events as the editor wrote it lor his second issue: The Old Year The old vear is dead; the first of the century is past. During the year tae world has not made so great ac tual progress as in others, but it has r.eeen beginnings that promise great •developments. The tirst successful flying machine has been built and operated. In ; fact, experiments along two lines | have > been very successful —the one by ! flight as a bird and the.other by, means of the balloon principle. The submarine boat has also, in meat measure, been perfected; while lae world has just been startled by i i.\c announcement that Marconi has ( ~jnt an electric signal across the At- j antic through the air. The year in i politics has seen the world make peace with China; Russia has largely ex tended her sovereignty over Man ciiuria; Cuba has had her first year of self-government, though under the direction of the United States; tne South American States have had their usual allowance of insurrection and bickering; the Australian Con federacy has been perfected; England and America have lost their rulers by death; the United States has fail- , of to put down insurrection in the i'hilliphres; while England, apparent , is no nearer an end of the Boer war. ! i here are the movements of world wide importance of the first year of f\e century in a nutshell, but that first issue of Argus under its new , «. ditor, if we do say it who shouldn’t, 1 was an epoch-making event too in N,rih Carolina. It didjiothing less ill in burned the reTurth of independ- j cncu n tiie weekly press of North Carolina. Does that sound presump- . tious? Yes; but it is the truth, if we know truth. The editor had been teaching in South Carofina during the rabid days 1 led-shirtism and liad returned on.y ( six months earlier to assume charge of tne iua.-iberton school. According- J ly, ne was not aware of the rabid state oi mind existing m his native state, rie did not know that tne Mews o:Ul Observer had assumed tne rignt t > pitch the note for newspapers ‘ m | North Carolina. But as ne began to read tnat exenange and others ne found it only too true. l : Ir. Daniels carried a coiumn of press comments on his editorial page, and we appeal ij ms fixes to prove our. assertion mere that mne-tentns of them were quo tations of approval ca iiis dicta, laudation oi Mews and Observer ana its rabid editorial opinions was tne only thing that the average North Carolina pap-i cou*.ci see quoted m tne coiumns ox tne uictator's paper. Ac cordingly, scores .of the weekly pa pers, edited usually by job printers, assured oi wna oi*e recofe mtiun by yexping in behind oid Tray whenever ne struck a new track, how ever trifling or nauseous the game. Tor instance, Rev. J. C. Massee, then pastor of the' iabernacie i>apcist enurch of Raleigh, one evening at prayer-meeting when there was scarcely a negro within a half-mne un.ess a cook Clearing up the disnes in her employee s home, m speaking on tne ‘'go.den rule"’ reminded tno brethren and sisters that tneir color ed servants came unuer tae c.assi tication oi “otnei's” .in tnat rule, and went ahead to cite some oi its viola tions in *,_.*■ tre mdit of tne negro. k An Evening l anes reporter happened 1 to be present and Wxote an item lor F the 1 tines t.xe next day about the pastors address. That item in the 1 biles was to Editor Danie.s as a red hag flaunted in the face of a bull. He became rabid. A barrage of the harsh est and most unreasonable editorials was laid down. T rom the weeklies there came pouring in approving par ho'Taphs, an duly paraded m,' tne N . j' D.’s coiumn of press comments, tae cemand was blatantly made for tne ostracism of the preacher, and the -ewspttpej-g the state and tne iafia txis aroused by the tirade of the News ' a ? Ooscrver were apparently ahout j ° dri\a its pastor from 'a free --inch's puipit. The Argus pitched S s j it slung a column o°mb mto the inobd. ffThac one bomb -uhiced. We defy Editor Daniels.Yp ,tj !t 1 ? 1 * :ie coiumns of his files ah editorial urging the ostracism of -lessee after the circulation of that ;^ ue of the Argus. Not only was v a * situation saved, but a saner and :;^ e charitable attitude of the press jv* 1 ' 1 h eo rhe toward, the negroes may ::/ lote d from that day. The Argus. i>v^ Cl , VG d Otters of thanks from lead: c;Ar)- i:leni^ers °f the Tabernacle, in i Uln 2 beloved N. B. Broughton, ihc° -\^ e he saw in 1906 that i^;: had sold the Argus rec.om- T-V or editorship of a l dTr‘,vf| Sse d a dy» which he was duly T S W tkn v j ove is cited as a sample of A * m <i of work the Argus did. It D-llrt kl tne h.afi-pen method at .the 1 pbxesr it was one of < the earli pSitators for the passage of an c :: bw,” a notion of the need vmcn may be gathered from the -‘■cuov/ino P v Wl . n . excerpt xiom uie veij- 2| gfl ■■ E9 ■MB VJH Km W M |P| n W n # ' issue of the Argus under our control: “Fifty-seven jugs came to Lumber ton one day last week. But. Lumber ton, is not the only town expecting to get boozy., There were 1500. jugs co be sent from Hamlet yesterday. Three extra express agents were sent for to handle the stuff. Hamlet is a oublic nuisance and should be abat ed.” „ Lumberton then was little larger than Pittsboro today. Think, those i of you who contend that prohibition is ineffectual, what it would mean for! 57 jugs of liquor to come to Pittsboro in a day by express! But that was only the beginning. One could hop the evening train at Lumberton, run up to Hamlet and return by ten or eleven o’clock dt night, stop off the when .it sloped up before cross f mg che Lumber -River Bridge, and be aLpensing bootleg liquor before mid? night.. . Hamlet and -Hoffman dis tilleries were debauching one of the; finest sections of tfie/State, and the fight suggested in the paragraph fro®: the first issue of our paper was not let up till Hamlet arid Hoffman lost their privilege of debauching the citizens of Robeson - county by wholes sale. But don’t understand us to inti mate that there were no papers of in dependent spirit in the state. The Char otte Oi server was hostile to the , Daniels program and its splendid | editor Joe Caldwell was of course, utterly independent in his views. But there were few weeklies who dared ; line up with him, or show the same , degree of independence without afignr j mont. The writer had not yet be ! come fully awake to the situation when one of the best known journal ists in th3 state now and for the whole quarter of a century, having noticed nis independent stride, warned him against coming under the influence of Caldwell, saying, “He is as smart as he can be, but it is dangerous to side with him,” or words to similar ef fect, Winch serves as no comment oi. ours vvouid to indicate the situation as I have tried to describe it above. , Clark of the Statesville Landmark was, as now, his own thinker, but he and Caldwell had been partners and Ms independence was not, therefore. !so notable. The Union county pa pers, the Journal edited by Roland Beasley, the Enquirer by the tother Ashcraft brother, now dead, and the i xJarshville paper edited by Zeb • pendent in the state. Os course. Major London, editor of this paper was going his staid way, doing hii own thinking devoting his space pho prbsv dissertations on matters not pertinent to the times needing another I kind of medicine. The venerable | Creecy at Elizabeth City was doing • about the same. Not one of the im- I portant dailies had championed out- I right state-wide prohibition. In short, it was a period of opportunity i for an editor of courage, and as it i seems the editor of the Argus had i never had sense enough to be afraid, he waded into his neck. And, strange to say, the weak-kneed saw that not only could a boldly edited paper live but could even thrive, and that first issue of the Argus under -the new editor’s control 25 years ago not only signaled a rebirth Os independence in North Carolina journalism, but a new class of country weeklies, one in which the editorial coiumns became a vital feature, and into which strong men might pour their very best thought without feeling that it was being wasted upon desert air. 'New thoughts registered upon the minds of editors of exchanges and Imany pertinent paragraphs were copied outright, thus giving the live weekly editor a chance, particularly by the first means, of influencing the journ alistic thought of the whole state. And as we have watched develop ments these twenty-five years we have seen ideas prevail which were first shot apparently into the empty air from a tiny press in a country town. But. such opportunities are dwindling in number and importance. The adoption of any one of the country editor’s ideas has taken thus much of his ambition from him, r.nd as local and state problems become more definitely satisfactorily solved, his field of influence becomes narrow er. And thus we find ourself having run squarely upon an explanation oi the recognized fact that the editor of the Record does not find the same de gree of opportunity to play the cru sader that the editor of the Lumberton Argus and of the Sampson Democrat had. , - Once the writer was almost a lone champion of fair election laws among the Democratic editors of the state. Now everybody is “doing it,” even if some of the brethren were about to fall back to the old and formerly sufficient reason,; that “it is good for the party/’ as indicated in the coun ties which now have the Australia® ballot. Prohibition has not only been .’.pproved by those whom the earlier champions aimed to influence into ac ceptance of it, but they do not ap parently remember that they once ared net. ojr would not, utter a word for its adoption. And thus, one after another idea or principle, has become jopuiar, and the earfier cnampionx md themslves " without . editora! thunder, •>. 1 Qt course, there is the field of ideas pertaining to national and world matters,, but one,even when he knows he is capable oY dealing with moment 's subjects of national and universal ’mport. spes that as editor of a coun try weekly- he hasn’t the audience that justifies the thought and composition .-equisite to .an, adequate treatment, and with the larger papers now flood ed with exchanees that phase o£ thought and practice one’s hope of * impregnating the springs Mom which the journalistic ideas :ow over the state even is a forlorn sn,e. \ _ , ' The task of the editor of the coun ;ry weekly, then, is today not that of getting the machine started but of •seeing that it hefids its poise. For months and years there ina/ be no PITTSBORO. X. C., CHATHAM COUNT*. THURSDAY, DEC. 23, 1926 Merry Oaks Items Miss Treva Auman, a teacher of White Hill* spent the week-end with \er sisteY. Miss Thelma Auman of Merry Oaks. Mr. . Edward Hendrick of Chapel Hill is spending his Christmas vaca tion with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Kendrick of Merry Oaks. Mr. and Mrs. Grady Richardson of Cumnock have moved here. There will be a Christmas tree at Merry Oaks school house. Wednesday night, December 22, at 7:15 o’clock. Mr. Sidney Tojteon, who has been spending a few days with his sis ter, Mrs. Byrd, left last Wednesday to go tp Florida. ; <:-Miss Esther Partin spent the veak-end with her sister, Mrs. Ben Tones of Merry Oaks. , : x Mr. 11. H,-Gotten is confined to his >ed. We nope for him a speedy re covery, •'• ,-v , • ... Mrs. N. A, Williams and daughter, Mrs. Brafford went to Raleigh shop ping yesterday (Monday). * = Mrs. Geunie Brafford of Fayette- Alle is spending the Christmas holi lays With her mother, Mrs. N. A. Williams. Mr. A. E. Cotten seems to be the .hampion hog raiser in Chatham this /ear, He., killed two, age 13 months, weighing 1028 pounds. Miss Blanche Martin of Holly Springs spent the week-end with her ;Tanclmother, Mrs. W. T. Edwards. Mi'3. S. E. Holt who has been on he sick list for several weeks is not much improved. Attend Mrs. Moffitt’s Funeral Attending the funeral of Mrs. M. V. Moffitt at Asheboro Sunday from iere were Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Grif in, R. M. and Atlas Farrell, Mr. and I I is. Ernest Farrell, and Mr. E. B. latch, and possibly others. Mrs. Moffitt was a daughter of the lev. Jack Hatch of revered memory, .lie was 82 years of age. She was he mother of Mr. Emmett Moffitt, of ae Asheboro Wheelbarrow Company, * and once president of Elon College. She has many relatives in Pitts >oro and environs among the number ■eing the above mentioned atten dants at the funeral. Vforricr.'ille Man Killed in Havanna^ G. B. Edwards of Morrisville was 'ound dead late Saturday in his oonv in Havanna, Cuba. „ zPtevi&i? 1 ib'ts^fxslio vod e hat he fell and struck his head on he floor, causing concussion of the >rain. He had been in Havanna only i few days it is 1 "tod. He is a '■on of Mrs. W. H. Edwards near Morrisville. The body is to be brought horn for burial. trusade to lead. But at any moment, is it happened in Sampson county our years ago, he may find most un expectedly a condition requiring the xtmost in courage, when for instance u he idol of a great majority of the leople and one’s own former friend must be denounced and hounded even :o the penitentiary. But the ap plause lover may turn into a very )on Quixoti and find, himself con uring windmills into dragons to as ■<ault. But editors of county weeklies !o not often meet real dragons theie ays. Yet he should be prepared in pirit and ability to antagonize and overthrow any chance one he should meet. But it is better to sit astride | the charger utterly quiescent for a year than to be continuously and bumptiously assaulting shadows and wind mils for dragons. Qulescerce is boring to both’knight and spectator, out silly bumptiousness can fool only the silly. Think back here in Chat ham county a few years only and see if you can find an illustration of* what we are writing about, \ As for this editor, he enjoys nothing! more than a fight, and in his young-! ar days he’d have one at whatever! cost to innocent by-standers. But Robeson county is the one county with which we are well acquainted ’or such an attitude. Robesonians vre good fighters and good losers. They know the game of give and take, and when beaten are willing to shake hands and be as good friends as! ever, or better. If we should make; the average Chatham county citizenj as mad as we made, scores of Robe-: womans, we doubt if he would everj speak to us again. But when a man has passed fifty, though he should be as willing to fight when it is neces-i ary as ever, he should have attained; a poise that is judicial and concilia-! tory, and should not discharge a gat-; ing gun at a sparrow or conjure up! dragons where no dragons are. That is philosophy; that is righteous con-1 duct, but, alas, how boring, when one : would enjoy nothing more than ai good roustabout with a worthy op-i ponent! | This article, has run into its third! Column and we have scarcely touched ;he matters upon which we intended ;o reminisce. Shall we stop? Alii ;ay yes, we feel sure; but snail we continue in the next We shall cee. V ; • But, for fear we, shall not continue :hese reminiscences of 25 years ago, et us, in the light of the structures ibove on the former uncharitable and domineering policy of Editor Daniels,- nake haste to say that these twenty-: ive years have seen him break the cocoon of narowness and boigtry and develop into a great-hearted and; croad-nincjed editor, as well as a vondeTful success as Secretary of ;he Navty: If all of us ha<i. grown he nast twenty-five years as has Mr. Daniels, We should have a wonderful state. But the manifest growth of Daniels,, Senator Simmons, and others then directing the course of the ship of state only serves in this connection to shoW in What unhappy plight the fortunes of the state were at the be ginning. of this great century. The small fry of that day have grown *S9[Bl[M.-JB<#U o}U[ Moncure News Letter Moncure school will close for the holidays next Thursday, December 23 i at noon and will open up after Christ mas for the new year January 3, 1927. ] The Christmas entertainment wheih! was given at the School Auditorium by the 4th and sth grades under the direction of Mrs. H. G. Self was car ried out well and each one presented bis part The entire pro gram was enjoyed by those. present and the children were full of the Christmas spirit. Next Thursday all the grades will have a Christmas tree -in, the Audi torium and a Christmas program will be carried out. , This is examination week at school. The teachers and students , are very busy* v ;.. ... „ Next Sunday morning, December the Methodist Sunday, school will have a treat, Sunday night at 7:30 o’clock members of the Sunday school and Epworfh League will present a Christmas Operetta, “Why the Chimes Rang’.V by McFadden. Mr. JjJfronny Maddox, of Old Mexi co. is vj9j£jnF.his mother this week, Mrs. Calvin Maddox. •• . The sens ap.d daughters of Liberty had a grand meeting in the Masonic Hall last evening (Monday). Mrs. L. E. Coie was called to Dur ham last Saturday evening to attend the burial of Miss Henrietta Clark, sister of the late Mr. A. B. Clark 01 Fittsboro and Mr. N. S. Clark of Moncure. The bridge construction force left this morning for to start up another bridge. Mr. Cowan now has charge of the construction of the cement bridge across Haw River. Mr. J. B. Garner one of the con struction men, fell into a pit twenty one feet one morning last week. One of the poles being used in t’ e con struction fell on him and he was instantly killed. Mr. Garner was a resident of Hemp, N. C. 11 3 leaves a wife and four children. Mr. John Bell, Jr. who is one of the salesmen of the Quaker Oats Co., will spend his Christmas holi days at home at Moncure. He ex pects to spcpcl much of his time Hunting while on his vacation. MrS. D. T. Strickland spent last week at Richmond, visiting relatives. Mr. O. G. Skipper, who owned the grocery store at Carolina Power Plant, has sold, out to„J)Lr A . Rodger for Asheville? where he has secured a position. Mr. .J. F. V/omble attended the Quartely meeting at Pittsboro yes terday, Monday. Mrs. W. W. Steelman also attended the Quarterly meeting. Misses Elizabeth .1 arreT and Lillie Hackney went to Raleigh last Wed nesday Christmas shopping. There was a union meeting of all the churches held last Sunday after noon at the Methodist church. Mr. 11. G. Self and Mr. P. V. Budd made talks. Mexican Government Insists That It’s Oil Laws are Just Mexico City. Dec. 19.—Mexico’s regulating the petroleum industry again arc defended in a statement issued last night by the Department if Industry, Commerce and Labor. At the outset the declaration is made that because the time limit granted the oil companies (Janu ary 1) is expiring a campaign against the Mexican Government has been started, ‘the purpose of which is to create a hostile s tuation among two peoples whose interests cannot be those of a small group who attempt to disown the laws issued by a sove % reign country.” The statement adds that the oil j law is not one of despoliation, but ! one of revindication and contains ; nothing that is not just and moral, previously acquired rights, it says, are fully recognized. The statement goes on to say that Mexico’s oil legislation establishes re spect for the rights created by other laws and only through malice and bad faith can the law be considered j retroactive. The government has • not applied the law retroactively and : does not intend to do so. Besides, ' the Mexican courts would not sanc | tion such action. The Mexican government has given proofs of its desires to apply" the \ !aw in a broad-minded and liberal :: spirit, it is stated. This is estab j jished by the fact that some of the most important oil companies are complying with the law and have ! applied for the necessary concessions confirming their rights. ; Pointing out that applications for ratifaction of their rights have been i received from El Aguila Oil company file Mexican-Dutch company, La ! eum company, The Texas company of Mexico, the *East Coast combdnv, Briggs and Lust the Compania Mexi ; cana de combustibles which is a i subsidiary of the Pierce Oil corpora fion, International Petroleum and Mexican City services, of whiefi- H. L. Dohetry is president, the statement • says: • .•> . ■„... . These Companies know-, that out sgislation not only does not attack : their rights but is favorable to their interests.” PITTSBORO GROWING V r ?,. t *’ The growth of Pittsboro is not com parable to that of many other North Carolina towns, yet the grcfiivth the past year is certainly beyond the average for the old town. Notable is the development in the northern part of town, where several cozy, cottages have been built for silk mill employees and the three excellent residences in the Landis' Grove viz., the Matthews,- Moore, and Johnson homes,-the last menioned to be soon occupied by its j owners Mr. ana Mrs. Victor Johnsoi Delightful Vesper Christinas Sang Service The Vesper service which was held in the school auditorium Sunday at six o’clock proved to be most inspir ing. From the time one entered the chapel, he was made to feel the true spirt of Christmas. ~ . The platform with its artistic ar rangement of candles, Christmas tVees, and clinging white draperies iif the center of which was a large silver star, lighted by the mellow glow of candles, made a perfect setting for the Christmas carols and Bible story. To Mr§. Henry Bynum, Mrs. W. P. Jui bOa, wllU mil• JiJXi AS / pUi tlCipiiC f id is due much c the splen iid progfam wh‘ is as follows: 1. Organ Prelude (Victrola). 2. Bible Story, Bessie Chapin. 8. Prayer, Mr. Lance 5. The First Noel, Qhorus. We Three Kings of Orient Are, Chorus. '• r< 7. Violin Selection, Annie Bynum, S. Silent Night, Chorus. 9. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, Chorus. 10. ! Good rest Ye merry Gentlemen Chorus. • 11. O Sanctissima, Chorus. NEW ELAM NEWS New Hill, Dec. 19.—At Christian Endeavor Sunday night the subject was for Christmas. Our noble pres ident was leader. After the Scrip ture reading, and leader’s usual out line he made a very impressive talk on what the glorious season should mean to us, and how we should keep Christmas. Mr. Clyde Maynard is our efficient president/and after fin ishing the program he treated the en tire congregation to delicious oranges, apples and candies. This was en joyed and highly appreciated. Mr. Maynard is a young man of the high est type and is a great asset to the church and community. Several men were hunting near G. N. Thomas’s last wnck and a Mr. Bagwell whose gun i—jxpecie.l ./ _ed was burned from his c/de up to his ear. Jt was thought at first his re covery was doubtful but we under stand he is getting along nicely, and will recover. Mrs. W. A. Drake has been serious ly sick for a few days and at this writing she is suffering right much hut seems Jta little better than she was yesterday. Mrs. D. L. Weoster of Philadelphia is visiting her mother-in-law, Mrs. Addle Webster. Mr. Webster is ex pected the latter part of the week to spend the holidays. Miss Eiva Burgess’ school at Gard ner will give a Christmas entertain ment at uie scnooi House inursuay night to which everybody is cordially invited. The Children are anticipat ing a big time. They all love tneir teacher. This proves she is taking interest in her pupils. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Trotter were in Sanford Tuesday shopping. Caley Goodwin of Elon College is at home with his parents for the holidays. Mr. E. H. Holt has improved so as to be at preaching Sunday morning. We hope he will continue to improve. I wish the,editor and all the Record readers a merry Christmas, a happy and most prosperous New Year. , The primary department of the Baptist Sunday school will enjoy a ohrismas tree tonight. Sees Bright Future for the Old Town Mr. Editor: Pittsboro, with a little encourage ment, ought to make wonderful pro gress witnin the next few years. We have the ‘Siik Mill, which is now op ; erated night and day, and I under stand they are making good under the ’ efficient management of Messrs. Kludge and Matthews, who seem to j oe men of excellent character and in ' telligence. We also learn that Mr. Zeigler of Pomptoii Lakes, N. J.* anticipates buijding another siik mill here in the near future even greater than the one 1 we now have. So it seems that Pitts boro will perhaps become quite a ’ manufacturing town if the proper efforts are put forth by our public spirited cit:.3ns. We have a climate here that cannot be excelled in North Carolina. We have as good a citizen ship as can be found in the state. We ’ have cheap electric power, fine roads, ; schools, and churches, jy So if everyone in bur midst will ; speak a good word for once for the grand old town, which hns been known , *or its culture and hospitality;, we will ; !io doubt wake .up in the near future , 5-nd. build one of the finest little towns ifi North Carolina. Manufacturers ; everywhere will do well to look Pitts i jp.ro over before they decide to locate * any kind of industry. Here is hoping mat Pittsboro will experience the ost yar in 1927 fit has ever had. , S. D* JOHNSON. COMMUNITY SING j w ' n ° wifi join in the Community Sing, whether you have practiced the Cai*ol§ or not, are asked to meet, at ypUr respective churches at , five njinutes tp. six q’qlock on Sunday evening, December 26,th. Promply at six "o’clock the Bells wUl,\ring at; each church .and tfie singers; will march t\vbj by two carrying lighted torches - until they reach, the.:. -Court,. House square. Here the service will open with prayer, the beautiful Carols will be sung, with violin accompanment, then a closing prayer .to end ' the service. It is hoped that there will be hearty cooperation in this under taking as the Music Department ex pects to make , this a yearly Christ mas affair. n MRS. VICTOR R. JOHNSON »OL. 49, Nv. Bynum News The Homer Literary Society met fiist Friday afternoon to elect new officers for the next term, which are as follows: President, Mr. Rufus Abernathy, Vice-president Sifias Hately, Secre tary and Treasurer, Irene Snipes, Critic, Annie Brewer; Censor, Eliza beth Hackney; Marshall, Herman Pol ar; Chaplain, Leone Williams. We are glad to state that we are doing very good society work. > Miss Willie Mae o’Daiiiel spent the week-end with Miss Mary Smith. Mr. Johnson, Mr. Mikq Lask iey and William Atwater were visi tors in Greensboro Sunday. Miss Joyce Hinshawi of Greensboro is visiting her mother, Mrs. Y. A. Jones.- .. ./ - V . ” Mr. Charlie Brown has gone to, Graham to spend the Christmas holi days. •’ ; “ Miss Mary Alice Hall has left for South Carolina to spend Christmas with her mother. Mr. and Mrs. C k L. Neal spent the week-end in Durham. Misses Ruth Burnette and Annie Brewer spent Saturday night in Chapel Hill with friends. Misses Mary Smith and Willie Mae O’Daniel attended the basketball game at Siler City Saturday night. We are glad to state that Mrs. A. I. Braxton is able to be out again after being confined to her room with a very severe cold. There will be a Christmas tree at Bynum’s phurch next Friday night (Christmas Eve). Everybody is cordi ally invited. Mr. Bill Stewart of the Hill Bak ery of Chapel Hill was a welcome caller on Miss Farrel last Wednesday evening. Bynum school closes Wednesday for the Christmas holidays, opening again January 3. Those making an average of 9 0 on all their work during the fall term were as follows: Bth Grade: Jeimio Abernathy, Clem Gattfs and Eliza beth Hackney; 9th Grade: Taynell Riddle, Charlie Brown and Louis Durham. Bynum and Siler City played basketball on Siler City’s court last Saturday evening. The score was 1G to 18 in favor of Siler City. Bynum j boys were seriously handicapped by the low court. Bynum will play Mon c-ure at Moncure Thursday- afternoon. . ... . .^-T>r- CHATHAM YOUNG MAN OPENS BARBER SHOP IN BURLINGTON Mr. Obra Thomas, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Thomas, Route. 2 Hadley township, has opened a new barber shop in Burlington. Young Mr. Thomas has had considerable ex perience in barber work, having serv ed the people of his home commun ity during the past few years in doing their barber The Record joins many friends of Young Thomas wish -1 ing him much success in his business Venture in the metroplis of Alamance ! County, It Is reported here that : Carl A. Thomas, of Burlington, broth er of young Mr. Thomas, will be as i sociated with him in the new busi ness. .. . [ BEAUTIFUL FLAY r»m 1— The play “Why ..the Chimes Rang,” given by Mrs. Leavitt's, expression ; class, assisted bythe Music; Depart -1 ment of the Woman’s Club, was one of the most beautiful and impressive entertainments ever given here. 1 The program opened with a read ing by Mrs Leavitt r followed by a Christmas Carols sung by members of the Music »Departm mt Then Mrs. - Leavitt gave the story of .the play. - From beginning to end the characters » showed the careful training they -had - received and when :the wonderfully - 1 lovely vision of the : Cathedral burst j on the eyes of the audience, each one .s felt that an artist indeed had. directed > each detail. - During the play ap propriate music , was rendered, both j vocal and instrumental, ending with f the playing -of the. chimes. The 3 characters were well selected, each j one seeming to live and feel the part ;! portrayed. Mrs. Leavitt and Mrs. . Johnson wish to thank all who as i sisted in making the play a success, c) MRS. E. A. FARRELL Pub. Chairman Woman’s Club. * -■■ ■ 1 — ; JURY LIST 3 The following citizens were drawn , last as juriors for the term of court beginning January 17: j N. W. Yow.R. I. Tillman, C.V. Mor -3 gan, L, N- Gilbert, F. A. Smith, S. M. 1 Oldham, A. W. Wilson, Ihrie Clark, 1 O. C. Kennedy, G. W May, J. R. 3 Councilam, W. O. White, H. J. Wom -3 ble, J. R. Stanley, James Seagrove, 3 H. A. Burns, D. H. Stinson, W. F. . Fuquay, S. W. Willett, C. W. Carroll, 3 Geo. Quakenbush, L. P; Smith, C. S. r Ellis, J. W. Harmon, B. D. Overton, 3 N. H. Beckwith, J. W. Womble, E. - W. Rigs.Oee, Joe Tyser, C. J. Andrews, C. .' -I- - p oe, J. W. Smith, R. S. Gates John Perry, J. W. Cotten, S. A. Petty, Willie Scott, C. H. Brady, J. B. Oak ey, J. L. Horton, and A. G. Scott, THE BURIAL 6f MRS. BLAND : The burial of Mrs. Fannie Bland ; 5 whose death was reported in the last ; week’s issue of the Record, took place b Mt? Pleasant .church on Thursday 1 afternoon. The funeral was preach -1 ed by her former pastor, Rev. Mr. 5 Watson. Present were her five living J sisters, Mesdames C. W. Neal and [ Piggsbee of Bynum, Mrs. Durham of Carrboro, arid Mesdames Andrews ! an< ! T~\ of Durham > also two sons j and daughters of her deceased sister ----- w-id iivou: in ■ her host of ste^-children. -J The large crowd present attested jhs ebweem m wnicii tnis good woman, was he.d. x • Chairinaa